The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-17 00:00:00

BRITISH NATION LIFE ASSURANCE AS JJ SOCIATION.—Ch ief Offices. 291, Regent Street, e 15th , London. Jun 1859. In consequence of the great increase of the Life Business, Notice is hereby given that a.l Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of this A ssociation will be held at the chief offices, 291; Regent-street, London, on SATURDAY, the - 25th of June instant, at twelve at noon precisely, for the purpose of enabling the Directors , under t he 43d clause of the Deed of Settlemel It, to discontinue and sell the branches of business of the sai,l Association, known as the General Accident and Compens ittion department and the Plate Glass Insurance Department By order of the Board, HENRY LAKE, Manager and Se ~iretary. t. RO YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. under the olanagement of Sr.A Charlenee THIS EVENING will be presen t e d Shaksp's historical ploy of SING HENRY V. 'King Henry V., Mr. C. Sean; Chonts, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, IF THE CAP Firs. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bucker/one. THIS EVENING the performances \will commence with EVERYBODY'S FRIEND. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton, and Buckstone ; Mesdames C. Mathews, Wilkins, and Reynolds. After which, THE ETON To conclude with THE WATER WITCHES. Commence at 7. W THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPIII. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPUI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington , Mi ss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly. Followed by THE HOUSE ? or, THE HOME ? Mr. A. Wigan, C, Selby, Billing,ton ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Missll- Simms. Miss Laidlaw. After which, THE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. M es srs. C. Selo) , and Moreland ; Misses Woolgar and K. Kelly. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby , Billing,ton Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw. and Mrs. Billington. A c ting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past sic — Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking*. No fees to kept of all articles found. servants permitted. A registry ASTLEVS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager.... —..Mr. William Cooke. Grand Holiday Attractions for Whitsuntide. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the revived military spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, reproduced with all its original effects. Sup ported by Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. W. Cooke, jun., Mr. Holloway, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. J. W. Anson, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Worboys, &c. Mrs. Dowton, Miss Dowton, Miss Rivers, dtc. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the greatest rider in the world, and the whole of Mr. W. Cooke's family, being the only instance on record of such a domestic concentration of unequalled male and female talent ; Madlle. Francisco ; Miss Holloway. To conclude with a Novel Entertainment called THE VOLUNTEER CORPS ; or, Female Brigade. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and Ll Is. To commence at 7 ; Carriages at 11. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Westminster-road. — Open at Seven. EVERY EVENING during the week will appear THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, Oonsisting, of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform EVERY EVENING, at NINE and ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JUNE 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. sH—lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day at noon. BAROMETER-40'08-r ising. WIND, North-Westerly ; light, with fine weather. Another ponderous blue-book has recently fallen with a sumph upon the vacated floor of Parliament. It was Only the other day that this weighty azure tome numbering within it altogether 400 pages folio, explained away as clearly as possible the monstrous misapprehensions entertained in re gard to the nature of the diplomatic correspondence relating to the Italian Question, carried on between this country, France, Austria, and Sardinia, under the guidance of the hand and mind, the conscience and the judgment of the Earl of MALMESBURY. That comprehensive volume has revealed explicitly and incontrovertibly the fact that so far from the Foreign Policy of the late Administration tending to drift us into something like complicity with the Viennese Government—it positivelytended, if any where, in quite an opposite direction. It is now clearly seen that the late Foreign Secretary if he. urged anything strongly, urged Austria most strongly NOT to take the very course which led to the actual declaration of hostilities ! So far from Lord MALMESBURY abetting that insensate course, or sympathising with it to the smallest extent, it is now clearly proven that his lordship did quite otherwise. His voice was raised in warning—not in encouragement. His hand waved back—rather than pointed onwards. His principal effort, so far from being in any way calculated to precipitate matters to a collision, was in truth directed to restrain the passions of the more eager and the more hostile by every method of dignified concilia tion. The Opposition, however, could by no means consent to wait until the explanatory documents were published. Their interest was obviously to pro nounce judgment first, and then to examine at leisure, from the height of power so won, whether or not that judgment could be in any way justified. Nothing than this was ever more surely misprision of justice. It was the declaration of the sentence before the commencement of the trial. It was more monstrous even than this—it was the premature infliction of a punishment for what im mediately afterwards is clearly proved to have merited, on the contrary, the most signal appro bation. No matter—if justice remained unsatisfied —the coveted position was in the meantime attained. Reversing the grand old axiom ;fiat justitia ruat ccelum—those who had been so long devoured at heart by the greed of office, the lust of place, the appetence of power. had succeeded in bringing down the existing Administration with a crash, by an act of the most flagrant injustice anywhere discoverable eTen upon the records of our: Parliamentary:history. Lord MALmEssuitY is removed, upon the plea that his foreign policy was coloured by strong Austrian sympathies. The substantial blue-book referred to above proves incontestibly upon the morrow of that removal, that the foreign policy of the DERBY Administra tion was in no respect at all of a German character, but was consistently, from first to last, marked by the most strict and impartial neutrality. N'importe—have we not ample grounds for consolation in the thought that, in place of Lord MALMESBURY at the Foreign-office we have now the noble lord who conducted two or three years back the well-known Vienn amission ! —the noble lord who sent his father-in-law, ten brief summers back, at one .1 wool-gathering and g un powder-scattering about the Roman Peninsula ! —the noble lord who, above all in our own remem brance (for we bear vividly in mind listening upon that memorable occasion to his superb plausibili ties), once upon a time solemnly vindicated the Teutonic i> lfluences exercised upon the councils of England 'by—the Shadow behind the Throne ! Lord AEA: LMESBITRY-141 °has just inaugurated neutrality as the `guiding principle of England through a] 1 the manifold and complicated difficul ties arisin, g out of the war in Lombardy —Lord MALMESBtIIt 'Y, it is true , has been removed from the head o f the Foreign -office u pon a hasty an d wilful misf apprehension. Let us be consoled, how ever—we aave now in his place the noble pleni po _ tentiary of F the Vienna Conferences, the