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Henry Colburn, Publisher. 13, Great Marlborough-street. • *.* To be had of all Booksellers. Ey W. J. Broderip, Esq., iNV NOYEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " CONFESSIONS OF A PRETTY WOMAN." . In Three vols., post Bvo., rrlfE RIVAL BEAUTIES. A NOVEL. . _ By Miss PARDOE. Altkor of " The Court and Reign of Louis Xi - V.," " The City of the Sultan," and " Confessions of a Pretty wolnan.” IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M. THALBERG. GRAND SACRED, CLASSICAL, and MISCELLANEOUS • CONCERT, on MONDAY EVENING, April 17. It is respectfully announced that on MONDAY Evitsfica, April 17, will be givena GRAND CONCERT, with great Orchestra, Chorus, &c., on which occasion M. Thalberg will ezecute the following pieces :- 1. Grand Concerto in C minor • • • • Beethoven. 2. Fantasia on Subjects from Mozart's Don Giovanni Thalberg. 3. Fantasia on Subjects from Auber's Masaniello • • Thalberg. 4. " Liodar Ohne Norte" • • .. • • .. Mendelssohn. The Vocal portion will include liadame Tadoliai, Mdlle. Schwartz, And Mdlle Sofia Cruvelli. Signor Belletti, Signor Bouche, And Signor Lablache, And comprise selections from the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Glue; Mendelssohn, Weber, Spontini, &c., and include a Grand Trio for Three Basses,by 3leyerbeer —Signori Lablache, Belletti, and Coletti. Mddlle Vera, Signor Cordon', Signor Coletti, Signor F. Lablache, Signor Caszani, Conductor, M. Balfe. Farther particulars will be duly announced. N.B. A second Grand Concert will be presented on Wednesday morning, April 19. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. The Public is respectfully informed that, at the request of several Families of Distinction, another GRAND MORNING PERFORM ANCE will be given by the French Equestrian Troupe, on Turas- DAT, April 6, on which occasion a variety of the most Novel and Attractive Entertainments will be produced. Doors open at Half-past One o'clock, performance to commence at Two. First price as usual. No second price. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, THIS EVENING Wiil• be ilefforMed ♦erdi's new Opera, entitled ATT I LA. Odabella, Sofia Cravelli ; Foresto, Sig. Gardoni ; Erato, Sig. Cuzzani ; Ladino, Sig. Guidi ; Leone, Sig. Solari ; and Attila, Sig. Beletti. After which will be revived the admired Ballet (by M. P. Taglioni, the Music by Sig. Pugni) entitled THEA ; OU, LA FEE AUX FLEURS, By Millie. Rosati, Mdlle. Petit, Mesdlls. Thevenet, Ausundon, Ju lenne, Lamoreux, and )(Mlle. Marie Taglloni, M. Paul Taglioni, and M. Charles (his first appearance). Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box ofilce of the Theatre. Prices of Admission : —Boxes—Pit Tier, Five Guineas ; Grand Tier, Six Guineas ; One-pair, Five Guineas ; Two-pair, Four Guineas ; Pit Stalls, 21s. ; Gallery Stalls, ss. Pit tickets, of which a limited number only will be issued, can be had at the Box-off Ice as usual, 10s. Gd. each. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. THIS EVENING, A Variety" of New Performances :—The Pyramid of Decanters — The Two Punchiuellos—The Villager's Wedding —The Two Clowns —The Roman Gaines—The Chinese Jugglers, &c ,by M.M. A. Ste grist, Auriol, Andre, Loissetaine, Wehle, Nief, la petite Loissot, &c. The Mande, by Mdlls. Caroline and Mathilde. Various novel and dating acts of Equitation—The Voltige—The Tarantell, &c., by 31.111 s Palmyre, Anato, F. Stanley, E. Lambert, Coralie, Ducos, Florentine. Amaglla, Le petit Anato, &c. Laughable and groteque representa tions by the Clowns MM. Auriol, Leclair, and Ariol, Ills. Peers open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. Second price, ilalf-past Nino. 1 REA TRE ROYAL, HAYMA RKET. Egi ier the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVNG, 'Will be peformcd the Comedy of THE PROVOKED HUSBAND. Jir Francis Wroread, Mr. Farren ; Squire Rchard, Mr. Keele y ; John Moody, M 4 r. b Webster ; Lady Wronghead, i Mrs. Glover ; Jenny, Mrs. Keeley ; Lady Townly, Mrs. Nisbett. After which, a new comic Drama, entitled LAVATER THE PHYSIOGNOMIST; and Good Judge too. Lavater, Mr. Webster ; Agnes, Miss Fortescne. fo conclude with a new and original Farce, called WHO'S MY HUSBAND Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Seeley ; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. 8. ltucklitztuun Sally Starch, Mrs. Hamby. Stave,Tanager, Mr. warren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Itox-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, as. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, ls. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. - - THEATRE ROYAL, A.DELI.II.I. Under the direction of '4ladama Celesta. THIS EVENING Will fa performe:l a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal charactors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, arc. After which a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA TION A L DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; a[a damn. Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with THE COMRADES ; an Anecdote of the Span ish War. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Boyce, Mau yard, Paul Legrand, C. J. Smith, Vyan, Miss E. Harding. &c. Boxes 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. 1.1 r 9 open at Ilali-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which, a new comic Drama, entitled THE HAPPY FA MILY. Principal characters by Messrs. Granby, C. Mathews, Buck stone, Harley, F. Matthews; Mrs. Fitzwi Stirling, Ma dame VeStris, Miss Howard, and Mrs. C. Jor To conclude with the Comic Drama USED • : Drum Boxes, os.; Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half price to any part of the house. Toe New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, Is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. , '1 he Interior et the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradweil of the Colosseum. - FRENCH PLAYS,—V. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, 11r. JohnlMl‘ehell, 33, O!d Bond-street. 'TESL( i t; EITENIN(37 Will be presented LES DF.ITX FRERES. After which (for the first time in this country), the new Petito Comedy et EXTREMES SE TOUCHENT. Le Chevalier Jullien, Monsieur Lafont ; La Comtesse Rosine, Madame Paul Ernest. To conclude with the new Comedie-Vandeviile, entitled UN OUSQUE CAME CRIS. Le Vicomte de Munreal, Moue. Latont. Doors open at half-past Seven, to commence at Eight. Boxes and bitalls raay be obtainrcl at Mr. Nlitchelfs ltoyal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. PRINCESS'S TH E ATRE. Mr. J. 3d. 3faadox, sole Lessee and Manager, Dachess-strett, Portland. place. THIS EVENING, Will be performA Shakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, ]Sr. Nliteready ; Ophena, Miss Emma Stanley. After whicis the new Interlude called MAMMON and GAMMON. To conclude with the Farce of HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Courtney, .1. Vining, S. Cowell, C. Fisher, Wynn, Palmer, Stacey ; 31193 Emma Stanley, 3liss Villars, lira Posh:eke, Miss Somers, and Miss Taylor. • cress r.1.X.e.8, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ST NEW MANAGEMENT. THIS EVENING Will be prcsenled Auher's new Opera, entitled HAYDEE ; or ne Secret. with entirely new scenery, dreAses, and appointments. itaydea, Miss Poole ; Rataela, Madame } lorence Brunel ; Loredieu, Mr. D. W. King; Malap;eri, Mr. Borrani; Iladieu, Mr. C. Horn ; Gonzalvo, Mr. S. Jones; Domenico, Mr. liorncastle. To conehule with a new Extravaganza, called THE CRU3III - ; or, A Rehearsal Rehearsed. Nicholas Nickleby, Mr. Suninters ; Mr. Lenville, Mr. Oxberry ; Smlke, alias J. Coleman ; Mrs. Crnuamles, Mrs. L. Reds. Private Boxes, IL Is. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Stalls, 3a. ; Pit, 2s, Gal lery, ls. Half-price at Nine o'cicck. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. Oxberry. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEA Last Five Nights of the present Grand Spectacle, and unprecedented Equestrian Entertainments, in order to make preparation for the magnificent Easter Holiday Enterlainmen's. TO-MORROW EVENING, The New Gorgeous Spectacle, THE BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS, with all its splendid appointments, &c. To be followed by, and the evening's entertainments to terminate with A GRAND EQUESTRIAN FETE, in which the Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes will appear each evening in their peculiar And liscomparable Feats and brilliant Scenes in the Circle. Box-otlice open from 11 till 5. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. _ The following is the House list of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensu ing:— For Governors. James Morris, Esq., Governor. Henry James Prescott, Esq., Deputy-Governor. For Directors. * Thomas Baring, Esq. !Alfred Latham, Esq. * Henry Wollaston Blake, *George Lyall, jun., Esq. Esq. l*Thoms.s Masterman, Esq. Edward ' Henry Chapinan,l*Alexander Matheson, Esq. Esq. !Humphrey St. John Mild- William -Cotton, Esq. I may, Esq. John Oliver lianßon, Esq. (George Wade Norman , Esq. John Reath, Esq , 'John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Kirkman D an i el nod. son, l James Pattison, Esq. E-tq. - Henry Lancelot Uolgiand, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq, John Gellibr an d H u b bard William Thompson, Esq., E iq , , and Alder man . Thomas ewman Hunt, - E s .\ " Thomas M t'hi Weguelin, N CharlesFrederickllnth,Esq q 'Pran Esq, a Francis Wilson, v., nadmie Es N.B. Those gentlemen against whose ohie„noArrepewrtiiiliab. The is placed are new candidates forct election fir Governor and Deputy e held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 11th of Directors on Wednesday, the 12th of April, f all ua d r r f .?„ r o'clock in the forenoon till Four in the afternoon APPALLING SustrvrßEClE OP A CONVICT S lap ONE HUNDRED AND FIrTY LIVES LOST.—Letters were received in the City yesterday from Penang, dated Feb. 5, relative t, the British ship General Wood, which, vi e regret to say, there is too much reason to believe, has foundered in the Ch'nese seas, and that every soul be -1 )nging to her, amounting to 150, have met a watery grave. The ill-fated vessel it is reported was chartered by the Indian Gov , rnrnent for the transport service. She g p was an ship, 800 to ns burden, and left Sin a ore on the 2..1 of January for P enang, h aving on board 9 1 con victs, a detachment of soldiers, several passengers, and a crew of between 30 and 40 persons. Since that period nothing whatever has been heard of her. Several ves arts have gone over the same route that she did, and have gained no tidings of hen—Observer. POLITICAL REUNION AT VISCOUNT PALNIERSTON.S. —Viscount Palmerston entertained several members of the corps diplomatique at dinner, on Saturday evening, at his mansion in Carlton-gardens. The guests included his Fiweellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister, his Excellency the Wurtemburg Minister, his Excellency Sir Thomas Cartwright, Lord and Lady Ashley, L a d y Mavet, Hon. W. Temple, Mr. Briasley Sheridan, 14,p,, Mrs. Sheridan, Sx. THE THIRD EDITIONS "THE S UN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, £HE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. WEATIIE.R.—SuN OFFICE, APRIL 2. TLIERMOUETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 64; Noon, 67. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND S E.; fine. APRIL 3. TIIERNOXETER, Lowest, 48; Highest. 66 ; Noon, 67. • BAROXETEU, 30.04.—W1ND E.S.E.; fine. llit.!J WATER AT LONDON-11R.IDGE THIS DAY. Morning.. 9 minutes after 1. I Evening ..:80 siinnt4:a aftvr 1 4' Inning t.:-Ali LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1848. Ireland is preparing a stupendous ordeal for itself and for England. Sedition is being systematically organized ; pikes are purchased by the peasantry as coolly as a switch of blackthorn might be slivered from a hedgerow ; the loungers in the more fre quented and fashionable promenades of Dublin are already replaced by raparees. Everything is viewed by the Irish multitude through a distorting medium —the present, the past, and the future; the position of the English people, of the C , Jntinental people, and of themselves. Their political system has changed as thoroughly as their social aspirations, and as mi raculously as the necromantic princess in the " Arabian Nights' Entertainments," who was metamorphosed successively into a tigress, a peacock, a pomegranite, a grain of wheat, and a herring. The barbarous regality of Bonu was followed by the military de vastations of CROMWELL, that again by the revolu- tionary disorders of 1688,that again by the territorial absorption of 1800, and at this moment by a reviving avidity for rebellion and a thirst for an insane and spurious nationality. Repeal has expat.ded, has burst, and has vanished like a bubble. That is no longer the object of Celtic ambition. The project is no longer the inauguration of an independent Parlia ment in College Green. The grand problem is already debated among the anarchists as to whether the Re publican or the Monarchical system is preferable in the government of civilized millions. Those passions which had been engendered by the flagrant misrepre sentations of demagogues have been latterly fomented beyond endurance by the democratic movements throughout Europe. Posen has blown the trumpet which was doomed to evoke the resurrection of the liberties of Poland. Berlin has conquered at the sword's point, not only the freedom of the Prussians, but the rights of the whole Germanic Confederation. Madrid is already crying out the pass-word of Spanish advancement to the cities of Catalonia and the fron tiers of Navarre. Paris has planted the oriflamme of the people upon the colossal ruins of royalty, and has secured the permanent emancipation of France from the Appenines to the confluence of the Ourthe and the Aleuse. From Peterwaradin and Pesth those voices have already resounded which summon the Hungarians to the re-assumption of the sovereign power. Prague calls to Bohemia, and Carlstadt to Croatia, and, if the flying rumour of the moment be authentic, the flag of insubordination is unfurled upon the pinnacle of the Tyrolean Alps. Even within the embattled ramparts of Milan the war-cry has given the signal for the junction of the civic battalions of Lombardy. Venice has at llst shaken off the chains of ages, and the golden wand of her illustrious democracy is again reflected in the purple waters of the Adriatic- The liberalism of Turin has been echoed by the hopes of Genoa; the citizens of Bergamo have joined hands with the people of Verona. Sienna has called to Florence, Reggio to Rubiera, and Urbino to Bo logna, and the supreme law of the million has attested its progress in Sardinia and Tuscany, among the Lombards and the Romans, among the drowsiest rabble of the Neapolitans, and among the Sicilian in surgents. On every side the sound of the tumbling thrones of the Continent, and of the up rousing limbs of those nations which have been so long pros trate under the bonds of absolutism, is startling the inhabitants of Ireland, and goading on to acts of audacity and words of insolence the more ignorant or the more unprincipled of her demagogues. History will pronounce as to the truth or the in. accuracy of those who represent the p3licy of the English Government towards Ireland as one of cruelty, selfishness, and despotism. To history Eng land may leave the decision of that question with confi dence ; for the future historian may point in refuta tion of those atrocious calumnies to the unutterable miseries entailed on England by her fraternal efforts in behalf of the wretched multitude b2yond St. George's Channel ; he may point to the public time which his been lavished in the discusaicn of legisla tive measures of amelioration, having exclusive reference to the condition of Ireland and her children ; he may enumerate the bounti€s poured into the lap of Ireland from the lavish paling of England in tho;e protracted seasons when the land must otherwise have been ravaged without any alle viation whatever by the &cad scourges of Pestilence and Privation. These facts will be recorded with a❑ impartial exactness in justification of that magnani mous kingdom which is now suffering for the abun- dant out-pourings of its sympathy, and which, to the disgrace of humanity, is recompensed with ingrati tude instead of affection, and hatred instead of reverence. What advantage we should be glad to know has ever accrued to England from the association of its own fortunes with the destinies of