The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-22 00:00:00

SAXONY.

Dresden continues tranquil. By a decree of the
15th May the King of SAXON! has recalled the Saxon
representatives from Frankfort.

ITALY.

Letters from Turin announce that the Austrians
have taken Bologna by assault, after an obstinate
resistance.

The conduct of D'ASPRE and his troops at Leghorn
has been that of brigands rather than of soldiers.
Had the city been given up to the power of those
Ultra-Red Republicans, who on the 15th May last
year demanded the pillage of Paris, it would not
have suffered so much. Unarmed persons walking
quietly in the streets were shot down in the mere
wantonness of brutality, the Austrian officers en-
couraging their men in the commission of these
assassinations. Upwards of 200 quiet unarmed
citizens were in this manner murdered in cold blood.
The houses of the citizens have been entered by the
Austrian soldiers, and plundered of everything valu-
able which they contained, and articles which were
too heavy to be carried away were wantonly destroyed.
While the city was in the hands of the Republicans
not a robbery was committed, but no sooner do the
supporters of "order" enter it than murder and rob-
bery reign supreme.
Accounts have been received from Rome of the

12th. GARIBALDI attacked the Neapolitans at Fras-
cati on the 11th, or, more properly speaking, put them
to flight by a military promenade; for on his approach
they fled in all directions, without waiting to receive
his fire.

The following proclamations (the first addressed to
the French soldiers, the second to the Roman citizens)
have been issued, in expectation of a renewal of the
attack by the French.
" Soldiers of the French Republic!—For the second
time you are driv'n as enemies under the walls of
Rome, of the Republican city which was once the cradle
of liberty and military glory. It is an act of fratricide,
which is imposed on you; and till.; fratricide, if ever it
could be consummated, would strike a mortal blow at
the liberty of France. The two people are bound by
mutual ties. The Republic extinguished amongst us
would be an eternal stain on your flag, one ally the
less for France in Europe, one step the more on the
road to a monarchical restoration, towards which a de-
ceitful or deceived Government impels your beautiful
and great country.
"Rome, therefore, will combat as she has already
combated. She knows that she fighta for her own
liberty and for yours. Soldiers of the French Republic!
Whilst you are marching against our tricolour flag,
Russians, the men of 1815, are marching into Hungary,
and dreaming of a march into France. At some miles
aistance from you, a Neapolitan corps which we have
attacked, holds the banner of despotism and intole-
rance displayed. At some leagues from you, on your
left, a Republican city, Leghorn, resists at this moment
to Austrian invasion. There is your place. Tell your
leaders to keep their word. Remind them that at Mar-
seilles and Toulon they promised you a battle agaimt
the Croats. Remind them that the French soldier holds
at the end of his bayonet the honour and liberty of
France. French soldiers! Soldiers of liberty! March
not against your brethren. Our battles are yours. Let
the two tri-colour flags ally themselves, and march to-
gether to the liberation of nations and the destruction of
tyrants. God, France, and Italy will bless your arms.
Long live the French Republic! Long live the Roman
Republic!
"The Triumvirs—AßMELLlNl, SAFFI, MAZZINI.

" Rome, May 10, 1849."
" Remans!—With inexpressible joy I have received
and published the bulletin of General Garibaldi relative
to the brilliant feat of arms at Palestrina, performed
yesterday. Citizens!—Modern Rome is like the ancient
city, surrounded with enemies in the infancy of its
Republican life. But if the first came forth armed and
powerful in war from being so often assailed, the second,
innocent, pure from blood, cleansed from ambition, and
aspiring only to the exercise of human rights, will be en-
couraged in her glorious mission by the sanctity of her
cause, and protected by the justice of God. Persevere
therefore, Romans, with all courage. We will over-
come our enemies; we will guard our rights; we will be
the corner-stone of the rebuilding of Italy.
" The French threaten yet once more to return to the
assault; we will chase them back again in the tracks they
have left from the 30th of April. At the first discharge
of cannon let all the citizens run gallantly to arms, and
fly to defend the walls and barricades. God is with us.
The eternal right of the people shall not perish.
"JOSEPH AVEZZANA, the General-in-chief,
Minister of War and Marine.
"Rome, May 10, 1849."

