The New York Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1848, Page 1

Whole Ho, 5063 ~NEW YORK, $ VERY LATE FROM CHINA. Insurrections in the Celestial Empire. The Troubles between England and China. OPENING THE EMPIRE TO EUROPEAN CIVILI- TATION. he Progress of Republicanism. The splendid chipper ship Samuel Russell, Captain N. B, Palmer, arrived yesterday moraing from Canton, whence she sailed on the 5th of Feb- ruary last, thus performing the passsge in eighty-three days. According to the extracts which we make from the Friend of China, there sppears to be a possibility of the trouble between England and China leading to actual war. The condition of the Celestial Empire seems to be revolutionary; insurrections are breaking out ia the interior of the country; the financial re- sources of the governventare in the greatest dis order. In this state of things, another war with England will throw China open to European civi- lization, and, perhaps, in the present rapid pro- gress of liberalism throughout the world, to re- publicanism. We live in an age of progress. what a day may bring forth? Annexed sre the extracts from the Friend of China of the 21 of February :— TH TROUBLE WITH ENGLAND. Mush anxiety brs beau entertained as to the steps Sir John Davis would take in the event of Keying’s not nds, to do which he had to the In Hongkong the nsval and military foroes dy for by the 15th. The 4 practised with sosling ladders, trained to boat service and artil- lery ; and both arms were in full expsctation of an at- tack upon Canton, or some other warlike demonstration. Orders had been sent to the straits for reinforoements ; H M. steamer Medea was burried on to China, the frigate Melampus {8 daily expected ; while the Soout ‘ldera have been recalled from the coast. Mueh im have been evinced; but it would ap- thoy have been thrown: The Plenipotentiary’s heart chilled as the time for action approach: ~ On the 6th, the following olrcular was issued by H M. Consul in Canten : Who can teli complying with his dei 20th ipat PUBLIC NOTICE. Britian Gonsucate. Canton, bth January, 1848, To H. B. M.'s Sunsxors, at Canton. H.B.M_ Consul at Canton has received a despatch from His Excellency, H. M. Plenipotentiary, &o . ke, in which His Excellency desires that British subjects be informed that in the event of necessity arising for Her ‘a Consul ai atabliahment retiring from this 'y. the British merchants, continuing to reside at Can- ton after his withdrawal, will be at their own risk. FRANCIS C. MACGREGOR, H. B. M’s Consul. [Signed] ‘This was looked upon as prepared; andin consequer chandise was removed at mush expe teken in Hongkong and at Maceo; books aud pape were shipped of, and all the requisite arrangemonts for removal entered into. Alarmed by the circulsr, the representative of the United! States addressed Sir John Davis, and reosived an answer, which appears irreconcilable with the circu- the conviction that the cir- without having such s a more possibility, mation of it :— “Honoxone, 8th January, 1848. “Srn—I have the honor to scknowledge your letter of the 16th instant; in reply I beg to inform you that the notice from the British Censul to which you allude, wae intended merely as the intimation to British subjects of arule, the spplication of which wes contingent ona possidili.y, and therefore the motice should not havehad (caused) the alarm attributed to it You may rest assured, that independent of those personal feelings of courtesy and good will which I shall be happy to ovloge tewards the representative of the United States ina, I shall consider it my Leyva duty to gli oh o government or its representative in China. Signed) “J. F. DAVIS.” a th the following notificatien appeared in the offic : aper > His Kxecllency Her Mojesty’s Plenipotentiery, ko . >. is pleased to direct that the sunexed extract of a derpatoh from the British Consul at Canton, be pud- \isied ©The propositions therein stated. subject to ad- ditional sefeguarda and farther modifications, sppsar to be unobjectionable. “ By order, “A R JOHNSTON “ Vioronta, Hongkong, 13th January, 1648 ” . : . * On the 20:h January, another notification eppesred, Introducing another extrast from Mr MoGregor’s des- ches Pgain. bem fruitless, invention of onrryi not K. was not to be builled, and the scaliog ladders, shovels &o. ks, wore cast 2 Keying alleges that the “self prchibitions” of the peopie have more real power than the probibitions ef the authorities, and, after sending runwers through the villages sdmonisbing them, and Ssanjrg preolamations to the same effeot, the whole affair ja left with ti ‘The gentry of Canton have aleo isened admonishing and ce mandiog the ceuntry people that they must all prac- th oe and amity with the foreigners” The lat proelamation bears no d. all Itkelihood, concocted in th relgner versed In the langun, i mation was fiuod, the villagers exhibiting their usual ferocity. We annex the notification aud extract whict embodies the tenor of Keying’s deepatch It will be ob. ferved that Keying tacitly acknowleges hie inability te mereies of a mod only restrui by “ self prohibitions” which are a8 pewerfal ase silk thread im @ horse's month It is tene, the he twenty policemen and * modifications,” and tieruni ion Keying pro. rs “y ato eend to the ecasionally to admonish in Excellency Her Majesty’s Plentpotentiary, oo is pleased to direct that the sutjoined Communication from the British Consul at Canton be published for gone- ral luformation, “By Order, “A. R. JOHNSTON, kong, 18th January, 1843» Eastract of dispatch from Mr, Consul Macgregor, dated 19th January, 1848. «1 beg to enclose te your Excellency a copy, with trans lation, of the letter which the Imperial Commissioner has addrensed to me on this important subject, (of safe guards.) and in whiel upen the measures ay taken by him observe that self-prohibitions of the peo; tom move reality and power than the pro! authoritios aguinst the people; that in the present emer- gency, therefore, ho has summoned the great gentry and Literati of the city, with whom he had held a public con- sultation. and thoy have drawn up a public address, ad. monishing and comm the country people that they must all practice peace with the foreign. ors. This address (of which I enclose a copy, not having time te eubjoin a transiation,) will be primted and distri- buted in the by 3 Pleces, that it may become Mind known to ali, io the hope of proouring permament securi- ty in future. Besides thie, the district magistrates of Nan-bae and Pwas-yu have also issued proclamations to the sane effect,to be likewise printed and distributed among the villagers enjoining them in the mest impres- sive manner to live in peace with peer’ F. C. MACGREGOR ” Sush is the terminati-n of Sir Joh Di diplomacy ; Jet it bs judgad by his couatrymen, . kre of couras conjectural yoidabie, ia as mach @s the Canton province cupied by m British army—the treaty in all 1's integrity enforced the people cossoed- snd security taken for tne good faith of the Chinese tor the future. Euro- prans are disabused of old erroneous ideas as to the ptrength of Chin It ja a vast, inanimate, dirjoint- empire ;—and t6 at this present moment at the meroy of jt maratime power in Ei Tu the south the peeple ave all but in open revolt; nce of a foreign army would certainly be tien. We have neon that Keying wo the“self-prohibitions” of the people = T! ern froutter is incommotion,from Burmah