The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-06 00:00:00

ON CE A WEE K. A Miscellany of Literature, Art, Science, and Popular Information. To be Illustrated by LEECH, TENNI:EL, MIL -1.-us, HARLOT B. BROWNE, C. KEENE, WOLF, &C., &C. Will be publisbed every Saturday, price Threepence. The First Number will appear on the 2d of July. • All Literary arrangements will be made by the Editor, who is to be addtessed through the Publishers, Messrs. BRADBURY and EVANS, at their Offices, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. The Publishers will also receive Orders for the Miscellany itself; and a limited number of Advertisements for insertion in the Wrapper to be issued with it regularly " ONCE A WEEK." ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 'Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspoare's historical 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 the performances will commence with EVERYBODY'S FRIEND. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton, and Buckstone ; Mesdames C. Mathews, Wilkins, and Reynolds. Followed by A HANDSOME HUSBAND. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. 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. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPIII Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. Reappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Wooigen Followed by THE HOUSE ? or, THE HOME ? Mr. A. Wigan, C, Selby, Billington ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss H. Simms. Miss Laidlaw. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw. and Mrs. Billington. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. 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. ASTLEY'S ROYALster- ro AMPHITHEATRE, Westminad. Lessee and Menerer.•........31r. William Cooke. Novel, Varied, and Attractive Entertainments. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with a new military spectacle, called FRANCE AND AUSTRIA. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the greatest rider in the world, and the whole of Mr. W. Cooke's family, being the only instance on record of such a domestic concentration of unequalled male and female talent ; Madlle. Francisco; Miss Holloway. A Grand Amazonian Entree by Twelve Ladies. To conclude with THE SPANISH DANCERS. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips On Whit-Monday next, a novelty of the most astounding but gratifying description. Dregs Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls.; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 is. To commence at 7 ; Carriages at 11. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY, Westminster-road.—Open at Seven. EVERY EVENING during the week will appear THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, Consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder 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. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS. MONDAY MORNING, 6Tri JUNE, 1859. In consequence of a sudden and grievous affliction the performances by the Christy's Minstrels are unavoidably suspended until THURSDAY EVENING next, June 9, when they will be resumed at the usual hour, 8 o'clock. J. W. RAYNOR, Director. St. James's Hall, Piccadilly. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFPICT, JUNE 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 74—highest since noon yesterday. 6.s—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BAnomETEB,-29.94. WIND, Northerly; light, with fine sunshiny weather. A heavy storm, with thunder, in the afternoon. JUNE 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 76—highest since noon yesterday. 63—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.08. WIND, South-Westerly ; light, with fine weather. , c s • • - k •, • , IPl* 401i(414+c-V.', " 411 11 1t a " " ) IP • .13 I JR: dr' , • 444 11 4 ),; -- 5 7,0 % • 4 Ror • THE SUN. MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1859. If any reliance can be placed on the statement made by the Emperor NAPOLEON to the EMPRESS, and posted on the Bourse, and copied into the MOniteur, the Austrians have received another, and, on this occasion, it would appear, almost a decisive defeat. The scene of action was at Magenta, in Lombardy, about two miles eastward of the Bridge of Buffalora, by which the Austrians moved into Sardinia at the commencement of the war, intent, as it was then supposed, on the capture of Turin, and mining off the possibility of French assist. ance. But the proverbial sluggishness of the German disposition prevented them from gaining the slightest advantage, save that of plundering the unresisting peasantry. They sought no contest, and it was not until they pushed their reconnaissance at Casteggio and Mon tebello too far that they were doomed to encounter their first defeat, and that with an admitted loss of nearly 1,300 men. The result, however, was by no means so important as that of the battle of Palestro. The Austrians were enabled to say that they had accomplished their object, and they were permitted to retreat in perfect order, with drums beating and colours flying. It was not so, however, at Palestro. Their position was there attacked, and they de fended it with all their power. But they were driven from it, and VICTOR EMMANUEL established himself in the place they had previously occupied. They were not satisfied with this trial, but again assailed it, attempting to regain the position they had lost. In this, however, they were completely foiled. The dashing charge with the bayonet by the Zouaves, and the admirable conduct oft,and the Piedmontese entirely defeated their hops, they were driven back with the loss of eight cannon, many killed and wounded, a thousand prisoners, and four hundred driven into the canal and drowned. There could be no plausible pretext put forward to excuse these two decisive defeats. They must, therefore, be ascribed to the decided superiority of the Allied soldiers to their oppo nents. It will not, therefore, be quite so easy for the German troops to march onward to Paris, and capture the metropolis of France, as the Algerneine Zeitung seems to imagine. The last battle at Magenta seems to have been by far the most important of any that has as y e t taken place. If fifteen thousand Austrians have been killed and wounded, and five thousand taken prisoners, or, according to a later account, just re ceived, twenty thousand killed, and seven thousand taken prisoners, there must have been a considerable number, probably not less than a hundred thousand, engaged on either side. The Austrians had altogether evacuated Sardinia. They had retreated into Lombardy, from which they never should have departed, unless they had more definitive objects in view than those which they attempted to carry into execution. There it was expected that they