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No-v ready, in 3 Tots, post Sve,, with rortrait, MOISELLE DE MONTPENSIER, Als AUTOBIO6RAPHT Ist delightful and deeply interesting works we have Chronicle. the present season will prove more Mademoiselle de Moutpensier. There is a ci tutow to be real far surpassing that pertaining ,tie novelist. There will be found in these vo ainws a t.:n•l f anecdote, aninsinv relation. court details, Intriixes, traits of manners, and remarks upon men and things which will prove a source of great entertainment. Altogether the narrative Is oneof extraordinary interest."—Sunday Times. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street ADI Iman co of teresting arm THE sCHLESNVIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTIOIt. This Day is published, in Sys., with Map , price 2 s. 6 d. stitched, A'MEMOIR on the SCHLESWIG-HOL STEEN QUESTION, presented to Lord Palmerston by the beYalier Bunsen : with other important Documents published by • VON WE}CKSTERN. n : Longman, Brown, Green and Longman/. "URSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH corzT of CHANCERY, made in a cause BOGLE against HAMILTON, thP Creditors of JOHN ROBERTSON, late of Picca dilly, in the county of Middlesex, and formerly of Saville-row, and afterwards of Curzon-street, in the said ccuaty, (lentleman (who died in the month of October, 1846), are, on or before the 24th day Of April, 1848, to come in and prove their Debit boots lr Giffin Wilson, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Soutitampton-buiPings, Chancery-lane, London, or, In default thereof, they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. March 24, 1848, W. E. OLIVER, 16, :few Bridge-street, London, Plaintiff's Solicitor. HEE MAJESTY'S G. THEATRE. M, THALBER liiltAND SACRED, CLASSICAL, and MISCELLANEOUS • CONCERT, THIS EVENING, April 17 It is respectfully announced that Titui Evitture, April 17, will be given a GRAND CONCERT, with great Orchestra, Chorus, &c., on whieh occasion M. Thalberg will execute the following pieces :- 1. Grand Concerto in C minor • • • .. Beethoven. 2. Fantasia on Subjects frem Mozart's Don Giovanni Thalberg. 3. Fantasia on Subjects from Auber's Masaniello •• Thalberg. 4. " Lie,der Ohne Worte" • • • • • • .. Mendelssohn. The Vocal portion will include Madame Tadolini, Mdlle. Schwartz, And MOPe Sofia Cruvelll. Signor Belletti, Signor F. Lablache, Signor Bouche, Signor Cuzzani, And Signor Lablache, And comprise selections from the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Mendelssohn, Weber, Spontini, &c., and include a Grand Trio for Three Basses,by Meyerbeer—Signori Lablache, Belletti, and Celetti. Signor Gardoni, Signor Coletti, Conductor, M. Balfe. Prices of Admission. Mddlle Vera, . . 2 and 3 guineas Pit Stalls .•••..••••..• • • • • • .. • . • los. 6d. eaeh. Pit Tickets . . . ss. Od. each. Gallery Stalls .... • Gallery Tickets .••• .. • • Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concert to commence at Eight o'clock. N.B. A second Grand Concert will be presented on Wednesday morning. April 19. LOYAL LYCEUM TULAME. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. =ole Lessee. Mr. Charles Matkews . This Theatre will RE-OPEN en EASTER MONDAY, April 24, when Wilt be performed a Comic Drama, called A A ROUGE' DIMOND. Characters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear , Bellingham, Buckstone Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitawilliam. After which, an entirely new and original CLASSICAL EXTRA VAGANZA. To honclude with a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD JUDGE. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Ne half pt ice to any part of the house. T-e new Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street. is open to the Pub'' , every day, from Ten STRAND THEATRE. Great attraction during Passion Week. The celebrated FEMALE AMERICAN SERENADERS, late of the St. James's Assembly Rooms, whose chaste and elegant perform ances have been made the theme of eulogy by the London and pro vincial press, will have the honour of giving a GRAND AMERICAN CONCERT of vocal and instrumental music, in three parts, EVERY EVENING during the week (excePtinT, Friday), and on Thursday an d Saturday a Mor nin g Concert, commencing at Half-post Tw'o o'clock.—Doors open for evening performance at Half-past Seven.— Admission, Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes, Ili Stalls, 1;-iiE THIRD EDITIONS ~T HE S.LT) CONTAIN, AS USUAL, LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, ♦ND yLb OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR, OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, Arnii. 16. THERMOMETER , Lowest, 41 ; Highest, 49; Noon, 51. BAROMETER, 20.03.—W1ND W.S.W.; cloudy. APRIL 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 41; Highest. 55 ; Noon, 59. BAROMETER, 29.68. WIND S.W.; morning, rain; afternoon, fine. 11011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 31ermag .. 31 min. after 1 Evening •. 4 min. after 1 ; , ,rip......;• 4 "1 le - -.7 ' ri '. r • s , 2 ~ , 4 . ~,,,, 0.11 I . /4, 4 . ..c,„4l' 6 44, fr „, kisli i 4SSN.4\ ' • 1,- - ~, '''',. .* 4;1 ',7 -- I A ' ,i9i ''': ::: • - '''' e 1 . , s , ' 5m.,4, •• ~ - • -• - 4- ' ..t ' • -' ' ''' .- • . idfill J'' \ • - 11. . „`.....' .:' . Zaili,L. ; -: - ` , ,.... 4 031:10 , ' ' ' ' ID • • , . 1E v. .ic j.p„. _ ~. ~ ~,e ,,,4.1 03. . ' Rorr ' ': - ;; Iili '',, t• _.-, • Cr!: ~.;•,-___. ~, ~ ... eitettintl LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1848. Goito has become to the Mincio what Lodi has been to the Adda, ever since the immortal Italian campaigns of the young and heroic BoNA PARTE. The bridge of Goito has become identified with the first disaster of Austria in the war of independence which has just com menced upon the glorious soil of Lombardy. On the Bth of April 1848, the soldiers of RADETSLY were covered with confusion by the valour of the patriotic Piedruontese—they were driven from their position on the Mincio with a loss of two thousand prisoners and four pieces of artillery—their departure was almost a mare qui peat towards the suburbs of Mantua and Vero na — t h e b ro k en parape t s o f G o it o were very nearly ren d ere d the Caud i ne forks o f th e German legionaries. While these extraordinar y efforts at liberation are re ei being made in the southern portio n of R an° by the combined forces of Sardinia, the volunte ers and national guards of Lombardy are effecting a divers . n in the RlOll/3- t 4 to inons regions situated the north of Trentino. Scarcely has the bulletin of C ARLO A xvo historicL sm been i• - -sued from his head-quarters on th e Ca,tiglione, when a proclamati on b y (round ALI.CMA NDI is disseminated among the Italian Tyr o _ neral less, caring upon them to rise for the furtheranc e of their common nationality, and for the subjugation of that alien despotism which has involved even the compatriots of HOFER in the bonds of an absolute and irresponsible authority. Supposing this attempt to germinate a revolution in the Tyrol prove as successful as the aggressive policy of the King of SARDINIA has already done over the first m ilitary demonstrations overf A y ustria,speedily the army of RADETSLT ll in a most deplorable predicament. No passage can be effected through the Tyrolean acclivities without a perfect understanding with its inhabitants, and that understanding seems to be at this moment more than ever of a doubtful character. During the last great struggle between the continental powers it was suffi ciently shown that the untutored and undisciplined mountaineers of the Tyrol could, with the most simple contrivance and the most ordinary co-operation, bade the science of a great captain, quer the supe r i o • qu ite and con rity of a veteran host as eff vi ecsuauy v.s t in impeding th e v . the naked barbarians of the north CuaTrus and 'AN ranks of the Macedonian. who have recount:: are not the only historians rocks over the pitiles:hehtriumph of a shower of narrative has been repeated b y of a phalanx. The h f 3' Rovnao and DeAu. The biographersLiman t N APOLEON have rei terated at least one circu m st ance coincident of coincident with the facts recorded by the bio gr aphers sance ALEXANDER. That one casualty may soon novetnassailedents o f inferior acquire a new illustra tion in the retro gra d e ure by 0,,e generalship. B. A DRTsI. may 1p : rh formidable weapons destruction alike on the shakoes orfw eh o N h th on the helmets of ALexxen. Tyrol present a barrier for the retreat of the Austrians p and may thus, by a bold and patriotic ctoi conduce to the