The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-23 00:00:00

This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing and thoroughly working and developing the well-known Leeswood Collieries, near Mold, Flintshire, where an extra ordinary discovery of Cannel Coal has lately been made. The owners thereof have agreed to dispose of their entire interest in the property, including plant, machinery, &c., for £70,000, of which they will take £40,000 in paid-up shares (such shares to receive dividends only pro rata on the amount called up on the other shares), and the remainder by periodical instalments. The properties as proposed to be worked by the Com pany comprise upwards of 250 acres, and are held for long terms of years at very low royalties. The Collieries are, at the present time, in profitable opera tion, and considerable quantities of very superior Cannel Coal (upwards of 2,500 tons per month) are being raised and sold at prices which leave a large profit. The seam of Cannel Coal, a peculiar and rare formation, of which, before the disco ver y a t L eeswoo d, on ly one l l j rn s o m wn field existed in England (at Wi gan ), an d two ( tliFeka at a a_ hago and Torbane) in S co tl an d, i s now b e ing depth of only 50 y ar d s f rom t h e sur f ace , a nd i7a ° nov . e four feet thick. The qua lit y o f gas pro d uce d therefrom is equal to that obtained from the well-known Torbane Hill Mineral, or Boghead, whi c h rea li ses so hi g h a price (about 40s. p er ton) in Scotl an d.—S ee D r . Fyfe's (of Aberdeen) Report for comparative valu e of the Leeswood with this and other I cannels. Contracts already exist with gas and other companies for upwards of 30,300 tons per annum of the Leeswood Cannel Coal, thus ensuring a sale for the whole amount of the pre sent raisings ; and additional contracts, to at least double this extent, can be made directly the increased yield of the collieries will afford the requisite supply. To obtain this supply it will be necossaay to sink another pair of large pits to the Cannel seam, where it is about 150 yards deep, which pits will be also available for working three other seams of valuable gas and household coals, which have b e e n a l rea d y proved to exist by boring and si nking. The Collieries are remarkably tree from water, and entirely so from all explosive gases. A branch line of Railway, the property of the owners, and which will be included in the purchase-money, and become the property of the Company, connects the Collie ries with the London and North-Western and Great Wes tern systems • and also with Bi r k en h ea d an d Saltney, where the coal of these Collieries is well known and appreciated for shipping purposes, and where very large quantities can be sold for exportation. The present get and sales of Cannel Coal from the proved area alone (without taking into account the other proved seams) will yield fo r u pwa r ds of 20 years a certain dividend of above 10 per cent. on the entire capital of £IOO,OOO, after making a liberal allowance for all possible expenses and contingencies (see " Statement of actual Raisings, Sales, and Expenditure for January, February, and March, 1862"), but with the proposed additional pits, by an outlay not exceeding £IO,OOO, the amount raised will be more than doubled, and the dividends increased in proportion. The whole of the above statements having been thoroughly tested and verified, the Directors very confidently recom mend this undertaking, not as a speculation, but as a safe, profitable, and permanent investment : with an already as sured dividend of at least 10 per cent. from the commence ment of the Company's operation, and a confident anticipa tion of more than 20 per cent. after the first twelvemonths, by which time the new pits can be completed.—(See Re ports of Mr. MacCulloch, Mr. MacDougal Smith, and Mr. R. C. Webster, of Ruabon). Prospectuses in full, reports, statements of actual work ings, profit s , & c ., an d f orms o f application for shares, can be obtained at the Solicitors', Brokers', and at the offices of the Company, from whence they will also be forwarded free by post if required. THEATRE-RO YAL HAYMARKET. Lessee Mr. J B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. Atter which, at ball-past 7, will be performed - (l3)th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothcrn. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled LA CONTRA BANDISTA. Senora Perea Sena, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. p ()YAL LYCEUM THEATRE . A I ) Sole Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 163 d Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. and Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After whit , h, a new musical, Eictorial, poetical, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNI.Y. Miss Anna. Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with the new farce entitled I COULDN'T HELP IT. Characters by Mr. Addison, Mr. Warlow, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Actinz Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. . „ Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at n Box-office open daily from 11 tills. Commence s , 7 OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. t Lessee, Mr A. Harris, •--' THIS EVENING, CASH V. CUPID. Mr. Widdicomb and Miss Maria Harris. Atter which, at a quarter to 8, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Messrs. Ryder, .T. G. Shore, Basil Potter, Widdicomb, Meadows, .7 . ordan, Raymond, Hide, Paulo, R. Cathcart, &c. ; Mrs. Weston, Miss R Leclercq, and Miss C. Leclerc 1. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Messrs. Garden Shore, &c., and Mi ss C . L eclercq. , Commence at 7. No half-price. _ _ . NI R. and MRS . CHARLES KEAN are engaged at the ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE for a limited period, and Mr. A. HARRIS has great pleasure in announcing their first appearance, after an absence of three years, To-morrow (SATURDAY), 24th, when LOUIS XI. will be performed. .Ir. and Mrs. C. K ean w i ll appear every evening* during their engagement. NE %V Til EATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.-- Sole Pronriotor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, a new domestic drama, entitled DOT : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Emery, Billington, Stephenson; Miss L. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Simms, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. H. Marston. After which, THE PHANTOM. Rnthven, Mr. Dion Boncleault ; .Messrs. Emery, Toole, Billington, P. Bedford, Miss Simms, Miss K. Kelly, &c. HALL AND FINE (y, N TERB UR Y Alt. ~,s GALLERY. The miraculous STECKEL at a quarter to 11. MINSTRELS The renowned RUMSEY and NEWCOMB at Nine o'clock. Grand Selections from "La Sonnambula ' " by Miss Rus sell, with Band a n d f u ll Ch orus, con d uc ted by Mr. Jongh- mans. UNSWO R fl f in his celebrated Stump Speech " Or any Sin g er and other man," and EUGENE, the great Burlesque Dancer, at Ten o'clock. The best Comic talent in London. Messrs, Morton and Stanley beg to inform visitors to Lon don Curing the Exhibition that the GALLERY of PAINT INGS well be Open, free between the hours of Twelve and Two o'clock on and after Monday. rr HE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET.— Ever Y Evening,—llENßl and PFAU on the Flying Trapeze (last two we The unrivalled Ethiopian Come dians, Rurnsi'Y and Newcomb's Minstrels and Unsworth and Eugene, in addition to abostot mi tal nt 0 ratio qelec tions and the cantata of MAYeIDAeY"eG. I ) !Macia - rren) and the "Jolly Begg ar ," (by G. Linle (by supported by the entire company, including 3tigg Itusse , Y Msime. Enderssohn Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert. —Full Band and Chorus.' Musical Director, Mr. F. Jongliman„. Ball, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, is. : • private Boxes, 10s. 6d. 1 HIGH WATER AT LONDON 13 ----------n" RIDGE. Tale DAY.—Morning, 9b. 56m.—Af ternoon, 10h. 24 To-moßnow.-Morning, 10h. 57m.—Aft ernoon, 11h. 25rat13., THE LEESWOOD CANNEL and GAS COAL " COMPANY (Limited). o Incgrporated under the Joint-stock Companies Acts, 1856- 1 57, whereby the Liability of the Shareholders is Limited to the amount of their respective Shares. C a pital, £lOO,OOO, in 50,000 Shares of £2 each. Deposit Ss. per share on Application, and los. on Allotment. No further Call to be made until after a Dividend of 10 per cent. has been paid to the Shareholders. DIRECTORS. F. S. Bolton, Esq., Broad-street Metal Works, Birm Ing ham, and Cheadle, Staffordshire. It. J. Clarke, Esq., 4, Brabant-court, Philpot-lane, Direc tor of the County Gas Company. G. Lettsom Elliot, Esq., 7, Hyde Park Gate South. J. Goldingham, Esq., Cross Deep Hall, Twickenham. George Haworth, Esq., Fluckersbrook, Chester. John Jerdein. Esq. (Messrs. Lee and Jerdein, Coal Ex change, and 9, Lancaster-place). F. J. Stevens, Esq., Darlington Works, Southwark-bridge road. M. Brown Westhead, Esq. (Messrs. Westhead and Co.), Manchester. AUDITORS. W. Barton Ford, Esq. (Messrs. Clark, Ford, and Co„ ac countants, 7, Nicholas-lane). W. J. Vian, Esq. (Railway Passenger? Assurance Com pany), 64, Cornhill. BANKERS.—London and County Bank, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. R. and S. Mullens, 7, Poultry. Messrs. Tyndall and Johnson, Birmingham. BROKERS. Messrs. St. Alphonse and Halls, 75, Old Broad-street. W. J. Scott, Esq , Waterloo-street, Birmingham. SECRETARY, pro tem.—John Collett, Esq. Temporary Offices.-7, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street,E.C. PROSPECT-US. NOTICE. -41;> MI remittances are , henceforth, to be made t o Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. % . 14, 5? 4, 4 ,947, % • •-• . 61; re.i; , 4.4 t, . , k` ). - 4 -tsz -44 THE SUN. LONDON, F.RIDA Y, MAY 23, 1862. The Americans have demanded back the Emily St. Pierre, which Captain WILSON SO boldly re captured from her w an t on ca pt ure rs. We should wonder, even if law is on their side, that they By the intonational descend t o such a meanness . By law of the case, however adverse to our wishes, we should be ashamed not to abide. But we do not imagine that any of the countrymen of NELSON and PUNDONALD could bring themselves to demand back a ship Which three men had retaken from the hands of sixteen, and then brought to an En g li s h port across the wid e and stormy Atlantic. Wo wonder the countrymen of PAUL JONES can do it. Sure we are that the whole navy of Fran ce as well as of England will ht.9B such an unsailor-like demand, g en tlemen of They will be ready to wish the the wig and gown 'who could make the demand, at the bottom of the sea, and till we are better advised, we hold to the belief we entertained at first, that even the cleverly overpowered sixteen will be ashamed to ask of their country to get back the ship, which they 'allowed the three to take. What is the law of the case, it is not for us to decide. Impartial and honourable advisers of the Crown will do that. We do not deny that the recapture was an illegal act—but in the same sense as the act of a man seized by a policeman, who should succeed in binding the policeman, and escap ing from him. The policeman and his prisoner are fairly pitted against each other. The prisoner ought, no doabt, to be willing to put himself on his trial —so a man ought to surrender to a warrant issued against him. But we never heard that it was held to be a punishable offence, if the captured man took leg bail, and if the other deferred his appearance before the authorities, till his case - was called on for trial. Of course, all the time subsequent to the seizure or issue of the warrant, if recognised,he would be taken. As we understood it, the Emily St. Pierre is in this very condition. If the Americans found her at sea and captured her a second time, we fear the Queen of ENGLAND could not be advised to in terfere for her restoration. To us, though of course we may be in error, the legal right of the Ameri cans to demand her of our Government seems quite another question. Lord STOWELL has definitively laid down the duty of the captured crew to go quietly 'with the ship, before the prize court of the Neutral Power, and rely on the honour of the Prize Court. But if the crew should happen to think, it may be unjustly, that American prize courts are not to be trusted by "the Britishers," whom Americans lose few opportunities of defying, and deem them selves saftest in their own custody, we do not re member that by anything he has said, their Go vernment is to be answerable for it. We shall soon, however, know. Meantime if the Americans are legally justified in asking reparation for a prize crew of 16 being overpowered by a fragmentary crew of three —an other case has turned up, which a contemporary fairly enough terms a " Roland for an Oliver." We have yet, indeed, but an ex parte statement; still it is the statement of truth-loving Englishmen, not of Yankees. The details are, moreover, so clearly and minutely given that there seems no reasonable fear that anything important can be alleged to justify the seizure. It seems to be every way as bad as that of the Trent, with the single exception, that the vessel in question, the Bermuda, was not a mail steamer. She might have run the blockade on former voyages, but that had nothing to do with the present one. Each voyage must, answer for itself, and its hazards and liabilitieiter minates with its termination. The vessel had on board, it is true, some contraband of war, that is, what would have been so, had her destination been to a port blockaded by the power by whose ships she was seized. But it was conclusively established in the case of the Kent that a "hostile destination" was essential to the very existence of contraband. If the ship were sailing from a neutral port to a neutral port, it was unanswerably proved that she might be full of warlike equipments, or even of sol diers, but, the neutrality of the ports of departure, and of destination, would be conclusive against the contraband character of the cargo or passengers. Now, according to all the evidence we yet have, the Bermuda 'was undeniably sailing first to St. George's, Bermudas, and thence to Nassau, New Providence, in the Bahamas, or to some other Wes! India port. Now, doubtless, the Americans think they have good reason to suspect the Bermuda —doubtless also, Nassau is inconveniently near to the Coast of Flotida, as a market place for rifled cannon and ammunition ; but both put together do not alter the fact that the Bermuda left a British port, sailed to anotherßritish port, and that while sailing to a third, being really or almost in British waters, steering certainly by British landmarks, she was captured by an American cruiser--of course with the usual circumstances of Yankee rudeness —such as firing a shell through her rigging. The courteous infor mation was added that the British port was in truth blockaded by American cruisers, who searched all merchant vessels, and who were ordered to seize the Bermuda, and about twenty ships, whose names were given them, wherever they might find them, and sailing under whatever flag ! A handsome re turn this, certainly, for our allowing Lancashire to be half starved, and respecting the cotton block ade, when we had it so completely in:our power to help ourselves. The delicate position in which the Government of Italy still feels itself to be, in the presence of Europe, has been significantly indicated of late by one or two very curious and even at the first blush, as one may say, almost incomprehensible proceed ings. An incident that has just occurred in the extreme North, and another, and a very different incident, that has just occurred (almost simultane ously) in the extreme South, have —each in turn— served to demonstrate the fact, that the policy still being carried out at Turin is a policy at least as prudent as ostensibly it is simply audacious! "Easy d oes it," m i ght, in literal truth, be taken R S the motto to be inscribed upon the national tricolor, upon the standard of the Re Galantuomo _is Mustseeino "as the Neapolitans have recently called him in one of their whimsical terms of endear ment. Or, if the favourite language of heraldry must Reeds be clung to here again —the Italians might proclaim, in the tongue of their Roman ancestors, the pace at which they are advancing in the road to independence (borrowing the familiar phrase from the escutcheon of the PLUNKETTS) by adopting as their device FeBtina lente ! Instance— that almost bewildering circumstance which has just startled some of VICTOR EMMANUEL'S lieges at Naples during his MAJESTY'S State visit to the capital of the South : the ineffectual attempt to get up there and then a demonstration in favour of t a erg am of 650 GAR IBALDI ! In s t ance , aga i n—that more impor tantseizure "patriots" a t Mil an, B resc i a , and ,beeause of their presumed complicity with a cons piracy understood to be just afoot for the .t raising etr of the Tyrolese in insu rrec ti on aga i nst the ian Government. Ammunition and arms have been seized, as well bearing them. A nd as the It a li an vo l unteers with the arms and the ammu nition—thousands:of the red shirts far-famed all over Christendom as the GARIBALDI jacket s . L ooking superficially there, to the right and to th e l eft, it would almost seem as though the Hero of Italy were under a taboo from the Government ar o a f h w i l y l t ic h h e he is the main -st a y, as we l l as being cow first and the g rea t es t o f all her Soldiers. But__ looking, upon " secon d thoughts," a little below the surface—is it not obvious, at a glance, that RATAZZI'S Ministry is wise in its genera ;ol) " All in good time," is its homely Wait—no hurry—no unnecessary precipitation : that, for the time being, is its plain and manly dictum. And so—in this frank and re solute spirit—it hushes the superfluous ovation of a Great Name at Naples, it seizes as rash and hot headed, as precipitate and thoroughly indiscreet en thusiasts, the volun teers found ready with their arms, and their red jackets, and their ammunition, "ready, aye ready," at Milan, at Brescia, and at Bergamo. argument. At the same time, while the Government at Turin is acting thus cautiously, and as men of the world, will not hesitate to add also upon the instant thus wisely and determinedly—GAßlßALDl himself, with his soldier-heart, with his own ever-burning enthusiasm, has his full and warmest sympathy for those who have only erred in his regard by showing themselves in their true colours as his ardent followers. About GARIBALDI'S sympathy with the men just taken there can be no mistake whatever. He him self has said it. And not once, but three times. He has written in the Pungolo as follows : Some persons have wrongly interpreted my protest, published in the Diritto. As an Italian soldier, I could never have entertained the intention of insulting the Italian army, the glory and the hope of the nation. I desired to say that soldiers ought to combat the enemies of the country, not to massacre and wound unarmed citizens. If the Commandant of Brescia had been free to act according to the dictates of his heart, we should not now have to lament victims among the people. The post of generals is upon the frontier and the field of battle, nowhere else." According to the Unita italiana he has thus addressed himself to the young men taken at Ber gamo : Trescorre, May 15, 1862. My dear Friends,—l advise you to let yourselves be leJ, and I authorise you to say that you have been called to Bergamo by me. The nation, I have no doubt, will be grateful to you for your patriotic impulse and your abnega tion. I salute you all, and am, with affection, yours for life, GARIBALDI. In the Vilma Gazette he has solemnly avowed— In consequence of Colonel IsTraLA's arrest yesterday at Palazzolo, I consider it my duty to declare that that brave officer had gone and acted exactly in conformity to my orders. G. GARIBALDI. So that as to the veritable character of this move ment in the north, there cannot—supposing the documents hero quoted to bo, in truth, as they cer tainly affect to be, authentic—there cannot, we say, possibly be any even momentary misapprehension. All the while, the Government and GARIBALDI being of one accord: with this simple difference—that the latter is eager for action, and that instantly; whereas the former is still in favour of a little fur ther delay. The Japanese are certainly making the most of their time amongst us. Notebook and sketchbook .n hand they are going hither and thither in quest of information. And it is pleasant to know at once, in their regard, that it is for them, beyond all doubt, anything rather than a Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties. As welcome as flowers in May are their excellencies and their attendants wherever they go. If it be a Government establishment or the hospitable mansion of one of our Chiefs of Society—if it be a commercial speculation that is inquired into, a public school or a public hospital_. anywhere, everywhere, they are received with eager interest, and with a cordial reciprocation of curiosity on the part of visitors and visited. Already we have followed them respectfully, through our previous comments in these columns, in regard to several of their earlier peregrinations. Since then they have shown unflagging industry. Now they have gone down the river to our English lnvalides—the refuge, not of our old soldiers, but of our old sailors, down at Greenwich. There, in that beautiful old palace, their Japanese Eicellencies have looked and admired and examined to their hearts' content. They have tasted the beer in the brewhouse, and the bread in the bakehouse— to find both excellent. They have scrutinized with heartily expressed admiration the pictures in the Painted Gallery —among them that famous one of Lord NELSON, then CommOdore NELSON in his full dress uniform, white silk stockings and white cash • mere breeches, boarding the San Josef sword in hand, in the midst of the tremendous seafight off Cape St. Vincent. The Japanese taking notes there (aa uoual with them ovor7whoro Olmoot) of ghat caused them the greatest surprise or elicited their liveliest