The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-04 00:00:00

OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presen ted Shaltspeares historical play of KINGMENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kea n ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. THEATEE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. D. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed theHE new and o The riAnal Comedy, entitled T HE WORLD AND T STAGE. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Buckstone, Howe, W. Far ren, Rogers; Miss Amy Sedgwick, &c. After which, a NEW lassical Extravagaeza entitled ELECTRA IN A ELECTRIC LIGHT. Messrs. Compton, Braid, Clark,. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright. Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Leclercq. And 'TWAS I. Commence at 7. W - Clr THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. B. Webster, Billington, Toole ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Sims. after which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and Kate Kelly. Followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Mr. B. Webster, Billington , Eburne , MissesWoolgar, KeeleY, and Arden. Acting sianager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at sevefees Box Office open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking,. o to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Sw anborough THIS EVENING went be produced a new OF CTHE omediettTWO a, by 3. M. Morton, Esq., itled WHICH supported by the company. Aft NDer which, THE MAID YAND THE MAGPIE. T o coaclude with VAKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark. Commence at 7o'clock. ,g ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Madager Mr. William Cooke. Immense Success of ISTANHOE.—Overflowing, Houses NiZhtly. 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 equestrian in the world : together with Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle. Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. To conclude with the Farce of BATHING. :Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes , 3 s. ; Pit , 2s, ; Gallery, Ss. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £4 45, £2 2s, aad ls. Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips ASTLY fIANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ART V GALLERY, Westminster -road. — Open at Seven. EVERY EVENING during the week will appear TAE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, consisting ofJuvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform EVERY EVENING, at NINE and ELE% EN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.--SUN Orr!cm, MAY 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 58—this day at noon. BAROMETEE-29.82—falling. WIND, North-Easterly; rather fresh, with very fine eather. FRENCH DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST AUSTRIA. " Oh, that mine enemy would write a book !" was the time-honoured exclamation. Something more will, however, be now required, and if a suffi ciently important Italian proclamation or mani festo will be looked for, Louis NAPOLEON, at the very moment of proclaiming the war occasioned by his own criminal ambition, has thought proper to applaud the extraordinary moderation, the miracu lous gentleness which he has displayed. Austria is the only delinquent. It is she who, by her invasion of Piedmont, has declared war against France ; and the result is, that either the Austrian dominions must extend to the Alps, or that Italy must be free to the shores of the Adriatic. It is a new mode of " begging the question." We do not in any degree desire to defend FRANCIS JOSEPH. He himself, as well as his predecessors, grossly abused the power so unfortunately and unwisely granted forty-five years ago. They alienated the affections of those who became their subjects, and to the utmost of their power pre vented the amelioration in the Petty States that might otherwise have been anticipated. But cer tainly the course adopted by LOUIS NAPOLEON has precipitated the crisis, and rendered war inevitable. It is thereforefore simply ridiculous for him to prate about moderation, or to declare that hitherto it has been the rule of his conduct. He will observe treaties, but on what condition ? They shall not be violated against him ! He is to decide on that point; and he insists on being judge and jury in his own case, refusing the arbitration or mediation of any Power, even of one beyond the slightest taint of suspicion. This will not do. It is too much even for the immortal Jew Apella, or for the most credulous member of that truly distinguished • corps, "The Royal Marines !" But he does not stop there. He declares that " France has shown her hatred of anarchy." This is a new discovery, and we should certainly be rejoiced to see the statement verified, and to know that she, the