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Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound, T " K AFFrR WAR. FIVE YEARS IN KAFFIRLAND, With SKETCHES of the LATE WAR to the PEACE in 1848. Written on the Spot. By Mrs. HARRIET WARD, Wife of Captain Ward, 91st Regiment. " With a courage and devotion which cannot be too much admired, Mrs. Ward accompanied her husband during the entire period of the Kaffir War, exhibiting, though often in great personal danger, an example of endurance and fortitude as cheering and beneficial to those around her, as noble and honourable to herself. At the pre sent time, when the Kaffir war is a general topic of conversation, a work like this, containing so much of authentic information, and also of useful and practical knowledge for the guidance of inture co onists, will be eagerly read."—Messenger. Henry Cothran, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Recently published, in post Svo , price 10s. 6d., AUSTRALIA FELIX ; or, a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Settlement of PORT PHILLIP, NEW SOUTH WALES ; including full particulars of the Manners and Condition of the Aboriginal Natives, with Observations on Emi gration, on the system of Transportation, and on Colonial Policy. Illustrated with Drawings of the Natives, and a large and beauti fully engraved Map, coloured, exhibiting the Pastoral or Squatting Stations of the Settlers. By WILLIAM WESTGARTH. " To all who wish to inform themselves of the past history, the present condition, or the future prospects of one of the most inter esting of our southern colonies, the book is altogether indispensable. It is full of information on every branch of the subject of which it treats—information carefully tested and discriminated, and presented in a form which is at once trust-worthy, and well fitted to engage and retain attention."—Glasgow Constitutional. " The work comprises a vast variety of important subjects, all of which are treated in a clear and correct manner."—Morning Post. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. B RITISH EMPIRE MUTUA.L FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 37, New Bridge-street, Blackfriar3, London. The Mutual Principle applied to Life Assurance has met with ex traordinary and long continued success. Fire Assurance, however, is almost exclusively conducted on the proprietary system. The evidence Is complete that large profits artderivable from Fire Assurance. By the Mutual Plan all these profits are divided among the As sured, who alone have the control. The Directors are chosen by the Members from among themselves. The success which has attended the progress of the British Mutual Life Assurance Company has led to the establishment of this Society on these principles, and which is now effecting Assurances against Fire at the London and Provincial Offices, where Prospectuses may be obtained. Application for Agencies may be made to the Secretary. W. S. GOVER, Secretary. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlla. JENNY LLND. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respect ally informed that' a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, on which occasion MdLie. JENNY LIND will appear as LUCIA., la Donizetti's Opera of LUCIA DI LAMMER MOOR. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, by M. Per rot, the music composed and arranged by M. Nadaad, entitled LES ELEMENS, By.Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. C. Rosati, and Mdlle. Canto; Mdlles. Aassundon, Julien, Payne, Lamoreux, Sta. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-oiEce 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 Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE, Sir William Fwndlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe : Widow Green. Mrs. Glover Constance. Mrs. Nisbett. Between the pieces Mr. Gerhard Taylor, the eminent Harpist, will perform a grand Fantasia. After which a new piece called the PAS DE FASCINATION ; or, Catching a Governor. Michael Browsky, Mr. Keeley; Katherine Kioper, Mrs. Keeley. ' --- Alter which, JENNY LIND AT LAST;, or, The Swedl4 Night ingale. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole's mysterious production. and called THE CASTLE OF oTRANTO, dantred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Viacenza, Mr. J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton : Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Hip polio, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabel*, ss Reynolds ; Matilda, airs. Caulfield. Stage Manager, M T . Archer, Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. . -book keeper. Boxes, 55. ; tit. 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, hi. Doors open at Half - pant S ix, Performance to commen ce at 'Sevin• TIIEATRB ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. • ' THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST uomE. Principal ctraractors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith,.Maclarno Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. Alter which a new Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright: Mr. John Jaitfos Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Weolgar. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Chaplin will perform. • Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Galle&, ,- 11; ()nen at flan -past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managemeat of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING., 7 Wlll be performed THE SCARECROW. Principal chuseters by Messrs. Buckstone, Selby, Granby, and Charles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss Lee, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. _Ater which. 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 ARIADNE ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Miss Fitzwilliara;Mhis Jelie Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madame- Vestris. brass Boxes, 55.; tipper Boxes, 44.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No ball-price to any part of the house. The New Box-ofilce; No: 2, Wellington-street, Is open to the Pubiic every day, from Tan till Six. FRENCH PLATS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. Last Night but Two of the Engagements, and Tenth Appearance since i 445 of M. .Acharil, also TenthlAppearances in this Country of Mdlle. Desiree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the , Theatre do Gymnase, Paris). TO-MORROW EVENING, • The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock, when Will be performed LE TUTEUR DE VINGT ANS. To be followed by BABIOLE ETJOBELOT. Jobelot, M. Achard ; Babiele, Mdlle. Desiree. To conclude with LA VIE EN PARTIE DOUBLE. Theophille Trinquit, M. A.chard; Amanda, Male. Desiree. isokes, es. ; Pit, 3s. rid.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s Boxes and Stallii may be obtain , dat Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN" Cot the Palate Royal, Paris).—The sur been received with the most enthusiastic admiration, he will con tinue his extraordinary SOIREES FINTASTIQUES 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 Vue Escamotage de Roberta Houdin, fibs, and Suspension Ethereene. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at Ralf-past Eight, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes, 4s, ; Pit, 2s. Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, 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 be given on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, May 31. • Doors opea at Two o'clock. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Unequalled Attraction, for this Week only. I Engagement of Mdlle. Auriol, principal dancer from the Grand Opera at Paris; Mr. Flexuaore, the celebrated buffo dancer. Mdlis, Louise and Adele, and a numerous Ballet Company, fromther Ma jesty's Theatre, will appear. I THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspere's Original Tragedy THE LITE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD THE THIRD, with a powerful and effective cast. After which a Grand Ballet, entitled THE CONTRABA*DISTS, n which 3ldlle. Auriol, Mr. Flexmore, M. 'Main, Mdlls. Loadse and Adele, &c., will appear. To cone. tide with Boz's original OLIVER TWIST, splendidly cast. ' Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrether. