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ELEGANT LITERARY PRESENT. MISS STRICKL AN D'S LIVES' OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. A few Complete Sets of this Interesting Work may now be had, in 12 vols., elegantly bound in morocco, with gilt leaves, at the ori ginal pies of 61. Gs. Early orders will have the preference. " A most interesting addition to our biographical library."—Quar telly. Review. " A valuable contribution to historical knowledge to young persons eopeoially." 7 -Athenceum. " These volumes have the fascination of a romance, united to the integrity of history. They exhibit a combination of industry, learn ing, jadg,,rneat, and impartiality not often met with in biographers of srewned heads.".—Times. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. A W LIF B ASSURANCE OFFICE, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. June 12, 1848. Notice is hereby given, that in conformity with the provisions of beDeed of Settlement, a GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIE TOR S will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, on SAVA-. DAT, the 24th day of June instant, at Half-past Eleven o'clock, to ELECT SIX DIRECTORS and TWO AUDITORS, when those who go out of office by rotation will be proposed for re• election ; and also for general purposes. Business willcommence at Twelve o'clock precisely. The Dividend for the year 1847 has been In course of paymen since April last. By order of th s e Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle• JENNY LIND Thu Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully stormed, that a Grand EXTRA. NIGH "1` will take place on THURS DAY next, June 15, on which occasion Mdlle. JENNY LIND will appear in Denizetti's Opera, eutaled To be followed by various entertainments iK the Ballet Depart latent, combining the talents of Mdlles. (3. Grist, C. Rosati, M. Tag- Cacho, and MM. Perrot and St. Leon. . . The erce List Is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as asusl at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. Applications for Boxei, Pit Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Ilex-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. THIS EVENING will be represented Donizettre Opera of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Egarde, Signor Gardoni ; Bidebent, Signor Honcho ; and Enrico, Signor Coletti. After which a new Ballet, entitled LES QUATRE SAISONS. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Bt p...office of the Theatre. The Prle List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Doors open at halt-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THTRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Uader the MThagement of Mr. B. AVebster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be pe .r. ..ed an original comic Drama, called OMENS AND ODD COIN t ENCES. Mr. Christopher Tokee, Mr. Farren ; Fre derick Gayhurst, Mr. Wigan ; Foil, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Fitzmarshall, Mrs. Nisbet ; Miss Prune, Mrs. Glower ; Susan, Mrs. Keeley. Between the pieces Mr. Gerhard Taylor, the eminent liarpist,lwill perform a grand Fantasia. After which a new piece called the PAS DE FASCINATION ; or, catching a Governor. Michael Browsky, Mr. Keeley; Katherine Kleper, Mrs. Keeley. To oonclade with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on race Walpole's mysterious production, and called THE CASTLE Vir Or/UNTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Viacenea, Mr. J. Bland; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; HlP polito, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Ishbella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. 'Stage 2j eager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. d. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Dodrs open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Ender the direction o 4 Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original DraTIIS, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, rt, Wright, P. Bedford, 0 . Smith , Mada m e Celeste, Miss ol Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which a new Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jerem,ah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain N Mr. Worr Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. in conclude with THE DOUBLE-BEDDED ROOM. Mr. Dal. timer Pipes, Mr. Lambert ; Mrs. eputy Lomax, Mrs. Laws. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2 D 5. Gallery, Is. I )ors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. 110TAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestry. Solo Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. Tuts EVENING, Will be performed a now comic Drama, entitled ANYTHING FOR A CIIANGE. Characters by Messrs. Harley, C. Mathews, Homier; Mrs. L. Murray, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Miss Marshall. After which, a new original grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled TID.ESEUg and ARLkDNE ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, 11. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Miss Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Maclaine Vestris. 'to conclude with A CURIOUS CASE. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, L. Murray, Parselle, Honner, Hughes, aed Mrs. Stirling. Dress Boxes, 55. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; pit, 25. ; Gallery, Is. No ball-price to any part of the house. New (;x - -oftlee, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Yuwir every day, from 'l ,, n till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Dnehesa-street, Port.and-place. TIIIS EVENING, be perflarmed a new comic Drama, entitled A FAIRY TALE. Principal characters by Messrs. J. Vining, C. Fisher, Conway, Nor ton, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Emma Stanley. Alter which, a new comic Drama, entitled SPANISH MAR RIAGES Don Hernandez, Mr. J. Vining ; Count San Lucia, Mr. Gilbert; Don Gaspar, Mr. Conway ; Elizabeth Farnose, Mrs. Stir ling; Donna Beatrice, Miss Cooper; 0 riselda, Miss Etema Stanley. To concnide with a Farce, entitled A DAY WELL SPENT. Mr. Cotton, Mr. Gilbert ; Bolt, 31r. S. Cowell ; Mizzle, Mr. Oxberry ; Cutaway, Mr. Norton ; Peter Prig, Mr. Hill ; Mrs. Stichley, Miss Somers ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Selby ; Miss Cotton, Miss Temple ; Mrs. Shantpable, Miss Taylor. Dress Circle, as.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. TO-MORROW EVENING, • The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock. when Will be performed the comic Vaudeville of iIICE FIEVRE BRU LANTB. Richard Trenislay, M. Ravel ; Le Comte de Renardoff, M. Grassot ; Atalantc, Madame Moutin ; Armantine, Mdlle. Bras- Mne ; Florentine, Mdlle. Mine Duval; Jenny, Mdlle. Juliette ; Pa mella, Madame Berger ; Madame Fiquet, Mdlle. Thierret. To conclude with the comic Vaudeville of LA GARDE-MALADE. Madame Jam:l4llle, 11. Grassot ; Verluissant, M. Augustin; Sando mir, M. Berger ; rarapet, Ji. Lemenil ; Frisson, M. Lheritier ; Joseph, M. Lemeunier ; Crinoline, Millie. Duval. oxes, Gs.: l'it, 3s. (1.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s Boas and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN (ot the Palais Royal, Paris).—The sur prising and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDIN, having been received with the most enthusiastic admiration, he will con tinue his extraordinary SOIREES FANTA3TIQUES at the St. Se Ja es's Theatre, THIS EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening. The dotter tatuments will be varied, and each performance include—The Won derful Orange Tree, the Safety Casket, the Fans and Cannon-balls, the Cabalistic Clock, and the Inexhaustible Bottle. Concluding with Secoade Vue Escamotage de Robert Houdin tits, and Suspension Ethereene. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at half-past Eight, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, U. Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven to Five. In compliance with numerous applications, a.DAY PERFORM ANCE will be given TO-MOH/10W MORNING, June 14. Doors open at Two o'clock. , o)YAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Unequalled Attraction, for this Week only. Engagement of Mr. T. P. COOKE. THIS EVENING. Will be performed Lord John Russell's Tragedy of DON CARLOS. After which, BLACK-EYED SITiA.N. William, Mr. T. I'. Cooke; Black-eyed Susan, Mrs. R. Honner. To gondude with KENNYNGTON CROSSE: _ _ Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Whitsun Holiday Entertainments. Two gorgeous Spectacles in one Night. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed, with great splendour, an entirely new grand chivalrous Spectacle, in three acts, dramatised expressly for the Am phitheatre by Fitzball, founded upon Sir Walter Scott's poetical Ro mance, and entitled MARMION ; or, The Battle of Flodden To be followed by TUE SCENES OF THE ARENA, introducing the British Artistes in their unriN ailed performances. First appear ance of Mr. Batty's highly-trained Hanoverian Palfreys. To conclude with M. G. Lewis's Grand Romantic Equestrian Drama of TIMOUR THE TARTAR, in which Mr. Batty's unri valled stud of highly-trained hones will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Fire. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. JULLIEN and his UNRIVALLED BAND. Continuation of the Engagement of Mdlle. LOVARNY. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Denson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. sand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. WONDAY, TUESDAY, FR WED D NESDA.Y, THURSDAY , and lAY. 'View of Rome.—Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrument a l con ducted by Mons. JIILLIEN, whose splendid Band of Sol o per ' f orme rs includes Messrs. Barrett, Baumann, George and Viott Col lins, Clan, Collinct, ICcenig, Lazaru , , Richardson, Sonnenb erg, B, e —Two Solos each Evening. —:Mlle. Lovarny, who is te-engaged, will also sing three favourite Songs each evening. —Also to be seen, ditritr , the day, the beautiful Menacerie—Shakspere's House—rh Z Magic Bridge—Chinese Pagoda—and other novelties will be e x hi_ bited, the whole concluding wills a most magnificent and not to tx; rivalled display of Fireworks, by the M essrs. Southby, representing the Girandola during the Holy Week at Rome. Gates open at Ten, Feeding Time Fiva—Jullien's Concert at a Quarter past Six—Fireworks at Hali-past time. Admission. as usual. One Shilling. TO conitESPUNDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by tne name and address G. the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 13. THEIIXONBTItn, Lowest, 55 ; Highest, 63; Noon, 58. BAROMETER, 29.64. Wm) E.N.E.; morning, beAvy rain; afternoon, showery. HIGLINATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning .. 63 min. after 11 I Evening •• 0 min. after 0 .- 1 ' I v ... , , i , fe a , ~.1 / 4 , #?, .4...,4„, ~ ... z , lit , ...:, , ,„. .4.,,,,, t t iL ir r . 51 ,,, ..., , may' 4,01 .. . 4 . ~ .... , . e. • ~!'‘,4 , . ‘. ~, -r , W 7 ' ..e. --A, ~ ..,,,,,„, -, A • ..... ,_,.F.' .--„,.....ke, -n 1 g i,, ,n_ 2 5:;,„14',.. . ~,,,,<:,„.t.,,,, , f, a ont ' Ti s X , , " 'r• r i ,;•'`r. -. • f.. , ,, k .......... \tl iving 2'lllt LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1848. Within the last twenty years--that is, sinc e L or d BROUGHAM'S great exposition in the House of Com mons of the defects of the English law and its ad ministration—more has been done to reduce our laws i n to a practical system, with justice for its basis, than many persons are aware of, within those twenty years there have been many and important changes all tending to simplify a n d purify the law— to remove the difficulties which surrounded it, to make it more intelligent to the many — to make it hirer and more general in its operation upon all. Law; howevet juriseonsults may consider it, is really nothisg more. than the reduction, by circumstances of time, of-,society; and sometimes even of climate, . of the -for'eat moral aphorism, "Do unto others as yoti would they should do unto you." And with whatever garb you clothe it, to this it will ever be resolved. It has become the fashion, partly arising from igno- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1848. ranee, partly from the national tendency in men's minds to lessen the merit of the living by exaggerating the achievements of the dead—to give BENTHAM and ROMILLY extraordinary credit as law-reformers. BENTHAM, however, was far from being a practical man. He could point out defects, rather than show how to remove them. The good which sprung from his writings was indirect, rather than positive. He broke down the belief that law and its administra tion could not be improved. He founded a school of thinkers, who, though they have done little of them selves, have prepared men's minds for what the real and practical workers have done. Rommx, with the most amiable disposition, and a thorough conviction of the necessity of law reform, was but a bit-by-bit reformer after all. This arose partly from his temperament, partly, it may be, from the temper of the times ; for his efforts were made during the unhappy period, when it was regarded as a crime to be suspected of a tendency to reform of any kind—when even the wearing of a white hat was considered an overt act of sedition ! His efforts were limited, and, after all, they did not very con siderably mitigate the then Draconian severity of our criminal law. Yet, small and few as such reforms were, they deserve credit, considering the antipathy which at that time existed against anything which was even called reform. The next step was that taken in 1826 by Sir ROBERT PEEL for the improvement of the Criminal Code. It was not so very important, it is t f ru k e n , o b w u n t as it was taken by a Cabinet Minister o caution, it was of importance as an official admission that the law might, and ought to be simplified and improved. S e h s o u r b tl jec ya e f oc te fh r rwe c fho a ir na crah e BROUGHAM'S great speech on th in the administration of the law—a speech has been truly described as " altogether one of the most remarkable in Par liamentar y histor y ." Be tween the delivery of that magnificent reason, a ndthe appeal s to the of humanity, the feelings , t he Parliament, and the speech on the same subject, deli vered by Lord BROUGHAM in the House of Lords on the 12th of last month, what a difference in the course of time, and also in the course of events ? The first told of reforms to be made—the second enume rated what had been made in the interval. Surely! never had man more cause for individual and nations pride. Out of seventy-four leading grie hi v na a ed n d ces in the law, HEN Rir an ß d ßo i r t ( s ,HA a m din in ini l s B tr 2 a B t , io s n ix , ty c - o th na re p e la be f n r b e 3- - moved or remedied in 1848! Like CORIOLANUE, he might almost have exclaimed— "Alone,ee l l B d 2 i B d i m t. ' a ' y What has been donesin be up :—ln con sequence o f the address to the t thus summed thenm e d proposed by Mr. BROUGHAM, and unanimously agreed to, the Government issued two Cominissions —one for inquiring into the law of actions, the other into the law of real property. These Commissions made several reports, and, in 1833, the Lord Chan cellor (BROUGHAM) extended their powers to the whole Criminal Law, on which, we believe, they have made all their reports. The results are, the whole law of Real Property has been changed. The Acts which LORD BROUGHAM brought in, and passed, in 1832, upon the reports above-mentioned, have so en tirely altered that important branch of the law, that if Mr. BOOTH and Mr. FEARNE were now alive, they could scarcely believe that they were in England, as they had known it. The whole law of pleading and evidence has been improved. The greatest change was in 1843, by Lord DENMAN'S Bill for car rying into effect the improvements which Lord BROUGHAM had suggested in 1828. The Welsh judicature, the anomalies of which had been exposed in 1828, was wholly abolished in 1829 and 1830. The Court of Delegates, attacked in 1828, has also ceased to exist. The jurisdiction of the Privy Council has been remodelled and rendered really useful by the Act of 1833, constituting the Judicial Committee for trial of all appeals. Real actions, with one single exception, are swept away, as well as fines and recoveries. The Statute of Limitations has been rendered just and impartial in its operation. The impediments to settlements by arbitration have been removed, arrest for debt on mesne process was abolished by Lord COTTENHAM'S Act of 1837, and arrest for sums under twenty pounds was abolished by Lord BROUGHAM'S Acts of 1844-45. The Mercantile Law has been improved by the bankruptcy statutes of 1831, and the subsequent Bankrupt and Insolvent Acts. The severity of the criminal code has been materially mitigated, and prisoners have been allowed the full benefit of counsel in all cases. The constitution of the County Courts (although requiring many and mportant alterations to render it really beneficial) is - - intended to bring justice to every man's door, cheaply and expeditiously. Lastly, the appointment of addi tional Judges, and the improvements in the Masters offices have tended much to get rid of the arrears in Chancery. The codification of the Criminal Law (which Lord DftouGHAm has undertaken in his proposed and well-arranged " Act to Consolidate and Digest into one Statute all the Laws of England, as far as re lates to Indictable Offences, and the Punishment thereof,") cannot be much longer delayed. The Law of Evidence may be amended—the Law of