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- - Just ready. In Bvo., ss. Wound, RENE'S DAUGHTER. A D.A.NISII LYRICAL DRAMA. By HENRIK HERZ. Re - zdered into English Verse. and Illustrated by an Historical Sketch of the Fortunes an , MistOrtunes of Good Kilda Rene. 13y the lion. EDMUND PHIPPS. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) KING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1844 This Day Is published. and can now be had of all Booksellers, In small Svo., price 7s. 6d., with Portraits of Lamartine and Guisot, 1r HE THREE DAYS of FEBRUARY, 1848. By PERCY B. ST. JOHN. ~4 , N EYE-WITNESS OF THE WHOLE REVOLUTION. oPimolvs OF THE PRESS. See Baarterly Review for April. 1848. " Mr. St. John describes the momentous two days with consider. able force and animation."—Examiner. " A vivid picture of the turmoil of a great city in insurrection." Weekly Chronicle. " A deeply interesting narrative of the whole revolution."—Ad. vertiser. " There is a vividness about his descriptions which nothing but actual experience of the events could have occasioned."—Alorning Chronicle. Richard Boitley. New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, N o . CLXX VI, is This Day published. cosTENTs:— I. GENIUS OF PLATO: ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. COLERIDGE AND SOUTHEY. LVEREST'.:i MEASUREMENT OF THE MERIDIAN IN INDIA. IV. THE MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. V. DEACONESSES, Olt PROTESTANT SISTERHOODS. VI. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. VII. LESLIE'S LIFE OF CONSTABLE : CONSTABLE AND TURNER. VIII. MICHEL : THE PROSCRIBED RACES OF FRANCE AND SPAIN. IX. MODERN QUAKERISM: WILLIAM ALLEN AND MRS. FRY. X. KING'S ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. XI. THE FRENCH REPUBLICANS. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M. THALBERG. U,RAND SACRED, CLASSICAL, and MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT, on MONDAY EVENING, April 17. It is respectfully announced that on MONDAY EVENING, April 17, will be given a GRAND CONCERT, with great Orchestra, Chorus, &c., on which occasion M. Thalberg will execute the following pieces 1. Grand Concerto in C minor .. .. Beethoven. 2. Fantasia on Subjects from Mozart's Don Giovanni Thalberg. 3. Fantasia on Subjects from Auber's Masaniello Thalberg. 4. " Lieder Ohne Worte" - •• Mendelssohn The Vocal portion will include Madame Tadolini, Mdlle. Schwartz, And Mdlle Sofia Cruvell!. Signor Belletti, Signor F. Lablache, Signor Bouche, Signor Cuzzani, And Signor Lablache, And comprise selections from the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Mendelsohn, Weber, Spontini, &c., and include a Grand Trio for Three BasseS,by Meyerbeer —Signori Lablache, Belletti, and ColettL Mddlle Vera, Signor Gardoni, Signor Coletti, Conductor, M. Balfe. Prices of Admission. . 27..7.7.7. 2 and 3 guineas 10s. 6d. each. Pit Tickets .... ....... ..... • • .... ss. Od. each. Gallery Stalls • • • • • • Gallery Tickets Doors open at Half•past Seven, and the Concert to commence at Eight o'clock. N.B. A second Grand Concert will be presented on Wednesday morning, April 19. T HFT RE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. WRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. EVENLNG, A Variety of New Performances :—The Pyramid sof Decanters— The Two PunJiinellos—The Villager's Wedding—The Two Clowns —The woman Gaines—The Chinese Jugglers, &c , by M.M. A. sie grist, Auriol, Andre, Loissetaine, eble, lief, la petite Loissot, &c. The Manse, by Mdlls. Caroline and Mathilde. Various novel and daring acts of Equitation—The Voltige—The Tarantell, &c., by Millis Palmyre, Anato, F. Stanley, E. Lambert, Coralie, Ducos, Florentine, Ainaglla, Le petit Anato, &c. Laughable and groteque representa tions by the Clowns MM. Auriol, Leclair, and Ariol, flls. Doors open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. Second price, Half-past Nine. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. the :management t Mr. i . Wtbster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will Le presented a new comic Drama, called OLD HONESTY. after which, a new comic Drama, entitled LAVATEit THE pn ys [ o(iNomisT ; and Good Judge 00. Lavater, Mr. Webster ; Agnes, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with THE INVIMBLE PRINCE! or, The Island of Tranquil Delights. Stage Manager, XI. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web :ter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, SF. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, w. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors op'.n at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE KUYAI., AUELPHI. Under the direction o: Madame Celeste THIS EVENING _ - Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Erank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA rioNA L DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal char neters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma dame Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. , To conclude with THE COMRADES ; an An e cdote of the Span ish War. Prlacipal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Boyce, Mum" •Ard, Paul Legrand, C. J. Smith, Ryan, Miss E. Harding. &C. ;texas, 4a.; Pit, 2s. Gallery, ls. "N or en at tlalt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven, ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestril. bole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING . . WM be performed a Comic Drama, CWied A ROUGH DIAMOND. Characters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear, Belllsgham, Buckstone ; Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliiun. After which, a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD rUI )OE. To conclude with a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN 6; Nt. H. Principal characters by Messrs, B. Hall, Harley, Ker ridge, Madame Vestris, Miss K. Fitzwillia m , an d Mrs. Macenamara. en ass Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No nail price to any part of the house. Toe Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public escry day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. B. adweii of the Cclosseum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. 33, 0:d Bond-street. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at half-past Seven o'clock with UNE IMPRUDENCE. After which, the new Cornedle-Vaudeville, entitled UN MOUS QUE FAIRE IRIS. Le Vicomte de Moureal, Mons. Lafont. To conclude with CATHERINE. Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33. Old Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland. place. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be performed Sliakspere's Tragedy of JULIUS CiESAft. Julius Cmsar, Mr. C. Fisher; Octavius Cmsar, Mr. Conway; Brutus:, Mr. Macready ; Portia, Miss E. Montague. To be followed by the Musical Piece of " NO." Sir George Doubt- Ail, Mr. Bodda ; Commodore Hurricane, Mr. Neville ; Maria, Miss E.. Stat:ley. To conclude v. ith a new Farce entit:cd UP TO SNUFF. Dress Circle, ss.: I.l.sxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. _ _ STRAND THEATRE. NEW M A.NAGEMEN T. THIS EVENING Will be presenled Aub er ' s new Opera, entitled HAYDEE ; or the Secret, wilh entirely new scenery, dre-ses, and appointments. uaydee, Miss Poole ; Rataela, Madame lorence Brunel ; Loredieu, Mr. D. W. King; Malapieri, Mr. Borrani ; ['adieu, Mr. C. Horn ; Gonzales, Mr. S. Jones ; Domenico, Mr. liorneastle. In order to give due effect to this celebrated composition. the hand and chorus have been augmented to upwards of Fifty Performers, under the direc ion 01 Mr. J. F. Tullev. Atter which a new grand BALLET D IVERTISSEMENT, in which I dlle. Louise Blanche, Miss Cushnie, and Mr. W. Smidt will appear. _ _ _ To conclude with a new Barletta called THE SON OF TILE NAVY. Private Boxes, I/. Is.; Stills, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; 6ab. ei y, Half-price, to the Boxes only, atNine o cicek, Acting and StAge Manager, Mr. Oxberry. ASTLEY's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Last rive Nights of the present Grand Spectacle, and unprecedented Equestrian Entertainments, in order to make preparation for the magnificent Easter Holiday Enter.aitimen s. The New Gorgeous 'rifts EVENlNG.Spectacle, THE BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS, with all its splendid appointments, &c. To be followed by, and the evening's entertainments to terminate with A GRAND EQUESTRIAN' FETE, in which the Equestrian a nd Gymnastic Artistes will appear each evening in their peculiar and incomparable Feats and brilliant Scenes in the Circle. Rom-office open from 11 till a. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE THIRD THIRD EDITIONS „ THE SUN” CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. lul WEATLI.E.R.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 6 TLIER3I.3DI2 TEII, Lowest, 41 ; Highest, 60; Noon, 47 BARONATER, 29.74 —WIND N.; fine. ,ii• • WATER AT LONDO).T-DRIDGE THIS DAY. 28 rrif Lutes after 3. Evcniniz .. 51 minutes :after 411 i eatAIiANA Ant LONDON. TLIIIRSD, APRIL 6, 1848. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The Revenue returns for the financial jusytear eding been pub the sth April instant, which hwavheemnntrhee fsaevvourable lished, are perhaps on the whole than might have been expected, pressing difficulties to which all classes have and exposed within that period are taken into account. The The nation has passed through an arduous ordeal, and it affords matter for congratul stion that so much: has been done under all the circumstances. It could scarcely be supposed that when trade and commerce were paralyzed, when there was a complete cessation of credit, and a general failure of every kind of employment, that so Lrge an amount could be ex pended on articles of luxury, or even comfort, as i n seasons of greater prosperity. We, therefore, find a decrease in the revenue for the year of no less than 2,208,511/. The last quarter however, exhibit s so me sympt oms o f im , provement, there being an increase of 402,5751. This, however, is chiefly to be accounted for by an item which, it was supposed, would not again have made its appearance in the national balance-sheet, and which appears there for the last time—viz , China I money, which amounts to 455,0211. This sum had been detained at the Cape in transitu, in order to provide for the extraordinary expenditure of the Kafir war, but which has now been carried to the general account. As, however, there is a decrease of 119,8371. in the other extraordinary sources of revenue, namely, of 29,4071. on the Imprest and other monies ; and of 90,4301. on the repayment of advances —there is an increase in the ordinary sources of revenue on the quarter of 67,3911., and on the ex traordinary of 335,837/. ; making, altogether, as we have already stated, 402,5751. The Customs show a decrease bath on the year and quarter. On the former of 836.3451., and on the latter of 55,0231. This may be accounted for by the exertions that have been made to bring gold into the country in place of merchandise, by which the Irevenue would have been benefited and employment afforded to the people. In the Excise there is a de ficiency on the year of 467,1751.; but we rejoice to say that on the quarter there is an improvement of no less than 349,7361. This is the more gratifying when it is borne in mind that the Excise returns may be regarded as the barometer of national prosperity, indicating the degree of comfort enjoyed by the great body of the people, the hardworking and industrious classes. A portion of the improvement may, how ever, be accounted for by a difference in the manner of taking the accounts, by which certain credits which formerly were noticed under the head of " Stamps" are now inserted in the Excise. This change will also partly explain the deficiency in the Stamp department, which amounts to 198,6141. on the quarter, and 301,8961. on the year; the lower amount of mercantile securities that have been in circulation accounting for the residue. The Taxes show an increase of 90,4131. on the year, and 13,010/. on the quarter; while the Income-tax pre sents a small deficiency of 5,2121. on the year, but an increase on the quarter of 8,5681. The efficiency and value of the improvements introduced by ROWLAND HILL in the Post-office are still further exemplified by an increase of 46,0001. on the year, and 2,0001. on the quarter. In the other items of Crown Lands and Miscellaneous there are fallings off both on the year and the quarter, showing in the former a decrease of 51,0001. in the year, and 16,0001. in the quarter ; and in the latter of 169,5211. in the year, and 36,2861. in the quarter. The total income for the year amounts to 48,800 1411., for the quarter to 11,065,3241. The total charge is 7,427,0381., leaving a surplus income for the quarter of 3,638,2861.: to this is to he added the balance of 882,548/. remaining in the Exchequer on the sth January last, which amounts in the whole to 4,520,8341, applicable to the national expenditure within the quarter. The amount issued for supply services within that period, however, was no less than 5,956,232/.; a sum of 1,435,3981. must therefore be provided by the iisue of Exchequer-bills. The above statement will surely satisfy every reasonable man of the absolute necessity for the most rigid economy so far as it is consistent with the na- tional honour and the national safety, and the pro priety of instituting a searching inquiry into the public income and the public expenditure. Banquets appear to be the favourite demonstrations of a people devoted to the cause of constitutional liberty. Every one remembers that it was the prohi bition of a banquet which induced ODILON B&RBOT to lay the impeachment of Ministers before the Pre sident of the Chamber of Deputies, and which ulti mately caused the Parisians to advance from the summit of the barricades to the parapet of the Tuileries. Two banquets were given yesterday evening in our own metropolis, and at those festivi ties two glorious principles were maintained by the eloquence of the orators best qualified to become their Advocates and Apostles. The one was the annual meeting of the Free-trade Club ; the other was a dinner given by the Directors of the East India Company in celebration of the military victories and the civil achievements of HENRY Viscount 11-tannicz. The latter was not only a commemorative but a congratulatory de monstration, it was a magnificent token of welcome to an illustrious Captain and Administrator on the occasion of his return homewards from the con • quest of 100,000 Seikhs, from the capture of 250 pieces of cannon, from the establishment of a permanent and honourable peace, and from the government of that colossal empire, which contains a frontier of 12,000 miles, and a population of 100,000,000 of the human family. Upon an occasion like this, so unprecedented in colonial history, it was but fitting that all differ ences of political opinion should be forgotten, that the feuds of Parliament should he overlooked, that Whig and Tory, that Conservative and Liberal, that Free-trader and Protectionist, that the most distin. guished representatives of the Ministry and the Legis lature, of the Admiralty and the Horse Guards, of the mercantile and the ecclesiastical professions, should assemble together without any distinction whatever, to offer their felicitations to a successful warrior, and their eulogiums to a patriotic statesman. If any one of the successors of the immortal CLIVE de served this homage, it was certainly the Pacificator of the Punjaub ; if any one of the followers of WARREN HASTINGS, it was assuredly the chief nego tiator of the treaties of Lahore; if any of the lieutenants of WELLINGTON, it was unquestionably the vic'or of Sobraon and Ferozeshah. Hence there were last night congregated together in the ban. quetting chamber in Leadenhall-street men in the most exalted position and men of the most dissimilar genius in England—all actuated by one coincident sentiment, a sentiment of admiration for the brave soldier who had consolidated our dominion in the Asiatic continent by a campaign of sixty days, and who in struggling against the extraordinary difficul ties of his position in the winter of 1845-1846 had waived for a time his dignity as Governor-General of India, and had volunteered his services in the subor dinate rank of a Lieutenant-General, for the purpose of seconding the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in Iliudostan in the crisis of an astounding and perilous catastrophe. The magnanimity evinced on that occasion by the predecessor of the Earl of \DAL of h eou R m ust have been a m ply repa id b y t h e p l au di ts C 0 n s ls cienc en,trhyy the men approval b of h by the is approbation SOVEREIGN, of his byh own te thanks of the assembled Parliament , by the ane gyrics of th e most renowned personages p in the army a and the L eg i s l at ure,and,though last, not assuredly t e h v e ehi l n ea g st io b th y e thesplendid palace of the broaneqruehetanto.ftetyraesrtcehrs ofday Hindustan. A the most important speeches delivered be sntolfneidlsiaGECohmimpaaenlyf, fa