The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-07 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 LAIK, HARLOT K. BROWNE, C. KEENE OLF, &C., &C. Will Nnpublisbed every Saturday, price Threepeuce. The First Zinniber 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 IEvANs, at their Offices, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. The ]Publishers will also receive Orders for the Miscellany itaelc; 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 Shakspeare'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. Atter 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, AD ELPHI, Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar. Followed by THE HOUSE ? or, THE HOME? Mr. A. Wigan, C, Selby, Killington ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss H. Simms. Miss Laid law. To conclude with ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw. and Mrs. Billin,gton. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to s—no charge for booking. No fee to servants permitted. A registry kept of 411 articles found.s ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager. ..... ...Mr. William Cooke. Novel, Varied, and Attractive Entertainments. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with new military spectacle, called FRANCE AND AUSTRIA. After whieh, 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 ; 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. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 39. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 is. To commence at 7 ; Carriages at 11. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ? supported by the company. Followed by CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Mr. J. Rogers and Miss F. Hughes. After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Commence at 7o'clock. 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.—Svx OFFICE, JUNE 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 62—lowest this morning and during the night. 67—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.09. WIND, South-Easterly ; light, with fine weather. THE SUN. TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1859. QUEEN'S SPEECH. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I avail myself with satisfaction, in the present anxious state of public affairs, of the advice of my Parliament, which I have summoned to meet with the least possible delay. I have directed that papers shall be laid before you, from which you will learn how earnest and unceasing have been my endeavours to preserve the peace of Europe. Those endeavours have unhappily failed ; and war has been declared between France and Sar dinia on one side, and Austria on the other. Re ceiving assurances of friendship from both the contending parties, I intend to maintain between them a strict and impartial neutrality ; and I hope, with God's assistance, to preserve to my people the blessing of continued peace. Considering, however, the present state of Europe, I have deemed it necessary to the security of my dominions and the honour of my Crown to increase my naval forces to an amount exceeding that which has been sanctioned by Parliament. I rely with confidence on your cordial concur rence in this precautionary measure of defensive policy. The King of the two Sicilies having announced to me the death of the King, his father, and his own accession, I have thought fit, in concert with the Emperor of the French, to renew my diplomatic intercourse with the Court of Naples, which had been suspended during the late reign. All my other foreign relations continue on a perfectly satisfactory footing. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, The Estimates for the year, for which provision has not been made by the late Parliament, will be himediately laid before you, together with such Supplementary Estimates as present circumstances render indispensably necessary for the p u bli c service. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I have directed a bill to be prepared for giving effect, so far as the aid of ParNamext may be re quired, to certain suggestions of the Commissioners whom I had appointed to inquire into the best mode of efficiently manning the Royal Navy ; and I recommend this important subject to your imme diate attention. Measures of legal and social improvement, the progress of which, in the late Parliament, was necessarily interrupted by the dissolution, will again be brought under your consideration. I should with pleasure give my sanction to any well-considered measure for the amendment of the laws which regulate the representation of my people in Parliament ; and should you be of opinion that the necessity of giving your immediate attention to measures of urgency relating to the defence and financial condition o f the country will not leave you sufficient tinr4 for legislating, with due deliberation, during ',;he pre sent Session, on a subject at once o difficult and so extensive, I trust that at the com mencement of the next Sessicco, your earnest attention will be given to a quristion, of which an early and satisfactory settlement would be greatly to the public advanta,,e. I feel assured that you win enter with zeal and diligence on the discharge of your p ar li amentary duties, and I pray th at th o result of your delibera tions may tend to secure the continuance of peace Prov ement at home. abroad, and progressive boa_ Now that the mean and atrocious raid of Austria against riedmontese civilians and wom en , on their and money, has t erm i nated, food, forage, clothing, it may be convenient to' our readers if we recal the • , "a., . f: - .` - s.',t?. , *'-',.-, ... . . q % - . 