The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-24 00:00:00

0 ,......................p..............---- IMPORTAYT NEW IIItTORICAL WORK. ::, , Tmv read v, in 2 vols. bound, THE COU H RT AND TIMES OF Jr AIIES T E FIR ST; ILLUSTRATED .13y Anthentie and Confidential Letters from various Public and Private Manuscript Collections. Edited, with an Introduction and numerous Notes, by the Author Itt " Memoirs of Sophi 1 Dorothea." • • These volumes comprise the C on fid e onen m tialthe Cor principal Mi, Ardbassadors, and ether persons either connected with the Court, or occupying positions which afforded them means of obtaining lice most Beret kformation. The work contains notices of almost every person ef.delobrity in the kingdom, so that there is scarcely a family wtose members have figured in the history of this portion of the seventeenth century that will not find in these pages some reference to their ancestors. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. . NOTICE ! T EIE FIRST , VOLUME OF PEPYS' DIARY D CORRESPONDENCE, NEW EDITION, Willi namsross Passages now restored from the Original Manuscript, and many additional Notes. By LORD BRAYBROOKE, NOW READY at all the Booksellers. Price 6d., bound, with Portrait, &c. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. - On the427th Instant will be published, in 3 vols. post Sao., 11 R. CURLING'S NEW ROMANCE. SHAKS PE A R E, THE POET, THE LOVER, THE ACTOR. AND TILE MAN' A ROMANCE. By HENRY CURLING. Author of " John of England," Sze. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. On Monday will be published, in post Svo., with Wood Engravings by George Measoni. A 0 0 Y N BEING HINTS TOWARDS A CLASSIFICATION OF NOSES. By SLAWICENBERGILTS, Junior. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ------- HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respect ully intonned that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, on which occasion Mdlle. JENNY LIND will Amax as LUCIA, In Deutaetti's Opsra.of LUCIA DI LAM ME RMaJlt. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, by M. ref rot, the music composed and arranged by M. Nadadd, entitled LES ELEMENS, By ?Vile. Carlotta Grist, )(dile. C. Rosati, arid 3f311e. Curito; Mdlles. 4.ussunden, Julien, Payne, Larnureux, &c. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the pox-Once of the Theatre. The Frio List is sus blic Press excepteil. pended, the pu Voogs open at halt-past :even, and commence at Eight o'clock. 7 - TURATKE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. El. .der the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be p,^rforrned, the Comedy of THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER. Governor R t eartall, Mr. Farren: Frank Hearten, Mr. H. Farren ; Malfort, Mr. .Howe; Mr. Ferrett, Mr. Tilbury; Timothy Quaint, Mr. Keeley ; Cat2tam Woodley, Mr. H. Yandenholf; Widow CheerlY, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs 3lalfort, Mrs. Seymour. Between the pieces Mr. Gerhard Taylor, the eminent -Harpist, will perform a grand Fantails, of his own composition, entitled "Homage to Modern Harpists." a called the PAS DE FASCINATION e ; or, Catching Governor. new piece lel Brovrsky, Mr . Keeley ; Katherine After which Kloper, Mrs. Keeley. Alter which, JENNY LINE; AT LAST ; or, The Swedish Night ingale. To equelude with a Grand Roses Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole's mysterious production. and called THE CASTLE OF OTRA.NTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenza, Mr. J. Blend ; Theodore , Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Hip polito, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabell a, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. latale ;tanager, Mr. Farren; Act i ng Manager, Mr. F. Webiter. • J. T. Archer, Itox-book keeper. Boxes, 55,14 , Pit, 35. ; Gallery , 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Hall-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction o: Maclaine Celeste: THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Princ i pa l charactors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, wright, P. Bedtord, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Freak Matthews. Miss Tenser, &c. After which a new Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jerem ah Twiddle, Mr. Wright: Mr. John Jlles Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Weolgar. p., con clude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Manyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Chap 7 iti will perform. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. n.,ra men at Half-past Six. Performance to commence at Seven. ItOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. hole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SCARECROW. Principal characters by Messrs. Rue/atone, Selby, Granny, and Charles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss Lee, a`nd Mrs. litzwllliam. After w:liCh, a new Interlude, entitled THE FAST MAN. The characters by Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Blickstone. To conclude with a new and original Classical Extravaganza. entitled THESEL'S and ARIADNE ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. rrincipal ALaractets by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, F. gboke ; iss Fitzwlh!am, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madame Vestris. Dress Boxes, is.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; ?it , 2s. ; Gallery, 15. Ne half-price to any part of the house. Tim .Sew Box-office, No, 2, Wellington-street, Is open to the Public every day, from 'fen till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. 33, (.W1 Bond-street. MADLLE. DESIREE'S BENEFIT. Last Night but Three of the Engag ements, and Ninth Appearance since 1845 of St. Acharil, also Ninth Appearances in this Country et Wide. Desiree and. M. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre du Gymnase, Paris). THIS EVEYING, The Performances will commence at Seven o'clock. when Will be performed the amusing Vaudeville or LA CLIERCHEUSE D'ESPRIT. Principal characters by .I.M. Henri Alix, Josset, Tou rillon. Madame St. Ange, Mdlle. Marot, and Millie. Celestine. To be followed by Bciba's new m Coedic, entitled D'AItANDA. Le Comte de Yollierg, M. Mc,ntalaint ; Gabriel Blinval, M. Josset ; Hortense, Mille. Baptiste ; Maria, Mdlle. Celestine ; lienriette, Mall. Desiree. After which., the favourite Comedie-vaudeville L'AIT MONIER DU REGIMENT. Paacal. Achard ; Robert, M. Henry Alia ; Chris tian, M. Jostet ; Cu Furgcron, M. Eugene; Un 6oldat, M. Grenet ; Marie . Mille. Marot. During the Evening an Interrnede, in which Madame Boulanger Kunze will sing two admired German Melodies ; Mons. Achard will also sing " D'or Miens-tu Beau Nuage," and " Jenny L'Ouvrlere," accompastied on the Piano-forte by Udlie Desiree. To conclude with LA VIE EN PANTIE DOUBLE. Theophille Triaquit., M. i teliard; Amanda. 111 dile. Desiree. 'Ames, 60.; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Anishitheatre. is. ; Gallery, 2s BoxeS rend Stalls ;nay be obtaincti at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old 'toad-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN (ot the Palais Royal, Paris).—Tho sur prising and interesting poriPrmances of ROBERT HOUDIN, having been received with the ino.f enthus , tstic adm ration, he will con tinue his extraor 'Mary SOIL:F.ES r' ANTA •TIQUES at the St. .Autes's 'Clieatre, 'lO-MOIZROPT, •tri , l every Tuesday, Thursday, and gaturilay Evening, vomprising A , !tornateg, Prestidigitation, Magic, and orfiginal experiments, invented 1),,' Robert Houdin. Also, Second Vue Escamotage de Roberts Houdin, file. and Suspension Ethereene. Doors open at Eight, the Exliffittiott to commence at gaff-past Eight, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes, 44.; Pit, 2g, Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond street and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven to Five. In compliance with numerous applications, a DAY PERFORM ANCE will be given on WEDNESDA.Y MORNING next, May 31. Doors open at Two o'clozk. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Entire Change—Brilliant Spectacle—Grand Equestrian Fete. THIS EVENIS:2 , , Will be revived, with great splendour, M. G. Lewis's Grand Ro mantic Equestrian Drama of TIMOUR THE TARTAR, In which Mr. Batty's unrival ed stud of highly-tramed horses wilt appear. To be followed by THE SCENES OF THE ARENA, introducing the British Art in their unris ailed performances. First appear ance of .Ir. BriTly's highly-trained Hanoverian Palfreys. To concluda,with the favourite Farce of THE SECRET. Bea-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by tne name and address L. the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. . _ THE WEATHEIL—SUN OFFICE, MAY 24. TILERMOMETER, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 64; Noon, 62. BAMMETER, 30.34.