approbation. Afterwards they dine at the famous white bait hotel (unfortunately before the white bait season) and enjoy with gusto after dinner at the hotel balcony a scramble for silver and bronze coin (we can no longer say " coppers") among the dirty little street boys assembled there in an extem pore mob, to look at them. Afterwards—steaming down the river—they inspect that modern wonder of the world, The Thames Tunnel—utterly useless, it is true, but still, for all that, very wonderful. They revisit King's College Hospital, where seated at leisure in the operating theatre they witness some awfully dexterous operations performed by such perfect masters of their craft as Mr, BOWMAN, the great oculist, and Mr. FERGusoN, the great surgeon, and perhaps the greatest opera tor now living. From that scene of beneficent bloodshed, the Japanese take as they do from other scenes of a less excruciating kind pleasant souvenirs such as carte de visites of the famous men whom they have jast met with. As a contrast in every thing bat name, one of the very next scenes wit nessed by the Japanese Envoys is—not again the hospital of King's College, but King's College itself. Where they receive an ovation from the scholars in return for the half-holiday given in honour of their eastern excellencies—an ovation in the way of three times three ringing cheers and one cheer more from the assembled schoolboys. Another locality visited by these twist sagaciously inquiring strangers was conspicuous among our Schools for the Blind—whence the Japanese take away with them books with the raised letters, from which the blind students read with their fingers, the Ja panese dropping there themselves in return (through their interpreter, of course, Mr. Mac donald) the surprising intimation (apropos to the numerous cases of blindness before them, caused by small-pox) the certainly startling intimation that, during the last 10 years, vaccination has been com pulsory throughout Japan ! At a large cutlery establishment here in London, again, their Excellen cies have had great delight in watching the process of making razors, &c., displaying their own costly sword-blades to the English workmen by way of a nreotuunrenedc compliment—sword-blades tc-o:wpeotredn-tb j la u d d e g s e i s m o m f e s d ciahtwelyarpertoo be equal in beauty an d value to the b lue wavy veined or grained lithe and, as ono might say, sinewy blades of your genuine Damascus Without pursuing the Japanese Envoys and their suite of gentlemen diplomatists and liveried atten dants much further at this present writing without tracking their movements that other flue morning when they rode delightfullyin open carriages along the suburban roads and green country lanes, skirted by so many pretty villas in their picturesque gar dens, through T w i c k en ham, past Isleworth, up t o the top of Ri c h mon d Hill— w i t h ou t loitering beside them in fancy as they obtain upon the instant a panoramic notionof a fertile English landscape from that famous b e ll e v i ew b a l cony at the Star and Garter, when ce a ll th e world and his wife, their children, friends, and relations, have been so long in tho habit of looking out upon the sylvan loveli nessa of th at veritable Riche-mondo—wo do cert ainly feel tempted to throw out one very alluring suggestion If only one o f our Embassy from the J a p a nese. gret pub s n hin r g eg h a o rd uses to wo t u h l i d s same rema r k a b le take measures to secure the copyright of an autho rised translation o f the () m ei al. report about to be prepared a little later on for th • e information of the ItipAnee Government—An al l th Qn • fiecl translation - (say by Mr ) MACDONALD)—of the jottings down by their Excellencies in notebook and in sketch. book during their wanderings and pouderings here in this (to them) strange land of England ! We would very confidently predict for such a work as that, a success far beyond any ever attained by any recent traveller—even, we will venture to assert, the brilliant success achieved last season by M. DU CHAILLU'S record of his rovings among the Gorillas. The interest with which we should all take a wonderfully novel view of ourselves as we appear when looked at through Japanese spectacles ! New Orleans was not captured without trouble after all. No defences of importance had been con structed near the city. Forts Jackson and Philip, and a fleet of gunboats, such as they were, were the reliance of the Confederates, The city itself is as unfortified as London, and for a very good reason, since if the Mississippi could be entered by even a small hostile fleet, no works the embank ments could bear would save it from destruction by the shells of the enemy firing over them. But at the river forts, which should have stopped the ad. vance of the fleet, the battle was bravely fought—that is by the garrison of the fort, for the Confederate naval force appears to have incurred the undisguised contempt of the commander of the garrison. The officers of the fleet gave, indeed, a signal proof of their treachery as well as their inefficiency, for while the commander of the garrison was engaged in the Federal commander's ship, under a flag of truce, these men actually sent down a floating bat tery on fire, intending she should explode and destroy the ship. Lieut. HIGGINs, the Confederate officer, would acknowledge no connection with the ships, which ho spoke of with the utmost eon tempt, and Commander PORTER therefore continued the negotiations, merely observing—"We can stand the fire and be blown up, if you can." The guns of the burning battery soon went off, but she luckily blew up at some distance from the ships, killing, however, one man of the Confederate garrison. Excepting, as we have said, their navy, the Con federates fought well. The Federal commanders, who thought the crews of the ships ought to be detained as prisoners of war till the end of the war, on account of their treachery, give high praise to the gunners and their officers, and seemed pleased to accept their surrender with the usual honours. The attack on the forts was indeed a fierce one—it lasted six days from the 18th to the 24th, and it was said that not fewer than 1,800 shells fell and burst within the works of Fort Jackson, to which the chief attentions of the confederates were paid. Two singular and half contradictory effects fol lowed. Though so much was destroyed, yet the fire of the forts was little diminished. But, on the other hand, though the forts were still able to rain a " hurricane of shot and shell," the gunboats were able to pass through it all, to get above them, and to steam on to capture New Orleans, while the ports were watched by the remainder of the fleet. Ships clearly beat forts, and forts placed to great advan tage, and the ships but wooden ones. The same ships took two other forts higher up the river, though they could approach them only by sustain. ing a raking firo for two miles. Indeed, when a' facts of the captures of ports made by gunboats in this war are before us, we shall have a fresh and valuable series of actual experiments in war, for which common prudence requires us to wait. As to the Confederate fleet, that of the Federals seems almost to have treated it with scorn. Every thing seems to have been taken, burnt, or sunk ; the battery of 18 guns blew itself up, intending to have performed a kind of Sampson's last feat. The potent