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr, W. Batty. Entire Change—Brilliant Spectacle—Grand Equestrian Fete. THIS-..EVEN I NCI, Will be revived, with great splendour, M. G. Lewis's Gtand Ro mantic questriad Drama of TIMOCR THE TARTAR, in which Mr. Batty's unrivaled stud of highly-traiued.horses will appear. To be renewed by THE SCENES OF THE ARENA, introducing the British Artistes In their unrivalled performances. First appear ance of Mr. Batty's highly-trained Hanoverian Palfreys. To conelude,with the favourite Farce of THE SECRET. ' Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ! - TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address ci the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, MAY 25. THERMOMETER. Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 68; Noon, 66. BAROMETER, 30.31.---WIND E.N.E.; fine. . HIGH WATER AT _ LaNtON BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning .. 29 min. atter 6 I Evening 55 .• min. ate* 6 Whatever we may think respecting the conSolida- Con of the nationality of the Italians by a Federal Pact under the Presidency of the SOVEREIGN Pol./- Tit-E.—it is beyond all denial that the safest and the readiest means for securing the liberation of the Roman peninsula will be the nomination of CAaLo ALBERTO as King of Northern Italy, his dominions comprising Lombardy, the Venetian States, Parma, Piacenza, Modena, Genoa, Savoy, Sardinia, and Pied mont. However unadvisable this may appear to ourselves as an ulterior arrangement, we should be madmen to deny that as an immediate course it is the very beat that could be followed by the Italians. It would concentrate the energies, both military and maritime, of the peninsula . ; it would redouble the' exertions of the MONARCH upon whose arms the e mancipation of the entire country is dependent ; it would realise and verify that old dynastic apophthegm that the House of Savoy is the guardian of the keys of Italy ; and, within a few months, within possibly a few weeks from the pre sent date, it would lead to the expulsion of the German soldiers bey on d the Alpine barrier of the , Tyrol. Neverthele ss , we will acknowledg e at once ' " that we anticipate this mod e o f settlement with a very gr eat degree 9 1 repugnance, W e d o so, more b ver , without depreciating in any respect the brilliant se r TiceS of his Majes t y of SA.anusu in aid of hi s illus: trious confederates of the peninsula. We are „ dis dis- posed to conte mn the p roject for en seri th e inde pen inde pendence of Italy by t he union of th e Lombardo - Venetian territory to the kin g dom of Piedmont, no t because we regard the career of CAaL, A caLBETITO as tarnished by shameless and culpable incoasis. teNcies, but because in the very fact of this 114 i .r)St.,,„„, b 3 4- , , 2 47gi,: , . :,.. ~ V l. ' - -- • .I VA • / - 4 ‘•' O w '. 0‘,.,":',.. .„,. ~ -AmiilVV;‘-- -- . 111 P.:*,`..%," 4 , 4 .;. 0,..-„lictir, 0 ;%., : . Nii k .' `';..g . • - • -• i „, 'l' ;!: ..: ..,,,,,....., ••••,, •-• . Az , • ~.. , ~,..:', , 14:1 k ~....,,,1 trienarg ginte, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 18481 ' I ~, THE SUN, LONDON, TiII:PADAy _MVIII%:TINtsI, MAY 1848, apportionment of the soil of Italy we cannot but view the Lombards and Venetians as the victims of circumstance. We cannot but look upon them as driven into this arrangement by a deplorable alterna tive. We cannot but perceive that they are com pelled nolens volens to act thus by a sort of irresistible necessity. This is why we look upon the scheme of amalgamation with repugnance ; though at the same time we are ready to confess what we have already intimated, that the project is by far the safest and the readiest method by which the Italians can secure their independence. As to CARLO ALBERTO himself, we are by no means actuated by sentiments either of unconditional prejudice or of unbounded admiration. We can on no account regard his reputation as a politician as immaculate. Yet we must protest at once that we are far from being disposed to coincide with those who deem his character as only worthy of abhorrence or suspicion. As Prince of CARIONANO, he began life nobly, valorously, chivalrously, as a Royal Knight of the People. In 1821, in fact, when heir-presump tive to the crown of Piedmont, he stood forth da ringly—most daringly, if we take into consideration the overwhelming odds of his opponents, a nd the perils individually provoked against hims elf b y the proceeding—he stood forth daringly, we say, as the leader of the Liberal party, demanding a free Constitution for Sardinia. In so doing he acted (and History will proclaim it) bravely ; but in betraying his party he acted (and History will blazon this too upon her pages) most basely. No doubt there has been monstrous exaggeration as to the conduct of CARLO ALBERTO towards the Constitutionalists; no doubt the alteration of his policy immediately upon succeeding CARLO }antics upon the throne of Sardinia has been represented as more abrupt than facts would i justify ; no doubt th ere has not been eno ugh consi deration given to t he p re p onderatin g influence his reg of , n A us t r i a during the first years o when any direct opposition to the views of Prince METTERNICH would have been little short of insanity, and would have led only to the further diminution of the liberties of the Piedmontese,—still, admitting all this, we can by no means regard the political cha racter of his Majesty the reigning King of SAR. nuns as unsullied or scatheless. Culpable he cer tainly proved himself to be, but culpable in a degree immeasurably 1e33 than that which is indicated by his more virulent antagonists. As an antidote to the misrepresentations of those antagonists, we would refer the reader to an admirable pamphlet just published,* in which the writer, GEORGE Bowrai, Esq., D.C.L., has vindi cated CARLO ALBERTO from the majority of these malignant aspersions, though we cannot coincide in those ingenious arguments of the pamphleteer by which he would relieve the reputation of the Monarch from all blame in reference to his temporary aban donment of the cause of the Constitutionalists. Making every allowance for the supreme power of Austria during the reign of GREGORY XVI., and bearing for ever in our remembrance the noble con duct of the King of SARDINIA. ever since the acces• sion of PIO Novo to the Papal chair, we must declare at once and for all that we regard the character of CARLO ALBERTO with real sentiments of respect and admiration. For a while he was culpable, and grossly culpable, no doubt, but he has expiated his error in a manner becoming a patriot, a soldier, and a Prince. For a while he allowed his liberality to lie ia abeyance, but. he has since called it forth with renewed vigour; and has staked his crown, his fame, and his life upon the freedom of Italy. As a recom pense for this kingly courage, the diadem of Northern Italy, the junction of Venetian-Lombardy to his do minions, and the incorporation of the duchies of Parma, Piacenza, and Modena, would be a splendid and munificent boon, but a boon not greater than his audacity, or superior to his patriotism. Should destiny reserve this glorious kingdom as a reward to CARLO ALBERTO, he will have earned it well by fighting for the liberty of the Italians, in the van of the army of independ ence. Still, while we appreciate the justice of this estimate, we repeat that the scheme is repugnant to us, inasmuch as it appears to ns to be forced upon the Lombardo-Venetians. On Monday we alluded to the attempts that have been made to prevent the Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland from exercising, on the approaching trial of Mr. JOHN MITCHEL, their undoubted privilege of setting aside every person who may be called upon 4u,p4s cne -1 oung Ireland ', doctrines, and who in all human probability would follow the example afforded by the minorities on the recent trials. The notion which the Confederates entertain of an impartially selected jury appears to be, that it should consist of persons professing the same p3litical opinions as the prisoner they are about to try. The chairman at one of their meetings put this point plainly enough. He said, " We have assembled for the purpose of protest ing against the base, brutal, and bloody practice of jury packing. There were two meanings attached to trial by jury in Ireland the one was to view it in a theoretic sense, in which it meant a trial of a man by twelve