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NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, by the Author of " RIENZI," " EUGENE ARAM," &c. A Just ready, in 3 vols., post Svo., L II R 0 E LAST OF THE SAXON KING S. D THE ; An Historical Romance. By Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, Bart., Author of " Rienzi," ' Eugene Aram," " The Last Days of Pompeii," Sze. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *.* Orders should be immediately forwarded to the Booksellers to more the punctual delivery of this work on the day of publication. WITH PORTRAITS OF DONIZETTI A.ITD MIRABEAU. THE JUNE NUMBER, price Half-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY WILL CONTAIN: GAETANO DONIZETTI, With a Portrait. Republican Manners. By the mer ; or, Dublin in 1603. By " Flaneur in Faris." W. H. Maxwell, author of " Ste- The Decisive Battles of the World. ries of Waterloo." No. Vl.—Battle of Valmy By Battery Brown; or, The Pri- Professor Creasy. vateer's Carousal. By Robert The Fairy Cup. By Alfred Crew- Postan.s. quill. Gossip from Paris. By Mrs. Percy The Danish Seaman's Song. Sinnett. Robert Emmet and Arthur Ayl- The German's Fatherland. FRANCE AND HER NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES. By JAMES WARD. With a Portrait of Mirabean. A Journey from Shiraz to the Per- Notes of a Trip from Lisbon to sian Gulf. With an account of Andalusia, and to the Coast Gazelle-hunting on the Plain of Morocco. By Prince Lowen of Bushire. By the Hon. C. S. stein. Saville. Memoirs and Anecdotes of the She's gone to Bath. By Green- Eighteenth Century. sleeves. The Praises of Colonos. By Cuth- Career of Louis Philippe as a So- bert Bede. vereign. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. IMPORTANT NEW HISTORICAL WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols. Svo. ,239, bound, THE COURT AND TIMAS OF JAMES THE FIRST; ILLUSTRATED BY AUTHENTIC AND CONFIDENTIAL LETTERS, From various Public and Private Manuscript Collections. Edited, with an Introduction and numerous Notes, by the Author at " Memoirs of Sophis Dorothea, Consort of George I." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND. Now ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., price 31s. Id. cloth, MISS MARTINEAU'S EASTERN LIFE, PRESENT AND PAST. " A marvellously original work."—Atlas. " One of the most substantial and interesting productions of re cent seasons."—Athenaeum. Edward Mozon, Dover-street. [I [ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfhlly informed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURS DAY next, June 1, on which occasion Mdlle. JENNY LIND will appear in one of her favourite characters. To be followed by various entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, combining the talents of ?Mlles. C. Grill, C. Rosati, M. Tag !foul, Cerito, and MM. Perrot and St. Leon. The free List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. Applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LDID. THIS EVENING will be represented Donizetti's Opera of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Egarde , Signor Garden; Bidebent, Signor Bond:Le ; and Enrico, Signor Coletti. To conclude with the admired Ballet Diverti ss ement, by M. Per rot, the music composed and arranged by M. Nadaad, entitled LES ELEMENTS, By Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. C. Rosati , and Mdlle. Cerito ; Nidlles. Aassundon, Julien, Payne, Lamoreux, &c. A p plications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. The Frye List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Doors open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY3LARKET. Under the Management of EVEN Mr. B. W G ebster, sole Lessee. THIS IN Will be perfOrmed WIVES AS THEY WERE, AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Lord Priory, Mr. Farren ; Sir William Dorrillon, Mr. Creswick ; Sir George Evelyn, Mr. Howe ; Lady Mary Raffle, Mrs. Glover ; Miss Dorrillon. Mrs. Nisbett. After which a new piece called the PAS DE FASCINATION ; or, Catching a Governor. Michael Browsky, Mr. Keeley; Katherine Eloper, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole's mysterious production, and called THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenza, Mr. J. Blazed ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; ILp polito, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. _ _ MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN will perform T.-Marrow, in THE WIFE'S SECRET. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. J. T. Archer, Itox-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 'Under the direction Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal charactors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which a new Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Chaplin will perform. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, is. oren at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD JUDGE. Characters by Mews. R. Rexby, Diddear, Parselie, Ilar. ley, Meadows, Bellingham, Charles Mathews ; Miss Jane Coleman, and Miss Lee. _ _ . _ . After which, a new and original grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THESEUS and ARIADNIC ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Illss Fitzwillia.m, Miss Jane Coleman, Kiss Marshall, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Characters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear,l3elllagham, Backstone ; Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliana. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, Is. No halt-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Pubb every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox. sole Lessee and Manager, Dachese-street, Portland-place. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE CROWN DIAMONDS. To be followed by A MIGHT OF SUSPENSE, by Mrs. Stirling, To conclude with a new Ballet, entitled MENORELLA. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. 33, Old Bond-street. M. ACHARD'S BENEFIT Last If ight of the Engagements, and Twelfth Appearance since 1845 of M. Achard, also Twelfth Appearances in this Country of Mdlle. Desiree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre du Gymnase, Paris). TO-MORROW EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at half-past Seven o'clock when Will be performed the new Vaudeville of LE TLITEITS. DE VINGT ANS. Felix, M. Deschamps ; Valentine, 3ldlie. Desiree. After which, LE BRASSEtR DES CIIAMFS ELYSEES. M. Achard seul. After which a new Vaudeville, entitled MADEMOISELLE AGATHE. Jean-Felicien Bergeret, M. Achard ; Annette, Mdlle. Desiree. To be followed by BABIOLE ET JOBELOT. Jobelot, M. Achard ; Babiole. Mdlle. Desiree. To conclude with LA VIE EN PARTIE DOUBLE. Theophille Trinquit, M. Aohard ; Amanda, Mdlle. Desiree. tioxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Nlitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN (of the Palais Royal, Paris).—The sur prising and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDIN, having been received with the most enthusiastic admiration, he will con tinue his extraordinary SOIREES FAN'TA , TIQUES at the St. James's Theatre, This Evening, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening, comprising Automates, Prestidigitation, Magic, and original experiments, invented by Robert Houdin. Also, Second Vue Escamotage de Roberts Houdin, els, and Suspension Ethereene. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at half-past Eight, and terminate before Eleven. Loxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. NIITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond -street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven to Five. In compliance with numerous applications, a DAY PERFORM ANCE will be given TO-MORROW MORNING, May ai. Doors open at Two o'clozk. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Entire Change—Brilliant Spectacle—Grand Equestrian Fete. THIS EVENING, Will be revived, with great splendour, M. G. Lewis's Grand Ro mantic Equestrian Drama of TIMOUR THE TARTAR, in which Mr. Batty's unrivaled stud of highly-trained horses will appear. To be followed by THE SCENES OF THE ARENA, introducing the British Artistes in their unrivalled performances. First appear ance of Mr. Batty's highly-trained Hanoverian Palfreys. To conclude with the favourite Farce of MISCHIEF MAKING. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Last Week of the European M e l o d ts Mdll e . LOUTARNY rapturously applauded and nightly encored. IE - very MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. ng wi o th the Proces- Danson's splendid Pictorial MODEL of ROME 4 ; ;4 —Promenade lion of Pope Pius IX. over the Bridge of St. Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by mr, s py and sir. Emanuel. Last Week of the EUROPEAN MELODI in Twenty different Languages.