The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-19 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Appearance of Madame TADOLLITI. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are :espectiully informed that Madame 'CADOLLNI will make her first appearance in this country TO-MORROW, May 20, when will be per formed Doniaetti's Opera of LLNDA DI CHAMOUNT. Linda, Madame Tadolini ; Pierotto, Mdlle. Schwartz; Antonio, Signor Coletti ; Carlo, Signor Reeves ; 11 Marchese di Eoisfieury , Si7mor F. Lablache ; Il Prefetto, del Villa,to, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, entitled LA VIVANDIERE.._ . `, La Vivandiere, yldue. Cerite ; Le Postilion, M. St. Leon. Intro ducing Pas tie la Yivandiere, by Mae. Cerito. Pas de Quatre, from Le las des Fees, by Mdlles. Cerito, Julien, Lamoreux, and 31. Leon. Ballabile, and La Redowa Polka, the original dance of Bohe mia, by Stale. Cerito and M. St Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. The Frie List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Doors open at half-past Seven, and continence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. trader the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed WIVES AS THEY WERE, AND MAIDS IS THEY ARE. Lord Priory, Mr. Farren; Sir William Dorrillon, Mr. Creswick ; Sir George Evelyn, Mr. Howe ; Lady Mary 'Utile, Mrs. Glover ; Miss Dorrillon. Mrs. Nisbett. Alter which, JENNY LIND AT LAST ; or, The Swedish Night ingale. _ _ To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole's mysterious production, and called THE CASTLE OF OTIIANTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenea, Mr. J. Bland; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Hip polite, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. &tele Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Rox-book keeper. Boxes, Bs. ; Pit, 31. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doom open at ilalf-put Six, Pertormance to commence at Seven. EIIEATHE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Wlll be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal elitaractors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, Bcc. To conclude with a new Piece, entitled THE FOUNTAIN OF ZZA ; or, the Child of Air. Principal characters by lieurs. 0. Smith, Cullenford, C. J. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, Madame Celeste, Miss E. Chaplin, and Miss Taylor. Boxes, es.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. bn , r3 open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 43 min. after 2 1 Evening S 9 min. after . , g * V c u .'- t -_., , ...e ., ` s ay MA , i. I S dC . „. , _ mo o ,; -- -.4•:. 7, 410-m- , • -.., • - i ... ~.,:- , •‘..!•..:>," 't ,- ' ... -7 , f 42 ,141- -, -'-. • 111 "...;; , .k,•• . '.% . 4 : 01 L' i': i ' c,,,: " , , v 4 t • n ° ' ‘4. ' '"; E R° ll '' '' , - •:' ..4•::" . ...., ' : ' .. P. _.. ly ' l4 Ant. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1848. Notwithstanding the mediation of the English Government between the belligerent forces in Jut land, the war of dismemberment is still continued against Denmark. An implacable resolution is visible on the part of the Germanic League, and a no less determined front is presented by the outraged fol lowers of King FREDERICK. Every day shows only with greater vividness how sweet and palatable is revenge. Reprisals are the rage of both armies ; vengeance and retaliation, however inglorious, seem to be the ambition of both, an ambition, too, of a more attractive and irresistible character than either a successful bombardment or a triumphant pitched battle. In this manner a deta c h ment of Schleswig-Holstein troops, under Major ZASTROV I has just returned o from a foraging excursion int Silkeborg and Skanderborg, bringin g back sutEcieat provisions for supplying seven thousand men with rations a for a fortnight. Uponsimilar te a s much principle as debilitating the energies of their antagonists as possible, by frequency of assault, Danes nes are i n cessantly harassing the forces of the C onfederation of by maritime attacks directed against the ern shores of Schleswig from the imp re gnable retre a t the archipelago. In their labyrinth of islands, t h e men of Denmark possess a guarantee of their ulterio r superiority, and not only in their islands, but in the vigour of their naval power, in the courage and experience of their mariners, in the justice and sanc tity of their cause, and in their certainty of being soon aided by an enormous accession of auxiliaries. Denmark in this latter respect is now beyond our commiseration. Overwhelming as have hitherto been the successes of the federative army, those suc cesses sink into insignificance when contrasted with the stupendous amount of assistance which is pre paring to carry back the glory of triumph to the banners of the Cimbri and the Scandinavians. What though General HALKETT has established his head- quarters at Ulderup—King FREDERICK of - .DENMARK is establishing a counterpoise in his diplomatic Cabinet at Copenhagen. What though the invading Germans have comfortably estab lished t h emse l ves at K o ldi ng an d F rederic i a—t h ere are en g in es powerful enough to effect their expulsion beyond the Eider in the harbour and arsenal of Stockholm. What though the assailants have pene trated as far their northwards as Horsens and Aarhuus— the signal for precipitate and disastrou s r e t rea t has been alread y tlnia. Of this S unded in the d o cky ar d s o f Ch r i s . eienia. Of thi s no longer remai ns a ques t ion . Sweden has pledged herself to parti c ip a t e i n t h e perils of Denmark for th e integrity of her d the vindicati o n o f ominions. She has pronounced herself definitively and determinedly as i n imical to the shameless pretensions of Prussia,. and has resolved to prevent, . distinctwarlike inter ference, the amalgamation of thee y and the incongruous races of Schleswig duchies and -Holstein. OSCAR has arrived at this ( 1, 6 ,7 4 importance of ; f and to afford an adequate idea of the Swedish ar that, decision to the Danish cause, we may observeo his exclusive of the landwehr, the exceeds 140,000 in number, while the Norwegians muster as many as 24,000 fighting men. In the navy of Sweden may be enumerated a s man y as 28,000 seamen, and ppwards of 2,290 iftuis and carroaadek THE ST.7I 4 7 L _ LONDON, FRIDAY __-- EVENING, MAY 19,_194R. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SCARECROW. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Selby, Granby, and Charles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss Lee, and Mrs. Fitswilliam. After which, a new Interlude, entitled THE FAST SFAS. To conclude with a new and original Classical Extravaganza, entitled THESEUS and ARIAD:k.TE ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, 8. Smith, F. Cooke ; Miss Fitzwillnun, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss 3larshall, and Madame Vestris. Dross Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No nalf-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. 33, Old Bond-street. Last Night but Five of the Engagements, and Seventh Appearance since 1845 of M. Achar4, also Seventh Appearances in this Country et Mlle. Desiree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre do Gymnase, Paris). THIS EVE•TING, The Entertainments will commence at halt-past Seven o'clock when Will be performed a new Vaudeville, in One Act, entitled LE PETIT-FILS. Benjamin, M. Julien Deschamps ; II . Josset ; Fougeres, M. Tourillon ; Madame Darreantieres, Madame Valmy ; Henriette, Mdlle. Marot. Aft e r which a new Vaudeville, entitled MADEM OISELLE AGATHE. Jean-Felicien Bergeret, M. A.chard ; Annette, Mdlle. Desiree. To be followed by BABIOLE ET JOBELOT. Jobelot, M. chard;A Babiole, Mdlle. Desiree. To conclude with LA VIE EN PARTIE DOUBLE. Theophille 'Trinquit, 31. Achard; Amanda, Mdlle. Desiree. soxes, 55.: Pit, 35. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s Boxes and Stalls may be obtain' d at Mr. Mitchell's lioyal Library, 33. Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN (ot the Palals Royal, Paris).—The sur g and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDDi, having rsninreceived with the most enthusiastic admiration , be will con tinueee his extraordinary SOIREES FANTA - TIVES at the St. James's Theatre, TO-MORROW, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur d a y E v ening, comprising Automates, Prestidigit a ti on, M agic, a nd original experiments, invented by Robert Houdi n . Al so, S econd Vise E sca motage de Roberts Hondin, Ills, and Suspension Ethereene. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at kalf-past Eight, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond -street 3 and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven to Five. In compliance with numerous applications, a DIY PERFORM• ANCE will be given on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, May 24. Doors open at Two o'clock. AOYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. THIS EVENING. Will be presented THE T eiREE REO MEN. Principal charac ters by Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Dale, Runner, Herbert, Jones, Butler, Lewis ; Mrs. Honner, Mrs. Saville, Mrs. Hicks, Miss Terry, and Miss Richardson. After which, MY UNCLE'S CARD. To conclude with THE DREAM AT SEA. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Night but One of Mr. Van Ambargh's Engagement. Immense hit of the Easter Spectacle. Overflowing houses to wit less the celebrated Mr. Van AfrOurgh and his unequalled collection of trained animals, amongst which will be found the greatest no velty ever seen, a Black Tiger, the first ever known to mingle with other animals, and has hitherto been considered untameable. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a grand romantic Spectacle, written by Boyle Barnard, Esq., expressly to introduce Mr. Van Amburgh in his astounding performance, founded upon a passage in Eugene Sue's celebrated novel of " The Wandering Jew," and will be produced un der the title of MOBOIL, THE BEAST TAMER. Armand Dugard, Mr. Tan Amburgh. The Spectacle will be succeeded hy an Incomparable routine of Mr. Batty's Scenes of the Arena, and an entirely novel entree, entitled TUB GRAND CAROUSAL. 'Lu conclude with a Legendary petite Spectacle entitled. THE GOLDEN-FOOTED STEED ; or the Charmed Horse of the Valley. Daring the recess the Theatre has been entirely re-decorated. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. ..nourer. Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless autheSti sated b,y tne name and address c. the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAT 19. THEMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 62; Noon, 55 Rortirrmst, 29.78. WIND S.S.W. ; morning, squally; afternoon, showery. From these circumstances it will be perceived the enormous influence which may be exercised over an unmaritime power like Prussia by such maritime powers as Sweden and Denmark combined, and par ticularly in a region so admirably adapted for harassing land forces from the sea as the long and intersected peninsula of Jutland. When it is re membered, moreover, that there is every probability of additional aid coming from St. Petersburgh by the alliance of Russia with Sweden and Denmark, it will be perceived how desperate the cause of the Ger manic Confederation is becoming even in the hour when their victory appears to be on the eve of its consummation. That the likelihood of Swedish intervention is by no means chimerical, may be seen from the mere coincidence of such volunteers as Lieut. LSTOISTHLIFOUD and the Poet AFZELIUS having recently arrived at Zeeland, while a credit of 2,000,0 00 banco dollars has been agreed to by the Government at Stockholm for the expense of the auxiliary troops under Lieutenant-General CEDEItSTROM. Among the other significant signs of the intentions of Sweden and Norway towards the belligerents, may be men tioned the rapid fitting out of the steam-boat Thor, the frigate Najade, the corvette Jararaas, and the brig Nordenskjold—movements indicative of more than the activity of precaution. That Sweden and Russia should be equally jealous of the approxima tion of Prussia, and the other German sovereignties to the Baltic, is but natural, since that approach would be one step towards the creation of a future competitor in the mercantile enterprise on that second Mediterranean. As yet the harvests, and the vintages, and the timber, and the manufac• tures of the interior of Germany, are shut up within their principalities, or have to be filtered through the custom-houses of the king doms contiguous to the Baltic. By that means a sort of commercial monopoly is secured to the northern triumvirate of Denmark, Sweden, and Russia, a monopoly which has helped to render them severally powerful and prosperous, and one which would be seriously compromised, if not altogether de stroyed, by the incorporation of Schleswig in the a b h i n d e t o t o d sealete determine the in ih e d t h o apnrdwsiPrussia cupidity an d ts , s w a i c l will a o like c c e o s m , G e rmanic Confederation. Right an d m i ght, justice e mi dat o e f of their expulsion from the • frontiers of southern Jutland. Seldom, indeed, has it fallen to the lot of a jour nalist to direct the public attention to a meeting of greater importance, or one which afforded more favourable auguries for the future, than that of "The Society for the Improvement of the Labouring Classes," held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. It was not merely that the crowded assemblage consisted of the most exalted and dignified in the land—that it was presided over by the illustrious Consort of our beloved SOVEREIGN— and that the objects for which they had met together were of the most benevolent and praiseworthy character ; there was something still more cheering and auspicious in the assurance it afforded that in this happy land the interests of all classes and grades in society are intimately connected one with another, that anything by which the condition of the great body of the people is ameliorated and their comforts increased, is of importance, not merely to those more immediately benefited, but that its moral iniluence will extend to others apparently farthest removed from its operation. The improve ment of the condition of the great body of the people, of those who earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow—who are willing to toil, provided they can obtain a fair remuneration for their labour, should (as the Bishop of Sr. DAVID'S truly re marked), "be the great end of all our social institutions, the great business of the Governmen and the Legislature of the country." No thing could tend more powerfully to fortify and strengthen our time-honoured institutions than convincing the minds of our industrious operatives that there is a sincere and anxious desire among the wealthier classes to increase their enjoyments, to watch over and protect their interests, to remove those causes that have been found prejudicially to affect their health, morality, or happiness, and to promote those undertakings by which they may be increased and rendered less precarious or transitory. Such exhibitions of sympathy and friendliness of feeling must produce the most valuable results, and draw more closely together the bonds by which all from the highest to the lowest are united. The speech of the Illustrious Chairman on opening the proceedings is not more remarkable for the kindly and benevolent spirit in which it was conceived, than for the sound judgment and practical sense which it inculcates. His Royal Highness, in deed, afforded an example which will, we trust, be extensively followed by all whose rank or wealth may enable them to aid in carrying out the objects contemplated. It is not what the society may itself be enabled to achieve, however ample its resources or magnificent the contributions that may be subscribed, that will show the full amount of the benefits conferred on the country by its salutary exertions ; it is the example set—the direction of the energies and exer tions of the people themselves into proper channels— the teaching them how much may be attained by a judicious application of their own scanty means and limited resources. It will show them that real com forts are within their reach, that the sums too fre quently wasted and squandered in idle and demo ralising pursuits pursuits which are followed perhaps more from the wretchedness and discomfort of their homes than from any real pleasure they afford—may enable them to procure cheerful and respectable dwellings, where they may enjoy them selves in the centre of their families, and see their children growing about them in health and strength, happy and contented, in place