The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-03 00:00:00

ItOYAL - PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspeare's historical play of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE -ROYAL: HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed the new and original Comedy, entitled THE' WORLD AND THE STAGE. The characters by Messrs. Compton, Buckstone, Howe, W. Far ren, Rogers; Miss Amy Sedgwick, Sre- After which, a new Classical Extra va g anza, entitled ELECTRA IN A NEW ELECTIi'IC LIGHT. Messrs. Campton, Braid, Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright, Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Loclercq. And 'TWAS L Commence at 7. .NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. 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, Ebarne,, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, and Arden. Acting ntanager—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 Comedietta, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ? supported by the company. After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. To conclude with- VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark. • Commence at 7o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAI. AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster - road. Lessee and Manager . ........ Mr. William Cooke. Immense Success of INANHOE.—Overflowing Houses Nightly. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with a new grand spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's popular work, entitled LVAN FLOE ; or, The Lists of Ashby, intro ducing among the vast resources of this great Hippodramatic Temple,Tournaments, Processions, Banners, Combats, Tilts, Victories, and Acblevemer is in extraordinary magnificence. I van hoe, 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 unrivalled 'SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the greatest equestrian in the world together with Miss Erdily 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, Is. ; Upper Gallery, ad. Private Boxes, £4 45, £2 2s, and £1 is. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Westminster-road.—Open at Seven. EVERY EVENING during the week will appear THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY. Consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules,. Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform EVERY EVENING, a t NINE an d ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.-SUN Orricz, MAY 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—this-day at noon. BARO3IETER-29.94. WIND, Easterly, fresh, with fine cloudy weather, and a sprinkling of passing showers. THE SUN. TUESDAY, MAY 3, 18,59. - We have at length obtained an authoritative, and, we -may .add, an admirable exposition of the.policy of England, in.reference to the untoward state of affairs in Europe. The Chancellor of the Exche quer has boldly spoken out ! He has explained the policy of the Government of which he is a very influential member, and that in a manner which must be satisfactorytO every unprejudiced and true-hearted Englishman. As he has truly declared, our policy is eminently one, of peace. There is no desire to interfere with the internal affairs of any other nation!. We may tender valuable advice, but there our mission ends. We =Mot hope to change by force their domestic institutions. Their feelings and opinions are different from ours in many respects, and too many are unprepared. for the rational and constitutional freedom which is the happy privilege of our countrymen. We must, however, be prepared to mediate when the golden opportunity arises ; and to do so with auy hope of success we must be fully and com pletely prepared for war. Oar condition must be that of an . " armed neutrality," ready to enforce our coun seis, should such acontingency unfortunately arise, as. that we should be compelled to do so for the preservation of our honour, our dignity, our interests, or safety. We must, as we stated yes terday:be "ready, aye ready for the field," enabled to work at a moment's notice. There has, however, been'tio failure on the part of the Government. Nevei was - England in a better position. We have a hundred thousand tried and gallant soldiers in India—men who have proved themselves equal to , any the world ever saw. Many of these must return home, in consequence of the happy termination of the Indian Rebellion, for which public Thanksgiving was returned on Sunday last In addition we have a hundred thousand in the United Kingdom. They may not have been sub. je - eted - to the same stringent ordeals, nor be so well disciplined as those who have defeated ten times their numbers on many occasions ; but they are our own countrymen —men whc; :have never - been found wanting on any occasion, and on Whose in vincible cowge and unflinching prowess we may place implicit reliance. %V have already noticed the judicious proclama tion for increasing the number of our sailors, and Mr. DISRAELI now tells us that long before six weeks have passed we shall not only have a power ful fleet in the Channel, but also a powerful fleet in the Mediterranean. • This is as it should be. It will maintain the position which Great Britain ought always to occupy, and cause her to be respected by those who might otherwise be- disposed to disregard her sug gestions. _We may, therefore, repeat the pertinent interrogatory of the Right Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire, " What nation in the world, then, can compare with England ?" It was not in a spirit of vain boasting that he asked the question, or . that We repeat it. It is merely to show that we are entitled to become the arbi trator and mediator, even between first rate Powers, who, under a different state of affairs, might not be disposed to listen quite so favour. ably to our proposals. But there is another, and no less important matter alluded to by the right hon. gentleman t his admirabl e an d i nterest i ng oration. Wars are n ot -ii(Ay 'decided by mere physical strength. What has been emyhatieally termed the " sinews" thereof , e indispensable. With out money or . crelit the r strong* armaments must fail. They cannot al 'ays meet the necessary expe n di ture at th e expense of their adversaries. One side o r th e other must speedily. And' the scene f action—the cockpit in which the contest is to be decided— will be e ih a uAed within a • few- weeks. We find hotli Prance and Austria already asking for lOans of tw • - • - e nty millions sterling each, While more economical Russia limits the demand to six-tenths of the amount, or twelve millions sterling; It is quite clear that th e y will not get what they require in this country. 'there may be forced loans and compulsory contributions but such contrivances cannot belong continued. The money borrowed for _ waritke. purposes is virtually cast into the sea,, or, AS: - .A4:,.Disn,int declared, "goes like water." There:la-0 return- , —no future benefit . . . . . N ~,, ^i ): " . ot.IIU I • ki , 1 .. .... ) I r4 Q k- '' ~,_ `fc T :=Z - t. -"-4. 1' •3to ' ' ' It.i'Ail 7" .---- -'''' 6 , E i • : . THE SUNI iLONDON, TuspAy EVENING, MAY 3, 1859. CHARLES WooD atecupied at the Admiralty the pii - st now committed by the SOVEREIGN and the country to Sir JOHN PAKINGTON ! Why, so long as we are without the Ballot, these things are in al measure inevitable. And being thus inevitable, it is only fair, by way of balance, at least, that there should be turn and turn about. Lord PALMERSTON being at the head of affairs in 1857—Mr. B: OSBORNE as the Government candidate down at Dover profits by the circumstance and is returned.. Lord DERBY being at the head of affairs in 1859—Mr: BERNAL OSBORNE does not profit by the circumstance down at Dover, and is rejected. Voila tout 1- In 1857 no hdrm came to -the elected of Dover by way of an adverse . committee of inquiry ! It is hardly—in these days of no Ballot—" honour among " ahem!