The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1859. The Ministry of the factions is at length patched up. It is said that in the multitude of Counsellors there is wisdom ; but if we be not ;far mistaken there will be more cavil than practical wisdom in their deliberations. Just fancy a select circle of no less than sixteen meeting to discuss the questions of the day! Why, it is a little Parliament in itself. And than, how will they agree on topics of national or of foreign con cern? Lord SOHN RUSSELL will only be too happy to cut short their deliberations, unless he have the lion's share of the debate, and the decision all to himself. The ricketty Mountebank has upset so many coaches in his time that he cannot abide the idea of allowing even a coach with sixteen to pursue the even tenor of its way, unless he be the Jehu to guide its progress through the ruts and •rough macadamisation of its thorny path. But let us wait a bit. The new Ministry is built on so strong a foundation that it may topple from its very strength, and thus prove that there may be too much of a good thing. They have entered the Queen's closet by storm, and may yet meet the fate of rushing-in in too hot haste. Last evening the Earl of DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI, each in his place, announced their termination of office with a becoming modesty and manliness of spirit quite refreshing. Indeed Lord DERBY spoke as became a patriot and a peer. He denounced the conduct of certain parties for blabbing the observations of her NfAJESTY on the state of parties and of certain persons in particular. But the fact was that the conspirators were so elated with their hopeless suc cess, that like the lover in the Cotter's Saturday Night " they scarce could well behave." Poor men ! they are now daft with their " cunning" iniquity ; but a day of reckoning may come before they count their chickens. It was in vain that Mr. DISRAELI entreated the Opposition to wait until the correspondence with Austria was published. No, like a congenial worthy, they believed and trembled that that correspondence would have blown to the winds the false charges with which they attempted to mislead the House and humbug the country. No, no, let us have the verdict first and the evidence may follow when too late ! Now, can or will the country submit to such barefaced imposition, even though it be sanc tioned and sanctified by sixteen Cabinet Ministers ? Never ! Indeed, we know four or five of the present Ministers who would scorn to lend their names to such an unworthy party juggle. Lord CAMPBELL, the new Lord Chancellor would never sully his fair and well-earned fame by submitting to such baseness. But as to some few of the old scare-worn Whigs and some of mock Whigs alias shabby Tories in disguise, we will take their word. for all it is worth, but trust them for nothing. Why the correspondence of Lord MALMESBURY shines out more brightly and more truly British than we could have hoped for. We knew that the Ministry of Earl DERBY were heavily hampered by the pressure of the Coburg influence, both at home and abroad, to support the villainous pretensions of the Hapsburgs in the enormity of their oppressive doings in Italy ; and but for that belief, we are certain Austria would never have dared to brandish even a broomstick at the Sardinians, much less their French allies. The Austrians pinned their faith on the mockery of treaties imposed upon Europe in 1815 ; just as a robber persuades him- Self that he is entitled to his spoils because the statut e of limitations may be set up as a bar to any further inquiry into his previous conduct. Justly aid Lord MALMESBURY express the feelin g of the people of this country again st the conduct of Austria, and for that patriotic vindication the DERBY 'Ministry . have been turned out of offi ce o to f immpakosetoN;s7: for a set-54 )me of them—a rare set Theve is a remarkable resemblanc, discernible at a glance between the last Coalition Government, the Government of Lord ABERDEEN, and this new Coal Lition Government, the Cabinet of Lora p k. - Lm E n_ STO N. The resemblance indeed for most the part areount.3 almost to identity. It is merely • A fresh combination of the same brilliant colours after a vigorous shake of the political kaleidoscope. The Coalition Cabinet constructed by Lord ABER DEEN in the winter of 1852 numbered exactly fifteen. The Coalition Cabinet constructed by Lord PALMERSTON in the summer of 1859 has one more, namely, sixteen altogether as its full compliment. Among the few administrators whose names do I not appear, however, anew in the latter combi nation there is, first of all, Lord ABERDEEN him self, who is thoroughly used up—nobody wants him. Then there is the venerable Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who latterly only had a seat in the Cabinet without office, but who now prefers to be divested of even this partial responsibility. The Earl of CLARENDON for somewhat different reasons withdraws for a while at least from official life— until the Conspiracy to Murder Bill, and one or two other little trifles of the like kind, shall have lapsed from the public recollection. Sit' JAMES GRAHAM again appears to have a'lreater relish for the °awn cunt dignitate of the back benches, than for that toiling and moiling which would be inevitable upon the assumption of a place in the front ranks of the Treasury. Lord CRANWORTH, moreover, con tinues to enjoy his pension as ex-Chancellor un disturbed—while death has long since deprived the public service of the many rare qualifications for practical statesmanship combined in the philo sophic intellect of Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII. Otherwise glance down theist of the present and of the former Coalition Cabinet and the names in each are positively identical. There, eonspicuous even among his eminent associates, appears Vis count PALMERSTON—in 1852 Home Secretary, in 1859, in power as First Lord of the Treasury. There, too, is Earl GRANVILLE—then Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, now Lord President of the Council. There the Duke of NEWCASTLE, who under the Premiership of Lord ABERDEEN was successively Colonial Secretary, War Minister, and Scapegoat—but destined now, we will hope, under Lord PALMERSTON'S Premiership, to be Colonial Secretary exclusively. There is Sir GEORGE GREY—but yesterday, as it were, so high in office, as one of the chief secretaries of State, now honourably (?) shelved at the head of the Duchy of Lancaster. There, Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT in 1852, Secretary at War, now Secretary for War. There, Lord JOHN RUSSELL—six years back Presi dent of the Council—now, Secretary of State for the Foreign Department. Sir CHARLES WOOD, in the Palmerstonian Coalition, as formerly in the ABERDEEN Coalition, presides over the affairs of Hindostan—in 1852, at the head of the Board of Control—in 1859 as Her MAJESTY'S Secretary of State for India. The Privy Seal, under both Ad ministration, is held in the grasp of his Grace the Duke of ARGYLL. In both Coalitions Mr. GLAD STONE occupies the difficult and responsible office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. Several admirable changes, however, impart considerable additional strength to this new Coalition, as compared with its predecessor of six years since. It is but fitting, it is in a manner but in obedience to the dictates of practical justice, that the luminous historian of the Lord High Chancellors of England should, in his turn, also assume supreme judicial dignity, as the last, and not by any means, the least of England's I , Lord High Chancellors. His Grace the Duke of i t SOMERSET has yet to prove himself as admirable an administrator at the head of the Board of Ad miralty, as Sir JAMES GRAHAM has undoubtedly shown himself to be, both in the conduct of our maritime affairs, and as previously at the head of the Home Department. While Sir GEORGE LEWIS may enhance as chief of the latter depart ment, the reputation he has already acquired by his management of the Exchequer under Lord PALMERSTON'S previous Government. As Chief Commissioner of—how is it called ?