The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

MATANZAS and SABANILLA RAILROAD 7 PER CENT. BONDS. The half-yearly interest onthe above bonds, due on th e 15th I Inst., will be paid at the counting-house of Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER and CO., 145, Leadenhall-street, on that day, and every succeeding day, between the hours of 11 and 2. The coupons, with a list in numerical order, must be left tWo clear days previously for examination. Printed forms may be had on application as above. London, Ist June, 1859. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. n aer tne .slanagement of Mr. Charles Kean THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspeare's historical play of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. 'IIHEATRE-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 ren, Rogers; Miss Amy Sedgwick, &c. After which, a new Classical Extravazatiza, entitled ELECTRA IN A NEW ELECTR'IC LIGHT. Messrs onapton, Braid, Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright, Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Leclercq. - And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. • - Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING the performane.es will commence with ICI ON PARLE FRANCA I S . Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas. Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw, and Mrs. Billington. Followed by THE HOUSE ? or , THE HOME ? Miss H. Mr. A. Wigan, C, Selby, Blllin,gton ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Simms. Miss Laidlaw. After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J. L. Toole, I'. Bedfor d, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and Kate Kelly. Acting Manager-31r. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Wee open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A reg,istry kept a all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENIN will be produced a new Comedietta, by J. xi. Morton . Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ? sopported by the company. After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Followed by CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Mr. J. Rogers and Miss F. Hughes. Commence at 7o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Notwithstanding the Unparalleled and Continued Success of TNANHOE, it must be withdrawn for the astounding Whitsuntide Novelties. Overflowing Houses Nightly. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with a new grand spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's popular work, entitled IVANHOE ; or, The Lists of Ashby, Intro ducing among the vast resources of this great Hippodramatic Temple,Tournaments, Processions, Banners, Combats, Tilts, Victories , and Achievemeats in extraordinary magnificence. Ivanhoe, Mr. R. Phillips ; Isaac of York, Mr. .Tas. Holloway; Richard of England, Mr. Herbert ; Robin Hood, Mr. Wm. Cooke, jun. ; Rebecca, Miss Bathurst; Lady Rowena, Miss Dorton. After which, the matchless Mr. and John unrivalled SCENES the IN THE CIRCLE, introducin Henry Cooke, greatest rider in the world, and the whole of Mr. W. Cooke's tamily, being the only instance on record of such a domestic concentration of unequalled male and female talent. To conclude with the Farce of STAGE STRUCK. The preparations for Whitsuntide are on an extensive scale already. Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips Drees Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is.; Upper Gallery, &I. Private Boxes, £l4s, £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. THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, JUNE 2. THERMOMETER, IN TILE SHADE. 69—highest since noon yesterday. 62—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAnoMETEn--29•65. WIND, N.N.E. ; rather fresh, with fine sunshiny weather. There has been another battle at Palestro, aid again the Austrians have been defeated. It appears that a force numbering 25,000 soldiers attempted to retake the position which was justly considered as one of considerable importance. They were opposed by VICTOR EMMANUEL in person, com manding the 4th division, and General CIAL DINE, leading the 3d Regiment of Zouaves. The contest was one of a peculiarly obstinate character. The Austrians persevered for a con siderable period, but in vain. The resistance was as firm as the attack was determined. At length the Piedmontese and Zouaves assumed the offensive, and drove off the Austrians, pursuing them for a considerable distance, and capturing eight pieces of cannon (of which one account gives five and another six to the Zouaves), and taking 1,000 prisoners. 400 Austrians were driven into a canal by the Zouaves and all met with watery graves. If these statements be authentic, it must be clear to FRANCIS JOSEPH that his sol diers are unable to meet the enemy on any thing like equal terms. They, however, proceed from Turin, and everything from that quarter must be received with some degree of doubt ,and hesitation. It is probable that the Austrians may, however, give very different accounts of the two battles of Palestro, and we shall be glad to compare the two, knowing that truth will probably lie between, although concealed by the multitude of extra wrappings. During the conflict at Palestro another battle took place at Confienza, in the province of Lorecellino. The Austrians were again the assailants, and wore again repulsed after a contest which lasted two hours. A picket also attempted to cross the Po, at Cerverino, but were repulsed by the inhabitants. Itis manifest that fortune has not as yet supported the Austrian standards. In the majority of instances they were the assailants, and were invariably defeated with heavy loss. At - Montebello they moved forward merely for a recennaisance, but_were not satisfied with taking Casteggio and Montebello, but pushed on their troops, until a real battle took place, in which they lost nearly 1,300 men, while the Franco-Sardinian loss fell not far short of 1,000. Here were, at all events, more than 2,000 men killed or maimed without any beneficial result being achieved, or even contemplated. A certain piece of information was desired, and for that 2,000 were placed hors de combat, with all the horrors of mutilation and wounds of very serious character. It is probable that a greater battle than any that has hitherto occurred will speedily be fought. LOUIS NAPOLEON really means mischief. He cannot afford to remain idle much longer. While VICTOR EMMANUEL and several generals are acquiring high distinction, and having their names used as household words in France and Piedmont, he has not yet smelt gunpowder, save at a safe dis tanee,nor sullied his marshal's plume by the contact with " villanous saltpetre." It is more than probable, however, that a combined advance of the whole army will shortly take place, and that, commanded