The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-03 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 'Linder 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. Buckstane. THIS EVENING will be performed the new and original Comedy, entitled THE WORLD AND THE STAGE. The characters by Messrs. Compton, Bnckstone, Howe, W. Far rens Rogers; Miss Amy Sedgwick, Ste. After which, a new Classical Extravaganza, entitled ELECTRA IN A NEW ELECTR'IC LIGHT. Messrs Compton, Braid, Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright, Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Leclercq. And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Commence at 7. W THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. -' Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chao. Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laicllaw, and Mrs. Killington. Followed by THE HOUSE ? or, THE HOME ? Mr. A. C, Selby, Killington ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss H. Simms. Miss Laidlaw. After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and Kate Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Moe 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 Swanborongh THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedi TW O ? by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF TUE supported by the company. After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Followed by CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Mr. J. Rogers and Miss F. Hughes. Commence at 7o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster -road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Notwithstanding the Unparalleled and Continued Success of TNANHOE, it must lae withdrawn for the astounding Whitsuntide Novelties. Overflowing Houses Nightly. - - THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with a new grand spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's popular work, entitled IVANHOE; or, The Lists of Ashby, intro ducing among the vast resources of this great Hippodramatic Temple,Tournaments, Processions, Banners, Combats, Tilts, Victories, and Achievements in extraordinary magnificence. Ivanhoe, Mr. R. Phillips ; Isaac of York, Mr. Jas. Holloway; Richard of England, Mr. Herbert ; Robin Hood, Mr. Wm. Cooke, jun. ; Rebecca, Miss Bathurst; Lady Rowena, Miss Dowton. - - --- After which, the matchless and 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. To conclude with the Farce of STAGE STRUCK. The preparations for Whitsuntide are on an extensive scale already. - - Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, M. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 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, consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and RIGHT 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 Ornm, JUNE 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 62—lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day at noon. BAROMETER--29'70. WIND, North-Westerly; light, with fine sunshiny wea ther. THE SUN. FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1859. We referred yesterday to the conflicting state ments respecting GARIBALDI. One announced that he was at Como, another that he had been at Varese, where a strong Austrian force had appeared before the town, and that he had ordered the Na tional Guard not to'resist, and that he then fell back, on the Lago Maggiore. Another that they had made an attack on Laveno—a strongly-fortified town on the Lago Maggiore ; that it was maintained the entire night and repeated in the evening, but without result. This day, however, we have what we believe to be the correct account of his position. It is said that he was in the vicinity of Sondrio, the capital of the Valteline, which is in a state of general insurrection, and which has proclaimed VICTOR EMMANUEL. The dashing Republican leader was, however, driven to take refuge in the mountains, closely pursued by General URBAN and an over whelming force. It is said that the only issue for him is the Stelvio. This is given as official news, and it is but 'just to say that there has been far greater accuracy and less exaggeration in the tele grams from Vienna than from those which hale come through Turin, Berne, or Paris. It would be very deplorable if one who had already so greatly distinguished himself by his brilliant exploits, should, by being compelled to take refuge in Switzerland, a country resolved to maintain a strict neutrality, be prevented from taking any further share in the war. The law of the case is simple. _ It would become the duty of the Swiss authorities to disaim and make prisoners of the entire party, and to retain them in some secure position, until they had bound themselves by solemn obligations not to take any further share in the war on either side. We can fancy what would be the chagrin of the guerilla chief if reduced to a state of inactivity, and prevented from taking share in the contest gathering around him, or acquiring a portion of the laurels now free for any hand. It is not always, however, that law is strictly car. vied into effect. Should he be compelled to cross into Switzerland he may not feel disposed to lay d own his arms and surrender at discretion. The entire Population are friendly not only to the cause in which he is engaged, but to himself personally, and before a sufficient body of troops - could be assembled to take forcible possession of his arms, and make prisoners of his troops, he will receive full information of their movements, and have abundant time to return to the seat of war, and escape from the district the neutrality whereof he had violated. Nor does it follow by any means that he will be compelled to cross the Stelvio. He is in the mountains, and there he will find a fortress in every rock. His troops will be recruited and strengthened in every mile of their way, and he will obtain the most will ing_ assistance and co-operation from every in habitant. It will not be easy then to dislodge him from such a position, or compel him to encounter the liabilities of entering on the Swiss soil. They may anticipate it at Vienna. General URBAN may fondly anticipate that the partisan Chief will be Placed hors de combat in one way or another, but 7e have still faith in GARIBALDI, and believe that in one way or the other he will continue to evade the party in pu rsuit. Next to GAB IBALDI the public interest is cow centred on yin TOR EMMANUEL himself. He has, unquestionably, performed acts of brilliant gallantry, such as will c:lcite the enthusiasm of the troops under his corm nand to the highest degree. It is not always that ; a commander participates in all the dangers of the :soldier, nor is it right that he should do so. His life may be too valuable, under exist ing circumstanci ):3, to justify him in incurring any unnecessary per 11.. But when he cax do so—k now . ing that compel ent men will remain to direct the strategical move lients,there is nothing that excites the zeal and eneri ry of the soldiers to such a pitch. Here is a commander, nay, more, a crowned monarch, one possessing the most ancient blood in the entire family of Sovereigns, who showed as much hardi hood, as profound a contempt for danger, as the men, from highest to lowest, in his service. The