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Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 215. bound, T HE KAFFIR R. FIVE YEARS IN KAFFIRLD, With SKETCHES of the LATE WAR to the PEACE in 1848. Written on the Spot. By Mrs. HARRIET WARD, Wife of Captain Ward, 91st Regiment. " With a courage and devotion which cannot be toe much admired, Mrs. Ward accompanied her husband during the entire period of the Kaffir War, exhibiting, though often in great personal danger, an example of endurance and fortitude as cheering and beneficial to those around her, as noble and honourable to herself. At the pre sent time, when the Kaffir war is a general topic of conversation, a work like this, containing so much of authentic information, and also of useful and practical knowledge for the guidance of future co lonists, will be eagerly read."—Messenger Henry Coiburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Recently published, in post Svo., price 10s. 6d., AUSTRALIA. FELIX ; or, a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Settlement of PORT PHILLIP, NEW SOUTH WALES ; including fall particulars of the Manners and Condition of the Aboriginal Natives, with Observations on Emi gration, on the system of Transportation, and on Colonial Policy. Illustrated with Drawings of the Natives, and a large and beauti fhlly engraved Map, coloured, exhibiting the Pastoral or Squatting Stations of the Settlers. By WILLIAM WESTGARTH. " To all who wish to inform themselves of the past history, the present condition, or the future prospects of one of the most inter esting of our southern colonies, the book is altogether indispensable. It is fall of information on every branch of the subject of which it treats—information carefully tested and discriminated, and presented in a form which is at once trust-worthy, and well fitted to engage and retain attention."—Glasgow Constitutional. " The work comprises a vast variety of important subjects, all of which are treated in a clear and correct manner." —Morning Post. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. London : Simpkin, and Co. B RITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 37, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. Tho Mutual Principle applied to Life Assurance has met with ex traordinary and long continued success. Fire Assurance, however, is almost exclusively conducted on the proprietary system. The evidence is complete that large profits are derivable from Fire Assurance. By the Mutual Plan all these profits are divided among the As sured, who alone have the controL The Directors are chosen by the 3/embers from among themselves. The success which has attended the progress of the British Mutual Life Assurance Company has led to the establishment of this Society on these principles, and which is now effecting Assurances against Fire at the London and Provincial Offices, where Prospectuses may be obtained. . Application for Agencies may be made to the Secretary. W. S. (}OVER, Secretary. KKR MAJESTY'S THRATILE. Mdlle. JZNNT LaID. _ _ The Nehilltiy, animalhers to the Opera, and the Palllie are respect fully informed that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, on which occasion Id&le. JENNY LLND will appear as LUCIA, in Doaizetti'e Opera of LUCIA DI LAIIMER MOOR. _ _ Ti canalude with the admired Ballet DPrertissentent, by M. Per rot, the music composed and arranged by M. Nadaud, eatitled LES ELEMENS, By Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi,lle. C. Rosati, and Mdlle. Cerito ; mexed• Aussandon, Jalien, Payne, Lamoreux, &c. Applieaheas ler Roses, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made a t the Box-Wass of the Theatre. The Ire List is suspended, the pnblie Press excepted. Deers *pea at half-past Seven, and 'gig" c''cl"k" THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. llnder idle Management efEVENING Mr. B. W e bster, sole Lessee. THIS Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE, Sir William Fendlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Widow Green. Mrs. Glover ; Constance. Mrs. Nisbett. Between the pieces Mr. Gerhard Taylor, the eminent Harpist, will perform a grand Fantasia. After which a new piece called the PAS DE FASCINATION ; or, Catching a G0,7011101'. Michael Broweky, Mr. Keeley ; Katherine 'Eloper, Mrs. Keeley. The Swedish Night- After whirl. JENNY LIMO AT LIST ; or, To conclude with a Grand Bontantic Extravaganza, fouided on H erat e Walpole's mysterious p roduction, and called TIIE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenza, Mr. J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; °dente, Mr. Caulfield • Hip - polite, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. Canytteld. ;Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr . E . e 3 b . J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. ter Boles, ss. ; Pit, as. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, 1s Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. "Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be perforated a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. zip:kith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, kiss 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 ; Mrs. Twiddle, Misa Weolgar. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Ur. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Manyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Chspll n will perform. Boas, 4i.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, le. naen at Half-past Sta. Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Tinder the Management of Madame Vestriz. bola Lessee. Kr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, WV be performed TER SCARECROW. Principal characters by Messrs. Rackstone, nelby, Granby, and Charles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss Lee, and Mrs. Fitawilliam. After which, a new Interlude, entitled THE FAST MAN. The ohmmeters by Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Backstone. To conclude with a new and original Classical Extravaganza, entitled TIIESEUS and ARIADNE ; or, the Marriage of Becht's. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Ball, S. Smith, F. Ceske ; Miss Fitzvrillians, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madame Vestris. Dross Boxes, ss. ; tipper Boxes, 4.5. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 5, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till nix. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bend-street. Last Night but Two of the Engagements, and Tenth Appearance sines 1845 of M. Achard, also Tenth/Appearances in this Country of Mdlle. Desiree and M. Jellen Deschamps (ef the Theatre du dymnase, Paris). TO-MOEZOW EVENING, The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock, when Will be performed LE TUTEIIR DE VINGT ANS. To be followed by BABIOLE ETJOBELOT. Jobelot, M. Achardi Babiole, Mdlle. Desiree. To conclude with LA VIE EN PARTIO3 DOUBLE. Theophille Trinqult, M. Achard; Amanda, Mdlle. Desiree. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 38. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 39. ; Gallery, 2s Boxes and stalls may be obtabaNi at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. BT. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT IMMIX (ef the Palids Royal, Paris).—The sur prising and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDIN, having heels received with the most enthusiastic admiration, he will con thine his extraordinary SOIREES FANTASTIQUES at the it. sTaniee's Theatre, This Evening, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Satazday Evening, oomprising Automates, Prestidigitation, Magic, and original experiments, invented by Robert Houdin. Also, Second Yue Escamotage de Roberta Houdin, files, and Suspension Ethereene. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at half-past Bight. eat terminate before Eleven. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 28. Zones and stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCIIELL'S Royal Li brary, TA, Old Bond-street ; and at the Bex-orce of the Theatre, whist is open daily frera Eleven to Five. In 4m:1'1)11x:toe with numerous applications, a DAY PERFORM ANCIE will tie riven on WEDNEkDAT MORNING next, May 31 Doors open at Two o'cloz.k. ROYAL SITRREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Unequalled Attraction. for this Week only. . . Engagement o f Mdlle. Auriol, principal dancer from the Grand Opera at Paris ; Mr. Flexmore,, the celebrated buffo dancer ; Louise and Adele, and a numerous Ballet Company, from her Ma jeers Theatre, will appear. THIS EVENING, 111111 be performed Shakipere'sOriglnil Tragedy THE LIFE AND DIC‘TH OF KING RICHARD THE THIRD, with a powerful and afrestiye cast. Atter which a Grand Ballet, entitled THE CONTRA.BANDISTS, tin which 'Mdlle. Anriol, Mr. Flexmore, M. Duelin. Mdlls. Louise and Adele, &c., will appear. To conciude with Boa's original OLIVER TWIST, splendidly:cast. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. C. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. liitire Change—Brilliant Spestacle—Grand Equaitrian Fete. THIS EVENING, Will be revived, with great splendour, M. G. Lewis's Grand Ro lunatic Eqaestrian Drama of TIMOUR THE TARTAR, In which Mr. Batty's unrivalled 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 •uce of Mr. Batty's highly-trained Hanoverian Palfreys. To eorxeladelwith the favourite Farce of THE SECRET. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti. (sated by tne name and addr€ss c. the writer. Aejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER. —Sum Orlncs, MAT 25. TILURNONIBTBIL, Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 68; Nooa, 66, B•110METIR, 30.31.—W1ND E.N.t.; fine. 11IGTE WATZII AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT — . Xornlng .. 29 min. after 6 I Evening 56mi n. after _ 7 .. 4. - ..• , , li • , 1, , L,,, 7.'', • • orr " kW, ;id I'. ' '2. ~, , A A P :"! •..," '' 'Z' • . ' ••• ...P l P r Akr& ~ ‘''' Pt . --4.e' . 4 . - - . * -114 Pf Fs-, - ei ::V.7 7411110 & A •'. - 4 106 _* . 7-..14,4-: '7.? ...' ' .6 )' , igitz . -4' 4ZIT7P—AIIi ' s ' -- 10 -• 4 ...- -,Ni • ',... ....nt'Q • o.* i -:,.,,,,.. 4003;3,,,,5i, „ t - ~.. 4 .... ' '' '' '' .4 ,., 7 •!?. l'' ''.7.'''' : - ..., ' ..• .... :~l ~~W9W~~~~ LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1348. Whatever we may think respecting the consolida tion of the nationality of the Italians by a Federal Pact under the Presidency of the SOVEREIGN Pox- TlFF—it is beyond all denial that the safest and the readiest means for securing the liberation of the Roman peninsula will be the nomination of Claw A.LBIRTO as King of Northern Italy, his dominions comprising Lombardy, the Venetian States, Parma, l'iEtoenca, Modena, Genoa, Savoy, Sardinia, and Pied mont. However unadvisable this may appear to ourselves as an ulterior arrangement, we should be madme n to deny that as an immediate course it is the very best that could be followed by the Italians. It would conc entrate the energies, both military an d maritime, of the peninsula ; it would redouble the exertions of the MONARCH upon whose arils the emancipation of the entire country is dependent ; it would realise and verify that old dynastic apophthegm that the House of Savoy is the guardian of the keys of Italy ; and, within a few months, within possibly a few weeks from the pre sent date, it would lead to the expulsion of the German soldiers beyond the Alpine barrier of the Tyrol. Nevertheless, we will acknowledge at once that we anticipate this mode of settlement with a very great degree of repugnance. We do so, moreover, without depreciating in any respect the brilliant ser - vices of his Majesty of SARDINIA in aid of his illus trious confederates of the peninsula. We are di s _ posed to contemn the project for ensuring the inde pendence of Italy by the union of the Lombardo. Venetian territory to the kingdom of Piedmont, not because we regard the career of CARLO ALBERTO as tarnished by shameless and culpable inconsis tenoies, but because in the very fact of this apportionment of the soil of Italy we cannot but view the Lombards and Venetians as the victims of circumstance. We cannot but look upon them as driven into this arrangement by a deplorable alterna tive. We cannot but perceive that they are com pelled nolens volens to act thus by a sort of irresistible necessity. This is why we look upon the scheme of amalgamation with repugnance ; though at the same time we are ready to confess what we have already intimated, that the project is by far the safest and the readiest method by which the Italians can secure their independence. As to CARLO A.LI3EILTO himself, we are by no means actuated by sentiments either of unconditional prejudice or of unbounded admiration. We can on no account regard his reputation as a politician as immaculate. Yet we must protest at once that we are far from being disposed to coincide with those who deem his character as only worthy of abhorrence or suspicion. As Prince of CARIGNANO, he began life nobly, valorously, chivalrously, as a Royal Knight of the People. In 1821, in fact, when heir-presump tive to the crown of Piedmont, he stood forth da ringly—most daringly, if we take into consideration the overwhelming odds of his opponents, and the perils individually provoked against himself by the proceeding—he stood forth daringly, we say, as the leader of the Liberal party , demanding a free Constitution for Sardinia. In so doing he acted (and History will proclaim it) bravely ; but in betraying his party he acted (and History will blazon this too upon her pages) most basely. No doubt there has been monstrous exaggeration as to the conduct of Calm° ALBERTO towards the Constitutionalists ; no doubt the alteration of his policy immediately upon succeeding CARLO FELICE upon the throne of Sardini a has been represented as more abrupt than facts would justify; no doubt there has not been enough consi deration given to the preponderating influence of Austria during the first years of his reign, when any direct opposition to the views of Prince METTERNICH would have been little short of insanity, and would have led only to the further diminution of the liberties of the Piedmontese,—still, admitting all this, we can by no means regard the political cha racterDlNu as o f u h n is sullied or the scathe r le ei ss g . nin C g al K pa in b g le o h f e SRI- Majesty cer tainly proved himself to be, but culpable in a degree immeasurably less than that which is indicated by his more virulent antagonists. As an antidote to the misrepresentations of those antagonists, we would refer the reader to an admirable pamphlet just published,* in which the writer, GEORGE BOWYER, Esq., D.C.L., has -vindi cated Caw.° .ALBERTO from the majority of these malignant aspersions, though we cannot coincide in those ingenious arguments of the pamphleteer by which he would relieve the reputation of the Monarch from all blame in reference to his temporary aban donment of the cause of the Constitutionalists. Making every allowance for the supreme power of Austria during the reign of GREGORY XVI., and bearing for ever in our remembrance the noble con duct of the King of SARDINIA ever since the acces sion of Pio NoNo to the Papal chair, we must declare at once and for all that we regard the character of CARLO ALBERTO with real sentiments of respect and admiration. For a while he was culpable, and grossly culpable, no doubt, but he has expiated his error in a manner becoming a patriot, a soldier, and a Prince. For a while he allowed his liberality to lie in abeyance, but he has since called it forth with renewed vigour, and has staked his crown, his fame, and his life upon the freedom of Italy. As a recom pense for this kingly courage, the diadem of Northern Italy, the junction of Venetian-Lombardy to his do minions, and the incorporation of the duchies of Parma, Piacenza, and Modena, would be a splendid and munificent boon, but a boon not greater than his audacity, or superior to his patriotism. Should destiny reserve this glorious kingdom as areward to CareLo ALBERTO, he will have earned it well by fighting for the liberty of the Italians, in the van of the army of independ ence. Still, while we appreciate the justice of this estimate, we repeat that the scheme is repugnant to us, inasmuch as it appears to us to be forced upon the Lombardo-Venetians. , On Monday we alluded to the attempts that have been made to prevent the Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland from exercising, on the approaching trial of Mr. JOHN Aimma, their undoubted privilege of setting aside every person who may be called upon the jury panel, who adopts the " Young Ireland', doctrines, and who in all human probability would follow the example afforded by the minorities on the recent trials. The notion which the Confederates entertain of an impartially selected jury appears to be, that it should consist of persons professing the