The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-13 00:00:00

445171d7 ----- ave preferred waiting for this birth had it not been proved to me that the consequence of this delay wc uld be to cause the failure both of this marriage and the marriage of the Queen with the Duke of Cadiz , to on ti n ue in Spain Mat state of uncertainty and agitation which was so full of dan g er, and finall y to render not only possible, but probable, and almost inevitable, these combinations which would have given Queen Isabella in marriage either to Prince Leopold of Coburg, or to some other prince unallied to the descendants of Philip V., in opposition to the policy I had constantly an nounced and practised, and to the arrangements agreed upon between the English Government itself and my own. " Under the present circumstances, my dear, good Louise, it is for Queen Victoria mad her Ministers to weigh the consequences of the steps they intend to take, and the line of conduct they mean to pursue. On our side this double marriage will effect in us no other change than such as we may be constrained to adopt by the new line which the English Government may think fit to take up. There is no reason to fear any interfer ence on our part in the internal affairs of Spain. We have no interest in interference; and we are most de cidedly determined to abstain from any. We shall con tinue religiously to respect its independence, and to take care, as far as depends upon ourselves, that it is as much respected by the other Powers. We can see no interest and no motive, either on the part of England or our own, for a rupture of our entente cordiale—and we see, on the contrary, the strongest for its maintenance. Such is my desire—such is that of my GcvJrnment. That which I request you to express on my behalf to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert is, that they should preserve me in their heart that frien'iship and confidence to which it has been ever so agreeable to me to respond with the sincerest reciprocity, and which I have the anxious conviction never to have ceased to merit on their part." NOTICE Now ready at all the Booksellers, in 1 vol., The N EW EDITION of BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE, For 1848. Revised to the Present Time, from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, &c., and containing all the New Creations. " The most complete, the most convenient, and the cheapest work of the kind ever offered to the public."—Sun. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE M THALBERG. GRAND 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, Ste., on which occasion 31. Thalberg will execute the following pieces :- 1. Grand Concerto in C minor .. .. .. Beethoven. 2. Fantasia on Subjects from Mozart's Don Giovanni Thalberg. 3. Fantasia on Subjects from Auber's Masaniello Thalberg. 4. " Cider Ohne Worte" • • .. Mendelssohn. The Vocal portion will include Madame Tadolini, 3ldlle. Schwartz, And Mdlle Sofia Cruvelii. Signor Belletti, Signor F. Lablache Signor Bouche, Signor Cuzzani, And Signor Lablache, And comprise selections from the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Mendelssohn, Weber, Spontini, &c., and include a Grand Trio for Three Basses,by Meyerbeer—Signori Lablache, Belletti, and Coletti. Slignor Gordon!, Signor Coletti, Conductor, M. Balfe. Prices of Admission. Mddlle Vera, 80xe5...... •••• • - • • ............. 2 and 3 guineas Pit Stalls • • • • • • •• • ..• .. 10s. 6d. each. Pit Tickets ••• • • . ..... . •• •• ss. Od. each. Gallery Stalls • • •••• • • ............ ss. Od. each. Gallery Tickets . ....... . . .. • . 2s. Gd. each. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concert to commence at Eight o'clock. N.B. A. second Grand Concert will be presented on Wednesday morning, April 19. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE, The public is respectfully informed that a Grand Morning Per formance wilt be given by M. Jullien (the lessee) and M. Dejean, the manager of the Equestrian Troupe (from the Cirque National De Paris), on SATURDAY, April 15, for the benefit of the Distressed Operatives and the British Artisans who have been recently com pelled to leave France. Performance to commence at Two o'clock. No Second Price. Private Boxes to be had at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Night but One before Easter. The Nobility Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the pub ]lc are respectfully announced that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, April 13, when will be performed, Dent zetti'e Opera, entitled LLTREZIA BORGIA. Lucrezla, Mdlle. Sofia Cruvellf ; Orsini, Mdlle. Schwartz; Gen litre, Signor Garioni ; Gabetta, Signor Douche ; and Alfonso, Signor Lablache. Aster which a Divertissement, in which 3ldlle. Rosati and Mdlle. Marie Laglioni will appear. To be followed by Selections from Verdi's Opera of NINO. Abigail, Mdlle. A.bbVia ; Fenena, Mille. Vera ; Sinus, Signor Colettl ; Idaspe, Signor Ctizzani ; and Orateephe, Signor Beletti. To conclude with the highly successful New and Original GRAND BALLET, In Four Tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioui, entitled FIORITA, et la Refine des Elfrides, Principal parts by Mdile. Caro:toe Rosati, 3ldlles. Esther Ansundou, Thevenot, Julienne, Lamoureux, Jenny, M. Louis Dor, M. Di Mattla, MM. Venafra, Gouriet, and Mdlle. Marie Taglioul. THEATRE. ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DIS PARIS. LAST WEEK, PREVIOUS TO THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. 'llll3 EVENING, A Change of Entertalilments.—The Manege on trained Horses by Mdlls. 'Caroline and Mathilde. New and Original Acts of Equita tion by Malls. Paimyre, Anato, F. Stanley, E. Lambert, Coralie, Ducoa, Le petit Anato, &c. Bcc. Extraordinary Equestriaa Per" foruaanc.es—Novel and grotosque Pantomimic representations by:MM . . Adolphe Franconi, Loisset, Newsome, Wehle, Leclair, A.uriol, flis, to petite Loisset, &c. Perform/vice to commence at Eight. Second price, Half-past Nine THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. tinier the Manacement et Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS E'VEICING Will be presented a new comic Drama, called OLD HONESTY. Michael Bradshaw, Mr. Webster; Joseph Bradshaw, Mr. H. Van denhetr; Sir Perkins Besborough, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Septimus Hook, Mr. Tilbury ; Toby Perch, Mr. Keeley ; Dame Bradshaw, Mrs. Glover; Mary, Mise Reynolds. After which, a new comic Drama, entitled LAVATER THE PHYSIOGNOMIST ; and Good Judge too. Lavater, Mr. Webster Agnes, Miss Fertescue. fo conclude with a new and original Farce, called WHO'S MY HUSBAND ? Doctor Mull, Kr. Tilbury; Daidel Tootles, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. B. Buckingham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. Hamby. Stake Manager, Mr. t arl en; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-look keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Halt-pat Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal charactors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Erank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After whien DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM BERWELL. To conclude with THE COMRADES ; an Anecdote of the Span ish War. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Boyce, Mun rard, Paul Legrand, C. J. Smith, Ryan, Miss E. Harding, Sce. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. 33, Old Bond-street. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will he performed the amusing Vaudeville of LA CHERCHEUSE IVESPRIT. Principal characters by 31M. Henri Al x, Josset, Tou rillore, Madame St. Ange, Mdlle. Marot, and Mdlle. Celestine. After which, an (entirely new comedle-vaudeville, entitled LA DERNYERE. CONQUETTE. Le Baron de Virefeuille, M. Lafont ; Helene, Madame Paul Ernest. To conclude with LK CHEVALIER DU GUET. Le Chevalier (Suet, M. Lafont ; Le Rarom de Tarns M. Cartigny ; Le Vicomte et 1. C(Lu ne l, M. Mon taland ; Isabelle, Mdlle. Baptiste. loxes, (es.; Pit, as. Arniahltheltre 3s • Gallery, 2s Bois, and Stalls m ay be obtained at Mr. Mitch . ' ell's Royal 3 Library, Bond-street. PltllcZTls• s Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Man Portland. pl ace. a ger , Duchess -street, THIS EVENING. Will be performed the comic Opera of LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Sir William Meadows, Mr. Wynn ; Young Meadows, Mr. Payne ; Jus tice w oo dcock r. Neville ; Hawthorn, Ur. Bodda ; Rosetta, Anss G. Smithson ; Madge, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with TILE HYPOCRITE. Dress Circle, Ss.: Sexes, 45.; P,t, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. u WEATHER..