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Henry Colburn, rubli,lier, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOW RE And can bc had of al Booksel , demy fivo., with Portraits and numer , illustrations, A HISTORY ul aid JESUITS. From the FOUNDATION' of their SOCIETY, By ?OPE PAUL 111., To its SUPPRESSION by PuPE CLEMENT XIV. ; Their Missions throughout the World, and their Revival and Present State. By ANDREW STEINMETZ. Author of " The Novitiate," and " The Jesuit in the Family." Richard Bentley, New Burlington•street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COAIPANY.- A MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS OPPOSED to the RAISING of 745,4801. by the ISSUE of SEVEN PER CENT. PREFERENCE SHARES, to be held To-Mowtow (Friday), at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at Three o'clock precisely (not Three for Four), at which a full attendance is earnestly requested. Shareholders who cannot attend in person the meeting of the Company at Edinburgh, on Thursday, the 20th ins tant, are re minded that they are entitled to vote by proxy, provided such proxy be qualified as required by the Act of Parliament. Shareholders, intending to be present at Edinburgh, and not in arrear with Calls, and willing to take charge of Proxies, are requested to attend. Attention is called to the advertisement, signed " Yates," which appeared in the " Times" newspaper on Wednesday, the 12th inst. 11ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LEND. 151 THALBERG has the honour to announce that his GRAND MORNING CONCERT will take place in the Great Concert Room of her Majesty's Theatre on MONDAY MORNING,JuIy 17, and will be supported by the talent of Mdlle. JENNY LIND, will sing the Grand Scena from " Der Freyschutz" (Weber), "La Lezione di Canto," with Signor Lablache (lioravanti), and the celebrated Swe dish Melodies. M. Thalberg will accompany Mdlle. Jenny Lind on the Pianoforte. M. TIIALBERG will have the honour to execute the following Pieces :—Fantasia on subjects from " Don Pasqualle" (Thalberg) ; Barcarolle, by desire, first tfme of pertormaech (Thalberg) ; New Tarantella (Thalberg) ; Fantasia on subjects from " Lucrezia Bor gia" (Thalberri). Further particulars will be published. Application for Tickets to be made at the Boa-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, when will be performed Mozart's Opera, entitled LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, on which occasion Mdlle. JENNY LIND will appear as Susanna. To conclude with the highly successful if ew and Original 'Ballet Divertissement, by 31. Perrot. the Music by Sig. Pupil, entitled, LES QUATRE SAISONS. Summer, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Autumn, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati ; Winter, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni; Spring, Mdlle. Cerito. PAS.—Regne du Printemps, du Printemps, Regne de l'Ete, de rEte, Regne de l'Automme, de l'Automme, Regue de l'Hiver, de rillYer, du l'Uttion des Saloons. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. Doors open at halt-past Seven. and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. li. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, Stc. After which a new Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright ; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks. Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with FORTUNE'S FROLICS. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. I , nors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. UOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new comic Drama, entitled THE TUTOR'S ASSISTANT. Characters by Messrs. Selby, C. Mathews, F. Cooke, Boxby, Granby, Kerridge ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss Howard, and Miss Jane Coleman. After which a new Farce, entitled POOR PILLICODDY. To conclude with a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN BRANCH. PrindVal characters by Messrs. H. Hall, Harley, Ker ridge, Madame Vestris, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Macnamara. Dress Boxes, bs. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; fit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No Dail-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland-place. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. Torun, Mr. Allen ; Sulpice, Kr. Weiss ; Corporal Mr. Wynn ; Marie, Madame Anna Thillou. After which, PAY ME I OR IF YOU DON'T. To conclude with the comic Ballet of UN JOUR DE NOCE. Dress Circle, : Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ritiisca PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. _Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. THE LAST WEEK BUT ONE. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at hall-past Seven o'clock when Will be performed PERE ET FORTIER. Alter which, L'INVENTEUR DE LA. POUDRE. To be fbilowed by UN JEUNE 110 MME PRESSE. To conclude with CAPORAL El' LA PAYSE. bs. ; rit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, Re Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 83, Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN con.inues to attract crowded and fashionable audiences at the St. James's Theatre, to witness his extraordinary and original SOIREES FANTAST TE IQ IS, which he will repeat THIS EVENING and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings, commencing at Half-past Eight. in consequence of the great demand for places, he will repeat his MATINEES FANTASTIQUES on FRIDAY MORNING, July 21. Doors open at Two o'clock. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Re-engagement of Mr. T. P. COOKE. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a new and original Drama, in Eight Tableaux, pourtraying by living characters George Cruik.hank's celebrated De signs, entitled THE DRUNKARD'S CH MILDREN. H E icks and Mrs. dward and Emma Roy (the Drunkard's Children) by jt. Bonner. supported by this talented company. After which, THE RED ROVER. Dick Fid, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclud ana e w ith THE re IDIOT OF THE MILL. t*Vger anti Tasurer, Mr. B. S. Falrbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. fifth Week of Fitzball's new and completely successful Spectacle. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENINU, Will be performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR MION ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS• TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclude with THE TRAVELLER'S ROOM. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. JULLIEN and his UNRIVALLED BAND. New Quadrille, composed expressly for the Gardens. Engagement of Miss lIUDDART. Continuation of the Engagement of Mdlle. LOVARNY. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Denson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, FR W E DAY DNESDAY, THURSDAY, and I. 'View of Roane —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by eons. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of Solo Per formers includc. Messrs. Baker, Barrett, Bauman, George and Viotti Collins, Ciotti, Collinet, Kcenig, Lazarus, Richardson, Sonnenberg, &c.—Two Solos each Evening. — Mdlle. Lovarny will sing two fa vourite Songs, Miss Huddart will sing a favourite Song, and w ith ,Marille. Lovarny will execute an admired Duet.—Also to be seen, o.uring the day, the beautiful Menagerie—Shakspere's House —The magic Bridge—and other novelties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most magnificent and not to be rivalled display o f Fireworks, by the Messrs. Southby, representing the Girandola during the Holy Week at Rome. Gates open at Ten A.m., Feeding Time Five—Jullien's Concert at a Quarter past Six—Fireworks at Half-past Niue. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. On Tuesday, July 18, the Third and Last but One Grand Miscel laneous Flower Show of the Royal South London Floricultural So. ciety, on NV !nob occasion an extra Brass B a nd will be in attendance. r'''''.-7--------I ' o CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. ____------------- THE WEATLIER.—SuN OFFICE, JULY 13. THERXWIISTEB, Lowest, 53 ; Highest, 73 ; Noon, 7 4. BA ROMETER, 30.5. WIND E.N.E.; fine sunshiny weathor. 11IGIIWATER AT LONDON BriIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 0 min. aft?r 0 I Evening •• 2 min. after 0 ,41 :.