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THE NEW YORK HERALD. NO. 5441. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1849. AFFAIR A ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC. The Trial of the French Socialists at Bourges. SITTING OF APRIL 2. The President and the Judges took their seats at a quarter to eleven, when the proceedings commenced Dy Blanqui being called on for his defence. Buangur observed to the jury that the proceedings — ‘him throughout the trial had been of the most lent character. ‘The black flag had, from the first, been unfurled: it was a vindictive war, without quarter. Prestpent—Blanqui, the Court is perfectly willing to listen to what you may have to say in defence; but if you continue in that strain, I shall feel compelled to order you to sit down Braxgur then proceeded, in a rather more reserved tone, to comment on the conduct of the Procureur- General against him. All the evidence which that gen- tleman had brought against him had evaporated before the testimony for the defence. Going into the affairs of March and April, he fully allowed having organised the former of these manifestations; with the latter he had nothing to do, and, if possible, still less with that of May 15. He therefore contended that his arrest was ing more or less than an act of vengeance against him for his former proceedings, for the political doc- trines he was known to entertain, and for the hostility he had evinced towards the acts of the provisional go- vernment. One of the victims of the present prosecu- tion had resigned himself— Barues—Allow me to beg that you will not speak me, Biangui—I shall not. I shall merely observe that the following picture has been drawn of the affair :— One individual positively resigns himself to endure the nomena resulting from the events of the léth May ¢ is conducted to the Hotel de Ville, crowned with flowers, while another, who defends himself against those consequences, has placed on his brow a different sort of crown—one of thorns. He then alluded to the defamation of which he had been the object in the Revue Retrospective, by order of the goyernment of that time. It was, he said, a kind of state conspiracy di- rected against him. Banzrs—Allow me—I spoke:in another place. Buanqui—That will be settled hereafter, Fiorre (rising in a very excited manner, and ad- ressing himself to Barbes)—Yes, that shall be settled between us. Baruxs, to Flotte—When you think proper. Frorrs, (in a furious and threatening tone)—It shall not be long till then. ‘The gendarmes were hore obliged to interpose, and make them both sit down, Flotte violently endeavoring to advance towards Barbes. Prespent then told Flotte that if he did not conduct himself with more respect towards the court he should order him back to prison. Bannes—I again affirm that the document of which go much mention has been made did actually proceed from Blanqui. Feotte (again turning with a furious gesture towards Barber)—Have you done? Baxnes (with the greatest coolness)—Yes. Flotte now attempted to address the court, but the President ordered him to sit down, Barsxs—Blanqui has affirmed that the document is false. I maintain that it is genuine. His statement has been got up clearly with a view to the recovery of his Mberty. ‘Buaxgui—I have only one word to say in reply— Parsipent—I cannot allow this inciJent to be pro- longed; it has nothing to do with the affair before the yurt., Biase entreat that he may be allowed to defend him self. Frorre (to Barbes)—You have disgraced yourself, Banses—I have performed my duty. You consider yourself a republican, but you are a miserable Séide ie or partisan;) you are too contemptible an individual. Frotre—We shall see as to that. Braxgvi ;(to Flotte)—Be silent; allow me to defend myself. RESIDENT, cnergetically—I cannot allow this inci- dent to continue longer. Prisoners, be silent and take your seat: Blanqui again resumed his observations to the jury, but they were of a general character; and he conclude: by expressing a conviction that the my would be of opinion that not asingle charge contained in the ac- eusation had been brought home to him. Parsipent—Barbes, as you yesterday expressed an intention to address the court, it is now the moment. Banues said he merely addressed the court to protest against its jurisdiction, and to afford the jury greater facility iu condemning him. Since the trial commenced it had become known that Iluber had been arrested; he, therefore, considered it but just that that individual should be brought into court to attest to the truth or falsity of the document which had been produced. He, morcover, declared that the jury could not properly judge him, sceing that they belonged to a class opposed to his princieles, But, as he had already observed, he would so far assist them in their labors as frankly to confess that he was guilty of all that had been brought inst him. He was, perhaps, even more guilty than they might feel disposed to consider him. He denied nothing ‘and he would submit without regret to their verdict, whatever it might be. He declared his opinions openly ; he adopted nohidden plans. At firet he had endeavored to restrain the manifestation, but when he saw the Assembly invaded and the representatives act with the weakness they had displayed, he considered the opportunity a good one to effeet something for the benefit of the people, and it was for that purpose he had gone to the Hotel de Ville. He regretted that he was now unable to do anything more to alleviate the suffer- ings of the unfortunate people, and concluded by cry- ing in # loud voice, “ Vive la République Démocratique et Sociale.” Somnien—* Vive la République Démocratique et Sociale.” Presipent—Sobrier, have you anything to add to your defence? Soprier—Nothing. In reply to similar questions from the president, Quentin, Mseae, Degre, Raspail, Thomas, and Villain, also replied in the negative, and bricfly expressed thanks to their respective eounsel for the exertions made in their behalf General Courtais was tho last to whom the question was put, and on his saying that he had nothing to add Yo the observations of his counsel, the president de- clared the defence closed, and the sitting was suspended for some time. 3 _. Onits resumption, the president addeossed the jury, “* telling them that the time had now arrived when they were to ponder, calmly and without prejudice, the facts brought before them since the commencement of the trial, and to which they had given an attention and de- ‘yotion that could not failin being duly appreciated by the country which had confided to them so important & mission. it would be for them to reflect on the degree of guilt of the respective parties implicated, whether as ncipals or accomplices, in the attack against the sovereignty of the National Assembly. The high court had opposed to the violence occasionally displayed dur- ing these proceedings all the calmness and impartiality consistent with the due preservation of its dignity. The president then entered into a lucid analysis of the evidence brought forward both against and in favor of the prisoners, and pointed out its bearing on their respective cases, impressing on the jury the necessity of duly appreciating that evidence in its minutest details. The president next called the attention of the jury to the fact, that the procureur- general, in bis requisitory, had said that rome doubts ‘existed as to the complicity of Villain in the criminal proceedings of the loth May, telling them that it was their duty to give the prisoner the benefit ‘of