The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-18 00:00:00

~................-----------..........- I:I[ZR MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame TADOLINI It la respestfelly announced that this diolebrated ArtlSte kas sr .:lived and will make her first, appearance on SATURDAY next, May ,20, in tie pert originally composed for her, Donizetti's Opera of LINDA DI CIIAMOUNI. • ~:, , .. T. ii F. e..CU A. 11 E."—NOBLE'SIEN and GMNTLEMY.N aro respectfully informed that " THE C ar f A(E.' Yo. 2, Rennett.street, St. James's (opposite the Turf Club), is NOW OrltN for the SEASON. HEE MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Male. JENNY LIND. The. 'Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are eve,strully issiormed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take ace THE EvENDIG, May IC tracewhe Madlle. JENNY LIND will Apt ear as t o lA, in t , onizette lebrated Opera, entitled LA FIGLIA DEL SEGGIMENTO. The Scenery by Mr, C. Marshall. The dresses by Miss Bradley Ind .Mr. Whales, under the sth.erintendence of 31dine. Copere. Mnria, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; La March.se di Berkenfold, ISadarne &art; Suplata Sergente, Sig. F. Lablache ; Tonto. gig. tkirdoni. Between the Acts a DINERTISsEMENT, in which Mdlle. Cerito gni M. bt. Leos will appear. Ti coned .e tth the highly . suctessful New and Original GRAND BALLET, 2A Tear Tableaus, by M. Paul Taglioni. entitled FIORITA, et la Reine des Elfrldes, Principal parts by Mdlle. Caroline Rosati, St dlles. Esther Ansundon, Vetsevenot, Julienne. Lamoureux. Jenny, 31. Louis Dor, M. Di Matti*, MM. Venafra, Gannet, and Wile. Marie ragliont.: Applications tor Boxes, Stalls, and 'rickets, to be made at the Box-mike of the Theatre. The Fne List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Doors open a' halt-past ?even, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Erile7 the Manaiement WI Mr. H. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be presented Coleman's Comedy of JOHN BULL. Between the pieces Mr. Gerhard Taylor, the eminent Harpist, will perform a grand Fanta,ia. Alter which, JENNY LIND AT LIST. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole's mysterious production. and called THE CASTLE eV OTRANTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vlncensa. Mr. J. Bland; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, r. Caulfield ; Hip penis. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. CaaLleld. Stage Manager. Mr. Ferran; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, 1:ox.book keeper. Boxes. is. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery , 2 s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Heirs open at Yal.t. Mt Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING WM be eerformed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST isomr. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright. P. liediord, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Prank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. To be followed byla new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE GACY. Turnem Green. Mr. Wright; Bob Gills, Mr. Alunyard ; Linty Scrimmage. Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock. Mr. Callenford ; Policeman. Mr. Sanders; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. I, cencluCe with THE DOUBLE BEDDED ROOM. Mr. Dul- Maser Pipes, Mr. Lambert ; Mrs. Deputy Lomax, Mrs. Laws. Boxes, es.; Pit, as., Gallery, la. urea at Halt-oast Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Wlllbe performed THE SCARECROW. Principe C Jones. characters by Yours. Bnckstone, Selby, Granby , an d C harles ; Mrs. Miss Lee, and Mrs. Fitsvrillis.m. After which, a now Interlude, entitled THE FAST MAN. Te conclude with a new and original Cla.soical Extravaganza, entitled THESEUS and ARIADNEL ; or, the Mari-age of Bachus. Princicters by Mrs. C. S. Smith, F Cooke p ;alchara Fit...Willi/In, M ess iss Jane Mathews Co l e man, Miss Marshall, and Yact4.l* Vers. .Uross Bo st xes i , 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 23. ; Gallery, Is. No Italf-price to any part of the house. Wellingto n - s treet, is open to the The sew Box-office , No . 2, rublie,ey,ry day, from Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST.eittMES'S THEATRE. 33, 0!cl I,essee. Mr. John Mttcents , and Seventh ßond-street. Appearance Last Night but Five of the Eu gag since t 844 of M. Achard, a l so Seventh Appearances in this Country et Mdlle. Desiree and IL. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre da G7132111%/e. Parte). To-moititoW EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at hall-past Seven o'clock when Will be performed a new Vaudeville, in One Act, entitled LE TE rIT-FILS. Benjamin, M. Julien Deschamps; Theodore, M. Josset ; Fougeres. M. Touril'on; Madame Dansantieres, Madame Talmy ; Henriette, 3ldlle. Marot. After which a new Vau.'sville, entitled MADEMOISELLE AGATIIE. Jeau-Felicien 13ergeret, M. Achard; Annette, Mdlle. Desiree. To be followed by BABIOLE ETJOBELOT. Jobelot, M. Achard ; Babiele, Stdlle. Desiree. To conclude with LA VIE EN PARTIE DOUBLE. Theophille ill/Nutt, M. Achard; Amanda, Mdlle. Desiree. ,;oars, be.; 3s. Gti.; Amphitheatre, as. ; Gallery, 2s Boxes and Stalls may be obtain d at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, n, Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN (ot the Paiais Royal, Paris).—The stir prang and Interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDI:•.:, having been received with the most enthusiastic adm.ration. he will con tinue Its extraordinary SOIREE. , FANTA -TIQCF:S at the St. James's Theatre, This Evening. and every Tuesday , Th u rsda y , and .Saturday Evening, comprising - Automates. Prestidigitation, Magic. and original experiments, invented by Robert Houdin. Also, !Second Va , Escamotage de Roberts Houdin, Ills, and Suspension Ethereene Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at kalf-past Light, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes, 45.; Pit, ?.s. Loxes and stalls, may be bad at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li- Mary. 33. Old Rond-street , and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which Is open daily from Eleven to Five. pluxcEss's THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, cote Lessee and Manager, Ducheaa-street, Portland- place. TTITR EvENINO, WM be performed THE CROWN DIAMOVDS. To be followed by a new Ballet, entitled MENORELT.A. To itOJACiIItiES with the comic Drama of " LADIES. BEWA.RI4.I" s.. 46.; Pit, ; Gallery. 1-a. TURKEY THEATRE. Ender the direction of Mr. Kerschner. THIS EVENING. Will he performed ALEXANDER TILE GREAT. Alexander the Great, Mr. Henry Betty. To conclude with BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Manager and Tr,asurer, Mr. K. S. Fairbrother. • A.STLEI" , ROYAL AM VIIITHEATRE. Proprietor, %tr. W. Batty. Last Wight but Two of Mr. Van Amburgh's Engagement. Imraense hit of the Easter Spectacle. Overflowing houses to wit ness the celebrated Mr. Van Amburgh and his unequalled coilection Of trained animals, amongst which will be found tke greatest no velty ever seen, a Black Tiger, the flrst ever known to mingle with 11(laaimals, and has hitherto been con-idered untameable. THIS EVENIS:i, Will be presented a grand romantic Spectacle, written by Boyle arnard. E 044., expressy to introduce Mr. Van Amhurgh in his Mounding performance, founded upon a passage in Eugene Sue's eelebrated novel of " The Wandering Jew," and will be produced mi ler the title of MUROK, TUk BEAST TAMER. Armand Dugard, Ur. Van Amburgh. The Spectacle will be succeeded lsy an incomparable routine of Mr. fatty's Scenes et the Arena, and an entirely novel entree, entitled THE GRAND CAROUSAL. • To oo: , clude with a Legendary petite Spectacle entitled, THE GOLDEN-FOOTED STEED ; o, the Charmed Horse of the Valley. Darin the recess the Theatre has been entirely re-decorated. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. M r. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. bto communication can be attended to unless authenti cated tV toe name and address c. the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MAY 18. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 54. Highest, 71; Noon, 60 RomETzR, 29.53. Warp W.S.W.; morning, slight shower; afternoon, fine, Rum WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 10 nun. after I Evening 25 .. min. after 2 , z.., • _.,....„ 4 ked , , ' ' A ...