The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-20 00:00:00

On the 27th instant will be puolished. in 3 vols. post Bvo., . CUR NEW ROME ANCE. SH MEAN.RL S PE.RE, ' TILE POET, THE LOVER, THE ACTOR, AND THE 31Ati. A RO M ANCE. By HENRY CURLING. Author of -" John of w Eand," E l lington c. R i c h ar d Eentlen R B. :A A 3; T uI E c. JENNY LSIND.THEATRE. • Nobility, gubscribers to tho Opera, and the Public are respect fully informed that 0 Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY n=t. May 25, on which occasion 31,111 e. JENNY LIND will appear as LUCIA, in Donizetti's Opera of LUCIA DI LAM 3fRMOR. To be f o llowed by various entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, combining the talents of 3ldlles. C. Grisi, C. Rosati, M. Tag- Boni, Cerito, and MM. Perrct and St. Leon. The ere° List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tielmts may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10s. Cd. each. Applications fcr Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Appearance of Madame TADOLINI. First Appearance of Mr. REEVES. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that Madame TADOLINI will make her first appearance in this country THIS EVENING, May 20, when will be perjormed Donizetti's Opera of LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. Linda, Madame Tadollni ; Pierotto, Mdiic. Schwartz; Antonio, Signor Coletti ; Carlo, Signor ; H Marchese di Boisfieur: , 7., Signor F. Lablache ; II Prefetto, del Villagio, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, entitled LA VIVANDIERE. La Vlvandiere, Millie. Cerito ; Le Postilion, 31. St. Leon. Intro ducing- Pas de livandiere by Mdlle. Cerito. Pa de Qnatre, ona. Le las des Fees, b V y Mdlles. , Cerito, Julien, Lamore s ux, and Mfr ,t.. Leon. Ballabile, and La Redowa Polka, the original dance of Bohe mia, by Mdlie. Cerito and M. St Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at Lilo Box-of - nee of the Theatre. The Free List is suspended, the public Press excepted. r'ors open. a , halt-oast Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE LOYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be presented Coleman' s C omed y of JOH BU NLL. After which, JENNY LIND AT L AST ; or, The Swedish Nigl - ingale. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded cr,h Horace Walpole's mysterious production, and called THE CASTI .1 OF OTRAN'TO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincensa, Mt • J. Bland ; TW. ore, Miss P. Horton ; Odouto, Mr. Caulfield 43 Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs Caulfield. Stale ,tanager, Mr. Farren ; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web :ter- J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, Sc.; Pit, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors cyp,,n at flalf-pas , : Six. I": , rformance to commence at Sevin . THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 'Under the direeticn of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called 'WIVE E•I'T HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lamb( Wrlglit, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, 3ladame Celeste, Miss NVoolgar, Frank Matthews, - Misr Tumor, &c. 'jTo be followed by:a now Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY L Turnem Green. Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. 31 111 ;Y :al d ; Lanty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Callentor d ; Policeman. Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. concluCe with THE DOUBLE . BE DDED ROOM. Mr. Dail cimer Pipes, Mr. Lambert ; Mrs. Deputy Lomax, Mrs. Laws. Braes, Is.; Pit, `l.s. , Gallery, Is• oren at Halt-Fact Six, Performan ce to comn______Z*-nce at Sus-Lar. . ......... _ StOYAL LYCEUM THE.ATRE. tralcr the Manageme nt of M a dame tiestria. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charl Matkews. 111115 EVESIG, Will be performed THE SCA.T.Z.ECROW. Principal characters b y Messrs. Duel:stone, Selby, Granby, and Charles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Lee, and Mrs. FitAivilliain. After which, a new bate-dude, cr.taled THE FAST MAN. To conclude with a new and original Classical Extravaganz entitled TuEsEus and ARIADNE ; or, the Marriage of Baciiii s. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathew's, H. Hall, S. Smith, IF, Miss Marshall, and Cooke ; Miss Fitzwilllinn, Miss Jane Coleman, 3ladame Vestrts. ss. ; Upper Boxes, ; Tit, 25. ; Gallery , ls , Boxe,, ktdt.nriceto any part of the house. The N e w Box-office, No. '2, Wellington-street, is open to nhe Pub* , evcry day, from Ten till Six. FILE seri PLAYS. —ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. L e ,see. Mr. John Mitchell, 33, 0:d. Bond-street. Last Night hut FoLr of the Engagements, and Eighth Appearance ;,inca 1645 (A' M. Achard, alto Eighth Appearances in this Cow it , 7y ,5t M.llll . Desiree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre du Gymnase, Parts)• On 310NDAY EVENLNG, The Entertainmcets will commence at halt-past Seven o'clock when Will be performed a new Vandeville, in One Act. entitled :LE PE I'IT.4*ILS. Benjamin, M. Julien Deschamps; Theodore, M. josset ; Fougeres, M. Tourillon; Maclaine Darmantieres, Mad ttne ymmy ; Ilenriette, Mdlle. Marot. After which a new Yauleville, entitled MADEMOISE i .. - 1...E AGATHE. Jean-Felicien Bergcret, M. Achard ; Annette, DI dße. Desiree. To be followed by BA.BIOLE ETJOBELOT. Jobelot, M. Achard ; Babiole, Mdlh'. Desiree. To conclude Ivitn LA VIE EN PAP.TIE DOUBLE. Theophille Trinquit, M. Achard; Amanda, Mdlle. Desiree. 1,5.; Pit, 3s. Gd.; Amphitheatre, :'5.; Gallery, 2c Boxes and Stalls may be obtaia , d at Mr. Slitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN (oi the Palais Royal, Paris).—The str pesing and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDIN, ha.ving n been received with the most enthusiastic admiration, he will co tinue his extrcordinary SOIREES FANTA,TIQUES at the St. James's Theatre, This Evening, anti every Tuesday, Thursday. and Saturday Evening, comprising Automates, Prestidigitation, M agic, and original experiments, invented iT Robert Houdin. Also, Second Vile Escamotage de Roberts Houdin , fils, and Suspeusion Ethereeim. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at half-pttst Eight, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-Office of the Theatre, vrhich is open flatly from Eleven to Five. In compliance with numerous applications, a DAY PERFORM ANCE will be given on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, May 24. Doors open at Two o'clock. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. H. Betty ; lago, Mr. Hicks ; Desdemona, Mrs. Homier ; Emilia, Miss Richardson. To conclude with BLACK - EYED S USAN. William, Mr. Hicks Bla3k-eyed Susan, Mrs. R. llonner. Manager at d 7 roast rer, Mr. B. S. Rtis,Orother. ASTLEI' , ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Night of Mr. Van Amburgh's Engagement. Immense bit or the Easter Spectacle. Overflowing houses to wit ness the celebrated Mr. Van Amsurgh and his unequalled collection Of trair_ed animals, amongst nelich will he f,,und the greatest no velty ever seen, a Black Tiger, the first ever known to mingle with other animals, and has hitherto been considered untameable. THIS EVE NISG, Will be presented a grand romantic Spectacle, written by Boyle arrArd, Esq., expressly to introduce Mr. Van Amburgli in his astounding performance, founded upon a passage in Eugene Sue's celebrated novel of "1 - he Wandering Jew," and will he produced un der the title of AGRON., THE BEAST TAMER. Armand Dugard, Mr. Tan Amburgh. The Spectacle will be succeeded by an incomparable routine of Mr. Ratty's Scenes of the Arena, and an entirely novel entree, entitled THE GRAND CAROUSAL. To conclude with a Legendary petite Spectacle entitled, THE GOLDEN -FOOTED STEED ; or the Charmed Horse of the Valley. TAring the recess the Theatre has been entirely re-decorated. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by tno name and address c the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MAT 20. THIIIMMETER, Lowest, 50 ; Highest, 57; Noon, 57. 3AROMETER, 30,04.