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D, THIRD EDITION, REVISED, IS NOW READY. " Truly an epic in prose. Our great master of historic-nmantie portraiture, with equal erudition and creative fancy, has here pre sented to us a living portrait of Lanfranc."—Edinburgh Review. Richard Bentley, :. ew Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE MADLLE. JENNY LIND. The Subscribers are respectfully informed that THURSDAY next, May 10, will be given as a Subscription Night, on which occasion Ma.ille. JENNY LINT) will appear as ALICE, in Meyerbeer's C,:era ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO, with various Entertainments in the Bal let Department. HER MAJESTY-'S THEATRE. Madlle. ALBONI. It is respectfully announced that Madlle. ALBONI will RE APPEAR on SATURDAY next, May 12, in one of her favourite characters. ITER MAJES_TY'S ,D. THEATRE MiWe. JE The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect fully informed that THIS EVENING, • Will be pi esentcd LUCIA DI LAMSIEIiMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Edgardo, Sig. Gardoni. To conclude with (the Scenery by Mr. Charlespfarshall) an en tirely new grand tlallet, by M. Taglioni, entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Plelade. Applicaticna for Boxes, StAlls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors orir. at Half-past Seven, Concert to commence at Eight. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained usual, price 10s. 6d. each QT. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCII PLAYS and OPERA COMIQL'E. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Performances will commence at Halt-past Seven o'clock with LE CHALET. Boiel lieu's popular Opera, To coneWe with LA DAME BL ANCHE. Georges, Mons. Octave; Anna, Mdlle. Charton; Jenny, Mdlle. G uichard. . . Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in. =eased expmses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis , slots are determined as toilo:vs:— l3oxes .. Pit • . Amphitheatre Od. Od. 2s. M. Subscriptions for the season may be arran4ed at Mr. Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Swum', t. Jarne's-street ; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street; and at :,ha Box-o1:Ice of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till dye. THEATRE. ROYAL, HAYMAR&E't. Mr. B. Wabster, Sole Levee and Manager, Old Brompton. THI, EVE.sitN, Will be performed THE WIPE'S SECRET. Sir Walter Amyol Mr. Charles Kean ; Lady _Eveliiie Amyott, 2drs. Charles Kean. After which a Classtcal Extravacanza, entitled "ME Si'lllNX. To be followed by THE LOUGII DIAMOND. To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS. Ur.kiez the direction o; Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Nun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woulgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Mins E. Chaplin, Sac. After which, WHO LIVE 3 AT No. ii? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jerem ah Twiddle, Mr. Wright ; Nl'. John Jame 3 Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL lat . :l,l;M THEATtte.. Under the Management oi Madam:: Vcstrts. Sol , , Lessee. Mr. Char Ma' he Ar s. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new comic Drama, called THE HUSBAND OF MY WIFE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, Selby, and Pa!selle ; Miss 11. Gilbert, and Miss Connor. To be followed by a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss 11. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. No kalf-price to any part of the ho - aie. The New Lox-ofnce, No. 2, Wellington• street, is open to the public Pvcry day, from Ten tin Slx. PRINCESS'S THEATL;F.I. Mr. J. 31. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be performed the Opera of LA VIVANDIERE. After which, 31.111e5. W. and A. Neruda and their brother Victor will perform on the Violin, Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOT:RED DIN AND IRE FAIR PERSIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. In active preparation, and will be pro 'uced at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJERAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seilths. The new grand Easter Spectacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled TIIE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. In which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. _ THE WEATITEII..—SuN OFFICE, MAY 8. THERUOHETER, Lowest, 37; Highest, 51; noon, 49, BAROMETER, 29.07. WIND N.E.--cold breeze, and dull weather. DIG El Tt:it AT LONDON I I.IH E, Tuffs DIY —vor,ting, 31 min. after 2 I Evening, 59 min. after 2 To-MoaloW—Morning, 7 mm. alter 3 I Everitt., 22 min. atter 3 •*'' 4- • 1? ,0,. 1.. 16 A 0-t o ,F • . yF Sr - ft_ r • " E 10p, , N, • ,t 0 4 0 , ji R 0 • atoltivitit, LONDON, TUESDAY, - MAY 8, 1849. The deepest interest prevailed yesterday as to the course that would be adopted in the House of Lords with respect to the Navigation Bill, the second read, ing of which was to be moved that evening. Uni versal anxiety was manifested to obtain admission to the debate, and Peers' orders were in the utmost request throughout the day. It was generally sup posed that Lord STANLEY, in his acknowledged posi tion as Protectionist leader, would have opened the opposition to the measure, and this expectation was strengthened by the declaration of the Noble Lord that " he was fully prepared for the consequences of the rejection of the Bill"—thus intimating that his party were ready to assume the Government of the country in the event of the present Ministry resign ing office on the failure of the great Ministerial mea sure of the session. His Lordship, however, remained silent during the evening, and the argument against the proposed modifications were opened by a no less accomplished orator, whose eloquence was, we regret to say, directed against the popular cause of free and unrestricted trade—a cause which he had so repeatedly advocated with such transcendent ability. His Lordship, it is true, attempted to show that the Bill before the House was not " a question of free trade," that "it had not any sort of connexion with free trade," and he cited the accomplished author of the " Wealth of Nations" as an authority in his favour. The only grounds upon which ADAM SMITH gave a partial support to the navigation-laws have been so frequently explained by ourselves as well as others, that it is almost unnecessary to recur to the subject. His opinion was clearly not founded on the economical view of the question, for in the very same page in which he praised the naviga tion code, he distinctly and unequivocally stated that it was opposed to the great principle of buying in the cheapest, and selling in the dearest market, and that it was consequently injurious to the national wealth; and he added, "as defence, however, is of greater im portance than opulence, the Act of Navigation is, per. lisps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations Of England," thus clearly showing that he did consider it a "question of free trade," and intimately connected with free trade measures, but that the general rule might be suspended in favour of a principle of even greater importance —a due regard for the national defences, and full and adequate protection fur the rights and liberties of the British people. And it is on that point, and that only, that the question admits of argument, except on the °Violate views of the Protectionists, who would desire that artificial restrictions should be imposed on every article of trade and commerce. We may, in this respect, adopt the language of an able writer on the navigation-laws,* and ask— " If free trade, howeytir, be go o d i n corn, or woo l , or cattle, let us und2rstanci why it will not answer our purpose iu the matter of shipping? If the principle of buying in the cheapest and soiling in the dearest market be sound and true in the articles of consumption, let us be informed why the same doctrine is not applicable to the machines which we call ships, and which we use for carrying those articles across the waters, from one town or 02.... t kingdom to another." `. But ADAM SMITH iubs,:quer tly proved that our TOSNaI power W2S not in cry degree owing to the, Acts Of CROMWELL or of CHARLES 11. ; that our -* The Total Repeal of the Nav'gation Laws. By W. Lackey Mirle. maritime force was superior to that of France and Holland united, before the navigation code could have exercised any perceptible influence, or to