Libel may be materially improved, by allowing proof of truth in all cases. The Law of Marriage and Divorce should be assimilated throughout the entire of the United Kingdom. The Law of Partnership should be adjusted ; possibly the commandite, or limited liability system, may be safely introduced. The Act for the Recovery of Small Debts should be carefully revised, its various defects remedied, and what is really valuable suffered to remain. Above all, the transfer, security, and registration of real property, making what Mr. JAMES STEWART happily terms " free trade in land," should be simplified, secured, and rendered cheap and expeditious. Notwithstanding these important ameliorations which are so urgently required, what has been effected within the last twenty years far exceeds what still remains, and is a hundredfold more valuable than all that had been done within five preceding centuries. Most sincerely do we hope that Lord BROUGHAM may long survive to witness the final completion, the full accomplishment of his Law teform sugges tions of 1828, that the good cause may yet have the advantage of his eminently practical mind. But if he should not, the Law Amendment So ciety, which he founded, and over which he presides, will carefully watch over the changes which are desirable. That society, comprising emi neat statesmen and lawyers, and many other gentle men of intelligence and experience, is constantly accumulating and communicating information as to the amendment of the law, which is of first-rate importance. Those who have attended the ordinary meetings of the society can bear witness to the matter- i of-fact and common-sense nature of its discussions, In truth it is not a place for speech-making, but for actual head- work. Its deliberations Within the last four years have done more good to law -reform than the public generally may be willing to b e li eve. We who are well aware of the real state of f ac t s feel great pleasure in bearing our testimony thereto, The names of the newly- chosen Members of the National Assembly have excited considerable surprise and not a little apprehension. The moderate party, the truest friends of Republicanism and the staunch supporters of the revolution, view with natural alarm every movement calculated to give any preponderance to the Royalist and the Anarchist. For this reason, the recent elections have occasioned very great dissatisfaction, because the choice of such representa tives as PROUDHON, L EROUX, LAGRANGE, and some others of a similar character, is considered by many as an indication of the predominance of violent and ultra-democratic opinions. Again, the election of ADOLPHR MIRES is regarded as another casus as being likely to create some unfortunate schism in the parties and principles of the Assembly—of the Assembly of which, at the present time, the greatest desideratum is unanimity. It is, however, the election —the triple election of Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, which has given rise to the most general agitation and alarm. These simultaneous elections of the heir of the Bonapartes are naturally regarded as evi dences of the existence of what is called a Bonapartist feeling. It is now a matter of doubt whether or not the Government will prevent Prince Louis from taking up himself of the benefits of his e l ec ti on an d o f up his abode in France. In either case the alternative is embarrassing and dangerous. By ex- eluding the Prince from his place in Parliament, and exiling him from the country, the Executive Govern ment would very certainly expose themselves to the charges of injustice and tyranny, while by suffering him to take a conspicuous part in political life in the present unsettled state of affairs, and thus affording free scope to the dangerous ambition which his pecu liar position may excite in his own breast, and the strong associations which his memorable name may awaken in the excitable multitude, they would be exposing France to a recurrence of all those difficulties and disasters from which she has only just emerged. The Government is thus placed in a peculiarly embarrassing position. Apart from those causes which render it a political difficulty, and, perhaps, the cause of much social disorder, the voluntary choice of NAPOLEON'S heir as their repre sentative by so large a body of the French people is a matter of great historical interest. Three of the Emperor's nephews are already Members of the National Assembly, and a fourth is now chosen, and i n a conspicuous and honourable l m at a te a r ne o r n . e, w T e h a e r s e e e a s s pe m c o ia s l t ij" expressiv e mar k s o f th e elections,inclined o a and more om e undying affection of the French people for NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. As the most truthful of popular poets has said in his simple, but exquisite souvenirs - of the people— "Le people encore le revere. Oui, le revere!" Yes, the people still revere him. They still vene rate and cherish his name and his memory. This veneration and this regard have already been em phatically evidenced by the anxiety with which they desired, and the enthusiasm with which they rejoiced in the accomplishment of their desire, that his re mains should repose in France ; and this veneration and regard are now being again attested by the spontaneous tributes of popular devotion which are lavished upon the descendants of NAPOLEON. Viewed in this light, as a testimony of national regard to the memory of his illustrious uncle, the election of Prince Louis NAPOLEON is fraught with exceeding and very pleasurable interest. But for other reasons this election can excite nothing but dissatisfaction. The Prince is, without doubt, in a very tempting and perilous position. A noble opportunity is afforded to him of evincing his patriotism and covering himself with true and enduring glory. If he refuse to heed the seductive suggestions of per sonal ambition—if he cease to cherish the futile dreams of his boyhood—if the intoxicating shouts of " Viva l'Empereur" possess for him less attractions than " Vive la France"—if he can bring himself to consider that Citizen BONAPARTE, a chosen repre sentative of the French people in Parliament, would fill a more honourable and infinitely more patriotic position than a self-styled Emperor NAPOLEON Lours—then, and only then, the triple election of the young Prince and his immediate installation in the National Assembly, may be regarded as an auspicious event both for himself and for his country. If, how ever, the imperial crown be still the object of Prince Louis' ambition, the National Assembly will do well to exclude their new compeer from any part in their deliberations. It has been said that the Executive Government propose to put in force the yet unrepealed law of the former French Parliament, which exiled the Bonaparte family from France, and arrest the Prince if he ventured to approach Paris. The Chateau of Vincennes, fraught with such gloomy reminiscenses, has eves been pointed out as the place of his deten tion. Such a measure as this, even though it may be to a certain extent sanctioned by the necessity of the time, will be, to say the least of it, a very harsh and arbitrary exercise of their prerogative by a liberal and Republican Administration. A far more equita ble, and equally prudent course, would be a formal requisition that Prince NAPOLEON Louis should re nounce every imaginary claim to the imperial power, that he should declare his entire abandonment of every latent ambitious hope, and solemnly swear that he entered France only as a loyal citizen of the French Republic. Were such a declaration publicly made by Prince Louis, he would be vir tually powerless ; because, were he to break his pledge, such an act of duplicity would be little cal culated. to excite for him any strong popular sym pathy. Should the Prince hesitate to publish such a document, then, indeed, the Government would be fully justified in any violent measure against him on his arrival in France. It would be but fair that the experiment should at least be tried. It is the only course by which they can, at the same time, preserve themselves from the imputation of injustice, and their country from the dangers of insurrection. NAPOLEON Louis cannot better employ his medita tions under these trying circumstances than in con sidering the sagacious and excellent advice contained in that eloquent exclamation of General CAVAIGNAC, " Honour and glory to the citizen faithful to his duties, who devotes his blood, fortune, talent, and intellectual faculties to the happiness and service of his country ; but shame and woe to him who would dare to speculate on the difficulties of the times, and the sufferings of his native land, and who would turn a glorious name to the account of his personal am bition !" SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 