by the aspirant for military fame in person, a general encounter must take place between the whole strength of the opposing ar m i es . It is said that the French intend crossin!; the Ticino in three divisions, and thus carrying flu; war into the enemy's country. The Austrians are in large force at Bobbin, scarcely more than two hours' march from Palestro, where VICTOR and the victorious Zouaves and Piedmontese have taken up their quarters. There is a statiement 11111 P - 4;4 ) , /torr rooktii 1z ,',,M ' w THE SUN. THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1859. that the Austrians attacked the Sardinian outposts at Sesto Calendo, but were beaten off after two hours' fighting, and that the allies hal crossed the Ticino in pursuit of the enemy. If this be so, it seems clear that the capital of Lombardy will soon be in the hands of the allies, and that the insur rection which is already spreading must soon extend through the entire country. Indeed, the Austrians have ample cause to deplore their pre cipitation in forcing on war, or if determined to produce it, to lament their inactivity at the time that they had it all their own way, with none but the Piedmontese troops to resist their march on Turin. There is no direct intelligence of GARIBALDI, which would go far to prove that he had extricated himself from his difficulties. At the same time the reports are so conflicting that it is difficult to know to which credence can be given. It is stated that a numerous Austrian corps d'arrnee appeared before Varese ; that GARIBALDI ordered the Na tional Guard not to resist, and fell back on the Lago Maggiore; another, that he attacked Lavona on the lake, but had not succeeded in taking the town, and that heavy cannonading was heard all night on the frontier of the Canton of Tessin. A Genoese account stated that he was still at Como. It is manifest that several of these assertions must be erroneous, and the difficulty is to ascertain whether any, and which of them, have any foundation in fact. The Austrians have unquestionably strong posi tions, and there is every reason to suppose that they will defend them to the utmost ; still they have a formidable enemy to encounter—one ani mated by the prestige of victory. They have a revolutionary population, and are threatened with attacks from front and rear. It would have been far better had they consented to make the necessary concessions in Italy, and thus saved themselves from the expense, the bloodshed, and the defeats which they have sustained. It is assumed with confidence by some that a new Ministry is safe to be formed off-hand out of the reconciled divisions of the Liberal Opposition. The differences which have so long divided the great aggregate of the Reformers in the House of Com mons are said to have been made up, an A perfectly satisfactory compact entered into between the two rival chiefs above and below the gangway, both of them ex-Premiers—Lord JOHN and Lord P.,U,- MERSTON. The ladies from Pembroke Lodge and Cambridge House are said by the hon. and learned ' gentleman the member for Sheffield to have been brought together. An alliance has been formed, an alliance both offensive and defensive, betwiien the leader of the Whigs and the leader of the so-caned Canningites. The war is to be carried into the enemy's camp. "When, is a matter still, it appears, of some uncertainty. Flow, even, has not, it would seem, been yet definitively settled. According to some, the division is to be brought about upon the question of our Foreign Policy—according to others, upon the question of Parliamentary Reform — according to a third section of prophetic specula tors as to the future, upon a distinct vote of Want of Confidence. Immediately (this may be), namely, at the end of the first week of June, but just now commenced. The catastrophe may be delayed possibly a fortnight. It may even be postponed until midsummer. But before the dog-days the DERBY Ministry is to be doomed—definitively, and past all possible redemption. There is to be another grand Coalition Cabinet established en permanence in Downing•street. Another Cabinet of All the Talents; in other words, all the GREYS, and all the ELLIOTS, and all the RUSSELLS are to be arranged to the mutual satis faction of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Lord PAL:nlin- STON. At first it was intimated that the Premier ship and the lead of the House of Commons would be allotted jointly to the noble lord the Member for the City of London—the ever-vivacious viscount being reinstated in his old post as Foreign Secre tary. At last it is understood, however, that the lead both in the Commons and the Cabinet is to be assigned to Lord PALMERSTON—his "noble friend" being perfectly prepared again to serve under the Member for Tiverton in any capacity that may be deemed most convenient under the circumstances— Foreign, Home, or Colonial—as Member of the Cabinet without any seals of any office, as President of the Council, as " High" or "Low"—as JACK and the Game ! There is a very old saying, however, about counting chickens before they are hatched ! And there is another equally old, about chickens of a certain kind, such as those belonging to Mother CAREY, going home to roost. Perhaps the male dictions, and objurgations, and anathemas pro nounced of late upon the antagonists of the two noble conspirators already mentioned —antagonists still in office, but very speedily now to be expelled from it in perpetuo—may go home to roost like tho rest of them. Perhaps the eggs that are so certain to be hatched may, after all, prove to be already irretrievably addled. Who knows? Mr. ROEBUCK ? If so, we know in turn now, from that positive and absolute prediction by him on Satur day of the summary disappointment prepared for all the golden hopes of power and patronage in dulged in by Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Lord PAL MERSTON. Does Sir JOHN RAMSDEN know what is in store for us in the new Parliament ? If so, he has told us pretty plainly, too, in his manly speech on Monday—when, as one of the victorious candidates for the West Riding of Yorkshire, he avowed his entire unbelief, in spite of himself, in spite of his most cherished aspirations, his com plete and deliberate unbelief in the possibility of forming a stable Government of any kind out of the divided parties and subdivided sections of parties discernible on the side of that unfortunate, dispirited, melancholic, and diminished Liberal Opposition. If Mr. BRIGHT sees the future mapped out clearly before his mind's eye, he does not vouchsafe to give us one passing glimpse of it, even through half a wink. While ROEBUCK and , RAMSDEN spoke on Saturday and Monday, with all commendable and manly frankness as to their intentions and opinions in regard to the situation and the prospects opened up to us in the new Par liament—BßlGllT, on Tuesday, was for