-- h M. • • , ed! 4 ,,/ .t . ..." • f • 2 .,.... it ~.. ..:..,. t ow -,''' • ' o l lll ,i4g: - ,7-r4., • :;0•A;e, , ik'q-cz,-, - .. , 02. ..... I"rii* , ; 0111 4 : ' ' ' '': ', V. : ' 'DR 0 1 ' .• j .' ...:,‘ NS . _ , ..., , • b,L . :r• NI 0 .4 . , 11 , ..... 0,1, , ~ 1,4 Et v i , i;00 ~., . 41 ! •: , r 0 - '.. .....,....0 • . * .4 is s- - ;1111t LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1848. There really app ears t o b e a ki n d o f u lt ra - re li g i ous epidemic. Every now and then Honourable Gentle men struggle up t o th e sur f ace o f P ar li amen t ary discussion, and strive, by the most spasmodic efforts, to emulate the pious reputation of Sir ANDREW AGNEW. To their imaginations the idea seems to be feasible, rather than ridiculous, of making virtue patent, and of enforcing the commandments of GOD by Acts of Parliament. A sort of scriptural pro priety is the highest of their religious aspirations. Mr. HINDLEY is anxious to be regarded as a rather superior lover of morality, though, by the way, Mr. PECKSNIFF in like manner was a decidedly moral man. When shall there be an end of all this sancti monious twaddle —this flirtation with conscience— this coquetry of Christianity ? Men are becomi ng sick of it; they cry out against it as THOMAS CAR LYLE has recently called out against Ireland, " Squelch it !—I say, by Heavens !--Squelch it !" They begin to recognise in all this assumption of sobriety a mere sham, hollow, egregious unreality. They think, as the Hon. CRAVEN BERKELEY admi rably observed in the course of yesterday's debate,. " that the observance of Sunday would be better promoted by the force of a good example on the part of the higher classes, and especially of the higher classes of traders, than by anything that mere measures of legislation could effect." Something more of this, and the Hon. Members for Ashton-under- Lyne and Salford will certainly have their abilities, and their amiabilities together, eclipsed by a sort of political extinguisher. Although the trumpery pretence of piety, called the Sunday Trading Bill, has advanced so far as to have been committed pro forma, there is scarcely the shadow of a chance that it will pass into an Act of Parlia ment during the session of 1848 ; and this, notwith standing the majority of 28 which in a House of 122 rejected the amendment, that the said Bill be read that day six months. The House of Commons has not leisure to expend its energies upon such frivolous in novations. There is something more serious to be done just now than to distinguish the hours when sprats are to be vended, or when, without a decided dereliction of duty, a man may imbibe a cup of cho colate. It is argued, however, by Mr. HINDLET and Mr. BROTHERTON, that in compliance with the ordi nances of the DEITY, the Sabbath should be kept holy by a Christian nation. Doubtless. We grant it. As an axiom of ethics we take the matter as wholly undeniable. But surely the maintenance of the sanctity of the Sunday—not the Sabbath, for that is Saturday—should be a voluntary act on the part of the community. Otherwise the merit of it would, in the vast majority of cases, be annulled. If men went to church through fear of the stocks or the horsepond—where would be the merit of the church going ? If a man passing down a certain road be compelled by law to give sixpence towards the poor of the parish under penalty of being fined to the tune of ten shillings, is there any merit in the alms think you ? No, the practice of the faith of the Naza rene degenerates from the awe of OMNIPOTENCE into a terror of the magistracy so soon as the will of Parliament dares to arrogate to itself the right to corroborate by its puny voice the tremendous revelations of the DIVINITY. " /ni tium sapientice timor Domini," says the Royal Pro phet—" timor Magistri," says the representative of Ashton-under-Lyne. Away with such pragmatic interpolations in Holy Writ ! They are blasphemies against that Genius of Christianity, whose authority is traceable to more august records than the pages of Hansard, and whose edicts are emanations from a holier region than a drawing-room in Dartmouth street, Westminster. Besides this : we put it to any sane man, does there not appear to be something im pious in the notion of enforcing the mandate of the GOD of Christendom with the feeble La Reine le veute of a creature of dust ? The mere idea is abhorrent to right reason, not to say to faith and to conscience. No : if the preservation of a peculiar quietude and sanctity on the Sunday is among the injunctions of Revelation, that ought surely to be enough to prevent the Houses of Par liament from transforming a moral obligation into an act of civil obedience to the Legislature. Another absurdity in the Bill introduced by Mr. HINDLET is that of rendering its clauses applicable in a very stringent manner to the poorer classes, and exempting the richer classes as much as possible from the penalties of its infringement. Look at the position of matters as they are at this moment under the old law based on the Act of ChARLES IL, the law prohibiting the sale of all wares or merchandise on Sundays, with the exceptions of milk and mackerel. Look at the evid ence taken before a Committee of the House of Com mons, the statement of a witness named Boggis, men tioned before Parliament yesterday by the Hon. CRA VEN BERKELEY. " The witness stated," said the Hon. Member for Cheltenham, " that on the day in question (viz., a certain Sunday when he was passing near the brewery of Messrs. TRUEDIAN, HANBURY, BURTON and Company, situated in Brick-lane, Spitalfields), a boy was passing along carrying a basket of dry figs; that the boy was taken up and carried off by the po lice merely for the offence of crying and selling a few figs, by the profits on which to obtain a morsel of food. That the same witness on the same day, about three o'clock, passing the brewhouse of the Hon. Member opposite, heard the clanking of chains in the brew house, heard the noise of heavy operations, and wit nessed the escape of a great quantity of steam, from which the inference was obvious that there, at all events, there was no rest or repose on the Sunday ; but the poor boy was taken into custody because he sold a few figs to procure himself a crust, while a great company carried on the trade of brewing with impunity, and he doubted not that it was so in all breweries." Now, although the Hon. Representative of South Essex, who is a member of the firm in question, endeavoured to explain that the Sunday work at the brewery was as little as possible, he by no means gainsayed the accuracy of the statement made before the Committee and quoted by the Hon. Member for Cheltenham. So that it becomes manifest that under the existing law the grievances are intolerable to the very poor, and nothing whatever to the very rich ; and the modification of the law, according to the plan proposed by Mr. EINDLEY, would only ren der that atrocious class-legislation more grievous and conspicuous. The fishmonger of the West-end could find a market for his ice and his sturgeon on Sundays without any fear of the consequence, and the wretched costermonger of Brick-lane or the New-cut would be walked off to the police-station for trying to earn a few pence for his Sunday's dinner by selling half-a-dozen apples cr a handful of dried figs. Such is the justice resulting from the interference of pious Legislatures and Pecksniffian Politicians. We have repeatedly alluded to the defective man ner in which what ought to be public prosecutions are conducted in this country. According to the constitutional theory, when a criminal action is committed, the private wrong is merged in the injury to the general body, and, nominally at least, the complaint is preferred in the name of the SOVEREIGN as chief magistrate of this mighty empire. The offence is declared to have been committed against the peace of our Sovereign Lady the QUEEN, her crown and dignity, and it is for the preservation of the general tranquillity, for the assertion of the supreme majesty of the law, which has been outraged by the violation of its precepts, and in discharge of the protection which is due to every subject, in ex change for his allegiance, and his contribution to the exigencies of the State, that it should be so. It is perfectly manifest that few private individuals have at their disposal means sufficient