r e Directors, the weregu s august thosegue st s ofofthteheChairman He ' GEORGE TUCKER, Esq., of Lord Haan ' IsT:111:::., ofotfhe Right of the newly -appointed Archbishop of Primehis Grace m iti is the ter , sDirukßeoßofE ROBERT WELLINGTON,PEEL,and the late Honourable THOMAS BABINGTON MACAU A only as affording tho se di s ti ngu i shed men th L e L f oppor tunity of addressing th emse l ves to the great question of the morality of ou r sway over the OrientalNs,tihoilne millions the incident was admirable. v pronouncing in the simplest language, his ac knowledgments for the brilliant reception awarded to him on returning to the land of his na tivity, the Conqueror of the Punjaub exulted (and was not his exultation allowable?) in his having b een the instrument by which England had organized tranquillity at Lahore by a treaty which would have been sufficiently fortunate if only in the single cir cumstance that it enabled our diplomatists to re monstrate against the rites of infanticide and suttee. " Only two years ago," observed Lord HARDINGE, "a native state, with a population of twenty millions, voluntarily renounced these horrid practices." That of itself would be an ample compensation for our d t : b "rttl's, and a glorious consequence of our vie eneral of India, G however, which were Sol e ii s e ' rs O h l el a ae l rh l t pronouncedth on e t commendation s , heex - o ver ex-Governor the one WY,' remembrance Enti N cro. ovfivtihoeiyvetotehraisn t‘r,,,vvu,sstthheapviethsyouannddeedmpplheaatsiacnct,ensetortnoiul,mis It must have brought Wisdom from th'e the days when, as little he learnt the lessons of mili tarymore than a subaltern iileuunielapsed since that memo hexasample of that remarkable General. A long while eeaarsgeaonf4lbartetpleustation ; hse"Fhas but just returned tsiofrnonokfththeeli a,ffairs of a him has ripened r i n a b years f e r m om pir t e h , e a a n d d m h i e ni h s e tr aar the assurance that at the period p f o b f : l ap a ged g i g leader antic —ls pointment to the government a iiiudostan "le was fully sensible 1 of his ability, his zeal, his talents, his patience, his fortitude." That alone would be a memorable panegyric. But Lord HARDINGE was yet mote fortunate in the commentators upon his Asiatic career. Sir ROBERT PEEL, by a felicitous allusion to the conduct of the ex Governor-General on the eventful night which intervened between the com mencement and the close of the battle of Feroaeshah, elicited the cheers of his auditors, when he exclaimed " The army felt the touch of HARRY on that night I" Nor were the rhetorical tones of Mr. MAcAukikx inaudible in reference to the good services performed by Lord HARDINGE on the ensanguined banks of the Sutlej. After glancing at the satisfactory con summation of that celebrated campaign, the elo quent vindicator of HASTINGS spoke thus :—"My chief reason," said he, " for rejoicing in these vic tories is, that I am deeply convinced that our Government in India is a blessing to the human race, and an honour to the English name!" Cordially can those sympathise in the admiration of Mr. MACAULAY who reflect upon the beneficent progress of the Eng lish rule in Asia, and who remember, above all, the civilizing influences which have already been exer cised by the celestial dogmas of Christianity over the worshippers of BRAMALI and VISHNU, over the fol lowers of ZOROASTER and MOHAMMED, over Parsees and cannibals, over Bhuddists and fire-worshippers. Our dominion in Hindostan is peculiarly the blessing of the human race, and the glory of the English name, because it is inextricably identified with the diffusion of knowledge and the advancement of Madrid papers of the 30th have been received. Senor OLOZAGA was arrested on the morning of that day by order of General NARYAEZ, and committed to the military prison of the Guardes de Corps. General ha RTE has been dismissed from the army. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 30.—The Three per Cents., 2l f cash ; Five per Cents., 13i buyers, 14 sellers ; Passive Debt, 4i buyers, 4i sellers ; Coupons, 10 sellers. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the French papers of yesterday. The elections of officers of the National Guard commenced that morning and were proceeding quietly, but considerable excitement would probably mark their close. The struggle is between the mo derate and the ultra-Republicans, and its result may indicate the tone and complexion of the elections of members of the Constituent Assembly. The following are the results, so far as they are known in Paris last evening : In the first legion, the moderate Republican, M. DE TRACT, has beaten Al. BASTIDE, the Government candidate. In the second legion, M. CLEMENT THOMAS, the Government candidate, has carried the election. In the third legion, M. THIRION, the Go vernment candidate, will also be returned. In the fifth legion, M. VAvauET has been returned ,he Government candidate, without opposition. In the twelfth legion, M. BARBES, well known for his extreme Republican views, has also been elected without opposition. The Provisional Government has given notice to the workmen employed on the public works, that for the three days during which the elections for the National Assembly are to last, they shall have holi days, and be paid as if in full employment. A decree has been issued by the Provisional Go vernment, by which " every master manufacturer who will henceforth exact more than ten hours work from his labourers shall be punished by a fine of from fifty to one hundred francs for the first offence, and of one hundred to two hundred francs for the second offence; and for a third offence, to imprisonment for six months. The fines to go to the fund for sick ouvriers." Another decree orders that 180,000 scarfs, and 43,000 flags of the Republic, shall be immediately made at Lyons. The Moniteur also publishes a decree, in which it is stated, that " Considering the ordinary delay of fifteen days granted to the holder of bills to exercise his recourse by way of denunciation is insufficient in the present circumstances, and that it is useful to accord 'to him the means of facilitating the payment by the endorsers and other obliges, decrees :—That until it shall be otherwise ordered, ' the delay of fifteen days, granted to the holders of commercial effects, is prorogued for forty-five days, not com prising the delays of distance.' " The following decree, by which the Government takes the Paris and Orleans Railway into its own hands, is also published in the Moniteur " According to the therce of the 30th of March, by which the citizens Bineau and Didion bare been named extraordinary commissaries to the Orleans and Centre Rsi'ways; " Considering that it, is established that these two rail ways have no further sufficient power to assure the ser vice of transports ; . " Considering that, iu such a state of things, it is the right and duty of the Government to take into their hands, provisionally, the administration and exploitation of these two railways, all reserve, however, being made of the rights and interests of the shareholders and of tlaini parties ; "On the proposition of the Minister of Public Works, decrees:— " Art. 1. The Railways of Orleans and of the Centre are placed undi r sequestration. "'they will be administered and carried on under the direction of the Minister of Public Works. " Art. 2. The citizen Sauvage, engineer of mines, is named administrator of the two railways—he will exer cise his powers under the inspection of the citizens Didion and Bineau. " Art. 3. From the present day all the direct and in direct produce of the two railways shall be received, notwithstanding all opposition and arrests, and shall be applied to the uses of the enterprise." [Member of Government.] M. AUDE, the Mayor of Aix, has addressed a letter, dated March 27, to Dr. VILLENEUVE, President of the Association for the Defence of National and Religious Liberty, announcing that M. TIIIERS had officially signified to him his intention not to offer himself as a candidate for the post of Deputy to the National Assembly. The Provisional Government has determined that the Tuileries shall be converted into the piece of meeting for the National Assembly, and that the Chateau of Meudon shall be the new Asylum for Civil Invalids. The following article on the reply of M. LAMAR TINE to the Irish Deputation appears in the Journal Iles Debuts : "We have at all times and on every occasion ex pressed our sympathy for the unhappy people of Ireland; but at the same time every one knows our constant opinion on that unfortunate chimera