The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TiII:PADAy
_MVIII%:TINtsI, MAY 1848,

apportionment of the soil of Italy we cannot but
view the Lombards and Venetians as the victims of
circumstance. We cannot but look upon them as
driven into this arrangement by a deplorable alterna-
tive. We cannot but perceive that they are com-
pelled nolens volens to act thus by a sort of irresistible
necessity. This is why we look upon the scheme of
amalgamation with repugnance ; though at the same
time we are ready to confess what we have already
intimated, that the project is by far the safest and the
readiest method by which the Italians can secure
their independence.
As to CARLO ALBERTO himself, we are by no
means actuated by sentiments either of unconditional
prejudice or of unbounded admiration. We can
on no account regard his reputation as a politician as
immaculate. Yet we must protest at once that we are
far from being disposed to coincide with those who
deem his character as only worthy of abhorrence or
suspicion. As Prince of CARIONANO, he began life
nobly, valorously, chivalrously, as a Royal Knight
of the People. In 1821, in fact, when heir-presump-
tive to the crown of Piedmont, he stood forth da-
ringly—most daringly, if we take into consideration
the overwhelming odds of his opponents,
and the
perils individually provoked against himself by the
proceeding—he stood forth daringly, we say, as the
leader of the Liberal party, demanding a free
Constitution for Sardinia. In so doing he acted (and
History will proclaim it) bravely ; but in betraying
his party he acted (and History will blazon this too
upon her pages) most basely. No doubt there has
been monstrous exaggeration as to the conduct of
CARLO ALBERTO towards the Constitutionalists; no
doubt the alteration of his policy immediately upon
succeeding CARLO }antics upon the throne of Sardinia
has been represented as more abrupt than facts would
i
justify ; no doubt there has not been enough consi-
deration given to the preponderating influence
his
reg of , n
Austria during the first years o
when any direct opposition to the views of Prince
METTERNICH would have been little short of insanity,
and would have led only to the further diminution of

the liberties of the Piedmontese,—still, admitting all
this, we can by no means regard the political cha-
racter of his Majesty the reigning King of SAR.
nuns as unsullied or scatheless. Culpable he cer-
tainly proved himself to be, but culpable in a degree
immeasurably 1e33 than that which is indicated by
his more virulent antagonists. As an antidote to the
misrepresentations of those antagonists, we would
refer the reader to an admirable pamphlet
just published,* in which the writer,
GEORGE Bowrai, Esq., D.C.L., has vindi-
cated CARLO ALBERTO from the majority of these
malignant aspersions, though we cannot coincide in
those ingenious arguments of the pamphleteer by
which he would relieve the reputation of the Monarch
from all blame in reference to his temporary aban-
donment of the cause of the Constitutionalists.
Making every allowance for the supreme power of
Austria during the reign of GREGORY XVI., and
bearing for ever in our remembrance the noble con-
duct of the King of SARDINIA. ever since the acces•
sion of PIO Novo to the Papal chair, we must declare
at once and for all that we regard the character
of CARLO ALBERTO with real sentiments of
respect and admiration. For a while he was culpable,
and grossly culpable, no doubt, but he has expiated
his error in a manner becoming a patriot, a soldier, and
a Prince. For a while he allowed his liberality to
lie ia abeyance, but. he has since called it forth with
renewed vigour; and has staked his crown, his fame,
and his life upon the freedom of Italy. As a recom-
pense for this kingly courage, the diadem of Northern
Italy, the junction of Venetian-Lombardy to his do-
minions, and the incorporation of the duchies
of Parma, Piacenza, and Modena, would
be a splendid and munificent boon, but a
boon not greater than his audacity, or
superior to his patriotism. Should destiny reserve
this glorious kingdom as a reward to CARLO ALBERTO,
he will have earned it well by fighting for the liberty
of the Italians, in the van of the army of independ-
ence. Still, while we appreciate the justice of this
estimate, we repeat that the scheme is repugnant to
us, inasmuch as it appears to ns to be forced upon the
Lombardo-Venetians.

