The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-06 00:00:00

Just ready. in Svo., ss. bound, RENE'S DAUGHTER. A DANISH LYRICAL DRAMA. 'Ey BENRIK HERZ. Rendered into English Verse, and Illustrated by an Mater!cal Sketch of the Fortunes an Misfortunes of Good Kiag Rene. By the lion. EDMUND PHIPPS. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) ---,..,.- KING WEATHEK.—SUN OPTICE, APRIL 6 riIERMOIEIETER. Lovvest, 41 ; Hig'hest, 60. Noon. 47 BARON:WIT/4 '29.74—WIND N.; fine. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF IB4d This Dav Is pnblished. and can now bo had of all Booksellers, In - svo., price 71. tid., with Portraits of Lainartine and Gniaot, rrIE- THREE DAYS of FEBRUARY, 1848. By PERCY B. ST. JOHN. 'AN EYE-WITNESS OF THE WHOLE REVOLUTION. OPINIONS OF VIE PRESS. See lfaarterly Review for April, IS4B. "—Mr. 4t. John describes the momentous two days with consider s.l - ,la force and animation."—Examiner. "A ♦ivid picture of the turmoil of a great city in insurrection."— Weekly Chronicle. " A deeply interesting narwlve of the whole revolution."—Ad. vertiser. ".There is e. vividness about his descriptions which nothing but actin' experience of the events could have ov . ssioned."—lforning Chronicle. • Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher In Ordinary to her Majesty). THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXXVI, is This Day published. GBNITIS CO' PLATO: ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. 11. COLIftRIDGE AND SOUTHEY. ITI. EVEREST'S MEASUREMENT OF THE MERIDIAN IN INDIA. IV.- THE MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. V. DEACONESSES, Oft PROTESTANT SISTERHOODS. VI. LAW OF SETTLEMENT, vtr. LESLIE'S LIFE OF CONSTABLE: CONSTABLE AND TURNER. VIII. 3IICHEL : THE PROSCRIBED RACES OF FRANCE AND SPAIN. It. MODERN QUAKILRIS3f : WILLIA3f ALLEN ♦ND MRi. • FRY. Y. KING'S ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. U. THE FRENCH REPUBLICANS. ,London Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. JEER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M TUALBERG. ,ND SACRED, CLASSICAL, and MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT, on MONDAY EVENING, April 17. It Is respectfully announced that on MONDAY EVENING, April 17, will be given a GRAND CONCERT, with great Orchestra, Chorus, Ac., on which occasion M. 'fhalberg will execute the following pieces : I. Grand Concerto in C minor .. •• • • .. Beethoven. 2. Fantasia on Subjects from Mozart's Don Giovanni Thalberg. 3. fantasia on Subjects from -tuber's Masaniello .. Thalberg. 4. ' Lieder Ohne Worte" • • .. • • .. Mendelssohn. The Vocal portion will include Madame Tadolini, Mdlle. Schwartz, And Mdlle Sofia Cruvelli. Mgnor Gardont, Signor Bellettf, Signor F. Lablache, tiignor Colett, Signor Bouche, Signor Cuzzani, ~ And Signor Lablache, Anil comprise selections from the works of Mozart, Beethoven, tiluck, Mendels , ottn, Weber, Spontini, &c., and include a Grand Trio for Three Ba.ssesdry Meyerbeer —Signori Lablathe, Belletti, and CoWU. 3ltidlle Vora, Conductor, M. Balfe. Prices of Admission. Boxes.. .. . 2 and 3 guineas Pit Stalls ••• • • • •.. .. 10s. 6d. each. , Pit Tickets. ......... . Gallery Stalls .. . ..... .......... ss. Od. each. Gallery Tickets 2s. lid. each. boon open at Half-past Seven, and the Concert te commence at Eight 'o'clock. .N.B. A •second Grand Concert will be presented on Wednesday m^P.ling, April 19. THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. • T lIIS EV EN LNG, .. Variety of New Performances :—The Pyramid of Decanters— Ti Two Punclainellos —The Villager's Wedding—The Two Clowns —The Woman Games—The Chinese Jugglers, &o by M.M. A. Sie ve,. A,ariol. Andre, Loissetaine, n elile, Nief, la petite Loissot, &c. The Manie, by Mdlls. Caroline and Mathilde. Various novel and daring acts of Equitation—The Voltige—The Tarantell, &c., by Malls Paiiityre, Anate, F. Stanley, E. Lambert, Coralie, Ducos, Florentine, Amaglia, Le petit Anato, &c. Laughable and groteque representa tlops by the Clowns MM. Au.zol, Leclair, and Ariol, fils. Pours open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. Second price, Half-past Nine. TILEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Ca ' J ., the management at Mr. Ls. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING. Will be presented a new (innie Drama, called OLD HONESTY. After which, a new Comic Drama, entitled LAVATER THE PHYSIOGNOMIST ; and uo. Lavater, Mr. Webster ; ..1-snes, Miss Forte;eue. ro comiukie with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE! or, The Island of TranQuil Delights. 'Stale Ailanager, Air. P - urn; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes , 51 . ; Pit, 3.. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Halt -Past Six, P2rtotinalice to commence at Seven. • ht, t.. 01 Al., ADELetli. Under the direcUon o xladame t'eleste Will he performerl a new EVENING and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woulgar, Mrs. Drank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA TIONAL DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal shanwiers by messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedioni, sanders ; davit Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. •To conclude with THE COMRADES ; an Anecdote of the Span ish War. Pri,ncipal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Boyce, Murk 'ard, Paul Le'grand, C. J. Smith, kyan, Miss E. Harding, &C. tioxes, 45.; ea, 25., Gallery, Is. or•en at Ils.ll-past Six. Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Undex the Managemesat of Madame Vestris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. Eirlf.NING —.— WIN be performed a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. claracters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear.lielliughani, Iluckstone ; Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Alter which, a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD TITIiGE. To conclude with a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TUE GOLDEN MLA Sit IL Principal character, by Messrs, H. Hail, Harley, Ker 3ladame Vestris, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Macnamara. D 1555 Boxes, ss. ; Upper Roxea, 48. ; Pit, Si. ; Gallery, is. No WI price to any part of the house. - roe ii'ew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington•street, Is open to the natalie .very day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. of the Colosseum. FRENCH. PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. 33. 0 d Bond-street. TO-MORROW EVENING, al ck y rtr v ii m m t s will commence at hall-mutt Seven o'clock with _,_Atter , which, the new Comedie-Vandeeille, entitled t 24 gOtS WF. tAIRE GRIS. Le Vicomte'de Monreal, Mons. Latont. -7b conclude with CATHERINE. loxes and Stalls may be obtalnrd at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 8.3. Qlci Bond-street. ESS'6 TfIE.ITRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-strett, Portland. place. TO-MORROW * EVENING, Will be performed Shaltspere's Tragedy of JULIUS CrESAR. Julius CLesar, Mr. C. Fisher; Octavius Cxsar, Mr. Conway; Brutus, Ur. Macready ; Portia, Miss E. Montague. To be followed by the Musical Piece of " NO." Sir George Doubt dal, Mr. Bodda ; Commodore Hurricane, Mr. Neville; Maria, Miss E To conclude v. ith a new Farce entitled VP TO SNUFF. Dres,Ctrele, is. Bax.es, is.; Pit, '2s. ; Gallery, Is. STRAND THEATRE. ' NEW MANAGEMENT. THIS EVENING . Will be presenled Auber's new Opera, entitled HAIDER ; or the Beset, with entirely new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Haydee, Miss Poole ; Rafacla, Madame Florence Brunel ; Loredieu, Mr. D. W. King; Malapieri, Mr. Borrani; Iladieu, Mr. C. Horn ; Gousslvo, Mr. S. Jones ; Domenico, Mr. llorncastle. Iu order to give due effect to this e.debrated composition. the hand sad chorus have been augmented to upwards of Fifty Performers, tinder the direction of Mr. J. F. Tudey. Alter which a new grand BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, in which. 4111 e. Louise Blanche, Miss Cushnie, and Sir. IV. Smidt will appear. To conclude with a new Burletta called THE SON OF THE VY. Private Boxes, I/. Is.; Stalls, 2s. Gd. ; Boxes, 21. ; Pit, Is. ; Cal ory, 61. Half-price, to the Boxes only, at Nine o'cicck. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. Oxberry. ASTLEY':4 ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE La•t FtveNighTsof the present Grand Spectacle, and unprecedented I.queqtrian Entertainments. in order to make preparation for the niagalficent Easter Holiday Enter ainmen s. THIS EVENING, The New Gorgeous Sp ectac l e , THE BATTLE OF THE - AMAZONS. with all its splendid appointments, &C. To be followed by, and tie evening's entertainments to terminate with A GRAM) EQUESTRIAN FETE, in which the Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes will appear each evening in their peculiar end ineomparable Feats and brilliant Scenes in the Circle. Box-mince omen from 11 till a. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE THIRD EDITIONS " THE SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, .'IIIE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. to • W A.TEIt ♦T LONDON•111411)OE THlti DAY. .29 Oriutes after 3. I. Evening .. 51 , ninntes afar 3 44 / 40 /tV ay.' tut LONDON, TM:1;8 1)AI, APRIL 6, 1848. THE QUARTER S REVENUE. .The Revenue returns for the financial .the a y t e b ar ending .the Sat April instant, which have ]u favourable pub lished, are perhaps on the whole than might have been expected, when the s evere pressing dif f iculties to which all classes luZband exposed within that period are taken into accoue" The nation has passed through an arduous ordeal, a n e t d . it affords matter for congratulation that so much has been done under all the circumstances. It could scarcely be supposed that when trade and commerce were paralyzed, when there was a complete cessation of credit, anal a general failure of every kind of employment, that so large an amount could be ex pended on articles of luxury, or even comfort, as . in seasons of greater prosperity. We, therefore, find a decrease in the revenue for the year of no less than 2,208,.; 1l /. The last quarter, however, exhibits some symptoms of 4 m . provement, there being an increase of 402,575/. This, however, is chiefly to be accounted for by an item which, it was supposed, would not again have mad) its r.ppearance in the national balance-sheet, and which appears there for the last time—viz , China ; . . •#- . '''' . - ~... . • . 0 - ,:r .u,'....,; i - .4. - -.4 lA. , • s, , -,Y.: ~ -s c, , i.... -. . re - : • -i .. t . l . ‘ 'V a -4 ' 4 . -- „, .. -;. ~.., ....,„,cyli d ,sn.. 7 .! , __ ' : ei7.'-',; . S . . ) - : 4T. ' , IQ:',..< 7,0 .30: ,' R 0 ' • ..1 1., go• . , ..... VAR StTN, LONDON, money, which amounts to 455,021/. This sum had been detained at the Cape in transitu, in order to provide for the extraordinary expenditure of the Kafir war, but which has now been carried to the general account. As, however, there is a decrease of 119,8371. in the other extraordinary sources of revenue, namely, of 29,4071. on the Imprest and other monies ; and of 90,430/. on the repayment of advances —there is an increase in the ordinary sources of revenue on the quarter of 67,3911., and on the ex• traordioary of 335,837/. ; making, altogether, as we have already stated, 402,575/. The Customs show a decrease bDth on the year and quarter. On the former of 836,345/., and on the latter of 55,023/. This may be accounted for by the exertions that have been made to bring gold into the country in place of merchandise, by which the revenue would have been benefited and employment afforded to the people. In the Excise there is a de ficiency on the year of 467,175/. ; but we rejoice to say that on the quarter there is an improvement of no less than 349,7361. This is the more gratifying when it is borne in mind that the Excise returns may be regarded as the barometer of national prosperity, indicating the degree of comfort enjoyed by the great body of the people, the hardworking and industrious classes. A portion of the improvement may, how ever, be accounted for by a difference in the manner of taking the accounts, by which certain credits which formerly were noticed under the head of " Stamps" are now inserted in the Excise. This change will also partly explain the deficiency in the Stamp department, which amounts to 198,614/. on the quarter, and 301,8961. on the year ; the lower amount of mercantile securities that have been in circulation accounting for the residue. The Taxes show an increase of 90,4131. on the year, and 13,0101. on the quarter ; while the Income-tax pre sents a small deficiency of 5,212/. on the year, but an increase on the quarter of 8,565/. The efficiency and value of the improvements introduced by RoWLAND HILL in the Post-office are still further exemplified by an increase of 46,0001. on the year, and 2,0001. on the quarter. In the other items of Crown Lands and Miscellaneous there are fallings off both on the year and the quarter, showing in the former a decrease of 51,000/. in the year,. and 16,0001. in the quarter ; and in the latter of 169,5211. in the year, and 36,2861. in the quarter. The total income for the year amounts to 48,500,1411., for the quarter to 11,065,324/. The total charge is 7,427,0381., leaving a surplus income for the quarter of 3,638,2861. : to this is to he added the balance of 882,548/. remaining in the Exchequer on the sth January last, which amounts in the whole to 4,520, 8341 , applicable to the national expenditure within the quarter. The amount issued for supply services within that period, however, was no less than 5,956,2321.; a sum of 1,43.5,3981. must therefore be provided by the issue of Exchequer -bills. The above statement will surely satisfy every reasonable man of the absolute necessity for the most rigid economy so fir as it is consistent with the na tional honour and the national safety, and the pro priety of instituting a searching inquiry into the public income and the public expenditure. Banquets appear to be the favourite demonstrations of a people devoted to the cause of constitutional liberty. Every one remembers that it was the prohi bitio•i of a banquet which induced ODILON BA RROT to lay the impeachment of Ministers before the Pre sident of the Chamber of Deputies, and which ulti mately caused the Parisians to advance from the summit of the barricades to the parapet of the Tuileries. Two banquets were given yesterday evening in our own metropolis, and at those festivi ties two glorious principles were maintained by the eloquence of the orators best qualified to become their Advocates and Apostles. The one was the annual meeting of the Free-trade Club ; the other was a dinner given by the Directors of the East India Company in celebration of the military victories and the civil achievements of HENRY Viscount HARDINGE. The latter was not only a commemorative but a congratulatory de monstration, it was a magnificent token of welcome to an illustrious Captain and Administrator on the occasion of his return homewards from the con quest of 100,000 Seikhs, from the capture of 250 pieces of cannon, from the establishment of a permanent and honourable oeace. and from the government of tnat cotossal empire, which contains a frontier of 12,000 miles, and a population of 100,000,000 of the human family. Upon an occasion like this, so unprecedented in colonial history, it was but fitting that all differ ences of political opinion should be forgotten, that the feuds of Parliament should be overlooked, that Whig and Tory, that Conservative and Liberal, that Free-trader and Protectionist, that the most distin guished representatives of the Ministry and the Legis lature, of the Admiralty and the Horse Guards, of the mercantile and the ecclesiastical professions, should assemble together without any distinction whatever, to offer their felicitations to a successful warrior, and their eulogiums to a patriotic statesman. If any one of the successors of the immortal Crays de served this homage, it was certainly the Pacificator of the Punjaub ; if any one of the followers of WARREN lIASTIsGs, it was assuredly the chief nego tiator of the treaties of Lahore; if any of the lieutenants of WELLINGTON, it was unquestionably the victor of Sobraon and Ferozeshah. Hence there were last night congregated together in the ban-- quetting chamber in Leadenhall-street men in the most exalted position and men of the most dissimilar genius in England—all actuated by one coincident sentiment, a sentiment of admiration for the brave soldier who had consolidated our dominion in the Asiatic continent by a campaign of sixty days, and who in struggling against the extraordinary difncul• ties of his position in the winter of 1845-1846 had waived for a time his dignity as Governor-General of India, and had volunteered his services in the subor dinate rank of a Lieutenant-General, for the purpose of seconding the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in Hiudostan in the crisis of an astounding and perilous catastrophe. The magnanimity evinced on that occasion by the predecessor of the Earl of DAL nousu must have been amply repaid by the plaudits of his