The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-19 00:00:00

NDON , SATUR )Ai, MAY 19, 1849. During three hours last evening the House of Commons discussed the Parliamentary Oaths Bill with closed doors ! At ten minutes past five o'cloch the reporters were compelled to retire from their gallery, and, being only re-admitted at ten minutes past eight, the country must remain in ignorance of the intermediate proceedings. It is scarcely neces sary to observe that this system of " secret legisla tion'' is beyond the remembrance even of " the " oldest inhabitant." But that we are assured by the historian of a bygone and benighted generation that this plan of deliberation on the laws of the em pire sub rosa was, a long while ago, in vogue among the popular representatives, we should have protested in sheer disgust that the incident was without prece dent—for certainly, to employ the quaint old phrase of the jurisconsult, " the memory of no man living runneth to the contrary." Whether or not the custom of excluding the public from the debates of Lords and Commons were permitted by our ancestors, it is pretty certain from the views en tertained by the community now-a-days that no such underhand mode of dealing with questions of a con stitutional importance will, in the middle of the nineteenth century, be tolerated. One man thinks otherwise—that man an Irish Member—that Irish Member Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL. It i 3 to that Honourable Gentleman that the people are indebted for the absurd and preposterous incident of last evening. To gratify a petty grudge against the London journals, the repre sentative of Limerick had the effrontery to require the galleries to be cleared, thereby excluding_ from the House of Commons, for no less than three hours, the gentlemen who report the proceedings of that Honourable House for our own columns and for those of our morning contemporaries. We say the effrontery, because the conduct of Mr. JOHN O'CON NELL was in direct opposition to the wishes of the Lower House of Parliament, besides being the source of an irksom e an d em b arrass i ng d epr i va ti on to t h e com munity. That the proceeding of the Hon. Member was distasteful to the representatives was sufficiently demonstrated by the storm of hisses and the con temptuous exclamations which were audible even through the walls of the House aft-r the exclusion of the reporters. As Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL leaves us only to conjecture in such moments of emergency, we are reduced to the necessity of supposing that those derisive " bates " and indignant " hisses! " were directed especially to the Honourable Gentleman himself, in con-ideretion of his having formally repulsed the remonstrances of the more rational Members assembled in Coeimittee., The plea raised by the Honourable Gentleman himself as an excuse for his proceeding only betrays very conspicuously that his conduct was partially the result of a lackadaisical sentimentality and partially of a very silly and preposterous spitefulness. His vanity was wounded by the abbreviation of his own diluted platitudes, and he endeavoured to diminish the cravings of his egotism by that smallest possible de scription of vengeance still unfortunately within the reach of any political lunatic who may happen to find his way into Parliament. Although the whole occurrence has about it much of the frivolity of a burlesque, insomuch that it is scarcely possible to think without laughing of the ridiculous figure cut by the Hon. Member for Limerick, we cannot but feel satisfied that the feelings excited by it throughout the population will be those of sup pressed, but serious, indignation. For ourselves the matter assumes altogether a decidedly comic phasis. To our view Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL could not have presented himself before the public on the stage of Parliament under a more ludicrous aspect— had he undertaken to grin through a horse , collar, or to talk the brogue through the bubbles of a pan of treacle, or to dance the College hornpipe like the gentleman's gentleman in " Pickwick," who went through the same hilarious movement among the oyster-shells on the table, while Mr. SA.M UEL WELLER, surveyed the entertainment with unmeasured admi ration, and Mr. JoHN SMOLKER played a melodious accompaniment on a hair-comb and a curl-paper ! Such at least is the absence of anything at all like importance in the proceedings of the Hon. Member for Limerick, that we can afford to observe his vaga i ries with a good-natured indifference, an indifference that only betrays its existence now and then in casual explosions of laughter. 1 A moment's reflection, however, is sufficient to ' assure us that what may be all very amusing once in a way, is liable to be a source of very serious annoy ance, so long as the Press, the People, and the Par liament are at the mercy of any spiteful egotist. According to the standing order of the House of Commons any Member may, as Mr. JOHN 0' CON.. NELL did last evening, exclaim in obedience to a momentary freak, or in consequence of a tem porary hallucination—" Sir, I see strangers in the gallery !" And, thereupon, in compliance with the regulations of that standing order, the reporters to the public journals are excluded from the precincts of Parliament, the discussions are continued in si.,eresy, the multitude is left to guess at the nature of the arguments and the results of the divisions—and all the while this may be, as it was last night, in direct opposition to the wishes of the rest of the Represen tatives ! The galleries, in short, as the rules of Par liament are at present, may be cleared, not by a majority of votes, but by the whim of a single Member! No matter if that Member be mad, eccentric, or splenetic, so soon as he chooses to exclaim—" Sir, I see strangers in the gallery !" so soon must those strangers, and with them the reporters, walk out of the House and. into ' the streets of Westminster. - The absurdity of this is plainer than a pikestaff. Some safeguard is required in its regard•—and that not only for the advantage of the public, but for the dignity of Parliament. Al ready we are rejoiced to see the oppostunity of that safeguard being secured through the instrumentality of the Hun. and Gallant Member for the borough of Bradford. Thanks to Colonel. PET BONNET THOMPSON, we shall by a speedy modifica tion of the standing order of the Commons be, saved from the chance of any more such eccentric interrup tions—arising from the total aberration of that little modicum of intellect which it has pleased PROVI. DEIS CE to bestow upon Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL. The re-imposition of the bread tax, as a means to establish high rents, is the real question at issue in the opposition to the repeal of the Navigation Laws by certain prominent Members of the House of Lords, and their dependents and adherents out of doors ;. writhing under the mortification of the majority in favour of the Government on the second reading of the Bill, are ready to go any lengths to nullify the proceedings. The evolutions of the Duke of Rica• MOND and the Earl of WINCHILSEA in the House on Tuesday night are not with Ont deep meaning, as is evident by three separate leadiiik irticles all on the reactionary movement, and extending to the length of three columns, appearing in the Carlton Club organ of yesterday morning. It would appear that there are no lengths to which a few frantic Absolutists would not go to establish absolutism, and if the speech of the Noble Duke and Earl on Tuesday night, and the scribes in the official organs of the party do not point to Conspiracy, Re bellion, and Revolution as means to attain their end, if all others fail, they certainly indicate something very closely allied to it. The combination to accomplish the desired object was avowed, and the intention to seize upon the pos sessions of the Church as one mode of action. The Carlton Club organ reproduces the threatening lan guage of the Duke of RICHMOND, quoting him as the authority : " The condition of the agricultural mind upon com mercial matters generally was fairly enough put by the Duke of Richmond, when his Grace, in his own blunt way, stated that 'farmers would not stand it much longer.' " What course they are to adopt when the time comes that they won't stand it any longer, was not definitely declared by the noble Duke beyond the intention of seizing upon the tithes ; but to upset the Government of the country is more definitely pointed to by their organ of the press : "Among 400 Peers there must always be a few ner vous and easily frightened old gentlemen. These, even in quiet times, would dread the thought of overturning a Government." 