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EWS FA .-: rte' __--A- a s "."7i NEW NOVEE, BY THE AUTHOR OF " EMILIA WYNDHAM." Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., M oRD AUNT HALL; OR, A SEPTEMBER NIGHT. By the Author of " EMILIA WYNDHAM," "ANGELA," &e. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL. .Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., L U - CILLE BELmoNT. A NOVEL. "A new Star has made its appearance in the heaven of invention. The reader of 'Lucille Belmont' will rise front the perusal deligf ted with an eloquent history of human feelings, human sufferings and human weaknesses, charmingly epitomised in a most romantic tale of love. The novel abounds, too, in graphic descriptions of high and of ficial society, in vigorous sketches of distinguished statesmen, and in life-like portraits of eminent persons in the world of fashion, politics, and literary eminence, whom our readers would recognise at first sight. With regard to the question of the authorship of ' Lucille B elmont,' we are certain that the writer is a man of extensive poli tical and diplomatic knowledge, and of exalted station, a poet, a Philosopher, and a man of the world." —Morning Post. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE LONDON' and PROVINCIAL MEDICAL. DIRECTORY, 1849, being the fifth annual issue, Is now ready, price 7s. 6d., entirely revised, and with many im portant additions, extending to more than 600 closely printed pages. Published by John Ctiurehill, Princes street, Soho, and all Book - fiel i er ,, or sent free by post, on receipt of a Post-office order, drawn in favour of Mr. Thomas Rolfe, Medical Directory Office, 11, Beau fOrt-huildinis, Strand. JAMES'S THEATRE. ST Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that the performance of French Plays will be resumed at this Theatre on Monday Evening next, Jan. 15, V the production of LE MAITRE DE CILAPELLE, music by Pater, compressed into one act, as represented at the Opera Comique, Paris; Barnabe, M. ileaUCe ; Gertrude, Madlle. Guichard (their first appearances at this Theatre) : and Auber's popular Opera Comique, in three acts, LE DOMINO NOIR ; Horace, M. Couderc, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris ; Angeline, Maddle. Charton (their first appearances at this Theatre). The performances before Easter will be selected from the following repertoire Maitre de Chapelle, by Paer; Le Neauveau Seigneur, by Boieldieu ; Le Tablean Parlant, by Gretry ; Le Valet de Chambre, by Carafa ; L'Ean Merveillieuse, by Grisar ; La Double Echelle, by Thomas ; Le Bouffe et le Tailleur, by Gaveux ; Adolphe et Clara, by Dalayrac ; Richard Coeur de Lien, by Gretry ; Le Domino Noir, by Auber ; La Dame Blanche, by Boieldieu ; Le Fidele Berger, by Adam ; Fra Diavolo, by Auber.—Engagensents : Madlle. Charton (from the Opera Comique, Paris, Madlle Guichard (Premiere Dugazon, from Brussels), Madlle. Morel (from the Opera Comique, Paris);Madlle. Martial (from the Theatre of Mons), Mdle. Mancini (from the Theatre of Rouen), Madlle. Garique (from the Theatre Royal, Berlin), Mons. Couderc (from the Opera Comique, Paris), Mons. Bonnamy (from the Theatre of Lyons), M. Coyer, M. Buguet (from the Theatre of Brussels), M. Beauce (from the Theatre of Lille), M. Chateaufort (from the Theatre of Bordeaux), M. Martial (from the Theatre of Mons), and M. Julien Deschamps (from the Theatre du Gymnase, Paris),—For the effective perform ance of the music of the above works, Mr. Mitchell has the honour to announce the engagement of the following eminent professors : Chef d'Orchestre, Mr. Charles Hanssens; Messieurs Tolbecque, Barret, Baumann, Lazarus, Remusat, Bourotte, Deloffre, Newsham, Peyton, Shepherd, Morris Alsept, Campanile, King, Boose, Larkins, Vaudreland, Nicholson, Winterbottom, &c. 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 : Orchestra Stalls .. • • 10s. 6d. Boxes .. • • ss. Od. Pit• • •• .• .. 3a. 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. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. - THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Charles Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. ?miring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendere EVENIN d Mori e G comfortable. THIS Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Beek, entitled THU HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr. Hughes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and C. , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; Willy, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Pail Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. stOTAL LYChIJM TFIEAT RE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mahe As. THIS EVENIN(-. Will be performed A PECULIAR rOSITION. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil liam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Nlacnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and \l adame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEA., fri TUE PUBLIC. Dress •,.oxen, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington street, Is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATI:E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and ' , tanager. Due= the Recess this Theatre has been re-det. , rated and embel lished In a superb and costly manner ty Mr Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arras: meats have been nsade for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and cenTeaience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will he performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey, C. FiQher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Kenwerthy, Mrs. Weiss, and •Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled num? . KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite, Mr. Dc Darr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. EllOrMolle success of the Iloliday Novelties, the most astounding in :he Metropolis.--A gorgeous Spectacle.—llerr Heimler, the mast extraordinary Rope-dancer in Europo.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Performances. — A new comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely t• the magnificent S76ctacte of the WARS OF THE JEWST or, The Fall of Jerusalem. After which, Herr Ilengler on the Tight-rope. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. The Celebrated ARABS will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti. cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. TIIE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, JANUARY 7. Tu I% RX ()METE It, Lowest, 28; Highest, 35; Noon, 31. BAROMETER, 30.13. WIND W.S.W. ; dull, foggy, cold weather. JANUARY 8. THERIIMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 34; Noon, 38. BAROMETEB, 29.65. WIND S.W.; dull rairy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morning, 51 min. after 12 I Evening, 19 min. after 1. , corning, 45 twin. after 1 Evening, 11 TAM. after 2, .....,.....: . 4.t 1 . , r 4 1 : .• 1 42', , -....,„ .... • ' A- 1. : ~ ';o'''','. 1 ' 4 4.; , 5 , ..„, •,-, -, (4' 451, • --J ----- , - ~ .01e le , , - Zr... ; ‘ . :;tt - • nigki k o,iv ' , , ..,..: 1 11 at ." I ~---' ' 4 ,, .., A k • ::`, ,r 77 ~... ‘ . .:...i.i . r • m 0:4 . ;,;', •., ''• ' VA , , 4 , 1 •- , .*:, - , :"- ''' . ' - ebtlttrf_tini LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1849. MACAULAY, in that great " History of England" which has become renowned within a fortnight, and h a s already assumed its place of immortality among our classic literature, utters this memorable sentence -4 , It is no exaggeration to say that a civil war of a week on English ground would now produce disasters which would be felt from the lloangho to the Mis souri, and of which the traces would be discernible at the distance of a century."