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Now ready at all the Libararies, in 3 vols , TRIALS OF DOMESTIC LIFE. By MRS. BRAY, Author of " The White Hoods," " Trdawny," &c. W e highly commend this work as an addition to the standard literature of the day."—Messenger. .. G en ius, judvnent, and sound principles aro cons ined to delight the understanding and to mend the heart "—Literary Gazette. Worthy of one whose earlier achievements in the realms of action attracted the notice of the most accomplished critic of the day—Southey."--John Bull. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough•estreet. 1 EWMARKET RAILWAY.—This Line of Railway, between CREtERFORD and NEWMARKET, WILL BE OPENED for GENERAL TRAFFIC, on TUESDAY NEXT, the 4th April. Passengers, horses, and carriages may be booked through to anti from Newmarket and the Bishopagate Stations, by the following trains, vie.:— FROM LONDON. a. x. 7 0 J. m. 11 30 A.m. 2 40 P.M. 6 0 P.M. Time Tables, containing flirther all the stations on the Newmark By ord, 5, Church-passage, Guildhall, London, ilst Marsh, 1848. FROM 'NEWMARKET. N. M. 7 45 A.M. 1 35 P.M. 3 30 P.M. 7 25 P.M. information, may be obtained at t and Eastern Counties Runways. GEORGE W. BROWN, Secretary. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THALUERG. GRAND SACRED, CLASSICAL, and MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT, on MONDAY EVENING, April 17. It is respectfully announced that on Iformir EVINING, April 17, will be given a GRAND CONCERT, with great Orchestra, Chorus, 3tc., on which °cession Y. Thalberg will execute the following pieces :- 1. Grand Consort° In C minor .. .. ~ . Beethoven. 2. Fantash en Subjects from Movirt's Den Giovanni Thalberg. 3. Fantasia on Subjects from Auber's Masaniello Thalberg. 4. " Lbler Ohne Worte" .. • • .. 3lendelssohn Tho Yosal portion will include Madame Tadollxt , Mdlle. Schwartz, And Mdlle Sofia Cruvelil Signor Belletti, Signor Bouche, And Signor Lablache, And comprise selections from the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, 31eridelssohn, Weber, Spontini, &c., and include a Grand Trio for Tive Baeaes,by Meyerbeer—Signori Lablaclie, Belletti, and Coletti. Signor Canton!, 6!goor Coletti, MO.lle Vera, Signor F. Lablache, Signor Cazzani, Conductor, M. Balfe. Farther particulars will be duly announced. N.B. A second Grand Qoncert will be presented on Wednesday morning, April 19. [THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. The Tubbs is respectfully informed that, at the request of several Families of Distinction, another GRAND MORNING PERFORM ANCE will be given by the French Equestrian Troupe, on Thum- DAY, April 6, on which occasioa a variety of the most Novel and Attractive Entertainments will be produced. Doors open at Half-past One o'clock, performance to commence at Two. First price as usual. No second price. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. • THIS EVENING Win be performed Verdt's new Opera, entitled ATTILA. Odabella, Mdlle. Sofia Cruvelli ; Foresto, Sig. Gardoni ; Erzio, Sig. Cuzzani ; Ladino, Sig. Guidi ; Leone, Sig. Solari; and Attila, Sig. Boletti. ♦fter which will be revised the admired Ballet (by M. P. Taglioni, the Music by Sig. Pugni) entitled THEA ; 017, LA FEE MIX FLEURS, Rosati, Mdlle. Petit, Mesdlls. TheTenot, Ansundon, Ju benne, Lamotottx, and Mdlie. Marie Taglioni, M. Paul Taglioni, and M. Charles (his first appearance). Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office of tias Theatre. Prices of Admission : —Boxes—Pit Tier, Fire Guineas ; Grand Tier, Slx Guineas ; One-pair, Fire Guineas ; Two-pair, Four Guineas ; Pit Stalls, 21s. ; Gallery Stalls, ss. Pit Tickets, of which a limited number only will be issued, can be had at the Box-office as usual, 10s. Gd. each. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. THIS EVENING, The Voltige—The Mantle Poses —The Leap of Streamers—The Manege, &c , by la petite Louise Anato, Mdlls. E. Lambert, Coralie Duces, Matkilde, Stanley, Palmyre Ana* &c. &c.—The Juggler— The Cranka—The Numidian Course—La Lntte des Voltigeurs— England, Ireland, and Scotland—The Indian Ball—The Icarian Games—Le Jen de Barra. &c., &c., by MM. Adolphe Franconi, Andre, Leroy, Nief, Siegrist, Newsome, Felix, Leclair, Auriol, Auriol Me, Le petit Loissot, &c., &c. &c. Tenors open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. Second price, Half-past Nine. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. timer the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be pefermed the Comedy of THE PROVOKED HUSIUND. Sir Francis Wrong head, Mr. Farren ; Squire Richard, Mr. Keeley ; John 3loodr, Mr. Webster; Lady Wronghead, Mrs. Glover; Miss Jenny, Mrs. Keeley ; Lady Townly, Mrs. Nisbett. After which, a new cone Drama, entitled LAVATER THE PHYsIOGNOMIST ; and Good Judge too. Lavater, Mr. Webster ; Apses, Miss Fortescue. Fe conclude with a new akl original Farce, called WHO'S MAIi " USBAND :'Doctor Mull, rr. Tilbury; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. M. Buckiu; 'nun : Sally Starch, Mrs. llumby. Sta;e Massager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. 'loxes, ss. ; Pit, 35. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Door.; epee at Half-past Sia, Performanee to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADEL.PIII. Under the direction of Macrame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called ILSRV EST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Eraak Matthews, Mies Turner, &c. After which a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA TIONAL DEFENCES; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma dame Celeste, lkis Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws,and Miss Woolgar. To con c lude With THE COMRADES ;an A necdote o f t h e Span ish War. Principal characters by Measrs. Cullenford, Boyce, Man `ard, Taut Legrand, C. J. Smith, Ryan, Miss E. Harding, &c. itoxos, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. I , r 3 of en at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Yestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new conic Dams, entitled NOT A BAD jut)(11.1. After which, a new comic Drama, entitled THE HAPPY FA MI LY. Principal characters by Messrs. Granby, C. Mathews, Buck stone, Harley, F. Matthews; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Stirling, Ma dame Vestris, Miss Howard, and Mrs. C. Jones. To conclude with a Collie Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Characters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear, Bellingham, Buclistone; Mrs. Leigh liarray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliarn. Etress Boxes, hs.; tipper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No hail• price to any part of the house. .Sew Box-oltoe, No. 2, Wellington street, is open to the Public etery day, from Tin till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradweil of the Colosseum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Oki Bond-street. On MONDAT ETZNING, Will be msented LES DEUX IRERES. After which (for the first time la this country), the new Petite Comedy of EXTREMES SE TOUCIIENT. Le Chevalier Jullien, Monsieur Lafont ; La Comtesse Roslne, Madame Paul Ernest. To conclude with the new Comedie-Vaadeville, entitled UN MOUSQUETAIRE GEIS. Le Vicomte de Moureal, Mons. Lafont. = Deers open at half-past Seven, to commence at Eight. lioxee and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 83, Old Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, role Lessee and Manager. Dnchesa-street, Portland- place. THIS EVENING, _ _ Will be performed Shalespere's Tragedy of HAMLET. liamlet, Mr. Maeready ; Ophelia, ]lles Emma Stanley. After which the new Interlude called MAMMON and GAMMON. To conclude with the Farce of HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Ceartney, J. Vining, S. Cowell, C. Fisher, Wynn, Palmer, Stacey ; Ml*, Emma Stanley, Miss Pillars, Mrs Fosbroke, Mile Somers, and 3llse Taylor. Dre_s4C;rcle, se.: Boaee, 45.; Pit, 2e. ; Gallery, Is. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Last Tae Weeks of the present Grand Spectacle, and unprecedented Equestrian Entertainments, in order to make preparation for the magnificent Easter Holiday Enter .ainmairs. EVENING, The New Gorgeous nus Spectacle, THE BATTLE OF TIIE 'AMAZONS, with all its splendid appointments, &c. To be followed by, and the evening's entertainments to terminate with A GRAND EQUESTRIAN FETE, in which the Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes will appear each evening in their peculiar %al incomparable Feats an d b r i lliant Scenes in the Oircle. Box-office open from 11 till 5, Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE THIRD EDITIONS “THE SUN” CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIANIENTAItY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by ali Newsmen, and at Cie run•otlce, 112, Strand. %V ;AT11Z....1.-L—SuN OBVICE, APRIL 1. T.ILEMJMETiIa, LalvirC2t, -1(7. ; 64; Noon, C 3. BAZOMITSB, 30 09.—WIND N E.; fine. WAT.F...it AT LONDON-V.110)(1E Tl3lB DAY. I fc , rnia►Z.. 0 nenntes after 0. j Evening .. S nialtes after 0 • ,4 -4x, 1: r." . .v,:i7 Z•P•4- 1.:.1.,.. • .'"..,1F , "., ~., . 4, : S:VI -...0i' -'" ".`.,'‘ • ' - ' , )e,' ,Z,.t. . - .-.. .. , . • . • ...-• .; t, * - IV , . _ etidio,ll" LONDON, SATURDAY. APRIL 1, 1848 APRIL-Foots Day is rather an unfortunate day for anythi ng i n t h e shape of a public demonstration;, and. April-Fool's Day has been chosendeliber a t and prepense chosen—f or t h e presentation ofeaYn address to the members of the Provisional Govern. molt by a deputation of tl - o red-hot Repealers of Ireland. All-Fool's Day was the delight of CuAisne! LAMB, an anniversary on which he held a fictitious levee of drolly, the ghosts of Malvolio, a n d Slender, and Tony Lumpkin, and even Alexander the Great. " Poor Moppet," says he to the latter, in his Essays of Elia," ' poor moppet ! did it put its finger in its eye, and cry because it hadn't another world to conquer ?" All-Fool's Day in like manner, to be a favourite anniversary of the Republican Ministers of the Hotel de Ville, for on this very day they have determined to hold a levee of the Irish demagogues. Messrs. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN and 11111AGIIRIL are to deliver themselves on that occasion of some genuine Celtic compliments addressed to the demo cracy of Paris, Ind will of course avail themselve s of the opportunity to court the military assistance of France for the furtherance of Irish nationality. M. DE LAMARTINE a %sag as well as a poet, an his tvrian, an orator, and a statesman ? We almost sus- pect as much, for with him, as Provisional Minister for Foreign Affairs, must have originated the selection of April the first as the most appropriate day for the reception of the Repeal Deputation. Ridiculous as the personal biographies of the Young Irelanders would be, supposing they were collected into a sort of "revolutionary Plutarch—dis posed as we may ourselves be to laugh at the move ments of these eccentric gentlemen there is an undercurrent of insubordination among the unfortunate people of Ireland, which may in the end burst through the barriers of the law, and deluge the island with a torrent of blood and tears. Alas ! for that unfortunate race which has long been tor mented by the agonies of misgovernment, and which is now being seduced into sedition, by the lying fustian of a handful of insensate fire• brands ! Upon the conscience of such men as Mr- MITCHELL will rest henceforth a profound and awful responsibility. For the advancement of thtir own unprincipled ambition, for the acquisition of an ephemeral and ignominious notoriety, they trifle with the hearts, the virtues, the peace, and the very life blood of their fellow countrymen. Seated in their fauteuils in their snuggeries they can nib a goosequill and write to a whole nation calling upon it to be pitiless in its slaughter and in its vengeance. At their parlour-windows in Dublin they can conceal or attempt to conceal the face of the rebel behind the mask of the patriot. Their declamation is as san guinary as their endeavours are objectless and anar chical. Pikes and vitriol are the weapons they com mend to the populace as the only ones through which they can hope to secure their independence. Accord.. ing to their elegant vccabulary, Lord CLARENDON is a butcher, and the agents of the Commissariat Depart ment the emissaries of a Government of assas sins. No language is too gross, too insolent, or too calumnious for these very Christian agita• tors of rebellion. MASSANIELLO is a pacificator when contrasted with them ; CATALINN a moderada ; JACK CADE a rather quiet man than otherwise ; and SPAR. TACUS a loyal Roman. We would, if possible, persuade ourselves into the belief that the members of the Irish Confederation are only blustering, with the intention of frightening the Government into some extraordinary concession If this were really the case, they would find thaiw selves unutterably mistaken ; they would find the Cabinet not exactly the one to be alarmed by the ravings of a few monomaniacs, and England itself not precisely the country to be affrighted by a species of political braggadocios, nut one jot more alarming than the explosion of half-a-dozen popguns. The supposition, however, would be frivolous. The brawlers of the Rotunda are evidently in right-down earnest. They thirst with all the avidity of their souls for a hand to hand encounter between the Irish mob and the soldiery. Their words mean, in all truth, hard knocks. This is evident in a thousand circumstances. It would be madness to close our eyes to the fact that everything has been long ripen• ing for an outbreak across St. George's Channel. Meanwhile what is the position assumed by the Executive in Dublin ? It is a position in every way consonant with the strong and generous reputation of the Government. Conciliation tempers the dignity and munificence accompanies the necessary demonstrations of power which have been characteristic of the vice-regal policy of Lord CLARENDON since he first entered the gateway of the Castle subsequent to his nomination as Lord-Lieu tenant. In all respects the Government is prepared for any emergency. Whatever may be the upshot of recent occurrences, the Cabinet will not have been in any way surprised. It is unnecessary to observe that, with all this aggravation to the employment of stringent measures throughout Ireland, the course adopted by the Ministry has continued to be of the same noble-spirited and cordial kind for which it has been all along remarkable. A fraternal and patriotic spirit actuates the entire Administration in the very midst of a multitude of inducements to acts of official despotism. Hitherto the Government has preserved the prestige of its dignity by its passive ness, and it will remain passive, notwithstanding all the taunts of the United Irishman, until such time as the demagogues themselves become the aggressors. When NAPOLEON departed to his exile at St. Helena be attempted to comfort his sorrowing friends by the assurance that he would forget the present in the past—that amid the horrors of his captivity he would find consolation in the retrospection of the former glories of his career. That he did so we are in formed by the companions of his exile, to whom he was in the habit of dictating reminiscences of the many remarkable events of his history. But his thoughts were not wholly engrossed by the past, the future occupied a very considerable portion of his attention. He felt an intense interest—he who had for so long a poriod been almost the arbiter of her destinies—he felt an intense interest in the future fate of Europe. He sought with an eager anxiety —he whose son's existence was (he imagined) to be inextricably interwoven with coming events —he sought with eager anxiety to unravel the mysteries of futurity. He divined these mysteries with a marvellous prescience, the fruit of his natural genius and his dearly-purchased experience. Mis taken upon one point, fondly imagining that his son might thereafter enact a prominent part in the go vernment of the world, to him he addressed his pre dictions of the changes likely to transpire in Europe, and his opinions as to the consequent course it would be necessary for governments to pursue. His fare well letter to his son contains some of the most sublime counsels that have been addressed to Princes since the days of FENELON. This letter is of peculiar interest now, as an evidence of how, years back, a far seeing and reflective man had recognised the existence and foretold the development of those sentiments which now agitate the heart of Christendom. Look ing at nations and not at governments, he foresaw, in spite of the immobility of the Bourbon rule, the rapid triumph of