7 -. s . .40.0. „ :111 L. •,... ~q. - 1 .1 - 41100 '' . g - i:: - . ` - .lkilkijii ~:%.,' ::;',..,.... ?,.. --.7 -,- ir-• N.,' rid Ak . ,.. , . ~ igi otu, r•M 0 ' 4 ~,,, ,, Odil,„.' ' Dpmi ,tt 7,-,...?, principal facts and dates relating to the war for the' last six weeks. It was on Monday, the 18th of April, that our Government, relying too much, we fear, on Austrian professions, coloured their statements, in regard to their foreign policy, with too strong expressions in favour of Austria ; they spoke of her dignified for bearance, and, it seems, intentionally created the impression, of which Lord JOHN RT:rs'ELL was not slow to avail himself, that +ley might be in duced to support the cause o ,f Austria if she were worsted. On the following Saturday, the 23d of April, only two days after the disso lution of our Parliament, Austria sent her utterly inexcusable ultimatum to Piedmont. The Monday after, the 25th, Lord DERBY dined at the Mansion-house, and lost no time in denouncing in bitter language—in the language, we should say, of an English gentleman of honour who had been deceived by supposing another's honour to be equal to his own—the wicked act of the Austrian Government, We think it desirable at this moment to recal his Lordship's words, for they have now a solemn significance :—"Austria," said he, "has taken on herself that fearful responsibility which attaches to that country which first deserts the peaceful ways of diplomacy, and subjects the question in dispute to the terrible arbitrament of the sword." Again : " There was nothing, in my judgment, to justify the hasty, the precipitate, and, because involving the horrors of war, the criminal step, which has been taken by Austria." At almost every hustings throughout the country these sentiments, in some form, were uttered and applauded. England had done what she could to avert bloodshed ; she could, as Lord DERBY said the same evening, be trifled with no longer. She retreated to the dignified silence of a benevolent but spurned, or rather deceived, adviser. The decision of Sardinia could not for a moment be doubtful. At half-past five on Tuesday, the 26th of April, the day after Lord DERBY'S speech, 1311'011 KELLERSBERG received the reply of the KING ; and on the night of Thursday, the 28th it would appear (for some accounts stated the 28th others the 29th) the Austrians began their passage of the Ticino; a passage they have, happily, had to make again, in the reverse direction, and with soldiers at their heels, instead of unarmed civilians merely in their front. They crossed, it may be re membered, at three principal points—their right close by Lake Maggiore on the north, at the foot of the Alps ; their centre at Buffalora, on the road to Novara and Vercelli ; and their left, further south, directed towards Vigevano and Mortara. Imme diately after there appears to have been movements of considerable bodies from Piacenza and Pavia along the north bank of the Po. Count GYULAI issued his proclamation declaring his intention to respect the lives, honour, and property of 'the inhabitants ; to interpret which by the results, we must suppose either that he intended to delude them into non-concealment of what he intended to plunder, or that his brutal mob of Uhlans and Croats, and selfish Austrians proper, were under no discipline whatever. Till about the 10th of May these locusts continued to spread themselves over the long parallelogram formed by the Ticino and the Sesia on the east and west, with the shorter sides formed by the Alps and the Po on tke north and the south ; chiefly about the southern portion of it from Novara to the Po, where we read of them at almost every place where they could get some thing to eat, or clothes to exchange for rags. They had also pushed for a short time forward over the Sesia at Vercelli chiefly, into the second parallelo gram, which is formed by that river and the Dora Baltea, along which, as the chief protection of Turin, General LA MARMORA had formed his line of defence. We read of them here for a few days at Pobietto, close on the Po, at Trino, not far from it, at Tronzano, ten or fifteen miles north of it, and at Saluzzola, about ten miles yet further north. Once, indeed, they occupied Biella, and ventured to peep at Ivrea on the Dora Baltea itself ; but as it looked as if it would be warm work to pillage a town in LA MARMORA'S line of defence, they retreated to where women and shopkeepers dared not refuse them what they asked. It was about the 10th that they had straggled to their farthest westward in search of booty. They then commenced strengthening themselves on the Sesia to enable them to sweep the parallelogram formed by it; and to pass by the rivers at leisure ; and also began moving their troops to the great angle formed by the Ticino and the Po, their headquarters being first at Lo mella, and subsequently at Mortara. Meantime the Allies had not been inactive. It certainly appears as if they hardly expected the real declaration of war—the ultimatum—or they would probably have seen prepared to defend the territory between the Sesia and the Ticino from spoliation ; but they rightly considered it as a declaration of war. It was supposed that Turin was to have been seized, and the Sardinian Court fugitives, before the French could arrive to i succour, and at first we were almost all shuddering at the thought of the brutal Hapsburgs at Turin ; but it soon appeared that food and clothing were the noble objects of Austrian ambition, and that Frenchmen had not, in respe3t of rapid movement, degenerated from the days of " the little corporal." They were in motion across the Alps towards Susa, only 30 miles by railway from Turin, and were there the very day the Austrians had crossed in the opposite direction. On the day the Austrians crossed the Ticino, Friday the 29th April, the French had also begun to arrive at Genoa ; the Patrie indeed stated that 40,000 troops were there, including the Imperial Guards. The Austrians, most ludicro us ly i n d ee d , charge the French with beginni ng the war, because by the 28th or 29th they were in Piedmont ; as if the ultimatum of the 23d had left the Allies any other course than to look to the safety of Piedmont immediately. 011 the 13th the Emp eror of the FREN CH hi mse lf ar rived at Genoa, and issued his proclannjdon ; the French troops and materiel of war hav e con ti nue d to arrive ever siry,:e ; their shiA,s took nava l posses sion of the A'Ariatic by the 18th ; some French soldiers also landed at Leghorn, wh ere P r i nce NAPOLEO joined them on the 23d, to be ready probal.4 for a flank movement through Parma, by Piacenza, and the Austrians seem to have thought PP.rtly to neutralise this movement by sending 10,000 men to Ancona ; there, however, whil e treating the Holy Father's subjects as their breth ren were treating the bourgeois and peasantry of Piedmont, they were called to order by the Pope himself. The Austrians now began on the whole a retreat ing. policy ; but it were useless to record the petty skirmishes, not very clear in their object to us ; perhaps not so to the parties themselves. By the 20th of May they had so decidedly withdrawn themselves to the east of the Sesia that they blew up the bridge at Vercelli, and withdrew several miles from it after grossly maltreating the peasan try. At that time the French were beginning to move northwards from Alessandria, which they had of course made the military basis of their operations ; since, we