THE OUTRAGE ON THE QUEEN.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
After the examination at the Home-office had been
concluded, the prisoner, John Hamilton, was brought
into an outer room in the custody of Inspector Shaw,
who took the charge, and police-constable Topley, who
apprehended him, when he was exposed to the gaze of a
number of persons connected with the Home-office fur
upwards of half an hour, but not the slightest change of
countenance was perceptible. A perfect indifference
marked the whole of his demeanour. Upon the com-
mittal to Newgate being signed, sat order was al,e
' issued, directed to the governor of the above gaol, that
the prisoner should be kept by himself, and, in accord-
ancet_e with these instructions, the prisoner up to
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ther corroborated by the prisonor's extreme poverty,
for the only property which he possessed was the clothes
on his back.
With respect to the punishment in the event of the
prisoner :being found guilty, an erroneous impression
exists to the effect that he can be both publicly flogged
and transported. The clause of the Act, which is as
folio% s, will show the contrary :—`. And be it enacted
that from and after the passing of this Act, if any per-
son shall wilfully discharge or attempt to discharge,
or point, aim, or present at or near to the person of
the Queen, any gun, pistol, or any other description of
firearms, or of other arms whatsoever, whether the
same shall or shall not contain any explosive or destruc-
tive material, or shall discharge or cause to be dis•
charged, or attempt to discharge or cause to be discharged,
any explosive substance or material near the person
of the Queen ; or if any person shall wilfully strike
or eAteroPt to strike at the person of the Queen with

any oggsive weapon, or in any other me nner what
sover; or if any person shall wilfully throw or attempt
to throw any substance, matter, or thing whatsoever at
or upon the person of the Queen, with intent in any of
the cases aforesaid to injure the person of the Queen, cr
with intent in any of the cases aforesaid to break the
public peace, or whereby the public peace may be en-
dangered; or with intent in any of the cases aforesaid,
SEe., every such person so offending shall be guilty of s
high misdemeanour, and, being convicted thereof in due
course of law, shall be Miele, at the discretion of the
court before which the said person shall be so convicted,
to be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven
years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour,
for any period not exceeding three years, and during
the period of such imprisonment to be publicly or
privately whipped, as often and in such manner and form
as the said court shall order and direct, not exceeding
three.'
It will thus be seen that if the sentence of transporta-
tion is passed, the flogging cannot be carried into 'execu-
tion; to inflict such a necessary punishment, the court
must pass the minimum sentence.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY.

So dull a Monday before the races was never known;
the subscribers, it is true, mustered in great numbers;
but, beyond offers to back Nunnykirk and Chatterer,
there was no appearance of business until near four
o'clock. The spirit then began to move a little, and to
some purpose, the disposition to lay against the first
favourite being so decided, that he eventually declined to
to 4; a good deal of money was laid against him at
those odds, and at sto 2. Nunnykirk was in immense
favour; but from the general disinclination to lay, the
amount got on was not very heavy; from the tone of the
market, it is not at all improbable that he will take pre-
cedence of the Dutchman before starting. Chatterer
was backed freely at 6 to 1; and Tadmor for a small
sum, at 6to 1 and 13 to 2; the latter had not many
friends. Vatican and Elthiron were on the decline.
Vanguard and The Knout were friendless. The Oaks
betting was flat, and noticeable only for a great improve-
ment i❑ Imperatrix. A very small field is expected.
Closing prices:—

