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THE NEW NOVEL, THE DISCIPLINE of LIFE, PUBLISHED THIS DAY, By Mr. Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street, And may be had at all the Libraries. NEW WORK, BY THE AUTHOR OF " AZETII, THE EGYPTI IN." On \Ye:lnes:lay next will be published, in 3 vols. post Svo., A' M Y . M 0 A Romanoe of the Days of Pericles. N E. By the Author of " Azetb, the Egyptian." Bieharit Bentley, New Burlington-street, MR. BENTLEY HAS JUST PUBLISHED, In 3 vols. post Svo.. S ADNE SS AND GLADNESS. A STORY OF THE PRESENT DAY. BY THE HON. ADELA SIDNEY. Author of "Home And its Influence." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. H. NR MAJESTY'S TH EATRE. Ildlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfillly informed, that Two Grand EXTRA NIGHTS will take place on THURSDAY, Aug, 10, and SATURDAY, Aug. 12, when Mdlle. JENNY LIND will appear in a tavola ite Opera each Evening. With various novelties in the Ballet Department, combining the talents of lldlle. Carlotta Grist, Iddlle. Carolina Rosati, ➢fdlle. 111. Taglioni, sldlle. Cerito, &c. &c. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Rox-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Wile. JENNY LIND. THIS EVENING will be performed Beilini's Opera, entitled I PURITAN'. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, entitled LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS. The Frse List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price lOs. 6d. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets are to be made. Doors open at hall-past Seven. and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. I:lnder the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, _. Fill be performed THEINTYSTERIOUS6TR A NGER. After which, the Burlesque, entitled TAMING A TARTAR. Count Cracovieninski, Mr. Worrell ; Kickerwhiski, Mr. Paul Bed ford ; Mazourki, Mr. Wright ; Ivan, Mr. 3lnnyard ; Monsieur Cou pee, Mr. C. J. Smith; Strelenski, Mr. Cullenford ; Countess Crace vieninski, Miss Woolgar ; Mazourka, Madame Celeste. To conclude with the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNT:: WPM YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Manyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan ; Mary Wbite, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss E uma Harding. " ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN continues to attract crowded and fashionable audiences at the St. James's Theatre. to witness his extraordinary and original SOIREES FANTASTIQUES, which, on account of his provincial engagements, must unavoidably terminate at the end of next week ; the remaining performances wil the arranged in the following order:— THIS EVENING. During the ensuing week Robert Houdin will 'nave the honour of giving Six Representations on _Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sa turday Evenings, commencing at Half-past Eight; and Two Day Performances, on Wednesday and Friday Mornings, commencing at Halt-past Two. A Grand Fare Well Morning Performance, on Mon day, August 14. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-etreet. ItOYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction o f Mr. Kerschner. Engagement. of Mrs. FITZWILLIAM and Mr. BUCKSTONE, for Twelve Nights. THIS EVENING Will be performed JOSEPHINE, THE CHILD OF THE REGI MENT, in which Mrs. Fitzwillianrand Mr. Buckstone will perform. Alter which, a Comic Drama. called A ROUGH DIAMOND, in which Mrs. Fitzwilliarn and Mr. Buckstone will perform. To conclude N 1 ith THE IDIOT OF THE MILL. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitzball's new and completely successful Spectacle. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be perlbruted, 'the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Slr Walter scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR- M lON ; or, The Battle of Flodden To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GY3INAS. TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. To C6lteilltie with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TOIL OF COVENTRY; or. Clearing the Toll. The Prize New Boat to be rowed for at the Greenwich Annual Regatta on Monday, will be presented to the winner on the stage of the Amphitheatre, on Tuesday Evening, August 8. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. JULLIEN and his UNRIVALLED BAND. GRAND MONSTER CONCERT. New Quadrille, composed expressly for the Gardens. Gmtlnuation of the Engagement of Miss HUDD ART. Engagement of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Damson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, FR W EDNAYDESDAY, THURSDAY, and I. View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mons. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of Solo Per formers includes Messrs. Baker, Barrett, Bauman, George and Viotti Collins, Cioffi, Collinet, Koenig, Lazarus, Richardson, Sonnenberg, Le.—Two Solos each Evening. —Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower and Miss Huddart during the Evening.—Also to be seen, during 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 of Fireworks, by the Messrs. Southby, representing the Girandola during the Holy Week at Rome. Gates open at Ten Apt., Feeding Time Five—Jullien's Concert at Six—Fireworks at Nine. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless asthma sated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 5. TEIERMODIETBIL, Lowest, 53; Highest. 68 ; Noon, 72 BAROMETEI, 29.60. WIND S.W.; heavy squalls and frequent showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 43 min. after I I Evening •• 5 min. after 6 , Wiring .:--4011•11; THE SUN, rebel generals, o r having taken a part in the late out- I break. Proclamations have also been issued an nouncing that every person affording protection to, or harbouring parties accused of high treason, are themselves guilty of the same crime, and render themselves liable to capital punishment. Even this intimidation has, however, proved inefficacious, and no trustworthy statements hare 13Pen elicited from any of the parties interrogated, although warned of the consequences they might themselves incur by persisting in a contumacious refusal to declare the whole truth. In Cork several of the leading members of the Irish Confederation have been arrested. Amongst others, DENNY LANE and M. J. BAsar, barristers at-law; Messrs. ISAAC and Ralph VARIAN, and Mr. MuELEN, one of the town-councillors. Messrs. S. J. MEANT, one of the editors of the Tribune, and JOSEPH BRENNAN, one of the principal writers in the Irish Felon, who was notorious for his open and advised speaking and writing, have just been apprehended at Gort, in the county of Galway. They had absconded from Dublin immediately on the passing of the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , and their names were published in the Hue and Cry, as having been concerned iu treasonable practices. Several "suspected" persons have also been taken up in various parts of the country. No resistance has in any instance been offered to the execution of the legal process, or attempt made to rescue the prisoners. In fact, with the exception of those who were so deeply , implicated as to be rendered desperate, and to be lieve that their condition could not be dete riorated by any further acts, however atrocious, the parties sought for have quietly surrendered them selves into the hands of those entrusted with warrants for their apprehension. Another proof is hereby afforded, if any such were required, of the total suppression of the rebellion, and that no intention whatsoever exists to attempt its revival. In the discussion which ensued on Lord BROUGHAM'S motion on Thursday, fer copies of the proclamations that had been recently issued by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, the Marquis of LANS DOWNE admitted that " the insurrection (if it might be called an insurrection) was practically at an end." There is, therefore, no longer any reason why remedial measures should not be introduced as speedily as possible, although there might be no possibility of carrying them through during the present session. The mere statement of the Ministerial intentions would be productive of the most beneficial results, and would exer cise a sedative influence over the country. Of course, the strictest precautions must be taken against any future efforts of the disaffected portion of the community, and every necessary power must be conceded to the Irish . Government. The real object of the parties who hare so long disturbed the coun try has now been clearly and distinctly manifested, and the same delicacy should not be extended to avowed traitors that should be evinced towards per- sons seeking to obtain political changes, by legal and constitutional means only. The privilege of retaining arms has in too many instances been grossly abused It should not be again conceded, in the districts where disaffection so