son-in-la w of Lord 3 Iwo of the Italian wanderings, the Parliamentary champion of the courtliest species of ' Germanism! Have we not also, by way of addi tional consolation, the knowledge that Sir GEORGE LEWIS will try his practised hand, as Secretary of State, upon the Home Department—that Mr. GLADSTONE will return, to the ineffable terror of all practical City men, to the conduct of the Ex chequer—that Sir CHARLES WooD [0 ye gods and little fishes!] that the celebrated Sir CHARLES WOOD will assume his place (as Lord STANLEY'S successor) as her MAJESTY'S Indian Secretary ? We hope our readers did not overlook the sage advice of the venerable Judge COLERIDGE at the Honiton meet* (reported in The Sun of Wednesday) to form a Rifle Corps in that place. The spirit of his remarks coincided so closely with that of those which we have ourselves made on the subject, that . we cannot but hope his weighty opinion will add authority to our own remarks. The object of the meeting was to interest all classes, " the agriculturists and labourers," and not merely the young gentle men of the neigbourhood, in the formation of a rifle corps. This distinguished and cool-headed civilian laid stress upon the fact:that we are " an unarmed people ;" that the use of arms has been neglected by us ; indeed, as he suggested, dis couraged, in consequence of the existence of game laws. On this last point he speaks doubtless what he knows ; and sad, indeed, is it to think that a useless mode of protecting gentlemen's amusements should have been the cause of discouraging the manly practice of shooting, and the acquisition by the thousands of the people, so invaluable to an invaded country, of skill in marksman ship. We are, indeed, as he observed, " a singu larly unarmed population ;" in this respect we stand below almost every Continental State, and below our own descendants in America. The learned judge, with the true old Conservative spirit, jealous of substantial liberty, objects to a large standing army ; he bestowed his approbation on the system of the United States—an army nume rically exceedingly small, yet so exceedingly well trained and officered as to be ready at any moment to become the nucleus of a considerable force. And how do Americans lay a foundation for the larger army ? They have abandoned their old plan of an immense militia, and some time ago resolved to train their male population to the use of the rifle. By this means—by a highly disciplined nucleus, and by a nation trained to the principal qualifica tion required, marksmanship, they could at the shortest notice turn out an army of half a million of men ; of course not all assembled in one place, but all of them accustomed to the use of the rifle. The learned Judge (for so we may term him still) adverted to another important point — most appropriately noticed by one who has passed the age of ambition, and who can now only look with the wisdom and kindly feeling of a green old age on the interests of his country. " This," he observed, " is a force which cannot be used by an ambitious Minister, or by a warlike party for the purpose of aggression or of foreign conquest ; while no kind of force would do more to make the country formidable to an invader. It is a reserve force, not unfriendly to liberty at home, and not tempting us to interfere in neighbours' quarrels abroad." The thing must, however, be done in the spirit of the Honiton meeting. Our peasantry' must be taught the use of the rifle as their forefathers were the use of the bow. By all means let gentlemen form as many corps as they please ; but our " bold peasantry" must be the defence as well as the " pride of its country," in case of an invasion, Our higher class young men are not numerous enough for what is now required. Steam has made invasion of England—say by France—almost, if not quite, as easy as invasion of Germany. It is something portentous to see the ease with which at least 120,000 men have been conveyed, since the 28th of April, nearly all by sea, two hundred and fifty miles to Genoa, with all their commissariat, cavalry, and artillery, and how they have, in so short a ' space of time, fought several battles, the last per haps a decisive one. Surely, in such a state of things, our rulers are bound to encourage and facilitate in every way a universal training of the people to the use of firearms. Drill, at least its elements, might be added where convenient, and in due time ; but there is no pretext for delay in commencing the most important part of the process, that of inducing all who will and can to learn the art of hitting a man at the long range of his rifle. Why, even in this war, the Tyrolese riflemen and the Jager Corps have been the most fatal part, to the French, of the enemy's army. No Ministry ought to palter with this subject for a week. The circulars issued already in regard to it are all very well as far as they go ,but we need something more. The three lines of defence should be-Ist, our wooden (or iron) walls ; 2dly, a thoroughly trained army, with highly educated officers, not of too large an amount ; and, idly, a people, millions of whom could hit an enemy at 500 yards, and thousands of them at even a thousand yards. ARMSTRONG'S guns would complete the armament. • • , ..--,:;,, , 0-.0 -,„ ..; kq) ".. •: -. .-'-i • ' g ; . .... , • .;---;- ,, r---, 4 %, • , Ir• ) , ~ ,tl. A.'' , ' • 'T,i'l ''. ).;,'",,4,..:4% .. NIV, . 4 . is 1 „..!„.; % 4 `4 1 • . •..... ~.'s ‘ - 1.: 4 4 0 , :',. ..-;.*:,:ft_ jf -. •, */ —,Olll t' „ , -40 , o 4:. b i ' ' . l ' lt t t,A "•• , 4 2 .• ."‘ ' " ''' • t. THE SUN. FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1859. THE NEW MINISTRY. We believe that the following list of the New Ministry will be found correct ; although, as it has not yet been approved of by her Majesty, some changes may still be made : THE CABINET. First Lord of the Treasury. Lord PALMERSTON. Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. GLADSTONE. Foreign Secretary.. Lord JOHN RUSSELL. ta Home S ecre t ary Sir G. C. LEwls. ryar. Colonial S ecretary . Secretary in S a Secretary for re AV Duke of NEWCASTLE. Mr. SIDNEYHERBERT. Ind . . .. . . First Lord of the C. WOOD. First ofSOMERSET. Lord Chancellor.... ..Lord CAMPBELL. President of the Council ....E a l r GRANVILLE. Privy Seal ...... Duke of ARGYLL. Postmaster -General ........ Earl of ELGIN. Board of Trade Mr. COBDEN. Poor Law Board Mr. M. GißsoN. Board of Works . • Mr. CARDWELL. Duchy of Lancaster Sir GEORGE G R EY. NOT IN THE CABINET. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland... Earl of CARLISLE. Secretary for Ireland Mr. HENRYHERBERT. Attorney-General Sir 11. BETHELL. Solicitor-General .... Sir H. KEATING. Attorney-General for Ireland M r. J. D.FITZGERALD. Solicitor-General for Ireland. Mr. Sergeant DEASY. Secretaries of the Trea- ( Mr. F. PEE L. miry Secretary to the Admiralty...Ld. CLARENCE PAGET Under-Secretaries of State : Home .. . War.... Foreign . Colonial. India Mr. MASSEY. Lord SHELBURNE. Lord WODEHOUSE. .. Mr. C. FORTESCUE. . Mr.DANBY SEYMOUR. EMr. HUGESSEN, Mr. COGAN, Mr. E. ELLICE, jun. Lords of the Treasury . Sir Alexander Cockburn, Chief Juhice of the Common Pleas, will, we are informed, succeed Lord Campbell as Lord Chief Justice of England. It is also said that Sir B. Hall will be raised to the Peerage, and that Mr. Wilson will be appointed a Member of Council in India. Viscount and Viscountess Massereene and Fer rard and the Hon. Dorcas Skeffington have arrived in Green-street, Grosvernor-square, from Ireland. COURT CIRC WINDSOR CASTLE, JUNE 16. Her Majesty the Queen went this day to Ascot races. tted Castle at half-past 12 conveying her Majesty the o ' c T A n l o h c e k o lt p i n e o n y thealf carriageprocessi on ollo w 11 g a f 0 ur, Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge the Princesses Helena and Louisa. An open carriage and four, conveying their Royal High nesses the Princess