—Hist. of Eng., I. 35. A tacit conviction of this has long impres s ed it se lf upon the consciousn ess of Englishmen: and the merit of .the historian arises simply from the cir cumstance of his being the first to express In articulate words the thought which has gradually overshadowed the soul of the population. Yes : it is certain that any successful attempt at physical Force agitation in these islands would strike an electric current of calamity from the Hoangho to the Missouri, from Quadra to Formosa , fr om the St e ppes of Russia t o the Pampas of Mexico. And the consequences of this universal explosion of mis fortune would, as the annalist has declared, be " dis cernible at the distance of a century." Now that the truth has been p ronounced, it cannot be too fre quently reiterated — seeing that with it are i nt i mate l y blended the destinies, more or less, of the whole world, and in an immediate manner the very existence of the British empire. It affords, moreover, a striking cor roboration of the judg ment decreed first upon the g ang of Chartists at Smithfield, and subsequently upon the band of Repealers at Clonmel. It is a brilliant jus. tification of the stringent measures adopted by the Government for the maintenance of Order, and the suppression of Rebellion. it testifies that the House of Commons was only availing itself of its rational and constitutional powers, in acceding to the Minis terial demand for the temporary suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland. It avers, moreover, in the most decisive language, that the multitude have in these times of tumult, when the genius of Re volution appears to be übiquitous, at least within the boundaries of Christendom—recognized their only safe road towards the extension of their liberties and the amelioration of their sufferings ; it re-assures them that that pathway is the pathway of moral exci tation, and not of physical remonstrance, and that the r-tip* effectual weapon for the conquest of their p011.,406,1 .,406,1 difficulties, is the weapon of the intellect, em. 514 ployed at one moment through the medium of the press, and at another through the fervent lips of the orator. O'CONNELL revealed the sublime principle which is embodied in the truth proclaimed by MACAULAY, and which constitutes in fact its very vitality, when be declared that no political advantage is worthy of attainment the struggle for which would cause the effusion of one single drop of blood. So profound is the apprecia tion of all this by the inhabitants of these realms, that democratic as we are in the innermost recesses of our heart, and sympathising as we did (earnestly, and almost passionately) with the insurgent Republicans of February, we were, nevertheless, during last April resolute in the prevention of an outbreak in the streets of the metropolis. The awful responsibility of their position weighs upon the imagination of the English million—they feel that now more than ever they are invested with a tremendous influence over the fortunes of mankind—they know that at this moment they hold within their grasp the hopes and fears of society, that they are in fact the Custodians of the Liberties of the World. In the Parliamentary session which will commence on the first of the ensuing February, there will very soon be manifest the germs of a serious and compre hensive agitation. Abuses have proceeded to such lengths in our system of administration, and these abuses have been of such prolonged and grinding continuance, that the people are fixed in the determi nation that, cost what it may, those abuses shall termi nate, that system of administration shall be modified. Upon this point there is no longer any hesitation. A vast scheme of retrenchment has become necessary. The newly developed science of political economy, applied already to the receipts of the Exchequer, must at last and immediately influence its disburse ments. The corrupt and immemorial labyrinth of sinecures the lavish distribution of the national funds, without ensuring any adequate return, in the shape of services—the deplorable and degrading habit of nepotism, which has, in a greater or a lesser degree, infected nearly every department of the State all these things must be scrutinized, and, in the event of their detection, annihilated. Financial Reform is no idle watchword. Neither are the plans for retrenchment advanced by Mr. COBDEN and Mr. MACGREGOR to be treated lightly as the eccentric programmes of an impracticable movement. Prior to the passage of Ole celebrated Bill of CHARLES, Earl GREY, through both Houses of Par liament, the preparations for its advancement were without doubt immeasurably more noisy than those which have been made of late by the promoters of the still greater reform to be applied to the finances of the country ; but of this we are equally well satisfied that the will of the multitude was not so inexorably resolute, neither was its aggregate intelligence so directly im pinged upon the point of attack. In the present in stance there is no opportunity for retractation. Our most distinguished radical reformers are pledged irrevocably to the venture—and, what is more, they are not recognised, as in 1831, upon the benches of the Opposition ; they are, on the contrary, ranged behind the seats appropriated to the members of the Government. We have said that the people are sternly and inflexibly determined, cost what it may, to realise their intentions in regard to the accomplishment of a great financial improvement. But we have prefaced that assertion with the remark that the people of England are loath, beyond descrip tion, to work out any political advantage, no matter how sublime that advantage may be, with the daggers and the firebrands of rebellion. As Custodians of the Liberties of the World they find themselves repelled from insurrection. The weight of their responsi bilities makes them gravitate towards Order. And the secret of all this is simply, that unlike the struggling nationalities of the Continent, we have not the necessity of digging out our foundations. Not only the foundations but the superstructures of good government have been built up for us by our fore fathers. Our labours are briefly restricted to the modification of what has been already created—and common sense assures us that this can be accom plished without resorting to the perils of a grand political detonation. *„* Our criticism of Mr. Macaulay's " History of England" has been delayed until the present time by the non-receipt of a copy of the first edition, arising from the unprecedented rapidity of its sale. An impression of the second edition has just come to hand, and, imme diately we can find space for so doing, we shall have the satisfaction of laying before, our readers our opinion of this remarkable production. The inquiry into the working of the Poor-law in Ireland, which was so urgently demanded last ses sion by the great majority of the Irish representa tives, but which was so injudiciously refused, must undoubtedly be conceded immediately on the meet ing of Parliament. An incalculable amount of mis chief has already been occasioned which might have been averted if the desired investigation had taken place, and remedial measures introduced. The southern and western districts are those in which the evils have reached the most fearful extent, and unless something be done, and that speedily, all classes in these ill fated localities will be involved in one common ruin. The rates that have been struck cannot by any pos sibility be collected, although the most stringent measures are adopted. Boards of guardians are deeply indebted to all those from whom credit can be obtained, and they cannot procure funds to provide even for the daily expenditure, much less to satisfy existing liabilities. Memorials are every day forwarded to the Poor-law Commissioners and the Govern ment, setting forth the deplorable state of affairs and imploring some immediate assistance, without which the most frightful results may be anticipated. These statements may be in some degree exaggerated, but they are unquestionably based upon truth ; and the real state of facts is sufficiently appalling to com mand immediate attention from the Government and the Legislature. The case of each union must be investigated upon its individual merits. No general view of the condition of the entire country will suffice. It may be perfectly true that the average demand on the rental of the coun try is not more than should fairly be provided for, or than must be encountered by many English rate-payers—that the average number relieved does not exceed 10.48 in the entire population, or that the amount of expenditure could be fully liquidated by a rate of 3s. in the pound on the poor-law valuation of the nation; and yet in the more impoverished unions the poverty may completely swamp the property, the ;.nominal proprietors of land be left without a single shilling for their own support, or for inte rests upon the charges by which their properties are incumbered, and eventually the lands may remain uncultivated, because the entire !produce should be appropriated to the maintenance of myriads of paupers, and nothing would remain for the landlord's rent or the tenant's labour. Is it desirable that such a state of affairs should be brought about by the operation of a law imposed upon the country by an Imperial Legislature? Is it politic, just, or equitable ? We unhesitatingly reply in the negative ; and every un prejudiced man must jnin in the response. As an illustration of our argument, let us take the condition of the Union of Ballinrobe during the month of April, 1848, as set forth in the report of the Commissioners ; and we believe that it is not an extreme case, or by any means more than many others that could be adduced. It appears then that the population of the union, ac cording to the census of 1841, amounted to 85,031, , and that there is workhouse accommodation f o r 800 only, or something less than one in a hundred and six of the population. The average number relieved, how ever, amounted to no less than 35,486, or 41.75 out of each hundred; of these 786 were maintained in the workhouse, while 34,700 were placed upon the out relief lists. It also appears that the valuation of rated property amounts to 85,2171., while the total expenses in the single month of April amounted to 3,6851. Now, 3,685/. Xl2 amounts to 44,2201,, or 10s. 6d. in the pound on the entire valuation. Again we find that the amount of poor -rate collected during the month amounted to I,o2sl.