—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 13 THERMOMETER, Lowest, 43 ; Highest, 56; Nom, 54, BAROMETER, 29.74.—W1ND W.S.W.; showery. t.. 11 WATER AT LONDON-BRMGE THIS DAY. Morning 13.. minutes after 10. 1 Evealng .. 53 fninircs after 10. , ,I T.' 4,, \ rIL : , s ect aUt•M t. ~/., a v fim' il ..,.._._ 0 H... \ , ' ' -* ",_: i ' ..4,•i - k:..r..f.v:. , -.' - ' . T. .":::, .. , ---. . 44 _ \- mitirdnit LOISTON, T HURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1848. Accident or design_ accident the most infeli ..---.41. citous, or a design baulked the intentions th: ‘. most deliberate—has again tune. Yesterday eveninigthet representative Legisla o'clock, according to the punctilious custom of si Parliament,h. the House of 33bleul'i"ndefinitely Commons adjourned vvithout arrived at any positive resolution as to the consideration of the in Corn k, Crown and Government Securint mittee. Consequently, the Bill ma y y postponed, standing as it does among the orders e of the day for this evening. Previous arran interfere with its advancement, if the ;rompoer'sitjoinabYe not altogether strangled by the arrival of the Easter Vacation. From the sentiments which are inferentially ex. expressed in the foregoing paragraph it will be con jectured that we are disposed to regard the in tended Act with approbation. We are so. With the utmost emphasis, with the , utmost deliberation, with the utmost distinctness, we would express our solicitude to see the measure intro duced by the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment passed into a law by the Houses of Legisla ture—modified of course in its passage through Com mittee, and restricted to a merely temporary opera tion—but still passed into a law, and that triumph antly. We would, however, on no account be misun derstood. Our devotion to the liberal institutions of England are undiminished and undiminishable. Any interference with the sane liberty of speech, of writing, of petitioni❑g, or of assemblage would in our I opinion, be an infringement upon the holiest rights secured to us by the Constituaon—an infringement, indeed, such as would justify opposition and sanctify even the weapons of insur rection. We believe that —we maintain that —we regard it as one of the primitive dogmas of our patriotism. Freedom of the tongue and, of the press —a perfect and unconditional freedom of the tongue and of the press is one of the first principles of our political creed. It is one of the arch-truths in our Religion of Government. Without the main tenance and vindication of this freedom the whole system of Great Britain would tumble in ruins on the instant. The diminution or the abstraction of this freedom would be to the Constitution what the abatement or removal of the force of Universal Gra vitation would be to the Solar System—chaos, terror, and destruction. Smother the voice of the People fetter the language of the Press—and the whole glory, the whole strength, the whole vitality of the Constitution will have disap peared. No ; rather let the tones of the demagogue or the effusions of the journalist diffuse the doctrines of sedition over the land than one single un constitutional restriction should be imposed upon the lips or the hand of an Englishman ! Rather let the whispers of treason be come audible in the tribune and the sweat of malignity ooze out of the columns of the newspaper, than the Government should assume to itself any unconstitutional power of censorship over the utter ances of the one or the recommendations of the other! Nor are we singular in this fanatical devotion for the Freedom of the Popular Voice. Far from it. Every Englishman who rightly comprehends the Constitution of his native land sympathises with us in our :reve rential regard for the Liberty of Thought. It was only yesterday that the Prime Minister of England spoke thus in the House of Commons :—"Sir, said he, " I believe that, according to the spirit of the Constitution, great liberty of discussion should be allowed ; that inflammatory language should even b e permitted ; and that language that may excite alienation from our monarchical constitution should be allowed to proceed to great lengths, because I know that without the allowance of some abuses of this kind, the free liberty of discussion could not be main tained !" So precious, so inestimable is this particular phase of our freedom as English men, that the First Minister of the Crown can advocate the continuation o f i nsu b ord i nat i on and the connivance at treason, rather than imperil, interposition, th e p er f ec t " li by any unnecessary berty of discussion." Yet it is in despite of this indestructible attach , went to the civil and political rights of Englishmen, that we are anxious for the passage through Parlia ment of the Crown and 'Government Security Bill. The measure appears to us to be justified (simply, be it observed, as a temporary enactment) by the extraordinary occurrences which are transpiring every day, as well as by the flagrant and equally extraordi nary conduct of certain persons resident in the United Kingdom. We have already said that, in our estima tion, it would be an odious and tyrannical infringe ment of the Constitution for any Ministry to interfere with the sane liberty of speech, of writing, of peti tioning, or of assemblage. We repeat it—" of the sane liberty:' For there are political madmen who require the straight-waistcoat of the law quite as much as those maniacs who are confined in the Asylums for Lunatics. We ask any man in his right senses whether he can call the speech delivered in the House of Commons, on Monday evening, by Mr. WieLeell SMITH O'BRIEN, an evidence of the sane liberty of the tongue ? We ask, moreover, any man who is not himself a monomaniac, whether the letters written by Mr. JOHN MITCHELL, in the columns of the United Irishman, are examples of the sane liberty of the press ? We ask, indeed, if they are not, both of them, more conclusive proofs of the mental derangement of the Member for Limerick, and the editor of the United Irishman (as politi cians), than the eccentricities of Air. DYCE SOMBRE or the blood-thirsty predilecticns of the pot boy OXFORD? It is for the protection of the more rational members of the community from the ravings of these incurable and dangerous madmen that the Government proposes to pass this stringent Bill of Repression —a Bill not conceived with the intention of diminishing the sane liberties of the subject, but solely with the determination of putting a wholesome restraint upon the insane brawlers in the United Kingdom—a Bill, moreover, which cannot but be especially beneficial, since it degenerates the rather gentlemanly and even aristocratic crime of Treason into the ignoble and vulgar offence of Felony. For these reasons it is that we regret the impediment which has arisen be tween the passage of this measure and the Easter Vacation, because we regard the Bill less as a Se curity to the Crown and the Government than as a vindication of Decency and Subordination. Pius IX. has addressed a proclamatiOn to the Italians—a proclamation in a peculiar degree inte resting, and remarkable, alike from the character of its author, from the position of the people to whom it is addressed, and from the nature of the events by which it is elicited. It is rendered remarkable and interesting by the character of its author, for notwith standing the universality of the revolutionary movement and the frequent reforms conceded by European Sove reigns, it cannot be denied that Pius was the first and most powerful promoter of the new crusade of liberty and social regeneration. He was the first European Sovereign who ranged himself under the banners of the people. His hand gave the first and irresistible impetus to the great movement which has agitated Christendom, and evoked the dormant energies and ambition of every the :x etrocies ex address,hor ft European nation. France, by her astonishing revo lution may have made the initiative movement in the struggle for European emancipation, but Pius, by his declared liberalism and his salutary reforms, had already prepared the way for that