men, impartially selected from his fellow-citizens. But there was another sense in which it must be viewed, and that was the sense in which it had always been applied by the .servants of British power against those who were guilty of the heinous crime of loving their country. Io the latter sense it meant the selection of twelve of, their bitterest enemies to try them. Now they were' the open and avowed enemies of the British power in that country." So, then, the speaker conceives it to be packing a jury if none but those who are friendly to the British connexion, and who are op posed to the Utopian project of an Irish Republic, are placed thereon. As well might a pickpocket demand that some of his own honourable profession should be placed upon his jury when he is placed at the bar, or a murderer protest against the unfair ness of having those who are to decide on his guilt or innocence selected from persons not one of whom had ever shed the blood of a fellow -creature. If these views were carried out to their full extent the law would possess but little terror for its habitual vio lators. All doubts on the subject will, however, speedily be terminated. An unsuccessful attempt was made to have the indictment quashed, upon the ground that it contained two separate and distinct charges of fe lony. A demurrer was subsequently threatened, manifestly for the purpose of delay, but the Attorney- General having intimated that if such a course was persisted in he would, in the event of its being overruled, press for formal judgment against the pri soner; and the Court having decided that if an argument took place thereon, judgment of guilty or not guilty should follow immediately, the intention twos abandoned. A plea of . not guilty was at ,'length recorded, and this day finally fixed for the trial. It is more than probable that some hours may be consumed by a challenge to the array, or some similar motion with respect to the jury panel, before the charge is fairly entered into, or twelve men . t s r w ia o l rn wi t l o l b tr a y pr th ocee e c f r e e d ; i, h it u h t , , an expect a ti on of an acquittal, or d d eliP it ite wil a l ll th e e ff n or b t e s, se t e h n e whether the cherish e d even of a disagreement o f the ju ry , will be realised. But if those hopes sh ou ld f a i l --if the "officials o f the Crown" should procur e a j ury that by any possi `bility would convict the prisone r , he is no t to be left to the punishment which the "For e ig n Usurper " may award to him. The Doctor Doyle Club have spoken explicitly on this subject. In an address to Mrs. 11 , Irrcuhs. they say—" We have now but one absorbing to perform—namely, t o prepare night ur ose, should he b e con victed, of restoring him to liberty , and to you." This is perfectly plain and unequivocal. It can o n ly mean that he is to be rescued by force in the event of any sentence being passed upon him that would keep him from his home and family indeed, it scarcely required that such a determination should be expressed in words. " The measured tramp of the ten thousand marching men, confederates in heart and soul," who have adopted the practice of .proceeding in military array from their several club rooms to the gaol in which he is confined, and then giving three cheers for the prisoner, would sufficiently indicate ,the intention of those who pay such compli mentary;visits not. to permit their brother Confede rate to leave Ireland in " felon's fetters." The pychi?!ities,: however, are fully alive, and are taking * Lombardy, the Pope, and Austria." By George Bowyer, Esq”.D.C.4 Pp. 27. Londou; Ridgway., 1848. t)iaMri 'u t` f e r v o e m r y beingprecaution vo lat e t d o p r l e v b e e n t m t a h r e public n inga a n d eo un tranquillityter. marchings have been prohibited, and the police have been directed to prevent persons from marching through the streets or obstructing the thoroughfares. This is of course protested against by the Council of the Confederation, who, in a counter proclamation, declare that such processions are not in any wise illegal. This opinion will speedily be tested. Mr. Davrx REILLY, the most devoted follower of Mr. MITCHEL, the gentleman who withdrew from the Irish Confederation with him, and who is also as sociated in the editorship of the United Irishman, has been arrested and committed to stand his trial at the present commission for a misdemeanor, in acting as leader of one of the clubs, during one of their de monstrations, and using military words of command on the occasion. We shall then know whether the advisers of the Crown, or of the Confedera tion, are correct in their interpretation of the law. It appears to us that there would be but little se curity for the peace of the country if the police were not authorised to suppress such danger ous nuisances, and to save the peaceable and loyal inhabitants from the inconvenience and peril to which they are exposed by the proceedings of the anarchists and revolutionists. The decided and firm conduct of the Government on the 10th of April preserved our own metropolis from riot and disturbance, and the attitude assumed by the Executive in Ireland will teach the Confederates how utterly absurd it is to suppose that a small fraction of the population can by any possibility prevail against the well-disposed and loyal inhabitants of the country, aided and supported by the mighty strength and resources of the British empire. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 19th have been received. Seville was quiet on the 19th, the insurgents having retired into the mountains, taking with them two pieces of cannon and a large supply of arms and ammunition. MADRID BOLSA, MAY 19. Three per Cents., 30j; Five per Cents., 13g. Exchange on London, 42. PORTUGAL. By the Peninsular and Oriental steam-packet Tiger, we have received advices from Lisbon of the 19th. Beyond the statements that there were appre hensions of a revolt, and that there were rumours of a new Ministerial combination being intended, which would include CoST♦ CABRAL, these advices contain no intelligence. The Minister of the French Republic, M. NIYIER, has arrived in Lisbon. been subjected to the most violent outrages on the part of the Voraces, who imprisoned him at the Croix Rousse. He courageously resisted the most shameful treatment against his person ; summoned by irritated bands to give up prisoners who were detained on warrants, he only answered, The law alone can order their release, and the magistrate will only grant it on a decree of justice.' A wretch threw a long leather strap around his face and neck, on which a cry of indignation was uttered by the young magis trate. People kill those whom they believe an enoele was he cried, but do not dishonour him ! Placed in liberty after seve r a l h ours o f seques tr a tion, h only sent to Ly ons sur p aro l e , an d un d e r the n a d on that he would re t urn a t a fi xe d h our , w ith c m c ei y dd ,' the order to release the prisoners. He replied, I will return without the prisoners,' and he went back to the Croix Rousse at the risk of his life, where he was delivered by some courageous men. The Court of Ap peal of Lyons immediately took in hand the procedure relative to the crime which led to the arrest of the seven individuals accused of having destroyed several machines. 