The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-23 00:00:00

With 1,500 Engravings of Arms, in one vol., 38s. bound, URKE'S PEERAGE and BAONETAGE, FOR 184 E, NEW EDITION, CORRECTED to the PRESENT TIME, IS NOW READY. " The best genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the Peerage and Baronotage of the British Empire, and the first authority on all questions affecting the aristocracy. It is certainly the most compre hensive encyclopedia of personal and national history ever given to the public ; combining surprising accuracy and important informa tion with the greatest brevity and clearness, and exhibiting in a con densed and lucid fbrto the lives and achievements of the many , eminent men who have shed lustre on the rolls of our nobility, from the steel-clad barons of Cressy and Agincourt to the heroes of Blen heim and Wolierloo. The great amount of interesting matter relative to the (*Mora branches renders the work particularly valuable. Indeed. there is hardly a name connected with a Peer or Baronet that is need be found in its pages."—Globe. Henry C•Lbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, In 3 'rola. dewy Bvo., with Portraits, and numerona other Illustrations, lIISTORY of the JESUITS, A. Flom THE FOUNDATION OF THEIR SOCIETY, BY POPE PAUL 111., TO ITS SUPPRESSION BY POPE CLEMENT ; THEIR REVIVAL AND PRESENT STATE. By ANDREW STEINMETZ. Author of " The Novitiate," " The Jesuit in the Family." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Patillaker in Ordinary to her Majesty). HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mille. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respect fully informed that a Grand EXTRA NIGPIT will take place on THURSDAY next, May 2i, on which occasion Mdlle. JENNY LINI) will appear as LUCIA, in Donizetti's Opera of LUCIA DI LAM MERMOOR. To be followed by various entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, combining the talents of Mdlles. C. Grisi, C. Rosati, M. Tag 'loaf, Cerito, and MM. Perrot and St. Leon. The 'tree List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. Applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the BOX-erllCe of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Appearance of Mdlle. CARLOTTA GRISI. Second Appearance of Madame TADOLINL Second Appearance of Mr. REEVES. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and tile Public are rerepeetfully informed that Madame TADOLINI will maks her second appearance in this country THIS EVENING, May 23, when will be parfowned- Doisizetti's Opera of LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. Linda, Madame TitdoThiTTPlerotto, 14falle.ichwartz; Antonio, Signor Coletti ; Carlo, Signor Reeves ; Il Marchese di Boisfieury, Signor F. Lablache; II Prefetto, del Villagio, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, by M. Per rot, the music composed and arranged by M. Nadaad, entitled LES ELEMENS, ny. Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. C. Rosati, and 3ldlle. Cerito ; Mdlles. Aussuisdon, Julien, Payne, Lamoreux, &c. APPlications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the 15 4 , wettice of the Theatre. The Fr-e List is suspended, the public Press excepted. rioers open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING WM be performed WIVES AS THEY WERE, AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Lord Priory, Mr. Farren; Sir William Dorrillon, Mr. Creswick ; dir George Evelyn, Mr. Howe ; Lady Mary Raffle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Dorrillon, Mrs. Nisbett. Between the pieces Mr. Gerhard Taylor, the eminent Harpist, will Perform a grand Fantasia, of his own composition, entitled " Homage to Modern Harpists." After which a new piece called the PAS DE FASCINATION ; Catching a Governor. Michael Browsky, Mr. Keeley ; Katherine leer, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole's mysterious production, and called THE CAST LE OF O,TRANTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenzo., air. J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Ilip te°, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, C a Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. aultleld. Sip Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F.Webster. J. T. Archer, Itox-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPLII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST Bohm. Priccipal charactors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright , P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs, Prank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c• Ansy which a new Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBT DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Min Chapliu will perform. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. • , r 9 open at Halt-past Six, Perform ance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veatria. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, mu he performed THE SCARECROW. Principal characters by MeSsrs. Buckstone, Selby, Granby, and Charles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss Lee, and Mrs. Fitawilliam. After which, a new Interlude, entitled THE FAST MAN. The .characters by Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with a fvw and original Classical Extravaganza, entitled THESELS and IiRIAD.NE ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Miss Fitzwilliam, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madame Vestris. Dress Loxes, is.; Upper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 28. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, Is open to the Public every (lay, from Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. 33, 0/d Bond-street. MADLLE. DESIREE'S BENEFIT. Last Night bit ihTee — o - i - iii; - 17 - Zg;;;;We ' n;;;; - d - Ninth Appearance 'lace 1845 of M. Acharel, also :Ninth Appearances in this Country of 11,111 e. Desiree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre %lon Llymnase, Paris). TO-MORROW EVENING, The Performances will commence at Seven o'clock, ►hen , --- Will be performed the amusing Vaudeville of LA CHERCHEUSE • D'ESPRIT. Principal characters by MM. Henri Alix, Josset, Tou ,rillon, Madame St. Ange, Mdlle. Marot, and Mdlle. Celestine. To be followed by Scribe's new Coesedie, entitled D'ARA.7s.TDA. Le Comte de Volberg, M. Mcutaland ; .Gabriel Blinval, M. Josset; Horanse, Mdlle. Baptiste ; Maria, Mdlle, Celestine ; Henriette, Mdge . Desiree. After which, the favourite Comedie-vaudeville L'AUNIONIER DU REGIMENT. Pascal, M. Achard ; Robert, M. Henry Alia ; Chris tian, M. Josset ; Un Forgeron, M. Eugene; Un Soldat, M. Grenct; Marie . Mdlle. Marot. During the Evening an Intermede, in which Madame Boulanger Kunze will sing two admired German Melodies ; Mons. Achard will -also sing " D'ou Viens-tu Beau Nuage," and " Jenny L'Ouvriere," accompanied on the Piano-forte by Mdlle Desiree. To conclude with LA VIE EN PARTIE DOUBLE. Theophille Triaquit, M. Achard ; Amanda, Mdlle. Desiree. mixes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s . . Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Jlitchell's Royal Library, 33. Old Bonerstreet. 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 FANTA,TIQUES at the St. James's Theatre, This Evening, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening, comprising Automates, Prestidigitation, Magic, and original experiments, invented by Robert Houdin. Also, Second * Vise Eseamotage de Roberts Houdin, Ills, and Suspension Ethereene. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at half-past I/light, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 74, Boxes and stalls. may be had at Mr. MITCIIELL'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 on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, May 24. Doors open at Two o'clock. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Unequalled Attraction, for this Week only. Magagement of Mdlle. Auriol, principal dancer from the Grand Opera at Pa ris ; Mr. Fleamore, the celebrated buffo dancer ; Mdlls, Louise and Adele, and a numeroas Ballet Company, from her Ma jesty's Theatre, will appear. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Sbakspere's Original Tragedy THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD THE THIRD, with a powerful and effeetive cat. After which a Grand Ballet, entitled THE CONTRABANDISTS, Ls which Mdlle. Auriol, Mr. Flexmore, M. Duelin, Mdlls. Louise and Adele, &c., will appear. To cona.ude with Boa's original OLIVER TWIST, splendidly cast. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL .AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Entire Change—Brilliant Spectacle—Grand Equestrian Fete. THIS EVENING, Will be revived, with great splendour, M. G. Lewis's Grand Ro mantic Equestrian Drama of TIMOUR THE TARTAR, In which Mr. Batty's unrival cd stud of highly-trained horses will appear. To be followed by THE SCENES OF THE ARENA, introducing the British Artistes in their unrivalled performances. First appear ance of Mr. Batty's highly-trained Hanoverian Palfreys. To conclude with the favourite Farce of THE SECRET. Box-otlice open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by tne name and address c. the writer. - Rejected communications cannot be returned. TUE WEATHER. —Su x OFFICE, MAT 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 69; Noon, 61. BAROMETER, 30.31.—W1C N.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS Morning .. 58 min. after 4 Evening 18 .. .i n. after 5 •-,,, , . , • .., .144 fi ,i • ~.... , . S , •., . • , 40 . _ ~ ic • .. 'lb., : • \ ....._ .. ~Pr. „ I 0 S ‘ 4 ,;;.,00 • . 0 I '.. , "Ilf '''''' , - ' .' ''''' , w r " l.l.MiktlpikilA. " ':, , re.: • . or, ' 7:• . v.,,... . , . , birnin C 1 nit LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1843. This evening an admirable motion will be sub mitted to the House of Commons by the Honourable Representative of Montrose. The character of the proposition is such as must henceforth render the - night of May 23, 1848, an epoch in the British Legislature. We will transcribe the entire paragraph, word' for word, front the Notice? of Motions, No. 93, P. 786. • It is a paragraph which will be the initial of - a grand innovation, the text of innumerable orations, and the impetus of an extraordinary move ment. It will be perused with emotion, and the effect of it is anticipated with no inconsiderable curls:4V throughout the United Kingdom. Here is the paragr ap h :___ ~ ME. Hume,—That this House, as at present con stituted, does not fairly represent the population, the property, or the industry of the country; whence has arisen great and increasing discontent in the minds of a large portion of the people ; and it is therefor e ex pedient, with a view to ame nd the National Represen zillion, that the Elective Franchise shall be so extended as to include Householders; that votes shall be taken by B a p o r ; that the duration of Parliaments shall not exceed three years; and that the apportionment of Members to population shall be made more e qua l ? , Four comprehensive reforms, all tending towards the same result, the establishment of a really popular Parliament, and the organisation of a true and not a sham system of representation, are here submitted to Th e v i ce; — SEWS PAU'S consideration of the Legislature. the 4 "- -* - _ ,k 1 • • cies, the falsities, and the delusion s of thti ' : ,.... .. t ,, ,'Usa y re . here forced upon the knowledg e of the 4: %"- , ' 414. a' r :_: l 7;" as themselves. To expect that a proceedi ng .:i.v - .i.', ' 1 r: 1 6 '. -4 •• 1 unwelcome will be received favourably , ~. ~..-. lii SP. 1 , 41, )in the Lower House would be preposterous. It would be to anticipate the acclamations of a senate on the exposition of its blemishes. No. It is impossible but that the motion of Mr. HUME will be listened to in dudgeon, that it will be opposed as extravagant, that it will be even derided as ludicrous. So let it be. BURDETT was a visionary before the diminution of boroughmonger ing. O'ConNaLL was an Utopian before the emanci pation of the Catholics. America was an Atalantis before CoLumnus kissed the beach of San Salvador. So has it been always. So will it be for ever. Until a thing has been accomplished it is an illusion, and its promoter is scouted as a charlatan. And every innovator, Mr. Hymn amongst the number, must consequently prepare himself for the obloquy which is the necessary antecedent to the glory of success. Since the preliminary meeting in Albany street, when (to employ the cant expression of the day) the Chartists and the Radical Reformers fraternized, two other distinguished Members of the House of Commons have formally announced their adhesion to the cause of those with whom the new movement has originated. Whatever may be the personal susceptibilities of Sir DE LACY EVANS, the noble and honourable representatives of Marylebone have not considered it unworthy of their reputation to march under the banners of the Members for Montrose and the West Riding of Yorkshire. Mr. HUME and Mr. COBDEN have to welcome the accession to the ranks of the new Reform Legion two important and notable auxiliaries, in the persons of Lord DUDLEY STUART and Sir BENJAMIN HALL. The fact of their adherence to the nascent League was announced by themselves yesterday in the speeches delivered to their consti tuents in the vestry-room of St. Pancras—on which occasion the Noble Lord and his Hon. Colleague de clared themselves definitely for an extension of the suffrage, for the protection of the independence of the electors by the ballot, for the restriction of Parlia ment to a triennial existence, for the division of the country into electoral districts, and subsequently-- that is when all these preliminary reforms shall have been c onsummated for a reduction of the national expenditure, and for the distribution of taxation proportionately with the distribution of property. Above all, Lord DUDLEY STUART and Sir BENJAMIN HALL repudiated the notion of their being finality men ; they premised that even these sweeping measures of reform would be merely accepted as a m n r r k ib n t leaeodi of nf Member that,rie mtphbeoegorra time-honouredfsl for r n r t hle R representative-ußynilv University Irulsstnti y i to o T uf f u t L t io a o i n i x n m sf c o e o or n f l d is n , and arn edaTttLrh tremble Un fortunate Colonel ! We shall see them, at this rate, like a Siamese BELISARIUS, wandering about, the realization of Mr. MACAULAY'S vision, or seated upon a broken archway of London-bridge, sketching the ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral upon the tablets of their memory ! Last evening an overwhelming argument was pro duced in the House of Commons as to the necessity of a comprehensive revision of our expenditure by the Hon. Representative of Glasgow. Mr. MAC.. GREGOR could not by possibility have demonstrated more clearly the exigency of an enormous reduction in our annual disbursements than by the simple enumeration of the items comprised in his motion for returns of the services of the undermentioned re cipients of the following incomes from the Post office : X s. d. His Grace the Duke of Marlborough 4,000 0 0 His Grace the Duke of Grafton .... 3,407 10 0 The heirs of his Grace the Duke of Schomberg 10,307 10 0 inquiring especially as to the names of the heirs of his Grace the Duke of Scuomn ERG : returns of the ser vices and duties of the under• mentioned recipients of the following sums from the Excise Office : £ a. d. His Grace the Duke of Grafton ..... 7,191 12 0 Earl Cowper Assignees of the late Charles Burn ... 10:100 0 0 9,987 8 0 and returns of the services for which the following sums are paid out of the revenue in Ireland : His SereHe Highness the Prince of Mecklenburgh Strelitz Viscount Duncan, now Earl of Cam perdown . •• £ s. d 1,778 4 4 07 9 0 2,775 13 4 besides other similar returns of the services performed by the recipients of pensions amounting in the aggre gate to about 50,0001. per annum. Sir PHILIP FRANCIS never wrote more crushingly of the blunders of our present system of Government than Mr. MAC GREGOR has done in the mere jotting down of these items among the Parliamentary notices of motions. An equally powerful case has recently been made out as to the inequality of the existing scheme of representation, in a pamphlet written by Mr. ALEXANDER MACEAT, barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple.* The statistics accumulated in this remarkable pamphlet are too important to be slurred over in an incidental allusion. We shall, therefore, defer our observations upon the numeral logic of Mr. MAcKav to an opportunity on which we can devote to it a more deliberate consi deration. It will be sufficient to remark that from the aggregate estimate of the population, as made in his pamphlet, he considers that in England (500 Members being returned by a population of 16,000,000), there is . one Member for every 32,000 persons; that in Scotland (fifty-three Members being returned by a population of 2,500,000), there is one Member for every 48,000; and that in Ireland (105 Members being returned by a population of 8,500,000), there is one Member for every 81,000 persons ; whereas, in order to equalise the repre sentation of the United Kingdom proportionately to its inhabitants, there should be 392 Members for England and Wales, 59 for Scotland, and 207 for Ireland. 