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During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Watts, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. _ Will open for the SeasoT TO-MORROW EVENING, When will be performed the original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John James Chucks. Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mn.r Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. ' Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week but One of the Season, arrangements having been made for the appearance of the Equestrian portion of the Establishment at Edinburgh. TLiumphant success of the Popular Equestrian Spectacle of 3fazeppa, which has been nightly received with enthusiasm. Brilliant career of Lady Godiva. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Lord Byron's Hippodramatlc Spectacle of MAZEPPA ; or, The Wild Horse. To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS• TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GODIVA A-ND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. You-ofilee open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. LAST FOUR NIGHTS OF TILE SEASON. Attraction unprecedented. Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER and MISS TOWNSEND. Re-engagement of MR. HENRY piimmrs. First Appearance of Mr. A. sEDGWICK. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Damson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. 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L.. }.!11 - n aITIL LONDON; TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1843, The proceedings at the Central Criminal Court, during the last fcw days, are suggestive of the most &lions considerations. We do not allude to the case of the unfortunate individual who has already been convicted on the second count of the indictment, and ho will have to expiate the offence, of which a jury of his countrymen have declared him t) be guilty. Still less do we allude to that of the other prisoners who are now actually on their trials, or who are awaiting the investigations that must decide the question of their guilt or innocence, of their freedom or captivity. Whatever may be our private opinions re specting the acts charged against these parties, we shall abstain from any expression thereof until the last solemn inquiry has terminated, and the fate of the last prisoner has been decided, and no longer hangs trembling in the balance. What we would now in rite the public attention to is the necessity of a speedy revision of certain defects still existing in the administration of the law, with a view to their re moval and the adoption of a more just and equitable system. The first point to which we would advert is, that under the present system a person charged with a grave and heavy offence, which may in volve even his life itself, or his perpetual banishment from his native land, and the forfeiture of his liberty during his future existence, is kept coin pirativk•ly ignorant of the exact nature of the charge preferred against him, and is called upon to plead without a moment's time being allowed to his legal advisers to consider the nature of the defence that may be offered on his behalf, or to examine whether the indictment is framed in strict accordance with law. We repeatedly witness the most unseemly altercations between the law officers of the Cl own and counsel engaged in behalf of prisoners, more especially when the offences charged are of a political character, arising from the refusal to grant applications which should be conceded "Ex debito justitite." Copies of the indictments are perpetually asked for, and almost invariably refused, where the request is merely a matter of favour that can be legally denied. Copies of the jury panel, too, are sometimes desired, but these are never granted in any case, and we consequently find the time of the Court repeatedly taken up, to the great obstruction, of the public business, by repeated arguments, as to the right of the prisoner, whether he is entitled to have the indictment read over three times, verbatim, in a slow and audible tone of voice, or whether he must be contented with one such reading, or whether he is authorised, before each juror is empannelled to try the case, to examine the party on what is termed in law the " voir dire," in order to ascertain by his own evidence whether he entertains any bias or prejudice that would render him ineligible to decide indifferently between our Sovereign Lady the QUEEN and the prisoner or prisoners at the bar. All these discussions, highly prejudicial to the course of justice, ard too often calculated to bring the admi nistration of the criminal law into contempt and disrepute, would be altogether avoided by en titling every prisoner to have a copy of the indict ment which it is intended to prefer against him delivered to him, at least one clear day before he can be called upon to plead thereto; and also (if he choo se s to demand it) t o h ave a copy of the jurors' list, f rom which those wh o are to try h w ill ed so at the same tim e , or , at least be em to pannell a moderate time for investi gation before allow he shall decide wh e th er he w ill exercise the - right of setting aside peremptorily a partic u l ar j ury may, or challenging for express Cause , such as pre oonceiv.4d opinions, partiality, or the like. Undue the present practice a powerful illustration is afforded of the far greater respect for, and:protection to property evinced by the British law, than it ex hibits for life or liberty. If a pecuniary claim i s made upon any parson, he can obtain a copy of the declaration from the proper officer (upon paying a modente fee for scriveney), and the particulars of the plaintiff's demand must be served on him four clear days at least, before he is called upon to plead to the action. In cases of misdemeanour he may also obtain a copy of the bill of indictment, but if the charge be of a felonious character that pri vilege is denied, and although all his goods and chat tels may be forfeited to the Crown upon his convic tion, and his future prospects in life for ever blighted, he is not permitted to obtain that which is essential to a fair and impartial trial. The humane theory of the British law is, that it is better that ninety-nine guilty persons should escape the punishment due to their crimes, than that one innocent man should suffer. In practice, however, innocent men are re fused what may be essential to make their innocence apparent, lest a guilty person might possibly escape, by the opportunity afforded to his advocate of dis covering a flaw in the indictment, if any blot should actually exist therein. Why should persons be de barred from the strictest inquiry into the validity and legality of the charge, because the results are of an infinitely more momentous character than any that could follow an adverse decision in a civil case or in one of misdemeanour. Again, the trial by jury is regarded as the great palladium of an Englishman's liberty. It is his proudest boast that he cannot be adjudged guilty of any offence, save on the unanimous verdict of twelve of his peers, indifferently and impartially selected. This is a beautiful theory, but how is it carried out in practice? The sheriff, an officer nominated, with some rare exceptions, entirely by the Crown, in whose elec tion the people hare no share, nominates the jurymen as he thinks proper. We doubt not that this extraordi. nary power is in every instance most impartially and fairly exercised ; but it may be abused, and in cases of great political importance the imputation will fre quently be made, although perhaps most undeservedly. Why should not every ground of suspicion be re moved by the publication of the jury panel a few days before the sittings commence, and the delivery of a copy to every prisoner who chooses to demand it ? By this means the current of justice will flow pure and unsullied, and be (as it ought) above the breath of slander or reproach. A banquet—brilliant, political, philosophic, enthu siastic—has at last taken place in the Champs Elysees. Not