—Public Works, Woods and Forests, Parks and Palaces—we are to , have one of the ablest of the Peelites, Mr. Cann- WELL, who occupied, in the last Coalition Cabi net, from December, 1852, to February, 1855, the Presidency of the Board of Trade, but without, as now a seat in the Cabinet ! The latter office having been now set aside for the reception or refusal of the emancipator of Trade generally—in other words, the great apostle 1 of Free Trade Principles, RICHARD COBDEN, Seen now, we arc glad to think, to be enrolled, as he ought to have been long since, among the ranks of her MAJESTY'S Privy Councillors as Right Honour able. At the head of the Poor-law Board will appear the former Vice-President of .the Board of Trade from July, 1846, till April, 1848—one of the very few wranglers of Cambridge who have achieved for themselves in later life any eminent reputation—MlLNEß GIBSON, the right hon. mem ber for Ashton-under -Line. The supplementary or sixteenth Cabinet Minister is the noble earl (very soon now we sincerely hope to have him designated the noble marquis), nominated to the office of Post master General—JAMES BRUCE, eighth Earl of ELGIN (a little while longer surely and we shall have to write it—and first Marquis of ELGIN), but just now returned to England, after having opened up, by two successive master-strokes of diplomacy, the hitherto isolated and recluse empires of China and Japan. While, however, the enrolment of Lord ELGIN upon the list of Lora PALMERSTON'S Coalition Government is recognised as an extra ordinary and notable accession of strength to the new Administration —it is a very general matter of surprise, at the same time, that an office so inade quate to his powers should have been awarded to a statesman whose eminent reputation is recog nised as of an elevation and a magnitude, rendering him eligible in the popular regard even to the Premiership. It is a source of almost equal surprise to us, indeed, that while Sir CHARLES WOOD should have been deemed worthy of nomi nation as Indian Secretary, and Sir GEORGE LEWIS as Home Secretary —Sir GEORGE GREY should have been contented to settle down at the head of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Lord ELGIN in the posi ehen octahpiancgi capacity less comprised than a posi tion merely of Postmaster-General. .Altogether, howbeit, it ah w d er t egregious absurdity not to recognise uponthe instant t w h i e t s h t i r:t l . l l , 3 = w and most esncoillpse' of this ne re markable Administration. If but true to their if but true toy ne another, if but true to principles, themselves—a Cabinet formed, a Cabinet com experience, a Cabinet bining together such large containing within itself such extraordinary ad ministrative capacity, might, even with the small majority apparent upon the late division, defy for almost an indefinite period all the arts of the most skilled and united Opposition. The real weakness, the only weakness of the Coalition PALMERSTON Government is in truth its excess, its absolute super abundance of strength in administrative capacity and elevated statesmanship. It is like working the state-engine at a high pressure ! ,The danger is, we fear, rather that of an explosion—than of any ordinary breakdown from a want of " go," of power, or of energy. We can only, wait, and see how it really works. Hop ing, above all things, that my :Lord PALMER STON, as the State engine-driver, will look well to the safety valves of mutual concession and conciliation. Then in that case, but hardly other wise, Jou:1 BULL may with . perfcct equanimity, and " with a will," give the national starting signal, " All right," —adding, 'even it may be at a timely hint from Mr. BRIGHT, the . bolder incentive of BROTHER JONATHAN, " Go-a-head!" Particularly we would hope this when the time arrives for the Parliamentary train being shunted on to the new line upon the broad guage of Reform in the Popular Representation. JOHN BULL, however, has yet to give the signal " All right !" JOHN BRIGHT has yet (at least in the House of Commons) to give the other bolder signal, " Go-a-head'." They are only now, as it were, getting up the steam, making ready for the start. When the moment for the first move comes, then shall we for our part add with all sincerity and independence—En avant! Bon voyage! Then shall we trust hopefully to the last, even should it be, as the saying is, " against hope,"— that the dreaded explosion may be spared to us even though we are working the State-engine thus daringly at high pressure—with half a dozen sup plementary stokers upon it—the driver entrusted with its guidance the while being remarkable above all things for combining in his nature the dash of a stripling and the unhesitating confidence of a vigorous and vivacious septuagenarian. LATEST NEWS. THI WAR IN ITALY. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, JUNE 17. The official Bulletin published to-day announces from Tuscany, that Prince Napoleon has com menced the movement of his troops. 10,000 Tus can troops with 800 homes are ready to depart with him. Ravenna has pronounced for the national cause and a manifesto has been published declaring the adhesion of that town to a Central Government established at Bologna, which is to be placed under the Dictatorship of the King of Sardinia. The manifesto also expresses the unanimous wish to be enabled some day to form part of a monarchy worthy of the gratitude of the Italians. BERNE, JUNE 17. A telegram from Coire announces that a nume rous Austrian Corps, coming from Stelv:o, has arrived at Grostoto, in the Valteline, and advanced towards Tirano. The Federal Council has ordered the occupation by the Federal troops of the pass of Muretto between the Grisons and the Valteline. PARIS, JUNE 18. The 3loniteu►• of this morning contains the fol lowing telegram : " TRAVIGLIATO, June 17, Evening.—The Em peror is at this place. His Majesty enjoys perfect health, and the moral and physical position of the army is excellent." TURIN, JUNE 17 Yesterday the head-quarters of the Emperor were at Coro, on the road from Bergamo to Cre mona, and those of the King at Castegnato, six miles to the west of Brescia. Rimini and Cesese have pronounced for the national cause. ROME, JUNE 14. is asserted that the French are about to oc. cupy Ancona. The first Swiss Regiment has left for Perugia. The Russian Ambassador has given a banquet in honour of the French C o mmander-in-Chief, Gen. Goyon. VERONA, JUNE 1 ( Via Vienna.) The following is official : General Gyulai has, at his own request, been released from the command of the second corps d'arniee, which has been given to Count Schlick, General of Cavalry. NAPLES, JUNE 17. An amnesty has been proclaimed. Those con demned for political offences are amnestied, not including those amnestied on the 27th of December and 18th of 31arch. The latter are to remain under surveillance ; those suspected are pardoned. Common sentences are shortened by three years. The Moniteur contains the two decrees promoting Generals MacMahon and Regnault de St. Jean- Angel) , to the dignity of Marshals of France, and conferring on the former; the title of Duke de Magenta. Both are dated Magenta the sth, the day after the" battle. A third decree promotes General of Brigade Decaen to the rank of General of Division. "We had reason to contradict," says the