1 But these bold Richmonds have no apprehension whatever as to the consequences of "overturning a Government!" " There be six Richmonds in the field," and what care they for the decision of the na tion solemnly expressed by three readings carried by large majorities in one legislative assembly, and con firmed by the deliberate decision of another legislative assembly, having the sanction of a clear majority of the Peers Spiritual and Temporal, and which there can be no question that the SOVEREIGN is prepared to sanction by her Royal prerogative. What care these intemperate politicians for the dynasty or the Church, when these stand in the way of privileges ? What though the majority on the second reading was composed of proxies. If the the Duke of RICII• MOND or Lord STANLEY disapprove of voting by proxy, let them move for the abolition of this ancient custom, let the Peers be placed on the same footing as the Lower House, where the right of vo tin g is restricted to those who are present on the division. It is quite probable that this would be agreeable to the nation; but let not Noble Dukes or Lords ima gine that they are to be permitted to avail themselves of proxies to carry their own measures and reject the votes of proxies when Opposed to their wishes. Yet this is the idea which appears to be promulgated. It is known that proxies cannot vote in Committee, consequently one of the tactics of the faction is to mutilate the Bill in that stage of its progress by rejecting or qualifying the more objectionable sections; but then her MAJESTY'S M inisters, who have the conduct of the Bill have only to e xercise common firmness, call forth the proxies on the third reading, and re-introduce the rejected clauses. Noble Lords are fond of precedent. This course is known to have its precedent. Such an occurrence took place on the third reading of the Regency Bill in 1811. But desperate men resort to desperate measures, and the plot seems to be thickening as to what is to be the course of the Absolutists when the Bill has passed the third reading. "For" says their organ— " If they mean to treat the Committee of the House of Lords with contempt;—saying, 6 You may . alter what you please, but we have got sixty-eight proxies in our pockets, and when we proceed to the t hird reading, we shall undo all you have done,'—if, we say ! the Govern ment mean to (teal with the question in this spir i t , it will remain with their Lordships, when assembled in Com mittee, to discover whether some means do not exist, whereby the House may effectually assert its legislative character." "Effectually assert its legislative character" is some thing very vague, and we are not told in distinct lan guage what this means, but we are left to draw conclusions from the connecting circumstances. Overturning the Government has been shown by these bold spirits to be something only to be viewed with alarm by " a few nervous and easily frightened old gentlemen." APOLLO might be rather sensitive at the Pea of upsetting the chariot, but PHAETON views it wMI no such apprehensi6n. Hence imniedisteiy after the hypothesis of the measure being constitu tionally carried through the third reading of the TUB LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Cl/Altai, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 25/. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. Pro psetuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary Offices of the Company, 14, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tam. Sl. JA ME S'S hi E A `I It E. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. On MONDAY EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with LA VENDETTA. To conclude with NE TOUCIIEZ PAS A LA KEINE. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in =eased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows : Boxes .. • • • .• 6s. Od. Pit• • • • •• 3s. Od. Amphitheatre .. • • .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library. 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street; Yr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Appearance but Two of Mdlle. Carlotta Grist. Madlle. ALBONI in " Il Barbiere di Siviglia." THIS EVENING, May 19, will be presented Rossini's celebrated Opera, IL B iRBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rotina, Alboni ; Il Comte d'Almaviva, Signor Gardoni ; Figaro, Signor Belletto ; Basilio, Signor F. Lablache ; and Bartolo, Signor Lablache. The whole to conclude with the much admired Ballet of ELECTRA ; or, the Lost Plelad. _ - , The principal parts by Mdllc. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlles. Petit Stephan, Marta, Thomassini, Julien, Aussundon, Lamoreux, 3ldlle. Marie Taglioni and M. Paul Taglioni. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickc s to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, price 10s, 6d. each. Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—GERMAN OPERA. THIS EVENING, Will be performed (for the first time these eight years), Beeth oven's Opera, FIDELIO. Performances to commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Box-office ; and at Mews. Jallien and Co.'s, 214, Regent- street. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVE. 1.111.4 G. Will to performed Donizetti's Opera, LUCREZIA BORGIA. With the following powerful en , emble, viz. : Madame Grisi, Millie. Angri, Signors Tamburini, Marini, Lavia, Bache, Soldi, Tagliatlco, Polonlni, Luigt Mei, and Mario. To conclude with the Second and Third Acts of MASANIELLO, - _ Supported by Mdlle. Wuthier, Mdllc. Louise Taglioni, Mons. Alexandre, and Signor Casati. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. uE.lsl'ltt LIO Mr. B. Wcbstcr, Toro LcascoandManager, Old Brompton. TIOs EVENi Will be performed RUNAWAY HUSBANDS. After which a Classical Extravaganza, called THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE KOLJGII DIAMOND. To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS. 11i1;AfItt. Under the elregtion &lame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HIS LAST LEGS. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOAN AND THE REVO-T OF TUE FLOWERS. To conclude with the Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. -I.ner, Mr. Wright; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Itedtord. (LOYAL IACLUM under the Manument ut hiadatm Vestrts. 9olr, Lessee. Mr. Charle= :%1,,.•he THIS EVENIIIO Will be performed USED UP. To be fullowed by a Piece entitled lIOLD YOUR. TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. 31.1 thews, Selby, a , ,d Parse Lie; Miss 11. Gil bert. Miss Jane Coleman, and Ma.ditine Vestris. To inn:elude with THE SEVEN CIIAMPIONS OP CIIRISTEN DD.II. Dreg.; 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Plt, 2s. ; Gallery, is. :No can-price to an; part of the house. Tie ...;ew Lox-otice, No. 1, Wedlrt7toc , street. is open the irom T. , n till Six. I'AltiCESs'6 Mr. J. M. N;ioltio - c, Sole Lessee 4nd .anger. On :SIONDAY EVENING Will be performed the Opera of LA VIVANDIERE. After wh ch A CONCERT. To conclude with BOMB aSTEA FURIO.3O. anThe.r, Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Mdjeszy the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Plbert, Last Week but One of the grand Easter Spectacle. In active preparation, and will be produced at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJEuAT ; Cr, the Conquest of the Selkhs. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN TILE CIRCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with a favourite Afterpieco. Buz-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashicnable resort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Representation of the S FORMING of BADAJOZ by the British Army, under the command of the illustrious Wellington ! The distinguished patronage which this establishment has for a lengthened period enjoyed, and the triumphant success of each suc ceeding spectacle, has stimulated the pro.irietor to increased exer tions to maintain its envied celebrity. essrs. Danson, by whom the present subject has been modelled, designed, and produced, have devoted many months to it, and the un rivalled skill which they possess, assisted by Messrs. Turner, Adams, and other first-rate artists, have enabled them to produce a picture unequalled for magnitude, accuracy, and beauty of execution. The ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT is extensive and varied, and has lately been enriched by several rare importations, including the splendid presents of his late Highness Ibrahim Pasha. The Embellishments of the New and Magnificent ORCHESTRA. are now complete. REMINGTON'S ~ERIAL BRIDGE. The BAND, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, has been selected from the most talented Artists in the profession. Among ethers of first rate ability will be found—Mr. Baker, Messrs. Richardson, Collins, jun., George and Viotti Collins, Griesbach, Hardy, Egerton, Shearon, Calkin, Winterbotham, Boileau, Stevenson, and Reynolds. The VOCAL DEPARTMENT will be sustained by a succession of the most popular and favourite Singers. First appearance of Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. George Tedder. The FIREWORKS by the Messrs. Southby, whose skill In Pyro techny has been too long established to :wed eulogising. REFRESIIMENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary-rooms only could 1)3 procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had of the first quality, and at the usual Prices. Doors open at Nine o'Clock.