the banquet of a few pottering re formers, sprinkled with the demireps of aristocracy, and variegated by the colours of those statesmen who degenerate from mob-orators to place-hunters, from place-hunters to courtiers, and from courtiers down wards to the lowest grade of all, the sycophants of kingcraft. Nothing of all this cast a gloom over the convivialities of the Republicans who, on Friday afternoon, dined under the green trees in the garden of the Chalet. M. °DILLON BARROT, in the me morable spring of the current year, made an appoint ment with three millions of men on the Boule vards, and failed to keep it. The Parisians could not easily forget that dereliction of political consistency. No more patchwork improvements for them ! no more cobbling of the old decaying consti tution ! no more extraction of the rotten planks, and substitution of the sound ones as a compensation for their evanescence ! The doom of the whole blundering edifice was pronounced by the heroes of February. The Past was swallowed in the Revolution. The Present was a chaos, obscured by confusion, and dark ened by doubts, but lit up, nevertheless, with the gleams of hope, and the meteors of popularity, and the flashes of heroism, and the conflagrations of oratory. As for the Future—it was a region of dim anticipations, of doubts, and anxieties, of the joy of confidence and of the dejection of dread, a vista as fluctuating and as feebly defined as might have been expected from the perspective ambition of a volatile and ima ginative people. Talk as we may of the extravagance of some of the leading statesmen of February—of the despotism of the commissaries sent into the depart ments by the Provisional Minister of the Interior, of the economic hallucinations of Louis Bemsc, of the rhetorical rant of Ilccost in the Reforme, and the subversive Socialism of ALBERT in the .Atelier—it must be confessed that there was at least in these men a manliness of daring which compensated in some measure for the total want on their part of the dig nity of virtue or of the grandeur of patriotism. For these reasons we have watched the character and the proceedings of the democratic banquet of Friday, without that inexorable predisposition to suspect and to abhor which obscures the judgment of those who are filled with an antipathy for Communism. After the speech delivered by the President, N. AUDRY DE PUTRAVEAU, in the course of which he took en oath of fidelity to the Democratic Republic, an oration was uttered by M. LEDRU ROLLIN, the dis tinguished but unpopular member of the Provi,ional Government and the ExQcutive Commission. To den) the eloquence of this oration would be as ridicu lous as to deny that its tendency, though obscure and inferential, was in a very peculiar degree pernicious. The orator repudiated Socialism, but in the same breath he adopted its synonym, called Social Repub licanism. lie reverenced n ot FOUREIER, but the ghost of FOURRIER, not Saint SimoN, but his sha dow, not the Organization of Labour, but the aboli- ion of competition. He grew impassioned as he tracked the recollections evoked over the sequence of fifty-six years when he raised his wine. cup to his lips and drank To the Anniversary of the 22d September, 1792 ! The Right to Labour ! he exclaimed : Was that Socialism ? No : it was not Socialism—it was Republicanism ! The infinitesimal division and dis tribution of property! Was that Socialism ? No : it was not Socialism—it was Republicanism ? The Equalization of public imposts! Was that Socialism ? No :it was not Socialism—it was Republicanism ! The abolition of monastic vows ! Was that Social ism ? No : it was not Socialism—it was Republicanism ! " Yes ! it is Republicanism !" he exclaimed, "it is Republicanism ! and the adver. saries of the true Republic are aware that that Re public, if once rooted in the morals of the country, cannot be overthrown." A sophism, that—and a sophism to our thinking as tawdry and hollow as any one of those shallow dogmas which have been born from the soul of an unprincipled ambition. For a man who insinuates the spoliations of the rich, to talk of the morals of the country ! For a man who hints at the despotism of the rabble over the conscience, to talk, forsooth, of the morality of his proposed institutions ! But enough of this brawling affectation of justice—this flimsy pretence of humanity—this tinselled mask of pa. triotism. The violence of the sentiments enunciated on Friday evening, in the gardens of the Chalet and in the Champs Elysees, by M. 'ADM" ROLLIN, has done more to damage his reputation as a Republican statesman than the insolence of his circulars or the tyrannical behaviour of his commissaries. Hence- I "orth his name will never be whispered among ;hose of the practicable politicians capable of securing the salvation of the Republic. He can never regain power except by building up for himself a new popularity; and to acquire a new po pularity, it is necessary for him to repudiate almost every act of his past career. History will pre , serve his name among those men who, by a glo rious display of courage, or rather by a magnificen ebullition of audacity, saved France on the 24th February. The glory of that event will pre serve his name to posterity, but the frivo lity of his ideas, and the rashness of his philosophy, will cover the subsequent incidents of his biography with the pall of oblivion, that pall which conceals nothing but baseness and corruption. M. LEDBU Ronnui has had opportunity enough to be a great man, and has been, without courage enough to render himself a bad man—he was shot up into cele• brity, almost by accident, and in obedience to all the laws of moral and intellectual gravitation, is now falling into the depths of insignificance. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 20th have arrived. General CORDOVA and his staff arrived at Barce lona on the 17th. The General immediately assumed the command of the province of Catalonia. It was announced in Madrid that AMETTLEE, at the head of 400 mien, bad entered Catalonia. MADRID BOLSA , SEPT. 19.—Three, 19 15.16 i ; Fives, 101 i ; Exchange on London, 47 80 cash. ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.—The 12th com pany of this branch of the Ordnance corps were medi cally inspected at the Ordnance Hospital on Friday lest, and their baggage put on board the Princess Royal, hired transport ship at Woolwich, on Saturday, and the company under th e command of Captain Baillie, RE., will embark to-day, Monday, Sept em b er 25, f or Gib raltar, to relieve the 11 th company under th e c om m an d of Captain Ilutclainson, stationed at Gibraltar since June, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIN G-, SEPTEMBER 26, 1848. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. Prince Louis NAPOLEON arrived on Sunday even ing. No attempt was made to disturb the public tranquillity, as the preparations of General CAVAIG NAC were so complete as to render all such attempts hopeless. The speech of M. LEDRU ROLLIN at the Chalet is regarded by almost all the moderate papers as a declaration of war against society. The Journal des Debuts says:— " The speech of M. Ledru Rollin is not precisely a chef d'xuvre, but as it has been put forth as a pro gramme of the future, it is well to know to what we are proceeding. " To what, therefore, are we to come, or rather what wculd be our fate if M. Ledru Rollin had the guidance of affairs ? To a general war and assignats. That is not only the result, but it is the avowed object of the programme of M. Ledru Rollin. The old mem ber of the Provisional Government remarks with great severity on the foreign policy pursued by the present Government ; he announces that he will speak more fully elsewhere ; but he has already said enough to convince us that he has nothing in his head but revolutionary propagandism. With regard to the domestic policy pursued, M. Ledru Rollin ex presses his views on financial affairs, and chooses as his model the great citizen, Cambon. That name is too closely connected with the system of assignats to be rea dily forgotten, and a reference