—Spindid Menagerie-280Z sin g House—Remington's Magic Arid Bridge—Chinese Pagoda__Ast:ere's ing feat of the Flight of Perseus from a Tower 100 feet high, le con eluding winged steed Pegasus , t o the Rescue of Andromeda. The who eluding with a magnifi ce nt display of Fireworks , representing the n Girandola during the Holy Week at Rome, executed by the Messrs. Southby, in a style never before witnessed. Gates open at Ten, Feeding Time Five—Concert at Six—Flight of Perseus, Dusk. Fireworks immediately afterwards. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. On MONDAY, June 5, Mons. JULLIEN, with his Unrivalled Band, including Messrs. Keenig, Prospere, Baumann, Lazarus, Barrett, Ri chardson, and Collinet, will commence a series of Grand vocal and Instrumental Concerts at these Gardens. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by tne name and address c. the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER—Su OFFICE, MAY 30. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 55 ; Highest, 72; Noon, G. BAROMETER, 30.16.-WIND W.N.W.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. $1 min. after II I Evening 0 .. min. after 0 li ,„ ~..., ....., 4 % :,, -,,,.., 0 , —,, „...i. „ Ac ,... ~ ..,, ',,rire,..1,,,„710„- 4016,„,,, ... .... b ,,,......... 5A...„ _ „...„.,, . . , , -gooov •• • • • , „........ . ..., 0111111111 c LONDON, TtiESDAY - 2 - MAY 30, 1848. From one extremity to another, Italy is distracted by :evolutionary commotions. Intrigue in one city, conspiracy in another, rioting in another, butchery in another—tumultuous meetings in Rome, stormy de bates in Turin, dismay at Venice, astonishment at Florence, anxiety in Bologna, and massacres at Na ples—war in Lombardy, reaction in the Papal States, and bloodshed in the Neapolitan capital ; — everything conspires to enhance the awe and inflame the enthu siasm of the Italians. That the Roman peninsula should. experience this prolonged agony is not sur prising, when we remember that it is struggling for the achievement of its liberation, and that the throes by which its very womb is tortured are the throes of the birth of a new Italian nationality. When upwards of twenty millions are battling for their freedom, it cannot be any matter of amazement that the result should be at first disastrous as far at least as the bloodshed, the disorganization, and the temporary desolation of the country are con cerned. If you would exorcise the Demon of Tyranny by the magic of Revolution—such is the language of an eloquent essayist—you must expect that the nation will be wracked and torn almost limb from limb in the exorcism of that great Devil. Italy is now writhing in the pangs of that exorcism ; and until the evil spirit of despotism has been driven be yond its frontiers it can never hope to enjoy the bles sings of tranquillity or the glory of a Constitutional Government. What is perhaps the most remarkable, and certainly the most unfortunate circumstance is the whole of this revolutionary movement on the part of the Italians, is the fact that of the four principal Sovereigns of the peninsula three are regarded with suspicion and one with abhorrence. CARLO ALBERTO is watched with a vigilant and doubtful eye by the whole of Christendom, for it is conjectured that under the mask of patriotism he is concealing the culpability of an unprincipled ambi tion. Like the goblin Lover of LEONORA, he is the skeleton in the armour of the knight-errant. Instead of being looked upon with that unconditional confi dence and that unrestricted admiration with which he was at first regarded by the Lombardo-Venetians and their compatriots, the King of SARDINIA is viewed by thousands as a royal adventurer, fighting for the extension of his territories under the plea of becoming the liberator of an entire people. We have already explained our sentiments as to the projected union of Lombardy, Venice, P a rma, Piacenza, and Modena, under the same sceptre which rules the population of Piedmont, Savoy, Genoa, and the island of Sardinia. We have maintained that su ch a combination of northern Italy into one superb kingdom would be the safest and readiest means of securing the indepen dence of the whole peninsula. We have insisted that it would not only, for this reason, be the most judicious course which the people of that peninsula could pursue, but that the recom pense would not be too splendid for a Monarch who has acted with so much valour, devotion, and enter prise from the first ope n i ng o f th e campa i gn o f eman cipation. By this arrangement the dogmatic sentence of Prince METTERNICH would be controverted—ltaly would no longer be " a mere geographical expression' , —and that dynastic adage would be ;realised which designates the Royal House of Lorraine as the guar dian of the Keys of Italy. Notwithstanding all these considerations, notwithstanding the brilliant success of Goito, and the precipitate and unlucky daring dis played under the walls of Verona, King Cam.° ALBERTO is scrutinised with an eye of jealousy. LEOPOLDO SECUNDO is watched, in like manner, with the keen and critical gaze of suspicicn. Al though he has dwindled into comparative insignifi cance during the late continental changes, and although the fair fame acquired by him as Grand Duke of TUSCANY, in improvising a constitution for his subjects, and in volunteering the beneficent sys tem of free trade, has been in no manner marred by proceedings indicative of a tendency to retrogression —even he himself, even the Reforming Prince of Florence is considered in a very doubt ful light —it is imagined that LEOPOLDO dreams of resigning the coronet of an Arch- Duke, and of assuming instead the imperial diadem of CHARLEMAGNE. That the empire of Germany should excite his cupidity is comprehensible, but it is decidedly incomprehensible that he should be so blind to the obstacles which must for ever prevent the consolidation of a nationality formed out of such incongruous materials, as to aspire to ioe accepted as the ruler of the Germanic Confederation. So long as Northern Germany remains Protestant, and so long as Southern Germany remains Catholic, the vision of the ballad writer must remain unrealised and the famous couplet— " 0 nay, 0 nay, 0 nay, Our fatherland must greater be," will continue the burthen of a song of Hope. De- I spite those obstructions, however, the Grand Duke of TUSCAICT is conceived to regard his coronation as Emperor of GERMANY as by no means an impos sibility, and hence it is that, amidst the convulsions of the political affairs of the Roman peninsula, he i 3 viewed with a very great degree of distrust and hesitation. Pio Novo, again, the originator of the grand struggle for an Italian nationality, the first, the bravest, and the holiest of the reformers of this hemi sphere—Pto Norio, whose name has become the ad miration of civilised Europe, and whose reign has already become one of the most illustrious in the extraordinary annals of the Pontificate, not withstanding that the time of his elevation to the Papal Chair has not yet reached its second anni versary, Pio Norio—is regarded with suspicion. True he has within a reign of scarcely two years accom plished immeasurably more towards the political ' emancipation and social advancement of the people of Rome than had been acquired during the eighteen preceding centuries. True that Pio Norio has already given the Romans a national guard, a representative chamber, a liberal constitution, a free press, and a variety of minor advantages such as they had never before enjoyed under his predecessors. True that his proceedings at the commencement of his Pontificate were so glo rious that it was said of him, reverently said of him by DON JEREMY SAVONAROLA—Fuit 1101740 missus a Deo cui nornen erat Johannes. True that his cha racter is such as to have induced a pamphleteer to write of his election by the conclave to the dignity of the tiara thus : The object of the choice of the Sacred College was a man of great piety and virtue, and one who had seen vicis situdes of human life; first a soldier—then a missionary in barbarous countries—then the model of a Bishop; and, lastly, raised to the purple amidst the hearty accla mations and blessings of the entire population of his diocese. Such was the great and holy man who w as elevated to the most extraordinary trust i n Chris tendom." True all this indisputably is ; but the populace even of Rome is fickle, and State movements are some times dubious in integrity to the uninitiated, and the reactionary party is strong in the neighbourhood of the Quirinal, and the duties of Pio NONO, as Pope and as Prince, as Prelate and as Politician, as Priest and as Patriot, are altogether incompatible, and Pio Noxo is therefore looked upon with suspicion! FERDINAND of Naples is no longer viewed with jealousy—his name has become a byeword among the nations ; he is abhorred as never before was tyrant abhorred, and his crimes have degraded the Bourbon dynasty beyond the possibility of redemption. Those are the relations