The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-02 00:00:00

oYAI: PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakapeare's historical play of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed the new and original Comedy, entitled THE WORLD AND THE STAGE. The Characters by Messrs. Compton, Buckstone, Howe, W. Far m, Rogers; Miss Amy Sedgwick, &c. After which, a new Classical Extravaganza, entitled ELECTRA IN A NEW ELECTR'IC LIGHT. Messrs. Compton, Braid, Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright, Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Leclercq. And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. B. Webster, Billington, Toole ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Sims. After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and Kate Kelly. Followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Mr. B. Webster, Billington, Eburne, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, and Arden. The terrible game has been duly opened. There is no longer any doubt that a war has commenced, of which it is impossible to predict the results, or to say what Powers will be involved in the contest. The energetic and able exertions of the British Government have been for the present neutralised. It has been admitted on every side that nothing was left undone to preserve the peace and tran quillity of Europe. But where there is an in flexible resolution to proclaim hostilities where similar obstinacy is exhibited on every side, and captious objections are taken to even the most reasonable propositions, it would be utterly impos sible for even the most talented and earnest nego tiators to prevent the outbreak of hostilities. Austria has unquestionably invaded Piedmont, and she justifies the step on the ground that its neutrality had previously been violated by the reception of French troops. Under such circumstances she felt that the step was essential to prevent her adversaries from obtaining an ad vantage. It was, as asserted by the Cabinet of Vienna, an indispensable proceeding ; more par ticularly as the revolutions in Tuscany, Massa, and Carrara, and the disturbances at Rome and in Sicily have rendered immediate action necessary. It is asserted by the Viennese journals that a sharp contest took place at the Bridge of Buffalora, and that the Austrians had obtained a decided victory with considerable loss to their adversaries. This statement must, however, be taken cunt gran° salis, in the absence of authentic intelligence from other quarters. It is only from Vienna that we hear of this alleged triumph ; but then it is more than probable that if resistance was offered the result would have been in favour of Austria, whose forces were quite sufficient to overwhelm any that could for the moment be brought against them by France and Sardinia. There seems to be no doubt that the towns of Sutra, Pallauza, and Arona, on the Lago Maggiore, have been occupied ; that twenty bat talions and eight batteries of cannon also entered the Sardinian territory by way of Gravellona, and had seized on the province of Novara ; while a third took the road through Abbeate Grasso, and advanced during the night to Casale. Meanwhile VICTOR EMMANUEL has not been idle. lie has, it appears, placed himself at the head of his army, and has been surveying the line of the Dora, probably with the intention of im peding the ,progress of the invading army, and preventing their arrival at Turin before the French auxiliaries are enabled to afford adequate assistance. The fortress of Alessandria, as may be anticipated, will be defended to the last. Its preservation is essential to Piedmont, and, if secured by Austria, it would materially add to the existing difficulties of Sardinia. Austria is for once thoroughly in earnest. She will neither consent to any of the much -required and anxiously looked-for reforms in the Lombardo -Venetian Kingdom, nor will she even a bandon her undue interference in the quasi inde vendent states of Italy. France is also equally solved; l but should she meet with the success she antie iPates , we fear that the advocates for Italian li berty will find that it is only an escape from what the hom e l y proverb terms " the frying-pan into the fire," a nd that Fiance will be sc arce ly m o r e 13 liberal in • 1 treatment of what it will be disposed to consider as co nquered te rr it or i es t h an Austria itself with all its admitted maladministra tion. It would be well if either party should gain so decisive a triumph as to lead to au early settlement. There is one chance at least for -n arrangement. The Austrian Exchequer is wholly I'llllk apt. A loan of 200,000, 000 florins is imperatively -r required, but as it is significantly remarked, the cont rad for the present being impossible , the National t ank i s to advance two-thirds of the amount in new notes, which for the present would not be redeemable i t specie. This would be a wise and prudent step; but that, unfortunately, the first condition which would render such notes unavoidably acceptable throughout the empire is dispensed with. They will not be received in payment of taxes, which must be liquidated either in silver or coupons of the national loan. This unfortunate error on the part of the Viennese Cabinet will neutralise all the ad vantages that would otherwise have followed so decided a movement. France also wants a similar sum. She has largely increased her debt since the accession of the EM PEROR, and it is more than doubtful whether the people will be inclined again to pro duce their secret hoards to gratify the Imperial ambition. Russia, too, asks for twelve millions. We do not, however, think it probable that any of the parties will have their little bills discounted in Lombard-street or Capel-court. The brokers and jobbers have already had sufficient cause to deplore their transactions in foreign stocks ; and although many temptations may be offered, we trust that English capitalists, as well as the Eng lish Government, may observe a complete and per fect neutrality between the contending nations. "Si cis pacein para belluin." The true policy of a peace-loving Power is to prove, beyond the possi bility of doubt, that it possesses the means, not only of defending itself, but of inflicthag severe injury on any nation or coalition by which it may be assailed. The motto to the truly illustrious Order of the Thistle, " _ Nemo me irnpune lacessit," and that of the chivalrous Scottish knight, " Ready, aye ready for the field," afford the best illustrations of this great principle. The money expended in increasing our armament in time of danger may be regarded as an assurance fund against losses and calamities that would gladly be averted by the account one hundred times told. We rejoice then to find that Lord DERBY'S Go vernment have adopted the wise course of largely increasing the available resources of the British Navy, our " stronghold and great tower of defence." It would be an act of folly—aye, of crime, to neglect placing our wooden walls in the best possible position, so that they may be enabled to resist any possible coalition that may be brought against them. Should Britannia abdicate her position as Mistress of the Waves, should she ever relinquish her maritime superiority, she would sink into a third rate power, and no longer exercise the influence in the councils of Europe which she now justly possesses. Every true-hearted Englishman must have hailed with intense satisfaction the royal proclamation which appeared in our impression of Saturday, offering a bounty of £lO to all able bodied seamen not above the age of 45, or under that of 20; £5 for all ordinary seamen fit for ser vice, and 40s. for every able-bodied landsman not