—W1ND N.N.E.; fine. • MGR wAfiER, AT LONDON BRIDGg THIS DAT. Morning 40 min. attar 5 Evening 3 min. after 6 ti Li' i( vag LONDON, WEDESDAY, MAY 24, 1848, Alarming intelligence has arrived from different parts of Christen dom in the midst of the festivities o" the racing season. Seldom perhaps has the Derby Day been ushered in by tidings so startling as those which have this morning reached our shores from the ittptinent. From Austria we learn that the EM -I;EROR has fled from Vienna, accompanied by the Eafraass and several of the principal members of the Imperial Family. From Athens we hear that most of the provincee of Greece are in open insurrection. From Russia, that the Asiatic cholera has again broken out in Moscow. From Spain, that Sir HENRSt BULWER has received his passports from the office of the Due DS SOTOMATOS, toge ther with the intimation that only twenty four 'Ars are allowed him for his departure from Madrid —a message which has hitherto been always regarded as tantamount to a declaration of war. From Northern Italy the accounts are sufficiently unfortunate in regard to the army of Liberation, if only in the circumstance that NUGENT and RADET SKT have united their forces in spite of the skilful manoeuvres and chivalrous audacity of King CARLO Lnairro. In Prussia the Government still continues in a state of deplorable embarrassment, in reference priuo pally to th e reca l o f t h e Crown Prince ; while the majority of the independent sovereirlities of Ger many are regarding jealousy the progress of the ambitious intrigues of i at' ac3ERICK WILHELM in the Federal Parliament Frankfort. Denmark is st ill fighting for the integrity and the n aval forces a i N ts or d w o . m ay in c i o o m ns - , of Sweden com bined are p re p arin g to aid t h o n f d invaders. eFonaramncuee s Communism. still deliverance bal an e o d f Schleswig from its between Mod eration and alone remai ns in a state of comparativeßelgium quiescence, and Portugal is bein g gradually irritate d into a re volution by the shameless concentration of p ower i n the grasp of the Cabralists. Of all these remarkable occurrences the one which IZltto us to be of th e most imminent import air FM ourselves is the abrupt dismis al of cur Ambassador from the Court of Queen lIABEILA. By Ithat insolent proceeding on the part of the despotic Administration of NARVAEZ, the position of Spain and England, in relation to each other, is altogether changed—whatever Lord PALMERSTON may (from motives of diplomatic delicacy) have said to the con trary in the House of Commons last evening. A positive rupture it may not be, but, without any question, the effect of it will be a decided estrange ment between the two Cabinets. England can never submit without indignity to tie insult which has thus been offered to her SOVEREIGN through her Majesty's representative. Silence at such a moment would be more disgraceful than indifference at a flagrant insult to the national flag. It would degrade England in the eyes of Europe. It would be an evidence of poli tical poltroonery. And coming after the haughty missive of the Foreign Secretary, recommend ing a constitutional policy to the Ministerial advisers of her Most Catholic MAJESTY, it would be as con temptible as the cowardice of ACRES after his war like oath, " Odds daggers and bullets 1" Of this we are satisfied, that the reputation of England is in safe keeping in the hands of Lord PALMERSTON, the Noble Viscount being about the very last man who would yield to the insolence of a VALENCIA or a SOTO.. MAYOR. Whatever may be the consequence of recent occurrences at Madrid, the sagacity of Lord PALMER STON will not be so far baffled, or the character of Sir HENRY BeLWER be so far compromised, as to lead to the abasement of Great Britain in the estimation of the European nations. Of that there can be no question whatever. And here we would especially protest against the ass sertion now current in the Spanish capital, either that the conduct of Sir HENRY BULWE& is con demned, without any exception whatever, by the English journals, or repudiated by any one member of her Majesty's Government. Even when Lord LANSDOWNE commented most severely upon the correspondence between the British Ambassador at Madrid and the Spanish Minister for Foreign Af fairs, he distinctly asserted that to his thinking Sir BuLwErt had been actuated throughout by a soli citude to forward the wishes and to fulfil the intentions of his Government, and that however pre cipigithatteappheisarflrisnt tnheoteues o to thef anyDueone SDE OTOMAr t a OR m resident at distance, he made no doubt that his Excellency had thought differently (and with j • ) ustice , from his long acquaintance with Spanish diplomacy, and from his immediate cognizance of events as they transpired around him. Of the falsity of the assertion that the conduct of Sir HENRY BuLvrEa has called down upon his head the indiscriminate animadversions of the English press, the columns of The Sun are suffi ciently demonstrative ; for we have throughout re cognised the services of this distinguished Ambassa dor, and appreciated the probity and eminence of his diplomatic reputation. While the relations between Spain and England continue in this dubious position, it may not be un interesting to transcribe a brief calculation of the maritime power of the former country—the calcula tion being taken verbatim from one which has re cently appeared elsewhere. Here is the estimate : " One line-of-battle ship in commission, and one dis mantled; five frigates in commission, one disarmed; four corvettes in commission, one disarmed, two build ing; six brigs in commission; five schooners in commis sion, one disarmed; five packet-boats, armed; nine ves sels of smaller dimensions in commission, and fourteen steamers, viz., one of 350 horse power, one 300, one of 250, two of 200, oue of 190, three of 100, two of 100, one of 70, two of 40." Such is the natal force upon the strength of which Spain has dared to beard the puissance of England. It yet remains to be seen, however, whether the pro ceeding of the Due DE SOTOMAYOR towards Sir HENRY BULWER can be regarded as a sufficient causus belli. A question of some importance arose last night on the motion for bringing up the report on the Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill. Generally speaking, it is considered advisable that railway companies should not be permitted to interfere with other means of transit, more especially that they should not become the proprietors of steam-packets, it being possible that if such were the case they might be enabled to im pose restrictions and impediments in the way of rival companies, which would have the effect of creating a monopoly in that respect highly prejudicial to the public. In this particular instance, however, the Committee to whom the Bill had been referred de parted from the usual course and sanctioned the establishment by the company of a line of packets between Holyhead and Dublin. Without at all en tering into the question of the propriety of the prin• ciple heretofore adopted, it must be admitted that a very strong case was made on behalf of the company for its relaxation in their favour. The nature and circumstances of the intended railway must be borne in mind. It differs very materially from the great majority of those that have already been constructed, or are in course of construction in this country, where the termini are situated in populous districts, which would afford an amount of traffic sufficient to pay a remunerating dividend on the necessary outlay. Few, however, of the passengers to Holy head go thither for the purpose of making any pro longed sojourn. It is merely a stage in the transit between England and Ireland, and the more rapidly it can be passed the better. As the Right Honourable Baronet the Member for Tam worth (who had been chairman of the Committee) truly remarked, " The Irish metropolis is the real terminus of the line." The railway will, when completed, form the most rapid mode of communication between the countries, shortening by nearly four hours the time in which the journey may be made—from London to Dublin, et vice versa. It is, therefore, very desirable that the conveyance for the entire distance should be under one control and management, so that every arrangement with respect to the periods of the arrival and departure of the several trains and packets should be made in the most convenient and suitable manner. The packets might otherwise be so managed as to occasion a delay of some hours at Holyhead, which would not only be expensive and inconvenient to the passengers, but would altogether neutralize the advantages which the railway directors might be enabled to offer as an inducement to select their line in preference to any other route. But it is not merely on private grounds that the question should be decided. It is a matter of