in which the four Sove reigns of th e R oman pen i nsu l a stan d towar d s the Italian multitude struggling for their independence. GOD grant that the misapprehension of the sincerity of the King of SARDINIA, of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY, and of the Sovereign Porimr, may not lead to more terrible disasters than those which have ensued from the tyrannous cruelty of the King of NAPLES ! Let the Italians look with confidence to their Reforming Princes, and let the war-cry of the army of liberation be still Viva Itaii.u! The House of Commons last night resumed the consideration of the Ministerial propositions with respect to the contemplated changes in the navigation laws. The interval of a fortnight, which had so fairly been permitted to elapse between the first enunciation of these efficient and comprehensive reforms and the discussion thereon, afforded ample time to all parties to consider maturely the nature and extent thereof, and to decide on their respective courses of action in reference thereto. We are now made acquainted with the result of these deliberations, so far as the Protec tionist party, the chief opponents of the measure, are concerned. They have resolved to contest to the utmost the removal of the restrictions that have been found to operate so injuriously to our trade and com merce—to maintain, by every practicable means, the principle of monopoly, ,although, happily, it has been reduced to a mere skeleton, hoping that while even a portion of the spirit survives, so long as the objectionable principle retains a shred of vitality, efforts may be made to restore it to all its quondam dimensions. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Mem ber for Stamford has fairly raised the question—the issue is now before the country, and it is for the THE SUN, LONDON, representatives of the people to decide whether the free trade doctrines are to be fully carried out—whether our intercourse with other nations is to be without any impediment whatsoever, or whether the members of one interest are still to be protected at the expense of all the rest of the community, and suffered to tax their fellow-citixens for their own private emolument. The old and hacknied arguments that have been so frequently put forward on behalf of " class-legisla tion," and which have been as constantly refuted, were all pressed into the service. It was attempted to be shown that the British shipping could not exist without protection, that the British shipowner and the British sailor must inevitably be thrown out of employment if exposed to foreign competition, and that consequently as the interests of commerce and the interests of navigation were in that respect wholly opposed to each other, those of commerce should give way. These are all revivals of the exploded fallacies of by-gone days. If the term "shipping" were changed into " agricultural" we might almost fancy that we were again having a discussion on the " corn-laws," and on the advantages of the sliding scale, without which our farmers would be made bankrupts, our arable land th rown ou t o f cu lti va ti on , and our smiling homesteads converted into barren and unproductive wastes. We do not, however, think so lightly of our shipowners or of our hardy tars. We believe that all they require is a clear stage and no favour ; and if th ose are accor d e d , an d t h e i r energ i es applied in a spirit of honourable emulation, we doubt not they will be as well able to bear competition as any other branch of our national industry. Why should our dockyards be dismantled, and the ship building trade be transferred to other lands, if the measure were carried ? If our artisans are as skilful ' as those of any other nation, they require no protection, ' they are as willing to work, and to apply their ener gies to the allotted task, as any similar body in the world. If, however, there are any radical defects (and we believe the contrary to be the fact), it is not by keeping up a system, the result of which would be to render them careless of improvements, that remedies are to be discovered for their defi ciencies. If such were really the case it would be essential to the honour and safety of the nation that such a stimulant should be applied as would arouse them from their lethargy, and awaken them to the activity that would command success. The only ra tional cure would be throwing open the trade and making them rely on their own unaided energies, so that they would stand on their own merits in place of being contented with a protected mediocrity. If this be true with respect to the ship-builders, it is also applicable to shipowners, and still more so to the crews by which our commercial navy is manned. In every port and nation the British sailor has main tained, and still maintains, his pre-eminence. He is eagerly sought for to navigate the vessels of other countries—his indomitable energy, courage, and activity enable him to command a rate of wages higher than his rivals can hope for. True economy does not consist in having a number of inefficient men at low stipends. No, the person seeking a cheap and useful crew well knows that it is a saving to employ none but really competent men, even at double the wages for which less skilful per sons might be procured. The able seaman does not consume a larger quantity of provisions than the land-lubber, they are therefore on a perfect equality so far as this heavy item in the expenditure is concerned, and as a much smaller number of per sons will suffice, a skilful crew may be obtained at a less cost than an indifferent one, to say nothing of the greater safety and increased speed in making passages (a matter of no trifling importance) that may be expected. The interests of our commerce and navigation are, therefore, not opposed to each other, but, on the contrary, most intimately con nected, and the increased prosperity of the one must materially promote the other. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th have arrived. The Government have, it is said, made arrange ments with the houses of BARING and ROTHSCHILD which will enable them to meet the forthcoming half year's liabilities. SALAMANCA has escaped from Spain, and is now at Bayonne. MADRID BOLSA, MAT 24.—Three per Cents., 21i ; Five per Cents., 131. Exchange on London, 41 90. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Executive Committee of Government was sitting ex permanence at the Luxembourg, and there were 20,000 National Guards under arms for the preservation of order, which it was feared might be interrupted by the attempts of the workmen of the ateliers nationaux to coerce the Government into re calling M. EMILE 'ThomAs from Bordeaux. Up to ten o'clock at night all continued quiet, thanks to the precautions taken by the authorities and the over whelming display of force made by the troops and the National Guards of Paris and the Departments. The fate of M. EMILE THOMAS, meanwhile, seems in volved in mystery. The following official account of the proceedings of that gentleman, interlarded with sundry unmistakeable hints to the ouvriers, appears in the atoniteur : " Citizen Emile Thomas, director of the ateliers nationaux, has received a mission from the Government e git ation amongto g o to the B o w r o d r e k a x e B. of T t h h i e s o n e e n w t r s a l caused e o s w oin hiCh a esta blished in the Park of Alonceaux. The Minister of Public Works went there and remained several hours endeavouring to restore order. In the evening the effervescen ce s u b s id e d, and th e new director, Citizen Leon Lalande, engineer of the Ponts et Chaussees, was installed without any resistance. We hope that this agitation will be but momentary, for we cannot comprehend upon what grounds it can be kept up. The Government is animated with the most sincere and in contestable te t enterta i n te n r o ta t i t.e n na a u, d , o w ub h t i . oh If symp a thy f or t h e workmen, and of th i s t h ey f an it no t t h , iinnkfsaeotf, suppressing to sing subsist, it knows what consideration, what solicitude is due to the sufferings of men who, after having been a long time deprived of work, have found wages scarcely sufficient in the ateliers which the state has kept open for them. A special commission appointed by the Govern ment is endeavouring, in concert with the Executive Power, to find fresh resources, and the Government does not intend to take any measures with regard to the ateliers natiouaux before other means of employment, both numerous and certain, can be offered to the honest and laborious workmen. But if disorder should unfor tunately increase, and culpable intrigues should prevail with and mislead the workmen, the Government will be constrained by its imperious duty to make use of the power confided to it, and by energetic measures ensure the complete execution of the orders it may think fit to issue." The mission which citizen EMILE THOMAS re ceived from