movement. Men of all nations and all creeds have long since unani raanodusly declared their admiration for the liberal appropriatereforming POPE, and hence it is peculiarly shoalfirst h d at n he who had been the sentiments of graot.fotuw. instigator the d great and pacific re volutionearnest anxiety g o i n v e i t s utterance success, to and his s for briefts satisfactory consummation. The object of the events which have recenatldaytdonrdetrsasnjspuisrtedisstuo ed H b l y m th t e o POPE is, in the first place, whom all glory is due ; ascribe the wonderful t'o secondlyth the triumphant Lanibderaulsnanirnsiet Y without which worcdusreo.f th"elVoe to that moderation no popular victory can be him," such are the opening " woe to him who, in this tempest, h cedar and the twig are a lik e agitated andwtor ere the their roots, listens not t o th e vo i ce of the Lord fr " om Woe to human pride, if it a tt r ib utes to the fault or b 1 merit of a few men th ese wonderful changes, place of adoring the secret designs of PROVIDENCE, whether they be manifested by the ways of justice or by the ways of mercy —of that PROVIDENCE in whose hands are th e ends of the earth." "And we," so it proceeds, with beautiful and touching simplicity, " we to whom the word is given to interpret the mute eloquence of the works of Gon, cannot keep silence in the midst of the desires, fears, and hopes which agitate the hearts of our children." The remainder of the address, though only consisting of a few brief sentences, eloquent in language, and almost affectionate in manner, contains most salutary and truthful advice, worthy of being cherished and adopted not:only by the Italians, but by all the liberal nations of the world. are "Ve c annot refrain from . rem i n di ng y ou ,'' these th e kindl y worded counsels of the a dd ress , " th a t to make a good use of victory is more difficult than to conquer. If that all stabilitseful AL the another period of present time reminds you of forefathers be il your history, let the faults of your to their descendants. Remember cord. It i s Go t and t n" all prosperity depends on con of th e same Who r en d ers t h e i n h a bi tants his laws, i n the liberty of ; and GOD acc o rd s hi s society, in charity towardBhis church, i n th e order of justice alone builds up, while passions Remem ber that our prayers bri ng do e passions destroy. May w on and force, and Wi n s dom PAI that spirit of counsel, of GOD is the beginning, in ordfer th whichthe fear eyes may behold p eace i n a ll t hi s land of Ital ' T at our _Y- , he staunch , est opponent of th e cree d of rlvs cannot refrain THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY from sympathising in these truly Christian sen timents—sentiments the universal adoption of which would form the most glorious and fitting consummation to the great revolution in which Pins has enacted so honourable a part. The concluding words of this address are full of beauty and pathos. In speaking to the people of Italy, the patriotism of the Italian makes itself manifest in spite of the universal and :impartial philanthropy demanded of the POPE. He was evidently desirous of calling Italy the kingdom (as it naturally must be) the nearest and dearest to his heart, but he thus expresses himself with a sort of exquisite and rhetorical delicacy—" If in our universal charity for the whole Catholic world we cannot call it (the land of Italy) most dear, GOD has, however, ordered that it should be nearer to us than any other." That sentence is of itself a justification of the remark re cently made by the new Roman journal, L'Epoca, that a great principle is expressed by " confounding together in one—Pius IX. and Italy." SPAIN. Madrid papers of the 6th have been received. The Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER had arrived at Vistu Alegre, a country seat belonging to Queen CuatsrrsA, situated a league from Madrid. MADRID BOLSI, APRIL 6.—The Three per Cents., 22-!- buyers, sellers. Five per Cents., 13k buyers, sellers. Passive Debt, 4i buyers, .1 sellers. Ex change on London, 42 20. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Moniteur contains a letter from the Minister of Spain in Paris to M. LAMARTINE, stating, that having heard that a report prevailed that the Spa nish Government was hostile to the French Repub lic, he deemed it his duty formally to contradict that rumour. " The Spanish Government had already testified," he said, " its desire to maintain the same friendly relations that existed between Spain and the former Government of France, and had never deviated from that principle." A nearly similar de- claration was made to M. LAMARTINE by M. KISSE. LEFF, the Russian Minister, a day or two previously. M. KISSELEFF is stated to have admitted that at the first intelligence of the Revolution in France, and of the events that instantly followed it elsewhere, the Emperor NicuorAs had expressed warmly his regret and disapprobation, but that his Imperial MAJESTY had not for a moment contemplated demonstrating hostility towards France for any change that she might choose to effect in her own dominions. He con cluded by assuring the French Minister for Foreign Affairs that the EMPEROR was desirous of continuing friendly relations with France and all others its neighbours of western Europe. It also publishes a circular addressed by M. ARMAND .MARRAST to all the Mayors of Paris, requesting them to adopt severe measures against the lodgers and shopkeepers who re fused to pay their rent to the proprietors within their respective jurisdictions. The Moniteur further publishes a decree by which the delay allowed for the rectification of bills and other negotiable documents, drawn in contravention to the stamp laws, is prorogued to the 24h of May next. It also announces that, in consequence of symptoms of disorder and insubordination which have broken out in the 12th regiment of Dragoons at Poitiers, the Minister of 'War has placed Captain-Adjutant VAIL LANT on half-pay for six months, has dismissed Captain OLIYET from the service, and has allowed Captain HENRY to retire from the service. The concentration of troops on the Italian frontier still continues. The army of the Alps is daily re ceiving large reinforcements. A deputation of four distinguished persons pre sented to the Provisional Government on Tuesday an address from the Republic of Venice congratulating them on the establishment of a republic in France, and soliciting its sympathies and aid. Count MOLE has announced himself a candidate for the representation of the department of the Seine and-Oise. BLEVOUR and the other Belgic Republicans, who _ . repulsed in their mad scheme of invading Bel gium, sought once more refuge in the territory of France, have been arrested at Lisle, by order of the Provisional Government. They are accused of having violated the 84th and 85th articles of the Penal Code of France, according to which those who, " by hos tile acts (against other nations), not approved by Government, shall expose the states to a declaration of war, shall be punished with banishment; and should war ensue, to transportation—or who, by acts not approved by Government, shall expose France to reprisals, shall be banished." Paris was tranquil, but the provinces still continue in a disturbed state. The large district of Landes is, it is said, in open insurrection. The 61st regiment of infantry and a regiment of cavalry entered Paris yesterday. These are the first troops which have entered Paris :since the Re• volution. The grand fe!e for the fraternization of the army, the national guards and the people of Paris is to take place in the Champ de Mars in the first week of May. The Journal du Havre says— " Yesterday, at the moment at which we went to press, drums were beating to arms in our streets, which immediately assumed the appearance of a town given up to the horrors of assault or pillage. In a moment all the shops were closed, and no one seen in the city save National Guards hastening to head-quarters, people in trade questioning the few passers-by, and terrified women giving expression to their alarm. What, then, had occurred? Was the enemy at our gates? Were we threatened with a bombardment? No. Lands of men, workmen only in name, citizens only in title, led away by bad passions, and excited by perfidious councils, had by their turbulent attitude caused this alarm. Never did a more unjust cause create complaints less