—Admission One Shilling. Children admitted to the Reserved Seats and Shilling Gallery at Half-Price. Feeding of the Carnivora at Five. The Pelicans, Sec., at Half-past Five. Concert at Six o'C!ock. Pyrotechnic Exhibition at Dusk. Mons. JOLLIES will give a Series of GRAND CONCERTS during the Season. Due notice will be given of his first appearance. Ttik, WEATEtEIt.—Sux OFFICE, MAY 19. Tutu mortrcrza, Lowest, 47; Highest, 61; Noon, 59 rAitozwrzu, 30.08.—A rise of nearly half-an-inch - since yesterday. WIND N.W.—Moderate breezy and cloudy. il; 6,1 WA rAcit AT LON . 110.3.1 ti TIM DAT —Morning, 19 after 11 Evening, 46 min. after 11 To-Mozaow-3fortting, 0 min. after 0 I Evesiii:?, 13 mm. filter 12 ,z et- 4- Otsi 'fi'l-% 3 ,..„ c e : ~ ....4 CIAI i • V ..,."tij ,4 4 •,', 564 , 7 -, 41104 :)g -of - 4 -1,t4, ! St. .1:44, 'o' 11/14"P il '• •• s*' tt..V.Z.. , ....- i t' • **. , )s .r • ,t C. ; ki"..,." .. •,,, ,--\ ••,.. .. R 0 IT . * ....e.j.,.. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1849, Upper House, the subject is again reverted to of " overturning the Government"— " As to the existence of the Government, that is a matter past caring for." it may be all very well to endeavour to soften it down by intimating that by " overturning the Go vernment" they merely mean a change of Adminis tration. The words have evidently a far deeper meaning, coming, as they do, from a party' who have already pointed to the combination for seizing upon the tithes if they cannot obtain a corn-law. Would those who have no scruples as to robbing the Church permit the Dynasty to stand in the way of accomplishing their tyrannical projects ? That they would not permit it to interfere between them selves and their darling object, is intimated in the very newspaper from which we have been quoting, which says : " We all know that there are limits to forbearance — that there is a term to patience the most exemplary, and to submission tho most perfect—that men in the colonies are not very different from men at home—that however attached to the mother country, to its institu tions, to its laws, to its people—that however proud of their connexion with the fortunes of the British em pire —however loyal, however reluctant to swerve from their allegiance to a revered and beloved Sovereign— there are considerations of person, family, property, and honour, which override even all these generous sew. timents." True, the primary application of this was made to Canada, but the parallel case is shown to be "at home." A deep-thinking and sagacious observer and writer on public events—one who looks with no friendly eye on this revolutionary movement, has pointed out the close connexions between affairs is Canada and those which are passing in this country; but here we have the analogy traced by the chief actors themselves. The same writer who first pointed to the connexion between Absolutism in the colonies and in the mother country has directed public attention to the remarkable fact of the arrival of a bird of ill-omen on our shores, an elder and malign branch of the reigning family EItNEST, of Hanover, at this critical juncture. When the decision of a majority of both Houses of Parliament is referred to as some thing beyond which there is to be an appeal; when we are told, in however blunt a way, that there are parties who " would not stand it much longer;" when manifestoes are issued in the provinces, under the walls of the baronial mansions of Noble Lords, who are giving themselves out as leaders, calling upon their tenantry and dependents to prepare for joining a combination now forming in London ; when the de struction of the Church, or the seizure of the tithes as one object of the combination, is declared with cheers in the House of Lords, when " overturning the Government," is set forth in their press as another o')ject, and when certain of her Maiesre's subjects in the colonies having risen in rebellion, sympathy with the rebels is expressed by the mai- contents here, and their course vindicated by showing that "there are considerations" which supersede allegiance to the Monarchy ! when simultaneously with this, a suspicious looking character is introduced in the per son of a foreign Prince, pensioned by this country, and claiming to exercise direct legislative powers in one branch of the Legislature with a contingent re versionary claim to the throne, notwithstanding that a constitutional oath declares "That no foreign prince or potentate, hath or ought to hare any jurisdic tion in these realms"—when all these scenesand acts in the great drama are passing, it mill behove the Go vernment to manifest their firmness and decision in the only course which can secure the confidence of the nation, and thus preserve all that is worthy of preservation in our institutions. The substitution of ERNEST and Bread Tax fur VICTORIA and Free Trade is what all good men and true will earnestly contend against. The whole of the correspondence relating to the Anglo-French mediation in the affairs of Sicily has at length been presented to Parliament. It forms a folio blue-book of nearly a thousand pages. We have hitherto abstained from alluding to it, because it is our custom to make ourselves acquainted with the contents of a book before venturing to offer an opinion on it. Our reactionary contemporaries, however, manage matters in a much more compendious manner, and one of them, adopting the usual reactionary tactics, of drawing upon his imagination for his facts, fired off an article on the subject, at a time that it was impossible he could have read the correspondence, and attempted, as all the advocates of the King of NAPLES have throughout the controversy attempted, to draw a comparison between the union of Sicily with Naples, and the union of Ireland with England. The cases are about as like as the cases of Mon mouth and Macedon. " There is a river in Macedon, and there is a river in Monmouth," quoth the sapient and choleric FLUELLIN. " Sicily is an island and Ireland is an island," say the equally sapient and equally choleric FLUELLINS of Politics, and there in each case the resemblance ends. Ireland was united to England by an Act of Parliament, solemnly discussed in the Irish Legislature, and adopted by a large majority in both Houses of the Irish Parliament. Sicily, on the con trary, was united to Naples by a decree of the KING, promulgated without the con sent of the Sicilian Parliament. Ireland was united to England according to law; Sicily was united to Naples contrary to law. The independence of Ireland has never been guaranteed to her by any other Power, consequently no foreign nation has any right to interfere in her internal affairs. The inde pendence of Sicily and her constitution were solemnly guaranteed to her by Great Britain, in return for per mission granted to her to hold military occupaof thattionof Sicily during the war; and in consequence hold t a Great ,to ex Br p el i t t a b i e n e was nem y e n f a r b o d Egypt,to take a a n n d d t t o o render assistance to the Duke of WELLINGTON in f S e p re an n i ce ; in evennnthe affairass 0 1 f at s e ie a i s ly 1Sl6the right was elaimeo claimed by byf Great inter- Britain, and admitted by the King of NAPLES. Lord CASTLEREAGH, in his note of 6th September, 1816, addressed to Mr. A'Couar, the British Ministei at Naples says—" His Royal Highness (the PRINCE REGENT of England) would feel himself equally com pelled, however reluctantly, to interfere, if he had the mortification to observe any attempt made to reduce the privileges of the Sicilian nation in such a degree as might expose the British Government to the re; proach of having contributed to a change of system in Sicily, which had in the end impaired the freedom and happiness of its inhabitants, as compared with what they formerly enjoyed ;" and that the changes introduced into Sicily by the Neapolitan Government have impaired the freedom and happiness of its inhabi tants is abundantly proved by the testimony of one who was