The New York Herald Newspaper, June 1, 1848, Page 2

moe meme tan of italy may bosemns Aioritetlay but we ome eatic | are fed thet Repatlionn semies wil! ogtablish » very transient aod unpopular domiustion abroad, and that Europe will remember in her day-of trouble that the cause of freedomin England, at least, has never ‘been allied to internal anarchy or to foreign aggres- = Austria. Vienna letters of the 7th inst. announce the con- tinuance of tranquillity in that capital, although the operative classes are suffering acutely from the stagua- tion of trade. Thoir minds, under these circumstances, are natu rally accessible to the seditious appeals of political ag- itaters, one of whom threatened the goverument with a “demonstration ” of physical force on the evening of the 8th, supposing no improvement to have taken place inthe interim in the condition of the starving population. On the other hand, the Minister of the Interior has issued a soothing address to the operatives, promising to appoint a committee of inquiry; and hold- Ing out the pros; ment in certain public works to be forth ced. « The Central Committ the National and Civie Guards has presented a petition to the ministry of the same touor as that of the students, with the single sion of the 2d proposition, (* That the members of nuld only be required to & not inconsiderable amount of landed property”) and modification of the last. They also petition for the speedy convocation of the Parliament A large reduction in the inland postage will be made on the Ist of June, The military force at present quartered in Hungary consists of 19,200 infantry, and 10.401 cavalry. and step®have been taken to all those absent by le when the nuinber of the in 1 be increased to 22.255. These statistics are of Ivis stated in the Mienna Gazette that the Emperor of Austria has decreed, at the instigation of its go- vernment, the abolition of the Redemptorists (male female) and of the Jesuits; thatithe papal nuncio at the court of Vienna has received his passports, and that Austria intends to break entirely (sich lossugen) rom the papal see, Count Montecuouli remains director of the affairs of Lower Austria. _ Affairs In Rome. Our latest intelligence confirms the announce- ment that tranquillity has been restored at Rome. On the 6th, the gates which had been occupied by the Ciyic Guard were evacuated by them by order of the Minister of the Interior, It alleged as a positive fact, that the Austrian ambassador was to, receive his passport on the 7th. The Minister of the Internor has decreed the formation of a corps de reserve of 6000 men. ‘The news that the Pope had agreed to dec'are war against Austria is not confirmed; but in fact, is the subject of a violent struggie between the pontiff, in his capacity us a temporal prince, and his subjects. The Pope, on the one hand, entertains conscientious s2ru ples against levying war against Austria, His subjects on the other hand, devotediy attached to his person as they are, and not unthankful for the part which he has taken in advancing liberal institutions, are never- theless inflexibly determined that the Roman States shall not stand passively by while all the other Italian provinces and principulities are uniting in a noble ef- fort to expel foreign rule from the peninsula, In short they are resolved, one and all, to drive the Austrians beyond the Alps. and the utmost that will be conceded to the conscientious scruples of Pius IX,, is permission to retain the nominal sovereignty of his States, while 8 laical ministry, exercising the executive power inde- pendent of him, shall do that which his scruples forbid im from doing Tt appears, from the letters we have recelved, that, from the Ist to the Sd instant, Rome was without o overnment, The mi s had resigned. and others had not been appointed. he manifestos of the Pope. remonstrating against a war with Austria, were no sooner posted on the walls than they were indignantly torn down ; the civic guards were placed in pickets at the palace of the cardinals. to protect them from popu- lar indignation ; the entire population assembled in clubs, and sat in permanence. A deputation, consisting of MM. Fiorentiro, Mami- ani, Sterburi, and General Rigano, was unanimously named to go the Quirinal, to inform the Pope of the ultimatum of the people, which involved these con- ditions :—1, A ministry composed only of laity. 2. The dismissal of Cardinal Antonelli dismissal of the Austrian Ambassador. 4. That war should be proclaimed in the official gazette. The ministers, in reply to this demand, supplicated the people to graut them two days to endeavor to accomplish those objects and promising that if they did not succeed, they would retire in a body. It was also decided that an envoy should be despatch- ed to the army to regularise the position of the troops and the volunteers. M. Farini was accordingly des- patched on this mission ‘These events took place on the 2d tween the 2d and dd the National Guard continued underarms. A letter dated on the morning of the Sdsays that all the ministers had secretly fled from Rome, and that a new ministry was thon being formed A letter of the Sth from Civita Vecchia, announces the formation of a new ministry, thus composed ;—Car- dinal Chiacchi, president of Council. par interim ; Car- dinal Orioli, Count Marchetti, Foreign Affairs ; Foren- xio Mamiani, Interior ; Pasquale de Rossi, Grace and Justice; Lunati, Finances; Prince Doria Pamphili, War ; Duke di Rignano, Commerce ; Galetti, Police. Letters of the 4th say that Rome was then tranquil and thyt the cardinals were relieved from the surveil- lance of the National 1. with the exception of Bernetti, ‘The departinent of for affairs was re- ved into two, ecclesiastical and temporal ; Cardinal Orioli presided over the former, and Professor Mar- chetti over the latter. Distrust. however, still pre- vailed. Complaints were made of the undue interfe- rence of foreign ministers at the Quirinal. The minis. ters of the Italian States, informed of this, assembled at the Dutch embassy, and protested against this abuse of diplomatic priviley An address to Count Mamiani was presented by the National Guard. demanding that the following articles should form the progr nme of the new ministry. 1, To re-establish the Italian nationalities, which been trodden under foot. 2. To unite with free poopte and liberal governments, and preserve only with abso- lute governments such relations as the interest of commerce oblige To trast in herself. and not in foreign assistance and promises. 4. To create a new pact between the people conformably to their true in- terests and the natural and unchangeable principles of international right. 5. Never to compromise with Austria, nor to sign any peace not having for its basis the Alps as the frontiers of Italy from the Varo to Brennero and thence to Guarnero. 6, A blank in the original. 7. To make our diplomacy worthy a free and great nation, No more dissimulation, no more decep- tion—moderation and courage. The municipal council held a meeting, at which it exprossed a wish that the Pope should become a medta tor in the Italian question; and that if bis uegotiation should not have a happy result. that the war should be continued. The prop ns to reconcile the duties of @ prince with the requirements of conse us IX. should be th iator wee. ations pendi That the conditions of peac tionality and independenc trians from Italy; C. a di conditions. 