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NEW WORE BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE NEIGHBOURS," " THE HOME," &c. Now teady, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., F REDRIKA BREMER'S NEW NOVEL, " BROTHERS AND SISTERS." A Tale of Domestic Life. Tragilated from the Original Unpublished Manuscript. By MARY HOWITT. Hemw Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CONTRACT for BRITISH OAK TIMBER, TIIICKSTUFF, PLANK, and TREENAILS. Depart m ent of *he Storekeeper-General of the Navy. Somenliet-plaoe, 22d May, 1848. The Clinitnissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the Ignited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice that on TnulisnAY, the 29th June next, at one o'cloct, they will be ready to treat with suet persons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying 20,000 Loads of BRITISH OAK TIMBER (rough contents, but to be delivered in a rough or sided state as the said CommLi sioness shall direct). 7,769 Laa'ds of BRITISH OAK, THICKSTUFE, and PLANK and 850,000 BRITISH OAR. TRE}INAILS. To be delivered at Her Majesty's several Dockyards by the 31st December, 1850,;at prices including all carriage and other expenses. A Tender may be made for the whole Contract, or for the quanti ties required for any one or more of the yards, but riot for less than the ftli quantities of Timber, Tirickstuff, Plank, and Treenails lit - quireAl for any one yard. A Form of the Tender showing the distribution, sidings, and dimensions of the Timber, Thickstutl, Plank, and Treenails, and all other necessary particulars, may be had on application to this Once, by letter or otherwise. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be athiressed!o the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for British Oak," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become hound with the person tendering, in the sum of 20,0001- for the due performance of the whole Contract, or in a due proportion for a part only. RLEANS and BORDEAUX RAILWAY COMPANY. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. Notice is hereby given, that an Extraordinary General Meeting: of all the Shareholders in this Company will be held at Hertz's Rooms, Rue de la Yictoire, Paris, on WEDNzsDAir, the 11st May instant, at Three o'clock in tile Afternoon, to consider the project of the French Government for the expropriation of the Railway Companies, and the conditions offered to the Shareholders, in the event of the ex propriation being voted by the Legislature. On this occasion every Shareholder will be admitted without re ference to the number of his Shares. Shares may be deposited at the Offices of the Company, No. 5, Rue de Trots Freres, Paris, and cards of admission obtained up to Twelve o'clock at Noon on the day of the Meeting. shareholders who cannot attend in person are earnestly requested to send their proxies to the Company's Offices, 2, Capel.court, Lon don, on or betore MoNDAy, the 29t1l of May, or dlrcct to the Office In Paris, so as to arrive on the morning of the day of the Meeting. Forms of Proxy may be obtained on application at the Offices of the Company in Paris and Londoa ; and of Messrs. Earned and Co., bankers, Liverpool. By order of the Directors, CHARLES PONS, Secretary. 2, Capel-court, London, May 22, 1848. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mcllie. JENNY LIND. The No Subscribers 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 LDID will appear as LUCIA, in Dcnizetti's Opera of LUCIA DI LA.3I - To be followed by various entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, combining the talents cf Mdlles. C. Grisi, C. Rosati, M. Tag he A, Cerito, and MM. PerrOt and St. Leon. The iree List is swended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may ba obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price ids. Gd. each. Applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the 8 ,, x-ollice of the 'I heatre. • . --- TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. S e cond Appearance of Madam e TADOLINI. Second Appearance of Mr. REEVES. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectlully intOrmed that Madame TADOLINI will make her second appearance in this country TO-MORROW Y.VENING, May 23, when will be pertormed Donizetti's Opera of LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. Linda, Madame Tadolini ; Pierutto, Mdlle. Schwartz; Antonio, Signor Coietti ; Carlo, Signor It,eves ; 11 Marchese di toisfieury, Signor F. Lablache Prkfetto, del Villaglo, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the admired liallet Divertiss: mcnt, entitled LES ELEMENS. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box.orrice of the Theatre. The Fm List is suSpencled, the public Press excepted. Doors open a, halt-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. CI2EATKi. It 0 Y AL, II AY MA WET. Caler the Management of Air. H. Webster, sole Lessee. VIS EVENING Will be performed WIVES AS THEY WERE, AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Lord Priory, Mr. Farren; Sir William Dorrillon, Mr. Creswick ; Sir George Evelyn, Mr. Howe ; Lady Mary Raffle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Dorrillon, Mrs..Nisbett. After which a new piece called the PAS DE PASCINATIGN. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole's mysterious production, and called THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenza, Mr. J. Blaad ; Theodore, Miss P. Morton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Itip poltto, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. thta3e, Ai an agCr, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. J. T. Archer, 14.4 x-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Door,. op, , n at lialt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. T HEATHY, ROYAL, ADELPIII. tader the direction et Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be peermed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woc:gar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which a new Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. =M. conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which mr. lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Cha p' I n will perform. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. 1.1,ra open at Half-past Six. Performance to eommencs at Seven. SOTAI. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Bole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be pecforrned TUE SCARECROW. Principal characters by Messrs. Blackstone, Selby, Granby, and Charles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss Lee, O,IIIM rs. Fitawilliam. _kfte , nvhich, a new Interlude, er.titbed THE FAST MAN. To conclude with a new and original Classical Extravaganza, entitled TIIESEUS and ARIAD.SE ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Fitzwilliam, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and 3ladame Vestris. Dr4s6 I;...zes, Sc.; Upper Bocce, 4e. ; Fit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. /To haft-price to any raft of the house. The :Sew I:lox-office, No. 2, iVellington-street, is open W the ?uhlic evcry day, from Ten till Six. FRENCII PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell, 33. Old Bond-street. Last Night but Four of the Engagements, and Eighth Appearance since 1845 of M. Achard, also Eighth Appearances in this Country of tfdlie. Desiree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre da Gymnase, Paris). THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at half-past Seven o'clock when Will be ugrformed u new Vaudeville, In One Act, entitled LE FE rIT-PILS. Benjamin, - M. Julien Deschamps ; Theodore, M. Josset ; Fongeres, M. Tourillon; Madame Dannantieres, Madame ValmY ; Henriette, Mdlle. Marot. Aftr which a new Vaudeville, entitled MADEMOISELLE AGATIIE. Jean-Felicien Bergeret, M. Achard ; Annette, Mdlle. Desiree. To be followed by BABIOLE ET JOBELOT. Jobelot, M. Achard ; Babiole, Mdlle. Desiree. To conclude with LA VIE EN PARTIE DOUBLE. Theophille Trinquit, M. Achard; Amanda, Ildile. Desiree. 110xes, GS. ; Pit, as. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 25 Boxes and Stalls may be obtain , Tl at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN (or the Paiais Royal, Paris).—The cur prlsing and interesting perf4nancee of ROBERT HOUDIN, having been received with the most enthusiastic admiration, he will con tinue his extraordinary SOIREES FANTA , TIQUES at the St. nes's Theatre, TO-MORROW, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and turday Evaiing. comprising Automates, Prestidigitation, Magic, and original es,perhnents, invented by Robert Houdin. Also, Second Yue Doors open s at de E Roberts Hondin, file, and Suspension Ethereene. ight, tition to commence at half-past Light, and terminate betere Eleven. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. Boxes arta stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 83, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven to Five. In compliance with numerous applications, a DAY PERFORM ANCE will he given on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, May 24. Dcors open at Two o'clock. tt+'VAL, SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Unequalled Attraction, for this Week only. Engagement of Mdlle. Aurio., principal dancer from the Grand Opera at earls; Mr. Flexmore, the celebrated buffo dancer; Mdlls, Louise and Adele, and a numerous Ballet Company, from her Ma jesty's Theatre, will appear. THIS EVENING. WYI be performed St akspere's Original Tragedy TBE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICIIAXD THE THIRD, with a powerful and effective cast. After which a Grand Ballet, entitled THE CONTRABANDISTS, in which Mdlle. Auriol, Mr. Flexmore, Sd. Duelin, Wills. Louise and Adele, &c., will appear. To ague ude with Boz's original OLIVER TWIST, splendidly cast. manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Falrbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Entlre,change—Brilliant IS E Spectacle—Grand Equstrian Fats, THVENING, Will be revived, with great splendour, M. G. Lewis's Grand Ro. man tl e Equestrian Drama of TI MOUR THE TARTAR, in which Mr. Batty's unrivaled stud of highly-trained horses will appear. To be followed by THE SCENES OF TH maRENA, t utt ,-,d,, d _ the British Artistes in their unrivalled perfoces. First ap , car "'g . ante of Mr. Batty's highly-trained Hanoverian Palfreys. To conclude,wi th-office the favourite Farce of ve THE SECRET. Box open fr om Elen till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA C O VENT -GARDEN. —T he performance at the Royal ' ltalian Opera o n Satur day evening was honoured by the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and the Ladies Somerset, the Duke and Viscount of Montrose and Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Viscount Dupplin and Mr. and Lady Rose Lovell, the Duke of Leeds, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh, the Mar quis of Titchfield, the Earl of Lincoln, Berl of Cawdor, Earl Beeborough, Earl of Eglinton, the Countess Paulet, Viscount and Viscountess Dungarvon, Viscount Mande ville. Viscount Ebrington, Lady Laura Fitzroy, Viscount and Viscountess Guernsey, Viscount Lascelles, Lord and Lae!). Carrington, Lord William Thynne, Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Pomfret, Lord Bateman, Lord George Manners, Lord Elphinstone, Lady Cottenhani and the lion. Miss Pepys, Lady Morgan, Lady Lawley. Lady Whitehead, Lady Domvile, Lady Scott, Lady Paulet, Lady ingelby, Lady Smyth sand Hon. Mrs. Smyth, Lady Joddrell, Dowager Lady Suffield, Lady Webster, Earl Strafford, Lord Templemore, Hon. Jerrold Dillon, Hon. Mrs. Vaughan, Hon. Mrs. Craven Berkeley, Hon. Bowes Lyon, Hon. F. Scarlet, Hon. E. Mildmay, Hon. G. Milks, lion. J. Fcrtescue, Hon. Mrs. Upton, Hen. Spen cer Couper, Hon. Gerald and Mrs. Dillon and Hon. Miss Dillon, lion. F. Chichester, Sir H. Webb, Sir G. Army. tage, Sir William and Lady Medlicott, Sir George Clerk, Sir F. Booth,Baron de Stemberg, Sir William and Lady de Bathe, Miss de Bathe, Sir Compton Domvile, Sir Charles Marshall, Mrs. Charles Mills and the Misses Mills, Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Miss Byrne, Mrs. Sebastian Smith, Mrs. Mountjoy Martyn, Major-Gene ral Campbell, R.A., Colonel Blanc., Colonel B. Knox, M,P., Colonel Wingfield, Major Jones, Captain Seymour, Captain Tottenham, Captain de Bathe, Mr. D. C.'Webb, Pk. W. G. Duncan, Mr. J. Loyd Clayton, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. Henry Greville, Mr. H. T. Hope, MX., Mr. Burroughes, M.P., &e. CONFIRMATION OF MILITARY BEFORE HER MA JEST! AND PRINCE ALBERT.—Yesterday morning an impressive ceremony took place at the Waterloo Chapel, Birdcage-walk, St. James's. park, in the presence of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Roy al Highness the Prince R o y al of Prussia, his Royal nikh. nese the Duke of Cambridge, and other member s of the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, and,several ge.. neral officers, who were present to t‘itness the rit e o f con fi r mation conferred on about 197 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Horse Guards, the Grenadier, Coldstream, and Scots Fusilier Guards. The ceremony was performed by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Lon don. The public were not admitted. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless autheati- cated by tne name and address c, the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. " Citizen Richard Paternoster"—Our correspondent is too much of a plagiarist and has too little apprecia tion of the new Act for the Security of the Crown and Government, to allow of the publication of his letter. Almost every one of the articles already for- warded has emanated from the suggestions of the late Provisional Administration of the French Republic, and consequently the attempt to depreciate the sagacity of those statesmen by the writer of the communication is as unfounded as it is gratuitous. TIIE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MAY 21. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 60; Noon, 61. BARODIZTER, 30.30. WIND S.W.; occasional light showers. MAY 22. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 55; Highest. 63 ; Noon, 65. BAROMETER, 30.36-.—WIND N.N.W.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 13 min. after 3 1 Evening 32 .. min. after 3 - . , , f 'ive .', 71 , et.,, , q N . i,- N ..... c . , , k 4 4 1 - 1. • a ~,,.. s-o, 74 ---.. , ~. . ~ „,, 4' ~-,„ ~-, ._ ... , : ~..4 , ,. ft . ,, , , •:, , ~ „ ..„,_ ..-,,,,. "-lii-''''' DI krii. ..' • ~S,! r • 3, ° .,„ '. . orifetam.. „ Rorr , ; e \TJI a .7 Ant LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1848. Germany is yearning for the consolidation of its disjointed kingdoms and principalities into one solid and durable nationality. Italy is agitated with a similar ambition. Both will require an extraordinary amount of patience, self-sacrifice, and resolution be fore their aspirations can be realised. Both will have to surmount a multitude of unforeseen difficulties before their sever al confederations can be established with any degree of permanence. Before we can thoroughly d e monstrate the existence of these obsta cles, and the certainty of these perils to the Germans and Italians, it will be necessary to comment sepa rately and deliberately upon the circumstances which have recently transpired in these two important divi sions of the European continent. On Thursday, the 18th of May, 1848, the National Parliament of Germany assembled in a temporary structure raised within St. Paul's Church at Frankfort. Regarded as an isolated fact, the convocation and first assemblage of the Imperial Senate of Allemania is an occurrence calculated to inspire the imagination with a thousand sanguine and seductive visions of futurity. The shouts which greeted the solemn inauguration of the Legislature, the pomp of the ceremonial, the pa triotic energy of the deputies, the first sound of the voice of the Provisional President announcing the formal constitution of the new Parliament, even the blazonry of the national banners—black, red, and gold—suspended above the chair of the Doyen d'age and tapestrying the walls of the edifice with their symbols of fraternization—constituted in themselves a spectacle before which the most phlegmatic must experience emotions of enthusiasm. Looking, however, beyond these mere preliminaries, and not allowing our judgment to be dazzled by gorgeousness of circumstances or grandeur of design, we detect under the mask of this new Parliament ample cause for alarm and hesitation. It must not be .orgotten amidst what Jculiar events the German Senate has been convoked, that its convocation has been preceded by the over• throw of the ancient fabric of the country by the convulsions of an übiquitous revolution, that the Prussian sovereignty has been degraded in Ber lin, and the Austrian sovereignty paralysed at Vienna, that an internecine war has ravaged the face of the minor principalities, that agra rian outrages have embittered the relations be tween the peasantry and the princes, that anarchy has prepared the way for a general estrangement, and that the prestige which had hitherto encompassed the cause of German nationality has been destroyed by the brutal and unjustifiable invasion of the territories of Denmark. Grievous as all these occurrences are, they fall into absolute in significance as preventives to the consolidation of the Germanic Empire when contrasted with the one paramount obstruction—the selfish and unprincipled ambition of the Mcnarch of the PRUSSIANS. It is the evil ambition of King FREDERICK WILHELM IV. which must prove the arch-difficulty of the Ger manic Parliament. It is that ambition which has alone, of all the olden attributes of the house of BRAN• DENBURGH, survived the abasement of the memorable 19th of March. It is that ambition which neutra- lised the