The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-22 00:00:00

THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE.

MENAI STRAITS, THURSDAY.—As briefly intimated
by telegraphic dispatch yesterday, the unparalleled ex-
ploit of depositing the tube, after one or two misadven-
tures, which, contrasted with the magnitude of the
labour, sunk into insignificance, was accomplished after
two hours of the most anxious and critical toil. In ad-
dition to Mr. Stephenson, Ckptain Claxton, Mr. Clarke,
Mr. Brunel, and Mr. Locke were on the tube, rendering
valuable and unceasing assistance throughout the pe-
rilous process. The applause of the multitude, mingled
wiih salutes of carmen, continued for upwards of halt an
hour after the completion of the experiment, which was
celebrated by the engineers on the tube and Pontoons in
successive rounds of champagne. The tube was fl Ailed
obliquely, and then gradually swung round with its face
to the space between the piers. Arrived here, the !pat
step was one of the most anxious character, seeing that
if, from the run of the tide, or any giving way in the
great net-work of tackle, or the tube overstepping the
line of destination parallel with the piers, the experi-
trent must have failed, ard the process of bringing it
back would bare been one of great difficulty. Fortu-
nately, however, such was the nicety of the arrange-
ments, and skill, and quickness of the directing power
on the top of the tube, and the moment of its progress to
the spot so geometrically measured, that the success .of
the final step was unerringly secured by the vigorous
action of a piant rice upon the Anglesea end of the tube,
which clinched its extremity, and instantly hell it fast.
The next operation, that of elevating the tube to its per-
manent position, will be accomplished as soon as possible.
This is to be done by huge hydraulic presses of a mag-
nitude commensurate with the size of the works, one cy-
linder alone being almost large enough at the entrance
to contain a mau standing, and of the ponderous weight
of 40 tons. It is the mokt powerful machite ever con-
structed. The two en i tubes will now be raised, aad
it is expected, from the rapidity of the movements,- that
this great iron highway over the Straits, will be ready
for the passage of trains in tiiiuturnn.

FASHION.—It may be mentioned as a morceau of
flit,twereer
:cir hi ad•dresses, mule of a completely new
-stiinngtelhit chat, chat the leaders of ton are wearing
inaielial, the nature of which has di fled
the
our however,
it is a kind of talc, RitLout its brittleness. It is capable
dcrlioPstei s() La oc
utiny. To the best of belief,
of taking the richest colours, and the more minute
flowers end fruits made of it, when artfully placed amidst
the blonde, feathers, &c., of the coiffure, havii much the
hcwitchit.gly glittering effect of the fire-flies held captive
in the aerial robes of the Oriental beauties. The origin
and exclusive dispersion of this novelty may be traced to
the Messrs. Jay and Co., of Regent-street, who have
bestowed their customary elegant taste in a great variety.
of sweetly pretty head-dresses for the especial display
of this petite addition to their extensive salons en /mut.
—Post.

FIRE NEAR REGENT•STREET.— This morning,
shortly before one o'clock, the extensive premises in the
occupancy of Messrs. Cox, music printers, situate in OA
Burlington mews, Regent street, was discovered to be
on fire. Tha premises contaitriig a vast quantity of type,
the flatnes, as they communicat% d with the cises, caused
tie letter to run through the flooring like a stream of
liquid lead, which, falling upon the helmets and shoal.
ders of the firemen, materially injured their dresses. In
spite of the torrent of water di,eharged over the fire, it
was nearly two o'c:ock before the flames could be extin-
, guished, and not until they had travelled completely
through that portion of the
premises in which they had
commenced, and had either consumed or materially
dameged the contents.
ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY.---The Fancy
Fair of the Royal General Annuity Society will, we un-
cl,rstand, he continued over Friday and Saturday, and
t re rema'ning articles wilt be sold by public suction.
• GOLD FROM CALIFORNIA.—LIVERPOOL, JUNE 21.
—Toe brig Jessie, Captain Luce, arrived this morning
ft% m California and Valparaiso. She ,rings on freight
gold to the amount of:60,000 dolls. This is the first im-
pGrtation into Liverpool of the precious metal, direct
from California. •
We have received files of papers from Adelaide
(Australia) to the 6th of January, and from Wellington
(New Zealand) to the 3d of March. They bring na in-
telligence ul interest.