national importance that the time within which communications can be transmitted between London and Dublin should be reduced to the very utmost degree. When first-class steam-packets are placed upon the station and the electric telegraph is laid down along the line, intelligence may be received from or conveyed to Ireland in little more than three hours, while the whole journey may be performed in less than twelve hours ; so that a person who has breakfasted in one metropolis may dine in the other on the same day. Nothing can be better calculated to bind more closely the links by which the sister kingdoms are con nected, and t o cement more firmly the union existing this practical annihilati on of th em , than n a time and space ; affording such extraordi nary facilities f or social and commercial in tercourse. What stronger argument could be addressed to and who dismembermentdtoestihreosethwehoprateofse The national barriers will, if not wholly removed,e be at least thereby rendered insignificant, and that which should be the chief object of the Legislatu re , viz , the perfect amalgamation of both countries, an d t he assimilation of their laws and customs, will be greatly promoted. In addition to there great advantages, there is another that should not be lost sight of. It is more than probable that Valentia will eventually be made the port of debarkation for the Western Hemisphere. When the projected lines of railways are carried into execution, we may hope that the passage from Lon don to New York may be made in little more than seven days, and communications received through electric telegraphs in even 20 hours less than that time. It is needless to expatiate on the vast benefits to England, to Ireland, to our Transatlantic colonies, and to the United States from such a result. Ireland will then be made the high road for visitors from the old to the new world. What the maritime genius of " WAGHORN " effected for the Eastern Hemis phere in opening new and more expe ditious routes must speedily be granted to the 'Western. It cannot be postponed. The Chester and Holyhead line will form a very ma terial link in the chain of communication, and every I power should be conferred that may aid in producing the great result. Under all the circumstances we are convinced that public opinion will confirm the state ment of the Right Hon. President of the Board of Trade, " That if ever the House were to permit railway companies to become steam-boat proprietors, and the double power to be enjoyed, it ought to be in this particular case." SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18 th have arrived. The Spanish Government had on that day sent Sir H. BULWER his passport, with orders to leave Madrid in 24 hours. This is another part of the plan of reaction to which we have before alluded, and is the conse quence of Orleanist intrigues. It is a somewhat curious circumstance that since the expulsion of LOUIS PHILIPPE from France Queen ISABELLA has been acknowledged by Prussia and Austria, and that for the first time for sixteen years there is at the pre sent moment a Spanish Ambassador at Madrid and a Spanish Ambassador at Vienna. The military revolt at Seville on the night of the 13th was a more serious affair than the Government organs choose to acknowledge. After some fighting in the streets, the insurgents, consisting of four com panies of the infantry regiment of Guadalajara, and about 100 cavalry, retreated from the town in the di rection of Huelva, taking with them two field pieces. During the row the alarm of the Duke and Duchess DE AIONTFESSIER was excessive, and everything was prepared for their embarkation upon the river Guadal quiver at a moment's nutice. There are now few regiments in the army that the Government can implicitly trust. Almost all have been tampered with, either by Carlists or Pro gresistas. The civil war in Catalonia is assuming its former repulsive and cruel character. Reprisals, which, in the end, will terminate in acts of downright butchery, are becoming the order of the day. Numerous arrests of individuals connected by blood with the insurgents have taken place at Olot and its neighbourhood. They have all been sent to the fortress of San Fernando, at Figueras, and the Commandant-General of the above district (Olot) has demanded permission of General PAVIA. to imprison the fathers and mothers, or the nearest relatives of those who have joined the Matines, until they make their submission to the authorities. The chiefs MARSAL, ESTARIUS, CASTELLS, and PozAs have decidedly chosen the province of Gerona as the theatre of their operations. Nothing but the want of funds prevent the Car lists from taking the field in force in N avarre, Arragon, and the Basque Provinces. Senor ESCOSURA has been arrested at Toledo, and is being conveyed to Madrid under a strong guard. General Count MARASOL has been dispatched to London on a special mission to explain the circum stances under which the Spanish Government thought it expedient to send Sir HENRY BULWER his passports. SOTOMAYER accuses Sir H. BULWER of intriguing with the Progressists, and of having fomented the recent revolt in Seville, and states that he has docu mentary evidence to prove these accusations. It will not be the first time that the Orleanist partizans have backed up falsehood by forgery. Mr. OTWAY is left in charge of the British Embassy. MADRID BOLSA, MAY 18.—Three per Cents., 21; Five per Cents., 134. Exchange on London, 42. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The 3loniteur publishes two ordonnances signed by the members of the Executive Committee of Government, ordering the permanent closing of the club Raspail and the club Blanqui. The Journal des Debuts says—" It was currently reported last evening that a serious division had taken place among the members of the Executive Com mittee since the evening of the 15th of May, and that it was not thought possible they could any longer act together in conducting the affairs of the country." The Committee on Labour met on Monday to agree to their report. They have nominated M. WoL- Lowsxx reporter. The Committee appointed to prepare a project for a constitution meet every day. its sittings last fre quently for five or six hours. M. CORMANIN has been named reporter. M. LANIENNAIS has resigned his seat in this Committee. It is said that Sunday had been fixed upon for the carrying into effect a plot against the National As sembly. The conspirators intended to set fire to the theatres, and in the confusion to seize and carry off forty members of the Assembly. The Go vernment, however, had received information of their intentions, and adopted such measures as prevented the conspirators from carrying their intentions into effect. We find the following on this subject in the Coulitulionne 1 : "It might have been remarked that many legions of Paris had only furnished a very small number of men for the review. The following is the reason : In different quarters the National Guards were invited not to leave home, for that during the fete a plot was to break out. The plot was, it was said, to cut several fountains, to set fire to the theatres, and, during the confusion, to seize about forty repre sentatives, marked out beforehand. It was on this account that the firemen were all under arms, and that many were on duty in the mairies of each arrondissement. The discovery of this infernal project was owing to the workmen of the national ateliers. One declared that he had been offered fifty francs to go with his brigade to Halle. Ile did not hesitate to inform the authorities. It is positively the fact that the attempt did not take plane only because the authorities had been warned. " In the evening, some men, carrying banners, crossed the Place de la Concorde, shouting ' Vive Barbel !".rhey separated, however, on learning that the Garde Mobile were coming up to meet them." An attempt, which had nearly proved successful, was made by BARnES to escape from Vincennes on Sunday. lie had passed several doors when a Garde Mobile on duty arrested him and conducted him back to his place of confinement. The Constitutionnel says that the Government has received a telegraphic dispatch from Toulon, an nouncing that the workmen employed in the Dock yard had revolted, and had obtained possession of the Government Arsenal. The outbreaks at Rouen and Lyons were contrived by the clubs of Paris, and intended to support the communist movement of the 15th of May, had that proved successful. It is said that the Prince DE JOINVILLE is in Paris. The publication of these letters of the Prince DE JOINVILLE by the Presse has created a great sensa tion, and is looked upon as the first formidable at tempt at a reaction. The National publishes a long article on the subject. Speaking of the recent pro ceedings of the Presse it says : "Yesterday the Presse, after drawing a very frightful picture of our present