The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-27 00:00:00

NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, by the Author of " RIENZL" " EUGENE ARAM," &c. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., .11 A R 0 L THE LAST OF THE SAXON KINGS. D ; An Historical Romance. By Sir EDWARD BULWER. LYTTON, Bart., Author of " Eugene Aram," " Rienzi," " The Last Days of Pompeii," &C. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *** Orders should be immediately forwarded to the Booksellers to secure the punctual delivery of this work on the day of publication. On Monday, in post avo., with Wood Engravings by George Measom, A S 0 L 0 G y - INT DIIISG HINTS TOWARDS A CLASSIFICATION OF ' NOSES. By SLAWKENBERGrCTS, Junior. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. FIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNT LIND. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectitilly informed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURS.- DAY next, June 1, on which occasion Mdlle. JENNY LIND will appear in one of her favourite characters. To be followed by various entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, combining the talents of Mdlles. C. Grisi, C. Rosati, M. Tag. lion!, Cerito, and MM. Perrct and St. Leon. The r'ree List Is suspended, the public Press excepted. - _ _ _ _ Pit Tiekets may be obtained as usual at the Box-Office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6(1. each. . . Apphcationa tor Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In consequence of the indisposition of Mdlle. JENNY LIND, the Opera of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR is unavoidably postponed to Tue.day next, and THIS EVENING wilt be represented Donizettes Opera of LINDA DI CLIAMOUNI. Linda, Madame Tatlolini ; Pierotto, Mlle. Schwartz; Antonio, Signor Coletti ; Carlo, Signor Gardoni ; 11 Marchese di lloisfieury, Signor F. Lablache; 11 Pretetto, del Villag!o, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, by M. Per rot, the music composed and arranged by M. Nadaad, entitled LES ELEMENS, By Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. C. Rosati, and Mdlle. Carat); Mdlles. Aussundon, Julien, Payne, Lamoreux, &c. Applications tor Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Wm-office of the Theatre. The Fine List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Doors open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. UR Ic' the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performe the Comedy of ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Mr. Farren; Charles Courtly, Mr. Howe ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Rogers ; Max Harkaway, Mr. Tilbury ; Cool, Mr. Brindal ; Mr. Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Dazzle, Mr. Henry Farren ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. - Nisbat ; Grace Harkaway, Miss Juli:s Bennett ; Pert, Mrs. Hamby. Between the pieces Mr. Gerhard Taylor, the eminent Harpist, wilt perform a grand Fantasia. After which a new piece called the PAS DE FASCINATION ; or, Catching a Governor. Michael Browsky, Mr. Keeley; Katherine. Kloper, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on. Horace Walpole's mysterious production, and called TILE CASTLE. OF OTEANTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vineenza, Mr. J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. llorton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Hip— po!ito, Mrs. W. Cliflord ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds; Matilda, Mrs„ Caulfield. t3ta•le Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Lox-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Plt, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Boors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commerce at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADE'LPHI. Under the direction o'. Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, MTh- Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which a new F.trce, called GOING TO THE DERBY TEIE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jerem ale Twiddle, Mr. Wright Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. T o c , nclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In and M whicissh Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, ChAplitt will perform. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. • urea at liait-past Six, Performance to commence at Sev,m. nOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. bole Lessee, Mr. es Charl Mathews. Tars EVENING, Will be performed Tar, RECRONV. Principalrs. characters :by Messrs. B u ckstone, Selby, Granby, and Charles ;M C. s, Mi Lee, and Mrs. Eithwilliam. After which, a new Interlude, entitled THE FAST MA-N. Übe characters ny Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Iluckstone. To conclude with a new and original Classical Extravaganza, titled TIiEsEUS and ARIADNE ; or, the Martine of Buhl] S. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, 11. Hall, S. s m i t h , : F . „ Cooke ; Miss Fitzwilliam, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, at.d Madame Vestrls. ijo , s , 55.; Upper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, Is. "N o nail-!,fiee to any part of the horse. v ie ;Sew liux-office, No. 2, WeLt r ngton-street, is open to tt e p r im e' evLry day, from Ten till Si.x FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JA3IES'S THE.A.TEE. Le.ssee. Mr. John Mitchell, 33, OA Bond-street. Last Night but One of the Engagements, and Eleventh Appearance since 1545 of M. Acbartl, also Eleventh Appearances in this Country of Mdlle. Desiree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre du Gymnase, Paris). On MO .).MAY EVENING, The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock. when Will be performed the new Vaudeville of LE TUTEUR DE VINGT ANS. Felix, M. Deschamps; Valentine, Md!le. Desiree. After which, LE BRA.SSEUR DES CLIA.AIPS ELYSEES. M. Achard seal. . _ _ To be followed by VEUVE PINCHON. Philippe, 31. Achard Catherine. 31dile. Desiree. To conclude with BABIOLE ETJOBELOT. Jobelot, M. Achard Babiole, 3ldlie. Desiree. r.oxes. 6s. ; Pit, 3.1. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery. 2s Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Libra ry, 33, Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN (ot the Pa!ais Royal, Paris).—The sur prising and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDIN, ha's ing been received with the most enthusiastic admiration. he will con tinue his extraordinary SOIREES FANTA,TIQUES at the St. James's Theatre, This Evening, and every Tuesday, Thursday. and Saturday .Evening, comprising Automates, Prestidigitation, 2Lngic, and original experiments, invented by Robert Houdin. Also, Seto !ond Vue Escamotage de Roberts Houdin, fits, and Suspension Ethere ene. Doors open at Eight, • the Exhibition to commence at half-past Eight, and terminate betore Eleven. Boxes, 45. ; Pit, U. Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. NtITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond-street and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven to Five. In compliance with numerous applications, a DAY PERFORM ANCE will be given on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, May al Doors open at Two o'clock. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Unequalled Attraction, for this Week only. Engagement otlle. Auriol, principal dancer from the Grand Opera at Paris; Mr. Fleamore, the celebrated buffo dancer; 3ldlls, Louise and Adele, and a numerous Ballet Company, from her Ma jesty's Theatre, will appear. THIS EVENING. Will be performed Sheridan's Play of PIZARRO. Pizarro, Mr. Dale; Alonzo, Mr. 11. Butler; Rollo, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Cora, Mrs. R. Honner ; Elvira, Miss Richardson. After which a Grand Ballet, entitled THE CONTRABANDISTS, in which Mdile. Auriol, Mr. Flesmore, M. Duelin, Mdlls. Louise and Adele, &c., will appear. To conclude with Boz's original OLIVER TWIST, splendidly cast. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Entire Change—Brilliant Spectacle—Grand Equestrian Fete. THIS EVENING, Will be revived, with great splendour, M. G. Lewis's Grand Ro mantic Equestrian Drama of TIMOUR THE TARTAR, in which Mr. Batty's unrivaLed stud of highly-trained horses will appear. To be followed by THE SCENES OF TUE ARENA, introducing the British Artistes in their unriN ailed performances. First appear /Me of Mr. Batty's highly-trained Hanoverian Palfreys. To coneludewith the favourite Farce of THE SECRET. