The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-06 00:00:00

This Day is published, in post Elvo., price 10s. 6d., A . THREE YEARS' CRUISE in the MOZA3IBIQUE CHANNEL. For the Suppression of he Slave Trade. By Lieut. BARNARD, R.N. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ord:nary to her Majesty. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY' LIND. " 1"L- Ti v . NoMlity , Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that there will be a Grand EXTRA NIGHT en THURSDAY next, the 11th of May, on which occasion Medlle. JENNY LIND will appear In one of her favourite characters. LIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Appearance of Mdlle. JENNY LIND. The Ncfaility Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the pub lic are resoocuully informed that THIS EVENLNG will De performed, BeMies 'Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA. Antirsa, Mdlla. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Mdlle. Vera ; Count Rodolpho, sig. F. Lablache ; Elvino, Sig. Gardoni. To conclude with a DIVERM-SEMENT, in which will be intro duced Grand Pas, from Thea, by Mdlle. C. Rosati, supported by Mdlls. Ausundon, Julien, and Lamoureux. Pas de la Ro,iere, by Mdlle. Marie raglioni, and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Pas, from Rostda, by mdlie. Cerito and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlls. Ausundon, Julien, and Lamoureux. La Palermitana, front Fiorita, by Mdlle. Rosati and the Corps de Ballet. La Manola, Dy Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-otfice of the Theatre. The Free List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Doors open ai half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE. NATIONAL DE PARIS. Last Week but One, the whole of the troupe of the Cirque Na tional being obliged to return to Paris on the Pith of May. MDLLE. CAROLINE'S BENEFIT. THIS EVENING Various Feats of Equitation, by Mdlls. Palmyre, Anato, A. Had wiger, Conine, Ducos, Lambert, Le Petite Anato, &c.—Gymnastic Exercises, by MM. Adolphe Franconi, Lois,et, Newsome, Siegrist, Leroy, Le Petite Losset. &c.-31d11e. Caroline will appear in two Equestrian Acts, introducing the extraordinary pertormances of the horses Jupiter and Ruttier. Doors open at halt-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. IHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. - Ca the Management et Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new ci.mic Drama, called OLD HONESTY. Michael Bradshaw, Mr. Webster ; Joseph Bradshaw, Mr. H. Van dentioff ; :7 4 ir Perkins Besborough, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Septimus Hook, Mr. Tilbury ; Toby perch, Mr. Keeley ; Dame Bradshaw, Mrs. Glover; Mary, Miss Reynolds. After %latch, a new Comedietta, called A CONFIDENCE. Mr. i.resham, Mr. w ebster; Mr. Arthur Williams, Mr. 11. Vanden- Jloff ; Mrs. Gresham. Miss Reynolds. To conclu a with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole's in) sterious production, and cal.ed THE CASTLE OF 0 FRA;NTO. Mantred. Mr. Keeley; the Marquis Vhicenza, Mr. J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, air. Caulfield ; Hip poitto, Mrs. W. Clifford; Isabella, Miss Reynolds; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. thra re :tanager, Mir. Farrell; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. J. T. Archer, 1.:ox-bout. keeper. Boxes, 55.; Pit, 3a. ; Gallery, , Upper Gallery, is. Poor , 0r,...n a: Rat•oast Aix, Yermrmance in commerce at Seven. 111t.A'f Rh, ttVIAL, Under the direction o: Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST SOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lain ber " Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss ‘Voolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Tunier, &c. Atter which, a new Piece, entitled THE FOUNTAIN' ZEA or, the Child of Air. To conclude with THE COMRADES ; an Anec dote of the Span ish War. Principal characters by Messrs. Cu llenford, Boyce, Mun yard, Paul Legrand, C. J. Smith, I:pui, Miss k:• H arding ' BDc. loxes, 45.; i'it, 25., Gallery, Is. ' 9 ,, en at half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVEN [NO, Will be performed TUE SCARECROW., Principal characte rs b y Messrs. Buckstone, Selby , Gr anb y , and Charles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss Lee, and Mrs. Fitzwidiam. After which, an entirely new and original Classical Extravaganza, entitled THESEUS and ARIADNE ; or, the Marriage of Backus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smi t h , F . Cooke ; Miss Fitzwillhun, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madams Vestris. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac -110.1119Z3. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No b a u, price to any part of the house. The Buz-office, \o. 2, Wellin g t on-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. FRE.NCII PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, O d Bond-street. second Appearance since 1845 of M. Achard, and First Appearances in this Country et Mdlle. Desiree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre du Gymnase, Pa, is). On MONDAY EVENING The Entertainments will commence at Eight o'clock with A new Comedie-Tausleville, entitled SUZANNE DE CROISSY. Croissy, M. Julien Deschamps; Clia.malltae, M. Montaland ; Jean, M. Josset ; Belgrade, M. Chatelain , Suzanne, Mdlle. Baptiste. To be followed by C:+ItISTOPHE LE CORDIER. Christophe Cordier, M. chard; Le Vieom e Charles D'Annezay, M. Jourdan' ; Chlgnard de Clapleres, y, Tourillon ; Paturin, M. Lucien ; Madame Rigaud, Madame 't. Ante; Madeliene, Mdlle. Desiree. To conclude with VEUVE PINCIION. Philippe, M. Achard ; Catherine, 3ldlle. Desiree. i;oxes, Os. ; l'it, 3s. Gd.; Amphitheatre, 35.; Gallery, 2s Boxes and Stalls may be obtain , d at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33. Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEA FRE. ROBERT HOUDIN (ot the Pa'ais Royal, Paris).—The sur prising and intere,ting performances of ROBERT HOUDIN, which last night excited the highest and most enthusiastic aim ration, will be repeated THIS EVENING, and continued every Tuesday, Thurs day. and Saturday Evenings, during the present month. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at half-past Eight, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li- Drury, 113, Oid Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Nonland• place, - - Tills EN ING, ioe performed Goldsmith'. Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CON QUER. Hardeastle, Mr. tlilhert ; Young Marlow, Mr. J. Vining ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Hardeastle, Mrs. Se.by ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. S;irling ; Miss Neville, Miss Villars. After which a new Commediett, entitled DOMESTIC BLISS. Mr. Goodleman, Mr. Cooper; Adele, Mrs. Stirling; Rhoda, Mist Villars. To conclude with a Grand itallet, entitled ESNIEnALDA.; or, the Hunchback ol'itio,ri: Dame. Esmeralda, Mdlle Auri 1. I.res- Circle, : Ilsxes, 45.; i'it, ; Gallery, Is. .Uk1{1.:1" THEATRE. Under the d!rection of 11'. KtTschner. Last Six .Nights of Cinderella. Itatchless Performances Unrivalled Company—and the only Pantomime in London. Children ander rive admitted tor half-price. The Pantomime at an earlier hour to accommodates the juvenile branches of Families. 'l' If Is EVENING. Will he performed a Drama, entitled THE BOHEMIANS. Cha. ncters by Messrs. N. T Hick E F. Saville, R. Howler, Dale, J. Herbert, K Lewis, Jones, Mrs. It. Howler, and 31,3 E. Terry. After which, a Grand Fairy Comic Pantounine, entitled CIN DERELLA AND THE FAIRY QUEEN ; or. liar equlu an 1 the Little Glass Slipper. Colu bine, Mdile. Therdorg ; Harlequin, Mr. ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; and Clown. Mr. T Barry. To conclude with JACK JUNK and the OLD COMMODOKE ; or, a Seaman's Fireside. Jack Ju,,k, Mr. H. F Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'se ROYAL AM VIIITREATRE. Proprietor, NI r. W. Batty. Imrserme hit of the Easter Spectacle. Overflowing houses to wit ness the celebrated Mr. Van Am'airgh and his unequalled collection of trained animals, amongst which will be found tke great , st no velty ever seen, a Black Tiger, the first ever known to mingle with other animals, and has hitherto been con-idered untameable. TIIIS Will be presented a grand romantic Spectacle, written by Biyle Barnard, Esq., express:) , to introduce Mr. Van Amburgh in his astounding performance, founded upon a passage In Eugene Sti,'s celebrated novel of "The Wandering Jew," and will be produced ur der the title of MOROK, THE BEAST TAMER. Armand Dugard, Mr. Van Amburgh. The Spectacle will be succeeded by an incomparable routine of Mr. Batty's Scenes of the Arena, In which Signor Chiarini and Marietta Orsinago, from Italy, will have the honour of appearing. During the recess the Theatre has been entirely re-decorated. Boa-oftlce oven from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Commencenn nt of the Season. Grand Vocal and Instrumental. Concert. - —• First Appearance in England of the (seven) European Mel 7dists. The !lbite Is respectfully informed these Gardeiis will OPEN for the Season on SIONDAY, May 8, and- Three following Days, with a grand Pictorial Model, on a gigantic scale, by Danson, showing at a view the most striking features of the CITY of ROME. The Promenade Concerts will be on a most unusual scale of bril liancy, and to give effect to which, Godfrey's universally admired Band has been considerably increased, and an entirely new Orchestra constructed, which for size, beauty, and scientific arrangement, is un equalled. To give variety to this portion of the entertainment, the European Melodists will make their first appearance in England at these Gardens, and introduce various melodies in the different lan guages of Europe. - The Menagerie is une qualled — Shakspere's House—Remington'a also will be introduc e d ( tor the first t av e been re - decorated ; and Flight wined Perseus on his wied Ilippogiiffe, f 7,18 , 9 ndl , n g welerat or the 00 high, to the Rescue of Andr ome d a. Concluding witn'a l fi feet icent display of .rewo , ks, by Southby. Feeding of the Animals at Five o'clock—Concert at Slx—Fllght of Per-etts and Fireworks at Dusk. Admission to the whole, One Shilling, First Flower Show of the season on Wednesday, m ay 17. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti- cated by tne name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEA [HEIL—SUN OFFICE, MAY 6 , THERMOMETER. Lowest, 45. Highest, 66 Noon, 67. BAROMETER, 30.19.—vt IND S.; fine. LEIGH WATER AT LONDON LMIDt;E TUIS [JAI. Morning .. 3 min. after 4 Evening 33 .• min. after 4 • t 4- 15. '''''' II •-,•—• ii. OU 1 • NA,. - 10, !V, "tl'. • .-s°,,g,.._s._Yipie ,'.... 1tx....!;.. e -, T • 10 .. " ''' • ' " — MT ' V e.'— '4 - .11,Le - ning 4 - nu LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1848. more elaborate or, altogether, a more satisfac tory exp l anation could not possibly have been given i r'sPecting any diplomatic transaction of a debateable character than the one with which the Lord Presi dent of the Council yesterday evening rebutted the accusations of the Noble Lawler of the Opposition. Those accusations were merely the amplification of the charges which have been incidentally levelled within the last fortnight against the foreign policy of her MAJESTY'S Government. Ostensibly, the obj of Lord STANLEY, i n delivering his lung speech ect in the House of Lords last night, was to elicit a more detailed vindication of the course recently pursued by the Chief Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the representative of her Britannic Majesty at the Court of IsAnELLA, than had been given on the pre ceding evening in the other Chamber of Parliament, either by Lord J. RussELLor Lord PALMERSTON. As far as curiosity in regard to a transaction which has lately assumed a certain degree of importance from the un -I'4 W J r) T/I , " statesmanlike irritability of the Due DE S OTOMAYOR, E ls concerned, we are almost rejoiced at the inquisi .tiveness of Lord STANLEY. Otherwise, from our perfect appreciation of the motives by which the Dritish Cabinet should be actuated in its relation with . . ~~l THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 6, lB4B. the Cabinets of the Spanish and Portuguese penin sula, we cannot but regard the elucidative remarks uttered consecutively by the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, and the President of the Council, as evidences of extraordinary official condescension. Throughout the whole of the proceedings there has been no attempt whatever at prevarication. The manner in which the misunderstanding has originated lies as plainly before the public as the most overt quarrel ever recorded by historian or biographer. The progress of ill-feeling towards the Ministerial counsels of England on the part of the Duke DE SOTOMAYOR is as visible as the rise of the quicksilver in a thermometer on its intro duction to a warm atmosphere. Three letters consti tute the whole of this famous correspondence—three letters comprise the epitome of the circumstances which have conduced to the temporary estrangement of the Cabinets of Madrid and London. One from Lord PALMERSTON to Mr. (now Sir HENRY) BULWER, instructing him to offer certain recom mendations to the political advisers of Queen Isa- BELLA—one from the British Ambassador to the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, conveying the gist of these r ec ommendations to himself and his colleagues—and one from that Minister himself, re senting the interposition of Englan d in the in ternal legislation of an independent sovereignty, and enforcing his expressions of indignation by re turning the communications of our. A mbassador. From those three documents alone, if correctly reported, and dispassionately read, it would have been easy to arrive at a just conclusion as to whether our diplomatists could or could not be regarded as cul pable. If correctly reported, we have said. Now it is precisely that which has been the first stumbling.. block—it is precisely that which has excited all this animosity against Lord PALMERSTON, and has afforded some specious grounds for the animadversions of his antagonists. Lord PALMERSTON'S letter to Sir H. BULWER has hitherto appeared only in a garbled form—printed first of all in the French news papers, and thence finding its way through the filter of a double translation into our own columns and those of our contemporaries. Instead of being intended for perusal by the Spanish Go vernment, the letter dispatched from Downing street on the 16th of March was sent exclusively fur the personal guidance of the British Ambassador, and, according to an announcement made last night by the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, was actually marked "confidential." By the adroit omission of five Words, however, the letter has been so garbled as to appear i n th e li g h t o f a commun i cation inten tionally written for the inspection of the Spanish Government, and written too in language of the most absolute dictation. Restored to its original com pleteness the confidential dispatch of Lord PALMERSTON to Sir HENRY BULWER proves to be the vehicle for certain instructions intended solely for his individual gu idance —recommending, him in short, to advise the Narvaez Government to adopt a more legal and constitutional system " if a fitting opportunity (ffered." The erasure of those few syllables threw an apparent degree of culpability over the conduct of Lord PALM ERSTON, the minor culpa bility of addressing himself in terms of too much hauteur to the statesmen of an independent sove reignty. Immediately, however, that those syllables are restored to the copy of the com munication, that very letter vindicates the diplomatic character of Lord PALMERSTON. Yet, while it entirely exculpates Lord PAL MERSTON from the merest shadow of blame, it in culpates the representative of her Britannic MA JESTY at the Court of Madrid, and that rather seriously. Amended as the confidential dispatch is, by the restoration of the erased sentence (" if a fitting opportunity offers"), the tone of that dispatch sounds reproachfully, if not reprehensively in its bearing upon Sir H. BULWER. According to the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, the letter was marked " confidential" —according to its own simple and unmistakeable language, it recommended its recipient to offer certain suggestions to the Spanish Government " if a fitting opportunity occurred"--and yet, notwithstanding all this, Sir H. BULWER, so early as the 7th of April, transmita a copy of the communication, in a letter ad dressed by himself to the Due DE SOTOMATOR. At the first blush it would really seem to the uninitiated as if the facetious conjecture of Lord LisouGuem were correct, namely, that when Lord PALMER.,,TON recom mended the British Ambassador, "if' a fitting oppor tunity occurred," to do so-and-so, he meant, in the estimation of the latter, "that it was when Sir If. BULWER should have the rare opportunity if being possex.sed of a clean piece if white writing paper, a tolerably good pen, and a .spoonful of ink." Before, however, any positive censure can ue pronounced upon Sir HENRY LYTTON BULWER, fur what appears, at this moment, as an extravagant blunder, but which may have bee❑ rendered essential, in his opinion, from circumstances as yet unexplained, it is but just that a definitive condemnation should be postponed, until Sir H. 13uLwaa has himself been afforded an opportunity of vindicating his conduct. His able and distinguished career in diplomacy renders this temporary procrastination of judgment absolutely due to him on the simple score of justice. If de serving of reprehension, the British Ambassador at Madrid is only so far culpable inasmuch as he trans mitted a copy of Lord PALMERSTON'S confidential letter to himself to the Due DE SOTOMAYOR. Of the other accusation, the charge of conveying an official document to the Clamor Publico, he stands altogether acquitted, not only by that publication Eself, but also by the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs. As he has emerged unscathed from this incutation, we are sanguine enough to believe that he may effectually vindicate, or, at the least, very con sidtrably extenuate, his conduct in reference to the more serious subject of animadversion. Oltensibly, we have already remarked, the only purpos e of Lord STANLEY in addressing the House of Peers at such great length yesterday evening was the elucidation, if possible, of the facts connected with the 13ulwei.