end the Austrians dis puting, unsuccessfully, their passage of the Po at Valenza. It was at this time that Count STADION wishing, as he says, to ascertain THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, Mg. completely by surprise, and *eke thoroughly and completely defeated on Saturday, and that with the severe loss of from 15,000 to 20,000 men killed and (112 anti from 5,000 to /,000 taken prisoners. against this the French casualties ate said to amount to 3,000 killed and wounded—less than a fifth or that or the Austriatis. They also captured two flags and three cannon. This does not seem to indicate that the victory was so decisive as the French accounts declare. There would, in such case, have been a larger share of the spolia opima than has fallen into the hands of the victors. Flags and cannon are not easily carried off by a flying army, who are merely trying to save themselves from the triumphant pursuers. • But it also appears that the fight was renewed on Sunday ; and although we do not give the slightest credence to the Frankfort telegram, which announces that the Allies were dri ven back cross the Ticino, there seems to be little doubt that the struggle was still con tinuing, and that the Germans were making a fierce struggle to regain the position they had been driven from. It is by no means improbable that Magenta will be the great turning point of the war. If the Austrians should be as decisively defeated on Sunday, and possibly Monday, as they were on Saturday, they may give up any hope of a successful termination of the war, and make the required concessions with the best grace possible under the circumstances. If, however, they should have won their first triumph, and that, as asserted, the French should have been driven back across the Ticino, then they may make better terms ; but the sooner they conclude a pacific treaty the better it will be for themselves and the rest of Europe. The result is certain. They have no possible chance of eventual success. The Lombardo- Venetians are galled by the heavy yoke to which they have so long been subjected, and are ready to cast it off at the first favourable opportunity. It is said, by one account from Vienna, that there is a great movement of the people of Milan, that there were, in fact, formidable tumults going on in every portion of the town. Another declares that Milan is perfectly tranquil ; which of these two state ments are we to believe ? We confess that the former is more like the truth. It is wellknown that the inhabitants are very discontented with the Austrian rule, and that they would avail them selves of the first chance of casting it off. The con test and victory at Magenta would afford the favourable opportunity, and create an excitement that would not easily be assuaged. Besides, if the Austrian troops have withdrawn from Milan, and left merely a garrison in the citadel, that would not suffice to keep the insur gents quiet, more especially if they were antici pating assistance from the Allies, who were within a short day's march of the city. Magetna is but twelve miles from Milan, and that would take but a few hours to pass, and those who would be regarded as liberators would be cordially welcomed by the inhabitants ; indeed, it is more than probable that the capital of Lombardy is already in the hands of the French, and that they have received a cordial and hearty welcome on every side. It would appear that it was only two divisions of the Austrian army that were engaged on Saturday those of 'Count CLAM and Prince LICHTENSTEIN. They had only recently arrived from Verona, and marched from Milan the preced ing day. It is said that they were mere recruits, or raw levies, and this would partly account for the complete thrashing which they received. The invading army were still watching the French where they expected an attack. They were, however, for the time being completely deceived. It is probable that they came to the rescue on Sunday, and that the stubborn contest of that day was fought between the tried and veteran troops of both parties. We shall look anxiously for the result, but what ever it may be, we earnestly hope and trust that it may lead to the speedy restora tion of peace and the long continued tranquillity of Europe. Austria must withdraw her haughty pretensions with regard to Italy, must surrender the territories which she has so greatly misgoverned, and Louis NAPOLEON, if he desires the continuance of the dynasty which he has founded, should display such an amount of moderation in the hour of victory as to prove that he is not the firebrand, disturbing the peace of Europe, and anxious only for universal conquest and aggression on every Power on which he can hope to do so with im punity. where they lay in greatest force, made his recon noitringsuited in the battle of Mon tebello, and gave to the advance to the south of the P o , which re - French and Sardinians the prestige of the first victory, and the trophy of 200 prisoners as its livi ng commemora tion, and its certificate tr : ' L i ne citizen; of ATlOthr movement was also made in e Marseilles, oabout this time, It i s s i ngu l ar th a t rh nothing more was ever heard about the Austrian corps which crossed at Lake Maggiore. Whether it recrossed, or whether it marched southward to Novara we do not know. About the 21st, how ever, General GARIBALDI, the very man for the work, undertook a diversion there on the Austrian right. By the 23d of May he was certainly at Varese ; soon after at Como, which illuminated for him. Immediately after we read that the Valteline was in insurrection ; and though, according to Austrian accounts, they had " put salt on his tail," he managed to slip through their hopeful fingers, and we find him again atVarese, which the Austrians had entered in Ms absence, sending them about their business, and stopping them in the act of plundering a town in the territory which they yet call their own. All was done by 8,000 infantry, vo lunteers, with no artillery, except some which he soon took from the Austrians. We now come to the dates at which details will need further verification. It is however plain that the Austrians would like to have lived a little longer at the expense of the Piedmontese civilians, for they had made themselves a strong position at Palestro, six or seven miles south-west of Vercelli. It was in forcing this position on the 30th of May that the Sardinians, assisted most admirably and courageously by a French Regiment of Zouaves, inflicted on the Austrians two bloody defeats, one that morning, and another the following