The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-17 00:00:00

THE SUN. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1869. France and Austria are still "looking at" each other. The former has the best of the watching game ; she is bringing up her troops, -while her adversary is retiring and acting solely on the de fensive. Louis NAPOLEON iS " starring" at Ales sandria, and the French people are proud of the military fame to which their Emperor aspires, although it has not as yet been achieved ! The Sardinians, too, are eager for the fray. They have old grievances td'avenge, and would joyously meet their opponents on something like equal terms. The memory of Novara still rankles in their minds. CHARLES ALBERT has not yet been forgotten, and his fate still calls for retribution on those who broke his great heart. But still they require assistance. They could not cope with Austria single-handed. The French auxiliaries may enable them to accomplish their wishes, although possibly it may be at a heavy cost, and afford a new illustration of the old . fable of the man, the horse, and the ass. France will not be • quite so easily shaken off as the Sardinians may imagine. The locality would be convenient . and although temporary compensation may be given, it will speedily be retaken, and Piedmont, as well as the rest of Italy, be placed under the rule of a member of the BONAPARTE family ! Prussia, however, is determined to defend Ger many from any invasion. The Prince Regent has spoken out plainly and unequivocally. It is not probable that there will be any interference so long as hostilities are only waged in Italy, but for our own sake, and recalling her ancient experience, she will resist any further advance of French troops or any serious demonstration on the part of Russia. In this line of policy she will be supported by the whole " Confederation." They now look to Berlin rather than Vienna for instructions, and every petty ruler who can furnish a fife and drum, and a hundred men, is as anxious to achieve military distinction as Louis NAPOLEON himself. There is, however, no lack of enthusiasm. All the money required to place matters on a war footing has been unanimously granted, and the speakers have earnestly condemned the French policy. There will, in all probability, however, be further complications ; but our hope is that Great Britain may keep clear of the scrape, so long as she can do so with due regard to her own honour and security. " The time may, however, arrive at any moment when it will become indispensable for her to take part in the quarrel ; and the preparations which have been so actively and effectually made afford the best evidence that we shall not be found want ing in the hour of trial. The Government proclama tions respecting British neutrality, and also for adding to the strength of our navy, show that, while adopting the wiser course, and endeavouring to act as peace-makers, they will be in such a position as to render their counsels effec tive, and none will be found willing to assail a nation so fully prepared to act on the offensive or defensive. Germany proper, with all its potentates, great and small, from the Regent of Prussia to the Serene Highness whose dominions are not as large as the estate of an English country gentleman, must take care of itself. There will be no English soldiers, or, what perhaps may be considered no less important, English subsidies, sent over. Lord DERBY and Lord MALMESBURY have taken a correct view of the question, and they will be supported by every disinterested and unprejudiced person in her MAJEsTy's dominions. But although we hear such earnest declamation and such determined professions, we scarcely be lieve that Germany will interfere in the quarrel. The people are slow and tardy in their movements, and although in cases of emergency they might act with great bravery, they are still sluggish and undecided in their proceedings. They un questionably speak very energetically, and seem quite willing to encounter any ex _ pense or danger on, behalf of the integrity of "Fatherland," but "sayings and doings" • , ge i - .r.:' . , „oc-`aft „ ;„„:, •MO N ' 1* " "414 • I:0 ( ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - Linder the Management of Mr. Charles Kean THIS E VENING will be presented Shakspeare's orical play of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus , Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed the new and original THE STAGE. The Comedy, entitled THE WORLD AND characters by Messrs. Compton, Buckstone, Howe, W. Far rel; RogeTs ; Miss Amy Sedgwick, &c. After whioh, a new Classical Extravaganza, entitled XLECTRA 111 A NEW ELECTR'IC LIGHT. Messrs Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright, Compton, Braid, Clark , Zilx& Weekes, an 4 Louisa Leclercq. And 'TWAS I. , Z.lommence at 7. I TEW THEATRT - ROYAL, ADELPHI. .1.1 Sole Proprietor and Winger, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reappearance of Mr. ant Mrs. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING the perforrdances will commence with ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas. Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw, and Dirs. Billingion. •• Followed by (first time), by Tom Taylor, Esq., THE HOUSE ? or, THE HOME ? Mr. Allied Wigan, C, Selbs, Billington ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss h • Simms' MissLai - law. After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO . "W KS ' Mr. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keei.eY, Arden, and Kate Kelly. _ _ Acting manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at b'eT. fees to en- Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking,. N. Servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles fox. 'ad' ItOYAL STRAND THEATR Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborou,gh THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ? supported by the company. After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. To conclude with VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark. Commence at 7o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Continued Success of INANHOE.—Overflowing Houses Nightly. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with a new grand spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's popular work, entitle d IVANHOE; or, The Lists of Ashby, intro ducing among the vast resources of this great Hippodrama tic Temple,Tournaments, Processions, Banners, Combats, Tilts, Victories, and Achievements in extraordinary magnificence. Ivanhoe, Mr. R. Phillips ; Isaac of York, Mr. Jas. Holloway; Richard of England, Mr. Herbert ; Robin Hood, Mr. Wm. Cooke, jun. ; Rebecca, Miss Bathurst; Lady Rowena; Miss Dowton. After which. the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the greatest rider in the world ; Mr. A. Cooke, Mr. W. Cooke, jun., and Miss Emily Cooke, supported by the unequalled male and female artistes of the establishment. To conclude with the Farce of RAISING THE WIND. Stage Manager, Kr. R. Phillips Dren Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, Ed. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 is. To commence at 7 ; Carriages at 11. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY, Westminster-road. —Open at Seven. EVERY EVENING during the week will appear THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. - - The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder anti admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of Fiance and Belgium. They will perform EVERY EVENING, at - NINE an si ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments. THE EATHER.