„ ~.., •I ' ' ' iiX E . i' s, n " •,10 7: s ' s ebieum4 ‘2411t LONDON, THL - RiDAV, MAY IS, 1843. in nothing else, the assemblage is worthy of consideration from the circumstance of its having directly led to the association of the more rational and intelligent Chartists and the more dispassionate and cordial among the Radical Reformers. From that union, if properly sustained, may spring the boon of success, and hence are we disposed to regard with a peculiar interest the cha racter of the proceedings in yesterday's discussion. To demonstrate the utter futility of the Reform Bill as a remedial measure, it was scarcely necessary for the late representative of Coventry, Mr. W. WlLLfams, to enumerate so many items in our ex penditure. Nevertheless, we are rejoiced that that Honourable Gentleman demonstrated to his auditors, with such an irresistible lucidity of argument , the deplorable fact that both Earl GREY and Lord Joust Russel-I. had been mis taken in their calculations, that the Reform Bill had not sent to the House of Com mons " the real representatives of the people," that it had not secured to the people the expected blessing of " cheap and good government." When it is rem mem d - bered that out of 1,062,00 0 electo rs in the Unite Kingdom, 163,000 return just 329 'Members to Par liament, while the minority are returned by the remaining 900,000, it is most certainly needless to r e mark that the people are far fro m being yet enabled to make the laws through th e medium of their reef representatives. When, moreover, it is borne b in recollection that wherea s under the o roughmongering system in 1830, under the unpopular administration of the Duke of Wellington, the current expenditure of the year was .52,018,0001., while the expenditure for the present year, under the administration of Lord Joust RussELL himself, of the Reform Bill of amounts to 59,30,000/. —being an increase in expen iPdalessitnog remark that the Govern ment can neither be considered as good or as cheap. From the unanswerable force of these statistics—and from the damning comparison of the effects of a ntention s the of boroughmongering Parliament, and a so-called Re Parliament, upon h at er: he originatedi Hon.ment ni th o e ve just mrm e ventured Member for Montrose. The intentions of this movement can be fully recognised f rum the first resolution, proposed by Mr. W WILLIAMS, and seconded by Mr. 11.13N17 H"1 of Uxbridge ; the resolution bei ng as follows 1 " That, in the opini onof this meeting, the Commons' House of P arliament, as at present constituted, dues not tairly represeat th e p o p u l ation , th e p ro perty, or the in dustry of the country; that the disclosures made beton, Committees of 1835-1842, and also during the present session, prove that the return of its Members has been extensively influenced by bribery, corruption, coercion, and intimidation; that the Reform Act has not realiseu the just expectations of the country ; that since the passing of that Act the public expenditure has not only been more extravagant, but has exceeded by many mil lions sterling the expenditure of the last session of the uareformed Parliament; that the system of taxation is so contrived as to favour the aristocracy, and to throw the pressure of ins burthen unjustly on the industrious classes of the peeple." GOD prosper a cause, say we, conceived in a spirit so righteous, enforced by arguments so rational, and inspired by principles so pacific and generous, as the one with which the name of Mr. Hume has here become identified. Without extravagance or rashness on the part of its promoters the cause must ulti mately prove triumphant. bring him within the law—or his advice to the peo ple in certain events to up with the barricades and invoke the God of Battles ? To persons of plain and ordinary capacity those statements would seem to warrant but on• interpretation. An Irish jurcr, however, has been able to discover another, and on his oath to declare that they did not come within the scope of the law. `There can be nothing more formidable to the tranquillity and welfare of any nation, by which all its best interests may be more hazarded, and the consti tutional liberties of its people more endangered, than a refusal by those who are called upon to di-charge the important duties of jurymen to decide fairly and impartially between their SOVEREIGN and the pri- THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. . _ soners who may be charged before them, according to the laws of the land, and the recognised and well- THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The night of Tuesday passed off quietly, but the authorities very properly keep a considerable military force under arms for the preservation of order. There were large detachments of National Guards on duty at the various mairies, and strong pickets paraded the _ streets all night. The Executive Committee of the Government do not, it is complained, proceed with sufficient energy in their measures for the discovery and punishment Of the guilty. The fact is, they are paralysed by the presence of LEDRU ROLLIN, JULBS FAYRE, and FLocoN, who were so mixed up with the conspiracy that it is almost impossible to institute any inquiries which shall not compromise them. The Constitutionnel remarks in very strong lan czuage on the speech of LEDRU ROLLIN to the mob while they were in possession of the assembly, and thus re .. plies to the defence made for him by his friends, that it was to gain time that he made that speech :—" To gain time for what? M. LEDNU ROLLIN, who was earnestly implored at one o'clock to order the rappe to be beaten, did not deem it necessary to give such orders. Besides, M. LEDRU ROLLIN promised the mob that it should not be deceived." CAUSSIDIERE, the Prefect of Police, who was mixed up in the conspiracy, has resigned his office of Pre fect and also his post as Member of the National As ,embly. Seventy-five persons implicated in the conspiracy have been arrested and sent to Vincennes. Among them is Colonel SaissET, one of the staff of General COURTAIS, and implicated in his crime. The club of BLANQUI and that of the Societe des Droits d'Homme have been shut up. All discussion by armed bodies of men is forbidden. The corps of the Montagnards is dissolved. The Moniteur publishes the following official ac count of the putting down of the imeute : " The day through which we have passed has been full of the most terrible emotions, but it may entail the hap piest consequences if the public sense only knows how to draw from these circumstances all the results which they contain. From nine o'clock in the morning the Commis ' sion of Executive Power, assembled at the Luxembourg, has prescribed all the measures, which were at the same time to have bsffied the attempt of the conspirators, to have assured the deliberations of the National Assembly, and to have preserved the repose and security of the capital. Unfortunately the orders, issued with all the necessary exactitude and energy, were alighted, and not executed as they aught to have been. The Commission of Executive Power did not cease for a single instant to watch over the public safety, and its vigilance was, after five in the evening, crowned with complete success. The National Guard, called to gether by the rappel, which was beaten in all the legions, met in enormous masses, to cut off all the ap proaches to the Palace of the National Representatives. The clubbists, intimidated by these measures, quitted in the meantime the Assembly which they had violated, and went off to the Hotel de Vile, into which they pe netrated after a short resistance. Having met again in one of the halls, they proclaimed a Provisional vern ment, which was.soon replaced by a second, but which did not last longer than the first. Scarcely had this pre tended Government been announced, when, in conse quence of orders given by citizen Marrast, Mayor of Paris, the members of this Government of conspirators were placed in arrest. Entrusted some moments after to the care of citizen ':d. Adam, adjunct to the Mayor of Paris, the guilty ones awaited, in one of the halls of the Hotel de Ville, the fate to be pronounced upon them by the authorities. This evening the Commission of Exe cutive Power took all the measures for transferring the conspirators to the fort of Vincennes, under an escort which might answer forthem. At eight in the evening all Paris had returned to the most complete security. The conspiracy has been put down, and it will be pu nished with all the severity of the law. So terminated this day, which opened in so formidable a manner, and which should so strengthen the R-public, for the au thorities will know how to punish the conspiracy as it deserves to be, and to put a proper limit to contrary hopes, which, perhaps, this senseless attempt may have encouraged." The Presse gives the following account of the arrest of BARBEE, ALBERT, and TBORE : known rules and precedents, in accordance with which those laws have been interpreted. When justice has been evaded, and the majesty of the law brought into disrepute, owing to the misconduct of some one or more of those who have car ried their political principles into the jury-box, and decided in accordance with their own personal predilections, rather than with what their sacred ob