almost to Sibe- rin, Famine desolates the aaest central districts; and more ‘awn all, the epirit of the country is crushed by the late war. What can she oppose to the demands of any power? ‘Tue talk of a war party in China iss more de- were Lin in Canten to-morrow, #0 far from ohet Negotiation jasures are called fo Good faith of the Chinese. term; trath is not in them, nothing should Chey do not urderstand t ond tn dealing with them thi Naplter, Eliot, Pottinger and fled with by this cowardly but wily rao. Future diplo- instista may take a lesson from the hir of the pest, and treat with the Chinere a8 an honest man requires to treat wih arper. Six months after a British fo look possession of Carton we would hav Am ot Peking, wnd the war, fo far a8 we are con would ever extend beyond the Canto: ibis present momoat 1,000 jaaks Shatgtsi to supply tb vlate vietwity of the captcal. Notan ounce it could . it pas a Se beg ooceeeet Oe we Ore such ao fo and Mwa-chou, would starve the government into eabmission without shedding a drop of blood. It war with China {s inevituble, no power ever had a better cause than England now has; and whatver me: - the result the reepomsibility rests solely wil hia HR COND!TION OF CHINA. of the rviend of Chi a— 4 you beraw.th axme notes of the contents je Pekin Gozett:¢ forthe publication, if you think worthy efroom in your oolumor. You will perceive some references to the chief mat- ters of importance at present eppearing in that report of the Chinese government. namely the rebellion in Tur- kestap, famine in JHonam province, and shipment of grain by goa from th © 0 Toon tein it will be seen that the Chinese government hes in leas than three monthe supprassed @ formidable rebs)- lion ogits most distant frontier playing whioh while it shows the maguitade of tne d alarmed te th within any one of the :ighteen provinces of China pro- rs Ar is undoubtedly true that the finances of the govern- ment are much embarrassed. since of late years it has eo frequently resorted to contributions from tue people in order to recratt its funds for carrying on public work ware n its frontiers, and for relieving public distr i jority of cares amounts to tokens little good, and it ascertain the act od: im the provinces when thoy are ordered to open contrib Were the Roman Catholic Missionaries of the interior to write om such bjects they could doubtless throw light asto how much coazing, iaviting, wheedling, and anding har to be performed by the district magistrates towa ds the merobants, pawnbrokers, owners of bits of land ke. ko, as weil as the metives which induce mandarins to com forward with benefactions. as some individuals have done to the extent of ten thousand taels each, for the relief of ba: distress in Henan. in upprersion of the rebellion in Tur- doubtless resorted to Sycoe bullets ong display of physical force mu: jen necessary to put dowa these Mahomedans, who are spparently resolved to regain their liberty. It is, I think, apparent that the Tartar government fi it #0 absolutely powerless to control i bj jpposed by those whe have witnessed it flagrant violations of the trealy by the peo- ple of Canton, or the connivance, encouragement and sauction of an officer of such standing as the Taoutal of this place, at an attempt to establish a menopoly of tea and silk, which, in the wordsef the Chinese who de- nounced it, would soon have ‘: turned an open port into a clove port ;” itis not, as it appears to me, the absence of power, but the ind!spositien to exert it, and fawning upon the res; le part of the Chinese pepulation through the ‘Uialike to provoke a feeling against govern- ment nce it seems, in my humble opinion. that fereigners ton, or wherever a spirit of hostility breaks out it them, will never be safe until some such agri es thet of dismissal from cffice of any di trict magistrate whose people can be proved to have ar- saulted English@ea without provoeation, and also the impriromment of the elder and ‘T'epaou of the neighbor- hood waere the assault occurs. With energy and determination there is nothing im- posible for a British envoy in China, with even a small foree at his command, for the Tartar government lies at P by murderous hands ity—if such support as this is to be British envoy to support his drowni ft and if such degradation as this is to be called tisfaction and punishment, then farewell to any hope of being regarded in China ao men—barborians we ere,and barbarians we shall remain. Synovais or THe Pexin Gasxtre. —December 20,1847 Lee-sing-yuen, Viceroy of Kiang-pang, memcrializes regarding the transport by sea of the crain taxes of the lstricts of Soochow foo, Sankiang-foo, and Tai-tsang- ghow during the coming [Chi year, to which given to a memorial from -chau-chui, governor of Shen-see province respect ing the military inspections and changes of ofieers. King-ga-poo, a Manchow military officer, commanding in « district in Kirin, reports the people to be in a sta of hardship. owing to fisient harvest from an exces of rain, nd requests the temporary remission of the taxes, to which his Mejerty assente. The imperil assent was given to # memorial from Poo-yen-ta1, Viceroy of Kan-sul and Shen-seo, accusing a district magistrate of having, through niggardliness, de- ‘eyed and impeded the passage of the troops when lately marching to the west. Chun -fang, minister in Hami, memorialiass regarding « communication from Poc-yen-tai “General for subjuge- ting the West.” on the provision of supplics for army. (Rebeilions have been so: frequent of late years that they are at no less for 4 precedent bow to act) The Vermillion Peneil replied, the Boardof Revenue knows it December 21.—The Imperial will was receive: mt. ing toa memorial from ing rewards upon ber of officers in charge of the re- pairs of part of the Yellow river. The Imperial will was received asrenting to the mo- morial of Lse-sing: yuen for allow: he dismissal of a sick military officer, and alro toa military appointment. wan seih-ngen for best The Imperial will was given to the memorial of a Vieaachow General for his retirement,onuccount of his relationship to one of bis Colovels ‘The Imperial will was given assontivg to a memorial from Chung fang, minister in Haral, referring to acom- munication reosived from Poo-yen-tal (who was person- ng troops forward to Casger, for the extermi- ¢ Mahommedan rebels) stating the n ty of mating ample supplies of bors:s, which was cordingly proceeded with by hic. ber 22 - K Hai-kwan (Hoppo) is ordered to remain another year in bis present office Anew Msjor General is appointed to. Kaot-show in Kwang tuog Wang-sbih, Governor of Gat-whuy, memorialises, ‘and the imperial assent is given to the res‘oration of the buttons of certain district magistaies, of which they in remit- bad been deprived on account «f deficienct ting the texes, but of shame by making the steps ery A circul: possibility of the fleg being struck at no distant dat conrequence of this and previous uncertainty « large quantity of British manu‘actures have been ehipped to the north No official istimation has bern given ot the fact, but it if now understood that matters will remain in their prevent state until communications have been received from home. Confide stored ; and the idays that most articles will improve in price, provided there ar. tics] causes for another nt of tl Cotton Gonds—The market is active condition, with an Ul Stent ‘upon last quotations of from 10 to 15 ents. The transactions of the month comprise 60 000 pisces of unbleached, and 2t' 500 pieces of bleach cloth. Quotations. hed. 40 by $2 50 to $2.90; 60° 36 by 39, $2 85 to $2 45; 64° to 66 $2.55 to $2.69 Cetton Yarn—For the bigher numbers there is a de- mand at improved rates; but the lower numbers in request. Yarns of joferior quality are not m: ble. Seles during the month apout 600 bales Quot 18 to. $29 do; 33 tions—Ne 4 per pioul; 28 to 32 to 42, $32 50; superior, 18 to $2, $27 do. Metal: {ron of all kind hae improved in’ price, with mo. stocks. Lead has also advanced. Tin plates dull. oa Tin we quote at $19, and plates with a ing market. Li y be quoted at $675, that resent market rato. Quotations of iron— ; Hoop, 4; flat awd equare bare, $3 20 to % $0; round, 4; small round. 