The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-22 00:00:00

OTICE! SEVENTH EDITION or THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WA.RACRTON, Esq. IS NOW READY. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 3 vols. B vo ., with numerous Illustrations, THE PARSON, PEN, and PENCIL. By the REV. G. M. MUSGRAVE. " The author is a humourist. If he were not as well known for a veritable parsonage as the late Canon of fit. Paul's, it might be ima. gined that the name on the title-page was a hoax, to show how well writ would look in a clerical garh."—Britannia. Richard Bentlsy, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in ordinary to her Majesty). THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. This Day is published I n five., with Map, pricestitched, MEMOIR en the SCHLESWIG-HOL STEIN QUESTION, presented to Lord Palmerston by the VALIER BUNSEN : with all other important Documents published by 0. VON WENOISTERN. London: Longman, B:own, Green and Longmans. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to tne Opera, and the Pub- Be are respectfully informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY next, April 27, the particulars of which will be duly announced. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. RE-OPENED ON EASTER MONDAY. Last Week but Two. On Monday next, an entirely new selection of Performances of the most brilliant and magnificent character. Doors open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. Last Week but Two, the whole troupe being obliged to return to Paris on the 16th of May. The public is respectfully informed that during the Easter Week Three Grand Morning Performances, of the most brilliant and mag nificent character will be given (for this week only) on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Performance to commence at Two o'clock. First Price as usual. No Second :Price. Private Boxes to be had at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, IiAYMARK.ET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. Oa EASTER MONDAY, Will be presented a new comic Drama, called OLD HONESTY. Michael Bradshaw, Mr. Webster ; Joseph Bradshaw, Mr. H. Van denheff ; Sir Perkins Besborough, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Septimus Hook, Mr. Tilbury ; Toby Perch, Mr. Keeley ; Dame Bradshaw, Mrs. Glover; Mary, Miss Reynolds. After which, a new comic Drama, entitled LAVATER THE PHYSIOGNOMIST ; and Good Judge too. Lavater, Mr. Webster ; Agnes, Miss Fertescue. 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 Vincensa, Mr. J. Bland; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Hip polite, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web ;ter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, 59. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery. 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction or. Madame Celeste- On EASTER MONDAY, Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H . Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, airs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which, a new Piece, entitled THE FOUNTAIN OF ZEA ; Or, the Child of Air. To conclude with THE COMRADES ; an Anecdote of the Span. Isla War. Principal characters by Messrs. d Cullenfora, Boyce. Mun yard. Paul Legrand, C. J. Smith , Ryan, Miss E. Haring, &c. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2 s. , Gallery, Is. Doe , rs open at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestril. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. This Theatre will RE-OPEN on EASTER MONDAY, April 24 when will be performed a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Ch a racters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear, Belliiagham, one; Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. _after which, an entirely new and original Classical Extravaganza, entitled TUESEUS and ARIADNE ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Miss Eitzwilliam, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD JUDGE.. Characters by Messrs. R. Rexby, Diddear, Parselle, Har ley, Meadows, Bellingham, Charles Mathews ; Miss Jane Coleman, and Miss Lee. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No pail-price to any part of the house. The ...Cew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—nT. JAMES'S Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. 33, Old Bond-street. Last Appearance but Two of M. Lafont. Mons. Lafont begs respectfully to announce that his benefit and but night but two of his engagement will take place at the re-open ing of the Theatre on WEDNESDAY next, April '26, on which occa sion will be revived (for that night only) thhe celebrated play of LE CHEVALIER DE ST. GEORGES. Le Chevalier, M. Lafont ; Le Baron, M. Montaland ; Mdlle. De Presle, Mdlle. Paul Ernest.— In addition to which will be produced also (for that night only) Lafont. the polar vaudeville vaudeville of JEAN ; ou, Le Mauvais Suje t. Jean, M. With other Entertainments. Roses, 65.: Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre. 38. ; Gallery, 2s Bole, a nd Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Nlitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 22. TB.ER3IO3IETER. Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 51; Noon, 47 BAROMETER, 29.5.—W1ND N.N.W.; cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 11 min. after 4 Evening .. H min. after 4 ~S p lS 1.11. MA, 1 / 4 *, das- W 491 V a 4 S t , ' 6.11141:5&• '-'7 \ ' 4 41111 14 .71 " 4r • Diorc • ?.-. 4 h ter. .27 2itit LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1848. Three extraordinary facts are visible in Europe in reference to the resurrection or consolidation of three important nationalities. France has so far established a republic within her boundaries that her capital witnessed on Thursday one of those grand jubilees which illustrate her history with the pageantries of the Parisians. Armed citizens to the number of 300,000 or 400,000 defiled before the Provisional Government, with trumpets blowing, drums rolling, and colours flying. It was a spectacle of national exultation, such as might vie with the inauguration of the imperial dynasty on the heights of Boulogne, or with the constitutional poinps of the memorable Champ de Mai. Italy presents the second remark able appearance in this hemisphere. Disquietude in her southern extremities, confidence in her central principalities, and war along her northern frontiers—such is the aspect of that penin sula. Auxiliaries are arriving daily by the dif ferent roads which concentrate about the principal cities of Lombardy. The most energetic of her lay sovereigns has himself assumed the leadership of the armies of Italy. Victory has already shed its glory upon the Italian tri-colour on the banks of the Mincio, and more recently at Maracaria. Meanwhile, under the cover of the defenders of the projected confederation, negotiations have been set on foot for the purpose of constituting a national Diet under the presidency of the Sovereign PONTIFF. There is con- sequently every probability of a spoedy settlement o_ the affairs of this glorious, but hitherto disjointed the co untry, and the more so fromcircumstance of the energies of its principal antagonist(Austria) ing required elsewhere for the prevention be oGne of an im minent and decisive dismemberment. ano ther direction is agitated by the throes which rmanyin preemanci pated, not its emancipation, for it is al rea d y pated, but its com bination into one compact anadi: gi gantic power. To wards these three divisions of the c ontinent the public attention is severally and collec tively attracted. Those three great and revolutionized divisions of Europe form in their position a splendid illustration of the charac'er and tendencies of the age; they are to the cause of popular advancement what the three degrees of comparison are to an ad jective. France has riven her bonds for ever,and andin is even now exulting in the sen se of her eternal