The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-07 00:00:00

111 - 011 7 .EY MARA - ET ANI) CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. During the last day or two there has been rather more buoyancy in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. In some instances stocks are rather limited compared with those at the same time last year, and prices have shown a slight improvement. For tea there has been a rather limited inquiry, but prices generally are well maintained. Good qualities of coffee continue in active request, and at advanced values. Sugars have been in good de mand, particularly the better descriptions of British West India, and for some qualities an advance of 6d. to ls. per cwt. has been established. Cocoa continues dull, and the demand for rice has been only of a moderate character. Saltpetre has exhi bited little variation of importance; and. tallow has shown symptoms of an advance in value. In the Liverpoot Cotton Market yesterday a considerable amount of business was transacted, and prices were firmly maintained. The sales were estimated, at • 7,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed steadily, and quotations tended upwa: There is very little alteration in the money market, but increased easiness is apparent owing to the abundant supplies and the limited demand. The transactions in the English Stock Market have been chiefly connected with the Consol liqui dation, but the Funds continue firm, and rather buoyant. Consols for money have been 932 1, and 931 94, but they are now 931 a ; for Slily they are marked 938 7 5 ,-. India Loan Scrip is 931 I. New Threes and the Reduced are 92-2-a ; and Exchequer Bills are 19s. to 225. prem. Foreign Securities are also quiet at about pre vious rates. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 68 70, and the New 58 60; Venezuela Active have been 39/, and the Deferred 17; Mexican Stock is 17 A moderate amount of business has been transacted. in the Railway Share Market, and in some instances prices show a slight improvement. Great Northern, Great Western, Midland, and South Eastern, are at slightly advanced values. Caledonians, Eastern Counties, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln, and North Eastern (Berwick), have realised former rates. The Foreign lines are exceedingly firm. Lom bardo-Venetian Old Shares have improved ss. to 10s. and the New Shares ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show little variation of importance. London and West minster have declined ss. and Red Sea Telegraph, 6s. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent.. Reduced Annuities 921 a 3lper Cent: Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto Debentures 9 4± Ditto Loan Scrip Consols for Account (Junly 8) 93 March. i J une. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 22 19 I Ditto Small, lld PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Grenada New Active, 31 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Venezuelan 5 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent. l7 Dividends on the above payable in London. . TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 933 - 3 - Consols for Account, July MONEY AND CAPITAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,--So long as our journalists continue to confound money with capital, and to use the words as synonymous • terms, will the public be puzzled on the currency question as much as they are about the " Taoli" of the Chinese. In the " City Article" of the Times of the 3d inst. there is this sentence :—" When the war actually commenced a month back no one expected that a scarcity of capital in the London market would be one of its immediate results." What does the writer mean by the word " capital ?" Are we to understand commodities or money ? The scarcity alluded to cannot have reference to commo dities, as the quantity exported and imported during the last three months was greater in value by £12,000,000 than during the same month of last year. Neither does war interfere with tho demand or supply of commodities to neutrals. If we understand the word " capital" to mean money, and apply the scarcity to it, then all is plain and intelli gible, and the rise in the rate of discount can be accounted for. why then not use the word " money," and call a a spade a spade ? All our debts are contracted in money and not in com modities. Our bills and cheques are made payable in money, and consequently the apprehension of a scarcity of money from the fear of a war or any other cause actually creates a scarcity. This is the natural effect, as every one who is under an engagement to provide money takes care to secure what he can, and others hoard it for speculation, anticipating a rise in its value. Hence the scarcity of money but not of commodities. This apprehension of a scarcity is aggravated by our monetary laws fixing a limit to the supply of paper money at all times, and diminishing its quantity at the very time when our metallic money, gold, is leaving the country. Now what is money ? is the first and main point to be settled. All political economists admit it to be an instru ment of exchange. As both paper money and metaliic money are, then, instruments of exchange, they must have come character in common, some bond which unites them, and is not this common character that of being a security for a T eeified value in labour ? A sovereign carries with it, lik e Anail, its :shell, its own intrinsic value—the labour requisite to produce it, which serves as a security for the aarae amount of labour. A Bank of England note costs little or no labour, and has no intrinsic value, but is neverthelessa a legal tender,. money being a security for a specified amount of labour. Both paper and metallic instruments of exchange are, then, money, by virtue of their being securities for the transfer of labour, and when it' is said that the value of Money depends on the demand and supply of loanable Capital—would it not be more correct and intelligible to say that it depends on the demand and supply of loanable secu rity for capital, or, in other words, of money.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, HAMER STANSFELD. June 6, 1859. THN ARMSTRONG GUN FACTORY AT NEW CASTLE-ON-TYNEsirWilliam G ----The factory for the manufacture of eorge Armstrong's rifled ordnance at the Elswick Engine Works, N ewcastle-on-Tyne, to the rapid Grey rise of which Sir George alluded at the Armstrong dinner recently held in th a t to I s now nearly completed, be and will shortly brought into , full use. It consists of five distinct buildings, or " shops,„ they are technically termed, and of these, one, the largest, state already finished, and the others are in an advancedof completion. The first shop was commenced in J uly, evo a t s e t d year, and is 312 feet in length. It is entirel y to black smith's work, and will be fitted with enormous furnaces and forge-hammers fo r weldin g the coils of which the body of the gun is com p osed. The mag nitude of these is such that one of the anvil blocks recently cast for this shop weighed no less than 21i tons. Of the our smaller shops two of them are for the manufacture of the machinery in connection with the mechanical part of the gun, one is expressly for making the shot and shell, and the fourth is a " fitting shop." In addition to these, se veral other buildings in connection with the ordnance works are about to be commenced. The work of casting has already begun, and a 70-pounder gun was turned out last week, and when the whole of the shops now built are com pleted the factory will turn out guns of various sizes at the rate of four ;per week. Great strictness is to be exercised as regards the men employed at the works. Each is to have assigned to him his own position, and beyond it he is not to be allowed to advance. EXCISE LICENSES TO THEATRES.