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NOTICE Now ready, in 1 vol., with 1,500 Enravings, 383. bowid, The NEW EDITION of BURKE'S PEERAGE A..ND BAILONETAGE, For 1848. Xtevised to the Present Time, from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, Be., and containing all the New Creations. " The most complete, ttie most convenient, and the cheapest work 91 the kind ever offered to the public."—Sun. Fleury Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. DR. MILLINGEN'S NEW WORK. wow may, in 1 voI. RECOLLECTIONS OF , With Portrait of the Author, 10s. 641. bound, REPUBLICAN FRANCE. From 1790 to 1801. By Dr. MILLINGEN. Author of " Curiosities of Medical Experience," Sce. Hurry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On the 24th instant will be published, in 3 vols. demy Bvo., with Portraits, and numerous other Illustrations, HISTORY of the JESUITS , A FROM THE FOUNDATIO PA N UL 111., OF THEIR SOCIETY, BY POPE TO ITS SUPPRESSION BY POPE CLEMENT ; THEIR REVIVAL AND PRESENT STATE. By ANDREW STEINMETZ. Anther of " The Novitiate," " The Jesuit in the Family." Richard Bentley, New Burlington•street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). T HE NORWICH UNION REVERSIONARY INTEREST COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that three of the present Directors and the Auditors of this Company will go out of office at the ensuing General Meeting appointed to be held on TUESDAY, the 27th day of June next. The Directors and Auditors so retiring are eligible for re-election. HY. NORRIS, Secretary. t 3, Lincoln's ran-flelds, May 16, 1843. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respect /ally informed that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on 7HURSDAY next, May 18, on which occasion Mdlle. JENNY LIND 11111 appear in one of her favourite characters. To be followed by 'various entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment. nER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame TADOLINI. It is respectfully announced that this celebrated Artiste has ar rived and will make her first appearance on SATURDAY next, May 24, in the part originally com p osed for her, Donizetti's Opera of I..DTDA DI CHAMOUNI 4111 --ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MR. REEVES. It is respectfully announced that an ENGAGhe eminent Tenor, EMENT, for a li mited number of nikhts leas been e ffected with t Mr. EIEEVES. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. LAST GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE. Thelic is respectfully informed that as the Cirque National de Pla: positively close on the 16th of May, THE LAST GRAND YOE,. PERFORMANCE will be given TO•MORROW, Tuesday the 16th lilt. First Price as usual. No Second Price. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at Junior' and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIN. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public ar e Tespectfully informed that TO - MO RROW EVENIIsTO, • Mai I b , 31adlle. JENNY LIND will appear as AM INA, in Belinni's cele brated Opera, entitled t Bodolpho, LA SONNAMBULA. Ansina, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Mdlle. ''era ; Coun Dig. F. Lablache ; Errino, Sig. Gardoni. to be made at the To conclude with a D I V ERTISSEMENT. App li ca tions for Boxes, Stalls , and Tickets, Box-office of the Theatre. The Free List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Doors open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE. THI S EVENING Rognolet et Pas Carreaa—The Postilion — The . Clown's Frolics I.e pas des Strangers—The Musketeers ,. Quadrille, Sw., b y 3 " . A PallnYre Anato, Coral's vranconi, N ew . e, Loisset, Andre, Nief, Aariol, Leclair, Le Petite . L o we.. :n es. Caroline, Mathilde, Ducos, Amaglia, Hagwiger, Le Petite Anato, &c. Doors open at half-Past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. ----- THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. titular the Manscement THIS f Mr.N N B. Webster, sole Lessee. EVENING Will be performed WIPES AS THEY WERE, AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. After which, JENN. Y LIND AT LAST. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole's mysterious productiqn, and called THE CASTLE OF OTRA-ITO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenea, Mr. J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Hip polls°, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, is. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, ls. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. racier the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal elaaractors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. To conclude with a new Piece, entitled THE FOtNTAIN OF re.A. ; or, the Child of Air. Boxos, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Sia, Performance to commence at Seven. ao - rAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veal:rte. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Matkews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SCARECROW. Principal characters by i4essrs. Backstone, Selby, Granby, and Charles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss Lee, and Mrs. Fitxwilliam. After which, an entirely new and original Classical Extravaganza, entitled THESEUS and ARIAD'NE ; or, the Marriage of Backus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Miss Fitzwilliam, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madssno - Vestris. To conclude with A CURIOUS CASE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, L. Murray, Parselle, Homer, Hughes, and Mrs. Stirling.: `To conclude with a new Piece, entitled DONE ON BOTH SIDES. Brass Boxes, is. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; is. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part ot the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. Fifth Appearance since 1845 of M. Achard, and Fifth Appearances In this Country of Mdlle. Desiree and 31. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre do Gymnase, Paris). THIS EVENING, The Entertairents will commence at half-pUst Seven o'clock when Will be ,armed LA DEMOISELLE A MARIER. Alphonse de Luceval. M. Julien Deschamps ; Camille, Millie. Desiree. To be followed by LA VIE EN PIRTLE DOUBLE. Theophille Trissquit, M. Achard; Amanda, Mdlle. Desiree. To conclude with CURISTOPHE LE CORDIER. Christophe C,lrdiev, M. Achard; Le Vicomte Charles D'Annezay, M. Jourdain ; Chiapasr4 de Clapieres, M. Toarillon ; Paturin, M. Laden ; Madame 111g111.01 M a dame St. Auge ; Madeliene, Mdlle. Desiree. ii'dkes, 65. - Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatr Gallery, 2s Btnre,s and St;lls may be obtained at Mr. 51itchell's Royal Library, 13, 014 bond -Street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN (of the Palais Royal, Paris).—The BUT prising and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDIN, having been received with the most enthusiastic admiration, he will con tinue his extraordinary SOIREES FANTASTIQUES at the St. James's Theatre, TO-MORROW, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening, comprising Automates, Prestidigitation, Magic, and original experiments, invented by Robert Houdin. Also, Second Vue F r scamutage de Roberts Elondin, fits, and Suspension Ethereene. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at half-past Sight, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes, 42. ; Pit, 2s. Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond-iitreet ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven to Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Mitddox, ,ifble Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portiand-place. THIS EVENING, be presented a new oomic Drama, entitled A FAIRY TALE Priffcipal characters by Messrs. J. Vining, C. Fisher, Conway, Nor. Um, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Emma Stanley. To be followed by the comic Drama of " LADIES. BEWARE !" After which a new Commediett, entitled DOMESTIC BLISS. Mr. Goodleman. Mr. Cooper; Adela, Mrs. Stirling; Rhoda, Miss Villars. To eonclude with a new Ballet, entitled MENORELLA. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ROY AL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Engagement of Mr. HENRY BETTY. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Sbakspere's Tragedy of OTIIELLO. Othello, Mr. H. Betty ; lago, air-Kicks ; Desdemona, Mrs. Honner ; Miss Richardson. Towhich, Mr. T. Barry's Election Address. nclude w i t h CBAMOND BRIG. p m an ager anti Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. S S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. L as t Night:bet Five of Mr. Van Amburgh's Engagement. 