On Monday we alluded to the attempts that have
been made to prevent the Law Officers of the Crown in
Ireland from exercising, on the approaching trial of
Mr. JOHN MITCHEL, their undoubted privilege of
setting aside every person who may be called upon
4u,p4s cne-1 oung Ireland ',
doctrines, and who in all human probability would
follow the example afforded by the minorities on the
recent trials. The notion which the Confederates
entertain of an impartially selected jury
appears to be, that it should consist of
persons professing the same p3litical opinions as the
prisoner they are about to try. The chairman at one
of their meetings put this point plainly enough. He
said, " We have assembled for the purpose of protest-
ing
against the base, brutal, and bloody practice
of jury packing. There were two meanings
attached to trial by jury in Ireland
the one was to view it in a theoretic sense, in which
it meant a trial of a man by twelve men, impartially
selected from his fellow-citizens. But there was
another sense in which it must be viewed, and that
was the sense in which it had always been applied by
the .servants of British power against those who were
guilty of the heinous crime of loving their country.
Io the latter sense it meant the selection of twelve of,
their bitterest enemies to try them. Now they were'
the open and avowed enemies of the British power in
that country." So, then, the speaker conceives it to
be packing a jury if none but those who are
friendly to the British connexion, and who are op-
posed to the Utopian project of an Irish Republic,
are placed thereon. As well might a pickpocket
demand that some of his own honourable profession
should be placed upon his jury when he is placed at
the bar, or a murderer protest against the unfair-
ness of having those who are to decide on his guilt
or innocence selected from persons not one of whom
had ever shed the blood of a fellow-creature. If these
views were carried out to their full extent the law
would possess but little terror for its habitual vio-
lators.
All doubts on the subject will, however, speedily be
terminated. An unsuccessful attempt was made to
have the indictment quashed, upon the ground that
it contained two separate and distinct charges of fe-
lony. A demurrer was subsequently threatened,
manifestly for the purpose of delay, but the Attorney-
General having intimated that if such a course was
persisted in he would, in the event of its being
overruled, press for formal judgment against the pri-
soner; and the Court having decided that if
an argument took place thereon, judgment of guilty
or not guilty should follow immediately, the intention
twos abandoned. A plea of . not guilty was at
,'length recorded, and this day finally fixed for the
trial. It is more than probable that some hours may
be consumed by a challenge to the array, or some
similar motion with respect to the jury panel, before
the charge is fairly entered into, or twelve men.
tsrwiaolrnwitlol
btrayprthoceee c
freed ;i,hituht,,
an
expectation of an acquittal, or
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whether the cherished
even of a disagreement of the jury, will be realised.
But if those hopes should fail--if the
"officials o f
the Crown" should procure a jury that by any
possi-
`bility would convict the prisoner, he is not to be
left to the punishment which the "Foreign Usurper"
may award to him. The Doctor Doyle Club have
spoken explicitly on this subject. In an address to
Mrs. 11,Irrcuhs. they say—" We have now but
one absorbing to perform—namely, to prepare
night
ur ose, should he be con-
victed, of restoring him to liberty, and to you."
This is perfectly plain and unequivocal. It can only
mean that he is to be rescued by force in the event
of any sentence being passed upon him that would
keep him from his home and family indeed, it
scarcely required that such a determination should
be expressed in words. " The measured tramp of
the ten thousand marching men, confederates in
heart and soul," who have adopted the practice of
.proceeding in military array from their several club-
rooms to the gaol in which he is confined, and then
giving three cheers for the prisoner, would sufficiently
indicate ,the intention of those who pay such compli-
mentary;visits not. to permit their brother Confede-
rate to leave Ireland in " felon's fetters." The
pychi?!ities,: however, are fully alive, and are taking

