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NOW ready, at all the Librarie4 , in 3 vols. post Bvo., MR. CURLING'S SEW 'ROMANCE. SHAK S P E A R E, THE POET, THE ACTOR, THE LOVER, AND THE MAN. A LONIANCE. By HENRY CURLING. Author of " JoY.i. of Englar.d." Sce. "Not only is the general arrangement of his romance well con trived, harmonizing fact and fiction wit,. a felicity rarely atlalned, .but the drawing and colouring of his scenes are correct, proving the author to be well acquainted not only with the history, but the cha racter of the period in question."—John Bull. " Talent of no mean order is displayed'in this w)rk ; the language and descriptions are consistent throughout, and completely Eliza bethan ; perfectly redolent of the manners of the time,"—Weekly Chronicle. tabard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MIL BENTLEY HAS JUST PUBLItinED Eir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, A R 0 L D; THE LAST OF THE SAXON KINGS. Which ratty now be obtained at all Booksellers, and at all the Li braries. New Burlington-street, June, 1848. D: Now ready, in one vol., comprising as much matter as twenty ordi nary volumes, with 1,500 Engravings of Arms, 38s. bound, BI.J.&.RE'S PEERAGE and BARONETAG-E, FOR 1848, NEW EDITION, Revised and corrected throughout from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, &c. " The most complete publication of its class we possess."—Atlas. "No other Peerage can be compared with that o the Messrs. Bake fur correctness cut completeness."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Catrurn, Publi Lcr, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MA.I EST Y'S THEATit tt. FIRST NIGHT OF' ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. The Nobility, Patrons to thce Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, when will he performed Aleyerbeer's Opera, entitled ROBgl:TO IL DIAVOLO, Arranged in Three Acts. The Scenery 1;317. Chaff is Marshall. Alice, )Idlle. Jenny Lind ; Bertram, Signor Belletti ; Rambaldo, Signor Labocetti ; Sacerdote, Signor Bouche ; H. , berto, Sig. Gar'loni. In the Second Act an incidental Divertissement, in which Aldlle. Carolina Rosati will appear. To conclude with the highly successful New and Original Ballet Divertissement, by M. Perrot, the Music by Sig. Pugni, entitled, LES QUATRE SAISONS. Summer, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ' • Autumn, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati ; Winter, Mille. Marie Taglioni; Spring, Mdlle. Cerito. PAS.—Regne du Printemps, du Printemps, Regne de l'Ete, de l'Ete, Regne de l'Automme, de l'Automme , Regne de de I'Lliver, du l'Union des Saisons. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-ottlee of the Theatre. Doors open at halt-past Seven. and commence at Eight o'clock, THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA ILKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE CONFEDERACY; or, the City Wivea. Gripe, Mr. Tilbury ; Moneytrap, Mr. Farren ; Brass, Mr. Webster ; Clarizsa, Mrs. Nisbett ; Corinna, Miss Julia Bennett; Flippanta, Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Amlet, Mrs. Glover After which a new piece called the PAS DE FASCINATION ; or, Catching a Governor. Michael Browsky, Mr. Keeley; Katherine Sloper, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the Farce of SPRING GARDENS. Lord Court ington, Mr. A. Wigan; Scoreup, Mr. Keeley; Lauy Clarissa, Mrs. Seymour; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. Stage Manager, .11r arren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. J. T. Archer, liox-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3e. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Si x , P er f ormance to com mence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction at 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. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which a new Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE .DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright ; Mr. John J,Ames Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. T.. 0 conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. Boxes, 45.; 2s. ; Gallery, Is. open at Half-payt Six, Performance to commence at Seven, ItOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managemeat of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Wlll be performed a new comic Drama, entitled ANYTHING FOR A CHANGE. Characters by Messrs Harley, C. Mathews, Honner ; Mrs. L. Murray, Miss K. Fitzwilharn, and Miss Marshall. After which, THE BE4GAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. IV. Harrison ; Peachutn, Mr. F. Matthews ; Polly, Miss Kath leen Fltawilliam ; Lucy, 3t dame liestris , Jenny Diver, Miss Jane Coleman. - To conclude with a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Characters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear, Bellitighalin, Ruckstone; Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Dress Boxes, bs. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No Dalt-price to any part of the house. The Nov Box-office, No. 2, Wellingtori-Areet, Is open to the Public evcry day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchesk,street, Portland. place. THIS E E Will be performed tl a comic Drama, entitled A FAIRY TALE. Principal characters by _Messrs. J. Vining, C. Fisher, Conway, Nor. ton, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Emma Stanley. TO be followed by a new and original Drama, called THE SPIRIT OF GOLD. To conclude with the flallet, entitled MENORELLA. Charac ters by Mr. Flexmore, M. Le Clereq, M. Deulin, 3ladame Le Clercq, Mdlle. Le Clercq, Mdlle. Louise, Mdlle. Adele, Mdlle. Mathilde, Mt.a Ilodson, and Mdlle. Auri , 1. tires- Circle, as.: Hexes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; gallery, Is. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. 33, Old Bond -street. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at half-past Seven o'clock when Will be performed LE CODE DES FEMMES. Paul lanval, M. Derval ; 3f gnonet, M. Lemenil ; Romani, M. Lheritier ; Emma, Figeac. After which, the vaudeville of LE BONHOMME RICHARD. To conclude with POT AUX ROSES. i:exes, 65.; Pit, 3s. Gil.; Amphitheatre, 35.; Gallery, 2s Boxes and Stalls may be obtain,d at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 83.01 d Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIti cominuea to attract crowded and fashionable audiences at the St. James's Theatre, to witness his extraordinary and original SOIitEES FANTASTIQUES, which he will repeat THIS EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Eveuings, commencin.; at Half-past Eight. No performance on Saturday, June 21. In consequence of the great demand for places, he will repeat his MATINEES FANTASTIQUES on WEDNESDAY MORNING, June 28. Doors open at Two o'clock. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Engagement or Mr. T. P. COOKE. 'l'llls EVENING, Will be performed ITT ITRF. EVENTS. After which; MY: POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Hat }lanyard, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To he followed by the I.A..NTUM SERENADERS' CONCERT. To conclude with KENSING•TON CROSSE. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEI"B ROYAL A3I YIIITHEATItE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. ,fitzb a new gorgeous Chivalrous Spectacle pre-eminently success. ful.—Sacond Nveek of the grand Whitsuntide Noveltles.—Unparal. leled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed, the new , brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter etcott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR MION; or, The Riutle of Flodden Field. To be followed by the inimitable EXERCISES OF TIIE EQUES TRIAN TROUPE. To conclude with the favourite drama of CLARI. Box-office open trout Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. JULLIEN and his UNRIVALLED BAND. New Quadrille, composed expressly for the Gardens. Engagement of Miss HUDDART. Continuation of the Engagement of Mdlle. LOVARNY. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Danson. Superb and Unique MENAGRRIE. Grand DiFplay of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Sonthby, No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. View of home,—Prornenade Concerts, Vocal and instrumental conducted by Mons. JULLIEN, - whose splendid Band of Solo Per , formers includes Messrs. Baker, Barrett, Bauman, George and 'Viotti Collins, CioOl, Collinet, Koenig, Lazaru S,.nnenberg, /c.c.—Two 50103 each Esr,nhig. —Aldlle. L6cartly will sing two fa vuurite Songs, Miss Iluddart will sing a favou. ite Song, and with 3flollle. Lovarny will execute an adrairel Duet.—Also to be seen, duria4 the day, the beautiful Men agerie — Shakspere's House—The magic Bridge—and other noveltes will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most magnincent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the blesses. Southby, representing the Girandola during the Holy Week at Itome. Gates Nine x Feeding open at N . Time Fi ve —Jullien's Concert at a Quarter past Six — Firework s at Half-past Nine. Adixission, as usual, One Shilling. TO CORRESPON No communication can be attended to unless authesti caked by the name and address of the writer. ejected communicatiorrs cumot be returned. THE WEA HEIL—SUN OFFICE, JuNE TamdomETEß, Lowest, 58 Highest, 69; Noo n , 73. BAROMETER, :30.06 —WIND N.