'This was done on the demand of M. LOT SON, doing the duties of Procureur-General. All the m agistracy conducted themselves nobly with courage and dignity above all praise. The Minister of Jus tice yesterday proposed to the Commission of Execu tive Government to take the measures which these grave attempts call for, and the Government has so done. At the same time the Minister proposed the nomination of M. TAISOURET to the post of second advocate to the Court of Appeal at Besancon. This choice was immediately accepted. The court at Besancon will receive with eagerness a magistrate who, by his noble conduct, has merited the public esteem and the praises of the Government." We read in the Courrier de Lyon of Sunday— The reign of the Voraces is passed. Yesterday it wa s announced to this totally illegitimate corps that its services would henceforth be dispensed with. At three o'clock the Colonel of the Garde Mobile, having drawn up his men in the court-yard of the Prefecture, in front of the Voraces, who were also in line, announced formally to them that the authorities had come to a resolution that there should be an immediate end to the mission they had taken upon themselves. When this communication was made, the Voraces retired from the Prefecture to the Hotel de Ville to join their comrades, who were on guard there, and had in like manner been disbanded. They then took their way together towards the Croix Rousse. According to tho reports in circulation, they sent out emissaries in all directions to assemble parti sans, and will meet to-day at Vaisse. It is believed that they are preparing for a demonstration to be made to morrow. Last night the Voraces made some attempts to raise barricades at the Croix Rousse, but this was everywhere strongly opposed by the workmen, and at several points conflicts ensued. In fact, the endeavour to excite an insurrection was without any success. Mr. Russ, the Minister of the United States, on Monday presented the following address to the five members of the Executive Government at the Petit- Luxemleourg : " I have the honour to present to your Excellencies a resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, passed on the 13th of April, tendering, in the name and behalf of the American people, the congratulations of Congress to the people of France upon the success of their recent efforts to consolidate the principles of liberty in a re publican form of government.' " The resolution has the sanction of the President of the United States, in the form prescribed by their con• stitution: and I, as their Minister Plenipotentiary, ; have been instructed, under a clause of the resolution, to pre sent it. "In fulfilling this trust, I are charged by the Presi dent to say that these congratulations of the Legislative and Executive departments of the Government do but reflect the general feeling of the people of the United States, who never can review with indifference the pro gress of civil liberty in any part of the world, and least of all in the great nation ever associated with their own freedom and independence. "The President, beholding with admiration the spirit of order and peace which reigned as soon as the late re volution in France was achieved, has the anxious hope that the same spirit may continue. With the deepest soli citude for the welfare of France, he hopes that she may be blessed with internal tranquillity, whilst occupied in the greatwork of building up her new institutions of govermen t, and be spared the mberies of foreign war. He believes that those institutions, calmly constructed with the hest wisdom of France, will thus have auspicious opportu nities to become improved and strengthened, so as to command the approbation of mankind, and secure to France a long career of prosperity and happiness. Then she will triumph most gloriously, because most du rably, in the eyes of other nations, by the influence of her own great example. The people of the United States, whose birthright was freedom, required time and peace after their revolution, successfully to found and consolidate their system of government; republican in form, popular in essence, and stable from the elements of order combined and inherent in its structure, its effi ciency, like its durability, has been owing to its salutary checks upon power. " These are the sentiments, these the ardent hopes, by the speaks, under this solemn resolution of Congress, in the name of the whole American people, and in the spirit of their ancient attachment to their renowned and generous ally iu the days of Washington. I am honoured in being the medium of imparting them. Most especially am I alive to this honour at a time when the whole French people, convoked in their representative majesty in the National Assembly, are in deliberation to found their new Constitution, under all the highest mo tives to exalt in man the sense of duty to the age exist ing, and ages to come." The ilioniteur has the following official contradic tion of the rumours which have been circulated with respect to the changes in the Government : past persons w h o ev id en tly wish to x dayshave spread alar m i ng re p or t s . Justice e wi: e t ‘i c tF li eo es rds o iso v om e ri r (ee t r these machinations, and will know how t o , seize and disarm them. The public should be on its guard against these tactics, which are not new. It has• been said, resaid, in all quarters, that the Executive Committee of Government had given, or was about to give, in its resignation. There is nothing true in this ; there is nothing founded in all these stories which ought not for an instant to occupy serious minds." The committee on the projet de loi relative to the relations between the Executive Government and the National Assembly, has given way to the wishes of the Government, and has contented itself with intro ducing a clause enacting that if forty Members of the Assembly demand the presence of the members of the Government they shall be obliged to attend. The Bill for repurchasing the Railways by the State is strongly opposed in the Committee. MM. DUVERGIER DE LIAERANNE, ST. BEERS, LEON FAUCHER, and BEERTER, attacked the measure with great rigour. They contended that as regarded the companies which had fulfilled all their obligations, that measure would be a flagrant violation of contract. 'As regards the companies which are not in a position to execute their contracts but on the condition of being reimbursed for the works already executed, and of the shareholders being put into a position not to be injured in a pecuniary sense, there was another important question to be considered. Was the State in a condition to finish the works ? Of this they were very doubtful. The article 7of the Bill stated that the expense of the repurchase should be sup floating debt. The Bill, besides the cr u shin g po rted by the floating debt ; but there was no lon g er any charges which it would impose on the finances of the State, would have the great inconvenience of destroy. ing the spirit of association, of ruining private credit, and o m f drivingtaway foreign capital. These consi derations, were strongly urged by several members, favourably received by a majority of the have declared themselves against the were which eere e wh o the measure. It is not known how soom the Com mittee will make its report. The National Assembly met at a quarter before one. various parts of of the Assembly on May he representatives that The Peseident had to inform t France, protesting again the invasion tests against the decree now he had received two France the Orleans family.— for ever from the soil of, ear,” marks of great interest.) (Loud cries of " hear, One ned " Francois d'Orleans" One of these protests was , g nce de joinville and the rt. 'Orleans" (tau under the consideration of a Committee, for banishing and " Henri d protest was dated from Clare- Duke d'Aumale). TheThisother protest was from " Louis mont, May 19. on the decree. to be sent to the Committee text of these letters: — The following is the , accom panying letter is ad " Mr. President, — lin Du e ke of Nemours. lam desired d'Orleans" (Duke de Nemours), dated May 20.—Ordered dressed to you by the you have already received Assembly, after one which. 11 and the Duke or Aumale, from the Prince of Joinvi e " CAMILLE FAIN. (Sign's]) to hand it to you, begging you to read it to the National " May 19." the gates of France. decree tending to shut against us ct ins ires us draws constitution.its The feelings b we had imposed ou ourselves. papers bring us a project of a us patriotic reserve would have We h a d hoped that this Assemblyhad met ; it was, in P been understood. The t " fr bl om r. here reser v eid e a --wT which ic e 0. in the midst of its de about to vote a new of a wish, or to liberations, to utter the expressionof individuals. pre occupy it with the interest \v leavings lgiers, a first call We also thought that in patriotism, w had given to our had been made on our pat f rio ou i r intention not to endea country a palpable proof of our h a d testified our respect vour to disunite France, as 7 eatwt seouTweiinginni,y: We flattered ourselves for the call made to the nation. think of rejecting thoao also that the c ountry could not lu ally served it in our who had always faithfully and s. y professions of s ailors and soldiegrhow s that it has thought "The project of the decree • otherwise, and the moinont chosen to bring it forward constitutes also un assimilation that we cannot accept. Free from all personal ambition, we protest before the representatives of the nation against a measure which our antecedents and our feelings do not warrant. "Be good enough, Mr. President, to lay this letter before the National Assembly, and rece i ve th e assurance o f our high consideration. (Signed) " F. D'ORLEANS. " HENRI D'ORLEANS." " 20th May. " Mr. President,—Absent at the time when the news arrived here of the project of a decree having been pro posed to banish our family from the French territory, I was not enabled to add my signature to the letter my brothers addressed to you yesterday (13th inst.), but I hasten to declare that I fully coincide in its contents, and I beg of you to acquaint the National Assembly of this adhesion. " Receive, &c., " LOUIS D'ORLEANS." M. Waldek-Rousseau presented the report on the pro position of M. Billault, tending to institute an inquiry into the situation of the working classes and labour throughout the Republic. The Committee thought the proposition of public utility, and recommended that it should discussed on au early day.