to the Moniteur will in form us of all his propositions on the subject of assignats, forced loans, suspension of the payment of pensions, &c. There is nothing in all this to quiet uneasiness; and when speaking of the subject, M. Ledru Rollin exclaims with enthusiasm, 'May we not find another Cambon?' " But M. Ledru Rollin asks other very indiscreet questions. For instance, he demands what has been done for the people since February? It is not for us to reply; but had we to do so, we should say like every one else, Money has been wanting.' But to this M. Ledru Rollin observes, that he could never comprehend that objection. He is very fortunate. Let him then address himself to M. Goudchaux, or even to M. Gamier Pages and M. Duclerc, to all finance Ministers; past, present, and to come, always excepting a Cambon, and ask them if they understand it. But that is of no conse quence. Our fathers,' he said, 'lived by expedients, and it is thus that all revolutions are supported. Such, therefore, is the programme of thefutore. A great country must live like a spendthrift, from day to day ; making bills, and doubling the expense in proportion as he devours his capital. What a future. But it is said, at such or such a period, in times of great embarrass ment, millions and even milliards have been found. That is true. There is a great alchymist—credit ; there is a philosopher's stone—which is confidence. But con fidence cannot be commanded. You may apply to it what has been said of a , woman, She is like your shadow; fly from her, and she follows you ; follow her, and she flies from you.' You complain that money has been concealed—that there must, after thirty years of peace, be plenty of it, and that it must be found. Seek it then, ye searchers after measures. It will hide itself in the bowels of the earth from whence it first came, and you will be reduced like the great citizen Cambon to make laws against it—and that is what is called a pro gramme for the future—and you do not observe that it is only the deplorable and vulgar prospectus of the past! We know of no greater reactionist than M. Ledru Rollin ; when ho speaks we think we are listening to a voltigeur of '93. What Frederick William wished to do for the middle ages, M. Ledru Rollin wished to effect for the Convention, and it is well known bow the thing succeeded beyond the Rhine. " The great object of M. Ledru Rollin is to make republicanism enter into our habits, but we humbly opine that different manners may be adopted for effecting it. When he was Minister of the Interior he endea voured by his circulars and his commissaries to instil his own republican ideas into the habits of the people. We doubt whether he has had reason to congratulate himself on his efforts, and we think he must have learnt that it is not for the country to make ;itself the image of the Republic, but for the Republic to become the image of the country." It would appear from the Constitutionnel that the 6puken speech was even more violent than the pub lished one. That journal says : " The speech delivered by M. Ledru Rollin at the banquet at the Chalet, on the anniversary of the French Republic, was, it is said,'.before publication very much corr.- c , ed and softened down. This is scarcely to be credited, for even in his well-known circulars has he ever given way to more violence of expression. What is here called right of labour, forced loan paper money, &c., is nothing more nor less than universal war with ali its const quences, and that is the happiness which M. Ledru RAllin promises to France in the name of the true Republic." It is abundantly evident that LEDRU ROLLIN is now willing to go to the extremest lengths of Com munism in order to gratify his hatred of the moderate Republicans. In the Reforme of yesterday we find the following attempt to excite the Communists and Red Repub licans to another rising. In large characters there appears :—"Bieith Bulletin of the- Republic of 1848. Departdre of the transported (insurgents)." Here follows a dismal account of the departure of 550 in surgents for Havre, in the midst of rain and storm. Then conies the following bulletin, equally in large print :—" Other Bulletin of the Republic of 1848. Fete at the President's of the .National Assembly. The musical part of the fete given this evening by the President the National Assembly will be com posed of a fraginent of Eden, of Christopher Co lumbus, by DAVID, and of an air of the Favorite, sung by Mdlle. LAMORCIERE. Viva la Repub lique.' " We find the following resume of the present state of parties in France in the Siecle : " We are far from considering as well rounded the al.arns which at present are felt in the public mind; we must not, however, deceive ourselves by illusions; the violent party does not cons id er i tse lf as vanquished; far from being broken by the late events, they ara still closely united; they have the cohesion and the discipline of an army, and they march forward with boldness to the accomplishment of their designs. Let it not, therefore, be forgotten that there are sixty thousand men, all ene mies of social order, animated by mad passions against the National Assembly, and keeping up amongst them selves the most intimate relations, and that they ma y b e on foot either to vote -or to combat on the first signal from their invisible chiefs, and ready, for th e p urpose o f securing the triumph of their Utopian schemes, to range themselves under any standard of insurrection that may be unfurled. "There are many honest citizens who are discontented with the Republic, which has not, we confess, been as yet calculated to inspire them with much enthusiaszn,:and very well disposed, as they say, to receive pretender, provided he presents himself under favourable circumstances, and surrounded with a respectable cortege. This classofcitizens await Louis Napoleon, doing him the injustice to sup peso that ho will prefer the character of an adventurer to that of a devoted citizen. Others would prefer the Prince de Joinville, whose foresight, if he had been free or more influential, would have saved the late govern ment from its faults, and from their attendant ruin. Oilers, again, feel convinced that the restoration of Henry V. is inevitable; others, again, in their impatience and discouragement, would be kclined to accept the first corner. But let all who entertain those ideas reflect that at the back of any movement that might be made by any party there would bo found the army of So cialists, ready to turn; their demonstrations and their efforts to their own advantage, and to trample every standard in the dust a n d i n bl oo d, i n order to raise their own red flag on the ruins of our city. Let all who feel impatient and discontented bear these reflections well in mind. To them we would say,' 'France, if united, will triumph over every peril which may threaten her.' The Moderate party in the country is endowed with strength and intelligence; let it continue to be just, firm, and vigilant, and it will have nothing to fear from fac tions. The Republic is France—it is us. France will have the government Which she thinks best suited to her interests, and of which she will be worthy." The National announces that 4,000 French troops have landed at Venice from four steam-frigates. In the same journal we find an article warning the Vienna Ministry and their Archduke JOHN that their reactionary intrigues are discovered. "Does Austria, for instance," asks the National, "be lieve that we are ignorant of what is passing at Vienna ? Do we not know that the mediation, at first refused, was only accepted at the instances of the Ministers of Holland and Belgium, and with a view to gain time ? Do we not know that the project of the Camarilla was to begin by crushing Hungary, and then to return with all its forces, not against Italy, but against Vienna, where the democracy has broken down all impediments?" " Does the Assembly at Frankfort, discredited amongst the Germans themselves, hope to deceive us ? Let it try, then, to push liberal Germany against us. - As for Prussia, we know that her King feels too uneasy