ligations demanded, the first and greatest palladium i,t the national liberties—the trial by jury—is seri ously endangered, and a repetition of such conduct is calculated to inflict the deepest injury on the kingdom in general, and an indelible stain on the parties themselves, who have so grievously miscon ducted themselves. While juries return just and conscientious verdicts there can be no possible pretemt for any interference with the consti " At the moment at which the 4th legion was pro ceeding by the Rue de Rivoli to the National Assembly a man presented himself before the ranks, waving a poniard, and shouting Vive Barbes!' This man was immediately seized and disarmed by two officers, who led him to the post of the Ministry of Justice. The persons who witnessed this uttered the warmest cries of approbetion. At six o'clock Barbes was at the Hotel de it is said, drawing up a preclaination,which was car ried to be printed, and by which the different administra tions were distributed among his friends, when two cap tains, and about ten National Guards of the 3d and 6 h legions, entered the salle. • Barbes! Where is Barbes! We must have him!' was their first cry! No, no! to arms!' cried some men with red belts. You shall march gofer our dead bodies sooner than have him!' A greater number of National Guards then entered, cud endeavoured te go into the salle occupied by three members of the Provisional Government. The sentinels posted by Barbes offered great resistance. Barbes was seized by the collar, and dragged off to prison by officers of artillery of the National Guard and an officer of the staff. The indignation was profound. Barbes was pale and dis couraged. He did not walk, he was dragged. Several times in passing swords were raised against him. In the same manner Albert was led away. His features, which were entirely discomposed, displayed great emo tion. Thoti was next seized. He appeared less dis couraged than the others, and was dragged in a similar way to a piece of safety. Each of the three was lodged is a separate place of confinement," In the same journal we find the following letter from one of the National Guards : " Will you be kind enough to take a note of the fol lowing fact, fur the account which you will have to give of this memorable day? It was with the open complicity of General Courtais that the Assembly was invaded. We, the National Guards of the 10th Legion, who, with the en-operation of the Garde Mobile, re-established the representatives in their seats, will give 3ou numerous proofs of it. The General, against whom the exaspe ration was extreme, and who was assailed from all parts with the cry of Down with the traitor!' having made a sign that he desired to speak, said, In the name of the people, I order the National Guard to leave!' A National Guard then cried, • You are no longer General of the National Guard—you are a traitor, and in the name of the people I degrade you!' So saying, the same National Guard tore off his epaulettes, whilst another wrested from him his sword, on which he had placed his hand. An instant after he was driven from the Assembly with cries of Down with the traitor!' The National Guards and the Gerdes Mobiles immediately distributed among them portions of the epaulettes of the infamous general. The stars, in particular, remained in posse , sion of the Garde Mobile. It was then that M. Lamartine ascended the tribune, which M. de Mornay defended with courage. National Guards and Gerdes Mobiles!' he cried in a firm voice, you have just saved the country! All France thanks you by my voice! It also thanks the army, which henceforth forms only one with you. The Government of the Republic, a moment eclipsed, re sumes its éclat and all its strength, thanks to your energy. May the criminal attempt of the factious men condemn them for ever!' These words were interrupted by cries of • Vire la Republique! Vive la Lamartine! Vive l'Assembite. Nationale!' fhis passed at half-past five o'clock. At six o'clock the National Guartt and the Garde Mobile evacuated the salle to protect the ap proaches, and from all parts repeated cries of'Vive l'Assenibl , Nationale!' were heard." The Commerce accuses Louis Bees-sc of being one of the conspirators, and pays as little attention to his indignant denial as did the Chamber itself. It say.— " It appears that Louis Blanc had premeditated the coup de main which brought France within an inch of destruction. For in the great entrance hall of the National Assembly, when, at about tour o'clock, he was haranguing the chiefs of the sections, he exclaimed:— Citizens! you are stronger than the tempest, and the ileinonstration you are making to-day is not one of those quartertbi:yAotn: u a ce n lsoci h sae o y u o, r fm b t h e . which shake, but of those which throw down.' These he are the very words that came from the mouth of the author of the Organization du Trevail,' who only a like manner harangued crowd trom the balcony of the Secretary' office of f e v or s i e i c tt: a n o ; in the Assembly." c of o s h i e D ENational addressedA s s e m - the Assembly. He said that some of his colleagues had drawn his attention to the announcement which had p a e p a p r e e a d re i d n i o n n s e om of e t o h f e t l h i e sts jo o u f r t n h a e ls v , r t o h v a i t si h on is al n G am o e ver a n p : ment which some of the conspirators had intended to proclaim at the Hotel de Ville :—" The sincerity of my principles is well known," continued M. Coetse- DEYANT, " I detest anarchy. It is true that one of the agitators said to Ole yesterday, We have placed our name on our list.' I replied, Are you mad ? Whom do you t ake me for ? Rather than acce p t your proposition, I would suffer myself to be killed on the spot.' " This explanation was received with loud applause. M. CHAILAMAULIi then remarked that there w ere two names of persons conn ected with the Govern went on those lists, viz., M. LED BU ROLLIN and M. FLocom, and he should be glad to hear from them a similar energetic disavowal. tutional tribunals ; for the substitution of courts martial for the ordinary courts, or of a military code for the common and statute law of the land. But the moment there is any wavering or tampering with the juryman's oath, so soon as parties permit themselves to be influenced by any considerations whatsoever, other than those which should find ad mission to their deliberations, an excuse is afforded to those who might be disposed to introduce the most strin gent measures, and who would find an apology for their infringement of the popular liberties in the dereliction of duty thus evidenced. When what was erroneously termed "A Coercion Act" was introduced by her Ma jesty's Government on the first assemblage of the new Parliament, in November lest, Ministers were censured by some fur not having established some new tribu nals for a summary adjudication on offences in the proclaimed districts, but they expressed their con viction that Irish juries would firmly and unflinch ingly discharge the duties they owed to their country, and that there was no occasion fur casting so grave an imputation on the body of gentlemen who consti tuted the panels from which the several juries would be selected. The proceedings before the Special Commission in the most disturbed counties in Ireland, and since then at the assizes throughout the entire counties, proved that this confidence was not misapplied. But could the same statement be now repeated ? Could any member of the Cabinet declare that he still entertained the same opinion that the course of justice would not be impeded by conti nuing the same powers to juries ? We fear that the result of the recent trials of Messrs. Sum' O'BRIEN and MEAGHER must necessarily produce a great al teration in those opinions, and that should any new enactments unfortunately be required, they would necessarily be of a more stringent and coercive cha racter than those which were formerly deemed to be sufficient ; and yet it is said that in the former case but two persons, and in the latter case a single in.lividual only, dissented from the judgment of their brethren, and from the plain and common h z y se v vie w o f t h e su bj ect. Th us a d eep s l ur an d a stigma is cast upon a great, and, with but few exception s , we body, believe, a strictly honourable and conscientious b through the act of three of their number. Well, the murder is out at last—to the mind of Middlesex at least the Reform Bill is a failure, a humbug, and a delusion. Gradually picion of this has been creeping into th pe e r c it o n in en Y p t r t e h h e . eZ o s n of the reflective. The great ex •vhich was made in 1832, and which has no ,. during Eixteen years been subjected to- a prolonged deliberative trial, has proved in an eminent de gree 7 11 ,. n p d , unsuccessful. The measure is repudiated e•en by these who were formerly among its most enthusiastic supporters. It is spat upon and cast aside like % broken reed even by the man who first pronounced its watchword of victory in the unrefurmed House of Common', that watchword being —" The Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill." Of ourselves it is surely unnecessary for us to observe that all confidence in the Reform Bill—as an effectual amelioration to the people and as a security of good government—has long ago evaporated. Had it been otherwise, we should certainly have been the victims of a political ophthalmia. A blindness the most incurable, or an ignorance the most incorrigible sould alone have accounted for such an insane per petuation of credence in the efficacy of a notoriously bad, because a manifestly abortive and inefficient measure. Granted that the Reform Bill was a step othe right direction—a step dictated *uy the noblest motives of patriotism—a step which appeared at the e to he must judicious in the estimation of the vast mity of the Liberals of the (Jolted Kingdom ; so far are we from casting any blame whatever upon the origi nto ,., of the Bill itself; that we acknow ledge our thorough participation with themselves in regardin g its re, u i tsw • with the most sanguine expecta tion/. In regard to the Reform Bill, let us say at o nce, distinctly, d ecidel .