—Ordered to be discussed the next day . M. Trelat, Minister of Public Works, proposed, d'urgence, a decree to grant ten millions for the execution of works on the railways from Paris to Strasburg, from Paris to Chartres, and from Orleans to Bordeaux.— Ordered to be discussed on Friday. M. Dornes presented the following report of the Com mittee on the decree to banish the Orleans family from France. " The Executive Commission has presented to you a prejet de decret conceived to that effect. Your Com mission, associating itself to the intentions of the Government, has charged me to propose to you the rude and simple adoption of this decree. The decree is a natural and inevitable consequence of the revolution of February, and of the establish ment of the Republic. It is neither a judgment nor a penal law against the Orleans family. The people have already pronounced, and we leave to the inflexible and impartial severity of history the mission to do the rest. What is proposed to you is a measure of general safety, a law entirely politicaL Doubtless the Republic, founded on the rights of all, on the respect of family and of property, bas no more to fear, from seditions which should be provoked to the profit of a restoration than it has from the attempts of anarchy, but it is never theless the duty of the Government, of the Assembly, of all men solicitous for social progress and the true inte rests of the workmen, to take away from adventurous spirits all pretext of such attempts, which though they would certainly fail before the vigilant and indefatigable patriotism of the people in arms, would nevertheless have the serious inconvenience of still further post poning the return of confidence, especially to public and private property. This measure is confor mable to the rights of practical men in all nations, is justified by circumstances, and is moreover deprived of all the hardships which pass the limits of state reasons of public necessity. The decree confines itself to interdicting the soil of France to a family whose re sidence in our country has been productive of such fatal effects, and which might serve as a rallying point to re bellion. In many of your bureaux Members of this Assembly have wished to give more importance to this decree, and to introduce important modifications, which appears to your Commission to hare more the character of new propositions than of amendments. Your Com mission has laid them aside in order not to throw at first too much confusion into the debate. Always pre-occu pied with the solution of the question of the private domain, and the vices of the former administration of the civil list, placed under national sequestration since the 24th of February, it has thought proper to invite the Executive Commission to present to you a decree relative to that subject as soon as possible. The Commission, moreover, sees the propriety of abstaining from all other reflexions; and to give more solemnity and authority to its decision in a grave act, which regards public tran quillity, it has charged me to inform you that it bus ad opted the decree unanimously." It was ordered to be discussed on Friday. M. Drouyndil'ilugs said that the Committee on Fo reign Affairs, having maturely examined the various propositions of address brought forward the day before relative to Italy and Poland, had unanimously agreed to that which recommended to the Government as the basis of its policy—fraternity with Germany—Poland free and independent—and the enfranchisement of Italy. In consequence, he had, in the name of the committee, to propose to the Executive Committee to make these three points the guides of their policy rela tive to the two countries mentioned above.—(Hear.) — Adopted unanimously. M. Ducos presented the report of the committee on the demand of seven millions for the repair of national roads and canals, and which included also three millions for the ateliers nationaux. The committee expressed its wish that these works should be terminated as soon as possi ble. They were (said the report) of very doubtful utility and could only be regarded as a temporary relief granted to the workmen. If the ateliers nationaux were to be continued, the labour should be devoted to a more useful purpose. A Member observed that before new works were commenced those which had already been begun should be terminated. lie alluded to many in the departments which had been commenced, and put a stop to for want of funds. M. Beaumont (de la Somme) objected to the money being expended in works of fortifications. A Member complained that a grant of 1,500,000 f. for the improvement of the Maine had been struck out from the decree. Th. mim.n., ,fr Works explained, and took that opportunity to state that measures had been taken to give the greatest possible number of labourers to agricultural pursuits. M. Luneau said that although the canals were cer tainly of great use to the country, yet he considered it would be impolitic to vote so large a sum for that pur pose at the present time, and therefore defended the suppression of the vote of which the lion. Deputy com plained. The decree was then adopted, and the sitting was brought to a close. At a late hour on Monday night General COUR TAU was removed from the prison of the Luxemburg, and sent to .Vincennes. It is said that he has chosen M. BETuaronT for his advocate. M. SELLIER and AL DESCIIAMPS, who are confined with the General, were also transferred to Vincennes witkhim. The Commerce says—" The statement made yes. terday by a journal of BARBES baying attempted evasion was unfounded. The investigation into the affair of the 15th is being pursued with activity, and no new incident has occurred." The Droit contradicts the account of the nomina tion of M. Exalts REGNAULT to be Secretary-General of the Prefecture of Police, declaring that it is at least premature. - The Constitutionnel says—" It was yesterday said at the Bourse, according to a dispatch from Toulon, that after a sharp struggle the troops had obtained possession of the Arsenal of Toulon, and that the workmen had returned to their duty. We repeat the news as it was given." The Courrier de Zgon says that, on the 22d, the barricades in the Avenues of the Croix-Rousse were not demolished ; and a sentinel was guarding that of the rierres Plant6es. . The Droll mentions a report that N. DUSSART. who has shown at Rouen, as Commissary-General, a firm but conciliatory spirit, which has led to the happiest results, has been requested by the Govern ment to undertake the still more difficult task of re storing order at Lyons, with the title of Special Commissary-General. The following are stated to have been agreed on as the bases of the new French Constitution : There is to be but one Chamber, with triennial elections by universal suffrage, as at present. The Republic will have a President, to be elected every three years. The magistracy, including judges of all courts, are to be submitted to election every three years. All these elections for President and representa tives and magistrates are to take place on the same day, every third year. It is supposed that the stipend allotted to the clergy will be continued. It is considered likely that the Council of State, found to be so useful in considering and recommend ing useful measures, will be continued. BOURSE-PARIS, MAY 24. THREE o'cLocx.