about his own throne to be thinking of us. Russia remains— this flaming sword of absolutism, supreme hope of the phantom of an Emperor that the Archduchess Sophia rules from Sehoenbrunn. Russia? She has a numerous army but little money ; and even if she possessed ex haustless treasures, they would be neutralized by the fear of putting her troops in contact with the west. The Czar dreads ideas more than artillery. Lot war break out and Gallicia, which out of horror of Austria (another insult to Austria) spreads her arms to him, would, as well as Posen, be occupied by Russian troops, but they would advance no farther. And what do Hun. gary and Bohemia, crushed but not enslaved, wait in order to proclaim their entire independence ? The signal of war." _ _ " A high Prussian functionary said to the one of our selves a few days ago, and he :is a man not disposed to accept the republic, Before a year is about, no matter what happens, the different German states will be formed into a republic, not into a single republic, but into a se ries of Republics united by a federal link. And that which will provoke this general revolution will be the entry of a French army into Italy.' "If these words, emanating from a man so well placed for appreciating circumstances be true, the miserable game played by Austria may retard her fall, but will not save her. A law superior to all polhical combinations rules European affairs. The old monarchical mould is broken, and everything tends in the world towards the constitution of the unirersal democracy." Paris was perfectly tranquil up to the hour of the departure of the post last evening. The Illoniteur du Soir of Saturday says :—" Our relations with the states of Central America have just been interrupted. Our Consul has quitted Guate mala, leaving our countrymen under the protection of the representative of Great Britain. We are as . - sured that this measure was taken in consequence of grave insults to the new Government of France, in which insults the President CARREVA is said to have been associated." In the sitting of the National Assembly yesterday, the discussion on Article 16 of the Constitution was resumed, and an amendment accepted by the Govern ment and the Committee, and adopting the principle of proportionate taxation, was adopted by a majority of 644 to 96. Article 17 was adopted without debate, and the discussion was going on on Article 18 (which relates to the public authorities) at the time the post left. Great excitement was created among the ultra democratic party at Lyons by the return of the moderate candidate. On Thursday a mob of six or seven hundred individuals in blouses went to the Prefecture, and summoned the Prefect to appear. The Prefect having come forward, they demanded with loud and confused cries the annulment of the election of M. RIVET. The Prefect explained that he had not the power to do what they required— that the Assembly alone bad; and that they should petition if they had any proofs of illegality to bring forward. " Proofs !" cried they, "we don't want proofs, we are convinced ourselves, and that's enough ! We have been robbed and tricked, and will have the election recommenced !" After a good deal of parleying, haranguing, and vociferation, the Prefect, fearing that the mob would invade the Pre fecture, called out the troops of the post and made them station before the railing. Subsequently the mob assembled on the Place des Terremi., ..a re mained to an advanced hour, b aw li ng t h e c h orus of the Marseillai4e7 " Aux ar mee , c i toyens !" &c. A band paraded the quays, roaring the same words, but no other disturbance took place. These demonstra tions, however, caused great alarm to the peaceable population. The following letter, says the:ilionileur du Soir, has been addressed to the British Consul at Boulogne by the National Guards who visited England : " Monsieur le Consul,—Being unacquained with the administrative formalities of your country, we take the liberty of requesting your kind intervention to thank your fellow -countrymen in the name of all our comrades assernblA at Boulogne, for the kind care, the gracious and friendly reception, and the respect and attention of every kind, of which we were the object during our too short stay in England. In the impos sibility, Sir, of transmitting to you the names of all those to whom our sincere thanks are due, we restrict ourselves to naming the directors of the Continental steamers, and particularly Mr. Herbert, their secretary general ; the directors of the South-Eastern Railroad, and Mr. Ccckerton, their representative at the London station ; to Superintendents Swan and Essel, and Cap tains Paul and Monger. Be pleased, Sir, on this occa sion, to be the interpreter of our sentiments of gratitude towards the honourable functionaries by whose delicacy so many of our fellow-countrymen have profited. if such conduct, Sir, leaves anything to be desired, it is the opportunity of proving, in our turn, to your fellow-coun trymen, the value that we attach to this mark of sympa thy to the French name." The Minister of the Finances has issued a notice contradicting a report that the dividends on the Five per Cents. for the present term were not to be paid. The Minister says that the payment com menced on the 221, and that arrangements have been made giving additional facilities to the public in order that the operation may be finished with promp titude. BOURSE.—PARIS, MONDAY, SEPT, 25. THREE o'CLocii.—The uneasy feeling which pervaded the Bourse for the last week still continues. To-day there was hardly any business done, and it was with difficulty that the Rentes and Shares were sustained. There were various rumours afloat of Bonapartist conspiracies, but they were not generally credited. The landing of the French troops at Venice is also looked upon as likely to lead to fresh complications. For the Account, the French Three per Cents. and Five per Cents. remain at the prices of Saturday, but quotations arc nearly nominal; the Loan has fallen 25c,.. For Money, the Three par CentF. bare risen 25c.; Five per Cents. remain as on Saturday; while the Loan is sc. lower; Bona du Tresor are not quoted; Bank of France Shares hare fallen 15f.; Belgian Bank Shares are quoted for the first time for some weeks at 645; ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents, are at 39; Spanish Active not quoted; ditto Three per Cents. not quoted ; ditto Passive aro at-2g ; Homan have risen 1 per-cent. on the news of the formation of a new Govern ment; Rothschild's Receipts are as on Saturday. Ex change on London (30 days), 25f. 30c.; ditto (90 days), 25f. 1 iic. Railway Shares are without any material change, with the exception of liavres, which rose sf. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TILL LONDON STOCK-EXCIIANGE, SE r. 25. Boulogne and Amiens, 534—Orleans and B or d eaux, )7(3.i GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. BADEN. SUCCESSFUL INSURRECTION PROCLAMA TION OF A GERMAN REPUBLIC. The Republicans under STRUVE have made a suc cessful outbreak in Baden, and have proclaimed a German Republic. According to the Gazette Na tinale Suisse, STRUVE had returned to the Grand Duchy to attend his trial for certain articles which he had published in his paper, the Spectateur Allemand. He was received by the people with enthusiasm, who accompanied him to Lorrach and conducted him to the Hotel dc Ville. There he harangued the people, whu arrested the magistrates and the other employes of the Government, and imprisoned them. The tocsin sounded, the whole of the neighbouring communes rose, the refugees return e d t o t h e i r h omes, was called ou t, th e republic pro claimedublican army, di v id e d i n t o th ree the L a d a s n t d r u the m rep columns, was marching upon Carlsruhe, having pre to prevent the ad vance ay the last accounts left thev pre viouslyßepublicans u troops. trhee completely'When masters of Lorrach. The revenue collectors had taken the oaths to the Republic, martial-law had been proclaimed against traitors and reactionaries. Orders had been given to the authorities to keep