same political opinions as the prisoner they are about to try. The chairman at one of their meetings put this point plainly enough. He said, " We have assembled for the purpose of protest ing against the base, brutal, and bloody practice of jury packing. There were two meanings attached to trial by jury in Ireland— the one was to view it in a theoretic sense, in which it meant a trial of a man by twelve men, impartially selected from his fellow-citizens. But there was another sense in which it must be viewed, and that was the sense in which it had always been applied by the servants of British power against those who were guilty of the heinous crime of loving their country. In the latter sense it meant the selection of twelve of their bitterest enemies to try them. Now they were the open and avowed enemies of the British power in that country." So, then, the speaker conceives it to be packing a jury if none but those who are friendly to the British connexion, and who are op posed to the Utopian project of an Irish Republic, are placed thereon. As well might a pickpocket demand that some of his own honourable professio❑ should be placed upon his jury when he is placed at the bar, or a murderer protest against the unfair ness of having those who are to decide on his guilt or innocence selected from persons not one of whom had ever shed the blood of a fellow-creature. If these views were carried out to their full extent the law would possess but little terror for its habitual vio lators. All doubts on the subject will, however, speedily be terminated. An unsuccessful attempt was made to have the indictment quashed, upon the ground that it contained two separate and distinct charges of fe lony. A demurrer was subsequently threatened, manifestly for the purpose of delay, but the Attorney- General having intimated that if such a course was persisted in he would, in the event of its being overruled, press for form3l judgment against the pri soner ; and the Court having decided that if an argument took pl ace t h ereon, j udgment of guilty or not guilty should follow immediately, the intention was abandoned. A plea of not guilty was at length recorded, and this day finally fixed for the trial. It is more than probable that some hours may be consumed by a challenge to th e array, or some similar motion with respe c t t o the jury panel, before the charge is fairly entered i n t o, or twelve men sworn to try the case ; but, despite all effort s , the trial will be proceeded with, and it will t h en be seen whether the cherished expectation of an acquittal, or even of a disagreement of the jury, will be re a li sed. But if those hopes should fail — if the officials of the Crown" should procure a jury that by any possi bility would convict the prisoner, he is not to b e left to the punishment which the "Foreign Usurper" may award to him. The Doctor Doyle Club have spoken explicitly on this subject. In an add r es s to Mrs. MITCHEL they say---' We have now but one absorbing duty to perform—namely, to prepare I night and day for the purpose, should he be con victed, of restoring him to liberty, and to you." This is perfectly plain and unequivocal. It can only mean that he is to be rescued by force in the event of any sentence being passed upon him that would keep him from his home and family—indeed, it scarcely required that such a determination should be expressed in words. " The measured tramp of the ten thousand marching men, confederates in heart and soul," who have adopted the practice of proceeding in military array from their several club rooms to the gaol in which he . is confined, and then giving three cheers for the prisoner, would sufficiently indicate the intention of those who pay such compli mentary visits not to permit their brother Confede rate to leave Ireland in " felon's fetters." The authorities, however, are fully alive, and are taking * " Lombardy, the Pop e , an d A ustr i a. " B y George Bowyer, Esq., D.C.L. Pp. 27. London; Ridgways, 1848. THE SUN, LONDON, f e r v o e m r y b p e r i n e c g a u v o i precaution t e t d o Theprevent m t a h r e o i p n u g b a l i ca and tranquillity from being violated. The marchings and counter marchings have been prohibited, and the police have been directed to prevent persons from marching through the streets or obstructing the thoroughfares. This is of course protested against by the Council of the Confederation, who, in a counter proclamation, declare that such processions are not in any wise illegal. This opinion will speedily be tested. Mr. DEVIN REILLY, the most devoted follower of Mr. MITCHEL, the gentleman wbo withdrew from the Irish Confederation with him, and who is also as sociated in the editorship of the United Irishman, has been arrested and committed to stand his trial at the present commission for a misdemeanor, in acting as leader of one of the clubs, during one of their de monstrations, and using military words of command on the occasion. We shall then know whether the advisers of the Crown, or of the Confedera- ' tion, are correct in their interpretation of the law. It appears to us that there would be but little se curity for the peace of the country if the police were not authorised to suppress such danger ous nuisances, and to save the peaceable and loyal inhabitants from the inconvenience and peril to which they are exposed by the proceedings of the anarchists and revolutionists. The decided and firm conduct of the Government on the 10th of April preserved our own metropolis from riot and disturbance, and the attitude assumed by the Executive in Ireland will teach the Confederates how utterly absurd it is to suppose that a small fraction of the population can by any possibility prevail against the well-disposed and loyal inhabitants of the country, aided and supported by the mighty strength and resources of the British empire. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 19th have been received. Seville was quiet on the 19th, the insurgents having retired into the mountains, taking with them two pieces of cannon and a large supply of arms and ammunition. MADRID BOLSA, MAT 19. Three per Cents., 301; Five per Cents., 131. Exchange on London, 42. PORTUGAL. By the Peninsular and Oriental steam-packet Tiger, we have received advices from Lisbon of the 19th. Beyond the statements that there were appre hensions of a revolt, and that there were rumours of a new Ministerial combination being intended, which would include COSTA CABRAL, these advices contain no intelligence. The Minister of the French Republic, M. NIVIER, has arrived in Lisbon. TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople announce that the cholera is at present carrying off from twelve to twenty-three victims daily. GREE CE. Letters from Athens of the 30th ult. mention that serious insurrections had broken out in various pro. vinces of Greece. At Lamia a Provisional Govern• went had been proclaimed by General VELENZA. lONIAN ISLANDS. The lonian Islands are in a very disturbed state, and the 17th Regiment (Foot), which was reported three weeks ago to have left Corfu, has been distri buted among them—part at Patras, part at Cepha lonia, and a part at Zante. Calamata, the stronghold of the insurgents, has been taken ; but, on the other hand, the Albanians are arming. THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1818. otherwise, and the moment chosen to bring it forward constitutes also an assimilation that we cannot accept. Free from all personal ambition, we protest before the representatives of the nation against a measure which our antecedents and our feelings do not warrant. " Be good enough, Mr. President, to lay this letter before the National Assembly, and receive the assurance of our high consideration. (Signed) " F. D'ORLEANS. " HENRI D'ORLEANS." " 20th May. " Mr. President,—Absent at the time when the news arrived here of the project of a decree having been pro posed to banish our family from the French territory, I was not enabled to add my signature to the letter my brothers addressed to you yesterday (13th inst.), but I hasten to declare that I fully coincide in its contents, and I beg of you to acquaint the National Assembly of this adhesion. " Receire, &c., " LOUIS D'ORLEANS." M. Viraldek-Rousseau presented the report on the pro position of M. Billault, tending to institute an inquiry into the situation of the working classes and labour throughout the Republic. The Committee thought the proposition of public utility, and recommended that it should be discussed on an early day.