%V.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS D.Y. ;Kerning .. 30 min. after 5 j Evening 50 min. after The Committee appointed to inquire into the causes of the recent commercial distress, and how far it has been affected by the laws for regulating the issue of notes payable on demand, have made their first report. They have concluded their inves tigation so far as relates to England, and have given the result of their opinions on that branch of the subject, to the country. The document is (if pos sible) more meagre and unsatisfactory than was an ticipated even by those who discerned the nature of the ingenious device for shelving the question until a period when the public mind might be less excited on the subject, when Ministers Might announce with safety their determination to abide by the stringent provisions of the Bank Charter Act, and to refuse the slightest modification thereof, notwithstanding the numerous deputations and remonstrances that had been forwarded from every part of the country. No doubt could have been entertained by any person at all cognizant with the avowed opinions of the majority of those selected to form the Committee, that they would arrive at the conclusion that DO alteration should take place in our monetary code; but it was expected that some plausible reasons would have been put forward in its defence, and that those who had laboured for months, and who had examined divers witnesses, would at least have stated the grounds on which they might have formed their judgment. Nothing, however, of the kind has taken place. The report simply states that " the Com mittee, after a careful review of all the evidence, are of opinion that it is not expedient to make any alteration in the Bank Charter Act of 1844." Such is the magnificent result for which Parliament was summoned at an unusual period, to the great incon venience of its Members, who were drawn from their usual avocations, at a period when their pre• sence at home was of unusual importance to them selvs and their tenantries. It is, however, satisfactory to state that the Com mittee were by no means unanimous in their conclu sions; that the report was only carried by a majority of four, while a resolution moved by the Honourable Member for Montrose, to the effect " that the laws for regulating the issue of bank -notes payable on demand had aggravated the commercial distress of England in the year 1847," was only defeated by the insignificant majority of two, the numbers being eleven in support of the re solution, and thirteen against it, including the mem bers of the late and of the present Administrations who were placed on the Committee. Such a defeat is almost tantamount to a victory, and it will, we trust, not be lost sight of by the community in general, when the demand is made for a revision of the pro visions of our monetary code, and the adoption of a currency not subject to those ruinous fluctuations which have so injuriously affected all the industrial pursuits of the country, involving those who gave employment to the labouring classes in the deepest distress, and compelling those wbo under more propitious circumstances could obtain a comfortable livelihood for their families, by their own honest exertions, to take refuge in the union work houses. The Committee state " that there has been a general concurrence of opinion among the witnesses examined; that the primary cause of the distress was the deficient harvest, especially of the potato crop, in the year 1846, and the necessity of providing the means of pvment in the year 1847, for the unprece dented importations of various descriptions of food which took place in that year." They also state that, " among other causes, the deficient supply of cotton ; the diversion of capital from its ordinary employment in commercial transactions to the con struction of railroads ; the undue extension of credit, especially with our transactions with the East, and exaggerated expectations of enlarged trade, have been stated by some of the witnesses, as having contributed to the same result ;" and add, " they see no reason to d oubt that th ese causes h ave, i n diff erent degrees, in different parts of the country, produced the effect thus ascribed to them." This is simply a repetition of the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 30th November last, when moving the appointment of the Committee. In fact, the precious bantling bears undoubted evi deuce of its paternity, and it i s scarcely necessary to inform any person who has attentively perused the speech in question eu lo ethgaitz eosfutree document was c w t as . prepared by the Bank The censure that was cast on the 30th November on the Bank directors has been repeated in a modi fied form. They have, however, promised to b e better behaved for the future, so no immediate mea sures are to be taken, the Com mittee decl ar i ng "that it is unnecessary to impose such duty by law, as there can be but Title doubt that the permanent interests of the Bank arTeheiyde:ltsi-o tied with those of the public at large." state " that they feel confident that the change which has taken place (in the mode of appointment of the Governor and Deputy-Governor), and the greater experience which has been acquired during the events of the last two years, will ensure to the public in the future management of the Bank of England greater benefit from this national establishment than it has hitherto been the means of conferring upon the country," The above, with an allusion to the serious consequences of the panic and the want of confidence that existed, which, however, " was immediately re moved by the letter of the 25th October," and a statement that the evidence as to the effects of the Act of 1844 was contradictory, appear to be the only grounds put forward for the positive decision they have come to. 'We shall on early occasion return to the consideration of this most important subject. In the beginning of June, 1793, the National Convention of France promulgated the Constitution of the new Republic—a Constitution which had been drawn up in eight days, and which ROBESPIERRE de scribed as" the most democratic institution that ever existed." "We can now," he said, " offer to the universe a constitutional code, infinitely superior to any that has ever existed, which exhibits the sublime • to the commandments is incompatible with the mas tication of a red-herring, that public decency is vio lated, anketernal salq•ation endangered by the un timely put Chase of a rasher of ham, or the vending of a surreptitious lobi.:tei...'" To explain ourselves. There is now before the House of Commons a Bill, prepared and introduced by the Honourable Members for Salford and Ashton under-Lyne, providing that— " No person shall, on Sunday, keep or hold, or assist in keeping, any market, or sell, or cry, or offer or expose for sale, or cause to be sold or cried for sale, any goods, chattels, effects, matters, or things whatever. The goods of hawkers so defying the law are to be confis cated for the benefit of the poor of the parish. The sale of milk, fruit, pastry, and beverages before nine o'clock A.M., and after one o'clock r. 31., of cooked meat, tea, coffee, &c., within coffee-shops, cook-shops, or eating houses, before ten o'clock A.M. and after one o'clock P.M., the sale of meat or flesh bAore nine o'clock A.M. (from the 31st of May to the Ist of October in each year). and the vending of drugs aid medicines, will not be in terfered with by this Act. The Act is not to extend to steam-boats or I:cenSed houses. The penalties for in fringement of the ative provisions are Jim s varying from 5, to 40s. Persons resisting the i fficers employed in enforcing the Act will be liable to a fine of 101. The operation of the Act is limited to the boundaries of the metropolitan police district, ind the city and liberties of London. The Ist of October is fixed for the commtnce ment." Considering that our old favourite, Sir ANDREW AGNEW, is no longer a AI ember of the Imperial Parlia ment, we had hoped that such monstrous, indecent, and most un-Christian propositions as this would never again have been laid before the supreme Legislature. Talk of liberty of conscience after this ! Talk of civil freedom, forsooth, or religious toleration, or of the annihilation of the old incubi of ignorance, feu dality, and despotism ! Sorry, indeed, mustbe can liberality of the English constitutio n if such abortions of legalized morality and Parliamentary religion be allowed to interrupt the business of a rational Senate. Often and often have we written down the humbug of those pretenders to orthodoxy who have from time to time attempted to interfere with Sunday travelling both - on the highways and upon railroads. A number of pigheaded dogmatists endeavoured to throw a moral barricade across the line of the Glasgow Railway; but these gentlemen failed, and so, with the help of common sense, will the two gentlemen we have already men tioned as adorning the Chamber at Westminster. On a future day we s hallyinto eg t r h e e . cruelty and f o ll y and utter enter more indindecency fully this n cy o gious measure. Meanwhile we leave the Bill to uni versal derision. -.re . - V 9 : , czoi.z.v.,>. 