—it- is- hardly fair play, in truth, in the great political game of ::Diamond Cut Diamond—to 'be so very vociferous,- implacable, and revengeful, as Mr. OSBORNE avows himself to be in regard to Sir HENRY LEEu and his col league, now that they have also triumphed, pre cisely as lair. OSBORNE himself and Sir. WILLIAM RUSSELL formerly triumphed only .two years ago —namely, as successful candidates on the side of the existing Government. GREAT NAVAL PREPARATIONS. Yesterday, in consequence of the issue of her Majesty's proclamation to encourage the entry of seamen and lands men for service in the Royal Navy, and which . was posted during the'clay at the Admiralty, Horse Guards, the Man sion -house, Royal Exchange, and Doeks,.an immense num ber of men and lads assembled at the Royal Naval Rendez vous, Tower-hikto join the service; and during the entire day both entrances to the rendezvous were besieged by an eager throng anxious to take the bounty andenterthe service. Capt. Greet, of H.l%L's receiving ship Crocodile, moored off the Tower, and the officers under his command, inspected and paSsed 'several hundred first-class men and boys, includ ing numerous first-class seamen gunners, the latter in addition to the bounty being entered t o rece i ve a dditi o n a l pay o f f rom Id, to Ad. .per day. So great was th e crowd of men and ladi that it was found necessary to obtain the services of several of the H division of police to keep the thoroughfare open and reserve, order. The applications were equally numerous on boatd the guardship Fisgard, moored off Woolwich, — and jt is calculated that the men required, 10,000, will he raised in a very short period. • On Situiday a Jarge van, drawn by four horses, with a band of musicians, was engaged for sewn. days, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, to arouse the martial ardour of the tars willing to serve the Queen and accept the liberal bminty: This novel cavalcade, preceded. by outriders on horseback, the rpof of the van covered with volunteers, with the tition Jack hoisted above them, and the in terior of fhe van filled with, warrant officers front the Crocodile receiving-ship off the Tower, made a. successful cruise on itturday. Yesterday, the van, again. drawn by four greys, with a band of music and outriders, paraded the principal streets in Wapping, St. Gncrge-in-the-East, Shadwell, Atateliff, Stepney, Limehousc, and . Blackmail, picking up ,volunteers in all directions. After leaving them at Ward's, .and . the Tower-hill rendezvous, the van, with the band playing merrily, and the. tars en the .roof cheering lordly at lniervals, proceeded over London-bridge, Southwark, Westminster-bridge, and Parliaments-street, to the Adraira)ty, returning through Westminster and the City to the, east. At ever y pl ace where. the van stopped the band struck up the national air of t‘.ltule.Britannia," followed by. " Hearts of Oak," the " Red, White, and Blue," and other popular airs. " Mr. Ward, the warrant officers, and:others frequently ad dressed the Teeple, urging seamen to join, the Royal Navy and accept, the bounty, and calling upon others to bestir thomselves . and induce volunteers.to serve:the" Queen and Old England. .. The appeal to the country ,has, in several in stances, been responded to somewhat surprisingly. Several new members have replaced in a remark able manner the old representatiVes, hitherto deemed strong in the confidence, some of • them even in the affections, of . their constituents. Several of the rejected at the last general 'election have again been returned to Par. liament. Foremost among these, the eminent political economist, now wandering through the United States, and whose voyage across the Atlan tic we - regarded upon the instant as judiciously well-timed, enabling the hon. gentleman to get out of the way conveniently so as to allow of his name being put forward during his absence in the event of a dissolution. There is scarcely an individual, we shosld imagine, who will now regret • that Mr. COBDEN has been elected by Rochdale as its repre sentative. His return to the scene of his former triumphs may be regarded with almost unalloyed complacency, now that his past errors have been expiated to the full by his 12te protracted and ignominious banishment from the Legislative Chamber at Westminster. Bury has repented, moreover, in the instance of the Right Hon. red tapist—Sir ROBERT'S second son, FREDERICK, now once more that changeful borourgh's representative. Mr. LAYARD still continues to be inexorably denied admittance again into the House of Commons the City of York confirming the rejection formerly resolved upon by the borough of Aylesbury. By the bril liant success of his chivalrous and daring appeal to the independent electors of Southampton, Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR has more than compensated him self for the withdrawn confidence of his former supporters down at Sunderland. Although an entire stranger tothe great Hampshire constituency the hon. and learned gentleman has by an eloquent avowal of the most liberal and enlightened views, contrived to win golden Opinions, indeed, from that influential constituency—insomuch that, at the close of the poll, he was not only at the head of it, bat so unmistakeably first and foremost in 'the race, that he was very nearly 150 ahead of the old, tried, and favourite representative of the borough, Mr. BRODIE WiLLcoN, the eminent shipowner, but actually upwards of 300 ahead of Mr. - MATTLIIAS WEGLTELIN, the governor of the Bank of England. Besides the former members, who have thus been restored to the House of Commons, after a temporary banishment from it—there are various new men who have taken the place of other M.P.'s now in their turn summarily rejected. As, for ex ample, where the electors of Carlisle have chosen Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S nephew as that right hon. baronet's colleague in the representation of the constituency ; and as in the instance again of the border borough of Berwick, where the electors have cordially and unhesitatingly welcomed as one of their two newrepresentatives Mr.RALrli ERLE, the private secretary of the. Chancellor of her MAJESTY'S Exchequer. Very noticeable, indeed, among the number of those who have failed to retain any scat at all in the new Parliament arc three or four High tynooe_sumsthctf!... staunch Reformers, whose absence from the House we slialf probably have only too much cause for regretting. Already we have, in these columns, ex pressed our sincere sorrow at, those untoward ~circ umstances which • have led to the withdrawal, froni . the list of the 'national representa- THE TT Majesty and. his Royal dyes, of the name of an earnest and in= THE Consort and the Princess Alice and the telligent recruit in the cause of the Ballot for Buckingham Palace, accompanied by the s of the royal family leave . :Windsor Castle like Sir ARTHUR ELTON, now replaced as the second Liberal M.P. for Bath (thanks to the pique p mr.ocss the. Court. Her Majesty intends, liccording to arrangements, to remain in town until the, 19th or and petulance of that peevish and perverse eimsti- e , • Atk. instant, when tho Qtmeri and PririCe Consort and the tuency) by Mr. WAY, an arrant, uncompromisinis rdyal family leave for Osborne for a .weck or 'ten days: Conservative ! And still more earnestly have vie h Her R Pruss. oyal Hi ness the Princess Fredelie . William of lamented the disappearance from the catalogue. Dr lust, On a l a s :evxispietcttoedhetor illustriousarri ve at Osborn .. fl:On the "21st or 22d our.vcteran. reformers .in the _House, of agi ft e d 4veri probable' that' the royal ? a st andfro m in ß fa e n r Berl in. I n so . n It champion of Reform such as General ker n ro . s ya it lyligl i n u e likewk,e visit Osborne. , lately but now no longer M.P. for Brad- will take l7avae 1 11 nes`.:, the Duke •of Saxe Coburg ot tr!' Queen and His Rpyal Highness the ford—a name ever to be honoured as that Prinee - Cor• • • ; sort :to-day, and depart from Windsor Castle, on of the witty author of so many logical, son- his reitri z o to Germany. • • • • tentions, and' convincing catechisms. Added to d . :T,- Dlike and Duchess of Manchester, who ha ve , these ex-members must now be mention e d i n th e anig the past we e k, en t er t a i ne d hi s R eya l Hi g h ness the .Cambridge, the Earl Cowper, Lord a nd L a d y same cate g ory, we grieve to think, that hon',.,g, Ossulston, Colonel the Hon. James Mardonaht, and a select Liberal, late M.P. for Bodmin, Mr. IA VES LD, Kimbolton Castle, come to town to-morrow, in whose last prominent appe arance i n th e H nd order, that . the Iyuchess, as Mistr ess o f th e Roes, maybe in of atteanee at