the tocsin ringing all day in the different communes, and signal fires burning on the mountains all night, to arrest all Monarchists and sequestrate their property, and to call out all the young men capable of bearing arms and direct them to present themselves at the chef lieu of the district. All these orders were issued in the name of the Republican Government, and signed, " STRUVE." The following proclamation has been addressed to the German people by the chief of the Baden insur rection :--- " The struggle between the people and their op pressors has commenced. The people have been fired upon even in the streets of Franckfort- on-the- Maine, the seat of the impotent Central Power and of the verbose Constituent Assembly. The sword alone can save the triumphs at F rankfort, Germany will be plundered German people. If the reaction and oppressed by legal means in a manner more ter rible than she could have been by the most bloody wars. To arms, Germans ! The Republic alone can conduct us to the goal at which we aim. " Long live the German Republic I " In the name of the Provisional Government. (Signed) " G. STRUVE. " German Republic —Prosperity, Education, Li berty for all. Head-quarters, Lorrach, Sept. 21." • It is said that the Baden insurgents have taken Friborg in: the Black Forest, and the French Patrie of Sunday publishes a letter from Mulhausen, an nouncing that they had taken Carlsruhe, deposed the Grand Duke, and marched upon Frankfort. The following PRUSSIA. Programme was addressed by the new Minister, Vox PFuEL, to the Diet in their sitting of the 22d : that, while ob ey i ng " We approach th e august Assembly under t h e assur anceßing, and accepti ng the posts assigned to us, we are firmly resolved t o continue in the trodden const i tut i ona l road. 'We will energetically defend the liberties guaran teed to the Prussian people, and repel every reactionary the command of his Majesty the attempt with all the authority of our office. We will take especial care that these principles are rigidly obeyed in all the branches of the public service, whether civil or military. " The administration which this august Assembly is on the point of uniting with the Crown will, we trust, have the guarantee in itself that the Prussian nation, inti mately united with the whole German nat i on , w ill b e u nanimous and s t rong. " In the course of the sitting General VON PFUEL addressed the Assembly as follows : " We appear berm) „this Assembly, Wing entered upon the new office to which his Majesty has appointed us, and we wish to express our firm resolution ,to con tinue in the constitutional course which has been adopted. We will protect the liberties which have been guaranteed, and oppose reactionary movements in every branch of the public service, among the civil classes as well as among the military. The constitution which is now being settled with the consent of the Crown will, I trust, contribute to promote the great object which the union of the Prussian and the German people is:destined to accomplish, We are devoted to the promotion of the interests of the Prussian people, but we shall not forget that it is the duty of every Government to op pose anarchy, and that it is the desire of the whole country that this duty should be fulfilled. We aro aware that liberty must be united with order, and that it is only thus that trade and agriculture can nourish. We would hasten the work of the constitution as much as lies in our power; and, besides the laws for the Burgher Guard, we will soon propose others with respect to the new orders for the communes, districts, and provinces. We will maintain the rights and liberties of the people, as well as the rights and the authority of the Crown. We will communicate to you what you desire to know with respect to the Administration, and notice your wishes. At the same time we consider it our duty to protect the rights of the Crown, which holds the executive power. We enter upon our duty with a full consciousness of the difficulties connected with it, but likewise with the hope and confidence that a common feeling of patriotism will promote unity amongst us." The discussion whicb ensued was very animated, and several questions were put by Herr KIRCHMANN as to the appointment of General VoN WRANGEL to the command of the troops, and as to the concentration of the troops round Berlin. Vox PFEEL replied that General VoN WRANGEL had been appointed Com mander-in-Chief of the troops, but that the concen tration of military forces in this city had no other object than: to offer protection to the National As sembly, and to maintain public order, in case it were not in the power of the Burgher Guard to do so. A placard, evidently emanating from the National Assembly, has been posted on the walls of the ca pital : "Citizens and Inhabitants of Berlin,—A dark cloud has arisen, which will probably menace and put in ques tion the existence of the INElLltniul Assembly, which re presents all the people—the cause of liberty—the cause of the people. Fellow-citizens, in face of these dan gers, it is the sacred duty of every one cheerfully to devote himselt to the cause of the people and of liberty. "Let the people of Berlin calmly and silently, and with the rigorous observance of legal order, watch the progress of things, in order that they may in the sequel act worthy of themselves. This, however, we declare— that the National Assembly will know how to execute its mission with immovable confidence, and will know how to repel, under every circumstance, every attempt at violence, it matters not when or f rom w he nce it comes." The Cologne Gazette has the following from Berlin, 20th inst. :—" General DE WRANGEL has to day reviewed the troops of the garrison. He was received with loud acclamations by the National Guard under the command of M. RimrLER. After the review he harangued the officers, and told them that, in case of any outbreak, the troops would not interfere until it was found that the civic guard were unable to quell the disturbance. He said : ‘' The troops are good, their swords are well shar pened, and they have balls in their muskets. But they are not armed against the people of Berlin : it is to pro tect them. We will act together ; no reaction, but respect for order, the laws, and liberty. What a pain it is to me to see grass grow in the streets, houses deserted, the shops full of goods, but without purchasers, and workmen without employment. All this must be changed; I am about to bring wel fare with order. Anarchy must be overcome, that I promise you, and a Wrangel rover broke his: word. I see with pleasure the troops in such good condition; you will maintain it se. The soldiers and the citizens must be on a good understanding together. The citizens are their parents, and have the same object in view, that of maintaining the honour and the glory of Prussia, and to found German unity with you. They are your brethren, and they will not forget that in the ranks of the army are to be found their brothers and their fathers. I regret not to have seen the troops defile to-day before his Majesty. The King is aware of the fatigues of the service, and it is for that reason that he has granted them an extra allowance. lam happy to be able to in form you of it." The officers raised their caps, and gave three cheers of " Long live the KING." A Berlin latter states that General WILLIsEN has left that city on a special mission to General CAVAIGNAC, with whom he is personally acquainted, having served in Algeria. FRANKFORT. The Journal de Frankfort, of the 23d, an nounces that in the sitting of the German Parliament of the preceding day M. DUCKWITZ, Provisional Minister of Commerce and Finance, submitted' a pro ject of law for a contizgent in cash of 12,000 florins to be shared among the different states for the urgent expenses of the treasury of the empire. He also submitted a project for the commercial union of Germany. WERNHER read the draught of the proclamation to the German people, which he had been commissioned to prepare : it was as follows : " To the German people: " The German people, in the