-t.:. , —..-my or correspondence. In reality his intention was more Fr „„d damaging. The Noble Leader of the Opposition was principally solicitous to bring into disrespect the foreign policy of the present Administration, and with this object in view he assailed Lord PALMERS• ToN'S reputation, not only through the correspondence just mentioned, but also through the incidents of the Italian mission of the Lord Privy Seal, and the sudden and the somewhat mysterious departure from England of the Duke and Duchess DE mom , - ',Num,. Upon both of these insidious points of attack, as well as upon the question al ready discussed, did buckler of truth and mho:gest:l:y. the Marquis of LANS DOWNE triumphantly the accuracy of the the He ba n t o t t ie on o ly f dhisipsrocvueld ),aut. LI iV2IIK cz him, the indestructible misertion of Lord STANLEY that had terminated in his zro in the Roman peninsula s h c a o s mti h t . ure, but he dissipated the efforts of Lord the abrupt shrouded the the obscurity which mabrupt departure particulars connected with occurrences c a u E - 011:the Duke and Duchess na r a r : enc Aj es this is not the least striking of thysoele: which will be remembered in after epi sodes in the revolutionary history in Euro as the the explanation as given in the very lang te a ; and, as Lord President of the Council must necesteri of l the more conclusive than any commentary, we transc y ri b b e e the following- paragraph articulated by the lips o, Lord LAN:•DOIONE ' In the same spirit has been originated a rumour which! formed anuthsr of the points to which the Noble Lord allude d, namely, that the Duke and Duchess d e to leave this • Atontpensier had been torced country, and had been treated with disrespect by the Soverei g n. I desire mint emphaticallyto say that nu such disrespect was initnded, that no such disrespect was shown. Her ' Ministers bad no intention of giving any Mrjesty s_ ad vice to their Sovereign on the subject. In the exercise of that generosity belongs to her of feeling which at all times, and which has been peculiarly displayed in the present awful situation of the Ni:orld, in w ic: so many persons, illustrious by their position and bh y their character, have been forced to resort to this country, her Majesty f e lt on ly those feelings of hospitality for which , he is Listinguished. It did so happen that the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier, who had been previously rest ived by her Majesty, and who had experienced those attention s which were shown by her Majesty to them, in common with t h e i r family, and all those to whom I have „eluted, had omitted th e usua l e t ique tte observed on such vious °l's, by goin g away w i thout h av i ng g i ven any pre ilotace 01 their intenti , n to do so." After the admirable speech of the President of the Council, who shall have the temerity to speak again of Lord PAT mERSTON in r ineffectual ea c i regard to Spain, of the Italians, „ or 4.). of Lord Ilarro among the th • • in of our Gracious SOVEREIGN, and the discourtesy of her Government towards the fugitive Duke and Duchess DE MONT PENSIER ? The House of Commons, by refusing their assent to the second reading of the County Courts Bill on Wednesday, have practically decided that the griev ances and hardships to which the less wealthy classes are exposed under the provisions, and mode of admi nistration of the code for the recovery of small debts, shall be perpetuated. We had supposed that these were not the times when the reasonable complaints of the working classes could be despised and dis regarded, and when distinctions should be permitted to exist by which a party indebted a few pounds only should be treated as a felon, and exposed to the degradation and contamination of being associated with thieves and pickpockets, and other habitual violators of the law—while another, whose only merit was, that he had obtained greater credit, and who owed, perhaps, a hundred times the amount, was treated with comparative leniency and forbearance, and allowed indulgences absolutely forbidden to his brother debtor. We must, however, acknowledge our error, and reluctantly confess that the fatal error of making one code of laws for the poor and another for the rich is still continued. The changes contemplated by the proposed mea sure were very trifling indeed, and by no means went to the full extent of meeting all the defects of the present law. Its principal object was "to prevent a person from being imprisoned for debt in any part of a gaol, except the debtors' side, or in any gaol where there was not a debtors' side." The case of Mr. CHARLES POLLETT is now sufficiently noto rious, and the treatment to which that unfortunate gentleman was exposed for the non-payment of a debt of 21.—having had his hair cropped, his whiskers shaved, being kept on prison diet, locked up in his cell at sunset, compelled to labour, to preserve strict silence, and in every respect treated as the felons or misdemeanants with whom he was associated—has excited the public indignation to no ordinary degree ; but hundreds of similar cases might be mentioned, although the sufferers bad not the energy and deter mination to make known their sufferings and griev ances, ai.d who were unable to find a Member of the Legislature to direct the attention of Parliament thereto. " Vixerunt fortes ante Agamemnon& duces." There are, unfortunately, but too many instances of hardship and oppression, the particulars of which can never be fully known or understood, but a recurrence of which should be rendered perfectly impossible. The Attorney-General, in opposing the Bill, argued as if commitments could only be made for fraud—that they never were enforced where mis fortune alone could be imputed to the debtor ; and he also said, " that if these committals took place to the debtors' side, where the parties might live in idleness, the county courts might as well be shut up at once." Now it is en- acted by the 99th section, that "if the parties sum . moped shall not attend, as required by such sum mons, and shall not allege a sufficient excuse for non attendance, or shall, if attending, refuse to be sworn or to disclose any of the things aforesaid (i.e. these mentioned in the 98,11 section), or if he shall not make answer to the same, to the satisfaction of the judge," &c. &c., or " if it shall appear to the satisfac tion of the judge of the said court that the party so summoned has then, or has had since, the judgment obtained against him, sufficient means and ability to pay the debt, or damages, or costs so recovered against him, either altogether or by any instalment or instalments which the court in which the judgment was obtained shall have ordered, and if he shall refuse or neglect to pay the same as shall have been so ordered, or as shall be ordered pursuant to the power hereinafter provided, it shall be lawful for such judge, if he shall think fit, to order that any such party may be committed to the common gaol or he use of correc tion of the county, district, or place in which the party summoned is resident, or to any prison which shall be provided as the prison of the court, for any period not exceeding forty days." There may, surely, exist cases in which the parties may be responsible under these very extensive provisions in which no fraud whatsoever can be imputed. Our readers cannot have forgotten the case of the Rev. Mr. MARCUS, who was committed last autumn because he did not attend the summons, although his wife attended and explained that they had offered the creditor payment at Christmas, when they would themselves obtain payment of the halt-yearly accounts of their school, which was the only means of livelihood they pos , ses?