the Government must have been of a very extraordinary character, if we are to attach any credit to the following correspondence which appears in the PresBe : " Citizen Editor,—l have read in your number of yesterday that M. Emile Thomas has never been ar rested, and had accepted a mission to Bordeaux. A letter from Emile Thomas, written in pencil, and which appears to have been thrown on the pavement, arrived yesterday, and is in the hands of his mother. It states that he has been forced to give in his resignation, and is on his way to Bordeaux, attended by two agents, having orders not to leave him until his arrival there. As to M. TrAlat, he was not kept as a hostage, as had been stated; and everything said to this effect, let it come from whom it may, is false, and can have no object but to justify a taking up of arms, which is as incon ceivable as the disappearance of M. Thomas. "CLIAPPON, Civil Engineer of the Central School. " P.S. I send you at the same time a copy of the last letter of M. Thomas. This letter is dated Chartres, May 27, and says:— " My dear Mother,—l write to you, as I promised, from Chartres. The following is an account of the -whole matter. On arriving last night at the Minister's he required me to give him my immediate resignation, announcing that I was about to take my departure on a mission to Bordeaux and Bayonne. He gave me no ex planations, and interdicted me from taking leave of any one, or even front leaving his residence, and all this 'with infinite politeness and apparent friendship. I wrote my resignation and copied it, addressing the copy to Pierre, and also wrote a letter to you and another to Fontaine. M. Boulange was to bring these letters to youlastevening—at least he gave me his word of honour dbat he would do so. A passport was given to me, and t half-past ten o'clock I got into the carriage with two .officers of the peace, who have paid me great respect, :and who have no other commission than to certify to The Government my arrival at Bordeaux. There I have letters for the prefects of the Gironde and of the Landes, honourable mission no doubt, b ut w hi ch is : d a very v n identl e n yno more than a pretext. The real secret of' is, I believe, this. I have, as you k now, de clared measures were taken which I d eemed to imprudent, ta if and contrary to the tranquillity o f the e i g t h m a public, I would retire, in order not to bear the responsi bility, but that I would at least appeal to the National Assembly. I know that they have violated any liberty TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1848. without any rational motive, but I obeyed because I desire above alltobe a good citizen, and nev er to be- come a brand of discord: (Signed) " ' E. THOMAS.'" As this correspondence appears merely in the Presse, we do not place any very implicit reliance on t 8 authenticity. M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN, the pro- . _ prietor and editor of that journal, has always been celebrated as a roreancist, and the Presse is now the organ of the Orleanist party—a party which never hesitated to back up falsehood by forgery, and which, during the seventeen years of the reign of its head, had attached to each department of the Govern ment a bureau of forgery, the employes of which were bound to produce documentary evidence of every sort from a dispatch, by an Ambassador, to a bill of exchange, that their patrons might require. We do not, therefore, place implicit reliance on the authenticity of this alleged letter from M. EMILE Tnosus. The Journal des Debuts gives the following ac count of the progress made in their labours by the Committee on the Constitution : " Several journals have given very incorrect accounts of the proceeding of the Committee on the constitution. According to rumours in the Salle des Conferences, the Committee from the first day of its organization charged its President, M. de Cormenin, to draw out a plan of proceedings to be followed by the Committee. Con formably to this espos6, the Committ ee were o f o pi n i o n that the new constitut i on should rather consist of an enumeration of great principles than in a long and tech nical development of laws and theories. M. de Lamme nais, who was then a member, appeared to share in the opinion of his colleagues as to th ese p re li m i nar i es . It appeared also certain that these two celebrated writers w ould be agreed on the principal points which should serve as the basis i of the future constit u ti on o f F rance . M. de Lammenais, n withdrawing himself from the Committee, gave as his reason th e s t a t e o f hi s h ea lth and the multiplicity of his occupations; but the real cause is said to be that he feared it would be impossible to succeed in forming a constitution perfectly homoge neous in a Committee of eight een mem b ers , w hi c h i t was threatened to increase by the addition of an equal number from the bureaux of the Assembly for the dis cussion on the amendments. We are decidedly agreed with M. de Lammenais in this opinion, and it is to be he that the Assembly, when the project of the con stitution shall be submitted to it, will devise a means of preventing such a decision, which will throw confusion into a work of this nature, and which should perfectly agree in all its parts. " The most excellent feeling is said to animate all the members of the Committee, and the most honourable sentiments of union and conciliation to pervade them—a very rare thing to be found among men whose political opinions are so much at variance as those of MM. Mar rest, Dupin, Considerant, de Tocqueville, Coquerel, Vivien, and Martin (de Strasbourg.) " The Committee, it is said, at its last sitting, came to a provisional resolution on the two important points which must dominate all the project of the constitution. It admitted, on the :proposition of the president, that there should be one chamber and one president, who should be named directly by the whole people. The Committee was divided in opinion on the period of dura tion of the elections of the president and the chamber. Some members wished it to be fixed for three years, others demanded that the elections should take place every four years. " The Committee has not yet deliberated on the prin ciple of the formation of a council of state, or on the judicial power. It is, however, thought that the Com mittee will have decided on all the other points of the constitution in about a fortnight or three weeks. It will afterwards occupy itself with the definite arrangement of all the articles. The Assembly, therefore, may have the constitution laid before it at the latest by the end of June. This may be said to be doing business in a very prompt manner, when it is remembered that the drawing up the constitution in 1791 occupied eighteen months." We read in the Democratie Pacifique :—" Several iournals giae very incorrect accounts of the proceed .. _ ings of the Committee on the Constitution, The Committee assembles every day. After a general discussion, it passes to the consideration of the dif ferent chapters. The discussions are long and se rious, but almost all the decisions are come to unani mously, or with a very large majority. The Committee has declared that the political constitution of France is a democratic Republic, one and in divisible. We believe we are correct in say ing that the project of constitution is preceded by a declaration which recognizes, in addi tion to former rights, that of gratuitous education, employment, and assistance. The Committee after wards occupied itself with the Legislative Govern ment. The legislative body will be composed of 750 Members. In case of revision of the Constitution, the Constituent Assembly will be composed of 900 Members. The election will take place by department and by ballot from a list. As to the Executive Go vernment the Committee have admitted a President named directly by universal suffrage, for four years, without possible re-election. Two millions of votes will be required for the nomination. The Commission is now engaged on the attributions of the President and of the Ministers." When the club of BARBES was closed by order of the authorities, the following curious document was found among its archives : " EXAMINATION PRACTISED WITH REGARD TO AFFILIATION. F l REQUIREDed i n the CAT. Society t ND d l e n s a L E r o s ,t s O nr n o " 1 2 1sl u ( a ) L o I n F e i c s A h l o N b s e T e de I'Homme who does not present the following gua rantees:— " 1. He must evince the most perfect self-denial, and in the most absolute manner, for the service of the society. The society in return • engages to put him in a position to defend himself, or, not,if t n i revenge him. This is the way in which m u tu a l responsibility s understood. " The organization of the society tary, he will hold himself at the disposal • of the society whenever the central committee shall decide on being es permanence, either armed or unarme d. It' h