—SVN OFFICE, MAY 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—this day at noon. BAROMETER--`29 B`2. WIND, North-westerly; fresh, with dull rainy weather. are very different things ; and we have already seen during the Russian war how very tranquil and quiet they could remain s notwithstanding their kind and friendly expressions regarding England, and the cause in which she was engaged. disch When the Derbyites first undertook to Large the duties of administration in 1852 they were tauntingly assured by their opponents that they could not hold office for a single fortnight. They contrived, however, in spite of this, and in defiance of the most deadly, implacable, and factious oppo sition, to carry on the business of the country for ten months—from February to December—not only with advantage to the national interests, but with credit to themselves. When the Derbyites a second time were sum moned by the QUEEN to form once more, in 1858, the Government of an Emergency, they were again insultingly assured by their political antagonists that it was hopeless to dream of consolidating their power so far even as to preserve their position at the head of affairs for six months together. Again the solemn prediction has been falsified. Already nearly three times six months have elapsed, and the Derbyites are still in power, to the infinite cL'ntgrin and disgust of the baffled and hungry Op- pon'tion. _ Dui 'lng the interval which has elapsed, moreover, since the installation of Lord DERBY and his col leagues in' ,office as the chiefs of her MAJESTY'S Government,' ,they have upon two or three distinct occasions beef( told to prepare at once for instant destruction--like the merchant in the Arabian tale who unwittingly' knocked out the eye of the son of 1 the Beni with a di. , te stone, and the instant after wards was alarmed by that terrible avenging Ap- parition ! Once—in 1858—it Lord PALMERSTON who held aloft the dreadful sciuVar, and bade Minis ters prepare at once for the intvrorable blow of fate. Once—in 1859—it was Lord J.IBN RUSSELL who after the fashion of the Miltonian srectre of Death , " the phantom of a kingly Crown ht:43- on " (the shadowy diadem of the Premiership), and who, in that guise, "shook a deadly dart" in the ice of the foe, defiantly and (at least, as it was of COUTSC in tended) appallingly ! Upon each of these occasions the Derbyites were forewarned to make way, at once, for their betters. Mr. CARDWELL'S motion, in the former of the two instances, was to have done the deed effectually. Lord JOHN'S Resolutions were, in the other, to have summarily " polished off" the existing Government. 'Upon both occasions, however, the result was just exactly anything but what was intended; and, in deed, for that matter, what was distinctly predi-‘ cated. The Cabinet that .had been perpetually talked of as at the last gasp, showed, upon every opportunity, the most extraordinary tenacity to life. The exultant prediction in each instance was followed by the most ignominiously absurd anti - climax. The tremendous motion aimed against the Cabinet by the right hon ourable member for Oxford a motion equi valent to a shot from one of Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG'S rifled cannon, warranted to drive clean through nine inches of solid oak planking at such and such a distance--clif:k ! phiz ! ! smoke ! ! ! missed fire altogether !! ! ! Never was there such an extremely ridicules mus after such preternatu rally parturient mantes. At the close of that memorable discussion the country was simply upon the broad grin ! The whole transantion, in truth, was utterly preposterous. Yet until the result itself had been actually witnessed—until the deadly weapon had positively, unmistakeably, aid most ludicrously missed fire at the very moment of its intended discharge—if we were to believe the Whig party then sitting expectantly on the benches of the Opposition, the whole thing was already accomplished. To-morrow, Lord DERBY would have to deliver in his own resignation and that of his colleagues—to-morrow, my lord the Leader of the Opposition would be sent for, as a matter of course, by the SOVEREIGN —to-morrow, power, place, and perquisites would be redistributed among the dear old Whigs, cling ing together always so affectionately, the GREYS, the ELLIOTS, the RUSSELLS, the GRANYILLES--- the glories of Woburn, and Bowood, and Dunrobin. Nothing of the sort took place when the time came. Those who were smacking their lips with such a relish had to wipe them and remain hungry. There was no resignation at all—not even on the side of the Opposition. The result has been still more of an anti-climax, if possible, in regard to the second prophesied day of doom of the Derbyites. Lord JOHN'S Resolutions triumphed to the very echo—yet what a triumph it is, after all, to be sure ! Why, another such victory would certainly be more fatal than a defeat. There has been an appeal to the country in consequence of the division upon Lord JOHN'S Resolutions. And the consequence of that appeal, according to the showing of the Times, the organ of the Opposition, has been the return of just upon 300 Derbyites to the New House of Commons ! Is there anything approaching, do you think (on the opposite side of the House), to 300 Russellites—or to 300 Brightites —or to 300 Palmerstonians ? Not a bit of it. Nor any thing approaching to such a phalanx as that ranged together in most formidable array at the back of the right hon. leader of the so-called Government of a minority ? So it has been called hitherto. But can it be so called still ? Let us think for a mo ment. During the existence of the late Parlia ment, upon the occasion of one of the largest " Houses" upon record, and upon the occasion, too, of one of the most exceptional combinations ever heard of—the clear majority gained over Ministers amounted to exactly thirty-nine-39 in a house of 626. And now in the New House the clear gains of the Cabinet in towns and cdun• ties—still taking as our authority the Times, the leading organ of the Opposition—the clear gains of the Government are, says the Times, 23 in all. Twenty-three doubled upon a divison—shows not 39 against but FORTY-SIX on the side of the Govern ment. So much for the brilliant success of Lord JouN's specious and factious Resolutions. The Princess Frederic William may be expected to arrive in this country immediately, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort. The Victoria and Albert, royal yacht, under the command of Captain the Hon. J. Denman, sails to-day for Antwerp for the purpose of bring ing her Royal Highness over to England. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. Their Excellencies the Count and Countess de Persigny are staying at Wallace's Hotel, Hyde-park corner, pending the repairs which are proceeding at Albert gate House. The Earl and Countess Stanhope will return to town to-morrow from Chevening Park, Kent, where they have been passing the Easter holidays. The Earl and Countess of Euston are expected at their residence in Grovesnor-place in a few days, from Paris. _ . The Earl and Countess Somers have arrived in town for the season. The noble earl has taken a residence at Prince's-gate for a term of years. The Earl and Countess of Fife have sustained a severe loss by the almost sudden demise of their youngest daughter, who died, after a very short illness, on Sunday, from bronchitis. . . Viscount and Viscountess Campden are on a visit to Lord Stafford at Costessy Hall, Norwich. Lord. Crofton has arrived at Wallace's Hotel, St. George's-place, Hyde-park-corner, from Mote Park, Athlone, Ireland. '. j _ , THE SUN, LONDON . , TUISDAT EVENING, MAY 17, 1858, ROYAL 1 ITALIALAN OPE. N ERA, D.RU_RY- L_ TEs rr NEW 8. The repetition of "Rigoletto" was marked last night by the first appearance of a prima donna in the role of Gilda. The young lady, Mdlle. Brambilla, possesses a fine, sound, clear soprano, excellent in its middle notes, and effective in its higher tones ; in brief, she possesses the physical, as well as the mental qualifications for a foremost artiste—the finish given by study and prac tice, and the self-possession which experience bestows, being