The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-15 00:00:00

THE Id EGALT IT L E ASSURANCE THE WEATHER.—Sun OFFICE, MAY 15. COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, J THERMOMETER, Lowest, 49; Highest, 64; Noon, 65. anuary 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 2M. eaca. BAROMETER, 29.62. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. WIND W.—fine sunshiny weather. Pto::pzetuties and full information may be obtained at the Tempo - Offices of the Company, 12A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap :!ticatton to favours, but to the British Constitution ; only, unfor tunately, in the latter case the knocks are required to be so very loud and vehement, in order to rouse the sleeping wardens, that there is occasionally a certain degree of danger of the edifice being brought down about their ears before they are roused to a sense of consciousness of the necessity to admit the applicants. To-night, in the House of Commons, Mr. HUME, is to give a gentle knock at the door, and to ask politely, on behalf of some few hundreds of thou sands or millions of excluded, that they may be per mitted to enter within the edifice ; but in this case he will ask and not receive, he will knock and the door will not be cpened—the answer being the knocking of the applicants is so gentle that it bears no resem blance to thunder ; the asking is much:too plaintive, it does not assume the tone of a demand that will brook no denial. Such may confidently be anticipated as the answer to be given to all those representatives of the people who this evening, with the Hon. Member for Mon trose, make application for the admission of the non represented and excluded classes. The morning journal, of this date, which is usually understood to express the views of Sir ROBERT PEEL and his adherents, says— " For legislative bodies to anticipate popular demands by a gratuitous extension of franchises, and to run ahead of public opinion by liberalizing institutions and offering unasked reform, would be a reversal of the whole work ing of the body politic. From Magna - Charta to the Reform Act every concession which power Las made in this country has been preceded and stimulated by a strong impulsion from without, and owed its success rather to the prudential apprehensions than the free choice and spontaneous forethought of the legislative authority." This candid admission of facts need not have been limited even up to 1832, the passing of the Reform Act, but might have been continued to at least 1845, the passing of the Corn-law Repeal Act. But is it to be forgotten by those in authority that during the period of history comprised between the date of Magna Charta and of the Reform Act, that there have been numerous instances where delayingto grant a popular demand until it could not be withheld has been at tended with fatal results ?—on one occasion, to the extent of sweeping away the monarchy and the peerage; on other occasions of changing the dynasty, and in still more recent times to the loss of our Ame rican colonies; and although there would be great difference of opinion, how far any of these events are to be considered "fatal results," they are the sort of occurrences which it is usually thought better to be averted at least by rulers and Ministers of State. Will statesmen and legislators for ever disregard history, experience, and what is passing around them, and continually delay until the hour of danger those judicious and precautionary measures which it would be the part of wisdom to accomplish in time? Such a course resembles that of a person who re solved to delay to provide a fire-escape until his house was on fire, or the mariner who delayed to repair the pumps until the ship had sprung a leak. If the reform of the Reform Act was anything to be viewed with apprehension, there might be some ground for putting off the evil day ; but it appears from the PEEL organ that there is nothing whatever apprehended from it in that quarter, for it proceeds to say— HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. Tins DAT —Morning, 0 min. after 6 I Evening, 25 min. after 6 To-Moaaow— ‘.loriiing, 49 min. after 6 1 Evening, 17 min. after 7 BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, May 15, 1849. Notice is hereby given, to the Ambassadors, the Foreign Ministers, the Members of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the Officers and Ladies of the Royal Household, invited to her Majesty's Ball at Buckingham Palace, on WEDNESDAY Evening, the 16th instant, that their Carriages are to enter St. James's Park by the Great Gate on Constitution Hill, pass along to the Arch in the North Wing of the Palace, set down at the Garden Entrance, and leaving the Garden by the Gate near the Riding, House, are to turn to the right. The empty Carriages are afterwards to proceed in like manner through Constitution Hill Gate into the Park, wait there till called to take up, and go away through Grosvenor-place. The Carriages .of all other persons invited to the Ball are to fall info line in St. James's-street, enter the Park by Stable-yard Gate, pass the front of the Palace and through Buckingham Gate, to set down at the Equerry's door. The empty Carriages are to turn round, and passing down the Birdcage-walk, are to cross the Parade opposite the Horse Cuards, to wait in the Mall till ca led to the Equerry's door : after taking up, they are to re-enter the Park by Buckingham Gate, and go away through Stable-yard Gate, sip St. James's-s re_t. FOItTESCUE, Lord Steward. TO READING SOCIETIES AND CIRCULATING LIBRARIES. T " NE W 800 K S RUPERT and the CAVALIERS. By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. 21. 2s. WHITE NILE. Narrative of Expedition to the White Nile. Prom the German. By CHARLES O'REILLY, Esq. 21s. TEE SEA LIONS. By the Author of the " Water Witch r Red Rover," &c. Three Vols., post Bvo. 31s. 6d. MEMORIALS of the CIVIL WAR. By ROBERT BELL, Es q . Two Vols. Bvo. 30s. V. 3IARDI. and A VOYAGE THITHER. By lIERMA KIEL. VILLE. Esq. Three V ols., post Bvo. 31s. tid. Richard Bentley (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, THURSDAY NEXT, May 17. It is respectfully announced that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, on the scale of former seasons, will to presented on THURSDAY, May 17. when will be performed Roselni's celebrated Opera, LA CENERENTOLA. Angelina (under the name of Cenerentola), Mdlle. Albon! ; Don Ramiro, Signor Calzolari ; Dandini, Signor Bellettl ; and Don Mag nifico, Signor Lablache. To be followed by the principal Tableaux of the admired Ballet of FIORITA. By M. P. Taglioni; the Music by signor Pupil; the Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall. Pincipal parts by Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, and M. Dor. The Selection will comprise the principal Pas of the Ballet, and the admired Tableaux of the Waterfall. To be followed by the Last Act of Bellini's favourite Opera of NORMA. Norma, Mdlle. Paredi ; Pollione, Signor Bordas ; and Oroveso, Signor Lablache. The whole to conclude with the much admired Ballet of ELECTRA ; or, the Lost Pleiad (Omitting the First Two Tableaux). The principal parts by Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlles. Petit Stephan, Marta, Thomassini, Julien, Aussundon, Lamoreux, Marie Taglioni and M. Paul Taglioni; and comprising the admired Pas de Deux d'Action " La Lutte," Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and M. P. Taglioni, and also the celebrated Scene of the Restoration of the Lost Pleiad to the Regions of Light. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, price 103, 6d. each. Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. QT. JAMES'S TUEATRE. Season 1849. FREXCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. TO-MORROW, The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with (For the last time) LES DIAMANS DE LA COURONNE, To conclude with LES RENDEZVOUS BOURGEOIS. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased 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; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. HER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE. BY SPECIAL DESIRE. Madlle. ALBONI In "II Barbiere di Sivlglia." THIS EVENING, May 15, will be presented Rossini's celebrated Opera, " With respect to the abstract merits of the question. we feel no reserve in stating frankly, on our own behalf, that the enlargement of the elective franchise is an object which we regard neither with aversion nor alarm." A very important admission; and not only is ,the enlargement of the elective franchise quite unob jectionable, and viewed rather with kindly feeling than aversion, but something that is held in the same quarter to be inevitable, for it is added, — "A progressive extension of the elective basis must be regarded by all sober politicians as the inevitable sequel of the Reform Act." Then, if inevitable and perfectly unobjectionable, let there be no delay in setting about it. 