would make a stubborn resistance, supported as they were by the powerful fortresses of Pavia and Piacenza. The French, however, followed rapidly in their rear. They seem to have taken the enemy completely by surprise on the present occasion. The troops that were supposed to menace Piacenza were rapidly sent across the Po and moved to the westward, so as to effect a junction with VICTOR EMMANUEL and the troops under his command. The united force then fell on the right wing of the retreating army, whom they drove across the bridge of Buffalora and pursued to the village of Magenta, which will henceforth become a house- hold : word in French ears like that of Marengo and Austerlitz. It does not appear whether Louis NAPOLEON took any personal share in the contest. The tele gram is from himself to the Empress, and, of course, he could not speak of his own ex ploits, or boast of his valour at the head of his troops. The details are altogether wanting. But unless something important had been achieved such a message would not have been published, nor would Paris have been so brilliantly illuminated. A hoax of such a character would be more injurious to the EMPEROR than even continued inactivity' or an actual defeat. The accounts from Vienna declare that the com bat was undecided, and that a further fight was expected. We must, however, receive these state ments with considerable reserve. Of course every party is anxious to make the most of a victory, or to smooth over a defeat ; but the truth eventu ally oozes out, and the habit of exaggeration does not in any degree benefit those who indulge therein. As Austria may now understand her true position, and as notwithstanding the vauntings of the Augsburg Gazette, she may understand that neither England nor Germany will interfere to maintain her maladministration in Italy, or her undue interference with quasi independent Powers, she may now make the ;concessions which she ought long since to have granted; and we:earnestly hope that Louis NAPOLEON, in the hour of victory, will be satisfied with what he required before the com mencement of hostilities. All the hopes of the Liberals are entirely depen dent at this moment, as every one knows perfectly well, upon the chance possibility of harmony aris ing, after all, out of the chaos and discord of the Opposition. Hence the motley concourse assem bled together to-day in the fashionable concert room of King's-street, St. James's—a concord of sweet sounds being there produced for a while as strangely and as marvellously as any ever drawn by the magic baton of a conductor from pipes of brass and tubes of ebony, from the vibration of catgut, or the resonance of parchment. During one, two, or three delightful hours the assembly this after noon has listened there, delighted, of course, to the contrasting tones of Whig and Peelite, of Radical and Liberal-Conservative. It was like playing at score from the extempore imaginings of several great masters together upon all varieties of instru ments from all varieties of orchestra 3. Tweedle dee and Tweedle-dum had at length joined hands —all their past differences are to be forgotten, and in celebration of the reconcilement of their nume rous and prolonged differences, there is performed to-day, appropriately enough, upon ,the platform in Willis's Rooms, a grand concerted: piece, the execution of which has been distributed among all sorts of performers. The preliminary distribution of the parts possessed somewhat of the effect, it is true, of one that some of our readers may remember to have witnessed in a certain wonderful comic scena, presided over by the greatest of a .11 the great bassiprofondi—alas! now no more—the. late Signor LABLACHE. Before the commencement of the overture enter the maestro MSS. in hal id—the said maestro there taking them up in his right hand, MS. by MS., from the pile held in - his left, and scattering them one by one among tt .e expectant musicians. Cannot we recognise the comic scena here anew—beholding now, in. place of the riant and jovial basso, the gay ania humorous Viscount ; one who quite as dearly :loves a joke, and does the comic business alwayt; with such spontaneous and inexhaustible unctic )n. When Signor LABLACHE scattered the parts ; among his expectant auditory, it was with indications thus, in broken English, of the manner of their distribu tion :—" Violin flute hautboy long-drum cymbals harp trumpet—long drum ! —double bass serpent —violoncello— LONG- DRUM ! !—bas soon— triangle—trombone clarion. at— ophicleide --LONG-DRUM !! ! Throwing with a sonorous and lengthened utterance of the last u'ords the whole of the remaining MS. in a catarac rt to the mono polist performance thus indicated. The analogy is perfect in the present instance if, am ong the motley concourse of those taking part, or aspiring to take part, in this new concerted piece --Peelites and Radicals, Liberals and Conservatives„ Conservative- Liberals and Liberal-Conservatives'—we read in place of the all-absorbing LONG-D -UM, the insa tiable little, arrogant, domineering party of the O:LD WHIGS, having their hea il-quarters at Woburn Abbey, and trolling the st icks variously in. the hands of GREYS, ELLIOTS, WI )ODS, PETTYS, FoxEs, and RUSSELLS ! Drubbing 'through gene ration after generation to the old, hollow, rub-a dub ranpataplan tune of Civil and Religious Liberty. An Old Party for all th world as like as two peas to that thundering Old .PETER in Mr. TACKERAY'S " Chronicle of the Dr a m," who— " Says he, In my life's ninety sum= ers, Strange chances and changes Pc e seen, So here's to all gentlemen drumme' That ever have thumped on a ski i I.' " nue, in the self-glorification of th e toast to the raonotonous iteration of that aphorisl n of the Old 'o,Thig Party, " nothing like leather"-- —nothing like pour true GREYS, ELLIOTS, and RUS 3 ELLS. Faith fitl to that tedious repetition of the told tough fare ---the toujours perdrix of the VIPON lrs, served up under their auspices at the Cabinet ( 2 1 ouncil board: a the sight of which perpetual daint y - there chimes back upon the memory the familiar Vonderment of ct:tiildhood— " Oh, wasn't that a dainty dish to set be fore a King I" But the Old Party has been at it agi tZin this after oon—Long Drum greedily waited h is lion's share ;in the distribution of the parts in 11 ?ILLIS'S Con ; ert Room —the gay and vivacious tn, z estro having to satisfy the cravings of the hungry .monopolist— t o give the monster this and that, a a id the whole 'of the rest ! A word, however, befor E parting to the prototype of Mr. TRACKERAY'S " PETER, the Drummer"—a quatrain from the C. hroniele of the latter, which the former may per haps derive ;some solace from on the result of t he coming i livision "Cheer up ! 'tis no use to be glum, boys,. 