the deficiencies. In act iii., for a lady in her noviciate, Brambilla achieved wonders. The quartett in the set scene—with Il Duaca and Maddalena within the ruin ous hostelrie, and her father and herself in the pelting of the pitiless storm—was encored by unanimous consent. Signor Mongini was encored in " La Donna e mobile," to which his peculiar sostenuto on the middle syllable of ac-cen-to, in the concluding phrase " mute d'accento e di pensier," seemed to create a furore in the audience. Signor Mongini's Duaca is a decided success. The same may be affirmed of the Rigoletto of Signor Fagotti. The ballet " Ariadne," supported by Mdlle. Boschetti, and the numerous corps de ballet, closed the evening. THE WAR IN ITALY. The following telegrars have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, MAY 17. The Itioniteur of to-da , contains a report of the Minister of Finance, res)ecting the subscriptions made towards the new lam. The subscribed capital amounts to 2,307 millions. Eighty millions have been subscribed in sums If 10f. rente. The number of subscribers is 525,00 G The Ministerial report points out that such resifts prove the solidity of the French financial system, and the wealth, power, and patriotism of France They also show the inti mate union of France and the Emperor, and the entire confidence of the nation ii the strength and wisdom of the Sovereign who pi sides over its destinies. The Itioniteur also contains the following tele gram from Alessandria, Nlay 16th :—The rain has fallen incessantly during the last two days, but the bad weather has not prevented our troops from taking the positions assigned to them by the Em peror, whose head-quarters still continue to be at Alessandria. TURIN, MAY 16. The Emperor remains still at Alessandria, busied with his Generals in laying strategical plans. OFFICIAL BULLETIN. PUBLISHED MONDAY, MAY 16. A body of our cavalry has recently fallen in with a detachment of Austrian hussars near Vogliera, and took prisoners a wounded corporal and some privates. Mc , Auatziana have withdrawn from Voghera to Casteggio. Nothing new from Vercelli. The Gazetta di Bologna announces officially that Austria has recognised the neutrality of the States of the Church. TURIN, MAY 17. OFFICIAL BULLETIN.-(THIS DAY.) The bridge of Stella has been threatened by the Austrians. The waters of the Po have risen con siderably. Women and children of the country are compelled by the enemy to labour at the works. The Mayor of Barbianello, a village in the dis trict of Alessandria, and other Mayors of the pro vince of Voghera, who refused to comply with the demand for contributions, have been arrested. Austrian workmen have been assembled on the right bank of the Po, and at the bridge of Stella, and other workmen have been collected between Broni and Stradella. TRIESTE, MAY 15. (This message, dated Trieste, 15th, was forwarded from Trieste on the 16th, at 11.40 a.m., and arrived in London on the 17th, at 8 a.m.) The English merchant steamer Douro has arrived with the East Indian mails and passengers. When passing Avlona, in Turkey, she was boarded by the boats of a French ship of the line. A French squadron, consisting of two ships of the line and a frigate, have captured four Austrian merchant vessels. ROME, MAY 15. The Duke of Grammont left Rome this day for Genoa, by telegraphic order from the Emperor. Yesterday it was reported that a popular move ment had taken place at Casena. Rome is tranquil. ROME, MAY 16. "On the llth inst. the Tuscan Consul at Ancona hauled down his flag. On the 12th the French and Sardinian Consuls protested to the relegate against the continuation of fortification, and threatened to demand their passports. At mid night the Delegate was still speaking with the Austrian General. On the 13th the Austrians were at work levelling a casino, although the state of siege has been raised. "France has not yet recognized the neutrality of Naples. "Rome is tranquil." VIENNA, MAY 16, EVENING. The Ministerial Oesterreichische Corresponden says : On the 15th inst., an English merchant steamer, bringing the Egyptian and Indian mails and 56 passengers to Trieste, was overhauled by boats of a French liner off Sassana o,wosite Aviona. Two French liners and one frigate are cruising off the Albanian coast. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. A meeting of the Privy Council, and a Council of Ministers, at which the Empress-Regent, presided, were held on Saturday at the Tuileries. Prince Jerome was present. The Empress-Regent, with her household, yester day attended mass in the chapel of the Tuileries, after which the usual presentations took place. The Emperor has received the reply of the Pre sident of the United States to the notification of the marriage of Prince Napoleon. During the absence of the Emperor, the decrees published will bear the ordinary formula Na poleon, by the grace of God, &c.", and will conclude in the following words, " For the Emperor—in virtue of the powers conferred on me, the Empress." The instructions left for the Empress are said to have been written by his Majesty himself. They are drawn up with the greatest clearness and pre cision, and provide for all the cases that can arise in the relations between her Majesty and the con stituted bodies. The Grand Duchess Catherine of Russia and her husband; the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, have arrived in Paris. They have come from the south, and intend to remain for a few days in the French capital before their return to St. Petersburg. The army of observation under Marshal Pelissier, with the head-quarters at Nancy, will comprise, it is said, four divisions of infantry and two of cavalry. Everything is ready on paper; the generals of division and of brigades all named. The Marshal had an audience yesterday of the Empress Regent. It is rumoured that four new Marshals of France will soon be nominated—viz., Prince Napoleon, and Generals de MacMahon, Niel, and Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely. The committee of the Legislative Body, on the bill for according credits of 90,000,000 f. to the Minister of War and 50,000,000 f. to the Minister of Marine, gravely modified Art. 2 of the bill. That article enacted that those expenses should be pro vided for out of the resources of 1859; but the committee resolved that not they, but all the ex• penses, ordinary and extraordinary, caused by the war in Italy, shall be paid out of the loan. The committee has also proposed that the sum of 9,900,000 f. destined for the Chinese expedition, shall likewise be taken from the loan. The Council of State acceded to the changes proposed by the committee, and it was in that. state that the bill was adopted by the Chamber. The Courrier du Dimanclie gives a piece of news which, although improbable, it regards as perfectly true; namely, that a secret convention has been entered into by Austria and the Porte on the sub ject of certain eventualities which may arise from the actual state of affairs. By this arrangement, the Porte undertakes to secure the tranquillity of _the Danubian provinces, and Austria, in return, engages to maintain imposing forces along the Montenegrin, Servian, and Moldo-Wallachian fron• tiers, and further promises the Porte entire seen ritp and even friendly dispositions on the part of Greece. The same journal observes that this reci procal engagement proves the lamentable illusions entertained by the Sultan's advisers and their total ignorance of the real interests of their empire. General Trochu has addressed the following order of the day to the troops of his division : " Being called by his Majesty the Emperor to succeed General Bouat in the command of the second division, I fulfil a duty in which you will all join in shedding well-merited tears for his loss. He served long and worthily, and manifested great solicitude in the formation of this division, without, however, enjoying the fruits of his labour. I will take care that the precious heritage I receive from him shall not suffer in my hands. In the campaign which now opens we will firmly meet the most difficult trials; we will prove our discipline and obedience to the regulations, in the execution of which you will find me inflexible, and on the day of battle we will not suffer any brave men to be braver than ourselves. We must not forget that the inhabiWnts are our allies ; we must respect their usages, their property, and their persons, and we must wage war humanely as becomes a civilised nation. In that manner our efforts will be crowned. with success ; God will bless them, and I who com mand you shall consider the title of commander of the second division as the greatest honour. " Alessandria, 9th May. " TROCHU. The Piedn2ontese Gazette publishes the following official bulletins : " No. 27. May 12, Evening.