resident in Sicily from 1810 to 1814, who, as son-in-law of the KING, took part in all the transactions of that period, whose authority no member of "the great Conservative party" will dare gainsay; who is the " wise Monarch" of the Earl of ABERDEEN, and the "illustrious friend" of Lord BROUGHAM ; by the testimony of no less a personage than Lours PHILIPPE himself. In the Parliamentary Blue Book, page 16, No. 20, we find a dispatch from the Marquis of NORMANBY, dated Paris, Jan. 27, 1848, in which the Noble Marquis reports a conver sation which he had with the KING of the FRENCH, at his Majesty's own desire, on the affairs of Sicily. " His language upon this subject," says the Marquis of NORMANDY, " was most strong against the con• duct of the Neapolitan Government. He said that all the successive Sovereigns of Naples had committed a series of wrongs upon the Sicilian people ever since the island had been restored to them in conjunction with the kingdom of Naples; they bad violated the Constitution which they had promised to uphold by destroying tho nationality which they had engaged to maintain. The edict by which they had suppressed the name of Sicily was most arbitrary. His MAJESTY considered the title of King of the United Kingdom of the Two Sicilies as nonsense, but as having been devised for the insidious purpose of getting rid of the Sicilian obligations by a sid e wind. He stated also that there had been a systematic viola tion of an original engagement entered into by the predecessors of the present SOVEREIGN at the time of the original transfer of the island when they had pro mised that there should be only few employments held by Neapolitans or Spaniards." So much for the conduct of the Neapolitan Govern ment ; now as to the duty of Great Britain:; and here again we will quote, not a Democrat, not a Repub- * Page 5 ot . Cornalp , )nciene2 to 6;c:dial Al fairs, 1314-1816, presented to the House of Lords, in pursuance to the address to her Majesty of April 27, 1849. lican, not a Liberal, not a Radical, not even a Whig, but a leading member of " the great Conservative party," one who has worthily occupied a seat in a Conservative Cabinet, and wheal-whenever the Con- Fervatives shall be restored to power, will in all probability be again a Cabinet Minister—we will quote the authority of my Lord ELLENBOROUG H. In the course of a discussion on Sicilian affairs on the 21 March, 1821, in the House of Lords, Lord EL LENI36ILOVGII, speaking of our connexion with Sicily, said, " He could not forget that connexion, nor the circumstances under which a constitution had been established in that island ; nor the pledge which we had given to its inhabitant s on leaving it. We had promised them that they should not be left in a worse situation than that in which we found them. And yet the King of Naples, who had no more right to unite Naples and Sicily than the King of England had to unite England and Hanover, had annulled the:con. stitution we had guaranteed, and which he had himself sworn to observe ; had annulled the constitution which had existed previously to that, and which he had sworn by his Viceroy to preserve inviolate ; had, in violation of both constitutions, united Sicily to Na ples." his Lordship then goes on to state that " not only the pledge which we had given, and which we ought to have redeemed in 1816," but the interests of England " called upon Sus to declare, and to support the declaration by ARMS IF NECESSARY, that no constitution should be established in Sicily to which the Sicilians had not consented in their ancient Parliament." It is evident, therefore, that Lord PALMERSTON was not only justified in undertaking the mediation be tween Sicily and Napl es, b ut was b ound i n honour to interfere `° by arms, if necessary," (so says my Lord ELLENBOROUGH) in support of the Sicilian con stitution, and the only part of his conduct which at all exposes him to censure is, that at the commence ment of 1849 he made the policy of England sub servient to that of the reactionary Government of France, and retired from the mediation be cause France had done so. That mediation had been commenced without France, and the retirement of F rance was th ere f ore no excus e for our desertion of our f a i t hf u l a ll y Si c il y. B u t it is not too late for hi m t o retrace hi s s t eps ; Si c ily s till holds out, and Palermo, in which for a moment treason to the ca us e o f Si c ili an nationality was triumphant (thanks to the suspicious presence of Admiral BAUDIN, the gold of FERDINAND, and the culpable timidity of some National Guards), Pa !enc.° is again in arms for Sicilian freedom, and again hurls defiance against FILANGIERI and his hosts. We see there a repetition of the scenes of 1820, when the people, indignant at the weakness of the Pro visional Government, which had sent a deputation to General FLORESTAN Pere to treat for peace, at tacked and disarmed the National Guard, which it treated with a chivalrous generosity, which seems now to be found only in the people, and defending the city against the Neapolitans, forced them to grant an honourbie capitulation, which was signed on behalf of the people by the Prince of PATERNO, the father in-law of General FILANGIERI, and on behalf of the troops by FLORESTAN PEPE, the bravest and most honourable of the Neapolitan Generals. PEPE, however, made war like an honourable soldier, and disdained to sully his fair fame by the perpetra tion of bombardments, of arson, and of massacre. In 1849, as in 1820, the timid of the National Guard have been compelled to give way to the patriotic energyof the people, headed by SCORDATO, no Pole, no French man, no foreigner, but a brave Sicilian peasant, one of Nature's own nobility, who is entitled to take his place by the side of a TELL or a HOFER. There can be no pretence for describing the present movement as one got up by Poles and foreigners; the foreigners and their General MIEROSLAWSKI have long since left Sicily. RUGGIERO bETTIMO and the other members of the Provisional Government have been exiled by the reactionaries during their temporary ascendancy, and the leader of the movement is a peasant, who has had the good sense to induce his comrades to elect as head of the new Government the Baron DE RISO, a man of property, of standing, and who is used to the administration of affairs. If ever there was a national movement this is one, and we trust that Lord PALMERSTON, recollecting that the honour and character of England are entrusted to his keeping, will, as he is by the most solemn engagements bound to do, put forth all the power of Great Britain for the assistance of Sicily in this, her hour of need. One firmly written note to FERDINAND would do it. Will his Lordship write that note ? THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The official return of the Members elected for Paris was made yesterday, at three o ' c l o ck. The fol lowing is the list of the successful candidates, with the numbers polled by each :—Murat 134,829,Ledru Rollin 130,070, Lagrange 128,087, Boichot 127,998, Bedeau 124,501, Lamoriciere 121,632, Dufaure 119,376, Moreau 118,146, Passy 117,136, Hugo 117,069, F. Pyat 116,185, Vavin 115,063, Lamennais 113,331, Bixio 112,918, 0. Barrot 112,675, T. Bac 112,259, Cavaignac 1 11,305, Considerant 111,241, "01r° r 90 e 630 , Rattier 110,482, C oquere l Lerouxßoger l 108,309, D e L asteyr i e 107 ,870, 107,838, Rapatel 107,825. Marshal BUGEAUD lo s t hi s election by four votes, the numbers polled for hi m b e i ng 107,821. Among P ll d l4 ; 6sw ig 2oB u :k i ri 10, 110,127, P eup i n 10 9 , 56 0, G amma er the unsuccessful candidates the Socialists have pulled the greater number of votes. GREPPO nes 101,744, TnoaE 101,614, DEMAY 101,559, D'Aurola SHER 101,432, PRounnoer 100,297, while M. LEON FAUCHER has polled only 96,539, M. TRIERS 96,397, M. DE FALLOUX 96, 9 54, M. MOLE 93,062, and M. DE AIONTALEMBERT 91,873. It will be seen from the above that Paris has re turned ten Socialists and Red Republicans, eight 0 1 fn the e rial ts, Ministers and t s h e e v m e n s e l s v u e p sr artl ethr s o u o g f h tJi all moderate Republica ns o f t h e Cavaignac school, three e Ministry. were in eluded in the lht of candidates, two alone have been successful, M. M. PASSE and ODILON BARROT,' M. PASSY being tenth upon the list, and below LEDRU ROLLIN, BEDEAU, LAMORICIERE, DUFAURE, and VIC• TOR Hues°, while M. ODILON BAItROT stands only fif teenth anti below FELIX PYAT, LAMENNAIS, and Bixio. Sergeant BOICHOT, who was placed under arrest by General CHANGARMER, and imprisoned at Vincen nes, because he accepted the invitation to become a candidate, has been returned. He stands fourth on the list. A great number of the most influential Members of the present