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NEW IRISH NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vcls., post Svo., T HE KELLYS and the O'K EL LY S. A TALE OF IRISH LIFE. By A. TROLLOPE, Esq. Author of "The Macdermots of Ballycloran." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough•streot. MR. BENTLEY HAS JUST PUBLISHED Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, IS. A R 0 L D I THE LAST OF TEE SAXON KINGS. • Which may now be obtained at all Booksellers, and at all the Li braries. New Burlington-street, June, 1818. R ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. hfdlle. JENNY LIND. FIRST NIGHT OF ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully Informed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURS DAY next, June 22, on which occasion ilidlle. JENNY LIND will appear asALICE im3leyerbeer's Opera, ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. After which, will be presented the highly-successful new and ori ginal Ballet Divertissement, entitled LES QUATRE SAISONS. The Free List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10s. Gd. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets to be made. YEP. MAJESTY'S THE ATRIC. FIRST NIGHT OF DON PASQUALE. TIIIS EVENING Will be presented (far the first time these two years) Donizetti's Opera of DON PASQUALE. orina, Madame Tadolini ; Dr. 31alatesta, Signor Belletti ; Er nesto, Signor Labocetti ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the highly successful New and Original Ballet Divertissement, by 31. Perrot, the Music by Sig. Pugni, entitled, LES QUATEE SAISONS. Summer, Mdlle. CarlottaGrisi ; Autumn, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati ; Winter, 31dlle. Marie Taglioni; Spring, Mdlle. Cerito. PAS.—Regne du Printemps, du Printemps, Regne de l'Ete, de Regne de l'Automme, de l'Automme, Regne de de l'lliver, du l'Union des Saisons. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. Doors open at half-past Seven. and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Ilider the Manazement of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. - THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE CONFEDERACY. After which, THE WEDDING DAY. To conclude with the Farce of SPRING GARDENS. stage manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, Za. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will ba performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal charactors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which a new Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John . James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell , Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Misa Woolgar. To conclude with a comic Ballet, called LOVE and FOLL Y , or, the Three Lovers. Fenick, Mr. Deulin. Boxes, 4s:; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. r.r.en ,it Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven' ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the M anagement of Madame Vestris. bole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new comic Drama, entitled AN th Ye FOR A CHANGE. Characters by Messrs Harley, C. Mathews, inner Mrs. L. Murray, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Miss Marshall. After which, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison; Peachum, Mr. F. Matthews ; Polly, Miss Kath leen Fltzwuliam ; Lucy, Madame Vestris ; Jenny Diver, Miss Jane Coleman. To conclude with a Comte Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Characters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear, Bellingham, Iluckstone ; Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Dress Boxes, bs. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. N o laalf.price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, Is open m„, th e Vubilc every day, from Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John F Mitchel ßlDAY l. NE 33, XT, 0:d Bond -street. Oa The tntertahunents will commence at half-past Seven o'clock when Will be performed LE CODE DES FEMMES. Paul Faaval, M. Derval ; Mignonet, M. Lemenil ; Romain, M. Lheritier ; Emma, Mdlle. Figeac. _ After which, the vaudeville of LE BONHOMIE RICHARD. To conclude with POT AUX ROSES. i;oxes, es. ; Pit, 31. 6th ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s Boxes and Stalls may be ebtalncd at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN . con.inues to attract crowded and fashionable audiences at the St. James's Theatre, to witness his extraordinary and original SOIREES FANTASTIQUES, which he will repeat TO-MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday and Sa turday Evenings. (No per-formance on Saturday, June 24), com mencing at Half-past Eight ; and in consequence of the great demand for plaoes, he will repeat his MATINEES FANTASTIQUES TO MORROW MORNING. Doors open at Two o'clock. Boxes and Stalls may Le secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. d. 9t. Maddoer, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland. place. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a new and original Drama, called THE SPIRIT OF 'GOLD To be followed by 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. To conclude with the Ballet, entitled MENORELLA. Charac ters by Mr. Flexmore, M. Le Clereq, M. Deulin, Madame Le Clercq, Mdlle. Le Clertq, Mdlle. Louise, Mille. Adele, Mdlle. Mathilde, Miss Hodson, and Mdlle. Auriol. Dress Circle, ss. : Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Engagement of Mr. T. P. COOKE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed FUTURE EVENTS. After which, My POLL AND MY PARTNER. JOE. Harry Ilallyard, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To be followed by the LANTUM SERENADERS' CONCERT. To conclude with KENNYNUTON C ItOSSE. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIIEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. ritzball's new gorgeous Chivalrous Spectacle pre-eminently success• ful.—Sacond•week of the grand Whitsuntide Novelties. —Unparal leled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR ILION ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To be followed by the inimitable EXERCISES OF THE EQUES TRIAN TROUPE. To conclude with the favourite drama of CLARI. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. • JULLIEN and his UNRIVALLED BAND. yew Quadrille, composed expressly for the Gardens. First Appearance of Miss HUDDART. Continuation of the Engagement of IVldlle. LOVARNY. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Damon. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand pisplay of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Sonthby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRID A.Y. View of Rome.—Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mons. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of Solo Per fozmors includes Messrs. Baker, Barrett, Bauman, George and Viotti Collins, Cioffi, Collinet, Kcenig, Lazarus, Richardson, Sonnenberg, &c.—Two Solos each I:veiling. —Mdlie. Lovarny will sing two fa vourite Songs, Miss Huddart will sing a favourite Song, and with Madlie. Lovarny will execute an admired Duet.—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie—ShaksPere's House—The Magic Bridge—and other novelties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most magnificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Msssrs. Southby, representing the Girandola during the Holy Week at Rome. Gates open at Eleven A.M., Feeding Time Five—Jullien's Concert at a Quarter past Six—Fireworks at Half-past Nine. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. On TUESDAY next, June 20, the Second Grand Flower Show of the Rgyal South London Floricultural Society will take place. Nu nserdias Prizes will be given for the best display of Roses, Heaths, Pinks, Ranunculus, various kinds of Fruit, &c. An extra Brass Band ' and other novel attractions. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. JR.ejected communications cannot be returned. TEE WEATHER.—Suw OFFICE, JUNE 20. THERMONETER, Lowest, 51; Highest, 63; Noon, 59. BAROUTJTEIP, 30.21. WIND N.; morning, cloudy, with slight rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 10 min. after 4 Evening •. 25 min. after 4 ' , '- fr iititltillft i:.111.(.,.. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1848. England and Spain are now placed in a very pecu liar situation in regard to each other, by the estrange ment which has arisen between their respective Go vernments. As to the fact of that estrangement, there can no longer be any misconception whatever. The British Ambassador has been dismissed by So- Tottavou, the Spanish Ambassador has been dis missed by PALMERSTON—there are two conclusive evidences of the quarrel, and two very unanswerable tes timonies of the bitterness engendered by the late diplo matic correspondence. An abyss has yawned between the Cabinets of NARVAEZ and of RUSSELL, between the Ministers of VICTORIA and of ISABELLA, between the Foreign Secretaries at Madrid and at London—not between the people of the two countries. That is the distinction which must never for a mo ment be l ost sight of, in the midst of the difficulties of the present misunderstanding. The separation is exclusively a Alinisterial separa tion, a separation between the ruling statesmen of these islands and the ruling statesmen of the Penin• sula—not a separation between Englishmen and Spaniards. Nothing can so easily lead to the dimi nution of the sympathies W hi c h have so long existed between the naturally s ympathetic pop u l a ti ons . England and Spain are indissolubly bound tocrether by the affinities which are distinguishable in the temperament of their inhabitants. Staid, sober, methodical, lovers of tranquillity, resolute in their sentiments of nationality, possessing a dignity pecu liar to themselves, but above all eminently an d enthusiastically loyal—the millions of Spain and England are heart and hand in their nom _ mon sympathies. Their friendship is knit to gether, moreover, in a very intimate manner, not only by the kindred feeling of the two races, but likewise by the dictates of self-interest and by the necessities of their geographical situation. Prudence as well as instinct has conduced to their association the one with the other—their association we mean both political, social, and commercial. Spain feels this, England feels this, that, as to the people them selves, nothing except some unnatural and miraculous catastrophe can lead to their estrangement. Of Eng land it has never been said as of France, that she is the most dangerous of the enemies of Spain. Baron PUI , FENDORF has made that declaration as far back as the seventeenth century in his memorable" History of Europe." Speaking of Spain, he thus exclaims— " France is the most formidable enemy of that king dom." And have not subsequent events, we ask, afforded corroboration a thousandfold to this declara tion of the great annalist ? Has not the peril to Spain of an alliance with France been testified by innu merable circumstances occurring since the death of PUFFENDORF—from the Treaty of Utrecht to the Treaty of Vienna, from 1815 to the marriage of MONTPENSIER ? With England it is altogether dif ferent. Spain and England are, as we have already observed, united by the community of their sentiments. And their social accordance with each other is confirmed by the very dis similarity of their productions a dissimi larity which necessarily compels the inter change of those productions, and consequently con nects the mercantile activity of the one w mercantile activity of the other. Spain withith the her ' fruitful soil, and England with her industrious arti e zans, Spain with her vintages, and England withnagnldantdhe grape, r a h p r e, manufactures, Spain with the olive metallic her wines and her oranges, withEnglandrllie goods e her cutlery and her cottons, her woven go ods and her —naturally, instinctively, and by o n f ec a e r s t si a ty nd p o o f urint into the ports of each other the re agri culture. Any separation between the two countries would be disastrous to both ; any estrangement be tween them would only be mutually injurious to their commercial enterprise. At a moment therefore like the present—when the diplomatic relations between Madrid and London have been i n terrupted—it becomes a matter of vital interest to the community both of the British islands and of the Spanish peninsula, to discern the true cause of this estrangement, and the most effectual means for a reconciliation. We have already explained in d e t a il, wor d by li word, act by act, letter :by letter, the origin, the progress, and the result of the recent quarrel. We have shown, as clearly as the language of truth can show anything, that mediately the cause of all has been the assumption of despotic power by the Nar vaez Administration, and that immediately it has arisen from the irritability and insolence of the Due DE SOTOMAYOR. Now as to the means of recon ciliation. A reconciliation between the Governments of Spain and of Great Britain can only be effected by the substitution of a constitutional and liberal policy fur an unconstitutional and most despotic policy. Lord PAL3IERSTON'S first confidential dispatch—(the dispatch which,has provoked all this recent correspon dence)—stated as much, it stated that a radical change in the policy of the Spanish Government had become absolutely essential. Now we put the ques tion at once and boldly—Can such an alteration be expected from the Cabinet of the Duque DE VALENCIA ? The mere supposition is preposterous' The transformation of the tyrannous administration of NARVAEZ into a liberal administration is hopeless — wholly and positively hopeless. Or, supposing that such a transformation were attempted, it would only be followed by a sense of appalling insecurity. No : the only means left for the political regeneration of Spain—and from this political regeneration alone can we look for the reconciliation of the two Governments —the only means left for the political regeneration of Spain has been defined as long ago as the 24th of last November by the eloquent and patriotic lips of Escosuaa. That distinguished man then declared before the assembled Cortes that he believed that in each of the political parties (that is to say among the Progresistas and the Moderados) there were men of integrity, of talent, of knowledge, and of valour, who ought to divest themselves of the tradition and the history of the past, and who ought to group themselves together about one common centre (que debieran agruparse en un centro), and that by this arrangement the two great parties would be com bined into one which, under the name of the National Party, or under any other appropriate title, should go vern the country liberally and constitutionally. In the pamphlet already frequently alluded to by our selves, the pamphlet "La Nation y los Partidos," by DOE. VICENTE DE PEREDA, the feasibility of such a coalition is displayed, and the centre about which the Spanish people should con centrate is plainly indicated. As we have observed before now, the value of the arguments contained in this remarkable pamphlet consists mainly and pro eminently in the impartiality of its author. We can listen to the statements of Don VICENTE DE PEREDA with a perfect and unreserved reliance, because we believe, and the Spaniards themselves believe, in the impartiality of .Don VICENTE DE PEREDA. Hence it is that we have alluded to the pamphlet so repeat edly, and hence also we shall continue to allude to it until the National Party is formed, until the re conciliation has been effected, and until Spain has acquired the grand political blessing of the age—a Free and Liberal Constitution. In the second section of his pamphlet Don VI CENTE DE PEREDA gives a punctilious and even ela borate analysis of the condition of the Parties in Spain. He says, among other things (p. 43), that " the Moderado party still possesses an extraordinary influence over the country, in spite of the vices of its position and the inconsistency of its principles." Lower down he continues upon the same subject in the same strain : " The divergence of principles which internally affects its organization debi litates its energy, and embarrasses its Mei.. lating progress, because the contrary ten dency of those various principles impels its mem bers in opposite directions." Other reasons there are why the Progresistas, as a party, are incapable of redeeming the partially dissipated, or half-buried na tionality of the Peninsula; and among other evil in fluences the pernicious and prevalent operation of Afrancesadoism. Viewing matters in this light, our author says, further on (p. 65)—" Disorganization has conduced to the ruin of the State, the, ruin of the State has augmented the general misery, and this again has engendered discontent, while, as a con summation to the whole, the division among the minds of all, and the venality . of some, has given entrance to those extraneous. influences which have been the principal impediments to a na tional reconciliation." As to the possibility of any disgrace resulting from the transference of devotion from the Moderado party or from the Progresista party