* Lombardy, the Pope, and Austria." By George
Bowyer, Esq”.D.C.4 Pp. 27. Londou; Ridgway., 1848.
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marchings have been prohibited, and the police have
been directed to prevent persons from marching
through the streets or obstructing the thoroughfares.
This is of course protested against by the Council of
the Confederation, who, in a counter proclamation,
declare that such processions are not in any-
wise illegal. This opinion will speedily be tested.
Mr. Davrx REILLY, the most devoted follower of
Mr. MITCHEL, the gentleman who withdrew from
the Irish Confederation with him, and who is also as-
sociated in the editorship of the United Irishman,
has been arrested and committed to stand his trial at
the present commission for a misdemeanor, in acting
as leader of one of the clubs, during one of their de-
monstrations, and using military words of command
on the occasion. We shall then know whether the
advisers of the Crown, or of the Confedera-
tion, are correct in their interpretation of the law.
It appears to us that there would be but little se-
curity for the peace of the country if the
police were not authorised to suppress such danger-
ous nuisances, and to save the peaceable and loyal
inhabitants from the inconvenience and peril to which
they are exposed by the proceedings of the anarchists
and revolutionists. The decided and firm conduct of
the Government on the 10th of April preserved our
own metropolis from riot and disturbance, and the
attitude assumed by the Executive in Ireland will
teach the Confederates how utterly absurd it is to
suppose that a small fraction of the population can by
any possibility prevail against the well-disposed and
loyal inhabitants of the country, aided and supported
by the mighty strength and resources of the British
empire.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 19th have been received.
Seville was quiet on the 19th, the insurgents
having retired into the mountains, taking with them
two pieces of cannon and a large supply of arms and
ammunition.

MADRID BOLSA, MAY 19. Three per Cents.,
30j; Five per Cents., 13g. Exchange on London,
42.

PORTUGAL.

By the Peninsular and Oriental steam-packet
Tiger, we have received advices from Lisbon of the
19th. Beyond the statements that there were appre-
hensions of a revolt, and that there were rumours of
a new Ministerial combination being intended,
which would include CoST♦ CABRAL, these advices
contain no intelligence.
The Minister of the French Republic, M. NIYIER,
has arrived in Lisbon.