sympathies of Austria and Bavaria in re gard to the unanimity of the Confederates ; and it is that malign and execrable ambition which has already plunged the cause of Germany into an abyss of dangers by inciting her to the passage of the Eider and the occupation of Schleswig. Were the ambitious intentions of Prussia doubtful in regard to the pro ♦ocation of this war of dismemberment, they would be sufficiently manifest in the fact, that besides the increase of the votes of Prussia in the national senate by the union of Prussia Proper to the Con federation, its influence over the decisions of the Federal Parliament will be very materially aug mented by the arrival of somewhere about sixteen representatives from different localities in the duchies of Holstein and Schleswig. Throughout every stage of the federative movement of Germany the after thought of FREDERICK WILHELM has been percep tible—that afterthought being the investiture of his own brows with an imperial diadem as EMPEROR OF GERMANY. Every successive occur rence has proved this from the first massacre of the burghers of Berlin, on the 18th of March, by the soldiers stationed in the court-yards of the palace. Nor should we be disposed to decry the notion of selecting FREDERICK WthaELst as the federal chief tain, but that the religious opposition of northern and southern Germany, the disinclination of the Catholics to be subservient to a Protestant Government, and, vice versa of the Protestants to obey the mandates of a Catholic ruler, would render any such selection as that of the descendant of the Great FREDERICK a sig nal for civil war, and a plea for the sudden and per manent separation of the country. Hence it is that we cannot but view with indignation and distrust the ruinous pretensions of the Sovereign of Prussia, because in those pretensions we can only recognise the doom of the great cause of Germany. On Saturday, the 13th of May, there appeared in the Milan Gazette a proclamation of the Provisiona Government of that city, addressed to the population of immediate Lombardy. That proclamation was a demand for theincorporation of the States of Lom bardy with the kingdom of Sardinia. Here, again, to our thinking, a grand and possibly an insur mountable obstacle to the foundation of a nationality —arising solely from the selfish ambition of one en tErprising and audacious Kum. While Verona is the residence of no less than six Austrian Archdukes, while Vienna is threatened with bombardment, while NUGENT has not been driven beyond the Tagliamento, while the German troops retain possession of Palma nova, and continue to nanceuvre without impediment upon the banks of the Isonzo, while the Tyrol re mains open for the arriva l of auxiliaries and the army of reserve receives almost every day a considerable augmentation—it does appear to damage t t o ha s c a a y u t s h e e of le te a sh t of it, to be most impolitic to dam g war of independence by a precipitate advocacy of the ambitious claims of CARLo ALBERTO. The ferv our of the Piedmontese soldiery may be very materially confirmed, and in a great measure increased, by the junction of Lombardy to the dominions of this war like and enterprising Monarch, but with the soldiers of Tuscany, of Naples, and of the Papal States, it may be altogether different. They may naturally feel a considerable abatement of ardour on finding that they are fighting scarcely so much for the vindi cation of Italian nationality as for the augmentation of the dominions of the King of PIEDMONT. In what we have here remarked in reference to the position of affairs in Italy and Germany, we have been by no means actuated by a wish to depreciate either the conduct of CARL() ALBERTO or the charac ter of FREDERICK WILHELM. We estimate both the one and the other to the fullest extent, and we have repeatedly taken occasion to commend, in the warmest terms of eulogium, the spontaneous efforts at political amelioration which have illustrated the career of the reigning King of PAUSSIA. The mili- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1848. tary achievements of CARLO ALBERTO, and his cordial I co-operation with Pro Norvo in the reform of the institutions of Italy, form of themselves his noblest and least perishable panegyric. Yet in despite of the ability and patriotism of these distinguished Monarchs, we are satisfied that the ambition of the King of SARDINIA is most inimical to the cause of Italian independence, and the ambition of the King of PRUSSIA. mast destructive to the hopes of German nationality. The hand of destiny may be guided, however, in the one instance by the Provisional Government of Milan, and in the other by the Federal Parliament at Frankfort. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. statement:—' The funeral of the National Guards, who were killed by musket shots by the clubbists in the passage Moliere, took place this day. A deputation of twenty members of ,the National Assembly was present.' It was only on the proposition of the President, sup ported by the unanimous adhesion of the Assembly, that the National Representation figured by delegates in this sad ceremony. The Executive Government did not convoke any deputation of the legions of the banlieue, nor of the legions of Paris ; it has not even made known the names of these brave National Guards who died for the defence of order, the laws, THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. At the conclusion of the sitting of the National Assembly on Friday, M:q. ARMAND MARRAST and BrrnmoNT were elected Vice-Presidents of the Chamber. On Saturday the Assembly met at twelve o'clock ; M. SENARD, one of the Vice-Presidents, in the chair. M. Degoussee stated that the Assembly had invited the questors to choose a distinctiv e mar k, to b e worn by the representatives at their sittings, and in great solem nities, when the representatives were obliged to appear in a body before the p eo p l e. The questors had agreed to adopt a special tricoloured ribaad, with the fasces of the Republic, surmounted by a hand of jus tice, which they proposed to the Assembly to wear at their usual sittings in order to prevent strangers from entering the hall. They, moreover, recommend the adoption, for great ceremonies, of a tricoloured scarf, similar to that worn by the represen tatives of the people during the first Revolution. M. Degomea observed, that it was very light and could easily fit in the pocket. The scandal of the 15th of May (a'lde dhe) may be repeated ; s e diti on , a lth oug h van quished,may still raise its head, and c ircum s t a n c es pre sent themselves in which the represent a ti ves o f th e peo ple may have occasion to place themselves at the head of the National Guard to protect the Republic, and it was indispensable consequently that they should be distin guished by some badge. The Chamber adopted the insignia recommended by and the Republic. Not a member of the Go vernment went to cause the yoke of the afflicted, and grateful country to be heard over their tomb. The factious Barbes, Huber, and Blanqui, who believed that they had dissolved the Assembly of our Representatives, dismissed in their decrees the National Guard of Paris and the departments. They placed every National Guard clothed in his uniform out of the pale of the law. The Executive Government, which ought now to govern us, has not, thank God, gone so far as that; but by re fusing to the funeral of the National Guards all the honours it merited, it has given a new proof of its in- Public attention in the Irish metropolis appears at present to be concentrated on the approaching trial of Mr. MITCHEL, which will take place at Green-street some day this week, most probably on Thursday nex t. The bill of indictment was sent before the grand jury on Saturday, and is to be taken into con sideration this day. As there can be but little doubt that a " true bill" will be found in the first instance, the great struggle ,will take place before the petty jury, and the efficiency of the new Act will then be tested ; and it will also be seen how far an " Irish jury" can be trusted to return a conscientious verdict in accordance with the evidence presented before them, and uninfluenced by any other consideration in a political case. It would seem to be the general impression that the result will entirely depend upon the composition of the jury. Should any true confederate be sworn in, it may be taken for granted that the example set by gratitude for those who defend order and the laws at the price of their blood, and a new proof of weakness to wards the factious. Several journals have, like us. opened a subscription for the ramilios of the National Guards of the banlieue who were killed in the Rue Saint Martin, and for those who were only wounded. Let the National Guards respond to ibis appeal even by the smallest contributions. We beg i C. Thomas, General of the National Guard of Paris, to nominate from the staff and the legions a commihsion to whom the funds raised may