soldiers will follow him anywhere—will pass through blood, fire, and water, in obedience to one who will not merely be their chief but their idol. The Italians, together with the battalion of Zouaves associated with them, have unquestionably gained the chief and the most important triumphs of the war. The battles of Palestro produced much more important results than that of Montebello. Indeed, the effect of the latter is by no means clear. The Austrians declare that they accomplished their object, which was merely that of making a reconnaissance, and thereby ascertaining the strength and position of the allied troops. The first serious opposition which they met with was from the Piedmontese cavalry under General SONNAZ, who really changed the fortune of the day from defeat into victory. But it was the Sardinians and Zouaves who forced the passage of the Sesia and captured Palestro, and afterwards succeeded in defeating the attempt made for its recapture ; at a most critical period followed up the retreating enemy, capturing eight pieces of cannon and 1,000 prisoners, and driving 400 into the canal, where they one and all were drowned. This will enable the Sardinians to effect a junction with CANROBERT'S corps, and thus be very advan tageous to the allied cause. A few days ago the oracle of the counting-house, and the Jupiter of humble journals, coolly an nounced to us that it was a settled thing that Lord DERBY and all pertaining to him were to be sent across the floor of the House at the shortest possi ble notice after the reading of her MAJESTY'S Speech. "My Lords" the leaders of the Lower House had agreed to differ in private and to unite in public, to shake hands in the House, and to shake fists outside of it, and so the " Great Liberal Party" was to be led to the promised land. Somehow a hitch was suspected, and in a few days both the quarrelling Lords were threatened that, if they did not agree—woe betide them. They might escape in this life—but there is a purgatory for political reputation. An impartial posterity is the Minos there. No account would be taken there of a few years, more or less, of Premiership ; but terrible would be the castigations of the man of Premier grade who was unwilling to be anything but Premier when his country—i.e., the Whigs of the Kidderminster and Calne genus—want him and another to be in one Ministry, when of course both could not be, nominally, first. He of the two Lords, be it which it might, who could not be satis fied with a substantially equal position—he who would not toss up for it—or he would not refer the matter to the arbitration of her MA JESTY—he must look forward to seeing his memory lashed without mercy by every Whig historian for a century to come. " Vanity of vanities," saith the Times, all your squabbles " are vanity and vexation of spirit."' History is the great reality. Be wise, my Lords, betimes. Agree— re-open the path to office for your subordinates—let them not shiver through another winter ; if you do, not only will history rack your reputations, but the Liberals may combine to instal more placable leaders, and storm the Treasury benches without you. Surely they have listened to these entreaties and threats, and all is arranged. But—and who would have thought it—that Marplot, ROEBUCK, will be no party to the bargain ! PALMERSTON on no terms—a clever fellow, but not my man. Lord JOHN RUSSELL might have been, possibly, but he gave the go-by to Mr. ROEBUCK, and Mr. ROEBUCK Will give the go-by to him. What right had he to interfere? He to want to be consulted ? Well, we predicted a few days before that he would think he had a right to it. Vanity it might be—crotcheti ness it might be. Abuse it how you will, he yet would not think he was fairly used if two men, not his intellectual superiors certainly, his superiors only by the . luck of aristocratic position, and by having trimmed twenty times to purchase official status as he would never have done—if two such men pre sumed to give their real superior the cold shoulder. He knew there was no need for it if their purposes were honest. He knew that they knew, that if they had fair proposals to make on behalf of the public, proposals really better than those of the present Ministry, that JOHN ARTHUR ROEBUCK was not the man to refuse them. He would, therefore, have nothing to do with helping them across the House. They might sit on the Opposition benches till they grew to them for what he cared, and he intimated pretty plainly that he was not alone in his views. Of course all the lightnings of the Thunderer fell next day on his devoted head, which he, of course, inno cuously transmitted to mother earth. But now for.another change ! It is now dis covered that Liberals may, with consistent dignity, be a powerful opposition. Their great Corypheeus Fox was in that position nearly all his life ; it is something worth sitting in Parliament for, as a party, to leave the initiative to Government, to i take the measures as they come from its hands, and to mould them into a shape worth having. The Tories bear now merely a conventional name ; the reality is, a House of Lords consisting almost entirely of one party, and an active united body of three hun dred in the House of Commons, to oppose which, the Liberals have almost no strength in the Lords, and a wavering majority which can never be relied on, of which one part deserts to the Tories, if the Government proposes anything really liberal, and another part deserts to the same side, if a party move is made by those who want the Treasury benches only. Of this temper Mr. ROEBUCK declares himself to be. Mr. BRIGHT said much the same in his speech to the working men of Birmingham ; he would not ally himself to any Government which would give the people an u nsubstantial Reform only ; and we know what his ideas are of substantial Reform. And as for Mr. COBDEN", we all remember that he publicly professed his repentance for a vote once before, which turned out Lord DERBY. Mr. MILNER GIBSON has always shown the same dislike of Whig party moves. Of all this our great contemporary seems now to be aware. It is actually discovered at length that the two rival Lords may have lived too much and too long in the atmosphere of office, and beneath the sun of Royal favour, for their political health, and that they may be as useful, and even perhaps more so, in the bracing air of Opposition, as they could be in the more luxurious atmosphere of office. When RICHARD COBDEN was assailed by some troublesome Chartist orator at an Anti-Corn Law meeting, and the cry arose, "Turn him out," — "No, no'!" he would exclaim, "keep him in, and we'll convert him." And it seems to be at length discovered that Conservatives are capable of honest conversion ; and that when the re sponsibility is thrown on them of devising measures which will satisfy the people, they actu ally, by a few trials, cem find out what the people want. And—herein very much like Whig Liberals —though not disposed to proffer too much at first, they are by no means disposed, when in office, to -..... •-• fight the people. The 'Times has, indeed, found out, at last, that Cons..er vatives are mortal politi cians, have the failings" mid the good qualities of other mortals, and that cane of these better qualities —one which does so much towards