e s hould absent himself when called on he cannot bring forward in excuse either family ties or personal affairs. In any case in which his duties as a citizen and as a member of the society may clash, he must • produce a discharge from the commissary from the arrondissement. regulations " 8. He will adhere to th e of the society and to the declarations of the ' rights of man and of a citizen without any restriction. " 4. He will attend the meetings either of the Central Club or any other club pointed out by his chief of the section in order to perfect his political education if such be not the case, or to propagate his doctrines if he is so. " 5. When a candidate is considered by a sect'onar as fit to enter the society he mus t himself to Y entthe present chief of the section nearest to him. The chief will examine him, and will present him at the next meeting of the section. His inscription as candidate will specify his family and surnames, his profession, his residence, and the means of arming himself in his possession." The following remarks on the " tissue of lies and calumnies" put forth by the traitor Bourbon King, who directed the massacres at Naples, appears in the' Con , stitutionnel:— ~ The proclamation which the King of Naples had placarded on the 16th, on the walls of his faithful capital, is nothing but a tissue of lies and calumnies. There is not a word said of the pillage and the murder ordered by the King himself, and which took place un der the protection of his troops after the fighting was over. It is false that the Chamber ever constituted it self into a Provisional Government, and that a Com mittee of Public Safety was named. The deputies, to the number of 95, had assembled in the Palace Monte Oleveto to hold a preparatory sitting. While the massa creing was at its height, and cannon were pointed on the palace, they sent a deputation of six members to entreat the King to stop the firing. This is what is styled a Committee of Publia Safety. "It is not difficult to explain the vagueness and con fusion which pervades all the accounts received from Italy. All the correspondence has been seized at the Post-office by the Neapolitan police. For a fortnight before the massacres, and when the project of a coun ter-revolution had been decided on at the palace, the sanctity of the Post-office was violated; journals and letters only reached their destination mutilated, and in a most irregular manner. After the coup d'etat of the 15th, the mails did not leave Naples—the journals of the Opposition did not appear—all the writers of any talent were either massacred or arrested. The Italian press is, therefore, reduced to the conjectures, and often contradictory versions, of some traveller who escaped the carnage. " A loud cry of indignation was raised from one end of the Peninsula to the other, as soon as the events at Naples became known. The journals which we have just received are filled with imprecations against the ' traitor King,' the ' tyrant,' and the ' parricide.' His escutcheon has been dragged in the mud, and burnt amidst the hooting of the indignant crowd. The news that the Calabrians have risen, and are marching towards the capital, is at least premature. On the evening of the 18th, Jean Andre Romeo was still on board the Fried land, amongst the numerous refugees who had escaped the massacre on shore. It is, therefore, physically im possible that in so short a time he could have reached Calabria and even Salerno, as some of the Italian jour. nals state. "At Rome a collision appears to be imminent. The retrograde party and a certain number of Cardinals, encouraged by the example of the King of Naples, will endeavour to incite the Transteverins and the populace, and to sow discord in the ranks of the National Guard. God grant that blood has not already been shed. For a long time some persons have entertained the project of carrying off the Pope to Subiaco, in order to after wards publish to Europe that the Roman people, for getful and ungrateful, had wished to do violence to the Sovereign Pontiff. Let us hope that the lofty mind of Pius IX., who unites the purest feelings of religion to the most ardent patriotism, will defeat the scheme of an incorrigible coterie, whose egotism and cupidity will hesitate at no means to prevent or retard the opening o f the Legislative Chambers. Up to a late hour last evening Paris was p er f ect l y quiet, the display of military force made by the authorities having been sufficient to keep in order the pauper aristocrats who, under the name of ouvriers, are maintained at their ease in the Ateliers Nationaux out of the proceeds of the earnings of their more in dustrious fellow-citizens. It appears that M. EMILE THOMAS (no relation, by the bye, to General CLEMENT THOMAS, the Commander of the National Guards) has been peculating to the amount of about 25,000 f. per day. He paid the workmen wages without exacting the due quota of work, and they permitted him to draw wages for a greater num- ber of men than were employed. This is what must always happen when the State is so far forgetful of the rules of political economy, which are the rules of common sense, as to undertake to provide work for all. It is said that the Sub-Committee of Public Works, to which the railroad question has been re ferred, is disposed to recognize the right of the State to purchase the railways. The Commerce says : " According to information which we have received and have reason to believe to be correct, M. Dueler°, the Minister of Finances, has declared that he will re tire, if the kw for the purchase of the railroads be re jected, or even only modified, by the National Assembly. It' this eventuality be realised, it will not be impossible for M. Goudchaux to be again appointed Minister of Finances." The National Assembly met yesterday at two o'clock. M. de Falloux presented the report on the Bill pre sented d'itrgence for the reorganization of the national workshops. It declared that grave abuses had crept into the establishments, and that a change was called for, alike in the interest of the men there employed, and of the State. The men, by being kept nearly idle were gradually losing their sense of dignity as persons gain ing an honest livelihood by their labour, whilst the State spent exceedingly large sums of money without obtain ing any return. It was therefore essential to remove to their own departments the workmen not belonging to Paris, and then to give them employment on railways, canals, reclaiming land, and other useful works. The Committee, in consequence proposed, first, that without delay means should be taken to give employment to the men at the national workshops by the day, and without the intermediation of third persons; that credits should be opened for the purpose; and that all workmen who could not prove that they had been three months at Paris, should be sent to their departments, a certain allowance per league being given them. M. J. Bastide, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, an nounced that the Government had received the formal recognization of the French Republic from the Court of Spain. M. Taschereau wished to receive some information relative to the disappearance of M. Emile Thomas. It the Assembly would permit him, he would interrogate the Government at once.—(Loud cries of " Yes, yes.") On the evening of the 26th (Friday) he had been ordered at nine o'clock to repair to the hotel of the Minister of Public Works, and at eleven o'clock he had left Paris. M. Emile Thomas had written letters to his friends the same evening, declaring that he was in no danger, but that he was removed from Paris under the guard of two Police agents, who treated him with every respect, but who did ;mot permit him to leave their presence. One of the letters declared that he had been sent on a mission to Bordeaux and other places, to or ganize national workshops similar to those established in Paris. His resignation had been demanded, he said, from him, and he had given it. The honourable mem ber here read the letter of the Minister of Public Works to the delegates or the workmen, declaring that thee was nothing to be alleged against M. Emile Thomas, and called on him to explain why, if that were the case, that gentleman had been removed. M. Trelat, Minister of Public Works, declared that having frequently demanded from M. Emile Thomas an exact account of the number of workmen employed at the workshops, he could never obtain it, some excuse being always given for the delay. Some times he was told 900,000, sometimes 115,000, sometimes 110,000, and sometimes 120,000, Whilst the Govern ment experienced this great difficulty, it was constantly applied to from every side to re organize the workshops, and place them on a new foot ing. M. Emile Thomas was always speaking to the Minister of the danger he incurred among the workmen; and complaining also of the greatly increasing number of persons whom it was found necessary to employ for the direction of the workmen. It was in consequence of these two acts that the Government had recommended M. Emile Thomas to leave Paris for the present. An important mission would be given to him in the Gironde, to organize workships there similar to those of Paris. M. Emile Thomas had accepted this mission freely; had given in his resignation as director of national workshops in Paris—had given it freely; though afterwards, when the instructions of his new office had been given him, he appeared dissatisfied, brought forward a thousand ob jections, and, in the end, was heard to say that he should allow it to be believed that he had been in a certai❑ measure forced from Paris. The honourable minister concluded by declaring that the removal of M. E. Tho mas had been decided on for State reasons, and in order to preserve order in Paris.