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by tne name and address c. the writer. i,ejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 27. THDR3IOMETER, Lowest, 52 ; Highest, 7nl Noon, 59, BAROMETER, 30.12.—W1ND N.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 23 min. after 3 ! Evening 9.. min. after 9 2! ~- . ..•'1.. m-a.. 4 ›.-. ~,, v , ~, ~.. ~, ........ ,4 ....„, L.. ...., .....,....., „ :g ' i'''.l,,,F .• ;.i . ''''. - , .4,1 , •gib . ) - ". , r.• -,- , ....' - 4 , - . .-,, ),,,,;,, .;,...; , ; . ;-, , ,t : , 4 ., ;• . 4 1' •If o' 4 .1.0. ..-,4 t w, *MT% 4-241,n, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1848. The injury inflicted on the commerce and manu factures of the country by the present system o f di - proportionate indirect taxation , and the in justice thereby inflicted on the working classes, 1 was last night brought under the co nsideration of the House of Commons by Mr. Ewa.ar, who has certainly laboured with the utmost zeal and assiduity in furtherance of this, possibly the most important measure of practical reform, in which the great body of the people are more deeply interested than any other that could be mooted. We regret to say, how ever, that the time was not devoted to the subject it so fully merited. The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied briefly to the observations of the Hon. Gentleman, and contented himself with the hacknied excuse " that the present state of the revenue would not permit any immediate reduction of any species of taxation." The Right Hon. Baronet, however, adopted one argument, against the validity of which we feel it our duty to protest. He stated " that in the course of the present session he himself had at tempted to increase the direct taxation, but he cer tainly could not boat of having received much en couragement from the House or the country." Does Sir CHARLES WOOD mean to assert that th e un i versa l f ee li ng o f i n dignation exhibited by all ranks and classes against the proposition which the Government so discreetly and so spee dil y abandoned, was excited because the principle of direct taxation was involved therein' The words we have above quoted would seem to imply so much, indeed they can hardly bear any other interpretation ; yet it is difficult to imagine how he could fall into so tat Sir C H suL grievous an l e li fror. so palpable a mistake, We should have supposed h S 00D m ust have been well aware th at the demo nstrations to which he alluded were only directed against the iniquitous system of taxing incomes derived from transitory and precario us sources to an equal amount w ith those arising fro m realise d property— o f IVEVy ~-, compelling the hard-working and laborious man, -- who had not only to support ~,, 4 •, 1 ",,..., --"' himself mi l l. family out of his professional ear • run gs , 4 but also 14\invest a considerable portion thereof as a 4 v-. 4-... b.._ c , provision,tdr that family, when he, their father and pro --; ---- - -f- Lector, should be removed by death, or when he could no longer realise an income, in consequence of ill-health, , want of employment, or any of the numerous casual ties to which every person embarked in any de scription of trade or employment is constantly ex posed—to contribute as largely to the national expenditure as the inheritor of landed estates or funded thousands. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was resolved that the objectionable and inequitable principle should be perpetuated, and that direct taxation should not be levied in any other manner. This was the real question at issue, and it is not fair, or in ac cordance with the real facts, to place the temperate but firm and determined opposition of the people, and their energetic protest against the unjust and un equal charge, upon any other basis. The entire income and expenditure of the country should be immediately inquired into in every point. Although the present state of the national finances may be such that no tax can be relaxed until a sub stitute is provided, that only affords a stronger reason for a strict and searching investigation. If a private individual found his affairs getting seriously embar rassed, and himself involved in difficulties, should he persevere in the system, which had led to such a result, or should he not, on the contrary, maturely consider the nature of his transactions, in order to ascertain which were profitable and which the reverse, with a view to an immediate abandonment of the latter, and an extension of the former ? A nation should pursue a similar course. The obsolete doctrines of pro tection and monopoly have been formally and for ever abandoned by the Legislature. We cannot retrograde : it is impossible to remain stationary ; we must, therefore, progress. Our trade and commerce must be made really free and unrestricted ; it cannot be so, while such enormous and disproportionate duties are levied on the products of other lands, and even of our own, which we are thus unable to bring into the market at such a price as to obtain purchasers. Our productive powers are thus paralyzed, and employment is kept from the people. All the burdens which press on in dustry, or which impede commerce, should at once and unconditionally be repealed, and this can only be done by the imposition of a tax on every descrip. tion of realised property, sufficient to defray the neces sary e xpenditure of the country. We doubt not that this expenditure would speedily be placed on a re duced scale when it fell exclusively on the owners of property, and, therefore, o p n eo t p h le e classes b f 3 r , o r m ea le s h n o o m f be select e d. Wh at was the th e re presentatives prep er ty ci 11 qualification, t t i h o e n essential would be provided, but extravagance would be carefully eschewed. We trust that the asso ciations which have been formed for the pur pose of promoting this valuable reform, will pur sue their object steadily and energetically : they must, in order to obtain success, agitate without ceasing, and keep the injustice and the impolicy of the present system constantly before the public. A great lesson has been afforded. " The Anti-Corn law League" have pointed out the course by which great constitutional reforms may be peacefully achieved. Why should not that League again start into existence ? Its members effected much for the country, but why should they relax their exertions until their doctrines were fully carried out ? They obtained one great instalment of justice—why should they not persevere until every restriction was removed —and England made, indeed, the emporium of the world—the land where commerce and every descrip tion of manufacture could be carried on without any impediment whatever? This would, indeed, be worthy of a struggle, and the sooner the contest is commenced the more speedy will be its complete and triumphant termination. Our unfortunate colonies in the West Indian ar chipelago have at last obtained the assistance of Go vernment. Assistance is the right word—not sym pathy. There has been too much impoverishment, and, latterly, too near an approximation to insolvency among the proprietors of the sugar and coffee planta tions, to admit of any very sympathetic feelings in the heart of a Legislature. Especially was this inevitable with a Legislature like that of Great Britain—a Le gislature whose remorse is extravagance, and whose aspiration is retrenchment. To appeal to the sensi bilities of a mere machine of Administration, indeed, would have been as idle as to intercede with that - placable mechanism of destruction which one reads of in oriental romance as closing, inch by inch, upon its victims, and ultimately crushing them to " a jelly of death" by an exquisitely graduated assassination. Had Parliament been susceptible of emotion in the instance of our 'West Indian proprietary, we doubt not that, like a CORIOLANUS of Cockaigne, Mr. SPEAKER, would have been confronted by the orators of Berbice and the quadroons of Tortola, pleading to him in behalf of those regions of panic and desolation. A 3 it was notorious, however, that the senate-houses of Westminster are little less impassible than oracles, they have been