The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-17 00:00:00

POSEN.

The Commission for re-organizing the Grand
Duchy of Posen, have come to the following resolu-
tions :--They propose to place a Pole at the head of
the administration. A corps d'armee shall be organized
in the Grand Duchy, and the officers shall be chosen
by the soldiers, who will be permitted to wear the
Polish cockade, and Polish officers returning from
abroad, or from other service, will hold the same
rank if they choose to join; the landwehr to be
newly organized, and all troops not natives of the
Duchy to be withdrawn. It is said that this ar-
rangement, which it was hoped would satisfy the
Poles, has received the sanction of the KING. On
the morning of the 10th, at three o'clock, a force,
consisting of 3,000 infantry, three batteries, some
howitzers, and two squadrons of horse, marched for
Schroda, about fifteen English miles from Posen, in
order to take the town by assault. It is occupied by
between 15,000 and 20,000 armed Poles.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
Letters from Kiel of the 11th inst. state that the
Danish troops have effected a landing in Kiel Bay.
The corps, jagers, students, and volunteers of Schles-
wig-Holstein have been annihilated, all who were
not killed in the•great battle of Sunday week having
been taken prisoners by the Danes.
The retreat of the Schleswig-Holstein troops from
Flensborg was very disorderly. The position of the
troops of the Duchies, when attacked by the Danes
near 1.;.u, eXLcLtled pal tiy along Bay of
partly along the Bay of Flensborg, towards Glucks.

burg, and was not strong in defensive points. The
Danes seem to have been well acquainted with the
number and position of the troops opposed to them,
whilst the Holsteiners were very ignorant of the
number of the Danish army. The town of Flens-
borg, which it was asserted on all sides was en-
thusiastic in the cause of the Duke of AIIGUSTEIq-
BURG, it now appears was animated by
quite an
opposite spirit. The Flensborgers, they say, fired at
the troops from the windows, and poured boiling
water upon the Holstein troops. The students were
obliged to fight their way through the town on theft
retreat, so bitter was the animosity against them.

ITALY.

IMPORTANT NEWS.

BATTLE BETWEEN THE AUSTRIANS ANT
PIEDNIONTESE. ALLEGED TitIUDIFILA'-`
VICTORY OF THE LATTER.
The Piedmontese Gazette of the 10th publishes th 6
following bulletin :
" From the head-quarters of the King at Castiglione
delle Stiviere, April 8, 1848, at eight r.m.
" The Austrian troops had been retiring for severs
l
days before the Piedinuntese troops, who, preceded Oaf
bee
Their ancient renown for valour and discipline, had
crossing the lines of the Oglio and Chiese without 1111.
obstacle. The enemy hied already abandoned the rello
ti,ilis of Montechiaro, loaata, and Castiglione ~,a
Stiviere, which had been considered very nuv—i
t,geous for them. They had already retired berm
the line of the Mincio, to concentrate themselves
between Pesehiera and Mantua ; but our tronots
pursued them with prodigious rapidity', c,his
verging towards the passages of the Alincie a,
morning the King boldly established his heaut
quarters in Castiglione delle Stiviere, and et evb°sl
nine o'clock the Brigade Regina, the battalion
Novi, and a part of the corps of tirailleurs reached G°l'.
to attack the Austrians. The war of Italian indepenu_.,
ence was destined to be opened with an important actin
which might really deserve the name of a victory, Anii,
we shall call it the victory of the Bridge of Gott°.
men, led by General Bava, made a brisk attack ulie-
Goito, where the enemy had fortified himself barricadinis
the streets, and occupying the windows, from! whet°
ho directed an uninterrupted fire upon us; but every
stacle was overcome by the intrepidity of the tirailleurs,
placed at the head of the column, and supported by 5°,(12„6
pieces of artillery. The enemy was forced to abano°;
his position; on his retreat over the river he blew uPStill
bridge that had been mined a short time before.
one of the parapets remained nearly entire; the tirailleusrs
intrepidly ventured upon it, and by main force tool:
possession of the artillery that was playing urn 110
incessantly. In a short time the passage of the
was forced over the smoking ruins of the bridge-
enemy, pursued without interruption, fled towallA,
Mantua, leaving a great number of prisoners and (le'
and among these some officers. The fruit of this victory
is our remaining masters of the passage of the Idiot.
of which we at present occupy the left bank. On °"s
part we have to deplore, with other losses, that 0' tve.
a
officers. Colonels La Marmara of the tirailleas, nnhe
Macarani of the regiment Real Novi, are among
wounded."
ft r,
A postcript to this dispatch, received an hour ft..%
adds the following particulars:—" The battle lststeci:d-e
hours. The cannon did great execution. NT 114 i
2,000 prisoners, took four pieces of cannon, and the pv-i;
nom is ours. The wound of Colonel La Mannar!!
slight ; that of Colonel Macarani is not very severe.