}, d an without any reserva tion whatever —we hay ' : been ' deceived. Mr. Hums and the adroeatts of the new movement have already proclaimed as much. They have been deceived. We have all been deceived. L et us possible this stupendous blunder in legislation. Afrer allowing i s_xteen years of pr t obation to elapse sinc e the p assin g of the A of Par liamentary Refo rm, it cannot b e said that we are precipitate in demanding a more uaef gl and compre hensive innovation. Yesterday a preliminary meeting of the Liberals of Middlesex took place at the requisition of the Sheriffs, for the purpose of deliberating upon the best met h od of facilitating the cause of real and practical reform* The meeting was convened in the RidingSt Sheriff htiaere. demy, Albany-street, Regent's Park, With CUBITT in the chair, and was under the auspices of the author and leader of the new movement, the old and tried friend of the multitude—Joszra lima. If Previously to the il2 that Georg e 111., cap. 60, it had frequently been ruled ar only question for the the conbideration of a 4 or speaking, were were ex g plai: o r ed or qua cases of libel or defamation, seditious w Y r i t i r : l the fact of publication r i n i o u u e s n d passages a e s s s a gbeys objectedwhich truth of the the 'm arled, and that the Court alone was tent to decide whether the matter of the publicationmlwwas not libellous or seditious. B y that statuteia: wor ever, the funct ions of j uries were ver y considerably enlarged, and more precisely ascertained. It provided that on every trial of any indictment or information the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, and shall not be required or directed by the Judge to find the defendant guilty merely on proof of publication, and of the sense ascribed thereunto into the record. As the Attorney-General well stated to the jurors, the law had wisely made them the judges of whether the defendant was guilty of sedition or not; but, though it had left them the „ judges of the charges, it did not leave a n y wild discretion to find that that is not sedition, which in paint of fact, is sedition. Although the jurors were to place their own construction on the motives, and probable consequences of the sentiments put for ward by the defendant, they should be guided by what had ever been recognised and known as sedition at all former periods. A more moderate definition could scarcely be asked for than that put f orwar d b y th e Ri g h t H onoura bl e Attorney-General. He says, "that sedition is to advise that which, if committed, would be treason.” Trying it by . this test—and one more favourable to the defendant could hardly be selected—can any cne say that the allusion to an Irish Republic did not TIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 18, mot M. FLocoN replied. It is true that the names of certain members of the regular Government were placed by the factious in their lists. If the members of the Government have not thought it necessary to repudiate this attempt to compromise their situation and their dignity, it is because they have treated it with contempt, believing that no one could be de ceived by it. The Journal des Dibats contains the following summary of the occurrences in Paris on Tuesday : " Paris has been tranquil. The measures adopted by the authorities and the good sense of the population have produced this fortunate result. At six o'clock in the morning the rappel was beaten in the several dis tricts. The National Guards who had not participated in the noble dem.nstration of Monday hastened to re l ieve their comrades at the mairies. The points of the capital most exposed to distur bances-- such as the hotel de Ville, the Pallas Na tional, the Louvre, the National Assembly, the Tuileries, and the Luxembourg—were occupied by an imposing force, composed of the National Guard, Garde Mobile, and troops of the line. The 12th Legion, of which M. Barbis was the colonel, was remarkable for the number of men under arms, and for their discipline. They were marched to the Rue St. Victor, the headquarters of the Montagnards, whom it was determined to disband. The presence of the National Guard was electric. The Montagnards surrendered without offering any resist ance. A; the same time the 2d Legion proceeded to the Prefecture of Police to disarm the Republican guard. This operation was not so quickly performed. but still it was accomplished. At 3 o'clock the 11th Regiment of Infantry and two battalions of the Garde Mobile re lieved the 2il Legion of the National Guard, which marched 10,000 strong to the Luxembourg. In that quarter the measures of security were most strictly observed. All the streets ad jacent to it were guarded T by he thellth Legion, and the tho roug hf are was c l o s e d. pupils of the Polytechnic, Central, and Normal Schools, with those of Abort, formed an imposing corps for the internal defence of the Palace. At 6 o'clock, the most perfect tranquillity being established, which continued throughout the night, the National Guards returned home. _ this dismissal, but it was at last decided that the Assem bly had no business to discuss the resignation of a I member, unless under some very extraordinary circum• stances, and that in consequence the resignation was accepted. M. A. Avond proposed, as the National Guard, the Guard Mobile, and the army had, by their conduct on the 15th of May, deserved a mark of the great satisfaction and confidence of the National Assembly, that if the fite of Sunday next should not be again postponed, the whole of the representatives should proceed in a body to the Place de la Bastille and from thence--- [A loud burst of disapprobation here interrupted the speaker, and he was at last obliged to quit the tribune without making his propo.ition known.] M. Vivien expressed his surprise that Honourable Representatives should bring forward propositions wiih out giving the required notice of their intention. The regulations ought to be better observed.—(Hear.) The matter then dropped. M. Senard had to state to the Assembly the result of the inscriptions made by the representatives fur the 15 standing committees. The number of names inscribed had been exceedingly dispro portionate, as those put down for justices had amounted to 217, whilst those for Algeria had been not more than 31, and for the colonies, 24. As each standing committee was to consist of 60 members, it had been found exceedingly difficult to establish them with that precise number. The Committee on Labour had, however, been already formed, and had that !corn ing held its first sitting. fie had, in consequence of the difficulties alluded to, to propose that the matter be re ferred to the Committee on the regulations, with a view to some modifications being effected in the :num ber of the persons composing each Committee, until such time as the representatives composing the National Assembly should know each other more intimately, and be better able to work well together.