freest path of election, have chosen the men who are to establish the freedom of all, and the unity of our fatherland. Never had an Assembly a greater—never a more arduous task, than that imposed upon the German National Assembly. Amid the pressure of events, and beset with a variety of demands, yet, keeping the prescribed end in view, it has gone perseveringly forwards. Though every single resolution may not have been acceptable to all parties, and though many a decision may have been temporarily delayed, yet important things have happily been con summated. " The one united Government for the body politic of Germany has been organized; a firm foundation has been hid for the rights of the people; and vigorously has the way been paved for the future constitution of a united fa therland. . " But unheard of things have happened. Men have dared to stamp the resolutions of the National Assembly with the brand of high treason. Men have dared to make an attack on the Parliament. Riot has arisen openly around the House of Assembly, and in the streets of the city. Deputies who conscientiously and cou rageously asserted their conviction have been horribly murdered. " The National Assembly, looking with sorrow and indignation on what has happened, feels itself compelled, in the face of such grave events, to address a word to the German people. " It trusts that the German people will show respect to its own liberty in supporting the liberty of its repre sentatives, and that it will never suffer threats or vio lence to fetter the independence of the speaker or the voter. "It feels sure that the German people will never allow others, either individuals or societies, to substitute their will in the place of that which it, the commissioned organ of the nation decrees. It knows that the German people accords to none but the Assembly the right of establishing the constitution of Germany. " German people I We will not cease to protect the liberties and to give them a safe stronghold in our fatherland. Nothing shall prevent us from completing the structure of German unity. Let enemies threaten us from whatever side they may, we will stand at our posts to a man, when the defence of our rights is con cerned, and never will we swerve from the places as signed us until Germany has united itself under a free constitution. (Signed) " The German National Assembly." The President then begged the secretary to read a motion of SCHArFBATH and his colleagues, which had been handed in yesterday, but had been casually omitted. SCHAFFRATH moved— "In consideration that the Provisional Central Power, according to the law of the 28th of June, 1848, has only an executive power, and therefore not even the right to proclaim and introduce the state of siege and martial and summary law, especially without the acquiescence of the National Assembly at present convened; and in con sideration that the proclamation of a state of siege and martial law in the free city of Frankfort is altogether without a basis; in consideration, further, that the state of siege was proclaimed for the first time in the city of Frankfort on the 19th September, after an entire sup pressiou of the disturbances, and therefore could not be re-actionally applied to their originators or to the parti cipators therein, without the grossest violation of every principle of right that is binding in every body-po litic, &c.; moreover, in consideration th a t suc h excep tional measures, being those of a reign of terror, are to be adopted in respect of the most urgent danger— danger, in fact, that is not otherwise to be averted, and when adopted, are to be cancelled as speedily as pos sible, and no less in consideration that the disturbances in the city of Frankfort eriginated with a small num ber (?) of ill-armed persons, and in the course_ of the following night were comp l etely suppressed, and at all events are no logger to be apprehended; finally, in con sideration that the equivocal legality, or rather utter illegality, of the state of siege and martial law cramps and stifles not only t h e f ree deliberations of the National Assembly, but industry also, and labour, trade, and in tercourse, especi a lly in the present fair-week, the Na tional Assembly resolves— " 1. The immediate annulment of the proclaimed state of siege and martial law in the city of Frankfort. "2. That this resolution be immediately communi cated to the Imperial Ministry, for speedy execution. (Signed) " SCHAFFRATH, JOSEPH, BLUM, GUN THER, BRENTANO, TITUS, ZITZ (Laughter), ZIMMERMANN, MOHR, WIESNER, &c. (Members of the Left.)" The urgency of this motion was disallowed. The House adjourned at half-past Two, P.m. The following proclamation by the Ministry has been published " SEVEN, P.M. (Address).—" To the German people! "Germans! the criminal eTatil that hate muted in Frankfort, the intended attack on the National Assem bly, riot in the streets, which had to be suppressed by force of arms, revolting assassination, and the threats and maltreatment of individual deputies, these things have plainly betrayed the plans and means of a party that is bent on bringing on our fatherland the terrors of anarchy and civil war. "Germans? your liberty is sacred in my eyes. It must be permanently and firmly established by the fabric of the constitution, for the erection of which your repre sentatives are here assembled. But it would be torn from your grasp if lawlessness and its consequences were dif fused over Germany. " Germans! by the law of the 28th June, 1848, the Executive Power has been given me in matters which concern the general safety and propriety of Germany; I have to protect our fatherland, whether it be jeopar dised by foes from without, or by criminal outrages from within. I know my duty, and I will discharge it. I will discharge it resolutely and fully. And ye, Ger mans, ye who love your country and your liberties, ye, I feel assured, will stand energetically at my side. (Signed) " The Administrator of the Empire, " JOHN. (Countersigned) " The Imperial Ministers, "Frankfort, Sept. 20, 1848." SCHMERLUIG, " PEUCKER, " DUCKWITZ, " MOHL. AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, AND CROATIA. The Aix-la-Chapelle Gazette of the 24th, states that the Vienna Assembly did not receive the depu tation of the Hungary Diet in corpu, but merely re ceived their address. His MAJESTY has accepted the resignation of the Hungarian Ministry, because some of them had ministered their portfeuilles illegally. He has again charged the former prime minister, Count BATTHY ANY, with the formation of a new Hungarian Cabinet. He at first declined this, but KOSSUTH and MADA VASS have promised to give him all the assistance in their power. KOSSUTH, in a speech which he made on the 17th, brou2ht the linngarisin repretentativot not only to declare their determination of defending their coun try, but also to fortify Pesth and to erect barricades, in case JELLACRXCH should enter the town. From Hungary we learn that the town of Comorn was burnt down on the 18th. On the 17th the head quarters of the Ban had advanced to Kiss Komarum, on the Plattensee. BEL GI UM. CELEBRATION OF THE NATIONAL IN. DEPENDENCE. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 24.