—There was very little business done at the Bourse to-day, but the Rentes for cash are per cent. higher than they wore yesterday. Railway Shares are without much variation. There were no reports afloat, but there was a great indisposition to enter into new transactions. , :- 0 3. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THY LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAT 24. Pa ß ri o s u a lo a g d ne o su rle d an t 2 i l e — ns r , a6r%is — a llorthernof l L'ra samo and nee tr 4 l ,i-- Mouse, 414. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA.. Intelligence has been received from Vienna up to the evening of the 18th. The peace of the city had up to that time been preserved. HAFNER, the editor of the Constitution, MAHLER, a collaborateur, and TUVORA, both newspaper writers, had been appre hended: for endeavouring to proclaim a republic, and had been taken under a strong military escort to the prison on the Alser Glacis ; they were followed by a. large number of persons, but no attempt at a rescue had been made. The whole of the garrison—infantry, cavalry, and artillery—were stationed on the Glacis and in the Burg. The National Guard were on duty, and the Central Committee had expressed confidence in the intentions of the Ministers, and declared their intention to sup port them unconditionally in any measures they thought necessary for the public safety. The students had also published an address to the working classes, exhorting them to be peaceable. It was reported that the Archduke Jour.; had ar rived in Vienna. Information had, it was said, been received from Prague by telegraph, stating that the Bohemians re fuse to send ➢Members to the Diet as modified on the 15th May, the constitution previously promulgated being entirely in accordance with their wishes. According to advises from Visnadello, Generals NUGENT, SCHELSIG, CULLOZ, and SCHAFGOTSCHE had arrived before the walls of Treviso. At nine o'clock in the morning of the 14th Count NUGENT had called upon the people to surrender, and gave them three hours for consideration. The intelligence from Vienna is to the 19th of May. The Minister at War had announced, in an order of the day, that the Council of Ministers had taken all the necessary measures to secure the public safety. The National Guard and the Academic Legion having claimed to place themselves under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, and to obey the orders of the Council of Ministers, order is restored. The Ministerial Council has issued the following circular, in reply to an article which appeared in the Wiener Zeitung of the 18th : _ _ _ " The Ministerial Council has read in the unofficial part of the Wiener Zeitung of this day a comparison drawn between the presumed departure of his Majesty the Emperor from Vienna and the flight of Louis XVI., with the remark ' that the last day of the presence of the Emperor at Vienna would be the first day of the Republic.' " The Ministerial Council surely speaks in the name of the entire population of Vienna, as of the whole country loyally devoted to his Majesty, when it repu diates with indignation and firmness such a misrepre sentation of the feelings or of the intentions of the in habitants of Vienna towards the overthrow of the con stitutianal monarchy. "In this construction put upon a determination of his Majesty concerning a choice of a temporary residence, in this or that portion of the constitutional kingdom, the Ministerial Council can only behold a regretable error or indignity of a few against tha unshaken loyalty of the Austrians of every race for their Sovereign. " The Provisioaal Ministry feels itself called upon to make this declaration to all the citizens of Vienna, and will know how, i❑ unison with the whole population of Vienna, and supported by the National Guard, as also by the Imperial troops, not only to preserve order and peace with a firm hand, but will also know how to pro tect monarchical constitutions and the unshaken and proverbial loyalty and fidelity of the servants of their beloved Emperor, " The Minister, ad interim, of his Majesty the Emperor. " Vienna, May 18, 1848. TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople announce that the cholera is at present carrying off from twelve to twenty-three victims daily. GREECE. Letters from Athens of the 30th ult. mention that serious insurrections had broken out in various pro. vinces of Greece. At Lamia a Provisional Govern. ment had been proclaimed by General VELENZA. lONIAN ISLANDS. The lonian Islands are in a very disturbed state, and the 17th Regiment (Foot), which was reported three weeks ago to have left Corfu, has been distri buted among them—part at Fatras, part at Cepha lonia, and a part at Zante. Calamata, the stronghold of the insurgents, has been taken but, on the other band, the Albanians are arming. MALTA. The gunpowder trade is very brisk in Malta, as there are several Sicilian agents in the island, who are purchasing largely. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The speech of M. DB LAIikIiTINE is commented on in all of them, and it obtains all but universal approval. His announcement of a direct promise from the King of Prussia` to organize the Duchy of Posen on a basis of Polish nationality, cannot but gladden the hearts of all true friends of the cause of Polish regeneration. The reference of the several propositions made by different members of the National Assembly to the Standing. Committee on Foreign Affairs, ana the resolution approving the foreign policy of the Government, recommending it to pursue without pause measures for the reconstitu tion of Poland (both which propositions are certain to be carried), cannot but materially strengthen M. LAMIRTINE. The reactionary party are, as we said, they would be, most active in Paris intriguing for a restoration. We find the following in the Moniteur du Soir of Tuesday : "For souse days past thecoryphees of the reactionary party, and particularly of those of the Regency, who now walk with their heads erect, spread the most dis gusting reports on the state of Paris, and yet Paris was never more tranquil. " The smallest inconvenience attendant on those alarmist rumours which are propagated with the moss perficlioui intentions, is to induce the National Assem bly itself alone surround itself with & military force which of alone is sufficient to cause a mischievous emotion in the public mind, and to' irritate the National Guard, by being so frequently called on, as we repeat, there is nothing in the state of the capital to warrant eac h pro ceedings. " Another manoeuvre, also put in practice for the pro motion of senseless or guilty hopes, consists in represent ing the Executive Commission as divided among them selves, and inducing the idea that a dissolution of that committee must be imminent. " In face of such odious tactics, which can have no other object than to destroy trade and credit, by keeping up uneasiness an d m i strust, now that a ll goo d citizens, united by a love of conciliation and concord, only de mand that the Republic should be allowed to found 'itself peaceably on the . liroad bases of fraternity, demo cracy, and universal suffrage; we can declare, in the most formal manner, that all the decisions of the Execu tive Committee have been come to unanimously since it has been i n ex i stence , an d t h at there has never been any serious dissension between the members of whom it is composed. "Let the . well-meaning portion of Paris, that is to say, the immense majority of its population, who wish for order, but order with its progress, reassure them selves, and let them continue to lend their energetic and loyal co-operation to the National Assembly, and to the Executive Committee which has been chosen by it. " The manoeuvres of reaction, new exposed to the light of day, will soon fall powerless before the irresistible force of that good accord, and the alarmists will see their idle fears vanish before it." The tactics adopted by the reactionary party prove the source from whence those tactics emanate. All that is done by the reactionary party in Paris is done in obedience to orders emanating from the partisans of the Orleans family resident in England. How was the throne of July acquired f By an organized system of " enormous lying," persevered in for years and backed up by corruption. It was