Ireland. What advantage ? Emphatically and deliberately NONE. On the contrary, an incalculable amount of wretched ness has alone flowed to our shores in return for the ten derness evinced of late years by ourselves towards the Irish population. Granted that England is answerable for a vast deal of mismanagement in the sister island; granted that her legislators have evinced an extraor • dinary reluctance in admitting the Irish to a full participation in the privileges and immunities enjoyed by Englishmen—still it cannot be denied, so long as the memory of the past shall remain, that in regard to the alleviation of the distresses of Ireland, England has been an enormous and uncornp'aining sufferer. It were as idle to deny all this for an instant, it were as frivolous to say that we have not materially assuaged the sufferings of our brethren beyond the Channel by voluntarily taking a portion of the bur den on our own shoulders, as it would be to gainsay the reality of the Act of Catholic Emancipation, of our poor-law interference, or of the 10,000,000/. bestowed on Ireland for the diminution of famine, and the prevention of a national bankruptcy. As well might British ge nerosit y t o wards Ireland be denied, as the sacrifice of of our twentym illions, endangerment and the colonial pros perity, for the abolition of slavery and the furtherance of the grand principle of universal and reco gn i se d th roug hout E brotherhood. Yet, despite these facts—fafcatcstsatrteenstnewdnbeyd ur the very existence of the human race upon the soil of I re l and, facts which w ill cause much of that lustre u\Npholochtlive v ll er r y es t tamfuerofevE e ng l a nd—spite of them ever as a halo of immor tality all, the I r i s h arnarchists are afoot, the pike already gleams in the hand of the peasant, steps are every day taken for securing the more effective outburst of the rebellion. The language borne to us across the Channel is characterised by that profound ll niness which has in it a forboding of disuter. Su enice is a Republic. Venice is once again a Republic. The Tait intelligence from Italy confirms a former report to that effect. The Austrians have been expelled from Venice, a Republic proclaimed, a Provisional Government appointed, and the Aus. trian soldiers and cmp/oyds compelled to depart from Trieste: Thus it is evident that the liberal movement is making itself felt in states which have I been hitherto completely subjugated ; thus it is evi dent that Austria finds herself powerless to retain her heretofore most tenaciously cherished conquests. Venice is a Republic, an Italian Republic—Venice, which has long ceased to be Italian even by " geo graphical expression." In the multitude of great events now daily tran spiring, the importance of each one individually is hardly considered. It is hardly to be expected, in deed, that an insurrection or even a revolution can excite the same attention now as formerly, now that we hear of a similar movement almost by every post. Nevertheless, if we pause to consider them separately, every European kingdom has some distinct and indivi dual claim on our sympathy, every phase of the great movement is invested with a powerful and peculiar interest. When Pius first manifested his enlightened patriotism and univeral philanthropy, when Reme gave the first and irresistible impetus to the sublime work of regeneration and re form, we experienced a most lively satisfaction that " the Eternal City" should distinguish herself as the prime motor in so grand a cause. And our satis faction in this particular was occasioned not so much by the historical reminiscences of Rome as by her present position. We were peculiarly rejoiced that the spirit of independence should make itself mani fest in a religious city, under the auspices of a reli gious prince, because (no matter though that religion differed somewhat from our own) we hailed such a manifestation as a guarantee that religion and liberty would be no longer, as too often supposed heretofore, antagonistic, when an hostility to tyranny has degene rated into sacrilege, and an assertion of popular rights seemed incompatible with due reverence to thing s spiritual. Thus the liberalism of Rome inspired us with peculiar exultation, but when the acclamations of freedom resounded through France, we found new cause for interest in a retrospect of the past. The eager anxiety and varied emotions with which we had perused the records of a former revolution were all revived. Again we felt a similar admiration to that with which the redeeming traits of those terrible chronicles bad inspired us, while the abhorrence and dis may with which the crimes that disgraced the cause of liberty had filled us, gave place to the most profound and lively satisfaction that the new revolution should be immaculate of blood: It is unnecessary to parti cularise the various causes which have rendered the emancipation of every successive kingdom in which the spirit of nationality has manifested its existence the object of some especial and paramount gratifica tion. It is unnecessary to particularise why the mighty impulse now agitating Allemania, why the concessions wrested from absolutism at Vienna, why the dark storm gathering over Russia, why the re surrection of Poland from the very grave, and why similarly marvellous events transpiring in innumer able other places, are each and all possessed of some strong a claim upon our sympathy and consideration. And Venice also is possessed of similar claims. The emancipation of Venice is a cause of peculiar gratification. It is important in a political point of view, for the assertion of its nationality, by a State hitherto so entirely under the domination of Austria, cannot fail of exciting immense in fluence as an encouragement to the other Italian States, and a warning lesson to the powers of Vienna. The emancipation of Venice is also in vested with especial interest on account of the historical reminiscences and poetical associations con nected with it. The whole history of Venice, its origin and its very position, is one continued chapter of romance. To us, inhabitants of London, the idea of a city where the only sound that disturbs the streets is the plashing of oars, and the song of the gondolier, is marvellous and almost incompre hensible : while the cause of its peculiarity of posi tion as a state founded by an expatriated race, seeking refuge from their oppressors, being denied any place of exile on the face of the earth, and being forced to build for themselves a retreat in the very bosom of the waters, invests it with a peculiar interest. and a certain sublimity. Venice has consequently been the favourite scene of the dramatist, the romancist, and poet, and has hence necessarily become a subject of universal and undying interest ; for as BYRON has beautifully observed, speaking of this very city and the imaginary inhabitants which people it— `• The beings of the mind are not of clay." They are essentially immortal, and the interest with which they invest their dwelling place is consequently increased. But, apart from the adventitious charm which fiction has bestowed upon it, the whole history of Venice is full of attractions. Amid the rise and fall of monarchies its republicanism remained in. violable ; not but what we are inclined to think re publicanism superintended by a Doge and a Council of ten as very different from that now advocated by a Provisional Government, nevertheless it must have been infinitely preferable to the domination of Austria; for however arbitrary or tyrannical the Venetians may have found their republican rulers, " their tyrants, then, were still at least their coun trymen." According to the author of " Coningsby," we English are now possessed of a " Venetian Con stitution ;" if so, we can hardly do better than desire for the Venetians a speedy restoration to their ancient form of government. However, in the mean time (as we are not quite clear as to the truth of the pre. raises), we will be satisfied with the restoration of the Venetian Republic, and content with the installa tion of a Provisional Government in place of a Doge. Quite content, and even rejoiced, are we in the sub stitution, because although now, as heretofore, " The widowed Adriatic mourns her lord," no longer now, as heretofore (let us hope), will the Venetians mourn their liberties. We have received by the LLvant snail the Constan tinople journals to the 18th, and the Athens journals to the 19th ult. In the former there is nothing of any interest. By the Courrier d'Atla;ne.l, however, we learn that the news of the overthrow of the Orleans dynasty and the Guizot Cabinet had given the Liberal party at Athens so much preponderance, that the Ministers, after a discussion in the Senate, in which a majority rejected a portion of the budget of the Minister of the Interior as illegal, tendered their re signation to the KING. MM. TRICOUPI and CON DOURIOTTI had been successively consulted by the KING, and on the 18th the latter had undertaken the formation of a new Cabinet. Intelligence from Lisbon to the 29th ult. has been received. A Ministerial crisis had lasted some days, i❑ con sequence of the resignations of Senor GORJA, Mi nister of the kingdom, and of Senor ALBINO, Minister of Marine. It was supposed that the moderate mem bers of the Government would succeed in ousting those from the Cabinet who were in favour of extreme measures. The Conde Ds TISoMAR (COSTA CABRAL) had openly opposed the violent counsels of JOSE CABAL, his brother. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. The following decree has been issued by the Pro visional Govenment, dated March 31 : " Citizens,—The revolution of February has enfran chised our noble country. Republican France has nothing to dread, but she ought to place herself in a position to provide for all the eventualities of the future; she is bound to see that the colours which the French people has displayed shall remain above all attacks. The National Guard and the army, united in the same senti ment, have that noble task to fulfil. The Provisional Government desire to see the ranks of the army opened to the ardent youths who are attracted towards it by the sublime enthusiasm of patriotism. In consequence they have determined to free voluntary enrolments from the trammels of the too prolonged duration of military service, and have decreed— " Art. 1. Every Frenchman shall be permitted to contract in that portion of the service which he chooses a voluntary engagement, the length of which cannot be less than two years. " Art. 2. In no ca.s.! can the volunteers who have so engaged themselve* be placed in nun act i v i ty without their consent." In consequence of the postponement of the general elections new instructions have been addressed by the Minister of the Interior to the Commissaries of the departments. The Minister of the Interior re commends to the mayors to employ all their solici tude in preparing the lists, and in ascribing all the citizens who may appear to them to possess the con• ditions of electoral capacity. He at the same time recommends the Commissaries of the departments, if necessary, to adopt _decrees having for object to obviate the inconvenience which the vote in the chef-lieu de canton would present. Thus the circular of the Bth March, enjoining that the vote should be made at the chef-lieu, is recalled. They are cantons whose great populations require that they, shall be divided into sections, and each section is to contain at least 4,000 inhabitants. The Commissaries of the departments are to consult the wants of the localities placed under their administration, and to settle the choice of the communes in which the votes of the sections are to take place. The results of the votes are to be sent to the chef-lieu. The Commis saries may also group several communes, in order if necessary to form only one section. The National says—" A journal of Thursday stated, and several of yesterday's journals repeated, that General CAVAIGNAC had refused to accept the office of Minister of War, which had been offered to him. We can confidently affirm that, up to four o'clock yesterday afternoon, no such news had reached Paris." The reception of Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN and his com panions has been postponed by M. LAMARTINE to this day. On the subject of this deputation the Univers, the organ of the Roman Catholics, says— _ _ _ " We learn that Messrs. S. O'Brien, Meagher, and O'Gorman, delegates of the Young Ireland party, have arrived. These gentlemen, who were the bearers of an address voted by the partisans of an armed insurrection against England, were to. be received yesterday by th e members of the Provisional Government. It is an nounced that the clubs are preparing to make a demon stration in honour of the three delegates, in the hope of thereby aiding the emancipation of their country. We fear that this project will not be approved by the friends of Ireland. The first disadvantage of it might be to cause serious embarrassments between our Go vernment and England. Next, the delegates of Young Ireland only represent a small portion of Irish patriots. The enterprising spirit and audacity of the partisans of revolt make them dangerous; but they have no chance of making their cause triumph, and their temerity can not fail to lead to the complete ruin of their country. Although few in number, they will engage in a move ment; but the great majority of the Irish nation, which disapproves of them, will have to submit to the disastrous consequences of their folly. The French patriots would be most sorry, whilst believing that they serve Irish nationality, only to serve a faction whose principles and acts are rejected by Ireland." Great excitement was occasioned at Lyons on the 24th ult. by a steamer called the Vautour being seen in the river, coming from Valence, with a white flag displayed. The people by the side of the river had warned the captain to remove the flag, but he took no notice. On arriving at the Quai de Charite, at Lyons, the people immediately rushed on board the vessel, seized the captain, and would have ill-treated him, had not a company of the National Guard appeared and taken him into custody, together with all the crew and the passengers. He was forthwith, conveyed to gaol, accompanied by an immense crowd, and the flag was seized and dragged through the gutters to the Hotel de Ville. On inquiry it ap peared, from the captain's story, that the flag was merely used as a signal, and this seemed to be proved by the fact that it was bound by a red border, and had the name of the steamer in the middle. The captain, nevertheless, was detained in gaol, and M. ARAGO, the Government Commissary, had to issue a proclamation announcing that a judicial investiga tion would take place. The steamer was seized, and a placard, with the words " Propriete Nationale," was placed on it. After some hours' agitation caused by this event, order was re-established. The central committee of the clubs of Rouen met on the 29th ultimo, and came to the unanimous reso lution that a person named PAUMIER, president of the club de Maromme, having in the late disturbances done all he could to mislead the workmen of the town, was unworthy to form part for the future of any club, and in consequence should be expelled. This decision was adopted in the evening in the various clubs, and a notice of the same transmitted to the Goverment Commissary of the department. The Indicateur of Bordeaux states that M. CLE MENT Tnoaiis, one of the editors of the National, having been appointed by the Government Commis sioner-Extraordinary to investigate the circumstances connected with the non-reception of M. LATRADE in that city, immediately on his arrival proceeded to make the necessary inquiries. Finding that the pre sence of M. LATRADE at Bordeaux would be a cause of great irritation, M. THoMAs came to the conclu sion that it would be advisable to remove him. As the minutes showing that M. LATRADE was exceed ingly unpopular were signed by all the authorities, M. Thomas drew up an order appointing M. CHE VALIER Commissary of the Department. This docu ment was already printed and was on the point of being made public, when M. LATRADF, on the 27th ult., intervened, and refused to permit that course to be adopted. The whole matter was then thrown open again, and at last M. THOMAS took his depar ture for Paris to lay the matter before the Govern ment, causing M. LATRADF to accompany him to Liboune. So the matter rests at present. The following letter from General A. DE CHA RANNES, late aide-de-camp of King LOUIS PHILIPPE, dated, Paris, March 31, has just been published in the Journal des Deba " Sir,-Several journals have announced that King Louis Philippe was in treaty for th e p urc h a se of a considerable estate in England. That assertion is absolutely false. In addition, I can affirm, and all the persons who have known the affairs of the King will affirm with me, that during the ei g ht een years o f hi s reign King Louis Philippe . t never i nveste d any sum o f money whatever in foreign countries ; and that, unit ing the future fortunes of his family with that of his country, he placed all his fortune on the soil of France. The result is, that far from being able to pur chase estates in England, he lives from day to day, and in the m o st straitenedcircumstances , at Claremont under the hospitable root' of King Leopold. These facts have already become matters of history -they are in c It is in the name of truth, w hi c h every one has a right to, and of which the independent press is the r::!'uf. , ,e, and which every , man of honour ought to pro claim, when he is able to rectify an error, that I call on you to publish these observations.