—Ordered to be discussed the next day. M. Trelat, Minister of Public Works, proposed, d'urgence, a decree to grant ten millions for the execution of works on the railways from Paris to Strasburg, from Paris to Chartres, and from Orleans to Bordeaux.— Ordered to be discussed on Friday. M. Domes presented the following report of the Com mittee on the decree to banish the Orleans family from France. " The Executive Commission has presented to you a prejet de decret conceived to that effect. Your Com mission, associating itself to the intentions of the Government, has charged me to propose to you the rude and simple adoption of this decree. The decree is a natural and inevitable consequence of the revolution of February, and of the establish ment of the Republic. It is neither a judgment nor a penal law against the Orleans family. The people have already pronounced, and we leave to the inflexible and impartial severity of history the mission to do the rest. What is proposed to you is a measure of general safety, a law entirely political. Doubtless the Republic, founded on the rights of all, on the respect of family and of property, has no more to fear from seditions which should be provoked to the profit of a restoration than it has from the attempts of anarchy, but it is never theless the duty of the Government, of the Assembly, of all men solicitous for social progress and the true inte rests of the workmen, to take away from adventurous spirits all pretext of such attempts, which though they would certainly fail before the vigilant and indefatigable patriotism of the people in arms, would nevertheless have the serious inconvenienee of still further post poning the return of confidence, especially to public and private property. This measure is confor mable to the rights of practical men in all nations, is justified by circumstances, and is moreover deprived of all the hardships . which - pass the limits of State reasons of public necessity. The decree confines itself to interdicting the soil of France to a family whose re sidence in our country has been productive of such fatal effects, and which might serve as a rallying point to re bellion. In many of your bureaux Members of this Assembly have wished to give more importance to this decree, and to introduce important modifications, which appears to your Commission to have more the character •f new propositions than of amendments. Your Com mission has laid them aside in order not to throw at first too much confusion into the debate. Always pre-occu pied with the solution of the question of the private domain, and the vices of the former administration of the civil list, placed under national sequestration since the 24th of February, it has thought proper to invite the Executive Commission to present to you a decree relative to that subject as soon as possible. The Commission, moreover, sees the propriety of abstaining from all other reflexions; and to give more solemnity and authority to its decision in a grave act, which regards public tran quillity, it has charged me to inform you that it has ad opted the decree unanimously." It was ordered to be discussed on Friday. M. Drouyndil'Hugs said that the Committee on Fo reign Affairs, having maturely examined the various propositions of address brought forward the day before relative to Italy and Poland, had unanimously agreed to that which recommended to the Government as the basis of its policy—fraternity with Germany—Poland free and independent—and the enfranchisement of Italy. In consequence, he had, in the name of the committee, to propose to the Executive Committee to make these three points the guides of their policy rela tive to the two countries mentioned above.—(Hear.) — Adopted unanimously. M. Ducos presented the report of the committee on the demand of seven millions for the repair of national roads and canals, and which included also three millions for the ateliers nationaux. The committee expressed its wish that these works should be terminated as soon as possi ble. They were (said the report) of very doubtful utility and could only be regarded as a temporary relief granted to the workmen. If the ateliers nationau.v were to be contiaued, the labour should be devoted to a more useful purpose. _ _ _ A Member observed that before now works were commenced those which had already been begun should be terminated. Ho alluded to many in the departments which had been commenced, and put a stop to for want of funds. M. Beaumont (de la Somme) objected to the money being expended in works of fortifications. A Member complained that a grant of 1,500,000 f. for the improvement of the Maine had been struck out from the decree. The Minister of Public Works explained, and took that opportunity to state that measures had been taken to give the greatest possible Humber of labourers to agricultural pursuits. M. Luneau said that although the canals were cer tainly of great use to the country, yet he considered it would be impolitic to vote so large a sum for that pur pose at the present time, and therefore defended the suppression of the vote of which the Hon. Deputy com plained. The decree was then adopted, and the sitting was brought to a close. At a late hour on Monday night General COUR TAD) was removed from the prison of the Luxemburg, and sent to Vincennes. It is said that he has chosen M. BETHMONT for his advocate. M. SEWER and M. DESCHAMPS, who are confined with the General, were also transferred to Vincennes with:him. The Commerce says—" The statement made yes terday by a journal of BARES having attempted evasion was unfounded. The investigation into the affair of the 15th is being pursued with activity, and no new incident has occurred." The Droit contradicts the account of the nomina tion of M. ELIAs REGNAULT to be Secretary-General of the Prefecture of Police, declaring that it is at least premature. The Constitutionnel says—" It was yesterday said at the Bourse, according to a dispatch from Toulon, that after a sharp struggle the troops had obtained possession of the Arsenal of Toulon, and that the workmen had returned to their duty. We repeat the news as it was given." The Courrier de Lyon says that, on the 22d, the barricades in the Avenues of the Croix-Rousse were not demolished ; and a sentinel was guarding that of the Yierres PlantC:es. The .Droit mentions a report that M. DussART, who has shown at Rouen, as Commissary-General, a firm but conciliatory spirit, which has led to the happiest results, has been requested by the Govern ment to undertake the still more difficult task of re storing order at Lyons, with the title of Special Commissary-General. The following are stated to have been agreed on as the bases of the new French Constitution : There is to be but one Chamber, with triennial elections by universal suffrage, as at present. The Republic will have a President, to be elected every three years. The magistracy, including judges of all courts, are to be submitted to election every three years. All these elections for President and representa tives and magistrates are to take place on the same day, every third year. It is supposed that the stipend allotted to the clergy will be continued. It is considered likely that the Council of State, found to be so useful in considering and recommend ing useful measures, will be continued. BOURSE—PARIS, MAT 24. THREE O'CLOCY.—Thero was very little business done at the Bourse to-day, but the Rentes for cash are I per cent. higher than they were yesterday. Railway Shares are without much variation. There were no reports afloat, but there was a great indisposition to enter into new transactions. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAX 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 6A—Northern of France, 4%—• Paris and Orleans, 21—Paris and Rouen, 15—Sambre and Meuse, 414. IRELAA D. THE STATE PROSECUTIONS. (TY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY. An application to postpone the trial of Mitchel will be made on Thursday, on the alleged ground that the jury panel was partially arraigned. Printed threatening notices to the juries are ex tensively circulated. - PASSENGERS TO BOULOGNE.