—The Lords of the Treasury have, i n conformity with a memorial prese nted to them, signed by , the lessees of the London theatres, issued directions to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to grant licenses for the sale of wines, spirits, &c., to the managers of the London theatres who choose to apply for them. The memorial was signed by the proprietors a nd lessees of the ttaymarket, Adelphi, Olympic, Sadler's Wells, Surrey, Ast leys, Victoria, Standard, Pavilion, Maxylebone, and City of London Theatres, and prayed that the right granted under the act sth and 6th William IV., cap.. 69 (suspended for a Period of nearly twenty-three years) might be restored. The • reasons urged for this were that there were now a large number of theatres and saloons holding the Lord Chamber lain's license for selling wines, under their tavern license, while the managers of all the regular theatres were prohi bited f rom d o i ng so. The reply to the memorial is signed by Mr. G. A. Hamilton, one of the secretaries to the Tree titry, and dated the 30th of May, 1859. It states that the .f 44.8 kCommissieners of her Majesty's Treasury having :-‘° 4 the memorial of the proprietors of metropolitan theatres praying that they may he able to obtain retail licenses for the sale ;. - 4 spirits, &c., under consideration, had authorised the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to issue licenses of this nature upon proper application being made to them in conformity with the regulations of their department. The adviees regarding the Red ben cable are dated the 27th of May. no line had then be laid to within t 6 ,00 miles of Aden, and it Wits Tote odod to proceed direct to at Place without waiting to land at P erim The cable, h u 97ever would be laid close to tha t island, so as to admit of its being at any time connected with the shore. Lord Quid Henry Bentinek, M.F., has arrived at Claridge 's Hotel, from Lincoln. SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) , A Cloping Business 'IA ang' Price. Done. NARY SHARES AND STOCKS• 1 Closing \ guineas Railways. Paid. Pr all 78 81 rg:, 'Notting. Bost. • • t S 6 t Lawrence pereent .. Eastern Junt , +ion 10 54 5i i Dom B ar oda&Centlnd 18 '' 131 16 17 t and Ballymena.. all gu. 5 percent 18 Do all vol., end btr. Val. all 7 8 , 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 2 13 Lane., and Chesh. 100 67 b 9 18 •Do. Do. B 4 3 2 1 3 d :top all 101 111' 20 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 4 5 d >n n n ' • and Tyne all 32 35 201 Do. New l 6l 5 3 . 60' 100 i Buffalo,Brant. &G odrich 1 100 1 and Exeter .... 10 0 90 92 6p. ct. bds. 1 Aug, 1872) )nian x and Holyhead aid Bandon all -- 20 Cleutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. id • par Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. all all 4 5 2O OapeTown & Dock Scrip 2s. 13 13d IA roves. no div i all _ 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2 s. 6d. nntil6p.c.per an all 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6 p.c. 7 - - d hasbeen pd.toß l7l Demerara i andßelfast June. all 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 21 2 81 ?erth,& Abr.Junc. all 8 9 S took East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 991 • 100 904 1001 l.nglian lOO 131 141 20 Do. C Shares all la Counties lOO 54 65 54 } 5 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 15 -- rn Union A Stock 100 37 42 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 do. B Stock 100 26 28 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all 98 100 qw,A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 • 20 G G e ee e l l o o n ng g & C M orp el. o gu ra a t . i s o p n . c. 6 1 a l l 18 '2O ' cent per cent. Bonds Lancashire lOO 85 87 luffolk Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 34 36 all 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 72 74 72 nrg and Glasgow 100 71 lOO Do. 6 per cent. Pre( lOO 89 91 Perth, & Dundee. 100 241 254 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e all 97 98 97 4 4 8 & Clyde Junction all 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 f fd 33 ss 20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scri 1 2 4 a. — 2 — l 4 ' • nv & South Westn. ldb 91 92 North of Scotland all 10 101 Northern • lOO 99 101 ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 10. A Stock lOO 80 132 81 201 Gt.W, of Canada Shares all 14 141 10. 13 Stock lOO 127 132 2% Do. Ne* IAA c Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 13 61 61 d ) all 100 103 ith.& Wetn.(lreld) 100 104 106 100 53 4 54 4 64 i '''' i ept. till '6O . Western 50 55 .Vl.Rail Gua.Stk .100 100 Do. do. ''/3 without opt. all 100 103 louth Eastern.... all 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do der and Carlisle. all 82 9 1 85 20 Madras , guar., 41 p. c all 1 1 71 drib 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 17 1 8 :w Thirds l5 9 1 0 1 p 88 20 Do. 4, p. c. Extension.. 15 15 17 6 shire &FY/r6lcshire 100 8 1 7 1 1 1 1 54 . 20 Do. Third EL gua.s.p.e. 15 1 13 d 20 Do. Fourth do. do. 29 shares.. 7 Stock Melb . Corp, 6 p.c. Bonds 100 est Riding Union I Nemßrunswick&Canda. uthport n and Blackwell all 62 64 Class ACapitl.share„ wiss.at 2510sp.sh — . 004 .. Do. do. Land d 0... .. 109 110 1 , Irighton kS.Coast 100 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 10 --d a & North Westn 100 88 89 89 2 .. Do. do. Land d 0... ghths 20 I NorthoflndiaTramroad a& South-Westn lOO 84 soi 89 Limited, Scrip 2e. y & Coleraine ... all 20 Oude (Limited) y & Enniskillen. all 5 7 20 gcinde , ~,...i 15 —d d 3hef.,.& Lincoln.. 100 34 85 35 , mlitan 3 d 20 Do. td ..• 100 97 98 97 4 20 Do. New EI '-' 10 2 1 1d 20 Do. Punjaub e ° t' 5 11 11 d ' rnaing. & Derby. 100 7 2 75 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. ,„. c ''' 10 2 13d t. West. (Ireland) 2O St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 hares all 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 tle and Carlisle all fiber.. & Herefd all 9 11 & Armagh (def.) 9 • ..FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Warpt., & R 54 os all 199 56 Counties Union 3l 31 3 d , 10 -Antwerp & Rotterdam all • 31 41 British • 1(00 53 64 54 20 Ardennes all p v.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 2 13 d tk.—Arec.no div. 5 Belgian East. Junction all I i 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all ---- n6.p:preernen.: 1 97 ' —34 - itock astn.—Berwick 100 86 87 20 Dutch Rhenish G.N.E.Purchase 16 13 4 2 1 d 4 6 Eastern of France ....V all 24 25 24 , eds p3o 44 #5 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p Irk lOO 7 0 4 7 1 703 20 Great Central of France all • London lOO 100 101 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs _ all 5 53 Hampstd 10 Italian Junction ....... 8 S ty Junction 23 le. 20 Lake Constance & Bale all ffordshire.. in 4 4 44 d 20 Lierre and Turnhout .. all Western - 13 14 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 8 2 ltd 61 ;on. W. Junction all 6 8 20 Lucca & Pistoj a, 5 c. f. all , Wor.,& Wolver. 100 28 30 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all all 334 Maria Antonia all outh l9 8 5 d 20 Do. do. New ey lO 20 Namur and Liege all 7 8 a Central lOO .107 109 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref T.E., Aber. Stock 100 231 244 16 Northern of France ttish Mid. Stock 100 79 81 20 Do. New Shares lire Union lOO 42 43' ' 41 1 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 84 9i 20 R e Ottoman, cifesL s bourne & Sheer. all '5 4 d 7Fr a a . ievon lOO 41 43 20 • • Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 321 331 "?.astern lOO 64 65 65 41 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 47 '49 Vales orka.&Riv.Dun all 63 67 gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) ... 18 20 Riga and Dunaburg... . 4 , Wok., & Wek all 811 10 Rome and Frascati all a & Darlington. all 3 5 4 36 4 8 4 20 Royal Danish all 1855 7 5 Royal Swedish . 1858 • 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. ..all a & Hartlepool 16} 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 5 51 le ference, No. 1 HavenDk&Rall 22 84 West Flanders all 5 6 Neat h lOO 83 65 ' 10 Do. 53 p. c. Preference . all 8 . 