—The 18th anniversary of the .. _ memorable days of September, 1830—the day; which gave national independence to Belgium—commenced on Saturday, the 23d. The morning was ushered in with great solemnities, his MAJESTY having resolved to celebrate it by one of the greatest military fetes ever seen in Brussels. After a grand requiem had been performed in the Collegiate Church of St. Michael and St. Gudule, the officers of the House hold, the Secretaries of Legation, M. QUINETT, the Minister of Finance, and all the superior function aries, the Communal Council, &c., repaired to the Palace, in front of which 'his MAJESTY was to present their colours to the deputations of the civic guards of the provinces. A splendid throne was erected in the square of the Palace, and after the regiments of the army and the civic guard had been ranged in military array, his MAJESTY, accompanied by the QUEEN, the Duke of BRABANT, the Count DE FLANDERS, and the Princess CHARLOTTE, and attended by a brilliant suite, took his seat on the throne. At this moment all the flags were lowered, the bands of the different regiments struck up the national anthem, the soldiers fired, the bells rang merry peal, and the air resounded with the acclama tions of the people. The Minister of the Interior then advanced and spoke as follows : "Civic Guards of Belgium,—You are called to receive from the hands of the King the national colours—the emblem of liberty, order, and union. " Under these noble colours are sheltered our constitu tion and our independence. " The country confides it to your devotion, to your courage, and your honour." The legions destined to receive the colours were then called successively. The colonels or lieutenant colonels of the legions, accompanied by the standard bearers, mounted the platform, and as each passed before his MAJESTY, the Minister of the Interior placed the colours in the hand of his MAJESTY, who presented them to the chief of the legion, who then consigned them to the care of the standard bearer. At the giving of every flag by the KING the m, tary bands struck up, and the guns fired. After the distribution his MAJESTY descended from the platform, and, standing in the middle of the circle formed by the officers, addressed them as follows : " Gentlemen,—ln addressing a few words to you, I am filial with lively emotion, but at the same time with legitimate pride. " This beautiful country, seat of the most civilised people, had long panted for an existence of its own— a national existence; hut, alas, its wishes were often frus trated, and the welfare of the country was made subser vient to interests which were foreign to it. " At last, eighteen years ago, you succeeded in con quering this existence, so often longed for by your selves. " Of this independent existence you have made a noble and patriotic use. You have, up to this moment, passed gloriously through it, so gloriously indeed that several countries have adopted your political organizi lion as their model—that your name is everywhere ho noured and respected, and you have just reason to be proud of it. " Let us study to maintain this noble position. Let us continuo as we have hitherto done. Thus shall we secure to ourselves renown in history, and a glorious future." IliS MAJESTY, attended by the Duke DE BRABANT and the Minister of War, and followed by a nu merous staff, then reviewed the troops and civic guards. After the review his MAJESTY and staff took their station in front of the palace, when the civic guards and troops defiled before him. MAJESTY then joined the QUEEN in the balcony, and was again received, as he had been throughout the whole day, with the most enthusiastic acclamations. The ceremony was concluded at five o'clock.— Illoniteur Beige, Sept. 24. SWITZERLAND. In the sitting of the Federal Diet, at Berne, on the 21st, the dispatches of the Swiss consul at Milan, and of the Executive Government of Tessino, were read, announcing that on the 17th Marshal RA. DETZKY had expelled the Tessinese and their families from Milan and Lombardy. Some of them had already arrived on the frontier, and some thousands of others were expected. Whoever attempted to enter Lom bardy by Tessino was sent back. M. JELINDER made a report, in the name of the committee charged to exa mine what measures it would be advisable to take on the subject of the note addressed by Marshal RA.. DETZKY to the Government of Tessino. The com mittee proposes -1. To charge the Swiss consul at Vienna to lodge a complaint with the Austrian Government against the measures of Mar3hai RA DETZIC; and to demand their immediate withdrawal. 2. To give notice to this effect to the Austrian am bassador. 3. To send representatives into the canton of Tessino, to protect Swiss interests. 4. To place at the disposal of the representatives a brigade of two battalions, 5. In case of adjournment, to authorise the Vorort to adopt ulterior measures. These eon elusions were a d opte d , w i th the fo ll ow i ng modifica tions :—(A r ti c l e 4) . Th e represen t a tives were to be authorised to di sm i ss or t o increase the troops. Geneva and Bal e wi s h e d to send B ' ooo men to the If 0 the demands of frontier of Te ss ino. (Article 5). I immediately to convoke the Diet, in the even the Confederation are not attended to, the . Vorot ofrt is its not being then sitting. MARYLEHONE REGISTRATION. —Saturday, Francis Bayley, EN., the barrister appointed by the Lord Chief Justice to revise the list of voters for the borough of Marylebone, made application to the vestry for the use of the Court-house, and issued his notices, signed by Mr. Peter Laurie, as returning offieer, stating that he will hold his court for the revision of the list of voters at the Marylebone Court-house, on Thursday neat. THE LATH LORD G. BENTINCK.—The remains O f Lord G. Bentiuck are not to be removed from W e lb ec k to town till Wednesday. We might have believed ourselvescoonngMo oonrd3artaian. ttrcaacntneidbaalscoonfsiderable num b er bar. t 1 h h e tf m ul i c d o s m t of the attracted of spectators to the quay of the basin La Barre, near the American vessel, the Scotland, the crew of which, com posed of negres, fought between themselves for more than half an hour, from what cause is not stated, like fero cious wild beasts. Some of them were n a k e d to t h e wa i st, and, though th e y employed neither sharp nor blunt in struments, blood flowed from the blows which these tfuhreiobuustunmg at ndt each dealt out to each oth er with t h e i r fi sts, and other with their heads,Courrier du t ITALY. PIEDMONT. A rumour was current in Paris yesterday CHARLES ALBERT had abdi ca t e d i n f avour o f his son. It did not obtain much cre dit. that The National Savoisien has the following from Turin of the 19th inst.:— " The commandant of the Austrian troops at Placentia has, for the last several days, levied contributions on the town for the support of his troops ; the expense will, it is said, amount to between 7,000 and 8,000 livres. The town had furnished that sum for several days, waiting for the organisation of th e serv i ce o f a d m i n i s t r ation, and the supplies which it had promised to the commandant; but as that measure was delayed, and it was notified to the town that it must continue to furnish that sum until a fresh order, a meetinr , of about 100 of the princip al men of the town took place' to consult on what wax to be done. It was decided that the town was in no way boun d to provide for the support of the Austrian troops ; an d that the demands of the commandant were contrary to the convention concluded with Bricherasio. In the evening there was another meeting, at which it was resolved to reply to the commandant, who had signified his intention to employ force, if necessary, to obtain his demands, that the town had nothing to furnish to the Austrian troops. After this notification, the commandant made contracts on his own account." VENICE. The Concordia of Turin has the following : " Venice is now defended by a force of 20:000 meng 1,000 pieces of cannon, and seven ships. The expence of this force exceeds 3,000,000 a month, and the Whole revenue of the city does not exceed 200,000 livres. U P to this time the expense has been met by forced loans, but these resources will be all exhausted by the end of this month. A deputation has left Venice to seek as sistance in Italy ; in return for money they propose to give coupons of the loan of 10,000,000 guaranteed b 9 Lombardy and Venice." TUSCANY. Tranquillity prevails in Leghorn and Lucca, which are still in the hands of the people. The Tuscan patriots have announced their determination to pre vent the reoccupation of Massa and Carrara by the Duke of MODENA. INSURRECTION IN CEYLON• We have received the Overland Colombo Observer • of August 18th. The cause of this insurrection, which is somewhat vaguely given in the Colombo Observer, seems to have originated in a petition of the natives for a reduction of various taxes. - "We have just learnt (says a letter dated Korne galle, 31st July) that Kornegalle was surrounded and attacked by 4,000 Kandians. The party of Rifles resisted bravely—one had fallen and several were wounded in defending the Cutchery. We hope to hear to-morrow that the reinforcement had reached, and that the rebels are dispersed. A party of one subaltern, two sergeants, and 30 rank and file, had just (5 p.m.) marched for Ambepusse. Immediately after the engagement an express was sent to Kandy for re' inforcement, whom we expect this afternoon; the whole country is in a revolution, still the people aP' pear to be determined for an attack." On the same day the following proclamations were issued : (From the Government Gazette Extraordinary . ) " Monday, July 31,1848. His Excellency the Right Honourable the Goren' nor is pleased to direct that the following letter from the Commandant at Kandy be published for general infer,- mation. " By his Excellency's command, "J. EMERSON TENNENT, Colonial SeeretarY; " Colonial Secretary's Office, Colombo, July 31,1848. "Kandy, 10, P. M . 