—that 7,3461. of rate re mained uncollected at the end of the month, and that the expenses during the month exceeded the collection by no less than 2,6601.—that 91. remained in the trea surer's hands to the credit of the union,assistance while the fr o from debts th e theunion that ion i and liabilities amo unted to no less than 3 w , 13 i eh 3 / . thevery questionmonth received was one follow of seven du ring British Association, viz.:— Amount advanced at the recommendation of the Poor-law Commissioners ... ... 47,600 Amount of Grants for Feeding Children ... 1,400 Amount of Grants for Relief of Sick Poor, Cloth- ing, &c. ... The condition of the ratepayers was, therefore, more than usually favourable, because munificent and liberal aid was afforded,l which could not be hoped for under other circumstances. Again, we find it stated in a memorial unanimously agreed to at a meeting of magistrates for the county of Clare, and transmitted by Sir Lucius O'BRIEN, the Lieutenant of the county, to his Excellency the Earl of CLARENDON, that " from the month of April to October they had Bs. 3d. in the pound poor rate in one union of the county, and still more in another; and that they are informed that another rate, of at least 3s. in the pound, is on the eve of being: struck." Such a state of affairs would surely be sufficient to paralyse the exertions, and eat up the re sources of persons wholly unincumbered, even during a season of more than average prosperity. What, then, must be the result when it occurs during a period of the utmost depression—when other heavy burdens, public as well as private, must be provided for, and when (to use the words of the memorial we have already quoted), " agricultural produce, corn, cattle, butter, and wool have fallen 50 per cent. in value." It will not enable the rate-payers of Ballinrobe, or the union in the county of Clare, to meet their liabilities, because the average amount in Ireland is only 3s. in the pound—nor will the farmers of Connaught be encouraged to cultivate their lands, and give the whole produce to the poor, because itheir brethren of Ulster and Leinster are enabled easily to maintain the paupers for whom they are chargeable under the present state of the law. Some alteration is essential, and the more speedily it be introduced the better. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. _ _ _ It appears ',that the differences which existed be tween the PRESIDENT of the Republic and his Minis ters have been patched up for the present, and he is to give them a grand dinner at the Elysee in token of reconciliation. The differences which have existed are, however, of too serious a nature to thus be lightly passed over. They no longer relate merely to per sonal questions of patronage, but to matters of national concern. With regard to the conferences at Brussels, for instance, one portion of the Ministry is desirous tbat they should be confined entirely to the Lombardo- Venetian question, whilst others think the question of Rome should also be considered. The President Bora,- PARTE considers that the question of Rome should be kept distinct from that of the other, and on this point he agrees in opinion with the minority of the Cabinet. In the sitting of the Assembly, on Saturday, some explanations took place as to the cause of the retire ment of M. LEON DE MALLaymix from office. These explanations were elicited by the appearance of the following litter in La Liberte, addressed to that journal by M. GERMAIN SARRUT, representative of the people : "In au article in your journal you express, on ac count of myself and M. Belmontet, au old friend of Louis Napoleon, the intimation that we possess valuable and secret information on the affair at Boulogne, encore en velopee de brouillards. For my part, Sir, I have been waiting with some impatience for those interpellations about which some noise has been made, and my voice would not then have failed in declaring the truth; but I think that it does not belong to me or to M. Belmontet to open the bia ach of publicity en dehors de M. Louis Bonaparte, without being officially called upon. In the same article you say, la production en ses lieu et place des dossiers judiciares pent, etc. This is completely erro neous. I affirm in the moat absolute, positive, and cate gorical manner, that there were some dossiers judiciares, of which there are no traces left en leurs lieu e plate, and I take upon myself all the responsibility of this de claration ; and; if they were restored, I could prove in the most peremptory manner—first, that their removal had taken place; and, secondly, that their restoration to their place was posterior to the retirement of M. de Malleville from the Ministry of the Interior. I do not think fit at the present moment to carry my assertions any further." In consequence of the publication of this letter M. Laori DX MALLEVILLE, during the sitting of the National Assembly on Saturday, interrupted the proceedings, and requested to be heard. His request having been granted, M. Leon de Malleville ascended the tribune, and spoke as follows:—I have to apologise to the Assembly for in terrupting its proceedings- a moment ; but I feel con vinced it will pardon one of its Members who has been attacked in his honour, and who cannot wait longer for interpellations, announced incessantly, and never brought forward. I have waited for these interpellations, though I have not provoked them myself. I need scarcely say that I did not fear them. Since my withdrawal from the Ministry there have appeared in various journals most shameful calumnies against me, which I have looked on with disdain. But this morning a letter has been published which I cannot pass by in silence, since it has been signed by one of our colleagues.—(Move ment.) He did not come and ask a word of explana tion from me before launching forth his attack. I have waited all day to ascend the tribune until he should happen to be present.—(Hear, bear.) The following is the passage of the letter in which I find my name men tioned:—" I affirm, in the most absolute, the most posi tive, the moat categorical manner, that there have been judicial documents of which not a trace remains in their proper place, and I accept all the responsibility of this assertion. I further declare, that if they are at present restored, I can prove, in the most peremptory manner— ist. That their removal had taken place; and 2d. That their restoration to their proper place is posterior to the withdrawal of M. de Malleville from the office of Minis ter of the Interior." A Voice—Signed by whom? M. L. de Malleville—By Germain Sarrut.—(Ah, ah Agitation.) Such is the letter; and certainly I could never have supposed that in my political career, however modest my part might be, I should ever have to defend myself one day against the charge of being a purloiner of documents.—(Renewed agitation.) Numerous Voices—No, no; you have no reason to reply to such a charge. M. L. de Malleville—l now call on the member who signed that letter to come forward and explain what he means, But previously, I will disprove his assertions. —(Hear, hear.) The documents of the a ff airs of Bou logne and Strasburg have remained under the guard of the various Ministers of the Interior, and are in perfect safety. It has been affirmed that some of them have been taken away. But here is a public act, signed by M. Herrmann, the Secretary .General of the department of the Interior, declaring that the documents with which the name of M. Louis Bonaparte has been mixed up, were carefully placed aside in sixteen paper cases, and sealed with the official seal. This act further gives an inventory of all the documents.—(Hear, hear.) This proceeding took place the very day that M. Louis Bonaparte was proclaimed President of the Republic. Now, why did I take this precaution ; why did I pro vide myself with this act ? Because, as these docu ments could be removed, I was unwilling to be in any way a party in such a transaction ; and I do not think that any Minister of the Interior could so fail in his duty as to allow documents to be taken away which belong to history and to the state.—(Loud approbation.) But, continued the Hon. Gentleman, raising his voice, and speaking with extraordinary animation and firmness, in reply to such insinuations I can affirm, on my honour, in the face of the country, that whoever asserts that I, Malleville, Minister of the Interior, have touched these papers—have seen them—have removed any of them; whoever says anything of all this, basely lies (a laehe meat menti).