4. After the ac nary conditions. On the night bo- ations, 3 should A, Italian na B. withdrawal of Aus- ttositat Rome to fix the tance of these preliini- the Pope to be created president of the diet. 5. If the conditions are not accepted. the war to be prosecuted with his consent aud approbation and with the aid of the pontifical army. One of the expedients proposed for evading the dim- culties arising from the conscientious scruples of the Pope, was to order all the Roman troops to place them- selves as volunteers directly under the standard of ries Albert The last advices say that the ministry tioned had not proved satisfactory to thi that all wasstill jovolved in uncertainty. We learn from Rome, under date May 6th, that a grest demonstration had taken place the preceding eve- before the palace of the Sardinian Minister, on the arrival of the news of Charles Albert's victory at Bus- solengo. It is now stated that the correspondence of the cardinals was not read to the people, as stated in for- mer accounts, A lotter from Berlin «An immense m Tzelten. r elared the recall of the Prince of Pru: lawful, and against the will of the pe acclamation.) He further proposed a deputation of the whole assembly, some two or three thou sand, to march to the minister Camphausen, and demand the repeal of the king’s order. Th whole city is ina state of great excitement, and for the present, at least, the Prince of F sia’s return may be considered as hazardous for him self and the tranquillity of this city, whose ink bitants are all pouring towards the Thier Garten Accounts from Leipsic state that the Fair there had been very badly attended. There was no spirit in the biddings, and the business done was consid- erably below the ordinary range. The Greek mer- chants had not shown themselves this year, and the Poles were unwilling and unable to purchase. The news from Russia, however, was favorable A deputation of Prussian manufacturers had proceeded to Berlin to represent the depressed ttate of the Fair, and to request assistance in the shape of loans to the extent of 1,000,000f. hypothecation of produce already in the fi minister expressed a desire to aid them, » mised to effect the necessary ar’ ments with the Prussian Bank for that purpose. Russia, A report from_the Russian frontier, via Cracow, states that the Emperor arrived at Warsaw on the third. Affairs in Poland. Advices from the Russian boundary, of the 19th of April, confirm the accounts of the equipment of the troops, as a precautionary measure. Paske- Witsch has issued a proclamation at Warsaw, in which he threatens to reduce the etty to ashes at the very first attempt at resistance. The people, however, are prepared for a holy war. The Pope 1s considered t the head of the Latin church against the Greek. Tha Latin church 13 predomi nant in Poland, The intelligence of the absolute “ uncond surrender’? of the Poles, concentrated under Miroslaw aki, at or near Mielszyn. south east of Gnesen. forward ed to all parts of Europe, most wrsbably by public wri tersanddiplomatists, proves to have been promatur, It is true, however. that Mirosiawski—finding himsel cut of from Bamberg, end menaced within gun shot on both finnks, amd in frout by » th: strong columns of Generals Wed, Blumen and Brandt. and having no resourve, in ew defeat. but to throw themselves a frontier, close on their rear has seut a flag of trace offering to capitulate. But the Prussian Co sioner General, Pfvel, having insisted upon disarming of Mire! corps as a preliminary ® sort of tacit armir tice taken place until orders the Russins . danger of eattitoed “trom Galin im ciitar partd rem the conftiet rontinues with unabated and iencerous ardor. Bearcely ® village or town is ry wenes of bloodshed and devas: tation. The insurgents appear and disappear in every direction, failing upon or pursued by Prussiaa detach- ments. Beck, Rogailin. and twenty other places, have been plundered or half burned by one purty or the other. ‘The most terrible embitterment eaists between chem Intelligence from Germany and the Northern _ States of Europe. The Swedish government has notified to the Prassian Cubinet its intention of advancing an army to the assistance of Denmark to prevent any invasion of Denmark proper. In making this notification, the Swedish ambas- sador expressly signitied that this step was purely one of a defensive nature, and that German ves- sels should be treated, as hitherto, on a footing of reciprocity ethics In reply to this notification, the Prussian govern- ment declared that the confederation had no in- tention of conquering Denmark, or planting foot in the Scandinavian territory ; that the occupation of a portion of Jutland had no other motive than to obtain the guarantee for indemnification for the damage sustained by German commerce by the embargo on German vesels ; and that as soon us that was obtained, the troops should be withdrawn A private letter from Stockholm, of the 2d inst., with which we have been favored, states that the eathusiasm in Sweden for the Danish cause is ex- treme, and the Swedes are e: to meet the Ger- mans im the field. The excitement against Ger- many 1s equally great in Norway. ji Our correspondent, writing from Berlin on ths 11th instant, says : “We are told, th ew element of discord has arisen. Sweden. . has offered 16,000 men and a flotilla to aid the Danes in the event of an attack upon their insular possessions, Russia, also, it is af. firmed, will, if mediation fail, step in with co-operation and ifthat be the case, wu» can predict the consequen- we * * : * * > In consequence of the Danish blockade, several vessels from the Atlantic, destined for Hamburg, were putting into Antwerp, It is reported in accounts from Hamburg, that the mediation of England in the affairs of Den- mark and Schleswig-Holstein will be based upon the condition that the Duchies, in preserving their union, would stand in the same position towards Denmark that Norway does towards Sweden. Money at Hamburg continued abundant, and gold was quoted at 13 5, Denmark. Kouprxa, May 8, 1848. This morning the Danes bombarded Fredericia frown 24 armed vessels, for six or seven hours, and set fire to the town in two places. The Prussian artillery vigor- ously replied to the attack with eight pieces of can- non, and sank three great boats, with gunners on board, The official intelligen of the partial raising of the Danish blockude was received in the city to-day with much satisfaction. It appears that all British captains arriving at Elsinore, destined for Prussian ports, but unable to reach their destination. will be at liberty to warehouse their goods, either at that port or at Copeu- hagen; such property being considered by the Danish government as belonging to the depositors individual- ly, and will not’s such be in any way interfered with ‘The blockade of the Prussian ports of Dantzic, sund, Wismar, Rostock, Pillau, will be raised o1 16th just. The harbor of Kiel. however, and the mouth of the Schleswig canal, near Holtenau, and Swine- munde, with the mouths 0: the Oder, viz., Wolgosh and Cammin. will be blockaded as at present The North Sea will be left wholly free of navigation, insluding the Elbe and the Weser. The period for the departure of neutral vessels from the port of Swinemunde has been extended to the 20th instant; but between the 6th and the 10th instant, every vessel in harbor, thirty in num- ber, had sailed. None of the German vessels at Cop hagen laid under embargo have been condemned. The Danish government will despatch a steamer to acquaint the commanders of the Danish flect, at every place where the blockade has been enforced. of the new regu- lations enjoined, in conformity with tho notices issucd to the foreign embassies at Copenhagen. __ IMPORTANT TO SHIPPING MERCHANTS. We take the follewing from a Copenhagen paper of May Is At this moment, when open warhas broken out bo- tween Denmark, on the one side, and Prussia, togeth- er with several other States of the north of Germany on the other, the former, in defending herself against an armed invasion of her territory, will, as it is her right, employ all the meansin her power to hurl back the insult, and inflict injury on a presumptuous With this view. she will avail herself of her geographi- cal position, to seize and detain her enemy's vessels. met on the high seas; and furthermore, as au indispon sible measure, blockade the principal ports of her ene- mies. Such blockade, however, will not be declared to exist, but where the entrance jto the enemy’s port is #0 effectually closed by one or more men of war, that no merchant vessel can enter or depart without evident ptured. On establishing the block ade, the commander of the naval force so stationed, will give notice thereof to all friendly and neutral sels at the time in the port, leaving them at liberty tc it witbin « reasonable time, Besides the usual an- f the blockade, care will be taken t sive official information to ali friendly and neutral powers, inaddition to which all vessels will receiv: particular notice thereof on their passage through the sound. or Belts. In no case force will be allowed to be exercised against friendly and neutral vessels, unless after due no they shall attempt to violute the blockade. Any efileer acting contrary tothe re tions prescribed for the security of friendiy and 1 tral vessels. or who shall abuse his authority to their prejudice, will be brought to punishment and held re- sponsible in damages, The seizure of enemies vessels, or those ofa suspected character, will not, until further orders, be carried inte effect but by] the cruizers of the royal navy, and to all Appearance letters of marque will, at no time dur the war, be ted to individuals, Copenhagen pape