founded. All France must be judge of them, in order to condemn with us this wicked aberration which trifles with the repose and rouses the indignation of an entire city. In spite of the oppressed state of its finances, the town of Havre i has not hesitated undertaking to give work to the nume rous individuals who were without employment in con sequence of the prolongation of the crises. For a month past it has occupied 2,000 men, paid at the rate of 2f. a day. But it must be confessed these sacrifices were not appreciated by all, and it was remarked with pain that a certain number of workmen had not even the honesty to earn their wages. An occasion presented itself by which the town was enabled to lighten its charges without stopping the work. Earthworks confided to the State were to be executed, and an offer was made to the town to employ a part of its necessitous workmen. It was accepted, and so much the more readily that the town saw in it the means of increasing occupation, and improving the salary of the workmen. Tho State ordinarily pays this sort of labour, I distributed in task work, at the rate of 30 centimes the cubic metre. The town benevolently fixed the price at 45c., viz., one-third more; so that an active workman could easily raise the amount of his day's wages to 2f. 50c., 3f., and even 3f. 50c., according to his labour, instead of 2f. only, the amount he earned when work ing by the day. It might naturally be thought that the labourers would have received this proposition with joy, as it offered theca the means of increasing their gains; and c ehai ye as oh u receiver t e their e i ro causen t o backre s the t p a s mt a was of the its tt so samet.sacrifices;eel aa preference r t e h f a e that eh o ne f et t o h wf e n t r ow, wot the latter works. Consequently, and in order not to remu nerate idleness at the expense of useful labour, it de cided workmagn. But willw oi:kbeshboeuliledvebde that t u t c h e i d s that the was h taking a premium from idleness, to 4f. 50c. ol? Is there That wlsgesfor day-work e chances of the active and con scientious man, without diminishing intelligentdesiroaunsdofe honestly rietaale. division of labour was com plained the ill-earned .hewever 3f. 50c , by motive to explain why a o f i earningr.to bread,th the should e pre ferchance . ri o n b d ta u i s n tr in y g ? 21. Such,soe Whieh r, was the cause, the only cause, of the discontent yesterday spread terror and were disposedh alarm throughoutseoeuihrgtotwhenY. eh a 11e e il s s tetfehmetpogl increasedrore: j ' a i o i t j i g e m e a a a 4 t o , l a i r ag t majority of a discontented and turbulent w of h t i h ei e l workmen, seeing tthheemm: refused them, but threatened te to pre vent theirurage encouraged better judgment. meeting s minority take ino yv not t a goen only y f , v r e h n e t y t the e o a t e h h e e r d s fromresi tance, acting anee, which were accompanied with great tumulltrZs their resolutions to the authorities, and at length far in their threats and defiance that the latter ceulednntoso without failing in their duties, remain from acting. The drums beat to arms, and the National Guards and the troops of the line went by companies to Ingouville and Graville, which join Havre, where numerous crowds uttered cries of resistance and destruction. The armed force, partly by persuasion, partly by the firmness of railway When captured, one mostthei r mutinous, attitude, and dispersed re d the u c edt he misled assemblages, crowd arrested h to or order d ay ir , n a ß n E d E a °' BOURSE—PARIS, boTno"ne' Twelve t ) s o ee l mr i s c o it n was t s h we lodged r t k t m o e l n e a t v o ien c b o gy m a t e. o Havre." i P t ß s lL gro l2 u . nd to c 1. o considerablecK acted. The Three _per Cents. are 75c. higher, closing at .—Eve sh rlY' a V r tEl e lip o liNg f E b isl u al) s sh in h e e' s l s dA has been trans -421. 500-i and the kive per cats. 25v, higher, closing . at 61f. 25c. Bank of France Shares are also 65f. better, closing at 1,140'. Bons Ou Tr4;or are nrw quoted at 39 per cent. loss, and this is not a nominal quotation, as several transactions took place in them to-day, the price coming down from 42, at which they opened, Ito 39. The Belgian Stocks continue to improve. The Fire per Cents. of IS4O and of 1842 have each advanced the former closing at 571 f., and the latter at 58f.; the Four and-a-Half per Cents. were a good deal demanded, getting up gradually from 49f., the first celyoscelosedd' being an advance of at 50 1., or If. advance. u wßm shosieehcaunities they are also higher, the Obli pT4frh.iceoenm, t ti o hsce s e 2 ldl f aa ., ny a eo; t Obli gations de la Ville, Quatre Canaux, and Piedmont being all 10f. better, at 9101 . , 660 f., and 700 f. The Caisse is 10f. lower, c l os i ng a t 1001. firm, and show hi g h er p r ic e s ; RailwayH Orleans lP°th h e a aS v ihr e ae'r a e d hs v o a ‘wv n ee c rv e ee d r 5 fl, closing at 4401. ; Northern 101., at 3 0 7 f. 50c ; Lyons 7f. 50c., at 307 f. 50c. ; Rouen, Vierzon, and Havre, sf. each, at 305 f., 220 f., and 1701. ; and Nantes 2f. 50. i, at 3351. ; Strasburg lf. 25c., at 440 f. The Emchange on London is 25f: 40c. for one month, and 25f. for three months. The money-changers give 10f. for I,ooof. in silver, and ask 15f. for that sum. French gold is at 60f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 12. Boulogne and Amiens, s %—Northern of France, 2 3 A — Paris and Lyons, 174'4 —Sambre and - Meuse, 41.. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette of the 11th contains the fol. lowing telegraphic dispatch : " BERLIN, APRIL 9, 6 o'CLocE, P.M. "THE MINISTER-PRESIDENT TO THE CHIEF-PRES: DENT, M• EICHMANN. "According to a new resolution of the Germanic Diet, the elections just made by the United Diet will be superseded by other elections. " CAMPHAUSEN." The Berlin Gazette of the 9th inst. publishes the electoral law adopted by the Diet, and the rules and regulations for the execution of the dispositions of law, The primary elections are to take place throughout the kingdom on the Ist of May next, and the elec tions of the deputies to the National Assembly of Prussia on the 8:h of the same month. The primary electoral districts are divided into sections, each sec tion to elect five electors. No section can contain more than 300 primary electors. The electoral com mittee will distribute, at the moment of the elections, stamped tickets on which the electors are to inscribe, in their own handwriting, the names of the candi dates ; unstamped tickets will be null and void. The following answer has been returned by the Prussian Government to a note received from Count PLESSEN, his Danish AlesnisTr's Minister at Ber lin : " The undersigned has had the honour of receiving the note which M. the Count Plessen, Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Denmark, has addressed to him the day before yesterday, respecting the sending of Prussian troops into the Duchy of Holstein. " I❑ reply to this document the undersigned can only repeat what ho has already verbally stated to M. the Count Plessen, giving him the positive assurance that the military measure in question, far from having a character hostile to or aggressive against Denmark, has only been taken for the twofold purpose of protecting the territories of the Germanic Confederation against a violation by which they appeared threatened, and to guard, in favour of a German and federal state, those established rights which have just been so violently at tacked by a recent act of the Danish Government. Moved by a sense of the duty which the spirit as well as the letter of the Federal Pact impose upon him, and strong in the adhesion of the national will, the King could not, in presence of an imminent danger, hesitate to take, in concert with his German allies, the initiative of a position which will, without doubt, readily receive the formal sanction of the Germanic Confederation, and in which that Confederation, by its organ, the Diet, will speedily declare herself bound to acquiesce. " Prussia, in assuming this attitude, does in nowise mistake the rights of sovereignty which his Majesty the King of Denmark possesses in his quality as Duke of Schleswig Holstein. Those rights are not the less sacred in the eyes of the Prussian Government than in those of the duchies themselves. The Prussian Government is firmly resolved to respect and maintain the rights of both parties, and the eventual protest