•ed, and feelingly appealed to the shabbiness of her attire as an evidence of their want of means, asking, "if a clergyman's wife would appear in such garments it not in a state of the most abject poverty." Again, there are many persons who entertain a con scientious objection to swearing in any form, and who would submit to any penalty rather than violate what they conceived to be a sacred duty. Here we find another instance where a person not guilty of any fraud may be punished as a felon. It is, however, under the latter part of the section that almost every case is dealt with. If a person earns anything, however trifling, it appears to be considered that the whole of that money should be applied in payment of the demand then under con sideration, without any reference either to other and equally meritorious claims, or to the necessary main• tenance of the unfortunate debtor or his family. We believe that many cases could be shown where a party has been ordered to pay, where there are two or three claimants, more than the entire amount of his earnings. This is manifestly impossible, and he is consequently, from the mistake of the judge himself, branded with fraud, and punished with the most stringent severity, without any actual fault save that of having originally gone into debt, although at the time he had every fair and reasonable prospect of being enabled to sa tisfy the claim. Scarcely a single instance can be adduced where the judge excuses any payment on the grounds of poverty or inability on the part of the debtor. He may make the instalments apparently easy, I' , " -L-7 mar really be utterly out of the power of th debtor to provic,... c__ The imprison ment then follows on a single failure, and, as keo.s• trary to the rule in other cases) the impri sonment does not operate as a satisfaction or extinguishment of the debt, there is no reason to induce the creditor to refrain from a vindictive pur suit of the debtor. There is no distinction either as to the causes for which the debtor is committed, or his treatment while in the common gaol or house of correction: in every case he is punished as if he had , been guilty of fraud—while in no case is a person owing more than 201. dealt with in such a manner. Here, then, is a most invidious distinction in favour of the large debtor, which, so long as it remains the law of the land, cannot fail to sink deep into the minds and to influence the passions of those classes who are thus unfairly and improperly dealt with. SPAIN. The Madrid mail had not arrived in Paris yester day at the hour the post left. THE. FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the French papers of yesterday. As our readers are aware, the National Assembly met on Thursday, the Provisional Government re signed their functions into the hands of the Assem bly, and the Republic was proclaimed. We yesterday gave an account of the proceedings up to three o'clock on Thursday. The Journal des Debuts thus conti nues the narrative of events after that hour : " At half-past three o'clock the sitting was resumed, the reporters succeeded each other at the tribune, and reported about 600 elections that had been validated. The election of M. Schmidt, the Deputy for Paris, has been adjourned; but it was not there that lay the inte rest of the scene. It was on the concentrated agitation that by intervals expressed itself in the perpetual cry of • Vivo la liiSpubliquer From time to time some on would rise suddenly —some one new and unknown— who demanded the proclamation of the Republic; and as soon would this isolated voice be covered' and overwhelmed by a mass of acclamations. One of the representatives of Paris read from the tribune a project of proclamation, and all the represents tives of the provinces rose to put in their claims to share the act. In fine, there passed in this assembly a sort of travail d'eryantement—there was a great clamour, which seemed to swell its breast, and to demand an issue. It was a series of explosions which sought their electric current. It was then that the assembly went forth to proclaim the Republic upon the steps of the Palais, facing the bridge that leads to the Place de la Concorde. The representatives of France stood there, and beneath them the battalions of the National Guard and of the army' pressing. around their th - apeaux. The drums beat, the national hymns were taken up by the people, and it was in the midst of this unheard and indescribable scene that France declared the Republic. It was without order, it w as without rule, it wa s a revo l ut i on once more ; i t was like atvisioa passin g b e f ore our eyes confounded, b linded by the setting sun, by the drapeaux, by the reflection of arms. But do we not live in the midst of dreams, or rather in the midst of realities that go beyond the hardiest essay of imagi nation? When our looks plunge into this terrible abyss i t se ems to us that we enter into a furnace. In this burning and blazing cauldron all the elements of good and evil are mingled in a contest of which God alone knows what is to come. Gold, bronze, iron, boil and writhe in this inextinguishable flame: out of these waves of melting metal we ate arise a living statue, evoked b . ) 'he powerful names of liberty, equality, fraternity. Oh! you who have created it, what soul are you going to give it? With what breath is it to be animated? France, the whole world, regards you: do not disappoint their hope and their confldei.ce. As to us we shall never depar. Forms from pass away! the eternal substan ce s p r i ngs upagain their ashes—the immortall soul of the i fr country breaks and scatters its frail envelopes. But through all transformations she re appears ever shining, ever unaltered. Monarchy or republic, it is still Fratics —it was France yesterpy, is France to-day, and will be France to-morrow.' The following account of the strange attitude assumed by the clubbists, supporters of the minority of the Provisional Government, is from the Con.sii tutionnel— " The Members, to their surprise, remarked in the passages leading to their bureaux a certain number of citizens, all wearing on their arms a red brussard, and al pearing to exercise a sort of inspection. It was soon ascertained that these were delegates from clubs, and it was furthermore learned that on the preceding night a deputation from the clubs, composed of about 350 or 400 persons, met at the Hotel of the Minister of the Interior, and those delegates were received by the Minister in his cabinet. They intimated their desire to have a gallery; assigned to the clubs, and required -that two bureaux of the Chamber should be placed at their dis posal in order that they might attend the sittings, take notes, consult and immediately repair to their clubs to report the operations of the Assembly. It appears that these demands were most graciously ac corded. We are assured that, by way of recompense, the club where sits the citizen Barbis has decided that an honorary ticket of admission should be addressed to the citizen Ledru Rollin. This is certain, that these delegates appeared to day as veritable inspectors in the Palate, where sits the Assembly. We shall see if the Assembly will exercise the supreme power which is con fided to it, but at present it hardly appears to be master of its own house. Already it has accomplished an act of independence in not wearing the costume decreed for the representatives of the people." The Assembles Nationale has the following notice of the extraordinary attitude assumed by the minority of the Provisional Government : " The places taken in the Assembly by the four mem bers of the Provisional Government, their attitude in the sitting, struck all serious minds. They occupied the first bench of the extreme gauche, and this bench seemed cut out expressly to separate them from the majority of the Provisional Government. They were seated in the following order :—Messrs. Louis Blanc, Ledru Rollin, Flocon, and Albert ; behind them General Cuurtais took his place, and talked frequently with them. This posi. ti , ,n trik,n by these four Republicans indicates frankness at least, if nut an adroit policy. Whatever may be their hnpes, is it not to be teared tor them that the represen tatives of the people may not ratify this sort of separa tion that they have sec. pt. d. and oblige them to seek in another part of the chamber another bench fitt e d for I tour places ? For as tie prim ipil danger of the situa tion is in this group of the ext, tine gauche, it is upon the political horizon the black spot which presages and carries the tempest, and we will not abandon our post as long as this peril is not incurred.' , The &forme; in describing the appearance of the Chamber, says—" At the extreme gauche, upon the summit of the mountain, were seated BARDES, Em mANhEL, And ETIENNE ARAGO, CAUSSIDIERE, BAUNE, and MARTIN BERNARD." The last is one of the the following:— heroes and orators of Bwictui's Club. e Sp ti i : ec i c t il a : di proclaiming th e R epu b l i c, does the Assembly io n t o a ll t h e acts o f t h e P rov i sional giveG 'T ve lhin r et i s tment? This question, which every one asks himself to-day, appears to us to be