-WIND W.N.W.; heavy showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 15 min. after 3 I Evening 32 .. min. after 3 t 117 ) a' °Ti au ,al 4 , a I~R ~~cS; r •ojve rw 1, - nlmi 4 LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1848. Say whatever they may, the Conservative quid- In'neS will find it somewhat difficult to prove that the simultaneous movements for political innovation and social improvement are incompatible. As an in sinuation calculated to bring the cause of the Radical Reformers into disrepute, this assertion is as insidi ous as it is disgraceful. It is nothing more than the institution of a comparison between a patriot under the name of a demagogue, and a Christian under the name of a philanthropist—the result of the com ps, rison being distorted by means of the most specious sophisms into the reprehension of the former and the panegyric of the latter. Against any such comparison we protest ab initio as unfair in principle, and as false in rhetoric. It is as unjustifiable to contrast a political reformer and a social, reformer, as it would be for a modern Plutarch to contrast a Marlborough with a man of Ross, a Whitbread with a Howard, or a Boadicea with a Mrs. Fry. No analogy exists between the two — sympathy there unquestionably is in the abstract, but not one particle of analogy; and between things altogether unanalogous no just comparison can by possibility be drawn. No. It were as idle to maintain the incompatibility of social improvement and of political innovation, as to deny that BeelaetariN CONSTINT and the Abbe DE L'EPPE Were fellow-countrymen ; it were as frivolous as to maintain that sanitary measures and educational measures were, either the one or the ether of them, beyond the adjudication of Parliament. What we would assert in the teeth of all Opposition is this—that the excellence of the pro ject advocated on Thursday forenoon in the Free naasone' Tavern, Great gieen-street, does not demon strate the injurious character ,\\ of the meeting con vened on the Preceding ednesday, at the Riding Academy, Albany-street. Bcccuse it is laudable to ameliorate the condition of the labouring classes by driblets, it is not reprehensibl e to • aspire to assuage their sufferings, or to promote their • interests whole sale. Because the Illustrious Consort of Queen VICTOaIA could advocate with the impressement o f genuine feeling th e l • c alms of the artizan, and of those dependent upon his exertion!, we cannot see why it should fol low as a necessary inference, that the honourable Representative of Montrose should: be deemed inca pable of feeling for the privations of the multitud e , or that his aspirations for securing to that multitud e some direct participation in the legislation of the land should be only regarded as a yearning for anarchy and spoliation. Derided, despised, traduced, covered with obloquy, scouted as treasonable, hated for its democratic ten. dency, the Anti-Corn-law League rose, expanded, and ultimately became triumphant. So must it ultimately be with the League which is just consolidating itself for the furtherance of the Reform movement. Mr. COBDEN will have to pass through another ordeal before he can achieve a new victory as stupendous as the one obtained by him against the legions of monopoly. There are many amongst the little decimated squad of Protectionists who flatter themselves with the idea that RICHARD COBDEN has been lucky rather than great, that his orations were meretricious claptrap rather than un adorned and irresistible eloquence, and that now that the question of free trade is settled, and that the agitation of the League has subsided, he, the Oracle of Free Trade, and the Leader of the League, is no longer formidable. They flatter themselves, these men, that COBDEN is only a second ICARUS, that he has been carried by favourable circumstances to an unsuitable altitude, that his waxen wings have melted, and that he is now falling into the abyss of a congenial obscurity. Those who remember the career of RICIIAr:O COBDEN during the years 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845, those who preserve a recollection of his masterly speeches in the provinces and in the metropolis, in the hail at Manchester and in Covent garden Theatre, on the platform and on the stage, from the hustings and from the floor of the House of Commons, will know how such mis representations should be received, and how the character of this distinguished Reform should be vindicated from slander e by his compatriots. Here, however, is an op portunity afforded to the Honourable 'Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire for testifying himself the falsity of these aspersions and inuendoes. JOSEPH IlumE has already appeared upon the platform before the unrepresented and the represented citizens, and has boldly staked his reputation in advocating the cause of the million. Under the guidance of such men, and aided by the fact of a rational amalgamation between Chartists and Radical Reformers, the move ment cannot but be brought in the end to a successful conclusion. How essential this conclusion is to the security of our institutions and the perpetua tion of our national happiness, is visible in the circumstance that out o f tL e 658 330 is by boroughs with a represen tatives who constitut e th e H ouse of Commons, a majority population f 3,12 o o f while the minority of 328 represents the remaining population of 23 , 870 ) 000 — giving in one instance a Member for every 9,400, and in anoth er f or every 73,000 persons . S ure ly those statistics alone should be sufficient to rouse the Indignation of the country, and to afford the requi site impulse to the grand movement of reform now on the eve of its commencement. While the whole European Continent is convulsed with the progress of democracy, assuredly England should not alone remain impassive to the demands of the age; isolated in the fraternization of nations, or stubborn in the maintenance of abuse. 'We have repeatedly directed the public attention to the evils resulting from the manner in which prose cutions are carried on in this country, and recom mended that the practice should be assimilated to that which has been carried on with so much benefit to all parties in Scotland. The necessity of a public prosecutor has long been fully recognised. In many instances there has been a complete failure of justice, and criminals have escaped in consequence of the in dividuals who have been aggrieved by their conduct being unable or unwilling to advance the funds ne cessary for carrying on the case effectively' against them. There is at least the possibility of such a result in every case entrusted to the care and ittention of private parties. A session scarcely passes at the Central Criminal Court, or an assizes in any county town, in which the presiding Judges have not to deplore delays and difficulties interposed in conse quence of some of the cases not being ready for in vestigation when brought before the Court, and in others, that they themselves are compelled to depart from their legitimate functions to ascertain the facts from the several depositions that have been returned, and not only to judge with impar tiality between the Crown and the prisoner, but to examine the several witnesses on behalf of the prosecution, and to extract from their lips the evidence necessary to sustain the charge. The greatest inconvenience is sustained by the Court, the juries, the parties who are called on to act as prosecutors, and even by the very pri soners themselves, in consequence of the sys tem ; for although in some cases guilty men may escape the punishment due to their crimes, in others innocent men may be, and too often are con victed, because the arbitrators of their guilt or inno cence—the juries, on whose decision their future fate depends—are disposed to make allowances for defi ciencies of evidence, which might otherwise lead to acquittal, because there was no properly instructed counsel to bring the case before them in a complete and perfect manner. But there is another point of view in which the system must be regarded, in which its consequences are still more injurious. We repeatedly find cases in which the power thus allowed to private parties, of preparing any prosecutions they may think proper without any test or check being applied, is grievously abused, and made subservient to the gratification of their vindictive or malevolent passions. Few persons have been so fortunate as to pass through life with out being placed at some period in a position in which an enemy could make a charge. If a person appears as witness in any court of justice, or is required to make an affidavit, a charge of perjury may be preferred, in fact, the instances are