4, ~. A :: ,, v, 71!-.. - -:--. 1 ,.1 -. ,r' ... 'A1N....... ' abi "... ._4 •• ' • ' .'"', ....A.,,,T ~....%_ • • A___ - tfir A'r. .j . s -jnijUS..44:ll* ;,,,•-• .., 1.4,111..1'''--.- 'EL bit t•-`.::‘...Zg_ ---. /,!.'igiellug :7-zynit LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE, 22, 1848'. " Religion," said the Count DE MIRABEATJ, " is a divine institution—not a legislative enactment." Mr. Hisrunue. thinks otherwise, and so does Mr. Bao- THERTON. According to the Hon. Representatives of Salford and Ashton-under-Lyne, morality is a thing dependent upon the divisions counted out into the lobbies of Parliament. For our own part, we have been foolish enough to have hitherto regarded the origin and destinies of Christianity as of a much more holy and sublime character. 'We had certainly formed a very different estimate of the result of that tremendous catastrophe which shook the globe to its centre, which dark ene d t h e face of day, which rent the veil of the Temple in twain, and summoned the grim spectres of the dead into the streets of Jerusalem. We had thought that a creed sifteonded would have lived in perpetual strength and b eau ty without the aid of any human interposition. That a Church whose degnias had emanated from the lips of an Incarnate GOD, and whose sanctuary had beer, rendered for ever holy, and for ever indestruct ible by the awful sacrifice of the Crucifixion —that such a Church, could require the help of man's frail and fallible judgment had never once entered into our imagination, or if it had, it must assuredly have been regarded by us as impossible and preposterous. But in so thinking we h ave b een mistaken —if we may credit Messrs. CHARLES HINDLEY and JOSEP H BROTHERTON. Pinning down our faith to the peculiar, and we will even presume to call it eccentric, doctrines of those gen tlemen, we must henceforth look upon virtue as de pendent in a great measure upon the purchase of a Pottle of strawberries, we must believe that obedience ,-.: 4,,,, .'THURSDAY EVENING, and majestic image of French regeneration. We may now despise the efforts of calumny." Still however excellent in some particulars the Constitution of 1793 may have been, there was a capital error in its mode of inauguration—an error which led to its speedy an nihilation. It was traced in letters of blood. In the beginning of June, 1848, another body of revolu tionists have framed another Constitution for Repub lican France—a constitution which resembles its pre decessor in some particulars, while in principle it is directly opposed - to it. In comparing the drafts of these two constitutions we recognise the rapid de velopment of civilization and Christianity during the last half century. The framers of the first Repub lican Constitution aspired after liberty, it is true, but it was a liberty of that spurious kind where men " call it freedom when themselves are free." One of their first liberal acts was to declare liable to arrest all persons who "by their conduct, their relations, their conversation, or their writing, showed themselves partisans of tyranny or federation, or who had not incessantly manifested their devotion to the Revolution,"—that is to say, all persons who might happen to differ in opinion from themselves. The new French Constitution declares, on the contrary, in one of its first articles, that " Liberty" consists among other things "in the right of associating; of petitioning; of exercising one's religion ; of manifesting his thoughts and opinions by means of the press or otherwise." The exercise of these rights has no other limits than " the rights and liberties of other nations, and the public security." Another and a most striking difference between these Constitutions is, that whereas in the former, according to the ironical but truthful remark of CHABOT, the guarantee of liberty was the guillotine, the first article of the latter declares the fundamental prin ciple of social duty to consist in the practice of that sublime maxim so beautifully termed the golden rule of Christianity—" Do unto others as ye would be done by." The recently formed Constitution is almost as democratic in form as that which ROBES FIERRE styled the most democratic that ever existed, and we are inclined to consider it infinitely more liberal in effect. The only respect in which it may appear less democratic than its predecessor, is in its proposing triennial in place of annual Parlia ments. In its other articles it realises the Utopian dreams of Chartism. Every citizen aged 21 years is to be an elector, and every citizen aged 25 is to be eligible as a representative. A direct tax can be fixed for one year only. Trial by jury is to be very gene rally applied, and in the jury of the High Court of Justice, before which crimes and offences against the State are to be tried, the verdict of guilty is to be decided by a majority of two-thirds. These are some of the most important innovations suggested in the draft of the Constitution. The whole document, which is very lengthy, is well drawn up, but for the most part it only contains an enumeration of those great maxims which are the groundwork of social community and of those liberal institutions, with the value of which we ourselves are practically acquainted. A Constitution may look well on paper, it may even elicit applause when delivered from the tribune by the earnest voice of ARMAND MARRAST, but for all that it may be found worthless in practice- Such, however, will not, we are inclined to think, be the fate of this Constitution, because, although aiming after the perfect in theory, it condescends to the possible in practice. It is certainly far inferior as a composition to that sub lime chclaratiou of rights of ROBESPIERRE—a do cument containing an eloquent demonstration of human perfectability—a document which might be treasured up_by the Christian and the philanthropist, were it nut sullied by the blood-stained hand which traced it. We shall more particularly analyse this new Constitution when it shall have been adopted by the National Assembly. In the meantime we are satisfied with the practical liberty which it promises —a liberty not likely to degenerate into tyranny in the persons of the powerful few, nor into anarchy in the hands of the mighty many. Nevertheless, while we rejoice in finding how greatly the spirit of moderation has become developed during the last fifty years, let us not forget that, without the violent Republicanism of 1793, we should not, perhaps, have witnessed the moderate Liberalism of 1648. In the first revolution the people were like slaves newly emancipated from their fetters. They felt their powers, and they disco. vered their rights, but they neither knew how to use the one nor how to obtain the other. An impos sible ideal enthralled the imaginations of the nobler spirits of that epoch, but, practically, the liberal dogmas of the multitude were but the bab blings of children unlearned in their mother-tongue. Fifty years of apprenticeship (we may suppose) taught them their lesson. We shall now (let us hope) witness the realisation of those sublime visions which agitated the enthusiastic heart of ROLAND, which inspired the earnest eloquence of VERGNIAUD, which gleamed through the, dismal philanthropy of ROBESPIERRE, and which have recently foiled such an able interpreter in the ardent and high-soused LAMARTINE. The Committee of Secret Service Money' yester day called before it the Members of the Executive Government, to demand explanations of the manner in which 1,200,090 f. had been disposed of in the in tPrval between the 24th of February and the Ist of June. M. LEDRU ROLLIN, through whose hands, a:- Minister of the Interior, this amount of 50,000/. sterling passed, was the chief object of their inter pellations ; every effort was made to resist inquiry, and the traditions of the monarchy were appealed to as to the privilege of the Executive to dispose of such funds without rendering an account. The Committee, however, declared that under a republic such secresy and irresponsibility are inadmissible, and M. LEDRU ROLLIN and his successor, M. RECURT, were ordered to supply to a sub - committee the vouchers necessary to show the application of the large sum which has been disposed of. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 16th have arrived. The Gaceta contains an official announcement of the appointment of Senor ORLANDO to the Ministry of the Finances, vice Senor BELTRAN DE La, whose resignation has been accepted. _ _ MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 16.—Three per Cents., 22 22i cash ; after Bolsa, 21k 22 cash ; 221 paper; Five per Cents., 13} paper; after Bolsa, 13 cash ; Passives, 4i. paper; after Bolsa, 4k cash ; Coupons, 8i -cash; Bank of St. Ferdinand, 70 paper. Ex ow:lnge on London, at 32 days, 41 cash. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. iVe have received the Paris papers of yesterday. In the debate on the subject of Ateliers Nutionaux M. VICTOR HUGO made a speech which attracted considerable attention, in consequence of the inuendos contained in it that the Government were keeping up these Ateliers Nationaux for purposes of their own. M. VICTOR HUGO said— " I do not rise to add to the bitternesi of the division amongst us ; we are now submitting to a solemn and decisive proof, and I would not in any wise embarrass the Government, or create the least obstacle to the birth of a Republic that we all wish to be great and pure hereafter, but I must state that which is apparent in the Ateliers Nationaux, that an immense power is excited at au entire loss, when the country has most need of la bour and capital. The result has never been absolutely unproductive, but it has been unfortunate : for the idle ness of opulence, which existed under the ancient mo narchy, the idleness of misery has been substituted, — fur the idlers of the dynasties the idlers of the republic. —(Bravos.) I would not impute to the Government an idea that they have not had ; they could nut transform into janissaries of disorder for the benefit of a dicta torship the honest and intelligent ouvriers of Paris. Woe to them who could have such an idea, tor on the day when the people should discover it they would not only be severe, but they would be terrible. To put an end to these suspicions, and banish these disasters, the Ateliers Nationaux must be immediately transformed into a u.e ful institution." The Communists still continue to use the name of LOUIS NAPOLEON as a rallying cry for the dis orderly. The Moniteur du Soir gives the following account of a collision between the police and the mob an of which took pl ace on M on d ay : " On M on d ay even i ng numerous crowds were formed commercer the purpaonsde on the Place de Motel de Ville, who by degrees b egan t exrepvreeisi to assum e thoie aggressive men character.who appear to They h e w eernegcaogme engaged chiefly or i d t e s r and p s ting l y fur laobroukreefrpoinmgreuspumdiiig disorder ordi nary course. After several times utterin cries of Vive n Louis Napole on !' they formed i bands, g and commenced dancing dancing around th e tree of liberty, Car magnole,' and cryin g at intervals ~ ivs e i t n ingN t e l Nous l'aurons.' Th e y afterwards began oui t s o s a t p o o p eo th n e people passing, by compelli ng t h em to join in the same cry. One person, who replied to their demands b shouting Vivo la ' was very roughly y handled by them, and shouts were r a i se d of A l'eau le reactionnaire.' At this moment some gardiens de Paris c up and rescued him, and ende avoured to disperse the crowd, but tney were in their turn attacked and so ill-treaty d that one of them was carried i nto the'liotel de Ville in a state of insensibility, and serious fears were entertained for his life. Strong patrols of the armed force came to the aid of the police , and by repeated marches and countermarches dispersed the crowd and restored order, after making several arrests. Among the individuals taken into custody, seven or eight o. justice fthem were men who had already been in the hands of for various offences, and they were all found to have ,firms concealed on their persons. They have all been committed to prison to take their trials." The Messager has the following :—" A new Pre tender is spoken of in the person of the Prince of LEUCHTENSURG, the son of Prince EUGENE, and a relation of the Emperor of RUSSIA.".; JUNE 22, 1840. The report of the Finance Committee has been pre ,ented to the Asse:nbly. It is against the proposi tions of the Minister of Finance, whom it accuses of blunders and of miscalculations. The report calcu lates the deficiency of revenue for the year at one hundred and fifty million francs. The receipt of the direct taxes, which for the month of March was 57,580,100 E, and for the month of April 4 9 ,007,000 E, fell during the month of May to 22, 9 22,400 f. The extraordinary impost of 45c., though liable to be immediately exacted, has not been better paid than the ordinary tax. Of the 191,270,0001., to which it amounts, only 5 1,585,600 f. were recovered on the Ist June. A letter from Napoleon Vendee (formerly Bourbon Vendee) says— " One of the officers of the 46th regiment of the line, with his company, being detached on the coast, surprised an English vessel at the moment when its crew was oc cupied in disembarking muskets destined to arm the Chouans of the country. About 3,000 stand nt arms were seized and transported to Napoleon Vend6e." We can scarcely credit this statement. If it be true, we trust that the English Government will at once, and unasked, put the Alien Act in force against those foreign intriguers (for the arms must have been purchased by foreign intriguers located in England) who abuse our hospitality by plotting against the peace of a friendly Power. The Finance Committee, at its meeting yesterday, fixed the salary of Ministers at 36,000 f. per annum. Under Louis PHILIPPE the salary of a Minister was 80,000 f., with the exception of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who had 100,000 f. M. TIMES de fended high salaries on the ground that low salaries were aristocratic, as none but rich men could accept high places under Government. The Sardinian Minister has demanded of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs an explanation of the hostile expressions in the exposé des motifs, rela tive to the Garde Mobile. M. BASTIDE declared the only object of the measure was to defend the integrity of France. There has been an enzeute at Nice, in which the people attacked the office of the Echo, a French journal, and did considerable damage to the property. This may perhaps increase the unpleasant feeling existing between the French Executive and the King Of SARDINIA. There was a duel yesterday between M. NA POLEON BERTRAND and M. GODCUAUX, the son of the banker, in which the latter was wounded. The difference was a political one, BERTRAND being a Bonapartist and GODCHAUX a Republican. BOURSE. —PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21. THREE O'CLocK.—This has been another day of stagnation at the Bourse. Every one is waiting to see what the Assembly will do with the railways, and until that question be settled, matters will continue here is a state of doubt and depression. The Rentes and Three per Cents. were both weak, and gave way slightly. Vieille Montagne Shares have fallen 75f. • to 2,071. For the Account, the French Three per Calm have fallen 50c.; Five per Cents. have fallen 25c. For Money, the Three per Cents. and Five per Cents have fallen 25c. each; Bons du Tresor are at 23 to 24 discount; Bank of France Shares have fallen sf. Belgian Bank Shares not quoted; Belgian Two-and-a- Half per Cents. not quoted; Spanish Actives, nothing done; Roman are the same as yesterday; Rothschild's Receipts, at 71f. 50c. Railway Shares for the Account, Settling of 30th June:—Northerns have fallen 27f. 50c.; nothing else done. For Money, Orleans, louens, Mar seilles, Bales, Bordeaux, Northerns, Nantes, and Lyons, have all Callen H. 25c. The rest are the same as yes terday, with the exception of the Muntereau and Troyes, which have risen st. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JUNK 21. Dutch Rhenish, 1 / 2 —Luxembourg, I—Namur and Liege, 2th. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA AND BOHEMIA. The Vienna Gazette of the 16th publishes a tele grapic dispatch, received the day before from the Burgomaster of Prague, which states that the bom bardment of the city recommenced that morning, and was continuing when the dispatch left. The following letter in the Leipzig Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, of the 18th, gives fuller particu lars of the progress of affitirs between the contend ing parties ; it brings intelligence up to the morning of the 16th : "On the 13th at mid-day the military had completely the upper hand, and Prince Windischgratz determined to restore the communications between the old and new town. For this purpose he caused the chain bridges over the Moldau, which had been broken, to be repaired, and the barricades on the lesser side to be taken by rt the l studentse six m a n o'clock deda a n dp i n a the people p e afternoon, op and le hopes would when w le ar ye storm. In this affair se vera l of the troops were killed, being shot from the nei g hb our i ng windows. The fight inget t h lastedpa .t party i d held oethheCzur' h down their arms. The Czech party, however, required that Prince Windischgratz and the military should leave the city; cons( quently every idea of accommodation was abandoned. The rumour was spread on the night of the 13th that there would be a general attack on alt the Ger man inhabitants of the town. Great fright was caused by this, and whole families might be seen to fly through the gates out of the town, leaving their all behind. After the breaking off the parley the people 'retired to Pod-- skal, where they concentrated themselves, and where the ( yagers and hussars