—Agreed to. The returns for Corsica were announced. Amongst The Moniteur publishes a decree by the National Assembly, declaring that the National Guard, the Garde Mobile, ant the troops of the line have meritei the thanks of the country, and voting the thanks of the National Assembly to the delegates from the provinces who assisted in the defence of the national sovereignty. Two other decries order the pro secution of CourrAis, BARBES, and ALBERT, and charge Captain ALLART, of the Ist legion of the National Guard, with the custody of COUR TAIS. Another decree appoints M. CLEMENT THOMAS Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard. There are two decrees accepting the resignation of M. GUENARD, as chief of the staff of the National Guard, dismissing M. SAISSEL, as sub-chief, and there is also an important order by the Minister of the Interior revoking the appointments of all the commissaries general of the departments from the 18th inst., their functions being without object now that the govern ment is in the hands of the National Assembly. We also find in the Monzteur the following proclamation to the French people from the Executive Govern. them were the names of Pierre and Napoleon Buona parte. The return of Louis Blanc for the same depart ment was declared to be null end void, in consequence of mal-practices on the part of some of the voters ; and M. Abatucci was declared to be elected in his place. That gentleman, however, immediately after announced that he.had decided to sit for the Luiret, where also he had been elected. The Assembly then proceeded to nominate by ballot, and by au absolute majority, eighteen members to com pose the committee on the Constitution. The result was nut know►► at post-hour. (Left sittitg.) BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17. ment : " Citizensl—A crime has been committed against the National Assembly. Some factious men have attempted to violate the sovereignty of the people. In presence of this attempt your representatives remained calm and firm; the majesty of right has triumphed over brute force. The Assembly, for an instant disturbed, has resumed its labours. It sits in the midst of you. still great, still strong, ever ready to insure the triumph of tho Republic, and to realise for labourers the just hopes which the revolution had given to them. Crime is vanquished. The National Guard, the Garde Mo bile, the army, all the forces of Paris and the baclieue, drove before them the insensate conspirators, who masked their plots under the name of Poland. Citizens I—Your victory is hallowed, for the blood of your brothers has not been abed. Remain still armed at your posts ready to defend, as you so well have known how to do, the Republic against anarchy. The men who have sullied the temple of the constitution henceforth belong to justice. Justico is in action, the Government is vigilant, and the culprits are in custody. Have faith in the future, for the future has never been wanting to those who have fidelity and courage, and your fidelity and courage have been put to the proof." THREE o'CLocx.—The rise which commenced yes terday continued today, but towards the close of business there were some symptoms of weakness. Not withstanding the alarming rumours with respect to the disturbances on the Northern Railway, the prices did not give way. The Bo❑s du Ti or were dune at 30 dis., Vieille Montagne, at 2,250, the Quatre Canaux at 785. For the Account, the Fr , uch Three per Cents. rose one per Cent.; Five per Cents, are It'. 500. For Money, the Three per Cents. rose 75 cents.; Five per Cents. rose lf. 50c.; Bonds du Tresor are at 30f.; Bank of France Shares maintained yesterday's prices, atter having been 20f. higher; Belgian Bank Shares not quoted; ditto Two and a-Half per Cents. not quoted; Spanish Stock not quoted; Roman is at 531. 35c., and Rothschild's Re ceipts at 70f. Railway Shares for cash:—Orleans have risen 7f. 50c.; Rouen, 5f.; Versailles (Right Bank), 5f.; Havre, 5t.; Bale, 2f. 50c.; Lyons, 2f 50c ; North• erns, Stra• burgs, and Nantes, If. 25c. each. Marseilles and Bourdeaux remain as yesterday. The only line in which any business was done for the Account is the Northern, at 345 f. Signed by the Executive Commission. It appears that M. CAUSSIDIERS, the late Prefect of Police, and who is most seriously implicated in the treasonable attempt of Monday, still holds out against the public force at the Hotel of the Prefecture, where he is sustained, it is stated, by about three or four hundred rnontagnard.t. of the least apprehensi , m is, however, enter tained of a serious resistance, or of the escape of the perturbators, as the hotel is completely environed by an immense force of National Guards, Gerdes Mobiles, troops of the line, and are illery. This im posing force, who evidently act with a design to spare the effusion of blood, is so imposing in its num bers, as to set all fears for the results entirely at rest, The idea of holding out at all against such a powerful demonstration is, indeed, wholly preposterous. In other parts of the capital security appears perfectly restored. It will be seen that during the course of the sitting y(sterday, it was announced by the Ministers to the Assembly that the persons in the Prefecture had surrendered, and that it was now in possebion of the officers of the republic. _ _ The Moniteur contains an official notice that M. CAUSSIDIERE, the Prefect of Police, has sent in his resignation to the Executive Government, and that it has been accepted. The general secretary of the Prefecture has also resigned. A decree is published, which directs that a corps of 2,600 infantry and 600 cavalry shall be formed for the special service of the police of the city of Paris, under the name of Garde Republicaine Parisienne ; that the amount of pay, and the mode of admission will be hereafter settled; and that the corps, which is to be paid by the city of Paris, and placed within the attributions of the Minister of the Interior, shall be under the direct orders of the Prefect of the Police. Then follows the annexed decree : BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. MAT 17. Boulogne and Amiens, 6% 8 —Luxembourg, 3 4—Northern of France, 3. d G e u te a r r m d, h t i h ed e — munta " The Commission " Art. 1. The . following rpExecutives. namely, the u Governmentßepublican i c h a a n s "Art. 2. The men befogging to mar ' i s, b the Lionnuis, and other similar Republicaine Parisienne, bodi, s are and remain d '' horgdto.these .corps, and who can satisfy the conditions h mission . into the Garde vh.eeaorriiightsot bpreferenceit for a place in that guard. corporals, and sergeants of these d tfcer , t, su o a ernt., employed in the new Garde R I:1 . ern Pc corps, not epu tcaine arisienne, will be entitled to fifteen days' pay from the present date, &c." This latter decree appears in consequence of an arrangement entered into with CAUSSIDIEUE'S guards, to induce them to evacuute the Prefecture of the Po lice quietly. This measure betrays a culpable want of firmness on the part of the Executive. The Cans cidiere guard are at present installed in the Celes tine Barracks, Rue St. Victor. M. RAISIN, Governor of the Palace of the Luxem bourg, has been arrested. There has been another turn out of the workmen on the Northern Railway. Yesterday morning up wards of 1,500 of them struck work, and intimated that they would not resume until the terms which they had previously proposed to the directors — namely, a franc per day of additional wages, and a larger proportion of the profits than they new get—were agreed to. They &t i the same time assumed so threatening an a spect that the directors felt it necessary to send for a reinforcement of troops. It was generally reported that the wor d kpeo it wasple had commenced to tear u p the rails, an that doubtful if the trains would be able to start any more to-day. This is not the case. The men merely refused to work. They have committed no sort of outrage, nor do they appear at present in clined to be riotous. A very formidable force is drawn up clone to the station, consisting of the 29th and 34th regiments of the line, the 10th and 11th battalions of the Garde Mobile, and several companies of National Guards. The National A ssembly met yesterday at half past twelve. The President, M. DUCLIEZ, in the chair. When the proces• verbal of the preceding day had been read, M. Albert Thumine rose and declared that he had heard with p a in, that notbihg was said in the minutes of the feeling of disapprobation with which the Assembiy had looke - d on the conduct of the President in quitting the chair on Monday, when the Chamber had been i e . "'led. He should propose a vote of blame.—(Loud cries of " No, no," prevented the lion. Representative speaking', and be at last quitted the tribune.) The President informed the Assembly that National Guards had arrived from Havre, Cambray, Me un i t an d other pla ces , to afford their support to the National As sembly.—(Hear.) He thought he should meet the wishes of the Chamber by proposing that a vote of thanks be presented to those pistriots tor their devoted ness.—Agreed to unanimously. The President had also to inform the Assembly that he had received a letter from M. Caussidiere, s t a ti ng that, after what had lately occurred, he begged leave to tender his resignation as r e p resentat ive of the people.