Alice, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Prince Consort, and the Duke of Cambridge. An open carriage and four, conveying the Duchess of Manchester, the Princess de Chimay, the Maharajah Dhu leep Singh, and the Duke of Beaufort. An open carriage and four, conveying the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duchess of Atholl, and the Prince de Chimay. • An open carriage and four, conveying the Countess de Caraman Clumsy, Lady Geraldine Somerset, and the Mar quis of Abercorn. An open carriage and four, conveying the Countess of Elgin, the Countess of Lichfield, and the Duke of Buc clench. _ - .. An open carriage and four, conveying Lady Caroline Barrington, the Duke of Manchester, and Lord Raglan. An open carriage and four, conveying the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, and Lord George Lennox. An open carriage and four, conveying the Earl of Elgin, the Earl of Lichfield, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. Phipps, and Colonel Tyrwhitt. An open carriage and four, conveying Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Colonel Home Purves, and Mr. Glover. Lord Colville (Clerk Marshal) Equerry in Waiting, and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince Consort, were on horseback. Numerous outriders in scarlet liveries were in attendance. The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Household preceded the Queen to the racecourse, and received her Majesty upon her arrival at the Royal stand. The Prince Consort, the Duke of Cambridge, the great officrs and the gentlemen of the household wore the Windsor uniform. The Queen visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore, on her return to the Castle after the races. • Her Majesty gave a dinner in the evening in St. George's hall to a party of 70. The magnificent service of silver-gilt was used upon this occasion, and the dinner , table and both the buffets were brilliantly lit by numerous wax lights in golden candelabra. The large St. George candelabrum was placed in the centre of the table, opposite to her Majesty's seat. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT- GARDEN. Last evening, an extra night, " Don Giovanni" was per formed for the third time this season, and attracted a very brilliant and crowded audience. Mario, as the Don, acted with all his accustomed excellence and finish. We shall not, of course, enter at this time into the controversy with respect to the alterations that have been made in the music ; but this admits of no contradiction, that when the music is merely transferred from one key to another Mario's singing is invariably exquisite. His vocalisation last evening in the duet "La ci darem," and the serenade "Del vieni alla finestra," was splendid, and elicited, as it always does, the highest approbation. Madame Grisi's Donna Anna was as superb as ever. Ronconi's Leporello was worthy to rank near that of the late M. Lablache's, and Tamberlik's Ottavio was as fine a specimen of singing and acting as any critic would wish to see. We must not omit a word of praise for Signor Polenini, whe sustained the part of Masetto, and Tagliafico that of the Commendatore ; each in their respec tive roles were excellent. The beautiful instrumentation had every justice done to it by the unsurpassed band of this establishment. The grand choruses were well sustained, and the whole was conducted by Costa in a masterly manner. Flotow's " Martha" is to be given to-morrow evening, and with Lotti, Mario, and Graziani, cannot fail to attract a fashionable audience. We perceive that Mercadante's " Il Giuramento" is to be produced next week. We have heard objection taken to the work ; but according to our judgment it is a capital specimen of the genius of the old Italian master's talent. It is admirably written for the voice, brilliantly instru mented, and full of genuine concerted pieces. To true musicians it must always prove interesting, and on its pro duction we have no doubt it will be found highly attractive It is stated in the city to-day that M. Kossuth has been provided with a passport "by superior order" at the French Embassy, and has this morning left London for Paris. He will remain in that city a day or two and then proceed via Marseilles to Genoa, where the formation of a Hungarian legion has been commenced. In reference to the circular yesterday of the auditors of the - Western Bank of London, allusion was made to the " suspension and dismissal" of the manager. It is stated, however, that the manager was not dismissed, the Board which was summoned to considor that question having come to a unanimous resolution that the charges against him were groundless.—Tiwes. ELECTORAL CORRUPTION AT Nonwlcil.—The committee appointed by the Norwich Town-council to con sider the prevalence of bribery at Parliamentary elections for that city have adopted a memorial to the Government praying that a commission may be issued for taking evi dence on the subject on the spot, as was done at Hull, Barnstaple, St. Alban's, and other places. The proposed memorial will be submitted for adoption at the next meet ling of the council. THE WEST INDIES AND THE MAURlTlUS.—Yes terday was published a bulky blue-book of 550 pages, con taining copies or extracts of any correspondence between the Colonial-office and the Governors of the West Indian colonies and the Mauritius with respect to the condition of the labouring population of such colonies, both native and immigrant, and the supply of labour; and of all colonial acts and ordinances regulating the condition of imported labourers at present in force, and not already laid before Parliament. Part 11., now printed, includes British Guiana, Jamaica, and Trinidad. THE STATE OF THE THAMES.—Measures were taken yesterday in various parts of the metropolis for car rying out the suggestions of Dr. Letheby for the deodorise. tion of the river Thames. Sheds have been erected in farringdon-street, upon the line of the Fleet sewer ; in Trafalgar-square, near the fountains ; and in other places at both the East and West Ends. Under these sheds are placed machines for the preparation of the deodorising liquid. THE ASSISTANT-JUDGE OF THE MIDDLESEX COURT OF SESSIONS. — A bill of Mr. ex-Secretary Sotheron Estcourt, M.P., and the ex-Attorney-General, fixes the yearly salary of the Assistant-Judge of Criminal Justice in Middlesex at £1,500 a-year, from the decease of MrPashley, and precludes the Acting-Judge from practising at the bar. Mr. Bodkin, therefore, will be compelled to resign the emoluments attached to his late profession of advocate. AMERICA VIA GALWAY. —Yesterday was published a Parliamentary paper containing the correspondence, &c., relative to postal communication with North America, via Galway. The result was the acceptance by Government of the tender of the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company on terms a lread y known to the public. Th ser vice will not commence until June, 1860. The Lords of the Treasury (26th March, 1859) refused to dispense with the conditions requiring a communication with New York, via St. John's, Newfoundland, in six days; but an arrange ment will be consented to by which the communication with either St. John's or Halifax within six days and the land ing of passengers can be secured without obliging the postal steamers of the company to incur the delay and difficulty of going into the port of St. John's or Halifax. THE STATUTE LAW COMMISSION.—The fourth report of this commission has been handed in to the House of Lords. Taking all points into consideration, the Commis sioners deem it probable, from the data of the " Register" of s tatutes, &c., that the whole of the existing statute law may be usefully consolidated in from 300 to 400 statutes (assuming that all are to be consolidated). They think it essential that some "barrister of eminence," selected by the Queen, should devote his whole time and attention—we are obliged slightly to alter the grammar of the original— to the superintendence of the work in progress. This gen tleman, if assisted by 10 or 12 competent and industrious draughtsmen, might complete the whole work of consolida tion in about two years. THE ARMY.