making us all " kith and kin"—is that they really do covet the approbation of their fellow-mortals. What they obstruct in opposition, to annoy political rivals, they pass, when in office, to please those whom it is . pleasant to gratify, and would but indicate sourness, not firmness, to resist. For our part, we frankly confess that we do hope more from a Government still in the positioD to need popular support than from one which has got the habit of thinking :it confers a boon on the people by taking office. Even the Times now con fesses that Lord JOHN and his rival have acquired too much of the feeling that they are indispensable to the Liberal party. Till they thoroughly unlearn that notion, they will be of no use to it. The real Liberals have more hope of the Tories than of them, and we shall not be surprised if events do not speedily justify that hope. Of course, to our haughty Whig leaders, as well as to Conservatives, the door of repentance is always open. Cheerfully should we welcome them if they came to us confes sing their errors, and pledging themselves to amendment, but it must be amendment worth ac ceptance before the country will ever give them its confidence and a majority which could make itself respected. _ _ The Whigs must see their two great faults. They have enslaved the counties, and they have given representation to the absence of population. By their Reform Bill they have made a small minority of electors masters of the House of Commons—•con verted landlords, and lawyers, and bankers into political slaveholders, and the tenants and depen dent classes into political slaves. Till the Whigs consent to emancipate the counties by the Ballot, and to give representation to boroughs in some fair proportion to population, they may keep in Opposi tion with our most cordial goodwill. We want our measures, but we do not want one set of men more than another, if neither will carry them. It is certainly very amusing to observe the ex traordinarily ingenious proposition thrown out by excellent Mr. SCHOLEFIELD down at Birmingham, with a view to the reconciling, at the very last ex tremity, of all the notorious differences at present dividing and subdividing her MAJESTY'S Opposi tion. If, says Mr. SCHOLEFIELDI the two noble lords, the rival chiefs of the Opposition, should prove to be still incapable of making up their long quarrel with each other satisfactorily—THEN—says Mr. SCHOLEFIELD—Iet us choose another leader of the Great Reform Party—let us choose a man, for example, like my honourable colleague, and under his guidance transform the Liberal Opposition into a Liberal Government. The proposition, you will observe, is so practic able from first to last! It is so reasonable on the face of it ! It is so very rational a scheme throughout! Precisely because the Opposition has already too much in the way of . leadership Mr. ScHOLEFIELD argues, of course, that they must have—a little more of it. There are too many heads of parties already on the left hand of Mr. Speaker—therefore, says Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, we must have yet another head of another Party, and so solve the difficulty. " A DANIEL, yea! a -very DANIEL come to judgment !" And that new leader, who is to outshine Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Viscount PAL3rEnsTox —who is to rally all the Great Liberal Party in its various sections harmoniously under his banner—is, of all men in her MAJESTY'S dominions, Mr. JOHN BRIGHT', M.P. for Birming ham. It is so likely that the haughty Whig aris tocracy, with their sympathetic following, would throw Lord JOHN over, and take up with Mr. BRIGHT instead. It is so probable that the be lievers hitherto in the firebrand of Europe, the ./EoLus of Christendom, would give the go by—of all moments, at the very period of a great war in Northern Italy—to Lord PALMERSTON ! And that in place of the old, heraldic, emblazoned oriflamme of the most chivalrous among all our great chiefs of diplomacy, these believers hitherto in Lord PAL MERSTON should now march through the Coventry of Quakerdom under the twopenny-halfpenny white pocket-handkerchief stuck at the end of a rattan—the meek little snivel ling type of the policy of the Peace-at-any price Party ! A most wonderful conception, truly. If these are the happiest projects that can be con cocted on the side of the Opposition, there is but small chanceindeed of our witnessing any speedy installation in Downing-street of a strong and united Liberal Administration. Mr. ROEBUCK has a tolerably fair prospect before him of surpassing, by the triumphant success of his political predic tion the happiest among the many ingenious failures of all the brilliant race of racing prophets, in regard to the recent Derby. Others have been as confident as you may please in the happy fortunes in store for the old time-honoured favourite, " The Pro - mised Land" of Whigdom—Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Others, again, have set their heart in implicit reliance upon the triumph in store for that wonder working, self-reliant, self-glorifying " Trumpeter" —Lord PALMERSTON. A few have looked hopefully askance, even at au impracticable Australian importation like " Balnamoon"—otherwise Moon shine, by Calne, out of Kidderminster. Hardly any among all these loud-speaking prophets has had a good word to say for the Oriental " Musjid," who has nevertheless kept high on the list among all the fluctuations of the betting, in spite of all the sneers of his depreciators—in de fiance of the heavy odds offered against him by the Particularly Knowing Ones—and who is yet com ing in with an easy stride ahead of them all, hardly before Mr. DENISON can well settle himself com fortably down in the umpire's chair. Mr. ROEBUCK is the only one among all the prophets who has had the skill and the courage to pick out the win ner in defiance of those who had no faith in him at all. True-Blue Jacket has already turned the Tattenham Corner of the Parliamentary Course, and the favourite and his fellows are fast falling back into the ruck—to find themselves just nowhere at the resettlement of the Derby—Government. In sententious comment upon the triumph of Musjid, it has been remarked that—" The Ring will be the sufferers." For " the ring"—read the Magic Circ le, the proud, exc l us ive circle of the great Whig party : those, above, all will certainly prove the sufferers by reason of the triumph of that most unexpected Winner of the Derby, the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of her MAJESTY'S Ex chequer, against w h om th e o dd s a t th e very last toas30:11.! ROEBUCKAnd foretoldi s y t he , m , o o d m d e l y n were comig 353 in, would —first past the post of the leadership of the House of Commons. The Address in answer to her Majesty's Speech will, it is stated, be moved in the House of Lords by the Earl of Pais. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Monday next at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Atholl has arrived at the St. George's Hotel, The Earl and Countess of Scarborough have ar rived at the St. George's Hotel. The Earl of Danoughmore arrived in London yesterday from Portsmouth. 4 .• •-1111110:\.: ,) ARO, ^ws (0 7* „ Dnoir • P +'y Unl THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1859. EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE EASTERN 3101VARCH. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 3. The troopship Eastern Monarch anchored at Spithead, from Kurrachee, bound to Gravesend, at half-past 1 this morning, Captain Morris having put in to obtain a supply of fresh provisions for the invalids and passengers on board, consisting of 11 officers, three ladies, 450 men, women, and children. About half-past 3 all on board were awoke out of their sleep by a terrific explosion in the after part of the ship. Captain Morris states that the cuddy deck was blown up, bulkheads, &c., carried away, and the cuddy filled with a thick, sulphurous vapour. On making his way on deck he found the ship bursting out into flames in the k i tfter part. He instantly ordered the ship's boats to be lowered, and commenced taking people out of the , burning ship, and placing them on board a nuiitber of small craft anchored near, and others which bore down to the scene of disaster. The boats of the ship were in good order, and Captain Morris felt covfldent of being able to save the lives of all if he could only keep the people calm. He describes the cries of the women and children at this moment as heartrending. Men flung them selves madly into the water, thus lengthening the time occupied in saving the lives of all. The boats of the Falcon and Flying Fish, men-of•war, at Spithead, were promptly on the spot, and rendered every assistance in taking the people out of the ship. In one hour from the first alarm every one who could be found was got out of the ship, and as the last boat-load left her the masts fell over her side, and the ship burst into a body of flame fore and aft. It is impossible at present to state the number of lives lost, but Captain Morris thinks it must be very small, and chiefly children. Had the ship continued her course up Channel, instead of calling at Spit head, the loss of life !must have been fearful. The weather was fine and the water smooth, so that the boats had every chance of getting the people out of the ship. A large quantity of saltpetre was stowed in the after-hold, and spontaneous combustion must have taken place, causing the explosion. The ship is now (8.30) a mass of flame. THE WHIG OPPOSITION. (From the Morning Chronicle.) It is announced that an attempt will be made by the Whig Opposition to obstruct the progress of public business, on the very first night of the ses sion, by a factious amendment on the Address. This amendment will be moved by the Marquis of Hartington, who is a member of one of the most exclusive families of the old Whig oligarchy ; and it will be seconded by Sir Morton Peto, a steady adherent of the Whig party, from whom he has received a baronetcy and several lucrative Govern ment contracts. Every effort, it is added, has been made by Sir William Hayter and Sir Charles Wood, the chief managers of the Opposition, to give to this move ment a more independent character, but it has been found impossible to secure the services of any champions whose fortunes are not already identi fied with those of the Whig clique. We are assured, indeed, that Mr. Milner Gibson will return to his former friends, and that, in the event of the attack succeeding, he will hold office in the future Government, which has already been cast at Cam bridge House. The significance of this adhesion should not be exaggerated, for it can only involve the conversion of Mr. Gibson to Whiggery, and not the conversion of the Whigs to more liberal views and a more national policy. With all his cleverness and tact, it is no disparagement to the right hon. gentleman to say that he is not the man to reanimate the lifeless system of " the obsolete oligarchy." In order to conciliate the support of the inde pendent Liberals, an ingenious rumour has been circulated, to the effect that Mr. Cobden has ac cepted a place in the embryo Cabinet. Mr. Cobden is now in America, and it is very safe to attribute to him intentions which, were he here, he would hasten to disavow ; but that Mr. Cobden should accept office under Lord Palmerston, is a combina tion so violently improbable, that even should the Independents bel'ave the story, it will fail to excite the slightest alarm in the mind of the most timid and exclusive of the Palmerstonian Hacks. We do not pretend to possess the secrets of the Opposition, but these rumours are generally be lieved, and we give them as they reach us. THE OCEAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 2, The Rofti Mail Company's steamship Magdalena, Cappin Bevis, sailed hence to-day with the West India; Mexico, and Pacific mails, 56 passengers (among whom were Lieutenants Wise and Davis, for Jamaica), £l,BOO in specie, jewellery value £13,100, and. a full cargo. The United States' mail steamship Fulton, Captain Wotton, left Havre and Cowes yesterday with the French and English mails, passengers, and freight, for New York. The Peninsular and Oriental Company despatched their steamship Valetta, Captain Woodyates, yesterday for the Malta and Corfu station under the new con tract lately taken by them for the conveyance of the lonian Islands mails. The following steam ' ships will leave this port during the next few days : —The Pera, Captain Jamieson, with the Mediter ranean, India, and China mails, on the 4th inst. ; the Saxonia, Captain Ehlers, taking a ship mail for New York, on the 4th ; the Celt, Captain Brown, on the 6th, for the Cape of Good Hope, calling at Plymouth for the mails; the Tagus, Captain Hall, with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon, on the 7th ; the Ocean Queen, Captain Seabury, with the French and English mails for New York, on the Bth ; the Avon, Captain Revitt, with the Brazilian and River Plate mails, on the 9th ; the Indus, Capt. Weeks, with the Bombay and Australian mails, on the 12th ; and the Bremen, Captain Wessels, with the German and English mails for New York, on the 14th. The Tamar, Captain Jellicoe, is expected here on Friday night or Saturday morning, with the mails from Brazil and the River Plate ; the Wesser, Captain Gatjen, on the Bth, from New York, with mails of the 28th ult. for England and Germany; the Arago, Captain Lines, on the 9th, with the French and English mails from New York ; the Ceylon, Captain Evans, on the 10th, with the Bombay and Australian mails; the Sul tain, Captain Cook, on the 11th, with mails from Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo; the Borussia, Captain Trautmann, from New York, on the 18th ; and the Vanderbilt, Captain Lefevre, with the French and English mails from New York, on the 14th. CHARGE OF BRIBERY AT THE BODMIN ELECTION. —On Wednesday, before the Bodmin magistrates, a charge of bribery was brought against Mr. Wyld, late M.P. for Bodmin. A short time ago, it will be remembered, a charge of a similar description was brought against Mr. Belling, a watchmaker, and a supporter of Dr. Michell, the Conserva tive candidate. Belling was committed to take his trial, and it is supposed that the present charge was brought with the view of making a reprisal on the Liberal party. The charge was that Mr. Wyld had given one James Hick half-a-sovereign to induce him to vote for and influence his father to vote for him (Mr. Wyld) at the late election. After hearing the evidence the bench were unanimously of opinion that the charge of corrupt inducement was not made out. After Mr. Whitehurst hid addressed the bench, and had called one or two witnesses, the chairman said that the bench were unanimously of opinion that the case for the prosecution was not sufficiently strong to justify them in proceeding . any further with the charge, and it was there fore dismissed. (The announcement was received wish loud applause from the body of the hall.) Mr. Whitehurst then applied for the defendant's costs, which were allowed. WATERLOO B RIDG E.