the doubts so expressed. “We know not,” said the President, in conclusion, “what necessities may be im- d on you by the free inspiration of your consciences; But these necessities, should any such exist, can only weigh on you equally with those witnesses who have Tween to the truth of the statements before the court, You comprehend, gentlemen, as men bound by a 80- lemn duty to listen neither to the dictates of hatred nor fear, favor nor affection, the necessity of impressing on the accused the assurance that there is in France, so frequently torn by intestine agitations, a sentiment whieh must ever rise superior to one of party that of iustice. You will obey that sentime t, gentle- men, and that aloue; all other influences will vanish before it. Go, then, and deliberate on your verdict, and may God and France be with you!” ‘The President delivered his charge with great fecl- ing, and towards the conclusion appeared powerfully affected. ‘After the clerk of the court had read to the jury the different questions on which they were to decide, the President pointed out the form in which they were to sent their verdict, and then ordered the prisoners ek to prison. ‘The jury retired at a quarter to 3, and returned with a verdict of guilty. (The sentences have already appeared in the /T-rald.) The Danish and Sc’ jon. [From the London Times, April 3.] We presume that it will no longer be denied, by the most devout believers in Lord Palmerston’s powers of mediation, that the negotiation which ‘was to restore peace and a good understanding be- tween Denmark and Germany, has ended precisel as we have invariably predicted that it would end, and that it will be recorded hereafter in the same of comic history with the conference of Brus- sels, the emancipation of Italy by Charles Albert, and the independence ef the Sicilian flag. All these at objects having been pursued with equal zeal, rrcight and ability by the English Minister, we observe that the result, in each case is identically the same, andfthat happily for Europe, the intentions of the revolutionary party have in each instance been signally defeated, frustrated or betrayed. But, whilst we watch the gradual fulfilment of these i evitable results, we cannot be insensible to the at occasions of rendering real and lasting ser- vice to the peace of Europe which have been ne- lected or misemployed, and in some instances, at feast, we cannot But deplore the infatuation which has led and is leading to fresh hostilities. The ar- _.mistice between Denmark andGermany hasexpired. The negotiation must be considered to be at an end, and there is reason to fear that warlike opera- tions will recommence this day. Troops from the southern and central parts of Germany, are crowd- ing to the theatre of war. The report that a token neutrality had been concluded between Denmar' eswig-Holstein Ques- and Hanover, is unfounded, and even the Hanove- rian forces have reluctantly crossed the Elbe.— Holstein is re-occupied, but no additional German reinforcements have as yet crossed the Eyder, and there seems every reason to expect that the attack, if attack there be, will be made on this occasion by the Danes, Although we have maven placed any reliance on the proposed mediation, and had foretold its failure, impartiality compels us to acknowledge that it has failed, for reasons somewhat different from those which had excited our misgivings. The invasion of the Duchies by the forces of the German Confede- ration was loudly reprobated by public opinion, of every shade, in this country, as a gross viola- tion of the peace of Europe, based upon a false in- terpretation of the constitution of those portions of the Danish dominions. We held the principle of the indissoluble connexion of the Duchy of Schles- wig with that of Holstein to be unfounded in his- tory and in law, and we held the inferences drawn from that principle and the acts based upon it to be still more unwarrantable. _ But we are bound to add that in the recent negotiation which has taken place in London, the German plenipotentiaries have, if we are correctly informed, relinquished, on be- half of the cabinets of Frankfort and of Berlin, the pretensions which we regarded as most dan- gerous and untenable, with the sole exception of the claim to the succession in the Duchy in the event of the King of Denmark’s death without male issue. ‘The Danes, on the one hand, had sought to estab- lish the identity of Schleswig with the kingdom, of Denmark in point of admistration and in point of succession, The Germans had contended, with far less reason, that by virtue of its supposed con- nexion with Holstein, the Duchy of Schleswig was German. The proposition made by Lord Palmerston was, that the Duchy should be neither Danish nor German, but independent, and connected with the Crown of Denmark by what was termed “a political tie.” It had, moreover, been suggest ed by no less an authority in the matter than Count Nesselrode elf, that the relations existin; between the Bister crowns of Sweden and o! Norway might serve recedent for those to be established between Dem and Schleswig. The German governments and ministers had made up their minds to accept these conditions, and, con- sequently, to abandon altogether that essential German element in Schleswig, for which the Ger- man nation had been ready to take up art Bat the more eager the German _plenipotentiaries were for the conclusion of the peace, the more indifferent did the Danes become on the subject. At length the armistice was denounced, and at this very mo- ment it is not improbable that hostilities may have recommenced, a a fresh attack of the Danish forces against the province of Schleswig. Sup- posing that the Germans have expressed their en- tire readiness to accede to the terms proposed bi the power whose mediation had been accepted, and supposing also that Russia herself has ap- proved those terms without any mental reservation, we do not perceive that Denmark has at this mo- ment any sufficient reason to retire from the nego- tiation, and to renew the war. If this be the final and serious determination of the goverhment of Copenhagen, it must have other reasons for incur- ring so wel, Jhty a responsibility; for the renewal of the war, when equitable terms of peace are offered on the basis originally adopted by Denmark gitself, is calculated to damage her cause, to endanger her territory, and to subject her to the occult policy of another power. It is, however, alleged, on the part of the Danes, that their rejection of these proposals has been. solely occasioned by the attempted interference of the Germans in the lawful succession of Schile: wig upon the king’s death. On that point it clearly impossible for Denmark to give way wit out abandoning her rights and eventually dismem- bering her dominions; but that question is not now open—it is impossible to bind posterity by agreements de futuro on such matters as these, and both sides Would be equally culpable if they sought to bring a rae so remote and uncertain to the arbitration of the sword at the present time. Lord Palmerston prudently abstained from any at- tempt to settle so intricate a dispute in the life- time of the monarch whose heirs are alone con- cerned init. But that point being left untouched, the Germans are evidently desirous to withdraw from the false position in which the .revolutionary invasion of the Duchies had pet them ; and it would have been prudent to have afforded them greater facilities for the conclusion of a peace which effectually covered the independence and dignity ef the nish