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NOITICE New reedy, in 1 vol., with 1,500 Engravings, 381. bound, The NEW EDITION of BURKE'S PEERAGE RIND RA.RONETAGE, For 1848. Revised to the Present Time, from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, &e., and eontaining all the New Creation.s. " TUG most complete, the most convenient, and the cheapest work Of the kind ever offer Pub l isher üblic."—Stm. Nen*, Colburn,, 13, Great Marlborough-street. DR. MILLINGEN'S tiEW WORK. Yew raidy,ln 1 vol.. with Portrait of the Author, 10s. 6d. bound, RECOLLIICTIONii OF RSPUBLIC7 A 9O to N 1801. FRANCE. From 1 By Dr. 3IILL IN GEN. Author of " Curiosities of Medical Experience," &c. Heary Colbara, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On the 24th instant will be published, in 3 vols. demy evo., with Portraits, and Immense other IllasirationS. A, HISTORY of the JESUITS , FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THEIR SOCIETY, BY POPE PAUL HI., TO ITS SUPPRESSION BY POPE CLEMENT ; THEIR REVIVAL AND PRESENT STATE. . By ANDREW STEINMETZ. Rather of " The Novitiate," " The Jesuit in the Family." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). T HE NORWICH UNION REVERSIONARY INTEREST COMPANY. .Notlce,ls herety given, that three of the present Directors and the Audit of this Cowpony will go ont of office at the ensuing General Meeting appointed to be held on TUESDAY, the 27th day of June neat. The Directors ami Auditors so retiring are eligible for re-election. lIY. NORRIS, Secretary. 13, Lincoln's Inn-floleis. May HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlie. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respect fuliv informed that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY next, May 18, on which occasion Mahe. JENNY LIND will appear in one of her favourite characters. To be followed by 'varioni entertainments in the Ballet Depart mlo. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. • adame TADOLISI. It is respectfully ann. - . •ced that this celebrated Artiste has ar rived and will make her first appearance on SATURDAY neat, May 2G. in the part originally composed for her, Donizetti's Opera of LINDA DI CiIAMOt.NI. F[ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MR. REEVES. It is respectfully announced that an ENGAGEMENT, for a li mited number of nights bps been effected with the eminent Tenor, Mr. BIERVES. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. LAST GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE. Tte,ablic is respectfully informed that as the Cirque National de Saidl , gt positively close on the 16th of May, THE LAST GRAN D NOE- PERFORMANCE will be given TO-MORROW, Tuesday tko 161 h Wet. First Price as usual. No Second Price. Private Boxes to be had at the T.heatre, and at Jallien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LLND. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are leePectrully laformed that TO-MORROW K VENING, May 16. Madlle. JENNY LIND will appear as AMINA, in Bethnal's eele brated Opera, entitled LA. SONNAMBULA. Amine, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Mdlle. Vera ; C o unt Itodolpho , Sig. F. Lablache ; Elvin°, Sig. Gardonk To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMEN T. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-oftloe of the Theatre. ü bli c Press excepted. The Free List is suspended , the p Doors open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL,' DRURY-LANE, CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. LAST NIGHT 3411 T ONE. THIS EVENING Rognolet et Pas Carr eaa—The Postilion—The CloWn's Frolics— Le Pas des litrangers—The Musketeers' Quadrille, &c., by MH. A. Francont, Newsooe, Loisset, Andre, Nief, Auriol, Leclair, Le Petite Loisset, &e. ; M all es . Caroline, Mathilde, Palmyra Anato , Coralie Dueos, Am6Klia, Havviger, Le Petite Anato, &c. Doors open at halt-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. TELE.A' TICE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the ManaiementHlS et Mr. li. Webster, sole Lessee. T EVENING will be performed WIVES AS THEY WERE, AND MAIDS AS TMZY ARE. Alter *Mai, JENNY LIND AT LAST. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, itonnded on Horace Walpole's mysterious production, and called THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley; the Marquis Vincenzo., Mr. J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, 3liss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. itaze Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Rox-book keeper. Boxes, Ss. ; Pit, as. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Ralf-past Six, P2rtormance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING WC be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal elaaractors I Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Redford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frani* Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. To conclude with a new Piece, entitled THE FOITNTAIN OF REA ; or, the Child of Air. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. 1 Mors open at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SCARECROW. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstome, Selby, Granby, and Charles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss Lee, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which, an entirely new and original Classical Extravaganza, entitled THESEUS and ARIADNE ; or, the marriage of Bachua. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Miss FitzwlLllain, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madame Vestria. To conclude with A CURIOUS CASE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, L. Murray, Paraelle, "loaner, Hughes, and Mrs. Stirling. L ikliainclude with a new Piece, entitled DONE ON BOTH SIDES. boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes , 4 s. ; Pit , 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part 01 the house. The .New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATUE. Lessee. Mr. John 3fltchell. 33, Old Bond-street. Fifth Appearance since 184 d of M. Achard, and Fifth Appearances in this Country et Mdlle. Desiree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre da Gymnase, Paris). THIS EVEI`TING, The Entertai4ments will commence at half-past Seven o'clock when Will be pgrformed LA DEMOISELLE A MA.RIER. Alphonse de Laceval. M. Julien Deschamps ; Camille, Mdlle. Desiree. To be followed by LA VIE EN ?ARTIE DOUBLE. Theophille Triaiquit, M. Achard; Amanda, Mdlle. Desiree. To conclude with C RISTOPIIE LE CORDIER. Christophe Ceirdies, If . Achard; Le Viconar e Charles D'Annezay, M. Jourdain ; Chlguard de Clapieres, M. Teurillon ; Paturin, M. Lucien ; Madame ItigaN, Madame bt. Ange ; Madeliene, Mdlle. Desiree. ii3e.es, es.; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Aanphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery. 2s Boars And Stalls may be obtabvd at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, 941 bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, ROBERT 1101:D11 (ot the Palais -Royal, Paris).—The Bur prising and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDIN , having been received with the most enthusiastic adm,ration, he will con- Untie his extraordinary SOIREES PANTA •TIQUES at the St. James's Theatre, TO-MORROW, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening, comprising Automates, Prestidigitation, Magic, and original experiments, invented by Robert Houdin. Also, Second Vue Escamotage de Roberts Houdin, His, and Suspension Ethereene. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at half-past sight, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. Boxes and stalls, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond•street and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Illeven to Five. PRLYCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street., Portland• place. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a new comic Drama, entitled A FAIRY TALE. rincipal characters by Messrs. J. Vining, C. Fisher, Conway, Nor an, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Emma Stanley. To be followed by the comic Drama of " LADIES. BEWARE I" After which a new Commediett, entitled DOMESTIC BLISS. Mr. Goodleman. Mr. Cooper; Adela, Mrs. Stirling; Rhoda, Miss Villars. To eonclude with a new Ballet, entitled MENOR F.L LA. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. 140YAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Engagement of Mr. HENRY BETTY. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Skakspere's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. H. Betty; lago, Mr. Hicks ; Desdecnona, Mrs. Honner ; Emilia, .Isci Richardson. After which, Mr. T. Barry's Election Address. To conclude with CRAMOND BRIG. bif an ager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Falrbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Night`but dive of Mr. Van Arnburgh's Engagement. --Immense hit Or the Easter Spectacle. Overflowing houses to wa nds% the celebrated Mr. Van Amhurgh and his unequalled collection a trained animals, amongst which will be found the greatest no volty ewer seen, a Black Ti g er, the first ever k nown o mingle with other animals, awl has hithertoEbeeEnNcioatan,ideredcie unta m eable. VlTitenby oyle THIS v Will be presented a gran d romantic Barnard, Esq., expressly to tatroduce Mr. Van Amburgh t his astoun ding performance, founded up on a p assage in Eu g e ne Sue's denovel of " The Wandering Jew " and will be and ol'a des the tit* of 310ROK, Tlia BEAST TAMER. Arm Dag. r d: Xr. Tan Amburgh. The Spectacle will be succeeded by an incomparable routine of Mr. Bata's scenes of the Arena, and an entirely novel entree, entitled THE GRAND CAROUSAL. To conclude with a Legendary pe tite Spectacle entitled , TH E GOLDIN-FOOTED STEED ; or the Charmed horse of the Valley. During the recess the Theatre has been entirely re-decorated. BolatTlc,e open frona Eleven till Four. iit'•ge Manage Mr. W. West. TO,CORRESPONDE NTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti eated by tne name and address c. the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 14. T HER M O METER, Lowest, 5 1 ; Highest, 72; Noon, 73 . BARoursa, 30.26.—W1ND S.E.; fine. MAT 15. THERMOIIETZII, Lewest, 50; Highest. 73 Noon , 70. BAtomETEa, 30.03.—W1ND E.N.E., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. *ening .. 12 rain. al)er 12 Evening 3-5 • . rain. after 12 • t 4 .••• 1 111 ROIT: • q . ' ttnin 1 1 4--- -- . 1 int ....,1 ,.% irs, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 15, 18-Is. The law officers of the Crown in Ireland have been most unjuiltly and unfairly censured for the manner against Messrs. in which th e State prosecutions O'Bame, MEABHEa, and MITCHEL have hitherto been conducted —blunders have been imputed to them which had no real existence, and for which, even if the assertions ba d reall y been well fou nded they could not be considered in a n y de g ree respon: sible. The frivolous and untenable objections taken on behalf of Mr. MITCHEL, with the sole object o f postponing the trial, or at all events the judgment, until after the long vacation, were all assumed to be sustainable in law and his (supposed) triumpi,F,,r, the Crown prosecutors was loudly boasted of ; As* • temporary difficulties were interposed, the incapacity and ignorance of the Government adviser were pro claimed in every quarter; and when those difficulties were overcome, and the various attempts iat procras tination frustrated, the luck of the law officers was alluded to, as if their success had been owing to good fortune rather than to their legal attainments and professional ability. It is but an act of common jus tice to those talented and learned gentlemen indi vidually, and to the Irish bar, of which they are such distingushed members, that the public mind should be disabused—the erroneous statements that had been so industriously circulated, rectified, and the real state of facts explained—so that it may be made apparent that the laurels obtained by their admirable management of the Crown prosecutions at the Special Commissions in Limerick, Clare, and Tipperary, have not been in any manner tarnished, and that they still merit the same approbation which was so universally bestowed upon them, a few short months since, for the able and effective manner in which they had discharged their arduous and important duties since their respective appointments to their high and re sponsible offices. The principal errors ascribed to th e law officers were—let. That a member of the town council was erroneously placed upon the grand jury, by which the bills of indictment found by that body were ren dered informal and void. 2dly. That a nolle prosequi was entered to the bills of indictment found against Mr. Mfrcuan, in place of their having been quashed, as might easily have been done on application to the court, before the ex officio information had been filed, and that in consequence a those grave informalities the chief criminal had succeeded in baffiing the authorities, and that he would be enabled to pursue his course of sedition throughout the entire summer undeterred by the abortive efforts made to bring hi m to justice, by which the administration of the law would be brought into considerable disrepute, and a most injurious effect created in the public mind. Now, as to the first point—the law-officers of the Crown have nothing whatever to say to the appoint ment of the grand jury. The High Sheriff is alone responsible t herefor,, and anyi interference with that iii rn s ed se t l o ect g io r n ave w a o n u d ld s d e e r c io id u e s d r ly epr e e x h p e o n se . c n e deed, we s h ou ld h ave h ear d o f pack tasuil ol n n c p. t a i t o tT n i e a ha r e y enh, i h n i pack ing of juries! unwarrantable and atrocious acts t of Government offici a l s !! i mpeac h ments wou ld b e ten to birth-right e been the invaded, free-born and allci tizen wouldhrea be said the the changes would have been rung usque ad nauseam on the tyrannical and despotic Act. But there was no such improper interference. The law officers pursued a constitutional course, such as had ever been followed by their predecessors in office in either country. In fact, the Crown prosecutors know nothing of the composition of the grand juries. They are never in attendance or represented while the members of that body are being sworn in. They prepare the bills which are preferred, and see that there is sufficient evidence to sustain the several charges, but to that extent only they are concerned. Now, however, we find them reproached for not having provided a better jury when it is manifest that they could not be held in any respect responsible for the error, if any error really had taken place, which we altogether deny. It is true that the statute provides that a town councillor shall not be placed upon the list of special jurors, but there is no prohi bition whatever to his acting as a grand juror, and even if he was incompetent to act in that capacity, the bills would not be vitiated if found by twelve persons to whom no objection could have been of fered, which was th 3 case in the present instance. It may be said that the Attorney-General, by aban doning the indictments and filing the informations in place thereof, admitted the validity of the plea. This is by no means the case. That able lawyer im mediately perceived that though he would inevitably have succeeded in the argument, and set aside the plea in abatement, the object of the defendant would be attained. By a masterly move he escaped the trap that had been laid for him. He abandoned the indictments, and in pursuance of his undoubted right filed ex officio informations for the same offtnces charged in the indictments. By this step alone he would be enabled to have the defendant brought up for j uJgment (if convicted) before the setting in of the long vacation. On the second point he acted with equal prudence and sagacity in entering the nolle prosequi, in place of "quashing " the former bill. the latter course would have entailed the necessity of a motion in open court, of which notice should have been given to the de fendant. Time was an essential element in the transaction, as the loss of a single day might have prevented the possibility of a trial in sufficient time to have judgments given before the end of Trinity term;, he therefore followed the course which he was enabled to do of his own authority, without any loss of time whatever. Another plea in abatement was then filed on behalf of the gentleman who had previously professed his anxiety to meet any charge that the Government might venture to prefer against him, this was imme diately demurred to, and the unanimous and unhesi tating judgment of the Court affirmed the propriety of the course pursued by the law officers. The last subterfuge was apparently set aside. By obtaining a four day rule before judgment in demurrer could be required, Mr. MiTcnEL, however, attained a temporary triumph, and it was thought that, as suffi cient notice of trial for the sittings after term could not be given, no