G. F. HOWE. Hon. Sec., pro tern

MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL.
New ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
THELOTTERY OF MARRIAGE.
By MRS. TROLLOPE.
" Mrs. Trollope is beyond a doubt one of the cleverest and most re-
markable writers of the day."—Quarterly Review.
" Mrs. Trollope has scarcely ever written a more clever book, or
one that will afford a greater amount of amusement to her numerous
admirers."—Messenger.
Henry Colbum, Publisher, 13. Great Marlbom.-gh-street.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Signor PUZZI'S Benefit.

On THURSDAY EVENING.
Will be performed Donizettri celebrated Opera,
DON PASQUALE.
After which a grand Pas de la Couronne, by Mdlle. M. Taglion!
fled M. Dor.
To be followed by the Last Act of the celebrated Opera,
IL GIURAMENTO,
In which Mdlle. Parodi and Signor Mohan' will appear.
To conclude with the Divertissement
LA PRIMA BALLERINA.
The principal parts by :Mlles. Petit Stephan, Marra, Thomassini,
Julien, Aussundon, Lamoreqx, and M. Paul Taglioni.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the
Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as
usual, price 10s. 6d. each.
Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past
Seven o'clock.
S T.

JAMES'S THEATRE.
FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE.
THIS EVENING,

Tas PerCermances will commence at Half-Past Seven o'clock with
LES FLEURS ANIMEES.
After which,
EXTREMES SE T )UCHENT.
To conclude with
LE COMTE ORY.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TO-MORROW EVENING,
Will be presented Donizetti's admired Opera, entitled
LIICREZIA BORGIA.
After the Opera a new grand Pas de la Couronne by Mdlie. Marie
Taglioni and M. Dor, _ _

_ .
To conclude with
LA PRIMA BALLERINA.
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 10s, 6d. each-

.^.11‘.6 ROYAL. I.IAYIIdLAItit Er.
Mr. B. Webster, See Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
'ruts EVENING, .

Will be performed a new and original tragic Play, in Five Acts, i
entitled STRATHMORE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, i
H. Vandenhoff, Buckstone, Howe, Stuart, Rogers; Mrs. C. Kean,
Mrs. Fitzwillians, and Miss Reynolds.
To be followed by THE ROUGH I)IAMOND.

To cooeilieTviiii the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS.

ROYAL LYCkUM THEATtf..
'nder the I`,lanAgerneut of Madame Vested.
Lessee, Mr. Charlet Ma, he a.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed PROMOTION.
After which an original petite Comedy, entitled WIIO SPEAKS
FIRST ?
To be followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN.
To conclude with BOX AND COX.
Dr,33, n,,N.er, 53.; Upper Bona:, 4s. ; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, le. No
Salt-pricy to w,y part of the 1101182.
li4m-odlco, No. 2. Weiliw,;kori- street, is open to the
r-t -17 trim 17-.!lt till Six.