—We learn from San Germano that this morning a troop of Savoy cavalry, commanded by Lieut. Spini, having met a patrol of Kaiser hussars, put them to flight, killing one, and taking another prisoner." " No. 28, May 13, Morning.—Last night about 600 Austrians occupied Rivergaro, along the Trebbia, on the road from Piacenza to Bobbio. It is stated from Broni that yesterday the enemy's artillery commenced crossing the Stella bridge, on their way, it was believed, to Stradella. Nothing new from Vercelli. Our headquarters have been transferred to Occimiano. Another large body of French troops is shortly expected." _ _ "No. 29.— TURIN, 13th, Evening.—The enemy is collecting a large force at Castel San Giovanni, on the Piacenza and Stradella. roads. His outposts are noar the torrent Bardonezza. He is defending the Stella bridge with six small forts ; his outposts in that direction are at San Cipriano and Giesolo. Two bridges have been constructed at Vigevano and near La Motta Visconti, to secure his retreat." (This has been mentioned by_telegraph.)—" Troops and artillery are returning from Lonaelana towards Pavia. Field fortifications are being constructed at the Gravellone, at Codalunga, Portighetto, and La Batella. Our troops this morning reconnoitred the Cascine di Stra in force. The enemy did not reply to the fire of our guns, and afterwards our party resumed their former positions." The 30th bulletin merely relates to the occupation of Bobbio on the 14th, which, as already stated, was evacuated the same day. To prevent mistakes, our readers should keep in mind that Robbio is situated midway between Novara and Casale, while Bobbio lies clo3e to the frontier of Parma, on the Trebbia. Occimiano lies between Casale and San Salvatore. The Piedmontese Gazette also publishes the following bulletin from the King's head- quarters : " No 7. SAN SALVATORE, May 12.—The recon noitring parties sent out beyond the Po report that the enemy has almost entirely abandoned the posi tions held in the neighbourhood of the left bank of the Po. Vercelli is still occupied by a small Aus trian corps. The sanitary and moral state of our army continues to be excellent. (Signed) i O DELLA ROCCA." A letter from Ivrea of the 12th in the Courrier de Paris says :—" The Austrian army made an attempt to cross a small mountain, the Serra, be tween Biella and this place, in order to penetrate into the country on the other side, but they met with Garibaldi and his Chasseurs of the Alps, a band of armed peasants, and 450 pupils of the military school of Ivrea, who on this occasion fired their first musket shots. The Austrians were vigor ously repulsed and obliged to fall back on Biella, and thence on the Sesia. While they were effect ing this retreat, four regiments of cavalry and three batteries of Franco-Piedmontese artillery, which had left Casale, advanced to Cigliano and thence to Vercelli, which they occupied. The Austrians had, however, time to recross the Sesia. The two parties are therefore now opposite each other at that place, the French and Piedmontese on the right bank, and the Austrians on the left of the river." A Milan letter of the 9th says :—" By this time the Austrians have prooaoly commencea their re• treat. The commandant of the fortress of Pizzighettone, situated on the Adda, between Lodi and Cremona, has received orders to form an abatis six feet high, with the trees round the for tress, which are all to be felled, in order not to im pede the fire of the guns, or the view from the ram parts. Hence measures are being already taken to cover the march of the Austrian columns in their retreat from Pavia to Mantua, Pizzighettone being the only fortress on the Adda capable of protecting a retreat. At Milan carts with wounded arrive daily, and the number of these latter at present amounts to upwards of 400, besides 2,000 more laid up in consequence of fatiguing marches, &c. I have this moment learnt that a convoy of ammunition intended for the camp has been countermanded. There are about 6,000 men at Milan." The Dnke de Chartres is at present at Casale, in the division of General Cialdini. In the night of the 10th the young prince made a reconnaissance, and sent in a report on what he observed. The Duke d'Aumale has sent two English chargers to his nephew. The director of the Post-office at Verona has issued a notice to the effect that henceforth, in consequence of the war, money-letters can only be guaranteed by the Post-office, as regards the. Italian provinces of Austria and the coast of the Adriatic, with the proviso that the risks of war are not in cluded in the guarantee. Advices from Messina of the 9th say : " Rear-Admiral Jurien de Lagraviere has arrived here with the Eylau (flag-ship), Napoleon, and Impetueuse. These vessels are coaling for a cruize in the Adriatic, where they will be joined by others. In the run from Toulon to Mes sina, the French squadron captured an Austrian merchant vessel. which was sent into a French port, the admiral not being aware of the resolution come to by his Government to grant a certain delay to Austrian vessels for leaving French ports.', The Baden Gazette states, on the authority of letters from Locarno, that nearly a hundred car riages laden with wounded Austrians have entered Pavia. Marshal Melizer de Kellemes, military governor of Lombardy, has published a proclamation de claring that country to be in a state of siege. This document contains the list of crimes, misdemeanours, and contraventions which will be brought under the cognizance of the military tribunals. They are : —" Crimes : High treason ; offence against the Sovereign or the members of the Imperial family ; rising, rebellion, and disturbance of public tranquil lity ; unlawful detention of arms and ammunition ; writing ordistributing revolutionary proclamations ; wearing distinctions or uniforms of corps either dis banded or illegally armed; exciting demonstrations, and particularly singing revolutionary songs in public ; resistance to the armed force by blows or menaces (the guard is in this case authorised to kill the offender on the spot) ; malevolently damaging railways or telegraphs. Misdemeanours : Tumult ; taking part in secret societies or prohibited associa tions, or inducing others to do so ; sedition and excitement to disturbance ; aggression or attacks on soldiers not on duty Contraventions : Propa gation of alarming news ; insulting public func tionaries in the exercise of their duties ; tearing down or defacing ordinances or notices publicly posted up." Gen. Count Wimpfen, it may be remem bered, had already proclaimed a similar measure for all the territory between the Payva and the frontier of Dalmatia. " The Emperor of Austria," says the Pays, i s about to place himself at the head of his army in Lombardy. Part of his military household and equipages have already left Vienna. His departure Mill take place in great state, and several members of the Imperial family will accompany hi na. ,, A Vienna letter states that the public are every day expecting the official