7mmenve hit of the Easter Spectacle. Overflowing houses to wit aces the celebrated Mr. Van Araburgh and his unequalled collection oftrained „ atm .'s. amongst which will be found the greatest no velty aver sem, a Black Tiger , the first ever known to mingle with ether animals, and has hitherto been considered untameable. THIS EVENING, Will be presented x grand romantic Spectacle, written by Boyle Barnard, Esq., exprtsly to hstroduce Mr. Van Amhurgh in his astounding performanoe, founded upon a passage In Eugene Sue's celebrated novel of " nhe Wandering Jew," and will be produced un dex the title of MOROR".,TIII* BEAST TAMER. Armand Dugard, la. Van Ambargh. The Spectacle will be ancoeeded by an incomparable routine of M r. Batty's Scenes of the Arena, and an entirely novel entree, eat iu ed THE GRAND CABOUSAL.rIIE To conclude with a Legendary pe tite Spectacle e o n f ti t t h ied e , GOLDEN - FOOTED STEED ; or the Charmed Horse _ During the recess the Thea tre has been entirely re-decorated. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage 3 fanager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS• No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by tne name and address of the writer. Rejected communiclitio ns cannot be returned. _ THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, MAY 14. THEaMDMETER, Lowest, 51 ; Highest, 72; Noon, 73. BAZOISETER, 30.26.—Wrip S.E.; fine. MAY 15. T HERMOME TER, Lowest, 50; Highest. 73 ; Noon, 70. 13'..R031711101, 30.03.—W1ND E.N.E., fine. _—..m.■11.1.....E•111M1.•••••pa•••• mos WATER .A!T LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Mbrning .. 12 rain..oer 12 I Evening 35 .. min. after 12 ••••• ' „at rs. 7 ,441140* .1 4 Ato: 4 ' . ' - ,~ b e tning .71111 re LONDON, MONDAY, - 4 - AT 15, 1848. The law officers of the Crown in Ireland have been west unjuißly and t tnfairly censured for the manner in which the Sta to.' prosecution s against Messrs. O'BRIEN, MRAGIII and Murcma. have hitherto leen conducted --h dunders have been imputed to them which had n real existence, and for which, even if the assertio cs had really been well founded, they could not be c ionsidered ,in any degre e respon sible. The frivolo] 15 a nd untenable objection s t a k en on; behalf of Mr. I klrrcrar-1 with the sol e o bj ect of postponing the tria 1, or at all events the judgm en t, Until after the long -vacation, were all assumed to be sustainable in law, ,zad his (supposed)triumph ()Ter the Crown prosecu tors was loudly boasted of ; when temporary difficulties were interposed, the incapacity and ignorance of the Government advisers were pro claimed in every quarter ; and when those difficulties were overcome, and the various attempts [at procras tination frustrated, the luck of the law officers was alluded to, as if their success had been owing to good fortune rather than to their legal attainments and professional ability. It is but an act of common jus tice to those talented and learned gentlemen indi vidually, and to the Irish bar, of which they are such distingushed members, that the public mind should be disabused—the erroneous statements that had been so industriously circulated, rectified, and the real state of facts explained—so that it may be made apparent that the laurels obtained by their admirable management of the Crown prosecutions at the Special Commissions in Limerick, Clare, and Tipperary, have not been in any manner tarnished, and that they still merit the same approbation which was so universally bestowed upon them, a few short months since, for the able and effective manner in which they had discharged their arduous and important duties since their respective appointments to thei r hi g h and re sponsible offices. The principal errors ascribed to the law officers were--Ist. That a member of the town council was erroneously placed upon the gran d jury by which the bills of indictment found by that body were ren- . dered informal and void. 2dly. That a nolle prosequ i was entered to the bills of indictment found aga i nst Mr. MITCHEL, in place of their having beenquasto the as might easily have been done on appl i c a tion court, before at in c consequence ci e u x e o n ific c e io of in t f h o o r s in e a g ti ova a idn formalities n fi ld, the chief criminal had succeeded in baffling the authorities, and that he would be enabled to pursue his course of sedition throughout the entire summer undeterred by the abortive efforts made to bring him • to justice, by wh ich the administration of the law would be brought into considerable disrepute, and a most injurious effect created in the public mind. Now, as to the first point—the law-officers of the Crown have nothing whatever to say to the appoint ment of the grand jury. The High Sheriff is alone responsible therefor,; and any interference with that selection h o u w l d a o n u h dl have v Bee rhiheard de cidedly aursd reprehen sion. oepfr exposepack ing h en en, in i i concerned nd h e i e s d, w t o grave we should functionary asilolnp.artTiehs of juries! unwarrantable and atrocious acts of Government officials !! impeachments would be threatened, the birth-right of the free-born citizen would be said to have been invaded, and all the changes would have been rung usque ad nauseam on the tyrannical and despotic Act. But there was no such improper interference. The law officers pursued a constitutional course, such as had ever been followed by their predecessors in office in either country. In fact, the Crown prosecutors know nothing of the composition of the grand juries. They are never in attendance or represented while the members of that body are being sworn in. They prepare the bills which are preferred, and see that there is sufficient evidence to sustain the several charges, but to that extent only they are concerned. Now, however, we find them reproached for not having provided a better jury ! when it is manifest that they could not be held in any respect responsible for the error, if any error really had taken place, which we altogether deny. It is true that the statute provides that a town councillor shall not be placed upon the list of special jurors, but there is no prohi bition whatever to his acting as a grand juror, and even if he was incompetent to act in that capacity, the bills would not be vitiated if found by twelve persons to whom no objection could have been of fered, which was tha case in the present instance. It may be said that the Attorney-General, by aban doning the indictments and filing the informations in place thereof, admitted the validity of the plea. This is by no means the case. That able lawyer im mediately perceived that though he would inevitably have succeeded in the argument, and set aside the plea in abatement, the object of the defendant would be attained. By a masterly move he escaped the trap that had been laid for him. He abandoned the indictments, and in pursuance of his undoubted right filed ex officio informations for the same offences charged in the indictments. By this step alone he would be enabled to have the defendant brought up for judgment (if convicted) before the setting in of the long vacation. On the second point he acted with equal prudence and sagacity in entering the nolle prosequi, in place of " quashing " the former bill. The latter course wuuld have entailed the necessity of a motion in open court, of which notice should have been given to the de fendant. Time was an essential element in the transaction, as the loss of a single day might have prevented the possibility of a trial in sufficient time to have judgments given before the end of Trinity term;; he therefore followed the course which he was enabled to do of his own authority, without any loss of time whatever. Another plea in abatement was then filed on behalf of the gentleman who had previously professed his anxiety to meet any charge that the Government might venture to prefer against him, this was imme diately demurred to, and the unanimous and unhesi tating judgment of the Court affirmed the propriety of the course pursued by the law officers. The last subterfuge was apparently set aside. By obtaining a four day rule before judgment in demurrer could be required, Mr. MITCHEL, however, attained a temporary triumph, and it was thought that, as suffi cient notice of trial for the sittings after term could not be given, no trial could take place until after Trinity term, and consequently that he could not be called up for judgment until November. This last expedient was set aside—this