morning. Palestro had been contested ten days previously ; the French and Sardinians then attacked the Austrians, and drove them back to Orfengo ; but the Austrian supports coming up, they in turn drove back the Allies to the west of the Sesia. Such, at least, was the Austrian account. On the 31st they had to tell a very different story to that which they told on the 21st; had to evacuate Novara and even Mortara, and in connection with getting away from the latter suffered the grand defeat which we had to record yesterday, and with the details of which will pro bably be concluded the history of the affair of the ultimatum, and the villanous raid into the plains of Piedmont. The remarkable facts about the Liberal meeting J esterday in Willis's Rooms are—that it was the assembly of a positive and deplorable minority, and that that minority had not even the advantage of being by any means unanimous. Altogether— after such a - wonderful flourish of trumpets—there were only 274 there in answer to the round-robin circular. And yesterday, by four of the clock, there had been sworn in 584 members in the House of Commons. An aggregate of 584 M.P.s had taken the oaths and signed the parliamentary roll before Mr. SPEAKER on the afternoon of the very day when 274 members answered the joint summons of Lord PALMERSTON and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Compare that sum total of 274 with the aggregate of the members of the House-654--and there re mains obviously a balance of very nearly four hun dred members who did not respond to the Siamese Summons to the fashionable concert room in St. James's. Altogether, 380 were not in - Willis's Rooms, leaving a clear majority of 106 to the :non-respondents But even comparing the aggregate of those present yesterday afternoon to listen to the opinions upon the present crisis ex pressed by Lord PALMERSTON, by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, and the rest—comparing this assembled crowd of 274 M.P.'s with the total of those members actually sworn in before the Speaker by the close of yes terday's sittings, the majority against them even then was one of no less than 310—a result giving a clear advantage of 36 to their antagonists, or at any rate to the non-sympathisers ! Even regarding this assembly of 274 at its best—it was a meeting of a minority, as we have said; 'with out the advantage of unanimity. The Times puts the dissentients at three. But how the Times, or any other authority, could possibly fathom the minds, and breasts, and consciences of those 274 members and arrive at a distinct conclusion upon the matter baffles all conjecture, when it is remembered that the meeting was in no way put to a test, either by a show of hands, or by the ballot —by any scrutiny on way or the other—parliamentary or unparliamentary. It is only certain that three, out of the 274, avowed their want of confidence in the double leaders—" double, double, toil and trouble." But how many, of those who did not give utterance to their individual intentions, sympathised with those who spoke out, and that, too, it must be con fessed, pretty plain, the Times cares not to inquire. Even Mr. BRIGHT, himself the great card of all to be won over to the noble friends— the par nohile fratrzon—even Mr. BRIGHT declared explicitly that if he were satisfied that the continued neutrality of England would be better preserved by maintaining the present Government in power, nothing should induce him to aid in destroying Lord DERBY'S Administration. As for Mr. ROE BUCK he endorsed every word uttered by him with such remarkable emphasis very recently down at Milford Haven. He proclaimed in the noble lord's own hearing his utter want of confidence in the leadership of Viscount PALMERSTON. His wholesome abhorrence of the Old Whigs we all know, and we know more than that, that this same abhorrence of the Whigs has latterly been rising to the magnitude and importance of a national senti ment. Insomuch does Lord JOHN himself reeog nis3 that the day of anything like pure and simple Whig domination has passed away from the grasp of the Great Families,that he acknowledges himself now the necessity of bringing together the various sec tions of the Opposition, if any serious intention is to be entertained of transforming that Opposition into a Government—of blending in the cup of health to be offered to BRITANNIA the wine, and oil, and vinegar of the Old Whigs, the Peelites (so called withont a PEEL amongst them), and the advanced Liberals ! The only question now re maining being one as to the possibility of their amalgamation. Under what cooling down in one way, under what warming up in another, the wine, the oil, and the vinegar are to be mixed, remains yet to be brought by a happy experiment to the triumph of a successful demonstration. There are some ingredients in the potent mixture that already refuse absolutely to coalesce—stringent political alkalis like those sup plied by the boroughs of Stroud and Sheffield. However, through hope, and through fear, the magic spells are now working g , Radical and Whig, Liberal and Grey, Mingle, mingle, mingle, mingle, You that mingle may !" We commend this new Shaksperian reading. to the consideration of Messrs. COLLIER. and HALM WELL. The Austrians do not admit the accuracy of the French statements respecting the battle of Magenta. It seems, however, certain that they were taken THE NEW PARLIAMENT. The Earl of Derby gave a Parliamentary full-dress dinner last evening, at his official residence, Downing-street. The following supporters of the noble earl were present on the occasion :—The Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Rich mond, the Duke . of Beaufort, the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of . Manchester, the M arqu i s o f S a li s b ury, th e Mar quis of Bath; the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Ailsa, the Marquis of Downshire ' the Earl of Carnarvon, the Earl I of Hardwicke, the Earl of Eglinton, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Powis, the Earl of Lanesborough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Rosslyn, the Earl of Stradbroke, the Earl of Donoughmore, the Earl Amherst, Viscount Hill, Viscount Lifford, Viscount Combermere, Viscount Gough, Lord De Ros, Lord Farnham, Lord Berners, Lord Clinton, Lord Redesdale, Lord Forester, Lord Colchester, and Lord Churston. At the meeting the Queen's Speech, to be deli vered by her Majesty at the opening of the session to-day, was read to the guests by the noble host. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a full-dress Par liamentary dinner last evening at his private residence, Grosvenor-gate. The following were present :—The Right Hon. the Speaker, the Hon. Algernon Egerton, M.P. for South Lancashire, mover of the Address, and the seconder, Sir James D. Elphinstone, Bart., M.P. for Portsmouth; Lord Robert Montagu, M.P., Viscount Galway, M.P., Viscount Valletort, M.P., Viscount Grey de Wilton, M.P., Viscount Holmesdale, M.P , Lord Henry Thynne, M.P., Lord Edwin Hill, M.P., Hon. F. Lygon, M.P , Hon. Hugh Annesley, M.P., Hon. Ernest Duncombe, M.P., Hon. Col. Maxwell, M.P., Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart, M.P., Admiral Walcott, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P., Mr. Watlington, M.P., Major 0. Gore, M.P., Mr. Hartopp, M.P., Mr. Howes, M.P., Mr. Selwyn, M.P., Mr. Long, M.P., Mr. Abel Smith, M.P., Captain L. Vernon, M.P., Mr. Dawson, M.P., Mr. Du Cane, M.P., Mr. Vance, M.P., Mr. Henessv, M.P., Mr. Vansittart, M.P., Mr. Beecroft, M.P., Mr. Drax, M.P., Captain Jervis, M.P., Mr. Mitford, M.P., Mr. B. Cochrane, M.P., Mr. Nicol, M.P., Mr. Salt, M.P., Mr. Astell, M.P., and Mr. Earle, M.P. The Earl Granville, as leader of the Opposition a ru ton- I p as ar t ty ev i e n ni t n h g e I n -I t o u h e s of mansion,Lords, ha dinß Parliamentaryßruton-street, tre et, Be r dinner keey - square. The following political friends of the noble earl were present:—The Duke of Devonshire. the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Londonderry, the Marquis of Ailes bury, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Conyng ham, the Marquis of Sligo, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl Fitzwilliara, the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Airlie, the Lord Dacre, the Earl Spencer, the Earl of Shelburne, the Earl of Bessborough, Viscount Sidney, Viscount Enfield, Viscount Eversley, Lord Cranworth, Lord Panmure, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord Ebury, Lord Foley, Lord IA odehouse, Lord Carington, Lord Rivers, Lord Monteagle, Lord Brougham, &c . MB. COBDEN AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. The following letters have been received by Mr. Charles Walker, of Rochdale : " Chicago, May 18, 1859, "My dear Sir,—l have received on my arrival here your kind favour, announcing my imopposed return for Roch dale • will you oblige me by giving publicity to the en closed ? _ _ " I shall hope to be in England within a fortnight after you receive this. lam glad to receive the apparent unani mity of sentiment of England in favour of neutrality in the present war, tho object of which I am too dull to com prehend.—Believe me yours, very truly, " Charles Walker, Esq." " RD. COBDEN. " To the Electors and Non , Electors of Rochdale. "Chicago, United States, May 18, 1859. " Gentlemen,—l have learnt, on my arrival at this place, that you have done me the honour to elect me to represent your important borough in parliament. "My arrangements had contemplated a further absence of sonic months from England. I shall, however, curtail my sojourn on this continent, in order that I may return, at the earliest possibly time, to the performance of my par liamentary duties, and I hope very soon to have the plea sure of thanking you in person for having, in my absence, honoured me with so great a proof of Your confidence and kindness.—l remain, gentlemen /your faithful servant, 44 RICILABD CPBDEN." OPENING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS DAY). The opening of Parliament, even in the most ordinary times, is always an event of importance ; but when it takes place under circumstances like those of the present time, it derives a vast addi tional interest in the eyes not only of the English public, but of the whole Continent. Although, therefore, the interior of the House of Lords presented a scene of great splendour and animation, as it always does when graced with the presence of the Queen, it was impossible to look upon the inaugural proceedings as a mere State ceremonial. The doors were opened precisely at 12 o'clock, and from that hour until about half-past one the arrivals of company were continuous and rapid, ladies forming, as is invariably the case on these occasions, an overwhelming majority of the visitors. They occupied the whole body of the house, with the exception of the limited number of seats in the centre, reserved for the peers and judges, as well as all the galleries, and their rich, elegant, and tasteful attire of many hues gave variety and brilliancy to a spectacle, which is admitted to be one of the finest and most imposing to be witnessed in the country. On no occasion that we remember has there been so large an attendance of Peers and Peeresses, and so much interest apparently felt in the proceedings. The corps diplomatique arrived in rapid succes sion—the French, Sardinian, Turkish, Austrian, Hanoverian, Swedish, American, Netherlands, Spanish, Portuguese, Haytian, and a host of other Ministers and Ambassadors. The bench of bishops was also well represented ; there were present, among others, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Exeter, Carlisle, Oxford, and Winchester ; and among the judges who occupied the seats usually reserved for them were the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and Barons and Justices Willes, Williams, Crowder, Bramwell, Hill, Martin, Watson, and others. At two o'clock an officer of the house requests the ladies to be uncovered, for the Queen is approaching, and then there is a rustling of silks and opera cloaks, rich shawls are laid aside, and jewels, hitherto concealed, glisten on the necks and bosoms of their wearers. A gentle buzz of conversation rises from the expectant group, Lords are seated. and all eyes are directed to the doors on each side of the throne, through which her Majesty is shortly to enter. The great officers of State leave the house, and assemble at the foot of the staircase. A few moments elapse, the State carriage is at the grand entrance, and her Majesty on alighting is received by , the great officers in attendance. Here a procession is formed, which passes along the Royal Gallery into the Prince's Chamber in the following order : Pursuivants. Heralds. Equerry to H. R. H. Groom to H. R. H. the Prince Albert the Prince Albert. Gentlemen Ushers to her Majesty. Equerry to her Majesty. Groom to her Majesty. Clerk Marshal. The Comptroller of The Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household. Her Majesty's Household. Norroy King of Arms. Clarenceux King of Arms. The Lord Privy Seal. The Lord President of the