The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-11 00:00:00

guilty of default in the payment of any calls made upon
the shareholders of the company ;" but being opposed by
the Solicitor. General, on the ground that it wasminh better
to leave the matter altogether to the discretion of the court,
the member for Sunderland consented to withdraw it, and
other amendments given notice of by Mr. Headlam, as that
bon. gentlemen would have another opportunity of bringing
them forward.
The clause was then agreed to, as were the remaining
Clauses, end the house having resumed, the bill, with amend-
ments, was ordered to he reprinted.
10BAGO RELIEF AND IMMIGRATION INTO
BRITISH GUIANA AND TRINIDAD.
The consideration of the report of the grant of 170,0001.,
in reference to the latter subject, was deferred, in conse-
quence of the absence of Mr. Runic
SCI EN 111 IC SOCIETIES.
The ATTORNEY-GEN Elt Al. obtained leave to brine in,
and brou,rht in, • bill to exempt from county, local, and
borough rites, buildings occupied by &dentine societies. The
bill wrs r. ad a first time, and ordered to be read a second
time on Friday nest.
The house then, at a few minutes before tbisie o'clock,
adjourned.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
LONGFORD.—The committee met for the firsta
e
tim
Yesterday. The petitioner is Mr. 1.41r0y, the del/mic eon-
aidate at the late election, who disputAche seat
tmer. of Mel 'r. 11. M.
Fon. The ease is one of scrutiny ; pti
that 140 of the suppor.ers of Mr. Foe had been struck ott the
roil by a former parliamentary committe. The clay wa
ny,s im•
copied in llearitur sirgumet agaeinstscruti
. .

Vite erVEISfS.

MAILS.
EOTICE.—MaIIs will be made up for MIRICITI4, Ito Janeiro, Buenos
Ayres, and ValpartiLvi, to be conveyed byte I.M. Meamer Gorgon. All
letters and newspapers roust be sply soldrivsed, " Ily
steamer Gorgon.' The Gordon Vs expected to nut front Derenport
on the 10th instant.
Te mails tor British North Amerlea, and the United Oates,
Will be made up on the evening of the 12th M..
The Wnit
New
Mails, excluding Bermuda, Nassau, Havanna,
Honduras, New Orleans, Vera Cruz, Tampico, and Tuna Miro, and
Including than: for Madeir Carthagemi, &ante Martha,
Chasm, ranant.S. West Coast of South America, and St. JUAII-llt.
Nicaragua, 'sill be made up on the morning of the 17th May.
The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Units, and Gibraltar
will lir made up 11l the worattot of the 17th Mae.
The overland mails for Gibraltar, Malta. Om:co, the ltaiian Islands,
Egypt, Advn, Ceylon, India, llong-heng, and Clung, Southainr-
ton, will to mole up im the morning of the 10th May.
The ctoied Marteillea, to the Mediterranean,
Egypt, .kden, Celtic, India, Dong-liong, 5.., will to made up ou the
evening of the 11th May.
The twin for New South Walee, Van Dieman's Land, and New
Zealand will be made up oil the evening of the 31st M iy.
Toe mails ter the West Coast of Africa and Madeira will Jimmie
elp on the prewar of the 31st May.
The !Tools for the Bnotils, the Nicer Plate, Monte Video, Pernam-
buc. Bahia Madeira, aml bamboo Area, will be made up on the
evening of tite 3rd June.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.
The number or STAMPS issued by the authorities of the
BEITSTOtfiCe, during 1847, to the
DAILY NEWS wa5.......... 3,447,009
TEle, we believe, is within eight per cent. of the
ronic number
issued to the Morning Herald; Morning Chle, and
Morning Post, ALL PVT TOW:TIRES.
In addition to the above, issued to the DAILY NEWS,
Morning l'aper, there were issued for the Evening Edition,
THE EXPRESS 778,714
Which was more, we believe, than were issued either to
the Globe or Standard, Evening PsPra.