followed them, to attack them. There a terrible slaughter ensued on both sides; twenty six hussars were thrown into the Moldau by the people. and the battle lasted until the 14th of June, at half-past nine. On that day General Count Mensdorff arrived from Vienna, in order to assume the command in chief, in the hope that as the Bohemians seemed to have taken a vehement dislike to Prince Windischgratz, the as sumption of command by Mensdorff might restore peace. This was, however, a vain hope; the tumult in creased every moment, the fight was renewed, and the Czech party obtained possession of the town. Prince Windischgratz then abandoned the town with the mili tary and retired to the mountains round the city, from thence to bombard the town. The Loren.zoberg, the Marienschanze, and the Ziscaberg were occupied with cannon; and the Clementinum, Carolinum, and There sianum strongly cannonaded. Such was the state of affairs on the morning of the 16th, to which date our accounts reach. Count Leo Thun had beeu obliged to fly in the disguise of a servant." A letter from Inspruck, dated the 15th, says that the EMPEROR had been suffering for some days. Hi s nerves have been greatly tried by the extreme excite ment in which he is incessantly kept by the various reports from Italy, Vienna, Hungary, and C roa ti a, and the innumerable deputations and audiences which he has been cornpely to receive and give. It Imperial Family will quit Ins is expected that the I pruc _ k in the course of the week, but the route is n o t definitely fixed. It is, however, probable th a t th e with WESSENBERG and Court and diplomatic corp s, DOEILHOEF, will first Froceed to Salzburg , while the Archduchess SOPIIIA and her suite will repair to Ischel. Ii UN GARY. A letter, from Pesth of June 12 says:— freeace between corps in t t h h e e c a - • ---- " Last night a report was suddenly spread through r it m y ed th l a t t a a li n an e t n r g o a o g p e a m an en d t th h e ad u t n a a k r e m n ed p the barracks of the Jarlitz. At nine o'clock the generale was beat, and the tocsin sounded from all the steeples. The National Guards repaired to the barracks from every quarter, and an immense number of people were assembled armed with swords, guns, clubs, iron bars, and stones. Shots were bred from the windows upon the crowd, but happily they did not do much mischief. At twelve o'clock the regular military surrounded the barracks and guarded all the doors. Cannon were drawn up facing the building. The Minister of War went into the barracks and in vain endeavoured to induce the Italians to lay down their arms. It was not until one o'clock on the following day that they were dis armed and carried off to Komorn. The Minister now repaired to the Palace to pacify the free corps, and K chsuth made a powerful address to them, pointing out their duty, to remain quiet, to harbour no thought o: revenge, to avoid everything which might tend to re , new this lamentable conflict, and to reserve all their energy and strength to meet the enemy who is menacing their country." Herr Camphausen; Public Worship and Education, Auerswald; Finance, Milde ; Interior, Pinder, or Eichmann ; Public 'Works, Hausemann ; Foreign, Usedorn, or Lychnowski ; War, Schreckenstein. The Prussian Government has recalled General VON COLOMB from Posen, where he distinguished himself by his severities against the Polish inha • bitants. He is replaced by General Vox 13stusixEcK. POSEN. The Oberlandesgericht- Assessor (Assessor of the Supreme Court) Fischer in Posen, has made the fol lowing protest against the choice of electors and the election of a Deputy from the district of Posen to the German National Assembly : When his Majesty the King had by a Cabinet order of April 12th declared, in accordance with the opinion of the Ministry, that the organization promised to the Polish inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of Posen should not extend to those portions of it where the German nationality predominated, but that on the contrary the annexation of them to the German Confederation should be demanded without delay from the German Federal Assembly, the latter, on the application of Prussia, in its 39th session, April, 22i, resolved-- " That several districts of the Grand Duchy of Posen, adjoining the German federal territory, in which the majority of population, amounting to 593,000 souls, should, according to the wish of the inhabitants, be re ceived into the Germanic Confederation." By a supreme Cabinet order of April 26th, again, several portions of the Grand Duchy of Posen were ex cluded from the Polish organization, and on May 2d, in the 45th sitting of the Federal Assembly, upon the ap plication of Prussia, the city and fortress of Posen, with the districts connecting them with the above-mentioned territory and a population of 273,500 souls, were also received into the Germanic Confederation. The first application. according to the tenor of which the annexation to the Germanic Confederation was to be effected agreeably to the wish of the inhabitants, contained an untruth, because the will of the people had pronounced itself against it in a legal manner, through its usual organ the assembled Diet ; because another organ for ascertaining the will of the people was yet wanting, and not heard ; because only individuals and individual communities had pronounced themselves for the annexation to Germany, whereas the opposed will of the Polish people had manifested itselt unmistakably, especially: by the general wearing of their national colours ; and, finally, because the Po lish population, trusting to the public promises of the- Government, the fulfilment of which it expected, had no cause for general and open protests and declarations. The second declaration violated the promises made to the Poles ; it put in place of justice, which Germany and her organs asked for, seltishness--and instead ot separating the German from the Polish nationality, and putting au end to the oppression of the Poles, a fortress which, with its surrounding forts, is as much built for oppressing the Poles as for repelling a foreign foe; a few Germans, who for the most part had left their German fatherland, already under ancient Polish rule, were taken as a pretext for annexing to Germany hundreds of thousands of Poles living on the land inherited from their forefathers, against their wish, and even without being listened to ; they were made the pretence for severing the greater half of the Polish population of the Grand Duchy from that portion which was to be re. organized. General Von Pfuel considerably increased the por tion annexed to Germany by his declaration of May 12, by which pure Polish portions of the districts of Shroda, Adelnau, Shrimm, Posen, Kosten, Kroben, Krotoshin, Mogilno, and Wongrowiec, are excluded from the orga nization, and united with ,the Germanic Cenfederation. General Von Pfuel was not authorised by his instruc tion or powers to make this declaration or increase. Now, iu this part of the ancient Polish kingdom, almost entirely inhabited by Poles, in which only the city of Posen contains a considerable German population—out of 40,000, about 9,000 souls exclusive ot the families of civil and military officers, and most,of those descendants of Germans, who by virtue of especial privileges bad settled in the old Polish kingdoms ; now, from this part of the country a deputy is to be chosen for the German National Assembly, and I, as a German employe, not having been able to leave this territory, notwithstand ing reiterated requests, have been summoned to take part in this election. I protest against this election, because the ancient Polish territories can only then be received in the Ger manic Confederation, when after the re establishment of peace and order in Me land, after the cessation of the pre sent rule of force, the will of the people, can unreservedly and distinctly pronounce itself ; and when upon the de mand of the inhabitants of each and every district, that desires a separation from the Grand Duchy, the Ger manic Constituent National Assembly on the one hand, and the legal organs that are to be constituted by the same Assembly on the other hand, have concluded the act of annexation to Germany, and because only after this an. nexation the respective members of the Union are en titled to send representatives to the German National Assembly. I protest against the election, which is to be proceeded with, on the ground of acts for which neither his Ma jesty the King, nor the Ministers of the State, nor the Germanic Confederate Assembly, were competent, at a time when the people and their rights are no longer ob jects of the absolute will of Govertments—when the only existing legal organ of the land has pronounced it self against the annexation:to Germany—has never been heard on the subject of the projected parti tion—and when more than halt a million of Poles protest against this act. The law of the 22d May, 1815, had, in section 4, pronounced, that the attributes of the representatives of the land are to ex tend over all subjects of legislation concerning the per sonal rights of every member of the