the Horse Guards has been as severe and damaging
as it could by any possibility have been rendered.
The unfortunate officer has been harshly and peremp-
torily cashiered—the verdict of Guilty being pro-
nounced upon each of the four charges successively,
with the supplementary and ignominious expression
that his conduct throughout was " unbecoming
the character of an officer and a gentleman."
As to the prisoner having obtained her MAJESTY'S
permission to receive the value of his commission,
that can scarcely have assuaged one pang cf the
bitter anguish arising from that shaft of obloquy
which must, more or less, ever after this rankle in his
bosom. For the gist of the several charges preferred
against Mr. DOUGLAS (late Captain of the 16th Regi-
ment) is nothing less than the accusation of having
uttered a wilful falsehood. Upon this accusation he
has been condemned. After an examination extend-
ing over eleven days he has been declared A Liar,
and the finding of the Court has received the appro-
bation of the SOVEREIGN. A superficial view
!of the case would certainly appear to indicate
that nothing further remains to be said upon the
court-martial ; that the sentence being announced,
nothing need be, nothing can be, nothing ought to be
remarked in reference to the transaction. It is said
—The decision is conclusive ; for, remember ! that
decision is the calm and deliberate opinion of
fourteen officers guided by the presence of the
Deputy-Judge Advocate ; and remember also ! that
those fourteen officers deliberated as to the nature of
their verdict not only during the eleven days occu-
pied by the court• martial,. but for a consider-
able time afterwards, and that their ultimate
"finding" has been weighed by the supreme mill-
, tary authorities at the Morse Guards, beaded by
Field Marshal his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Now it is precisely because these things are said, it is
precisely because this notion of the necessary correct•
ness of the decision is prevalent among the unthinking,
that we, who have perused this singular trial with the
most dispassionate caution, and who recognise in the
evidence adduced not one solitary reason sufficient to
lead to the condemnation of the accused—it is pre-
cisely from these considerations that we find ourselves
impelled to revert to a sentence such as must, to our
thinking (unless reconsidered), tend directly to propa-
gate the seeds of demoralization in the army. As far as
the decision itself goes, we acknowledge at once that
it is certainly " conclusive ;" but we altogether repu-
diate the notion that it is irrevocable. So long as
there is such an office in the administration of the
affairs of the Empire as that of the Judge-Advocate
General, so long as the Judge-Advocate General
receives a salary of 3,0001. annually, so long must
any verdict of any court-martial be liable to revision,
and even in extreme cases to an actual revocation.
To maintain that the dignity of the service requires
an unmurmuring submission to the adjudication of th:.
Court, is an outrage to the conscience of humanity.
Good GOD ! is the dignity of the service of importance
superior to the first principles of justice ? Are we,
forsooth, to bend unconditionally to the decree of
fourteen gentlemen simply because they are gen-
tlemen ? Are we to
_regard them as the Catholics
regard the spiritual office of the POPE, namely, as
infallible ? Are we, with all our estimation of the
great actions and the illustrious career of the Veteran
Duke, to look upon his opinions as oracular ? Or are
we to regard the members of courts-martial, and the
authorities at the Horse Guards, as (like the rest of the
human family) creatures liable to error ofjudgment ?
The answer is obvious. It is the answer of common
sense ; the naked response of reason. And, feeling
this, we now avail ourselves of our enviable preroga-
tive as journalists to speak to the people on behalf
of those whom vie regard in our conscience as

ASTL.LIM ROYAL AMPIIIIIILATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. -
ruder the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal flighuesS
Prince Albert, &e.
The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female
equestrian talent ever engaged in tins or auy otiier establishment at
one time :
Mines. Adelaide Tiinnie, Valentine, Louise Tonirnaire, La Jeane
Josephine ; Woolford, Barrarel , Davidson, Avery, anti La Petite
Jeanette.

In additon to the ai,ove 2,1 r. Batty has great pleasure in announc-
ing th:t he has enga7,el that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte,
whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America hays ac-
quired for her the appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress.
THIS EVENING,
The peeormance will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian
Spectacle, entitled
MOOLTAN and GOOJE RAT ; r, the Conquest of the Sellths.
To be todowed by an •ininaital,le display of SCENES IN THE
CIRCLE. in which Marie Macarte will appear, supported by the first
Equestrian talent of the day.
To conclude with a favourite Melodrama, entitled THE WHITE
'ARM.

fox-office open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Engagement of M. JULLIEN.
IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS.
Under the patronage of her Mess Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c.
The Public Press has unanimously pronounced the Storming of
Badajoz to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition.
The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed
that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every
40NDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.
Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND
FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public
opinion to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition ever
presented—Splendid Menagerie—Jullien's unrivalled Band—Vo-
cal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and
Ballads by Miss Frances Mildmay, Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. G.
Tedder—Selos by Koenig, Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violon-
cello by Viotti and George Collins, varied alternately—and other at-
tractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of
Badajbz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombard-
ment and attack—gallant defence—rush to the breach ny real troops
—and final tableaux in honour of the " hero of a hundred fights."
Doors open at Nine o'Clock, a.m. ' • feeding of the animals at Five ;
Pelicans and White Bears half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; Storming
of Badajoz, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling.
REFRESHMENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long
complained that Refreshments from the Confe:ltionary-rooms only
could bz procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinet
portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had
of the first quality, and at the usual Prices.