7th have arrived. The Ministerial crisis still continues, and, not withstanding all the efforts of NARVAEZ, who is exceedingly desirous to keep things as they are until the differences with England shall be arranged, BELTRAND ,DE Lis positively refuses to resume the portfolio of Finance. It is evident that the Orleanist faction perceive they have gone too far in regard to Sir HENRY BULWER, and that they were deceived by the repre sentations of the Orleanists in this country into the idea that their strength in the British Parliament was much greater than it really is, and now they have discovered their mistake they are alarmed lest the con sequences should be serious. They have accordingly induced or coerced poor little Queen ISABELLA to write an autograph letter to Queen VICTORIA, as- curing her of the friendly disposition of Spain towards England, &c., &c., in the true Orleanist style of the autograph letters of LOUIS PHILIPPE and the ex- Queen APNIELIE, published in the Revue Retrospec tive. The consequences of this unconstitutional practice of carrying on negotiations by means of personal communicationsibetween Sovereigns, instead of by official communications between responsible Mi nisters, is so fraught with danger, and gives an in triguing Sovereign (e. g., Louis PHILIPPE in the Montpensier marriage affitir) such an advantage over an honourable one, that we trust some measure will be adopted by her Britannic MAJESTT to save herself from the annoyance, and her Ministers from the in- justice, to which they have both been so frequently subjected in consequence of the unauthorised com munications a la Louis PHILIPPE, to which her MAJESTY has of late years been subjected, and which are:never made except for the purposes of deception. Senor ISTURITZ, the Spanish Minister at the British Court, sent in his resignation the moment he heard of Count MIRASOL'S mission. Major BACETA,' who commanded the insurgents in the emeute of the 26th March, has been arrested. The Espana speaks of a letter received from Ponte vedra, Gallicia, giving an account of a discovery of a republican conspiracy :at Lugo, in consequence of which various precautions had been taken, and several persons arrested; but the letter distinctly calls it a Realista (i. e., a Carlist) one. It says—" His Ex cellency the Captain-General has discovered a conspi racy, in a loyalist sense, in Lugo, with ramifications in other points." The Captain-General, in conse quence, gave orders to arrest Don Meru's'. RODEN°, on whom many letters were found, and another per son named IGLESIAS, whose papers were also seized; they were sent off to Corunna under escort. The garrison of Vigo was forthwith changed, and several retired officers who were residing there were arrested, and other measures taken. The town of Olot, the inhabitants of which re fused to pay the contribution demanded of them by the Carlists of Catalonia, has been placed in a state of strict blockade by the Carlist bands. MADRID Bo',se, JUNE 7.—Three per Cents., 21-1 paper; after Bolsa, 21 5.16 214 cash; Five per Cents., 131- paper ; after Bolsa, 13k cash ; Passives, Si paper ; after Bolsa, 5 cash ; Coupons, 7i cash ; Bank of St. Ferdinand, 65 cash, 70 paper. Exchang e on London, at 60 days, 42 10 ; on Paris, at 90 days, 4 50. The wages of seamen at this port are now reduced o 555. and 31. per month, and the same for a coal voyage. —IY ewcadle Journal. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received such of the Paris papers as were published yesterday morning, but in consequence of the Whitsuntide holidays neither the Itioniteur, the _Wats, nor the Constitutionnel were published. The vote of confidence to be demanded by the Go vernment of the Assembly yesterday would, it was expected, pass, but by a very narrow majority. It will be indebted for that majority simply to the fact that in the opinion of the Assembly more harm will be done by changing so frequentlyfrom one Provisional Government to another, than from retaining the pre sent feeble and divided Executive in power. A great effort, however, will be made to eject LEDRU ROLLIN, and LAMARTINE with him, if the latter continues to pursue the course which he has thought proper to adopt since loth May. That the Executive feel that they themselves are to blame for inefficiency is evident, from the defence which they put forth in their organ, the National, which thus de clares the grounds on which it thinks the Assembly should give the required vote "In our opinion, the question is not as to the ap proving of all the acts of the Executive Government• If we have been in accordance with the republican ma jority of the Assembly in all the important votes by which that majority has decided in favour of the Go vernment, against the minority, we believe that it would not be, any more than we are, disposed not to make any reserve. But having to judge the w h o l e o f t h e results the majority knew ho w to restore to the ser to the difficulti es o f the situation, their ov tr ibe u te e asin p oe o fd s ; t h o e f m ac e t n iOn ; and in an equitable comparison of that which had been done, and that which remained to be done, it has thought that the duties accomplished, and the obstacles overcome, compensated at least for the duties yet to be accomplished, and the obstacles yet to be overcome. This, then, the question of confidence, must be on the entire policy of the Government, and not on such and such details where that policy has appeared to be feeble." The effect of the measures adopted by the autho rities, on Friday night, to`Preserve the public peace, by preventing the crowd at the Porte St. Denis from dispersing until daylight, has had a most salutary effect. There was scarcely any assemblage there on Saturday or Sunday, and the few who were there dispersed at the first tap of the drum. Decidedly in all such cases the mot tf ordre should be, " They shant go home till morning—till daylight doth appear." We read in the Arigeois of the 6th— " Two foreign personages, who, according to public ru mour, belong to the higher classes of society, and even to princely families, were arrested on Friday, at Foix, by order of the Government. The mysterious veil which co. very these travellers, their bearing and language, the irre gularity of their passports, and the direction in which they were going—all unite in causing such projects to be ascribed to them as to render it necessary for them to be detained a vue, until precise instructions shall be received from the Government." BONAPARTIST OUTBREAK IN PARIS. Since the above was written, we have received intelligence from Paris up to six o'clock last night. An immense crowd had been attracted outside the hall of the Amen*ly under the idea of seeing Prince Louis NAPOLEON pass to take his seat. It was with some difficulty that the troops could pre serve a passage for the Deputies, and no one was permitted to approach the hall without a ticket. At three o'clock the rappel was beat, and the Na tional Guard turned out at once. Various reports were in circulation, but all agreed that the Bonapar fists had attempted an insurrection. According to one report there had been fighting in the Faubourg St. Antoine. According to another the inhabitants of the Banlieu were preparing to march upon Paris to force the Assembly to accept Prince LOUIS NAPO LEON. In the meantime the crowd in the Place de la Concorde having raised the cry of "Vive Louis Napole on ! Vive I'Empereur !" the General in command ordered the National Guard and the troops to clear the place. The crowd resisted, and some pistol shots were fired, by which some of the officers of the cavalry were wounded. The shots were heard in the Assembly,: and shortly afterwards at half-past five o'clock M. DE LAMARTINE mounted the tribune in a state of great agitation, and announced that a serious circumstance had just occurred in the Place de la Conco r d e : bl oo d b a d b een spilt—a shot had been fired to the cry of "Vive l'E mpereur Napoleon !" The gravity of the circumstance re quired energetic measures. lie then announced a Bill excluding Prince Lours NAPOLEON from France, but allowing the rest of the Bonaparte family to remain. The announcement was received with acclama- Lions, The friends of the Republic, at the time the post left, had been everywhere victorious, and the streets were in possession of the troop s an d o f t h e N at i onal rbaaPni3CreeshedUiri°inngs' however, enter tainedenviegru,t.weTrehe Ar tillery G uard . of G d r i s e t a u t has been sent for from Vincennes. It will be seen from the following report of the pro ceedings of the Assembly, that the debate on the demand of the Executive Committee for a credit of 100,000 f. (the vote of confidence debate) was proceed ing at the time the• interruption took place. The expose of the financial state of France, by which the Minister of Finance opened the discussion, is most important. The Assembly met at one o'clock, and immediately after the President had taken the chair, Prince Napoleon Bonaparte ascended the tribune, amidst marks of great interest. He had not been pre sent on Saturday during the last quarter of an hour, when General Cavaignac had spoken noble and energe tic words, and treated as a calumny a rumour which related to a name that had been unfortunately already brought forward before the public—that of Louis Napoleon.