widely prevailed, until the people have given unequivocal evidence of amendment and of the existence of a better feeling. The right of association was perverted. The several clubs that had been formed throughout the country were made the foci of sedition, in which the most atrocious designs were concocted, and the plans of the traitors fully matured. These clubs, for the present, have been dissolved, but they may be re-organized, and it is essential that measures should be taken to prevent the possibility. We long since pointed out that a clause could easily be added to the Bill for the suppression of Secret Societies in Ireland. That salu tary law will expire during the present year, and must be renewed; and we rejoice to find that some addition is contemplated thereto which will render it more applicable to the state of Ireland. This would be attained by requiring that every as sociation exceeding a certain number of per sons should obtain the sanction of the Go vernment, preliminary to their meetings, founded on the recommendation of certain magistrates, who vouched for the correctness of their objects. The liberty of the press had also degenerated into licen tiousness. The provisions of the Crown and Govern ment Security Bill, if judiciously acted on, will pre vent the possibility of the re-establishment of these organs of treasons, or of any of a similar character, and no further legislation is required on this point. The Noble President of the Council also announced that Parliament would only be prorogued for a short period. Wby might not short adjournments be made, in place of any prorogation, and the necessity of dropping the really important measures which have proceeded so far through the House would thereby be obviated. The Irish Landlord and Tenant Bill might thus be passed, a measure which, coupled with the Incumbered Estates Bill, would effect the most important ame liorations with respect to the tenure of land. The promised extension of the franchise, which was intro duced by the Secretary for Ireland, might also be carried. A measure of colonization might also be introduced. Lord BROUGHAM forcibly pointed out the vast advantages thereof in his able speech on Thursday—that destitution at home might be exchanged for competence in a colony. It is distinctly shown that an extensive emigration to Australia would be alike beneficial to all parties concerned, viz., the present inhabitants of the colony, who would thereby have their great want, a sufficiency of labour, supplied ; the emigrants, who would have ample employment, and an abundance of all the necessaries of life at a reasonable rate; and the mother, country, which would be relieved of the burden of maintaining so many paupers. The anxiety that prevails, even in this country, to take advantage ofa he benefits attainable by colonization, may be judged from the fact of the eager manner in which the .Emigration Circular has recently been sought for. We are informed, on unquestion able authority, that within two days after it became known that there was a document contain ing such information the: places in . which it could be obtained were literally beseiged by applicants, and 4,400 copies were distributed, viz., 2,000 by the Emigration-office, 9, Parkestreet, Westminster, 1,700 copies from Mr. C. KNIGHT, 22, Ludgate-street, and 700 from Messrs. SMITH and ELDER, Cornhill. This anxiety should be taken advantage of, and every facility afforded to the parties desirous of bettering their condition in another land. LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1843. LATEST FROM IRELAND. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] "DUBLIN', FRIDAY EVENING: "Twenty of the rebels implicated in the affray near Ballingarry were arrested yesterday (Thursday) by the police. They arrived here this forenoon, and are lodged for the present in the Royal Barracks. " Lord Hardinge leaves this to-morrow for Ballin garry. " Four arrests were made in •Dublin late last night. Three of the persons are law clerks, the fourth a printer. gi S. Meany and Joseph Brennan, writers in the Felon, were arrested in Loughrea yesterday. " The midday mail from the south reports all quiet, and, as usual, no news of the rebel leaders." Our reporter, writing from Ballingarry on Thurs. day night, says : " General M'Donald and the troops have just moved off in the direction of Thurles. I have reason to be lieve that they are employed on some business of im portance. " About 50 arrests have been made here. " A large assortment 9f wearing apparel, belonging to Smith O'Brien, was found last night at the widow Lakin's cabin on the cObamon." Accounts arrived by express from Bristol this morning inform us, that when the Juverna (arrived at Bristol this morning) left Cork everything was quiet. The following are extracts from the Electric Tele graph Company's express, dated Dublin, Friday, SiX P.M. :- " Messrs. Smith O'Brien, Duheny, and Me agher are supposed to be on the Kepper Mountains, and a large body of police were dispatched this morning to that district. " The three rebel leaders are reported to have been together yesterday in uniform, well armed, and calling upon the country people for support." (From the Dublin Pilot, August 4.) On inquiry at the terminus of the Cashel Rail way at the moment the three o'clock mail train arrived, we learned that a large constabulary force bad proceeded from different points at twelve o'clock last night, and others at early hours this morning, so as to form a cordon, in the dhection o f th e K e pp er M o u n tai n s, the main access to which is by a deep and sullen gorge, the summits on each side being surmounted with huge stones. 1,100 of the constabulary are said to be engaged in this movement : none of the troops take part in it. Ths recent intelligence from Ireland is of the same character as that whi c h we have communicated to our r e aders for the last t wo or three day s . There is an and ex ternal appearance of t ranqu i l lity,even at the scene of the late insurrectionary movemen t of the no indi cations are perceptible, with the excep tionanye presence of a military force, that could per son to suppose that a large body of armed m within a few days waged w a r upon her MAJESTYn' and had attacked the constabulary engaged in her serv ic e . No certain account has been receive d of the reb e l leaders, and it is more than probable that they are still lurking about the country, and obtaining shelter and protection from the peasantry, who, as we yes. terday pointed out, are prepared to undergo any risk rather than to deny the assistance that may be asked for by the fugitives. Many arrests have taken place of persons charged with having harboured the From the perilous situation of the Piedmontese, coupled with the refusal of France to adventure upon an armed interference, it becomes important to reflect upon the chances and the probabilities which still remain for the revival of the nationality of the Italians. Yesterday we explained that the advance of General OUDINOT at the head of the army of the Alps would be altogether unjustifiable until the for tunes of the King of SARDINIA appeared to be alto gether desperate, and we asserted, moreover, that, notwithstanding the hurried retirement of that SO VEREIGN and his soldiers behind the Oglio, the libe ration of Northern Italy from the yoke of Austria was still by no means impracticable. The proclamation addressed by CAnLO ALBERTO on the 25th ultimo to his troops, and dated from the royal head-quarters at Bozzolo, has reached our hands since those observa tions were written; and every sentence in that pro clamation, as well as every subsequent movement of the Piedmontese army, only tends to corroborate the accuracy of our deductions. Whatever glory has been reaped during the campaign in Lombardy has been reaped, as yet, by the swords of the Piedmon tese. Latterly, it is true, they hare been compelled to retreat with precipitation, but their precipita tion is in no respect ignominious, inasmuch as they are being beaten back by an over whelming superiority of numbers. They retire, ' but they retire with two thousand prisoners. They hurry back from the line of the Mincio, but they stand at bay on the banks of the Oglio. They yield the historic pass of Goito, but they dispute the pos session of Piadina. Fortunately for France her Foreign Minister has refused to yield to the entreaties of the Extraordinary Envoy from the Milanese, and in so doing M. BASTIDE has demonstrated in a bril liant manner his faithfulness to the pacific policy of his great predecessor, M. LAMARTINE. Nor must it be imagined from this refusal that the French Republic is indifferent to the fate of the Roman penin sula. N e ith er must it be supposed for aninstantthat there is th e slightest vestige of pusillanimity in LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1810. of time, Paris found itself transformed into a field of battle, where French blood was shed during three days. You know too well the terrifc struggle of these three days—we shall spare you a recital of them. The principal object of the manitestation of the 15th of May was to dissolve the Assembly, and to establish in its place a sort of Committee of Public Safety. In a word, this crisis had taken more a po.itical than a socialist character. The insurrection of the 23d of June has another character—it originated in the na tional workshops, which workshops had been formed in the conferences held at the Luxembourg. We endea voured by all our means to ascertain if money had been distributed amongst the workmen—our endeavours hare all been fruitless—and, if some isolated facts have been proved, they do not appear to us of sufficient importance. However, we have found it impossible to °conceal from ourselves the fact that between the occurrences of the 13th May and the month of June, there is a striking analogy. Thei Assembly has ordered an inquiry into these two two facts, of which the following is the re sult : GENERAL CAUSES.