position, and having asked if the Republic was to have a President, or three Consuls, or tiro Dictators, or a Committee, and being opposed to each of these plans, objections which it considered serious, it comes to the following significant conclusion: —' The situation is an impasse, out of which we cannot go without retracing our steps.' To-day the same journal is still more clear, so clear indeed that it does not dare to take the direct responsibility of the idea which it circulates. It brings the imaginary Citizen Gilles, who, after arguing on a preceding article in which France was compared to a sinking ship, concludes, with the most candid air in the world, with the following inno cent phrase :-- '•' If it be to a general shipwreck that the Republican system is to conduct us, it is better that we should return to a system which, in point of fact, has given us seven teen years of the greatest tranquillity. " ' UrUSTAVE GILLES.' " Here then is the question regularly started, and we now know where the enemy is. He has established his head-quarters in the office of the Presse, and it is the citizen Gustave Gilles, who is his trumpeter, The fanfare is brilliant, and will have its effect. The Presse which knows how desirable it is to strike while the iron is hot, follows up M. Gilles's proposition with eight letters from the Prince de Joinville to an officer of the navy, for the sole purpose, us it assures us, of proving to the National that the ex• Grand Admiral is not in Paris. The proof is, in fact, conclusive, and admits of no reply, fur as the last of the letters is dated Claremont, near London, the 11th May, it is evident that M. de Join ville, who was at Claremont on the 11th, could not be in Paris on the 20th, the distance from England to France is so great." THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. M. LAMARTINE'S STATEMENT OF THE FO- > 1 tit S)I" . _ , • c 4 •Ato' . +' DR-61T THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2t, 1848. formed by tie President and the Minister of War that he must consider himself under his orders in everything relating to the service just alluded to. He had now to state that be could not accept the responsibility of acts of which he had not the direction. It was not the mere keeping of the door of the Chamber, or of the gate of the Palace, that he considered was entrusted to him, but the power of calling on such troops as he might deem requisite. In consequence, he begged leave to tender back to the National Assembly the command which had been entrusted to him.—(Movement.) M de Larcchejaquelin, findin?: that no person seamed inclined to allure to the incident just spoken of, deemed it his duty to allude to it. The Na tional Assembly had passed a decree conferring on Ge neral Baraguay d'Hilliers the command of the forces re quired for the defence of the Chamber, and now they were told that this decree was revoked and another order of thing: established! He must protest against any one presuming to interfere with the decrees passed by the Assembly.—(Hear, hear.) General Cavaignac (Minister of War) wished to say two words in explanation. All that had been done was to place in the hands of the Minister of War the com mand of all the forces of the kingdom, as always had been practised. He had no desire or intention to inter fere unnecessarily with General Baraguay d'Hilliers, but it was evident that there could not be two independent commands, ono in that officer's hands, and the other in the bands of the Minister of NVar. All that he (General Cavaignac) had done was to vindicate his rights as com mander. in-chief. The President declared that he had not the slightest idea of depriving General Baraguay d'Hilliers of a place which he had filled with the greatest energy and ability, and to the evident advantage of the Assembly. In the morning General Cavaignac had come to him (the Pre sident), and inquired if he were not the commander in-chief of all the army—in France, in Paris, as well as elsewhere—over the troops defending the National Assembly as well as others. The answer given was, that undoubtedly he was, and that he could always give such orders as he might deem necessary for the safety of the Members—that the general in command had full power over his own attributions, but still that he was evidently under the command, like all other generals in the service, the orders of the commander •in-chief. " In using such language," continued the President, " I by no means intended to prejudge any question ; and I declare to the Assembly that I am horribly vexed, deeply grieved that I should have caused pain to persons with whom I have been for years on the most intimate terms." —(lletir.) He felt he was acting as the interpreter of the views of the whole Assembly when he expressed the regret they would feel if General Baraguay d'Hilliers persisted in his determination to resign the command confided to him.—(lilear, hear.) General Baraguay d'Hilliers did not understand the command which he had received in the light which the President and Minister of War appeared to consider it. He must repeat his former assertion, and declare that he could not accept the responsibility of ensuring the de fence of the National Assembly, if the power committed to him was not left at his own disposal.—(Great agita tion.) He certainly should persist in g i v i ng i n hi s resig nation.—(Contieu-ed agitation, in the midst of which, in striking the bell against the bureau, ho had the misfor tune to break it, as was evident the moment after by the cracked sound which it sent forth.) The President should propose to the Assembly to vote that the resignation of the Gallant General be not ac cepted.—(Confused cries of " Yes! yes!" " No! no!" agitation.) Well, then, he should propose that the re signation be accepted, and that a vote of thanks be passed to the General.—(!Near, hear.) The question was then put, and the Assembly decided by a very small majority that the resignation, which the General persisted in tendering, should be accepted. It then passed unanimously a vote of thanks to him for his services. . . The order of the day was the interpellations on the affairs of Poland and Fey._ M. d'Aragon declared that, after the new revolution which had taken place at Vienna, he did not intend per sisting in the demand for explanations which he had made—he thought it better to leave the Executive Com mittee fully at liberty .—(Hear, hear.) M. Wolowaki said that he was requested to express, in the name of the Polish refugees now in Paris, their horror at the dreadful attack which had been made on the 15th on the Assembly, under the pretext of a desire to obtain sympathy and a ssistance for Poland. The Hon. Deputy then at great length defended the Polish cause, in lan guage similar to that which he employed on the 15th of May, when the crowd burst in. He concluded that the National Assembly would declare that the independence of Poland should be set forth to the world as one of the great objects of its foreign policy. M. Vavin thought that it would be an insult to the Assembly to make any appeal to it in favour of Poland, the rights of that country being fully acknowledged. He believed it to be alike for the interest of France and for the good of humanity to have Poland reconstituted into an independent state. He therefore should propose, that with a view to aid the Executive Committee in the furtherance of their policy with respect to Poland, the National Assembly should vote a declaration to the effect that it considered it necessary for the security of Europe to restore Poland to her place as an independent State. M. Sarrdus defended the cause of Poland, but thought the best mode of proceeding would be to apply to the Diet of Frankfort in favour of Poland. M. Richard also addressed the Assembly at some length in favour of Polish independence. Prince Napoleon Bonaparte considered the cause of Poland was an eminently French question, but he did not think that the declaration just spoken of ought to be passed, unless the National Assembly was prepared to at once order a large levy of men for war. With• cut that eventuality being looked at as a pro bability, it would be useless to pass the de claration, nor could he approve of an appeal to the Diet of Frankfort, as there would then be two great assemblies treating, independently of the Executive Committee. What he thought ought to be done was, to formally call on Prussia and Austria to place Posen and Gallicia in such a position as the treaties of 1815 had decided on. That co urse , h e thought, was the first that ought to be had recourse to. Should such means fail, there was evidently war at the end of the negotiation, for in all diplomatic matters war or peace was the ultimatum. To do less than what he suggested would be ingratitude, to do more was not at present re quired. Ile should conclude by proposing that "the National Assembly should send a communication to the Courts of Prussia and Austria, calling on them to act with respect to Posen, Cracow, and Gallicia, as treaties bad called for." The Ilonourable Deputy also demanded to have the Polish legion constituted in France. 