settled for the present. Three times at the commencement of the sitting, in the ceremony of installation which preceded the t in 3 v i g e p u r t e i e f i d, c , a t t u i au confound homage u f mage qualifications, three tim e s it was a und with the cry of " Viv e l a It - pu t b e rendered to the Pr ov i s i ona l Government; three t i mes did it f a il. Th e A ssem b ly remained grave, refu s i ng an eager p ra i se as i t would a reproach without refl e cti on , and reservi ng i ts op i n i on unt il after an ac count shal l b e g i ven of its acts. By this conduct it shows that if it has recognised the ser vices rendered, that if it was disposed to forget faults, it would not, n otwithstanding, consent to withhold their examinstn'n• We cannot but commend this attitude. The firmness of the representatives of the nation attests that they feel the value of unity and resolution in the Government. We have to day a sovereign assembly, we shall soon, doubtless, have a Government." Th e National has the following : ~ A t a preparatory meeting a number of the repre sentatives have fixed on the lollowing as candidates, whom we propose to our political friends:— " President — M. Trelat. si Vice .Presidents MM. Guinard, Cavaignac, La mennais, E. Aragq, Perdigvier, and Reeart. " Secrets„r i es - -MM. F. Pyat, Felix, Mathes; Babaud, Lariviire, "Peru!, Robert (des Ardennes), Emile Penn. Ili Q ues tors -- MM. Chavallon, Trouver, Chativel, Ducoux." --- The following is the report of the Afternoon sitting of the 2iati4nal Assembly : The Provi4ional Goverutue... amain greeted on with the loudest acch7matio , ..., -..a cries The Assembly th e n pro cee ded to hear reports from their e xa minati on . arose on every side. subjectedthe . . 1 their. differentvde ov t entrance toijilvsi c er—l demand that, as each representative is elt b x of the returns which had been Republique 1" admitted, he shall sweur fidelity to the Republic, one and indivisible. A Voice—The political oath has been abolished ! Another Voice—Abolished ! By whom ? Cretuieux, the Miuister of Justice—Citizens, for the last sixty years, the scandal of so many oaths having been violated has excited the greatest political indigna tion. Tiie Provisional Government felt the necessity of putting an end to this scandal.—(Cries of " bravo!") — and its first act was to declare that he who was invested with any public functions, and particularly with the honour of representing the people in this Assembly, should comprehend that he must be truly Republican.— (CI iee of "Yes, yes! Excelleutl") Citizens, your applause tells me what are the sentiments of your hearts; of what use is it, therefore, to demand that they should be on your lips?—(Applause.) M. imossible for me to allow the remark of the Minister of Justice to pass without my protestinK against it. It has been said that the. political oath has.been abolished, but why should a frank, loyal, and energatinfersoeal adheeion : be ebolished?—(Cries of "Bravo;" Is RepueliqUe!") I lain happy in having called forth this manifestation, and in all cases I i n u e s p is u t b t i b ici a t t e p;sonal adhesions should be permitted. A Voice—We have all adhered by crying " Vive la Anothti V o ice Before the citizen had demanded -it Our acelaeations had sufficieritl4proved our energetic adhes.ole M. d'Otvi er —l withdraw illy proposition. - M. Ducmx—lt is not by the mockery of an oath, b u t by acts, hat the member s of th e National Assembly , will prove t h e i r at t ac hment to the Republic. We wish not only br a R e public, one and , iedivisible, but f or a democrats Republic. —(Crie s of Yes, yes," and ap plause.) :t is not, I repeat, en o at h , but acts that are required. I th e r e fore set aside a ll Political oaths—they can only : g ain deceive tlB.—(APP rt batioD.) tLegame. against theTrheetucrhnku, which,berth L ear a p s r a o l c i e t e h d li etdvvtaositlgeneral re qu i re d the report s on Hon. il au puty was a Be!.was for eah r e p resen t a tive ,to prove being of the neces sary age 25), an d a F r ench citizen , were not of any whi N c l h ilb i o t u , :, ag reatlulergneedd that f for the e e great inteLst. A short discu ssi o n aros e o n the return of gian. Tfn he admitted, but declared thit he had been a natuealisd Frenchman for upwards of seventeen years. The docunent proving this fact was then banded in and read from he tribune, after which the election was de clared to h valid. Of the t returns for the Seine, 33 ware declared valid; but,hat of M. Schmidt, having !yea objected to, on the groind of false representations, wo rtlerred to 5 special cOrtnsittee. ' THE PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC. M. Berger, in the name of the deputies of the Seine, proposed " The National Assembly, faithful interpreter of the people by whom it has just been named, before commencing its labours, declares in the name of the French people and in the face of the whole world, that. the Republic proclaimed in the 24th February, 1848, is, and will remain, the form of the government of France. " The Republic which France wishes for has for its motto Liberty, equality, fraternity.' "In the name of the country the Assembly conjures all Frenchmen of all opinions to forget ancient dissen sions, and only to form one family. The day which assembles the representatives of the people is for all citizens the fete of concord and fraternity.—(Loud cries of Vive la Republique.' ") M. Clement Thomas That declaration should be made in the name or all the deputies of all the depart ments, and not only in that of the department of the Seine. I demand that it shall be made in the name of the entire National Assembly.—(Cries of "Yes, yes.") M. Berger—lt is in the name of the whole Assembly ;hat the deputies of the Seine have spoken. M. Saurut--I demand that the proclamation should he made in the name of all the departments of France, and that to the words French Republic should be added "one and indivisible. M. Ducoux—lt is in fact in the name of the whole of France that such a proclamation should be made. M. Vignerte—l demand that in the minutes of the sitting it shall be expressly mentioned that our acclama tions for the Republic were unanimous. A Voice—The Republic is a fait accompli. I cannot comprehend that it could be put in question. M. Etienne Arago—The people proclaimed it before you. M. Emmanuel Arago—No postponement. Let our acclamations be raised at once, and proclaim the Re public forthwith.—(Cries of "Yes, yes.") M. Degoussee —lt has been said that the artillery of the Invalides and in the Champs Elysees would announce the proclamation of the Republic. The people assembled there await it with a noble impatience. Let us not make them wait any longer.—(Approbation.) A Voice—As yet it has been only proclaimed provi sionally. M. flure—After the fact should come the right. M. Barbes—We have only to proclaim the Republic after the people. Let us all cry, " Long live the Re public —one, indivisible, and social!" M. Trclat—The Republic is a fact which has been preparing for many long years, a necessary, a scientific tact.—(" Oh, oh!") The proof of its necessity is, that it is proclaimed in this chamber, adjoining the other where it was combatted two months since. The greatest proof is, that even those who then protested against It Flo so no longer. It there are any citizens here who think of another form of government.--(" No, no! Vive Is Republique). The Republic, therefore, is like the sun —blind is be who does not see it. A Voice—Let us proclaim the Republic. General Courtais—l come in the name of the people of Paris—(lnterruption) —I request the members of the Provisional Government to come out on the perisyle of the building, and the representatives of the people to follow them, in order to proclaim the Republic.