'With such facts to enforce the the clamour for reform, we cannot doubt for an instant the triumphant close of the movement upon which the Radical Reformers of England are adventuring. We have heretofore had occasion to direct the atten tion of our readers to certain active intrigues going on in London, in Paris, in Berlin, and in Vienna, to produce a reactionary movement, and eventually a re storation of the Guizot-Metternich regime, either by direct action against the moderate Liberal party, as has recently been attempted at Berlin, or by the more circuitous but not less certain method of en couraging the Communists and other anarchists, who would fain d r i ve lib erty ma d i n or d er to disgust the world with her. We stated, moreover, that we be lieved M. Guizox was endeavouring to the act 1840 power of his head clerk, ' cet e x eellent return A!ililteDz zN ; as,to over again in England, and to secure while Lord PaLunitsorimost Lord cont inue d office, .the Orleanist intrigues will pLm assuredly be dejoue. The recent attacks upon were s or T ne o xpa and dro part and w er ac counte of the Spanish correspondence parcel of this notable schem e of reaction, intended to secure the supremacy of Omrlaeki:enisst in.ilu ence in the Peninsula, in order to point d'appui from which to act upon France i pa w hil n a e at the same time they might, by damaging the posi tion of the English Foreign Minister in the eyes of his countrymen, prepare for the return to power of that excellent gentleman who was in the habit of submitting his dispatches to the approval of the god son of Louis PHILIPPE, the Charge d'Affaires of M. GuizoT, before transmitting them to his own diplo matic agents at foreign courts. The attempted recal of the Prince of Paussia was a part of the same plan (that however was a coup manqué), and we now direct our readers' attention to the first direct overt act of the Orleanists in the direction of France. The Presse publishes the following letters from the Prince DE JOINVILLE to a friend in Paris : " Claremont, May 5, 1848. " I stated to you that for the present we had re nounced quitting England—first, to avoid causing our selves to be spoken of, and next, from motives of eco nomy. We remain, therefore, vegetating as quietly as possible in the country. We live an idle life—no in terest animates us. I at present read a good deal. In my opinion the political situation is this ; there has * " Electoral Districts ; or the apportionment of the Representatives of the Country upon the basis of its Po pulation, Scc. By AlexanderMacktty, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at -law." Pp. 40. Charles Gilpin, London, 1348. been a truce struck up between the two parties until the meeting of the Assembly; one party wished to see the result of universal suffrage, the others said to them selves that to overthrow one or several Provisional Governments would be of no use, since in the end the fto if b it e wfaced, bad dd one. which It they was, would Assembly have rid o therefore, better to wait and do everything all at once. In the midst of all the faults of the Provisional to have Government, of the hatred and the ridicule which they excited, the Assembly has been elected—it is republican and moderate. I think that it has been clearly proved that, the experiment of universal suf frage is favourable to order and property. But what will now take place ? This Assembly, accused of mode ration, will aim at popularity ; but the part of the popu lation whose noisy acclamations give the pleasures of popularity are not the most discreet. The Assembly will be forced to give pledges to this mob, who will accuse it of a reactionary spirit, and it is we who will be first offered up as a sacrifice. That being done, the question will arise to know whether the Assembly will serve as a dyke, or will allow itself to be swept away by the torrent of disorder. If it attempts to arrest the movement there will be fighting in Paris. If the Go vernment, the National Guard, the troops are beaten in Paris, if the Assembly is forced to jump out of the windows, or if they are forced, by intimidation, to vote as the others please, we shall have saturnalia of blood throughout the whole of France. The best thing to he done in that case would be to select some town, such as Amiens, Bourges, or Alencon, and there to call together all the Assembly that was dispersed, to collect there all the troops and all the National Guards. The members of the Assembly could there vote what they pleased, and then march on Paris. But, alas! the Go vernment strikesi yo s e m tmwi o oe f sm blood; et ha interests,t with it vernment that would b e esta bli s h ed would receive a bap it hwt by yo i r sur two dw o r n:obl be able plaa b abs y slmei tanthcoset existaemt, y t d e c r i m on ui Suchnnt h a t ri t syio moment idea family. These passions are the mainspring of my actions. When I was in France, I laboured for both; now they are separated. Were lan unmarried man, I should naturally devote myself to my country for ever. But at present, if I foresee that I shall not be able to return to my country unless at aa uncertain and distant time, I ask myself if I ought not to give up the idea at once, whatever may be my regret, whatever the chances of the future, in order to prepare for my children some certain provision? If I wait indefinitely until my country opens to me its door, I may die and leave my children poor, without country, and invested with that title of Prince which is more and more difficult to bear. If, on the contrary, I take a decisive part, I can employ my remaining years of vigour and energy in forming in the United States an establishment, and making a little fortune for my children. In dying, I should leave them a country to know and to love, and suitable means of existence. it is only in the' far west' that I can throw off the old man. I should there, in fine, be able to satisfy a part of my tastes, and have before me an object to attain, towards which all my thoughts would tend. My projects as to the future will depend on the turn the . Assembly will take. I hope to be decided before long.' " Claremont, May 11. " I have excellent hopes of the Assembly; its prelimi nary sittings are a little disorderly, but that is inevitable in so numerous a meeting. Its spirit appears to me good. I believe that it really has the intention of i founding a grand and powerful republic. God grant that may be so! The country yearns after order, and that will facilitate the commencement of the new Govern ment. If they have the courage to effect economy, so as to restore order to the finances, they will get on quick and well. We, who knew our country, are aware how strong will be an authority which speaks in the name of universal suffrage—it must be allowed that it is the only authority that can save the country. Why, the faults of the past Government did not prevent its lasting seventeen years, so that it is not so difficult to govern France. For us, personally, we always think of returning to France. Once that the Republic is consti tuted, we cannot be refused the title and quality of French citizens. The weather is delightful. I take ad vantage of it to pass my days in the open air. Stretched on the grass I read an immensity, whilst our wives work. They make all their own dresses, bonnets, &c., and I can assure you that they could earn their living. As to me, a company in London has offered me the command of a vessel de,tined for India, so that you see that we can battle against want. My health continues to be not very good—there is always something wrong—sometimes one thing, sometimes another. Happily my wife and my dear little ones are well. May we again behold our native land !" It is evident that these letters were written with a view to publication, and for the furtherance of some ulterior object. It is not difficult to discover what that ulterior object is. We have reason for believing that among those engaged in these intrigues it has been matter of serious consideration whether or no it would not be advisable to pass over altogether the claims of the Count DE Penis and of the Duchess of ORLEANS, and to endeavour to bring about the resto ration in the person of one of the Princes. The Due DE NEMOURS had by his aristocratic hauteur rendered himself so unpopular that he was clearly out of the question, and it was determined that the Prince DE JOINVILLE, as the most popular of the Princes, should be the person put forward to bring about the restoration of the Orleans dynasty. "He will have but to present himself to be at once accepted as King," are the words that have been used by more than one Frenchman resident in London. Whether or not the Prince himself is aware of these matters we know not; but if he is ignorant of these intrigues, it is a strange coincidence that he should write these letters just at the time when their appearance is so admirably calculated to serve the purposes of the intriguers. In the meantime the authorities of the French Re public will be on their guard, and as they have done their duty in putting down the anarchists, so, we doubt not, they will also know how to deal with the reactionaires, while we trust, as we said yesterday, the British Government will apply the Alien Act with strict impartiality, and keep as sharp a look-out on Brompton, as on Leicester-square. Claremont, being a royal palace, is perhaps exempt from sur veillance. The Bordeaux mail, which arrived in Paris on Monday (yesterday), did not bring the Madrid mail. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The conclusion of the Fete de is Concorde on Sun day was in perfect keeping with its commencement. The illuminations in the evening were magnificent, and the display of fireworks on the grandest scale ever exhibited. The grand avenue of the Champs Elys6es had the appearance of a ball-room; on each side of it were suspended continuous festoons of lamps, and over the centre a series of handsome chandeliers of various colours. The exhibition of fireworks at the Barriere de l'Etoile, which was brilliantly illuminated, commenced at nine o'clock, and lasted more than half an hour ; at the same time there was a grand pyrotechnic display on the Place de la Bastile, representing the destruction of the old feudal prison which, unti1 . 1.789, occupied the Place. The Champ de Mars was brilliantly illuminated, and the Ecole Militaire was richly studded with Venetian lamps. It looked a fairy palace of light. There was not the least attempt at disturbance throughout the day; indeed, the presence of such a number of mili tary as was that day reviewed in the Champ de Mars was sufficient to render any attempt of the sort hopeless. The troops in Paris under arms were upwards of 35,000. The journals of Monday are so filled with accounts of the fke that they have scarcely room for anything else. We, however, extract from the Journal des Debats the following just observations on the breach of faith of which the Government contemplates the commission against the foreign railway shareholders:-- " The principal cause of the suspension of labour," says the Debats, "has been the alarm spread by the doctrines relative to property. Whilst property was an essential attribute of man, a primitive institution of society which the law makes respected, it was imagined that it was a pure fiction which the law had invented, and which the law might undo. Hence all the various ideas of communism with which we are assailed —which have been enthroned at the Luxembourg for the last two months, and which on the 15th inst. made an irruption into the National Assembly. Hence has arisen all the systems which have trampled contracts under foot, and tend to invest the Government with the power of revising them according to its ideas, of interfering between private individuals convertingbpnr it o y uraamodp e veps o i rane?oi appears ur s nss e lad a tlt asteoiGcniebrdoigeetevei ideas set: relative the nl apnet ttilnnhoiv opinion netsn r offu t liberty ahcioebtat c o o: t f umb aryt a.hrcteeooi made nnAsc.vaosedl contracts eo:w t vr i eta o vhhoc n i nen: 9 st railroads, t nhw a t n bldjrfti the enteredes into are nothing more than so many bits of waste paper, which may be thrown into the fire or torn up, Capitalists have been induced, under the protection of laws and of contracts, to invest their money is railroads. Both French and foreign capitalists have entered into this speculation, the State having guaranteed to them that they shall be scrupulously respected. The con ditions under which the State might repurchase the various lines were laid down in the most explicit man ner; it was agreed that it should not take place until after a certain period, and on established bases. These contracts were signed and sealed with the seal of the State, and now they are about to be declared null a n d void. We ask, what will become of public faith, what will be henceforth the feeling entertained of our national ho. this this sin( Minister not ste r an and the e attack nour? We now behold a Minister of Finance who under takeso n the credit toproveof thatthe a s n t a act tele hi Government of which he is the agent endeavour to ne gotiate a loan, after maintaining such ideas! He will see the credit in which he stands. The fact is, that if the engagement entered into with the railroad companies is not to be held valid, that which hinds the State towards its creditors is in question. The latter engage. ment is not more solemn or more formal. A govern ment has as much the right to say to a fundholder I owe you five, I will give you two,' as to say to a railroad shareholder, I engaged not to repurchase your line in less than fifteen years after it had been at work during its whole extent, and to pay for it according to its net proceeds, with a proportionate amount for its increased value. I wish to take it immediately before it has been a day at work, and I shall only pay you according to the imaginary value which stock•jobbing has attached to it, and that in depreciated Rentes. If M. Duclero does not remember the opposition that was made to the Govern ment of July, who wished to take all the lines into their own hands by the then opposition party, we can easily refresh his memory by referring to the Provisional Government. all of whom, with the exception of M. La martine, took part in the opposition to the measure, and it was an illustrious savant, now a member of the Go vernment, who was then charged by the Committee on the Bill to draw up the report, in which he pointed out, in the most forcible manner, the political dangers which attended the execution and working of the railroads by the State, and praised the power of private industry, and the advantages of the spirit of association. The Govern ment of July were thus compelled to resign the railroads to companies. We do not judge this fact, we merely quote history. Under the will of the Minister of Finance the abandonment of the railroads to companies becomes a machination of the Government of July to reconstitute an aristocracy. According to him the Government of July soon comprehended the advantage it might derive from it to make instruments of domination. One of the motives which was alleged in favour of refusing it the possession of the railroads was the extent of patronage which it would confer, and that very system is now advocated. Th e Minister, moreover, appears as forgetful of foreign history as of that of France. He lays down in principle, that financial companies are incompatible with the principle of a Republican Government. He forgets the Republic of the United States, where there may be said to be a collection of thirty Republics very democra tic, very flourishing , and worthy o f b e i ng quote d as models of prosperity, and yet railroads are not wanting. Is the system recommended by the Minister of Finance adopted in the United States ? Certainly not. The railroads are almost entirely conceded to companies for ever, and not as here, for 40, 50, or, at most, 99 years. Th e Americans knew very well, that wider a Re publican system it is good policy to encourage a spirit of association, and not to violate a faith once sworn to them. The American Governments easily submit the the laws, because they th emse l ves o b serve companies thein to . The French Government have received a tele graphic dispatch from Vienna, stating that a revo lutionary movement took place there on the 16th, which ended in the substitution of a sole Constituent Assembly and universal suffrage for the constitution lately established We published in The Sun of yes terday the proclamation of the EMPEROR, in which he yielded to the demands of his subjects, and in another part of The Sun of this evening will be found intelligence one day later from Vienna, announcing a change of Ministry. The responsibility of supplying the SOBRIER gang with arms and ammunition from the national stores seems to rest upon M. CAUSSIDIERE, the ex-Prefect of Police. M. ARAGO threw the responsibility on M. LEDRU RoLLIN; the latter transferred it to the shoulders of his chief secretary, M. ELIAS REGNAULT. This gentleman has addressed the following