to enable them to carry on heavy prosecutions with vigour and effi ciency. It may require considerable expense and labour to get up the body of evidence sufficient to expose a well-planned conspiracy, or to investigate the truth where the circumstances are involved in doubt and obscurity. Even if the party injured should be possessed of such ample pecuniary resources that he can, without difficulty or inconvenience, obtain professional assistance, and advance the funds necessary for the investigation, it is most improbable that the details of the case could be managed with the same skill and judgment that would be exhibited by a public department, under the direction of persons whose entire energies were devoted to that par ticular branch of the profession, and who were accustomed to trace out crime through its various ra mifications and subterfuges. The man possessed of sufficient wealth to enable him to disregard the ex penses of such a prosecution has, most probably, a fa mily solicitor. We will concede that he m a y b e a man of ability and integrity, although it is at least possible that he may be found wanting in these most essential particulars. It is not, however, for his skill or experience in criminal law that he has been se lected, but because be has given evidence of ability of a very different character. The prosecution, however, as a matter of course, is confided to his care, although he may be better qualified to trace out the intricacies of a title to real estate, or to discover a concealed flaw therein, than to lay bare and expose the machinations of artful offenders against the law of the land. The charge, however well grounded in point of fact, might therefore fail through his inefficiency or want of experience, although he was actuated by a sincere desire to dis charge the duty h e h a d undertaken to the best of his ability an d judgment. Again, such a person may employ a counsel from motives of private friend -hip who had not made the criminal law his peculiar study, and who, however skilled in the technicalities of special pleading, might not be competent to prepare an indictment that would bear strict , investigation, such as anoth er o f per h aps inferior THE SUN, LONDON, standing in the profession would be enabled to do, whose chief practice had been before the criminal tri bunals. We have thus shown that under the most favourable circumstances there is, at least, the possibility of a failure of justice and the escape of guilty parties, from the system at present in operation, that should not for a moment be sanctioned or tolerated. It is not necessary to multiply instances to show the prac tical evils that result thereupon. We constantly hear the presiding judge complaining of the time of the court being unnecessarily consumed, because cases are not ready for investigation when called on — too frequently of the slovenly and inefficient:manner in which the prosecutions have been conducted, and even sometimes that he is obliged himself to add to his important duties, as arbitrator between the Crown and the prisoner, the functions of prosecuting counsel, and to elicit the facts by examining the several wit nesses from depositions, which he had never seen until they were handed to him upon the bench, after the prisoner had been given in charge to the jury. The recent case of the murderers of Mr. BELCIIAM• BEM cannot be forgotten, when but that a barrister of well-known ability happened accidentally to have been in court, who consented at the last moment to conduct the prosecution, the prisoners might have evaded the punishment due to their atrocious crime. In addition to these grave and weighty reasons for the appointment of a public prosecutor, we may add that it would remove the possibility of any compro mise being effected, and also that the punishment would be more efficacious as an example, when it was clearly perceived that it was inflicted for an injury to the public generally, and not for the gratification of private vengeance. There would also be a greater certainty of that punishment than under the present system, when it is a matter of mere chance whether a conviction can be obtained or not, and it is notorious that the certainty of a minor punishment is far more effectual for the repression of crime than a much more severe one, where there is a greater prospect of escape and absolute impunity. There is another ground, as far as the case for the prosecution is concerned, why a change should be effected. As we have already stated, every subject is entitled to protection for his person and property in return for his allegiance and the contributions to the national Exchequer extracted from his pockets in the shape of either direct or indirect taxation. Let us, however, see the manner in which this protection is afforded. He may be robbed or swindled out of his property, or have serious injuries inflicted upon his person, but there the evil does not ter minate. He is bound over to prosecute, and heavy demands are in consequence made on his purse and his time. If he be a conscientious man, anxious to do his duty to society and to carry on the prosecution efficiently, he must incur considerable expenses, which he will never be reimbursed, and which will materially increase his first loss and ag gravate the original grievance. The case of Mr. GRA.Y is a striking illustration in point. That gen tleman was swindled out of property to a large amount. He pursued the necessary inquiries with the utmost zeal and energy, and in such a manner as deservedly obtained for him the marked approbation of the magistrates and judge before whom the case was investigated. Actuated by the most honourable feelings, he repeatedly refused to receive full payment for the goods which had been obtained from him, which was several times tendered for his acceptance, pro vided he would connive at an acquittal. The guilty parties were convicted—one of the most formidable conspiracies against the property of the merchants and traders: of the metropolis was exposed—the in famous confederacy was broken up, and the principal delinquents banished from the country,;:and how was Mr. GRAY rewarded who had thus earned for himself the public gratitude as a national bene factor ? He undoubtedly received much empty praise. Every one spoke of his admirable con duct, his high deserts; but to the original loss, for which he was never reimbursed, several hundred pounds were added for the expenses of the prosecution, and which he was permitted to bear by the admiring and grateful public. So much for the system, as far as the case for the prosecution is concerned. That however is by no means the most objectionable part thereof. It is many degrees worse in relation to persons who may be unjustly accused. They, indeed, have far greater cause to complain than any others. The worst crime may go unpunished, but the most innocent parties may also be involved in a pro. secution. It leads, in fact, too frequently not only to impunity to the guilty, but also to deep and serious vexation and inconvenience to the guiltless. We shall return to this subject, which a want of space prevents us from concluding, on an early day. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 7th have arrived. The QUEEN left Maarid on the night of the 6th for La Granja, accompanied by ROCA DE TAGERIS, the Minister of the Marine. SOTOMAYOR will join the Court at La Granja. NARVAEZ and the other Ministers remain at Madrid. Navarre has been declared in a state of siege. The Carlist insurrection is spreading in Navarre, Ca talonia, and the Basque Provinces. The garrison of Elisindo, in the Busten, has been recalled by the Government to Pampeluna, as it was apprehended they might join the Montemolinists. Zunfru has at present 3,000 men under his command, and is about to form a junction with ELIo in the valley of the Amessoa. Two companies of Queen's troops joined Zuniax at Mendijorzid. The Governor of the Basque Provinces is URBISTONDO, an old Carlist, who is adopting very stringent measures against his former companions. The Clamor Publico reports that the defalcation in the Bank of St. Fernando amounts to five millions of reals in specie, and 132 millions in Three, Four, and Five per Cent. Bonds, deposits and securities. Thirty millions of the bonds deposited were made use of by the direction of the bank, and delivered as securities to certain of its creditors. In the active capital figure 260 millions in bills (pagares), bearing most of them only one signature. The greater part of these have been protested, and the remainder are scarcely more realisable. The notes suffer a discount of 10 and 10} per cent. The mail from Andalusia did not arrive yesterday, having been robbed near Viso. The Popular announces the capture of the Monte molinist Brigadier ZABALETA, with three other offi cers, in Navarre. The Popular gives the following proclamation of General Ergo, General in Chief of the Carlist army in Navarre : '• Inhabitants of Navarre and Basque Provices I " The King, our Lord (que .Dios guarde), has deigned to intrust me with the military command of these faith ful provinces. "In coming once again among you, I feel in duty bound to expose the mission entrusted to me the senti ments by which our young and august monarch is actu ated, and the line of conduct which I shall constantly follow. " The general principles which his Majesty intends to adopt for his government are named in the manifesto of the 23d of May, 1845, as well as in his allocution of the 12th of September, 1846 ; Use important political events which have since then occurred, and which still agitate the greater part of Europe, far from having con tributed to alter his ideas, have, on the contrary, further convinced him of the necessity of founding a Government essentially Spanish, that by the adhesion of all good men sincerely fond of their country, we may at length come out of that humiliating and degraded position in which for so many years we have been placed in re spect to other nations, and become sufficiently strong and powerful neither to fear some, nor to go a beggar of the support of others. " In the full understanding of his generous intentions, all those who follow his banner will hold as enemies only those who present themselves as such—those who, for ambition or egotism, wish to oppose the settlement of a state of things towards which, for a long time, all good Spaniards have turned, looking upon it as the only means to preserve the throne and the nation from the inevitable ruin which threatens them. "Fifteen years of experience —fifteen years—during which we have seen in power all the eminent men of the party who had taken the motto orden y libertad,' have proved in an undeniable manner, that it is necessary to follow another line, to establish and consolidate order, justice, and well -meant liberty. " The means of attaining it is known to all. The name of the King has been invoked as t h e on l y one , which can still save been To oppose the general will of the country, would be considered an unpardonable crime. Let us be the first to offer our hearts and our arms to so sacred a cause. Remember that at all times you have given this noble example; and I do not deceive you when I te ll you that all go o d men reckon on it, as am confident it will be immediately followed by the other provinces of the kingdom, that are now waiting for this sign to rise. " To preserve in all its purity and splendour the holy religion of our ancestors—to respect and protect its ministers—to surround the throne with all the prestige necessary to its duration—to restore to it the sovereign reclaimed by justice and the welfare of the nation—to secure the fueros and privileges which have co-operatt d, for so many centuries, to the prosperity of our coun try,—such is our mission, holy mission, which will surely prevail with the help of God, which cannot fail us if we do not depart from the path of loyalty. Men of Navarre and of the Basque Pro vinces, to arms, then ! Navarrese and B4squers, let us group around the standard raised by our King. Be our motto Charles VI. and Oblivion of the Past.' Who is the Spaniard who would refuse to enrol himself under this banner, which declines the co-operation of none, in order to fight and win the brainless who would still oppose its triumph? " The success which we aim at, and the glory which follow, cannot be obtained without sacrifices, but the greater the energy of our first endeavours the less will be our sacrifices. If by a blind obstinacy, those who now preside over the usurping ',Government which weighs upon Spain, should prolong a system which is breaking down, for its weakness and unpopularity, the nation in her just :wrath, will soon force them to disappear from the political scene, and in their :precipitate flight they will be followed by the execration and malediction of all good Spaniards, whose good will they might so easily have gained. " Our triumph depends on ourselves. The country is waiting for us, as for its liberators; its benedictions and gratitude must be our precious rewards ; but the King who will not delay to be among us, the King who will soon be a witness of your courage and of your sacrifices, will not fail to remunerat , . you with that royal munifi cence to which his generous heart prompts him. " Veteran chiefs, whose fidelity and experience are well known to you, will lead you to the path of duty. Follow them. Do not deviate from the line marked out for you, and you will undoubtedly gain the object, which at all times has been obtained by the Basco••Navarres. Proud of this title, I shall take care that it remain always yours without stain; your glory is mine. " The name and the happiness of our country. This shall be the magnet by which my actions will con stantly be directed. " Long live the King, " JOAQUIM ELIO, General-in Chief of Navarre." MADRID, EOLSA, JULY 7.—Three per Cents., 20 paper; after Bolsa, 20k 15-16 cash. Five per Cents., 124 paper ; after Bolsa, 12i cash. Passives, 4f,- paper, after Bolsa, 4} cash. Coupons, 8 paper. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 70 paper. Exchange on London, at 90 days, 42 50. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Government has caused the following official statement to be published respecting the insurgent prisoners : " The judicial proceeding relative to the events of Juno proceeds rapidly. 3,000 prisoners have been in terrogated by the examining magistrates. So soon as the examination had been sufficiently advanced, four military commissions were appointed to determine, after investigation, to which of the classes specified by the decree of the 25th of June, 1848, the prisoners severally belonged. This is pursued actively, and 168 prisoners have already been set at liberty. Until this time the Executive power of the Republic has abstained from denial of the imputations of savage nightly executions taking place in pursuance of secret judgments. The Executive power has relied on the good sense of the public. Whatever may be the apprehension of certain minds, whatever the disposition ot one part of the popu lation to adopt the strangest suppositions, the Executive power persists in thinking that it is useless to defend itself against similar accusations, it is only astonished that they should have been made, and paints out to the indignation of good citizens those who make use of public and private sufierings for their own ends." In the course of Tuesday's sitting of the National Assembly, the following decree was unanimously voted : " The effective force of the active army, stationed in Paris and its environs, shall be fixed, after the 20th instant, and until it be otherwise decided, at 50,000 men at least." The Assembly next granted 500,000 francs for the improvement of the forests belonging to the State. The discussion on two other projects of decree was adjourned at the request of the Minister of Public Works, after which the Assembly heard several reports on peti tions of no interest. The Minister of the Interior afterwards ascended the tribune, and, in the absence of M. Bethmont, Minister of Justice, who was indisposed, presented a project of decree on the security in money required for the publi cation of journals. That security, which lately amounted to 100,000 francs, in the departments of the Seine, Seine and Oise, and Seine and Marne, was to be reduced to less than one-fourth. The proprietors of all journals, published in those departments more than twice a week, shall deposit in the Treasury a security of 24,000 francs; those only appearing twice a week, 18,000; once a week, 12,000; more than once a month, 6,000. In cities of 50,000 inhabitants and upwards, the security is to be 6,000 f.; and in the towns containing