assailed alone by the homely weapons of the petition-monger, the deputationist, the pamphleteer, badgering, reiteration, and pertinacity. After a more protracted hesitation than any, perhaps, that can be adduced even from the records of the British Parliament, Government has at length com menced an effort in behalf of our colonial planters, but its concessions are now too tardy to appear bene ficent—it is visible to the most mediocre intelligence that the mother country has been importuned into generosity, and impelled to her present determination less by sentiments of honour than by the embarrassing deductions of a Committee. We are driven to these considerations by a circumstance which transpired the other evening in the House of Commons, when, on the proposition of Mr. HAWES, the third resolu tion of the Committee on Tobago relief and immi gration into British Guiana and Trinidad was "further considered and agreed to, and a Bill, founded thereon, ordered to be introduced." Subordinate as this incident may appear in the midst of the more striking vicissitudes of legislation, it brings to our recollection a fact which has frequently recurred to us of late, a fact pregnant with the events of futurity, and one which is more worthy of reflection than the fluctuations in the consumption of muscovado or the indiscriminate employment of sugar in distillation. We allude to the comparative oblivion into which our colonial interests (in their entirety) have fallen, in consequence of the superior attraction of the in ternal administration of England, of the nascent re bellion in Ireland, and of those extraordinary occur rences which, since the January of 1348, have convulsed the European Continent and transfigured the whole face of Christendom. Occasionally, it is true, during the last quarter, there have been references to the position of our colonial possessions both in the columns of The Sun and in those of our contemporaries ; but the para mount importance of those possessions, as a whole, seems to have been subordinated to the more engross ing topics o f th e j ourna li s t. W e wou ld t erm i na t e this temporary forgetfulness ; we would recal to the scrutinizing of our Legislators the necessity of systematicallyrequirements of f ou r colonists; than thy those have o done uld recently t n h g e enforce, if possibl e , th e consciousness of enor mous responsibiliti es p w ow hi e c r h affect the con science of a State as full conscience as the sense of certain moral obligations affects y th cf an individual. Of all w th i e c e h are o nscin c responsibi lities of Government, those h asso ciated with the colon i e s of a n empire are unquesti o ably the most imp erative, and, i n the event of th e i r being overlooked, are the most certain to be followed by a disastrous retribution. It was this which was illustrated so forcibly in the dismemberment of our North American dominions. It is this which we would see avoided by a more sedulous attention to the interests of our colonists. And it is precisely be cause we have recognised the growth of this peri lous indifference for a very considerable time past, that we are solicitous to revive en masse the exigen cies of our situation. If any country upon the sur face of the globe is peculiarly answerable for the manner in which its energies have been distributed over its remote and scattered territories, that country is assuredly England ; for no other has ever con centrated under a single sceptre such vast and diver sified dominions. It has not remained for us to remark that the colonial possessions of Great Britain are Asiatic, European, African, and American, that they extend over gigantic tracks in both hemispheres, that they include entire archipelagoes, and peninsulas, and, as in the instance of Australia, a whole conti nent. But it has remained for us to declare that the incongruities of the scheme of legislation applied to these stupendous conquests—the conquests less of war than of commerce and navigation—are cal culated, unless modified effectually and betimes, to redound to our ignominy as a nation, and to lead in the end to the disruption of our empire. Before we particularise a few of the most prominent of these incongruities, it is by no means unadvisable to reflect for an instant upon the different characteristics which may distinguish a colony in the estimation of a statesman. In each of these characteristics we shall find that the colonial territories of the United Kingdom are fruitful even to a wonderful degree. Foremost among the various classes of colonies are those which must be considered simply as territorial acquisitions, and of this descrip tion of colony England furnishes a magnificent ex ample in New South Wales, in Van Diemen's Land, and in those generous but thinly-populated islands which were first explored by the adventurous COOK. Of agricultural colonies again she possesses an almost embarrassing abundance ,from her dominions in the northern continent of America to the comparatively insignificant estates cf Dominica and Montserrat. Of colonies exuberant in their exportations of timber she has sufficient to render her independent of the forests contiguous to the Baltic; and of those which are chiefly remarkable as fisheries she has an extraordi nary number, besides the spacious shores of New foundland. In every particular England is richer in colonial treasures than any other maritime power whose history has been recorded either in modern times or in the enterprising ages of antiquity. The glory of Tyre and Sidon pale before that which sheds c p r a o r w t h e a s g s o n f i a n t he s Phoenicians w ere alike andthe unable to render audacity them of the her its lustre over th e v i s t a o f h er il lustr i ous annals. The competitors in greatness. The boastful ejaculation of PHILI P children, th e and d th e S E d c a o r m i n p has b g . of Portugal po e r e t n o g al realised has by her been,by her, successively emulated and surpassed. Nothing of all this is dictated by an idle spirit of braggadocio, but solely by that wholesome dread of the calamities which must infallibly result from the protracted apathy of our administrators, unless that apathy be spontaneously and resolutely abandoned. Vast and prolific our colonies may be, vast and prolific they unquestionably are, but for that very reason our re sponsibilities in regard to the conservation of their interests and the development of their rights are in disputably still more vast and innumerable. In one of those beautiful but Utopian visions which the lyre of LAMARTINE has thrilled into the very soul of the nations, the hypothesis of an orien tal colonization has been expounded. Notwithstand ing the obstacles of prejudice, in defiance of those instincts of antipathy which are inherent in the mind of the Asiatic, the project has seemed feasible to the author of La chute dun ange, and his imagi nation has already revelled in the anticipation of " prosperous peoples, and millions of men marching under the lEgis of Europe to a new civilization." Whatever M. DE CORMENIN may think to the con trary, we are satisfied that with a judicious impetus the dream of LAMARTINE might be realized not in the colonization of the East, but in the diffusion of religion, and know ledge, and enterprise, and goon government, throughout the scattered colonies of Britain. By this means the slope of civilization would not be directed exclusively towards Palestine, or to the banks of the Bosphorus—it would be diffused over the globe with a catholic impartiality. Before, however, any scheme so gigantic could be adventured upon, in relation to the colonial possessions of England, what mighty innovations would be requisite as rational prepara tives ! Mighty as they are, nevertheless, these inno vations are still practicable, and upon their accom plishment depends the duration of our nationality. Numerous as such necessary innovations are, they may be defined in the enunciation of a single neces sity--the necessity of assimilating together in one congruous system the anomalies of our colonial legislation. When that has been effected, we shall have obtained the standing-ground for which ARCM.. MEDES sighed, we shall have acquired the rIU TTW from which we may move the world. How remote this achievement is, however, can be conjectured from details as conclusive as the calculations of M'CuL LAGII. When it is remembered that among the nineteen divisions of our West Indian pos sessions, one (Honduras) is governed by a superin tendent and magistrates, four (St. Lucia, Trinidad, Berbice and Demerara, with Essequibo,) by a Go vernor, a Council, and the orders of the QUEEN in Council, while the remaining fourteen (Tobago, Tortola, Anguilla, Bahama, Bermudas, Antigua, Barbadoes, Dominica, Granada, Jamaica, Mont serrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, and St. Vincent,) are governed by a Governor, a Council, and an Assembly —it will be acknowledged that the splendour of our colonial greatness is likely to be as fleeting as the oriental vision of LAMARTINE. Give but symmetry to this empire, by giving unity to its government, and its splendour will be perpetuated, and the poetic vision may be realized. According to the latest accounts, Madrid was per fectly tranquil. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The elections to fill up the vacancies in the repre sentation of Paris in the National Asaembly take place to-morrow, and in addition to the lists of can didates put forward by the National and the Reforme, which we published yesterday, the following have started. VICTOR 1-Inco, M. THIERS, General CHAN GARNIER, HORACE SAY, and Dr. TRIERRY. The Journal des Di:bots published an address to the electors by VICTOR Huoo, in which the ex-Vis comte declares himself the partisan of the republic of civilization as distinguished from the republic of terror, and declares his willingness to sacrifice his life to promote the establishment of the first, and to prevent the establishment of the last. The Democratic Pacifique says, that it is currently reported that the representatives of the Northern Courts have protested against the resolution of the National Assembly on the subject of Poland. The Constitutionnel says that M. Louis BLANC and his Committee of labourers have left a score of 350,000 francs to be settled by the Republic for the expenses of their table alone. This is a tolerable tavern bill to be run up in two months. A projet de loi for the reorganization of the jury system has been presented to the National Assembly. By this measure all electors, that is to say every male person who has completed the age of 21 years, may be called upon to fulfil the duties of juryman, with the exception of soldiers in active service, per. sons who cannot read nor write, domestic servants, persons who have been condemned to infamous punishments by the laws of their country, and uncer tificated bankrupts. The Presse announces the death at Rennes of Madame DE CHATEAUDRIAND, sister of M. DE CHA TEAUBMAND, in her 87th year. The shareholders of the Orleans and Central Rail ways have just held meetings to consider what was to be done relative to the Government Rail way Bill. The strongest opposition was mani fested against the measure, which was declared to be most unjust, as violating openly the contracts on which property reposes. Delegates were no minated to protest before the National Assembly against the Bill, and defend the interests of the share holders, in conjunction with the members of the board of directors. The following petition has been presented to the National Assembly by the committee of Spanish bondholders in Paris, praying its interference with the Spanish Government to procure a settlement of their claims : it sp‘a‘nCii:hizbenondihteopldreersseniitiait,ivaersis,—hTashethecohmonmo honour tee e to e address itself to the National Assembly, to supplicate its inter ference in behalf of thousands of French families, whose condition is most deplorable, in consequence of the un justifiable state of abandonment in which the Spanish Government persists in leaving th e m s i nce th e I st Nov., 1336, the period when it again ceased to pay the interest on its debt. " In order to enable the National Assembly to judge of the importance of the sums which Spain has succeeded in drawing from France, under favour of the different loans contracted by her in the Paris , market, and by th e aid of the support which she found from preceding Governments, we consider it necessary to enter into some details on the origin as well as on the successive etnissioin; of these same loans, which have had the effect, in addition to the ruin of several th o usand families, of tiLminishing - in a sensible manner the monetary capital of FL-42U. " The first Spanish loan negotiated at the Paris Bourse was contracted in 1820 by Messrs. J. Laffite and Co., and Ardoin and Co., bankers; other loans followed in 1821 and 1822. In 1823 the French army overthrew the Constitutional Government; re-established the absolute power of Ferdinand VII., who, repudiating the debts contracted by the Constitutional Government, ceased to pay the interest. He did more; he charged two bankers, not French, but residing in Paris, Messrs. Guebhard and Aguado, to sell by commission the reimbursable obliga tions of the perpetual Three and Five per Cent. Rentes; these emissions had been made from 1823 to 1831 for a sum of about 400,000,000 f. " The Government of the restoration, instead of pro tecting the compromised interests of the French holders of bonds issued under the constitutional regime, inflicted the greatest injury on those very interests, by autho rising the emission and the quotation at the Paris Bourse, of fresh loans, the proceeds of which procured for the Government of Ferdinand the resources which he could not have found, but by recognising the legality of the loans contracted under the constitutional Go vernment. " After the death of King Ferdinand the constitu tional Government was re-established; a fresh loan was contracted in 1834, by Ardoin and Co., bankers, at Paris, and M. A. Ricardo, in London; to this was joined the conversion of all the loans cont rac t e d f rom 1820 to 1831; a conversion which consisted in reducing the capital by one-third, and to avoid the appearance of a bankruptcy bonds were delivered for the said third, called Passive Bonds; as to the interest due and not paid since 1823, the hold er s received fresh bonds called De ferred Debt,' payable in Active Debt, in twelve yearly periods, commencing from 1838. " In consequence of this operation there were created fresh bonds, viz.:-- " IN ACTIVE DEBT. " For the sum of about 846,000,000 f. of capital, or a Five per Cent. Rente, of 42,300,000f. " IN DEFERRED DEBT. "For the sum of about 332 ,000,000 E: in capital, or in Five per Cent. Rentes Total Five per Cent. Rentes... 59,000,000 r. " IN PASSIVE DEBT. " For the sum of about 32 3,000,000 f. bearing no inte rest. " There remain still in circulation the following bonds : " 1. Deferred Debt of 1831 for about 128,000,000 f., which, by a as forgetfulness, neglecteda thet the motives time o o f f the w h ichcan conversion of 1834. ot be explained, was "2. A portion of the preceding loans of about 64,000,000 t. wlaich had not been presented for conversion within the delay prescribed.,' " Moreover, the Government caused to be presented for remainedco n 34som o e r b d o e n r d t s o e o ff f e r t 1823, which sale eicohf them then secretly and without the authorisation of the Cortes; and in order to complete the m e a s u r e , M . Mendizab al , version unemployed,inlB in in his report, which was read on the 27th October, 1836, boasted of having made a good 13',/rga.in for the Treasury in causing the sale in London by M. Ricardo of the Active Debt of 50 at 425, and the Passive Debt of 164 at 14i. " Four days after the reading of that report the Spanish Government ceased to pay the interest on its debt; now the Active Debt, comprising the interest due since 1840, is only worth 13i, and the Passive Debt 3+ per cent. " In 1841, under the regency of the Government of Espsrtero, the shareholders obtained, in default of pa) - meat in cash, the capitalization of four years' interest overdue, ‘s hich was delivered to them in Three tier Cent. Rentes; but since the Ist May, 1841, the creditors have received neither cash nor Three per Cents.; it is, therefore, necessary to add to the sums pointed out above that of 350,000,000 f., for fifteen half-years' arrears unpaid on the Spanish debt. " Admitting that there now only remains in circula tion in France but a third part of the loans contracted by Spain from 1820 to 1834 there would be still due to the French creditors a sum of In capital ... 563,000,000 f. Arrears of interest ... 