be remitted, and the em ployment of them be regulated." The following order of the day has been addressed to the National Guards of the Seine by General C. the questors. Here the President read to the Assembly a letter ' s i gn ed "Denissel, Deputy of the Pas de Calais," ten dering bis resignation as member of the Assembly. M. Denissel having risen, declared that the letter was a forgery, and on his demand it was sent to the Minister of Justice, to institute proceedings against the forger. After several notices had been given by different Members, M. Dabeaux demanded that the decrees of the Pro visiunal Government —of which he did not question the legality—should be submitted to revision by the Com mittees of the National Assembly, which would give them the legal sanction. Several courts of justice, ler instance, refused, he said, to recognise the abolition of arrest for debt, and continued to apply that penalty, M. C! 6:nieux, Minister of Justice, was of opinion, that the House could not deliberate on such a proposition. The floe. Mover, he said, appeared to have forgotten that the Provisional Government had been invested with its powers by the entire people, and that all its measures had been iuspiri d by public reason and the wants of the country. Those decrees were laws executed by the courts of justice, and he did not know of a single instance in which they had been disobeyed. The revision of those decrees was impossible. Tnere were two decrees certainly of which the Assembly could not pronounce the revision—the one proclaiming the Republic, and the other instituting universal suffrage, hi virtue of which it existed. The Assembly had the power to reverse and modify all the laws and decrees of the Provisional Government, but their revision, he repeated, was im possible. The proposition of M. Dabeaux was rejected. M. Ducoux rose and said, that on the 15th, when the factious forcibly entered the Legislative Hall, the As sembly expected to learn from the Government what attitude the young Republic had assumed towards foreign Powers. lie did not wish to compromise it by any in opportune discussion; but as the foreign question greatly contributed to maintein uncertainty in the public mind, he thought such a discussion would tend to remove it. The press, for instance, mentioned the conclusion of an offensive and defensive alliance between four great Powers; he had reason to believe the report unfounded, but its contradiction would have greater weight in the mouth of one of the members of the Government. He accordingly proposed that the interrupted discussion on the affairs of Poland and Italy be continued on Tuesday. M. Lunartine replied that the Provisional Govern ment had not hesitated an instant with regard to the attitude the Republic should assume towards foreign Powers. He was happy to state that none of the sinister provisions entertained at the time had been realised, and when the fatal invasion of the Legislative Hall took place on Monday he was ready to give the Assembly all the explanations it desired, being fully conscious that the measures the Provisional Government had resorted to would meet the approbation and calm the apprehen sions of the country. The Assembly afterwards decided that the interpel lations relative to Poland and Italy should be resumed on Tuesday. The President next invited the representatives of the people to meet at seven o'clock the next morning in their hail, to proceed thence to the Champ de Mars; and the Assembly adjourned. The Minister of Commerce and Agriculture has addressed the following circular to the Prefect of THOMAS, Commander•in-Chief:— " Comrados,—Called by the confidence of the National Assembly, and of the Commission of Executive l'ower, to the great honour of commanding you, I should per haps have refrained from accepting so grave a mission. if I had not been certain to find in tho sentiments of the dissentients at the late trials of Messrs. SMITH 0 BRIEN and MEAGHER will be closely followed; and, indeed, it would be almost a gratuitous waste of the public time to bring on the trial under such cir cumstances. In order to give the " prosecuted patriot," however, the best possible chance his quon dam associates are using overt' exertion to deter the Crown counsel from exercising their undoubted privilege of setting aside any persons whose avowed opinions might lead to a reasonable expectation that they would come into the jury-box with prejudiced minds and biassed feelings, so as to be unfitted to pronounce fair and impartial judgment on the questions that might be submitted to their decision. The old and hacknied cry of packed juries has therefore, been resorted to. The Council of the Irish Confederation has issued a notice, calling on the association to hold a special meeting yesterday (Sunday), at three o'clock, for the purpose of expressing the opinion of that body on the unconstitutional and despotic practice of p ackin g juries, while a requisition to the Lord Mayor has been got up, calling upon his Lordship to convene a general meeting of the citizens of Dublin for Tues day next, " that they may have an opportunity of expressing their strong condemation of the practice of packing juries for the trial of political offences." In both of these cases, it will be seen that it is spoken of as an existing " practice," whereas it is perfectly notorious that for many years back even the privilege of setting aside jurors has been but sparingly resorted to, and there has not been the slightest interference with the jury panels, which are wholly prepared by the High Sheriff or his subordinates. However deeply to be censured any improper tampering with the lists would be on the part of the Government officials, we cannot see that the setting aside of men whose sentiments were known to be such that a verdict could scarcely be hoped for would subject them to any well-grounded reproach; indeed, if they omitted to take such a precaution they would manifestly be unworthy of the position in which they are placed, and would suffer the administration of the law to become paralysed in their hands. Would it be said in England that a Crown prosecutor had packed a jury because he had objected to the names of any number of persons who, however estimable in other respects, openly professed such opinions respecting capital punishments—that however strong the evidence and overwhelming the case, they could not return a verdict that might have the effect of consigning a fellow creature to an igno minious death upon a scaffold, believing that even perjury itself would be better than any participation in what they might conceive to be a legalized murder? The case in Irelana is perfectly analogous. The praises that have been lavished on the dissenting jurors sufficiently testify that those who have ex pressed such unqualified approbation of their conduct would themselves be prepared to act in a similar manner if the opportunity occurred. There should be no violent partizans either for or against the prisoner. He has the power of pe remptorily challenging twenty jurors, and as many more as he can assign any valid or substan tial ground of objection to. This will guard against .he possibility of any party who entertains a personal patriotism and devotedness to the Republic which animates you a co-operation always as spontaneous as it is intelligent. I will remind you that it is in the midst of gravest events, and when the energetic intervention of the National Guard has saved the country from anarchy, that this command, the first of all in my estimation, has been confided to me. This souvenir, which will be al• way s present to me, will guide me in the accomplish ment of my duties, and the confidence in me v% hich you have so spontaneously displayed will not he misplaced." M. ANTONY THOURET has addressed the following letter to the Debats:— " Monsieur,—l haie just read the report of M. Marrast, Mayor of Paris, to the Executive Committee. I was witness of all the facts which it discloses, and I am the first to render justice to the courage and sang-froid of the Mayor of Paris in so terrible a moment. I regret only that he has forgotten to mention in that document a name which had, at that moment, an official character. After having, with my person, defended in the National Assembly the President Buchtz, whom I forced to quit the hall at the moment when he was on the point of being basely assassinated, I was dispatched by him to go and defend the Hotel de Ville with the Mayor of Paris, who might not have been informed of what was passing. I arrived at the gate of the Hotel de Ville at the moment when the armourers' shops on the quays were being pillaged. I passed the gate freely, without mentioning my name, and I entered that municipal fortress more easily than a man can enter a private house. Let the armed force charged to defend the Hotel de Ville explain this appa rent treason! I had at my side M. Delespaul, represen tative of the people, and citizen Brun, both of whom can