30th JOY, 1848. ci my Lord,—l h ave t h e h onour to acquaint you tha s the detachment of the C e yl on Rifl es, I sent ir"l hence yesterday to pr o t ec t K ornega ll e, reached t h e town just as the iusurgents h a d entere d , an d we re instantly on by the mob. Th e d e t ac h ment re t u rned the fire and killed eight or nine, and took several prisoners; th e wounded are reported to be numerous. It appears that much mischief had been committed in demolishing ttle interior of some of the public buildings. The civil prl soners confined in the gaol were released by the mob. " Mr. Sims accompanied the detachment, and rendered mach service. Lieutenant Annesley, who commanded, reports the conduct of the men in the highest terms. " I have the honour, &c., " (Signed) T. A. DROUGHT, Lieut-Col, commanding• " His Excellency the Viscount Torrington, Governor and Commander-in-Chief." " In the name of her Majesty Victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen Defender of the Faith. "PROCLAMATION. "By his Excellency the Right Honourable Viscount Torrington, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Ernestine of Saxony, Governor and Commander-in- Chief in and over the British Settlements and Ter ritories in the Island of Ceylon, with the dependencies thereof. TOR RINGTON. " Vitiereas information has been received that a body of disaffected Kaudyans, armed with guns, spears, and other offensive weapons, have entered th o t own ofKor negalle and have attacked her Majesty's tr oo ps, and that they have proclaimed some person unknown to us to be King of Kandy, calling upon the people to obey the orders of the said pretended king. And whereas it is necessary that the said rebellion should be prompar suppressed, and that the most energetic measures should be resorted to for the protection of her Majeaty's loyal subjects, and the restoration of the public peace. Now, therefore by virtue of the powers and authority in us vested, we do hereby proclaim and declare alo district of Kornegalle to be in a disturbed state, and that from and after the publication therein of this our pro?: clamation, martial law shall be in force within the sal, a , district until further orders. A n d w e do hereby es" upon all her Majesty's loyal subjects to remain peaceably in their respective homes, and on no account to join themselves to the said rebels; but to aid and assist her . , Majesty's armed force in th e suppress i on of the ss,_ l " rebellion. And we do her e by f urt h er proc l a i m and make to all the well-di s p ose d i n h a bi tants o f t his island' that we shall at all times be anxious to give the fullest consideration to any representations made by them to us in an orderly and qu i e t manner, for the redress o f any real or s upposed grievance, and to make known to her Majesty the wishes and feelings of her loyal subject s in respect thereof. . _ " Given at the Queen's House at Colombo, this thirty first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fortr eight. " By his Excellency's command, " J. EMERSON TENNENT , " Colonial Secretary. " God sate the Queen!" We extract the following letters from the Ceylon papers : CANDY, JULY 29.—A report reached Kandy yester day that 21atelle had been taken by an armed mob, and all the respectable inhabitants had fled. This was soon confirmed by the arrival of Waring, who said they were sacking the town when he'left. About ten o'clock last night 100 of the 15th Regiment and 100 of the Rifles marched out, and were to reach Motelle this morning by daybreak, under the command of Lillie. A report was brought in this mornirg that the rebels bad made circuit and got between the troops and Kandy, and were coming in sharp; all Kandy was of course in the greatest possible excitement. All who had horses were ordered off in different directions to gain intelligence, and another party of about thirty have been armed and marched up to the Cutchery. Report has it that they have burnt down Leech's Store at Ballecadua, and that Waring's house and the Matelle Rest House have been gutted, also that they have visited most of the estates in that neighbour hood. _ . been in this morning. He says a large p 4 :iie Superintendent from Hunnasgiria ar ( t D y unca last night, and after remaining some hour! to . cook, any one. t recieived, dated de parted without doing any damage or offering violence to " FIVE r.m.—Advice from Lillie isjus taken forty prisoners, besides a great q uantity R Report says that to have been sacked. et) th Matelle, noon. They have dispersed the reb n e f la, ar a m n o d . Matelle appearswen t n ) there has. I have just learnt that an " FOUR, P.M., STINDAT.--- TheM at T e h ll e e some woman named Baker s h o e; s b c e ri e b n bl c e ar: ,o e u d a o l ffineywith e express goes off in an hour , the latest intelligence possession of . • Theysaid the latter made sad havoc amongst and went at leaving e f have a r ing , t h fi t e e h d s e e aint Riflesof all w directions. a n had a narrow escape. He had made the old War- King le Store his head quarters, and just got out of it as • riapo theil.ns s t uhpr place. . t returning , appear our troops entered. He has fled in the direction of Upper Dombera. ~ Matters in Kornegalle were quiet last night, and the detachment of rifles would get out there early this morn ing. Papers are being distributed to-day, proclaiming the Kandian Province under martial law. " Another account states that the people about Korne galle have all risen and have taken possession of the town. About thirty Rifles under Lieutenant Henderson were sent down yesterday to try what they could do. • All the planters were to be sworn in as special con stables. It is said a number of them, together with some European soldiers, are to be ordered to Kornegalle. Just heard that some shots were fired in the Dombera Valley. All on the Hewahette side quiet as yet. " Numbers of armed natives are said to have collected about five miles from Kaigalle. " We understand that a meeting of the low country Cingalese was to have taken place in the neighbourhood of Wellicate gaol this morning, for the purpose or under the pretence of presenting another petition to the Queen The threatened demonstration, however, was not made." —Examiner Extra, July 31. • The royal squadron, under the command of Capt: Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H., will leave Aber deen on the 25th inst. (yesterday), on the return of her Majesty from Scotland, and the royal yacht is expected to arrive at Cowes, where the squadron will proceed di rect on Thursday, the 28th inst. DEATu FxOM A FALL.—On Sunday evening, about eight ;o'clock, while a girl about seventeen years of age. named Margaret Sutherland, a servant at Cause wayside, was with some companions crossing Arthur Seat upon the northern slope, the incautiously ventured in the dark too near a precipice, and takieg a false step, fell over the rocks , 40 or 50 feet, by w hi c h s h e was so severely injured that she died subsequiently in the Royal - Infirgav4.--,Edinbergle hits , ...41 ~ti Nivel% Ara( was Sbai he sai rni tic