letter to the journals : " Sir,—ln speaking of arms and ammunition found in the hotel occupied by Sobrier, you say ' the demand for these areas came from the Minister of the Interior. It is dated the 14th April, and signed by the chief of the Cabinet.' This is not correct. The letter of the 14th April demanded of the Minister of War 1,000 mus kets and 6,000 packets of cartridges for the Prefecture of Police. If a part of these arms have been sent to Sobrier, the Minister of the Interior was wholly a stranger to this appropriation of them. " ELIAS REGNAULT." This gentleman, M. REGNAULT, has been appointed secretary to the Prefecture of the Police. The new Prefect of Police, M. Tnouvi-CRAvEL, has published the following proclamation : Inhabitants of Paris,—The Government has appointed me to the Prefecture of Police of the Seine. This mark of great confidence imposes on me serious duties. But, the greater the difficulties, the less can I allow myself to shrink from them ; we are living in times when every citizen must sacrifice himself to his country. A stranger in this great city, I would willingly have left to others more competent the labour and honour of this onerous inagistration. My own inefficiency coun sels me to decline—my duty commands me to accept the burden. We are on the morrow of events which might have proved disastrous, but which have turned to the profit of real democracy. The criminal fully of some conspira tors has proved clearly the wisdom and energy of the Parisian people. Some of the principal offenders are in the hands of justice ; I will pursue the others into their secret hiding places, and hope to deliver them to the laws. am, citizens, the friends of the Republic. I was so when it was forbidden to avow it; but, if my high func tions impose on me the duty of protecting the people, they also give me the right to counsel them. I will serve and not flatter them. I will tell them the truth, as I have already done to Princes under a monarchy. The people in their might have nothing to fear from open enemies, their only danger is in their false friends, Your welfare depends on yourselves more th an on your Government. If they owe you their care, you owe them your support. With harmony between the people and their functionaries order will be established, and with order prosperity. As to liberty, you have con quered it; you know how to defend it; and, in its defence, you may rely on my assistance. Citizens, the Government has deemed me worthy of its confidence. I will merit yours. You shall judge me by my deeds, and in the difficult duties which are im posed on me, if I give you sufficient proof of try patriotism and devotion, I ask no other recompense than that you confirm by your approbation the honourable testimony of these whom you have invested with power. The celebrated PIERRE LERoux has been arrested at Nanteuil by the National Guards, and has been brought to Paris. Up to Sunday the number of persons arrested amounted to 390. Of these ten of the leaders are in the fort of Vincennes, several at the Prefecture, and the rest at various prisons. An order has been given :for the arrest of M. TUORE, but he has effec stsheepout de is Liberte, a effec ted his escape. The Reforme states that the Great Northern Rail way has been placed under sequestration. The disturbances at Lyons still continue. The following is a narrative of the events which have oc curred in that city, in continuation of the account given in The Sun of yesterday : ‘• After having arrested and subsequently released Taburet, the substitute, the workmen on Thursday, receiving no answer which they considered satisfactory with respect to the release of their comrades, sent about a hundred cf their body in arms, with where they again demanded drums beating and flags flying, to the prison in the Rue ethe Justice sad d the h men, e p n r , i s w e i n t terrible ib p l r e e t threats. hy T he ral a numerousce troopsdetachments theof the li n e N . a v t e i Al o nn n t u a t l rhe G e utoa regimentr ci presence, a Civicke of an nf r a G at ght u eti e ase rendk strong a a a l n ns d de have returned as they came if M. T t h o e s a a y rin w e h d o fo h r e ce w a o s f , by the collar, bound, and t T h a e b:ur iv e o t had not come up and proceeded to harangue h t forcelie e was arriveda t s h aue i tl m dmt immediately d on aS i bd a oati dmbe moment. nee tat seized. n, detachment of a hundred National Guards met the the prison were hardly aware of what was done, h c e om m m ad a e nd n a e nt at w te a m s p i t nf t o e rm re e l d eas o e f carried a n d m a d i e i off a n v t o i On resistance. imprudence l o t o n u whatban( l , was but, t a k t i h n o g u substitute, who at that moment had a cord round his neck. The women cried out To the the unfortunate water with him!' but the band led him on, and he was aTiurn.alTGhesarradppienal imme diately gphlacteh,e beaten in all quarters, a A t the Croix .11011S90 the tocsin ha th rr e i° N t diately turned out. Ae locked up in the Rue clo n e d arms!' and the greatest shops were closed, there were nume rous were erected in several terror prevailed. was sounded cries u , f al,lTthue arms! Barricades different issues; but, though streets; sentinels placed at enter, none were allowed to people were allowed to h insurrectionists and the leave. A collision between . t ble But the authorities National Guard seemed illevlta , to no . consented to the re having deliberated, gave lease of the prisoners. T the Commissary:— " "The Commissary-General of the Republic, consider ing that all measures connected with the mainteinance following was the decree of of public tranquillity at Lyons are subjected to the sove reign approbation of the people, d ec rees that the seven accused who were arrested for breaking the machines of M. Bonnet shall be set at liber t y . " In the afternoon great alarm was created on the:Place des Terreaux, by the a ppea demanded to be allowed to penetrate into the Hotel de Ville . about three hundred men, who The National Guard and troops of the line, about who were 4 500 in number, , rane e of an armed band of were stationed in the square , prepared for resistance, to Dugely declaring p a ss should receive that the fir s t man w h o a ttempted at this attitude, the his sword iii his body. Intimid ated the first rank cross i ng their bayonets, and the two latter making ready to fi re , and Captai n band ret urne d to L a Croix Rousse. On the Place no collision city, other armed bands appeared, 9 undred individuals, occurred. At midnight about a half ith sticks, half armed with muskets, the other Tholozan, the Pont Morand, and o b th u e t r parts of the descended' to the Retz,the Carlists !" node, " the . "Ca ira," and " Down with club,which remained From thence they went to theirt.ay. The en permanence, as it had been during the d the deliverance of next day (Friday) the men demanded he ; but the roarin the n " Carmag the persons who were arrested at Villetranc The local news- M. Tab uret was still i n con fi ne ment. es for the authorities papers complain very strongly of _ for not distri not releasing the prisoners, and a so demand h a d not been dec id e d on by the au thorities . Guard." 112 e Committee of the Chamber of De p uties, on baiting anythinglike su fficient cartridge s to the National the Bill for the banishment of the Orleans family from France, has determined to report in favour of the adoption of that measure without any amend ment. The Moniteur contains a decree signed by the five members of the Executive Government, an • flouncing that the Administration of Public Worship, which had been separated from the Ministry of Public Instruction, is again united with it. The same official journal announces that the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guards of the department of the Seine, has received addresses of congratulation to the National Guard of Paris, and the suburbs, from the following towns, on the occasion of the events of the 15th inst., viz., Bethune, Reims, Elbeuf, St. Valery sur-Somme, Abbeville, Villedieu (Manche), Tropy (Loire), Bouchain, Clermont, Fer rand, St. Die, Pont-Audemer, Pontoise, Avize (Marne), Montfort-l'Amaury, Calais, Bonnieres, Conde (Nord), Rouen, Vierzon, Launoy (Ardennes), St. Malo, Evreux, I'Aigle (Orne), St. Julien du Sault (Yonne), Vervins (Aisne), and Château- Chinon. The Pre. , se states that the 11th, 12th, 21st, 34th, 45th, and Gist Regiments of the Line are at present quartered in Paris. To these may be added the sth Light Infantry and the 55th and 59th Regiments of the Line, which raise the amount of infantry to 30,000 men. The