The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-27 00:00:00

WITH PORTRAITS OF 3 ETTERNICFI AND L. E. L. From the Original Fainting, by ?ickers4ll. THE 3,IAY NUMBER, ~rice lialf-a-Crown, of ENTLEY'S WILL CONTAIN : MISCELLANY PRINCE NIETTERNICH. With a P"rtrait. Career of If. Guizot. By James Ward. Literary Statistics of France, dur ing Fifteen Years. Edited by Yrs. Percy Sinnett. Chapters of the Life of an Old Po litician. The Six Decisive Battles of the world. No. V.—Battle of Tours. Ply Professor Creasy. IsLoo of the Blest. Sleben Emmet and Artiltr Ayl mer; or, Dublin in 1803. ty H. Maxwell, author of " Sto ries of Waterloo." The Three '..1111.1. By Alfred Cr owquill. weliteme, Sweet May ! Are there those who read the' Richard Bentley, Ne Future? By the Author of the " Gaol Chaplin." Para ; or Scenes and Adventures on the Banks of the Amazon By J. E. Warren. 'The Republica' Clabs of Paris. By the Flaneur in Paris. The Hospital of San Spirit°. Ey E V. Rippingille. Biographical Sketches of L. E. L. With a Portrait. From the Ori ginal Painting. By Pkkersgill. 'Charles Edward Stuart ; or, Life and Adventures et a Royal Ex ile. By the Author of " The Ca reer of the Celebrated Earl of Peterborough. The Legend of Fair Agnes. Burlington•street. To-tnorrow, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits, price 3Cs. CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES OF ENGLISH SOCIETY, POLITICS, and LI TERATURE; comprised in a Series of Letters to the Cot:m ins of pa w ,. By HORACE WALPOLE, EARL of ORFORD. Now first Published from the Origin MS4. Edited by the Right Hon. R. VERNON SMITH, M.P. Richard Bentley, New Buriington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. LAST WEEK BT'T TWO. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE. The public respectftilly informed that a grand Morning Per formance will be given on Friday (the 28th inst.) Doors open at Half-past (Ate, perform ance to commence at Two o'clock. First Price as usual. No Second ;Price. Private Boxes to be had at Jallinn and Co.'l, 214, Regent-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First appearance of Hdfe. Cerito. The Nobility Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the pub lic ere reepectfally Informed that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will lake place THIS EVENING, April 27, will be performed, Denl zettesOpera, entitled LT CEEZIA BORGIA. Lawrezia, Skills. Sofia Cruvelli, Orsini, Mdlle. Schwarz; Gen iis*, Signor Garioni ; Gabetta., Signor Bombe; and Alfonso, Signor I.4blaehe. After whieh the admired Ballet Divertissement, entitled LA VIVANDIERE. Te be followed by Selections from Verdi's Opera of XINO. Abigail. Mdile. Abbedia; Fenena, Millie. Vera; Nines, Sltnor Coletti ; Idaspe, Signor Ctizzani ; and Oratesphe, sig , r BeletU. Te conclude ith the highly successful New and Original GRAND BALLE r, L Four Tableaux. by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled F lORITA. et la Keine des Elfrides, Principal parts by Mdlie. Caroline Rosati, Mdlles. Esther Ausundon, Theveaft, Julienne, Lamoureux, Jenny, M. Louis Dor, M. Di Mattis., 3121. Veaarra, Goerlet, and Mdlle. Marie Taglioni. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. Last Week but Two, the whole of the troupe of the Cirque Na tional being obliged to return to Paris en the I , lth of Illy. THIS EVENING The Pyramid of Decanters—The Dance of the Four Globes—The Fe.tl - • al of Flowers—Le Pas des Flowers--Le des Grosses tetes —Le Pas des Etrangeres, &c., &c., by Mdlls. Caroline. MstSilde , Flo rentine, Ducos, &c. ; MM. Franconi, LoLss et, Newsome, Le glair, Auriol, &c., $Ze. Doors open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. 13 ader the Management wt Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new c,mic Drama, called OLD HONESTY. Michas/. Bradshaw, Mr. Webster ; Joseph Bradshaw, Mr. H. Van denhoft; air Perkins Besborough, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Septimui Hook, Mr. 'rilbury ; Toby rerch, Mr. Keeley ; Dame Bradshaw, Mrs. Glower; Mary, Miss Reynolds. After which, LOLA MONTES. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, foun ded on Horace mysteriou- production. and paled THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. Mautred, Mr. Keeley; the Marquis VlaLmisa, Mr. J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss I'. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; HiP posit., Mrs W. Clifton ; Isabela, Miss Reynolds; Matilda, Mrs . Caulfield. _ -se Manager. Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. .1. T. Archer, Box-hook keeper. tioxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 21. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Door. °own at Kali-past Six, Performance to commence at 'even THEATRE ROYAL, ADELP,HI. Ceder the direction Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be perform& a new and original Dr ama, called HARVEST 11 ° 51 E. Principal eharactors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. lie,dthrd, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Wuolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. Attar which, a new fleet, entitled THE FOUNTAIN OF ZEAL or, the Child of To conclude With THE COMRADES; an Anecdote of the Span ish War. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Boyce, /1 1 111- yard. Paul Legrand, C. J. Smith, :Ryan, Miss E. Harding, fee. isox.es, 45.; lht, 25., i4allerY. !),,en at Halt-past Six, PertOrmance t» commence at Seven ILOTAL LYCEUM TkiEATitE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris- Note Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will Ye performed a Co etc Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Characters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear, Bellingham, Bnckstone ; Mrs. Leigh !array, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Vier which, an entirely new and original Classical Extravagansa. entitled. THESEUS and ARIADNX ; or, the 'darn age of finding. PI - tacit:sill characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, F Cooke ; MISS Eitzwllliam, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madame Veatris. To conclude with a now com i c D - arna, entitled NOT A BAD JUI11;1... Characters by Messrs R. Roxby, Diddear, Panel's, Har ley' Bellingham, Charles Mathews ; Miss Jana Coleman, and Mao Lee. Drvee hones • Upper Boxes, •is • Pit 2s . • Gallery, Is. No halt price to any pa r Z h Tue Sew _ c the house. e, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Pubito ‘ , •(-rY day, irons Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAY.—sT. JAMES'S TUEATRE Lessee, Mr. J o h n M itchell, 3a, OA lionA-gtreet.• Last Appearance hut One of 3&. LAMM. TO-MORKOW EVENING, Will he performed an entirely new comedie-vaudeville, en titled LA DERNIERE CONQUETTE. Le Saxon de Virefeultle. M. LaPont; Helene, Madame Patti Ernest. Aftv,r which, the new Petite Comedy of EXTREMES SE TO iIfIHENT. Le Chevalier Jullien, Monsieur Lafont ;La Comtesse Rost ne, Madame Paul Ernest. 7:o conclude with LE M JOE CRAY-ACM/N. Le Major Crave elven, M Henri Alix; Oervieres, M. Chatelain Olyinpe, Molle. Ma ; Amelie, Mdlle. I)uvenay. ST. JAMES'. THEA I RE. ROBERT 110I'DI>7. Mr. MITCHELL begs to annvince that the celebrated ROBERT HOUDIN (o the Pa'ais Ito. al, Paris,) is enga ed to present s li mixed number of his extraordinary SOIREES FANTASTIQUES at the St. James's Theatre, which will lie commenced on TUESDAY Ei r tNENO, May 2, and continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and iist.urday Evenings. Full particulars %ill be duly announced. 'loam and stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond-street. TIIEATRE. lir. J. It . Maddox, solo Lessee and Manager. Portland-place. THIS 1 - .VEN IMO, Will be performed LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. After which, a new comic Drama, called MY SISTER'] SECRET Lovechace. Mt. James Vining Torpid, Mr. Compton; Margaret, Montague ; Alice, Miss Vi lays. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled ESMERALDA; or, th,• granchback of Notro Dame. Esmeralda, Mdlle. I 5,,.: U.xeb, 4g. ; Pit, 2g. ; (.atierY. 