—(Tremendous cheering, which was again and again repeated.) I have nothing further , to add on the subject; but there will always remain to me from this discussion a most painful feeling—that of having been obliged to declare that I am neither a purloiner nor a forger.--(" No,norLoud denial from every part of the Chamber.) I have been reproached with being ambi tious—if I have bun so, lat this moment deeply expiate that tendency.—(Sensation.) The matter alleged by M. Sarrut is utterly impossible—the seal on the paper cases has not been broken, the cases have not been opened, the documents have not been taken. The fact alleged is, I repeat, simply impossible.—(Loud approbation.) Great agitatien followed these remarks. M. Germain Sarrut appeared on the tribune, but withdrew on seeing M. Leon Faucher appear on the steps at the other side. The Minister of the Interior—The words which you have just heard from M.. de Malleville require no con firmation from any one. No one here entertained any suspicions injurious to him—(Hear, hear.) His honour is not merely his own property, it is that of the Minis ters who were with him in power, and of those who suc ceeded him—(Loud approbation.) I say that it is not allowable for them to permit him to be attacked in their presence. I say that to allow him to be attacked would be to sanction an attack on the whole Cabinet. — (Hear, hear.) Each of the Ministers sitting on that bench comprehends his duty as M. de Malleville did. The documents of which he spoke are still under seal ; I can declare to tho Assembly that they will remain so, for we consider them as a public deposit, and as the pro perty of the State.—(Loud approbation.) M. G. Sarrut—l am perfectly calm after these pas• sionate words.—(oh, oh.) I repeat that lam perfectly calm.—(lnterruption.) A Voice—Again! M. G. Sarrut—Yes, I shall repeat the same, M. Bazi, until the Assembly does me the honour to listen. M. Bazi—W by, I never said a word. M. G. Sarrut—l say, then, that I am perfectly calm —(Agitation)—after the words which I have just heard indicative of an honourable susceptibility on the part of M. de Malleville. But I am sure of what I alleged; and, notwithstanding the disinclination of the persons who interrupt me, the truth must remain the truth.— (Movement.) M. de Malleville has not been in any way attacked by me.—(Considerable agitation.) For some days past my name has appeared, contrary to my THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1849 , wish, in several journals, and that is the reason why I wrote the letter which was published this morn ing, and which I shall read to you in its totality. Here it is, as it appeared in the Liberte, —" In an article in your journal, entitled 'La Tribune et La Presse' (an article which I may say, en passant, that I fully approve of), you express, relative tome and M. Belmontet, an old friend of M. Louis Napo leon's, an opinion that we possess secret and important information relative to the affair of Boulogne, still en veloped in mist. For my part, I waited with some im patience for the interpellations which were spoken of, and then my voice would not have made default to the truth; but I think that it belongs neither to M. Belmon tet nor to me, to open the breach of publicity, indepen dently of M. Louis Bonaparte, without being officially called on to do so. In the same article you say that the production of the judicial documents in their proper place can take place. That ciroumstance I declare to be completely erroneous. I affirm, See." (The remainder has been already given in M. de Malleville's speech.) Is there, continued the Honourable Gentle man, in all that a word against M. de Malleville? Certainly not. My thoughts were never to attack him. Now, I say, that it was the juge d'instruction, who allowed a body of documents to be taken away, when they ought to remain in their place at the Palais de Jus tice, and not elsewhere. I ask if it be not true that M. Pinard, Procureur of the Republic, replied on Novem ber 16th last, to an avoue, who demanded certain papers in the name of persons against whom the bill brought was ignored, that there remained no trace of them? — (Noise.) It is not now that these allegations, these complaints were made for the first time; under Louis Philippe the same was done, and then the answer given was, that there were persons who had made default, and that the documents could not be parted with. At pre sent, if' you wish to liberate from their sentence the per sons in default, you can do so; and if you wish to pro ceed against them, you can do it, for they are at Paris, Why do you not act against them? I have in my pos session the letter of M. Pinard, declaring that there is no trace of the documents, and I promise to lay it, if required, before the Assembly.—(Agitation.) That letter affirms that all the documents of the trial of 1839 have disappeared. I ask how it happens that such papers are not forthcoming.—(Re newed agitation.) You will be pleased to remember that the question does not relate to attacks against the Pre sident of the Republic. as M. Louis Bonaparte was not elected to his high office on Nov. 16. A new demand has been made since then, and the Procureur who suc ceeded M. Pinard replied that the documents relating to the Bonapartist conspiracy must have been transported to the Chamber of Peers, and thence to the hotel of the Ministry of the Interior. I can comprehend perfectly well that the archives of the Chamber of Peers should hare been transported to the Ministry of the Interior; but I ask why the documents of the affair of 1839 have disappeared? Can it be that in that affair were com promised certain persons, the most highly placed in the social scale—an Emperor amongst the rest?—(Great agitation.) This is not the first time that this allegation has been brought forward. You may remember that it was formerly put forth. How, then, is it that this affair left no trace behind? I will tell you; because we were betrayed; because the documents were sold.—(Agitation.) Voices on the Left—Go on, go on. M. G. Sarrut—Do you suppose that the President of the Republic has not a right to learn what persons then betrayed his confidence? Do you imagine that he is not entitled to know what took place? After the decision which ignored the bills, a new plot was prepared. We believed—(lnterruption). A Voice—Who is we? Mr. G. Sarrut—We, the conspirators of 1839. We believed, and we had good reason for doing so, that this plot was not a bona fide one, and that the police guided all the threads of it. We, on the one hand, wanted with the name of Bonaparte to effect universal suffrage, whilst others world not have the name of Bonaparte. Six millions of votes have replied for us.—(Agitation.) It is then that the members of the first plot split into two camps. One considered the name of Bonaparte an excellent rallying cry to overturn the Bourbons, and with the Bourbons the throne. The other had a dif ferent object in view; they remained firm in the breach, and the affair of Boulogne took place. Well, the documents of 1840 have disappeared ; and I affirm that both those, and the papers of 1839, ought to be found at the Palais de Justice. M. de Malleville has told you that such documents do not disappear, that they belong to history; yet M. de Malleville must be aware that the papers of the conspiracy of Grenoble disappeared, and that those relative to the death of the Duke d'Enghein shared the same tate. You perceive, therefore, that such documents are not watched over with such warm affec tion; yet they are history, and, historical as they are, they cannot now be found I The day on which M. de Malleville quitted the Ministry, the President of the Re public wrote to him to demand the documents; the letter tell into the hands of his successor. We have a right to know what has become of those documents, which it has been impossible to find— Several voices —Who, you ? M. G. Sarrut—We, again; the conspirators of 1839. (Noise.) There is this difference between me and many others—that I conspired with 114 others, and almost in the open day.—(lnterruption.) This avowal is now mad( because the President of the Republic has been pro claimed. We figured at the Court of Assizes, and ever) one could take note of us. I will not enter into more explicit explanations, for reasons which every one can divine ; but I want it to be clearly shown that the docu ments have disappeared, and that men have remained from three to eleven months in prison, without any do cument remaining to prove it, beyoad the registry at the gaol. And if the Minister of Justice, after the inquiry which I demand from him, cannot find any trace of these documents, is it not natural to suppose that their disappearance is connected with the scheme set on foot, and which terminated in the affair of Boulogne?—(Loud interruption.) If we are wrong in our opinion, let the documents be forthcoming; tea it be proved that the affair of Boulogne was not got up by the police.