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WITH PORTRAITS OF PRINCE METT ERNICH AND OF L. E. L. From the Original Painting, by ?ickersaill. THE MAY NUMBER, °rice Half-a-Crown, of • MISCELLANY EENTLEY'S WILL CONTAIN: PRINCE METTER.iICII. With a Portrait. mer ; or, Dublin in 1603. By W. H. Maxwell, author of " Sto • ries of Waterloo." The Three :Sans. • Crowquill. Are there those who read the Futare ? By the Anthor of the " Gaol Chaplin." Para ; or Scenes and Adventures on the Banks of the Amazon. ' By J. E. Wal-ren. Charles Edward Stuart; or, Life and Adventures of a Royal Ex ile. By the author of " The Ca reer of the Celebrated Earl of Peterborough. The Hospital of San Spirit°. By E. V. Rippingille. w Burlington-street. Career of M. Gil:rot. By James Ward. Lit erar y Vtatistics of France, dur ing Fifteen Years. Ilkaptars in the Life of an Ohl Po litician- The 91at Decisive Battles of the World. Na. V.—Battle of Teurs By Professor Creasy. Isles of the Blest. The Republican Clubs of Paris. By the Flaneur In Paris. Legend of Fair Agnes. Biographical Sketches of L. E. L. With a Portrait. From the Ori ginal Painting. By Pickersgill. Welooms, Sweet Stay'. Behest Emmet and Arthur Ayl- Richard Bentley, Nei By Alfred NEW EDITION OF PEPYA' DIARY Preparing* for immediate publication, A NEW AND REVISED EDITION, with 'numerous passages now restored from the origi nal Manuscript, and many additional Notes, to be completed in 6 vols. Svo., with Portraits, &e., price 10s. 6d. each, the first of which is just ready, D IARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SAMUEL PEPYS. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles 11. aril James 11. EDITED BY LORI) BRAYBROOKE. The authority of PEPYS as an historian and illustrator of a con eiderable portion of the seventeenth century, has been so fully ac knowledged by every scholar and critic, that it is now scarcely ne cessary to remind the reader of the advantages he possessed for producing the most complete and trustworthy record of events, and the most agreeable picture of society and manners to be found in the literature of any nation. A new Edition of this work, com prising the restored passages so much desired, with such additional annotations as have been called for by the vast advances in anti quarian and historical knowledge daring the last twenty years, will doubtless be regarded as one of the moot important, as well as most agreeable, additions that could be made to the library of the general reader. Henry Coburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. H APPEBRANCE of Mdlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to tne Opera, and the Public are respeetfully informed that Madlle. JENNY LIND will make her First Appearance this Season, on THURSDAY next, the 4th of May, as AMINA, in Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. 'rids Night will'be included in the Subscription. IADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. THIS EVENING the celebrated FEMALE AMERICAN SLILEIZA.Dk.RS will go through their unriTs.lled Performances. Admission, Boxes 25., Pit Is., Gallery 6d. HER MAJESTrS THEATRE. The Nobility Gentry, Subscriber to the Opera, and the pub lic are respectfully informed that TO-MORROW EVENING, April `►9, will be performed, Ressini's Opera, entitled IL BARBIERE . DI SIVIGLIA. Rossini, Wile. Soda CruvPlll; T 1 Conte d'Almivivs, Signor Gar &in ; Basilio, Signor Bouche ; Bartolo, Signor F. Lablache ; and Figaro, Signor Belletti. After which a Divertissement, in which Nidlle. Rosati and Mdlle. raglieni will appear. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, entitled VIVANDIERE. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. Last Week but Two, the whole of the troupe of the Cirque Na tional being obliged to return to Paris on the 16th of 11ay. THIS EVENING The Pyramid of Decanters—The Dance of the Four Globes—The Fe/tival of Flowers—Le Pas des Flowers —Le Pas des Grosses tetes --Le Pee des Etrangeres, &c., &c., by Millis. Caroline, Mathilde, Flo rentine, Ducos, &c., &c. ; 3111. Franconi, Loisset, Newsome, Le- Auriol, &c., &c. Doors open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Un ,er the Manatement et Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Wlll be Ovesent6d a new e,inic Drama, called OLD HONES TY. nra4shaw , Mr. Webster; Joseph Bradshaw, M r. H . Van- I d l e i n tl; - Sir Peritins Besborough, Mr. Howe ; Mr. ieptimus Hook, M r . Tilbury: T o by Pereh, Mr. Keeley; Dam e B ra d s h aw, Mrs. Glover ; Mary. Mien Reynolds. After which, LOLA MONTES. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace 'Wslpole's mysterious production, and called THE CASTLE OF OTIZANTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenza, Mr. J. Bland; Theodore, Miss B. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Hip pulite, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilthi, Mrs. Caulfield. Mein Manager, Mr. Farren ; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, I4ox-;ook keeper. • tioxea, 58. ; Pit, 3a. ; Gallery, 2s. ; tipper Gallery, Is. Door; open at halt-past Six, Portormance to commence at Seven. TIl EATHE Under the direction o:. Madame Celeste. THIS EVENT NO Will be perfbrmed a new and original Drama, oalled HARVEST ROM& Principal elsaractors by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. Altar which, a new Piece, entitled THE FOUNTAIN OF LEA ; or, the Child of Air. " To•coneiude - Witn THE COMRADES; an Anecdote of the Span -Ish.War,., Principal characters by. Messrs. Cullenford, Boyce, Mun yard, Patti Legrand, C. J. Smith, Jlyan, Miss E. Liarding.See. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. ; °Ten. at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. 4 ' ' . 2toYAL LYCEtT3L THEATRE. Undo' the Management of Madame Vestris. • • --Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Wlit be pertbrnted a Comic Drama. called A ROUGH BLUMOND. Charaoters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear, Bellingham, Bnckstone ; Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliarn. After which, an entirely new and original Classical Extravaganza, entitled THESEUS and ARIAD:iE ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathew‘, H. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Miss Eitavrilliam, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and MsAame Vestris. To conclude with a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD ,Trjo(;te.. Characters by Stagers. It. Roxby, Diddear, Parsons, Har ley, Meadows, Bellingham, Charles Mathews ; Miss Jane Coleman, and Miss Lee. _ -- Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, as. ; Gallery, Is. No bait price to any part of the house. The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the every day, from Ten till Six. PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. 33, 0:d Bond-street. Last Appearance but One of M. Latont. TIIIS EVE %TING, Will be performed an entirely new comedie-vanderipe, en titled LA DI•EHNIERE CONQUETTE. Le Baron de Virefeuille, M. Lafout ; Helene, Madame Paul Ernest. After which, the new Petite l'omody of EXTREMES SE TOUCHENT. Le Chevalier Althea, blonsieur Lafont ;La Comtesse Rosine, Madame Paul Ernest. To conclude with LE MAJOit CRITACHON. Le Major Crava- Olen, M. Henri Alix ; Dervieree, M. Chatelain Olympe, Mdlle. Ma rot ; Amalie, Mdlle. Duvenay. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland. place. THIS EVE NIICG. Will ha presautod Le Brun's comic Opera, entitled THE NIGHT. INGALE. To be followed by A NIGHT OF SUSPENSE, by Mrs. Stirling. After which, a new Comic Piece, entitled THE SULTANA. S♦lyman, Mr. Ryder ; Osmyn, Mr. Compton ; Yuseph. Mr. Henry ; liertalana, Madame Anna 'f hillon ; Elmira, Miss Villars ; Ismena, Wigs Hodson. To conelude with a Grand Ballet, entitled ESMERALDA.; or, the Hunchback of Sotto Dame. Esmeralda, Mdlle, lariol. Dres4 Circle, Ss.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. tinder the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Watchleis Pertormancem- Unrivalled Company—and the only Pantomime in London. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a Drama, entitled THE BOHEMIANS. Cha racters by Messrs. N. T. Hicks, E. F. Saville, R. Honner, Dale, J. Herbert, H. Lewis, E. Jones, Mrs. R. Bonner, and Miss E. Terry. After which, by permission, "LADIES, BEWARE." To conclude with a Grand Fairy Comic Pantomime, entitled CIN DERELLA AND THE FAIRY QUEEN; or, Harlequin and the Little Glass Slipper. Coln, bine, Mdile. Theodore ; Harlequin, Mr. Maskell ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; and Clown. Mr. T. Barry. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrether. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Extraorillnary attraction fur the Easter Holidays. First appearance these Five Years of the celebrated Mr. Van Am burgh and his unequa lled eellectlon of trained animals, amongst which will be found tae greatest novelty ever seen, a Black Tiger, the first ever known to mingle with other animals, and has hitherto .been con-idered untameable. THIS EVENING, Will he presented a grand romantic Spectacle, written by Boyle Barnard, Esq., expreffely to introduce Mr. Van Amburgh in his astounding performance, founded upon a passage in Eugene Sue's celebrated used of " The Wandering Jew,* and will be produced un der the title of MOROA, THE BEAST TAMER. Armand Dugard, Mr. Van Araburgh. The Spectacle will be succeeded ay an incomparable routine of Mr. Batty's , Scenes of the Arena, in which Signor Chia - ini and Wile. M a rietta Orsinago, from Italy, will have the honour of appearing. The entertainments will conclude with a favourite Farce. During the recess the Theatre has been entirely re-decorated. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attendod to unless autheai eatad by tne name and address of tha writer. Rejected co mmunications cannot be returned. THE WEAT-HER.—SUN OFFICE, Aran. 28. THERMOMET2II, Lowest, 38 ; Highest, 53; Noon, 43 BAROMIATER, 29.95.--"VIND N.N.W.; rainy. HIGH TrATER AT LONDO.S BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 59 min. Attar 8 7 min. after 9 • - ti ' . tit • Mit. -4y, )•••;' ,771N''. 0 - 1 'ix . CZ; trt - nt'im -,-)Ant• LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1848. Afflicting intelligence is now continually arriving from the seat of war between Denmark and the Ger manic Confederation. One dispatch contains a ru mour of the sudden death of FREDERICK VII., from an attack of bronchitis. Another recounts a pro longed and sa ngu i nary struggle before the chief city of the Scandinavian Duchy‘ of, Se hlsw struggle which is p resumed to have terminated in the capture of that city by the Prussian Although the vicissitudes of the confli c t cannot be expected ex?ect e d to bring the question at issue one jot nearer redoubled interest it is impossible not t o regard with r interest a kingdom, the integrity o f w hi ch has been so shame•lessly imperilled, and the nationality of which has been , so unjustifiably threatened with destrucion. Every additional disapler to the Danish armament merely tends to add poignancy to our indignation. That Prussia has drawn the sword of spoliation on the northern banks of the Eider —that Hanover has advanced in the van of this lawless expedition—that Alecklenburgli has abetted the cause of dismember ment—that adventurers and propag.l.:dists, as demti tute in prirci•ni..: , as in pene, have swelled the ranks of the invading army—are only so many supple thentsry arguments against the justice of this fede rative conspiracy. It has by no means advanced the TB character of the Berlin Government, or elevated the ) reputation of the Chevalier BUNSEN himself, to find that representative of the Prussian SOVEREIGN undertaking an elaborate defence of a policy the first feeble development of which excited the universal execration of Europe. The mere circum stance of an ambassador, situated as the Chevalier BUNSEN is in the capital of Great Britain, publishing an enormous pamphlet to exonerate his Royal master before the population of England, was of itself calcu lated to excite an extraordinary amount of suspicion. Nor would this suspicion be at all dispelled when the pamphlet is found to be a jumble of incongruous facts linked together by sophistries—the fragments of the skeletons of History, hung upon the wires of Misrepresentation. 'When, moreover, the tone of the pamphleteer proves to be that of a special pleader rather than of a dispassionate antiquary, it becomes insanity to repose an unconditional credence either in -he legality of his cause or in the rectitude of his political principles. already a vast deal has been said as to the respective rights of the competitors, as to the claims of Jutland or Holstein, of Denmark or of the Germanic Confede ration. Chevalier BUNSEN has written ; Mr. 'Ms- RAELI has spoken; we ourselves have repeatedly commented upon the contrary pleas entered by thi.-! different disputants. By this time the problem has become transparent—the subject has been worn abso lutely threadbare under the friction of debate. To a clear perception and an unbiassed intellect there can no longer remain any doubt whateve r as to the cruni • nality of the course adopted by the German Princes. If the popular judgment could not be obscured by sophisms or distorted by , the guile of a false diplomacy , t hen the sanctity of the cause of Denmark in claiming Schleswig as an integral portion of her dominions would at this in stant be as indisputable as the librations of the moon or the elliptic orbit of the globe. Such, however, is not the character of the mind of the multitude. Public opinion is unhappily anything but case hardened against deception. And thus it is, that, notwithstanding all that has been uttered respecting the line of demarcation running between Schleswig and Holstein, the popular mind is still in a great measure undecided as to the merits of this territorial question et eis that ho ae This tx ci su s ae a bt say ae y. ofindecision eenth factseis they a or fe viewedt he unhealthy,ca sapart from is p a or 1t u th n e j m u s s from the declamations of partizanship, are as simple as the merest sum o f a ddi t i on scrawle d upon t h e slate of a s c h oo lb oy. Th ere f ore i t i s t h at we are distressed at the continuance of this indecision. One argument alone we cannot but regard as conclusive in reference to the indivisibility of Northern Jutland and of Schleswig. It is an argument which has never yet been adduced throughout the whole of this pro longed and elaborate discussion, and it is one which to our thinking is amply sufficient to show the rea sonableness of the claims of FREDERICK VII. On turning to the general treaty signed in 1815 between the ♦arious nations and principalities 01 Christendom we find (Article LVI.) in the enumera tion of the votes receivable in the Federative Diet this significant item—" Dannemarc pour Holstein, une voix—Denmark for Holstein, one vote." Not, be it observed, "for Holstein and Schleswig," but "for Holstein" simply. Again (Article LVIII.) in the catalogue of the constituent portions of the General Assembly, there is a still more significant item— " Holstein, trois voix—three votes." Not a word about Schleswig ! Now we ask any rational man whether the Germanic Confederation would have main• tained such a profound silence in 1815 upon this particular, supposing it had entered for a moment into the imagination of any one of its Princes that Germany was being despoiled, by this deliberate re• servation of the name of one of the. principal appa nage-5 of the Crown of Denmark. We dety any ra tional man to answer us in the affirmative. By the reference we have here made, however, to the stipulations of the Treaty of Vienna, we would on no account have it imagined that we regard the claims of Denmark as principally defensible through that international compact. We merely adduce the fact blazoned upon that treaty as an illustration of the belief entertained for centuries before as to the extent and boundaries of the Danish kingdom. So far from the Treaty of Vienna furnishing an insulated argument to the oppo nents of the Germanic expedition, it is merely the confirmation of the truth proclaimed by History, by Time, and by Language. Yes, we maintain it— even by Language. For, although the entire popula tion of Denmark may be correctly described as of Teutonic origin, they are nevertheless in dialect, in manner', and in customs, of four distinct and dis tinguishable stocks. First, the pure Danes in Jut