—A statement of the sums paid to the relatives of deceased officers of her Majesty's army in lieu of pensions, &c., during the year 1858-59 was published sre: , :terday. We subjoin the names, rank, cause of death, and amount of compensation, as follows :—viz., Bradshaw, Jamei , Hill (Lieutenant 52d Foot), killed at the storming of Delhi ou the 14th of S e ptember, 1857, £ 7 715; Brockhurst, F. J. S. (Lieuten ant 53d Foot), killed in action atLucknow on the 23d of February, 1858, £253 Chancellor, Alex ander (Captain 75 th Foot), died on tile 4th of November, 1857, of wounds received at Cawnpore, £1,840; Gordon, Robert (Captain 82d Foot), died of wounds received on the 28th of November, 1857, at Cawnpore, £1,369; Grahame, Nicol (Lieutenant 90th Foot), died of wounds received on the 23d of September, 1857, at Lucknow, £161; Hacket, Frederick (Lieutenant 59th Foot), killed in action at John Can ton, on the 28th of Decem ber, 1857, £7lO ; Hudson, (Lieutenant 6th Dragoon Guards), killed in action dat Gun gerie, on the 14th of Decemb er, 1857, £861; Joly, Edward de L. (Lieutenant 32d Foot), died of wounds received in action at Lucknow, on the 30th of September, 1857, £713; Mackinnon, Thomas A. (Lieutenant, 64th Foot), killed in action at Cawnpore on the 28th of November, 1857,1465 ; Moorsom, W. S. (Captain, 13 th Foo t ) , killed in action at Lucknow on the 11th March, 1858, £713 ; Powell, Thomas Sidney, C.B. (Lieut.-Colonel 52 d Foot) , killed ' in action at Rudpore on the Ist of November, 1857, £3,200 ; Stee- Tens, Charles (Captain, 32d Foot), killed in action at a j t os D er el h hi (L on ieu th te e na l n s t th , 7 o B f th Se F p o t o e t m ), be k r il , le l d Bs in 7, Lucknow on the Ist of July, 1857, aBB5 ; Webb, William hLeie2usttehnanofts,eBpttletmFbeoret)l,Bsdied£7olf7,wounds received THE JOURNEYMAN BA ' NEL.-- n ow Robert o n action2s6; Wednesday t N e L b u s e t e k r : evening a number ofpa os The meeting as sumed the form g s o i n n s re A presenting this trade met :It th e rooms of the Early pro ceedings were comme nce d b y Mr. Buornt association conference. ne , on Ludgate-hill. assoc i a ti on , stating that th e society which ehraeddeo. n he so e much thepur coh , chairman o sympathise with the op g to ameliorate the condition of other sections of the toilin tressed could not but deeply . Blackmore, Mr. persons represented b the delegates then . resent condition of this Statements of a most startling nature l s explained the Pidgeon, and others. on the plp)air.cersstesoenflibhoe)dhlyia.okii,r_steps that had already been t m L o i te l: e va g l a s g e t rved that, as the result taken to abolish night work, and also the measures which ing than a e n d a a t n e d of de t in he ora o l v is e were in contemplation were made touchi.Nrf into the classes, he had long been convinced that the slavery of the body journ of ey mlaebnoubia-ekresr. N.,va2r.. evils became that of any other body of Englishmen, He felt it to be of a careful in in impossible that the present iystem of .t night work could be known. The delegates expressed themselves as much en. tolerated by the British public when s ing courag,ed at the prospect of their cause bein espoused by a society whose inch liad already been so p ower f u l ly felt in other quarters. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR IN ITALY. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : VIENNA, JUNE 16. The Austrian Correspondence contains the fol- lowing : The organisation for the defence of the Tyrolese territory is progressing. Several companies have been already drawn out, and many others are in preparation. The mountain passes are occupied. TURIN, JUNE 16. OFFICIAL BULLETIN. The allied army of Italy passed the Serio on the 13th, marching towards the river Oglio. The advance guard is at Coccaglio. The head-quartors of the King of Sardinia were at Palazzuolo on the 12th. General Urban's corps quitted Coccaglio on the morning of the 13th, and appears to be retiring to Orzinovi. MARSEILLES, JUNE 16. Advices have been received from Athens to the 9th inst. A popular manifestation has taken place before the French embassy in celebration of the victories in Italy. The ambassador, in addressing the crowd assembled before his hotel, said that he would not fail to communicate to the Emperor the sympathies of Greece. Another demonstration by the students has taken place, who called for public prayers to heaven for victory to the allies, and the people sur rounded the church with loud acclamations. On the occasion of the closing of the Chambers the King declared that he would follow the advice of the protecting powers without forgetting the honour of his country. Advices have also been received from Constan- tinople to the Bth inst. The Grand Duke Con stantine arrived here on the 6th inst. The Porte has given an evasive reply respecting the election of Prince Couza. The Sultan asks for guarantees. VIENNA, JUNE 16. The Austrian Correspondence publishes the following telegram : VERONA, JUNE 15. No news of any importance from the seat of war. The different corps d'arinee take possession of their allotted positions unmolested by the enemy. The division of General d'Urban alone has sus tained a fight at Castenedolo with Garibaldi's bands, which, although amounting to 4,000 men, with four pieces of cannon, were repulsed by our troops. The Moniteur announces that by a decree, signed by the Emperor on the 4th, at his headquarters at Novara, a chef de battaillon, a captain of the 3d Zouaves, and a chef d'escadron of the 2d Regiment of Chasseurs, have been raised to the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour ; 42 officers, non commissioned officers, and privates in the 3d Zouaves nominated to the rank of knight ; and the military medal conferred on 68 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 3d Zouaves ; on three privates of the 2d Regiment of the Line, and on four privates in the 2d Regiment of Chasseurs, all for distinguished conduct in the combats of Pales tro and Novara. " Certain journals," says the Nord of Brussels, " pretend that, as the second phase of the opera tioms of the war will consist chiefly of sieges, the presence of the Emperor Napoleon in Italy is less necessary, and that his Majesty will shortly return to France. That rumour is not worthy of much credit. It is true that the allied armies will have important sieges to make, but Austria is concen trating all her forces, estimated at 300,000 men, behind the Mincio, and will certainly try again her fortunes in the field. Besides, all the intelligence forwarded to the Ministry of War in Paris shows that the Austrians are preparing a desperate resistance on her last line of de fence in Italy ; a complete system of fortifications, like those which gave celebrity to the siege of Se bastopol, are now being raised along every water course and every road, so as to prolong the struggle to the utmost. Under such circumstances, when operations are about to assume a graver and more decisive character, it is not likely that the Emperor would think of leaving the theatre of war. In about a fortnight the allied armies will be ready to com mence the campaign on the Mincio and in the Adriatic ; if the Emperor returned to Paris in that interval it would evidently be for a very short period." Marshal Canrobert addressed two days after the battle of Magenta the following order of the day to the corps d'arince under his command : " Soldiers of the 3d Corps,—The Austrians, who had vainly attempted to oppose your passage over the Sesia, thought, the day before yesterday, to check the advance of the French army at Buffalora and at Ponte di Magenta. Their repeated efforts only