destructible liberty. Italy has emerged from the tomb of her recent and prolonged prostration, and already has a foretaste of the joys and securities of independence, although the scheme of her con federative Diet has as yet only been projected. Germany, with a different and more procrastinated destiny, is only now struggling to release itself from the restrictions of many obsolete and feudal authorities. Hence th e fate Germany is more dubious tha n the future of either f France or Italy. It is necessa rily more dubi ous f interests, and from the jealousies the greater disseverance of its Governments. jaalousies fomented among its numerous and petty Before so many and such incongruous materials can be woven into one concrete nationality, anxieties, suspicious, strifes, so rrows, and disastrous evide i nC ie es s o , f ambition are in evitable. Every additional fragment intelligence cor roborates our opinion as is reserved fo r the Germthaens befor e t h ey can hope to consolidate e ordeal which struggles, the wisdom, and the commercial and political inte rests of Fatherland. A Zollverein is certainly not in this resp ect like the p am p hlet of the sen tative of M.icon — " A Vision of the Future." ex-r9Pre- This is demo nstrated b y the di.tracted state of the Germanic confed eration. In the Polish frontiers, f or e xample, we tind t he division of Mtea osLawsK moving towards th e woods of Crotoschin, as if in i preparation for a campaign at Aix-la-Chapelle. Wax-lights are burnt in homage around the corpses of the dead insurgents. Off Stettin the armed vessels of the D Imes are capturing the merchantmen of Schles- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY' EVENING, APRIL 22, 1848. wig. In Hungary there are monster meetings in favour of a physical demonstration. In Bohemia the recent turmoil gives scarcely any token of its speedily sub siding. In Gallicia serious collisions between the armed masses are reported to have occurred. At Posen disorder continues to prevail, and bands of the excited population parade the duchy with menacing cries and ominous combinations. At Vienna an Imperial decree of the Emperor of AUSTRIA an nounces that on and after the Ist of January, 1849, " all feudal and personal servitude will cease, and that in lieu thereof a crown rent be substituted." At Berlin, on the contrary, much indigna tion is excited by the arrival of certain military decorations, transmitted in terms of com pliment from the Emperor of Russia to eight officers who made themselves particularly conspicuous in the slaughter of the inhabitants of that metropolis. Such are the passions which clash against each other in the oscillations of German opinion and in the ebullitions of German nationality. After a certain probationary interval has elapsed there can be no question but that the independence of Germany, of Italy, and of Poland, will be secured beyond the hope of their after subjugation. They are rising majestically and heroically—first Italy, then Germany, then Poland—and the arbiter of the whole movement is France. It was yesterday our painful duty to direct the public attention to the atrocious sentiments that had been put forward by a Roman Catholic clergyman, who, forgetting the benign precepts of his religion, directly stimulated the people committed to his charge to acts of violence and bloodshed, and pandered to the worst passions of the excitable population. A more pleasing duty, however, devolves upon us this day. In place of polluting our columns with the truculent and sanguinary harangues of the BERMING HAMS or the Kstcyozis, we may adorn them with the wise, the beneficent, the salutary counsels of a truly Christian minister—the Verb Rev. Dr. APENERT the R. C. Vi car-General of Kerr y . Th e address of that amiable and pious pastor contains the best antidote to the poison dis seminated by his unworthy brethren, and mus t prove the most salutary remedy for th e insur- rectionary epidemic that is now raging in many districts. The sound sense, the unanswerable this r e s m p e i c n t d e d o g f e nt t e e m a a n b , s a o m r l g u u u t s e ; convince u t any r w u a rnd prejudicedby futility of any armed resistance to the British power, supported and strengthened as it is by the well affected and loyal inhabitants of the country—of the Fearful ruin and desolation that would be the inevi. table consequences of such a resistance—of the op portunities for amelioration and prosperity that would thereby be absolutely cast away--the feasible reforms that would be lost—the myriads of human beings that would perish by the sword, or under the more lingering torments of pestilence and famine, with all their accumulated and aggravated horrors. The motives of some of the leading agitators, who incite the masses to acts of violence and insubordina- tion, V wholly regardless of the consequences that may result to their wretched dupes, are also laid bare and exposed in the most masterly and effective manner. We must, however, suffer Dr..MENERT to speak for himself:— " Cold, hunger, and utter destitution would be the portion of the misguided people engaged in a rebel lion—extensive slaughter in the open country—agri culture would be neglected—the crops burned in the field, or trampled under the hoof of the war horse— myriads of orphans and widows would roam through the desolate land, seeking that food which did not exist—the sacred edifice consecrated to the service of the Most High would become a smouldering ruin— the unobtrusive retreat of piety, purity, and education would become the barracks of a licentious soldiery— property would be squandered by the most reckless miscreants in thoughtless riut—the banks would be come insolvent—the helpless inmates of poorhouses would crawl out from their asylums, seeking that sustenance which could not be afforded to therii, and dying by thousands on the roadsides—the ear of man would be closed against the cries of his suffering fellow-man—morality would perish, and selfishness, cruelty, and violence would reign universally—and the overwhelming power of union, wealth, and dis ciplined strength would extinguish the flames of abor tive rebellion in the blood of the misguided people. The picture is not overcharged. It would become an awful reality. Then would not the attempt, by the instrumentality of a rebellion, be foolish in the ex treme ?" The Reverend Gentleman, although so graphically depicting the heart-rending consequences of such an outbreak, is by no means insensible to the wrongs and sufferings of hia unhappy country. He points out clearly and plainly the causes that have led thereto. They have not been the results of recent measures, of the sins of any reign, or the acts of any Ministers ; they are the growth of centuries, during which neglect and oppression have been manifested on the one side, and distrust and estrangement on the other, until, as the Rev. Doctor truly states, " Turbulence, sloth, ignorance, and idleness were forced upon the most improvable and moral people under the canopy of heaven," While " the people foolishly and universally attempted to redress their wrong; by insane rebellions, in which the means were clearly inadequate to procure the proposed end, all the countless miseries inseparable from an unsuccessful civil war fell upon the country, and caused it to retrograde for many dark and tedious years. An imaginative and ardent people thus neglected, and destitute of ,elf-reliance, listened to every political empiric, and overlooked the means by which their condition might be gradually but infallibly improved." It is owing to such causes as that the MITCHELLS, the MEAGIIERS, and the SMITII O'BRIENS, cum nzultis aliis, are enabled to mislead the too confiding people, to stimulate and excite them to anarchy and rebellion, in place of seeking for those constitutional reforms—those useful and legitimate measures which are so urgently required. Although we have already extracted so largely from this admirable address, we