attest the verity of what I have just stated. However, when I informed the National Guards scattered over the place of the invasion of the National Assembly, they loaded their muskets, expecting a command, a direction, a word to tell them to co-operate and lend assistance where it might be required! When I arrived at the coun cil chamber, I fulfilled my mission to the courageous Mayor of Paris. I drew up a proclamation which he signed; I had it printed; and, in half an hour, at the moment when the conspirators were flinging out of one of the windows lists of a Provisional Government, I was throw- ing from another those proclamations, which brought up wards of 50,000 men to the neighbourhood of the hotel de Vile. The Mayor of Paris ought to remern • ber that I gave him an energetic account of the situa tion of Paris. which I bad just traversed. I said to him that our duty was to gain half an hour, or die to gether in defence of that Republic of which we had achieved the conquest on the barricades of February ! Half as hour after, we were all safe ; we encompassed the conspirators, and we lived ! It I give these details, the reason is, that at the moment when some Republicans, an instant astray, attacked the National Assembly elected by universal suffrage, France ought to know that there are old Republicans, firm, prudent, generous, who have fought for twenty years for a republic of order, per suasion, love, and not for a republic of the sabre, of communism, and terror I Health and fraternity." BLANQUI has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Constitutionnel:— Paris : " Citizen Prefect,—My first and most unceasingpre occupation Government rate, of the will i r i provisions v c i s o i n o t n r s i v e most to necessary in the Ministerial department confided tome shall be to insure the supply, at the cheapest p ossible present situation of industry, of which the R ep ublican neutralize the to repair the disasters, renders that necessity pressing. The state of the country is co y mp s le i t l more re assuring. The crops of 1847 were excellen t; e Y ht e prospects of 1848, and in particular the winter com a are brilliant; the meadows are highly promisi ng, unless disasters occur which cannot be foreseen, agarni culture will reap this year abundant fruits, and will provide for the wants of the people excellent and rous herds of cattle. Tranquillity and security every where prevail. Let us avail ourselves of it to guard against evil days. Let freedom of trade be or Yaniz ,, d and ever be pure of the culpable excess of sp eculation. 6.' perils life.t. l an d " Nevertheless, these hopes, however reas suring they may be, do not diminish in the least dutie s your and mine. You will accordingly insure everywhere the free passage of grain and cattle, p rotect transac tions, enlighten citizens relative to th ei r realinterests, and provide supplies of food at the c heapest possible rate. "In the fulfilment of that patriotic duty mine you may rely on the co-operation of the Government • ' be wanting to you in the application the o f shall never measures necessary to maintain, for the benefit of the people, abundance and security. " The third report on the crops of 1848 will, you know, reach me in the course of t e the wheat is in flower. I wish y ou m t onthof June, when tions it usually contains an approximate return of the number of hectares sown for t h e said crop, including autumn and spring sowing. " Moreover, in tuture, all documents of that nature must be accompanied by partial returns prepared by each of the mayors of your department, docu ments having served as the basis of the reports you are or any other to forward me. If, at the period a p pointed to send those reports to my Ministry, you should not have received all the information you demanded, you oumust not defer the t r ansmission of the first, but forw ard all the documents that may have reached you at th a t d d ate, and subsequently complete them by transmitting those that may after- wards come to hand. " Health and fraternity. " FERDINAND FLOCON, " The Minister of Agricultur e, and Commerce." The Moniteur aunounces that M. 1 Locori, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, is making arrange ments for the cultivation of the waste lands and the general amelioration of agriculture, and that the rights of all agricultural labourers and the workmen in manufactories, &c., will be " dem • ccratically appre ciated and satisfied." It is also i mportant modifications dtha t modifications will be made in the law as to workmen's livrets, the coalitions of workmen, and the labour in manufactories. M. FLocoN has addressed a circular to the prefects of the departments desiring them to do everything in their power to promote the free cir culation of articles of food, and to report to him on the means of agricultural improvement. The Bureaux appointed to consider the projet de loi for extending the interdiction of the soil of France at present existing as to the members of the Bourbon family of the elder branch to the family of LOUIS PHILIPPE, met again on Friday. Prince NaroLEort BONAPARTE, son of the ex• King of Westphalia, op posed the measure, declaring that exile is a useless precaution, as it generates conspiracy, and almost excuses it. Nobody, be said, could attribute to him any sympathy in favour of a family which, in his view, had caused the misfortune of France since 'B9, but he thought it his duty to declare that, in his opinion, Louis PHILIPPE and his family ought to be left in the oblivion in which the catastro p NATIhe of MAR Feb __ DOEN - ruary 24 had plunged them. 31. QUIS went further, and stigmatised the proposition as a mark of weakness. Exile was, he thought, a hurt ful measure, and contrary to the spirit of order and conciliation so necessary for the establishment of the Republic. The Republic ought to show its strength by admitting all pretenders from whatever quarter they might come. This may be all very humane, but it is scarcely logical or prudent. If the soil of France be not interdicted to Louis Pniurrii and his family, then, to be consis • tent, the Assembly must repeal the law interdicting it to the family of CHARLES X. M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN has announced himself as a candidate for one of the vacancies in the represen tation of Paris to the National Assembly. He de , clares himself ' 6 firmly, sincerely, logically republi , can," says that "he understands the Republic like Faamix—he does not understand it without t WASHINGTON," and adds that "ifbe be wrong in not I understanding it like Citizen ROBESPIERRE, and like Citizen LEDRU ROLLIN, he requests that he may not , be nominated. The Constitutionnel has the following on the unac ; countable neglect, to use no harsher term, of the Ex ' cutive Committee to honour the remains of those brave National Guards who fell on Monday last in defending the Assembly against the Anarchists :-- "All the journals yesterday published the following ' " Monsieur le Redacteur,—l am neither at Brussels nor at London, but in Paris, where I read your journal. I can very well understand, that after having aided the Government to ruin me, you should attempt to fling me between the legs of that same Government, to cause it to stumble in its turn. Indulge in your warlike tactics as much as you please. I say nothing against it; but give us no retrospective calumnies, or if you do. you must allow me to strike in and contradict them. I was not arrested one single instant. Monsieur, you know that very well; and your doubts on the subject may be exceedingly diplomatic, but they are not very severe. I was neither arrested, nor consequently let go; if they had held me, they would have held me well; certainly it is long enough since they have been anxious to hold me ; I have for guarantee of that desire, the cordial hatred of all the members of the Government—a hatred of which M. Caussidiere, that tap-room Suffetius, gave on Tuesday a very tolerable specimen in the tribune. That hatred does me honour, for it comes from persons who have all destroyed the revolution ; and in that re spect it is flattering for me to furnis them with the only subject of unanimity that they have been able to find. One observation more—you, like other journals, have copied from the Droit a pompous list of important article seized at my residence, quite in the style of April 1834, and may 1839 ; numerous letters ; scarfs with gold fringe ; lists of conspirators ; proclamations— nothing is wanting in the inventory of this precious booty. Letters ! I have allowed myself to receive some —a great crime truly! Scarfs with gold fringe! In fact, we had red arm-bands with copper fringe, for the commissaries of the club; what an enormity! Lists of conspirators! capital! Why, these lists of conspirators are the regular registers of the Central Republican Society, containing the names of citizens of all opinions, from white to red, and passing through all the inter mediate