model country, would not tolerate either foreign war or domestic disturbance, save in the last extremity, when no other alternative remained. He declares that " the object of the war is to restore Italy to herself, not to impose on her a change of masters, and to have upon her frontiers a friendly people, who will owe their independence to him." This seems rather contradictory. He does not want to change masters (?) but he wants a friendly people " who owe their independence to him." If the old despotism be retained we cannot understand the quasi independence, Davies' non ./Edipissum, and therefore must leave the solution to the skilful scribes of the Muni,eur or Constita tionnel. He is about to place himself at the head of the army. That simple fact is worth at least twenty thousand men to Austria. As we have already stated there is no royal road to military science, and mere theory will not be sufficient, unless the eye has home accustomed to the conflicts of armed squadrons, and the ear to the booming of cannon and the deadly fusillades, where " every bullet has its billet." He may, however, change his mind as speedily as did his cousin, who found the Crimean atmosphere by no means suited to his-constitution. Th e husband of "the Royal Victim," having already had so me - painful experience of war. will, we sup pose, remain at home to coraforthis fifteen-year-old' spouse, and to assist the Empress and Prince IM perial in the good government of the Empire. We shall speedily s ee how Loris NAPOLEON prospers in his new unde,taking, and whether the passion for " playing at soldiers" has really entered into his soul. Should he fancy that his uncle's mantle has descended on his shoulders, he will become the Scourge o f be the duty of every c ''' iv;1; Europe, and it will aed nation to arrest his dangerous career at its very commencement. The Government of Lord DERBY has one more excellent chance of gaining an unassailable posi tion. In adopting substantially the India Bill of the preceding Government. ;they were blam e d b y none, and taunted only by those whom they h a d superseded, and naturally and excusably enough. ... ,:: , :rs:. •,.. . v , " f -- - ''.•••,,.` '--,'-'- :: 4 ;. - . , , - -.3 PAr V'' .0 41161 i. THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1859. But they have a far better opportunity for modify ing their Reform programme. They were justifie?, in listening to a committee of the House of Co,,n mons, but they will be justified much more in listening to a committee of the whole country. They have heard the voice of the people from every hustings ; for promises and speeches there, are but the interpretation of the wishes of the electors, and almost never in excess of their -wishes ; on the con trary, the most offered is generally below what the majority of a constituency would like to obtain. To the voice of the c onstituencies, on a question so almost exclusively affecting themselves, Ministers ought to listen, and may therefore listen without just fear of reproach. If so many of their own friends maintained that they could honourably and materially have altered their Reform Bill to the general sense of the House, who can deny that they may modify their next bill—for a bill they must produce—to the general sense of the country? If they honestly belieNe that they can superintend the general affairs of the country better than their opponents, it can be nothing discreditable to them to refuse to turn themselves out by flying in the face of members fresh from the " Baptism of a general election," and perhaps smarting under the cost and provocation of a penal dissolution. It will assuredly be on Reform that their op ponents will endeavour to.eject them. It will not be tolerated that a war, in which we are to take no part, should divert us from domestic business. Reform has been the universal topic ; members have taken their instructions ; they will be eager to redeem their pledges,. and it will be in vain, when they ask for Reform at home, to give them an Italian war. Why, then, should not the present Government fairly look the political demands of the nation in the face, and frankly concede them ? They now see what parts of their late bill were universally repudiated by the country ; what was pretty. generally objected to, and what more was demanded. Their county franchise was universally accepted ; their disfranchisement of the freeholders hardly found, that, we remember, a supporter, and there was a very general demand for a more de finite enfranchisement of the working classes. And, though owing to local squabbles, one or two sup porters of the Ballot lost their election, yet others have gained it, and:the subject has been strongly pressed on many men whose other merits would have obtained them a seat. The great Liberal party will return to the House somewhat diminished in numbers, but having lost