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ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Last Six Nights of Cinderella. Matchless Pertbrmances Unrivalled Company—and the only Pantomime in London. Children under Tl‘elye admitted for half-price. Tits Pantonatneat ... an - earlier hour to Lie the juvenile branches of Families. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a Drama, entitled THE BOHEMIANS. Cha- Teeters by Messrs. N. T. Hicks, E. F. Saville, It. Honner, Dale, J. Herbert, H. Lewis, E. Jones, Mrs. R. Homier, and Miss E. Terry. After which, a Grand Fairy Comic Pantomime, entitled CIN DERELLA AND THE FAIRY QUEEN; or, Harlequin and the Little Glass Apper. Columbine, Mdlle. Theodora ; Harlequin, Mr. Maskell ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; and Clown. Mr. T. Barry. To conclude with JACK JUNK and the OLD COMMODORE; or, a Seamen's Fireside. Jack Junk, Mr. H. F. Saville. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairhrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATER. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Immense hit of the Easter Spectacle. Overflowing houses to wit ness the celebrated Mr. Van Amhergh 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. THIS EVENING, Will he presented a grand romantic Spectacle, written by Boyle Barnard, Esq., expressly to introduce Mr. Van Arnburgh in his astounding performance, founded upon a passage in Eugene Sue's mlebrotecl novel of " The Wandering .Jew," and will be produced un der the title of MOItOK, THE BEAST TAMER. Armand Dugan', Ms. Van AlllbUrgh. The Spectacle will be succeeded by an incomparable routine of Mr. Dalty'4 penes of the Arena, in which Signor Chiarini and Mdlle. Marietta Orelnago, from Italy, will have the honour of appearing. During the 7eess the Th eatre h as b een ent i rely re-decorated. Lox -office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE SEVENTH EDITION OF MR. ELIOT WARBURTON'S CRESCENT AND THE CROSS, IS NOW READY, in 2 vole., with Plates, 21s bound. Real"' Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On rriday next will be published , in Bvo., price ss. cloth, TUE. INFLUENCE of ENGLISH RAILWAY LICIOISLATION on TRADE and INDUSTRY. With an Appenal. of Fasts and Documents. . By JAMES MORRISON, Esq. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. ER -MAJESTY'S THEATRE. EIRST APPEARANCE of Mdlle. JENNY LIND. tae Nobliity„ Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are ma pecanlly Informal that 31.111 e. JENNY LIND will make her lire. Appearance this Season, on THURSDAY next, the 4th of May. As AMLIA, in Beitinl'sOpera of LA SONNAMBULA. This Night will be included in the Subscription. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE. PARIS. *RAND MORNING PERFORMANCES. The Managers of the Cirque National de Paris are induced, by the brilliant success of their Morning representations, to announce that a new selection of those unique and splendid Entertainments will be given on Wednesday and Friday next (the 3d and sth of May). Doers open at Half-past One, peillirmance to commence at Two o'clock. First Price as usual. No geeond Price. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Appearance of Signor Labocetti. Th e Yobilit"' Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the pub lic are . reslP4 , ctfally inform-d that THIS EVENING, will be per termed. Restini's Opera, entitled IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA f ti c Mdlle. Sofia CruveW; II Conte d'Almiviva, Signor Labo r* 'Baiilio, Signor touché ; Bartolo, Signor F Lablache ; and Flgarlo, Signor Belletti. In the course of the Evening, a Divertissement, in which will be introduced the Vales from Coral.a, by the Corps de Ballet ; Pasnania, by lidße. Marie raglioal ; and a grand Pas de Deus, from Fiureta, b 7 Mdlle. Rosati and M. Dor. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, entitled VIVANDIERE. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the ISox-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY=LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. Laet Week but One, the whole of the troupe of the Cirque Na tional being obliged to return to Paris on the 16th of May. THIS EVENING The complete art of riding exemplified by Mdlls. Caroline and Ma tkilde.—Daring Feats of Equitation, by Mdlls. l'almyre, Anato, Co ralie, Ducos, Lambert, Le Petite Anato, &c.—The Manege, exhibit ing the perfection of training, and wonderful docility of the Horse, Illustrated by M. Adolphe Franconi.—Varied and original Eques trian arid Gymnastic Exercises, by the entire troupe. Doors open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. HEATRE ROYAL, HA YMAKKET. Under the Management et Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING 'Will be performed a new Comedietta, called A COFIDENCE. Xr. Gresham, Mr. Webster; Mr. Arthur Williams, Mr. H. Vanden- Doff; Mrs. Gresham. Miss /teynolds. After which, a new cosmic Drama, entitled LAVATER THE . - PHYSIOGNOMIST ; and Good Judge , 00. Lavater, Mr. Webster ; Aisle*, Miss Fertescue. _ To be followed by a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole'. mysterious production, and called TILE CASTLE OF OTRAICTO. Matured, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenza, Mr. J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; HIP- Polito, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. To conclude with the comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. Tharacters by Messrs. Tilbury, Braid, Hudson, J. 1313.nd, W. Santer, A. Brindal ; Mrs. Hanby, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss Woulds. Stage Manager, Mr. lan en; Acting Manager, Mr. l• Webster. J. T. Archer, I.lox-book Iteeper. Boxf3s, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; upper GallerY ce , l a s t . Seven. Doors nos aat Walt-past Six, Pertorman ce to common THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. tinder the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will. be performed a new and original Drasna, called HARVEST H031.E. Principal characters by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Lambert, Wrie,ht, P. Redford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Fre* sk Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. Alter whieh, a new Piece, entitled THE FOUNTAIN OF ZEA ; or, the Child of Air. To conclude with THE COMRADES ; an Anecdote of the Span ish - war. prurcipal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Boyce, Man yard, Paul Legrand, C. J. Smith, Ryan, 3liss E. Harding, & c. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. , r e (). en at Half-put Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the 31 anagement of Madame Vestris. Sol• Lessee, Mr. Charles Matnews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SCARECROW. Sher which, an entirely new and original Classical Extravaganza, entitled THESE US and ARL4.DNIC, ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, 11. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Miss Fit2william, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac narnara. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper iloxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No bail• prise to any part of the house. Tise Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. 33, Oid Fsond-street. Last Appearance of M. Lafont. THIS EVENING, • The llntertainments will commence at half-past Seven o'clock with UNE IMPRUDENCE. Dither, M. Montaiand ; Armand, M. St. Marie; Hermance, Mdlle. Baptiste ; Madame Verdier, Mdme. St. Ange. After which, the new Petite Comedy of EXTREMES SE TOUCIIENT. Le Chevalier Jullien, Monsieur Lafont ;La Comtesse Itosine, Madabae Paul Ernest. To be followed by an entirely new comedie-vaudeville, en titled LA DERNIERE CONQUETTE. Le Baron de Virefeuille. Id- Lafont; Helene, Madame Paul Ern,st. To conclude with (ly desire) the Second Act of CATIIERINE ; ou, La Croix d'Or. usterlitz, M. Latont ; Catherine lidme. Paul Infest ; Louise, Mdlle. Potel. ST. JAMES'S THEA FRE. . [THIS EVENING, ROBERT HOUDIN Tot the Palate Royal, Phis), will commence a limited number of his extraordinary and orieinal iOIREES FANTASTIQUES at the St. James's Theatre, and will repeat the entertainment every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening*. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at half-past }Light, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes and stalls. may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond-street. Plii TB &VCR E:. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland-place. THIS EVENING, Will he performed LOWS TELEGRAPH. After which a new Conitnediett, entitled DOMESTIC BLISS. Mr Goodleman, Mr. Cooper; Adela, Mrs. Stirling; Rhoda, Miss Villars. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled ililiEltAlDA; or, the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Esmeralda, Mille Dress Circle, 5r.: Boxes, 4s. ; 2*. ; Gallery, Is. THE THIRD EDITIONS T I - 1 E SU N „ CONTAIN, AS USUAL, I'HE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, ♦ND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-o6rice, 112, Strand. TO CORRESPONDENTS. ITO communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by tne name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER: SUN OFFICE, MAY 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40 ; Highest, 51; Noon, 54. BAROMETER, 30.14.—W IND E.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Ibmning .. 38 min. after 12 I Evening 4 min• after I 0 1 1,- • 4404 4 _4,1 u~ ~r~s~as~ ~"~m~ LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1848. An extraordinary amount of repugnanc e evinced last evening by several of the inore w" distin guished among our Liberal representati ves in the House of Commons against the introduction of r nea - sur es of a coercive character to foreigners resid ent i n Great Britain. With all our heart we sympathise in that repugnance, and yet we are as heartily rejoiced that the second reading of the Alien Bill was carried with a majority of 119. Doubtless to those who are conscientiously opposed to this particular proposition of the Government there will appear in the foregoing declaration a very. wonderful degree of inconsistency. To our mind, however, we are guilty of no incon sistency whatever in abhorring the one project and commending the other, for in our estimation there is between the two not even a shadow of resemblance. Those who imagine that they are remaining true to that great constitutional cause of liberality with which the illustrious names of BuouGzast, Fox, GREY, WIRMILRIAD, ROMILLT, WILBERPORCE, HOLLAVD, MACKINTOSH, and LANDSDOWNE have become iden tified are labouring under a deplorable delusion This delusion arises from a sudden and extravagant obliquity of judgment in regarding as identical the circumstances of 1793 and of 1848, and in repre hending with equal ardour the despotic Act demanded by the Cabinet of Parr, and the harmless and rational Act required by the Cabinet of Russznn. Between the two Bills there is not one jot more analogy than there is between the two epochs—the bloody epoch when ROBESPIERRE was in the ascendant, and the pacific and fraternal epoch when the political pulse of France beats in unison with the gentle heart of LAMARTINE. True it is that Mr. BURKE in 1793 sup ported the Alien Bill of Mr. PITT because his whole soul revolted at the atrocities of those satur nalias of murder and spoliation which imparted for ever a diabolical significance to the 10th of August and the 7th of September. True it is that a lively imagination or a miraculous gift of penetration ma) detect in LEDRU ROLLIN a DAYTON, in SOBRIER , CBAUNIETTE, in CABET a HEBERT, in Ensosciul a MARAT, in LERROUX a VARLET, and in the Demo cratic Pacifique a travestie of the Vieux Cordeliers. Yet, granting all this—granting there were ample cause for dreading the revival of the Reign of Terror, and of the emulation of those ruthless democrats who in the Committee of Public Safety and in the Revolutionary Tribunal connived at the blasphemies of ANACHARSIS KLOOTZ, and at the pitiless accusa tions of BILLAUD VARENNES—We maintain that there would still be required a reason for the passing of an Alien Act like that submitted to the House of Com mons in 1793. No massacre at Paris, no diffusion of anarchical doctrines on the continent, would, to our thinking, ever justify an Act so despotic and uncon stitutional. It is because the Alien Bill of 1848 is diametrically the reverse of the Alien Bill of 1793, that we are disposed to accept the former cordially, while we continue to regard with abhorrence the very remembrance of the latter. To explain our mean i n g thoroughly it is only necessary to observe that the measure introduced to Parliament in 1793, and afterwards revived in 1814, empowered the So vereign or the Privy Council to proclaim any indivi dual an alien, and to drive him from the country without assigning any reason whatever, and without being restrained in these tyrannical proceedings by any sense of responsibility. Whereas according to the Alien Bill of 1848 the Government will only be authorised to p rocee d on information sufficiently decisive to satisfy the mind of the Secretary of State that the person in question is embarked in enter prises (or call them, if you will, conspiracies,) calcu lated to be productive of very dangerous consequences. Even, then, according to a declaration made last night in the House of Commons by the Right Hon. the Attorney-General,—" if an application were made in the Lower House for such particulars and informa tion, the Secretary of State would be bound to pro duce them in justification of the Government." In this circumstance alone there is an ample guarantee that justice will be showti to those unfortunate re fugees who are driven to this country for shelter from he storms and perils of continental revolution Beyond this, however, there is a still more remarkable security to those foreigners who are actuated by merely pacific and reverential sentiments ; and that is the facility which at present exists of obtaining letters of naturalization. Some conception of how great this facility is may be gleaned from the fact that, while in 1793 and 1814 " insuperable objections presented themselves to fo reigners in obtaining letters of naturalization," no less than 789 such letters have been obtained, at an insig nificant pecuniary outlay, since the passing of the Naturalization Act of 1844. Consequently, as letters of naturalization can be obtained so readily, and as those who are naturalized are not capable of being subjected to the penalties of the Alien Bill, and as the powers of the Government are re stricted in this instance within the narrowest limits, and as the Government, even when acting within those limits will be responsible to the vigilance of Parliament—we are disposed to welcome the proposition of her Majesty's blinisters with a cordial and unconditional confidence. No danger can by possibility ensue in consequence of re posing so small an addition of power in the hands of our rulers, and the character of England will remain unchanged as the resort of political desti. tution, and the refuge of culpable or unfortunate statesmen. Some intelligent opponents have ob jected to the Bill, because, in their estimation, it may be regarded as an insult in Paris, ano as an evidence of jealousy towards the French Government. We should like very much, indeed, to know whether any honest French man would consider his country insulted b) the infliction of penalties upon some unprincipled adventurer in the shape of a' Propagandist, and whether he would not consider his country in sulted by the derision cast upon the accent of French men by the Hon. Member for Oldham, and by that comparison of the citizens of France to ourang outangs, which drew down last night the applauding laughter of the House of Commons upon the remark , of the Hon. Member for Montrose. What to us is it whether the maiden speech of the Noble Lord, now Prime Minister of England, was a diatribe against an Alien Bill conceived in a spirit of true despotism, or what does it matter whether in 1816 Lord ALTHORP declared " that no danger could be apprehended here from the machinations of an \ foreigners ?"