capitulation of an army, an of peace. Tile dEssinie, ti rati fication of a treaty entire peninsula rlpose in a manner at the feet of the Tyrolese. Let the word be spoken from the summit of those memorable bills—those altars of freedom those colossal tribunes from which the Apostles of Liberty have spoken to the whole world the great truths of emancipation I—let the word be spoken from the elevation of those famous hill-tope, and Italy will be free. In the event of such an insurgent rising i n the Tyrol but one miserable outlet would remain to the Austrian forces in Lombardy, by traversing which the suburbs of the capital might be attained. That outlet is the line of the Karpaths, connecting together the Carinthians and the Tyrolese. To reach this RADETSKY would be compelled to brave the interposition of the Venetian auxiliaries, and to I hasten towards Saltzburg by the way of Verona, Vicenza, Bassano, Feltre, Belluno, and so on in the vicinity of Doblach,: Draw, and Lientz. As i ghastly a passage for a c o nquered army, we con- 1 jecture, as a cross fire from the alternate batteries erected along the margin of the Dardanelles! Although the campaign has only just opened be tween the Austrians and the Piedmontese, it is by no means difficult to conjecture the Ultimate result of a conflict in which the accumulated strength of Italy is opposed to the decrepitude of a feeble and partially dismembered empire. With Bohemia in one direc tion, and Hungary in another, and Gallicia another—all clamouring tor concessions—the imperial energies at Schoenbrunn will be too much distracted to enable the Government to adventure energetically upon the reconquest of Lombardy. Reconquest it must be if ever the northern parts of the Roman peninsula are to be again subjected to the thraldom of Austria. Auvisedly we call it reconquest, because the whole of Lombardy is at this moment virtually revolutionized because the only moral pre- invariably advocatiNg dominance yet retained in the - grasp of the VicEloY is the shadow of its dwindled, but stilt terrific awe—and because all of the principal adjacent Powers are allied to the revolted Lombards either morally or physically. Switzerland impends the bolt of ruin over the frontiers of what was recently the Austrian possession in Italy. France already hurtles the sword of a fraternising democracy on the boundaries of Savoy—that sword which has not yet lost the swoop of death and the gleam of victory. Sar dinia has even now marched her army across the Po, has fleshed her lance at Goito, and has carried dismay in her banners even to the city walls of Man tua and Verona. Troops are marching rapidly from Twcany and the Papal States as contingents to the ranks of liberation ; and even the ancient lords para mount of the soil, such as H.S.H. ALEXANDRA the Prince DI GONZAGA, are already pressing forward in the van of that gigantic movement, which is dis pelling the slavery of ages and awaking to new life the glory of the Latin race. The Press—the English Press—is the enemy of the working classes 1 Such is the new discovery which has solved the perplexities of modern philan thropists—such is the great, and hitherto unsuspected truth, which was proclaimed to the world on Seur- day, April 15, 1848. The press is declared the enemy of the working classes by no less an authority than the National Convention ; and consequently that august assembly, in its sympathy and solicitude for the working classes, has, by the mouths of its orators, overwhelmed the press with its eloquent and intolerable indignation. Of what further penalty is in store for us we are ignorant. Happily there is a division in the enemy's camp, At the assembly on Saturday an Itioxisgrable Delegate suggested that the printers and publishers of the daily newspapers should be summoned before the bar of the house—in conformity with the practice of "another place ;" while another honourable Gentleman, not so well acquainted w ith Parliamentary practices, addressed his denunciations to the reporters who happened to be present, and strange to say, the speaker forgot to exclaim, " Strangers, withdraw." The extraordinary pro ceeeings of this new Parliament concluded with the proclamation of the astonishing fact to which we have already alluded—" The press is the enemy of the working classes !" It is not consequently to be supposed that the new and peculiarly popular Legis lature will long suffer the enemies of the people to pursue their anti-popular proceedings. We have indeed cause to tremble for the consequence. Little did we imagine, while we have recently been loud in our congratulations of those foreign nations who have just obtained the liberty of the press, little did we imagine that our own privileges were about to be restricted. How, indeed, could we have surmised that, when, in this age of liberation, the most despotic Governments are readily conceding this popular right (the freedom of the press) Low could we have surmised that a power emanating solely from the people, a National Convention, a Chartist con gregation, should venture to overthrow this palladium of popular liberty, an unrestricted press. Never. theleu, so it is. When that day comes, for which of course all true patriots watch with eager anxiety, when that day comes, when the new Magna Charts shall be the law of the land, and the National Convention shall have superseded the Par liament—when that day comes, our hour is doomed—the press of England must be governed by a censorship. In that jubilee of liberalism, under the benign auspices of those enlightened freemen, " who call it freedom when themselves are free," the liberty of the press—that liberty in which Englishmen have hitherto gloried—will cease to be. We must teach our pens the unaccustomed task of writing only scion les regles—we must stop the press, nut on the arrival of some electric dispatch, hut in order to attend to the corrections of the censor. Yet would the popular Government be justified in such an innovation—they would be right in interfer ing with the practices of the press, for the press, be it remembered, is the enemy of the people I The press is the enemy of the working classes! Of all the extraordinary proceedings of the Chartist Con vention, this last declaration is the most extraordinary o f the unblushing effrontery which has characterised the whole affair of the monster petition. This last l act is the most barefaced. Ws—the press—the enemies of the working classes—WE who are the very who in alternate tones I voice of the people --TIE, of argument, grief, and indignation, plead their cause, expose their sufferings, and denounce their wrongs ! WE, the enemies of the working classes— WE, whose sublime endeavour is to fight and conquer in that bloodless battle, where the wsapons are reason, and knowledge, and intellect, where the cause is truth and charity and justice—that battle in which alone the people's true rights are asserted, and their just liberties achieved I WE, the enemies of the people we, who as a body, are the mirror of the people's thoughts, and, as individuals, differing in politics, and principles, and opinions, are. like the atoms of a broken mirror, still true to the one common object of reflection —the Press is the Reflection of the People. Yet, say the Convention, we are the enemies of the working classes, whereas in no one cause is the whole press so unanimous as in advocating the rights of the humbler - classes of the community. Differ as we may in details, on that head our principle s are synonymous, supporters Tory, Whig,, Liberal, Conservativ e , Conservativ e , or Radical, the pporters o Government or the friends of the Op position, every single organ of th e press is a friend of the workin g classes. True, w e may not concur in individu al e uP measures. The fri en d s o f one reform are thpo nents of another. N evert h e l ess, the same sp • : t unites us all—an anxiety to benefit the people—the people whose true representatives we are —of whose rights we are the staunchest and warmest advocates of whose liberties we are the staunchest guardians. One principle unites us all. The very journal averse to abating the tax on the poor man's food, that mani fests no kindly spirit towards the poor, influences their arguments by their eloquent appeals on behalf of the helpless factory-workers. Even those most vehement in their denunciations of the charlatanism of Chartism, are, perhaps, themselves true believers in the ex• cellence of the Charter.No, we are 'sot the enemie3 of the working classes. Emphatically and deny the assertion. But such a unhesitatingly we denial is unnecessary — such a denial is as unneces sary as the assertion is false. d;then long years of ad The working classes are no: likely to be deceive versity have taught them to know their friends. And which as for th e ki n dl y counse l of the Convention, advlscs t h e work i ng men to discountenance all 3ourraMs inimi ca l t o t h e i r interests, we heartily con cur in it. For ourselves we are ready to abide the test. Sooner, and tar More joyfully s:.ould we sub .t to tile dictator s hi p of a censor than acknowledge the P ress of En gland E ngland " the enemy of the working M. LEx ROLLIN IS, it seems, determined to prove to the world how ac curate was th e es ti ma t e w hi c h the late Mr. OTONINULL formed of his character when he denounced him to the Irish people as an enemy t o t h e true cause of liberty, a tyrant in essen ce , and a man in whom no reliance could be placed. From the commencement of the reign of the Provisional Government THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY LEDRU I,a; :how practically that he has no faith in republican principle 3, for he has been appeal to physical force, to Make all the world dress by LEDRU ROLLIN. Setting aside the digastingly egregious vanity, amounting almost to insanity, exhibited by one Wll9 thus virtually claims for tii!n'self . infallibility, ty constant threat of having recourse to physical force proves that M. LEDRU ROLLIN is a sceptic as to the virtue of his own principles. No man who con siders he has any chance in argument ever offers either to bet lg do.t or to fight with his opponent. It is only '.; . n.;n all legitimate argunaints are ex hausted that recourse is had either to the argumodunt ud erumenam or to the argumextum bacculiptim. Now, to both thee- is 3s M. LEDI4I) ROLLIN had recourse. ire lass numerous tgentt , in the French provinces who are amply supplied with money for the purpose of hiring mobs to coerce the electors and control the elections, and he has issued a circular, which will be found in another column, in which occur the following passages : " The elections, if they do not produce the triumph of social truth—if they are not the expression of the interests of a caste—the elections, which ought to be the safety of the Republic, will he beyond a doubt its destruction. In that case, there would be but one way of saft•ty for the people who made the barricades,—to manifest a I.ecor.l time its end, and to adjourn the decision of a false national representation. If aocial influences pervert the judgment or betray the will ot• the masses dispersed or misled by distance, the people of Paris believes Itself, and declares itself to be con• jointly responsible for the interests of the whole nation." As a proof of the sort of interpretation to be placed on these passages, we find that the agent of M. LEDRU ROLLIN at Montauban, entered the town at the head of a train of artillery, and ordered the arrest of M. LEON DE MALLEvitlx, and of all suspected persons, thus disfranching all those who were ' opposed to M. LRDRU ROLLIN'S doctrines, and that in Paris, on the afternoon of yesterday, he assembled a mob of 150,000 workmen, with the avowed purpose of overawing the Provisional Govern men. Was not Mr. O'CoNNELL right in warning the world against this man? LEDRU ROLLIN, a Republican! Let us not desecrate that sacred name by applying it to one who if not a traitor must be a madman, and who, by his wholesale distribution of bribes, is affording as complete an ex post facto justification of the corruptions of Louts PuturrE as he is by his circulars of the ordonnances of CLIARLEI X. nor terror without necessity. AnC this is right, for we ould not be worthy of liberty, it' see did not know how to contain arbitrary acts. Was it lot on e question of contested legality, that the royelty of 1830, which reckoned seventeen years' existeece, perished? We should not be mature for the Republic, if the most shameful selections could be made without wounding in us the most legitimate susceptibilities. Is it not eeandalous appointments, that:contributed' most forcibly to sow disaffection under the Ministry of Octo ber 29 ? The more France shows herself thus susceptible,' the more she proves that her morals rise to the height of her new institutions. Where all ho nourable susceptibility is extinguished, all liberty is near expiring. If it be true that a demagoguic minority has dreamed of placing under subserviency the democratic majority, that culpable hope ought each day to grow 'weaker, for eech day the reue,n of the people is becoming brighter, the intoxicetioe el the firs: weeks is posing off, the charlatietu of grew] words is becoming unveiled, intolerance is betraying itsel - , and under the most savage republicanism, lets shoulders branded by the red hot iron of the executioner be seen! Patience! the nine weeks which shall have elapsed from 24th February to 4th May will not have been lust. Patience! The day is ate proaching when all the accounts will be rendered is the tribune, when all the excesses of Government that shall have been committed will find courageous voices ready to unveil them to the public, expressing themselves in the name of the nation, in virtue of the right which they will hold from universal suffrage," We read in the Union : " For the present state of things no analogy can be found in our history. It would be a perversion to make it a parody el a former epech, and cause the new revo lution to run through the same perilous and eanguiustry piths es the first revolution, now half a century old. The spirit of the people revolts against so long a retro gradation. The men of that fatal period have disap peared, and with them all the ferocious passions and doctrines of a conflict which cannot by any possibility be renewed. The sentiment of liberty is not in our days derived from democratic aggregations—from an insurrec tion of tumultuous masses; the paths of reform have not been traced out by the ignorant, but by the intelligent and enlightened classes. What would have been said scarcely two months ago ? We were assured that, if revolu tions were brought about, they would be accomplished with less violence, without effusion of blood, without in justice, and would avoid those subversive speculations which at former periods shook social order to the centre ; that it would be a political change, elaborated to perfection by time, as the sun by its gradual heat ripens the fruit of the earth. The representative mo nurchy came forth as the first step toward a represents ' Live republic ; the diffusion of knowledge, by multiply ing the resources of the people, appeared as the acces sion of an order of things founded on reason and not on brutal strength. Of this there is no longer any question. A different language is used. We hear doctrines of disorder and anarchy professed ; and can there be any astonishment that the most intelligent nation in the universe should revolt against this pretension to curb its will by the intimida tion or domination of a few men ? Can there be any astonishment at the movement, not of re-action, but of resistance, which is being made in all parts of the country?. There is no question of an impossible fede ralism, nor of a rupture of those ties which have made our nation the first power of the world. Should we perceive at any point an idea of separation or disloca tion, we will repel it as an attempt upon the very exist ence of our country. Nothing of this kind, however, has yet been apparent. On the contrary, the depart-. ments wish to unite in one body with Paris ; but on condition that P,iris does not attempt to impose its c .e sines upon and pretend to dispense with the concur rence of the Provinces. Paris is not France ; and every part of France has a right to assume itselt to be upon an equality with Paris. We have without ceasing corn batted every idea of federa ism. France is a grand unity which must never be broken." The following account of a conversation between one of these Commissioners and a law student will throw some light upon the designs of M. LEDRU ROLLIN and his friends. A young law student, of the name. of CHEVIOT, ated in a diligence for Mon tauban, found himself it; company with M. SAIMAC, the Government Commissioner for that place, and in a letter to the local newspaper he thus reports the conversation he held with that personage : " Did you observe the effect produced on the Bourse,' asked M. Cheviot of a friend seated near him, by the rum our of the retirement of Ledru Rollin ?' The Government Commissioner himself interfered, although not addressed. You attach too much consequence,' he said, to Bourse talk. M. Ledru Rollin has no intention of retiring. He is the only man in the Government who inspires any confidence—let banks fall—let commerce perish—test mieux—we shall the sooner arrive at our end. So lung as there are rich, voyes sous, we must work their ruin, and as at this moment only a handful of men suffer, we must not listen to them.' •Do you think, thee,' asked asked M. Cheviot, that the workmen are not suffering?' No, because they are masters of all; and if they suffer they will not long suffer.' We are Republicans both, but do not see things in the same point of view." Oh, no, Monsieur, you are no Republican; the only true Republicans are those of the eve. We will have no lttpublicaus of the morrow in the National Assembly.' 