contained in this respect in the note of M. the Count Plessen appears consequently groundless. " Besides, in order to give a striking proof of his pa cific sentiments and his sincere desire to remove by an amicable understanding all possibility of an open rup ture, the King has ordered Major Von Wildenbruch to proceed immediately to the King of Denmark to give his Danish Majesty, concerning the motives and the object of the policy of the Prussian Government, all explana tions which should appear most fit to quiet the appre hensions of the Court of Copenhagen as to our inten tions, and to effect an approximation of views, the diver gence of which no one can more bitterly deplore than the King's Cabinet. " Trusting that this step will be appreciated as it deserves by the Government of his Danish Majesty, and that it will not remain without some satisfactory result, the undersigned is happy to be able to profit by this opportunity, and to repeat to M. the Count Plesson the assurance of his highest consideration. " Berlin, April 5." " ARNIM. AUSTRIA. The Breslau Gazette announces, on the faith of letters from Vienna, that the Emperor of AUSTRIA has decided to restore to the German Diet at Frank fort the crown and insignia of CHARLEMAGNE, which since the invasion of the French in 1796, have re mained in the Imperial Treasury at Vienna, having been transported there from Nuremberg. The Krakow Gazette puplishes a proclamation dated Lemi.;erg, Gallicia, the 27th of Alarch, which states that every person having arms in his possession without special authorization will be punished severely. The same severity will be exercised against all who should call together or provoke po pular assemblages for discussing political matters. Letters from Vienna, of the 6th of April, in the Cologne Gazette, states that to prevent any surprise of the port of Trieste by the ships which have joined the Italian insurgents, the Austrian Government has claimed the protection of the English squadron sta tioned at the lonian Islands. A proclamation, published on the 6th of April, at Prague, by Count STADION, announces that his resignation has been accepted by the EMPEROR, and Archduke FIiANZ JOSEPH nominated Governor of Bohemia. VIENNA, APRIL s . — (Official.)—ln accordance with the wishes of his MAJESTY his Imperial High ness Archduke CARL, feels himself pledged to support his MAJESTY in the present accumulation of business, and to retain the entire supervision of the affairs of the Ministry. Since the appointment of a responsible Ministry it has assembled daily, to take into consideration the most urgent affairs, and to decide upon the most effectual measures to be adopted for the speedy exe cution of the project of the constitution accorded by his MAJESTY. In consequence of the absence of the newly ap pointed Minister of Finance, matters relative to this department cannot be definitively arranged. Among the most important of these was the transfer of a proportionable share of the interest of the national debt on the kingdom of Hungary, incurred by the common regiments of the Monarchy with the maintenance of 3,11 securities and bowls.— Weiner Zeitung, April 7. DENMARK. The King of DENMARK has resolved to grant a constitution to his people, and has published a manifesto announcing the fact. In it he declares that finding it impossible to grant a constitution based on the principles laid down in his rescript of January 28, h e revo kes the said rescript, and annuls the choice of delegates that may have been made in virtue of :it. On the other hand he convokes the provincial states both for Den mark and the Duchy of Schleswick, in order that they may give an opinion— first, as to the convocation of a general diet, to which a new charter is to be submitted, and a reorganization of the provincial states; and two, an electoral law, having for its object the formation of a general diet. He has also called together the provincial states of the islands for the 2Gth instant, and expresses a hope that he may be able to do the same for Jutland and Schleswick in a week after wards. The manifesto is dated the 4tb, and the next day th e K ING embarked on board the Aegir steamer, to proce e d t o Flensburg (Schleswick), to place him self at th e h ead of the army. In the province of Jutland a n d i n Northern Schleswick numerous corps of v o l unteers are being formed to reinforce the troops sent . again s t th e i nsurrection. It said, th a t i n the event of the German Confe deration forcing llambur g n o furnish a contingent against the King of DENxtrax, it is the intention of the Hanse Towns first to prote s t aga i ns t th e con d uct of the Confed era ti on, and then to request England EVEN CT, APR PL 13, 1848. to mediate with the King of DENMARK for the pur ,' pie of beseeching hi 3 MAJESTY not to m a k e repr i sa l s I on their commerce. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Marshal RADIITSKY has taken up a strong position on the line between Verona and Mantua, and is en• gaged in re-organizing his troops. He was expected at Verona on the 31st, from whence he will direct the operations of the second corps darinee. The direct communication between Verona and the army has been re-established; the troops are concentrated, and the divisions are echemnines be tween the Adige and the Mincio, in a position strong enough to defy every attempt. Prince SCHWARTZENBEAG, who retired from Brescia to Lodi, where he joined RADETZKY, was the first to arrive on the Mincio. It is said that Count HARTIG, who left Vienna on the 15th for Milan, is the bearer of an offer, on the part of the EMPEROR, to acknowledge the independ ence of Lombardy on moderate terms. The Piedmontese Gazette,tof the Bth, announces as positive that Peschiera has been given up without opposition to the Piedmontese. Accounts of the 7th state that the Austrians had been cut off from Mantua on their way there. About 7,000 Piedmontese traversed Piacenza on the 4th, on their way to Cremona. The volunteers of Reggio have arrived at Guastalla with artillery. The Austrian Governor of Mantua, GORGOUK, has ordered all the inhabitants to give up their arms within 24 hours, and has imposed a contribution of four millions of lire (five millions of francs). In the Friuli every defile is guarded, so that Austrian rein forcements will find it very difficult to penetrate Italy on that side. The Duke of PARMA and PLACENTIA has accorded a very liberal constitution to his people. The official morning bulletin of Milan of the 6th announces that the province of Brescia is entirely evacuated by the Austrians, who have effected their retreat to the left banks of the Mincio, harassed by the Swiss and Italian sharpshooters, who have caused them a great loss in superior officers. Skirmishes had taken place on the 4th beyond the Chiese, between the Piedmontese and the Austrian rear, commanded by Prince SCHWARTZ ENBERG. The latter was worsted with a loss of 50 dead and 600 prisoners. Prince SCHWARTZENBERG retired to Pes • cheira, where he loft 2,500 men, and afterwards pro ceeded to Verona. The Austrian troops who had lately garrisoned:Venice, Udine, Treviso, and Vicenza, 13,000 in number, re-assembled in Styria, where they received orders from RADETZKY to march to Verona. On their way they left 600 deserters. The Piedmontese troops forming the centre of the army under the command of CHARLES ALBERT, and the right wing towards Piacenza, are calculated at 40,000 men. Thousands of volunteers are arriving daily. The Austrians blow up the bridges wherever they pass . The last of their columns quitted Desenzano (Lake of Garda) on the 4th, for Verona. General ALLE MANDI, at the head of his volunteers, has driven the Austrians from their positions of Lorato, Montechian, and Castiglion della Striviere. He was marching, by the last accounts, upon Peschiera, to try to take it by assault. ROME. The official Gazette of Rome contains the follow ing address from Pius IX. to the population of Italy :-- " The events which, during the last two months, succeed each other so rapidly, are not a human work. Woe to him, who, in this tempest, where the cedar and the twig are alike agitated and torn from their roots, listens not to the voice of the Lord! Woe to human pride, if it attributes to the fault or the merit of a few men these wonderful changes, in place of adoring the secret designs of Providence, whether they may be manifested by the ways of justice or by