countrymen, by the approbation of his owu conscience, by the approval of his SOVEREIGN, by the thanks of the assembled Parliament, by the pane gyrics of the most renowned personages in the army and the Legislature, and, though last, not assuredly the least, by the splendid banquet of yesterday evening in the palace of the merchant-tetrarchs of Hindostan. Among the most important speeches delivered be fore the august guests of the East India Company Directors, were those of the Chairman, HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, Esq., of Lord HARDINGE himself, of the newly -appointed Archbishop of CatiTeanuay of his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, of the late ' Prime Minister, Sir ROBERT PEEL, and of the Right Honourable THOMAS BAUINGTON DIACAULA.Y. If only as affording those distinguished men the oppor tunity of addressing themselves to the great question of the morality of our sway over the Oriental millions the incident was admirable. While pronouncing in the simplest language, his ac knowledgments for the brilliant reception awarded to him on returning to the land of his na tivity, the Conqueror of the Punjaub exulted (and was not his exultation allowable ?) in his having been the instrument by which England had organized tranquillity at Lahore by a treaty which would have been sufficiently fortunate if only in the single cir cumstance that it enabled our diplomatists to re " bd L , o . serve ord Imons trate against the rites of infanticide and suttee. "Only two years ago , liatntsct, " a native state, with a population of twenty milli ons, voluntarily renounced these horrid practices." Th a t wouldOdfisiattsteelrfs,anda glorious an b ample compensation for our vic tories. Of a ll t h e commen d a ti ons , however, which riou s consequence of our were pr onounce d on the ex- G overnor - General of India, the one which must have sounded pleasantest to his soldier's heart was the pithy and emphatic encomium of the veteran WELLINGTON. It must have brought vividly to his remembrance the days when, as little more than a subaltern, he learnt the lessons of mili tary wisdom from the example of that remarkable General. A long while has elapsed since that memo table age of battles ; HARDINGE himself has ripened in years and reputation ; he has but just returned from the administration of the affairs of a gigantic empire, and he hears from the lips of his aged leader the assurance that at the period of his appointment to the government of liindostan " he was fully sensible of his ability, his zeal, his talents, his patience, his fortitude." That alone would be a memorable panegyric. But Lord HAIL - BINGE was yet more fortunate in the commentators upon his Asiatic career. Sir ROBERT PEEL, by a felicitous allusion to the conduct of the ex-Governor-General on the eventful night which intervened between the com mencement and the Close of the battle of Ferozeshah, eli'eited the cheers of his auditors,'when he exclaimed " The army felt the touch of 'Luny on that night !" Yor were the rhetorical tones of Mr. MACAULAY inaudible in reference to the good services performed by Lord HARDINGE on the ensanguined banks of the Sutlej. After glancing at the satisfactory con summation of that celebrated campaign, the elo quent vindicator of Hasnsos spoke thus :—" My chief reason," said he, " for rejoicing in these vic tories is, that I am deeply convinced that our Government in India is a blessing to the human race, and an honour to the English name !" Cordially can those sympathise in the admiration of Mr. MACAULAY who reflect upon the beneficent progress of the Eng lish rule in Asia, and who remember, above all, the civilizing influences which have already been exer• cised by the celestial dogmas of Christianity over the worshippers of BRAMAM and Vtsusu, over the fol lowers of. ZOROASTER and MOLIAMMED, over Parsees and cannibals, over Bhuddists and fire-worshippers. Our dominion in Elindostan is peculiarly the blessing of the human race, and the glory of the English name, because it is inextricably identified with the diffusion of knowledge and the advancement of religion. Madrid papers of the 30th have been received. Senor OLOZAGA was arrested on the morning of that (lay by order of General NAME; and committed to the military prison of the Guardes de Corp!. General IRIARTE has been dismissed from the army. MADRID BOLSA, MARCIt 30.—The Three per Cents., 21+ cash ; Five per Cents., 13f buyers, 14 sellers ; Passive Debt, 4i buyers, 4a sellers; Coupons, 10 sellers. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the French papers of yesterday. The elections of officers of the National Guard commenced that morning and were proceeding quietly, bu: considerable excitement would probably mark their close. The struggle is between the mo derate and the ultra-Republicans, and its result may indicate the tone and complexion of the elections of members of the Constituent Assembly. The following are the results, so far as they are known in Paris last evening : In the first legion, the moderate Republican, M. DE TRACT, has beaten Ji. BASTIDE, the Government candidate. In the second legion, M. CLEMENT Thomas, the Government candidate, has carried the election. In the third legion, M. TniatoN, the Go vernment candidate, will also be returned. In the fifth legion, M. VAVARET has been returned he Government candidate, without opposition. In the twelfth legion, M. BARBEs, well known for his extreme Republican views, has also been elected without opposition. The Provisional Government has given notice to the workmen employed on the public works, that for the three days during which the elections for the National Assembly are to last, they shall have holi days, and be paid as if in full employment. A decree tits been issued by the Provisional Go vernment, by which " every master manufacturer who will henceforth exact more than ten hours work from his labourers shall be punished by a fine of from fifty to one hundred francs for the first offence, and of one hundred to two hundred francs for the second offence; and for a third offence, to imprisonment for six months. The fines to go to the fund for sick out viers, Another decree orders that 130,000 scarfs, and 43,000 Rags of the Republic, shall be immediately made at Lyons. The 3loniteur also publishes a decree, in which it is stated, that " Considering the ordinary delay of fifteen days granted to the holder of bills to exercise his recourse by way of denunciation is insufficient in the present circumstances, and that it is useful to accord to him the means of facilitating the pqyznent oy the endorsers and other obliges, decrees :—That until it shall be otherwise ordered, the delay of fifteen days, granted to the holders of commercial effects, is prorogued for forty-five days, not com prising the delays of distance.' " The following decree, by which the Government takes the Paris and Orleans Railway into its own hands, is also published in the Moniteur:— " According to the decree of the 30th of March, by which the citizens Bineau and Didion have been named extraordinary comtnisiaries to the Orleans and Centre Rai ways ; " Considering that it is established that these two rail ways have no further sufficient power to assure the ser vice of transports ; " Considerin that, in such a state of things, it is the right and duty of the Government to take into their hands, provisionally, the administration and exploitution of these two railways, all reserve, however, being made of the rights and interests of the shareholders and of third parties ; "Oa the proposition of the Minister of Public Works, decrees.