'But if tlie departmf.nts return rucb, and it the city of Paris re' urns such, you must receive them.' 'No, we would not receive teem." What?' 'I tell you,' re peated the Government Commissioner, we will not receive them; they shall never reach the Chamber." I do not comprehend you.' They will not reach the Chamber, because there is a bridge to pass, and under the bridge the Seine.' " The letter proceeds— " That which in the mouth of an individual would only have excited pity, raised in me the greatest indig nation, and a sadness which did not leave me through out my journey. I was speaking to the Commissioner for Montauban, and I repressed my feelings, for I wished to learn more, and so I asked, What would the National Guards and the soldiers be doing whilst you threw the deputies into the Seine?' The soldiers would be with us: they are of the people.' So is the National Guard?' No; the National Guard are not the people. They are rich bourgeois, and if they resist we will fire on them. They reckon 150,000, but we have 300,000.' And what are these 320,000?—are they Communists?—are the workmen Communists?' Precisely, and the National Guard would become intimidated by us as on the 20th of February.' • I think,' said M. Cheviot, you are de ceived; tie National Guard allowed a power to fall, in which they had no confidence, but they would defend j the Republic against anarchy, and so would the sol diery." Well, we shall see; but, at all events, the elec tions will save the necessity of all that—not one deputy of the preceding Aseemhly shall be elected; the country people will be for us. Not at all; if you go to speak to the country people of communism, you will be an swered with a musket.' No matter,' replied the Com missary, it is Path which decides all, and does all, and the provinces must obey.'" Here follows a Eood deal about Paris marching on the departments, and the departments marching on Paris, which may be passed over as &wordage until after a pause in the conversation, we come to this— " What is to be your profession ?" asked the Com missioner, "The bar." "Oh t give up that idea, for before two years are over we shall want no lawyers, because property coming into the hands of the State, there will be no snore law-suits. You will see,' he added, " collat?ral successions abolished in the first session of the Chamber, and even those in line direct will not last long after." The publication of this letter caused a great sensa tion at Montauban. The people with one voice demanded that the Government Commissioner should quit the place—and he had to go. He, however, was not to be so easily cowed. M. SAUBJAC having procured the assistance of the mili tary force, returned to Montuaban with a battery of artillery. A letter, published in the Union gives the following account of this second mission of the Apostle of Liberty : " M. Sauriac, the Government Commissary, returned to-day at the had of the infantry and artillery which he had required to sustain his dictatorship. On the news of this invasion the National Guard mustered in all haste to watch over the safety of the town. The liana? Cation assembled in one mass behind the National Guard, preserving the most imposing calmness, when M. Sauriac entered, announcing that all the suspected men, and particularly M. .lAen de hlaleville , were t o be arrested. M. IA al d e hlaleville, on hearin g this, wrote a note to M. Sauriac, saying that he was at his disposal; but before 24 hours had passed 60,000 men from the country would come and call for an account of this vio lation of personal liberty. Alarmed for the consequences of his head-strong step, and being. informed th g o r a e r al realise countrythepredictionof people were M. de alr already on Maloville, Montauban took a precipitate flight iu a post-chaise." The Union adds :—" A letter from Cahors of the 13th informs us that traveller s j ust arrived there had brought the news that M. SAUSIA n C, at at therm moment of their departure, had arriv ed a g at the head of several battalions —that the town was th their rhe march Com tm y d that the people were ai nearly surrounded by them , an taking up arms to repel the attack:" between Lord BsouG - Ham and M. CREMIEU X, the French Minister of The Journal des Debat e p ublis extraordinary correspondence hes the following or rather Citi zen Brouham' Justice : " We have received," says the 1) ebats, "official com munications, by which it appears t h a t Lord Brougham, naturalisation as a Freng c h m an. The followin g are the has really demanded his documents referred to : " ' LORD ZRO UGHAN TO THE MINI S TER oF - JUSTICE. " Lord Brougham has the honour to present his hom age to the Minister of Justice, and wishing to become ' ' LErtilit FROM TEI naturalised in France, he has demanded certi fi cates from rMayor of Cannes (Var), where be has resided for I F teen Years, nod where he possesses an estate, and Is building a chateau. ' l.' These certi fi cates will be forwarded direct to the 0 _ J i s i ter, and Lord Brougham begs him to sign the Act 1 , 1 - 1 4, tlaalisatiou with as little delay as possible. , Paris, April 7 , 1848. " E miNISTER OF JUkTICE TO LORD • EliouoklIM: .. " raiz, April 8, 7848. 44 4 My Lord,—l consider it proper to pout out to you SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. They contain no rews of interest. The Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER continued at the Palace. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 10.—Threes, 211 i ; Fives' 13j. Exchange on London, 42 50. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDING* AT PARS. We have received the 'Paris papers of Saturda3, aud yesterday, The daring and open atttlapts of M. LEDRU RoL- Lill to seize the direction of the .Republic, and hand the people over to the band c.f plunderers with whom he has link:sd hire f, are beginning to excite feelings of alarm in the minds of all. Never, during the worst periods of the reign of trror, were such in. tentions avowed as are now openly advocated by M LEDIte itoLLIN and his supporters. The old Na. tional Guard of Paris and the National Guard of the provinces do not seem at all inclined to submit quietly to be plundered by M. LEDRU ROLLIN and his crew of idle disorderlies ; and, fortunately for France, for Europe, for the world, M. LAIIARTINE is there, who will boldly withstand all attempts that may be made at " the organization of plunder." However much inclined M. LEDRU ROLLIN may be to play the part of MARAT, he will not find a BRISSOT in M. DE LAMARTINZ. As a proof of the tyranny which M. LEDRU Roz.z.n4 is prepared to practise, we quote the following address, which was extensively placarded over Paris on Saturday : " BULLETIN OF THE REPUBLIC. No. 16. " MLNISTRY OF TILE INTERIOR. " Paris, April 15, 1648. " Citisens,—lt is not in a day or in an hour that we have been enabled to pass from the *Lase of corruption to that of law. An hour of heroic inspiration has suf ficed for the people to consecrate the principle of truth ; but eighteen years of falsehuo I opposed :o the regime of truth obs tacles that cannot be overturned by a breath. The elections, it they do not cause social truth to triumph—it they are but the expressions of the interests of a caste, extorted from the confiding loyalty of the people—the elections, which should be. the safety of the Republic, will be its ruin; of that there can be no doubt. There would then be but one means of safety for the people who made the barricades—it would be to manifest a second time its will, and to adjourn the decision of a false national representation. " Will Franco force Paris to have recourse to this extreme, this deplorable remedy 9 God forbid I As France has confided to Paris a great mission, the French people would not render their mission in compatible with the order and calm necessary to the deliberations of a constituted body. Paris looks on herself with reason as the representative of all the population of the national territory. Paris is the advanced post of the army that combats for the republican idea. Paris is the rendtsvous, at certain hours, of all the generous wishes of all the moral power of France Paris will never separate her cause from the cause of the people who suffer, wait, and re• _ . claim from one extremity of the country to another. It anarchy works in the distance—it social influences , pervert the judgment. or hetray the wilt ot the masses of the people, dispersed and scattered, the people ot , P iris believe and declare themselves guardians of the interests of the whole eution. Upon certain points wealth reclaims its privileges, and threatens us with the pain of defeat when we would only persuade.