'Tis written since fighting begun, That sometimes we fight and we conquer, And sometimes we fight and we run.' The present Parliament has re :eked a smaller number of apprentices than any of ale three preceding ones. The ne w mem- Tb ers—we mean those who have neve' been in ]Elarliament before—are only ninety-one, which is from sixty to eighty fewer than in '47, '5: !, and '57. Indeed, much less deed, the change alt oge th er h as b ee n . than usual. A neat little table . 1 3 . 54 in Vacher's Parliamentary Companion) indicates p:recisely what the change is; it result& ; that in th is Parliament no fewer than five h ti; ndred and eleven members resume their old seats I In 1857 only 452 did so ; and in the two preced: it ,g elections fewer still. • Besides, thirteen mei dbers have mcrely changed places ; and forty h. Lv,e been re turned who have sat in previous Parlia metas. For twelve years, therefore, we have no' ; had so few changes at a general election ; the country has taken Lord DERBY'S dissolution mucl more good temperedly than the Honourable Mc,tubers them selves did; and undeniably, and as a matter of hard fact, it has given him, by f ifty-two votes on a division, a better position khan before. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 0, 1851. Whether we thoroughgoing reformers like it or not, we must take facts as we find them, and deal with them as we best can. What connection has the undeniably unfair dis tribution of seats among boroughs with these results of the election? Perhaps, at first glance, an unreflecting Liberal would say, It has everything to do with it. And, but for a little study, again, of the hard facts of the case we should have said so There are plenty of illustrations of the inequalities on which both Mr. BRIGHT'S Reform Bill and that of the Times were both founded. To refer again to the admirable summaries of " Vacher's Parliamentary Companion," the last calculation of the kind we happen to have looked at, the disproportion appears, politically, frightful. Taking the United Kingdom (p. 23) — One-third of the borough members are returned by a population amounting to 7,326,427. One-third by a population of but 1,521,968 ! And One-third by the almost ludicrous com parative number of 597,215 ! ! It thus takes four-fifths of the population to return but one-third of the members ; another third of the members is returned, actually by one sixteenth of the population ! Indeed the modes of exhibiting the absurdity of things as they are seem endless. The large boroughs, containing a third of the population, return but twenty mem bers! Another third of the population, contained in the intermediate class of boroughs, return sixty six members; but the favoured third, con tained in 206 small boroughs —on these the dews of representative blessing, and the blessings of representative power fall bountifully indeed ; they are the very Goshen of constitutional good things—happy they who belong to the third of population contained in the 206 smaller boroughs—they return THREE HUN DRED AND NINE members. Why, Lord DERBY might change his "compact 302" for them, and gain almost three per cent. by his bargain ! But we must refer the reader to " Vacher," who, be it observed, is no party man, and merely furnishes us with dry, hard calculations, which we ourselves are always but too thankful to use rather than have to make them ourselves. It occurred to us, however, to ask, how would too. the " revolutionary" proposals of Mr. BRIGHT, and the nearly equal revolutionary proposals of the Times, affect the interests of the Liberal party ? Of course we, like every one else, care little about party ; like all upright Englishmen, we are sublimely above such considerations ; still, as a matter of curiosity, we asked ourselves the ques tion, - What votes will the Liberals gain by a Bir mingham revolution ? We thought as fair a test as any other would be to ascertain what would be the result of disfranchising all constituencies with fewer than five hundred electors ; and, as the elec tion of 1857 was one in which the question of Reform hardly came forward, we took a list of that year. Now, it turned out that boroughs of this class sent forty-seven Liberals to Parliament, and only thirty-six Conservatives. They are not all gain to Toryism, therefore; indeed, not even a majority of them; and it is hardly likely that, by any of the proposed remodellings, the whole of the Conservatives now returned by small boroughs would be cast out of Parliament as evil spirits. Hull returns one Conservative, so does Bath; Nor wich was not far from sending two; Bradford had to fight hard ; and at Leeds it is one to one. Then, again, we look at the changes in the election just concluded. Only six of the boroughs in which Conservatives have gained, giving them eight seats, have fewer than 500 electors, and from this must be deducted two of these condemned boroughs in which the Whigs have gained seats. Six SEATS is, therefore, the total difference for which the smallness of boroughs is answerable in respect to the untoward changes for the Liberal side at this election. To be sure, thirty more Liberal seats would be worth having to the Liberal party, but something much more " revolutionary" is generally expected from a redistribution of seats. The truth is, the emancipation of the counties is a much more serious question for the real Liberal party than even the redistribution of seats. It is the counties in which the Liberals are outnumbered, on any showing, by more than two to one. It is to them, therefore, that the Liberals should direct their attention. They are now bound hand and foot to their Conservative landlords, and they want merely the protection of secret or independent voting to become again, what they once were, the stronghold of liberalism. The ballot, for the coun ties especially ; is of even more importance to the Liberal party, as a party, than the readjustment of borough seats. We need hardly add, however, that our persistent advocacy of this greatest of representative reforms is not from merely party views. If we thought it would give strength to the Conservatives, we should support it with equal earnestness. To thousands it would be a second Magna Charta ; and, by indeed a reverse process, it would be the writ of habeas corpus in favour of the voter now held in the absolute and unjust custody of his landlord. It would strike off the fetters of his landlord's know- . ledge of his vote. It would make him really a free and independent elector. THE RED SEA TELEGRAPR. A telegram has been received this morning con veying the information that the vessels engaged in laying down the Red Sea cable were within 300 miles of Aden, and that the working of the line was most satisfactory. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street. The Ministers present were the Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury. Mr. Secretary Sotheron Estcourt, General Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakington, and Lord John Manners. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Alice, honoured the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, with her presence on Saturday evening. Her Majesty was at tended by the Countess of Caledon„Hon. Beatrice Byng, Earl of Verulam, and Lord Colville. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Arthur and the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, visited the Royal Botanical Gardens in the Re gent's-park on Saturday morning. In attendance were the Countess of Caledon. the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Lord Colville, and Captain the Hon. D. Ros. We have authority to state that the Court will go into mourning for the late King of Naples for ten days, commencing on Thursday next, the 9th inst. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge entertained the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary and a select party at dinner last evening, at his royal highness's apartments in St. James's Palace. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday. The Duke de Nemours called at Cla rence House, St. James's, to inquire after the health of her royal highness. The Earl and Countess Delawarr received the Countess of Verulam, Lord and Lady Chesham, Lord Eustace Cecil, Lord West, General and Lady Catherine Berkeley, Mr. Hastings, and Lady Elizabeth Russell, General Johnstone, Captain Ferguson, and a select party, to dinner on Friday, at their residence in Upper Grosvenor street. A select circle assembled after dinner. Lord Brougham has arrived at his residence in Grafton-street, from Cannes, in the south of France. The noble and learned lord made a stay of a few days in Paris en route to this country. The Earl and Countess of Cork arrived in town on Saturday from Marston House, Somersetshire. We deeply regret to state that the Viscountess Combermere is suffering from an attack of rheumatic fever. A letter from St. Petersburg states that a squadron of seven vessels of war is about to leave Cronstadt for the Mediterranean. LATEST NEWS. GREAT BATTLE. DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRIANS. The following telegram has been forwarded to us from the French Embassy : FRENCH EMBASSY, Sunday, 9 p.m. OFFICIAL DESPATCH. MAGENTA, JUNE 4, 11.30 p.m. A great victory. 5,000 prisoners. The enemy has lost besides 15,000 men. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, SUNDAY, JUNE 5. The following message has been published here : NOVARA, SATURDAY, JUNE 4. THE EMPEROR TO THE EMPRESS. At 11.30 a great victory was won at the Bridge of Magenta ; 5,000 prisoners are taken, and 15,006 of the enemy are killed or wounded. The details will be despatched by telegraph later. PARIS, SUNDAY, June 5, 10.35 p.m. At seven o'clock this evening the cannon at the Hotel des Invalides announced the victory of Magenta. Paris is brilliantly illuminated, but no details of the battle have as yet arrived. PARIS, JUNE 6. The Moniteur contains the following messages : THE EMPEROR TO THE EMPRESS. MAGENTA, JUNE 5. Yesterday our army was under orders to march on Milan across the bridges over the Ticino at Turbigo. . The operation was well executed, although the enemy, who had repassed the Ticino in great force, offered a most determined resistance. The roadways were narrow, and during two hours the Imperial Guard sustained unsupported the shock of the enemy. In the meantime General Macmahon made himself master of Magenta. After sanguinary conflicts we repulsed the enemy at every point with the loss on our side of about 2,000 men placed hors de combat. The loss of the enemy is estimated at 15,000 killed and wounded. 5,000 Austrian prisoners remained in our hands. JUNE 5, EVENING. RESUME OF THE DETAILS OF THE BATTLE OF MAGENTA. Austrians taken prisoners at least 7,000. Austrians placed hors de combat 20,000. Three pieces of cannon and two flags captured from the enemy. To-day our army rests for the purpose of re organising itself. Our loss is about 3,000 killed and wounded and one cannon taken by the enemy. PARIS, JUNE 6. Three per Cent. Rentes were done on the Boule vards yesterday at 63 90, being a rise of per Cent. since Saturday. THE AUSTRIAN ACCOUNT. The Austrian Correspondance contains the following : VIENNA, SUNDAY, JUNE 5. Authentic communications of the details and results of the battle of Magenta are still expected from the Austrian headquarters. According, however, to reliable news, the headquarters of the Austrian army have been transferred during the night from the 4th to the sth inst. to Abbiate Grasso. The same news state that the combat was unde cided, and that a further fight is expected. VIENNA, JUNE 6. The following official bulletins have been re ceived here : MILAN, JUNE 4. " The army is fighting in the neighbourhood of Milan. There is a great movement of people in Milan. It is said not to be going badly with the army. 10 P.m. The battle has been going on during the whole day near Magenta. The result is not known. There was an alarm ing tumult here this evening, but all is quiet now. PARIS, JUNE 4. The following official news from the French headquarters, dated Saturday, 9.45 a.m., has been posted up in the Bourse to-day : Yesterday bridges were thrown over the Ticino, and after a fight in which the enemy suffered con siderable loss our army began to cross to the oppo site bank. The enemy were compelled to retreat, leaving in our hands several pieces of cannon and a great quantity of small arms and ammunition. PARIS, JUNE 5. The lilowilear publishes verbatim yesterday's telegram from the French headquarters respecting the passage of the Ticino by the allies, which had been posted up at the Bourse. The llioniteur further adds, that during the mili tary operations the headquarters are not always near the telegraph, and consequently that news arrives less regularly than it would otherwise do. In the absence of official communications the public should be on its guard against all intelligence,. of whatever nature. TURIN, JUNE 3. OFFICIAL BULLETIN, PUBLISHED TO-DAY. The retreat of the Austrians is confirmed. After having hastily abandoned the line of the Po, facing Valenza, they began yesterday to withdraw from Mortara. Last night the corps d'armee of Generals Zobel, Schwarzenberg, and Lichtenstein evacuated Mor tara, taking the direction of Vigevano, Bereguardo, and Pavia. The retreat was precipitate, and the enemy left behind them corn and other articles, which they had levied on the country. This morning the King visited the Emperor at Novara. TURIN, JUNE 4. OFFICIAL BULLETIN, PUBLISHED TO-DAY. The allied troops have crossed the Ticino at several points. The enemy has evacuated Lomel .lina. General Gyulai transferred his head-quarters yesterday to Rosate. The suspension of the tele graphic lines and of the