which is called Repeal. No one will, therefore, be astonished that we give our entire approbation to the answer of M. de Lamartine. In the inaiiifestx, which he addressed last week to the foreign powers, M. de Lamartine declared that France would not let nationalities be oppressed which wished to reconstruct. themselves. Such or such a party in Ireland may huve imagined that a prin ciple applicable to Italy or Poland, or in one word to a whole, distinct nationality, which had reason to fear the intervention or oppression of a foreign power, might be equally applicable to Ireland- This is evidently an error; and for the interest of the peace of Europe, we congra tulate ourselves that an opportunity has been given to the representative of the French Government of fixing clearly upon this point the policy of the new Republic. Besides this, we beg to ribserve that the deputies come from Ireland have not come in the name of the whole of Ireland. Not only do they not represent the whole of that c oun t ry, b ut they do not even represent the whole of thet e di lßep eal ler e n t p a p r a t r y t . i sWveh hick i h l 1 d r i i v o i t d here l a a t n t e d m . p t u t o too lon g . W e shall merely remind our readers that wpoouinldt out among the Irish who demand the legislative separation between their - country and England, those who were yes terday at the lintel de Ville of Paris are only delegated by a minority, and that at the present moment, while Yotrig Ireland is - • preaching war for the purpose of obtaining repeal, 01,1 Ireland continues to preach peace and moral force. if the French Government should wish to come to an understanding with the Irish, • it ought to cummence by begging the Irish to come to an , understanding among themselves. When the Italians claimed and vindicated their independence, they did it in the name of a principle of unalienable sovereignty ; but the party which in Ireland asks a local legislature, acknowli dges at the same time the sovereignty of the ern.% nof Great Britain. It is purely and simply pro vincialism, that is to say the very thing which is the most contrary to what we are, and what we are doing; and the French Government, in making itself the ally of Young or Old Ireland, will only make itself the ally of a party. The words of M. de Lamar tine will produce, we are sure, a very great impression on the whole of Great Britain, in Ireland as well as in England. We fully approve of them, for our parr, because they contain the formal assurance of the desire of the Republic to maintain peace, and to respect the right of all nations. We could wish that they mi g ht contribute to calm the ell•ervescence which is growing greater and greater in Ireland; but we tear that they will not have that power. We fear that before lung that unhappy country will be the theatre of a bloody r, - 1 ..- ~... , t 1 :' A 'l,/,..': . i.O / ,`, _ '3, 1. , • : ~ , ..: 0 1 au • N 44 %. ..,..,44 .., 1`,41 -A - 4 0\11 :' ;t1 1: :; . " - 4-J*7,, .1 "„ '.':. . - s - s 0710 ': • • ' ilik ' ."-- - ' ^ )',l*sl; N , 0 i;,,,,,... •DR oil ' ' .. , 11 - T.f - -•:. rr: , . ' THE SUN, LONDON, THAMEIDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1846, scene; we deplore it profoundly, because we foresee the issue of it, and because we are firmly convinced that repeal would be a disastrous thing for Ir,lsnd herself. A war between the poor and rich, between proprietors and tenants, would continue its fatal course through any number of political changes. It is not the legislative union with England that is the source of that intestine struggle; it is not the separation of the Parliaments that will cause it to cease. We will allow ourselves a last remark. We see with a certain degree of sur prise that the Irish delegates, in the aldresses which they have presented to the Government of the Republic, give themselves several times the titles of slaves. We suspect that in this word there is a slight degree of Irish exaggeration. For, in short, of the three delegates who have come to Paris, there are two if we do not deceive ourselves, who are at the present moment under an accusation of sedition in their own country. Eight days ago the magistrates of Dublin de creed warrants of arrest against them, and cited them to appear before the Queen's Bench. The three persons accused gave bail, and bound themselves to appear before the court on a certain day. Besides this, the third remains, in the meantime, in Ireland, to continue his harangues as usual, while two embark very quietly and tranquilly to come among us, and inform us that they are slaves. Seriously and sincerely there is not too much slavery under such laws. No; that is not the slavery of Ireland. It is in the territorial constitution in its moral state that it exists. It is in Ireland itself, rather than in England. The first necessity of Ireland is not indepen dence--it is regeneration. The Pattie says— " The Committee of Defence has just demanded 30,000 horses for our cavalry. They cannot be found. It has addressed itself to the horse dealers in all parts of France for a supply of 15,000 saddle horses. The dealers cannot furnish them. The committee has con sequently asked them if they would be able to deliver any number from 500 to 2,000 horses, the produce of France, fit for chargers; and the dealers have replied that they can make no promise." The Memorial de Rouen of Monday says that Lil lebonne and Bolbec are in a more tranquil state. Both towns, by way of precaution, are still occupied by a considerable military force. The same journal gives an account of disturbances at Brionne and Barney. At Brionne and its environs the local authorities have shown deplorable weakness. The workmen in several spinning mills had been very violent in demanding a reduction in their hours of labour and an increase of pay, although great conces sions had been already made to them. One day last week the discontented men quitted their establish ments, and, drawing many from other manufactories with them, went to Barnay, where on the follow ing day there was an immense assemblage. With flags flying and drums beating, they encamped on the market-place, and sum moned their masters to appear before them, under the penalty of having their establishments pil laged and burnt. The masters, to avoid the threatened di: asters, obeyed the call. Some of the boldest of the ringleaders surrounded M. BOUCHER, the Government Commissary, and imperiously dic tated terms to the masters, insisting upon their being signed by them. Upon this M. LEYMOYNE, jun., in dignant at this imposition, loudly protested against it, and declared that he would never sign it. This had very nearly cost him dear ; for, at a signal from some of the leaders of the riot, seven or eight hundred of the people made a move towards his establish ment, and would probably have reduced it to ashes had he not yielded to the instances of his friends and signed the conditions. Then came the turn of another manufacturer, who bad an English carding machine, which they would have destroyed, had no t M. Boucuza promised that it should be placed under seal and not worked, though the owner clearly de monstrated that, instead of being an injury to them, it afforded employment to at least forty men. In fact, on Wednesday, the commissary fulfilled his promise. All the manufactories are in a state of consternation, hourly expecting some serious ca tastrophe. Some agitation was manifested on the 30th ult. at Bourg (Ain), in consequence of its being rumoured that M. CHAMPVANS, the Government Commissary, was to be removed, and his place taken by another officer. "We are informed," says the Courrier de Lyon, " that Savoy has refused to receive such of the na tives of her soil as were sent back to her, as well as the republic which they wanted to present her with." On Saturday evening the workmen employed in the neighbourhood of the Chartreux at Lyons pro ceeded in order, with a drum beating before them, to the front door of the establishment, and demanded to see the superior. When he appeared they presented him with a flag, which they destined for the dome of the building. The superior accepted it, and thanked them for the mark of respect which they wished to pay to the house. The pupils, who had come to the windows, cheered the men loudly, in which they were joined by a number of persons who had assembled outside. The superior then asked permission from the workmen to be allowed to go and see them on the Monday, at the place where they worked, in order to present them with a return for the flag which they had given him. This, of course, was acceded to. Lyons had become snore tranquil on S un day. It was reported in Paris that Savoy had declared itself a republic. We read in the National : " There have disappeared f rom th e T u il e ries two enormous portfolios in which Louis Philippe kept his most curious correspondence, and the papers which he might make use of against those who conceived the idea of turning against hue or his Ministers. By what means have these portfolios been carried off ? It was not done en February 24, or on any d ay i mme diate' ) after that. Their disappearance is recent. Many per sons, and we are among the number, who earnestly de sired that these documents should be published, are lost in conjecture." BOURSE — PARIS, WEDNESDAY, ARIL b. THREE O'CLOCK. — The fail continues to make fresh progress, and the universal q uest i on now i s, " Wh ere i s all th i s t „ t o p ?" To-day's Bo urse was an excee dingly bad one, everything being offered, and the decline going on from the opening of business almost without a check. The French Five per Cents. opened at 52f. 50c., and closed at 50f., or 3f. lower than the day before ; the French Three per Cents. opvned at 33f. 50c., and after touching 321. 