• Let the people of the provinces unite with .the people of the towns, and let the people of the towns unite with that town which, in the name of all, and for the common glory, have conquered the principle of a happy and noble fu ture. Everywhere the cause of the people is the same —everywhere the interests of, the poor and of the oppressed are identified. Should 'the Republic rive way in Paris, it w ould f a ll Wet only in France, but throughout the universe, which, with its eyes fixed upon us, is heroically agitating for its deliverance. Citizens, you must not be forced to violate yourselves the principle lof your sovereignty. Between the danger of losing this conquest by the fault of an incapable assembly, or that L of a movement of popular indignation, the Provisional Government cannot but warn you, and . show you the peril that tbreateus you. It bee no right to do violence to your minds, and to disturb the. principles 'of public law. Elected by you, it coil neither prevent the evil thet weillq follow Ole ill ellen rstoud exercise of a sacred rieht, nor arrest your enthusiasm the dey when, seeing , your inistak.e you would change in its form the exercise of this right. But what ituan and what it oughi to do is to se:lighten you On the ceu,reuences of your sae. Of old, the representation of the country saved the country by proclaiming the country to be in danger. In a nation like France, the idea of danger can only demoralise those who have not a French heart. The true Frenctunae loves the idea of danger, because it is for him the idea of victory. Eh Bien! it the country is not in danger, it the enemy be not at our doors, it the combat be nut in our ranks, there is an intellectual combat, a moral danger that. a great mural courage and a great taith in ideas can alone remove. Citizens, have courage. Let us detach ourselves from material interests, ill un derstoud, front marrow interests of locality. Let us save ourselves from enemies who flatter us in order the bet ter to strangle liberty, which is our shield. Let us save the Republic at all hazards. It depends on us to save it without convulsions and strife." " Never," observes the Constitutionns4 on this as tounding document, " never at any period slid the coup. ter-revolutionary spirit itself attack with more audacity the liberty of election. What I on the eve of a day when vfuatticotnioenearmaies a whole people is about to exercise its rights for the first time, you place all the Committees of France under the ssteoofthciis"? citizens? What cannon of Paris. You tell them, in the name of the capital, Your vote or your life.' Why this the depri menaced with the de whole What independent the deprivatio n riati nation privation of its sovereignty. The bulletin prays the citizens o f th e d epartments to a ll ow themsel ves to he persuaded, and so save Paris the pain of vanquishing—whom All France, if she be not The manner in which the Commissaries sent by I outNl. L hi s s n i a n u str l u t c o t t io t n t: into the the provinces are carrying Ile is doing his best to with the the 'greatest discon tent.Rto disgust the great bulk of the population not, after all, he a who ir e am p r u iay b . lic. Is it impos sible that M. LI:DRU ROLL Royalist in dir=guise, rd n es e u a x u , vai D s, ig s, n_ c e_ .: Liberty read in order to disgust the world with her. ving The Presse says— Gi :; ll } a ' e rcro: Tro bl ye 7ta G u u b e a r n e , t, Toulouse,i2isle Amiens, B° we receive letters complaining in the severest the deplorable choice and revolting acts of the terms of series sent from Paris, to convert the departments m to m t i h s e Republic. No resistance burst out at first, and now the reaction extends everywher4. Whose fault ir, this? We have interdicted to ourselves all blame against the Government until the 'meeting of the National Assem bly; re, therefore, will merely is.y the question 'adore our readers without an@vvering to, it. Is the fallen Go vernment regretted? No. 1. , a Regency desired? No. Is the re-establishment of legitimacy looked for? No. Well, then, what is wanted? The Republic—liberty, equality, fraternity, but not agents without morality, experience, or cousideration—not despotism without war, EVENIN G, APRIL 17, lB4B . the consequence which will ensue if you obtain the flatus ralisistion which you request. If France adopts you as one of her sons you cease to be an Englishman —you are no longer Lord Brougham—you become Citi ze n Brougham. You instantly lose all your titles of nobility —ail the privileges, all the advantages, of whatever nature they may be, which you enjoTtrom your quality us an Englishman, and all the rights which the laws and customs of England confer on you, and which cannot be reconciled with our law of equality between all citizens. It would be thus, my Lord, even if the En g li s h l aws we re not so rigorous with regard to English citizens who demand and obtain their naturalisation in a foreign country. It is in this sense you must write to me. " • I must well suppose that an ex-Lord Chancellor of England is well aware of the necessary consequences of such an important request ; but it is neverthele ss th e duty of the Minis:Er of Justice of the French Republ ic u give you of cial M arning ot , it. When you s hall h ave nude a request in the s p irit of these declarations it shall be immediately examined. Accept, &c., " AD. CREMIEUX.' " REPLY OF LORD BROUGHAM TO TUE AtiovE LETTER. " • London, April 10, 1848. "' Monsieur le Ministre,—l have the honour to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth. " • I could never have telt any doubt that, in making myself naturalised as a French citizen, I should lose all my rights us an English Peer and au English subject in France. I could only enjoy my privileges as an English man when in Englund-1n France, I should be what the laws of France grant .o the citizens of the Republic. • • As I desirk., before all thil , gs, the happiness of the two countri a and their mutual peace, I considered it my duty to give a proof of toy confidence in French in stitutions, in order to encourage my English counirs men to have the same feeling. " • Receive, Lc., " H. BROUGHAM.' " REPLY OF THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE To THE ABOVE. " • Paris, April [2, 1848. " My Lord, —My letter has not been properly under stood, and yours, to my great regret, Mies not permit me to come to a decision as to your rt quest. You write me thus—(The Minister here quotes the first para graph of the above letter of Lord Brougham, ' I could never,' &c.) " 'ln my letter I expressed myself in the clearest and most positive manner. France admits of nu par icipa tion of rights; she dyes not admit a French ciiizen to be at the same time a citizen of any other country. To become a Frenchman you must cease to be an English man; you cannot be an Englishman in England and a Frenchman in France; our laws are absolutely opposed to such a thing, an absolute choice must be made. I: was cur that reason that I was careful in pointing out the consequences of naturalization. " As long, therefore, as you wish to remain an Englishman in England, that is to say while you do not wish to completely resign your quality as an Eng lish subject and to exchange for it that of a French citizen, it will be impossible for me to entertain your request. " ' Accept, &c., "' AD. CREMIE Ul."' Tranquillity had been restored at Troyes and Beauvais when the last accounts were received, but disorders still continued at Lyons. The finances of the Republic are in a deplorable state. The revenue returns iust published show a deficit of 14,000,000 f. in the last month. The Presse, in commenting on these returns, says, "Fourteen millions reduction in the revenue in one month is a great deal. If this falling off continues for a few months, it