The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-16 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean THIS EVENING will be presented S hakspeare's t 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 Comedy, entitled THE WORLD AND THE STAGE. The characters by Messrs. Compton, Buckstone, Howe, W. Far ten, Rogers; Miss Amy Sedgwick, &c. After which, a new Classical Extravaganza, entitled ELECTRA IN A NEW ELECTR'IC LIGHT. Messrs Compton, Braid, Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright, Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Leclercq. And 'TWAS 1.. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. THIS ETENING the performances will commence with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas. Selby, Billing. ton ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw, and Dirs. Billingn. Followed by (first time), by Tom Taylor, Esq., THE HOUSE ? or, VIE HOME ? Mr. Alfred Wigan, C, Selby, Billi ng ton ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss H. Simms. Miss Laid- — After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and Kate Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough 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.—Over fl owing Hous es Nightly. THIS EVRNING, the performances will com mence w i th a new grand el w,,cle, founded on Sir Walter Sc o tt' s popu l ar work, entitled-IVANHOE ; or, The Lists of Ashby, intro ducin a mong the vast resources of this great Hipp o d ramat i c q Temp e,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 Jugreatest rider in the w or ld ; M r. A . Cooke, M r. W. Cooke, n., 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, Mr. R. Phillips Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 is. To commence at 7 ; Carriages at 11. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ART 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 and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform EVERY EVENING, at-NINE and ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 15. THER3IONETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30. WIND, North-easterly; fresh, with showery weather. MAY 16. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day at noon. BAROMETER—t 9.93. WIND, North-east ; light, with dull cloudy weather. THE SUN. MONDAY, MAY 16, 1849. Immediately Parliament has re-assembled the country will have a very signal and remarkable opportunity of seeing what the leaders of party are really tnade of ! This opportunity is in its way all the more signal, all the more remarkable, because of the suspicious and far more than simply ambiguous course pursued by one or two of the more conspicuous of those leaders immediately prior to the late dissolution. It cannot easily be forgotten how disingenuous was the character of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Opposition. Neither can it very readily be lost to recollection how flagrantly the noble lord the member for Tiverton capped the climax of what, for want of any more accurate words of definition, must be distinctly called his impolitic political insolence, by address ing to her MAJESTY'S Ministers, at the very time when those Ministers, by no act of their own, but simply through the force of circumstances, were placed in a position of extraordinary difficulty—lan guage so supremely arrogant as to amount literally to nothing less than a piece of gratuitous personal impertinence. Nay, the language employed by Lord PALMERSTON was in effect far worse than that, it even savoured of an indignity directed against the inalienable prerogative of the Crown ! As such it was at once manfully and indignantly reprobated by the right hon. baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty. Whatever, indeed, may be said by mere partisans in extenuation of the dis creditable conduct of the two noble lords above and below the gangway upon the side of the Op position—it cannot possibly be gainsaid by any dispassionate observer of late events in the House of Commons that that conduct has materially derogated from the dignity of the position occupied before the country for many years past both by Lord JOHN RUSSELL and by Viscount PALMERSTON. The Resolutions which were de signed by the former noble lord—avowedly almost, as a means of overturning the Reform Bill by anticipation—were in themselves so paltry an evasion of anything like a bold and chivalrous face to face and hand to hand encounter in Committee, that the administration thus of an oblique stab at the Government amounted really to nothing less than a foul blow directed against an antagonist when in a position placing that antagonist at an extraor dinary disadvantage. The stab, moreover, was not only given obliquely, but with a petty weapon poisoned to the hilt. It was thrust, too, with deadly intent at the chink in the armour of the foe deemed to be the most vulnerable point of all, There was no circumstance at all in the act to redeem it from the imputation of extraordinary unfairness. In the lists it would hardly have re sulted in anything else than the shearing off of the golden spur of knighthood, and the snapping asunder of the sword over the helmet. The pro ceeding, indeed, from first to last, was so paltry of its kind, that the hon. and learned gentle man the member for Belfast, the second law officer of the Crown under the present Government, was constrained to speak of the Reso lutions speciously framed by the noble lord, the member for the City of London for the pettiest party purposes, as they could alone be spoken of with any degree of accuracy as—a dodge ! The dodge - failed. Vaulting ambition here again "overleaped itself" —i n other words (instead of alighting upon the curule chair of power) it turned an ignominious summersault. Lord JOIIN RUSSELL had to pocket his triumphant Resolutions upon All Fool's Day —and a very short time afterwards had to go before his constituency with the rest of them, and there eat extremely bumbl e - pie about the Ballot and so forth, to the great admiration and delight of all beholders. The noble lord's " noble friend," the member for Tiverton, meanwhile, having to follow up his bragadociose taunt—" You shall not dissolve Parliament, you shall not Appeal to the Country-- States. We will prevent you !"