—(Great agitation.) The whole assembly rose in the midst of the loudest acclamations of approval. A Member—The heroic population of Paris requests you, through the Commandant of the National Guard, to proclaim with it the Republic in the face of day. The utmost enthusiasm was then evinced, and, the Provisional Government leading the way, the whole of the assembly proceeded outside to the steps, in front of the building, opposite the Pont de.la-Concorde. All the officers of the National Guard, which during the latter part of the sitting had occupied the wide space at each side of the estrade, as far as the corners of the tribune, took up their sta tions close to them. An immense number of National Guards were admitted inside the railing, below the steps, whilst the colours of the different legions were conducted up with great ceremony to the space between the pillars, and then disposed at equal distances on each side of the Provisional Government. The whole of the open area between the Chamber and . the bridge, and far down along the quays, on each side was densely covered with close-packed crowds of people, inter spersed with large bodies of the Garde Ikaile and other National Guards. Cries of " Vive la Republique !" arose both from the crowd and the troops standing on the steps ; other cries of "We want the troops of the line !" "We want the colours of the line !" burst from the ♦arious parties of the crowd. This cry was at last repeated so perseveringly that General Courtais was obliged to descend the steps and go outside the railing to bring in several colours of the line, each under a numerous escort. The scene then became of a most enthusiastic character. Swords were waved on high; military caps were displayed on the points of bayonets; the bands played national airs; the cannon thundered from the Invalides; and the air was rent with cries of " Vive la Rapublique !" In fact the Republic was thus publicly proclaimed. M. Cremieax,member of the Provisional Government, after calling for silence, read, in the name of the whole Assembly, the address which had just been made by M. Berger. This address was followed by fresh acclamations and salvos of artillery. The National Guards pre sented arms during the ceremony ; the drums beat and the trumpets sounded, while the members of the Government and the Deputies returned into the Chamber. After a few further returns were made by the bureaux, the sitting was adj turned, it being seven o'clock. It is supposed that not less than 200,000 persons were present on the occasion, both close to the Chamber, on the bridge, and on the Place de la Re volution. The National Assembly has issued the following proclamation " PROCLAMATION. " The National Assembly, faithful interpreter of the statements of the people who have elected it, before commencing its labours, declares, in the name of the French people, and in the face of the whole world, that the Republic proclaimed on the 24th of February, 1848, is, and will remain the form of government of France. The Republic which France desires has for its device, liberty, equality, fraternity. In the name of the couctry the Assembly conjures all Frenchmen of all opinhins to forget their old differences, and to form henceforth only one family. The day which unites the representatives of the people is for all citizens the festival of concord and fraternity. Vire la Re publique " The Bulletin de la Republique, the official organ of M. LEDRU ROLLIN, publishes the following : " ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF BORRISOLEIGH, IN THE COUNTY OF TIPPERARY (IRELAND), TO THE CITIZENS OF FRANCE. "Citizens,—Five thousand Irishmen, met on the plains of Tipperary, demand permission to unite with the rest of their compatriots to congratulate you on your glorious triumphs. You owe them to your deep love for liberty, to your indomitable courage, and to your ener getic perseverance. It is thus that you have been able to take as the basis of your Republic the three great principles of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Glorious France!—You have been the asylum of our exiles, of our clergy; you have received our soldiers into the ranks of your armies; you have received and pro tected our patriots; you have given us your tears and your blood. And when, a short time ap, Ireland ap peered to wish to enter into the contest against her vp. pressors, one of the most illustrious of your citizens, Ledru Rollin, made the offer to Ireland of the support of Fiance. " Be well assured, then, that we never can forget the testimonies of your sympathy; never will either promises or threats engage us to raise our banner against you, our old associate, our eternal friend. " WILLIAM MORRIS, President. " M. YELMARTIN, Secretary." THE NA IT A L ASSEMBLY. The Assembly YesterG.7 at twelve o' c l oc k, and proceeded to hear reports on the returns of Members. About 200 cases were brought e.rward by half-past three o'clock, which, with the number of nearly 450 returns depid.l vu the day before, consti tuted a sufficient number to vote for the candidates for the place of President. Some conversation took place before the appel nominal was proceeded to, from which it resulted that the office of President should be for one month; that all Members whose elections had or had not been decided on should vote, excepting those whose returns had been postponed ; and that M. SCHMIDT (whose name was specially brought forward) was not entitled to vote, his case being still .sub lite. The voting then commenced, and at 6 o'clock the election terminated as follows : BUCIIEZ . 3BB TRELAT RECURT 9l IV OIRHATE CORMENIN M. Buctuz was, in consequence, declared duly elected. This is a great victory for the Moderate party, as AI. BucHEz was their candidate. The approaches to the Chamber were perfectly un encumbered ; there was no crowd, or any appearance of either National Guards or troops of the line. The members of the Provisional Government ap • peared without their tricoloured sashes. The Monzteur publishes a decree enacting that the administration des domaines shall take possession of all properties, real and personal, composing the old dotation of the Crown, with the exceptio❑ of those regularly made over to the public services by the competent authorities. The Courrier Francais contains the following article :—" We learn from a positive source that the family of Louis PUILIPPE have in their pay at Paris a certain number of persons engaged to transmit to them notes on the state of Paris. The pretext given . ky these persons to those who, _knowing them, hive Nrprpssed surprise at seeing. them here, is that they are charged with packing and sending off to the family such effects left by them at the Tuileries as the Provisional Government, in its magnanimity, has allowed them to remove. It is easy to conceive the time which the packing of so many fine things must cost, and the comings and goings this must occasion. We therefore call the attention of Citizen CAIJSSIDIERE to this important point, and at the same time recommend certain representatives re cently elected at Paris to make his wife comprehend the dangers into which the protection given by her to persons attached to the Duchess of ORLEANS may lead the Republic, which her husband is commissioned to represent." The following is an account of the situation of the Bank on Thursday evening, the 4th of May : ASSETS. Cash and ingots . . ... 56.049,869 97 Cash at branch banks ... 34.395,122 00 Overdue bills ... ... 18,722,973 47 Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 30,245,0441. are from the branch banks 166,858,588 64 Bills in the branch banks . . 77,153,098 IS Advances on coin and ingots 6,506.700 00 I)itto on public securities of France . . 10,669,983 90 Due trom the branch banks on their notes in circulation ... 14.518,500 00 Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Rentes of disposable funds ... ... 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 Nationsl Discount Bank ... 200,00 t) 00 Bills protested 23,579,480 39 Bills arising from the sale of Rentes to Russia yet to be received ... Expenses of administration ... Sundries ... . . Advance to the State on Boni du Tresor of the Republic 80.924 92 541.904 51 729,856 82 ... 50,000,000 00 486,567,909 69 aim to be present among the valiant German brethre to give your lives' blocd for the freedom of your belove country. " the call to your duty is not from without o nl y ; Y°g aid is also to maintain order at home, to secure reaped and obedience to the laws, and to uphold our constitution "For the attainment of this high and glorious°W el and for the fulfilment of these honourable but difficull duties, no sacrifice will be considered by you too grest.e r l "I expect this of you with implicit confidence, my t u and valiant warriors, firmly resolved to lead yo u on al own example. " FREDERICK " Potsdam, May 1, 1848. (Countersigned) " Count CANITZ." All the elections at Berlin have gone off tranquilly' but the number is so great and they are s o widely dispersed that no results upon which any reliant: could be placed were ascertained up to the ds of the last accounts. AUSTRIA. We have received letters from Vienna of April. The intelligence of the contest At Cr!_ c _ b _ of which some accounts reached Vienna on the Y l s` b ; produced considerable sensation at the Bourse' wit h Five per Cents. closed at 66i, and Exeha v g e orb to London at 11 20. The contest at Cracow' SPP e s . have been chiefly brought about by. French er n • b r of tbe 3000,1 h ries (" barricade-makers"), and a number 0 ' emigrants, unconnected with Gallicia. blisheairo° The following official documents, pu• prmil of t ° extraordinary supplement to the Abend -4,-- day possess considerable interest. 