—(Movement . ) S ome di s cussion arose o n the propriety o f milting SPAIN. Madrid papers of the 12th have arrived. The drum-major of the regiment of ESPANA was shot at noon that day, pursuant to his sentence. The funeral of FuLcosio took place on the 10th He was buried with great pomp at St. Nicholas, out side the Puerta Atocha. The Union Bank has been declared bankrupt. It is said that another angry correspondence has taken place between Sir IL BULWER and the Duke of SOTOMAYOR. MADRID BOLSA, MAT 12.—Three per Cents, 214 account, after Bourse, 24 oash, 211 paper; Five per Cents., 14 paper, after Bourse, 14 cash ; Passives, paper, after Bourse 54 cash ; Coupons, 84 paper; Bank of St. Ferdinand, ex div., 80 cash. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. Great excitement prevailed in Berlin on the night of the 13th, in consequence of the determination of the Ministers to recal the ranee of PRUSSIA. A meeting was held at the Teßtel, and after listening to several violent speeches it was proposed by the Pre sident that the w hole body, among whom appeared about 400 students, should proceed tranquilly, si lently, linked arm in arm, and preceded by the above named a.; a committee, to present the address to M. CAMPIIAUSEN. This was, of course, agreed to with uproarious acclamations; and the multitude fell into tolerable order, marched up the Thier Garten to the Brandenburg-gate, and thence to the Minist:!r's house in the Wilhelms-street. In the meantime the bugles sounded to arms in the different burgher-guard wards, and strong de tachments quickly mustered, and were stationed, some in front of M. CAMPHIUSEN'S abode, and others at the Prince of PRUSSIA'S palace. The deputation having been introduced and de livered their commands, the Minister replied, as he had previously done, to their predecessors, adding, that the Ministerial decision regarding the Prince having been agreed upon in Council, he would refer the address to his colleagues this morning, and com municate the result to the deputation in the course of the day. Thereupon the latter withdrew, but not without administering a sharp lecture to the Ministry for venturing to decide upon, and execute, a measure which could only be determined by the will of the people. A part of the dense crowds that filled the Wil- helms-street now dispersed, but a vast body pro ceeded to the Linden, where, after collecting in noisy groups and masses, it was suggested that they should proceed to the Prince's palace, and after uttering a lusty " pereat," forthwith re inscribe on doors and walls the " national property," that " the reactionists " had effaced ; whilst others, and those the most numerous, insisted that these words should he printed in black letters upon the frieze. A simultaneous rush was then made to the palace, but the burgher-guard, drawn up in front, resisted, and dt ove back all who ap proached, and continued to maintain their ground steadily. At length HELD, EICHLER, and some of the leaders, having obtained admission upon the elevated approach to the doors under the peristyle, mounted the iron balustrades, and, clinging to the lamp-posts, harangued the people in the same strain as at the Zelten. But here the question turned merely upon deciding whether the words " national property" should be re-inscribed in chalk, as before, or painted ineffaceably " with a brush" on the walls. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 14th, a ge neral proclamation appeared announcing that the Ministers desist from calling back the Prince of PRUSSIA. They state, in rather obscure terms, that the Prince will not return to Berlin before the Diet shall have been consulted. An address in favour of the Poles, placarded on the walls, and signed by 104 Berlin students, has been answered by a counter address, and placards, signed by 416 of the same university, not against the Poles, but in favour of saving their German-Posen country men from being abandoned as Polish subjects. P ()SEN. A report from General WEDELL, dated the 11 th instant, from Piatkouczarne, where the capitula tion was to have been carried into effiect, stated that only thirty-five of the insurgent Pole. were found in arms. The rest of the 8,000 or 9,000 had gradually dispersed or separated into small bands, and were selling their horses and equipments, and committing every kind of mischief and plundi.: (allerlie unfug and plunderung). De tachments are sent in all directions in pursuit of those dangerous stragglers, and a general battue of the woods on the banks of the Wartha was ordered to take place yesterday, and thus the principal corps of insurgents may be regarded as completely overcome, although they have escaped the bonds of acknow ledged surrender. MIEROSLAWSKI, their former leader, who was condemned to death and pardoned at Berlin, has been captured, with three of his com panions. They were discovered concealed in the house of a nobleman, about twelve miles from Posen. He will be sent under a strong escort to the citadel of Custrin, to suffer most probably a second condem nation, and at least indefinite captivity. RUSSIA ST. PETERSBURGIT, Al AT 6.—By command of the EMPEROR, the sum of 6,000,000 of roubles was trans ferred on the 2d of this month from the reserve store, in the vaults of the Fortress of Peter-Paul, to the vaults of the credit expedition, for the purpose of aug menting the ready cash of the treasury of that expe dition, which had been diminished in consequence, of the payments for the purchase of the public funds for the transfer capital payment of the gold washers. From the official scrutiny and revision of the State bonds lying in the reserve store vaults of the Peter- Paul fortress, it appears that after the deduction of the above sum of 6,000,000, there still remains the sum of 109,588,`95 roubles 19 copecs silver. The merchants of Moscow have placed 50,000,000 silver roubles at the disposal of the EMPEROR. The various provinces, at vast sacrifices, have offered to furnish horses and provisions. Almost all the in fluential and wealthy Russians who are abroad are returning to Russia. Yesterday evening the family of Prince GALL - max arrived here from Paris, on their road to Russia. The Russian nobles are flock ing round their monarch more than ever, and there is no longer a doubt that preparations for war are being made on an. extensive scale. Meantime M. VON NAG ENDORY continues the assurance that the EMPEROR entertains the most pacific intentions. The report that the EMPEROR had left St. Petersburgh for Riga is incorrect. His 'MAJESTY is still at St. Petersburgh, and held a grand review a day or tw o before the sailing of the steamer.—Cologne Gazette. ITALY. LOMBARDY AND VENICE. While CHARLES ALBERT and RADETSKY were fighting under the walls of Verona, a very warm affair took place at Piave between the Austrians, commanded by Count N lIGENT, t'nd the Roman troops, commanded by General FERRARI. The battle lasted five hours, and it is said the Roman troops received a check. Venice and the Venetian provinces are in a state of great alarm. Ihe Putria of the 9th says, that 500 volunteers and 3,000 Neapolitan troops embarked at Ancona on the sth, and were received with great demonstrations of joy. It is said that General BIANCHI and a daughter of Count NUGENT are guarded as hostages at Treviso. The blockade of Venice is said to be quite ridicu• lous, merchant vessels entering with perfect ease. ROME. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 12th, publishes the followieg.— " Roam, MAY s.—Order of the day from the Minister of War to the Mattis. It has pleased our common Father and Sovereign to call me to the administra tion of the war department, at this solemn moment, which promises so mach glory to the ancient city of Rome, anti to all Italy. The influence of that august hand, which has already blessed you on the Qairinal when you entered on campaign cannot be withdrawn from you to whatever part of Laly, or to whatever noble enterprise you may be led. The warriors of the magnanimous Charles Albert, whom you are going to join, as well as the brave Tuscans arid Neapolitans, will compose an army whom no obsiaclp will be able to conquer, and who will rid themselves of their proud enemies, however numerous they may be. Nevertheless, soldiers, the immortal Pius IX., in order to increase and strengthen your force and your courage, has graciously resolved to form a corps d'elite of six thousand more combatants, who will on every occasion stimulate your ardour. I it., tabled to assume the grsve though honourable responsibility of this command, knowing so well as I did, my unfitness for the office; but love of my country, and a filial respect fur the orders of our supreme critef, the safety of this high en terprise, and the joy of finding myself in the midst of you, who will give an example of courage, of discipline, and of loyalty to the whole world, have contributed to make me accept this Ministry with pleasure and with readiness. You will have me, soldiers, rather as a companion than as a chief; and my heart tells me that for you is preparing a glory, the memory of which will be eternal. (Signed) "D. PIIILLIP-DORIA-PAMPHILI." DUTCH PAPERS. TIIE HAGUE, MAY 14.