—with " Well—of course— under the circumstances—Yes ! you may Appeal to the Country ! You may dissolve Parliament ! We CAN'T prevent you !" The spectacle, in each in stance, we repeat, was only calculated to derogate from the position of dignity hitherto occupied by the two noble lords, the CASTOR and PoLLux of soi-disant Liberalism—the Whig ORESTES and PYLADES reconciled under very mysterious circum stances, after a painful tiff and a prolonged estrangement—the " LONG and the SHORT" of it — the Arcades ambo leading the ranks, on either side of the gangway of the Opposition. Now that the frank appeal of Ministers to the country has been answered as frankly by the con stituencies—are we, let us ask, again to wit ness, on the reassembling of Parliament, the renewal of these miserable party " dodges," are we to have a repetition of those coarse (almost disloyal) personal taunts directed against the chiefs of the Administration? For the honour of the character of our public men—we hope not. For the sake of the reputation of eminent statesmen like Lord JOHN and Lord PALMERSTON—We hope not. For the credit of party, for the fair fame of our representative institutions—we do sincerely and earnestly hope not. More particularly when it is borne in mind that Parliament will assemble under very different auspices from those which marked the period of its dissolution. It will as semble, not upon the possible eve of the rupture of the peace of Christendom—but in the presence of an actual war between two of the mightiest powers on the European Continent. While war is raging be tween Austria and France on the plains of Lombardy, it were miserable to witness the perverse perpetua tion of these paltry, petty, party strifes in the Bri tish House of Commons inaugurated of late and led on implacably by the rival chiefs of a disunited Opposition, The enterprise upon which the new House of Commons should at once adventure in the presence of the great war now actually commenced in Sardinia ought assuredly to be —not a struggle of Party, but a struggle of Patriotism. The belligerents in Piedmont seem to fancy " sayings," far more than " doings." The heavy rain which has fallen is made the excuse for in action. The Austrians, however, seem to have discovered the grave mistake they committed in declaring war before they were prepared to carry it on vigorously and energetically. They are, therefore, acting on the defensive ; while LOUIS NAPOLEON on " martial thoughts intent," and resolved on rivalling his uncle, has already arrived at the scene of action in order to strike a fatal blow, and even, if possible, another Marengo, or eclipse " Lodi" and consign "Arcola" to oblivion by a more striking triumph. These matters, how ever, are more easily arranged than carried into execution ; and notwithstanding the bankruptcy of the Exchequer at Vienna, and the emptiness of the military chest, there will be hard fighting before the Franco-Sardinian army penetrate into Lom bardy, or occupy the palaces of Milan or Venice. Count BuoL, the chief of the Cabinet of Vienna, has, it appears, retired from office—whether on resignation or dismissal, it is difficult to say. Count RECHBERG, who is said to be a very - able diplomatist, but of the most absolutist tendencies, is now the Minister of War. He was sent for at a very criti cal period, when acting as President of the Federal Diet and Austrian ambassador at Frankfort. This extraordinary proceeding proves, beyond the pos sibility of doubt, that that there must have been some serious difference between his Imperial mas ter and himself. It may be that FRANCIS JOSEPH objects to the contest in which he has been in volved ; but judging from the antecedents of Count RECHBERG, it is far more probable that he desires that it may be carried on with greater energy than the veteran statesman believed could be effected. Meanwhile, the Aus trians are retreating from the position they had assumed, having contented themselves with levying heavy contributions on the inhabitants—but, it is only justice to .say, without having committed the atrocious brutalities that too frequently indicate the presence of an invading army. The French EMPEROR has transferred his head quarters to Alessandria. He has very judiciously taken up his position in the strongest for tress of Sardinia, and long before the enemy can make any considerable onslaught he will receive sufficient reinforcements to assume the offensive, and compel the Austrians to abandon their position. Indeed, there will not be very great exertion required for that purpose. The rain has been even more effective than all the power of their opponents. Sickness and disease would be more destructive than the steel and lead of the French army. Great Britain is, however, as we have already observed, to preserve a perfect neutrality. She will neither interfere as a State nor permit any of her subjects to lend assistance to any of the "con tending parties." She keeps her "powder dry," ready for any emergency, but fully resolved not to waste it, save on compulsion, where her honour, dignity, or security may be concerned. We are un- questionably a pugnacious race. An Irish peasan would not more readily engage in what our Hibernian brethren term a " rookawn " at fair or pattern, than England would plunge into war on the slightest possible provocation ! Happily, how ever, the existing feeling is very different. All classes of society, men of every grade and variety of political opinion, are anxious that we should observe a strict neutrality. And for an excellent reason— because none of the conflicting parties are worthy of aid. It has often been said tha " there are faults on both sides" in every quarrel ; but in the present instance, " all in the wrong" would appear to be a more correct definition of the transaction. Prussia has sent forth some ominous hints respecting her intentions. It is not merely that she has placed all her levies on a war footing —that would be but a proper, and, we may add, a necessary precaution ; but she is "determined to maintain the bases of European public rights, and the balance of power in Europe." She i s jealous of Austria, would wish to lead the German Confederation, but still will prevent, so far as practicable, any invasion of the Fatherland. The lesson taught nearly a century ago was too painful to be forgotten either by the survivors or their children. They may not interfere on be half of Lombardy, but they most assuredly will do so the moment a French soldier has entered on German soil. Monetary affairs will, however, bring the Cabinet of Vienna to reason. They say that "money makes the mare to go," but certainly money is essential to warlike operations—without it they cannot be . _ carried on, and as Austria has none she must come to terms with her opponents, and consent to the liberation of Italy, conferring a constitutional Government on the Lombardo-Venetians, and abstaining from undue interference with other Among the passengers on board the Royal M a il Steam-ship Arabia, which arrived at Liverpool on Saturday with the New York mails, were Lords Cavendish and Cecil, and the Hon. E. Legge and E. Ashley. It will be recol lected that a statement appeared in the newspapers some time ago that these four gentlemen had been murdered by the Indians in North America. LATEST NEWS THE WAR IN ITALY. The following telegrams have been received ai Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, MAY 16. The lion iteur contains the following telegram : ALESSANDRIA, May 15.