crown. Unhappily, the wound has not been allowed to close ; and it may be apprehended that an aggressive and vindictive hee against Denmark, which ‘had been lulled by the negotiation and the desire of peace, will be re- kindled in Germany by the renewal of the war. Meznwhile it is evident that Germany has more than ever need of external peace. The vicegerent of the empire, the Archduke John, has resigned his functions as the head of the federal govern- ment, and, a deputation is on its way to Berlin to offer the imperial dignity, conferred by a small majority in a popular assembly, to the King of Prussia. We presume that the Court of Berlin will not take such an offer aw seriour, or imagine that the crown of Charlemagne is to be voted away by thefconvention at Frankfort; and Prussia will, in‘all probability, decline the uncertain honor. But, at the same time, it is essential that the Ger- manic confederation should have an actual pro- tector or head. The minor German States can only maintain their internal tranquillity, and even their rocial existence, by the support they derive from the central government. "the house of Aus- tria, in the person of the Archduke John, was first elected to conduct the affairs of the confederation, and, en the retirement of that Prince, wesee no reason that the duties of the federal government should not be directed for a time by the King of Prussia, or by a member of his family. It is there- fore to be desired that Frederic William IV. may abstain from grasping a sceptre which he cannot wield without creating a frightful convulsion in Germany, but that he should consent to lend the government at Frankfort the assistance which is needed throughout the confederation, by exer- cising in turn the chief, office in the federal admi- nistration. In more vigorous hands than those of the Archduke John, the anarchy which still pre- vails in such States as Saxony and Wurtemberg might be put dswn, the constitution of the Ger- menic body orgunized on the basis of the federal compact of 1815, and the peace of the north of Eu- rope secured. But to attain this last important ob- ject, the good will of Denmark, and the good faith of Russia, are at least as essential as the moderation of Germany and the admonitions of England, and the ulterior question of the succession in Schles- wig must be dismissed from the negotiation. — The Sclavonian Bd Lig lor Hungary. (From the Kolner Zeitung.} The war in Hungary has of late taken a turn which is calculated to revive the hopes of the par- tisens of the Magyar cause. Bem gained no incon- siderable advantage in, Transylvania, and Russia herself was obliged to interfere between the fugi- tive Austrians and the victorious Czeklers. A corps of the Imperial Austrian army suffered considera- ble losses on the banks cf the Theiss, and was al- most annihilated by the Landsturm, which rose there, as it now does at Paksh and Foldrar. The Magyars have, of late, been better led, and they have fought with a courage to which, in the first months of the war, they were strangers. But the hopes which were founded on these temporary ad- vantages are fallacious. Any man who will take the trouble. of comparing the power of a large and well organized army, with the powers of resistance ct the Hungarian husears and Fronveds, cannot for a moment entertain the slightest doubt on the sub- ject. en if General Bem were to conquer the whole of Transylvania ; even jf the imperial troops were to sufler losses more grievous than those on the banks of the Theiss ; and were the Hungarian hussars to fight with unequalled bravery and de- votion, they might, perhaps, prolong the war for weeks, and even for months, but they could never obtain a final triumph of their cause. “Nothing was more natural than that a civil war in a desert coun- ty, covering an area of seven thousand square miles, could not be brought to an end within a few weeks. ‘The Austrian armies form at present an uninterrupted line trom Tokay and Erlau to Szolnok and Keezkemet, their southern corps, leaning on the reconquered Woywodina. Nothing can be more certain than the defeat of the Hungarians, if the fortunes of the war are to be decided on the battle field of the Theiss. , But Austria herself is slowly and surely veering over toa revolution, and one which may do the Magyars more good than a score of victories. We speak of the opposition of the Sclavonians against the government. Letus go back tothe causes and to the com- mencement of the Hungarian war. In the outset it was not a war of Austria against the Hungarian kingdom—it was a war of the insurgent Scla- vonians against their masters, the Magyars. At the time when Baron Jellachich crossed the Drave, the emperor was known to favor the cause of the Hungarians. Jellachich and his Croats were rebels. But this civil war was interrupted by a war of the empire against the kingdom. Jellachich took the field for Sclavonia—W indisehgratz fought for the y and the War in united monarchy of Austria. Hungary could not, in the common nature of things, withstand the united attack of these two powers. But if their union were to be dissolved—what then? Suppose Jellachich opposing Windisch- ratz, or the Croatian Diet at daggers drawn with the Austrian government; or suppose the patriach of the Servian Woywodina, or even the humble Czechs, were to grow tured of being but the sense- less tools of the Austrian cabinet. J ; _.The last hope of Hungary lay in eventualities like these, and they have come to pass. A move- ment goes through Austria, from Bohemia down to the Turkish frontier—a movement, the increas- in importance of which must strike every one and which posers ma: Hungary. ‘The war of races ceases when the Croats, Servians, and Czechs join in their opposi- tion against the Austrian Cabinet; the Sclavonians accustom themselves to the idea of a reconcilia- tion with, the Magyars, and of a league even with them against the principles of centralization of the Aastoan government, by which they are all threat- ened. uch is the signification of certain simultaneous events at Agram, at Carlowitz, and in the capital of Bohemia. A letter from Agram says:— ‘The committee of our Diet have considered the charte setrayé and they have taken to the resolution not to mind it, but to proceed with its labors, ‘The committee hold that our Diet has already fixed the only conditions under which we consent to an intimate union with Aus- tria; and that the union now proposed can only be de- cided upon by the Diet, which the committee have sum- moned the Ban to convoke. An energetic remonstrance is being prepared against the intended division of the military frontier f Coupled with this language, we would remind our readers of the fact that Austria has not dared to order another levy of troops in Croatia, The Agramar Zeitung has news of a similar op- ee tion at Carlowitz, the capital of the Servian oywodina. “Prince Windischgrats,” says that pay written a letter to the Patriarch, and to the Ge- neral Todorovich, instrueting2them to disband the na- tional forces, and not to suffer any other but the Aus- trian colors among theServian troops. ‘The Patriarch’s answer was, that he would never allow such a thing to be done, and that he would rather resign his post than execute the orders of the Prince. A similar answer, but a less polite one, was given by General Todorovich, who d that the Prince's plenipotentiary should leave his camp, ; ‘ : The violent dissolution of the Diet has done its work at Prague. The public reconciliation of the two leaders of the Czechish and German parties— the