tended to more strongly demonstrate the superiority of the French soldiers over them, and to add another feat of arms to those already inscribed on our colours. The enemy, beaten s u ccessively, have lost, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, more than 25,000 men ; they now fly, discouraged, be fore our army, and to-morrow, thanks to the skilful combinations of the Emperor and the courage of his soldiers, you will enter triumphantly into Milan, the old capital of Lombardy. Many among you have taken a direct and glorious part in those great results, particularly the corps composing the brigade of General Picard, of the division of Generl Renault, which had to support the greatest efforts of the enemy, and also those of the brigade of General Jannin, of the same division, who had to maintain . very desperate combats on the left of the Naviglio. The Emperor shall be informed of the conduct of all, and those who have had the honour and the happiness of showing themselves worthy of a re compense will soon receive it. " CANROBERT." A letter from Alessandria of the 12th says : Within the last three days the Chasseurs of the Apennines have arrived here, and are lodged in the citadel. Instead of General Ulloa, who was at first selected for the command of this corps, but has since been named general in chief in Tuscany, the Neapolitan Colonel Boldoni is charged with the definitive organisation of these threen battalions, which will soon go to join Garibaldi. That cele brated partisan is to be promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general, and he will unite under his command the chasseurs of the Alps with those of the Apennines, whose numbers will be increased by Lombard volunteers, as the tricoloured flag advances. Among the chasseurs of the Apennines are two political celebrities of Tuscany. M. Mon tanelli, minister of foreign affairs in 1848-9, who serves in the ranks, and M. Malenchini, one of the three chiefs 'of the provisional government, and afterwards minister of war, who holds the rank of major. Alessandria is now surrounded with tents ; which are the first objects that strike the eye of travellers arriving by the different lines of railway. Alessandria, like Mechlin in Belgium, is the central point in which all the railways of the country meet. While on the subject of railways allow me to say that the service could not be better organised to second the skilful strategical combinations of the Emperor Napoleon. In acknowledgment of this fact, M. Bona, the Piedmontese minister of public works, has been made Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour by the Emperor, and his Majesty has expressed himself in the most flattering manner as to the service of the railways. That commendation is the more valuable as proceeding from the chief of a country in which the management of railways has attained an extraordinary degree of perfection. Alesssanclna can boast a good number of churches, there being not less than twenty, but five only are now used for public worship, the rest being used for military purposes. While I am writing, the cannon which the Austrians left spiked at Pavia and Milan are being brought in." FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. PARIS BOVIISE.—The market has been buoyant, as the mobilisation of the Prussian army is not considered as a threat to Fratice, Threes, after having been done at 62f. 55c., rallied to 62f. 95c., and are now at 62f. 75c., in consequence of a fall of :4 on the English Consols. The bi-monthly set tlement of shares passed off quietly, with rates of continuation moderate. Austrian have been done at from 390 f. to 397 f. 50c. ; Lombards; 465 f. to 472 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,217 f. 50c. to 1,227 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 827 f. 50c. to 837 f. 50e. ; Northern, 920 f. to 927 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 605 f. to 610. The following were the last quotations : 4k per Cents. .... 92 75 I Credit Foncier 645 Do. end month .. I Belg„ian 4 3 per Cents. 62 80 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 62 60 Roman B3 Bank Shares...... 2770 Austrian Credit Mobilier 645 I Spanish Threes — Do. Ace Glint 612 50 Home Debt 39 75 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 920 50 .. 922 50 New ditto 782 50 .. 782 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 835 831 25 Geneva . . 495 - Southern Western 505 .. 510 Eastern Sardinian Austrian .. 392 50 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money, 25f 7'c.; three months, paper, 25f..; money, 24f. 971 c. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 12th contains, as has been stated by telegraph, the documents by which the Infante Don Sebastien, brother of Don Carlos, acknowledges Queen. Isabella as the rightful sove reign of Spain. These documents are-1. A minnte dated Naples the 4th, signed by the Prince, the Spanish ambassador in that city, and other persons, setting forth that the latter, at the request of the former, had waited on his Royal Highness, and had received his solemn recognition of the Queen, and had administered to him the oaths of fidelity to her Majesty. 2. A letter from the Prince to the Queen, saying " that hav ing fulfilled the prescription of the law by swear ing loyalty to the Queen, and obedience to the Constitution, it is his first duty t© throw himself at her Royal feet, and offer his submission and his sentiments of profound respect ; and that he prays her Majesty, with her usual bounty, to allow him to present his homage in person and to kiss her Royal hand ;" and 3, a despatch from the Spanish Ambassador giving details of the affair, and en closing the preceding documents. The Prince, Don Sebastien Gabriel Maria de Bourbon y Braganza, 48 years of age, is married to a sister of the late, aunt of the present King of Naples. The journals announce that the Portuguese Minister at Madrid Ihad suddenly left for Lisbon, a circumstance which had given rise to some speculation. ORGANISATION OF LOMBARDY. The following is the decree for the provisional organisation of Lombardy : We, Victor Emmanuel 11., King of Sardinia, Cyprus, and Jerusalem, &c., in virtue of the extra ordinary powers conferred upon us by the law of the 25th of April, a.c., on the proposal of our Council of Ministers, have decreed and decree as follows : 1. A Governor will be named by us for the tem porary government of the provinces of Lombardy. 2. The Governor will administer the provinces of Lombardy in the name of the King. He is invested with full powers, save the excep tions and limitations which will be determined by special provisos by our Government, and which will be published in the official journals of the kingdom. In all that regards war and military admini stration the Governor has to limit his activity to procuring the prompt execution of the orders of the Minister of War and the commanders of the allied armies. In all other affairs which will be beyond the reach of the powers of the Governor he will directly correspond with our Ministry. 3. All authorities in the Lombard provinces are placed under the Governor. 4. All affairs which under the late Austrian Government were directed by the Governor-General of the Lombard-Venetian kingdom, to the Central Administrations, and the Ministry of the late Government, will now be directed to the Governor of Lombardy. 5. The Governor can name special commissioners, elected among the employes and the citizens con spicuous by their intelligence, probity, and devo tion to the national cause, in order to consult them in the most important political and economical affairs of Lombardy. 6. All non-Italian functionaries are removed. 7. The Lieutenancy of Lombardy and the Coun cil of the Lieutenancy have ceased to exist. The services of the Councillors are dispensed with, and remain at the disposition of the Governor, saving the provisions of art. 6. 