—The Emperor still remains at Alessandria, where his head-quarters are established. His Imperial Majesty is in excel lent health. Prince Napoleon has remained at Genoa, in order to organise his corps d'arrnee, part of which is expected from Africa. It is believed that in eight days this corps, the destination of which is not yet known, will be ready to take the field. TURIN, MAY 16 The official bulletin published yesterday evening announced certain movements of the Austrains from Stradella towards Voghera. Nothing new has been published to-day. The weather continues rainy. TURIN, MAY 14, OFFICIAL BULLETIN. The Austrians withdrew to-day from Bobbie, and our commander pushed forward a second and still stronger reconnoitring party as far as the walls of Vercelli, but without result, the enemy not having made any move ment whatever. The Emperor has transferred his head-quarters to Alessandria. He traversed the town on horse back, accompanied by General Canrobert. The streets presented the appearance of a fete day, and great demonstrations of joy in honour of the im perial cortege were made by the people. The King went to meet the Emperor. TURIN, MAY 15, The Austrian war steamer Radetzki, stationed on the Lago Maggiore, lay on Wednesday last before Cannobbio and made exorbitant demands of provisions, which, however, the inhabitants reso lutely refused to supply, and the Radetzki was obliged to depart without success. The official Wiener Zeitung contains the follow• ng " Sardinian merchant vessels which were in Austrian ports having been allowed to leave free and unhindered, the Austrian Government dis tinctly expected that Sardinia would grant similar liberty to Austrian vessels in Sardinian ports. According, however, to advices received, this expectation has not been fulfilled, and therefore, in the meantime, and until further orders, provi sional directions have been given to seize Sardinian vessels in Austrian ports. "No further news has arrived from the seat of war." "Government has asked for &Lombardo-Venetian loan of 75,000,000, at sper cent., payable in silver. The loan is to be repayable also in silver, and the price of issue to be 70." BERLIN, MAY 14, The session of the Diet was closed at 12 o'clock to-day by the Prince Regent in person, who pro nounced a speech, of which the following is an ex tract, of the part relating to foreign affairs : " The war, which my Government in vain used its most strenuous endeavours to prevent, has broken out in Italy. The serious position of affairs demanded the placing of the army on a war foot ing, which measure it was also found necessary to extend to the marine service. The attitude and spirit of the army is such as to inspire us with full confidence, whatever the future may produce. It will not, when our country calls, fall short of the deeds and fame in arms of our fathers. "Prussia is determilned to maintain the basis of European public right and the balance of power in Europe, It is Prussia's right and duty to stand up for the, security, the Trotection, and the national interests of Germany and she will not resign the assertion of these her prerogatives. " Prussia expects that all the German confederate powers will stand firmly by her side in the fulfil ment of that mission, and trusts that her readiness to defend the common Fatherland will merit their confidence." giTUTTGARDT, MAY 14 The mobilisation of the Bth Federal corps d'armee is completed. The Commander-in-Chief of it is Prince Frederick. The [corps d'armee of Wurtem berg has been placed under the command of the Minister of War, Genetral Miller. PARIS, MAY 15. The .3foniteur of to-day announces the arrival of the Emperor and the King of Sardinia at Allessandria: The Constitutionnet states that M. About's book on the Roman question has been seized by order of .e Attorney-General, and laid before the tribunals, BOURSE, May 14.--The market has been heavy, and prices on the decline, the resignation of Count Buol, and his being succeeded by the Count de Rechberg, President of the Germanic Diet, not being regarded in a favourable light by speculators. Threes, after having been done at 60f. 95c., receded to 60f. 65c.; Mobilier varied from 552 f. 50c. to 545 f. ; Austrian, 34,5 f. to 342 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,150 f. to 1,142 f. 50c. -; Lyons, 755 f. to 752 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 575 f. to 570 f. The following were the closing quotations :- 41 per Cents. .... 88 25 i Cr6dit Fonder 620 Do. end month .. I Belgian 4 3 per Cents 6O 751Piedmonteso (5) .. 77 50 Do. end month 6O 55 ' Roman 7a ..e-- Bank Shares 2820 Austrian Cr6dit Mobilier .. 551 25 Spanish Threes Do. Account .;:f!:6;,, '', ' = -0, A 11 4' 0' Z S ) '4l' It ~ , TP _-:- . ----,- -k Air Nt 'VI I; , ,:, •:/-.,. .:.! ',.., 4.. • a, sogr ,4-, 4 " " • . 1014110,:, :, ...btT ~, .4441;•,,,.. R 0 * bzE v i s'' - •!..41141:10 ' N,„„ z•-A • ' t, BakILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . B6O .. 850 New ditto Lyons and MQditerranean. 755 .. 755 Geneva ... — -- .. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian - 337 50 .. 330 Austrian .. 3.50 .. 3.50 The Vienna Gazette publishes the text of the letter by which the .kustrian ambassador at Paris notified his departure to Count Walewski. It is as follows : "The French charge d'affaires at Vienna having demanded his passports by a note addressed to Count de Buol, I have received orders from my Government to leave France with all the persons attached to the embassy. I have therefore the honour to request thvl your Excellency will send me my passports. The Government of Holland, in compliance with a. request from the Imperial C-,urt of Austria, has authorised its representative in Paris and its consuvAr agents in the French ports to take charge of the interests of Austrian subjects residing in France duffing the absence of the em bassv.—Accept, &c., " Paris, May 2." " BARON DE HUBNER." The Corriere Mereanelle of Genoa publishes the following proclamation,uddress c d by the Hungarian exiles to their countrymen : " Magyars,—The Italians are your brethren ! Recollect 1849, when tile Sardinian Government, notwithstanding its difficulties, extended a friendly hand to you, the only one offered to you in all Europe ! Austria will, by a thousand promises, seek to induce you to fight for her. Do not forget that Italy is fighting for: her independence, and that the principle proclaimed!, by her is also ours. Re collect that Austria, when the danger is passed, will not recollect her promises. Magyars ! The Italians and we are oppressed by the .same yoke. Brethren in slavery, let us aid each other in recon quering liberty. In labouring for the cause of Italy you will promote your own !" A Paris correspondent of the Nord says :—",The Emperor Napoleon, a few days before he left Paris, addressed al letter to Queen Victoria announcing his approaching departure, and repeating his pro mise to take no step during the war that might compromise the interests:of England or the general security of Europe. Prince Albert, in replying to this letter, in the name of her Majesty, declared that the English Government continued to rely on the spirit of moderation of which the Emperor has already given so many proofs." The same letter contains the following :—" The Austrian flotilla has received orders to take refuge at Trieste, where the French navy will not attack it, as that port belongs to the Federal territory ; but that pru dential measure had not been completely executed, it is said, when Admiral Jurien de la Graviere entered the Adriatic, so that his division may per haps intercept the Austrian division, which would then take shelter under the guns of Venice, and be open to attack. At all events, the blockade of the Adriatic will be strictly maintained by a force of four large steam frigates and two vessels of the line. Instructions have been forwarded to the comman ders of all the French naval stations to respect the Austrian frigate Novara, which is engaged in a scientific voyage round the world." On the 11th, the day before the arrival of his Majesty the Emperor of the French at Genoa, the syndic of that city issued the following address : " Fellow-citizens,—Genoa will to-morrow be the first to enjoy the distinguished honour of receiving H.M. Napoleon lll.