Court. Commons redounds so much to his horAour as a - The Earl and Countess of Winehelsea are enter thoroughly inde'peildent politician—A T :nen, amidst taming a select party of friends at rastwelf Park, near the timidity, the shuffling, and hesitation of Ashford, Kent. many reputed Reformers heni . I Viscount and Viscountes s P a l mers t on l e f t Picea , . sn'full y appended to dilly yesterday for Brockett Hall, Herts. The noble Lord JOHN'S vague resol d io•ns, pledgin g th e viscount . and viscountess intend to com e to town for her Liberal party to Nothing „ a suppl emen t ary - amend- Majesty's Drawing-room at St. James'.s Palace on S a t ur - went, frankly proclaiming the ud ,• • • isabildy, or rather day next. • • The Right Bon: Sir J. Pakington, Bart., M.P , the necessity, of tl-Aeßallot. Lookin g to the contest 4 arrived i 4 his official residence at the Adinhalty last even nearer. home, w e have seen Sir SAMUEL PETOin g,atte nding his election D •h roi C just rout A • exactly 3,9 ,4 • too many at Finsbury for The Right 'Hon. - Edward Lucas has arrived at poor 'Air. will the Brun'swick,'Jerrayn• street, from castle 'Shane, county COX, WAIO now have ample leisure for the more Monaglian• accurate study of the history of England. As for Her • • oyal• Highness the Duchess of Saxe- Sir WILLIAM CARDEN. the wealthy London Alder- Coburg yesterday honoured the establishment of Mr. C. F. man, late Lord Mayor, and still conceived to be all- Hancock; the pill-tent jeweller of Ifruton-street, with a lag ] potentivisit.—Mora n press influence, Mr. MONK has eclipsed his Lord Stanley has glory by nearly 200 vates as the successful candidate ante at King's' Lynn for his re-electiOri. for the representation of the city of Gloucester. Lord .Lavensworth- and family have arrived at Yet more n o ti cea bl e i n i ts way i $ t h e f a il ure, after Percy's-cr oss , W a lh am - green, for the-season.We regret to announce the death Of the Hon. so many ; years of reiterated triumph down at Mrs. Leland Noel, which took place at Exton, Rutland, on Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, of the gallant Meaday last. She was the daughter.of Mr. J. S. Foljambe, of Osbort on -h a ll , Notts, and married, in 1824, the Hon. and Col. FREESTEN, hith erto deemed to occupy, unoffi: Rev. Leland Noel brother of the Earl.of Gainsborcaigh. cially, the position, and to enjoy in consequence Mai ETON 'BAY.—It has been decided - to erect into the accruing prestige, of Esquire in attendance aoevtn'ThY e t n h t e district of Moret on B a y, now a port i on o f th e upon Lord PALMERSTON. As f or anot h er ga ll ant flistrict into a separ cu ' vatSeocuotihonlyVialalessixeTnhfoerftohnneiaatsibtnsioxfyethariss retainer Of that adventurous and chivalrous knight in urge-fitly- delay. A pressed n acc eding t inhabitants i t i . n t. the the Parliamentary lists--one of the most skilled and was occasioned by the necessity of an arrangement fo r ° tip! brilliant fencers in the ranks of the Liberals in the tQa.. y 'on a in p % t el o u r b T li s c at l e e f b a t et aV i ie y tN a T t a ,st S e 3 c idney ret ? .' p l : ) rati ° o i r l i tournays of the Legislature, Mr. BERNAL Os- r now iop e em effnect w of ill c n o o l e d n o y u b ti t aus l eda cr e t a o t e a d grlet which rapid t v i c ae - BORNE—he has recently succumbed merely to the i name of Queensland. The governor selected to preside fortunes n es of war, after a heroic and desperate fl over the new colony is Sir Ferguson Bowen, R.C.M.S., at do I git present Chief Secretary to the Lord Iligh C omm i ss i oner o f Dover, yielding only to th e s h eer f orce of w the lonian Islands, a pelt he hasheld for seme time t o the at adverse • approbation of his superiors. Sir George Bowen was for-: e* ircumstances. The unmistakeable victory a merly a fellow of Brasenose, and a first-class man, and has obtained considerable distinction . literary as well as in won at Dover by the two veteran Derbyit 1 . e can( 1- t o ffi cial circles. His appointment is likely to be popular in dates is attributed Australia. Sir Benjamin Pine, now Governor of the Gold to the local influence exercised V• country, has been appointed Lieutenant - Governor of St. at that seapo r t by her MAJEY ST sGovernment. Of - Christopher's. It will be seen frem the foregoing that Sir course, Mr.. OSBORNE 'profited-Edward Lytton has adhered to the principle of pr omo ti on i n by nothin g, at all of the service as the best means of securing to our colo n i a l the same kind when h e • was returned upon the ok 'Vire -the rad:§t efficient servants that c an be obtained. TL e name of the capital of Dritish Columbia is to b e N6 w it Nce, i eeca,,sion of the lastgen - eral. election, when Sr . - At two e!clock the van drove up to the Star - and Garter,. in Arbour-street, Stepney. A halt was made, the Queen's proelaruatien was.read amidst deafening. cheers the band struck up ".9od Save the Queen," and after a stay of about 20 minutes the band struck up the favourite air of " The Girl I left hehind.me," and the van - drove away and pro ceeded along the Cernmercial.road, Shadwell High-street, Rateliff-highway, and Tower-hill. Numerous .volunteers, both seamen and, landsmen, o ff ere d th emse l ves, an d were approved. yesterday, and were forwarded to the Crocodile receiving. ship off the rower, where snug. berths and good treatment were provided them. Many....were rejected. by the doctors, and.it is af.noC use for any butzeen and jads in a sound state of health to attempt to enter! the,Royal.Navy. The b oun ti es o ff ere d by the' to conspicuously painted in blue and red let tett on-white cloth on each side of the navy van;-which was at some•perieds of the day most inconveniently overcrowded. The police,have received orders to giie every facility for the paSsageof the van, horses, and colours, through the streets during 'the present week.. _ . Yesterday orders were issued by file Admiralty for all the men_belpnging.to the Coast GuEird fit.for sdrvice, - to-be . hetl ready to proceed to sea, and the necessary number of Regd. ;41arines to be told off. for the first division of the 'steam. reserve, all. the ship s com p os i ng . w hi c h are having their sea, fire-hearths put in ; and, pursuant to Admiralty orders, :additional numbers of shipwrights, rimers,-caulkers,. and artisans, were taken on at all the Royal dockyards, to bring them forward .with ingluding the Exmouth; 90, screw, Captain J. Stop foril ; Asia % 84, screw, .Captaia Robinson the Ames Watt, 91, Captain. E. C,odd ;.the Imperieuse, 51, screw , • Mel ) pornene, 50, screw, ; Termagant, 25, ,screw; Firebrand, 6, paddle r 'Cap.tain Edward Bruce; - Gorgon' 6, paddle ; paddle;diltor, 6, and numerous despatch and gunboats. The Revenge, 91, screw, . just launched .at Pembroke, is ordered round to Aheerness to be.fitted with all expedition. The Hood, 91 guns, to Le launched di Chatham to-morrow (Wednesday), is also to be brought forward ir3r.nediately, And the lleynarcl, 6, 'despatch 'gunboat.. The Ajax, 60, 'screw, has.received orders to be held ready t o sa il at an hones notiee from. Dublin Bay,' and several gunboats are ordered to.proceed to the Channel Islands, and . yesterday orders were, issued.for her Majesty's troop-ship =Urgent 'to beheld_re4dY to convey Captain Garbetes company of the Royal Artillery to Jersey.ln additien to the preparations maWng for the augmen tation of the Channel fleet, the divisi a.i of which, under the command pf Sir C r . Fremantle, has Sailed. from 43erehavero, Bantry Bay, with pealed orders, .supposed destinaton 'the Adriatic, the greatest activity pre' sails in all der; ,- tments,Of the Admiralty, and the steame is Britannia, Sidney 11141, anti Peninsula llave been dripatched to Gibraltar with large quantities of shot, shell., and ananmi l iti o n. • 'Th e Ad miralty haye alvt just def 4,,ached several vessels, lade:, with heavy guns,.to Malta. which tire tote mounted-on the fortifications of that islar . j. The accounts receiver', Yesterday by the Admiralty of the reception of her pops her Nakstr a proclamation at th e N ort h ern acid Wester - .ser e most encou rag i ng . Fi rst-c l ass seamen freely volur.tee-:ed for the service, and in a few days an efficiently mar,ued fleet of steam-ships of war, commen surate wer and dignity of' England, will be , t B l a a t t e in. w _t i h th e . 