-I am, Sir, c.,& &c. " A. DE CHABANN ES. " BOURSE-PARIS , SATURDAY, APRIL 1. Bourse, and and but °'ci little cK. alteration -Tiilshbeen a qui et d ay at t h e has been manifested in prices. The Three per Cents. opened at 401., and after being d one a t 39f., closed at 391 . 25c., b e i ng 75c. l ower after r touching ing Brink 5 of France the day before; the Five per Cent s . opene d at 60 f., and 581. 75c., sc"closed at 591. 25 c ., being also Shares wer e f i rmer to day, closing at 1,1751., or 251. higher ; Bons du Tresor also seemed less offered, and the loss w as on ly 44 per cent. in pl ace o f 46, which it was the preceding day; Belgian Fives have in great measure recovered from the depreciation caused by the late attack on the territory by the volunteers coming from France, and closed at 511., or lif. better; the Belgian Two-and a-Half per Cents, were done to-day at 261., being a fall of 10f. since the 20th of March, when they closed at 36. The miscellaneous securities are lower ; Piedmont have gone down 10f., closing at 7001.; Obligations de la Ville, 51, at 9851. ; Caisse Hypothi caire 10f. at lO2f , and Spanish Threes, lit: at 19if. Rothschild's R ece i pts close d at 55f., b e i ng 10f. l ower than when done a fortnight back. The divinend of 251 . was detatched to-day from the Q closed at 7351., being a fall of uatre Canaux, which 2151. Railway Shares have varied but little, and in ge neral present a slight improvem en t. Orleans closed at 525 f., being 21. 50c. better ; Rouen a t 3 42 1 . 50c. better ; Strasburg at 338 f. ' e 75c., or 31. 75c. better • N an t e s at 3301., and Lyons, at 291 f. 25f., both If. 25. better ; to 75f. The charge f or obtaining Marseilles 12f. 50c. lower, at 200 f., an d N orthern lf. 25c., at 221 f. 25c. French gold is a s h a d e d earer to -day, being from 701. specie for the 1,0001. note is 15f. ; and the English sovereign is worth from 26f. 50c. to 26f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Appal. 1. Boulogne and Amiens, -Namur and Liege, 11/ 2 .... Northern of France, 2 %-Orleans and Bordeaux, 1 3 4-Paris and Lyons, 114 -Sambre and Meuse, 41/2. RUMOURED CHARTIST MEETING AT KENNINGTON COMMON THIS DAY.--It was very generally asserted that a conclusion had been come to by the meeting as sembled on Kennigton Co mm on yesterday, that those present should again me e t t o -day, for the purpose of exercising their suffrages i n the election of fit and proper delegates to represent the Chartists of Lon don in the forthcoming N at i o nal Convention. Upon our arrival at Kennington Common we found that there was nothing what e v e r t o l ea d to the slightest conclusion that the p eace o f t h e di str i ct was numerous assemblage is Expected, and wo earnestly dis turjed. We believe that on i y e a n i a n a a y b about to b a e very Lord Charles James Pox Russell, 8.. d . ordshire in the last l'arli trust that e ffi cient measures will be adopted to prevent the recut rence of such disgraceful outrages as took place upon the occasion of the late meeting. who represented to make respecting the William Gos-ett, C G IT i--. ... as Sergeant-at Arms in at tendance on the House of Commons; subject, however, to any arrangement which the House may think fit duties a uronedn emolumentst,‘v il will succeed o f the r office. The rumour which has been going the round of our contemporari es , re l at i ve toLord.liardinge succeeding of to the imp or t an t appo i ntment Commander-in-Chief, is, we believe, entirely without foundation. his Lord !hip will probably be appointed to a high situation, where his milit ar y experience will render his services valuable to his couutry • — w rr nikd Service Gazette. SPAIN. INSURRECTION AT MADRID. Madrid papers of the 27th ult. have been received. An insurrection of a serious character broke out in Madrid on the evening of the 26th. It would appear that a plan had been formed to overthrow the Ministry by means of an insurrectionary movement, of which it was expected the military would have re mained passive spectators. The leaders of the move ment, having subsequently discovered that the troops were detern)ined to resist, countermanded the orders they had given to the people. The latter, however, who had been wrought up to the highest pitch of excitement, declared that they were be trayed, and that they would fight even with out leaders. They accordingly assembled about six o'clock in the afternoon of the 26th, and commenced erecting barricades, which were completed in an incredibly short space of time. The fighting commenced at seven o'clock, and continued without intermission until three o'clock in the morning, when the military were successful on all points, and a number of the insurgents were captured. Two hundred persons, civilians and military, are said to have been killed, and a vast number wounded. An English gentleman, named WiIITWELL is said to be amongst the victims. The QUEEN-MOTHER quitted Madrid during the disturbance. Up to the hour of post on the 27th the attack had not been renewed, but much excitement prevailed amongst the people. Several arrests have taken place, and among those arrested is, it is said, Senor Escosuul. The fighting was desperate—the military, who far outnumbered the insurgents, suffered severely. The news of the arrival of the Due DE MONTPENSIER hastened the outbreak. The Gaceta of the 27th publishes the following decrees:— " In use of the prerogative which belongs to me with reference to the 26th article of the constitution, and in conformity with the report of my Council of Ministers, I hereby decree as follows: " Single article—The Legislative Session of 1847 is declared to have terminated. " Given at the Palace, the 26th March, 1848. " Signed by the Royal hand. " Countersigned by the President of the Council of Ministers, " Duke of VALENCIA." " In conformity with the report of my Council of Ministers, and in use of the authorisation conceded to my Government by the law of 14th of the present month, I hereby decree as follows: " Single article—The guarantees established by the 7th article of the constitution are declared suspended throughout the whole monarchy, with reference to what is prescribed iu the Bth article of the same. " Given at the Palace, the 2Gth March, 1848." (Signed and countersigned as the above.) " MINISTRY OF WAR. " ROYAL ORDER. "As the criminals of the offences against the safety of the state committed in this capital yesterday ought to be tried by court-martial, according to the law of the 21st April, 1821, the Queen (whom God preserve) has thought fit to command that your Excellency imme diately name the corresponding court for that purpose. " God preserve, &c., " Madrid, March 27, 18(28i.gned) " FIGIJERAS. "To his Excellency the Captain General of New Castile." The CAPTAIN-GENERAL just alluded to has issued the following " PROCLAMATION. "I, Don Jos4 Fulgosio y Villaviciencio, Major-Gene ral of the Army, Captain. General of New Castile, &c., hereby order and command— " Art. 1. The capital of the monarchy is declared in a state of siege. " Art. 2. Those who have arms, of whatever kind, and munitions, shall deliver them under receipt in the term of 24 hours in the house of the police commissary