—The ;half-yearly general assembly of proprietors in this company was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, yesterday—Mr. W. Anderson in the chair. The report stated that the tolls for the half-year ending the 23d February last had been £9,787 12s. 9d., while those for the corresponding period of the preceding year had been £9,638 ss. 6d., s'nowing an in crease of £149 7s. 3d. The horse traffic for 1859 had been V,744 7s. 9d.; for 1858, £4,567 ss. Bd., being as increase of £177 2s. ld. The foot traffic for 1859 had been £5,043 ss. ; for 1858, £5,070 19s. 10d., being a decrease of £27 14s. 10d., which, deducted from the increase in horse traffic, gives a general increase of £149 7s. 3d. The report then went on to state that there was a further balance since February last of £166 lls. 6d., which the directors thought was satisfactory evidence of the improvement of the traffic, At the previous ' ..eneral a ssembly the committee reported that atter paying the current expenses, and providing for a dividend of 4s. in the pound, there remained a balance of .E 1,908 4s. 3d. ; and they now reported that after meeting the current expenses, providing for interest on the con pany's bonds, and a dividend of 4s. in the pound, the ba lance remaining was £1,705 12s. The report was adopted. THE EMPEROR FAUSTIN OF HAYTI.—The journals of New Orleans publish a letter, which, they say, has been addressed by the deposed Emperor Faustin of Hayti to his friends in Louisiana, contradicting a report which had been propagated that he had consented to allow Barnum to exhibit Lim as a curiosity. "It is painful," says his ex-Majesty, " to see my name associated with that of a Saxon impresario, to whom I forbade the entrance into my States. Although fallen from the high rank I occupied, I remain surrounded with the Imperial aureola, and I have still power sufficient to chastise such a mountebank; but not being disposed to derogate from my rank and belonging to posterity, I prefer clemency to vengeance. Let him know then that I ,pardon him ; and if ever God should allow me to recover my crown and to see again my beloved country, which I left a prey to vile agitators, I will show to him magnanimity and will allow him to circulate freely States I"—This letter looks very much like a lilummyy LATEST NEWS. THE WAR IN ITALY. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's-office : VIENNA, JUNE 2. The following is an official message from Milan, 2d inst. : " Varese was yesterday cannonaded and taken by General Urban, who deliered up the town again to the legal authorities." TURIN, JUNE 2. This morning the Austrians advanced from Bob bio towards the French outposts, but retired again after a short fight. This movement was made to conceal the retreat of the Austrians, who had begun to evacuate Bobbio, carrying with them about 1,000 wounded. Garibaldi has surprised and beaten the Austrians at Varese, and the town is again free of the enemy. TURIN, JUNE 3. The Austrians have withdrawn to the eastern bank of the Po, and have abandoned Torre Beretti and the surrounding country. Garibaldi re-entered Como yesterday evening at 11 o'clock. VERONA, JUNE 1 (via Vienna). The enemy have attacked the vanguard of the 7th Corps d'armee, but their further advance was stopped by the Corps d'armee under the command of General Zobel. There, was a great number of wounded. BERNE, JUNE 2 (via France). The Duke of Parma has arrived in Switzerland, via the Tyrol, with a numerous suite. The sub governor of Sondrio has fled with Bens d'armes and the public treasure into the Tyrol. Sardinian officials fill the public offices in Son drio. NAPLES, MAY 31. This morning the remains of the late King were carried with great ceremony and military display from the palace to the church. They will be in terred to-morrow. Naples is tranquil. Everything remains in state quo. The Moniteur publishes the following notification, dated Paris, June 1, relative to the blockade of Venice :—" It is notified by these presents that his Eminence the Minister of Marine has been informed by Rear-Admiral Jurien de is Graviere, commanding the French naval forces in the Adriatic, that on the 18th May, 1859, and from that day, there was established by the naval forces placed under his command an effective blockade of the port of Venice and its issues. It is, besides, notified by these presents that all the measures authorised by inter national law and the treaties existing between his Majesty the Emperor and the different neutral Powers shall be executed with regard to all vessels which may attempt to violate the said blockade." A letter from Vercelli of the 30th ult., in the Constitutionnel, says :—" Whilst the Imperial Guard, suddenly leaving Alessandria, took, as all saw, the direction of Voghera, orders prescribed the concentration of our forces towards Casale, Valenza, and Vercelli. Accordingly the French army, combining its movements with the Sardinian forces, marched to those three places, and have pre pared for an attack which will perhaps be termi nated by the time this letter reaches you. In the course of a few hours, Casteggio, Montebello, and Voghera were abandoned by the corps d'armee of- Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers, and I learn this morning that the Austrians, no doubt mistaking this voluntary abandonment, have returned there. I possess no information as to the manner in which they have been received by the inhabitants; neither do I know how they have acted towards the population, which twice already has been subjected to their exactions ; but this morning I heard fears expressed that acts of vio lence will be recommenced, and that incendiarism will succeed murder and pillage. At Vercelli large forces are collected, and a decisive battle is immi nent. Most of our soldiers expected to receive this morning at daybreak the order to advance. The sick, and the men who are labouring under tempo rary maladies, were yesterday conveyed to Ales sandria, and the army now consists only of healthy soldiers, full of energy and impetuosity. Ide not yet know where I can find shelter in this place ; the town is small ; all the hotels are full ; and I shall consider myself lucky if I can find room in a peasant's chamber, with a table for a bed." Another letter from Vercelli of the same date in the Siecle says :—" The manner in which Garibaldi crossed the Ticino and baffled the Austrians, who acted on information obtained by their spies, was curious, and may now be divulged without danger. He left Turin with 3,700 men ; and the day after his departure he quitted Biella and proceeded to Borgomanero, where he passed the night and part of the next day. He there prepared his plans, and put them in harmony with the instructions given