—The number of pas sengers between England and Boulogne during the week ending the 21st of March was 1,130. Of this number 426 were from England to Boulogne, and 704 from Boulogne to England. Of the former 273 were from Folkestone, 68 from Dover, and 85 from London. Of the latter 440 were to Folkestone, 123 to Dover, and 141 to London. The week preceding the above there were 692 passengers to, and 874 from, Boulogne. The total number of passengers between England and Calais during the above week was 195. MALTA. The gunpowder trade is very brisk in Malta, as there are several Sicilian agents in the island, who are purchasing largely. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The speech of M. DE LAMARTIZIE is commented on in all of them, and it obtains all but universal approval. His announcement of a direct promise from the King of Pausal. to organize the Duchy of Posen on a basis of Polish nationality, cannot but gladden the hearts of all true friends of the cause of Polish regeneration. The reference of the several propositions made by different members of the National Assembly to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the resolution approving the foreign policy of the Government, recommending it to pursue without pause measures for the reconstitu tion of Poland (both which propositions are certain to be carried), cannot but materially strengthen M. LAMARTIXE. The reactionary party are, as we said, they would be, most active in Paris intriguing for a restoration. We find the following in the lifoniteur du Soir of Tuesday : " For sone days past the coryphees of the reactionary party, and particularly of those of the Regency, who now walk with their heads erect, spread the most dis gusting reports on the state of Paris, and yet Paris was never more tranquiL " The smallest inconvenience attendant on those alarmist rumours which are propagated with the moss perfidious intentions, is to induce the National Assembly to surround itself with a military force which of itself alone is sufficient to cause a mischievous emotion in the public mind, and to irritate the National Guard, by being so frequently called on, as we repeat, there is nothing in the state of the capital to warrant such pro ceedings. " Another manoeuvre, also put in practice for the pro motion of senseless or guilty hopes, consists in represent ing the Executive Commission as divided among them selves, and inducing the idea that a dissolution of that committee must be imminent. " In face of such odious tactics, which can have no other object than to destroy trade and credit, by keeping up uneasiness and mistrust, now that all good citizens, united by a love of conciliation and concord, only de mand that the Republic should be allowed to found itself peaceably on the broad bases of fraternity, demo cracy, and universal suffrage• ' we can declare, in th e most formal manner, that all the decisions of the Execu tive Committee have been come to unanimously since it has been in existence, and that there has never seen any serious dissension between the members of whom it is composed. " Let the well-meaning portion of Paris, that is to say, the immense majority of its population, who wish for order, but order with its progress, reassure them selves, and let them continue to lend their energetic and loyal co-operation to the National Assembly, and to the Executive Committee which has been chosen by it.. _ ." The manoeuvres of reaction, now exposed to the light of day, will soon fall powerless before the irresistible force of that good accord, and the alarmists will see their idle fears vanish before it." The tactics adopted by the reactionary party prove the source from whence those tactics emanate. All that is done by the reactionary party in Paris is done in obedience to orders emanating from the partisans of the Orleans family resident in England. How was the throne of July acquired? By an organized system of " enormous lying," persevered in for years and backed up by corruption. It was preserved by similar means, and by similar means it is hoped that it may he regained. There is a club in Paris pre sided over by the Duke DECAZIIS, the father of the Due DE GLUCLSDURGH, the "family" Ambassador in Spain, and attended by all the old Dynasties, which is the medium of communication between the "Conservatives" of France and the " Conservatives" French and English in England. The Droit has the following:— " The authorities were informed that for several days past certain plotters of disturbances, preparing new schemes, h a d i nstalled a telegraph by means of lights in several hou ses near the Hotel de Ville and the Prefec ture of Police. Thu s on S atur d ay evening lights appear ingopfreap and being mo ve d i n cer t a i n direc tions, and indicatin gdisappearing,, signals a h r o e u d se in nearthe advance, vlac w e ere observed cn th e summ i t Chatelet. The vigilant researches of the authorities have made known the authors and motives of this noc turnal correspondence." Serious disturbances took place at Lille on Monday. A number of persons assembled and proceeded to the w ho a u s s y e oeryf seriously m erio a u e s u ly fac il t i u . r t e r r eat n e a d m . ed D Ar z o Lm pe s w rA u uL p , as w s h ed o round his body, by which he was dragged through the streets. A small party of the National Guards fortunately arrived on the spot, and by their energy rescued M. DELESIrIUL. One of the National Guards was struck very severely by a stone, on which he fired at his assailant and lodged a ball int his thigh. The arrival of reinforcements of National Guards and troops of the line at length restored order. Several attempts have been made, fortunately with out success, by the emissaries of the Parisian clubs to excite disturbances in Bordeaux. The disturbances at Lyons have ceased. On this sub ject we read in the Moniteur—"M. TABOUR T, sub: stitut du Procureur de la Republique at Lyons, has been subjected to the most violent outrages on the part of the Voraces, who imprisoned him at the Croix Rousse. He courageously resisted the most shameful treatment against his person ; summoned by irritated bands to give up prisoners who were detained on warrants, he only answered, The law alone can order their release, and the magistrate will only grant it on a decree of justice.' A wretch threw a long leather strap around his face and neck, on which a cry of indignation was uttered by the young magis trate. ' People kill those whom they believe an enemy,' he cried, but do not dishonour him I ' Placed in liberty after several hours of sequestration, he was only sent to Lyons sur parole, and under the condition that he would return at a fixed hour, with the order to release the prisoners. He replied, I will return without the prisoners,' and he went back to the Croix Rousse at the risk of his life, where he was delivered by some courageous men. The Court of Ap peal of Lyons immediately took in hand the procedure relative to the crime which led to the arrest of the seven individuals accused of having destroyed several machines. This was done on the demand of M. LOIN sota, doing the duties of Procureur-General. All the magistracy conducted themselves nobly with courage and dignity above all praise. The Minister of Jus tice yesterday proposed to the Commission of Execu tive Government to take the measures which these grave attempts call for, and the Government has so done. At the same time the Minister proposed the nomination of M. TAROURET to the post of second advocate to the Court of Appeal at Besancon. This choice sa was accepted. The court at Bncn eagerness a magistrate who, by his noble conduct, has merited the public es teem and the praises of the Government." eow We read in the Courrier de Lyon of Sunday— " The reign of the Voraces is passed. Yesterday it was announced ill receive immediately with to this totally illegitimate corps that its services would henceforth be dispensed with. At three o'clock the Colonel of the Garde Mobile, having drawn up his men in the court-yard of the Prefecture, in front of the Voraces, who were also in line, announced formally to them that the authorities had come to a resolution that there should be an immediate end to the mission they had taken upon themselves. When this communication was made, the Voraces retired from the Prefecture to the Hotel de Ville to join their comrades, who were on guard there, and had in like manner been disbanded. They then took their way together towards the Croix Rousse. According to the reports in circulation, they sent out emissaries in all directions to assemble parti sans, and will meet to-day at Vaisse. It is believed that they are preparing for a demonstration to be made to morrow. Last night the Voraces made some attempts to raise barricades at the Croix