Council. The Lord High Chancellor. The Gentleman Usher of Garter Principal King of the Black Rod. Arms. The Earl Marshal. The Lord Great Chamberlain. The Sword of State. THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, and attended by the Mistress of the Robes, and the Ltidy in Waiting. The Lord Steward. Groom of the Stole to H. R. H. the Prince Albert. The Lord in Waiting to ker Majesty. Pages of Honour. The Master of the Horse. Lord in Waitin,g to H. R. H. the Prince Albert. Captain of the Yeomen of Captain of the Corps of the Guard. G en tlemen at Arms. • _ _ _ _ The Gold Stick. Field Officers of the Guard on duty. An Officer of the respective Corps of the Gentlemen at Arms and the Yeomen of the Guard, closing the Procession within the Prince's Chamber. After a short pause a flourish of trumpets is heard. The whole company rise en masse, and the heralds in their quaint dress and antique tabards enter ; great officers of the household follow, then Garter King of Arms, and range themselves on the left of the Throne. Her Majesty, with her royal train borne, and taking the arm of the Prince Consort, enters, and is conducted to the chair of state upon the throne. Her Majesty, on taking her seat, re quests all to be seated, and Mr. Pulman, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, proceeds to the Commons to summon them to the House of Peers. We may now take a survey of the spectacle which the Chamber of Peers now presents. Lords of noble lineage—those, too, who have won their coronets by brilliant exploits in the field, whose eloquence has charmed " listening senates," whose decisions on the bench are quoted as precedents powerful as law itself, whose learning has shed a lustre upon the literature of the countey, wear their scarlet robes ; dames of lofty birth, and daughters of the aristocracy radiant with beauty, glittering with priceless gems, are ranged upon each side, like parterres of variegated flowers, bordered by the scarlet and ermine robes of the Peers who occupy the front seats. They rise, tier upon tier, with more than Iris hues, and the light streaming through the stained windows, sparkles on jewelled cornets or pendant brilliants, like sun rays upon the dewdrops or choicest flowers. All eyes are directed towards one spot. The Queen is seated upon her glittering chair of state, representative of a long line of monarchs whose cyphers and monagrams are emblazoned upon the throne. The centre of the throne is occupied by her Majesty; the Prince Consort is on the left ; the chair for the Prince of Wales is vacant. Her Majesty wears a robe of wh ite satin embroidered with gold, a purple velvet mantle falls in graceful folds upon each side of the chair, covering the lions that support it, and partly concealing the crimson velvet footstool with its embroidery- of fleur-de-lis. There is a diadem upon her brow, and jewels flash and glitter in the brilliant stone Cher and ear drops which she wears. The imperial crown is borne upon its velvet cushion, upon her gajest's right, by the Earl Marshal ; and clo se by him is the mainte ' Marnuis of Winchester, w ith the cap of nance. The Earl of Derby, with the sword of state, stands on the left of he r Majesty> Seated upon the chair on the left of the throne is the Prince Consort in the uniform of a field marshal. The Lord Chancellor stands behind the vacant chair of the Prince of Wales, the Marquis of Salisbury (the Lord President) on the right, and the Privy Seal on the left of her Majesty. - Behind the chair in which the Prince Consort sits are the groom of the stole and lord in waiting to the Prince, and at the back of her Majesty's chair of state stand the stately figure of the Duchess of Manchester, the mistress of the robes, and the ladies in waiting. Only a few minutes elapsed before the Speaker of the lower branch of the Legislature, together with the Sergeant-at-Arms and the Chief Clerk (Sir Denis le Marchant), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, General Peel, Sir J. Pakington, Lord J. Manners, Mr. W. Fitzgerald, Sir F. Kelly, Sir H. Cairns, Lord Naas, Lord Palmerston, Lord J. Russell, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Hon. Sir B: Hall, the Right Hon. W. Cowper, appeared below the bar, followed by a great number of other members, who engaged in a rather unceremonious struggle for places in the confined space to which they are limited. The Lord Chancellor then, kneeling at the foot of the Throne, handed the Royal Speech to her Majesty, who, after waiting until the noise cau sed by the arrival ' of the Commons had somewhat sub sided, read it with distinctness and pleasing em phasis which have been so repeatedly remarked and admired. The Speech will be found in another column. The Queen then left the Throne, and after grace fully bowing to the spectators, retired from the house in the same order in which she had entered. This concluded the ceremony of opening the Impe rial Parliament. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tffis DAY.) The Lower House met formally at half-past one o'clock, but for more than half an hour previously the members had begun to assemble. At half-past one the SPEAKER entered the house. There were then some 200 members present, who were about equally divided on both sides of the chamber. A few minutes after two o ' c lock the leaders of the house entered and took their seats among their colleagues. At a few minutes past two o'clock th ere was a cry of " Blac k Rod," and Mr. Pulman, the yeoman at the baf. us her, immediately afterwards appeared Advancing towards the table, with Speaker,—The the customary o b e i sanc es, he said,_ ,, Mr. —The Queen com mands this honourable in the ouse to attend her Majesty immediately the s House e o r an f Sergeant -at -' SPEAKER, The preceded byArms bearing the ma ,e, there to the Howe of thereupon immediately proceeded Lords, followed fist by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer and the rest of the members of the Government present, and then by the mem bers in attendance, in the order in which their names were read by the clerk at the table, from a glass vase, in which they had been previously deposited at hap-hazard, in accordance with the custom which has obtained of late years. On the return of the SPEAKER, after an interval of about ten minutes, the sitting was suspended until a quarter to four o'clock. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR IN ITALY. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, JUNE 6. The Patrie of this evening says that, according to reports, Generals Espinasse and Leclerc are among the killed at the battle of Magenta. The Pays of this evening states that the latest news announces the Emperor to be four kilometres from Milan. Great preparations are making in Paris for an illumination in celebration of an expected victory, and many houses are ornamented with flags. PARIS, JUNE 6. The following telegram from the Emperor to the Empress has been posted up at the Bourse : HEAD-QUARTERS, MONDAY, 8 A.M. Milan is insurgent. The Austrians have eva cuated the town and castle, leaving in their preci pitation cannon and the treasure of the army behind them. We are encumbered with prisoners, and have taken 12,000 Austrian muskets. PARIS, JUNE 7. The Moniteur of to-clay contains the following : Marquis Antonini has delivered to the Empress the notification of the death of King Ferdinand and of the accession to the throne of King Francesco 11. The Marquis also presented letters accrediting him as Envoy Extraordinary. The Empress will go into mourning for 21 days. The Moniteur also publishes General Macmahons report of the passage of the Ticino at Turbigo by the allies on the 3d of June, and of the surprise of the enemy at Robechetto, by which considerable loss was inflicted on the Austrians. We have lost one captain and seven privates killed, and four officers, among whom is one colonel, and 38 privates wounded. The Emperor has ordered the names of the killed and wounded officers and privates to be sent by the Minister of War to those persons who may be interested in their fate. TURIN, JUNE 6. OFFICIAL BULLETIN, PUBLISHED TO-DAY Letters from Como state that Milan is free, the Austrians having evacuated both the town and the castle. The enemy has abandoned Stradella and the surrounding country, and destroyed the bridge and fortifications of Stella. Details of the battle of Magenta are still wanting. The following official telegram was last night received in London : TURIN, JUNE 7, P.M. The municipality of Milan has proclaimed Victor Emmanuel. A deputation has presented an address to his Majesty in presence of the Emperor. To-morrow the King will make his entry into Milan. COMO, JUNE 6. News has arrived here of the victory of Magenta 5,000 Austrian prisoners have been taken, and 15,000 Austrians killed and wounded-. General D'Urban has retreated to Monza, and General Garibaldi has quitted Lecco. BERNE, JUNE 6. It is reported from Locarno that the Austrians have quitted Milan, after having spiked their guns. The commandant of the castle has issued a proclama tion to the inhabitants, the tone of which is of a threatening nature. We have received by way of Vienna the follow ing telegram from a correspondent at the head quarters of the Austrian army : " MORTARA, JUNE 1. " Five guns have been re-captured from the French at Rivoltella. The Zouaves stabbed the wounded at Rivoltella ; and at Castel Nouvetto, near Mortara, the wounded Austrians were murdered by the inhabitants." VERONA, JUNE '5. The following is official : Early yesterday a hot fight began at Magenta between the enemy, who had crossed in great force to the eastern bank of the Ticino, and the troops of the First and Second corps d' armee. The conflict was maintained with varying fortune till night set in. Final details are still wanting, as the struggle for victory has been renewed to-day and still continues. Eye-witnesses report that our troops join battle with joyous shouts, and display endurance and bravery fully worthy of the most famous deeds of the Imperial army. The authorities and the weak garrison of Milan, with the exception of the Castle garrison, have withdrawn, at the command of General Gyulai. The town is quiet. Further details will follow later. VIENNA, JUNE 6, 11.30 A.M. A desperate combat took place the day before yesterday between the first and second (Count Clam's and Prince Edward Lichtenstein's) corps d'ar2nee and the enemy, who had passed the Ticino with very considerable forces. The result of the contest was undecided. The combat continued yesterday (Sunday). Our troops threw themselves upon the enemy s ranks with ardour, and showed a valour and perse verance worthy of the most glorious feats of arms of the Imperial army. Milan is perfectly tranquil. The headquarters yesterday were still at Abbiati Grasso. FRANKFORT-ON-THE -MAINE, JUNE 6. The following message, published by the Frank fort papers, has been received here from Vienna, without any further particulars, and without any guarantee as to the authenticity of the news it contains : VIENNA, JUNE 6. Through the opportune arrival of the corps d'armee of Field-Marshal General Clam-Gallas on the battlefield the Austrians were victorious, after a hot fight. The French were thrown back over the Ticino. TRIESTE, JUNE 6th. Near Biancho, yesterday, the Austrian war steamer Eugene captured the French three-master Raoul, of Nantes, bound from Cuba for Trieste with a cargo of coffee. The Piedmniltese Gazette publishes the 67th bulletin, but the late events in Lombardy deprive it of all interest. Yt merely announces the retreat of the corps of Generals Zobel, Schwarzenberg, and Lichtenstein from Mortara, in the direction of Vigevano, Bereguardo (Lombardy), and Pavia. It adds that their retreat was so precipitate that they left behind all the corn and other provisions ob tained by requisition from the inhabitants. The same paper gives the following official details of the engagements at Palestro : " On the 30th of May the Piedmontese army assumed the offensive. The divisions commanded by Generals Cialdini, Dorando, Fanti, and Castel borgo left Vercelli, crossed the Sesia, and ad vanced on Palestro, Vinzaglio, and Casalino re spectively, the fourth following the third division as a reserve. The divisions Cialdini and Durando took the enemy's positions, strong by nature and still stronger by the fortifications they had re ceived, by open force. Our troops displayed ad mirable bravery in those attacks : especially the 7th battalion of bersaglieri (sharpshooters), com manded by Major Chiabrera, two battalions of the 9th regiment of Infantry, commanded by Colonel Brignone, and the 16th regiment of infantry which took two guns. Our loss was severe, but that of the enemy was greater. On the morning of the 31st musket-shots were heard, and at 10 a.m. the Ails-, trians attacked the whole front and attempted to turn our right. His Majesty the King opposed this attempt, causing the enemy to be charged by a regiment of Zouaves whichH.M. the Emperor of the French had placed at his disposal, as also by the 7th battalion of bersaglieri and two battalions of the 16th infantry. Another