The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-11 00:00:00

Under the !auction of the Colonial-office and the Prince Admira Al b lty, and Dedicated by permission to his lioya, Hieim , ss ert. Just ready, in Two Vels. deny 0., with numerous Illustrat:ons, AItRATIVE of the EXPEDITION Sent by ber Majesty's Government to THE RIVER NIGER, In the Years 1811-42 ; • With an Account of Yenaantlot of Po and the other Islands in the Bigh Biafra. By Captain WILLIAM ALLEN, R.N., F.R.S., &c. Late Comltnander of H.M.S. Wilberforce; and T. R. H. THOMSON, M.D., &c., Surgeon, R.N., One of the Officers of the ExpeOition. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE• Madame TADOLINI. It is respectfully announced that this celebrated Artiste has ar rived and will appear forthwith in the part originally composed for her, Donizetti's Opera of LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. LANE. THEAI RE ROYAL, DRUR' CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS LAST GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES The public is respectfully Intorme.l that a.s the Cirque National de Paris must positively close on the 16th of May, THREE GRAND MORNING PERFOR ‘IANCES will be given on the following days: "vl2. t—Friday the 12th, Monday the 15th, and Tuesday the 16th inst. First Price as usual. No Second Price. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Male. JENNY LIND The Nobility, Gentry, subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully intormed that there will be a Grand EXTRA NIGHT THIS r.VENING, the lth of May, on which occasion Madlie. JENNY LIND will appear as Maria in l)onizetti's Opera, entitled LA LitiLlA DLL REGGI3IENTO. The Soenery by Mr, C. Marshall. The dresses by Miss Bradley and Mr. Whales, under the su;.erintenaence of Mdme. Copere. Maria, Mdlle. Jenny Lind; Le March.se di Berkenteld, Madame Solari ; Suplislo Sergente, Sig. F. Lablache ; Tonto, ig. Between the Acts a DIVERT'S , EM EN T, in which will be Intro duced a grand Pas des Elf, ides, from Fiorita, by Mdlle. Marie Tag lioni, supported by 3/dile& Aussundon and Julien, and the Corps ao Ballet. To conclude with the grand Ballet re-arranged by M. Perrot, en titled ALMA ; on, La Fille du Feu. (Omitting the Ist Tableau.) In the 2d Tableau (the Fete in Ger man•) the admired Pas de Fascination, composed by M. Perrot, by Cerito and M. Perrot. In the 3a Tableau (the Ball Scene) Polka Genera e, by the Corps de Ballet and the celebrated Pas de Trois, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, assisted by Madame Petit Stephan. Periphite, M. Perrot ; Enaazor, M. St. Leon ; Alma, Mdlle. Cerito. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. The Free List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Doors open a' half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. For the Benefit of Mademoiseile Corahe Ducos. LAST NIGHT BUT fOUlt. THIS EVENING La Lutte des Voltigeurs—The Gitanos—The Postilion—The Four Quarters of the Globe, &c., by MM. Loisset, A. Franconi, Slegrist, Andre, Auriol, Leclair, Le Petite Loisset. &c. ; Mdlles. Caroline, Ma thilde, Pabnyre Anito. Corahe Ducos, Amaglia, Le Petite Anato, &C. Doors open at halt-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAIiKET. Under the Mauigeinciii. ci Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be peformed the Comedy of THE PROVOKED HUSBAND. Sir Francis WronOlead, Mr. Fa " -rren ; Squire Richard, Mr. Keeley ; John Moody, Mr. Webster; Lady Wronghead, Mrs. Glover ; Miss Jenny, Mrs. Keeley . • Lady Towuly, Mrs. Nisbett . Alter which, JENNY LIND A'l' L kST. anza, founded on To conclude with a Grand Romantic extravag Horace Walpole's mysterious production, and called THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis 'Vincenzo, Mr. J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss p. 'lumen ; Odonto, Ir. Caulfield ; Hip polito, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. m an ager, Mr. F. Webter. A Sta3e Manager, Mr. Farren; cling Archer, I-lox-book keeper- J' T. Upper Gallery, Is. Boxes, 55.; Plt, 3s. Gallery, 2s. ; Doors open at Ralf-past Sia, Vertormance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. under tiy/.rridireiscti_rvvsTon a : Nla x cl u ame Celeste. Lambert, a new and original Drama, called HARVEST Will berPrierirmpale(lcharactors by M m e:s c r ,e s ies i t l e . Hughes, hiss Woolgar, Mrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Frank Matthews, Mist Turner, &c. To conclude with A new Piece, entitled THE FOUNTAIN OF ZEA ; or, the Child ot xes 130, , Is.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 18. s open at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. OYAI, LYCEUM TREAT itE. Under the Management or Madame Vestris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SCARECROW. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckadone, Selby, Granby, and Charles ; Mrs. C. Junes, Miss Lee, and Mrs. Fltswilliam. .rter which,-an entirOy new and original Classical Extravaganza, entitled THESEUS and ARIADNE ; or, the Tarr ace of Menus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke; Miss Fitzwiiliam, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madame Vestris Tu conclude with a Farce, entitled BROTHER BEN. Principal characters y Messrs. Harley, C. Mathews, and F. Matthews ; Mrs. LeLdi Murray, Miss Lee, and Mrs. Macnarnara. thess i.oxes, os.; Upper Luxes, 4s. ; 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. Box-ottlee, :So. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the prit. ~c,ry, day, trout Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. 33. Bond-street. rOurth Appearance since 1845 of M. Achard. and Fir% Ap nearances in this Country et N. Decree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the . , Theatre du Gymnase, Pal is). To-MORROW EVENING , The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock, when Will be performed tne favourite Comedie-vaudevide of LA FA. MILLE DU FUMISTE. Jerome, M. AL hard. After which, GROISEE DE B ItTHE. Berthe, Mellle. Desiree. To conclude with VEUVE PINCHON. Philippe, 31. Achard Catherine. Mdlle. Desiree. ..o , ces. Os.; l'it, 3s. 4;d. Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s Boxes and Stalls may be obtain• d at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33. Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEA VRE. ROBERT HOUDIN (oi the Paleis Royal, Paris).—The sur prising and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDIN, having been received with the most enthusiastic adm ration, he will con tinue his extraordinary SOIREES SANTA ,TIQUES at the St. James's Theatre, This Evening, and every Tuesday, Ti.ursday, and Saturday Evening, comprising Automates, Prestidigitation, Magic, and original experimekts, invented by Robert 13 oudin. Also, Second Vue Escamotage de Roberts Rocklin, Ills, and Suspension Ethereene. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at half-past Zighr, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. NtITCIIELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond-street and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven to Five. PRINCESS'S TiIEATRE. Mr..J.M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland- place. Ifs t r E N ING, Will be presented a new comic Drama, entitled A FAIRY TALE. Principal characters by Messrs. J. Vinal4, C. Fisher, Conway, Nor ton, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Emma Stanley. After which a new Commediett, entitled DOMESTIC BLISS. Mr. Goodleinan. Mr. Cooper; Adela, Mrs. Stirling; Rhoda, Miss Villars. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled ESMERALDA; or, the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Esmeralda, Mdlle Dress Circle, 5,4.: Baxes, 45.; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. SITIzREN"fIIEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. TIIIS EVENING. Will be presented THE TeIREE RED MEN. Principal charac ters by Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Dale, Honner, Herbert, Jones, Butler, Lewis ; Mrs. Hormel*, Mrs. Saville, Mrs. Hicks, Miss Terry, and Miss richardson. Alter whieh, TIIE IRISH TUTOR. Dr. O'Toole, Mr. T. Barry. To conclude with THE. BRIDE OF THE BLEEDING HEART. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week but One of Mr. Van Amburgh's Engagement. Immense lilt of the Easter Spectacle. Overtl,wing houses to wit nest) the celebrated Mr. Van Anahurgli and his unequalled collection of trained animals, amongst which will be found the greatest no velty ever seen, a Black Tiger, the first ever known to mingle with Other animals, and has hitherto been con-idered untameable. TIIIS Will be presented a grand romantic Spectacle, written by Boyle Barnard, Esq., expressly to introduce Mr. Van Amburgli in his astounding performance, lounded upon a passage in Eugene Sue's celebrated novel of " The Wandering Jew," and will he produced un der the title of MOROK, THE BEAST TAMER. Armand Dugard, Mr. Van Amburgh. The Spectacle will be succeeded V an incomparable routine of Mr. Batty's Scenes of the Arena, in which n'ignor Chiarini and :odlle. Marietta Orsinago, from- Italy, will bare the honour of appearing. To c L conclude with a Legendary petite Spectacle ent itled, THE GOLDEN - FOOTED STED ; or the Charmed Ilorse of the Valley. During the recess the Theatre has been entirely re-decorated. Box-othee ot.eat front Eleven till Four. Si age M an:ier. Mr. W. W,-gt. TU CORRESPONDENIz.s. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by tue name and address L. the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—Surr OFFICE, MAY 11. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 63 ; Highest, 67 Noon, 69. BAROMETER, 30,37, WIND E S.E.; fine clear sunshiny Weather. MGR WATER AT 'LONDON BRIDGE TUTS DAY. Morning .. 21 niin. after 8 I Evening 0 min. after 9 ,_______ , ._____--- 4 1", If l l. 0 0 ci.*lA 4 l >1:14 414 '1 , • 'i'f, -7 - ~.`-';', •:, , , . , ' . v ,ac _ , Rr • ;to"' - pßort • r- ---. • _. " ebrJrnblit, P 41116 LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1848. Among the multitude of separate agitations, both physical and political, which a re now transpir ing throughout Christendom , wo arrest the t at tention by their paramount importance. One is a legislative, the other is a popular commotion, the other in co mmotion, one occurs in the metropolis of Catholicism, the capital of pleasure, or, as it is regarded witnesses bymeans:; the r a di a ti ng po i n t of civilization. Paris the st rugg l e o f the representatives of the country in the t emporary pa l ace erec t e d i n the court-yard of the Chamber of Deputies. Rome, on the con trary, sees the excitement in its streets and squares, in` the precincts oethe ancient forum, and on the hills of the Quirinal and Aventine. It is impossible to regard with apathy either the stormy discussions the National Assembly or the still stormier demonstrations of the Roman populace, because upon the result of the bloodless battles which are being fought by the statesmen and citizens of tlicse two great cities depends in a very great mea sure the realisation of the dreams of France and Italy, the consolidation of the republican institutions of the one, and the perfect emancipation and frater nization of the other. In either case the hopes and pra yers - of all good men are with th e com b atants ; in s ympathies of E ng l and are profound either case the and active. During the last few days the observations of the multitude have been concentrated U p o n the extraor dinary difference which has latterly arisen between the people; Rome and the Sovereign PONTIFF. Europe has beheld with astonishment and indignation tte Stupendous ingratitude of a race laughing to scorn tha 'virtue's 'of their rriget illustains benefactor, and deriding the conscientious qualms of his paternal and pacific heart. Those who abhor the sanguinary doctrines of a KENYON and a BettliNcitiaar ; those who regard with sentiments of horror the spectacle of Archbishop ATECKETT leading on the soldiers of HENRY the Second, or unhorsing ENGELRAN DE TALE in open tour nay ; those, in fine, who would not behold the sword slung over the cassock, or the pike grasped in sacer dotal hands, must appreciate the motives which actuate a man like Pius LX., a man whose career since the moment of his elevation to the Pontificate has betokened the gentleness of his nature as well as the enlightenment of his intellect and the benignity of his ambition. However forcible may be the reasons for the declaration of war against Austria by the Italians—and there could not by possibility be a concurrence of reasons more forcible—it is impossible not to comprehend, and, comprehending, not to appreciate the recent hesitation of Pope Pius IX. in regard to the question of taking part in the war of indepen dence. As a Priest h e f ee l s hi mse lf i m pelled to rem ain Passive, as a Princ e h e exper i ences a solicitude to join his banners to those of Tuscany and Sardinia. Aggres sion and bloodshed, even in the holy cause of liberty, ive and seem to him, as a p rea cher of the une ggres s s hort of unbloody dogmas of Christianity , n othing gigantic gigantic and ine x piable crimes ; whereas libera tion of Lomb a rdy, the expulsionof the German mercenaries beyond the nat ural boundaries of the Karpaths, and the subsequent union of the free states of Italy into a toleration commensurate with the visions of his people —those beautiful, visions of an Italian nationality appear to be the necessary sequence of his own acts of ame lioration—results essential to the ,consumma tion of his own c onstitutional and sponta neous reforms. Pius IX. has thus wavered between a warlike complicity with Sardinia and a passive resistance to the Austrians. He has wavered be tween the rival influences of his position—the reli gious inducements to peace—and the political incite ments to war. He has wavered as became one con scious of his profound and incongruous responsibi lities. The agony of his hesitation is perceptible in the allocution pronounced by the PONTIFF in the Secret Consistory of the 29th of April. Those who are from their geographical position enabled to regard wh a t i s j ust now transpiring in R ome w ith the calmness o f di spass i ona t e s p e ctators can understand motives which are incomprehensible to those who are themselves immediately agitated by events. It is thus that in London we can appreciate a hesitation of judgment which in Rome appears enigmatical; we can see in it the struggle of con science and patriotism, while to the population of the Papal territories it looks like treason or turpitude. Long and distracting however, as has been the inde cision of the PONTIFF it has terminated at last—the patriot has risen above the priest, or rather the priestly functions have imparted a certain air of sanctity to that war which was already rendered sacred by the holy bonds of a race fighting for their liberation and their nationality. Pius IX. has de finitively joined with the Grand Duke of Tus- CANY and the King of SARDINIA, in the endeavour to free Lombardy from the detested troopers of Austria; the Papal colours will mingle Hith the Italian tri-colour upon the banks of the Mincio and the Adige; RADEIZSILY will not only have to def'2, the heroic Genoese and Savoyards, he will have to make battle against the descendants of the warriors who fought under the Caesars and the Scipios. There is now no room for retrogression. The sovereign princes of Italy are henceforth linked together in what may in truth be called a holy alli ance—an alliance for the vindication of their inde pendence and the declaration of their territorial rights. While MAMIANI is enunciating the patriotic reso lutions of the PONTlFF—declaring, first, that a priest shall never again be called to any public office ; secondly, that war shall be formally declared forth with ; thirdly, that Pius IX. is the head of the Go vernment ; fourthly, that an official bulletin shall be published daily ; and fifthly, that the young shall be encouraged to arm themselves and hasten to aid those who are now driving the barbarians from the sacred soil of Italy—while all these startling announce ments are being made in the Eternal City the Parisians are amazed by the decision of the National Assembly, that the ultras are not to be excluded from the new Commission of Government. The five Mem bers of that Commission prove to be the very five proposed by the precipitate DORNES, namely, LAMARTINE, ARAGO, MARIE, GARNIER PAGES, and anal; ROLLIN. After the first astonishment at this decision has subsided, however, we shall not have less cause to congratulate the Parisians than we have to felicitate the Romans—because, in both