The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-24 00:00:00

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Engagement of Mr. T. P. COOKE. TILLS EVENING. Will be performed FUTURE EVENTS. After which, MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Hagyard, Mr. T. P. Coolie. To be followed by the LANTUM SERENADERS' CONCERT. To conclude with KENNYNUTON CROSS.E. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. fitzball's new gorgeous Chivalrous Spectsicl, pre-eminently success fut.—Second week of the grand Whitsuntide Novelties.—Hnparal leled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR MION ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To be followed by the inimitable EXERCISES OF THE EQUES TRIAN TROUPE. To eeuclude with tie favourite drama of CLARI. Box-vt:ice open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. JULLIEN and his UNRIVALLED BAND. New Quadrille, composed expressly thr the Gardens. Engagement of Miss HUDDART. Continuation of the Engagement of Mdlle. LOVARNY. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Damson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra litarge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, Conducted by Mons. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of Solo Per lormers includes Messrs. Baker, Barrett, Bauman, George and Viotti Cellos, Cloffi, Collinet, Kenig, Lazaru , , Richard.on, Sonnenberg, &c.—Two bolos each Evening. —Mae. Lovarny will sing two fa vourite Songs, Miss Huddart will sing a favourite Song, and with Lovarny will execute an admired Duet.—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie—Shakspere's House—The Magic Bridge—and other novelties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most magnificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Messrs. Southby, representing the Girandola during the Holy Week at Rome. Gates open at Ten ♦.M., Feeding Time Five—Jullien's Concert at a Quarter past Six—Fireworks at Half-past _Nike. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. tio communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. T HE WEATHEIL—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 24. 57; Highest, 69; Noon, 69. THERIIIO3IEnIit , Lowest, BAROMETER, 29.69. Heavy thunder showers yesterday evening from S.E. This morning slight showers from S.W.; afternoon, fine. Hid fl WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE MIS DAY. Morning 5 min. after 7 Evening 35 min. after 7 -: . ' ilt-s'' ' "' . i , • • 1 ' r.. - ' tr ..... ~4 .0; , - ` OP' '''•• ' •-••'! , ".-. I -;,. • lire7:t7;vl.72l' _ 4 ,,,„- . .„ . ' 4i t,0.4400:•,„ , 'Tr of l ' 4114 m i'* . " 4 : tl. ... . r ' . .t . 60 io. , : 4 1" , ,,, v • 1 ,6- ~ . ;kg.!, P.: a , .... 4, . - 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE !—The SUPPLEMENT to BURKE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, Will be Ready for Delivery with the Magazines, July 1. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW IRISH NOVEL. Now ready, in I iris., post Svo., 9' KELLYS and the O'KELLYS OR, LANDLORDS AND TENANTS. A TALE OF Iltisrl LIFE. Ity A. T7OLLOPE, Esq. 111k9ory Co'bum, Publisher, 13, Great 51arlborough•street. MR. BENTLEY HAS JUST PUBLISHED Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON'S :SEW ILISTOBIJAL ROMANCE, -11 A R 0 L D; THE LAST OF THE SAXON KINGS. Which nuiy now be obtalued at all Booksellers, and at all the Li braries. New Burlington-street, Jane, 1848. CATLIN'S NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN COLLECTION and MODEL of NIAGARA. No. 6, Waterloo-place, Pall-mail. Open Daily.—Admission, One Sham:. CATLIN'S New Work, EIGHT YEARS IN EUROPE, with 24 Rhustrations, for sale in the Rooms, at 20s. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mcllle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully !Wormed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURS DAY next, June 29, on which occasion Mdlle. JENNY LIND will appear in one of her favourite characters. With various novelties in the Ballet Department, combining the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, Millie. M. Taglioni, Millie. Cerito, &c. &e. The ire List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickeoo may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, prise 10s. Gd. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets are to be made. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SECOND NIGHT OF ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. THIS EVENLNG will be performed Meyerbeer's Opera of ROBERTO - IL DIAVOLO. Arranged in Three Acts. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Alice, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Bertram, Signor Belletti ; Rambaldo, Signor Labocetti ; Sacerdote, Signor Bouche ; Roberto, Sig. Gardoni. in the Second Act au incidental Divertissement, in which Mille. Carolina Rosati will appear. To conclude with the highly successful New and Original Ballet Divertissement, by M._Perrot,the Music by Sig. Yugni, entitled, LES QlJlll.tf. SAISONS. Summer, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist ; Auturou, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati Valuer, iidne. Mario 'faglioni; Spring, Mdlle. Cerito. PAS.--liegoo du Printeaips, du Printerups, Regis do l'Ete, de l'Eto, Regne de rAutomme, de l'Antomme, Regne de de l'Htver, du l'Uniou des Saisons. Applications tor Boxes, etalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-et - Ace of the Theatre. Doors open at halt-past Seven. and commence at'Elght o'clock. THEATRE hOYAL, HAYMARKET. iralu the Management wt Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. 111:.:1:,1) MRS. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENI24 G Wil be performed the CoTized-y—o'fa-14ZY, . After which a uew piece called the PAS DE FASCINATION ; or, Catching a Governor. Michael Browsay, air. Keeley ; Katherine Kloper, lice.ey. buTu conclude with the Farce of SPRING GARDENS. Lord Court ingioa, Air. A. Wigan ; Scureup, sir. Keeley ; Laiy Clariasa, Mrs. Stymoilr ; Mrs. Selitreup, Mise Julia Bennett. aitkoAleanager, .r. f eu; Acung Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Itox-book keeper. Eoxe:, 58. ; Pit, 38. ; Gallery, ce. ; upper Gallery, le. Doors opea at liall-past Six, Perm:mance to commence at Seven. TliEalliE ROYAL, ADELPiii. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. Tills EVENLNO Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal claaractors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. liedlord, U. Smith, Madame Celeste, Alias Wuolgar, Mrs. Frame Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. Atter which a new Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DEURY DAY. Mr. Jerem all. Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nubble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Wuolgar. To conclude with THE MARILIED BACHELOR. 1,07...5, -AS.; Yii, .53., uallery, Is. t $.),,r. cit Performance to commence at Seven. SLOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame \reads. hole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a new comic Drama, entitled ANYTHING FOR A l;lIINUiL. Characters by Messrs Haney, C. Mathews, Honner ; Mrs. L. Murray, Miss K : litzwih:am, and4llss 21arshall. " " " - 411te; 13EQ(.4rAlt'S OPERA. Captain Machaath, Mr. W. Harrison ; reachum, Mr. F. Matthews ; kiss Kath ie.„ Fitzw,iliaut ; Lucy, Madaina Vestns , Jenny Diver, Miss Jane Coleman. T. cciiclude with a CO:ni•c Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Characters ky Messrs. heiby, Didtlear, Buckstoue ; Mrs. I , eigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. littbs .bo.ae., as.; Upper Boats, 45.; Fit, 25.; Gallery, Is. nail-price to any part of the house. Tii - e :New izrix - -ottica, -No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the ruzhle e‘ cry gay, from Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. On MONDAY EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at halt-past Seven o'clock when Will be performed LES DUX COUYABLES. After which, the vaudeville of LE BONIIOMME RICHARD. To conclude with LA RUE DE LA LUNE. isozes, S. rit, 3e. cid.; Amphitheatre, 38. ; Gallery, 2s Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. nitcheirs Royal Library, 33, Ohl Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN continues to attract crowded and fashionable audiences at the St. James's Theatre, to witness his extraordinary and original SOIREES FANTASTIQUES, which he will repeat on TUESDAY EVENING next, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings, commencing at half-past Eight. No performance 'MIS EVENING. In consequence of the great demand for places, he will repeat his MATINEES FA.NTASTIQUES on WEDNESDAY MORNING, June 24. Doors open at Two o'clock. Boxes and Stalls may Le secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 25, Old Bond-street. 