tabula naufragice was torn from his grasp. On the application of the Attorney-General, the 29th of May and the Ist of June have been fixed for the trials, and Mr. JOHN MITCHEL must set his fate upon the contest he so often professed his desire to meet. This, however, is not all. He has not only been defeated in his various attempts at procrastination, but new and more serious charges have been preferred against him under the recent Act. He is at this moment in actual custody, having been arrested on Saturday evening, and his trial will, it is said, take place on Saturday next. He was probably only suffered to remain at large until the decision of the Court had been pro nounced on the application for fixing the days of trial of the indictment for misdemeanour, in order that it might not be supposed that the law officers were influenced by any feelings of annoyance in insti tuting the latter prosecution. This cannot by any possibility now be asserted, as they have succeeded in every particular. We trust that we have now fully and satisfactorily proved that, so far from being amenable to any charge of negligence or blundering, the Irish law officers h ave ev i nce d th roug h ou t th e whole proceed ings the prudence and sagacity that might have been expected from persons who had obtained such high professional reputations as Messrs. MONAHAN and HATCHELL have lon g enjoyed in the estimation of their brothers at the bar, and of the community in general. Death suddenly distracts our o th attention from the turmoils of contin ent a l revo lution te contempla tionof a career, th e p rinci palvicissitudes of which w ere traceable to the fl uctuations of nds. ALEXANDER BARING, or, as he was respectfully called out of the circle of his old commercial intimates, Lord AssumirroN, has closed his prolonged and honourable existence. Before any decisive opinion can be pro nounced upon his character as a politician, it will be advisable to preface our remarks by a rapid epitome of his life, recounting in succession the incidents which chequered his progress as a trader, as a tra veller, as a Member of Parliament,. as a country g entleman, as an amateur ag riculturist, as a noble man, as a statesman, and as a diplomatist. A LEXAN D E R BARING, the seco nd son of Sir FRANCIS BARING, Bart., by the daughter of WILLIAM HER RING, Esq., was born on the 27th of October, 1774. Consequently he was in his seventy-fourth year when, on Friday morning, he breathed his last, at Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire, the estate of his grandson, the youthful Marquis of Bath. Scarcely a fortnight previously to his demise, the younger and elder brother of Lord ASHRuwroN, HENRY BARING, Esq., and Sir Tuoues BARING, Bart., expired, so that almost within the first quarter of 1848, the second generation of this great commercial family has terminated. We say the second generation ad visedly, for although the family of BARING had been established as traders as far back as the middle of the sixteenth century, first at East Friesland and subse sequently at Bremen, Sir FRANCIS BARING was the man who laid the foundation of that splendid palace of traffic which now flourishes under the title of " BARING, BROTHERS, and C 0.," and the vastness and magnificence of which were materially stabilitated by the mercantile genius of the departed statesman. From the first entrance of ALEXANDER BARING into the world of Cit y business he was destined to exercise an extraordinary influence on 'Change. His' elder brother, as heir to the baronetcy, re mained in quietude until the moment of his decease, participating in no manner in the transactions of the firm, and living the tranquil life of a country baronet. Upon ALEXANDER BARING devolved the great re sponsibilities of the establishment originated by Sir FRANCIS BARING, that extraordinary trader who was pronounced to be " the greatest merchant in the world " by Lord ERSKINE, and on the occasion of whose death, in the September of 1810, there was a perceptible depres sion in the funds—the only occasion upon which such a circumstance has ever occurred upon the demise of a private individual. After receiving an education consonant with his fortunes as a prospective mer chant, ALEXANDER BARING proceeded to America for the purpose of ripening his intellect by travel, and wandering through almost every portion of the United States—the European continent being closed against any such pacific expeditions by the terrors of revolutionary conflict. It was in the course of these Transatlantic peregrinations that the future Lord ASHBURTON formed the acquaintance of GEORGE WASHINGTON, and encountered the youthful son of EGALITE, afterwards for seventeen years KING of the FRENCH, and now an obscure and almost impoverished refugee in the seclusion of Claremont. On the 23d of August, 1798, ALEXANDER BARING, then in his twenty-fourth year, married ANNE Louisa, the eldest daughter of WILLIAM BINGHAM, Esq., a merchant of Philadelphia, and a member of the American Congress. By this union he had issue five sons and four daughters, his third daughter being e e n l e d r e a s i t , s th on e D lN o ,l w L a L g u er m A ß la i r ls ch o i n o a n si es , s l o a f te ß AFT:1;111an d his : M.P. for Thetford, being the successor to th in Hants, Kent, and to the different estates lying e title this match, the Sussex, Hereford, Suffolk , an d Middlesex. Besides the domestic happiness result in g from association of the interests of the BARING s with those of the house of " o ld BI NGHAM of Philadelphia," as exercised C OBBETT irreverently called him, a most fortunate influence over the fate of the great firm of London. In 1812, scarcely two years after his father's decease had elevated him to the seniority in the e stablishment, ALEXANDER BARING entered Parlia ment. Taunton sent him to the House of Commons as its representative, and he continued to remain there in that capacity until 1826, when he was returned for Callington in Cornwall. In 1831 he was returned for Thetford, and in 1832 for North Essex. On the formation of a Ministry by Sir ROBERT PEEL in 1834, Mr. BARING was nominated President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint. When, however, the Cabinet was broken up in the April of 1833, the subject of our biographic remarks was de prived of his brief tenure of statesmanship, though, as a token of honour for himself individually, and of re spect for his class, he was thereupon elevated to the Upper House by the title of Baron ASHBURTON, his first cousin, DUNNING, the celebrated lawyer, having been the first Lord ASHBURTON. About the last in cident of a remarkable character in the career of the deceased' nobleman was the circumstance of his being dispatched in 1842, when nearly 70 years of age, as an Ambassador or Plenipotentiary to North America, for the purpose of negotiating a satisfactory settlement of the memorable question of the Canada Boundary. Such were the principal occurrences in the life of ALEXANDER BARING, Lord Asu- BURTON, a man who was more distinguished as a merchant than as a legislator, an orator, or a member of the Government, an I whose chief excellence consisted in the application of the sound and cautious intelligence of a business man to the mer cantile operations and financial arrangements of a Legislature. In this respect he was always listened to with profound attention, whether in the Lords, the Commons, or the Council, for every one recognised in him one of the grand magnates in the empire of Bri tish Commerce. Otherwise his powers were inferior to the elevation of his position : he was too good a merchant to be a great statesman, and had too much deliberation of judgment to display any of the fire or inspiration of eloquence. As a politician, Lord ASHBURTON was a living anomaly. A lVhig at the commencement of his Parliamentary life, he was suddenly transformed into a Conservative in the middle of it, and towards its gradual termination revealed something of the leaven of ancient Toryism. An advocate of free trade when free trade was regarded as a delusion—a supporter of the sliding scale when the sliding scale was despised, he became, in 1846, at the moment of the great victory of commercial emancipation, a thorough and uncompromising Protectionist. One while an almost unconditional, and certainly an enthusiastic follower of Sir ROBERT PEEL, he was at another his most violent and contumacious antagonist. Almost every theme of legislation elicited this duplex complexion from his character. He illustrated anew, though in an immeasurably less brilliant manner, that fluctu. ating incongruity which in the genius of Niccow MaciriavuLui was typified by Mr. MACAULAY as bearing a resemblance to shot silk. Conspicuous, however, as these anomalies were in the political career of Lord ASHBURTON, they were not of such a natureasto diminish peshi rnsoannally any particular Neither arthere e s i pe e ct with which he was can they to any peculiar extent deteriorate the dig nity of his reputation. SPAIN. The Madrid mail of the 9th has arrived. Twenty-six prisoners, who were taken during the outbreak, were tried by drumhead court-martial and shot immediately. Domiciliary visits take place every day, and it is said that NARVAEZ has ordered the hotels of the Danish and Belgian Ministers to be searched. The two Legations will, it is said, protest against this violation of the law of nations, and as Denmark bas a fleet it is probable that she will do more than protest, as against Denmark Spain is ut terly powerless ; for Denmark can by her fleet cut off all communication between Spain and her co lonies. THE STIN, LONDON, MON'DAT EVENING, MAY 15, 1848. It is rumoured that OLOZAGA has been retaken MADRID Bome, MAY 9. The Three per Cents. 