land, Schleswig, and the archipelago of Denmark Proper (including the islands of Zealand, Funen, Laaland, Falster, Moen, Langeland, Bornholm, &c.), where the inhabitants speak a modern ized form of the old Norse language. Se condly, the Angles, who are found principally on the Baltic coast of Schleswig. Thirdly, the Frisians, in the islands of Schleswig, such as Heligoland. And, fourthly, the Germans, who inhabit the federa- tive duchy of Holstein. Such are the arguments of dialect, manners, and customs. Yet it is in defiance of them all that the Germanic claim is now instituted for the absorption of Schleswig in the Confederation The reason of this anxiety for its absorption is suffi ciently clear, when we remember that out of the Danish population of 2,008,305 souls, the inhabitants of Schleswig, amounting to just 340,121 in dividuals, possess the most fruitful land in the whole of the kingdom of Denmark. For the gratification of this lawless lust of incorporation, the confederate princes of Germany are violating all the laws of nations, of nature, and of GOD. The thun derbolt of retribution must ultimately fall upon their heads, for crime ir:eets always with its expiation, no matter whether the victim of Divine Justice be a Homicide in a Diadem or a Robber in Purple. So long as the proceedings in the very extraordi nary case of GEILS v. GEILS were sub judice, we cautiously abstained from noticing in any manner the allegations brought forward on either side, or the scenes which took place in court during the pro tracted arguments of the learned civilians who con ducted the case for the several parties. Judgment has, however, at length been pronounced, and every circumstance connected with the transaction is fairly before the public. There is now no danger that the course of justice may be impeded, or the mind of the presiding judge influenced by any allusion to the case. eHis decision h as b een g i ven, i t cannot be re called or varied in the slightest particular, a w ri h d ieh thehe conclusions, w g t r ah o se u n isi d tan s fiteue t n h oc e fe r td :, inl the reasons by subject, the mode of its coming to such law applicable to the ad ministration, athellleg a i n t d im t a b t e e peculiar practice of the court, subjects for comment, and (where they o r y e a found n c e o erroneous o t o r o w defective)desiro ftoorincrease reproof andz,llied reprehension.ayanna the parties who have been so long painfully before the public, and we should avoid the slightestt allusion to the case but that it appears to us nish the strongest illustration of the abuses ° fur defects of the present system, and to point out and the changes that are so urgently demanded. We should, therefore, be wanting in our duty as public journalists if we shrunk from the task, however irksome and unpleasant it might prove, or neglected, to insist upon the necessity of a revision of the ecclesiastical code, a new constitution of the tribunals by which it is administered, and the speedy introduction of efficient and comprehensive measures of reform for that purpose. continued to reside together until The part i es i n the present case were married in October, 1838. until September, 184 5 , d ~Mrs. children GE ( l d Ls a u gwhittehrdsr)e withdrew refused to accede society and protection, and having were born. which period four herself from fr l o n the inhe la r tt h er ua month band,, toshi:requestto as return ,p n:rethesiliy as th to his possibleestablishment, by mr. u suit was instituted G ELLS for a restitution of conjugal rights, and shortly afterwards o ne b y Mrs. GEM for a divorce on three separate and. distinct groun d s — v i z .,-f or cr u e lty, for ar MS adultery, and for another and by far more atrocious provocation, which, if well founded, must have con• vetted every feelin g of love and affection that might previously have existed into the deepest disgust and abhorrence. The parties we re possesse d of ample funds on both sides; there was, therefore ; full scope for their respective professional advisers, and ' E SUN, LONDON, FRTnAY EVENING, APRIL 28, lB4B. we accordingly find the files of the court laden with allegations and cross-allegations, many of them wholly irrelevant to the subject, and placing on record the most trifling circumstances, without any beneficial result being obtained, save the vast increase of the proctor's costs," which would almost appear to be the pri mary object of every proceeding in the spiritual courts. Hence we find that no less than two years and a half had elapsed before a decision was pro nounced—and that by no means a final one—for ap peals may possibly be made by which the proceed ings may be protracted for an indefinite period. The delays and expenses, therefore, form just, grounds of objection to the practice of the Ecclesiastical Court—the first harassing and wearing out the un fortunate suitors, however ample their resources might be, and the second rendering justice wholly unattainable by persons of moderate means. The manner in which the examination of the witnesses is conducted is also in the highest degree objectionable. Every person who has had the slightest acquaintance with legal proceedings must be well aware of the advantages of a viva voce examination, how truth is thereby elicited from an unwilling witness, hew the prevarication and deceit of a false one is exposed. The tone, the manner of a party whose testimony is impeached, must be fully taken into considera tion by these aho are to decide on its value ; every gesture is of . importance. One witness may att em pt t o bl us t er , while another will hesitate ; nothing will be lost on a keen and observant advocate, who will found new ques tions on points arising at the moment, and which he could not have foreseen in the solitude of his cham ber when drafting the interrogatories which were subsequently to be engrossed, and exhibited to .the witness by an examiner appointed by the court. It is well known that in the latter case any cross-exami nation is positively ineffective, The witness has full time to consider his answer, and to frame it THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The result of the elections for the Department of the Seine will not be officially proclaimed until Friday (this day), but there can be no doubt but that Lamar tine, Dupont (de l'Eure,) Arago, Ilarrest, Beranger, an d th e true (because just and moderate) Republicans dill be returned by immense majorities. In every arron- dissement (save one) in which the lists have as yet been examined, they head the poll. In thy Bth arron dissement, Albert, Ledru and Louis Blanc, head the poll, but the latter has only a majority Qf 1 over Lamartine ; and Albert, who is at the o f the poll, has only 11 above Lamartine ; whilst e in he lstarondissement L ama rtine heads the head t poll with 505, Marrast comes second, with 493, and Dupont (de l'Eure) third, with 472, while Ledru R o lli n polls but 114, and stands forty-third upon the list (the ninth lowest of the rejected candidates), Albert but 103, Louis Blanc, 92, and Flocon, 90. It is, however, expected that Louis Blanc, Ledru Rollin, Albert, and Flocon will be returned, but they will owe their return solely to the forbearance and more than good faith of their moderate colleagues in the Provisional Government, who made it a point of honour to include their names in the voting lists of the moderate party, although Ledru Rollin and his clique excluded. the names of Lamartine, Mar rest, and Gamier Pages from their lists, and left no means untried to prevent their election. These elections will do more to. strengthen the foundations of the Republic in France, and to forward the cause of liberty, of progress, and of self-govern ment throughout the world, than any event which h as o ccurred during _ the last fifty years— ;nore „pen than.. the. gloriqus deeds of the glorious days of February. In February France Only conquered the right of self-government ; She. hase.no has :that she can exercise the right h conquered zi bygtwerning herself and repress h..tg those anarchists who wuuld, deprive her of all government. , The results of the elections in the provinces, so far as the same have become known, are equally satisfac tory. In almost every instance the