'Why should the principal inhabitants of this island have to leave their daily occupations to agitate for what should be granted without agitation ? Had the question been pressed in the House of Commons last year, when the Bank of England was barricaded and Somerset House filled with troop*, the time would have been said to be unsuited. Then it was too stormy, now it is too calm. It would he difficult to understand the exact degree of pressure from without that is requisite to realise the reforms which should take place without any pressure what ever. It is not to be understood that because the intelli gent portion of the population are justly disgusted with some of the demagogues who have placed them selves foremost in political agitation, and misled their associates, that therefore there is not a deep and wide• spread conviction of the necessity of changes in the representative system. If these changes are not to be made but as the result of louder demands, it is satisfactory to learn from the article ju3t quoted that even Sir ROBERT PEEL and his adherents will be quite ready to aid in such changes when the asking and knocking are suffi ciently loud. o T in h m a tt t e h e e t o m o c t o i o n n s d o e f r M t bre. public. D I c rt u e s x i p m e o n si d n for i t ure, ‘ A ‘ a nd the existing system of taxation, and how far both may be revised with a view to relieve the pressure upon the industry of the country," should have been rejected in the House of Commons, as at present constituted, is by no means surprising; but that it should have been stifled by the hands of those who proposed and seconded the rejection, and by their adherents, is somewhat remarkable. Mr. MILNER GIBSON, who moved the machinery by which the scene was shifted, acknowledged that " the words of the Hon. Member's motion were per fectly unexceptionable," and in that admission fur nished an unanswerable reason for its adoption. But," said Mr. GIBSON, " when he came to couple that motion with the speech which the House had just heard, he felt somewhat at a loss to see how he could support such a proposition." And so an ad mitted good motion is rejected because it is introduced by a bad speech! Surely it was the motion, and not the speech, which the House were called upon to affirm. In accepting the former, the House would have stood in no respect committed to the latter; and it appears as anomalous to refuse the good, with the privilege of rejecting the accompanying bad, as it would be to refuse a delicious peach or nectarine because there was a stone in it, or a plate of real native oysters, ready opened, because each of the oysters was lying on a shell which we might feel no inclination to swallow ; or for a Californian gold seeker to neglect an opportunity of carrying off a pocket full of sterling gold because it was lying beside a quantity of valueless earth. If it is difficult to find a sufficient reason in the explanation given by Mr. Ginsox for the course which he adopted in moving the previous question ; it is not less so to dis cover why Mr. COBDEN should be the seconder. In Mr. COBDEN'S speech he says--." His principal ob jection to the motion, however, was, that the Honourable Gentleman had left out of it all re ference to the reduction of expenditure. There was a marked difference between a revision of taxation and a reduction of expenditure. What the country required was a reduction of expenditure." It is not quite candid to cite Mr. DRUMMOND as though proposing revision of taxation unaccom panied with a reduction of expenditure, because a revision of expenditure as well as taxation is specially set forth in the motion itself; aud, after all, there is not so great a difference between revision and reduction as may at first appear, indeed the latter is usually comprehended in the former. Surely, on so highly important a motion as that of the Hon. Member for West Surrey, whatever course the Chancellor of the Exchequer or any other parties might take, it was the province of Financial Reformers to vote in favour of the motion, instead of pushing it aside by moving the previous ques tion. Had the principle of the motion been admitted by a majority of the House, here would have been an acknowledgment of the necessity for a great Financial Reform. If rejected, the onus would have rested on those who voted against it. This view of the question seems to have been taken by Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. MOWATT, Mr. SIIARMAN CRAWFORD, Mr. EDWARD ELLICE , Colonel THOMP SON, and others, for they voted with Mr. DRUMMOND. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had en interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing- stre et. Mr. Fergus, M.P., transacted business yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways. Sir J. Duckworth also transacted business yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of the Board of Trade. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1.5, 1849. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The illonitrur contains the following telegraphic dispatch from General OUDINOT :-- "PALO, MAY B.—The third brigade and the 6th Light Infantry have landed without accident. " The numerical force of the expeditionary army is quite sufficient to preserve for F ranco t h e ascendancy she ought to exercise in this country. The day after to morrow I :hall advance and take a position whence I shall command the western boundary of the city. lam strongly established at Fumirino. The moral and sani tary condition of the troops leaves no thi ng to b e des i red. With the exception of about thirty wounded men, the Roman Government have n o t i n t h e i r possession a single French soldier, nor even a h avresac. " The National, in commenting on this dispatch, de nounces the miserable obstinacy of General OUDINOT or of the Government, for it is impossible to ssy who drew up this bulletin, in persisting in an equivocation which would make it appear that the Romans had never had any French prisoners in their power. " It is matter of public notoriety," says the National, "that General OUDINOT has exchanged the Lombard battalion for our brave soldiers who were abandoned among the vineyards surrounding Rome, and who had fallen into the power of the Romans. Whom do they hope to deceive by this equivocation ?" The French Government had, it was said, received a telegraphic dispatch on Sunday announcing that the Neapolitan army had attacked Rome on the 6th, and had been defeated with immense loss. This dis• patch the Government has kept back ; there is, how ever, little doubt of the fact of the defeat of the Nea a report t o th a t e ff ect was a p l oa Great complaints are m a d e an d j ustly made of the s l o i t current ns, for in o n Genoa the Bt h . attempts of the Reactionary Ministry to interfere with the freedom of el ec ti on. As an example we give the following telegraphic dispatch, sent on Saturday, by M. LEON FAUCHER, to the Prefect of the Somme, and placarded by that functionary at Amiens on the day of the election : " THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR TO THE PREFECT OF THE SOMME. " " 12th May, 11 o ' c l oc k morn i ng . After a most animated discussion on the affairs of Italy, the National Assembly rejected, by a pure and simple order of the day and by a majority of 329 out of 621 votes, the proposition of M. Jules Favre, to declare that the Ministry had lost the confidence of the country. This vote consolidates the public peac,?. The agitators were only Wa iti ng for a vote hostile to the Ministry of the National A ssembly to run to the barricades and renew the days of June. Paris is tranquil. Among the representatives of the department who voted for order and the government are—Messrs. de Beaumont, Creton, Porion Magnies, Dclattre, Raudoing, Morel Cornet de Fourment, Labordere, and A. Dubois. The following abstained or was absent:—M. Tillette de Clermont." There is something ludicrous in the pompous vanity of the assumption on the part of the BARROI , FAUCHER FALLOUX clique, that no Government can be a Government of order of which they do not form a part; there is something hateful in the assumption that all those who are opposed to this clique are agitators, and in the faltehood that they were prepared to run to the barricades, and to renew the days of June (where were ODILON BARROT, LEON FATJCIIER, and DE FALLOUX during the days of June ?), and there is something of an attempt at Terrorism, in praising some men for voting for order and Goverment, and denouncing others for ab stainirg. In several instances