once dull with the dulness of a timorous and suspicious re ticence. Not an inkling did he give to the 600 working men who cheered him to the echo over their half-crown dinner at Birmingham, not one inkling did he vouchsafe to them as to the proba bilities or possibilities of a new Reform Cabinet being constructed out of the materials to be found in the Liberal Opposition. The principal incident noticeable, indeed, in regard to Mr. BRIGHT'S last speech at Birmingham, was one performed by him with such pious unction so often—one, in the course 'of which, referring anew to the Crimean war, he thanked GOD he was not as other men, and so forth. An incident in which this man, who is so often boasting about having established 300 newspapers in these islands, alludes perpetually, with an im placable and spiteful animosity, to the very Press, to the agency of which he is himself principally indebted for whatever influence and whatever reputation he possesses. There is something we cannot but think very significant, and at the same time very characteristic in the vague gene ralities and studied reticence of Mr. BRIGHT upon Tit SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1859 that very situation of parties in regard to which Mr. ROEBUCK Spoke out so heroically and trumpet tongued. The £lO bounty has acted, is acting, to admira tion. The old salts of the merchant service are beginning to find their prejudices against the Royal Navy melting away at last benignly under the sunny influence of that new, and direct, and instant allurement. The crackling sound of the crisp bank note, with £lO flourished in the corner of it—or the chink of the ten gold sovereigns in the hollow of Jack's tarry tawny palm—either the one or the other is altogether too muat for him. He gives in, your Honour, with a touch o f his forelock—and is ready to take his place off han'd in the fo'castle of any ship of the line you please —to run all the risk of salt water grog for an infraotion of the regula tions as one of her MAJESTY'S true blue, light footed, tough-handed men-'o-war's men ! Those gold sovereigns Jack knows he can pour in a Dantean shower into the lap of goodwife Sal as she pauses after a rinse of her porboiled hands over the wash tub—or he can flutter that crisp bank note with the mysterious letters and numerals sprawling over it, flutter it before her wondering eyes as a talisman of delight and consolation. Jack at any rate, for some good reason or other of his own, finds it im possible to resist the temptation of that bounty—for the which he is Britannia's " most obedient." The outer barrier of pre judice between the Royal Navy and the 1 merchant service has at last been fairly broken down by this last proceeding of the Admiralty. Perhaps a better step towards the ready manning of the fleet has not been taken by the authorities since the bold abolition of the old press-gang abomination. Nothing, certainly, has tended more happily to wards popularising the maritime service of the Crown among the very class whose sympathies it was the most desirable of all to gain. This is cer tainly as it should be. It is a measure that reflects credit upon Sir JOIIN PAKINGTON'S administration. It will be remembered honourably in Sir JOHN'S regard when the CARNEGIE episode has been for gotten, and when there is but a dim reminiscence of the twin double-triumphs inscribed of late under his auspices upon the Parliamentary records—here at Dover, there at Devonport. Following with timely promptitude hard upon the heels of the £lO bounty there has been issued from the Admiralty very recently an admirable circular addressed to the commanders of vessels, earnestly recommending them so to regulate matters that change of habits shall not come with too harsh abruptness upon the newly-installed A.B.'s—but just introduced to the cleanly but strictly disciplined forecastle of a man-of-war from the midst of the discomfort but comparative freedom of the forecastle of a merchant vessel. A brim.' interval allowed for him to shake down into his new :node of life, is all that is really requisite not only to concile JACK to the transformation, but to convince Lin of the superior advantages he has secured to himself by consenting to that very " transmogrification." Allured by the £lO bounty into the service of the Crown coon a regular line of battle ship, JACK will not be long' in recognising that the change brought about in cm;. sequence is beyond all manner of doubt a change for tht: better. Satisfy him, as he may be readily satisfied of after a very little examination of his new career, and you will find the old prejudice against the re gulations breaking down far and wide—you will even see, in lieu of it, the prestige of the Royal Navy increasing and extending by little and little all through the merchant service. Then — there will remain no longer any difficulty in man ning the fleet at any time almost upon the instant, and that to any extent that could by possibility be required at the utmost conceivable emergency. Armed at the outset with the £lO bounty, and aided afterwards by that most judicious Admiralty cir cular to which we have directed attention, those entrusted with the responsibility of looking after the rapid and efficient manning of the Royal Navy will have only themselves to thank if they fail in extending gradually throughout the whole of the merchant service a very different estimate indeed to that hitherto entertained there, as to the position and character of her MAJESTY's men-of-war's-men. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Frederick William and the Princesses Alice and Helena, visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday afternoon, at Clarence-house. Her Majesty also took a carriage drive. The Prince Consort rode on horseback, attended by his Equerry in Waiting. The Queen gave a concert in the evening. Invitations were issued to a party of about 670. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary arrived at Buckingham Palace at half-past nine o'clock, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Homo Purves. The Duke of Cambridge was attended by his Equerry in Waiting.. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort passed from the White Drawing Room to the Ball anti Concert Room, ac- . companied by the Princess Frederick William, the Princess Alice, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, the Duke of Cambridge, and the Prince of Leiningen. The concert immediately commenced. The principal vocal performers were Mademoiselle Titiens, Mademoiselle Meyer, Signori Gardoni and Belletti, and M. Zelger. The band and chorus amounted to nearly 200 performers ; the former consisted of her Majesty's private band, aided by several of the principal instrumentalists of the Phil harmonic Society, and the Royal Italian Operas, Covent garden and Drury-lane. , The chorus were selected from the operas, with a numer ous body of amateurs of the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter-hall. The performance was conducted by Mr. Anderson, the director of her Majesty's private band. Mr. W. G. Cusins, organist of her Majesty's private chapel, presided at the organ. DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCESS FREDERICK Ira LI.IIJL The Princess Frederick William, accompanied by her Majesty, the Prince Consort, left Buckingham Palace at half -past 12 to -day, and arrived at the private station at the Bricklayers' Arms at 1. A special train left shortly after with the Royal party for Gravesend. GRAVESEND, THURSDAY. The Princess of Prussia embarked at the Terrace-pier this afternoon on her return to ,Berlin. The whole line of streets, extending from the railway station to the pier, presented a gay appearance from the number of ban ners, flags, and streamers exhibited. The balconies of the houses in Harmer- street were fitted eut with laurels, devices formed of flowers, &c., and at various points in the route of the royal cortege triumphal arches were erected. The Pier, most tastefully fitted up for the occasion, was under the direction of the corporation. Her Royal High ness was conveyed to the royal yacht by the barge belong ing to the Victoria and Albert. The Queen and Prince Consort returned to town immediately after the vessel started on her voyage. ,Ve are authorised to state that the health of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is steadily and satis factorily improving. The Hon. Henry Elliot left London on Tuesday, charged with a special mission from the English Govern ment to the court of Naples. Mr. Elliot is our minister at Copenhagen, but being in England was selected by Lord Malmesbury for this important mission. The Gazette des I lospitaux publishes a letter from a surgeon in the French army, dated from Montebello, which says :—" We have to attend at this moment 800 wounded-500 French and 300 Austrians. The new pro jectiles produced extraordinary effects, and we foresee that we shall have many more operations to perform than wht rcund balls were used. The sanitary state of the wounded is satisfactory, and they are in good spirits ; in spite of their sufferings,•French gaiety does not abandon them." The Gazette du Midi states that an order has been received at Toulon to immediately send to Italy 400 seamen and 400 marines to be selected amongst the most robust men, and the most apt at gymnastic exercises. The French Austrian Railway Company have notified that they intend to pay their accruing dividend by an issue of obligations. The holder of 12 coupons will re ceive one obligation of 500 f., the quotation of which in Paris is 210 f. It is to be presumed the motive for this arrangement is to avoid drawing funds from Vienna at the present unfavourable rate of exchange. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR IN ITALY. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office:— PARIS, JUNE 2. The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol- lowing telegrams : " TtRIN, June I.—At 7 o'clock this morning General Niel entered Novara after a slight encoun ter with the Austrian outposts. " The whole Valteline is in insurrection." VERCELLI, June I.—The following are some fresh details about the affair at Palestro _ _ The Piedmontese army, after having repulsed the enemy along his whole front, was, on its right wing, for a moment outflanked by the Austrians, who threatened the bridge of boats thrown across the Sesia over which General Canrobert was to effect a junction with the King. The Emperor then despatched the 3d Regiment of Zouaves, who, unsupported by any artillery, rushed upon the enemy's battery planted on the further side of a deep canal, bayonetting or hurling into the water the companies posted on our side of the canal for the defence of the battery, and taking two pieces of cannon and 500 prisoners. The Zouaves lost 1 officer and 20 privates killed, and 200 wounded, among whom were 10 officers. The Moniteur also publishes officially the notifi cation of the blockade of Venice. PARIS, JUNE 2. Signor Antonini has arrived here from Naples for the purpose of notifying to the French Govern ment the ascension of the throne of Naples by Francis 11. It is asserted that he will also go to London and Brussels for the purpose of making a similar announcement at the courts of those cities. The correspondent of the Constitutionizel, writing from Vercelli, on the 30th of May, says : " Great changes have taken place within the last two days. Since I informed you of the sudden departure of the Imperial Guard from Alessandria I have been to Turin, then to Vercelli, back again to Turin, and now lam again at Vercelli. There were reasons to prevent my alluding to the move ments of the army, bat as the telegraph has ere this informed you of the principal facts, I may now give you the details. " While the Imperial Guard was hastily leaving Alessandria, and, according to general opinion, was taking the road to Voghera, orders issued on the eve of its departure prescribed a concentration of our forces towards Casale, Valenza and Vercelli. The French army combined its movements with those of the Sardinian army, and advanced on all the points where an attack was preparing, which will probably be over before this letter reaches you. " In less than a few hours Casteggio, Montebello, and Voghera, were evacuated by the corps d'arnzee of General Baraguay d'Hilliers ; and I am informed this morning that the Austrians, not understanding our reasons for leaving, have re-occupied them. " A great force is now assembled at Vercelli. A decisive battle is imminent. All the men are anxiously expecting the order to advance. All the sick have been sent to Alessandria ; and the army actually assembled here consists of healthy, robust men — b .:ll eager for battle. " I am obliged to close this letter suddenly, as the post here is somewhat irregular. The Emperor was to hare left Alessandria to-day, andis expected here to night. I have taken up my quarters, there fore, at Vercelli, without knowing where to find shelter. The town is small, the hotels crammed, and I shall deem myself in good luck if I find a room, without a bed, in! scme peasant's dwelling." TURIN, JUNE 1 At 7 o'clock this morning General Niel entered Novara attacking the Austrian outposts which after a short encounter took to fight precipitately. The Emperor arrived at 5 o'clock in the evening amid the acclamations of the people. The Austrians have endeavoured to cross the Po at Bassignano, but the inhabitants opposed their passage, firing upon and destroying an Austrian barque. The Valteline is in inp . :rection, and the town of Sandrio has proclaimed Victor Emmanuel. TURIN, JUNE The official:Piednzontese Gazette, in publishing the order of the day, says as follows, concerning the fight of yesterday : The enemy in greater force than ourselves vigorously attacked our right, in order to hinder our junction with General Canrobert. The fourth division, under Cialdini, behaved incomparably. The conduct of the Zouaves contributed considerably to the victory. An Austrian' General and several other of the enemy's officers were killed. The Emperor has visited the battle-field, and congratu lated the army on the advantageous results of the day. BERNE, JUNE (Via Germany.) The Bund has no information of the occupation of Varese by the Austrians, and expresses its opinion that Garibaldi is still at Como. Numerous refugees from the Valteline have arrived at Enga din, and have been removed to the interior. BERNE, JUNE (Via Germany. The Austrians, in force amounting to 4,000 men, took possession yesterday of Varese. The Sardinian auxiliary troops, under the command of General Cialdini, were intercepted, and could not reach Sesto Calende. General Garibaldi marched to Laveno. Cannonading was heard the whole night at the frontier of the Canton Tessin. BERNE, JUNE 1. (Via France.) General Garibaldi himself, or a strong detach ment of his force, has left Como, and arrived in the afternoon of the 30th before Laveno, a fortified town on the Lago Maggiore. He commenced an immediate attack upon the town, and maintained it during the whole night. Yesterday morn ing Garibaldi's troops withdrew, but resumed in the evening the attack, which lasted the whole night. VERONA, MAY 30. The ringing of bells on approach of the enemy, and every information given to the enemy about the movement of the Austrian troops have been prohibited, and will be punishedqnost severely. MILAN, MAY 30. An official proclamation has been published against agitators and the disseminators of disquiet- ing reports. VENICE, MAY 30. The Poth st a Marcella has tendered his resignation. BERLIN, JUNE 1• A Government announcement has been made this day stating the conditions under which the officially-ordered new Prussian loan at 5 per cent. is to be issued. The issue is to be made in coupons of from 50 to 1,000 thalers—the payment of the interest to be half-yearly—and the redemption of the debt to commence from 1863 by the payment of 1 per cent. per annum. No reduction of the interest is to take place before 1870. The sub scriptions to:be received from the 6th to the 11th of June. In case the subscriptions should exceed 30 million thalers, those above 250 thalers are to be proportionally allotted. On subscription a deposit of 10 per cent. must be made ; by the Bth July, 30 per cent.; by the 22d August, 25 per cent.; and by the Bth October, 30 per cent. For this 95 per per cent. subscribers will receive 100 per cent. nominal value, bearing 5 per cent. interest from July 1, 1859. MARSEILLES, JUNE 1. Letters have been received from Constantinople :o the 25th of May. The Grand Duke Constantine is expected here o-morrow. The Sultan has held a review of 25,000 soldiers. The reserve will be immediately despatched to RoumelialThe Porte will send troops and ships to Albania. 2,000 Servians with artillery have departed to reinforce the Montenegrins. Prince Milosch ignores this fact, but the attitude of the Servians inspires fear. Letters also assert that the Porte is about to send four ships, four frigates, and two avisos to the Adriatic, under the command of Mohamed-Pasha, who in certain emergencies would exercise his command under the orders of an English Admiral. The garrison of the fortress of Belgrade has been reinforced. Omar Pasha remains at Bagdad, being detained -there in consequence of the threatening attitude of Persia. The following are some details of the successes obtained by Garibaldi over the Austrians at Varese and the neighbourhood, briefly mentioned by tele graph :—" At four o'clock in the morning of the 26th May he was attacked by the Austrians at Varese. The first shock was terrible, but the com bat did not last long ; as the volunteers of Gari baldi made use of the bayonet as so many Zouaves would have done. At two o'clock, the Austrians, 8,000 in number, returned to the attack; they had cannon, and the barricades in the streets could not long resist their fire. Garibaldi, in consequence, had recourse to the most vigorous measures—he ordered his volunteers to attack, and after three hours' combat the Austrians beat a retreat, leaving three cannon and some prisoners in the hands of the victors. The next day, at four o'clock in the afternoon, a loud cannonade was heard in the di rection of Como ; and it turned out that Garibaldi had met the Austrians at Borgo Vico, and that a sharp combat was taking place there. Whilst it was raging, the tocsin was rung everywhere, and the peasants hurried up from all parts. The Aus trians, seeing themselves everywhere menaced, fled precipitately, and only rallied at Camerlata, the head of the railway to Milan, where a new engage ment took place. It was after this combat, which was a sanguinary one, that Garibaldi entered the town of Como, which was illuminated in his honour." A letter from Vercelli, written before the Em peror's head-quarters were established there, says : " The first thing which I did on alighting at the Hotel des Trois Rois, where about a fortnight ago a part of the Austrian staff had taken up their quarters, was to enter into conversation with the landlord. He related to me, not in a piteous, but in an indifferent tone, that the enemy had pillaged him - without mercy ; had robbed him of money, horses, mules, and carriages—in a word, had shorn him like a sheep. Other inhabitants, to whom I afterwards spoke, gave a similar account, and fully confirmed all the facts related in the journals. What astonished me was, the calm and ' indifferent tone in which these poor people re lated their lamentable history, as though they were not the sufferers by what they were talking of. While I was in my room preparing to go out, I heard the sound of a sharp fire of musketry. I rang the bell, and asked the waiter what the , firing was. He coolly replied, Oh, sir, it is not in the street, it is only in the neighbourhood of the town,' and then withdrew, apparently surprised that I should have noticed such a trifle. The fact is that fighting had been going on from an early hour in the morning at a very short distance from Vercelli. I went with a friend, provided like myself with a pass, towards the Sesia. In going along the outer boulevard we saw a num ber of men cutting down some of the fine chestnuts which ornament that promenade, for the purpose of constructing a bridge. After proceeding for a short distance we found ourselves in presence of two Sardinian sentinels posted at the head of the bridge over the Cervo, and who interdicted our crossing. We showed them our passes, but as they could not understand them they called a corporal. He knew as little about it as the soldiers, but he offered to take us to the officer commanding