to the proposed National party, listen to dispassionate exclamations of Don VIC ENTE D B PEREDA. " Imitate," says he (p. 95) "Imitate that grand example of moral courage which has been given us in our own days—that patriotic deed of the most distinguished man inthew to theholeof England. Imitate tha t Minister who, superior false considerations of a fugitive honour, depreciat ing alike the injurious re p roaches of his own party and the vain triumph of his antagonists, beheld only the peril of his native land, and the necessity of a great sacrifice." In that spontaneous panegyric upon Sir ROBERT PEEL we recognize the perfect impar tiality of the writer, and in it also the Spaniards should recognize the patriotism which in a thousand voices, in the voices of the past, and of the future, in the name of their posterity, and of their forefathers, summons them at this moment to the con summation of a kindred sacrifice. Let them ad vance, and that betimes, for a National Party Its become a Necessity—a National Party consisting of the Spanish people grouped together round the banner of a really Liberal Constitution. Don VIOEINT; DE PEREDA has indicated the man whose name (according to his opinion as an impartial Spaniard) should be the watchword of Spanish pa triotism, and whose hand should raise the standard of Spanish nationality. The motion about to be brought forward in the House of Commons this evening by the Honourable Member for Montrose may be divided into two parts. The first, affirming the existence of a state of facts so manifestly unjust and inequitable, that the indignation of every thinking man, who feels the wrongs thereby inflicted, must be thoroughly amused. The second, pointing out fitting remedies by which these grievances may be, at least, partially removed, and the representation of the people placed upon such a footing that every reasonable cause of complaint would be set aside. The facts asserted are threefold " That the House of Commons as at present consti tuted does not fairly represent the population, the property, or the industry of the country." Each of these points is capable of the most satisfactory and conclusive proof, so as to render it impossible to con trovert the accuracy of the statement in any par ticular. We shall endeavour to establish the truth of each of these propositions in detail, so as to fix the premises from which the subsequent deductions are to be drawn. . A very remarkable pamphlet* by ALEXANDER MACKAY, Esq., barrister-at-law, to which we have already referred, contains a variety of statistical facts, prepared with the greatest degree of accuracy and industry, from which we shall quote largely on the present occasion, and with which, we trust, every person anxious for the success of the .new Reform movement may make himself fully acquainted, so as to be enabled to confute on every occasion the advo cates of a restricted franchise, the opponents of equal rights and privileges to all. The United Kingdoms contain in round numbers 28,000,000 of inhabitants. The male adults may be reckoned at a little more than one-fourth of the en tire number, or 7 , 000 , 0 00, an d we fi nd that the total number of i n h a bi te d h ouses i n 1841 t was, in Eng land, 2,753,295 ; in Scotland, 503,357; and in Ire land, 1,325,839; or, in all, nearly 4,600,000 persons who would be entitled to the fran chise if household suffrage was introduced, there are, however, only about 1,000,000 who pos• sees a voice in the election of representatives, so that 6.7ths of the adult population, and 7-9ths of the householders are disfranchised, without any fault of their own, under the present system. It is, there fore manifest that the House of Commons, as at pre sent constituted, does not fairly represent the popula tion of the country. Unjust and. inequitable as this may appear, it is scarcely so bad as the gross and glaring inequalities that pervade the actual representation. We find the largest constituencies neutralized, and their wishes set at nought by the nominees of individuals, and one-eighth of the population sending a greater num ber of representatives to Parliament than the remain i g s even-eighths, and, consequently, enabled to outvote them on any question that may arise. Ex empli gratia —There are 42 boroughs, returning 69 Members, which are still subject to local influences, and where a few aristocratic families are enabled to nominate the representatives. " These boroughs, containing altogether a population of 370,200 persons, counterbalance in the House of Commons the entire representation of the following cities, boroughs, and towns, viz.: —London, Liverpool,:Leeds, Lambeth, Manchester, Marylebone, Finsbury, Sheffield, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Westminster, Birming ham, Bristol, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Wolverhampton, Greenwich, Salford, Oldham, Stockport, Preston, Bolton, Sunderland, Newcastle, Nottingham, Stoke-upon-Trent, Aber deen, Dundee, Dudley, Hull, Bradford, and Huddersfield, with an aggregate population of 4,638,0004 And be it remembered that these are the inhabitants of the chief seats of our manufacturing and commercial industry, who are thus set at nought by the representatives of one thirteenth of their numbers, and less than the one hundredth part of their wealth. The metropolis itself, with more than 2,000,000 of inhabitants, returns but sixteen Members to Parlia ment; while the boroughs of Bridgenorth, Honiton, Harwich, Thetford, Richmond (Yorkshire), Totnes, Stafford, and Lymington, with an aggregate popula tion of less than 40,000 persons, return an equal number. Thus one group, sixteen in number, represent over 2,000,000 of people ; and more property, perhaps, than is contained in any other part of the world ; while another group, con sisting of the same number, represent less than 40,000—with but petty interests at stake, and many of them, so far as the franchise is concerned, under local influence. Again, we may find 22 boroughs, containing barely 100,000 inhabitants, sending an equal number of representatives with the 20 chief cities and boroughs in the United Kingdom, with populations amounting in the whole to 3,780,000, We are unable, from want of space, to bring for ward other illustrations contained in the remarkable pamphlet to which we have above alluded. We shall, however, state the following results :—viz., " That the majority in Parliament represents less than one-eighth of the body of the people, and but about one-sixth of the whole electoral body, while the distinction is still greater with regard to property as the majority only represents 7 1-3 per cent. of the rateable property; or, in other words, " one- fourteenth of the whole rateable property of the country can control the remaining thirteen-fourteenths." How can the great body of the people be con tented under such circumstances ; and is it not mani fest that any mere extension of the franchise alone will be inadequate to remedy the evil, unless accom panied by a more equal apportionment thereof The vast advantages of the principle of mutual insurance has long been tested so far as "life and marine assurances" were concerned. It is, however, strange, that until recently it has never been at tempted, with the exception of a few local offices , to apply it to cases of fire, to which, of all others, it s would appear to be the best suited. In life assurances there is a constant wearing away of the thing insured, and the absolute certainty that at some time or another a considerable sum will have to be defrayed by the office. It is, however, otherwise in cases of fire. There is no increase of risk, or greater liabilities to casualties in consequence of previous and long-continued exemption from loss. The mutual system would not only make parties more careful themselves, but would give to every person so insured a direct and positive interest to prevent anything, whether in the shape of fraud or negligence, by which the interests of the general body could be impaired or ,deteriorated. Long ex perience has shown that the premiums calculated are amply sufficient to cover the losses accruing during each period, and to leave considerable profits divisible amongst the proprietors. The object of the Mutual insurance system is that these profits should be divisible amongst the parties insured at stated periods, a certain portion thereof being retained until a certain sum has been accumulated to form a guarantee fund sufficient to prevent the possibility of any claim being made upon the general body of the assurers. We refer our readers to the advertisement of the " British Empire Mutual Fire Assurance Company" which appears in another part of our impression this day, and by which the public in general are invited to participate in the advantages which could formerly only have been attained in some few country districts. The British Empire Society has been formed under the Friendly Societies' Acts, and enrolled accord ing to the provisions thereof. It is provided that the parties insured shall not be liable to any contribution towards losses, an adequate fund having been subscribed by some of the members, in addition to the premiums received, to make good losses, until such an amount has accumulated from the profits as to render this precaution unnecessary. Any disputes which may arise may be settled by arbitration, ac cording to the provisions of the Friendly Societies' Acts. These are advantages which we doubt not the public will be fully able to appreciate. ( 7, * ° eD E 0, : Rr. ROIT THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. General NARVAEZ had a conference, on the pre vious day, with OnLsagno, it was supposed for the purpose of endeavouring to induce ORLANDO to accept the office of Minister of Finance. MADRID BoLsa, JUNE 14.