116,666,000 f. In annual interest ..• ... 20,000,000 f. The reductions already made in 1834. privation of this amount of capital is an im mense loss for France, and _is a cause of ruin to a great number of families; the committee, full of confidence in your solicitude for the national interests, ventures to hope that in acting in a cause which so closely affects the honour of the country and the interests of its citizens, the National Assembly will not refuse its intervention with the Government of the French Republic, in order that due justice should be done to such legitimate de mands, and which, instead of finding an efficacious sup port on the part of the late Government, was only on its part the object of fallacious promises, because a dynastic interest prevented it from supporting and ob taining justice for the rights of the French creditors at Madrid. " And let it not be believed that Spain is insolvent— she can pay when she chooses ; her resources have been improving for several years, and the revenue of the first three months of 1848 shows an increase of 20,000,000 f. over that of the corresponding quarter of 1847. Spain, moreover, is the most fertile and the most lightly taxed country in Europe ; she has only to increase her taxes to be able to meet all her engagements.. " The French creditors of Spain are now convinced that if the rational Assembly takes their interest at heart, the Government of the Republic will be able to obtain justice for them at Madrid. " - We remain with respect, Citizen Representatives, r " Your humble and obedient servants, " GUYNET, BOULET, EISENLOHR, DUBOURG, SAItItANS, " Members of the French Committee of " May 20, 1848. Spanish Bondholders." The celebrated GEORGE S SAND (Madame DUDE YANT) has been obliged to withdraw from Paris, it having been discovered that she was deeply impli cated in the attack on the National Assembly on the 15th inst. It appears that a decree was published in th e ili7i Cheval. appointing l n theseventeenA sitting D E officers s etr three to the e r G ee days since, Mobile it Garde e of the National Ass embl y on Thursday, M. W AND drew attention to this fact. He asked by wit " a; law were these officers appointed ? By the decree instituting the Garde Mobile the officers were to be elected by the men. By whom were they elected ? How did it happ en th at among these officers there ' were subalterns taken from the army ? Besides this, General BARAGUAT D'HILLIEn s inquired how the expenses of this new force were provided for without the concurrence or even the knowledge of the army. To these questions the reply of M. RECURT, the Minister of the Int erior, was that the decree in ques tion was a surprise (an surpris). Though his own name was attached to it, he knew nothing of it, nor was he aware of it till some days after it appeared in the Moniteur—and he added, that the decree was to be annulled, and that the officers of the Garde Mobile a Cheval would be elected like the officers of the Garde Mobile A Pied. It does not appear by whom these extraordinary appointments were made, but it was generally supposed that M. LEDRU ROLLIN is not altogether ignorant of the matter. Ultimately the subject was referred to the Committee on the affairs of the Interior. The Committee sat yesterday, and were to sit again to day, to hear the explanations of M. LEDRU ROLLIN. M. BACLE, the Colonel of the Garde Mobiie, appeared before the Committee yesterday, but they refused to examine hitn until they had heard M. LEDRU ROLLIN. It appears when M. LE DRU ROLLIN was Minister of the Interior M. BACLE was the commandant of M. LEDRU ROLLIN'S special guard of INlontagnards, which was established in the residence of the Minister. At the time of the orga nization of the Executive Government M. LEDRU ROLLIN wished to have M. BACLE appointed go vernor of the Palace of the Luxembourg, which is the seat of Government; but the other members of the Government did not choose to have the guard of their residences placed in the hands of a man who was merely known for his unscrupulous devotion to M. LEDRU Itoramr, and he was then appointed to the command of the Garde Mobile. M. CARTARET, the Under-Secretary of State at the department of the Interior, who is also a devoted adherent of M. LEDRU ROLLIN, is the person who published the article in the Mot/deur appointing War-officers of the Garde Mobile without the knowledge of the Minister. It is said he is to be dismissed. The decree interdicting the French territory to the members of the Orleans family passed the Assembly yesterday by a very large majority. The following is a report of the proceedings 7 The Assembly met at twelve o clock. The order of the day was for the discussion of the following decree respecting t he expulsion of the Orleans family from the French territory:— " The National Assembly decrees that the territory of France and her colonies being interdicted in perpetuity to the elder branch of the Bourbo ns, b y the law of April 10, 1832, it is equally interdicted to Louis Philippe and his family." On the motion being read by the President, M. Begin rose and said that he could not see any reason for the adoption of such a measure. The neces sity of it had not been felt for the last three months; and he wo u ld as k , w h a t new danger had arisen to make so extreme a measure necessary? He thought that the question should b e adourned until the necessity of its adoption h a d b een proved by a judicial inquiry, formally instituted. M. Laurent would vote for the expulsion of the Or leans branch for the present, b eca use he thought it called for by r easons of state • but he thought it rig k . that the expulsion should not be' perpetual. He therefore would move an amendment to the effect that the exclusion should not h e perpetua l, but as long as the state of the nation rendered the measure necessary. After a few worth from Surma, who dee!ared that the perputual expulsion of all prcleriders wt‘s nices:atry, 2, 1• Vignart must insist un the b A nishment being voted perpetuity. Tho Orleans family had done too much injury to France ever to be admitted there again. -(Agitation.) As to the Bonaparte family, they were admitted in the Republic provisionally.—(A loud burst of dissent from every part of the House.) The Bona partes were not dangerous, and were, therefore, amongst the other citizens. Were they to become dangerous, then— The Hon. Representative here stopped, and rendered his example of aposiopesis as marked as possible by sign of head and movement of hand. A loud burst of agitation succeeded, which lasted for some time. Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte must protest with all his energy against the words just uttered. He saw no reason why he should stand before his fellow-citizens as under the weight of a provisional admission into France only. He saw no reason why any reflection should be cast on him or his family without cause, as without opportuneness, when he was performing his duty as a loyal subject. He could not admit the posi tion which was thus attempted to be imposed on him, and he thus fornally protested against it.—(Applanse.) M. Vignart—l must maintain that if there should appear any reason to suppose the Bonaparte family in clined to excite dissension, the Assembly would have a perfect right at once to act against it.—(Agitation.) France Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte must again protest against such language being applied to him. It was alike unhandsome and unjust. " If," continued the hop. representative, " a culpable attempt is made by any man, let bins be punished for it, as the law directs, but let not suspicion be flung on him beforehand." All he should say was, let whoever is guilty be punished— let none that merit punishment escape, " not you (ad dressing M Vignart) any more than I!"—(Loud marks of approbation.) The various amendments brought forward were then severally put to the vote and rejected. On the question being put that the Bill do pass, a paper was handed to the President demanding a vote by divison. Upwards of thirty names (the number required) being attached to it, the Assembly proceedqd to vote as demanded, and for the first time the English mode of going into the lobby by different doors was acted on. A number of members did not take part in the vote. The result was as follows: _ _ Number of voters 695 Absolute majority 348 For the adoption 632 Against it 63 Majority.. In consequence the Bill was adopted. The Minister of Justice who succeeded his colleague, deposited on the table another Bill, abrogating the law of the Bth of May, 1816, and re-establishing divorce... BOURSE—PARTS, FRIDAY, MAY 26. THREE 0' CLocx.