use his own words, " could have had time to produce any considerable effect ;" and if, as appears to be pretty generally admitted, the result of the stringent regu lations at present in force is to lessen our trade and commerce, and consequently to diminish the mercantile marine trading with the country, it seems difficult to understand how such a law can strengthen our national defences. This, at least, is certain, that during the strictest enforcement of its provisions, we have been compelled to resort to the atrocious practice of im pressment, and also to take the refuse of our gaols, who were willing to "volunteer," for the navy, in order to avoid the penalties of their transgressions. This evening, the fate of the measure will, probably, be decided, and we can entertain no doubt as to the result. Although Lord STANLEY may be fully prepared for the consequences of its rejection, may be willing to assume the responsibility of forming a Cabinet, and, if necessary, to appeal to the country by a dissolution of Parliament, the more pruelent and discreet Members of the hereditary branch of the Legislature will be unwilling to resort to so serious an alterna tive, or to enter into a collision that must inevitably terminate injuriously to themselves. The power of the people is now better understood, and more fully ap preciated then was formerly the case. The events of the past year have afforded lessons that cannot be so speedily forgotten or despised. This evening, then, we venture to predict will witness the second reading of the Navigation Act carried in the House of Lords by a small but sufficient majority, and the injurious consequence of a collision between the Houses will be averted by the wisdom and discretion of the Peers of England. No intelligent mind can fail to be struck by the extraordinary contrast afforded by the condition of things in Great Britain and in her colonial posses. sions. Here, in the mother country, a continual de stitution is perpetually accompanied by a continual increase in the population. With a glut of unem ployed labourers, both agricultural and manufactur Mg, we are harassed by that deplorable deficiency of provisions which the community is ever striving to counterbalance by importations of all descriptions of edibles, and by the gratuitous distribution of the surplus of those importations to the destitute in the form of private alms, or of charities systematically dispensed in our poor law establishments. While these evils are maintained within the shores of the United Kingdom, the food spontaneously springing into existence in the more fruitful portions of our trans-Atlantic and trans-Pa cific territories is decayirg in profusion through the want of mouths to consume it ; the resources of those dominions are allowed to lie dormant from a paucity of hands to perform the labours of cultivation ; fruits drop from the boughs, season after season, to rot with the leaves among which they have fallen ; vegetables flourish and decay in the wildest luxuriance ; fish spawn in the rivers without a hook or a net being cast in to ensnare them ; cattle browse in enormous herds over the wildernesses, dying in successive gene • rations, of disea3e or old age; while thousands in Eng land, Ireland, and Scotland never, except on very rare occasions, become acquainted with the flavour of animal food. Such is notoriously the condition of Australia. Such is the state of very large tracks of land throughout our North American possessions ; and while these things are progressing the redundance of nutrition in the colonies is contemporaneous with its deficiency at home; and the redundance of popula tion at home is co-existent with its deficiency in the colonies. To adjust this erroneous distribution is the duty which now chiefly devolves upon us as a people. To balance accurately the demand and the sup ply of food in Great Britain and of inhabitants in the colonies is the goal towards which the impetus of the age is directing U 3. More or less the facilitation of this arrangement rests, with a greater or smaller degree of responsibility, upon every individual mem ber of the community. More or less the onus of the transaction is shared between the nation and the Government. By hastening the time when the anomalies of our wealth and poverty as an empire shall be removed we are working directly for our own advantage, and for the ultimate realisation of the nobler destinies of our posterity. These considerations have already recurred to most of us, and in several instances the effects of their re currence are already perceptible. The destitution prevalent among our labouring classes during a very considerable period—a distress which reached its height in the winter of 1847-B—afforded a bitter illus tration of the calamities which we must experience periodically in the United Kingdom so long as the people and the people's food are kept at such a distance from each other as to render the consumption of the one and the nutrition of the other next to an impossibility. Three insufficient harvests have demonstrated the absolute necessity for a change. The failure of the potato crops in Ireland has re vealed in a still more awful manner the miserable consequences of our improvidence. The political tempests raging over the European continent, and materially interfering with the demands usually made upon our manufacturers, have proclaimed in a very urgent manner the necessity of opening to ourselves fresh markets, so as to render our population less de pendent upon our immediate neighbours. Everything has combined to enforce the great lesson upon the coun try, and through the country upon the Parliament, and through the Parliament upon the Administration. As yet, the initiative measures of the movement forced upon the empire by PROVIDENCE, have been abandoned by the Legislature, almost exclusively, to the Multi tude. Thanks, however, to the inherent energies of the nation, the good labour is even now commencing in real earnest. A little while longer, and the Cabinet will be forced to systematize, under the direction of Government, the miscellaneous and scattered efforts of the community. By the report recently issued by the Society for the Promotion of Colonization,* it will be seen how far the auguries of the undertaking have, to the April of 1849, proved propitious. It will be seen that donations and subscriptions have poured from all quarters into the offices at Trinity-chambers, Charing cross ; that, in addition to a committee and the usual officials, such as a treasurer and a secretary, branch committees have been established in Dorsetshire, in Staffordshire, at Winchester, at Brighton, at Bir mingham, at Lymington, at Bath, and at Northamp ton. Even now, we may venture to say, without being over sanguine or premature, that the Associa. tion promises to be very shortly in a flourishing con dition. And all this, let it not be forgotten, thanks in a particular degree, to three individuals—to the Honourable FRANCIS SCOTT, M.P. for Berwickshire, to MARK. BOYD, and E. LEI4NOX BOYD, Esquires. We have not forgotten, and we would by no means have it forgotten, that it is to those three gentlemen, to their indefatigable exertions, and to their unflinch. ing determination, that the country is in an especial manner indebted for the organization of the society, for its organization, moreover, in despite of the chill ' ing disregard of the Government. Their first endea vour towards the advancement of colonization was made, it may still be remembered, as recently as the December of 1847. Since then, although a deputation on the subject has been " cold shouldered" by the Secretary for the Colonies, a n d although a memorial to the Prime Minister has been treated with the most disdainful indifference, the ne. cessity for an emigrative movement has forced itsell more and more upon the popular judgment, ar.d, little by little, the Society for the Promotion of Co lonization has acquired fur itself additional vigour. As affording conclusive evidence of the practical skill with which the whole project is being organized, we transcribe the following as the Society's scale of the amount which each adult emigrant will be required to contribute towards the cost of his passage—the scale varying according to the age of the emigrant, and the colony selected : I. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. Aged 14 to 40. 40 to 50. 10 to CO. GO upw. New South Wales, Port Philip, South Australia, 51. 