of wallowing in filth and misery, and deeply injured both morally and physically. The experiments that have been tried will also show that profit may be combined with humanity, and that a capitalist, while obtaining a fair and ample return for the amount of his invest meats, may greatly contribute to the welfare, and promote the happiness, of his less-favoured brethren. It is impossible not to yield an immediate assent to the sound and practical views detailed in the fol lowing extract : " Depend upon it it is for the advantage of those classes who are so often contrasted, but whose interests are identical, to unite, and it is only ignorance which prevents them uniting for each other's benefit. To dis pel that ignorance, and to show the means how man can help man, notwithstanding the complicated state of civilised society, ought to be the aim of every philanthropic person. But it is most peculiarly the duty of those who, under the blessing of Divine Providence, enjoy station, wealth, and education. Let them be careful how to avoid any dictatorial interference with labour and employment, which f ' rightens away capital, destroys that freedom of which thought and independence of - action which must remain (tooLthoeeuvrearoynkwune if he is to work out his own happiness of mankind rests, the enjoyment e " e ers)i—and to repose that confidence in each left him with and mutual benefit, man God has created Elan imperfect, and individual to ezeg- wants, as it were to stimulate each is only by united ewes Wants , to make them all feel that it x c e a r i t l io: s and combined action that those imperfections supplied, and those wants 1 satisfied—(Hear, hear).--,:if the how these individual each other. It is to bhow the way and confidence in exertions can be directed to h greateat benefit, and society There x, i has t been no the readiness to to foster that confidence upo n w e atiuns— considers as assist each other depends, that this ieh its most sacred aim. —(bear, hear.) the fate of ostentatious display of charity ur of its no t a protestation to become the arbiter of thousands, but to aid the working out of s chemes of public improvement for which thisPrea c o t e t ' i v . ' as I said before, has been established ; tout it has ci tZ: established examples for the country at large ''' as yetto follow." _ , . The principal objects of the society have been the establishment of loan funds, of small allotments of land, and of model lodging•houses of various descrip tions. Nothing has yet been done with respect to the first of these projects, but considerable success has attended the allotment system and the model lodging-houses. In consequence of the beneficial results of the experiments instituted by the society, the allotment system had been carried out in more than 2,000 parishes—and, as we are told by the Noble Chairman of the committee (Lord ASHLEY), " with the greatest possible benefit—the best proof of which was the statement he was enabled to make, that with great contentment, great in dustry, and great desire to improve their condition, not one of those to whom allotments had been given owed a single farthing of debt." With respect to lodging, it has been found that less than is paid for a dirty and miserable shelter, where num bers of persons, of different families, are huddled to gether without regard to comfort, health, or de cency, will be &ancient to yield a considerable dividend on the amount expended in giving whole. some, well-ventilated, and comfortable abodes. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 13th have been received. The organs of the Orleanist faction have been singing " a song of triumph " over the speeches of Lord STANLEY and the Earl of ABERDEEN on the Bulwer and Sotomayor correspondence. They look upon it as an Orleanist triumph, and certainly the presence of M. GUILOT in the House of Peers during the whole of the debate gives it much of such an appearance. His presence in the Howe was impolitic as well as indelicate, inasmuch as it betrayed too openly the source from which the inspirations of Lords STANLEY and ABERDEEN emanated. M. GUIZOT, it is evident, is attempting to play over again the game of 1840. The financial crisis in Madrid still continues. Another erneute was expected, and every one was leaving the city. General ZABALA has been banished to Ceuta. SALAMANCA has left Madrid, and is gone to the Balearic Isles. MADRID BOLSA, MAY 13.—Three per Cents, 211 cash; Five per Cents., 14 paper; Coupons, 8k paper; Bank of St. Ferdinand, ex div., 80 cask. Exchange on London, 30 days, 41 cash. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Executive Government has published a decree appointing General CAVAIGNAC, Minister of War. It is said that BLANQUI and HUBERT, who had both been arrested, have, in consequence of some mysterious agency, been suffered to escape. Had they been brought under examination their revelations would, it is said, have compromised many persons connected with the Government. A. letter appears in the Reforme, signed " Raspail, fits," w hich affirms that neither of the Raspails is in custody. They were both arrested, but were immediately liberated. General COURTAIS has been several times interro gated by M. CREMIEUI. The General, who nis i a most depressed st a t e o f m i n d, d en ies all participation in the conspiracy. It is said that he refuses to take any food. wards of 200. The preliminary proceedings commenced The parties already arrested amount to up against the accused yesterday. In the course of the day a man addressed the people on the Boulevard Montmartre, endeavouring to excite them to march to Vincennes and rescue the prisoners. He was immediately arrested by the people them selves, and handed over to the care of the authorities. At the close of the sitting of the Assembly on 'Wednesday evening, while the operation of casting up the votes for the Committee on the Constitution was proceeding with, the Executive Committee en tered the Hall, and the President said— I invite the Members to take their places, as the Executive Committee has some communication to make to them. This having been effected with some difficulty. The Minister of the Interior—l have to state that the measures taken by the Executive Committee have been most successful. Every thing is tranquil, and the whole population is animated with the very best sentiments. general Cavaigratc is named Minister of War, and M. Trouve Chauvel, our cifileague, Prefect of Police. The Republican Guard, which this morning, at six o'clock, occupied several posts, has quitted them all without contestation. The Government has given orders to disband them, in order to proceed to their new and regular organisation. There are other measures which I have to propose. The Republic has been solemnly proclaimed, and received throughout the whole of France with cries of enthu siasm. It is not enough to prevent the return of any monarchical restoration ; energetic measures must be taken to maintain the Republic so proclaimed. Guilty hopes must be put an end to. The Republic ought to be moderate, and ought to find its force in its very modera tion. It ought to prevent the recurrence of such ex cesses as you have witnessed, and to stop the guilty at tempts of the madmen who want at present to attack the Republic, dreaming !of an impossible restoration. It is with that object that we propose to you the following decree : "The Nati ona l A ssem bl y, considering that: the right of meeting and association exists only on condition of being pacifically executed, and that all armed meeting is subversive of order, and dangerous for public liberty, decrees : " Art. 1. That all armed meeting is forbidden. "Art. 2. That whoever shall be found in a meeting bearing arms ostensibly or secretly shall be punished with an imprisonment of three months to two years." The Government, continued the Honourable Minister, does not at present propose any law relative to tumultu ous meetings or seditious cries, because, on those points, there exist laws which will be strictly executed, until they be revised by the National Assembly. The Go vernment, however, with a view to prevent all culpable attempts, has charged me to present to you the follow ing decree :--`• The National Assembly decrees that the territory of France, which has been interdicted fur ever to the family of Charles I. by the law of 1832, is equally interdicted to Louis Philippe and his family." A. Voice on the right—Bravo ! The Minister of the Interior—We also propose to you to pass a decree to accord recompenses from the State to such National Guards as have been wounded, and to the families of those who have been killed in de fending public order and the National Assembly.