—The Commission of Inquiry would have desired not to have carried its investigations into facts which would demand the most severe repres sion. It would have desired to have been bound by the vote of the Assembly, with reference to the acts of the Provisional Government ; but the facts are so intermingled, that the Commission finds itself under the necessity to go far back to enable them to arrive at the causes of discontent. The acts of the Provisional Go vernment have sometimes been of a nature to throw disquietude into different minds ; and, in fact, we hare too often found, in our investigation, the fatal efkcts of documents issued in the provinces by Government agents, who have since been replaced. We .have also seen agents from the most influential clubs sent into the provinces with money taken from the funds of the Minister of the Interior. We have also to signalise the different bulletins addressed to the people at the moment of the elections, which caused such alarm in France, and which occasioned such a heavy responsibility on the Ministry. These bulletins have been disavowed by the Ministry itself ' • but there exists a very remarkable circumstance, which has been unmasked by, the inquiry—which is, that these bulletins had been written by a woman —(Murmurs)—of very eminent literary talent, it is true—who sent these bulletins', all reduced to methodical order, to the Minister of the Interior.—(Fresh murmurs.) There exists also towards the same Minister a profound difference of opinion with respect to the exterior ques- tion; and this difference hail given birth to measures con tradictory in themselves. Besides these dissensions, there exists another germ of difference at the Luxem bourg, and which has taken its origin in the principles which have been proalainied. These principles have been opposed and censured by M. Arago himself, who expressly declares that, if any favour is shown to them, the greatest possible evils will be the consequence. M. L. Blanc--I demand liberty to speak.—(Mur murs.) M. Bouchart—The Commission established to carry on its investigation upon the re• unions of the Luxem bourg has satisfied itself that all the discourses pro nounced at the Luxembourg by M. Louis Blanc have not been published. It has summoned before it the principal short-hand writer who was attached to the Luxembourg, and having put him to his oath, it exacted from him that he should produce the notes which he had in his possession containing those fragments of the speeches of M. Louis Blanc which had not been made public. Here are some fragments of these discourses :—" My friends, it is you who are the As sembly of the deputies of the people ; be it that the Na tional Assembly shall be able to establish itself or not, I entertain a perfect confidence that this one shall never perish. Being but a child, I have said to myself, This social order is at an end.' I have sworn before my God and my conscience, that if I shall ever be called on to legislate for this iniquitous state of things, I will never forget that I am only an unfortunate offspring of the people, and I have taken the oath of Hannibal. — (t; reat excitement.) When I say that proletarianism is a state of vassalage, I utter a word in which I embrace a vast compass of meaning, universal suffrage: is not that an expression of the great will of the people ? Yes, in a state of society in which the whole world shall be equal, where there shall exist a free development of the faculties, moral and material, but in society as it is at present constituted —no, no ! A thousand times! answer no !" "My friends, understand this well, and take it a!ong with you : you are the only power—you are all kings ; for in a republic all men are equal and are kings. In a republic there are no longer the odious dis tinction of rich and poor—the deadly system on which is based the present infamous state of things." The commission cannot conceal from itself what a poisonous influence such speeches, and publications similar, must have had over the minds of the great body of the work men, and it has thought it its duty to make a strict ex amination into the facts which have given rise to this state of things. On the 27th of February the Provisional Government had passed a decree for the establishment of national workshops, and they are well aware of what vast disorder these workshops have been at once the subject and the cause. These national workshops have been, even among the very members of the Provisional Government itself, the subject of the warmest discus sions. The Provisional Government had decreed the disbanding of the companies of grenadiers and the volti geurs of the National Guard. This disbanding of those troops was the cause of a movement which took place even in the hall of sitting Of the Provisional Government; and we have had every reason to be assured that the hand of M. Caussidiere, and that of M. Louis Blanc himself were no strangers to this movement.—(Sensa tion.) Among the clubs, subjects and questions of the most anarchical nature were addressed to the several candidates. They have demanded whether, in case the Assembly was not prepared to march forward in the path of reform, agreeably to their ideas, they were nct ready to march, as it were, against it. In a meeting, got together by the care of the Protect of Police, this same person declared that the Government Commissioners were much too lukewarm, and that the Assembly did not proceed fast enough. M. Caussidi&e here uttered from his place some words which we could not catch. A number of voices were heard shouting, " Order, order." M. lo President—l request M. Caussidibre to be silent; he will presently have an opportunity of discussing the report. M. Bsuchart--They added that if the Assembly did not move faster, it would be a very easy thing to demo lish the Assembly altogether; that they had 120,000 men ready to march at a moment's notice; and that be no neces s ity f or th e ir being as for all p ur p oses c h em i c al pre parationsballss' would be qu it e sufficient.—(Ex citement.) os moreover ses se possessed a t o there edfir fire-arms, e r -ea rm would Besides this, we have, moreover, a letter of the Bth of May, written by a certain M. Grand Minel to his son, a manufacturer of pyrotechnics at Angers—" I recommend you instantly to set about making a consi derable articles. (t Abovee ra n b s a l e t osnh li number ere of shells, and such thingsthat preserve th e grea te s t secrecy.— it is utterly impossible to describe.) A deposition of a politieal personage has appeared to us extremely curious. One evening in April, there was a meeting at the house of M. Ledru Rollin, for the purpose of forming a Committee of Public Safety. Several were proposed to us: Raspail, Blanqui, Kersansie, Ledru Rollin, and Flocon; Blanqui refused, saying that Ledru Rollin was not an honest man, and Ledru Rollin also refused to associate with Blanqui; Flotte was sent during the night to Ledru Rollin, and said to him, "You will not be one of us? Well, on Sunday we shall make you jump through your window ! we are sure of our business. "lbe 16th of April came. With what object and in what manner did that day pass we will now examine. The choice of a staff for the National Guard was but a pretext. According to some of the Members of the Provisional Government the Prefect of Police was the avowed chief of the plot. Another chief of police says that to him may be added Barbes, Blanqui, and Ledru-Rollin; the object was to name Ledru-Rollin Dictator. We have found it to be the opinion of a high functionary that such was the intention, but we bare been unable to find a positive confirmation of it. Let us now hear what M. Lamartine said in his deposi tions. He said—" M. Ledru-Rollin came to me one morning with much animation. in his manner; he told me that we were about to be attacked by 400,000 men, at the head of whom were 20,000 armed clubbists. He did not