commanding officers have attempted to exercise an undue influence over the soldiers in the exercise of their franchise, and the Government has managed by some trick to disfran chise the Garde Mobile altogether. Notwithstanding all these unconstitutional and illegal act:, on the part of the reactionaries, it is admitted by themselves that they have been to a considerable extent unsuccessful. It is, of course, impossible to know the exact state of the poll in Paris, but it is admitted by the Govern ment organs that LEDEu Rom,m, LAGRANGE, and Sergeant BOICRET, are among the elected, and that MM. PROUDHON and PIERRE LEROUX are also most probably returned, and that the greater number of the other deputies for Paris will be moderate Republicans. In the southern departments, in which it was thought the returns would be almost all Royalist, it appears that the Socialist candidates are making head, and the majority of the army have also voted for the Socialist list. following resolutions were proposed by the Corn mittee "1. That the Members of the l'arliqmont shall take their oath on the Constitution of the empire. "2. That the Itcgent shall be summoned likewise to take that oath. "3. That the German Governments shall be sum moned to call upon the civic authorities, the military, and the National Guards, to take that oath. "4. That the Parliament shall summon those German States that have recognised the Constitution to place their armies at the disposal of the House. "5. That a deputation of twelve members shall be appointed for the purpose of asking the Regent whether he has formed another Cabinet." After a debate of some length, on the moti on of the Committee, the division on these motions was adjourned to the following day. Twelve Prussian Deputies have resigned their seats. President SIMSON sent in his resignation as President, on the plea of ill health. AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, AND RUSSIA. The Hungarian Envoy, Count LADISLAS TELEKI, has addressed the following letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated the 13th: — "Sir,—l have heard the noble words you 1 ave just pronounced in the National Assembly of France on the subject of the inter ven ti on o f Russia. It becomes a duty for me to testify m y gra tit u d e a t the earliest mo ment. The great distance of the scene of events, ill known, and frequently falsely appreciated, has not pre vented you from paying the most serious attention to the general appreciation which you were called upon to make. The intervention of Russia in our country has met, and will meet, on your pert with all the obstachs which Hungary and Europe have a right to expect from you. The traditions of the sympathy of France for Hungary have not been forgotten, for which be thanks rendered to you. In past times, my country, before it was united to the house cf Hapsburg, received the most glorious of its kings—Louis Ist of Anjou, surnamed the Great— from the family of the Kings of France. The Govern ment of the Republic is now again about to contribute to ,reign means against us. If t h ese ceed, their success m i ght be at once the assurance of our futur e well-being by p revent i ng t h e for liberty, ve com comprehended e fo n r d e p d e a t c h e is and a nd civilization rene4, itm e n E o m coa p dnu l o ars y no m gpwee e e.r n ro e t u to o of f ou s to you my thanks. 7. It is stated in a Vienna letter, of the 9th inst., that the Sclavonian provinces, which have hitherto sup ported the Austrian Government, are assuming a very hostile attitude towards it. A deputation from Agram had demanded from the EMPEROR a national administration, the use of the national language in official documents, and other important concessions. A letter from Vienna of the 9th states that 25,000 Russian infantry and 8,000 cavalry had arrived at o.trau, two leagues from Mestek, on the 7th, and were conveyed by the northern railway to Hungary. We find in a French paper the followin g ; descrip tion of a new destr uc ti ve m i ss il e which has been used for the first time in the Hungarian war : " One of the military innovations that have marked the war in Hungary, is the employment of the Austrian fire rockets. These rockets have been ably directed, not only against towns, but also against bodies of troops. There have also been used, both in the Austrian and Hungarian armies portable rcckets, carried by corps of foot bombardiers, able to march with the infantry. Each man caa carry three of these small sized projectiles. Another man carries a rest, framed of wood, on which the rocket is placed and directed. The Austrians have been the first to bring into practice to so great an extent this new and terrible means of destruction. It has been stated that these congreves, employed in a battle range by the Austrian:bombardiers, who have practised them for many years, h ave produced a tremendous effect, particularly , upon the Hungarian masses of cavalry. They are tubes of wrought iron brought to a point, pierced with holes, and filled with incendiary matter, and are so charged as to emit above them, at the end of their flight, small streams of ,liquid fire. Their sharp, hissing sound, is much more terrifying to the horses than the noise made by the passage of the bomb-shells, and one of them is quite enough to throw a whole squadron into disorder. The Hungarian army, having found large stores of these rockets in the arsenals which fell into their power, have equally made use of them in all their attacks upon towns,and in battles upon plains." The head-quarters of WELDEN are at Presburg. Kossum is recruiting on the right bank of the Danube and in the Banat, and recruits flock to his standard. He has plenty of men and of money, but wants arms. BEM is in possession of the whole dis trict of Banat, from Orsova to Mehodin ; his head- quarters are at Kikinda. Temeswa is most probably in his power ere this. The Hungarians have posses sion of the Jablunka Pass, and have destroyed two regiments of Austrians, which attempted to penetrate into Hungary from Gallicia through it. Letters from Vienna declare that, after severe en gagements near Altsenburg and Oldenburg, the Hungarians had succeeded in possessing themselves of those towns. If the Austrians should not succeed in retaking those places, it was said that the Hun garians would soon be able to reach Vienna. BA VARIA. According to letters from Munich, of the 10th, great agitation prevailed in that city. There bad been a demonstration in favour of Kossuru, and ad dresses in favour of the German Constitution, and against any alliance with Russia, had been adopted. The municipality refused to take any part in the de monstrations, or to present any address to the KING on the subject of the Constitution. The insurrectionary movement in the Palatinate of Bavaria is said to be spreading; but the only events recorded in the German journals are the breaking out of insurrections at Schweinfurt and Hoft. SAXON Y. The Cologne Gazette says that, notwithstanding their defeat and flight from Dresden, the Provisional Government of Saxony proposes to continue the struggle. It has established itself at Freiburg. The King of SAXONY intends to remain at the Castle of Koennigstein for some time longer, and he has given his Ministers full power to act for him at Dresden until his return. ITALY. • The report of the execution of RAMORINO at Turin on the 7th is not confirmed. It is said that his sen tence will be commuted to imprisonment for life in a fortress. Accounts from Rome of the sth state, that on that day, at the sitting of the Constituent Assembly, the following decree was proposed : "A public funeral shall be accorded to those brave men who have fallen in defence of Roman liberty. " A monument shall be raised to transmit their names to posterity, vith the following inscription : Republican France hided them for desiring to be free.'" Some objection was raised to these words, and the Assembly passed to the order of the day. The triumvir SAFFI informed the Chamber that the prefects of Frosinone and Valletri, on the aproach of the Neapolitans, seeing it was impossible to resist, had thought it proper to withdraw to Rome. The Neapolitan force, which advanced in two columns amounted to 12,000 men. The Nea politans, wherever they passed, acted like Croats— they devestated the country, insulted the people, and menaced the young men with a forced levy, in order to make them march against Rome in the foremost ranks. It was at first intended to send to Rome all the citizans able to bear arms, but on reflection they had been retained to hang on the rear of the Neapo litan forces, and carry on a guerilla warfare as they advanced. The Neapolitan Commander-in-Chief WINSPEARE has issued a proclamation to the Romans, stating that he came to re-establish the authority of the Sove reign Pontiff; and to bring safety and peace to the people. A telegraphic dispatch has been sent off to General OUDINOT ordering him not to bombard Rome, but to await the arrival of M. LESSEPS. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 14. THREE o'CLocK.—The news that the elections are not so favourable to the candidates of the Government as was expected has had an unfavourable effect on the Bourse to-day. The French Five per Cents. opened firmly at 90f. 60c., but they gradually fell to 89f. 85c., which is 20c. below the closing prices of Saturday. The Railway Shares are firm. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 32k; ditto (90 days), 25 20. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TEE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 14. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 —Northern of France, 10% — Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 131—East Indian„2%--Great Indian Peninsular, 5 - Orleans and Bor deaux, 3 1 ,4—Paris and Rouen, 22—Pa r i s an d S tras b ourg, 4% —Rouen and Havre, 10 —Tours and Nantes, 31/2. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 9th have arrived. They contain no news of public interest. MADRID BoLsa, MAY 9.—The Three per Cents. were done heavily at 2.5 k. Exchange on London unaltered. MAZZINI said the first thing to be done was to say whether they would resist or succumb to this inva• sion. Would they submit to the absolutism of Naples, after having repelled the- moderate liberalism of France ? He thought they should defend themselves, and, without wishing to explain himself, he believed defence was possible. This opinion was acquiesced in by the Assembly, and the Chamber then rose. The Triumvirate has recommended a guerilla war fare. Every man who can collect together 50 men is to be their officer. The Neapolitans will make a simultaneous attack on the side of Ricti and Arcoli. M. PANDOLPINI, the Charge d'Affaires of Florence' has been imprisoned in consequence of the arrest of the Roman Envoy at Florence, Doctor PIETRO MAESTRI. The Corriere Mercantile of the 9th, in its latest intelligence of that day, speaks of a rumour current there on the Bth of a conflict between the Romans and Neapolitans, in which the latter had been worsted. Not having received the Roman journals and letters of the sth, it remarks that the Tuscan Monitore, which is not favourable to the Roman cause, speaks of an encounter of that description, without giving the result. The Corriere subsequently states, that letters just arrived at Genoa confirm the intelligence, and adds that the Romans have taken some artillery and made many prisoners. The Austrians, according to this paper, have not entered the Roman States, but, on the contrary, have drawn off more troops, to con centrate them at Trieste, for the purpose of operating against Hungary. A letter from Florence, of May 6, says : The Austrians were yesterday at Pisa, and will arrive this evening before Leghorn. Their entrance is already announced beforehand into that town, where the projects of desperate resistance have, in fact, vanished. It cannot, however, be yet said if the gates shall be thrown open or forced. It appears certain that they will not come to Florence, Count Serristari, Grand Ducal Commissioner, having strongly insisted that, according to the terms of his proclamation, General d'Aspre should not appear on any of the points which had already re cognised the authority of Leopold. The Duke de Mo dena, it is said, commands the advance-guard. Florence is tranquil, because it is more and more persuaded within the last 48 hours, that it will not see the Austrians enter its walls." The Opinione of Turin states from Sicily, 2d inst., that the Royal troops were to enter Palermo on the Ist, and that serious collisions had taken place be tween the National Guards and a portion of the populace. It mas believed that, in consequence of his victory in Sicily, the King of NAPLES would re voke the constitution of the kingdom. Letters from Venice of the 3d say,— The blockade by sea commenced here April 17th. At first the enemy's force was insufficient, but to-day the Austrian men of war arrived, and the cruisers , drove back all vessels which approach Venice to Trieste. The Austrian force amounts to 17 vessels. The Arsenal is making great efforts ; small boats are mounted with guns, which will be able to attack the Austrian large ships without danger of being sunk. The Venetians think that this squadron will soon be able to beat the enemy and raise the blockade by sea. On land the enemy is manoeuvring against Mal ghera, but the Venetian cannon responds to them. From Mestri to the Ponto de la Mina the Austrians have raised 4 large barricade; the Venetian artillery, however, greatly impedes them. The Austrian arm amounts to 20,000 men, but the Venetians are no • thing daunted and fight bravely. BATTLE BET WEEN THE ROMANS AND THE NEAPOLITANS. We have just received an express, dated Rome, the sth of May, announcing that the Romans, under GARIBALDI, attacked a body of 2,000 Neapolitans at Torre di Mezza Via, between Rome and Albano. The Neapolitans, after a short combat, threw away their arms and fled, the Romans taking GO prisoners and two pieces of artillery, with which they entered Rome on the evening of that day.—Herald. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW`. CITY, QUARTER TO Tlil?EE. The sales of Cotten at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, including about 5,000 American at 3iil to 6,1, 200 Bahia at , qd to SJ, 50 Egyptian at 54d to bid, 300 Surats at 3d to 32d, and 20 Sea Island at Sid to Ild per lb.—Railways continued very de pressed, business being limited, at rather lower rates. The Continental accounts have afforded more Bads faction, and the prospect of the Danish war being set tled, proves especially gratifying to parties connected with Germany. It is stated in the City that the Danish Ambassador has acqially accepted the overtures for peace made by Lord Palmerston ; and although his Lordship's statement in Parliament does not go to that extent, the impression is general that the matter is in a fair train for settlement. The Brazil mail, with accounts of March 25, brings no important news from Rio de Janeiro, but pclitical affairs were tranquil. There is some specie on board the packet which brings these, advises. The Buenos Ayres dates are to the 10,h March, when there were no less than 189 ships in port. The exchange on England was 68s. to 68s. 6d. per ounce, and the six per cent, stock was at par. Freight to Great Britain was 60s. per 2,240 lbs. for tallow, and 30s. to 355. per 40 feet for bale goods. The British brig Jane, with 72 Irish emigrants on board, had got aground on the English Bank, but the passengers were saved. Great privations were endured owing to the length of the voyage, and it is affirmed that three ships recently arrived were short of provisions and water. The accounts from New York are quite cast in the shade by the Canada political news. This latter, we need hardly state excites much interest in the city, and no little controversy, but upon the whole we cannot dis cover any particular uneasiness as to the result, since it is contended that the Royalists, upon reflection, will re gret having driven matters to such extremities. The t xcharge at New York was decidedly improving, although there was some disappointment at the small amount of specie received from Europe; nor had California y ielded the expected tribute. Time, however, will alter this. Altogether the exports from . San Francisco are estimated at millions of dollars, but less than 300,000 dollars went to the United States. An American writer, who seems to have taken some pains to get correct data, observes— " That it must be borne in mind that these shipments are entirely from the digging of last year, from June to December, a period of six months, equal to about one hundred and fifty working days, and the product of the labour of fifteen hundred men. From the beat estimates which have been formed, the total product amounts to between three and four millions of dollars, from which deduct the export, and there remain in the hands of the people of California between one and two millions of dollars. This is by no means an over estimate. Such is the result, derived from the best authority, of the proceedings in the gold region for the year 1848. We are now about commencing operations for the year 1849." There is rather a bad report made of the growing Cotton crops, but undue importance must not be attached to this. Some injury may have been done, but there is always exaggeration in such cases. A correspondent at New Orleans writess—" The growing crop was injured by frost on the night of the 15th instant, the extent of