Nord, " the reports which have been current relative to the approaching return of the Emperor to Paris. We understand that such a thing has never been thought of. His Majesty is actively occupied with the plans of the new campaign, and the concentra tion of his troops. In a few days the blanks in all the regiments will have been filled up. Prince Napoleon, whose attention has been up to the present time absorbed by the organisation of the sth corps d'armee under his command, is impatient to distinguish himself in the second series of opera tions which are about to commence." c : e_r on board the French squadronvleet taerorefffnVeniceat an asa r h, says about four miles in the offing, in 23 fathoms water, at about an equal dis tance from the shore and the large bank of Cor tellazzo, and the prizes we have taken are anchored close to us. The number of them is increasing every day. Among them is a large ship which had just conveyed cannon to the coast of Dalmatia. While two of the line-of-battle ships remain at anchor, watching the movements on the coast, the third cruizes in the offing in the direction of Trieste. Behind the large island of Malamocco we perceive the masts of some Austrian vessels, and can dis tinguish a line-of-battle ship, three frigates, and several corvettes and steamers. Two days ago two of the latter got up their steam and came to the entrance . of the port of Malamocco nftmloato underonoitotei north, of fd t aba l .n i neF e hddo p Ai d o pn faAtrnaeotideibnl d t lsr o ie t oie n Ninsvt. tsirhoooafaecnektjolhpeanetdsi ttee f ytet o hra r rtome t hu s i neass o itsoa. fuosctAttuo: strong eo. b tne o osgN r F, iesosnrsotuisomotemcoleekns vadthe y e -e day to reconnoitre the position of the squadron, which is gradually getting closer to the shore. The admiral's vessel two days ago stood along the coast for some distance, and was fired at from the Alborini fort, but the balls fell short. An English vessel which left the port of Venice a day or two since told us that the inhabitants only waited for the first signal to rise, and that provisions were becoming scarce. Reports were purposely spread that the Austrians had gained great victories, but they were not believed by the V en etians." The Algiers journals express great satisfaction at the success of Marshal de M'Mahon at Magenta, and boast that all the troops composing his corps d'armee were drawn from Algeria. " Discord, we are told," says the Siecle," prevails in the camp of Agramant. Austria would fain find somebody to bear the blame of her numerous de feats. Count Grunn, the Minister of War, is now accused of having done all the mischief, awl the rumour runs that he is to be replaced by Count Coronini, Governor of Austrian Servia, who has been summoned to Verona. There was some inten tion of giving the chief command to General Benedek, but he is the son of a Hungarian chemist ; and the Imperial courtiers would regard it as a revolutionary measure, if the Emperor pre ferred a man of humble birth to Princes and field marshals belonging to the aristocracy." The Milan Gazette publishes two royal decrees. The first, dated the 9th, enacts that all direct and indirect taxes now existing in Lombardy shall provisionally remain in force. Nevertheless, the taxes, laws, and regulations relating to the royal monopolies (of salt, tobacco, &e.), are at once to be assimilated to those of Piedmont ; and this being accomplished, the customs-line existing be tween Lombardy and Piedmont is to be suppressed. By the second decree, dated the 9th, no municipal taxes are to be levied during the war on stores and provisions intended for the army; but such com munes as shall have suffered loss by this enactment shall subsequently receive compensation. The Piedmontese Glizette of the 15th heads its columns with a long official account of the circum stances under which the Cignoli family were shot at Torricella on the 20th of May, as stated at the time. From this account it appears that the victims were ten, and not eight; four not belonging to the family. The youngest was fourteen. The father was picked up afterwards half dead, and taken to the hospital of Voghera, where he died two days hiter, declaring that their only crime was their having had a bag of small shot in the house. This account is followed by the judicial deposition of a beadle, who was taken by the Austrians to serve as a guide, and who witnessed the whole scene. The unfortunate people were taken before a general, who ordered their execution , and afterwards gave the beadle a visiting-card as a safe conduct to return home with. The card which was produced, bore the following words :—" Feldmarschall-Lieute nant Urban." The same journal publishes the ad dress to the King of Sardinia, by which Parma, on the strength of the events of 1848, solicits its an nexation to Piedmont, as already mentioned. The appearance of this document in the official journal, without any comment, leads to the conclusion that the prayer has been granted. It is further stated that the Piedmontese General Ribotti, with two adjutants, arrived at Parma on the 12th, and im mediately paid a visit to the Government Commis sion, who returned the compliment in their official capacity on the following day. The Royal Commission Extraordinary of the divisions of Novara, Vercelli, and Ivrea has issued a circular to the intendants-general, intendants, and syndics of those territories, requesting them to institute inquiries concerning the amount of damage done by the Austrians, whether by re quisition or otherwise, as also the acts of violence, threats, and criminal suggestions to the people, of which they have been guilty during their stay. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa publishes a detailed account of the events at Bologna, with the proclamations of the municipality and the Govern ment Junta appointed by the municipality. The principal events have already been stated ; we need therefore only add that, not only was the Italian tricolour hoisted, but also the Papal arms lowered, a demonstration of some significance. On the other hand, it had been stated that Victor Emmanuel had been proclaimed, from which it was inferred that the annexation of Bologna to Piedmont had been declared ; this, however, does not appear to have been the case ; since in the proclamation of the Government Junta, signed by Marquis Pepoli, Count Malvezzi, M. Tanari, and M. Casarini, it is stated that the King has only been invited to extend his dictatorship to Bologna, although the people " had expressed the spontaneous and unani mous desire of being united to the glorious monarchy of Savoy." It is added that prudence commanded the course which has been adopted. The Vienna Gazette publishes the following official despatches : " Verona, 13th, 9 a.m.—The army is marching to occupy a position selected by the Emperor, who takes the immediate command. The march is effected without the least annoyance from the enemy." " Verona, 13th, 4 p.m.