conceal from me the fact that they wished to ex clude me and some of my colleagues from the Hotel de Ville. told him , that he was Minister of the Interior, and that as such, lie had a right to cause the rappel to be beaten. If the .Nntional Guard, I added, answers to the call, we are safe. Ledru Rollin went out. I then went to the house of Davivier, and then to the Hotel de Ville; and as the 12th Legion appeared on the bridge, crying out, " Vive la Republique !' I saluted the triumph of moderate republicanism. That triumph was the result of that day, and all the honour of it belongs to the Na tional Guard." The depositions of Gen. Changarnier throw a new light on this event. "On arriving at the Hotel de Ville," be said, "there were neither arms nor cartridges. M. Lamartine came in, looking anxious, and complaining of the divisions which existed in the Provi sional Government, and accusing Louis Blanc and Ledru Rollin. As no measures were then being taken, arranged with M. Marrast, whose attitude had been excellent—(Satisfaction) —and as I thought that the rappel ought to be beaten, I addressed that gentleman, who wrote an order to that effect. The cause of anarchy, . though conquered, was not discouraged. Numerous proofs exist of the spirit of disorder and anarchy having resisted the first checks—these proofs consisting in an archical speeches, sent in parcels, free, to the depart ments ; the fury of the clubs ; bills posted up calling on the people to plunder, and emanating from the Mi nister of the Interior, and published by the men of that Ministry ; nocturnal meetings in the closets of the same Ministry; and projects for causing those elections to be annulled which had a character of hostility to the Government. May 15 was devoted to these prepara tions. The Club of Clubs, under M. Sobrier, and that of the Rights of Man, first fix our attention. They were armed; the members of the Government were in corres pondence with them; their arms eame out of the ateliers of the state. The elections were a nnounced, and the clubs had the idea of centralising' t hemselves to domi• nate the eh (Alone. The Club of Clubs held its sittings in the house N. 16 , Rue de Rivoli ; there 400 muskets and 30,000 cartridges were seen to be brought. General Courtais in vain threatened to dissolve this club. By an inexplicable weakness, it was allowed to exist. This club organized men on whom they could rely, and sent them into the provinces, paying them at the rate of 10f. per day from funds taken from the treasury. I t is painful to observe how, in some of the documents found at the house of Sobrier , some of the Honour able Members of this Assembly ha ve been attacked. With regard to the society of the Rights of Man, the repor ts of the police have made us acquainted with the fact, that it was composed of 14,000 men in Par is , and 20,000 in the provinces. Its place of meeting was in the vicinity of the Palace Royal. There they cast bullets and made preparations for a civil war. The members of the Government corresponded with the Society of the Rights of Man, as with the club of Sobrier, and sought to find partisans therein. This club had ~. , .:: , 4-7 e, , , •• _ 4 Ol e" ", •,-,, 111 , ... - - ~ , . 7-Q . -: • '6.00. k. 4 '.11411- ,-; her avowed disinclination to plunge bodily into the I struggle between RADETZKY and his royal antagonist. There is, on the contrary, a far-seeing generosity to wards the population of Lombardy, Sardinia, and indeed of the whole of that classic peninsula in the determination announced to Europe in the recent de cition of General CAVAIGNAC and his republican col leagues. Supposing France were at this moment to respond to the call of the Milanese, suppos ing General OUDINOT were to lead his men into the plains of Lumellina, and that the soldiers of France were to place themselves at the disposal of Sardinia, what would be the certain con. sequence P Putting on one side the disasters which would certainly ensue in Germany, and, in all human likelihood, in France herself, there would follow all those miseries, doubts, heartburnings, and dis appointments, which are inseparable from the distri bution and interlineation of territorial boundaries. As a reasonable compensation to her for the might of her assistance, ;And also as an acknowledgment for her acquiescence in the union of Lombardy to Sar dinia, the French Republic would for a dead certainty absorb into her own dominions the contiguous mountains of Savoy. To say nothing of the quarrels which would ensue, the axe would assuredly by this means be laid to the very root of Italian nationality. If only on this account, therefore, it is earnestly to be hoped by France, by Italy, by Aus tria, nay, by the whole of Europe, that the policy of LAMARTINE, continued by CAVAIGNAC, will be per sisted in at all hazards by the councils of the French Republic. In the event of the continuance of success to RA DETZYY, it is by no means improbable that the Diet of Vienna will anticipate the combined mediation of France and England by the proffer of a pacification on a novel basis. Events have long proved to Austria that the time of her dominion has long since expired in Germany, and those events have also demonstrated to her the suppressed animosity and growing ambition of the King of SARDINIA—an animosity and an ambition which have been revealed in striking characters by his daring efforts during the spring and summer of 1848 to bind his brows with the iron crown of NAPOLEON and CHARLEMAGNE. These facts have prepared the Government of Vienna, first to yield the kingdom of Lombardy to the Italians, and secondly to curb as much as possible the power of CARLO AL - BERM. It is evident, therefore, that the two prin cipal objects of that Government will be to retain the Venetian territories as an appenage of the House of Hapsburg, and so to resign the sway of Lombardy as that instead of adding to the power of Sardinia it shall tend to counterbalance the influence of its am bitious Monarch. To do this there remains but one alternative—either to permit of the establishment of an independent Republic at Milan, which the Imperial Councils of Vienna would never dream of doing; or to consent to the amalgamation of the Lombards and the Tuscans under the command of the popular Archduke LEOPOLD, with the title of King, say, for example, King of Northern Italy, which by that means he would virtually and actually become. The latter conjecture seems to us to be by no means chimerical ; for by such an arrangement the interests of so many would be con sulted. LEOPOLD, indeed, would be about the most probable choice of Austria, in the event of Austria being obliged by circumstances to choose a ruler for Lombardy among the sovereign Princes of Italy. For besides being of German origin, the ARCHDUKE has the advantage of being heart and soul an Italian. His dynastic associations would gratify the vanity of Germany, while his liberality and patriotism would secure the confidence of Italy. Beyond all which, the Monarch of Sardinia would by such an arrange ment be effectively crippled; his policy would not preponderate over the counsels of the Italian League ; and he would be prevented from gratifying his spleen against Austria, and from developing his ambition southwards. Supposing such a scheme were adopted as the fundamental basis of a treaty of peace, the dominions of LEOPOLD would not only embrace Lombardy and Tuscany, but would also, by an inevitable necessity, include the minor principa lities of Parma, Guastalla, and Modena. The boun dary line between Austrian Venice and Tuscan Lombardy being of course the line of the river Mincio, running southwards from the Lake of Garda to its confluence with the Po. In such a scheme as the one we have here explained, and in such a scheme alone can we see the prospect of a happy settle ment to those difficulties which have so long desolated Lombardy. A stipulation of this character would mitigate, in some measure, the misery of Austria in the inevitable loss of her Italian territories; it would disappoint the selfish and dangerous hopes of CARLO ALBERTO, by counterbalancing his power, and dimi nishing his means of vengeance; above all, .it would fulfil the aspirations of the peninsula, and lead to the re-establishment and consolidation of its nationality. Meanwhile, Venice would have to afford an instance of sublime magnanimity by awaiting with majestic confidence the fulfilment of its destiny. SPAIN. Madrid papers of the 30th ult. have arrived. The Duke of SOTOMAYOR has been appointed Ambassador to the French Republic. PIDAL will be the new Foreign Minister. There was no Bolsa on the 80th. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Journal des Debats has the following on the subject of the mission of M. Rica from King CHARLES ALBERT to the French Republic : " M. Albert Ricci, ancient ambassador from Sardinia to Austria, and Minister of Finance in the last Piedmon tese Cabinet, has arrived in Paris, charged with a spe cial mission for the French Government. He has already been received by General Cavaignac, President of the Council, and by M. Bastide, Minister for Foreign Affairs. Rumours of all kinds have been fiying.about on the ob ject of this mission confided by the Government of the' King Charles Albert to M. Ricci. If our information be correct, M. Ricci is not come to demand the intervention of a French army, but the co-operation simply of some officers of the Etat Major, with supplies of munitions of war. Above all, fora battering train to replace that which has been lost in the combats fought on the Mincio." In the sitting of the National Assembly, on Thurs day, M. BAUCHART presented the following report from the Committee of Inquiry into the affairs of ' May and June : " You have confided to us the important charge of examining the causes of the events of May and June, and the connexion existing between those attempts. We hate sought the intention of the Assembly in the decree by which we were instituted.—(M. Bauchart hero cited the terms of the decree constituting the Committee of Inquiry.) Thus, continued M. Bauchart, you have decided that the inquiry should be public, and that it should not be judicial ; accordingly, in . your omnipo tence, you have had respect to the division of remi niscences. We have surrounded ourselves with the illumination of magistrates ; but we have been stopped at the moment when we were about to enter upon the domain of justice. The relation between the two fatal s ), and June - we have so ug ht f or , as you directed, of Mayrected,inorder to assign to eac h t h e part which is his due. We have not withdrawn before any thing, and we have this consolation to reflect upon, that our authority has been implicitly obeyed, and that each has lent to the work the most ready concurrence. All have submitted before our power. Nevertheless, a mt.. tain number of witnesses have not completed their de positions, and otherwise have preserved the anonymous. Such is the terror which impresses the factious.—(l4:x -citement.) But before the courage of the Assembly, before the immunity of our work, justice and truth have regained their rights, and the factious-have not only lowered the head, but have even submitted. I ought here at once to characterise the two attempts. In , the first revolution each catastrophe had its explication in events internal and external, in the doctrines spread in a society under the impression of strange influences. But here there were neither causes tier pretexts, and the history of the world does not present a parallel ex ample. The National Assembly was awaited with great and just impatience, being the consequences of the sovereignty of the people driven to its last.resources. The National Assembly, on the first day of its meet ing proclaimed a republic, and thinking but of its past services, declared that the Provisional Government had deserved the thanks of the. country. Wishing to pro mote nothing but sentiments of conciliation, the Na tional Assembly still retained the principal members of the Provisional Government in the new Executive who for Power ; and, after its first operation s , an d w hi le stand ilia alone, the Assembly, invested with the full proceededpeople.confi by the discontented, work ; but f oun d th r ee hours surrounded the Assembly. Wishing not t o depart from its mo deration, the Assembl y or dered no in quiryde itselfn ce place into the cause of these dist ur b ances; and, later, when t to ta ke h instantly then tlyat t acked e most democratic constit ut i on was preparing, when measures for the general good were being taken in the di ff erent committees—in th e bu reaux, to ameliorate the condition of the workmen, and to prevent, by the closing of the national workshops, that misery might not remain without assistance- , - then, by an insurrection prepared for some length two manufactories of arms, of which the authorities I were ignorant, or affected to be so. Th e ateliers na- I tionaux were recruited from the body of delegates of the Luxemburg, which had been dissolved. It is well known hat was the spirit which animated the members of the ateliers nationaux; we desire to make known an assertion of Emilie Thomas, who said that the ateliers nationaux were anxious to congratulate AI. Lamartine on his connexion with M. L-dru Rollin, and his thereby supporting the Assembly. Such are the facts with regard to the 15th of May, and they are in perfect ac cordance With the measures taken for the movement then in course of preparation; for, in the papers seized at So brier's, we have discovered full proofs of the conspiracy, The attempt was consummated: on whom ought to fall the responsibility of that attempt? The Executive power answers that orders were given; and that no Govern ment, perhaps, can be exempt from mistakes, or from treason. The Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard says that orders were given to the 4th Legion to assemble on the bridge, but that the president of the Assembly gave orders that they should only occupy the foot pave ments; and that if the Guard ,Mobile offered no resist ance it was because General Tempoure, who com manded them, left his post. that he might be a spectator of what was going on in the Assembly. If the com mandant of the National Guard did not cause the rappel to be beaten, it was because the prefect of police told him it would be useless; that there was no necessity for it, and that it would only cause needless alarm to the population. Orders had been given to assemble the troops iu the garden of the Palace of the Assembly; but these troops, no ono knew why or how, retired towards the esplanade of the Invalided. At length the doors of the palace were opened it is true, but only to give entrance to 25 delegates, and it was impossible to pre vent the whole crowd from entering with the dele gates. If you address yourself to the Minister of War, ho will say to you, that some one went to the Luxembourg to seek orders; that is, that he had not sufficient authority to give them. If he advised the rappel not to be beaten, it was in the fear of placing the representatives' lives in danger. On his side, the general of division replies that he removed the troops by order of the Commander-in-Chief. Neither in the report nor in the papers of the executive power is anything found which proves that the general command was given to M. Courtais. A magistrate placed at the Prefecture of Police, according to the executive commission, has the care of watching and preventing an emuete. He should have applied to this surveillance and to this repression of the newly•formed cotpa--Montagnards, Gerdes ' Repub licaines, arid others. This confidence of the Govern ment in M. Caussid'are is strange, after his refusal to take part in the deliberations of the Executive Commis sion. No evidence exists of communication this day be tween the Luxembourg and the Prefect of Police; only there is a report from him, in which he says, that the demonstration was directed by men of whom he was as sure as of himself. The report then proceeded to speak of the insurrection of June, and the causes which bad in particular contri buted to its coming to a head. Between May 15 and June 23 fortunate modifications had been made in the administration ; the troops had re entered Paris, a law on attroupements had been obtained, the public powers had shown more vigilance. How, then, was it that there had been new disasters ? Was it true that disquietude was kept alive expressly to prevent confidence from re- I turning, and te organise misery everywhere ? The chiefs of the insurrection were at Vincennes, but their spirit survived among the concoctors of insurrection. At Bellville a club cast balls, and the club of the Montag nerds covered the walls with incendiary proclamations ; that body thereby revealing itself, though, having been dismissed, .it no longer legally existed. Two placards insulting the Representatives, were stuck on the walls, and on the 17th of June other placards, calling M. Caussidiere to the head of the Republic, and announcing the organisation of the banquet at twenty-five centimes, were affixed. The excitation of the clubs, according to M. Arago, had alone caused the civil war. A witness, placed at the head of the administra tion of a railway, had stated that in that company the engine drivers earned 5,000 f. and upwards a year, and yet that all these men had joined in the insurrection on June 14. A letter was intercepted, directed to Blanqut at Vincennes, stating that a plot was in preparation; that fire and murder would be had recourse to, if neces sary; and that he might be sure of being set at liberty. Mobs assembled every evening in the Rue St. Denis and that neighbourhood, and everything announced that something was about to be attemptel. Every man having been armed by the Provisional Government, there was but little difficulty in procuring the means of combat. The report traced the manner in which the national workshops were organized, and declared that the briga diers who paid the men were the principal instigators. Yet the police appeared to know nothing of what was going on! The insurrection had its manufactories of powder, its chiefs, its organization, and the police remained passive. Eves on June 22 the republican guards who had been previously dismissed received their pay, and appeared the day atter behind the barri cades. In May, M. Trouve Chauvel, the Prefect of Police, informed the Executive Committee that the na tional workshops were the hotbed of the agitation, and the men of the Droits de I'flomme were the principal agitators. The report then, arrived at the day when the insurrection broke out, declares that the object of the movement was nominally a democratic and social re public; but in reality pillage—it was, in fact, a savage war carried on with poisoned balls.