DERBY.
9 to 4 agst Lord Eglinton's The Flying Dutchman
6 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Nunnykirk—taken and
afterwards offered
6 to 1 agat Mr. Watts's Chatterer—taken freely
13 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor—taken
20 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vatican
35 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron
30 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb
40 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Old Dan Tucker—takes
50 to 1 agat Mr. Farrance's The Old Fox
2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Disney's Montague—taken
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Godwin's Hotspur
4,000 to 20 agst Lord Exeter's Glenalvon—taken
3,000 to 15 agst Mr. Nicholls's Woolwich—taken
2,000 to 10 agst Mr. Jaques's Chantrey—taken
1,000 to 5 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot—taken
700 to 100 agst The Flying Dutchman winning the
Derby and St. Leger—taken and aft. off
OAKS.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Clarissa—taken
6 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glauca
13 to 2 agst Lord Chesterfield's Sister to Arkwright
7 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Woodlark
12 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Imperatrix—taken
15 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Escalade
500 to 400 on Glauca, Clarissa, Sister to Arkwright,
and Woodlark against the field.
EMPEROR'S VASE (ASCOT).
4 to 1 agat Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken

" 'Tis time
I should inform thee further."
" The hour's now come ;
The very minute bids thee ope thine ear."
" In such indexes, although small pricks
To their subsequent volumes, there is seen
The baby figure of the giant mass
Of things to come."

SZATCSPERE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sett,—During the sixty hours which have elapsed
since I penned my Derby epistle, several important
changes have been brought about materially affecting
the great race of to-morrow. In the first place, the
Dutchman has receded in public favour from 2 to 1 to
5 to 2 ; while Scott's black-un has advanced from 4, to
3to 1, taken. It would not surprise me to see Nunny-
kirk in Springy Jack's place, an absolute second and
defeated by a neck • of one thing I am particularly con-
fident, and that is, that bar an accident he will be first,
second, or third.

Day's horse, Chatterer, is to me a puzzle. His late ad-
vance in the odds from 33 to 6 to I, the latter price
being taken freely, seem to say most unmistakeably that
the Danebury nag is everything that could be wished;
he certainly won his trial cleverly enough, but in the
face of this, and the confidence of his party, I reiterate
my opinion as expressed in my last letter, he cannot win,
although I must award him a better place than the rear.
Is strikes me very forcibly, with respect to several of
the " cracks," that
"Many a man ere this day week,
Although no ditcher's fate he'd seek,
Will wish he'd been a hedger:"
With respect to Vatican, who is still supported upon the
strength of some fancy idea or other, I beg to say that
there are

" Within the realm
Five hundred good as he."
As to Honeycomb,
" I am content that he shall take the odds
Of his great name and estimation ;"
and that is all 1 think he wilt take by his motion to-
morrow. My confidence in my especial favourite, the
" Dumpling' of Newmarket, is unabated, and those who
take shelter under Colonel Peel's Palm-Tree (for such is
the signification of Tadmor in the original language)
are not likely to regret doing so.
The Epsom Four-Year-Old Stakes look very like a
walk over fur Comet.

The Grand Stand Plate seems destined for Coun-
tess colt, or Swordplayer; Cymba third.
The Nonsuch Stakes to Rose Pompon or Miss Lark-
away.
For the Oaks a field of some fifteen or sixteen will
run, probably the following:—Glauca, Clarissa, Wood-
lark, West Country Lass, Emma Donna, Mysticle, Lady
Jersey, Industry filly, Highland Fling, Eva,: Diana,
Grace, Imperatrix, Plebeia, and Lady Superior; Wet
Nurse and Lady Tryphena may run; is that case West
Country Lass will be withdrawn.
I shall not analyze their merits, but at once jump to
the conclusion by taking Glauca and Clarissa as the
most likely to catch the judge's eye first, former for
choice, Day's fillies being close up.
I will conclude by laying before your readers a table
of anticipations of the fate of the principal stakes of
1849, and Derby, 1850.

STAKE.
Ascot Derby ...
Triennial ...
Welcome ...
New ... ...