the spirit of progression. But more espe cially his prescience is remarkable in his recognition of the pacific sentiments which would attest the rapid development of civilization. He, the impersonation of the genius of war, acknowledged and saluted the coming empire of PEACE. For example, as a demon stration of these opinions, he, in one place, ob serves, in hie address to his son, "I was obliged to daunt Europe by my arms; in the present day the way is to convince her." And in another place— " Europe is progressing towards an inevitable trans formation; to endeavour to retard this progress would be but to lose strength by a useless struggle— to favour it is to strengthen the hopes and wishes of all. There are desires of nationality which must be satisfied, sooner or later, and it is towards this end that continued progress should be made." S o spoke NAPOLEON at St. Helena, in 1811, a s is chronicled in the reminiscences of Count MONTHOLON, and now, in 1848, those words are being fulfilled to the very letter. It is now manifest that Europe is to be ruled not by arms, but by con viction. It is now manifest, as France, and Italy, and Germany can testify, that Europe has " pro gressed to an inevitable transformation." It is now manifest, as Austria, and soon Russia also, must, however reluctantly, acknowledge, that to " endea vour to retard this progress is but to lose strength by a useless struggle ;" while it is equally manifest, as Rome, and Prussia, and Sardinia can bear witness, that "to favour it ie to strengthen the hopes and wishes of all." And finally, that " there are desires of nationality which must be satis fied" is indubitably attested by the recent move. ments in Hungary' and Pola nd, and innumerable minor states. In these respects the remarks of NAPOLEON have p roved as accurate as those in which he foretold the destinies of the Bourbons—" The Bourbons will not. maintain their position after my death," and again, " my on (my heir) has one party to fear— that of the Dolce o f O RLEANS ; it has been germi nating fur a lung time." In this letter, h owever, present events are not only predicted, b u t a code of p,plicy is r in accordance w i t h the spirit of oclaimed perfectly the age. By simply sulmitutin g " the French G overnment " f or " my son," peculiarly advice conta i ned in this letter is apposite to the pr esent day, m ore especially the son's fol lowing sel ec ti ons :—" The aim of all my efforts should b e t o re i gn b y peace. In order toliv in a good u n d ers t an di ng w i th England, it is necessary, at any cost, to favour h er commercial interests • this necessity leads t o one o f t h ese two conse quences-- ar with England, or a sharing of the com merce of the world with her. This second condition is the only one possible in the present day. The French nation, when it is not taken the wrong way, is more easily governed than any other; its easy comprehension is un equalled ; it immediately discerns who labours for and who against it ; but then it is necessary always to speak to its senses (the secret of LAMARTINE'S success), otherwise its uneasy spirit gnaws, it fer ments and explodes. France is the country where the chiefs of parties have the least influence ; to rest for support on them is to build on sand. Great things can only be done in France by having the support of the mass of the people; and, besides, a Government should always seek support where it is really to be found. There are moral laws as inflexible and imperious as the physical ones. To divide the interests of a nation is to injure them all, and engender civil war : a thing indivisible by nature cannot be divided, it can only be mutilated. Nothing £hould be definitively settled as regards the constitu tion without the formal consent of the nation ; but its fundamental principle should be the universality of votes. My dictatorship was indispensable; and the proof of this is, that I was always offered more power than I desired. It will not be the same with my son : his power will be disputed ; he must anticipate every desire for liberty. . . . The influence of the Government in France is immense, and if it understands the way, it has no need of employing corruption in order to find support on all sides. The aim of a Sovereign is not only to reign, but to diffuse instruction, morality, and well being; anything false is but a bad aid. France possesses very clever practical men, the only thing necessary is to find them and to give them the means of reaching the proper station ; such a one is at the plough who ought to be in the council, and such another is Minister who ought to be at the plough. The French people are influenced by two powerful passions, which seem opposed, but which, neverthe less, are derived from one and the same feeling—love of liberty, and love of distinction. A Government can only satisfy these two wants by the most exact justice. The law and action of the Government must be equal towards all; honours and rewards must be bestowed on the men who seem, in tke eyes of all, to be the most worthy of them. Merit may be par doned, but not intrigue. ilfy son will be obliged to allow the liberty of the press ; this is a necessity in the present day. Let the Kings listen to reason ; Europe will no longer afford matter for maintaining interna tional hatreds. Prejudices are dissipated and intermin gled; routes of commerce are becoming multiplied ; it is no longer possible for one nation to monopolise it. My son's position will not be exempt from difficul ties ; let him do by general consent what I was com pelled by circumstances to effect by force of arms. My son ought to be a man of new ideas and of the cause which I have made triumphant everywhere. He ought to establish institutions which may efface all traces of the feudal law, secure the dignity of man, and develope those germs of prosperity which have been budding for centuries." Such were the medita • tions of " the desolator, desolate—the victor over thrown." Such are the liberal and philanthropic sentiments of the tyrant BONAPARTE. Nevertheless, " tyrant " though he was, the Liberal Government of France might do worse than follow his counsels. They are doubtless now in a hazardous though glorious position ; their own tenure of office, the wel fare of France and the peace of Europe is in their hands. However, they have one safeguard, they have founded their power upon immutable princi ples, and in adhering to those principles they will find their own preservation ; in adhering to such principles as are conspicuous in the celebrated ad dress to which we have just referred, and which alone must have afforded solace to its author in the desolation of his captivity. .1111. Madrid papers of the 26th have arrived. Accounts had been received from Mellila of a con flict between the Moors and Spaniards, in which the former lost 50 killed and 400 wounded, and the latter but one man. There was no Bolsa on the 26th. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Central Electoral Committee has published the following official communication :—" The Central Committee for the General Elections of Mem bers of the National Assembly proceeded yester day to scrutinise the list for the thirty-four candidates to be proposed to the citizens of the department of the Seine for national represen tatives. The ballot produced the following results, viz. :—DUPONT DE L'EURE ; LAMAR• TINE; ARAGO ; MARIE ; ARMAND MARRAST ; GAR.. VIER PAGES ; ALDERT ; LEDILU ROLLIN.; FERDINAND FiLbto.N - ; LOUIS BLANC ; CREMIEUY—(these eleven are the members of the Provisional Government). RECURT, a deputy mayor of Paris; A. CORDON, working sculptor, editors of the Atelier ; GUINARD, chief of the National Guard; DANGUY, a com positor, and an editor of the Atelier; BERANGER ; CARNOT, Minister of Public Instruction ; BETH MONT, Minister of Commerce and Agriculture; LA MENNAIS ; LEROY, working jeweller, founder of an association of workmen ; Buzz, a Deputy Mayor of Paris ; E. CATAIGNAC, Minister of War ; I. BASTIDE, Secretary -General of Foreign Affairs; DAVID D'ANOERS, statuary, SATARY, working shoemaker, editor of the Fraternite; CoURTAIS, Commander-in -Chi e f of the National Guards of the Seine; C. THOMAS, Director of the National; PAG NERRE, Secretary-Ge nera l to the Provisional Govern ment; DEGOUSSEE, civil en g i neer; T RELAT, physician; LAUNATE, working cabinet maker • A NDRY DE PUY• RIVEN ; rniurrx