sshich is still imperfectly known, but the plant is be lieved to have been killed in all the country where it was up, north oflatitud, 32 deg. What effect a destructive frost at so late a period will have on the product eve n tually, will depend on the weather hereafter, and on the quantity of seed the planters possess, or may be able to procure. Without attaching undue importance to this occurrence, it must be admitted that the chances in fa vour of another large crop are diminished. As a test of the degree of importance to be attached to some of the statements on this subject, we may add the following, because there is no question of more im portance to our manufacturing interests:— " The Southern papers are filled with accounts of the disastrous effect of the recent cold and stormy weather, and the complaints are so universal that we cannot but believe that the damage has been very great. That it has been as extensive as represented ie, how ever, very doubtful. Even in the event of the young cotton plant having been cut off the season is not too far advanced for replanting; and as for the statements that there is a scarcity of seed, it is only necessary to refer to the large receipts thus far of the crop which matured last fall, to show the utter falsity of such a story. We have no doubt, but at this moment there are stacks of cotton seed its the vicinity of every gin house in the cotton growing section of the country, and that there is enough seed to replant the crop a dozA3 times over. We apprehend very little. danger from this source, or from the lateness of the season in starting a new crop." The state of the Canadian markets was dull. Flour at Montreal 235. to 235. Gd. Exchange 8 per cent. premium. The Nova Scotia Assembly seems to ba working har moniously with the Governor. Accounts of April 17 front Vera Cruz state that the internal condition of the country was more satiefatory, and that financial reforms were still the order of the day. The Funds have been very decidedly af fected by the Canadian news, but the sales are chiefly speculative, and the intelligence from the continent counterbalances the effect. Consols have bt en 90i to 91 for Transfer, and are now 90i to 91i. Bank Stock is 1921 to 194, and India Stock to 2441 to 246. Exchequer-bills were 465. to 48s. prem. The Foreign Securities have been heavy. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 164, and the Three per Cents., 33. Portuguese Four per Cents, are 28i. Mexican Bonds have been up to 31a. All Shares are looking up. ONIF.I CLOSING PHT , 'EB OF BRITISH FUNDS• O'CLOCR. PRICES Bank Stock 3 ;.er Cent. Reduced A. , :ns ...... 3 per Cant. Co nso l s A nnu i ties 9C%% 91 90, 8 Nuw N per Cent. Anns.... . Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8% 8 5 ' Ditto 30 years , J an. 5 , 18 60 8 13-16 8 1316 fndia Stock India Bond:, 1,000/. .... •a .--- 63 ... Ditto under 1,000/... 72 p 72 p Consols for A ccount Exchequer Bills. 1-14 d. & 2d. 1,000/. J une ..... 500/. June Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS cram CLOSING O w oLOCK. pmzeEs. Brazilian Bonds 7B 8% Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .. Ditto 3 Der Cent. Equador Bonds -•-• 3% Grenada Bonds, I per Cent .— Ditto Deferred 3 3/i 3 4 M pdpvican, 5 per C on t. 1846, with Coupons 30% 31% 32 to, Account, Ditto, Ex Coupons ...... --- 29% Ditto, Account ••• • Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto,4 per Cent 2 8 5 ,A 28 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. 17 Ditto, Account —17 k, Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ... 33 334' , , 2 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — 24 Ditto, Deferred ... —7% Dividends on the above p ay a bl e i n London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 49 5 / s Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 76% PRICES OF ' BUSINESS DONE CLOSING • RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Buckinghamshire ... 161. 45. 1 t: 2 dis. ..... . % Caledonian - ... Do. Quarter s ... 15 ......... 15 Ditto, Preference Dublin and B e lf ast J une. 37% Eastern Comities-. .... 20 Ditto, Extension,s per Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d.... A p ............ CV n "8 i' Great Northern - ...... 10% Do., %B 6 per Cent.. 7%.„ 5% .. ............ 5% Do. Extensi on ,-, 1 , - 72 ..... 1% ...... ... 1 ..... 1 4 Great North of England. 40 100 ......227 .. 227% DDitto, New, 40/ ...... ... ........... -- itto, ditto ' 35 ...... 86 .. .. .... ..... 86 Great Western 100 .... . 78 1 4 79 78 . 78 DDitto, % Shares Ditto, 4 1 Shares .............. . 163 / 4 Diitto, Fifths ... 20 ...... -- .... ..... ...... 15 '14 tto, New 17/... ..... 15 ... . .. . • • .. 10% Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .... 45 Lancashire & York s hi re 93 ..... - Do. Thirds ...... ........ 15 ..... 5% .... ........ Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent........... 10 ...... Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 ..... Leeds and Bradford ....,• 50 ••• - . Leeds and Think 50 ......,•„ •• •• Ditto, New ............. 45 London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O .. ... 36 ! 2 VI % 36 Do. Pref. 5 per cent.... 50 .. ... 52 . London and N. We s t ern 10 0 127 1:26 Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 Eo. 101. (X & B.) C. 1 ..... 3:!/4_, ...... 3 ' , ' l Lond. &S. Western 5O ...... 33% 31 Ditto, Thirds 161.135.4 d.... 5%. dis ..... VA die. Dc., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshiro...100 - 65 67 66 Do., do., 50/. Sh ares ...... 25 .. .. 13 67 133/4 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo ...... 42% . 42% Do.Consol. Bristol an d NBirming., 6 per ct.... 1.00 ......123 .. . orth British ........ ... 25 ...... "12K:% ..... 12% Ditto, Thirds .... - 8 1 / 4 .. - ...... ......... 3% North Staffordshire •1 7 12 l2l ~... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 ..... 1 4 5 ;• ..... .. ••••'• OlirelYobl,ll7 4114 Bin" ll ...... 434? 1 1 y s 3.1 0 93 •• ••. l7 15% 4%. ‘ cl e f s-• - , A : *:. ... _ ..1 . 7 . .: ' 4 jjiiiihr a 4 t ,, a_ Ar ..- ' • .F ' „ 4 1.7: -1. :: . / .‘, 5 0 , n ~ - .,rx ,. .. ii , '" .-1- , -' 4 04.-, ~ _ ti - '•4r • mo -,s .‹ i.,- ' , Ron- ^ ~, .;-:,- 0i , .. - .7, 0 A , " ', " LE L , ~. tv hfoo '4 4..... B tRBIERE DI SIVIGLIA Roiina, 3fdlle. Alboni ; 11 Comte d'Almaviva, Signor Gardoni Figaro, Signor Belletto ; Basilio, Signor F. LablAche ; and Bartolo, Signor Lablacke. Between the Acts of the Opera (by special desire) the last scenes of the highly -successful new grand Ballet, by 31. Taglioni, entitled ZLECTRA ; or, The Lost Pleiade. To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which the principal Artistes of the Ballet Department will appear. Applle,atleas for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be mate at the Boa office, Opera Colonnade. DoOrsora. at Half-past seven, Opora 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 as listul, price 10s. 6d. each. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), May 15, will be repeated In its entire form (for the second time in this country), and with the m)st powerful ensemble, Meyerbeer's Grsnd Opera, iu Five Acts, ROBERT LE DIABLE, With entirely new Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments. Alice, Madame Dorus Gras ; Isabella, Ildlie. Corner' ; Dama d'Onore, Madame Bellini ; Elena, Mdlle. Wuthier ; Roberto, Signor Salvi ; Rambaldo, Signor Lavia ; Alberto, Signor Rommi ; Sacerdote, Signor Tagliafico Braid°, M. Massol ; Major Dome, Signor Soldi ; Cavaliers, Signor Mei, Signor Pollnini, and Signor Nacho ; Bertram°, Signer Marini. In order to accomplish as perfect an ensemble as possible in the performance of this grand work, the directors have the pleasure to announce that M. Massol, Signor Polonini, Signor Mei, Signor Soldi, and Signor Bache, have kindly consented to assist in the choral combinations and effects. In addition to the orchestra, a military band will he employed. In the Fifth Act the chorus will be increased by a double choir Mr. Cosens presiding at the organ. In the Second Act the incidental Divertissement will be danced by Wile. Louise Taglioni and M. Alexandre, with a numerous Corps de Ballet. In the Third Act, the Bacchanale of the Nuns will be danced by Mdlle. Wuthier, and upwards of 100 Coryphees. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. MADAME PERSIA..NI. The Directors of the Royal Italian Opera have the honour to an nounce to the IN obility and Subscribers, that they have entered Into an ENGAGEMENT with Madame PERSIA:NI for SIX FARE WELL PERFORMANCES prior to her retirement from the Lyric Stage, which arrangement will enable them to give once more, the chefs d'oeuvres of Mozart and Rossini, with unprecedented casts. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. On THURSDAY NEXT, May 17, will be performed Mozart's Opera, DON GIOVANNI, With the following powerful ensemble, viz.:— Madams Grist, Mdlle. Coil;ari, and Madame Persiani ; Signor Mario, Signor Tambarini, Signor Tagliafico, Signor Poionini, and Signor Marini (who will appear for the first time in the character of Leporello). The Opera will he supported by a Triple Orchestra and Double Chorus. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. To conclude with the Divertissement from the favourite Opera of MASANIE LLO, Supported by 3idlle. Wuthier, Mdlie. Louise Taglioni, Mons Alexandre, and Signor Casati. The performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. THEATRE ROYAL, DRETRY-LANE.— GERMAN OPERA. TO-MORROW, Will be performed (for the sxond timP these eight years), Weber's Opera, DER FREISCHUTZ, Agatha, 31(111e. Romani; Annehen, 11m Marlow ; Max, Herr Erl ; Casper, Herr Stepan ; supported by a Ba.id and Chorus, each consisting of 60 performers. Performances to commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Box-office; and at Messrs. Jallien and Co.'s, 214, Regent street. rHEATICE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENINi,, OT HELLO. Othello, Mr. J. Wallack ; lago, Mr. C. Kean ; Desdemona, Miss L. Addison; Emilia, Mrs. C. Kean. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To conclude with LEND 3[E FIVE SHILLING. TELEATILX ROYAL, ADELI'ILI. Under the direction of Madame Celeate. THIS EVENING, Will be performed ills LAST LEGS. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S 'PIO -IN AND THE REVOLT OF TILE FLOWERS. To conclude with the Farce called SLASHER ANI) CRASHER. Mr. SkiOier, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Redford. ROYAL LYCi.IJAI THEA'Cith: — trader the Management of Madame Vestals. 8010 Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma' he ws. 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 Parselle ; Miss H. Gilbert, and 3liss Connor. To be followed by a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE, Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To vonclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. Drag Boaei, 55.; Upper BOICC3, 4s. ; Pit, 23.; Gallery, is. No bait-price to any part of the house. The New Loa-office, No. 2, Vi r ellixt e gton•street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATI:E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a new Opera, entitled TIIE HEART OF MID LOTHIAN. Characters by Herr Mengl 7 , M essrs. C. Braham, Horn castle, and-Weiss ; Miss Poeic, Miss Lanza, and Mdlle. Nan. After which, Mdlies. W. and A. Neruda and their brother Victor will perform on the Violin. Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To conclude with the new Domestic Opera, entitled THE BLIND SISTER; or, the Mountain Farm. ASTLE Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Last Week but One of the grand Easter Spectacle. In active preparation, and will be prof uced at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJERAT ; or, tic Conquest of the Seikhs. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fltzball, entitled THE 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. LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.--On Fri day evening last Exeter Hall was crowded to an over flow (many persons not being able to obtain admission) to witness the first performance by this now society of Mendelssohn's Elijah. At the opening of the oratorio the band was somewhat weak, owing, as we are in formel, to some of the instrumentalists being detained at a rehearsal at Covent-garden Theatre. Shortly after the commencement, however, the orchestra was com plete, and the whole performance did credit to the so ciety, and gave evident satiJaction to the audience. Mr. Sunman conducted throughout with undeviating recision. The princip a l vocalists engaged were th e isses Lucombe and DJlby, and Messrs. Lawler, Donald King, &c. The next performance is announced to take place on the 4th June. THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGH AM , The price efiron, with little inclination to drop, remains the same ds last quarter's quotations. The stocks of dealers, owing to the time they have waited in expecta tion of a reduction of price, are becoming small. It is stated that the ironmasters are now manufacturing to excess, but there appears to be little doubt that from ne cessity a demand must shortly occur which will relieve them from any apparent ovet make. The fact that the wages of workmen in all departments have been ad vanoed is a strong proof of the confidence entertained of the stability of present rates. 011ienbut ')'11t116 LONDON, TUESDAY, - MAY 15, 1849. Our veteran Reformer JOSEPH Timm this evening brings forward his long-prepared and long-anticipated motion for leave to introduce a measure securing to the people reforms of a very wholesale character. Although it is anything but difficult to predict the negligent rejection of an un-Ministerial project so directly interfering with the present provisions of the Constitution, it is very far from being an idle endea vour on the part of the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Montrose. However apparently ineffec tual these efforts at improvement may be, an incalcu lable advantage invariably results even from the most unpropitious. Each additional struggle prepares the way for the ultimate victory. Each supplementary dis cussion, though negatived, it may even be sometimes without the courtesy of a division, tends imperceptibly to the maturing and to the dissemination of doctrines destined in the end to prove triumphant. So it must indubitably be with this comprehensive scheme of Mr. HuxE's—a scheme derided now-a-days as im practicable, and extravagant, and utopian, but one that, sooner or later, will belie the vaticinations of its antagonists. Those who are in the smallest particular interested in the cause of the general advancement need not, at this late moment, be informed of the precise nature of the Bill proposed by the Honourable Representative of Montrose. They have fami liarized themselves long since with the principles and aspirations of that consistent advocate of reform, whose most conspicuous colleague is the Hon. Mem ber for the West Riding of Yorkshire. They know perfectly well that among those aspirations the most prominent of all have reference to the immediate ex tension of the elective franchise, so as to include all householders—to the enactment that henceforth all votes shall be taken by ballot [an incidental anticipa tion of the project due on Thursday, the 24th instant, by the Hon. Gentleman the Representative of the city of Bristol]—to the diminution to three years of the duration of Parliaments—and to the more just and accurate apportionment of the number of representa tives to the number of the population. Certainly, upon all these points we may say with perfect truth fulness, they manage these things better in France Thanks to the glorious Revolution of February, the inhabitants of the Republic have obtained all that we have so long, and that we are still so ineffectually, striving to obtain. They have, moreover, carried into effect during no less than fifteen months those arrangements which, even to the present moment, are laughed to scorn by the obtuse spirit of Conservatism as monstrously impracticable, and as even ridiculously chimerical. They have se cured to themselves, not an extension of the elective franchise, but universal suffrage. They have syste matically employed the plan of voting by ballot in the election of two great representative chambers— the National Assembly and the Representative As sembly. They have decided that their democratic Par liaments shall not continue in existence under any cir cumstance longer than three or four years ; and, with a view to the better adjustment of the popular scheme of Government, they have chalked out the whole of the metropolitan and provincial departments into well proportioned and rationally populous electoral dis tricts. When, therefore, in Westminster, it is de clared that the proposed measure submitted to the Imperial Parliament by the Member for Montrose is preposterous from its utter impracticability—France, in her " Republican institutions," gives that insolent assertion the lie. France shows that even universal suffrage, with a merely partially educated multitude, is not by any means so perilous an experiment as was and is predicated by its opponents. France proves, in the intelligence of her great representa tive Assembly, that the simultaneous working of universal suffrage and the ballot tends only to impart an additional strength to the Govern ment. France has, through the intervention of the great men of February, obtained those boons for which we are still yearning, and (to all appearance) as hopelessly