—( Movement.) To complete their task, the Committee would notice the political men it found compromised in the insurrec tion. M. Trelat, on being examined by the Committee, had declared that ho considered M. Louis Blanc as the author of all the evil that occurred in June, as the insurrection was only an application of the theories professed by him at the Luxembourg. M. Tis at had added that he had been his friend, but that since the events he had not dared to speak to him. M. Louis Blare had declared to the Committee that on the evening preceding the insurrection he visited the work shops of the tailors founded by him at Clichy. He pre tended that those men were animated by the best imten tions, but a great number of them were found amongst the insurgents. As to M. Causidiere, several witnesses declared that in several groups of insurgents regret was expressed at his absence, and complaints were made that he had not sent his orders, as it was not known what to do without him. M. Causidiire said that if he had gone he should not have returned. 31. Bauchart—M. Mauve's, 'examined by the Com mittee, stated that he had seen M. Causidiere go over a barricade in the Rue St. Antoine, accompanied by his Montagnards; at least he believed they were Montagnards from their ill-looking faces ani accoutrements. M. Boson said that he saw M. Causidiere near the church of Saint Paul; he passed near him with M. Mauvais, to be quite sure that it was he. The committee had endeavoured to as / certain the source of these testimonies, and why they had mile so late. It learned that they had been communi cated to several persons who had related them second hand; but the first witnesses had protested their vera city. On the other hand, several representatives had affirmed in a certificate that they saw M. Caussidiere at the Assembly during the days of the 23d, 24th, 25th, and 26th June. But it was said that some of the signa tures to the certificate had been obtained by M. Caussi diare saying to some of his colleagues, " Gentlemen, it is pretended; that I was seen out of Paris, in a neigh bouring town, during the days of June—can you affirm that I was in my place in the Assembly during the four days of the insurrection?" It certainly appeared from the Moniker that on the 23d M. Caussidiere had uttered an exclamation interrupting a speaker who was in the tribune. The short-hand writer who was employed at the moment in taking down the de bates proved that his turn of duty had not come on until after two o'clock. Hence it did not rigo rously result from that certificate that M. Caussidiere, though present in the Assembly, was not also in the Rue St. Antoine. Another representative, M. Proudhon, was also signalised by several witnesses. On the 25 th June he was seen on the Place de la Bastile , and was met on the other side of the barricades by two of his colleagues. M. Proudhon had given no other explanation of the employment of his time, than that he had re mained two hours in admiration of the sublime horror of the cannonade.—(oh, oh, and laughter.) When in terrogated as to his presence in the taubourg, M. Proudhon had answered that the emeute was socialist, but that he had condemned it as inopportune. A deputy also had heard M. Proudhon take the defence of the insurgents. M. Proudhon said that that deputy had not spoken the truth. M. Bauchart expressed censure on the conduct of a man who, amidst the horrors of civil war, could go t o a terminating in conclusion, this painful record combat as to a spectacle.—(M. Proudhon struc k h i s bureau violently, which drew forth cries of " O r d er !" from all parts.) The Hon. Reporter then annou nce d that the secret associations' formed at Paris, and th e i r connexions in the departments, would form the subj ect of dissensions, re ,, termi he " let it be permitted to us to repeat the words o f h ope, an oothfer our report. c p i o v r i t i . " the last pronounced by a glorious martyr, M a y my of the blood be the last shed. Yes, let th e wish Arc hbi s h o p, dead at the foot of a barricade, be granted, and let his blood be the last poured forth in civil war. Let those who substituted violence for the expression o f the national will, know that they were misled by fatal counsels, and that such conduct, instead of serving the Republic, would lose it. Who was the workman who would not consider it a misfortune to have on his blouse a drop of the blood of General BIC, or of the heroic Archbishop of Paris? Though," added the reporter, " the Committee has made a distinction between the attempt of the 15th of May and that of the month of June, it is evident that both had the same cause, the same origin. The 17th of March, the 15th of April , the 15th of May, and the 23d of June were connected together, and resembled each other—they were warfares against order and against the National Assembly. The Government had known how to establish order ; the Committee hopes that it will know how to maintain it ; and that thus our great country may accomplish its noble destinies."—(Great movement for some time.) The President The report shall be printed and distributed. Numerous voices—And the documents. All the docu ments which support it.—(Loud cries of " Yes, yes," from all parts of the Chamber.) MM. LEDRU ROLLIN, CAUSSIDIERE, and LOUIS BLANC successively ascended the tribune, and de clared their innocence, and the Assembly adjourned at six o'clock. M. SEGUIEE, First President of the Court of Assize, and one of the oldest judges in France, died suddenly on Thursday from the rupture of an aneurism. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THIs LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, AUG. 4. Dutch Rhenish, 1 4 3 —Northern of France, 5A— Orleans and Bourdeaux, 2—Sambre and Meuse, 27/ B —Tours and Nantes, 214. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. In the sitting of the National Assembly, on the 29th July, Baron DOBLIIOIF made a statement of all the endeavours of the Ministry to obtain the EM PEROR'S return. To the dispatches sent to In spruck, worded in the most pressing terms, a reply had been received, not countersigned by any Mi nister, and consequently devoid of official character, but emanating from the EMPEROR in person, and which his MansTr desires will be communicated to the Administrator of the Empire. In this letter the EMPEROR declares his intention of postponing his return until the Diet shall have concluded its labours, and the legal authorities can act freely ; in the meantime he is willing to send his brother, the Archduke FRANCIS CHARLES, to Vienna with the moat extensive powers. This message was received by the Assembly with the silence of disapprobation. The Minister, in con tinuation, said that he could only hold office on con dition of being in immediate communication with the chief of the empire, and supported by the confidence of the Assembly. He proposed that the Assembly should send is deputation to the EMPEROR, chosen from among its members, bearing an address re presenting his MAJESTY'S return to Vienna as indis pensable. 