innumerable in which prosecutions may be instituted without the slightest possibility of a conviction, and however triumphant may be the vindication of the accused, he will still be eubjected to a certain stigma and reproach for having been placed as a criminal in the dock ; he will in addition thereto have to submit to the expense and annoyance of preparing his defence, bringing up his witnesses, Peeing counsel and attorney, &c., &c., all of which he must defray out of his own pocket, for whatever may be the result, as it is beneath the dignity of the Crown to pay costs, and the proceedings, although really the work of some malicious scoundrel, are carried on in the name of the Crown, he is left wholly without remedy, unless the very problematical advantage of being permitted to bring a civil action for damages for the malicious prosecution may be considered as such. last,cwe which occurred at the Old Bailey on Wed nesdayand which was reported in The Sun of the same day, affords a strong illustration of this de scription of grievance. Three gentlemen of respecta bility were placed in the dock, charged with feloni• ously forging and uttering a will. When the case was called on, the Learned Counsel who appeared for the prosecution, stated that although he had caused inquiries to be made for the prosecutrix, and her witnesses, he was informed that none of them were present. Under these circumstances the case was allowed to stand over for half an hour, during which time these gentlemen were detained in the dock, exposed amongst the felons and criminals by whom they were surrounded, to every person who chanced to visit the court. At the expiration of that period they were again brought forward, and there being no appearance against them,..they were ac quitted. Then, indeed, their talented counsel made a startling statement, clearly showing the real causes to which their appearance as criminals might be as cribed, and pointing out a strange instance of neglect on the part of the grand jury, who found a true bill. Of the three gentlemen at the bar, two were sons of the testator, whose will it was alleged they had forged, and the third was a highly respectable solicitor, who had married the sister of the other defendants. The chief originator of the charge was a person who had married a niece who formerly lived in the service of the testator, and, it was stated, "that the result of that marriage had been the constant ill-usage of the unfortunate woman by her husband. The parties who had preferred the: charge had never gone before the grand jury. The prim a wi i ll a h ci a e d e n a erer been produced or brought from to be sufficient Doctors' summoned, Commons—theconi convict tntehseses parties of it vi c - e h r a e rg n ed o t . and yet the grand jury hadfound a true bill, —showing that they conceived there was a , which, if not rebutted, would ' Well, indeed, might the Learned Judge who Presided at the trial express his astonishment • at so strange a proceeding, and well, indeed, 4 &Lk. A :4_ 44 migh ft that grand jury make a presentment of the utter uselessness of inquiries before grand juries, and state their opinions that such bodies ought to be aboli shed. If all others were to act in a similar manr er to themselves, the sooner the system is abrog ittcd the better. Grand juries were intended to protect innocent persons from being exposed to ex pense to id inconvenience, and from having their fair fame a , 3 d reputation injured by appearing publicly in court an criminal charges. Had the jury in question inter. , led to provide an unequivocal testimony of the inuti' Lity of the institution, they could not have affor. 3ed a stronger one. Every grand jury, how ever, -will not neglect their duty in so glaring a mans per, and so long 33 public prosecutions may be instit ;sited by private individuals, their existence is absolutely necessary, as some protection, although, as it api 3oars, an inadequate one, against such frivolous and uas founded charges. When, indeed, a public prose cutor i s established, by whom (or by his deputies), every C f ;barge must be investig a t e d b e f ore it i s b roug ht into ourt, and who will be responsible that there is at lea: t a prima facie ; case against the party ac cused, then the necessity for a grand jury will becom e very questionable, and it may very possibly be sai ely dispensed with. THE SUN, LONDON,_ SATURDAY EVENING - , MAY 20, 1848. SPAIN. Ma drid journals of the 14th have arrived. Tho 3 Gacela contains a decree, dated the previous day, I,vhich enacts that Don HENRY DE BOURBON Shall be deprived of the honours and distinctions of an In fante of Spain, as also of all ranks, honours, or decor ations. The documents which have led to this meust are are, says the decree, to be communicated to the upreine Tribunal of Justice, that proceeding' may be taken in accordance with the laws. The motit -es of the decree are, it is further enacted, to be fined to the Cortes in their next sitting, that they may , do what is necessary with respect to the succes sion..to the Crown. The cause of this severe decree is ted to be that the Prince addressed a proclama tion to the Catalonians, in which he attacked the Govt rnment, the QUEEN, and the KING. Tee Gaccta also publishes a royal decree on the subj( . !ct of arranging the public debt. t ,e preliminary exposition abounds in remarks upon the 8 acred nature of the public debt, the determination of tilt a Government to grapple with the subject, &c. But the i nain facts it contains are these—Senor Bertran de Lis 5. tates " that a project of law f,ir the arrangement of tt .e debt had already been examined and sanctioned at a Council of Ministers, and *as, about to be presented to tb e Cortes, when just and grave considerations, which cans+ 1:1 the cessation of the Legislature, frustrated the desig :n, and obliged the Government to postpone it." aother fact is the announcent that " tbe Govern meret is resolved that the Four and Five per Cent. Stock shed . cease to bear interest from the Ist January, 1849, anti its equally decided to offer to the national and foreign creditors the satisfaction of their just credits in the manner which our economical state permits," &c. ' r ne Royal decree is as follows : "Tin conformity with what the Minister of Finance has! - nroposed to me in accord with the Council of Mi rs, I have decreed the followinc , commission is established, which without any clei!ay shall occupy itself in forming a project of law fur the :arrangement of the consolidated and non-consoli datecl debt, both internal and external " Art. 2. In order for the fulfilment of this charge, and to avoid delays and obstructions, the commission shell confer directly with the Finance Minister on the bares, on which the arrangement may have to rest, and shall also have the power to ask for itself at the respec nflices all the data and documents which it may think: necessary. " Art. 3. The members of the commission shall be Don Ramon Santillan, ex-Minister of Finance, and Senator of the kingdom, who shall fill the charge of Pre sid nit; Don Antonio Hompanera de Cos, ex-Minister of the Rome Department ; Don Manuel Sanchez Silva, Deputy to the Cortes ; the Director-General of the Pub lic Debt, and Don Joe Borrajo, employed in the Fi nanco Department, who shall discharge the functions of Secretary. " Given at the Palace the 11th of May, 1848. Signed by thin Royal hand. The Minister of Finance, " MANUAL BERTRAN DELIS." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We h ave received the Paris papers of yesterday. The remaining twelve members of the Committee appointed to draw up the constitution were nominated by ballot at the close of the sitting of Thursday ; they are—Martin (de Strasburg), liroirhage, Co querel, Corbon, Thouret (le l'Allier), Gustave de Beaumont, Dupin, Vaulabille, Odilon Barrot, Pages (de l'Arriege), Domes, Considerant. The composition of this Committee is more than moderate—it is Orleanist ; and we could have wished not to have found in the list such names as those of Duns, the personal friend and legal adviser of the ex-KING, and therefore the person of all others most likely to maintain relations with him still, and of DUFAURE, a former colleague of GUIZOT, of TESTE, and of MOLE. It is well that all parties should be represented on such a Committee, but the Monarchists have in this instance obtained more than their fair share, and DUPIN and DUFAURE, moreover, are to be con sidered rather as the representatives of persons than of parties. _ The Constitutional Committee as finally arranged is thus composed :—MM. Cormenin, Armand Mar rast, Lamennais, 'Vivien, Tocqueville, Dufaure, .Martin (of Strasburg), Woirhage, Coquerel (Pro testant Minister), Corbon, Thouret (de l'Allier), Gustave de Beaumont, Dupin, Vaulabille, Odilon Barrot, Pages (de l'Arriege), Dornes, and Con siderant. M. CORMENIN is the political writer who, under the signature ,of " Timon," has become so famous for his sketches of the Members of the Chamber of Deputies. ARMAND MARRAST, the Mayor of Paris awl a member of the late Provisional Govern ment, was, until the revolution of February, the editor of the National. He was the friend of AR MAND CARREL, and is distinguished by the same manliness of character, honesty of purpose, and un swerving devution to republican principles. LA MENNAIS, the celebrated author of the "Paroles d'un Croyant," has been a priest, and under CHARLES X. was one of the most intolerant and bigoted, but at the same time the most talented and energetic of the supporters of the parti-pretre. After the revolution of 1830 he became an ultra-Republican, and is now a Socialist. He has, in fact, been everything except an Orleanist. VIVIEN is an old Deputy of the Centre-Gauche. TOCQUEYLLLE is the celebrated author of the " History of Democracy in America." Of DUFAURE and of DUPIN we have already spoken. MARTIN was a Member of the Centre-Gauche in the old Chamber of Deputies. Co- QUEUE'. is the celebrated Protestant minister of Paris, and has since his election to the Assembly appeared to attach himself to M. ODILON BARROT, who, be it remembered, proposed the regency of the Duchess of ORLEANS. M. CORDON is the editor of the Atelier, and one of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly. He was most firm and courageous in his opposition to the irruption of the Communists mob into the Cham ber on Monday. M. THOURET is a lawyer. M. GUSTAVE DE BEAUAIONT was an influential member of the Centre-Gauche in the last Chamber, and is the personal friend of M. TETHERS. M. VAULABILLE is a man of Liberal principles, who has acquired some celebrity by his " History of Two Restorations." M. DORNES is one of the most accomplished of the writers for the National, and may be considered as a disciple of M. .ARMAND MARRAST ; and M. VICTOR CONSIDERANT, the editor of the Democratte Pacifique, is the leader of the Fourierists, a man of considerable talent, polished manners, and who may be considered as the head of 1 the Peace Sccieties of France. costume, t • um e e Ab , h b o e le L n A g c e o r aDAta s in his picturesque graces , the Assemhlyhy white hispre sence. Finding his duties as a legislator incom patible with the proper performance of his clerical functions, he resigned his seat in the Assembly on Thursday. Considerable blame has been thrown upon M. BUCHEZ,' the President of the Chamber, for his apparently vacillating conduct in the presence of the mob on Monday. In consequence of these imputa tions, M. DEGOUSEE, one of the Questors of the Chamber, has felt it his duty to address the following letter to the editor of the National --- -- " Mr. Editor,—Severul journals, ignorant no doubt of the deplorable facts which occurred on the 15th, in cr i, minate the conduct and the acts of the worthy President of the National Assembly. The truth ought to be known, and my duty is to explain it to you. " As aeon us the Chamber was entered by the rioters, the I'resident, finding that his orders had not been at tended to, gave me power to adopt measures to rescue the Assembly. " An hour afterwards I gave the President an account of what I had done. I told him that our colleague M. Puree, major of the 31 arrondissement, was assembling that legion and marching to the deliverance of the Assembly. I added, that I had given orders in all the mayories to have the rapped beaten, and that the As sembly would soon be surrounded by sixty thousand men. An hour passed over. I told the President that he had only one thing to do—remain in his seat, tempo rise, and gain time. I told him that the heads of the columns of National Guards were now in sight. The tumult and disorder in the Chamber were now at •its height. A horrible atteck might be committed. I re peated to the Citizen Buchez, that half an hour more was all that was wanted; that he might even give a counter order, in order to satisfy the rioters, for that the counter order would come too late to prevent the arrangement which had been already taken. ' Are you certain,' said the President, that all that you have ordered has been execated ?' My reply was, I am certain of it,' "you know, sir, how, in a few moments afterwards, the President was violently thrust from his seat; how was momentarily susp en d e d. Th e Pr es ident, and ice-Presidents, a n d severa l D e p ut i es , wen t t o V4. of the President, in order to call for all the t the h o theotttienl nati,mal forces , " - M. Buchrz and one of my colleagues went a few minutes after to the Executive Committee to concert with it relative to a meeting that night in some other place if the crowd could nut be expelled from the Chamber. "The President on leaving had delegated full powers to us, and we had esed them with activity and energy. On my soul and my contcience, and as actor in and witness of the facts which Lpoint out to you, I declare that the President did all that it was in human power to du; I think that the Republic owes to his coolness and his intelligence the termination of an attempt which, had it succeeded, would have led to incalculable mis fortunes. " The calm and dignified attitude of all the Repre sentatives powerfully seconded the will of the President. (Signed) "IYEGOUSEE, Questor." The following is the official report of 11. ARMAND MARRAST, the Mayor of Paris, on the subject of the attack on the Hotel de Vile on Monday. It is ad dressed to the Executive Committee : - - " Citizens, —I now, in writing, agreeably to your de sire, give you the facts which 1 have communicated to you verbally, of what took place at the Hotel de Ville on the 15th. ,I shall thus rectify many errors which have, been publicly reported. At the moment when the tribune of the Assembly was invaded by the authors of a criminal attack against the sovereignty 01 the people, I was informed that they intendd to proceed to the Hotel de Ville to pro claim a Provisional Government. My duty called me to my post, and I proceeded there. .1 arrived two hours before the iasurgents, and immediately ordered . every measure to be taken to prevent their entering. The first legion of the National Guard was ordered to place itself in column at the entrance of the place from the quay; and the Colonel commanding at the hotel took the necessary measures for its defence. " The coitimtl - at the people, preceded by their standard, soon ceine in front of the ninth legion. They announced that the Chamber had been dissolved, that the Executive Government no longer existed, and that the National Guard, the Garde Mobile, and the army, had proclaimed a new Proviional Government. Atter some parleying's, a shot was tired at the officer second in command at the Hotel de Ville, who was at the head of his legion, and who energetically refused a passage to the rioters. The resistance of Commandant Beaumont was not, unfortunately, seconded with sufficient unani mity. A ,chef de tataillon of the National Guard ordered his men to minx bayonets; the Colonel of the 9th heeiteted, and unfortunately this momentous heeitas Lien was taken advantage of by the. insurgents to gain the place. My deputy, M. Adam, had gone round to inspect tei different entrances. He returned to me, and said that Colonel Rey, who was in command, would have to answer for what he did, or for what he neglected to do. I must add that Col. Rey harangued the crowd for some time, addressing himself in par ticular to Barbes, and refused to open the gates. A few minutes after, however, they withdrew, the gates were opened, and the crowd rushed in. The leaders at once cried out ' Where is Marrast? we must first get rid of him.' I was at that moment in my cabinet, which I had not quitted, accompanied by some members of the Assembly, and protected by fifty men, resolved, like myself, to resist by force, whatever might be the issue of the struggle. The courts were filled by two or three thousand people; they directed their steps towards the room in which