announcement of a change in the chief command of the army of Italy, and are not at Ml pleased that the fate of the army should be entrusted to Gen. Giulay, ''ben Gen. Hess pos sesses in so much a greater degree the confidence of the nation. A communication from Vienna in the Courrier de la Manche contains the following on the same subject :—" According to our last accounts, General Giulay quits the command of the Austrian army, and is to be replaced by Baron Hess. The first events of the war must have caused great dis content to the Emperor Francis Joseph, to cause him to come to such a resolution ; for Baron Hess had fallen into a sort of disgrace for having shown him self more of a soldier than a courtier. The follow ing is the anecdote current in the salons of Vienna: The Emperor communicated to the general a plan of campaign in Italy, and asked his opinion of it. Sire,' said Baron Hess, after having seriously examined it, I must declare to your Majesty that the author of this work has no military know ledge, and that to execute his suggestions would infallibly lead to the defeat of the army. The Emperor knit his brow, and said—' I am the author of the plan; others have found it excellent. Ten years ago, general, you yourself would have thought otherwise than you now do, but in getting old you become timid.' General Hess is old enough for this remark to have hurt him se verely. He was born in 1788, entered the ser vice in 1805, and his services have been highly appreciated by those acquainted with military affairs. It was he who advised the operations of the five days' campaign, which in 1849 decided the fate of Italy by the defeat of Novara, and Mar shal Radetsky loudly stated this to be the fact. Military pride got the better for the time of the general's respect as a subject. He wrote a letter to the Emperor, in which he complained of the expressions used by his Sovereign, adding that after having maturely reflected on the matter, he could not for a moment think that his 71 years had at all impaired his faculties, and that with respect to the plan of campaign he thought he should be only giving a fresh proof of his devotedness in re pectfully advising the Emperor not to carry it into execution. For his own part, though he considered himself still young in mind and capable of being useful to his .country, yet he frequently found that the wounds he had received in the service of Austria rendered repose salutary, and that he consequently tendered his resignation. It would now appear that the Emperor refused to allow the baron to retire, and still makes use of his old experience." The Fremdenblatt announces that the Austrian army now counts the following German princes among its generals :—The Landgrave Ferdinand of Hesse-Homburg ; Alexander, Prince of Wurtem berg ; Alexander, Prince of Hesse ; the Prince of Schleswig-Holstein ; and the Princes Gustavus and William of Hoherlohe-Langenburg. Prince Nicholas of Nassau has arrived in Vienna on his way to join the Austrian army in Italy. Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, son of the reigning prince, has just entered the Austrian service. According to late official returns, the• permanent army of Prussia amounts to 211,731 men, and with the war reserve to 275,895. The Diet of Frankfort at its last sitting voted a resolution for placing the garrisons- in the federal fortresses on a war footing. Hanover having pro posed to concentrate an army of observation on the western frontier of the Confederation, Prussia cate gorically opposed the measure. BOURSE, May 16. 7 —The market has been steady, with a slight advance in prices, owing to the result of the subscription to the loan, which amounts, it is said, to upwards of 2,200,000,000 f., and the sub scriptions of 17 departments are not complete. The Credit Mobilier have subscribed for 150,000,000 f. Threes, after having been done at 60f. 75c., improved to 61f.; Mobilier varied from 560 f. to 570 f. ; Austrian, 355 f. to 360 f. ; Orleans, 1,150 f. to 1,157 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 752 f. 50c. to 757 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 575 f. to 580 f. ; Northern, 855 f. to 860 f. ; and Lombard, 425 f. to 428 f. 75c. The following were the closing quotations :- 41 per Cents. .... 89 25 'Credit Fonder CS) Do. end month .. 89 Belgian 42 — 3 per Cents 6l 10 Piedmonteso (5) .. 77 Do. end month 6O 95 Roman 7B Bank Shares 2BOO Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 580 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 575 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern BBO .. 877 50 New ditto 750 .. 750 Lyons and. Mediterranean....- 765 -- .. 767 50 Geneva 450 -- .. 445 -- Southern A 4401 f 7 ‘A ' 0 . , e 0.0.0, 401 0Z • • Eastern Sardinian 340 .. 330 Austrian • . • Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 7ic. ; money, 25f. sc. ; three months, paper, 24f. 90c. ; money, 241. 87ic. LITE_RATURE. The Last of the Cavaliers. 3 vols. Bentley. This is, in many respects, a remarkable work, presenting a picture of an exciting era in the national history, drawn with a vividness that ren ders it impressive, and brilliant with the colouring of imaginative romance. The character of John Graham of Claverhouse is a grand one, and what ever were his faults his merits eclipse them. The stern adherence that he manifested towards a desperate cause, the unshrinking fidelity which lie displayed to a sovereign who roused no kindred sympathies by his valour or constancy, the spirit with which he confronted all danger, and faced all foes, whether they were the warriors of the battle field, or the darker and more dangerous opponents of the crafty Convention, all combine to prove his undeniable claim to the name of a hero. The latter portion of his career is here chronicled, and the passages are narrated in a striking manner. It is no wonder that his name alone was sufficient to strike terror into the ranks of the insurgents, and that the most zealous of the Puritan partizans had devoted themselves to his destruction. The hardest part of his struggles was, however, in his own ranks, where mutiny, discord, and vacillation reigned paramount. He roused himself to inspirit othrs, but his vehement exhortations were disre garded ; and the King himself injured his cause greatly by. the want of firmness. An impressive account is given here of the scene that occurred pre vious to the departure of James, when Claverhoase urged, with all the fire of his spirit and the ardour of his nature, that some decisive measures should be at once taken :—" You are lost, sire, unless you decide now," was his unhesitating _ assertion. "The current runs swiftly on. To-morrow the very power of deciding may be beyond your reach for ever. Up. then, sire ; you may triumph, you may fall, but Dundee will avenge you first and die by your side, if you fall as becomes your martyred father's son, the descendant of a hundred kings." It is a satisfaction that this dauntless man died in a manner that was in ac cordance with the tenor of his life : he was doomed to no lingering imprisonment and to no hidden fate by the stealthy attack of some midnight assassin, but his brave spirit departed in the hour of victory, rejoicing in the rays of the last gleam that brightened the fortunes of his cause. It was a fitting close to so brilliant a career that he should look "proudly to heaven from the death-bed of fame ;" and that country in whose annals he holds so prominent a place can point to none of her soldier sons who crowned a gallant life with a more glo rious death than lie of whom it has been written_ 4 , So, amidst the battle's thunder, Shot, and steel, and scorching flame, In the glory of his manhood Passed the spirit of the Gnome " Apart from the . historical portion of the book, there are sketches of private life that are most powerfully brought before us. Alice Scott, the heroine, is a very interesting character. Her life