—(Hear.) The matter then dropped. The President announced that he had received a letter, addressed to the National Assembly, from Prince Louis Napoleon, now residing at London. (This letter has appeared in the public journals. lie should proceed to read it to the Chamber.—(Cries of " No, no.") The Marquis de Larochejaquelin thought the Assem bly could not refuse to hear this letter read, when it had a few days back listened without objectio❑ to the letters from the Orleans family.—(Confusion; cries of " Read, read," " No, no.") An Hon. Member observed that he could not see what the Assembly had to do with these letters. Why give them importance by reading them in the Chamber? Eventually, the Assembly being consulted, decided that the letter should not be read. The order of the day was the discussion of the Bill relating to relations that are to exist between the National Assembly and the Committee of Executive Power. M. Hovogne considered that the modification, effected by the Committee would be of an injurious character, from trammelling the action of the Government. It would, intact, be an agreement only in name. Ue thought the members of the Executive Power ought to be per fectly free to remain away from the Assembly if they pleased. The original Bill permitted them that liberty, whereas the amended one rendered it imperative on them to appear when summoned to do so by 40 mem bers. This middle course appeared to him to place a power over and above the Executive power, which was contrary, he thought, to all sane ideas of Government. Be should, in consequence, vote in favour of the Bill as originally presented. M. Champvaut defended the amended Bill, arguing that the National Assembly was omnipotent, and ought always to have a certain hold on every branch of Go vernment. Were the Executive Committee to be allowed to remain away altogether from the public sittings of the representatives, they would be independent of the Chamber, which was contrary to the idea of the sovereignty of the people being vested ,in the National Assembly. The Committee, it appeared to him, had acted wisely in not allowing full and entire liberty to the executive power, whilst, at the same time, the slight check which it held over them, by admitting the right of 40 members to call them to give explanations, was not such as to throw any real impediment to their liberty of action. Referring, then, to the latter part of the decree, giving to the President full power to have the rappel beaten for the defence of the Assembly, was a matter of prudence which could not be justly opposed. M. Fruusseau supported the Bill, dwelling particu larly on the part which gave the President the right of taking measures for the protection of the Assembly. In order to avoid any conflict that might by possibility arise between the President and the Executive Com mittee, he should propose that " the President might, if thought fit, delegate his power to the Executive Com mittee." of Mr. B more a o c r a less i n o t o a n i fi n e d d e 12 o t h e a i t ri T h e who le e Executive i s t one tCommittee. If the Assembly wished to preserve that body in the state in which it had originally appointed it, that is, with most extensive powers, superior to all others in the aSutathteo,ritiyt.woyueldt a th v i s o i w d a edoing what anyth ingwould n de o t i to lessent d e d ly bdone,e h e i r if either another power—that of the President—was set up in opposition to it—or if the President was virtually set above it, by being allowed to delegate his power as proposed. Conjunctions might arise when the President and the Executive Committee should be at variance about the necessity of beating the rappel, and taking the other measures necessary for the safety of the Assembly. Was the President, in such a case, to lay down the law to the Executive Com mittee ? Surely the Assembly could not mean that. For his part he should vote for the Bill as originally proposed. M. Perr6e insisted on leaving full power to the President.. (Left speaking.) BOURSE.—PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 29. THREE O'CLOCE.—Very little business was done at the Bourse to-day, and the Rentes have fallen, but the Railways have remained very firm all day at nearly the prices of Saturday. The Bons du Tresor, which were at 32f discount at the commencement of business, suddenly improved to 29, shortly be fore the close. The reason given for this is, that the' explanations given by the Governor of the Bank of France to the Finance Committee in its sitting of to-day were favourable. Vieille MOH tagnes have fallen to 2,000 francs. For the Account, the French Three per Cents. have fallen 25e. ; Five per Cents. have fallen If. For Money, the Three per Cents. have fallen 50e.; Five per Cents, have fallen If, Bons du Tresor closed at 29 dis.; Bank of France Shares have fallen 15f.; Belgian Bank Shares nut quoted; ditto Five per Cents, have risen If per cent., in consequence of large purchases for Belgian account; the Spanish Funds not quoted; Roman have risen f per cent.; Rothschild's Receipts have risen 2} per cent. Railway Shares for the Account, Settling of May 31—Nothing done. For cash Versailles, Bordeaux, Northerns, Strasbourgs, Lyons, and Dieppes are the same as on Saturday; Or leans have risen 5f.; Ruuens, 2L 50c.; Marseilles, 5f.; Vierzons, 51.; Nantes, If. 25c.; Havres have fallen 10f.; and Bale, If. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THIS LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 29. Boulogne and Amiens, 6N—Northern of France, 4 1 / 8 Orleans and Bourdeaux, I%—Sambre and Meuse, 4%. During the last eight days no less than 1,177 head of fat cattle have arrived in this town from the north, and notwithstanding the depressed state of com mercial affairs, the whole of them, or nearly so, have been disposed of at prices ranging from 6s. to 6s. 9d per stone.—Newcastle Journal. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Allgemeine Zeitung, of the 25th of May pub- Lishes the following letter from Inspruck " INSPRUCK, MAY 21. " The deputation of the Vienna National Guard ar rived here this morning, and was admitted before noon to an audience with his Majesty. Count Hoyost \Vilezek, who had quitted Inspruck last night, returned with the deputation. Several other high personages also belonging to the suite of their Majesties, and other members of the Imperial Family, have, meanwhile, ar rived here. The Cardinal Archbishop of Saltzburg arrived here at the head of a deputation from Saltzburg and Linz to the Tyrol, the object of which is the as sembly of the proposed preliminary Parliament of all the German-Austrian provinces in Linz. Deputations from Linz have already been sent for the same object to Gratz, Klagenfurt, and Bruno. Last night a preparatory consultation for this purpose took place, between the Saltzburg deputation, a standing committee, and the burghers of Inspruck. The following has been issued by the Emperor : "MANIFESTO TO Mi . PEOPLE. "The events which took place in Vienna on the 15th of May force upon me the painful conviction that anar chical faction, supported by an academic legion and single division of the Burgher and National Guards, drawn away chiefly by foreigners from their wonted allegiance, wished to deprive me of liberty, for the pur pose of enthralling my provinces, which cannot but be universally exasperated at the arrogance of these indi viduals, as well as the right-minded inhabitants of my residentiary city. I had no alternative but that of having recourse to violent measures, through the medium of my faithful garrison, or quietly withdrawing for the moment to some one of my provinces, which, thanks be to God, have all remaiued true to their Monarch. There could be no question as to the choice to be adopted. I decided for the peaceful, bloodless alternative, and turned to the mountain country, which had at all times been found faithful, and where, at the same time, I might more quickly receive intelligence from the army which is fighting so valiantly for their country. It is my firm resolve not to retract or