214; Five per Cents. at 144; Exchange on London, 41. PORTUGAL. We have received intelligence from Lisbon to the 9th, by the Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship Montrose, Captain J. Bower, which arrived at South ampton yesterday. The report which stated that the Queen of PORTE.. GAL had sent the crown jewels to England, on board the St. Vincent, has been contradicted. COSTA CABRAL returned to Lisbon by the same packet which took him to Cadiz. The " Deputies" are engaged in the discussion of a project, having for its object the diminution of the evil arising from the great depreciation of the notes of the Bank of Lisbon, which it is proposed again to make legal tenders, to a certain extent, in the pay ment of taxes. At the Peers a curious incident, which took place some days ago, is the only circum stance worth mentioning. It was this :—When, during the late civil war, the British Government was first applied to for its active assistance to put down the insurgents, it was urged, in support of the application, that the Marquis of LouLE, who was then at the head of the Coimbra junta, had issued a pro clamation openly avowing the object of his party to be the dethronement of the QUEEN. Mr. SOUTHERN , e n t , i o b n u o t fwas that never Ir e r very furnished important who was then our Minister here, asked for a copy of the Th The non-produ ction i pieceth one.de w conviction certainly looked rather suspicious; but there is reason to believe that the statement was credited nevertheless, and that the impression it created led to the armed intervention which ultimately took place. It now turns out to have been a lie, coined for that very purpose ; for the Marquis of LoULE, having brought the subject up some days ago, forced the Duke of &t.i.DANErA and his colleagues to acknowledge--firstly, that no copy of the alleged proclamation existed in any department; and, se condly, that they were now convinced that they had been deceived by a forgery, and that no such paper had ever been issued by tho Marquis or his party This little circumstance, and the lesson it contains, ought to be treasured up by Lord PALMERSTON, for the guidance of himself or his successors in all future dealings with the Government of Portugal. The French Consul-General, M. FAMIN, has been dismissed, and a French officer, who served in Don PEDRO'S army, has been appointed in his place. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. The grand national fete, which was to have taken place yesterday, has been postponed to the 21st. M. LUDRU RoLLIN has withdrawn his resignation. It appears that he insisted on the appointment of either M. JULES FAVRE or M. FLOCON to the Minis- try of the Interior. This was resisted by his col leagues of the Executive Committee. M. LEDRU RoLLIN threatened to resign. His colleagues re mained firm, and M. LILDRU ROLLIN gave way. Considerable alarm was excited in Paris on Satur in consequence of the announcement of an intended demonstration on the part of the clubs in favour of Poland. It appears that a numerous meeting of the friends and defenders of the Polish cause took place on Thursday evening in the Rue Ta ranne. M. DE LASTEYRIS presided, and MM. MONTALEMBERT, DR HARCOTJRT, VAVIN, CON SIDERANT, SAIMANS, &c., were present. The position of the Duchy of Posen, which excites so much interest in France, was the principal sub ject of discu ssion. But what was the most impor tant thing in the proceedings was, the announce ment by a delegate of several clubs, that several thou sand citizens proposed to go to the National Assembly to demand prompt and energetic assistance for the Polish cause. This communication produced great emotion in the Assembly. All the persons present, both French and Poles (among the latter was Count SicoazEwslci, Viee-Marshal of the Diet of Posen, known for his liberal propositions to the States-Ge neral of Prussia), spontaneously prayed the delegate to thank the clubs for their good will, but to say that they beseeched them, on behalf of the Polish cause, to prevent any demonstration of the kind. Con vinced that their cause is that of liberty, civilisation, and humanity, and that it already possesses all the sympathies of the representatives of the French people, they would await, they said, with confidence the decisions of the National Assembly. The follow- ing communication was addressed to the clubs on Friday by the Central Polish Committee : " Citizens—You have announced your intention to pre sent to the National Assembly .an address having for object to testify solemnly before the world the ardent sympathy which we all feel for our brothers, the Poles. In their name, we thank you for the generous intention, and we at the same time beseech you to give to that pa triotic proceeding suc h a character, that order ma y not be troubled, and that the p o p ulation may not have cause for any disquietude. Your address, carried t o the Ch a mber by the preside nts of the clubs, and delivered by them to such repr esentatives as the y may ask for, and who will afterwards present it to the Assembly, already so well disposed towards the Polish cause, will be received by all with favour, with gra titude, and cannot but powerfully contribute to a useful and generous determination. But if this same address be carried by a numerous body of citizens, even were they to stop a great distance from the Chamber, there would be in such manifestation a cause for uneasiness, for trouble, perhaps for irritation, which would very seriously injure the holy cause which you and we wish to serve. The representatives the most in favour of Poland, they who have inscribed their names to speak on Monday in her favour, would then perhaps hesitate to advocate her cause, through fear of appearing to obey an injunction, or to yield to intimidation; the Government might consider itself obliged to resist the movement; and in fine, if the great and noble manifestation which we hope to obtain from the Assembly took place, it might produce on Germany, and on the world, less effect than we expect, for it might be supposed that it was not spontaneous. In your generous patriotism, which ex tends to Poland as to France, you will admit, we hope, dear fellow-citizens, that this act of the National Assem bly, in order to possess all. its power, ought to have in appearance as in reality all its spontaneousness, and iiou will avoid all that might deprive it of that character, and excite with respect to it the slightest trouble or dis quietude amongst tho population." The following notice was published in the papers : 1 0 3 0en . arsr A ay t uu l rp t d h aa e yn c, addressl o u n b s t h o e f i pi n navriitse preparation dar etot o ma se se f e o t m r abtl e e ilne vo enne " An imposing manifestation in favour of the Poles is Saturday,ob l oda o yy e k t to the National Assembly. The friends of Poland are Place de la Bastile. The procession will immediately move on its march along the Boulevards. Measures aro taken for the perfect preservation of order." Addresses were sent round to all the clubs urging the members to attend the procession, but notwithstand ing all the efforts of the Communists to get up a demonstration, the affair resulted in a melancholy failure. Not more than 1,500 were assembled at the place of meeting at twelve o'clock, when the proces sion set off for the Chambers. As they proceeded along the Boulevards their numbers rather diminished than increased; and on