Moniteur states that the commission appointed to re-organize the Parisian Republican Guard entered on its functions on Saturday. It proposes to meet under the presidency of the Mayor of Paris from day to day until it has accomplished the object of its mission. The Echo du Nord announces that a sequestration has been laid on the Northern Railroad. The Committee appointed to examine the projet de loi regulating the relations between the Executive power and the National Assembly has rejected alto gether the clauses of the Bill which gave the Execu tive Government the power either to sit in the Assem bly or not, according to its own choice, and also the clause which restricts the power of the President of the Assembly. M. MARTIN (of Strasbourg) has been appointed reporter. It is understood that M. DE LAMARTINE and M. LEDRU ROLLIN have declared that should the Assembly confirm the rejection of the clause they are prepared to give in their resignations. Should they do so, it is probable that M. MARRAST and M. BETHEMONT will be elected members of the Provisional Government. The National Assembly met yesterday at one o'clock. The order of the day was the development of the pro position recommending the creation of a National Ban que flypoth ecaire. M. Truck, in his own name, and for his colleagues MM. Reeckeren and Prud'homme, read a paper, which, after dwelling on the present depressed state of credit, recommended the establishment of a mortgage bank, with a power to issue notes of 25f., 100 f., 200 f., 5001., and 1,0001., all guaranteed on property, with an understanding that not more than three-fifths of the value could be advanced. Referred to the three standing committees on finance, on agriculture, and on legislation. M. Bouhier de Leclose developed a proposition for the creation of a National Banque Fonciere, with power to issue notes to the amount of half the value of the land engaged. Referred to the bureaux. M. Considerant remarked that, as the subject of a Banque Fonriere had very generally occupied attention, and as a number of similar propositions would in all pro bability be presented, he should suggest the propriety of having them all simply placed on the bureau, in place of being explained from the tribune ; such a course would save tires. The Minister of Finance thought that if they were simply sent into the Committee on Finance, as sugges tions, it would answer every purpose. This course was eventually recommended to Hon. Members without being absolutely imposed on them. M. Hunt developed a proposition on the necessity of establishing a better mode of electing the various officers of the municipal bodies. The law of 1831, he said, by which the municipal officers were appointed at present, had been passed with a ♦iew to give as much influence as possible to the Government. Now that the Republic was established, a more democratic mode of voting ought to be adopted for municipal councils, and he should pro pose that every man having a bond fide residence in the commune should have the power to vote. As the sub ject was of great importance, he intended to ask the Assembly to consider his proposition d'xrgence, without submitting it to the committees. This was negatived by the House, and the proposition was referred to the Committee on the Communal and Departmental Administration. M. Pleignard ascended the tribune to explain his pro position to regulate the mode of discussing the Bill on the Constitution when presented. In order to avoid the confusion that must inevitably arise, if the present or dinary mode of discussion was followed, when each member had a right to present an amendment when he pleased, he should suggest thnt the draft of tho Consti tution should be printed and distributed; then examined in the bureaux, an .1 after such examination sent back to the Committee, a :,ember being designed by each bu reaux to defend the changes which it had made in it. After the second consideration by the Committee, it was to be brought hefime the Assembly for discussion. M. Coquerel, in the name of the committee on the Constitution, had to state that it considered the propo sition of great importance, but that body also thought it would be advisible to postpone the consideration of it to an ulterior period, until it was seen what the nature of the Constitution would be. This suggestion was rejected, and the proposition was ordered to be discussed on an early day, to be hereafter decided on. M. de Langade presented the report of the Committee on Finance, on the proposition of M. Lavelle, demanding to have the tax of 45c. imposed on the four principal contributions only, and not on the additional centimes. The committee were of opinion that to make such a dis tinction would constitute a dangerous precedent, which it would be prudent to avoid. In consequence, he had to state that the committee was of opinion that the pro position ought to be rejected. M. Daleaud Laribiere admitted the tax of the 45c. to have been called for by the wants of the Republic, but he thought it was unjust to allow them to fall on the additional centimes, as thereby the communes which could bear the burden the least were most strongly affected. M. Duclerc, the Minister of Finance, declared that he must strongly support the views of the committee. No doubt the tax of 45c. was a measure which he, as well as others, would allow to be a severe one; but when it was imposed the Government did not knew in what position it could find the Treasury after a:given time, and conse quently it was obliged to take funds wherever it could find them. The tax was one of the greatest urgency, and was justified by the position of affairs. Already forty-five millions had been received from that tax, and the additional centimes had been levied on like the rest. Whatever might be the severity or even injustice of the original tax of 45c., it was impossible not to go back on the matter and establish a distinction which would effect not only what was yet to be paid, but what had been re. ceived. The position of the Treasury, besides, was not such as to permit any such restitution as was proposed. He must entreat the Assembly to adopt the conclusions of the committee. M. Lempereur should propose, as an amendment, in order to conciliate the two opposing opinions, it should be decided that such communes as paid the 45c. on the additional centimes in 1848, should have the sums so paid restored in 1849. M. Duclerc observed, that to pass such an amendment as that would be to decide on the disposal of part of the budget of next year; that certainly could not be done. After some discussion of rather a confused description, M. Lefranc proposed to refer the amendment to the Committee on the Budget of 1849. M. Duclerc again ascended the tribune, and d ec l are d • . that he had a certitude that in a few months the Trea sury would have got over all its difficulties, but only on condition that the Assembly supported the Government firmly in what had been already resolved on. He must, therefore, again call on the House to adopt simply the conclusion of the Committee. The Assembly being consulted, rejected both the amendment and sub-amendment, and adopted the con clusions of the amendment, thereby refusing to entertain the original proposition. M. Ti•elat, the Minister of Public Works, said that some days back he had presented a Bill demanding 3,000,000 f. for public works, particularly with a view to organize better the national workshops. The committee had not sent in its report; and he had, therefore, to apply to the Assembly to vote, d'urgence, that the committee meet forthwith and send in a report, so that the Govern ment might that very day be authorised, in an hour or two, to receive the sum demanded, of which one million was absolutely required to pay expenses already incurred. M. Lacrosse observed that the committee had not sent in its report because it had not been constituted at the time the proposition was presented. It would he impossible for the committee to send in its report iu the time specified ; he should propose that the Assembly vote at once 1,000,0001. to the Honourable Minister to defray certain expenses incurred for the national work shops, the paid expenses to be afterwards submitted to the examination of the House. The million was then voted. Several members ascended the tribune, to impress on the Minister of P u bli c W or k s the absolute necessity of putting an end, as rapidly as possible, to the scanda lous condition of the national workshops —it was such as to affect every well-thinking man. The National As sembly was unarimous in expressing a similar opinion. The Assembly then voted, d'urgence, that it was necessary to organize efficient means of providing employment in certain departments for the destitute labouring classes. The House rose at a quarter to five. BOURSE—PAP:Is, MONDAY, MAY 22. THREE o'CLocx..