—We are now able to give more ample details on the combat of the rear-guard at Malegnano, and also respecting the evacuation of Piacenza. On the Bth inst., the Roden Brigade, belonging to the Berger division of the rear-guard of the Bth corps d'artnee, was stationed at Maleg nano. At half-past five in the evening, three columns of the enemy advanced upon that lo cality from Milan. The attacking column, which came along the high-road, was composed of three battalions, six guns, and a division of cavalry. Of the other two columns, that of the right wing was of the same strength, with ten guns, and some congreve rockets ; that of the left wing was rather weaker, and had only two guns. At 5.45 the enemy began the attack by a brisk cannonade. The battery of the Roden Brigade replied to the enemy's artillery, which was more than double the Austrian, and fired with such persiA.ence and efficacy as to cause the enemy great Toss. Half an hour later the Roden brigade having mean while again penetrated into the locality of Maleg nano, the enemy made a strong attac k of infantry on the right flank of the brigade, threatening its communication by the bridge of the Lambro, and its lino of retreat towards Lod w ith forces sobreatly superior that the detach ments which had entered Malegnano were of course recalled. The battery kept up its fire well to the last ; during this interval the Boer Brigade, which had kept in the rear of Malegnano, had come up to support the troops engaged, and taking up a position near Castello Bernardi, occupied that domain chosen as the point of junction, up to the moment at which the last wounded w ere removed. It there received the detachments which retired from Malegnano , whilst the enemy, who had p assed to the left bank of the Lambro, completely swept the whole road in all its length from La Capueeini. A violent thunderstorm, and no doubt the intention ofmarching on Pavia, caused the enemy soon to cease the combat ; and Berger's division continued, with out being disturbed, its march towards Lodi in its quality of rear - guard of t he Bth corps. In this combat, as always, our troops fought heroically. The report of the commander of the army dwells particularly on the brilliant bravery of the offi cers, who, setting the example to their troops, were always the first in the combat, and too often, alas ! met the death of heroes. We have not yet obtained the detail of the losses sustained at the combat of Malegnano, and consequently we cannot at present give the names of the officers killed or wounded; we will make them known hereafter_... Our loss in killed and wounded is 250 men, and among the former Major-General Boer, who, gravely wounded, succumbed whilst being conveyed to Lodi. The evacuation of Pia cenza, decided on and ordered in accord with the movements of the army, was effected on the 9th and 10th. The forts and blockhouses of the earthworks, and a pier and two arches The of the er bridge over the Trebbia were blown u p . greatpart of the cannons were put in barges and towed away by steamers, of which pioneers formed the either crew. Some could not be taken away, and were spiked or burst. The garrison marched towards Pizzighettone, and there joined the army. When all the artillery ar.d the ammunition were conveyed to Mantua, and when the bridge over the Adda was burned down, Pizzighettone was likewise on the 11th evacuated." The evacuation of Piacenza and Bologna by the Austrian troops is represented by the Aus trian journals as a measure of greater political than strategical importance. The Ostdeutsche Post thinks that the Cabinet of Vienna, by that measure, wishes to take away from the new Palmerston Ministry any pretext for bringing forward its favourite theme of the military intervention of Austria in the States of the Italian Peninsula. The German journals have become somewhat calmer. The French Journal de Francfort, in dis cussing the Russian circular, considers that all such documents, tending to the localisation of the war, ca nnot fail to complicate th e pending question. The defensive character of the Germanic Confederation ought only,accor din g to this organ of Austrian policy, to be interpreted by the Confederation itself, and there exists, it says, a very precise prescription in the Federal law's relative to the participation of the Confederation in a foreign war, of course, for the defence of German interests. In announcing that the Austrian army is retiring towards the Mincio, the same journal does not hesitate to say that Austria is only continuing the war "in order to decide if Italy is to be free to the Adriatic or not." So that, according to this journal, the question at stake is only a game played for honour's sake, and the Vie-nna, Cabinet only engages in it in otder to show that it can play well. The Cologne Gazette states that in reply to certain pro positions for peace coming from abroad, the Aus trian Cabinet has declared that it was not yet dis posed to consider the game as lost. The Austrian Correspondence repeats on every occasion the same assertion—that at Marignan, as everywhere else, the Austrians only ceded to superiority of num bers. But if by means of this excuse the Corres pondence saves the bravery of its soldiers, it singularly compromises the strategical science of its generals. FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 11. The French Committee in Paris for the Affairs of Italy have issued an address , through M. Ravin/ the political director of the Siecle, to the three leaders in the Italian struggle, viz., Ge neral Gari baldi, General Ulloa , and M. Cavour: They , per haps, complete the proclamation o f the Emperor Napoleon to the French people, and are as follows : "To GENERAL GARIBALDI . " General, —You have comprehended that ht nation begin by which wishes to becom e independent and free ought to helping itself. At the moment when our soldiers, worthy of their predecessors, gained at Montebello the first victory in the holy war, which must not end until Venice is set free, you boldly penetrated to the Lombard territory —you called on your Ita lian brothers to shake off the infamous yoke of Aus tria ; and the successes o p f e V rm ar i e t se u , s talt o a ff t e a r , an d Como m arked each of y our ste p s. a sword of honour 'to the glorious Italian volunteers sym b o lized in the person of ' the chief who guides them with so much courage and skill. You and your com panions represent particularly the resurrection of Italy by Italy. It is on that ground that we pray you to accept the homage conferred by thousands of subscribers. It will prove to the brave who follow o.h 3 t rour flag that in France they blow not only how to fight but how to admire and honour thos' who raise themselves by patriotism, devoted- " General,—You, with the great Manin, defended to the last hour Italian nationality which had taken refuge in Venice. When Piedmont again raised with a courageous hand the flag of that nationality, you once more grasped the sword of Malghera, and rushed forward at the first call to the holy war ! The band which contended in the Adriatic with so much vigour and constancy renders to day new and great services to the cause of Italian indepen dence. You are organising to-day—you will conquer to morrow side by aide with the soldiers of France. Thousands of volunteers, from all parts of Central Italy, have rallied with enthusiasm to your heroic name. These volunteers will, doubtless, prove themselves to be worthy rivals of those who cover themselves with glory under the orders of your brother in arms—General Garibaldi. We pray you, Gene ral, to accept the arm which is offered to you by the nume rous adherents to the subscription opened by the Siecle for the Italian volunteers. May it bear good fortune to the soldiers I It is a great happiness to me to be charged to present you this remarkable proof of the esteem and sym pathy of my fellow-citizens, and you will not doubt of the pleasure I feel at seeing the sentiments which I bear you participated by thousands of subscribers. " HAVIN." " To MONSIEUR CAVOUR. "M. Le Ministre,—The intervention of France in favour of Italy is about to procure the deliverance of this noble mother of modern civilisation. The labour of national in dependence being accomplished, your name will be enrolled among those of the most illustrious benefactors of your heroic country. " Happy are the Governments—happy the nations that have Ministers like you. _ _ "You have prepared, with an able and courageous per severance, the