lessen the gifts which I made to my people in March ; on the contrary, I shall ever be inclined to listen to the reasonable wishes of my people in a legal way, and to attend to the national and provin cial interests. They must, however, be such as have the general approbation ; be presented in a legal manner ; be discussed by the Diet, and submitted to me for my sanction ; they are not to be forcibly exacted by unau thorised persons with weapons in their hands. This it is which I wished to teach my anxiously excited people, for their general comfort, by my departure frem Vienna, and at the same time to remind them that with paternal love I have ever been ready to receive my sons, even those who have been looked upon as lost. " Inspruck, May 20." In the same journal (the organ of the re-actionary party in Germany, and formerly under the direct control of INIETTERNicn,) we find the following letter from Vienna, dated May 22 : Since last night, three incendiary fires have taken place in different parts of the city. One was a military store, which has been nearly consumed. One man was arrested; he acknowledged that he had received money for what he had done from a well-dressed individual. " The affairs of the Bank continue to be an anxious subject of discussion. In the suburbs only five florins are given in exchange, and at the Bank nothing less than 25 fkrin pieces. " This causes the greatest distrust. Every one is bound to take bank-notes for payments at their nominal value, but if the payment is demanded in any particular coin, the debtor is bound to pay according to the current value of the notes." The Emperor of AUSTRIA. has no immediate in tention of returning to Vienna. It is his intention to summon the diplomatic corps to remove to Ins pruck, and to form a new Ministry there. Count COLLOREDO is spoken of. Verily, the reactionary movement concocted in London goes bravely on. Again, we ask, is Bromp ton placed under as strict surveillance as Leicester square ? FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE. The German Parliament met on Friday at eleven o'clock. Mr. Heckscher, of Hamburgh, moved that a Committee be immediately formed for the consideration of naval matters.—Agreed to. The report of the deputation to Alayence was then read. It was therein stated that the deputation had had interviews with the civil and military authorities in the town, and had heard such a msss of evidence and asser tion, that it wasverydifficult to come to any conclusion as to the parties originally or chiefly concerned in the late collisions. It however appeared that the Vice-Governor, under the circumstances, and acting according to the rules laid down by the German Diet for the mainte nance of order in the confederation fortresses, could not justly be accused of cruelty or exceeding harshness of measures. The temper of the Prussian soldiers had been strongly tried; their King was libelled; caricatures innu merable were bandied about; in the streets th, , y were frequently insulted by the call of " Wait a bit, till the red trousers hound you out!" Several times the sentinels were fired at, said to be by the burgher guard. On the other hand the burghers said the Prussians had arranged a plan to incite the town to ♦iolence, and then disarm it. It was, however, a remarkable fact that on the first collision, on the 21st, twenty-five Prussian soldiers were wounded and six killed; most of them shot through the back. Of the citizens, two were killed and three wounded. It was► after that occurrence, at ten P.M., that the pro clamation was issued by the Governor, declaring the Gown under military law, and ordering the surrender of the arms of the burghers, under a threat of bombarding the town. This threat the Governor thought himself justified in throwing out, rather than allow one of the keys of Germany to fall into the hands of a party; and, however dreadful such threat might sound, it was in reality as nothing compared to the horrors and loss of life attendant ou a street contest. Without going into particulars of further insults and cruelties said to be committed by both parties, I shall merely state that the majority of the commission—viz , 9 to 6, were of opinion that the Diet should be requested partly to change the garrison, and that a re•organization of the burgher guard should take place. Mr. Sitz, Member for Mayence, ascended the tribune, and stated that his motion regarding events in Mayence was of such urgency as required immediate discussion. He asserted that it had been long known at a distance, that the Mayence burgher guard would be disarmed about the time that Parliament met. He said the Prus sian soldiery were in such a state of insubordination, that the Governor' had little or no command over them. His motion was for a complete change of the garrison, a restoration of things to the same state as before the 22d, and that the soldiers should not be allowed to wear their side-arms off duty. Prince Lichnowski defended the Prussian army. After some discussion the Parliament determined to pass to the order of the da.3 . , thus leaving the Mayence affair to be settled by the ordinary tribunals. PRUSSIA. The Prussian State Gazette has the following, dated Potsdam, May 25 : " Yesterday being the birthday of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, the King gave a grand dinner of about forty covers, at the palace of Sans Souci. Be sides all the royal Princes, there were present her Bri tannic Majesty's Minister at this Court, the Earl of Westmoreland and the Countess, and the gentlemen at tached to the embassy. The health of the Queen of England' was proposed by the King, and drunk with marked demonstrations of honour." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Letters from Harnburgh of the 26th state that preliminaries for peace have actually commenced ; that the Prussians are immediately to evacuate Jut land, without raising the contribution of two millions of dollars demanded by General WRANGEL ; the head-quarters of this general to retire to Hadersleben, that of General lIALKETT to Flensburg. Should this be confirmed from Copenhagen, all the German vessels laid under embargo will be instantly released and allowed to proceed on their voyage. The Schles wig question will then be settled amicably, and no doubt to the satisfaction of all parties. IRELAND. ---- (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) @Rom THE DUBLIN PILOT, MAY 29.) DUBLIN, MONDAY. The usual meeting of the Repeal Association was held this day in Conciliation Hall. Messrs. Burke, Galway, and J. O'Connell were present. The following resolutions were adopted : " That in the late case of The Queen v. John Mitchel,' the jury selected to try the accused was packed from his known political opponents. "That, therefore, the verdict of that jury is no evi dence of Mr. Mitchel's guilt. " That any punishment based upon the verdict is an act of arbitrary power, and a blow struck, through the medium of jury•packing, at the lives and liberties of Irishmen. That under the circumstances it is the bounden duty of Ireland to adopt the family of Mr. Mitchel as its own, and to provide for their comfort and education at the public expense during that gentleman's absence from th:s country. " That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be pre sented to Mrs. Mitchel, accompanied by an ex p ress i on of sincere condolence on the part of this association." Dublin remains perfectly quiet. FATAL THUNDERSTORM.—O n Sunday afternoon the town and neighbourhood of Leeds were visited by a heavy storm of rain (almost the first that has fallen there for a month past), accompanied with loud thunder and lightning. Several buildings were slightly damaged by the lightning, but the inmates generally escaped without injury. One man was killed by the electric fluid et Farsley, about five miles from the town. T A I, Y. NAPLES. We read in the Nouvelliste of Marseilles, of ll° 25th " The Casto r p ac k et b r i ngs us to -d ay ne ws from NV pies of a later date than the recent events. The coon' ter-revolution completely triumphs at Naples. ir „ f , ll6' c l prisons are so crowded, that more than two thons..7. prisoners have been obliged to be transferred to a i r" armed vessels —or, to speak more correctly', llet The streets of Toledo Saint-Ferdinand, and °„^,- toliveto, which Were iormerly so beautiful and $- „ -. 0 mated, are now deserted, arid present the eye f complete desolation. At every step the e l falls sadly on the traces of tion, and incendiarism, which the royal forces fl it , a vile population have left. The inhabitants are li Y i t h . ; in crowds from this sojourn of horror, to reside in abo country. The ignoble laazaroni, encouraged bLo'fita pillage, of de:strucci Government, armed with the spoils of the Ne' .;l t b s t Guard, continue their exactions to such an extent, . 