The above article has evidently been derived m an authentic source. It gives, in substance, e of the official acts promulgated on th day following, viz; a declaration of April 2% signed by the king, and a royal regulation, of May Ast, to govern the blockade of enemies’ port. the seizure by Danish eruizers of enemies? and those of'a suspected character. By the first of these acts, the vessels of ths roya navy have been ordered to proceed to the bleck. ade of the ports, coasts, and rivers, of the enemy— Prussia, Hanover, the Duchies of Oldenburgh and Meckleaburgh, and the three cities—a- well as those of any of the king's ter: 3 in th possession of the my. [tis furthor interdieted to all national vessels, as well as those of allied powers, trieudly and neutral, to enter suid ports o1 | places, blockaded by Danish men-of-war. But for the purpose of defining more purticularly what co stitutes a blockaded port, the first paragraph of th said regulation does not apply that character bat to such a port before which one or more men-of- war shall be so stationed that no merchant vessel can possibly enter or depart without evident dan- ger of b ing captured. % In. the following official article, taken froma ay 5th, a list is given of the ports Danish paper of and rivers then im actual state of blockade : OFFICIAL NOTICE. The Minister of Marine gives hereby notice that, in virtue of the Royal Declaration of the 20th of last month, and in conformity with the first paragraph of the Royal Regulation of the first instant, with regard to the blockade of enemies’ ports, &c.. the followiny ports have been placed in an actual state of blockade viz: Pillan, Dantzig, Swinemunde. Stralsu Je Wismar, Kiel, and the approaches of the Schleswig ( nal, at Holtenau. A list of the said ports thus actually blockaded has been communicated to the representatives of friendly and neutral powers. accredited near the court of the king, and will likewise Teep custom houses to every vessel passing through the sound and the Belts None of the other ports mentioned in the said Royal Declaraticn are to be deemed to be in a state ot bluck- ade, until further notice shall be given to that effvet.— Ministry of Marine, at Copenhagen, May 4, 1548. (Signed) ZAHRTA Holland, Tue Hacer, May 14, 1848 In the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States General this day, the President communicated message from his Majesty, notifying the resigna- tion of Count. Schimmelpenninck, i f the council of ministers; and Major ven, as minister of war. these resignations, Switzerland. Our intelligence from the capital of Berne is to the effect that on the 9than émewe was on the point of breaking out there, in consequence of the intel ligence of M. Ochsonbein’s rex gnacion ; and calm was only restored by the announcement that the ommittee charged with progpuncing on the ac- tation of the resignation of A Ochsenhein had been unanimous in refusing it. The grand council uas also decided to give M. Ochsenbeia every sa- ttsfaction as to the political line of conduct to be followed relative to the principle of absolute neu- trality adopted by him ‘The Diet re-assembled on the 11th. M. Ochsen- bein, in his speech, explaingd that the reason of convoking the Diet was the feat that the Austrians would force a passage through Switzerland, The Diet appointed a committee of defence to take all necessary measures on this subject. Opening of the Parliament at Tarin. On the Sth ult., Prinee Eugene, of Savoy, Licute- nant General of King Charles Albort, loft the palace in the midst of the National Guard, and proceeded to the chamber to open the parliament. He was saluted on his arrival by loud cries of “ Vive le Roi.’ After taking the usual oath, the Prince read the fol- lowing epeech:— Our internal felicity, aseured by tho mutual love which exists between the sovereign and the people. und by the wisdum of the King. being disturbed by the mourning of our Italian brethren, trampl foot by the foreigner, the nation an chief to sustain the honor and indepe: jod has blessed our arma, The admuirat nuch by its discipline as by its valor—hai slory to its ancient renown, The cross of Savoy figures n the standard of the Italian union. and floats on the hanks of the Adige, Sardinia has been welcomed by the other provinces aga well-beloved sister. Savoy has been a source of real consolation, The natives of Sa- voy have shown themselves worthy of thelr country. Abroad the powers who hat government as ourselves, neral Nep- His majesty has accepted ‘of Fo: | thettiaelves the same form of | continues to develope ite: those where the people | government invoked ths interve: eieetonr, ~ os io ome wovarn the ftabe, gi a pe of their sympathies, The diplomatic fe ith the consti- tutional government of Spain, which wore suspended, have been renewed. In Italy, the parties which have been divided, tend every day more and e to come together, and there is a strong reason to hope that a co. mon accord will bind together the people destined by nature to form one nation. (This remark was received with loud acclamatious). Gentlemen, the government of the King comprehends the gravity of the circu stances under which it is called on toact. Butit the courage to undertake it, and will have the courage to follow it up, You wili lend it your co-operation to to consolidate and complete the work of regeneration to which it has devoted itself, Europe, which has her eyes on us, will see us triumph over the difficulties ime. pa- rable from the débits of a new state of things, by « power always invineible—that of union.” The prince afterwards announced that the budget would be immediately presented, as well as several Laws of local interest, aud concluded as follows :— “If the desired fusion with the other parts of the pe- ninstla be accomplished, changes will be made in our laws whieh will tend to improve our destinies aud make us attain that degree of power to which fur the welfare of Italy. Providence would lead them.” (Enthusiastic applatise). ‘The session was then declared to be opened. and the Lieutenanl General returned to the Palace amidst loud cries of + Viva el Re al Statuto, alla Itatia.’ Baden. It appears that some remnants of the Baden republi- can band are still loitering about Todtnau ; the Feld- berg Hecker, one of the discomfited leaders, has gone to Paris, The taden government is preparing a bill for the introduction of trial by jury, upon a system bearing a stronger resemblance to the English and Belgian than the French one. Saxony. ‘The elections in the kingdom of Saxony for the Ger- man parliament have for the most part terminated in favor of the democratic party. Protessor Wigard has been elected for Dresden, the well-known Robert Blum for Leipsic, and Dr Joseph for Freiburg. The com- mercial affairs of Leipsic continue very depressed. According to the local paper of Hilburghausen, the ‘Thuringian princes are negotiating among one another respecting a certain amalgamation of their states, by which each of the princes will be in turn, and fora certain period, at the hend of the entire territory. Affairs In Hungary. The accounts from Pesth, up to the 6th May, are alarming. In the districts bordering on Gallicia the peasantry are committing the greatest excesses against the nobles. the townsmen, and the Jews. The impor- tant commercial town of Waag-Neustadkel has been plundered aud destroyed. The peasants demanda di- Vision of property. Numerous towns and counties in Hungary have forwarded addresses to the Emperor, de- claring that they will bear no part of the national debt of Austria, and demanding the recall of the Hungarian troops from Italy, The intelligence Prom Prauge, also. up to the 6th inst,, is equally alarming. Turkey. It would appear by letters from Constantinople, un- der date May 1, as if the political eventa of Europe have had also some effect in Turkey. There has been a sreat ehange in the ministry. The Grand Vizier, Res- ohid Pacha. has been dismissed. This took place sud- denly on the 28th ult. Sarim Pacha, the President of the Grand Council of Justice, has been raised to be Grand Vizier, and Halil Pacha to be President of the Council, in place of Sarim Pacha. Ansurrection in Greece. A letter from our correspondent at Athens, dated April 80, says—The northern frontier of Greece has within the last week become the theatre of an armed invasion, which, if not promptly and vigor- ously quelled, may have the most fatal effects, An had been granted to certain political pri- soners, who took the opportunity of ass+mbling their companions together, reinforced by several bands