Lz Bus, of the Institute ; D'ALTON SHEE. By decree dated the 28th, the Provisional Govern ment decides that all the ordinances, conferring appointments, &c., which appeared in the Moniteur of the 22d, 23d, and 24th February, " during the course of the glorious insurrection which delivered France from a corrupting government, and founded the Republic," are annulled. The Provisional Government has issued the follow ing decree, dated the 28th, for the naturalisation of foreigners who are desirous of becoming French citizens : " The Provisional Government of the Republic,— Considering that many foreigners took an active part in the glorious events of February ; considering tEat these foreigners, although residing in France for several years, have not accomplished or been able to accomplish the conditions required by the laws to be allowed to enjoy the rights of French citizens ; considering that if it be important, whilst respecting the principles of existing legislation, to facilitate the naturalisation of foreigners who have certain titles to the public esteem, care must, at the same time, be taken to avoid extending this measure to those whose position is not sufficiently established— " Decrees —Art. 1. The Minister of Justice is pro visionally authorised to accord naturalisation to all foreigners who may demand it, and who shall prove, by official or authentic documents, that they have re sided in France for five years at least, and who, besides, shall produce, in support of their demand, an attestation by the Mayor of Paris, or the Prefect of Police, for the department of the Seine, and by the commissaries of the Government for the other departments, that they are worthy, in every respect, of being admitted to enjoy the rights of French citizen. Art. 2. he payment of the duties established on behalf of the national Treasury by the ordinance of Bth October, 1814, and by the law of 28th April, 1816, shall continue to be effected. The disposition of the ordinance of Bch October, 1814, authorising the said duties to be re mitted wholly or in part to persons whose state of fortune may re quire it shall also be maintained." The following proclamation on the subject of the processions has been published by the Provisional Government : " Citizens,—We have accomplish:'d the greatest and purest of revolutions. We have estrailivlied the prin ciple of the sovereignty of the people, and for the past month have given to the world a ►triking example of its application. For the last month France has go verned itself without the employment of any military force, and by the sole moral authority of the people. Park with her million of inhabitants, has never offered more personal security. " In a few days the Provisional Government, sprung from the acclamations of the people, will restore to the hands of the people's representatives the unalloyed trust of the sovereignty of the people. "Citizens,—These latter clays must be like the first, and the Provisional Government is authorised to say it TUE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1848. so mil:s it. The National Assembly must find thi Republic as free from all appearance of disorder as it rose from its cradle on the immortal day on which it had birth on the barricades. " Beware, citiz-ns, that too enthusiastic a show of pa triotism does not become a cause of alarm and trouble in this city, the seat of the Republic. In a city so remark able for the calm and dignity of its people—the distur bances in the streets, which put a stop to business—the firing of musketry, which alarms the peaceable, cannot be tolerated or understood. Let the Republican cere monies, so magnificent in their simpli c ity, b e conducted by the public authorities, consult th em , a nd they will arrange your patriotic manifestations. "Do not allow anything, citizens, whi c h may give even a pretext to the enemies, either d omes ti c or f o reign, of our Republic ; anything which can sully the halo of its purity and glory ; anything which can arrest the move. merit of European emancipation, of which we have gist( n the signal. " Assist the Government in the maintenance of order in the city. Let every one return quietly to his work ; adopt your accustomed mode of lite—happy and proud in being Republicans, we shall pass in peace the days, every hour becoming less troubled which separates us from the time when our representatives shall meet. " Citizens, the Provisional Government, which is your work, which you support with so much devotion, ap peals to your wisdom, to your patriotism ; unite your selves with it to consolidate the Republic." It is said that the Provisional Government has or dered the purchase of 20,000 horses, with field equipages. The following proclamation has been addressed to the Army : ~ TO THE ARMY. " Citizen soldiers,—You owe an additional title to the Republic. You were only soldiers—it has made you citizens, by restoring to you your part in the sovereignty of the people. But in conferring this additional title on you the Republic imposes on you an additional duty. You had only to discharge the duties of the soldier—you have now those of the citizen. You had only one law — discipline. You have now two—discipline and the love of order. Discipline and order have been disturbed in some regiments. The Provisional Government of the Republic immediately turned its attention to such events. It is determined to repress them with the jus tice and inflexibility of a Republican Government ; but before acting, it desires to warn. You will respect its voice. Look at the people. Admire this voluntary order, which has established and maintains itself by the single discipline of the general reason. What! can it be you, who ought to be the animated type of order in the country—you, who can give to this admirable people the first and only examples of disorder? No. You will respect and cause to be respected the religion of the flag. If it were otherwise, we should take measures which would affect us, but which would energetically re establish discipline. Great duties are reserved to you. Keep the army intact and strong for the eventualities of the country, We are about to increase your ranks; there will be place and glory for all patriotism. We shall shortly assemble deputations of the army around the national centre at Paris to fraternise with the people and the National Guard. Let no shade of disorder stain the flags which we are about to distribute to you! Let your brethren of Paris receive you as the model of the French army. After having written in all times the word glory on your flags, inscribe thereon, with your own hands, the word discipline, the republican virtue of the soldier." The National says, " Three military camps, con nected together, and consisting of a disposable force of nearly 100,000 men, will certainly be, established at Dijon, Lyons, and Grenoble. In the event of a war, and in case of an advance on the kingdom of Sardinia, the head-quarters of the French army will be fixed at Lyons, in order to direct, from that point, the first military operations." The Toulouse and Perpignan papers state that orders have been sent by telegraph to these places to direct several batteries of artillery, with their 'nate riel de guerre, to be sent to Grenoble. At Macon, the engineers belonging to the first military division have received orders to join the camp at Dijon. The council of national defence is active in organizing the garde national mobile and the ♦olunteers, for the pur pose of making use of them either to garrison the towns or to march to the field, in case of war. Toulon is also in a state of activity, and several addi tional ships have been sent to the coast of Italy. The National, in mentioning the discomfiture 2.) the Belgian Republicans who left Paris for the pur pose of exciting troubles in Belgium, calls for an in quiry into the circumstances under which the expe dition was undertaken. BERANGER has published an address to the Elec tors of the Department of the Seine requesting them not to elect him as Deputy. The Pairie publishes a report that a Republic was proclaimed at Madrid on the 25th. The falsehood of this rumour is proved by the fact that advices up to the 26th have been received from Madrid, and the tranquillity of the capital had never been for an in stant disturbed . The persons who, during the revolution, wantonly destroyed the Railway Bridge at Asineres have been convicted and sentenced to various terms of impri sonment, varying from one to five years. A Lyons journal, the Salut Public, says : " We are assured that orders were given yesterday morning to the troops in garrison at Grenoble, to leave immediately for Savoy, to take possession of it in the name of the Republic. It is said that these orders were obeyed immediately, so that the entry into Savoy will have taken place today. This news, given to us as po*itive, seems to us to require confirmation." A letter from Toulon states that an order had been received there on March 28, to send the clerk of the 36th Regiment of the line to Algeria without delay. The number of men thus to be disposed of is about 500. As this order applies to all regiments which, like the 36th, have their war battalions in Algeria the whole will constitute a reinforcement of upwards, of ten thousand men. BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 31. THREE O'CLOCK.