—The Rentes for cash and the Ac count are very much asked for to-day, and the rise which commenced two days ago made further progress. The railways did not, however, participate in the improve ment. On the contrary, some of the most important among them suffered a further decline. For the Ac comit, the French Three per Cents. and Five per Cents. rose 75 centimes. For Money the rise was the same amount. Bons du Tiesor are quoted at 32 discount. Bank of France Shares are the same as yesterday. Bel gian Bank Shares not quoted. Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 33. Spanish Stock not quoted. Roman has de clined 1- per cent. Rothschild's Receipts, at 67. Rail way Shares for the Account, settling of 31st: Lyons was done at 35 If. 25c. No others were done for the account. For cash the Orleans have fallen 2E 50c ; Rouens, 2E 50c.• ' Marseilles, 7f. 50c.; Vierzons, 8E 75c.: Northerns, 5t.; Versailles, 11. 25c. Dieppes have risen lf. 25c. The others remain as yesterday. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 26. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 1 4—Northern of France, 4 1 ~— Orleans and Uourdeaux, 13i —Paris and Orleans, 22 1 / 2 —Paris and Rouen, 15 1 . GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES PRUSSIA. The following is the royal notification to the Pre. silent which accompanied the draft of the consti tution : " We Frederick William, by God's grace, King of Prussia, &c., " Having by our patent of the 18th of March promised a constitution for our lands appertaining to the German Confederation, we herewith send a project of the same to the convoked Assembly of the representatives of our faithful people. " Given at Potsdam, May 20, 1848. " FREDERICK WILLIAM. " CAMPHAUSEN, Count VON SCHWERIN, VON AUERS WALD, BORNEMANN, VON ARNIM, HANSEMANN, Count VON KANITE, Baron VON PATOW." . THE NEW PRUSSIAN CONSTITUTION. The project of the new constitution, as submitted by the KING to the Assembly, consists of seven chapters and eighty-four articles, of which the follow ing are the principal : " CHAP. I. " All the territories of the Prussian monarchy in th eir present extension, with the exception of a portion of the Grand Duchy of Posen, for which a special re organization is under consideration, constitute the Prus sian domains belonging to the German Confederation. " The confines of this territory can only be changed by a law. "CHAP. 11.-ON THE RIGHTS OF PRUSSIAN CITIZENS. " All citizens are equal in the eye of the law. Personal liberty of the citizen is guaranteed. No citizen can be arrested except in the form prescribed by law. " Confiscation of property is abolished. Private property can only be appropriated by the State when for the common weal, and at a just indemnification. Free dom of confession. Separation of civil rights from religious confessions. Liberty of the press. Censor ship is totally and eternally abolished. " Assemblages of unarmed citizens for peaceful dis cussion are allowed. The right of petitioning is open to all. The secrecy of letters is inviolable. In extra ordinary cases, such as war, &c., special laws are es tablished. "CHAP. 111.-THE KING. " The person of the King is inviolable. his ministers are responsible. All the acts of the King require to be countersigned by one of the ministers to show their re sponsibility. The executive power appertains to the King alone. The King is commander-in-chief of the army, and makes all the appointments. The King has the right of appointing all the civil functionaries, of conferring titles of nobility and distinction. The King has the right of convoking and closing the Chambers. The Crown is herediture in the male branch according to the right of primogeniture and the agnatic succession. " The King is of age at eighteen. "CHAP. IV.-THE MINISTERS. " The ministers can be arraigned for neglect of duty by the second Chamber. They have a vote in each Cham ber; they may command the attention of the Chamber. Each Chamber may demand the presence of the ministers. " CHAP. V.-THE LIAMBERS. " The legislative power is executed in common by the King and two Chambers. The consent of the King and the Chambers is requisite to every law. " The first Chamber consists of the princes of the royal house as soon as they have attained their eighteenth year, and of, at most, sixty members who must have reached their fortieth year, and have a yearly income of not under 8,000 dollars: their seat is hereditary. "The second Chamber is to consist of 180 members. The members of the second Chamber are elected for tour years. They must have attained their thirtieth year. "No one can be a member of both Chambers. The sittings of both:Chambers are public. " CHAP. VI.-THE COURTS OF JUDICATURE. " The judges are appointed fur their lifetime by the King. " CHAP. VII.-FINANCE. " A budf:et for the expenses and revenues of the State for each coming year must be presented beforehand." As soon as the constitution has been adopted, the KING will take an oath before the Assembly to up hold, maintain, and protect the constitution of the Prussian State. The heir to the throne has to do the same. The remaining clauses are relative to local taxa tion, &c. Accounts from Posen state that the Prince of Paussia has been appointed by the electors of the Circle of Wersitz deputy to the Constituent As sembly. Letters from Mayence, of the 23d instant, state that the city is in the state of the greatest alarm, Fresh collisions have taken place between the soldiers and the citizens, with loss of life on both sides. In the fight on Sunday last, it is now ascertained that fifteen parsons were killed, and fifty more or less seriously wounded. The Prussian Indicator of the 23d mentions a re port that the Prince of PRUSSIA had arrived at Potsdam. Some disturbances had broken out among the workmen on the canal, but they were quelled without the necessity of having recourse to arms, and the ringleaders were arrested. On the 23d, the King of PRUSSIA reviewed the national guards of Berlin, by whom he was enthusiastically cheered. AUSTRIA. The latest advices from Vienna are to the evening of the 21st, at which time everything was quiet. The Wiener Zeitung of the 21st contains the fol lowing details of the journey of the fugitives, ad dressed to President 1 1 10/STECUCOLI by one of the gentlemen sent to induce the EMPEROR to return : "Exc:liency,—l take advantage of the few moments' delay iu clianf.:ng horses, to send your Excellency a few details respecting our mission. All along the road we were informed that the high personages prosecuted their Journey with the utmost speed possible, and preserved a strict incognito, except at Strei,gberg, where they break fasted. We had hoped to have overtaken their Ma jesties at Linz; we were informed at Strengberg that they had taken the road by Ems, through Klein.Aliin chon to Salzburg. The greatest sympathy was shown for their Majesties at Strengberg. They were very lightly dressed, and had no luggage, on:y 000 servant 0 e eh c , ,..riage, none vi Whoa: hail a cloak. Wo,reve• they were recognised, great respect was shown to them._ At a short dist a nce from Vienna a person in the dress of a National Guard put his head ii tto the Imperial car riage, and exclaimed It is high time you did leave.' "Ems, 19th May, half-past ten A.M.' The Wiener Zeitung of the 21: it announces that the Council of Ministers has not yet . received any further intelligence from the EMPEROR, and adds that this circumstance may be satisfactorily accounted for by the continued increase of the di.stance of the august travellers from Vienna. There is beside no reason to apprehend any disaster or interruption on the journey. The Ministerial Council at the :same time declares that it has been charged by the High Chamberlain to take charge of all the Crown jewels and property belonging to the State. Finally, the Ministerial Council declares that the report which has been cir culated by some designing men of an impending State bankruptcy is unfounded. _ _ The departure of their MAJESTIE S was so sudden that they w ere not even provided with travelling clothes, and had no