preserved by similar means, and by similar rrieans it is hoped that it may be regained. There is a. club in Paris pre sided over by the Dake Dickeys, the father of the Duc Da GLUCKSBURCIII, the " fai ally" Ambassador in Spain, and attended by all the 'old Dynasties, which is the medium of communication between the " Conservatives" of France and the " Conservatives" French and English in England- The Droit has the following :-- " The authorities were informed that for several days past certain plotters of disturbances, preparing new schemes, had installed a telegraph by means of lights in several houses near the Hotel de Ville and the Prefec ture of Police. Thus on Saturday evening lights appear ing and disappearing, and being ia.oved in certain direc tions, indicating signals preparod in advance, were ea r rl ie co d our: o n the summit of a ho use near the Place du C°tubhrssnaetelet. The vigilant research of the authorities have made known the authors and motives of this noc edsiPs°tunrdaceee's took place, at Lille on Monday. A number o f persona assembled and proceeded to the. house of a manufacturer name cl DZLESPAUL, who was very seriously ill-treated. A rope was passed round his body, by which he was dragged through the streets. A small party of Vibe National Guards fortunately arrived on the spot, and by their energy rescued M. DELESI.I.UL. o.a eof the National Guards was struck very severely by a stone, on which he fired at his assailant and lodge O' a ball in his thigh. The arrival of reinforcements of iq ational Guards and troops of the line at length restore sl order. Several attempts have been mat le, fortunately with out success, by the emissaries of t be Parisian clubs to excite disturbances in Bordeaux. . The disturbances at Lyons have( :t .ased. On this sub ject we read in the 211oniteur—"/ dL TABOURRT, sub: atitut du Procureur de la Republique at Lyon s , has IRELAA THE STATE PROSECUTIONS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, WEDNBSDAY. An application to postpone the trial of Mitchel will be made on Thursday, on the alleged ground that the jury panel was partially arraigned. Printed threatening notices to the juries are ex tensively circulated. - -- PASSENGERS TO BOULOGNE.--The number of pas sengers between England and Boulogne during the week ending the 21st of March was 1,130. Of this number 426 were from England to Boulogne, and 704 from Boulogne to England. Of the for mer 273 were from Folkestone, 68 from Dover, and 85 from London. Of the latter 440 were to Folkestone, 123 to Dover, and 141 to London. The week preceding the above there were 692 passengers to, and 874 from, Boulogne. number of passengers between En g l an d and Calais during the above week was 195. The total PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, of May 20, says, in conse quence of events which have recently taken place in Paris, the Government has resolved to detain all the Polish prisoners in the fortress situated between the Weser and the Elbe, instead of giving them their passports for France, until peace shall have been en tirely established in the Grand Duchy. This mea sure will, of course, include Misaoslawsix, who was already at Posen on the 18th, at the hotel of the Commander-in-Chief. These events have shaken the confidence of the maintenance of peace with France, and the necessity of a more intimate union with Russia is sensibly felt, that empire not having taken any direct part in the negotiations conducted at London for the regulation of the affairs of Schleswig-Holstein. The Cabinet of St. Petersburgh has, however, sent a note to our Cabinet a few days since in very decisive terms, de manding the most speedy re-establishment possible of peace with Denmark, in default of which the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh will take similar mea sures to those adopted by Sweden. The Prussian Ministers, who are also very desirous for peace, have decided, from the new phase of affairs in Poland, to show themselves more favourable to the conditions proposed by Russia than they could have been under other circumstances. An English courier, who leaves Berlin for St. Petersburgh to-day, carries with him the reply of the Prussian Government ; and it is hoped that the conclusion of peace will speedily ensue. In Mayence a petition to Parliament is in prepa ration from the shipowners, praying that general regulations may be made for the due navigation of all the rivers of Germany. The authorities in Ma yence have been exerting themselves of late to restore to the Rhine the advantages derivable from steam tugs, and the use of which has been prevented by combination and acts of violence on the part of the boatmen. COLLISION BETWEEN THE TROOPS AND THE CITIZENS AT MAYENCE. The reactionary movement to which we have so frequently alluded has received its baptism by blood at Mayence. A more wanton and unprovoked butchery than that recorded below it has seldom been our lot to record. Who for the future will be mad enough to trust to any promises of the King of PitUIBIA ? . On Sunday last a collision took place be• tween the Prussian soldiers stationed in the for tress of Mayence and the citizens, in which the latter were aided by the Burgher Guard and the Turners, and the consequence was that six of the Prussian soldiers were killed and about __sixty wounded, whilst on the part of the citizens the numbers killed were four, and about twenty wounded. The soldiers, who had been drinking for the last few days in Mayence, having received their extra war pay, were annoyed by the constant abuse which they heard on all sides of the King of PRUBSIA. Excited by drink, they first drew their swords, and then arming themselves, attempted to take possession of the Caserne of the Burgher Guard. It was in this attempt that the conflict oc curred, and the result was the defeat of the Prussian soldiers, who had to fly to their bar racks. The Governor of the fortress, General Von liuseu (a Prussian), issued, at ten o'clock on Sunday night, by beat of drum and torch-light, a proclama tion declaring the town of Mayence in a state of siege, and threatening to bombard it in case the arms of the citizens were not delivered up in two hours. The proclamation of the Governor was to this ef fect • di • Si • nce arms have been made use of, and se veral soldiers have been killed and wounded, the .Governor has determined to adopt the following regulations :-- " 1. All the arms of 'the J3urgher Guard and Turners, such as guns, rifles, swords, and pistols, are instantly to be delivered into the hospital tied the barracks, and given up to the Prince Suenbert Ileurch, who will give a re ceipt for them. "2. The Burgher Guard is dissolved, and can only be again organized with the permis3ion of the governor of the fortress. of the police is taken into the "3. 'l'h• management _ tb. hands of the governor of the fortress. "4. There aro to be no public meetings, and no persons are to collect together in the streets. Every command to disperse is to bo immediately obeyed. Every disobe dience to such command to be followed by an arrest, and arms to be used if necessary. - " 5. Every order issued by the governor of the fortress for the maintenance of peace is to be obeyed. 6. The strongest measures will be employed for the punishment of persons who have been guilty of murder. Such persons shall be tried by a mixed commission. 