—The market was heavy tc-day, and but little business was transacted. The Route was a good deal offered at first, but recovered towards the end,closing but little lower than the day before. The Three per Cents opened at 40f. 50c., and after going down to 39f. 50c., closed at 40f., or 25c. lower; the Five per Cents. opened at 59E, and after being done between that price and 601., closed at the latter price, being also a decline of 25c.; the Bank of France Shares continue to be offered; they were to-day done as low as I,IOOE, and closed at 1,150 f., being a fall of 501., which makes a fall of 200 f. on the two days. The cause of this decline is said to be first the loan of 50 millions, which the Bark accords to the Provisional Government, and next, the great number of bills protested within the last few days. It was said that the amount of these bills and of the Bons du Tresor, held by the Bank, and just fallen due, but which cannot be paid, is not less than 25 millions. The Bank of France is now said to have in its possession Bons du Ti 6;or, to the amount of 100 millions. At the Bourse, th ese secur iti e s are getting mare and more into disfavour; to-day they were done at froia 45 to 46 per cent. loss. Pit dmont was much oflered, being at 710 f., or 401. lower; Belgian Fives (of both 1810 and 1842) at 491 f., or 21E, lower; Obligations do la, Ville are at 990 f., or sf, lower; and the Caisse Hypothe caire at 130 f., or 101. loser. The suspension of pay ments of the banking-house of MM. Paecard, Dufour, and C o ., wa s a good deal spoken of, and regret expressed that the pressure of the times should have forced them to stop; it was generally supposed that they would be able to pay in the end integrally, Railway Shares have again -been drooping ; Rouen are 35f. lower, at 3401.; Havre and Verzaille sf. lower, 2001, and 105 f. ; Mar seilles, 2f, 50 0 , lower, at 2121. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Nantes, H. 27n, lower, at 3351.; Lyons and Northern are t!rivaried, at 2901. and 386 f. 25c. The charge for cashing a I,ooof. note is lower, being now only 12f.; the sovereign is worth 26f. 25e. to 26f. 50c.; and French gold is 601. the thousand. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Northern of Fr ance , LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Blattcli 31. 24 —Paris and Lyons, 11—Paris and Boulogne a n d A m iens, 5 —Namur and Liege, 11— Strasburg„ I—Sambre and Meuse,4 l ,,,—Tours and Nantes, V,. HARWICH ELECTION. (THIS DAY.) Hobb ous (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) STATE OF THE POLL 121 A T TWELVE O ' CLOCK. Sutton The ball at the Hanover -s q uare Rooms, on M o nday ownin g next, promises to b e an unusua lly b r illi an t 16 Anion o f t h e friends an d :p a t rons o f th e M e t ro p o lit an confers on th e Ear Instit ut i on—a char i ty w hi c h d eserves w e ll o f th e berwvulent public for the great amount of benefit it must distressing com plaints which can afflict humanity, pour when suffering from some of the namely, disea ss of time car and their frequent concomi tants, disea ses of th , t h roa t an d organs o f vo i ce an d speech. ' rum a late report, i t appeare d t h at more t h an six thoutand persons hare been entered on the books since its establi s h ment i n 18:38, and th a t th e num b er o f applicant s is steadily increasing, whilst the statistics of results show that th e m ajority receive substantial relief or cure. ISLE or WIGUT.—TIIE CROPS. -- The long-con tinued rains are retarding plcughing and sawing, to the serious injury of the agriculturists, as they cannot get their lands ready for the spring corn. Gardening opera tions are quite at a stand still. The lambs have also suffered much from the wet. This day (31st) is quite a summer's day ; the barometer has rizen to 29.60 ; ther mometer, in the shade 64, in the sun 82. MADAME ANNA THILLON. — This favourite canto trice has been si ng i ng a new song called "Pal a merry Zingara" at Liverpool and Manchester, where it has been encored every night of her engagement with unbounded applause. She is going to introduce it in The Young Guard at the Bath and Bristol Theaacs. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Vienna Gazette, in noticing the pretensions of the King of Paussu. to become tha Chief of the Ger man nation, reminds that Sovereign that his claims to such a distinction are very slight, as his conces sions to the demand for liberty were made only when further resistance was impossible. The Gazette adds that the Emperor of AUSTRIA has much better claims to be regarded as the pratector of Gemany than the King of PRUSSIA, but that he is aware that the general Diet only can confer this title, and the King of Pr.ussmi ought to show equal respect for the will of the German nation. PRUSSIA. The Silesian Gazette, under the head of Breslau, March 23, says :—" We learn from a certain source that there is every reason to hope that Prussia and Austria will restore the Polish provinces." BERLIN, Mauca 28 —ln consequence of the dis turbances which have taken place in several parts of the province of Silesia, the Minister of the Interior has issued a rescript, stating that those persons who, by menaces or by violence, have forced the landed proprietors to renounce certain dues, shall be amena ble to the laws, and the forced Acts of renunciation shall be considered neither legal nor valid. He also exhorts persons not to suffer themselves to be led astray. M. CAMPHAUSEN, who was said to have been ap pointed Privy Councillor of State, has refused to ac cept that post, under the conviction that he might at this moment serve the country more eff6ctually if he had no political position. The Prussian States Gazelle publishes the follow ing as the bases of the proposed federal meeting at Frankfort :-1. A concentrated direction under one federal chief, with two chambers—the second to be composed of deputies from each of the federate states. 2. The attributions of this Parliament to be the federal administration and arming of the German population—the establishment of a federal tribunal, and one common code as regards domicile, indigenity, system of trial, penal and commercial codes—the adoption of an uniform system for moneys, weights, customs, commerce, and railways. The Allgemeine Zeitung thus comments on the po sition assumed by the King of PRUSSIA as leader of the movement : " His having thus unasked grasped at the reins of the government of United Germany, is a fault which both he and Germany will have to rue. Ho has staked all on one bold throw, and the numbers must al most be against him. Will all Germany answer to his call, and join his Diet at Berlin, consisting of a patch work of worn-out institutions? Neither the men of progress nor the reactionists will or can obey Lis bidding; and the confusion of Germany will be greater than ever, and the most sanguine will grow hopeless when they consider the likely consequences. Thi3 step of the King of Prussia, like many other events that have occurred cf late, is the consequence of a mistaken notion of our actual condition, and can lead to no good." SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. The following private letter was published in the Second Edition of the Hull Packet yesterday. It came by the steamer llamburgh, which entered in the Humber yesterday morning : " HAMBURGET, MARCH 28 " Things look very black. The Danes prepare for war, and the German Confederation haring taken the quarrel up, a complete panic reigns at our Exchange. It is feared that the Danes will blockade the Sound and Belt, and seize all German vessels. All shipments from the Baltic must, consequently, cease immediately, as also from Denmark and Holstein. 