General the Prince di Gonzaga di Mantua, Sic"
accompanied by his wife, arrived on the 3d of API',
at Genoa, from his recent sojourn in England. FV°l
Genoa the illustrious traveller proceeded onwards tf.
Rome for the purpose of tendering his services to
Holiness for the vindication of the liberty and jade
pendence of Italy.—Gazzetta di Genova.

THE MURDER in WESTMINSTER'

WESTMINSTER POLICE-COURT—(THIS 1:054),
After the disposal of the night charges (nearly 13°'
past twelve o'clock), William Tompkins was Plitc„,ed,,,isn
the bar charged with the wilful murder of Maria Ow-

Mr. Broderip was on the bench.
The prisoner is a good-looking, intelligent, B"ret'd
well-built young man, about 25 years of age, dress
like a carman. He appeared a prey to acute intern
;
agony, and trembled when placed at the bar. ge
however, recovered his composure, but during the whole
examination he was slightly excited and shed tears. ti
rolice•con: nble Hodgson, 170 R—About tivenollo
minutes to ene o'clock yesterday morning I 71168130..
duty in Regent-street, when I heard the cry of the
lice" from Vincent-street. I immediately ran to
spot, where I was met by a Mr. Kean, who told me t"ia
slot'
and man bad stabbed a woman. We both ran to the or:,
and found a woman lying on her face, partly 00
kerb, and partly in the gutter. Mr. Kean said the 0:1'"
had fled.