—Three per Cents., 21 3-16; Five per Cents., 12k. Exchange on Lon don, 41 50. THE WOUNDED IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.— An official statement, relative to the period from Feb. 23 to April 28, 1848, records the number of wounded received into the civil hospitals of Paris at 613, of whom 94 were soldiers, 531 non-military males, and 18 females; 458 had left the hospitals, of whom 71 were soldiers, 375 non-military, and 12 women; 103 had died-4., 18 soldiers, 85 non-military, and 2 women, and 80 remained in the hospital at the latter date. * Electoral Districts, or the Apportionment of the Representatives of the Country upon the basis of its Population, &e.," by Alexander Mackay, Esq., of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law. t Porter's Progress of the Nation, p. 537. t Mackay's Electoral Districts, p. 14, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the French papers of yesterday. Tranquillity has been restored atNismes and Per pignan, and there have been no further outrages in La Crewe. The outbreak in that department was of a formidable character. The tocsin sounded in all the communes on the night of the 15th, and continued till four the next morning. The peasants formed a most formidable corps darmee. They were armed with scythes, pikes, and spears. The municipal au thorities tried in vain to make them listen to reason. They would hear nothing. They insisted on the liberation of the prisoners and the abolition of the additional impost of 45 centimes decreed by the late Provisional Government. They expressed their re solution to march upon the town, and it was only by the supplications and tears of women and children, and the entreaty of the clergy, who promised that their demands should be granted, that they were in duced to forbear. It was feared that a still more formidable manifestation would have taken place on Saturday, being the fete -day of Gueret. Consider able bodies of troops had arrived from Cheateau Roux and Limoges. Two companies of the Garde Mobile have been ordered to Gueret. The Canatitutionnel publishes a document which, if authentic, is calculated seriously to damage the cha racter of M. LAMARTINE, and even to connect him with the conspirators of the 15th May. It is a peti tion which is 'going the round of the Socialist and Communist clubs, and which, when a sufficient number of signatures shall have been attached to it, is to be presented to the Executive Committee. In this petition it is declared that M. DE LAMARTINE bad promised to create a Ministry of Labour, as de manded by Lours BLANC—to demand a credit of 600 millions of francs (more than half the sum de manded from the rich by BARBES on the 15th of May) for the " foundation of agricultural and industrial institutions; of halls in which the people may com plete their political education ; in short, to reduce the principles of Socialism to practice." The Constitutionnel asks whether the statements of the petition can be true, and whether it is thus that the conductor has been conspiring with the cloud and the lightning ? "We know not," concludes the Gonstitu tionnel, " All that is certain is that signatures continue to be attached to this petition, that the Socialists enrol M. LAMARTINE as a member of their body, and that they insist on giving him, as an army, the workmen in the Ateliers Nationaux, an involuntary assemblage of honest men, who merely wish for employment, but whom intrigues would fain transform into an or ganized mob for attack and disorder." The. National endeavours to explain away the un fortunate expressions of the Minister of the Interior, that France could not tolerate an increase of power by her neighbours without seeking compensation for herself, an expression which had been commented on by the Constitationnel as a declaration of an intention to seize Savoy. The National says-- " At a moment when grave incidents are complicating the Italian question, and that the armaments of the Czar are menacing intervention in Prussia and in Austria, an intervention invited, perhaps, by the treason of Sovereigns, the most vulgar prudence commands that France be prepared for every eventuality. This much justice must be done to the Republic, that it takes all precautions to reconcile the considerations due to pri vate interests with tho exigencies of national safety, however, the journals of the reaction seek to throw a doubt upon the character of this patriotic measure. The question is to insure the independence of France, and to preserve civilization in Europe. What matters ! They attribute these armaments to schemes of conquest, of which the Government has not the least idea, and to which the alarmists themselves do not attach belief. But the good sense of the public will do justice to these malevolent and perfidious insinuations, the object of which is too transparent to deceive anybody." The Finance Committee has recommended the rejection of the Railway Bill proposed by the Go vernment. The debate in the Assembly on this im portant subject was to have come on yesterday. A strike for wages has taken place among the workmen employed in the arsenal at Toulon. It is said that M. DE ROTHSCHILD is in negotiation with the Executive Government on the subject of a loan. This day is fixed for taking a census of the work men employed in the Ateliers Nationaux. The autho rities will call at the domicile of each workman, in order to verify the statements made by them as to their respective means of support. M. Timßs has elected to sit for the department of the Seine. M. GOUDCHAUX is the President of the Committee appointed to report on the grant demanded fur the Ateliers Nationaux. The following are the concluding chapters of the new constitution : " OF THE REPRESENTATIVES AND THE ...__ ASSEMBLY. "Every Frenchman of 21 years of age, and having resided in the commune for six months, is an elector. " Every Frenchmen, aged 25 years, without any condition of paying contributions or domicile, is eligible. "Bankrupts uncertificated, and persons condemned to infamous punishments, or suffering punishment for acts qualified as crimes by the law, or for robbery, swindling, abuse of confidence, indecency, vagabondage, or begging, shall neither be electors nor eligible. " Voting shall be by ballot. The election of repre sentatives shalllikbe made by departments and voting by lists. " Every list shall contain as many names as there are representatives to elect. "The National Assembly shall verify the powers of its Members , and decide on the validity of contested elections. "The Assembly is to be elected for three years, and after such period to be entirely renewed. "It is permanent, but it may adjourn for a specified time, but not exceeding th ree mont h s. " The representatives are re-eligible. " The Members of the legislative body are not repre sentatives of the department by whom they are named, but of all France. Th e y cannot receive any instructions to vote. " No Member of the National Assembly can be prose. cuted or arrested in a criminal matter, unless taken in flagrante delicto, until the Assembly shall have given authorisation. "The law determines the public functions which are incompatible with the duty of representative of the people. "The sittings of the Assembly are public. Neverthe less the Assembly may form itself into a Secret Com mittee, on the demand of a certain number of represen tatives fixed by.the standing orders. "The Assembly makes laws and decrees. Decrees can only have reference to local and private interests. The presence of one half of the Members of the Assem bly is necessary to the validity of a vote of a law. The standing orders shall determine the number necessary to vote a decree. "No legislative act can become definitive until after the project of law shall have been printed, deposed, and published, till it shall have been twice discussed and three times read, at intervals of not less than ten days. Every representative receives an indemnity which he can not renounce. " OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER "The President must have at least two million votes. He is elected for four years, and is not re-eligible. "He is to inspect and secure the execution of the laws. "He disposes of the armed force without being ever enabled to command it in person. 