8. The employes belonging to the Central Admi nistrations of Lombardy will be divided in the following sections :- 1. Political administration, from which will de pend the intendenze-yenerali of the provinces, the commissioners of the districts, and the officers of public security ; 2. The commonalties, the corporations, and the institutions of charity ; 3. Commerce, agriculture, and public works ; 4. Public instruction and religion (cu/to); 5. Administration of justice. The Governor will determine the rank and corn. petency of each section, and will regulate their acti. yity. J. The Prefettura of the Finances of Lombardy remains in its present organization and competency. The head of this department is on the same footing as the directors of the other administrative sections. 10. With the Governor will be a general secre tary, who, at the order of the Governor, can sign the correspondence and the orders respecting cur rent affairs. 11. The Governor can likewise authorise the directors of the sections to despatch the less impor tant current affairs and to sign them. 12. The affairs of doubtful administrative compe tency, considered in the 46th section, letters ABC D of the ordinance of the 30th of March, 1851, issued by the Austrian Government on the organisation of the, Lieutenancy, will be submitted to a council composed of the directors of the sec tions of the Central Administration. For the deli berations in such affairs the special procedure pre scribed by the above cited ordinances are preserved. 13. All the other dispositions of procedure and ordinary practice prescribed to the late Lieutenancy remain, in as far as they are not contrary to the present law. 14. The secretaries and other employes of the lath Lieutenancy are maintained in their respective qualities, and will be distributed in the different sections of the Central Administration of Lombardy, except those among them who come o under the provisions of article 6 of the present decree. 15. The direction of the contabilita (controlling of State expenses) and the giunta of the census are maintained, and will exercise their functions under the immediate superintendence of the Governor. In all cases in which the same had to apply to the Ministries and Central Departments of the late Austrian Government they will have to apply now to the Governor. 16. Nothing is changed as regards public works and the general direction of the administrative and political archives. 17. The provincial delegazioni are abolished ; the provincial delegates and directors will cease imme diately to exercise their functions, and remain at the ,disposal of the Governor, save in the cases coming under article 6. 18. In every province there will be an inten denza-yenerale ; the intendente-generale will be nominated by the King. 19. The Intendente-Generale will, besides the attributes of the late delegates, have the political direction of the province ; he will issue passports and passes, and under him will be the questori in the provinces and districts ; he will exercise the superintendence over all the public offices in the provinces. 20. At the Intendenza- Generale the same dis tribution of offices is kept up as existed under the the late delegazioni. The vice-delegates will h title of vice-intendenti, and the commissarzt a e v f e the delegazioni that of aggiunti. carry with them the same rank and class as hereto fore. In case of absence th e Inten ie offices will en n t t e e -Generale will be represented by the vi ce-intend 21. All the other employe s of the late e delegazioni will keep their rank, except where article 6 has to be applied. 22. The commissariats of districts keep all their attributes, except those concerning public security. 23. All commissaries cease immediately their functions, and remain at the disposal of the Go vernor, save in cases coming under article 6. 24. In place of the deposed commissaries the Governor will name others from among person: well versed in administrative matters, and among the representatives of the commonalties in their respective districts. Until these new employes are chosen their functions will be exercised by the a ggiunti, or those who perform the functions of the latter. 25. The other enV o y es in the commissariati retain their places, except in the cases coming under article 6. 26. The general direction of police is abolished, the Director-General, the Councillors, and the superior commissaries of police attached to the General Police-office cease to exercise their functions. 27. The superior police offices in the provinces are likewise abolished, and the superior commis saries of police in the provinces cease to exercise their functions. 28. In every province there will be established a questura of public security, for which a questore will be named by the head of that office. 29. The provincial questori of public security will depend from the Intendente-Generale. 30. 'the present circondarii of police in the cities will take the title of eircondarii of public security; they will keep their present districts, and will de pend from the questori of the towns, who on their part will be under the questori of the province. 31. The inferior employes of the late general di rection of police, as well as those of the provincial directions of police, will retain their places, always saving the proviso of article 6. 32. The functions hitherto exercised by the com missaries in the districts as far as regards public tranquillity will be henceforth exercised by the questori of the districts and the magistrates of the commonalties. Vv 33. The questori in the districts will exercise their office within the circuit of one or more preture, and will depend from the questore of the province. They will be established by the Intendente-Generale in all places where he thinks it necessary, and they will in preference reside in the commonalty which is the seat of the pretura. 34. At the demand of the communal deputations, and especially at the request of the political depu tati charged with the maintenance of order and security, the questori of the districts will have to give assistance in all cases which come within the range of their functions and concern public tran quillity. 35. The Intendenti-Generali will assign to the questori of the districts such employes as they think necessary for the public service. 36. The Royal Carabineers will be the armed force for the maintenance of public security, and they will be subject to the laws and regulations which concern them. 3'L All the public offices now existing in the pro vinces of Lombardy, and not suppressed or changed by the present law, remain in vigour, and the em ployes in them are maintained, save those coming under article 6. 38. The Governor can remove every employe whose nomination is not expressly reserved to the Government of the King, or can change their office and destination, even if they belong to the number of those mentioned in articles 14, 21, 25, 31, and 37. 39. All the codes, civil and criminal, of finance and commerce, the laws of procedure, and, in gene ral, all laws and patents, decrees and regulations, ordinances and notifications, regarding any branch of public administration which have been hitherto in vigour, are maintained in so far as they are not contrary to the present law, and excepting the changes which will be necessary in consequence of the change of the Government. 40. All changes in the laws which may be thought necessary will be published in the mode prescribed by the existing laws, and will have force the day after their publication. There will be a law published in the Lombard provinces relative to the form of the said publica tion. We order that this present decree, sealed with our State seal, :shall be inserted in the archives of the State, and that every one whom it concerns respect it and make it respected. Given in Milan, June 8, 1859. VITTORIO EMMANUELE. C. CAVOUR. LITERATURE. The Wife's Temptation ; a Tale of Belgravia. By the authoress of " The Sister of Charity.' 