Emperor's Plate

♦SCOT.

PROBABLE WLNNER S.
... Drakelow.

• Nunnykirk, 1; Elthiron, 2.
• The Knout, or Sobraon.
... Cadger, or William the Con-
queror.
... Van Tromp, 1; Chanticleer, 2 ;
Cossack, 3.
NEWCASTLE.

,;Corthumberland Plate.. Mahon, Est 111 b; Belus, sst Slb.
Stebbing's lot look certain to carry this Plate oft
Hotspur Elthiron, or Nunnykirk.
Gateshead .. The Knout.
Gold Cup ... ... Van Tromp, or Chanticleer.
Tyro ... ... Countess of Albemarle, or
The Douglass.

LIVERPOOL.

Th© Cup

St. Leger

... Pee p• o'Day-Boy, Bst 41b; Lady
Matbam, 7st 91b; Esseda-
rius, sst Glb.
... Flying Dutchman, I ; Van-
guard, 2.
... Cadger, or Flash.
GOODWOOD.
• Tadmor.
... Colonel Peel, or Mr. Meiklean.
• Sergius, or William the Con-
queror.

Aiermey

Gratwicke
The Ham
Lavant ...

Drawing-room
Racing ... .

Uriel.
... Honeycomb, or Uriel.
YORK.
Ethiron.
Ellen Middleton, or Lady
Jersey

Ebor St; Leger
Yorkshire Oaks

DONCASTER.
Nunnykirk, or Flying Dutch-

St. Leger

man.

Derby ...

xrsom, 1850.
... Pontifex, Sidus, The Italian,
or The Cadger.
I am Sir, yours, &0.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

May 22.

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And Nat, on his Tit, gives Tadtnor a shake;
While Chatterer, Honeycomb, and Dutchman so bold,
Give work to their Jockies to keep them in hold;
And Vatican now pushes forward the pace,
And at once becomes forward, e'en first in the race.
" Tattenham Corner" they round, where the Dutchman