—CHANGE OF MINISTRY. — At the opening of the sitting of the Second Chaiuber of the States General, at which the Ministers of the Interior, Justice, Marine, and of the Catholic religion were present, the President communicated a Royal message announcing that Count de Schimmelp,nninck and Major- General Napier had given in their resignation, the former of his post of President of the Ministerial Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Finance ad interim, the latter of his post of Minister of War. HiN Mojoi,ty has been pleased to accept their resignations on trio promi e Unit the said gentlemen shall continue to .iisclitirge the duties of their respective offices till thtir successors shall be nominated. After the Chamber had debated the two projects of law, the Minister of Justice stated that wheu the Pre sident of the Ministerial Council declered that the full dawental law of the Netherlands should be formed aft, .r he model of the British constitution, seeing divers changes which would be necessary and requisite to adapt it to the difference of custom prevaieet in the two countries, the Ministers at first sight imagined that this declaration had reference only to the responsibility of the Ministers and the relations of the Deputies of the two Chambers. It subsequently appeared, as well from the declarations of the Presid,nt of the Ministerial Council as from the reports of the majority of the Council, that they did not coincide in the views of the President. In consequence of this difference of opinion the two Ministers tendered their resignation. The Minister of Justice then developed at some length the new programme which it i. the intention of the Govern ment to adopt. The new programme developed by the Minister was listened to with the liveliest interest, and for the first time the testimony of the approbation of the members was general. M. Donker Curtius received the congratulations of a great number of the members of the Chamhers, The projects of law adopted by the Chambers were those relative to the herring fishery, and the granting permission to the house of nyinan and Co. to take pus. session of a depot of merchandise belonging to them in the fortress of Zutphen. Advices have been received by the Government from the Dutch Ambassador at the Court of Denmark, dated 4th, sth, and 6th, stating that fresh steps have been taken by the Ministry of Copenhagen, and tnat Dutch vessels rave been seized by a Danish man-of war, on sailing from the Schleswig-Holstein canal. The canal is in an actual state of blockade, and this was made known to the public by the seizure of the vessels. The following is the list ot vessels :—The Jacobs, Catharine, Hen :hike, with goods from London. to Lubeck; the Edina, with sugar, from London to Konigsbergen; the Sophia, with ballast, from liamburgh to L-alatid. The note from the Ambassador states, that he has the fullest confidence in the reasonableness of the proceed ings of the Danish Government, that every reparation will be made, and that tree passes will be given to i)utch ships entering a harbour which is in a state ot blockade, including even Copenhagen and Elsinore. The Ambassador likewise gives notification of the blockade of the Elbe, the mouth of the Eider, and the western entrance into the Schleswig-Holstein canal remaining open. By a declaration of the Danish Minister, it appears, that the harbours of I'illau, Danzig, Swinemunde, Stralsund, Rostock, Wismar, Kiel, with the Scheswig ca oul, are in a state of blockade; the harbour of Stettin, is, however, not included. Swinemunde, however, being so, Stettin is, as it w ere, shut up within itself ; hence it appears that the harbours in the above list may be re garded as not an effective blockade.—Netherla ndsche Staats Courant, May 15. DUTCH EUNDS.--Asinsituast. MAT IL Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Coat • 411, 41% Ditto, 3 per Cent 47► 48 Ditto, 4 per „ 61), 62% Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.. •••• • •• '— Commercial Compar.y, 4% par Cent •• 119% lAN East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... 60% 6 1 '4 Exchange on London, at sight ••• • • • I 1 95 Two months... •••••• • • • • • 11 85 75 On liamburgh, at sight •• • • a 4 37 Two months.• ••••• • • • • • • 34 On Fxris 56 50 Two months. ••••••• • • • • • • • 56 lIAMBUROR BORSENIIALLE, AT 11. 13i1111. Money. 84% Austrian 5 per Cents •••••••• • • • • • • • • Bank Shares •• ........ •••••••• .• Anglo-Russian Loan ••••• • • • • • •• " • Russian 5 per Cent., 'lamb. Certificate. Ditto let serieslnscription •••••• • • • • " Ditto, !Mope and Co., ad and 4th series. Ditto, in Certificate ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • • Ditto Stieglitz ,•••••••• " • • • • • • • • Spanish New 5 per Cent ••••••• • • • •• •• Ditto 3 per Cent • • • • • • • • •• •• • • • • • • Anglo-Portug uese Loan, per • Cent• • D u tch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • • • _ Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• " •• •• • • Polish New 4 per Cent. loan, 1844.• •• Anglo-Danish Lose, 3 per Cent ...... National Bank Shares •••••• • • • • • • • • AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAT 5. b per Cent. Metalliques ••••• • • • • • ... . G7 3q 4 per Cent. ditto •• • • ••• ••• .• • • •• • 3 per Cent. ditto• •••••• • • • • • • •• 6 4 2 2 -- Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Esterhazy's Loan • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ........ Gloggnitz • • •• • • Vienna—Milan • • . • . • • •• • • Leghorn • • • • • • • • •• •• sienna • • • • • . • . •• • • • • Grosetto •• • Oldenburg • • • • • • • PestoJe •• Pesth Bridge • • :• • • • Apenninen • I,olb The Duke de Montpenaier has ordered a Madrid jeweller to dismount a sword, of which the hilt is set with jewels that are said to be worth 300,000/. Thts sword belonged to Napoleon, and the Duke found means to alive it when the T u il er i es was se i ze d by the Parisians. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAV') (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL.) NEWENHADI V. COIIEN• This was an action brought tilt , plaintiff, who is* schoo'inas'er, to recover the sum of 691., the balance of an a‘c ,unt for hoard and education of the defendant's children. Evidence was adduc ,, d to prove the tuition, Sze., and that 36 guineas a year for each child was a rei.o.onahlo charge. The jury thereupon g ave a verdict for the amount claimed. The Court was occupied the remaind er of the morn ing in hearing a case f,q. ment, & e ., sold and deli vered. The defendant pleaded a set-off and tender. The case, which had not concluded, was not of the slightest interest. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron A LDERSON and Mr. Justice Ces.Tsesse) Muupea.— William Tomkins, 25, a labourer, N't as in' dieted for the wilierl murder of Maria Eddon, on the 15th of April last. To prisoner, who is a mild, inoffensive -looking mane pleaded " Not guilty" to the indictment yesterday. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Ballantine conducted t - h e case for the prosecution; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and gr. Ryland were counsel for the prisoner. Mr. BODKIN addressed the jury for the prosecute of and called the following witnesses for the purp o proving the awful charge against the prisoner. Arthur Keene said he resided i n Westminster, and • was employed in the Royal Engineering Department. On Sunday, the 16 th of Apri l, about one in the, morning, was in Regent - street , Westminster, ana when he reached the corner of Vincent-streetr he heard a slight cry as from a leati.e" e f ; he then went down Vincent-street, and wu about the centre of the street he saw a figure lying ° II the ground, at the end of it, which he found to m e ad, woman. She was lying Oh the kerb, on the ho rse•ro with her face turned to the ground. He saw a Ear standing about three yards from her—that man was 1 prisoner at the bar. Witness asked the prisoner rvhs he had been dping to her, to which he made no reP, l t lie then asked the prisoner if the woman was his vin e ' and why he did not go over and assist her . The prisoner then went a little forward, towards the wo man, and the!! turned round and said to witness 4 , 1 have sta b beu her, I have killed her with this knife," sn ° 7 ing one to witness. As the prisoner went town% the woman, he said " Maria." She then Ws herself a few inches, and dropped down agars, into her former position. i tn ess after wa ij e d went for the police, but betore doing so he spin n ' - the prisoner what he had done it tor, an d he repotal e e the same answer. After giving information to the pnlir witness returned, and found the female still lying there, but the prisoner had gone. Al4_ xander Hobson, a policemam