'rhe President desired the Deputies who shared the opinion of the Government to rise. A great number rose, and the Minister thanked the Assembly for the confidence thus shown in the Cabinet. A debate then took place, on the wording of the address, all the speakers, with the exception of STADION and PIL LERSDORFF, were in favour of the document being couched in energetic language. A motion was car ried by which the sections were to elect a Committee charged with the task of preparing the draft of the address, and bringing it before the Assembly at six o'clock. The Diet adjourned at that hour. The Bann of Croatia, JELLACHICR, is very popular in Vienna. Deputations wait on him every day, and at night he is serenaded. FRANKFORT. The German Parliament was engaged on the Ist of August in the discussion of the second article of the fundamental rights. The section which declares " privileges of rank do not exist" was under discus sion that day, and the discussion was likely to continue. ARNDT and Prince LICUNOWSICT were the prin cipal defenders of the nobility ; the former on the score of inveterately cherished prejudice, the latter on that of the grand associations which attached to names of rank. Professor Auazirs, in a long speach, endeavoured to develop the necessary principle of equality, and argued fur the unqualified retention of sect. 6. Tiros and others censured the indefiniteness of the clause. It was not enough to say, " privileges of rank do not exist," but it must be, " difterences of rank do not exist." They must strike at the root of the evil which had been so constantly a source of variance between the people and the nobility, if they wished to strike at all. He then alluded to the virtual decay of the nobility, both as to possession of the soil, and patriarchal authority over the peasantry. He questioned also whether the easy access to the reigning Prince which the nobility enjoyed was pro ductive of good to the people, or whether it was not used as the means of organizing cabals by which the heart of the Prince was constantly weaned from the people. He was not bitter against the nobility, but he was against half-measures. It is difficult to judge what the event of the debate will be. PRUSSIA. Accounts have been received from Berlin to the Ist of August. For some evenings previously meetings had been held on the Linden, at which seditious and inflammatory language was used, to the great alarm and annoyance of the inhabitants of that quarter. On the evening of the 31st ult. the constabulary force interfered and dispersed the meetings, making several arrests. At nine in the evening of the Ist inst. dense crowds assembled at the Linden. The constabulary and troops were collecting in large numbers, and a collision was expected. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. COPENHAGEN, JULY 30.—General HEDEMAN, Commander•in• Chief of the Forces, arrived here on the 27th, to take the Presidency of the Council of Conference appointed by the Minister of War. The Berlingsche Zeitung is of opinion that from what has transpired respecting the equipments of the Hamburgh marine, there is sufficient grounds for a protracted and complete blockade of the Elbe. Eight other German ships, for the most part with cargoes, have been condemned within the last few days, among them is he Hamburgh ship Hermann, Captain FURGON 'WITT. Various preparations had been made in consequence of the advance of the cholera. The quarantine of ships from the Russian and Finland harbours has been extended from five to twenty days, and the Russian fleet has been prohibited from all inland trade, or from having any communication whatever with the Danish coast. ITALY. LATEST FROM THE ARMY OF CHARLES ALBERT. The Risorgimento of Turin publishes the fol- lowing:— TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. TO MS EXCELLENCY THE MINISTER OF TUE FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " I hasten to communicate to your Excellency the following dispatch which reached me at 9 o'clock this morning, from Stradeila, which had been sent to that place by Baron Sappa, from Piacenza : " Yesterday morning his Majesty Charles Albert, at the head of the army, near Cremona, repulsed a corps of Austrians, who attempted to enter that city, and took two thousand prisoners. " The Intendente Sappa to the Minister of the Foreign Affairs.' "Turin, 31st July, 9 ♦.x. "The Director of the Telegraph, "Ing. G. B. GONELLA." " Turin, 31st July.—News of the Morning. "From the Camp.—News arrived here at half past ten o'clock of last evening. On the 27th three squadrons of Austrian cavalry were entirely destroyed by the regiment of Savoy and Genoese cavalry. "On the 29th the head-quarters were at the Casa d'Oro. " The division of Perrone has left by order of the King, to defend Brescia. "His Majesty is going to Cremona, to rally the army, and again to act on the offensive." The following is Marshal RADETZEY'S report to the Emperor of AUSTRIA of the victory obtained over CHARLES ALBERT on the 25th : "In the night of the 24th to the 25th, I was informed that the enemy intended next morning, with 40,000 of his best troops, to attack the position which I had taken up between Custozza and Vallegio. I immediately made my dispositions in consequence, and waited for the King's attack, which was made at ten o'clock in the morning, under a tropical heat of more than 28 degrees, which caused a number of soldiers to perish during the march; the battle lasted without interruption till seven o'clock in the evening. " I have called the engagement the battle of Custozza, because that place, which was the centre of the opera tions, was taken from the enemy. I never saw an stray fight with so much perseverance. All the efforts made by the royal army to take our positions was fruitless, whilst my brave troops, notwithstanding the beat and fatigue of the day, carried the heights occupied by the enemy, who was obliged to effect his retreat on Guito. " A decisive victory was the result of this hard fought day. I am about to march in pursuit of the King, drawing at the same time near Mantua to rein force my army, which has sustained considerable loss. "I have lost many officers, for they everywhere showed the example of bravery. I reckon the number at fifty, and the loss in soldiers killed and wounded at 500 to 600. We have taken much booty and a great number of prisoners." A letter from Vienna says— " We have received by Inspruck intelligence from Marshal Radetzky, dated July 28. It states that General Weldon has taken Cremona by assault. The enemy quitted Peschiera in all haste, and crossed the lake Garda iu flight. The Emperor has sent to the Marshal the order of Maria Theresa." We read in the Piedmontese Gazette of July 31 the following important article : "The new Minister at War has ordered that the fortresses of Alexandria, Casale, and Piacenza, should b e placed in a state of defence. The battalions of reserve will be directed from the ettitorn provinces of the kingdom towards the western provinces; these battalions will serve as garrisons for the fortresses, and will form a corps of reserve for the army of the King. As soon as the 56 battalions of the Gerdes Mobile shall be able to do the service of the fortresses, the battalions of Vend might.), Fenestrelia, Exilla, and Bari, will be directed towards the eastern provinces. The five classes of reserve will be immediately sent to the army of tho King. In order to unite all the efforts of the nation towards the grand point of national defence, the Minister of War has thought it expedient to form a commission, under the name of Permanent Congress of War.' This Congress composed of seven liield-officers, is presided over by Count Yranzini, Lieutenant-General." The army of King CHARLES ALBERT will soon be reinforced with 2.5,000 soldiers. If we add to this the 20,000 Romans, who are preparing themselves at Bologna to re-enter the field of battle, we shall soon see one hundred thousand Italians under the banner of Italian independence. TILE RIVER PLATE. The following interesting extracts have been furoisLed to us from private letters:— MONT:. VIDEO, MAY 18.—The British merchants held a meeting at their rooms on the 16th inst., with the obj Let cf taking the sense of their body upon the•utility of eentieuing Mr. Pfeil as their agitator in London for the Cu-tom house loan contractors, under the cloak -of seeking the support of the British• Government in their character as merchants, and for the protection of their interests as such. They decided in the affirmative, autherising a gentleman who goes home in the William Piele to counsel Mr. Pfeil to give .his interference more the character of a commercial representation, and not that of a political agitator, and in this capacity to solicit from the British Government protection to their in terests in demanding from whatever Government may rule this country the acknowledgment and pa) went of all the Custom-house bonds held by the British mer chants, upon the plea of their having received these in the legal course of business from their several debtors in part payment of old outstanding debts. MAY 19.—1 t appears to be generally known to-day that the negotiations between Mr. Gore, Baron Grog, and General Oribe will be broken off, and that nothing towards conciliating a settlement has been ar rived at, since the propositions submitted to, and it is said, partly agreed upon at the outset by General Oribe, have been rejected by General Rosati. The turn of po litical affairs in France; it is supposed, has influenced General Rosas to demand more ample concessions than those the present Commissioners have power to propose. Thus the matter rests until the French Commissioner receives' instructions from the new Government of the Republic. No official announcement of the resumption of hostili ties has as yet been made public. _ The Government, availing of their "extraordinary powers," have in this morning's Conservador newspaper, published a decree imposing heavy duties upon the re sale of articles of consumption of the stock that now ex ists in the wholesale warehouses. This impost will take immediate etFect upon all classes of wines, liqueurs, spirits, beer and vinegar, sugar, tea and co ff ee, tobacco, cigars, and coals. The ast have to pay ae extra duty of 4 reels per quintal. Flour already pays a duty of 9 reals, say about 63=. 