him at head-quarters. The principal object was to cross the Ticino, and effect the passage and invasion without danger to himself or men. Garibaldi knew that all these men risked their lives, inasmuch as be fore becoming soldiers they were refugees, and by bearing arms they incurred, according to the Austrian code, the penalty of death. He accordingly spread the report that he intended to stop at Arona, and he even wrote himself orders to have stores and lodging; p repared there, and the churches fitted up for the reception of horses. No sooner had he sent off these orders by special messengers to Arona which is on the Lago Maggiore, than he gave orders to his men, each of whom carried two mus kets, to leave for Castelletto, where they crossed the Ticino in a ferry-boat to Sesto-Calende, and by a forced march proceeded to Varese. The Austrians on learning how they had been tricked, assembled at Calarata, and intercepted the line of the Ticino at Varese, believing that they would thereby cut off the retreat of the force and surprise it. Garibaldi troubled himself little about that proceed ing, and induced the towns and villages to revolt. His success in this was so great that he had to write to the King for 8,000 muskets and 8,000 greatcoats. Foreseeing, however, an attack on Varese, he barricaded the town—which does not mean that he barricaded himself in the town. That done, he left ,200 of his men, who, with the assist ance of the population, heroically resisted the Aus trians, who soon attacked the place. In the mean time he marched with the main body of his army from the town towards the hills, and some time after, surprising the enemy in flank, defeated and routed them. The Austrians retired In great disorder, and only re-formed at Canirrh late, a very important position, from which Como can be defended without great loss. But Garibaldi scarcely left them the time to count themselves, as he attacked them again, and, after a sharp combat, in which many of their officers were killed, dislodged them. He then entered Como , where he obtained a positivy population. All the country is in . full insurrection. Young men are putting themselves in uniform and arming themselves. All clas ses, without distinction —nobles, peasants, citizens, men, women, and chil dren—are prepared for resistance. Garibaldi h as taken the precaution of being able to suppl y t h e population with arms and ammunition." As connected with the events mentioned above, a letter from Tu rin of the 29th says The Mayor of Montebell o, who arrived here this morning, states that the French have left Casteggio and Montebello. On the departure of the French the inhabitants of those two places, who dreaded the return and the vengeance of the enemy, fled from their homes, leaving the houses empty and the villages deserted. I understand that with respect to the movements of Garibaldi, the new bridge which the Piedmontese have just erected over the Sesia was rendered necessary by the former one having been carried away by the rise of the river, and it was that circumstance which prevented the march of General Cialdini on Novara, as had been decided before the departure of Garibaldi. The operations of the latter would have been compro mised by this untoward circumstance had he not been able to ward off the danger by his extraordi nary boldness. Yesterday I understand King Vic tor Emmanuel sent a despatch to him, asking how many clays he could hold the position in which he then was. Garibaldi replied, ' A fortnight.' The King only requires three days !" The Opinione of Turin publishes an order of the day and a proclamation signed " Ceccarini, comman dant of the first regiment of the 2d corps of the army of Central Italy," meaning Tuscany. In the first of these documents, the soldiers are informed that Lieut.• Colonel Mezzacapo has arrived among them to be present at the ceremony of their taking the oath, the text of which is as follows : " I swear fidelity to his sacred Royal Majesty Victor Emmanuel 11., and to his Royal successors, as also faithfully to observe the statutes and the laws of the State, and to fulfil all the duties belong ing to my quality of a soldier, with the sole view of the welfare of the King and country." THE SEAT OF WAR. (From the Correspondent of the Morning Post.) TURIN, MAY 31 Eleven years ago yesterday the King of Sardinia saved the day at Goito at the head of the Guards, its Duke of Savoy, and, exposing himself in the hottest fire, was wounded by a ball in the thigh. Yester day the Sardinian army, commanded by the King in person, crossed the Sesia, and attacked the Austrians, who were entrenched at Palestro, a hamlet some eight English miles from Vercelli. The Austrians occupied the three villages of Palestro, Vinzaglio, which lies perhaps a mile above Palestro, and Casa lino, three or four miles farther to the north. They had entrenched themselves strongly, and defended themselves with obstinacy ; but the Sardinians, after some sharp firing, attacked them at the point of the bayonet, drove them from their positions, and took two guns and many prisoners, and a quantity of arms and ammunition. The loss of the Austrians is said to have been severe, that of the Piedmontese is not yet publicly known, but it must be considerable, as the Austrians fought well, and were for some time under cover of their works, while the Sardi nians were exposed to the fire of the enemy's guns until they were able to close. There are no parti culars of the numbers on either side given in the official account, but I hope to-morrow to be able to give some more interesting details. Vercelli was illuminated last night, and the Em peror of the French visited the town and remained there some time. The King passed the night at Torrione, nearer to Vercelli than the scene of action by a mile or two, where the army encamped. The following proclamation was addressed by the King to his soldiers : " Head-quarters, Torrione, May 30. " Soldiers !—Our first battle has been distin guished by our first victory. Your heroic courage and the admirable order of your ranks, the spirit and ability of your leaders, have this day triumphed at Palestro, Vinzaglio, and Casalino. The enemy, repeatedly attacked, abandoned to you his strong position after an obstinate resistance. This campaign could not have opened under happier auspices. The triumph of to-day is a certain pledge to you that there are other victories in reserve to the glory of your King and of the brave Sardinian army. " Soldiers !