is to be feared that the Treasury will be seriously affected. In order to appreciate all the gravity of this tact, it must be remarked that the year 1647, with which the comparison is drawn, was also a calamitous one—a year of scarcity, in fact, and u uring which certain sources of revenue had entirely railed. Thci duty en corn, cur instance, had been taken off dur ing the whole of that year, and notwithsts.mling all this, a difference of 14,000,000 E exists, or nearly 500,000 t. per day. • This state of affairs only shows the great state of suffering which exists. The Treasury, in spite of the sacrifices which it has imposed on itself, has come in for it.s share of loss. The common distress bad affected its coffers, Lad, what is sorrowful to contemplate, with i. many. families lose their means of existence ; for ever:, crown the less in the total of the public receipts repre ben:a the bread, the meat, the wine, which it will he ne cessary to refuse to a crowd of persons wnuse wants suit remain the same." `The French steamer Philippe Auguste has been lost off the Balearic Isles. It is said that the Provisional Government ii en gaged in organising " Ateliers fraternels," in the twenty detached forts which surround Paris. Each tort, it is said, can lodge about 2,000 workmen. the post of Consul-General at Bagdad, which was filled by M. DE LOEV WEIMAYS, has been suppressed by the Provisional Government. By a decree of' the Provisional Government, a credit of 500,000 francs has been opened to the Minister of the Interior, to cover extraordinary ex- traordinary expenses for the general security. An ether decree authorises the Minister of Marine to take possession ot the transatlantic packets, due regard being paid to the rights of the interested parties. The Zfloniteur of this morning publisiles a long report from the Minister of Finances on the abolition of the duty on salt, and a decree to the following effect : " The Provisional Government, considering that citi *ens should contribute to the public charges in propor tion to their fortune, and that the object of the Repub licaniform of government is to put that principle of jus tice and humanity in practice ; considering that it is especially important to abolish the imposts of consump tion, which weigh upon the poor, and that ot all im posts, that upon salt is the most onerous and most ini witous ; considering that the health of the people, the prosperity of agriculture, the development ot industry and trade, imperiously require the abolition of it, and wishing to repair to the people one of the most crying sets of injustice ot past ages ; on the report of the Mi nister of Finances, decrees— " Art. 1. From the Ist of January, 1549, the duty upon salt is abolished. " Art. 2. From the same period the prohibition of the entrance of foreign salt is also abolished. There shall be levied on foreign salt a tax of 25 centimes per 100 kilogrammes on their importation by land ; of 50 centimes on their importation by sea under the French flag, and of 2 francs on their importation under a foreign flag. " Art. 3. Salt from the French colonies and trans atlantic posssessions will be admitted free. " Art. 4. Foreign salt destined for the provision of French vessels fitted out tor the cod fisheries will also be free from duty. " Art. 5. The Member of the .Provisional Govern ment, Minister of the. Finances, is charged with the ea. ecution of the present decree." Another decree declares that the woods and forests belonging to the private domain of the ex- King Louis DIMITY-8 shall be managed and admi nistered by the adniinistration of the forests of the state. Yesterday Paris was in a state of great confusion in consequence . of an attempt made by M. LIIDRU Boum( and the Communists to upset the Provisional Government. It appears that on Saturday evening, at the bitting of the Provisional Government, very high words arose between the two parties, ultra-Repub licans and the mere moderate members. M. LEDRU ROLLIN was particularly energetic, declaring that matters were not urged on with sufficient vigour, and that if some decided steps were not taken tle?, elec tions would prove a complete failure, and be the means of checking the progress of the Republic in place of aiding it. M. M.talt,u,r, on the other side, declared himself' altogether opposed to the views of his honourable colleague, and declared it to be his firm intention, as well as that of hi 4 more moderate colleagues, to respond to the general wishes of the nation, and pro ceed with moderation, as otherwise nothing could ensue but civil war and blood , led. 'lle discussion continued for some time on the same point, M. LEDRU RoLLIN and M. MaattasT being the chief speakers, until the former, dreadfully irritated at finding himself so strongly opposed, and likely to ha out-voted if the question came to a decision, accused M. MARRAST of betraying his principles, and called him a lacke. No sooner was the disgraceful epithet uttered than M. MARRAST gave M. LEDRU ROLLIN a blow, or slap in the face (soujjlet !) The other members then interfered and prevented further violence ; but M. LE DRU ROLLIN, it is said, being convinced that the working classes were with him, gave the mot d'ordre for the display of physical force. Accordingly, on Sunday morning the organ of the clubs, the Com mune de Paris, published the following announce- ment : " All the trales are convoked to assemble by their delegates to-day, at eight o'clock in the morning pre cisely, and to march in bodies to the Champ de Mars, in order to elect the captains of the staff of the National Guard, who are to be chosen from among the different industries." This notice is followed by the following para- graph : " We beg of all revolutionaires, our friends, known and unknown, all the presidents of clubs, all the chiefs of corporations, to call at our offices in order to give us in formation of the situation, which becomes more and more grave every day. More than ever is it of ha portance that we should cling together and concert, in order to make head against re-action." The effect of the above notice was, that the whole of the morning the Boulevards and streets were crowded with processions, ranking their way towards the Champ de Mars, but it was not till towards two o'clock that the alarm w. as taken by the Govei'thlieht. At that hour the rappel began to beat, the shops were closed, and a un iversal panic seized upon the public. The rumour got abroad that it was the in- burg and was not strong in defensive'points. T l:® tendon of the clubs, headed by BLANQUI, to seize `Danes seem to have been well acquainted with en upon the Hotel de Ville, on the Bank of France, the -number and position of the troops oppoied to.thern . e t , Post-o ffi ce, the Bourse, the Mint, and the Tuileries ; whilst the Holsteiners were very ignorant of t h e to upset the present Provisional Government, number of the Danish army. The town of Flens and to instal a new Government, composed of borg, which it was asserted on all sides WAE e n ` BLANQUI as President, with the former ultra- thusiastic in the cause of the Duke of AUGUSTAN; Republican members of the Provisional Govern - BURG , it now appears wa s animated by meat, namely, M. LEDRU ROLLIN, M. ALBER T, M. opposite spirit. The Flensb o rg ers, the y say, fire d a Louis BLANC, and M. FLocost, and the addition of the troops from the windows, and poured boiling M. SOB/LIAR (the ex-delegate of the police) , and water upon the Holstein troop s. The students were some others. ob l ig ed to fi g ht their wa y throu g h the town on their The assembly of ouvriers in the Champ de Mars retreat , so b itte r was the animosit y a g ainst them. amounted to upwards of 150,000 men ; a consul - qu ite a t tation of delegates took place, after which the different trades, which were marshalled under dis tinct leaders, and marched in columns ten deep, directed their steps towards the Hotel de Ville. Each trade had a flag at its head, with the name of the trade inscribed upon it, and upon all the flags there was a large placard affixed, with the words " Aboli tion de I'exploitation de l'homme par l'homme. Orga nisation du travail par l'Association." They marched very peaceably, singing from time to time the" Chant des Girondins," and cried out occasionally, " Vive la Republique." Most of them hid the red riband of the Republic at their button-holes, which is in oppo sition to the tricolour. The National Guard and the Garde Mobile turned out under arms when the rappel was beat, and have shown the best disposition towards the Provisional Government. They occupied the