11. ="YAL •4(1)00.7.Y IFIKATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Matckless Performances Unrivalled Company—and the only Pantomime in London. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a Drama, entitled THE BOHEMIANS. Cha racters by Messrs. N. r. Hicks, E F. Savil e, R. Homier, Dale, J. Herbert, H. Lewis, E. Jones, Mrs. H. Homier, and M is E. Terry. .titer which, by permission, " LADIES, BEWARE." To con,-tade with a Grand Fairy Comic Pantomime, entitled CIN DERELLA AND THE FAIRY QUEEN ; or, Har equin ant the Little Qlasa Slipper. Colur. bine, Millie. Thttodore ; Harlequin, Mr. Haskell ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; and Clown. Mr. 'l' Barry. %tau Ager rnl Tr. , a3urei, Mr. IL S. Fitirt,rother. ASTLEY'- ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Propneter, mr. N li.tt ty. lExtraordnary attra, Loll for the Easter holidays. First appearance ti:ese Five Years ut the calelirat , 41 Mr. Van Ain barhgh and hi s unequalled coleetion of trained animal*, amongst w t ich will be fenn e l tke greatest novelty ever seen. s Mack Tiger. he first ever known to mtugte with other animals, and has hitherto oasis considered untamable. Will be presented a gr TEAS EVE \ I l 'arnard and romantic Spectacle, written by Boyle , Esq., expressly to introduce Mr. Van Amburgh in hi. Seconding performance, tound e d upon a p.issoge in Eugene Sue's der celebratthe etitle d novel ot " The Wandering Jew," and will be produce m un of lir. Van Amburgh. 110E0K, "11.1 E BEAST M TASTER. A mond Dugard, Th. Spectacle will be succeeded lay an incomparable routine of Mr. laity's Scenes of the Arena, in which signor Chiorini and Nidlle. jkferlottaThe entert °rat ainments will tier), from Italy, will ha ve the honour of appearing. cour . live with a tavourite Farce. During the recess the Theatre has been entirely re-decorated. Bex-office o, en from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot he returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 27. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 34 Highest, 50 Noon, fil BAROMETER, 29 95.—'VINL S.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TIIIS DAY. Moran', 41 min. after 7 I Evening • • 18 min. after 8 „,. tt l . , te.' , ~-, • • 87f, . , c if WO 1 .14., — 4: .„ 2. a , k , - ! ' . F' ': ' Vi trr?':l; .*; , .4 . • .4 ~:t. _ ~„1:. , ' A . .... '11.1 :t . . . - A . ) , f• ti, lit ,I,''. 0 e , 11104,. -.., •I ~.' .• • ' ' • ,ti '. . , • . ~,oritsools ..... ~,. ' ' vitort ~ ~ . ' -,-:-.r. , ..f ' 1 0 ` • ” ' ' 7 ')‘lllL LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1848. Everywhere throughout concessions h ave been made the Eur o p ean c o ntinent eto Democr ac y, exce pting only in the Sp an i s h and Portuguese p en i nsu l a. Sar dinia has found i n her Sovereign littl e e l se t h an a crowned propagandist. Tuscany,r Parma, and Modena have eith er awed thei r Princes amsineitioroatd obe dience,e or those Prin ces have voluntaril their political institutions. Even F IDIINAND of Naples h4l been tortured i n t o a policy an d his grasp has been rel axe d in Palerm o on, by the daring independence of the Sicilians. Rome has cognised the Apostle of Freedom and the Vindicator of Italian nationality in the person of the Supreme P O STIfF, and the Venetians and the Lombards have emulated each other in their struggle against despotism. Of France it is unnecessary to say more than that a third and consummating revolution has permanently rooted Republicanism in the capital city of the Carlo vingian and the Napoleonian empires. Switzerland has cemented her Federal Constitution by the blood spilt in internecine strife, and has planted for ever the symbols of her unity upon the ruins of the Son. darbucti. Am©n the burgesses of Brussels the eon. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, I 8 8. victims of Belgian liberty has acquired a lasting guarantee from the generous sentirm.nts recently ex pressed be 4 ore his senators by the truthful lips of LEOPOLD. Denmark from FREDERICK, Sweden from OSCAR, Austria from FERDINAND, and Hanover from ERNEST, have severally obtained the sureties of , a gradual and comprehensive emancipation. Bohe mia is rising again in the beautiful loveliness of her nationality. Hungary the same : Gallicia the same : Posen the same : and even upon the outskirts of the barbarian dominions of the AUTOCRAT the gag of hope has been unfurled. Elsewhere among the minor princedoms and subordinate sovereignties of Gl...many, the triple dogma of democracy— liberty, equality, and fraternity—has acquired an extraordinary number of votaries; and at last a royal knight has risen for the people in the ambitious monarch of Prussia. Everywhere through out continental Europe the spirit of liberality has diffused itself, ererywhere—excepting only in the Spanish and Portuguese peninsula! It would be impossible to expect that the English Government should regard with indifference the apathy evinced by the population of Spain and Por rugs! in the sublime movement which has convulsed the realms of Christendom, which has shaken crowns into the dust like acorns, and which, above all, has revealed in the human race the shadow of a new resemblance to the Divinity in the attributes of its political Omnipotence. The Government of the United Kingdom could not, even if it were so dis posed, remit) a passive spectator of the retrogressive policy adopted in the Cabinets of Lisbon and Madrid. Remonstrance in that event had long since become au historical necessity. It had become a necessity on this account; because the reigning Princess of the Spaniards, and the reigning Princess also of the Portuguese had been conditionally elevated to their thrones by the arms, the diplomacy, the friendship, and the heart's blood of England. Yes, it is because the virgin brows of ISABELLA and of MARIA DA GLORIA were girdled with the diadems of the Bra gauzes and of the Spanish Bourbons by England ; it was because England had crowned those claimant of Spanish and Portuguese royalty, on the simple condition that their sway should be identical with the national happiness and the constitutional freedom of their people ; it was because that condition has been flagrantly violated ever since the intriguing DIETZ planted foot upon the quays of Lisbon, and ever since the un principled and profligate CISRISTINA returned to the orange avenues of Madrid—that remonstrance be came a solemn duty with the English Government, and that the preservation of silence by our Minister for Foreign Affairs would have rankled like a per petual remorse in the conscience of Great Britain. Ire defiance, therefore, of the vulgar insolence of the language recently addressed to Mr. BuLwza by the Duke of Soromarost, despite the petulance of par tizanship and the vociferous vituperatiotie of our contemporaries, we maintain (what we have already distinctly maintained) that England had a right to gni; teat the adoption of " a legal and constitutional policy" to one of those sovereigns sht had been principally instrumental in raising to the throne—in raising to the throne ien (letthi ia s sp w s o si r o d na be tw well weighed in the judgments of the d multitude) conditionally 1 With the most profound deliberation we say conditionally, for ISABELLA alone gained the ascendancy orer her opponents through the generous co-operation of England—a co-operation given to her champion; by England, on the understanding that the success of Isaseetea should he the security of the c, nstitutionul rights of the Spaniards. Is there a doubt that such was the stipulation of the British Government? No; for an influential writer has recently remarked, in allu sion to the blood and treasures lavished in the cause of Queen ISABELLA by England—"it was for that (namely, for the fulfilment of that sacred and consti tutional condition), that the heights which crown San Sebastian and the valley of Hernani have been bleached with the bones of her children !" It was not only, we maintain, the right of England to interfere by her advice with the mad proceedings of the Narvaez Administration, it was a duty which pressed heavily and imperatively upon the soul of the British Government. Lord PALMERSTON has vindicated that right and satisfied that