— " Art. 1. The Railways of Orleans and of the Centre are placid under sequestration . "They will be administered and carried on under the direction of the Minister of Public Works. " Art. 2. The citizen. Sauvage, engineer of mines, is named administrator of the two railways—he will exer cise his powers under the inspection of the citizens Didion and Ltineau. " Art. 3. From the present day all the direct and in direct produce of the two railways shall be received, notwithstandin g all opposition and arrests, and shall be applied.to the uses of the enterprise." ember of Government. M. AUD E , th e Mayor ot [ M Aix, has addres se d a letter, dated March 27, to Dr. Vtia.aNzuve, President of the Aqiociation for the DefenCe of National and Religious Liberty, announcing that XL THIERS had officially signified to him his intention not to offer himself as a candidate for the post of Deputy to the National Assembly. The Provisional Government bas determined that the Tuileries shall be converted into the piece of meeting for the National Assembly, and that the Chateau of Meudon shall be the new Asylum for Civil Invalids. The following article on the reply of M. LAII•lt. TINE to the Irish Deputation appears in the Journal des Debuts : We have at all times and on every occasion ex pressed our sympathy for the unhappy people of Ireland; but at the same time every one knows our constant opinion on that unfortunate chimera which is called Repeal. No one will, therefore, be astonished that we give our entire approbation to the answer of M. de Lamartine. In the manifesto which he addressed last week to the foreign powers, M. de Lamartine declared that France would not let nationalities be oppressed which wished to reconstruct themselves. Such or such a party in Ireland may have imagined that a prin ciple applicable to Italy or Poland, or in one word to a whole, distinct nationality, which had reason to fear the intervention or oppression of a foreign power, might be equally applicable to Ireland. This is evidently an error; and for the interest of the peace of Europe, we congra tulate ourselves that an opportunity has been given to the representative of the French Government of fixing clearly upon this point the policy of the new Republic. Besides this, we beg to observe that the deputies come from Irelited have not come. in the name of the whole of Ireland. Not only do they not represent the whole of that country, but they do not even represent the whole of the Repeal party. We will not here attempt to point out the different parties which divide Ireland. It would be too long. We shall merely remind our readers that among the Irish who demand the legislative separation between their country and England, those who were yes terday at the Hotel de Ville of Paris aro only delegated by a minority, and that at the present moment, while Young Ireland is preaching war for the purpose of obtaining repeal, 01,1 Ireland continues to preach peace and moral force. If the French Government should wish to come to an understanding with the Irish, it ought to commence by begging the Irish to come to an understandin g among themselves. When the Italians claimed and vindicated their independence, they did it in the name of a principle of unalienable sovereignty; but the party which in Ireland asks a local legislature, ucknowl, dges at the seine time the sovereignty of the crown of Great Britain. It it .purely and simply pro vincialism, that is to say the very thing which is the roost contrary to what w . e are, and what we are doing; and the French Government, in making itself the ally of Young or, Old Ireland, will only make itself the ally of a party. The words of M. de Lamar tine will produce, we are sure, a very great impression on the whole of Great Britain, in Ireland as well as in England.. We fully approve of them, for our part, because they contain the formal assurance of the desire of the Republic to maintain peace, and to respect We could wish th a t th e y m i g h t which c t h e a i r s that g row th u e l y g he ll s. o before lun g c gw t r nt right i e obrtu andrvt twee that r i t, calm i n aa a tt: r')trli poser, n l e r t t a v t_; i s e; c e fuse a l c u etr that that unhappy country will bo the theatre of abloody EVENING., APRIL 8, 1648, scene; we deplore it profoundly, because we foresee the issue of it, and because we ere firmly convinced that repeal would be a disastrous thing . for Inland herself. A war between the poor and rich, between proprietors and tenants, would continue its fatal course through any number of political changes. It is not the legislative union with England that is the source of that intestine struggle; it is not the separation of the Parliaments that will cause it to cease. We will allow ourselves a last remark. We see with a certain degree of sur prise that the Irish delegates, in the aldresses which they have presented to the Government of the Republic, give themselves several times the titles of slaves. We suspect that in this word there is a slight degree of Irish exaggeration. For, in short, of the three delegates who have come to Paris, there are two if we do not deceive ourselves, who are at the present moment under an accusation of sedition in their own country. Eight days ago the magistrates of Dublin de- creed warrants of arrest against them, and cited them to appear before the Queen's Bench. The three persons accused gave bail, and bound themselves to appear before the court on a certain day. Besides this, the thirst remains, in the meantime, in Ireland, to continue his harangues as usual, while two embark very quietly and tranquilly to come among us, and inform us that they are slaves. Seriously and sincerely there is not too much slavery under such laws. No; that is not the slavery of Ireland. It is in the territorial constitution in its moral state that it exists. It is in Ireland itself, rather than in England. The first necessity of Ireland is not indepen dence---it is regeneration. The Pa triesay s " The Committee of Dafeace has just demanded 30,000 horses for our cavalry. They cannot be found. It has addressed itself to the horse dealers in all parts of France for a supply of 15,000 saddle horses. The dealers cannot furnish them. The committee has con sequently asked them if they would be able to deliver any number from 300 to 2,000 horses, the produce of France, fit for chargers; and the dealers have replied that they can make no promise." The Memorial de Rouen of Monday says that Lil lebonne and Bolbec are in a more tranquil state. Both towns, by way of precaution, are still occupied by a considerable military force. The same journal gives an account of disturbances at Brionne and Barnay. At Brionne and its environs the local authorities have shown deplorable weakness. The workmen in several spinning mills had been very violent in demanding a reduction in their hours of labour and an increase of pay, although great conces sions had been already made to them. One day last week the discontented men quitted their establish ments, and, drawing many from other manufactories with them, went to Barnay, where on the follow ing 'day there was an immense assemblage. With flags flying and drums beating, they encamped on the market-place, and sum moned the it masters to appear before them, under the penalty of having their establishments pil laged and burnt. The masters, to avoid the threatened disasters, obeyed the call. Some of the boldest of the ringleaders surrounded M. Boucfixa, the Government Commissary, and imperiously dic tated terms to the masters, insisting upon their being signed by them. Upon this M. LEYMOYNR, jun., in dignant at this imposition, loudly protested against it, and declared that he would never sign it. This had very nearly cost him dear ; for, at a signal from some of the leaders of the riot, seven or eight hundred of the people made a move towards his establish ment, and would probably have reduced it to ashes had he not yielded to the instances of his friends and signed the conditions. Then came the turn of another manufacturer, who had an English carding machine, which they would have destroyed, had no t M. BOUCHER promised that it should be placed under seal and not worked, though the owner clearly de monstrated that, instead of being an injury to them, it afforded employment to at least forty men. In fact, on Wednesday, the commissary fulfilled his promise. All the manufactories are in a state of consternation, hourly expecting some serious ca tastrophe. Some agitation was manifested on the 30th ult. at Bourg (Ain), in consequence of its being rumoured that M. CEIAMPVANS, the Government Commissary, was to be removed, and his place taken by another officer. " We are informed," says the Courrier de Lyon, " that Savoy has refused to receive such of the na tives of her soil as were sent back to her, as well as the republic which they wanted to present her with." On Saturday evening the workmen employed in the neighbourhood of the Chartreux at Lyons pro ceeded in order, with a drum beating before them, to the front door of the establishment, and demanded to see the superior. 