cannot refrain from making one more quotation in reference to the would be leaders : " I may be told that the Liberal journals, the watchful sentinels of the Irish nation—that the glo rious and eloquent orators, who stand forward to denounce the cruel Saxon, and to shed their Irish blood for fatherland—speak with hope, encourage ment, and confidence of the issue of the contest. My dear friends, attach no credit to their assertions— confide not in their promises—be not so helplessly credulous as to imagine that they are in earnest. The journalist who would urge on you to embark on an insane and ruinous and unequal struggle, wishes to continue and to increase the circulation of his journal—he looks for praise and profit—and these are his fatherland. The orator who would encourage you in the path of ruin seeks, with a craving appe tite, for applause. Let this, however evanescent, be conferred on him—he seldom cares what evils may hi s p d r e e l v u e d u e t d fo h mr e a ea r ali e v r ue s i A ey lougn periodoutb outbreak theak would enactment ine vitablybopeffotabhluobselys,ahluutuadr y reds of thotu.sanldts would consign, very It would kinodf different ages to a l gious rancouru—it e w a o n u e ld w ptheerpuentuhaatle iporwe me unhal lowed t fi u r r e e s g o f r a r v e e l al a vers i on b etween wo vv uld in l a ea n ve Irela n d i n h er distrust, estrang a e n m d en i t t , rebellion wou ld b e ruinous to both countries, weak misery and as to degradation. dnunt t hat a y man, th en , b e so the country ?" We trust that the Irish people will duly appreciate this valuable advice, coming as it does from in which they may place such implicit confidence, and of which they have so much reason to be proud. Dr. tL'ENERY may feel the proud satisfaction of ha v i ng rendered the most essential services to the cause and tranquillity, and advanced the best interests of his beloved country. He has also vindicated his Church and her pastors from the reproaches that might have been provoked by the conduct of a few turbulent and mischievous individuals --reproaches which, however undeserved by the great body of the clergy, might have been cast upon them by persons who were not aware how fully and entirely they repudiated the insane and reckless conduct of the BEEMINGHAISIS and the KENvoNs. of thi s country may b e f or va rious necessary However solicitous the great body ofthe re p fo e r o m p I s e , and for the adoption of such legislative measure, as are, to their thinking, likely to tend to the ameliora tion of their condition ; and, moreover, however great may b e th e approbation of some among that body for individual points of the Charter, the recent attempted demonstrations of the Chartists have elicited from them neither sympathy nor support. On the contrary, those d emonstrations, and the di3turbances which they were calculated to produce, have evoked from the English people spontaneous and simultaneous mani- festations of their allegiance to the Constitution and respect for the laws. So great and unequivocal was this manifestation of the popular feeling that when Mr. FEAItGUS O'CONNOR, in his remarks in the House of Commons in reference to the petition, seemed to insinuate that the fictitious names signed thereto had been introduced by Government spies, Lord J. RUSSELL good-humouredly and most signifi fieantly inquired of him, if he did not think that some of the most violent proceedings of the Chartist Convention had been also instigated by Government spies attending there, for the purpose of provoking an exhibition of the loyal and orderly sentiments of the people. Nevertheless, in spite of this observation of the Prime Minister, the Duke of WELLINGTON, in giving his approval of the Government Security Bill, expressed his opinion that a great contempt of the law was prevalent in this country—a contempt of the law which of late years had been gradually increas ing. As an illustration of his argument, the Noble Duke observed, that some years back (about 1831) insurrections had broken out simultaneously at Lyons and Bristol, the population in both towns being about the same. Nevertheless, one squadron of dragoons did that at Bristol which required 60,000 men to perform at Lyons, namely, to put down the insurrec tions, and preserve the cities from destruction. My Lords," concluded the Noble Duke, " I attri bute the different success of those two efforts to the respect which prevailed at that time in Eng land for the law—to the feeling which every man had that he was disobeying the law by joining in that insurrection ; and respect for the law it was which then saved Bristol. We are certainly not now in that happy position. It is true, that without the exercise of force, we saw large bodies of persons who had collected in the vicinity of this town quietly disperse, but that was not out of submission to the law. Was not the whole population of the town, civil as well as military, ander arms ? Were there not several hundred thousand persons employed as constables ? And, consequently," asks the Noble Duke, after this enumeration, " Can it be said that respect for the law prevented any outrage being committed ?" Most certainly it can. The questions of the Noble Duke contain their own most satisfactory answer. It was not respect fcr the law that preserved peace on the 10th of April, says the Duke of WELLINGTON, for he asks, " Were not the whole population, civil as well as military, under arms? Were there not several hundred thousand persons employed as special constables 9" After replying in the affirmative to this demand, may we, in our turn, be permitted to inquire if it was not respect for the laws which thus awed the whole civil population, and called for the willing exertions of so many persons as special constables ? The Duke of WELLINGTON'S question is his own best answer. Respect for the laws did preserve peace on the 10th of April. So universally is this desirable fact admitted, that on the Duke of WELLINGTON resuming his seat, Lord DENMAN emphatically declared that recent proceed ings only tended to manifest the loyal and orderly sentiments of the people. "I think," he said, "that when a disturbance of the public peace was threatened the exhibition of order which then took place peaceable men leaving their ordinary occupations of life to expose themselves to probable danger, and to certain inconvenience, at a great sacrifice -I think it was one of the finest spectacles ever ex hibited on the part of a people attached to the law, because convinced by long experience of the benefits of the protection to be derived from it." " I am sure," added Lord DENMAN, " I can never speak without feelings of the utmost admiration of the Duke of WELLINGTON, but I feel I should be want ing in some degree in what was due to the real cha• racter of the English people, if I allowed the ex pression about the growing contempt of the law,' to pass without comment." On this the Commander in -Chief, to a certain extent, qualified his former as sertion, which assertion, however, has been so far satisfactory by eliciting from the House of Lords an almost unanimous expression of their admiration for the recent conduct of the people. It is said that, in order to perpetuate the memory of these loyal de monstrations on the part of the lower orders, a sub scription is about to be raised for the pur pose of erecting some public building that may serve as a fitting popular memorial. To our thinking, however, such a proceeding would be derogatory to the honourable character of the people. England, we know, expects every man to do his duty, and in the recent pacific demonstration every man has dcne his duty, and consequently is deserving of all appro bation. Nevertheless, to raise a subscription and found a monument in celebration of the recent effort to preserve the peace, and to attest the loyalty of the British people, is surely most uncalled for. What is so manifest requires no such deliberate attestation. It would be raising a monument to the pyramids, and a pillar to celebrate the erection of the column of TEAJAN. The love of the British people for order and peace is proclaimed in the fact of their national existence, in the circum stance of their commercial prosperity, and in the very form and character of their institutions. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The files of Thursday passed off without the least disturbance, and in the evening Paris was brilliantly illuminated. The illumination was universal, ex tending to all the bye streets and the suburbs. The members of the Provisional Government took their seats on the platform at the Barriere de l'Etoile to distribute the colours at eight o'clock in the morn ing, and did not quit the platform until ten at night. The i}[onileur says— " It is calculated that at least 400,000 armed men defiled before the Provisional Government. Never did so powerful an army display its ranks in so nar row a space in so short a time, and with so much calm. Never did the Cabinet of a great people make a manifestation so colossal or so reassuring." The following is the speech made by M. ARAGO, the Minister of War, to the colonels of the regiments assembled to receive the colours : " Colonels of the National Guard and the Army,— The Provisional Government is about to confide these colours to your honour, and to the honour of the citizens and soldiers whom you command. Let these Republican colours, of which history consecrates the glorious remembrance, recal at all times to your eyes the living image of free and regenerated France. Let our hearts be penetrated with the holy device of the Republic, henceforth become the immortal faith of the country. If that country have need of your arms, let this flag serve as a guide to your courage. Let it be, in the midst of peace, a symbol of disci pline and order, a signal of rallying for the defence of those great principles which the Revolution has proclaimed, and which the Republic will revive. Citizen soldiers, soldier citizens, all children of the people, equally dear to the people, carry with pride that emblem of the strength and of the grandeur of the armed people. It is for the Republic a pledge of union and of power—for all free people a guarantee of alliance and friendship—and for the people who are yet oppressed a hope of being liberated. Colonels, in the name of the Republic, we take God and man to witness that you swear fidelity to its flag." The colonels, lifting their swords, replied, "We swear it! Vive la Republique!" The first of the colours was then distributed by M. DUPONT (de l'Eure), and the others by the other members of the Provisional Government, each making a short ad dress in delivering the colours. Immediately after wards, that is, at eleven o'clock, the defiling com menced. About fifty veterans of the army of the Empire, each wearing a uniform of that period, took part in the/de of Thursday. They were headed by an old man in the costume of the Imperial Guard, who, it was said, had attained the age of 102. He supported himself en a stick, and brandished his sword with his left hand when he heard the illarseddaise or the Chant du Depart. This small troop of grognards was loudly cheered by the people. The following manifesto from the chiefs of the secret societies was extensively placarded over Paris on Wednesday : " Republicans—The organization of our secret so cieties dates from 1815. Our object then was to overthrow an odious power ; we were untiring in the pursuit of that end. Persecutions, exile, im prisonment, the scaffold, instead of discouraging us, only increased- our energy.. Berton, Bories, Caron, those glorious martyrs, sealed their devotion to the holy cause of liberty with their blood. Our indefatigable perseverance effected the triumph of 1830. But the people did not know how to turn the ,victory to account. Thelbourgeoisie re-established the throne. We were, therefore, compelled to resume our labours. This time we had a twofold mission to fulfil—the establishment of a republican form of government, and the foundation of a new social order. On the 24th February we gained the republic ; the political question is solved. What we now seek is the solution of the social question—it is a speedy relief for the sufferings of the labouring classes—it is, in short, the application of the principles contained in our declaration of the rights of man. " DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. " The object of our so c i e ty is the maintenance of the natural unlimited rights of men ; in other words, the realisation of the republican formula—Liberte, E ga lite, Fraternite. " The first right of man is the right of existence. This right implies another, namely, the perfect de velopment, and unshackled exercise of the physical, mo ral, and intellectual faculties of man : it is this right which constitutes liberty. " Liberty is equal to all men. " The natural consequence of this liberty is the right of association ; of manifesting our philosophical, political, and religious opini ons . " Labour is one of the c on ditions of the life of man. Society is bound to provide work for each of its members, and the means of existence to those who are incapable of working. " No poor under the republic. " Agriculture and industry, those two great sources of the wealth of nations, are deserving of all the solicitude of the state. "Under property we understand the individual or collective right of making use of what we possess. " This right is subordinate to the interests of society, and must be regulated by law. " The revenue arising from property, as well as the produce of labour, are subject to taxation. "Taxation should be gradual; that is to say, in proportion to the excess of competency, and should never touch the indispensable. " Physical, moral, and intellectual education is due by sociality to all its members. No man may be deprived of the blessings of public education. " Instruction should be open gratuitously to all. "Law is the expression of social relationship. " The will of the people can alone establish and maintain it. Justice is the guardian of the laws, rights, and duties. Justice should be open to all, and rendered by the elect of the people. "The only sovereign is tke people. " Sovereignty is indivisible and unalienable. " The Government can only exist and exercise its power in virtue of the delegation of the people. " Every citizen is elector—every citizen eligible. " Every citizen is admittable to public offices. " The army is the people organized for the defence of their rights and their territory. " It consists of all citizens capable of bearing arms. " All men are brothers. "Fraternity is the moral link between nations; it establishes common interests between them. " Every Government that violates the eternal prin• ciples of Egalite, Liberte, and Fraternite is the enemy of the people. To put it down is the most holy of duties. " To the work, then, brethren ! " The world beholds us. Ours be the task to assure the present, and lay a foundation for the future. Let us unite s close our ranks for the electoral struggle which is preparing. Let ns not forget that those who are not for us are against us; no transactions are possible between the supporters of privileges, disguised to-day as Re publicans, and the fervent apostles of democracy. Our task is immense. It is not France alone that looks to us for salvation ! Let our aspirations spread beyond the limits of our country. All nations are brothers, and let each of them share our ideas of re generation. " In the name of our brothers, we, members of the late Secret Societies. " Roussel (Prosper), Marchand, Dorgal, Boivin, Arago (Etienne), Ledoux (Joseph), Leroux, Juin, Desmoulin, Albert, Montmahon, Caus eidiere, Baland, Flocon (Ferdinand), Grand menil, L'Heritier (de l'Ain), Foix, Dugros prez, Lechallier, Voirnier (Victor), Galland, Pornin, Vilin, Vanante, Cahaigne, Jourdan, Bechet, Dieumegard, Bernard, Palanque, Gal