whole square of the Hotel de Vile, the Bourse, the residencel of the Ministers, and the various public buildings. They will remain under arms all night. There were two meetings held yesterday by the ouvriers, one at the Hippodrome, and the other in the Champ de Mars. The former was nominally for the purpose of discuss ing the organization du travail, and the other for the nomination of a certain number of officers for the staff of the National Guard, the working classes declaring that they had not been represented in the late elec tions of ,officers. It is said that when they complained to Louis BLANC that they had been thus neglected, he desired them to meet together, and appoint them themselves. This they did yesterday with perfect order, to the number of fourteen. After this operation they made a collection for the Republic, and then proceeded to the Hotel de Ville to present it to the Government. This, at least, was the ostensible motive. At this meeting the cry of "A has Lamartine 1" was heard several times repeated, though always put down by cries of the contrary tendency. At the other meeting, which was avowedly Com munist, cries of "A bas le Gouvernement Provisoire 1" was over and over again heard, and very inflamma tory speeches were made. These men afterwards joined the other body, and seemed to take the chief posts. The supposition is, that when it was found that the National Guards were out in great numbers, they thought it advisable to proceed peaceably. All was quiet at the hour at which the post left, but crowds of workmen were still defiling in proces sion before the Hotel de Ville. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THI: LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. APRIL 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 5 7 / —Northern of France, 3—Paris and Lyons, 2%. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES• PRUSSIA. ITALY. IMPORTANT NEWS. BATTLE BETWEEN THE AUSTRIANS ANII, PIEDMONTESE. ALLEGED TAIUM PHAN VICTORY OF THE LATTER. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 10th publishes the following bulletin From the head- quarters of the Sing at Castiglione dells Stiviere, April 8, 1848, at eight P.M. Th theeAustr piedtn iantroop un s b days before t esaed bn troops. e , heir ancient renown for valour and discipline , had ner crossing the lines of the Oglio and Chiese w ithout obstacle. The enemy had already abandoned . the tions of Montechiaro, Lopata, and C.lstig li one been retiring op r f e for sev e ral S:ivisre, which had been considered very and tgeous for them. They had d rea d ) . retired beyon _ the line of the Mincio, to concentrate " t h e mself Ileetwf-en Pesehieta and Mantua ; out o ur troops pursued them with prodigious rapidith c this verging towards the passages of the Minc io ; morning the King boldly - e-tatelished his beau quarters in Ca s tiglione delle Sdyiere, and at aboll! nine o'clock the Brigade Regina, the battalion.Reel' Novi, and a part of the corps of tirailleurs reached Goit,°. to attack the Austrians. The war of Italian indepena erce was destined to be opened with an important act's'' which might really deserve the name of a victory , S i ' d we shall call it the victory of the Bridge of Goito. Our men, led by General Bias, made a brisk attack u p on G oito, where the enemy had fortified himself, barrica din g the streets, and occupying the windows, fromj whepce he directed an uninterrupted fire upon us; but every ob stacle was overcome by the intrepidity of the tiraille urss placed at the head of the column, and supported by s orae pieces of artillery. The enemy was forced to aban don his position' on his retreat over the river he blow up th e still bridge that had been mined a short time before. one of the parapets remained nearly entire; the tirailleu r , l intrepidly ventured upon it, and by main force t oo* possession of the artillery that was playing upon incessantly. In a short time the passage of the 1511..„nc,'" was forced over the smoking ruins of the bridge. 1, 1 enemy, pursued without interruption, fled tow arw ' Mantua, leaving a great number of prisoners and dead' and among these some officers. The fruit of this victory' is our remaining masters of the passage of the Minci . .% of which we at present occupy the left bank. On au` part we have to deplore, with other losses, that of tad officers. Colonels La Marmara of the tirailleurs , an, a Macarani of the regiment Real Novi, are among t' e wounded." A postcript to this dispatch, received an hour after, adds the following particulars:—" The battle l as ted 'N U hours. The cannon did great execution. We nail . 2,000 prisoners, took four pieces of cannon, and the Pae' tioa is ours. The wound of Colonel La Marmara slight ; that of Colonel Macarani is not very severe.' General the Prince di Gonzaga di Mantua, ike' accompanied by his wife, arrived on the 3d of Ar t at Genoa, from his recent sojourn in England. Fr enl Genoa the illustrious traveller proceeded onwards to Rome for the purpose of tendering his services to hip Holiness for the vindication of the liberty and i! l ' 34. pendence of Italy.—Gazzetta di Genova. THE MURDER in WESTMINSTER' WESTMINSTER POLICE-COURT—(THIS DA I ,;. ) After the disposal of the night charges (nearly h 6; past twelve o'clock), William Tompkins was placed at the bar charged with the wilful murder of Maria Bale The Minister of Finance, M. CAMPLIAUSEN, has announced that a Government loan of 16,000,000 of thalers (nearly 2,600,000/. sterling) is immediately required, to meet she pressing exigencies of the state. There will be little difficulty in procuring it ; and as it has received the unconditional approval of the Op positit n party in the late Diet, and as the people are much better pleased to hear of a loan than of addi tional taxes, all parties will aid the Minister in pro curing the necessary amount of accommodation. Added to this the elections for the Confederated Ger• man Parliament now occupy the public attention to the exclusion of almost every other topic. The c , ,ntral election committee for the Regency- of Co logne has published an address to the electors as to the tests to be applied to the candidates, and re quiring them to pledge themselves to obtain the fol ►owing as the basis of their future constitution : Equality of political rights without religious distinction —abolition of the passport system—general German right of citizenship—general armament of the people, with liberty to choose their own commanders—re duction of the army to skeleton regiments in time of peace—abolition of exclusive military jurisdiction— more equal distribution of the taxes—the most exten sive liberty of the press—free right of associations and assemblies—illimitable right of petition—liberty of instruction and protection of persons and property —independence of the judges—oral evidence, publi city, anti trial by jury in courts of law, especially in press and state prosecutions—the formation of insti tutions to elevate and enlighten the working classes. This programme is signed by the leading reformers and citizens of Cologne. A proposition hasbeen sent to the Government to impose an income-tax of 4 per cent. upon the two higher classes, and two per cent. upon the third class, by which a sum of 6,000,000 of thalers would be raised annually. It has been favourably received. At a great meeting of the working classes held on the 11th it was resolved to appoint a central com mittee to conduct their affairs, and watch over their interests. Mr. Broderip was on the bench. The prisoner is a good-looking, intelligent, short' well-built young man, about 25 years of age, dresied like a carman. He appeared a prey to acute intersi agony, and trembled when placed at the bar. Se socor however, recovered his composure, but during the vtliol• examination he was slightly excited and shed tears. Police.constuble Hodgson, 170 R—About tweutl minutee to ene e'clock yesterd‘ty morning I viag i , °° duty in Regent -btreet, when I heard the cry of lice" from Vincent-street. I immediately ran to SP o spot. where I was met by a Mr. Kean, who told me tha t a man had stabbed a woman. We both ran to the spot, and found a woman lying on her face., partly on th e kerb, and partly in the gutter. Mr. Kean said the Mall had tied. Clerk—What state "ma the womau int Cunetable r She was insensible. She ►ass not bleeding. W e lilted her up, and discovered a wound under the collar-bone. I did know her. I took her to the surgery of Mr. Vearie, the divisional surgeon, who examined her, and found mile was dead. The body was then removed to the workhouse. The great demonstration of the boatmen of the Rhine against the employment of steam-boats, which was to have taken place at Cologne, has turned out A ridiculous failure. MAGISTRATE.