above the age of 25 nor under 20, who should voluntarily enter the naval service before the 15th of June next. Sir JOIIN PAKINGTON is entitled to the thanks and gratitude of the nation, for this judicious and opportune proceeding which could not have been taken without the assent of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has the difficult task of providing the ways and means for this extra expenditure. It has been said that ten thousand additional seamen are to be engaged, but the Royal Proclamation makes no limitation. It addresses itself to all who may offer themselves before the 15th of June, and the greater the num ber the better - would it be for the country—the more certain would be the preservation of British neutrality—the more efficient any intervention on our part between the belligerents. With twenty or fifteen thousand additional seamen, our maritime superiority would be unquestionable. With ten thousand it would be maintained, but there might, in such cases, be a doubt, and that should be averted at any cost or any outlay. The great thing is to render our navy not merely effi cient, but overwhelmingly superior to any other that could be opposed to it, and it is but justice to Sir JOHN PAKINGTON to say that he has done more to obtain that object than any of his predecessors in office for a long series of years. It can but he gratifying to us to observe that a subject to which for years past we have every now and then invited public attention, is at last likely to receive it. We refer not to the use of the rifle for the army merely, but to the training of volunteers throughout the country to its skilful use. The Edinburgh Review has adverted in its last number to the value of rifled guns, and brought together much information and some striking facts. Letters on the formation of volunteer corps, both horse and foot, have been sent to the daily press, and the Times itself has nodded approbation. Two volun teer corps exist already ; one here, the Victoria Rifles, whose merits we described shortly after their formation, and urged general imitation ; the other at Exeter; and now, we find a third seeking formation and embodiment at Birkenhead. We can hardly doubt that the project, if general atten tion be drawn to it, must be taken up extensively. The merely routine prejudices of burly old colonels and commanders will give way to fact and common sense. If they can see no advantage in anything but soldiers of the line, and in militia as a nursery for it, and can but barely tolerate yeomanry cavalry, while anything beyond that is horribly ir regular—absurd indeed—they will now be told to look to their own regulars, and to mind their own business, but not to interfere with mmt who are de termined to make an invader dread, even more than those who face them in the thin red line, the unrecognized army of free citizens whose bullets they will feel, but whose faces they will hardly ever see. We scarcely need dwell now on the difference between any good form of the modern Rifle and Brown Bess. Every one has heard that the latter is absolutely innocuous at 200 or 300 yards, no man being certain whether he could hit a haystack or even a church at that distance, but rather having every reason to bet twenty to one that he should not hit it ; while the latelGeneral JACOB produced a short-barrelled rifle with which a tolerably good shot could hit an object the size of a man once in three times at the distance of I,oooyards, while the deadly force of the ball would not be expended at 2,000 yards ! The question is settled for ever that nothing inferior to a good rifle can ever again be put into a regular soldier's hands. It were to be guilty of murder in regard to our men, and of throwing away victories in regard to any war we may be called on to wage. The general merits of the Rifle, however, have been so completely de monstrated at Inkerman, and in the Crimean war, and in the Sepoy revolt, that probably o,oy will never be disputed again. But how strange that our military authorities did not learn the lesson taught them in the American war of Independence, by the surrender, virtually, of two armies to the almost invisible rifles of enemies whom they could hardly ever get to face them. But there are two points, having a close connec tion, to which we would call special attention, be- cause others have been more fully noticed elsewhere —the wisdom of taking decided measures to train a large portion of our youth, and adult males too, to rifle practice, and of forming them into companies for practice throughout the kingdom. What the Old Regular Officer thinks most of, is well drilled men ; fellows who can go through every evolution with precision, and who would march anywhere if ordered—up to the mouths of any guns in the world. Far be it from us to undervalue all this; but there aro some things quite as terrible to officers and to men as to meet others as well drilled as themselves, and that is to run the gauntlet of a country, every hedge and ditch, and hovel, and old tree, and furze bush, of which con cealed a rifleman or two, too scattered to be attacked, too familiar with the country they live and work in to be drawn from concealment, or followed into it, except at the peril of being shot down by one while following another. By all means let us have the regular army we ought ; but a population of first rate riflemen, even if but scantily drilled, yet well led, and burning with indignation at wanton in trusion, would be the deadliest of antagonists to be met by a foreign foe. But then these men would want one kind of training—the training of early and long practice with these weapons. Arms of precision, whether the slings of the Cretans and the Balearic Islanders, or the longbows of our renowned ancestors, or the rifle, acquire almost all their value from the prac tice which trains the eye and the hand, which gives them fatal certainty, and which, like every thing in which excellence is required, is far more efficient in youth than in later years. The care and pains taken by our forefathers in teaching the inhabitants of all classes the use of the bow is astonish ing. Some of the means would now be deemed tyrannical, nor are they necessary. Express statutes forbade a great many athletic games ; quoits, bowls, and tennis ball even, were forbid den, as well as games of chance, 'that . the people might be driven to archery for amusement on holi days ! So Tale as HENRY VIII, a statute required every subject; except some necessarily exempt, to keep a bow and arrow in his house, and to exercise himself in shooting. Fathers, guardians, and masters of apprentices were required to teach the male children under their care the use of the bow, and compel them to shoot on holidays and at con venient times. No person above twenty-four years of age was permitted to shoot at a mark nearer, than 220 yards—a distance at which, with " Brown Bess," he could rarely indeed hit it-and every parish must have its shooting butts. Thus it . was that the archers were provided who were the real conquerors in so many battles. But these .severities would, even for the same object, be now, we believe, useless. What we plead for is not merely gentlemen rifle corps, but for a whole male community encouraged and ac• customed to use th 6 rifle. Till facts preiVe the con trary, we shall take leave to believe that the youth of our towns would like rifle practice. :They need manly exercises. It is not worthy of us that the great majority of our town lads could hardly hold on a horse or hit a barn door with a fowling-piece. Such habits tend to effieminacy. Give them half holidays. Utilise their long summer evenings. Offer them the use of rifles, kept in charge of a public officer, himself, of course, competent to teach. Enrol those who were skilful and steady when they were of full age. Confer a status on the enrolled—let them, as volunteers in the service of their country, enjoy the franchise proposed by Mr. WALroLE for militiamen—encourage them in every way, and several hundreds . of thousands of practised rifle shots would make any hater of Eng land think twice of it before he threw his soldiers into their hands. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT- GARDEN - . Rossini's celebrated opera, " La Gazza Ladra," was repeated at this theatre on Saturday night before a large and brilliant audience. Mdlle. Lotti's performance of the arduous part of Ninetta has been criticised on previous occasions. On Saturday she was again most successful, and ob tained immense applause. Mdlle. Didiee, as Pippo, appeared to great advantage. In the long and difficult duet with Ninetta, in the prison scene, she particularly distinguished herself. Gardoni, as the soldier-lover,.Ronconi, as the unworthy magistrate, and Tagliafico, as the father of Ninetta, were all admirable. . The orchestra participated in the succ+s, for they gave the fine overture with so much spirit and precision that it was redemanded. The house was fully attended. • , .;.7.•:,• .; 0 ) :,;"; ' ' ‘, • . ~,.. „ -,, ,-- T.,T;, 1 , ,, _ .... , j ~ , i. 0 -4, A . , - , .0,y," - , r ,.., ~,, 1. 4 ...,"' • . `OW q. --.."' .21.--" ( lialkide v , i t :,* • . ~,,,e,r4A, ' „blto - 1 ..,,, ."1%;,44: THE SUN. MONDAY, MAY 2, 1859. Acting Dianager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ---- ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING will be produced a new Coinedietta, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ? supported by the company. After which, THE MAID AND T EIE MAGPIE. To conclude with VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark. Commence at 7o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Immense Success of INNight ly. ANHOE.—Overflowing Houses THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with a new g-rand spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's popular work, entitled IVANHOE; cr, The Lists of Ashby, intro ducing among the vast resources of this great Hippodramatic T e mple,Tournaments, Processions, Banners, Combats, Tilts, Victories, and Achievemerts in extraordinary magnificence. Ivanhoe, Mr. R. Phillips ; Isaac of York, Mr. Jas. Holloway; Richard of England, Mr. Herbert ; Robin Hood, Mr. Wm. Cooke, jun. ; Rebecca, Miss Bathurst; Lady Rowena, Miss Dowton. After which, the matchless and uurivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the greatest equestrian in the world : together with Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle. Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. To conclude with the Farce of BATHING. .Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, aad £1 is. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips (lANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS N-1 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 ELE% EN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 1. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. ;59—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. .52—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.85. WIND, Easterly, fresh, with fine weather, but dull in the morning. MNY 2. THERMOMETER, IN TIII3 SHADE. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 54—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.97—rising. WIND, North-Easterly ; fresh, with cloudy but fine weather. THE SUN,I LONDON, MONDAY t*ENING, MAY 2, 1859. HAYMARKET ,THEATEE. During the past week crowded audiences have continued to be attracted to the Haymarket Theatre by Miss Amy Sedgwick's exquisite performance in Mr. Palgrave Simpson's new comedy of " The World and the Stage ;" and, far from diminishing, the attraction appears to increase with each night's performance. We noticed very briefly, in our impression of Tuesday last, the reproduction of this excellent and well-written play, originally written for Miss Sedgwick's benefit, and the opinions that we then expressed have been confirmed and strengthened by what we have witnessed in subsequent .visits to the theatre. The performers now are all thoroughly at home in their respective characters, and the interest of the piece from first to last is sustained with unflagging effect. It would be difficult to find any character more suited for the development of all Miss Amy Sedgwick's powers of embodying every phase of emotion. than that afforded her by the part she sustains in the " World andthe Stage." From the lightest and most playful badinage to the deepest and most passionate emotions, all are alike conveyed to the audience with a force and reality which come home to every heart. Miss Sedgwick is well supported by all the per formers in the play, especially by Mrs. Buckingham White and Mrs. Poynter, among the ladies, and by Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Howe, and W. Farren amongst the gentlemen ; and the whole »iise en scene is deserving of every commendation. The great charm of Miss Amy Sedgwick's acting is its perfect truthfulness and freedom from all artificiality and restraint. There is a na tural grace, ease, and thorough abandonment to the spirit of the character she impersonates, which is as rare as it is charming. We may, with sincere conscientiousness, congratulate Miss Sedg wick on, having achieved a complete success by her performance in the " World and the Stage." On its reproduction on Easter Monday she was called for between the acts, and again on the termination of the piece to receive the plaud is of a house crowded in every part, and since then her receptions have been equally enthusiastic. Mr. Frank Talfourd's burlesque of " Elect r," bristling as it does in every line with puns of the most outrageous and unimaginable character— which certainly show the capabilities of the Eng lish language in a way that few persons would dream of—continues to elicit every night shouts of laughter from the most saturnine faces. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, of Pantglas, have arrived at the family residence in Eaton-square for the season. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—At a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 29th ult. the follswing gentlemen were reported as having undergone the prelimi naryexaminations for the fellowship of the College in classics, mathematics, and French, to the satisfaction, of the Court, and will therefore be admitted to the professional examina tions when eligible—viz Messrs. Thomas Westcott Gale Stone, Liecoln's Inn-fields, diploma of membership dated April 11; John Cooper, Morning,ton . -road .; George B. Brodie, Sali s b ury ; and Henry Lyell, Thomas :street, Horse lydown.. INNER TFiIPLE.—The undermentioned gentle men were on Saturday called to the bar by the lion. Society of the Inner Temple : —Robert Walter Daysh 'Stewart, Esq., MA, ; Frederick Evers, Esq., Walter Kingscote Crossman, Esq., and henry Poulin, Esq.—Charles Vaughan, Sub treasurer. MIDDLE TEMPLE, APRIL 30.-The' undermen tioned gentlemen were this day called to the degree of the utter bar by the Hon. Society of, the Middle Temple —Bond Coxe. Esq., of Trinity College, Dublin, and of 7, Stone buildings, Lincoln's Inn, and Haremrt-street, Dublin ' • Albert (Jordon - Langley, Esq. (holde r o f th e . stu d ents hi p awarded by the Council of Legal Education in Trinity Term, 1868), of 28, Southampton-buildings; . John Clark, Esq., of 1, Essex-court, Temple; and James Coverdale Ptte Itgq,, of 5, Pump - court , Temple. a Li n N , GQ LN'S7INN , April 30,—The under men ti one d gentlemen were this day called . to the , degre'e:of Barrister at-Law by the lion. Society of Lirsaoln s-ima—viz., William pandas 0- a rdiper, Esq., M.A., Cambridge ; 'Henry Smith, Esq., 8.A., mid 5.C,L., Cambridge; John Cordy Jeaffrc son, Esq., 8.A., Oxfoid . Edward Esq•.; M.A., Cam bridge; Herbert Clifford SaitrifiPrz, 89., 8.A., Oxford, and joshiio, Frey Josephson, Esq. • • • • GRAY'S -INN, April 30.