less than 50,000 inhabitants, 3,5001. The proprietors of journals which appeared since the 24th of February last are to he allomed a delay of 20 days to deposit the required security, and those existing previous to that date shall be reimbursed the surplus in the course of six months. The Minister next deposited,-1. A project of decree relative to the repression of offences and crimes, com mitted by the press, which differed little from the exist ing legislation; and 2. A project of decree relative to clubs and secret societies. The projet de loi, with re spect to the clubs, is to the following effect:—Any per- son desirous of opening a club must make a declaration to that effect with the authorities, and give in a list of the members who are to be the founders of it. One fourth of the place of meeting is to be at all times open to the public, and there can be no secret meetings or meetings with closed doors. An agent of the Govern ment is to be at all times present if the Govern ment should think that necessary. Minutes are to be kept of all the business done at each meeting, which is to be signed by the office-bearers present, and which is to be at all times open to the inspection of the public authorities. Per sons making speeches contrary to the laws can be prosecuted, and the president and other office-bearers are also subject to prosecution if they allow speeches contrary to law to be made. No organized system of communication between different clubs can be esta blished. Any one contravening these provisions is to be subjected to a fine of from 400 f. to 500 f., and, if thought necessary, to a suspension of civic rights for a period of one year at least, and three at most. Whoever appears at a club with arms is to be liable to an impri sonment of from three to six months, and to the priva tion of civic rights from three to ten years. The tribu nals can order the closing of a club when convicted of having contravened any of the above enactments ; and, in case of the club meeting after the order of dissolution has been pronounced, the parties so offending are to be liable to an imprisonment of from six months to a year, and to a suspension of civic rights for them from five to ten years." The Moniteur publishes an order to the army, signed by General DE LAMORICIERE, in which it is stated that four companies of the 2d battalion of the 18th Regiment of Infantry, having laid down their arms to the insurgents, the colonel commanding, two captains, and two lieutenants are dismissed the ser vice, and the four companies in question dismissed. The Government has declared against the propo sition of M. JULES FAYRR for confiscating the private property of Louis PHILIPPE. The Assembly met yesterday at half-past two. M. Degousee had to present, in the name of the bu reaux of the Assembly, a decree declaring that General Duvivier and Colonel Charbonnell, who have given their lives fur the Republic, have merited well of their country, and that their bodies should be deposited in the Hotel des Invalides.—(Hear, hear.) The funeral was to take place next day, and the Assembly had already named the grand deputation that was to attend as a mark of respect. The decree was adopted unanimously. M. Emery presented a report of the Committee ap pointed to examine a proposition freeing from taxation for a period of eight years all houses commenced in Paris before the Ist of January, 1849. The Committee re commended the Assembly to adopt the proposition, with this difference, that the term should be ten years, and that, in addition, all landlords entering houses for the working classes should be allowed a premium of 6 per cent .on the outlay.—Ordered to be printed and distri buted. The Bill relating to Bons du Tresor as far as regards their renewal, was then brought forward. The only article runs thus:—"All holders of Trea• sury bonds, issued anteriorily to February 24, 1848, or renewed since that period, and the consolidation of which has been ordered by the Bill of July 7, cannot, accord ing to the terms of that Bill, exercise any proceedings against the endorsers of the said bonds." The report presented on this Bill explains its object in the following terms :—" It appears that private in terests raised up difficulties as to the execution of the consolidation ordered by the National Assembly ; the third parties, assimilating this measure to the refusal of the Government to reimburse the bonds in cash, pretend to have such refusal formally specified by protests, in order to preserve by these means their right to proceed against the endorsers. The measure adopted by the National Assembly cannot receive any such interpreta tion ; the Bill does not leave the Bons du Tresor under the empire of the common law ; it transfbrms them into Rentes, and its effect from that moment extends to all the conventions of which they could have been the ob ject. The Bill is obligatory on all the parties interested, the first holders, the successive endorsers, and the present possessors. No person can withdraw himself from the consolidation—it is imperative on all. The act of protest besides would be declaratory of an act that is not true, for the State does not refuse payment; but, on the con trary, by a combination, the propriety and necessity of which the national sovereignty has decided, a value has been given by the Treasury in exchange for the funds whichhhadas judged been piaietoit, be andperfectly that equivalent." value ui the v ale ntnational sove reignty The Bill was adopted without remark. The rest of the sitting was occupied with reports on petitions, none of which were of any public interest. The Assembly rose at a quarter past four. The Sub-Committee of Finance has decided in favour of a project of decree on postal reform, tending to establish an uniform rate of 20 centimes on all letters in the interior of France, but the Assembly THURSDAY EVENING, JULY l3, 1313 will probably not agree to this, as it will diminish the resources of the State by several millions. In the Committee of the Assembly on Foreign Affairs an interesting conversation took place on the subject of Italy. General OUDINOT expressed an opinion that France should at once interfere. M. DE LAMARTINE replied, in a long speech, in the course of which he minutely examined the Italian question. He pointed out with great force the dan ger of intervention on the part of France, and con. tended, that although the time might come when France would be called upon to interfere, it was not at the present moment. He contended that interven tion on the part of France would be at the present time an act of wanton aggression, as it was not wished for by the Italians themselves, and was not necessitated by the military condition of the KING of SARDINIA'S army. An intervention, he declared would be a casus belli. It would be throwing down the gauntlet to Europe at the very moment when France was bound to prove by her acts what she had asserted in words, that she was desirous of living in peace and harmony with Germany and Italy. The Reforme of Sunday was seized for reprinting an article from the Representant du Peuple. The steamer Cocyte arrived on the 7th at Toulon from Algiers. She left at Algiers the steam-frigate Labrador, which was destined to convey troops to the East, in which quarter there were strong indications of revolt. Several other ships had already taken their departure with troops, and a battalion of the 36th of the line, then at Algiers, was to be embarked on the 2d for Bugia. It was reported at Algiers when the Cocyte came away that a part of Kabylia was in agi tation, and that an affair had taken place a short dis tance from Bugia, in which the natives had a strong force. More precise details will no doubt be brought by the next arrivals. How ever this may be, the garrison of Bugia must be sufficiently strong to assume the offensive with vigour, should circumstances require it. The steam corvette Infernal, which left Oran on the 30th ult., with a squadron of the 41st Chasseurs and their horses, and some infantry, brings favourable accounts from the west of Algeria, where since the last expedition against the tribe of the Flittas, sent out by General PELISSIER, there has not been any disturbance. BOURSE—PARis, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12. THREE O'CLOCK.