7. If, N$ ithin two hours after the publication of this command, the arms are not delivered up, the town will be bombarded. (Signed) " VON HUSER and TILZER." Upon the representation of the Burgomaster and other authorities of Mayence, the Governor was in duced to postpone the period fixed for bombard- tnent till twelve o'clock next day, but he had the railroad to and from Frankfort stopped, within nine miles of Mayence, at a place called llochheim. The reiloads a t e o giber directions were stopped, so also were the steam -boats, so tht,i no means were afforded to the citizens o f either cu' taining aid or seeking for it, nor even of procuricg provisions beyand the supply in the town, all the gates being beset by soldiers, and no ing ress or egres's permitted. Such was the state of things in Mayence I\-I°//. day morning, when the Burgomaster ha d the Greer nor's proclamation printed, to which he append ed the following address : e "Fellow Citizens,—The command of the Governorntot have every description of arms delivered uP s i o g . been obeyed. It was only in consequence of the invitations of the civic authorities that the threat oP f list night has not been carried into effect, and the witted for the delivering up of the arms has been Pr o' Meanwhile tl3l'd time P e a r : longed until twelve o'clock this day. gates remain closed, the steam-boats cannot de art, a nd all access from without is prohibited. It is the to a of all to contribute as much as they can 1:00, compliance with the order to deliver up th e and save us from the most dread ful of all caiabi• ties. It is plainly the interest of all the . i r :,, w ies tants instantly to deliver up their arms at the toy/Iror, and to follow implicitly the comm ands of the G°/err:9ol as we can alone on these conditions h o p e that the 19 „ - d to; miserable condition of the town can be p ut an e: that the inevitable conseq uen ces which throng ' longer duration of them must arise, may be 0 W e as possible avoided. A rfl. (Signed) "THE BURGOMASTER RP " May 22, 1848." d thei r This proclamation and the address produce era desired effect. The citizens saw t hat they 1.0,0 locked in a town, the bombardment o f whichi ed; inevitable. The Burgher Guard was diss°%lbej, all the arms delivered nearly at the tittle Preseridi and by half-past one the Governor issued t; which permitted the communication by the 111'r and the Rhine to be re-opened. h tt 4dl The state of exasperation, or rather o' t o which prevails between the Prussian garrison °polo people of Mayence, the subjects of th e Grlnd toti of HESSE DARMSTADT, still continues, It IN s bi at Biebrich (on the Rhine) on Monday last cod passenger from Mayence that day, that in th c o' of Monday morning, whilst the stat e of sieg, e trr i tinued, a citizen, venturi n g to approach the ° t o o was deliberately aimed a t by a Prussian soldier the walls, and shot dead on the spot. BAVARIA. The Legislative Chamber of Munich has tor P ° ; laws imp osing a property-tax, and securing ' future the responsibility of Ministers. A FRANKFORT-ON-TH:E -TVIO) report has reached Frankfort that the celebti,lp nephew Repu blican HECKER has been shot in a duel 3 ,e re port, of General GAGERN. It 19 SI eve T r, he towhich much credit is not attached. 0 0 German Parliament (or constituent Oef o z has resolved that the short-hand repqrts o f day's proceedings shall be printed and pub li ttlit ilia , radayimeaatkt make n e d x e t c e l n a t l. o e _. iTsth.eTChoamt mthietteeAscsheamrbg'ealy riot-fit:oi°' r itself responsible for the correctness ° pe t o po . r h ts. 2d. That they are to be sold cat the der possible I . e price that will cover the cost ° I to a rnting. to allow th t e he p m ost to h e administrations delivere d fr free 7 g p a h s e t n o t ;:e 3d. That application has I),e n ro krif H 0 L L A ND .—L LIVI 13 tißG.oooit'td TIIE HAGUE, MAY 21.—The nevi I f'sill'oo Provisional Minister of War, Major Ge, il i to•J jl , l a arrivedsoon oh fr i o s m Nertigensbosch, in this eseocit' and receivei after repaired to the War I : le P t portefeuille from the late Idiniliti,tbia r 22.—An address has been agreed uP°oooibert of th e as well as in many others, to the SecO ci pre otnf i cituhs e ely S F t u ate nd S: m G e e n li t e a r l al L , ilagwa.inst T A h r e t . 1, Gi l d 8 r3e of ofttbasielltitotjet Chambers.igned, and has already been lien 14/e ~,,,„ 'oill, MAESTRICIIT, Mir 19. Two procia- ti nt' 12 ' -hg al been published this day,by t he Go o f Duchy of Limburg, in rg, in consequen ce . to.i, received from the Hague. ____ - ___ be iri P o These proclamations are addressed g ° f t kb l l f !io tents of Limburg, and w ere called I° '" vi t, - ,1 ne roneous opinions which were entertaineturgew, be w re regulation of the Germanic Diet, 14i°1 ' IV (56) ; veraor garded as a Netherlands province.ptisb°ll.lll, Limburg says that the Netherlands Govern°, by O bi b c i by the . treaties and by the fundanientsl is% . tini`, tor/ ' b oos is declared a Netherlands terr , 4 1 a l part only is attached Germany 4 feu' the. to by - ht , te i that these treaties are respected e qualif "I A tlio -b t in Diet and by the whole of Germany, 11°- l' bs- rst regard Limburg as a Netherlands province',l,, fele t. th ose parts of Limburg which are bound by th e d i,plsi the the f local administrations are percnitted,o' a fede llt i bond; e ud ederal banner, in token of the recogni osect° the Government m this e o t can as only been be ob tdaoinnee da.ft l o t h a : Li : v : oo ;d bl a i that P-,ticAl aid clamation, the Government says, stated e the previous declaration of the 1 3 °' I nt i, s' end. of Limburg, all ignorance on this P °l o e tnf la° o n . That the inhabitants are therefore sodc red to respect the existing laws, and to o void i , jo ba every f i t le y ga g l en v s i j o b lence, the nuthoritpioetVibriej: being BELGIUM. 301 is BRUSSELSfIik,s, A:1 NEW ISSUE OF BANK -14.°*',ntergw,P; Government has received a verf sro Hoo, 1 , - 0 The report from the Belgian Consul at V I P 0 0° 1 .0 s o p , ecting the commeree of Chili, and other citi lif I connexion with Belgium. This report is etobell America, 4 .: o cs° ° ; opfainsthihe.edwbyestern coast of South several documents relative te the pottsi„ which have entered and quitt ed : A l pr c 41 14;; 1847 ships of the sales of the prineir ill iii ej tions from Belgium to V'elpereis4i redo', and thcoraing the weights, measures, and coins of C hil l rods to the measures, and coins of ' Moni„weights, isf' c' _. ur Bee, May 23. t o io ff ne l d s- the law la s w Tr a ' do b p y te a d ,10 d the. Charab er° '. '' , lie V ic.g.tca new emission of , bank -notes o f the o,:i !'. ''' Gfonlirale, for the encourager' . te , iO ll 4 , Royalby ordinanco gtbo, tional manufactures. The amount of n ° o f r o) for Th e this object is not to exceed 20,00°ItioiP charged Government nominates three C°n-ocieti the g. 013 5, S P el e to inspect the operations of to nsure the execution of the existing conveeti_osat , as propose to the Government such generill f o f 0,,' _ t may be deemed suitable to the interest'e'lla el sates ; and in case of approval, to suPei,l/ 0 pci e : ii Gbeing‘, carried into effect. The estate of P" ar i 1 1 . 1 nerale shall be published at least once ° o t ofl' i months, and the balance of accounts at le ast 0 0 0 , h ° 1 . every year. The Government is to reeeiv°lll. li ots ''i interest of 4 per cent.; and, in order to f licl o o'e tl o service of the Treasury, the Government e ' - ` e rn° supplementary emission of bank-notes to th e of 12,000,000 f. Moniteur Be4re, MAY '13,,,„' ~s i el-4 The Prince of PRUSSIA is expected at P i ' - 0 , 0 111 0 1 day (24th). General Ceulicarr, being slia r . so,' of the KING, has gone to Ostend to receive 11' Highness. ....••••••••.1•1•01.0............ DENMARK AND T .HE D U G .te l' RENDSBURG, MAT 21.—We bare receiv ed of it ~ Bence of slight importance from the s egit to rtef s , t i s h o e me bridge tim time f engagedboats, A G eneral HALLZTT has removed his head- Picio ha P v e e n b ra e d en e. for T completed • , they have left af o r sh ips in passage middle of it. ao P onalit liSiocoild'esbti.l.s'lV steamer, On the 19th several gun-boats, aCO or; appeared on the Apenrade, but th e e .: 0 ,13 c manoeuvred left, with the exception of one gun-blortbeo( for a considerable time on th e f te , bank, which was lined with the free corP; t lo p/ repeated signals had been made, she sent si b . a f oli P j with eight men. They were received with dd, oil of musketry, by which several were wol i _, o f tb e they were forced to retire ; in doing so anotrm ye men was wounded by the continued fi r ing• ~,ht to re ( as they had reached the gun-boat theY s°liib hor , f venge themselves by a smart fire, wh ic h etas passed ineffectual. On the 20th, a p*il ls t beP ri n oitre appeared on the bay probably to recoil . 11. ef tifications for the Hanoverian nine poundeirivo,oo% Under date of the 18th instant, Gerlerill_ p r of , the Commander-in -Chief of the Prossiaffing • col i i, Jutland, has issued a proclamation, illiethe ;0100,8 tribution of two millions (spezies) uP°13,,,, Dot tants, as a guarantee of indemnity for th e oo tie lo done to German commerce and shipping'. aOOO : a , his intention of returning the nionef ll O fx ' Perj r o Danish Government will have made 8 0 114 ) tion for the losses incurred by ti li t o die the inhabitants time to the 26th inet4iii •.1