Rousse, but this was everywhere strongly opposed by the workmen, and at several points conflicts ensued. In fact, the endeavour to excite an insurrection was without any success. Mr. RUSH, the Minister of the United States, on Monday presented the following address to the five members of the Executive Government at the Petit- Luxembourg : " I have the honour to present to your Excellencies a resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, passed on the 13th of April, tendering, in the name and behalf of the American people, the congratulations of Congress to the people of France upon the success of their recent efforts to consolidate the principles of liberty in a re publican form of government.' " The resolution has the sanction of the President of the United States, in the form prescribed by their con stitution: and I, as their Minister Plenipotentiary, have been instructed, under a clause of the resolution, to pre sent it. "In fulfilling this trust, I am charged by the Presi dent to say that these congratulations of the Legislative and Executive departments of the Government do but reflect the general feeling of the people of the United States, who never can review with indifference the pro gress of civil liberty in any part of the world, and least of all in the great nation ever associated with their own freedom and independence. "The President, beholding with admiration the spirit of order and peace which reigned as soon as the late re volution in France was achieved, has the anxious hope that the same spirit may continue. With the deepest soli citude for the welfare of France, he hopes that she may be blessed with internal tranquillity, whilst occupied in the greatwork of building up her new institutions of goverment, and be spared the miseries of foreign war. He believes that those institutions, calmly constructed with the best wisdom of France, will thus have auspicious opportu nities to become improved and strengthened, so as to command the approbation of mankind, and secure to France a long career of prosperity and happiness. Then she will triumph most gloriously, because most du rably, in the eyes of other nations, by the influence of her own great example. The people of the United States, whose birthright was freedom, required time and ' peace after their revolution, successfully to found and consolidate their system of government; republican in , form, popular in essence, and stable from the elements of order combined and inherent in its structure, its effi ciency, like its durability, has been owing to its salutary checks upon power. " These are the sentiments, these the ardent hopes, cherished towards France by the President ; who speaks, under this solemn resolution ;of Congress, in the name of the whole American people, and in the spirit of their ancient attachment to their renowned and generous ally in the days of Washington. I am honoured in being the medium of imparting them. Most especially am I alive to this honour at a time when the whole French people, convoked in their representative majesty in the 'National Assembly, are in deliberation to found their new Constitution, under all the highest mo tives to exalt in man the sense of duty to the age exist ing, and ages to come." The Moniteur has the following official contradic tion of the rumours which have been circulated with respect to the changes in the Government : " For some days past persons who evidently wish to excite disorder have spread alarming reports. Justice watches over these machinations, and will know how to seize and disarm them. The public should be on its guard against these tactics, which are not new. It has been said, resaid, in all quarters, that the Executive Committee of Government had given, or was about to give, in its resignation. There is nothing true in this ; there is nothing founded in all these stories which ought not for an instant to occupy serious minds." The committee on the projet de loi relative to the relations between the Executive Government and the National Assembly, has given way to the wishes of the Government, and has contented itself with intro ducing a clause enacting that if forty Members of the I Assembly demand the presence of the members of the Government they shall be obliged to attend. The Bill for repurchasing the Railways by the State is strongly opposed in the Committee. MM. DUVERGIER DE HAURANNE, ST. BEURE, LEON FAUCHER, and Beftnyea, attacked the measure with great vigour. They contended that as regarded the companies which had fulfilled all their obligations, that measure would be a flagrant violation of contract. As regards the companies which are not in a position to execute their contracts but on the condition of being reimbursed for the works already executed, and of the shareholders being put into a position not to be injured in a pecuniary sense, there was another important question to be considered. Was the State in a condition to finish the works ? Of this they were very doubtful. The article 7of the Bill stated that the expense of the repurchase should be sup ported by the floating debt; but the r e was no longer any floating debt. T he Bill, besides the crushing charges which it would impose on the finances of the State, would have the great inconvenience of destroy ing the spirit of association, of ruining private credit, and of driving a way foreig • n capital. These consi derations, which were strongly urged by several members, were favou ra bly received by a majority of the Committee, who have declared themselves against the measure. It is not known how soom the Com mittee will make its report. t at a quarter before one. The National Assemb l y me e again presented from A number of addresses wer t th • 3 . France, protesting agains e inva si on various parts of of the Assembly ou May 15. ' The President had to in f o rm the representatives that decree now under the consideration ho had received two protests against the for banishing of a Committee, for for ever from the soil of France the Orleans family.— , (Loud cries of " Hear, h ear ; ma rks of great interest.) " Francois d'Orleans" One of these protests was signed; and " Henri d'Orleans" (the Prince de Joinville and the Duke d'Aumale). This protest w as dated from Clare mont, May 19. The other protest dated May 20.—Ordered was from " Louis d'Orleans" (Duke de Nemours), to be sent to the Committee on the decree. The following is the text of these letters:— " Mr. President,—The accompanying letter is ad dressed to you by the Duke of Ne mours. lam desired to hand it to you, begging you to read it to the National Assembly, after one which you h a ve already received from the Pri nc e of Joinville and the Duke of Aumale. 6, CABLE FAIN. (Signed) " May 19." bring us a project of a " Mr. Pre s id e nt—The papers decree t en di ng to shut against us the gates of France. The feelings with which this project inspires us draws us from th e reserve which we had imposed on ourselves. reserve would have We had h ope d t h at t his patriotic met ; it was, in been und erstoo d . Th e Assembly had to vote a new its indep en d ence an d sovereignty, about n the midst of its de constitution. We were unwilling , 1 liberations, to utter the expression of a wish, or to pre occupy it with the interest of individual- Afriers, a first call " We also thought that in leaving e had g had been m a d e on our patriotism, w iven to o ur country a palpable proof of our intention not to endea your to disunite France, as we had testified our respect nation. for the call made to the We flattered ourselves • also that the country could not think of rejecting those • who had always faithfully and loyally served it in our professions of sailors and soldiers. ‘ 1 The project of the decree shows that it has thought GEII,IA3. TY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. A LTSTRIA, Intelligence has been received from Vienna up to the evening of the 18th. The peace of the city had up to that time been preserved. HAFNER, the editor of the Constitution, MAHLER, a collaborateur, and TuvoßA, both newspaper writers, had been appre hended; for endeavouring to proclaim a republic, and had been taken under a strong military escort to the prison on the Alser Glacis ; they were followed by a large number of persons, but no attempt at a rescue had been made. The whole of the garrison—infantry, cavalry, and artillery—were stationed on the Glacis and in the Burg. The National Guard were on duty, and the Central Committee had expressed confidence