been subjected to the most violent outrages on the
part of the Voraces, who imprisoned him at the
Croix Rousse. He courageously resisted the most
shameful treatment against his person ; summoned by
irritated bands to give up prisoners who were detained
on warrants, he only answered, The law alone can
order their release, and the magistrate will only grant
it on a decree of justice.' A wretch threw a long
leather strap around his face and neck, on which a
cry of indignation was uttered by the young magis-
trate. People kill those whom they believe an
enoele was he cried, but do not dishonour him !
Placed in liberty after several hours of sequestration,
h
only sent to Lyons sur parole, and under the
nad
on that he would return at a fixed hour, with
c mc eiydd,'
the order to release the prisoners. He replied, I will
return without the prisoners,' and he went back to
the Croix Rousse at the risk of his life, where he was
delivered by some courageous men. The Court of Ap-
peal of Lyons immediately took in hand the procedure
relative to the crime which led to the arrest of the
seven individuals accused of having destroyed several
machines. 'This was done on the demand of M. LOT
SON, doing the duties of Procureur-General. All the
magistracy conducted themselves nobly with courage
and dignity above all praise. The Minister of Jus-
tice yesterday proposed to the Commission of Execu-
tive Government to take the measures which these
grave attempts call for, and the Government has so
done. At the same time the Minister proposed the
nomination of M. TAISOURET to the post of second
advocate to the Court of Appeal at Besancon. This
choice was immediately accepted. The court at
Besancon will receive with eagerness a magistrate
who, by his noble conduct, has merited the public
esteem and the praises of the Government."
We read in the Courrier de Lyon of Sunday—
The reign of the Voraces is passed. Yesterday it
was announced to this totally illegitimate corps that its
services would henceforth be dispensed with. At three
o'clock the Colonel of the Garde Mobile, having drawn
up his men in the court-yard of the Prefecture, in front
of the Voraces, who were also in line, announced formally
to them that the authorities had come to a resolution that
there should be an immediate end to the mission they
had taken upon themselves. When this communication
was made, the Voraces retired from the Prefecture to
the Hotel de Ville to join their comrades, who were on
guard there, and had in like manner been disbanded.
They then took their way together towards the Croix
Rousse. According to tho reports in circulation, they
sent out emissaries in all directions to assemble parti-
sans, and will meet to-day at Vaisse. It is believed that
they are preparing for a demonstration to be made to-
morrow. Last night the Voraces made some attempts
to raise barricades at the Croix Rousse, but this was
everywhere strongly opposed by the workmen, and at
several points conflicts ensued. In fact, the endeavour
to excite an insurrection was without any success.
Mr. Russ, the Minister of the United States, on
Monday presented the following address to the five
members of the Executive Government at the Petit-
Luxemleourg :
" I have the honour to present to your Excellencies a
resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States in Congress assembled, passed on
the 13th of April, tendering, in the name and behalf
of the American people, the congratulations of Congress
to the people of France upon the success of their recent
efforts to consolidate the principles of liberty in a re-
publican form of government.'
" The resolution has the sanction of the President of
the United States, in the form prescribed by their con•
stitution: and I, as their Minister Plenipotentiary,;have
been instructed, under a clause of the resolution, to pre-
sent it.
"In fulfilling this trust, I are charged by the Presi-
dent to say that these congratulations of the Legislative
and Executive departments of the Government do but
reflect the general feeling of the people of the United
States, who never can review with indifference the pro-
gress of civil liberty in any part of the world, and
least of all in the great nation ever associated with their
own freedom and independence.
"The President, beholding with admiration the spirit
of order and peace which reigned as soon as the late re-
volution in France was achieved, has the anxious hope
that the same spirit may continue. With the deepest soli-
citude for the welfare of France, he hopes that she may be
blessed with internal tranquillity, whilst occupied in the
greatwork of building up her new institutions of govermen t,
and be spared the mberies of foreign war. He believes
that those institutions, calmly constructed with the hest
wisdom of France, will thus have auspicious opportu-
nities to become improved and strengthened, so as to
command the approbation of mankind, and secure to
France a long career of prosperity and happiness.
Then she will triumph most gloriously, because most du-
rably, in the eyes of other nations, by the influence
of her own great example. The people of the United
States, whose birthright was freedom, required time and
peace after their revolution, successfully to found and
consolidate their system of government; republican in
form, popular in essence, and stable from the elements
of order combined and inherent in its structure, its effi-
ciency, like its durability, has been owing to its salutary
checks upon power.
