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P With 1,300 E ngra vings of .krms, in one vol. , 38s. bound, PEERNGE and BARONETAGE, FOR ls4B, NEW EDITION, CORRECTED to the PRESENT TIME, IS NOW READY. " The best genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the Peerage and Saronetage of the British Empire, and the first authority on all ques ti on s affecting the aristocracy. It is certainly the most compre hensive encyclopaedia of personal and national history ever given to the pablic ; combining surprising accuracy and important informa tion with the greatest brevity and clearness, and exhibiting in a con• densed and lucid form the lives and acidevoneuts of the many eminent men who have shed lustre on the rolls of our nobility, from the steel-clad barons of Cressy and Agincourt to the heroes of Blen heim and Waterloo. The great amount of interesting matter relative to the collateral branches renders the work particularly valuable. Indeed, there Is hardly a name conne'..ted with a Peer or Baronet that is not to be found in its pages."—Globe Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in 3 vols. dewy Bvo., with Portraits, and numerous other Illustrations, A. HISTORY of the JESUITS, FROH THE FOUNDATION OF THEIR SOCIETY, BY POPE PAUL 111., TO ITS SUPPRESSION BY POPE CLEMENT ; THEIR REVIVAL AND PRESENT STATE. By ANDREW sTEINMETZ. Author et " The Novitiate," " The Jesuit in the Family." Riohard Bentley, New Burliratton-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Ifdlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Subseribers to the Opera, and the Public are respect fully informed that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY next, May 25, on which occasion Mdlle. JENNY LIND Will appear as LUCIA, in Donizetti's Opera of LUCIA DI LAM 7112RMOOR. To be followed by various entertainments in the Ballet Depart- Iment, combining the talents of Mdlles. C. Grisi, C. Rosati, M. Tag /Joni, Cerito, and MM. Perrot and St. Leon. The free List Is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. Applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Appearance of Mdlle. CARLOTTA GRISI. Second Appearance of Madame TADOLLNI. Second Appearance of Mr. REEVES. The Mobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that Madame TADOLINI will make her second appearance in this country THIS EVENING, May 23, when will be perfo;med Doxizetti's LINDAOera of DI CHAMOI77.!/1. Linda, Madame Tadollni ; Pierotto, Mdlle. Schwartz; Antonio, Signor Coletti ; Carlo, Signor Reeves ; II Marchese di Boisfieury, Signor F. Lablaehe ; Il Prefetto, del Villagio, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, by M. Per rot, the music composed and arranged by M. Nadand, entitled LES ELENIENS, By lidllo. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. C. Rosati, and Mdlle. Corito ; Mdlles. ♦ussundon, Julien, Payne, Lamoreux, &c. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Sox-office of the Theatre. The Frle List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Doors open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed WIVES AS THEY WERE, AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Lord Priory, Mr. Ferran; Sir William Dorrillon, Mr. Creawick; Sir George Evelyn, Mr. Howe ; Lady Mary Raffle, Glover; Miss Dorrillon, Mrs. Nisbett. Mrs. Between the pieces Mr. Gerhard Taylor, the eminent Harpist, will perform a grand Fantasia, of his own composition, entitled " Homage to Modern Harpists." After which a new piece called the PAS DE FASCINATION ; or, Catching a Governor. Michael Browsky, Mr. Feeley ; Katherine Rloper, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole's mysterious production. and called THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. Mantred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenzo, Mr. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield; Hip- J. pollto, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, 3frs. Sta k e Manazer, Mr. Farren ; Acting M ana g er, Ilr. F. Webste r. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; tipper Gallery, is. DoorA open at gal(-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction cn THIS EVENING Niadanle Celeste Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST SOME. Principal charactors 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. Jerem:ah Twiddle, Mr. Wright : Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with thr Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which yr. Lambert, Mr. Werra, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss ChApiiu will perform. Roses, 4!.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. I , Nrt . rq open at Ilatt-past Six, l'erforcaance to commence at Seven. Efil'dlr. LYCEUM THEA'rI:B. Under his Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, dir. Charles Math- i we. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SCARECROW. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Selby, Granby, and Charles ; dire. C. Jones, Miss Lee, and .firs. Fitzwilliam. After winch, a new Interlude, entitled THE FAST MAN. The characters by Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with a new and original Classical Extravaganza, entitled THESEUS and iRIAI)NE ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, Cooke ; Miss Fitzwilliam, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madame Yestris. Dres.s Boxes, 58.; Upper Boxes, 45.; Fit, Is. ; Gallery, is. No half-price to any part of the house. The liew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public. every slay, from Ton till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell, 33, o , d Bond-street. 34ADLLE. DESIREE'S BENEFIT. Last Night bat Three of the Engagements, and Ninth Appearance silica 1845 of M. Achard, also Ninth Appearances in this Country •f Mcllle. Desiree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre is Gymnase, Paris). TO-MORROW EVENING, The Performances will commence at Seven o'clock, when Will be performed the amusing Vaudeville of LA CREB.CIIEUSE D'ESPRIT. Principal characters by MM. Henri Alia. Josset, Tou rllion. Madame Ange, Mdlle. Marot, and Mdlle. Celestine. To be followed by Scribe's new Cornedie, entitled D'ARANDA. .Le Comte de Volberg, M. Moutaland ; Gabriel Blinval, M. Josset ; HotiOnse, Mdlle. Baptiste ; Maria, Mdlle. Celestine ; Henriette, Mae. Desiree. After which, the favourite Comedle-vaudeville L'AUMONIER DT: REGIMENT. Pascal, M. Achard ; Robert, M. Henry Aliz ; Chris tian, M. Josset; Un Forgeron, M. Eugene; Un Soldat, M. Grenet ; Marie . Mdlle. Marot. Daring the Evening an Intermede, in which Madame Boulanger Kunze will sing two admired German Melodies ; Mons. Achard will also sing " D'ou Viens-tu Beau Nnage," and " Jenny L'Ouvriere," accompanied on the Piano-forte by Mdlle Desiree. To conclude with LA VIE EN PARTIE DOUBLE. Theophille Trinquit, M. Achard; Amanda, Mdlle. Desiree. tsozes, es.; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s Boxes and letalls nay be obtain , d at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bondotreet. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN (of the Palate Royal, Paris).—The sur prising and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDIN, having been reseived with the most enthusiastic admiration, he will con tinue his extraordinary SOIREES FANTA-.TIQUES at the St. James's Theatre, This Evening, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening, comprising Automates, Prestidigitation, Magic, and original experiments, invented by Robert Houdin. Also, Second Yue Eseamotage de Roberts Houdin, ills, and Suspension Ethereene. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at half-past Zight, aid terminate before Eleven. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2e. Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 31, Old Bond-street and at the Box-office of the Theatre, *Thick is open daily from Eleven to Five. In compliance with numerous appliaations, a DAY PERFORM ANCE will be given on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, May 24. Doors open at Two o'clock. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Unequalled Attraction, for this Week only. Engagement of Mdlle. Auriol, principal dancer from the Grand Opera at ris ; Mr. Fleamore, the celebrated buffo dancer; Mdlls, Louise and Adele, and a numerous Ballet Company, from her Ma- jesty's Theatre, will appear. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspere's Original Tragedy THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD THE THIRD, with a powerful and effective cast. After wWch a Grand Ballet, entitled TEIE CONTRABANDISTS , in which Mdlle. Aariol, Mr. Flemmore, M. Duelin, Mdlls. Louise and Adele, &a., will appear. To coua.ude with Boa's original OLIVER TWIST, splendidly east. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairhrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEA.TRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Entre Change—Brilliant Spectacle—Grand Equestrian Fete. THIS' EVENING, Will be revived, 'with great splendour, M. G. Lewis's Grand Ro mantic Equestrian Drama of TIMOUR THE TARTAR, in which Mr. Batty's unrival ed stud of highly-trained horses will appear. To be followed by THE SCENES OF THE ARENA, introducing the British Artistes in their unrit ailed performances. First appaar mice of Mr. Batty's highly-trained Ilanovenan l'alfreys. To conalude . with the favo ur i te F arce of THE SECRET. Box-ot2ice oven from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by tne name and address c. the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 23. TEURNOMETBR, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, ag ; Noon, G BAROMETER, 30.35.—W1ND N. ; fine. lIIGEI WAT2II AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 58 min. after 4 1 Evening 18 .. min. after 5 ;sle A , „ o il .I , I • AID E : Tf rl le._ - ~ , ti- 1 , et,. ' r 4T . " 0 4 s' ;, intorr DE :. _ ...., `y -------- P int LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1845. This evening an admirable motion will be sub mitted to the House of Commons by the Honourable Representative of Montrose. The character of the proposition is such as must henceforth render the Light of May 23, 1848, an epoch in the British Legislature. We will transcribe the entire paragraph, word for word, from the Noticec of Motions, No. 93, P• 785 . It is a paragraph which will be the initial of a grand innovation, the text of innumerable orations, and the impetus of an extraordinary move ment. It will be perused with emotion, and the effect of it i s ant i c i pated w i th no i ncons id era bl e curiosity throughout the United Kingdom. Here is the paragraph : ~ Mr. Hume,—That this House, as at present con stituted, does not fairly 0 represent h property, or the induatry discontent e country; whence has arisen great and increasing a,, in the minds of a large vortion of the people ; !t therefore ex pedient, with a view to amend the 'l National Represen tation, that the Elective Franchise shall that shall l be so extended as to include Hoaseholdere; h all be taken by Ballot; that the :luration of Parliamentss ' f all not exceed three year.;; and that the apportionment of Members to population shall be made more equal." Four comprehensive reforms, all tenditm towards ol the same result, the establishment of a really p Parliament, and th e or g anization of a true and popular t a a r sham system of representation, are here submitted to the consideration of the Legislature. The vices, th e deficiencies, the falsities, and the delusions of the Commc ns are here forced upon the knowledge of the Commot X 3 themselves. To expect that a proceeding 80 peculi y,rly unwelcome will be received favourably in the Lower House would be preposterous. It would be to anticipate the acclamations of a senate on the exposition of its blemishes. No. It is impossible but that the motion of Mr. HUME will be listened to in dudgeon, that it will be opposed as extravagant, that it will be even derided as ludicrous. So let it be. BURDETT was a visionary before the diminution of boroughmonger ing. O'CONNELL was an Utopian before the emanci pation of the Catholics. America was an Atalantis before COLUMBUS kissed the beach of San Salvador. So has it been always. So will it be for ever. Until a thing has been accomplished it is an illusion, and its promoter is scouted as a charlatan. And every innovator, Mr. HUME amongst the number, must consequently prepare himself for the obloquy which is the necessary antecedent to the glory of success. Since the preliminary meeting in Albany street, when (to employ the cant expression of the day) the Chartists and the Radical Reformers fraternized, two other distinguished Members of the House of Commons have formally announced their adhesion to the cause of those with whom the new movement has originated. Whatever may be the personal susceptibilities of Sir Ds LACY EvANs, the noble and honourab le representatives o . f Marylebone have not considered it unworthy of their reputation to march under the banners. of the Members for Montrose and the West Riding of Yorkshire. Mr. Humi an d Mr. C O BDEN have to welcome the accession to the ranks of the new Reform Legion two important and notable auxiliaries, in the persons of Lord DUDLEY STUART and Sir BENJAMIN HALL. The fact of their adherence to the nascent League was announced by themselves yesterday in the speeches delivered to their consti tuents in the vestry-room of St. Pancras—on which occasion the Noble Lord and his Hon. Colleague de clared themselves definitely for an extension of the suffrage, for the protection of the independence of the electors by the ballot, for the restriction of Parlia ment to a triennial existence, for the division of the country into electoral districts, and subsequently— that is when all these preliminary reforms shall have been consummated for a reduction of the national expenditure, a n d f or th e di s t r ib u ti on of taxation proportionately with the distribution of property. Above all, Lord DUDLEY STUART and Sir BENJAMIN HALL repudi a t e d th e no ti on o f their being finality men ; they premised that even these sweeping measures of ref o rm wou ld b e me r e ly accepted as instalments. Think of that, gallant representative of Lincoln and Learned Member for the University of Oxford, and tremble for the time-honoured insti tutions of Great Britain Poor Sir HARRY ! Un fortunate Colonel ! We shall see them, at this rate, like a Siamese BELISARIUS, wandering about, the realization of Mr. MAcAuLAY's vision, or seated upon a broken archway of London-bridge, sketching the ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral upon the tablets of their memory Last evening an overwhelming argument was pro duced in the House of Commons as to the necessity of a comprehensive revision of our expenditure by the Hon. Representative of Glasgow. Mr. MAC GREGOR could not by possibility have demonstrated more clearly the exigency of an enormous reduction in our annual disbursements than by the simple enumeration of the items comprised in his motion for returns of the services of the undermentioned re cipients of the following incomes from the Post office : £ s. d. His Grace the Duke of Marlborough 4,000 0 0 His Grace the Duke of Grafton 3,407 10 0 The heirs of his Grace the Duke of Schomberg 2,900 0 0 10,307 10 0 inquiring especially as to the names of the heirs of his Grace the Duke of SCHOMBERG : returns of the ser vices and duties of the under. mentioned recipients of the following sums from the Excise Office : £ s. d. His Grace the Duke of Grafton ..... 7,191 12 0 Earl Cowper Assignees of the late Charles Burn ... 1,200 0 0 9,987 8 0 and returns of the services for which the following sums are paid out of the revenue in Ireland : X s. d. His SereNe Highness the Prince of Mecklenburgh Strelitz Viscount Duncan, now Earl of Cam perdown .• 1,778 4 4 997 9 0 2,775 13 4 besides other similar returns of the services performed by the recipients of pensions amounting in the aggre gate to about 50,0001. per annum. Sir PHILIP FRANCIS never wrote more crushingly of the blunders of our present system of Government than Mr. Mic- GREGOR has done in the mere jotting down of these items among the Parliamentary notices of motions. An equally powerful case has recently been made out as to the inequality of the existing scheme of representation, in a pamphlet written by Mr. ALEXANDER MACKAY, barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple.• The statistics accumulated in this remarkable pamphlet are too important to be slurred over in an incidental allusion. We shall, therefore, defer our observations upon the numeral logic of Mr. MAcRAY to an opportunity on which we can devote to it a more deliberate consi deration. It will be sufficient to remark that from the aggregate estimate of the population, as made in his pamphlet, he considers that in England (500 Members being returned by a population of 16,000,000), there is one Member for every 32,000 persons; that in Scotland (lifry-three Members being returned by a population of 2,500,000), there is one Member for every 48,000; and that in Ireland (105 Members being returned by a population of 8,500,000), there is one Member for every 81,000 persons ; whereas, in order to equalise the repre sentation of the United Kingdom proportionately to its inhabitants, there should be 392 Members for England and Wales, 59 for Scotland, and 207 for Ireland. With such facts to enforce the the clamour for reform, we cannot doubt for an instant the triumphant close of the movement upon which the Radical Reformers of England are adventuring. We have heretofore had occasion to direct the atten tion of our readers to certain active intrigues going on in London, in Paris, in Berlin, and in Vienna, to produce a reactionary movement, and eventually a re storation of the Guizot-Metternich regime, either by direct action against the moderate Liberal party, as has recently been attempted at Berlin, or by the more circuitous but not less certain method of en couraging the Communists and other anarchists, who would fain drive liberty mad in order to disgust the over i e o ev r re l da with h n. iGn e u r. z o We s England, T w as a td m and e en , d etao o v r os e ue o re v iun e r r ge , t tt h ho a we be e t r actreturn u nB4too power of his head clerk, cet excellent ABERDEEN ; as, while Lord PALMERSTON contin ue d i n office, the Orleanist intrigues will most assuredly be d ' on e. The recent attacks upon Lord P.s.x.saußS TOX one ac count of the Spanish correspondence were part and parcel of this notable scheme of reaction, and were intended to secure the supremacy of Orleanist influ ence in the Peninsula, in order to make Spain a point d'appui from which to act upon France; while at the sane time they might, by damaging the posi tion of the English Foreign Minister in the eyes of his countrymen, prepare for the return to power of that excellent gentleman who was in the habit of submitting his dispatches to the approval of the god son of LOUIS PHILIPPE, the Charge d'Affaires of M. GUIZOT, before transmitting them to his own diplo matic agents at foreign courts. The attempted recal of the Prince of PRUSiIi was a part of the same plan (that however was a coup nzanqui), and we now direct our readers' attention to the first direct overt act of the Orleanists in the direction of France. - - The Presse publishes the following letters from the Prince DE JoINYILLE to a friend in Paris : " Claremont, May 5, 1848. " I stated to on that for the present wo had re nounced quitting - England—first, to avoid causing our selves to be spoken of, and next, from motives of eco nomy. We remain, therefore, vegetating as quietly as possible in the country. Wo live an idle life—no in terest animates us. I at present read a good deal. In my opinion the political situation is this ; there has * " Electoral Districts ; or the apportionment of the Representatives of the Country upon the basis of its Po pulation, &c. By Akxand , rliackay, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-law." Pp. 40. Charles Gilpin, London, 1846. been a trnee struck up between the two parties until the meeting of the Assembly; one party wished to see the result of universal suffrage, the others said to them selves that to overthrow one or several Provisional Governments would b e of no use, since in the end the Assembly would have to be faced, and which they would have to get rid of if it were a bad on e . It was, th e refore, better to wait and do everything all at once. re the midst of all the faults of the Provisional tiev« rnmenr, of the hatred and the ridicule which they excited, the Assembly has been eleeted—it is republican and moderate. I think that it h a s been clearly proved that . the experiment of universal suf frage is favourable to order and property. B u t wh a t will now take plac e ? This Assembly, accused of mode.. ration, will aim at popularity ; but the part of th e popu lation whose noisy acclamations give the pleasures of popularity are not the m st discreet. Th e A ssem bly will be forced to give pledges to this mob, who will accuse it of a reactionary spirit, and it is we who will he first offered up . as a sacrifice. That being done, the question will arise to know whether the A ssem bly wi l l se rve as a dyke, or will allow itself to be swept away by the torrent of disorder. If it attempts to arrest the movement there will be fighting in Paris. If the Go vernment, the National Guard, the troops ar e b ea t e n in Paris, if the Assembly is forced to j um p ou t o f the windows, erif they are forced, by intimidation, to vote as the others please, we shall have saturnalia of blood throughout the whole of France. The best thing to be done is that case would be to select some town, such as Amiens, Bourges, or Alen con, and there to call together all the Assembly that was dispersed, to collect ver an th d at then would march be es there all the troop s an d a ll th e N a ti ona l G ua rd s . The members of the A ssem bly cou ld th ere v ote what they pleased, nm t raelaseilvethae Go- en o ta ri b P lis a h r e is c ßat, would c bap tism of blood; it is only by the extermination of its enemies that it would be able to exist. Such an idea strikes me with horror! lam actuated in this moment by two interests, by two passions—my country and my family. These p a ssions are the mainspring of my actions. When I was in France, I laboured for both; now they are separated. Were lan unmarried man, I should naturally devote myself to my country for ever. But at present, if I foresee that I shall not be able to return to my country unless at al uncertain and distant time, I ask myself if I ought not to give up the idea at once, whatever may be my regret, whatever the ohances of the future, in order to prepare for my children some certain provision? If I wait indefinitely until my country opens to me its door, I may die and leave my children poor, withoutcountry, and invested with that title of Prince which is more and more difficult to bear. If, on the contrary, I take a decisive part, I can employ my remaining years of vigour and energy in forming in the United States an establishment, and mak in g a little fortune for my children. In dying, I should leave them a country to know and to love, and suitable means of existence. It is only in the' far west' that I can throw off the old man. I should there, in fine , be able to satisfy a part of my tastes, and have before me an object to attain, towards which all my thoughts would tend. My projects as to the future will depend on the turn thr , A s sembly will take. I hope to be decided before long. Claremont, May 11. "I have excellent hopes of the Assembly; its prelimi nary sittings are a little disorderly , but that is inevitable in so numerous a meeting. Its spirit appears to me good. I believe that it really has the intention of founding a grand and powerful republic. God grant that it may be so! The country yearns after order, and that will facilitate the commencement of the new Govern ment. If they have the courage to effect economy, so as to restore order to the finances, they will get on quick and well. We, who know our country, are aware how strong will be an authority which speaks in the name of universal suffrage—it must be allowed that it is the only authority that can save the country. Why, the faults of the past Government did not prevent its lasting seventeen years, so that it is not so difficult to govern France. For us, personally, we always think of returning to France. Once that the Republic is consti tuted, we cann.it be refused the title and quality of French citizens. The weather is delightful. I take ad• vantage of it to pass my days in the open air. Stretched on the grass I read an immensity, whilst our wives work. f hey make all their own dresses, berna-te, &e., and I can assure you that they could earn their living. As to me, t company in London has off red me the command of a vessel destined for India, so that you see that we can battle against want. My health continues to be not very good—there is always something wrong—sometimes one :hing, sometimes another. Happily my wife and my dear ittle ones are well. May we again behold our native [and !" It is evident that these letters were written with a view to publication, and for the furtherance of some ulterior object. It is not difficult to discover what that ulterior object is. We have reason for believing that among those engaged in these intrigues it has been matter of serious consideration whether or no it would not be ad►isable to pass over altogether the claims of the Count DE PARIS and of the Duchess of ORLEANS, and to endeavour to bring about the resto ration in the person of one of the