none of its influential men—unless their late entertaining member for Dover could be so regarded—but it will return im proved in tone, more decided, and its memory re freshed as to the real desires of its supporters. In regaining Mr. COBDEN alone the popular party have regained a man who will certainly be worth more to them than several votes; and, just now, his aversion to foreign war chimes in with the general sentiment. For ourselves, we advise in all honesty. We told Mr. DISRAELI at the time that his bill was too clever by half. Its franchises were approved, but the attempt to subtract votes from the counties we predicted would be fatal to it. He now sees that that point he can never carry ; ho sees, too, that the ten-pound county franchise cannot be withdrawn, and he must be content to give it without any ingenious and half-neutralising expedients. He must have seen also that Mr. WALPOLE and Mr, HENLEY were right in their principle; right at least in this, that it is the one which the country prefers. Let Mr. DISRAELI then boldly adopt Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S borough franchise ; and, so far as the noble lord is concerned—and he is at present his only formidable antagonist—he may walk the course in the new House of Commons. If, in ad dition to all this, Mr. DisnAELI could return to his first love, if he could summon the courage to return to the Ballot, his lease of power might be long indeed. The people of England would not soon forget the Minister that first conferred upon them unequivocal freedom of election. Every victim of old oppression, every one for a generation to co me , who felt himself in the power of any one h e dared not offend, would bless the Minister who gave him a vote which he was not afraid to use, or which he must give with a deep sense of degradation to the candidate which his better judgment rejected. We believe that the course we have indicated would even prove a Conservative one. Reform of Parliament is not a subject on which the demands grow less by discussion. Every year something more is demanded. If a £6 franchise bo refused this year, it may be household suffrage next year, and universal suffrage, if our governors hold out a year or two further. Probably, just now, a ballot, permissive to constituencies, in which a small por tion of the electors, or a majority on a ballot, de mand it, would almost make a Minister ; in a very few years the Ballot universally will probably be the irresistible demand. If Reform be staved off a year or two, or even for three or four, by the opposi tion or fault of the Government of the day—this is just the very thing Mr. BRIGHT desires. He is in no haste. He evidently is confident—we are sure rightly so—that the demand for Reform is like a snowball, increasing the more it is tossed about. A sagaciously anti-democratic Minister would give more than he was expected to give ; he might then go to sleep awhile, while men were finding out, what he ought to know would be the case, that all things would run very much in the old ruts, while he would be comparatively released from the re sponsibility for what opposition critics censured. Your own democratised Parliament has done it all, would be his answer ; while, in point of fact, the sons of the aristocracy would, as now, enjoy the preference in half the constituencies. We repeat it, a liberal Reform Bill in 1839 would be a conserva tive proposal. The panic on . the Stock Exchange has to some extent subsided. " The settlement " has been: effected at the expense of some fifty-five and there is a temporary rest for those involved in' difficulties until the text day of arrangement comes on with its terrors ! Those who have lieen-: mere gamblers can receive but little if any sym pathy. They entered into wild speculations, and' should be prepared for the result, whatever it might be. But it is . far otherwise with those who. trusted to others, Whoth they had reason to believe: to be perfectly solvent, and who have only fallen : in consequence of reposing undue confidence in: persons previously of unimpeachable credit. The holders of all descriptions of securities have also suffered to a certain extent. This may not be a" matter of very great consequence to those who only require the payment of their annual dividends or interest. . The Turkish Six per Cents., old or new, will still be provided for. There will be no failure on the part of the French, Russian, or Austrian Governments. One and all, they fully appreciate the necessity of maintaining' their credit, andavoid• what is not merely the crime,' but the great mistake, of repudiation. ' All those, however, who have made but Tempo; rary investments, in the belief that they ccpila be made available at any moment required,' must 'make up their minds to serious losses. Thei must suffer for the criminal ambition . of • foreign despots, and it would be well if they were the only parties implicated.' unfOrteMaiely, ag ," armed neutrality" is a costly luxury, which must THE r SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEWING, MAY 4, 1859. be paid for. We may not be compelled to enter the market as borowers, or in any way to increase the national liabilities ; but there is a fearful in strument to scourge the middle classes always available. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has exhibited a laudable desire to meet the engage ments entered into by another financial Minister ; but it may not be in his power to do so under existing circumstances, and we may find the Income-tax again placed on a war footing, and six or seven per cent, levied on our. earnings, and that without any fault on the part of the Govern ment or people of the United Kingdom. We trust, however, that if any such painful exi gency should arise, there will be a fair and rea sonable discriminating allowance made for the dif ference between permanent and precarious incomes. To a." Property " tax we have never objected; on the contrary, we believe it to be the best fiscal mea sure that could be devised. Men who have in herited or realised fortunes should contribute a just proportion thereof for its protection and security. But it is very different with respect to those who earn their daily bread by their daily labour. They have probably " given hostages to fortune," in the shape of wives and children, and are bound, if pos sible, to put something by for a rainy day, when illness or change of fashion may prevent them from receiving.as much for their exertions as in their palniy season of prosperity... Besides, they must try to save something for their families. How different, then, are they from those who have no such cares or troubles P—the happy individuals who knoW that, although they may be. • stretched on a sick couch, they still have enough _for - every com fort for themseves, and that, even should they " shuffle off their mortal coil," their mourning rela tives would be equally independent.. Mr. DISRAELI is the only financial Minister who has proposed, or even exhibited, the slightest dis position to recognise the distinction between the dif ferent classes of recipients; and he therefore should receive the support of the indUstriaT middle classes who are especially affected by the impost. A re mission of one-half, or even one-quarter of the amount, will be far more satisfactory than prosy epistles such as those addressed to Mr. PHELPS of Birmingham. No eloquence is equal to that of the pocket—nothing so convincing to the mind as see . - ing those nearest and dearest deprived of the ordinary comforts, in many instances amounting to luxuries, to which they have long been accustomed. It is matters of that kind that render them dis affected and disloyal, and prepared to engage in any disturbances or tumults that may arise. Neither Sir CHARLES WOOD nor Sir G. C. LEWIS would do anything to relieve them, and therefore it is only to Mr. DISRAELI they can look for relief under existing circumstances. SEIZURE OF AUSTRIAN VESSELS BY SARDINIA. A postscript to a private letter, dated Genoa, April 30, addressed to Messrs. Clarkson and Co., of 106, Fenchurch•street, states that all the Austrian vessels at Genoa had been just segues trated by the Sardinians. In reply to a letter from the Committee for ma naging the affairs of Lloyd's, Messrs. Clarkson and -Co:, of Doctors' Commons, state that they have been consulted on behalf of the owners of Austrian and Sardinian ships now in British ports, and they have advised that they remain where they are, particu larly the Austrians, as they . will most assuredly be raptured after they go to sea ; neither can they be safely sold after declaration of war. England recognises such sales, but France does not. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Last evening Signor Mario made his first appearance this season as The Duke in Verdi's opera of "Rigoletto," and met with the enthusiastic reception which his extraordinary merits and long-established fame could scarcely fail to com mand. Never did Signor Mario appear to greater advan tage as the gay and heedless Duke of Mantua. Never was his dramatic embodiment of the character more brilliant, hiS execution of the music—froth • the first scene to the last —more expressive and irreproachable. • The part of Rigo letto's daughter' seems to accommodate itself to the voice and talents of Madame Lotti better Than any other she has hitherto attempted on the London boards. The warm ap plaUse that greeted her, not merely in the duet just named, bUtin that with Rigoletto, where the unhappy girl reveals to her father the history of her Rive, and in all the salient points of' the opera, was the more flattering, inasmuch as, immediately succeeding Madame*Bosie in that much re gretted lady's very best character s .the task of Madame Lotti became one in which there was as much peril to be risked as honour to be gained. As a display of histrionic genius the Rigoletto of Signor . Ronebni was as incom parably fine as on any former occasion. The house was crowded with a distinguished and fashion able audience. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Last evening Donizetti's "Lucretia. Borgia" was pro duced at the above theatre, for the reappearance of Madlle. Titiens, the celebrated pima donna (resoluta of the Im perial Opera of Vienna, whose great success last season at her Majesty's Theatre is doubtless remembered by our musical readers. Madlle. Titiens was received with the utmost enthusiasm by an audience which filled every available corner of the theatre. Several tremendous rounds of applause greeted her first entree upon the stage, and some moments elapsed before the excitement subsided suffi ciently to enable her to proceed with her part. Madlle. Titiens' execution of Lucrezia's " aria d'intrata" served at Once to justify all the demonstrations with which she had been welcomed. Her rendering of the slow movement " Corn' e hello," was so richly beautiful in tone, so pure and classic in style, and that of the cabaletta was recommended by such a blase of embellishment, that the exciting effect of the entire aria upon the audience could not be wondered at. Signor Giuglini never sang more finely, or received more hearty applause than on the present occasion ; and Signor Badiali did ample justice to the character of the Duke. • An Admiralty notice has just been issued invit ing applications from duly qualified persons_ to: serve as second-masters in the royal navy, - • His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Conntesi *de Bernstorff have returned to Prussia House,- froin visiting Frances Countess of • Waldegrave, at Straw berry Hill. • The Duke of Leeds is suffering from inlisposition at trillion's Clarendon Hotel. - . The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry have left toirn on a visit to the Duke and . Duchess of Marl -Ibtough;'at Blenheim 110ise, Oiford'shire: - . .The Countess of Caledo4 has, _arrived in Gios- - venor-squar.e, from visiting the Dowager Countess 4 Caledoti, at Tittenhanger, Herts: :Viscountess Forbes has arrived at her residence in Eaton-square, for the, season, from Castle Forbes. . • The •Countess 'Dowager •of Glasgow, the Hon.t .Gfeerge Frederick and Mrs. Boyle, and Captain and Miss- 1 d.atherine Sinclair, have arriyed iti: - •their residence in - Cheshanfrplace, for the season. • The Maichioness of Ely and-her youthful family will leave town early next week for Ireland. .ExETR-HALL.--TO-night, Mr. Sims Reeves' sings in " Judas Maccabeus." • . • . - • BRIGADIER LOCKIIART. — In the speech of the Due of Cambridge on the vote of 'thanks to the Army of India, M'reported in The Sun, the name .of the above officer is; by mistake, printed loci:yen Brigadier Lockhart, of the 92d Ilighlanders—the officer referred to with praiw o by- MS Royal Highness7-Avas on the point f leadi hs small: column • against the force commanded by Tant ng i ia Topee, when General - Michel having, made his appearance, ofi course took the command. • The result was that the: niiitineers•were completely routed with theloss of tWenty seten gunS,"tkcir camp and baggage. For his service on the: above, slid on' other occasions, Brigadier Lockhart iwas highly complimented in several of Sir John 'Michel's' despatches, and promoted before the regular time td the rank of full Colonel and made a C.B. • • • — GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OFi GREAT BRITAIN.—The annual meeting of this society for the present .year will be held at Bridgwater House; the- L l ' tirl of Ellesmere, the president, having kindly placed the noble picture galleries and statue cchirt at its service for that purpose. , .DEPARTURE OF PRINCE GEORGE• OF SANONY..' —The two P.ortuguese war steamers which arrived at' Southawipton .on the 15th ult.—viz., the Bartholopiew 1)ios, commanded by the Duke of Oporto, and the Sagres; left that port yesterday morning for Lisbon. Prince George, of. Saxony, who is about to marry the ;1 7 rincess Donna' Maria:Anna sister of the King of Portugal, eintarkedd cn - beard the Bartholomew Dios on Monday afternoon. Beyond' the fripte manning yards, the einbarcation was unattended with any. ceremony. :SHIPWRIGHTS. ON THEWEAR s -011 Monday [L i telegraphic despatch was received in Sunderland by the secretary of the _Shipwrights' Society from the Secretary to the Navy, stating that more ship Wrights and caulkers were required in several of the Royal dockyards. A great many of the men have expressed their readiness to follow the.4oU hands who have already gone from the yards on the Wear; and they will leave Sunderlandto-day.. The despatch, how-4 ever, stipulates that they must undergo in s p e ction by thC dockyatd surges-.. This .drawht wikl wholly ,klepr out all the surplas labour that has been idling about the shipyards of the Wear for more than a year past, LATEST NEWS. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S MANIFESTO. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, MAY 3. The following is the communicat ion made by Government to the Corps Legislatif this day : " Austria, by ordering the entry of her army into the territories of the King of Sardinia, our ally, has declared war against us. She thus vio- .ates treaties and justice, and menaces our frontiers. " All the great Powers have protested against ;his ,act of aggression. " Piedrr.ont having accepted the conditions which ought to have insured peace, one asks, What can be the reason of this sudden invasion ? It is be cause Austria has driven matters to such an ex- tremity that her dominion must either extend to the Alps, or Italy must be free to the shores of the Adriatic ; for every corner of Italy which remains independent endangers the power of . Austria. " Hitherto moderation has been the rule of my conduct ; but noW energy becOmes my first duty. France must now to arms, and resolutely tell Europe I wish not for conquest, but I am deter mined firmly to maintain my • national and tradi tional policy. I observe treaties on condition that they are not violated against me. I respect the territories and the rights of neutral Powers, but I boldly avow my sytopathies with a people whose history is mingled with our own, and who now groan under foreign oppression. "France has shown her hatred of anarchy. Her will was to give me power sufficiently strong to re duce into subjection abettors •of disorder and the incorrigible members of old factions who are inces santly seen concluding compacts with our enemies, tut she has not for that purpose abandoned her civilising 'character. Her natural allies have always been those who desire the amelioration of the human race, and, when she draws the sword, it is not to govern but to free. "The object, then, of this war is to restore Italy to herself, not to impose upon her a change of masters, and we shall then have upon our frontiers a friendly people, who will owe to us their independence. ". We do not enter Italy to foment disorder, or to disturb the power of the Holy Father, whom we replaced upon his throne, but to remove from him this foreign pressure, which burdens the whole Peninsula, and to help to establish there order based upon lawful satisfied interests. " In fine, then, we enter this classic ground, ren dered illustrious by so many victories, to seek the footsteps of our fathers. God grant that we may be worthy of them. . . "I am about to place myself at the head of the army. I leave in France the'Empress and my son. Seconded by the experience and the enlightenment of the Emperor's last surviving brother, she will understand how to show herself worthy of the grandeur of her mission. I confide them to the valour of. the army which. remains in France to keep watch upon our frontiers and to protect our homes. I confide them to the patriotism of the National Guard. I confide them, in a word, to the entire people, who will encircle them with that affection and devotedness of .which I daily receive so many proofs. . . "Courage, then, and union! Our country is again about to show the Nworld that she has not degenerated. "Providence will bless our efforts, for that cause is holy in the eyes of God which rests on Jus t ice, Humanity, Love of Country, and Independence." PARIS, WEDN§DAY, MAY 4. The IFlonitettr of this morning contains the fol lowing decrees :- Ist. The engagement of volunteers for two years i s now to be accepted. 2d. The second decree authorises the supply of substitutes for military service by administrative means, with a premium of 2,000 francs for seven years. 3d. The loan of 500 millions of francs is to be contracted by national subscription. It will be a 3 per cent. loan at 60.50, with interest from De cember last, or a 4 per cent loan issued at 90, with interest payable from March. last. The instalments are to be paid as follows :—One-tenth at the time •f subscribing, and the remainder in 18 monthly calls. The minimum subscription to be taken is 10 francs, which subscription alone will be allotted in full. . The Minister of Finance states, in his report accompanying this decree, that the condition of th• public treasury is most favourable, and that the resources at his disposal would allow him, without encroaching upon funds necessary for usual current services; to devote more than 300 million francs to war expenses. The following projects of law have been presented to the Corps Legislatif, namely :—For opening for the Minister of War a credit of 90 millions ; for the levy of the military class of 1859, which is not, however, in any case, to be called in before Janu ary, 1860. The