12,000 Danes are said to be preparing to march into Schleswig. Several vessels on their way through the Belt have not been allowed to pass, and have gone back to Lubec. All the seamen in merchant vessels in Denmark will be pressed; a good many have already deserted their vessels to enter the navy. It is, indeed, a most disastrous time." Another letter says " We informed you before that we expected Prussian troops to pass through hero to Holstein. They are, however, stopped until the Provisional Government in Holstein effectually require their assistance, which vie suppose will be on the Danes commencing warlike steps, and then the King of Hanover will also be compelled to send his troops to the assistance of Holstein. " If the Danes should effectually take hostile mea sures, without which they will most assuredly lose the province of Schleswig, we may then expect they will immediately set their navy in activity, and place some of their gun-boats in our river Elbe. We expect news from Copenhagen to-morrow, when IN e shall perhaps hear the effect which this Provisional Government in Holstein has made on the King." HANOVER. The Chambers were opened on the 28th, by Corn mission. The following is the Speech from the Throne : " His Majesty the King, our Most Gracious Sovereign, being prevented from appearing, this day, in the midst of you, has been pleased to entrust me with the honourable mission of opening the present Assembly of the States, and of making the following communication to you in his royal name :—At a time when astonishing changes in neighbouring countries have altered all the relations even of this land—when, together with the entire form of government of Germany, even the whole basis of our state of affairs is brought into question—and when the danger incurred by a neighbouring country, a member of the Germanic Confederation, may, at every mo ment, call for military assistance, his Majesty has received no slight satisfaction from the fact that already, in the ordinary course of business, the legitimate representatives of the land have as sembled round his royal throne. His Majesty, feeling assured that the hitherto existing institutions of the country are not of a satisfactory nature, either for the royal house or the land at large, has not hesitated to accord voluntarily and without reserve whatever ap peared necessary for creating a new and more powerful national existence. His Majesty is only desirous that in every respect the way which the constitution (in which his royal person is associated with the state) as well as the law points out, should be scrupulously adhered to, in the conviction that any apparent advantage which may be sought for in any other way can only lead to general ruin. With these sentiments his Majesty has already taken measures, whereby the constitution of toe Germanic Confederation (on which the security of Ger many closely depends) may be developed in greater stability (in the form set forth in the Act of Confederation), and may be even brought to com pletion through the representation of the German people in a confederate assembly. Not less has his Majesty been pleased to order that the internal ad ministration and constitution of his royal kingdom should be settled in such a manner as to elevate the mind and increase the welfare of the people, through liberty of the press, through the right to assemble in public, through the independence of the civic and com munal authorities, through the publicity of their pro ceedings, the removal of ell privileges (respecting ex • emption from taxation, &c. &c.), through the restoration of the original power of the tribunals, through the sim plification of the system of state economy, and through the responsibility of all his royal servants. Through such measures his Majesty also hopes that the cus tomary disposition of the people to uphold the law and maintain order will be strengthened. It is his Majesty's will that these his royal promises may, without inordinate haste, but quickly, be carried out and faithfully observed. Together with the impor tant task of realising those principles, his Majesty will leave it to the States to propose whatever the usual course of business requires for the maintenance of the security, order, and welfare of the country ; and he will willingly attend to all the wishes which may be ex pressed by the States respecting the common weal, as the shortness of the time and the pressure of circum stances (der dranyder Umstande) render it impossible for this Government to prepare independent propositions of that nature. Thus has his Majesty, our Most Gracious King and Lord, opened for the States a pathway to glo rious and beneficial labours ; and it is for you now, Gentlemen, to tread that path, and to keep firmly to it. Through this noble and royal mission the States have in their own hands the entire fu ture prospects of the country. That mission im plies a responsibility if it be uselessly employed. Thanks to his Majesty's wisdom we can look on the present important time without the pain which in so many other lands embitters both joy and hope. The country possesses unexhausted sources of power and happiness; its people are rich in upright earnestness of character, in the love of fatherland, and in the spirit fidelity. • Nought can be wanting to u s , if only of union, which again, for the first tirne;since centuries, powerfully pervades all the members of our great German father land, prevail also in the narrow circle of our own country. It is upon this spirit of union that his Majesty relies. It is in this spirit of union, .which stops at no sacrifice, even t,f ones own views and opinions, that his Majesty has already presented a brilliant example to his States. May the latter follow such eminent leader ship (so erhabener Fuhrung). God save the King! In the name and with the full authorisation cf his Majesty I now declare the General Assembly of the States opened. BELGIUM. The following communication, dated Risque.i. Tout, March 30th, gives an account of the complete defeat of the marauders who had entered Belgium to force upon the people a Republic : " The band which calls itself the Belgian Legion entered Belgium yesterday by Risque-a•Tout, a village situated between Mouscron and Menin. " The advanced guard of General FLEURY DURAY opposed them. It was composed of 200 men of the sth Infantry of the Line, two pieces of cannon, and 25 Artillerymen, and the 2d Regiment of Mounted Chasseurs. As soon as the legion, 2,000 strong, ob served this small corps it pressed forward, colours flying, and drums beating a charge. "For a few moments their fire was brisk and well maintained, and as long as they had only the mus ketry of our men to s.ustain, they stood firm ; but General FLEURY-DURAY having brought his two pieces of cannon into play, the marauders imme diately slackened fire, and fled in all directions, throw ing down their arms. " Several prisoners were taken, and among them their leader, a Parisian. The invading legion has lost many men ; it is said 400 killed and wounded. Onr loss was one killed and five or six wounded. Our troops displayed admirable calmness and courage. " As soon as the main column of our troops arrived the defeat was complete. A band which had pene trated to the right of General FLMJRY-DURAY was dispersed, and fled in disorder across the French frontier. " Our troops have again taken up their position and bivouacked upon the frontiers, ready to repel every new aggression. They were animated with patriotic ardour, and fought amid cries of ' Vice le Rui " Several of our military greatly distinguished themselves, and, among others, a young corporal of the line is especially mentioned, who succeeded in taking a standard, but almost at the same moment he was struck by a ball, which mortally wounded him." A letter from Tournay, of March 29, in the Courrier Beige of March 30, says— " Our city has been in consternation since this morn ing. At six o'clock we heard the roar of cannons in the environs of Mouscron, and our troops immediately left to reinforce those which marched last Sunday to that town. The brigands are said to be 6,000 in