9/ Ird & Kilkenny 100 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 19 201 ,i'd & Limerick all 20 Western of Austria .. 8 irnwall Lon. & Cry. Pal all 6 Wiesbaden Arecv.nodiv.till 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all las been pd. to B all ll 7 3 31 .20 Zealand au a 73 ondon Class all —— 1 BRITISH :l ai l d N . lS C . Plorsicine.g B___teciz; ;lass Share! , Mines. PREFERENCE SHARES. ._ _ Altiberg.; Notting. Bost. 'and Eastern Jupt , +ion Belfast and Bahytnrnil Bir., Wol., end btr. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A A roves. no div Do. B until6p.c.per an • hasbeen pd.toß Dublin andßelfast June Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock • Do.Nw,A.(lte.E.U3ds) l East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness alasgow Sr South Westn Grnat North of Scotland Great Northern • Do. do. A Stock ' Do. do. 13 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 'Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. 29 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport LOndon and Blackwall Do.Newiss. at 2510 s p. sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths Londonit South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Man., Shet., , & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland 'Do. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) . no. Shares NeAtastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British ' Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div • until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Vastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd .and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Son. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhroney Scottish Central Sooth. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales South Yorks.& Riv. Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesliavenDk&Rall Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class Railways. . 1 A Closing Business ra... price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 6 7 20 British Iron - Condurrovv (Catnborpe) 2O I 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 450 460 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 175 185 Great South Tolo'us l7s 13 14 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillac) 11,18.8 it 21 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 9; ; Lady Bertha lBs 6d 1; 11 North Frances (Illogan) 8; 74 81 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 6 7 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan i nil. ' 8 9 Par Consols (St. Blaxy 1; 121 134 Porkellis Unit. (Wend. 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s ¢ ; SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 2; 230 240 Sovfh C. Brea( Illogan). 2 2; 21 S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 185 195 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co '4; 11 24 10 Tin Croft -u 9 41 44 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 Vale of Towey (Caren. ) 12s 6d 4 West Basset (Illogan).. 14 212 24 W. Caradon (Llskeard). 20 1124 1174 Wheal Basset (Illogan). 51 180 190 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 115 125 • Wheal Edward (Cals.). 154 1; 2 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelan t 1.7.2 10 11 Wlt'l Mary Ann (Mcnhe 8 45 47 lag Trelawney (Lisk. 4; 31 33 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 74 rk, 1 Bon Aocordecipper,Lim. lOs la par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 1 1 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Linl. 15 9 1 5 Do. L and and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of 'Jamaica ... d 40 Cobra Copper all 37 39 I Copiapo l6 9 11 I 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all ; 4 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 '25 3 Linares all 81 91 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 New Granada all 1 N. RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 p ; 20 Poutgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 3 4 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba ; 161 28.2.81;United Mexican Blythe and Tyne 1C per e. pref. (issued at 250) Brig. & E xet.4p.ct. Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon 210, 41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 5i pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, si p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber. Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc ... • E. Coun. Ex. 5 pet. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per et. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lanc. 6 per ct E.& W. York. Jen. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent Mag. &S West. f_t• a. spe Great Northern, 5 p. ct Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.Pm Do. p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Seotld, Ist pf Gt. Fin. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock rent West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct... . Do. Redeemable, 411 p ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do. . Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Prof. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Binning. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spe. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 L on. & N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon. &S, W, 7 p. et. stock, late 3d sliares Londondy & Cole, 6 shs I Londondy.& Ennis sh ' Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. n per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. o. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir. 6 p.d. Do. 4i p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Ifit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s 1 _p. c. redeem, at sp. 0. n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.e. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. way.Vai.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 1)o. York, A. & S. Purcit. North Staffordshire . Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 4i p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4} per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. lst is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 41 per cent S:-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gut Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per oent.. THE SON, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7. 1.85 t/ THE ALLIED CAMP. • 7 • A letter from Turin, dated Yu:3e 2, says :—This morning the train which runs from Turin and Ver celli has been stopped, by superior orders. I have made inquiries in well-informed quarters,.and have been told.that the railroad is to be kept for mili tary servke. There is, therefore, no doubt that the allied-armies have reassumed the offensive on the whole of mit lines. The consequences of :the occupation: of Novara, w'rtich' was accomplished at seven o'clock yesterday morning by Gen. Neil's corps d'arrne (the sth), which by . this • time has crossed the Tessin, are enough to dispense me from entering into any explanation. Last eiening the head-quarters of the Emperor were established in the' town... The enemy was obliged to fall back on his fortified evil') of Mortara, which, whilst I was writing, may have been already attacked by Can robert and Cialdini ' marching from Maestro to wards Robbio, and by General Neil's corps d'armee, which led by Napoleon may at the same time have made a flank movement along the road to Car bagna, in the direction of Vespolate. A glance at the map will enable you to perceive the difficult position in which the enemy is now placed. Their entrenched camp of Mortara is literally surrounded by our army, and if they were to send troops from Pavia, Fanti, and Cuccbiari, divisions can easily join ' Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers' corps