'When he appeared they presented him with a flag, which they destined for the dome of the building. The superior accepted it, and thanked them for the mark of respect which they wished to pay to the house. The pupils, who had come to the windows, cheered the men loudly, in which they were joined by a number of persons who had assembled outside. The superior then asked permission from the workmen to be allowed to go and see them on the Monday, at the place where they worked, in order to present them with a return for the flag which they had given him. This, of course, was acceded to. Lyons had become more tranquil on Sunday. It was reported in Paris that Savoy had declared itself a republic. We read in the National . " There have disappeared from the Tuileries two enormous portfolios in which Louis Philippe kept his most curious correspondence, and the papers which he might make use of against those who conceived the idea of turning against him or his Ministers. By what means have these portfolios been carried off ? It was not done cn February 24, or on any day immediately after that. Their disappearance is recent. Many per sons, and we are among the number, who earnestly de sired that these documents should be published, are lost in conjecture." BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL L THREE O'CLOCK,—The fall continues to make fresh progress, and the universal question now is, " Where is all this to stop ?" To-day's Bourse was an exceedingly bad one, everything being offered, and the decline going on from the opening of business almost without a check. The French Five per Cents. opened at 54r. 50c., and closed at 50E, or 3f. lower than the day before ; the French Three per Cents. opened at 33f. 50c., and after touching 32f. 50c., closed at 33f., or If. lo , er ; Bank of France Shares, after being done at 1,050 E, closed at I,OBOE, or 33f. lower ; Belgian Fives are at 48E, or 2f. lower ; and the Roman at 4eff., or ! lower. Quatro Canaux closed at 680 E, being a fall of 20E, whilst Piedmont is 10f. better, at 6501. Bons du Tresor closed at 50 per cent. loss, after having been at one moment at 51. Railway Shares, par ticularly of the lines on which the whole of the calls are paid, were offered the whole day, and present a very marked tall. Tho measure determined on by the Government relative to the Orleans line was looked on most unfavourably, and theshares have!golle down not less than 80E, closing at 410 f. Rouen and Havre were also exceedingly offered, from a belief that they will be next under sequestration. Rouen closed at 275 E, or 32f. 50c. lower, and Havre at 275 f. or 30f. lower. Vierzon are at 282 f. 50c., being 201. lower, and Bale at 701., or llf. 25c. lower; Northern at 305 E, or 311 75e. lower; Lyons, Nantes, and Strasburg are somewhat better, as it is supposed that if they were taken into the hands of the Government it would be rather an advantage for the shareholders.:Nantes are at 328 f. 75c., or 3f. 75e. better. Strasburg at 336 f. 25c., or lf. 25c. better; and Lyons at 295 f., also If, 25c. better. French Gold is still at 70f. ; Silver I,OOOE note was from 12f. to 15f. ; and the sove reign is worth 26r, BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHAN GE . APRIL 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 534,—Ntimur and Liege, 1 1 ,4 Northern of Fr ance, 23 —Orleans and Bordeaux, I % —Paris ' and Ly ons , IIA —Paris and Orlea ns, 19—Sambre and Meuse, 4. ber of IRELAND. (111 ELECTRIC TELEGRA PH.) Dnnuse, APRIL 5, 4 p.M.—The moment the L ondon evening paper s o f yesterday were delivered al , the Cham behalf o f the. Provisi ona l Government of Paris, in re p l y to the I r i s h d eputation, was rea d a l ou d, to the manifest Comm erce, the s p eec h of ;}i. de Lamartine on gratification of a crowded room. There h as b een a considerable d ec line this day in all securities, e s p ec i ally in the shares o f the Bank of Ire land, whi c h f ell no less than six per ce nt., caused by a simultan eous rush to o fet sales in all stocks and shares, under an app re h ension of a ser i ous o utbreak. (From the Pilot of Ap ril 6.) A meeting of t h e members o f t h e Royal Dublin Society was held thi s afternoon at three o ' c l oc k. It was not called by advertisement but by privat e circular ; when Alderman B ox]) moved, an d S e rgeant WARREN se conded, res o l ut i ons to the effect that, " un d e r the exist ing circum s t ances of the country it was expe di en t th a t the memb ers of this society be forthwith arme d, an d th a t Sir E. B orough be re quisite w eapons, and carry this resolution into imme diate effect." authorised to pro c u re the —About half past one (?clock this morning DREADFUL FIR E fire took place —..-7-,,-- - - -- - a dreadful IN MA&TLEBbNE•—(TIIIS DAY.) French polisher. 't he first discovery took place in the the proprietor is - i shop, and the family were saved by escaping over the roof. The engines quickly arrived, and there was ,a good supply of in Maryiebone-lane, the premises of a water, yet, notwithstanding every exer tion, all the valuable comtents or the shop were de stroyed, as al so , serious damage done to the other por• tions of the :house. The cause was not known, but i on . neure the ' . • d in Sun Fire Office against adopted, expressed full confidence that a cornplete national representation would for the future guide the destinies of the country. But at that moment they were still the legal organ of the nation, and, as such, had certain duties to discharge. They re minded the KING of all his promises of tl.e 18th, 21st, and 28th of March, and declared that they accepted with gratitude his assurance of projects of law on the liberty of the press, individual freedom, the right of meeting and association, and the pub licity of judicial proceedings, trial by jury for political offences, civil and political equality for all religions, and general arming of the people. They would pay the deepest attention to the measures to be submitted to them. The Committees to which the consideration of the two projects of law ars referred were then named, and the sitting was adjourned till Tuesday. The Borsennachrichten has a letter from Stettin, of March 31, stating that a deputation from the mer chants of Stettin have been sent to Berlin to consult the Minister for Foreign Affairs concerning the dan gerous position of the Prussian trade in the Baltic. The Minister assured them that a note had already been dispatched to the British Foreign-office, with a view to induce the English Government to protect trade in those seas, if the Schleswig-Holstein ques tion should make such protection necessary. The same paper adds, that English trade is so much in terested in the Baltic trade, that Lord PALMERSTON must necessarily accede to the demands of Prussia. Letters from Posen and Breslau, in the Cologne Gazette, confirm the former reports of the disorderly state of the Grand Duchy. The Poles are preparing for war, while the German inhabitants of the Grand Duchy excite their hate by protesting against the intended separation from the German empire• Breslau, part of the province of Silesia, on the other hand, seems to have overcome the convulsions which necessarily attend so sudden a change as Prussia has undergone. The citizens, who keep order admirably, are armed, and muster a force of no less than 12,000 men. The country districts are still agitated, and exhibit the melancholy consequences of protracted fiscal misrule. Bands of armed peasants are still here and there attacking the royal domains and seats of noblemen. They destroyed the palace of Count SAURMA, at Geltsch, and robbed him of his plate. Their depredations in this single instance amount to 50,000 dollars. Count YORK, of Wartenburg, the newly-appointed Chief President of the province of Silesia, is said to be very unpopular, and it is ex pected that he will be forced to resign. The Elberfelder Zeitung has a letter from Berlin, stating that the Princess of PRUSSIA has given 15,000 dollars for the widows and orphans of the victims of the Berlin revolution, and that she has promised to give the same sum every year. ' The Hamburgh Borsenhalle contains a letter from Berlin, which says :—" A note is said to have been received here from the Russian Government, to the purport that that power does not intend to inter fere in the domestic affairs of Prussia; but that if Prussia should resort to measures which might affect the integrity of the Polish-Russian dominions, Russia would act independently, according to circum stances. It is, however, asserted that letters have in the meanwhile been received here from the fron tiers, which mention the appearance of the Cossacks at Tilsit to 50,000 strong. Numerous aggressions had been committed by these hordes on the Prussian frontier." GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN DIET OF TILE STATES-GENERAL. BERLIN, APRIL 2.