railways has hindered the arrival of exact news respecting the operations of the allied armies on the Ticino. TCRIN, JUNE 5. The official bulletin published here to-day adds nothing new to the telegram posted up yesterday at the Paris Bourse. It cenfirn is, however, the news of the defeat of the enemy iin the encounters on the Ticino. The conflict of -which the Paris message speaks appears to hav( .3 taken place at Turbigo, a village on the east arn bank of the Ticino. Interruptions of the telegraphic service are continually occurring, and delaying the trans mission of news from the camp. VIENNA, SATURDAY, JUNE 4. This morning a great religious solemnity, with procession and public prayers, took place here, im ploring Heaven to bless our arms with victory. All the members of the Imperial family and the Ministers were present. The mass was read by Monseigneur Lucca, the Nuncio of the Pope. BERNE, JUNE 4 (via FRANCE). The Austrians could only realize 1,000,0001 at Varese by a requisition imposed upon its inhabi tants. They were surprised by General Garibaldi in the act of just plundering the town, and withdrew to Bizzogero, near the Lago Maggiore. Volunteers from Chiavenna and Lecco, in the Valtelline, are preparing an expedition to proceed to the Stelvio, for the purpose of intercepting the passage of the Tyrol. BERNE, SUNDAY (via GERMANY). The allied armies have crossed the Ticino at Tur_ bigo. General Stadion was yesterday at Magenta. General Garibaldi has left Como again, and directed his march against General D'Urban, who was at Varese. BERNE, JUNE 5. The head-quarters of the Franco-Sardinian army are at Magenta, and its advanced posts will this evening be at St. Otto, near Milan. The Austrians are everywhere in retreat. Garibaldi's principal corps was yesterday still at Como. VERONA, JUNE 3 (via VIENNA). The following is official : There is no ne'ss of importance from the seat of war. As the enemy, in ever-increasing force con tinnes advancing to the Ticino, via Novara, General Gynlai has concentrated his corps d'armee more on that river, in order, exactly at the proper moment, to employ his full concentrated strength. The Emperor is busied at Verona in completing the organisation of the augmented army force, and has in the meantime ordered Field-Marshal General Hess to proceed with the second corps d'armee to the head-quarters. A letter from Berne of the 2d says :—" It is now known that the corps of Garibaldi consisted at first of 6,500 men, most of whom were known to him personally, or were well recommended. This corps comprises three regiments. The commander of the first, the brave Cosenz, is known for distinguished conduct at Venice; the major of the Ist battalion is Sacchi ; and of the 2d, Lipari. The 2d Regi ment is commanded by Colonel Medici, and his majors are Recardo, Seroni, and Nano-Boxio. The 3d is under Colonel Ardoin, and his majors are Stallo and Frigeri. Colonel Carrano is chief of the staff, and the orderly officers are Captain Cereni, and Lieutenants Bevi and Felici. Gari baldi has about 200 guides, armed with lances, swords, and revolvers, and commanded by Major Foresti. He has two companies of carabineers, who are excellent marksmen, and who greatly contri buted to the success of his first operations. Most of the officers of Garibaldi are known since 1848 and 1849. It was Cosenz who defended Fort Mal ghera at Venice, and in leading the advanced guard to the capture of Mestra- he was wounded three times. Medici figured in the revolution of Rome, and Carrano, who is an author of merit, in the siege of Venice." A letter from Vercelli, of the 31st ult., in the Debats, says :—" The rain has not recommenced, and this morning the sky is almost blue, the sun almost hot. Early to-day the via del Duomo, where Marshal Vaillant's quarters are, two regiments, the 76th and the 86th, took arms, and to the beat of drum left. A few steps off, in the church of San Giuliano, were 187 Austrian prisoners guarded by carbincers. The door was open, all the pri soners appeared to be of the same regiment ; they had jackets of white cloth, with yellow facings, blue trousers, and blue caps with peaks falling straight over the nose. Most of them spoke Ita lian ; and they were laughing and chatting gaily enough themselves. It is said that they belong to a Lombard regiment. One of them, spreading out his arms, was heard to say, "We are not, after all, so unlucky —we shall, at least, get good treatment!" A little further on, I met Gen. Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely at the head of a numerous staff, followed by a picquet of guides ; he had just left the Imperial quarters, Here and there were bersaglieri hurrying to and fro, covered with mud and fresh from the combat; they looked well satisfied with themselves, and they have the right to do so. The following are some details on the combat of yesterday :—General Cialdini had succeeded in crossing the Sesia at a spot in which the river is divided by an island into two parts ; he first of all established himself on the island, determining to send some of his men afterwards to the other bank. But the Austrians were in force opposite the point occupied by the Piedmontese, and yesterday King Victor Em manuel resolved to drive them from that important position. He accordingly took the command in person, and went forward with the courage for which he is remarkable. All Cialdini's division, 10,000 or 12,000 strong, was engaged ; it was supported by a brigade of Durando's division, and by two brigades of Fanti's, and arrangements were made for enabling other Pied montese troops to be sent forward, if required. The King, in fact, executed at Palestro the movement which Count de Stadion attempted on the 20th at Montebello ; but there was this little difference,that the King succeeded -where the Austrian general failed. The Austrians resisted bravely ; but, being forced in their intrenchments, they were obliged to abandon the place, leaving in the hands of the Pied montese some pieces of cannon and nearly 400 prisoners, among them several officers. It is said that in one house the Austrians made a desperate resistance, and that being attacked with the bayo net, they were all either killed or taken. The loss of the Piedmontese was considerable, 700 or 800 killed or wounded ; but their success was great. The corps d'armee of General Niel supported the movement in the second line, but was not called on to take part in the combat ; the King this time was resolved to act up to the famous cry of his father, Italia fara da se.' The King's head-quar ters are now at a village called Torrione, a small village near Palestro, and his Majesty occupies a farmhouse. At the moment I write it is not known if the main body of the Austrian army will accept battle ; its divisions are massed between Novara and Mortara. The corps d'armee of Marshal