arriving at the Madeleine the procession halted, the delegates appointed to bear the petition to the Assembly proceeded the b • across ridge, and were met by M. VAVIN, who took from them the petition, which he presented to the Assembly, without comment. The rappel had been beaten in the morning ; the National Guard were ready to have put down any disturbance, had such been attempted. M. BETEMthe Ministry has resigned • - inistry of Public Worship. The following is a report of the proceedings in the Assembly on Saturday : There was much agitation at the approaches to the Palais Bourbon, and it was rumoured that a body of twelve thousand ouvriers intended to force an entry into the Assembly, to deliver themselves at the bar a peti tion in favour of Poland. This report from minute to minute gained greater consistency and confirmation. The influence of this was felt in the Salle " des Pas Perdus," but it was soon allayed by an authentic re port that only about 1,200 persons had come in pro cession alone- the Boulevards and to the Place de la Madeleine, and had there, without any disorder, de livered the petition to M. Vavin, one of the representa tives of Paris. The sitting was opened at ten minutes pas one. M. Bavoux presented a petition in favour of an inter vention, armed or unarmed, in favour of Italy and Poland. M. Vavin also presented tho petition which had been entrusted to him. The order of the day was then taken—the discussion on the rules for regulating the business of the chambers. M. Vivien, the reporter of th e Committee, said that he had to bring ' before the Assembly a proposition made by several members, th a t those deput ies who had been elected for several departments should make their elec tion before the 15th, and that new elections should be made. The Commission proposed that the deputies should make their election before the 20th, s he in default of this new elections should be made before the sth June. M. Durand de Romorantin suggested the necessity of deciding the question of incompatibilities first. A debate ensued on the question, and it was ultimately decided that a decision must be given before the 15th. A delicate question then arose on the subject of an article in the project of the Commission, which gives the president a right to convoke the electoral colleges. M. Flocon, Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, declared it to be a Government question. He thought that if the President could give an order to the Minister of the Interior, he will have it in his power to do the same to all the other ministers. What then would be come of thelpower of the Executive Commission ? It would be annulled, de facto. The article was voted. The Assembly then continued the debate on its regu lations. The proposa l for instituting permanent com mittees for the examination of questions submitted to the Assembly was adopted after a long debate , in the midst of which M. Recurt came in to announce the post ponement till the 21st of the national ate, in order that ded to the de le g ates from the depart time might be afforded ments to arrive in Paris. The Assembly then decided that there should be a Committee charged with seeking means for ameliorating the position of the working classes. The Commission rt of the Committee. The is already named to form pa Assembly then voted the creation of a Committee of legislation, civil and criminal, a Committee of worship, a Committee of fore i g n affairs, and a Committee of public instruction. When the post left , the A s semble were continuing to rote, without debate , t he other propose sof the decree. Considerable disappointment was occasioned by the postponement of the fête to the 21st. The reason given for the postpon ement is, that there real t sufficient time for the delegates from the provinces to reach Paris by the 14th. The seat of the Provisional Government has been transferred from the Elyse . ° Bourbon to the Luxem. Bourg. The Communists are m aking vigorous efforts to excite disturbances, but thanks to the common sense of the immense ma j ority of the people of Prance their efforts are in effectual. The following placard w as p osted on the walls of Paris on Saturday, but was in many places torn down with mark s o f i n dignation : " The G overn ment engage s to g uarantee the existence of the wor k man by labour. It en g ages to g uarantee labour t o a ll c i t i zens . It recog nises the p rinci p le o f as sociations of workmen, iu order that they may enjoy th e le fruits of the ir labour. The GoTeraraeut _..,...._„.. _ ..........--.... 21st Be gives to the workmen, to whom it belo ngs , th e m illi on I s p ea k er t h at t h ey w i shed to treat men as their brother Eleven o'clock, r .M .—A battalion of the l"' of the civil list. 1 and friends, and that they regarded them as their equals: l " G-ARNIER-PAGES, LOUIS BLANC." I The Droit gives a very different account of the , I : l , a c g ri g t "TO THE WORKMEN. o o n f s l: . fantry has arrived here, and brought fol,iir. affeir. It says— " The promises made on tho barricades not being fuls Gazette, Ma i y th filled, and the National Assembly having in its sitting of "It would be impossiblo to describe the spectacle pre-been Cir. PosEN.—The important intelligence has , 13. cap captive Polish nobles.—Aix-la-Chap etca the 10th of May refused to create a Ministry of Labour, sented by the Club des Femmes on Thursday evening, culated here that MienoseawsKi has been deposed the delegates of the Luxembourg refuse to be present at under the presidency of the Citoyennc N--. We his fbi the Fête de la Concorde. cannot give an id ea o f th e t umu l t , t h e di sor d er , t h e f rom th e c hi e f comman d o f t h e arm y by " LAGARDE, P res id ent . uproar whi c h t oo k pl ace . Th ere was not hi ng b ut cr i es, lowers, in consequence, it is said, of hav i ng COw. " PRESNARD, GODIN, LAVOYE, Vice-Presidents." hisses, vociferations, pressing, crushing, even fighting. The windows and the glass-es were smashed, but no mended one of the leaders to be shot, for hall' g The following placard was also posted up, and like speaker of either sex could obtain a hearing, not even committed some excesses—so much is certain, that the preceding was torn down almost immediately : the Abbe Chatel, not ev e n th e eit o y enne N—. The his army is even passed on three sides near Gnesen, "Poland is being massacred, and you are invited to sitting at length broke up in the midst of universal and that no way remains open to them by the Russian our fetes. The programme of the fate of the Champ de laughter, and was postponed to another day. But men territory. Mars fixes a place for the German, Italian, and Polish are not to be admitted another time." throw n deputations in the procession of the approaching so- The Commission of the Executive Government has Later intelligence states that the Poles have lemnity of the Republic. It is just that the Italians themselves upon the mercy of the Prussians discussed the question of the presence of its members who are the victors over their oppressors should take and th i a e t part in the triumph of the French people, and the Ger- at the sittings of the National Assembly. They than fall into the hands of the Russians, mans who by means of the Republic have gained con- differ in opinion on it. MM. DE LAMARTINE and there is now hope that the Polish war may so on L ' stitutions may mingle their cries of joy with those of LEDRU ROLLIN think they should all attend; the settled. their brothers on the banks of the Seine. As to the , oteer members think differently. MM. DE LAMAR.. Poles, we do not see how they can take any part in the GLOGAN, MAY.—The number of troop rejoicings of the Champ de Mars, for whilst torrents of TINE and LEDRU Roerstat were present on Saturday. too high, a' blood are awingfl in their unhappy country, whilst There were rumours rife in Paris Sunday of on Duchy of Posen has been estimated 1 9 0 00 meg. Posnania is pry to al band of assassins who slaughter war a ainst Austria and Russia, and of immediate women and children, profane the churches, and burn g probably does not amount to more than -1 cottages; whilst in Gallicia the Government is arming intervention in Italy and Poland. —Hamburgh Correspondent, May 12. a part of the population against the other part, and at It was stated that an extraordinary levy of 200,000 s which_ /3 . 