—The Bourse was very animated to day, and a great deal of business was done. This rise is to be attributed merely to the confidence felt by the public in the re-establishment of order, in consequence of the vigorous measures adopted by the Government for the regulation of the press and the clubs. There was no news at the Bourse, either foreign or domestic, of any interest. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JULY 12. Namur and Liege, 3—Northern of France, sA—Paris and Lyons, 33y—Sambre and Meuse, 3. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Archduke JonN has issued the following pro , clamation : " The German National Assembly at Frankfort has elected me to the post of Administrator of the Empire, and called upon me by a deputation to respond without delay to this honourable call. "Austrians! You know my unchangeable feeling for our commo❑ German Fatherland; you know my ardent wishes for its weal, its might, and its honour. " Those wishes I know harmonize with your own sentiments, and I therefore regard it as a sacred duty to accept the office which your representatives at Frank fort, and with them all your German brothers, have con fided to me. "The same, supported by the National Assembly, and consolidated by the whole German people, will realise the idea of the unity of Germany: it will offer additional pledges for the liberty and the rights of the German people, obedience to the laws, and preservation of order throughout the whole German territory. " I therefore do not think that I am infringing upon the duties of Regent entrusted to me by our Emperor during his absence; on the contrary, I think rather to fulfil them with more hopeful success by accepting of both offices, 'equally important, and so intimately con nected with each other. " I shall leave tor Frankfort in company with the de putation sent to me, to enter into the high functions of Administrator of the Empire, and shall then return to you, solemnly to open, as representative of the Emperor, the Chambers at Vienna on the 11th instant. " Vienna, July 6, 1848. " JOHN." The Wiener Zeituzg, the official organ of the Aus trian Government, has the following on the accept ance by the Archduke JOHN of the office of Adininis trator of the Empire • " Two great and important events offer each other the hand at the present moment, and seem to cross each other's path. Archduke John is the representative of the Emperor, with unlimited power in Austria. Arch duke John is Administrator and supreme head of the German Empire. His Imperial Highness has accepted both functions; he will undertake them both; there is nothing contradictory in the two. Both aim at the establishment of the unity and power of Germany, and the consolidation of Austria i❑ its constitutional frame and in its own conformation, as one of the greatest, noblest, and most beautiful component portions of Ger many. Time, which presses, offers alone difficulties, and demands concessions. " Germuny stands in much and great need of its Ad ministrator ; Austria cannot dispense with the Prince who is to throw open the doors ofits National Assembly, that peace and prosperity may arise from its debates. It is evident that some means must be concerted ; and the difficulty is not great, for every sacrifice which one party makes is for the welfare of the whole body, and it is not here a question of compromising party interests. " The Archduke has resolved, with that decision for which he is so remarkable, to respond to the wish of the Deputies of the National Assembly, and to leave Vienna on the Bth instant, for a short time, to enter ou his honourable functions at Frankfort, to which the voice of a great people bas called him. But his Imperial Highness will and can only remain so long in Frankfort as is indispensable for the first duties of his new dignity. On the 18th the Arch duke will have returned to Vienna, on which day he will solemnly open the Diet, should it then, as it is to be hoped, be fully constituted. Thus no interruption, no hurtful delay, will take place. Austria and Ger many, for ever amalgamated together (jest verschmolzen) will prove, by the first resolutions passed, wnat an easy thing unity is where all ure actuated by equal senti ments and the same love of union. The A r chduke, who is certain of the permission of the Emperor, will commence his journey on the Bth, and, during his ab sence, the Ministry will be in close connexion with his Imperial Highness, and require his sanction to their de liberations. The much-esteemed Minister Wessenberg, so well versed iu the affairs of Germany, will accompany the Archduke, and his post will be filted ad interws to avoid any delay in the councils of . his Ministry. t rwy provide . that every thing" The Diet and shall be prepared may lead ad to its speedy and happy development." theMtihnaist PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JULY 9.—The new Minister of Justice, M. MARCKER, has taken steps for setting aside the law which prohibits a nobleman to contract a right•. handed marriage with a plebeian or peasant. The project is to be laid before the National Diet for de liberation. The state of Berlin is anything but satisfactory. An immense meeting was held on the Bth to protest against the proceedings at Frankfort, and also against the introduction into Berlin of military reinforce. ments. BELGIUM. The King of the BELG IANS gave an audience on Sunday to M. QUINETTE, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic. M. QUINETTE, in presenting his credentials, spoke as follows : " Sire,—l am charged by the chief of the Executive Power to express, in the name of the French Republic, the sentiments of concord and friendship which have always united, and ought always to unite, two nations drawn close together by numerous interests and great historical reminiscences. The principle of independence and of the individual liberty of nations, of which the French nation has by so much energy and so great sa crifices ensured for itself the triumph—these principles it admits and wishes to respect amongst other States. This declaration, which the Republic made when esta blished, and which the Executive Power has renewed in the national Assembly, remains the basis and rule of the foreign policy of France. The instructions which have been given to me, and the sentiments which the Government of your Majesty has had expressed to the Executive Power of the French Republic, impart to the mission which I am called on to fulfil a character and an object which cannot but bind closer the relations of con fidence and of good neighbourhood between the two na tions and their Governments. Allow me to express, Sire, all the satisfaction which personally I feel in re ceiving such a mission. Neither the head of the Execu twthheant ii t : i bi v l( e i gt heobliged P ower other o ttimes e o ees t k • t tai h u e rre l f t eu e xg p ei u l,e b df l i o c uf an i t i dh o e r i rns m t inssedl country hospi tality for which we shall always preserve a profound ocuarns eflovreg a s: re ineintlaece of gratitude towards the generous Belgian nation." The KING replied— " Monsieur le Ministre,—l receive with a lively satis faction the expr, asion of the sentiments of concord and friendship which you offer to me, in the name of the chief of the Executive Power of the French Republic. Be convinced that we shall not neglect anything to con solidate more and more the relations of friendship and good neighbourhood which are so hapidly established between the two countries and their Governments. The French Republic may reckon on the loyalty of our sen timents anu the sincerity of our wishes for the welfare of France. Happy in her pacific relations with all w.L tions, Belgium only wishes to continue in calm and se curity, to enjoy her independence, her political neutrality and LT institutions. I congratulate myself, Mensieur le Ministre, on seeing you plaoed at my Court as the re presentative of France. The kind remembrance which the head of the Executive Power of the Republic and you have preserved of Belgium as a land of hospitality, the numerous friends which you find there, will contri bute to ensure more and more in the relations of the two countries that character of cordiality and stability which is so desirable in the interest of the two coun tries." After the audience, General DE SIEM, aide-de-camp to the KING, who had gone with the Court carriages for the representative of the French Republic to the Hotel de Bellevue, took him back to the hotel with the swine ceremonial. POLAND. 