trial could take place until after Trinity term, and consequently that he could not be called up for judgment until November. This last expedient was set aside—this tabula naufragice was torn from his grasp. On the application cf the Attorney-General, the 29th of May and the Ist of June have been fixed for the trials, and Mr. JOHN MITCHEL must set his fate upon the contest he so often professed his desire to meet. This, however, is not all. He has not only been defeated in his various attempts at procrastination, but new and more serious charges have been preferred against him under the recent Act. He is at this moment in actual custody, having been arrested on Saturday evening, and his trial will, it is said, take place on Saturday next. He was probably only suffered to remain at large until the decision of the Court had been pro nounced on the application for fixing the days of trial of the indictment for misdemeanour, in order that it might not be supposed that the law officers were influenced by any feelings of annoyance in insti tuting the latter prosecution. This cannot by any possibility now be asserted, as they have succeeded in every particular. We trust that we have now fully and satisfactorily proved that, so far from being amenable to any charge of negligence or blundering, the Irish law officers have evinced throughout the whole proceed ings the prudence and sagacity that might have been I expected from persons who had obtained such high professional reputation s as Messrs. MONAHAN and HATCHELL have long enjoyed in the estimation of their brothers at the bar, and of the community i n general. Death suddenly distracts our attentionfroomlt.h t u rmoils of continental revolution to the contempla tion of a career, the p rinci p al vic issitudes f were traceable to the fluctuations of the funds. ALEXANDER BARING, or, as he was respectfully a out of the circle of his old commercial intimates, Lord ASHBURTON, has closed his prolonged and honourable existence. Before any decisive opinion can be pro nounced upon his character as a politician, it will be advisable to preface our remarks by a rapid epitome of his life, recounting in succession the incidents which chequered his progress as a trader, as a tra veller, as a Member of Parliatnent, as a country gentleman, as an amateur agriculturist, as a noble man, as a statesman, and as a diplomatist. ALEXANDER BARING, the second son of Sir FRANCIS BARING, Bart., by the daughter of WILLIAM HER RING, Esq., was born on the 27th of October, 1774. Consequently he was in his seventy-fourth year when, on Friday morning, he breathed his last, at Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire, the estate of his grandson, the youthful Marquis of Bath. Scarcely a fortnight previously to his demise, the younger and elder brother of Lord ASEIBURTON, HENRY BARING, and Sir TuomAs BARING, Bart., expired, so that almost within the first quarter of 1848, •the second generation of this great commercial family has terminated. We say the second generation ad viledly, for although the family of Bi.RING had been eistablishad as traders as far b ac k as the middle of the sixteenth century, first at East Friesland and subse sequently at Bremen, Sir FRANCIS BARING was the man who laid the foundation of that splendid palace of traffic which now flourishes under the title of "BARING, BROTHERS, and C 0.," and the vastness and magnificence of which were materially stabilitated by the mercantile genius of the departed statesman. From the first entrance of ALEXANDER BARING into the world of City business he was destined to exercise an extraordinary influence on 'Change. His' elder brother, as heir to the baronetcy, re mained in quietude until the moment of his decease, participating in no manner in the transactions of the firm, and living the tranquil life of a country baronet. Upon ALEXANDER BARING devolved the great re sponsibilities of the establishment originated by Sir FRANCIS BARING, that extraordinary trader who was pronounced to be " the greatest merchant in the world " by Lord ERSKINE, and on the occasion of whose death, in the September of 1810, there was a perceptible depres sion in the funds—the only occasion upon which such a circumstance has ever occurred upon the demise of a private individual. After receiving an education consonant with his fortunes as a prospective mer chant, ALEXANDER BARING proceeded to America for the purpose of ripening his intellect by travel, and wandering through almost every portion of the United States—the European continent being closed against any such pacific expeditions by the terrors of revolutionary conflict. It was in the course of these Transatlantic peregrinations that the future Lord ASHBURTON formed the acquaintance of GEORGE WASHINGTON, and encountered the youthful son of EGALITE, afterwards for seventeen years KING of the FRENCH, and now an obscure and almost impoverished refugee in the seclusion of Claremont. On the 23d of August, 1798, ALEXANDER BARING, then in his twenty-fourth year, married ANNE LOUISA, the eldest daughter of WILLIAM BINGHAM, Esq., a merchant of Philadelphia, and a member of the American Congress. By this union he had issue five sons and four daughters, his third daughter being the Dowager Marchioness of BATH, and his eldest son WILLIAM BINGHAM, late Paymaster-General, M.P. for Thetford, being the successor to the title and to the different estates lying in Hants, Kent, Sussex, Hereford, Suffolk, and Middlesex. Besides associationthe f happiness n e interestss s resu o l resulting nt the from ß Aiti ti this wi match, th th the osc of the house of "old BINGHAM of Philadelphia,', as COBBETT irreverently called him, exercised a most fortunate influence over the fate of the great firm of London. In 1812, scarcely two years after his father's decease had elevated him to the seniority in I the establishment, ALEXANDER BARING entered Parlia ment. Taunton sent him to the House of Commons as its representative, and he coutinued to remain there in that capacity until 1826, when he was returned foriCallington in Cornwall. In 1831 he was returned for' Thetford, and in 1832 for North Essex. On the formation of a Ministry by Sir ROBERT PEEL in 1834, Mr. BARING was nominated President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint. When, however, the Cabinet was broken up in the April of 1835, the subject of our biographic remarks was de prived of his brief tenure of statesmanship, though, as a token of honour for himself individually, and of re spect for his class, he was thereupon elevated to the Upper House by the title of Baron ASHBURTON, his first cousin, DUNNING, the celebrated lawyer, having been the first Lord ASHBURTON. About the last in cident of a remarkable character in the career of the deceased nobleman was the circumstance of his being dispatched in 1842, when nearly 70 years of age, as an Ambassador or Plenipotentiary to North America, for the purpose of negotiating a satisfactory settlement of the memorable question of the Canada Boundary. Such were the principal occurrences in the life of ALEXANDER BARING, Lord Asn- BURTON, a man who was more distinguished as a merchant than as a legislator, an orator, or a member of the Government, an I whose chief excellence consisted in the application of the sound and cautious intelligence of a business man to the mer cantile operations and financial arrangements of a Legislatute: --IrOlfis respect the wag always 'listened to with profoiita itte'netion, whether in the Lords, the Commons, or the Council, for every one recognised in him one of the grand magnates in the empire of Bri tish Commerce. Otherwise his powers were inferior to the elevation of his position : he was too good a merchant to be a great statesman, and had too much deliberation of judgment to display any of the fire or inspiration of eloquence. As a politician, Lord ASHBURTON was a living anomaly. A Whig at the commencement of his Parliamentary life, he was suddenly transformed into a Conservative in the middle of it, and towards its gradual termination revealed something of the leaven of ancient Toryism. An advocate of free trade when free trade was regarded as a delusion—a supporter of the sliding scale when the sliding scale was despised, he became, in 1846, at the moment of the great victory of commercial emancipation, a thorough and uncompromising Protectionist. One while an almost unconditional, and certainly an enthusiastic follower of Sir ROBERT PEEL, he was at another his most violent and contumacious antagonist. Almost every theme of legislation elicited this duplex complexion from his character. He illustrated anew, though in an immeasurably less brilliant manner, that flucta. ating incongruity which in the genius of NiccoLo MACHIAVELLI was typified by Mr. MACAULAY as bearing a resemblance to shot silk. Conspicuous, however, as these anomalies were in the political career of Lord ASHBURTON, they were not of such a nature as to diminish in any particular the respect with which he was personally regarded. Neither can they to any peculiar extent deteriorate the dig nity of his reputation. SPAIN. The Madrid mail of the 9th has arrived. Twenty-six prisoners, who were taken during the outbreak, were tried by drumhead court-martial and shot immediately. Domiciliary visits take place every day, and it is said that NARVAEZ has ordered the hotels of the Danish and Belgian Ministers to be searched. The two Legations will, it is said, protest against this violation of the law of nations, and as Denmark has a fleet it is probable that she will do more than protest, as against Denmark Spain is ut terly powerless; for Denmark can by her fleet cut off all communication between Spain and her co lonies. THE SUN, LONDON, MON'DAPY EVENING, MAY 15, 1848. It is rumoured that OLOZAGA has been retaken. MADRID BOLSA, MAT 9. The Three per Cents. 