Canrobert is operating in the front, and will perhaps be the first engaged. The division of Grenadiers of the Guard with the Light Dra goons and the Guides on leaving Voghera went towards the left by way of Ticino —the direct road by Casale being encumbered. Another " letter from the same place, in the Siecle, say " This victory cost dear to the allies—especially :11 Y among the Zouaves. Captain Adjutant Major Dru had his head carried off by a can non-ball, and some other officers were badly wounded. The Piedmontese have also suffered severe losses. As to the Austrians, it is no exaggeration to say that they had at least 4,000 men hors de combat. A g reat number of thei r soldiers, being hotly pur sued, sword in hand, were drowned in crossing the river. At one moment,' said to me a Zouave, who took part in the combat, the river was blocked up by the dead bod ies of men and horses !' Add to this, 1,100 prisoners who were taken either by the Zouaves or the Piedmontese. Ver celli, i n fact, is now full of prisoners. Among the enemy's killed were one general and several officers. About a dozen officers who are prisoners here were taken to the Bishop's Palace to be inter rogated by Marshal Valliant. The allies had 12,000 combatants ; the Austrians were 25,000 strong." Private letters ":ate that the King owes his lit; to the Zouaves in this affair. He had got his horse into a sort of marsh, and ran the utmost danger, when several of these brave fellows dashed forward and extricated him. FRANCE. PARIS, SATURDAY. The Empress Regent was present yesterday at a grand dinner given at the Palais Royal by Prince Jerome, on the occasion of the fete day of the Princess Clotilde. On a previous day, her Majesty received the usual oath from Mgr. Brossays de St. Marc, on his nomination to the archbishopric of Rennes. BOURSE, June 4.—The market was buoyant at the opening on the news that the Austrians had retreated from Piedmont, and were concentrating themselves around Pavia, but a fall of t in the English Consols checked the upward movement, and prices again receded. Threes, after having been done at 63f. 50e., declined to 63f. 25c. Mobilier varied from 627 f. 50c. to 615 f.; Austrian, 365 f. to 362 f. 50c. ; Lombards, 440 f. to 435 f. ; Lyons, 817 f. 50c. to 810 f. ; Orleans, 1,210 f. to 1,205 f. ; Northern, 907 f. 50c. to 902 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 617 f. 50c. to 612 f. 50c. The following are the last quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 90 75 Credit Foncier Do. end month .. 90 75 Belgian 41 9O 25 3 per Cents 63 .55 Piedmontese (5) .. 80 Do. end month 63 45 Roman 79 50 Bank Shares 2760 Austrian._ Credit Mobilier G 25 Do. Account 622 50 Spanish Threes — Home Debt 37 25 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto 770 .. 772 50 Lyons and. Mediterranean Bl5 .. 817 50 Geneva — .. 480 Southern Western 505 .. 500 Eastern Sardinian 360 .. 355 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, 25f. 10c; three months, paper, 24f. 95c. ; money, 24f. 9210. ROME. We have already published a notification made by Cardinal Milesi, Papal Legate at Romagna, of the reply of the French Government recognising the neutrality of the Pope. The following is a circular, dated May 15, from the same dignitary, to the principal authorities, announcing a similar reply from Austria : " Illustrious Sir,—By my circular of the Ist of May I announced to you that the French Govern ment had formally recognised the neutrality of our state. The same recognition having taken place ' on the part of Austria, I send for your guidance and for the greater security of the people a copy of a despatch on this subject from the Secretary of State, -which runs as follows :—" Eminent and Right Rev. Lord,—The Pontifical Government having declared to Austria and to France, and afterwards to all the other Powers, the neutrality which it has constantly professed on account of its special character, and from which it can not part, a complete and explicit assurance has been given to us by the first two Powers—an assurance which it more particularly important for us at the present moment—that this neu trality will be everywhere respected. This assur ance, which I make known to your Eminence, must rejoice and tranquillise the agitated minds in your province, since there is no longer Any reason to fear a conflict taking place on our territory between the hostile armies. Your Eminence will have to make known this news, and you may add that, in conse quence of this assurance, any attack of one of those armies against the other is impossible, since it would be regarded as a violence committed against the Government of the Holy See. I re main, etc. ANTONELLI." Accept the assurance, etc. MILESI." PERNAMBUCO. We have received the Mowing from our corre spondent " PERNAMBUCO, MAY 16. " Our latest London dates are to the 10th ult., and telegraphic advices to the 12th to-hand by the Tamar on the 28th ult. " There has been a fair business doing in imports during the month. The demand for dry goods, however, has been somewhat restricted by the higher prices asked by importers in consequence of the fall in exchange. Jerked beef is daily becoming more plentiful, and, together with fresh beef, much cheaper. " Sugars have advanced on this side, but, owing to the decline in exchange, sterling prices are lower than last month. There have been large transac tions, especially in Muscovados, the better qualities of which being in demand for exportation to the United States. Whites almost neglected, being taken for export to native ports and the River. Quotations :—Whites, second quality, 4,000 to 4,200 per arroba, or 325. to 335. 7d. per cwt. free on board, ex freight, at exchange of 24d. per milree; fifth and sixth quality,!2,9so to 3,050 per,.arroba, or 245. 4d. to 255. ld. Browns, 2,500 to 2,800 per arroba, or 20s. 4d. to 225. 7d. per cwt. Paraibas, 2,800 free on board, or 20s. 7d. Maceois, 2,900 to 3,050, or 21s. 4d. to 225. sd. per cwt. Supplies are falling off and stocks much reduced. " Cottons—The improved accounts from Liver pool caused an advance, and supplies were eagerly bought up as high as 9 dols. per arroba having been paid (equal to 7 29-32 d. per lb.) :—Quotations are, Pernams, 8,600 to 8,800 per arr., or 7 39-64 d. to 71d. per lb. Paraibas, 9,200 to 9,300 free on board; or 7id. to 7 5-16 d. per lb. Maceios, 8,600 to 8,800 free on board, or 6N. to 6 15-16 d. per lb. “Hides.-250 to 255 reis, or 6 15-16 d. to 7d. per lb. " Freights.—Numerous charters have taken place, but with several arrivals rates are not so firm. Last charter 375. 6d. and 5 per cent. Channel, usual extras for Continent. Liverpool, 255. and tFi per cent. sugar ballast. 