the post at the other side of the bridge. While crossing the Cervo we met some mules bearing litters on which five wounded Piedmontese were lying. One of them had been hit in the chest by a ball and was in a dying state. The officer received us with the greatest politeness, but said he could not allow us to go towards the Sesia. He added, 'if you wish to see what is going on, I will take you to the house you see yonder.' We accepted the proposi tion, and were soon installed in an upper room, where we found a priest, who like ourselves had come there from curiosity. From the window of that room we could distinctly see the Austrians and the Piedmontese, but, to tell the truth, I must say that we arrived just as the fighting had finished. The Austrians were retiring by degrees, and in a very short time not a white uniform was to be seen. The priest was a canon of Ver celli. After giving us some little information about the residence of the Austrians in the place, he asked us if we had seen the celebrated manu script of Saint Eusebius. I confess to my shame that I had never heard of it, but not to give.a canon such a sad idea of my ignorance, I warded off the question by saying that it was an unpropitious time to think of books in the midst of fighting. What signifies the fighting P' insisted the canon, you could not think of being at Vercelli without seeing the Gospels of Saint Luke, copied in the fourth century by Saint Eusebius, who was bishop of our town.' We - were consequently obliged to follow him to the cathedral to see this treasure. The ink was, however, so whitened, not to say effaced, by age, that any one might have written on the parchment without discovering that he was writing over that of the saint. Just as we were about taking leave of the canon and the librarian, who was present, the latter told us that he has been for some time occupied on a work to prove that the author of the Imitation de Jesus Christ was neither Gerson, nor Thomas A'Kempis, no Marillac, but a canon of Vercelli named Gersen.r In support of his assertion he showed us a document of 1849, which proved that the Imitation is anterior to Gerson and Thomas A'Kempis, who was born, tuheappfoyrmme.ath w r n t 1 0 36 b 9 e , and the latter in 1380. lara thus able to pursue his studies with the t the gates of the t own ! On leaving cathe dral, I saw two Sardinian sentinels at the gate of the bishop's residence, and I heard that it is there that General Cialdini, of course with the consent of the bishop, h as established himself. I had a letter of introduction to the general, but he was with his staff on the banks of the Sesia. The epis copal palace of Vercelli had also served as the resi dence o f General Giulay during his stay there. There are at the present time 12,000 Piedmontese troops and two companies of French Engineers in the town. All the churches, with the exception of the cathedral, are occupied by the soldiers, who at night sleep on straw spread for that purpose." The Piedmontese Gazette publishes three decrees of the 28th and 29th ult., issued by Prince Eugene of Savoy, and countersigned Cavour, enacting : 1. being now made out at the Foreign-office, and will that the national guard of the kingdom shall fur- be ready to forward to England early in June. nish detached corps for the service of the war; 2. The Cortes will close on the 28th inst. The busi that officers and non-commissioned officers who ness under transaction lately has been of a purely local interest. have left the army may be readmitted with their In reply to a direct question the other day, the former rank, provided they be fit for service ; 3, Minister stated in the Chamber of Peers that, in the that bakers not furnishing the rations ordered existing state of affairs on the Continent, it is the within the proper time or of the proper quality intention of Portugal to maintain a strict neutrality. shall be liable to fines equal to the value of the The new Prussian Minister, the Count de Rosen berg, has presented his credentials to the King at a rations wanting or declared bad.—There is also a solemn audience at the palace of Necessidades. decree issued by Count Cavour, ordering the na- The accounts of the wine crop from all parts of tional guard of Turin to furnish 600 men for the the country are very satisfactory, and promise an formation of a detached corps. abundant supply. Under these circumstances we may look for a fall in prices. In foreign exchanges little has occurred since last mail, and paper on all places continues very scarce. The quotations on London, 30 days' sight, 521 K ; 30 days' date, 521 to ; Paris, 542 to 545; Ham burg, 461 ; Amsterdam, 411—all at three months' date. Government stock declined within the last day or two, and prices are now quoted as follows :—Threes per Cent. Registered Stock, 44 to 451 ex div. ; Coupons, 43 to 431 ex div.; Deferred 29 to 29 1; Bank of Portugal shares, 4to 4 per cent. prem. The Piednzontese Gazette of the 30th ult. pub - lishes the 57th and 58th bulletins ; but the only new information they contain is, that on the 29th one Speirana, mason, of Pavia, was shot after a trial by court martial, as convicted of being au Austrian spy. The Genoa Gazette states that on the 28th ult., while General d'Herbillon was superintending the transport of the French sick and wounded to the hospital at Genoa, two gentlemen took up some wounded in their carriage, and conveyed them to the hospital. General d'Herbillon, deeply affected at this mark of sympathy, has requested the muni cipality to thank those gentlemen in his name. Prince Eugene of Savoy has, by a decree of the 29th ult., dissolved the communal council of Modane (Maurienne) for having neglected to afford proper accommodation to the French troops during their passage through that town. The Tuscan Monitore publishes two circulars from Baron Ricasoli, Minister of the Interior at Florence, to the prefects of the provinces ; one directing them to request of the authorities to take the necessary measures for providing the French army with every necessary on its line of march, and the other announcing that whenever the Govern ment shall receive any important piece of intelli gence, it will communicate it by telegraph to the prefects, whose duty it will be to publish it imme diately. The same paper also gives the text of the deelaration by which Tuscany announces that it has joined Piedmont in the present war against Austria. Lastly, there is a decree issued by the Minister of the Interior directing that Chevalier Buoncompagni, Commissioner Extraordinary to the King of Sar dinia in Tuscany, is to receive the military honours due to his official position. A letter from Berne of the 29th ult. states that considerable excitement has been lately caused in Switzerland by an extraordinary proposition put forth by the Augsburg Gazette. That journal suggests that Austria should