— (Loud approbatioa.) The President—A telegraphic dispatch has just been receive from Lille, contradicting the rumour that any . movement had takes place in that town like that of May 15. The Minister of Justice—l have also to lay before you a bill relative to the attributions of the Executive Committee. I propose to you to vote it d'urgexce. It runs thus : Art. 1. The members of the Executive Power shall hot be obliged to take part in the deliberations of the Assembly.--(Marks of surprise.) Art. 2. The Minister shall be hound to appear at these deliberation s . Art. 3. When the members of the Executive Com mittee are to be called to the Assembly, they arc to be so by a resolution come to in public sitting, and only to give such explanations as may be required.—(Murmurs.) Art. 4. The members of the Committee shall be heard whenever they deem it necessary. Art. 5. The President of the Assembly can have the rappel beaten to call out the troops; but to the Execu tive Government alone it belongs to take military mea sures for the general defence and security.—(Explosion of murmurs.) M. Bernard must remind the Assembly that they had already decided that when any proposition and decree requiring to be passed forthwith (d'urgence) was pre sented, lour-and -twenty hours' notice was to be given. He must demand that this be now carried into effect. The Minister of Commerce—lt is only by inadver- tence that the Minister of Justice had neglected the form just alluded to.—(Laughter, agitation.) The Minister of Finance, in consequence of what was now passing, at present gave notice that he should, the next day, present a bill d'urgence to authorise the State to resume possession of the railways.—(Sensation.) The Minister of Public Works said that it had been found necessary to send troops during the day to certain points of' the Northern Railway to prevent an attempt of the workmen to stop the circulation. The measure taken had been crowned with success, and the circulation had not been impeded. He wished to give notice that the next day he should present a Bill d'urgence for extraordinary credits for the execution and repairs of roads and canals. The national workshops would be down in it for three millions. The number of workmen on the lists of the State was now 115,000. — (Hear, hear.) The men at present did nothing that was of real utility, and the Government wish to employ them on bone fide works. The men from the provinces would be sent back to the departments, but the workshops must still continue to be kept up for some time longer. lie wished to state that National Guards had come spontaneously from Cambray, Amiens, and Meaux, to support the Republic. M. de Remusat should propose that an expression of gratitude to these men from the Assembly be mentioned on the minutes of the sitting.—Agreed to. A long and angry discussion ensued on the point of order ; the greater number of the speakers con tending that the Executive Committee had not the power of introducing measures without notice. At length the order of the day motive was on the motion of M. CREMIEUX, agreed to in order to afford an op portunity of proposing a measure for the amendment of the regu l ations. The following are the votes pro posed to b e taken for national works : The rep a i r of national roads For the i nsproval of the navigation Olthe fr• 1,000,000 Marne For ditt o o f t hO* Seine — and 1,500,000 Fur the N av i gation of the Lot Fur the building of 80,000 Marne ..• ..• the Ecul e Polyt;lsniqu 0 ; 3,500,000 500,00 For the E co l e N ormal Fur the Ateii4 ro N ationaux —. 50.000 At ten o'clo c k t h e result of the.ballot .for he Com mittee of the As sem bl y on the formation o f3t,hoeoocon stitution was declared ; six Members only of the eighteen, MM. CORMIININ, MAERAST , L -.AMENNAIB, VIVIEN, DR TOCQUEVUdat, and DUTA.UaIi, had the sufficient number of votes. Before the public sitting the representatives as sernbled in their bureaux, to again consider the subject of the incompatibilities. There are three systems brought forward:-Ist, to suspend during the session the salaries of such representatives as hold Government places; 2d, to allow salaries to be received, but on condition of the 25t. a day being given up ; and 3d, to declare that there is an absolute incompatibility between public functions and a seat in the Chamber. The two first propositions being con sidered as half measures, have not found so much favour as the last, which it is thought will be defini tively adopted by the Assembly. Colonel HINFREY, of the sth Cuirassiers, has been appointed Governor of the Luxembourg. Louis Bwic is still at liberty, although there ace strong grounds for .suspecting that he was actually with the conspirators during the two hours that he was absent from the Assembly on Monday. The general opinion is that he was in the Hotel de Ville when the Provisional Government was proclaimed, and that having managed to make his escape he posted away to the Assembly with all possible speed, to show himself, and to proclaim his innocence. The follow ing letter found in the Hotel de Ville in the room oc cupied by BAHnes may perhaps throw some light on the doings of M. Louis Rtaisc on Monday. The letter is not signed:— " Rue de I'Arbre, Sec. " I write to you that you may not be alarmed. lam with Albert and Louis Blanc. We come from the As sembly, which is dissolved. We are to have a sitting t hi s n ight at the Luxembourg. I salute ou. " Your HUSBAND." On Monday (says the Messager), while General COURTAIS was giving orders to the Garde Mobile on the Pont de la Concorde to sheath their bayonets, M. Goopcnaux, the late Minist er o f Fi nances , who was at the head of his company, drew out a pistol, and vowed he would shoot the first man who would obey this word of command. By the resignation:Jf MM. BERANGER and CAMS.. SIDIERE, the annu lation of the election of M. SCIIMIT, and the option of MM. CAVAIGNAC, CRE MIEUX, BASTIDE, RECURT, BETIIMONT, DUPONT DE MARRAST, PAGUERRE, and F. DE LASTEY RIE, for other departments, the electors of the Seine will have to elect twelve representatives. On Monday last, at the moment when the column entered, after having 'forced the Pont de la Revolu tion on the square situated at the end of the Rue de Bourgogne, two windows opened at the first floor of one of the houses, and several ladies elegantly dressed in black appeared, and immediately cried "Vive la Polog ne !" "Vive la Republique Democratique !" From time to time persons very well dressed appeared on the balcony, and, with much gesticulation, cried to the operatives, " Friends, our end is to establish a democratic Republic, this evening at the Champ de Mars at six o'clock !" But the operatives appeared little disprsed to attend to this order. From the above it would appear as if there were some Monarchists, either Orleanist or Legitimist, connected with the conspiracy ; and the mysterious escape of BLANQUS favours this supposition. The following proclamation from the Prefect of Police to the inhabitants of Paris was posted up on Tuesday afternoon : " Citisens,—The events of May 15 are known to you. The calm and courageous attitude of the re presentatives of the people, the salutary interven tion of the sedentary and moveable National Guards, the loyal concurrence of the army, and the im partiality of justice, are guarantees to you for th e maintenance of public order . and liberty ! The magis trate, whose special duty it is to superintend the police of the capital,. has fulfilled his duty. Hr answers for the security of your homes and your families. His action was imperceivable in alt these great movements, but he, nevertheless, was incessant in the performance of his duties. The Repub lican principle dues not admit of preventive measures, but it is the duty of a Government to make use of all the repressive means which are authorised by the law. The law will suffice for whatever may arise. The national approbation was never more unanimously accorded at any epoch of our his tory. The National Assembly, the National Guard, the National Army, all join in impressing upon the