instances, we cannot but regard the ultimate determination as the most politic, the most patriotic, and the best calcu lated to effect in Italy her emancipation from Austrian rule, and in France the consolidation of her Repub lican institutions. By this means the ultras are dis armed and the retrograde party confounded, the National Assembly and the Pontifical Councils having been alike influenced by the spirit of a wise and courageous civism. A case which was heard before Mr. Commissioner FANE, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, on Tuesday, strongly illustrates one of the most glaring defects of the present system, a defect which loudly demands the speedy intervention of the Legis lature. By the law as it now stands any single creditor who may be influenced by selfish or vindic• tive Purposes may enforce a bankruptcy, the results of which will be highly injurious, not only to the debtor himself, hut to the general body of the credi tors. It may unduly affect the position and prospects of the embarrassed trader, while it will prevent those to whom he is indebted from obtain ing considerable advantages which may be tendered for their acceptance, hut which they must be deprived of if a fiat is issued, and a profitable business de stro) ed, through the malevolence or obstinacy of an individual. The refusal to accede to propositions so clearly beneficial to all parties, that the assent ( f perhaps nine-tenths in number and value of the credi• tors is readily afforded thereto, may be withheld either because the dissentient may desire to inflict serious injury upon his debtor, from motives of pri vate animosity, to get rid of him as a rival in trade, or to obtain for himself peculiar advan tages which cannot be given to the g a en d eral body. Are these such praiseworthy should objects, that any interference therewith ghui.dedabbey. e th sc e hewed and avoided, and that a small minority should be empowered to control the pro ceedings, and refuse to participate in the acts or be it is quite thepirnei would - hail with a reverse, n err a osbe o , f t a h n e d g rtehaet public majority? generally Surel y t m i o e do In the hb t ed h et tolerated, p y p whi at b ion a revision and amend laae:rea tbendn. under notice things are still sanc tioned bankrupt k b r a u d p , t how ever, in the i t I t h s b e l e whole time, a t n o d a o b w o • owed struggled in trade for a cons father, various sums, amounting double the value of his ever, considerable expectation s on which he might reasonably calculateom as a i a mean s of discharging all his liab ilities without ut any d ra wback or deduction. The father, however, unfortunately p erished b y the hands of an assa s sin, and it was t hen found that those expectations C:' e nugatory,. and that no possible assistance could be derived or hoped for from that source. The son, therefore, acted a fair and straightforward part, well deserving the approbation expressed by the Court. Although possessed of consider fo r would a c h o a n v s e i d e e r n a a b b l e l e d tim h e i , m an t d o carry means, onb us w in h e i s c s h perhaps ultimately have retrieved himself from all his difficulties, he called his creditors together, affairs, and having show n wh at he was enabled to do, explained his true positio n and the real state of his he proposed terms of arrangement to which almost all his creditors unhesitatingly acceded. One, how ever, refused his sanction—the law gave him certain powers, in the event of his demand not being paid i . t . l full, and he was determined to en force the full liquidation or t o ma k e his debtor a bankrupt, an d bring name before the public, by which his t rade would be seriously injured, or perhaps wholly destroyed, and tl.e so ur c es from whence the other creditors might in time have obtained full payment of their respective de mands wholly cut olfa-lY Thestern and unrelenting creditor is, it appears' h the same_businees, pott , • sensing a shop on each side of that occupied by his debtor, whom he might, therefore, possibly have re garded as a rival in trade of whom it was desirable to get rid. Whatever might be the motives by which he was actuated, he, in defiance of the wishes of the general body of the creditors, forced his neighbour into the Gazette. In pronouncing judgment, the Learned Commissioner declared his decided objection to the system by which such harsh and oppressive conduct was sanctioned. He said "he had often ex pressed a great wish that the law had been so framed that some means were provided by which the ma jority of creditors interested in an estate could, to a certain extent, bind the minority, and at all events prevent one creditor, who was actuated either by excessive selfishness, or by worse motives, from forcing a debtor into the Gazette, where that course would be destructive to all the parties concerned. He thought this case illustrative of that view—for, having regard to all the circumstances, and the honesty of the bankrupt's conduct, he must say that he considered it to be one of those cases in which the creditors might with safety and advantage have come to an arrangement with the bankrupt, and so have refrained from com ing into this court." There are few impartial or disinterested men who will not fully coincide with the wishes] thus expressed for a speedy amend ment of the law—a wish that must carry with it considerable weight from the quarter from which it has emanated. We heartily commend it to the con sideration of the legal reformers in either House of Parliament. A Bill is at this moment before the Legislature for " The regulation of the Court of Bankruptcy, and for the further amend ment of the laws relating to Bankrupts," which has been brought forward by Lord BROUGHAM, and which will shortly be taken into consideration : a few clauses might easily be added embodying the valuable suggestions of the Learned Commissioner, and providing that, whenever three-fourths of the creditors, in number and value (or such other proposition as might be approved of), should assent to a proposition which might appear to be for the general benefit, the same should be carried into effect, and the mino rity deprived of all power of acting inde pendently of the general body. There can be no sufficient reasons why the provisions of the ith and 6th VICTORIA, c. 116, and 7th and Bth VICTORIA, C. 96, which now apply to persons not within the bankrupt laws, or o f traders who owe in the aggregate less than 3001., should not be extended to all cases whatsoever. If these suggestions were adopted much suffering would be spared to parties whose embarrassments were occasioned by misfor . - tunes over which they had no control, and whose general conduct had been unexceptionable, while the creditors themselves would be materially benefited and considerable sums, now expended in useless liti gation, saved for the parties entitled thereto. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. They all comment on the resolution adopted by the Assembly in its sitting of the day preceding for the appointment of an Executive Committee to no minate the Ministers. The Committee was to be appointed in the sitting of yesterday, and will in all probability consist Of LAMARTINE, LEDRU ROLLIN, ARAGO, GARNIER, PAGES, and MARIE. It is considered generally that this is about the wisest decision to which the Assembly could have come, because by placing LEDRU RoLuti in the com mission he is removed from the Ministry of the In terior, and with such colleagues as LAMARTINE and GARNIER PAGES, his violence will be effectually re strained, at the same time his dignity is saved, and his self-love remains unwounded. The decision of the Assemb'y was, we believe, mainly influenced by the speech of M. LAMARTINE, who came to the rescue of his fall-n colleague. The Journal des Debats thus comments on this portion of the proceedings : " Two members of the Provisional Government spoke —M. de Lamartine and M. Ledru Rollin. The latter to defend himself, the former to defend M. Ledru Rollin—both with talent. M. Ledru Rollin, to use a vulgar expression, has du bon. We have not, assuredly, helped to raise him to his present position, and we judge him as mere spectators ; or, if he will have it so, as victims. M. Ledru Rollin accepts his revolutionary positi ,n, in which he is at ease. Two things