d'armee, and make a concentrated - movement on this last mentioned town, thus turning the centre, and outflanking the extreme right of the Austrian • army. This morning I saw the wounded and . the priso ners of the day before yesterday's fight, and spoke with some of them. They told me that nothing can give an idea of the manner in which the Zouaves and Bersaglieri fought. At the assault Of Palestro and following defence the 3d regiment of Zouaves had 500 men put hors de combat, out of which number 200 Were killed. The Piedmontese had about 400 dead and 600 wounded. We have no news from Garibaldi; all we know is that after the reoccupation of Varese the Austrians marched towards Como in order to catch him—if they can. This famous general is strongly fortified in the position of Came lata, and he can hold his ground for a long t;_ me. The whole of the Valtellina i s i n f a ll insUrrF . , ction, and Sondrio, its chief t own , h as p roc l a i ms Emmanuel dictator. There is reason t o 1 , Id Victor Jeve the provinces of Bergamo and Brescia 'will eli soo that n fol low its example. The Austrians us threatened , with insurrection on their flank '.nd rear must feel anything but at' their ease. That this is the case is clearly shown by the following proclamation, whio'n was published a few days lip General Gyulai It seems the intention of h e enemy to - promote a re* olu tion in the rear of the array which I command, in order compel me to abandon a position which they dare not, openly attack. This, however, shall not occur. B e f ore long r 4 powerful body of troops will 'arrive in the hereditary states of our monarch. These forces will be enough to crush any revo lutionary movement which should break out. I give my word that those places (/un g h t ) make common ca use w ith th e insurrect ; 'Which may .on, preventing the free passage • o f com i ng reinforcemer!Ls by destroying the means of communication, bridges, &e., shall be punished with fire and-sword. For this purpose I send to the com manders under me the necesPary instructions, I hope I shall not be driven to such an extremity, and that to the consequences of war, so disastrous to a country, the terrors of a civil fray will not be a dd e d . From my head-quart ers of Gerlasco, May 25, 1859. (Signed) . GY ULAI . When tailitar s y man has recourse to such mild means to keep quiet the subjects of his monarch, he knows that he is defending a helpless and iniquit ous cause. French troops are still arriving by the Ceti& snowy road. Yesterday evening two batteries of the Imperial Guard made their entrance into this town amidst flowers and enthusiastic 'reception. This morning they were despatched to Novara by an early train, and no doubt they must have found By thin time some hard work for them. .I read in gime of your contemporaries that General Klapka is going to form a Hungarian legion, which will join the allied armies. If I am rightly informed, the offer of this distinguished general has been alto gether declined in high quarters. The conditions he made mild not be accepted. It is. to be hoped, however, that Generals Klapka and Wetter, with Colonels Zabo and Teleky, will soon join either the French or Sardinian general staff. Should Kossuth, instead of quarrelling with a leading contemporary of yours, come amongst us, he would meet with a warm and *enthusiastic reception. Bad news has reached me. from Tuscany. The organisation of the new regiments is proceeding slowly, and the great est confusion prevails in the ministerial regions. Count Cavour is going to send there an illustrious man, who will put things in proper order.. I allude to the Chevalier. Massimo D'Azeglio. A letter from Novara, dated June 2, says : Yesterday' morning th e Austrians quitted.Novara ; in the forenoon 'the allies entered it, and to-day I write to you then ce, without having the least idea whether or when you will get the letter. The Austrians never had a strong force at Novara and the country to the north and west of it—only detachments of a few battalions going and coming from town to town, and cavalry patrols to scour the country, the chief object of both being apparently to make requisitions. The last body of Austrian troops at Novara was according to the account of some, 2,000, and according to others only a few . hundreds. Coming to the spot at the moment when the re collection of the Austrian occupation is still fresh in the memory of the people, and before there is any time for exerting lively imaginations, there is a very good opportunity for testing the truth of the widely different accounts which you have read in the news papers. Before I even say a word you will guess that, as usual, 'the truth lies between the two ex tremes ; neither are the Austrians quite so black as some like to paint them, nor are they quite such angels as they wish to make themselves out, An occupation is an occupation after all, take it as you like. Even that of a friendly army brings .con siderable inconvenience, and not seldom burdens and sacrifices, with it ; how much more that of a hostile army ! But it is only fair to say that for an army which in its proclamations styled itself the friend of the Piedmontese people, and whom it came to deliver from the thraldom of Count Cavour, they ate and threatened rather too much, and they were likewise, in particular instances, rather too apt to carry their threats into effect. With every new de tachment came new demands, not at all in propor tion to the number of the detachment. In oxen alone, for instance, the district of Novara (about 500 English square miles) had to give 2,500 in one short month. It is almost as bad as Albanians and Greeks With sheep ; if they had remained a few months longer, and fed at that rate, the Novarese would have had to put themselves behind instead of before the plough. Yet, strange to say, in spite, of this voracious appetite which the Austrian army as a body, displayed, the individual soldier, at least as far as one can judge from the prisoners brought in hitherto, looks by no means overfed. I suppose the reason is their youth, and the shortness of time they have been living at so unusually high a rate. As with the oxen, so it:was with everything else— bread, wine, forage, &c. Every article was demanded as if each detachment had been charged with the general commissariat department of the army. As the detachments were frequently changed the requisitions were likewise rather too often repeated not to rouse the people, who, after all, were stupid enough not to understand the value of friendship, which told so strongly on their pockets. This feel ing of impatience was not a little aggravated by the threats in case of tardiness in complying with these exorbitant contributions. I have not heard hitherto, of any authenticated case of their having exacted five times the original amount, but, as the people were under the impression that the Austrian pro tectors were quite capable of taking even more than five times the amount originallfdemanded, they were living all the time with this Damocles' sword suspended over their heads. Now, if you consider how difficult it must often have been to coiled in the whole district within the given time whatever the Austrians demanded, you may easily imagine that on the whole the people felt very sore at the Austrian occupation. The people to whom I spoke said they would certainly not have borne it had they not been told by their magistrates to do so, and had they not been assured that the Austrians would soon have to go, so that it would have been folly to risk their per sons and property ; and they knew from some case s —for instance, the shooti n g of oue family at Voghera and another at Trumello, near Mortara—that the Austrians would have retaliated mercilessly had they cut off a detachment or patrol, which they might have easily otherwise have done. So far as one can make out, the Austrians indivi dually did not behave brutally ; on the