duty. Boldly, bravely, simply, honourably, he has cast aside all considera tions of mere expediency. He has proved himself -rue to the memory of those valiant men who shed their blood in the rivers of Andalusia, and on the mountains of Navarre, and who perished in strug gling ageinet the brigands of Zumalacaregui and the other leaders of the Carlist buccaneers. Happy were it for the fame of England, if the pre leceesor of this illustrious statesman had evinced a -imilar devotion to the cau-e of patriotism, of humanity, of nationality, and of justice ! Happy for the credit of the Earl of ABERDEEN, if but one single communication, such as the one addressed, on he 16th of March, to her Britannic MAJESTY'S re presentative at the Court of Madrid, could be chronicled among his Ministerial effusions! In the event of Senor ISTURITZ requiring the recal of Mr. BULWER, that able and distinguished am bassador will return homewards in all the arestige of an act creditable to him, alike It a diplomatist and as representative of British Sovereignty. However much his official character may have been depreciated by the deception practised upon him so successfully in reference to Mantpensier marriage, the and decision of his conduct towards the Duke DE SOTOMAYOR must elevate the reputation of his Excellency beyond even that which he has hi. herto deserved and enjoyed. Of Lord PALMERSTON, from whose genius as a statesman the whole transaction has emanated, we need otOr ohs-rve that the position he has assumed in relation to the dictators of Spain is eminently worthy of his brilliant and prolonged career ; it is worthy of one whose name has been identified during the last -hirty years with the glory and the greatness of England ! There is every reason to hope that the judicious and temperate course adopted by Lord CLARENDON and his colleagues in the Irish Government will -eventually succeed in calming the excitement that now unhappily prevails in Ireland, in restoring -ranquillity to that ill-fated country, and preserving its inhabitants from the horrors and bloodshed that mist inevitably attend outbreak, however speedily and completely it might be suppressed. It is impos sible to calculate the amount of danger that would be effected to all the best interests of the nation lurin g the raging of an internecine war, brief as night be its duration. Of course the insurgents themselves and the participators in their atrocious deliigns, would be the chief sufferers. They would perish by thousands and tens of thousands, far those who escaped death by the sword, or on the scaffold, would be exposed to the most fearful privatinns from the famine that Mould inevitably be the consequenc e of hostile pro ceedings, leading to a total neglect of the agricultural perations necessary for the production of food for the many, and also to the probable destruction of the growing crops in the districts where the conflict or conflicts might take place. But the loyal and peace able inhabitants would also suffer in no small degree. Many would have to lament not merely the loss of property, of fields laid bare, and desolated hom esteads, md a reduction from comparative comfort and affluence to povertyandardee s ished members of titution;hutthey would r ha ve to mourn for nsaton, families, w h os e am d o e u a n th t s of c p o e u c l u d nia n r o y t com be pe i recom. h ea rtrending and harro wing a character , how P I fh e n t e e d scenes by a n that a t must be encountered are of so minded men who would a temporary su ccess ; and ear nestly recklesslyun sels i n o v f ( t )l h v o e s e theirevi - country therein, and w here possible, be more fatal to the part nothing more, could possibly be att s ai t n h e e tl ni ; sel w v •o e u a ld th , a i n f ie the m os t spee d y an d sanguinary defeat.totheir If order is restored, and th e p eo ple returnordinary habits of peaceful industry, everything that can reasonably be demanded will be conceded—measures given to thfeauolciici will be passed through the Legislature to remedy j the substantial evils of Ireland, full security will be u es p , ier i s h: f land that they themselves, hy any means rerno l v l ed enj4 f )y rom the improvements effected by their own industry • or that if of their holdings, they shall receive full ' the possession, and adequate co w' therefor, and thus L the best description of ezzoursgement will be given to a better system of agriculture, to bring the lands into the highest degree of fertility. Capi tal, the chief want of the nation, will rapidly flow in, when its possessors are assured that they will reap the fruits or their investments, and not be deprived thereof by agrarian outrages, and the turbulence of discontented men. The waste lands will be reclaimed, affording in the process full employment for the myriads of labourers now remaining idle, and unpro ductively consuming the national resources, in place of adding materially to the national wealth ; and when brought into cultivation a vast addition will he made to the quantity of food applicable to the wants of the people; and many of those who had been engaged in the work of reclamation will be rewarded by having houses and farms as signed to them on the lands thus made valu able, and be enabled to spend the remainder of their days in their native land, among their friends and kindred, in place of having to seek their fortunes in another hemisphere, and to submit to the toils and privations which invariably accompany the enterprise of the emigrant. But before these desiderata can be attained perfect tranquillity must be restored. All the energies of the Government must be exerted for that purpose. The time of the Legislature, the consideration of the Cabinet, is necessarily devoted to the means required to preserve public order. A Coercion Act, or a mea sure for the security of the Crown, will consume at least as much time in passing through Parliament as a bill for the improvement of the relations between landlord and tenant, for the sale of encumbered estates, or for the reclamation of waste lands. While the law officers of the Crown are wholly occupied in prosecuting for sedition, for felony, or for treason, they cannot mature provisions for simplifying titles or legalizing tenant-right. A certain quantity of business only can be disposed of during the session; and the Irish cannot complain if the Acts intended fur their relief, to promote the prosperity of their country, and to develop all its magnificent resources, are postponed for still more essential eaactments for the suppression of tumult and disturbance. Those whu have disregarded the benefits of savings' b inks, and endeavoured to convert the advantages conferred upon the industrious classes by turning these institutions into a means of embarrassing the Government, and creating an additional loss to the national Exchequer, must not be surprised if they rind a Bill introduced to deprive them of the bless ing they have misapplied, and to recruit the public purse either by the imposition of a direct tax upon the country, or at least the withholding of the money that would otherwise be made applicable to Irish purposes. In every instance they would only have themselves to thank for the prolongation of the grievances by which they are afflicted, and the evils under at n w i cf which h e hbeyyt theirtey thus s are deprive pl ursi delusion suffering. themselvess ng of t G o o th ve e rnment trucu lent harangues, and following the insane counsels of the sedition•mongers, how much more so do they prevent the required capital from flowing into Ireland, and being expended in permanent and valuable improvements, or in sustaining the lan- Kuisbing and almost extinct manufactures of their country. Capitalist. are a sensitive and prudent race, they will not wake investments where they have to encounter not only the ordinary risks inci dental to every speculation, but also the danger of a total loss of their property from the establishment of anarchy and confusion. Manufactures will not flourish in a neighbourhood where the " Queen of Weapons" is in the hand of every idle vagabond who, too idle to work himself, would gladly destroy the productions of the better disposed