of their respective district. " Art. 3. The heads of families shall give notice within the same term to the said commissaries of the persons who they may have in their house not belonging to their family, or who may be without the proper certifi cate or passport. "Art. 4. The collection or meeting of more than five persons together in the public thoroughfares is for bidden. " Art. 5. The use of arms of every kind, and the giving of any cries that may disturb order, is also for bidden. " Art. 6, Those who in whatever manner may dis turb tranquillity, and those who should contravene what is disposed in this proclamation, shall be judged by the permanent court-martial, as criminals, of an at tempt against public order and the internal safety of the state. " Art. 7. Notwithstanding the preceding dispositions, the ordinary tribunals and other v.uthorities shall conti nue in the free exercise of their functions with reference to the law. (Signed) " JOSE FULGOSIO. " Madrid, March 26, 1848." The following ;is the Government_ account of the suppression of the insurrection " MINISTRY OF THE HOME DEPARTMENT. " CIRCULAR. " The insurgents succeeded, after the departure of yesterday's mail, in disturbing the order which had been preserved unaltered till now. Some groups, not nume rous, composed chiefly of bad characters and vagabonds, excited by drink and the money distributed among them made some discharges in order to alarm the population. But the Government, which for some days past was spying out their steps, was duly warned, and in a few moments displayed the forces necessary to chastise them, giving them a hard lesson which they will not soon for get. The troops of the garrison have conducted them selves with a daring and bravery superior to all praise, thus giving a new proof of their love to the throne of Donna Isabel I 1., the constitution of the state, and public order. " The people who a few hours before enjoyed tran quilly the promenades and pleasures to which the day invited, conducted themselves with admirable good sense, leaving the insurgents isolated, who in a few hours were dislodged from all the points where they presented themselves, with consider able loss, many of them remaining in the power of the troops. From after ten at night the wh o l e popula tion returned to its ordinary state of calm, and at this hour (twelve at night), no other vestige remains of this attempt, but that of the casualties which it has occa sioned. It would not be surprising if the enemies of order should think of reproducing in that capital (that is, the chief town of the province the political chief of which is addressed), the same scenes of tumult and scandal. Should it be so, the Government promises itself that those authorities and the whole army well know how to imitate the brilliant conduct of this garri son, and that order will be maintained at all cost, no means being omitted that are within your reach , and that of the military commander , whom you will immediately make acquainted with this communication, which he will receive by his own channel. "The which I say to you by royal order for your un derstanding and due effects. God preserve, &c., (Signed) " SARTORIUS. " Madrid, March 26, 1848." LATER FROM MADRID. We have just seen the following extract from a letter, dated Madrid, March 27, two o'clock in the afternoon. It was expected that the fighting would be renewed in the evening : " Last night there was much bloodshed between the people and cavalry—the QUEEN was fired at twice, which we heard was the commencement. The firing continued from 5 to 11 at night. All the shops are shut, and litters containing the wounded are constantly passing. The large square of the Palace is full of troops ; indeed, it is surrounded on all sides by cavalry. The fighting was expected to recommence at eleven to-day. CHRISTINA has fled. Picquets of soldiers are stationed at every street; but they kept the infantry in last night, as they feared the would join the people. The moment the row began all the gates of: the city were shut and hundreds remained out. Many women were' killed on the balconies as they were throwing furni ture and heavy articles on the soldiers. I have just heard two or three shots fired in different directions. Every one is in great excitement —the people asking arms of every house." DEATH OF MADAME GUIZOT.—We regret to hear of the d e mi s e o f th e - venerable Madam e. Guizot, mother of the ex-President of th e C ounci l of the late French Administration. The melancholy event took place at seven o'cl o ck, P.M., on Friday, at the residence of M. Guiz )t, at Brompton. We understand that the much-esteemed deceased had gone through the confu sion of the recent French revolution with surprising for titude, considering her age (85 years) ; and it was a great source of happiness to M. Guizot to d a i ly witness the equanimity of his mother's mind. So little was the distressing event anticipated, that on several days, at the commencement of last week, the talented exile dined with some of his private friends. On Thursday Madame Guizot was unwell, and the professional services of Dr. Holland were resorted to, and that emi nent practitioner attended on the lamented lady up to the time of her dissolution. The Mdlles. Guizot have, we learn, removed to Dr. Holland's from the scene of their domestic bereavment. DEATH OF JOHN BURKE, ESQ.—A correspondent writes as follows :—" John Burke, Esq., author of the Peerage, Baronetage, &c., died on Monday last at Aix la-Chapelle. An ardent supporter of the rights of his countrymen, Mr. Burke was also a warm advocate for the diffusion of civil and religious liberty." THE YORK CONVICTS. —YORK, FRIDAY.—George Calvert and James Mellor are reprieved; and the exe cution of Michael Stokes respited till the 13th of May, that tho opinion of the Judges may be taken out the objection to the indictment —Leeds Mercury. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. Intelligence has been received from Berlin to the 30th. ult. According to the Aix-la-Chapelle Gazette,' the Russian Minister left Berlin on the 29th. This in telligence is confirmed in the following letter from Berlin published by the Dusseldorf Gazette : " The situation of affairs grows more threatening every day. In consequence of a dispatch which we re ceived from Berlin, the Russian Minister to our Court, Baron Von Meyendorff has left Berlin with his family, and all the members of the Russian Embassy. A war with Russia seems as good as declared. The 2d Regi ment of Infantry stationed at Stettin, has been ordered to the frontier. The rest of the Poles recently amnes tied departed on the 29th, with arms, for Posen. M. de MierOslawski, who is amongst them, declared that all the refugees in England, France, and Belgium, would arrive forthwith. Every one seems persuaded that it will be possible to assemble in the Grand Duchy an army of 40,000 men. If Sweden profits by the fa vourable movement and enters into Finland, it seems doubtful whether Russia can resist for any extent of time. The next danger is for the latter's seaports, which are exposed to the attacks of the Russian fleet. The difference with Denmark has this bad result, that the Baltic is for a moment closed to the ships which England or France may think fit to send. Denmark can certainly not resist, but all depends on the conduct which those two great Powers will pursue. It has long been the design of Russia to acquire a footing in Germany, and her somewhat obsolete rights to the succession of Holstein seemed to her the readiest way of realising her views. The nation which will possess the Duchy, whose seaports are the best of the German coast, becomes necessarily a maritime power; and Russia, in addition to the recent movement of reform, which must be particularly disagreeable to her, has a great many reasons for preventing Germany becoming a ma ritime nation. By language, customs, and origin the duchies belong to Germany, with the exception of a small portion of Schleswig and Jutland, inhabited by the Scandinavian race. In the natural course of events the actual reunion of the duchies to Germany is inevit able, and the present moment appears more favourable than any other. A general movement for the reconsti tution of the Teutonic unity pervades, at the present moment, the whole territory