contrary, it is said that during their advance they displayed a certain amenity. It was only when they took the wrong road to Turin, where some, as you know, had already had their letters addressed to them, that they became " cross," and were rather ready with their fists and the fiats of their swords. Of cases of violation, at least in this part of the country, I have heard nothing —nor does the popular voice accuse them of violating the seventh, or, as it is in this Catholic country, the sixth commandment. I have not heard a well-authenticated case of an officer forgetting to pay for what he took. The soldiers did now and then take a fancy to one thing or another, but they were always kept together, en camped, and not quartered on the towns, so that only very few opportunities occurred for their in dulging in such fancies. As you may imagine, in passing through Vercelli I was rather 'curious to know something about the famous story of the silver spoons. The waiter at the hotel where it is said to have occurred confirms the account of the great dinner given s by some General, but says that since JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share) Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Closing Business Price. 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Stock Stock Stock Stocki Stock Stock Stock. stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock 26( 13} 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Stock Stocki 12/ 12 Stock Stock 12i 1241 Stock Stock Stock Stock 101 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1:0.6.' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 251 25 1 Stock SPORTING NOTES. THE EPSOM Before these notes reach the reader, the Day of Reckoning will be over—accounts will be squared, and the gains and losses estimated. The settling may, after all, be pronounced satisfactory, despite the hard hit which the ring has sustained by the defalcations of the two persons referred to by the reporter. One of these individuals was once supposed to be as rich as an old-fashioned Nabob, but his mines, it would seem, while at the bottom of the sea, and his bank, has proved to be a bank of delusion. The ring was credulous, however, and trusted him de spite his tardiness in meeting his engagements, and they believed that his " backwardness in coming forward" was merely attributable to an eccentricity of disposition. He' had several bad bets on the Derby, and therefore discreetly abandoned the haunts and the society of sporting men. Mr. W— has long had a reputation for the uncompromising hostility which he has evinced against the Derby fa vourites, and did little for himself when he so "hotly" opposed Dervish some years ago. His absence has made a serious difference to many persons who had deemed themselves winners. Take the settling all in all, however, it has been satisfactory enough, as the success of Musjid has enabled many gentlemen to " part" who had previously neither the means nor the inclination. The present week is .overstocked with racing, and north and south country turfites will be very busily engaged. The Chelmsford gathering, which is managed by a local committee, ;who are as well acquainted with the rules and practice of racing as the Talking Fish is with the etiquette of a ball room ; still, as even the most disagreeable and unmentionable person must be allowed his due, it is only fair to state that the Chelmsford autho rities exerted themselves to the utmost to make their meeting attractive. They do not lack the will, but they require the knowledge. The programme does not promise a satiety of sport, but it presents a pros pect of an enjoyable quantity of racing. Either Blackmail or the Courier should win the Welter Cup. The Chelmsford Handicap will, perhaps, be briskly speculated upon at the post, but it has not yet received attention, even from a Bride-lane speculator. Mr. Mellish's two, Tame Deer and Minster, are the most attractive names. Mr. Merry's representative—either Madrid or Lady Falconer—will have its number put up for the Great Baddow Stakes. Surely , Indulgence ought to be good enough to win the County Members' Plate. The list of sport for Beverley is thorough " York shire." Northern horses are engaged in the different stakes, Northern jockeys will ride them, and Northern men will back them. The Bishop Burton Stakes will 'bring out several " dark" youngsters, of whose racing merit I have no know ledge. Griffin may win the Beverley Cup, and Coxwold the Grimston Plate. Restes will carry off the Produce Stakes if her owner deems it advis able to send her or Ida. The other events may be passed over without comment. All people must wish prosperity to Mr, W. Hib burd's undertaking at Hungerford, where he has succeeded in establishing a meeting of not only local importance, but of interest to the rac i ng community. The gathering will take place on Thursday and Friday; and, judging from the numerical strength of the entries, a most successful gathering will be celebrated. A FRESH MAN. TATTMtSALL'S-YESTURDAY. The room was attended by all the winners and many of the losers on the Epsom week, and money changed hands with a satisfactory rapidity. Mr. S — , whose defalcations have long been the subject of conver sation • in sporting circles did not show, whilst Mr. W-----, " the copper captain," made an offer to pay seven shillings in the pound, but there is little chance of his meet ixg all his liabilities. No attempt was made to resume speculation. • The following bets were laid just before the subscribers dispersed. DERIIY, 1860. 30 to 1 agst. Tom. Bowline (taken) 40 to 1 agst colt by the Flying Dutchman, out of Canezou (taken) 40 to 1 agst Merryman (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brother to Rainbow (taken) 60 to 1 agst Bivouac (taken) 50 to 1 agst Van Stroom (taken) 50 to 1 agst Thunderbolt (taken) 2000 to 30 agst Contadina (taken) 8000 to 80 agst Predictor (taken) POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CREATING A DISTURBANCE IN ST. JAMES'S "WORK HOUSE—A SUSPICIOUS VISIT.—Wm. Giles, an inmate of the above workhouse, was chamed with creating a disturb ance on the overnight, as follows : Elizabeth Dickinson, an inmate, said at a rather late hour on the previous night the inmates of the females' depart ment were much alarmed by hearing three or four distinct loud knocks at the door of the room, one of the females being so much frightened that she fainted. She requested the females to see who was at the door, but none of them would do so ; at length going to the door herself she found the prisoner on the landing. Mr. Charles Leslie, master of St. James's workhouse, said it was not the first time the prisoner had been found in a similar part of the establishment. The prisoner said he did not mean any harm. There were plenty of women there, and it was altogether an in advertence on his part. Mr. Leslie said the prisoner had been out, and must have crossed the women's yard to get to the place where he was found. Mr. Bingham said the poor could not be treated in a proper manner if such proceedings were allowed, and he thought the burthens of the ratepayers would probably be soon increased if a young man like the prisoner was allowed to go to the females' department. The prisoner, who certainly from his appearance looked more like a decent tradesman, was committed for ten days. John Mahomed, an Asiatic beggar, who has given great trouble to the police on many occasions, was charged with throwing a little boy under a cab wheel, and endangering his life thereby. The case being clearly proved, he was fined 10s. or ten days. • THIS D A Y"s MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. --Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 12s ; clover, do., £4 5s to £5 10s; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. A slow inquiry. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2lss to £4 12s; clover do., £4 5s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at late rates. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 12s ; clove' do., £4 5s to £5 lOs ; and straw ) £l4s to £1 8s per load. Trade dull. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LormoN, June 7.—Wind this day at noon—S.E.; light, with fine weather. SOUTHAMPTON, June 6.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Parsee, for Sydney, N.S.W.; Celt, screw steamer, for Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, June 6.—Wind W.—Off port—Maria Amelia, from Porto Rico for Bremen. THE PRINCE OF GONZAGO. We are requested to, insert the following letter, which has been addressed to the editor of the Globe " have observed in your paper of the 25th of April last that your Paris correspondent has renewed his attacks upon me, in such a manner as even to surpass the calumnies of the French police. " I should have thought that a minister of religion might have found some more legitimate employment for his pen, and have possessed more Christian feeling and respect for truth than to have insulted an exiled Prince. That he should persist in repeating his perverse mis-statements is derogating to his profession, and cowardly in the support given to a degraded police, and seemingly in favour of the objects of the existing war. " I shall content myself with stating that neither he nor his employers (be they whom they may) can make me of any other nation or rank than it has pleased God to make me. ,I am ready to testify that lam all I represent myself to be in any English court of law, where my genealogy can be shown and my personal identity fully established. "Despite my political enemies, my birth, parentage, and antecedents can be proved beyond a doubt. "I hold all the documents necessary to establish my legi timate and hereditary right to the dukedoms of Mantua, Guastalla, and Castiglione, &c. ; whilst in my quality of Prince I have been recognised by almost all the Courts of Europe. I have never been in Berlin, but as regards Vienna and Warsaw, the documents I have but recently received, both from the Austrian and Russian Governments, suffice to prove the calumny of your correspondent. " Since you, Sir, are responsible for the articles which appear in your journal, I claim a right to the insertion of this letter, in answer to your anonymous correspondent. " Accept, Sir, the assurance of my high consideration, " ALEXANDRE, Prince of Gonzago, Duke of Mantua. "London, May 31, 1859." Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge entertained a select circle at her residence in the Ambassa dor's Court, St. James's Palace, last evening. The com pany included hit Excellency Baron Bentinck, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duchess of Inverness, the Earl of St. Germans, Lord and Lady Napier, Lord Fred. Paulet, Dawager Lady Napier, General Sir Wm. and Lady Gomm, Major-General the Hon. W. Ashburnham, Captain Savill Lumley, &c. The Earl and Countess Spencer and the Countess (Dowager) and Lady Sarah Spencer have arrived at Spencer House, St. James's, from Althorp Hall , N o rthamptonshire, for the season. he has known the hotel it never possessed other spoons than those dirty yellowish white ones with which he supplies the guests at present..— -- I can't understand how people will not see that the best causeioses bysuch inventions, for the truth always comes out in the end, and then it is the cause which suffers by it. Of burning .or devastation I can see nothing in the line 'Of country through which I have been. The only,lsnowp case of the Austrians having burnt a place is at Voghera, when they re-entered it this last time, after•the French had left it. Whatever phrases one may choose to use about the necessities of war, it is an fact of barbarism to punish a collet- I Live body ror the Offence of an individual, but it has remained, an isolated case. In these parts you would scarcely perceive that the country has. been under foreign occupation ; all outward traces of it consist in now and then a bridge broken down, the road cut, or the corn fields trodden down' 'at the edge near the road, the remains of a bivouac, with the huts made of branches, or on earthwork thrown up, For instance, just on the other side of the ste,ne bridge of Vercelli they have used the chausee and . the surrounding high causeways to make a redop,k, with two embrasures for guns on the main ; a little further behind they improvised a redoubt at a large f arm h ouse, the courtyard weld of w hi c h had been provided with loopholes, likewise some earthworks in the They threw up the large village of Borgo front and rear of the road to Novara goes. celli, through which All the people with rihom I spoke here agree in representing the . A :ast'zians as very low spirited, which is b . y no nrear:a improbable after a retreat, even if it is from strategicalmotives. In Nov ara they were.enc . ar .a p at that of ed at the Porta Milano, and no t At dawn . t', ''no. Their retreat was very sudden.' and b st . the appr 'ay showed no signs of any movement, y x they were off. Whether they heard o f approach of the allies, who entered the town a few,hrJurs after they h a d l e ft it, or whether th e y rece 'ved orders from their superiors to go, I cannot tell While at Novara they showed great distrust of the population, and there were likewise reasons to suppose that they did not much trust their own people. They encamped them outside the town, and would not let the soldiers hold mudh, if 'any, in tercourse with the inhabitants. There must have been '.7teserters from the bodyencamped lately before Novara, for after the detachment had left for some tir.ne a patrol of 12 Lancers came in, which had been sent out for deserters, and had heprd nothing of the sudden departure of the main body. Of course, the real truth about the behaviour of the Austrians in Piedmont will only be brought to light who> .. it is possible to see the country where they have been in force; and I must say one has misgivings if one hears of the st r a nge appetite with which the•small detachments in these parts were afflicted, for, if the main body of the army has fed at the same rate, there is neither cattle, nor grain, nor anything else remaining in the Lomellina. The people here will be rather astonished at the difference in this respect with the allies, who pay for everything they take, and at far more than the current prices. Wherever the troops have passed -they. have left a great deal of money, and I am afraid patriotism does not prevent the people from exacting rather twice the valle of a thing than its fair price. It is, as in every war, the harvest of the contractors. The mail is expected to leave everynaoment, if it leaves at all ; so more another day. A letter from Palestro, dated June 1, says,— You will have read the bulletins of•the two suc cessful engagements with which the Sardinians began their movement in advance yesterdafand the day before, and it will be, perhaps, interesting to you to hear something of the details of these two brilliant affairs with which the Sardinians have opened their offensive operations. Although in grandeur these two combats come scarcely up to the idea of a battle, yet in brilliancy they quite equal the fight at Montebello, and certainly sur pass it in their results. You will remember that in proportion as the Aus trians began their retrograde movement Mini the Dora, in sight of which their outposts and, patrols had been at one time, the Sardinian army occupied the positions which they had quitted. At the Sesia, a considerable river which runs at almost right angles into the Po by Frassinetto, the Aus• trians took up a position, and fortified themselves on all the most accessible points, as if determined to make a resistance on that line. This line, although by no means one of those impregnable positions in which a small number of men can arrest the pro gress of armies, offers, nevertheless, ,like all the rivers which run' into the Po, considerable