—the Alien Bill of 1848 proves on exa mination to have a decidedly constitutional tendency, and is calculated to render innocuous the machina tions of Propagandists and Communists, and there fore we are rejoiced to find it introduced so boldly by the Government and accepted so cordially by Par liament. Sta WILLIAM Somaavlnna last night obtained leave to introduce a Bill " for regulating the Elective Franchise, and for the Registration of Parliamentary Electors in Ireland," being one of the relief measures which Government had announced their intention of bringing forward with a view of removing the just complaints of Irishmen, and tranquillizing their un happy country. The chief features of the proposed measure are perfectly unobjectionable, and although it may well be doubted whether it goes far enough in placing the constituency on a sufficiently wide basis, these are details which can fairly be con sidered in Committee, and by no means affect the principle which strikes at the root of some of the most prominent abuses, the most flagrant evils of the o presentthe cs h s y aoi s rnf t a e se m uttffieh . ree Tefsnehtevheyesereoafflar franchise e tnchoc c ehn h sif i str e eia fl t nu; yee—shne franchise —first secondly, , al ync t ,do h ,n e t tshhe e a cii mrunr debal nt the system of registration, which at present is open to many and weighty objections. The Right Hon. Baronet forcibly and clearly ex plained the evils resulting fr om the ambiguous was iguous and t may arristers b -b doubtful character of the franchise.ssstai3 uniformity of decision ; not only a or County Court Ju.!ges, as theybe termed, differed in their construction of the statute, b the Judges of the Su p reme Courts themselvesteven inter. e pre tated the law in a totally different mann er . o Hence, persons w ho in one count y would be eo n sidered perfectly eligible, and placed on the list of corers, might, in the adjoining one, be rejected. There could even be no certainty of the results of ap peals to the ultimate tribunal. This necessarily led to much expense, and to great irritation on the part of those who were refused what they conceived to be a just right, and in which opinion they were fortified by seeing others who were similarly circumstanced to themselves in the enjoyment of the franchise. It might also possibly lead to appointments being conferred, not from the superior eligibility of the par ties, but from their peculiar views on questions which might influenc e th e e l e ctions in the district s in which they he y might b e ca ll e d i n t o a djudicate, and thus to give a thih predominance tToheornee was orot a i n le o r th o e f r e t v h i e l of conflict log partie s great magnitude, however,e which was scarcely alluded to , b which will ,thewholly alteration, viz exi3ted so l ong as the temptation to perjury, which suffereci possession of the franchise was in any degr ee to dependinorof upon the testimony of the party claiming it,those he might bring forward as witn esses of his demand. Every one at all acquainte,Z with Ireland i s t oo pain uPP°rt fully aware of the mass of ) contradictory swearing, thateis disputed questions of value beforebrought f orwar d on a l l risters, and the time that i s i the A saistant--13ar nnetesaarily consumed • in hearing and adjudicating upon that evidence. No system could be devised more calculated to demoralize he peasantry, and induce them to think light!) of the solemn obligation of an oath, than that to which we have adverted, and in abolishing altogether the practice the Government will hare conferred a boon upon Ireland that will be highly valued by every right-minded man in the community. For the future there will be no question of beneficial inte rest*, or what solvent tenants might give for the tene• ments if in the market to be disposed of ; neither wilt there be any question of the tenure. The franchise depending on occupation will be wholly based upon rating ; one simple and invariable rule will be adopted Every person occupying premises rated to the relief of the poor at 81. per annum or upwards, will be entitled to be placed upon the register of electors; and joint occupiers, provided that each occupation- when divided was of the net annual value of 8/., according to such rating, will likewise be entitled. This is a great improvement, for no sufficient reason could be assigned why parties wh, were each possessed of the requisite amount should be excluded, because they enjoyed an undivided estate. Persons also entitled to estates in fee or in tail of the annual value of 51., will be entitled to a vote, provided they are in the actual occupation of the premises. The only restrictions on these rights will be that the party must have been in the occupa• tion of the premises for six months before he can bt placed upon the registry. He must also before voting produce a receipt for the payment of the last rate that has been made for the relief of the poor. There is to be no change with respect to parties qualified other wise than by occupation, nor with respect to the town qualification, save that in the latter case all the clauses requiring payment of municipal rates are to he repealed, with the exception of so much of the poor•rate as had nut accrued within the preceding three months, and the franchise is to be conferred upon joint occupiers. The smallness of the several constituencies in Ireland has been generally admitted ; when it considered that the whole of the county voters in that country at present do not exceed 60,000, not quite double the number who possess the franchise for the West Riding of Yorkshire, the necessity of a great extension will be apparent. The Chief Se cretary calculates that the numbers will be qua irupled under the new system. This will, undoubt ,Klly be an improvement ; the only question will IH-- whether . it is sufficient. It is, however, a large instalment of justice ; and, as we have already said, it is one of those details that may properly be settled in Committee, which does not at all affect the great principle of a franchise based upon rating, and not in .Any degree dependent upon tenure or the construc tion of a doubtful statute. The ,registration question is stated to be exceed- ingly complicated, and the full consideration of this cart of the subject has been postponed until the second reading. We shall therefore wait, without expressing any opinion, for the explanations that may 'then be afforded. One distinction between the prac tice in the sister kingdoms will, we trust, be abo• fished. In this country the lists of voters are revised every year, and if a party has improperl been placed upon the registry, the name will be expunged the following year, if any well rounded objection can be alleged against his reten -ion. This is not so in Ireland. If a party has once peen admitted, he must remain thereon for eight. years. There can be no valid reason why the law should not be assimilated in both countries, and why in annual revison should not take place in Ireland as well as in Englattd. The predominant feeling of all the countries of Europe may just now be summed up in one word E xpectation. However different their individual condition, each and all look with mingled hope and anxiety to the future. All have been, more or leis. agitated by the recent convulsion, although all have not been alike influenced by its effects. In some nations the worst throes of revolution are over— those agonies which, according to a happy simile of Ni.ecameer's, invariably convulse the body politic during the exorcism of the evil spirit of despotism. But even in those in which the evils of revolution are at an end, and peace and tranquillity are restored, the benefits of revolution are yet to come, and such nations, necessarily, look anxiously to the tliture. The more hopeful and ardent Republicans look forward without fear—unwavering believers in their own attractive theories, they fondly imagine their full realisation to be at hand. Others, again, too sadly convinced of the instability of human affairs, watch the progress of events with fear and trembling. Nevertheless, however varied their opi nions, all feel that a great era in their nation's his tory is at hand, and wait in anxious expectation. So it is with France, now that the novelty of Re publicanism is at an end, that the hazards of the election 3 are safely over, now that the truth of the theories of Republicanism —those schemes which, under the name of "liberty" and " equality," have so often filled the hearts of nations with ambition and enthusiasm, and