as the child crying for the moon. There is, consequently, no lack of a stimulus to incite our reformers to the reiteration of their endeavours. There is, on the contrary, everything within reach that could tend to excite a laudable spirit of emu lation. Fourth, among the notices of motions for this even ing, namely, immediately after that undertaken by Mr. liumE, is an amendment to be proposed by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for liochdule. Very seldom, indeed, do we find reason to dissent from the opinions expressed by a bold and manly reformer like Mr. SHARMAN CaAwroltn ; and even in the present instance, when we find ourselves compelled to disagree with the purport of that Honourable Gentleman's amendment, we only do so in regard to time and not to principle. It will this evening be demanded by Mr. SRARMAN CRAWFORD that, in stead of the phrase (occurring in Mr. HUME'S motion fora Bill to amend the National Representation) "so as to include all householders," shall be substituted these words—" to every adult male of legal age, of sound mind, and not disqualified by conviction of crime, and win has resided for a fixed period in one locality, being duly registered therein." Before this noble amendment—this amendment, noble in prin ciple, hut erroneous in its immediate application, can be judiciously accepted, and practically adapted to our institutions—there are two or three prelimi nary improvements which must, as a matter of ne cessity, be accomplished. First and foremost, of course, in the list of these preliminary improvements, we put the great requirement of education for the masses. And it was to obviate the diffi culties of this obstacle to the immediate ac quisition of universal suffrage, that N. EDOUARD CHARTON recommended the adoption of an educa tional test, such as that of every elector legibly writing with his own hand the name of his favourite candidate upon the ticket to be deposited in the urn of election. But not only is the necessity for this precursory reform obvious—it is manifest that some thing more is essential as a preparative before the amendment of Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD can be safely carried into operation. That amendment pro poses the extension of the privilege of using the elective franchise "to every adult male of legal age, of sound mind, &c." Of sound mind ! Before the - Honourable Representative of Rochdale can seriously bring such a proposition as this under the consideration of the House of Commons he ought surely to preface it by the introduction of some very sweeping measures of reform in regard to the Laws of Lunacy. Otherwise what a frightful bat to hold out to those false swearers of insanity, who, " for a consideration," effect the imprisonment of any un fortunate person that comes within the compass either of their cupidity or of their animosity ! At present our mad-houses are liable to be crowded with the victims of wealth—individuals subjected to the tor ments of incarceration by those who may there hy'obtain a mastery over their possessions. Supposing that Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD'S amendment were ac cepted thus precipitately, we might reasonably anti cipate the addition of the victims of party politics to those of money and other enjoyable property. At the least there would be seductions held out to un principled revisers of the electoral lists in the different localities, and together with those seductions every facility for their gratification. Every consideration assures us forcibly that the motion of Mr. HUME is just in principle and essential to the welfare of the general community; and, that although the amend ment of Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD is equally correct in principle, its adoption would not only be prema ture, but would be liable also to prove absolutely dangerous. First Education—then a revision of the Laws relating to Lunacy—then, if you will, Universal Suffrage ! "Ask and ye shall receive, knock and it shall be opened unto you," is not only the passport to spiritual PORTUGAL. Advices have been received from Lisbon to the 9th. On the evening of the 6th th e accouchement of the QUEEN took place. the child died immediately after birth, and her MAJESTY was so ill th a t at one t i me her life was considered i n danger. She was better on the 9th. It waa rumoured that SALDAN HA wou ld s h ortly retire from the Ministry, and be succeeded by COSTA CABRAL. CHARLES ALBERT is living in privacy at Oporto. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. General GR.ZEBEN has been dispatched by the a battering Th e r ru s t s r i a a i n n , Government t o Elb er f e l d, with a body of troops and Government, on the 11th, in its own name, and in that of Saxony, Bavaria, and Hanover, addressed a note to the Danish Cabinet explanatory of its projects in entering Jutland, dis claiming all intentions of permanent occupation, and asserting that the military honour of the nation being now perfectly satisfied, it (Prussia) invites Denmark to send a Plenipotentiary to Berlin, in order to treat directly and promptly for peace, without the inter vention of any ot h er part i es t h an t h ose di rect l y con cerned, and that Prussia i s ready to act, with equity and good giving every reason to Denmark to feel faith. Prussia will take upon herself to act inde pendently even of Frankfort ; and whilst she main tains intact the honour of Germany, she will not de part from the justice due to Denmark. The Prince of PRUSSIA, on the occasion of his son, Prince I' ment of Guard s , introduced hintto the officers with REDERICK WILLIAM, entering the Ist Regi the following address Gentlemen,—l cannot express to you the joy I feel in introducing to you my son as a recruit to the army. I recommend him to your comradeship.. He enters prac tical life at a very serious juncture; he, for the first time, last year witnessed a conflict, which ended victoriously, though it was with a dishourable enemy we had to fight. lie has seen our victorious troops, though disgracefully abused, hold firmly to their oath under the hardest trials; and it m ay b e that he w ill w i tness suc h a con fli ct again very shortly ; for, gentlemen, we have now arrived at a momentous crisis, and if we are safely brought through it, the army alone will have saved the country a second time, as it did the first. I therefore recommend him to you that he may learn obedience and subordina tion, and be able hereafter to command himself. I trust that he will do honour to his name and the army; for that, there is a sure pledge in the disposition and spirit with which he is endowed. [To the young Prince—] " And I wish that you may yet experience what I have experience.d in receiving the proofs of the loyalty of our troops on so many different occasions." FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the Frankfort Parliament of the 11th inst., the Committee of Safety handed in their report on the state of the country, and the Regent's late reply to the rtirliamentary deputation. The Shropshire Union So at irt..qeri ... ..... 33% 20 ~........... .. 20 , 14 1-. M., Registered7.‘T:). 4 10 6 1 ,/ S.)uth Wale 16 i s York, Nmcasile, and 1 4 Berwick. Do. Newcastle Eate n . 20 ,41 D. G.N.E.Preforence 8 .. 4 1 4 ' 4 ./ York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYF. R Boulogne and Arn;eus... 20 414 Great Indian Peninsular 5 ... ... 471 3 7J 1 4 Narnar and Liege Northern of France l3 ...... 1051 l O 3 /4 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 3% 3 IA3 Paris and Rouen 2O ... .. 21;' Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 3 1 / . 3l; MINES. Barrossa Range Min. Co. 28s. Brazilian Imperial ..... 2.11 - Do. St. John Del Rey 15 JOINT STOCK BANKS. C gnmercial of London 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DA t LONDON, MAY 15.—Wind a t noon W ., light pleasan t breeze and fair. LIVERPOOL, MAY 14.—Wind variable.-13th, Arr (j c i Elizab•:th Grang e , J ones , M aur i t i us; I das, Hart, Old Calabar, ski. 25th Feb.; Rowena, Dixon, Rio Grande; El:za, Hull, Pernambuco, sld. 10th March; Wm. Perr is ' Agnew, New Orleans; Amoy, Cunningham, ditto; 13 , e , Nevis, Turner, Mobile ; Ga r di ner , S pier, A pa l ac hicola' Speed, Grindale, Savannah ; R ea d y Rhi no, F r ige Halifax. 14th, Commerce, Africa; John Dalton, Calls° Priscilla, Johnson, Pa ra ib a; City of Adelaide, Jangle; Honduras. 13th, Sid. Kelsick Wood, Auckland steamer, Constantinople. Arrd.l4t l lL aliraxEarl EflreP l steamer, New York, left on the 2d inst., and Halif°' on the sth. Off Port, Reynard. DEAL, MAY 14.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W.-11th, Ar rd. Mary Gray, Alexander, Charleston. 