2 - 17 ols. Westerton. This story is very well written, and though some might suppose from the title that it alluded to the fate of one who had strayed from the paths of rectitude, such is no way the case. Rhoda, the heroine, is a very unhappy and persecuted lady, but one whose character was excellent, and whose conduct towards her unworthy husband was very exemplary. The passages which refer to her stormy existence are painful to peruse, and it is a relief to the mind when she at last is released from the burden of the life she had found so painful and so wearisome. The narrator of the story- is a female friend of Rhoda's, and she was enabled to be of great service to her, although from the com bination of unhappy circumstances the unfortunate lady was so situated that no friendship could do more than temporarily alleviate her sufferings. The pri mary cause was too great, and also too irremediable. Yet the short and sad career of Rhoda was not wholly wasted; she left a memory behind which could not fail to be pleasing. The last words said of her offer a welcome tribute to those who have pursued the right course in darkness, but over whose latter end a light has shone. "As it is, Rhoda can never be dead to those she loved. Her thoughts, her pure unvarnished intelligence, can never depart from them. She cannot grow old ; ever fresh in the beauty of holiness, she will pass on to their chil dren's children" Besides the record of Rhoda, we meet with a very complicated narrative of some persons who figure prominently in these pages. Of these Aurelia is sketched with consummate skill. She is certainly not a portrait often appearing in society ; but, considering her race and her strange culture, perhaps her extraordinary description is not so improbable as at first sight it might appear to some to be. Therese, her aunt, is of a darker, wilder nature, and her actions being dictated by the suggestions of revenge and jealousy, it is not to be wondered at that her history contains so many dark doings. Vavasour is a pecu liar character, rather wayward and uncertain at first, but he had a great deal to contend with, and after some years he improved greatly. It is satis factory to notice his engagement with Aurelia. There is something in the latter which suited even better with the disposition of Vavasour than his early choice, Rhoda, and it proved her pure and gentle nature that she first suggested the desir ability of the union. This work may be regarded as a successful attainment of its endeavour to por tray those hidden sorrows that lie beneath the surface of a glittering exterior, and to reveal some of those wrongs which the world looks upon with an indifferent eye, but whose consequences are sad and awful. If some of the scenes here are exag gerated, the general style is powerful and effective; and the remarkable nature of some of the person ages imparts a brilliancy and vigour to the story, which combines a good purpose, with the attrac tions of an interesting fiction. Narrative of a Walking Tour in Brittany. Ity J. Mountency Jephson, F.S.A. Lovell Reeve ; Henrietta-street. Pedestrian excursions have come into favour of late years, especially with those authors who like to give the world some account of their travels on their return norm. This mode of journeying enables them to become acquainted with the local traditions and manners of the people, to visit the byeways and shady retreats which lie out of the track of the railroad or diligence. The volumes written by these enterprising travellers are generally well worth perusal, since they have a freshness and novelty about them not always to be found:in the works of those who have made their acquaintance with the places described, according to the more orthodox mode. Pleasant volumes of this kind have already been written about France, but in addition to the vivacity and entertainment of the book itself, the one before us has an additional attraction to the reader of cultivated taste. It is illustrated after a novel fashion, being accompanied by a series of stereographs, taken under the able superintendence of Mr. Lovell Reeve. These are sold separately from the book , a nd•can be obtai ned in any number. Th e complete set includes ninety, and, t o j u d ge from the specimens we have seen, they are excel lent, and give a vivid idea of the places taken. Mr. j e phson, in his lively introduction, t e ll s us that he . inhabits a county notorious, even in England, for its murky atmosphere. Th e evil spirits of ague and depression were busy around him. He found the ordinary routine of his duties irksome and mono tonous, and in order to brace and invigorate mind and body he resolved on a five weeks' pedestrian tour in Brittany. Having mentioned his project to his friend Mr. Lovell Reeve, that gentle man was imm e di a t e l y struck with the idea that an account of this expedition illustrated with stereoscopic views would prove interest ing. He therefore resolved to go by the same route, though it was necessary for him to sub mit to the inconveniences of a hired carriage. With the aid of a professional photographer he made the beautiful series .of stereographs which accompany this volume, and which bring before the reader the curiously-dressed peasantry, the ancient architecture, and the rural views of that quaint old province which preserve s its individua lity even among the levelling influences in the nineteenth century. Mr. Reeve has terspersed the work with notes on his ste_reo graphic tour, telling us how and where most of his views were taken, the difficulties at tending them, and describing the surrounding scenes. The prose part is not illustrations. R is pleasantly written , lively and discursive. The author, though of the clerielii profession is singularly free from prejudiw or in tolerance, and conversed as amicably with th e • - pretres and abbes as any of their own faith. He took especial care, however, to avoid theological or controversial discussions, an example a good many nearer home Ni ould do well to imitate. The old legends and ballads of the peasantry telling of King Arthur or the days of chivalry greatly inte rested him, and besides scattering rough transla tions through the work, he has appended a chapter on the national music of Brittany. Among the old tales lingering among the peasantry is one, that St. Malo was a Scotchman, whose piety raised him to the rank of Bishop, and produced his canoniza tion. The harsh sounding Macleod was softened in the southern tongue to Malo. Mr. Jephson enjoyed the advantage of witnessing a wolf hunt, and makes a comparison of the two modes of hunting—English and French—which will be attractive to sports men. He mingled freely among the people and made many friends, though he seldom shared the dignity of his companions in the carriage. On one occasion he joined them to save time, but the party were delayed by the driver forgetting to pay the post dues, which the author complains of, as more vexatious than our turnpikes, as the accidental omission of the French dues renders the traveller liable to a fine. The author's opinion of the cha racter of the Breton peasantry is favourable to them. In speaking of their fetes and festivals he laments that such things have entirely died out among the English labouring classes. He makes some very just remarks on the refining influence of harmless recreation, and the undeniable fact that without some culture of the imagination the whole moral system deteriorates. He attributes the superiority of the Breton cottager over the English peasant in morality, politeness, and general cul tivation to " the popular poetry, the village fes tival, the habit of meeting his fellow-men for social enjoyment, and the due admixture of recrea tion with hard work." Altogether the view he gives us of this peculiar peasantry is an attractive one. They struggled