was a very melancholy one, and the records of her sto r y are to l d with a mourn. ful pathos that is touching from its truthfulness. Her brother, Norman, was a source of constant anxiety to her; he was deeply involved in the schemes of the Covenanters, and while she disap proved of them in her heart, she lived in hourly_ dread of seeing he r b ro th er taken prisoner and submitted to s ome d rea d ful fate. He was, besides, of a most ungovernable temper, and totally devoid of any kindly feeling. The infatuation which distinguished the Puritans is well described here, and the case of Norman is a powerful instance of it. When he committed the most dastardly acts, lie considered himself not only justified, but praise worthy; and while his conduct disgraced the name of a man, he believed himself under the influ ence of divine inspiration, and aspired to rank among the elect of heaven. Macaulay, in one of his admirable essays, has written a passage glowing with eloquence on the subject of the Puritans. In describing their feelings he says, " On the rich and the eloquent, the noble and the priest, they looked down with contempt, for they esteemed themselves rich in a more pre cious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language ; nobles by the right of an earlier creation, priests by the imposition of a mightier hand." This, grand as it may sound in words, is manifestly. the height of assumption and bigotry. The promise 3 of the Scripture were for all mankind, and not the exclusive heritage of an intolerant sect ; and those who critically analyse the human character will recognise something far nobler in the devotion of the Cavalier, even if it were misguided in its zeal, than in the fanaticism of the Puritan. The description of the scenes through which Alice passed in her frantic endeavour to warn Dun dee of his danger is most forcibly given. The attachment which she felt for the distinguished man whose genius she so admired, and who had saved her from a dreadful fate by his decision and kindness, was not unlikely, especially when the peculiar circumstances that attended her lot are considered. She was romantic in her nature, and the lonely style of her life was in itself cal culated to depress her spirits, and excite her ima gination. Stirring scenes soon bring the cha racter to maturity, and Alice, whose gentle nature would have remained simple if left to a calm existence, soon raised itself to meet the emergency ; and when, at the age of eighteen, she closed her eyes on the scene of this world's sin and suffering, she was older in cares than many who have lived to twice that age. Lord Glencarrig is a fine character ; there is something very noble in his disposition. The constancy of his attaeh ment to his cousin, Lord Dundee, and the sincerity of his love to the humble Alice, were sufficient proofs of his upright and devoted nature. He was as unfortunate as his friends in that sad period, for he met with disappointments on all sides. It was to his honour that he did not allow them to pervert his disposition ; but he, on the contrary , disciplined his wild passions, and became refined through the furnace in which he had endured such agony. He returned from the grave of his kinsman to the home of his beloved Alice, to find that she too had passed from the troubling of the wicked, to the blessed land where the weary are at rest. The reader will find much in this work to engage his attention, excite his interest, and call forth his admiration. It contains a brief but brilliant sketch of the career of a master spirit of his day, and it presents some striking notices of an important epoch. It also delineates with the force of truth, and the expressiveness of deep feel ings those dark passages of human life, whose con flicts are harder to sustain than those of the battle field, and whose anguish is more bitter than that of the mourner at the grave. " The Last of the Cavaliers" may claim to rank among the most meritorious of the novels of the present season; for it not only possesses an attractive subject, but the execution is excellent in thought and style. It can hardly fail to gain the reader's sympathy for the sorrows of the gentle heart of Alice Scott, and to excite his admiration for the brave spirit, and heroic courage of the great Dundee. The Jews in the East. By the Rev. P. Beaton, M.A., from the German of Dr. Fraukl. 2 cols• Hurst and Blackett. . This is in many respects a curious and interesting work. :Dr. Frankl, the original author, is on Austrian Jew, a physician by profession, who Was charged by a German lady with a mission to the Holy Land. Madame Herz, a Jewish lady of for tune, was desirous of establi s hi ng a sc h oo l at Jeri!: salem, to which all creeds should be admitted 1 1 they felt inclined to become members. She requested,. Dr. Frankl to undertake th e f u lfil men t of her . benevolent intentirn, and he accordingly quitted Austria for Palestine, availing himself, during his route, of all opportunities of studying the condition of his brethren in the East. The picture he dra is a very gloomy one, the condition of the Jews il l Jerusalem itself being degraded and miserable! The manner in which the alms of the benevolent Jews in other lands are appropriated by the receivers is anything but creditable, while the indolence and apathy of many of them contrasts strongly with our notions of Jewish business transaction & The benevolent plans of Sir Moses Montefioref Albert Cohen, and other eminent members ott ile Jewish persuasion have languished from the mis management and indifference of thos e they we re intended to benefit. The schools, and other institil; tions, they founded at Jerusalem, have declined an d deteriorated from the idleness and avarice of those immediately concerned. Dr. Frankl laments that the attention of the community is not turned tot cultivation of the soil. On this subject he observe° as follows : " In the earlier part of this work we have directed ! special attention to the fruitfuln e s s o f th e so il ar ound Pal, salem, and in Palestine generally ; th e on ly difference that it is presented to the eye in a different form from viliL we see in European countries, blessed with water. 'lndustry !? and skill are the magic wands which here, as elsewhere call forth rich and abundant harvests. Fields and garden: still germinate and bring forth fruit as in the days of he Bible ; oven the stony hills and rocks, which during _ A long reign of barbarism were left uncultivated, are coven*" with mulberry trees and vineyards planted by the Greeka• "In the village of Der el Kamar on the inh osp it a bl e heigl,,, of Lebanon, there is an entire Jewish community engag7,, in agriculture and in rearing cattl e . N one b ut J e ws are employed on Sir Moses Montefiore's plantations of c itrons and pomegranates at Jaffa. But all this is out of Jellt; salem ; here we saw only one man, who had bought sli d cultivated a corner of Mount Zion, which amply rept; him for his labour. Mr. Meschulam, an English Jew, wl Latin . hap+ years col. closed garden of Solomon,' as it is called, near b ßethleh ea !!, and raises the finest fruit, and such excellent veg etable _fi were never known in Jerus a l em b e f ore . A t fi rst h e suffe' from the hostile feeling shown toward him by the M0ha, 3 1 1 ,: 0 medans, but now that he is under the protection of re English C o n su l, h e i s l e ft unmo l es t e d, an d hi s l a b o urs a ; richly rew ar d e d. At Jerusalem the Jews on ly labour the field purchased by the mission in the way we ha to already shown. But who is to teach the people, who la nr incite them to labour ? The teachers ? They d o n ot labe o themselves. The Rabbis ? It is their intere s t that f o r present state of things should continue, that the crY bread should reach to every land, and that all the Jew„ . a the earth show their sympathy by sendi ng a l m s, witl e ir suspecting that, by doing so, they are d emora lising ft co-religionists in the place which they es t eem t o be ta holy. Give them work that they may learn to work; but them lands, which they may possess here though theY not do so at home; that they may earn their bread as has appointed, in the sweat of their brow, that they become a noble community instead of a colony of begP' - ' and that they may sanctify the name of the Lord." Thr. mental indolence of the Jews of the Holy would seem to equal their physical idleness. e , traveller comments up on it as a cause o f t he deg aeration of the national intelligence. ri perl " I found the grea t est . difficulty in. securing a pr.