friends of true liberty have been returned, and the anarchists have been relegated to the bottom. of the poll.. , The accounts received: from the Departments state that the elections are everywhere favourable to the moderate party. The name of LAI/ARTIER is put forward in a vast number of places, and it invariably figures at the head of the p oll. The candidates , tasted by M. LEDRU" it9uwit, and among others the commissaries, have been beaten wherever they have i shown themselves. At _1 though : the definitive i state of the poll is not rot known :efficient has trans pired to show that M• LAMARTINE, M. SEUARD, and the other moderate republicans will have three times • _the number of voters in their favour than DESpiAMFS, the Commissary-General, and M. DURAND, the head of the ateliers nationaux, will be able to .secure. By the last accounts it appears that 12,000 and,, upwards had voted for the former, while only 3,500 had voted for the latter. In the department of the Eure, M. DUPONT (de l'Eure) has been almost unanimously 'elected. Those who came nearest to him on the list are MM. GAR?iIER PAGES, LEGENDRE, DUMONT, LAGRAND, &c. Some serious riots took place at Louviers. At Lille the parties were pretty equally divided, but accounts have been received today that the Moderer have the victory. In -the department of the Aube, M.. LIGNIER, WI? was deprived ,by LEDRU ROIJAW of the C o mmissary-Generalship of the de partment, because he visa too, moderate in his conduct; has been elected by an immense majority over' M. CIiKVAT, the. Commissary sent to replace him. , . the .departrnone`oCthe Gironde, it is stated in letters from 'Bordeaux that the candi dates who are likely to carry the day are MM. DE LAMARTINE, BILAUDEL, and TLIEODORI Ducos (the former deputies) L units's.; SERVIERRS, lisNur Ducos, A. LARRIEN, CLEMENT THOMRS, COMPENS, Advocate- General, Sasior and DIGNJOI, the ex-sous prefect, who was turned out by M. Lsnau-RoLuist. Similar results have been received from Marseilles, Metz, Nancy, Strasburg, Caen, Rennes, Tours, Nantes, Orleans, Bourges, Angouleme, Poictiers, Mont pelier, and Nismes and, Avignon, all of which will send Liberal members. The number of mem bers of the old Chamber of Deputies ytho will in such a manner as to escape detection. In Chan cery, where the evidence is taken down in writing, if the facts are disputed, and there is contradictory tes titnony on any point, it is usual to send an issue to a jury, !or their verdict, before judgment is delivered: but in the Ecclesiastical Court it is otherwise. There the judge decides net only on the law, but on the facts. He is called upon to weigh the value of the conflicting evidence without being allowed the op portunity of doing so in the only manner by which a satisfactory result could be arrived at. It is, there fore, by no means surprising if his judgments, how. ever much of learning and acuteness may be displayed' therein, are by no means satisfactory to the suitors or to the public in general. In this respect also great alterations should be effected to render the ecclesias-, tical tribunals suited to the spirit of the age and dis tributors of substantial justice. We shall shortly return to this subject, and point out other detects in the present system which urgentl) &amid alteration and revision. After having been fora while almost forgotten in the superior interest excited by less important . matters, the subject of the sanitary condition of tie people, generally known a.. 4 the "Health of Towns Bill," is beginning again to occupy public attention. And it is well that it should do so, for however un attractive such a topic may appear by the side of the many startling events which now daily fill our column., it is one, literally speaking, of the most vik 1 importance to the great body of the people. It impossible, however, but that even with the best in tentions false views may not be adopted by tilt advocates of this, as of all other measures. An in-, stance of this N afforded by the remarks of a Con temporary, who very justly insisting upon the neces sity that exists for some immediate attention to this matter, goes so far as to exclaim, " We heartily wish there were no manufacturing towns in Great Bri tain ! " This most astonishing wish is, howeVer, qualified by the following observations:— " Manufacturing towns are good for business, but ex• ceedingly bad for the health and morals of the popula tion. Philanthropists should make up their minds either to sigh and say nothing about health, or to abandon the honour and g'ory of being patrons a l'oulrance 01 the interests of manufacturing capitalists. As for us, we wish well to manufactures, but as we also wish well, and in a greater degree, to the health and morals of the people, we are prepared to sacrifice a portion of manufacturing profit for the sake of gettinv rid of the filthy crowding of those towns. We heartil) wish there were no manufacturing towns in Grea: Britain. We by no means wish that Great Briton , were without manufactures, but we should wish the factories to be scattered over the country, as they were when waterpower was chiefly used in spinning-mills. and power-looms were as yet uninvented. We ar. aware that such separation of the factories would make manufacturing more expensive, but that we should con. eider a far less evil than the filthy towns and the habits which enfeeble and debase our population." These remarks are sufficiently plausible, nay, • more, they contain a good deal of truth. ' The population of the manufacturing towns are certainly exposed to all the evils therein described; but is the fault then to be attributed to the fact of those towns being manufacturing towns ? Are the inhabitants of the agricultural districts better off? So far from that being the case, we are inclined to think their con dition, if possible, even worse. As to the'', being crowded, which seems to be the chief cause of gr:evance imputed to the manu facturing towns, the rural districts, strange to say, are in a similar condition. If they contain fewer persons in a given spot, they likewise contain less gecommodation for them. That is, if those disgusting but heart-rending details reported by the commissioners of inquiry be correct—these reports which tell of Whole families crowded into one small roam, some ;)e returned, will, it is supposed, be much larger than was expected. It is said that the ultra-Republicans triumph at Lyons, Toulouse, Limoges, Arras, and some other towns of minor importance, but there is now no doubt that at least six hundred out of the nine hundred members of which the assembly will consist, will belong to the Moderate Republican party. The partizans of MM. LEDRU••ROLLIN and LOUIS BLANC have been beaten almost everywhere. There cannot now be a doubt but that the National Assembly will be composed of men fully equal to the imposed upon them of regene rating There is very little news in The Minister of the United States in Paris, Mr. a h lekse which papers.t heir will country. RICHARD Ruses, waited on "%Wednesday on M. LiliAlaTlN, at the Hotel de Ville, and formally re cognised the French Republic in the name of the American Union. The Reforme states, that in consequence of the arrival of several regiments of the line in Paris, five battalions of the National Guard (mobile) are about to occupy the following posts :—the Bth, t'he forts of Bicetre and Ivry ; the gth, Combevoie ; the 10th, the forts of Noisy and of Romainville ; the 11th, the fort of Aubervilliers; the 19th, the forts of Issy and of Vannes. The Assemblie Nationale states, that MM. EMILE Tsinrsv and EUGENE PIERRON, members of the " Republican Club of Dramatic Artists," waited on the Archbishop of PARIS on Monday last, to request that he would remove the sentence of excommunica tion inflicted by the Council of Arles on the corps of comedians. The Archbishop politely assured those citizens that no sentence of excommunication against comedians existed in the diocese of Paris. The fffessager states, that the Central Democratic Club, co mposed of more th an 4,000 members, has presen ted a petition to the Provisional Government, praying that an i nquirye instituted relative t o C o mmittee of Public Safety stated to . be sittin g in th e Rue Rivoli , under the , presidency of the Citizen b times even all sleeping in one bed. It is true that these facts do not in any way exempt the manufacturing districts from complain , . They also, we admit, imperatively demand improve ment. They also, we agree with our Contemporary, are most pernicious to the welfare of the com munity. What, however, we take occasion to object to in his remarks is, the attributing these grievances to the fact of certain towns being manufact ur i ng ones. What we depiecate is he wish expressed that there were "no manu lac turi ng towns in England." A similar course of reasoning it was that took objection to all railway travelling, because it had been in some cases attended with serious accidents, or that deprecated the u! e of machinery as being prejudicial to the poor, because, in consequence of its use many hand-loom weavei s were thrown out of employ rent. The error in these cases was in confounding causes and effects, er rather SORRIER. • i ~ ~ „ ~ . . . . The. Toulonnats of the,23d instant announces, that AHD-EL-K..4.DES WAS to embark, on that day, in a steamer for Cotte, whence he was to proceed by land to Pau. • . The Constitutionnel states that the Marengo, ship of the line, which bad. been laid up in ordinary at Toulon, was ordered •to : b e prepared for service, and would be employed, ,ip, - t he defence of the port of Algiers. The 2Alinister of ..larine has received dispatches from the. Commander of the French corvette-of-war ci o s w . n, T at he c m o mentar ca Boussolle, dated Curacos, the 4th of March, announc• line the neighbouring t log. the loss of that ship, on,. the preceding day, ' amongst the s hols „whi ch ta R g,:Cap in ICHARD L. ,n(A lsem, the loss of th e Boussolle became known Comma n der of the-Naval Division of Barbados!, achas tened to apprise the Charge d'Affaires of France, through the medium of the Charge d'Affaires of her Britannic MAJgSTY, of his intention to, repair with his frigate and the steamer Vesuvius to the relief of the shipwrecked corvette. The Dutch brig-of-war Pyl also arrived to afford assistance. A curious fact connected with the. election is stated. All the coalporters, boatmen, and others residing at the Yillette outside the Barriere St. Martin, in which is situate the canal harbour, voted for one candidate ° n l Y, Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON, and, in anticipation of his . triumph, are enjoying themselves in the surrounding cabarets and cafés. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the exports and imp4.)rts for the first quarter of 1848. The lin prts exceed by rather more than four millions of metrical quintals those of the corresponding period of 1847, There is, however, a falling off in the ex ports, and consequently in the movement of naviga tion. The number of French vessels employed was 1,000 less than in the first three months of 1847. I The Constitulionnel gives the following, under the heal , of,Nouvelles de, la Cour :—" On Tuesda y there was a dejeuner at the Petit Trianon. Ladies were invito.d., 31, LEDRU B,otort did the honours. There was also a stag-hunt at c)Wltiltiart( 4 o ,l ?‘9l l4 , 4 4 ll ,1 the Park of Apremoat." --I— • . . in confusing entirely separate things, and attributing to the one the ill effects occasioned by the other. For example, the censure excited by the railway accidents was due not to that particular system o f travelling, but.to the ignorance or neglect of the parties concerned in it. In the same way machinery, so far from being inimical to manual labour, has im measurably increased it : the temporary suffering its first introduction occasioned to one unfortunate class arose from' their incapacity to adapt themselves at once to the new invention. And, in like manner, it is that the miserable condition of the in habitants of manufacturing towns is to be attributed not to the nature of the business there carried on, but to the absence of proper sanitary regulations, by which the health and, comfort of the people might be preserved. Such sanitary regulations we earnestly desire to see speedily carried into effect. Such regu. lations it is that will prove immeasurably more bene ficial to the people, whether individually or collec tively, than would the destruction of our manufac tuning towns. Madrid papers of the 22d have arrived. The city was tranquil. The editors of the Siglo were arrested .on the-21st. The Herald() announces that the 'King of NAPLES had nominated the Duke DE SIiRRA CiPRIOLA, for merly President of the Council of Ministars, Ambits sador in Spain. MADRID BoIAA, APRIL 22.—The 'Three per Cents. were done at 4 211 for cash ; the rive per Cents., at 14 for paper ; and the Debt without In Wrest, at 9. DEBUT OF SIGNOR LABOCETTA AT HER MA haanvde just left he a t he Ta W trit e , r .ly i;c T .a Y r ' s S at TLlaa ather E 34, 0 j - t AR , 1 4 0 ty. R s o , N. I V , n i Signor Labocetta who to-morrow makes his debtit in the character of Count Almaviva in B Barbiere. He pos qesses one or the most deliciously sweet high tenor voices it has ever been our i lot to hear. Its flexibility i s perfectly as tonishing, and it s . completely under com mand. Since the time of we have not heard such a voice. It is capable of every variety of expression, and in pathetic parts more espec i ally we anticipate for Signor Labocetta the greatest triumphs. BOURSE-PARIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 27. THREE o'CLocK.—The buoyancy in the market, which was so perceptible yesterday. in consequence of the result of the Paris elections, continued to. day in a very remark able manner. The Five per Cents. have again risen nut le , s than 4f., closing at 691.; and the Three per Cents. 2f. 50e., at 47f. It will be perceived that the advance is considerably greater in the Fives than in the Three per Cents., the former being considered in comparison lower than in the latter. A large amount of business was trausected in both, but particularly in the Five per Ceuta., which closed at their highest quotation ; the Threes, however, were at one moment quoted a franc higher than their closing price. Bank of France Shares „underwent great variations during the day ; they opened at 1,575 f., went up to 1,580 f. ; then, giving way, fell to 1,480 f., rose again t0'1,500f., finally closing at 1.4901.. or 10f. lower than the day before. Roths child's Neapolitan remain as they were, at 53f. 50c. ; Belgian Fives were in demand, and closed at 66e1.. or 31. higher ; and Roman, if., at 551 f. ; Bons du 'rtEssor were not negotiated all day. Railway Shares were not so firm as the day before, many speculators being anxious to realise the large profits ari%:ing from the late advance. Some of the working lines, however, are it general some what higher. The Orleans closed at 5901., or 201. better; Bordeaux at 398 f. 75c., or f 75e. ; Havre at 2051., or of. 59c. ; Strasburg at 3561. 25c., or If. 25c. ; Rouen are 15f. lower, at 410 f.; Vierson, 101. lower, at 2501 ; Lyons, 71. 50c. lower, at 303 f. 75c.; Northern and Nantes, 21. 50c. lower, at 3601. and 342 f. 50c. French gold remains at 30f., and the change for a I,ooof. note costs 4f. DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN. REPORTED BATTLE IN SCHLES WIG. We have received the following account . of an engagement between the Germans and the Danes, near Schleswig. The intelligence is very confused :-- " RENDSBURG, _APRIL 2s, " ONE O'CLOCK AT NlGlic. " The Prussian troops marched out of this place yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock. They were followed by an almost interminable succession of the other Federal troops, and of our dragoons, who had been quartered In the neighbourhood of Remmels, to recover after their five day? harassing fatigue at Flensburg. It was not till six o'clock to-day that the last party quitted Rendsburg, and at half-past seven several waggons arrived, bringing the wounded and a number of Danish troops prisoners They brought the intelligence that on the approach of the Prussians the Danes retired from Kropp to Schleswig, and that between two and three o'clock a fierce combat ensued to the west of Bustorf and close to Schleswig. " At the first point the Prussians, who had vowed to conquer or die, without waiting the arrival of the artillery, stormed the newly-fortified Dannewirlce and the embankments thrown up at Bustorf. This combat cost many lives, but terminated in the taking of Friedricksberg and the so-called Erdbeerenberg, while the dykes at Gottorf are still in the hands of the Danes. The mines- placed in the dams by the Danes will scarcely accomplish their object, as the prevailing north-east wind has forced the water of the Schlei into the ditches, and rendered them useless. Simultaneously with the Prussians the Zastrow Corps advanced to Missunde, towards the left wing ; by the first fire dismounted one of the two batteries of the enemy, then the other, and was in the very act of taking the Ponton. Further down the Schlei, by the estate of Stubbe, the Was mer Free Corps crossed at eleven o'clock, the boat men having made arrangements to transport 1,000 men across at a time. Thus all possibility of retreat was cut off by the Danes. It is true that they have prepared a broad causeway through the Kappellen Angeln, but even if they succeed in reaching their place of embarkation, the east wind will probably pre vent their ships from sailing wherever they are not taken in tow by the steamers. "11 o'clock.