50c., , closed a t 33f., or If. lower ; Bank of France hares, after b e i ng d one at 1,050 f., closed at 1,0801., or 33f. lower ; Belgian Fives are at 48E, or 2f. lower ; and the Roman at Oil., or lower. Quatre C . anaux closed a t 680 f., b e ing a fall of 201., whilst Piedmont is 10f. better, at 6501. Bons du Tresor closed at 50 per cent. loss, after having been at one moment at 51. Railway Shares, par ticularly of the lines on which the whole of the calls are paid, were offered the whole day, and present a very marked fall. The measure determined on by the Government relative to the Orleans line was looked on most unfavourably, and theshares havelgone down not less than 80f., closing at 4101. Rouen and Havre were also exceedingly offered, from a belief that they will be next under sequestration. Rouen closed at 2751., or 32f. 50c. lower, and Havre at 2751. or 30f. lower. Vierzon are at . 2821. 50c., being 20 f. lower, and Bale at 70f., or 1 It. 25c. lower; Northern at 3051., or 3f. 75c. lower; Lyons, Nantes, and Strasburg are somewhat better, as it is supposed that if they were taken into the hands of the Government it would be rather an advantage for the shareholders. Nantes are at 328 f. 75c., or 3f. 76c. better. Strasburg at 336 f. 25e., or If. 25c. better; and Lyons at 2951., also If. 25c. better. French Gold is still at 70f. ; Silver 1,49001. note was from 12f. to 15f. ; and the sove reign is worth 261. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDO& STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 5. Boulogn e and Amiens, 5541 —Namur and Liege, 14, Northern of Fr ance 21i Orleans and Bor deaux, I % —Paris and Lyo ns , 1 Meuse, 4. 1 4 2 -Paris and Orleans , 19—Sambre and IRELAND (BI ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUIILIN, APRIL 5, 4 P.M.—The moment the London evening papers of yesterday were delivered at the Cham ber of Commerce, the speech of M. de Lamartine on behalf of the Provisional Government of Paris, in reply to the Irish dpputstion, was read aloud , to the ma nifes t gratification of a crowded room. There has been a considerable decline this day in all securities, especially in the shares of the Bank of Ire land, which fell no less than six per cent., caused by a simultaneous rush to effect sales in all stocks and shares, under an apprehension of a serious outbreak. (From the Pilot of April 5.) A meeting of the members of the Royal Dublin Society was held this afternoon at three o'clock. It was not called by Edvert4ernent but by private circular; when Alderman BOYD moved, and Sergeant WARREN se conded, res o l ut i ons to the effect t h at , " u nder the exist ithe ng circtunstancei of the country it was expedient thatmembers of thi s soc i ety b e forthwith armed, and that Sir B. Bor oug h be authorise d to procure the re quisite and carry this resolution into imme diate effect." weapons, fire to o k D READFUL FIR E IN MARYLEBONE. —(TIIIS DAY.) —About h a lf past one o ' clock this morn i ng a dreadful French poli s h er. The first discovery took place in the shop, and t h e family were saved by escap i ng over thelebone•lane, root. Th e engines Place in Marylebone.lane, the premises of a good sup p l y o• water, yet, notwithstanding every exer tion, all th e vaiusble c on t e nts of the shop were de• strayed, a s a l so serious damage done to t h e ot h er + quickly arrived, and there was a por tions of the :house. The cause was not known, but the proprietor is insured in the Sun Fire Office against loss. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN DIET OF THE STATES-GENERAL. BERLIN, APRIL 2.—This day, at twelve o'clock, the opening of the second United Diet took place at the Whitehall in the Royal Palace. After the Mem bers of the Diet had assembled, the Royal Diet Com missary, the President of the Ministry, CAMPHAUSEN, was informed thereof by a deputation of the Members of both Curies, and, accompanied by all the Minis ters, he entered the Hall, wip3re he delivered the following speech : " High Assembly,—His Majesty the King has com manded me to open the second United Diet in his royal name. Mighty events have shaken a part of Europe, and our own country has not remained un sca th e d. Th ese e vents menace us with increasing dangers; they open before us a momentous future. Prussia and Ger many will stand this time of transition if they set with deliberate courage and well-ordered energy in the newly-opened career. The unity of Ger many has for a long time been the goal to which all our wishes were directed, often with hopeless despair. Now, however, we advance towards it with rapid strides, and his Majesty the King voluntarily and cheerfully stood forth on the side of the 15,000,000 of inhabitants. The political position of the burghers in the state was a necessity the more keenly felt, as the people had ad vanced in the scale of civilization which placed them at least on a level with other nations living under free con stitutional legislation. His Majesty the King has gua ranteed a truly constitutional administration, and we are already assembled here for the purpose of laying the foundation-stone upon which the imperishable fabric is to be erected. We confidently hope that the work will rise rapidly; that it will annex and interjoin itself with a vast constitutional fabric of the whole German nation. •" It is deeply to be regretted that this state of things could not be effected without bringing in its train those disasters from which the community is at present suffering. " We may, however, derive consolation from the re flection that the last few weeks have opened many hid den wounds, and have revealed to us their existence and the mode of cure. The Government acknowledges its task to give fresh energy to the power of the State, to consolidate the bands of legal order, to re-establish confidence, to revive declining credit, and to effect the regeneration of commerce and the reward of industry. The Government will strive to maintain peace abroad, so long as the honour of Germany permits it, and to re store peace at home. In carrying out these duties, it relies upon the sound judgment of the burghers, who are now called upon to demonstrate that they are ripe for liberty. The Government also depends upon the support of the High United Diet, a support which, if it be given, may be given with perfect freedom of discus sion, a statement of personal conviction. None will altogether lose sight of the impression which a powerful, indisputable expression of public opinion is calculated to produce upon individual opinion; none will wish to deny that measures may be indispensable and wholesome at certain times, which at another period could not be deemed advisable. This High Assembly will undoubtedly bear in mind, in their deliberations, the radically altered relations of the times; the expression of their views will be welcomed by his Majesty the King, and by the ad visers of the Crown. " The Prussian nation, while it has commenced the free discussion of its most momentous affairs with freedom of the press and proceedings in public, cannot but recognise that in the contest of principles only truth appears, and that for the defence of liberty every person must be at liberty to express his individual opinion, with full right, and without impediment. Although the High United Diet, both in its constitution and in its privileges, will differ essentially from the future popular