2 Five per Cents. at 14i; Exchange on London, 41. PORTUGAL. We have received intelligence from Lisbon to the 9th, by the Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship Montrose, Captain J. Bower, which arrived at South ampton yesterday. The report which stated that the Queen of PORTU GAL had sent the crown jewels to England, on board the St. Vincent, has been contradicted. COSTA CABRAL returned to Lisbon by the same packet which took him to Cadiz. The " Deputies" are engaged in the discussion of a project, having for its object the diminution of the evil arising from the great depreciation of the notes of the Bank of Lisbon, which it is proposed again to make legal tenders, to a certain extent, in the pay ment of taxes. At the Peers a curious incident, which took place some days ago, is the only circum stance worth mentioning. It was this :—When, during the late civil war, the British Government application, t te head of was first appli e d t o f or it s act i ve ass i s t ance t o pu t down d that the co the in surgen t s, i t was urge d , i n suppor t o f t h e the Marquis junta, o i f it L a, o h u a L d s, i w es h u o ed wa a s then at the head of the Coimbra juuta, had issued a pro depletion openly avowing the object of his party to be t w h h e dethronement n t i h s t e e r Q h e U r E e : N u . ask ed r f . or S o a u n T n u p ;it o ri f , the proclamation, but was never furnished with one. The non-production of that very important piece de conviction certainly looked rather suspicious; but there is reason to believe that the statement was credited nevertheless, and that the impression it created led to the armed intervention which ultimately took place. It now turns out to hare been a lie, coined for that very purpose ; for the Marq u i s o f LouLE, having broug ht the subject up some days ago, forced the Duke of SALDANRA and his colleagues to acknowledge—firstly, that no copy of the alleged proclamation existed in any department; and, se condly, that they were now convinced that they had been deceived by a forgery, and that no such paper had ever been issued by the Marquis or his party !i This little circumstance, and the lesson it contains, ought to be treasured up by Lord PALMERSTON, for the guidance of himself or his successors in all future dealings with the Government of Portugal. The French Consul• General, M. FaatiN, has been dismissed, and a French officer, who served in Don PEDRO'S army, has been appointed in his place. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. The grand national fate, which was to have taken place yesterday, has been postponed to the 21st. M. LEDRU ROLLIN has withdrawn his resignation. It appears that he insisted on the appointment of either M. JULES FAvits or M. FLocom to the Minis try of the Interior. This was resisted by his col leagues of the Executive Committee. M. LEDRU ROLLIN threatened to resign. His colleagues re mained firm, and M. LEDRU ROLLIN gave way. Considerable alarm was excited in Paris on Satur in consequence of the announcement of an intended demonstration on the part of the clubs in favour of Poland. It appears that a numerous meeting of the friends and defenders of the Polish cause took place on Thursday evening in the Rue Ta ranne. M. DE LASTEYRIE presided, and MM. srethepremseonstt. impor tant 1110NTALEMDERT, DE HA of nc r OT::: V wh A . Duchy of was the principal exCcOitNes" SIDERANT, SABEIBNI what&C., w W a e proceedings was, the positionannounce ment sub jectstao nmt ofut thing interestsoefuidiscussion. o e tnh .e i p n by a delegate of several clubs, that several thou sand citizens proposed to go to the National Assembly to demand prompt and energetic assistance for the Polish cause. This communication produced great emotion in the Assembly. All the persons present, both French and Poles (among the latter was Count SitottzEwsm, Vice-Marshal of the Diet of Posen, known for his liberal propositions to the States-Ge neral of Prussia), spontaneously prayed the delegate to thank the clubs for their good will, but to say that they beseeched them, on behalf of the Polish cause, to prevent any demonstration of the kind. Con vinced that their cause is that of liberty, civilisation, and humanity, and that it already possesses all the sympathies of the representatives of the French people, they would await, they said, with confidence the decisions of the National Assembly. The follow ing communication was addressed to the clubs on Friday by the Central Polish Committee : " Citizens—You have announced your intention to pre sent to the National Assembly . an address having for object to testify solemnly before the world the ardent sympathy which we all feel for our brothers, the Poles. In their name, we thank you for the generous intention, and we at the same time beseech you to give to that pa triotic proceeding such a character, that order may not be troubled, and that the population may not have cause for any disquietude. Your address, carried to the Chamber by the presidents of the clubs, and delivered by them to such representatives as they may ask for, and who will afterwards present it to the Assembly, already so well disposed towards the Polish cause, will be received by all with favour, with gra titude, and cannot but powerfully contribute to a useful and generous determination. But if this same address be carried by a numerous body of citize w n h s ic e h ven w w ou er id e they to stop a great distenee from the Chamber, there would be in suck manifestation a cause for uneasiness, for trouble, perhaps for irritation, very seriously injure the holy, cause which you and we wish to serve. The representatives the most in favour of Poland, they who have inscribed their names to speak on Monday in her favour, would then perhaps hesitate to advocate her cause, through fear of appearing to obey an injunction, or to yield to intimidation; the Government might consider itself obliged to resist the movement; and in fine, if the great and noble manifestation which we hope to obtain from the Assembly took place, it might produce on Germany, and on the world, less effect than we expect, for it might be supposed that it was not spontaneous. In your generous patriotism, which ex tends to Poland as to France, you will admit, we hope, dear fellow-citizens, that this act of the National Assem bly, in order to possess all its power, ought to have in appearance as in reality all its spontaneousness, and you will avoid all that might deprive it of that character, and excite with respect to it the slightest trouble or dis quietudera,friAhsena following imposing tpoo ass e mble amo ngstsin g th e noticepi o n population." manifestationas ne b io ndpublished tocarry favourri n r yo t the e pt hpaeanpF Poles address to in preparation for Saturday, May 13. All the clubs of to the National Assembly. The friends of Poland are invited to meet at eleven o'clock on Saturday, on the Place de la &ladle. The procession w ill inamedie.tely move on its march along the Boulevards. Measures are taken for the perfect preservation of order." Addresses were sent round to all the clubs urging the members to attend the procession, but notwithstand ing all the efforts of the Communists to get up a demonstration, the affair resulted in a melancholy fa pl i a l o u e re. of m N e o e t ti m ng ore at