the deliberations were carried on on the 24th February, and they opened, in the midst of the most indescribable tumult, a discussion on proper names. " During this time I had given ,orders, by the ushers of the hotel, to the 6th and 7th. legions to come, at double quick time, to the Hotel de Ville. I had signed a proclamation which informed the National Guards of the true state of affairs; I had written to you, citizens, to demand fresh reinforcements, and to order those ar rangements which were necessary to turn out the mob, which had riot yet got into the hall, and to take into custody others at a convenient time. " The legions arrived opportunely. Barbes and his accomplices went into another room, which they had guarded by armed men. They showed themselves at the windows to the crowd on the place, and we heard cries of Viva Barbes,' Vive Louis Blanc,' Viva Albert.' General Foucher soon after came into my room, followed by his staff. I ordered him immediately to bring in his battalions of the National Guard and the Garde Mobile, and to begin by clearing the courts and the staircases of the crowd, at the seine time that ho surrounded the room in which the leaders of the move ment were assembled. My deputy, M. Adam, went him self into that room, and made the first arrest. Orders were immediately given not to allow any one to leave the hotel, and to guard - all the outlets by which Barbes, Albert, and the others might attempt to escape. " Citizens Lanaartine and Ledru Rollin arrived at this themselves l e G s u t a o r d arrest declared every tosmoueroevad:eetertha " a n w i t dw h oo t e i .b h u moment at the Hotel de Ville, and were soon after fol lowed by General Clement Thomas. Officers of the y e lt hdh y taehd : : would nbeei ntivnesae:de t El ebe k dsesr e astrh o yo n ef. hotel to ; Assembly, bert as s was athere signed, written w er b e y above namedT members of the Executive Committee. The commandant of the Bth battalion had already arrested Barbes. The superior officers of the artillery and of the Nati on mostal e G r g u e a t r i d e s e e fl e b u r r t e s d t A h b t e t r h t 0 , s a e n d p e e v v e u r e t e o s n s e h u o s u e t d d the not experience any rough treatment from those whose roused by their conduct. At i t n h d e ig sa n m at e io t a im h e ad se b a e r e 'c n h j u' us a t s ly made in the Hotel, and 150 other individuals arrested. This number. was increased in the evening to more than 200, • • " You see, citizens, that if by an, act of weakness, or of complicity—by a fault or by a crime—the , insurgents were able to instal themselves in one of the rooms of the Hotel de Ville, they were not for an instant masters of the place, I never ceased to commend there, and to give orders; and the doubts which had for a moment bees thrown on the minds of a small body of the National Guards having been removed, my deputy and myself had thus nothing to call our attention tram .securing the arrest of the guilty, and sparing the effusion of blood. " I think it right to add that the chef de batuillon of the 9th Regiment, of whore I have spoken above, has sent me his resignation. I have also received those of Colonel Yautiez, and of an ensign named Suery. As to Colonel Rey and his agent, they have . beee placed under arrest. " ARMAND MARRAST. 66 m a y 18." The last garrison of the Caussidiere Guards has surrendered, and the Temple is at the present mo ment occupied by the National Guards. Among the papers seized at SODRIER'S are some drafts of decrees, purporting to issue from the Com mittee of Public Safety : .‘ Flan DECREE. "In the name of the regenerate people of Paris, o R f e v p u u b b l l i i c c s i a n fe k t ' y eb d r e u c a la ry re a s— nd May, 1848, the h t n Committeeeh r a of f t e the National Assembly, composed in great part of reactionaries, has violated its trust. " That it has squandered precious time, while the misery of the people required prompt measures. " That it refused to create a Ministry of Labour. " That it de a massed arms in the house for its defence when it should havedepended 0 A moral influence de rived from zeal and devotedness. towerp of op to the President the That it continued o conv P oking atiniedmacacnodrdtehde National Guard. " That it violated th© liberty and the sovereignty of the people as proclaimed at the barricades, by interdict ing their right of petition. " That it ordered the people to be fired upon who came peaceably to present a petition in favour of the Poles. " In consequence, " The people of Paris, the advanced sentinel, charged with watching the execution of the commission given to representatives, declares that havinc , violated their mandats they are deprived of power, and' has constituted a Committee of Public Safety, composed of the following nine members:—(a blank was left) —which committee is invested with unlimited power fur constructing and organizing a veritable democratic republic, and fur smo thering re-action by the most energetic means if it should dare to show itself. " THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY." A second decree referred to could not be found. A third decree abolishe s the administrative and judicial powers, and gives th e p olice into the hands of the working classes, according to a as well as magiste rial functions . The bourgeoise are forbidden to a pp ear in uniform or in arms. A fourth d ecree orders capitalists to deposit 200 francs for 1,000 francs income tip to 3,500 francs, when the c on t r ib u tion must be 250 francs, and so on prog r essive scale. A similar, decree strikes at landholders; and those who ,refuse are to have their property confisca ted and 'themselves out lawed. The organization of labour i s decreed in the same document. The arrests still continue ; there are at present upwards of 140 prisoners in Vincennes. BLANQUI, however, is]yet: at liberty. Some of these journals publish a letter from him , d ated Paris, Ma y 17, in which he says that he has again found refuge in that I I asylum which for seventeen years sheltered him from Royalist persecutions. It is reported that he has been seen in Brussels. General COURTAIS has been removed to the Petit Luxembourg. Louis BLANC has, by permission of the Govern ment, had several interviews with ALBERT at Yin- c e nn es. The preparations for the file in the Champ de Mars were resumed on WedneAay. It is said to be the poiitive intention of the Executive Government that the file shall take place on Sunday next. The Constilutionnel says— " M. Trouve Chauvel , who has just been appointed by the Government to the post of Prefect of Police, was mayor of Le Mans at the time the Duke de Nemours passed through that town , and was immediately removed from his situation in consequence of the bold bat very candid speech which he made un the occasion; and to which the Duke answered by saying, that he would receive compliments but not lessons from a mayor. To this dry observation M. Trout e Chauvel replied, It is the duty of a prince to listen to the truth.' M. Trouve Charnel, who is an old Republican, has lately filled the office of Commissary-General in the departments of the Sarthe, the Maine-et• Loire; and the Mayenne; he has been able, by the vigour of biz character and the probity of his conduct, to maintain peace, good order, and confidence in those departments. lie was unanimously elected to the National Assembly by the department of the Sarthe. The choice of the Executive Committee cannot fail to be generally commended. M. Troupe Chauvel is already` installed at the Prefecture, and Al. Catissid:ce imme diately offered to put him au courant with all the affairs of the office. The Rtfornie states that the strangest reports have )eeu current in Paris within the last few days. Amongst others, it is said that the Duke de BOR DEAUX has been seen in the faubourg St. Germain. It it added that Prince Louis NAPOLEON has again quitted England to return to Paris. It was like wise asserted that General COURTAIS is a Legitimist in disguise. The Committee of Labour met yesterday morning. It decided that the members of the bureau should not perform their functions longer than to June 1. M. CORDON was named President ; M. TOURRET, Vice- President ; M. DEmEsmAY, Secretary ; and M. As- TOUIN, Vice Secretary. The Committee also decided that it would meet every day at ten o'clock, and that the Minister of Public Works and the Director of the National Workshops should be summoned before