refusal of Palackz to assist the cabinet in fra- ming the provincial constitution for Bohemia, and his return to Prague—and the violent attacks of the Czechish and South Sclavonic press against Aus- tria—bear witness to the slight hold which the ca- binet of Olmutz has on the sympathies of Sclavo- nians—the only men who can protect it in the hour of danger. And here lies the salvation of Hungary. The war in Italy is about to commence. Aus- tria cannot levy any more troops—nor is she equal even to the mildest form of an European war, un- less she sacrifices herself to the baneful protection of Russia. The Effect of the Defeat Of Charles Albert of Sardinia. [From the London News of April 2d.] The worst consequences of the defeat and over- throw of the King of Sardinia will not be felt in his dominions. However exhausted by military con- tributions and ruled with temporary rigor, Pied- mont is too near to France to admit the return of utter absolutism. It is in Central and in Northern Italy that the vietory of Novfra will have untoward effects. It will encourage the King of Naples to put down the represen lays system altogether, and must obstruct the hopes of the panes of Rome and Tuscany coming to an amicable and rational understanding with the people. Nothing will now content the conclave of Gaeta but the unconditional submission of the Romans and Tuscans; and both will have to return under the domination, not of a moderate. or a constitutional, but of a vindictive and reactionary »arty. ; Setting aside me consideration of all the tyranny and suffering, the stifling of every human senti- ment and hope, which such a complete counter- revolution would bring, the most inveterate of our Anglo-Austrians cannot be blind to the fact that this can never produce the pacification of Italy; but, that, on the contrery, it establishes a system of rmanent disquiet, of covert eonspiracy, in which foreign governments and parties will be always tempted to intervene, and which would fill Italy with mines always charged and ready for explo- f10n. The present is the time, therefore, for England to give wise counsel—to represent to Austria that by the restoration of the old Italian despotism they do but morally lay open Italy te French interfer- ence and influence—to represent to France that by chiming in with Austrian views they become ab- horred in Italy and contemned at home—and to rep- resent tothe united Italians that it is only by mo- derate conduct and constitutional demands’ they can make themselves entitled to the tolerance and moral support of those governments which are founded on popular principle. i With re; ae to Tuscany, matters might not be difficult of adjustment ; for there, amidst the greater portion of the pulation, the Grand Duke is beloved ; and though his poliey may not have been either consistent or wise, still his restoration would spare the country the horrors of Austrian interventien, whilst froin a. prince so mild and so benign no personal vindictiveness or political re- action of a bigot or atrocious kind could be ex- pected. Nothing, indeed, but folly on both sides could have separated a prince and a people whose ideas and interests are so little at variance as those of the Tuseans and their Grand Duke, In Rome, unfortunately, the case is far different. There, according to the traditional régime, it is not a prince that rules, but a corporation—a sacer- dotal corporation or college of priests—whose sole principal and idea is the perpetuation and strength- ening of priestly rule, and the confiscation of all power, principle, and property to the one idea— sacerdotal domination. There is, we are confi- dent, no one amongst us who has any adequate conception of the horrors and iniquity of the go- nment, which delivers over the lay and indus- trious population and their families into the power of the priesthood. The entire system of the Ro- man government is a net-work of espionage, rob- bery, corruption, inquisition, and murder. Being in complete possession of the administration, the police, the courts of justice (if they deserve the name). of the confessional, and even of municipal authority, the Roman priesthood turn all and every influence te their own personal and ¢lass aggran- dizement. Against whomsocver seeanes them, or calls in question their dogmas, there can be no- thing more easy than to raise a prosecution which menaces his property and life. As judgment is al- ways given according to orders from Rome, and never in relation to the justice of the case, a month suffices for any man’s ruin. All must be acquaint- ed with the law of fiducia, by which a dying man can give his property in trust to the priest atitend- ing fis last moments, the secret words which the priest declares were uttered by the dying man be- ing considered his valid testament. ‘This law alone gives the priesthood the power of disinheriting any family, and eding to any heritage. These are small samples of the intolera‘le tyranny and corruption of the priestly government of Rome. ‘The population of the Roman States have but one desire, which is to escape from the temporal domi- nation of the Popes not as Pope, but as head of the college of cardinals and priests. They have had abundant proof, that no Pope, however liberal and well-intentioned, can free either them or himself in frem this fearful domination. Pius the Ninth did his best. And had he had the power or will to exe- cute the constitution that he gave, something mizht have been done towards Roman liberation. . But it is well known, that the constitution remained a dead letter in the hands of Pius, that he reformed neither courts, nor administratiens, nor municipal- ities, and that he left the old sacerdotal functiona- ries in full power to nullify the constitution, which struck at their iniquitous privileges and diabolical system of tyranny und spoliation, | lt is supposed that the -party which insisted on real reformation, and which showed its discontent of Pius the Ninth’s nullity, is merely an ultra-de- mocratic faction, Nothing can be more untrue.— There isa very large, enlightened, and powerful body of moderate, educated and wealthy men in the omen public and assembly—men who care not for a republic, who abhor communism, who de- sire more than all things protection to property, and who have the one strong conviction that no right, no freedom, and no happiness is possible under the temporal rule of the priesthood. If that cannot be procured for them—if no guarantee and protection can be found against that greatest of all curses— men of any wealth or sense of dignity must quit the Roman States, whilst those forced to remain will bow their heads to the yoke, solely with Italian de- termination to avenge themselves at the first oppor- tunity. And we should not be surprised if a Sici- lian Vespers were one day the result, Fi We cannot have a stronger proof of the feelings of the Roman population than their protest against the Pope’s decree. Pius fulminated an excommu- nication against those who should vote for deputies tothe Assembly. Almost the entire population in- stantly roge to deposite their votes in the ums, thus end in the salvation of showing their contempt, of the Pope’s infallibility. ‘That act of the Romans is as decidedly protestant as that of the Elector of Saxony, when he upheld Lu- ther. And we now ask, is itnot a monstrous pretension for the rulers of countries like France and Spain, w seated church property and thrown off priestly domination—nay, for the ruler of a coun- try like Austria, which also shook off sacerdotal interference with