11. CAPZ OF GOOD ROPE. 91. 151. Blacksmiths, brickla3-e-r;,- cPspnters, masons, cot) roil:yv rig L!s, ti`.ii ~.~.'.'~;cl' 3L 6/ 91. • " lieport or the General Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Colonization." April, 1849. Bvo. Pp. 19, Richards, 1849. 111. NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES. All classes, of all ages. Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward's Island (including emigrant tax, and all expenses) ... .. ... ... ... 61.5 z. The other regulations and conditions of assistance are conceived in a similar spirit of simpl:eity and moderation. Nothing, in short, could be more sensible, or more directly to the purpose, than the whole character of the report issued by the Associa tion—an Association which, we need scarcely say, has our heartiest good wishes for its development. It was but the other day that we were contemplat ing the newly-published portrait of SAMUEL MAUN• DEAR, and congratulating him upon the success he had already achieved, and congratulating ourselves upon the pleasure and benefit we yet expected to derive from his labours. His " Treasuries" were already so universal in their character, and so comprehensive in their contents, that it was difficult to find unoccu pied ground for his future investigation. History— history in its univerial form, the particular history of every country of the world : Biography—a full and yet concise, an interesting and yet impartial, memoir of every individual worth remembering from the earliest era down to the present day : Natural His tory, Literature, and Science ; and, finally, Useful Knowledge (the masterpiece of ail his works), were the treasures enshrined in his invaluable " Trea suries." Their number is now complete—no other " treasury" may he added to the list. S4MUEL MAUN DER is no more. We refer to his death with feel ings of very profound regret, and those feelings will be shared in by a vast multitude. The name of MAUNDER is familiar by many a fire-side. He is endeared to us by a sense of obligation, he was a friend ever at hand to help the inexperienced and ignorant, aye, and the learned also in a moment of difficulty. He was, have we said, he is so still- His hand may be cold, and his brain inactive, but the labour of that hand and brain still survive. The services he has rendered to his countrymen do not pass away with his life. Not his contemporaries only, but their children and their children's children will be indebted to him. This thought is the truest encouragement of genius, the best stimulant to toil and pereeverance—the thought that our works may outlive their authors, and "go about doing good" when we are no more. If such (and who can doubt it ?) were the ambition of SAMUEL MAUNDER, most tri umphantly will that arnbitien be realised. Never theless, v7hile we are grateful for the "Treasuries" he has bequeathed us, it is with unfeigned sorrow we bid farewell to SAMUEL 'MAUNDER. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1849. TEE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday, The Moniteur has the following:— "Five o'clock. "According to a telegraphic dispatch which has reached the Government, General Oudinot has set cut on his march for Rcme, where, according to every in formation, ho was culled by the wishes of the people. But having met from the foreigners who occupy Rome more serious resistance than he expected, he took up a position at some cl.stance from thatcity, and was waiting the arrival of the rest of the expedition." The plain meaning of this is, that General OUDINOT has been defeated. The fact is, that the Jesuits and parti pretre have been but too successful, in obtaining crt deuce for the falsehoods which they have circu lated. They have always represented the Roman Republic as an anarchical outbreak, hateful to the great majority of the population, who were coerced by a handful of terrorists, the said terrorists having no disciplined, armed force t o b ac k t h em . The French Government believed them, but - they find, instead, that the Roman movement is a national movement, that the people are determined not again to submit to the sacerdotal tyranny, from which they have emancipated themselves, and that they have a disciplined force. The French Government has, by its interference in favour of the PorE, placed itself in a false position, from which it will find it difficult to extricate itself. The Republicans of France will never suffer the PRESIDENT of the Republic to destroy, by force of arms, the sister Republic of Rome; for the purpose of restoring Monarchy; nor will the Republican soldiers of France willingly act against the Republi cans of Rome. Neither the PRESIDENT nor his Mi nisters are aware of the progress Republicanism has made in the army ; albeit, an incident which occurred on Saturday ought to open their eyes to the danger which those must incur who, following the example of Lours PHILIPPE, seek to escamoter the Republic. The National says— " A fact of the most serious character took place yes terday, at the barracks near the Invalides. In order to punish a citizen soldier for having been considered eligible as a candidate to lie proposed to the choice of the electors of the Seine; to revenge itself for th e t ac t and good sense with which Boichot has shown himself a slave to military discipline, the Government had con ceived nothing better than to have him conveyed to the donjon of Vincennes. At noon a cellular van arrived on the esplanade of the Invalides, and it was soon known that it was destined for the removal of Sergeant Major Boichot. At this news the greatest emotion prevailed in the whole regiment. The soldiers surrounded the van, and when they saw the serjeant major appear, cries of Vive Boichot,' ' Vivo la Republique ' were imme. , diately raised. At the moment wh en the vehicle was about to drive off, they rushed forward to unharness the horses. The gendarmerie which were serving as an escort presented their bayonets, and in the struggle several of them were twisted off, and the parties dis armed. In the midst of this disorder, which the officers of the regiment for a long time in vain endeavoured to appease, the van drove off for Vincennes, escorted by a squadron of lancers. The army will henceforth know in what light the Government understands the exercise of the rights conferred by the constitution, and the country will learn what may become of discipline under such chiefs." The account of the removal of BOICHOT to Vin cennes, and the resistance offered to such removal by his comrades is confirmed by the Moniteur and the Patrie. The reactionary tendencies of the PRESIDENT and his Cabinet, have also roused the susceptibilities of the armed force of Dijon. The Moniteur publishes the following official account of an entente which took place in that city, on the anniversary of the procla mation of the Republic : " The anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic by the National Assembly, led to a disturbance of a ra ther serious character at Dijon—an emeute by the armed force. After a review which had taken place, a number of National Guards marched to the Hotel de Ville, in order to release some artillerymen of that force who had been arrested. A small post of troors of the line were attacked at the point of the bayonet by the National Guards, but the soldiers courageously defended them selves and were enabled to secure the prisoners confided to their charge. The gendarmerie, however, in whose custody some others were placed, were overpowered by numbers, beaten, and compelled to release their prisoners. "An attack of such a serious character against disci pline, the authorities, and the law, demanded a severe act of repression, and the Government has understood this. The prisoners who had been released have been retaken, and warrants have been issued against those men who have made of their uniforms a standard of revolt, and the judicial authorities are taking cognizance of the affair. Before any judicial expression, however, can take place, the Government owes an example to the people. On the report of the Minister of the Interior, the President of the Republic has dissolved the National Guard of Dijon." For the sake of France, for the sake of Europe, for the sake of the not irresponsible PRESIDENT, who, with a trusting ingenuousness which does infinite credit to his forgiving nature, has confided his desti nies to the keeping of those ho have been heretofore his bitterest enemies, for the sake of themselves, we hope that the French Ministers will pause in their ca reer of reaction, or not all the pomposity of M BARROT, added to the presumption of M. LEON FAUCHER, and the jesuity of the smiling M. DE FALLOUX (whose smile is as that of RICHARD will be sufficient to avert a terrible catastrophe. M. GARNIER PAGES has declared himself a candi date for the department of the Seine. The Assembles Nationale, the organ of the ultra reactionary party in Europe has the following re velation as to the character of the league against Hungary : " We know, at length, the true character of the than garian-Polish insurrection ; it is a revolutionary coali tion, and as such calls for the application of the treaty of Kansa, which engages Prussia as well as Russia. According to this treaty each of the three Powers must bring in a contingent of 150,000 men, which will make a force of 450,000, with 750 pieces of cannon." The Republicans of Europe are obliged to the Assemblee .Nationale for the hint. The Kalisch con federation should he met by a Republican league embracing every Republican of every European na tion. The formation of such a league would be the proper answer to Russia. The Three per Cente. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 57f. 65c.; the Five per Cents. at 89f. 45c.; the New Loan at 89r. 50c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 855 F.; Rouen, 575 f.; Havre, 292 f. 50e.; Great Northern, 453 F. 750.; Avignon, 215 f.; Vierzon, 363'.75?.; Bale, 105 f.; Bordeaux, 410f.;_ Paris and Strasburg, 375 f.; Tours and Nantes, 3211. 250. 3USINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 8-Northern of France, 11— East ;14 . ), 1 1-F lur - ee jord,:tUN, Dispatches Ns ere sent otf 3 esterdAy evening from the Colonial• office for the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2,1 have arrived. The Committee on the Budget had at length made its report. The Bolsa was closed on account of the national GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. FRANKFORT. The German Parliament met on the 4:h, and the business transacted during the sitting was most im portant. The Committee of Thirty presented the following resolutions, preceded by a long preamble, in which different reasons in support of i them were set forth : " 1, The National. Assembly summons the Governments, the legislative bodies, the communes of the German States, and all the German people so to act as to cause the Constitution of the German Empire, promul gated on March 28, to be recognised and obtain the force of law ; 2, it fixes the 15th August for the open ing of the first Diet of the Empire of Frankfort, in con formity with the Constitution ; 3, it fixea the 15th July for the elections of the Chamber of Representa tives of the people throughout all the German Empire ; 4, if, independently of the Austro-German provinces, the exceptional pos!tion of which is p rov id e d f or by Art. 87 of the Constitution, acme German States should not be represented in the Diet, at:d if, conse quently, some articles of the Constitution should not be executed, those articles shall be p rov i s i ona ll y c h ange d according to the mode indicated in the Constitution, up to the period at which the Constituti , n shall have every where obtained a force of law; 5, if Prussia, in conse quence of the non-recognition of the Constitution, should not be represented in the Diet of the Empire, the chief the most important State among those repre sented in the Chamber of States shall be invested with the rights and duties of Chief of the Empire, and shall take the title of Lieutenant-General of the Empire; 6, imme diately on the Constitution being recognised by Prussia, the dignity of Chief of the Empire, conformably to the Constitution shall pass to the King of Prussia, who may be reigning when that recognition shall take place; 7, the Chief of the Empire shall swear to respect the Con stitution before the National Assembly, and he shall afterwards open the Diet of the Empire. At the moment of the opening of the Diet the National Assembly shall be dissolved." The debaters these resolutions was not remarkable one deputy, however, declared that the Bavarian Go vernment would not send representatives to the Con ference at Berlin proposed by the Prussian Govern ment; and another said that if the Princes of Ger many should do so their thrones should be swept away. A communic a ti on f rom t h e P res id ent o f the Council complained that the Prussian Governimnt had cot sent its circular of 28th April to the Central Government (this caused great astonisnent), and aiserted that Prussia exceed«l her rights in declaring that she would protect the Governments against anarchy, as that duty, he said, belonged to the Central Government alone, and it was resolved to execute it. Several radical amendments were brought forward hut rejected. In the course of the sitting some sensation was caused by the announcement of resignation of the three Prussian deputies, among them M. DE BEKKERATII, Minister of Finance. The prop os iti ons were agree d to a ft er a long dis cussion. PRUSSIA. There was an emezde at Berlin on the 4th of May, in the evening, and several persons were wounded. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. COMPLETE EVACUATION OF HUNGARY BY THE AUSTRIANS. The Cologne G;;;iiesTates that the Austrian troops experienced a clefeht near to Atsch, and lost several cannon, and that General WELDEN has evacuated HungP.ry. The Magyarz:, to the number of 15,000 men, and 30 cannon, have penetrated into the district of Turocz, and possessed themselves of St. Martin and Mossccz, and in►end to cross the \lraAp. General BEM has entered the Bannat, and occupied the Karawsebes and Lugos. According to a letter from Vienna of the 23, the first corps of the Russian army was to consist of an advanced guard of 8,000 and a corps d'artnee of 17,000 ; it was to be at Goding on the 3.1, and to pro ceed to Presburg, where it was expected on the 6th or 7th. The Hungarians were near Presburg, and the report of cannon from that direction was heard at Vienna. Entrenchments were being thrown up around the town. _ _ _ The Cologne Gazette of the 6th has the fol lowing :—" It is said that a proclamation of the Emperor of RUSSIA is in the following terms : In virtue of the treaties of Vienna, and with the permission of the EMPEROR, I . as sist in combati ng w ith a revo l t w hi c h i s no longer Austrian but European. My subjects are fighting on the side of rebels. I have placed at the disposal of the Emperor of AUSTRIA 80,000 men, be sides the corps which has already entered Transyl vania. All the troops are paid and kept up at my expense, and I claim no indemnity. All idea of con quest is far from my mind.'" The news of the last Hungarian victories is com pletely confirmed. The Austrian army consisted after its retreat from Perth and Ofen, of three corps, which were kept apart by the successful execution of DEMBINSKI'S plans. The corps of JELLACHICH consisted of Croats, so me battalions of i n f an t ry o f regular Bohemian regiments, and a regiment (the Walmoden) of heavy cavalry. These troops, which were to have covered Ofen, were, by the hold move of General VETTER, who c rosse d th e D anu b e at Foldvar, and occupied the Stuhl-Weissenburg and Weszprim road, cut off . from the mai n cor p s ; an d forced, in order to avoid being blockaded in Ofen, to make southward for the Croatian border. But this route was already cut off. G enera l V ETTER was posted at Kiss-Bee with his corps, reinforced by the landsturm of the Tolna, Eisenburg, and Salad coun ties, and, falling foul of the B an , route d h i m so com pletely that his corpsis no longer in existence ; while he himself, a fugitive, took th e roa d apparent l y to Essegg, before reaching which place he might possi bly fall in with some of the free corps of Perczel. The second corps, consistin g of between twenty five and thirty thousand men, under WziLDEN, to avoid being likewise cut off, soug h t to mike good their retreat out of Ofen along the right bank, through Acs and Raab, to the Austrian frontier. The Magyars, under KLAPRA and GUYON, hung close on their rear, and overtaking them opposite Comore, inflicted that disastrous defeat which is also just beginning to be kno wn T he Austrian vanguard reached the frontier town of Bruck, on the Leitha, entire, and the wreck of the rest of the army under WELDEN is nay! attemptin g to be collect e d an d p u t in fighting condition at Parensdorf, under the very walls of Vienna. The 3d corps, that of WOIILGEMUTII and JABLO- Now!Kr, which, reinforced by the divisions forced out of Upper Slovakia, might amount to some 16,000 or 20,000 men, were attacked and defeated by GEORGEY, at Neiihausel, so that the whole of the island of Schutt had to be evacuated, and the road was open to Presburg, which is probably already in the hands of the Hungarians. The extreme northern wing of the Hungarian army has been equally successful. The whole valley of the Waag has been cleared of the Austrians by a corps consisting of armed czikos (herdsmen), 15,000 strong, so that Sullein, St. Martin, and Czacza, at the mouth of the Jaclunka Pass, have fallen into the hands of the Magyars, who now menace Austria, Silesia, and Moravia. The 'Wiener Zgitung of this day says—" We are informed that, on the 18th, the Magyars took Cavan. sebes, and on the following day Lugos ; all the inha bitants fled in the direction of Wersee." SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. ALTON A, MAY s.