—the generous and powerful ally of our beloved Sovereign, the champion of justice and civilisation, the avenger of oppressed nations. Adopting our cause with unexampled magnanimity, the Emperor of the French, not con tent with having immediately sent a formidable army to our assistance, comes in person, accom panied by the prayers of all France, to assume its command. Soon will the heir to the name and glory of Napoleon the Great fight side by side with Victor Emmanuel 11., the worthy successor of the heroes of Savoy, the King of every Italian heart ; and the family bonds which already unite the two allied Sovereigns will be cemented by common dangers and fortunes on bloody fields of battle. Fellow-citizens—The Emperor of the French could not give us any greater proof of sympathy, nor a securer pledge of victory. Let us then express, in the fulness of our heart, our sentiments of profound admiration and gratitude to the august Chief of the great nation that stretched out a friendly hand to Italy, in order to aid her efficaciously in at length attaining the long-wished-for independence. To morrow evening, as a sign of joy, the city and port will be illuminated by the municipality. I rely upon your spontaneous and general co-operation. Let every house, from the highest point down to the seashore, be illuminated, and let the two tri colours—the symbols of the happy alliance and j harbingers of a new era—wave from every win dow ! " The Syndic, MORRO." The Piedmontese Gazette publishes the following official bulletins : " No. 25. May 11th, evening. —Yesterday two batteries and a fresh convoy of 32 carts of wounded and sick returned to Pavia by Gravellona." " No. 26. May 12th, morning.—ln the course of yesterday 3,000 Austrians crossed the Po at La Stella, the commander remaining at La Becca, on the left bank of the river. About 4,000 men were between Castel San Giovanni and Borgonuovo ; the syndic of Stradella had received orders from the enemy to cause the national road to Piacenza to be repaired. Many of the enemy's troops are concen trated between Mortara, Palestro, and Robbio. They have undone the two wooden bridges they had thrown over the Sesia, near Palestro." Stradella is a town situated near the frontier of Parma, and Castel San Giovanni and Borgonuovo, on the Parmese territory. The Piedmontese Gazette publishes a proclama tion from Prince Eugene of Savoy Carrignan, thank ing the National Guards of Turin for their alacrity in obeying the appeal made to them for the defence of the city. A similar proclamation has been pub• lished by M. Tecchio, Royal Commissioner at Ivrea, to the people of that town. A battalion of Piedmontese marines has arrived at Leghorn from Genoa, on board the Victor Em manuel steamer. They were received by the popu lation with great enthusiasm. The Indipezzdente of Turin states that a female spy has been discovered in that capital by two of Garibaldi's soldiers. The Provisional Government of Tuscany has ap pointed Lieut.-Col. Niccolini to the post of Civil and Military Governor of the island of Elba. A letter from Turin of the 10th, in the Indepezz dance of Brussels says :—" Two sittings of the Council of Ministers were held yesterday. The successive movements of the Austrians towards Turin had excited a certain alarm among the citi zens. Whether Count de Cavour did or did not believe an attack on the capital probable, it became indispensable, from the state of the public mind, to take precautions. It was therefore decided to make an appeal to the national guard ; to arm an additional body of that force ; to call back General de Sonnaz to Turin, and to confide to him the de fence of the city ; to order Garibaldi and the chas seurs of the Alps to return to Chivasso ; to take measures for arming all the people ; to throw up barricades and to crown the heights round Turin with artillery, particularly those points by which the enemy might come. The Piedmontese Go vernment had thought it its duty to disarm the people, and thus delivered them up bound hand and foot:to the invaders. It was wished to avoid insurrections and take from the war anything of a revolutionary character. The result has been that some towns, Trino for example, which has a popu lation of from 7,000 to 8,000, has been pillaged by a band of 57 Austrians," A letter from Genoa of th e 1 0th, in the Sieele, ma froml d about b prisonersoTurin s x l t yisnt Austrianoppe at sA s o ai: ed 's sise : arnsd ` w ` r ih (n a ) o, hw i e hd t e t r i r be n e i el n n g s engage ments of advanced posts. These unfortunate fel lows were in a pitiable state, scarcely clothed, and some of them without shoes. They presented a melancholy spectacle. If all the army of Francis Joseph is like this specimen we can understand the requisitions, spoliations, robberies, and pillage of the bands of Giulay. A regiment of Zouaves dis embarked here from Africa yesterday, and was re ceived with transports of enthusiasm. The men are of fine martial appearance, wear the green turban, and are so bronzed by the sun of Africa that they appear darker even than the Turcos. They re mained here till this morning, and then left for head quarters. Since last evening eleven French vessels of war have anchored in the port, and a this moment the cannons, ammunition, and horses, of the artillery of the guard, and another regiment of Zouaves are being disembarked." A letter from Venice states :—" Archduke Maxi milian has dissolved his vice-regal court, and has withdrawn on board. the Elizabeth frigate, in Malamocco harbour. his only suite consists of two aides-de-camp.