in the intentions of the Ministers, and declared their intention to sup port them unconditionally in any measures they thought necessary for the public safety. The students had also published an address to the working classes, exhorting them to be peaceable. It was reported that the Archduke JouN had ar rived in Vienna. Information had, it was said, been received from Prague by telegraph, stating that the Bohemians re fuse to send Members to the Diet as modified on the 15th May, the constitution previously promulgated being entirely in accordance with their wishes. According to advices from Visnadello, Generals NUGBNT, SCIIELSIG, CULLOZ, and SCHAFGOTSCIIE had arrived before the walls of Treviso. At nine o'clock in the morning of the 14th Count NUGENT had called upon the people to surrender, and gave them three hours for consideration. The intelligence from Vienna is to the 19th of May. The Minister at War had announced, in an order of the day, that the Council of Ministers had taken all the necessary measures to secure the public safety. The National Guard and the Academic Legion having claimed to place themselves under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, and to obey the orders of the Council of Ministers, order is restored. The Ministerial Council has issued the following circular, in reply to an article which appeared in the Wiener Zeitung of the 18th : " The Ministerial Council has read in the unofficial part of the Wiener Zeitung of this day a comparison drawn between the presumed departure of his Majesty the Emperor from Vienna and the flight of Louis XVI., with the remark that the last day of the presence of the Emperor at Vienna would be the first day of the Republic.' "The Ministerial Council surely speaks in the name of the entire population of Vienna, as of the whole country loyally devoted to his Majesty, when it repu diates with indignation and firmness such a misrepre sentation of the feelings or of the intentions of the in habitants of Vienna towards the overthrow of the con atitutianal monarchy. "In this construction put upon a determination of his Majesty concerning a choice of a temporary residence, in this or that portion of the constitutional kingdom, the Ministerial Council can only behold a regretable error or indignity of a few against the unshaken loyalty of the Austrians of every race for their Sovereign. " The Provisional Ministry feels itself called upon to make this declaration to all the citizens of Vienna, and will know bow, in unison with the whole population of Vienna, and supported by the National Guard, as also by the Imperial troops, not only to preserve order and peace with a firm hand, but will also know how to pro tect monarchical constitutions and the unshaken and proverbial loyalty and fidelity of the servants of their beloved Emperor. " The Minister, ad interim, of his Majesty the Emperor. " Vienna, May 18, 1848. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, of May 20, says, in conse quence of events which have recently taken place in Paris, the Government has resolved to detain all the Polish prisoners in the fortress situated between the 'Weser and the Elbe, instead of giving them their passports for France, until peace shall have been en tirely established in the Grand Duchy. This mea sure will, of course, include Minnosrawsxr, who was already at Posen on the 18th, at the hotel of the Commander-in-Chief. These events have shaken the confidence of the maintenance of peace with France, and the necessity of a more intimate union with Russia is sensibly felt, that empire not having taken any direct part in the negotiations conducted at London for the regulation of the affairs of Schleswig-Holstein. The Cabinet of St. Petersburgh has, however, sent a note to our Cabinet a few days since in very decisive terms, de manding the most speedy re-establishment possible of peace with Denmark, in default of which the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh will take similar mea sures to those adopted by Sweden. The Prussian Ministers, who are also very desirous for peace, have decided, from the new phase of affairs in Poland, to show themselves more favourable to the conditions proposed by Russia than they could have been under other circumstances. An English courier, who leaves Berlin for St. Petersburgh to-day, carries with him the reply of the Prussian Government ; and it is hoped that the conclusion of peace will speedily ensue. In Mayence a petition to Parliament is in prepa ration from the shipowners, praying that general regulations may be made for the due navigation of all the rivers of Germany. The authorities in Ma yence have been exerting themselves of late to restore to the Rhine the advantages derivable from steam tugs, and the use of which has been prevented by combination and acts of violence on the part of the boatmen. COLLISION BETWEEN THE TROOPS AND THE CITIZENS AT MAYENCE. The reactionary movement to which we hare so frequently alluded has received its baptism by blood at Mayence. A more wanton and unprovoked butchery than that recorded below it has seldom been our lot to record. Who for the future will be mad enough to trust to any promises of the King of PRUSSIA ? On Sunday last a collision took place be. tween the Prussian soldiers stationed in the for tress of Mayence and the citizens, in which the latter were aided by the Burgher Guard and the Turners, and the consequence was that six of the Prussian soldiers were killed and about sixty wounded, whilst on the part of the citizens the numbers killed were four, and about twenty wounded. The soldiers, who had been drinking for the last few days in Mayence, having received their extra war pay, were annoyed by the constant abuse which they heard on all sides of the King of PRUSSIA. Excited by drink, they first drew their swords, and then arming themselves, attempted to take possession of the Caserne of the Burgher Guard. It was in this attempt that the conflict oc curred, and the result ;was the defeat of the Prussian soldiers, who had to fly to their bar racks. The Governor of the fortress, General Von Husen (a Prussian), issued, at ten o'clock on Sunday night, by beat of drum and torch-light, a proclama tion declaring the town of Mayence in a state of siege, and threatening to bombard it in case the arms of the citizens were not delivered up in two hours The proclamation of the Governor was to this ef fect : " Since arms have been made use of, and se veral soldiers have been killed and wounded, the Governor has determined to adopt the following regulations : " 1. All the arms of the Burgher Guard and Turners, such as guns, rifles, swords, and pistols, are instantly to be delivered into the hospital and the barracks, and given up to the Prince Suenbert Ileusch, who will give a re ceipt for them. " 2. The Burgher Guard is dissolved, and can only be again organised with the permission of the governor of the fortress. "3. The management of the police is taken into the sands of the governor of the fortress. "4. There are to be no public meetings, and no persona are to collect together in the streets. Every command to disperse is to be immediately obeyed. Every disobe dience to such command to be followed by an arrest, and arms to be used if necessary. " 5. Every order issued by the governor of the fortress for the maintenance of peace is to be obeyed. 6. The strongest measures will be employed for the punishment of persons who have been guilty of murder. Such persons shall be tried by a mixed commission. 