TUE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 22.
TIMINOMETEB, Lowest, 50; Highest, 72; Noon, 65.
BA ROMETEB, 30.23.
WIND W.—light breeze and fine sunshiny weather.

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We rejoice to find, from the copies of the corre-
spondence between Viscount PALMERSTON, the Mar-
quis of NORMANDY, and the Prince of CASTELCTCALA,
relative to the affairs of Rome, VS hich have been laid
before Parliament, that the British Government is en-
tirely guiltless in the matter of the French attack

upon Rome, and that throughout these events Lord

PALMERSTON has acted strictly on the principle which
he laid down in his note to the Marquis of Non-
MANDY, of 28th January, 1849, wherein he states—
" With respect to the attitude which Great Britain
woul/L laze assume in regard to these affairs, your
Excellency .11 say that the attitude of this country
won't,' be that of observation, and that Great Britain
could take no part in such matters boyoud expressing, if
it should appear to be neces:ary, the opinion which her
Majesty's Government might entertain thereupon."

But while the publication of this correspondence
completely exonerates Lord PALMERSTON, it renders
more than ever inexplicable that of the Government
of the French Republic. In the note of the 28th
January, from which we have quoted the above, we
find the following passage :

injured.
Such we assuredly conceive Captain DOUGLAS (or
Mr. DOUGLAS, as we must now call him,) to be—a
man injured beyond the reach of compensation,
beyond the reach almost of alleviation. Such we
believe him to be, simply through a careful perusal
of the details of his trial on court-martial—
for personally we are not only entire strangers
to Mr. GEORGE DOUGLAS, but we have never
once had any communication with him or
his. As a stranger, as one in whose interest
we are in no measure prepossessed, we take his
case into consideration. We do this, moreover,
scarcely so much from having imbibed a sympathy
for his calamities individually from our convic-
tion that the effect of his treat!tmut must, if h
allowed
to pass unnoticed, prove most prejudicial
course
r
gal-
lant profession. Individually there would,
be ample cause for commiseration, believingldof
DOUGLAS, as we do, to have fallen a victim
to circumstances. Individually, we say, there
would ; for he has lost by a blunder at
the very most, not by a crime, that which
SHAIESPERE panegyrised as almost identical with the
soul of man--his reputation. It is Casio who ex-
claims in an agony of sorrow—" Reputation, reputa-
tion, reputation ! 0, I have lost my reputation ! I
have lost the immortal part, sir, of myself. My repu-
tation, lago, my reputation !" Much, however, as
we feel for the painful and invidious position in
which the late Captain of the 16th Regiment is
placed, we are induced to refer to the peculiarities of
his trial less by that motive, than by cur sense of
the injurious effect his condemnation is calculated to
have upon the army of England.
In our previous comments upon the trial at
Guernsey, we marked out as clearly as we could
within the compass of a leading article the incon-
gruities, and contradictions, and errors which are
conspicuous throughout the whole of the report. At
present we can only find the opportunity to
direct attention to one or two things which
were not mentioned in our previous observations,
We would particularly impress upon the judgment of
the public the fact that the principal witness en the
trial (Colonel LE MESURIER) was not permitted to
be cross
•examined by the prisoner (see page 41),*

" With regard to the proposal made by Austria to
France for a combined military action by Austria,
France, and N:tples, for the purpose of re-establishing
the Pope in the Roman States, 3 our Excellency will say
that her Majesty's Government concur with the Go-
vernment of France in viewing with much regret this
announcement of the wishes and intentions of the Aus-
trian Government."