it this day. It also adopted the following resolu tions :-1. That one or several sub- committees should be formed to examine and report on all the communications sent in. 2. That it should call suc cessively before it all person's-likely from their posi tion to throw light on the questien'of the .organiza tion of labour. The Moniteur contains a very long report-from the Minister of Finance on the project for the re purchase of all the railroads. We have only room to give the the important point. The price of purchase is proposed to be the average quotation during the six months preceding the Revolution of February (24th August, 1847, to 24th February, 1848), and the holders will receive in payment Five per Cent. Stock, also at the average price during the same period. The report concludes by proposing the fol lowing project of law : " Art. 1. The resumption by the state of the posses sion of railways conceded to financial companies, ante riorly to the 24th February, 1848, is declared of public utility. " Art. 2. The Minister of Finances is authorised to execute this measure, reserving the indemnity stipulated in Art. 3. " Art. 3. The resumptionnf posseSsion of the different railways will take place in the following conditions, viz.:— " FIRST CATEGORY. " Railway of Paris to Saint Germain. Paris to Versailles (Right Bank). Paris to Versailles (Lett Bank), Strasburg to Bale. Paris to Orleans and Corbeil. Paris to Rouen. Rouen to Havre. Montereau to Troves. Avignon to. Marseilles. Amiens to Boulogne. Paris to the frontier of Belgium, with the branches to Saint Quentin, Calais, and Dunkirk. Orleans to Vierzon. Orleans to Bordeaux. Paris to Strasburg. Paris to Lyons. Tours to Nantes. - - - " The value of these different railways will be esta blished according to the average quotation of their shares an the Paris Bourse, during the six months pre ceding .the revolution of the 24th of February (from the 24th August, 1847, to 24th February, 1848). In ex change for their shares, the shareholders will receive Coupons de Rentes Five per Cents., quotation for quo tation,, according to the average quotation on the Bourse of Paris during the sane six months above spe cified. " SECOND CATEGORY. " Railway of Andrezieux to I►vanne. Lyons to St. Etienne. The Grand Cornbe to Alais and Beaucaire. Abscon and d'Anzin to Denali' and Somain. Montpellier to Cette. Mulhouse to Thann. Bordeaux to La Teste. Dieppe to Rouen. " For this category the Minister of Finance is autho rised to treat with each company separately. The treaties must be submitted to the sanction of the Na tional Assembly. Art. 4. The companies with whom the Minister of Finances shall think fit to negotiate, can in a general meeting of shareholders, convoked fur that purpose, accept by a majority of votes the proposed conditions of the Ministers, and thus bind the whole of the share holders. " Art. 5. A sum of rentes equal to the valuation of the railways bought shall be inscribed in the Great Book of the Public Debt. " Art. 6. The State, taking the place of the companies, will reimburse their bonds and loans according to the conditions agreed on with the lenders. " Art. 7. The necessary expenses for the carrying on the railway works by the State, which, according to previous laws, ought to have been executed by the com panies, are placed provisionally to the charge of the floating debt. • "Art. 8. The Ministers of Finance and Public Works are respectively charged with the execution of the pre sent decree. " Done in Council. " The Members of the Executive Commission— " ARAGO N GARNIER PAGES, MARIE, LAMARTINE, LEDRII-ROLLIN. ‘• Minister of Finance, E. DUCLERC." We cannot believe that the National Assembly will countenance such an act of spoliation in regard to the lines not yet in operation, which over-speculation, had brought down to ruinous prices for the holders, and when, to render their position still worse, they would have to receive stock which they could now purchase for rather more than half the price at which it would be given to them by the Government ; whereas, on the other hand, share. holders had every reason to hope that on the opening of the lines prices would recover to, if not go higher than, par, and meanwhile were receiving 4 per cent. interest. The following further details respecting the events of Monday have been obtained. When the head of the insurgent column reached the hotel de Ville, the Republican guard prepared to resist, but, after some conversation with Colonel REY and the garrison, the gates were opened, and the hotel was invaded. A person who was half•spectator, half actor, gives the following particulars : " The invaders immediately set to work to draw up lists of the new Government without thinking of anything else. Two young men were so engaged, when an employe entered and as k e d them with a great as sumption of dignity what right they had to be there? They answered that they were there on the part of the people, that the National Assembly was dissolved, and that they were concoc ti ng a P rov i s i onal Govern ment. At the same mom en t a num b er o f the insurgents rushed into the room, whereupon the p oor emp l oye areturned exercising your andur right, t stammered-' m y me o r u e d — m a ' ) col gentlemen, you iatinue !' b ut noA,h notice was taken of him. Barbes was worn out by the fatigue and emotions of the day. He asked f or some thing, and a person connected with the Hotel brought him a - bottle of Bordeaux and a glass. He took a Mass, and went into an adjoining room with several other per sons to draw up a proclamation. Lists of the new Go vernment were thrown out of the windows and the people shouted—' Viva Barte s !' b ut so little was public opinion with us that many made sarcasms on the names. When an officer of the staff arrived announcing that the National Assembly was re - established, the crowd which had just cried----' Vive Barbis !' shouted—' Vire I'As serub;6e Nationale !'" btxhueat A ii tno a hns n eua y yrl gpw Guardee -;on were o se n sp s ore e oo a nnt e te a eps p rt ue e e td d d fdrt down m in t t ih h ibe e oy io : nel Hotel name threats,d l—M. f M al thel. ne A A scpor u emi R oe es T people, d himself enabl e d t wo students to do so. When the —" Vive l'Assembl6e Nationale !" One of the National Guards, not knowing exactly in what posi tion things were, said that the reason why the new Provisional Government was not approved by public opinion was that the name of M. LAMARTINE did not appear in the lists. " Oh ! there is no objection to that!" said one, "we will add it !" and taking a pen he wrote the name. The list then stood thus— Lamartine, Louis Blanc, Ledru.llollin, I3arbes, 131Anqui, Caussidiere, Etienne . Arago, Albert, Hubert, Sobrier, Lagrange. The following document was found : " The Provisional Government, taking into conside ration the wish of the people, declares that it will imme diately notify to the Russian and German Governmunts the order to reconstitute Poland, and if they do not do it, the Government of the French Republic will imme diately declare war against them. " The Members of the Provisional Government. " Paris, 15th May, 1848." This document bears tl.e stamp of the - Maine of Paris, but is not signed., Whai the President of the Assembly was driven from the chair, about 60 Deputies met in the salon of the President to organize resistance. Several representatives proposed that the Assembly should retire to the provinces, but M. LE FALEoux declared with energy that such an insult ought net to be made to the Parisian population before appealing to it, and that the Garde Mobile, who were before the windows, should be called on. Not being able to persuade his colleagues to adopt this opinion, M. DE FADEoux leaped from the window, followed by M. DAMPIEERE and M. KERDRED, and, addressing the comman dant of the Garde Mobile, called on him to protect the Assembly. The mobile answered with acclamations. M. DE FALEoux then hastened to the side of the spay, where he met M. WoLowsKi. They both then informed the National Guards that the Assembly did not consider itself dissolved, and appealed to them for protection, which. the National Guards immediately promised. On 'Monday a number of little scraps of 'paper with the inscriptions, " Let us commit incendiarism ! Let us burn until we shall have obtained the division of lands !" were found on the Boulevard Montmartre. Other scraps were found in different parts_of Paris, and even in the