number, and well armed. We have sent off a special train to Mouscren for the purpose of bringing back our wounded military." His MAJESTY has been pleased to command the restoration of the palace at Antwerp, and that as many workmen as possible shall be employed thereon. Several other public works are also to be com menced immediately, among which is the Quay of St. Michael. Military preparations continue to be made in every place. The Precurseur of Antwerp has a letter from Brussels, dated Wednesday morning, which says— " Several Belgian artisans, who formed part of the legion encamped at Seclin, near Lille, were arrested yesterday by the Belgian advanced posts, and conducted to Tournai, where they were consigned to the custody of the judicial authorities. The disclosures which they have made are equally curious and important, and throw much light on the views and intentions of this pretended ' Belgian Legion,' and enable us now to appreciate the component elements of that conquering army which pro posed to come and establish a paternal' Government in Belgium. They also furnish us with valuable data respect ing the mode of recruiting adopted by the honourable leaders of the Legion. We now know the composition of these bands of pretended Belgian operatives,' driven by distress from Paris. They include workmen (and the majority of them peaceable men), who have been torn from their labours, enlisted by force, compulsorily car ried off, and armed against their country by a few wretches, the refuse of the bagnes and the prisons, under pretence of proclaiming the Republic, but, in reality, in order that they might eat and drink at the expense of the people of Flanders. Such are the Republicans en camped on our frontiers, ready to cross them for the devastation of our peaceful rural districts. Is it thus, then, that under the reign of the Republic certain per sons intend to apply the principles of Liberty and Fraternity' in France ?—is it thus that they intend to show their respect for the independence and neutrality of a nation which asks nothing more than to remain the sincere and faithful ally - of France !" BAVARIA. A letter from Munich, of March 25, states that, the evening before, several young men of very respecta ble appearance collected on the place Maximilien, and, after having made several speeches, burnt the portrait of King FREDERICK WILLIAM the Fourth of Prussia. They then separated without disorder. POLAND. POSEN, MARCH. 26.—The German National Com. mittee has issued the two following proclamations : " To our Polish Fellow-Citizens in the Grand Duchy o Posen. " Fellow-Citizens,—Patriotism is the most precious possession of a nation, hence all who are animated by this feeling, every German and nation of Europe have the liveliest sympathy:in the restoration of your political freedom. " Do not, however, attempt to reap before the harvest is ripe. Numerous cases have occurred in which, with armed superiority, you have threatened and endangered the personal safety of your German fellow-citizens. Ponder it well, and remember that such deeds of disho nourable violence are a stain upon your nation. " You weaken the sympathy which is felt for your cause in Germany and in Europe at large, by placing obstacles in the way of the noblest men of your nation, who are endeavouring, with every feeling of honour and moderation, to pave the way for the restoration of your independence. Abstain, therefore, from every breach of the public peace, which can only prove detri mental to your cause, and combine in aiding those who are associating for the furtherance of your cause. "We address these words especially to those among you who are men of a reflecting mind, and to you who are men of peace, and from the altar and the pulpit teach your fellow-citizens by word and by deed how they must combine their sentiments of patriotism with the duties of prudence, morality, and faith." Several political prisoners, among whom is Dr. MATECKI, a man universally esteemed, have arrived her within the last few days from Berlin. They have all been received with the same honours as those who preceded them. The intelligence from the provinces is more satis factory. It is true that some excesses—such as plundering, personal insult, &c., have taken place in some of the villages, but in nearly every place the combined efforts of the well-disposed speedily re stored order. Advices have arrived from Lemberg (Galicia) of the date of the 22d, which announce that a great popular demonstration took place there on the 19th. The people demanded a constitution, the liberty of the press, a general amnesty, the national guard, the adoption of the Polish language, and that the Em peror of AUSTRIA. should take the title of King of POLAND. Count STADLON undertook to transmit these demands to the EMPEROR. On the 22d a courier from Vienna brought the reply of the EMPEROR. Two hours after the student; the pupils of the School of Arts and Manufactures, followed by an immense crowd, went to the Governor's Palace. The Count STADION read from the balcony the answer of the EMPEROR, which is in substance as follows : " 1. Arms shall be distributed to the people on con dition that they shall only use them against the enemies of the country. "2. The Emperor to be proclaimed King of Poland.' "3. Political and civil equality to be decreed: the Germans and Jews to be consideree as natives." RUSSIA. ST. PEITEIISBURGH, MARCH 21.—0 n the proposi tion of the Minister of Finance, sanctioned by his Majesty the EMPEROR, a decision of the Council of the Empire has been.issued, authorising the estab lishment of a temporary commercial bank at Nishni- Novgorod for three years. ITALY. MILAN. The intelligence from Milan is to the 2:th. The following are the first acts of the Provisional Government at Milan :—A considerable reduction in the price of salt; complete amnesty for all political offences ; the remission of all fines ; and the provisional maintenance of all the employes in the public offices, with the exception of foreigners. The Provisional Government of Milan has published an important document, dated the 25th, stating that no political engagement of any nature has been taken with respect to the King of SARDINIA, and that the latter has expressed himself as follows to the Milanese delegates:—" I shall not enter Milan till ,I have van quished the Austrians in battle, for I will not present myself to so brave a people till I have obtained a vic tory that may prove me equally brave." The Austrians had retired by the Mesegnano road to Lodi, on the Adda. Marshal RADRTiHY remained there for two days with the main body of his army, in the expectation of the arrival of the corps of ob servation on the frontiers of Piedmont on the Tessino, as well as the garrisons of Pavia, Piacenza, and other detachments scattered throughout the country. It was, however, doubtful if any of them would be able to join him. We already know that the garrisons of Pavia and Piacenza, to the number of 1,200 men each, finding all the roads cut off, have been obliged to canton in the villages, where they could find hos pitality, and it is probable they will have to surren der. Provisional Governments are formed at Pla. centia, Parma, and Modena. The wish of these small states appears to be to join their fortunes with that of Lombardy. The strong fortress of Mantua is in possession of the people of Lombardy, end Verona has also pro aouneed. The troops of the Grand Duke of.TuscArti are in possession of the whole of the Duke of MODENA'S states. The following proclamation has been published by he Grand Duke of TUSCANY : " Considering that the tranquillity and security of our dominions might be endangered by the disturbances which, in consequence of the political events of the city of Modena and other countries of that duchy, might break out in the territories of Este, _contiguous to the grand duchy on the side of the late duchy of Lucca and Pietrasanta, and that it consequently is our right and duty to prevent the evils that might en sue from them, we have determined to take measures that the above-mentioned territories of Este be provisionally occupied and simply garrisoned by the Grand Ducal troops. We declare, however, that, ex cepting the inconvenience of lodging the troops, which will be effected according to the military regulations by the inhabitants of the places which will be occupied, in consideration of the