appears,
'Mid the hopes of his friends, and yet with their fears,
Followed close in his wake by "Touchstone's" bold son,
Whilst Nat upon Tadmor goes fearlessly on,
The distance is reached, " Bay bliddleton's blood,
That never the distance has aver yet stood,
Gets tired, then wearied, then losses first place,
And Tadmor now takes the lead in the race.
The crowd cry out, that Tadmor wins the day,
Not seeing Touchstone's son corning away
From out the ruck, which pent hits in so long,
And in earnest makes the pace both fast and strong.
Tadmor and he, now neck and neck they race,
And at the stand the black one takes first place.
The fray is o'er, the race is run;
The sox of BeeAtving and of 7'ouchAtone's won,
Whilst " Sins" on Vatican obtains third place,
And struggling beats the Dutchman in the race.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.—The cotton
sales at Havre were yesterday very languid, sales up to
two o'clock amounting to 50S bales, without any
alteration in price. The Merchant from Savannah, and
the Jeune Nelly from Pernambuco, arrived yesterday
at Havre. The Peter Marcy and Thomas Wright, with
4,980 bales of cotton, were reported Wit eveutDg si bolos
in the channel, WWI for that port.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC J OURNALS.
CHRONICLE.—A majority of thirteen in Committee
,'where proxies do not count) against Lord Stanley's
principal amendment has finally settled the question of
the navigation-laws, and proved the utter hollowne,s of
the boasts and threats with which the public has been
so long teased and deafened by the Protectionists. By
a kind of retributiie justice, too, they have received
their death-blow in an attempt at an imposition and a
truck. A borough Member, who was expected to do
something handsome for his constituents, promised to
give five hundred pounds to be laid out for the good of
their town so soon as they bad agreed as to the best
method of expending it. They never did agree, and he
saved his money. Lord Stanley's offer, or promise, of
reciprocity was a dodge of the same character. Ills
sole object in making it was to gain time, create
embarrassment, and eventually do nothing. If he has,
read the printed " Correspondence with Foreign States,'
on the subject of the navigation-laws, he must be
perfectly aware that the principal maritime countries,
with the United States at their bead, are most desirous
to deal with Great Britain on a perfect footing of r
precity; but a very general suspicion prevails that she
is not in earnest. Several complain that they have taken
the initiative in liberality as regards both commerce and
navigation, and that their overtures have not been
frankly and fairly met. It is, therefore, of paramount
importance to inspire confidence, and to dissipate, by a
generous and open mode of dealing, the growing jea-
lousies of rivals and competitors, who, by combining.
might fatally check the progress of our manufactures or
our marine. It is also obvious, that if the improved
system of commercial policy is to be carried out, bit by
bit, by treaties with each individual state, an infinity of
difficulties would be started, and work would be cut out
for the diplomats, enough to last them the next twenty
years, if not enough to compel the institution of a new
academy for their instruction. Many of our existing
treaties contain a clause binding us to admit the con-
tracting party to any advantages to which
we admit any other nation. This would be
impossibility
of source of complication. The
of finding equivalents, or satisfactory subjects
of interchange, would be another. How, for example,
are we to deal with countries which have no colonies?
or how can a country with only a single port compensate
us' for admitting their vessels into the whole of our
numerous ports? Or are we to confine Hamburgh and
Bremen to Newcastle and Hull? If Lord Stanley was
not aware of these obvious objections, he has profitted
very little by his official experience; and it is most ex-
traordinary that he does not see (what, it is rumoured,
some of his followers saw at a glance) that his scheme
is a distinct admission of the principle of free trade. Fur
these several reasons, we never for a moment looked on
Lord Stanley's amendments as bond fide propositions ;
and his speech, on bringing them forward, was not of a
nature to dispel doubts as to his good faith. It was not
only wavering and inconsistent in itself, but utterly at
variance with what he said no longer since than Friday
last. The unconstitutional character of the course he
threatened had become apparent in the brief interval of
two days; new lights had broken in; and the amendments
which were to sweep away the principle of the Bill were
described as not affecting that principle at all. But it
is needless to turn back for the purpose of exposing
Lord Stanley's inconsistencies. It is simply necessary
to place his arguments in parallel columns, and the self-
refutation is complete. Eloquently and elaborately did
be expatiate on the sagacious policy of Mr. Huskissou
in proceeding by reciprocity treaties ; but it suddenly
occurred to the Noble Lord, that, if this, the first serious
encroachment on the Navigation-laws; had turned out
well, the general conclusion might be against him, and
he forthwith attempted to show that, by these; same
treaties, • Mr. Huskisson had made a present of large
slices of our trade to every nation which sent a ship to
Liverpool. Then Mr. Huskisson had said, and he (Lord
Stanley) agreed with bin, that the time might
come when some doughty rival might monopolise
the carrier trade of the world, and that, in all human
probability, this formidable maritime rival of Great
Britain would be North America. Yet forthwith he
proposes to give the United States the right of carrying
Canadian produce to Great Britain, to the exclusion of
every other foreign country; thereby protecting our most
formidable rival against Holland, Prussia, Sweden, Den-
mark, Norway, and ell the other states which are sup-
posed,to run us close. His Lordship admitted that the
prohibition to bring the raw produce of Asia, Africa, or
America, in any ship whatever, British or foreign, from
any European port to the British isles, was an absurdity.
But when compelled to specify what modification he
would allow, it was with pain and difficulty extracted
from him that the utmost to which he could consent
was, that the law should be relaxed as to a few slight
articles, but that it must remain unaltered so far as tea,
coffee, cotton, sugar, tobacco, and, in fact, every other
weighty and important commodity was concerned. But
the point on which he was most inconsistent, and con-
tradiated himself most frequently, was precisely