—(Agita tion.) In conclusion, I have to repeat that I had no intention whatever to include M. de Malleville in my charge. The letter of M. Pinard declares that there is no trace of the documents which we demand. I am therefore correct in saying that if they have again ap peared, it can only be since M. de Malleville's with- - irawal. A Vo;ce on the Left—lt is evident. M. G. Sarrut—What concerns me is, to denounce to the Assembly, to the country, the disappearance of do cuments of importance. I have done nothing more or less. I decline all other responsibility. —(Agitation.) M. 0. Barrot (the President of the Council)—l can not comprehend the character nor bearing of the present incident.—(Hear, hear.) I have listened with the greatest attention to the Hon. Member who has just left the tribune, and I cannot discover what is the political sense of his charge. The time of a great Assembly like this ought not to be taken up unless with serious mat ters, invested with a political character. Well, then, I ask, where is that interest, or where is it designed to go? When a conspiracy is spoken of, I ask myself whether there has not been a real one to bring into disconsidera tion all the great powers of this country.—(Approba tion.) For my part, I cannot see in the interest of what opinion, of what party, such conspiracy could have been got up.—(Hear.) It is pretended that certain documents connected with law proceedings are no longer at the Palais de Justice, where they ought to be; but Hon. Gentlemen do not know if these documents, transported to the Court of Peers, as connected with a trial brought before it, have not been taken thence to the Ministry of the Interior, where they now are, as is affirmed by the Minister of the Interior who just left the Ministry, and by his suc cessor.—(lnterruption.) If any other Go vernment has taken on itself to remove judicial docu ments, in the puerile ho p e of disarming the judgment of things, we c annot h e l p i t; b ut, as ncerned, we shall never perm i t suc h an The parties inte res t e d are en titl e d f h aac i r s t t . — o a r s y ( wH o ee n aa n a rr, e e h n ceoar and certainly to withdraw the documents belonging to them, but not until after a complete judgment has been given. It is without doubt to that the Procureur of the Re public alluded in the reply spoken of. With respect to the administrative portion of the documents, they have a confidential character, which belongs to no party—no o e has glance over them.—(Hear, hear.) S uc h i s t h e pr i nc ipl e which w e a for maintained, to e h m e ov n e t them, or cast an investigating and which wo shall continue to maintain, interests, the honour, and the n r ti security of every Government—touching, as it does, every interest, public and private. I shall not go further. The explanations which I have just given ap• pear to me sufficient to satisfy whatever this incident pos sesses of regular circumstances, orconnected with positive right. As to the desire to seek after I know not what scandal—as to the affectation of rats illing to mind certain remembrances—as to the pretensions of establishing a certain joint responsibility—(Loud cheers)—l think that it is neither proner, nor politic, nor patriotic, to attempt to make the sli;:htest, or most indirect attack, on the moral force of the power which has emanated from , uni versal suffrage.—(Cheers.) On ihe contrary, we all have an interest to resp ec t th e h a l o w i t h w hich the confidenc e of the people has encircled it.—(Renewed cheers.) M. G. Sarrut denied that he had any intention to weaken the feeling alluded to. There were some men who rejected the joint responsibility alluded to.—(Hear, hear, on the Left) A s to t h e documents, the Govern. ment might, if it pleased, divide them; but if they put aside those conn ecte d w i t h t h e a dministrative side of th e matter, it could not those of a judicial character, andiof which the fact of the bills being ignored authorised the restitution.—(Numerous cries of "The order of the day.") M. Dupont (de Bussac)—l was not one of the eonspi rotors of 1839, and consequently I do not come here to speak of that matter. I come for the purpose of asking permission to demand explanations on Monday next, re lative to the late Ministerial modification. (Great agitation.) M. Charamaule—And the order of the day which has been called for ? _ _ The President—lt is elearly understood that the prin cipal incident is terminated. The President of the Council--It does not belong to me, certainly, t o regu l ate t h e proceedings of the As sembly, but I hav e to b eseec h it, in the interest of the country, to dispose of the matter forthwith.—(Loud cries of " Yes ! yes " from all sides.) M. Dupont (de Bussac)—lf the Ministry is ready to reply I am ready to proceed.—(Hear, hear.) M. de Malleville expressed his surprise just now that this dis cussion should have menaced him for seven or eight days without being brought to the tribune, but he ought to be aware that many things which pass in the interior of a Cabinet are known only in the course of time. —(Noise.) I desire to know what are the motives of the Honourable Member's withdrawal from the Cabinet ; was that act caused or not by the sixteen case s j ust no w spoken of ? According to the reply that may be given, there will be an occasion to examine if the President of the Re public has not a right to know all that passes in the State.—(Marks o f di ssent .) Those sixteen cases have been put under sea l , not b y M. de Malleville, but before his arrival at th e Mi n i stry , by M. Panisse, whom he then dismissed, avd replaced by the Inlgt Wll9 was at the heed of the secret police in 1840.—(Agitation.) And who was the person against whom these cases were defended— against whom the possibility of taking away the docu ments was protected? It was the President of the Re public.—(Renewed agitation.) M. de Malleville—The interpellations refer to me more than to the Ministry. I respect the right exer cised by the Hon. Gentleman who has last spoken; but that right has its limits, and these limits are the respect which we all owe to the man who has been called to ithe high honour of being President of the Republic.— (Hear, hear.) I left the Cabinet from no personal difference; a personal difference certainly did take place, but it was repaired in the most generous manner with the greatest readiness ; but I thought that the confidence which was necessary to exist between the President and one of his Ministers ought not to have been shaken, and I in consequence withdrew. A refusal to communicate the sixteen cases of documents has been spoken of, but nothing was refused except having them removed. There are everywhere flatterers and officious persons, whom I certainly did not expect to see so soon in the ante-chambers of the Republic. It was they who led to this demand; but I again declare it was not the cause of my withdrawal. The Honourable Gentleman concluded by denying that he merited the reproach of excessive susceptibility.—(Approbation.) M. Dupont (de Bussac)—l must declare that I see in this withdrawal a grave constitutional question. Surely, if tlie President of the Republic desires to see certain documents, he need not proceed to the Ministry of the Interior for the purpose.—(Agitation.) Yet that is what M. de Malleville 's conduct would render necessary —(Cries of " the Order of the Day.") M. de Malleville has spoken of flatterers encumbering the antechambers of the Elys63; the President has an interest to ascertain if amongst them may not be the men who betrayed him in 1840.—(Applause on the Left; agitation.) The Minister of the Interior—l have nothing to add in the way of explanation to what M. de Malleville has said, but I desire to state what is the real intention of the interpellations. The wish was to divide, to sow discord, to weaken on the one side, the deference, and on the other the confidence necessary to the accord be tween the President and his Ministers.—(Hear, hear.) The Ministers will disappoint that expectation.— (Hear, hear.) Whenever the President demands any in formation from the Ministry, the Ministry will consider it its duty to afford it, even when not legally impera tive.