'rhe Minister of War considered that France ought to appeal to the great cause of justice alone in favour of Poland. To demand the execution of the treaties of 1815 might lead to war, which lie did not think the Assembly was prepared to vote for. To pass the decla ration just proposed would, in all probability, have the effect of 'bowing to Europe what were the views of France relative to Poland; but he thought that it should be clearly understood that it was by moral force that France should at present endeavour to act on the various nations of Europe, and not by force. M. de Lamartine began by expressing his firm con viction that the French Republic would succeed in settling all the questions now pending with Europe, without giving offence to any power. The Provi sional Government had not wasted the time after the revolution in February, but had at once shown its sympathy with Poland by passing a decree for the organization of a Polish legion in France. The events had advanced too quick to allow that matter to be pro ceeded with. The Hon. Deputy here referred to the correctness of the presentiments which the Provisional Government had exhibited in the manifesto which it had issued to the various Powers in Europe. [He here read a portion of the well-known manifesto of the foreign po li c y of the Republic, in which it is declared that France would make war on no power, but that it would s upport every country that might, in the effort to recover ] que l s ' t h i e ol p is ro t m h i a s t e ma g d h e t in ar t r h iv a e t tier athide. i ntac t before the National Asaembly had, he said, fully kept. lle then alluded to the va rious ' Savoy, and Germany, and declared that they its liberty, call b to g i t Belgium, rious attempts of invasion that had been made on had been made contrary to the wish of the French Go- He next spoke of insurrection in Italy, and f e re in any part of t h at country. He rea d several dis- Pjahinedrit that France had no intention whatever to inter declaring that the Italian Governments them selvesdveeacrtclre e dis patches, not wish for it. He then referred to Poland, an d ma intained that France had done as much as she could, with the desire to p reserve p eace. M. de Lamartine diplomatic age nts of the Republic at the northern here read the instructions which had been sent to the Courts. They wer e to tell Prussia and Austria that equitable condition to effect that consen t to every first condition of all was the reconstitu tionobject ; but the France' w ished for peace with both of them, and would of Polan d in such a manner as would satisfy all friends of moderation and liberty united. The Honour able Deputy then proceeded to relate the events which occurred Provisional Government had which the read a dispatch at that Court, expressing the utmost sent to its ageb e ts Ting of Prussia had not observed the at Posen after the revolution of Berlin, and surprise that th and to their establishment there the Poles to Posen , The conduct of the Kin, the dis on just conditions• reduced a most untoward eftsct in the patch stated, had promises which he had made relative to the return of and could not but tend to affect the terms of friendshipuwhich the Provisional Govern swith Prussia. The dispatch went i c keep ' t ies Pmanifested against the Poles in alluded to the severities appealed to the sentiments of humanity Posen, and ect all acts of a Government relative which ought to direct might have fallen intos - its power. M. to prisoners that the reply of M. d'Arnim to this de Lamartine also read , • he declares the King of 1 russia was dispatch, in which carrying out the promises which he had fairly and loyally prisoners were treated with humanity, made; that the severityhad been shown than was in and that no more ntenance of the rights of Prussia; dispensable for the maintenance that the King was actively and the reply also inprotests effecting such measures as constantly occupied to the terms laid down in the ap peared to him to resp ferring to the question of waging treaties of 1815. Re - he declared that to at temptwar for Poland with Gerninaen3o-, aid Poland, but to effect so would not to do Th e spread of liberal principles her annihilation. d more than any appeal to arms. not neglect the cause of would effect for Poland of the latter when more humane of aid could be made use and more certain measures of? France would certa be attempted me , ns shouldbefore Poland; but every The cause of Poland would be wail' was thought of. recourse to that dreadful alter gained without having native. e, urea inly Why, hdeine desired to asked, ,of thinkl3ranc (Lcft sitting.) BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 23, Boulogne and Amiens, 61/4—Sambre Wad Ineuee, 414. REIGN POLICY OF FRANCE. The National Assembly met at one o'clock yesterday, and in consequence of a report that an attack was in tended on the Assembly , considerable precautions were occupied ,by ca va l ry . the Hall, and th e taken. Six pieces of ar tiller y were placed in the Court. Strong detachments o f National Gu a r ds and Gardes qMuoabyisleisnotchceunpei i e g d hb t o h u e r p n o re o e d in o c e ts ro of General Baraguay d'llilliers (in full uniform)—th e National Assembly had passed a decree, after the events of May 15, investing him with the command of the troops especially appointed for the defence of the Chamber. Lie had, however, in the course of the morning, been in- GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA FLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR. The Preussische Staatsanzeiger of the 21st inst. contains the following important information from Vienna of the 18th inst. : His Majesty the EMPEROR with the EMPRESS drove last evening about six o'clock through the town in the direction of Mariahilf. He was cheered by the people, and returned their salutations. It was thought he was going to Schiinbrunn. An empty imperial travelling-carriage followed an hour after wards in the same direction, and four more tra yelling. carriages, with six horses each, fol lowed about nine o'clock. It became then evident that the Imperial Family had quitted Vienna. Early in the morning this event was announced by posted bills, containing a manifesto of the Ministry, who had before tendered their resignation, but who, at the en treaties of the EMPEROR and the University, had consented to remain in office ad interim. The Minis ters stated that a merely verbal communication had informed them of this sudden departure, for which the EMPEROR'S health was given as a motive, and that Innspruck had been fixed upon as his residence. They added, that the Commander of the National Guard, Count IloYos, accompanied by Count WILCZEK, was already gone after the EMPEROR, with a view of in ducing him to return. During the day it was found necessary to close the National Bank, the rush upon it being too violent for business to be properly transacted. Small parties are, however, admitted, and the payments of the Bank have not been suspended. The following is a copy of the Ministerial procla mation . "This day, about nine o'clock in the evening, have the Ministers been verbally and most unexpectedly informed that his Majesty the Emperor, from motives of health, with the Empress and the Archduke Francis Charles and his Royal Consort, and three Princes, have left the capital and proceeded in the direction of Innspruck. " The undersigned Ministry, being ignorant of the reasons and details of this journey, feel it their duty to bring the same to the cognizance of the inhabitants of this capital. " The Ministry have likewise thought it their duty to send the Commander of the National Guard, Count Hoyos, as a trustworthy man, to his Majesty with the urgent request to dispel the apprehensions of the people, either by the Emperor's return, or a statement of the reasons which make it impossible. The same urgent request will be laid before the Archduke by Count Wilczek. " The Council of Ministers are, moreover, fully sen sible of the duty they have to fulfil at this important moment—namely, to devote their undivided care and at tention to the interests of the country, and to act on their own responsibility as circumstances shall demand. Whatever information the Ministers may receive re specting this event, they will at once faithfully and completely publish. If direct commands or communi cations from the Monarch should reach them, they will likewise publish them. " Vienna, May 17, 1848. " FILLERSDORF. " LATOUR. " SOM MARUGA. " DOBLIIOFF. " KAUSS. " BAUMGARTNER:, The Preussische Staatsanzeiger contains another Vienna letter of the 18th at noon, in which it is said— " The news of the