7. If, v‘ithili two hours after the publication of this command, the arms are not delivered up, the town will be bombarded. (Signed) "VON HUSER and TILZER." Upon the representation of the Burgomaster and other authorities of Mayence, the Governor was in- duced to postpone the period fixed for bombard .. ment till twelve o'clock next day, but he had the railroad to and from Frankfort stopped, within nine miles of Mayence, at a place called llochheira, The railroads, too, in other directions, were stopped, so also were the steam-boats, so that no means were afThrded to the citizens of either ob taining aid or seeking for it, nor even of procuring provisions beyand the supply in the town, all the gates being beset by soldiers, and no ingress or egress permitted. Such was the state of things in Mayence on Merl" day morning, when the Burgomaster had the Gofer" nor's proclamation printed, to which he appended the following address:— "Fellow Citizens,—The command of the Governor 0 have every description of arms delivered up has not been obeyed. It was only in consequence of the pressiag invitations of the civic authorities that the threat of issi night has not been carried into effect, and the time Per: mitted for the delivering up of the arms has been pro; longed until twelve o'clock this day. Meanwhile th: gates remain closed, the steam-boats cannot depart, 513 i: all access from without is prohibited. It is the interim : of all to contribute as much as they can to compliance with the order to deliver up the 9 02 °' and save us from the most dreadful of all c alecor ties. It is plainly the interest of all the inhsb.,Lia tants instantly to deliver up their arms at the town-1107 and to follow implicitly the commands of the G overo° o l as we can alone on these conditions hope th a t the pre s t, miserable condition of the town can be put an en d i r. that the inevitable consequences which through :if, longer duration of them must arise, may be as sPee as possible avoided. (Signed) "THE BURGOMASTER RAO' "May 22, 1848." This proclamation and the address produced their desired effect. The citizens saw that they vi er. locked in a town, the bombardment of which if° inevitable. The Burgher Guard was dissolved; all the arms delivered nearly at the time prescribe: and by half-past one th e Governor issued order which permitted th e commun i ca ti o n by the railrel' and the Rhine to be re-opened. The state of exasperation, or rather of hatr ed : 4 which prevails b e t ween th e P russ i an g arrison 8 061 :, o people of Mayence, the subjects of the Gran d 01 ::A Of HESSE D ARMSTADT , s till cont i nues . It Was stew at Biebrich (on the Rhine) on Monday las t _ b .,,,.0 111 passenger from Mayence that d a y, that in the eu"—zi, of Monday morning, whilst the state of siege c° ,,, tinued, a citizen, vent ur i ng to approach the f or was deliberately aimed at by a Prussian soldier frw the walls, and shot dead on the spot. BAVARIA. The Legislative Chamber of Munich has PI! laws imposing a property-tax, and securing for future the responsibility of Ministers. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-IVIA II4°. O A report has reach e d F ran kf or t that the celebr! • Republican H ECKER h as b een s h o t in a duel / ,, til i e nephew of G ene r a l G AGERN . It is a report , "" ever, to which much credit is not attached. t i f ) The German Pa r li amen t ( or constituent asseow has resolved that the short-hand reports of eig . o day's proceedings shall'be printed and published day in extenso. The Committee charged wi th 00 1 matter declare-Ist. That the Assembly d °e ; tl3o o make itself responsible for the c orrectness °' d el reports. 2d. Th a t th e y are t o b e so ld at the lor spe r possible price th a t w ill cover the cot of 1 :,40 and printing. 3d. Th a t app li ca tion has beel3 -4 to all the post a d m i n i s t ra ti ons th ro ughout 4 - , e rP-- to allow them to be delivered free of postage' HOLLAND-LIMBUIt .. , TIIE HAGUE, M AY 21.—The newly 4 P P V,O , Provisional Minist e r o f W ar , M a jor Ge neral. .., doff arrived from N er ti gens b osc h , i n thi s capital, ..,,doff to and soon aft er repa i re d to t h e W ar Depar t ' ll* receive his portefeuille from the late Min ister. MAY 22.—An address has been agreed OberuP°ll city, as well as i n many o th ers, to th e Second 7, ofoject of the States-General, against Art. 18 3 o f the the Fundament a l Law. The addres s Osthe m ously signed, and - has already been sent in Chamber. MAESTRICHT, 131 , 1 , 11 MAT 19.—Two proclao3 s — ti e/3 f been published this day, by the GovoesncieL;tobell Duchy of Limb urg , in consequence I received from the Hague. babi . These proclam a ti ons are a dd resse d to th e I,tha tants of Li m b urg , an d were ca lled forth Jtiiisd erroneous opinions w hi c h were en tertained . il w otli new regulatio n o f th e G erman i c Di e t, Lini burg ,rbe be CIVA regarded as a N etherlands prov ince. *4 O O v ernor says that th e N et h er l an d s G ov ernmen t by b the treaties an d b y t h e f un d amen tal law 13 1 t ots Limburg is declared a Netherlands territell boa 3% part only is att ac h e d t o G erman y by fecielli fed 4r that these treatie s a re respec t e d e qually by the Of Diet and by the w h o l e o f G er many, And thi l' t he ti l regard be Limburg as a N e th er l a nds province. tecierr those .311. parts of Limb urg w hi c h are bound by th sp isi tie the local administrations are permitted t° fe d e rtl the federal ban ner , in token of the recognised _.otac bond; but this can only be done after the con7 i iorc e the Government has b een o btained. In a se r il clamation, the Government says, that hal pooi' stated the previous declaration of the raga% fit $ 0 tion of Limburg, all ignorance on this poin t ,' ii poo end. That the inhabitants are therefore 0117000 to respect the existing laws, and to avoid 0d...0f% every illegal violence, the authorities of i' being fully sensible that they are respon3ible. BELGIUM. - ls' BRUSSELS, ' NEW ISSUE OF B The ANK-NOTES' , st joi Government has received a very interi ''' rep or t from the Belgian Consul at Valparaisco spectingthe commerce of Chili, an d other coo Iris on the western coast of South Ame rica, especl 1 feota • connexion with Belgium. This rep ort is vibe nu panied by se vera l documents relative to the Ill` i t t of ships which have entered and quitted the Pl o c• 1847 , accounts of the sales of the principal P r iti ,4l; Lions . and the coming from Belgium to Valparaiso in . `,.. ce tl weights, measures, and coins of Chili Oa 1 ! .... ,. to the 3 , 0 m. (weights, measures, and coins of Belgic i ni t qtr Beige, May 23. ' sO c ' s MdkjEsTy, by a Royal ordinance, 110 . ~..i., .tioned the law adopted by the Chambers, ono, einla Generale emission of bank-notes of the 0 , for the encouragement of 0, t_ o iona ' l manufactures. The amount of n otes l' el , f" r this object is not to exceed 20,000,000 flii:o The Government nominates three Contai s9i ° to charged to inspect the operations of the society' >j ensure the execution of the existing conventions, _.'e, to propose to the Government such general oleo; w oe as_ may be deemed suitable to the interests t" ‘ ,.. e i t States ; and in case of approval, to superintend viliti being carried into effect. The estate of the Sc 4 i.e . o f Generale shall be published at least once every ti.. 00 months, and the balance of accounts at lease every year. The Government is to receive an for l og interest of 4 per cent.; and, in order to facilitats _ s , service of the Treasury, the Government erapoviter7 0 su pplementary emission of bank-n otes to the mil cn` of 12,000,000f. — Moniteur Bei g e, May ` 23. Ls t ° ' The Prince of PRUSSIA is e x p ected ate Brus se 0? 4 day (24th). General CRUIMEN , being idecl iii of the KING, has gone to Ostend t o receive his .11 Highness. DENMARK AND THE D eceive d i : telli i RENDSBURG, MAY 21. We have receiveu ,o-ivor, Bence e Pi e e nee of slight importance from the seat ... to °f h A eral HALKErr has removed his head -q au f penrade. The bridge of boats, on whic rlOO th s 0 ha e been for some time engaged at Soudeburg t be completed; they h av e l e ft a passage for ships ill t middle of it. 19th several gun-boats, On the steamer, appeared on the Apenrade, but they ! b ids wards left, with the exception of o ne go-boat, ;ern bank for a considerable time on liar i tfter which was lined with the free cocorps. a , 01 . 0 a coroae' auftsdr: repeated signals had been made, she sent a boat v aa a with eight men. They were received vvith_ai7aoci of musketry, by which several were wounde:, s o ot they were forced to retire ; in doing so anotherit: :"000 men was wounded by the continued firing. bt to re as they had reached the gun-boat they seu.,oriefer venge themselves by a smart fire, ap ish ',tower passed ineffectual. On the :20th, a Pauish for" appeared on the bay probably to reconnoitre the tifications for the Hanoverian nine pouncier.e;iooolo, fo rce- ill Under date of the 18th instant, General 1 1 4 the Commander-in. Chief of the Prussia. a Jutland, has has issued a proclamation, tribution of two millions (spezies) 111)° 1 ' t _ d a ruug e tants, as a guarantee of indemnity for the 00600 „ tb , done to German commerce and shipping'. s °on ' his intention of returning the menet us 5 opells/r. Danish Government will have made full e lle 011 tion for the losses incurred by Germ 0 or) $ imposrielf inboi, the inhabitants time to the 28th stet ti