of the former Germanic empire, and all symptoms point to absorption in one great unity of all the little nationalities which have grown up on the ruins of the empire of Charlemagne." So unpopular had Count AnNtm rendered himself by his former despotic acts that the KING has been obliged to dismiss him, and to reconstitute his Mi nistry as follows : M. CAMPLIAUSEN, President of the Chamber of Commerce, at Cologne, President of the Council. M. lIANSEMANN, President of the Chamber of Commerce at Aix-la-Chapelle, Minister of Finance. M. BEURNEMANN, MitliStekr Justice. Baron ARNIM, formerly Pi scan Minister at Brus sels, and at Paris, Minister ot - Toreign Affairs. M. .D'AUERSWALD, a manufacturer at Creveld, and the most eminent Member of the late General Diet, Minister of Interior. General DE REIER, Minister of War. The appointment of Minister of Public Worship remains unfilled. The KING started for Potsdam as soon as he had completed the formation of this new Ministry. A letter from Berlin, of the 25th ult., states that in telligence received from Pomerania and Brandeburg shows that these countries are opposed to what has been done at Berlin. A proclamation has been published in Pomerania, protesting in strong terms against the right arrogated to itself by the ca pital to demand concessions and cause the sol diers to be sent away, without the co-operation of the provinces. In consequence deputies, it says, are to be named on the 17th of April, to proceed on the 18th to Berlin, and declare to the Presidents of the Burgesses-Ist, that Pomerania does not acknow ledge their right to act as they have done. 2d, that she has seen with regret the massacre of the troops, who only obeyed the KING'S order. 3d, to demand from the said Presidents if they are inclined to return to their sentiments of fidelity to the KING, and if they wish to co-operate with Pomerania in restoring order in the country. frOtti I 0 . 11 2 . ) Irtirto,„ .34 1"7 . . . 7 .. ~" r at tO I" '4 , 1 ,7 •e - -• • FRANKFORT. On the 30th of March was opened at Frankfort the Congress of the Members .of the Representative Assembly, and delegates from the different German States. Almost all the German towns, and most of the Governments, had sent their deputies. The re union of this Congress produces much excitement, indeed a sort of panic at Frankfort. Many people have fled the town, fearing an outbreak as the result of the discussions of the Assembly. HANOV ER. Prince CZARTORYSKI arrived on the 24th ult. at Hanover, where he was enthusiastically received. MARCU 28 —A deputation from Schleswig-Holstein arrived here yesterday to beseech the KING for mili tary assistance in their attempt to establish their in dependence. His MAJESTY has, therefore, ordered that a corps of 6,000 men shall march on the 30th, and dispatched Majors WirisEL. and MuLLER to Kiel to make the requisite arrangements for the reception of the troops. WURTEM BERG. The Assembly of States of Wurtemberg was dis solved on the 24th. It is to 'be reconstituted on the basis of the new electoral law.. POLAND. The Frankfurter Journal st ates that the King of PRUSSIA has made to the deputation from Posen the following declaration:—He reta ins for himself nothing else but the protectorate on the Grand Duchy ; he allows to the Grand Duchy a popular armament, and calls back all troops, with; the exception of those absolutely indispensable to th e fortresses. The Polish language is to become the offi vial, and the Polish ban. ner is to be substituted for th :e Prussian banner. POSEN, MARCH 27.—Yes to rday a proclamation from Berlin arrived here respe•cting the national re gulation of the Grand Duchy ; but instead of a ge neral rejoicing the people welre altogether dissatisfied. At six o'clock in the evening. s. member of the Gel.- man deputation arrived, and reported that a commit tee of both the Polish and Ges 'man deputations had determined upon forwarding ;another address to the KING embodying the followin g demands :- 1. That none but natives b a appointed members of the Commission for the re-or ganization of the Grand Duchy. 2. That a Polish army be immediately or- ganized. 3. That the Prussian troops shall forthwith retire into Fort Winary. 4. That all German officers be dismissed with two years' pay. 5. That a Polish President. tie at once chosen. WARSAW.—The Prussian Gazette publishes news from Warsaw to the 26th of March. The Prince- Governor had ordered that , sill fire-arms should be delivered within twenty-fou tr hours. Those who neglect to do so will be tried lx . y a court-martial. MARCH 23.—A decree lv ts published yesterday prohibiting the export of all, kinds of grain and pulse. ITA KAY. MICA The Provisional Governm exit of Milan has pub lished a proclamation, dated i Irv. 26th ult., announcing a convention concluded with the Piedmontese Go vernment, in virtue of which tile Piedmontese troops will act in concert with the Ns til anese as their faithful allies ; the expense of provisi of is is at the charge of Milan, and the pay of the trot iat that of the Sar dinian Government. The people of Lombardy hays made prisoners at Brescia of an Austrian general, two colonels, sixty officers, and 800 men, besides a, large quantity of ammunition and stores. Marshal. :RADErzay, who is at Crema with a corps crarmee e,f 20,000 men, has commenced his retreat to conce ctrate his troops on the other side of the Mincio an Al the Adige. King CHARLES ALBERT, with the head-quarters of the Piedmontese army, is sl in at Alexandria. He is anxious to engage veal the enemy. He has divided his army into two divisions of 15,000 men each. The Piedmontese ad vanced guard, which had enter I Milan, has al ready left that city in pursuit of tfre, army of Marshal RADETZRY. We have received zo , m 3ws from Venice which either coofirms or contradicta; ; the proclamation of the Republic at Venice. Their lg of SARDINIA marches into Lombardy, not as King of Italy, but as an ally of the people of Lombardy. Large bodies of volunteers are marching from all sides towards the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. From Bologna, the Romagna, Tuscany, Genoa, and other parts of the neighbouring Italian states, great numbers have already arrived. An unfortunate division has taken place among the in habitants of Parma. A portion of the inhabitants have declared their wish to unite their country with Piedmont, while another portion is anxious to remain as a separate state, under the dominion of the present DUKE, but with a liberal constitution. There is a small section which wishes to offer the country to the POPE. There is a great deal of enthusiasm in the country, but unhappily there is also considerable diversity as to the use to be male of the victory which has been gained. This fact, however much to be re gretted, cannot be much wondered at in a nation which has for so many centuries been divided into different states, with different habits, and under differ ent Administrations. In the Roman States there is a good deal of dis• satisfaction manifested with respect to the new con stitution, and there is already some intention of modi- Eying it. RO ME. Twelve thousand men, commanded by General DURAND°, have left Rome to assist the Milanese. The POPE gave them his blessing. HAMBURGH MAIL. ITAMBURGH BOURSE, MARCH 31.—Business on ex change was limited. Of foreign stock that most in demand was London at sight and Amsterdam medium. Frankfort was wanting altogether. There were a great many bills offered for discount. Money is scarce. BERLIN, MARCH 30. No business whatever was done at the Bourse. Exchange on Amsterdam at sight rose, but Hamburgh, Vienna, and Petersburgh fell, both at sight and two months. Prussian Bank shares, as well as Friedricks d'Or and foreign Louis d'Or, and some railway shares, in which some transactions were made, were rather higher; but Posen-Stuttgard were lower. FRANKFORT, MARCH 28.—The funds were flat at the Bourse to-day. Several were offered below yesterday's prices, but there was, notwithstanding, scarcely any demand. HAMBIJRGH, MARCH 30.