Republic of 1848 a sacred, inviolable, indestructible character! Union! confidence! order! devotedness! These are the duties of all. Rely upon me as I rely upon you. You were with me at the barricades of Liberty, and I will be with you at the barricades of Order. Let us leave justice to take her regular course against the real culprits ; let u 3 all, on our parts, apply ourselves to the task of leading back to the right path a misled mul titude of deceived workmen, of a people seduced by generous notions. While the Government is acting, as )ou may be assured it is, in putting down the pertur bators, let us apply ourselves to enlightening the people as to their true interests, in pacifying their minds; arid in this painful trial our Revolution, our Republic, will, believe me, come forth victorious. "CAUSSIDIERE." M. JEANDEL, of the 7th company of the Ist battalion of the 2d legion of the National Guard, entered, on Tuesday morning, the offices of the Commune de Paris, which were occupied by an indignant crowd. In a room adjoining M. SOBRIBR'S apartment, he found four papers, containing five decrees numbered 1, 3, 4,6, and 7 ; they were presented yesterday in the Chamber by M. AVOND. In the first, it is said :—" Looking at the revo lutions of February and May, 1848," which would lead one to suppose that the Commune de Paris was sure of its revolutionary success. Another decree says : " Whereas the National Assembly is composed of reactionnaires, and since it has not decreed a Minister of Labour, on the part of the people, it must be dissolved?' The sixth decree assigns three months for the organization of labour. In the first decree, there are words in pencil on the margin from the hand of SORRIER. The Com mune de Paris, and the Vraie Republique, which wits conducted by M. TIIORZ, have ceased to appear. It was reported that M. TROUTE Crean TEL, a Pa risian banker, and former Mayor of Le Mans, had been appointed Prefect of Police of Paris. On Tuesday M. LOUIS BLANC appeared in the Chamber at the beginning of the sitting. After spending a few minutes in reading the Moniteur, he slipped away. Ile returned about five o'clock, and was hooted by the National Guard as he passed. According to the printed lists found at the Hotel de Ville, in the room where BARNES was ar rested, the following were to be the Ministry of the new Government :—Raspail, President of the ; Cabet, Mi n i s t er of Foreign Affairs Republic;Blanqui, Minister o f the Interior ; Barb Ministerial Presid en t, w i t h ou t portfolio ; Aies, Ledru. Rollin, Minister of War ; Albert, Minister of Progress ; Thore, Mayor of Paris; Caussidiere, Mi nister of Police. All these nominations were signed by Barbes on separate lists. Another list was as follows, but it was not signed:—Caussidiere, Inte rior; Flocon, Foreign Affairs ; Louis Blanc, Progress of Commerce and Agriculture; Albert, Public Works ; Victor Schialcher, Marine and Colonies ; Pierre Leroux, Justice; Cavaignac, `'Par; Huber, Finance ; Prudhon, Public Worship and Public Instruction ; Sobrier, Prefect of Police. Ledru Rollin, Barbes, and Blanqui were to be the executive power; and Thore Mayor of Paris. The following paper was left on a table in the Hotel de Ville : "The people having dissolved the National Assembly, there remain no other powers but those of the people. In consequence, the people having manifested their wish to have for provisional government the citi zens Barbes, Ledru-Rollin, Albert, Louis Blanc Raspail, Pierre Leroux, and Thor& these citizens are nominated members of the Government. Citizen Caussidiere is maintained as delegate of the Republic in the Prefecture of Police. The National Guard receives the order to return to their respective dis tricts." NATIONAL ASSEMBLY —SITTING or MAY 13. The President took the chair at twelve o'clock. All the approaches to the C hamber had assamed their ordinary aspect. The President said thet as the first business before the Assemby was to ballot for the twelve members re maining to be appointed on the committee on the con stitution, he should propose t hat Hon. Members should vote at once in the Chamber, and that the examination of the bulletins, which occupied such a length of time, could take place in one of the committee-rooms. — Agreed to. The ballot then took place , an d did not last more than 20 minutes. The President had received a communication from the Abb Lacordaire, declaring that in consequence of his finding it impossible to reconcile the performacce of his religiou s duti e s with the deman ds on his time, as a member of the Assembly, he, in consequence, prayed the President to announce his resignation of the func tions of representative of the people. — A ccepted. M. Senard said that he had a proposition to make to the Assembly, which he was quite certain would be renewed with favour. In the late events several National Guards had lost their lives in the defence of the Republic. Their funeral obsequies were_ to take place that day at three o'clock , an d he shoul d pr opose body f tional to the Assembly to send one Vice-President, d two s e ere . b e taries, and tw en ty Members to form pa rt of the cortege. --(Hear, h ear .) The names could, if they pleased, drawn by lot.—Agreed to. The M em b ers were ac cordingly draw n as menti oned. A Memb er move d t h at a vote of thank s be passed to the N Agreed to. Guards of Cambruy , who sent forward a end to to s a t r a i t s e fo o r f athneare which for thre e weeks de fen ce of the Republic.— Another M em b er presented petition from Limo ges, praying the N at i ona l Assembly, as soon as possible, t o put an had existed in that neighbeeir cod.--Referred to the bureaux. The order of the day was the consideration of two propositions, each presented for the purpose of issuing a proclamation to the rench peopl e , an d p ar ti cu l ar ly the population of Paris, for their conduct in the late events. M. Stornes and M. Berard then read each a draft of a proclamation, acknowledging the promptitude of the people to lend efficient assistance to the National Assembly in its hour of peril, and the determination of the latter to carry out the republic with firmness and decidedly De mocratic principlm The Chamber decided that the draft of the procla mation presented by M. Berard should be first taken into consideration. A very noisy and confused debate then ensued on it ; some members wanting to have it referred to the bureux, others voting at once ; some discussing it paragaaph by paragraph, and others in its ensemble. M. Flocon maintained that it was contrary to reason and common sense to adopt a document of such import ant as an address or proclamation of the National As sembly to the people without the most mature conside ration. Every expression ought to b.? weighed, and the whole document Kende, as much as possible, the expres sion of the tet:ing of the whole Chamber. He therefore should propose that some course be adopted to allow the Members to take full cognizance of the contents of the paper. The Assembly appearing anxious to adopt the procla mation forthwith, and great contusion continuing to prevail, M. Dupin ascended the tribune, and said that certainly it was desirable that such a document should be weighed maturely before being voted. He should therefore pro pose some delay ; let the proposition be adjourned, at least to the end of the sitting. After some further debate of an exceedingly noisy character, this course was agreed to. M. Flocon, Minister of Commerce, presented a Bill for the institution of the council of Prudhommes to settle all matters of dispute between masters and workmen. Referred to the Committee on Labour. M. Isambert presented a proposition to put down all political clubs whatever, without exception; but no one being found to second it, it fell to the ground. A Member presented a proposition to authorize the Government to issue notes to the amount of 300 millions to aid agriculture and commerce. Referred to the Committee on Finance. Some discussion then arose on the constitution of the standing committees, when it was decided that those relative to the colonies and Algeria should be united into one. M. Dufaure rendered an account to the Assembly of the result of the inquiries of the committee appointed to examine the best mode of voting. Out of the three practices of asses et teed, division, and ballot, it proposed to preserve the first and last, but to change