of brigands and some hundred Turks, and, passing into Greece, raised the standard of revolt. Their chiefs, Vellentza and Papacosta, occupy positions close to the town of Lamia. The government have sent troops to repel them, but the result is not yet known, The demands of the Ansar cals are a change of ministry, and the dissolution of parliament.” Spain. Mapvrin, May 10, 1843. There is no longer any display of forces except at the Puerta del Sol, where the guard 1s doubled. some unusual precautions were taken yesterday evening towards disarming the regiment “de Es- pana,” which made the movement of the 7th. Prus- sia has decidedly recognised the Queen of Spain. The Gazette publishes the official promotion of General La Pezuela to be Captain General of Mad- rid. Congratulations have been presented to the Queen by the grandees of Spain and the most im- portant commercial classes of the capital, on the result of the events of the 7th of May. Mavnip, May 8, 1848. There has been no further disturbance. There were only thirteen prisoners shot yesterday evening. In- stead of decimating the insurgent battalion, they only decimated the men who had refused to urrender, and were taken in arms—amongst whom were two retired officers, one of them so badly wounded that he was ta ken to the place of execution on a stretcher. The re- mainder, with three exceptions, were sergeants and privates of the Espana regiment. They were shot out- side the gate of Alcala. at 6 P. M. General Fulgosio expired this morning at six; he had been conveyed yesterday to his own house, and to day's Gazette has a decree raising him to the rank 0: lieutenant-general for bis services yesterday. The Gazette also contains a circular from the home ‘Mfige. in which Senor Sartorius informs the political chiefs of the triumph obtained by the government thi previous day. and attributes the soldiers of the Espan: regiment taking part in the insurrection to thei: having been « victims of surprise and of foreign gold.’ ‘The Espana says that Colonel Baceta. who has fled was the chief military leader in yesterday's affair. ‘The Progressista general and deputy, Evarista San Miguel. has been banished to Soria Major General Lersundi, a young officer, who was made brigadier for the Portuguese expedition, and got his general's sash on the last promotion. took the lead ing part in putting an end to the insurrection yester- day. according to the Espana. It says that he made s dash into the square. followed only by an aid-de-camp and eséaped the shots fired at hfm. which ceased on the latter waving a white handkerchief. oa which hg ha. rangued the insurgent troops. and getting down from his horse, which was wounde 4. embraced a trumpete: of the Expana regiment, who was standing by. upon which the insurgents began to talk of surrendering, if their lives were spared. and eventually did so, with the exception of seventy, who refused all terms. and against whom artillery had to be employed; but it adds that only four cannon shot were fire 1 have heard that Generil Lersundi did. as stated, embrace the insurgent trumpeter. but that it was a stratagem, which sueceed ed: the insurgent troops imagining. on. seeing the ac von, that he was with them, and ceasing firing. and thus enabling a large body of government troops to get into the Plaza. which they could not do before from the tremendous fire kept up by the insurgents. He hac led a small column of the government troops into thy Plaza. but found himself alone with his aide-de.camp on reaching the middle of it. According to the Madrid journals of the 9th instant th. house of the Danish Minister had been searched by the police, in the hopes of finding M. Salamanca, the former minister of finance. An attempt being made to search the house of the Belgian ambassador, that minister refused to admit the authorities, and protested against such an outrage Madrid was tranquil The Madrid journals of the 8th contain but few de- tails of the insurrection of the previous day, the lea ing facts of which wo were able to give on Saturday.— It appears that barricades were created, that the in surgents had to be dislodged from several houses, and that it was after a severe conflict that cannon was em- yed against them, After the rising was put down ‘different points of the capital were strongly pro- ed by military forces; at the Puerta del Sol, for ox ample, there were several pieces of cannon. and the balconies of the neighboring houses were occupied by soldiers, ready to fire. The /ando, declaring Madrid ir a state of siege, sets forth that any person not giving up his arms, or uttering seditious cries, or committing other specified offences, was to incur the penalty of b ing shot. In a report to the Minister of War. t Captain General states that a great number of citi- zens and soldiers had been arrested with arms in their hands; that many of them were immediately brought to trial before a court-martial ; and that pursuant to the sentences of that tribunal, eight soldiers and five citizens were shot. Plckets of the regiment of Espana, te which the cond ned soldiers belonged, executed the sentence. A number of pri- soners were condemned to the hulke for life. The military enlprits on whom the sentence was passed had their uniforms torn off, and were publicly degraded All the garrison was present at the execution of the sentence. and after the men had been shot, General Pozucla addressed tho troops, and made them file off before the dead bodies. A great number of other pri- soners were in custody awaiting their trial. The cry of the insurgents. it appears, was “ Viva la Libertad ! Viva In Republica!” Some noblemen and wealthy gentlemen having waited on General Narvaez to con- h of order to the pe: The Gazette Adress, signed by a vast number of th tooracy. expressing loyalty to the Queen. dresses from the commercial community and other classes were. it is said, to be adopiod. General Falgosi: has died of the serious wounds he received in com batting the insurgents, A little while before his death he was raised to the rank of lieutenant-general, as a reward for the skill and bravery he had displayed, Maprip Borns ‘Three percents. 21) ; Two per Cents., 144. | Exchangs on London, 41. The mer- cantile position of affairs throughout Spain does not enable us to quote the rates of exchange with perfect accuracy. | Paper, with the exception of that npon London, is searcely negotiated. Atsome places—Barcelona, for instance—transactions are core at from 3 to 4 above the rates quoted at Madrid. Important from the Continent—News of the Coalition of the Great Powers, Tho Paris Réforme has the following under the head of News OF THE COALITION:— An aide-de-camp of the Emperor of Russin had ar- rived at Vionna, charged with a confidential mission for the Emperor of Austria, It referred to a treaty o! alliance between Russia and Austria. Similar negoti ations have for some time been going on at Berlin. and even at London, with a view of renewing the coalition against France, This we extract from a Vienna letter of the 6th, Independently of the camp of Narembery and of Ulm, a camp of 60,000 men will bo extablishes between Cobourg and jchwernfurt. In Belgium the ministry have rent ordevg to the military governors ot provinces, for the imme ate reppel to arms of the mi- Setter from Datta, of the Sth, éasures ns that the ian cabinet had nded explanations on the of the entry of Prussian troops intoJutland. This di- plomatic intrigue, this mask of war, will soon fall. The Russians have now a pretext for entering Prus- sia. This of Berlin is capabie of pretending to our Minister of Foreign Affairs that he is the victim of Russia and of his good disposition towards Poland in the meantime the consul of Sweden makes known to the Senate of Hamburgh that his government har resolved to assist the Danes with 10,000 troops and ali the Swedish marine. Each plays his part skilfully in the camp of the coalition. The Confreres are not loss able, in the Diet of Frankfort, Nothing can equal what is passing there, and if the Germans allow them- selves to be blinded it is their own fault, The bourgeois of Cologne, urged on by the King of Prussia. have ad- dressed @ petition to this assembly, demanding the neutrality of Belgium, which they say, * resists with calmness and firmness without example the storm that has burst over Euroy The delegates have support- ed this petition wi ‘dor. announcing the approach- ing difficult negotiations of the Belgian government. ‘Tho spirit of hostility against republican France—the intrigues of the réaction, are then, as wo cease not to