1 1'i' lung LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1848. One of those excentrsc discussions which never take place anywhere but in the House of Lords occupied the attention of our hereditary legislators yesterday evening. It was a discussion provoked by the in quiry of Lord KINNAIRD as to whether or no the Government were prepared to lay before Parliament printed copies of documents relating to the recent disturbances in Posen. Lord KINNAIRD, we say, made the interrogation, Lord HARROWBY objected to the production of the required papers as constituting an unwarrantable interference in foreign politics on the part of the British Legislature. Lord BEAUMONT, on the contrary, considered that such a proceeding would not only be perfectly justifiable, but that it was in a great measure incumbent upon the adminis tration ; and Lord LANSDOWNE settled the matter, off hand, by declining altogether to entertain the notion of such an official reprint, being a reprint of documents referring exclusively to a remote quarter of the European continent, and involving in no re spect whatever either the interests of the English people or the character of the English Government. From the particular stress laid upon the inquiry by Lord KINNAIRD, from the peculiar curiosity evinced by Lord BEAUMONT, and from the ear nestness of tone which characterised the whole of this interjectional debate, any one ignorant of the late revolutionary movement in Prussian Poland in and would certainly have conjectured that the papers question were as rare and precious curiosities a s a halcyon's egg, or an autograph of SHAKsPEax little dreaming that every one of those documents (the Convention signed at Jaroslawiec on the 11th , of April, 1848, between the Commissary of the King of PRussu and the Polish National Committee, the Piveasnotien issued from Boguszyn on the 17th of Nwil, by General VON WILLISEN, and the Address to the Commissary voted at a meeting of the inha bitants of Berlin on the 26th of April, and subse quently conveyed to General %VILLISEN by a deputation of those citizens,) were already familiar to every ob servant man in Christendom. It is the prerogative indeed of the European press, the presa of Germany, of France, of Italy, of the Peninsula, and of Great Britain, alike, to anticipate the sluggish compositors and tardy pressmen employed by their several Go vernments ; and in illustration of this circumstance it is only necessary to remark that many thousand copies of the very papers demanded last night with so much solicitude by Lord KINNAIRD have been long since distributed throughout the United King dom by the aid of journalists and the pam phleteers. As was intimated yesterday evening in the Upper House of the British Parliament, those documents are of a very peculiar and remarkable importance, seeing that they vindicate the unfortunate population of the Duchy of Posen from the charges of cruelty, brutality, and faithlessness bruited against them by their antagonists. To give an epitome of the occur rences which have latterly transpired among the Poles situated on the frontiers of Prussia Proper, and to give that epitome with more direct authentications than were adduced either last night by Lord KIN NAIRD, or on the night of the 16th of May by Lord DUDLEY STUART, will, we doubt not, prove by no means unacceptable. Of the three divisions of Poland, Posen has enjoyed the most liberal institutions—institutions almost the direct antithesis of those under which the Gallicians and Lithuanians have groaned since the first epoch of the partition. Nevertheless, after the grand out burst of democracy in Berlin, on the 13th of March, it was but natural that a vision of brighter days to Poland should have lured that enthusiastic people to a sympathetic demonstration, and should have in flamed their hearts with the idea of the resurrection of their nationality. Palpitating with these hopes, Posen rose, almost to a man, on the 20th of March, and in scarcely seven days there sprang into existence an army of liberation, an army of peasa n t s , f rom 20,000 to 25,000 strong, an army of patriots, bearing in their hands every description of weapon, from the huntsman's fowling-piece to the mower's scythe. A Committee of Safety was constituted, a deputation from the committee proceeded to the capital city of Berlin, demanding from the SOVEREIGN concessions akin to those which had already been accorded to the Prussians, those demands were frankly acceded te, and the deputation returned homewards in exultation. M eanw hil e the Prussian soldiers, driven out of the metropolis by the population, had gone a-crusading against the inhabitants of the doomed Duchy, to the number of 45,000, 20,000 of which troops were quartered in the city of Posen alone. Without the permission, and certainly with out the instigation of the Prussian Ministry, these bticcaneering warriors roved in formidable bands over the country, slaughtering the people en masse, and ravaging several districts with all the barba rities of fire and sword, of rape, carnage, and spoliation. In the midst of these fright { ful atrocities an extraordinary commissary General VON WlLLisEN—was dispatched from the seat of Government, in the hope of leading to a speedy pacification of the Duchy. On the arrival of this commissary, what was the position of affairs ? The Prussian troopers, drunk with their previous butcheries, were preparing for a general mas sacre ! Thanks, however, to the energetic saga city of General Vox WILLIS EN, a Convention between the belligerents, signed on the 11th of April, restored tranquillity, to all appear ance, to the Duchy ; the Poles, in fulfilment of the stipulations of the Convention laying down ther arms. That the Poles did in truth fulfil those stipulations is manifest from the assertion made by the Commisary in the very preamble of his proclama tion, to the effect that "the conditions of the Conven tion were executed most conscientiously, and with the utmost punctuality and vigour by the Polish com manders." Yet immediately the poor peasantry of Posen had resigned their arms in a perfect reliance upon Prussian honour, they were deliberately fusilladed as they passed through the villages by Jews and Ger mans lying in ambuscade. Six Polish officers were shot—" erroneously and accidentally shot," as was afterwards confessed by their assassins, and a variety of other barbarous and perfidious deeds drove the inhabitants into a mood of absolute distraction. Who can blame them that they rose again ? Who can be amazed to find that bands of these simple peasants, armed only with scythes, could reap down the warriors of Prussia like stubble in the frenzy of their indignation ? It is against the horrible cruelties inflicted upon the people of Prussian Poland—cruelties which for a moment distracted the peasantry to such a pitch of heroism that for the moment they were vic torious under appalling odds—that the voice of Christendom has become so clamorous ; it is that which seems to impend, like a thunderbolt, over the Palace of the Great FREDERICK; it is that which had deprived the reigning monarch of Prussia of the mere chance of the imperial diadem of Germany ! The debate on the West Indian question has again been adjourned, the House having now been occu pied no less than four nights in the discussion of the preliminary resolutions. Should these resolutions be carried, and a Bill founded thereon introduced, there will be no less than seven stages through which it will have to pass before it can be sent to the House of Lords, and as it will be a money Bill, in which, according to the standing rules of the House, no two stages can be disposed of on the same day, a con siderable period must elapse, even under the most favourable circumstances, before the propositions submitted by the Government for the relief of the West Indian colonists can pass into a law. These propositions are undoubtedly of a beneficial character for the colo nists. The temporary protection afforded by the Act of 1846 is intended to be increased both in amount and in duration. A considerable reduction is to be made in the differential duties between rum and Bri- tish spirits, and a large sum of money (.500,0001. sterling, in addition to 160,000/. already granted), is to be advanced to the colonies for the purpose of enabling them to obtain an adequate supply of labour for the cultivation of their plantations, which has been described as the great desideratum with which they Would be enabled successfully to compete with the s lave -holding states. It cannot be denied that these are important boons, which should be received with gra titude by the parties for whose especial benefit they are conceded. The only possible question, with the greatest advocate for protection is, whether they afford adeq uate relief, and are sufficient to stimulate the failing energies of the planters, who are, unques tionably, in