—(Hear, hear.) Every one was aware that, far some days past the name of that person had been in his every mouth. As friend and cousin, he came forward, not to make any apology for his relative, for none was required; and if he (Louis) had attempted anything of what was attri buted to him, he (Napoleon) would be the first to blame him; but to state what was the real case relative to that citizen, certain parties, who were opposed to the Re public, had seized on Louis Napoleon's name, and made use of it for their own purposes ; namely, to excite dis. turbance, and produce disorder in the country. This Louis Napoleon was altogether a stranger, too. He could declare that neither Louis Napoleon nor any of the rest of the Bonaparte family had ever distributed money to persons in France to injure the Republic—he could declare that on his honour. Louis Napoleon had come to Paris after the revolution of February, and had, when asked by the Provisional Government, withdrawn for a while from Paris, in consequence of the disturbed state of the public mied. In ordinary times the Provisional Government declares this could not be necessary, but then it was a safer coarse to pursue. He at once re turned to London. " - There he remained over since, and when asked by his friends if he would stand as candidate for the National Assembly, had absolutely refused. When the second elections came on, his name was put up without his knowledge, and he had been returned, as the Assembly knew,' for more than one place. It was reported that he was engaged in a conspiracy against the Republic, which it was almost unnecessary to deny. The rumour now ran that the Government intended to bring in a decree against Louis Napoleon, which, however, he (Prince Napoleon) found it difficult to believe, since the Minister of the Interior and the Prefect of Police had assured him of the contrary. He now called on the Government to come forward and state clearly what was their intention in this matter.--(Hear, hear.) M. Flocon, Minister of Commerce, said that the ex planations which had just been given by the citizen Na poleon Bonaparte would have come better from another person.—(oh, oh.) Prince apoleon Bonaparte must declare that. he did N not think he in any way m erited the reproach just thrown out against him.—(Agitation.) The Minister of Commerce — Th e Government taking into consideration the extreme gravity of the present situation, and being determined not to allow the safety of the Republic to b e compromised, had adopted a mea sure which it thought the conjuncture demanded. The Government was ready, if the Assembl y requ ired it, to state at once what was the purport of the decree which it had determined to present. .13ut the Government did not ask, however, to have the order o f the day c hanged, ' and unless the House absolutely called for a different course, it would allow the proceedings to go on in the regular manner without interrupti on. —(Y e s, yes.) The Assembly unanimously decided that t he order of the day should be proceeded with regulaily. A number of reports on elections were presented. The order of the day was the discussion on the Bill, demanding a credit of 100,000 f. for office expenses of the Executive Committee. The Minister of Finance wished to state what was the present state of the financial position of the country. A large deficit had been left by the late Government, but still the situation was by no means as unfavourable as had been stated. The extraordinary tax of 45e. was being got in regularly. The indirect taxes also led the Government to good expectations. During the month after the Revolution, they had fallen fourteen millions ; and the month of April still a larger one, of not less than seventeen millions. The month of May had been more favourable, as the diminution was only eleven millions ; and this reduction was particularly remarkable in the fortnight after the ' attempt of May 15. Two sources of indirect, revenue were in particular unproductive, viz., the customs and the registration dues; andyet it was these which usually, when affairs Were active, yielded the largest produce. Thd Hon. Minister then referred to the plan for taking possession of the railways, and which (he said) the weakness of the former Government had alienated in favour of financial companies. What charges would it throw on the Treasury; and how were these charges to be provided for? If, as he hoped, the Assembly passed the Bill which had been presented, the Government would at once prepare to open such parts of the lines as could, by most active measures, be completed, but which, in the hands of the companies, would be long unproduc tive. These portions of lines and the expenses to open them to the public were— Paris to Tonnerre 3O millions. Paris to Epernay 2O ~ Paris to Chartres 8 If Tours to Angers. 2 Calais to Dunkirk lO ' f Dieppe to Rouen 2 All the companies he maintained were, without excep tion, powerless to provide for these expenses; the State, on its side, to support them. Leaving aside the disas trous idea of paper money, or the intention of effecting a loan, the Government bad effected with the Bank of Fracce a grand operation, which had been conducted with perfect secresy, and was now concluded. The Bank was to advance to the Treasury 150 millions, of which 75 millions were to be paid in 1848, and 75 in 1849. In guarantee of this loan, the State transferred to the Bank rentes belonging to the Caisse d'Amortisse ment, which should be delivered at the rate and on the conditions determined by the ordonuance of the 15th June, 1834, for a sum of 75 millions; for the other 75 millions the State yielded up and sold to the Bank timber from the State woods to that amount, with faculty to the Bank to re-sell them by adjudication and public competition. The interest of the loan was fixed at four per cent. per annum. The amount of the circulation of the notes of the Bank should bo agreed to between the Minister of Finance and the Bank, subject to the rati fication of the Government. The Hon. Minister then declared that it was quite possible to obtain resources by having recourse to public credit. The departments were in the habit of purchasing rente in Paris, by means of the receivers general; he proposed to place the State in the place of the agents de change, and to give rentes at the price of the day. The whole resources which the State considered it could have at is disposal at presen were as follow: Loan from the Bank ... ... 150 millions Issue of Rente for the purchasers of the departments in 1848 Ditto in 1849 Thining of certain State woods ... ... ... 25 1, ... ••• 75 „ ... ... 14 2, ... ... 25 91 ... •• • 86 ft ... ... 7 71 , ... ... ... 45 •,, Exchanges with the Hospice Cuttings in the state forests Money to be reserved Money of the railways Revenues of ditto, 1848 ... Ditto ditto, 1849 ... Total... ... 472 millions. Out of the reserves of the sinking fund applied to pay the deficiency of the budget, the Hon. Minister hoped to realise a sum of 83 millions, which would raise the resources of the State to 555 millions, being the whole of the extraordinary resources which will be at the dis posal of the State from Jan. 1, 1848, to Dec. 31, 1849. If, however, the private domain of the ex-King should be allowed by the Assembly, should bear the debts of the Royal Family, that would give 25 millions more to the State, or in all 580 millions. In order to give more regularity and firmness to the public funds, the Ministers proposed to diminish the Coupons of Rente from 10E, at which they had been, to 51. The following is the manner in which the Minister presented the situation for 1848 : For the public Works, the sum to be expended would be 140 millions, to be defrayed from the ordinary re sources. The repurchase of the railways would impose on the Treasury 100 millions, to be paid from the extraordinary resources. The public works would, in consequence, cost 240 millions. For 1849, the ex pense would be 300 millions, of which 50 millions only would be set down to the ordinary resources. Thus the extraordinary resources would have to pay 100 millions in 1848, and 250 in 1849, or in all 350 millions, the extraordinary resources being 580 millions ; there would still remain 230 millions over. As to the Bons du Tresor, the Minister declared that the plan of the Finance Committee