luggage whatever with them. On the 18th, the day of his flight, the EMPEROR transmitted a message to Prague, to Count THUN, the Imperial Government President of Bohemia, who immediately issued the following proclamation:— "By the intervention of confidential persons, his Majesty the Emperor has transmitted to me a verbal communication, to announce to his faithful Bohemians, that, _ _ _ " Deeply moved at recent events in. Vienna, bis Ma jesty deems it most advisable to withdraw from thence for a short period. His Majesty found it difficult to decide among which of his faithful subjects he should sojourn; but considerations for his health induced him to decide in favour of the salubrious air of the Tyrol, and to go thither accompanied by his Imperial Highness the Archduke Charles. " His Majesty firmly depends upon his faithful Bohe mians to uphold, in case of need, the Throne, the consti tution, and :he power of the Austrian monarchy. " Firmly persuaded that every Bohemian will be proud to justify the expectation of his Majesty under all cir cumstances, I also am resolved, in defence of these senti ments of the Bohemian nation, so to direct the Executive Government delegated to me by his Majesty for the up holding of the Throne and of the constitution as extra ordinary relations may demand. "01 this I have already duly informed his Majesty, and given a report to the Minister in Vienna. " LEO COUNT THUN, " Imperial Government-President. "Prague, May 19." In consequence of this a meeting was held, at which Count 'TUN presided, and a loyal address to the EMPEROR was agreed to. SAXONY. The Saxon Diet was opened at Dresden on the 21st inst. by the KING in person. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE. The German Parliament met on Tuesday at ten o'clock. A multitude of notices of motion was then made, by far the most important of which was that of Mr, Zen, member for Mayence, and head of the burgher guard there. This went at great length into the various collisions between the soldiery and the citi zens of Mayence; and the insolence and brutality of the Prussian quota of the garrison troops, was ex patiated on in the strongest terms. He went on to state, that on the last occasion, some Prussian soldiers in a beerhouse unnecessarily and wantonly used their weapons upon unarmed citizens. When the burgher guard interfered for the preservation of the peace, they were also fiercely attacked, and great loss of life ensued. 6n the 22d the Prussian General, HusEa, governor of the fortress, shut the gates, declared the town in a state of siege, and demanded the surrender of the arms of the burgher guard. Was such treat ment to be borne ? He prayed that the Parliament should immediately institute an inquiry, and take into consideration the necessity of forbidding the sol diery to wear their side arms off duty, and remove the present garrison from Mayence, replacing them with other troops, &c. Just as the member was leaving the tribune (half past 12 o'clock) a slip of paper was put into his hands, upon which he returned, and stated that in telligence had just arrived—" Mayence was again placed in a state of siege." It was then whispered in the House that a heavy cannonading was heard in the direction of Mayence, and it was believed possible that the governor might be engaged at that moment in putting his threat of destruction to the town into execution. A strong feeling was now evident both in the body of the house and in the gallery. A stormy discussion ensued, several Prussian members taking part therein, when the question was put from the chair, " Whether the present motion was of so pressing a nature as to require the usual preparatory step of going into committee being dispensed with ?" The majority voted for going into committee. It was then agreed that the divisions (Abtheilun gen) should immediately meet to form a committee of 16 members; and in order to hear both sides of the question, and sift the matter to the bottom, a deputation of their number should forthwith start for Mayence. The House adjourned at half-past one o'clock. The deputation set off at three o'clock. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The report that General WRANGEL had levied a contribution upon the inhabitants of Jutland to the amount of 2,000,000 silver dollars, which must be paid by the 28th inst., is confirmed, but bow the poor Jutlanders will find the money no one can tell. It is reported that Denmark will retaliate on Ger many for General WRANGEL'S proceedings in Jut land, by laying an attachment to the claims that German merchants may have against Danish subjects. The amount of these claims are stated to be fully thirty millions of marks banco ; thus one reprisal leads to another, and the countries become daily further embroiled in war. The Weser Zietung mentions that there is much probability that the conclusion of peace may not be so remote as is generally believed. RENDSBUBG, MAY 21.—A deputation arrived here to-day from North Schleswig, consisting of inhabi tants of the city and of the country, charged with the mission to make a solemn protest to the Provi- sional Government, against the partition of any part of the Duchy of Schleswig, and its incorporation to Denmark, in case that question should be raised in the present negotiation for peace. The speaker of the deputation was Dr. MICIIELSEN, of Ilanpers leben. 22.—The deputation had an audience this day of the Provisional Government. We have not yet learnt the result of the conference, but no doubt can be entertained that a favourable reply will be given. The intelligence of the breaking out of the typhus fever on board the Dronning Maria, among the,Ger man prisoners of war, is unhappily confirmed. KIEL, MAY 22.—The Galathea weighed anchor yesterday, and proceeded northwards, and has now disappeared from our horizon. Whether she will re turn alone or in company will probably be decided in a few days. According to undoubted authority, Russia, which was requested to act the part of mediator in the diplomatic negotiations on the Schleswig question, has addressed a note to the Prussian Government, in which it expresses itself by no means in favour of the claims put forth by Prussia in the name of Germany, and holds out the prospect of a co operation with Sweden (probably by means of a fleet). According to a correspondent at Berlin, a reply to this note was sent from Berlin to St. Peters burgh on the 20th, and was in a more moderate tone than would probably have been the case under other circumstances. SWEDEN. STocimum.--The armaments here continue with great activity. Orders have been received at Canis krona, to fit out several vessels, which are to be fur nished with provisions for three months. Everybody is busy in the dockyards. Many fresh hands have been taken on, and the work is continued without in termission from four o'clock in the morning to eight at night, even on Sundays and holidays. Several of the people begin to feel the effects of being thus over tasked. Prince OSCAR, arrived here some time ago, and was received with the greatest enthusiasm. The Norwegian corps, which is expected at Schonen, already amounts to 5,000 men. Many men have been enlisted both for the army and navy. About 700 boatmen had been summoned to man the gun boats. Several steamers have left for Sehonen and Gothenburg with ammunition. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Count l'ompeo Troili, a Roman nobleman, an , l Guardia 1 c F,ile (..)1 Isis Iluiine,s it IX., ‘l.itl Miss Mann Hoare, daughter of Captain Richard Hoare, R.N., and niece to Sir Hughes Richard Hoare, Bart., is fixed to take place on Thursday neat, the Ist of June. ITALY. LOMBARDY, VENICE, AN TUSCANY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 20th of M ay F ü b. lishes the following news from the army : " SOMMA CAMPAGN A, M. sr " Notwithstandinc , the rain which has coed nued cessantly to fall, the b batteries against Peschi, tra 'b 1 1 ° been armed. Our troops, impatient of delay, b ave tcr 0 11- quished every obstacle, and the fire may be op sued day at one o'clock P m., as soon as the King and his staff present themselves. The principal nic !: has been ru directed against the detached works of Fort Man( lent, The batteries raised on the prolongation o f the iron ' t be have begun to weaken the defence f rom that instability of the ground, thoroughly satui !sited with rain. nevertheless a siege battery placed on the right, of Fort Mandella, and another on the opposi to tits nk the Mincio have disturbed the enemy in the inner ior ol the place, and in the advanced works of th e Dose Dye li ° gate. " The siege is directed by the Duke di G enes a, 101030 zeal in all the operations is indefatigable. The art men, the sappers of the engineer corps , the troo o f Pied the Royal Navi Battalion, and the brig ade: mont and Pignerole, who participated i n t be a tack, vied with each other in acts of zeal and c oif rage. Our fire was vigorously responded to by th e era! lery % the fortress, but without injury, either to our tr oops ,or batteries. " No demonstration of the enemy has y et digtwurb.eu cd .. these primary operations of the siege of Pets ;hiera,hi seems definitively abandoned to its own fort es. " DI SALASCO, Chief of the Geis eral Staff." The Risorgimento of the 21st instant votes s letter from Somma Carnpagna of the 191 th, an pounc ing that the firing on the previous day dism4untea several pieces of artillery on the ramparts of of chiera, and that a shell had exploded in the house the Governor. The rain having faller.. dui . ; Lug th e whole night, the Piedmontese employed the next day in consolidating their works and improving beenf th e breaching battery. The Italian army iisd of reinforced by 1,000 Modenese and two pieneee, artillery, commanded by Count Maim diviel l of 12,000 Piedmontese troops had marchei t into to f province of Venice, under the orders of the Du ke GENOA, to prevent the junction of Generi I I ' lll6l-- and RADETSXY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 22d state that Menthe Council and Committee of Public Safety f Men„..s— had sent two deputies to offer to King GliAg..-be ALBERT the homage of the districts evacual ed by _ enemy, and that his MAJESTY received the d eputetleil most graciously, declaring that he would mak e la the efforts which the necessity of the Nv ar permit for the defence of the province. The Sardinian Minister (M. PARETO declared on the 19th, in answer to an HO) 3. Deput ian y. that the report to the effect that the Sari tai vernment had accepted overtures made y Cert." . ; Foreign Cabinets on the question of Itlal y WsS , he calumny invented by the enemy, and that ru eitber.o; KING nor the Cabinet would consent to , enter . 1 e a any negotiation so long as a single Austrian reral.l:los on the Italian soil. The retirement of the Alletrisr he declared to be a sine qua non. The Chs amber peared much gratified by this spirited speech bo a The Provisional Government of Lomb arclf /0: reduced the import duties on the following sttictio, —manufactured woollen goods, of every di 's er , i n ) p et from 9 livres 82 and 4 livres 47 to 1 liven a 7 ...d 0 pound weight ; raw cotton, from 8.95 to V; The nankin, which paid 3.57, is in future to pay 3 ',.. ei t.; import duty on dye stuffs is reduced 50 ;Per `; 8. 95 refined sugars from 96.45 to 50; coffee from v 241 to 40. The export duty on silk is reduced fr o; is to 100. The import duty on manufactured el reduced from 53.57 to 1.29. isr tT 004 The city of Treviso still held out spies" K ati that the last accounts were dispatched. I t — „,sh that DUR A ND° has effected a junction with ss,7o. and has compelled NUG E N T to retire on Castiifh° b - ts l The massacre committed at Naples by tb trf bf BOURBON who reigns over the unhappy eou,°" bits wrong Diabolical rather than by right Divi atbolo excited the greatest indignation throughou t tbe " e as of the north of Italy. The Piedmontese Clafvea states, that when the account had be en , 1 :1, at at Genoa of the horrible carnage comicalbll resi. Naples, an immense mob assembled befor e 11 the dente of the Neapolitan Consul, tore clo vi nod Royal arms affixed to the wall of his hotel, 6 ;0. them to the place of execution, and burne d 0 of At Leghorn the crowd tore down the f irli two ugh Naples from the Consulate, dragged the n t 7 the mud, and burned them amidst hooting crations. There has be en no further inte L hs i n 0 36 received from Napl es; b u t it is expecte d t— Tb e Calabrians and Saler n it ans w ill a ttack the citP or gar notorious DELCARE TTO , the p o lice agent, Nvh ° : o f tb ° ized the massacres under the sUperintendeoc" - KING, has been appointed a Cabinet IVlinister. IRELAND. ------ THE STATE 14S. pRosEcUTI° (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPB.) iso. DUBLIN, to The jury in Mitchel's case not likely toE.- og oc i g a verdict. They have been closeted an hour_l i. is half. The deepest anxiety prevail ed, but Di tranquil. REPORTED VERDICT OF GUILTY AGAINST MR. MITCHEL. .4 ) EROM THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII COW ,- jury At the time of the packet leaving Dublin . t h i _ e _; j s tie, had not delivered their verdict, but Captain greatOw' streets, especially of the Princess mail steamer, informs us th al the excitement Court, existed as to the verdict when he le the ecnrot3: , dine minutescrowded tt ho ee xi p c! Ile a ms s s t e. lacgnenwteatarefrigate Arn y h a pre-concerted signal from the steani• Lora d fi i v a e te diet of " GUILTY " Dublin, being .nst John diet returned again Mitchel. enabletdhetohnstpaeter,taunptonnetes aeuftutsaive; o'clock, of to --.......------ ~,r 4 a• ACROSTIC ON THE SWEDISH NIGTI-I,—lt BY MRS. H. J. ST. LEGER- J adis on nous dit qu'un mortel heui e ux. E N n chantant, fit descendre un ange des cieuX• s vtvons a present dans d'autre temps ; male° N 'est . 1 1 pas qu'un'ange, par son chant tue-- of Courts, Bo up r were at t w Y fait monter chaque soir des mortels au% eieuP L orsque son chant si pur et enchantetir I mite le ramage des oist.aux des *Dols, N ous restons en extase, pleins d'un boheur D ont un moment seul ferait l'envie des Rois. Mai 27, 1848. TO THE EDITOR ---- O F THE S O----- Literary Association of th e Friends of fro , s, r --' Sussex Chambers, Duke-street, 5t..15113e5 of this day against the Po M lis a h y b 2 a 7ll . SIR,—A very elaborate article appears in I „pssiont_. From a t ' • _ a convinced that the statements bentge hy am u hentic information, and in my Pos --- - m es al' 1848. Til e foes the 1 a no i, t f h c e ts, were without foundation, but at as 1 6 . 00 , Polish ball is not given as a political dernonstr° f' or to promote insurrection, but to reliev e p l lrg sons in distress in this country, who can ha" l ' e) trY' in the crimes laid to the charge of their cotl%if men, and whose conduct has been marked by OrU v behaviour. I have the honour to be, Sir, Y ou r most obedient ser vant, TT A Ft, T DUDLEY COUTTS ST Presi'-'- de'o t. Viee- MADAME D oses GRAS.—We were beef g lad to tic a our favourite cantatrice, Madame Dorus Gras , i° 6 03 good voico yesterday at Mrs. Anderson's CO never heard her sing to more advantage, SD" -., yor hope to have many opportunities of surrounded by the chief talent now assembled i`jorio• don,We hope she divided the honours of the day with oh perfection in vocali • sation. j E ng q b •t y M th •P e ., G a e r n r e i r v a e l d s a te t a ß ni laekw tees °t. The Countess of Waldegrave, the Co,..rtin„oart, _D i uvall, the Marquis Darset,lio, and G• G. Il s ',;oro' bearing ship Triton, from Ostend. J. A 111P$ 131 FRE Navigation a tl l' rim THEaTarcALs.--The celebraay. co • ... L ie, vi s cori u ttp of French comedians from the Theatre Paris, are about to be introduced to the Eng, lis s i : of the at Drury-lane Theatre; to be followed by 10° - Valais Royal. joie EXECUTION _ OF THE CONVICT ROI3ERTSO , _ i • t he ierccoawr plysnythsisiieso, Robertson, last convicted at Perth Circuit C o urt , o' ve f u t the A murder of his illegitimate child, underwent 0 Fre sentence of death, at Forfar, on Friday Loorniofelock thl sauce of about 5,000 spectators. About s even (:. ' ol ive ° magistrates, the town clerk, and other eightoffioals, o,ooelt, at the prison, and, hAween seven and ,of the Robertson was conducted into one of the roon;duatea, gaol, where he joined in devotional exercises,o,.rie gaol by the Rev. Mr. Stuart, of Oathlaw, chaplain. 1 th e and the Rev. Mr. Stevenson, of Forfar. At!Oeo,,ioc,S, tion of the services, about a quarter past eit, ,r, " 0 ,./, to 41 the tnegi3trates and the other etliciali, (iv: w er O ci r . id Atter I, as Mr. Stuart, appeared Oil the .catio • t h e iirop Mr. Stuart, Robertson took his place upon .. f. in a few minutes he was launched into eterrav 4 THE SUN, LO