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LONDON,THURSDAY. MAl' 11.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
CONCLUSION Or Tusswor's Session.
After the division above noticed,
M. SIMARD proposed that, as the vote just given ren-
dered the nomination of an executive ceur c.il an act
cessity, the Assembly should withdraw to its bureauxtod
consider what names it should be advisable to bring for-
ward. (Cries of" No! no!")
The proposition, not being seconded, fell to the ground.
The PiIIISIDENT.—One proposition suggests five mem-
bers, and another ten, for the executive council—
sit that
M. Room (du Loiret).—l propose as an amendme
the number be three. (Approbation)
that the provisional govern-
M. BAKIIES should propose
ment should remain in power as it wsi., in order that the
socialist principle might be represented. lie thought the
vote just given was an erroneous one; but, since it was
given, ho hoped to remedy it by bringin3 furward his pro-
position. (Agitation )
A M gullet& observed, that If the question had been to re-
tain the Provisional Government, there could not have been
any necessity to deliberate on the question of the executive
committee. The premint situation could not last any longer
—the country had condemned it (Daniel.) lie did not
think that the Provisional Government eculd be maintained
in power, as was proposedro .
Another MENIBIAL ppoeed that the executive committee
should be composed of el,ven members, namely, the gentle-
men now forming the Provisional Government.
A confused dismission hero arose, at the end of which,
M. Ili:nano mid, that in order that the aseem
ifblthy niPghtro-
know what it had to expect, it ought to ascert e
visional Government was united or not. (Agitation.) lie
should, therefore, ask M. Lydro-Rollin if it were not true
that in a priVate c inversation—(great tumult).
M. Leone ItoWN said that the sittings of the assembly
were too important to be taken up with what occurred in
private conversation. It was said that the Provisional Go-
vernment was not united; no doubt some of his colleagues
ha.: ideas whirl were not those of others. How could it be
otherwise ? When was humanity otherwise constituted ?
13Th had his individuality, his opinion, and his predilec-
tion., hut all were unit d together by an ardent love for their
country. ( hood applause.) He couli appeal to his colleagues
if ever a harsh word had been exchanged between him and
them ? Always when they differed the minority had bowed
before the msjority. "We have all been good citizens," said
the hon. minister, "we have joined our forces to serve
France ! Do as we have done!" (Applause.)
After some further discussion, the Assembly decided that
an executive committee should be nominated, and that the
number of the members should be five.
M. Louie BLANC announced that the president and vice-
president 01 the committee of workmen having resigned their
situations on the day that the National Assembly met, did
not intend resuming their functions, and hat to call on the
Amembly to ap, oint persona to replace them. (Movement.)
The Assembly then decided unanimously that the nomi-
nation of the five members of the executive committee should
take place by ballot and by an absolute mijority.
The sitting concluded at • quarter to seven.

The Madrid mail of the sth has arrived, with the
letters of our correspondent. Their contents, how-
ever, have no general interest.
Moo -Three per Cent., :2 wet.; Flee per Cent A.,
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ROME.—The address of the Pope to the secret
consistory held at Rome, on the 29th ult., has been
published. The chief part of this document is nothing
more than a retrospect of the political wunts of which
Italy has been lately the theatre. The following ex-
tract from it will, however, be read with interest :
Everybody knows, venerable broth( re, the words which
we addressed to you on Oct. 4 of last year, when we reminded
princes of the paternal kindness and attentive care which they
owe to the people placed under their pawer,and the people of
'he fidelity and olicilitnce which they owe to their princes.
Afterwards, we neglected nothing to impress these same sen-
timents on all. Would to God that the effect had resp.inded
to our paternal exhortations' But every one is aware of the
public commotion' which have taken place both in Italy and
in other countries. If any one should wish to pretend that
the path was opened to such events by the acts which our
love and kindness prompted us to carry out at the commence•
men t of our reign, that man certainly is mistaken, and cannot
justly impute such things to us, since we have done nothing
but what appeared necessary for the prospi rity of our to mpo-
vary state. With respect to those who in our king.lom have
abused OUT benefit', we shall, is accordance with the ex staple
of our Divine blaster, pardon them from the bottom of our
hearts. We call them back to better thoughts, and we pray
God to turn away from their bees the chastisements which
fall on ungrateful men. Besides, the people of Germany
cannot rea,onabls complain of us, broils:. we were unable
to contain the ardonr of such of our subjects in the temporal
order who have applauded what was done in Italy, and who,
inflamed with the love of their own nation, united their ef-
forts to those of the other Italian p..pula6ons. Many other
princes in Europe, whose armies were more numerous than
ours, beheld themselves equally unable to oppose the uprising
of their' people. In that state of thing', we, however, gave
no other orders to our troops than to protect the integrity and
security of the pontifical state. however, several persons
--..iiiiiie.t. a desire to behold us, in accord with the other popu-
lations and princes of Italy, declare war on Germany; in con-
e, quence we judge it our duty to announce in your assembly
that nosh
tan; be more distinct from our thoughts than
such a course, which would be altogether unbecoming
our position as holding on earth the place of him who is the
author of peace. But if, notwithstan, ing a great number of our
subjects are led away by the example of other Italians, what
means have we to repress their acts) We cannot here help
disavowing, in the fAC3 of the whole world, the perfidious
designs of those who in the our
and in pampa new re.
hlets pro-
pose to place the Roman pontiff at rand in
of
public, termed of all the Awes of Italy. In addition, we
'wise on this occasion, in our love for the Italian populations,
to warn them to keep out of these project., so disastrous for
Play herself, and not to allow themselves to be turned away
from the tbzdi, nee which they owe to their prince. In act-
ing otherwise they would not only fail in their duty, bat
they would cause Italy to incur the danger of seeing intes-
tine discord and factions increasing every day. A' to us,
we declare it anew, all our thoughts and solicitude have no
other object than to procure the advancement of the kingdom
of Jesus Christ, which is the church ; and by no means
to extend the frontiers of tho temporal kingdom which
divine providence has been pleased to assign to the holy see
to protect its dignity and the free exercise of the supreme
aposodate."
LONIIIAIII)I7.—The only news as to the opera-
tions of the Sardinian army relate to a skirmish be-
tween the Genoese regiment of cavalry, and three
squadrons of the Savoy regiment, supported by some
artillery, and a party of 60 infantry, a body of 600
Tyrolese Austrians, three squadrons of 'Wiens, and
three pieces of artillery. 'This affair, in which the
Sheainian troops bad the advantage, took place near
illage of Bosco, a short distance from Verona.
The journals of Turin, speaking of a proclamation
of Wirral Oudinot, which announces to the French
army of the Alps his approaching entrance into Italy,
arc unanimous, while protesting their svmpathy
for the French nation, in declaring that they
desired no foreign intervention in the affairs of Italy.
La Onrooliet says, " Italy must alone fight against
Austria.and the national Italian conquest must be an
Italian work."
The Piedmontese parliament (senators and deputies)
.., met in a preparatory sitting on Sunday the Bth.
from