13 th r 4 :n Channel.. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR IN ITALY. The following telegrams have .been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TRIESTE, MAY 2. The town of Trieste, together with the surround ing territory and the districts Pisino and Georizia, have been declared in a state of siege. According to advices from Venice to the 30th ult. General Gyulai has already assumed the functions of Governor-General, in the place of the Archduke Maximilian. Venice and Verona have been declared in a state of siege. • The Hereditary Prince of _Tuscany has arrived at Venice, Advices have also been received from Milan to the 30th •ult. , The official Gazette contains a proclamation addressed by General Gyulai to the Sardinian population, to whom it guarantees liberty, honour, security of property; maintenance of laws, ' and protection. PIEDMONT. TURIN, MONDAY EVEXI.NG,,May 2. General - Gyulai has imposed on the town of Novara the den - land:for a heavy 'Contribution of provisions- and forage, under pain, in case of non compliance, of *p: . fine of five times the value of the supply required.' - . The Austrians have occupied Vercelli. The followingofficial bulletin has been published to-day : • . " The Austrians .. have concentrated their force on the , Sesia, but no encounter has yet taken place; No movement has,yet been made by the'Austrians on the-right bank of the_river TUSCANY AND PARMA. The IlloiliteuY of to-clay (Tuesday) contains the following.telegram ' PARMA; Sunday Evening.-=A public manifesta tion was yesterday made by the polinlace'before the Royal Palace. • The officers in the name of the army deMfmded . the union of their troops with - the Piedmontese forces. The Duchess quitted Parma after having appointed a Council of Regency, com posed of her Ministen. The Princes have also left this morning. Public order has not been disturbed. The. Pi.:csse last evening announces that a mth-ement • similar to that which lately took place in j'hirenee has just occurred in Parma. The Grand: Duchess has taken her departure, after haVinginstituted a Council of Regency. The new Government haS expressed its ad4sioni Ito Pied , inont. E • • • • TURIN, MAY 2.. The—ofacial Piedmoutese Gazette. publishes an account - of the late events in Tuscany, drawing the concluSio4*.that . they prove the unatirmity . Of feeling entertained by the population for the pause of na tional _ffidependence. The king of Sardinia has accepted the military dictatorship of Tuscany solely to facilitate the co-operation of the Tuscans in the war of in . aepeUaence, and also to protect public order. - - The Sardinians in Venice have placed themsolvo under the protection of the Russian Consulate.. • • FRANCE. • PARIS, MAY 3. TheMbniteur states that at two o'clock to-day the Senate and. he Corps Legiskt ft will receive a communication- from Government. , • MAY 2. Itentes. were. first done at 61f. 5c., rose to 61f. 15c., o.:tid:4re nosy 61f. 10e. Little 'doing: 12.35 P.M. Rentes 'opened 61f. 5c., but fell immediately to 60f. 93e., rose kain,an'd are now 61f. 26c., being a dekint "of since yesterday's closing. Little doing. ' s 2.18 P.M. Liquidation is proceeding quietly. Tendency of the Bourse flat. iteutes,:6lf: 15n. BERLIN,. MAY 2. • • • • • In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the Minister of War made the lbßowing state ment Government; on the 28th of March last, ex plained the pi)int. of view which . persuaded the.i, of the necessity. of ordering thrco corps i7'arince : of the 'Federal Continge n t to d p/ac , on a war footing... Since that .;stto politi ca l a ff a i rs t ee.: asmed ' duty l ' tliat Government to extend the same nicasurcT to the remaining six corps d'arince, the necessary instructions have been alreaily- sent to the different goal-yrs.:: Although Govern — ent liate for the" present communicated this intelligence to the Chambers,. they hate re served amore detailed statement of the position of political. affairs, which will, however, be made to the house with the 2hort,est possible delay. • BERNE; MAY 2. The President opened the Federal Assembly to day with a patriotic speech. The F:ederal. Council moved the following de mands for the consideration of. the Assembly— namely,- to sanction the declaration of neutrality • • • which accompanied the recent calling in of the con . tingents.by Government; to authorise the taking of fai - 14Cr defensive measures; to .open it credit not to be limited to contracting loans ; and to appoint a Coinniandef 7 in-Chief of the Federal army: The Austrian Ambassador has communicated to the Federal Council the manifestb containing the declaration of war.. •• • - • STUTTGART, MAY 2. .The Chambers -have to-day unanimously voted the Government projects of law for calling out the Landwehr, for a forced levy of. horses, and, for opening • a war credit 0f7,000,000 florins.. • The debates: Which took place expressed sympathy with Austria- •and • indignation, at the longing for war manifcited by:Franee . ,l, • • AUSTRIA; VIENNA, APRIL 30. . . On the 27th inst. his Majeity the Emperor despatched the subjoined' address to •the forces forming. the second army, which, as you are aware,' is under the. command of the..Feldzeugmeister Count Gyulai : • " After fruitless atfeinpts to secure Peace for my Empire, without. comprctrnising its dignity, I am necessitated to have recourse to wills. " With confidence I confide the rights of Austria to the best ,of hdnds—to the hands of a tried and gallant army. " Your fidelity and bravery, your exemplary discipline, the justice of the cause which you defend, and a glorious past guarantee to mo your success. " Soldiers of - the 'second army ! It is for you to secure 'cie*y to the i4potless lag of Austria. Take with you into battle the blessing of God and the. sonfidenee of your Emperor. • • "FRANCIS JOSEPH." Yesterday Count .Buol addressed a`-circular de spatch. to the diplomatic agents of the Austrian Government at foreign .Courts her refusal to disarm Sardinia' (it says) has proved That she is resolved to continue the attack on th e indisput able_ right s of . Austria, to . disturb the tranquillity of Europe,. and to. encourage the hopes of the revolutionary party. The Sardinian Government' has abUsed the na tionalfdeling Of ,the Italian *races.' All the germs of dis content in Italy were long assiduously cultivated, and, as soonlas they began to spring rip,Piedment took:the field as the champion of all the Italian nationalities. Sardinia can fever have sincerely wished that Italyshouid remain in a statq of peace 'rind prosperity; for . whenever the Italian monarchs ha:cre . displayed clemency Red shown a spirit of. conciliation, she has- redoubled her efforts to rouse the evil passiorii of the .people. When *the Emperor and Empress • were in Italy the public papers were perMitted to speak in ftvour of regicide ; and when his Majesty placed his brother, the Archd.u.ke Ferdinand 3lali ntilian, at the head of the Administration of the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom, the agitators at - Turin systematically misrepresented 'every act performed and every measure taken bylthe benevolent and generoul'rince. " Amtria is .a conservative Power, and religion, morality, and historical rights are sacred in hereyes. The possession? -of Austria in Italy ariguarnnteed to her by the very Powers which gave Genoa to Sardinia, Lombardy way &trims . many centuries a fief of the German empire, and Venice was given to Austria instead of her Belgian provinces. Sardinia tells us that the real cause of the discontent of the inhabitants of Lombardy and Venice is the dominions of Austria on the Po and Adriatic. The right of Austria to Lombardy and Venice is irrefragible, and it will be defendtti against every attack. France, which long shared with Sardinia the Ineral responsibility for the sad state of things in Italy, now openly supports the revolutionary movement which has begun. The second French Empire is about to realise its long •cherished ideas, for the throned Power in Paris has informed the astonished world that ' political wisdom' will replace those treaties which have so long formed the basis of European international law. The traditions of the first Napoleon have been resuscitated, and Europe is not ignorant of the importance of the struggle which is about to begin." There was a frightful panic on 'Change to-day. National Loan fell to 601 50k. ; Metalliques to 5511. 