are re marked in his attitude and in his speeches which always retain their value—Frankness and force. M. de Lamar tine is the generous and brilliant man of the new Revolution. lie loves to cover with his popularity all who surround him. His speech contributed not a little towards the adoption of the Executive Commissioners— that is to say, the project the most favourable to the ancient Provisional Government, and to M. Ledru Rollin. It seems that M. de Lamartine shrinks from the enormous burden that the indiscreet favour of opinio❑ would impose upon him ; and he is right. May God watch over this noble relic of glories no longer existing ! Lamartine, the poetic souvenir of our youth, the orator, and man of noble thoughts—he in whom moderation is this moment personified ! May France, in the impetuosity of its admiration—may God, in his justice, not raise him too high, and charge his shoulders with a weight beneath which the strongest might succumb ! M. de Lamartine calculates well, when he desires to divide power, and not have it alone." Had LZDEU RoLLIN been rejected, there would no doubt have been an armed demonstration on the part of the clubs. There had been care, however, taken for the preservation of the public peace. The guard at the Assembly was reinforced by 1,500 National Guards, and there were 6,000 of the National Guard on duty at the Mairies. The dynastic papers all comment sarcastically on the noisy conduct of some of the Members of the As sembly, and contrast it with the staid appearance of the old Chamber of Deputies. Ww cannot, however, admit the justice of th,ir observations. Considering the circumstances u❑der which the Assembly has been elected, and the heterogeneous materials of which at first it must necessarily be composed, it strikes us that it has woz Iced better than could pos sibly have been expected, and we have no doubt but that in the cow se of a few weeks it will sober clown into as orderly a body as any other deliberative As sembly in the world. Louts BLANC hag announced the dissolution of the Workman's Commission, over which he presided at the Luxembourg ; and M. WoLowsKl has given notice, in the Assembly, of a motion for a Commis sion for inquiring into every branch of industry. The financial condition of the country occupies seriously the public attention. On this subject we find the following in the Constitutionnel : " We shall not follow the Minister in the enumera tion of the decrees which he has daily issued, and many of which are not of great urgency ; we shall confine ourselves to giving a summary et the present financial state of the country, and of the means which he pro poses to relieve it. The comparison made between the budget of 1848, as it presented itself under the old Go vernment, and such as it is rectified under the Republic, is as follows:—The credits voted for the ordinary service of 1848 amounted to 1,366 millions, to which must be added 23 millions demanded as a supplementary credit, 30 millions for Algeria, and 1,200,000 f. for the secret service and for the celebration of the fetes of July, and which would carry the ordinary budget up to 1,420 millions. The credits allotted for extraordinary works amount to 189 millions, making a total of 1,610 millions for the ensemble of the expenses voted or foreseen for 1848, The estimate of the ordinary receipts amounted to 1,371 millions, but M. Gamier Pages must deduct from that amount a sum of 24 millions for inevitable non valeurs, which will bring down the ordinary receipts to 1,346 millions; to this he adds in the shape of Lock at extra ordinary resources a sum of 20 millions, arising from the loan contracted in 1841, and 83 millions for the reserve of the Sinking Fund, bringing up the ordinary and ex traordinary resources to 1,451 millions. The budget of Chambertshefomr othdiisficsaatmioenys.ewarhoi 1 848, as it had been voted by the Legislative Chambers, show on ene service . would have left a deficit of 159 millions. Let us now another a dimiviensution selves in the new budget which will be submitted to the o f h lB a 4 re g. to T p h r e es e e x n p t en t s h e e s aa o - f the ordinary for extraordinary as e s ti mentioned mate d at in s the millions, report, which w i will that the increase for or part an increase of 161 millions, and in an w increase k of al millions; the credits definitively g expenses is 31 millions, s th are reduced to 49 millions, so amounts to 1,641 milliOns u a e d orilinary and extraordinary " At the same time thactontththreea expenses sash have e w i rectifiedincreased a s e d r n y i , n materially, decreased, including s i underrated by consumption an I the i t n h the consequence receipts o e f , o th n e t d h t e minutio f n v g est t i h r e esh s u ta r m ee p s Amongst eeh the stagnation of business ; this d 'A u L t) 9a on i i n j ioeurr Page s e ; 3 but t7a9s millions, i s l e i t o off ns ' to this, he calculates, give 189 millions, have, he says, been created by the state. taxes which he has established, that of 45 per h w ow il e L ver, makes a deduction of 29 mil: account of the number of persons who will find i fromtl h , ) ensdirect c which on t a h x e e , s themselves unable to pay tax, leaving the amount of 160 millions ; the duty on mortgages he estimates will produce 4 5 mil lions, and the reduction in salaries to ten millions. oods ot which the produce will on the cute of the w , " Amcng the taxes which he proposes to lay on is one THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1848. be one million ; a duty on successions and legacies to • produce 30 millions, and the establishment of a fire in surance office by the state, which will produce 5 millions. " The amount to be derived from these taxes estati li,hed or proposed by the Provisional Government will reach 251 millions, to which he adds 2 millions remaining of the Loan of 1841, 20 millions on the National Loan, on which 18 millions have been already paid up; 5 millions for the revenues of the Crown lands, 2 millions from the reduction of the discount allowed to the tobacco dealers, and a little more than 1 million in the surplus of the ordinary direct taxes; in all 281 millions; from which deducting 79 millions of non valeers, leaves au increase of 202 millions. "The improved budget will thus present the sum of 1,641 millions of expenses, and 1,652 millions for re sources, showing a surplus of receipts of 11 millions. " Such is the plan developed by M. Garnier Pages, in terms not a little optimist. He terminated his report by declaring that the Republic saved France from bank ruptcy. This is an idea which he appears to cherish warmly, and he has several times expressed it publicly; we fear, however, that the idea is not participated in by the depositors in the savings' banks and the holders of Treasury bonds, for we do not observe that be alluded at all to the fate of the former, and as to the latter he advises them to consolidate in Five per Cent. Rentes, without, however, stating at what rate he will effect that consolidation." It is thought that M. CREMIEUX will succeed M. LEDRU ROLLIN as Minister of the Interior. M. JULES FAYRE is, it is said, put forward by LEDRU ROLLIN for the vacant office. A more objectionable appointment could not be made. M. JULES FAVRE is the author of the celebrated No. 16 of the " Bul letin de la Republique," and was LEDRU ROLLIN'S under-secretary. Serious disturbances have broken out at Toulon, in consequence of the dismissal by M. LEDRU ROLLIN'S Commissary of M. SUCHET from the post o f m ayor. Tranquillity was not restored until the Commissary had promised that M. SUCHET should be reinstated. In consequence of the difficulty of obtaining coal and iron ore, many of the furnaces at St. Dizier have ceased working. The celebrated comedian VERNET died on Sunday last from the gout. The Reforme calls upon the sentinels of Repub lican France to beware, for that a fresh coalition is being formed against her. It founds its apprehen sion on a statement which appeared in the German papers that fifty thousand troops were being assembled between Bamberg and Nuremberg. This army, ac cording to the liyorme, is, together with numerous detachments of Prussians, Austrians, and Saxons, to march against Strasburg ! Great activity prevails in the Foreign -office. It is said that M. DE LAMARTINE has proposed that an European