Princes. The Due DE NEMOURS had by his aristocratic hauteur rendered himself so unpopular that he was clearly out of the question, and it was determined that the Prince DE JOINVILLE, as the most popular of the Princes, should be the person put forward to bring about the restoration of the Orleans dynasty. "He will have but to present himself to be at once accepted as King," are the words that have been used by more than one Frenchman resident in London. Whether or not the Prince himself is aware of these matters we know not; but if he is ignorant of these intrigues, it is a strange coincidence that he should write these letters just at the time when their appearance is so admirably calculated to serve the purpose's of the intriguers. In the meantime the authorities of the French Re public will be on their guard, and as they have done their duty in putting down the anarchists, so, we doubt not, they will also know how to deal with the reaclionaires, while we trust, as we said yesterday, the British Government will apply the Alien Act with strict impartiality, and keep as sharp a look-out on Brompton, as on Leicester -square. Claremont, being a royal palace, is perhaps exempt from sur veillance. The Bordeaux mail, which arrived in Paris on Monday (yesterday), did not bring the Madrid mail. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY• --- We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The conclusion of the Fete de la. Concorde on Sun day was in perfect keeping with its commencement. The illuminations in the evening were magnificent, and the display of fireworks on the grandest scale ever exhibited. The grand avenue of the Champs Ely ees had the appearance of a ball-room; on each side of it were suspended continuous festoons of lamps, and over the centre a series of handsome chandeliers of various colours. The exhibition of fireworks at the Barriere de l'Etoile, which was brilliantly illuminated, commenced at nine o'clock, and lasted more than half an hour ; at the same time there was a grand pyrotechnic display on the Place de la Bastile, representing the destruction of the old feudal prison which, until 1789, occupied the Place. The Champ de Mars was brilliantly illuminated, and the Ecole Militaire was richly studded with Venetian lamps. It hooked a fairy palace of light. There was not the least attempt at disturbance throughout the day ; indeed, the presence of such a number of mili tary as was that day reviewed in the Champ de Mars was sufficient to render any attempt of the sort hopeless. The troops in Paris under arms were upwards of 35,000. The journals of Monday are so filled with accounts of the f'e'te that they have scarcely room for anything else. We, however, extract from the Journal des Debate the following just observations on the breach of faith of which the Government contemplates the commission against the foreign railway shareholders:— " The principal cause of the suspension of labour," says the Debate, " has been the alarm spread by the doctrines relative to property. 'Whilst property was an essential attribute of man, a primitive institution of society which the law makes respected, it was imagined that it was a pure fiction which the law had invented, and which the law might undo. Hence all the various ideas of communism with which we are assailed—which have been enthroned at the Luxembourg for the last two months, and which on the 15th inst. made an irruption into the National Assembly. Hence has arisen all the systems which have trampled contracts under foot, and tend to invest the Government with the power of revising them according to its ideas, of interfering between private individuals by confiscating the liberty of conventions, and of converting a citizen into an automaton. What will the Provisional Government effect by its law on the rail roads ? Its ideas on the subject are made evident by its numerous decrees relative to labour. As to the railroads, it appears to be of opinion that the contracts entered into are nothing more than so many bits of waste paper, which may be thrown into the fire or torn up, Capitalists have been induced, under the protection of laws and of contracts, to invest their money is railroads. Both French and foreign capitalists have entered into this speculation, the State having guaranteed to them that they shall be scrupulously respected. The con ditions under which the State might repurchase the various lines were laid down in the most explicit man ner; it was agreed that it should not take place until declaredfath, what null after a certain peri od, and on established bases. T hese contrac ts were signed an d sealed with t he seal of the i i s ai not at,,r an an a i tta th ck e and Government of which he is the a g ent endeavo ur to ne gotiate 11 ' ; e ' e n '‘ e Va e ne f d o a r sn t ko h :v t l e theyilat w ill become are about t o of b e public feeling entertained of our natio na l h o • nour? We now behold a Minister of Finance who under takeso n the credit t proveo of that the an State! act of Lettii this this kiwi N i a loan, after maintaining such ideas! He will see the credit in which he stands. The fact is, that if THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1848. the engagement entered into with the railroad companies I 1 is not to be held valid, that which binds the State ( towards its creditors is in question. The latter engage ment is not more solemn or more formal. A govern ' ment has as much the right to say to a fundholder e I owe you five, I will give you two,' as to say to a railroad shareholder, I engaged not to repurchase your line in , less than fifteen years after it had been at work during ' its whole extent, and to pay for it according to its net proceeds, with a proportionate amount for its increased value. I wish to t a ke it immediately before it has been a work, and I shall only p l y y ou accor di ng t o the value which stock j o bbi ng h as attac h e d to i t , Duclere does not id a m ,7l g t ai n nt a a e r irn eh-predated R entes . It vI. remember the opposition that was made to the Goveln meta o f July, who wi,hed to take ail the hews into their own h.auds by the then opposition party, we core easily refresh 1)15 memory by referring to the Provi.i, , nal Government, all of whom, wi t h t h e excl)tion of M. La marli ne , took part in the oppo s i tion to t h e measure , an d it was an illustrihus savant. n w 4 member of the Go vernm,nt, who was then charged by the C qntnit!eo on the Bill to draw up the rep,-rt, i n w hi c h h e po i nt . d out , in the most forciblemanner. the political dangers which attended the execut i on and working of the railroads by the State, and praised the power of private industry, and the advantages of the spirit of association. The Govern ment of July were thus compelled to resign the railroads to companies. We do not judge this fact, we merely quote history. Under the will of the Minister of Finance the a b an donment of the railroads to companies becomes a machination of the Government of July to reconstitute an aristocracy. According to him the Government of July soon comprehended the advantage it might derive from it to make instruments of domination. One of the mot i ve s which was alleged i n f avour o f re f us i ng it t h e possession of the railroads was the extent of patronage which it would confer, and that very system is now advocated. .4 The Minister, moreover, appears as forgetful of foreign history as of that of Fran ce . H e l a y s d own in principle, that fina n cial companies are incompatible with the principle of a Republican Government. He forgets the Republic of the United States, where there may be said to be a collection of thirty R e p u bli cs ver y democra tic, very flourishing, and worthy of being quoted as models of prosperity, and yet railroads are not wanting. Is the system recommended by the Minister of Finance adopted in the United States ? Certainly not. The railroads are almost entirely conceded to companies for ever, and not as here, for 40, 50, or, at most, 99 years. " The Americans knew very well, that under a Re publican system it is good policy to encourage a spirit of association, and not to violate a faith once sworn to them. The American Governments easily submit the cempanies to the laws, because they themselves observe them." The French Government have received a tele graphic dispatch from Vienna, stating that a revo lutionary movement took place there on the 16th, which ended in the substitution of a sole Constituent Assembly and universal suffrage for the constitution lately established We published in