common with every other in eres t t , as well domestic as colonial, suffering under the pres sure of the unparalleled distress of last year. Full justice should, therefore, be rendered to her MA JESTY'S Government for the spirit in whi • ch they have entered upon the consideration of the question, and their aexiety to grant every assistance uot inconsis tent with their duty to the community at large. It must not be supposed that the planters are the only persons whose interests are involved in the result. Our own industrious and hardworking population are also deeply concerned. Sugar is now an article of daily consumption with the working classes, and any addition to the cost price thereof must inflict a serious injury on them. The sums of which they would thus be deprived would not in crease the national revenue, or diminis.h the other burdens by which the public are oppressed. They would be levied for tha benefit, or fancied. benefit, of a particular class, and the probable resul t would be to prevent parties from exhibiting that active in dustry, and introducing those improvements in the cultivation and manufacture of the article, which would prove a thousand times more beneficial, and create greater prosperity, than the es tablishment of the most stringent monopoly. The great principle of free trade must not be aban doned. On this point there can be no retrogression. The country will no longer permanently sanction im posts on sugar for the mere purpose of protecticn any more than on any other commodity. By the Act of 1846 this point was clearly decided. Bu.t the Legis lature did not desire that the erroneous system should be changed with too great rapidity, or without afford ing a reasonable time for the transition. What was then considered a reasonable protection was granted by that Act, but various circumstances deprived the colonists of the full benefit which it was intended they should receive. The Under-Secretary for the Colonies last night stated two reasons why the law then enacted should be modified-Ist, " That the commercial distress so universally prevalent had deprived the West Indies of a portion of that time which they might otherwise have used in preparing for free trade ;" and 2dly, " The introduction which was not anticipated of a superior quality of sugar, 65., which sugar was worth more in the market relatively to other sugars, and came in at a _less duty." It therefore became necessary to carry out the spirit of the law, the real intention of the Legislature in sanctioning these enactments—and the alterations now contemplated are for that purpose and no other. The duties on colo nial sugar would, from the sth of July, having been 145., and on foreign 18s. 6d. That for colonial will be reduced to 135., 'while; the duty on ordinary foreign Muscovado is to remain, as fixed by the Act of 1846; but that on brown clayed sugar is to remain for another year, until the sth of July, 1849, at the present duty of . 20s. That will afford, as shown by the Hon. Member for Dartmouth, on Thursday, increase of protection of from 33 to 34 per cent., and give it for an additional period of two years. It is hard, indeed, to satisfy the Protectionists, when even these concession are received not only without thanks but with vituperation and reproaches. We cannot conclude without censuring the unfor tunate practice in which the Protectionist Leader so frequently indulges, of making the most serious personal charges against his political opponents. It is perfectly legitimate to examine the .policy of their measures, and to reprehend their actions if they should be found worthy of censure ; but it is most improper to impute gross fraud and dishonesty to gentlemen of the most unimpeachable characters, without the most convincing evidence thereof. On Thursday much valuable time was unnecessarily consumed in consequence of the Noble Lord, the Member for King's Lynn, intimating that the Government were bargaining with the Irish Members, in order to obtain their support to the Bill. Two hours were wasted in the discussion that took place thereon. But even that was pardonable when compared with his most unjustifiable attack last night upon as high-minded a nobleman and as upright and honourable a gentleman as any who have ever taken a part in public affairs. Lord GREY and Mr. B. HAwEs scarcely require that their characters for in tegrity and good faith should be vindicated before their countrymen. Full and convincing answers, however, were given by their colleagues in the Ministry to the unwarrantable charges made against them. Lord GEORGE BENTINCE. should consider that undue per sonalities never further any cause, and that they are more calculated to recoil on and injure the vitupe rator than the persons on whom his reproaches have been lavished. Sir ROBERT PEEL never stood higher in the opinion of his countrymen, or cbtained greater sympathy from all classes, than when he so con vincingly repelled the aspersions that had been cast upon him by the Noble Lord in reference to the premature decease of Mr. CANNING. SPAIN. Madrid papers of the 18th have arrived. The Carlist general Emo has entered Navarre, and CABRERA and ZARIATEGURI are at Toulouse with SALAMANCA and Don ENRIQUE, concerting measures for a general rising throughout Spain —a rising that cannot but be successful, as CRRISTINA and NARVAEZ have exhausted all the available resources of the Treasury. ISTuRITz passed through Bayonne on the 19th. It is said that he is excessively disgusted with the con duct of NARVAEZ and SOTOMAYOR towards Sir HENRY: BULWER. The Bolsa was closed on the 18th. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Minister of Marine communicated to the Assembly dispatches which he had received from the colonies of Martinique and Guadeloupe. The Governor of those islands wrote to say that considerable disturbances had occurred at St. Pierre and Point-a-Pitre, as well as in the interior of the islands. It was on the 20th of May that the distur bances began. The slaves evinced a spirit of insu bordination, which went on increasing to the 22d. Houses were burned down at St. Pierre, where, in one house, 35 persons perished. The Governor, by the advice of the Colonial Council, and as the best means of restoring calm, proclaimed the total aboli tion of slavery, which took place on the 23d. The agitation spread to Guadaloupe, and the same mea sure was had recourse to, and the abolition of sla very was proclaimed. When the Governor had sent off his dispatches on the 23d, matters had become more tranquil, and it was hoped that there would be no further disturbance. Such, said the Minister in conclusion, is the true state of the case; and his statement would have the effect, he hoped, of pre venting too ready belief being given to exaggerated rumours. A private letter from Martinique, of the 24th ult., gives the following details of the rising of the slaves in the island : "On the 24th, M. Duchamp, landowner, residing in the commune of the Pretcheur, obtained permission from the authorities to cause one of his slaves, who had committed the crime of talking politics, to be arrested. Four gendarmes proceeded to effect the arrest; but being hooted and attacked by his fellow-labourers, it was with difficulty they succeeded in lodging him in gaol. No s , . , oner was this dune than an immense crowd furiously demanded his release. Shortly after, the men employed on the neighbouring estate:, called tNether by the blowing of horns, descended in arms on the town. By that time the people had begun to utipave the streets anti to form barricades, when M. Papy, a citizen of great energy and influence, first deputy to the mayor, feeling the imprudence of the arrest, and that it might cause fatal consequences, ordered the prisoner to be set at liberty, which was done. But it was too late—aaother imprudence compromised all. Fear, and the sentiment of preservation, caused a certain number of white persons to assemble at the house of M. de Sannois, one of the largest in the town. One of them, M. Desabey, fired on a baud which was passing along the street. A man fell mortally wounded, and immediately the people of the city, and the population of the country, assembled round the corpse, crying, and demanding vengeance. The hotel was invaded, and every one of the men who were there perished. The revolution began to the cries of 'Vive la Liberte and on both sides victims were counted. M. Fourniol, jun., was killed. Presently a fire broke out in the quarter of the fort, and numerous victims perished in the flames. In one house there were no less than 35 victims. At the Px,ieheur, the gendarmerie and the crew of a vessel fired on the slaves, who were march ing in columns to cries of ' Vivo la LibertaT Many fell, but the columns continued to march, and threw them selves on the town, which became the scene, of frightful carnage. The flames subsequently