alliance, henceforth indissoluble, which now enables Italy to resume her place among the nations. When the hour of organization shall strike, you will again pre pare an Italy capable of defying new invasions. You who have always governed with libery, you will not forget it ; it will be the first fruit of the victory. It has already made the grandeur of Sardinia ; it will hereafter make that of the Peninsula. "It is at once to the Italian patriot, to the statesman, to the promoter of the French alliance, that we wish to offer a testimony of our respectful sympathy. "We offer it to you, then, in the namo of all the French, who, in anticipation of the struggle now engaged, sub- , scribed for the guns of Alossandria. "We offer it to you in the name of all those who, by raising a monument to Mania, inscribed on marble and on bronze the great thought of the hero of Venice in favour of the unity and the independence of Italy. " Finally, we offer it in the name of all the victims of Austrian tyranny, of the proscribed, of the young volun teers who owe to the generous policy of Victor Em manuel and to you the signal honour of combating by the side of our valiant legions to make free the soil of Italy from the Alps to the Adriatic.—Accept, &c., " HAVIN." PARIS BoußsE.---The market has been very dull, and prices slightly declining, on a report that the German Diet intends to protest against the passage of the Mincio by the Allies. Threes, after having been done at 62f. 60c., receded to 62f. 35c. Mobi lier varied from 635 f. to 632 f. 50e. ; Orleans, 1,212 f. 50c. to 1,210 f. ; Lyons, 825 f. to 822 f. 50c. ; Southern, 480 f. to 475 f. ; Northern, 920 f. to 915 f. 50c. The market continued heavy to the close. The following were the last quotations :- 41 per Cents. .... 92 50 Credit Fonder 640 -- Do. end month .. 92 25 Belgian 4t — 3 per Cent 5....... 62 25 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 62 45 Roman B3 Bank Shares...... 2760 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 626 45 Spanish Threes Do. Account . 637 50 Home Debt ..., 4O - RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans , Northern 925 .. 921 25 New ditto 790 .. 790 Lyons and Mediterranean B3O --.. 830 Geneva 5OO .. 490 Southern Western 5lO .. Eastern Sardinian 372 50 .. 372 50 Austrian : 4OO .. 398 75 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money, 25f 71c. ; three months, paper, 25f..; money, 24t 971 c. THE NEW MINISTRY. The following list of the New Ministry contains some additions to that which we published yester day THE CABINET. First Lord of the Treasury. Lord PALMERSTON. Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. GLADSTONE. Foreign Secretary.. Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Home Secretary Sir G. C. LEWIS. Colonial Secretary Duke of NEWCASTLE Secretary for War. Mr. SIDNEYHERBERT Indian Secretary SIR C. WooD. First Lord of the Admiralty—Duke of SOMERSET. Lord Chancellor.. Lord CAMPBELL. President of the Council Earl GRANVILLE. Privy Seal Duke of ARGYLL. Postmaster-General Earl of ELGIN. Board of Trade Poor Law Board. Mr. M. GIBSON. Secretary for Ireland. Mr. CARDWELL. Duchy of Lancaster Sir GEORGE GREY. NOT IN THE CABINET. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland... Earl of CARLISLE. Attorney-General. Sir It. BETHELL. Solicitor-General. Sir H. KEATING. Attorney-General for Ireland Mr. J. D.FITZGERALD. Solicitor-General for Ireland. Mr. Sergeant pEAsY. Secretaries of the Trea- r Mr. F. PEEL. sury Secretary to the Admiralty...Ld. CLARENCEPAGET Civil Lord of the Admiralty.. Mr. WHITBREAD Judge-Advocate-General . . . . Mr. HEADLAM. Secretary to Poor Law Board. Mr. GILPIN. Vice-President of the Privy ir. Council for Education.. . Under-Secretaries of State : Home Mr. G. CLIvE. . Lord RIPON. .Lord WODEHOTJSE. . Mr. C. FORTESCUE. t .. Mr. THOS. BARING, Mr. HUGESSEN, Lords of the Treasury .... `Zr. COGAN, Mr. E. ELLICE, jun War •• Foreign Colonial India THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD. Lord Steward Lord St. Germans. Master of the Horse .Marquis of Ailesbury. Master of the Buck Hounds.. Earl of BESSBOROUGH The Duchess of 5 SUTHERLAND. Mistress of the Robes.... Sir B. Hall has been raised to the Peerage by the title of Baron Llanover. It is said that I\lr. Wilson will be appointed a Member of Council in India. THE MINISTRY.--This morning the noblemen and gentlemen composing the Cabinet of Lord Derby's Administration, proceeded to Windsor to resign their seals of office to her Majesty. Lord Palmerston and his col leagues were in attendance to receive them. Her Royal Highness the Her editar y Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg Strelitz has arrived in this country on a visit to the Duchess of Cambridge. Her Royal High ness landed at Dover en Thursday, and, after passing the night at Birmingham's Royal Ship Hotel, came on to Lon don yesterday. The Princess Gagarine has taken her departure from the Brunswick Hotel, St. James's. THE BOROUGH OF MARYLEI3ONE.—It was an nounced this morning that a strong party intend bringing forward Mr. Bernal Osborne to fill the vacancy in the re presentation of the borough, by the elevation to the peerage of Sir B. Hall. Mr. Layard has also been named on the Liberal interest, but the former gentleman seems at present to be the favourite. The Conservatives intend to contest the election. Sir R. Carden, it is said, is to be their candidate. A meeting is to be held this evening to take the subject into consideration. REPRESENTATION OF READlNG.—Yesterday Sir Francis Henry Goldsmidt, Bart., issued an address to the electors of Reading, in anticipation of a vacancy in the re presentation of the borough by the promotion of Sir H. Keating to the bench. The political opinions of Sir Francis Goldsmidt are of an ultra-liberal character. The seat, it is expected, will be contested. CORK CITY ELECTION.—CORK, Friday Evening. Colonel Wood has retired from the contest for the repre sentation of the City, assigning among other reasons the defeat and consequent resignation of the Derby Ministry. —Cork Examiner. M. Kossuth has left London for Paris, On Mon day he will arrive at Genoa, where a becoming reception awaits him. He will have an audience of the Emperor of the French; but no grounds exist for the reports in circu lation as to his supposed plans. NEWSPAPERS RECEIVED FROM ABROAD.—For the future newspapers sent to this country from abroad may be printed in any language, the restriction as to their being printed in the language of the country in which they , are posted being abolished. By command of the Post master-Geaeraf, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. Advises from Bogota, New Grenada, give a more than usually unfavourable picture of the condition of the country. A powerful revolutionary movement was ex pected to arise in the southern provinces in opposition to an election law recently passed at Bogota, authorising the federal authorities to nominate a certain number of " In spectors of Elections" in the different states. This was looked upon as an attempt to put an end to independent voting. Advices from Frankfort state that the German Confederation are understood to have resolved that 80,000 men (40,000 Prussian and 40,000 Austrian) shall be sta tioned on the Rhine. It is also asserted that an arrange ment has been made for such Austrian troops as are now engaged on garrison duty in the federal fortresses to be re lieved by other German troops, so that they may be set free for active operations in Italy or elsewhere. There wer likewise strong rumours that Prussia will issue some de e cisive announcement in the course of a few days. Accord ing to a prevalent conjecture, peace is to be proposed to the Emperor Napoleon on certain conditions, and if