congress shall be held for the settlement of the affairs of Poland, Italy, and Germany. The National Assembly met yesterday at eleven, and commenced the ballot for the members of the Executive Committee. The voting concluded at five, and the following were the votes recorded for the successful candidates : ARAGO 725 GARNIER PAGES 715 MARIE 702 LAMARTINE LEDRU ROLLIN 458 These five are the Government, with power to ap )int the members of the Ministry. SPAIN. Madrid papers of the sth have arrived. The Gaceta publishes two decrees for the regulation of financial matters. The first orders the creation of 100 millions of Treasury Bills, in series of 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, and 20,000 reels each, bearing 6 per cent. interest, and to be paid off by instalments on October 1 next, February 1, June 1, and October 1, 1849. These bills, which are issued under the authorisation of the Cortes, empowering the Government to raise 200 millions of reels, are to be receivable at par for the payment of national property and for deposits and securities required by the Government, and all those that are not paid off by the Ist of October, 1849, are to be receivable at par for all taxes and contributions. They are to be bid for by public auction, and if not taken are to be handed over to the bank to dispose of on account of the Government. This decree is coun tersigned by Senor BELTRAN DR Lis, and dated the Ist instant. The second decree, countersigned as above, and dated the 4th instant, is as follows : " Art. 1. The notes of the Bank of San Fernando shall be received as cash in payment of duties in all the custom-houses of the kingdom. " Art. 2. They shall be received in the same manner in payment of the 100,000,000 of Treasury bills, which, with reference to the decree of the Ist instant, and the accompanying conditions, are to be put up to public competition in all the capitals of provinces on the 20th of the same month. " Art. 3. The Finance Minister shall adopt the mea sures of precaution and security which he may judge convenient for the execution of the above decree. It was rumoured in Madrid, that in consequence of a dispute between NARVAEZ and AIIRAFLORES, there would be a change in the Ministry. ADll at ß 2 oL 2 sA MAY 5. The Three per Cents. were cash, , and were 214 buyers, 22 sellers after the close. Five per Cents. 14 buyers, 141 sellers. Passive Debt 51- buyers. C o upons, 9 sellers. B a nk r done Shares, 90 buyers, 96 sellers. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MAY 5. His Imperial MAJESTY, in accordance with the petition of Count FICQUELMONT for the dismission from the office of Provisional President of the Council of Ministers, and of Minister of the Foreign and Home Departments, has been pleased to appoint, ad interim, Baron von LUIZ ELTERN. His MAJESTI, by an imperial resolution of the 3d M a y, has taken off the sequestration upon the family of Prince ADAM CZARTORYSXI. • We read the following in the Vienna Gazette:— " Detail d reports from Count Radetzky enable us to state the less sustained by the army under his command from the 18th of March to the 27th of each month. engagement at Milan, and in those place, 206 men were killed, e o staff officers and 16 officers of aalwinmiu:doircinbhngegl bareot.wlwhomietheweresince v rank takensi captain." C o unt Count FICQUELMONT has been compelled to resign in consequence of serious disturbances having broken out in Vienna. Baron PILLERSDORFT is also ex pected to resign. The deputation from Gallicia has been most favour ably received by the Archduke Jonri, who has promised to use his influence for the restoration of Poland. Count BATTATANT has announced, in the Vienna Gazette, that the Pontifical Government has com menced hostilities against Austria. PRUSSIA. The Archbishop of COLOGNE and M. CAMPIIAUSEN have been elected to the National Prussian Diet for Cologne. There have been some disturbances durin the g last few days at Dusseldorf, occasioned by ill-feeling between the military and the people. On the evening of the 6th the rioting assumed a very serious appear ance. O n e of the citizens was insulted by a soldier; some of his neighbours came to his assistance, and the soldiers retreated and returned with a large party of the 13th Infantry, and proceeded to clear the streets of the citizens. The citizen guard fortunately arrived upon the spot in time to prevent both parties proceeding to extremities. The Rifles, who are also stationed in that town, have been manifesting their dislike to the new movement in Germany by tearing down the national cockade, and wearing the black and white cockade (the Prussian colours) themselves. On the following evening some of these soldiers made their appearance at the Hof Gardens, a public prome nade, and got up a q uarrel with the people, in which several of the townsfolk were wounded by sabre cuts. The generale was beaten, and the quarrel was with some difficulty put an end to. The citizens have insisted that these troops shall be removed from Dusseldorf, and the Commandant has undertaken to forward their remonstrance to the Minister at War. The recent news from Treves continues to be of a pacific character ; but the soldiers have been, in many i w ns il t l a a n r c e es long ,maltreated by the pe asantr y of therit:resn dispatchedsur rounding districts. A letter from Berlin of t he 6th states that ho p es may now be en tertained that the u ncalled for and un profitable war between the Da nes and Confederation h e terminated. Bot h belli g erent p ar ties appear disposed toG f oern p er e al ace. wE A Ar c i o G r s i s s h io e n a e d r a h u a a s been with instru c ti ons f or that officer to propose an ami s .! tic e fIT three weeks, and the Danes have also in. nounced their readiness to negotiate upon equitable terms. In consequence of this Lord WESTMORLAND and Mr. DE MYENDORF had a lengthened interview on the 4th instant with the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs upon this subject, and as the good offices of their respective Governments as mediators had at length been accepted, they proceeded to dis cuss the basis of the projected negotiation. The general details have not transpired, but as re gards the territorial question, it is asserted that Den mark will acknowledge the nexus socialis, the social link—the battle horse of the Germanic Diet; and whilst she retains sovereign possession of the duchies, she will admit the claims of the Confederation to the twin allegiance and servitude of Schleswig and Hol stein, as has been the case with the latter since 1815. The intricate question of succession to the duchies will probably be settled at the same time, and thus put an end to complications that have perplexed statesmen, diplomatists, jurisconsults, historians, and geographers, from the year 1460 down to the present hour. Meanwhile orders have been issued to the Confe derate troops to halt at bolding, in Jutland ; and it is probable also, if the armistice be concluded, that ale Danes will suspend the enforcement of the Elbe blockade, announced to commence on the 10th. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Princes of HESSE have resigned all claim to the succession of the throne of Denmark; this opens the way to the succession of the Duke of AUGUSTEN BURG, and the consequent restoration of peace. The following are the main points of the instructions issued at Copenhagen on the Ist of May to the com manders of the Danish cruisers : "I. Blockade of the enemy's harbours.-1 and 2. A harbour is in a state of blockade as soon as a man-of-war is stationed at its entrance, and the commander of the blockade has notified the same by an open letter to the Consuls of the neutral powers, and has called upon them to name a time by which free vessels might be able to quit the harbour. Neutral vessels bound for a blockaded harbour are to be ordered to return, and are to notify the refusal on their papers. The bringing up as prize all hostile and suspected vessels. —4. This can be done by the royal vessels only, and then only such vessels as belong to acknowledged hostile powers. A vessel not being free shall not necessarily cause her cargo to be put into bond; on the contrary, neutral goods in hostile vessels shall be forfeited only where it is proved that the cargo was embarked after the notification of the blockade. Such vessels as have attempted to break through the blockade. All vessels whose neutrality is doubtful.