interior of the Asseinbly, with the inscription, " Money is no longer current in France. Every private property is declared national property. Family is abolished. A tax of 500,000,0001. is im posed on the infamous town of Paris." The Northern Railway continues to be protected by 6,000 troops of the line and 2,000 Gardes Mobiles. A company of the National Guard of the Banlieu, which also did service there, has been dismissed. On Wednesday Lyons was thrown into alarm by the intelligence that the Faubourg of Bresse was barricaded, and that the workmen of the national workshops, all armed and provided with ball cartridges, were in insurrection against the authorities of the Republic. It appears that several workmen had been arrested for seizing and burning some articles belonging to a manufac turer. The next morning a body of workmen waited on M. MARTIN BERNARD, the Government commis sary, to demand their release: This was refused. Some commissaries of police and gendarmes having gone to make new arrests, the workmen seized them, and declared that they would detain them until their own comrades should be released. They then cow structed two barricades, leaving, however, a sufficient space for vehicles to pass, and the barricades were guarded by armed men. Subsequently, however, they were removed ; but when the last accounts came away two numerous corps de garde were established one near the entrance of the Faubourg, the other lower down. The Presse says : " On Monday a party of National Guards of the 12th Legion presented themselves at the Maine of the 12th Arrondissement, and E demanded cartridges; but, as the men who made 'this demand were persons wishing for order, M. Boquet, the deputy-mayor, and the great friend of IlArLe , , refused to give them. At ten , &-cleck the same night, M. Boquet was seen in the Rue Saint Jacques escorted by ten men, each carrying basket of cartridges. During the day, M. Boquet tore up the order which he had received to have the rappel beaten. It was Captain Artery who caused that to be done, in suite of the authorities at the Mairie. It was also Captain Mery who was ordered to arrest Boquet, who has, it is said, •been , lodged in the Luxembourg." We read in the Droit:— It appears that the late manifestation, which has ended so disastrously for the conspirators, was origi- Aially fixed for the 12th or 13th, it being wished that it should correspond with the anniversary of the insurrection of the 12th of =May, 1839, at the head of which were Midis and Blanqui. But the pre parations were not complete, as the expected reinforce ments from the provinces had not arrived. Consequently the manifestation was postponed till the 15th. The ,plan for the insurrection of Monday last was perfectly combined. At the moment of the departure of the so-called Polish manifestation, and during its passage from the Bastille to the Madeleine, a certain number of persons more intimately initiated in the plot foul( a more direct route, and, to avoid the Pont de la Rivolution, proceeded in small groups of two or three each along the quays on the left bank of the river. Arriving in the place de la rue de Bourg^gne long before the column coming by the Boulevarts, Linty took possession of the court-yard of the Assembly, and sent pretended delegates into the hag of sitting. Others in much greater numbers, remarked for the ardour of their communist opinions, remained in the purlieus of the Hotel de Ville, waiting for the procla mation and arrival of the new Provisional Government." . The funeral of the National Guards killed in the Passage Moliere, on Monday, took place on Thursday, and was attended by a deputation from the National ,AssemblY. M. CORMENIN pronounced a panegyric, over their grave. The Assembly met yesterday at half-past one, and the early part of the morning was consumed in listening to the personal explanations of M. BUCHEZ, M. ETIENNE 'ARAGO, and other officers of the Assembly and the Government in relation to the events of Monday. The discussion, which was assuming a very acrimonious character, was brought to a conclusion by General Clement Thomas, who expressed his annoy ance at fading honourable citizens who had shown marks of courag,e and devotedness in the trying circum stances of May 15 exposed to calumnies. He should not pursue the subject, Mit. would conclude by moving an address from.the Colonels of the eighteen Legions of Paris, and the banlieur, in reply to the vote of thanks passed to them by the National Assembly. The Gallant Member then read the address which is of a most loyal character, and expressing a firm determination to put down all perfidious attempts at re-action.—(Luud cheers followed the reading of the aticess.) The Chamber then passed with acclamation the order of the day, and the matter ended. After some discussion the draft of a proclamation to the French people from the National Assembly was voted. The Minister of Finance presented two Bills, to close the accounts of the budgets of 1646 and 1847. M. Vivien stated that the Committee on the standing, orders were of opinion that, in the case of Bills presented by the Government, it was not necessary to insist on the 24 hours' notice, which was imperatively demanded for propositions or Bills from other Members. The Minister of the Interior presented two Bills—one demanding '.500,000f. for hospitals and other charitable institutions; and the second a Bill authorising certain works to be commenced, and departments to meet the wants of the labouring classes. He took that occasion to declare that the capital was perfectly tranquil, and that the population was actuated by the best possible spirit towards the National Assembly.—(Hear, hear.) In answer to a question from an Hon. Member, the same Minister declared that the ;state of Limoges was now improved, as the population was employed and order re-established. The Assembly then proceeded to ballot for two Members to fill the vacant .places of Vice-President. BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, MAY 19. THREE o'CLocK.L---The Railway Bill presented by the Government is considered rather better than was to be expected, and has ,had a rather favourable effect on the price of shares. The• Rentes are steady, but very little business has been done. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 19. Boulogne and Amiens, •6t, —Dutch Rhenish, :h —Namur and Liege, 3 % — northern of France, 4. IRELAND. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING. The Dublin Police Commissioners have issued a cautionary proclamation against the assemblage of processions in the streets. It is stated that the confederate clubs are to defy the authorities, and march to-night.. The Government have made arrangements to en force the proclamation, and a collision is apprehended. lIA.YAIARKET TIIEATRE. —Those popular and ac complished artists, Mr. to the Haymarket boards for a Mrs b Charles Kean, retu rn and period. They re - Mr. Lovell's effective play, Th e appear on Monday ufe's Secret, which made so decided a hit as to b e played every night of the Keans' last engagem en t. Si r Bulwer Lytton's comedy, Mon ey, is, we belie ve , i n prepa ration for them. Mr. Kean will be the Evelyn, and Mrs. Kean the Clara Douglas—much of the old cast being also re-arranged for the play. ACCIDENT AT A PIANOFORTE MAKER's.—Yester day Mr. W . Payne held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Thomas Loncall, aged 19. The deceased was an apprentice to Mr. Cadby, the pinano furte maker, of Liquerpond-street, and whilst standing at work in the factory on Wednesday last one of the racks filled with timber gave way and buried him under it. He expired on Thursday last from the effects of the injury received. The jury, therefore, returned a ver dict of accidental death, with a recommendation that the frADas or racks should he made ntronger iU future. The foreman of the factory undertook to save the recom mendation of the jury attended to. " 4- GERMANY THE NORTHERN STA' rES. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MAY 14.—The pupils of the ta il itary f academy of Vi?nna have subscribed the larg r sus s 0 700 guilderS, which they have placed in the i:han ' the local committee, for the benefit of the tro D] ), o f the army in Italy who have been deprived of t' p ro perty and effects there. This act on the p: 1 tof the military students was quite spontaneous, and bs s called forth a letter of high approbation :from the Minister of War for their very patriotic sen &Wets' PRUSSIA AND POSEN-I, vox PFUEL MAY 16.