620; wire. 8 Quotazions of other articles of import—Betel nut $3 20 to 3 35 per pi oul; rattans, 2 25 to 3; pepper $5 50 to 80; putchuck, s sandal wood, $6 00 to 13 00; cloves, $24; cochineal, $175; steel, nominal, $4 50 per’ tud fe) ‘New Pi is offering freely at $5, but there roports from Europs raging; and the political state of affairs in this bag deters prudent men from extending their opera- u The teamen, howover, are firm, though the few chases msde—chiefly to fill up ships on the berth— are a shade under last month's rates. Black Toas—T purchases embrace about 20 chops of Congou, at from 21 teele for common to strong blackish leaf kind = The stock ts 66 chops, and a>out 20 chops hnve yet to ar- rive. There bave been some purchases of scented teas of fair to good quality, at 22 a 26 taels for Orange Pekoe, and 15 0 19 eet for Ca In other descrip tions of Black Teas there have been no trai Green Teas—Tho purchases made are on Am count, and for common descriptions, at prices a shade lo but the ri ‘ero still such as to cheok shipments to the English market. The finer descriptions ati tain their high rate, and there are few in the m Quotations—Congou, good and fine black leaf—none left; blackish leat strong Ts. 18 to21; fair to good com- mon 16 to 19; mixed blackish leaf 14 to 15; lowest class 12, Souchong—No transactions; prices aa last month Flowery Pekoe—Prices nominal; 400 packages in stock Ning Yong, plain saper and plain orange pekoe;, no transactions. Soented orange pekoo (fair to fine) Ts. 22 to 30; do oaper 15 to 20. Twankay—Siock about 10,000 packages, bat no desire to purchase, Americans have bean purchasing byson Hyson—Fine 55; good 2 to 80; coman 28, bat these rates are nearly nominal. Young Hyson— Fine, none left; good Ts 30 to 40; oo: 22 to 26 i and G rder- ; Umpo wi 'wankay ki 2 37 to 60; fine, few left and prices unfixed Silk. Nee (No 1) of an inferior isheld at $150 and no buyers. Stock 150 baler. Sugar-—-The ship- ments being made are old transactio: no purchares are reported during the month. The new erop will be in the market early in March, Exohangs on Eng and Private bills at six montha sight 49 5d to 4s 6344. P. 8.—Jan, 26th.—A deoided improvement has taken place in raw cotton been established of 4 mace: aloutts, 216 rupee vote London, STATE OF IRELAND. Dissatisfaction towards the Govern- ment, ARMING OF THH PHOPLE. Spirit of the Irish Mass &s. ke. he, (From the Dadlia Nation, April 8 J The oo: federasion met oa Wednesday evening last, it the Murie Hai’, Abbvy tree ¢ Long betore ths nour vf meeting, both sides of Abboy street were lined with speotet ra, and the doors of the hollof mactiog were besieged by parsons of both sexes anxious for admirsion; but, according to ruls, none were ell wed to enter uatil the arrival of the clubs, The five clubs were, in the meantime, formed in their several clu» rooms, iu ths diffe aurters of tho city, from which they left almost simultaneously, about seven o'clock, snd proceeded towards Abbey street. They Were marshalled by their respective officers, aud depu ti ioog from the Students’ clud, »ppointed for thst pur. poss The latter appeared to be prime favorites with the people. ‘They srrived at Abbey street, by the Freeman's report, in the following order and nuaibere :— The first body waich begxn to defile over Carlisle bridge, Sackvilin street, and into Abbey street, w: THE D/CTOR DOYLE CLUB which had assembied at the club rooms, D’Olier street. The olub numbered about 250 persons, and was headed by Mesers. Charies Gavan Duffy and Charles O'Neil. The members marched two and two, and were loudly cheered by the people in the streets ST PATRICK'S CLUB This club, which consisted of shout 300 members, es- sembled at the club rooms. Bride street. At the head of tnis club came Mr John Mitohei, and the body was re- ceived at the hall with the utmost euthusiasm. THE DAVIS CLUB The members of this body collected at New row, and mustered about 300 in number. ‘Chey were headed b Mr. Thomas D. M’Gee, the prestdeat, and Mr. Pel Smstb. THE GRATTAN OLUB was the next which arrived, from their rooms in North Cumberland street, headed by Messrs P. O’Donohoe, precy? Oa Dr. West. The members of this body were about 200, THE SWIFT CLUB. The members of this club were estima'ed at about 500. Queen Btrect, and were headed by Mesaca. T. D. Reilly and Philip Gray. The members of the clubs were enthusiastically cheer- ed by the crowds about the Music Hall, and upon their ontering the building to take their places, they were also loudly che by those assembled ther 5 . Mr. Joun O’Hacan read letter from Mr Dillon, (who is now laboring under severe illnots) with reference to the policy whioh the confoderation should pursue under present circumstanoss, in which he said: — “Aa to the question whether the goverument or the peo pla should bs the first to strike, I consider it altogether immaterial; for it ia plainly in the power of the united repeal party to place jthe government in that position that It inust stride or surrender.” . . Mr. O’Hacan then proposed the following resolution: - That we hereby repudiate as @ gros: calumny the imputation thrown out upon usby Lord John Russell, that the object of this confederation is social disorder aud a violent separation from Great Britain, hereby declare that our object is now, the legislative independence of Irelan attainment of social order; and we! war. . . » * . Mr Mitcuet then read the following resolution : That the Council suggest to all Repesiers, both in town and country, tbat in order to form the basis of a National Guard, they immediately form themselves into sections. oh consisting of twenty men. living near each other, one street or other limited district, and that each sro tion eleot a master and warden in whom they havo im- plicit confidence; that five of such ssotions (which heir residences adjacent) form a cia numbered claes No. 1, No 2, and so forth; that the mar- 8 of tho five sections elect a vice- president and ry ; and that the sev vioe- brenidents ‘and eecreteries of the classes elect a pre- siden Mr. McGee came forward amid loud cheers to second solution. * * * . * I tell the British minister from this place—and a sinali trumpet may utter a great noise—we spurn his trie: 1 parliameat—we spit on his federalism—we want no visits the , tov. of the empire, and none from the reign, except she comes to summon her irish tes in the irish capital. (Vehement cheers, waving &c) I appeal to you, ladies, citizens, and Confederates, to be firm and full of osten tatious courage in this crisis of our fate Let Eogland ick—let her offer unconditional re we wil! (Repeated cheers ) Mr. Joux Writtants rose and said: — . . ’ . . . . Sir, the soveroignty of the psople has been long pro- ola‘med by the apostles of liberty in this and other lands but such a direct aud evilent interference of God him- eelf has within the last few wee's, been given, as musi convince any man who regards ths Divine proceedir gs, that He han empbatioaily set the sext of his approval joctrine. Jutioas of Europ» bave pro’ r of the people it jeas, 20 the authority of the people is paramoun: hear, and cheers.) { am he: to that authority, pretent earnestly, affectionately, to my fellow rote the sin, the midaras of resistaco to that power. Ha, sir, is the rebel—he, rir. is the auarchist—who impiously presumes to disobsy the command of the country tn which God has placed him. (Cheers) Let not the [ro testants feat any conspiracy against their civil or reli- gious liberty ; let them not apprehend any interference with their just rights a8 citizens No thought is further from the people’s minds. Fut Iweuld warn th m more aily to do their duty to their country, and not expose hemszives by-and-bye to th terrible punishment of treason . * . . ’ . . r the heart of this tyranny is hardsned like the art of Phsrosh, that theses men will not se. will not ar, the hand and the voice of God, proclaiming and hieving feed m to the nations; but that with » judi- ¢ia\ lin ners, they will still rashty hope to stem the torrent of popular demand, until they work their own destruction. 110, it may not be so. I wish for peace; but if in our Exodus from bondage, this tyrant goverc- ment merely seeks to hinder, aod merits the retribution which the God of right and righteousness has ever inflicted upon the oppressor, on iteelf, and not 0: , be the responsibility. (Great cheering ) The Irish Revoluiion. (From the Davlin Nation, April 8.) The war of words has terminated on both the side of the people and the goverament. There are no more proseeutions ; th for some atriking ar- gument. . Phe hours they used to passin atteadance at weotings, are now spent in military exercises, and learning the art of gunnery. PREPARATIONS OF THE FEOPLE The Limerick R-porter, urging tho duty of every man ‘o arm himself well~and at once, says—“There can be little doubt that every peasant who bas not # gun will soon provide himself with the cheaper and far more effsetual ‘national weapon.’ But there ie a lorgo and important class of our fellow-countrymen that are not a5 lone #0 reosntly. We mran We confess wo have great joutthem For their own sakes, and for tue sake of tc@ country, it is of the utmost importance they should have the means of self defence ” Limerick Riri Cuus.—This rifls clad hes been fully orgaoised with 100 original member. It is open to ail citizens. Tho Sarsfield Club have given ons of their committee rooms for the use of this body of Irishmen ‘The club, we are happy to say, comprehends men of ali religious creeds, of all classes, and of all ths hues o/ polities. Limerick Examiner. Fine Ans —[o reply toa sabscriber” as to the prive of fire arms and the best description of them, we beg te say that a ficst rate single gun (twist barrel) can ba hadnt Mara’s for about two guin ad an oxoellen: descrip: tion of a gum too, that would snawer good purposes, for about £1 15s For a short distance, or for general pur pores. it would just auswer as weil as & rifle that would cort £7 ot £3 —Limerick Reporter ARTILLERY FOR THR PEOPLE. Among the weapons imported from Birm{ngham, the impertant arm of artillery nas cot been neglected by th conspirators. Light brass guns, stated to range from fou to atx pounders, have atrived in Dublin.—Evening ferald, ufactured in Dublin, and been enormous importa- Tis stated im two co nts to the wholesale dealers in this towa to no | amount than 80,001, With respect to the home manu- facture we refer the reader to Col. Browns alarming statementin Henry street Police offise.— Dublin Herald. ‘The Swift Clad (Queen street) have provided ao area amply sufficient for drilling. They were ocoupied throughout one night last week ja casting bullets. Pike heade—to be manufactured at 39. 64. each—havo been exhibited at 7) ine of the editors of —of whose name we are in possession went round to the draper’s assistants, and collected them on Wedneeday evening in D’Olies At this moet- fis was submitted for approval and adoption by a yunemith of this city, whom wo forbear to indicate, ouda proposal to sapply similar weapons toany amount requir- tat ths rate of 263 each. Tae manufacture of pikes is extensively carried on by @ person in Abbsy street A man named Coogan, in the county of Meath, bas made a tender for @ contract to supply ash saplings, cach eleven teot long, fer 100000 men. One of the gentlemen ccn- neeted with the United Irishman has, 6 informed, exhibited @ broad belt, conveniently fashi ing pistols and daggers — Evening Herald. n iy in Di a to by om the deoline ia padiic estimation. Gol! is, of Frese a] a9. far moro valuable oommodity ia Ames of commotion.— Pile. ATURDAY MORNING, A PRIL DROGIEDA. Nothing {7 talked about here but the best means ot self-defence sgninst any viclent attack or unconstitu- tione} assault upon the people,— Drogheda Argus. In the Drogheda Savings Bink no‘ice bas been given that three fhourand five hundred pounds will be wit 1- dvawn to day. ROSCREA. Atement in this to pitchforks At matter of courre they au 4a getting tha forks—auch imple- mente are to be foun in atmost every hoves, unsonceal- ed—bur not satiated with taking the forks they arrested tho ownere, and commicted thom to prison, until they ea- sembled an ext nordinary beach of magistrates in the course ef ‘he day totry the state prisonera, = Che magia- Eretem, as amation of Course, dismissed the parties, ut refused Lo give bao’ tue forks, deoguse they susoected There wat ag tha police ara , caused by taors was ro elused in their manufagtare Th» mon do Rot dito submit to this robbery, and will ba, Ss matter before the magistrates at petty sessions on Monday vex KILKENNY. The stipenclary mayistrate called a meeting of the resident mo sirstes to consider whether they would pulldown en address of tha Confederation which was potted throng! the town; hut the magistrates would aot consent — Kilk nny Mode ator ‘Tha same paper also seys: ~“One of the teachings of The Notion han slready produced the deeired effect In Kilkenny, ty can ing a run on the local *aving’s Bank,” There sre two or th ritls eiuds about to bs formed in this eliy. On Sanday abouttwo hundred men assem. Died in @ garden im Upper Patrick atreet, and practised rifle shooting for rome houra We understand there were rome capi Journal Last “londay evening the members of this body met at the Quarry, on the North Straud, for practice, sad their shooting, which we had the pleasure of witnessing, was admirob'e, Even with “smooth bores,” rome of them hit the bull’s eyo reveral times at a distance of eighty yards —Limerick Repos ter coRK Oa Sandey reveral parties of young men in this city anl neighborhood were billy engaged ip what is now oalled rifiy shooting A large number as- sembled at the Diawond Quarry, Blackrock, and hsving chalked on the rook the word Saxon,’ let fly bullet after bullet at the bated name, but though the distance was enly 100 paces, not # pellst couly be sent nearer than the letter N. Another company assemble! at San. ‘8 Well, along the banks of the Les, and were simi- larly engaged. as of our shopkeepers, an active mem- ber ofthe Young Ireland party, hes seut t> Paris for a pattern of tho Polytechnic cap, with a view of making up some hundre: f them in this city, for sile to r: men.