4. H e can give up no part of the territory, nor dissolve the legislative body, nor suspend in any manner the em pire of the constitution and of the laws. "He has to present each year to the National As sembly the report of the general state of the affairs of the republic. "He negotiates all treaties, which will be available only after having been examined and ratified by the le gislative body. " He has a right to grant pardon, but he can only exert this right upon tee proposal of the Minister of Justice, and after having consulted the Council of State. "He promulgates the laws, in the name of the French people, without delay and without suspension. "He receives tho envoys and ambassadors from fo reign powers accredited to him. "He is lodged at the expense of the republic, and re ceives a salary of 600,000 fr. per annum. " He resides at the seat of government. "There is a Vice-President of the republic, named for four years by the National Assembly, upon the presen tation made by the President, in the month which im mediately follows his election. The Vice-President of the republic is, by right , President o f the Council of State. "The President names and rev okes the ministers, ac cording to his own will. He names and revoke s i n a council of the ministers the diplomatic agents, the gene rals, and military commanders of land and sea forces, the prefects, the governors of the colonies of Algeria and of the Bank of France, the procureurs-generaux and other functionaries of a superior class. He names and revokes the secondary agents of the government, upon the proposal of one of the ministers. "lie has a right to suspend the agents of the execu tive power elected by the citizens. The term of this suspension cannot exceed three months. He cannot re voke them without the consent of the Council of State. The law determines the , cases in which the revoked agents can be declared ineligible to the same functions. This declaration of ineligibility can only be pronounced by a jury. " The number and the attributions of each minister ars fixed by the legislative body. " No act of government can have any effect unless it be signed by a minister. "The president, the ministers, and the agents and de- J UNE 20, 1818: positories of public authority are held responsib!e, each in what concerns him, for all the acts of the government and of the administration. The legislative body deter mines the cases of their respective responsibility. " The Ministers have cats, e.v (fficio, in the National Assembly, and must be heard rdienever they request it. " There is to be a Court.l ,:f State composed of forty members at least. The hi, tab ers o f this Council are named for three years by the National Assembly, during the first month of each legislature, by ballot and by absolute majority. They are indefinitely re-eligible. " Those of the members of the Council of State who have been chosen from the National Assembly, are to be immediately replaced by other representatives of the people. " The members of the Council of State cannot be re voked but by the Assembly, upon the proposal of the President of the Republic. " The Council of State draws up the projects of laws that the Government proposes to the Assembly, as well as the projects of Parliamentary initiative which the Assembly submits to its examination. It makes the re gulation of public administration, and exerts, with re spect to departmental and municipal administrations, all the powers of control and of inspection which are de ferrvd to it by law. Its other attributes are to be regu late• by the legislative body. The legislative body de termines the functions, subordination, and the attribu tions of administration and of administrative bodies. OF THE JUDICIARY POWERS. . . . _ "Justice is administered in the name of the people. It is gratuitous. The forms of the procedure are to be abridged and simplified. " The jury is - to be successively applied by special laws, to the decision of the fact in all civil matters. " It is likewise to be extended to correctional matters in the cases and according to the forms determined by law. " The juges de premiere instance et d'appel are named by the president of the republic, according to an order of candidateship which shall be regulated by the law of judiciary organization. " The judges of the tribunal of cassation are named by the National Assembly. The magistrates of the public ministry are named by the President of the Republic. " The judges of the tribunals de premiere instance, d'appel, and of cassation, are named ler fife. They can be revoked and suspended by a sentence, for those causes and in such forms as shall be determined by the lan e. The law of judiciary organization shall fix the age at which the judges can be put en retraite. " Thera shall be for all France one superior adminis trative tribunal, which shall decide on all litigious mat ters connected with public administration. The compo sition, functions, and forms of this tribunal shall be decided by the law. The members of the administrative tribunal shall be appoiuted by the President of the Republic, on a list of presentation drawn up by the council of state. They cannot be revoked but by the President, and with the advice of the council of state. " The members of the cour des comptes shall be ap • pointed and revoked in the same manlier. " A special tribunal of the judges of the cour de casea tion and of councillors -of state, appointed every three years, both in equal numbers, by their respective bodies, shall decide on the conflicts of functions between the administrative and judicial authority. " Appeals against the decisions of the tribunal des comptes shall be submitted to the Court of Conflicts (des conflits). " OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE. " A high court of justice judges without appeal or re course to caseation accusations preferred by the National Assembly, whether against its own Members, or against the President of the Republic, or the Ministers. It judges also all persons accused of crimes, or plots against the safety of the state, internql or external. It can only bo constituted by a decree of the National Assembly, which shall declare the city in which it shall be con voked. Its members will choose their President. The jurors are selected from the members of the councils - general of the departments. When a decree of the Le gislative Assembly has ordered the foundation of a high court of justice, the President of the tribunal sitting in the chiet place of each department draws by lot, in public audience, the name of a member of the council general. Over the eighty-six jurytnen thus specified the accused and the Public Minister exercise the right of challenge as in ordinary matters, but so as always to leave a jury of 12 citizens. The verdict by the jury of guilty shall be given by a majority of two-thirds. " GUARANTY OF RIGHTS. " The punishments of death, confiscation, slavery, perpetual punishment, and corporal degradation, are suppressed in matters regarding the press, the stamp, and the censorship. The liberty of printing is ac knowledged with the necessary guarantees for public and private interests. No one can be arrested or de tained but according to the forms and in the cases pre scribed by law. No one can be tried but by the ordi nary tribunals. There cannot, in consequence, be created commissions or extraordinary tribunals under any pretence. They who require, promote, sign, exe cute, or cause to be executed, arbitrary acts, are guilty, and should be punished. The law shall define by what signs a religion shall be ranked in society as an ac knowledged religion. The obligation to taxation is the guarantee of property. " The prePerly-tux is only imposed for one year. The indirect taxes may be imposed for