shades. Proclamations! Still better: these proclamations are copies of the manifesto published by the club relative to the massacres at Rouen—a manifesto placarded on May 2(1 in Paris, gulled off to the number of 40,000, and copied into several journals. I am delighted to see the law authorities and the monarchical journals assume so decidedly the fashion of acting of the last reign. On with you, gentlemen! Continue! The regency cannot be far off !" On the subject of illegal discharge from arrest of several of the persons arrested on Monday last by the National Guard, we find the following in the Gazette des Tribunaux : " Mention has been made of illegal discharges from imprisonment on the night of the 15th. The following are facts, of which we can warrant the exactitude. In the evening of the 15th, after the search made at the residence of M. Sobrier, 30 persons were arrested and taken to the Tuileries, where 50 others, arrested at other parts, were in custody. By order of Saint- Amend, Governor of the Tuileries, these 80 persons were conducted to the Prefecture of Police by 300 National Guards of the Bth Legion, whose com mander received the usual acknowledgment of their being deposited. A moment after an order came from the Executive Committee to keep the persons arrested at the Tuileries, and above all not to send them to the Prefecture. It was too late, and M. Saint Amend transmitted to the Execu tive Committee the receipt which had been given at the Prefecture. When, on the following day, on M. Du pare, a lieutenant of the second legion, who had been active in the arrests made in the Rue Rivoli, appeared at the Prefecture to inquire where the prisoners were con fined, the Commissary of Police declared that he had n itupni e roog v iuns e , noa r wcni ie s hGn e reg e unh n at ahir tdeehacwewraerauBinsysOteekdpetatetoroehprvfaunietethpsmroteohieosetrulownievtam. put,rt iedrosssermd:iset several td.ov r } hhhfuleu o aueiirt u rscutya g , hwnhlphatdoari:tp. hours sot, ileoemrni were fis n gei the preceding evening, that no one of them had been brought before d him to be interrogated, and that probably they wore no longer in the Prefecture. What had become of them ? The following fact may lead to supposition. Among the citizens arrested, was one who seemed to apprehend that his wife would be distressed at his absence, and re quested one of the National Guards who belonged to the escort to go and tell her what bad happened.tvstbihehlee,aee;efir. informedopn dpcbrt sl oeutali 1, This Na.t c l us e etmbn o i m elw n dne that o pht wh a t r t eroa h nn aorsdes e : : left subject h h ui an6uot e etb:ldtnpe, n hjenp t uAeodw h t a rbcot thsti l nceooPhceeo. communicate of the eo f mhi tesm e adruah c eul eiprhee W t snnhp u ra iucipßad r c e siense e noal . ba , a h nts 'mn announced journal permission on: givend thatnd thetoon Ntfollowinghie.morningL o us o ß n oLf the 1 to communicate w ce i ne t qcr h wus aiaat t pi hhfnptelteießrepddatr Barbee, fb s eoi prisoners :a e na r d s dt a obb t bee iert Vincennes i ni n ueLa c dnt eaeannra interrogated; bnra : :rt — ie eoi dsrn.;. t i t n a g hnad a d re thb th ee e enr ei r r do i e u nu m er tan e es h b ' b l u ' e l i ct i o s tmh i esi becoming informed eu b r u e u t r h - e Go f ef b n l we l following A permission was given to M. Louis Blanc to communi cate no such communication could possibly be u tiali) r a lnin. permissions,eaßa ara d ernia s ncd e ,g n y itnvahrhcaroo;tuteptiNhvdeteaer3t was obliged hm o aeo r lrpbo d etln e ; regrb peremptorily Vincennes. dytaatrioemt fhu retire.e.spep ioe wot Picot, al od L fham o egt oi u rtn i : s ,nt Blanc granting declared t allowed, s: rohu t eeu h caodrihd e s-f, Ber trand, the examining magistrates, were there, and, de d Justice, therefore, could with truth declare, as he did yesterday from the tribune, that no person bad bad any communication with the prisoners." A warrant for the arrest of the ex-Abb6 CLIATEL has, it is said, been issued, in consequence of his having delivered an ultra-revolutionary harangue in the Place de la Madeleine on the 15th. This person gained great notoriety some years ago by founding what he called the " Eglise Franaise," of which he hostility, or who has proved himself a warm political opponent, from being placed on the jury. The right will doubtless be exercised to the fullest extent, and no person could reasonably object to the person on trial for so doing. Neither should the Crown prosecutors be blamed for refusing to leave the matter in the hands of any who would not come into court without any predetermination as to the decision they would finally arrive at. We are con vinced that the Attorney-General and his coadjutors will act in this case, as in all others in which they have been concerned, with strict justice and impar tiality, and that they will adopt no unfair or under hand means to obtain a conviction, but we also believe that they will act with vigour and efficiency. and, so far as they are con• cerned will prevent the administration of jus tice from being brought into disrepute, and the majesty of the law from being slighted and despised theby reasoncons constitutional of h i t uti o t na e l i r neglectingpr i vileges withto avail whic h they themselves ar e e en of trusted, and which were conferred upon their prede cessors in office, in order to obviate such results as might have been expected if they suffered themselves to be intimidated from the proper discharge of their duties, or influenced by the clamour and outcry of the members of " The Irish Confederation." proclaimed himself Primate. He has, it is believed, the nations who, in the opinion of the Fren ch E fled into Belgium. publicans, have established their freedom. Every day fresh evidence comes to light to prove The Provisional Government and the AlLsrabt 're the connexion of certain members of the Execu tive of the National Assembly took their a bo at set is abo half-past nine, after which the different deputatioing Government of the Republic with the anar chical wera outbreak of Monday. It appears that Sonai eu had filed before them. Among the deputati cois obtained his arms and ammunition from th e Provi- several of foreigners,ncip principally Poles, (• ,t ) con sional Government. The Liberte says — Italians, and Belgians. A small party of In , 3-ermallos sisting of not more than twelve persons, and ci trrying " The question is asked, how it came to pass that arms and ammunition could be ordered for the citizens Caus a little green flag, though not included in ti le pro; sidiere and Sobrier at the same time. , What, then, was gramme, made their appearance, and, after sera this Sobrier that, by the same order, on the same paper, demur, were allowed to follow the other s. The and signed by the same person, by order of an d for the Minister of War, the direction of artillery receiv ed a n troo p s then be g an to defile, and continued, without injunction to deliver en the night of April 14-Ist, to M. the intermission, till past three o'clock. Then came Sobrier, Rue de Rivoli. 1 6, 400 muskets and two pa rcels grand chariot of commerce and agriculture, And the of 10,000 cartridges each, at eleven at night; 2 dly , to .• M. Caussidiere, at midnight, 7 00 muskets and 30,000 deputations of the different trades peculiar to Fran ce, cartridges. The order from the War department is in and especially to Paris; and t he y were still pass „, it'g e the hands of M. Portalis, the Procureur-General." i n f ro nt of the estrade at half- past four o'clock. I" Several of the clubs have sent declarations to the illuminations of the evening promise well. Tb ey sre journals stating that none of their members took upon a most magnificent scale, and the weat her iS part in the deplorable attack on the National Assembly uncommonly favourable. on Monday last. A detachment of five hundred Poles, expelled from While the fete was going on the Gover nment ree ceived accounts which induced; them to believe the Prussian territory, arrived in Paris on Friday. that the Communists had an intention of taking a d- The Provence of Aix states that the national vantage of the National Guards and troops bein,g workshops of that town have been closed, having been engage d i n th e Champ de Mars, to make an aback an enormous charge to the town, and bringing in upon Vincennes for the purpose of releasing lialso° nothing. An attempt was made by the discharged and the other prisoners. A regiment was ile oe ; men to blow up the powder magazine, hut it fortu• diately ordered off for that place, but it is to be h o p e nately failed, by the activity and energy of the that the alarm is a false one. National Guard. At Arles also, where 1,400 men that Accounts have reached Paris this evening had been discharged, with a recommendation to Lyons is in the hands of the Voraces and other. seek work in the country parts, disturbances have emeutiers. Many outrages had been committed, all taken place, the crowd having broken the windows it i s st a t e d that they have even attempted to hang one of the Mairk, and endeavoured to set the build - o f th e mayors o f th e pl ace . Details are wanting , but ing on fire. Seven or eight men were arrested, and the next accounts were looked for with anxiety. on the arrival of the Procureur of the Republic ten BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT V3-'",,,, more. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 20. an d The establishment of these national workshops has Boulogne and Amiens, 6 1 4 —Luxembourg, 3 / 4 - I Cal nor Liege, 314—Northern of France, 45 —Paris and Ly ons/ proved, as every tyro in the science of political ex div.—Paris and Orleans, 22—Sambre and Meuse,4%- economy must have known they would prove, a grcss and most dangerous blunder, aggravating a thousand fold the evils which it was pretended they were to remedy, and rendering the payment of wages eventually impossible by destroying the wages fund. The Minister of Public Works was compelled in one of the Bureaux of the Assembly, on Friday, to ac knowledge this unpalatable fact. He said, " that the system of ateliers nationaux, instituted at the moment of the revolution, when it was necessary to do some thing for the numerous workmen out of employment, was no longer calculated to give satisfaction to any party ; he proposed that all the men so employed should be set down to useful works. He would take the youngest, and propose that they should be en rolled in the army—others might be sent home to their departments, on being allowed a sum of money, —the greater number he would propose to employ in reclaiming waste lands and digging canals—the rest he would have employed on railways. The partizans of the Urleanist dynasty were very busy on Saturday in endeavouring to circulate a rumour to the effect that M. LAMAILTINE had re signed his office. The wish, we believe, was father to the thought, and we have little doubt but that the rumour itself originated in London. We may take this opportunity of expressing a hope that the pro visions of the new Alien Bill will be impartially ap plied by her Majesty's Ministers, and that Brompton square will be no more permitted to be an Aleatia for intriguf rs than Leicester-square. The Grand Sational Fête came off yester day, and it passed off as well as the best friends of order and of the Republic could have wished. The weather was superb—bright and sunshining without being oppressively hot. At half•past four the rappel began to beat in the different quarters of Paris, and continued every quarter of an hour until six. It then ceased, the National Guards beginning to make their appear ance, and detached pickets of dragoons and cuiras siers having already taken up their stations at various points along the boulevards, the Place de la Made leine, the Place de la Concorde, and in front of the Palace of the National Assembly. In the Place de la Concorde, as early as six, a con siderable crowd had already assembled, and chiefly of well-dressed persons. Tables, chairs, stands, benches —everything that could give a vantage ground to the spectator to view the ceremony better, were disposed about in great profusion. Although seven o'clock was appointed as the hour for the representatives of the people to leave the Chamber for the Champ de Mars, they did not start until half-past eight ; they did not all bear the same distinctive mark of Deputies ; some merely wore on the left breast the broad red ribbon and rosette which was adopted after the attack of the 15th, others a more ornate article of the same form, but embroidered in gold and terminating with gold fringe ; whilst others exhibited the tri-coloured scarf across the shoulder agreed to by the Assembly in the sitting of the day before. A few wore it under their coat, so that a small portion merely appeared across the breast. Some Deputies wore both ornaments. General CAVAIGNAC was amongst the earliest ar- rivals. The Members shortly after eight o'clock arranged themselves on the peristyle of the Hall of the As sembly in readiness to start. At half past eight, General CLEMENT THOMAS dashed up on his white charger, and, taking of? his hat, announced that all was ready. The representatives then moved down the steps four deep, and not in any particular order, the Ministers and Executive Committee taking their places indiscriminately amongst the rest. M. DE LAMARTINE and M. FLocoN were amongst the last, though not together. They were cheered along their passrge, the whole crowd taking off their hats as they approached. They went on first along the quay to the Champ de Mars, and were exactly one hour and a half in reaching the estrade prepared for them in front of the Ecole Alilitaire. Every. thing was in perfect order. Although the procession, headed by the Govern ment, began to move from the Hall of Assembly soon after eight o'clock, the great agricultural chariot did not start from the Madeleine till ten. The procession extended to the Place de la Bastile, and the end of it did not reach the Champ de Mars until late in the afternoon. The accounts from Paris are up to six o'clock this evening. They describe the fete as having been up to that hour worthy of its name, Fete de la Concorde. There was not the least attempt at disturbance. A curious incident occurred during the progress of the procession from the National Assembly tothe Champ de Mars. Immediately after the Members of the Na tional Assembly came the Mayors of Paris and the surrounding communes, with their tri- coloured scarfs ; then were to come the delegates of the departments, hut on arriving about half way down the quay, a company of about twenty old men bearing a banner inscribed " Vainqueurs de la Bastille, 1789," appeared and demanded as the oldest of the defenders of liberty to be admitted next the Mayor. Their spokesman said, "we ought to be the first of all ! Without us, how would you have ever had liberty ? It was we who showed the way to achieve great things." The dele gates at once yielded the pass to these glorious old men, who formed perhaps by far the most interesting portion of the procession. The Simeons of Liberty who have lived to see the consummation of the glo rious work which 59 years ago they commenced. After the delegates came, the various trade-corpo rations, or, as they are called, compagnons, each with some production of their calling, as a specimen of their skill. The Provisional Government, the members of the National Assembly, the magistracy, departmental deputations, &c., took up their seats on an immense estrade erected in front of the Ecol e Militaire. On the same estrade there were a great number of General officers and other official personages, besides a large party of ladies. The estrade was calculated to hold upwards of 6,000 persons and it was exces sively crowded. No description can give any idea of a scene the splendour of which consisted principally in the vastness of the multitude who took part in it, the thousands upon thousands of troops which were passed in review, the beauty of the magnificent spot where the ceremony took place, and the excitement, the variety, and very confusion of the scene. The statue of Liberty, which, with its pedestal, i s eighty feet high, and stcod in the centre of the Champs de Mars, had a good effect from its immense size and its posi tion. Ou each side of it were rows of handsome booths. At the entrance to the Champ de Mars were two immense obelisks, with the names of all SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 16th have arrived. Their contents are devoid of interest. The discount on bank notes was 10 per cent. The Bordeaux mail, which art ived in Paris on Sunday, did not bring the Madrid mail. MADRID BOMA, MAY 16.—The Three per Cents. closed at 22 cash, and were 218 to 22 buyers after the close ; Five per Cents., 138 buyers, 14 sellers ; Passive Debt, 54 buyers, 6 sellers; Coupons, 9 sel lers. It will be perceived from these quotations that the Government decree, appointing a new Commis sion to report on the best way of arranging the pub lic debt, has had little or no effect on this Stock market. IRELAN D. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, SUNDAY, SIR P.M . The Confederation meeting passed off quietly ; Smith O'Brien, from illness, did not attend. Au immense force of police on duty. Confederate pro clamation warns the people to bide their time, and avoid any collision with the police. Further arrests are expected this evening, under the new Act. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY AND THE ROYAL FAMILY FOR OSBORNE Houss THIS DAY).—Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the R oya l Child ren, an d a t ten d e d b y a li m it e d suite, left Buckingham Palace this morning at a quarter past ten, for the terminus at Nine Elms, where a special train was in readiness to convey the illus trious party to Gosport, whence they would embark on board the Fairy royal yacht for Osborne. Her Majesty and the Prince are expected to visit Ports mouth on Thursday, when the Queen will lay the last stone of the new basin for war steamers, on which occasion the basin will be opened, and the Lords of the Admiralty are expected to assist a t the m Her .Majesty will leave O s b orne on Fridayi n Oriy for . town, to hold a drawing room on Satur daycelebration of her birthday, whe n the auspicious even c cerem o ny. t will be celebrated with the usual rejoicings. YORK ELECTION.