% A Vienna letter of the 10th, in the Journal des Debats, says :—" The satisfaction which was felt at Vienna on receiving two despatches from Count Karoly, giving an account of his interviews with _ . Prince Gortschakoff at St. Petersburg, has not been of a long duration, for in a new one received the day before yesterday he states that the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs had plainly declared to him that, at the point at which things have arrived, Russia could not take any engagement towards Austria, or the Germanic Confederation, to maintain absolute neutrality, in compliance with the hope expressed in an autograph letter from the Emperor Francis Joseph to the Emperor Alex ander. Count Karoly's mission at St. Petersburg is consequently considered to have failed—the object of it having been to obtain from the Russian Cabinet a declaration of neutrality in the war; which declaration would have freed Prussia and all the States of the Germanic Confederation from any fear of Russia, in the event of Germany placing the Federal armies at the dispbsition of Austria." A letter from Frankfort says :—" Another circu lar despatch has been addressed by the French Government to the German Courts under date of the 3d inst., in which it gives the assurance that it will respect their several territories, and intro duce no change in the treaties of commerce and navigation concluded with them. The despatch, as I have said, was only intended for the frontier States ; for the only State which I know for certain to have received _it is one on the French frontier." In the Chamber of Deputies of Prussia (on the 12th, previously to the adoption mentioned by telegraph of the financial measures of the Government, the Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed a hope that as Government had given, so far as the gravity of circumstances permitted, confidential explanations to the committee on the situation of affairs, the Chamber would abstain from calling for further statements, and would approve of the Government for displaying such reserve; also, that in the discussion it would as far as possible avoid everything that could cause serious embarrassment to the Cabinet, or render its position more difficult. At the same time the Government would, he declared, receive with plea sure any observations calculated to show the verit able opinion of the country ; " for," said he, " how can the Prussian Government, in a moment like the present, not feel the need of being in complete accord with the great and faithful people whose destinies it has to guide in these difficult times ? It is, no doubt," he added, " a very significant vote which we request from yell, but it is not for ourselves that we ask it. May you give it unani mously, for the sake of the country which you and the Government serve, and which perhaps has now greater need than ever of the union and devoted ness of its children!" A letter from Cologne of the 11th says : " Things are assuming a warlike aspect here. Every day troops of the landwehr and the reserve arrive, and the conveyance of cannon and ammuni tion is taking place uninterruptedly. All the re serve has been called out ; so also has the artillery of the landwehr. Cannon for arming the fortress are being prepared, and enormous quantities of gun powder are being accumulated in the magazines. Commerce has already begun to suffer by the approach of war, and manufacturers, not being able to sell their productions, have had to dismiss part of their workmen. None of the buildings projected in this town have been undertaken. The works of the railway on the left bank of the Rhine are con tinuing, but the fate of the Rhine Nahe line is doubtful, the Chamber of Nobles having refused to sanction the loan voted by the Chamber of Deputies." A letter from Rome, in the Univers, says :—" The Duke de Grammont was lately admitted to an audience of the Pope, having received a despatch ordering him to express the sense of devotedness of the Emperor of the French towards his Holiness, and to declare that his Majesty was ready under any circumstances to assist the Sovereign Pontiff, and to protect his person and his rights. The Pope expressed his thanks, and then, pointing to his crucifix, said to the ambassador, ' Monsieur le Due, that is what I confide in !' The Emperor of Austria has sent an autograph letter to the Pope, assuring him of his eagerness to serve him, and begging his Holiness to dispose of him and of his troops. He adds that they shall retire, or limit their occupation to such places as the Pope may point out in order to defend the integrity of the territory of the Church." PRUSSIA. The following is the full text of the speech of the Prince Regent of Prussia on the close of the Prussian Diet : " Illustrious, noble, and honoured Members of both Chambers of the Diet, — "In a few days we shall cordially greet with sentiments of deep emotion the arrival of our King and Master, who returns to his count r y. Th e sojourn of his Majesty in a southern clime has terminated. However beneficial may have been the effects of that sojourn upon the King's health, our prayers, our wishes, and our hopes for his com plete re-establishment still await their fulfilment. " Your hearty wishes on the birth of my grand son have chimed in with my thankful prayers. The Royal House, as well as the nation, behold in that happy event a new pledge of the inseparable community of their interests. " The deliberations of this session of the Diet have closed at a moment of agitation. leYou have, gentlemen, submitted to a careful examination the proposals made to you by the Government. In the law courts the law relative to the modification of some enactments of tho penal code has done away with a number ofgrievances,and supplied wants,the modi fication of which have been extended to the Commer cial Code of the Rhenish provinces,and will realize many desired reforms. The law regulating the fish eries at the mouthof the Order and in the neighbour ing waters, as also the law relative to the irrigation of the Rhenish provinces and Hohenzollern have re ceived the sanction of the two Chambers. Other laws, of provincial interest, will provide for the wants of those parts for which they have been voted. " I regret to say that the important bills relative to a reform of the marriage law and landed property have not been voted, owing to the time for the close of the session having arrived. We shall have to turn again to those two bills, as also •to the bill relative to the rights of property of married people in Westphalia. " Gentlemen,---I thank you for the unanimity and devotion which you have displayed in upholding the dignity of the Royal House in increasing the Royal dotations. " After a careful examination of the financial projects laid before you, you have provided the means not only to satisfy in every respect the wants of the actual Government, but also a number of extra wants. It shall be the duty of my Govern ment to employ those supplies, under existing po litical circumstances, in a manner to anticipate your approval. "Commerce and industry, which had begun to revive from the effects of a heavy crisis, have again been shaken. The amount of remunerative labour has diminished, and has been more restricted by the rejection of the proposal made by my Govern ment for the purchase of the railway from the Rhine to the Nahe. The Government will exert all its efforts to diminish the effects of this sad state of affairs. " Some disagreements have arisen respecting the interpretation of some enactments of the Constitu tion and of the laws of the country between my Government and the Upper Chamber, as also be tween the two Chambers of the Diet. I entertain the firm conviction that the old Prussian sentiment which so eminently pervades the national