40k.,- Credit Bank Shares, to 1351 50k. ; and Norther n R a il roa d Shares to 135f1. English sovereigns were in demand at 1311. 40k., and ducats at 6fl. 32k. Count Gyulai has sent in an official report that the vanguard (tete) of the Austrian army crossed the Ticino, near Pavia, yesterday, the 29th inst., in the afternoon. THE ROYAL ACADEMY. (PRIVATE VIEW.) Whatever is sufficiently effective of its kind is of worth—Quiequid in suo gcnere satin qfvetunt est valet. They are the words of Qulntilhan (12, 9), and they form the appropriate and suggestive motto for 1859 of the Academy Catalogue. Hap pily for us as critics, happily for the general public as spect a t ors i n search a the true and the beautifid, there are very many of the 666 principal pictures in this year's exhibition which afford apt illustration to the sententious opinion expressed in the axiom of the great Christian philosopher.. Altogether, in eluding architectural drawings, scolp tures, and miniatures, the Gallery displays upon its walls no less th an 1,382 -distinct works of art. But the three principal "apartments—the rooms distin guished as the East, the West, and the Middle— contain exactly the mystical number 666, the enigmatical number in the Apocalypse. Yet, out of forty Academicians, there - tire no less than twelve defnulters, whose names appear not at all in the list . lof this season's exhibitors. These twelve, including not merely the veteran Sir Robert Smirke ; the auditor, Richard Westmacott ; the treasurer, Philip Hardwick ; and the president, Sir. Chas. Eastlake ; but Bailey, the sculptor, and Barry, the architect, Charles Cockerell and Solomon Hart, John Gibson and Charles Landseer, Alfred - Elmore and Thomas Webster. The only solace we 'have for the non appearance by the last-Mentioned truly English painter, is the faithful reproduction of his famous picture- of " Punch," -by -the skilled needle and . graver of ll:Lernori, in the little OctagOn room, sacred . to the productions of the engraver and lithographer. Besides the dozen Academicians who are norFexhibitors in '69, there are several of the associates who, for once, have failed to take part in the great annual competition. Frederick Goodall .. has bid one; Francis Danby has but one—P. F. Poole has not even a rustic lassie with a pitcher, W. E. Frost not one solitary nymph robed in nothing. We have to look to other easles for consolation. Among the most industrious who do exhibit among the Academicians are five who contribute a single work eaoh to the collection. Conspicuous among*the . kiories of art in this coun try, William M".iready has (in 167) taken as the theme for his pencil the familiar line of Pope— " Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined ;" and the eminent painter, long missed from the Gallery by reason of hiSassiduoas-labours in the elecoration, of the n ational-Palace at Westminster, J. R. Herbert, has restricted his efforts this year, in a noble picture hard by (165), to the sorrowful limning of " Mary Magdalene" as she approached with spices to the tomb of our Lord upon Easter morning. Daniel Maclise has, in hiS solitary con tribution (105), given a genial portraiture of the Poet and the Poet's Wife. While Macdowell's chisel has contented itself with carving, in marble, the bust of a distinguished contemporary (1346). The brush of Frith has found sufficient occupation in de picting in glowing colours the most popular author of our generation, " Charles Dickens in his Study." This (210) vies at least in interest with the elaborate Hogarthian masterpiece of last season, which enabled Frith, by the attractiveness of his one contribution, hardly less than by its. extraordinary merit, to surpass all competitors. Seven Academicians .contribUte two works respec tively to the collection ; these seven being Leslie, Redgrate, Roberts, Marshall, Foley, Dyce,' and Pickersgill. Three contribute three a-piece —viz., Cope, Jones, and Stanfield. Six, four—these six being - Creswick, Lee, James Ward, and Edward Ward,; Sir Edwin Landseer, and W. F. Withering ton. Sir William Charles Ross gives to the walls of the " Drawing" room five of his brilliant minia tures. Francis Grant and Alfred- Chalon add each in turn six pictures to the Gallery. The four most industrious among the Academicians—each of th - on contributing' eight pictures" to the 1n Sir. John Watson Gordon and John Abraham Cooper and IT 1 2 - reseett Knight, doubtedly, howev,- ' 1 7 1 ,- : - P , ickersgill. Un . _, the most amoitious among all the exhib;*- ors .. this year is one of the Associates— so"- nodoubt, to be one of the Academicians. jobn.Evereti Millais, now in his fortieth year, And in the fulness of his powers as an artist, has in two at least out of his three pictures this season far More than sustained - his already high reputation, No. 482, "The Love of James the I 4 'irst of Scotland," is hardly entitled to more praise than such as may be demanded by the loVeliest - ei - aiiring both of the blue gown or the Princess upon 'tiptoe by the Prison wall, mid of the delicious flowers in her wicker basket-in her Still more delicious hand—there are far more and far higher beauties thatithose - of Mere colouring in the two other contributions from the same artist, though the colouring of each'. of these likewise is also, in simplest truth, something really marvellous. In (15) there is poetry of the purest and the loftiest character. " The Vale of Rest" the picture is called—with the 'echoing motto, " Where' the Weary find repose."' to (208) there is an 'exquisite vernal, sylvan, pastoral sentiment. "Spring" is the sententious title of this extraordinary painting. It is spring in an orchard when the grass .is full of bluebells and cowslips, and the branches are full of the pinkest and whitest of apple blossoms. The contrast presented by those two productions is in its way something remarkable. Life, overflowing, abounding, joyous life in the one. Death, with all its sombre and affecting influences- in the other. Here the scene is the graveyard of a convent—the time is twilight. Ivy mantles the walls. The light -of sunset shimmers through the yew boughs of the -graveyard. One of the sisters stands knee-deep in the grave, lifting out a spadeful of the unctuous loamy earth, with a womanly effort in the muscles of her long arms. Another sister is seated waiting hard by upon a gravestone, with her face turned full towards us, gazing out of the picture in sombre abstraction. A bony, uncomely face, bandaged round with the nun's shroud-like head-dress, not a line of beauty in any one of the features—:but enthrall ing, too, in its way, from its air of profound yet mournful serenity. Beside her lie two or three wreaths of immortelles—so real that one is almost fain to pick them up from the .picture in their chinking dryness. Contrasting wondrously with this is that other: yainting of luxurious efflo reseence—" Spring" in the blooming apple orchard. • A cluster of young girls—elf-like from their being about half-life size, while the flowers are of the size of nature—damsels of various ages, clad in the Most chequered variety of raiment, disposed in the most strangely diversified attitudes. One is about to pour something out of an antique beaker—evi dently nearly emptied. Another, an imperious lit I le lady - enough, is- holding out her hand for the goblet when it shall be filled. Another, the sweetest, prettiest girlish beauty- of them all, lies carelessly upon her back upon the turf with a ribbon of grass drawn through her crimson lips, her young form clothed in a glowing bsrege of the colour of a ripening apricot. Overhead the orchard houghs are in the full glory of their blossoming. Heaped together in a basket en the sward arc a profusion of culled bluebells and cowslips. The banquet is a very innocent repast of . curds and whey and syllabub. The whole scene is one kalei doscopic glow of prismatic colouring. Both the one and the other of these remarkable pictures displays the astonishing gifts, and the still more astonishing deficiencies of the painter, with extraordinary vividneSs. They are at once exquisitely beautiful and hideously ridiculous. The scenes themselves are almost as lovely as Nature—the' creatures peopling them