the mode of taking the vote by division, recommending the plan adopted in England, by the members leaving their places, and going to two different places, according as the members were for or against the question under dis. cussion. The report was adopted, after a discussion which lasted until post hour, It will be seen from the above that the Bill for the re-purchase of the railways by the State had not been introduced at the time the post left. The general belief is, that it is founded on the third of the pro positions announced three weeks ago by M. GARNIER PAGES, namely, the fixing of the purchase price at the price on the Bourse on the 22d of February, and the payment in 5 per cent. rentes, or bons du Tresor, at par. Of the three alternatives propcsed by M. GARNIER PAGES, this is the most favourable to the Nharebolders. The Bill will not pass the Assembly without strong opposition. The bureaux of the Assembly were yesterday oc cupied with the Bill presented the day before by the Government, interdicting Louis PHILLIPPE, or any ui his family, from entering Praire. In answer to questions addressed to him, the Minister of the Interior declared that the decree had not been brought forward on account of anything that occurred at present, but as a simple measure of precaution. In the course of the discussion, M. L'HEREETTE, who declared that he approved of the decree, asked for information relative to the confiscation of the pro perty of the Prince of Orleans, which appeared to him most odious. The Minister of the Interior said that the Govern ment would in a short time bring in a Bill declaring what it proposed to do in the matter. The members appointed to the Committee on the subject are MM. Bourbeau, Alteroche, Babaud- Luribiin, Woirhaye, Ilillault, Isambert, Auberger, Richard, Maurat, Ballenge, and Marchal. Eight others are still to be named. By orders from the Prefect of the Police the whole of the papers of the Club des Droits de l'Homme have been seized. It is said that several important documents have been found among them, which throw light on the conspiracy against the Republic. Five and-twenty individuals have been arrested in the apartments of the _Valais Royal occupied by BARNES' club. From forty to fifty of these people had lodged and been fed in the Palais Royal ever since the 24th of February. The mystery is from whom the money came. It was announced on Thursday in the Salle des Conferences, that PIERRE LEROUX, one of the prin cipal persons concerned in the late events in Paris, had been arrested near Nanteuil. Two persons who were with him being pursued by a part of the Na tional Guard, who had effected the capture, threw themselves into the Marne and swam across. Two of the National Guards did the same, and at the other side a struggle took place, which ended in the cap ture of the fugitives. The Procureur of the Republic and three Judges d'lnstruction were busily engaged yesterday interro gating BARBEE, ALBERT, QUENTIN, and their prin cipal accomplices at the castle of Vincennes. There are eighty prisoners in all. The late events at Paris have had an effect upon Rouen. It became necessary to call out the whole of the National Guard, and for them to occupy all the principal quarters of the town ; but all became quiet as soon as it was known that the National As sembly bad prevailed. Most of the manufactories are said to have resumed work. PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY.—The receipts on the 'Loin n _Railway fur the wetk ending 6th May, amount to 95,0291. 30e., and on the Havre Railway to 35,0191. 60c. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, MAY 18. TIMER o'CLocc—The Rentes were weak to-day in consequence of the feeling that the Government is feeble, and the Ultra Democratic party in the ascendant. A slight rise has taken place in the price of Railway hares, which is to be attributed to the report that the terms to be offered by the Minister of the Finances to the shareholders are rather more favourable than those originally proposed. Bons du Tor are at 32 disc. Exchange on London is 25f. 424 c. for one month, and 25t. 25c. for three months. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. MAY 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—Luxembourg, I—Northern of Frazee, 4—Paris and Strasburg, 2. " The engagement lasted from 9 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon. "I have to lament the loss of many brave officer. Lieutenant Colonfl Leuzendorff fell at the head of his battalion ; G. 11. Baron Salis died of his wounds ; Col. Pottornyai lost an arm ; the horse of Count Wratislaw was wounded ; Prince Schwarzmiberg received a contu sion ; the head of Major Schmerling's horse was carried off by a cannon ball. " The ground being exceedingly cut up did not admit of our pursuing the enemy effectively with our cavalry, and we were therefore nut in a posiion to maka many prisoners, but a great number of wounded, whom the enemy were nut able to carry off, tell into our hand,. " I have great gratification in being able to announce that his Imperial Highness the Archduke Francis Joseph was frequently in the thick of the fire, and ex hibited the gr►•atest coolness ar►d composure. I was myselt an eye-witness of the fact, that a cannonball struck the ground at a short distance from him without his betraying the slightest emotion. " I cannot sufficiently praise the prudent conduct of the commanders and the bravery and devotion of the troops. " In conclusion, I must call the attention of the War Ministry to One remarkable fact, viz., that the Papal Swiss troops were at the head of the hostile force which attacked St. Lucia, which stands in singular contradic tion to the friendly assurances of his Holiness." The Abend Blatt has intelligence from Conegliano up to the Eth inst. The insurgents and Roman troops at Treviso appeared to be preparing for a vigorous resistance. Count NUGENT, whose head-quar ters were still at Conegliano, had gone on that day to Belluno, to reconnoitre. General CuLLoz had advanced the same day with 4,000 men on the road to Treviso as far as Feltre, which caused a panic in the enemy's camp at Treviso. Count NUGENT re turned to Conegliano on Monday, and was preparing for a general attack, to take place on Tuesday or Wednesday. Two bat- talions of Granzers and a regiment of in fantry (Heinan) had arrived by forced marches from Portenone. Palma Nuovo and Osopo were still strictly blockaded. All the troops were stated to be animated by the best spirit, and provisions in abundance had been found in Conegliano and Bel luno. The Nobili wished to destroy or carry off all the stores in those towns, but the inhabitants, with the municipality at their head, opposed it. The fugitive nobles were also prohibited from taking with them any of their own property. The Ministry have ordered the elections in Bo hemia for the German Parliament to be proceeded with without delay. Considerable excitement had been caused in Vienna by the announcement that PALACKY, one of the chief leaders of the Sclavonian party in Prague, was to be appointed Minister of Public In truction. In consequence of the strong feeling manifested against it the appointment was withdrawn. Baron DOBBTHOFF has been nominated to the Mi nistry of Trade and Agriculture, and Herr ANDREAS BAUMGARTNER to that of Public Works. The public securities had risen, the news from Italy being considered favourable, as a successful defence, and under present circumstances, before NUGENT and RADETSKT can co-operate, is considered a positive gain. The Five per Cent. Metalliques closed at 67k, 68; Bank Shares. 99.5, 1,005; Nordbahn, 80i, 81. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. It is said that Sir STRA.TFORD CANNING had en tered into negotiations with the late Austrian Cabinet, in order to bring about peace between that power and Italy. The resignation of Count FIQUELMONT put an immediate stop, however, to all negotiations. There have been some slight riots at Trieste, but everything had been quiet at last dates. VIENNA, MAT 12.