—There are continued arrivals of wounded. The number of prisoners brought in is about 30. Schleswig is said to have been taken." The Hamburgh Borsenhalle of the 24th, dated one o'clock P.M., says—" A letter from Rendsburg of this morning (the 24th) says, Schleswig was taken by the Prussians yesterday. The fortress of Gottor was still in the hands of the Danes during the night 1 Two divisions of the Danes, together with several dragoons, are said to have gone ever to the Prus sians.' " By another letter from Rendsburg, dated the evening of the 23d, the taking of Schleswig is said to be certain. The Danes, pursued to the eastward, saved themselves at Missunde by crossing the Schlei, and endeavoured to prevent our troops from pur suing them by maintaining a constant fire of small arms. The guns which they had planted there were dismounted. Of the Prussian troops the 20th and 31st Regiments are said to have suffered the most. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. A2RIL 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—ltalian and Austrian, lb — Northern of France. 4% —Paris and Lyons, 2—Rouen and Havre, B—Sambre and Meuse, 4. GERMA_NY AND. THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Bank of Vienna decided, on the 21st, to send off one million of florins (100,0001.) to Linz, another to Brunn, a third to Open, and a fourth to Prague, for the assistance of commerce, and especially the manufacturing districts, the stoppage •of the manu factories having deprived thousands of workmen of means of subsistence. The Wiener Zeitung of the 18th of April publishes a decree relative to Styria, which ordains that from the Ist of January, 1849, all quit rents attached to the soil, to demesne lands and .right to titles, as 'also rents in kind, and all services, are to be changed into .a money payment based upon an equitable computation. The states of Styria will, in conjunction with the landowners (not members of the Assembly of the States) and the representatives of the class of peasants, immediately consider of - a law by which this change can be effected, which law is to be submitted to by sanction. The States of Moravia and Silesia have unani mously rejected the project of union with Bohemia, which the inhabitants of Prague, by petition, had expressed a wish should take place. In consequence of the discordant views entertained by different parties respecting the position to be held by Austria in the new Germanic Confederation, the Ministry have officially proclaimed, through the medium of the Wiener Zeitung, that although Aus tria is desirous of cementing a complete union with Germany, and will embrace every opportunity of evincing its attachment to the cause of the fatherland, it is not intended either to sacrifice the local interests of the Imperial provinces, or to renounce the inde pendence of the internal government of Austria. The Government, therefore, reserves to itself full 'power to adopt or reject :the decisions of the Confe deration, as it may think proper. The article con cludes with these remarkable words :--" Provided that the last stipulation is not admitted as reconcile , able with the character of a Confederation of States (Stiiateiz-bundji Auttrit'will not be Ip — a position, to join it." 1 , . , 1 , • "By the train last night we received the intelli gence that Eckenforde had been evacuated by the Danes, who retreated to the head-quarters at Danne wirke. There is to be a general attack to-day. The Schleswig- Holsteiners foim the right Wing, the troops of the 10th Army Corps the left wing, and the Prussians in the centre:' COPENHAGEN, APRIL 19. We learn from a letter written by , one of the stu dents detained on board the Dronning Maria the following facts respecting the manner in which the prisoners were treated We can assure our Hatnburgh friends that the re ports in circulation there, that we are compelled to suffer hunger, that we have been forced to the public work., and other similar statements, are utterly w►thout fouu dation. On the contrary, our situation since we have been on board the Dronning Maria is perfectly tolerable. `though by no means enviable." TAKING OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN BY THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. (LATER PARTICULARS.) Since the above was in type we have received the following official dispatch, which was forwarded by General Wrangel, respecting the taking of Schles wig : By an ordonnance, fiziriil# Austria the mode of election to - tticYPerman J'arliament, there will be a deputy for every 70,000 souls ; thus; 190 members will represent ) Austria assembly. The Municipal Committee of Vienna are about, to organize a guard for the security of persons and property, called Sicherheitswache, as a substitute for the old police—the latter force having become too unpopular to be retained in the service. On the 11th, in the morning, cavalry and artillery were dispatched from Presburg to Briinn, at which place serious disturbances •had broken out. In the former town there are only a piquet of cuirassiers and , about 200 foot, for repressing, in conjunction with the National Guard, the excesses continually taking place against the Jews. Colonel MEsszeos, Minister of War in Hungary, has been promoted to the rank of general. " Head-quarters, Schleswig, April 23, 1848, Eleven o'Clock at Night. "To the whole Provisional Government of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein. " I have the honour to transmit to the Provisional Government the joyful intelligence that after an obstinate engagement of several hours the Danes have been defeated, and the city of Schleswig, so far as the Gottorp Schleszdanwn, fell into our hands about two o'clock this afternoon. "The attack was afterwards renewed by the left wing, whereby the city of Schleswig was surrounded, and our troops penetrated as far as the Chaussee at Flensburg. At half-past seven the battle was over, in consequence of the encompass ing of the city. The castle of Gottorp was evacuated by the Danes. (Signed) " VON WRANGEL, "Royal Prussian General of Cavalry." ALTONA, APRIL 24.—1 f we may believe verbal reports, the battle of Schleswig was very bloody. The Prussians, without waiting for their artillery, stormed the place at the point , of the bayonet, and the Danes most obstinately defended their position. As these, positions were for the most part very strong, the taking of them cost much blood on our side. The noble Alexander Regiment is said •to have suf fered exceedingly, and many waggons laden with the wounded continue to arrive at Rendsburg. So me accounts state that 2,000 men were killed and wounded. An unconfirmed report says that two battalions which. were _ recruited in the duchies, and the, dragoons, many of whom were natives of Schles wig, deserted to the Germans in large bodies. 1 - IIMBIJRGII, APRIL 24, NINE O'CLOCX IT NIGHT.—The train this evening from , Rendsburg says the Federal troops have advanced two leagues beyond Schleswig ; that the advanced posts have entered Flensburg itself, amid the loud acclamations of the inhabitants, and that the Danes had retired in the greatest confusion to Angein. The loss on both sides have been very considerable. The Prussian regiment alone had 100 men killed.