which, as set forth in the proclamations of RonasPIERE and the pages of LAMARTINE, have excited such universal and irresistible admiration—are about to be subjected to the severe and practical test of reality. Expecta tion is at the present moment the predominant feeling of France and of every individual Frenchman. And a similar feeling pervades those other kingdoms which, like France, have recently attained to a higher degree of liberty, such as Prussia, where the KING has signalised himself by his concessions, and such even as Austria, where ex traordinary liberal innovations have in an especial manner testified the power of the popular will. But there are other nations as yet less fortunate than those we have particularised, who are filled with no less expectation and anxiety for the future—nations, who have yet to taste the full blessings of liberty, such as Italy, even now battling for her rights, or who have yet to strike the final and decisive blow for independence, such as Poland, even yet enslaved by the domination of Russia. Can we be wrong in saying that the one great feeling which now fills the hearts of nations situated like these is expectation, the most eager and anxious expectation, as to what the coming hour may bring forth for them ? Nor is England ex eluded from participation in this universal feeling. We, too, look upon the future with hopeful anxiety. The endeavours of the disaffected to promote dis turbance have happily failed, and even the alarm which those attempts had excited has now subsided. We await in calm, but not the less anxious expectation, the realisation of those ameliorative projects which have recently been the topic of political discourse, and have excited the popular anxiety. Other kingdoms are now fol lowing in our wake, and modelling their constitutions by our example ; and it is consequently by no means fitting that we should relax from our exertions. Black wood, in comparing the revolution of Europe and the Chartist attempts in this country, very correctly ridicules the notions of those pseudo-patriots who desire England to emulate the liberal movement in other nations. " There is no royal road to freedom any more than to geometry," he observes. " Eng land has preceded other nations by two centuries in this glorious path; it would ill suit the masters to recede, and imitate the follies of such as are only becoming tyros in the at tempt to follow it. Those who hare long reached the summit, and know with what difficulty it was attained, can afford to smile at the young aspirants who invite them to descend and renew the toil of the ascent." Nevertheless, however correct this may be, it would be equally unfit for " the masters " to suffer their imitators to surpass them. It is for us still to maintain our proud position in the van of the great regenerating march of progress. Such, notwithstand ing the opposition to the Chartist movement, is the earnest desire of the English people, and because, they too, like all the other European nations, are now look ing forward with anxious expectation. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 26th ult. have arrived, They contain no intelligence of importance. M ADRID BOLSA, Arm 26• Tbree per Cents., 21i buyers, f sellers ; Five per Cents., 13f buyers sellers ; Passive Debt , 5 sellers, and buyers at that price after the close; Coupons, 9 sellers. Exchange on London, 42. Bank Shares, 96 buyers, 98 sellers. 4 .'/..V114e1t 5tu.=:,41.1.5d1 v:-.71q4.! THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1848. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The accounts from the disturbed districts are satis factory. Order continued undisturbed at Rouen, and at Elbceuf the National Guards and the troops of the line had taken possession of all the posts occu pied by the rioters. The Genera► commanding the 14th military division and the Procureur-General et ttouen had arrived in that town for the purpose of restoring order, and examining into the affair. Ac cording to the latest accounts from Limoges, that town was still in the hands of the ouvriers, w ho had established a scrt of Provisional Government, and had established themselves at the Prefecture, from which they had previously driven the Government Commissary. Some serious disturbances broke out at Amiens on Saturday, in consequence of the refusal of a demand made by the ouvriers that they should be paid their wages on Easter Tuesday, the day of the elec tions, as though they had actually worked for them. The National Guards and the line were imme diately called out, and the crowd having forced their way into the Hotel de Ville several collisions took place between the people and the troops. The 'nub then began to build barricades in the different streets, but the National Guards and troops took them with out any great difficulty, and by the last accounts the rioters had bee❑ completely put down. Only one person is stated to have been killed, but a great number were wounded. Eighteen of the rioters have been taken. Returns have been received from fifty-three depart ments, and they give a large majority of moderate itepublicans. 181. LEDRu RoLLIN and his supporters, ,re at no pains to suppress the expression of their rage and disappointment at this result. Three Prelates have been returne,l for the Assembly ; the Archbishop of Paris is returned for Aveyron; the Bishop of Orleans, for Lozerre ; and the Bishop of Quimper, for Finisterre. It is said that the opening of the Chamber will not be postponed beyond Thursday, the day originally tixed, but the grand national tete, which was to huve taken place on that day, has been postponed to the 10th. The Marquis and Marchioness of NORMANDY dined on Saturday with M. DE LAMARIINE, at the ilotel of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Considerable apprehensions are entertained lest the anarchists, finding themselves so completely beaten in the Assembly-, should endeavour to make another outbreak. Letters from Lyons say that the famous revolu tionary society, called Les Voraces, had been dis solved, the commander of the city having declined to recognise it. The Voraces immediately made a seditious demonstration during the night at the H o t e l de Ville to demand the dismissal of Gen. GEMEAU. Saturday they attempted to carry off four cases of arms destined for the National Guard Mobile; they were, however, repulsed. rhe troops occupied the principal place in the town on Saturday night -800 men were in the Hotel de Ville. There are various rumours in Paris as to the nature of the constitution which will be probably adopted by the Assembly. It is said that the moderate majority of the Provisional Government, ied by M. DE LAMAILTINE, will propose to the Assembly the constitution of a republic, with a single Chamber and a President. As a substitute for the retarding action of a Senate, or second Chamber, it is proposed that the President shall be invested with a suspensive veto, to be valid for three months, after which, should the Chamber not revoke or modify the Act upon which the veto has been laid, it will become law. The Government entertains a con fident expectation that a republic constituted on these bases will be accepted by the Chamber, and that the question will be settled without much delay or even dizcussion. The duration of the tenure of the presidency is nut yet settled, but it may be re garded as certain that M. DE LAMARTINE will be the tirat President. A general meeting of the shareholders in the rail way of the north took place on the 29th, M. Itomscumn in the chair. The report stated a great increase in the traffic, and proposed a dividend of 91. 