are some of them as grotesque as though pencilled by the whimsical hand of a cari caturist. Each of the two is at once an example and a warning. We pause long before them, stirred at heart simultaneously by a mingled sense of deri sion and admiration. Turning from theSe to one of the two pictures contributed to the Gallery this , year by another of the assocratesTnamely, to lie a• , s (40) " The light before Naseby-7-me note within the shadoW of an open tent in the moonlight Oliver Cromwell kneeling in prayer to the Lord of Hosts. The effect of the brawny buff -clad figure with the face darkened, and yet a mystical g lory radiating from the lamplit canvas of the tent . is singular, almost to the extent of being absb- • lately fantastic. The aureole about the sombre • visage gives the figure the appearance almost as of a demon—beatified! Out of the four pictures . contributed to the Gallery this season by E. M. Ward, incomparably the one worthiest of him (125) is "Marie Antoinette on the day of her trial listen ing- to the Act of Accusation," The' beautiful French quccn and AlAstriau Princess is seated pensively (with her exquisite features in profile) gazing prayerfully at a crucifix,' while Fouquier Tinville immediately b e l ow th e en t rance o f t h e prison vvindow, with his face ti rtied teWaidt us, though half -concealed from vib* by the fatal parch ment from whith he is reading, drones forth the virtUal sentence of death by the guillotine. The gaudily-plumed cocked hat of t,ll official alto the white-capped and White-apron e d form of the young QUen-Consort contrast as affectingly as effectively. Mr. Ward is par excellence among all our artists the Painter of the French ii. is hrush has already depicted with masterly ability "Napo leon in Prison at Nice" —" Charlotte Corday led to Execution"—" The Royal Family of France , in the Prison of the Temple"--arid, to the ' series, he has now added this charming and pathetic memorial of " The Eve of the Trial of Marie Antoinette." Yet what thoroughly natidnal ptetttreS have we not alic had 11. om the same pencil! "Dr Johnson Reading the MS. of the Vicar of Wake field"—" Goldsmith as a Wandering Musician"— " Dr. Johnson in the ante-room of Lord Chester field"--r' The Fall of Clarendon"." The Execution of Montrose"—and other kindred works, that if only multiplied with proportionate industry and: merit will eventually constitute a collection for engraving as full of interest as any accumulated works of our English masters slime the days of Hogarth. We are all the more sanguine of this in regard to Mr. Ward's future career from a remem. brance that he is yet but in the vigour of manhood —being only two or three years past his fortieth anniversary. An elder academician, in the person of Sir -Rdwin Laudseer, is especially successful this year—his four contributions being quite worthy of his reputation. "Doubtful Crumbs" (138) repre sents, as only his .2Esopian and Pilpayan brush could so represent, a huge mastiff sleeping over a gnawed bonc--4owards which a little terrier is sniffing its way hungrily and timorously with frightened eyes and watering.. jaws--doubtful crumbs, indeed ! What is that o th e r hu ge picture by Sir:Edwin in the East-room P—is it not an illustration of an incident in the- immortal Waver ley.P (175). " Bran will never put another stag at bay : and Oscar will not make out by himself. The deer will de fine yet I" Bran, poor hound,. floating in the trail of the hunt, paws 'upwards= dying, disembowelled/ The • deer---With its antlered head above the surface of the stream, dry-C tongued but defiant I Oscar panting close by.its neck with-glistening fangs—ready for a spring the next Minute ! Close by - this picture of the chase is Dyce's noble allegorical scripture piece of " The• Good Shepherd" (174)--where, passing through the of the fold, is the Lord and Redeemer of Mankind tenderly bearing in his arms the- strayed lamb that was lost - and is found—the .countenance of Our 'Saviour being. of that divine.type . of perfect human beauty, with which, since the earliest days of Christianity,'the painters of Christendom have rendered us familiar. Horsley's (222) " Mil ton Dictating Samson Agonistes " is an admit.. able. - and national picture, • which only . needs to *be faithfully engraved to ensure a wide and deserved popularity. - Milton, .blind, sorroy ful, re signed—towards the close of that- life that sounds• among the werld's biographies as the strains of some thrilling anthem—is seated before.the organ on which he loved to play; A bunch of new culled flowers are on 'his lap. His eyelids are closed Meekly. His still hyacinthian, though silvering. ringlets trail down his shoulders. luxuriantly. He is dictating—with his fingers just taken from the keys of the yet vibrating instrument—dictating to his wife (Elizabeth Minshull) Samson's affecting lament for the l oss o f s i g ht. Th e bli n d p o et ' s puritan friend, young Thomas Elwood, listening in earnest sympathy the while in Milton's study, there, in his last residence at. Bunhill Fields, Qrip plegate. Another, and more charming picture, from the same hand this season, is (414) "Blossom Time "—a picture in which the apple-blossom is glorified as beautifully and almost as truthfully as in the more pretentious painting of " Spring" by Millais. It is by a curious coincidence that the apple tree this May is blooming from. so many easels in different parts of the Academy Collec tion. Hook in (250) has produced an etreetiVe ems bellishment to the Laureate's babbling, bubbling, delicious song of the Brook. It is, indirectly, as a fitting tribute to the genius of the one pre-emi nent poet of our time, that Alfred Tennyson Is quoted again, and again, and again all through the academy catalogue. Lance, upon the surface., of another glowing stretch of canvas (251), still, pours forth another cataract of " Fruit" from his in exhaustible cornucopeia. Frank Stone, in . (254) "Friendship Endangered," depicts a couple of young girls in the midst of a tiff—evidently about a love letter. Fad has, if possible, surpassed his previous achievement s b y (310) " Sunday lii the Backwoods,' every atom of, which is painted with true poetic feeling and -wonderful manipulative dektcrit,y. W. C. T...Dobz , on's (31(1) "Der lt ose nkranz" i s the sweetest, 'delighfulest little Dutch girl's face ima4 ginable. F, It. Lee, In (321) an." Avenue at.Youl. stone," in. Devonshire, has portrayed a perspective ° f : ' Spyan beauty, chequered with light and shade from the vivid foreground to the dim distance in a manner delectable to look at. A - glance at the picture is an incentive to a run down to Barnstaple for- the pleasure - ,merely of it stroll down that charming . avenue.. Darby,. in (413) "A Lake, Scene," is altogether as unlike Danby as Darby could well be.. The subject is as different as pos• sible froth his ordinary themeS---4ind the treatment of it is in every respect no less strikingly dissimilar. It is a tranquil, Lorraine-like•giimpse of lake scenery in the coolness •of twilight. • D. Roberts has ag a i n portrayed for us,_in (420) " . St. Mark's," at V en i ce , another_ of. his ma r v e ll o u s architectural interiors, with all the gorgeous tracery of its mosaics and other ornate adornments. As we pass (427) " Dog berry's Charge to the Watch," by H. S. Mark, we cannot but note the additional evidence here given 'of the fun and d ro ll er y p ossesse d a b un d an tl y by this premising. young artist of the grotesquely humorous.