lois, Rocher, Cosnier, Ducoudray, Pilhes, Fayolle, Somerat, Dessaigne, Desmaisons, Barbier, Detis, Bulot, Boileau, Zammaretti, Laugelot, Lamotte, Mandriere, &c." We find in these papers some curious details as to ,he events of Sunday—details well calculated to throw light on the inotives of the ultra-Republicans, and which would go far to prove that they are in fact mere tools in — the hands of those who seek to restore a monarchy. _ _ On Sunday, according to the Monde Republicain, M. BLANQUI went to M. LEDRU ROLLIN, and said to him, " Give me a categorical answer, are you for or against us ? say yes or no." M. LEDRU ROLL - m, wish ing to avoid a positive answer, began to say, " At this moment we ought to be united," and was proceed ing, when M. BLANQUI again demanded, " Yes, or no ? You make no answer. Adieu! It is no M. LEDRU ROLLIN, on being questioned upon this by M. LANIARTINE, was blamed by him, and told, " You are wanting in your duty—you ought to have arrested him." The same journal says Yester day morning a person was arrested with the following circular in his hand The chiefs of sections are invited to go at six o'clock precisely to the Hotel de Ville, where there will be presented to the Provi sional Government a petition for the dismissal of a certain part of the members of the Provisional Go vernment. If this petition does not receive a satis factory answer, the people of Paris, who made the revolution of 1848, will do themselves justice. " It is somewhat singular that on Monday morning, before the arrival of the post from Paris, a personage, formerly high in the confidence of LOUIS PHILIPPE, stated that there had been severe fighting in the streets of Paris on the preceding day, and expressed an expectation that ere long the Princes would be restored. This is the more singular when we recol lect the revelations of the Revue Retrospective as to the relations formerly subsisting between BLANQUI and the Government of LOUIS PHILIPPE. The fol ewaing passage from th e ltlessager seems to confirm the suspicion that th ere were persennages r a th er than persons connected w i t h t h e at t emp t e d enteute of Sunday It says :—" One of our subscribers asks t nnd ay who could have been the two horsemen, in blue half uniform coats, with embroidered collars, who on Sunday were near the esplanade of the Invalides at the moment when the last files of the workmen of the Champs de Mars crossed the bridge on their way to the Hotel de Ville. One was short in stature, with out beard, and with long hair. At the following words spoken by the workmen who surrounded him and his companion, Can we rely on your assistance ?' He replied, Yes, my friends, rely upon me,' and the workmen then said, You know that we have mus kets, only take care that we have balls, and that will • suffice.' " The following from the Assemblee Nationale shows the sort of liberty patronized by the Clubbists : " Our readers will find it difficult to believe that a Comite de Salut Public' can possibly exist at Paris, and yet we can certify that the following facts are of the most rigorous exactitude. The journal La Com mune de Paris is installed at No. 16, Rue de Rivoli, in a vast edifice, which belonged to the civil list of the Duchess d'Orleans. On Sunday, whilst dis quietude reigned in Paris, and whilst the National Guard paraded the city in every direction, some men of suspicious appearance addressed exciting observa tions to the groups, and seemed anxious to plunge into a quarrel. A respectable old man, who made some conciliating observations, was suddenly brutally seized by some strange-looking men in blue blouses, with a large floating sash of red cloth, and a cravat of the same colour, and dragged to No. 16, Rue de Ri voli. A curious spectator followed the cortege. He witnessed all that we are about to relate, and his cha racter and position, with the consideration he enjoys, do not permit us to doubt his word. On arriving, he saw in the interior of the hotel a garrison, with the same aspect, the same costume. Armed men, the musket in the hand, were placed as sentinels at the gate of the hotel, in the court-yards, on the stair cases, at the entry of the apartments. After passing an entresol guarded by sentinels, our informant, following the old man and his cortege, passed through a vestibule, and through some small saloons crowded by armed men, and arrived in an immense saloon splendidly furnished. lie there saw a person of middle height, of about forty years of age, with a beard, of a brief and haughty manner of speak ing, of a sombre and bilious physiognomy, who unex pectedly surprised in the midst of orders which he was giving to those around him, violently questioned the chief at the head of the cortege. This man replied, Citizen Sobrier, I bring before you a suspect. I believed it right to cause him to be arrested by your Monts cards because he appeared to me to be a cicVeumes re actionary propagandist." Give explanations this instant,' said Citizen Sobrier, in a theatrical tone. A person who, who, like our curious informant, had followed the cortege, stepped forward and explained the facts. 11, Be brief,' cried Citizen Sobrier energetically. The witness, agitated by the strange spectacle which sur rounded him, hesitated and stammered. er ' e criedd and t d h e j d u e d c g ux ep e as d s i t o ta n a t t e A hi p c : b o l inel only endeavoured to explain the motive of the arrest. The witness made a few simple observations in favour 1 0f the accused. The accused, in Q his turn, l y ploye i words of conciliation. He then asked be fore what authority he had the honour to appear. Before the citizen chief of Commune de Paris,' answered Sobrier. The old man and the wit ness who deposed in his favour, were then called on to give their names and addresses, and, after some protests of the accused, Sobrier exclaimed, Allons ! For this time be off with you, and do not begin the same work again !' Whilst this was pass ing in the large saloon, the windows of which open on the balcony of the Rue de Rivoli, strange scenes were occurring in the other rooms. For example, a voice cried from an adjoining room to the armed men in the ante-chambers, Montagnard—one, two, three—let them pass ! Montagnard, an order to be executed, &c. As soon as the accused, having ob tained a permission to pass, was set at liberty, our informant, who was also obliged to demand a pass, heard the observation, We have frightened him terribly.' Now, we ask, what is the authority of the citizen Sobrier? By wh(.ln. is he delegated ? What is this garrison of three hundred men, in blue blouses and red sashes, whom he calls his Montagnards, who protect all the approaches to the journal La Commune de Paris ? In what times do we live ?" We are happy to find that the best feeling exist, between the National Guard and the army. The Lllessager says, that on Wednesday, the Pro visional Government received numerous deputations from the National Guard, demanding authorisation to go out in corps to the villages in the environs of Paris to meet the regiments of the line arriving for the review, and bring them triumphantly into the city. To this it was answered, that the army could not as a body enter Paris until after the elec tions, as it was necessary that there should be no ground for suspecting that this first great act of the sovereignty of the people could be in any manner influenced. The delegates of the National Guard re tired convinced of the reasonableness of this determination, and yesterday there were nume rous petitions signed for the recal of the troops after the elections. In several of these petitions the National Guards offered each of them to quarter one soldier of the regiments to come in to-day for the review, and consequently they would not be obliged to return to their cantonments before to-morrow. The Garde Nationale Mobile have, through their officers, expressed their willingness, in case of any new alerte, to be first called out without taking the citizen