representations, the Government lays great stress upon its counsels at the present juncture, and in this spirit I have the honour to lay before you the royal propositions for your investigation and deliberation : " ' DECREE OF PROPOSITIONS. " We, Frederick William, by the grace of God King of Prussia, &c., &c. " Send our royal greeting to the assembled States of our second United Diet. " For the purpose of calling into action the consti tutional administration promised to our faithful people on the most extensive basis, it is indispensable that it should be intrinsically combined with an assembly of competent popular representatives, freely elected. " We have, therefore, projected a provisional elec toral law, containing proposals according to which, from the nature of its transitory duties, cannot go into com mittee, so to be elected and constituted, while we submit this project to the United Diet, which is assembled for the last time in its present form. We recommend its speedy decision, in order that, by the immediate estab lishment of the permanent and open administration of justice, all those blessings may result which it is our conscientious endeavour to obtain for our faithful people by the complete and thorough development of a free con stitution. " ' This constitution, the project of which we shall submit to the Assembly, which is about to be founded on the basis of the electoral law, shall, according to our view, and for the purpose of completely attaining its ob ject, approach in its form to the preponderating majority of the constitutional Governments of Germany, and to be in unison with the formation of a universal German federal administration. " ' Given at Potsdam, April 2. 1848. (Signed) " 4 FREDERICK WILLIAM.' " (Countersigned by the Cabinet Ministers.) OUTLINE OF THE FUTURE LAW OF ELECTION. •' 1. Every householder who has completed the twenty-fourth year of his age, and who has not forfeited any of his civil rights, will have a vote in the commune in which he has resided for one year, provid, d he has not been supported by any poor or public rate, or served in any menial capacity without possessing a house of his own. " 2. The voters of each commune will elect for every 500 of their number one elector; if the population is less than 500 but more than 300, it will still retain the right of choosing an elector. If it is under 300, the commune will be joined by the provincial council to other com munes in the same district. " In eon3muues of a population of more than 500 the votes will be taken by districts, in such a manner that no more than five electors are to be returned for any one of them. " Properties that do not belong to a commune will be united, for the purposes of the election, to an adjacent town or rural commune. " 3. An elector can only be chosen in the district in which he is qualified himself to vote. " 4. The election is to be decided by the absolute ma jority of votes. 5. Every householder having completed his 30th year, in full possession of his civil rights, and never having received support from any public rate, is eligible to be chosen as a deputy. " 6. For each district having a provincial council, as well as for every town belonging to a provincial circle, one deputy shall be returned. If the population of the district or town reaches 60,000, two ; and for every 40,000 more one deputy in addition; so that, for 100,000 of population, tbree, and, for 140,000, four deputies, shall be elected. " 7. The number of the population to be reckoned on the census of 1846. " 8, In the towns the choice of electors shall be con ducted under the superintendence of the magistrates, and, where there is no bench of magistrates, under the municipal authorities. " The manner of conducting the election will be fixed by a future Ministerial order. " The election of deputies in the rural districts will be superintended by the provincial council ; and, in the towns not belonging to such a district, by the magistrates and the municipal authorities. " 9. The election of Deputies is to be decided by the absolute majority of votes written by the voters them selves. Where more than three Deputies are to be chosen, the election is to be according to districts, which will be divided by the proper authorities for the purpose. i" 10. The Deputies, when elected, will vote in the Assembly according to their own independent opinions, and are not bound to any specific projects or instructions. "11. The proof of the legality of the several elections will be left to the Assembly itself." " We, Frederick William, &c , to our United Diet, assembled for the second time, greeting— . " The Assembly of our faithrul States, called together this day, meet to consider the proposed new law of election, and to come to an understanding with us as to the form of the free constitution which we have proposed to our people. But we will at once state some of the main principles of this constitution, and have therefore prepared the following decree, for which we anticipate a❑ early assent by our faithful Diet. "FREDERICK WILLIAM. " Potsdam, April 2." (Countersigned by all the Ministers.) " OUTLINE OF SOME OF THE LEADING PRINCIPLES OF THE NEW PRUSSIAN CONSTITUTION. " We, Frederick William, &c., " 1. In order further to develope the freedom of the press, which has been granted to our people, the regula tions contained in the 4th paragraph of the Ist section of the decree of the 17th March of the present year, with respect to the security to be deposited by the nub • lishers of new journals, are repealed. " 2. The trial and punishment of political and state prisoners shall be conducted by the ordinary tribunals, and every exceptional law relating to such proceedings is repealed. In the district belonging to the Court of Appellation of Cologne trial by jury for political offences and sedition wi:l be restored. "3. For the security of Le independence of the judges, all the former laws authorising their dismissal, deposition, or forced retirement, are repealed. "4. All Prussian subjects will possess the right of assembling, peacefully and unarmed, in any enclosed space, without the previous permi , sion of the police authorities ; they have also the right for all legal pur poses to form societies, equally without the previous per mission of the same authorities. " 5. The exercise of all civil rights is henceforth inde pendent of religious belief. " 6. The future representatives of the people will, in every case, possess the power of consenting to all the laws, as well as to all matters relating to the taxation and revenue of the country." The Prince of SoLisis then named the secretaries of the Diet. A motion for an Address, in reply to the speech, was proposed by Prince LICUNOWSKY, and unani mously adopted. The Address, drawn up by the Committee And adopted, expre3scd full confidence that a complete national representation would for the future guide the destinies of the country. But at that moment they were still the legal organ of the nation, and, as such, had certain duties to discharge. They re minded the KING of all his promises of the 18th, 21st, and 28th of March, and declared that they accepted with gratitude his assurance of projects of law on the liberty of the press, individual freedom, the right of meeting and association, and the pub licity of judicial proceedings, trial by jury for political offences, civil and political equality for all religions, and general arming of the people. They would pay the deepest attention to the measures to be submitted to them. The Committees to which the consideration of the two projects of law are referred were then named, and the sitting was adjourned till Tuesday. The Borsennachrichten has a letter from Stettin, of March 31, stating that a deputation from the mar chants of Stettin have been sent to Berlin to consult the Minister for Foreign Affairs concerning the dan gerous position of the Prussian trade in the Baltic. The Minister assured them that a note had already been dispatched to the British Foreign-office, with a view to induce the English Government to protect trade in those seas, if the Schleswig-Holstein ques tion should make such protection necessary. The same paper adds, that English trade is so much in terested in the Baltic trade, that Lord PALMERSTON must necessarily accede to the demands of Prussia. Letters from Posen and Breslau, in the Cologne Gazette, confirm the former reports of the disorderly state of the Grand Duchy. The Poles are preparing for war, while the German inhabitants of the Grand Duchy excite their hate by protesting against the intended separation