95c. It is said that many agents of commercial houses in England have received large remittances in gold, to lay out in Parisian produce at the present low prices. Many purchases have been made at 20 and 25 per cent. discount. It is understood that the decree recalling General CAYAIGNAC from Algiers has originated in the fact that M. Ansoo finds the management of the Ministry of War impracticable from want of professional knowledge, and Government hopes, when General CAVAIGNAC is present in Paris, to overcome t h ose scruples which they cannot surmount at a distance. M. .FLocos has, it is said, seceded from the Ledru Rollin section of the Provisional Government, and given in his adhesion to the Moderate Party led by M. LAMARTINE. A considerable sensation was yesterday created in Paris by the publication of a proclamation from the Club des Droils des Hommes, and signed by BAxuas, LhaoN, HAVER, and several of the principal demo crats of Paris. The proclamation is expressed in the most violent terms. It declares that the object of the club is to defend the real principles of the revolution and the principles of the rights of man, as they were defined and proclaimed in 1793 by RonssriEnas, by arms or otherwise; and it calls on the people to join in establishing those principles, under penalty of being stripped of their property and liberty. A mee ti n g of the shareholder s of the Dieppe Rail way Company took place on Saturday. A committee of five members was named to proceed the next day to examine the line, and to ascertain what sum will be necessary to finish the line. The Secretary-General of the questors of the late Chamber of Deputies h.s, by order of the Provisional Government, published a notice in the different jour nals to the following effect : " The representatives of the people who may be in Paris are requested to come to his office previous to the 4th, the day fixed for the opening of the National As sembly, to inscribe their names and addresses, and re ceive cards which will make their capacity known. Such as have not before been members of either of the legis lative bodies are desired to bring with them the certifi cates of their births." ADD. EL-KADER arrived at Toulouse in the even ing ot the 26th ult., on his way to Pau. His suite consisted of eighty persons. K.— hav The gain firm ness adva o n t ee th d e , a m l t a h r o k u e g t h con not altogether with the same rap idity as was seen during the last week. The Five per Cents. have bean more in demand than the Threes, and some specu'ators have even made an arbitrage between the two; that is, have bought the one and sold the other. in consequence, the Five per Cents. have advanced lf. , clos ing at 70f. 75c.; whilst the Thre e p e r Cents. have d eclined 25 c. , closing at 47t. 50c. Ba n k o f France Sh ares are again 201 . higher, the last price being 1,460 f. But the most remarkable rise during the day has been in Rothschild's Neapolitan, which closed at Of., or 6it. higher than when previously quoted. Belgian Fives (1840) were also much demanded, and show an advance ot 4if. on . Saturday's prices, closing at 71if. Obligations are 10f. higher, closing at 1,040 f. The Vieille Montagne Shares, which . had gone down to 1,0901., had been for some days improving, and closed to-day at 2,900 f. The cause of this advance is said to be that the c o mp an y has procured mone y , and is now actively at w o rk a ga in. Bons du Tifimor was done to day at 34 per c en t. l os s. Railway Sh ares have n ot varied much, but th e t en d enc y is upwards. Or l eans are 7f. 50c. higher, closing at 560 f. ; Rouen s f. at 405 f. ; Vers a il les (Right Bank), 5.F., at 120 f. ; ditto (Left Bank) 12'. 50c., at 1071. 50e. ; Strasburg It. 25c., at 3511. 25c. Havre have fallen 5f., at 200 f. ; Northern 2 f. 50 c. , at 3431 . 75 c.; Lyons 2f. 50c., at 300 f.; Nantes lf. 25 e. , at 3351 . Bor deaux remai n at 395 f. DIPARTURE OF THE COURT (THIS DAY) FROM OSBORNE FOR BUCKINGHAM PALACE FOR THE SE ASM — Her Majesty and the Prince Consort accoirpanied by the youthful Royal Family, and attended by the Marchioness of Douro (Lady in Waiting), Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour (Equerry to the Prince), the Hon. Miss Dawson (Maid of Honour), and Major-General Bowles (Master of the Household), left Osborne Palace, Isle of Wight, this day, at two o'clock, in the 'Fairy Royal Yacht, for Portsmouth, whence the illustrious party proceeded by special train to Buckingham Palace, where they are expected to arrive at five. Lord Alfred Paget, Clerk Marshal, was not in attendance, having been called to town by the accouchement of her Lady ship' • f. " •--__ this improved state of things has alone prompted him , with unmingled satisfacti , n, to make the sacrifice of re ithquishing privileges which have heretoiOra been uu questionable con- titutional rights. The agnatic assent will be furnished by the undersigned, should it t), required. In the meantime, that your Majesty will be pleased to ordain the abrogation of judicial, forest, an.i patron privileges on the part of the Government, is the prayer, with all due respect, of " Your Majesty's most humble subject, " E. E. PRINCE VON LEINENGEN. " Munich, April 11." FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE The seventeen members added to the Diet were present at the sitting of the 27th April, to present the project of a constitution for Germany, on whicii they had been engaged, and to read the preface to this document, which had been prepared by N. DAHLMANN. These gentlemen apprised the Diet at the same time, that it was their intention to pub&ii very shortly their project, to which the above preface would be annexed, in form of a " publicandum" to the Diet, which step the Diet did not object to, merely reserving to itself the power of examining beforehand such project, and to pass an ultimate order in conformity with the result of the examination. The Diet at this sitting declared to these seventeen members that it was its wish they should assist at ifs public sittings, in order that it might have the benefit of their information and counsel in all questions of consequence, especially on the discussion of the pro ject of a constitution they had just submitted. The " envoys" for Nassau announced that, by virtue cf the demand made on the part of the Government of Baden, 3,400 and more of the troops of Nassau, with eight pieces of cannon, had entered, or were on the point of entering, the Grand Duchy of Baden. The Ducal Government of Saxe Coburg-Gotha submitted to the knowledge of the Diet the project of a new constitution for the Duchy of Saxe Coburg- Goths, and announced at the same time that the elections for the National Assembly in the Duchies of Gotha and of Coburg would terminate the lst of May. After a very long discussion, occupying the greater part of the morning, and nearly the entire of the evening, the committee of fifty-six came to a vote on the proposition relative to the federal execu tive authority. This proposition was passed by 23 for and 15 against, with this amendment proposed by the commission—that a mutual consent with the committee of .56 ought to precede the election of the three members. It was also decided that the choice of the ederal military chief ought to take place im mediately, and not to be deferred until the nomi nation of the three members together. BADEN. From the Carlsruhe Gazette, under date of Fri burg, the 25th ult., it appears that the General in command has published the following proclamation for the safety of the town :-1. Arrest of the heads of the revolt, and of all persons aiding and abetting it. 2. All arms to be immediately given up. By the 24th, many of those most compromised had been already arrested. The inhabitants, on the 25th, had given up their arms. A great numoer of the free corps were taken in before, as well as after, action. The whole (amounting to about 200) were lodged in the barracks or the town. The same journal states that a body of Alsatian workmen, all wearing blouses and caps alike, but the greater portion badly armed with sabres and pistols, had in reality crossed the Rhine, and were marching to the mountains. The Cologne Gazelle gives news to the 27th. At that date all was quiet, the rebels were then round about Kaudern, where in all probability they would fall into the hands of Gen. DE MILLEI's troops. Manheim continues in a state of disturbance, and there had been some rioting at Wiesbaden. With these exceptions, the public tranquillity continued undisturbed. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A Bremen paper, the Weser Zeitung, of the 29th, has the following telegraphic dispatch from Altona of the '27th :—" The Danes are retiring upon Tondern to reach Rippen. They have been cut off at Aken, and their batteries at ilolnis taken." The Weser Zeiiung adds—" The more immediate task of the German army, namely, to rid the Duchy of Schleswig of the Danes, may now be considered as effected. The status quo ante which the Diet had de manded is now restored, and it may he expected th;.:t the King of DENMBRK will in future be more willing to listen to the claims of the Duchies." The Bamburgh Borsenhalle of April 25 says—" M. TATEIN, the Prussian Consul at Copenhagen, has tendered his resignation, and addressed the following letter to the Berlin Cabinet : "`Copenhagen, April 19. " During the painful position in which Prussia was placed in the years 1806 and 1807 by the domination of the French, I was enabled to render numerous services to the Prussian agents, who were sent hither, and espe cially to relieve Major Iluhnerbein from a dilemma which would have been highly detrimental to the Prus• sian State. For these services the Prussian consulate was confided to me in 1808, and in 1816 I was norni ratted Prussian Consul-General. " As in this moment, in which Denmark, the great lover of peace, is endeavauring, to quell an insurrection in her own country, King William Frederick IV. of Prussia, in the eyes of civilised Europe, is giving aid to those rebels, I feel myself compelled to relinquish his services, and herewith return my two patents of nomi nation. " • To the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Berlin.' (Letter II.) " a Copenhagen, April 19. "`Since it is universally known that the Provisional Government of Schleswig•Holstein, which has consti tuted itself by its own authority, is recognized as legal by the King of Prussia, that Provisional Government being, however, stamped as rebellious by the King of Denmark, and with him by the whole nation, I feel com pelled as a Dane to return to the Prussian Ministry for Foreign Affairs my patent as Prussian Vice-Consul, which I enclose herewith, with the request that my consular functions for that place may be considered as concluded. " FERDINAND TATEIN. " To the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Berlin.' " (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH). HULL, TUESDAY.—The Queen of Scotland, Capt. CAPE, arrived at eleven last night from Ilamburgh, having sailed at midnight of the 2bth ult., and bringing a Borsenhalle file, from which we extract the subjoined intelligence : The Danish troops have retired upon Gravenstein, awl several Danish ships•of-war have been driven down Flensburg Bay by the fire of the Prussian artillery. The fortress of Bau was evacuated by the Danes on the night of the 27th. A Prussian division and battery will at once ad vance upon Handersleben. The Hanoverians under General HALKET were to have commenced operations against the island of Alsen on the 28th. The castle of Sonderburg is expected to stand a siege, The Danish Chamberlain OXHOLN, who was sent on a mission to St. Petersburgh for the purpose of asking the military intervention of the EMPEROR, is understood to have returned with the answer that Russia will on no consideration interfere in the pre sent contest. The Great Belt is now effectually blockaded by the Danish navy. Under date of Lubeck, April 28, we learn that the blockade of the Trave was not confirmed. The Danish Minister of Marine has recalled the naval force destined for Lubeck, for the reason that the postal communication between that port and Copenhagen had not been interrupted. The harbour of Haltenau is still blockaded, and many Dutch ships bound to Russian ports have been ordered back. It is feared the Schleswig-Holstein Canal is closed to British shipping. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 27.—The Camilla, London steamer, has arrived here, bound to St. Petersburgh. CRONSTADT, APRIL 17.—The gulf from Hochland to Tolbau is full of drifting ice; but the stream to St. Petenburgh is fast clearing, and steam communica tion is expected to be re-opened to- morrow. Breslau papers announce a serious conflict between the troops and the people at Cracow. LOMBARDY AND VENICE. The Piedmonlese Gazette of the 27th states officially that General DURANDO has been ordered with his division to the Frioul. Advices from Venice of the 23d announce that after a vigorous resistance Udine has been taken by the Austrians, by the treachery of the Bishop and a certain Colonel Rossi, of the Frioul. It appears from this capture of Udine that General NUGENT is making every effort to joie, HADETZKY. The Austrians, having made an attempt to take possession once more of the northern point of the lake of Garda, by disembarking at Ponsle, Were repulsed at the point of the bayonet by the c olumn Thani berg. The volunteers have fortified Rocca d'Anfo, and garrisoned Vestone. By a proclamation from Venice of the 24th the inhabitants are informed that the Tuscan General FERRARI was on his march to the Frioul, with artillery and cavalry, and that DURAND() had sent him a reinforcement of three battalions of grenadiers, chasseurs, and Swiss troops. VV ALLACHIA. We read in the Vienna Gazette of the 23d ult.:-- 4 * News has been received trum Bucharest of the lards and from Jassy of the 14th. The sons of the Boy uhu have been educated at Paris , and a part of the nobility who have no places under th e Government, have been greatly excited by the recent events in Germany. The conspirators at Jassy have tried to constrain Prince Stourdza to grant reforms, and to free the country from :he prou ctorate of Russia. Slat) conspirators entered the palace of the Prince in the night , an d demanded of him the dissolution of the sta tes, the liberty of the press, and the organization of t he National Guard. The Prince, under the influence of alarm, granted all they asked. On the nsxt day, encouraged probably by th e Russian Consul, M. de liaotzteue, he caused all the con spirators to be arrested, and condi o ed under strong escorts into Bulgaria. The Russian ,nsul assured; he Prince that he m i g ht rely upon the supp ort o Builds and that five regiments were r ead y to enter Molderis and maintain the existing treaties. But this attempt is nut likely t o be the last. At Bucharest, Prince 13Mesco has declared to the Boyards that forty thousand Rus sians were ! repared to enter the principalities, a djuring the nobles to save Wallachia fr om such trighttul dis asters. The movement was t hus sto p ped for th• Iresent." GREECE. Letters from Athens, of the 20th April, announce that the National Bank of Greece had been compelled to suspend cash payment 3. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY') THE QUEEN V. BATTEN AND OTHERS. This case has been some time before the Court. The defendants were charged with hav i n g COn o i spired together to use the dyeing Inate riali he ir employer, a dyer in Oxenden•stree t, for their t own use and profit, therefore defrauding thehi: employer of his just profits. It appeared hat t- prosecutor allowed Butler and the other persons in hi! e d loyment to dye articles Lelongin to t h e maelves' ing in their families. This indulgence the gy a b us ed, and e took in d) Bing on their own account. The defendants wee found guilty of misdemeanour. Subsequently se placation was made to the court on their behalf lor an arrest of judgment, or for a nevr tr ig/. on the ground that if they were guilty of I.:gado:o°ll3°r' they were equally guilty of felony, and that the fiticliDg was therefore bad, and ought to be set aside. LorNAN, the sig of the Court, W e t judgment , E n t at the matter.ttin He said th e C t he was of opinion that the conviction upon glll3od, indictment was good, and ought to be ust al although the evidence adduced at the t ri n f might have shown that the parties had been gltiklq;o the higher offence of felony. In fact, they fm the evidence have been found guilty of that offoeceej as well as the minor one, for it, in which case the Court, in passing ser i/e- A - o. i would have taken the lesser offence into aecount--'-. plication refused. had they been indic.ite BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY') (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice C0LV1t11:45.,./e0 LLANETMVIE RAILWAY COMPANY V. SOUTH 1""" RAILWAY COMPANY. Ale` mandamus CaowDER moved tor a rule to sh ow Gaugewales mandamus should not issue to compel the Soil L an ds Railway Company to summon a jury under th of c oin Clauses Consolidation Act, to assess the atnour i _„' I , Cote" pensation due to the Llanethvie Railway and P"; by the pany tar the surrender or certain lands requireu.