The Sun of yes terday the proclamation of the EMPEROR, in which he yielded to the demands of his subjects, and in another part of The Sun of this evening will be found intelligence one day later from Vienna, announcing a change of Ministry. _ _ _ The responsibility of supplying the SORRIER gang with arms and ammunition from the national stores seems to rest upon M. CAUSSIDIERE, the ex-Prefect of Police. M. ABAsio threw the responsibility on M. LEDRU ROLLIN ; the latter transferred it to the shoulders of his chief secretary, M. Emits REGNAULT. This gentleman has addressed the following letter to the journals : " Sir,—ln speaking of arms and ammunition found in the hotel occupied by Sobrier. you bay the demand far these arms came from the Minister of the Interior. It is dated the 14th April, and signed by the chief of the Cabinet.' This is not correct. The letter of the 14th April demanded of the Minister of War 1.000 mus kets and 6,000 packets of cartridges for the Prefecture of Police. If a part of these arms have been sent to Sootier, the Minister of the Interior was wholly a stranger to this appropriation of them. " ELIAS REGNAULT." This gentleman, M. REGNAULT, has been appointed secretary to the Prefecture of the Police. The new Prefect of P,lice, M. TROUVE-CHAVEL, has published the following proclamation : Inhabitants of Paris,—The Government has appointed me to the Prefecture of Police of the Seine. This mark of great confidence imposes on me serious duties. But, the greater the difficulties, the less can I allow myself to shrink from them ; we are living in times when every citizen must sacrifice himself to his country. A stranger in this great city, I would willingly have left to others more competent the labour and honour of this onerous magistration. My own inefficiency coun sels me to decline—my duty commands me to accept the burden. We are on the morrow of events which might have proved disastrous, but which have turned to the profit of real democracy. The criminal folly of some conspira tors has proved clearly the wisdom and energy of the Parisian people. Some of the principal offenders are in the hands of justice ; I will pursue the others into their secret hiding places, and hope to deliver them to the laws. I am, citizens, the friends of the Republic. I was so when it was forbidden to avow it; but, it' my high func tions impose on me the duty of protecting the people, they also give me the right to counsel them. I will serve and not flatter them. I will tell them the truth, as I have already done to Princes under a monarchy. The people in their might have nothing to fear from open enemies, their only danger is in their false friends, Your welfare depends on yourselves more than on your Government. If they owe you their care, you owe them your support. With harmony between the people and their functionaries order will be established, and with order prosperity. As to liberty, you have con quered it; you know how to defend it; and, in its d e f ence , you may rely on my assistance. Citizens, the Government has deemed me worthy of its confidence. I will merit yours. You shall judge me by my deeds, and in the difficult duties which are im posed give y ou sufficient proof of ».yy on m patriotism and e ifl devotion, I ask no other recompense than that you confirm by your approbation the honourable testimony of these whom you have invested with power. The celebrated PIERRB LEROUX has been arrested at Nanteuil by the National Guards, and has been brought to Paris. Up to Sunday the number of persons arrested amounted to 390. Of these ten of the leaders are in the fort of Vincennes, several at the Prefecture, and the rest at various prisons. An order has been given for the arrest of M. THORE, but he has effec ted his escape. The Reforme states that the Great Northern Rail way has been placed under sequestration. The disturbances at Lyons still continue. The following is a narrative of the events which have oc curred in that city, in continuation of the account given in The Sun of yesterday After having arrested and subsequently released M. Taburet, the substitute, the workmen on Thursday, receiving no answer which they considered satisfactory with respect to the release of their comrades, sent about a hundred of their body in arms, with drums beating and flags flying, to the prison in the Rue St. Jean, where they again demanded the release of the men, with terrible threats. The Palace of Justice said the prison were protected by numerous detachments of the National Guard, Civic Guard, and troops of the line. A regiment of dragoons also me h e e n m d o i d m e n n o t t . e l n n tu t r h e e p t o r e m s e a n k c e e a o n f a t h t t i a s e k s ro a n e g force d arrived d th a e t Taburet h ad not come u p and p roceeded to harangue they would probably have returned as they came if M. arri them. Having had the imprudence to say who he was, he was immediately seized by the collar, bound, and carried off tia the Croix Rousse. The armed force of no resistance. On the Pont de la Liberte, a and made of a hundred National Guards met the the prison we re hardl y aware of what was done, d e t ac hment what was taking place,he made no attempt to release bstatute, who at that moment had a the unfortunate eu k. Ihe women cried out To the band, but, though the commandant was informed of cord round e du Charriot d'Or. The rappel was locked up in the Rue du the band led him on, and he was and the National Guard imme diatelybweaatteern with in al At the Croix Rousse the tocsin turned ou were closed, there were TleMe ll the shops was sounded, a arms! to arms!' and the greatest rous cries of T° Barricades were erected in several terror prevailed. Iplaced at different issues; but, though streets; sentinels none were allowed to allowed to enter, people were between the insurrectionists and the leave. A collision d 'nevitable. But the authorities National Guard seemed and consented to the re 'berated gave way, having deli quarters,t. lease of the prisoners. the Commissary:— , The following was the decree of onnected with the maiteinance ine• that all measures at L ons are subjected tot he sove of6public tranquillity hae Lyons are subjected to the sove reiga approbation ot the people. decrees that the seven reign approbation of t p d for breaking the machines of accused who were arrested Th e commissary-General of the Republic, consider t alarm wascreated on the:Place " In the afternoon great recce of an armed band of des Terreaux, by the app e ar a ho demanded to be allowed to about three hundred men,i t de Ville. The National Guard penetrate into the ho-e about 4,500 in number, who and troops of the line, prepared for resistance, M. Bonnet shall be set at liberty.' were stationed in the square, and Captain Dugely declaring making ready to fire, to pass should receive that the first man who attempted at this attitude, the his sword his body. • Intimidated x Rousse. OH the Place band returned to La Cr a o e i the fir s t rank crossing their bayonets, and the two latter and other parts of the Tholozan, the Pont Ater' appeared,dred individuals, occurred. At midnight b t u V b it , h w t h h i e ch C r a e r m li a s i t n a; the other half with stiele, outa but no collision muskeets,Retz, roaring the " Carniag. nole," the "Ca descended: to the Qn , emata ted the deliverance of c h i a t l y f , a o r t m h e e d r awrimthed bandsa. i re , ' ai a d nd to " From thence they went been during the day. The tn. permanence, as it had next day (Friday) d at Villefranche ; but the were arrested the persons who decided on by the authorities. demand had not been confinement. The local M. Taburet was still in iy of the authorities news papersfor not complain refer strong and also for not atstri not releasing the prisoners, . D th i e "v ir n cl nt cartridges to the National huting anythinglike sufficient Guard." the men d The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, on the Bill for the banishment of the Orleans family from France, has determined to report in favour of the adoption of that measure without any amend- ment. The Afoniteur contains a decree signed by the five members of the Executive Government, an • nouncing that the Administration of Public Worship, which had been si,pa.rated from the Ministry of Public Instruction, is again united with it. The same official journal announces that the Commander-in Chief of the National GuArds of the , frpartment tit tim SrinY, hai receivel ,ollfess , s congraula!ion to the N3tioull Gtutra of P.tris, awl thesuhurbs, troll the following towos, on the occasion