Assembly are still without seats, having failed in their elections. Among others are MN.I. de Lamartine, Billault, Dupin, Duvergier d'Hauranne, Gamier Pages, Lanjuninais, Ducos, Jules Fevre, Duclerc, A, Marrast, &c. M. Achile Fould has failed both in Paris and the Upper Pyrennees. The Reactionaries have been beaten completely in the Loire et Cher, the Nievre, the Cher, the Soane et Loire, the Ain, the Jura, the Upper Soane, the Drome, the Rhone, the Upper Vienne, the Allier, the Correze, and the Dordogne. It is also stated that there is every prospect of their being defeated in the Haut and Bas Rhin. At Tarn Marshal SOULT'S list, which consisted exclusively of Legitimists, has been rejected. It is calculated that there will be about two hundred Red Republicans in the new Assembly. The Patrie of last night says that the Government has received telegraphic dispatches from fifty-two departments, according to which it appears that, out of 454 retu rns, 29 8 b e l on g to the moderate party, 85 to the S oc i a li sts , w hile of 71 the opinions a re unknown. The Gazette de France says— " We learn this instant that a grave insurrection has broken oat at Chalons-our-Saone. The insurgents are said to be masters of the town, and to have hoisted the red flag. A di v i s i on o f the army of the Alps is said to be marching in haste upon the town." The Bourgogne, a Magon journal, gives the follow ing further details of the affair at Chalons, under date of the 14th : " The day before yesterday, two hussards having been guilty of a riot in their barracks, breaking their beds, &c., were placed in confinement. This act ut severity was made use of to excite the people by announcing that they had been punished for having read the Pairiote, and given their votes to the violent party. A mob collecied to set them at liberty. The General was insulted, and was compelled to draw his sword. Two charges were made by the cavalry, but the prisoners were at length released, and carried through the place i❑ triumph, with a red flag at the head of the prucessioa. A sergent de ville, who attempted to seize on the flag, was severely handled, and the flag having been turn to pieces in the struggle, a collection was made to purchase another, which vvaLi hoisted on the tree of liberty. Yesterday morning an enormous band of rioters marched about the town with red flags, and wearing cockades of the same colour, and carrying a bust of Ledru Rollin, decorated with red ribbons. according to the accounts received this morn ing tranquillity has probably been restored, but a virt of the t:oups cotai-osing our garrison has b,!en never, he less embarked to proceed to Chalons, for the security of the place from further agitation." 1119 Government has received a telegraphic dis- patch from General OUDINOT, dated Castel Guido, 13th bray, noon, announcing that the Consul of Wur temburg, accompanied by a Roman superior officer, had just brought to head- quarters overtures for peace. We read in the Semaphore of Marseilles of the loth instant : " The trading packet the Sully entered this port yesterday, having left Civita V( echia on the 11th,Leg horn on the evening of the 12th, and Genoa on the morning of the 13th. The expeditionary corps, corn• manded by General Oudinot, still occupied the same positions ; but it was said that it would soon march on Rome. At Leghorn, the Austrians had been very strict in their repression. We are told thlit after tho capitula tion, the insurgents who were iutrenched in the calledral fircd ou the Austrian soldiers who were taking their repast in the principal iquare. The latter immediately discharged grape shot into the church, and we are assured, that such of the insurgents as escaped were afterwards shot. According to some passengers by the Sully, numerous executions had taken place ; the Austrians having shot, without form of trial, any person they met bearing arms or wearing the uniform of the National Guard." The National says :—" On Wednesday, at half past five in the evening, General RAOUL, commanding the artillery of the first military division, went to Vincennes. He was quite unexpected, but half an hour after the object of his visit was known. An orderly officer arrived from Paris with a dispatch from him, and immediately the Colonel of the 6th Regiment was told that his regiment must immedi ately prepare to start for La Fere. It is usual in such cases to give regiments some days to make their preparations; but it appears that the presence of the 6th was very dangerous fOr the Ministry of M. 130- NAPARTE, for this regiment cornarenced its march at daybreak yesterday. The precipitation with which they were ordered off by M. RuLmEnn was such that the troops went away without bread. We are curious to ascertain the cause of the striking dis grace inflicted on this regiment. But what will re main without being explained is, that its Colonel has been still more ill-treated. He received on Wednes day evening, at half-past ten, the order to proceed without delay in the direction of Saint Omer, and to give up the command immediately to the Lieutenant • Colonel." The National and Siècle state that Father VEN TURA, who had bad an interview with General OUDI• NOT at the camp of Palo, had just arrived in Paris. A perfect panic prevailed at the Bourse to-day, and considerable full took place in the price of Govelnicent securities. The Five per Cents. opened at 87f., rose to 87f. 40c., fell to 85f. 80e., and closed at 861'. 80e., being a fall of three per cent. since yesterday in the passage of the Opera. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Friday at 54f. 90c.; the Five per Cents. at 86f. 80e.; Orleans li , ilroad Shares, 800 f.; Wire°, 525 f.; Great Northern, 430 f.; Avignon, 200 f ..; Basle. 105 f.; Bordeaux, 4001.; Paris and Strasburg, 363 f. 75e.; Tours and Nantes, 311 f. 25c. ii.JSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 7% ex coupons—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 131{ 4 —East Indian, 3 ; 4 -,, --Nrinur stiti Liege, VA—Northern of France, 10%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 —Paris and Rouen, 22 1, 9 —Rouen and Havre, bPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived. The debate on the reduction in the budget, pro• posed by Senor BERUDEZ DE CASTRO, was brought to a close on the 12i.h, and his proposition was re jected by 144 to 26. In the course or the debate,. Senor AION, the Finance Minister, made the following observations on the subject of the Foreign Debt. With respect to the censure bestowed by Senor POLO on the Government, for the answer given to the foreign creditors, which had produced a rise in the Spanish funds abr , :_•ad, Senor MoN said "the Govern ment merely replied by manifesting the desire which it has to pay that, as well as other debts: I declare, therefore, that no reply of the Government ought to have produced either a rise or fall in foreign coun tries, it having only answered that our desires to pay everything were so great as the impossibility of doing so.' On the subject of the public debt, Senor MON made the following observations in opposing the proposed reduction in the property-tax : " Besiths, gentlemen, the Government cannot forget that we have a debt of 14,000 millions (140 millions sterling), and that !ebt proceeds from the constant dif ference which there has always been in Spain between the estimates of expenditure and of revenue. To the Juros, and other debts, which compose the old standing accumulation of 7,C00 millions, and which debt we in herited, there bas been aggregated as much more up to this time, in consequence of loans contracted in 1823, in 1834, and at other epochs, and of the extraordinary ex penses and losses occasioned by the wars; in fine, a debt has been crested which compels us to expenses and sacrifices which it is not possible for any good adminis tration to think of avoiding. Taking into account the well - understood interests of the country, it should pro ceed, in consequence thereof, without being deterred by ephemeral unpopularity, and hoping for justice from its contemporaries, or at least from history." The Bolsa was closed on the 13th. dated Hagen, the 13th, from which it appears that the who!e of Brandenburg is in open insurrection. The people of Tserlohn have pillaged the arsenal of the Landwehr, and carried oft the arms. Barricades have been erected in ti:e streets, and all the male population is under arms. At Hagen and the other environs, everything convertible into weapons was seized, and the inhabitants rushed to the assistance of .I . serlohn. A deputation was sent to the latter city by the com tnandant of Munster, commanding it to cApitulate : one of the condLions was the restoration, within 48 hours, of all the arms carried off from the arsenal, under the threat that Tserlohn would otherwise be most rigorously dealt with, and the city declared in a state of siege. A popular assembly was immediately held at Tserlohn, by about 1,000 armed men from Ilagt , n, Minden, and the other environs. The propositions were rtjected, and a declaration made that no arms should be returned until the KING had dismissed his present Ministry, and recognised the constitution of the empire._ _ _ Ali the defiles were occupied by the Rifle Brigade, and the country people have BA EN. A Provisional Government has been formed at Carlsruhe, under the name of "Commission of the Country," consisting of Messrs. BRENTANO, HEIN RICH, HAFF, RICHTER, A. GOEGG, \VERNER, and REBMANN. This Commission published the follow ing proclamation on the 14th : " Fellow-citizens!