assistance which the said troops will give in every occurrence for the maintenance of public tranquillity in those places, every other expense shall be borne by Tuscany. The Minister of War will give the necessary orders and instructions for the execu tion of this our determination. " Given in Florence, March 22. "LEOPOLD CEMPINI BALDASSERONI." Prince SCIIWARZENBERG evacuated the citadel of Brescia on the 22d, and took the direction of Lodi, which, however, had already driven the Austrians away. Creme is besieged by the Imperial troops. We read in the Risorgimento of Turin, of the 27th : —" It is believed that LECCHI, of Brescia, will be named General-in-Chief of the Lombardo-Venetian forces. Cremona is free ; 3,000 Italian troops have declared for the people; a great number of field pieces are in the hands of the people. At Padua the Hun garians have fraternized with the people." The following are some of the bulletins published at Milan during the combat : " Milan, March 21. " Milan fights gloriously for two days, but she is yc t without arms, and surrounded by a mass of soldiers, who are beaten but still formidable. We throw these notices over the walls to call upon all towns, all the country, to arm immediately, and to meet in the sevc ral parishes as Milan has done, and to form themselves into companies of fifty men, who should elect a leader and purveyor to run wherever the common defence might call them. Aid and conquer.—' Vive Vive Pius Ix!' " Milan, March 22. " As long as the struggle is prolonged it is surer- Iluous to express opinions on the future destinies of our dear country. Our only end for the moment is to achieve our independen ce , and our good citizens must not think of anything but fighting. Our cause once triumphant, our destinies will be discussed and fixed by the nation. " The members of the Provisional Government— " CASATI, President. " VITALIANO. " BORROMEO. " LITTA. " STRIGELLI. " GUILINI. DURINL " GREPPL " BERATTA. " PORRO." The following official correspondence passed be tween the foreign Consuls and Marshal Irta- DETZILY :- " Monsieur and dear Colleague, —A bombardment is, it seems, dreaded, and it is desirable that, in the inter ests of humanity, the consular body residing at Milan should protest against an act so savage, if it is true that it was ever in question. " Monsieur the Consul-General of Switzerland and I have promised to the members of the municipality, as sembled at the house of Count Taverna, to join you in drawing up and signing that protestation, if it be neces sary. I beg of you, iu consequence, to have the good ness to meet all our colleagues at my house, to consult on what is best to be done for the interests of humanity and our compatriots. The meting will take place to day at five o clock. Receive, &c., &c., Consul• General, (Signed) " FRED. DENOIS. " Milan, March 19, 1848." " Monsieur le Marechal,—We are told that the mili tary authorities have threatened the city with a bom bardment. If, but which we cannot believe, that ex treme measure is to be adopted towards a town of 160,000 souls, and where such a number of our cow patriots are resident, we feel ourselves obliged, M. le, Mare3hal, to protest to your Excellency, in the n ame of our Governments, against such an act. "In any case we — count sufficiently on your justice and on your humanity, to hope that your Excellency will give us the intimations, and will accord to us the delay necessary to enable us to place our fellow-country. men and their properties out of the reach of the dangers to which they may be exposed, such as would be dune, without doubt, in a similar case, to Austrian subjects iu our respective countries. " Receive, &c., (Signed) "F. DENOIS, Consul-General of France. " Chevalier GAJETTI DE ANGELI, Consul' General of Sardinia. " DE SIMONI, Consul-General of the Holy See. " REYMOND, Consul- General of Switzerland. "CAMPBELL, English Vice-Consul. " VALERIO, Belgian Consul. " Milan, March 19, 1848." The General replied as follows : "Gentlemen,—l acknowledge the receipt of the dispatch of the Consuls of England, France, Sardinia, Belgium, and Switzerland, is which they manifest their desire not to see me take measures which could not fail to be' come disastrous for the city of Milan, and for which they demand at least a delay which might permit theA' to place their countrymen in safety. The Government of his Majesty the Emperor, and the troops under nil command, have been attacked suddenly, and in a mann' contrary to all the rights of nations, without there hal' ing been on their side any provocation whatever. Thei commenced by pillaging and sacking the hotel o f the Government, and by surprising and killing part of the weak guard there posted, by securing the person of the chief of that Government, exacting from him concession s which it is not in his power to grant, and which belong to the Sovereign. " You will understand, gentlemen, that, as a man of he" nour and a soldier, I never can consent to compromis e my character, or my duties towards my Sovereign. "It depends on you, gentlemen, by your influenc e over the chiefs of the revolutionary movement, if yo ll can, get them to abstain from from any hostile mee' sure ; for, as long as I shall be attacked, as long as soldiers are slain under my eyes, I shall defend myse' with the courage inspired in them by the manner ifl which they have been assailed, and which has excited la me the feeling of the odious surprise they have used I°' wards us. " In any event, out of respect for the Governments of which you are constituted the organs, I shall suspeo the severe measures which I feel obliged to take agatl l9 , Milan till to-morrow, the 21st, on conditi on t h at e ver ; act of hostility till then shall cease o n th e p art o f ti" enemy. " I await the results of the steps which your inter' vention may bring about t o t a k e my measures in Coil sequence. " Count RADETZKY " Milan, March 20, 11 A.m. " To the Consuls of England, &c. &c." " To his Excellency Field-Marshall Ccunt Radet2 l,4 ) i ' Commandant-in- Chief in the Lomb ar d o V enet ian Kingdom. " M. le Marecbal,—The und ers i gne d C onsu l s has,,eo to acknowledge the receipt :of the dispatch which yot 3 o Excellency did them the honour of addressing to the this morning, and to thank your Excellency for the kit' disposition which you expressed on th e su bj ect o f t he demands of which they have mad e themselves 111 e organs. " Your Excellency announcing to them that you awsi s the result of the steps which their intervention DOI bring about, they put themselves in communication with the municipal authorities, to inform th em of your cWdig patch. As it would be long and difficult to reproduc by correspondence the convers a ti on w hi ch they had w ith them, and which seems of a Na t ure to instruct you in " more exact manner of the events which have taken place, and on the state of things, they beg of your Excellend to have the goodness to receive them to-morrow mor e' ing, and to fix the hour at which they may present thesi d selves at the castle, and to make the necessary arrange d men ts. " The Consul General of Rome, not having bse e named in the answer of your Excellency, would desire' before presenting himself with his colleagues, to Of, informed if it were by a simple act of forgetfulness'' took place. " The undersigned have the honour, &c. " Milan, March 20, 1848, 5 P.N." "Gentlemen,—ln answer to the letter which 110 the honour of a dd ress i ng you, as you express a desir e for mi . interview, I have the honour of informing y 99 that I-shall feel flattered by seeing you at the Cast' l this morning at seven o'clock. As to the Consul ° Rome, it was a mistake which caused the forgetfulness , " Receive, gentlemen, &c. &c. "RADETZKY. " Milan, March 21, 1848, two o'clock in the morniug• VENICE. The intelligence that the Austrians had been e s ‘‘ pelled from Venice, and a republic proclaimed is eon' firmed. The military and the Austrian emplo, have been sent to Trieste. The Commandant MAl ii TINOVICU has been killed, C oun t Z ICHY i s d e t a in° as a hostage. A Provisional Government has bee il formed. A letter from Trieste, of the 23d, in the A11,4' 11 burg Gazette, says :—" We learn that Venice 11135 separated herself from Austria, and formed a Prod sional Government. All scldiers and persons 00 ployed by the Austrian Government are at fiber to take their departure for Trieste. Count ZJC