3_1 every moment massacres provoked by the agents of men between 18 and 30 ears of was immediatel Vienna and St. Petersbargh are expected, whilst Cra- y age y cow is bombarded and the Czar is bringing up masses of to be made. All citizens not married to be liable to troops and sequestrating the corn and the cattle of the this levy. Orders have been given for guns and peasants to feed those troops, and takes the implements sabres, A part of the National Guard Mobile and of labour, under pretext that the people may convert Marine immediate) the Guards ar© to be y equipped them into pikes and scythes, and having sent a part of the population into Siberia :and into dungeons, wishes for active service. The staff ha s a l so r ece i ve d or d ers to make the rest perish by hanger, it is indubitable that for equipment. the Poles owe;:their invitation to the fete of the Champ- It was also stated but notgenerally believed, that de-Mars only to a mistake. It was rather to a funeral , g mass that France should have invited our brothers of the army of th e Al ps h a d crosse d t h e f ront i er. the North. Their place is at the foot of the altar. It is Another attempt on the part of the Communists to there that they must implore God, their sole protector, get up a demonstration was to be made to-day. The for the salvation of their country and the repose of their s „ , following placard has been issued by BLANQUI's club : slaughtered nation. (Signed) Several true friends of Poland. "TO THE DEMOCRATS. From the following extract from the Union it " The centralizing comm it tee i n f orms a ll d emocrats would appear that there is a split among th e Corn- that iae thee ttill l m manifestation onday the in 15tfrcouurrr currant, ta Polandt n o'clock tten will el notc A.M. take monists themselves, which will tend to render them lie citizens will meet at the Place de la Bastille. Any even still weaker than they are at present. The Union other convocation but this must be considered as false. says : "The Central C omm itt ee , " It is difficult to keep oneself au co uran t t o th e strug " "iIUBER, Presid en t. glen and dissensions which ince s s an tly ag it ate t h e ter - DANDUREAU, DEB RAY , Vi ce -P res id en t s ." rorist clubs. If we clearly understand a declaration M. BETHMONT, it appears, was sacrificed to pro published by the Commune de Pads, the manifesto by pitiate M. LEDRU RomaN, and provide a place for M. which M. Bashes announced that the Socie:6 des Droits FLOCON. It was owing to the firmness of MM. de l'Homme would be reconstituted on the same bases as ARAGO, GARNIERPAGES, and MARIE, that FLOCON was before the establishment of the Republic, has caused a profound scission in the midst of the club, and we shall not appointed to the Ministry of the Interior. M. now have two SociLlte: des Droits de l'Homme—one, LAMARTINE was inclined to give way to the threats of that of M. Barbee, organised in armed sections, and M. LEDRU ROLLIN, but the others remained firm. quite ready, on the first opportunity, to fall on social BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE order ; and the other, as regards the spirit which ani- LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 13. mates it, also retrograde but pacific. We subjoin the Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—Northern of France, 3% manifesto of the seceders. It is curious, and shows once Rouen and Havre, 71/2—Sambre and Meuse, 431—West again that anarchy is endemic in secret societies. It Flanders, 31 3 . shows also the manner in which Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity are there treated : " 'CLUB PACIFIQUE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME. " ' The SociSte des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen, constituted on arbitrary bases, and in opposition to the democratic principles which alone ought to direct it, has seen its power usurped by members who have imposed themselves on it, and who have compromised its inde pendence. Different acts emanating from the executive committee, illegally constituted, have caused energetic protests, and it is in vain that a great number of section. naires have demanded the execution of the regulations and a legal election. A brutal refusal was given to their just protest. In presence of these facts, the sectionnaires who have raised their voice will not accept the responsi bility of acts which emanate from a power they do not recognise. Consequently, they declare that, from the Bth of May, they have constituted themselves into an independent club, under the name of ' Club Pacifique, et Organisateur des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen.' The club takes the declaration `des Droits do l'llomme et du Citoyen of '93 for its profession of faith. It will adopt a progressive and social course in its discussions, and all the extreme democratic questions will be accepted at the tribune. ITALY. ROME. The Constitutionnel publishes the following frog Rome : " We have already mentioned that the Pope ba- P f ar liahed a fresh declaration of his sentiments, whic h, ia from quieting public irritation, has only tended to. crease it. In this fresh document, his Holiness insisio with great energy, on the imposibility, in his pres,ol, situation as a pacific Prince, and Father of the Faith' of consenting to declare war. But, at the same tiID to states that he has taken every necessary protect the lives of his subjects who fight as volunte,e,e into 0",. in the Italian cause, in case they should fall hands of Austrians. In order to prevent the recurrent; of those acts of barbarity which have already beenP petrated, by order of Radetzky, on Roman subjects u ro , in arms, the Pope has charged Dr. Farini with an elt o t t be ordinary mission to Charles Albert, in order to e",f e . volunteers of the Pontifical State under his especttu °- guard. v o " This proclamation, in which the Sovereign o f 6 speaks the language of a pastor of souls, and not " t o temporal prince, only increased the emotion of '.„, measur e people. On the 3d the houses were deserted, everYl'4 habitant was in the streets, and during the me rnifig ed was announced that Count Mamia n i had been clisrg to form a new Ministry. " The Civic Guard, when informed of this resoltpo assembled and appointed delegates to present an s id , e ,"" l oo to Count Mamiani, and to express their perfect ad" the in the sentiments he had declared in his c ircular electoral committee. The principal points in this adur were:— 1006" " 1. To co-operate in the admission and cons of the dismembered nationalities. W e; To unite in sincere friendship with fre e g e tioe s and to preserve with absolute powers only such ro il , ' to as may be called for to pre s erve univ e rsal peace, s $ promote the iterets of comerce. the ff " 3. To place reliance on ourselves, and not in sistance and promises of any foreigners. h tW eed "4. To enter into a fresh and solemn treaty ee, and nations, in conformity to the true interests of ea ch ' to the national principles of international right. . 0 or " 5. To enter into no arrangement with Austr al l the sign any peace until the Alps shall bo recognise° aed frontiers of Italy, from the Varo to the Brenner °, from the latter to Guarnen. c C ss d c "6. Our diplomacy to [become worthy of a ''n (3' great nation, and calculated to recal the rementhr" ,, pi a° Roman magnanimity; no more dissimulatian-- - e ° deception. Moderation and courage. 74 o °l " This address, which was signed by all the ..'st Guards, was delivered the same evening to Coue._„ 0 1 miani, and received by him as the faithful expresBeovtio the policy which he intended to carry ee% an d IL IP other hand, the municipal council assembled Wito drew up au address. After pointing out th t Austria was a most sacred right, ought to co-operate to restore the i n depFndel le t e he safe common country, it concluded by proposing to e reign Pontiff to become the mediator between tia 1 gerent parties, under the following conditions:-- peace 1. To become mediator, in order to restore Yw and concord. p er.' "' 2. Not to oppose the progress of military ..°. ° 1 ; "' 3. The first condition of peace to be Italian err tb and that all lotfaltibaisics ality and complete independence of foreign B lot e s O, removal oflthe Austrian armies from Italy; 4 0 / lished at Rome to consider of the bases of Pe" ' ditions. 