" These are the sentiments, these the ardent hopes,
by the
speaks, under this solemn resolution of Congress, in
the name of the whole American people, and in the
spirit of their ancient attachment to their renowned and
generous ally iu the days of Washington. I am honoured
in being the medium of imparting them. Most
especially am I alive to this honour at a time when the
whole French people, convoked in their representative
majesty in the National Assembly, are in deliberation to
found their new Constitution, under all the highest mo-
tives to exalt in man the sense of duty to the age exist-
ing, and ages to come."
The ilioniteur has the following official contradic-
tion of the rumours which have been circulated with
respect to the changes in the Government :
past persons who evidently wish to
x
dayshave spread alarming reports. Justice
ewi:et‘ictFlieoesrdsoisovomerir(eetr these machinations, and will know how to,
seize and disarm them. The public should be on its
guard against these tactics, which are not new. It has•
been said, resaid, in all quarters, that the Executive
Committee of Government had given, or was about to
give, in its resignation. There is nothing true in this ;
there is nothing founded in all these stories which
ought not for an instant to occupy serious minds."
The committee on the projet de loi relative to the
relations between the Executive Government and the
National Assembly, has given way to the wishes of
the Government, and has contented itself with intro-
ducing a clause enacting that if forty Members of the
Assembly demand the presence of the members of
the Government they shall be obliged to attend.
The Bill for repurchasing the Railways by the
State is strongly opposed in the Committee. MM.
DUVERGIER DE LIAERANNE, ST. BEERS, LEON
FAUCHER, and BEERTER, attacked the measure with
great rigour. They contended that as regarded the
companies which had fulfilled all their obligations,
that measure would be a flagrant violation of contract.
'As regards the companies which are not in a position
to execute their contracts but on the condition of
being reimbursed for the works already executed,
and of the shareholders being put into a position not
to be injured in a pecuniary sense, there was another
important question to be considered. Was the State
in a condition to finish the works ? Of this they
were very doubtful. The article 7of the Bill stated
that the expense of the repurchase should be sup-
floating debt. The Bill, besides the crushing
ported by the floating debt; but there was no longer
any
charges which it would impose on the finances of the
State, would have the great inconvenience of destroy.
ing the spirit of association, of ruining private credit,
and om
f drivingtaway foreign capital. These consi-
derations, were strongly urged by several
members,
favourably received by a majority of
the
have declared themselves against
the
were
whicheere e
wh o
the measure. It is not known how soom the Com-
mittee will make its report.
The National Assembly met at a quarter before one.
various parts of
of the Assembly on May
he representatives that
The Peseident had to inform t
France, protesting again
the invasion
tests against the decree now
he had received two
France the Orleans family.—
for ever from the soil of,
ear,” marks of great interest.)
(Loud cries of " hear,
One ned " Francois d'Orleans"
One of these protests was, g
nce de joinville and the
rt.
'Orleans" (tau
under the consideration of a Committee, for banishing
and " Henri d
protest was dated from Clare-
Duke d'Aumale).
TheThisother protest was from " Louis
mont, May 19.
on the decree.
to be sent to the Committee
text of these letters:—
The following is the , accompanying letter is ad-
" Mr. President,—lin
Dueke of Nemours. lam desired
d'Orleans" (Duke de Nemours), dated May 20.—Ordered
dressed to you by the
you have already received
Assembly, after one which.
11 and the Duke or Aumale,
from the Prince of Joinvi e
" CAMILLE FAIN.
(Sign's])
to hand it to you, begging you to read it to the National
" May 19."
the gates of France.
decree tending to shut against us
ct ins ires us draws
constitution.its
The feelings
b we had imposed ou ourselves.
papers bring us a project of a
us
patriotic reserve would have
We had hoped that this
Assemblyhad met ; it was, in
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been understood. The t
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about to vote a new
of a wish, or to
liberations, to utter the expressionof
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We also thought that in
patriotism,
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had been made on our patfrioouir
intention not to endea-
country a palpable proof of our
had testified our respect
vour to disunite France, as 7
eatwt seouTweiinginni,y:
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for the call made to the nation.
think of rejecting thoao
also that the country could not
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who had always faithfully and
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otherwise, and the moinont chosen to bring it forward
constitutes also un assimilation that we cannot accept.
Free from all personal ambition, we protest before the
representatives of the nation against a measure which
our antecedents and our feelings do not warrant.
"Be good enough, Mr. President, to lay this letter
before the National Assembly, and receive the assurance
of our high consideration.
(Signed)