th tw an elv l e ,s o o , o el w oe e k r , e w a h ss e e n m t b h l e ed pr a n t c t e h s e . sion set off for tsheeCbdlhyealmepgrbacitreesse. proceeded dpos across d y t o p r b o be c a e r : d t h e d e petition along the Boulevards their numbers rather diminished than increased; and on arriving at the M a d e l e i ne the rf bridge, and procession v •er t m o et halted, t he b yA them M. VAVIN, w h o took fromoss the them cpoemtitmioenn,t. Thewhich rappel had h hepresentedenteothheeaAtesn in thesembl morning without comment. The rappel had been beaten in the morning; the National Guard were ready to have put down any disturbance, had such been attempted. M. BETIIMONT has resigned the Ministry of Public Worship. The following is a report of the proceedings in the Assembly on Saturday : There was much agitation at the approaches to the Palais Bourbon, and it was rumoured that a body of twelve thousand ouvriers intended to force an entry into the Assembly, to deliver themselves at the bar a peti Lion in favour of Poland. This report from minute to minute gained greater consistency and confirmation. The influence of this was felt in the Salle " des Pas Perdus," but it was soon allayed by an authentic re portthe b e o ü ß t o u t l , e 2 v o a o rd s pa ar d a t o h a t , h l e co r m l e ace i n d p e r 713, 0- cessi o t n h that o o n n g l y livered Alad eleitnhee,there, without Vavin,with o o u n t e o n i n y the disorder, representa tives of Paris. The sitting was open ed at ten minutes pas one. M. B a voax presented a p e t ition in favour of an inter vention, armed or unarmed , i n favour of Italy and Poland. p a e n t i d t on had t o M. Vavin also presented the petition whi ch had b een entrusted to him. The order of the day was then taken—the discussion on the rules for regulating the business of the chambers. M. Vivien, the reporter of the Comm ittee, said that he had to bring ' before the Assembly a proposition made by several members, that those deputies who had been elected for several departments should make their elec tion before the 15th, and that new el ections should be made. The Commission proposed t hat the deputies should make their election before the 20 t h, and in default of this new elections should be made before the sth June. M. Durand de Romorantin suggested the necessity of deciding the question of incompatibilities first. A debate ensued on the question, and it was ultimately decided that a decision must be given before the 15th. A delicate auestion then arose on the subject of an article in the project of the Commission, which gives the president a right to convoke the electoral colleges. M. Flocon, Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, declared it to be a Govern m ent ques ti o n. He thou g ht that if the President could g ive an order to the Minister of the Interior, he will have it in his power to do the same to all the other ministers. What then would be come of the power of the Executive Commission 1' It would be annulled, de facto. The article was voted. The Assembly then con tinued t h e debate on its regu lations. The proposal for instituting permanent com mittees for the examinat ion of questions submitted to the Assembly was adopted after a long debate, in the midst of which M. Recurt came in to announce the post ponementin to the delegates from the depart mentstime might be afforded to arrive in Paris. should be a d ec ided that there till the 21st of t he national lite, order that The Assembly then The Commission is already named to form part of the Committee. The Committee charged with se ekin g means for ameliOrating the position of the worki n g classes. Assembly then voted t h e c reation of a Comm i ttee of legislation, civil and crimi nal, a Committee of worship, a Committee of foreign affairs, and a Committee of public instruction. Assembly Over e cont of thei nuing decree. When the post left, the Ass em Considerable disappointment was occasioned by the postponement of the fet e to the 21st. The reason sals to vote, without debate, the o ther pro p o given for the postponemen t is, that there was not sufficient time for the delegat es from the provinces to reach Paris by the 14th. The seat of the Provision al Government has been Bourbon to the Luxem transferred from the Elysee Bou bourg. The Communists are m akin g vigorous efforts to excite disturbances, but thanks to the common sense of the immense maj orit y of the people of France their efforts are ineffec tual. The following placard was posted on the walls of. Paris on Saturday, but was in many places torn down with marks of indignation :-- of the workman G overnment enga ges to gua rantee the existence workm an by labour. I t en g agesto labour t o a ll c i tizens. I t rec ognises the principle of as sociations of wor k men , i n order that the y may en j o y the guarante e legitimate fruits of their labour. The Government gives to the workmen, to whom it belongs, the million of the civil list. " GARNIER-PAGES, LOUIS BLANC." " TO THE WORKMEN. " The promises made on the barricades not being ful filled, and the National Assembly having in its sitting of the 10th of May refused to create a Ministry of Labour, the delegates of the Luxembourg refuse to be present at the Fite de la Concorde. " LAGARDE, President. "PRESNARD, GODIN, LAVOYZ, Vice-Presidents." The following placard was also posted up, and like the preceding was torn down almost immediately : " Poland is being massacred, and you are invited to our fetes. The programme of the fete of the Champ de Mars fixes a place for the German, Italian, and Polish deputations in the procession of the approaching so. lemnity of the Republic. It is just that the Italians who are the victors over their oppressors should take part i❑ the triumph of the French people, and the Ger mans who by means of the Republic have gained con stitutions may mingle their cries of joy with those of their brothers on the banks of the Seine. As to the Poles, we do not F^e how they can take any part in the rejoicings of the Champ de Mars, for whilst torrents of blood are flowing in their unhappy country, whilst Posnania is a prey to a) band of assassins who slaughter women and children, profane the churches, and burn cottages; whilst in Gallicia the Government is arming a part of the population against the other part, and at every moment massacres provoked by the agents of Vienna and St. Petersburgh are expected, whilst Cra cow is bombarded and the Czar is bringing up masses of troops and sequestrating the corn and the cattle of the peasants to feed those troops, and takes the implements of labour, under pretext that the people may convert them into pikes and scythes, and having sent a part of the population into Siberia and into dungeons, wishes to make the rest perish by hanger, it is indubitable that the Poles owe ,their invitation to the fete of the Champ de-Mars only to a mistake. It was rather to a funeral mass that France should have invited our brothers of the North. Their place is at the foot of the altar. It is there that they must implore God, their sole protector, for the salvation of their country and the repose of their slaughtered nation. (Signed) Several true friends of Poland. From the following extract from the Union it would appear that there is a split among the Com munists themselves, which will tend to render them even still weaker than they are at present. The Union says : " It is difficult to keep oneself au courant to the strug gles and dissensions which incessantly agitate the ter rorist clubs. If we clearly understand a declaration published by the Commune de Pads, the manifesto by which M. Barbes announced that the Societe des Droits de l'Homme would be reconstituted on the same bases as before the establishment of the Republic, has caused a profound scission in the midst of the club, and we shall now have two Soci6te; des Droits de l'Homme—one, that of M. BarUi, organised in armed sections, and quite ready, on the first opportunity, to fall on social order ; and the other, as regards the spirit which ani mates it, also retrograde but pacific. We subjoin the manifesto of the seceders. It is curious, and shows once again that anarchy is endemic in secret societies. It shows also the manner in which Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity are there treated : "'CLUB PACIFIQUE DES DROITS DE L'BOMME. " The Societe des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen, constituted on arbitrary bases, and in opposition to the democratic principles which alone ought to direct it, has seen its power usurped by