long for their independence, and many years of civil war was the result. The duchy . of Brittany was finally merged in the French Crown by the Duchess Anne, twice Queen of France, as wife of Charles VIII. and of Louis XII. " But even now," says our author, di the people preserve their original language, their pecu ar customs, and their national affections. _ A Breton is not altogether a Frenchman ; and when all France pronounced for atheism and anarchy ; Brittany held fast to her religion and her laws.' We commend this volume to all who love the re- .... _ cords of a pleasant tour, or the descriptions of an original and attractive populace, whose names have mingled in history, romance, and song, while the lovers of art cannot fail to be gratified by the series of illustrative stereographs. Both together they serve to realise vividly the scenery and people of that quaint old province, which has been the birthplace of many French celebrities, from Du Guesclin to Chateaubriand. A Tour in Dalmatia, Albania, and Montenegro. By W. F.,Wingfield. Bentley. This work was written while the author was residing in a retired town of Southern Austria, and details his impressions of a tour in Dalmatia, Albania, and Montenegro. He has endeavoured to describe clearly the condition of Christians in a Turkish provinc^, and to draw attention to the Sclave nationalities on the eastern shores of the Adriatic. In carrying out these ideas he also aimed at making a pleasant volume which should attract the intending traveller. In this object he has certainly succeeded, for his volume is full of useful information, and written in a clear and sensible style. The Sclave races are not to be overlooked in a consideration of European na tionalities, and this account of them in their homes by the Adriatic is not uninteresting or unimportant to the political philosopher. A historical sketch of Ragusa is given at the conclusion, and the reader will find in it an interesting summary of the rise and fall of that republic. It will be remem bered that from this spot Marshal Marmont took his dukedom under the First Empire. The author, having devoted some study and consideration to the subject of this ancient republic, purposes to give to the public a more lengthened account of it should his present attempt meet with sufficient encouragement. The Latter Days of Jerusalem and Rome. By Dominich M'Causland, LL.D. Bentley. This work is the production of one who has evidently devoted much time and labour to the subject, but, nevertheless, we cannot but regret the trouble he bas taken with it. It is an attempt to find in the present state of Jerusalem and Rome the fulfilment and explanation of some of those mysterious passages in the Apocalypse, which have baffled so many commentators. We deprecate strongly any attempts to elucidate such inscrutable prophecies by an application of the letter of them to the political troubles of our own time. Such treatises only provoke controversy and disputation, encourage intolerance and a presumptuous spirit, and must necessarily be most aggrieving to those who share our Christianity though not our form of faith. The middle chapters of the Revelations have always been a favourite subject with the many expositors of prophecy, but it would be wiser for them to remember the warning, "It is not for yo u to know the times and the seasons," and to forbear such attempts to explain what is probably intended as metaphorical imagery, by a direct applica tion to practical things. We regret that the author, who is, no doubt, a conscientious and able man, should have turned his attention to such all unprofitable subject. The Poetical JVorks of _Edmund Spenser. Vol. 111. James Nichol, Edinburgh. Mr, Nichol's handsome edition of the poets jo progressing satisfactorily. The works of Spenser have reached the third volume, and the modernised words and explanatory notes greatly assist the reader in following its magic mazes. THIS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A portion of Monday's unsold supply of English wheat was on sale here to-day, but the receipts fresh, both from Essex and Kent, wore limited. The attendance of both town and country millers was small, and the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was heavy a the en treme, at almost nominal currencies. There was scarcely any demand for foreign w heat. In prices, however, no quotable change took place. The ports are liberal. Scarcely any English barley was at market, and the show of foreign was limited. On the whole, the trade ruled steady, at late rates. In malt very little was passing/ on former terms. Oats changed hands to a fair extent, at Monday's de. cline. In beans and peas scarcely any business was doing, and flour was very dull. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English...... 1,890 I ; 1,220 ti 1,140 f 980 Irish . gn....... 2,690 F ore i ......13,410 6,580 i 11,720 7,310 aka bla NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Only limited supplies of meat are on offer in these mar kets. Generally speaking, the demand is steady, as follows : Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 3 oto 3 2 Mid. . 3 4to 3 6 Pm.largedo. 3 Bto 4 0 r Do. small do. 4 oto 4 2 Large pork.. 3 6to 3 10 1 Lamb, 48 81 s. d. 0. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 4to 3 10 Mid. do 4 oto 4 4 Prime do. 46to 4 0 8 Veal , Small pork Id to 5s Bd. BOROUGH HOP, Although vermin is on the increase both in Sussex and Rent, the demand for all kinds of hops has become heavy; indeed, so little business is passing that prices are almost nominal. Duty, £160,000. Mid and East Kent pockets Bss to 140 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do Bos to 100 s ~ Sussex do 7ss to 955 ~ COLONIAL. TEA.—A very limited business has been transacted prices, however, are unaltered. C ommon copgou is quoted 15d. per lb. • SUGAR.—The inquiry in the private m arket has been moderately active for the better qualities. No public sale, however, took place, owing to the absence of many of the leading dealers at Ascot. In the refined m arket piece goods found a ready sale at fully former quo io t tans. COFFEE.—There has been II steady inquiry for the finer qualities of plantation Ceylon, main tained. Other descriptions have sold slowly, and native Ceylon has been neglected. inferior quality have changed hands, at about late quotations. The market, RicE.—Only a few small parcels of however, shows symptoms of improvement. SPICES.__ has been in active demand, and at ' q an uo d ta gin tion g f sh l a ig v h e t b ly ee a n d d v e a al ne t e i d n v t a o h a te f s a . ir N ex u t t e m u zg a s t , SALTPETRE. —There has been some i qualities. The market, however, continuesnquiry for the better some instances lower rates have been dull, and in TALLo-w.—The inquiry from the e accepted by holders. and few speculative transactions trade has been inactive, Prices remain steady, at 55s have been entered into. for the last three months' * per cwt. on the spa, and 565. delivery. and CfPiunrilnlcyaemslaitrnee well THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.—The capital of this company is £6,000,000, and under the Act of 1833 1 which extinguished their trading powers, it was provided that npo,ooo should be set apart as a security fund , to be applied ultimately with its accumulated interest to pay off the £6,000,000 of stock at the rate of 200 per cent. Ac cording to a statement submitted at a General. Court yester day the total receipts on account of this fund up to the pre sent tinae have been £4,559,272_name1y, £2,000,000 the original appropriation, and £2,559,272 for dividends. These have been invested in the purchase of £756, 420 . Consols and £4,227,616 Reduced, making a total of £4,984,036 Three per Cent. stock. This stock, at presen t Tu i dt%tions, is worth about £ lOO , OOO beyond its cost prim THE' LSUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1859, _-.1