— Cork Constitution. Siaxat Fines--On last Saturdey evoning, in the North Riding of Tipperary, tl on both sides of t! Shannon blazed with fires, and it was not a little curion, to observe the rapidity with which each station succe: tively caught the sigos!, and communicated it to lis neighbors. Mail Tho Packet saye :- ‘Rifle clubs, svowedly to obtain dexterity in the use of fire-arms, are-establishing, not only in the provinoss, but ia this oity, under the nose of the Executive J thots duriag the day.—Kukenny FINGLAS. On Sunday upwards of three hundred membere 29, 1848. eution he did upon the oflcers, or a pikeman deroribe | steered by Owsiain Paul,and the other by the chief the gallant charges that ewept whole battalions from the | mate. field For a foroe hastily raised to defend acountry. the rin gle weapon is undoubtedly ths best. There is no osca- sion for coonomising your numerical streugth, and you will nadly embartase raw troops by puttiog the double weapon into their hents 1 would propore, therefore, that there should be, as nearly ws poesible, an«qaol number of musketeers (or riflemen) ana of pikemen; and I would combine them in the following manner:—Of the ten companies compoa-ng the fret battalion, { would make six companies af pike men, and { would place them on the right. end left flanks, three on tho right, und ## many on the left; the remain ing four companies being musketeers, and cecupying the orate. Inthe reoond battalion | would have six oi panies of musketeers, aud four of pikemen eers on the right and let try = Amd 80 on in alternate batvalions The pikemen (who, in my plan of hetgefighticg would forms second line in the oder of battle, and would, of course, + ot apart from the musketoers) weuld by the above arrangement, b+ divided inco masses ccn- veniently small, aud separated frow one another by m- tervals, which would allow them to act independently. or to support ons ancther, as occesion might require How the two arma may b+ combined in actual fl hing I will explain, when I oome to speak of © Battles ” ” T would here eay a word of two xbout tie construction of tne pike Itshould not be unnecensarily long or heavy, that it may no: impede the movemoate of the bearor, who will frequently have to jamp ditches and scramble through fences Ten feet | censider amply sufiloient for the entire long'h, aud of this | would allow ten inches for the blads. ‘I'he latter should be about an foch and a-halt broad, and pretty thick where it Joinn the handle, with sharp odgs, and tapering to the point. Asimple guard might be added to prevent it from en tering teo far. But the hooks and hatohets are an abom- ination To talk of pulling # dr»goon from his horse, or of cutting his bridle with ® hook, is fully as absucd and puerile as to tulk of catching birds by putting salt on their tails. The simplest aud most obvious operation is to put your pike into his body. The handle should bs of good tough ash. The blade fastened well by two tongues oF st! of iron, secured with scro For the cavalry I would recommend ea Another Narrative of the Mscnpe of Louls Phillppe. Tho following was communtsated to the Hampshire Independent by one who was on board the E steamer, in which the ex-Kiog and Queen of the French made their esoaps from France. The South Western Company’s steamer Expross, Captain Paul, left Southampton on Tuesday, the 29th ef February, at about half past eight in the morning, and proceeded direct to Havre We took our station guide the quay, opposite the custom houre. The South Western Company's new tain Goodridge, was also in tl from London. We remained in port two di an unusually long time for our vessel. This stoppage at Havre, togethor with the silent and anxious manner of the captain, and his mysterious movements to and from the vessel, and the Rue de la Gaffe, excited my suspioinn, and made me conjecture that We were waiting for some epeolal and important purp Nothing patticular, however, occurr:d before ‘Thure- of ® rifly ‘club assembled about two o’olock, iv the vicinity of Finglass, and having erected fifteen gets, formed into companies, and proceeded to perform mflo exercice in regular rotation, and with an order aod precision which might excite the admiration of any regiment of the iine. ‘Their practice continued for several houts, and exhibited am improvement which roust have been highly gratifying to thore interested in their military studics. Tho general Laan 4 was ab- solutely edifying, and we regret thst our limited spoce does not permit our doing justice to all the corpsengaged, but several of the hits were made jn first rate style. Lord Clarendon still continues to eccupy # most uner- viable pesition in conneXion with the “pull’s-eye: an exclamation uttered yesterday by one of t successful shots, will illustrate t! on the part of bis mortal enemies to identify him with tbeir most brilliant efforts. After ons of those achieve- ments, a bystander observ f Clarendon got that in the teeth the devil « much he'd whistle!” With com- mendable industry the riflemen continued their efforts iu the cause of feat ity, undaunted by the torrents of rain whion occasionally descended, until at Isngtb, befog unable to“keep thelr powder dry” avy longer, they resolved to fall in. and having formed three deep, marched into town at even o’olock, in military style. At Fort Crystal, operations commenced eo early as foven o'clock in the zorning. and a target having been erected ut # distexce of eighty or ninety yards, the firing inued until # late hour iu the evening The pons principally employed we'e pistols, and the Lord Jiguienan! was here, too, represented by a waikiug stick, sucmounted by & cap, whose dilapidated condition at the close of tho exercises tested the exportners and loyalty 20 engaged.—-Ihid. GALWAY jet town of Galway, coming struggle. Sal good, bad, and indifferent. Sume of the marksmen were expert hands; qthers only begin- ners One of the party, whea ssked the purport of their meeting, said it was "(o make preparation” When asked "did he expsot thelr services would be soon re- quired?” “The sooner the better,” was the prompt woswer --G ilway Vindicater, The Limerick Examiner, speaking of the rifle practice of @ olub, says—-“Colouel Doyle honored the scene with bis presence, on horseback, and s-emed very much gratified with ths skill and proficiency in the use of their weapon exidired by the young men of Limerick. But We cpine tue gallant colonel in of « rather selfish dispo- sition, for he very sternly ordered « poor private, who loo ing on, to march back to his barraces ” The Cork Exeminer,in an appeal to conservatives, Conaervatives! follow, a8 Christian men and patriots the impulses of your hearts, the promptings of your reason, the voice of your consciences! Do #0, and we, on behalf of the peopla, will trust in you, confide in you, follow you, and triumph with yon! If you love so do #0 in tine ; a little longer; and it may be too ats, . MISCELLANEOUS, Bambe ” sends us a parody on a cong of afew weeks ead Here’s a chorus, Irish el Duy a rifle, buy a rifle; Precious freetoia you For 4 trifle, for « tri ‘This may not be poetry, but it is excellent eense; and wo emphaticelly sy ‘amen ” to it “A Farmer” inquires where he may emigrate with most advantage. We are