Manassas, which was to have rivalled the Merrimac, turned aside from the Mississippi, and was sent to the bottom by a broadside from her. Probably the naval architecture was very bad of these Southern boats, or they must have been most wretchedly handled, as when once the forts was passed ) under whose cover they did some service, the Federal ships made very quick work with them. The Universal Gazette of Berlin says :—" The honour of Prussia and even the personal honour of the King have been greatly wounded by the Government of Hesse. Our envoy-extraordinary was received in an un heard of manner. The details will be published in a few days. General Willisen has declared that if the offender had not been a sovereign Prince he would have challenged him to a duel." FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON, CHAT HAM', AND DOVER RAILWAY. -- Yesterday an inquest was held at St. Thomas's Hospital, by Mr. Wm. Payne, the coroner for the city of London and Southwark, into the circumstances of the death of Willkm Pennell, age 23, who was killed at Hensford, in Kent, on the Lond Chatham, and Dover Railway, by being run over by seve ral trucks laden with ballast. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." The Ost-Deutscie Post of Vienna states that the Empress was attacked, about a fortnight since, with a rheu matic affection in her feet, but up to the present time it has not exceeded the limits of a simple indisposition. The cantata composed by Verdi for the Inter national Exhibition, and rejected by the commissi-ners on the alleged ground that the score was not delivered in time, is to be performed at Mrs. Anderson's Concert in her Ma jesty's Theatre on Friday next, the solo part by Mdlle. Titiens, with a chorus of 250 voices; and that the grand march composed by Auber for the same occasion is likewise to be performed at that concert. A formal demand has been made at Rome for the expulsion, in as gentle a manner as possible, of the King of Naples. The French troops—so the ultimatum says, are sufficient to protect the Holy Father, but not sufficient to put down brigandage in the Neapolitan States. The advices from Buenos Ayres by the French mail yesterday are dated the 13th of April, and state that no occurrence of importance had taken place since the de parture of the Southampton packet, on the 27th of March. The elections for deputies to the National Congress were about to commence immediately, and opinions were much divided with respect to the all-important question of the permanent capital of the republic. It was thought pro bable that the feeling would be to leave the decision of it to time, fixing for the present the residence of the autho rities at Buenos Ayres merely as a temporary measure until the conviction of its benefits shall have become general. THE LATE POACHING AFFRAY NEAR NOTTING HAM.—A few days ago there appeared in The Sun a brief account of a poaching affray which tea place on the fish ing preserves of the Hon. Captain Byron, of Thrumpton, Notts. It was then supposed that one of the poachers was drowned in the Trent, he and another of the gang having jumped into the river to escape from the pursuit of the keepers. Since then one of them has made hisappearance at Thrumpton, and he says that although he heard his com rade jump into the river he never perceived him land on the opposite side, and, not having been since seen, it is con cluded that he was drowned shortly after the affray took place. His name is John Hayes, and up to the tune of the occurrence he lived with his parents at Loughborough (ten miles from Thrumpton). Yesterday (Thursday) morning dragging was commenced for the body, but at 4 o'clock in the afternoon it had not been discovered. GREAT PERIL OF HER MAJESTY'S MAIL AND NARROW ESCAP E OF THE POSTMAN.—On. Wednesday evening, about high water (eight o'clock), the bridge over the entrance of the St, Katharine Docks having been kept open for a considerable time beyond that permitted or re quired, the postman, with a bag of the evening mail, con taining important and valuable letters for the Irish and Scotch wharves, &c., attempting to cross the lock by pass ing over the barges as they were being moval into the deck, unfortunately slipped his foot and fell into the water, then 24 fe:_t deep. Providentially this active officer proved an expert swimmer, and thus saved both the mail and his own life. No twithstanding- the drenching he proceeded to deliver the letters, which were saturated with dock water. This was the second accident the same title. It i 3 very desirable that some provision should be made for the foot passengers during the time this bridge is open—frequently three-quarters of an hour, this loss of time causing serious inconvenience. We understand it is the intention of the wharfingers and others to make a substantial acknowledg ment to the postman for his active endeavour to deliver their letters without loss of time. HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY.-011 Wed nesday evening the members of this well-known volunteer regiment gave the concluding dramatic performance for the present season, at their head-quarters, Finsbury, and it yym mwaexously Itua sl444ionaNY attvaclech THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, EVENING, - MAY 23, 1862. .ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The opera of "Don Giovanni" last night drew a brilliant and very crowded audience, which may fairly be attributed to the Zerlina of Mdlle. Adeline Patti. Apart from the music, which on the whole could not be more chastely or more expressively rendered, Mdlle. Patti's general conception of Zer lina was as nearly as possible faultless. And then, to complete the charm, the looked the character to per fection. " Batti, batti," " Vedrai carino"—in which Zerlina consoles Masetto for the drubbing he has received at the hands of Don Giovanni, as with "Bata, batti" she appeases his jealousy on account of the same personage —and "La ci darem," were all three redemancled unanimously, and all three repeated with increased effect. Madame Penco, as Donna Anna, and Madame Csillag, as Donna Elvina, sang the music allotted to their respective parts with great taste and expression. Of M. Faure's "Don Giovanni" we can only say now that, since the justly renowned impersonation of Tamburini, whether looked at from a musical or dramatic point of view, there has been none worthier than his. His "La cislarem"was winning and persuasive, his " Finche dal vino" full of spirit, and his interview with the statue, in the finale to the last act, dramatic and powerful, Signor Tamberlik's Don Ottavio:was as manly, vigorous, and striking as ever, and, although he respectfully declined last night the encore awarded to "Il mio tesoro," the house was not less anxious to hear it again than the pieces (in cluding the trio of masks, " Protegga it giusto cielo," with Mesdames Penco and Csillag). The band was magnificent througdont ; the chorus, in the superb finale of the first act, all that could be wished, and the execution of the opera generally one of the most efficient we remember under Mr. Costa's direction. In the next representation of " The Huguenots" Madlle. Antonietta Fricci w make her first appearance as Valentine. HER MA.TESTPS THEATRE. Last night "I 1 Trovatore" was repeated, and we were glad to perceive that Signor Guiglini had entirely recovered from his severe