—Hamburgh Cor respondent,. April 25. • Itiensuuaa, Arm 24.—1 t Is impossible to give an exact estimate of the dead and wounded. The battle was very sanguinary, but the proportion of the wounded far exceeds that of the dead. Up to Mon day morning, at nine o'clock, 116 wounded Prussians were brought into Rendsburg hospital, and, of course, those who were most severely wounded still lie at Schleswig. The 20th. Regiment alone. has lost 100 men. The loss of the Danes must have been still greater. Every place ii covered. with their slain. The number of prisoners this evening (24th) is 200 broughtin here, and others are still on the road. In Schleswig it is asserted that the whole of the 13th battalion, which consists of Schleswigers, were taken prisoners. They had received a promise from the King that they should not act against their country men, and should only be employed in the garrisoning of the castle. After the departure of the King this promise was observed, and they therefore suffered themselves to be taken prisoners. We will not vouch for the authenticity of this report. General Von Wrangel has issued the following order of the day : " Chief-comMand of tbe'Dtichies of Schleswig-Holstein. " ORDEZ . OF TUB DAT. "By a resolution of. the Germanic Confe deration the chief command of the German troops now assembled in the Duchy of Holstein has been committed to me ; and I have this day undertaken the command. Th• Chief of the Staff is the Prussian Major-General Von Stock hausen, until whose expected arrival that service will be performed by Major Von Kirchenfield. The commanding officer of Artillery, who is expected this evening, is the Prussian Colonel Von Fidler. As officer of of the Ordnance the command is to be undertaken by a Hungarian and Schleswig-Holstein officer. The Staff guard is committed to the Prus sian troops." _ _ At the commencement of hostilities the following proclamation was issued : " Soldiers, —The rights of G ermany h ave been violated by t he Danes, and it is your resolve to main tain them. Having been appointed your general in com mand by the Germanic Confederation, I consider it a peculiar honour to be permitted to lead on to this combat. The tried valour of yourselves and of your leaders are a pledge of the result. Onward for Ger many ! This be henceforth our motto, and with God for our guide th e r i etory i s ours. AlCha4 Quo corn- And now :his morning early for Geneva . It is su pp osed that I mon fatherland, all had Germany ! it is the ex-King of BAVARIA g oin g to re j oin LOLA ward. MoN TES." " VON WRANGEL " The Royal Prussian General Of Cavalry. " Rentlsburg, April 22, 1848." Resipsnlato, Aram .N2:-:.-Danish prisoners on „inue to arrive here from time t o time. They are, aa may well be supposed, treated w ith that considera tion and respect which is due to misguided but valiant warriors both by the authorities and byte e public. Several of the plls9ners assert their officers told them that every prisoner would be immediately beheaded here, and theY ar" therefore the more surprised at the reception which t they meet with. DISHONOURABLE TREATMENT OF THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.— az The Schleswig-Holstein Gette of the_ 24th says :—" With the deepest reg ret and f e eling ar shame at the conduct of our own countrymen, we publish the following letter from a German officer : " Schleswig.—Early on Monday niorning,•scarcely was the battle at Schleswig ended, when we every where saw Schleswigers vn th e field plundering the dead. The Danes at Flen sbur g had invariably thrown a handkerchief over t he face of t h e dead , were and had mounted sentinels, who, however, not in every case able to prevent the occasional pillage of a watch or money. The Ger.- mans had neglected to use the precaution , negligence was fearfully avenged. The German rabble plundered the dead, nay, is it not probable that many who were severely wounded were treated in.* like manner by this impious horde, and stripped,t°, their very shirts ? I never witnessed a more feari g i and their scene than this array of corpses in a barn. ManY them were naked; one officer had nothing but his shirt and coat, but everything else was trousers, shoes, stockings, nay, everything that W . s . . available was gone. These ma rauders ar e sch grace to the war. T he si g ht wo tern; ule. I shall never forg et it. In the OM of humanity, I entreat that measures be taken to pre' vent the recurrence of such atrocious scenes. ;a The letter is written from the camp, on the first Ilvt , impression of the revolting scenes. Our reporte r ; (1 a man of the most tried, integrity, and if he•show. s have taken too gloomy a view , we shall rejoice..t but the doubt. We became acquainted w ith 0 1 Danish rabble at Flensburg ; but we have learneu that the Germans are by no means superior. HAMBURGII, APRIL 25:—A private ,corntriunici; ;ion considerably reduces the number of the killed and wounded at the battle of Sc hleswig. Ix so to 21 t he 20th and 31st Regiments there are from 1 rendered unfit for service, - including 50 kille d ' the Emperor Alexander's . there a re 9 killed O ho • wounded. 120 Danish prisoners are shut up in fortress at Gottorp. The Duke of Brunswick r.e turned to the scene of action by this morning's tr4l/1. When the luggage train left Rendsburg this morniefit at half-past eleven o'clock, there was no further in' telligence from the seat of war. • COPENHAGEN, APRIL 22.—The health of his ° I ; jesty was so far improved that he intends 10147 Fredericia for Odensee in the course of a few 1 0 , Orders have been received at that place for his 22' jesty's arrival.—Hamburgh Borsenhallt, pril HAM BURGH BORSENHALLE, Arses ls. .nei. Dills. 3f Austrian 5 per Cents •, •••• .• •• •• • • •• - --- s Bank Shares • . • • .• • • •• • • • • •• •• .- Anglo-Russian Loan ••••••••• • • •• •• Russian 5 per Cont., }lamb. Certificate. -- Ditto let series Inscription• • •• •• •• •• •' — Ditto, Elope and Co., 3d and 4th seriel•• • . Ditto, in Certificate . .................... ••••••• •• •• " •••• New 4 per Cent., Rope and Co. •• •• •• --' 66 Ditto Stieglitz •• ••••.• •• • • '•• •• • •'• • 65 Spanish Now 5 per Cent............... .71 , ...- Ditto 3 per Cent •• •• •• .• •••••• • • • • .••• Angio-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.• -- Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent• ••• •• —•-• Ditto 3 per Cent. ••••.••••• •• •• " ..• Polish Now 4 per Cent. Loan; 1844.• •• -- --• Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • •• —•-• National Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • POLAND. • The following proclamation has been Wee b d th e Central National Committee of .P 013 4 . 7 7 " f the most " When, in the year 184 6 , in contraventio n Of aims. measure solemn treaties, and as if to fill lip the esig", crace r ' perpetrated on the Polish nation, the Republic o.__, i bo• the last remnant of our independent country.rws;otioe lished and incorporated into Austria, the yDd declared this per he the final partitisel 1 ° tEurd . summoned its petrators before the triblins ° and posterity— • o.' " Punishment soon followeEth : gcri_ m I , o f th° "At the present moment, in 1848, the, "„ po ulacr emancipation of nations,, we receive of % tem p's' meat of a new Rrlition4 - Polatid being itt." n - o t bool i don. Indeed, we could not believe 'it, bad it communicated to us by authority. of th. " Under the very dubicius pretence that in I ° o o , o o districts of the Grand Duchy of Posen, th e ry are more numerous than the Poles, reactions'ibie to tionaries, oblivious of the most sacred rights, 1111 1 ) „, I ciror, understand the spirit of our time and its es's,;', nt o f anxious only to retain their places, have, by. ",;;lity• spurious agitation in favour of German natl°" - v re• compelled the higher authorities to give thew s ,tbe inise that such districts will be 'separated fr°`",,,att Duchy' of Posen, and incorporated with the Ger Confederation. I' We declare most solemnly, that, true to the w1. 