—(Movement.) The order of the day was then pronounced. The sitting was brought to a close amidst extraordi nary agitation. The Constitutionnel publishes the following as the real letter addressed by the PIIIISIDIGNT to M. LEON DE MALLEVILLE, which led to the resignation of the latter :-- " Elysee, Dec. 27, 1848. " Monsieur le Ministre,—l have asked the Prefect of Police if he did not sometimes receive reports upon di plomacy. He answered me in the affirmative; and he added, that he yesterday remitted you copies of a dis patch about Italy. These dispatches you will compre hend ought to be remitted to me directly, and I must express my great dissatisfaction at the delay that you put in communicating them to me. I pray you equally to send me the sixteen cartons that I asked you for; I wish to have them on Thursday (they are the documents concerning the affsirs of Strasburg and Boulogne). I do not understand either that the Minister of the Interior is to take on himself the writing of articles which regard me personally. Such was not done under Louis Phi lippe, and ought not to be done. For some days I have ❑ot received telegraphic dispatches. In fine, I perceive clearly that the Ministers I have named wish to treat me as if the famous constitution of S:eyes was in force, but I will not suffer it. _ " ReceiTe, Monsieur le Ministre, the assurance of my sentiments of high distinction, " L. N. BONAPARTE. " P.S. I forgot to tell you that there are at Saint La zarre sixty females yet under arrest, one of whom has been summoned before a Council of War; tell me if I have the right of setting them at liberty, for, if I have, I will instantly give the order." A provincial journal has published a version of the difference between the PRESIDENT of the Republic and M. LEON DE MALuviLLE, relative to the docu ments in the archives of the Minister of the Interior, on the affair of Boulogne, from which it would ap pear that the PRESID ENT had received a communica tion stating that M. Lsori DE MALEVILLE, when for merly in office, had, in concurrence with an ex-Presi dent of the Council of Ministers, been a party to an intrigue against M. Louis NAPOLEON, and that it was for the purpose of ascertaining the truth or falsehood of this statement that the PRESIDENT of the Republic had demanded communication of the docu ments. According to another version certain docu ments had been abstracted. It seems tolerably evident that the PRESIDENT of the Republic now suspects that he was entrapped into the Boulogne expedition by M. TRIERS, at that time Prime Minister of LOUIS PHILIPPE; and, ac cording to the Reforme, M. TRIERS at that time played a double game ; betraying at the same time the councils of Louis PHILIPPE to the Bona partists and those of the Bonapartists . to Louis PHILIPPE. Some excitement was occassioned in Paris on Saturday in consequence of a visit paid by M. AR MAND MARRAST to the PRESIDENT of the Republic. the anxieties of the Ministers were, however, calmed when the PRESIDENT assured them that M. ARMAND MARRAST had not bean sent for by him. COORS AUTRENTIQUE, PARIS. JAN. 6.-French Five per Cents., 74f. 50c. 75e. 60a. 70c. 90c. 95c. 90c. 80c. 70c. 65c. 75c. 85c. 95c., 75f'„ 74F. 90c. 85c. 95c. 85e. 90c., 75f. 75f. Sc.lse. 20c. 10c., 75c., 74f. 90c. 75f. 74f. 95c., 75f.; New Loan, 74f. 50c. 55c. 65c. 70c. 80c.; Throe per Cents., 45f. 25c. 15c. 35c. 25c. 30c. 25c. 30c. 45c., 45f. 50c. 60c. 50c. 65c. 75c. 80c. 90c. 85c. 80c. 55c. 60e. 50c.; Bank of France, 1,6801., 1,6851., 1,690 r., 1,685 f.; Roman, 66f., 651 f.; Belgian Two-and-a-Half' per Cents., 43i. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f 27ic.; money, 25f. 25c.; three months, paper, 251. 20c.; money, 25f. 17c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 6. . ___ • _ Boulogne and Amiens, 7!s—Demerara, 5 —Dutch Rhenish, I—Luxembourg (7/.), %—Nainur and Liege, 5L4 Northern of Franee, I—Orleans and Bordeaux,' 2%—Paris and Lyons (101.), 4%—Paris and Rouen, 18 1 —Sambre and Ileuse, 3%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Ist instant have arrived. In the Spanish Senate, on the 30th ult., some new senators, among them Count DE MtRASOL and Lieut.- Gen. O'DortNELL took their seats. The draft of the address in answer to the QUEEN'S speech was pre sented by the committee, and was, as usual, almost a mere repetition of the speech. In the Chamber of Deputies, a very warm debate, in the course of which there was some personal altercation between M. GONZALES Bawd and the Minister of the In terior, took place on an amendment in the address proposed by M. CiNERO, relative to the extraordinary powers which had been conferred on the government by the last legislature. Eventually the amendment was rejected by 117 votes to 35. There was a ru mour at Madrid that the Cortes were to be adjourned on the 17th, but, though it was not believed that the session would last long, the report was considered premature. The rumour of the defeat of CONCHA by CAI RERA has not been confirmed. CONCHA. and his staff were at Vich, on the 26th. Colonel WILSON had left Madrid for England, it was said, on diplomatic business. The Bolsa was closed on New Year's Day. PORTUGAL. The Portuguese Cortes was opened on the 2d inst. The following was the Speech from the Throne : " Worthy Peers of the Realm, and Gentlemen Depu ties of the Portuguese nation,— " With extreme pleasure I again see the national re presentatives re-united around my constutional throne. " Public tranquillity has remained unaltered during the interval since the last session. Peace and order— essential guarantees of the representative system, founded upon public liberty and prosperity—have been maintained without the necessity of extraordinary mea sures, which are always of a painful nature. "The Portuguese nation, in the free use of the liber ties guaranteed by the constitutional Charter, has become worthy the envy of the most civilized countries, in con sequence of the peace and tranquillity it enjoys whilst Europe has been devastated by the flame of civil dis cord. The monarchical and social principles, in so many places threatened, derive their force in Portugal from the hearts of subjects essentially venerators of the Crown and of the religion of their ancestors. " I have been careful to reciprocate tha proofs of friendship I continue to receive from foreign Powers, and my Government seeks still further to consolidate and cement the ties which ally them with the Portu guese nation. " With profound sorrow I received accounts of the unhappy events which made the Holy Father consider it necessary to withdraw himself from his dominions and proceed to Gaeta, to which place he was followed by my Minister in Rome, who attended him in all his tri bulations, according to my orders. " Animated by the religious sentiments which gained for my august predecessors the title I so much value, of Most Faithful Sons of the Church,' I sent a peer of the realm, who is a chamberlain of my palace, upon an extra ordinary mission to the Sacred Pontiff, to whom I wrote as an obedient daughter, assuring him of the joy it would cause me should he be pleased to sanctify these realms with his presence. " In consequence of these events it is to be feared that delays will arise in the solution of pending negotia tions, which are called for by the spiritual necessities of the people, and by the interests of the Crown, in the enjoyment of rights which were always held in great value by the monarchs of this kingdom. Meanwhile, I have the satisfaction to announce to you that some re solutions, adapted to promote the religious well-being of Portuguese subjects, had been agreed upon in common accord with the Holy See, as my Government will in due time inform you. "You will likewise be made acquainted with a con vention entered into with the empire of Brazil for estab lishing a just reciprocity in navigation dues, founded upon the mutual convenience of both countries. " The state of the Public Treasury suffers from the defects of the present system of taxation, in which im portant modifications have become of urgent necessity, in order to combine the bona fide collection of the im posts with the convenience of the people, founding the improvements of the system on the clearness and sim plicity of its regulations, and the severe responsibility of 218 agents. "My Government will lay before you the budget of the receipts and expenditure of the State, and will render you an account of the execution of the laws recently passed for the administration of the public revenues. " Upon fixing the naval and military forces, you will attend to the exigencies of the public security and the honour of the nation, seconding my Government in the measures it has to propose fur attaining those important results. " All my ultramarine provinces continue in perfect tranquillity. If their position be not so prosperous as might be expected from their valuable resources, it has, however, generally improved. My Govern ment will propose to you such measures as it considers most appropriate for aiding the development of those resources. " I rely upon your devoting most serious attention to the examination of the budget and the proposals of organic laws which my Government will present to you, and thus promote, by care and united efforts, adminis trative improvements in the most important branches of the service, adopting, with respect to each, such mea sures as experience indicates and the public necessities demand. I hope that the Chambers will give to my Govern ment the efficacious and enlight« ned co-operation which the cause of monarchy, of order, and of liberty exacts." GERMANY THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Wiener Zeitung of the 30th ult. publishes the following official dispatch : " REPORT OF FIELD-MARSHAL PRINCE WINDISCHGRATZ. " Moor, Dec. 30. " I learnt yesterday, at Fisher, that 10,000 of the enemy, under the command of I'erczel, had taken, in ad vance of me the direction of Moor, and I immediately went in pursuit of them. I came up to them at Moor, where they had taken an advantageous position. I kept on the defensive, in order to allow the Martlief divisio❑ to come up, which was a short distance in my rear. The enemy, however, commencing to retire, I was forced to attack them with the Grammont brigade and my ca valry. In halt an hour we drove in the enemy's centre, took six cannons, and a great many prisoners, of whom many were officers. A general officer is reported to have been killed. The field of battle is c•,vered with the dead. The troops behaved with their accustomed bravery. The remainder of the enemy, about 8,000 strong, retreated in the direction of Sthulweissenbourg. " JELLACHICH, Field Marshal." WINDISCHGRATZ is advancing on Pesth, and JELL.A.