consumed three fourths of the houses. At Fort de France the news of what occured at St. Pierre caused an impression impos sible to describe. We have also had our day of revolu tion, but to-day all is calm." The discussion on the Government project for the seizure of the railways was commenced on Thursday in the National Assembly. The general feeling appears to be against the measure. M. DE MONTALEMBERT opposed it, because in his opinion it is the first step towards Communism, towards making the Govern ment the sole proprietor and the sole employer in the State. In the meanwhile Socialist clubs are agitating, and the ouvriera in the Ateliers Nationaux are preparing for an outbreak. The Journal des Debate gives the following account of the proceedings of the ouvriers Ateliers l 2 , o o or ta sN e o l i a3ma:hoei a d v ay . s past the Government, pressed by the energetic resolutions of the Assembly, has considered it its duty to take measures for the dissolution of the go to the onaux A fresh census has been made, and provinces e n mscribed their names as being endea voured to excite ready to would be ill-treated i c n an t agitators dis went among them, and quired. Some es wherever their services may be re thent, by telling them that 'they bee e n provinces, and that those who had already gone had beaten by the country people. On T band Thursday mor n i ng a of about demanded 4oo an A , o rkm inter viewenproceeded to the Luxembourg, Committee. andPatiiuvtaon, ahye holt7tMhearnieumeobleir sentedwtitt)hretcheeiveExeadeeu i n m t r . o 3i d l u a c r e i d e . , t h T e h l e a foremosttter rrefuse s o e d f them to hear wishhimin,g to ad telling him that as he formed part of the bard ( " 1 r ' e e r s e s which had invaded the Chamber , he could not consich r him as the organ of the workmen , and turning to the other four can said, ' You are not the sla v es of that man, you point out your wishes as well as he can.' M. Marie, ;after listening with the most patient attention to their compkiets, sought to dissuade them from allow ing themselves to be led away by agitators, who wished to put them into a stale of rebellion against authority and society. lie fully assured them that the Government were zealously employed in considering of the best means of improvirg their condition. It would appear that the delegates had not correctly reported to their comrades the remarks of M. Marie, for they said that he had tailed them slaves. The whole band then began to raise cries of ' A bas Marie f' ' A bas la j Commission Executive !" A bas l'Assemb!63 I' Some of the m ran towards the bel• ry of the Church of Saint 1 Sulpice, near which they bad waited the return of their delegates, evidently with the intention of sounding the tocsin, but, fortunately their intention was foreseen and the door closed. The band then proceeded towards Faubourgs Saint Antoine and Marceau, gradually in creasing in numbers as it went. In the evening it took up its station on the Place de la Bastille and the Bar riere du Trone. Commissaries of police received orders to proceed to the spot to disperse them. The only cries which were raised were Vice Napoleon 1' Vive l'Empereur A bas Marie ! ' ' Nous reste rens ! ' The Government fearing that these perturba tors might proceed to the Assembly, ordered the armed force there to be increased, and General Negrier, one of the questors of the chamber, took the command of all the troops on duty. " MIDNIGHT. — The manifestations made during the day by a part of the workmen of the ateliers national*: caused great agitation in Paris during the evening. The neighbourhood of the Hotel de Ville was crowded with people, and numerous bands were also assembled on different points of the Boulevards. At about eight o'clock the Place du Pantheon was covered with several thousand workmen, from whence they proceeded in a column, with a flag at their head, towards the Place de la Bastille and the Quartier Saint Antoine. Every • precaution was taken at the Hotel de Ville, and after the above column had passed through it was surrounded by the armed force. The National Guards were called out by summons at their respective houses, but the rappel was not beaten : and at ten o'clock a largo force took up their station on the Place. At eleven o'clock a battalion of the line marched into the prefecture of police, and the peristyle of the Palais de Justice was guarded by a body of the Garde Mobile, and at all the Mairies a large force was kept in reserve. The night passed off without any collision." Qpiignani contains the following : " The resolution come to that the workmen employed in the ateliers nationaur shall be paid by the piece, and not by the day, has, during the last two or three days given rise to loud remonstrances, and in some places would have led to acts of violence, had not the Govern ment taken ample measures of prevention. To notice one exemple, the men at Puteaux, between Neuilly and Surestre, positively refused to submit to this arrange ment; whereupon the local authorities, after having in vain reasoned with theca, declared that if they persisted in their refusal they should be dismissed, and men from other ateliers nationaux called upon to take their work. The refractory men replied that if such an attempt were made it would be resisted. Under this threat, and upon a report from the local authorities , to the Minister of Public Works and the prefect of police, three battalions of the Garde Mobile, quartered at Courbevoie, a fourth at Rueil, and a regiment of the line in the same quarters, were kept under arms, ready to march at the first call. But fortunately their services were not wanted ; for, when the men from Paris ar rived; those of Puteaux received them without any violent resistance, and calmly exposed to them the grounds of their objections against piece work. They also said that they did not think it equitable that the engraver, the cabinet-maker, the piano manufac turer, the jeweller, and artisans of that class, should be brought into competition with the labourer of Alsace and the mason of Greuse, who were able to earn from 3f. to 4f. a day, while the persons alluded to, with all their exertions and fatigue, could not gain more than a few centimes. The men from Paris urged some strong arguments in reply, but, as the men of Puteaux made no use of violence, they withdrew without coining to any collision. However, at not many paces distant, on the road from Puteaux to Suresne, there are to be found artisans at work by the piece in the making of a main drain, each of whom earns from 2i. 50:.. to 3f. in a day of eight hours. The men of Puteaux were well inclined to prevent these men from continuing their work, but were overawed by the imposing force known to be sta tioned around—and, it may be added, the marks of dis- I approbation from the people in general—and thus pre vented from making any hostile demonstration. At nine o'clock last night they remained quiet, although some in the public-houses, and in the micelle of groupe out doors, endeavoured to keep tip the excitement. " The hat-manufacturers have for several days past re sumed a certain degree of activity. Some of the men have returned to their work, but the greater number have refused to do so. Hence have arisen serious collisions between the two parties. On Tuesday, one of the minor party, against whom loud threats had been uttered, on coming out of his manufactory, was escorted home to his lodging, in the Rue Bourtibourg, by a party of the gar diens de Paris, sent expressly for his protection. When they arrived at his house the gardieris left him, as they believed in safety; but six of the major party, who had concealed themselves on the staircase of the house, set Upon him es he was going up, and beat him so severely, that the poor man, when they left him, was carried up to his room almost deprived of life. Yesterday a not less deplorable scene took place in the Rue de l'Homme Ara*. Another hatter, returning home from work, was assailed by two of his comrades, and a conflict be tween him and them ensued, during which he drew a poignard, with which, knowing what he had to expect, he disabled one of his adversaries by stabbing him in the arm." INSURRECTION OF THE OUV RIERS IN PARIS, ERECTION OF BARRICADES, FIGHTING IN THE STREETS, AND GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. The attempt to carry into effect the decree order ing the enrolment into the army of the workmen, be tween the ages of 17 and 25, maintained by the State in the Ateliers Nationaux, has produced resistance on their part, and eventually open insurrection. On Thursday they quitted their workshops, and in bands of from 500 to 600 paraded the streets with banners. They then held meetings in the Place of St. Sulpice, on the Place of the BastPe, and at the Barri4re du Trone. These were preparatory to the outbreak of the next day. Of the events