indiderent where he goes; if he bas not spirit to bold by theship in the storm he may go toth Cavadas, “J. G.? says the people universally are taking their money out of the ssvings banks, itis wisely done But this is notenoagh. Gold is the only circulating medium to be trusted im troubled times Bank aotes are pro- mites to pay, which circumstances may render the par- otaliy unable to fulfil. The chorus of the old song say “ Dd rather have a guinea than s one-pound note.” A very judicious preference, but it may come to bs bet- ter than a £10 note come day soon. To the Editor of the Nation— Sir—I am tola itis a frot that Prince Gaorge, who is burning to be at the Irish, threatens if Dubiia resist him, to fall back on the Park and burn the city with bomb- shells. Whe conservatives ond neutrals ought to know tho sauce with which they are threatened ‘Tell them this that they may beware in time. Yours, P ‘The conservatives and neutrals will not believe this story. With the sapercilious iquorance of doomed men they wil! ahut their eyes till ft is to late. But we tell it to the Irish in London, Birmingham, Manchest Liverpool. If am Irish city be so much aseinged with a bombshell. we look to them Bat no aggression—Irel: decrees evil to no man or interest—she only hor rights ond defends them. “ A Protestant Englishman yet @ Friend to Repeal ?— Our opinion of fedsraliem bas long been deoided. For “on arrangement” we regard ites far mere cnmbrous than the sid one of independent parliaments, and to sub- stitute it for legislative Independence, would be but ex- changing the form ef our provincialiem. We soorn it as a compromise, and to Irish people laagh at the very sound of the word. Our Ei id’s “ advioe” would, therefore, be quite thrown sway on d them A patriotio eonstabie, whore nai and have been ferwarde nds the followiag interesting * police inteltige ae * During the past ten my time in eliciting individ: rades, in Mannter, Leinster, and Connsught, and | now feel satisfied in stating, that out of 12,000, 16,000 would. and will fix on bayonets, and vindicate the freedom ot theic enslaved and evffering countrymen. The men ars from profession cou ioua,and | mast say even meanly so. in concealing a feeling which God hss implanted in all their hearts. At present, I could not find 20 among them that would come togethor and avow their senti- ments. They aro all determined enough, taking them sivgly, or individually, on crashing the oppressors cf their country; but bring four or more of thom together, and a feeling of distrust is immediately perceptible among them—they sre afraid of each other, and I fear will continue fo, until one among themselves will boldly harangue them, ore long, under arms, in ths period, or at eriud Of smoke and exeitemeat. | don’t rean bot- sof smoke—but bullets with fire and smoke, under the protestion of the God of battles; and by his divine aid, 1 fervently hope to be the first man in Ireland to tear down the union jack, and plant or ereot ths green fig of Ireland on the ‘This is no enthusiaem—it is the ovol, delibs: aolve mad» yeurs age,and never altered, nor never » with Gow’ \tered by me EASY LESSONS ON MILITARY MATTERS, @ Veteran It hos been a subject of dispute betweon military wri ters, whether the introduction cf the musket and bay- onet was an improvement; or whetber the old plan arming esch man with a single weapon ~via , @ musket (or rifle) or a pike was not the moroeffeotive? The sound snd trae conclusion I toke to be this—that whers orrsery to inaks the moat of a limited number of meu, aed where training avd discipline can be carried to igh state Of perfection, the dowble weapon should bo preferred. Bat where the number of your men may be ed at pleceuro, end where thetr training fe ne imperfoot, cach man should im that case have bat a single weapon Aroltior to fight well must be perfect master of his havo sedulousiy devoted opinion mong tay com- weapon and | is much more diMont'to te master of two than ofone A soldier, too, should bs eroouraged to re- gard Disoen weapon with # sort ot aMvotiousts oon i at the close of a dence, 1t is a good and useful bloody day, to hear a good markemam boast of the exe- LCL day, towards dusk, when I found the steam was getting up.’ At about eight o'clock that evening the steam was blowing off us noiselessly us possible, The night was rather dark, but no ciently so to prevent me from seeing Capt. Goodridge eaunterinz about the qaay i the neighborhood of cur vessel. While he was thus em- ployed | saw a stranger, well muflled up, approac Speak to him, and soon afterwards leave him to speak to ® gend’armes, who had approached near to tne epot where they had been talking. The stranger, while in conversation, appeared to he peering about, and ehifting bis position, till at length he could command a sight of ‘any one who came to the vessel rouad tne eft hand corner of the custom house, while the back of the gen’. armes was turned towards that spot. ‘The conversation between the stranger and the gen- @armes continued for # short time, when @ party came round the left hand corner of the custom-hou ind ap- proached our gangway. Witbout any besita the party, an old man, apparently lame, dressed i and bis face nearly covered with ing osp, came on board, assisted by the British consul and Capt Goodridy While coming on board I bear: 9 consul say to hi Take care, uncle,” as if he aking to @relative, and warning him to be careful how he stepped on the ladder. The passeng+r was immediately conducted to the engineer’s room (a most unusual piace tor @ passenger to be shown into), but owing to its smal! size and a fire bureing in it, he wes unable to remain there, and was obliged to go into thsaaloon The consul spoge to him, and of him, as if he were his relativ AS noon as the cld gentleman was on board, C Goodridge escorted an elderly lady down thi (heard her eay to him, “1 am obliged to you, hor pronuaciation I know she was not au inglih wo! She was very plainly dressed, her halr wa sliver, and i thought | never saw 101 which anxiety, fatigue, and fear were so visibly depicted. soon as she was in the saloon | could perceive that abo had been, and atill was, weeping. As s00n as those two were on board, and the rest of the party had joined them, I saw the stranger to whom | have before aliuded leave the gend’atmes and approach our gangwey, acd at the same time watch the gend’armes walking away from the vessel. The stranger got on board rapidly, and immediately crouched down under the if at the gend’armes from ob- Tho only luggage brought on ® omall box, which woighed a reticule and a and two The ini the party Captain Goodridge had gone on shore, preparations were quietly made for elipping from the quay. This was a very anxivus moment. ‘The strange way in which our passengers came on board—their having no luggage - their silent manner aud snxious cowatenances—our leaving without the proper officers coming on board to examine passports—tbe respec: paid to the gentleman and lady who first came on boord—together wich the captain giving rders in @ subdued tone of voi. convinced me that our passengers were persons of tinction, and that we were leaving Havre surreptitiously. During the time we had been at Havre, I had telca ed to have lott their usual occupations, and Lada moody and discontented lvox. Groups of the ower orders were to be seen in different parts of the town, some of them armed with muskets and other