repe&t, manifest—and our ex-son-in-law, Leopold, takes his own share in them. Once more, it iv time to look to it. Evrorray dimes Orrice, May 17—Nine o'clock, ‘We stop the press to announce that our express. which left Dublin at alate hour last night, informs us that the jury in the case of Mr. 8. O’Brien, not having agreed, were discharged by the Chief Justi¢e, Mr. Meagher's trial was proceeded with yesterday, but the foreman announced in court, during the evening, that there was no likelihood of their agreving to a verdict. After the arrest of Mr.Mitchell. on the 13 of May, that gentleman was conducted by the officer to the head police-office, where they arrived ut seven o'clock. Two ofthe magistrates, Mr Porter and Mr. Wyse, were in attendance. Mr. Kemmis, crown solicitor, and Mr. Perrin, as counsel for the crown, were also in waiting. ‘The proceedings which took place were as follows :— Mr. Porter, addressing Mr. Mitchell, said:—I[nforma- tiong have been sworn before me that you have com- mitted felonies under the act of 11th Victoria, by writing and publishing, in the United Irishman, news- paper, certain articles, on the 6th and 138th of this month. addressed “'T’o the Protestant farmers, loborers, and artizans of the north of Ireland.” ‘The informa- tions are framed under the third section of that act, and it became my duty to issue a warrant for your ap- prehension. | will read the articles on which the in- formations are framed, if you dosire me to do so. Mr. Mirenene : If you please, sir. Mr. Porter was then proceeding to road the articles referred to, when Mr. Mitchell said he would not give Mr. Porter the trouble, as he was fully aware of their contents already. Mr. Porter: Mr. Mitchell, these informations, under which you stand arrested, have been sworn by super- intendants Walsh and Selwood, of the metropolitan police; und upon these informations it becomes my imperative duty to send you to trial. Mr, Mrremece: To what eourt. si Mr. Portex : To the next commiasion, Mr. Kemais. crown solicitor, addressing the magis- trates, said: Mr. Mitchell is at liberty to put any que tions he thinks proper to the parties by whom the in- formations have been sworn, They are both present. Mr. Porter: Mr. Mitchell, do you wish to ask those parties any questions ? Mr. Mircnec: No, sir ; Thave no question to ask. ITCHELL (ad Iressing the crown solicitor,) said: . Kemmis, when will the commission sit ? Mr. Keaats: On tho 20th instant. A committal was then made out, and Mr. Mitchell was conveyed, in the custody of Inspector Guy, to Newgate prison. The demeanor of Mr. Mitchell during this proceeding was calm and reserved, and he appear- ed to bedeeply impressed with the serious responasi- bilitios of his position, Under the Treason-Felony Act the accused has noi the privilege of giving bail. On arriving at Newgate, the governor ushered Mr. Mitchell into his apartment, which is in the upper story of the prison, Its naked appearance attracted Mr. Mitchell's attention, when the governor observed that the furniture. corresponded with the prison re- gulations—a straw bed and wooden bench; but that he would suffer Mr. Mitchell to avail himself of ‘any reasonable accommodation he would require, Ac- cordingly Mr. Midchell was furnished with o hair mattress, and to-day he was supplied with a better breakfast than the hard prison fare. A few of his friends visited him to-day; but the pressure was not inconveniently great. Among the earliest were Messrs. Meagher, Reilly, Doheny and Reynolds. He walks about the corridors and appears very thoughtful. His trial for the last offence will take place on the 20th (next Seturday). His resolve at present is to defend himself. His family are allowed free entrance to him at all hours. and also his friends; but the latter are, not suffered to visit him in his private apartment. Smith O’Brien bas not yet been among the sympathising visitants, The following announcement, given on “authority,” appeared in the Dublin Mail of the 14th of May. “We aro enabled to state, on authority, that it is her Majesty's intention to visit Ireland within two months from the present time, and. probably, to re- main a considerable portion of the autumn. Arrange- ments for the Queen’s reception have already been commenced.”* Important Debate in the British Parliament on the Navigation Laws. In the House of Commons on the 15th of May, Mr. Lanovcuens, shortly before five o'clock, moved that the House resolve itself into a committee on the Navigation Laws. Mr. Aldernian ‘THomrsox objected to the House re- solving itself into committee until some substantial reason forits so doing had been made out. Mr. Lanovenene observed that it would be more convenient to make his statement of the views of the sovernment. with regard to the Navigation Laws, in committee, After a desultory conversation, the House resolved itself into committee. The portion of her Majesty's speech referring to the Navigation Laws having been read, Mr. Lanovcnene rore to state the views of the go- vernment respecting them, in doing which he express- ed him-elf conscious of the weight and responsibility of the task which devolved upon him. ‘The laws in which he was about to propose a change had been re- garded with a degree of reverence only inferior to th paid to those immortal statutes whic ji garded as the bulwarks of our liberties. which he was about to propose were of a far more vital and important character than any which had formerly been effected. he begged to remind the House of the number and magnitute of the changes which had re- cently taken place in almost all the departments of « ciety. Tho right honorable gentleman then, in a ra- pid and general manner, called the attention of the committee to the changes which had heretofore been ‘fected in the navigation laws. The first naviga- tion law upon the xtatute book was that of the fifth Richard II., which contained some of the most stringent provisions in the whole code. In the fol- lowing year it was somewhat qualified. A few years afterwards it was still further modified. The distinc tive character of this, the first period of the system, was that of exclusive monopoly and restriction, This period lasted till the reign of Queen Elizabeth,in the first year of which a remarkable change took place, re- versing the principle of the navigation laws which had previously existed, and adopting that of protection, in. stead cf that of exclusion. It was during this, the second period of the system. commencing with the reign of Queen Elizabeth, that. for the first time, wax introduced the principle of making the coasting trade of England a monopoly. Strongly contrasted at that time with our system was that of the Dutch, who had adopted the principle of the most unrestricted freedom, the result of which policy was remarkable, enabling as it did,that people to build up a most magnificent fabric of naval and commercial greatness, The system. as modified in the time of Queen Elizabeth, lasted. without material change. until the time ofthe common- wealth—when our colonial empire bogan to develope those gigantie proportions which it afterwards at- tained. Inthe time of the Commonwealth began the third period of our navigation system, which had lasted with but few changes up to the present time The system, as then settled, was developed in the statutes of Cromwell. and afterwards confirmed in the famous navigation law of Charles II, the principles of which were too familiar to the House to render a de- twiled recapitulation of them necessary. It would suffice to xay that the Legislature then reverted to the system of monopoly and exclusion, which was the cha- racteristic feature of the policy of Richard II. «The motives which instigated to this change were more of a political than a commercial character, Since that Ume some very material modifications had been effect- ed in. the system. to which time would not then per- mit him particularly to advert. What first led to the modificatien of the system were the events which had led to. and which immediately succeeded, the war of American Independence The changes then made effected a wide breach in the system of our naviga- tion laws. Having, in a general manner, surveyed the course of legisiation which the House had pur- sued with regard to those laws, the right honorable gentleman called the attention of the committee to the oxisting state of the law. As it at present stood, the system was mainly comprited in the famous Naviga- tion Act, and in the atatutes 7th and Sth Victoria, ¢ 112, and 8th and 9th Victoria, c. 88. He then atated the reasons