0 9$ „ " 4. After the acceptance of these peelimins'ilfieiv ditions, the Pope shall be made President of the be held at Rome. 13 0 , 1/ 5 " 5. If these conditions be not accepted, War s it n , carried on with his consent and approbation, 03- the co-operation of the Pontificial armies.' A IP, " This step of the municipal council excite - A tt~: surprise and discontent. The journals deeler`-,oo,,at negotiations and protocols could only be disast s r s " ttly the Italian cause , at the moment when the ,: 1 1 9 si a a 13 : Envoy, Count de llartig, was seeking to sow d'''„ amongst the Italians by insinuations and 13 ; a re The steps adopted by the municipal couneli ' of L i ° tributed to his influence. The representative Of 1301ni the foreign powers, but whose name is not In°,l7,,pc° is cularly mentioned, had demanded a solemn 01 1; 0 4,, , ho " the Pope, in the name of all the diplomat s , . o f order to induce h'im to persist in his resistaefc";oo 65 representatives of the Italian States, when h l i ni bs,,, l o l this fact, immediately assembled at the Dutc h h i c ti in order to protest against this proceeding , w ho lisp been adopted without the participation of t bat e a Ministers. The audience was not granted ; jac reo intervention between the Pope and his peoP le fire the mistrust of the latter. aoL lea„, " Count Mamiani was sent for, and dere d for'd hours to draw up a political programm e $/ f 1 tbs, v as l Cabinet. It was wished that several 6 ' is l i c' t Ministers should still remain in office. Th e ,L i etae ° l 0 1 of the two Cardinal Ministers, and their ref"; pOir3jo two laics was universally called for. Free: l ola, honour, however, the old Ministry preferrecir try he r, body, and thus the formation of a new Afiejsbniefebea more difficult. At about half-past eight , ,-, n rie, meeting took place at the house of Prince /01' the following Ministry was drawn up:— pa an d Terenzio Mamiani—President of the 00313" " G. PELIN, President, " A. LEY DET, Secretary.' " A private letter states that great indignation was felt in the department of the Aude, of which M. BARnES is one of the representatives, when the pro- clamation of the Soci6t6. des Droits de l'Homme, which was placarded in Paris with his sanction, became known. A petition was immediately got up, and most numerously signed, calling on him to resign his post as representative, as the electors of the Aude were deceived when they gave him their suf frages. The modern terrorists are mere servile imitators after all. They have failed—miserably failed in their attempts to get up "massacres," after the fashion of the MARATS, DANTOI4B, and RODESPIERRES of the last century; and now, they are attempting to get up an imitation of the alarm of the old terrorists at a 1 foreign coalition. The Reforme has the following, under the head of "NEWS OF TEE COALITION:- "An aide de camp of the Emperor of Russia had arrived at Vienna, charged with a confidential mission for.the Emperor of Austria. Similar negotiations have for some time been going on at Berlin, and even at London, with a view of renewing the coalition against France. This we extract from a Vienna letter of the 6th. Independently of the camp of Nuremberg and of Ulm, a camp of 60,000 men will be established between Cobourg and Schwernfurt. In Belgium the Ministry have sent orders to the military governors of provinces for the immediate rappel to arms of the militia of 1847. They are to repair by the 28th to the camp of Beverloo. On the other hand the coalition continues to develop it self. Already has the Danish Government invoked the intervention of Russia. A letter from Ber lin, of the 9th, assures us that the Russian Cabinet had demanded explanations on thersub ject of the entry of the Prussian troops into Jutland. This diplomatic intrigue, this mask of war will soon fall. The Russians have now a pretext for enter ing Prussia. This good King of Berlin is capable of pretending to our Minister of Foreign Affairs that he is the victim of Russia and of his good disposition towards Poland. In the meantime the consul of Sweden makes known to the Senate of Ilamburgh that his Government has resolved to assist the Danes with 10,000 troops, and all the Swedish marine. Each plays his part skilfully in the camp of the coalition. The Confreres are not less able, in the Diet of Frankfort. Nothing can equal what is passing there, and if the Germans allow them selves to be blinded it is their own fault. The bourgeois of Cologne, urged on by the King of Prussia, have ad dressed a petition to this assembly, demanding the neutrality of Belgium, which they say, resists with calmness and firmness without example the storm that has burst over Europe.' Th e d e l egates have supporte d this petition with ardour, announcing the approaching difficult negotiations of the Belgian Government. The spirit of hostility against Republican France—the in ' trigues of the reaction are th en , as we cease not to re peat, manifest—and our ex-son in law, Leopold, takes to his own share in them. Once more it is time to look to it." , nister of the Interior. Giovanni Marchetti—Foreign Affairs. De Rossi—Grace and Justice. Lun ati—Finance. l i\ ) T uke de Rignano—C lo Caviehera San ommerce Bertolo— . Public Woro' ;ie ° Prince Doria—War. . 0 „, ! 1e5 ,51- ,40 0 , Affairs, for which Orroli, Al a tieri " A cardinal was to beappointed for .r",. sr i ; g o of. It is generally hoped that the first es' 33 , " deo el vet : n or Cocch i " r o e- d °01 7; 11° will not be chosen, as he has not the confla t. e 7 - 8 , o, l 'o Italians. The above combination, on thu d sy ' ° i 0 113-- appeared satisfactory, and the public mi #1 Pr very agitated." - ' vid 4 We have to r e p ea t h ere , th a t advis es ' ilia b s seines, state that the differences of opinion We will undertake to say that there is no truth whatever in the above statements of the Reform. Neither M. LEDRU ROLLIN nor M. FLocoN will venture to repeat them in the Assembly. These false alarms are circulated for a purpose. On Satur day M. BIANQUI recommended his followers to ab stain from attending the fete. " There are two cur rents in society (said he) : it is the current of reaction which prevails at this moment; the Ministry in which our own men are placed is itself carried along by the torrent. But wait; five or six weeks, and then the wind and tide will be for us. Already many of our adherents who had quitted us have returned." On Friday evening about one hundred working engineers of the Northern Railway presented them selves at eight in the morning at the station at Paris, and declared to the chiefs of the establishment that if they were not allowed to work an additional hour per day, with an increase of salary, they would tear up the rails. Information of this having been given to the National Guard of the 3d Legion, a detachment was marched to the station, and it was shortly after joined by a detachment of the Garde Mobile. Before these forces arrived the men had withdrawn. Yester day the men suspended their work, and assembled at the station of La Chapelle, to await the decision of the directors. 'We copy the following from the Presse Yesterday evening the inauguration of the ' Club des Femmes' took place in the ancient' Concert Spec tacle.' An immense crowd of curieux et curieuses were in attendance long before opening the doors. There was much difficulty in obtaining silence when the proceedings commenced, not from the fair members themselves, but from the ungallant men who should have been auditors, and .who, if they went expecting some ridiculous exhi bition, must have been disappointed.—Th e Presidente,' after long and vain efforts, at length succeeded in obtaining silence, and, what is more, applause. She explained the object of the club to be, the organization of the labour of women, not in taking for its principle that which kad been attempted with so little success as to the labour of men, but in adopting, as bases, sister hood and the development of the capacity and skill of each memoer. This allusion to the absurd theories of M. Louis Blanc was received with unanimous applause. The club has obtained from the Government the promise of places a s wor k s h ops, of which two will be opened this week. E ver y woman h av i ng no particu l ar !trade will gain one franc a day, and work will be given according to ability. The others will gain more or less according to their abilities and industry. Every month the profits will be divided, and every year prizes will be given to the most industrious. The club will provide a cooking place, at which every member will be provided with a dinner of soup, meat, vegetables, and bread, at four sous. The presidents was loudly applauded, and the plan of the club much approved. The only incident that gave birth to a little merriment was an observation of the fair settled.: • P . r I r EDMON T. 0 0 n P t E h OPENING I B N th G ins O t P THE PARLIA-I‘A-5 4 - 1 -4 1 T AT T in U ce R E I U N G . Est of sairo, 'left ~ ot i le e p n a a l n a t c - e G i e n n CHARLESe t r h a e l nmg o c f ihdtahs l mtob n