occupy the six south eastern cantons in order to secure the defence of Southern Germany and Austria, by the possession of the strategical line from the Lake of Zurich to the Ticino. " Such a course," says the writer, " would never be allowed, for although the German and the French cantons may be divided in their opinions on certain questions of internal policy, yet they would all be unanimous in taking up arms, rather than allow a foreign Power to touch a corner of the Swiss soil." THE INDIA AND CHINA A letter from Berne of the 30th ult. says " According to reports received by the Federal Executive from Coire, chief town of the canton of the Grisons, the state of siege has been proclaimed at Chiavenna, and the whole population of La Valtelina were only waiting for the arrival of the allies to pronounce in favour of the cause of Italian independence, and to join the Franco-Sardinian army. [A telegraphic despatch has since announced that the movement had commenced.] On the other hand, the arrival of about 2,000 Austrians or Bava rians is expected at the frontier of Lichtenstein. This circumstance seems to confirm what has been said, that the Austrian Government intends to con centrate 30,000 men in the environs of Lindau." MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIE.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Indus steamer, Captain Field, has arrived with 147 passengers, £1,330 in specie, 1,837 baled silk, seven boxes valuables, and general cargo. She left Alexandria May 19; Malta, 23d ; and Gibraltar, 28th. Her Majesty's steam yacht Osborne was to leave Gibraltar on the 28th, with the Prince of Wales, for England, touching at Cadiz and Lisbon. Captain Goodall, Royal Engineers, committed suicide, by taking poison, on the 23d, at Gibraltar, uuder temporary insanity. The Sir William Peel arrived at Gibraltar on the 27th, with troops for Corfu, and left during the night. Exchange on London, 641, to Z. The Ripon steamer, hence on the 20th, arrived at Gibraltar on the 25th, and proceeded. The screw•steamer Mauritius, hence for Mar seilles, arrived at Gibraltar on the 27th, an d pro ceeded without anchoring. The steam transport Melbourne, with troops for Corfu, arrived at Gibraltar, from Portsmouth, ea the night of the 24t11 1 , and went on. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Moniteur publishes decrees signed by the Emperor, at headquarters, promoting General Forey to the dignity of Grand Cross of the Legion of , Honour ; General Blanchard, Colonels Cambriels, Meric de Bellefon (since deceased), and Conseil- Dumesnil to the rank of Commander; eight other Lieut.-Colonels and Chefs de Battalion to that of Officer, and making 33 nominations to that of Knight, all for distinguished services in the combat of Montebello. Sixty-eight military medals have been also conferred on non-commissioned officers and privates for the same affair. General Count Gervaix de Sounaz, of the Sardinian Army, has also received the decoration of Commander of the Legion of Honour ; six other officers in the Sardinian Cavalry nominations as Knights ; and six non commissioned officers and privates the French military medal. By a decree of the Emperor, signed at Alessandria, Generals of Brigade Baron Richepanse, Foltz, Sol, and Soumain, have been promoted to the rank of General of Division, and the following 12 colonels, Dieu, Pourcet, De Eremonville de Maisonthou, Guyot de Lespart, Jaspart, Gelly de Montcla, Micheler, Ridouel, Le Vassor Sorval, Jarras, De Dree, and Bruno, to that of General of Brigade. General de Division Fiereck, commanding the artillery of the sth corps d'armee, and General de Division Bertin have arrived at Marseilles on their way to the seat of war in Italy. The French army has been reinforced within a few days by 120,000 veteran soldiers, who have served in Algeria and the Crimea. BOURSE, June I.—The opening of the market was buoyant, owing to the new success of the Franco-Sardinian troops announced by the Moni teur, but prices again gave way in consequence of sales for realisation. Threes for the end of Julie are now at 62f. 40e. ; Mobilier varied from 630 f. to 625 f.; Austrian, 360 f. to 352 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,212 f. 50c. to 1,197 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 815 f. to 812 f. 50c. ; Northern, 905 f. to 897 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 602 f. 50e. to 600 f. ; Southern 450 f. to 445 f. The following are the last quotations : ft per Cents. 9O 25 Credit Foncier.... 630 Do. end month 9O 10 I Belgian 41 . ...... 3 per Cents Do. end month 62 60 Roma n ....... 79 ... Bank Shares. 2760 Austrian ........ Credit Mobilier Do. Account -Home Debt ...... RAILWAYS. Cash. Aecoont. Orleans ...................... 1200 .. 1195 Northern . .................... 897 50 • • 897 50 0 New ditto. .................... 775 .. 765 Lyons and Mediterranean ....... 790 .. 800 Geneva ....................... 477 50 .. 475 ___ Southern. .................... 45 .. 475 _ western ...................... 502 50 .. money, 24E 9'u. 407 50 Eastern ...................... 606 25 .. 605 Sardinian ..................... 350 .. ._,... ...._ Austrian ................... 352 50 .. 352 so Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15e. ; money, 25f. 10e; three months, paper, 24f. 95e. ; SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 28th ult, state that the insurgent Carlist band which had appeared near Valencia had been attacked by the Queen's troops and dispersed, four horses being taken from them. A letter from a semi-official source says Con trary to what has been stated, the Pope has never thought of requesting a Spanish garrison to be sent to Rome ; he could not in fact make such a demand without previous concert with the French Government. The Spanish Government, being firmly' convinced that neutrality is favourable to Spain, will remain neutral." PORTUGAL. LISBON, MAY 2G. It is said that the Prince of Wales will arrive here in the beginning of next mouth, and will remain seine fi teen days, a telegraphic mes sage to this effect having been received from the Queen by the British Minister. A meeting of the chief Lisbon merchants has been called at the,Consul's office for Monday next, to decide upon the best way of honouring the Prince's coming, and also to frame the address to be presented to him. Doubtless the King of Portugal will do his best to make the short stay of the Prince of Wales agreeable, on account of the veryfrien b d ot ly h relations he ma intains with the British court, The new p ostal convention has Massed Chambers of the Cortes, and was published as law in the Diario of the 24th inst, The ratification on the part of the Portuguese Government is i I believe, AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIQ TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING• The American steamer Ocean Queen, from New