soldiers from their occupations. " We know full well," said the bearers of this offer, " that if we became engaged with superior numbers, the National Guard would hasten to support us." Yesterday morning, on this offer being make known, many officers of the National Guard went to the barracks of the Gardes Mobiles, and fraternised with their officers. In the Rue de Clichy were seen more than two hundred officers in the two uniforms walk- ing arm•in-arm up to the Batignolles. Within the last two days twenty-five waggon loads of muskets, eseorted by detachments of National Guards, have been brought from Vincennes, and deposited at the different Mairies at Paris, to be delivered out to the National Guards. The National Guards of Havre are signing an ad dress of thanks and congratulation to the National Guards of Paris, for their recent manifestation in defence of "order in liberty." The address con cludes as follows :—"'National Guards, France con • templates you with gratitude ; she may now without fear confide to your patriotism the safeguard of her representatives. All your brothers in the provinces would be proud, like us, to march at your summons, if the inviolability of the National Assembly should ever be menaced." M. QUENAULT, Councillor at the Court of Casea tion, has addressed the following letter, dated April 18, to the Minister of Justice : " Monsieur le Ministre—The decree of this day, in destroying the fixity of judicial situations, removes from society one of its last guarantees, and strips the various law functionaries of their dignity. it, does not suit me to preserve the functions of a coun cillor at the good pleasure of a minister, or to permit the office to be slighted in my person by a measure which I deny your right to order. In consequence, I have the honour of sending you in my resignation of my functions as councillor at the Court of Cassa tion.-1 am with respect, Monsieur le Ministre, your very humble servant, 4 , QUENAULT." M. D'HARCOURT is, we understand, appointed Minister from France to Rome, and M. DE TALLINAY Minister to London. _ _ „ A letter from St. Gaudens states that the forest of Eoux had been set on fire and was nearly consumed ; and, that another tract of plantation, separating Chaun from St. Beut, had been in part burnt down some days before. At the time the letter was written, the latter wood was burning to an extent of 10 or 12 kilometres (6 or 7 miles). The forest of Marignac also has been set on fire, but a heavy rain has extin guished the flames. Bands of thieves are laying waste the country around St. Etienne. These malefactors have directed their designs of devastation particularly against reli gious houses, under the impression that they must contain money. They entered a convent at St. Jenest-Lerpt, and, finding nothing of value that they could take away, destroyed the furniture, and did as much damage as they could. They also visited con vents at Villard and St. Priest, aad, after breaking the furniture to pieces, set fire to it. At Latour the nuns gave their unwelcome visitors drink, and thus gaining time, were saved by the population com ing to their aid. At Lyons the troubles still continue. Accounts from Algiers state that the Governor- General had declined starting as a candidate for the representation of the colony in the National Assembly. The Moniteur publishes the following return of the state of the Bank of France up to Thursday evening, the 20th of April : ASSETS. Cash and ingots . . 51,265,750 58 Cash at branch banks 37,473,385 00 Overdue bills ... •.. 22,890,104 09 Bills falling due in Paris, of which 30 243,044 f. arc from the branch banks 196,697,311 59 Bills in the branch banks . . 47,369,291 79 Advances on coin and ingots ... 4,475,100 00 Ditto on public securities of France . . 11,466,882 90 Due from the branch banks on their notes in circulation ... ••• ... 15,222,500 00 Rentes of the reserve fun d ... 10,000,000 00 Rentes of disposable fun ds 11,660,197 89 Hotel and furniture of the bank ... 4,000,000 00 Interest in branch bank at Algiers ... 1,000,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Bills protested ••• ... 9,162,600 23 Bills arising from the sale of Rentes to Russia yet to be received ... Expenses of administration Sundries • • ••• ••• ••• Advances to the State on Bons du Tr6sor of the Republic 360,067 19 419,467 40 181,090 64 ... 50,000,000 00 500,852,749 30 GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. HANOVER. Hanover, according to the latest accounts, was in a very unsettled condition. The people are by no means satisfied with the tardy concessions granted to them by the KING. There have, it is said, been serious disturbances at Hildesheim. General HALKETT, at the head of the Hanoverian contingent, was to cross the Eider and enter Schleswig-Holstein on the 18th. BAVARIA• King Lunwm has at length been permitted to leave Munich for Switzerland. PRUSSIA. Accounts from Berlin of the 17th state that the Prussian troops under Prince RADZIVIL have received orders to enter Schleswig and to attack the Danes. The Prussian Ministry has failed to negotiate a ,oan with ROTHSCHILD. A letter from Aix-la-Chapelle, of the 18th, an• nounces the renewal of disturbances there. On that day all the shops were closed, the Riot Act was read, and a coliflict took place between the people and the troops, in which many lives were lost. Troops have since arrived from Cologne and Juliers. LIABILITIES. Capital ... ... 67,900,000 00 Reserve fund ... ..• 10,000,000 00 Reserve immobiliire .., 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 298,008,300 00 Ditto of the branch bank ... ... 15,222.500 00 Ditto to order (Post- bills) ... 1,823,792 00 Account current with Treasury creditor 36,885,365 95 Various accounts current . . 59,442,981 87 Bills payable at sight . . Re-discounts of the last half-year ... Dividends unpaid ... Dscounts, interest, and expenses Branch Bank of Algiers, sum not yet employed in Treasury Bonds Branch Bank drafts to be paid Sundries ... 991,000 00 728,692 37 254,041 25 3,180,479 02 ... 1,091,298 69 1,119,223 88 ... 205,074 27 500,852,749 30 It will be seen from this statement that there is hitherto not the slightest appearance of amelioration in the Bank of France. The cash continues to di minish, the past due bills to increase, the amount at the credit of the Treasury to diminish, the accounts current with private individuals also to diminish, the accommodation given to the public, as shown by the amount of the bills falling due in Paris, falling off to a woeful extent. THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia attended divine service yesterday morning at the chapel of the Prussian Legation in the Savoy. On Monday his Royal Highness leaves town for Strathfieldsaye, on a visit to the Duke of Wel lington. DEATH OF TILE HON. LADY M U RRAY.—ACCOHDtS have been received from Turin of the death of the Hon. Lady Murray, which took place on the 10th instant. The deceased lady was only daughter of John, second Lord Mulgrave. Her Ladyship was born on the 19th of .clay, 1788, and married, on the 25th of August, 1807, Lieutenant-General Sir John Murray, Bart., who died in 1827. The Marquis and Marchioness of Nor manby, the Earl and Countess of Mulgrave, the Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Phipps, the Hon. and Rev. A. and Lady Elizabeth Phipps, and several families of dis tinction are placed in mourning by the decease of her Ladyship. A PROLIFIC EWE.—A few days ago, a small Scotch ewe belonging to Mr. Mark, grocer, of Thursby, yarned four lambs, all of which are likely to be reared. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, APRIL 16.