these are refused Germany is to enter into the war. Under these circumstances there is great anxiety and stagnation in all the commercial cities, but it is added - that the want of employment for money causes numerous investments in ' stocks, and prices are therefore well maintained. With the existing rate of expenditure, howeve r, this feature is soon likely to cease. The total number of men to be called out in Prussia by the recent decree for the mobilisation of eight army corps will, it is said, be 240,000. The shipments of machinery to Russia since the opening of the navigation are stated to have been on a scale which will go far to account for the necessity that has existed for the transmission of gold from St. Petersburg to London, especially as similar orders have been executed in America and elsewhere, many of whic are paid for the by draughts on this country. Within the past month Hercules steamer has landed at St. Petersburg five com plete sets of engines for first rate men-of-war„ and many of our engineeringengineering to the last dates, the utmost exertions were being made in all the naval departments, in prepara tion, it was said, for the return of the Grand Duke Constan tine. The Neva division of the Russian fleet is now as serted to comprise 80 first-class gunboats, constructed on the best recent models, while the Baltic fleet consists of 35 sail-of-the-line, 14 o f which at present at Crons tadt are screw line-of-battle ships of from 80 to 120 guns each. MlNEs.—The share market has been particularly dull this week, and in the absence of buyers a fall has taken place in almost every description of stock, whilst the prices of many shares are merely nominal. This state of things not confined to new or speculative shares, but to dividend and progressive mines, and many of the dividend mines are 1 the flattest of all. The fortnightly settling took place on Thursday, but was not very extensive, even in East Rus seolnl,ei.t j \ i v r h i i l e iily h s Journale uch ofspeculativethisel(y. i. business is generally d FEARFUL PIT ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday even ing a fearful accident occurred to three workmen sinking a coal pit at Hobden, near Newcastle-upon-Twne. In . the a V While operation of sinking it was necessary to use gunpowder, in order to remove the stone, and a charge having ladled to (io o ff, the men, at their own request, were again lowered down the shaft, a depth of 90 fathoms, when they com menced e n the Robert engaged e,idn‘dvithnhegins and the man who was operation, a spark from mtotOke drill ignited nienced to drill . out the charge n . an explosion instant] took whose P ace, ton, had one of his hand s and wrist completely torn away, and the other so severely injured that amputation will be holding the necessary. instrument, , Th e m an who was using the hammer, whos© na me is John Kerr, had one o f his eyes severely injured, one of his knee s bruised, and sustam e ed such serious injuries generally that he had to _ e ..oanifeoyr wagde in a cart. The third man, named Joseph I walk y.. 1 7 . _also severely in- jured, but he was able to home with the assistance cf two men. The accident created great (mei teMent in the neighbourhood of the pig where it occurred, ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. "Under the ritanagement of Mr. Charles Kean THIS EVENING will bepresented ShaksPeare's historical play of KING HENRY V. King; Henry V., Mr. C. Kean; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, IF THE CAP FI rs. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with EVERYBODY'S FRIEND. Messrs. Charles Mathews' Compton, and Buckstone ; Mesdames C. Mathews, Wilkins and Reynolds. • After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Followed by THE ETON BOY. To °occlude with THE WATER WITCHES. Commence at 7. N E W THEATRE -R L OYA, ADELPHI. S o le proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Miss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly. by THE HOIJSE ? or, THE HOME ? Mr. A. Followed Wigan, C, Selby, Billington ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan , Mi ss H. Simms. Miss Laidlaw. After which, THE RIFLE VOLUNTEER K. S. Messrs. C. S e lby and Morela nd ; Misses Woolgar and Kelly. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. bfessrs. J. L. Toole. Chas Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw. and Mrs. l3illington. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ,p o ora open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box oince open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to p e rorate permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ASTLETS RO Y A L AMPHITHEATRE , \ Westminster -road. Lessee Melt anager ..... —.Mr. William Cooke. Grand Iloliday Attractions for Whitsuntide . was EVEZING.;-the performances will commence with the leered =lli spectacle of TILE BATTLE OF W...AL,g1 ,00, sop with all its on effects. Sup bylar. W. Cooke. Mr. W. Cooke, jun., Mr. Holl o way ,o, i•l: Phillips, Mr. J.W. Anson, Tar. Anderson, M Mr. Stanton, Mr. Worboys, Ix. Mrs. Dowton, Miss Dowton, Miss Rivers, Fa. After whish, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the greatest rider in the world, and the whole of Mr. W. Cooke's family, being the only instance on record of such a domestic concentrat i o n o f unequalled male and female talent ; Madlle. Francisco ; MISS liolloWay. TEE with a Novel Entertainment called THE To VOLUNTEER CORPS ; or, Female Brigade. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips Dress circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, Eid. Private Boxes, £4 45, £2 2s, and £1 is. To commence at 7 ; Carriages at 11. CANTIittBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Westminster -road.—Open at Seven. EVERY EVENING during the week will appear THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, Consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execut ion by these Lilliputian Artistes of so me written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi t ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform EVERY EVENING, at NINE and ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATITER.-SUN OFFICE, JUNE 18. THE/010.METER7 IN THE SHADE. 70 —highest since noon yesterday. 58.—lowest this morning and during the night. 74—,this day at noon. BauomETER--30.18—r ising. Wrxu,4W.N.W. ; light, with fine weather. THE SUN. SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1859. THE NEW MINISTRY. ness, and abnegation. The dash and bravery of the Italian I THE MURD volunteers reminds us of the great days of our Revolution. " lIAVIN." " To GENERAL ULLO k. 71 AN PANT 'RAS. 4 1) , _ • Arne 411. 4'7 111111*) ' 4,( . 