Parlia ment will know how to settle these disagreements satisfactorily to the interest of both Crown and country, and that all hearts will unite stronger than ever in that spirit of fidelity and devotion to the King and to the country which has displayed itself in so unmistakeable and consoling a manner for my heart in the decisions you have recently adopted. " War, which the unrelaxed and honest efforts of my Government strove in vain to prevent, has broken out in Italy. The gravity of this event has rendered it necessary to place the army on a war footing, a measure which has also been extended to the navy, for the ulterior development of which you have voted the necessary supplies. The unani mous manner in which you have voted the heaiy sums required for the eventual mobilisation of the whole army is an additional proof of the spirit of patriotism which prevails in the country. Accept my warmest thanks. The nation has not been behind you in its zeal. All the reserves and all the militia have joyfully rejoined their colours. The attitude of the army and the spirit which animates it fill me with con fidence, whatever may be the events which the future has in store for us. I know that when the country shall require its services the army will not remain behind the deeds of arms and military prowess of our fathers. • " Gentlemen,—Prussia is resolved to maintain the bases of international la w and the balance of power in Europe. (Preussen ist en tschlossen die Grundlagen des Europaischen Rechts-Zustandes, das Gleichge wicht Europas zu wahren.) It is her right and her duty to provide for the safety and the defence of the national interests of Germany. She will not relinquish the guardianship over those goods. Prussia expects that all German Confederates will stand firmly by her side in the solution of this task, and will place their confidence in her desire to act for the common country. It is at a critical moment, gentlemen, that I bid you return t o your h omes. M ay the Almighty extend his protecting hand over our beloved coun try, may He hearken to our prayers for our beloved king arid master. " Join me in the shout, Long live the King !" The whole Assembly rose and gave three cheers for the King. THE EAST. We have received the Constantinople journals and letters to the 4th brought by the Jourdain, but as regards the Turkish capital itself they contain little of interest, the fete of the Bairam causing a lull in public affairs. Italy was the p aramount object of attention, and intelligence from the seat of war was looked for with the greatest anxiety. The state of Servia, the Danubian Principalities, Monte.' negro, Bosnia, and Bulgaria also caused consider able uneasiness to the Porte, and every exertion was being made to organise forces so as to be able to meet eventualities. Prince Milosch was said to be placing himself in opposition not only to the Porte but against all modern institutions. The journals affirm that he has closed the public schools, dismissed all functionaries whom he considered inclined to civilisation, and replaced men of mo derate opinions by those advocating extreme mea sures. These accounts are evidently much exag gerated, and are not confirmed by accounts from other sources. The Levant Herald of the above date says :—" An influential meeting of bankers aid merchants was held yesterday at the Ottoman Bank, to consider the means of checking, if possible, the ruinous fluctuations in the exchnages. It was there stated that a further amount of 41,676,650 p. in large caimes had been cancelled on the 26th April, and that the total amount called in was now 297,701,350 p.; that, in addition to this sum, about 100,000,000 p. in small caimes were now lying in the Hasne and at the O ttoman Bank, of which the verification had been delayed by the fast of Rama - zan, but which which would be cancelled as soon as they could be verified; that there still remained a portion of the loan, which would also be applied to the withdrawal of caimes ; that the available pro ceeds of the loan exhausted, about 160,000,000 p. caimes would remain in circulation; but that against this amount might be set a sum of £460,000 which the Turkish Government had left in London in the hands of its bankers, with the object of main taining the price of its scrip, and which it would not be advisable to realise in the present state of the money market ; and also £620,000 of the second portion of the loan which could be negotiated at any price after the 31st August. To relieve the market from the incubus of the remaining 160,000,000 p. caimes, it was first proposed that a subscription be immediately entered into by the bankers and mer chants for withdrawing this amount from circula tion, until some arrangement could be come to with the Government for its final extinction ; but, after prolonged discussion, it was agreed to propose to the Government a local loan of 160,000,000 p. to be raised on easy terms and to be applied to the withdrawal of the remaining caimes. This loan would be secured in the first instance on the £460,000 Turkish :scrip in the hands of the Go vernment bankers, and on the £620,000 to be negotiated as soon as circumstances would permit ; 80,000,000 p. of this loan to be taken up by the bankers and merchants of Galata, and 80,060,000 p. by the capitalists of Constantinople. A subscrip tion list was at once opened at the meeting, and 30,000,000 p. were at, once subscribed among the capitalists present, and if the commercial public and the native population generally are really anxious to get rid of the remaining caimes, there will be no difficulty in obtaining subscriptions to the full amount required. The plan has been sub mitted to the Government, but the Bairam will probably delay any decision for a few days." A letter from Dresden states that the treasury of the State and all the deposits of specie have been removed to the fortress of licenigstein. The Dres den Journal assigns as the reason for this measure that there is not sufficient room in the hotel of the Ministry of Finance. The Belgian Chamber of Deputies, in its sitting of yesterday, voted a credit of a million of francs for establishing primary schools. The Madrid journals of the 10th have reached us. The Chamber of Deputies had, after a long discus sion, rejected by 94 votes to 18 a motion for doing away with the penalty of death for political offences. Some of the members of the Moderado party had held a meeting, and had resolved to send a deputa tion to the Duke de Valencia (Narvaez), to request him to return to Spain. The Government was said to have determined on sending military agents to each of the combating armies, in order to have Accounts of their operations. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Arabia, Capt. Stone, which sailed from Boston on the 4th instant, and from Halifax on the night of the sth, arrived in the Mersey at 10.25 this •morning, making the passage in little over 9-} days, mean time. She brought 163 passengers, and 166,051 dols. in specie on freight. A telegram from Toronto, dated the 30th ult., says :—" The Government was defeated this morn ing in the Upper House, the supplementary esti- mates being thrown out. This result was in con sequence of the difference which exists between the Upper and Lower Houses on the question of removing the seat of Government to Quebec." From Mexico we have full details of the last im portant telegraphic advices. The dates from the capital are to April 18. General Miramon managed to make his escape from the Constitutionalists by forcing the lines of General Traconis, and arrived at the cityof Mexico on thellth with two aides-de-camp just in time to congratulate General Marquez on his - rictoi7 over General Degoßad i o. His army came in 'during the next day or two, most of the troops in good condition. Miramon's passage of the Cumbres was effected only after hard fighting. Three several times idid this reckless commander assault the enemy's ulmost impregnable position, and three times was he beaten back. On the night of the 7th he suc ceeded in turning La Llave's wing, took the more difficult mountain pass which that general come manded, and from that time forth the way was clear.. Gen. Degollado arrived before the city of Mexico on the 22d of March, and might then have easily entered the city, but suffered himself to be deceived by the millionaire Escandon (at whose place in Tacubaya he was living) and others of the Robles party, who made him believe that he had a large party within the walls of the city, and that his great personal popularity would Je damaged by 'violent measures. On Sunday night, the 10th, preparations were made for an attack upon Degollado's head-quarters by a force of 500 men, under Marquez. During that night they were allowed to flank the enemy's positions, and on Monddy morning and the following day the force of Degollado, though fighting like tigers, were made to feel the superiority in numbers and efficiency of that very artillery and those very men whom their stupid chief had allowed to come unmolested to the aid of the city. It is said that the traitors and cowards (the chiefs) fled early in the fight, and left their brave soldiers to make what feeble resistance they could. The result was, of course, a complete rout. After the action upon the field deeds of horror were committed such as can hardly be be lieved, but which can nevertheless be true. The cavalry of Marquez, urged on by several priests, amused themselves by lancing the wounded, with whom the field was covered, none of whom were spared. It appears that such deeds of blood and murder were not approved by all the members of Miramon's Government. Mr. Black, the Ame rican consul, has had his passports tendered him. He applied to Mr. Otway, the English Minister, to take the American citizens and property under his protection in the absence of any representative of the American Government in the capital, and his request was denied. During the stay of the Federalists in Tacubaya not the slightest disorder was permitted. Everything went on well and the rights of everyone were respected. But as soon as the Centralists entered the scene changed, private houses without number were sacked by the drunken soldiery, citizens were outraged and murdered, and those who have escaped the tempest of religious fury still shudder at the atrocities they have been com A p c e i l r led to cular o is f i t t i n ie ess. British Minister, Mr. Otway, dated April 4, add ressed to Frederick Glennie, commences :- 4 , Sir,—From a despatch which I received from the Earl of Malmesbury by th e l as t mail it would appear that her Majesty's G overnment, wearied out by its fruitless exer tions to obtain from the Government calling itself the tral Gove rnment of Mexico a settlement o ()ftheo outstanding upon claim stohfeSt riGtiesvhernsumbjeenctts,thaned influence being , bunable of th to B bring'ttth to naval force no w o ff V era Cruz have determined o e n nie holding the whole Government indifferently responsible for the observa tion of all international obligations, so far as England is concerned. It is therefore the intention of her Majesty's Government to take advantage of the presence of the fleet in the Gulf, and to hold V era C ruz , by w h a t ever par t y i t i s occupied, to be, as it were, the treasury of M ex i co , an d t o enforce there as far as possible, the payment of all outstand ing claims of ' British subjects in Mexico." NEW YORK, May s.—The Canadian Parliament was prorogued yesterday, the supply bills having been finally passed. The British barque Ozell, from Port Spain, bound to Dublin, was abandoned at sea on the 4th of April, in a sinking condition. FAILURE OF ANOTHER FILIBUSTERING EXPEDI TION AGAINST CUBA.—lntelligence has been re ceived here to the effect that an attempt to land a small filibustering expedition on the shores of Cuba has failed. The small boats in which the filibnsters sought to reach the shore were swamped, and all the munitions were lost. The filibusters them selves were saved, and had been conveyed in a vessel to Hayti. ARRIVAL OF THE HAMMONIA. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. The Hammonia has arrived here from New York. Her advices are to the 2d instant, and her news 10 anticipated by the arrival of the Arabia. AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY. • We have received Sydney papers, with dates from the 11th of February to fife 10th of ;March last. Their contents possess little interest. Mini sterial changes were in contemplation. Mr. Forster brought forward a motion in the Assembly to the effect that every minister of religion—no matter what might be his ecclesiastical rank—should re ceive an equal share of the money reserved in schedule C of the Church Act, but after an animated debate the motion was lost by 15 to 6. In both the upper and lower houses members had . been guilty of great disorder, and much acrimony bad been displayed. In the Upper House, Mr. Pea s Thomson moved a resolution affirming the neees" sity for connecting the Australian colonies with the proposed telegraphic line between Great Britain and India. The discussion was adjourned that some despatches recently received might b e referred to. It has been determined to erect a. neW School of Arts. A grand subscription ball Was given in Sydney to welcome Sir Charles Nicholson back to the colony. The appeals of the Rev. Vi r .B . Clarke for a new expedition in search of Dr. Leiell hardt had met with unfavourable responses, both from the colonial and Imperial authorities, sa that there was no hope of such an expedition b eing started, unless it can be got up by public subsiorir tion. The Land League was being organised. Til e principles of this league, as laid down at a litunel l meeting at Redfern, are that " free selection,- fre e pasturage, deferred payments, and taxation on uncultivated and unimproved lands, and .a tend :ilia" tion of the present squatting system, at the end of the leases, agreeable to the orders in counci 1 of March, 1847, ought to be embodied in any Jan! bill calculated to give satisfaction to the colonLsts• COMMERCIAL. (From the Sydney Herald.) The share market has been