indisposition. His Manrico last night was all that the most ardent almirers could wish, and never was that exquisite tenderness and sweetness for which his singing is so remarkable, heard to greater perfection. The effects of illness which were so apparent on Tues day evening had on this occasion entirely disap peared, and from first to last the whole of the part was a complete series of triumphs—the " Di quella pira"—more especially at the close of the third act, producing the most thrilling effect. The Leonora of Mdle. Titiens is so well known'and appre ciated that we need only say that it was so perfectly and faultlessly given last evening that criticism is rendered superfluous. Signora Trebelli consolidated the success she achieved on Tuesday in the part of Azucena, and an artiste possessing such com bined qualities of acting and singing as nature has favoured this lady with, has seldom appeared on the lyric stage, Her version of the Gipsy mother was that of a most accomplished artiste; and whether it be judged as a musical or tragic performance, the result arrived at is the same— namely, that in Signora Trebelli we have an artiste who is destined to shine with great splendour in the foremost rank of her profession. The other parts in the opera were all very ably sustained, and the band and chorus acquitted themselves with great distinction. FLOWER SLIOW AT _2RE CRYSTAL PALACE. The preparations for the grand flower show to morrow are completed, and one of the greatest "shows" of the season is anticipated. In considera tion of its being the Queen's birthday, and also in consequence of the number of distinguished foreigners in London, it has been arranged by the directors to give the first display this season of the entire series of great fountains at half-past three o'clock tomorrow, when they will be seen to the greatest advantage,:cs the fresh green foliage of the trees and shrubs will contrast most favourably with the water. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.—We are requested o state that a public meeting will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, under the presidency of Mr. Samuel Gurney, M.P., on Tuesday morning next, the 27th inst., at 12 o'clock, to promote the erection of model lodg ing-houses, with halls for educational and institutional pur poses, free libraries, &c., in memory of his late Royal High ness the Prince Consort. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.—The com pleted returns for Wednesday present the highest total since the opening day—namely, 23,345, of whom 10,967 were season ticket holders, and 12,378 paid half-a crown. The return for yesterday at five o'clock stood thus —season tickets, 5,473; on payment, 12,490; total, 17,963. The demand from the public for the paid-up scrip of the New Turkish Loan is still considerable, and incon venience might be occasioned by a strict adherence to the existing regulation respecting payments in full, inasmuch as the dealers in the Stock Exchange would be precluded in the intervals between the instalments from obtaining a fresh supply, by paying in full upon the scrip they hold. It has accordingly been arranged that Messrs. Glyn and Co. will receive payments in full on the loan on the 28th and 29th inst., allowing discount, however, only from the Ist of July, FRIGHTFUL THREATENING NOTICES IN IRELAND. —The Cork Reporter says that two gentlemen, named Leahy and Galgey, were served through the Post-office with thrcatening, notices "of the most frightful charac ter," bedaubed with rude sketches of pistols, coffins, death's heads, and other figures emblematical of destruc tion and death. The wives of those gentlemen were also served with missives of similar aspect and import, menacing their husbands with terrific vengeance; and the only known cause of these proceedings is that Mr. Galgey became the purchaser of property sold by Mr. Leahy. The magistrates were holding an investigation all day, the result of which had not been made public. The Reporter adds, "We have heard that notices of a similar import have been served on several land agents and others." THE MOORS IN PERTHSHIRE.—Grouse is abun dant and healthy on all the extensive moors in the shire, An immense number of birds were bagged last season, but the stock left has apparently been better than usual. The weather, however, has been favourable as a whole, and they are consequently in prime condition. Many of the moors have already been let, in numerous cases to the old tenants.—Scotsman. THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE.—Annexed is an analysis of the proportions which the leading branches of the public expenditure have borne to the general total since 1843 : Year. National Debt. Civil List. Army. Navy. 1843 .. 571 111 .. 15.5 .. 12 . 9 1844 .. 601 122 .. 16 . 0 .. 11'5 1845 .. 57'3 10.3 .. 181 .. 13 . 8 1846 .. 55 1 11S .. 17 . 8 .. 151 1847 .. 5/ . 6 34•5 .. 192 .. 14'7 I'4B -52 S .. 14'7 .. 17'9 14 . 6 1819 .. 55 . 7 .. 132 .. 17 . 5 .. 13 . 6 1850 .. 60 . 0 .. 13'4 .. 17'8 .. 12S 1551 .. 56'5 .. 13 . 9 .. 17.6 .. 11.9 1851 .. 55.0 13 . 2 .. 18.7 .. 13 . 1 1853 .. 54.3 13'8 .. 189 .. 13 0 1851 .. 461 .. 121 .. 20.7 .. 251 1555 .. 32'7 .. 10'0 .. 34.8 221 1,•56 .. 30 7 .. 10'7 .. 321 .. 20'5 1857 46.5 14'9 .. 211 .. 16 . 9 1858 .. 47 . 4 15'0 .. 211 .. 16 . 5 1859 .. 41.5 11 . 8 .. 211 .. 17 . 4 1860 .. 39.4 15.9 .. 25'6 .. 191 1561 .. 391 17 . 6 23'8 .. 191 It is worthy of remark that, notwithstanding the additions made to the principal during the Crimean war, the annual charge of the public debt is not Eo great now as it was ten years since. A SECONDHAND NATIONAL AIR.—" The Vice roy of Egypt, says the Nessager du Jitidi, " related, while at Toulon, a trick which had been played off on him, and the recital of which had caused much amusement to the Italian Court. When his Highness was about to embark for Europe, a person requested permission to present to him a national air for Egypt, which, he said, he had com posed for the occasion, ()Untying that all other nations had their patriotic hymn, and that Egypt ought to have hers. The music was tried, found to h 3 fine, and the self-styled composer was liberally rewarded by the Viceroy. During the visit which Victor Emmanuel paid to the squadrons at Naples, when the French played the air of ' Bettie Hor tense,' and the English God save the Queer,' the baud of the Egyptian frigate struck up its new national hymn, ' which turned nut to he nothing more nor less than the pro hibited air of Francis which bad been palmed off on the Viceroy as a new composition. As may be supposed, the Italians were both astonished and scandalircd at hearing it until an explanation was given. THE I.IARTLEY PIT CATASTROPHE.