—From the railway reports which have arrived from the north, we learn that the Prus sian troops have at length entered Jutland ; but how many, an d f or w h at pecu li ar purpose , i s not men tioned. G enera l VON P RITTWITZ h as pa id C o ldi ng a visit to review some regiments of Holstein insur gents, to make their personal acquaintance, and promised them to return soon again with orders to advance, and, if the above report be correct, of the crossing of the lionigsan by the first batch of confederated auxiliary troops, he has so far kept his word. The Holstein troops do not think proper to venture without a strong reserve from some quarter or another t o ma k e any a d vance f u rth e r into the province o f J u tl an d ; an d t h ose repor t s which have been circulated through the Hamburg]) papers of their having ventured near to Viele on one Fide, and Freidericia on the other, without discovering any Danes, are far from being correct, as nothing of the sort has occurred ; on the contrary, those worthies are in daily alarm, fearful of the third edition of the conflict from the Danes. The headquarters of General BONIN have been removed from Wansvld to Colding, and those of General VON PRITTWITZ to Chriitianfeld. The grand rumour, circulated a few days ago, of the intended bombardment and storming of Alsen, has ended like many others, in a" bag of moonshine." All is reported since, officially on the part of the Ilanoverian General WYNEKER, and confirmed by those from Copenhagen, as perfectly quiet. The sentries smoke their pipes mutually together b9twcen the outposts after their respective duties are per formed, and, as well as they can, exchange their per sonal grievances. The Holstein army fired away at Colding, in all, 77,248 rounds of ball-cartridge on part of the infan try ; 190 shots from 24-pounder guns, principally Ehells ; 351 1 2 -pounder ; and 289 rtrA z:vt rouild n and skell ro s part of the artillery. The Dunes are very indignant at their claim ing a victory in consequence of bombarding towns which they ought to have spared. They give it a term of victory upon the principle of " They retired from the cenflict to spare the towns, not for any other reason. There are rumours of peace, but they are not con firmed from any quarter upon which reliance can be placed. It is likely, however, that negotiations would have led to the raising. the bloeliade upon neutral vessels, had BONIN not entered Jutland so hastily, and which has been done by the orders of the insur gent Regency of the Duchies, which they will, no doubt, be made answerable flit.. A mass of dirty in trigue seems to be carried on, but whether it will answer the purpose of the Regency and the Frank fort ParliAment or not remains to be seen, after what the King of PRUSSIA has now done in throwing down the gauntlet on his own behalf and that of the Sove. reign Princes of Germany. A civil war may be the result, and already there are strong symptoms of an early outbreak of the revolutionary party. In that event, Denmark may playa different game with them. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Government of Schleswig-lie! stein an nounced, on the 2d, that the Ministry of the Empire bad ordered the seizure of the property of the Danish Crown and of the Danish vessels in the Ger man ports, as a set cff for the German vessels seized by the Danes, The Lubeck Gazette publishes the following extract of a letter from the Minister of the Hanseatic Towns at Paris, dated the 27th ult. :—" The proposition of an armistice between the King of DENMARR and the Central Government of Germany, and which was energetically supported by Russia, has been favour ably received by the Danish and German Plenipo- tentiaries. The former has even declared that he was ready to sign a protocol. M. DE BUNSEN said he could not give orders to the Commander- in-Chief of the German troops, but that he would write to Frank fort, and warmly support the proposition, and hoped that it would be favourably received." ITALY. The negotiations for peace were to be resumed at Milan, A.I. DE BRUCK having received further instruc tions from Olmutz. Still the Piedmontese Govern ment is actively engaged in reorganizing the army. Austrian troops were continuing to leave tte Venetian territory for Hungary. On the 26th AIALGIIERA repelled a simulated attack to cover the retreat of part of the blockading force intended for Hungary. General RAMORINO Las been condemned to death at Turin. The Constituent Assembly of Rome on the 27th ult. rejected a proposition made by ARMENILLI, to enter into negotiations with General OuDIroT, and determined to make a vigorcus defence. The Deputy Anmise was dispatched on a mission to Paris. SICILY. The Tempo of Naples of the 27th publishes the following telegraphic dispatch :—" Colonel NUN• ZIANTE, in Catania, to his excellency the Minister of IVar in Naples : Palermo has submitted, with all Sicily. A deputation, which I accompany, is row on the road to the General Commander-in Chief to present to him the act of submission, pure and simple." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firmer, and prices had an upward tendency. The business done included 1,000 American on speculation, and 1,500 Per nams for export. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales American at 4.1. to Gid e 1,500 Pernams at 51d. to 51d., 150 Bahia at 41d. to 5d., 600 Surats at 3d. to 3fd., and 40 Sea Islands at B]. to 10d. per lb.—The Share Market was dull, and prices were generally lower. The produce markets are still comparatively firm, and from the sales announced for the current week, it would appear that holders are not inclined to press sates. The indigo auctions have continued, and we shall have the wool sales in a day or two. We may remark while upon the subject of produce, that the imports of coffee exhibited a great falling off in the month ending the sth ult., compared with the like date of 1848 ; and there was less sugar im ported, while the facilities offered for bringing staples het e from foreign colonies and distant countries, is having the expected effect, namely, that of rendering England a deco;, whence Europe may supply her extraneous wants. This results necessa rily in employment for our capital and shipping, nfl profit to our merchants. Our export trade in manufactures is so decidedly better this year, that when we reflect upon the continental troubles it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that we owe, in a greet measure, to the operation of free trade, to the facility which we give to foreigners to send their produce here, the support of our export business. The indigo auctions are at present going off steadily, at about last sales' prices. The probable fate of the navigation-laws engrosses considerable attention, and there is unquestionably some anxiety felt in the City upon this subject. There has been a repott that a majority of 10 to 15 will be ob tained in favour of the Bill, but this probably is mere hearsay. A ship's captain, in " A few brief remarks on the collecting and conducting of Poor Emigrants, and on the construction of the mercantile shipping of Great Britain," exposes the effect of protection in inducing laxity on the part of owners. The writer justly re marks that— "lt has often been asked how it is that the American ships are navigated by less hands than our vessels. The answer is easy enough, there is no mystery in the affair. Their hulls are constructs d on