—At a Pension of the Hop, Society 'Of Gray's-Inn, itolsjeD this day, Walter • David Jeremy, Esq., and Charles Aiesan&r• §mytk, Esq, were called to the degree of barris:cr-at - law. • LATEST NEWS. THE WAR IN ITALY. TURIN, MAY 1, 9.40. There is a considerable move ment of troops to Alessandria ; the King has go Lie to take the coin , mand. The Austrians are at Notara in force, and also at Pavia. The French infantry and artillery continue to arrive. No decisive movement has yet been made. TURIN, SUNDAY, MAY 1. An official bulletin jnst published states that the King and his staff left this morning to take the command of the army. Yesterday evening the Austrians occupied Novara, and then made a further advance towards Vercelli. The French troops left Turin this morning for Alessandria. Other troops have arrived from France, with two batteries. TURIN, SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 1. The following official bulletin has been pub- lished : 2,000 Austrians occupy Mortara, and 400 infantry and 50 cavalry Novara. No movement has been made towards Vercelli. The Austrians in large numbers have quitted Piacenza, and proclaimed a state of siege. They appear to have concentrated their forces on the left bank of the Po. General Bout died on Saturday last, at Susa, of an attack of apoplexy. TURIN, APRIL 30. Yesterday the King, accompanied by the French Generals Canrobert and Niel, yisited the line of the river Dora. VIENNA, APRIL 29. In all probability there vas a sharp action al the Tete-de-Pont of Buffalora yesterday. It is reported that the Austrians, after a con• siderable loss, took it at the point of the bayonet. It is said that Mortara has been taken to-day. VIENNA, MAY 1. The Austrians have occupied Intra, •Pallanza, and Arona, on the Lago Maggiore, the Sardinians retreating on their approach. The telegraph lines to Switzerland have been cut by the Austrians. HAMBURG, MAY 1. Accounts have been received, via Vienna, of the first hostilities in Piedmont between the Austrian army of invasion and the Sardinian forces. The latter were obliged to fall back, but not before in flicting severe loss on the Austrians. The regiment " Don Miguel" alone lost its colonel and thirteen officers. 'WEIMAR, MAY 1. The Emperor of Russia, in a telegram sent by him to the widow of the late Grand Duke, gives a denial to the reports which have circulated that Prussia and Austria are threatened by Russia. TRIESTE, APRIL 30. The directors of the Austrian Lloyd's have pub• lished an official announcement, that on account of present political complications their vessels will for the present discontinue running to foreign ports. CIRCULAR OF THE FRENCH GOVERN- MENT. PARIS, MAY 1. The following circular has been addressed by Count Walewski to the agents and plenipoten tiaries of the Emperor : " The Austrians, concentrated at Pavia, entered at three o'clock on the 29th on Piedmontese terri tory, passing by the Gravellona. In the night they penetrated to Cussalo, near Vigevano, by the ferry of Abbati-Grasso. On the 30th they landed at Streba and at Arona. The body which passed the Gravellona numbered 20 battalions and eight batteries. The advanced posts were, at half-past 11 on the 30th, at Vespolate. A very considerable corps d'arinee is on the march from Vigevano upon Mortara." • SECOND PROCLAMATION OF VICTOR EMMANUEL. TURIN, APRIL 30. - A proclamation of which the following is a full analysis, has been placarded to-day in Turin and throughout the kingdom : " Austria, while making profession of a love of peace, attacks us, and refuses the jurisdiction of an European Congress. She violates her promise made to England ; she asks us to reduce our army and to abandon the brave volunteers who have flocked from all parts of Italy to defend the sacred flag of Italian independence. I confide the government to my well beloved cousin; and I resume my sword. The valiant troops of the Emperor Napoleon, my generous ally, will fight for liberty and justice side by side with us. Peoples of Italy ! Austria attacks Piedmont for having defended the cause of our common country in the councils of Europe, and because she has not been deaf to your cries of anguish. Austria now openly tears up those treaties which she has never herself observed. The Italian nation is this day already free in point of right, and I may now conscientiously accomplish the vow I made upon the tomb of my august father. Let us confide in Providence, in our union, in the valour of Italian soldiers, and in the alliance of the noble French nation. Let us rely upon the justice of public opinion. I have no other ambition than that of being the first soldier of Italian indepen denc2. Viva Italia." This proclamation, signed " Victor Emmanuel,' is countersigned " Count Cavour." THE MANIFESTO OF THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. VIENNA, APRIL 29. The manifesto addressed by the Emperor of Austria to the entire population of his empire com mences with these words : " I have given orders to my brave and faithful army to put an end to. the attacks which a neigh bouring State, Sardinia, has been for several years past in the habit of making upon the undoubted rights of my crown and the integrity of the empire confided to me by Divine Providence." It goes on to say that in spite of the generosity and good inten tions of which Austria has given so many proofs during the last ten years, the hostility of Piedmont has continually augmented, and has recently dis played itself in a most especial manner by extreme agitation and revolutionary propagandism. The manifesto alludes to the efforts of diplomacy to bring about an arrangement, adding that the re fusal of Piedmont to agree to a disarmament had rendered an appeal to arms necessary. He speaks of the horrors of war, but says that the monarch must repress the impulses of his heart when honour and duty call upon him to march, when an armed enemy is upon his frontiers united with all those subversive parties whose object is to ap propriate the Austrian States of Italy to them selves, and when the Sovereign of France, med• dling, under friyolous pretexts, with the affairs of the Italian peninsula, is Sending trQQps to the succour of our enemy, and when many detach ments of his armybave already crossed the Sardinian frontier. After an impassioned appeal to the patriotism of Austria, the manifesto concludes in these words :—" We hope not to remain isolated in this contest. The soil on which we are about to fight is steeped in the blood of our brothers of Germany; that country was conquered as a Ger man rampart, and has been maintained as such to this day. It is always upon that ground that the most dangerous enemies of Germany commence their attempts to destroy its - internal power." LITE.RATU.R.E. Chiefs of Parties, Past and Present, with Original Anecdotes. By Daniel Owen Maddyn, Esq., author of "The Age of Pitt and Fox." 2 vols. Skeet. These entertaining and animated volumes give us glimpses of some of the chief actors in the poli tical world during the last half century. , The author having been prevented from completing his work on " The Age of Pitt and Fox," has accepted a suggestion made to him, and has occupied himself in illustrating the careers and characters of the principal statesmen of the last sixty years. Some political pieces, formerly published, have been in corporated with