—The Minister of War has published the following communication from Field- Marshal RADETSKY, dated the 6th inst.:— " I have to inform you that I was attacked this morn ing a lit tle before 9 o'clock in my position on the Rideau, before Verona, and especially on the left wing at St. Lucia, while, at the same time, the enemy opened the engagement with a heavy cannonade in the direction of St. Massimo, Crocebianca, and Chievo, and made a feint of attacking them. They directed all their force against St. Lucia, which was defended only by the weak brigade Strasoldo. The conflict lasted altogether fully eight hours. The brigade fought with the courage of lions. Never have I heard so well sustained a fire as that which the enemy opened at this point. Only one short pause intervened during the engagement, in w hi c h t i me the enemy attacked St. Massimo, and made continual demon strations against my centre and right wing, consisting of the brigades Gyulai, Lichtenstein, and Taxis, but was here forced to retire. " At last the brigade Strasoldo was obliged to evacuate St. Lucia, alter a renewed assau l t f rom the enemy. It retired, however, only to a short distance, and I sent some reserve troops to its assistance. " In the mean time a portion of the brigade Clam also ha , ,tened to its support, and steps were immediately taken to assault and reconquer St. Lucia. The brigade Clam advanced from Tombs with two battalions against the right flank of the enemy, while the battalion d'Anthon of the Italian Grenadiers and a battalion Geppart attacked St. Lucia in the front, and the brigade Strasoldo assailed the right flank. " The enemy offered a most determined resistance.. The troops fo rce d t h, i t wa y w i t hi n a s h ort di stance of the place, and even the enemy, but could only advance slowly. We ' iler Ino ad a w n sentt not, however, wait for a renewal of the attack, an d battalionothe t E o . w ll n . f s o i r gra th n e nd g . ren T a n d e ier en b e a m tt y al d in finally evacuated St. Lucia, having also retired on te whole line. "His retreat from St. Lucia had rather the appearance of a flight, as many military accoutrements, drums, knapsacks, icc., were found there. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MAT 14—HALF•PAST NINE AT NIGHT. —A report has been in circulation this afternoon that M• CAMPHAUSEN has left the Ministry, and that M. HAUSEMANN is to succeed him. The report, hov‘ever, wants confirmation. The Preussischer Skulls Anzeiger, of the 16th inst., publishes the following decree The undersigned President of the Ministry of State has alreedy refuted yesterday, in reply to the com mander of the Burgherwher, the erroneous reports in circulation respecting the time of recal of his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia. " Notwithstanding this, a deputation from a popular assembly demanded a new explanation yesterday after noon. "For the satisfaction of all we declare : " The return of his Royal Highness cannot and will not take place before a fortnight has elapsed, therefore, after the 22d of May, which day the opening of the re presentative Assembly is irrevocably fixed. The Prince will previously—as was always intended —publicly proclaim his adhesion to the new constitu tional metuures. " The deputation, at the same time, has expressed a want of confidence in the Cabinet. " Although we regret this circumstance, we cannot leave our post so close upon the opening of the new As• sembly. We owe this much to the people and to the ad dresses we have received from town and country. We owe it to the Representative Assembly itself, to which we must shortly render account of our official acts. "After this public declaration, we publicly expect that we shall not be further interrupted by renewed demon strations iu our preparatory labours for the opening of the Assembly. " Berlin, May 15. 1848. (Signed) "CA MP HAUSEN, Count SCHWERIN, Von A UERS WALD,BORNEM ANN, Von ARNIM, HAUSEMANN, Count Von KANITZ, Von PATO W." All was quiet at Berlin when the last accounts left the city. Up to the evening of the 15th no outbreak had taken place at Berlin, but the excitement that pre• veiled was intense. The orators at the Zelten had become more violent in their language ; one of them dem ended that the present Ministry should be re placed by a " Government of the people," a propo sition which was loudly cheered. Strong patrols paraded the streets. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, MAT 16.—Eight companies of infantry, two ofwhich are carabineers, coming from Mowseron► and six companies belonging to the garrison of Brus sels, have this morning taken possession of barracks erected on the race-course. Two pieces of artillery, for the instruction of the civic guard, have arrived at Brussels from Antwerp. It is stated that the Mi nister of Public Works has tendered his resignation. —Journal du Commerce, May 18. BAVARIA. The Minister Tsticourt, sent by King OTIIO from Greece with a letter of congratulation, had an inter- view with the King of BAVARIA on the 13th. Sir STRATFORD CANNING had also an interview with the KING on the same day. FRANKFORT-ON -THE-MAINE. On the night of the 14th the quiet of the town was disturbed by a mob assembled under pretence of giving a charivari to the Austrian Ambassador. As the mob refused to disperse, the drum was beaten for the National Guards to turn out. In less than twenty minutes there could be no less than 2,000 men assembled, and all under arms. The mob, how ever, still maintained their position. A charge was made upon them, and in an instant they were dis persed, leaving 20 prisoners in the hands of the guards. Of these eight were found to have received bayonet wounds. The remaining 12 were lodged in the guard-house, where they await examination by, the authorities. All the prisoners are mechanics— shoemakers, tailors, Sm., and but four of them natives of Frankfort. As to the state of mercantile affairs, it still continues to be most lamentable. Railway shares are declared to be absolutely unsaleable, and no money to be raised on any species of se curity without the payment of enormous interest. P 0 SEN. We have received letters from Posen to the 13th of May. The intelligence of the capture of MIERO-• SLAWSLI is confirmed, but it is stated that he was set at liberty yesterday afternoon, and immediately quitted Posen. His liberation is said to hare been a sine qua non of the capitulation. KRANTHOTER, however, is said to have been brought before a court martial, and to have been shot. We have no authentic or more certain information from the provinces, but it appears that . the troops are to be withdrawn. It was yesterday stated that Russia had protested against every partition of the Grand Duchy as a breach of the treaty of 1815. This has greatly damped the joy which prevailed at the incorporation of Posen in the Germanic Con federation. In the House of Lords' proceedings before the Committee for Privileges, on the Saye and Sele Peerage Claim, on Tuesday, the 16th of May, 1848, the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair, it was resolved that the Rev. Frederick Twisleton had made out his claim to be Baron o f so le and Sele. A HARD Hrr.—The Howe -street Congregational Society having invited the Rev. Mr. Lowe to become their pastor; he has accepted the call on condition that they first pay up what they owe their old shepherd, Mr. Waldwin! This is what might be called, in Cromwellian parlance, " a _spiritu a l kick for the heavy-bottomed Christins."—Newhaven Regiskr, U.S. ITALY. LOMBARDY AND VENICE . The Ventzdue Marzo of Milan, of the 13th, gives letter from Venice of the 11th, announcing that so estafette arrived on that day brought the news of a serious encounter that had taken place near Coniuda and Molinetto, between the. Austrians on one a t) and the corps of DURAND() and Fsaawal on the . other. The Austrians lost SOO prisoner s, 400 de ad or wounded. Subsequently their main body, 50 strong, was blocked up in the vicinity , and it rreThea: expected they would lay down their arms. the Venice Gazette confirms the fact, an d adds that battle was fought in the immediate vi cinit y of Sou zane, four miles from Seltre. This victory renders an attack on Trevizo impossible. The Venice Gazette having publis hed tbe fluogv_ rian proclamations in favour of Italy , and some copie; ace of them having been smuggled into Verona, Prod suck an excitement among the Hungarians that s revolt ensued, and a conflict took place bet wee': them and the Germans within Verona itself. ° in party of Austrians, who had procee ded to Looigce quest of corn and cattle, were forced in conseque'!tb to return to Verona in haste, without taking any them. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pieclaio.ntb announced to the Chamber of Deputies, on the 1; , 10 instant, the accession of Piacenza to the Sarclit!il dominions. The Provisional Government of 0 4 0 t had ordered the opening of registers through°o, the country to receive the votes of the PO to lation relative to the annexation of Lortab Arcif „ o ce Piedmont. This decision was adopted in coneecin" by of an energetic manifestation to that effect, rali de ht , A the National Guard and the people, followed of demand in which it was stated that the isaigties METTERNICH, GUIZOT, and Louis P111L1,. / f' fi dll London, the hostile attitude of Russia, the ir' e ", jo r disposition of Germany, the avowed ne atraa . 0 1 i of Switzerland, and other diplomatic comPlicti°,o, fl te ding to cause an apprehension of a ge nerel c agration in Europe, render it more neceisteith increase the force of Italy by union. A fusi°ll ;ei Piedmont would render it possible to collect an of 200,000 Italians. thA t The Gazette of Venice of the 9th insta nt states e • the Crusaders of Bassano having taken by surPTrdistro, body of Croats, on the Bth, in the village of " - ner o; near Arsia, made a great number of them Priscl°i that General DURAND° defeated two coluirlii',,o4 same body, and forced them to retreat from day, after sustaining severe losses. The armed lation of Brenta are ardently devoted to the cause, and are well decided to beat the Wolf. ROME. h is t t bs The Epoca of Rome, of the 6th, states tbb Po?E, in an audience which he had gist° to it bbd Senate and Council of Rome, declared that uE never been his intention to condemn the °II- Italian nationality. TUSCANY. n 0 0° The Corriere Livnrnese, of the 9th, 111 " -° , Der that a disturbance took place the day be fore sl. o o o ' horn, owing to a demonstration Of 5 °1339 „ 19 ag ° who were without work, against some ibr el g:ri c ild r who had been employed in certain publi c L' i li ' n - r cler' The civic guard turned out, and soon restore"' NAPLES. k. 61 tb° °l t By a decree of the King of NArLss, dav instant, Don FEDERIGO DEL RE is named Secretary of State for the Interior. 00' DEATH of the BISHOP o f C (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRFi eico' ° The Right Rev. Dr. Kyle, Bishop , if ' er rio l3 : expired this morning at his residenc e in ';',o square. The venerable Prelate had reached 3 ear.—Dublin Evening Post, May 18. A lf ' ) MARKET NE'WS.—(TfiL , CORN-EXCHANGE.—FAw- - $1, 1 0) During the present week the arrivals o' ; v 10 Wheat for our market have been on a 14 $ • ; scale, viz., 2,280 quarters. By land car 1.1 . 5 h r 0 6 0 0 , ° ,4 0. nothing has come to hand. Although , - 0 36 3 ,.;c1091 samples here to-day was small in the ext r d — !P' 7 wand for all descriptions was heavy, 51'iti bee p 66e,i prices were with difficulty supported. At v", d e the market a clearance of the stands had , 33 :beel 1 L 1 0 .! fected. The imports of foreign Wheat 1 30 ` in g 01 1 1 and the quantity brought forward this Mat - er e 113° 0 , 0 14 than for some time past. Selected parcels ^l6O O h itit held at full rates of currency, but all otberto polo, much neglected. In making Barley ne l `! B 0 4 4 )0,, was doing but grinding and dlling 5111.. :6,1 11.- ,:e Very little , Malt was on offer. All kinds w,i,ort; • lo.' rate request, at late rates. Oats were ill ; it io and steotly inquiry at the late improYeuietber Beans and Peas wer e qu it e as dear, but °' were a slow sale. rugifr ARRIVALS. OOP 11,4„... Barley. 1,0304 °. 790 itri• t i6o 4, 11. ,J Wheat. English .• •. • 2,280 qrs. Irish... -- Foreign 5,930 4,410 Milt, 2.620 qr/. here tbo ITHFIED. Notwithstanding t h e supply L of nelisralisli&if (61 seasonably good, both as to number o",4othe'r' Beef trade, owing to the change in the ere old °- tolerably steady, and Monday's quotatioe.zeets o r d ported in every iustance. The primeOoderste,irs 46 2d per Sibs. The market was but °L a os 11 ' 0 0t,,!" plied with foreign stock; but nearly beep3B efere.-034't offer from Scotland. The numbers of b oas firm' 2cl e s - f say extensive, while the Mutton trade wit- Ida -re o f some instances, the priraest old Dowes i s° p 0 1* I_l3s more money. However, the gon ers ' W O P er d ill ' Isle l u ea t n :o fa n dwv o a u ing t che o t f the wool did not exceed 55 d oti .re Down ttm a qualitie i Lambs, though is fair average supplY , 1 ' 3°14 Sp s; 1 : tb : t m 'ut i l le p h ri c e , e o s w , per 81bs s . e t o CI IT al 4s n o op the o heed aqudei came producing m t 6 o es n s it 00 codf band' 2 e_r ; tp r 5 0 , °. s t:n w t i P th ig t s he w ir er s e m a al e l lo c w al i f n , old 1 1/ 181 each. q s utrjo fro m Inferior Beasts 2 3 . d o . to 3 4 . 40° d• A Per Sibs. to az.- 4 4 4 4 ' ,trait ° 6 A 4 Second 4 01 '7,011 14 1 1 0 0 i cicond quality 3 6 3 s c o arse- I ' o° l.l,4ller 0 4 Prime large Oxen 310 4 0 Southdown " - w ool " 0 4 rime Scots . . ... A 6 i / Large coarse Calves 310 4 6 Large WV • ••• 0 5 4 15 Prime small ditto ' pfd A l" 4ickling Calves -18 0 26 0 Quarter old ..., inferior Sheep .. . 4 0 4 4 Lambs **** • p ie Ai SUPPLY AT MABICET' I 3 , Beasts. Sheep. I Calvet. • AI / 1,161 I 11,750 414 l c 0 0 :3 0 N3IVICiIi.T33 11.313 D 2.331 1133-21 r el 1 rl ate These markets were firm, to-day, an- = I , supported. 10' i 4. J i At per atone by the Carcase. o• 6 4 S I s. d. to I. d. {atelie r .. 3 1 " lieer,infertor•—• •• 210 3 0 Mutton. ~,in g •• , A 4 A middling .. •• 3 2 3 4 ----- asia• — • .. • i s i • prime large --....-- print. :., 1 # prime small .. 3 6 3 i Pork, large' •• • .... 4 Veal•• •••••••• • • • • 3 10 4 10 -- small • **** • ili i Lamb. 5,11 d to Si id. .r. O f .....ritg.S o - Ait 01 , 110110IIGII NOP ... _ hay- b From most quarters favourable account. _ w og d r gr. of y s o to-day respecting the appearance of th:dlifir3g 014 Of which has made considerable progres s of sog ia , . sent week; hence the demand for all kinds 5_ 0 de . cl o ijef:, a very depressed state, and, to effect sn t he P,, e 10,'/ fully 2s per cwt. must be submitted t 0 ... ,?/ . . t 0 004 ok Sussex pockets, 31 to 31 6s: Weald of b• e n 7 5 ; to '' 31 to 31 10s; Mid and East Kent pockets, .' s rox' 0,0 AO 10' 00 . , • the oral. SALE OF BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS TO 1 b y 1. 4 la SIR W. SCOTT'S WORX.S.—Yesterday a 6 3 1` 3 _, ovititptit l of a beautiful collection of 87 water-colour "r i - ter i', o o' illustrate the Abbotsford edition of Sir ",i 0 0° ,114 novels, took place by Messrs. Christie an"riociti There were twelve by Sir David Wilkie, E e 0 0, 16 ),, , 1, relating to Mary Queen of Scots, and to 4 ' Is. " Ivanhoe;" five by Collins; four E by, AO Lei fifty-four by Stanfield, illustrating u Y ' ItObe rt : df ; v iar: t e g ; i , T " h K e e y l a werei lw or Kenilworth ," &c.; :Mn d dimensions 3 i o . o t n h s e , r others butb —The usual a l n F nu z a l l E d N i D n i and sold well. O S .0 Itt D i id Ie - SOCIETY o i s e bove 100 53 ' night at the London Tavern, n DIP g oo c tu . e b n b a e s i s i embled to do honour to the occasion. bo a 0 0 presided, and during the evening.f Too l were announced to the amount of 1,100/. li a ' _....,,, eorrofthwitihsseisrGortys was be 4 ymAoil thuirgbill; 60, 0 0, SCs On the 17th inst., at the Vicara ge •40 0 BIRTHS. the lady of the Rev. Willi a m Thornto n, of a don, peg On the 11th inst., at the Vicarage, LgiTe,oo• tleid, the lady of the Rev. Stuart Majend o. ' en ' ° Dodfor d, noir ocv toastmaster. MARAIED. . lofig' On the 14th inst., at Ashwich Church, SoMers7o P.dp' Hockin Boodle, Esq., of White Haye 9, garet, the elder dAughter ot the late J eines DUO , . 1, bon• 14' IV del • —sq , of the Regent's Park, London. Os 01 On the 16th inst., at St. ?glary's, Xingst°l3',. A1e5,,,,, G. Bedford, of Twyford, to Emma, daughter 04 ChilconWt:ll'lllo' Poulden, Esq., of Yortsea. -"............-. pole° DIEB. colmbortles On the 16th inst., at Allendale House, T , 'do Mary Anne, the infant daughter of Captain D. On the 18th inst., Charlotte,the wife of 14:.,:frosy 1013: of Paternoster -row , 53• On the 17th inst., in Gloucester -place, Na" •Ibe' Gosling, Esq., aged 85. Jobs $Ollll On the 17th inst., in Blandford-square, 00 1 Oliver, Esq., aged 61. late On the 14th inst., Elizabeth, relict of the Brown, Esq., of Epsom. DU YOgfilPi London: Printed and Published by . MVlW,kee, r_ 4l l" . g. No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Ma Or - Strand, in the Precinct of tbe libirPir •-• Friday May 1,, Is4B. ,4