—Your exulting country, through me, expresses to you her gratitude, and, proud of our battles, she already adds to history the names of her, heroic sons who, for a second time on this memorable 30th of May, have bravely fought for her. " VICTOR EMMANUEL." The Regent Prince Eugene has published a de cree, in virtue of which all officers who had left the service, retaining or not their military rank, can re-enter it with the same regimental rank, senior ity, and length of service, and all the non-commis sioned have the same privilege accorded to them and the same advantages. In consequence of this decree more than 500 officers will be enabled to serve again in the Sardinian army ; and many volunteers now in the army, who had served as non-commissioned officers in 1848, will at once be promoted to their former rank. In Garibaldi's actions at Varese and Como, Cap. tain de Cristoforis and Lieutenants Battaglier, Cus tigliari, Pedotti, and Ferrini were killed and 98 wounded. The Duke of Modena, before leaving his duchy, sold or otherwise disposed of everything he could lay his hands on. He sold the palace furniture to a broker, down to the bed he slept upon the night before he left, and got rid of to a government con tractor the wood, wine, 5,000 sacks of grain in store, even the,uncut hay and standing crops on the Crown lands. They say he has not only taken away every picture of any value, but the silver bell-pulls, and handles to the doors in the palace of the same metal ; every piece of plate has also disappeared. He also took possession of the public money that happened to be in the treasury, being determined, as he said, to leave the French nothing. He tried, but of course without success, to raise a loan before leaving. The ceremony of swearing fidelity to King Francis 11. at Naples took place on the 23d, and went off rather coldly, although the order of the day gave the fullest instructions how every sabre was to be-drawn, and when every voice was to cry " Viva it Re !" A number of horses belonging to the Imperial Artillery of the Guard arrived here this morning, and a regiment of artillery of the line left for Alessandria at 12. Another engagement is expected almost hourly in the vicinity of Bobbio ; a corps d'artnee of Aus trians is said to have directed its march upon Tortona and Novi, to cut off the railway communi sation with Alessandria, but this is what ought to have been done at the opening of the campaign, as by that they would have stopped the arrival of all the heavy stores at Alessandria for many days. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. We learn that the Emperor has given orders for the construction of 60 flat-bottomed boats, 20 of which are to be of a larger size than any yet built. They are to be employed in landing troops on an enemy's coast from ships of war ; and are intended (so it is said, at least) for the Adriatic. Twenty two additional battalions of foot Chasseurs are to be organised on the plan of the original Chasseurs de Vincennes. This being Ascension -day, it is observed as a close holiday at the Bourse and public offices. ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—Y esterday ne r a court of the governors of this institutioß the house of the Scottish Hospital Corporation, i s c ir P r a e a s e n iha e el _ l e d :i t rt. F . leet•street, for the purpose of electing four iul six girls into the asylum from a long list of de servingb o candidates. The proceedings, which were of a formal character, and not furnishing materials for a report, were presided over by Sir John Maxwell, who, at the close of the poll, announced the names of the successful candi dates. ALARMING FIRES AND NARRO W ESCAPE.—Yes terday morning three fires took place in different parts of the metropolis —one in the premises of Mr. Smith, Down ham-terrace, Kingsland-road which destroyed the greater part of the p rem i ses and their contents. The loss will fall upon the Phoenix Fire Office. A fire also happened in the premises of Messrs. Lewis and Taylor, pianoforte makers, 16, Ludgate-hill ;it commenced in the irst floor, amongst some unfinished work, and althouh the damage done was trifling the servant girl and three children of Mr. Taylor's had very narrow escapes, and were rescued by Police-con stable Win. Bates, who was compelled to break open the door to get to them.—A fire also took place in the premises of Mr. Wm. Ternan, clockmaker, &c., in Long lane, Smith field. The Royal Society's fire escape from Aldersgate street promptly atte n d e d, w h en H a skell, the conductor, the o ascended his machin e , an d b ro ught out of the premises of age. wife of the p ro p r i e t or an d hi s c hild, abouttwo years wasT h e unable occupier to save himselfo other h e r owingout several v t e o r a the h the of but he theho ef smoke. The fire was happily confined to the building. morning this FIRE 0 I nN the T p E CT Y remises. belonging mercers, and stuff warehousemen, silk t. Pringle eady and Co., wholesale A fireb t broke A k i e e s s o r u s building inastery - es were q uickly obtained. The men laboured o h f os th ie e rs ß , iringaAddedelnegtn-street, Alroqouttlr;tt theCh esapposti,de. and aMgaonoyd supply of water was as tandttslutcheeeeldoewdeirnpgartettoinfgththee nearly burnt out and serious damage and the ioverincessantly sa the n t fi l yr until contentsb t u i lt they done to the upper floors. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SILL WRECK. Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Life boat Institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., in the chair. There were also present Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., Admiral Cator, Capt. Hall, R.N., C. 8., Alex. Boetefeur, Esq., General Blanshard, C. 8., W. H. Harton, Esi., Admiral Gordon, De puty Master of the Trinity House ; and Captain Ward, R.N., inspect or o f lif e b oa t s t o th e soc iety. _ _ Mr. LEWIS, the secretary, having read the minutes of the previous meeting, A reward of £1 10s. was voted to some men, and the thanks of the institution, inscribed on vellum, to Captain Ellison and Mr. M'Lellan, who had courageously exerted themselves in saving 10 men from the brig William Sortie, of Glasgow, which, during a heavy gale of wind, was wrecked off Barra, on the Western Islands. Having encountered a heavy gale, the vessel sprang a leak, which com pelled her crew to run her on Barra Strand, the sea at the time running so high that two of the men were carried overboard, one of whom was un fortunately lost. While on shore 10 of her crew were rescued‘from their perilous situation. A reward of £2los. was likewise voted to a boat's crew of five men, for putting off in a boat and rescuing, amidst considerable danger, the crew of 15 hands of the steamer Preston, of Liverpool, which, during very thick and blowing weather, was recently wrecked on the Anglesey coast. The steamer's crew had taken to their boat, and the sailors succeeded in safely piloting it through a very intricate passage between some rocks. There being a great deal of sea on, the steamer went to pieces in about half an hour after striking. Anglesey lies immediately in the track of all vessels passing to or from the important port of Liverpool, the arrivals and sailings at which alone exceeding 40,000 vessels every year. Many parts of the island is bounded with precipitous rocks, without for many miles an inlet for shelter, except for boats of very small size. On this dangerous coast the National Lifeboat Institution has at present five efficient lifeboats. A reward of £4 was also voted to a boat's crew for putting off on two occasions and saving the crew of five men from a French vessel, named the Bon Calais, of Bayonne, which, during a gale of wind and thick weather, was recently wrecked in Dun dalk Bay.. A crew of four fishermen had, on the first occasion, gone off in their yawl against a verY heavy sea, and succeeded in getting alongside the ship ; but the Frenchmen would not leave their vessel, though at times the sea was breaking com pletely over her. Subsequently, however, they were only too glad to abandon her. A reward of £5 was likewise granted to a Coa t Guard boat's crew of five men, i n ac k now ledgment of their very laudable services in putting off and rescuing the crew of four men of the schooner Amelia, of Salcombe, which was recently wrecked off Cardiff, during. an easterly gale. Great exertion was used by the Coastguard men on the occasion, there being a heavy sea on at the time, and blowing a strong gale. of wind. The shipwrecked men were taken off quite extmusted, having been 12 hours in the rigging, where they must have perished in a short time had they not been taken off. Several rewards of money were also voted to the crews of different boats for their praiseworthy exer tions in saving life from wreck on the Irish coast. The committee expressed much commiseration for the fearful loss of life from the unfortunate ship Po mona. An offer had been made to the locality, of a large, powerful 39 feet lifeboat, to meet, if such lamentable catastrophes in future. h had It was stated that the institution, whic h T . 