-011 TUC'S day the " sinker," who had worked so zealously to rescue the miners lost in the awful calamity at Hartley Colliery, publicly received the testimonials which had been prepared for them. The " sinkers," who are about 40 in number, received from the committee of the fund £1 for each shift i u w hi c h they were engaged, the hi g h es t b e i ng £l9, and the lowest £l. Besides the pecuniary reward, each man will receive a silver medal, now being prepared for them by Mr. Wyon, of the Mint. The leader of the devoted band, Mr. William Coulson, will obtain a gold medal. The presentation took place in Newcastle-upon Tyne, and a number of coalotvnere took part in the pro ceedings. The same journal says that the Cabinets of Paris and Turin are negotiating the plan of an arrange ment which will bring about a complete reorganisa tion of the Government of the Pontifical States. The Romans are to send deputies to the Italian Parliament. According to the Esprit Public, Mazzini is con cealed at Milan, and the Government is endeavour ing to discover his hiding-place. STUTTGARDT, MAY 21. The Catholic party in the Chamber of Deputies has proposed that the Government should be called upon to use its best endeavours to obtain a revision of the Federal Constitution, in order to secure Ger many against foreign aggression, and to bring about a greater concentration of power at home. It further proposed that there should be a central national representation, and that the Government should direct its attention to the establishment of a union comprising all parts of Germany, and should oppose all tendencies aiming at a more limited con federation, the result of which would be the dis union of Germany. BERLIN, MAY 22 (Evening). The Neue Preussische (Kreuz) Zeitung of this evenirg says : " All the reports of the accession of Count Bis mark-Schonhausen to the Ministry are as yet un• founded. He has been appointed to go to Paris as Prussian Ambassador." DRESDEN, MAY 22. The Saxon Diet was opened to-day by the Minis. ter Baron von Beust, who said : " The final decision upon the treaty of commerce with France has been reserved for the Diet. The Government has given a provisional assent to the treaty from the conviction that the industry of Saxony may boldly enter upon the course thereby marked out. The Government of Saxony will never forget its duties towards the entire German fatherland, considerations based on separate inte rests having been banished from its councils. A resolute acceptation of the alteration in the tariff is not only the best guarantee for the continued exist ence of the Zollverein, but it would also present a basis upon which the development of the existing commercial treaty w ith Austria and the adhesion of that Power to the Zollverein must be successfully pursued." TURIN, MAT 22. The King arrived in this city at 3 p.m. His Majesty was received by the Municipality and the authorities of the National Guard, and warmly cheered by the people. Signor Rattazzi has also arrived. FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN, MAY 22. In to-day's sitting of the Federal Diet the Com mittee upon the affair of Electoral Hesse proposed the adoption of the Austro-Prussian proposition of the Bth of March in reference to the re-establish ment of the Constitution of 1831. It is expected that the decision of the Federal Diet will be given on Saturday next. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 22. BOURSE, May 22.—The market still continues heavy, and little doing. Threes, for the Account, are now at 70f. 20c. Railways also quiet. The market left off as follows : 41 per per Cents 97 80 Do. end month - 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 20 New 3 per Cants Do. end month 69 25 Credit Mobilier B2l 25 Do. end month 825 Bank Sharps 3140 Credit k oncier 1555 Belgian 4#.. — Pieclmontesc Fives, 70 Italian Loan 7O Austrian Spanish Threes 52 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1317 50 .. 1310 25 Northern .... New ditto.. Lyons and Mediterranean 1106 25 .. 1108 75 Geneva 370 .. 370 Southern 842 50 .. 843 75 Western Eastern .. .. 0.0 .. 566 25 Sardinian ........ 370 .. 372 b 0 Austrian .............. 525 525 Lombard .............. 588 75 .. 591 25 LATEST NEWS. MADRID, MAY 23. A telegram received here from London, dated 22d, states that England and Spain have both en tirely approved the conduct of their Plenipoten• tiaries in Mexico. The English Cabinet is said to have invited the Cabinet of Madrid to declare the treaty concluded at London to have lapsed. MILAN, MAY 22, General Turr has gone to visit Garibaldi, it is believed in the name of the King. The Democratic Club in this city is preparing a demonstration in favour of General Garibaldi. Its movements are watched by th© authorities. BERLIN, MAY 23. The semi-official 411.9ferneine Preunische (Stern: Zeitung says : " The Cassel Gazette contains the strange state ment that Count Bernstorff, in reply to an inquiry made by the Minister of Electoral Hesse, declared that the late military movements of Prussia were neither particularly directed against Electoral Hesse, nor intended as a demonstration against the Go vernment of that Electorate. " In view of the real state of things, which speaks clearly enough for itself, it is hardly necessary to observe that the interpretation of Count Bernstorff's words, as given by the Cassel Gazette, is founded on a decided misunderstanding. " We are enabled to state, that the expressions used by Count Bernstorff were such that the Mini ster of Electoral Hesse could not have been left in any doubt as to the very serious state of affairs, and the determined intention of the Prussian Govern ment to bring the conflict in Electoral Hesse to an end." PARIS, MAY 22, Evening. The Esprit Public of this evening believes the Council of Ministers deliberated yesterday upon the affairs of Mexico, and decided that the expedition should be pursued. It is further stated that the Cabinets of Madrid and London were made ac quainted with this resolution. r women wounded. As an Italian soldier I cannot believe that Italian soldiers could kill and wound children and women without arms. The men who fired must have been ruffians disguised as soldiers. And he who commanded the massacre . . oh, I would recommend him for an exe cutioner, and I would propose to the 13rescians to erect a monument io Papoff, a Russian officer, who broke his sword when ordered to charge the disarmed people of Warsaw. " G. GARIBALDI. "Trescorre, May 19." To this strange effusion the Official Gazette of Turin replies as follows : " From the official information received by the Minister, it appears that on the night of the 16th a mob consisting of about 300 persons at Brescia broke open the weak and ill -secured door which gives access to the prison, and penetrated into the court. The picket of guards, composed of eight men and commanded by a sergeant, axed bayonets, and when the invaders attempted to disarm them, it fired. After this, these soldiers, Elided by four cat bineers armed with sabres only, drove the mob from the court, and dispersed the assemblage in the street. The picket of soldiers used their weapons only at the last extremity, when their duty and their own personal defence imperiously required it. They are soldiers of that glorious army to which Italy owes its exist ence, and in which all our institutions find their surest guarantee; and the country, we are sure, will repel the contumely which has been cast upon them in a few lines of this morning's Diritto. More over, a judicial investigation has been commenced, and the circumstances relating to that event will shortly be placed in the clearest light," PRUSSIA. A letter from Thorn (Western Prussia), of the Bth, says : " There is some foundation for the report current respecting a conspiracy of Russian officers in favour of Poland. It seems certain that the number of officers arrested is considerable, and that most of them are already on their way to Siberia. Some few have succeeded in effecting their escape. We have heard, but cannot guarantee the fact, that the plot was denounced by a German