politics—to combine at the present day in what they call a catholic league for the pur- pose of imposing the worst and most rapacious and most degrading form of sacerdotal rule on the un- fortunate region of Central Italy? If it be dis- graceful in even France, Spain, and Austria, catholic governments and countries, to perpetrate such an act of tyranny and retrogression, how in- famous and absurd, and how opposed to every principle of civil and religious liberty and enlighten- ment, must it be in Englishmen to abet and applaud such restorations as those of the inquisition and of papal rule ! The Increase of Crime in England: [From the London Mercantile Gazette, April 5 ] It is an alarming consideration for these island: that the extent of crime has become so cons siderable that the government now find it diflicult to dispose of the numerous eonvics who are cen- victed and sentenced to transportation. Instead of one or two convict establishments in Australia, we have them now also at Bermuda, Gibraltar, and Malta, and, finally, convicts are already on their way to the Cape of Good Hope. Still the govern- ment are not relieved from this extraordinary pres- sure: gonvicted felons continue to crowd our pri- sons, and experience having shown the moral and social evils which arise from sending large masses of these people to one particular colony, the ques- tion still is—W hat 1s to be done with them? ‘The various methods also which have been attempted for the reformation of convicted criminals, in the shape of penitentiaries, the solitary system, &¢., do not appear to have produced those results which where ut one time anticipated from them—some- thing is still wanting, but what that something is, no one has yet discovered. The inhabitants of the Cape colony, who stand very much in need of labor, and where it might be most usefully employ- edin opening roads through the interior of the country, are quite alarmed at the prospect of being polluted with convicts: they have heard of the moral degradation which prevailed in New South Wales and n Dieman’s Land, and they protest against being subjected to a similar social pesti- lence, but in our opinion, somewhat unreasonably, if the number sent eut to the colony is kept within proper limits. In short, we consider that coloniza tion and the transportation of criminals are more nearly allied than many people imagine, and that, under a judicious system, the latter might be made not only subservient tothe former, but also to the great destderatum—reformation. Mr. Hume, we suppose, would not agree with us in this opinion. In the debate on Low Mahon’s motion, on the 8th of last month, he said he believed no such thing had been ever seen as a reformed convict: he con- sidered reformation to be unattainable. Surely the honorable gentleman must entertain a very morbid reeling in regard to the human race. But experi- ence is decidedly against him; many of the earlier cenyicts sent to Botany Bay, as it was then called, did become reformed characters; many of them by the steady pursuit of honest industry amassed con- siderable wealth, and eventually become respecta- ble and respected members of society. Aud how was this brought about? Solely from their own feelings, their own convictions, their own experi- ence, that honesty was more beneficial to them than crime. We say, then, that one mode of re- formation is to hold out a reward for it; to offer, as it were, a premium for moral improvement; and we believe that, with proper care and management, this would be found more efficacious than the silent system, or any other means, particularly when put in practice in the colonies. _ Mr, Hume’s opinion partakes very much of mate- rialism: it would imply that vicious habits are in- corrigibly implanted in certain members of the human race, and that it is, therefore, useless to expedite eradicate such passions where they pre- vail. That there are too many who, from bog practice in crime, and from being early educate In it, are irretrievably plunged in vice, is true; at the same time we should hope that these are br no means the majority. Mr. Hume has lived long enough in the world to know that hundreds in théee islunds are frequently driven to crime through poverty, and that recklessness and despair which want engenders. Of this description are most of the agrarian outrages which occur in Ireland ; the lives of a man and his family depend upon the pos- session of a bit of land; he is, therefore, too ready to plunge into crime to obtain it. Great Britain, however, has abundance of land’ in her colonies, and, as a matter of pure economy, it might be well to inquire whether it would not be cheaper to send out these men to them, before Tey were polluted with crime, than after they had been ttried and condemned for the perpetration of it. Poverty and crime we almost take to be cause and effect in these countries; it is certain, at least, that the rreater the spread of poverty, the greater will be the extent of criminal convictions: everything which reduces the labor of the country destroys the principle of moral rectitude among the working classes of society, and through undeserved poverty aman soon loses that self-esteem which would preserve him from guilt, while want tempts him to the commission of crime. But modern i slation either does not see this, or it disregards it; it in- duces poverty, and then our statesmen are per- plexed to know what to do with the number of criminals who are thrown upon their hands. They do not see the inevitable connection between their own acts and the evils which result from them: to buy in the cheapest market is their suwmmum bonwm—the ne plus ultra of all their aspirations. We firmly believe that, under such a system, it would be impossible to calculate the money price which the country is paying for cheap goods: the moral cost of them is, unfortunately, msre apparent. If our statesmen now find crime inconvenient, let them reduce the extent of it by encouraging native industry ; if they are indifferent about the national morality, they have only to persevere in the course of legislation which has been pursued for the last three or four years. Affairs in the Chinese Empire. [From the Pekin Gazette, Anobleman having been found ga ling and opium smoking, was degra he pleaded in excuse for the latter offence that he was suffering from a bowel complaint. A few years ago he would have been punished with transporta- tion for life. The legalization of the drug, has been a subject cf most earnest consideration for the supreme government. ‘The grand obstacle which prevents the measure being carried into execution is, that ‘Taoukwang, in 1838, after consulting all the great officers of the empire, and receiving their united opinions that the evil ought to be exterminated, then declared, inthe face of the whole nation, that he would never rest until his children had ceased from making use of the noxious narcotic; and therefore decreed death on_the habitual smoker, as wellas on the smuggler. This solemn resolution is ttill fresh in the memory of his subjects; and to ad- init opium now on payment of a duty, and publish a declaration to that efleet, would be derogatory to the dignity ofa Chinese Emperor. The staunchest opponents to its legalization, however, are those officers who profit by the smuggling. ‘These latter are numerous, and posses the means of paying large bribes. It will, however, afford us pleasure to record that the obstacles are removed. Many influential men have strenously advocated this asthe only proper course under existing circumstances, and