was an unfor tunate one. This is his plan, the Bonds du Tresor created before February 24, 1848, should be re newed in conformity with the decree of March 16, 1848, and should be repaid by series of 1,500,0001: each, per month, from November the Ist, 1848. The interest should be at six per cent. per annum, to be paid every half-year until all was paid otf. The savings' banks should receive 1001. additional for each depositor; the interest should be raised to four per cent. The Honourable Minister concluded by declaring that the Government had done all it could to ward off the evils that had threatened the country; and he hoped, firmly' to be able, by perseverance and zeal, to arrange satisfac torily everything in the finances of the country. The President then read the order of the day, for the consideration of the decree of the Government, demand ing 100,000 francs for the expenses of the Executive Government. M. Dupart read the report. It stated that the Com mittee had called upon the members of the Executive Government to give explanations, and that the result of these explanations was, that one-fourth of the sum de manded was for the expenses of the office of secretary, and the rest for that of the general security, or, in other words, for an additional police. The Committee did not find the sum demanded for the office of secretary exces sive. The report concluded by recommending the adop tion of a decree to the following effect:—Art. 1. There is granted to the Executive Power a credit of 25,0001. towards the expense of the secretariat and the archives of the Government. Art. 2. A sum of 75,0001. is granted to the Executive Government, to be applied to the general security, and of which the Executive Go vernment will be required to give an account to a Com mittee of eight members to be nominated by the National Assembly. A Member then ascended the tribune and made a violent attack upon the administration of the Govern ment, which was leading to nothing less than anarchy. M. Baraud Saribiere then rose and said that the As sembly ought to remember that the question was one not of money but of confidence. The Executive Go vernment would be dissolved. He warned the Assembly that in these critical times the Executive Government could not be changed. They had been accused of not taking the initiative in useful measures, but he con tended that they had done all that the circumstances allowed them. After a few words from M. Laussat, strongly agains the Bill, General Bedeau ascended the tribune and took a sort of middle course, not absolutely opposing the Bill, but demanding to have it modified. The noise of the drums outside the Chamber here be came considerably louder. M. de Lamartine referred at considerable length, and in somewhat in the same manner as on a former occa sion, to the whole of the circumstances connected with the conduct of the Provisional Government and the Executive Committee, from February 24. He showed the great difficulties they had had to encounter, and complained that the parties who inveighed against the conduct of the Government did not make sufficient allowances for the exceptional character of the situation. He argued that the Republic, such as it bad been established, would never please the persons who were now endeavouring to sow discord in the country; they wanted to see it turned away from the object of its institution, and to have it mutilated and emasculated, in place of beholding it great and powerful. He alluded to the numerous publications which had started up in Paris, as a proof of the turbu lent spirit of the times, and the desire which existed to prevent the Republic from taking root in France. Intelligence was here brought up to the reporters' gallery, that the cavalry were charging the people on the Place de la Concorde. The sitting the moment afterwards was suspended. Five Minutes to Five. M. de Lamartine returned to the tribune in great agi tation, and said—Blood has just been shed—shots have been fired here close by, and the cry is raised, " Vive l'Empereur Napoleon."—(Tremendous agitation.) A law ought to be forthwith passed to put a stop to this. A Member—Let us vote it by acclamation.—(Unani mous cries of " Yes, yes.") The greatest agitation arose here. M. de Lamartine—l have it here drawn up on the in stant. The Honourable Gentleman then read it. It de clares that, considering that peace had been troubled and civil war bad been commenced, though, perhaps, involuntarily, by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, and that he had already twice made attempts for his own per sonal ambition ; considering that the Executive Com mittee could not take the responsibility of the disturb- ' ances caused, or the attempts made now for a similar purpose, declares the Bill of 1816 against the Bonaparte family remaining in force against Louis Napoleon Bona parte.—(Tremendous applause.) The whole Assembly rose with shouts of " Vive la li‘publique !" and in the tumult the question was put to pass, and at once loud acclamations arose. M. de Lamartine then addressed the Chamber on the enormity of the act just attempted outside. (Left sitting.) Outside, the troops and National Guards are in pos session of the whole of the Place de la Concorde as far as the Rue de Riveli. They are in immense numbers. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, JUNE 12. TIME O'CLOC/L—Business was entirely stagnant to day, in consequence of the different rumours afloat ; and the prices .given below, though quoted, are little more than nominal. Bons du Ttitor are at 22 dis. The Vielle Montague Shares have risen to 1,975. The Haiti Debt was quoted to-day at 102 f. 50c. The pre vious quotation of this species of stock was on the 4th of February, when it was at 295 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JUNE 12. Boulogne and Amiens, 61/8. IMPROMPTU ON HEARING BALFE'S NEW ARIA FROM HIS OPERA OF " FALSTAFF." BY MRS. H. J. bT. LEGER. When the Genius of Music o'er Europe was straying, Conferring her favours around, She roam'd through the gree❑ little island called Erin, Was enchanted when Balfe she had found. Inspiring him still with true melody's charm, Her trumpet Balfe's triumphs proclaim; For his strains are so sweet when he joins in her choir, That they reach to the Temple of Fame. June 8, 1848. RESIGNATION OF TILE REV. SIR H. R. DUKEN• FIELD, VICAR OF ST. MARTIN-IN THE-FIELDS.—The inhabitants of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, have within the last few days receivedfrom the Rev. Sir Henry Duken geld, the intelligence that, in consequence of his con tinued ill-health, he has come to the determiqation of resigning the vicarage of this parish, which he has held for many years. GE lAA NY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. In the Constituent Assembly on the Bth of June, M. BEHRENDS brought forward the following pro position : " Whereas the revolution which has taken place at Berlin has been lately wrongly interpreted, and its re sults have not been duly recognised, and as the Berlin people have bee❑ exposed to the basest calumny for having accomplished the said revolution, the Constituent Assembly, acknowledging the said revolu tion, declare that those who fought on the 18th and 19th of March have merited well of the country." This proposition was opposed by the Ministers, who have become more bold in their re-actionary proceedings since the return of the Prince of PRUSSIA. During the debate the Prince of PRUSSIA entered the House. On his entering the House some Mem bers of the Conversative party rose, but cries of "Sit down," obliged them to resume their places. After having sat some moments on one of the benches on the right side of the House, the PRINCE ascended the tribune, and spoke as follows : " Gentlemen,—Called cn by the will of the electors to sit among you, I would have hastened to assist yester-. day at your sitting, if I had not been impeded by a sacred and filial duty. I thank you for the confidence you have shown to me, and I feel myself happy in coming among you. We are to complete together, and in common con cert with the Crown, the important work of the organic constitution of the country. What a beautiful task! The constitutional monarchy is the form of Goverment pointed out to us by the King. To it I will devote all my efforts, as I did before. My personal character is know❑ to you; the course I am resolved to pursue shall be open to the eyes of every one. May this feeling be shared in by every one of us. May we see the work completed, with all the developments it is susceptible of. The multiplicity of business which will occupy me will not permit me to participate in your deliberations, and I beg your honourable President to call upon my sub stitute. I repeat, lam happy to find myself among you. I hope to see the success of our common undertaking, and look for