from the German empire. Breslau, part of the province of Silesia, on the other hand, seems to have overcome the convulsions which necessarily attend so sudden a change as Prussia has undergone. The citizens, who keep order admirably, are armed, and muster a force of no less than 12,000 men. The country districts are still agitated, and exhibit the melancholy consequences of protracted fiscal misrule. Bands of armed peasants are still here and there attacking the royal domains and seats of noblemen. They destroyed the palace of Count SAURMA, at Geltsch, and robbed him of his plate. Their 'depredations in this single instance amount to 50,000 dollars. Count YORK, of Wartenburg, the newly-appointed Chief President of the province of Silesia, is said to be very unpopular, and it is ex pected that he will be forced to resign. The Elberfelder Zeitung has a letter from Berlin, stating that the Princess of PRUSSIA has given 15,000 dollars for the widows and orphans of the victims of the Berlin revolution, and that she has promised to give the same sum every year. The Hamburgh Borsenhalle contains a letter from Berlin, which says :—" A note is said to have been received here from the Russian Government, to the purport that that power does not intend to inter fere in the domestic affairs of Prussia ; but that if Prussia should resort to measures which might affect the integrity of the Polish -Russian dominions, Russia would act independently, according to circum stances. It is, however, asserted that letters have in the mean chile been received here from the fron tiers, which mention the appearance of the Cossacks at Tilsit to 50,000 strong. Numerous aggressions had been committed by these hordes on the Prussian frontier." AUSTRIA. The accounts of the outbreak of an insurrection against Austria in the Tyrol are confirmed. The letters from Trent of the 15th speak of large bodies of rioters who have destroyed the Custom-house of that town and thrown the furniture into the Adige (Edsch). The fiscal officers were obliged to seek their safety in flight. A mob assembled next in front of the Town-hall, and forced the magistrates to draw up a petition to the EMPEROR praying for an annexa tion of the Tyrol with Lombardy. The magistrates did as they were bid. They were next induced to adopt the Italian colours, and illuminate the town. Other places, Ala for instance, were equally riotous, and great outrages were committed by the infuriated population, especially the peasants. The Allgemeine Zeitung reports the liberation of 150 State prisoners, partly Poles, partly Italians, who on the 23d ult. were dismissed from the fortress of Spielberg, famous in the annals of Austrian despotism. The Aligemeine Zeitung reports that Count STA DION, Governor of Bohemia, has tendered his resig nation, but it remains undecided whether the EM PEROR will dispense with his services. A private letter from Prague states that great ex citement prevailed in that city, and that a revolution was apprehended in consequence of all the fourteen points insisted on by the deputation not having been granted by the EMPEROR. At Trieste all is quiet. Orders have been sent to the Austrian fleet, which is at Pola, to blockade Venice, and Count NUGENT is to commence operations by land. He is to command a third corps d'armte, which is to be formed on the Isonzo, and in a few days he will have there between six and seven thousand men. FRANKFORT. Letters from Frankfort of the Ist inst. state that the Congress have fixed the Ist of May as the day for the meeting of the Constitutional Assembly. Some discussion arose as to whether the whole Congress should declare itself en permanence until the meeting of the Constitutional Assembly should take place, or whether a Committee of fifty members should be appointed to remain en permanence until that period. The following propositions were at length agreed to : " 1. To choose a Committee consisting of fifty mem bers. " 2. To empower that Committee to put itself in com munication with the German Diet, in order to provide for the immediate interests of the German nation, in giving its advice in all matters . of policy, u n til t h e period at which the Assemble Consilluante shall be called together. " 3. To invite the Diet to put itself in communica tion with the Committee, as including men in whom the people placed reliance. " 4. To empower the Committee, in case of urgent danger, to call together the present deliberative Con gress." POLAND. The Prussian Government, yielding to the demands of the Polish deputies, has appointed a Royal Com missioner for the duchy of Posen, in the person of General \VILLESSEN, who enjoys a great degree of popularity among the Poles. Count MATIIEW MIELZYNSKI is to be the first President of the pro vince of Posen. General CHEZANOWSKI, the most eminent of the Generals of the old Polish army, and M. MIEROSLAWSKI, who was the leader of the insur rection of 1842, are to be admitted into the army of Posen. The Courrier de Berlin, of the Ist inst. says— " The grave events which have changed the political system of Prussia have at the sam e ti me cause d great perturbation in all commercial affairs, and produced a vast depreciation in the public funds. Already some of the first banking-houses in the capital and in other towns of the kingdom have announced their intention of icaree diately winding up their affairs, and it is feared that with the beginning of the month will come many failures. The shares in the German railroads have fallen down to 50, and some as low as 47 thalers. Merchants who have payments to make cannot obtain money from their bankers, even upon the best securities. The shares in the Royal Bank have undergone an enormous reduc tion in price." RUSSIA. MANIFESTO OF THE EMPEROR. The following manifesto of the Emperor NICHOLAS has been published at St. Petersburgh and received with the greatest enthusiasm : " After the benefits of a long peace the West of Eu rope finds itself at this moment suddenly given over to perturbations which threaten with ruin and overthrow all legal powers and the whole social system. " Insurrtction and Anarchy, the uff,pring of France, soon crossed the German frontier, and have spread themselves in every direction with an audacity which has gained new force in proportion to the concessions of the Governments. The devastating plague has at last attacked our allies the Empire of Austria and the Kingdom of Prussia, and to. day in its blind fury me naces even our Russia, that Russia which God has confided to our care. " But Heaven forbid that this should be! Faithful to the example handed down from our ancestors, having first invoked the aid of the Omnipotent, we are ready to encounter our enemies from whatever s id e t h ey may present themselves, and without sparing our own person we well know how, indissolubly united to our holy country, to defend the honour of the Russian name, and the inviolability of our territory. We are convinced that every Russian, that every one of our faithful sub jects will respond with joy to the call of his Sovereign. Our ancient warcry, For our faith, our Soya**lge, qnd our country,' will once again lead us on the path of victory, and then with sentiments of humble gratitude, as now with icelings of holy hope, we will all cry with one voice, God is on o'ir side, understand this ye peoples and submit, for God is on our side.' _ _ _ " Given at St. Petersburgh the 14th (26th) of March, in the year of Grace 1848, and the 23d of our reign." It is said that the EMPEROR has ordered that every man in Russian-Poland, between the ages of eighteen and thirty-fire, shall be removed into the interior of Russia. The German papers continue to report the concen tration of a large Russian army in the Russian part of Poland. 