The Government of France, therefore, had at that
periorl expressed its regret at a proposal for re.esta-
Wishing the POPE in the Roman States by a com-
bined military action with other Powers. How came
it, then, that in April France undertook to do alone
that which she had expressed her regret at Austria
proposing to undertake, in concert with herself and
the other Catholic 13,:wers ? Is it that the PRESIDENT
of the Republic seeks to establish his personalin-
fluence at Rome, to the exclusion of the influence of
every other Catholic Power, with the intention of
hereafter wielding the ultramontane influence in
France for the purposes of personal aggrandizement.
Has he a vision of a new Pius crowning a new NA`
POLEON ? Does he already regard France as his
appanage, and waste her blood and her treasure for 1
mere dynastic purposes, as though he were already a I
king? These are questions which we leave to be (
settled between himself and his electors, for it is
abundantly clear that their interests as Repub-
licans would rather demand an armed inter-
vention in favour of the Roman Republic than
in favour of the POPE. But there is a ques-
tion .with which we as Englishmen are con-
cerned in common with the French people,
End which certaioly. •requiros some explanation. In
his Message
_the PRESIDEAT of the French Republic,
after his expose Of the
foreign
.policy of the Republic,
in which he goes at length into the history of the ex- •
Vccchia, says—" In all these
pedhien to Civita
questions we h;ve ~‘,),73 been in agreement
(d'accord) with England." Thus leading to the
conclusion that Eogiand had approved of the military ,
expedition to Rome ; and yet, so
_long•Vo as the 28th
January, Lord PALMERSTON thus expressed himself:-..

" Ile; Majesty's Government do nol; pretend to pass
judgment in respect to those difference; between the
Pope and his subjects which led to the retirement of the
Pope to Gaeza; but her Majesty's Government would
upon every account, and not only upon abstract principle,

Irß.Ee E GAL TITLE ASSURANCE but with reference to the general interests of Europe,
COMPANY. and from the value which they attach to the mainte-
(ProvVonally Registered, January 17, 1849.) 'lance of peace, sincerely deprecate any attempt to settle
Capital. 2.000,0007., in 80,000 Saarrs of 251. each.
Prehmtnary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share, the differences between the Pope and his subjects by the
Prospectuses and Pill information may be obtained at the Tempo- military interference of foreign powers."
"try Of as of the Company, Jae, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap- And yet, notwithstanding this distinct disapproval of
pliCation
armed intervention in the affairs of Rome notified to
him in this note of the 28th January, the PaEsr-
, DENT has the modest assurance to declare that in all
these mattters England was d'accord with him. That
France has deceived everybody is evident even from
this correspondence, for Lord PALMERSTON, in one
portion of it, speaks of " the minority who now exer-
cise authority at Rome." We imagine that
events have proved that the minority is the
other way, and that the Government of Rome,
that emanation of universal suffrage, represents not
only de jure, but de facto, the will of the majority.
It is evident that in thus speaking of the Government
of Rome Lord PALMERSTON was speaking from in-
formation derived from the French Government, and
we cannot sufficiently admire that those who in
France have, on the ground of being the emanation
of universal suffrage, not scrupled, if not to abuse,
at least to use their powers to the very
utmost, should thus deny the power of those
who in Rome are likewise the emanation of universal
suffrage. The position of the POPE, as described by
Cardinal ANTONELLI in his letter to the various Powers,
stands in ludicrous contrast with his claims. He, the
claimer of omnipotence and infallibility, has been co-
erced into the commission of grievous error, and he ap-
peals to those over whom he claims supremacy to aid him
t in chastising his rebellious children, on whom the
t thunders of the greater excommunication have it
I, seems lost their effect. Nay more, he the head of the
t, orthodox, appeals to the heretic Queen of ENGLAND,
whom, as in duty bound, he regularly once a year
anathematizes on the publication of the bull In
Ccenna Domini, to aid him against the Roman Catho-
ilies who, following the example of herself and
her subjects, have set his power at defi-
ance and laughed at his threats. Whatever
may be the result of the armed interference
for the restoration of the POPE to temporal power,
THEATRE ROYAL. A.DELPHI.
this much is certain, that after such an amusing exhi-
Under the direction at Madame Celeste. t bition of impotent Omnipotence and fallible Infal-
TH IS EVENING,
Will be performel THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. libility, the moral power of the Papacy is gone for
After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S i ever.
VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS.
To be followed by a novelty In the shape of A MOST UNWAR-
RANTABLE INTRUSION, which will be committed by Mr. Wright) Since our observations on the court-martial upon
o the annoyance of Mr. Paul Bedford.
To conclude with JOHN JONES.
_ I Captain DOUGLAS appeared in the leading columns of
The Sun, on the 11th ultimo, the finding of the
I Court, together with the approval and confirmation
by the QUEEN, have been officially published. It
will have been doubtless observed by the majority of
our readers, that: the decision of the authorities at