state; the Legida tore of the states had confirmed these rights; —and should we now dispose of man's most important right— ' his fatherland and nationality—without listening to the people or its representatives, amidst the thunder of can non mowing down those that oppose such a proceeding? I protest against the election, because ail bonds of order and law in the Grand Duchy of Posen are riven asunder, and because the law is violated not only by the Poles, Germans, and Jews, but also by the authorities, supported by 30,000 to 40,000 bayonets. General V. Pfuel and the highest civil and military authorities of this province have violated every legiti mate authority by procl a i m i ng mart i a l l aw, which is abolished by a supreme Cabinet order, and which re moves the inhabitant s o f th e Grand Duchy in certain cases from their personal judge to the discretion of mili tary authorities; they have done so without the pro mulgation of a law for the purpose passed in a legiti mate manner; they have done it of their own accord, without full powers, or even the assent of his Majesty the King or his Ministers, although, by virtue of the most recent changes in the constitution, even his Ma jesty has the power of reintroducing it (martial law) only with the consent of the representatives of the nation, since this law comes within the category of ex ceptional laws mentioned in section 2 of the decree pro mulgated April 6, concerning several fundamental points of the future Prussian Constitution. This is not the place for deciding who is the cause of the present condition of this country, in how far it is to be attributed to the patriotism of the Poles, to their long oppression, to the measures of the authorities, to the prevailing want of confidence in them, aggravated by the treatment of the Poles and broken promises; to excesses and abuses on the part of the Poles; to an un restrained agitation of such Germans as have left their German fatherland, and are afraid to lose the open arena of their egotistic;activity ;—it is not for us to decide in how far the measures for the protection of Germans—to which they are entitled even in a foreign country—are necessary, and will be so for a longer period; but, in the present state of this country, to pro ceed with elections which are to decide on the most im portant rights of a people, is a measure on the part of the authorities which puts their relation to the move ment in this country in its proper light—a movement which has been distorted in the eyes of Germany, dis torted even by official accounts, if I may believe the words of German eye-witnesses, officers and actors in those events. We still have in this province the same authorities (I do not speak of highly honourable individual excep• tions) whose doings the Supreme President Flottwell has so well described in his well-known report, pub lished March 15, 1841 ; we have still the same military rule and German bureaucracy, which shows itself now in its most unrestrained and most barbarous form— which laid hold of excesses committed by individual Poles in order to render itself, as a consequence of its own measures necessary, and now, for its own protec tion, proceeds to elections, by the results of which it hopes to justify the previous accounts of its steps. They proceed with the elections at a time when everywhere the most respectable Poles— who have not yet fled their country—if they allow themselves to he seized, without any legal ground from pretended precaution, upon a mere suspicion, upon the denunciation of a Jew, are arrested by the military, dragged to the fortress, often liberated after a longer or shorter imprisonment, and often detained; at a time when Poles, arrested upon a mere suspicion, are mal treated and shot by the troops during the transport— when Polish prisoners, escorted by soldiers, are in the streets of Posen publi c ly b ea t en w i t h c l u b s by Germans and Jews, excited by members of the so-called German Committee—at a time when hundreds of arrested and dis armed Poles are butchered by the soldiery with bay onets or the butt-ends of' their muskets —when mansions and villages are plundered and reduced to ashes —when the plundering Prussian soldier, after murdering and chasing away the inhabitants, burns the sick and wounded Poles in the dwellings which he has plun dered—when I hear German officers and officials ask each other, with a feeling of horror, whether this bar barity of the infuriated, uncivilised Germans —whether this bestial desire for murder, which delights in tor menthig and exterminating even the conquered enemy. is inherent in the nature of the German—they proceed with the elections at a moment when no Pole can show himself in the streets of Posen without being ill-used by Jews and Germans; when Poles are disarmed, and Germans and Jews provided with arms; when Poles dare no longer to meet in consultation on their affairs, for fear of being attacked, maltreated, and arrested for some pretended plot, by Jews, Germans, and soldiers; at a time when, in a word, the Pole appears to be an outlaw IN ISIS OWN NATIVE LAND. These facts are here well known and publicly related; I do not doubt their trutb, because I know the spirit of the civil and military authorities in this province, and I am ready to adduce more circumstantial facts, and bring forward witnesses, Germans as well as Poles. I do not believe that these facts, omitted by our au thorities in their official reports, were unknown to them, because I have heard persons, who surround them con verse about them. As a test of the view which the authorities take Of this state, it may suffice to mention, that on inquiring whether the prisoners were marked, as I was told by • oute Poles, I wits informed that they had one hand and one ear blackened with some permanent chemical pre paration, but by an order cf General V. Pluel, they had now only one hand dyed. I think that amidst such unfortunate circumstances, every upright Geiltian ought to abstain from the elec tion;, ile will, on Gorman soil, among our honest Ger man people, insist on his full political rights; but the rights which he claims for hinisolf, he ciaims also for other men and nations. He desires a separation of the German and Polish nationalities,—unconditional pro tection of the Germans settled here; but he does not desire, in favour of those Germans who have lett their German fatherland, to rob, by immoral means, the Poles of those rights which are due to them, as the ancient in habitants of this soil. (Signed) CHRISTIAN FISCHER. Oberlandesgericht-Assessor in Posen. Posen, May 19th, 1848. The ab,ve protest was sent I to the municipality of Posen with the following note : Worshipful Magistrate,—At the primary assembly of electors for the, 2d electoral district of Posen, which met to-day for the election of an elector, who might take pan in the choice of a Dcputy to the German National Assembly, I was going to make a protest against this election, but, it was rejected by the presid ing Oeknomie Rath Wendtland, because, by virtue of an instruction given him by a worshipful magistrate, the election was to proceed without any discussion. I know but two organs for exercising political rights, the Primary General Assembly and the Assembly of the Representatives of the nation. In the first, where alone every individual has a right to present himself, I think I ought not to have beer. re fused to make my protest against a violation of rights. I therefore pray a worshipful magistrate to insert my protest, which I have been obliged to make in writing, among the minutes of the election proceeding ,of the 2d electoral district, and to communicate the same to the German National Assembly at Frankfort. (Signed) CHRISTIAN FISCHER, Posen, May 19th, 1848. 0. L. G. Assessor. —From the Berliner Zeitungs Halle, May 24. PRUSSIA. The following Ministerial list is circulating in political circles in Berlin :—President of the Council, ITALY. 4,000 5,000 3,000 3,000 19,000 " The latter place is closely invested by the Austrians, and is defended by the brave General Zucchi. " On the confines of Italy and of Istria, from Cuer dale to Gradisca, the frontier is guarded by 15,000 men, which have between them 18 pieces of cannon. It is impossible that, deprived as she is of sufficient force, Venice can withstand the Austrian forces whenever they direct themselves en masse against any point as they have done at Vicenza. " It has been stated that Charles Albert was to have attacked Verona on the morning of the 14th. The Italia del Popolo of the 15th announces, in a second edi tion, that the Piedmontese having learnt that Radetzky had re-entered the place at the head of 14,000 men, had given up the idea of the attack, and had resumed their former quarters at Valeggio. 