and more indus trious. Railways will not be created where the people are openly exhorted to take up the rails, and to convert them into weapons of offence. Better to keep the money lying up, hoarded and unproductive, than risk its total loss. Before, then, capital can be hoped for perfect quietude must be obtained ; then, indeed, those who have the means will gladly employ them in a country possessing so many advantages from its natural resources, and the great cheapness and abundance of food and labour. Die great enemies of Ireland are those who, by their denunciations and outrages, keep English capital and capitalists from their island. Let the people free their soil front these vermin, more pernicious than the snakes and vipers, which their Patron Saint is re ported to have banished. Let them become peace able and orderly, applying themselves earnestly to the duties of their several stations, respecting the rights and properties of others, and zealously labour ing to improve their own position in society. Let them but pursue such a course for a brief period, so as to give an assurance that they are really deter wined to persevere in such conduct, and they will, indeed make Ireland what she ought to be— " Great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea," " The beings of the mind are not of clay," said BritoN, and consequently he argued they are im mortal. If, then, they, the creations of the poet's imagination, endure, how unfitting were it that the memory of him who created them should pass away. How sorrowful would be the lot of genius it for gotten after death. Happily, such injustice is of very rare occurrence. The poet may be too often neglected or contemned during life, but with his existence his unjust treatment ends; friends are loud in lamentation, and even foes join in celebrating his praises— " When his bark is buried deep, Will envy be the first to weep ?" The love which all mankind bear to the name, and the honour which they delight in paying to the memory, of the dead poet, is invariably excessive, and might be deetned extravagant were it not most na tural that they should seek to lavish their tears and praises —all they have to give —upon the grave of him, their great benefactor, appreciated it may be too late. But not his contemporaries alone, every succeeding generation which benefits by the lessons of the bard, joins its voice to that grateful chorus which perpetuates the praises of those benefactors of mankind—" Poets whose thoughts enrich the blood of the world." An instance of this noblest form of hero-worship has just been afforded by the meeting at Stratford-upon- Avon, which we reported yesterday, held in honour of the anniversary of SnansrEitz's birth. SHAK SPBRE certainly does not come within the cate gory of those unfortunate poets to whom we have just alluded—that, indeed, would have been itnpos. Bible. What age could have been insensible to his merits ? Nevertheless, he furnishes an example of the enthusiastic veneration with which a great name —a great literary name—is invariably regarded. At the present time, when extraordinary political changes in foreign countries are engrossing public attention, and when disturbances nearer home have hardly ceased to occasion alarm, a body of men, some among them of the noblest .and most powerful in the land, meet together fur the purpose of celebrating the birthday of a man who has been in his grave two centuries ! Far, however, front wishing to cavil at such a proceeding, we are rejoiced at it. We are inexpressibly rejoiced by so unmistakeable an evidence of the strength and tenderness of the popular attachment to poets and poetry even in this practical a ge . And were another evidence of these sentiments required, we should find it in the cordial and eloquent remarks uttered by Lord MORPETH at the Shak spere Festivity—himself a poet, and distinguished by ma n y peculiar traits of character, which render him a fitting participator in such a scene. The dis course of the Right Honourable Member for the West Riding was on this occasion most graceful and appropriate. One of his introductory observations deservedly elicited loud cheers from all his auditors—" I have no sympathy," he said, " with those who see harm in everything—in fic tion, in poetry, in plays." I have nu sympathy with such as these, said Lord 111ORPETH ) and so say we. " A thing of beauty is a joy for ever ;" and they who, by cultivating and idealising the beautiful, rejoice the hearts and elevate the minds of their fellow-men, are the true benefactors of their kind. And as such SHAKCPBRE is deserving of as much commendation as is the most zealous patriot 1 o r philanthropist t hat ever existed. His celebrity, a ccording to L ord AOMTII, has also another utili. an intention to esche w politics in his disc ourse, the NI • base. Noble Lord, however, that in wide and compre hensive bearing he migh t even there allude to politics, ni .Iy , follo aim &ot," b. ..skod. "We io ws not the writings and the genius of SHAxsreaz con tributed in no inconsiderable degree to augment the consideration and influence of England ? I myself feel that I could bear witness to this when travelling among our transatlantic brethren of the great Ameri can Republic, for I found that, however willing any one might be to raise a dispute about the Maine boun dary or to pick a quarrel about the Oregon, or to boast how they had licked the Britisher's' at New Orleans, yet I never found a single American who was not eager to claim brotherhood with the countrymen ot Sumurgaz." After alluding to the expression of similar sentiments by the French and Germans, he proceeds d to ask, "Do we not now feel every day that the most startling events of contemporary in terest connect themselves with the associations ot SUANSPERE ? While the tide of war seems now l e t loose upon the plains of Lombardy, and is perhaps at this moment breaking uponthe oipethat the r v a io m le p n a e r e ts of Ve rona, at oppeorsoinoag, faatclteioasnt we , m ay m s a p y are the tomb of Juliet. And Venice —perhaps in this country we do not care very much whether it is a republic or an imperial fief—but we should care very much if we thought that a man could no longer swim in a gondola and walk _6 aye , many a time and oft on the Rialto.' Then as for the Danes, although we ourselves have not been always quite regular with that nation, yet the thought of HAMLET, the image of the buried majesty of Den mark,' deepens and enlists our sympathies with that gallant people, and we should look upon it almost as a Rational insult, if armed invaders were to bombard the palace of Elsinore. Am I not right, then, in say• ing that there is hardly a mood of the mind or play of the fancy in circumstances of passing events which Snmesretz has not anticipated and has not chroni cled ?" The hearty cheers of the audience answered the Noble Lord's inquiry with an unhesitating affirma tive. Wishing to do honour to the memory of SHAKSPERE, and to suit his observations to the character of the times, Lord Moaraxu could hardly have seized upon a happier idea than that of exhibiting the departed poet as an instrument in promoting that spirit of peace and amity among nations which is the glory of these times. Having, by the charm of his writings, associated the histories of foreign countries with the most familiar and pleasing associations of the English people, and having, at the same time, by the genius and truthfulness of these same writings, inspired other nations with a warm and lively interest in England and the English lan guage, SHAIESPERS, as Lord MOICPETII justly re marked, has done much to facilitate the kindly inter change of national sympathies ; and hence it is peculiarly fitting that, at the present time, the me mory of Sa.wrzaz should be especially comme morated. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. M. LaDRU Roux.; and hh Commissioners have in every district in the provinces exercised the most odious tyranny to procure if possible the return of those who will be willing to aid him, either as dupes or accom plices, in his schemes for betraying the Republic. At Rouen the communal schoolmasters, who are all in the pay of the Minister of Public Instruction, were convened and commanded to sign collectively an engagement to vote for the Government can didates or resign their places. At a little town called Neufchatel a body of two hundred con scripts were stopped by the mayor, put into the Hotel de Ville, and there kept under lock and key until they had voted. Instances are given of electors being stopped on their way, their lists taken from them, and they obliked to return home, by hired ruffians. The 411emorial de Rouen says it is useless making complaints to the Government Commis. sioner, " who is so good a man that he refuses to believe any evil of others." The Journal de Rouen contains accounts of men being beaten, and the lists taken from them, because they were not democratic. The Gazette de Lyons contains accounts of similar proceedings in its neighbourhood. It says that in the Place des Terreaux they were burning heaps of lists of names which had been violently taken from elec tors. There was a grand demonstration of the clubs of Lyons, of the workmen employed in the Government eteliers, and of the voraces, in favour of the democratic candidates. The Journal de Toulouse contains also some curious proceedings of the Government Com missioner. Having menaced the inhabitants of a par ticular town to have its privilege of chef lieu con veyed to another place, unless the votes were for the Government candidates, he next, proceeded by way of corruption, having changed the guardians of the bureau de bienfaiscmce, and then told them to vote money for the poor, who would not otherwise go tAJ the polling place. The same Government Cemiiiiis sioner threatened that he would smash like glas, any officials whom he suspected of not going with the and that he would make a patriotic offering to the Republic of the money due to them. Another Government Commissioner writes to the curate of Limoux, that he had received a dispatch from the Commissaire-General of the department, prescribing the most energetic measures against the members of the clergy who use the influence given them by their character to lead public opinion astray by recommending candidates hostile to the revolution, and threatening the clergyman to whom the letter is addressed with his displeisure. So much for the system of terror and corruption practised in the pro vinces. The following extract from a long letter in the Constitutionnel contains some indirect revelations of the terror practised in the capital : " There are men who dssire to make a sort of repub lican restoration, with similar persecutions, and who dream about a certain revolutionary history which is gone by forever. These men affect to date the Republic at its 56th year, imitating the ludicrous example set by Louis XVIII. Instead of the flag of glory and liberty, they demand the drapeau of blood. They revive the costumes and heed-dress of what they call la bonne epoque. They give to journals the titles of the old dewagogie; they admit no title but that of citizen; they call on the people every day to plant trees of liberty; they demand that public tables be set in the streets for repasts in common—doing the Spartan republic and the fraternity Lamoarette; these are peurilities resembling those practised by the Restoration. But there are other doings much more alarming—they are not satisfied with calling themselves Jacobins and Montagnards; they also take their doctrines, and seem to renew their acts. They can only comprehend a republic under tire form of a revolution en permanence. They demand the right of deliberating in arms iu their clubs; they demand that the Assembly shall be opened on the 31st of May in order to place this inauguration under the auspices of a sanguinary reminiscence. 'they evoke all the horrors of the past. They belong to the historic school founded on what we shall not call the worst times, but the worst of deeds of our history. All that is old. With that France will have nothing to do." It is generally believed, however, that all the at tempts of the Ledru-Rollin faction to carry the elections of Paris have proved abortive. M. Di-. LAMARTINZ is, it is said, at the head of the poll, and General CAVAIGNAC, the Governor-General of Ai. Biers, second. The return of General CAVAIGNAC for Paris will be one of the most severe rebuffs that Lenny ROLLIN has yet received, inasmuch as Ge neral CAVAIGNAC threatened to transport from Al geria the commissary, sent thither by M. LEDRU ROLLIN, if that personage attempted at all to interleie with the Government or the inhabitants of that co lony; and General CAVAIGNAC is just the man i c y have kept his word, even had the meddler bee.i. LEDRU RoLuirr himself instead of his man. i.'he commissary M. COUPUT was, it seems, sent to Algiers, by LET:mu ROLLIN, wi,hout the knowledge of his colleagues, and the Provisionsi Government has annulled the appointment. An attempt was made on the 16 . th and 17th to get up a Ledru-Rollin derhonstration in Algiers, but it signally failed. The great body of the people rose against the anarchists, and assist, d by the Civic Guard tore down the bonnet rouge, and dispersed the mob. The Moniteur contains a decree opening a credit l'L two million francs to the Minister of Public Work, for continuing the railway works between llornmar ting and Strasbourg. It is said that M. ODILON BARROT has been elected by an immense majority for the departmen , of L'Aiine. On Monday night there was "a scene" in th. Cabinet of the Provisional Government between M. LAMARTINE and M. LEDRU ROLLIN. The latter desired the further postponement of the meeting ot the Assembly, the former peremptorily opposed it: the latter threatened a popular demonstration, th, former treated the menace with contempt. N. LEDRU ROLLIN then declared that he would have Paris covered with barricades. M. Lastawriste ruse and declared that he set his colleague at defiance, that the majority of the Government were quite pre pared for any measure of that description promote. , by the Minister of the Interior, and that they would resort to effectual measures of defence. After this, report says, M. LEDRU ROLLIN lowered his tone. In every section of Paris in which the result °I the polling has become known it has been favourable to the moderate members of the Provisional Go• vernment, while MM. LEDRU ROLLIN, ALBERT, Louis BLANC, and FLocost hold places which show that their popularity, even among the great body of the working classes, was over-estimated. It appears, however, that all the members of the Provisional Government will be returned for Paris. The follow ing is the order in which they at present stand Dupont (de l'Eure), the venerable President of the Provisional Government, is at the head of the poll ; then follow M.M. de Lamartine, Cre mieux, Garnier Pages, Cormenin, Beranger, Marie, Carnot, Bethrront, Goudchaux, and Wollowski, all of whom have ♦ery large majorities. After them come MM. Vellu, Peupin, Schmit, Lamennais, Co querel, Marrast, General Duvivier, Victor Ilugo, and Ledru Rollin. Louis Blanc, Albert, and Flocon have fewer votes than any of the above. It is right to state that the returns from the districts in which the ouvriers are most numerous are not yet known, with the exception of the seventh, in which M. LEDRI: ROLLIN and his friends appear in a minority. Ot, the Bourse the funds rose considerably ii; consequer.ct , of the turn taken by the elections. The Presse gives the result of the scrutiny of the 7th section of the third arrondissement, in as far at regards the first nineteen names at the head of the pull : Lamartine Dupont(de l'Eure) 648 Aragu 640 Murrast_ Cremieux Wollowbki Cormenin Caraignac Varin ilucht z Lcdru It u in Albert Louis Blanc 109 Gamier Pett , i3 635 Marie 628 Bethtuont..