members who have imposed themselves on it, and who have compromised its inde pendence. Different acts emanating from the executive committee, illegally constituted, have caused energetic protests, and it is in vain that a groat number of section noires have demanded the execution of the regulations and a legal election. A brutal refusal was given to their just protest. In presence of these facts, the sectionnaires who have raised their ♦oice will not accept the responsi bility of acts which emanate from a power they do not recognise. Consequently, they declare that, from the Bth of May, they have constituted themselves into an independent club, under the name of Club Pacifique, et Organisateur des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen.' The club takes the declaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen of '93 for its profession of faith. It will adopt a progressive and social course in its discussions, and all the extreme democratic questions will be accepted at the tribune. " ' G. PELIN, President, " ' A. LEYDET, Secretary. " A private letter states that great indignation was felt in the department of the Aude, of which M. BARnEs i 5 one of the representatives, when the pro• clamatio❑ of the Societe des Droits de l'Homme, which was placarded in Paris with his sanction, became known. A petition was immediately got up, and most numerously signed, calling on him to resign his post as representative, as the electors of the Aude were deceived when they gave him their suf frages. The modern terrorists are mere servile imitators after all. They have failed—miserably failed in their attempts to get up " massacres," after the fashion of the MARATS, DANTONS, and RODESPIERRES of the last century; and now, they are attempting to get up an imitation of the alarm of the old terrorists at a foreign coalition. The Reforme has the following, under the head of "NEWS OF THE COALITION:- "An aide de camp of the Emperor of Russia had arrived at Vienna, charged with a confidential mission for the Emperor of Austria. Similar negotiations have for some time been going on at Berlin, and even at London, with a view of renewing the coalition against France. This we extract from a Vienna letter of the 6th. Independently of the camp of Nuremberg and of Ulm, a camp of 60,000 men will be established between Cobourg and Schwernfurt. In Belgium the Ministry have sent orders to the military governors of provinces for the immediate rappel to arms of the militia of 1847. They are to repair by the 28th to the camp of Beverloo. On the other hand the coalition continues to develop it self. Already has the Danish Government invoked the intervention of Russia. A letter from Ber lin, of the 9th, assures us that the Russian Cabinet had demanded explanations on the sub ject of the entry of the Prussian troops into Jutland. This diplomatic intrigue, this mask of war will soon fall. The Russians have now a pretext for enter ing Prussia. This good King of Berlin is capable of pretending to our Minister of Foreign Affairs that he is the victim of Russia and of his good disposition towards Poland. In the meantime the consul of Sweden makes known to the Senate of Hamburgh that his Government has resolved to assist the Danes with 10,000 troops, and all the Swedish marine. Each plays his part skilfully in the camp of the coalition. The Confreres are not less able, in the Diet of Frankfort. Nothing can equal what is passing there, and if the Germans allow them selves to be blinded it is their own fault. The bourgeois of Cologne, urged on by the King of Prussia, have ad dressed a petition to this assembly, demanding the neutrality of Belgium, which they say, 'resists with calmness and firmness without example the storm that has burst over Europe.' The delegates have supported this petition with ardour, announcing the approaching difficult negotiations of the Belgian Government. The spirit of hostility against Republican France—the in trigues of the reaction are then, as we cease not to re peat, manifest —and our ex-son in law, Leopold, takes to his own share in them. Once more it is time to look to it." , We will undertake to say that there is no truth whatever in the above statements of the Reforme. Neither M. LEDRU ROLLIN nor M. FLocox will venture to repeat them in the Assembly. These false alarms are circulated Mr a purpose. On Satur day M. BLANQUI recommended his followers to ab stain from attending the fete. " There are two cur rents in society (said he) : it is the current of reaction which prevails at this moment; the Ministry in which our own men are placed is itself carried along by the torrent. But wait; five or six weeks, and then the wind and tide will be for us. Already many of our adherents who had quitted us have returned." On Friday evening about one hundred working engineers of the Northern Railway presented them selves at eight in the morning at the station at Paris, and declared to the chiefs of the establishment that if they were not allowed to work an additional hour per day, with an increase of salary, they would tear up the rails. Information of this having been given to the National Guard of the 3d Legion, a detachment was marched to the station, and it was shortly after joined by a detachment of the Garde Mobile. Before these forces arrived the men had withdrawn. 'Yester day the men suspended their work, and assembled at the station of La Chapelle, to await the decision of the directors. We copy the following from the Presse : " Yesterday evening the inauguration of the • Club des Femmes' took place in the ancient Concert Spec tacle.' An immense crowd of curieux et curieuses were in attendance long before opening the doors. There was much difficulty in obtaining silence when the proceedings commenced, not from the fair members themselves, but from the ungallant men who should have been auditors, and who, if they went expecting some ridiculous exhi bition, must have been disappointed.--The Presidente,' after long and vain efforts, at length succeeded in obtaining silence, and, what is more, applause. She explained the object of the club to be, the organization of the labour of women, not in taking for its principle that which Lad been attempted with so little success as to the labour of men, but in adopting, as bases, sister hood and the development of the capacity and skill of each member. This allusion to the absurd theories of M. Louis Blanc was received with unanimous applause. The club has obtained from the Government the promise of places as workshops, of which two will be opened this week. Every woman having no particular !trade will gain one franc a day, and work will be given according to ability. The others will gain more or less according to their abilities and industry. Every month the profits will be divided, and every year prizes will be given to the most industrious. The club will provide a cooking place, at which every member will be provided with a dinner of soup, meat, vegetables, and bread, at four sous. The presidente was loudly applauded, and the plan of the club much approved. The only incident that gave birth to a little merriment was an observation of the fair speaker that they wished to treat men as their brothn and friends, and that they regarded them as their equals.' i The Droit gives a vexy different account of the affair. It says— " It would be impossible to describe the spectacle pre sented by the Club des Fet nmes on Thursday evening, under the presidency of the Citoyenne N—. We cannot give an idea of •the tumult, the disorder, the uproar which took place. There was nothing but cries, hisses, vociferations, prening, crushing, even fighting. The windows and the glasses were smashed, but no speaker of either sex could obtain a hearing, not even the AbLti Chatel, not even the Citoyenne N--. The sitting at length broke up in the midst of universal laughter, and was postponod to another day. But men are not to be admitted another time." The Commission of the Executive Government has discussed the question of tile presence of its members at the sittings of the National Assembly. They differ in opinion on it. MM. DE LAMARTINH and LEDRU ROLLIN think they should all attend; the other members think differently. MM. DE LAMAR TINE and LEDRU ROLLIN were present on Saturday. There were rumours rife in Paris on Sunday of war against Austria and Russia, and of immediate intervention in Italy and Poland. It was stated that an extraordinary levy of 200,000 men between 18 and 30 years of age was immediately to be made. All citizens not married to be liable to this levy. Orders have been given for guns and sabres. A part of the National Guard Mobile and the Marine Guards are to be immediately equipped for active service. The staff has also received orders for equipment. It was also stated, but not generally believed, that the army of the Alps had crossed the frontier. Another attempt on the part of the Communists to get up a demonstration was to be made to-day. The following placard has been issued by BLANQUI'S club : " TO THE DEMOCRATS. " The centralizing committee informs all democrats that the manifestation in favour of Poland will not take place till Monday, the 15th current, at ten o'clock A.M. The citizens will meet at the Place de la Bastille. Any other convocation but this must be considered as false. " The Central Committee, " HUBER, President. "DANDUREAU, DEBRAY, Vice-Presidents." M. BETHMONT, it appears, was sacrificed to pro pitiate M. LEDRU ROLLIN, and provide a place for M. FLocoN. It was owing to the firmness of MM. ARAGO, GARNIERPAGES, and MARIE, that FLOCON was not appointed to the Ministry of the Interior. M. LAMARTINE was inclined to give way to the threats of M. LEDRU ROLLIN, but the others remained firm. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—Northern of France, 3 5 Rouen and Havre, N—Sambre and Meuse, 4%—West Flanders, Ai. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. HOLLAND. Tan HAGUE, MAY 11.—In the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States-General, Count SCHIMMELPENNINCK made the following unlooked for communication : " His Excellency stated that the Ministers were giving their serious attention to the modification of the fundamental law, but that there was a difference of opi nion upon the subject among the members of the Go vernment, which would reader a change in the Ministry necessary. The King had been advised of the state of affairs, and it was necessary to await his decision. " Mr. Van Goldstein regretted that upon so import ant a subject as the revision of the fundamental law there should exist any difference of opinion among the Miniiters, and it was the more surprising as the project was drawn up by the Chamber itself. Several members spoke the same sentiments, and urged the necessity of the speedy decision of this important question." AMSTERDAM, MAT 11.—The fresh depression which the Austrian funds have sustained produced an unfavourable influence upon all the Dutch funds. The greater part of the foreign funds also expe rienced a depression. with the exception of the Peru vians. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. ELSINORE, MAT 9.—Notifications respecting the cargoes of British vessels bound to harbours under blockade. A circular of the British Consul here, Moses Kuper, dated May 7, gives the official communica tion from the British vessels which may put in here, on their way to some Prussian harbour, and which may not be able to reach their destination in conse quence of the blockade, shall be at liberty to deposit their cargoes at Elsinore or Copenhagen, and shall be respected by the Danish Government, which has de clared that the cargoes of British Captains shall be regarded as their property, and shall in no wise be molested. COPENHAGEN, MAY. Intelligence from the seat of war states that two battalions had -come to Alsen and the mainland to erect some works, which might protect the communication be • tween the mainland and Sonderberg, against the fire of the enemy. General HEDEMANN has confided the command in Alsen to Colonel HANSEN, and has gone with his staff to Fuhnen, where he will act as com mander-in-chief. He had previously proposed to General WRANGEL the mutual delivery of the priso ners taken on both sides since the commencement of the war. The reply of General WRANGEL, which has already been received at the head-quarters, will be speedily made known. The Danes estimate the losses at Schleswig at 150 killed, and between 400 and 500 wounded. The attack and seizure upon Chamberlain KRociu and of the hunting page, is regarded as a cou rageous act. The Laalands Posten states that the feeling at Jutland against the enemy is far stronger than in the islands. GERMAN MARINE.—The Committee announce that Messrs. GODEFFROY and Son have, in accordance with the generally expressed desire, placed their large ship Caesar Godeffroy, at the unrequested dis position of the Committee, in place of the ship Stem warder.— Hamburgh Borsenhalle, May 5. NORWAY, MAY s.—The Sorthing have referred the project of the charge of the Council of State to a committee, by a majority of 70 votes against 30. At Drontheitn a meeting has taken place for the formation of Free Corps (Freitschaaren).—Ham burg Borsenhalle, May 13. STOCKHOLM, MAT 4.—An army of 16,000 men is to be assembled for the present at Schonen, to con sist of three brigades, under the command of the Crown Prince and General-Adjutants VON DAHLS TROM and PEYRON, with the rank of major -general. The Daglight Allehanda mentions ten regiments which have already been ordered to Schonen, and two battalions of guards are to set out for that place next week. Orders have been received to hasten the equipment of the fleet at Carlscrona and Gothem burg, and the PRINCE set out for this first place by land to-day. 4,000 Norwegian troops are said to have been ordered to Schonen. POLAND. THE INSURRECTION. General PrUEL has ordered that no armistice shall be granted to the Poles (so says the Indicateur Po litique), dated Berlin, May 12th), except under the following conditions :- Ist. The surrender of arms. 2d. Emigrants and foreigners from Poland, Gallicia, Cracow, &c., shall be sent to a depot beyond the Elbe and the Weser. 3d. The Poles of Posen shall de divided into circles, and led under an escort for their own protec tion to their prefects, who shall release them. Pri vate and public safety to all who have laid down their arms. GNESEN, MAY 4.—A Silesian paper states that the insurgents have been attacked in the rear, between Miloslaw and Wreschin, by five army corps, under the command of General COLOMB, aided by Generals VON WEDELL and VON BLUMEN. Ten o'clock, P.X.—A letter from Posen from D r . ADAMK RLvz, who was summoned to Miloslaw to attend upon the wounded insurgents, is circulated in the city, and to the following effect :—" Yesterday, towards evening, about ten thousand insurgents assembled near 'Wreschen, with the intention of taking Gnesen by storm during the night. They were suddenly attacked in the rear by five army corps, and after a fierce engagement of four hours were completely beaten. Four thousand insurgents remained upon the field, and more than three thousand five hundred wounded have been brought here (Miloslaw), of whom I do not expect that two hundred will survive. Several hundred of the military have also been left upon the field of battle." •Eleven o'clock, p.m.—A battalion of the 21st,Regi ment of Infantry has arrived here, and brought four waggons with captive Polish nobles.—Aix-la-Chape l i t Gazette, May 13. 'POSE:N.—The important intelligence has been cir culated here that MIEROSLAWSKI has been deposed from the chief command of the army by his fol lowers, in consequence, it is said, of having com manded one of the leaders to be shot, for having comraitted some excesses—so much is certain, that his army is even passed on three sides near Gnesen, and that no way remains open to them by the Russia' territory. Later intelligence states that the Poles have thrown themselves upon the mercy of the Prussians rather than fall into the hands of the Russians, and that there is now hope that the Polish war may soon be settled. GLOGAN, MAY.