'IDE IN ST. GREECE. A private letter from Athens, of the 9th, con tains the following : " The Legislative session closed on the sth inst. The King, who generally does not attend the closing of the Chambers, apparently thought it incumbent on him to be present on this occasion, to trace out to the nation in a manner not to be mistaken the line which Greeee should follow in the present circumstances. lie gave it to be un derstood that it is the same which the Powers prescribed to him to adopt; while at the same time he did not con sider their counsels as incompatible with the honour and the true interests of the country. " In the meantime, under the pretext of arousing nation alities, intriguers are busy. Like those who, in 1854, re presented the King and his Government as Russian, they are now proclaimed as sympathising with Austria. Every prudent advice given to the populations is interpreted as treason to France, and to the sacred interests of the coun try. These people, though very few in number, make a great deal of noise. They excite the credulous and the students. There was on the 7th a tumultuous manifesta tion when the news came of the victory of Magenta. They assembled under the windows of the French Minister's residence with cries of ' Italy for ever I' `France for ever 1" The emancipation of nationalities for ever 1' As France insists that Greece shall be calm, these mani festations have no other result than to excite the public mind, and bring about in the East a crisis which England, France, and Russia wish to avoid—and this is the only un pleasant view of the question." The following is the speech of the King on clos ing the third session of the fifth Parliament : " Gentlemen Deputies—Gentlemen Senators,— " The Legislative Session having reached its conclusion, I thank the Chambers for the aid they have afforded my Government in endowing the country with useful laws. 25 years have revolved in the course of this Parliament since my arrival in Greece. I resolved to appear in person among you, in order that at the moment of taking leave of you, I may repeat my thanks to tie representatives of the nation, and through them to my well-beloved people for the senti ments of devotedness and fidelity which they manifested on the solemn day when the jubilee of this quarter of a century was celebrated. " During that period of time, having completely devoted myself to Greece, I identified myself with her feelings, her wants, and her interests, and for her I have never receded, nor will I recede, before any sacrifice. In this interval I have happily seen Greece march rapidly in the path of in • tellectual and material progress. Every time the country has been engaged in difficulties they have been overcome, thanks to the love and confidence which unite the Sovereign and the people, and which are the best guarantees of her prosperity for the future. " Let this bond of mutual confidence remain indissoluble during the present complications in Europe, during which my Government follows the line of conduct traced to it by the councils of the Powers who have particularly contri buted to establish the independence of Greece. My Go vernment will ever proceed in the course prescribed by the great interests and honour of the country. I, for my own part, know of no happiness but that of Greece. In declar ing the third session of the fifth Legislature closed, Ice."- yoke the blessing of the Almig ht y on you and o n Gree sth Another private letter fr om Athens of the inst. says : " The summer in which the Grand Duke has been re 0-GrLatiLetinople confirms all that I wrote to you some short time since. " The Sultan had expressed the desire of taking part in the grand diplomatic dinner which was to be offered to the Duke, but yielding to the earnest opposition of his advisers, he declared that no one should prevent him from break fasting en .famille with the brother of the Emperor Alex ander. I learn from an excellent source that all facilities will be given to Russia —all that the Grand Duke Constan tine may dema nd will be granted to him. Rus • sia may be said to be already mistress of Constantinople." GUN VESSELS FOR HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE.— Mr.o Miller, shipbuilder, Toxteth-park, Liverpool, iT as dust received an order from Government to construct two espatch gun-vessels of upwards of 450 tons burthen. It is affirmed that during the last month a con tinental contract has been in execution in this country for 60,000 bags of ships' bread. This would suffice for 30 sail of the line for six months. Looking, also, at the purchases of horses, coal, and other material, the flow of money to England, which has been one of the first consequences of the war, is easily explained. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Colombo, to sail on Monday, will take £282,306 for the East, of which £1,200 is in gold for Ceylon, £2,814 in gold and £134,150 in silver for India, and £144,142 in si:ver for China and the Straits. The whole is on private account. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—On the Ist of July next and thenceforward the provisions of the colonial book post will be extended to book packets addressed to the seaports of Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay) and Mossel Bay (Aliwall), Cape of Good Hope, and such book packets may be sent under the same rules and regulations as those for Cape Town. The postage will also be the same—that is, 3d. for a packet not exceeding four ounces in weight, and so on. In the case of books addressed to persons residins in inland districts of the Cape colony the public are.recom-t mended to address' them to the care of an agent ei ther a Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, or Mossell Bay. THE CLIOURA.—We regret to learn, vices from India brought by the last mail, tha t app with troops ears that has made its appearance in the Calcutta river. the Pomona, Benson, proceededhclearedtaot Cal tbcybooleurra on the 27th April, and 17deaths, s viz., 15 of the troops raging on board, and that -ea,CillitlatcT the cholera dwithin four days before the and two of the erew-7 — occu rre 399 ersona on board, f her Majesty's 84th and 32d Foot, and including drafts 0 . Train, nine women, and 14 children pilot left her. r 01310119, left with P 2d battalion of Military 32d Regiraent,—Shipping Gaze o f Major E t d e min.ston, of her Majesty's un d er command SUI CORONER'S INQUEST—(THIS DAY). This morning Mr. IVakley resumed the inquiry which he commenced on Thursday at the King's Head, Swinton street, relative to the deaths of Mrs. Elizabeth Cruft and her two children. It will be recollected that the unfortu nate woman killed her two children by cutting their throats with a razor, and then destroyed her own life in a similar manner. The first witness called was Susan Clark, of 76, Judd street, who said—l found the bodies of the deceased in the parlour at eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning. I had been washing in the back kitchen. Having knocked at the door and receiving no answer, I put a ladder to the window and saw what had been done. I instantly raised an alarm, and a policeman was sent for, who broke open the door and went into the parlour. Mrs. Cruft always behaved well to her children. Sho never laid a hand on them. On Tuesday she appeared somewhat strange in her con duct. She said, " I'm g one I feel my head gone." I said, " You ought to go into the country." Deceased said she " could not go into the coun try as her head was gone—it felt so light." She was a very temperate woman. She appeared to me enciente, and she said "it was wicked of God to allow her to be in that way so soon again." It was that which appeared to prey on her mind. Police-constable, 451 A, said—l was called to 52, Swin ton-street on Wednesday morning. On going into the room I found the mother lying across the bed, her feet on the floor, with her throat cut. I then saw two children with their throats cut. A white sheet covered the mouth of the woman. I then looked under the bed in the adjoin ing room to see whether any one was there. I found a razor at the feet of the woman on the floor. There was a large pool of blood on the floor ; it appeared to have run from the bed, which was saturated with blood. Mary Thompson, a little . girl about 12 years of age, was next called, she said—l was servant to Mrs. Cruft. I went to 52, Swinton-street, about half-past nine last Wednesday morning. Mrs. Cruft was in the back parlour—her bed room—taking her breakfast. The children were in the room. The baby was in bed ; the other was sitting in a chair in her night clothes. Mrs. Cruft spoke as usual. She directed me to sweep the front room. I remained there about half an hour. She then told me to go to the shoe makers to get some shoes