—The Wiener Gazette of this day contains the official notification that, in conse quence of the formation of a responsible Ministry for Hungary, who will be empowered to manage the ex chequer of that kingdom, the Cabinet of Vienna has deemed it necessary to refer a portion of the national debt to that kingdom. The EMPEROR has addressed a letter to the ARCHDUKE PALATINE on the subject, in which he informs him of the fact, and announces that the quota which will be borne by the kingdom of Hungary will be about one-fourth of the I public debt of the entire empire, and will amount to about ten million of guilders interest annually. The EMPEROR has assigned one thousand guilders towards defraying the expenses of the civic guard. The Council of Ministers, which generally assem bles every day, is deeply engaged in devising the most efficient measures for the speedy pacification of the Italian provinces, in providing the needful pecu niary supplies for carrying out the armaments, and for improving commerce, in removing the most ob noxious taxes imposed upon the landed proprietors in many of the provinces, and in making those changes in the affairs of the state which will be called for by the requirements of the new constitution. The most important task imposed on the _Ministry was, however, the consolidation of the constitution itself on such a basis, that the well-founded ex pectations of all might be met, the earnest desire of the EMPEROR for the maintenance 01 peace might be manifest, and the happy results of constitutional arrangements be called into action. It will shortly be officially promulgated, and its effects will be most beneficial, if it causes the re newal of confidence in the renovation of trade, corn merce, and every branch of manufactures, for it is only by securing the means of employment to an industrious population, and thereby securing to them an honourable maintenance, that the permanent well being of all classes of the community can be secured. The Wiener Gazette says that, incredible as it may appear, the rumour obtains at Vienna, that Prince METTERNICH has been for some days resident in the vicinity of the Imperial Palace. It cites the Amster dam Handesblad, to show that the Prince was at the Hague on the 6th, and concludes by saying—The Prince is too well aware of the feelings which pre vail against him at Vienna, to appear here again, and thereby to expose himself to manifest personal danger.— Wiener Zeitang, April 16. VIENNA, APRIL 14.—The Breslau Gazette states that a deputation from Laibach had an audience yes terday, demanding the dismissal of the Governor Count HOKENWOKTII. Another deputation of nobles came from Bohemia, bringing with them threatening notices from the peasants, according to which four thousand peasants are on the eve of rising against the nobles. In Prague, the Burggrave itUDOL PH STADION has been compelled to retire, in conse quence of the opposition of the nobles, and from Lemburg we learn that Count STADION, the Go vernor, who has been universally recognised as the most liberal of Governors, has lost all his popularity by an inconsiderate expression to a deputation in which he made some allusive threat to the Russians. The intelligence from Pesth is equally unsatis- factory. The whole population opposed the departure of some troops for the provinces beyond Hungary, and from Dalmatia we have just received the news that Zara is in com plete revolt against the Austrian Govern ment. Under these circumstances, what counsel and assistance can be given by a Ministry ? The Cologne Gazette of the 20th contains an article on the declaration of the Council of Fifty at Frankfort, nominating the King of PRUSSIA umpire in the Schleswig-Holstein affair. This act it con siders to be no other than manifest " usurpation " on the part of Prussia, and utterly at variance with the declaration of the King of PRUSSIA, who utterly re nounced the idea of wishing to usurp any authority over other powers. FRANKFORT. At the sitting of the 17th of the German Diet, the Prussian Government was called upon to nominate immediately the commandant-ill chief of the Prussian troops ready for service, and of those belonging to the 10th corps of the army, and to give the Diet notice of such nomination. On the proposition of the military committee, the Diet has refused the application made by the Sardinian Government to allow horses to leave the country for Turin, basing their refusal upon the resolution of the Bth March, which prohibits the exportation of horses. Prince CHARLES of Bavaria, appointed command ant-in-chief of the 7th and Bth corps of the army, has been requested to make known where he has fixed his head-quarters, in order that the Diet may be provided with the means of making use of his ser vices the moment the present state of affairs, and particularly the position of matters in the Baden Oberland, and on the Upper Rhine, render them necessary. At the same time the Diet has placed under his orders, until further commands, the troops of the Electorate Hesse, which, upon the application of the Government of Baden, were sent off (after the resolution of the 15th) to join the Bth division of the army. Relative to the Poles lately arrived at Stras burg, the Government of the Grand Duchy of Baden has been called upon to put in execution the mea sures which, according to the orders given at the sitting of the 12th, were taken in regard to the Poles who had already passed the frontier. The Committee of Thirty has sent a deputation to Berlin to require the immediate and, if necessary, compulsory execution of paragraph 3 of the Decree of the German Diet of the 4th of this month, and to demand in addition, that they in no way alter the former state of affairs in the Duchy of Schleswig, or defer the complete evacuation of this duchy by the Danes, in conformity with article 43 of the conclu sive Act of the Congress of Vienna, and that the Germans kept prisoners by the Danes in the different localities of the Duchy of Schleswig be immediately set at liberty. POLAND. Many engagements have taken place with the Prussian troops in the neighbourhood of Oster wo. A moveable Prussian corps is organized near Graudenta to act as a corps of observation on the western frontiers of Prussia. Near Trzemeszno the Poles have massacred four Jews, and are said to have ransacked the properties of many others, merely because they gave refresh ments to the soldiers. The Weslpkalian Mercury announces that Genera de Pfael has left Berlin for St. Petersburgh, in trusted with a mission in relation to the affairs o Poland. The Silesian Gazette states that the Russian autho rities have given orders to all the landowners of Poland to deliver up all their grain for the supply of the Government store-houses—particularly barley, oats, peas, &c. They are to be paid one-half in ready money, that is, in bank-notes; for the re maining half th ey are to receive T reas ury -bills, which are to be taken as ready money in payment of ..............M...............................16........ the taxes. Any person who is,,eognizant of the rich' n ess of Poland in all sorts of g rain can easily coo' eei e the immense magazines they wve for e this purpose, and the immense force ill ha these to ere meg zines are intended for. POSEN, APRIL 15. Anarchy is st ill rife her s; everywhere we hear of excesses, plunders, i& West iurdee. The attempts of the Po les in Prussia to revolutionize have signally failed, and tlli German inhabitants are every where evincing td greatest indignation against them as well as a fill r e so lve to maintain their own freedom. The Pail portion of the province, say th e y , may be re-orgesnizei ,n a Polish manner, but the German portion sir firmly resolved to remain German, and to be on ll ' Accoun t a malgamated with th eir polish fellow-sulf jects. Schroda has been evacuated by t h e insti t l g ents, but unhappily not in a manner to lead us hope for peace. Much blood has been shed. OSTROW°, APRIL 14. -- Th i s city h as heel plunged into great al arm ,by the arrive wiling , of three couriers, calling off the to Dobrzyce. Thus we are left without an d military protection whatever, to the mercy el. the s cythemen, who have vowed to avenge the dot; of th e ir brethren who fell yesterday and the dal b e fore. The Burgomaster has been compelled All restore all the scythes which we took yesterdaY• l'; the women and children, Christians as well as e' a _, l have already fled from the city, taking with them c arry e tt _ . whatever property they could manage to only the men have remained. Unless to 0 sistance be instantly sent, we must fall. We can report from a sure quarter that Irl e t h .. e : is to be bombarded to-morrow, and that all the P.'e_ j sian troops who were stationed on the frontiers bele; the city have been concentrated there. If r i ,. e tr igl does not surrender, which is not expected, o - d catastrophe will be developed. At the tok ig vi ii Schroda yesterday MIEROSLAWSKI very 1) , 1111° 1 30 0 escaped being killed. Slight skirmishes 0 180 te j, taken place, and many persons have been orr es , ot 4 General WILLISEN has, however, pledged his '' t b o that there shall be a gen eral amnesty for all partstiltt of passed. There is intelligence from other . 