of the E stated that he was on duty in Regent-street o n the ,t. of April. Hard a cry of 'Police," and saw the lOt di ness there. Saw the body of a female o n the groun, J"er she was then not quite dead , but had a wound on °,, breast, undor the collar-bone. Carried he r to a surge but before he got there she was de ad. arts oe Wm. S. Kate, another policeman , sa w the P lye and a woman in Regent-street between tirwneoe and one o'clock of the 16 th of April. „"e-ss the prisoner, and wished him good night. I"—ai said are you going towards home? to which the Poo soner replied that he was. Witness then went 00 on his beat. At about twenty minutes t o one, in c°l3tifr• quence of information he received , h e went todostle Pearce's, the surgeon, and there saw the wonns li „„ c tor lying on her back. Witness then we n t with lesr 'a Cummings to the prisoner's residence, and found him custody of another officer. g a d Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINs--hr 01,1 the deceased in custody for drunkenness. Wile ° "d in the prisoner and the deceased together they seeose very od humour one with the other. „Asa° e-egoxamined by Mr. BALLANTINE—Both the „ ke or and the female were charged tog ether with art'''. ness. Abraham Wright, another death of the woman ; saw her body taken to , ar i. district surgeon's and the dead-house. %Vent tO tb e r t o n se e co a n s d ke :F eo f toner's house in Vincent-row, NPl:eljecetmmiraesn'terh, ea a r b a o 11 0 : l thb o : o'clock, and took hire in bed, where witness found asleep. The prisoner asked what he wanted w ith 144 0 p il r e iso w i a ie s r told said thathe hadhe had h,a; been ill-wring Maria. _ that he had, she was dead? a n and n hdewmittnisetssgestallioedliwt that aos tt s ob l i i ed e d w il es. ge t t he asked, where was she? and witness said she was e a , off dead-house, St. Margaret's workhouse. He thee S od! his hand to his head, and exclaimed "0, raY c il° have dune for her." Witness then fetched the pr is ive o clothes, and in the right hand pocket of his coat W o va found the knife now produced. Pr isoner was th e rep tbe to the station-house; on going by t he place vq.l3 crime was committed the p r i so ner said, '`Oh , a ids by, it, lor she is there looking at me ." Afterie bs said he would go anywhere , and a dded, "tae lf° done it for her ; and the rope will do it for me. fe d tb Henry Wright, also a policeman, c orroW e joen e : testimony of the last witness. The prisoner e t l iti so going along, " Oh, that soldier , perhaps he will "p d for it now.' IA fitness had known the decease,' and , prisoner for some time, but never knew them d i e hi before. lnspector in, o hsir, Cumming, lh a ve ofd done ee it division,u ear prisoner, 111 1 s ir : c h: f : l e ti v hi r , e , ge octnhshueaarriving f, a )r t thsoemstea,tion-house, excied. oe iswonaesrbreviintgn witness discovered enteredme b v j o :1:13$1);111115 shook o , o p hand. ti 6e r ci • Harriet Dowling knew the deceased , en„ d ,Tel3l.oBli't her body at the dead-house, St. NI ar aret's, The deceased lodged at her house, g and cohnu k ; e r M u ", the prisoner there. The prisoner only came W . O oi . : in the evenings. The deceased was a very sobe r hapli lv d and the prisoner and ti; cease d seeme d to l i ve verYtbey the together. On the Friday preceding the murder a slight quarrel. Witness heard something saidlaug'iedo. prisoner about Newgate, at which the &noi se d the 'a Martha Edwards also knew the prisoner Ir/0,10'4i/14 ceased. Knew the Star and Crown pu b • efA Westminster. Witness was there on the Fri" 3 l t be previous to the murder. The prisoner 21 : 0 0 0 0 0 ceased were there, and a soldier of t h ‘, he ear de' Brown. Witness had heard the prisoner s ae, ,be marry Maria if she would give the sol dier elN uo iess ceased said she would not give the soldier uP bt t he ' l l4 , prisoner married her. On the Friday D i g Til e P o ci ceased lett the public-house with the soldie t r i ; do ne ; is sorter asked her where she was going, an cl , re t.en o ea replied, only to the bar. The deceased riover about three-quarters of an hour, and the flare a b the deceased went home together, on al ) s. t t hen, 0 0 5 terms. Saw the deceased and the prisoner DIV house on the Saturday night; they left abou to twelve. The soldier was not there that rill;" Dotb • g left together apparently friends. els On" ar ia fre m ely; , , v b e u a t r w ee e , re a n s e u et rg d e r o u Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant I" art hav e been te r prisoner and deceased appeared to nk. o b n rea th st e Iw6ht which h o f h , a k ci p ri c l au dead. sed Wes trii hon s6 street, to h is h er —The body of the deceased was brough t oil ed °Lib. Regent - The wound was about four ailnlinic°ehsetsf°ditinensedtpilenstati:l3cle°l4ll64aulelir .6ea 'clen" e trated the pulmonary artery. e d, e if her body. lie had lost her for up Richard Eddon, the father of the deceit s f 0, t° w ards ° va month before she was murdered. This closed the case for the proseentien. „el ;ale to Mr. Sergeant WILKINS then addressed barn io ab•orla behalf of the prisoner—He said he shollhueo n: 00 5 show them that the prisoner bad alwaP. en",„acn able for his amiable and peaceable dispostt'eure' s o r o ars few men among their fellow-workmen were 0.0 beloved as he vi as in consequence ef ol itte' a os s ' good nature. That the deed he coce in ar,i o o premeditated it was idle for any on e o%clofTitb°s and if they had any doubt' about it, th e „la s e , rc ife" which he made when taken into custody's his e; s or/ doubt at rest. When he came to his sensTi, pea b ipi' ment was so great that the officer deeraeuds 0 1 h os to search him, lest he might lay violent he God, beep self; and he exclaimed to the officer, it had os ° done it!" They could easily imagine, 11 t o uch!: ec P possible to rekindle the flame of life, cos of hi s ` t 9 would have done to avert the consequence w iglot„ or Instead of being act of preeeeditatioa!no c.taoo: not rather suppose that the prisoner, fro w fora fe d tO e 'i other which could not be e xplained , wa s _ o va vi ce 0 8 ments deprived of his reason —that Ps in fiae_ to o j control of his judgment, and under the . noa ri,' that passion he had done the deed ? hp; 4 , 4 probably was aroused by a quarrel bet'', it er e! , ts, , the deceased respecting the soldier, an u o i etb' o po r , known that the unhappy deceased was one, were rather violent in .0 ov A:, They were all creatures of circurnstancentloot tues and vices were more the result of iseet" bo se tn i to ti ° „o class of person a the ir tn ,it generally believed, and, on that ground, Lopoiselli tP 4, nate females were entitled to great c i iict From morning to night they were in COl t, efe r l t ea i ii world, despised by everybody, ill-treated .1 0 01e,0‘ , persecuted by everybody, and was it to b e 130 11, a elr:p that they became violent when abused bY fi p ? af b . oi r- e likely was the case in the present instaec- la ce ' c l o t) f• fore, they thought that violence had take n P t heir a li e ,l the deceased sed guilty, t h h o e , o f prisoner,murd eirt,svnitlelotro:oogsitioetiicsoosiofi" The Learned Counsel concluded W Dgt e r ° l3 O feeling address on behalf of the prison : 0 0 e h i f upon the jury to allow the prisoner t° h r t, tho ti Vr, earth to make his peace with lied, and „ t '," c l might henceforth be despised and sbn p "„ of its tlis he aright be able to obtain the forgivie',s-ci The following witnesses were then es"e_..trhtwe Stephen Bell, in the employ of Messrs, in t h tip o brewers, said the prisoner was five year s $e ye ploy, and constantly under his observatio mans ~,befol, found him a euiet and John Cubley, also in the e mploy of " . " - o , 0 13 0 0 11. 0 0 i said he had known the prisoner five.yefooa peloy, ways found him a kiud-hearted and nn' tbre eY e er so% Walter Scott had known the prisoner 00 ,1 p oce ,„ peacably disposelaittearts„S considered him a peaceable and h e el The Learned JUDGE summed up o t,"_, h i c h most feeling address, in the course t ic ", otueTert jury the distinction between murder o, d "00c10,ts All intention to kill he said murder, raurneliee, L' oi te, shown by the circumstances of L. if mu 110 $ .Oc y to something less; for instance,P_.,o tO ling was presumed to be ~..atsl:thttii(t,:cacitie'rii shown on the part of the person w_u t oe ouN c ree„ e ee Provocation by words, however, sva . n,i,i_ h ° 00 0 1 1;1; 4 4 must be blows or some illeeal act_wn'tubo pr.ithe justify the sudden vengeance w h ich . pearY„rae.eiog guilty of. His Lordship went tn ur, 0 he " ea elt! t ite , ' of the evidence, corumenting uP° n a a nd tn,,,ir 41 " commended the jury to the mere, Y'so e onci u ' l° 0 113 and explaining the law more de tt ra o d fe. °l , 3 , 9 0 1° rations to anive at a true and ju s t oo 40 , e 0ce The jury then retired, and after I. '• quarter of an hour, reParned ate r (.~~t~;