Corps Legislatif will be 'prorogued on the 21st of „May. The Bank of France has raised its discount to 4 per cent. . The Government.communication made yesterday tO:tbe Corps Legislatif has been posted up on the walls of Paris, and groups of- the populace are everywhere assembled reading it, •ri • M. de Hubner, the Austrian' Ambassador, .de manded.his passports this day, and leaves by train for Brussels to-morrow morning. The Dutch Minister remains charged:with . the' protection of -Austrian interests during the war. gyhe ' Regency establisW by . the . Duchess of Parma-on quitting her States did not last 24 hours. A .proviiional Govprnmenf has been formed, and has imt 'itself into communication with the Piedmontese Commissioner. VIENNA; MAY a I "Genial Gyulia announces that the army has advanced without any serious- combat as far as Cambio and Cozzo. .. • • The head-quarters were on the . evening of the 2d May, at Lomello. ,The Official Wiener Zeitung pribli'shes a note of Count Walewski to the French arnbassador, M. de Banneville, dated 29th April, and a note of M. de BanneVille to . Count Buol, dated'2d May, by which diplomatic relations between France and Austria are broken off. The Austrian ambassador at Paris, M. de :Hubner, was therefore instructed by tele graph • the day before yesterday to quit Paris. ISrlameri2 . ps patriotic addres'ses to 'the Emperor have been signed. ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 3. • •The official newspapers of this• day publish the followi.ng note "We are . authorised to declare in the most positive manner that there exists no treaty of alliance offensive and defensive between Russia arid any other Power whatioevei. At a moment when all Europe is making maritime or military armaments on a large scale, the E m p e ror was obliged'toprovide by measures of pol i t ical p rudence for any emergencies. His Majesty retains in the present conjuncture entire liberty of action, and we hardly need add that he is animated only by the sentiment of the dignity of his crown and the in terests of the country. TRIESTE, MAY 4. Advices have been received from Florence to the 29th ultimo. M. Mainn has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to General Ulloa. Advices have also been received from Milan to the 30th ult. Postal communication with Piedmont has been suppressed. VENICE, MAY 1. Count de Trautmannsdorff, Austrian ambassador at the Court of Berlin, has gone to Milan. BERNE (via Germany), MAY 3. The Austrian troops have been concentrated on ie line of the Sesia, and have occupied Vercelli. General Gyulai has levied on the town of Novara a heavy contribution of provisions and forage. No collision between the two armies has yet ,aken place. TRIESTE, MAY 3. No Sardinian mails have arrived at Venice since the 28th, nor at Trieste since the 29th April last. The Archduchess Charlotte has left for Innspruck. The mails from Constantinople are in, but they bring no news of any importance. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. A Council' of Ministers was held yesterday after noon at the Tuileries, the Emperor presiding. The precise date of, the Emperor's departure is not mentioned. Some say he will leave on Thurs day, others not till the 10th or 12th. He will visit Lyons, and from Lyons proceed to Toulon, and em bark there for Genoa. The imperial yacht Aigle has left Cherbourg for Toulon, where she will re ceive the Emperor. Brigadier Trochu will be appointed General of Division in place of General Bouat, who died of apoplexy at Suz . a. To-day Count Walewski solemnly declared in the Chambers that France was at war with Austria. His Excellency traced the events -which had found France obliged to defend Piedmont 'with great precision and clearness. The deputies received the announcement as Frenchmen always accept the news of war when the honour and patriotism of this gallant nation is addressed, accompanied with shouts of " Vive l'Empereur 1" " Vive la France !" The French nation in a few hours willbe thoroughly roused, and the enthusiasm will be universal. Advices from Vienna, in the Nord and Indepen dance of Brussels, announce that the Marquis de Banneville, the French Charge d'Affaires, left that city on Saturday. BOURSE, May 3.—The market has been heavy, speculators anxiously waiting for the communica tion which will be read to-day to the Chambers. Threes, after having been done at 60f. 80c., declined to 60f. 40c.; Mobilier varied from 515 f. to 500 f. ; Austrian, 340 f. to 327 f. 50c.; Lombardo-Venetian, 420 f. to 412 f. 50e. ; Orleans, 1,090 f.; Lyons, 745 f. to 740 f. ; Eastern, 545 f. to 540 f. ; Northern, 820 f. to 815 f. The proclamation of the Emperor to the French nation was posted up at the Bourse, but it had no great effect on prices. The following are he last quotations :-- It per Cents. B7 75 Do. end month BB 25 3 per Cents. 