1 _,0„,. ir tenour of our history, the Polish nation will, - as BOO . "' it becomes free and independent, leave the free chop of government nationality to those portions of tbei t country which, from their contiguity with other 0 : tions, . seem now of a doubtful and mixed charisetira•' but as long as this restoration of the whole of indeP e ; dent Pola nd shall not have been accomplished, so ici„; we shall consider the separation of any portion of. orb country as a new partition of Poland; and we litre op. enter our solemn protest before the rialions of E l t ore against so lawless an act, and arraign the origi o 7 o -br and the peipetrators of this scheme before the P s " the present generation and posterity. (signed) "itioC I nOwsnr, M. MIELZYNSItk, • CAS: PRUsINowsLI, LIBELT, .PoTWoitOw' . SIIJB, MORACZEWSKI, STOMCZZAOO LL " Posen, April 17, 1848." , t he ire The Courtier de Cracovie announces that , at Joe stigation of the Prince-Governor a deputation °, of the principal magnates of Poland, besde:t., KEASINSILI, will present itself to the EstrN 7 ° O O fr Petersburg", with the object of entreating. , (1 •;,.. establishment of the kingdom of Poland as ;cO. previous to the revolution;- and •for taking: 611000 sary steps that those parts not actually now' f the part. of Poland may be als o un it e d together 10 '1 tbs Russian Crown. Of th ose p ar t s , Gallicia Woo, Grand Duchy of Posen are to be understood $ l O by If the Prince-Gover nor b e rea ll y th e pers on ri .o3gor s advised this step,, th e i n f ormat i on i s of great_l7- tance. From Ko n i gs b erg, un d er d a te of ~,,1 April, we hear tbat three regiments ' 6l. thif Guards some days since left St. Petersburg": will take up their quartets for the present at hi ani The Germans o f th e . , t owns of 1 . .r (413114 gofo Zdmir have published an open letter to the to ol Commissioner for the Grand' Duchy of Po 6 , d e wet WILLISEN. contains a vote of want of CorD'osi caused' by 'the ultra-B)115h tendencies 'of the "" ps ia Commissioner, whom they r e pr oac h with b 5/1 his concessions to .the Poles overstepped the b ° re p of his office. They lay great stre ss on the G e _, l3e sl permitting part of the Poles t o con ti n ue in erw ao e his promise of any amnesty even to deserters, ° ea t, the rashness of his pledging his word that the fe d would ratify these' concessions,. which endaeg o f the safety of the German population of Posen. )" s of declare that they will not obey any of his orders, fita that, till the KIliG himself shall have decided th e ef t of the provi nce , the will acknowledge DO rule es e that of the former Government. der C A Another manifesth addressed to the Comos ° o, env the Prussian forces in' Poseri, 'General Co0)1 se i 0 dated the 15th inst., has, been published bi,i s o, Germans of the town and district. of Krotelliitrici the name of the German population •Of ho l and the province. It reminds General CoLosafood little sympathy the 'Ultra-Polish moeitlerit s ooli° among the peasantry of' Posen tilt the L.' o r° clergy took the agitation in hand, and, a cting (lo s' the prejudices and superstitions of the InFile e !'osb i : ticined the uncivilized a n d b en i g ht e d Polish , I t o ° . g tants of the country di s t r i c t s . They • wave:, p iote,.; greatness and imminence of the danger, °li e d r i that the Archbish o p o f P OSEN must be i n— to'f i/ exert the whole of. his influence with the clergy dish a atop to these cri m i na l an d destruct i ve pr oce to and conclude by petitioning General C01 ,01 " 3 their cause with the Archbishop Augsburgooo' G azetle states RUSSIA. that, The by ° lilt 6 . . 4 1 mendation of Marihal Pasuzwrra, Gov er n r fe j r end of Poland, a deputation was to Pr° cee f or Russia. Warsaw to St. Petersburgh, to solicit the Efqetion 0° Unit. to re-establish Poland in the same po i i i 0 t j existed before the revolution of 1830, as We 'd O l t demand the union of all the parts of P °ls A n let /1 ' subject to other Sovereigns into one state- Jo . 0 1 .:1 from Berlin states that General DE Pruo b v ee r , sent to St. Petersburgh, it was suppose d t° ,4o Il l i l the situation of Poland ; and that an Aill'sbort neral was to proceed from Vienna to S t. Pet e • at the same time, for the same purpose. WALLACHIA• r lb' A letter from Bucharest, on the 6th of jih. t et h eu e ts Ssoivaf anaave obtic:oonynness2lutpflierbraehcceaguynryw,erhxseiseacyrlhicasiews:—dead.s"aeTlxtsohpeerifreteopridf::::ol9llbityhe-eiltl4l:., f t ° They say M. DI KOTZISUE has receivecl PRUSSIA. An Extraordinary Supplement to the. Prussian Slates Gazette of the 2341, atujoiinces the .following important intelligence' From official information which has but this moment arrived, the Danish Go vernment has given, orders, under date of the 19th, to detain all German vessels which may be lying in the Danish seaports, and to seize all Prussian mer. chantmen." A letter from Konigsberg of the 20th, in the Cologne Gazelle, states that , the Fort and fortress of Pillau has been put into a satisfactory state of defence, so that any attack from the sea can be vigorously re pulsed. No shipping business whatever is going on in that port, partly on account of the danger threat ening from the attacks of the Danes, and partly because no corn whatever has been imported from Poland and Russia. The electoral committee of Catholics at Cologne have just voted (24th) an address to the KING, in which they declare, that although opposed to the in direct elections, they ask for the sake of order, and out of respect to the existing-laws, that the approach ing elections may take place in the mode marked out by the electoral law, as it at present is. FRANKFORT -ON-THE-MAINE. On the 23d of April the Committee of Fifty-six (the number has been increased by the admission of the Austrian deputies) had two very tempestuous sit tings. The following resolutions were adopted after a protracted and violent debate : The first of May is to be maintained as the day fixed by the Preparatory Assembly for the meeting of the Constituent Assembly. The. constitution of the Assembly will depend upon the -number of deputies already arrived. This ,constitution must, at all events, be complete betere the 18th of May 'next. The Committee is to require the Germanic Diet to abstain from . any, ; further decision in this respect. The last resolution was adopted by 22 members against 21., The Cpuunittee resolved also unanimously that . , Ithe President is to insist upon the completion of the Diet, as most of the former members of that Federal body have ceased to sit, and no new Deputies have been appoiqted in their'plice. The Germanic biet had also a sitting yesterday. The Prussian Envoy proposed the admission into the Germanic Diet, conformably to the wish of the in. habitants, of several districts of the Grand Duchy of Posen, bordering the federal territory, and in which the greatest portion of the population is German. The total poPulation of these districts amounts to 593,000 soUls. The motion was adopted unanimously. . ;. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Basle of the 211 states that the rebel Hecuzz, who had taken refuge there after his defeat by the troops of Wurtemburg, had received orders to quit. It was rumoured at Basle that STRUVE and HERWEGII had also made their appearance there to raise recruits among the Germans. On the 21st a band of 2,500 Germans, commanded by SIEGER DE SCHOFFEIN, assembled at Bask, rather better armed, it is said, than the band which HECKER had com manded, but on the news of the defeat of HECKER, and the approach Of the troops of Bavaria and Wur temburg, they made a hasty march towards Schonau. A letter from Berne of the 22d says—" The Diet has adjourned its sittings to May 12. Before separating it adopted the report of the Committee charged with the distribution of the sums subscribed in favour of the victisas of the war against the Sonderbund. It referred to a Committee the demand of the Cantons of Uri, Schwitz, Zug, and Underwalden, to have the sequestration taken off which had been placed on the amaiwaition and stores belonging to them, and seized on at Tessino. It also heard several communications relative to the events occurring in Germany. A personage, guarding the strictest incognito, arrived here last night, and put' up at tbo liotel Ztucou, lie left