it in the patriotism by which you and I are animated. This success is certain, it we remain in variably attached to the motto—For God, King, and Fatherland." At the conclusion of this speech, which was re ceived with the most chilling silence, the PRINCE left the Assembly, and the debate was resumed by BEHRENDS, who praised the valour, discretion, and exemplary good conduct of the people who fought on the 18th and 19th of March, and attributed to them alone, and not to the KING, the liberties resulting from the conflict. BREHMEIt then moved an amendment (afterwards withdrawn), to the effect that the merits of the March combatants should be admitted, but that the revolution had not changed the position of the KING and dynasty, and that the Crown reigned in the hearts of the people. Scnurrzn perfectly adhered to the propdsition of BEHRENDS ; but as the conduct of the people, after the combat, had been as praiseworthy as it was during the struggle, he desired to add, after the words 18th and 19th March, " as well as the people of Berlin," and terminated with a glowing eulogium on the temperate conduct of the Berlin population. The President of the Council then rose to express his dissent to the proposition, which he declared to be a plagiary of similar proceedings in England and France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He was far from disavowing, or intending to disavow, the consequences of the conflict ; but he would con test with all his might the form and principle of the proposition in the name of the whole nation, in the name of the people of Berlin, under whose protection the RING had placed himself ; that he would protest against any principle which tended to prove that existing institu tions were overturned, or that the re-establishment of order could only he obtained through the medium of streams of blood, of a murderous civil war, or through the hands of a dictatorship. The adoption of the proposition, in its present form could not fail to give rise to fresh agitation, and then reconciliation would, perhaps, become impossible. The number and variety of amendments proved that conflicting opinions existed, and it would, therefore, be more prudent to refer the question to the different Com mittees, and thus obtain their opinions, at least as to the form of the motion. Several amendments were then read, and after a few words in praise of the army from VOIGIIT, and renewed praise of Berlins inhabitants from Sc rituazE, Count SCHWERIN, Minister of Justice, stated, in allu sion to the subversive tendency of BEHREND'S motion and SCHULTZE'S amendment, that the acknowledg ment of a constitutional monarchy was the sole basis on which he accepted office. A long captandum vulgus conversation then took place between REIS SENBACH, SCHULTZE, JACOB, and others, after which the Minister of Finance stated that "the events of March were not a revolution but a transaction be tween the Crown and people ;" and that, as the ques tion before the House merited mature deliberation, he should move that the debate be adjourned. This was eventually agreed to by a large majority, and the House rose amidst great agitation. The debate was resumed on the 9th, when the Vice-President read two amendments, the one of Wialmioirris, proposing to postpone the discussion of the question until after the Constitution had been voted; and the other from ZACIIARIE, to the effect that as the merits of the March combatants was uni versally admitted, and as the Assembly was hot con voked to utter verdicts, but to draw up a Constitu tion, it was resolved to pass to the order of the day. A long and angry debate then ensued; several orators followed each other in succession for and against ZACHARIE's proposition. Among others, M. HAUSEMANN, who implored the Chamber not to lose its time in discussing irrelevant matter, whilst agri culture, industry, commerce, and trade, were sinking to the ground, and could not recover until the des tinies of the nation were determined. The most important question for this House to consider, added M. HAUSEMANN, is, 'whether the results of a proposition will produce benefit or injury to the country. From this time the debate was constantly interrupted by noises of various kinds and cries for division, amidst which ESSLER declared in reply to HausEmaNN, that injury to the country could not arise from accepting, but from rejecting BEHREND'S and SCHULTZE'S proposition ; and not only injury but a most dangerous schism. At length the cries for a division on ZACHARIE'S amendment became so loud, that the President directed it to be read by a secre tary, and the House proceeded to ballot. This ter. minated in 196 Meilabers voting for, and 177 against it; thus BEHREND'S proposition was lost by a ma jority of 19 votes only out of 373 present. The an nouncement of the result produced an extraordinary commotion in the Chamber; the Members rose from their seats amid violent gesticulations and mutual apostrophes, which continued until Member after Member quitted the House, and the President rose. 'Whilst this was passing in doors, a scene of greater agitation occurred without, where the news of what was and is considered a disavowal of the revolution was soon spread among the crowd, and produced the most violent outcries, especially against MM. CAMP HAUSEN and HAUSEMANN. Up to the hour the post left tranquillity continued undisturbed FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE. FIFTEENTH SITTING OF THE GERMAN NA TIONAL ASSEMBLY, FRIDAY, JUNE 9. The House met at nine A.M., as usual. The Schleswig-Holstein question was the great buil• ness of the day. The President brought the Schleswig affair before the House for discussion, and conceiving it unnecessary to read the report of the Committee again—(Cries of "No, no")—he said he would content himself with simply reading the motion-- "'t'he Oerman National Assembly declares that the affair of Schleswig, as the concern of the German nation at large, comes within the sphere of their operations, and demands that on the conclusion of peace with the Crown of Denmark, the right of the dukedoms, Schleswig and Holstein, as also the honour of Germany, may be pre served entire (protected). Moreover, the German National Assembly ex presses a confident expectation that, in the supposition that the retreat of the troops of the German Contedera seeorth in Northern r n tion towards the south is to be attributed to s trategic reasons, speedy and effectua l measures be tak en for the requisite recruitments also of for r e the Confederate urity o farmy Schleswig-Holstein, as Schleswig against the hostile incursions to which, through the afore-mentioned retreat, it might possibly be exposed. A number of speakers followed, but there was nothing in the course of the debate that threw any new light upon the question. Various new motions were brought for war d ; b u t a ll suggestion of ofth e th P a r t e s o i m co e mlia re p lyu i l l i c i e mp w o i r th tan a t f the Committee. d o e f n th t, es w e er i e n The motion of the Committ ee was negatived, though not by a large majority. That of Weiss was then put, which was to the follow ing effect--" That the German National Assembly caul energetic messures to be adopted for putting an end to the war, and that on the conclusion of peace the honour of Germany, and the rights of the dukedoms, &c." The President then put the question. - The motion was carried by a large majority. Riestr's motion was the next, and here -a singular scene ensued. It had bee❑ proposed by the President to make two parts of this motion, and to take the sense of the House separately on each. The first part was consonant with that of Weiss. The second was—" That the approval of the treaty be, before the conclusion of peace, reserved to the National Assembly." The question being put by the President, and the sense of the House being taken in the usual wa y of" "rising or sitting," the Members of the "left"talled loudly for verbal suffrage. Fllty-seven Members supported the motion for verbal voting, and accordingly the names of the Members were called over. The result was—Noes, 27.5; ayes, 209. The motion was negatived, therefore, by of 75. a majority The next sitting is on Wednesday, at eleven A. m., the Whitsuntide vacation intervening. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. - - VIENNA, JUNE 7.