that which constituted the leading feature of
his plats. Everyone acquainted with commercial matters
knows that there is nothing so ruinous as change. One
of the greatest evils of the restrictive system consists in
the fluctuations occasioned by it. If prohibitory duties
are imposed one year, and repealed or modified the next,
the most cautious calculations are confounded, and the
steadiest trader finds himself in a dilemma. Lord Stanley
saw and stated this, with his accustomed force and clear-
ness, when his object was to discredit the retaliation
clauses in the Ministerial Bill. " Once open your ports
ta toreign state (so runs his argument), and it is ab-
SUrl to suppose that you would ever again dream of
cloning teem." But when it was necussary to recommend
his own ptoposal, the argument was reversed. According
i 0 b is amendments, her Majesty is merely to be aut horised
to act by "orders in council, revocable as hereinafter
plen tionod ;" and let no one suppose that this re•
tetkitg power is to be a dead letter. Most emphatically
he explain that it was to be regularly exerci-ed on
the first symptom of unfairness or inequality. If, for
etetteeple, it :Should be found upon trial tSat Great Bri
lain could not compete wiih any given couutry, the order
In council was to be withdrawn or cancelled, and the
'pristine state of restriction was to be restored. Does
Lord Stanley really believe that any country in the
world would negotiate upon such a basis, or that mer-
chants would embark their capital subject to so facti-
Sirius and gratuitous a risk? Not contented with contra-
dicting, himself five or eix times over, he must needs con-
one of his ablest supporters, Lord Ellenborough,
lab° had dwelt very pointedly, and very superfluously, in
the former.debate, on the madness of sacrificing national
honour or maritime supremacy to wealth. It served the
purpose of tne moment, and Lord Stanley covered with
ridicule the notion that nations are to be guided by roman-
tic considerations of glory and generosity, instead of mak-
ing the best possible bargains on all occaeions. He was fol-
lowed by Lord Grey, who hit him right and left without
mercy. "It is all very well to keep to generalities, to
talk about Nelson and the Ni;e, and the dependence of
this entire empire on these miserable wrecks, relics, aad
fratltnents of navigation laws. But come to close
quai-ters: take restriction by restriction, and let us see
if ys u have a word to say for one of them." Lord
Stanley is too wary to accept such a challenge; and it
would have been well for him had he been silent as to the
returns relating to the Liverpool trade fur 1848. Lord
Grey proved from them incontestably, that, if the United
States possessed an advantage in the direct trade
under the reciprocity treaties, this was entirely
owing to our own senseless and arbitriry law.
Tee discussion which ensued reminds us of a
dr bate described by Horace Walpole, in which
',Murray (Lord Mansfield) suffered for an hour." Lord
Stanley must have suff,red for several hours, unless he
has grown completely callous. It would be no easy
mrtn,r to
.decide whether he was most damaged by
neutrals, friends, or enemies; but he must have writhed
under the unpriscipled advocacy of his adherents, as
mach as under the good sense and information of Lord
Granville, the statesmalike views ofLord Lansdowne, and
the unsparing castigatione of Lord Grey. As for Lord
Ciilchester's knowledge and Lord Ellen borough's oratory,
they were worse than wasted; whilst Lord Wharuclitie
and Lord Harr!)wby passed a strong censure on the Op-
position leader, in the very act of objecting to the measure
of the Government. We shall take another opportunity
of commenting on this Ai bate. Our present impression
is that Lord Stanley- has received a i-evere lesson; and
(better late than never) must have learnt that the cheers
of an intemperate and broken party will ill compensate
him for the discredit he has incurred by sacrificing prin-
ciple, consistency, and the; confidence of all right-thinking
men, to gratify them.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, MAY 18.—Fredericia has been
bombarded since 3 o'olock yesterday morning, 30 bombs
having been, in the first instance, thrown into the for-
tress. • • • •
The day before yesterday, the Prussians oacupied
our Aarlaims, and they _did not encounter any
of the men except a few cavalry patrols. Nor is
it known where the northern division of the enemy
is stationed. On the gradual approach of the Imperial
troops, the inhabitants leaving their property at stake,
take ships, and leave for Turin. The Danes at Fre-
dericia are indefatigable in daily saluting the German
work of fortification with their bombs, without,
however, causing much damage. When too energe-
tie the Germans make the Jutland peasants, who are
at work, upon them, immediately cease their fire.
On the 15th they saluted the German entrenchments
with nineteen bombs, but only one of them took effect,
and. killed a couple ot men. Upon this, General Bonin
placed the Jutland peasants in a nitre exposed position
than they generally occupied, and the Danes imme-
diately gave over firing. The fortress of Fredericia is
trio, the stronghold, and although the Danes were
victorious in the first sally, it is said that their
loss was considerable, though the Minister of War
at Copenhagen gives the list, at one killed and sixteen
sounded. The Danes assert that Fredericia will be able
to sustain a bombardment for three weeks. The event
will prove whether this is so or not.
COPENHAGEN, MAY 17.—An English war-steamer
arrived here to-day. It is conjectured that it is the
Hecate, which, according to the English journals, has
been- sent hither with dispatches from Lord Palmerston.
HANovEa, Malt 16.—The Hanover Ga:eite is iudigs
rant at the report circulated in the capital, end inserted
s;so in the Morning Pest, that the King of Hanover
agrduld arrive in England in"tie course of twenty-fnr
hours. " King Ernest Augustus:' says this journal,
" is made of rather tougher material thus to quit his
post in the prospect of possible contingencies:"
The project of the German Constitution, as about
to he adopted by the German Government now delibe-
?sting at Berlin; is said to he ready, and will soon be
promulgated. It comprehends a German union, and
()lifers only on some points to the administrative
• formerly propounded at Frankfort. This Con-
. etitution, as accepted at Berlin, is to be sub-
,. witted to the Diet to be assembled this summer for
deliberation and acceptance. By this project the King
• of Prussia will be at the head. of Germany as Regent
•c.f the Empire (Reichsverweser), and thereby obtain
• the supreme command of Germany oa mace svae