which had led him to think that the navi- gation laws required still further alteration. An they now stood, they were designed to secure three main points, viz: to secure to ourselves the colonial trade; to recure the long voyage trade to ourselver; and to secure us the indirect or carrying trade, With re- gard to thexe throe objects, we could not, consistently with our own well-understood interests, leave the sys- tem on its presont footing. With reference to the eo- lonial trade, if there ever was a just demand made upon the House. especially after ite recently adopted com- mercial policy, it was that which now proceeded from our colonies, that we should, without delay, set them free from those restrictions which. before we had freed ourselves from restrictions, we had imposed upon them in the matter of navigation. Even under the ayrtem of protection, our colonies had chafed under the re- strictions placed upon their navigation. It was no wonder, then, that they should now remonstrate against them. The right honorable gentleman then alludod to the remonstrances ‘hich had recently pro- ceoted from Canadaand the West Indian colonics He then traced the mischievous consequences to our trade and manufactures from the laws which, for the purpose of proserving to British shipowners the long-voyage trade. prevented the aubjects of this eoun- try from importing from the ports of foreign countries the produce of Asia, Africa, or America, Of what ad- vantage could auch a regulation be to any class? This part of the system was replete with abeurd and inde- finable restrictions. on which he should be sorry to be- lieve that our maritime greatness In any degree de- pended. He then briefly adverted to the effects of those provisions of the navigation laws wh ch were de- signed to secure to this country the indirect or car- tying trade. At no time bad these provisions reall answered the purpose for which they had been framed, They involved a gaine at which two could pla: and foreign nations had given no obscure indications of their intention in thi« reapect. The time was Ireland. litia of 1847. They are \p repair by the 28th to the | fast approaching when we could no longer expect camp of Beverloo. On tile other band, the coalition | to trade with any foreign nation on unequal. if. Already has the Danish | terms. The practical question, then, now before of Russia, A] the House was, not whether benefit was de- rived from that part of the syste whieh son. ‘Thyra ot in Great Bettein, cerned the indireet trade, but whether they were C hate, Sook May 16.) to embark upon a war of retaliation with every One thing is very clear from the rosuit. The Koglish country in the world, or by timely comcessions to | people are not disposed to organic change. ‘They don’t do more for the prosperity of British trade than | want a bran new Paniiament; they don’t want such « could be effected for it by any system of restriction | change as shall absolutely destroy the identity of the based upon narrow and jealous distinctions. Fyrom | constitution, There have been no such changes fn Prussia had alread: coma ox of warning, our com- | this country, unless they have been forced upon it by t meri raty with w jswer was about to expire. From Ameri a, (00, had comé a voice, not of menace, but of invitation--the precise nature of which the right hon. gentleman explained by referring to the corres- jondence which had passed last August between Mr. Bancroft and Lord Palmerston. If we did a little in the way of relazation, dimerica would do but tittle also if we did much, America would do much—if we did all, America was also prepared to do all. Having stated the law as it now stood, and his reason for believing that it could wo longer be safely maintained on its present footing, the right hon, gentleman proceeded to state the alterations which her Majesty's gover pment were about to propose. There were some portions of Lich it was not proposed to effoot any material alteration. It was not his intention to pro- pose any material change with regardito the coasting trade. Foreigners were, by nature Itself, practically excluded from participating in that trade, so that to permit them by law to do so, would be accompanied with but a little amount of good. With regard to the coasting trade of the colonies, he proposed to reserve it to British shipping, in the same manner as the coast- ing trade of the mother country, with this exception, vhat each colony would be at’ liberty, whenever it thought fit, by an act of its Parliament, to throw open its coasting trade to foreign countries, to which act the consent of the Crown would be necessary ; in short, to allow each colony to deal with its own coasting trade asit might think fit. For similar reasons, but stronger in this case in their application—he did not intend to ny change in that part of the system which re- d the British fisheries to British vessels, But he proposed to deal ina large and general manner with the remainder of the system, which this country had no real interest in retaining upen her statute-book. He therefore proposed to strike from the statute-book restrictions which characterized the remain- der of the system, In other words, the intention of the government was, with the exceptions aobve alluded to, as regarded the fisheries and the coasting trade, to “throw open to competition the whole navigation of this country of every sort, and description,” But he would at the same tiine advise the House not to deprive the Queen in Couneil of that power which she now possessed, of imposing countervailing duties, if she thought fit, on the ships of such foreign nations as might treat our shipowners with injustice—that it was not intended that this power should be obligatory upon the Crown. Such were the views of government with regard to the navigation laws, properly so called. There were other measures connected with the subject. to which it would be necessary to call the attention of the House—measures affecting the character of British voasels, a8 to their ownership, their build, and their manting. In exposing British shipowners to unre- stricted competition, it was but reasonable that they should afford them every facility for obtaining their v in the cheapest. manner. He therefore pro- posed to do away with that restriction, which at present limited the right of acquiring a British re- xister toa British built ship, by enabling a ship built abroad, if purchased by # British subject, to acquire a British register, With regard to the general principles applicable to ownership, he did not intend tomake any alteration in them, although there were some anoma- lies connected with this part of the subject which he proposed to remove. Nor was it intended to introduce any change into the system of manning, the ment proposing to leave it still necessary that ship, engaged in the coasting trade, should have her crew entirely composed of British seamen, and that ships engaged in the foreign trade should still have three-fourths of their crews consisting of British sea- men, It was also proposed to admit Indian sea- men, such © Lascars, to the character of British seamen. With regard to the question of apprentices, it was proposed to abrogate the necessity which now devolved upon a British ship of taking apprentices. This was an obligation which he believed to be of & most burdensome character, whilst it utterly led to accomplish its professed object. It drove able bodied seamed ont of our ships, that boys might be in- troduced into them, the former being driven to seck ployment in the American marine and elsewhere. 