-6. Vessels belonging to neutral powers----no matter to whom their cargo belongs —are not to be brought in prize, if they had no contra bands of war on board. All vessels will be treated as suspected that have either duplicate, or to all appearance false, papers, as well as such who shall have destroyed their papers, or whose captain shall refuse to show and open all that may be demanded.-10. The following are considered lawful prizes :—a. All vessels which belong to the enemy ; b. Vessels laden with contrabands of war; vessels which resist detention by force of hand or arms. —l2. List of all that is considered contraband.-14. Neutral merchantmen under convoy will not be visited. —l5, 16, 17. The vessels brought in prize shall, without anything on board being touched, be taken to the nearest Danish Custom-house, where a military protection will be afforded.-18. If the goods are of a perishable nature or the average is so, the vessel shall be dealt with accord ing as may be judged most expedient.—lll. Inspection and condemnation:-19. As soon as a ♦easel is brought in as a prize into a Danish harbour, the same shall be publicly announced; and in twenty-four hours a hearing shall be granted to the captain, crew, and passengers, and the. whole matter settled before the close of four days. —2l. Before the hearing is closed, the captain shall be asked if he has any further statement to make before the case is laid before the Court of Admiralty.-22. An ac curate inventory of the vessels landing shall be taken, and no unlading shall be permitted unless the preser vation of the goods may render it absolutely necessary. —24. Two Courts of Admiralty shall be appointed, one for Iceland, Zealand, Falster, Moen, and Bornholm, in Copenhagen ; and the second at Nyborg, for all other points.-25 to 35. Conditional regulations respecting judgment and condemnation.-28. Concerning the maintenance of care of the crews of prize vessels.-34. The crews shall be maintained at the expense of the Royal Treasury until sinter.ce shall have been passed ; but if the captain makes further appeal, all cost must be paid by him. 35. The crew of prize and condemned vessels are to be taken by the authorities of the place, and delivered up to the nearest fortress.-36. Every. cruiser must have on board a copy of these regulations" A dispatch from General HALKETT, from the head-quarters, Nichel, May 3, announces the re moval of the quarters of the Hanoverian moveable di vision to Ulderup, and the staff of the vanguard to Fischbeck. A letter from Kiel, of the sth, states that the Danes have evacuated the Island of Alsen. HUNGARY. A communication from Szents Mieklos of the 27th of April contains fearful accounts of the cruelties committed at Barote. The Illyrians and Croatians revolted the same day at Kikinda. They repaired in great numbers to the district Stadthaus, released 110 men under arrest, and then went to the Roman Catholic church, where they pillaged and destroyed everything. Thence they went to a former assessor, who fled and endeavoured to conceal himself with property to the amount of 60,000 florins. He was discovered, and though he offered to deliver up all that he had if they would spare his life, they cut off his head, stuck it on a poles and caused his dead body to be dragged through the city fastened to a horse's tail. They then went to the present assessor, and while he was attempting to effect his escape they shot him dead upon the spot. Magazines and houses were entered and plundered. Everything was destroyed. Beds and furniture were thrown into the streets, and th e city treasury, together with the documents, were destroyed by fire. Fifty hussars who were in the Stadthaus fired upon them, and did their utmost to stop the mischief, but they were too few in number. The rebels were furnished with long poles, to the ends of which scythes were attached, and with these they attacked the military. The riding-master had his right arm cut off, and Lieutenant Count ZICHY had a scythe run through his body, and two privates were killed and many disarmed. The revolt commenced at Nansutz, where the Hungarian flag was destroyed, and a red one hoisted in its stead. Emissaries from Serna are .said to have instigated the revolt. Many families fled thence during the night, and after daybreak persons were not permitted to leave or enter the city. On Tuesday, however, chil dren were allowed to leave in carriages, and children of only eight and ten years had to act as drivers. The city has been encompassed, and the neighbouring ten villages belonging to the district have been called in to the aid of the rebels. The military and ten cannon are expected to-day. The rebels entered every wine cellar, and partook so freely of the brandy and wine that they were quite infuriated. POLAND AND POSEN. A letter from Posen of May 3 says—" We learn that the Poles have attacked General HIRSCHFELD at Wreschen, and have pursued him to Sokolovo. It is said that another combat has taken place at Wartha. All the province is in arms." Prince CZARTORTSKI has written to demand the assistance of France for the restoration of Poland. Russia is concentrating her forces on the Polish frontier. RUSSIA. ITALY. LOMBARDY AND VENICE. The Risorgimento of the sth announces the in vestment of Verona by the troops of CHARLES ALBERT On the 29th of April, 4,800 Austrians, with seven pieces of artillery, passed the Tagliamento, and posted themselves on the bridge of Meduna. On the 29th these troops moved towards Saule. On the same day there were 5,000 Austrians at Palmanova, 2,000 at Udine, 1,000 at Osoppo, and 4,000 between Udine and Osoppo. Swiss volunteers, to the number of 250, from the cantons of Vaud and St. Gall, have set out to join the Italians under the command of the son of the Federal Colonel RILLIET, who played an important part in the last civil war of Switzerland. ST. PETERSBURGII, APRIL 30.—His Majesty the Emperor of Russ'v has confirmed the resolution of the Committee of Finance of the 12th of April, in accordance with which it is prohibited, after the 24th of April-1. To export Russian gold and silver coin from the whole of the western boundary of the em• pire until further notice; 2. Drivers and travellers will be permitted, the former to carry 100 roubles and the latter 300 roubles, across the boundary, for each person, of which a notification must be given at the Customs. THE RUSSIAN AMT.—The Breslau Gazette says that the number of men from Kalisch to Peisern amounts to 18,000 ; among whom there are three batteries of artillery. There are expectations among the Russian military that they are to proceed against the French. In the whole of the kingdom of Poland there are already three army corps, each consisting of 55,000 , yen, but probably making a total of 108,000. In Samogitia an army corps of 40,000 men. Within a month, according to orders received, five and a half army corps are to assemble in Poland, and probably the Ist, 2d, 3d, and 4th, and the grena dier corps, and the half of the Guards, besides 72 squadrons (total 8,640) of reserved cavalry. _Paola THE Pousn FRONTIER.—There remains but little doubt as to the intended campaign of Russia; among other preparations, the creation of a bridge of boats at the fortress Nowo Gierorgierosk, across the Vistula, has an evident warlike appear ance, since there is no main road leading from the fortress. Respecting the conspiracy discovered at )9 in ►t Warsaw among the officers of the garrison, the fol- 1" Williams and Hoult," Chitty on cot ,tract, page 99, 1, which it was held that where a ssehoolmaster brough lowing is communicated on good authority : — The .n action on an agreement founded on a prospectus de. plans of the conspirators had succeeded so far that all livered, the identical prospectus mast be produced, but the guns in the citadel were nailed up, when, by it must have been previously stamped. He therefore what circumstance does not yet clearly appear, the submitted that no secondary evidence could be admitted. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said that he would take conspirators, fifty-five in number, were discovered, a note of the objection, but he did not think he ought taken prisoners, and five of them shot. to stop the case. The Learned CoutittEL said that, although after ettel! a lapse of time, he felt justified in ticking every technics' objection, yet he had a good defame, and he would prove by a witness that when defendant's wife w plaintiff with the boy, she told him that- the boy didt W Dot enjoy a very g ood state of health, and that, there fore, she could not agree to give a quarter's notice, an d that the plaintiff agreed to forego that part of the prosp ectug• en A Miss Ellis was called to support this statement. The UNDER-SHERIFF summed up and said, that whet * there were written agreements it required very strong evidence to rebut it, and if the last witness was t ° depended on, it was strong in this case, and, in WI , there could be no doubt. The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. • MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) of Mr. John Gore, convicted of maintaining the ntfietr,, of a laystall and dust-heap in the parish of SL 1. 1151 " appeared to his bail, to receive judgment. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said that he had yast er l gone up to Hatfield-street, to learn by his own e bierl‘ tion whether or not the defendant Toms really ende e " g to abate the nuisance, and he saw that men 7: ur, m " 14 employed in removing the accumulated filth. lie l :„" t 0 therefore. give the defendant another fortnightr u the the latter did not seem to have paid due attention t'!„. 45 order of the Court, he should have to pay 41 th?7 o f of these repeated appearances. He could not t h " l ' or s putting the parish to the expense of coming to the C°o from time to time with counsel. All these expen e " S come out of the defendant's pocket. 1 ,1 0 to The defendant said he feared he should not belly o have the whole of the " stuff" cleared away, within e e the extended time allowed. Anog ht The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said that the Court 1.7, - - no t otherwise, and if the place was not cleared out t o ld not delay, he must be sent to prison, the Court Well' be trifled with any longer. Mr. PARRY, for the prosecutors, hoped that the r to would still be ordered to keep a watch on the Pie ce ; e ' er . see that the men were kept constantly employed 'n away the accumulations. The COURT intimated that the wishes of the PN leell' tors, in this respect, should be attended to. ROME. The intelligence which Re announced yesterday that the POPE had declared war against Austria is confirmed. DUTCH MAIL. Tim HAGUE, MAY 10.—The Second Chamber of the States General, which was adjourned on the 28th of March, met this day, at two o'clock, to resume their labours. The President announced several royal messages -Ist, reasons for granting a dispensation to the house Nyman de Taphen; 2d, terms, of the herring fishery ; 3d, treaty of commerce and navigation re cently concluded between the Netherlands and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (a commis.ion was ap pointed to examine it and make a report) ; 4th, a missive for the Minister of the Interior, requiring all petitions addressed to the Chamber to be written on stamped paper, in consequence of the neglect of which an address from the States' de puties of the province of Zealand was laid aside. A commission was appointed to report on the subject. M. Holtman read the following answer from his Majesty to those charged with presenting the ad dress of condolence on the death of Prince Alexander:—" The sympathies which your High Mightinesses express to me on occasion of the im mense loss which I have sustained is a consolation to my afflicted heart, and I thank you most sincerely fur it. I agree with your High Mightinesses that the cordial sympathy of the nation with the King in times of joy and sorrow, and the confidence with which they await the future, is a guarantee for the well being of the country. This conviction is confirmed by your address. On this ground I attach the highest value to it." Several petitions were presented relative to the re vision of the fundamental law. Some Members strongly urged that the discussion on this question should be brought on with as little delay as possible, as the tranquillity of. the country depended upon it, and others were of opinion that the Council of Ministers should have time granted them for the consideration of their views, and the nation had the King's word for it, and placed every confidence in that word. The sections for May were then formed under the following Presidents and Vice-Presidents : PRESIDENTS. VICE-PRESIDENTS ISt Section... Graverneur .. Dr. Man. 2d Section .. Schoneweld .. Von Goldstein. 3d Section Mijan Carver Hoeft. 4th Section ... Van Furst Geverso Endigern sth Section ... Van Don Van Rosenthal. Puolic sittings on Thursday, the 1 1 th, at eleven o'clock.—Journal de la Haye, May 10. TIIE HAGUE, MAY B.—One of the first objects of the approaching meeting of the States-General will he the proposition of a project of law for the aboli tion of flagellation and branding. A project of law will also be proposed for a tax on the revenue to cover the deficit incurred by the suppression of the duty on the malture of rye. THE HAGUE, MAY 9.—The anniversary of the birthday of the Princess Albert of Prussia was cele brated here with the usual tokens of honour. Nume rous flags and banners were displayed in the prin cipal streets, and a review of all the troops of the garrison took place at noon. AMSTERDAM, MAY 9.—From a letter received this morning; from his Excellency the Minister for Fo reign Affairs, ad interim, to the Chamber of Corn . merce and Manufactures, it appears tha t his Majesty s Minister at Copenhagen has exerted his utmost ef forts for the release of the Netherlands merchantman, Taboca, Captain J. L. Muntedam, from the Elbe to llobrae; that the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the receipt of the claim sent in upon the subject, expressed his sincere regret, and added that the ne cessary document had been issued to put a stop to the lamented impediment, and to allow all Dutch vessels lying in the canal of Schleswig to sail out without molestation. The above intelligence has been received with great satisfaction, not only as a proof of the success ful activity of our Ambassador at Copenhagen, but also as an evidence that Denmark is carrying on the war in an honourable manner, and thus affords security to our commerce by sea.—Netherlandsch Courant, May 10. LEYDEN, MAT 9.—A very numerous meeting of the Netherlands Society of Literature is to be held in this city, as last year, on Thursday, the 15th of June next.— Handelsblad, May 10. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MAY B. Purchasers presented themselves for all the national funds, at an increased rate of exchange. In integrals business was particularly animated. The greater part of foreign stock experienced the impulse of the Dutch funds, and were eagerly sought for at higher prices. Upon the whole transactions were very animated.— Amsterdamsche Courant, May 9. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMTEZDaM, MAY 9. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 24 per Cent •••••• • • • • • 42 42% Ditto, 3 per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • 48 45% Ditto, 4 per Cent.• •• • .... Amort Syndic, 3x, per Cent •••••• • • • • Commercial Company, •t 34 per Cent • . 119% 12N East India Loan, 4 per Cent ••••• • • • • • Exchange on London, at sight •••• • • • • 11 95 Tw o months. ••••••• • • • • • • • 11 85 Oa Hamburgh, at sight •• •• 34 75 Two months..... ••••• • •• • • 34 37 On Paris . •••••• • • • • • • 56 Twomonths..• ....... g 5 50 BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) DALE V. CHAMBERS. Mr. HOARY moved for a rule nisi for writ of prohibi tion, restraining the Judge of the Palace Court from proceeding further in this ease. The action was origi nally instituted in the Southwark County Court, where judgment was obtained against the defendant, and an execution was issued against his goods, but it was dis covered that the defendant had no goods within the jurisdiction of the Court. Instead, therefore of suing out a summons to bind the defendant to pay the debt by instalments, the plaintiff brought an action upon the judgment in the Westminster Palace Court, but the County Court Act provided that the judgment of the County Court Judge should be final, and it was clear that this second action was contrary to the spirit of the Act. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said, it appeared to him that the Legislature did not intend by the term " final" to preclude a plaintiff from suing upon the judgment, but simply that there should be appeal against the decision of the County Court. However, as this was the first time the point had been raised, the Learned Counsel might take a rule.—Rule nisi. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvAria.) IN RE THOMAS WOOD. This bankrupt (late alderman), described as of Corbet court, Fencharch-street, came up for his certificate, which had been suspended. The bankrupt, it will no doubt be remembered, was connected with the Talacre Mining Company, by which he suffered great loss. lie had also gone to great ex pense in contesting the mayoralty. No opposition was offered by the assignees or creditors; but his Honour considered that the expenditure had been excessive, and therefore adjourned the certificate for three months, which period having now expired, the certificate was granted. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY .) CROWN EXTENT.—This morning a Crown extent was executed at the office of the Sheriff of Middlesex to as certain in what amount John Lamont, of Broad-street, Radcliffe, distiller, was indebted to the Crown for Excise duties in respect of spirits manufactured between the 14th of April last and 11th May inst. Mr. W. Goodall, collector of Excise, was called, and proved the amount due to be 7,546/. 10s. The UNDER-SHERIFF said that it was a very large sum for such a short period. Mr. Goodall said it was not a very extraordinary sum. A verdict was given for the above amount. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCRELL.) UAINES V. BUCItTON. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a lodging house keeper, to recover the sum of 171. 10s, fo r b oar d and lodging. It was s m pro H ve e d w t a h s at a the defendant four hsamgroenetdt,owphaeyn 1 55 ,e 1. per an R quitted without pGaoyyinmgE V. BAR NARD. . A verdict for the sum claim e d. This was an action to recover damages for breach of contract. suffolk, a n dT claimedhe p plaintiff n 4 1. 611. in t was a schoolmaster at Stoke of the defendant's intention lieu of a quarter's notice plaintiff's school. to withdraw his son from On the part of the plaintiff it was shown that a prospectus of the terms had been sent to defendant, and a letter was written upon it. for the defendant, quoted s • ease o NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. (THIS DAY.) t the At the sitting this morning, it was resolved t he memorial to the Queen should be presented lei d e tation to her Majesty personally, if possible , en ra business committee was requested to write to th e id A be Chamberlain to know when the deputation cou l d received. INTENDED PROCESSION. of A long discussion followed as to the beet In" so d ascertaining whether the people of London were pfeY s he to join in a procession on the occasion of presenta memorial. detcleir Mr. LEACH proposed that one great open-air gr stration should take place in the metropolis on an e i to iS day, to adopt the n a ti o nal memorial, and to to ce a tost the feelings of the people with regard to the proc7 o o Mr. ADAMS moved an amendment, that Ine e t - t ho should be held in the several great divisions (31 metr O opolis. • esr n going to a division, Mr. Leach's motion ell vied by a large majority. nor, A W resolution was then passed, inviting Mr. O'C° P o ti Mr. akley, Mr. Geo. Thompson Mr. W. J. Mr. Sharman Crawford, to attend ' the demonstratg efs and a committee, consisting of seven delegatest appointed to make the necessary arrangements. 000. The delegates shortly after adjourned till the after° NEWMARKET RAC (THIS DAY•) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH•) Match 3001. A. F. Wilmot beat Cassandra filly. Sweepstakes, 10 sous. each, T.Y.C. Bowstring •.. ..• ••• Radulphus ••• Match, 100, T.Y.C.—Liston beat Tippet. Match, 200, T.Y.C. :SICt Bridle beat Circassian Maid. Handicap Plate. New T.Y.C. St. Ann... ..• ••• ) ..• Sotterloy ... ••• T Sweepstakes of 10 sou s . each, for two yrs old. -' 0 1 Nina '..• ... ••• ••• ..• ••• .•• 1 Westow ••• Rackety Girl ... ICI R •~• V Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each. D.M St. Antonio Mastiff ... Match, 50, D.M.—Minto beat Silistri• Match, 100, h ft, T.Y.C. Cashier received from Minto. ~, 1 4 THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON 10 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY• LATEST PARTICULARS.A. SHRIVENHAM, TEURSDAT MOW", ~i e I hasten to communicate the earliest iutil"P;lo touching this terrible catastrophe. The folloWi li g authentic list of the sufferers:— DEAD. The Rev. Mr. Phillips, of Penzance. The Rev. Mr. Sandys, of Stroud. • Mr. Wilshere, of Bath. A servant (name unknown). INJURED. f Captain Blair, R.N., of Penzance, injurl (supposed fatal). Mr. Carlton, dislocated ancle (a bad case). A 0 0 011 Mr. Conway, of the Temple, lacerated legs, lip cut in the knee. Mr. Lindsay, of Cork, severely bruised. _ a oe o ttr Nicholas Seymour, of Cork, broken thigh P -4 00 1 sions. Mrs. Phillips, of Penzance, not much injured' (about six years of age) also not much hurt. Mr. Lee, of Wadham College, leg sever ely cu t ' t• Mr. Cohen, of Good man ' s -fi e ld s f ace severe'l : 0 % Mr. C. Pearse, 15, Old Cavendish-squ are ' verely cut, and other injuries: amputation Ot ist 0 0 Mr. J. Ellis, head cut. Mr. Machen, sen., United Service Club , °lift the head, but not much hurt. Mr. Pearse, both knees injured, but not lie f Mr. Sergeant, of Putney-heath, not much h ti e gye" Hugh Hedge, head and face severely cut, I°2- much injured (a bad case). I have only just time to add that the sold •PO ld red thus :—The up express train was 2 5 In inPte g tO i° and two of the porters at the Shriven lrgi el t4/(1 supposing that it had passed up the line, Pus:in lisle; carriages from the goods' shed on to the 113 ,1 :o'nf th without either acquainting the policeman or 113.- " ° signal on. The driver of the express engine says, i t iv o : 1 d tll been impossible to have avoid e d the a cciden t e.° Pv• ) an ordinary train. • IRELAND. . :: 4 0 1; QUEEN'S BENCH. 'AI O (o f THE QUEEN V. MITCHELL. rmt p , This day having been appointed by tbe delivering judgment on the demurrer 11 )11 C a . ,s °o Crown to Mr. Mitchell's plea of abatement, '",„ EI fOr" was crowded to excess, and great anxiety' ir" fasted to learn their Lordships' decision. eO l/ g t - At twenty minutes to twelve, the Chief .TlVi tic : bio se the Court with Mr. Justice Crampton, an d to" ' on the bench. a pt His LORDSHIP stated, that the. Court ellg i) : take cognizance of the off e n c es s P eeified in the l3"1; forthe"c filed in that Court, bein g th e same offencess et ex-nificio informations, and which indiCIIROS' quest of the Attorney-General, was set aside. +7 - o ber o ship then proceeded to read the defendant's p ie h li rCt °l4 h . meet, to which the demurrer on the part of t,'" e b t had been put in, and said it had bees argued :ific° demurrer was objectionable, inasmuch as th e rcle ° OA. . 1 I ihnofworemveart,ion amounted to a discontinuance. gilt:oSL was of opinion that there was no P rec i , ie authority, either by the decision of a judg e , l „ n o- t's It text writers of that court to sustain the d e fenw r o f 0 : or to overrule the demurrer, and cited a $101:9111 WAD thorities in support of his view of the case. fic i le 'l O ship concluded by stating that in his opinioot slob opinions of those by whose authority he WO g u j o ts plea in abateent was bad. d e ci 6 e, Mr. Justic e CRAMPTON—I fully con cur in t of the Chief Justice, for the reasons already lit; 00 0 The ATTORNEY-GENERAL —The defendant to plead forthwith. •lee d V) es * Mr. MITCHELL was then called on to p pl t informations. He accordingly rose and put ift w ije ll Mr. PERRIN—I rise to ask if your LordsbiP a special jury in both cases? e d for CHIEF JUSTICE—Yes, sir. bee 6% Tie trial of Mr. Smith O'Brien was Monday Thre e n p e e x r t , C a e n n d t Mr. Consols,lele a g h B e 2 ris ; f T or h T re u e e -: dl3 ; di s :s iio a e ll e t i°Pte :: per Cent. Stock, 83i 4 ; Bank Stock, 19 1 ;„„ rea ser!i, P7, ' surance Company, 27; Great South gnat q w, 24} 241.—.V;t:QinTilet of yester •