she had left to be repaired. She told me not to run, as it might make me ill, the day was . so hot. She told me to make haste, as she wanted to dress the children. I returned in 20 minutes, but could not get into childrenth e . room. rh a v A e lr Mrs. never Cruftseseen her wasbeat alwaysth verym. She atowathyes took them with her when she we nt out. Mrs. Cruft some times would be singing about the room at one minute and e crying the next. She said nobody seemed to care about her. On Tuesday she said she felt better than she had done for a long time. Mr. Selwood , a surgeon, wa s at tending her. He did not come on the Sunday or Monday, and Mrs. Craft did not appear to like it. I never saw a razor in the room. I never saw Mr. Cruft shave himself at home. Mr. George Cruft, husband of the deceased, said her Christian name was Ann. She was 25 years of age. The eldest child was three !years and a half old, and the youngest three months. I last saw them alive at half past eight on Wednesday morning. I left them in bed. I observed nothing unusual in her conduct. She was generally very ;reserved. She on one occasion said she wished she could get rid of her own life to relieve me. I tried to thee, her up. She seemed for the last two weeks to be very desponding. She told mebefore marriage that three or four of her uncles had committed suicide. She told me, as well as I can remember, that one jumped out of the window, one hung himself, and the other cut his throat. She was not of a communicative turn of mind. She was very kind and affectionate to her children, I don't know where she got the razor. I had not used it for two or three years, and I cannot recollect where I put it when I last used it. Last Sunday morning she asked ma which was the best way to commit suicide. I told her not to think about such a thing. I tried to cheer her up, and told her she would get over it in a short time. By the Coroner—lf she laboured under any delusion she tried to conceal it from me. Rebecca Freeman, landlady of 52, Swinton-street, said the Crafts havelodged in my house about eight months. Of late I have seen a great deal of Mrs. Cruft; she was a kind and affectionate mother. I never knew her to threaten or use violence towards her children. She was of very tem perate habits, and lived very happily with her husband. Last Friday week Mrs. Craft complained of her head, and said she could not sleep of a night. She had done so since that time. Mr. Selwood, surgeon, of Great Percy-street, Clerken well, said—l have been in attendance on Mrs. Craft. Last Wednesday morning I was sent for and I found the three bodies as has been already described. The wounds were the most desperate I had ever seen. They were all double cuts. The cuts in the throats of the children penetrated to the back-bone. I have made a post mortem examination of the body of deceased. The brain was dry and firm. skull was particularly thick for a female. The stomach was healthy, and from the hearty breakfast she bad taken she appeared to be a good feeder. She was not pregnant. The heart was perfectly healthy. There was nothing excitable about her. She was as quiet, Mild, and gentle a little creature as ever lived. Death must have been instantaeous, as she had severed all the arteries. The children were killed as they laid. They could not have moved a finger after the wounds had been made. She appeared to be dispirited at the thought of having another child so soon. The Coroner—lt is one of the most melancholy cases within my knowledge. Mr. Selwood—l never saw such cut throats before in all my life. The Coroner—You, Mr. Selwood, have heard the evi dence ; what is your opinion as to the state of deceased's mind? Mr. Selwood—That she was decidedly insane. The Coroner—lt appears to me clear that the dreadful acts were those committed by a maniac, and it is impossible that so mild, good, and kind a mother could have com mitted such an act while in her right senses. The jury found that Mrs. Cruft committed the wounds on her children and herself, not being in a sound state of mind at the time. Mr. Wakley said it was one of the most melancholy cases be had ever presided over. It showed clearly that lunacy was hereditary, and descended from one generation to another. It was to be regretted that persons, on being made acquainted with such a circumstance, should marry into a family so afflicted. It would be much more de sirable to forego the strong feeling of love for a particular person, in whose family there was unsoundness of mind, and if such was more generally the case a great deal of suffering and misery would be avoided. A Juror—l don't think such a thought occurs to one in a thousand. The proceedings then terminated. WILLS AND BEQUESTS,. 4 The will of the Right Hon. Frances Countess of Harrowby was administered to in the London Court of Probate, and special letters of administra tion, with the will annexed, granted on the 4th of June to the Right Thin. Dudley Earl of Harrowby , the husband and sole executor. The countess had made her will on the 28th of October, 1856, and a c odicil on the 3d of August, 1858, disposing of her remaining interest in the sum of £20,000, under the will of the late Marchioness of Bute, her mother, and which the countess has bequeathed to the earl, her husband, to di s p ose o f as hi s l or dship . nlai become the think proper ; oth erw i se , a t hi s d e cease, it Is t° property of the sons not holding the title of Earl of Harrowby ; and bequeaths an eme rald locket set in diamonds, which belonged to her gether with a. service of grandmother, Lady Mary Wortle Montague , t°' plate, called the camp tor - ." vice, to be held as heirlooms with the earldom un til 20 years have expired after the decease of her children, grandchildren, or remoter issue, nevi living, when the same shall become the absolute property of the then Earl of Harrowby. All the rest of the jewellery and effects are bequeathed t o the earl absolutely. The will of Mr. George Hadden, of HighburY terrace, and of Copthall-court, London, mer chant! was proved in the principal registry of the C o urt o . t Probate, on the 4th of June, by Elizabeth Blaeia Hadden, his daughter, aid Mr. James Alexander Hadden, his son, two of the executors, power being reserved to Mrs. Hadden, the relict, to pro ve here after. The personal estate was sworn under £BO,OOO. The will is dated the 21st of July, 1852 ' and a codicil the 13th of August, 1856. He has bequeathed to his wife the interest of £12,000 for her life, and has left her a legacy of £3,000; and he has bequeathed to each unmarried daughter a legacy of £l,OOO. The re sidue to be divided d into, seven equal parts amongst his son an sib, daugters. The will and codicil of Mr. Geoge Cary Elwes, formerly of Eaton-Place, Belgrave-square, b u t late of Cadogan.place, were proved in the London Court of Probate by Sir Joseph 'William Copley, Bart., and Charles Thomas Heneage, the joint execu tors. The personalty sworn under £45,000. T° his wife he leaves a residence, and bequeaths to her the furniture absolutely, except the books and plate , which at her decease are to go to the eldest son ; and leaves to his wife the interest of £lO,OOO, the principal at her decease to be divided amongst hi s unmarried daughters. He bequeaths the resi due of his property to his children in equal proportions. To his executors he leaves £lOO each; and to his cousin, Mr. C. T. Heneag e, a further . sum of £lOO. He made a codicil on the 15th a April, 1859, on which day he died, bequeathing toe Emma Key, who was the nurse to his children, th_ interest of £4OO for her life , and the principal et° her children, having by the will left her a les of £2OO. The will was dated the 31st of J u l Y' 1852.—Illustrated London News. I --