—The EMPEROR has addressed the inhabitants of Vienna in a communication dated Inspruck, June 3, in which, alluding to the sin; cerity of his motives in granting the constitution 0 the 25th of April, he says— " That the city of Vienna was the first to return thanks for this boon, an example which was followed by the delegates throughout the empire that in some pro vitices, however, the plenary execution of the conatittr lion was doubted or misunderstood, and his MajeeSt s fond expectations were fearfully disappointed by the occurrences of the 15th of May, therefore," continua! his Majesty. "I did not refuse to declare that the no?, Diet should be a constituent, but the manner in whie" I was induced to do this has wounded me deeply. T ile public opinion of all Europe h as p ronounce d itself de:. cidedly, and with the greatest di sa pp o i n t m ent on shi n point. I am, however, ready t o a bid e by what I 1)3 " promised "It is my earnest desire, and I am convinced thal. shall not speak in vain, that the speedy opening of this Diet may take place in Vienna, the seat of my gev ern i meat. If, howev e r, thi s Di et i s to meet speedily, tind. at no other pla ce , it is i n di spensable that peace reign within the walls of Vienna, that o rder el li h :• regularity sho u ld b e fi rm l y established, and that tu delegates of th e p rov i nces should be guaranteed „ feet secu r ity an d f ree d om of discussion. .I there' • tore expect from the inhabitants of Vienna that they • will do all in their power to effect the re-establietr went of legal order. I expect that all personal mosity shall cease, and that the sp 0t irit of r ecoociliat z° and pease will p reva il among all the inhabitan ts 0 Vienna. I mak e these demands, and I depend in_ their accomplishment ; f or I s h a ll h a il t h e day, ''' with the opening of the Diet, I can celebrate 0114" happy return to m y f a i t hf u l an d ever dearly bekiv Viennese. (Signed) (Countersigned) " FzRDINAYIN " WEssENBEB?; " DOBELHOII. —Wiener Zeitung, June 7. Official intelligence has reached the Hilag aris° , Ministry from the Viceroy, Archduke STstain dated Inspruck, that the EMPEROR has annouaoro his positive det e r m i na ti on t o procee d to reathi i . order to open i n p erson th e H ungar i an rg r ' rls ment upon the second of July. This intelhge has produced the best effect in the capital of Magyars, BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JUNE 10.—OFFICIAL.—Several foreign journals have spoken of an incident which lass c° n ; pelted the Count nu HAMAL, Charge d'Affair es Belgium, to quit Madrid on the morning of the 98 of May. The Government has not up to this i nomeot_ ll ; ceived any official informati on w h a t ever , e itber or indirect, on this subject. Count HAMAL his own request, obtained his cove on the i g May, was still i n M a d r id on t h e 3 d o f June' ltloniteur Beige, June 10. DENMARK AND THE DUCH° . ANOTIIER VICTORY BY THE IMO' S. 1 .1 The war is still carried on as vigorously as th lo no negotiations for peace were pending; an d ° , i ,, n es 15th another battle was f oug ht b e t ween the — or and Germans, in which the former, who wer e n , c(i n i mended by General W RANGEL i n perso n, se c(i ; nied by G e n e ral HALKETT, were defeated with gam; nteM • loss, and compelled to retreat. The Danes c iec ic menced the attack near N u b e l, a b out twelve ° ,-; c bel, on Monday, the sth, re ti r i ng s l ow l y u pon c o . ld where they were so we ll en t renc h e d t h a t WAY — a P i n ~ defy the whol e com bi ne d army, contain:l rid person by General W RANGEL i n ch i ef, and "—litebey HALKETT for the Hanoverians. Three ti rli t lhn ut attempted to storm th e en t renc h ment , but $ 11 4 , 1; the least suc cess , an d t h e i r loss was Jreath;d'' several battalions were com pl e t e l y cu t to Ple ee6 ', s o o it is said upward s o f 1,000 men h ave been l ost des this occasion on the side o f th e Germans, hesi s i i d sume thirty or forty office rs . M on day evening er e Tuesday morning upwards of 500 wounded W oo brought into Flensburg; the loss- on the part of en Danes was comparativ e ly t r ifli ng , the men being lithe protected by the entrenchme n t, heavy guns cloing94. butcher work, against which the Germans ha d °. their small field pieces, their heavy artillery bet de; na left behind. The troops are quite dispirited, a nd d Clare they will not advance again upon Alsen, be: is now generally supposed no further attempt will ift made upon this place again. The Danes remain LA their position by Dubel. The Prussians are post? in Sunderwittsch, having relieved the army of Diet, who retired upon Flensburg, which place tii" Danes threaten with bombardment. POLAND. We request the attention of our readers to the fol' lowing documents, which officially contradict t he calumnies which the partisans of Prussia have of W el been circulating against the unfortunate Poles 4.0 LETTER OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF POSEN pRzirLuSIO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR V. ALTERSWALI7;ty After the sanguinary events of Berlin, his bli3JeWe was pleased to declare " the Prussian provinces, hit tle 'be not belonging to the Germanic Confederation, are tu be incorporated with it—if such be their wish, 06dt o. last,vinc i w a l a s Di Diet for summoned Posene Germanic Union consent to it." Accordingly th e pr o d d a e s c se la ni re bl w ithout t 6 er , regard for the approval of his Majesty, whether it 1., o f f e r d e ealty and without in , i'r of tamed such a wish with respect to the Grand Duch y Posen?" Whether the provincial Diet was compe t e.. for for making such a declaration, binding t h e whose P o i e vince, is certainly very doubtful. In order to usu er be fe the wishes of the province, its inhabitants ought t ? t of voted individually. H owever, t h e prov i nc i a l Me hes Posen declared itself competent, and its comPete ricY or itf in no way been contested. It decided with a l i r od of 26 to 17 votes, " that it does NOT wish the_ , m io Duchy of Posen to be incorporated with the Lle t '": e c. Union." Supposing the competency of the n r _ie o je knowledged already de facto, its resolution u;„ of thereby legitimate and unassailable. Yet, the minu i . f e 0 the Diet was of a different opinion. It assembleohe fu ll private, illegal mann er , d ec l are d th e r e solution of gs' Diet as null and void, an d d ec id e d " in favour of 6n nexation to the Germanic Union." This private decision of a few individual nier° 7 o of the Diet is u nlawf u l a nd void ; yet, on the frott i this illegal private resolution, and a few petili on r e seo; individual inhabitants of the Grand Duchy o', :e s obtained by the dishonest intrigues and macbi n t s an officials, the greater part of the Grand Duchy 7, 0 0 0 nexed to Germany. I prophecy, that " whoc vr set a r fi e regard for the rights of another, will not be fit 1( Y., h e': his own !" This proceeding is contrary to ev_tr e , lo w 0 1 contrary to the treaty of Vienna—contrary t o ne ptilo; nations. The Grand Duchy contains, among sa ber 0' tion of 1,200,000 souls, 800,000 Poles ; the nuf,,, , 00 0 ; Polish and German Catholics amounts to about rtsvipieg the sacramental rubrics for the year 18 48 con there -834,000 Catholic communicants. There retco, l .' e 'l vie de' fore, about 300,000 non-Catholics and Jews. I `, h duct from these the migratory host of o ffi cials volLuet families and dependents, who ought not to be e_ve tbsrt among the population, there will remain little m o r e 200,000 German and Jewish inhabitants, 0 0,005 s istieg the pseudo-German enemies to Poland, mostly co n ou st O d of recent settlers and countryless Jews, will 6ni f river so • s; little more than 100,000 souls. I beg leave 000 e to your Excellency four scrolls, with protestsatubro that unjust measure. They contain 60,32 3 sig n d i s triett heads of Catholic families, mostly from thosectestoil that were so arbitrarily torn away. The Pr oms a nd would have been much more numerous if u o _ ogi berg' authorities, especially in the department of P . N e ver' had not forcibly opposed their being drawn , tiP he m eso; theless, many will still be sent forward ;* n : hoe set time, besides the separate protests which hav e es __7, joes prOtr.."l` wre cle; from Posen, eflpecially to Berlin, the • mined to your Exceliency from the district 0f to' t show with what perfidy the intrigues for u Lu is ' e 1 alone contain 31,922 signatures. These prot ests ,Par,°..t,ensvtape:ti; Excellency to have the inhabitants of t u r Whether tbeY tions were carried on. I, therefore, hu mbl y hersi j u d r p t ic i t3 of Posen questioned individually' " 7„ - by cos° , to belong to the German Union or not this province—for those that are hen i_ oCCOrd ie , g t o th e sion, composed of Poles and Germaliiivs.:rtnibotngt;tesn'ssirei justly abhorred. Of course, tha t P o r in majority; else the Germans resident rules of right—the minority well ask to be 113 51 ,1 5 0 Moscow, and Warsaw might as What is th ere ' aS iS 0 porated in the German Union. f r os en Duchy ° here inadm ssible? The Grand 000 eir willthave to 5ub 034 , 10 .0, with " t tb 6 Minister; s ° yr lOW natures, have been forwarded to the ino ' w roele number of signatures, beside* those tram+ C Since that, additional protests, covere dm I tha A Posen, =COI, 120,000. ~ 0,