these sketches, and the work is not devoid of a higher value than mere entertain ment, as it traces the progress of political history and party warfare during a succession of eventful epochs. Commencing with an introductory essay on the " Use of Party," be gives us "A Day with Fox," and "A Day with Pitt," contrasting their characters and powers with some ability. He then devotes a chapter to " The Grenvilles," and another to Lord Castlereagh. His observations on " The Eve of the Reform Era," and on " The Cabinet of 1831-2-3-4" are well worthy of perusal, and show some insight into political character, and a ready appreciation of the difficulties of the time. His series of portraits of the members of the Reform Cabinet are sketched with vigour, and the want of congeniality in its component parts strongly insisted on. Sir Robert Peel, although his great abilities are readily acknowledged, is not a favou rite with the author, as may be gathered from • his entitling the portion devoted to his career, " Peel, or the great Ambiguity." He accords high praise to some epochs of his Par liamentary career, and pays a tribute to his many noble qualities as a man when he differs from him as a statesman. The author is a shrewd observer, and his penetration frequently detects characteristic qualities or peculiarities of intellect that would escape• superficial critics. His sketch of Lord Macaulay, though scarcely doing justice to the great essayist's varied abilities, contains much truth. He remarks that he occasionally relies on rhetoric to do the work of logic. The following passage gives a summary of his criticism. He has been alluding to some contradictory passages in Lord Macaulay's writings : " The truth we take to be is, that on these and equally momentous subjects, Lord Macaulay has been accustomed to think merely like an orator. He looks only at the ex ternal aspects of institutions and systems, and considers them from a painter's and not a philosopher's point of view. To portray what appears to him, rather than to prove and ascertain the positiveness of an idea or principle, is the na tural functions of his ultra-pictorial mind. Goethe looked on the men around him and on the phases of life with the perceptions of an artistic dramatist. Lord Macaulay re gards' society, and thinks upon the world's, sublime and mysterious history, not as an investigator or an archa3olo gist, but with the sentiments of a picturesque essayist. Effect—effect—effect—is the perpetual and almost the sole object of his aim. For his originality we must look to his style, not his spirit—to his utterance, and not to his medi tation. He is unrivalled in literature in placing in a strik ing way what has been known before. Thus when there is only talent in his thoughts, we see genius in his vivid words and suggestive diction. Assimilation and illustra tion are the main resources which he • employs. Faded commonplaces he retouches with exquisite art, and the haggard wrinkles of senile Whiggery he rejuvenises with his literary pearl powder and rhetorician's rouge. A great master of language, he so writes, and often speaks, that while understood- by his esoterical admirers who are ini tiated in his manner, he does not raise a, murmur from the unsuspicious crowd, who have not sense to decipher his enigmatical - ambiguities, and who credulously revere his high-sounding rhetorical heroics for revelations of the pro foundest philosophical importance I" • . . His sketch of Mr. Wilson Croker; unenviably im mortalised: as ".Rigby," is well worthy of perusal. The following remarks apply to a numerous class : " Of all kinds of writers none are so unwearied in their vocation as political scribes Habituated to controversy, they exult in disputation. They asperse where they can • not confute; they deride where they cannot. overcome. After a number of years they become callous even to the most hostile criticism. Never smarting• under. defeat, to conibat and' to conquer appear to them identical. Re bounding from every overthrow with untiring nerves and audacious front, •they taunt their conqueror, and again challenge him to the fray. They resolve never to acknow ledge a defeat, solong as they can employ a woman's mise rable privilege °flaying the last word." - • Mr. Croker distinguished himself by his vigorous opposition to the Reform Bill of 1832. His speech on the third reading was one of hiS Most effective. He described a' foreigner walking through London seeking the windows of Apsley House broken, a merchant prince's house attacked, and several other incidents. of the day, with much point and success. On another of his attacks on reform he encountered a formidable adversary in the present Premier : " On one occasien during the Reform . Bill debates, Mr. Croker had considerable success as an alarmist by the use he made of the facts of Charles the First's reign.• He rea soned skilfidly upon moderation passing into violence, peaceful innovation terminating in social 'revolution, Pyms and Hampdens ending with Ludlows, Cromwells, &c. He worked up his Matter well, and produced great effect, but it was short-lived. While he was speaking, Mr. Stanley, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, sent to the Library for Hume's History of England, and he presented to the house another view of the reign of Charles the First from that drawn by Mr. Croker. Appealing to the Tory historian as an authority, Mr. Stanley showed how Charles broke the law and brought his ruin upon himself; some of Mr. Croker's facts he overturned, while from others he drew different inferenCes, and he confuted the Quarterly Re viewer with a dazzlinc , display of extemporaneous argu ment, that delighted the house by its surprising readiness. Few speeches ever made in Parliament - were so successful as that reply by Mr. Stanley." Viscount Palmerston, Lord Clarendon, and Lord J. Russell are all treated of with ability and imparti ality. A' lively picture of "the gay and affable viscount," still' ecretary-at-War under five sue s•ssive Ministers, is introduced in the career of the former. On Mr. Disraeli the anther gives no ori ginal comments, except to acknowledge his abilities and well-earned position. There are large quota tions, however, from an interesting paper on Mr. . Disraeli's career which appeared some years since in the Press newspaper, on the publica tion of a "literary and political biography." It was, it is said,• from the pen of one whose opportu nities enabled *him to speak with authority. He remarks— " If a fairy had accumulated upon the cradle of a child every spell which would blast success in. life, it would seem that she need only have collected the accessories of the life of the hero_ of this literary and political biography. He was the child of a recluse student without a friend or a connection : he was born of a race which was then consi dered infamous :- he had not what are esteemed the advan tages of a conventional education : he, was destined to a laborious and obscure profession. Out of this he comes forth a Minister of State, a transcendent .orator, a writer of unexampled grace, a varied and accomplished scholar, and with a greater personal following than any man of the day." The concluding portion is curious, considering the changes that have occurred since its publication : " If the object of the ' Literary and Political Biography,' and the sermons.simultanously preached from its texts by the various Puseyite organs, be to detach . the Conservative party from Mr. Disraeli, we predict an overwhelming failure. There are certain politicians who are, no doubt, in a false position, and who would perhaps not be grieved to resume one more natural to them; but they 'will not be permitted to do so by preparing the way