of the events of the 15th inst., viz , I.l6thnne, Reims, Elheuf, S-. Valery sur-Soturrt, Villedieu (Manche), Tropy (Loir. ). Bouchaio, Clermont, Fer- Ni, St. Die, Pont-Audemer, Pontoise, Avize (Marne), Montfort-l'Amaury, Cala;s, Bonneres, Conde (Nord), Rouen, Vierzon, Launoy (Ardennes), St. Malo, Evreux, l'Aigle (Orne), St. Julien du Sault (Yonne), Vervins (Aisne), and Château- Chinon. The Pregse states that the 11th, 12th, 21st, 34th, 45th, and 61st Regiments of the Line are at present quartered in Paris. To these may be added the sth Light Infantry and the 55th and 59th Regiments of the Line, which raise the amount of infantry to 30,000 men. The Moniteur states that the commission appointed to re-organize the Parisian Republican Guard entered on its functions on Saturday. It proposes to meet under the presidency of the Mayor of Paris from day to day until it has accomplished the object of its mission. The Echo du Nord announces that a sequestration has been laid on the Northern Railroad. The Committee appointed to examine the projet de loi regulating the relations between the Executive power and the National Assembly has rejected alto gether the clauses of the Bill which gave the Execu tive Government the power either to sit in the Assem bly or not, according to its own choice, and also the clause which restricts the power of the President of the Assembly. M. MARTIN (of Strasbourg) has been appointed reporter. It is understood that M. DE LAMARTINE and M. LEDRU ROLLIN have declared ;hat should the Assembly confirm the rejection of the clause they are prepared to give in their resignations. Should they do so, it is probable that M. MARUAST and M. BETIIEMONT will be elected members of the Provisional Government. The National Assembly met yesterday at one o'clock. The order of the day was the development of the pro. position recommending the creation of a National Ban que Bypothecaire. M. Truck, in his own name, and for his colleagues MM. Reeckeren and Prud'homme, read a paper, which, after dwelling on the present depressed state of credit, recommended the establishment of a mortgage bank, with a power to issue notes of 25f., 1001., 200 f., 500 f., and 1,000 f., all guaranteed on property, with an understanding that not more than three-fifths of the value could be advanced. Referred to the three standing committees on finance, on agriculture, and on legislation. M. Bouhier de Leclose developed a proposition for the creation of a National Banque Fonciere, with power to issue notes to the amount of half the value of the land engaged. Referred to the bureaux. M. Considerant remarked that, as the subject of a Banque Fonciere had very generally occupied attention, and as a number of similar prepositions would in all pro liability be presented, he should suggest the propriety of having them all simply placed on the bureau, in plata, of being explained !row the tribune ; such a course would save time. The Minister of Finance thought that if they were simply sent into the Committee on Finance, as sugges tions, it would answer every purpose. This course was eventually recommended to lion. Members without being absolutely imposed on them. M. Huot developed a proposition on the necessity of establishing a better mode of electing the various officers of the municipal bodies. The law of 1831, he said, by which the municipal officers were appointed at present, had been passed with a view to give as much influence as possible to the Government. Now that the Republic was established, a more democratic mode of voting ought to be adopted for municipal councils, and he should pro• pose that every man having a bond fide residence in the commune should have the power to vote. As the sub ject was of great importance, ho intended to ask the Assembly to consider his proposition d'urgence, without submitting it to the committees. This was negatived by the House, and the proposition was referred to the Committee on the Communal and Departmental Administration. M. Pleignard ascended the tribune to explain his pro position to regulate the mode of discussing the Bill on the Constitution when presented. In order to avoid the confusion that must inevitably arise, if the present or dinary mode of discussion was followed, when each member had a right to present an amendment when he pleased, he should suggest thnt the draft of the Consti tution should be printed and distributed; then examined in the bureaux, and after such examination sent back to the Committee, a member being designed by each bu reaux to defend the changes which it had made in it. After the second consideration by the Committee, it was to be brought before the Assembly for discussion. M. Coquerel, in the name of the committee on the Constitution, had to state that it considered the propo sition of great importance, but that body also thought it would be advisible to postpone the consideration of it to an ulterior period, until it was seen what the nature of the Constitution would be. This suggestion was rejected, and the proposition was ordered to be discussed on an early day, to be hereafter decided on. M. de Langade presented the report of the Committee on Finance, on the proposition of M. Lavalee, demanding to have the tax of 45c. imposed on the four principal contributions only, and not on the additional centimes. The committee were of opinion that to make such a dis tinction would constitute a dangerous precedent, which it would be prudent to avoid. In consequence, he had to state that the committee was of opinion that the pro position ought to be rejected. M. Daleaud Laribiere admitted the tax of the 45c. to have been called for by the wants of the Republic, but he thought it was unjust to allow them to fall on the additional centimes, as thereby the communes which could bear the burden the least were most strongly affected. M. Duclere, the Minister of Finance, declared that he must strongly support the views of the committee. No doubt the tax of 45c. was a measure which he, as well as others, would allow to be a seven• one; but when it was imposed the Government did not kn .w in what position it could find the Treasury after a:given time, and tams,- quently it was obliged to take funds wherever it could find them. The tax was one of the greatest urgency, and was jus'ified by the position of affairs. Already forty-five million; had been received from that tax, and the additional centimes had been levied on like the re•t. Whatever might he the severity or even injustice of the original tax of 45c.. it was impossible not to go back on the matter and establish a distinction which would eff ct not only what was yet to be psis], but what had been re ceived. The position of the Treasury, besides, was not such as to permit any such restitution as was proposed. He must entreat the Assembly to adopt the conclusions of the committee. M. Lempereur should propose, as an amendment, in order to conciliate the two opposing opinions, it should be decided that such communes as paid the 45c. on the additional centimes in 1848, should have the sums so paid restored in 1849. M. Duelerc observed, that to pass such an amendment as that would be to decide on the disposal of part of the budget of next year; that certainly could not be done. After some discussion of rather a confused description, M. Lefranc proposed to refer the amendment to the Committee on the Budget of 1849. M. Duclerc again ascended the tribune, and declared that he had a certitude that in a few months the Trea sury would have got over all its difficulties, but only on condition that the Assembly supported the Government firmly in what had been already resolved on. He must, therefore, again call on the House to adopt simply the conclusion of the Committee. The Assembly being consulted, rejected both the amendment and sub-amendment, and adopted the con clusions of the amendment, thereby refusing to entertain the original proposition. M. Trelat, the Minister of Public Works, said that some days back he had presented a Bill demanding 3,000,000 f. for public works, particularly with a view to organize better the national workshops. The committee had not sent in its report; and he had, therefore, to apply to the Assembly to ♦ote, d'urgence, that the committee meet forthwith and send in a report, so that the Govern ment might that very day be authorised, in an hour or two, to receive the sum demanded, of which one million was absolutely required to pay expenses already incurred. M. Lacrosse observed that the committee had not sent in its report because it had not been constituted at the time the proposition was presented. It would he impossible for the committee to; send in its report in the time specified ; he should propose that the Assembly vote at once 1,000,0001. to the Honourable Minister to defray certain expenses incurred for the national work shops, the paid expenses to be afterwards submitted to the examination of the House. The million was then voted. Sevsral members ascended the tribune, to impress on the Minister of Public Works the absolae necessity of putting an end, as rapidly as possible, to the scanda lous condition of the national workshops—it was such as to affect every well thinking man. The National As sembly was unanimous in expressing a similar opinion. The Assembly then voted, d'uryence, that it was necessary to organize efficient means of providing employment in certain departments for the destitute labouring classes. The House rose at a quarter to five. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 22. of Rentes and Shares at the commencement of h Bourse ; but towards the close, a feeling of uneasiness to t T e of rt E yesterday (Lc a — d r a r he favourable peaeea b as to the position of the Government, and rumours a 3 to changes about to take place, created a slight reaction. In general, however, the prices were very little below those of Saturday. ff t e e e r t m o i npaotoleofprttih_ceee BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. MAY 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 63/ —Dutch Rhenish. 3 4 —Northern of France. 4%—Orleans and Bourdeaux, 1 and Rouen, 151/2. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. RESIGN #TION OF THE MINISTERS. The Wiener Zoitung of the 19di s:ates that, in con segiu-nce of the step adopted by his leti,-sly th, Er‘i PRaoa, in regard to the privileges demanded by di. Burgher Guard, as well as the determination of con voking only one Cilamb-r for the ensuing Diet, an , of setting aside the answers determined upon, bi MAJESTY'S Ministers have considered it their duty tl resign the post which his MAJESTY confided then with, in order to enable the EMPEROR to surround himself with councillors who may secure general and powerful co-operation. According to the last advices from Conegliano in the Abend Blatt, Count NuGENT had been joined by the troops of General D'ASPREY, which came by way of Vicenza and Bassano, and, accompanied by the Generals Duke ALEXANDER WURTEDi- BERG and Prince SCHWARZENDERG, had ad vanced in person towards Treviso, by way of Feltre. The insurgents are said to have been driven back and put to flight in all directions. After the arrival of this news, the division of the army posted on the Piave, two hours' march from Conegliano, crossed that river under the command of General SCHULZIG, and the Piedmontese and Papal troops, who had defended the passage, were corn pletely routed. The Austrian troops were advancing on this side as far as Spresciano. On Thursday all the troops would have arrived under the walls of Treviso, and it was said that its occupants were all making preparations for flight. FRANKFORT-ON -THE-MAINE. The German Parliament was exclusively occupied during its sitting of the 19th in the election of a President and in the framing of sessional orders. Frankfort was perfectly tranquil. PRUSSIA. The draft of the new constitution is nearly com pleted. It will be modelled on the Belgian consti tution. There are to be two Chambers, to be elected by universal suffrage. Candidates for the second will require no qualification ; but for the first sena tors will be required to pay a minimum sum in direct taxes. Great excitement continues to prevail respecting the return of the Prince of Puussie. The effect has been very decided in the political clubs of which the leaders of the populace are members. Indeed, ap prehensions are entertained by these bodies that they will be compelled to dissolve. The meeting which was held ut Treves on the sub ject of the Prince's return was very stormy, and concluded with an address against, his recal, was very numerously signed. The letter of the Prince of PRUSSIA in regard to Denmark has produced a rather favourable effect, bu' it cannot be denied that there still exists a strung ad- verse feeling.—cologne Gazette, May 20. The Preussischen Stoats Anzeiger of the 20th con tains a list of the Deputies who have been returned to the Prussian National Diet. Among others, w, see that IhthicH has been elected for Neuhaleltu sleben, in Saxony; BECK E RATH, of Krefield, fur Mans feld. The Minister has been returned Member for several places. The same journal contains a proclamation of the KING for the execution of dyke. building on the Vistula and the Rogut. Letters from Breslau, of the 16th May, state that, in consequence of a petition of the Breslau wool merchants, addressed to the Prussian Minister of Finance, requesting that arrangements might be made to discount foreign bankers' bills, M. HAUSEMANN has agreed to enable the Royal Maritime Society (Seehandlung), during the Breslau wool fair, to dis count bills of first-rate English banking-houses to any amount. The market opens on the 7th of June, but the first arrivals of wool are expected some days earlier. As to the probable result of the fair, it is more than ever difficult to speak with any degree of cer tainty; daily unforeseen political occurrences consi derably influence commercial enterprises. Prices will, in all probability, be exceedingly low. HOLLAND. Letters from Amsterdam, of the 19th, state that the following Ministry has been appointed ad interim : President of the Council—(Vacant). Minister of Justice—M. Dirk Donker Curtius. Minister of Foreign Affairs—M. Le Baron Bentinck, Envoy at Brussels. Minister of the Interior—M. J. M. de ELempenae*, Member of the Second Chamber. Minister of War—Major-General J. 11... Voet. Minister of Finance—M. Ossewaar*le. Minister of Public Worship—M. L. C. Luzac, Member of the Second Chamber. Minister of the Colonies and Marine—M. Ryk, a Member of the ex-Government. Minister of Catholic Worship (Vacant.) MM. Donker Curtius, Kempenaer, and Luzae are well known to be men of Liberal politics ; but M. Ryk belongs to the ultra-Conservative or rather autocratical school, whilst the views of MM. Voet, Ossewaarde, and Bentinck are unknown. S WEDEN. A letter from Stockholm of the 12th amp ounces the discussion of the grant of two millions: for the ex penses of the armaments in the State Assemblies of the nobility and the peasantry, and its adoption it, the former of 194 to 49 votes, and in the latter of 49 to 16 votes. The Aftonblad affirms, ttn the autho rity of well-informed members of the Diet, that Sweden is not disposed to intervene in. the affair of Schleswig unless it be in conjunction wirth the great Powers. POS. .N. MIEROSLAWSKI, it is said, received his passport, and set out for France on the Bth. Slttreassar and others are to be set at liberty in the course of a few days. The committee which was sent hither by the poli tical club, in Berlin, for the purpose o f ascertaining the exact state of things here, was compelled by a notice from the police to quit the city. It is stated that the military commit great exce :sus. That as they scarcely ever succeed in finding weapons in searching houses, they now resort to - the military method of summoning together all the inhabitants of the village, and continue to flog them, -one by one, until they either confess where the weapcms are con cealed, or till their inquisitors are convince d that there are none.—Cologne Gazette, May 21. MAY 17.—General Vox PFUEL has published proclamation, of which the following is am extract " Having, in my proclamation of the 12th of this month, prelimin ar y d es i gna ted the bound 's fy line Ibee be tween that portion of the Grand Duchy of . Posen to_at incorporated into the Germanic Confederat!( and th at portion which is to be recognised, steps w ill be mt diately taken for the formation of the b g7 3rnment for a .me I havo the latter portion. As presid ent nominated Dr. Von Krezensk i, kol f g o h r t t a e nd:;. , l; . Ved pro prietor, to undertake this o ffi ce withou t del - • DENMARK AND THE DU 'CHIES. The Danes, confiding in the intervention of Swe den, refuse to surrender the Isle of Alse a, and chum again the northern part of Schleswig. They deny also payment of the damages caused by i ;he embargo ; they have refused the truce proposed by England. They have, nevertheless, suspended the hlocus of the Elbe and Weser, but merely because the English and Russian vessels suffered from this slate of things. The Wiener Zeitung of Saturday ever iing has the following letter from Schleswig, dated the 17th : " Our advices from the north state thF►t the evacua• tion of Alsen and Arsoe by the DI cries is hourly expected. At the same time the Get %nan ships will be released from the existing embarg 0, and, on the other hand, the German troops will ev scuate Jutland, This account accords with the answer of the Prussian Minister of State to the notification of the Swedish Court. When these events have I:a ken place the negotiations for peace will he opened."" A letter from Flensburg announces the dissolution of the Free Corps. HOLIDAY AT TUE LAW OFFIC,ES .