officer, and that the revolutionary association of Russian officers is organised on the same plan as the Italian Car bonari. It is said that great numbers have been arrested, and more arrests will probably be made. The fact appears certain that a great Liberal movement is in progress among all classes of Russian society, and that the journals advocating that course are introduced in consider able numbers, notwithstanding all the efforts of the poliee, and that it has a good many readers even among public functionaries." THE FRENCH IN MEXICO. The Pays gives the following as the principal in cidents which have taken place in Mexico since the 9th of April : "On that day the conference between the Pleni potentiaries of the three Powers took place. Gene - ral Prim was of opinion that the convention made with the Government of Juarez should be observed, , and was opposed, to protection being afforded to any one conspiring against the established order of things. The French declared that they would ' no longer treat with Juarez. The English Pleni potentiaries supported the opinion of General Prim. On the same day the Plenipotentiaries signified to Juarez their respective resolutions--those of Spain and England declaring that they were ready to cause their troops to re-embark. On the 11th the Minister Doblado, characterising the conduct of the English and Spanish Plenipotentioaries as noble and loyal, informed them that the Mexican Govern.: meat was disposed to give them every satisfaction that they might desire. On the 12th Juarez issued a warlike decree against the French, and published a manifesto, in which he bitterly censured the resolutions taken by them. On the 16th the French Plenipotentiaries made a declaration of war against Juarez, and invited the Mexican people to consti tute a National Government. Oa the 17th the Mexican General Almonte issued a proclamation in the same sense, and in which there was question of a monarchy. General Prim caused his troops to embark without waiting for instructions from Serrano, Governor of the Havannah." A despatch from Madrid, of the 9th inst., states that General Prim is expected in that city on the 6th. I hear, however, that he intends being at Paris about that date, and that perhaps an explana tion of the whole affair of this Mexican expedition will be published, justifying General Prim's con duct, and showing that he acted throughout in strict accordance with the orders of his Govern ment. TILE MIDDLE LEVEL INUNDATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I beg to suggest an expeditious method of closing up thegap or breach at Lynn,which consists of laying on the bottom of the sea, near the breach or gap, sheets of strong naval canvas, which can be made in sections, and laced together to any size ; the end towards the sea to be held securely to the bottom by weights, and the breach or gap to be partially filled up by suitable vesaels, securely anchored, over which the shore end of the sheet is drawn, forming an efficient abutment. As steamers and canvas can be had at once, I would undertake to close up the breach or gap in a very short time. —Your obedient servant, May 22, 1852, JOHN MACINTOSII., INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND LIFE -BOATS; —Some of the executive officers of the International Exhi bition have suggested that the present ti me, when some of the articles in the building are being r e - arranged, might be yrtthu:tnailtotiyfetth-obabotar abundance fn in dtah f n r e o c in exao th tfi e orn ß oap o lna y L a c l ial Life-boat" h o n r oo t aw i t - ITALY. be found for her. It is, therefore, hoped that the Commis a culturalfevlnstitution.eur e G b a l e r d o e T p n p h s e e sioners will at last consent to admit an English life b - oat— A letter from N ap l es in the Pungolo, of Mil on , for there i s a French one there —into the Exhibition. One relates a conversation, in which Sir James Hudson would have thought that the British life-boat would have was heard to say that, although Prince Napoleon's been emphatically entitled to a place amongst the most con aspiFuous products of our skill; for while it would be impos arrival at Naples could not be expected to lead to an immediate evacuation of Rome, still it was certainly lbl wet, : to last t erratp _the importance of boats of this class, which the forerunner of that desirable event. France and wrecks on t y h e e ar coastsm st instrumental ment a l in awing' 743 lives from the United . Kingdom, it is equally England, he added, were entirely agreed. Prince true that in their construction England stands not onl Napoleon had come to see with his own eyes the unrivalled b u t a l most alcno. y ovations addressed to the King, and the best means A MODEL WIFE AND A FORGIVING HUSBAND. of arriving at a speedy solution. At the Prescot petty sessions, on Tuesday, Jane Birchall, The Costituzionale, of Turin, states that, on th e wife of James Birchall, a retired farmer, was brought up 19th, the King received, at Naples, a deputation of from Kirkdale, where she had been remanded, in corlipany ladies of that city, who p resented his Ma jesty with with a coarse little fellow named John Hulme, c h arged a beautiful tent, embroidered with gold. On re- Aril with ri l having ais d t 0 l a e b n s absconded g fr e o l m d h a er si h lv u e s r b w an a d tch on the 30th of ceiving this present ; with his usual courtesy, the e. Hulme was elarged with aiding end abutting silver i spoons, King said that he would return to Naples in a few The former was discharged, the latter was committ g ed her. for months. trial. On the 14th instant the a ccuse d were found in Man- The Diritto of Turin, of the 20th, contains the chester living together as man and wife. This is the fourth time she has left her hu s b an d w i th Hulme within the last following pr o t est of Garibaldi : tw f elvemonths. On each occ as i on she has taken large sums o " I do not know the exsct nu m b er o f dead money with her, and rem a i ne d unt i l i t was s p en t, when her or wounded in the massacre of B resc i a ; I know forgiving husband took her back, It is believed he will that children have been kill e d, ch ild ren an d p doso on thingoccaiiO4, Accounts have been received from Vera Cruz to the 20th ult. The French were continuing their advance, and had attacked a small fort on the road leading from Orizaba. They assign the following reasons for not keeping to the Convention of Sole dad :-1. The declaration of war by Juarez ; 2, the murder of several French soldiers ; 2, the annoy ances caused by Juarez; 4, the intercepting of all the supplies. " The French Government," says the Patric, "Is anxiously occupying itself with sending supplies to the French expeditionary corps in Mexico, the condition of which is in every respect excellent. Independently of the vessels of war which have been placed under orders for that pur pose, several merchant vessels have been chartered to convey stores to Vera Cruz. and the France, a fine ship belonging to Marseilles, is about to pro ceed to Toulon to ship provisions for the squadron of Vice-Admiral Jurien de la Graviere. The sol diers and sailors taken from Martinique, and em barked on board the Ardente, which conveyed them to Vera Cruz, are about to be replaced by others from the mother country; and it is said that, if necessary, reinforcements will leave France at the beginning of the autumn."