7-16 d. to 2d. and 5 per cent. per lb. cotton. United States 60c. to 65c. per bag. " Exchange, 24d. 90 days' sight. Amount passed about £90,000. Some amounts passed at 232 d. to 231 d. " Her Majesty's brig Siren, Commander Balfour, arrived on the 30th ult., and sailed on the 3d inst. for Para. "We are pained to announce the death of Mr. James Wetherell, her Majesty's much respected Vice-Consul at Paraiba, which took place about the 23d ult. Apoplexy is the supposed cause of death. " P.S.—The Mersey, up from Southampton with London dates to the 25th ult., and telegraph advices to :the 28th. Exchange looking firmer since the Tamar's arrival from the south. Rate to-day, 241 d., 90 days' sight." Mr. W. H. Bodkin, of the Home Circuit and Central Criminal Court, Recorder of Dover , is in appointedthe Assistant Judge of the Middlesex Sessions Court, room of Mr. Pashley, Q.C., deceased. by the Government of her Majesty, it is intended We have authority to state that, with the appro bationtoremove the coffin containing the remains distin guished general, Sir Thomas Pictonilich they were hastily St. George's, Hanover-square , etery of hurch of St. Paul's. The from th af e c tha em t national heroes at the Cathedral is Wednesday next, when int e rred after the field of Waterloo,ihcw to the depository of our arrraffe, provided by d on a glin - c b of time appointed for the removal . the coffin will be place e and will be accompanied by ss the Duke Cambridge, of ° the surviving officers who were at t m l m l o ap e d le o ek f hills tßheoyfaelrlenneighnni the carriages of s ev_er eten, and of others who may wish to comrades of Sir T. V' pay a tribute of respect to so illustrious a man. The cor tege will Oxford-street, Regent-street, the ar t of Pis s along Trafalgar - sq uare, so b y the Strand and Fleet upper plock Fa u r 0 , where it is expected to arrive at about Fleet s to St. 1 o'c • . There w ill be no funeral service, or other reli gious or military ceremony. The receipts of the Lombardo-Venetian Railway c on e to present an extra ordinary increase over 1858. LasttinNivieek the excess was 67 per cent., and the av erage n i crease f ro m the Ist of January to th e p resen t d a t e h as b ee n 681 per cent. Experience thus far has tended to con firm the impression that the alarm manifested as to the damage to which railways would be exposed in case of war was exaggerated. The chief points on which the share holders of the Lombardo -Venetian line at present desire information are with respect to the arrangements that will be made for the payment of dividends this year, and whether, since the Austrian currency has experienced heavy depreciation from the suspension of specie payments, the tariff for passengers and goods has been raised, or can be raised, so as to meet that circumstance. On the other hand, as the company have heavy periodical payments to make to the Austrian Government, they will derive con siderable benefit from being able to discharge them in Austrian bank-notes. HER MAJESTY'S YACHT ASHORE.—ANTWERP , Friday Night.—l n consequ ence of an accident occurring to the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, by her running ashore early this morning in her passage up the Scheldt, her Royal Highness the Princess Frederick William was detained many hours, and did not reach here till about half-past 5 o'clock this evening. After leavin the Yore, g Graves end the yacht encountered a heavy fog off which considerably retarded her progr es s. At the mouth. of the Scheldt she was boar ded by a pilot, who was called charge of the ship when she we nt ashore, at a p Old Kirk. The Hon. Captain Denman adopted every means to get her off, but she remained fast. Unfortunately the Admiralty yacht Vivid, which had accompanied the Royal yacht from Gravesend, had gone on to Antwerp, and there was no v essel plyinc, here to t t. Denman went on shore s on board H.R.H. Princess rederick. In this'dilemma Cap and got a mounted express to take a message to the nearest railway station, to be telegraphed to the officer in charge of the Vivid at Antwerp, ordering his immediate return to the Royal yacht. The Vivid proceeded as directed, and al,out half-past five returned to Antwtrp with her Royal Highness on board. The Princess on landing was most cordially re ceived. AUSTRALIA. By the arrival of the Australian mail we (Times) have received our private correspondence and files of papers from Melbourne to the 16th of April, and from Sydney to the 13th of April. The following is the letter of our Melbourne correspondent : MELBOURNE, APRIL 16. " The Malta arrived at Sydney on the Bth inst., and is appointed to sail from this port to-morrow morning with the homeward mails. The Oneida with the English February mail is not expected until the end of the month, and, as she has always been behind her time, it is probable the March mail will arrive first. " The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce has ad dressed to this Government a strong expression of dissent from that part of the new postal arrange ments which provides that the mail ships shall call at Kangaroo Island, South Australia, before deliver ing the mail here. The Chamber urges that th e large proportion of the subsidy contributed by this colony, added to the contingent of Tasmania, entitles the merchants of this colony to expect and require that the mail ships shall proceed from Mauritius direct to Melbourne, whence the South Australia a mails may be transmitted to Adelaide without any delay. It should not be overlooked that while the ultimate fate of the contract was in a state of un certainty—and the same remark applies to the for mer contract—the Legislature of Victoria, in order to strengthen the hands of the home Governmen t in that behalf, pledged itself to the amount of this whole of the Australian contribution, leaving to future arrangements the determination of the pro portions of the other colonies. The mode of fixing the proportion has the effect of charging against Victoria a larger sum than she ought strictly to be called upon to pay, as a large number of letters despatched from Melbourne are received by mer chants from their correspondents in the other colo nies to be posted here. It is probable that a corn munication will be made to the Secretary of State on the subject. There is also some discontent that the normal irregularities of the mail service are not yet cured. Why, it is asked, is the Oneida, the worst of the vessels employed by the royal mail com pany, still used by the Peninsular and Oriental Company ? There is another subject respecting which the colonies have no voice, except by way of advice or criticism. The Peninsular and Oriental Company' have fixed their rate of passage money so high as to' drive a great number of passengers to proceed to' Europe by Green's ships, which now make the' voyage with great regularity and speed. In order to attract passengers the Royal Mail Company charged £9O, and made a very liberal allowance for families. They also