- ha t qualified teacher for the institution. It was evident t o f he must be a man strictly observant of all the or dinance!, religion, and, at th e same t i me, possessed of intelligenc'Llo capacity for teaching, a fair education at least, and % o re talent for ma nagemen t. Th ere i s not in Jerusa l em , w o n e the Jews do nothing else but study the Talmud, anYoi possessed of such attain men t s as th a t th e J ew i s h . corns', ear e. ties in Germa n y wou ld en t rus t th e i r c hild ren t o Do nna I The native Jews do not extend their studies further , r t ,oT was assured that there is not amon g them a talnrat t he pilpulist of any reputation. With the exception medical men and Mr. Joseph Schwarz, the Jews at Je hY saim are utterly ignorant of physical science, of geogr be f ot o and history, even of the history of their own n ation and after the destruction of the city. sae° " The Jews who immigrate to Jerusalem usuallyP°, ?go d a certain knowledge of the Talmud an d a more ella a '' t ip experience; but here, if they do not give themselvea„.o, entirely to idleness, they do not e x t en d t h e i r stu dies ;I no P o dl are satisfied with retaining th a t k nowledge o f t h e Tai t bis which they already possessed. They do not imps " oo n, knowledge to their children, and as we have already a con , the latter are not provided with any school, where they e rr obtain the same education as their parents, who, frea l ,, no se previous residence in Europe, are superior to them l' l , v " -- d t en ledge of the world and general information. Theirenj o t‘ or grandchildren have scarcely even a superficial ae t i u g iora ance with science or history, or even with the ordinary branches of reading and writing." When the school whi c h D r. F rankl esta blished r e d opened crowds of women, leading . half4lfitheit tho ug ht, reception child ren , b es i eged him, begging reception into the i ns tit ut i on. Thi s, he I;at was a sign th a t th e real feeling's of the Pe °l3 o of large was no t expressed by the i n differene tate . their leade rs . I t appears from the author's ! te hlo ments that half th e sums i nten d e d f o r char' . se purposes are appropriated by those throng " d t hat hands the mon e y p asses . I t i s t o b e hoped for- for' the institution which he founded will be more innate iu its treasurers. We are not tolabillAcea about it after the account of its opening. °se of most of the information concerning the PurP The re his journey is vague and incidentally is a curious abruptness about some parts _ e ither work, which opens without a word of preface in ,„ from author or translator, and which clos es The somewhat similar fashion, only the author p w n t he his escort on another journey to Jerusalerae. -;;na first volume finds the traveller in Greece, and. given.of t he narrates his impressions of Constantinopiu was Beyrout. Dr. Frank', himself an author,; trace's' introduced to many celebrities during 11 -s • with and the notes he gives of his conversations.n,_to them are full of interest. He exchanged otaisubs, Ome r a nd no d with the King and Queen of Greece, Abd-el-Kader, Rangabe, the Grecian P the not abi lities_ w o k . i ( , )f statesman, and many others of the kingdoms through which he passed. Tau' o c o f rn b travels,i combines th w e anecdoteith the d e a t n a d i d e d e s cri examinationt n ch ar aientote.for_ sec condition of the Jews in the East. "Y ' sa solve Christian readers may feel disposed to nli N ._ v he of his elaborate details, but the genera l - a l .. e, and presents of the condition of " the hopeless faith ia homeless race" in their own cherished Palestine, ents of not without a mournful pathos. The eerni n _ tar i o us an intellegent and learned traveller on O N with features of his route are always received , dee ply' favour, and the work will be especially anu interesting to the members of his own race persuasion. • MR. PALMER LATE M.P. FOR B ERNs.--11° faithful and consistent services of Mr. Robert Palmer, Bch represented the county of Berks in Parliament for the lalp period of 34 years, lmve won for him the esteem and a q u of i . ration not only of his friends and supporters, but ecitud.l his political opponents. His retirement into private about to be followed by a suitable recognition of his Parlisf mentary services, arid to promote that object ams of the friends of that gentleman is shortly about to be he`,../ Resolutions will be passed as to the most suitable mode testifying their respect for the character of th at hon• ge t '. tleman and appreciation of his services while a repre sez/ tive in radial:WA, ADELPHI TREATER. Last evening a new piece, written or adapted especially for Mr. and Mrs. Wigan, by Tom Taylor, Esq., and en titled " The House, or the Home," was produced here, and met with complete success. It is a play which is likely to find favour with the ladies—its purpose being to make members of Parliament understand that they owe a duty to their wives as well as to their country, and that they should not permit the " House" to engross their attention to the utter exclusion of the " Home." The moral is worked out very lucidly (by Mr. Tom Taylor) through the scenes and incidents of a story vividly descriptive of the perils and temptations to which a young wife is exposed whose hus band is so taken up with the affairs of the State that bo cannot .find leisure to dine with her oftener than six times between February and August. The husband and the wife are at last alike awakened to a sense of the danger of their position, and a bitter scene of domestic dis tress ensues ; but the honour of all parties is fortunately preserved inviolate. The characters in the piece are as follow:—The Right Hon. Horace Chetwynd, M.P. (Mr. Wigan), his wife Lady Helen (Miss Henrietta Simms), The Honourable Mrs. Wardour (Mrs. Wigan), Frederick Wardour (Mr. Billing-ton), and General Withelington, C.B. (Mr. Selby). Mr. and Mrs. Wigan each sustained their respective parts in a manner that elicited universal applause ; and at thd fall of the curtain the piece was an nounced for repetition every evening until further notice. LADY PAKINGTON'S ASSEMBLY. Lady Pakington had an assembly last evening at the official resi dente of the First Lord of the Admiralty. There were present—His Excellency the Swedish Minis ter and the Countess Von Platen, his Excellency the Minis ter for the Hans Towns and Madame Rucker, his Excel lency the American Minister and Mrs. •Dallas and Miss Dallas, his Excellency the Danish Minister, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Countess of Delawarr and Lady Arabella Sackville West, the Countess Dowager of Glas nw and Miss Sinclair, the Countess of Powis and Lady Harriet Herbert and Miss Clive, the Earl of Bective, Vis count and Viscountess Barrington and the Hon. Miss Barrington, Viscount Ingestre, Viscount Ranelagh, Vis count Eversley, and the Hon. Miss Shaw Lefevre, Lord Lovaine, Lord and Lady Claud Hamilton, Lord and Lady Willoughby de Broke, Lord Hatherton, Lady Co', chester; Lord Wensleydale, Lady Seymour and Miss L. Seymour, the Ladies Pratt (2), Lord Ravensworth and the Hon. Misses Liddell (2), Count Strzelecki, Lady Milford, Dowager Lady Shelley, Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley, Count Louis