GERMANY.

PRUSSIA.—We have our usual files of German
papers. Those of Berlin, which are of the Bth inst.,
contain no news of interest. The following is a letter
from our correspondent at Posen :
POSEN, Max 2.
The news from Posen, received this morning, may be re-
duced to the following points:—Another sanguinary battle
has been fought at Wrochen, and with the same result, viz.,
the retreat of the Prussian' Other partial successes gained
by the Poles at Prussianorik and Gabka, are reported.
A great many soldiers arc every day
deserting to the Poles. Immediatay after the bat-
tle at Xionz, a deputatien, composed of the prin-
cipal inhabitants of the duchy proceeded to Bet.
lin. The most desperate courage was evinced at that battle.
The Poles had only 20 fire-arms altogether. Thirty emi-
grants fell at one of the barricades. Onlythe exiles,
Mazurkiewiez, escaped. There are 150 wounded Poles at
the hospital at lhrem. Colonel Dombrowski has died from
with The Abbe Koszueki who was nearly killed
the butt-ends of the muskets by the Prussians. is likely
to recover. A great many young men, the flower of the
Posnanian youth, have been killed. The names of Potwe-
roski, Lubowidzki, Boianoski, and Stablewski, are found in
a long list of victims. But the most melancholy case is
that of young Zaliwski. His father, one of the chiefs of the
insurrection in 1833, was taken by the Austrians and im-
prisoned at Spit 'berg. The son was born only half a year
before his father's disappearance in the condemned caverns
of that horrible state dungeon. Now they met for the first
time at the barricades of Xiona. The son fell down the first.
The faker, severely wounded in the leg, was carried away
on the same litter as his expiring son. The victory of Milos-
law was decided by the timely arrival of Poles from Plea-
chen, under the command of Biado,kurski. It is not true
that Mieroalawski has been kille 1. With 6,000 scythemen,
and four cannons conquered from the Prussians, he pro-
ceeded to Zaniemysl. Two officers, taken at that battle,
have been liberated by the Poles, and they are
loud in the praises of the conduct of the latter.
Even General Colomb has been lately obliged to withdraw
his charges: On the other hand, a number of young men
(Poles) of the military school, imprisoned at Kro toszvn, are
treated by the Prussians with the utmost severity. Their
families are net even allowed to send them provisions. The
commander, Colonel BenM, dares not show them any in-
dulgence, for the soldiers are so infuriated that they would
not obey his orders. Ile said to a friend of his—" What
can I do ?—we are ourselves in the greatest
peril from the soldiers, who have broken through
all rules of discipline? There is a government
in Berlin, and another at Potsdam—and here another under
King Colomb and Field-Marshal Steine"ker." lie also
added that he had an order to attack the Poles on the 16th,
that is, three days before the expiration of the truce. The
Jews at Posen have ill treated the celebrated Abbe Prusinoeki.