-1)0 you wish to ask the witness anl question? Prisoner—No, air; only that we were drink . ins all the eight at the Rose and Crown. Scott, 167 B, said—At halt-past twelve last night I was on duty at the corner of Page-street, in Holywell_ street. I saw the prisoner and a f e male coming acrost i Regent-street, towards me. The prisoner said " G°l night" to me; and I ma d e use o f a famili ar expression adding " Y ou are ttin g tower home." I knew the p r i soner , f rom having b ee !, gaoler at the tim e th e pr i soner an d a Yee , woman were charged a t th e stat i on , so me t o es ago, on the 24th o f M arc h, I t hi n k , w i t h h av ing be % drunk and disord er ly. I t h en went roun d par t of ra t e beat, whi c h exten d s over part of Regent-street . Evltrti, street, the Hor se f erry - roa d , an d H olywell - street . prisoner stopped me i n H o l ywe ll- street, an d in co sequence of w h a t h e sa id to me I went to the s hop ol f ro m Mr. Pearse, the surgeon. There I saw the female I Tod / have se en s i nce an d recognised as the femaleoe seen the prisoner with. She was lying on the doe r ee e the shop, and h er d ress h ad been lowered below - breasts. Her bonnet and shawl were of f ' he r searched her. Sh e h a d nothing more a b o ut 0 . than the key an d t h e h andkerchief, which I pr(g i r in (The key was strung on a small white handerchie i t t b. order that it mi g h t no t b e l ost. ) I and Wright gt re stretcher, a n d t oo k h er to the workhouse. As we " :10 waiting at th e d oor , a girl came up and said the fe el e te lived in Deere- street. 133 made some observation al me, which called to my m i nd the female I hod seep with the pri soner . (Th e pr i soner here became 111- egituted, hung hi s h ea d upon the rail of the d oc k, a s to shed tears in a b un d ance, s i gh i ng deeply.) I welted, the station-hou se an d h a d the charge-book sear ch ed' in order to dis cover t h e res id ence of the prisoner, w h i c h was found to h e N o . 7, Vi ncent - row. I wont there rid company with I ns p ec t or C umm i ngs, where we found Sergeant Wright, an d Wi g h t , 133 B, w i th t h e prts°- . „,,e in their custody. He was taken t o th e s tation hel l ' e. The prisoner sa id h e did no t w i s h to as k t h e w itness a n d question. • ' Mr. Arthur K ee n e , em pl oye d i n t h e R oya l EDO iead, office, and livin g a t 11, P age - street, W estm i ns t e r, as e , about half-past t we l ve o ' c l oc k, or twenty minutes "" o f one on Sunday m orn i ng , w h en I got to the corne r Vincent-street, I h ear d a ;faint cry or sore e . ebe tb suep t et o but nothing th a t wou ld attract any I went down Vincent street, in th e directi.oo from which the cry proceeded. I went down the rig! • hand side of the s t reet , on wh i ch side the on l y lamp l e 7 t , the street is placed. I saw _ a fi gure in the d ar k "malelill or of the street ; I could.n o t t e ll whether it was male eed female, owing to the d ar k ness . I crossed en d proc ' _ Le over towards it. I then saw a fe ma l e lying on fe et: about three yardS f rom a court. fee t were near the kerb stone, end her h ea d about three from it in the read. She lay on. her tact, with her err; folded under her. I passed her about a yard, when saw the prisoner e who was standing between the vier of the gable and the post, I asked him what ke had bee; doing toiler, to which he gave no reply, but be came 'bo ll ' one pace towards me. I put the questioh t o hi m a wl .Igrtitt received the same answer. I askedhim it eh • was his wife, and why he did not go and lift her oPi He then went two feet towards her. B e f ore I mik e him if she was his wife, the woman raised herself fel fe e bly about six inches from t h e ground, but she 14311 d own immediately into h er f ormer positiose 1, wen t towards, her he sa id " I am mo t sure 1 1. -1 he said " get up," but h e mentioned her name • --e -immediately turn e d roun d and ~ aid " I have killed oe ; —I have stabbed her with that knife," at the same tttn of prisonerthe cla ss a common clasp one, with a long exhibiting a knife to me in his left hand, (The I t l i n l. , - Pceedrs.onTsblade, suck as ":„• -6 e ly r : w sat ;a e. usedhere produced. hung d own tre o m f trembled v P i ri ol s :t his he a d .) I could only observe the ble e d That, to the best of my belief, was the knife. I looke, up and down the street for assistance, but not see ing any person near, I did not like to leave him. 1 , 6 E 111 asked him what he had done, when he said "i stabbed her with that knife," at the same time Ilic'ect" his arm up an d d own. I waited a short time for 1104,1- ante ; whilst I was waiting the prisoner said, " Call police, I will give myself up." As he h a v4ared passive, and n o t lik ely to go away, P d e " ta procee er e Regent-street, in search of a poliestrean. I knew .t were two men standing at that corner. I besot* them to give assistance, as a man had stabbed a woto sn .i &al and one of them called out "P 1 . " • o ice. I said lam a at he will make off; and one of them run down the st r- s immediately. (The prisoner here sat down and lean his head upon the dock.) A person was stopped by c- 0 , of the men, but as he was not the man we let hl °ll r'eo The police and several other persons then came, le o, lifted the woman up, and placed her against the W , She was then a li ve , b ut qu i te i nsensible. He, howee'ercl opened her eyes. Il e b roug h t h er over to the lea), .. e ei e en opening her bosom a wound was discovered ie, b low the throat, an d a li tt l e towards the left bee e, The wound was su c h a one ; as the knife would 036,4 She was then alive, f or s l ie opened her eyes and n i c edi her mouth. Was on the other side of the way was then taken to the surgeon's. The prisoner did not w i sh to ask the witnes s any question. the ..itei the exuteination of several other witnesse s ' prisoner was remanded until Wednesday. The cowl Wp3 eery crowded. HESSE CASSEL, The troops which have been expelled from the city are anxious to re-enter it, and to attack the people. The latter, however, are well prepared to receive them. S WITZERLAND. The Provisional Government of Milan has de manded a passage for a column of 1,200 Austrian prisoners through the canton of Ticino, which the Government of the latter had granted on condition that the canton of the Grisona should likewise allow theri to pass through its territory, The Directory hid instructed the Federal Council of War to prepare a•repert on the . organisation of the army, so that the Confederation be not taken unawares, and be con stantly ready to defend, Efficiently and energetically, the neutrality and integrity of Switzerland. It was reported at Berne that the Sardinian Minister had been directed by his Government to demand from the Vorort an army of 100,000 men, whom the KING would engage in his service, to 11566 G him in driving the Austrians out of Italy. POSEN. he Commission for re-organizing the Gralici Duchy of Posen, have come to the following resolu tions :—They propose to place a Pole at the head of the administration. A corps d'armee shall be organized in the Grand Duchy, and the officers shall be chosen by the soldiers, who will be permitted to wear the Polish cockade, and Polish officers returning from abroad, or from other service, will hold the same rank if they choose to join; the landwehr to be newly organized, and all troops not natives of the Duchy to be withdrawn. It is said that this ar rangement, which it was hoped would satisfy the Poles, has received the sanction of the KING. On the morning of the 10th, at three o'clock, a force, consisting of 3,000 infantry, three batteries, some howitzers, and two squadrons of horse, marched for Schroda, about fifteen English miles from Posen, in order to take the town by assault. It is occupied by between 15,000 and 20,000 armed Poles. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Letters from Kiel of the 11th inst. state that the Danish troops have effected a landing in Kiel Bay. The corps, jagers, students, and volunteers of Schles wig-Holstein have been annihilated, all who were not killed in the great battle of Sunday week having been taken prisoners by the Danes. The retreat of the Schleswig-Holstein troops from Flensborg was very disorderly. The position of the of tile Duchier, wheo attacked by the Diol near Bau, extended partly along the Bay of Husum, partly along the Bay of Flonsborg, towards Ultiolo-