York, was telegraphed from Hurst at 8.5 a.m. She brings mans of the 21st ult. THE LITERARY FUND. A long account appeared in the last number of the Atheneum of certain negotiations which have been going on for some time between the Committee of the Literary Fund and the Rev. Mr. El w in and Mr. Dickens, and which came to an untim el y end last Wednesday. The actual facts of the case may be briefly stated. A gentleman wh© w as anxious do place his library after his death under the care of a public institution, offered it, through Mr. Elwin and Mr. Dickens, to the Literary Fund, together with a sum of £lO,OOO, none of which, however, was to go to the benefit of the Fund, but to be tied up strictly for the increase and maintenance of th e library. The reversion was not to take pla ce till after the termination of the lives of two persons, now about 45 years old each, a contingency which, according to the calculation of probabilities, could not be expected to arise in less than thirty years' and, in the interval, the owner of the books w as t° exercise a complete control over them in the wa Y of buying, selling, and exchanging, so that the reversion was to consist of the library not in its present condition, but in whatever condition it might happen to be in at the deatk of the donor. The simple and obvious course to pursue under such circumstances was to convey the library to the in stitution by way of bequest, accompanied by some tangible consideration to the institution for undertaking the charge of it. But the donor had other views ; he clogged the offer by con ditions affecting the constitution of the society, and stipulated not only that a new charter should be procured to carry them into effect , but that it should be procured immediately ; that is to say, that, although the society was not to come into possession of the library for probably 30 years' it was to alter its constitution at once. Such a proposition was, perhaps, never submitted to an executive body. Its unreasonableness is perfectly irrespective of the nature of the gift or conditions► which, whether beneficial or otherwise, s hould at least be coincident. To require a public instity9- tion to adopt alterations in its constitution ill 18 1 on the pros iect of some suppositious advantage L„ a is not likely to accrue to it till in or about 18, "' when its affairs will be in the hands of a new gene ration, is very much like demanding interest and ' i loan 30 years before the obligation is ncurre Indeed, the latter proposition, which would be f regarded by men of business as an overt act (1, lunacy, is by far the more rational proposition 01. the two, because the loan would, at all event s ,' whenever it came, be a positive and decided benefit' whereas the benefit, if any, to be derived from thf t library is problematical and vague. Not °nil is j i . " doubtful whether the charitymight not be serious 3', damaged by adopting a feature so inconsistent with its objects as that of a public reading -r°° '' but there is no guarantee for the quality be ef the library with which the reading-room is to fur- Rished. The Committee of the Literary Fund saw clearjr all the objections to this proposal, but they a e ; lined the responsibility of rejecting it , and agree: unanimously to a formal resolution, by which th., decision was to be referred to a g eneral meeting a the whole society. Mr. Elwin and Mr. Dickers finding that objections existed, intimated their willingness to modify their original stipulations, what sd in the secretary's and the committee a pp ointed a day to receive them,for letter, th e o fPhueraPrrng- asexpressed e modifications they were in structed to make. The interview took p lace last Wednesday, when Mr. Dickens and Mr. Elwin , instead of stating their modifications, required the committee, in the first instance, to determine whether under any modifications they were willing com meeting, 3 to accept t he librar y , because if they did not it was useless to discuss the conditions. This deman d have been justifiable if the accep t an ce or re - ' i e t t t i e n e g , but the onlythe deci sioneife.ctst of forcing the committ ee t e etio l n ax re w st i e t d with the with thegeneral o an expression 0 f opinion was to provok e an o b s t ruct i ve di s cussioer and complicate a question which up to this ti me e itimate s was proceeding qa i et l y to i ts 1 • olution• no Mr. Dickens, A long debat e en sued on the subje g ct in the abs e of Mr. El w i n an d M and finally W., reso lution following resolu • was carried by a majority 13 to 7 " Thatthe committee sufficient evidence has been laid before t o conpnittee of any pecuniary or other benefit resulting te society from the proposed acces s i on t o it o f a library' , e, ° „ t ojustify the committee in recommending the sam e "'" general meeting." The Atheneum says that this resolution is , ile ; contradiction to the views of the founder, but %Ye, only authority by which the committee ca der, governed, or by which the views of the f our nre , reduced to an authentic and practical shaP, e '„,if, made known, is the charter obtained by hira' - ' OO . with the spirit and intentions of which t his re lution is in entire accordance. com mit The Athceneum further says that the coninn +0 while inviting Mr. Elwin and Mr. Dickens t o st ate their modifications, had already resolved to r e t o the offer. Here are two errors. The corannt.,t did not " invite" Mr. Elwin and Mr. Dickens, !J on " ; gave them an interview at Mr. Elwin's sugges,,t,ited nor have the committee up to this moment re. the t he the offer. Pressed to a resolution one waY or, other, they have simply determined that 7 0 14 cannot recommend the general meeting to a u is the offer on such evidence as is before thew. the for the annual meeting to accept or reject offer. e ars, According to the statement in the Athol re the seven members who voted in the minorityia a " official reformers," and are to be cons iderea f avo ur of the library. The Atheneum co unts . l _ ci h os t too hastily. Most of th es e gentlemen !To_ previously recorded their opinion on the other o,w; and the only explanation that c an be given of to of last vote is that they - would not, in that stair_til the proceedings, pronounce against the library wi nd they had heard the modifications Mr. EiNv m 11 1 0 Mr. Dickens had to propose. But the rest of a. e, committee, compelled to vote one way or the ow,,, n a voted according to the evidence before there , consistently with the opinions which they had a re and expressed throughout. In their opinions theLst_ sustained by the concurrence of the Dean of_Nv_, e tno rninster, the Dean of St. Paul's, Mr. - o ° ) ;, n a Corney, and the whole of the vice-president s, members of council who attended the meetly, 110 . with the exception of two members of the c ou • who have always upon every question Deen in c' r position.—Times. I