--This day, at twelve o'clock, the opening of the second United Diet took place at thq Whitehall in the Royal Palace. After the Mem bets of the Diet had assembled, the Royal Diet Com tnitesary, the President of the Ministry, Calf PHAUSEN, was informed thereof by a deputation of the Members of both Curies, and, accompanied by all the Minis tqs, he entered the Hall, where he delivered the following speech . "High Assembly,—His Majesty the King has com manded me to open the second United Diet in his royal name. Mighty events have shaken a part of Europe, and our own country has not remained unscathed. These events menace us with increasing dangers; they open before us a momentous future. Prussia and Ger many will stand this time of transition if they act with deliberate courage and well-ordered energy in the newly-opened career. The unity of Ger many has for a long timo been the goal to which all our wishes were directed, often with hopeless despair. Now, however, we advance towards it with rapid strides, and his Majesty the King voluntarily and cheerfully stood forth on the side of the 15,000,000 of inhabitants. The political position of the burghers in the state was a necessity the more keenly felt, as the people had ad vanced in the scale of civilization whi,Th placed them at least on a level with other nations living under free con stitutional legislation. His Majesty the King has gua ranteed a truly constitutional administration, and we are already assembled here for the purpose of laying the foundation-stone upon which the imperishable fabric is to be erected. We confidently hope that the work will rise rapidly; that it will annex and interjoin itself vv!th a vast constitutional fabric of the whole German nation. " It is deeply to be regretted that this state of things could not bet ffected without bringing in its train those disasters from which the community is at present suffering. "We may, however, derive consolation from the re flection that the last few weeks have opened many hid den wounds, and have revealed to us their existence and the mode of cure. The Government acknowledges its task to give fresh energy to the power of the State, to consolidate the bands of legal order, to re-establish confidence, to revive declining credit, and to effect the regeneration of commerce and the reward of industry. The Government will strive to maintain peace abroad, so long as the honour of Germany permits it, and to re store peace at home. In carrying out these duties, it relies upon the sound judgment of the burghers, who are now called upon to demonstrate that they are ripe for liberty. The Government also depends upon the support of the High United Diet, a support which, if it be given, may be given with perfect freedom of discus sion, a statement of personal conviction. None will altogether lose sight of the impression which a powerful, indisputable expression of public opinion is calculated to produce upon individual opinion; none will wish to deny that measures may be indispensable and wholesome at certain times, which at another period could not be deemed advisable. This High Assembly will undoubtedly bear in mind, in their deliberations, the radically altered relations of the times; the expression of their views will be welcomed by his Majesty the King, and by the ad visers of the Crown. " The Prussian nation, while it has commenced the free discussion of its most momentous affairs with freedom of the press and proceedings in public, cannot but recognise that in the contest of principles only truth appears, and that for the defence of liberty every person must be at liberty to express his individual opinion, with full right, and without impediment. Although the High United Diet, both in its constitution and in its privileges, will differ essentially from the future popular representations, the Government lays great stress upon its counsels at the present juncture, and in this spirit I have the honour to lay before you the royal propositions for your investigation and deliberation : " DECREE OF PROPOSITIONS. "' We, Frederick William, by the grace of God King of Prussia, &c., &c. "'Send our royal greeting to the assembled States of our second United Diet. " ' For the purpose of calling into action the consti tutional administration promised to our faithful people on the most extensive basis, it is indispensable that it should be intrinsically combined with an assembly of competent popular representatives, freely elected. " We have, therefore, projected a provisional elec toral law, containing proposals according to which, from the nature of its transitory duties, cannot go into com• mittee, so to be elected and constituted, while we submit this project to the United Diet, which is assembled for the last time in its present form. We recommend its speedy decision, in order that, by the immediate estab lishment of the permanent and open administration of justice, all those blessings may result which it is oar conscientious endeavour to obtain for our faithful people by the complete and thorough development of a free con stitution. " ' This constitution, the project of which we shall submit to the Assembly, which is about to be founded on the basis of the electoral law, shall, according to our view, and for the purpose of completely attaining its ob ject, approach in its form to the preponderating majority f the vonstitutinnal Governments of Germany, and to he in unison with the formation of a universal German federal administration. " • Given at Potsdam, April 2, 1848. (Signed) " FREDERICK WILLIAM.' " (Countersigned by the Cabinet Ministers.) OUTLINE OF THE FUTURE LAW OF ELECTION. " 1. Every householder who has completed the twenty-fourth year of his age, and who has not forfeited any of his civil rights, will have a vote in the commune in which he has resided for one year, provide d he has not been supported by any poor or public rate, or served in any menial capacity without possessing a house of his own. " 2. The voters of each commune will elect fur every 500 of their number one elector; if the population is less than 500 but more than 300, it will still retain the right of choosing an elector. If it is under 300, the commune will be joined by the provibcial council to other com munes i❑ the same district. " In coremuuesof a population of more tha❑ 500 the votes will be taken by districts, in such a manner that no more than five electors ar© to be returned for any one of them. " fropertios that do not belong to a commune will be united, for the purposes of the election, to an adjacent town or rural commune. _ _ "3. An elector can only be chosen in the district in which he is qualified himself to vote. " 4. The election is to be decided by the absolute ma jority of votes. `• 5. Every householder having completed his 30th year, in full possession of his civil rights, and never having received support from any public rate, is eligible to be chosen as a deputy. " 6. For each district having a provincial council, as well as for every town belonging to a provincial circle, one deputy shall be returned. If the population of the district or town reaches 60,000, two ; and for every 40,000 more one deputy in addition; so that, fur 100,000 Of population, three, and, for 140,000, four deputies, shall be elected. " 7. The number of the population to be reckoned on the census of 184 G. " 8, In the towns the choice of electors shall be con ducted under the superintendence of the magistrates, and, where there is no bench of magistrates, under the municipal authorities. " The manner of conducting the election will be fixed by a future Ministerial order. " The election of deputies in the rural districts will be superintended by the provincial council ; and, in the towns not belonging to such a district, by the magistrates and the municipal authorities. " 9. The election of Deputies is to be decided by the absolute majority of votes written by the voters them selves. Where more than three Deputies are to be chosen, the election is to be according to districts, which will be divided by the proper authorities for the purpose. i" 10. The Deputies, when elected, will vote in the Assembly according to their own independent opinions, and are not bound to any specific projects or instructions. " 11. The proof of the legality of the several elections will be left to the Assembly itself." .4 W e , Frederick William, &c , to our United Diet, assembled for the beconci time, greeting— " he Assembly of our faithful States, called together this day, meet to consider the proposed new law of election, and to come to an understanding with us as to the form of the free constitution which we have proposed to our people. But we will at once state some of the main principles of this constitution, and have therefore prepared the following decree, for which we anticipate an early assent by our faithful Diet. "FREDERICK