Clerk—What state was the woman in? Constable
She was insensible. She was not bleeding. We Jiiw".
her up, and discovered a wound under the collar-boos'
I did know her. I took her to the surgery of gr;
Pearse, the divisional surgeon, who examined her, an
found she was dead. The body was then removed to
the workhouse.
MAGISTRATE.—DO you wish to ask the witness eel
question? Prisoner—No, sir; only that we were drink"
iug all the night at the Rose and Crown.
Scott, 157 B, said—At half-past twelve last night.,
was on duty at the corner of Page-street, in Holywe's
street. I saw the prisoner and a female coming eernd
Regent-street, towards me. The prisoner said 01;nr
night" to me; and I made use of a fareui:tclia,
expression adding " You are getting tova" 0
home." I knew the prisoner, from having
_becog
gaoler at the time the prisoner and a P,ti/we
woman ware charged at the station, some 0
ago, on the 24th of March, I think, with having
drunk and disorderly. I then went round part ";1„
beat, which extends over part of Regent-street, 11The
street, the Horseferry-road, and Holyvvell-street. 00.
prisoner stopped me in Holywell-street, and in c of
sequence of what he said to me I went to the shop bo
Mr. Pearse, the surgeon. There I saw the female,. bad
I have seen since and recognised as the female of
seen the prisoner with. She was lying on the fl(x4 bet
the shop, and her dress had been lowered bell I
breasts. Her bonnet and shawl were 0"" her
searched her. She had nothing more abeoAuee.
than the key and the handkerchief, which I Pre",-
(The key was strung on a small white handerchie"the
order that it might not be lost.) I and Wright got
ere
stretcher, and took her to the workhouse. As we ale
waiting at the door, a girl came up and said the fl/33-to
lived in Deere-street. 133 made some observation
en
me, which called to my mind the female I had ,„6,1e01s
with the prisoner. (The prisoner here becarn°,'",,-od
agitated, hung his head upon the rail of the doea,,- to
shed tears in abundance, sighing deeply.) I wen" d,
the station-house and had the charge-book searcheeb
in order to discover the residence of the prisoner, will in
was found to be No. 7, Vincent-row. I went ther°od
company with Inspector Cummings, where we f°ur
Sergeant Wright, and Wight, 133 B, with the Prien,,,e,
in their custody. He was taken to the station.h°74
The prisoner said he did not wish to ask the witness
question.
nee
r'
Mr. Arthur Keene, employed in the Royal Engl-
office, and living at 11, Page-street, Westminster, 1-to
about half-past twelve o'clock, or twenty minutes of
of
one on Sunday morning, when I got to the corner
Vincent-street, I heard a ,faint cry or ac„riewe•os.
but nothing that would attract any silsr„,„-- -00
I went down Vincent-street, in the wr—itriht
from which the cry proceeded. I went down the right
hand side of the street, on which side the onlvtlen301:0-ee
the street is placed. I saw a figure in the de-lx corner
of le or
of the street ; I could not tell whether it was - ded
female, owing to the darkness. I crossed and procee
the
over towards it. I then saw a female lying en
ground about three yards from a court. Her fee
were near the kerb stone, and her head about three fees
from it in the road. She lay on her Lace, with her arl„.
between the pier 0'
stoalwdetdhounp dr
iesronheerr;
whlopwaasssedh her a
standinga b out a yard, when
the gable and the post. I asked him what he had been
doing to her, to which he gave no reply, but he came abnei
one pace towards me. 1 put the question to him again'
and again received the same answer. I asked bins asks
was his wife, and why he did not go and lift her 11174
He then went two feet towards her. Before I ask°-
him if she was his wife, the woman raised herself Yel
feebly about six inches from the ground, but she tut
down immediately into her former position. When
went towards her he said " Maria." lam not sure tR::
ue
he said " get up," but he mentioned her n nine' t'
immediately turned round and snid" I have killed c
—I have stabbed her with that knife," at the same °if:7
eaxcboimbimtionng calaksnpifeonteo,
used by persona of the class of
here produced. The prisoner trembledblade,
vpi3jureicischnnottlej
ysr ,6:looseci.
hung down his head.) I could only observe the bleed
That, to the best of my belief, was the knife. I 'del
up and down the street for assistance, but not sv—Lin
any person near, I did not like to leave him.
asked him what he had done, when ho said "" ",„15
stabbed her with that knife," at the same time ein.--;:t‘e
his arm up and down. I waited a short time for sfiribe
panolcienet, whilstl was waiting the prisoner said, " ;11
give myself up." As he appeared to
passive, and not likely to go away, I proceedeuheee
Regent-street, in search of a policeman. I knew t,i-ebt
were two men standing at that corner. I bessr),,iof
them to give assistance, as a man had stabbed a we•-frsid
and one of them called out " Police." I said I ate eet
he will make off; and one of them run down the stir
immediately. (The prisoner here sat down and /coos
his head upon the dock.) A person was stopped bi
of the men, but as he was not the man we let hiss,a,c(
The police and several other persons then came, 0,
lifted the woman up, and placed her against the -iert
She was then alive, but quite insensible. He, 139°-,,,0d
opened her eyes. He brought her over to the 15Fer •ost
on opening her bosom a wound was discovered
_Jot.
b low the throat, and a little towards the left brew,
The wound was such a one as the knife would le od
She was then alive, for she opened her eyes and Woo
her mouth. Was on the other side of the way'
was then tken to the sugeon.
The prisaoner did not wish's to ask the witness 1114
question. the
After the examinltion of several other witnesses'
prisoner was remanded until Wednesday.
The court was very crowded.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
et a
The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was
d
Sales, 4,000 bales. American realised 44d to
Sid per lb. Railway Shares were firm, and the demand
was good.
The Bank des Pays Bas had declared a dividend of
45 florins per share. The reserved fund is stated to
amount to 21- millions of florins.
The manutacturers of Lille begin already to experience
the serious results of the labour combination in France,
and have memorialised the Provisional Government to
raise the duties upon Belgian fabrics. France must ex-
pect soon to find herself behind every other country in
her foreign trade, unless a great alteration takes place in
her Social system, and already the Belgians are following
out the fraternity principle, as taught them by the
Parisians, and endeavouring to deprive Frenchmen in
Belgium of their usual employment. At Mons, as is
mentioned in the Antwerp papers, the banking firm of
W. Delvaux has suspended payment.
Letters from Manchester announce the payment by
Messrs. Scholes and Co. of the last instalment of ss. in
the pound, with interest at the rate of three per cent.
Per annum, upon the debts of the firm, which at the
Period of the stoppage last November were 91,273/.
1,.°111e anxiety had prevailed in consequence of Messrs.
-4'eltth, Furze, and Co. having declined to
netept cerfain bills drawn by Aylton and Co.,
although it was hoped that the delay might only prove
Messrs. Baltszzi and Co., of Constantinople,
Jive remitted specie to cover the bills granted by them,.
me continental revolutions having so greatly interfered
with mercantile credit, and interrupted the operations
Of the Greek buyers.
The Corn Market has been steadier to-day. Prices
,4a're not advanced, however, the supply of foreign being
serge.
The Caledenia steamer is expected to-morrow.
There has been a fluctuating market again to-day for
!814) Public securities. Consols opened firmly at 82i
for transfer to•morrow, and have
receded to 811 to 82
:T ce. Time bargains have been made at 81',1 to
47. The state of continental affairs, and the
abundance of money are the counteracting
causes which stimulate speculations either for a fall or
Ban "'ranee. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
e been 81i to 814, and the Three per Cents. 80i to
4. Bank Stock has been firm at 186 to 1884, and
India Stock dull at 230. Exehequer-bills have been 40s.
425„ and India Bonds 18s. premium.
- An increased business has been done in the Foreign
eeurities. Spanish live per Cents. have been 10;1- to
T
ial, and the Three per Cents. 194 to 20, being an ad•
• nee in both instances. Portuguese Four per Cents.
Zen ro been marked 15 to 15i. Brazil Stock has
at 61 to 62. Mexican bonds have been marked
14
ei to
th Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., owing to
advance at Amsterdam, have touched 40, and the
Four per Cents. 65.
The Railway Share Market has been rather firm,
254 with a moderate business doing. Caledonian have been
to 26; Eastern Counties, 134 k; Great Northern 34
4; Great Western, 851 to 86; Brighton, 284 to 4;
ENorth Western, 1254 to 127; South Western, 434 to 44;
ittrid, 96 to 964; North Stafford, 6i to 7; South
eetern, 224; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 291;
ulogne and Amiens, 54; Northern of France, 24 to 3;
and Paris and Lyons, 14 to 24.