'I he heights of Rivoli are still occupied by a Piedmontese regiment. " M. Vicenzo Ricci announced in the Chamber of De puties of Piedmont, in the sitting of the 15th, the offi cial union of Lombardy to Piedmont, and at the same time communicated the convention which was entered into on the 13th, between the Sardinian Government and the Provisional Government of Lombardy. " The principal bases of this convention are the fol. lowing:—ln one month after the union an electoral law shall be published, according to which the deputies to compose the Constituent Assembly shall be elected, and which will assemble at the latest on the lst November next. The electoral law has for its bases universal suf frage and vote by ballot. There is to be one deputy for every 25,000 inhabitants. Every citizen of 21 years of age is to be an elector. Until the meeting of the Con stituent Assembly the people of Lombardy are to pre serve the political guarantees which they now enjo) liberty of the press, right of association, and the .I`..:ittioLl Guard. "From the present time:the executive power is in the hands of the King, who cannot, however, enter ints any political or commercial treaty without previously refer ring it to a special committee, composed of the members of the Provisional Government of Lombardy," By the Turin journals we learn that in the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, on the 15th, a Bill was presented for authorising an extraordinary levy of 6,000 men, to replace the 12,000 who have en gaged not to combat for three months in consequence of the treaty of Vicenza. The bulletin of the 15th, published by the Provisional Government of Lom bardy, says— " The Italian army cannot yet be in a position to attack Verona. and the Piedmoutese divisions main tained the line of their positions from GOll.O to Pas trengo. The heights of Rivoli, the Mont della Co rona, and the passage from the Adige to Dula are occupied by the Italians. It is said that the Austrian troops which have entered Verona with Marshal Itadetzkv amount to 14,000 men. It is announced from Rucca d'Anfo, where the Lombard troops were, that in the night of the 12th the enemy abandoned the posi tions which he occupied to beyond the bridge of Caffaro. A revolution, it was said, broke out at Trent at the mo ment at which the Austrians fell back on it. The tocsin was heard at Condino, Darso, and in the neighbouring villages of the Italian Tyrol." By the latest accounts received from the seat of war, it appears that the head-quarters of the Pied montese army was on the 16th at Alpo, on the Mincio, to which it had been obliged to retreat on learning that Vicenza had fallen into the hands of the Aus trians. COMMEMORATION OF PURCELL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY._ (THIS DAY.) This morning, at ten o'clock, a grand sacred musical performance took place in the new choir of Westminster Abbey, in commemoration of that great musical com poser,. Purcell, when some of h is best and most effective sacred compositions were executed in a style worthy their great master, by a choir most effective in every part, and one seldom brought together, even within the walls of Westminster Abbey. The exertions of the present Dean to repair the errors, or the omissions of his predecessors, are already well known to our readers. He has completely remodelled the whole of the choir of this splendid building, and made it in perfect keeping with the rest of the Abbey ; but not satisfied with this, he has shown his determination that the choir shall be devoted to the production of some of our most able sacred composers, and an earnest of that determi nation may be found in the selections of this day. The re 'hum and the Jubilee were given with great pathos and depth at feeling ; and the anthems, " Out of the Deep," " 0 Lord God of Hosts," and " 0 give thanks," were performed in a manner worthy their great beauty and the excellency of their musical composition by Purcell. In addition to the usual choir, several most eminent choristers were in attendance, and added greatly, by their excellent ex ecution of some of the most difficult solos, to the beauty and effectiveness of the performance. The Queen's chorister boys were also in attendance, attired in their rich scarlet dresses. The Abbey was crowded iir every part, and amongst the most prominent personages pre sent we noticed his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, the Bishop of Gloucester, Sir George Claike, the Dean of Hereford (Dr. Mereweather). Sir C. Thorn ton, and Canons the Rev. J. Jarning and Dr. Words worth. THE ASSAULT ON BOARD THE ERA.—J. Green and J. Rubinson, two of the crew of the Era steam boat, were indicted at the Middlesex Sessions for assaulting Mr. Waugh, solicitor, of Great James street, Bedford-row, on board that vessel. The facts of this case were reported in the police intelligence on Tuesday. The defendants pleaded guilty, and through their coun sel, Mr. Payne, expressed great contrition for the i r mis conduct. Mr. Waugh said he considered this case one of importance to the public, and he had brought ft for ward on public grounds. He did not press fur any pu nishment but such as the court might think proper for the protection of the public travelling by steam-boats. Mr. Sergeant Adams sentenced each of the prisoners to 14 days' imprisonment. DEATH OF LADY ELIZABETH MONCRIEFFE.— This lady died on Saturday last at her residence in Chapel-street, from the effects of the injuries she sus tainrd by having accid entally caught fi re. T he deceased was born the 6th of September, 1769, a n d was second daughter of George , e i g h th Earl of Dalhousie, therefore aunt of the Governor-Ge neral of Indi a . Sh e marr i e d 13th of April, 1786, Sir 'Thomas Moncrieffe, Bart., and was mother of the late, and grandmother of the present Baronet. —Last night an inquest was held by Mr. Bed ford on the body of Lady Elizab et h Mon6reiffa; aged 79, who lost her life by her clothes accidentally taking fire. The jury returned a verdict of " Accideatal Death." A Mon ORATOR.—Mr. John Abraham Bell, a popular mob orator at Manchester, who has repeatedly declared his willingness to die for his country and the charter, has absconded, leaving his wite and childmn chargeable to the parish.—Leeds Mercury. LOMBARDY AND VENICE. Padua has capitulated to the Austrians, and Ge -neral PEPE, who was in command there has fallen back upon Ferrara. The probability is that ere long the Austrians will have re-conquered the whole of the Venetian territory. On this subject the French Presse says— " The capture of Vicenza renders the state of the Ve ❑etian provinces very precarious and alarming. These provinces had no regular army to protect them except that under General Durando, which has just been obliged to retire for three months tram the field. Treviso is only defended by a force of 2,500 volunteers and a small number of Pontifical grenadiers. At Piave de Cadore the brave mountaineers, atter a heroic de fence, which lasted more than a month, have been com pelled by hunger and the want of ammunitio❑ to abandon that important position. The number of the enemy is increasing on the Isonzo, the Tagliamento, Livenza, and the have, and the Austrians have advanced posts as tar as the Sale. Their forces are distributed in the following manner:— At Belluna and Piave de Cadore At Montebelluno, Povegliano, Pordenone, Cor droipo, and Udine From the Livenza to the Isonzo .. At Osopo Near Palmanova COAL MARKE' Bate's West Hartley 14s f'd Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 90 Chester Main 135 6G Davison'sWest Hartley 14s 130 Dean's Primrose East Adairs Main l2s 00 Hedley's Hartley Hasting's Hartley l4s 6d' Holywell Main l4B 3i New Tanfield 133 North Percy Hartley l4s 6G Ord's Redheugh South Peareth Taulield Moor Butes l2s Go Wa'ker's Primrose tit ylam . I Is !IC %Vail's End, &c. Bowicke and Co. Framwell Gate l4s Od Goforth t I arton Killingworth i 3s 9c Eden Main Lambton Primrose . . DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. STE. BEAN'. 121 9s Od 2s Od 2s Gd I2sOd I 213 Od QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LORD 0116111- and a Common Jury.) BRADSHAW V. MUNNING. This was an action of debt brought by the P- to the well-known print er an d pu bli s h er o f Fleet- 5 100 recover from the def e nd an t, an attorney-at-laW„,, t he S of 1041., for printing the Sentinel newspaper. inel was started in 1846 by Mr. Jonathan Du ne- r eocr the purpose of advocating a change in the cu r t foal' laws ; and after it had been in existence thres t ,°, o 4iliP weeks, the plaintiff was appointed printer. ." 