advan tages to the defenders. Like all the rivers in Upper Italy, it runs in a broad bed, intersected by little islands and shoals, while itss — bOrders are thickly planted with trees, which afford consider able shelter. At Vercelli the high road to Novara and another to Mortara cross the Sesia, as well as the railway both to the lakes and to Lombardy. The bridge at Vercelli thus opens the high road of communication to both countries, and is, therefore, of no small im portance'to both parties in a country so intersected by dikes and ditches, necessary for irrigation, as the plains of Upper Italy are. The Austrians, when they retired from Vercelli, destroyed the only bridge which servedboth for the high road and the railway, one side being reserved for the former and the other for the latter. The great variations in the height of the river, in con sequence of the late rains, for some time foiled their efforts, as their mines were twice under water, but, the river having again subsided with the same rapidity as it had risen, they effected their purpose at last, and blew up the two middle arches, thus breaking. off the most important line of communi cation with Novara and the lomellina. About ten days ago, as you know, the Division Cialdini was ordered to effect a passage, and esta blish itself on the other side. The movement was successful, and the division established itself in Borgo Vercelli, the first village of any importance on the other side, about two miles from the Sesia, on the high road to Novara. Ever since then the division stopped there without being in the least disturbed by the Austrians, who were posted in the neighbouring villages. The day before yesterday, the anniversary of the victory of the Sardinians at Goiti in 1847, was chosen to dislodge them from their positions on the road to Mortara From the high road to Novara two main roads branch off to the right at the dis tance of about a mile from each other, the first a little beyond the village of Moline, and the second from the village of Borgo Vercelli. Both of these run almost parallel to each other in a southeasterly direction until they unite at Robbio, about 10 miles from their starting point. About two miles from this latter, and at about the same height, are the two villages of Palestro and Vinzaglio, which were occupied and barricaded by the Austrian avant garde, consisting of 1,500 men in each village and half a battery. As at the passage of the Sesia, the King himself superintended the movement by which the Aus trians were driven from their position. The Divi sion Cialdini was divided, and one column advanced towards Palestro while the other simultaneously moved towards Vinzaglio. ln order to understand the difficulties which the Sardinians had to contend with, I must give you a description of the locality. The whole country, from the Sesia to the east, is one mass of corn and rice fields, divided from each other by raised cause ways and ditches of three or four feet, which serve for the purposes of irrigation. On the borders of these division s ,ep b su e pa t w lrae e r e s n studdedatnhae fi p e va d in.steialr trees, large e er l eg o se s , ely planted whil e quantitiesth e otif• fieldse m es ulberry trees. The c orn , t h e growth of which , is very luxuriant after the greatrain has an av erage height of at least fi ve f eet, thus s affording spl endid cover for riflemen. Th e r i ce fields, on the c ontrary,d toa a re lstr ust ib ou u t te , and the are kept equallyept co n tinually and to egulate the tinuallyunder water ; irrigation littl e raised banks of one or two feet high are thrown up, according to the level of the ground, in serpentine lines. ' Through this country run the two main roads, which are artificially raised causeways, sometimes twenty or more feet above the level of the surrounding fields, and the roads which lead across the fields, and from one detached. farmhouSe to another, being almost on the same level as the fields, are even now dif ficult to pass. From this little sketch, without which it would be impossible to understand the engage ment, you may gather what were the difficulties of the attacking and the advantages of the defend ing party. First of all, it was quite impossible to deploy a line of any length and thus take advan tage of a numerical superiority. There was like wise no possibility of bringing up and employing artillery. except on the causewa,ys, which are ju st of sufficient width to admit of two guns and no more. But, as if to put Sardinian territory to the test, the position of the two villages is in itself of considerable strength. At musket shot distance from them runs the canalized stream of the Boggia Busea, a rapid stream of at least 15 feet in width and five in depth. The only bridges over it are on the main roads. As you approach the villages the ground begins to rise gently for about 300 yards f f r a mn su 2 d o de t n o rapidlyfeet. from the the precipitouslybridg e , to a and heighth • On this elevation are built the villa g es, while the t then n all of o road itself, for which so steep an incline would have • been impracticable, is cut through like a broad rail- L way cutting, with precipitously sloping sides to the right and to the left. At the entrance to both villages thc; Austrians had thrown up a barricade. The villages, like all Italian 'villages, more or less, ; are built entirely of stone and brick, and they have their almost straight main street, through which the road runs, and their old-fashioned church with the never-failing campanile tower, very convenient -in times of war to discover the approach of - an enemy on the straight, road. .The houses themselves are built round a courtyard, B,nd scantily provided with small windows,-and so many small redoubts, in which a determined adversarycan' sell the victory dearly to the attacking party. When the right column, approached Palestro a section of artillery of th'4l6th battery was advanced and began 'to shell 4 , - he place, while h battalion of Beksaglieri I belir:rve the 10th, anda battalio n o f the 15th -of I; e , were sent to the right by one of the byway', and across the fields, to try and penetrate towards the left of the. village. Almost at ' the sa7„ne .time • this column was coming to the first houses th e ar till er y had s hak en th e d efende,rs of the front line. As soon..as this Was r ;oserved, another b a ttalion of the 15th of the Dine advanced au pas de charge, and this double movement was sufficient to clear the place of the Austrians, who retired behind the churchyard be yond the village,' -which occupies a considerable space of ground, and is surrounded by a high wall. They placed at•the same time several. guns- on the main road beyond the village, and on - the same line with the churchyard; in order to use them against the Sardinians, • should they attempt to . aebouch from the village. The church is about the middle of the town, on the high road, which makes a bend just at that place, so that as soon as the Austrians the guns which the e nemy h ad placed were driven out' of the village the t ro o ps were quite on the high road beyond it. In orde r t o s i lence protected from these guns a section of position guns .was -brought up just at the corner of the church ; but the Aus trians seem to have had their range, for in a i lia . ment the position guns were dismounted. Nothin g daunted by this, another section of the 16th battery was brought up .immediately, which soon silenced the enemy's fire.