" F. D'ORLEANS.
" HENRI D'ORLEANS."
" 20th May.
" Mr. President,—Absent at the time when the news
arrived here of the project of a decree having been pro-
posed to banish our family from the French territory, I
was not enabled to add my signature to the letter my
brothers addressed to you yesterday (13th inst.), but I
hasten to declare that I fully coincide in its contents,
and I beg of you to acquaint the National Assembly of
this adhesion.

" Receive, &c.,
" LOUIS D'ORLEANS."

M. Waldek-Rousseau presented the report on the pro-
position of M. Billault, tending to institute an inquiry
into the situation of the working classes and labour
throughout the Republic. The Committee thought the
proposition of public utility, and recommended that it
should discussed on au early day.—Ordered to be
discussed the next day .

M. Trelat, Minister of Public Works, proposed,
d'urgence, a decree to grant ten millions for the execution
of works on the railways from Paris to Strasburg, from
Paris to Chartres, and from Orleans to Bordeaux.—
Ordered to be discussed on Friday.
M. Dornes presented the following report of the Com-
mittee on the decree to banish the Orleans family from
France.

" The Executive Commission has presented to you
a prejet de decret conceived to that effect. Your Com-
mission, associating itself to the intentions of the
Government, has charged me to propose to you the
rude and simple adoption of this decree. The
decree is a natural and inevitable consequence of
the revolution of February, and of the establish-
ment of the Republic. It is neither a judgment nor a
penal law against the Orleans family. The people have
already pronounced, and we leave to the inflexible and
impartial severity of history the mission to do the rest.
What is proposed to you is a measure of general safety,
a law entirely politicaL Doubtless the Republic,
founded on the rights of all, on the respect of family
and of property, bas no more to fear, from seditions
which should be provoked to the profit of a restoration
than it has from the attempts of anarchy, but it is never-
theless the duty of the Government, of the Assembly, of
all men solicitous for social progress and the true inte-
rests of the workmen, to take away from adventurous
spirits all pretext of such attempts, which though they
would certainly fail before the vigilant and indefatigable
patriotism of the people in arms, would nevertheless
have the serious inconvenience of still further post-
poning the return of confidence, especially to public
and private property. This measure is confor-
mable to the rights of practical men in all nations,
is justified by circumstances, and is moreover deprived
of all the hardships which pass the limits of state
reasons of public necessity. The decree confines itself
to interdicting the soil of France to a family whose re-
sidence in our country has been productive of such fatal
effects, and which might serve as a rallying point to re-
bellion. In many of your bureaux Members of this
Assembly have wished to give more importance to this
decree, and to introduce important modifications, which
appears to your Commission to hare more the character
of new propositions than of amendments. Your Com-
mission has laid them aside in order not to throw at first
too much confusion into the debate. Always pre-occu-
pied with the solution of the question of the private
domain, and the vices of the former administration of
the civil list, placed under national sequestration since
the 24th of February, it has thought proper to invite the
Executive Commission to present to you a decree relative
to that subject as soon as possible. The Commission,
moreover, sees the propriety of abstaining from all other
reflexions; and to give more solemnity and authority to
its decision in a grave act, which regards public tran-
quillity, it has charged me to inform you that it bus
ad opted the decree unanimously."
It was ordered to be discussed on Friday.
M. Drouyndil'ilugs said that the Committee on Fo-
reign Affairs, having maturely examined the various
propositions of address brought forward the day before
relative to Italy and Poland, had unanimously agreed to
that which recommended to the Government as the
basis of its policy—fraternity with Germany—Poland
free and independent—and the enfranchisement of
Italy. In consequence, he had, in the name of the
committee, to propose to the Executive Committee to
make these three points the guides of their policy rela-
tive to the two countries mentioned above.—(Hear.)—
Adopted unanimously.
M. Ducos presented the report of the committee on the
demand of seven millions for the repair of national roads
and canals, and which included also three millions for the
ateliers nationaux. The committee expressed its wish
that these works should be terminated as soon as possi-
ble. They were (said the report) of very doubtful utility
and could only be regarded as a temporary relief granted
to the workmen. If the ateliers nationaux were to be
continued, the labour should be devoted to a more useful
purpose.
A Member observed that before new works were
commenced those which had already been begun should
be terminated. lie alluded to many in the departments
which had been commenced, and put a stop to for want
of funds.

M. Beaumont (de la Somme) objected to the money
being expended in works of fortifications.
A Member complained that a grant of 1,500,000 f.
for the improvement of the Maine had been struck out
from the decree.

Th. mim.n., ,fr Works explained, and took
that opportunity to state that measures had been taken
to give the greatest possible number of labourers to
agricultural pursuits.
M. Luneau said that although the canals were cer-
tainly of great use to the country, yet he considered it
would be impolitic to vote so large a sum for that pur-
pose at the present time, and therefore defended the
suppression of the vote of which the lion. Deputy com-
plained.

The decree was then adopted, and the sitting was
brought to a close.

At a late hour on Monday night General COUR-
TAU was removed from the prison of the Luxemburg,
and sent to .Vincennes. It is said that he has chosen
M. BETuaronT for his advocate. M. SELLIER and
AL DESCIIAMPS, who are confined with the General,
were also transferred to Vincennes witkhim.
The Commerce says—" The statement made yes.
terday by a journal of BARBES baying attempted
evasion was unfounded. The investigation into the
affair of the 15th is being pursued with activity, and
no new incident has occurred."

The Droit contradicts the account of the nomina-
tion of M. Exalts REGNAULT to be Secretary-General
of the Prefecture of Police, declaring that it is at least
premature.

- The Constitutionnel says—" It was yesterday said
at the Bourse, according to a dispatch from Toulon,
that after a sharp struggle the troops had obtained
possession of the Arsenal of Toulon, and that the
workmen had returned to their duty. We repeat the
news as it was given."
The Courrier de Zgon says that, on the 22d, the
barricades in the Avenues of the Croix-Rousse were
not demolished ; and a sentinel was guarding that of
the rierres Plant6es. .