• Du vivier B.ranger 564 Berger --1 As far as the accounts from the departments go, the elections appear to have proceeded as calmly as, in the metropolis. At Rouen the balloting was over, and the election day had passed more quietly than Easter Sunday and Easter Monday usually do. At Havre and Lille the same tranquillity existed. At Brest the military part of the elec tion was over. The Journal de la Marine says the different corps of the Marine at Brest were called on yesterday to vete for their representa tives in the National Assembly, to wit, the officers and military functionaries at the prefecture of the Merino, the 'agora not sntbaked itthe held-quartsra of the crews of the line, and the staffs and crews of armed ships on their respective ships. It then gives the result. The only member of the Government in the list is M. DE LAMARTINE, and he is at the head of every list. The other favourites are—MM. LA CROSSE, DECOUVRANT, ROSSEL, LH BRETTON, SOU VESTRE, GRAVERAU, BRUNEL, LB GRANDAIS, &C. With the exception of M DE LAMARTINE and M. LACROSSE, who was a member of the Chamber id Deputies, the whole of the Brest candi 'ates are new men. A decree has appeared in the Moniteur putting an end to the organization of armed bands of foreigners in France. _ _ It is said that M. LAMARTINE has concluded a treaty offensive and defensive between the French Republic, Switzerland, the Italian States, and that portion of Germany represented in the Diet at Frankfort. A large quantity of troops entered Paris yester day. The infantry of the line are now doing duty regularly at the prisons tux' some of the public build• ings, in the plaee of the National Guards. SPAIN. Madrid Journals of the 20th have been received. The Heraldo announces, by authority, that in the event of any fresh disturbances, a quarter of an hour's grace would be granted in order to prevent bloodshed, but that after that brief period had elapsed, no quarter would be given. The proclamation is headed, "Notice to the inhabitants of Madrid." Notwithstanding this declaration, which will be carried out to the very letter by NARVAEZ and his sanguinary partisans, preparations are making by the Spanish people for a desperate struggle against their oppressors. An immense quantity of muskets are concealed in Madrid, the armoury having been entered by a sub terraneous passage, and a number of the guns in it carried off. Orders have been given to take the locks off the remainder, in case the same thing should again occur. The Government is trying to keep this misfortune from the knowledge of the pub lic, and its organs have orders to deny that it has oc curred. A printed paper, of which the following is a trans lation, has been extensively circulated in Madrid : '• People of Madrid I—You are about to become the victims of the most cruel tyranny. An infamous Go vernment, which no longer possesses means of support beyond robbery and corruption, has just committed the last of iniquities. " Maria Christina and her creatures are preparing to escape with the plunder snatched from the bosom of this unfortunate country. The bank, the tunas of which they possessed themselves in order to deprive you of your liberty, at the very time you were fighting for it, is now in a state of bankruptcy. This is manifest by the non-payment of its notes. It is in vain they attempt to deceive you. PORTUGAL. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the 20th by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Tiger, Captain Joy, which arrived at Southampton yesterday. Her dates of sailing were, Gibraltar, April 15 ; Cadic, 16, Lisbon, 20 ; Oporto, 21 ; Vigo, 22. The Ministry have introduced into the Chamber a law of electoral reform, enacting that henceforth the elections shall be direct instead of indirect. This measure was opposed by SILVA CABRAL, who con fended that indirect election was a fundamentnl article of the Charter. On this a division took place, and the Chamber decided by 63 to 36 that indirect election was not a fundamental article of the Charter. COSTA CABRAL supports the SALDANHA Ministry, the opposition to which is led by his brother SILVA. Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR has, by direction of Lord PALMERSTON, presented a very energetic protest against the proposition for the capitalization of the ov:rdue dividends upon the foreign debt, a measure of direct robbery upon the English creditors. Should the scheme be persisted in, it is to be hoped that Lord PALmEesToN will not confine himself to protests. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has communicated to %1. DE Chamber of D e p ut i es t h e exp l anat i on w i th which LAMARTINS favoured the Portuguese the Envoy at Paris, respecting the term, "a perjured (4Bapplied to her M ost F a i t hf u l M AJESTY b y l. C s a zl E ' ll ' lEux in his r e pl y to t h e a dd ress of the Por tuguese s ympathisers. It was, t h a t M. CREALIEUX spoke his own sentiments on the occasion, and not those of the Government collectively. Th e re have been variou s f a l se a l arms o f e meu t es , ‘u hut everything continued tranquil. Three French subjcts have petitioned th e F renc h R epu bli c f or re dress. They had been cr ue ll y ma l trea t e d by so me of the armed bands in the pay of the Government. e The Duke of PALMELLA has landed at Lisbon from Madeira. following statement not d evo id o f i n t eres t : statement o f th e Portuguese naval force may filbe Line of battle ships—Vasco da Gama, 80, Lisbon ; Cabo Sao Vincente, hulk ; Dom Joao, 78, dismantled and rotten. Frigates _Fernando, 58, new, dismantled ; Pedro, 48. dismantled; Donna Maria, 42, dismantled ; Diana, 54, dismantled ; I)on Braganca, 50, rotten from neglect, dismantled; Rsinha, 46, register ship at Belem. Eight corvettes of 20, of which three are ready for sea, tour dismantled, and one in the Douro not yet rigged. One corvette of 12 at Angola. Eleven brigs, one being at Angola, one at Mozambique, one at Madeira, one now equipping, and six dismantled. Eight small schooners. Four calques, two cutters, and four steamers, these last being the Minden() and Tojal. 6, at Lisbon. the Terceira, 4, under repair, and the D. Luiz (formerly the Royal Tar), also repairing. Sovereigns are 4,500, but at a premium ; dollars, 920; 5 franc piece, 860. Lisbon bank notes somewhere about 70 per cent. discount. Exchange on London, 30 days, 53.1 ; 90 days, 53. Her Majesty's ship at Gibraltar,—Her Majesty's steamer Polyphemus, Com mander Clevert y . From Tetuan.—R o y a l yacht squadro n schooner, Ondine. At Lisbon—TheH avan nah, Stromlooli, Comet. April 22, at e ight A.M., the Tiger, found lying at Vigo, the Oriental Company 's steam-shi p , Madrid, that p ac k et h av i n g passed her Majesty's ship Howe, 120 guns, with th e Scour g e steamer it, company, at seven A.M. on t he 21st instant, in lat. 45 12 N., l ong . 8 23 W., steering N.E., with the QUEaN DOWAGSZ on board. The Howe sailed from Madeira on the 15th instant. Lying to off Oporto Bar —The British brig Ane- Ennyne, of London, and the brig Dela, of Memel. Layin g in Vigo Bay, preparing for Sea—The British barque Hope, bound for London from New Zealand. The Peninsula and Oriental Company's ship Madrid sailed from Vigo on the morning of the 22d, at eight A.m., for Oporto. April 20th, at five ?. M., exchanged colours with the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Pacha. ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER. On ELECTRIC TKLEGEA?H.) The Queen Dowager arrived at Portsmouth this morning from Madeira, in her Alajesty's :ship Howe. Viscount Morpoth arrived in town last night from visitin g the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at Trent. kisl32, Staffordshire, Btri tford-oa-Avon, and attending the Shakiperiau BOURSE-PARIS, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 26. THREE O'CLOCK.-A ',cry considerable amount of business was transact , d to-day, and the Bourse, in some measure, exhibited the activity which it was ac custom , d to manifest before the revolution. The re sult of the Paris elecions being now pretty well known to be decidedly in favour of the more moderate party, sl.eculators augur well from the fact, and con sider the moment favourable for purchasing stock. In consequence, demands flowed in throughout the whole day's business, and almost in every case the last prices are the highest. Lists of the returns made up in the different sections were all day being handed about at the Bourse, and from them it would appear, that. even in the arrondissements most remark able for their democratic tendencies, the ultra party have not the advantage. The Three per Cents. opened at 411. 