• As soon as this was done the Aus. trians retroated,' and the Piedmontese were • in pos session of the village and a considerable number of prisoners. • The village of Vinzaglio, although even more 'formidable by its position, and more balculated for defence; offered' less resistance, and was likewise taken at the p(4t of the bayonet, very little pow der being wasted for the purpose. The Austrians evacuated Vinzaglio some time before they were driven out of Palestro, for the Piedmontese had. scarcely succeeded in dislodging the Anstriins from the churchyard; when on the byroad which leads from Vinzaglio to Palestro two Austrian guns, with their escort, came towards the latter village. Probably they thought that Palestro was still held by their companions, 'whom they wished to rejoin. As soon as the:two guns were perceived on the road a detachment was sent from Palestro to take them, which was effected with ou t any di ffi culty, as the drivers •cat the traces and left .the guns to their fate. They were sent the same evening to Vercelli. The Division Cialdini took up its position in the village for that evening, The same evening arrived the 3d Regiment of Zouaves, the.same which was in the Crimea during the Russian We:I:. This regi ment has been • attached by the Emperor to the King of Sardinia. Thus ended the anniversary of the battle of Goito. The next morning, about nine o'clock, the Austrians were seen advancing in force, seemingly to retake the position of Palestro, which they had lost the day before. Although the campanile tower of the village is tolerably high, owing to the nature of the country; which I described above, their approach could hot be seen until thy were quite close, still less could their plan be discovered. The country, beyond the village is . mostly level land, as before it the -rice fields predominate ; the ground is less studded with trees in the neighbour.. hood, consequently more favourable for the forma tion of a line of battle. . . . . The cannonade of the Austrians against the vil lage had lasted for some time before their *al plan became apparent, for all at once a large body of infantry, with two batteries, showed themselves to the Piedmontese . right on the banks .of the little canalized stream.which I mentioned before. It was plain that the intention of the Austrians was no- thing more nor less than to cut off from the Sesia the advanced troops of the Piedmontese. 'As soon as this was perceived, while the main body of the Piedmontese attacked the Austrians from the village, the regiment of Zouaves, which occupied the extreme right, a battalion of the 9th, and another of the' 18th Piedmontese •of the Line, received orders tos advance. Animated by a 'b r oth er ly emulation, this gallant body of men rushed up to the position which the Austrians had takento their right, and, in spite of a formidable fire of grap• shot which received them, they threw themselves with magnificent dash on the Austrian guns. They had about 400 yards to cross,under the mur derous fire of, the enemy, which thinned their ranks indeed, but did not abate their ardour, for after the first discharge they they took to the bayonet, and their advance was so rapid that the Tyrolese Chasseurs, who were thrown out in skir mishing line before the g uns, had no time to retire but had to rush b ac k pel-mell among the Pied montese and. the Zouaves. Eight guns and a large number of prisOriers were the result of this brilliant attack ; five of the guns were taken by the Zouaves, and three by the Piedmontese. But the rush was made so simultaneously that it is impossible to say which took either guns. Besides these eight guns, about 800 or 900 prisoners ',and wounded fell into the hands of the allies. The dead are in proportion. The first care was, of course, for the wounded, and it is but justice•to say that the Austrians whose fate it was to he wounded and to fall into the hands of the allies cannot complain of their treatment. This will produce so much the more effect on these poor people, as. it seems the . idea has been spread among them that the allies were capable of doing anything to their prisoners. 'You may see . how serious the fight• was front the numbers of wounded which have come in since yes terday, and are still all along the road from this to Vercelli. This is the dark side- of war. The poor fellows bear up very bravely against their fate, but it is impossible to see those pale faces, torn limbs, and bloodstained linen, or to . hear the in voluntary sigh,. without conjuring up the joyous round faces,of your Peace Party. The Piedmontese have improvised a number of ambulance carts,—the two-wheeled carts of the country, drawn;by oxen, which have been provided with benches... The Austrian•prisoners excite here, as you may imagine, no small curiosity. I don't know. whether the youngest part of their troops were placed on purpose'at the advanced posts, but certainly the greater part of those taken are mere boys. No wonder that they did not stand agaitist the seasoned Piedmontese and the hardened Zouaves. Another curious fact connected with them is, that a good number of those taken belong to a regiment recruited on the shores of the Adriatic—the Re giment Wimpffen. They nearly all speak Italian, although most 'of them are of Sclavonic extraction, The Austrians wished, very likely, to produce the impression that they could fully reckon on their Italian regiments. There are prisoners of every regiment of two Austrian divisions, which might lead one to the conclusion that the affair of yesterday was with these two divisions. As the Austrians very rarely separate is strong e he the battalionssong evi belo d n en g e in e g in to favourt same o ame r r t e hs gl ensupposition. To-day is devoted to the burial of the dead and a search for the wounded. Both dead and wounded are very difficult to find in the high corn and the numerous little ditches which abound all about there. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde have arrived in town from Portumna Castle, county Gal way. The noble Marquis and Marchionees made a short visit to the Earl and Countess of Cork, at Marston House, Somerset. His Excellency the Earl of Eglinton has arrived at Grillon's Clarendon. Hotel from Dublin Castle. His Excellency Lord Howard de Walden, British Ambassador at the Court of Brussels, arrived at Claridge's Hotel on Saturday last, from Brussels. • It is said that M. Kossuth leaves England to-day, and that he has had an interview with M. de Persigny, the French Ambassador. Some 300 Hungarians have returned terrific e bo th urn un e d o e n r from America, and will follow him to Italy. s e ail ln ed Ost fro t LI VERPOOL, Monday.—The ship Shooting Sta r , from Melbourne for this port, passed Queenstown on the the 28th of February, and has on board 16,788 ounces of place this (Sunday) afternoon: upwards r ard the s afternoon of the m 4 . t — hi o ns n t e . o S f h t e h o s g t f o o lC r s d n o H l o s: P w w fFr i r s t eE h i Ng which t hli o t o i k . this town has been visited for space of nearly two hours the flashes of lightning the most stouth ela earte 9 d f ear ful description, and the extraordinaryil storm descended, and many of ctekrraorhoeafveyvehnaB ofRA-tehtreunaboodfueart the stones were as large as a t e h x r c e it e ed o' t c h lo e common bawl nut. ' The rain also fell in torrents, an d th e B ath rendered in some places almost • and Bristol roads were fields and houses n ear th e banksirssable. Many of the the Avon were entirely flooded. There can b e no d ou b t that considerable damage has been done in so me parts of the country. Mr Thomas Most Cl k of Sligo, is appointed Crown Solicitor for Dublin, and Solicitor for the Treasury in Ireland, ' vice Mr. 'William Kemmbr superannuated._ ACCIDENT TO LORD CLYDE.—A correspondent of tesiiiesnDtthaea/htti,pGintahie ze o t rc t e e o:m writing from Kusso who the Ist inst. , m lt an s d ee e m r. in s - t C hat th e hief w . troops, with artill er y, were d rawn rep to do hono ur to his lordship, and, as usua l , t h e hon.° nr was ne ither re quired nor expected. J us t as the ch ief, who was in advance .et with utteeau a nother a itaj a ah % of his staff, got abreast of the guns, thi 3 salute commenced —the Chiefs horse started, and threw his rider, who ap peared at Kalka with sundry patches of ' piaster across his forehead ; fortunate it was no worse. -Bombay Standard, May 11, • ,~