several years. "All tho young citizens should be sent to public schools to be in common, each according to his destina tion and faculties, and to learn the rights and duties of a man and a citizen. " The holding double employments or salaries is in terdicted. " The codes, laws, and regulations actually existing remain in force until they shall be legally abrogated." The Committee on the Constitution met yesterday morning, and made a most important alteration in their proposition :—lnstead of the President being ap pointed by the direct vote of the people, it is now pro posed that five candidates shall be elected by universal suffrage, and that from among them the Assembly shall choose the President. The Assembly met at one o'clock. M. Turck brought forward three propositions to fix the position of the working classes in the national workshops, and out of them. The principal points of the two first are, that the men employed in the na tional workshops of the Seine are, within the space of a fortnight after the promulgation of the present pro position, to be sent home to their own communes at the expense of the State ; and that whoever receives money from these establishments, without being in such a state of want as to demand assistance, shall be prosecuted as thieves. The third refers to certain modes of improving the moral condition of the working classes. To be de veloped on a future day to be hereafter decided on. M. de Falloux presented the report of the Commit tee on the Bill, demanding three millions for the na tional workshops. The report blames the extreme slow ness which has been manifested by the Government in completing the census, as ordered by the Assembly. In fact, when the Committee had commenced examining the Bill just alluded to, scarcely anything had been done, and the Committee had been obliged to impress on the Go vernment the necessity of at least doing something, if not all that could be desired. The Committee, above all, insisted on the necessity of raising the character of the men employed in these establishments, and obliging them to have some feeling of the disgrace attached to men living in idleness in place of being supported by their own honest exertions. The works on the railways and other public works would be a useful means of employing these men, but something effec tive might have been done already, had the Government exerted itself more energetically. The Committee considered that it ought to call on the As sembly to prolong its powers as the body appointed to watch over the national workshops, since the most active and constant superintendence appeared necessary. It concluded by proposing to the Assembly to grant the credit of three millions demanded; but as a considerable part of that sum had already been spent when the Bill was brought forward, it must call on the Assembly for the future not to grant more than one million at a time; and next to continue its functions to the Committee. M. Trelat, the Minister of Foreign Works, said that it was a must difficult matter to arrange and re-organize a matter which had been now for some months placed on a certain footing, and, in fact, settled on fixed con ditions. Something had, however, been already done, and in the course of the week the results of the exer tions of the Government would be more marked. The Honourable Minister then gave an account of the pro ceedings of the Government in sending from the na tional workshops the men there employed. Already 1,200 had been sent to the Charente, and 400 others were to be forwarded on the 21st; a brigade of 500 had been sent to the Marne, and others would be dispatched successively to the number of 4,000; the department of the Seine had received 300, and on Wednesday, the 21st, the same number would be forwarded, and on the 24th as many more; 1,200 had been sent to the Haute Seine, and 400 others would be sent in the course of the week. 500 were to be employed in Paris, and 1,600 in the works of' the Tours to Nantes Railway. The Hon. Minister then declared that very erroneous opinions had been formed of the men in the national workshops. Some persons went so far as to consider them malefactors.— (" Oh, oh!" loud denial.) They were the brothers of every man present, and merited the deepest attention of all thinking men. He had been applied to repeatedly to send away the persons there employed, but he had always refused. Ile could not assume the responsibility of such an act. Many of the Hon. Representatives before him were of opinion that this ought to be done at any risk.—(Cries of " No, no.'') " Bear in mind," said the Honourable Minister, addressing the Assembly with great emphasis, " that you are about to discuss the rail way Bill with the national workshops still existing --." —(Dreadful agitation arose in every part of the cham ber at this menance, which lasted some time.) The Hon. Minister entreated his hearers not to attribute to his words a greater importance than they merited. He merely meant to express what the reporter of the Com mittee had already declared in other words. The Hon. Representatives could not so well understand the diffi culties of this question, ❑otwithstat:ding all their good intentions, as he who had made it his especial study. It was not enough for him to come forward and demand a vote of money, in order to effect what the Assembly might direct with respect to the national workshops— there was the necessity of preparing for the depar ture of the men, and then of sending them off by brigades. This was a most difficult task, but it had at last been surmounted ; every two days, and sometimes every day, the men would now be for warded to the provinces. To do as he had been asked by the Committee—to send them off en masse, was im possible; public works would give employment, no doubt, to many; but it was, after all, private industrial enterprises that must be looked to as the means of giving employment to the many thousands that de manded it. He trusted that confidence would speedily be restored, and then employment would present itself for all. M. de Falloux must object to some of the expressions used by the Hon. Minister. No ono had spoken of the men in the national workshops as malefactors, though it was beyond a doubt that many men whose charix tors would not bear the test of inquiry had got in there. He could not see either why the Hon. Minister was to arrogate to himself such superior knowledge on the subject. The CAninitteo had by no means found that to be the case.—(dear, hear.) The Minister or Public Works said that he intended to imply merely that he muit know more about the working of the establishments alluded to than the generality of the Hon. Members around, who had ex•- amined the matter only cursorily. Ile had always been opposed, to the employment of force against the work men, because he thought it unnecessary, and because he felt that they had "been deceived.—(Cries of " By whom, by whom?") After the revolution, he and others of his way of thimking had with equal grief and surprise found that in place of the first principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity, it was hatred that was at the bottom of men's hearts. Since 1820 the principles of universal charity had been supported by a certain number of per sons, and their exertions had much contributed to bring about the revolution of February. But after the revo lution, far from these principles being carried out, there was a decided tendency to set one class against another, and in the division that so occurred the people suffered. The Hon. Minister complained that he did not find in the CoMmittee as much feeling fur the people as he had a right to anticipate. M. de Falloux observed that the report had been drawn up with great moderation, and the person to whom most consideration had been shown in it was the Honourable Member himself'. The matter then dropped. M. Armand Marrast ascended the tribune to read the draft on the Constitution. (The greatest interest was evinced to hear this important document read, and the deepest silence prevailed throughout. The only part which called forth a mark of approbation or the contrary was that which declares that " Substitutes in the army were forbidden." This part did not seem to please.) (Left sitting.) BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, JUNE 19. THREE o'Cuocx.