'WARSAW, JULY 4.—The numerous arrests in dif• ferent parts of the kingdom have rendered it neces sary that the prisons should be cleared by the re moval of some of the persons who were confined there for the insurrection in Cracow in 1846 ; 40 of them have been condemned to go to Siberia, and were carried off during the night to Mod lin, where four of them were condemned to run the gauntlet. MAZARAKI, who was arrested in Magdeburg, and given up to the Russian authorities, received 1,000 strokes ; ACORD 800, WANDA 500, KARASINSKI 500. MAZARARI, after having received 80 strokes, could not proceed a step farther, and indeed could scarcely stand, he therefore was placed on a cart, and dragged through the lines to receive the remainder of the prescribed strokes. The poor fellow stands very little chance of recovery, for he is literally torn to pieces. Several young Poles belonging to Prussia, who had fled to Posen, and had returned home for the purpose of joining the Republican Polish Ministry, have been arrested, and compelled to enlist in the Prussian army.—illagdeburg Zeitung. THE PRINCIPALITIES OF THE THE DANUBE. FROM ma MOLDAVIAN FRONTIER, JUNE 29. Accounts from both Moldavia and Wallachia are una nimous in stating that the llospodar of 'Wallachia has acted a very dubious part in the late political move ment in Bucharest. He sided with the Bojars, who took the lead in the movements, and, at a most im portant juncture, even placed himself at their head. Everything had been concerted with the Prussian General DAIIAMEL, who was indignant at this step, as the conspirators aimed at separation from the Russian protectorate, and thus a pretext was af forded for the marching of the Russian troops into the principalities of the Danube. The Bojars fell into the snare, and the consequences of the entrance of troops are incalculable. What England and France will say to this first step of Russia, which evidently has in contempla tion the occupation of Constantinople, must soon be decided. It is true that, by existing treaties, Russia is literally right, inasmuch as it is specially stipulated between Russia and the Porte, that in the event of any disturbances in the Principalities of the Danube, the former Power may immediately send in troops. General DAIIAMEL likewise had on his side the Turkish Commissioner, TATEL EFFENDI, when the Russians made their entry. If, however, we look at the imminent political situation in NN, hich the whole of the continent, and especially Austria, is at this mo moment placed, we at once see in this step nothing but the old policy of Russia, to take advantage of the first general revolution in Europe to fall upon the Ottoman empire, and, as a preliminary step, to take possession of the Danube. The consternation in Bucharest, where the Russians are daily expected, is unbounded. The compromised Bojars have fled. There is no probability of their offering any resist ance.—Breslau Zeitung. RUSSIA. ST. PETEESBURGII, JUNE 29.—Yesterday's bul letin of the cholera was very short. Of th• sick there was 529 under treatment on the 27th, and in the course of that day 486 new cases appeared; on the 28th there were 790 under treatment. The epidemic has been raging with increased violence during the last week ; it selects its victims chiefly from the lowest class ; but it appears with a virulence that exceeds anything we have hitherto met with. Death generally ensues in tw o hours, and up to this time not one of the persons who have been attacked by it have recovered.—Allgemeine Zeitung, July 7. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, JULY 11.—In the Second Chamber of the States General, Baron MACKAY was nominated Member in the place of M. Luzac, who has tendered his resignation. The President communicated to the Chamber two royal messages, accompanying two projects of law relative-Ist, to the receipts and ex penditure of 1840 and two preceding years; and, 2dly, the, regularization of the funds proceeding from the sales of domains of the year 1847. Ordered to be referred to the sections. The order of the day was the discussion of the project of law relative to the suppression of corporal punishment. This pro ject gave rise to many objections. The majority of the Members, though not approving of the present p .!nal system, which was established in 1813, considered it more imprudent to introduce a radical change. As the law makes a difference between delinquency and crime, punishing the former with hard labour, and the latter with flogging, brand mark, and im prisonment, and this project proposed the entire abolition of corporal punishment, and the substitu tion of hard labour and imprisonment for life, it was considered by the Members that the distinction be tween delinquency and crime was lost sight of, and that the former was treated with comperatively undue severity. After a lengthened debate, the project of law for flagellation and brand mark, was carried by a majority of 30 to 21. In his speech on this question the Minister of Justice stated that during the last three months the number of crimes committed in this country were less than during any other corresponding periods, and that during these three months corporal punish ment had not once been resorted to throughout the kingdom. In reply to the observation of one of the Members, that public security might be endangered by the removal of this restraint, the Minister stated that he by no means shared these apprehensions ; but that if any attempt should be made, the Government was perfectly prepared immediately to resort to those means that would prevent such a proceeding. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Letters from Goito of the Ist confirm the report that CHARLES ALBERT had rejected the offers of Austria. Those offers were the surrender of Lom bardy west of the Adige, including Mantua and Verona, but retaining for Austria the Venetian pro vinces. The Constituzionale Subalpino states from Rover bella that sin engagement had taken place on the 4th at Villatranca. It lasted a quarter of an hour, and the Austrians were repulsed. A serious battle had begun at Bardolino, the result of which was not yet known. NAPLES. The Epoca of Rome, of the 3d, has letters from Naples of the 28th, confirming all that has been said respecting the defeat of NUNZIANTE at Monteleone. It adds that the carabineers, who had arrived at Pizzo on the 22d, all declared for the insurgents, and that 1,500 soldiers had been disarmed at Amantic a. ROME. Letters' from Rome of the 2d say that MAMIANI, the Minister of the Interior, had published a circular to the following effect :—" The times are becoming very critical, and in more than one part of Italy germs of dissension appear; but if the duty of assist ing the public cause speaks loudly in the hearts of all respectable men, the fear of factions is of little import—stimulate the courage and good dispositions of the well-disposed, and inculcate in their minds those wise, sound, and truly national doctrines which have hitherto presided over our regeneration. Ital 3 should herself do all that is necessary to attain inde pendence, the first condition 9,f this is concord and confidence between the citffins and the nations. Such should be the ultimate end of our sacrifices. In presence of Austria, which continues to menace us., he must he a bad citiz , en who seeks to sow dissension. Let these sentiments, which are professed by the im mense majority of Italians, be constantly present to :he mind." TRIESTE. The protest of the Gefftnans against the blockade has been forwarded to CHARLES ALBERT, by ALBINO, but no answer has yet been received. Her Britannic MAJESTY'S squadron, consisting of the Terrible, steam• frigate, Commodore RAMSAY, and Harlequin, 16, Commander MooRE, have been out for a cruise. The Spartan, 26, Capt. SYMONDS, remained in port. On their going out, the British Consul took the opportunity of presenting, through the Captain of the Harlequin, a protest to ALBINO, stating that if any English property should be de ,troyed by the blockading squadron, England would hold Sardinia responsible. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, W EDNESDAY MORNING. Mr. T. F. Meagher was this day admitted to bail to stand his trial for sedition at the Assizes of Lime rick. He afterwards addressed the populace, and warned them against a premature insurrection. Mr. Doheny was arrested yesterday in Cashel, for sedition, and is to be tried at Nenagh Assizes. The populace would have rescued Meagher and Doheny, but for the formidable demonstration of mi litary and police. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) WATERFORD, JULY 11.—Mr. Meagher arrived here yesterday, and at half-past nine o'clock in the evening attended a meeting of the Felon's Club, when were ap pointed a president and other officers of that body. About 5,000 people were assembled outside the club rooms, but were disappointed, as Mr. Meagher did not address them; the meeting broke up shortly before eleven o'clock. The city has been thrown into a state of dreadful commotion to-day by the arrest of Mr. Meagher, at the residence of his father, one of the city Members. At about two o'clock, second-class head constable Hughes called on Mr. Meagher and arrested him. Two Dublin detectives were then introduced, and Captain Gun, chief constable. The news spread like wildfire, the Young Inlanders ran for their pikes and guns, but Mr. Meagher cau tioned them in a strong manner against rescuing him. The Rev. Mr. Tracy, of Ballibricken, also spoke to the multitude (say 10,000) at much length, and exhorted them to peace ; they were also informed that Mr. Meagher would be shot, if any attempt to rescue him were made. As I write (half-past five, P.M.), a park of artillery of four guns, is drawn up outside Mr. Meagher's residence, with 400 infantry with fixed bayonets, and a troop of cavalry with drawn swords ; it is expected he will be removed to Dublin in half an hour hence, when, it is to be hoped, no rescue will be attempted ; should such occur, I will write another letter. The artillery have their port-fires burning. It is said that the charge against Mr. Meagher has been made from some letters found in the Nation office, when it was broken into by the police at Mr. Duffy's arrest. The weather is warm here, and I fear the work will be so. At Carrick-on- Suir the young faction are scarcely held, and defy the police, &c., there. The boatmen there are a terrible race, and if they had but time to come to Waterford, all the forces here could not guard Mr. Meagher. P.S.—lt was for a speech at Rathkeale that Mr. Meagher was arrested. The informations were sworn by two policemen, and in the opinion of an eminent bar rister here are unsustainable. Six Carrick men rode express to Carrick tor the Young Irelanders there, but two Waterford men were sent off to prevent any ex citement amongst the people of that town, as, but for Mr. Meagher's caution, there would have been a rescue attempted here by the citizens. He goes to Dublin by the mail at half-past six, P.M.—Chronicle. DUBLIN, JULY 11. MORE ARRESTS.—It is said to-day that warrants for the arrest of several of the provincial leaders, including Mr. Doheny, of Cashel, and Mr. D. Shine Lawlor, of Cork, were forwarded to the country by the mail of last night. - THE FELONIOUS NEWSPAPER.—The Irish Felon pub lished a third edition this morning, which, notwithstand ing the seizures made on Saturday, and the positive prohibition of yesterday, the police permitted to be sold in large quantities. THE CLuu.—There were meetings of the Confede rated Clubs throughout the city last night. Policemen were stationed at the doors of the club-houses, and the members as they entered were noted. THE DISTURBANCE IN TRINITY -STREET, YESTERDAY. —COLLEGE-STREET POLICE -OFFICE, THIS DAT.—The hearing of this case was gone into to-day. After a lengthened investigation, Mr. Brennan, of the Feloa newspaper, was bound over to stand his trial at the next Commission, and Mr. Stephen J. Meany was directed to enter into personal security to keep the peace. The Police Commissioners have issued the following order.-- " The Commissioners of Police having been informed that in one instance a copy of the Felon newspaper was seized in the hands of a gentleman who was reading it, hereby caution the police against such interference with individuals. " The orders given respecting this newspaper were, to seize it in the places where it was sold, or in the hands of hawkers, as a seditious print, but not otherwise." SLIGO ELECTION.—The Sheriff has issued his precept fixing the election for to-morrow, the polling on Friday. Mr. Hartley r, ill in all probability be returned. Wednesday morning, six o'clock. THE LEAGUE.—An advertisement appeared in the morning papers, announcing that a meeting of the mem bers of " The League," would be held in the Music Hall at seven o'clock last evening. The chair was taken at quarter after eight o'clock by Mr. Barnewall. After proceedings of the usual character, Mr. T. D. M'GEE then proposed the following resolu tion:—" That it be an instruction to the committee to dispatch as soon as possible deputations to all the chief points of the country to explain to the people the prin ciples and objects of the League, and to secure their active co-operatio❑ in its efforts to achieve the legislative independence of Ireland." Mr. MEALY, of Clonmel, seconded the resolution, which was passed. The meeting was shortly afterwards dissolved. Quarter to Seven. ARREST OF MR. MEAGIIER.—Mr. T. F. Meagher arrived in Dublin a few minutes ago by the Carlow tram in charge of two policemen, and the Learned Gen tleman is now a prisoner at the head police-office. ARMISTICE BET WEEN DENMARK. AND GERMANY. " Lloyd's, 12th July, 1848. " My Lord,—There appearing to be some doubt as to the fact of an Armistice having been concluded between the Government of Denmark and the Ger man Confederation, and it being of the greatest ilia. portance to the mercantile community that correct information on that subject should be afforded es early as possible, I am requested by the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyi's, to inquire if your Lordship can f avour me with any official infor mation relative thereto.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient,and very humble servant, (Signed) "G. R. ROBINSON, Chairman. "To the Right ion. Viscount Palmerston, M.P., &c., &c., Foreign Office." " Foreign Office, July 12, 1848. " Sir,—With reference to your letter of this day's date, I am directed by Viscount Palmerston, to inform you that the draft for an armistice, which was drawn up at Mahnoe, between the Plenipoten. tiaries of Denmark and the Germanic Confedera. tion, has been accepted by the Prussian Government, and that orders have been sent by them to General Wrangel to sign the same, and to give provisionally, full effect thereto. There seems reason, moreover, to hope, that these orders which have been sent by the Prussian Government, as representing in this matter the German Confederation, will not be dis avowed by the Frankfort Diet. " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) EDDISBURY. " G. R. Robinson, Esq., M.P., (Chairman) Lloyds." THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received files of papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the 6th of May inclusive. Tranquillity prevails throughout the colony. We extract the following from a Cape Town paper of the 6th of May : " The last post brings intelligence from beyond the boundary, east and north, of a very favourable character. '1 he return of property stolen from the colony, and traced into Katirland, from the Ist of January to the 31st of March, amounts to seven horses traced and restored, and five head of cattle, for which seventeen head were taken, as a fine upon the chief, who refused to follow on account for the spoor of the five head tracked to his kraal ir. T'Slambie's district; and ten hores traced into the Gaika district, of which seven were recovered, with a fine of two horses and eleven head of catle. " Two more horses were reported to be stolen, but not proved to have gone into Kafirland. Considering Lb: state of the country after such a war, then just ended , or rather not ended at the earliest of these dates, this gives an encouraging view of the present system, girl especially of the officers and others who administer it. " Accounts from the north side of the Orange River, received by . Wednesday's post, continued to be moa t satisfactory. His Excellency Chevalier Bunsen left the Prussil a Legation yesterday, to be present at tbe meeting of tile Royal Agricultural Society at York.