Emperor having left Vienna has thrown the town into the most violent excitement. The whole of the inhabitants have unanimously voted for the Emperor and for the maintenance of a constitutional monarchy. A few ill-advised youths tried to revolutionize the suburbs and to proclaim a republic. The National Guards had great trouble in saving them from being tern to pieces by the enraged multitude. Everybody is eager to restore order. A deputation is going to com municate to the Emperor the general wish for his return." It is a strange coincidence that at the very time of the EMPEROR'S departure the official organ of the Court, the Wiener Zeitung, was concocting a leading article on the utter impossibility of such an occur rence. The article, which was most awkwardly published on the morning of the 18th, runs as follows : " We understand the Central Committee of the Na tional Guard intend to request Ministers to retain their posts. We trust that the Ministers have a proper sense of their own position, and will not consent to anything of the kind. So striking a proof of the want of public confidence as the Ministers have had on the night of the 15th inst. will not allow them to remain under any con ditions whatever." The article proceeds next to advert to England, where a change of Ministry is accompanied by a similar change in the SOVEREIGN'S household, and hints that the Emperor of AUSTRIA would do well if he followed this example : " Those who surround the Emperor hare wilfully misinformed him of the true character of the rising of the 15;h. 'They stated that rising was against the Monarch; that he was no longer sate in his own capital. We will speak frankly. The time for whispers, inuuen• does, and tergiversations is gone by. The Emperor's departure would be like the flight of Louis Philippe. His last day at Vienna would be the first day of the Republic. It is not only the Emperor's interest, but it is also his duty, to remain at Vienua." The object of this article is not very clear, unless it is to frighten the people of Vienna with a threat, the execution of which the writer thought improbable, if not impossible. The Wiener Zeitung also contains a severe but just article on the contrast between the words and acts of the POPE. In the report of Field-Marshal RADETZIET to the Minister of War, the Count says— "ln conclusion, I must call the attention of the Minister of War to a very peculiar fact—namely, at St. Lucia, the enemy's men were treated by the POPE'S Swiss troops. This is singularly at variance with the amicable assurance made by his HOLINESS," concludes this article, " this Prince of Peace, instead of reconciling contending parties throws oil upon the fire ; then surely it is high time that the words spoken by HUTTEN and SICIIINGEN, three hundred years ago, were carried into effect. The ecclesiastical and political reform of Germanys will never be com plete so long as a dependent relatidii subsists between us and Rome." FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE. In their meeting of Friday, the Diet adopted a very important resolution, for the purpose of estab lishing a perfect similarity in all the customs and other duties affecting trade and manufactures in Ger many ; and in order that there might be amongst all the German states but one uniform system of taxa tion, they proposed that applications may be made to the following states :—To Austria, to Prussia, and the Zollverein states, to Hanover, and the states that have united in its system; to the Duchy of Holstein, the two Duchies of Mecklenburg, and to the Free Hanse states, Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh. The object of the applications to these different powers is to send to Frankfort men who are thoroughly ac quainted with the subjects of trade, customs, and taxation, in order that, in accordance with their sug gestion, one uniform system of customs taxes may be adopted for the entire of Germany. HERR STARNIER, the representative of Frankfort, who signed the protocol of the 4th of May, the publication of which has given rise to riots through out Germany, had addressed the following letter to his constituents, explanatory of the degree of import ance Ahich is to be attached to that protocol : " A great number of persons have attached to the i separate e p o r o t t h o o c o o lof the 4th t hos ew hoa ffi o this m affixed ed their nh signatures t m u ch to more ; and as it has given rise to much uneasiness, I feel myself compelled to address a few words to my fellow-citizens upon the tenor and the object of that document. " The duty imposed upon the Diet as well as on the seventeen delegates who have been attached to it, as bearing upon the National Assembly, consisted, as I conceive, in making every due preparation for tke pur pose of more completely attaining the main object aimed at in the National Assembly, and that is, the creation of a Germany which might be formidable abroad, united at home—constituting with its various nationalities a closely combined Federal State. " Consequently, it became the duty of the seventeen confidential men annexed to the Diet, to construct a fundamental law for the empire. It was the duty of the Diet, and especially of the commission (the commission of revision) nominated by it, to ascertain precisely how far that which was projected corresponded with the views of the different states. " The question of knowing if the Constituent Assem bi; would accept this project for the purpose of making it the basis of ,their discussions had to be ascertained; and, at all events, the said project was a preparatory labour, which was to be performed by the seventeen confidential men. " It was not until the 17th April that the seventeen delegates annexed to the Diet, submitted to the latter the project of the fundamental law which bad been constructed by them. It was then impossible to know or to discuss, up to the time of opening the Constituent Assembly, the views of the different Governments as to this projt ct. " In this state of things the commission of revision not being able to complete a work which could correspond with the nature of the task imposed upon them, sub mitted to the Diet, on the 4th of this month, in place of a regular report, a simple memorandum—that is, the in dividual labour of one of its own members ; and, in doing so, calling attention to the fact, that it contained, in part at least, remarks and suggestions which deserved to be taken into consideration, and then proposing that the ambassadors should demand instructions from their respective Governments relative to the fundamental law of the empire ; and transmitting to them, at the same time, the memorandum, in order that they might take cognizance of it. There was not in the Diet itself any discussion as to the tenor of the memorandum. It was merely read as a portion of the report of the commission; and there should be, moreover, according to the usual ruutine, an abstract of its contents made and communi cated to the several Governments. "In signing the protocol which contained the report of the commission (and it was by chance that the envoy of Frankfort, as the representative for the day from the four free cities, was one of those who did so), no one had the least idea that by attaching his signature he thereby expressed his approval of the memorandum. All that was meant by their signature was the recognition of the exactness of the entire protocol—that which was, i❑ fact, a mere formality, and a compliance with which would, under no pretext, be refused. Besides, the mem bers of the Diet, who, like myself, are not members of the Commission of Revision, could not make a very close examination of a report which they had never read until it had been printed—that is, until after their signatures had been attached to the protocol. " I conclude by the express declaration that, in sign ing- the protocol, and in adhering to the protocol, and the decree of the 4th of this month, as for Frankfort, or rather, in conjunction with the envoys present for the other three free cities, I have by no means declared my adhesion to the memorandum, and that I had no motive for making any such declaration but such as may be found in the resolution and public declaration of the Diet itself—that is, I testified' my adhesion to the decree as tending to send to the different Governments in order that they might take cognizance of it, the memorandum which had been inserted amongst the acts of their pro ceedings, as making a part of the report of the commis sion; whilst, as far as the city of Frankfort is concerned, there has not, as yet, been any vote given as to the con tents of the memorandum. " I hope that by the statement thus made by me I may be able to put an end to the misunderstandings which have arisen as to my signature being attached to the protocols; whilst I expect that in the candour of my fellow•eitizens I shall find appreciated, with that impar tiality that belongs to them, the true state of affairs. For myself I may declare that I never yet have yielded to any of my fellow citizens in the German feeling—in a perfect devotion to the honour and the fidelity of our native city, as well as of our great German country." BELGIUM. CHANGE IN THE MINISTRY. BRUSSELS, MAY 22.