—To-morrow (Wednesday), her Majesty's birthday, .;11 e law and other offices will be closed. ITALY. ROME. The following is extracted from a lett er from rqe, Pius IX., to a Member of the National Alvin)) of France :—. ..The different Governments have been long reP " r° 13411. rig ow is the cause of their disasters and embrros3 cent-. I have repiied, that in granting concessions toil .it.ople I did hut follow the advice which those po"eirle ave to my prcducc-sAors. Jr I have counselled trio ,), , , , p!e to o s twy their rulers, I hr.ve engaged rulers to , istiei , to trieir ta•ive. N .3. is it my fault if the Pe°P i e . ;Lve against s , :ve,etgi , 3 .11,p rujected In) c ?„,t s / not ohly ha... I nevt.r opt used the . ° 0 nelr in,iereodence, but I ap,.rove the war as a Soverelti a n Chris; ;het us an ItAan. But a 3 Priest and P o p e, Y 0 , airs twilit; ehil,tren, I muss do my b est to pre heir slaughtering ech whet." LOMBARDY AND VENICE. The general attack on Peschiera was fixed to take place on the 17th. The Italian papers bring no fresh intelligence fr ° l , 1 : the seat of war, but the Gazette de Klngenfat „a Carinthia, announces from Italy that Vicenza a" l'reviso have capitulated. tha t Private letters from Verona of the 15th gate the advanced guard of Count NUGENT'S Artll4ll3° st, 0 1 in communication with the outposts of tes RADETZKT. The complete junction of t he two Oro vas expected in a few days. The sPiri t Austrian troops is good, and all through Gerimrsos and German Tyrol the feelings against the Its is strong. In some of the valleys of Italian lc, the population is not so well affected to the tkustris, Government, and the country at the hea d of thel3 di Garda, to the west of Trient and Roverecl°, closely observed by military outposts. o rth Another important step has been taken towel, unity in Northern Italy. The Provisional Gnics• ment of Venice has notified its readiness to aw7 i e e mate with Lombardy. The French frigate M in os is off the port of Venice. some of the office ° o cli landed were enthusiastically received. Ot h e r P vessels were expected. lette l The Risorgimento of the 17th inst. quotes %fro! from Genoa of the 16th, stating that a vinl en A t o took place at Banchi in the morning of that "--;;09 consequence of a proclamation of MAzzot agalhnociti6 decree of the Provisional Government, inv iting t oitsi zens to decide on the form of government hest $0 to the country. The people cried, "Deatil t P I A ' zini !" and committed the placard to the flan le " . 0 (0 , manova was blockaded by the Austrian s, but soje were entertained for its safety, the place beiriAged plied with three months' provisions, and defeaudoell' brave and numerous garrison, under the OW ,0 0 00 Zuccur. On the 13th the Austrians directed co# taneousattack against the two Italian cs031)90s,00041 tone and Montanara. The assailants 14ellioglOt; number, with six pieces of artillery. he f 1 diree hours, when the enemy retired. l o " o rta A killed and 18 wounded in the camP 15 wounded in that of Montanara. ;11 eft on the field three wounded and six kille d ew prisoners, who stated that about 60 opollifte wounded, amongst whom were a majo r sad:ite Oei tad been removed to Mantua. on the loper seen three boats, carrying the tricoloured bilotoodr nounted by two general officers, Wh ° 69 10 1 0.1 f he operations on land. The Captain of be itan Volunteers, ROSSAROL, and another, ( 01 ; wounded on the side of the Italians. vts The Gazzetta di Verona of the 6 th reP°` p°ll-A .ws:—" The Tuscan and Neapolitan treltres3 the south side of Mantua ventured na e oplc, 3d instant to molest the labour ers by stl r o b ,n the fortifications before Fort Beni° re ' A to Ifteti ing our advanced posts. It was resolve-001a them by a sally from the fortress, whi ch Je ll t he on the 4th, with three columns, to Curtatone, Montanara, and San Silv est ir r e ots e l o st result was the repulse of the enemy to the c old J e d. tnents on the banks of the Osone. Tha d otta oto i considerable number in killed ° o ver. oc ie Amongst the former was a Neapolitt i , the troops had only five slightly wounay"iti ot e ll w er two prisoners, and captured a large (1 0 , c ,° 11 , s te, :tke on the rwo, oa The Governor of the Province of O i o t) 11,7 S'Arsr, was very well received on the ' otla nth ct. municipality of Mu gg ia. The Osservatore T r iestino of the 1 " is " Per i . 0 1 the election of D r . P IETRO KANDY' S ap t , the German Parliament for the glen'. .0a Istria, and of MM. GIOVANNI S OI. t • c le CORONINI, as Deputies for the eiec -° e t Gorizia. ft . 0 0 0, The Giornale del Lloyd Atalrine ° A r e e rthe L ie or two merchant vessels having seee nu pr (l t 0 ° the mouth of which is at Falconers, 1 1 00 wiw for Pordenone, were received at Carb n w ith 4. 1 0 of " Down with the Austrian 1 1 4 1" o f sty e" command, backed as it was by a sh °w : h r e irra tv e of t i ! I captains were forced to comply. 0 11. :,,, 0 01 0 pieei masters of these vessels apprised the eOw ititte r 03 of squadron of the circumstance, and the all ie the P ately proceeded to the locality for restoring order. t e NAPLES AND Sl' ~, , s o fOrabf _ On the night of the 13 th , Count P°As t Finance Minister, resigned, and e a 0° 0 1 ; 0 Don G. MANNA. IMBRIANI has - reltotolloiso' folio of Public Instruction, CARI O l ig o f fic e _dhi J mi n ister 0 10" 10 ,1 place ad interim. RUGGIERO, tical Affairs, had also resigned, SCI 41f ge ri° ° ,_ th e place ad interim. There h ad been seesialiti between French and English. SOOTS .g ll ' The ° , 71 1 Messinese taking part with th e Frellied to Or of both nati on s were obliged t o go st them. TURKE Y. of the 1"' tr i Accounts from Constantinople, -f, vos isn.. with anxiety of the concentration or "i to i c hsfl; o o l on the Pruth, with evident view s t° o p ea s Wallachia. The Turkish army %you ‘• to 260,000 IRELM' P . THE STATE PRO°ApI -1 ELECTRIC TELEG.E. po . 0 1o r DUBLIN, 341°14[000a tie The Commission Gran d Jury hair° for felony against Mr. Mitchel. qtly to- His counsel will applY indictment, on the ground of error Mr. Devin Reilly has been arrested' 101 4 . YORK ELECT.-- 0• ) 0, m orror YoRK, Tnasp••• sl° •• • 5 01 (BY ELECTRIC TELEGo.ri., bd°::::00,041 Vincent (Chartist) ........... • Milner (Whig) ................... Wilkins (Radical) • ....... 10 TWELVE O'CL°C":.• ~•• 6 0 For Milner ................... • 40 Vincent ...... ............. ...• 0 14 of t o o ERRATUM.—In the fourth seu ten . e s e terd< l t / , paragraph of our first leader .7 o v eot o stio,eoo4 Vienna is threatened withisbso: been while Venice is threatenrredhAvt ervecetenudatoecithol,), IPASSENGERS' RAGGAGE.•"""-"- • have, by an order recently to! _ j t he, t o the officers of the Revenue shag hour and upwards after the terrninattpriatiron 010.00;‘,,i0! legal hours of business, in the eseeoloweret,rooP by tb° n ti - , 0 1 gage of passengers arriving Continent, they shall be reinunerateele :fog # l l . • such extra attendance. It is arrangreavired f l oo t. twee for this purpose which waY I l e , i nto gl ee° under half an hour shall not be to al V —..,..........r ...,7., ---1--: .....nall'" flue S. Satilijer* ,i' On March 26th, at Pernambuco, Airs• f' • of daughter. ref t he Wife 04. On the 17th inst., at Peckham, Su r-- ' le -1 Beane, Esq., of a daughter. . ic b, thi 1/1 o ,fi' On the 17th init., at Thorpe, near isorvi 11. Gurney, Esq., of a son. ir e of J. D• te On the 19th inst., at \Vest-green, the le it , de Esq., of a son. l a dy of S q ' fit On the 19th inst., at Bath, the Esq., of a son. . A JO " 0 V1B; b. Cif,' rr°i' ~r3* On the 11th inst., at Regent-terrace, oir. i za 0 Cops, Esq., aged 67. wife ° I ' ' 61 0' On the 24th ult., at Weymouth, Atil ie ' o.i i,, if 3 Esq., of Elm, Somerset. .o. Asillar ' V l° benOtn,,tfhsetl.oAnin,ss,t. the Rev'. G. \i . • C. el' of oolwich, aged 36' Ste 04, A f ' On the 15th just., at Regent's-terrace, drew ,c, Esq., aged 64. r .1. '' Pe' Oo the 13th inst., in his 70th Ye B ' $, i3e . 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