it 1s possible they may ultimately preva’ The Lieutenant Governor of Che-Keang repre- sents the necessity of appointing a man of first-rate abilities to the prefecture of Ningpo, as it isa piace where foreigners have much intercourse, qualities of a high omer being requisite to fit a man for the situation. We rejoice to see so much attention paid to the presence of foreigners; and it is only to fe regretied that men are so frequently selected who are totally unacquainted with our ways of thinking and acting. very honorable exception to this general rule, however, is the new inspector Lin, at Shanghae, a Mantchoo of great capacity and practical knowledge, with a considerable de- gree of tact. He is a statesman in the fullest senge of the word, and a keen observer of passing events, A widow lodged « complaint before the supreme povernment, that her relations were : bout to force her into a second marriage. and had heap d+ pon her see es; and that she had in vain ap- plied to the inferior tribunals, the only thing she got from, them, being a severe beating. This de- termination of making the fair applicant over to another man, arose from the desire of her kinsmen to Ulan the property left by her husband, and which was entailed on an adopted son. As widows who refuse a second tn, « hihly esteemed in China, and have even triumphal arches erected in honor of them, the petitioner is likely to obtain redress. i _ Lin has at last found his. match. After the glo- rious report of his exploits in Yunna,n amongst the 2 y for gamb- rebellious Mahommedane of the frontier, arstriet, an officer dared to denounce him for, false- hoods, This individual asserte, that the famous d, although | ere general has been entirely misguided his nephew, the treasurer of the province, who has squandered immense sums of money, to whom the defalcation in the produce of copper was partly owing, and whose conduct in a great measure contributed to bring on the insurree- tion. Lin himself acted with great cruelty through- out the campaign, burning and plundering, and committing other excesses; but the man who can bring forward such accusations against the leader of a strong party, must be bold indeed.— The Board of Punishments which reported on these accusations, remarked that there was not suf- ficient grounds for bringing the Governor to trial, and that most of the abuses complained of took place under his predecessor. ‘Tocrown the whole, the Emperor confirmed to Lin the title of guardian to the heir apparent, made him retain hts peacock’s feather, and appointed him commissioner for the the investigation of the complaints. He is not likely to condemn himself, and will, no doubt, ma- nage to prove himself entirely innocent. Being far above embezzlement, and having no love of money, we believe him to be innocent of the eh 7 conniving with his relative in appropriating the public funds to his own purposes ; itis ruttieas character causes him to commit the most unheard- of cruelties, and the accusation in that respect is very probably true. His nephew has frequently been described as an unworthy eflicer; and it would have been his duty, according to law, to re- tire from employ the moment his uncle assumed the command; but this he did not do, and has therefore committed a breach of the regulations. The insurrection in Yun-nan appears to have proved of longer duration than anticipated. Some troops were even ordered from Kwei-choo. On Lin arriving at the scene of action, more than three hundred prisoners were presented to him, whom he considered to be the leaders in the late rebellion, and therefore executed. ‘The character of this officer is well known; he stops at nothing to gain his ends, and will commit the greatest atro- cities to satisty his revenge. ‘The consequences of the proceedings of the ruthless Governor must in the end recoil upon himself, and he may yet have to pay the forfeit of his severity. The people of the northwestern districts of Yun-nan are not Chi- nese, but hardy mountaineers, who have little to lose, and are secure in their fastnesses against the attack of a large army. They will not overlook the indiscriminate slaughter of so many of their friends, but may be expected to take ample vengeance on the perpetrators of the deed. Messrs. Barings’ Circular. Loxvox, Friday, April 13, 1849. ‘We confirm our last advices of 5th Instant. Owing to the holidays; the colonial and foreign produce markets were closed till 11th inst., when they opened heavily, and transactions have been yery limited since; the com- mencement ef hostilities between Denmark and Germa- ny, and the declaration of three several blockades, hay- ing caused export demand to be nearly suspended, while the home trade have naturally felt. dieposed to act on the reserve, In the meantime, holders generally haye shown firmness, and in few instances have lower prices been submitted to. Cocnineat.—We notice sales of 100 bags Honduras silver from 3s, 9d. a 48, 6d., or 1d. lower; and 70 bags Mexican, at previous rates, Cocoa.—Transactions confined to 100 bags Trinidad, Os, 6d, w 42, 6d. for common to good, Corree is dull, 3,360 bags native Ceylon have been sold from 0s, a 384, for ordinary to good, being 1s. lower; with 000 bags plantation, from 388, « 478. 6d. for fine ordinary to low middling, being also rather cheaper, In export kinds there has been nothing doing; several cargoes of Brazil are offering atloat, but, owing to the Aisturbed state of the Continent, there are no buyers at the moment; and we may add, they are ail of very ordinary quality. In Corson We havo no transactions to report, and prices remain nominally the same. Correr continues in regular demand ut £88 10s. for tough cake; £87 10s, for tile; and 10d. per pound for sheathing. The arket has assumed more firmness, and f wheat may be noted 2s. a 3s. dearer. Flour more inquired for, and there buyers of American at 24s, 0 24s. 6d. per bbl. No change in bar- ley, outs, beans, or peas, Indian corn is becoming scarce; and for one or two small cargocs of fine Galatz, atloat, 82s, 6d. and 83s. have been obtained. Davcs.—In the absence of public sales there has been more disposition shown to sell opium, and Turkey might to-day be bought at 0s. 9d. for good. The price of quicksilver to-day i d., being 1d. lower. Heaty.—St. Petersburg clean is rather cheaper, being quoted £30 54. a £30. The government contract for 2,500 tons has been taken as follows:—S00 tons Riga, at prices averaging £32 Gs. 9d.; and 1,600 tons St. Peters- urge, from £20 4a, Od. a £30 14s.; or in average, about £20 19s. per ton, Manilla, £33 4 £35, Jute,’ £15 a £17 108. Ixp1Go.—6,00 chests are announced for sale, to com- mence on the th of May, ‘The market remains very firiz, and opinion is in favor of the article. Stock 1st instant, 24,135 chests, against 28,974 last year, In France they have only 5,208 chests, against 9,386 in 1848, Ixox.—The demand has been moderate, and with an order in hand we could buy both common bars and rails at £6, and probably £5 10s, per ton, free on board in Wales. Scotch pig, 48s. for mixed numbers on the Clyde. Swedish, £12 10s. a £13, on spot; and £11 a a £11 10s., to arrive. No Russian here. Oits.—Sperm dull, with eager sellers at £80, Com- mon fish oils remain scarce, and nominally as Inst quoted; the same applies to palm and cocoanut. Lin- both on the «pot, aud for forward delivery We notice sales’ of 8,000 bags common white Java, at 9s. 3d; 4,000 bags Bengal, 8s, 6d. a 9s, for bro- ken, up to 10s. Gd. a 11s, for middiing white; and 50 tes. Carolina, from New York, at 19s. per ewt. Sautretee.