—There was a good deal of busi ness done to-day at very nearly the same prices as on Saturday ; the only remarkable feature being the steady advance in Orleans R•silway Shares. The Vieille Montague Shares remain as on Saturday, at 2,200. Beehei's Bank is quoted at 550. Paris Obligations at 1,175, and the Four Canals, at 765. For the Account, the French Three per Cents. and the Five per Cents. have each fallen 25c. For Money, the Three per Cents, and the Five l er Cents. are at the prices as on Saturday. Bons du Tresor are at a discount of from 25 t o 23. Bank of France Shares have risen 51. Belgian Bank Shares not quoted. Five per Cents., 1842, are the same as on Saturday. Spanish Stock not quoted. Roman have advanced 1 per cent.; Rothschild's Receipts have advanced per cent.; Ex change on London (thirty days) 25f. 45c.; ditto (ninety days) 251.35 c. Railway Shares for the Account, set tling of June 30:—Northerns were done at 360 f., but no others are quoted. For Money the Orleans have risen 101., Dieppe 21. 50c., and Nantes If. 25c. The Versailles, Right Bank, have fallen 21. 50c.; Left Bank, 21. 50e.; Vierzon, 5f.; Nantes, lf. 25c.; Bales, 11. 25c.; and Bordeaux, If. 25c. The Roueus, Havres, Northerns, Lyons, and Strasburgs remain as on Saturday. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JUNE 19. Northern of France, 41%. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. Advices from Berlin of the 16th have been re ceived. Up to that time there had been no fresh dis turbances, and the authorities have published a notice ordering a strict investigation into the circumstances attending the late emeute. It appears that the shots fired from the arsenal were fired by order of Captain . BENDER, and not by order of Major BENDA, whore windows were broken by people under the idea that he was the person who had ordered the firing. Several persons engaged in the late riots have been arrested. Major BLESSEN, the Commander of the Burgher Guasd, has resigned, and Major RIMPLER has been appointed commander ad interim.) Two persons were killed and seven wounded by the firing from the arsenal. The Landwehr of Berlin, which is called out to assist the Civic Guard, are very willing to under. take the duty on certain conditions ; they wish to be placed on a perfect equality with that force, and have stated their claims in the following declaration , which, coming as it does from a part of the army, is written in a style unexampled in the archives of the Prussian military administration : " The unexpected summons to the Landwehr to take the guard of the city has filled every one with joy, and we shall enter upon this duty with all the energy and perseverance which is expected from us. It appears to us, however, necessary, in order that the honour of the Burgher Guard should not be injured, and fur the purpose of avoiding all possible conflicts with them, that the summons fur the militia should likewise be confirmed by that body. If we are to enter upon the duties of the Burgher Guard conjointly with it, then we may also demand equal rights as our due, and we consider the concession of the following articles requisite for this purpose:- 1. All who belong to any armed society may remain members of it, according to their own free will, as it is the same thing if the individual officiates as member of the Burgher Guard, or as militiaman, in guard ing the safety of the city. 2. For this duty the militia is placed under the command of the General of the Burgher Guard. 3. The election of officers is to take place in the same manner as in the Burgher Guard. 4. The militiamen are only to be regarded as acting in that capacity when they are in actual service. Their service consists only in the duty of mounting guard and patrols, which goes by turns, or in assisting the Burgher Guard in case of alarm. Besides this, the militiaman is not to be required to discharge any duties interfering with his private affairs. Pay is only to be taken for the time the militiaman is in actual service. It is free to every one to do duty with or without pay. 5. The Landwehr, as stated by this summons, can only be called on duty in the city. It does not devolve on them to leave the city, and a guarantee must be given when it is required to do so. " THE UNITED LANDWEHR OF BERLIN. " Berlin, June 15." DISSOLUTION OF PRUSSIAN CABINET. In consequence of a difference of opinion relative to what has passed in the Chambers and elsewhere Baron ARNIM was said to have tendered his resigna tion to the KING on Saturday. This report is not only confirmed, but it now appears that Count SCIIWINN, Minister of Justice, and Count KoNITz, Minister of War, have followed M. D'AuNim's example. The President of the Chamber, MILDE, and M. PINDER, First President of Silesia, are spoken of as likely to accept office, but nothing definite is known. BOHEMIA. The communication with Prague; is interrupted, but travellers who have arrived 'at Dresden confirm the accounts of Princess WINDISCHGRATZ, who was shot by a discarded servant. The Cologne Gazette publishes accounts from Prague to the loth, The Dresden correspondent of that paper says— " The energetic and precautionary measures taken by Prince Windischgratz, .the death -disdaining bravery of the soldiers, seem finally to have carried the day ; the insurgents were driven out of all the principal streets, the barricades having been swept clear off by a well-directed fire, but made a stand in the narrow lanes and alleys. The battle between the troops and the people raged fiercest on the 12th, and was still going on at midnight. On the 13th the cannon ceased firing, and a sort of truce ensued. The swarms of peasants from the country endeavoured in vain to force an entrance into the town ; the garrisons in the vicinity received reinforcements, though some were dis persed by the Czechs. On the 13th Windischgratz an nounced his intention of re-opening the fire upon any barricades that remained, and he is the man to keep his word. All the deputies of the Sclavonic Congress ; all strangers, amongst whom are many Poles, were ordered to leave Prague on the 13th, under military escort—a sure sign that the troops are masters of the place. The rising seems to have been purely Czechisch or Selayonia. How far the Provisio na l G overnment i s i mp li cate d is still to be seen. Count Leo Th un i s re p orte d to b e a prisoner, but whether he was seized by th e troo p s or by the people is still an enigma." AUSTRIA. The Vienna Gazette of the 13th instant contains a proclamation of the EMPEROR to the inhabitants of Lower Austria, informing them that he will open the Constituent Diet in person, if order and tranquillity are restored in Vienna. The EMPEROR has refused to accept the demand of the deputation from Agram, praying for a separation of Croatia from Hungary. Meanwhile the Hunga rian Government are taking every step to establish their independent (existence. They have already dis patched diplomatic representatives to London and Paris. Refugees from Moldavia are constantly arriving, amongst them is Prince MORUSSI. In Transylvania an engagement has taken 'lace between the troops and the Wallachian peasantry, who had revolted, and were plundering the estates of the nobility. Several lives were lost. The troops were successful. The Cologne Gazette publishes a letter of the EM PEROR to the Ban of Croatia, who had taken upon himself to convoke a Diet on his own responsibility. The Ban is told that this act of his is illegal, and called upon at ouco to dissolve his Diet. 11 UN GARY. PESTH, JUNE 10.—Last night the Archduke Sri' PHEN held a Cabinet Council which lasted thr ee hours. The subject under discussion was the iatel• ligence b roug ht b y a cour i er f rom A g ram, that the Ban of Croatia, Field-Marshal JALLAcnicu, 1141),( Pe obeyed th e p os i t i ve comman d s o f th e KING. not only did nut repair to his MAJESTY, but ° 3 the sth opened in person the congregation of t° country which had been unlawfully convoked bybl`l4, and had caused himself to be installed to the cOe e Baron with great pomp by the Carlowitz Servial Archbishop. The Ministerial Council has decide '' upon taking: every measure in order to oppo se tb , r treacherous Baron with the most imposing Inil itarj powers. From Temesiar to Warisdin a military cordon will be thrown against Croatia and the Servian boundari; Our Government has, at this moment, 40,00 011015 i its command, not including the completely eq ui pp ed Szekler in Transylvania. —e DENMARK AND THE DUCHLE':' The latest intelligence from the seat of war i 5 following, which we extract from the Borsenhalle° June 17:— tbe " APENRADE, JUNE 15.—The advanced pos te - fr od Prussian troops are within half-an-hour's march r e• the town ; and every precaution has been taken t°P vent a surprise from the Danes. ; b " The streets have b e e n u np ave d, and powerfu . cades have been thro w n u p, an d s everal of th e " : proaches to the town also blocked up.n i§ " FLENSBURG, JUNE 15.