the ways of mercy—of that Providence in whose hands are the ends of the earth ! And we, to whom the word is given to interpret the mute eloquence of the works of God, cannot keep silence in the midst of the desires, fears, and hops s which agitate the hearts of our chil dren. And, first of all, we ought to tell you that if our heart has been moved in learning how in a part of Italy great misfortunes have been prevented by the efforts of religion, and how the noble feelings of the mind have been revealed in acts of charity, we cannot, however, but be profoundly affected by the offences com mitted in other places to the ministers of that same re ligion. And even were we to remain silent relative to these facts, our silence could not effect that they would not diminish tie efficacy of our benedictions. We can not either dispense with informing you, that to make a good use of victory is more difficult than to conquer. If the present thne reminds you of another period of your history, at least let the faults of your forefathers be useful to their descendants. Remember that all stability and all prosperity depend on concord; that God alone is he who renders the inhabitants of the same house unanimous; that God accords that blessing only to humility, to mildness, to respect for his laws in the liberty of his Church, in the order of society, in charity towards men. Remember that justice alone builds up, that passions destroy; and that He who is the King of Kings is also Lord of Nations. May our prayers go up before the Lord, and bring down on you that spirit of counsel, of force, andlwisdum, of which the fear of God is the beginning, in order that our eyes may behold peace in all this land of Italy. If in our universal charity for the whole Catholic world we cannot call it the most dear, God has, however, ordered that it should be nearer to us than any other. " Given at Rome this 30th of March, in the second year of our Pontificate. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) APRIL 2. The present is certainly one of the epochs when the destinies of the world are hastening to their con summation with unwonted rapidity. In the startling succession of great events and complication of inci dents, one only solution can satisfy the thoughtful, and on one resting place alone can the intellect find calm amid the tempest, method amidst disorder—the certainty that there is a Power which guides all things to an ultimate ensuring of the triumph of right. Rome may be considered at this epoch the moral centre of Europe, for an example has been set here, a great principh ; embodied, which has made a profound impression OIL all nations, especially where the struggle again st aggressive authority was incessant, or discontent. at the actual state of society deeply rooted. The results of the late extraordinary events here it is impossible to foresee ; the new responsibilities and altered relations towards other powers which have arisen) in consequence to the Pontifical Government, must be allowed to be serious and critical ; but that Government cannot be refused the praise of having promptly co-operated with a national movement the most generous for the promotion of a cause the most pure that history could place on her record. A sound has gone forth from the Vatican, which has caused all Italy to thrill—and more than this, it has operated on feelings, and created tendencies, in which hardly a country of the civilized world has been with out participation. The bthefest statement of what has occurred during the last fe w days will give an idea of what is passing here. Ai the universal desire to assist in the struggles of Lombardy had been manifested and con- ceded to on the occasion of that re-union in the Colosseun 1, which impressive scene was made known by the Rc )man journals, a notification appeared, headed " V olunk ry Offerings for arming and sending forth our Fell(); :v-citizens. " The youths of Rome have answered worthily to their cou, ntry, and are about to march towards the confines oi the State, in company with the Pontificial militia ; they fear not the fatigues of war or the risking of life, determined to co-operate with their Italian brothers in liberating their common mother country from t'ne stranger. It is a just—it is a holy duty for thos , e who remain at home, end who will enjoy the 1. t of spontaneous sacrifices so great, to contribute a is o in some manner to the triumph of a cause one wlri eh the future destinies of our country depend. Tki .s they may do by depositing on the altar of tl ‘ei r country a part of their means for the succour o F the exhausted treasury, and contributing to the ex traordinary expenses of this movement of troops. On the public, piazza tribunes will be raised, d( stined to receive voluntary gifts and obla tions from a the wealthy, the commercial classes, the nobles, tl its institutions of piety and religious corpo rations. Commission has been formed to collect the sums c ff sbursed, and remit them to the hands of the Minister-, s• t-War, Prince ALDOURANDINI, whose office will be to employ them exclusively in the service of the new ti •oops put into activity, with the obligation of giving ; an account to the public of their use. Lists of t he names and sums given will be printed And plib) fished, that the people may recognise their true friet I There is certain hope that the example of Rome will be imitated by ule provinces. In this manner the operations of war will be rendered more facile and accelerated. It may then be said with pride that there has been no citizen, of whatever social class, who has not shown himself prompt in every sacrifice for liberating our country for ever from the shameful domination of strangers." As soon as the news from Milan reached Rome, ordinances were published by the Civic Council and Ministry of War, to the effect that all between the ages of 20 and 85, who desired to join the na tional battalions marching for the frontier, should repair to the quarters where an enrolment was to be opened : that other volunteers should repair to the office of the Minister of War ; and all officers of the line not in active service, were invited to present themselves, that their services, if available, might be engaged. On that very day upwards of 2,000 had been entered on the national enrolment. Next day thel Chasseurs and all the disposable forces of infantry left; some hours later they were followed by the Dragoons and mounted Chasseurs. General BURANDO, with the illustrious Marquis D ' AZEGLIO, and Count CASANOGA, as Adjutant-Generals, left the same night by post. A great muster of the national volunteers took place on Friday, on the Piazza of St. Peter's, in pre sence of an immense concourse of spectators, who warmly expressed their sympathy. The Italian standard was raised under the Obelisk, and the stirring scene received additional interest on the arrival of his HOLINESS, who came as usual on the last Friday of March, to attend a service in St. Peter's. The greatest eagerness to see him, as if the late events had surrounded his person with a new prestige, was displayed by the multitude who thronged both the interior of the church and the Piazza. On ascend ing the steps, the Holy Father (whose aspect even more than usually wore a noble dignity) turned round to give his blessing, and exclaimed audibly, " Corag gio, gioventu !" (courage, young men !) Two squadrons of dragoons, and a battalion of grenadiers, left on the 28th, the latter by steamer to Leghorn, and on each occasion the departing march was attended by the most fervent acclamations — crowds thronging the streets, and occupying the shores of the Tiber. Invitations were issued from the civic quarters to the citizens to enter the files of the moveable corps, and numbers of those in better circumstances enlisted in the National Guard, expressly to join the expedition. Amongst these it is gratifying to enumerate several English gentlemen ; and the conduct of a young max of the Jewish per suasion (Pacifico Tagliacozza), the son of wealthy parents, who by his own exertions alone induced as many as one hundred of his co-religionists to enlist with himself (at considerable sacrifice of his own in terests) deserves honourable mention. The University was temporarily closed, that the students might be at leisure to prepare, as many as there were disposed, for devoting themselves to the great cause, and 150 of these formed a company of