-Mr. George Leeman has with drawn his name from the list of candidates for the representation of the city of York. At a meeting recently held in York he intimated that on a future occasion he might not unlikely solicit the suffrages of the electors. Mr. Milner will, therefore, most likely head the poll. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES' FRANKFORT. OPENING OF THE GERMAN PAR MA" MENT. The German Parliament opened on the 18th. There were about 320 Members present, not qu ite half the number of which the Parliament is to c°ll ,; sist. The authorities of Frankfort have adopted every necessary measure for the preservation °L the public order. On the 16th the Senate issue d following proclamation :-11 " In a few days the first German Parliament n' r be assembled in our city. The future destinies of ou r great country are about to be determined by its re lutiAons. " s the task which is imposed upon this asseroh•Yea great, so also is the obligation great which is itoPl e r upon our city, to use all the means that are in its P° to maintain its tranquillity and to preserve order. city " Every attempt wade to disturb the peace of ' be n t to must lead to the conclusion that there is a desire 0-_ 4 conform to the resolution of the preliminary in accordance with which our city was chosen a s the e fec t of Parliament, because it was declared to bo in P e b r peace and tranquillity. Every attempt to distu r nn er peace must bring in question the strength and the P" of"he Constituent Assembly itself. hoof er Whoever prizes the honour of our city--- 41- ,., t ieee Parlisoleess expects to find, in the free and spontaneous res° l ""i e r of the representatives of the people, the united develove went of our common country—and whoever feels li n eite for Germany, will, we are perfectly convinced, beet' with the inhabitants of the city and the neighbourdos to save, during the great days that are about °Oil upon us, the honour of oar city, to discharge their n oir to the country, to which each person is bound , by ;self taming order and tranquillity, and by opposing 11 l energetically to every anti-Germanic tendency. E itbt " The demonstrations that have taken plac e 011 8 ' the last few days do not destroy this hope. Th e 'l e ser: not, we are confident, again happen. Should, ho:t h ell this expectation, which we share in common ,f,„.%Ba d honest persons, prove abortive, then the lesu`4.egeh a c complices in tumults, the insti g ators to such ° ll ', t as well as their dupes, shall learn to their ow" c o sad our burgher guard, who have with an unexamfuelhese now well-tried devotion, not hesitated to In ee t n itsir criminal attempts with generous language and so n ot able patience, shall now, if they are f o rced to d",. e(h beei l shrink from making use of th e arms that bel''ettP entrusted to them for the p ro t ect i on o f life and pr o p " Frankfort, May 16, 1848." On the 17th there was a preliminary ..--etin s *- the members held i n th e H a ll o f t h e EmPer nr . 00 was attended by about 300 members, and it Wilspt the determined that all the members should ° e n ; r ots next day at three o'clock in the Hall of the P i r tb°, to , and from thence proceed in solemn processac i i i i place of meeting—or th e t em p o rary P lir ly ill or house—Abe Church of St. Paul, w hich is exec ,01 it posite to the celebrated Hall of the Emperors. ember at the same time determined that the oldest 10` should be chosen as the president of the dal- eos P On the 18th the opening of the German •-• bod e took place. After having met at the Senate.the pia' a on b oth the members proceeded between the lines 0 ' t tional Guards, who were drawn upd es, °l 0 4 tit the Church of St. Paul. The sitting corolnen four o'clock. as p i e The hour fixed for the opening of the Gertu-ried liament was four o'clock, but long before that P e to ben C i : doors of St. Paul's Church (the German St. Sr,,, e ro / 4 were surrounded by an immense multitude oorterrot most of them respectably dressed; and at a „l u te bad P ia three that portion of the public to whom tic° oscee. been distributed were permitted to take their s o ilk e , the gallery which runs round the centre of the s i n its 1 if Sr. Paul's Church is an edifice which forts_er psc h o tenor a perfect circle, and the entire of the b oun d i c hn t distributed into circles of seats, all turning r may be termed the centre, which was once L a Pp re si° B oo has now been converted into a throne for to, e , ie d by 8 ' with a tribune in front for the orators, and n' f t hi3 Foe for the official short hand writers. Outs, ide , o and in for circle are pillars which support the geloth res erfe - „, et spaces between the pillars seats have been ' e porte'io• foreign ambassadors, for the ladies, for r lso N r o d the press, foreign as well as domestic, an t o as r o t tinguished strangers to whom the comPl irpe , „, of giving them a d m i ss i on to some better ~,t he ov- it o to be found in the gallery. From the root °LO (so le of log a specks o f t a p estry was f or med of the opire tricolour, and over the President's c beir Germany, with these mottoes on each side:— " 0 walk bin du Opferbrand, Hirt fiber Land and Meer IJmschling ein unig Liebesbstia Um elle Volker her." " Des Vaterlandes Grosse Des Vaterlandes Gliick O schafft sin, 0 briogt vie den Volke zurtlek*: w ith g_log The presidential chair was also orated dec to sold lands composed of flowers, from which lo ch, '- o r two gorgeous banners composed of the red , goo s 0 , burnished gold of Germany. ,t the ti lte Upon the whole, the appearance of do or , re ov when it was filled with members a nd 'evidencing had a most agreeable aspect, because of regularity and complete order in all its det_a"; ens be , ro ' r ei Four o'clock was the hour fixed for parliament who had assembled in tf_ e part or Hall, for coming in procession to to', ve d shel f t be House, and to those who had previously s ti r s " A 0 p be ro ll a s e r h in w g a in s g m o a u d t e fr k o n m ow e n ve b ry y by the salvoes of artillery which r 1'7_ 0% a !„4 Parliament House, and by the thrilling 0ir,03;, multitude, which came booming threuehttnhve ognie:'oll, filling the building, it might be said wit it did so c° 11131) . cite church t h e cl a n tocroe:p 1 e u°all.foroooll f°,:bbee citement from which they sprung• „ th at theyfiprioe disturb" the strangers in the gallery,a ed, and lbe rr e°ll loge t e h h l c u h d whauszziamsmoefditahteelymutlutiptpurdwe _berebayetObe was subsequently taken in s olemn ati //e wer. h 4, T be Vice-President was Herr Von Lindens* dent, the Syndre I..angen of Verdren, 112 _ , e f god ' be d in Schleswig-Holstein. c hair , " lilt% WY 00 The President, upon takin g , the ho nour , Gee' done first duty was to thank them for toe pres ide'. oer done him in choosing him to act as taken p lace 1 5 1 , 3 ) ootl; assembly such as had never before .. i P ve e tt oe f i te ls° ._ many.—(Hear.) Their first duty was e that he might in his goodness and raer y a , i t tha t, s"', he ee to their undertakings.—(Hear.) }la te s t wh ich ": sident, it became his duty to reads let , be Din addressed to the National Assembly by ' et , rOG I° was about to read the letter, when do 1 °' — Herr Freudentheil—Th first dutylo_ r. , _ bif that the Assembly is constituted.--(ble!,4 Asset° The President—l now declare that tu constituted. fr° ° IT4ohuedchee Presidentrs followed was thtehnisaabnonuottroce:_derto let s tl fo o l r h e uld b e re orast ii a , the Diet, when it was suggested i . t s, ire v ies he ans.. d e s ire A so t . Ae p. the tribune by the Secretary. with, and the letter, which w -l a s" : :cl e d e d re b ° y s7 ° Pre°ll.for tional Assembly by the Diet, was sig :„,,_ the ( 10 Colorado. this "'"Dict 613 ee' The letter was to the e ff ect that the _ igg OPOI the meeting of the NationaleAsrall7 them Gre go' governments of Germany licite 11 ' 11 ; 4" b eer° tog, and wished that all their labours with c _ te d. with the blessing of God. , ho ever, 7 de eilel e ir The letter was received by to oyer ,pr% i d be go and hisses, in which the former, n 9 ,doPt e d 6 0 t hei r duty tTheo sPresidentend an answer said propose that such a course sho uld _e, shout 0901.00, Herr Venedey considered t hat !_u s J be fore_ r to e o tep mot P t ) -, • thattohtehic:nl:tdeerr,eadnit ivicocr oa t hoe the letter printed, and when i t r ope eY could debate what course was ttto e a ,i i - hee r , ought thil-seat With lot discussion they steps us that which had been sags dance eo.ttar Herr Muhfeld proposed, in sec gestion of Lien Venedey, that the letter