permitted passengers to' stay at any intervening port, continuing the pas sage by the next ship. They also issued " return= tickets," allowing, I think, twelve months' resi dence, for one passage money and a-half, or £135. The charge by the Malta is £l2O, which is 50 per cent higher than the passage money by the Oneida. (£80), and 133 per cent. above the charge of the Royal Mail Company; and the Peninsular and. Oriental Company have not as yet given any notice that they intend to continue or discontinue the two privileges which I have named. I believe that the high charges, together with the absence of some arrangement and notification that they permit their booked passengers to stop on the way, and, that they will grant return tickets, will deprive their ships of one-third of the whole number of passengers, and perhaps of more. Six months' experience will, I believe, afford ample proof of this. The return ticket especially is a great in ducement to people to pay a short visit to Australia or to England, as the case may be. " The gold returns for the first quarter of the 37 . a ounces in excess of the er of 1858. The escort ew re turns for 185 9 exhibit a tot al of 545,778 ounces quantity t are ity for a f t first hu n d quarter r t against 545,032 ounces in 1858, being a difference of 746 ounces in 1859. I believe the quantity would have been much greater but for the extraordinary dryness of the season. I never saw the gardens so parched up as they were until rain fell on the Bth inst. The fruit trees have lost their leaves as in winter in England. Water tanks are used here extensively to collect rain water, because the well water is brackish. Tanks which have not been empty for four years have lately failed. The dryer diggings have greatly suffered from this cause. Then the total mining population is not so great as it was, ow ing to the numbers that have been draughted oliby the railway works and the extension of tillage. The average weekly yield for the three first months of the year was in 1858 41,925 ounces, and in 1859 41,982 ounces. The weekly average of the whole year 1858 was 44,841 ounces. I see no reason why a similar increase to that which took place after April, 18 58, should not also take place this year. One thing against such increase, however, is the strong disP° - sition which has lately grown up in favour of farming. The increase of tillage last year was veil considerable, but this year I believe it will be inuca greater. " Though the production of gold this year is about equal to last, the exports exhibit a consider able falling off. Last year in January there was large stock of gold on hand, which, as Carlyle might say, had to " get itself" exported. For the first three months of 1858 the quantity was 602,7.04 ' ounces ; this year it is only 560,852 ounces, being a deficiency of 41,852 ounces. This tells unfavour ably on the balance of our imports over and above our exports. The figures are as follows : Imports .. • • • • • • £ 3,830,570 3,279,286 Exports .. £551,284 " With this balance of trade apparently against us, people seem puzzled that we have not an awful depression of trade. The answer is simple :—We Are to use the language first, I believe, employed by 'Sampson Ricardo, large exporters of securities. Colonies, moreover, are always importers of a cer tain' amount not to be remitted for ; for example, goods brought out by or sent out to immigrants, the value of which remains in the country for investment. Thus, we have often a great apparent disturbance of the due proportion between ex ports and imports, without any disturbance of the rate of exchange. If the first disturbance were real, the exchange would necessarily be affected. If exchange be at par, we may be very sure that the differences between the values of ex ports and imports does not represent the true balance of trade. Such is the case now. Exchange is at par. There is also rather more animation in the demand for goods generally than there was a month or two ago. This again shows that the table of imports and exp orts does not exhibit the whole tarth, and requires considerable correction. The elements of the correction are these ; but I have no means of carrying them out in figures. To the amount of exports we should add debentures sent home and specie remitted. To the imports we s hould add s pecie imported, and we should deduct the value of goods imported for investment, and not for sale and r emittance. If we could do this, it wou ld probably nearly exhibit a balan c ed account, and explain the two patent facts, that exchange is at par and the market is not depressed. The traffic returns of the newly-opened railways show a steady increase. In my last I gave the re turns for the first seven weeks, giving a total of £6,423 19s. 2d., being an average of £917 178. Per, week ; the last week' s re t urn , en ding the 10th of March, being £1,362 15s. 7d. " The return for the four weeks ending the 7th of April is as follows : Week ending March 17 .. £1,404 10 8 Week ending March 24 1,359 15 0 Week ending March 31 1,632 7 1 Week ending April 7 .. 1,873 3 6 being a total of £6,269 16s. 3d. and a weekly' average of £1,567 9s. ld., the average of the previ ous four weeks being £1,277 16s. 10d. four " The number of passengers during the weeks was as follows : Week ending March 17 Week ending March 24 .. 12,945 Week ending March 31 • 14,564 Week ending April 7 . 15,692 " The last week's receipts comprise the following heads : L s. d. Passengers 1,198 12 1 Parcels Horses and carriages. Excess of luggage 7 9 8 Goods 369 17 1 0 Cattle Rents 261 8 3 1,873 3 6 " The goods traffic as yet is confined to Williams town. The carriers to Castlemaine and Sandhurst do not as yet find it worth while to avail them' selves of only 21 miles of railway. " The death of I,lr. Cornish, one of the contrac tors, will not in any way interfere with or check the progress of the Northern line. Turn we now to a more amusing, but, so far as our social condition is concerned, not less instruc tive topic. We have had a smart discussion by the c olonial press upon the question of the compatibility of the status of an actor with legislatorial honours. Coppin, a comic player of the Jem Bags and Billy Barlow class—and a very clever one, too—has, or is reputed to have, reali,ed an independence here by his very spirited and liberal management oftwo principal theatres and our local Cremorne. Apart from his clever acting, he is a man of considerable ability, of unblemished character, and of generous sympathies. He is just the sort of man that every body likes, and I may add, that ev er y bod y ought to like. I believe his name is not unknown on the London boards, for his father, who was a s urgeon by profession, took to the sta g e. Well, in August last Coppin set up for a seat in the Legis Council, when six of the Lords' went out by rota