when the cross-examination would have set his evidence
at naught, by demonstrating his personal hosti!'ti
to (then) Captain DOUGLAS. Again, we would
point out to general scrutiny that a passage from
Simmo.lds on Courts• martial was not allowed to be
read in argument (see page 45), although that
passage must have very materially affected the verdict
of the court, seeing that it is there declared by that
distinguished military jurisconsult (page 97, 3d Edit.)
that " Although an officer accused cannot refuse to
obey an order directing him to appear before a court
of inquiry, charged to inquire into his conduct, yet
he may obj,?ct to take any part in the proceedings,
and has a right to decline answering any questions, or
making any statement, which may, in his opinion, be
prejudicial to him in the course of any ulterior in-
quiry into the affair." A sentence strikingly appli-
, cable to the case of Mr. DOUGLAS, and one which
oremarkably, the opinion expressed
uponr hisor at
proceedings very
anterior to the trial by an emi-
corb
neat authority, to the effect that the extreme of his
culpability was merely a blunder as to rights and
duties, without any intentional dishonour. Among
other observations which our previous remarks upon
this singular court-martial have elicited, in a letter
addressed to ourselves by "An Old Officer "
(and published in a previous impression of
The Sun), it is protested that the finding
of the court is positively and grossly illegal. "The
finding," says our Correspondent, "is!cashiered, whereas
it should have been dismissed the service. To be
cashiered is a much more severe sentence than to be
dismissed the service, and, by the Articles of War,
Captain DOUGLAS could only have been cashiered had
be been found guilty of 'scandalous and infamous
conduct, unbecoming the conduct of an officer and a
gentleman.' He was not even charged with scan-
dalous and infamous conduct." Notwithstanding all
these monstrous and visible abnegations of the code of
justice, notwithstanding a defence which, in its way,
was a masterpiece of logical candour and forensic
ingenuity, being conducted throughout by the astute
intellect of Mr. WARREN, a defence which justifies
his endeavour to emulate in law his celebrity in lite-
rature—notwithstanding all these efforts in his favour,
the accused has been pronounced Guilty, has been
dishonoured in name, and has been peremptorily and
ignominiously cashiered. To this case, to this trial,
to this verdict, we here publicly demand the attention
of Sir DAVID DUNDAS.

* " Proceedings of a General Court-Martial, held a,
Guernsey, on Captain George Douglas, 16th Regiment.'
Bvo. pp. 80. Blackwood, London, 1849.

'THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday,

The Constitutionnel publishes the following par.
titulars relating to the State prisoners in the Con,
ciergerie :
" The preliminary examinations relative to the events
of 13th June are being catried on with the greatest acti-
vity. The examining msgiqrates are regularly installed
at the Conciergerie, e they display the greatest
zeal and diligence in the accomplishment of their task,
..,nd with all the rapidity which is consistent with the
interest of justice and of humanity.
" It is impc•sAble to judge beforehand of the dLfinitive
results to which the examination may lead; but it ap-
pears probable that the prisoners will be placed in two
distinct categories: one to be sent before the High Na-
tional Court of Justice, and the other before the courts-
marial. The first category will comprise the leaders
of the insurrection; the representatises who shall bo
discovered as having given the signal for civil war—in a
word, the individuals who played tho leading parts in
the affair of the 13th June; and the other category will
he those who may be found guilty of having committed
insurrectionary acts. Versailles is spoken of as the
place where the High Court of Justice will hold its sit-