1 ,1 1 0 11/ however, that Mr. Duncan was exceedingly ir re „, g- ned the payment of his accounts, the plaintiff three ; com e abandon the printing of the paper, unless he P„ c ;o 0 P 1 guarantee that his bills would be more p° ° c oo" cor settled. Shortly after this intimation had t e :01 5 . h . c6 veyed to Mr. Duncan, the defendant called At P e o and stated that a negotiation was pending betw e o le° Duncan and Mr. Luke / James Hansard for ne t prf A part of the paper. In the meantime the defe rs ,:, raised to become responsible for the future ain ( tif upon the strength of that undertaking the pla in r iio o , l3 7; tinned to print and publish the paper until its 'io4l',o - when the plaintiff, finding himself :nil° poor ' o f the printing account, commenced the present i rweag compel the defendant to pay the amount in 10 11 his guarantee. e' The jury found a verdi c t f or th e p l a i n tiff for amount claimed. Q pAf ) SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THI S (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Btntoal. l " FIELD AND ANOTH ER U. PILLINO• 40 ' 4. This was an action to recover the sum of '- for goods sold. whle'nhean plaintiff's ohi€etio a w solicitor as tak w e . na that,abou about a s t o h s:e ir t h e o :_ b i t u e o ry c b e . l l s : 4: witness, he could not be allowed to addres' The SoLICIToR said he was in a very f 6cti the c°6 tion, as his counsel had not arrived, an d the t. calf' had been the fi rs t, though.' it stood third 001 e lis co" The UNDER-SHE RIFF sa id t h e cases had — h eli d ~,e` and, as the p ar ti es were not present, fheY struck out, according to the rules of the Cour t ' the 0 0 " ness could not b e a ll owe d to address the:WY-- way would be to withd raw t h e recor d, i nept, /119 The plaintiff's c o unse l arr i v in g a t the ° case was proceeded with. The defendant pleaded payment. The plaintiffs tv, re varnish-makers , o ut hshire. fbe defendant is a shopkeep, eau in sore tnt signed 0 .0 To make out the dece, e•r - c l plaintiff Field was put in, but o n the ether _ contended that Field had given the receipt ra,_ r : e se° detest the present action, as a dispute existed In tr o' Field and his partner Hardwick, IA ho had given.: • at Stratford, gfr Lions for the action which Field refused to sallet i l i t hot The UNDER-SHERIFF, in summing up, sal oth a i letter from defendant had beenut in dated the ,„ 0 ° September, 1847, admitting p a debt to be r oll tO 31. 19s. 10d., whereas the receipt purported to be : ii nt 3d of September, although therefore the rac e ' s ; of ° thebe ifeotrtetr sum. the full amount, it could 11°' gave a verdict for V. 19s. 10d. appliedpearrheed juryte to The case was not over till nearly two o'clock. (THISss Dis A TA l isz 7. T ) )-JUDGE" h rio MIDDLESEX SESSIONS' the A 0 4 , (Before The Court thi s morn i ng took the bail couseolf disposed of some indictments for assault of a f character. o el g TUE LAYSTAL L NUISANCE.--Mr. .16 7, .- „ AGer 0 D Hatfield -street, St. Luk e ' s , w h o was con victs " j oof J e j bruary l as t o f a m i sdemeanour in maintaining steopiloi and dust-bap, and has since had judgme9Y reo ° 0 from session t o sess i on to aXord time for W e ig h of the soil and ashes accumulated on his P re° f tO this morning again brought up, when est e tr had Y d° A The ASSISTANT -JUDGE said that he 110, r visited the site of the condemned nuisanc e r ' sp is i t served that the removal was not going 00 g s dan i th b eo it might, and therefore he assured the defer; h os l i ii the whole of the accumulation should I:l°,:ch dad clean(' away by thi s d ay f ortn i g h t , to " cc ' 1 00 i (defendant's) bail was enlarged, he would sent to prison. .. i r i teo BOW-STREET.—(THIS ; 0 0 0 1 to A Mulatto, upon two wooden legs, wh!„, r- Y,, 111) 0 1 himself to have served in the Mexican : — „1 11. ', 0 e0 / have lost his limbs in that service, applied ; 0 0°1," iv% for assistance. He said that the Mexicali A P sbil":oV had refused to provide for him, on the gree li i r idstV e re' a native of Kingston, in Jamaica, he vies ti i b o° o ll . ject. They had referred him to the Br i i - on sr yo ment, and had paid his passage to Englaus i t : t he b i ti gald ing to the British Government, he found w h a l e, 1 :, 0 1 no claim upon them, and must return, and, t be g on the Mexican govbrnment again. rli e- t • means of prodding for himself here, oue country, nor could he work his passage aback, ' j of his crippled condition. wo igo e Mr. HALL thought the best thing I 0 1:„ W ow %I th e to return, if possible, to Kingston. an d see • constable with him to the workhouse', C ase • parish authorities could do anything in t' e —a, A MARY - LEBON E.—( T HIS e jj edlis Thomas Smith, a labouring man, wa s : 11 : 10 " - a breaking two of the panes of glass in "- sr uti ) " Portman-square. throtfr .06 It appeared that the prisoner threw a stone - re ici ' l ,O two sides of one of the lamps in P o rtinsn't l , ll ,7le ' Y e A rPe o early part of the evening, and, laughing st"'"A c sst ;„ ° OO , in taking so correct an aim, turned away , i' D " ,lice' d 4 and gave him he in k e n h e a w rg h e e . at a short di.tance. A bystander called a r it cop, he d i ," pie° into prison; b 0 0 but he Cid not choose s ti a 0 3 , The prisoner ' ge t work if 14° 10 oiler now said he had a fever, an 1 0° ., to work. could e d then saii 4 •d no- l ov' like Mr!. LONG observed, that the prisoner (II nit' o ... , ke a sick unit. He had a good ruddy cOIOO,IIY Hi , (Mr. Long) wt .uld sentencehim to oue ow lit prisonm,nt with hard labour. - - --- • -- _ ..... $$ ........... ------- •••••- lSl s 6, , lle° DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON TUB botil l- - o , o o‘'be RaiLWA Y.— fhis morning crf ursd ,y) as 03° " 4 Of t he South-Western Railway, some wore on the Granby 7 sfreet end, and from some LUAEOVin ca'kupsigso,t:(l of them fdl off on to the rubbish beneath, the'o.o"e about forty feet. He was taken up from ~7. 1 ,, 1 quite ins,:nsible, and conveyed to the Westrail"ibst ' pital. His back was broken, and it is fear e° - t ; t 0 cannot live through the day. n u f el. A's' THE LATE DEBATE.--It was to Mr• J-•--- a he di s ' ~•01 Mr. W. J. Fox alluded to on Tuesday evenieg iil d " P I O cassion on Mr . Hume's motion, when be .pokc - 0 oe . o f differe to ci i who had also gained laurels, though i s s of exertion, and of whom it would ever be a sti ,lo o 4 . ° grateful recollection that, with the fine Pe rce pe„„r taste and with ilia gem-rosity of genius, be s, vi 6115 cognised the powers which were revealed in gelwef3ooso, cobbler of Suicides,' though written by a , bet .obbler, and gave the author facilities for cormil'Ft ii vo the public which would otherwise have been c litiic :Cr' j accomplishment"—a tribute to the author of " r -r%rob . ,r o which . was received with expressions of ree ked 1 10 1 0 tion. Our reporter so understood the.refe.reil°e' fact deserves to be distinctly stated. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS . DA IT4 NZaWGIXTE .BAWD of Our market was fairly supplied with each itin t b li !neat to-day, while the general demand Was tolert i o ste ady, at our quotations.—Beef, from 9 s 10d to 33 1, . Y b' Mu:ton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 101 to 5. MI; bi 3:i 41 to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s Sd to 4s 6d per 81b5 ' the carcase. h 2 EAT xvianirm TS. fot HAILSHAM, JUNE 21.—Our warket was 1 10/1 t (1. eaeh kind of let stick, and prices were not supt r : e ta 13,•e f, ffora 3,5 to 4s; 111,itton, 4s to 4s 8d; Lzto t/ ' 5s 841; Vi al, 4i to 4s 4d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6a Pe r 8 iod; ARUNDEL, JUNE 20.—B ee f , f rom 3s 4d (0 P; qd Mutton, 4s 2d to s s; L am b , 5s to 5s 8d; to 44 6d per Sibs. Supply moderate, and trade 011 1; 1 9 CHICHESTER, JUNE 21.—We had: rather supply of stock to-day, and which sold as follo i ,%b, Beef, from 3s 4d to , ti; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; v ;fing 5s 4d to 6s; and Veal, 4 s t o 4 s 4d per S ib s; Sac: Calves, 12s to 20a; and Stor e Pi gs , 1 43 to 183 e' lc, ,l l st SouTHALL, JUNE 21.—B eas t s moved off sl°"'blf drooping prices. Otherwise the demand was toter 31 steady, at late rates. Beet, from 34 to 4s; gu t r 8d to 4s 10,1; Lamb, 5s t o 5 s 8d ; V ea l , 4 s to 43 4.; Pork, 4s to 4s Si per 81b, to sink the offal. t 0.418 1, RomFonn, JUNE 21.—Our m ar k et was s tea,' 4s; and prices were well supported. Beet, front 33 ' 4 , 10 Mutton, 3s 8d to ss; Lamb, 5s t o 5 s 10d; Veaii„k-rOi 4s Cd ; rod Pork, 4s to 4 s 6d per Blbs. P" 1 10, Calves, 18s to 24s ; Quart er o ld store Pigs, 20s; and Mulch Cows, with th e i r sma ll C a lf, 15' ' 0 4 lOs each. MELT DLELIMETS. C ol SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 t o 3/ lOs ; -1 10 0. ditto. 41 to 41 1O ; and Straw, 114 s to 11 9e Pe r Trade dull, at the above quotations. A 00 1 1 CUMBERLAND.—Mead o w H a y, 31 t o 31 Izs; - i c e ditto, 4/ to 41 10s ; and St r a w , 1/ 5 s t o 1/ 103 per ' A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. „ Inc e WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 10s; " 1 ;01. ditto, 4/ to 4/ 14s ; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 103 Per Supply good, and trade dull. T.— rESTEZDAY. 155 03 Belmont 6q Braddyll's Hetton 9 : 11 dell Haswell ..... 1 6 3 tietton ............. 1 55 Keepier Lambton la° 34 Russell's .Hetton Shotten Stewart's Hartlepool ..... ...• •• • 54 tludsorr's Hartlepool 145 rhornley ....... • • .... ▪ 02, Seymour Tees south Durham • ...... op!, fee, ................ 14 0 . 71 West Corn forth ••••••" 145 r i West l fetton ..... r, Derwentwater Hartley 10 :Li Bartley ••• ... c " tr ; 19 5 6 4 .. .......... Ships at marxe6 CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH ~ ..,0 1 , ,- For the Week ended J une 22 , 184 8, made up from the Itl4l.,,L'alfr. Inspectors in the different Citi es an d T owns In EsgisuLt per Imperial Quarter. rS/7 I WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. I ITI. SWO", lOP PRICE .. f 46s 10,1 30e 10d 20s 8d 3ls 7d 137 s 0"