„ thinCOMP ° South 11' ales Railway Company. The Llanethllv way Act was passed in 1828, and it gave_ The power to hold lands for the purposes ot theirre:_i,ines land which the company acquired undherdthree ot that Act the South Wales CompanY ended that 100 their hot.ks of reference, but the bed co to for Llanethvie Railway Company --- n 0 authority them for pose of it, because the propertY wag hverefore to have the the public good, and they refused t The taking o f the compensation assessed by a Ju r y' a i re d would entire_ly land the South Wales Company requ .„ j o g Upoll the destroy the Llanethvie Railway , bt it ' held gpis°tered the pro principle that the Llanethvie Compen7a perty only for the public good, and the public good, Walks Railway had a right to use it for f r inan cla th, South Wales Company were applY ing o itore their mus to compel the Llanethvie Company to re v h Wales ,A cs ' line, which, since the passing of the South • - • had fallen into decay.—Rule nisi. PoSTER V. TEMPLE. that the South gor Mr. HOARY applied for a rule calling upo n Mr. e‘ to lan, the Judge of the Westminster County Cola' 0e show cause why a writ of prohibition should not 1 1 5 00 in this case. The plaint was issued and duly serve d the defendant in the latter end of March, and it r e rtf seated that the defendant was indebted to the plai ntl ' as the executor of one William Thompson , but on the , defendant appearing by his solicitor , it turned out t hat the name ot William Thompson in the plaint ought g ° have been Frederick William Taylor, and the Jude was therefore called upon to dismiss the case, and wo o{ suit the plaintiff, which would have had the effect destreying the liability, as at this time the debt Kea barred by the statute of limitations. The Learned Jtidg i : e ; however, .refused to accede to the request, and upon authority of the 12th rule made by the Judges for rer o luting the practice of County Courts, he directecto steund summons to be issued dated on the sate° _ gl Y st y the former plaint, so as to bring the debt within the the tute of limitations. It was contended on the per t , g yp defendant that the Judge had not the powe r to e debt alivein this way except only where it Couldb o f the that the summons issued before the expire 6p the pre debt, could not be served on the defendant , au°, goggle sent application was made to enable counsel t o and the Court to decide, this important point. nisi. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DA II (Sittings in Banco.) QUEEN v. ADAMS AND WARREN . o r SO, Mr. HILL moved for a rule to show cause whi e •J e I claims the of the Crown should not be allowed in tbe„, e 7 a lo c t 0 bankrupt estate of the Shrewsbury and AuL t atil were Bank.. It appeared that two tax coll'" t he in the habit of receiving the notes issued b l be.' comingba n r bank i n bankrupts, payment the t taxes, x e c s r , e a ,a n n d_ , by yn right the pro P i t r s i e r r . ei r I r o g 15. tive, claimed that the notes should be paid in t ul " . ch. The CHIEF BARON said he would coafer wi th O r g. other judges previous to giving the decision of the C ° BANKRUPTC Y.—( THIS PA lr.) THE GENSB RA eI L or , e IA . A R I I r T . IC3roEmlmNsisusßioAnNecrrcoeLsaorYi.2l.,...o of STREATFIELD. the r ' This bankrup t was one of the directors o f sive up neral Maritime p lßSUrtiliClit for his certificate. Company, and " It c od t l3. The company was insolvellt, „,,, of directors having . been held individually liable, so m e for them had been compelled to apply to this C °°l. of protection. The balance January, 1846, and endssheFetebcrournacuryencleBB:Bl.l ~'A C a r. former period he bad G e nera` 3,0581. debts are only 29/. 08.2 d. To ..litto holding 3,058/. Ba. 9d. Liabilities on account of the 0 i a capital of 13, 4151. '°. 31 Maritime Insurance Company, 13,415/. 3s. "ocl. gd debts 3681. 14a. Id. Pr° erty, 4,3141. 191,7",5841. Bankrupt Ditto, in n held hand 3 311 . N ORTON , on b 1 up m, ceor,..oeald.liftaohorafsr, shares, jl,:i) which iwltoosi:s3 e e s h 4 . , m.i ► po d Mr. a cre ought to o n a policy for 2001., submitted that the c erti 4ll3° ° 0 tb e be suspended until it was ascertained,":_ b w e e l o c t ° o Li f ri t t h b e o l company intend to take as to the sew' affairs, as nothing satisfactory bad been d°ll° in respect. , ..t ti e he : Mr. LAWRENCE said, that within a " It " - Ill nsP te°.- tween 70,000/. and 80,0001. had been paid, and ,a, c° ,."' n " . o otr s cion of ten shillings in the pound, which bau ells. ' 'eribed by the shareholders. . nR d W t Mr. NORTON said that that money was l'l 4 , l 6 coeP contest every policy where the holder would no" the composition. .., Srt °° Mr. LAWRENCE denied this, and said that 02r * iced I had no just ground of complaint, for be bad rece . 4ol" / large o dividend, and was actually proceeding 11.10.,, of ther parties on the policy, and had served notic tbo bankruptcy on other directors. He contended that bankrupt was entitled to his certificate, for a 0/1' Pays amount of private property had g one towards th e r went of the debts of the company. Ilei provelip, the solicitor tothe compile'', w its i sl e''' . to p that the money had been sub-scribed a.A."beeti h a y k one half the shareholders, and roceedings h: tho be Ler On e ten against the others, and there ') would sufficient to pay twenty shillings in the pettl i n, A icle r gentleman abl in the City had paid 10, 0001., being OR - boh i y beyond his liabilities, and he could paY til „ e : j ib 01 th uebts of the company. He had been seren e , fat it rhe notice of baukruptcy, but it was now icithww.bicb in 18 42 9 company's losses were principally , was Hi,ioNo unparalleled for losses on shipping insitranee' ' c ote sidered that HONO UR, after certificate further arguratteteeposle ought to be gran with. nni) BIRMINGHAM AND OXF`-',-, JUNCTION RAILWAY—(THIS DA"i out, It will no doubt be within the recollection ° hel l readers that at the last meeting of this cotePelj u ritil some time ago at Birmingham it was adjotio3roce' two o'clock this day at the King's Arms, MI / Y At the appointed hour Mr. Mathews took the chairoll:ard. the absence of Mr. MUntz. • be Mr. COLEMAN then moved that the meeting sli tO j e .Hrned until Thursday, the 11th instant, Ed t , n c e ,r, 0 ' place and hour, which was seconded by Mr. PA'" 0 agreed to. than The e The whole proceedings did not occu p Y minute. Not half a dozen shareholders were Pr --- vt•l -elis*rdell DIED. On the 26th ult., in Denmark-hill, Thomas .... la' Esq., aged 78. n 1. 4 i0g On the2 Y ' h ult Eli ,„ Claphani-road. "ft at ----- . _____— - ---- --- 1 :a5v12, London: Printed and Published by MUEDO., ' No. "d No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T h e Se" Umg% o upti - Strand, in the Precinct of the Simi, ill ti" - bilddlsinx, Tuesday, Uri :, lea. vul 3u2. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has issued the following notice : " Free corps from Naples and Tu , cany had previously joined the irregular halals which are devastating Upper Italy under the pretext of assisting in the liberation of th,,ir brethren in Lombardy: " Not content with this, the agitating party has now also requested the Government of Naples and Tuscan y to send regular troops to the scene of war, in order to take the field against the Imperial army. " In consequence of the hostile position which has now been taken by the said Government, it is impossible that their representatives can be permitted any longer to reside at the Imperial Court. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has accord'ngly caused their passports to be pre pared." The Intendant• General of the army corps, Count MARzarit, under the command of the Master of the Ordnance, Count NuGENT, has addressed the following report to the Minister of the Interior : " As a postscript to my report of this morning, I have the honour to send your Excellency a copy of the con vention concluded between the delegates of the Provi sional Government of Udine, and the Master c,f the Ordnance, Count Nugent, with reservation of the con firmation of the Provisional Committee in Udine. "I beg leave to call your Excellency's attentio❑ to the military importance of this capitulation, whereby the subjection of the province is secured, the delivery of the fortresses of Palma and Osoppo materially acceleratet', and the immediate advance of the enemy rendered feasible. "Count MARZANI,"- "Head-quarters, Casignacco, April 22." The Minister of War has received the following reports from Italy : The Master of the Ordnance, Count NUGENT, re ports from the camp of Casignacco, uLder date April 22, that the acting Government of Udine, in pur suance of a resolution of the city, adopted on the evening of the 21st, entered into a negotiation with him, and that already on this day, the 22d, at one o'clock, preliminaries to a definite subjection of the province of Friaul was concluded, which we hope will lead to very satisfactory results. The Master of the Ordnance states that all the troops have greatly distingui.hed themselves, espe cially the artillery. The reports from Count RADETSKT are dated Verona, April 21. No essential change has taken place in his position. (From the Wientr Zeitung, April 26.) TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. " GORTZ, APRIL 24. - - - - - " After the ratification of the convention the Im perial troops entered Udine yesterday afternoon at one o'clock, where they found weapons, ammunition, and three field- pieces. " The Imperial troops in their progress from Mavis effectually attacked the enemy at Pontcho, and forced him to retire. " Expresses are being sent off in all directions throughout the provinces of Friuli, for the purpose of suspending hostilities, and of rendering the roads secure. " This day the troops are coutinuing their march from Udine, and will besiege Cudroipo. " Count HARTIG. " To his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs.', PRUSSIA. By a tele graphic dispatch received at Cologne , dated Berlin, 29th inst., addressed by M. AUERSWALD, Minister of the Interior, to M. DE BAUMER, Chief President of the Rhenish Provinces, is the following announcement :—" By reason of differences existing in various printing establishments on the question of the pay of the workmen, the Berlin papers will not appear to-morrow--possibly not for a day or tw o following. The peace of the city is not disturbed." General WILLisEN has published an address de fending his administration of the affairs of Posen during the time he was in the duchy. POLAND. The Gazeta Polska gives the following intelligence from Warsaw : " A conspiracy among the military having been dis covered here, the officers of the Warsaw garrison, who wero arrested, have been already tried by court-martial, and four of them were shot in the citadel. Throughout the kingdom of Poland the peasants are said to have been authorised to deliver up their lords of the manor to the gendarmes if there is the slightest intimation of un intended rise. The reputt of a counter revolution in Gallicia, induced by a person in official capacity, similar to that of 1846. has again been mooted. It is not im• probable that the numerous incendiary fires now taking place in sev.ral of the circles of Gallicia may be connected with this." The Breslauer Zeitung has a letter from Krotos chin of the 23d, stating that the Prussian troops have near Adelnau been violently attacked by a mob of scythemen. General Count DOHNA, with one hundred Riflemen and ten Cuirassiers, marched on the 22d to wards Adelnau, where an onset was made upon him by an armed body of Polish rioters, who were, after five hours' fighting, driven back upon the town and reduced to sue for an armistice. Count DOHNA al lowed them half an hour. At the end of this time the tocsin was sounded in the , town, and 4,000 scythe men appeared, who renewed the attack, in which one hundred and six of them were killed, and the Count being reinforced by a company of intantry and a file of Ilussars from Ostrowo, succeeded in taking posses sion of the town. The Prussian troops had only one man killed and five wounded. A Silesian paper, of the 22d, affirms that 10,000 Russian troops—foot, horse, and artillery—have proceeded to the Prussian frontier close to Alyslowitz. The Austrian Commissioner at Cracow has re ceived orders from his Government to guard the Aus trian frontiers against Prussia with a military cordon to prevent " great masses of certain Polish emigrants overrunning the territory of Cracow; only such Polish emigrants as can prove that they are Austria►► subjects will in future be allowed to enter the Impe rial dominions." BAVARIA. The King of BAVARIA has abolished the postage tax on newspapers. The Prince of LEININGEN has addressed the fol lowing declaration to the King of BAVARIA : Though the events which now agitate the world bid fair to contribute in an unlooked..for degree to the great ness of Germany—though we may look forward to a happier future, based on freedom and well established law—yet, ou the other hand, it cannot be denied that the present change in political institutions will not pass over without endangering social order. Many anarchi cal movements in various parts of Germany have suffi • ciently shown the danger which threatens the free deve lopment of those very institutions to which the nation has a just right to look for a blessed future. It therefore becomes the duty of all persons posses. sing property, great or small—be they citizens, nobles, or peasants—to support the Government in its efforts to carry out reforms by legal measures, and firmly to op pose anarchical attempts under whatsoever mask they may be disguised. I entertain the conviction that this can be effectually accomplished only by removing, as tar as possible, the barriers which separate the various classes of persons possessing property, in so far as those barriers prevent a closer union between those classes. Your Majesty's promise to remove feudal imposts is, as far as relates to peasant property holders, a grand pre liminary step. But still there are many rights and pri vileges of rank which tend to impede the fulfilment of the much desired object. Deeply impressed with the necessity which calls upon persons of every condition to exert their utmost efforts for the restoration of order and respect for the law in the now fearfully agitated state of the country, I, at least, will uo the little that lies in my power as an individual; I, accordingly, place at the disposal of your Majesty's Government all those rights and privileges constitutionally secured to me by the edict regulating the lawful position of the former Electoral Princes, Counts, and Lords of landed estates; and I pray that these rights and privileges may be made use of a: soon as they shall be deemed serviceable for the welfare of the state. " In the meanwhile I immediately renounce the fol lowing—being those the surrender of which is, in rev opinion, most imperatively required. " 1. I give up all judicial, police, and forest jurisdic tion in my possessions in Lower Franconia and Upper Bavaria, on condition of the removal of all privileged appointments and pensions thereunto appertaining in my seignorial estates out of ilohenberg, and the abolition of the forest privileges as far as relates to the jurisdiction of the communal forests. The two above-named seignorial estates have hitherto, atter the deductions of all salaries anti other outlays, yielded no inconsiderable yearly in come. It; iu conformity v ith the existing law, or any new legislative enactment, a compensation should be awarded fur these renunciations, I give it up in favour of the poorer classes of the inhabitants of my two former seignorial estates. " 2. I renounce the patronage of churches and schools on condition of the abolition of the burdens imposed on the same. " 3. I renounce the privilege of judicature. " 4. I renounce the privilege of Siegelmassigkeit. " When by the union of the classes possessing pro perty, freedom and law shall be firmly established, rights and possessions secured against arbitrary aggression from whatever quarter emanating, then it will become a sacred duty to turn attention to the condition of the poor labouring population, and by wise legislation and other appropriate measures to place them in such im. proved circumstances as will ensure their ready co operation in the preservation of order. The undersigned most humbly assures your Majesty that the prospect of