volunteers. The lately established Casino, called. the Circolo Romano, of which CicEnuAccum is president, and which, essentially democratic, has made great progress within the few weeks of its exist ence, sent out of its complement of 200 members 76 volunteers. Padre GAVAZZI (whose political ideas combine with evangelical zeal, and who seems a man fitted by gifts of popular eloquence, of moral as we ll as physical vigour, to become the leader of an enthusiastic people) declared his intention to march in the van, like another PETER the Hermit, and carry the cross, if necessary, into the heart of the battle. In a farewell interview, Pius IX. is reported to have said to the Padre, " that he had blessed all his children who were departing in arms, and wished to give to their march a watchword in the sublime name of ORDER." NAPLES AND SICILY. Intelligence has been received from Naples, ac cording to which the Earl of MINTo has returned to that city, and publicly testified his dissatisfaction at the " versatile" conduct of the KING, who, on his side, has treacherously withdrawn all his promises to the Sicilians, and resolved to treat them as rebels. The people of Sicily, however, will not be put down so easily as his MAJESTY supposes. They have de termined to throw armed corps on the coasts of Calabria, although it is possible (adds the writer) that their valiant efforts will be anticipated by a re• volution in Naples, where the people are equally exasperated. The display of military force in the capital is very imposing, but the inhabitants are not intimidated. They bide their time. FERDINAND himself is aware of the danger of his situation, and has already made preparations to flee from his do minions, bag and baggage. Steamers are riding in the harbour ready to receive on board the representa tive of deposed Royalty. It is said that the Sicilians have offered 10,000 soldiers to CHARLES ALBERT and the Italians. The Nouvelliste of Marseilles of Sunday says— " The report, which was spread three days ago in this city by the captain and passengers of the Lombardo, of a revolution in Naples, is contradicted to-day by the news brought by the Capni, which left Naples on the 4th." We read in a letter from Naples of the 4th, pub lished by a Marseilles journal :—" The new Ministry is composed of M. TROJA, President and Minister of Public Instruction ; M. DRAGONETTI, of Foreign Affairs and Public Worship ad interim; M. DEL GIIIDICU, War and the Marine ; M. ROBERTI, Pub. lic Works ; Count FERRETTI, Finances, and ad interim Agriculture and Commerce. Lord MINTO will shortly proceed to the Adriatic with the British squadron." DUTCH AND BELGIAN HAILS. - - THE HAGUE, APRIL 11.—The Steal Courant of this day publishes the treaty of commerce and navigation, concluded on the 17th of November last, between his Majesty the King of the Netherlands and the Two Sicilies, and the ratification of which was exchanged with the Court of Naples on the 29th Fehruary. This treaty insures liberty of commerce and navigation, with the fullest protection of person and property. The two contracting parties have agreed, that as the kingdom of the Two Sicilies does not possess any colonies, it Shall enjoy a diminution of 50 per cent. of the customs fixed by the tariff on the importation of the produce of the Dutch colonies—oil of olives and refined brimstone— coming in vessels from the Netherlands harbours. (Signed) C. DE LIEDEKERKE BEAUFORT, Duc de Serracapriola. Naples, Feb. 29, 1843. TIIE HAGUE, APRIL 10.—His Majesty, by a decree of the 6th instant, has accorded to Count Liedekerke Beaufort, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary of the Netherlands to the Courts of Rome and Sardinia, permission to accept and wear the insignia of the Grand Cross of the order of St. Jativier, conferred upon him by his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies. Rear Admiral Arriers has, in consequence of a royal ordinance,:been re-instated in his functions of Aide•de- Camp Extraordinary to his Majesty from the 20th of March last. The Amsterdam Courant, of the 10th, announces that his Majesty, previous to quitting Amsterdam, presented the sum of 10,000 florins to the burgomaster, to be em ployed in various public works to be undertaken in the environs of the capital. Her Majesty the Queen manifests a most lively in terest in procuring work for the poor at the Hague, and having learnt that in consequence of the great depression at the present time many persons had been obliged countermand their orders given to different tradesmen,ot her j w il o a r j ke s po t e y haspie m a y notordered be unemployed.variousaritles in order that the AmsTEaDAK, APRIL 10. D utch funds, was again lower this day, in respect to —The aspect of the Bourse than yesterday. There was, notwithstanding, some • acti; vity in integrals. Spanish funds were again depre s, depre ciated. The Austria n we r e more offered, and there was d ema nd for Russian 10 per but little cent.—J ournal e de la Hague. it s discussion on the articles of the project of law BntresELs, APRIL 1 1 .—The Chamber yesterday con trienlauteicive to the revision of the laws of the Civic Guard. Arts. 25-23 to 52 49 were adopted.—Moniteur Beige, April 12. The Burgomaster of Louvain has addressed a procla mation to the inhabitants, assuring them that the Government has prescribed the re-organization of the Civic Guard. He expresses his hope that before tie passing of that law the Civic Guard will no longer be rendered necessary. This hope he founded upon the peace and calmness which this city enjoys, and the love of work and order which distinguishes the people of Louvain. Numerous offers for the volunteer service have been made. The Burgomaster has ordered their names to be entered on a list opened at the Hotel de Ville. The elections for the Civic Guard are everywhere pro ceeding with the greatest quiet and good order, and the best understanding prevails among all classes, with great seal and eagerness to enlist in the city militia„—Moniteur Beige, April 12. The Prussian Government has given large orders for the manufacture of cannons at the royal manufactory at Liege.—Moniteur Beige, April 12. The Universal Prussian States Gazette gives a long account of the demolition of the Imperial Austrian arms on the Austrian embassy at Rome. Immediately after the destruction Count Lutzow wrote to Cardin... that he considered his relations with ti.e Court of Rome suspended by this act. In the inear time the Secretary o f St a t e (C ar di na l A n tonini) had addressed a letter to the Ambassador, expressing his regret and indignation at the insult which had been offered by the populace to the Imperial Embassy. TLe Count stated the great grief and pain which the circum stance had given to the Pope. Of this his Holiness gave evidence on the 22d, while walking through the gate of Rome, when he met Count Lutzow's carriage, and per sonally expressed his deep regret, and his desire that every satisfaction should be given. DUTCH FUNDS.—ADISTERDAM, APRIL 11. Money, BMA Actual Debt, 23 per Cent........... 331 i 34!.6 Ditto, 3 per Cent • • •• • • 38% 39 Ditto, 4 per Cent... .. 404 60 Amort Syndic, 4 u 2 per Cent • ......... 593 i 50 Commercial Company, 4V 2 per Cent .. East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... Exchange on London, at sight •••••• • • 11 97 Two months... ...... ••.• • • 11 87 BELGIAN FUN DS.—BaussiLs, APRIL 11. Actual Debt, 2 per Cent .... .. Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • Ditto Three per Cent ................ Ditto Thirty-seven Minions, ditto ...... Ditt0,ditte,1848............ ••••• • • • .. 54% Ditto,ditto, 1842 • • • • • • • • . _ Ditto, 1844............... •••• • • • • •.. 50% Ditto, 1838 • • .. • • • • ••.•.••• •• .• • •• Ditto of the City, 1632 ........... . Ditto, 1843 • • ••.••••• •• • • .• ...... 50 Bank of Belgium . • .... 46 . " . —Brussels Papers, April 11. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers present were—the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Huntingdon, and the Bishop of Manchester. BAILLIE V. 314G1880N. The further hearing of the arguments in this eases which came before their Lordships upon two appa . ol , l from the judgment of th e C our t o f S ess i on, occu pied their Lordships the whole morning. PRIVY COUNCIL.—( THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to• day, in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Lord* present were Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Lord Langdale, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and tilt Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. Their Lordships, having disposed of the case of Magnus Smith v. the Judges of Sierra Leone, proceeded to hear an appeal from New South Wales (the Bank of Australia v. Brieblat), the arguments on which occupied their Lordships the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) Nothing of any interest occurred to-day in the Courts of the Vice-Chancellor of England, the Vice•Chancellot Knight Bruce, or the Vice-Chancellor Wigram. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE RE.NIVICK, AN INSOLVENT. In this case the solicitor to the assignee applied to the Court, in consequence of the insolvent not having coax• plied with the order of the Court to pay 304 per annual by quarterly instalments. His lloNotat could not rescind the protection until the year had expired, notwithstanding the payments were to be made quarterly. but a caveat could be entered to prevent the renewal of the protection. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY) (Before Mr. Under• Sheriff BURCIIELL.) MASON V. LAST. A NOVEL ACTION.—This was an action of trover to recover the value of a silver watch. The facts were these:—The plaintiff was a coachman. driving to Bury St. Edmunds, and defendant was 14 watchmaker there. Defendant advanced Cl. upon it—tha money was repaid, but the watch was not forthcoming. The oaly question in the case was the value of the watch ,which was a silver gilt repeater. The plaintiff claimed 181., and the defendant offered 121. None of the witnesses had seen the watch, nor could it be ascertained who had possession of it, as defendant asserted that ho had lent it to a friend who had made away with it. The jury gave a verdict for 151. JONES V. SANDELL. The plaintiff is a grocer, at Oxford, and the defendant is a confectioner, in Wimpole-street. The action ws►s brought to recover the sum of 5001. for money lent. Letters were put in in which the defendant admitted having borrowed the money in 1843. On the applica tion being made for the loan, the plaintiff said that he could not raise money under 7 per cent.; he had , however, only charged 5 per cent., and admitted the receipt of interest up to June, 1847. The jury gave a verdict for 5191. Is. 6d. There were only three cases on the list. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) Francis Simmonds and Charles Hale, plumbers, en" ployed by the East London Waterw or k s C om p an y, were indicted for stealing a quantity of leaden pipe, the pro perty of Mr. Loynes, a builder, at Homerton. It appeared that the prisoners were employed to re move old pipe from the premises adjoining those of the prosecutor, and that they went upon the pros e cutor'e ground, and dug up and carried away the service-pipe. Their defence was, that they were entitled by custom to the old pipe, as perquisites, when they had to Jai down new. They consid e r e d th e pip e as th e property of the company, not of the prosecutor. The inspector of the waterworks, and other wit nesses, gave them an excellent character for honesty and industry. nie T n h d e ed j u r t y h e r e r t u r i r s n o ed ne r a s v t e o r d m i e e t r c o y f G o n u i l a t c y , ü b n u t t orfecthoem ir good characters. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said that the Court would Five the fullest weight to the recommendation of the jury, and take into consideratioa the circumstance that the prisoners were labouring under the erroneous im pression that they were entitled to those pieces of pipe which :were removed by them to make room for new ones. If that could be the case, when the lead was the property of the company, their employers, it certainly could not excuse them for taking the lead belonging to a private individual. He wished them, and all others in the same occupation, to know that they had no such right; and tho offence of stealing lead was increasing to such an extent that the Court thought it necessary to deal severely with those convicted of it. They were determined to punish it with nine months' imprisonment and hard labour. But under all the circumstances Or this case he would sentence the prisoners only to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. - THE METROPOLITAN COMMIS' SIONERS 01? SENVEttS.—(THIS DAY.) The Metropolitan Sanitary Commissioners held Court of Sewers this morning ; Lord Morpeth in the chair. A report from the General Purposes Committee on the progress of the Ordnance survey, stated that the committee had engaged a number of individuals to pro secute the survey, amongst whom was Colour-sergeant Smith, at a salary of 2001. per annum, and a number of levellers at two guineas per week each. The r e port was adopted. A letter was read from Sir John Hall, of the St• Katharine's Dock Company, stating that the company were anxious to retain in their hands the power of re gulating the sewers upon their property. A reply had been returned stating that the application could not be tic ceded to. It was then resolved that no person be retained in the service of the Commissioners, lis l e salaried officer, who is in private practice, or whose whole time is not available for the public service. It was also resolved that the poundage to be allowed to the collectors of the rates should in no case exceed six pence in the pound. i) A letter was read from the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company, as well as a resolution the General Purposes Committee had communicated them, to the effect that the company must not proceed with their works until an arrangement had been come to for bind ing the company to pay a proportion of the sewerago rates as a consideration for the profits arising frora their operations. To that resolution the company bad demurred, denying the right of the Commission to interfere, and expressing their determination to proceed with their works. .. ^ A resolution was passed by the Court, directing that the works of the company should not be proceeded with. A communication was read from Mr. Holland, of Manchester, placing at the disposal of tha Commission his patent machinery for the distribution of liquid n ma nure. The offer was accepted w i t h t h anks. Thanks were also voted to 250 men in the employ o f Commissioners, sta t. for having acted as speci a l cons tables tohnet he 10th instant. Lord MORPETH expressed his delight at the manner in which all classes came forward to preserve the peso of the metropolis on Monday. This example of loyal!): and affection for the Throne would produce beneficial effects, not only in the United Kingdom but throughout Europe. Some other routine business was then disposed of, and the proceedings of the Court closed. Mr. STALWOOD was allowed to read a petition be had already presented to the Court, complaining that the Holborn and Finsbury Commissioners had npen many occasions spent large sums of the ratepayers money in entertaining themselves with dinners at the Albion Hotel. Lord MORPETIT said abuses should be put an end to. Measures had already been taken to reduce the expense of the Commission, and he could assure the petitioner, that hereafter no allowances would be made for re freshments or dinners to the local Commissioners. The Court then adjourned. FORBIGN CATTLB AND PROVISION COMPANY."'" Nye are glad to perceive that the Foreign Cattle Provi sion trade is beginning to attract the attention of cap' talists, and that a company has been established for the purpose of developing it on a scale of magnitude which shall be in some proportion to its importance. At the present time, when the price of butcher's meat, of pro visions of every description, is s o hi g h as to render It impossible for the working man to purchase animal food for his family, and when there is overy prospect that the price of provisions will continue to rise, the establish ment of this company for the purpose of endeavouring to meet the increased demand for provisions, by pro viding an increasA supply, cannot but confer in , " mouse benefit upon the public, while at the same time the shareholders will reap an ample reward. The Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday received a deputation of the clergy of the city of London, wb9 waited upon his Grace, at Lambeth Palace, to congrs' ttilate upon hia elevation IQ the iirchiapinCra WO'