—Thirtee n months of a painful com bat, thirteen mAiths of difficult sacrifices have been psssed through. During that time we have only been sustainkcl by the hope that our fine country would recover liberty, and a fraternal bond would unite all Germans. But, no sooner had the constitution been definitively voted, than the conspiracy of the Kings broke out, as also their perfidious alliance with the Czar of Russia, to enslave the German people, who proved their generosity in the month of March last year. Iu a word, the counter revolution displays itself boldly and unmasked. Fellow citizens! in such a struggle the brave army, our brethren and yours, could not hesitate to see that their duty called them to the side of the people. They have felt that, as children of the country, they ought to com bat for the liberty of the people, for the unity of Ger many, and the grandeur of the nation. Accordingly, the army has joined you. It does not combat against the people, but against the enemies of the liberty of the country. This union of the army with the people was nor a sufficient motive to induce the GRAND DUKE to take to flight; but Ministers guilty of treason gave him the advice to do so; and they have abandoned the Go vernment, and given up the affairs of the country to chance. Fellow•citizens, in recalling to mind the en gagement which we took before the great assembly of the people at Offenburg, and obeying the wishes of the communal authorities, we have this afternoon entered the town, at the head of our brave soldiers. We will employ all our efforts to protect persons and pro• perry, by establishing a popular form of Go• vernment. We will do all that may depend on us to carry on the Government. We will remain in the place which has been assigned to us by our duty and by the wish of the people, until the people shall have detet mined on the form of Government. Fellow citizens, our task is difficult, but we feel that we have the energy ne cessary to fulfil it. Second our efforts, and we Cu not tioubt that lib. rty will end by triumphing. ' The Commission of the Country, in the name of the country, ,6 M. K. BRENTANO, HEINRICH Harr, " RICHTER, A. UGEGG. " vi ERNER, REJIMANN." The above was published in the official g whicl has taken the name of " Organ of the Comtnissi , m o the Country," and come out under the number 1 Tee follocsing• communication to the communal au. thorities has also been published : . _ . " Carlsruhe, 14th May. "In consequence of the late events msny rs from he army of Baden have left their quarters. They ar, called urn to return quickly, that they may serve tb, cause of liberty. Ad the communes of the country are invited to employ all the means iu their power to induce the soldiers to return to their quarters.—By order tit the Executive Committee, G E Al A.N Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. EICLIFELD." The following has also been published by the Pro visional Government of Carlsruhe : " Appeal to the Officers.—The Officers who in conse quence of the late events Are no longer under their co ours, are cLsired to place themselves at the disposal of the Minister of War, it the liberty of the people and the good of the great country of Germany are dear to them, and they feel it to be their duty to defend them. In the name of the Executive Committee, EICIIF ELD.' A letter from Mannheim, of the 14th, states that no sooner did the intelligence of the events at Canis ruhe reach that town than the soldiers refused to obey their officers, joined the people, and promenaded the town with them arm in arm, singing revolution ary songs, and crying, "Long live iIEcKEE, the Republican chief!" PRUSSIA. The Berlin State Gazette of the 16th, contains the following proclamation of the King of PRUSSIA : " To my People,—Under the pretext of the German cause the enemies of the country have raised the standard of rebellion in the neighbouring kingdom of Saxony and in several parts of southern Germany. To my great sorrow, a few blinded individuals have even in our tern tory allowed themselves to be seduced to follow tha' standard and to overthow Divine and human order in open rebellion against the legal authorities. In so serious and dangerous a moment I feel the necessity of speaking a few sincere words to my people. I have not been able to consent to the offer of a crown on the part of the Ger man National Assembly, because the Assemby had not the right to give away the crown it offered me without the approval of the German governments, and because it was offered me under the condition of accepting a Con stitution which was irreconciletsble with the rights and the security of the German States. In vain I have tried and employed every means to come to an understanding 'with the German National Assembly. I strove in vain to bring it back to the limits of its mandate and of right, which did not consist in the absolute and irrevocable es tablishment, but in the conciliation of a German Consti tution; and even after all my efforts had proved vain, I did not break with the Assembly in the hopes of a final pacific solution. But after the Assembly had entirely abandoned the ground of right, law, and duty by votes, against whi c h h onoura bl e men bad struggled in vain, after it had accused us of having broken peace, because we had given our neighbour in trouble victorious assistance, atter it had appealed to open resistance against me and the governments, who, like me, had refused to accept the disastrous conditions of the Constitution, it is the Assembly that has broken with Prussia. Its majority is no longer composed of those men to whom Germany has looked up with pride and confidence. A large number seceded freely when the path of ruin was begun, and I have recalled, by m yesterday's ordonnance, all the Prussian deputies whoy still belonged to it. 'The same will be done by other Go vernments. In the Assembly a party now reigns which is in coalition with those men of terror, who assume the unity of Germany for a pretext, but, in reality, excite the struggle of impiety, perjury, and rapine against thrones, in order to overthrow with them the protec tion of right, freedom, and property. The atrocities which have been committed at Di esden, Breslau, and Elberfeld, under the hypocritical cry of German unity, g!ve melancholy proofs of it ; other atrocities have been committed, and are still being prepared. These enormities have caused the hope of effecting the unity of Germany by the National Assembly of Frankfort to be lost; but I have not yet despaired of it, as I declare sincerely and according to my royal conviction. My Government has taken up, in conjunction with the plenipotentiaries of the great German states who have joined me, the task commenced at Frankfort, of forming a German Constitution. This Constitution will shortly give to the nation what it has the right to expect and enact—its unity manifested by an executive unitary go vernment, representing worthily and powerfully abroad the name and interests of Germany ; and its liberty guaranteed by a national representation with legislative power. The constitution drawn up by the National Assembly has served as the basis of this, and only the clauses which, arising from the struggles and conces sions of parties were injurious to the welfare of the country, will be modified. This. constitution will be submitted to the approval of all the States which shall join the Federation. Let Germany have confidence in the patriotism and probity of the Prus sian Government—its confidence will not be disappointed. Such is my policy. Madness or falsehood alone can, in presence of such facts, have affirmed that I have re nounced the cause of German unity, and that I had be come faithless to my former convictions and promises. Prussia is called upon in these difficult times to protect Germany against her internal and external enemies. She is bound to perform this duty, and she will perform it. I therefore now