- IVithout doubt the Most : effective land scape- in the whole gallery is (494)• " A Thunder Shower," by J. T. Linnell. The peasant figures in the foreground are full of animation, and the land scape is brilliantly painted throughout. Solomon in (557) Not Guilty" has relieved our minds at last after the . lapse of two years, giving us the . sequel to the Story, the first half of.whieli was told in the companion picture, entitled, in 1857, " Wait ing for the Verdict." O'Neil in a more general way has relieved our anxiety after a similar fashion in regard to another incident, viz., by (400) " Home Again-1858," which shows the return from the Crimean war of those English soldiers' O'Neil's hand revealed to us last season going in a quite - con trary direction. The delineation of • the return is by no means equal to that of the departure. Con spicuous among'the flower pictures in the gallery are two by Miss A. F. Mutrie (619), "Garden Flowers,"' and (621) " Travellers' Joy "—both of them exquisitely beautiful. The portraits in the exhibition are there in usual abundance, but several of them of unusual excellence. The most attractive of all is a subject we have already specified— Frith's portraiture of " Charles Dickens in his Study" —a truthful likeness, not a doubt of it, but still. one in many respects unsatisfactory. The expression —which is the very soul of that thought ful, genial, delightful face—is. wanting. Grant's full length _portrait (236) ofthe s Premier, is the very man himself, unmistakeably.' Several d' the leading members of the Academy startle us by their life-like effigies on the walls of the three principal apartments. Here, it is (113) the sailor-like, hirsute English face of Clarksen - Stanfield—there, it is (87) the earnest, careworn, pensive visage of R. J. Lane, the Academy's associated engraver and lithographer.. - Yonder (405), Angukus Egg con fronts us, with his terrier on his: knee. Geddis has in (16) produced an admirable pbrtrait of a very handsome original, " The Lord - Chancellor ;" Grant in (183) depicting delightfully for the satisfaction of all the readers of " Mary- Barton," and " Cran. ford," the truthful likeness of Mrs. Gaskell herself, in pretty piquant walking dress, as .she may be met with by her friends in the winter time, when the snow lies besmirched on the ground under the smoky atmosphere of Lancashire. A nervous than had better glance elsewhere than in the direction of (194), where the uncompromising brush of Sir J. W. Gordon has portrayed, at hi s grimest, "James 'Wilson, Esq., M.P.' for Westbury, and late Secretary of the Treasury. There (233) May be re cagnisedthe gallant old veteran, Sir George Brown,: painted for the officers of the 77th Regiment. Yonder is (322) Sir Harry Jones, another of the chiefs of the British army before Sebastopol. Among the scions of the nobility are noticeable Sant's charming. portraiture (334) of Mary Agatha, youngest daughter of the Right lion. Lord John Russell, M.P.; and Swinton's (337) vivid likeness of the • Lord Seymour. Distinguishable here and there in this year's collection are portraits also of the most diversified notabilities—here, in the middle room, one (430) of the Hon. Sir Samuel Cunard, Burt., the eminent shipowner—here, in the minia• Lure room, one (818) of - Charles Edward Mudie, Esq., the librarian-monopolist. In the west room, conspicuously placed in- the centre of the south wall, is a gigantic portrait picture, vigorously painted by J. G. Middleton, representing, in an effective group, Frances Ann, Marchioness of Lon donderry, with Viscount Seaham and the Hon. John Vane, her ladyship's blooming grandchildren. In the same apartment, hung on either side of the western-entrance, arc, life-size and life-like, full length portraits of the King and Queen of the Grisi as Donna Anna, a n d Signory:ieal st a Mario as Don Giovanni. Descendingto th e L sculpture room, we are particularly struck by there. being thin season not only effigies of sundry poets,but together with effigies also of poets' wives and chil dren. Here 4is that, besides the thoughtful and sensitive features of John Edmund ileade (1,320) 1 by Weekes—besides the comely bacchanalian head of Robert urns (1,253), crowned with the holly wreath, tainq tiliettirtd with a suspicion of a tinge of red, by Slater—besides the sombre, asalie of Sheridan Knowles (1;363), by Crowley —we mark with a sense of pleasure (1,358) the Chatterton-like pidAte Uf ili buy bEspfißg 9f tWo English poets resident at Florence, young Robert Barrett lirniVfl. inc"—and we turn with interest to Brodie's bust 0 ° ,360). of Mrs, Sydney, Dobell, and to Woolner's Medallion Alfrk‘c Tennyson. There is a noble head, one of the fttibitst iieiitl ever yet modelled, of Lord Brougham—a titist by J. E. Jones (1,299) of that illustrions veteran, illustrious at once as lawyer, orator, legislator, writer, philosopher. Ranged among the busts may here be recognised once more the por- traitures (this time in marble) of Madame Grist (1,291) and Signor Mario (1,290). Close by them is a wonderful pudding-faced, sensual, bloated semblance of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon (1,285), one, that it is to be hoped, must be a monstrous carica ture. Mr. Lucas has contributed, in 1240, a marble statuette of the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston ; and .the Baron Marochetti a curious little bronze statuette of Sir Jamsetjee Jejechhey, the famous Hin doO baronet. Fain though we are to loiter yet once more round the sculpture room, and even after passing its threshold to stray up the staircase again into the picture gallery, we refrain from thus lengthening our first survey of the collection, and close our already protracted participation in the Private View on Friday with a mingled sense, as usual, of fatigued satisfaction, arising therefrom. The experiment cannot be often repeated. And in a brief period the A mon;Wy,-"if not the physical, exhaustion must produce peace. Meanwhile, England is in' that respect facile princeps. We have no pecuniary troubles as a nation. It is true that the speculators on the Stock Exchange have suffered severely ; that soni* fifty-five respectable firms have succumbed under the existing pressure, but many will pay a fair dividend; and the community at large - are not materially affected. - Money is still but 31 per cent , and our pecuniary resources are ample. The income-tax alone could raise twenty millions sterling, although GOD forbid that it should ever be required for warlike purposes. Still we could go on where other nations must fail. Great Britain will still be enabled to maintain the even tenor of her way, and, ,amidst the fearful events that are now occurring, will pass triumphantly through the ordeal that may be imposed on her. We invite the public attention to the statements thus freely and openly made by the leader of the representative branch of the Legislature. They will well repay perusal, and it is only to be re. gretted that the right hon. gentleman was not enabled to make them at an earlier period, as they must have naturally influenced the returns in every free and independent constituency. - - MANIFESTO OF PIEDAIONT. The following proclamation to the troops was pu')lished in the Piedmontese Gazette of the 27th ult. " Soldiers !—Austria, which increases its army on our frontiers, and threatens to invade our territory, because liberty here reigns with order—because not force, but con cord and affection between people and Sovereign here rule the State—because the cries of suffering of oppressed Italy here find a hearing, Austria dares to intimate to us, armed only in defence, that we are to lay down our •arms, and put ourselVes in her power. "The outrageous intimation called for a worthy reply. I have disdainfully rejected it. - u Soldiers ! I announce this to you, certain that you will take to yourselves the outrage offered your' King—to the nation.' The announcementl give to you is the announce • ment of war. To arms, then, soldiers "You will find yourselves opposed to no new enemy; but, if he be brave and disciplined you do not fear the meeting, and may boast of the days of Goito, of Pastrengo, of Santa Lucia, of Sommo Campagna, of Custosa itself, w here only four brigades contended for three days with five coir d'orntee. "I will be your leader. On former occasions we.have known a great part of you in the heat of combats ; and I 1 fighting by the side of my magnanimous father admired your valour with pride. " On the field of lusour and of glory you, I am certain, will know how to preserve, apd also to increase, your fame as valiant soldiers. " You will have foi your companions those intrepid sol diers of France, conquerors in so many great battles, whose comrades you were on the Tchernaya, and whom Napoleon 111., ever hastening thither where there is a just cause to defend and civilisation to uphold (da far prevalere), gene rously sends to our aid in numerous bands. it Advance, then, confic;ent of victory, and adorn your banner with fresh laurels; that banner which, with its three cOlours, and with the chosen youth which, here es' sembled from all partS'of Italy,' are - gathered together be neath it, points out to you that you have for your task the independence of Italy—that just and holy enterprise which Will be your war cry. " Turin, April 27, 1859." " VICTOR EMMANUEL. MANIFESTO OF AUSTI?IA. The Wiener Zeitang, of the 29th ult. ; publishes a manifesto signed " Francis Joseph," of which the following are the chief passages : buiputAt ! MANInsTo.