—There is a good demand, and sales on the spot have been made from 20s, a 20s. 6d. for 10 Ibs, to 5 Ibs. refraction, while 2000 bags to arrive have been dis- posed of from 28s. to 288. 6d, tor 6 Lbs. refraction. Haw Six ixsteady, but demand limited. SLTEN on the «pot has advanced—£16 6s, has been paid to-day, and holders now ask £16 108, ‘Srices.—-in the absence or public sales, prices remain unchanged. 1,400 bales Cinnamon are ‘advertised for sale 30th instant ‘Svoau.--160 hhds. and 19,000 bags, at auction, have principally found buyers among the trade at a partial tritiing reduction, and about 1,800 hhds. have been sold privately at proportionate prices, In the absence of txport demand, no transactions worthy of note have cecurred. in foreign; holders, however, are not disposed to accept lower prices. Inall the near ports of the con- tinent, aa well as in the Mediterranean, business has been much inpeded by political causes, and scarcely anything has been done. ‘The Dutch ‘Trading Society have announced a ale of 71,421 baskets, (the whole of their stock.) to take place at Rotterdam, 10th May next, At St, Petersburg, « good demand prevails, and good white Havana is held at Ro, 32, ‘Tartow remains depressed, and St. Petersburg Y. C. sells slowly at 38s. Gd. on the spot, and 39s, 6d. for new, deliverable at the end of the year, Tra continues extremely quiet, though the delive- ries goon satisfactorily 15,000 packages will be brought to auction, 19th inst. Tin and Tis Piates inactive request ‘Tonacco.— ‘The home trade buy sparingly; no demand or export, market heavy. for export, and aro bbls, rough, Just arrived, have been old at 7, Od.; und 3,811 bbls. i rrived, diroct ; the latter continue s last quote to drawers, Spirits dull; sellers of American, in casks, at 54s, In Wirateroxe nothing doing, and quotations nomi- for both «orts, s remain without change in value, and ns of importance to notice. payment of the dividend: ‘no transacti Since th ne extremely abusdant, both for loans on short time, aud discount on bills at and under three months. 1€aN Sx0 Sales continue of United States 6 Mowry has be- per cents, at 106 « 10634; and, within the last two days, about $100,000 have been placed at 1063¢. Maseachu- setts Sterling have been done x. diy., and Penn- sylvani are sellers, Buy= at 7s, at which pric 84. No New York or Ohio for sale, ent, bonds offered at par, and 6 per ceuta Canada 6 per at 90. The Corn Trade of Europe. — m the London Mercantile Gazette, April 13.) tainty that war has been commenced between the Danes and the Prussians, and the possibility of the struggle being protracted, have had the effect of pro- ducing come excitement in the grain trade, The north of Kurope is the quarter from whence Great Britain usually receives the principal portion of her foreign rupplies of corn; wed it was from thence the bulk of the arrivals was expected this summer, ‘The blockade of the Baltic ports, the rivers Elbe, Weser, &e., by the Danish flect, if continued and carried out rigorously, would therefore bave the effect of cutting off the prin- cipal source of our supplies; and it is not surprising that the probability of such an occurrence should have imparted confidence to holders of breadstuffs in this country, Our own impression is, that even if the Schleswig-Holstein question should lead to protracted hostilities, and the Baltic remain closed against us, we should still receive sufficient foreign corn; but to draw supplies from other quarters, prices will have to advance here to a moderate extent, ‘The very large shipments which have already been made from France, Belgium, and Holland have reduced stocks into a comparatively rmall compass in those countries, and they are not likely to export much more unless tempted by higher prices than those now current in our markets, Holders of flour and wheat in the United States of America appear also to have determined to retain their produce, rather than send it across the Atlantic with so slight a prospect of profit as has ti now been held out by the position of eur markets; and it may therefore be regarded as pretty certain C tthe value of grain will, in case peace be not speedily con- cluded between Denmark and Prussia, advance more or less, ‘Lhe tendency has certainly been that way since receipt of the intelligence that hostilities had actu- ally been commenced; and at most of the leading pro, Vineial markets held during the week, the value of tpring corn, as well as that of wheat, has risen more or ieee exieanwhile we continue to receive favorable re- porte from all kingdom respecting the ap- pearance of the antumn-sown wheat, and though the Uimperature has the last few days been cold for the sea son, the general character of the weather has not been unpropitious; and the future, as faras my judgment can yet be formed, promises well. ‘The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been em: < tity brought forward at Mark tans te eee samples from the home counties has been quite mode- rate. Most of the wheat exhibited on the Essex, Kent, and Suffolk stands on Monday, was in improved condi: tion, which circumstance was not without influence in inducing the millers to buy, anda clearance waseffected, early at prices fully as high, and in some cases rather above those current on that day week. On Wednesday factors raised their pretensions, and the few lots om fale brought an advance of 1s. per quarter, which wag more generally obtained this morning. Foreign wheat has not come forward quite so freely this week a8 previously, and the inquiry having improved, better prices have been realized. On Monday rather Qn extensive business was done at terms scarcely obtainable on that day week, and since then the demand has continued, though holders have insisted on prices fully 1s, per qr. higher. This rise, which was paid with some reluctance on Wednesday, was readily rea- lised this morning. jour has been in good request throughout the week. nominal top price has under- gone no change, but other kinds have brought somewhat enhanced terms. Barley of home growth come to hand sparingly, and the arrivals of foreign have not been large, This grain has excited more attention than of late; although no quotable rise has occurred in prices, the turn has been decidedly in fayor of the seller. Tho very important fall which the immense supplies of oats received from abroad during the last few weeks caused, and the belief that the arrivals will now full off considerably, have induced the large dealers to By freely this wee! Altogether, a considerable quantity has been cleared off the mark sure has been much lessened. On Mor was about 6d. per quarter dearer than on that day se’nnight, and since then a further advance has been established, most of the sales made to-day being at rates fully In per quarter above those current. last week, ‘There has not been much doing in beans, and no change has taken place in quotations. Peas have been held somewhat higher, and have met with a fair share of attention, Flouting cargoes of wheat, Indian eorn, &c., have been held at very full prices, ‘The Course of Exchange in Europe. A , 1849. Amsterdam 18'95.55 ativers for 2 p. Paris. . ws conte fOr 1p 3 «yao 2 Mares and shillings Jandon 15.9% {"haneo for £1 stg. Genoa. . . hid 19.9 cents for £1. Leghorn....... © 241" iro for 300 mares baneo. Panis, Arnu. 12. Amsterdam..3 months 209% ts for 1 florin, « "18344 cents for 1 p. banco. “ 25.1734 fra, and cts, for £1 stg. “ 9534 cents for lira nuoy: “ — cents for 1 lire, Amsrenpas, Arnit 10, 2 months 56 11-16 grotes for 3 francs, «84% do. for 1 p. “ 11.19 florins and stivers for £1 stg. “ 43 cents of fis. for 1 lira nuova, he for 1 lire. m Genoa, . Leghorn. Amsterdam. .3 mos, 12.2)4 0 Rotterdam. “ 12.2'4a2% 1 13, firs, and sts, for £1 stg. Antwerp. “ 25:70° ‘francs and cts, for do. Hamburg “ 13.113¢ mares and abil. b. do. Paris. “25 .66a673¢ franes and cents do. Lisbon. . s. 8349 pence stg. for 1 milrea, Genoa, , ....8 mos, 26,00n26.20 } ite ne. and cents for £1 stg. Leghorn,... “ 82,90a38 lire for £1 stg. Theatrical and Musical. Bowsny Turatne.