0 far, then, from securing its professed object, this was s regulation which had an exactly contrary ten- dency, in driving away from our marine those able bodied seamen whose number it was intended to in- crease. It was proposed, therefore, to leave the ship- owner free in future to employ. men or boys, as he might think fit, Such was the general outline of the measure which the government proposed to submit to the House. He was conscious that the proposition was one of a grave and important character, but it was one from which he apprehended no injury to our com- mercial marine, When Mr, Huskisson proposed his com- mercial changes, the prognostications of evil from them were abundant, not one of which had been realized ; and so it would tarn out with similar prognostications which might be indulged in with reference to the changes now proposed. if they compared their protect- ed with their unprotected shipping. they would find no- thing to discourage them from proceeding in the course now submitted. Nor did he apprehend that there wi any danger of the British ship- building interest suf- fering from the proposition. then came to an ob- Jection which had great wolght with many—that the abrogation, of the navigation laws would be destructive of the military marine and navul greatness of England. He was not prepared to go the length of those who might contend that there was no necessary connection between a large maratime commerce and great naval power, But would they, by the changes which he pro- pored. compromise. or injuriously affect, their maratime commerce ? Ifho thought that such would be the case, he would dread the result. as regarded the navai power of the country. But as he did not be- lieve that such would be the caso with regard to our commercial marine. he could not see how it was possible that our military marine should suf- fer. And whilst he was confident that there was no danger in the changes proposed, he saw every dan- ger in the existence of the present system. The com- munications received from our consuls. from almost all parts of the globe, showed that great detriment arose to our mercantile marine from the low character of shipmasters and mates, their want of skill and capaci- ty, and of a decent standard of morality. This was an evil which it was necessary to do something to mitigate. He proposed to submit, in addition, two « ther measures, one rexpecting light dues, and the other for the regu- lation of the Merchant Seaman's Fund. The right ho- norable gentleman then concluded by respectfully re- commending the measure which he was absut to pro- pose to the anxious deliberation of parliament. It was a measure which, he was convinced. would be benefi- cial to every interest in the country, and to none more so than to the shipping interests of the empire. He then submitted the resolution on which the measure is to be founded. Several questions were then put, which were replied to by the right honorable gentleman; after which M3 Guanstoxe: put some questions with regard to the fisheries, the education of young persons for u seafaring | life, the examination of masters and mates, and such communications as the government might have had with other foreign countries in addition to Prussia and the United States, with a view to getting them to ce- operate with us in the relaxation of the navigation laws. In answer to these questions, Mr. Lanovcners replied that, were the measure ried, it would be in the power of foreign vessels en- gaged in the deep-sea fishing to bring oil, the produce of the fisheries, to this country, and that the govern- ment had not deemed it expedient to make any over- tures to foreign powers, until the intention of Parli ment on the subject was known. As to the examina- tion of masters and mates amination was now in vogue, and with the moat bene- ficial effects, As this voluntary system was working well, he was disposed to give ita further trial, before he asked the House to make the examination compul- sory. As to the education of young persons for a seafaring life. he attached to it the greatest im- portance, and would be glad to see the House, on a fitting opportunity. taking some steps to promote it. The more effectually to watch over the interests of the commercial marine, he proposed to constitute a now department in connection with the Board of Trade, to be called the Department of Commorcial Marine. Mr. Roninsox regarded the time as inaptly chosen for making such an alteration in the navigation laws. The measure was of sufficient importance to justify ita postponement till next session, Mr. Hume thanked the Government for the introduc- tion of the measure, the exceptions to which were, in his judgment, of but little moment. Lord G. Bentixcx could not join Mr. Hume in thank- ing the Government for the proposition which it had just submitted. He had never heard so important a measure founded on so poor a case, No desire for such a sweeping change had becn shown to exist, nor was it pretended that freights were high or e@&men scarce. It wasa calumny on British shipmasters to charge them with being immoral or unskilful, as might be proved by the comparatively low rates at which British vessels wereinsured. Notasingle word had been said by the right hon. gentlemanas to how the navy wasin future to be manned. The only parties who would benefitby the proposed changes were foreign seamen, shipowners, Rnd shipbuilders, Had it not been for the improve- ment in the details of the navigation laws, embodied in the proposal to register Lascars as British soamen, he would have been prepared to reject the resolution at once. Mr. Ricanvo, after pointing outa variety of fallacies into which Lord G Bentinck had fallen, proceeded vlaborately to attack the whole system of thy naviga- tion laws. Dr. Bownrna moved that the chairman report pro- gross and ask leave to sit again. Lord G, Bextixex seconded the motion, which was put and carried. ‘The House resumed, and the chairman roported pro- ORS, MIF, Lanovertene: proposed that the committee should sit again on Monday next. Captain Hannis moved as an amendment, that the committeo ait again on Monday fortnight. The Marquess of Gna conded the amendment. Mr. Alderman Tnomrson supported it, thinking tho delay of a fortnight but reasonable. Mr. Waws and Mr. P. Mives pressed tho amond- ment. Mr. Lanoverene resisted it, and, after somo further consideration, The House divided. and the numbers were— For the amendment . Against it....... Majority against cee Oh Colonel SiatHonr then moved that the House do now adjourn ‘Another division took place, and the numbers were— For the motion. now adjonraed. On the suggestion of Mr. Lanovcnene, the debate was adjourned until Thursday next. the 18th May, when the day for resuming the discussion upon the lution should be upon. The House shortly voluntary system of ex- | unhappy circumstances. ‘The “glorious revolution” of 1688 was thrust upon us by an infatuated and inno- vating king. For six hundred years we have gone on with the same identical legislature, without any esson- tial change of character, except that the duration of the legislature and the conditions under which it should be dissolved, were settled about a century since, after ages of uncertain and vacillating practice. A sudden and simultaneous change of duration, of the electoral divisions, of their mode of election, and the qualification of the constituents and representatives, would amount, in their accumulative force, to an ac- thal revolution. We should call it a new House of Commons, and it would be one. ‘The tradition of the Legislature would be broken. The useful suthority of precedent would be impaired. The first House that met undor the new system would be al- most as chaotic an assemblage as the 900 just thrown together at Paris. It would be a legislative mob; and in such bodies we put no sort of faith. No. It is the custom of this country to go on improving. repairing, chastising, and occasionally reforming. How are most of our fortunes made? How are our cities beautiticd, and our villages made neat and comfortable? How have most of our institutions grown to their presoat efficiency and splendor? How do names become grit! How have our own leading manufacturers attained to their greatness? All by continually insisting in tho track of safe improvement. This country seldom throws away, It will never throw away the existing House of Commons. Ecce signum. A lot of incendia- ries have been poking up and scraping the whole island, and cannot, either by promises or bribes, or any means, get more than sixty-five men to devote, or rather pre- tend to devote themselves, to the task of agitatiag for a fundamental change of the legislature. And those sixty-five separate of themselves in a fortnight. The bubble bursts almost before it is seen. Kk Miscellaneous. PaivaTeens 1x THE ExGuisit CHaNNEL.—A correspon- dent says, under date Cowes, Tuesday morning, May 9, “The intelligence of the biockade of Hamburg, Lu- beck, and the German ports, arrived here yesterday. and in consequence our roadstead is rapidly Alling with Hamburghers, Holstieners, &c., no less than seventeen ships having come up during the night. One of the pilots reports that, yesterday, whilst coming up the channel on board of & Prussianship. ho witnessed the capture of a Holstein schooner, by # privateer un- der Dutch colors. which fact cbnfirms a report current for the last few days, that there were several privateer- ing vessels in the chops of the channel, looking out for prizes.’"—London News. Steamsiiy Race.