—The peaceable termination of the fete of yesterday had a favourable effect upon the price of Rentes and Shares at the commencement of the Bourse ; but towards the close, a feeling of uneasiness as to the position of the Government, and rumours as to changes about to take place. created a slight reaction. In general, however, the prices were very little below those of Saturday. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 6` { a—Dutch Rhenish, 3 /—Northern of France. 4A—Orleans and Bourdeaux, I%—Paris and Rouen, 151/2. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA. RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTERS. The Wiener Zeitung of the 19th states that, in con sequence of the step adopted by his Majesty the Ent- PEROR, in regard to the privileges demanded by the Burgher Guard, as well as the determination of con voking only one Chamber for the ensuing Diet, and of setting aside the answers determined upon, his MAJESTY'S Ministers have considered it their duty to resign the post which his MAJESTY confided them with, in order to enable the EMPEROR to surround himself with councillors who may secure general and powerful co-operation. According to the last advices from Conegliano in the Abend- Blatt, Count NUGENT had been joined by the troops of General D'ASPREY, which came by way of Vicenza and Bassano, and, accompanied by the Generals Duke ALEXANDER WURTEM BERG and Prince Sc LIWARZENBERG, had ad vanced in person towards Treviso, by way of Feltre. The insurgents are said to have been driven back and put to flight in all directions. After the arrival of this news, the division of the army posted on the Piave, two hours' march from Conegliano, crossed that river under the command of General ScuuLziG, and the Piedmontese and Papal troops, who had defended the passage, were corn pletely routed. The Austrian troops were advancing on this side as far as Spresciano. On Thursday all the troops would have arrived under the walls of Treviso, and it was said that its occupants were all making preparations for flight. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE The German Parliament was exclusively occupied during its sitting of the 19th in the election of a President and in the framing of sessional orders. Frankfort was perfectly tranquil. PRUSSIA. The draft of the new constitution is nearly com pleted. It will be modelled on the Belgian consti tution. There are to be two Chambers, to be elected by universal suffrage. Candidates for the second will require no qualification ; but for the first sena tors will be requirel to pay a minimum sum in direct taxes. Great excitement continues to prevail respecting the return of the Prince of PRUSSIA. The effect has been very decided in the political clubs of which the leaders of the populace are members. Indeed, ap prehensions are entertained by these bodies that they will he compelled to dissolve. The meeting which was held at Treves on the sub ject of the Prince's return was very stormy, and concluded with an address against . his recal, w hich was very numerously signed. The letter of the Prince of PRUSSIA in regard to Denmark has produced a rather favourable effect, but it cannot be denied that there still exists a strong ad verse feeling.—Cologne Gazette, May 20. The Preussischen Staats Anzeiger of the 20th con tains a list of the Deputies who have been returned to the Prussian National Diet. Among others, we see that UffLica has been elected for Neuhalden sleben, in Saxony ; BECKERATII, of Krefield, for Mans feld. The Minister has been returned Member for several places. The same journal contains a proclamation of the KING for the execution of dyke- building on the Vistula and the Rogut. Letters from Breslau, of the 16th May, state that, in consequence of a petition of the Breslau wool merchants, addressed to the Prussian Minister of Finance, requesting that arrangements might be made to discount foreign bankers' bills, M. HAUSEMANN has agreed to enable the Royal Maritime Society (Seehandlung), during the Breslau wool fair, to dis count bills of first-rate English banking-houses to any amount. The market opens on the 7th of June, but the first arrivals of wool are expected some days earlier. As to the probable result of the fair, it is more than ever difficult to speak with any degree of cer tainty ; daily unforeseen political occurrences consi derably influence commercial enterprises. Prices will, in all probability, be exceedingly low. HOLLAND. Letters from Amsterdam, of the 19th, state that the following Ministry has been appointed ad interim : President of the Council—(Vacant). Minister of Justice—M. Dirk Donker Curtius. Minister of Foreign Affairs—M. Le Baron 13entinck, Envoy at Brussels. Minister of the Interior—M. J. M. de Kempenaer, Member of the Second Chamber. Minister of War—Major-General J. 11. Voet. Minister of Finance--M. Ossewaarile. Minister of Public Worship—M. L. C. Luzac, Member of the Second Chamber. Minister of the Colonies and Marine—M. Rylc, a Member of the ex-Government. Minister of Catholic Worship (Vacant.) MM. Donker Curtius, Kemp' enaer, and Luzac are well known to be men of Liberal politics ; but M. Ryk belongs to the ultra-Conservative or rather autocratical school, whilst the views of MM. Voet, Ossewaarde, and Bentinck are unknown. SWEDEN. A letter from Stockholm of the 12th announces the discussion of the grant of two millions for the ex penses of the armaments in the State Assemblies of the nobility and the peasantry, and its adoption in the former of 194 to 49 votes, and in the latter of 49 to 16 votes. The Aftonblad affirms, on the autho rity of well-informed members of the Diet, that Sweden is not disposed to intervene in the affair of Schleswig unless it be in conjunction with the great Powers. POSEN. MIEROSLAWSKI, it is said, received his passport, and set out for France on the Bth. STEFANSKI and others are to be set at liberty in the course of a few days. The committee which was sent hither by the poli tical club, in Berlin, for the purpose of ascertaining the exact state of things here, was compelled by a notice from the police to quit the city. It is stated that the military commit great excesses. That as they scarcely ever succeed in finding weapons in searching houses, they now resort to the military method of summoning together all the inhabitants of the village, and continue to flog them, one by one, until they either confess where the weapons are con cealed, or till their inquisitors are convinced that there are none.—Cologne Gazette, May 21. MAT 17.—General Vox PFUEL has published a proclamation, of which the following is an extract : " Haying, in my proclamation of the 12th of this month, preliminary designated the boundary line be tween that portion of the Grand Duchy of Posen to be incorporated into the Germanic Confederation, and that portion which is to be recognised, steps will be imme diately taken for the formation of the government for the latter portion. As president for the same I have nominated Dr. Von Krezenski, knight and landed pro prietor, to undert a k e thi s office without delay. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Danes, confiding in the intervention of Swe den, refuse to surrender the Isle of Alsen, and claim again the northern part of Schleswig. They deny also payment of the damages caused by the embargo ; they have refused the truce proposed by England. They have, nevertheless, suspended the blocus of the Elbe and Weser, but merely because the English and Russian vessels suffered from this state of things. The Wiener Zeitung of Saturday evening has the following letter from Schleswig, dated the 17th : " Our advices from the north state that the evacua• tion of Alsen and Arsoe by the Danes is hourly expected. At the same time the German ships will be released from the existing embargo, and, on the other hand, the German troops will evacuate Jutland, This account accords with the answer of the Prussian Minister of State to the notification of the Swedish Court. When these events have taken place the negotiations for peace will be opened." A letter from Flensburg announces the dissolution of the Free Corps. HOLIDAY AT THE LAW OFFICES.