6d. per barrel. On the 20th the Government concluded a contract. with Don Estevan Antonini for the supply of the troops with provisions to the 31st December. Thus they calcu late upon the continuance of the present state of affairs for seven months hence. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON. - The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Sultan, Commander George Brooks, from Constantinople, Smyrna, Malta, and - Gib raltar, arrived at Southampton this . morning, after a fine and rapid passage home. Amongst other goods she brings on freight 280,0001. worth packages of specie, and a valuable cargo, con sisting of raisins, opium, bales of goats' hair and silk, a quantity of Indian corn, and 24 passengers. The commercial advices are not important. Thd Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Madrid, from Leghorn, Genoa, Civita Vecchia, and Naples, left Gibraltar two days before the. Sultan, and is hourly expected. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Fruit—Peaches and Nectarines, 6s to 12s; and Apri cots, 4s to 7s per dozen; Melons, English, 3s to ss; Dutch ditto, 2s to ss; Pine-apples, E ng li s h, 6 s t o Ss; and ditto, West Inia, 9d to 3s each; Hof-house Grapes, 4s to ss; Black Hamburgh ditto, :2s to 4s; and Muscat of Alexandria, 4s to 6s per lb; Raspberries,' 4d to 10.1 pi r pottle; Cherries, 4d to 10d per ib; Goose berries, 2s to 3s; Currants, 3s to 4s • young Apples, 2s to 3s ; Pears, 2s 6d to 4s ; an d Aims, 3s to 6s per half sieve; Walnuts, 2s 6d to 4s per bushel. Vegetables —Cucumbers, 4d to Is 6d per brace; Greens, is to is 8d per dozen bunches; Artichokes, is to 2s per dozen; Potatoes, 2s 8d to 6s 6d per bushel; Spinach, 6d to 3d per junk; Cauliflowers, Is 6d to 38 per dozen; Radishes, 4d to 6d per dozen hands; Broad Beans, 8d to .1s per half sieve ; Horseradish, 2s to 3s 3d ; and Celery, is.to Is 6d per bundle; Small Salads, 2s per dozen punnets; Cabbages, 6d to 8d per dozen; Peas, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per bushel; Turnips, 4d to 6d; and Carrots, 3d to 5d per bunch ;. Autumn Sown Onions, Is 3d to 2s per dozen bunches. BUNGERWORD. Our market was seasonably well supplied with most articles to-day, yet the general demand was tolerably steady, at late rates. NE W'GATZI AND LEADENNALL. Prime Mutton and Lamb commanded a steady sale, at very full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to • 411 8d; Lamb, 4s to 5s 4d; Veal, 38 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork. 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Bibs, by the carcase. Goslings, 53 6d to 7s 6d; Fowls, 2s to 3s 6d; Capons, 45 to 5s 6dt Chickens, 2s to 2s 6d; Ducks, 2s to 3s; Rabbits, Is to 2si Pigeons, 8d to 10d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 6d to 53 4d; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 4d; and Pork, 4s Od to 4s 6d per Sibs. Beef, from 2s 8d 0) 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 43 8d; Lamb, 4s to .5s 4d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4a 4d; and Pork, 33 8d to 4s 6d per Sibs. - BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 3s to 9s; Brills, 6d to 2s; Cod Fish, is 63 to 3s Gd; Whitings, 3d to 6d; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 9d; and Crabs, 6d to 2s Gd each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair ; Eels, 6d to is per lb; Mackerel, 4d to 8d each; Sal mon, 6d to 10d; ditto Trout, 4d to 6d per lb; Grey Mullets, 4d to is; Red ditto, 4d to Is; Haddocks, 3d to 6d each; Crimped Skate, 3d to 5d per lb; Flounders, 15 to Is 6d per dozen; Whitebait, is per quart. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 71d to 8d; of Household ditto, 51d to id per 41b loaf. HIDE PadlitiCET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 10 to 2,?(I ; ditto, 6.116 to 721 b, 2d to 24,1; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, lid to lid; ditto, tiOlb to 881 b, 3d to 321 d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b 341 d to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to Sid; Lamb Skins, (each), Is Gd to 2s 7d; Calf Skins 4s 6d to ss; Horsy Hides, tis 6d ; Shearlings, 9d to Is 3d. HAT DIAN.X.ETS. SMITHFIELD. —Old Meadow hay, 31 to 41 ; Nair ditto, 21 5s to 3/ 10s; Old Clover, 4/ to 5/ ; New ditto, 31 10s to 4/ lOs ; and Stra*, 1/ 45 to 11 lOs per load* Trade dull, at but little alteration in value. CII3IBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 4/ 3s;"NeW ditto, 2/ lOs to 31 12s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 4/ 175 ; New ditto, 3/ 103 to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 1/ 65 to 11- 10 s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WIIITECiIAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 21 to 41; New ditto, 21 103 to 3/ 10s; Old Clover, 4/ to 51; New ditto, 3/ 103 to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 10s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade very dull. COAL MARKET.--YESTERDAY. Bate's West Hartley... 13s 9d Harton Buddle's W. Hartley.. I4s 3d Wharncliffe Chester Main l ss Od Ed en M a i n l6s 01 Davison'sWestHartley 14s 6d Lambton Primrose Dipton 'Canfield ll4 6d,Belmont l6s Od East Adairs Main..... 12s 6d, Bell Hedley's Hartley Ilasting's Hartley l4s 3d Hetton Holywell Main ... ..... 14s 6dLanabton North Pontop .... ..... 11 s 6d R usse ll' s Hetto* New Tanfield l3a Od ' Stewart's North Percy Hartley.. 13s 9d Hudson's Hartlepool l6s et Ord's Redheugh Percy Bensham lss Od Kelloe . 16s 41 'Canfield Moor Tanfield Moor Butes... 12 s 6d Ad e l a i de Tees lis 61 Wylam Wall's End, &c. South Durham lss 94 , Bewicke and Co. Gosforth ..... CLERKENWELL-(THIS DAY.) Thomas 1?othwell was charged before Mr. Coombe. with wilfully destroying the lists of voters, posted sc. cording to the Act of Parliament on the doors of Henry street Chapel, Bedford-place. Mr. Buncombe, on the part of the overseers of St. Andrew, Holborn, stated that it was necessary to take strong measures to put an end to the destruction of those documents, as the overseers were bound, under heavy penalties, to keep them posted on the doors of ever/ chapel in the parish. Last week no less than five of :the books, although carefully fastened to the doors with nails, were torn away. 'The overseers had gone to , the expense of paying a man to watch, and the result was that the prisoner was caught in the act of destroying one of the books, The prisoner protested that he had no mischievous in tention, and he thought there was no harm in tearing out a few leaves, as the books were stuck upon the out" side of the door. He was curious to know what they were about, and being no scholar, and unable to read. S C all, he meant to ask a friend to read to him. He el' pressed great regret fur his folly. The MAGISTRATE, having lectured him for his childish mischievousness, ordered him to pay a fine of 'lO5. BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF 14oNDori.—The ordinary meeting was held lest evening, at the Society's Room' , 20, Bedford-street, Strand; J. Reynolds, Esq., ia 'the chair. Some valuable donations to the library were sly nounced, and new members were elected. A paper - w 4s read from Mr. S. P. Woodward, being "Notes odn:tb g Flora of Gloucestershire." Specimens of opera rater , rupta and arobanche pecredis, two new British, p were presented Mr. G. S. Gibson. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY..--W e ha" an average supply of wheat, and on ly mo d erate c f °the' , grain. At a decline of Is. to 2s. per quarter on whe gis ' we have a fair demand. Oats and shelling f ally OP: port the prices of last week. Beans are ls. pe r quarte t higher. We hear it stated that some near relatives; of fist" „ Smith O'Brien either ha ve t a k en or are a b ou t to I .".'" f out a commission of lunacy t o i nqu i re i nto th e state that gentleman's mind for some time past. DEvoNroRT REGATTA.—Th, e Devonport rowi n g regatta took place on Thursday (their Lordships, on n E; plication from Admiral Sir J ohn Louis, granted t_ e people of the yard a h a lf ho' ,iday.) The prizes re well-contested. The first pe aes in the six-oared Vg_ were won by do c ky ar d lab& Jrers ; also the first p ig ? o for pinnaces was w o n by tit( seamen riggers of the dlo, art ; the second and thiri I by breakwater men. was the most interesting 11 ice, ten boats having started. The day's pr ocee di ngs ppeared to g i ve sa tistacOo_ d The sport commenc e d a l lout elervn o'clock, and c lo ys after aim in the evening. . is . •z . ~~`~ L "~~„n • , • "