different lines than those on which our ships are built; they draw less water, con sequently have not that dense resistance to contend with; have fine entrance and run ; have long floors ; flare out at the bows to ease them in pitching, also to throw off the sea ; carry their breadth well off ; have roomy decks ; are easy at sea ; great attention being paid in scientifically arranging the riggieg and materials. to economise labeur. Hence they are enabled to have taunt masts, square yards, spread a large amount of canvas, sail fast, and are manceuvred with considerably less physical force than is required for our ships of equal burthen. " It would give great confidence to persons embarking in emigrant vessels, if there were exhibited in those places where the passengers are berthed, as well as in the forecastle, a printed certificate, containing every information as regards the ship, where built, of what materials, how fastened, her age, when last repaired, by whom, present condition, state of her equipment, number and burthen of her boats, qualification and age of the master, respective ages of the registered seamen and apprentices, the space allotted for each individual on board, with the scale of provisions and water fur every person on board. This document ought to he signed by the surveyor-general, thus certi fying the vessel to be a proper and fit vessel; so that persons desirous of going by such conveyance might read and judge for themselves without reference to any one." The Belgian mail has arrived. A party of 30 English sailors, accompanied by an officer, and stated to have belonged to our royal navy, had arrived at Ostend in the Garland, having been engaged for the iatended German fleet, and we hear that 500 to 600 have been quietly secured at Portsmouth for the same service. At Am sterdam the Funds were steady on the 6th, the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, being 49 11-l6ths. At Vienna, on the 31 inst., the Austrian Five per Cents. were 89k. There has been rather a weak market again to-day for the public securities, and the occurrences in Italy, the disturbances at Dresden, the interference in Hungary, and some little doubt about the Navigation Bill here, aro quite sufficient to account for the disposition to Bear. The value of Consols has been 91k to Z e and is about the same now. Bank Stock has ranged from 192 k to 194, and India Stock is 245 k to 247. Exchequer-bills have been 455. to 485., and India Bonds 71s. premium. The New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. are 91k to There is very little doing in Foreign Stocks, which are nominally at about previous rates. Mexican, 31i k, with the Coupons ; Spanish Three per Cents., 33 to k; and Portuguese Four per Cents., 28k to 29k. Railway Shares are very heavy still, but rather above the lowest quotations of yesterday. ON E O'CLOCX eiticEs OF BRITISII FIJNDS, CLOSE' , G PRICES Bank Stock i per Cent. Reduced Arms ...... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 91% % New 34 per Cent. Anne...... Long Anus. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8 5 i i India Stock India Bond*, 1,0004 Ditto under 1,000/... ...... ....... 71 p 71 p Consols for Account 9l ' %.1 % 543/ 91% Exchequer Bills. 1 1 hd. & 2d. 1,0001. June 45 43 p ONE O'CLOCK. 194 voix, 913 4 91% 83 247 CLOSING PRICES. 17 x d 3% 31 1 4 31% 2(..11A ETICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Eq Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto Deferred ivador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 18.16, with Coupons Ditto, Account, Ditto, Ex Coupons 48 p Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, Converted, 1841 ...... 27 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. ... Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 , / ,i per Cent — Ditto, Deferred — Dividends on the above pay - able in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent....... 90f. 90f. Exchange 2sf. 32%c. 25f. 32 1 „c. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 50%1 j 50% PRICES OF ' :BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SRA RES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen ... 50 Do. Preference Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. ..... ... — 17; 3 1 4 3 3 / 4 3:3 1 334 241/2 r Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 27% Caledonian Do. New 101. Pref lO ..... 11 1 / 2 ••• Eastern Couaties... ..... 20 ..... 7 3 ,4% ... Do. Nevi., G ua. 6 per et. 10 East Lanciiilire ......... 25 ....• ••• ..... Ditt , y, Nev-, ...,.....„. 23 ....„ 19;- 1 ! . C.7, - -.-.:, ..\•c: , :: ra , 3 - ' I'' rral ' :' " --- - k ' Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7 1 4-- 1 :4 ( ;reat •North of England.loo 23 Great Western 100 Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... 40 ... 4O Ditto, IA Sham 28 ..... 174% ~ 17% 26 1 4 11 1 , 7% 14 3 4 MDitto, New 171 15 ..... Leeds and Bradford 5O London &Black wall.-- 12/ 8 5 4 3 % London, .Brighton, ana _ 10 1 ,E 99% 4:yi „ . South Coast 5O ...... 37 1 4 1 / 2 36% .. 36 3 4 London and N. Western 100 129 128 Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 ...... 10% . lO Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...... VA •• 74 Do. 104 (M. & B.) C. 1 ...,.. 4 Lout &S. Western 5O ...... 34 1 ,4... Midland ...... ........ —.lOO ...... 65% 65 Do., do., 50L Shares:.. 25 ... .. ... ........ Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... -- ... ....... Norfolk 100 Do. New 20/. ... l5 - - . ... -North Br:tish ........... 25 .... , Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ...... .. 814 —-. . ...... ... North Staffordshire •17 i s 12% 111 8 (Ward, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate ls Shrewsbury z.nd Birm... 11 - Seath F. stern Do., Registered No. 4 10 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .. .. CO Ylrk, Newcastle, and Berwick. DJ. Newcastle Ester. 20 1 4 1 4 34 14... ..... D , . G.N.E.Preference 8 ... — 4%% Ye k and North Midland 50 ..... 33 32 1 4 31% Ditto, Preference lO FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 3% 12 1 ; 9 If% 15% 5g 20 (8 1 A 14 44 31% 61,.; Boulogne and Amiens... 20 - , 74 Central of France (Or- Vierzon) East Indian Northern of France...... 13 Paris and Strasbourg ... 10 Rouen and Havre LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY B.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.E., fresh breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. 7th, Ja maica, Sowell, Antigua for London. The Windgate Grange, from Guernsey to Lordon, in putting in last night, ran on the Sand Head, near hyde, and is mak ing much water; a steam-tug will go to her assistance this night's tide. DEAL, MAY 7.—A small deep-laden schooner was en the Forefoot this morning, but came ofF on the flood, and proceeded to leeward, without apparent damege. A ship's water-cask,, and several pieces of board, appa rently portions of a vessel's bulwarks, have beta a ashed ashore here to-day. LIVERPOOL, MAY 7. Wind E.—Arrd, 6th, Isabel, Griffiths, Antigua end Fahnouth, towed round from the latter port by a steam- tug. 7 tb, British Prircess, Craw ford, New Orleans; Sir Ilarry Smith, Soult. New York. Sld. 7th, Albert Edward, Horg-Kong; Ede% ard Bou stead, Sirgapo►e ; Sprightly, hio Grande; New York packet, Trinidad; Thomas and William, Newfoundland. off port, 7th, Lord Stanley, Bimbay; Argo, Osprey. SHIELDS, MAY 4.—Sld. George Chu k, Quebec. L9NDONDERRY, MAY s.—Std. Euphrates, Philadelphia. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) EAT =ARMLETS. SMITLIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 4/ ; Mawr ditto, 31 103 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 10, per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. Cummins/in. —Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 41 23 ; Clover ditto, 31 105 to 4/ 14s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ lis per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECIL&PEL.—Meadow hay, 21 105 to 3/ 18s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 51; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The trade ( perated more freely in British Plantation, and sales exceeded 1,200 hhds, fully recover ing the decline proviou , ly ro!iced, and the market is firm. 7,000 bags Mauritius and 3,000 bags Bengal, went off briskly, the former at an advance of fully 6d, and in some instances nearly is per cwt ; whilst the latter sold at rather higher rates. Mauritius brought 38s to 40s 6d for mid to good yellow, 373 to 38s 6d for grey, and 353 to 36s Gd for brown; Bengal, 39s to 42s 6d for mid to fine white; Benares, 37s to 38s 6d for low soft date, and 43s 6d to 44s 6d for very good white grainy. 