Corti, M. Carvalho, M. C. Tricoupi, Hon. Charles Hanbnry, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Boyle, Hon. G. Noel, the Right Hon. Frederick Peel, the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley and Mrs. Adderley, Sir Rode rick Murchison, Sir Adam Hay and the Misses Hay, Admi ral Sir Richard Dundas, Sir Stafford and Lady Northcote, Sir Francis and Lady Scott, Colonel the Right Hon. C. W. Forester, Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir Edward Cust, Admiral Martin and Miss Martin, Colonel Cust and Miss Cust, Colonel Wilson Patten and the Misses Patten (2), Colonel and Mrs. Howard Vyse, Captain Davies, Captain Glyn, Captain R. Stopford, Admiral Meynell, Captain Fel lows, Captain Jones, Captain Macdonald, Captain Keane, Mr. and Mrs. Nugent Bankes, Mr. Martin, Mr. Romain, Mr. Farquhar, Miss Thelluson, Mr. H. Domvile, Miss Pitt, Mr. Sumner, Mr. and Mrs. Dugdale and Miss Dug dale, Mr. Edward Drummond, Mrs. Capel Cure, Mrs. Geo. Bankes, Mr. Jermain Pratt, Mr. Challoner, Mr. Murray, Mr. Anderson, Mr. George Farquharson, Mr. Crispin, Mr. Spalding, Mr. Douglas, Mrs. Lane Fox, Mr. Henry Foley, Mr. and Mrs. Cavendish. Bentinck,_Mr. Geo. Drummond, Mr. Graham Vivian, Mr. James Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Whit more, Mr. Whitmore, jun., Miss Hunter, &c. Previous to the assembly, Sir John and Lady Pakington entertained at dinner his Excellency the Minister for the Netherlands, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Earl of Carnarvon, Viscount and Viscountess Comber mere, Lord Stanley, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Disraeli, Sir William and Lady Middleton, Sir John and Lady Lawrence, Sir Thomas and Lady Cochrane, Sfr Henry Leeke, Admiral Bruce, Mrs. Windham, Miss Thel bison, Major Probyn, &c. The party broke up at midnight. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood and Miss Wood arrived in Belg,rave-square last evening from Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. We regret to learn that Mrs. Labouchere, mother of the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, M.P., died on Sun day last, at her residence in. Upper Grosvenor-street, in her 89th year. Sir A. Smith, late director of the Army Medical Department, not forgetful of the days passed by him when a student in the University of Edinburgh, and still ani mated by a love for his old Alma Mater, has just presented to the Natural History Museum his magnificent collection of reptilia. It embraces nearly 2,000 specimens, obtained from all parts of the world, and among them are many of great rarity and beauty. Mr. Henry Drummond Woolf, private secretary to Sir E. Lytton, is named as Government Secretary at Corfu, in succession to Sir T. Bowen, who is appointed Governor of the new colony of Queensland (Moreton Bay), in Australia. Since the departure of the last Australian mail the following gold-ships have sailed for England : Shooting Star, February 28, with 16,788 ounces, and Ellen Stuart, with 7,103 ounces; March 1, Monarch, 42,848 ounces ; 9th, Chili, 15,029 ounces ; 12th, Indian Queen, 2,507 ounces, and Essex, 14,080 ; and, 14th, Owen Glen dower, with 35,411 ounces. Theaggregate value of these shipments is about £535,000. The rates of exchange quoted by the Indian telegram yesterday show at. Calcutta a movement of about a half per cent. in favour of this country. In China there has been an adverse turn, equal to about 2 per cent. at Hong Kong, and 21 per cent. at Shanghai. The new Minister, Count de - Rechberg-Rothen - haven, who quits the presidency of the Frankfort Diet to take the office, was ad latus to Marshal Radetski in 1848 as civil governor of Lombardy, a post analogous to that now held under General Gyulia by Baron de Bulberg. There is a rumour that General Gyulai has already been superseded in his command by General de Hess, but possibly there is no authority for the report beyond a Vienna letter in the National Gazette of Berlin, which spoke of the nomination as being hourly expected. M. de Hubner will, it is ex pected, be the new Austriin Minister at Frankfort. DISASTROUS FIRE IN MINCING•LANE, CITY.— Last night a fire, which was not subdued until a serious amount of property was destroyed, broke out in the pre mises belonging to Messrs. James Cook and Co., colonial brokers, in Dunster-court and Mincing-lane. The two upper floors of the premises were burnt out, the valuable stock of sample's consumed, and serious damage done to the lower floors by water; &c. THE IRON TRADE. —Birmingham, May 16.—The failure of Messrs. Cresswell,sronmasters, of Tipton, scarcely known until midday, has excited a good deal of anxiety and fears lest it should lead to other casualties. The amount of indebtedness of the firm is not at present known, but it is believed that by far the greatest proportion of it is owing to the Dudley and West Bromwich Bank, at whose in stance the stoppage has taken place. The firm of Cress well and Sons is a very old one in South Staffordshire, and formerly it occupied a good position, but for some time past (indeed so far back as 1855) there were rumours that the .house owed a large amount to the Dudley and West Brom wich Bank, and a stoppage was at tht time spoken of. This fact has given rise to the suppos a ition that the new liabilities are not considerable. A SHIP ON FIRE.—A fire broke out yesterday on board the Thames, Captain Callender, lying in Brunswick Dock. This vessel had arrived the previous day from Savannah, laden with about 1,800 bales of cotton and 230 pieces of pitch pine. She was partially discharged, when, about 5 o'clock in the morning of the day named, smoke was seen to issue from the after hatch. Information being given to the authorities, Mr. Hewitt was soon on the spot, with his engine and fire-brigade, followed by Mr. Barrett, with the West of England, and a number of branches of hose were soon laid down, communicating with the vessel. Some difficulty, however, was experienced in reaching the fire, and part of the deck was therefore cut away. She was then hauled out of the dock into the basin, to prevent the fire spreading among the other shipping, and for greater facility in conducting operations. A copious stream of water was poured in, the leadinc , officials connected with the police force and fire-brigade being present during the greater part of the day, and the fire was subdued with the utmost pos sible despatch. About 5 o'clock in the afternoon all danger had passed, the cargo being then covered with water, and sic t :1 01 goi e invs engines fihel a el s c ssa c ril o ,sal r .a : ciil canisteri n uh g u l ab y vr l nu e g ft gbh . e:f l et r ao, Boyd, o iN ad y i n.c g i: u Tc n wh p oa. o es, wder on board ship was e h l i d v s a i I s t y o c N r o v e n n i . .Lirerpool Albion. THE WROXETER EXCAVATIONS.—The work of excavating is now going on very successfully. In the part of the buildings lying towards what has no "doubt been the street (the Watling-street-road), three very small chambers have been uncovered, with the walls, of excellent masonry, and adjoining each other, but without any traces of door ways or entrances of any kind, so that at present it, is quite impossible to say what purpose they have served. Among the first objects met with on the renewal of the explorations on the old spot was a very handsome and well-sculptured capital of a column, 3 feet high by 21 wide, formed of two blocks of stone. This would seem to show that the excava tors are approaching parts of the building which was dis tinguished by more elaborate architectural ornamentation. A considerable number of different articles in bronze and other materials have Also been found, and have been sent in to the Museum at ,Shrewsbury. Among these is a square block of lead, w ith two v o rtical strokes on it, as though intended to represent the Abe}' " II.," and curiously enough it weighs just two ounces, gp that it might very probably lOU p.AViit A weight.