weapons. | confcas, therefore, that just aa we were leaving the quay, | felt rather nervous, and was every moment expecting some alarm, and that our departure would be prevented. Just 48 we Were leaving, our progress wan impoded by some French barges, and my fears, I suppose, got the better of Tooald not language out of our way When we got out of the hartor, all on board seemed to breathe more freely; the captain spoke louder, and our and were most remarkavly unwilling to get Passengers seemed in better spirits. ‘the person, who iret came on board, had now taken off his cap, shawl, and spectacles; and although he hed no whiskers, and a sonage than Louis Philippe, (he prorcribsd and xd King of the Frenoh; and trom the respect psid to the lady whom I had seen weeping, I felt certain that she was the a, nd unfortunate Marie Amelie, his de- throned Queen. The gentleman whom | saw telking to Captain Goodridge, | found out afterwards, was General Damigny. ‘The king now becamo talkative, and | heard him say that he always felt safe under the English tleg. It wan the oaptain’s intention, | believe, to prooesd to Suuth- ampton; but it was the wish of bis majesty to be landed at New Haven, on the coast of Sussex He said he know the coast 1, amd he bad confi tential nds in the neighborhood. When we got outside the harbor, the rex 8 exceedingly rough, the wind blew hard, and the vea- eaved violertiy, whieh made all the ig become very un’ ‘and worse than apy of the re: nd was repeatedly held by the steward on his knee. ‘The queen, witn a lady at- tendent, entered the ladies’ cabin about 10 o'clock. A bed was made on the floor of the saloon for his majesty. The oth eee and servants ware very ili, sod were lounging about ia different parts of the saloon. None of the party undressed, not even the queen. About midnight we wero nearly run down by brig. No vessel over bad moro narrow escape than ours Wo were within three or four yards of the brig Fortunately we were going at about half speed. Tho noise aud confusion on deck arising from this disaster aroused the passengers. Her Majesty rushed out from her eabin into the ealoon, exclaiming, Oh! where is my dear gentlemen! Ub! where ts my dear gentleman!” Tre king endeavored to console her. She embraced him affectionately, orying bitterly, aud talked to bim lamenting that his dengers were uot yet over, notwit standing the many be aped The king was muc affrcted and ha wept and sobbed violently. Her was implored to return to her cabin, but she declared that she would not again leave the king, and she lay down by his side on the floor of the saloon during tho remainder of the night. 1 mnould observe that the ex-king and queen spok» principally English duciog the yoyego | am convinced, trom their conversation, that they knew what had bern going on in Paris since they bad left it; and although they did not say much about their family, they wore Aware that some of their children had arrived eately in Ragland. His Ms, ticularly avxtous at snd that no ill should befall tho kind friends he had left behind in France, who had sheltered him, and facilitated his escape from that country. We arrived off the coast of Sussex about six o’slock in the morning, had only been going at half speed, snd kept dosging about watil daylight. Pho kieg rose eariy. aad eutored into fsmijiar conversation wita the com- sander, called him bis good friend Paul, and also wiih the chief mate. The captain jokingly asked bis Majes:y how he shoald address him on shore, einoo bis passpors was made out in the name of “Smith.” “ Oh, my good friend, Paul,” was the reply, there are no passport in your oountry.”” Tho king tly pleased vo thiak thot shortly both himse! sen would be relieved from al feer and personal 'y ‘They doth breakfasted aboue nine o’dlock; they st the orew, Ravo 260 ad made particulsr inquirl ttie commen der, and the nome of the onief officer, Mr. Qoodritge. The heavy box to which | have before *\- Jaded was filled with five frono pisses, which appeared quite new, ee if they were direst feom the mior At udout eleven v'slooX, a8 near asl can guess, two to% wore lowered, into whieh his Majesty, ‘he quees, ="! the attendants were sssisted One of the bouts was dread of going on shore Tha peopleof the piaceapprar- | fn ne aly Prise Twe Oents. The party was then rowed to the shore, end when the boats returned, the Express was steered for Southampton Che Regeneration of 6 [Wrom the Londom Chroni The second atirupt to regenerate G: ving her uations! unity, \s mado in times the moat oritt- owl andeventful that Europe evernav. [tinu nderasky *blaek with clowts > and amid s hooks thas shakes the earth un © feot, that the Germaue are sar tivg to k to disenter the buried majesty of the Eimpise, and to rekindle forgotten fires up ca the now arth of the national prytaneum. Sweeping pe- liieal changes are going on amongst ull mround ham. ‘These are themselves but the onward man ffestations of the grea’er social revolution through the crisis of which wwe are parsing, and which Lhe wise seers ot France, who have the advantage of living in the foous of it. ansure us will not have received its sovomplistment fill i: hie le welled avd ground to dust the «hole of the existing fabrie of civisized society. War ia not merely probabla, but imminent ; east, west, north, aud south, all round the cirols of the horizon, thare the same threatening ua There aro not two of the European powers whiod bs relied upon to fight side by side in the coming strife. N against nation, aud kinglom sgeinst kin) dom. aweek of peace caa be counted on—not a day, pot an hour At suoh ® time, the task of recasting the federal con- stitution, and giving to \t the dursbility and compactuess whion itiacks is doubly lisble to failure [¢ would be oue of no wal! diMsuity, if undertaken inthe qnie Gays, and uuter the most auspicious ciroumaran The sivgle tact chat Germany, from being what she was, hes become what she 's, proves the existence within her of antegon’s lc tendencies and causes of disunion,which it will not be easy to reconeile or eubdus. The best hope that they will bo overcome at last, arises from the ation that, after the long period through which they ed undisturbed. G: is Gormany sul. h constitution of and effective an orgunization, as wes cons stent with re- taining the separate independence of the individual members of the greup; yet how # gual, how deplorable, the frilure! Watch, too, for & moment, the saower of diverss and rautually conflicting views and schemes, thrown up like sparke from the anvil, out of tha work- shop where the process of constitution-making is going on Amorgat them you encounter every variety of political faith: downright republicsnism—the sober con- fervatiam that loves constitutional government—wor- shippers rational and irrational, of atsolate Lane ain ‘There the’ two sobools which oppsar and re-appear, in en variety of shape and dress on every field through whieh German thought ranges—the historical and rattonalistic, Fichtians and anti-Fitchtians—combat foot te foot, Asmany heads cs there are at work upon the sabject—and they are not s few—so many projects are there for the composition ef the Upper Horsa ct the em- bryo Parliament, Suppote the Porlismont completed, shall the body bea beadiers trunk? Shail it be mono- capbalots, or pelycephalous ? Sbail each State in turn be prytanis or Vorort of the confederacy ? Shall the twopreat powers erjoy & joint