0 $ one cannot now vrriturc in the streets of N a p les; coat and hat. E ven t h e b ear d i s p r oscribed as It 6- e d of liberalism. It is indispensable to wear the v. the cap to a vo id t h e injuries and insults of this p and fanatic canaille. The deputies have left, firmly d e Dial to meet as a Constituent Assembly in some P 1 ? 11 „ - r itai• town. The disposition of the populations will rably serve them, au insurrection being no 10 d i; of doubtful. The number killed on the 16th is upiv'a X os . 1,000, among whom are nearly 600 Swiss. Arrests_ico, tinue. It was b y m i sta k e t h at i t was said that ipioci,e, retto was at N a pl es; i t was t h e p rese nce of CainP c _ tr ios his elme damnee, which gave rise to the rumour. lifOcrer intrigue is ev id ent , an d t h e retnrn o f the forma i o a tures of the C a bi net o f Vi enna i s the certain indi,ce`tsfer of the implacable resolution of the King and Isl eipo • guinary advisers. Tne calculated delay 01 the litan expedition only adds greater force to this ofd which is now fully justified." LOMBARDY, AND VENICV • , h 8 Accounts have b e e n rece i ve d f ro m Peschiera, to the Accounts 22d. At that ti me a ll th e guns b u t two had be dismounted from Fort Alandello, and the tow ° 1: de on fire in three pl aces . C ARLO A LB ERTO h ad En favourablea reply to the deputation from Venice' an sc,. The Opini ons o f T ur i n, o f t h e 23d, contains 030 count of the p rocee di ngs w hi c h t oo k place in t of Chamber of Deputies of that city, on the re p ' eiP the news from Naples. Advocate SINEO r eE ' ° ' " 13 0 proposed a p u bli c man if estat i on of the painful of that assembly a t th e deplorable massa cretl;aet bid a eil o , taken place at Naples, recommending that the de / P l y ties should wear mourning for a week. D e r /. tl t the DICE supported th e mo ti on , an d demanded th e er horror which the Chamber felt should be lottA l ft pressed, in order that it might fall Bourbon, the in cen di ary o f c iti es , the butch er ° ,. B eiDIC own people. The Mi n i s t er P ARETO , while ' t oed in principle with th e feelings expressed, recomn 'e that the motion s h ou ld b e first considered led. bureau, that it might not have the apPea reill'e precipitate act. on that r A letter from Parma of the 20th AL 3 .7 " Last evening, about the hour for the Ave c i3 O " great number of p eo pl e assem bl e d near the Ili 5 1)0? of the Episcopal Palace, and intimated to th e d ecr an order to quit i mme di a t e ly. Hissingst i L" tions, and loud vociferations were heard. Bishop, seein g hi mse lf w ith ou t su pport, r ot° 1 0 br il leave immediately. It was resolved to W' tor° liant illumination. The episcopal arms wei rol‘ eli down from the palace and from the cathedral, a into pieces, and burnt. The National Gu st 0 00' tened to the spot, to p reven t a ny further dia'ooo4 The crowd, however, did no t di s perse unti l the 001 had got into his carriage, and had been c ent under an escort out of the city." 1 - 1 MARKET NEW s.—( THIS ." fit 0: 0 1, RAY DIARRkTS. 1 0 a t l 9; e l SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to --, 103 1 ditto, 41 to 41 10s; and St raw , 11 6s to A moderate supply, an d a h eav y demand.i , Ci f ° lk CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay 31 to 31 ' ditto, 4/ to 4110 s; and St raw , 11 6 s to 1 1 ClO o d, Supply moderately g oo d, and 1." trade dull. , WmTECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 3 ' 1,?: F 0 ditto, 41 to 41 12s ; a n d St raw , 1163 to 11 1" Supply good, and trade very dull. lisp COLONIAL. SITGA.R.—The market for British Plantation 61 13 f,l O ll buoyant ; and 460 hhds have been disposcybepoi:4l advance of is per cwt, since this day wee k ' I,5°U T ll6l sales have comprised 1,500 bags Mauritius,riio. Bengal, 1,300 bags Madras, an d 3,000 bag s — 3BS. Po Mauritius sold at rather dearer rates—v b i r z o litt g 4 5 i0: 0 4 0, 1 for middling to fine yellow ; Bengal 44a for middling to fine white Benares, h , ei dor t 4ia ll prices, and the Madras found buyers on re` t il. ib.,) ' l oe' 33s to 34s Gd being paid for mid •ellow hn. Os / . 1c was withdrawn at 35s for brown,3being ts boyf te e 10 The quantity of British Plantationk 1,04 1 1 ',,, is Toe the East and West India D tierces 159 barrels. There were ocs taken Or a ' - e ls , tie rcia surnption, 1,157 hhds 17 tierces 19 1 j b i " -- 4 1. 39 stock in the same places is 12,376 hh ue os ° be 1,971 barrels. Rum.—The w l s a s nd landed cor quantity landed last week at i. t h b d e s• rli a* West India Docks was 601 puns 9 31 '„, 3: 1 0,1 0 were taken for home consumption 17 5 P, 11 7 0 - if and exported 60 puns 63 hhds. The s teel' er e ol ' places is 14,765 puns 2,961 hhds. f ifor Cti° ll SALTPETRE.-1,300 bags Bengal at st l , - tn co withdrawn at prices ranging from 31s 6a 1 . .; fio 1 to four per cent. refraction, being th e Ph- 0 0° . rency. 9 d per e ft e i3O TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 45s 6d to 4 53 rr h ill spot, and Town 48 s 6d. TEL—The market has been steady. "--e are good. • Oi T.—YEsTicse n lf• , 1,15: Eden Main .• •••"'.:, 1 91 Belmont ............. 1 !: 0 3 .......... . 1 ............. Hetton ....... Jonassohn ---•• .... i 0 63 Morrison ............. • Caradoc ..... "'*" 1 43 CI Hartlepool ........ .• I , Thornley ...... ,,„,. Tees ...... .• ....... 01,5 Hudson Cowpsa HartleY 1 4 4 0 , Howard's W. • iiartley ..... •••j-et,„l.- Ships at mar' o rt , of BARON ROTHSCHILP.—Baron Itothae schil a i informed, will present himself at the ta b e dc loc" 's 1 6, House of Commons this afternoon at foal s 0 0: and express his desire to take the tl3O and his seat. He will decline t ° rbr ote m oaths on "the true faith of a a nd urt; the Speaker w ill or d er him to withdraw, ecteatilii cussion of more than usual importanc arise—of which, as in all matters of th e report will appear in our late Edition. COAL MARKS Buddle's W. Hartley 13s 9d Chester Main l3s 3d Davison'sWest Hartley 14s Od Hasting's Hartley l4s Od New Tantield l2s 6d Richardson's Hartley 12s 6d South Peareth 'Penfield Moor Walker's Primrose yla rn West Wylam Wall's End, &c Brown's Gas Bensham Framwell Gate ..... 133 6d issued d OSING - --------- .---S.nelt(re Aid p t il ea R S r a t of ST. cavrosiaLAL which b tion 6 s i sepcPnittauotslfhi seis2 yesterday Cathedral at. anniversary t n h o a r t t northern n d and abiiy . southpty iy. sic r — O6 e rr y . i re : e F i li fo . w o r n il t l inued, except on Sundays, during al c od , 0 of the c art st b .l o oo 1,11 take place on Thursday, lb° proximo. The public will be admitted, as usty., iOl g / I t O f T CL ATION OF CLONMSL 1301t 0T16 , le 0 , knal thestated yesterday in well-informed political or e • s air Hon. Cecil Lawless, son of Lord Cloncurrf, s b , 0 resigning the representation of this Irish boroyehigito Highness Prince George of I tleci l i ite rl j vf Strel l i s tz, accompanied by Baron Knesebeck, / I ,od St. Katharine Docks yesterday, and were e l° e sr - 0 1) Sit. John Hall. His Highness was pleased t°'_,eoooo himself highly gratified with the internal R asp to and the means of accommodation which 51 ) P e d 5 ;, pot afforded to the commerce and shipping of " - London by the establishment. ___----.....-'"..."..."...-- oir J. O p n ry t c h e e , E 2 , 3 q d . i o n f st a l o t n D elliZegrne., Frau t, Suss es' a ie : 00 * Comer, of e of 2s a t s h:i n o . st at son. near near W °ld ' °lll - , 44 the the at26thS. - • Shepherd, F.S.A., of a daUghtaerf?.,'d ' niiii'n.nisssttitatht.elll:esisfebioeolidi:'..Y:psh.irreo, tT.h. :1 Ctear.mber:heelil: 10.: err" JIAIIIiIO. On the 25th inst., at St. Anne's Church, voill IRieovr.e,T4. Joseph, second Norman Chevers,l)l_t;l3°ll,lis:lt9 fourth i _ daughter of the late J. G. Irictor4 1'4: 1 ; 9 ' , EA. ( 64 ( It N., and grand-niece of the late F. M. riCilt,,,,nev Car d .c, ° v i a On the 23d of Februar - at Grahain'a A°— ' C rrtef, i , rl 7- , second son ' of the late W r. -li of s• -$ / Bathurst, to Frances Jeminaa, eldest daughter 1 ' 24 1. , of Belmont. ...-----"---a 6 IJINts• IeCO 4, ' t Ge'rge' Qls'-. At Thurso, N. 8., on the 24th lns ~, he wale ,s viving son of Alexander Gunn, Esq ., 0 ' t .., of V his 21st year. vriClo‘. - A ne, lateO jn.tßheaslbBitehigitin,stE.,sqa.,t aßgreiagh7t2o.n , Mary o.n - 4 , 0 00" o f Ci. ' hter of Es o q. n , the of .A. 21 a 4 r t i h e inst., A h eniitieentthea, Intl:l,i rgdedd2au9.g On the 25th inst., ' aged 75, Mr. T. 13owycei; viclolf 10 On the 25th inst., at Bath, Margaret,dt;. :3 jc ilf , ed Hyde, Esq., of Ardwick, Lancashire, ag e so.ar ' .„,, On the ~ 6th inst., at AVellUe.Tofitl, Beg: q . . 11 1 i fv" - Mary Ann, youngest datig-hter ell, I I)re ~e t ; sti sfa - ' On the 27th inst., at Camberw aged ' i i. .N. _,,. ! !!.."'"0i f youngest daughter of Lieutenant FosnerY, ~.___,;-iisetiji - - -----40;00 "ple-„110 London: Printed and Published by A 2 0 ollie l , 0 ,00 4 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Ths ' s is eel the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in Atitidleser, Tuesiefb Ditty 30. 1848' I