14 already 82 lifeboat stations on the English ano s coasts was desirous to extend its work of usefulne ss to the coast of Scotland, which is 1,50 mi les long, that every part of the United Kingdom may be provided with the means of affording succour to those unfortunate persons who, by the violence of possible, the storm, are cast away, and must too often otherwise perish on its shores. Without, however, the pecuniary assistance and the hearty general co-operation of the community at large, that object could not be carried out. It was reported that the institution had sent on Monday last a new lifeboat and transporting car riage to Exmouth. During the past month three new lifeboats on Mr. Peake's plan, and built by the Messrs. Forrest, had been sent to the Emperor of Russia. They are to be stationed on the Gulf of Finland. A Russian steam packet company had likewise purchased from the builders two lifeboats of the same class, to be stationed at Odessa. A lifeboat had also been for warded to the Prussian Government. The useful little pamphlet on the " Management of Boats in Heavy Surfs," &c., issued by the institu tion, and sold for a fewpence, was reported to have been ordered by the Admiralty 'to be circulated in her Majesty's fleet. This practical little book should be in the hand of every seaman and boat man in the kingdom. It was about to be translated into French. The valuable instructions of the institution for the restoration of the apparently drowned, which are n ow i n ex t ens i ve use o n our own coasts, had also been forwarded to all th e foreign missionary societies for use on their stations. The proceedings then closed. WRECK OF THE POMONA. As the relatives and friends of the persons 011 , board this unfortunat e vesse l w h en s h e was w recke d are increasing their inquiries as to the progress th e divers are making in the recove r y o f th e bodies, it may interest some of them to learn the latest par: titulars from the scene of the disaster, as reported in the WWord Constitution:—" Captain Thomas; of the steamer Firefly, plying between here and Bristol, passed the bodies of a man and woman in the Bay. The man was floating on his face, the legs being gone at the knees, and the hands being off at the wrists. It was dressed in a black coat and grey trousers. The body of the woman was floating on its back, the face and legs being entirely' gone. It had on a black gown, with a black shawl,. fastened by a pin in front, showing a light coloured neckerchief over a white habit-shirt or chemisette. Capt. Thomas gave information of what he had seen to the crew of a pilot boat off Rosslare Fort, by whom the first body was recovered. On Monday, fi Dr. W. C. Ryan, coroner, held inquesmtsanon. On half n dimes, he bodies at Curracloe, four men an d one of the male bodies wa s £ a l w 2 o s and five American silver co l in d s nothing which would inquest at Rosslare on three s a a n m d e a d t a h y r h ee e -c h e e n i t d . a p n iece; on another £l2 . 35., but l e a ad d t im o foeu l n e t n h t r i e fi e cati . bodies, two men and a woman. Yester day he held urracloe, short distance f r o m atthCere. On found the sum o f 1 5s. 61 d . ; but on in no case we re there any papers or letters by a a n n edi of f q a t u ht e w s e t of oe men t ne h r e aw as bodies which the unfortunate creatures could be recognised. Yesterday morning, Andrew Costello, the master of an oyster smack, met with the body of a woman in the North Bay, which he took in tow, and by direction of the coastguard at Rosslare br oug ht it up to Wexford, where he handed it over to the care of the constabulary. An inquest was held last li e i enn v fg e tt n ,hf i wri n soa s f ma , st a th n ihan d et a a dlolr i verdict sh r as d e : :ofttoohruo found asceansecesoe composed woman,d tp r Tho o sehweefdne eabotdolf appare n tlyre t urn edryeasojb we reuu,adg bla ck servant girl. The dress efn w rng stuff gown w i t h coloured flowers and stripes, flannel petticoats, black stockings and boots. I n the pocket there was only a couple of combs, but on the fourth finger of the right hand there was a thin gold ring. In addition to the above we believe that several bodies have been landed near the Blackwater by the parties attending on the divers, and some at other spots, particulars of which have not yet reached us. We understand that the diver has noticed several bodies lashed to various parts of the upper deck, and that he has recovered some few . , articles of personal prope r ty, i nc l u di ng th e ca ptain 0 silver speaking trumpet, in addition to a number of bales of merchandise, &c. One of the survivors from this melancholy catastrophe has since suc cumbed to the hand of death. His name was Cha s ' Thompson, a seaman, and from a conversation we had with him when in Wexford we found him to be one of the most intelligent of those saved. His statement of the loss of the ship we gave in full at the time. When the ship left Liverpool this p o r fellow was suffering from dysent er y, w hi c h was muc h aggravated by the sufferings he aft erwar ds u nd er' went on the day of the wreck, and was ultimate ly the cause of his death, as stated at the inquest held on his body last week in Liverpool. The Collector 0f Customs still continues to receive letters from various parts of this and the sister country, givi ng particulars and making inquiri es as t o missing friends and relatives, many of which disclose, • heartrending accounts of sorrow i ng w id ow s an d fatherless children, who in too many instances seek in vain even for the small comfort of knowing tha t the remains of their l ove d ones h ave rece i ve d decen t and Christian burial. A few of the letters, however , contain some curious episodes in human life, as , for instance, one received from North Shields, inquir ing if any trace had been found of a man wh° , forsaking his wife and family, had embarked in the , Ponoma with another woman, a widow, with whom he hoped to pass the remainder of his days in a foreign land, far from allwho cou ld tell them away of their guilty conduct." Twelve letter carriers and clerks of the Post office left Paris yesterday for the army of Italy, in order to complete the organisation of the postal service. Some of the former are to be mounted on horseback.