call my people to arms. We must re-es tablish order and law in our own country, and in the other countries of Germany who have need of our support. The object to be attained is the foundation of German unity, and to protect its liberty against the terrorism of a party who would sacrifice to its passions mora lity, honour, and good faith—of a party who h ave succeeded in deceiving and misleading a portion of the people. The danger is great, but deception will not stand against the good sense of my people. Old Prussian fidelity, the ancient glory of the Prussian arms, will re spond to the appeal of the King. It my people are with me as I am with them, with sincerity and confidence, h benediction s. of God and a magnificent victory wilt not te fail us. At Fribourg, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, on the 14th, the soldiers drove away their officers and were about to proceed to elect others. A Wurtemberger General,. stationed near the town, sent to say that if they should not make an unconditional submission before twelve o'clock next day, he would attack the town. The Committee of Public Safety hAd de. dared itielf in permanence. The Governor Mili tary Commandant, and several families of the town, had taken flight. The rebels were 3,500 strong Ns ith eight cannon. The Government of Hesse Darmstadt sent a bat. talion of infantry to Germersheim to protect the Grand Duke of BADEN, but it was met at Frei derschsfeld by a number of armed men, who com pelled it to quit the territory of Baden. FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament of the 16th the appointment of the new Ministry was an nounced. It is considered that this Ministry has been appointed with the intention of driving the Liberals to the commission of some rash act, which may give the reactionary party an excuse for having recourse to violence. The Prussian Deputies have protested against the order of the KING recalling them from Frankfort. The following is a report of the pro ceedings : GERMAN PARLIAMENT.—MAY 16. The President said that the administrator had sent for him at three P.M., and had announced to him the arrival of Colonel Fescher, the expected Prussian Com missary, who, he added, was furnished with two-fold in. stluctions:-1. To order the retirement of the Prussian Deputies from the National Assembly. 2. To see how aff:tirs in Frankfort stood. Peals of laughter followed the latter announcement, and a groan of indignation the former one. Thirty right Prussians at once put in a written protest against the or der eaticellirg their mandate. Widenmann immediately moved as urgent, that no individual Government had a right to nudity the elec.. tious to the National Assembly, and thereby threaten the dissolivion of the Assembly; and that the order of the Prussian Government was accordingly invelid, and in no vv.) , binding. Widenmann added that it would be only offering an insult to the Assembly to waste a word in the defence of his motion.--(Loud cheers.) The motion was carried. Ayes, 287; Noes, 2; majo rity for the motion, 285; non -voters, 10.—(Cheers.) Mittermaier moved to the same effect, with regard to the order issued by Austria, in April last, for the recal of her deputies. His motion also was carried by a large majority. It will be remembered that two-thirds of the Austrian members, or more, have already left. Grawell and Reichensperger announce their retire ment from the Assembly.—(Sensatiou.) A pause of a few moments and Grawell is seen entering in full dress. A burst of clamorous laughter is his welcome. The Members and the ladies in the gallery rise spontaneously from their seats out of pure excitement. Grawell seats himself on the Ministerial benches. The wrath and ridicule of the Assembly is poured forth plenteously upon him. The President said he had an announcement to make. Simon rushed to the rostrum. The Committee of Thirty, he said, had, with sixteen votes against twelve, framed the following resolution :-1. That a Regency of five Members be elected to carrry out the Constitution. 2. This Regency should take oath to the Constitution. 3. That, with the administration of the said oath the agency of the Central Pow er s h ou ld cease. 4. That the Regency cease to govern the moment the constitutional head of the empire enters upon office. The Administrator's party fiercely opposed both the urgency of the motion as regarded immediate debate, and the making it the s u bj ect 01 di scussion to-morrow. Considerable alterca t i on ensued. The motion for a sittingon the morrow, th e 17 t h , was rejected. The Left Immediately mustered 103 signatures, and called upon the President to appoint an extraordinary sitting for the 17th. The Conservative party grew wrath spin, and ex pressed doubts as to the genuineness of the signatures. The President said it was hi s b us i ness t o sa t is fy himself on that point ; the demand of the 103 Mem bers was in perfect order, and he must, therefore, ap point a sitting, as requested, for tour rm., to-morrow, the 1 7th. The determination of the order of the day, would, in this case, rest with the Member who had de manded the sitting. Grawell, who had left the Assembly more than once, at last made his appearance. The President then notified the receipt of a note from the ad interim Minister, Herr Von Gagern, informing the Assembly that the Administrator had appointed Dr. Grawell ( o f F ran kf or t- o n-th e -Od er ) to be Minister of the Interior and ad interim President of the Council. Grawell said a few words about his consciousness of the difficulty of his situation, his readiness to do his duty; it being evident, at least, he said, that in his advanced age, neither vanity nor ambition had induced him to accept the post assigned to him. The House would acknowledge that he could not have done otherwise than retire from the Assembly, a s it would not have been advisable to have taken up a hostile • " Cliarlottenburg, May 15. position in respect of a power with which h e , as (Signed) " FREDERICK WILLIAM. Minister, would have to negotiate.—(Clamour and de (Countersigned) " Count DE BRANDENBURG." rision.) The other members of the Cabinet, as far as the latter was complete, were—Detmold of Hanover, A Berlin letter of the 13th says :—" It appears b Justi h ce ; Jocbmos, Foreign Aff a i rs; M erc k , of Man certain that a Constitution of the Empire, to be ny , Finance. He would lay hi s p rogr a mme, he added, granted by Prussia, and o ther royal Governments, is before the Assembly tomorrow. already printed, and will 1:). - t sent to all the Govern- c . ~ ...unfli at once interpeliated the new Ministry. 'W u mcnts. The preemble is in the following terms : t. .1.1, I racy tu Ciii iy out the tionstitutio:.? 'To put an end to anarchical and democratic tenden- Graweil said his programme would answer this cies, &e:" toes tion so clearly flint he need not enter into th e Subject to - The Cologne Gazette of the 17th contains a letter, • day. ,e , Simon move I, as urgent, " the new Mlnstry does n to possess the confi , ence of the House." lie subsequently however withdrew the motion, thinking the contest of t'r morrow should be allowed to come off first. The House adjourned at a Tiarter to eight P.I. AUSTRIA. The EMPEROR was tit Wieselburg en the 11th* on which day the Imperial trocps were defeated bYtl' e Hungarians at alenburg. It was rutnourod in Vienna, on the 11th, thn t the population of Buda had risen, and had expelle d the Austrian garrison. The Russian troops have entered Preran; 7 , o°° of them will garriscn Vienna. ITALY. Intelligence has been received from Rome of th e 9th. GARIBALDI has marched into the Neaporitan territory, and the consequence has been that the Ke a; politans have been forc e d t o a b an d on F rasca ti fin" several other places on the Roman territory, and t 7 fall back, i n o rd er t o p rov id e f or t h e d e f e nce Naples avainst the advance of GARIBALDI. Pius IX., on learning the resistance Jibe Rornen 6 ' is said to have declared that he would not return t ° Rome at such a price., and to have sent a messag= consequence to the King of NAPLES and to Gener 3 OuDlroT to induce them to retire. It wls reported in Rome that the Spaniards lA 3 been defeated and dispersed at Fiuwinico by the soldiers of the Roman Republic. The .Roman Monitore of the Bth denies the reP rt that an armistice had been concluded, or that one 0 5 about to be concluded. Le Positivo says General OUDINOT had inforoeci the Neapolitans and Spaniards there was nothing Ib t them to do at Rome, the French Government coo' ceiving it a point of honour to finish the business thei had conmenced. The same journal publishes a note to the Catholic powers, dated the 7th, and signed by Ruscom, Ro al/ Minister of Foreign Affair s . Aft er o b