for the sacrifice of Mr. Disraeli by systematic libels. He will outlive their spite, or they will only be remembered 'in connection with him like the heroes of ' The Dunciad.' the career of the late Chancellor pf the Exchequer is not'closed ; we believe its brightest portion is in the future. We have watched its wonderful .vicissitudes with a deep interest since our college days, when we read for the first time oOntarini Fleming' with a glowing heart and a kindling cheek. Its author was decried as a writer, and he is new one of the most popular, as ho will certainly be the most enduring, author of the day : he was coughed. down in the House of Commons in his maiden speech, and he lived to produce oratorical effects in tho' same assembly which have never been equalled in our time, and which we must doubt whether the eighteenth century ever surpassed. He has only, been driven from power by .a coalition against him by every man of talent of every party in the house except his own,. and that coalition already is nauseous to the nation. We have invariably ob served that, whenever Disraeli has received a check, it has only been the herald of a great advance. ; and that, when the world has believed him beaten, he as always been on the eve of his greatest victories." The characters of Sir James Graham and Mr. Glad stone are drawn with considerable skill ; that of the latter shoWs considerable analysis of character. He says of him Of his dazzling talents and accomplishments the world hits not a second opinion. His aptitude for sustained rea soning, his Ciceron'an flow of choice language, and the supple adroitness with which he can wind through the mazes of a complicated question, have often won admira tion. Hie gladiatorial fcats of intellect could not fail to gratify those fond of following acute argumentation; sup.. ported by academic eloquence ; but an attentive view of his career enables us to see how grave are the defects in a man whose character wants stamina. He compares him, happily, to a political. Erasmus, who can sap one side more easily than he can strengthen the other. Speaking or the right hon. baronet the member for Carlisle, ha satirically sup poses that, in .future years, doubt s . - m i g h t be enter tained of his identity : " Thus, in looking at Sir James Gralifim's extraordinary course, we see that he has been a candidate for contradic tory honours. There is no faction wlifeh at timesh h not vehemently supported, ;IA afterwards vielentl e p as posed, A centlirY hence, philosophiC historians ictiff o .h:t . doubt_ whether there Were 40t three Of four different J. Grahams' in Parliament, ..ieigns of George Ding the ' • IV., William, and Queen . Victoria. They might plausibly conjefure that no a - nee - statesman could have appeared in such a political monopolylogue. Sir James Graham's votes and speeches make one think of the Wolffian hypothesis on the Homeric Poems. Imitating the critical reasoning followed by the German commenta tor, we might, with references to Hansard and contem porary history, affect to show that there had been two Sir James Grahams in the age of Queen Victoria. and that further historical discoveries would probably reveal that there were not less than three. We conld pretend to great nicety of discrimination between ' Sir Jam es ,' p o p u l ar l y called the Cumberland Yeoman'—Sir James, the great Conservative statesman—and a third Sir James, attacked by the Edinburgh _Review for his vehement support of the friends of Cardinal Wiseman. It would seem to take three single gentlemen' to roll into one Sir J. R. G. Graham. First, a Cumberland Yeoman,' wanting to knock down the Funded Interest ; then a lacerator of Privy Councillors, out-Cobbetting Cobbett in his tirades; next, a defender of the Irish Protestant Church, in 1835, warning the House of Commons (vide Hansard) 'that Whig prin ciples consisted in jealousy of Popery, as an instrument of power,' and aftewards panegyrisi ng the religion of Rome in 1851, as 'the faith of Fenelon, and the creed of Sir Thos. More, which touched as with fire from Heaven the tongue of Pascal;' &c., an advocate for secret investigation when he was himself charged with opening letters; then a de nouncer of Inquisitors,' in 1855, though he told the House of Commons not to offend the Emperor of the French (a privilege, it would seem, ho had reserved for himself) ; figuring foremost in the counsels of the Carlton Club, and noisiest of all at the orgies of the Reform Club—toadying a British Admiral one month, and all but slandering him the next; pouring forth jeremiads at one time—but we must stop. Chapters would be required to recite the contradic tions of this vers stile and able, but most inconsistent public man, whose changes are stampted in his constituencies, Cockermouth, Carlisle, Cumberland, Penrhyn, Dorchester, Ripon, and Carlisle again I" The concluding chapter of these volumes treats of "Reform and the Two Public Minds." After exa mining the political and social views of the ques tion, the writer observes, with some truth,—" It has been the fault of the Conservative party not to think sufficiently about the political mind; it has been the error of the Liberal party not to regard sufficiently the national and personal prejudices of the British social mind." In discoursing upon these rival " chiefs of parties," the author displays considerable impartiality and absence of bitterness. He accords to all a share of praise; and where he censures, it is usually where the opinion of the public has expressed the same verdict. We com mend his agreeable volumes to the reader who is interested in our Parliamentary history, and trust that the favourable reception accorded to this work will induce the author to add the volume promised in his preface, containing the likenesses of those statesmen who are omitted from this gallery of national portraits. The Wife and the Ward, or A Life's Error. By Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Money, author of " Twelve Months with the Bashi-Bazouks." Routledge. This is an interesting story that is related in a spirited style, and contains descriptions of Indian life and manners that cannot fail to attract atten tion. The first part of the story relates 'to the adventures - that befel some officers of a regiment and their friends, which are amusingly imparted to us ; but the latter portion is devoted to the fear ful details of the Mutiny of 1857, to which, amid all the horrors of history, we can scarcely find a parallel. The part of the struggle to which this refers is the sad tale of the massacre of Cawnpore, and, painful as the perusal undoubtedly is, there are many who may desire to obtain a nearer insight into the calamities that befel their countrymen. Those who study the sad details, and contemplate the awful position here chronicled, will not hesi tate in agreeing with the assertion made, that "truly history's page presents no more dreadful situation than theirs." The following lines con tain a just tribute to the memory of the departed sufferers : " Great admiration and sympathy have been accorded to the surviving members of the Lucknow garrison, after the brilliant and unparalleled feat of arms they went through ; and none can doubt they deserved it,—nay, that their heroism has not up to this day been sufficiently rewarded. But let us not, in the midst of the glowing applause their deeds, and others of a like nature, call forth,—in the midst of our rejoicings o'er the quieting aspect of India, forget to pay a tribute of heartfelt admiration to the heroic Cawn pore garrison and their leader. Let us not forget to drop a tear in remembrance of the many heroic spirits of whom it was composed, who, during the comparatively short time they fought