—The Prussian Gelid nitl V . °_ . g . PFUEL published an explanation relative to th eesPi w ii lation of Posen, in reply to objections whidli Ive be e started that Minnosrawsiri is treated tool flien`,l 4 ; 1 The General states that the circumstancel i of the capitulation were as follows :—M. TAc:r., tic° We „ ) , arrived at the camp on the evening of the ;fith,r; the intelligence that MIEROSLAWSKI was i reedy. capitulate, and begged permission to br io, ing _., General VoN WED EL L had already received I the °°:f ditions of the capitulation, and, as the jd, ° Li l o , MIEROSLAWSKI would have occasioned 11 1 11 0 , cessary delay, General PFUEL gave ] l. . se lf ZANOWSKI a safe conduct in writing for., b lind and MIEROSLAWSKI, that they might repair ° ' am„ 0 rel. VON W EDELL. MIEROSLAWSKI had all , 3 adl' an d TACZANOWSKI expected, laid down his to D 3B retired from the camp, being in great fe ti r e i , people, among whom he found it impost ii hie sP s. l . longer to maint a i n di sc ipli ne . M e anwhile , T Ac kipo Nowsia changed his resolution, and instead f f ° so d MIEROSLAWSKI to General VoN WEDELL reP,,i n thither with VON BK EZAZUSKI , w h o had ui idevt'.„. the command on the resignation of MIEKO et. 13 3 711 Colonel B. concluded the capitulation, deck; firing rty , he, in fact, did not hold the commatia s to longer, and was f ear f u l o f re t u rnh •Ig ba d the camp, and . that Colonel °Bona 1 the taken the supreme command. Whi, le , fro m capitulation was bein g s i gne d, a no t e arrist '° fthe Colonel OnousKt, declaring that only a portiii a ro t' troops accapted the conditions, and that t he the had deposed M IEROSLAWSK I, an d h a d opt n . e di t negotiations for the capit u l a ti on . H e bad I 'enekva o safe conduct for him se lf and TAczAxowss.t, I 8 %00 the laws of war he could not be treated co tt r to than according to the capitulation, acc( W al lbi. which he will be taken to a Prussian fortres if s u e r 0 the decision of Gover nmen t w ill b e taken • e it " f e of the. war depot, between the Elbe and the VG obtain a passport for France. ths t General Vox PFUEL remarks, in conclusi , ° ° ' o f the capitulation is, in force only for the .4 s e-- i ge. t . corps, which on the 9th of May was opposed.: to ' WEDELL, on the Schroda. ' to A. POSEN, MAY 13.MIEROLWSKI, in MS li i tot t he General WEDELL, states that he has enter 00 , category of emigrants who, according to the; 0 00 0 tion of the 11th of April, are t o un ite theow a l° 0 tb distinct divisions, and submit unreservedly ty)° fate that awaits them. That in order to 10 - 15 ,_ 1/1.6 ,,, 10 Prussian Government of his vie ws for the foli o ; to requests to have a passport f or F rance , soc °lll el l the proposals of the capitul a ti on o f Gene'. 4 V PFUEL.—Cologne Gazette, May lg. ' WO MAYENCE, MAY 15.—Great complaints er e Doti, made here against the gross neglect of th e I t pre! ties. Yesterday about fifty or sixty inert stl'n tb vented the Top steamer from proceeding i li :d the Rhine. They cut the ropes, and connol`' oo o l vessel to return down the Rhine, being fully rt i " j or that the work of towing the boats shall tint 7 5 - 0 complished by steamer, but by manual exerti°L,`,4o hitherto. The Burgher Guard of 1,20 0 n le° 41 i es was drawn up on the bridge, did not tatP ' • interference, nor yet did the magistrates" i ~ Gazette, May 18. 1 ' . DENMARK AND scHLES I6 . • HOLSTEIN. ~, ANOTHER BATTLE. of Or The Hamburgh Co rr e spon d ent, un der dst e •oloi 15th May, from Kiel, states that on the T.. 4 . 11 10( 1 _ 4 ° night or Friday morn i ng, t h e Danes di s er7; boil* Fredericca to the nu m b er of I,ooo' men , b : ( 1 the surprised, between the fire of the artillery d . t hose infantry, could not regain their vessels, - n ,-- who were not killed were made prisoners. a ABs stated that fourteen wagg on l oa d s of Wou licie carried off. , 0 , 6'4° 9 7 A Hemburgh letter o f th e 16th, dated " . Itif P.M., contains the f o ll ow i ng announcement :--. 0 0t1P: 4 7 s ~x h ave just been informed on good Ddb that Colonel H o d ges , h er B r itannia col lo Chargé d'Affaires here has received - a 04. t . nication from the G overnor o f Heligola n ; 0 10 0 effect, ' that a Danish officer had gone 89 , 11 ,0 °. • bri i him and to communicat e t o hi m that the l'2 fse7, o o - of war would not ' interf ere w ith any Ilee tl e ii. b *ice 0 that he had sent about 30 English. vessels " 14 e iero"..arr sorry he had done so, for he had ;sinc e r 00 v - official communication from his Government t 0 • t4 . a i y. , 7 • . POLAND. g b From 'Warsaw we have dates to th e ar t ' etrO r order had been published by the Imperi al ci c % l3 : . General to the effect:-1. That all foreig ne— f en 3 P a t longerl)assports had expired, and who desired to "1- Poland, were required to sr(' f tt ho' residing in the provinces, to the niviVer of ritie in . 9, if in Warsaw, to the chief '7 . ° cbie t police. pir 2. The civil governors, as well as nt t he 0 11 ector of Police, are permitted to g r e t f ° foreignersnot t so situate permission to remain 1 - bb' beyond the period of one year, Pr°vicied theyt er tension haviour :3 warrant such permission. . of time will b e gra nted under APY °— stances. BEI;GIU31. st f: BRUSSELS, MAY 18.—M. FRERE to b e Public Works, has tendered his re siglis tian w e or e assured u N r G e . d motive of his retirement is , his The not of a political nature. -Alth°"s not resignation c is in the hands of the ICIN G ' th if , t ls a l in that it is definite. The Ministers vos",_o OMAN persists in bis resolutie retiring, FRER D E TLHOUNGAR should succeed higli.e'a The C h M am . be r of Representatives was oc ctiVi t ipP lE day with a project of law for opening Oil° srior. mentary credits for the department of the int e " f or t The project of law on the postal reforM is re o next session.—Courrier Beige, May 18 ' RUSSIA. •„ he ° II : The Gazela Palska, in its last nurnberf ject of Poland says Kalisch two regi' Jo rg e cavalry with eight pieces of artillery, An d A i , pa division of cavalry, are stationed, and at ri6l6-ept to field pieces. The required stores have bee ,isoplie' Lowicz, where all the magazines were to be h " ; t itle ° by the Bth. All the civil and military' nut7,evtioti:' have receivad orders to give a very gracious Ocrof officers oevery Prussian soldier who deserts to he who may desert are to receive their ° and the privates are to receive ten Polish S l° 'lO daily in addition to their usual pay Co/orie 6;te3A It is said that the Russian Government 11,55 a new tariff, the publication of which is 0 01 1 40 e 0 e t by the.. present circumstances of BuroP e ' dutie s 11 he points of this new system of customs' extremely favourable, and many articles nosT e on gb ll tit o° prohibited will be allowed to be thereiced payment of high duties, whilst isting duties will be reduced. _.------___.!"-------"'-^"..''_____ , The eel e 4 0163 , E t, R E s red N ri rr a B Swedish Miss n B o x i' e E I m t s bfi st .3 Bremer, 1- a hi 0 or England the NreovEr.,.--....-- . bo ., Iv , compliment of first Publ is n i lbll tril od i country her new work, which has been inn s " - nt her° ',tio ated by Mary Howitt, and is entitled " Or" doili e ;01 stories, Sisters." T ...t is one of those charming o f et to d in which the actual scenes and timing tooloor ay, life occurring in a respectable fatoilY, t !, f f 00 . . 0 e, 't ppear,, . excite a deeper interest than can be draw' ao P i lot romantic fiction—a picture made up of bu tti w on ° o il thies and family affections, mingled with son° t t ong o f those passions often found disturbing the ro w s st orl io . ; communities. We have no doubt this De, p orD " Brothers and Sisters" will become extreoin'ltio, of and even increase Miss Bremer 's great rePu ts t l eo ieri /si e o f APOTHECARIES' HALL.--Nam, of ge_ ll ,, „ ro cD e o rs , passed their examination in the science nu,u o r o n 1 1 ' 4 , medicine, and received certificates to practo reoltire day, May is :—John Penberthy BerrYintl',o • It ; Cornwall ; Henry Rowland lloskins, Lon"' ipss'il..jel‘ pruge,retielim, Dunn, Southmolton, Devon ; Charles Scholes Butler Birch, Leam►ngton p r iors ; flo es, P - 4 , William Pearce Jago, Bodmin, Cornwall I d o ll Ci o . ward Nuild, Oniton, near Leeds Thein 3s ( I t rrf stake, Kirk Langley, Derbyshire; Illilligl33 house, Devon ; James Murray, Oid"ta'