4 18 " CRACOW, APRIL -- 96 ' jo i el ies " Yesterday Baron Krieg was attacked w ith l o c e, bi in his room, which at the same time forms h is e s' cons' a crowd of persons coming from the National B U l f mittee ; his official papers were seized, and tb d e s t himself subjected to ignominous treatment, 55 w eb 04 led as a hostage to the National Committee, .1-00 escort of armed National Guards, on which ‘1 cc ,, 5 , - Sor thrust was made at him with a blunt sabre, wit"' ever, doing him any injury. it r ase At the time when the crowd first a ssemble d ' sa • not known that this demonstration was directed sAbto the person of the Comtnissiener, or with a eie wt° o possession of the secrets of t h e serv ice, and thea+ibe being closely surrounded by arme d N a tional G ll5 scenes passing within did not transpire. , • nee " Immediately on receiving the first intelllgekkt: what had occurred, I sent Major-General 1 3 'i ron °. ag erta co o , to the main guardhouse, with orders to character of the assemblage; to take with him ft ° , P r , panies of infantry and the cavalry division , in c `';'igeO c t services might ho required; and to a ct as th e e " might demand. its°,: " I caused the remaining tr oo p s to proc s ss,. ssje diately to the alarm posts. On the arrival °`„i General Moltke at the main guard-house sel;scel:4" sions of the National Guard were repairing of the uproar, the command e r o f the Neti ° s a nd fig ( - was sent for, but only an adjutant appear e ' il ld nounced that the National Guard alone ri tl- ro se,'"' their duty, and that then, if they shotthi P a s v h ; sufficient, the military must interfere. T h ., ° ,7sili, t 's questionably apprised of what was going . ors "„a see he house, the National Guard kept it a prefoe" es ri Berl in a 110, and made no report on the matter. General went to the assembled rioters,. I,,,l' d 4 , f :jele ° the National Guard had carried off Baron Krieg de house of the Committee situate on the great stoltS " On my arrival in the square, the furinks i w o rte l 7, demanded that I should give out 200 weapon s 'fid the National Guard, and that the military sh ° "oM oD diately retire ; for under there couditiona A bloodshed be avoided. o de "I p eremptorily refused both these d evi ost C ° .3 ,4 insisted on the immediate giving up of the Of t icco, e a missioner. After three hours' negotiation Ow in obtaining his release without making us e d oil force, after which the crowd gradually retire • ed, 1 be " After the Commissioner had been srlea s ob i c h not fail to declare that I disavowed all s c e is stra itiV il might have signed during the period of his t he pronounced them null aud vot d. #0 r ecs. 0 been d n pt e Baron Krieg had, in fact. force d b order given to stop the emigrants whe nte l angds: d by th ro s: ol : Gallicia at the frontiers; and this 0 ° tional Committee had immediately disPat.ehe of Sesi t° o o of an extra train, to the frontier station n the 0) The necessary measures were, therefore, take , or e, night to hinder the execution of the order so et:_ eo ste . , " I now proceed to adopt those serious w oe which appear to be indispensably necessary 1 0 sent melancholy posture of affairs. '• CRACOW, Apart. 2 1, " CASTIGLIONE, Field - Marshal Lieutetilslit " To the report of F. M. L. Count Castiglionelloieg t er day's date, I have the honour to add the f° lbs i n telligence:-- " Alter Baron Krieg had, in consequence o , s tli o : events of yesterday, virtually given up liis,„'sits r i rity. and made over the combined civil and ' i t e fve n- , power to Count Castiglione, the popular e°,,esai increased in such a wa every hour more probable. Even i n the 1 0 °I. that an outbreak, 00011 large masses of people assembled in the tr e A e•-• /, ib t e6 wards mid-day a great number of lances lc' the were taken from a smith at the s ug e g s esti on ;sb i l s police. It happened, on this occasion - that ( were fired from the neighbourhood f , this st"'•• rel tj • i. fence on the company appointed to °assist rho b c ; s l sinners of the police, which isolated shots on the side of the fru ps gave,,,." P °s ; 6' ; being returne' he . for an alarm. The garrison came out o to ' the , s- , -131 0;, ri t Count Castiglione visited the citadel, and to the main square, where four companiesbis err' o l t e and a division of cavalry were drawn upt °° here it was announced th a t b arr i ca d e s were, - rr icsuer structed in many of th e s t ree t s . Th e first ,e B ",sb ° " / 0 the Flurianigasse was i m m e di a t e ly storme d ; he tryyd of balls fell from the nei g hb our i n g houses o n ' deep D d engaged in this service. . The barricade was 50 01 1se die high that it did not appear possible 10 t maintain it without heavy loss. It was evid e , l3 ,b a t c° os id first assault that the rising w as g eneral, an d e els e' quently a longer continuance in the narrow sir oe rt, have led onl to ueless blooshed. 0 10 t " The divisions which stood on the n'ne,S; o o rcb withdrawn, and led into a con cen trated t p ° ': h , - rts ouu t toot of the Castle, already indi ca t e d by t.e ,ide. had been given. In th e a tt ac k a b ov e Inentw-de s od " 4 6 Castiglione was wounded by a s h o t in the b ee o pe t • s eti He, however, retained the command for b. o del. ordered the town to be fired u p on from the c l e transferred the command of the troops iD quarter before 6. la s t *Jill " The bombardment was cont i nue d. „ o t A : au the evening, Prin ce J a bl onows ki a nd v ° ,: tr ee e :d o e! Potocki made their a pp earance wit h a Ilktg cl ` soP d ' s 'y declared themselve s rea d y to accept a ll the f ige r)- required by the military, and adsadapted to th e th e the occasion. " The bombard men t was stopped, afterodifhl'i capitulation giv en b e l ow was drawn up, ti d 11) ceased. "In this engagement our troops es - seeerl s , a 10 d e ,.. T i) about 40 wounded, among the latter four °' - 6 1:0`',01 loss of the insurgents is reported to be consiti e „ - t le s s . s . o "Last night the troops bivouacked vvith a ; cle'` if their post, while the mortars designed for vial oohed of the citadel were mounted on the ramps b ide' contrary to exptctation, the disturbances evi c ' e de c. newed, lamin a position to take yet Ilwr li t measures. st ns' tlit " Reserving to a later occasion a more ea - tAt ied ,c account of the conflict, 1 cannot refrain frop, B s pir all the troops were animated by the he s ", - sies . „ e rt fought with true devotion, bravery, and reso u i , Go v i or ( 4 " Capitulation concluded with the Att r ,s tr n it' s re l Y ve s?, meat through its representative Misjor-v e s - 00 , tu' i o r Moltke on the one side, and the city of Cr s ac ea s - 0 04- ' a te its representatives Prince Stanislatis Ja b ; es, ‘ , 4 5 )1 Count Adam Potocki on the other, in 1,14 T () e 1 "-e 26th of April, at half_past "1. The city of Cra •pledges • If t° " - AO / It? Cracow itself nt eight in the everaivevtoo,-,al Polish and French emigrants, who are 11 "., - j 1101,s subjects, from the city and territory and heY °- , 0 00. - I°' trian frontiers withi n 24 h ours, and the t heir guarantees that they sh a ll not b e molested ° li c r, to " 2. the frontier. t The committee now in operation -dl ~,t) up from the d a t e o f t h e present ca pitulatioo t , - 7 14 committee is to b e f orme d, so be 1 9 " 3. The now exi s ti ng N a ti ona l Guard is -retell ,0 purified and r e - organize d accor di ng to the b i , a rotti. contained in the patent of the 15th Ms h r „, jet„ ef f s se l a subsequent instructions of the Minister of 1 P - o f. L./ v ie " 4. All the barricades erected in the city : 0, are to be opened and entirely removed by e'g s ees to-morrow at the latest. eons% i f "5. The injuries proved to be sustained in - l ot/ o r of this day's (teem rences by the Austrian re i t :, be " viduals and the officers of Government, are '" good by the city. 13$1 "6. All private individuals, and the Nan o .I,F• • especially, are to l ay d own their arms . A " A full amnesty is as s u re d t o all cot"' m occurrences. "In conclusi on , th e first point of the P r c on e ditions is so f ar modified that as the entire t on e p," 24 r the emigrants cannot b e effected w i t hin thaire4 I, { O r account of their wrest number, the term 010 - departure fr om t h e A ustrian territories +5 three days. " CraCow, as a b ove , " S i ANISLAUS, Prince • " JABLUN IV SKI -at Df' "ADAM, Count YOTOCxT."—it-50" The selection "CHARLES, Baron MOL'- " ULRICHSTHAL, • n" of T H t h E e O i ß v A a h L i D in , a ri C n a e p r t a i p o ;ss e out the slightest disturbance., From the Journal of the Austrian i li l fis te i c; frj '; 26th, it appears that the war-brig 3-I°ll-1,10g,!, three gun-boats, and one niche were the gulf, to hinder all communications w ith ofr' The frigate Bellona was to leave Pole °r l : l3 lr e eP t er : ' with the same object, and another frigate, t' e . 'e and the brig Oreste, were to join the fle e ! 