and bled, suffered much more than any other besieged body in India. Were it only from the want of shelter which the defenders of the Cawnpore intrenchments ware subject to, their position was infinitely worse than that of the Lucknow garrison, or, indeed, than any o th er b o d y of the many sore-tried sufferers at that awful time. Who knows India, and dreads not an Indi an sun ? Wh o, h av i ng felt the fiery blasts of June en Hindostan's burning plains, can fail to appreciate the dire sufferings, from this cause alone, endured by the gallant body whose deeds we paint ? Oh I Englishmen, side with us I Let not the nations say heroism such as theirs passed by unhonoured in the British isles ? The Cawnpore garrison (alas 1 they have nearly, very nearly all gone to their last home), who fought with out hope, who freely bled in their country's cause, under hardships which pen cannot depict, which tongue cannot tell, deserve a monument at England's hands, sot up in England's mighty capital, worthy to hand down their deeds to posterity, and vie with Fame, who already, on a loud trumpet, has achieved immortality for their names I" WYLD'S GREAT GLOBE. Mr. Wyld's last addition to the Great Globe, in Leicester-square, will be, perhaps, the most attrac tive of all. The scenery of the Rhine, depicted, we believe by a German artist, abounding at least in touches which we have hardly ever seen, except in tableaux from the " father land" itself, is a subject to attract every lover of the beautiful and the romantic. We need hardly say that the Rhine, and its banks, furnishes both in abundance. Not fewer than forty-four large and well-selected tableaux exhibit to us here in dingy London, and almost level Middlesex, the sunlit prospects and frequently imposing mountain scenes which border the great river. We start with the steamer, be tween the level shores of Holland; but, after passing multitudes of feudal castles, perched on lofty rocks, and quaint, and pretty towns, and cathedrals, and bridges of boats, and beautiful scenes, we en'l where no steamer could take us, in the lower Alps, among the snowy mountains, where the Rhine has its source. To attempt description were super fluous. The tourist will here, at his ease, refresh his recollections of what he would surely like to re tain in vivid and distinct remembrance, and will be able to describe to home friends, who behold it with him, with fresh interest. The intending tourist, while advised by the lecturer to look out for him self views and scenes unmentioned by guidebooks, will yet learn one important lesson before he starts, what, namely, to look for. But, above all, the thousands who cannot afford the time, and the tens of thousands who cannot afford the money for a trip on the Rhine, may here have, so far as gratification of the eyes and the imagina tion go, the next best thing to it, the means of forming clear pleasing conceptions of what more favoured eyes can behold in all its grand, sublime, or beautiful reality. We know not whether adequate attention has been drawn to the instructive character of Mr. Wyld's whole exhibition. There is in it so much of the pleasing and the entertaining that the more serious advantage is perhaps forgotten. We for get. when we leave, how much more definite ideas we form of so much that we have seen. Our atten tion was called to this circumstance by the youngest of four children whom we took with us, one not more than nine years old, and of the most merry and playful temper, exclaiming, while we were talking to him of the diversion, " Yes, and I am sure we came out much wiser than we went in —to know so much about all these places—and those images, too, of the people of different coun tries—and the Globe. I never thought England was so little before." Of course we did not fail in the duties of Dominic, after such a hint; but it was a just one. We never ourselves had half so just a conception of the proportions of continents and coun tries, and land and water, to each other as from seeing the Great Globe, nor of the real form of the great masses of land, and the mountain chains, and the great river valleys of the earth. A map, of course, is necessarily distorted, a convex globe al lows you to see but a part at a time, but a concave globe, though it seems wrong, in truth, giv es yo u a more accurate conception of the properties and relations adverted to than any other representation. The demand on your fancy is really very small. With regard to the splendii views on the Rhine ; the twenty-six, almost equally good, of China, from:Hong Kong and Canton with its river, along the coast, to the river and city of Pekin ; the fcrty views of Southern India, Bengal, Oude (two of Lucknow), Upper India,icludin, Cawnpore, and o ne of Delhi, till quit the g country in the Himalayas the view of Nagasaki in Japan, all th ese speak for themselves. So also do the Orientals in native, many of them really native dresses, and the plans of Sebastopol, &c., by no means antiquated yet, and other curiosities. We certainly had not reflected, befcre taking children with us, how much knowledge was acquired, with out toil, by what the eye could not but gaze on, within Mr. W y ld' s unique building ; and all for so small a sum ! Parents, teachers, superintendents of Sunday schools, perhaps even liberal and enlight esed employers of numerous young persons, would do well not to overlook so easy a method of Lt once amusing, and of expanding and informing their acquainted with what, is minds. L ec t urer s well be fore them describe everything to - the audience, and in a peripatetic lecture on the numerous groups of Orientals we noticed some appropriate illustrations of Scripture usages, having certainly none of the dryness of the notes of learned commentators. The lecturer on the Globe itself was, appropriately, a nephew of Dr. Livingstone ; he has of course his uncle's great expeditions pretty plainly delineated or an Africa of a size as is seen in no other representation, and did not fail to give us the out lines of those wonderful journeys, Visitors will cer tainly repay themselves In giving Mr. Wyld eacoigagement his enterprise deserve; THIS DAY'S MA.RICETS: CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets held on Saturday were but mode rately supplied with wheat, and all kinds moved off briskly 2 at considerably enhanced rate s . Th ere was an improved inquiry for barley, oats, beans, peas, and the quotations were on the advance. Throughout the Continent wheat has sold briskly, and prices have rapidly improved. Spring corn has sold readily at is to 2s per quarter more money. In France extensive sales of flour have been effected for shipment to this country. The American markets continue high for both wheat and flour. The arrivals of English produce up to our market last week were rather limited. From abroad we received 12,482 qrs. of wheat, 10,356 o f b arley, 43,491 oats, 40 beans, 15 peas, 19 tares, 240 maize, 110 sundry seeds, and 2,337 sacks of flour. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, was very moderate, and the show of samples was rather limited. The commence+ meat of hostilities in Sardinia produced considerable ex citement in the trade. The bulk of the supply was cleared off at an advance in the quotations realised on Monday last of fully 10s. to 12s. per quarter, and the whole of the supply passed into millers' hands. Holders of foreign wheat, for the most part, demanded very high rates, although the show of samples was good. Prices may be called Bs. to 10s. per quarter higher than on this day se'nnight, and some large parcels were taken on speculation. ',Floating cargoes of wheat were held at 10s advance. We had a good demand for both English and foreign barley, at 2s to 3s per quarter more money. Malt moved off steadily, and prices had an upward tendency. Although the show of oats was good, the oat trade was brisk, and the quotations advanced 2s to 3s per quarter. Beans moved off briskly, at 3s to 4s more money. Grey peas were 3s to 4s, white ditto, 8s to 108 per quar ter dearer, with a brisk sale. Flour was active. Town -made sold as high as 545, and country marks were 45 per 2801bs dearer. American and other qualities were higher. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Sos to 59s Ditto, old —a Ditto, white, new sss 66s Ditto, old —s —a Norfolk and Linooln_ in, red, old --a ---; Ditto, new 475 58s Rye—Old —8 --O New Barley —Grinding . , 26s 298 3lalting • 37s 380 Chevalier• 388 438 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk. .. 528 66 8 Brown sos 525 Kingston and Ware 528 645 Chevalier Ms 66 s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 228 27 0 Potato 298 330 Youghal and Cork, black 23s 265 Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 238 325 Beans —Tick Pigeons Peas —Grey Maple .. White 4OB 49s Boilers Flour—Town -made Suffolk 36s 408 Stockton and Norfolk METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 2,876 head. In the corresponding week in 1858 we received 1,362 ; in 1857, 1,456 ; in 1856, 742 ; in 1855, 1,266; in 1854, 1,122; in 1853, 3,474; and in 1852, head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST 'WEEK. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam Hamburgh 79 .. 2,262 .. .. Harlingen Ostend. l6 .. Boulogne. -- • • --- • • 23 . , ---- • • •••°' 1 .. .-.• ....., ; ; ••••• -* • • '''-' • • ''''.. Total l6l 2,675 3 37 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1858 lB3 1,000 .. 3 .. 176 .. 1857 428 .. 874 .. 5 .. 147 .. 2, 1856 293 367 .. 4 .. 78 .. 1855 691 .. 265 .. 5 .. 305 .. 1854 309 .. 566 .. 3 .. 232 .. 12 1853 854 .. 2,100 2 .. 518 .. To-day's market was very moderately supplied with each kind of foreign stock, and the:general quality was by no means first-rate. The arrivals of beasts, fresh up from our own grazing districts, were on the increase and their general quality was good. Although the attendance of butchers was toler ably numerous, the beef trade ruled very inactive, and, in some instances, prices were a shade lower than on Monday last. The top price for beef was 4s 8d per 81bs. From Norfolf, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, WO received 2,220 Scots, short horns, and crosses ; from other parts of England, 450 o f var i ous b reeds ; from Sentland2 300 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 120 oxen ana heifers, We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied ' with most breeds of sheep, fully two thirds of which were out of the wool. On the whole the mutton trade ruled in active ; nevertheless, very little change took place in prices, compared with Monday last. The top price for Downs, in the wool, was 5s 8d per 81bs. There was a moderate inquiry for lambs, at last week's currency, viz., 5s 4d to 6s 4d per 81bs. About 250 came to hand from the Isle of Wight. We had a fair sale for calves, at full quotations. Pigs sold slowly, but at full prices. Per Blbs. to sink th• offe, s. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second qualitydo. 3 10 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 4 8 Lambs, 5s Suckling calves, 18s to 21s 19s to 225. 8. d. 0. d• 4106 4 5 66 3 10 4 4 10 6 6 3 03 8 3 84 2 Primeers-wool do. Pine. S' thdown do. Large erse. calves Prime small do Large hogs Small porkers 4d to 6s 4d. ; and quarter-old store pigor , TOTAL STIFFLY. FOREIGN STIFFLY. Beasts Sheep 21,550 Sheep Calves Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, May 3, 1858, and this daYt Monday, May 2, 1859. Per Blbs, to sink the offals. May 3, 1858. May 2, 185040 s d. s. d. s. d. $. d; Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto 3 6 3 B'3 10 4 0 Prime large oxen Prime Scots, &c. .. • • •4 2 44 4 6 4'' Coarse and inferior sheep . . Second quality ditto . . . . 3 10 4 4 3 2 6 4 3 1 6 0 4 4 I Prime coarse-woolled ditt o .•4448 4 10 5 i l Prime Southdown ditto ...505 2 5 6 ö 7 Lambs ..... 0070 5 4 6 : Large coarse cal ves . .. . . . Prime small ditto Large hogs 3 2 4 0 3 0 3 ,0, Neat small porkers . A 4 2 4 4 3 8 4 • . Beasts Sheep and lambs . . Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 4, 1857.---Beasts, 3,730; sheep and lambs, 22,360; calves, 134; pigs, 210. March 5, 1856.—Beasts, 4,185; sheep and lambs, 23,170; calves, 91; pigs, 320. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of country-killed meat are moderate; awl the show slaughtered in the m e t ropo li s is rather limite d. Generally speaking the demand continues steady, at full prices. Per Blbs. by the Carcass s. d. s . d. d. s. d. 0. a Inferior Beef 3 4to 3 6' Infr. Mutton. 3 6to 4 , Mid. d 0... . 3 Bto 31 0 1 Mid. do .... 4 2to 4 it Pm.largedo. 4 oto 4 2 1 Prime do. .. 4 6to 4 Do. small do. 44t 0 4 6 1 Veal. ...4 2 to 5,, ,, Large pork .. 32t 0 3 8 I Small pork '..310 to 4 Lamb, 48 4d to 5s Bd. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since our last report about average time-of-year suPP l L ea of potatoes have come to hand, coastwise and by land cal' riage. From abroad, the imports have been only 192 bag : from Calais. G oo d an d sound qualities move off somewhat briskly, at enhanced quotations ; but other kinds ba l, ruled heavy, at late currencies. York Regents, 90s to 1050; do. Flukes, 950 to 1200; Essex and Kent, 80s to 1008 ; Scotch, 60s to 755; Do. mph' 40s to 70 s; Li ncolns, 70s to 90s; Foreign, 40a to boo Pe r ton. BOROUGH HOP. Nearly all new hops are still in fair request, at very full prices. Yearlings are quite as dear as last week. In 0 14 parcels only a limited business is doing. Mid and East Kent pockets B4s to 147 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do 66s to 848 9) Sussex do 63s to 758 J. WOOL MARKET. Owing to the near approach of the Colonial wool xileg i i and the wa r lik e news a t h an d f rom the Continent, all kin of wool are v er y d u ll in sale, and, i n some instances, pr ices rule the turn in favour of buyers. The import, last week, was only 6 bales from the Cape. SEEDS. Linseed has been in active request, and prices have ad' A. vanced 3s to 4s per quarter. lare business has bee : done in rapeseed, at slightl y enhanced rates. Canary ill slow sale. In tares and cloverseed very little is doing' Cakes move off fiecly, at very full prices. furnip , White,p.bus.l2s to 14s Carraway 4os to 430 12 0 Swede ........ 18s 208 Coriander 9s 380 Mustard, 8r0wn.... 8s lls Hempseed, per qr 3 0 s 760 White, new.... 12s 20s Linseed En sowing 74s __, Tares, Spring, new.. 9a6d 12s Crushing .. ... 0 01d.,,,,...... —s —s Baltic s „„ i Canary, per quarter 56s 76s Odessa Rye grass, new..... 22s 20s Linseed Cake, p. ton 1 50 Clover, Red Eng., et. 46s 76s English £lO Os£l B 150 White Trefoil, new........ 18s 20s .LLOW • Our market has becom e muc h less active, and 1 31 l ceg have a dow nwar d t en d ency. P.Y.O , on the spot, is 513 17 at 58s per c w t ; t own tallow, 565. 6d nett cash; roug h fat, 3s ld per Blbs. 1856. 11857. 11858. 185 9 . 11,27 1 510 e 0 4 A W vt• 1,15 0 1 631 9 31 3 93. 335 Les 94 Stock this day. Price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 41,057 52s Od to —s Od 2,377 80,604 11,734 85,660 54s 3d 17,609 10,684 /1 044 • 45s 6d to 5589 d to 55s Od to —s Od —s —s Od 1,988 1,572 1,157 101,532 100,896 98,778 ' 1,004 338 510 72,599 91,600 98;109 48s 6d 68s Od 57s 3d The suspension has been announced of the bank* ing firm of Wolf and Co., of Berlin, hitherto in good credit Arid with extensive transactions. A considerable fail lure e also reported from Vienna, and many mo r e must be 0 0 k aor. lii u s 7, vi li E Li( Th