—Without any intention on the part of the managers of the vessels, there is to be a race from Liverpool to America, on which largo sums of money are pending. | The steamers are the United States and the Niagara. The United States sails to- day for New York. and the Niagara on Saturday for Boston. ‘The difference in sailing may be counted about a day farther for the United States than the Ni- agara; but as the Niagara's passengers for New York will have to be forwarded by railroad, the actual differ- ence in the distance is extremely trifling. It will be m that the United States has three clear days the start, and the question to be decided is whether the Niagara will overhaul her sufficiently in sailing to set down her passengers at New York aos soon asthe « United States. Could it have been arranged that both ships should start on the same day for the same point, it would have been more satis. factory; but as the weather is generally pretty uniform in this month, and as the distances are accurately kuown, a fair approximation to the relative qualities of the boats may be obtained. Both are fine vessels, and they are retty equally matched. The United States is New York built, and ber engines (or, as her engineers term them, injines) were con- structed in the States. She is also commanded by one of the most able of American captains. She is of 2000 tons burthen, and her engines are estimated at 1,000 horse power. ‘The Niagara was built by Mr. Steel, of Greenvck, and her engines were supplied by Mr. Napier. of Glasgow. She ix about 1,800 tons burthen, and 700 horse power. Tho Niagara ix the last con- structed steamer of the British and North Amorican Royal Mail Steamship Company's line. and is under the command of that excellent British seaman, Capt. Alexander Ryrie. We give no opinion on the com- parative qualities of tho rival boats. We only say to the captains and crew of each—“ Gentlemen, the eyes of Liverpool and New York are on you; you will know what you have to 10 !"’—Liverpool Courier, May 17. For Markets see Fourth page. SS Vary Lats axy Imrortaxt rrom Harrs.—Tho Philadelphia North American, of yesterday morning, announces the arrival of the brig Ida, from Port au Prince, whence she sailed on the 20th instant. The intelligence she brings is but a repetition of the late accounts, The President was still absent, alarm was universal, ond business, of course. was at astand. The market was overstocked with American produce. There was no rate of exchange. and but little money in circulation—scarcely sufficient to pay import du- ties, Spanish doubloons sold at $126 currency. From the Beston Traveller of yesterday morning, we have intelligence, although not as late, but more in do- tail, and of some interest. It was received by tho brig Draco and includes the date of the 8th instant, ‘The hatred and prejudice existing egainst the mu- lutto population broke forth on the 16th of April. [t was the day of the weekly parading of the guards and army, and all the generals were assembled at the palace, The President opened the scene by preferring charges against certain mulatto generals, of treason to the government. ‘This soon reached the ears of the assembled soldiery, and at asignal volleys of musketry broke upon the ‘air, and several fell victims to the charge ; two other volleys were fired. The President, burely escaping with his life, succesded in restoring order. Alarm guns were now fired from the fort, and the whole city set in dreadful commotion. A procla-* mation was vent forth, calling” all citizens to arms, to asxist in restoring order. ‘The call was obeyed, and the mulatto merchants and clerks paraded in front of their warehouses for protec- | tion to their property and their homes, This was just at nightfall. Without further notice, the President's guard, amounting to some 1500 men, with artillery, came down upon them and ordered them to disperse. A general fire was now opened between the two pur- tick, which resulted in the route of the mulattoes, who left some thirty of their mumber dead upon the seen of the conflict. The refusal of the mulattoes to |. perse was assumed at the palace as treason ugainst (h government, and on the following morning fow their number were arrested and shot in front ot uo British consulate. Several others were shot in differ- ent parts of thy city, wherever they could be found, | and on the 18th one more was shot in front of the Bri- | tieh consulate, It is supposed that fifty mulattoes were killed in the city, besides many others on the plains. All tho foreign consulates, as well as the houses of foreigners, became asylums of the malattoes, and were densely crowded. A French corvette was lying in the roads, and the French consul, with a boldness becoming his dignity, demanded of the President an amnesty, on threat of bombardment. This had its effect, acd a proclamation was issued granting pardon to all except twelve, whose names were given in the proclamation. This notice enabled the twelve to excape {n disguise on board vessels in the harbor. Another proclamation was issued calling on all citi- zens to open their doors and resume business on pain of boing considered ax compromised; but so little con- fidence was placed in the sincerity of the President, that it was not until the 24th of April that any busi- ness was done, and even up to the present date very Uttle has been done except to embark such effects aa could be got on board foreign vessels. No farther dis- turbance has since taken place, yet very little confi- dence is felt that peace will eontinue many weeks. ‘The President has set out on a tour through the south, with a large force, as it in said, to restore order: and until ho returns, no further demonstration will be madi | ‘The commercial agent of the United States hoisted | his flag in the early part of the troubles; and his house, in common with the other consulates, became the asylum of the persecuted mrulattocs, A private letter from a mercantile house at Aux Cayes, toa merchant in this city, gives the following particulars of the disturbances in that vicinity: — Avx Caves, April 23. 1848, General Andro Telemaque, of this place, had been chosen by the * pickets,” or country people (so ealled from their being armed with a poisonous pike of bam- boo), as well as by the authorities of this town, te re- place the General Dugue Tamor, who had been called to Port-au-Prince, to answer a charge brought against him of having conspired the overthrow of the Presi- dent. A short timo afterward, General Lelievre, of Aquin, together with Louis Jaques, of St. Louis, flew to arms, in opposition to the existing Government. ‘The alarm gun hero was finmediately fired, and the pickets assembled outside the town, under the com- mand of Generals Jean Claude and Jean Donnie, and in the town the national guard, witha part of the 17th regiment, under the orders of Gen. Telemuque. All the entrances of the town and the bridges were well defended by cannon and parties of the national guard, and for some time in vain did the pickets attempt an entrance, The colored part of the population, men, women, and children, rushing for protection to the houses of the British and French residents (the writer cannot at this moment have less than fifty people in his heuse), and others going off. no one Knows where, in boats, barges, &c, ‘fhe inhabitants are all under arms, and not a stick of logwood naturally comes to market— there being no stock in the town, ‘The same may be said of coffee, of which we can neither buy, borrow, or procure freight. Captain Gordon, of the Pearl, by which the above lotter was received, reports that Aux Cayes had baew captured by the pickets, or mahogany cutters, A general revolution had taken place, and the inhabitants were flying for their lives. Robbery and murder worn among the common events, and the Poxrl was filled with women and children most of the the, praying the protection of the American flag. Mr. Dunchoner (firm of Bianehard, Dunchoner, & Bateau) came passenger inthe Pearl, having fled for his life. All persons under sixty years of age, were ordered under arms. Sporting intelligence. Ustox Covase.—The match between Lady Sutton and Binck Hawk, for $1000, mile heats, best three in five-—the former toa 225 1b. wagon, and the latter to one weighing 250 lb,—came off yesterday, and was won by Lady Sutton in three straight heats. The report and particulars attending this race will be given to- | morrow, the foreign news crowding out the report. ‘Time, 246—2:4214—2 ARMY INTELLIGENCE. One hundred and forty-two recrults left Newport Barracks. Ky, for the seat of war, on the 26th May,