16,000 bags Ma nilla, of current clayed quality, have been sold privately, one half in bond for exportation at 20s 6d, the remainder, already duty paid, at 38s 6d. for refining. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,043 hhds 250 tierces 502 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,105 libels 77 tierces 185 barrels. The stock in the same places is 11,079 hhds 1,680 tierces 2,359 barrels. COFFEE.-200 casks and 1,100 bags Plantation, and 4,000 bags Native Ceylon sold readily, the former at rather dearer rates, whilst the latter brought an advance of 6d to 13 per cwt, ranging from 30s 6d to 33s for com mon to very good ord. Kurt.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 344 puns 133 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 166 puns 17 hhds, and ex port( d 144 puns 109 hhds. The stock in the same places is 19,278 puns 2.164 hhds. IticE.-1,700 bags Bengal were nearly all realised at easier rates, viz. 10s for good white, and 8s for very good cargo. SALTPETRE. -1,100 bags Bengal refraction 7 and 71 per cent. were withdrawn at 27s Gd to 28s, there being no buyers at those rates. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 38s 6d per cwt on the spot, and town 39s 6d. COTTON.—There is more activity. TEA.—The consumption is increasing. INDIGO.—The auctions began this morning, and are going off at about the rates current during the last series. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Justices PATTESON , WIGHTEL AN , an d ERLE.) Throughout the whole of the morning th e Court was occupied in hearing the arguments of counsel in motions, not one of which involved the slightest material of pub lic interest to justify a detailed report. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) ATTEMPT TO ROE. —Jerry Sullivan, a labourer, aged 27, was indicted for assaulting Benjamin Rateliff, a working man, with the intention of robbing him. It appeared that the prosecutor and his brother were proceeding from Barnet to Hatfield, carrying a basket between them, on the evtning of Sunday, the 22d of April. The prisoner, and two other men who escaped before they could be taken into custody, came up to them and endeavoured to obtain possession of the basket. The prisoner knocked the prosecutor down, and another came up and kicked him on the head. His brother was also knocked down and assaulted by one of the prisoner's companions. Whilst they were all struggling a policeman came up, but could only sue cced in taking the p r i soner i nto custody. ;The prisoner said he did not strike the prosecutor, but did not attempt to deny the attempt to rob. The case was fully proved, and the jury found the prisoner Guilty. The RECORDER sintenced him to be transported for ten years. NEW COURT. (Before the CONDIGN SERGEANT.) The Court uas engaged the whole morning in trying mint cases of an ordinary character, and involving no ft ature of public interest. MIDDLESEX St SSIONS. (Tills DAY.) (Before the ASSISTADT-JUDGE ) The May general sessions were opened this morning, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell-green. The grand jury having been sworn, The Learned JUDGE addressed them in the usual terms, taking occasion to observe, that a change in the law which disposes of the cases of juvenile offenders by summary punishment, at the judgment of a magistrate, must soon take place, and he went into a det a il o f cases in which very young boys, between the ages of nine and eleven years, were " washed, whipped, and sent out again to thieve or starve, four times in the last year and a half." These things, (he said) showed the beautiful effects of whipping. The cases disposed of this morning were of a trivial character. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE REY. MILES FORMBY. -It is with feelings of regret that we arc called upon to record the death of this gentleman, who died at Orms kirk, on Friday, under circumstances of a most melancholy character. The deceased, who was chair man of the bench of magistrates for the district of Ormskirk, attended in his magisterial capacity a meet ing of the justices held on Friday, in the court-house. He appeared in his usual health and spirits, and con versed freely with those about him. The business for which the meeting had been convened terminated in the afternoon, when the deceased entered into conversation with a friend, and while doing so he fell back in his chair and in s t ant l y exp i red. The reverend gentle man, who resided at • Melling, held the incum bency of the parish church at that place, and was much respected, not only by those with whom, in the sphere of his ministerial labours, he came more imme diately into contact, but by most of the leading gentry and others throughout the county. The deceased was about fifty-seven or fifty-eight years of age. He was the son of the late Reverend Mr. Formby, of Formby hall, and leaves two brothers, Dr. Formby, of this town, and another brother, who is a clergyman in 'cult. We understand the deceased was appointed to the magistracy in August, 1828, and . has cons , .quently disch arge d t h e i mpoi taut duties of his office for a period of twenty-one years. His death is supposed to have resulted from disease of the heart.— Liverpool Albion. WALKING MATCH AGAINST TIME.—On Monday , week, the Ilford-road, near the town, was a scene of con siderable excitement in consequence of a man of the name of 11. Martin, a fruit salesman, living in Bethnal green, having undertaken to walk sixty miles within fifteen hours, for a bet of 101. The Letting at starting was 6to 4 against time. Martin, who is a spate and lean man, stands about five feet six inches in height, and was attended by Redfern and Scotcher. He appeared at starting sanguine of success, and went through many miles of the first part of his journey at a speed of nearly six , Irr hour. The firt-:t 20 miles was (tone in tour iiuu .:id sixteen minutes, the first .it) ditto in six hours and thirty- Mne minute's, end uiriumtely the dis toree performed in fourteen hours and oen 11.1114ilte. —Essex lie raid. The Earl of Glengall had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Dovaing-street. :ter - - - MARYLEBONE THEATRE. An adaptation to the English stage of M. Latour's tragedy of Virginie was produced here last evening, under the title of Virginia. The original must be fa miliar to the greater numb . . -r of pla3 goers, it was fre quently performed at the St. James's two years since, with Mdlle. Rachel as the heroine, and is, perhaps, the " moat interesting of modern French tragedies. It might at first be supposed that a comparison with the chef d'cruvre of Sheridan Knowles, a comparison which no dramatic author would willingly challenge, would in the • present instance be inevitable, but such is not the case. In the play of Sheridan Knowles, Virginius is the principal character, standing out in bold relief trots the canvass, around which the other characters art • grouped, while in the play of M. Latour, Virginia is the principal character—Virginius not appearing upon the scene until the fourth act. In point of construction the play of M. Latour is much superior to that of Sheri dan Knowles ; the interest is gradually wrought up to a climax, and the play ends with the death of Virginia. Moreover, we have no hors d'auvres like Siccius Den ta'us, as we have in the play of Sheridan Knowles. The treatment of the subject, too, is very different. In the play of D.Z. Latour, Appian Claudius takes advantage of the absence from Rome of Virginius to visit his house, and to attempt to seduce his daughter, and causes her lover, Icilius, to be murdered ; end it is not until his suit has been scornfully rejected by Virginia that he sets on Fabius to seize her. She is dragged before the judgment•seat, the case is adjourned, and she is taken to the house of Appius Claudius, before the return of Virginius to Rome. She escapes from the house of Appius and returns to her own house in the middle of the night, and here occurs one of the finest scenes in the play. She meets her father, and relates to him the fearful adventures of the horrible night when Appius Claudius found his way into her chamber, when she, after horrible struggles, succeeds in making her escape and [reserving her honour. The death scene is also managed