—The number of troops which have gone over to strengthen the force in the Gra°, Duchy of Posen has been estimated too high, sP" probably does not amount to more than 12,000 men' —Hamburgh Correspondent, May 12. IT LY.. ROME. -~ The Constitulionnel publishes the following from Rome : " We have already mentioned that the Pope had Pub lished a fresh declaration of his sentiments, which' far from quieting public irritation, has only tended to 10- crease it. In this fresh document, his Holiness insist with great energy, on the imposibility, in his present situation as a pacific Prince, and Father of the Fait hful ' of consenting to declare war. But, at the same time , b t u states that he has taken every necessary measure , protect the lives of his sulojects who fight as voluntee_r: in the Italian cause, in case they should fall into Oa_ hands of Austrians. In order to prevent the recur rence of those acts of barbarity whi c h have already been P er c i petrated, by order of Radeteky, on Roman su bjects it in arms, the Pope has ch arge d D r . F ar i n i w ith an extrr e ordinary mission to Charles Albert, in order to place sae volunteers of the Pontifical St a t e un d er hi s es pecial O . " . guard. ro mig " This proclamation, i n w hi c h t h e S overe ign speaks the language of a pastor of souls, and not n t f b: temporal prince, only incre ase d th e emo tion of 4 . people. On the 3d the houses were deserted, eve/ II; habitant was in the streets, and during the morn in g e d was announced that Count Mamiani had been chs r g to form a new Ministry. • or' " The Civic Guard, when informed of this resolu ti° o assembled and appointed delegates to present an lid d qo to Count Mamiani, and to express their perfect adheilLl„ in the sentiments he had declared in his circular to P:, electoral committee. The principal points in this ad d° were:— diet' " 1. To co-operate in the admission and constru of the dismembered nationalities. ale; " 2. To unite in sincere friendship with free Pe ° lo and to preserve with ab so l u t e p owe r s on ly such relisficit, as may be called for to preserve universal peace, on e ' promote the interests of commerce. the AS' "3. To place reliance on our s elves, and not in sistance and promises of any foreigners. e sn " 4. To enter into a fresh and solemn treaty bet/g,d ' 4 " - nations, in conformity to the true interests of eac h, to the national principles of international right. , o f " 5. To enter into no arrangement with Austriu, the sign any peace until the Alps shall be recognised 003,3 frontiers of Italy, from the Vero to the Brenner° , from the latter to Guarnen. e sod,. " 6. Our diplomacy to 'become worthy of a i re- e ce great nation, and calculated to recal the remembranc ore Roman magnanimity; no more dissimulatian—u° in deception. Moderation and courage. " 1311/ This address, which was signed by all the Na ti 2 , Guards, was delivered the same evening so Count 1601:f miani, and received by him as the faithful exp ress ': (a at the policy which he intended to carry out. „ other hand, the municipal council assembled, an d 10 drew np an address. After pointing out that war Wr, Austria was a most sacred right, and tha t all Del. ought to co-operate to restore the independence ofi:;, common country, it concluded by proposing to the T„ 1 , reign Pontiff to become the mediator between the De° gerent parties, under the following conditions: -- - . 0 " 4 1. To become mediator, in order to restor e pe and concord. oar " 2. Not to oppose the progress of militisry or dons. " 3. The first condition of peace to be Italian naibe ality and complete independence of foreign power' removal of the Austrian armies from Italy; Diet es lished at Rome to consider of the bases of these e ditions. col t/ " '4. After the acceptance of these preliminss : I to ditions, the Pope shall be made President of the ' e be held at Rome. lilkeol " ' 5. If these conditions be not accept e d, w ar 6 1 - 6 0 ' carried on with his consent and a p pro b at i on , and the co-operation of the Pontificial armies.' " This step of the municipal council excited - of surprise and discontent. Th e j ournals dec l ar ed ;to negotiations and pr o t oco l s cou l d only be disastOnt-riso the Italian cause, at the moment when the A u %'oul Envoy, Count de Hartig, was seeking to sow diss e „, n-! ssl' amongst the Italians by insinuations and pr o :: at' The steps adopted by the municipal council w e '„ -- 0 of tributed to his influence. The representative of ° O - a rd; the foreign powers, but whose name is not more = a , o , cularly mentioned, had demanded a solemn aud ien i i , the Pope, in the name of a ll t h e dipl o matic b°"ibe g order to induce him to persi s t i n hi s res istance na ' ec t representatives of the Italian State s , when inf,,° 1. 1,041 this fact, immediately assembled at the Dutch D;lnb hsd in order to protest against this p rocee ding, t h ' c leso rl been adopted without the participation of t he h t 0 , 1 Ministers. The audience was not gr anted ; r oe intervention between the Pope and his people in the mistrust of the latter. a le de ti " Count Mamiani was sent for, and denla i n fo ras ia hours to draw up a political programme all"the Cabinet. It was wished that several of „v h detto, ll , Ministers should still remain in office. The " rn - e nt of the two Cardinal Ministers, and their rep lo6- o iet of two laics was universally called for. From 0. P i a ill honour, however, the old Ministry preferred r etir b e ou l , body, and thus the formatio n o f a new Ministry y et, more difficult. At about half-past eight, - I,oo ' beti or meeting took place at the house of Prince D' - the folloain Ministry was drawn od Terenzio Ma g miani—President of the Council ti nister of the Interior. Giovanni Marchetti—Foreign Affairs, De Rossi—Grace and Justice. Lunati—Finance. Duke de Bignano—Commerce. Nicolo Caviehera San Bertolo—Public World. o l . o tio Prince Doria—War. A cardinal was to be appointed for Ecci egl ool‘ e a l Affairs, for which Orroli, Altieri, or Cocchi w e A re c oid i , l3 l ; of. It is generally hoped that the first narti eu -of ' e t will not be chosen, as he has not the confideneebo 0 .4 ° Italians. The above combination, on the wh°, l , i ' r eto appeared satisfactory, and the public mind IV" very agitated." • Aff We have to repeat here, that advises, via too seines, state that the differences of opinion ha settled. OPENING OPFITEHDEMPOARNLTIA. MBL a AT On the Bth inst. Lietithe Prince EUGENE of SAY4' left t-6 p n a a l n a t c - e G i e n n a t r h a e l „ lei. , ceeded to the on rno: h i t• open the a „ Vire was saluted hdiass ' l tnta r i ob h fre g ict hat C oel i t open y it a L tl i : ou s nas A l c I: L c ri p eur :i t ior: . :l3 3 : :no a . i „ , , ,,i1 • 66 Roi." r ead After taking the usual oath, the Prince r 8 following speech : _ mutual jofj " Our internal felicity, assured by th e , o ple , / J O which exists between the Sovereign and th e r'd 1:1 1 fo ot by the wisdom of the King, being disturhe nodo e ' t o mourning of our Italian brethren, tramPled. 0.13i0,0 by the foreigner, the nation united itself to its 00 c1 P l O sustain the honour and independence of Italy a b bi iti blessed our arms. The admirable artnY- -- $ 5 t° l r y t°,t i e discipline as by its valour—has added fresh g° o n ' o f ancient renown. The cross of Savoy fig ures boo l4° ket standard of the Italian Union, and floats on th e the 0 1 '0 the Adige. Sardinia has been welcomid bl hai bq t/ if e provinces as a well-beloved sister. Savoy "c - ,,fef P" source of real consolation. The natives or '•" 4 of ' v ' e r A h m br e o n a t detsh our govern elveswthe the State, , a nhdo givethose shown themselves worthy of their country for° 11 me 0 re°P , .:hperrotiotocol:o l oi; th emselveso wsipcehn sympathies. hdeadv e been ea ' e r vne h diplomatic e dbiveeidn tutional Government of Spain, which were for 6 o rti r , t 0 come together, and e divided, there etneenwd i e s ed a ; eSrtiy:lo4lllll3rl Y e (3 :il r et : t:ot° l :i i i that a common accord will bind togeiher wh th i: ret ti rto destined by nature to form one nation.--Olpiethi iso was received with loud acclamations.) G en- f - 'tf ° ' til Government of the King comprehends the g,, c ' t i . 13 1.1 0 circumstances under which it is called on to • D oe ie has the courage to undertake it, and ' vig or e ° lo P6 ' courage to follow it up. You will lend it k ° o f reg,, - b./ ration to consolidate and complete the ior' n , w bicl t iio ration to which it has devoted itself. EuroP- , di ftice o f her eyes on us, will see us triumph ov er the f th ilie inseparable from th e d e biits of a new state, o de a power always invincible—that of union • the bt 1 ,41 " The Prince afterwards announced th a t 4 '„, er ol J" ... s se. would be immediately presented, as well ' .. the of local interest, and concluded as follows :- -4 _ 45 ot o ot 4 " If the desired fusion with the other a rts ia 40 peninsula be accomplit.hed, changes will be m a de a?,! 4 ,0 laws which will tend to improve our destinie t. " O Ne w s us attain that degree of power to which for „t,P o otio P V' sr t /4 3 ° of Italy, Providence would lead them: applause.)' - o e , , 10 0 The cries of ' Viva el Re al Statuto, ally Italia. `that to ay sag oh The Risorginzento of the 10th 11 , 1 ,sgi o the ewraalsrethtuernndedecltaoretdhetorbalacope:lrclicio 10°0- Tuscan troops, under General D'Aitu x t ut to ~, tha t ne Of . ' rthigehtnuofmtbheeri‘offin 46,00.00 Theremen, issuarrroeupnodrt M 573 : 70 : 1 : PF w ar h r i i c v h ed h th ad at s t urherwenhditeerefida, had been raised a t '.