WILLIAM. " Potsdam, April 2." (Countersigned by all the Ministers.) " OUTLINE OF SOME OF THE LEADING PRINCIPLES 0 THE NEW PRUSSLAN CONSTITUTION. " We, Frederick William, &c., " 1. In order further to develope the freedom of thi press, which has been granted to our people, the regula tions contained in the 4th paragraph of the Ist sectiol of the decree of the 17th March of the present year with respect to the security to be deposited by the DU lishers of new journals, are repealed. " 2. The trial and punishment of political and stat prisoners shall be conducted by the ordinary tribunal and every exceptional law relating to such pr ocee di n g . is repealed. In the district belonging to the Court d Appellation of Cologne trial by jury for politica offences and sedition will be restored. "3. For the security of the independence of thi judges, all the former laws authorising their dismissal deposition, or forced retirement. are repealed. "4-. All Prussian subjects will possess the right o assembling, peacefully and unarmed, in any enclose( space, without the previous permission of the polici, authorities ; the) have also the right for all legal pur poses to form societies, equally without the previous pe / mission of the sam e aut h or i t i es. " 5. The exercise of all civil rights is henceforth ind pendent of religious belief. C. The future representatives of the people will, every case, possess the power of consenting to all th laws,. as well as to all matters relating to the taxatici and revenue of the country." The Prince of SoLbta then named the seeretarit of the Diet. A motion for an Address, in reply to the speec was proposed by Prince LICHNOWSKY, and ungc mously adopted. The Address, drawn up by the Committee tu AUSTRIA. The accounts of the outbreak of an insurrection against Austria in the Tyrol are confirmed. The letters from Trent of the 15th speak of large bodies of rioters who have destroyed the Custom-house of that town and thrown the furniture into the Adige (Edsch). The fiscal officers were obliged to seek their safety in flight. A mob assembled next in front of the Town-hall, and forced the magistrates to draw up a petition to the EMPEROR praying for an annexa tion of the Tyrol with Lombardy. The magistrates did as they were bid. They were next induced to adopt the Italian colours, and illuminate the town. Other places, Ala for instance, were equally riotous, and great outrages were committed by the infuriated population, especially the peasants. The Allgemeine Zeitung reports the liberation of 150 State prisoners, partly Poles, partly Italians, who on the 513 d ult. were dismissed from the fortress of Spielberg, famous in the annals of Austrian despotism. The Allgemeine Zeitung reports that Count STA• DION, Governor of Bohemia, has tendered his resig nation, but it remains undecided whether the EM PEROR will dispense with his services. A private letter from Prague states that great ex• citement prevailed in that city, and that a revolution was apprehended in consequence of all the fourteen points insisted on by the deputation not having been granted by the EMPEROR. At Trieste all is quiet. Orders have been sent to the Austrian fleet, which is at Pole, to blockade Venice, and Count NUGENT is to commence operations by land. He is to command a third corps erarmee, which is to be formed on the Isonzo, and in a few days he will have there between six and seven thousand men. FRANKFORT. Letters from Frankfort of the Ist inst. state that the Congress have fixed the Ist of May as the day for the meeting of the Constitutional Assembly. Some discussion arose as to whether the whole Congress should declare itself en permanence until the meeting of the Constitutional Assembly should take place, or whether a Committee of fifty members should be appointed to remain en permanence until that period. The following propositions were at length agreed to : " 1. To choose a Committee consisting of fifty mom bers. 2. To empower that Committee to put itself in com munication with the German Diet, in order to provide for the immediate interests of the German nation, in giving its advice in all matters of policy, until the period at which the Assemble Constituante shall be called together. "3. To invite the Diet to put itself in communica tion with the Committee, as including men in whom the people placed reliance. "4. To empower the Committee, in case of urgent' danger, to call together the present deliberative Con gress." POLAND. The Prussian Government, yielding to the demands of the Polish deputies, has appointed a Royal Com missioner for the duchy of Posen, in the person of General WILLESSEN, who enjoys a great degree of popularity among the Poles. Count MATHEW MIELZYNSHI iS to be the first President of the pro vince of Posen. General CIIEZANOWSEI, the most eminent of the Generals of the old Polish army, and M. MIEROSLAWSKI, who was the leader of the insur rection of 1842, *re to be admitted into the army of Posen. The Courrier de Berlin, of the Ist inst. says-- " The grave eventa which have changed the political system of Prussia have at the same time caused great perturbation in all commercial affairs, and produced a vast depreciation in the public funds. Already some of the first banking houses in the capital and in other towns of the kingdom have announced their intention of itume diately winding up their affairs, and it is feared that with the beginning of the month will come many failures. The shares in the Germa❑ railroads have fallen down to 50, and some as low as 47 thalers. Merchants who have payments to make cannot obtain money from their bankers, even upon the best securities. The shares in the Royal Bank have undergone an enormous reduc tion in price." RUSSIA. MANIFESTO OF THE EMPEROR. The following manifesto of the Emperor NICHOLAS has been published at St. Petersburgh and received with the greatest enthusiasm : " After the benefits of a long peace the West of Eu rope finds itself at this moment suddenly given over to perturbation: which threaten with ruin and overthrow all legal powers and the whole social system. " Insurrection and Anarchy, the off,pring of France, soon crossed the German frontier, and have spread themselves in every direction with an audacity which has gained new force in proportion to the concessions of the Governments. The devastating plague has at last attacked our allies the Empire of Austria and the Kingdom of Prussia, and to day in its blind fury me ❑eces even our Russia, that Russia which God has confided.to our care. " But Heaven forbid that this should be! Faithful to the example handed down from our ancestors, having first invoked the aid of the Omnipotent, we are ready to encounter our enemies from whatever side they may present themselves, and without sparing our own person we well know how, indissolubly united to our holy country, to defend the honour of the Russian name, and the inviolability of our territory. We are convinced that every Russian, that every one of our kithful sub jects will respond with joy to the call of b ig 60yoreign. Our ancient warcry, • For our faith, our Sovereign, and our country,' will one., ag•ain leid us on the path of victory, and then with sentiments of humble gr,ittitude, u now with :eelings of holy hope, we will all cry with one voice, • God is on our side, undvrstaud this ye peoples and submit, for God is on our side.' " Given at St. Petershurgh the 14th (26th) of March, in the year of Grace 1848, and the 23d of our reign." It is said that the EMPEROR has ordered that every man in Russian-Poland, between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five, shall be removed into the interior •f Russia. The German papers continue to report the concen tration of a large Russian army in the Russian part of Poland. 