75c., and closed at 44f. 50c., being an advance of 31. 25c.; the Five per Cents. opened at 63f. 50c., and closed at 65f., or 3t. higher than the day before. Bank of France shares were again exceedingly demanded, and show an advance of nut less than 170 f. ; Roman has risen 2it:, closing at 544 f.; Belgian Fives (1840), lit., 63t.; ditto (1842). 21., at 6351.; Rothschild's Neapo litan' It., at 535€.; Obligations de la Vile, 5f., at 1,030 t.; -nd Piedmont, 10f., at 860 f.; Bons du Trftior were 'lone at first at 39 per cent. less, and towards the close the clay at 371.; but it has been remarked, that few x.;ll , ons at present consent to make this hoary sacrifice. ittalwit) Shares weir also exceedingly buoyant, and some of the lines exhibit a remarkable improvement :- Orleans have advanced 55E, closing at 570 E; Rouen 501., it 425 r.; Vierzon 25f., at 2601.; Marseilles 20f., at 2251.; Northern i2l. 50e., at 362 t. 50c.; Havre 7f. 50c., at 2071. ; Bale sf, at Sri. 50c.; Versailles (Right Batik) 50c,. at 117 f. 50c.; Nantes If. 25c., at 345 f.; Lyons - ,re 3f. 75e, lower, closing at 3111, 25c. ; Versailles (Left Batik)sf. lower, at 102 f. 50c.; Strasburg 2f. 50e. lower, at 335 f.; Bordeaux are unvaried, at 3951. French gold remains at about 30E the thousand, and the charge lor obtaining silver for a I,ooof. note is about sf. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Arnie 26. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 1 4—Namur and Liege. 3—Orleans Ind Bordeaux, 1 3 4 Paris and Lyons, 2!4—Paris and Or leans. 24 with Cit.—Paris and Rouen, 14—Rouen and Li a yr. , 814. GERMANY AND 'THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Wiener Zeitung, of the 21st April, says, the battalion of the Trieste territorial militia, whose , ;ourageous conduct adorned many a page of the his ory of our campaign in the years 1805, 1809, and 1813, and whose active services during the late events contributed essentially to the maintenance of legal order, has addressed a note to Count NUGENT, the general in command, volunteering to fight against !he enemy, by means of which his army will receive very considerable reinforcement. [he Minister of War, while bringing this satis r'actory token of the patriotic sentiments of the I'rieste militia to the notice of his MAJESTY, con -iders himself called upon to make the above intel 4ence generally known. His MAJESTY, after having accepted the resigna ioc of the burgomaster of Vienna, M. Vox CzArso, was pleased to declare, by an imperial resolution of he 29th of March, that the post of burgomaster of Vienna might be considered vacant. Previous to the tilling up of this post, it appeared necessary to call . he attention of the burgher committee of Vienna to :he altered state of things, and to suggest that the office of burgomaster might probably call for some modification. The burgher committee has, there ,ore, resolved to defer the election till the middle of May. The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 211 publishes a otter, dated Botzen, April IU, which says— " We lelrt) from Verona that Field-Marshal Radetzky h a s undertaken a general r-connoitre on the line tr,ni Verona to Mantua, and the result was that preponde ming forces were seen everywhere. " Large stores of provisions were being br , ught to the head-quarters. The reinforcements from Austria hay. [eft the Tz•inso, and are in full march through the Ve -,.•rian territory to Verona. " P.S.—Wehave just received a large cJnsigntriPtit of .luns from the army in Ita►y. They are the result of he disarming Which liadetzky ord , red at Verona." PRUSSIA. Letters from Posen of the 20th April represent the •.ate of affairs of that duchy as very usatisfactory. l'he large encampment is broken up, but those who :•sinposed it are re-assembling in smaller groups in other quarters. MiEaosL&w.xl has again addressed the KING, -rating that the people are by no means satisfied with the former concessions, because Count MILZYNSKI ,:ltered the positions on his own responsibility. The 4.reatest apprehensions are entertained for the Easter ;estival. BADEN. The Republicans have everywhere been beaten. Che bands have fled and separated. Hucasa has made his escape to Bah, but STROVE was taken on the 21st, at the village of Sackingen, as he was about to pass the Rhine into Switzerland. Hessian troops occupied on the 21st Leopold:01611e and the Schus terinsel, which had been full of German workmen. About 240 men of the free corps which were at Gross. hunger} on the 21st, left that place by rail to Elsatz. RUSSIA. A letter from Konigsburg of the 17th, in the Deutsch Zeitung, says— " Three Russian regiments of the guards left St. Petersburgh, a few days since, in the first instance to orrison Riga. A command has likewise been issued to Abe military authorities at Mitau immediately to pur , !hase 6,000 horses fur conveying the baggage and er. The accounts from St. Petersburgh state that the expected prohibition of the export of the precious metals had not been issued, and that the Ministry have declared that there will be no obstacle to the free export of them. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES Skirmishes, leading to no results, are of daily oc airrence between the Danish troops and the Holstein volunteers. It would appear that the volunteers, who have yet to learn that discretion is the better part of valour, are much in the way of the regular Troops of Prussia. The country is fiat, and not at all adapted to guerilla fighting, and these volunteers are constantly getting into danger, from which the regular troops have to rescue them. The Commander- In-Chief for Schleswig-Holstein has i,sued a pro- L!lamation to the effect that no further volunteers are wanted, and begging the different committees formed in Ger natty to desist from sending them, as they are not wanted. On the 22d the Prussians and Hanoverians quitted Rendsburg, where they are to be replaced by the Oldenburghers, and moved to Witteensee and ',chested, the latter the site of the battle between the Swedes and Danes in 1813, towards Ecken forde, so that it would seem as if the attack on the Danish camp would be on the east side of the duchy. From eye-witnesses it is learnt that their entrenchments commence at Schleswig, at which town they have much streng'hened the means of defence, and extend along the old Danish wall by Hollingstead towards Husun—thus it may be seen that their position is a strong one, as they are pro tected on their left by the bay of the Sley, and on their right, towards Husun, by turf, moors, and morasses. The entrenchments protecting the Danes are sandwalls, eight or ten feet high, with dry ditches in front, and as the heavy shot will bury themselves in the sand without shattering the wall, it will be a tough business to force their position, and must cost the allies many men. As, therefore, regular pre parations must be made for the attack, it is probable some days may yet elapse before any decisive affair can come Off , The DiLtleti have advanced some troops over the Sley, and the villages of Fluckebye, Hum melfeld, and Cusel are now their fore posts. The embargo enforced at Copenhagen on Prussian ships has been extended to all Gennan vessels. It is reported that a number of Prussian ships have already been taken, and it is now feared that the Elbe and Weser will be blockaded by the Danes. RUMOURED DEATH OF THE KING OF DENMARK. A letter from Altoni, dated the 23 d , one o'clock, P.M., says— " A report, the truth of which, however, ifi /er Y doubtful, prevailed in Rendsburg th is morning, that the King of DENMARK was dead. Though this may not be true, there seems to be no doubt that his illness (bronchitis) is of a serious nature." SWITZERLAND• A letter from Berne, of the 21st inst., saYst -- " The Directory last night recei ved accounts which rendered it necessary to hold a meeting this morn in e ars g. Fhe following particulars have transpired: —It app that a serious colliAon has taken e place in Meshed Duch) of Baden between the wo rkmen who w i s hed to the ustablish a republic in Germany , and the troops of Grand Grand Duke, in which the R e p ublican party were routed, and sought refuge on the Swiss frontier. The cantons of Schaffhausen, Bale. and A r g au, immediately called out some battalions, in order to secure the frontier. e " The Genevese section of t he g eneral association of the Swiss people has unanimou sl y decided on proposing ro the Upper Diet, and to the stat es through the DireS' ti•ry, the convocation of a coastituent assembly nion' by the people." ITALY• ROME. His HOLINESS has deigned to grant a Priv ate audience to his Serene Highness the Prince Aria ANDER DI GONZAGA MANTUA, accompanied by til e Princess his consort. Their Serene Highnes!r afterwards proceeded to pay their respects to uls Eminence the Most Reverend Cardinal AprrotaLit Secretary of State.