of the early part of yesterday, we find the following account in Galig nani's Messenger, which is published at three o'clock in the afternoon : " Paris was thrown into consternation this morning by a report that the workmen of the Ateliers Nationaux had broken out into open revolt, and constructed barri cades at the Portes St. Martin and St. Denis. We regret to say that this report was soon confirmed. The gene rale was beaten for the National Guards, who turned out, at first rather slowly, but as the danger became more apparent, the numbers increased rapidly. The barricades were defended by about six or seven hun dredu men, s of chiefly armed with m us k e t s; b ut th e fau rgSt. Martin and St. D en i s were fill e d w i t h bo groups of workmen, most of whom appeared to be waiting for a signal to join the insurgents. The barricades were formed in the usual way, with public carriages which had been turned over, and paving stones and iron railings, which had been torn down. We are informed that the post of the Bonne Nouvelle was attacked by the insurgents, who attempted to disarm it, but met with a courageous resistance, and, after exchang ing a few shots, fled. At about 11 o'clock several other barricades had been erected, and others were erecting; but as the National Guards and troops of the line were arriving rapidly and charging upon the groups, it was hoped that the further construction of barricades would be prevented. At halt-past twelve a small body of National Guards came down the Rue d'Aboukir, and at the corner were fired at by a party of the people. They immediately returned it, and several men were killed and wounded. The people then rushed forward in force, and the National Guards were obliged to give way. At the corner of the Rue de Clery a similar scene took place ; the Na tional Guards, however, held their ground, and forced the people to fiy. Our reporter saw one National Guard wounded, though not seriously. About one o'clock a smart fire of musketry was opened by the troops on the barricades erected at the Portes Sr. Mar tin an d St. Donis, which was at first warmly returned by the people, but after a few more discharges from the military the fire of the insurgents slackened, and orders were given to carry them at the point of the bayonet, which ich and d s done in in the attack at these points ; b ut four style. A great number were , four of the barricades were carried in succession. Just at this moment a battery of artillery arrived on the spot and was place in a position to command them. At the Hotel de Ville nothing in the shape of a collision had taken place. The Place was occupied by a large body of troops and strong bodies of the National Guards, al aced en echelon in all the str eets lea ding to it, so that an y attempt to raise barricades would have been imme ii ately prevented. The National Guards in that quarter ha d mustered in very large numbers, and they appeared to be animated by the most determined spirit. In the Rue St. Antoine. opposite the Church of St. Paul, a bar ricade had been erected, but it was carri ed by the Na tional Guards at the point o f the bayonet. S evera l ar rests were made of persons uttering seditious cries, and one workman, carrying a flag belonging to th e A te li ers Nationaux, was stopped by the National Guards, and his flag taken from him. At the Palais de Justice two bar ricades were formed, which were attacked by the N a _ tional Guards, and taken at the point of the bayonet. A great number of the defenders of those barricades have been made prisoners." The post left at five o'clock, at which time the fighting continued. The I ational Guards, supported by the military, had made several attacks on the ouvriers, who defended their barricades with the greatest obstinacy, and the loss of life on both sides has been very great. It was rumoured that the Executive Committee had resigned their power into the hands of General CAVAIGNAC, who had been placed at the head of the armed force. A messenger, who left Boulogne at four o'clock this morning, states that at that h our th e mail train from Paris had not arrived, but that it was c urrentl y re ported in Boulogne that a collision had taken place in Paris between the military and the ouuriers, attended with great bloodshed and terrific loss of life, and that the Paris and Boulogne Railway had been broken up, PARIS BOURSE, FRIDAY. In the midst of the tumult which now reigns in Paris, the Bourse might as well have remained closed. 'The prices we now give are merely nominal; Threes at 43f. 50c., and Fives at 67f. 25c. Bank of France Shares, 1,255 f. _ . Nothing dono in railway shares. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JUNE 23. Namur and Liege, 24—Northern of France, 4y B —Paris and Rouen, 15%—Sambre and Meuse, 34. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. Letters from Vienna of the 14th state that the Eat- FERMI has accepted the mediation of England for the settlement of the Italian question. The terms to be proposed are the cession of Lombardy to Sardinia on the one hand, and on the other the payment of part of the public debt of Austria by Sardinia. ItADETZXY has been ordered to conclude an armi stice while negotiations are going on. BOHEIIIIA. The insurrection in Prague is completely pu down. The Austrian Government has issued two appeals, one to the inhabitants of Prague, the other to the Bohemians in general, exhorting them to peace and order. A Russian spy is reported to have been seized in Transylvania, who avowed that Russia was preparing an invasion, and that 00,000 Russian troops were on the borders of Moldavia, only awaiting orders to ad vance. The rising of the Czechs is said to be in con nexion with this, which, however, may after all prove to be one of the many rumours circulating at the present moment respecting the intention of the Cwt. PRUSSIA. The new Prussian Ministry has been constituted as follows :—President of the Council, without a port folio, CAMPIIAUSEN ; Minister of Public Worship, AUERSWALD ; Minister of the Interior, RODEERTUS.• JAGETZOW ; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baran SCHLEINITZ ; Minister of War, Baron SCHRECREN.• STEIN ; Minister of Finance, HANSESIANN j Minister of Commerce, Baron PATOW. The following is the address drawn up by the Committee of the Chamber, in answer to the speech from the Throne : " Your Majesty—Penetrated with the gravity of the preseat situation, and full of joyful hopes for the future of our country, we received your Majesty's royal greeting. " The events which during the last month have so deeply agitated Europe have hurried Prussia forward also in the general movement. The violent conflict of the days of March in particular has given public sanc tion to the manifestations of the popular will, which for some time had been coming to light. " Proceeding from the general election of the people, we have received the mission to found, in co-operation with your Majesty, a constitution consistent with the degree of development of the Prussian as well as the German people, and insuring for ever the popular go vernment in the state, and an independent administra tion, extending to the municipal organization. This consitution will abolish the legislative hindrances which have hitherto been opposed to the principle of equality of rights for all citizens, and conferred privileges on particular orders in the state. It will guarantee the universal right of election, individual liberty, freedom of the press and elspeeeh, the right of association and free assembling, and the independence of all forms of reli gious worship. It will create a popular legislation, the same for the whole state, modify the judicial power, and military institutions, and regulate the general arming of the people. " Established on such a basis, the constitution will strengthen in a durable manner the ties which the glo rious actions of the Princes of Hohenzollern have linked between the people and your Majesty's house. " The dangers which threatened our country, properly so called, in presence of a prolonged uncertainty as to the preservation of public order, has imposed on us the necessity of sitting at the same time as the Deputies of the whole German people assembled at Frankfort. Together with your Majesty, we also acknowledge Germa❑ unity as our immoveable purpose, the object of your Majesty's efforts, and we joyfully promise our co operation to the work, by which the national consolida tion of our fatherland is to be realised at Frankfort. " Laws and institutions intended to improve trade, industry, and agriculture, a system of taxation appro priated to the means of individuals, and measures taken with a view of ameliorating the situation of the working classes, will contend against the misery which increases more and more, and will restore confidence and credit. The solicitude of the Government in favour of a system