and firmer foundation, than it he were now to accept
the Imperial Crown on the ground of the German
Constitution.--Halnbu•!jh Correspondent, May 18.

THE BRAZILS.

The Sword Fish arrived at Liverpool on Saturday
evening, bringing accounts from Rio Janeiro to the 10th ;
Bahia to the 17th; and Pernambuco to the 27th ult.
There is no political news of interest.
At Pernambuco cotton had advanced owing to the
improved accounts from Liverpool and a decline in price
was not looked for, whilst the rate of freight to Liver-
pool remains so low. First quality was quoted at
to -lid. per lb.
Sugars advanced 1 anna to 2 anna reis per arroba,
with a limited business. The stock is small.
Dry salted sides scarce at anna and five reis per
lb. Exchange had declined in consequence of the fall-
ing off in the supplies of sugar. The rate on England
stood at 26'41, at which business to some extent was done.
A steamer had just arrived from Rio Janeiro, having
on board specie to be invested in hills.
Freights continued dull to the Channel and the United
Kingdom. The rates were 375. 6d., and 5 per cent. per
ton for sugar in bags.
Cotton to Liverpool 7-16ths of a penny and 5 per cent.
per lb.
At Bahia Sugar was firm at 1,800 to 2,300 reis.
Exchange not so firm, at 26d. and 3s. 4d.
Freights 40s. to the Channel for orders, and 455. to
the Mediterranean.
At Rio Janeiro coffee was quoted at 3,000 to 3,200
for superiors; 2,730 to 2,900 goud first; and 2,400 to
2,600; regular stock, 40,000 bags.
Exchange, 26d.
Freights 355. to 40s. per ton Channel.