pretty active, but the, fluctuations that h ave t a k en p l ace in the pr i ce s 01 securities have not been to any great extent' Money continues plentiful for investment, and th e shares of the Bank of New South Wales, and MO mercial Bank in particular, are firm, at full quota' tions, and have rather an upward tendency. Aus tralian Steam Navigation shares are not quite so much in demand, and have declined 10s. per share' . Government debentures continue firm, and ter minables meet with a ready sale at quotatL* Interminables hav e al so c h ange d h an d s in o'ls' amounts at 98 and interest. The amount of gold coin issued by the Syabl esl Branch of the Royal Mint, from the Ist of Januerl to the 4th of March, has been 170,000 sovereittt The quantity of gold dust imported into the gun ° establishment during the same period, for the Fur" pose of coinage, has been 50,701 ounces. The quantity of gold dust received by the escor i l from the several g o ld-fi e ld s d ur i ng the month ( I` February has been 20,384 ounces. For the co; responding month of 1858 the amount d e livered was 15,437 ounces. Th e i ncrease i n t h e month.ot therefore, 4,947.0unce5, or 30 per cent. During t l3 ° first two months of the year 1858 the quantity re ceived was 30,138 ounces. Duringthe same p 0 of 1559 the amount d e li vere d h as b een 40, 22 ounces, which is an ,inc rease o f 10 , 154 ounce, or 33 per cent. in favour of the present year. MELBOURNE. The news from Melbourne is to the 16th of March. The following is from the Age of that date • The Emeu which this month conveys our home; ward mails, is the second vessel of the new posts. , service under the Peninsular and Oriental Company' The first vessel was the Salsette, which convert' our mails last month. The new service has been commenced most favourably, and the arrangements: so far as they are known, appear t o g i ve un i v ersa A L satisfaction. The resources o f th e company, and the character it has hitherto maintained for pupa' tuality and efficiency, favour the expectatio n that we shall henceforth have no occasion to cot:' plain of vexati ous d e l ays and uncertainty i n despatch and receipt of our mails. POLITICAL. On the 24th of last month the Victorian Pa l ' liament was prorogued under circumstances peculiar as to render the event historically remark" able. Probably nothing similar has been recorded in the annal s o f P ar li amen t. Hi s Excellency, I°3'o was in attendance, according to previous arrange' ment, early in the afte r n oon , f or th e pur pose °f giving the Royal assent to the bills of the sessioul and delivering the prorogation address, was kept waiting in one of the ante-rooms of the house for about seven hours. Meanwhile, a debate ae angry and stormy as any that had occurred during occasion of this debate was an alteration in the, the session w as p rocee di ng in the Assembly.. 111 - , -- e Appropriation Bill, which the Council, our colonial House of Peers, had ventured to make on the pre' vious day. In accordance with th e prec edents of the English Parliament, which our legislators profess to hold in absolute reverence, this interfe' rence of the Council with the functions of the people's representatives was declared by the Mines' try and their supp or t ers to involve a breac h °, privilege. When, th ere f ore, the bill with anielT: meats was returned to the Lower House, th e Treasurer m ove d t h at the alterations shou ld be disallowed, an d proposed the following. resoln" tion :—" That the Constitution Act having V I ; hibited the Legislative Coun c il from nial"l/P any alteration in the Appropriation Bill, t , " 4 a house ref uses to enterta i n the amendments, „anis insists up on th e bill i n i ts i ntegr i ty. " resolution an amen d men t was propose d by 11?- Mechi, and supported by most of the members Cr. the opposition benches :—" That as th e ante i ll u ments made by the Legislative Co unc il d o not ell er the appropriation, but merely furth er th e i n tend°n of this house in regard to the grant for educatio n, they do agree with such amendm en t s ." Th e lengthy debate which ensued was not simply a l ; fined to this question of privilege, but c om prise."; also the merits of the alteration which the Counop had introduced into the act. This, as appears the terms of the amendment, related to the gra„n i , for educational purposes. Th e sum of £126,0u" had been voted by the Assembly for distributi on on a certain specified plan, between the national and denominational board. In the Appropriation Bill this was divid e d i nto two portions, and th e majority of the Upper House considered that th e division prop ose d was not in accordance w ith the resolution of the Assembly. It was con' tended that th e Ministry, for some reason which wa s no t very obvious, had apportioned to the Deno m i nat i onal Board a larger sum than l t a was equitably ent i t l ed to, and had thus inflicted an injury upon the National Board. As this dis tribution appeared unfair and partial, and further' more did not accord with the principle of distri u :; tion prescribed by the Assembly, the Upper 1 1 °It e assumed that they could constitutionally alter fli t item. They, therefore, carried an amendole ll a ignoring the distribution proposed by the bill, a r . 1 , 4 „ leaving the vote for the gross sum to be afterwards divided as the Assembly had resolved. This alter:. tion was made on the 23d, the day before the P r 4o rogation, and ought to have been reported the Assembly on the same evening. The ques tion of privilege could then h ave been discussed and settled at once , an d th e s li ght w hi c h was put upon the Governor on the following .7 would have been avoided. B u t th e Mi n i s try, Who a. regarded this resolution of the Council as a il , verse to themselves, had otherwise arranged• h imitation of the " w hit e b a i t " di nner of English cabinets, they had fis ed on that very evening tiv , an official dinner ; and though they were perf ee aware of the decision of the Council, and ve anticipated a debate on the question when it caul , before the Assembly, every member of the Govern' ment was absent at the hour of meeting. The e had gone to their " whitebait" dinner, and left tit Opposition members to themselves. Rather than forego the feast, which they complacently imag in : e h completed the resemblance between the Englis, and Victorian Cabinets, they allowed this importon'' matter to stand over to the following day, w he b il c ; according to arrangement, Parliament was to formally prorogued. The result was as we h e l l % must ha stated above. When the Governor arrived, the Lower House was just entering upon one of Each side contended stoutly for warmest and most critical debates of the session' nous, English precedents—the privileges of the of Co mmons —constitutional law—the usages . 1 Parliament as laid down in "Ma y"—the special provisions of our own Constitution Act—the the pre sumption of the Council—and collaterally tW° relative claims and the mutual jealousies of the the educational boards, a!id the possible motives of its Own position°.