—To MY PEOPLE. " I have ordered my faithful and gallant army to put a• stop to the iiliftiient acts (Atrfeihffttngen) which for a series of years have been coin - Milted by the neighbOuring State of Sardinia against the indisputable rights of. my, Crown, and against the integrity of the rea l m placed by God under my care, which avk halt lately attained the very highest point (auf /prong Hohenpirnkte angel/;,90. By so deing I have fulfilled thoptiinful ,schtvere) but unavoidable duty of a so vereign: My conaclence being at rest, I can look up to en • omnipotent Clod, and patiently await His award. With con" ; fidenee I l&i - re "my decision to the - impartial judgment of contemportineotis and-future generations. Of the approba tion of my faithful subjects I am sure. More than ten years ago the same enemy'—violating international law and the usages of war, and without any offence being/ given--entered the Lotnbatdo.Venctian territory with the intent to acquire possession of. it. Although the enemy was twice totally de' feated by thy gallant army, and at the mercy of the victor, I behaved gefierowily, and proposed a reconciliation (reichte,' die Hand zar Versonung). I did not a pp ro p r i a t e to myself one inch of his territory ; I encroached -on no right which - belongs to the Crown of Sardinia, as one of the members of • the European family of nations; I insisted on no guaran tees against the recurrence of similar events. The hand of • peace which I in all sincerity extended, and.which was taken, appeared to me to be a sufficient guarantee. The blood which my army shed. for the honour,and right of Austria -I sacri ficed on the altar of peace (dearFricden braclite Teildei 8 104 meineo Armee zion Opfer). The reward for such uner amplvd forbearance was immediate continuation of enmity , which increased from year to year, and perfidious agitation against the peace and welfare of my Lombardo-Venctian Kingdom. Well knowing what a precious boon peace woe for my people and for Europe; I patiently bore with thos e new hostilities. My patience was not exhausted when th e more extensive measures which I was forced to take, iri consequence of the revolutionary agitation on the frontiera of my Italian provinces and within the same, were made en -excuse for a higherdegree of hostility. Willingly acceptins the well-meant mediation of friendly Powers for the main' tenance of peace, I consented to become a party to a eongtess . of the the great PoWers. The four points proposed by the Royal Government of Great Britain as a basis for the det beration of the congress were forwarded to my Cabinet, an I accepted them with the conditions which were Calculate d to bring about-a true, sincere, and durable peace. In the consciousness that no step on tho part of my Governmen t could, most remote degree, le a d t o a di s turbance o the Pewei which waif t" . peacfd h e e inanded that the pence, ,even c, in cause of the complication, and had brought about the dS - ger of war, shculd, as a prelimi nary Measure, disarm - Powers, I at length fie' eepted the proposal for a general disarmament. The medi a ' tion consequence of the unacceptableness of the On' Being pressed-thereto by friendly ditions on which Sardinia made her consent dependant; Only one means of maintaining peace remained. I addressee myself directly to the Sardinian Government, and sum ma moned it to place it s arm on a peace footing and disba nd the free co r p s . As Sardinia did not accede to my demo , '" the moment for deciding the matter by an appeal to aria* has arrived. " I have ordered my army to enter Sardinia. ever r ammya dutieswar aware o as f a t h vaste monarch in weighedorta nc eof heavilythe ni measure, m r e t , an d jt iif : at this moment. • War is the scourge of mankind. With sorrow that the lives and. property of thousands of 1? 1 , S subjects are imperilled, and deeply feel what a severe trial war is for my realm, which, being occupied with its in: ternal development, greatly requires the continuance of peace. But the heart of the Monarch must be silent the command of honour and duty. On the frontiers is ari armed enemy who, in alliance with the revolutionary par t "' openly announces his intention to obtain possession of the dependencies of Austria in Italy. To support the ruler over France—who, under futile pretexts (nich ti rf Voricande) interferes in the legally established relations °, the "Italian peninsula—has s ot hi s troops in movel new; Detachments of them ha ve a l rea d y crossed the front i ers Sardinia. The crown -which I received without spot or blemish from my forefathers, has already seen trying dint The glorious history of our country gives evidence tbs; Providence, when there i s a foreshadowing that the great est good of humanity is in danger of being overthrown in Eu rope, has frequently used the sword of Austria in order '- dispel that shadow. We are again on the eye.of such to period. The overthrow of the things that be isiaot onlY; aimed at by factions but 1 y thrones. The sword which have' been forced to draw is sanctified, inasmuch its it is ti defence for the honour and rights of all peoples and StateS , and for all that is held most dear by hunianity. " To you, my p eo pl e, whose devotion to the hereditarr, reigning family may serve as a model for all the nations 01" the earth, I now address myself. In the conflict which h 3s , commenced you will st an d by Tile with your oft-proved fideli ty and devotion. To your sons, whom I have taken i n to the i ranks of the army, I , th e i r comman d er , sen d m y mart greeting (waffell-gruss). With pride you may regard they , for the eagle of Austria will, with their support, soar higil' a " Our strug g l e i s a j us t one , an d we b eg i n it w ith coura% and confidence. We hop?, however, th a t w e shall 0 4 ;_ stand alone in it. The s oil o n whi c h we h ave t o do battle was made fr u itf u l by th e bl oo d lost by our, Getman brethren when they won th ose b u l wa rks which th e y h a ve roal lil f tamed up to the present day. There the crafty enemies. 0,0 Germany have generally begun their game wh e n theyilli s , wished to break her internal power. Thefeeling that sticr a danger is now imminent prevails in all parts of Germati.s from the hut to the throne, from one frontier to the oth er ' I speak as a Sovereign member of the German . Confed er a c i tion, when I call attention to the common danger, 1!,1 recal to memory the glorious times in which Europe I °•., to thank the general and fervent enthusiasm of German) for its liberation _ .B. A..., For God and fatherland I " Given in my residence and "metropolis of Itiettuav this 28th day of April, 1859." OPENING 0F THE ROYAL ALE-gfir BRIDGE. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY NlO llll.. a Yesterday morning the Prince Consort arrive in Plymouth to open the great Albert Bridge ae-r °sB the Tamar into Cornwall. n st The ceremony, which passed o ff w ith the success, took place at one o'clock, his Royal High ness giving the bridge its nam e , an d delaring 1 opened to.the public. The Prince quitted Plymouth by th e Royal . tray , at 7 p.m., appointed to arrive a t 'Windsor at 1 this morning. 'PIE CROWN PRINCE OF SAXONY:LIES P' 6 1 91 Highness the Crown Prince of Saxony landed at Dover l 'S Sunday evening, and after ssin the night at the D in Ship Hotel, left yesterday morning by the eight a In. "!, c d for Southampton vie Reigate. His Royal Highness reac",d Southampton at one p.m. and at once proceeded on 10 .,' is the Portirg,uese Government frigate, commanded by Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto. In the course of the Royal the Crown Prince honoured with an anclioor,e6 Mr. Emanuel, of Hanover-square, who submitted t Royal Highness several beautiful works of art in sille i ! from which the . Prince was pleased to make selection:o Early the'evening the frigate sailed for Lisbon, 14 ' 11 , , e ,,, the Crown Prince is.proceeding - to marry the sipter 4.11' King of Portugal.