of public education, founded on the prin ciple of freedom of instruction, will promote the in tellectual development of the people. "The complete statement of the financial situation, and of the use made by the state of the resources hitherto placed at its disposal, will enable us to ascertain how far the sa►ings of the past will satisfy the wants of the present, and what measures must be adopted to meet these wants. " The re-organization of the Grand Duchy of Posen, commenced by your Majesty, will put an end to the de plorable situation of that duchy, and the schism between the German and Polish population. May this act of justice effect the restoration of the national independence of a long-oppressed people I " The engagements which have taken place on the northern frontier of the German fatherland, by adding to the glory of our soldiers, have given new proofs of their valour, discipline, and humanity. We hold the firm conviction—a conviction shared also by the Repre sentatives of the German people, that diplomatic negotia tions will support the success of our victorious arms; that your Majesty's Government, by a strong and ener getic policy, will ensure the honour of Prussia and Ger many, and secure reparation for the sacrifices which our trade in particular has sustained for the sake of the German cause. " We congratulate the country on your Majesty's having succeeded in preserving friendly relations with foreign powers. We acknowledge that the policy of a neighbouring western state recently transformed, by proclaiming the sincere respect of national development, has essentially contributed thereto. The more the national development of Germany shall lead with promptness and security to the long-wished-for estab lishment of a strong and free federative state, the more certai❑ will be the guarantees of a general and lasting peace, enabling civilis, d nations to devote all their efforts to the noblest of missi.,ns—that of promoting intellectual development and universal happiness. " NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. "The Committee of the Address:— " Grabow, Wechsmuth, Berends, Baltzer, Zea charire, Baumstark, Philipps, Esser, Gierke, Bloem, Duncker, Walkeck, Elsner, Evelt, Sydow, De Daniels. " Berlin, June 18." Since the above was written we have received ad vices from Berlin of the 20th. No sooner had the new Ministry been formed than it was broken up by the refusal of CAMPHAUSEN to remain in office. At the meeting of the Chamber, a letter was read from CAMPHAUSEN confirming his resignation, in which he stated that he had been compelled to adopt that step from his unsuccessful attempt to re-organize the Cabinet, that he had, consequently, forwarded his official resig nation to his MAJESTY, and suggesting to the Cham ber the propriety of adjourning its sittings till a new Ministry should be formed. This latter suggestion was agreed to, and the Chamber adjourned till Mon day. It is generally believed that HANSEMANN, the late Minister of Finance, has been sent for by the KING, and that his MAJESTY has entrusted to him the formation of a new Cabinet. ITALY. TRIESTE. The French Consul at Trieste has published the following circular : " The Consul of the French Republic at Trieste considered it his duty to inform his fellow•coun trymen that in case of hostilities by the Sardinian squadron, at present before the port and town of Trieste, they will find a safe refuge on board the French frigate L'Asmoeise, Captain Ricaudy, now moored in the Bay of Servola. So soon as any French subjects may wish to embark they must inform the person authorised for that purpose residing at the Bel vedere Della Prima Rotondo, situate on the promenade of St. Andre, and a flag will be hoisted on the top of the frigate as soon as preparations are completed for their reception. " Trieste, Juno 10, 1848." " G. DE LESPARDA. NAPLES AND SICILY. NAPLES, JUNE 14.—T0-day the state of siege was removed, but yesterday we escaped a serious danger, The Bourbon, in accord with the Secretary-General of the Police, the infamous Merenda, had prepared a rising of the lazzaronis against the constitution, and to serve as a pretext to bombard the city. The French Am bassador discovered the plot, and the cowardly Minister had on this occasion the courage to protest against the infernal project of the King. Yesterday, the King, having learned the insurrec tion of Calabria and the defeat of his troops at Salerno, proposed to the people-Ist, the Constitution of 1820 ; 2d, the surrender of the forts into the hands of the National Guard, as it was organized on the 14th of ; and 3d, the entire rcetaslifution of the Chamber of Deputies. In the mean time the Bourbon ordered his horses, Equipages, &c., to be embarked on board the Po4phemus, Prince Luis, his brother, who presided in the castle at the execution of 27 prisoners of the National Guard has left the city for ever. Letters from Sicily of the 10th inst. state that the United States of America had obtained leave for their squadron to winter in the harbour of Syracuse. The Minister for Foreign Affairs had informed the House of Commons that the British Consul had communicated to him dispatches from his Govern ment, stating that it would recognise the inde pendence of Sicily the moment the country should have chosen a king from among the Italian Princes of the reigning families. The Mioister had received from the Sicilian agents in Paris a simi lar assurance on the part of the French Govern ment. 2,000 muskets, four pieces of artillery, and a quantity of ammunition, had been brought to Pa lermo from Toulon by the steamer Palermo. 4,000 other muskets were shortly expected. The following is the draught of the Constitution, which has, at last, been presented to the Chambyrs:— " The Roman Catholic religion is declared to be the religion of the State, to the exclusion of all others. The King shall be obliged to profess that religion; and should he change it, he is to be considered as having forfeited his throne. The King of Sicily shall not wear any other crown. The sovereignty of the nation is to reside in three distinct powers—legislative, executive, and judiciary. The legislative power is to be fixed in the Parliament exclusively. The Parliament is composed of two Cham bers, the Peers and Commons. The number of Peers is fixed at 120. The number of the Commons is to be regulated by an electoral law. The Parliament will assemble at Palermo on the 12th of every January. The King may convoke a Parliament for extraor dinary occasions. Every Parliamentary session to last three months. The King may dissolve the Parliament, but the members of the Parliament so dissolved may be re-elected. In case of such dissolu tion the King shall be bound to summon a new Parlia ment within six months. The power to propose new laws is to belong to either Chamber. Any Bill imposing taxes must be first submitted to the Commons. The National Guard is an institution essentially constitutional. It is to be organized by a special law. The freedom of speech and of the press is secured by law. The abuse of this right to be punished by a special law." TURKEY. Our accounts from Constantinople of the 9th inst. state that the influence of Russia over the determinations of the Divan was becoming daily more alarming. The seven Boyards arrested at Jassy, after the last events, had been conveyed to Constantinople, to he tried by the regular tribunals; but, as their acquittal was considered probable, M. DE TITow, the Russian Minister, interfered, and de manded that the captives be removed without trial into the interior of the empire. The Porte at first resisted, but so feebly, that M. DE Trrow had only to repeat his injunction to be obeyed, and the prisoners were embarked on the 2d for Brusa, on board a Go vernment steamer. General AUPICK, Envoy of the French Republic, had at last been received by the Grand Vizier and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, with the consent of the SULTAN. ESMA. SULTANA, sitter of Sultan Memitoun, died at Constantinople on the 7th, in the 72d year of her age. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Fruit—Peaches and Nectarines, 12s to 18s per dozen; Melons, English, 4s to 8s each; Dutch ditto, 2s to ss; and Pine-apples, English, 6s to 8s each ; West India ditto, 2s to 6s each ; Hothouse Grapes, 45 to 8a; black Haulburgh ditto, 3s to 5s ; and Muscat of Alexandria, 4s to 6s per lb ; Strawberries, 3d to 8d per pottle; and Rupberrks, 61 to is per pottle ; Cherries, 3d to 101 per lb; Gooseberries, Is 61:to 2s; Currants, 3s to 5516 d ; and; Apples, is to 4s per halt-sieve; Oranges, 6s to 12s, and Lemons, 5s to 8s per 100; Almonds, 8s to 10s; Brazil Nuts, 3s 6d ; Spanish ditto, 35 61; and Barcelona ditto, as per p , -ck. Vegetables—Cucumbers, 4d to is 6d per brace; Greens, Is to is 61, per dozen bunches; Rhubarb, 3s to 4s 61 per dozen bundles; Old Potatoes, 3s to 4s per bushel ; New ditto, ld to 3d per lb ; Spinach, 6d to 9d per junk; Cauliflowers,: Is 6d to 3s per dozen; Sea bail, 6d to is 6d per punnet ; Parsley, 61 to is per half sieve ; Cabbage Lettuces, 6d to 8d per score; and Cos ditto, 94 to is 3d per score; Radishes, 4d to 6d per dozen hands; Broad Beans, is to Is 6d per half sieve ; Horseradish, 2s to 3s 6d ; and Celery, la to is 6il per bundle; Small Salads, 2s per dozen punnets; Asparagus, 101; to 2s 3d per bundle; Kidney Beans, 8d per 100; Cabbag,s, 61 to 9d per dozen; Green Peas, 2s to 4s per bushel; Young Turnips, 6d to 10/; and Young Carrots, 8d to 10d per bunch. MUNGEIR.PORD. For most articles we had a very inactive demand, and prices almost generally had a downward tendency. Tor VirJP 0 7iZIC Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 6d; %iutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 45 10d to 5s 10d; Veal, 3a 8d to 45 4d; and Pork, 4s to 4s Sd per 81bs. NEWGI3.TX ALND I.MADEN3BX.7.. The supplies of each kind of meat were somewhat ex tensive, while the trade was heavy, at barely the late depression in the quotations.--Beef, from 2s 8d to 3a 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s fid to 51 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 35 8d to 4s 8d per Sibs, by the carcase. Goslings, 5s to -6s; Fowls, 2s to 4s; Capons 4s to ss; Chickens, 23 3d to 3s; Ducks, 2s to 3s; Rabbits Is 3d to Is 9d; Leverets, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; and Pigeons, 8d to 9d each. WELITECHILPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 41 8d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Bibs. GSATEI. Turbots, 4s to BILLXN 16w; Brills, is to 4s; Haddocks 8d to is 6d; Whitings, 4d to 8d; Mack ere l, 4d to I I d ; R e d Mullets, 9d to is 3d; Crabs, 6d to 2s; and Lobsters, is to 3s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair; Thames Floun ders, is 6d to 2s per dozen; Sahnon, is to is 6d; and Eels, 10d to is 2d per lb.; Prawns, 5s to 6s per 100. _ _ _ BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 7d to lid; of Household ditto, 5d to bid per 411.; loaf. HIDE DIZLItILET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 6416 to 721 b, 2d to 41; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2, 1 4 ,1 to 24d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 24d to 3d; ditto, 88Ib to 961 b 34d. to 3id; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, Sid ; Calf Skins (each), 4,6 d to 5s 3d; Horse Hides, 8s 6d to Os; Lamb Skins, Is 6d to 2s 9d; Sk-arlings, 9d to 11d. klair Aka...at/LETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow llay, 2/ 18s to 3/ 10s; Clover ditto, 31 168 to 41108; and Straw, 112 s to 11 53 per load. Trade dull, at droof ing prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meudow Hay, 31 to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 4/ to 41 108; and Straw, 1/ 43 to 11 8s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21183 to 3/ 108; Clover ditto, 41 to 41 128 ; and Straw, 1/ 35 to 11 7s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, uu somewhat easier terms. COAL MARKEL' Bate's West Hartley 14s t'd Buddle's W. Hartley 15s Oo Davison'sWes tHartley 15s '3d Dean's Primrose l2s On East Adairs Main—. 12s Oc Hedley'a Hartley fluting's Hartley l4s DO Holywell Main ........ 14s 301 North Pontop North Percy Hartley l4s 6d Original Tantielil Ord's Redheugh Tantield Moor Taufield Moor Butes l2s 6(1 Townley Walker's Primrose 11s 6(1 T.TYESTERDAY. ' B ell - - . , 15s Ora East Hetton :futon .., l6s Od lonase , ohne..... Lam bton Morrison l4s 3d North Hetton Lyons l4s 9EI Itussell's Hetton shotten Stewart's Caradoe ...... .. !Hartlepool Hudson's Hartlepool l4s Ou fleugh Hall Kelloe l4s 3d South Hartlepool Thornley !Seymour Tees West Cornforth .. l4s Od West Iletton l4s 6d Derwentwater Hartley 14s 9d i - lartley . ...... Powell's Duffryn Stm. 19s 94 ,Snapethorpa 1 Ships at market 131. Wall's End, &e. Bell and Brown 14s Od Framwell Gate ...... 14s Od Heaton Itiddell's l4s Oct Eden Main .. l4s 6i Lambton Primrose ... 14s Belmont lss 3, Braddyll's Hetton 155 6d, CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor resumed his sittings to-day in the Old Hall, Lincoln's-inn. HIGGINSON V. SIIAND AND OTHERS—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before him a short time since. upon motion for an injunction to restrain the defendants, the Royal Bank of Liverpool, from taking proceedings against the plaintiff to recover the sum of nearly 100,0001. under the following circumstances. The firm of Barton, Irlam, and Higginson, of Liverpool, in the course of their dealings with the Royal Bank of that town, became indebted to them to a considerable amount, and on the 21st of October, 1845, gave two promissory notes for 30,0001., each at six and nine months date. Contemporaneously with these notes the firm assigned to the plaintiff, who is the brother of one of the partners, thirteen ships in trust to secure the due payment of the notes. On the 13th of March, prior to the notes be coming due, the plaintiff, as surety, gave to the bank a promissory note for 60,000/., by way of security for the two notes given by th e fi rm . He also wrote a letter, in which he guaranteed the payment of the notes at their maturity. When the notes fell due they were not paid ; but the bank, at the instance of the firm, re newed the notes, and altered the guarantee of the plaintiff so as to extend to a renewal of the n o t es subsequently the firm undertook to pay into the bank 70,0001., by two instalments, and the bank, on the plaintiff guaranteeing to secure payment of whatever balinee should be due at the end of August, 1847, agreed to answer the cheques of the firm. The first instal ment of 53,0001. was paidinto the bank by the firm, but before the second was due the bank refused to answer a chrque for 11,0001., drawn by the firm, and demanded payment from the plaintiff, as surety for the firm of the note for 60,000/, and also of the balance due o at the 3 expiration of th e mont h o f August, payment not being ma d e , l ega l proceedings threatened, upon whi c h th e pl a i nt iff a r m c u ee n d ti i n n g gs t 5 were ,0 th O r o g applied for, and obtained an inj unct i on, restrainin such threatened proceeding, which the Vice-Chancellor of England upon motion tor t h at purpose refused to dissolve. Tne defendants then appealed to this branch of the Court, and upon that appeal coming on for hearing. at the suggestion of counsel, it was ordered to stand over, in order that a supplemental bill might be tile& ['his having been done, the matter came on before hi* Lordship upon an ;rigirial motion for an injunctions and upon that motion his Lordship now gate j u d g ment. His Lordship, after going at some length into the fact§ of the case, stated his clear opinion to be, that th e ' equities set forth upon the bill were rebutted by tho statements in the answer, and he felt, therefore, col" pelled to refuse the motion for the injunction with costs.. Motion reused with costs. The Court then proceeded to hear appeal motions. The other Equity Courts also resumed their sittings in Lincoln's Inn and Chancery-lane to day, but nothing calling for a sp , cial report cccurred in any of them during the morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice %VIGHTMAN.) "TIIE SATIRIST."—THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK V. GHISLKIf; This Aas another action brought by t h e Duke o f Brunswick to recover comp ensat i on in d am ages from the defendant, the publisher of the Satirist, for the pub lication of two libels—the first on the 3d of November' 1343, and the second in March, 1845—imputing "con geniality" with the notorious murderer Hockey, that 1.1 ( 7 was in the habit of committing a nameless offence, en that he had something to do with the murder of Grimwood. The same libels have been repeated from time to time, a n d B arnar d Gregory and persons lianas(' Pepper and Pearson have frogs time to time been punished for them either in the shape of imprisonment or verdicts in money. The Duke of Brunswick, who as usual. conducted hi: case in person, read a l ong s p eee h to t h e j ur y, in whac k he went through nearly a ll th e lib e l s t h at h ave apPet r o e d on him in the Satirist, an d s t a t e d t h at although ne:if.. recovered large damages he h a d never rece i ve d penn Mr y . , HH. t ei BROWN app e her in damagaredes or for costs the defendant. . $e 01' mitted he published the papers, but denied that he lv the proprietor. Consideri ng th a t so man y parties h a d o f been punished, he thought th e sma ll es t amount damages would be sufficient. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Datner ir 1,5001. • - HERR GOLDBERG'S MATINE E MUSICALE. the This was one of the mo s t c h arm i ng reunions 0. season, it was chiefly attended by the nobility, and w t held yesterday at th e res id ence o f L a d y T heresa Lel% Kent House. The c hi e f nove l ty o f t h e day l'irtr fantasia on the guitar on a i rs f rom Li n d a by ia r Schenk, well played. The great attraction was the teresting Madame Sabatier, who sung Balfe's sweet s°,7 E , "liere d'Amour," from his pretty o p era L epu i ts divinely, and two chanson e tt es , "M a B runet te " g ";.,f " La Fontaine Aux Perles;" the latter was the thane ra lS admiration the most enthusiastic and was rapte s, encored, applause from the gant s fa eces of Duches s f e i r Countesses, &c., joined to render homage to the eantat, lee. Herr Goldberg was i n f u ll force, his ( 10 , two pretty songs " Die Sendung," an d a " were splendidly sung. Marras in the cavatina fri x , La Favorite was divine. Miss Howsen, Madame ir Lozano, Madame Dulcken, &c., &c., contributed tiled valuable assistance. Madame Dulcken's PlaY i rais e, Schulhoff's .‘ Boehmische Lied e r w as b e yond all p for exquisite finish and brilli anc y. Sh e is the gem, o ° o2 pianistes. Monsieur H ermann ' s v i o li n so l o on airs L I. h , Lucia was much applauded. The residence of .t Lady Theresa Lewis was crowded with rank, asf WO, and talent. HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. Mademoiselle Hel e n e Stoepel's concert yesterday el: crowded. The f a i r pi an i s t e pl aye d sp l enu idly fantasia on airs from Guillaume Tell, and her on 5 .,, - ho compositions the " Dragoner Walzer Reverie and " Steeple Chase Galop." Reeves amongst the voca"s— re was the rose of the bouquet. The Singers of the Py" aces were most successful; and Saiuton charmed ever body. CO URT CIRCULAR. • t. At the Queen's Dra w i ng - room , on Thursday , „ James's Palace, Count Danneskiold Samsoe sented to her Majesty the Queen and his Royal ness Prince Albert, in the Foreign Diplomatic Circle, Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister; and the • quis Emanuel d'Azeglio, Counsellor to the Sar dinia l Legation in London, was presented to her Majesty, $ . 13 " Prince Albeit, by the C o unt de Revel, the Sarcli°l— The Queen, accompanied by Prince Alfred and,.,: Princess Alice, and attended by Viscountess Joceil:j, Lady in Waiting, took an airing yesterday in an carriage and lour. Colonel Buckley, Equerry in ing, was in attendance on horseback. r‘ ls l His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yeet e at a meeting of a Committee of th° Commission for P, ;noting and encouraging tke Fine Arts in the re butu o ing the Palace of Westminster. His Royal sig hoel arrived at the new Palace shortly before three o'eloc' attended b Colonel Bouverie. The Com y missioners present were the Earl of A deen, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Wyse, and Mr. Helt„ si t • The Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance. . I . l ' meeting broke up at five o'clock. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and 0,1 Princess Alice, took an airing in an open °arrange an, four yesterday. The Princess Helens and the Princco' Louisa were taken airings in the Royal pleasure grounds. The royal dinner party yesterday at Buckinghens Palace, included the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marchioness of Douro, the Countess of Minto, Lord Foley, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, Mr. and Lad! Georgians &Hite, of Dochiour, Lord George Lennox, Sir George Couper, and Colonel Wylde. The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendane . in the Palace during dinner, and performed the following pieces:— March, No. 7 ... . . ... Waddell. Selection—" Antigone" ... Mendelsohn' Walser—" Thimes—Fest—Klange".. Labitzky. Potpourri—" II Barbiere di Seviglia" Rossini. Quadrilles—No. 3, Scotch ... Waddell. Polka—" Norfolk" ... Labitzky• Her Majesty's private band attended in the raiSow after dinner. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited b e , i r Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlbero a g; House, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glo uc e ter, at Gloucester House. Fir A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at th e jh reign -office. It was attended by Lord John Bu% l e the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Min t° ' George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auukrere, Sir John Hobbouse, the Right , Hon. H. Lab°?fat); Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Cl anr i car de, and A r l"" Morpeth. The Council sat two hours. 'sti o g A deputation on Birkenh ea d D oc k b us i n ess, asu s -. l „irdo of Baron Goldsmid, Mr. Bailey , jun. , M.P.. n erl , -, Mr. Pike, Mr. Cole, Mr. Maynard, and Mr. Vt r a',,,T jo y' interview with the Commissioners of her J.... 1 : g , h •te ‘Voods and Forests yesterday, at th e ir o f fi ce "" i hall-place. - of The Chairman of the Excise and the Chairman &V Customs had an interview with the Chancellor 0 ' is Exchequer on Thursday, at his official resid °lce Downieg- Dispa her e were received the Co1 00 . i :0 y tc esterda at office from th e Governors of the at M uer' Provinces. ate. The Chevalier Bun sen , P russ i an Mi n i s ter, trans business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. woo el A deputation f rom t h e town an d cou ntry Ll heo le o l Victuallers, and Retail Wine and Spirit Deaiel l ,'; sie by Mr. R. Spooner, M.P., Mr. G. F. Munts, it /a.` Wire , Mr. John Williams, M.P., accompanied by P : r ifess r° ' their secretary and solicitor, and consisting :,1 te e - ory' Teulon, Bennett, R. Wilson, Kislingbury, EU , " ers Hibble, Winterbottom, and Homer, had an iute" - e xi b e Thursday, with the iancellor of the Exchequ er ' - subject of the Spirits Bill. 0 0 # melt° I r A deputation, consistin of Mr. Thomas L. ( ' /'' Churchwarden of St. Jo hn, Bethnal • Smith King, Mr. • xr . J 13 " .8 Henry nry ereiro —r. „ e rel • green In s t o r o , s Daniel Tyssen, and Mr. E. Carv ' ey, had an l'oroeu" yesterday with Viscount Morpeth, at the office and Forests. - ' , v The c lir WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, .CRIDA.** --.. ,, ig i 1 rivals this week are small of all articles. Th e h r ,;s oW if) d r much animation in the trade for wheat to.daly v- isio e '; to the short supply an advance of is per qr- l e , ! , loer e " . Oats and shelling in limited demand and rst' e- Beans meet a slow sale at late prices ' - wife MYTH.% the On the 23d inst., at Newp or t, I s l e o f Wigs.-t, esl Robert Jacobs, Esq., o f a d aug ht er . , fratni." voil On the 19th inst., at th e vicarage•-house, East the wile of the Rev. W. Streatfield, of a ton. n der s, f s44 On the 20th inst., at Dover, th e w if e o f E. kia -n th 2d Dragoon Guards, of a daughte r . v Feltoef of b On the 20th inst., at Stockwell, M rs . F. F. - 0 daughter. W ife 0 t Ou the 21st. inst., at Shroton, D orse t s hire, the 1/ f 0 04 Rev. F. Bliss, 8.A., of a son. lobdr - On the 21st inst., at Cunningham-place, St. - - ore, Mrs. Lleweln Wnn of a son. On the 2lst i y n st., e, in Henrietta -street, Covendiiiis4ll if° the wife of C. J. Dimond, E sq., of a daug h te r. ale fr On the 22d inst., at the PArsenage, Haggerstopt t th e of the Rev. P. P. Gilbert, M.A., of a daughter. if o f On the 22d inst., a t the vicars e Enfield, th e ' w " -e Rev. J. M. Heath, o f a daughter. g ' ___--- tb t/ a MAgRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. Marv's Church, Ayleaburlt s b o Y, t uf Rev. J. R. l'retyman, Mr. H. Woodhead, of R,,ot her o l3 ,eler' Margaret Elizabeth, e ld est daughter o f M r . J. A - - the White Hart H o t e l , A yles b ury. the °° e° 11' On the 22d i ns t , at S t. George's, Bloomsbury , by totl and Rev. M ontagu Villiers, Sir C. Fellows, of 3-1 1 i pag es place, to Harriet, widow of the late W. Knight, E 6 11" t S lands, Herts. te r ' tkl On the 22d inst., at Stisted, by the Rev. C. ° raidge, b Rev. T. G. Carter, 8.A., Trinity College, CaW br Louisa H arvey , second daughter of 0. S. Onley, Stisted Hall, Braintree, Essex DIES. gia de tleff On the 20th inst., at Whitchurch, Oxon, J. tP" Esq., lae a Cptain n the 97th Regiment. On the t 20th a i inst.. at Woolhampton, aged 56, Cha rl6l o'' eldest son of the late G. Frankum, Esq., of Woolhaa3r sr 9 Berks. 4, W q On the 21st inst., at E k 1 • qty.re aged Frankland, eldest child ereey -s - of the Rev. G. F. Lewis. a g. On the Zest inst., at the residence of his tther,ot Bonnett, of Middle-row, Holborn, aged 33, eldes t ton Bonuett, of Farm-street, Berkeley-square. nlet Qfif On the 21st inst., aged 56, Ann, tue vide of ll. l. °Pr EN., of Brook-lodge, Brook-hill, Woo:wich. At Doddington-grove, Kennington, on the 21st 1.113 t" Jeanneret, aged 77. $ 0 London: Printed and Published bll y MURDO TO No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Suit Offfee , „„ o pti Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy s in the "" Middlesex, Saturday, June 24, Is4B. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1848.