fu g stuhaelNational Gp i° . l) I : , ur: i":," l or ) et i . ell t, ceeded to the was saluted on his arrival a an d ° 11° A li f i ter taki o following speech : d t li oath, the , ot,, " Our internal felicity, assured&op 1,,v h which y t h e e betweenx l i v s i t s s dom o f th t h e SovereigneKing, being Chamber to obpyenlouthdeerrlterslioar, ove mourning of our Italian brethren, tramp l e its el l c l olil a by the foreigner, the nation united itself W 6 r ill sustain the honour and independence of Italf lo • oh b 9 ill blessed our arms. The admirable artur-5 orb i l l discipline as by its valour—has added fresh g e , 0 0 0 0 ancient renown. The cross of SavoY the b tili tt l6 standard of the Italian Union, and floats on 00 0 0 # p th r e ov A in d c i e g s e. as S a ar w d e in ll i - a bo h l a o s ved be s e i n st w er e . lc o s tri :; d o y f l as o e lj i 9 ; s t o h u e,,m r , c sA e el o by f reo r sad ea g l to c hv o ee n r s np olation. The natives ° shown themselves worthy of their countrY• e PI, government as ourselves, and those wh er° Is o ' or; suspended, which have beenhaa with u e r divided,been tendne w owtheers'Swtahtoe, havegive u t1:1: : ::i t i : f: tli tlieed: l sympathies. The diplomatic relations wit,,' r , h ul ic ti A l' tutional Government of Spain, which wer e ,,f ) ths Sal` . that dweasst i o a e d receivedb commonyn 1 0 0 .600 t0 00 r : dr ' re ll° ilcffia to come together, and there is a s trong r — the Loki Government of th e e l ed ev . er i ; Ko tto accord nd gf acclamations.) ocm i l im l go; b ar i nee n th d i noe i t tsd o i. so g ) n e t .b t1 1 ? 1 , , rora ctsbi le i t .01.1 4 0:fli t tfr: ?:1 - 10 circumstances under which it is called 0 0 "'ill o°,,or g , has the courage to undertake it, as w oof ..e c g°P.ii hr a a e t tri i o o en n y et t so o ov i c n qs . h n iu s a o sh l , consolidate a ihl t l e a saaedne devoted vuosctoemd triumphpi tlseetel courage r to follow it up. You will lend it ,of .A i l o iiroP 'aitlic In r the hiae inseparable from the delnits of a new statl ti ge o a power always invincible—that of u nion. , 0.01),00' that OP " The Prince afterwards announced t o re g w ell a . 5,... of cJi would be immediately presented , as of local interest, and concluded as follows 7 . „., a rts 0 oL l o If the desired fusion with the o.th.e,rorpoje, 00_0 peninsula be accomplished, changes wili°io as°_ol(o,lit laws which will tend to improve our &w i l. t he . : s o9 - us attain that degree of power to which 1,....(Apt1i" 0 til J of Italy, Providence would lead thew : sil ti p ecif 10 applause.)' f.thoeveworofe so:.1_000: Lieutenant-General returned to the ral° u ge , , . t tV cries of ' Viva el Re al Statuto, alla Its ° say s tiiP, , t ip Th e session was then declared to he, l o oli cl ' it . The Risorgimento of the 10th M O l c„ogsfi' t to P to Tuscan troops, under General 'Alliciottia 110 ti' ig oclP right of the Mincio. There is a rep o r t „L the number of 4,000 men, surround ~,t net, ° sif 0 11/1 arrived that the white flag had been r which had surrendered. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. HOLLAND. Tun HAGUE, MAY 11.—In the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States-General, Count SCIIIMMELPENNINCR made the following unlooked for communication : " . Ibis Excellency stat e d t h at the Ministers were giving their serious attention to the modification of the fundamental law, but that there was a difference of opi nion upon the subject among the members of the Go vernment, which would reader a change in the Ministry necessary. The King had been advised of the state of affairs, and it was necessary to await his decision. " Mr. Van Goldstein regretted that upon so import ant a subject as the revision of the fundamental law there should exist any difference of opinion among the Ministers, and it was the more surprising as the project was drawn up by the Chamber itself. Several members spoke the same sentiments, and urged the necessity of the speedy decision of this important question." AMSTERDAM, MAY 11.—The fresh depression which the Austrian funds have sustained produced an unfavourable influence upon all the Dutch funds. The greater part of the foreign funds also expe rienced a depression. with the exception of _the Peru- vians. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. ELSINORE, MAY 9.—Notifications respecting the cargoes of British vessels bound to harbours under blockade. A. circular of the British Consul here, Moses Kuper, dated May 7, gives the official communica tion from the British vessels which may put in here, on their way to some Prussian harbour, and which may not be able to reach their destination in conse qnence of the blockade, shall be at liberty to deposit their cargoes at Elsinore or Copenhagen, and shall be respected by the Danish Government, which has de clared that the cargoes of British Captains shall be regarded as their property, and shall in no wise be molested. COPENHAGEN, MAY. Intelligence from the seat of war states that two battalions had come to Alsen and the mainland to erect some works, which might protect the communication be tween the mainland and Sonderberg, against the fire of the enemy. General lIEDEMANN has confided the command in Alsen to Colonel HANsEN, and has gone with his staff to Fuhnen, where he will act as com mander-in-chief. He had previously proposed to General WRANGEL the mutual delivery of the priso ners taken on both sides since the commencement of the war. The reply of General WRANGEL, which has already been received at the head-quarters, will be speedily made known. The Danes estimate the losses at Schleswig at 150 killed, and between 400 and 500 wounded. The attack and seizure upon Chamberlain KROGH and of the hunting page, is regarded as a cou rageous act. The Laalands Posten states that the feeling at Jutland against the enemy is far stronger than in the islands. GERMAN MARINE.—The Committee announce that Messrs. GODEFFROY and Son have, in accordance with the generally expressed desire, placed their large ship Caesar Godeffroy, at the unrequested dis position of the Committee, in place of the ship Stem warder.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, May 5. NORWAY, MAY s.—The Sorthing have referred the project of the charge of the Council of State to a committee, by a majority of 70 votes against 30. At Drontheim a meeting has taken place for the formation of Free Corps (Freitschaaren).—lium burg Borsenhalle, May 13. STOCKHOLM, MAY 4.—An army of 16,000 men is to be assembled for the present at Schonen, to con sist of three brigades, under the command of the Crown Prince and General-Adjutants VON DAHLS. TROM and PEYRON, with the rank of major-general. The Daglight Allehanda mentions ten regiments which have already been ordered to Schonen, and two battalions of guards are to set out for that place next week. Orders have been received to hasten the equipment of the fleet at Carlscrona and Gothem burg, and the PRINCE set out for this first place by land to-day. 4,000 Norwegian troops are said to have been ordered to Schonen. POLAND. THE INSURRECTION. General PFUEL has ordered that no armistice shall be granted to th e P o l es ( so says the I n dic a teur Po litique), dated Berlin, May 12th), except under the following conditions :- Ist. The surrender of arms. 2d. Emigrants and foreigners from Poland, Gallicia, Cracow, &c., shall be sent to a depot beyond the Elbe and the Weser. 2d. The Poles of Posen shall de divided into circles, and led under an escort for their own protec tion to their prefects, who shall release them. Pri vate and public safety to all who have laid down their arms. GNESEN, MAY 4.—A Silesian paper states that the insurgents have been attacked in the rear, between Miloslaw and Wreschin, by five army corps, under the command of General CoLomn, aided by Generals VON WEDELL and VON BLUMEN. Ten o'clock, r.m.—A letter from Posen from Dr. ADAMKIREVICZ, who was summoned to Miloslaw to attend upon the wounded insurgents, is circulated in the city, and to the following effect :—" Yesterday, towards evening, about ten thousand insurgents assembled near Wreschen, with the intention of taekrieng suddenlyGse n by storm durin g th e n i g h t. T hey w attacked in th e rear by five army ne corps, and after a fierce engagement of four hours were completely beaten. Pour thousand insurgents remained upon the field, and more than three thousand five hundred wounded have been brought here (Miloslaw), of whom I do not expect that two hundred will survive. Several hundred of the military have also been left upon the field of battle." !gi