—The events which are tak ing place in our neighbourhood in regard to Schleswig- Holstein have put almost all business into utter abeyai:ce; our trade, both with the north and the east sea is dis turbed by warlike prospects, against which it is no longer possible to obtain security from the insurance cum - panies. It is, however, to be hoped that the general movement caused by the contention will soon indemnify us for the sacrifices which it will involve, in the almost unprecedented stagnation of trade. Our market has, however, its advantage, that since the commercial crisis in Europe it has been cpMpelled to confine itself to a safe moderation or en terprise, and therefore will be less effected now than if the pressure had taken place under an extension of acti vity.—Hamburgh Borsen-Halle, March a 1 . SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN. Menet' 31st. Letters from Flensburg of the 30th of March do not confirm the report of the entrance of Danish troops into Haderslebur yesterday. We are informed by a thoroughly authentic source, that the Provisional Government at Rendsburg is very anxious to prevent the co-operation of low men, and on that account dues not desire the aid of volunteers, as has been stated in many journals; on the contrary, it considers it ht.s enough hands in the country to meet the demand, pro vided the requisite armsland ammunition which are daily expected are obtained. Both the Princes :of Glacksburg, who have hitherto been in the Prussian service, and whose appointment as officers of the Schleswig Holstein troops, was announced yesterday, have this morning passed through Altona. RENDSBURG, ; MARCH 31. It was stated yesterday on undoubted authority that two Danish ships of the line and one steamer, said to be the Gyser, landed their men at Alsen, and stirred up the peasants and per suaded them to remain true to Denmark, under the pro mise of speedy assistance. The Senate of Norburg has also withdrawn its services from the Provisional Go vernment, and the city of Sonderburg is kept quiet by coercive measures. It is asserted that the peasants have placed outposts to prevent emigration to the con tinent. At Eatsebury it was decided by a very large assembly to observe neutrality in the present dispute, and not to go out of the country ; the division of the Kiel Jagers, garrisoned there, left the city of their own accord, and arrived at Rendsburg last night, to place themselves at the disposition of the Provisional Government. Volunteers are streaming in from all sides, snd bodies of Soldiers arrive almost every hour ; they are ex tremely well disposed, and fully resolved to defend their country againts every aggressive attack. KEIL, MARCH 29.—The number of troops which have left ,Rendsburg for the north is said to amount already to 5,000 men, the vanguard arrived yesterday ut Flensburg. On the 29th, the election of officers for the Burgher Guard took place, and Advocate Wickman was appointed Colonel. Scuexswin, Meecn:2B.—M. Francke, President of the Government, accepted the Presidency of the Schleswig- Holstein Government at Gottdorf late last night, when he delivered a long address to the Assembly. COPENHAGEN, MAUCH 28.—Yesterday the following Royal proclamation appeared:— " Men of Scleswig,—Your King addresses himself to you at a moment fraught with difficulties. A few months ago I ascended the throne of my father, proud of my resolve voluntarily to give all my people a free constitution, in peace and quietness. Unexampled events have shaken Europe to its very centre. Holstein, as belonging to the Germanic Confederation, demanded a constitution of its own, to which I gave my royal pro mise and assent. The constitutional unity I had hoped to effect was necessarily relinquished. " Men of Sleswig, I have promised, and I hereby ratify that promise, that you shall now, in union with Denmark, and through your own co-operation, receive a tree, popular constitution. Your independence as natives of Schleswig, as well'as your common administration, shall be secured to you by a special Diet, a special Govern- , ment, and special laws, with equal rights to the State exchequer, according to the relative proportion of the population, a just application of the surplus of the State receipts, and legal equality of the Danish and German languages. At the meeting of the States and of the Diet, men of Schleswig, you will not throw away the blessings of legal order and liberty for the sake of furthering the visionary projects of ambition. You will not prove faithless to your hereditary loyalty to your King, or trifle away your independence and welture. Your King calls upon you; he desires to lead you by the paths of law and honour to peace and liberty. You will respond to the call of duty and freedom, and I shill soon come to your aid with the whole force of Denmark, and shall then see you face to face. " FREDERICK REX. " MOLTKE." —Allgemeine Zeitung. Of the movement of the troops little information can be gathered from the Danish journals. The head quarters of the army of invasion is fixed at Kolding. A division of the troops which set off for that place yesterday was reviewed by the King at the Rosen berg place of muster. His Majesty addressed the sol diers, and expressed the hope that he should soon place, himself at their head. For the present (as he infortncd a deputation from Vibourg, who had invited him to Frederica) he declared that the adjustment of various diplomatic relations with the continent, and the position of Denmark in regard to them, compelled him for the present to remain in Denmark. This declaration con firms the report circulated at Hamburg respecting the entrance of the, King into Schleswig. A short address was circulated among the troops, in which they were commanded to take for their watchword, " God, the King, and the country." The letter of the King of Prussia to the Duke of Augustenburg has been made known there, it has pro duced considerable sensation The Berlingische Zeitung and the Fadrelandt venture, however, to resort to the subterfuge of questioning the authenticity of the letter. Great dissatisfaction is expressed respecting the equipment of the navy and the want of an experienced and responsible leader for that department, which is at present conducted ad interim by Count Von Maltke, and which was refused by Commander Zahrtmann. The blockade of the coast is considered the safest measure, and calculated to term:nate the war with the least pos sible amount of Lloodahed. The war steamer Beol• arrived here again to-day. Letters from Copenhagen of the 29th of March, by a steamer, tat Travemunde, say that serious preparations are being made. Yesterday four thousand men crossed the belt to Jutland, and as soon as twelve thousand men shall have been assembled, it is expected that the King will follow, on Friday next. To-day numerous volunteers and even shopkeepers offered them assistance. Enthusiasm is without bounds. RUSSIA AND POLAND. —On Sunday, the 26th of March the detachment of Russian troops will cross the Kownow bridge, to Poland. The bridge across the Mernil, at Kownow, has been rendered passable for the troops. Twenty powder wagons have passed through Kownow to Warsaw, at Hill Kowzzki, fifteen miles from Stallupora. Cossacks were being assembled. Large bodies of military had likewise set off to the Austrian frontiers. At every village iu Poland from three to ten men are stationed, and at every post five cossacks are placed, who are to escort an exalted personage—(t he Emperor, it is said), who intends to travel in cog. A Prussian livery servant in Poland, who went to Paris last autumn with a Prussian passport, for the purpose of fetching his papers from thence, was carried off to Warsaw on the 23d withotit any reason being assigned. —Humburgh Borsenhalle, March 31. The St. Peterzburgh journals or the 25th contain an imperial ukase, under date of the 12th of March, for the calling in of all the privates in the marines who are cn furlough for an indefinite period. Their assembly is fixed tor the 13th April.—Hamburgh Borsenlialte, March 31. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Mutat 39. Money, Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • .....• •• • 391 i 40 Ditto, 3 per Cent .................. 46 47U Ditto, 4 per Cent.• • 59% GO IA Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent•......... 591 60►% Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. East India Loan, 4 per 51% 59 Exchange on London, at sight ........ 11 90 TWO months"— •• ..•• .. 11 80 THE SUN, LON ON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1848.