brilliant charge of the 9th and 10th infantry on the centre and left decided the victory in favour of our arms. The Austrians made a last attempt, attacking our left and centre but were again repulsed by the 15th infantry which had taken up the position of the 10th, and by a battalion of the 9th which was in reserve. The Austrian attack was conducted with great vigour, and the whole of the division Cialdini and the regiment of Zouaves were necessary to repel them." The account concludes with remarks on the per sonal bravery of the King, praises to the Zouaves, and other particulars already given. A letter from Novara of the 2d, in the Salut Public, says :—" The requisitions made by the Austrians on this town and the neigbouring vil lages in the course of a month from the 29th April to the 30th May,were : 256,500 litres of wine, 1,680 oxen, 11,500 hectolitres ofoats, 450,000 kilogrammes of bread, 5,640 quintals of hay, 200 quintals of leather, 270 hectolitres of brandy, 76 quintals of tobacco, 600 hectolitres rice, 991 quintals of flour; and, in addition, they required 4,000 men to labour at the works of the passage of the Ticino, and had them fed and paid 2 fr. a day by the inhabitants. The expense this occasioned was 200,000 francs. They have, besides, subjected the population to heavy expenses for lodgings, washing, hay, straw, food for the olcers, and the supply of horses and vehicles." Another letter says :—" The Zouaves have recom pensed the bravery of King Victor EmManuel by electing him a corporal. He fights so well,' said one of them, that he deserves the honour !' The King already possesses the French military medal; he is the only Sovereign who does so, the Emperor having decorated his Majesty with it on his visit to Paris." A letter from Turin of the 2d says :—" Some of Garibaldi's troops are at Camerlata, having per formed prodigies of bravery before getting there. The magnificent military position of Lecco is also in their power. By means of it, they command the course of the Adda, and can protect the warlike populations of Bergamasco and Brescia. The mo ment will soon arrive for occupyin g the gorges of the Stelvio and the Tonale, which form the com munication between the Tyrol and Italy, and which keep Lombardy in check." The Tuscan Monitore of the 2d says : "At noon to-day Prince Napoleon received at the Crocetta Palace the Archbishop of Florence , the Com Missioner Extraordinary of the King of Sardinia, the Prefect, and other personages, and addressed them in the most kind and prudent language. The same day the French ambassador at Florence gave a grand entertainment to the Prince, and the city was illuminated at night." The Tuscan Monitore announces that Chevalier Decavero has been appointed Minister of War by the Tuscan Government, vice Colonel Nicolini, appointed Governor of Elba. The Official Venice Gazette states, from Florence, that nearly all the representatives of foreign Powers there refuse to sign the passports issued by the Provisional Government of Tuscany. The Suisse of Berne has the following details on the insurrection of the V a lteline :—" At Sondrio, on the 27th of May, a number of young men dis played the Italian tricolor on the public buildings of the town, and disarmed the Austrian gendarmes. The mass of the population, however, remained tranquil. On the 28th the Imperial Commissioner returned at the head of a large force, and for a time put down the insurrection ; but he was soon obliged to cede anew before the patriots. On the 29th the latter, being masters of the position, paraded the town in a car decked with flowers, distributing the proclamation of Garibaldi. On the same day Garibaldi published another, declaring that he took possession of the valley of Sondrio in the name of King Victor Emmanuel, and he invited the popu lation to arm and to supply him with arms. The day after the violent proclamation of General Zobel was received, and it naturally did not tend to calm the public—quite the contrary. A Pied montese Commissioner is expected to organise the civil government. A great many women and chil dren have passed the frontier at Castasegna. On the 30th, says a letter from the Splugen, a number of young men took possession of the custom-house which is in the mountain. They removed the Imperial arms from over the entrance, but retained the customs officers, after having made them take an oath of fidelity to King Victor Emmanuel." FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 7 • The Empress Regent received yesterday in t he palace of St. Cl ou d, on th e occas i on o f her recen t arrival in that residence, the mayors, municipal councellors and cures of the communes of St. Cloud and Boulogne, the officers of the 3d battalion of the national guard of the Seine, and the officers of the infantry of the Imperial Guard in garrison at St. Cloud. The Imperial Prince was present at the reception. BOURSE, June 6.—The success of the Frenc h troops, the victory of Magenta, and the insurr eeti of Milan, imparted great firmness to t he funds. Threes have been done from 63f. 80c. to 64f. Mobilier, 635 f. to 640 f.; Orleans, 1,215 f. to 1,217 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 820 f. to 825 f. ; Southern, 470 f. to 480 f.; Eastern, 605 f. to 610 f. ex div. (20f. 46c.) ; Austrian, 365 f. to 367 f. 50c. Prices continued improving to the close, when th e following were the last quotations :- 41 per Cents. 90 90 Do. end month 9l 3 per Cents. 64 20 Do. end month 64 20 Bank Shares 2760 Credit Mobilier 650 Do. Account RAILWAYS. Credit Fancier.... 645 1- - Belgian 41 . ...... --- Piedmon t e ss (5) .. 81 50 Roman .......... SO Austrian ........ -- Spanish Threes .. -- H om e Debt ...... 37 50 • L O y rl o e n a s nl 927 and Mediterranean Cash. Acc ount. 1220 5 Northern 782 50 .. 71232 0 New ditto 5O .. 926 25 .• 85 Geneva B3O 8 32 6° Southern 488 75 485 490 .. 496 Western - Eastern - - 610 .. 613 75 360 ---- Sardinian Austrian - Exchange on London, at sight, pape r, 25f. 15c. ; raoneY7 25f. 10c; three months, paper, 24f. 95c. ;-money, 24f. 9210. The following gold ships have left Melbourne for England since the last mail :—Annie Wilson, 16th of March, with 5,339 ounces ; Shalimar, 19th, 34,390 ounces ; Suffolk, 24th, 47,934 ounces ; Nimroud, 28th, 5,264 ; Re • suit, April 7, 36,401; and Ocean Queen, 9th, 10,162. The Monarch, Chili, Indian Queen, Essex, and Owen Glen dower are also out. The aggregate value of the shipments by the above vessels is not quite £1,000,000. The UniOn Bank have a nonced that no fresh deposits will be taken at 0, higher r ate than 2pa cent,