supremaoy, or shalla third be j-ined with them, elected by tl 8h, to keep the balance trimmed ? Or shal! the centre of the system lective, and hot oics for lifs or fora term ol yeats—a mere president in ermine; or els2, to avoid the plen which eracked and ultimately broke up the anciex.t empire, beredit ? And if the crown and sseptro carry the dy. whe shall his Majesty be? qurstion which lan’s the deputents at once in the region of tangible realities, and roures a swarm of jen- lousies, interests, and prejudices. local and personal, amidst which the discussion degenerates into some- thing very like a general squaboie, Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Wurtemb-rg, Baden, Hesse, have each their The presumptuous pretensions of ‘rederick William or his ministers—it the pation which beara the blame—are demolished ii tice; and the chances of the house of Hapsburg begin to re from the sheer impossibility of pitchiag upon a more distingvished competitor. All this, however, is nothing like a quarrel between independent uationalities. Nationalities within, and distiuct from, the great German nationality, there are almost none. Such & term ceuld not be applied to the coaneotion, half personxl, half territorial, which exist- ed between the princely and electoral houses of Im- perial Germany and their subjects or dependents ; and even thore tics are, by this time, either greatly atte- uated, or wholly swept away, and replaced by new rr ind advocater ones, which bi trong enough tooffer any vory etubl sttersich’s conve graphical expree- indeed 18 not 80, NOF nor the Palatinate. Conflicting taterests, broad distinctions of cburacter, differences (still more obsti- nate) of religious crsed—these are the real obstacles in the way ofa lasting consolidation. But as these differ- ences, or some of them, do actually co-axist, and in very clese juxtaposition, uader the existing territorial ar- rangement, without being found to interpose insuper- able impediments to the action of a common goveromerrt, there seems tobe no reason why they should prevail scheme for centralizing, within reasonable jl- jourse, the whole admiuistrative system of Ger- hall therefore watch hopefully, and with very it it, the progress of these endeavors towards elopement of these endeavors towards the deve- lopment of national unity, and we should be glad to see them more eystematicell id methodically conducted. That Germany should b rich, and Prosperous, aa the int curope and of the whole civilized world, Eugland not excepted; and we wi wo could persuade the Germans that England thieke so. Had we five huudred peus fad as many hands, we would willingly set them So is Bavari all imotion, could our maltiplied powers of persua- sion induce our German friends to believe that the busy islanders, whom they suppore to pads their lives in ac- cumulating, amidst the clank of machinery, vast piles of eotton and piece goods for foreign markets, and whose encroaching industry haunts them with perpetual terrors, are not reatly so hostile to their interests as they persstinimagining. And we might, take advan- tage of the favorable moment to gi 2 a bint not to augment their own difficult ping the Frenoh to sot the world ina biases ‘I'he feline heroine who pre- vailed upon her adorer to cut off her bead and tail, and throw them intothe fire, reappeared, we believe, acoordi to the legend, in the shape of # beautiful lady. Bat could not conscientiously recommend any of our friends to repeat the experiment ; nor can we think that #0 vic- lent ae \s required to effect the metamorphosis ich Gi 8 hope of & preternatural raje | t up and boiled in acaldron If Ger: | gets into the caidron she seems bent on pre} hereelt, it might puztlo the Dodonwan Jupit to say in woat rhape rse will come out. Tous much, at any rate, it requires no oracie to teil us—that if the Ger- mans want to make Frederick William’s boast a truth, and to turn (Germany in‘o Frussia, or Praseia into Ger- many, it does not matter which, they cannot takes shorter way to effect their object tha by going to war with all their neighbors at once The Pri of Prussia in London, {London Cor of Liverpool Albion, April 1.) It is all humbug about the Prinee of Prussi on a mission to tus Queen. He is here for th his life, from the wrath of his brether, the Kin; q' yooal lieges of Berlin, by whom he is abhorred for his family vices of perfidy amd Fann i Every Prussian, every German in London knows this to be the case, de- spite the * balmy balderdash” the Chevalier Bunsen bas contrived to mmuggle into the lish press. But the Chevalier, with ali his metaphysiosl cunning, has over- snot the mark ‘The Princo, who came hi ial mission to the Queen,” had nor pold, with carpet bag rT race. Tho first care of the Pleni- mit him to the manipulations of j then to whisk him off to Buckioghem Palace, where he was closeted with the Prince Consort, and then te get his reception at Court, into the usual vehicles cf fushionsbdle small talk. But this was not enough for Bupssn, who is surely the ori- gloal ef ‘Buneby,” in “Dombey,” he is so conioundedly vise. Nothimg would do the chevalier but the Court Circular, of Wednesday, must say the Privee hed had interview with the Queen on Tuesday, and go it did. tty management—the Q only eigut confinement, ond eaia to be reosiving —the bere thought of which is enough rs’ uninterrupted fit of the Why the statement on Thureday asserted on Wednesday, except by the Morving 2 which significandy and corspicuonsly declared, that though it aseerted the contradiction “on authority,” it abided by the truth of the original version, that the Prussian Price had had the interview with her Majesty. And who shali sey whoro is the truth ? But here ocours another queation ; ~ How was it possi- bie to falsity the Court Circular, prepared by the ae- crodited reporter to the palace, ssiaried by and under the apecial supervision of nidential agents of roy- alty? Such things have occurred, however, and the work already quoted fcom, gives sevoral instances ~ ono in partionis: to the oleged o: ‘of toe delay im th arrival ia this comotry of Baron denstein with the news of the death of Prince Albert's father, till ater @ letter of condolenos hat been received ac Windsor from the Kiog of the French—the first intimation of the event— tne sald cause being a svow storm thet never oc- curred. 1: is unn-cepsary tv say, *hat (he Peursian Prineo sould net, auder ony cirownstauce, Deve a special mia- tion (0 the Queen for any purpose, a8 has besa rightly remarked, more exalted than |he mixture cf the barley sagar for s christoning cake, or the cut of cradl or some fiddle : adie of ths sort. The puffery th Yr ‘and certainly the toiity with which our Prin ntrapped into promoting the scheme {# not osiculated to give us a very high notion of his strategetic skill, should he ever have occasion tically to favor us witha specimen of hia fold mar- shalship, which Mr Meagher and Bellona forbid! Meanwhile, the Prassien’s presence here is a godeend to the fashionable world, as be is the only foreign regal- ity who pretancs not to be io distress and is. conse- quently, the liom of etther oprta houss list of notabilities. Iy opporite improsri Maetine ar Ricumonn To Con@kat. Lark THE Preson Rervpiicans.—A large meeting was held ‘a., om the 2th inet, 8» conpratatste Re ta whion Lave lately vere many ladies a6 fred to thes oowutcy (he mec img, which paced o& wath great epiets eR ea