—The island of A1ee,",40 almost entirely abandoned by th e D a nes, who tiPPe have embarked for the main land to the north." RUSSIA. l el ier The National says—" We have received from St. Petersburgh, from which we make the lowing extract : f, We " Everybody here is ex p ec ti ng a grea t even— ;„ t he may believe the r e p or t s w hi c h arc i n c i rcu latioli T o ol city, the Emp eror l ast n i g h t summoned to his nt. si r r ° A ( the President of th e S enate , t h e pr i nc i pal digni'lesnu the empire, the Metropolitan, and the Ministers' en' communicated to them his project immediateV ° IV franchise all the peasants from personal servita" . ditio ri peanant; would then b e i n p rec i se l y t h e sa me e' ll) filiss e as the Poles and the peopl e o f th e B a l t i c . Most c or present are said to have received the project of tu",,,tclif with great warmth; but the Grand Duke o%rst° 4olu te who is thought by a ll t o b e o f a wea k and irr4.,-tiol, character, backed by hi s unc l e , th e G ran d Duke Insisted and a number of the chief nobles, is said to have , / , ‘ 3 ,, e 00 positively that things s h ou ld rema i n in their r state." ITALY. LOMBARDY. Ah AU" The report of th e capt'.fre of Vicenza by ' -e rieti' trians is confirmed. On the other hand, this ,„• 0 0 °1 montese are probably by thi s ti me in poss 6 '7" ticc es Verona. Thirty th ousan d Pi e d mon t es e are s' ts c o' on the heights of Rivoli, from whence they el in nonade Verona in case of resistance. peh et ;,,,c Six hundred Austri ans were ma de Pr-- he ide. Rivoli. R ADETSRY h as , it i s sa id , given uP / - of defending the forts on the Adige, he col' The Italia of Pisa, o f th e 10th, p u blishes 46. 0, 0 loving proclamation issued by General NVIOj) Conegliano, on the Ist inst.:— I come to you, Italians of the Venetian VI C(P a to offer you peace and pardon in the name of Y. , 0 0$ 11 ; stitutional King. The army of the forces I 61 " ; t o P o , are not turned against you, but listen At l e : 0 0 , 11 voice of reason and duty. It is then only &gi r o them to defend and protect you. Under the a y of the legitimate acknowledged authority , °,/, !cog severe discipline, which I shall maintain : a t i; 3 1 0 0 , t:oops, you may freely return to your beb'''' 0 01' patio! s ; ou will enjoy the tranquillity of f oil' mestic hearth, resume your cares for your, (0 1111 ,,1 , nay, enjoy constitutional liberty, and Y, OO „,`,11°11)f tional dignity, accordinn , to the intentions BO': itte: t bel fested by his Majesty. The ' assassination Con ac e , the crusaders on the 22d, on the persull e lfry os t wounded Austrians, in the hospital of Cf n s toile! where they had been received by the cOIDIAS S : — , OW,: 1 national guards, will be for ever marked in Pi e t ; ions' history as a sign of infamy and universal CO II7 , sote 4 o will wage a war of ex t erm i nat i on agains,!d; ' C df r . so triguers. I shall defend th e sacre d r ights or a rp against all foreign en em i es , an d s h a ll n ot cea s ",, - cop tO O them till I shall have repulsed them to their ufi,, or Separate yourselves th en f rom t h e p e rfidious 1 :, s iest' o , of an unjust war. I ha ve sworn their el 7 tba r whence will ens u e p eace an d or d er f or you, 611 1,0 perity of your country." .00A lt Advices from Milan report that g` P 'j (,01 11 v - ii 14 ,1 ALBERT signed the a c t o f un i on betwe ep h , , act u t f . and Sardinia a t G ar d a , on the 10t h. 0 131;i ~,, been brought ready for signature froral-' CASATI, and two oth er mem b ers of the F t r . v iss im Government. The Pr ov i s i ona l G o veratn en ' be I:: mediately to lay down its functions, an d t° o r d placed by a mixed Committee of Regency' e tip partly of Piedmontese and partly of Milan ° the presidency of M. CASATI. . 0 0 k The Piedmontese G aze tt e o f the 15 t h P r , I rice ° ,o news from Milan of th e 13th, stating .that .010 after a noble resi s t ance , h a d fallen on the 1 01}0414 the hands of the Austri ans . On the 9 th an i 0011; force approached the city from Camisano, at .0e tli ej pied the Bassa no roa d. At the sam e I stili c ; Austrians stationed at Montebello t et towards Monteberico. On the a i ll dawn, the attack upon that positio dt 01 menced. It was valiantly de fen e pe a noon, when all the artillery of the i ible having been directed upon it, it became imp° ' aii e f defend it longer. The rest of the town wa s b i e ce 4 ol and protected by the whole garrison. Fifty' P: t artillery bombarded the town and harrassei I c i teti ii : grape. The Austrians could not succeed in sic e- t ", 58 uninterruptedly nr t it o cbea w ar drt n tue , e.pr t ti h eel o ds though f firehe tmh maintainede o y nl at w es bte lasted der by to u i t arill f vve evening,sgt e at p r r :0000 fpm 00114 the us 1 , • exhausted their ammunition, and it Was that General D URAND° capitulated to save !r t The gi :garrison was allowed to march out ' o ndi r i o r honoursh of war, and to keep their arms, on C iepe 3' t h at they should not tight against the Aust 3 bc iP te l tree months. The lives and property Of t 1 0,160 bitants were guaranteed. The town was ei 130" before noon. The enemy, 30,000 strong; cbebe pieces of cannon an d some excellent c avalry • d, rison had upwards of 500 men hors de conilx fire from Monteberico lasted 15 hours. 1i XlO 7l/1 01 ( sustained a great loss. CHARLES _ALBERT :' 2 0 Poo tains his stro ng p os i t i ons. All his thoughts pi .I turned against Verona, which is the key 019 Venetian territ or y. The loss of the Pont& of will soon be retrieved by the several reg! volunteer bodi es now organised and armed S ' 0 140 1 out Lombardy. O n th e 11th an encounter to boaf Ai t, on the heights of the Stelvio with a large Austrian 'Tyrolese, who were soon Put t ,Oii t fe y The Austrians also tried to attack several I o re Tonale and Tremosine, but were eirerr Y pulsed. 1 0 , :%et er ( MR. R. W. EMERSON, THE AMESICA I4I 1 5 1 10 1 ,, °, PHER.—This gentleman will, on Friday evenitt ; • pn i Hall, deliver a lecture on Napoleon, being L„". s log three lectures (the subjects of the othersee awls mestic Life and Shakspere) which he has b ; V. f ri t to deliver for the benefit of the funds 01 : Key li l t Closing Association. Although we c annot ". ' OO 5, this great Transcendentalist in all his s pecula ; 61 te 0 0 0 , ,.`fe; impossible not to admit that Mr. Waldo EE: . ; 0 0 11 , sesses one of the most philosophical minds tb Joe 0 0 been clothed in clay, and that he is the mu' P ,ib g me taphysician now living, as well as one '.t , d r, eloquent of men. We anticipate a grea t tre o'fbitiPtot° THE SIDDONS MEM ORIAL .—On being 0001 the completion of th e statue o f Mrs. Siddons, thos placed in estminster Abbey, his Royal High P i, I° W Albert immedi a t e ly sent a contr ibution of 2 6 VP el the erection of the monument. CONSECRATION OF CHRISTCHURCH, 81 3 11; e r pt —Yesterday, the ceremony of eonseeratin, r„possir, church, Christchurch, which has been erects; ; b e Or Church Building Extension Act, took place 50c; Rev. the Bishop of Winchester being also „ o rb bee i , clergy. The church is situate in Parker's- )0,,09100,4 head, Birr non d se y, a l oca lity which, until D o ef c ob sadly deficient of accommodation for the P°' 0 pre tb!AP There are 6,000 sittings. The right rev. pre 48 ' t a sermon on the occasion. We have much pleasure in announui t 4 4'7;0 11 ' "Weymouth Troop" is about to be added to . ;! ; ' rg y Own Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Sa/ist N!c------ tO r ris 111RTHS, On the 16th inst., at Holland - cr escent, East B • oil (e, of ~.stl John Joyce, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., iu Lowndes-street, Belg 0 " lo fr L On ady the 16th inst. at Edward-street , City-r' •d, s tftic' Shepherd, of a daughter. . j 0 i P 5 1. On the 16th inst., at Hertford , the lad y of E.. Esq., of Haileybury College, of a su n. '' 10 19 DIED. a O P At his residence, in Skirbeck q uarter, on S 000 Challis Sheath. Esq., in his 73d year. .., Of 0 1 On the sth inst., aged 61 , James Neville, Esq''' jote wood, near Blackburn, Lancashire. a j p or 10 0 On the 13th inst., at Holloway, r. • 0 18 Threadneedle-street, aged 62. r el ict of On the 15th inst, at Epping, Mrs. Price,e co. /' ft Dr. John Price, Physician to her Majestys F or -- - 40,,,g, --- -------- ---- - 7- --.- - ....- - ---",- - ( 0 - 1) ' IPf MIIRDO 1 0. 0 , I London : Printed and Published by 0 , o p No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ot to c o - Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ' t Dliddlesex, Tuesday, June 20, 1848. ti 2