serv i ng tha the Roman question, hitherto a political one, has nci s ' i assumed a religious character, and that all EnoP e conspires to impose a detested power upon t bre ° millions of men, who have declared it for ever fallen , this document proceeds to state that a great peoPle' recalling its old tradition s o f g l ory, h as shaken of f it 5 slumber, and awoke to the life of nations. If the nine' Nvhorn Europe would restore at Rome were, Ill ° many others, the mere inheritor of vulgar privileges' the consequences of the struggle would be limited t i e , a greater or lesser numb er o f v i c ti ms ; were t h e tav‘ Europe assumes a mere question of independenc e or servitude, it might be loaded with malediction s * but still the moral interests of the human race woul d not suffer. But the actual object of Europe shakes the edifice of religion to its very foundations, and crush° . faith in thousands of hearts. The whole state of Rote has declared the downfal of the temporal power o f the PONTIFF ; and, though under the menace of a French , an Austrian, and a Neapolitan invasion, all the OP nicipalities have boldly protested against its restore' tion. Is thi s th e mere vo i ce o f a fact i o n' The consequence is, that many believer s now ask themselves whether he who repre' stints a religion of peace, has a right f 0 re-aesert temporal power Ly force of arras; and as it is easy to confound the doctrine with it s apostle, many begin to doubt the truth of religil in consequence of th e ac t s o f it s h ea d , an d can oe, conceive how a r e li g i on th a t once re d eeme d t h e wo rlt from slavery is now changed into a weapon intende4 to transform free men into slaves. " Let Europe) says the document in conclusion, " reflect before Ol e proceeds ; the struggle is no longer between 096 army and another, but it is a struggle that em braci a whole moral world o f ideas, hopes, and faith, tl may have en echo in the most distant generations. Lord NAPIER is in Rome, for the purpose of a ffor , P ink; protection to British subjects and British pr 1). perty. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the li 4 ; man Republic grants passports to all th e E ng li s h NO_ j desire them. Lord NAPIER and the British Collo; FREEBORN are much praised for the pr o t ec ti on th e y WO' afforded their countrymen. The Romans have levelled to the ground eyed tenement that embarrass e d or encum b ere d t h e 4 1# range of musketry round the walls of Rome. Ther is the English chapel outside the gate Del Forol e) which alone they have allowed to stand inviolate. SICILY. DEFEAT OF THE NEAPOLITANS AT PALERMO. Letters from Naples of the lith state that Palertli° was attacked on the 2d and 3d by the Neapolitaret who were repulsed both by sea and land. Th famous SCORDATO is at the head of the people, .vvb t i have been joined by a large number of the.Natioil Guard. The English have landed 2,000 men to pr tect British subjects. INSPECTION of the HOUSEHOLD TROOPS.—(THIS DAY.) This morning the annual military inspection of tl'O, available battalions of th e H ouse h o ld T roops quarter to, in the metropolis, took place on the Parade in front OK the Horse Guards, St. James's Park. The ground w kept by detachments from the several battalions, assist to by a strong posse of the Metropolitan Police. At buff' past nine o'clock the whole of the Foot Guards ril° were not on duty, march e d i n an d occup i e d t h e ir re . spective position—the Ist and 3d battalions of t 1 1 36 Grenadier Guards on the right ; th e I s t an d seconi l bas .. talions of the Coldstreams the centre ; and the Ist bat' talion Scots Fivrileer Guards on the left. The Gnarl for the duty of the day occupied the right flank ; 1 0 , the Guard of Honour to att en d th e D ra w/ 1 1 1.. room, consisting of a troop o f th e I s t Guards, with their band, in state uniforms, 10 ; 1 4 posted on the extreme ri g h t . C o l one l D rumn t oad took the command of t h e t roops , w h o forte n three aides of a sq uare , an d w h en v i ewed from ni Horse Guards had a ver y i mpos i ng appearance. five minutes before ten o'clock, his Royal flightie; Prince Albert, th e D u k e o f W e lli ngton, Prince eits%" Gotha, the Marquis of Londonderry, Earl of Cardi go lb Lord Combermere, &c., attended by a brilliant a t4 ll) ' arrived, and were received by the troops preset; ill lams, the bands playing the N a ti ona l Anthem. lib, line was then minutely i ns p ec t e d by Hi s R oya l Hi g h tie s ., and the general officers, wh en th e t roo p s f orme d ‘ sions by the right, and marched past in slow and q aic ic time, when the line was again formed, and a gec ierw salute given. The men for duty we r e th en marc h ( 4 6 " „' their respective guards, and the bittalions dismisse d td their q tamers. Several fashionahlrs were present, On tee bo}s of the Military School, Chelsea, occupied lb e space in front of the tilt guard room. IRELAND. THE STATE PRISONERS. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.—The committee engsi in the gilding up the petition to Lord Clarendon, pril: tug for a cdminutaion of the sentence upon the st prisoners, having requested his Excellency to name," day for receiving a deput a ti on t o p resent i t, a reOrt was this evening returned to t h e effect, tPe as the Lord Lieutenant was to take his departure for London to•morrow he would not then fix upoalt thy, and that his stay in the Eng ish metropolt would altogether depend on the state of publie business requiring his presence there. The committe e now purpose increasing their exertions by obtainia signatures to the memorial from all parts of the kitts" dom. Lords Massareene and Cloncurry signed the peti . Lion this afternoon. CORN TRADE.—Our market to-day was not generaill so firm as on Tuesday, but we do nut alter our quota; lions tor wheat and oats. There was an increuxo' demand for Indian corn, at au advance of Is. per cpt": ter; white wheat, old, 235. 6d. to 27 5 . ; re d ditt o , 22a. 6ik to 255.; barley, 13s. to 17s. 6d.; oars, 1 ls. 6d. to 145 4 oatmeal, 12s. to 145.; seconds flour, 14s. to 175.; LAW % corn per 4801b5., 325. to 38s. RETURN OF THE COURT TO OSBORNE.—Her ject and the Court will not remove from Buckingh Bol Palace to Osborne House till Tuesday or Wednesdq next. As Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence will tic' be sufficiently recovered from his recent illness, the corn: wand of the Fairy yacht to convey her Majesty and cour t across the Solent, will devolve on Commander Crispin' HER MAJESTY'S TREATRE.—ROSSini's Semiramitw io will be performed this evening at her Majesty's Theatre' with a splendid cast. Alboni resumes her part o i f Arsace, in which slie first appeared in this country. Parodi's impersonation of the Assyrian Queen we ex; pect great things, judging from the area at rehearsto• These artists, with Coletti as Assur, and Lablache 0 Oroe, afford promise of a first-rate rendering of this magnificent opera. kademoiselle Jenny Lind arrived at bollyer' 6 London Hotel, Dov er , on Tuesday last, and sailed f°'. Calais on Wednesday by the South-Eastern Company steam-packet Princess Maude, en route for Paris. OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.---"e: Majesty and P r i nce Albert honoured the performs= at this theat re w i t h their presence last evening. P-f Serene Hi g h ness Prince Augustus and the Princess ° Coburg a ccompan i ed her Maje g sty. The royal suite on ly ' prised the Countess of Desert, the Earl of Mortoa• Colonel Gordon, and General Wemyss; her Royal Sig h : ness the D uc h ess o f K ent, attended by Lady Auguste' Bruce, Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir George CouP , ir „ er also honoured t h e t h eatre w i t h t h e i r presence. "- obser ve d in the boxes and stalls his Royal Highness the Duke of Brunswick, the Duchess of Leeds, the Countes s of Essex, Lady Blantyre, Miss Stuart, and Miss .A 13 .0 Mackenzie, the Earl of Kilmorey, Lord and Lady more, L,,rd Brougham, Count and Countess de Marr s ' Baron Eugene Gerleche, Sir Frederick Trench, Sir ' l ' and Miss Talbot, Lady Joddrill, Chevalier Drouet, TUE ARMY.—Sir George Grey is to have th e colonelcy of the sth Foot, vice Sir Jasper Nicholl, the, : T rendering vacant the colonelcy of the 73d Regim et . i . r oe Major-Gneral Du ff y is to have the colonelcy of 73d Foot, vacant by Sir George Grey's change to tb sth. Major-General Hare Clarges is to have the_F . % nelcy of th e 28 t h F oo t. Li e ut e nant-General Sir Colin llalkott is to be the now Deputy-Governor of Hospital. .I)IED.—On the 18th instant, at her res i dence, Houle, Lincolus4'r in her eiAhty-second 1 Jane, relict of the late Samuel Sanders, Esq. , of GV.. borough, and mother of George Sandars, Esq• , al for Wakefield. Chelsea