—The week has been & most glo- rious one at the Bowery. Night after night the house has been crowded to overflowing, and the audiences have been composed of our most intelligent and re- spectable citizens, who have been delighted beyond measure with the admirable performances of Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Wallack, jun., who have enacted a series of charaeters in whicly they have won much reputation. ‘The “ Bridal” has been performed twice, with immense applause; and “ Richard the Third’ has likewise bee pisyed with remarkable success. As Evelyn, too, in Bulwer’s comedy of “Money,” Mr. Wallack was highly successful, As Rolla, the noble Peruvian, also, he claimed the applause of a vast audience. ’ Mrs. ‘Wallack has proved herself a worthy supporter to her husband's acting; and, in the arduous characters she has undertaken, gained much applause. Messrs, Wee myse, Gilbert, MacFarland, and the rest of the company have all exerted themselves to the utmost, and alto- gether the entertainments have been of a most superior character. We ure glad to see Byron's tragedy of “Werner” announced for to-morrow evening, with « lendid cast. The Wallacks, Gilbert, MacFarland, inane, Mra. Walcot, are all to appear in it. It will no doubt attract a vast audience. Broapway Tueatre.—Mr. Forrest appeared last night, at the Broadway Theatre, in his admirable personation of the charater of “Jack Cade,” which has for a long time been considered one of his best = formances, Itis a character which calls out the best. peints of his acting. The stentorian the suasive clocutionist, and in fact all the grades of effect and dramatic representation are included in thi performance. Of Mr. Forrest's several and favorite Characters, perhaps there is noone which brings him out in a grenter degree than does this same “Jack Cade.” The piece was recvived with the greatest enthu- siasm by the assembled audience. The performances of the evening concluded with the farce of the “Valet de Sham,” in which Mr. Lester appeared as Capt. Trivet, and Miss Wallack as Miss Marchmont. ‘he whole performance was well reecived by the intelligent au- dience who were in attendance. Nationa, Tueatre.—The announcement of the “Lady of Lyons’? for last evening, with Chanfrau as Claude, and Miss Mestayer as Pauline, attracted uite a crowded house, Chanfrau played the part of the aspiring gardencr’s eon with remarkable taste and judgment. His enunciation is peculiarly distinet, his elocution excellent, and in the more impassioned scenes he truly acted most admirably. He gave the famous description of his ideal castle on the Lake of Como, in beautiful style; and altogether the aut was played by him very well indeed. We should like to see Mr. C, exercise his undeniable talent for serious comedy parts more than he does. Miss Mestayer made ® good representation of the haughty though humbled Lady of Lyons Misa M. is a very clev actress, and always is ready in any part she undertake The “ Mysteries and Miseries of New York”? concluded the entertainments. During the coming week, a variet; of entertainments of great interest will be present We see a grand spectacle underlined as in active pre- paration. It will, we hear, be the most splendid piece yet got up. Bunton’s Tueatre.—Notwithstanding the unfayora- ble state of the weather, this snug little theatre was visited by a numerousaudience lastevening. The first piece given was the very luughable piece called “ Forty inks,’ in which Mr. Burton as Tobias Muns, the but- ton maker, kept the house in a complete roar through the whole piece. The satire of * Socialism’ was next given, which was received with renewed applause. The evening's entertainments concluded with the very ex- cellent and truly comical piece called the “ Capture of Captain Cuttle, or Jack Bunsby’s Wedding.” This iece is a continuation ef “Dombey and Son,”’ in which r, Burton, as Captain Cuttle, and Mr. Raymond, a6 Toots, who marries Susan Nipper, give the audience full evidence of their powers in their particular parts. It is an excellent piece, and we wonder that Mr, Bur- ton does not give it oftener, It would do well to follow after “ Dombey & Son.” a Concent.—This fashionable en- ook place on Friday evening last, at the Tabernacle, was greeted by « very large audi- ence, Gung'l and his unsurpassed band played, ag ‘usual, with the greatest ensemble, and delighted all who heard them. We hope this will not be the last ap- pearance of the talented German composer and his un- surpassed band Cunisty’s Mixatrets having completed their leave ef absence, and their concert-room at Mechanic's Hall having in the interim been put in perfect order, and made nll ready to receive their patrons, they will, to- morrow evening, recommence those elegant concerts which have been the delight of such crowds for the last three years. Their programmes will be racier than ever; their singing, dancing, joking, &c., as in- imitable as Christ Minstrels have always been. The prospects are, that they will have a brilliant run New Oxiraxs Szarwapens.—These racy artists aro pursuing the successful career which has always been their lot from the first ; their entertainments create time does strengthen, ¢ wit, admirable mu- formances, will always tion which, as Byron says, not decrease ;'° and their gen rical attainments, and refined p be appreciated in New York, Gran Vocat axp Insravsentat Concent. —Several members of Gung'ls celebrated band, will give one of their delightful concerts, in South street, Williams- burg, to-morrow evening. c This distinguished danseuse, evi- dune ween in the United States, is now in this city, and why managers do not avail themselves of such an attractive artiste, is very surprising, For fraocful figure, and chaste ciassic movement, she stands wnri- valled amidst all the members of her profession that have ever visited this country. She has evidently been educated in the most refined school of her profession, Macready, the celebrated tragedian, will appear, on Monday, the 7th May, at the Astor Opera House, Miss Gannon was to take her benefit at the Museum, ‘Albany, on Friday evening; and that of the agent of the Virginia Serenaders was to come off in Boston on the rame evening. The Avon Theatre, in Norfolk, will be opened to-mor- row evening, when Miss Julia Dean will make her first appearance before a Norfolk wudience. A theatre is about to be built at Nashville, Messrs Gallagher and Owens, have ap Baltimore Museum, in the comedy of “A Wedding.” Madame Biecaccianti Odd Fellows’ Hall. She vocalist, and delights every one in whose heart Lis a love of melody, Her eoncerts were well attended im Cincinnati, where she fully sustained the high reas tion which’ preceded her.—Louisville Journal, April 23, at the ay After the ives a concert to-night, at the id to be @ most ex: ae ‘The benefit for the Boston Museum Aesociation was to take place last evening. The ma- er granted the use of the building without any charge. he object of the association is to er 4 of the sick and aged members of the Truly, @ most meritorious object.