The Droll mentions a report that N. DUSSART.
who has shown at Rouen, as Commissary-General, a
firm but conciliatory spirit, which has led to the
happiest results, has been requested by the Govern-
ment to undertake the still more difficult task of re-
storing order at Lyons, with the title of Special
Commissary-General.
The following are stated to have been agreed on as
the bases of the new French Constitution :

There is to be but one Chamber, with triennial
elections by universal suffrage, as at present.
The Republic will have a President, to be elected
every three years.
The magistracy, including judges of all courts, are
to be submitted to election every three years.
All these elections for President and representa-
tives and magistrates are to take place on the same
day, every third year.
It is supposed that the stipend allotted to the
clergy will be continued.

It is considered likely that the Council of State,
found to be so useful in considering and recommend-
ing useful measures, will be continued.

BOURSE-PARIS, MAY 24.

THREE o'cLocx.—There was very little business done
at the Bourse to-day, but the Rentes for cash are per
cent. higher than they wore yesterday. Railway Shares
are without much variation. There were no reports
afloat, but there was a great indisposition to enter into
new transactions.,:-03.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THY
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAT 24.
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GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA..

Intelligence has been received from Vienna up to
the evening of the 18th. The peace of the city had
up to that time been preserved. HAFNER, the editor
of the Constitution, MAHLER, a collaborateur, and
TUVORA, both newspaper writers, had been appre-
hended: for endeavouring to proclaim a republic, and
had been taken under a strong military escort to
the prison on the Alser Glacis ; they were followed
by a. large number of persons, but no attempt at a
rescue had been made.

The whole of the garrison—infantry, cavalry, and
artillery—were stationed on the Glacis and in the
Burg.
The National Guard were on duty, and the Central
Committee had expressed confidence in the intentions
of the Ministers, and declared their intention to sup-
port them unconditionally in any measures they
thought necessary for the public safety.
The students had also published an address to the
working classes, exhorting them to be peaceable.
It was reported that the Archduke Jour.; had ar-
rived in Vienna.

Information had, it was said, been received from
Prague by telegraph, stating that the Bohemians re-
fuse to send ➢Members to the Diet as modified on the

15th May, the constitution previously promulgated
being entirely in accordance with their wishes.
According to advises from Visnadello, Generals
NUGENT, SCHELSIG, CULLOZ, and SCHAFGOTSCHE had
arrived before the walls of Treviso. At nine o'clock
in the morning of the 14th Count NUGENT had called
upon the people to surrender, and gave them three
hours for consideration.

The intelligence from Vienna is to the 19th of May.
The Minister at War had announced, in an order
of the day, that the Council of Ministers had taken
all the necessary measures to secure the public
safety. The National Guard and the Academic
Legion having claimed to place themselves under the
orders of the Commander-in-Chief, and to obey
the orders of the Council of Ministers, order is
restored.

The Ministerial Council has issued the following
circular, in reply to an article which appeared in the
Wiener Zeitung of the 18th : _ _ _

" The Ministerial Council has read in the unofficial
part of the Wiener Zeitung of this day a comparison
drawn between the presumed departure of his Majesty
the Emperor from Vienna and the flight of Louis XVI.,
with the remark ' that the last day of the presence of
the Emperor at Vienna would be the first day of the
Republic.'
" The Ministerial Council surely speaks in the name
of the entire population of Vienna, as of the whole
country loyally devoted to his Majesty, when it repu-
diates with indignation and firmness such a misrepre-
sentation of the feelings or of the intentions of the in-
habitants of Vienna towards the overthrow of the con-
stitutianal monarchy.
"In this construction put upon a determination of his
Majesty concerning a choice of a temporary residence,
in this or that portion of the constitutional kingdom, the
Ministerial Council can only behold a regretable error
or indignity of a few against tha unshaken loyalty of the
Austrians of every race for their Sovereign.
" The Provisioaal Ministry feels itself called upon to
make this declaration to all the citizens of Vienna, and
will know how, i❑ unison with the whole population of
Vienna, and supported by the National Guard, as also
by the Imperial troops, not only to preserve order and
peace with a firm hand, but will also know how to pro-
tect monarchical constitutions and the unshaken and
proverbial loyalty and fidelity of the servants of their
beloved Emperor,
" The Minister, ad interim, of his Majesty the Emperor.
" Vienna, May 18, 1848.