1 :e1"; days. According to the last account, the it, tions with Palma have led to no re $ll to i r i ? the report of the capitulation of Treviso vitlsis'ig the least, premature. The brigade Sc livi o t pf o posted in Codroipo, and had sent a detae l)l3l , e f e opposite shore. Cervignano is said to hate rendered. The communication between Ire Mantua was interrupted on the 24th. c i lKd The Hungarian Government has s donor to Ffesburg o t Z• to make an PORTUGAL. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the 29th ult., by the Madrid, Captain John Weeks, which arrived at Southampton yesterday. Great excitement has been caused in Coimbra by the imprudence of the military officers and the subse quent insults and provocations of the soldiers. The students of the Univer,ity had written a congratula tory address to the students of Paris, Italy, Vienna, and Berlin ; it had 406 signatures. The voyage of Conde DR THOMAS (COSTA CABRAL) to Cadiz for his children was' attributed by the Pro gressista press to an intention of opening a direct communication with Louis PHILIPPE'S family for political purposes. The Duke and Duchess of AIONT PENSIEIL were then in Seville. The Chamber of Deputies had commenced a dis cussion on a project of law for the more rapid " amor tisation" of bank notes. Senhor JOSE CABRAL'S sec tion of the Cartistas were showing their dissatisfaction with the Ministerial policy by refusing to work on committees of the house. The following are the dates of sailing of the Madrid : — Gib raltar, A p ril 26, 7 p .m. ; Cadiz, A pril April 29, 2 p.m.; Oporto, April The Triton steam er, from Plymouth to Malta, ar -3207,, 3 n o p o . ni n ; ; Li s Vigo,hon May 1, 8.30 a.m. ar rived at Lisbon on the 27th, and sailed on the 28th. LIABILITIES. Capital 67,900,000 00 Reserve fund ... 10,000 000 00 Reserve immobiliare 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 223,134,800 00 Ditto of the branch bank ... ... 14,418.500 00 Ditto to order (Post bills) 1,499 123 30 Account current with Treasury creditor 22,024,718 35 Various accounts current . . 65,460.517 51 Bills payable at sight . . 1,377,500 00 Re discounts of the last half-year 728 692 37 Dividends unpaid ... 214,528 25 Di,counts, interest, and expenses ... 3,274,787 00 Branch Bank of Algiers, sum not yet employed i❑ Treasury Bonds Branch Bank drafts to be paid Sundries ... 1,100,773 69 1,121,177 76 195,189 27 486,667,909 69 The Abbe LAMENNAIS has published a project of a constitution for the Republic, which is praised highly by the .National. M. DE LAMENNAIS proposes a single representative chamber, elected by universal suffrage every three years ; a President elected every three years by the country, in the same manner as the Assembly; an elective magis tracy ; the application of trial by jury to civil causes ; and progressive taxation. The Commission of Inquiry at Rouen was pursu ing its labours. The real authors of the conspiracy had been discovered, and about 100 persons had been liberated in consequence. The following additional returns have been re ceived:— AllBE.—Lignier, Millard, Cayot, Stourm, Delaporte, Gery, AlN.—Boaard, Regembal, Charrasin, Edgar Quinet, Tendret, Bouvet, Bodin, Maissiat. AlSNE.—Ltierbette, Quinet Bcudelot, Odilon Barrot Nutlet, Vivien•Dufour Tillanecurt, Lemaire Plocq Buuchart, Desabes, Leprous, Dt-brotonne. ALLIER —Courtais, Tourret, Bureaux de Pusy, Ter rier, Mathe, Madet, Laussedat, Fayelle. CALveDos.—Deslongrais, Bellencontre, Lebourillier, Demorteux, Benard, Durand, A. Marie, Donesnel, Person Declais, lervieu, Lemonnier. CREUZE.—Fayolle, Guizard Leyraud, Leclerc, Sallan drouze, Sainthorrent, Lassarre. EURE.—Dupont de !'Eure, Garnier rages, Legendre, Picard, Dumont, Canel, Alcan, Sevestre, Davy, Langlois, De Montreuil. INDRE.—Charlemagne, Bertrand, Bethmont, Delavau, Grillon, Fleury, Rulbnat. Loin ET CHER.—Ducoux, Durand de Roroorantin, Normand, Germain Sarrut, Le .n Gerard, Salvat. LOT ET OARONNE.—Tartai, Mispoulet,Vergnes, Baze, Luppe, Radoult Dalosse, Dubruel, Botssi4, Berard. LoaßET.—Roger, Rondeau, Martin, Albattucci, Arbey, Mlehot, Considerant. _ _ 111ARNE.—L6 nu Faucher, Perignon, Bertrand, Bailly, Emile Derode, Aubertin, Ferrand, Leblund, Sunille. MEUSE.—Lanaws, Salmon, Moreau, Desaux, Etienne, Chadenet, Gillon, Buvignier. NIEVRE. —Girurd, Manuel, Archambault, Martin, Granger de la Mariniere, Gawbon, Latuntaine, Dupin, sen. Nono.—Lamartine, Hannoye, Corne, Cboque. DelF.s paul Boulanger, Desmoutier, Regnard, Purvur, Negrier, Malo, Serlooten, Loiset, Vendois, Bonte Pullet, li ure, Duquesne, Fenelon Farez, Lemaire, Dollez, Desurment, Girauilon, Gery, Heddebaait, Lenglet, Mouton, Descat, Dufont, Aubry. OISE.-13,,ri110n, Marquis, Lvrouz, Lagache, Gerard de Blincourt, De Morny, Desormes, Flye, Sainte Beuve, Tondu, Dametz, Laudin. lints (GAO. Liechtenberger, Kling, Culman, Schlosser, Martin, Foy, Lanth, Lurlin. Gluxin, Chauf tour, Chatrpy, Boussingault, agekart, Westercarn, Bruckner. SARTHE.—Troupe Chauvel, Gasselin de Chantenay, Jules Lebreton, Saint-Albin, Gustave de Beaumont, Lamoric 1 e, Lasteyrie, Marrast, Chet,Gasselin de Fresnay, Degorke Langlais. SEINE-INFERIEURE.—Lamartine, Lefort Gonnssollin, Morlot, Desjiibert, ()smont, Theodore Lebreton, Charles Levasseur, Victor Grandin, Germoniere, Ceciile, Pierre Lefebvre, D.brernel, Girard, Charles Dargent, Bautier, Demarest, Martinez, Senard, Camille Randoing. SOMME.—Creton, Beaumont, Porion, Gauthier du Tillette de Clermont, Magnier, Blin de Bour don, Allart, Morel Cornet, Delattre, Randoing, Dc Fourinont, A. Dubois, Labordaire. YoNNE.—Marie, Guichard, Larabit, Cormenin, Robert, Lathier, Vaulabelle, Cbarton, Carreau. VAR.—Maurel Marcellin, Lusien Guiges, Andre Marius, Allemanainit, H. Arnand, Philibert, L'Amiral Casy, Edm. Baume, Arene. BOURSE—Penn, FRIDAY, MAY 5. THREE O'CLOCK.—The prices rose to day at the com mencement of business, in consequence of the feeling that the first day's proceedings at the National Aspembly were favourable to the cause of order. Later in the day, however, they gave way again, in cons. quence of a rumour that the French army of the Alps was about to enter Italy. The Buns du TiCor were at 32 per cent. discount. The Piedmont Debt are at 8401. , BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 64—Namur and Liege, 3% Northern of France, 3 3 4 —Paris and Orleans, 22—Sambre and Meuse, 44—West Flanders, 3 / 4 . GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. BAVARIA. The Chamber of Deputies introduced on the 27th ult some very important amendments into the law re lating to the saving banks. The most important to which the Ministers have given their assent is that which is to decree that the reimbursement of the money placed by tho oaring banks in the funds lor the redeeming the public debt, and which amounts to about 10 million florins, will take place by annual terms of one million, instead of being funded in bonds giving an interest of 4 per cent., as proposed by the project of the Government. The Ministry proposed in the same sitting a project of law which allows to the German Parliament, at Frankfort, an indemnity of 5 florins a day, as allowed to the members of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies. The Chamber adopted unanimously the project of law relating to the loan. PRUSSIA. The following royal proclamation to the army appears in the Prussian State Advertiser (late the Universal Prussian Stale Gazette) of May 3d : " TO THE ARMY. " I have already, in my proclamation of the 18th Starch, declared my firm conviction that our common ❑ative land can only regain its ancient power and glory, and the importance due to it in Europe, it it be strengthened and exalted both in its totality and in the individual states which form that totality, by constitu tional liberties. " Hereupon, and in pursuance of this declaration, and of my own tree resolve, I promise such a constitution to my hereditary lands, and I determine to adopt the same for myself and my ancestors. Supported by my true and faithful people, I shall carry it out in its completest development and enlargement, to the weal of our native land, so help me God. " Ye, therefore, true and valiant warriors of my army, are called upon to co-operate in the completion of this good work, and in order to strengthen and encourage you to this work, I call to your remembrance how be neath our glorions colours, crowned with victory and blessing, your forefathers founded and constituted the renown of the Prussian name. The toils of these ott difficult combats have always been thankfully acknow ledged and honoured by ) our King and your fellow subjects. " What your ancestors and you have done, under the gracious assistance of God, you will continuo to do, in effecting the union of our native German land; and, there fore, beside our own ancient colours you wear those of the German empire, which stood for thousands of yearn, that you may ever remember, with your German brethren in arms, you are the stay and defence of the whole united - Germany. Couseious of your high destiny, let it ever be 'your 4 .•