—Gazetta di Roma, April 15. The Earl of MINTo left Rome on the 19th. t It was rumoured in Rome that the bombarclulea of Messina had been recommenced with great forP LOMBARDY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 21 st h as a bulletio from the King's head-quarters at Gazzoldo of t he 19th. At that date a strong division of Piedrnontest tried to surprise the advanced posts of the fortress of Mantua, but the garrison remained shut up ID tb , e . fortress behind the lagunes. A few cannon -oh°' were exchanged, without much effec t on either old?' The heavy artillery that was expect ed by the Pied montese had arrived, and a vigoro us attack liras Peschiera was hourly expected. While the flog, truce was hoisted during the late armistice, MN ° ream, of the Piedmontese army, was su ddenly s il prised and made prisoner by a body of Austrians'ciilled t 0 The Provisional Government ,of Mila n have .ee arms the classes of 1826 and 1827. Their ser gi he will last three years. By a decree of the 17th the will _ t Tusoin G o vernment has adopted the Ita lian tric leaving the escutcheon of Tuscany. rder The Admiralty-o ffi ce at Genoa has issued on ° the to fi t out two frigates and two brigs of war , for o f protection and convoy of the merchant vesiselsfor Sardinia to and fro from the Dardanelles; l' uu ' et i to thermore, that two brigs of war should b e er for the cruise in the Adriatic Sea and A rc hipole' protection of the merchant vessels of th is state. TO A letter from Spezia, dated 17th inst a nt, r e P ° of the arrival in that gulf of a French steam- 114 has $ of ss hich h s 16 guns, from Toulon, the cap tain reported that the French fleet, consisting of six of-battle ships and several steam-vessels, wad s °° e arrive in the said gulf. Letters from the sitt" of the 18th instant, mention the arriva l in tha t g ot' the French line-of-battle ship F r iedland , °°ll3 ,i mended by Admiral BAUDIN, two men of Wa r ' in one large steam-frigate. to The Tuscan army passed the Po on the if "' take up position at Viadona. The Provisional Government of Lombardi ,b 1:: in consideration of the circumstances of the 01 done away with the duty on the importation ° gun-caps. A difference has arisen between CuAßLEsAmssita an the Provisional Government at Milan of so seriou s nature that it is likely to have a very sinister effe ct on the events of the war, in as tar as the interes ts of Lombardy are concerned. Letters receive d from the head- quarters of GA neral GAZZALDO, and which are stated by the Contemporaneo to be official , state the quarrel has, within the last few days, 0' 'umed a cz.aracter equally grave and unexpected. According to these letters, CHARLES ALBERT 1311° written to the Provisional Government at 0 11° ' intimating—first, that he considers the Mincin the extreme boundary between Lombardy i gul ns Venice ; in the second place, that the Ven et ' s it having constituted themselves into a Republ ic, is not hi' intention to set foot within their terrirnrya and thirdly, that the Austrians, having abt inu° o f the Lombard territory, with the exception los Mantua and Peschiera, he considers that he a p accomplished his mission. Besides this , he time upon the Provisional Government to lose nci ntier o in making up their minds, and guarding th e f r° e a to with their own troops, as he is quite deterointsueo retire as soon as the Lombard troops shall hav e occ o , possession of the positions which he at present 0,4 pies. After mentioning this grave determito ti l 'd to As if to leave no doubt as t o th e mo tives whi ch e ve rt') it, the same letter add s :—+' I suppose that th' s i Go , must throw these gen tl emen (the Prov isi° d ls i peat• vernment) into a sufficiently great ernba rr e ; S erf . At present they im ag i ne t h at t h ey h a ve d°ll i :i tbel thing themselves, and w ith ou t o ur aid, s'': wive forget that if the Germans hare retreated, they done so under the moral influence of our forniell. of the 26th DU r iCll MAIL. p oe a r p a e i rs of to ß t , h ,t e av 2 i 6 a t , h by of a -4/ COlif tilli THE HAGUE APRIL 25.—The Netherlao— Jail has fixed the regulation " s nistraf ion of justice in the . beYend 11 Madeira. The sentence of death, ,whit possessions 1, shal l i and } p ' roclamation of the 2 1 '1 oni future Teetbotrhuaasvreeycu. received_ W....upon cie be submitted to the consideratetibwoe;leoceigt . s"" I '''". t : jj d :I 1 b i 11 I I: vernor the by the authorities, shall be ac coroP an b ",ll be deemedir opinion, and in case an act of groce,l4ed bi the advisable, the reasons for it shall be ow ro ily authorities and by the tribunals. V ari°ll :ll 11 ' very extensive expedition is in prepstra tl° ,„ ll ,lid cl. General trent points of Java, under tbe G4l"-recolle 1 Van Derwyck, for the purpose „^ ~,- o Oa nericing an enterprise- against Balie, so 5,3`"'-nis tot monsoon shall permit. It is comPo eu 4 7 i bco l s or. - 110 , battalions of 2,400, and will probably the end of May. The ,Ryn steamer, 0 f 56 ,4 1 '_A bs and indeed all the steamers and schooneraupimi employed v in the transport of troops. Rear ' c es G I India, den Bosch, commander of the naval fo t. r pi e is gone to Sourabaga, to superintend Wogs to armaments. The governor will leave for Siii illl , o b° - March. , A slight misunderstanding has ar", l e r tween the Indian government - and the I' gybes Pr 'l'imorlaut. A deputation had been sent tbit"-orat• the purpose of effecting an amicable arrang e po t ° l'wo ships of war have left the island of Sl 4 OOl give chase to the pirates, who intend to 1 1 740 ar an expedition against Brune to avenge their the. that place. „, sfs e t A private letter from Podang brings Yeri . ..,* -t1 oat tory accounts respecting the state of the easte l ",, c fai ir s t of them Su , coffee and m an a d tr g a, re pe at r a f t e t c e t order .. and. tranquiliitilot7ooooi pepper. n i ti h on ere is i p s a a id ge to ne t r h o e i o c u otivic tio bo n ot the necessit of establishing a regular 'tea°. communication between Java and Sumatr a ' ill ° The S ingapore Free Press contains a lettet;' 00 0 0 0 following is an extract :—" frequently makes critics on the Dutch which the Your J.., tb p oliel l ' t th° Netherlands. Your attacks are chiefly aimed s o t gl r itiO system ov which you call exclusive, as if the A'. o i 0 colonies,Gernment pursued a more liberal system:coo' it is, nevertheless, easy to prove t,Pewhicb many of your readers were h • ant tPli ie trr. per-aps ignor 1. 0 oil PortThili dno .l y t , will suffice to mention the tact, of wh is t t t o Dutch ships from Batavia are not permittenai' deft at Sy while English vessels:coming frour,hscifir, p, Adelaide, and Launceston, laden frog, a 0 0/ enter the Road of Batavia. It is difficult to ri gi p u tea just reason to .ju-lify this exclusion of the ip re° vessels. The same exclusion appears to ex ist 00 .1 Bard to the island of Mauritius. A Dutch care witkA n , ,s o which arrived there about six months ago, of rice, was compelled to return without unloadicteing this too at a time when four dollars live; r icet „ paid in the island of Mauritius for a plot ° _„d 0' price which is paid only in time of dearth , :1 d ress tg the merchants of this island had sent an a d e ffier m ore . 00 0 the British Parliament, praying it to take cious measures for the regular supPV dth :d i al with provisions. The entrance duty iiriP s- alin tfr rice at Java, and which may be said to t o pnc . nominal, ere entirely enppressed at time , 0 Is' :•4