0 it Posen that the troops are much dispersed, bee/itillicite is absolutely . necessary that every place 511°- g garrison ed.—Cologne ed.—Cologne Gazette, April 20. f S ' DENMARK AND THE nt iv— ... i , . The King of DENMARK is still at Schleswig,D'iroy in n his troops for the approaching struggle Wi tie '" 1/ sia. The enthusiasm in Denmark is, if pen 'tile the increase, and such is the energy 513 00 ' er e! , war department, that already, including the r es oo st the Danish forces in Jutland and Schleswig al:3111s to 40,000 men. The Minister of War exPresso io' conviction that, if necessary, this force wi ll /the creased to 100,000. The efforts and energi: to Danish Government, seconded as they or e . ( 0 1 e' patriotism r of the whole nation, are truly 11011 w itli he naval forces of Denmark are orgiiniiirlrescli wonderful rapidity. Two large frigates are 13 f eifit fitted out, and, exclusive of the Danish ship s ° t t io Already at sea (some of them hovering abou t of roads leading into the principal 5e5111.0.0e ment, and Prussia), every day is increasing the nelod.cotion of what is to be expected should the Prussia,co of giving pretty clearly on inO .end other troops venture beyond the Preeln,, to holstein. In the meanwhile troops ,he G, , rmanic Confederation are daily liirchiugliiities• llolstein, and the total number of Pr IL " 1 01 B ilanoverians, Oldenburghers, Mecklenburghersl,ooo t runswickers, must now amount to a force act the o 18,000 men, exclusive of the forces and et control of the Provisional Government. Tiiirsoyef quarters are at Rendsburg, but the troops t he Re eelY beleveloto are dispersed in the villages between Alto n( -I ; pen e burg, and Kiel, to the great annoyance en d e qu a' of the inhabitants upon whom the/ . a tir ,, e mbid tered. Prince RADZIVIL has arrived at Ge' to take the command of the Prussian Veer' ro il neral HALKETT commands the 10th cerP s tra gs tei and A the Duke of BRueswics. is also at head-4;0,11: in very current report at Hamburgh, and. expecte6re fromAltona, London, to take the command of the C AP el rate troops. TE TESTIMONIAL TO TOM S 'll -11 1 We are happy to acknowledge the firs t c°" l , tion to the Testimonial suggested by our s i . : B e ti favour of that high-minded and disinterest ed Thomas Steele, the Head Pacificator of O'Conn ell. f 0 rash attempt at self-destruction, so fortunately trated on Wednesday evening , revealed t he esiste d of those pecuniary embarrassments which his b y : t able and sensitive spirit concealed from thastef whom the nobility of his character w as fallY s,llil ciated. Subjoined is the letter, just received, ste el' as the first communication in reference to the Testimonial," we lay before our readers. TO THE EDITOR OF THE S a fi l; g a SIR,—A few friends (at try house) rea d y report of the case of Tom Steele in your T l3ll- 0 .131c edition, i subscribed the enclosed a mount (51'):i thin will thank you tolappropriate in the waY Y cP- 1 et best for to worthy and excellent a patriot" . Sir, yours very respectfully, n 0 1 ' JAMES Cg - George Hotel, Aldermanbury, April 20. C . SPORTING INTELLI — ' 6 — rto ol 1° °I BETTING AT MANCHEST E. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STA/lES.--- 5 r ,60 t ° o Blaze (taken twice)-5 to 2 agst Flatcale b i e n to 1 agst Fern (t)-6 to 1 off agst Loadst ong"'" t 0 1 ° Sunnyside. 1 tig s- 0 ° DERBY.-8 to 1 a gs t Surplice-10 to ~s y - 4 1 dower-10 to 1 agst Springy Jack -13 to 1 i l g st; ei stone-18 to 1 agst Ea le's Plume-- 25 t ° 1 00 . Stinger (t to 1001). Offers to take Q, 00 0 - t° ~ „),A Rosslyn and Cervus jointly. CHESTER CUP.-140 to 10 agst ale ( t ) le to 10 agst Glen Saddel (t)-300 to 1 0 3 ,g,, st „gst P I War ....-.. G tseA fo —l,OOO to 25 agst Swiss Boy (t)-400 to lu - P ,4 Nothing else mentioned. HUNTING APPOINTMENTit colit''' Her Majesty's Stag lids., Mon., S t° '; 11. Thurs., Fri., and Sat., in the New Forest---tiw TV, Sinnington, Tues., Helmsley-9. r. age; M Lord Itedale's s., Mon., Ranger , °-- s x' , i .' South Lawn. po i ' Earl Fitzwilliam's rids., Mon., Bedford r , ~ Thurs., Blatherwyeke Park-10 ett' Sir H. Seate's Lids., Wed., Welster CroSs' - 4 . v . ri C' n and Somerset Stag lids., Tues. and` ' bur ton. sham, near Porlock-101. Vfol; Pytchley lids., Mon., Deene Park; We cl ' n ' o lY House; Fri., Brigstock Kennels; Sat., Bought" _ BOW-STREET.—(THIS The examination of Thomas Steele, Esq ., ° ° o l4 of attempting to commit suicide, had been slip take place this morning, but it was found that fe ti '5; 4 continued so severe that he could not with 0 % v ed' moved from King's College Hospital, w here TtieV The examination, therefore, was postponed /cod when it is expected he will be sufficiently r e° brought before the Court. f', C jo L sep E h ß pa K rt E rid N g DA d i!. three youths, i❑ Maiden-lane, last jhevEaoerhgunl:indBL:w.:77l. a 0. 0 roil It appeared from the evidence that s c- V ~ lis if 8 0,bs of whom the • - prisoners were the !ewers,. , t , s r d s, garden luto f a e n n d ces t ,. ro thr i the habit a _ _ e of assembling for some eve° l , ° ,. P e al (i o fj `t (4 '• mthe(ncrdirsiell'aatillind: jar°d-hifs:tirer-betio,; M id n-lane, creating much disturbance, %ill 'Ai thoroughfare . t. O th at 1, being • . applied to by some of the inhabits: vtroci,jl/4 prisoners, as the leaders, into custodY• ' s ; e cii s , ° , o l- , great number of stakes, which the Y l ° l4 'l P ti -° of Henryy ell i n yelling Harmer, abnedforndeav throw procession,t pnvholg. enlmidriving stones, nc alloe carried as staves, and which were the o° l-5 ) )1 0,1 destruction of the garden fences in the las e t iy 00 1 ' 4 weapons and dispersed when t t h hey did not make any resistance, but e l :" tbeA, be toe i ''' pecA" prisoners into cust o d y . He did ns,ls3 taanwasnbosidltteeh:tgeOhCefelirls.akui:tttelibi.:tr-constable 'l to take any of the others. When he ' l3 ' e ll I were marching in procession, and 1 12 ° Ie t' ' stieg they met. he a ,t ) ,, e t o _ The magistrate, Mr. TY AWHIT 91:1010,4"; jetil in a severe lecture; but, as they submitte d ' l.l police, he discharged them. 5 ,10 .e.Ati e Dl ° .........------------;1 ly v.. o` , CHELSEA. BENEVOLENT SOCIETT.---u°,,,fC Yli , Ai evening a meeting of the members ofthe sliciej''olSl society was held at the Commercial 0 311 ' h icla O r d Chelsea. From the ninth annual report , "' cc " 01, 00,, before the meeting, it appears that tbs s ifee tes he o at ", course of its benevolent operations ha s e a of t w ri good among the destitute and helpless Pc)-rietic,;oi,,,'' trict. The number of individuals exr. h sad '9,.41:t benefits of the charity having numbered 8 ' l e tf ',,% r + cases the providential assistance of the ee e t jafr i otti means of saving life. It was mentioned t lO O O c . e lf present season of distress and almost of O ci n e ci p' tien—it required the utmost exertions ox cc, 0 , -,,j meet the numerous claims upen its assi 6t9ll, se e34l4 e c n o tt -o b p le er i a t ti t o o n ca o r f ry t o h u e t b a e u n d evolent vis t s ha ul : o 7lC of Clir complete it had begun.