14th, Narcissi), Domervieks, Cuba for Hamburgh; John Pink, Jones' St. Vincent. Arrd. from the River, Jannet Chalmers' Madras; Joven IN icoli a, New York. Arrd. from t he h River and sld., Sea Wit c h, B o y ne !) , Cbina • Electro• Mike, Grenada. 13th, Skl. H enry, New York.•l 14t „" Oriental, Quebec an d M ontrea l . Arrd. Globe, *Lifter New South Wales. COWES, MAY 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Otalieifro Weiting, South Seas for Bremen; Aurelis, Ferrandert Porta Rico; Solid, Westermarek, Bahia; Iris, Safstrosh ditto; Kingfisher, Murch, Matanzas; Ninfa, do Sa e. tander, Lopez, Havannah; Micenor, Gonzales, GusY 4 * qui]; Middleton, Melican, ditto for Hamburgh; TeroPl e. ton, Stowell, Trinidad de Cuba. OFF THE WIGHT, MAY 13.—Hermoso Habanero, U vannah for Hamburgh. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 14.—Arrd. Montrose steamer' Gibraltar. Sid. Fame, New York. OFF THE START, MAY 10.—DCCillla, TOO' Batavia for Amsterdam; Narcissa, Domenesh, Cube; Triumfante, Menchaca, Havannah for Ghent; Abese et Texas for Havre; Jonge Arie, Lisbon for Rotterdam. OFF THE LIZARD, MAY 12.—Tory, of Lencle ° ' Singapore. WELLS, MAY 14.—TheN a p o l eon D eux, Hamburgh for Burnham, got on shore at th e entrance of Burnham i harbour ye s t er d a y, b u t got o ff a f ter discharging s b e % 20 tons of cakes, and was b roug h t into harbour thl morning, making water. ......• MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) HAY WARECETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 41 ; Closer ditto, Si Os to 51 Os ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 103, Per load. Supply moderate, and trade firm. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 12s to sti Os; Clover ditto, 31 53 to 41 17s ; and Straw, 1/ 75 t° tills per load. A f u ll average supply, and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 41 05 1 Clover ditto, 3/ OS to Si Os; and Straw, 116 s to 11 100 per load. Trade steady, at the above quotations. CULONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for B. Plantation continues firm' 630 hbds•hasing been sold, including 130 hhds Barbs", does at 383 to 423 for fine yellow. 7,500 bags and 2 3u casks Mauritius sold with spirit, at rather higher price° , particularly for the Ismer descriptions; 4,700 bags Bee' gal and 5,700 b ags M a d ras a l so b rought a slight advance:, the latter consisting mos tl y o f gra i ny sorts, will°. realised 37s 6d to 43s 6d for fine yellow to fine white' and 31s 61 to 32 s 6d f or l ow b rown. Privileu a floating cargo of 4 800 bags white PI raiba - has been sold a t 24 s 9 d . Also ono 0 I,79o:boxes mid white Havannah at 22s 63. The quart" tity of' British Plant a ti on l an d e d l ast week at the East and West India Do c k s wss 1 ,056 h hds, 136 tierces, 452 barrel & There were taken for home consumption 1,342 hhds, 163 .' tierces, 182 barrels. Th e stoc k i n the same places " 10,793 hhds, 1,653 tierces, 2,629 barrels. COFFEE.-36 casks, 330 bags Plantation, and 1, 9 f, bags Native Ceyl on , were a b out h alf realised at 111".7 previous rates, chiefly at 345 to 34s 6d for superior clu e ;,. lity, a few good ord a t 32 s to 32s Gd; 180 bales and 8" half bales Mocha sold readily at full prices, viz., 5 3 s t° 55s Gd for mid to good clean garbled. Rust.—The quantity land e d l as t wee k at t h e East and West India Docks was 293 puns 449 'hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 226 puns 29 hil' and exported 55 puns 135 hhds. The stock in the same places is 18,148 puns 2,582 hhds. - RICE. -350 bags 390 pockets Bengal, and 350 WO Madras brought the previous value lOs to lOs 6(1 for good white Bengal, Ils 6d to 12s for fine and 8s 6d for good pinky Mad ras . , SPICES —1,550 bag s M a l a b ar Pepper realised 3d to 3icl for half heavy, to shot kind ; 500 bags Alepee were taken in at 3d, but 1,500 robins partly found buyer ° at 2,13, being fully previous rates. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 38$ 6d per cwt on the spot, so d town 39s Gd. EXCHEQUER. -(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before the CHID BARON and a Common Jury.) NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD RAILWAY' 11 ' BROWN. This action was brought to recover 323/. 7s. being arrears due by the defendant to the company upon ce a " tain calls, together with interest. Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. COel v. burn for the defendant. The defendant was Mr. John Brown, of Sydenhanil and he was th e h o ld er of 75 shares, upon which he be' neglected to pay two calls of 2/. each. Mr. COCKBURN said, upon the facts of the case b ° had no answer, but he had to raise a point which 11 0 .° stood for the decision of the Court of Common Pleas In the case of the Cork and Bandon Railway v. Connolly. and which had reference to the notice anterior to rcial‘" ing the call, and not subsequent to the call. By th e 22d section of the Act the shareholders were entitled In 21 days' formal notice of the intention of the dir,ctors £. O make the call, an d as t h at h a d not been given in fbi° case he apprehended that the calls were informal. The CraiEr BARON said he would reserve the point, but did not think that it would much avail the de fendant. A verdict for the full amount was then returned for ,he plaintiffs, with leave to move to enter a nonsuit upon he 22d section. THE SAME COMPANY V. ADDIS. A verdict for 2151. 7s. sd. was returned in this case , with leave to move as in the former case. — -- BOW - STREET.--(THIS DAY.) Charles Short, a boy about thirteen years of age Wes charged before Mr. Jardine with stealing a valuable exotic in full flower from the stall of a salesman in C°' vent-garden market this morning. In his defence the prisoner said "he picked u p the flowerpot in the market, and thought it was no hstra l to take it away." Mr. JARDINE observed that he must have known vetl well that ho had no right to take the plant away, or L° touch it at a ll. Il e sentenced him to be imprisoned three days, and to be once whipped. CLERK EN WELL.—(TIIIS DAY.) l?obert Rob son was c h arged before Mr. Coombe wi t h stealing a great quantity of brass materials the proper v of his employer, Mr. Johnson, the eminent barometer" maker. It appeared that the prisoner, who has beeli upwards cf seventeen years in the employment of tilt _prosecutor as a mathematical instrument maker, was th (/ only person in the establishment entrusted with th' cutting and working up of the brass for certain parts er: the works in the wheel barometer, and for some montht large quantities o f th e mater i a l s had been abstracte( l from the workshop. It was found that 00 ' Friday last the prisoner sold twenty-thre e pounds weight of brass-work, as waste, at Mr' Bachelor's brassfoundry in Zlbemarle-str ee t. T" prisoner was taken into custody, and ou the metal being now produced, Mr. Johnson stake] that he had no doubt whatever it was his property. It was precisely of the kind entrusted to the prisoner last week, and corres ponded with the missing quantity. It was cut for the, purposes of th e w h ee l b arometer machinery, and wou l d come into the hands of no other person in his establish; meat but the p r i soner . H e h ad lately lost upwards 0 ' thirty pounds' worth of this material. A witness from Mr. Bachelor's proved that the prisoner had s o ld th e meta l produced, and that ho he' recently sold at the same foundry other quantities ee different occasions. The prisoner was remanded to give time for furthe r inquiries. He said he did not " mean to say how lie got the brass." 81127'115, On the 10th inst., at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, the Wir e of the Rev. Henry P. Dawes, of a son. On the 10th inst., at Tonbridge•wells, the wife of G. Morewood, Esq., of New York, Liverpool, and London, of daughter. On the 10th inst., at Le e d s , th e w i fe of J. W. Scott, Esq•' of a daughter. MARRD. On the 9th i ns t., at the parish lE church, John e ld es t son of Joseph Butterworth, Esq., Belle-green, toAnne, eldest daughter of J. Pilling, Esq., Bridge Fold, Rochdale. On the 10th inst., at Bayous Manor, Li nco l ns hi r e, John U. Palmer, Esq of the Chancery Bar, only son of S. Palm er, Esq., of Dulwich, and Loughwortby, Devonshire, to Clara niria, second d aug h ter of the Right Hon. C. Tenn3'son d'Eyncourt, M.P. DIED. On the Pith inst., at Marshall Thom son's Hotel, Gen eral Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, K.M.T., Colonel of the 15th (King's) Hussars, in the 73d year of his age. On the 10th inst., at Eaton-place West, the Right Hon' Lady Lady Margaret Maria Cocks, daughter of the late E ar ' Scorers, aged 53. London; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, c'! NO. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. ii Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county P' litidaleiex t Lim.lay. May 15, 1849. 45'p 46p 46 p Y•)