—The Courrier Beige says:— "We are assured that M. FRERE URBAN will not leave the Cabinet, and that the only change which will take place there is the withdrawal of M. VEYDT." HUNGARY. Serious disturbances have taken place at Pesth. The troops fired upon the people. Baron LEDERER, the Commander-in• Chief, has fled to Vienna. The troops were to take the oath of allegiance to the Hungarian constitution on the 12th. Our corre spondent, writing at 10 o'clock at night on the 11th inst., says— " There is now no means of stopping the revolutionary torrent ; the people have insisted on the return of the Hungarian troops from the foreign provinces. The Radicals are stirring—everywhere mobs of people surround the revolutionary speakers. A grand popular meeting is to be held to-morrow. It is now ten at night —the whole town is alive. The moon shines bright— numbers of people crowd about the streets. Speeches are making in the open air—the troops have been con signed to the citadel and the barracks —every post is occupied by the National Guard. Tranquillity will not be disturbed to-night, but to-morrow must be a decisive day. It is rumoured that Paul Nyari, the leader of the Radicals, has been directed to form a Ministry. Count Batthyani, the Prime Minister, arrived an hour ago from Vienna, whither he had repaired to send in his resigna tion. Paul Nyari has taken upon himself to raise on the spot 30,000 men. " I am informed that thirty persons were wounded dangerously in yesterday's affray : four have already died. According to the law of the country, the troops cannot interfere till they are called out by the civil authority. They not only did so yesterday, but rushed upon the unarmed people, and charged them mercilessly without the slightest warning or summons to retire. The Italian soldiers alone stood motionless, notwithstanding the orders of their officers. Public thanks were voted to them in to-day's meeting. General de Lederer fled during the night, and is on his way to Vienna, but the Austrian Government will be forced to give him up. The demand is already dispatched. The Hung ar i an colonel, Maurice Boyneburg, has provisionally taken the command-in-chief of the troops at Ofen." SWITZERLAND. The Diet has, up to this time, toted the following 17 articles of the new Federal Pact : "Art. 1. The population of the 22 sovereign cantons of Switz , rland, united by the prtsent alliance, form to gether the Swiss Confederation. "2. The object of the Confederation is to secure the independence of the country against foreign aggression, to maintain tranquillity and order at home, to protect the liberty and rights of the people, and to increase their common prosperity. "3. The different cantons are sovereign, inasmuch as that sovereignty does not infringe on the Federal Con stitution, and as such they exercise all the tights which are not vested in the Federal Government. " 4. All SAiss are i quAl in the eyes of the law. There is no privilege of birth, person, or family. "5. The Confederation guarantees to the different cantons their territory and rights as fixed by article 3. " 7. All separate alliances between da rent cantons is prohibited; but they have a right to enter into conven• Lions among each other for legislative objects, provided the same be submitted to and sanctioned by the federal authority. "8. The Confederation alone has the right to declare war and make peace, as well as to make treaties with foreign states. "9. Cantons may make treaties with neighbouring states on local subjects provided they do not in any way int ringe on the power conferred on the federal govern ment. " 11. Military capitulations are forbidden. " 12. No members of the federal authority, or civil or military functionaries, can receive any distinctions or pensions from foreign governments. " 13. The Confederation cannot keep up a permanent military establishment. " 14. In case of any difference arising between the cantons, it is to be settled according to the federal laws. " 15. In case of any danger from - without, the threat. ened canton is to apply for assistance to the Confedera tion, and to advise the Federal Government of the same. The expenses are to be shared by the Confederation. " 16. In cases of internal disorders in a canton, an immediate application is to be made to the Federal Government, which will adopt the necesssry measures for their repression, and the cantons called on are to lend their aid. The expenses are to be paid by the canton requiring such assistance. ;.• 17 . In a case arising as stated in the preceding arti cle, the cantons are to allow a free pass age to t h e troops marching to suppress the disorders." ITALY. TUSCANY, LOMBARDY, AND VENICE. The States of Massa Carrara, Lunigana, and Gar fagnana have declared in favour of a union with Tuscany, and a decree to that effect has been pub lished at Florence. The siege of Peschiera still continues. The pro.. spects of the Italians in Lombardy and Venice are somewhat clouded. The Constitutionna gives the following resume of the state of affairs in the North of Italy : " The Venetian provinces have but badly performed the noble part which had been assigned them by recent events, as the advanced guard of Italian independence against the armies of Austria. We have' seen that the Isonzu has not been defended. Udine yielded atter a few hours' weak resistance; Portogruaro, Pordenone, Belluno, and Feltre surrendered without firing a shot. Thus the line of the Tagliamento, and afterwards that of the Piave, were delivered up to the enemy. General Zucchi alone, shut up with 3,000 men in the fortress of Palma Nova, maintains in that advanced post the honour of Venice. The German journals, however, state, that after having sustained a long bombardment, that place is ready to surrender. " Durando, who had advanced as far as Bassano, has retired to Piazzola, to support Ferrari, who fell back on Treviso, after the battle of Corunda. Nevertheless, the Austrians on the 9th forced the line of the Piave, on the road to Treviso, in spite of the resistance of some artillery, who were obliged to retire before the superior attacking forces, after spiking their guns. On the 12th, the Austrians attacked Treviso , but Ferrari main tained his ground, and fought an action which lasted for ten hours. " Redoubts has been raised in front of the town, near the gate of St. Thomas. The fire of the batteries, skil fully directed by the Milanese volunteers, threw disorder into the Austrian ranks. Three sorties, the first by the Milanese volunteers, the second by the Italian legion from Paris, amongst whom are a number of Frenchmen, and the third by the Pontifical volunteers, completed the discouragement of the assailants; in spite of this advantage Ferrari felt that it would be impossible for him to maintain himself at Treviso, and he therefore concentrated his forces, amounting to 7,000 men, at Mestre, a few miles from Venice. When there he re ceived orders to detach 3,000 men from his force to pro tect Venice. Duraudo at the same time was requested by the general in command at Venice to retreat on that city, in order to secure it from a coup de main. " If this news be correct, the road is perfectly opened to Count Nugent to effect a junction with Radetzky at Verona unless the citizens of 'Trieste and Vicenza op pose his passage by a most desperate resistance. " By sea Venice is still blockaded ; but the Adri atic is covered with friendly vessels. The Neapolitan squadron, anchored at Ancona, has received orders to proceed to Venice, raise the blockade, and defend the coast. The Piedmontese squadron, composed of three frigates, a corvette, three brigs of war, and two steamers, will also come to the assistance of Venice. "The Roman Government which has to comPloll,6e the violence exercised against its mercha nt ships Austrianlces' squadron, has placed its flag un der the tion of Naples and Sardinia; the defenc e of the p coo ts re of the Pontificial States is being organised, sal e ll ! r f ; getic remonstrances are being made to these Austria Government through the Roman consul at Trste. "Under the presence of the peril with which 111, threatened, Venice turns towards the other states .01 Northern Italy, and begins to abandon her dream of the re-establishment of the Republic of St. Mark. The is governments o of Lombardy and Venice haven ust oft an agreement, in order to realise the projed 1 . 