,ings. The proximity of that town, -the rapidity of
communication, the imposing assemblage of military
force, are the reasons which have doubtless determined
the choice of Versailles for this purpose.
" The number of persons in confinment for the insur-
rectionary movement of June still amounts to more than
200, although many have been set at liberty during the
last two or three days. It is to be presumed that the
above number will be increased by further arrests, which
may result from future examinations. All the prisoners,
without distinction, are at present confined in the Con-
ciergerie, that part of the prison which surrounds the
court appropriated to the female prisoners being allotted
to them. The representatives who are there confined
have been placed a la pistole. In consequence of the
number of prisoners, it has been found necessary to
place two in the same cell. Several of them have ob-
tained permission to take their meals together. Other
political offenders, unconnected with the affsir of June,
are also confined in the Conciergerie, M. Proudhon
amongst the number.
Almost all the prisoners pass the day in the large
open space devoted for their exercise, bat it has been
remarked that they hold very little conversation toge-
ther; indeed, that a great degree of coolness appears to
exist amongst them. The majority of them employ their
time either in reading, writing, or smoking. Several
among them still wear their uniform as belonging to the
artillery of the National Guard, and very few' blouses'
are to be met amongst them.
" M. Guinard has, for the last two days, been placed
in close confinement (au secret). The others are allowed
to have frequent communication witb their families. One
of them, who is at the head of a commercial house, has
been twice allowed to leave the prison under escort, to
affix his signature and give orders."
The Illoniteur publishes official returns from the
Commissioners of Customs, showing the amount of
merchandise imported and exported during the first
five months of 1847, 48, and 49, and the amount of
duty paid on them. It appears from those returns
that the Custom duties received during the first five
months of the present year, exceed by 17,260,096 f.
the amount received during the corresponding period
of the year 1848, and are less by 5,255,194 f. than the
amount received during the first five months of the
year 15347.
Rumours of the secession of MM. DUFAURE and
DE TOCQ,BEYILLE from the Ministry were again rife
yesterday, and it was said that M. Tunas had at
length determined to undertake the responsibilies of
office. We believe there is some credit to be attached
to these rumours. iIIM. DUFAXIIE and DE TOCQUE-
VILLE have still some character remaining, but their
chances of preserving it diminish every hour that
they consent to remain the impotent members of a DE
FALLoux Ministry. The proper leader of such a
Ministry is the unprincipled author of the infamous
laws of September.
Two regiments have been sent to the frontiers of
Baden to prevent the Republicans of Baden from seek-
ing refuge in France in case of their defeat by the
Imperialists. The servants of Russia ars not slack in
obeying the behests of their protector. The mot of
M. ESTANCELIN is becoming a fact.
Orders have been given for the release of CABRERA
and AMETTLER from Fort Larnalgue. They intend,
it is said, residing for the future in England.
Letters from Nismes state that the telegraph sta-
tion at Villeneuve, on the line from Nismes to Paris,
had been burnt on the night of the 15th by incendi-
aries. Until it be repaired no dispatches can reach '
Nimes either from Paris or Lyons.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TEE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JUNE 21.

Boulogne and Amiens, 71,4 —Dutch Rhenish, 4/—Northern
of France, 1014—Paris and R►ouen, 21%—Pans and Stras-
bourg, 4%—Sambre and Meuse, VA.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the I6th have arrived.

The discussions on the tariff in the Chamber of
Deputies had not been brought to a close.
General ZABALA was to leave Madrid on the fol-
lowing day for Barcelona to take the command of
the second expedition to Italy.
Messrs. O'SuEA and Co. and M. WEISWEILLER
have undertaken to remit the amount necessary for
the payment of the dividend on the Foreign Three
per Cents., on the security of the quicksilver in the
hands of the Government.

MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 16.—Our funds are rather
feeble to-day, with a slight decline, Three per Cents.
being quoted at 25-1, and Fives at 10 for Account.
Exchange on London, 50 60 money.