-TO-1110TrOW (Wednesday), her Majesty's birthday, the law and other offiees will be closed. ITALY. ROME. --- The following is extracted from a letter from Pope Pius IX., to a Member of the National Assembly of France " The different Governments have been long reproach' ing me as the cause of their di sas t e rs and embarrass. ments. I have replied, that in granting concessions to col people I did but follow the advice which those porters gave to my predecessors. If I have counselled tiv,i people to obey their rulers, I have engaged rulers to , Jo justice to their people. Nor is it my fault if the P ec f le have risen against sovereigns who rejected my cour,sels. As to Italy, not only hav e I ne ve r opposed the war for their independence, but I approve the war as a Sovereign and as an Italian. But as Priest and Pope, all C hris ; tians being my children, I must do my best to pre ven t their slaughtering each other." LOMBARD Y AND VENICE. The general attack on Peschiera was fixed to take place on the 17th. The Italian papers bring no fresh intelligence from the seat of war, but the Gazette de Klagenfurth, in Carinthia, announces from Italy that Vicenza and Treviso have capitulated. Private letters from Verona of the 15th state tbst the advanced guard of Count NUGENT'S army is n o i in communication with the outp os ts of 1/ 10513 . 11 RADETZKY. The complete junction of the two armies was expected in a f ew d a y s . The spirit o f tb Austrian troops is good, and all through Germal and German Tyr o l th e f ee li ngs ag ainst the Italians is strong. In some of the valleys of Italian Tyr the population i s no t so we ll affected to the Austral° Government, and the country at the head of the Ls e di Garda, to the west of Trient and Roveredo, is closely observed by military outposts. Another important step has been taken toviards unity in Northern Italy. The Provisional Groler°. merit of Venice has notified its readiness to Wall mate with Lombardy. Th e F renc h f r igate Alim ° ",, e- c , is off the p or t o f V en i ce . S ome o f th e officers vil' h " landed w e r e en th us i as ti ca ll y rece i ve d . Other Vren c " vessels were expected. The , Risorgimento of the 17th inst. quotes from Genoa of the 16th, stating that a violent aff rii ./ took place at Banchi in the morning of that claff oi ln e consequence of a proclamation of MAzzxsi agtli ffist decree of the Provisional Government, inviting the c zens to decide on the form of government hest the co the country. The people cried, " Death to .7 ,1 " , zinir and committed the placard to the flames. inanova was blockaded by the Austrians, but no were fears . entertained for its safety, the place being ".• plied with three months' provisions, and defended bn . brave and numerous garrison, under the orders of G it e i, ZUCCHI. On the 13th the Austrians directed A 51111 1 ; , raneous attack against the two Italian camps °J. G 5 is tone and Montanara. The assailants ere 3 ,' t a letter number, with six pieces of artillery. The firing ere three hours, when the enemy retired. Five me n 7 - 6 killed and 18 wounded in the camp of Cart6 ,,:r; 15 wounded in that of Montanara. The A1 1611 , i % left on the field three wounded and six killed , ° ln a few prisoners, who stated that about 60 kil lea t ;'o wounded, among s t w h om were a ma j or and a He re had been removed to Mantua. On the 1314 e o ci seen three boats, c arr yi ng th e t r i co l oure d banner Adel mounted by two general officers, who corolnio- the operations on l a nd. Th e Captain of the 151e.5 R are titan Volunteers, RO SS A ROL , an d ano ther officer, " wounded on the side of the Italians. fel' The Gazzetta di Verona of the 6th report tol lows :—" The Tuscan and Neapolitan troops on the south side of Mantua ventured on t e .ed 3d instant to mole s t th e l a b ou rers u P: t :‘,Jv in the fortifications before Fort Belfiore, by aD ioh ing our advanced p os t s . It was reso lved to Petted by a sa lly f rom th e f ortress, w hi c h W 6 eff . e d c 'ei on the 4th, w ith th ree co l umns, on t h e roads ' e d the to Cartatone, Montanara, and San Silvestro, sll3 :, a clr result was the repuls e o f th e enemy t o their e otr ` — lo st ments on the banks of the Osone. The enem nded. a considerable number i n kill e d and I°l 'oo Amongst the f ormer was a N eapo lit an office r ' oi scie troops had on ly fi ve s li g h t l y woun d e d; tb e L. o ; two prison e r s , an d capture d a l arge quan tity e' l— ;( por The Gover no r o f th e P rov i nce o f Trieste , P . °oo SALM, wa s very we ll rece i ved on t h e 101 12 bf municipality of Muggia. m ore s The Osser va t ore T r i est i no o f t h e 12th a nn- o y the electionr of Dr. P IETRO K ANDLER 93 p e p le c 4 the German Parliam en t f or t h e e l e ctoral circ on t Istria, and o f AIM . G IOVANNI STEIN S od . C ie ° o f CORONINI, as D eput i es f or the e l ec t o ral ° re Gorizia. h t o tle The Giorn a l e d e l Ll oy d A ustr i aco reports t - ! ef os, or two mercha n t vesse l s h av i ng ascen ded the l' / ; jo ris, the mouth of w hi c h i s a t F a l conera , with lO v u ' l er ies for Pordenone, were rece i ve d a t C a rbolon Wit " w hich of " Down with the Austrian flag !" wi th e the command, backed as it was b y a shower o f st°° the captains were forced to comply. On their returilittio masters of these vesse l s apprise d th e comma nder ecti; squadron of th e c i rcumstance, an d the latter of ately proceeded t o t h e l oca lity f o r the p ure restoring order. On NAPLES AND SICILY. gffit the night of the 13th, Count PIETRO Isllll-3 Finance Minister, resignd, and was Don G. M ANNA. IMBRIANI has resigned the. p° his folio of Public Instruction, CARLO TxoTLA ts'illivegos• place . ad interim. RUGGIRO Minister of e c ," - c s ,, l bis tical Affairs, had also resigned SCIALOGA roo ol4'll° place ad interim. There had ' been a seri°lls t he hetween . French and English sailors at gessint3i4' of f le b ssinese taking part with the French. The °P ' c l ,p B to dto both nations were • obliged to go arnie them. succeede r, TURKEY. e¢1 ‘ Accounts fr om C onstant i nop l e , of the 11", 113(Ptiroopi with anxi e ty o f t h e concentrat i on of 11 115sia° t spa on l the Pruth, w i t h ev i dent view s to I " lcitlvis Wallachia. Th e T ur ki s h arm y w ould so° ll 11 to 260,000 men. IRE LAN P. THE STATE PROSECUTW' (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAFFW,TfoT. DUBLIN, Morirs:r bills The Commission Grand Jury have f ound tru for felony against Mr. Mitchel. His counsel will apply to-morrow to cill fto ndictment, on the ground of error. Mr. Devin Reilly has been arrested. YORK ELECTION. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIO_ YORK, TUESDAY, 1U1:8 Vincent (Chartist) ................ zi 3o % Milner (Whig) .............. •• • • 0 Wilkins (Radical) ............... TWELVE O'CLOCK. 618 For Milner 454 Vincent kis ..... . ................... 5,5 Wilkins thirdthita _------ ERRATUM.--In the fourth sentence of thn„ w hile paragraph of our first leader yesterday-"Td hoe Vienna is threatened with bombardment" sb° al a t." been " while Venice is threatened with bonibardwe ~fey PASSENGERS BAGGAGE.--The Revenue author/11es have, by an order recently issued, directed tbl it ' if an the officers of the Revenue shall bo detained hal an hour and urvards after the termination of the 11 0° to r legal hours of business, in the examination of tb ° t ee gage of passengers arriving by th e steamers f rl9nl for s C u n c n h t i e n x e tnrta, attendance. they s hallbe I re t m is un a e rr r a a n te g d ed by tha th t e sn ero :t o t e r o io d i under half an hour shall not be taken into ance for this purpose which may be required for a Pe ac count .- , at Pernambuco, f , I BIICTH.S. On March 26th daughter. f f . 1. • 14. On the 17th inst., at Peckham, Surrey, the wife ° Beane, Esq., of a daughter le of I'. On the 17th inst., at Thorpe, near Norwich, the vo H. Gurney, Esq., of a son. Pe' I D• 31°Pr On the 19th inst., at West-green. the wife of ~• ' den, Esq., of a son. ei o o t art On the 19th inst t Bath,the lady of Vi r . ' l `' ~ a e Esq., of a son. es di.d. road' . 14c° On the 11th inst., at Regent-terrace, City- Mrs. F. Saunders, 0 A Cops, Esq., aged 67 . W Ed viar On the 24th ult., at We Anne, wife of • inc um, • Esq., of Elm, Somerset. W Sandy's , bl ' A " bent of St. John's, Woolw ich, aged 36. , .. C. R l '' ' On the lgth inst., the Rev. G. . _,, On the 15th inst., at Regent's-terrace, D tepne. ,, of Esq., aged 68. moo d, Esck' On the 18th inst.; in hs 70th year J. y• , t, On the 19th inst., at 130, 13rownhills, in the county of` Stafford. .S Sel3P" Bishopsgate•, street, Esq., aged 83. _ London: Printed and Published Thep RDO . .. To n 1 0; No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Sun Owee,;sof Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill the .•'' 'Middlesex, Tuesday, May 23, 348. •