10 , tho two countries, and which, it 15 believe°, has obtained the consent of King Chalk/0i Albert. In fact the Lombards, who have uniteuti Piedmont,. carry the Venetians with them. In $ f days, therefore, a great constitutional kingthlrecj. Upper Italy will be formed, by the annexation to A l mont of Lombardy, Venice and the duchies of ply Parma, ad Modena. • P t "It is tone that a great part of this kingdom . d,r sin be recorquered from the Austrians, and the r° lll . b; of is to be defended from their attacks. he olg the war, however, falls on the King A ll r dLa lbir d on his army, but the government of more o° s of Italy will be the price of his victory. k Pl az° The political movement which has just ta-e n de ioto in Vienna will necessarily throw some disqu the the Austrian Cabinet, and a great division srntglint states which compose the Austrian empire; the °,`" s ad of fresh troops beyond the Alps will be inspo„ibie, it will thus create a useful diversion for Italy. 11 . The Vintcdue Ma rz o of Milan d enies that I Tt 'll be l viso has surrendered to Count NUGENT. A" out when the last accounts were received, s•ii *31 {ton under the command of FERRARI , had set outd Venice for its relief. The Neapolitan fleet ha till rived in the Adriatic for the purpose of ta n g blockade of Venice. GREECE. lOW By the Levant mail we have received 4-- - 0 journals to the 9th and Constantinop le J our be t° 90 6th instant. The Courrier crAthe nes of t'" to , contains i the following acco unt of an attetapt tatliltb, derCo M. . of lll G u r s e s e u c a e u :_ s, the Turkish am bassador 61 to Ad a tijOirr sad " A . deplorable event has just occurred, the ~ A pictuie which Greece now resents. I° s;rl 1 tilir h no is oll wi o r f the sth, M. Mussurus presents . in his °lib's-0811J°' e, when one of the servants of the ete o ipi/L tered suddenly and fired a pistol at hint. T h e e e feil; - raised his arm to protect his head, and re- fied F; discharge in his elbow. The assassin 1 1 0 ,, mediately, crying, ' Long live Gree ce ! Id '; was arre s t ,ti,,, killed the tyrant ; ' but he the street and lodged in prison. Ilis 11 ' 11 1 i 2 i s I J I soli Nadir, a native of Constantinople, 5c- e l l of age. It is said that he had no personal res sr o against M. Mussurus, who had in fact aloVereid,ll; him with great kindness, and his crime is ;,'ereger) cribed to political fanaticism. The wound i iio. i surus was instantly attended to, and t'e° s l t s/ l e extracted, but there are three others still r. fe ri4 4 l having lodged in the bone. On hearing of tbis r `pr King sah immediately sent his aide-de-camP, S ell e ' r et , t io ini, to express to M. Mussurus his deeP re ,io " o ,l 1 The rebellion in the Northern fr°'" continues. ------. f th e 'fie read in the C l o 'ij urr ß ie, d e E r-i.onstanlinBllll'°oir, 6th : n ood f 41 Re's' n l h n id co p n a s n e h q a u , en h c i e s of Excellency Alt of thile,,ioilo,li 02,0 Alt ac t i o s figt Foreign Affairs, has tendered his resig n , 6 od ' 19 Sultan. On 'Thursday morning th° u. 5 041 11 0 sheinnit an h officer to Ali Pacha, to s e il i: Al& his resignation Was acceP t t ioo , d bef receive t f a r t om him his insignia. At the Sa m e o,d Pacha, Minister of Finan 6 c s, ' and IsTafiz -"v" ' or t 'ic 4 of the Grand Council and eMinister without 1PP:10 delivered A.l, were air s s e , n a t n t for o d The two new Ministers, attended by of o cor, C 041 1„ Palace usage they c n i t l, w w here the Imperial decree appointing g b o e r or , A els were present in the Hall of tbe v^ r 0 , i o } OO l __._ e functions was read by the, grand reP ec eill7 Ac erl Eff nch. Alter this the two ew Ministers r n dow 0 congratulations of all the hi nh functionsriegkoeii:rgrseptl in n f the Sublime Porte, after which th e y.:o -1114v the Grand Council under the l'sesioey i Vizir." r si s The same journal has the following:"A Pe O r _ "The choera-morbus has within th e 1 7,00° 1 dri a days shown itself with alarming SY—`o ,01,1 ever. A considerable number more ot ct's eli ..l l°l3 --r b u l °I at Has-Keni, Balata, Arnaout Kent, '''ue relli_ ( lige' several merchant vessels. According to l'i o th' o or the board of health there . have been . 2 , 1 7 clici elli sh i e hell cf s rent t suburbs of Constantinople. At 4 ",. 35 7,0 0 ,1 e „ themselves i a a s ge b eih.entinvtsehoelgeprfeti plains hs t e h io a rf t h iv i is e ,t r a. a tiji l oti j l e :;: n ci d I A °.r el the Keui." . ---- rl Epsom itA-ti D (THIS DAY—BY I'4—v -p 11 OffisiiojesiovsTeraTh, hn KEg sit T il l expenses, : 8 . " 21 b ; the second to receive 10 0 5° t o, ERBY' ETA wGlerrse:sesnts,sparnidnc7th Jack winnerk to pay the sx. T. ft , :or three yrs ol:0;0:00.; ou t C L mm o rr r .. d ßß C o. lifden's Surpnliecel"vr I).e.r.bY C°ll,(ll.6e°3l3.niegditlie°ol Sh;lock " - Seventeen ran• ,' '' '' '' Won by a ._...... Le: ;, . y —_—_----- .' . lIIELAND. forl6. T ,_ THE STATE ---.---- ~, S pßoSEtiu (BY ELECTRIC TELEG AVO) 10' DUBLIN, TV.ES9° a t o qu oje d the indictment hsienudijiitcuim.lgeensTrial on rutataCg nnoaminisntis:si‘ionntchhaele, refuse Flg perT S sho E in ' s C lv o a NDARTES%---(11-----111S j)'°'') es.) (Before Mr. Secondary JA / 1 o f P tlill / encißnhoeidjuaclilonnel:w,t.dsuata:rodsltcf, asp a s )G. ma a d n e sndta.ec MARSH n t , ion: t o b l ' . r i enlicgAo vßeen.xriaBlo3. 0 i l• ri ° e , ~ ,: c ie o:i t . 0 :: o_.4 : 01 1 , ri : and ' • The defendant pleaded that he n' A O il crvh , named and defendant fellers acr (.p applied ted a Bt jell h d i ai r a,fiy):lirrilabg:°:ll37lll.4(l:oll*r"ott, • j' °111:°,.11 ceedi ngs. it to witness b way of sec re 0 ,i(1 , ? re 41. los, but thesepayments were nu" j pit" e Bill, but as bonusse ..rid Ori The Learned SEcONDARI said to get t ia, 4 1. iv-. t profitable adventure. 0 6 vv tli : tnheess Jury—Witness it was a common occurre: over'.o6, n ee ir 3 ,1 0 6 1)1 1 take ß esupmlasi_nottiffym_foonrlevyitfor accommodation c .' 6 4 ',,t vo to . . t h n t e , s f s ul a l t tearmw:urod:. p sirescaciou :roof:, Fl3intitf that he had received money 00... 00 14 , bill,_ e or that there was an agreement not 'euoept. tA billtis eclo,lanesrssipdaweiradesdtcoeavpileleardyin, payment a fresh ogres tic , Jon be 0 0 The Learned SECONDARY said there 0 „, 0tii.,,01, to prevent shillings et° to p t plaintiff cd t oe provee e d n i n a g b dloe, himtbhaatt t b o o cibbseci IT, ; ,e 4 paid on account of the bill. 0 0 'i The witness's wife was also called, a nd bitiiling lot that 61. ss. was paid, being thirty-live tOlio than Gadsden admitted. 1 ,, aid ° V i „,e 0 The Learned SECONDARY said that h.- itie. V' .. he ' be the form of the plea of payment we , t 1 fairness the plaintiff ought to allow A ll 016 01 0 0 paid. sod c i I lieve After some discussion this Was agreed f O9 " o t DO for en question left to the jury vials what 51 : 13 .„04 0 proved. Air. T htly ce ill The jury not beintt able to agree, „ t , ag the plaintiff, and Mr. O'Brien, for defeedn' verdict fur 51. rieopOs‘a' , if — s w a N i e d that was what they r Mr. 'ruomAs—And 16s. interest ? the T'Mr matter; hree. .jiruulirr°y 31 Aslo oh,asv/e. toogrineccdlu.de interest. a o f °l'4 • d obi e 4 ' l Mr. O'BnlEN—Not to pay interest. s a ~,, Mr. T —You have been o'eprivc us, but rtil:i3lllAsb—eaWcealui'tio6ns.tois pnec'otpre muchllgtt° °A shillings to let a bill stand (2! 1. ' --• 00' 4 MIDDLESEX SESSI the DAY .) tr ) 3 3 . el juDGE., fa 1 11 (Before the ASSIGTSZa- t ., rew The Court th . werethe i no d f i is Eno ~,,,, pr D r_ouigehtl_ofot* a e tments re turrnneidngagg:itntsbt A ir very trivial cliaractel o r i ill ------------- Tha Otrel°ll ° THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS! ~.- in Dork i Ale sioneci officers and men of the divisi°6sading v P ic " .41 assemble under their respective conon,_ser treoP°:o, .0 Hyde- park, on Saturday, with th © no,u, be l i ea P o il e ol' brace her Majesty's birthday, and the '-'__ Aist rie so l i tof of the Woolwich division of the Lookionsr"rion, Aulii,:;eli storable with the other troops in th ° go„ so o 4 " ii yr' e iol 6 wieb.comenon, for the same purrs.ibdi,,ision '`..e CO„fro 29, the pensioners of the liroolwicnw, le o f t: .16 o . ; ri j , to London and asseroble with the ._"ii,vtle.P_„, 11 pensioners in the London district, lu i iiiscou 4,0 al Da' they will be reviewed by Genera ~ „a, w ile P OP, inge, G.C.13., and G.C.11 , on that " t ' thostillA. It 11l ei INVERNESS, MAY 17.---Aln°los 010 "0000001 fallen victims to typhus fever be„ t he °_,, sod pc Andrew Fraser, better known u.../e,„ p0c.,,, ei,,tio Andrew Grogan. Andrew Was 13 . 0 vu„, tito.,:ooo,,Pno, m WO ' i t veY s ' 10 / r ot' of his effusions appeared fro .. ye re a , 00 0 "0 e papers. His literary pretensions e"„aoteit'il 0 0 vier good; and several clever articles n,riared ~., 10 o r 5,, some of which occasionally. ?P rod fool/ ife d :, periodicals. He has left a w.ite :dveriise% reCer (013„0 his pretnature loss.—Ross-slitre i i I equer lol a 003evia iP The Chancellor of the x e -I w o $ l3 void 1 , from " 11. T.," " on account of uti3-e"wijj be ._ neglected to be paid." The 1%/12° Exchequer. A