6,000 Circassians and Bashkirs arrived, according to the Schlesische Zeitung, in Creustochan on the 25th of March. The troops at Warsaw are consigned to the barracks, and ready to march at a minute's notice. ITALY. The King of SARDINIA has addressed the following proclamation to his people ; it is dated Voghera, head• quarters of the Piedmont army : "Charles Albert, by the grace of God, King of Sar dinia, of Cyprus, &c., to his well-beloved subjects. " My duties as King, the bonds which attach me to the sacred interests of Italy, impose on line the obliga tion of proceeding with my sons to the plains of Lom bardy, where the destinies of our common country will soon be decided. " The army, for long my solicitude and my pleasure, follows me; numbers of brave citizens have voluntarily joined themselves to us to share the labours of war and the dangers of battle; my heart bounds at the sight of such admirable and universal enthusiasm; it will be grand and glorious for me to lead a generous people to the holy enterprise of which Pius IX. has been the first promoter. " I entrust with entire confidence to the citizen-militis of my kingdom, and to the affection of my people, the care of my family and the maintenance of public order--- the chief basis of all liberty. _ _ _ " Faithful Savoyards, brave Ligurians, it is to your fidelity, to your . honour, to your powerful arms, that I entrust the defences of our frontiers, and of our shores ; during the absence - of your brothers of the army, you will be the calm.and. worthy guardians of our free insti tutions, and of the integrity of our country." The King of:SARDINIA entered Pavia at the head of 300,000 men on the 89th ult., and left next day for Lodi. . The crew of . an :Au 3 trian frigate in the roads of Naples had compelled the captain to hoist the Italian national flag. The Piedmontese Gazette of the Ist inst. contains * decree of the Provisional Government of Milan investing the Jews with full political and civil rights. The question of marriages will be regulated by future law. Other decrees. provide . for the organisa• tion of a regular army, the. enrolment of volunteers , a diminution in• the . stamp duties, the abolition of the game laws, &c. The same paper contains the con• ventions, in virtue of which .the :province of Udine and that of Padua are evacuated by the Austrians ; most of the Italian troops have refused to follow the imps' rial generals, and have fraternised with the people. By the above conventions all the arms, ammunition, and military materiel are given up to the people, so well as the public coffers ; the Austrian troops will receive three months' pay, and evacuate the towns and fortresses. A similar capitulation has been signed at Rovigo. The following official bulletin was issued by the Provisional Government of. Milan on the 30th ult.:— " The Lombard and Swiss free corps are in Brescie. General 814, with 5:,000 Piedmentese, has advanced to. wards Chiari; General Trotti, with 8,000 more, was 0 1 Lodi this day. Ten thousand Romans and 7,000 Tile' cans are marching to the Po, by Bologna and Ferret* and will cross it at Ponte Lago Scuro. It is said that at Bagnolo (Lower Brescia) the Lombard and Swiss free corps, reinforced by the :Tyrolese insurgents, have sur' prised and taken prisoners from 700 to 800 men, amongel whom are 70 hulans and 50 officers, with a minted chest. Radetzky was, according to the latest intelli' gence, at Orzino.vi and Soncino; the Austrians are at • standstill near the banks of the Oglio. It appears the, have given up the intention of throwing themselves into Mantua, from wautuf provisions in' the fortress. TO whole country from the Po to. the Alps of Tyrol hes risen in arms; the enemy finds impediments of every Mr ture. There is:no 'doubt that, 'on the appearance of 0 body of regular. troops, the .army of Radetzky will be obliged to capitulate." • N APL ES. A letter from Naples of the 28th says— " The news of the insurrection of Lombardy reached us on the 25th, and as soon as it became known th e people went en masse to the Austrian embassy, tore down the imperial .arms which decorated the **deg dragged them to the Place della Vittoria, and burned them. From thence the crowd went to the hotel of the Minister Bozaelli, crying .4 Down with the .4inistry Down with Bozzelli, the renegade, the traitor to th e country !' In the morning of the 26th, more thtbil, three thousand persons assembled near the Row Palace, with two tricolour flags and a Lombardian flag' crying Down with the Ministry! Succour for 0,1 Lombards!' The caval r y was i mme di a t e l y ran g ed before the gate of the Palace, and ordered to prepare for a charge ; but this demonstration increase': the exasperation ; the crowd at every momen t became greater, and the cries were more menacing ' Thereupon M. ,Gabriel Ptipd, colonel o f th e N at i o n. Guard, went from the Palace, and in the name of the King promised that the Ministry should be cbangto and that orders should be given to assist the Lombard* ' 4 In the evening of the 26th the people assembled apt* with the intention of burning the arms of the Russia° embassy, but the Swiss troops had received orders t, oppose this project. At eight o'clock in the evening' the crowd assembled before the hotel of M. Serra Cr priola, and subsequently before those of the other IV nisters, uttering the same cries of Down with the Ministry !' All the Ministers have given in their resit nations, which have been accepted, but - the composition of a new Cabinet encounters grave difficulties, becaus e . it is desired not to abandon old habits. H owever , if t h e King does not act quickly, the people may say to 110 It is too late!' and act in his place." MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) MENET GATE AND 1.36 AD Mg N.A3.36. Our market was well supp li ed with meat to-day, O 4 which met a d u ll i nqu i ry, at drooping prices. Be : from 2s 10d t o 3 s $ d ; Mutton, 33 6d to 4s 80,1 Lamb, 53 10d t o 6 s . 1 0 d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4a 10d; Al) Pork, 3s 8d to 5s per Blbs, by the carcase. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, APRIL s.—Although our market t o -d'9 was by no m eans h eav il y supp li e d w i th fat stock, t b" , general demand was in a sluggish state, and prices Nver e o not supported. B es t f rom 3 s t o 4 s 2d ; M utton, 10d to 5s 2d; Lamb, 6s to 6s 6d; Veal, 4s 4d to 45 Pt and Pork, 43 to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, APRIL s.—Prime Sh ee p an d L am b s mole" off steadily, at full prices. In other kinds of stock es l , ceedingly littl e was d oing . B ee f f rom 3 s to 4s 201; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d ; La m b, 6s to 6 s 8d ; V ea l , 4 s t" 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 8d per 81bs. Mitch Cod with their small Calf, 161. to 17/. lOs ; and Quarter -0' Store Pigs, 19s to 243 each. LEWES, APRIL 4.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4 ( n Mutton, 43 to 5s 4d; Lamb, 5s 10d to 6s 6d; al Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 8d per 8113 s. A moder a t e supp l y, S O a sluggish demand. SAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 4/ ; Clover' ditto, 41 to 5/ ; and Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 10$ F ir load. A short supply, and a steady demand. C UMBERLAND.—Meadovr Hay, 3/ 3s to 41 4 .„' • Clover ditto, 41 to 4/ 18 s; an d S traw, 11 83 to 11 iv, per load. Supply very li m it e d, an d tra d e b r i s k , at the above advanced quotations. HITEcIIAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clotl ditto, 41 4s to 5155; and Straw, 1/ 83 to 11 to, per loou l Trade firm, at improved currencies. COAL MARK ET.—YESTERDAT. Carr's Hartley North Percy Hartley.. 14 s 6d W a lk er Walker's Primrose ... 12. 6d Haswell 175 ;5 Wylam 7,3 West Hartley 0 nri Wall's End, &c. T ees Bell and Brown 1 53 6d C owpeu H artley 155 v Bew icke and Co. Hedley CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April 6,1848, made up from the Returns of Inspectors in the different Citie s an d T owns in Ekgland and WAlg per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BAILEY. OATS. I RTE. BEAN & I Eltil% I PRICE .. 51s 10d 31s 5d 20s 2d 2 91 8d I 35s 7d 369 4 ' DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RTE , I BEANS. I nit. 78 Od 2s Id 2s 6d 2 s 6d 2s Id Is 6i ELECTION CoIVIMITTEE• (THIS DAY.) BODM IN. The Bodmin election Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morning ; Mr. Hamilton in the chair. The evidence in favour of Mr. Lacy was resumed. • The Mayer of Bodmin proved that he and four of friends subscribed for the refreshment tickets. Evidence was then called, for the purpose of showia that Moorecomb, the principal witness on the other side' had stated that offers of money had been made him i g give evidence. Moorecomb h a d d epose d t h at one o f Mr. L2ey fA agents supplied him with money to treat the voters, bu' Mr. Geach, a solicitor of Bodmin, the gentleman in gaol' Lion, denied the statement in toto. The whole force of the London Establishment Fif e Brigade are to be sworn in special constables, so as ° be ready to assi,t should their services be required to aid the civil power at the present crisis. rrhio DEATH OF T HE H ON. ANDREW RAMSAY. gentleman died on the 2d instant at Cheltenham, 11V, sev,uty,two. H e was son of the eighth Earl of Poi! housic, and was consequently uncle to the present huld P , of that title.