o-SE CLOSING
P).i—
b_
..-a OP BRITISH FIINDS O'CLOCK. PRICES
.
&mak Stock 186 18814 188%
804
a Per Cent. Reduced Arms .... BOV2I ,
8 per Cent. Consols Annuities 824 ~i , 11•74 82 81% New 34 per Cent. Ann 5...... Bl3/4% :4- 81%
8 5-16
l'epngAnns.to ex ire Jan 1860 . 814 5-16
India Stock P 6 . ••
230 228
20 p
India Bonds, 1,000/.
Ditto under 1,000/.
Consols for Account
EZchequer Bißills.2l, 82 821% 81% 82 813/4
3ci.
1,000/.
500/. .... 40 42 p
5ma11.........
...
offE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'cLOCS.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Small 62%
bo., New, 1843 .......... ••••••
Grenada Boads, 1 per Cent. — ,
Bleiticiui, 5 per Cent. 1846 1434%
Ditto Account
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 3O
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent l5 15
15
15 154
Ditto, Account
82
80 82
Russian Bonds
11 10% 10% BPanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 Der Cent 2O 19% 19
.. Ditto Account
204 20
venezuela Bonds, 2;j per Cent _l9 _ _ 19

43 p
41 p

41 p
CLOSIN
PRICES.
62

60
12%
14 %
14%
30