differently. In Vir ginia it is Virginia herself who suggests to Vir ginius the propriety of killing her, any, who demands death at his hands, to save here ' self from dishonour. The part of Virginia ) it . will be seen, thus constitutes the play, and it was admirably sustained by Mrs. Mowatt. This lady,is one of the most accomplished and lady. like actresses on the stage. Her graceful style of acting bears a nearer mem- ' blence to that of Miss Foote than does that of any artiste who has appeared since that accomplished lady left the stage. Her scorn in the scenes with Appius Claudius was withering. hut the great triumph was the scene with Virginius in the fourth act, to which we have before alluded. Rachel was very fine in this scene, but it always struck us that she was somewhat too energetic.' It she exhibited half the energy in the encounter with Appius which she did in the narrative of it, Apples had more to fear from her than she from him. Mrs. Mowatt, on the contrary, appeared us a young girl. almost dying from excess of agony and exhaustion; . there was a subdued tone in her manner of relating the - occurrences of that dreadful night, such as a young and ' virtuous girl, like Virginia, would ( mploy, and this ' subdued tone heightened the intensity of the pathos in -- finitely more than the most boisterous energy could hare done. The last scene also was superbly acted, there wits something agonizing in the thrilli ng t ones w i t h w hi c h ' she asked for death. She was excellently supported by: Mr. Davenport, who was the Virginius. Both artists were called for at the conclusion. The translation we understand, from the pen of Mr. Jahn Oxenford, and is admirably written. While it is almost a literal version of the original, it is written as M. Latour himself would , have written it, had he composed his tragedy in Eng lish. The language is easy and flowing and rhythmical,' and it would be impossible for one not acquainted with the fact, to know that it was a translation, so entirely free is it from One. Ile who can translate so well can also originate, and we trust the day is not far distant when we may assist at the production of an original tragedy from the pen of Mr. John Oxenford. The' tragedy was admirably put upon the stage. The last scene was the perfection of " mounting." The applause at the fall of the curtain was enthusiastic. The house was exceedingly well attended. STRAND THEATRE. A new piece, entitled the Mother's Bequest, was pro' duced here last night, with Mrs. Stirling as the heroine, which met with that triumphant success which is the almost invariable attendant of every drama in which' that lady appears. The heroine has been left, by the death of her parents, in charge of the junior members of the family, and while she works night and day to reclean the name they bear from the dishonour attached toit by the bankruptcy of her father, she foregoes the love she enter" tains for a young lawyer when she finds that her sister's happiness is centred in the same individual. The spirit of the piece may be easily guessed; for it belongs to a class common enough upon thei French stage, an d of frequent adoption here by the translators. Mrs. Stirling played with her usual ability and feeling; and Mr. Leigh Murray aided the force of the household sentiment by . his earnestness as a tender-hearted cabinet-maker, who, secretly loves the her o i ne , an d every now and then con tributes, unknown to her, an occasional piece of money to her little store of wealth in the bureau. Mr. Henry Farren and Miss Emmeline Montague filled the remain ing characters--the former embodying the spend thrift brother with coarse and graphic vivacity. The dramas of Secret Service and Ask no Questions fol lowed, in which Mr. W. Farren sustained his 'original characters of Michel Perrin and Matthias. Me is still Farren the inimitable, Furren the unapproachable, and' his performances lust night were as distinguished as ever by the artist-like finish which has ever been the peep" liar characteristic of his acting. The house was well attended. 4 tto NEWM A RKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Handicap. T.Y.C. Philosopher ... •-• ••• "' 1 Cayenne... ... 2 ••• ••• —• Match —First Chance received from Rose Pompon. Match—Retail beat Seraph. R. M. Plate of 501. Vasa... Abd el-Rader Dolly Vardar Won easy. Match—Le Beau recd ft from La Belle. Plate of 50/. T.M.M. Mandane colt 1 2 ••. •.• 1 Flycatcher filly... Sir Peter Laurie •.. 2 ••• 3 THE WESTMINSTER REFORAI SOClETY.—Yester day a meeting of the members of the Westminster Re form Society was held at the York Hotel, Upper w el lington-street, Strand. Mr. Geesin, churchwarden, in the chair. Mr. Hugget, the secretary, having read the minutes of the previous meeting (at which it was unani mously resolved to cooperate with the Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association, and to recommend the formation of local societies for the same purpose in the city of Westminster), stated that in several of the parishes steps were promptly taken to carry out the proposition of the Reform Society. Shot tly after that meeting, several of the leading re formers residing i❑ St. Paul's, Covent-garden, and St. Clement Danes, in;t together, when it was resolved to form an association, to be called the East Westminster Association, and to comprise the parishes of St. Clement Dynes, St. Mary-le Strand, St. Paul's, Covent-garden+ with the Precincts of the Savoy. In St. Margaret's and St. John's, arrangements had been entered into to form an association in those parish( s, and he had no doubt of the successful progress of the principles of financial and parliamentary reform in Westminster. ASSAULT or ABMs.—Yesterday afternoon the non commissioned officers of the Ist Life Guards gave an . assault of arms at the Hiding-house, Hyde -park Bar rarks. The performance took place under the patronage of General Viscount Cousbermere, Colonel John Hails and the officers of the Regiment. There was also pre sent a numerous and fashionable assemblage of ladies, for whose accommodation one end of the Riding-house had been set apart, and who appeared to take a very lively interest in the proceedings. These consisted of the sword exercise and practice with foils, single-stick, and the sabre. Great adroitness was exhibited by the performers, and the whole affair passed off in a very satisfactory manner. The regimental Land was in at tendance, and in the intervals played a number of favou rite airs, This, with the size of the rooms, the number of persons present, and the admirable way in which the arrangements were conducted, rendered the exhibition one of a very attractive character. We must not forget to mention a feat of strength performed by Corporal Newton, who with one sweep of his sabre cut asunder 9 bar of lead more than an inch and half thick. The as' saults were under the direction of Corporal-Major Lim' bert, who, besides his duties in this la spect, gave the company very satisfactory proofs of his skill in single stick and sabre practice. BIRTHS. ___ On the 2d inst., at Hadleigh, Essex, the wife of the Rey. William Harvey, of a son. At Bath, on the 2d inst., the lady of Captain F. Seymour Hamilton, R.A., of a daughter. At Roland's-castle, Hants, on the 2d in s t., th e lady of Captain O'Call ag h an, R.N., of a daughter. On t he 2d inst., at Sussex place, Regent's -park, the lady of I. Moses, Esq., of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at Blackheath-park, the wife of F.CurreY, Esq., of a son. On the 4th inst., at Finsbury-circus, Mrs. M. J. Posno, of a son. 411ARRIED. On the 2(1 inst., at Cricklade, Wilts, the Rev. F. A. L. Foster, eldest son of Frederick Foster, Esq., of Sale Priory, Lancashire, to Ann Hulbert, youngest daughter of the late Rev. William Read. On the 3d inst., at Herne Church, Kent, Mr. J. E. Richard , of hill, to Eliza Caroline, daughter of G. A. Stephen son, Esq. On the 3d inst., at Shenley, the Rw. IL M. Wood, of Aldbury, Herts, to Fanny, daughter of the late H.H. odeie• Esq., of Coney house, Herts. DiED. Ou the 4th inst., verysuddenly, Horace Twiss, Esq., Senior Queen's Counsel and Vice-ChaLcellcr of the Duchy of Lan ett-4er, aged 63. . U 1: 1.11 ,, litlrric t .,_ t° —•• " ' " " 1, ite i jav yl j t or Ci London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUMit ° No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N o . 112; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eOUntY of Middlesex, Tuesday, tray 8, 1849.