- cnicu on Buda. The Augsburg Gazette says " Arrests are still made. Every day fugitives of the days of October are brought in loaded with chains. Several , journalists have been arrested." The Grand Duke CONSTANTINE of Russia has ar rived at Prague. A letter from Vienna, of the 30th ult., announces that the Bank has entered into a treaty with the firm of ROTHSCHILD, by which that house engages to furnish it whi' four millions of florins (about 10,000,0000 on drafts on other countries. Discounts were high in Vienna at the above date. M. STUMA CHER, the editor of the Journal of the Present Time, had been arrested. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 2d, in the Cologne Ga zette, says :—" The KING received this morning a deputation consisting of 90 persons, who presented to him an address signed by inhabitants in the dif ferent quarters of Berlin, congratulating his Majesty on the occasion of the new year. He re plied in nearly these terms Your presence here inspires me with confidence for the fu ture. Clouds have glided between us, and it is that circumstance which renders it so much more agree able to me to behold friendly visages around me in such numbers. Particularly when you come here of your own accord. All eyes are at present turned towards Berlin. The rupture between the Prince and the people, produced by an evil influence, can only be repaired by love and union, in order that we may advance with good results, in taking for our device the cry of "Forward !" We will enter on that path, which I trust the blessing of Heaven will render successful !' The Prince of PRUSSIA con versed for some time with the deputation, and the KING, after having addressed a few words to each, dismissed them with an intimation to carry to their fellow-citizens his good wishes for the ensuing year." FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament on the 3d SIMON was elected President for the ensuing mouth. The Cologne Gazette says, M. DE GAGERN has received from the Austrian Government the same rejection of his propositions as that he met with from the National Assembly. M. DE SCIIAIERLING, who has just arrived here, as Austrian Plenipotentiary, has sent to the Ministry of the Empire a note which contains the following passage :—" The Austrian Government Much regrets to see that the programme which it presented at the opening of the States at Kremsier has been so erroneously understood as that it is asserted that the passage in it touching its rela tions with Germany indicated a withdrawal from a confederation which has existed nearly a thousand years, and that in consequence Austria had proposed its exclusion from the raising up a new federal state, and the negotiation of alliances by means of diplo macy." The dispatch concludes with a strong protest against this interpretation, and, while acknowledging the duties of Austria towards Germany, it vindi cates also the sacred rights of Austria consecrated by history. In consequence of the receipt of this communica tion, M. liiiacnoEssNEß excused himself from pre senting at present to the German Parliament the answer to he given to the interpellations of the Aus trian Committee. _ _ In the sitting of the German Parliament of the 4th the motion of M. WESENDONCK, to declare null and void the dissolution of the Prussian Assembly, and the Constitution granted by the Crown, Was dis cussed. The proposition of the Commission, " that the Assembly pa9s to the order of the day on the pro position of M. WESENDONCK," was rejected by 230 against 202. The order of the day motive by M. WACLISMUTH was then lost by 241 against 167. The result of the order of the day motive by M. SimoN was not known. The Gazette de Cologne says—" We are able to deny authentically, the report that the King of WIR TEMBURG and the Duke of NASSAU have declared their readiness to acknowledge the King of PRUSSIA as Emperor of Germany." BAVARIA. MUNICH, JAN. I.—M. BEISLIE, deputy to the National Assembly, has accepted the portfolio of the Interior. The decree for the convocation of the two Chambers may now be immediately expected. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. The Copenhagen journals announce that the greater part of the garrison of that city is to quit the capital, the care of which will be confided to the urban militia, and that the soldiers, who had received illimitable furloughs, have been ordered to rejoin their regiments. The brigade of General HYE is going to Alsen, the other troops will be concentrated on Fin land and Jutland. The Berlinger Zeitung says, that the Minister of War intends to let the armaments keep pace with the diplomatic negotiations, so that at the expiration of the armistice he may have an army of 78,000 men at his command, not including the reserves. The Fadrelandst asserts upon good authority that in the instructions given to the Danish Plenipoten tiaries, charged with carrying on the negotiations for peace at London, there is no mention whatever, either of the incorporation of Schleswig with Denmark, or of the partition of the Duchy, but merely an appeal to the guarantee given by the Great Powers for the perpetual possession of Schleswig. The proclamation of the King of DENMARK appears to have met with approval at Schleswig. An address has been presented to his MAJESTY, signed by 1,200 of the Schleswig agricultural popu lation, containing the sentiments of the North Schles wig parishes. The essential points of agreement in these declarations are that the so-called representatives of the people, who are assum ing to themselves the right of a legislative body be declared illegal ; that the war tax, and other taxes imposed by the Provisional Government, be declared null and void ; that the officers appointed by the Pro visional Government be replaced by those previously appointed by the KING, who gained the confidence of the landed and other proprietors by the strict integrity of their proceedings; that the gendarmes patrol, which is now useless, and utterly repugnant to the inhabitants, be withdrawn. The brig of war St. Thomas, having on board the Governor- General IhrisEN, and the other Government officers, had arrived at St. Croix. Several transports had arrived there on the preceding day ; they took on board the Spanish troops, and with the St. Thomas sailed for Puerto Rico. Every thing was quiet. The negroes were, on the whole, working diligently. NORWAY. Letters from Norway state that the cholera has broken out at Bergen. On the 18th eleven persons had sickened. and three died. A cholera hospital for forty patients was immediately arranged. The weather was very mild, and the thermometer 14. The appearance of the cholera has excited very great apprehension in the city. The first person attacked was the wife of a smith. She died as they were taking her to the infirmary. Immediately after, her husband and children (one of whom died) were seized with it. SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, DEC. 23.—The Reform Club of Stockholm has sent a circular to all the reform societies in the kingdom, calling upon them to get up petitions the lira to call an Ultima Diet in the course of 1849 for settling the most important affairs of the country, the reform of the constitution, and the introduction of a general popular representative system by a representative code of administrative polity.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, Jan. 3. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The Wiener Zeitung says :—" The Turco-Russian army of occupation has now taken up its winter quarters. The Turkish troops have gone into their cantonments at the most important passage of the Danube—namely, Galaez, Ibralia, and Grangewo, independently of their quartering at Bucharest; the Russian army is lodged along the military road from Bessarabia to Bucharest, having their main stations at Leowa, Berlad, Forkshaw, Busen, and Bucharest, where the Dambowitza forms the line of demarca tion between the two encampments. Besides this, Jassy has a strong Russian garrison, and large bodies of the Russian army are lodged as far up as the boundaries of Transylvania, in ,Moldavia as well as in Wallachia. Intelligence from Belgrade says that Prince CARA GEORGEWITSCH and the Servian Senate, upon receiv ing the intelligence that the Emperor of AUSTRIA had recognised the Servian Worwode and re-established the Patriarchate, resolved to put an auxiliary force of 10,000 regulars and a subsidy of 20,000 ducats at the disposal of the War wode. Authority has been given to the free troops to cross the Danube, and to join the Servians in Hungary. The Pacha of BELGRADE has sanctioned all these measures. A report is in circulation that the Sultan has not only authorised the Servians to hasten to the assist ance of the Servians in Austria, but has even invited them energetically to support their neighbours and brethren. ITALY. By a Grand-Ducal decree of the 28th ult., the Legislative Assembly of Tuscany are convoked for the 10th instant. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 2d publishes an address of the Committee of the Provinces of Parma, Piacenza, Modena, and Reggio, to the President of the Council of Ministers, praying for the resump tion of hostilities. This address was presented on the 24th ult. The Genoa Gazette, of the Ist, states that the Genoa and Milan courier had returned with the letters and journals for the latter city, the Austrians having refused to let him pass the frontier. It was said that RADETZKY intended to resume hostilities himself; he has concentrated troops on the frontier, and particu larly at Piacenza, which gives easy access either to Piedmont, Tuscany, or Romagna. Advices from Rome of the 28th ult. announce that the Minister of the Interior on that day read the de cree for the dissolution of the two Chambers, which broke up accordingly. The proclamation of the Roman Constituent Assembly was expected that very evening. The city was perfectly tranquil, and the dissolution of the Assetnbly met with general ap proval. The people are satisfied, and confidence and harmony are revived. BRAZIL AND THE RIVER PLATE. FALMOUTH, JAN. 7, NINE A.M.—The ,Crane packet has just arrived from Rio de Janeiro, with the mails, from whence she :tailed on the 16th N ovem b er . Freight,: about 25,0001. Passengers—Mr. Atkinson, late master of the British barque Neptune, wrecked under the Sugar-loaf, at Rio de Janeiro, and Master Hayden. Exchange, 24-id. to 24kd. The Spider had arrived from the River Plate, whence she sailed on the 17th October, with informa tion that Roses had refused to acknowledge Mr. Southern as British Envoy, but allowed him to remain at Buenos Ayres, as a private individual, until he shall have received further instructions from the British Government. The French Squadron had landed 500 men at Monte Video. Ships of war at Rio Janeiro—The Inconstant, Crescent, and Spider; Brandywine, American frigate. IT IS THE SONG MY MOTHER SINGS. (Foil music.) It is the song my mother sings, And gladly do I list the strain; I never hear it but it brings The wish to hear it sung again. She breathed it to me long ago, To lull me to my baby rest; And as she munnered, soft and low, I slept in peace upon her breast. Oh. gentle Song! thou haat a throng Of angel tones within thy spell; I feel that I shall love thee long, And fear I love thee far too well. For though I turn to hear thee now, V\ ith doting glance of warm delight; In after years I know not how • Thy plaintive not, s may dim my sight. That mother's voice will then be still, I hear it falter day by day; It soundeth like a fountain rill, That trembles ere it cease to play. And then this heart, thou gentle Song, Will find an anguish in thy spell; 'Twill wish it could not love so long, Or had not loved thee half so well. Weekly Dispatch. ELIZA. COOK. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. B.—Wind S.S.E., light breeze, and dull hazy weather. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Wind N.N.W. to S.S.E.— Arrd. Star, Ramsey, Antwerp. Sid. Arethusa, London. SoUTHAMPTON, JAN. 4.—Arrd. Duke of Devonshire steamer, Lin6 , ,on for Dublin. 6. Thames steamer, Ab bott, West Indies. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7.—Wind S.E.-6. Arrd. Russell, Tripe, New York; llarward, Savannah. Sid. Ingle wood, Calcutta ; Colonist, Savannah ; Montezuma, Charleston; Columbiana, ditto; Stephen Baldwin, Phi ladelphia. 7. Beatrice, Brazil; 'Shoodiac, Mobile; Sir Charles Napier, ditto; Stephen German, Philadelphia; Enterprise; New York ; Cheshire, Boston. 6. The Mona's. Isle steamer, from Ramsay, :Isle of Man, hits arrived here with gotds from the Mars, Reid, from Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, which was driven on shore on the Isle of Man 23d ult. DOVER, JAN. 7.—Wind W.-4. Arrd. Ariel, Griffiths, Rio Janeiro for Bremen, having been blown back from the mouth of the Weser. LIMERICK, JAN. 6 —Wind E. to S.E.—Arrd. Brutus, Mirchell, New York BELFAST, JAN. 6 —Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Mary Dale, Lelar, Philadelphia. HULL, JAN. 6.—Wind N.E.—Sld Carleton, Surinam. HARWICH, JAN. 7.—A Sunderland schooner, name unknown, is being assisted in, with considerable da mage, by contact with a vessel on the Bleeway. About sixty quarters of wheat (damaged) have been landed here from the wreck of the Hugo, :and it is said some spelter from the wreck of the Skylark on the Gunfleet Sand. FALMOUTH, JAN. 6.—The Grasshopper, of and for Truro, from Limerick, struck on the Munsell Rocks last night, and was run on the beach in Belford Har bour to prevent her sinking, being full of water. CALNE, JAN. 7.—Arrd. Crane Packet, Rio Janeiro, 16th Nov., with about 25,000/. freight in gold, dia monds, &e. DEAL, JAN. 7.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. from the River sailed, Celt, Trinidad ; Menzies, Bombay ; Eliza, Trini dad ; Mammon, Trinidad ; Governor, Nevis, La Meuse, St. Domingo ; Anna Louisa, St. Domingo ; Maria, Bahia. OFF DUNGENESS, JAN. 6.—Christoper Columbus, Boston, for Bremer. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Wind E.N.E. to S.W.—Sailed Lady AmhertA, Sydney ; John Mitchell, Adelaide. WATERFORD, JAN. 6.—Wind N. to N.E.—Arrived Growler, Allen, St. John's, Newfoundland. SCILLY, JAN. s.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W.—Arrived James Holmes, Head, Demerara ; Henrietta, Sandys, Trinidad, with loss of bulwarks and stern frame damaged ; Cassimir de Lavigne, Demseb, St. Domingo. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—We are happy to have it hi our power to say that much unnecessary alarm has been created by the reports circulated respecting the health of the noble and gallant . Duke. The tact is—we state this on the authority of a gentleman who came to town yesterday from visiting his Grace at Strathfield saye—that the illustrious Duke was out shooting a few days ago in the domains surrounding the ducal residence, and while out, it being a damp morning, hid Grace caught a slight cold, which has never assumed so severe a form as to cause the slightest alarm to the members of his family who are with him at Strathfieldsaye. Herald. The weather in Caithness, says the John 0' Groat Journal, was very boisterous up to Wednesday morning. The wind blew heavily from the S.S.E., and raised a tremendous sea along our shores. Several vessels were daily observed passing, and there is reason to tear that the arrival of the over-due Orkney mails will furnish Us with sad intelligence of disasters on these dangerous coasts. We have had no arrivals of mails from our Orcadian neighbours since the 18th, so that pretty nearly thirty bags are due at the Post Office here As the weather has improved, there is some ground to expect an arrival of the mails to-night (Thursday). Plough' ing is far advanced in this district, owing to the con tinued openness of the season.—lnverness Courier of Thursday. RESPITE OF THE SENTENCE TJPON JOSEPH RAT' CLIFFE, OF ASHTON.—On Wednesday evening informs' lion was received in Ashton that the extreme sentence passed at the Liverpool Assizes, by Baron Alderson, upon Joseph Ratcliffe, fur the part ho took in the late outbreak, would not be carried into effect. The report soon spread through the town, and appeared to give tllO utmost satisfaction to th e i n h a bitants. Very great in terest appears to be taken in the case of this young n 3o ' more especially since certain facts have transpired, shell' ing that other parties now at large are much more guilty than he is of the crimes imputed to him. CHARGE OF MURDERING A WlFE.—David man, a coachman, in the service of Dr. Charles Bell, et Moseley -street, Manchester, accused of murdering his wife, the particulars of which have already appeared in discharged on Wednerday last from c ue ' t ?l ie 0d 3., Su t e , was discharged jury having acquitted him of t he supposed offence.