6,000 Circassians and Bashkirs arrived, according to the Schlesische Zeitunv, in Creustochan on the 25th of March. The troops at Warsaw are consigned to the barracks, and ready to march at a minute's notice. ITALY. The King of SARDINIA hay► addressed the following Proclamation to his people ; it is dated Voghera, head quarters of the Piedmont army : "Charles Albert, by the grace of God, King of Sar dinia, of Cyprus, &e., to his well-beloved subjects. " My duties as King, the bonds which attach me to the sacred interests of Italy, impose on sae the obliga tion of proceeding with my sons to the plains of Lom bardy, where the destinies of our common country will soon he decided. " The army, for long my solicitude and my pleasure, follows me; numbers of brave citizens have voluntarily joined themselves to us to share the labours of war and the dangers of battle; my heart bounds at the sight of such admirable and universal enthusiasm; it will be grand and glorious for me to lead a generous people to the holy enterprise of which Pius IX. has been the first promoter. " I entrust with entire confidence to the citizen-militia of my kingdom, and to the affection of my people, the care of my family and the maintenance of public order— the chief basis of all liberty. " Faithful SaroyArds, brave Ligurians, it is to your fidelity, to your honour, to your powerful arms, that I entrust the defences of our frontlet s, and of our shores ; during the absence of your brothers of the army, you will be the calm and worthy guardians of our free insti tutions, and of the integrity of our country." The King of SARtaNrA entered Pavia at the head of 300,000 men on the 29th ult., and left next day for Lodi. The crew of an Austrian frigate in the roads of Naples had compelled the captain to hoist the Italian national flag. The Piedmontese Gazette of the Ist inst. contains fi decree of the Provisional Government of Milan investing the Jews with full political and civil rights. The question of marriages . will be regulated by a future law. Other decrees provide for the organisa tion of a regular. army, .the enrolment of 'volunteers, a' diminution in the stamp duties, the abolition of the game laws, &c. The same paper contains the con ventions, in virtue of which the Province of Udine and that of Padua are evacuated by the Austrians ; most of the Italian troops . have refused to follow the impe rial generals, and have fraternised with the people. By the above conventions all the arms, ammunition, and military materiel are given up to the people, as well as the public coffers; the Austrian troops 'will receive three months' pay, and evacuate the town and fortresses. A similar capitulation has been signed at Rovigo. The following official bulletin was issued by the Provisional Government of Milan on the 30th ult. : " The Lombard and Swiss free corps are in Brescia. General 1344, with 5,000 Piedmontese, has advanced to wards Chiari; General Trotti, with 8,000 more, was at Lodi this day. Ten thousand Romans and 7,000 Tus cans are marching to the Fe, by Bologna and Ferrara, and will cross it at Ponte Lago Scuro. It is said that at Bagnolo (Lower Brescia) the Lombard and Swiss free corps, reinforced by the Tyrolese insurgents, have sur prised ani taken prisoners from 700 to 800 men,amongst whom are 70 hulans and 50 officers, with a military chest. Radetzky was, according to the latest intelli gence, at Orzinori and Soucino; the Austrians are at a standstill near the banks of the Oglio. It appears they have given up the intention of throwing themselves into Mantua, from want of provisions in the fortress. The 'whole country from the Po to. the Alps of Tyrol has risen in arms; the enemy finds impediments of every na ture. There is:no doubt that, on the appearance of a body of regular• troops, .the . army of Radetzky will be obliged to capitulate." NAPLES. ' A letter from Naples of . the 28th says— " The news of the insurrection of Lombardy reached ,us on the 25th, and as soon as it became known the ; people went in nkose to the Austrian embassy,, tore ;down the imperial .arms which decorated the facade, dragged them to the Place della Vittoria, and burned them. From thence the crowd went to the hotel of the Minister Bozzelli, crying ' Down with the ~liniatry I Down with Bozzelli, the renegade, the traitor to the 'country!' In the morning of the 26th, more than three thousand persons assembled near the Royal Palace, with two tricolour flags and a Lombardian flag, crying Down with the Ministry! Succour for the Lombards!' The cavalry was immediately ranged before the gate of the Palace, and ordered to prepare for a charge ; but this demonstration increased the exasperation ; the crowd at every moment became greater, and the cries were more menacing. Thereupon M. Gabriel Pk* colonel of the National Guard, went from the Palace, and-in the name of the King promised that the Ministry should be changed, and that orders should be given to assist the Lombards. In the evening of the 26th the people assembled again, with the intention of burning the arms of the Russian embassy, but the Swiss troops had received orders tO oppose this project. At eight o'clock in the evening, the crowd assembled before the hotel of M. Serra Ca priola, and subsequently before those of the other Mi nisters, uttering the same cries of Down with the Ministry!' All the Ministers have given in their resig nations, which have been accepted, but the composition of a new Cabinet encounters grave difficulties, because it is desired not to abandon old habits. However, if the King does not act quickly, the people may say to him It is too later and act in his place." 1.: . MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY,) ArzyurcutTio Arrn zianwirsaz.z. Our market was well supplied with meat to-day, and which met a dull inquiry, at drooping prices. Beef. From 2s 10d to 35 id ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d . 1 Lamb, 5s 10d to 6 s . 10d ; V eal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 38 Sd to 5s per 81bs, by the carcase. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, APRIL s .—Although our market to-day was by no means heavily supplied with fat stock, the general demand was in a sluggish state; and prices were not supported. Beet from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3 9 10d to 53 2d; Lamb, 6s to 6s 6d; Veal, 4s 44 to 45 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs ' to sink the offal. ROMFORD, A PRIL s.—Prime Sheep and Lambs moved off steadily, at full prices. In other kinds of stock ex ceedingly little was doing. Beef from 3s to 4s 2d Mutton, 4s to 5r 2d; Lamb, 6s to 6s 8d 4e to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 8d p er 81bs. ' lnch Cows, with their small Calf, 141. t 0,171. 10s ; and Quarter-old Store Pigs, 19s to',24s each. LEWES, APRIL 4.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4. 4d i Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d; Lamb, 5s 10d to` ts 6d; and Perk, 4s 2d to 4s 8d per Blbs. A moderate- supply, a sluggish demand. HAY HCARHETS. - SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover, ditto, 41 to 51 ; and Straw, ,11 8s to It 103 per load. A short supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 41 4a Clover ditto, 41 to 41 18s; and Straw, 11 85 to 11 101 per load. ,Supply very limited, and trade brikkost . 43o above advanced quotations. WIIITECRAPEL.—)Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover ditto, 414 s to 5155; and Straw, 1183 to 11 10z per toad. Trade firm, at improved currencies. COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAT. Carr's Hartley New Tanfield l3s Od Riddell's ..... ... ...... ... 15s Od North Percy Hartley l4s 6d Walker Walker's Primrose ... 12s 6d Haswell l7s Od Wylain West Hartley Wall's End, &c. Tees Bell and Brown 153 ad Cowpen Hartley • lsa OA Bewicke and Co Hedley CORN AVERAGES. - - GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF lIRITISH.CORN For the Week ended April 6,1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the dlilerent Cities and Towns in England and Walea per Imperial Quarter. WNEAT. BARLEY. 1 OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. I ?BAIL PRICE •• I 104 I 31s 5d 201 2d 29s 8d I 35s 74 I 26s 4d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RTE. I BEAN S . I PEAL is 0 , 1 23 Gd 2s Gd 2s 64 23 Gd 2s 64 ELECTION CoNIMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) BODMIN. The Bothnia election Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morning ; Mr. Hamilton in the chair. The evidence in favour of Mr. Lacy was resumed. The Mayer of Bothnia proved that he and four of his friends subscribed for the refreshment tickets. Evidence was then called, for the purpose of showing that Moorecomb, the principal witness on the other side, had stated that offers of money had been made him to give evidence. Moorecornb had deposed that one of Mr. Lacy's agents supplied him with money to treat the voters, but Mr. Gesch, a solicitor of Bodmin, the gentleman in ques tion, denied the statement in toto. The whole force of the London Establishment Fire Brigade are to be sworn in special constables, so as to be ready to assist should their services be required to aid the civil power at the present crisis. DEATH OF THE HON. ANDREW RAMSAY.— TbIO gentleman died on the 2d instant at Cheltenham, aged seventy••two. He was son of the eighth Earl of Dal' housie, and was consoquaatly uncle to the present hol' of that title.