6O 60 Do. end month 60 55 Bank Shares 25.50 Credit Mobilier Do. Account 500 Credit Foncier 600 Belgian 4f Piedmonteso (5) Roman 7B Austrian — Spanish Threes Home Debt 36 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. . . Orleans I llOO -- .. 1092 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 752 50 .. 740 New ditto — • . -- Geneva 4lO .. Southern Western 475 '---. .. 476 25 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 6c. ; money, 25f. sc. ; three mouths, paper, 24f. 97f c.; money, 24f. 921 c. AUSTRIA. The following is the text of the circular despatch addressed by Count de Buol, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Austrian diplomatic agents, under date of April 29 : " I send you herewith a copy of the manifesto which the Emperor, our master, has this day addressed to his people. His Majesty announces to the Empire that he has resolved to cause the Austrian army to cross the Ticino. , The Cabinet iiad accepted the last proposition of mediation of Great Britain, but our adversaries have not followed that example, and we have accordingly remitted to arms the defence of our cause. At this solemn moment it is my duty to expose once again to our representatives abroad the circumstances against the fatal power of which have failed all the attempts to maintain European peace which has been so long and so happily preserved. - " The Court of Turin, in returning an evasive reply to our summons to disarm, only gave once more a proof of the same hostility which for too long a time already has had the triple and unfortunate privilege of combatingthe sacred rights of Austria, disquieting Europe, and encouraging the hopes of the revolution. As this hostility could not be broken down by the longanimity of Austria, the Empire was destined to find itself at last under the necessity of having recourse to arms. " Austria lhias tranquilly supported a long series of offences from tln enemy weaker , 'than herself, because she knows that he high mission is to preserve as long as pos sible the peab4of the world, because the Emperor and his people know and -love the labours of a progressive pacific deveioPment, which leads to a higher degree of prosperity, Mit Man ''''''' mind and of upright heart can now doubt the right which Austria has to make war on Pied inept. " Piedmont has never sincerely accepted the treaty by which, ten years ago, she promised at Milan fo live in peace and friendship with Austria. Twice beaten in war, which had been caused by her mad pretensions, and although she has been cruelly punished, that State still maintains her former views with a deplorable tenacity. The son of Charles Albert appears to passionately desire the day when the in heritance of his himse, which has been restored to it in its integrity. by .the moderation and raagnaniMity of Austria, should be for the third time made the stake of a game dis astrous to the people. " The ambition of a dynasty whose vain pretensions affect the future welfare of Italy, and are neither justifi! •by. the nature nor by. the history of the Country, has no' hesitated to, make with• the' forces of 'revolution an alliance contrary to nature: Deaf to• all warnings it has surrounded • itself Niith ' the malooritents 'of an the States of Italy, and ................. the hopes of the enemies Of,tlie leg:Wm - ate 'governments of the Italian peninsula have found their chief support at Turin. A criminal - abuse has been made of the national feelings of the Italian people. Endeavour's have been made to keep up and encourage disturbances in Italy in order that Piedmont might have a pretext for hypocritically deploring the state of Italy, and for assuming, in the eyes of short sighted and senseless people, the part of liberator. "To assist this rash undertaking an unbridled press every day endeavoured to carry beyond the frontiers of the neighbouring States a moral insurrection against the order of legitimate things; this state of things no wintry in Europe could support without exposing itself in the end to deep and dangerous excitement. Out of love fOr those hollow dreams of the future, and in order to secure to herself sup port from abroad, Piedmont took part in a war in which she had no concern, against a foreign power; and sacrificed her soldiers for a foreign object. She was also seen at the Conferences of Paris with a presumption quite new in the annals of diplomacy, to criticise with effrontery the Govern ments of Italy, her own country—Governments which had never offended her. ct But that nobody might believe that'these wild ,desires and efforts were associated with the least sincere sentiment in favour of the peaceful pr os p erity of Italy,, the angry pas sions of Sardinia redoubled whenever any of the Sovereigns of Italy followed the ,inspirations of indulgence and, conci liation, and whenever the Emperor Francis J . osepia gave signal proofs of his _love for his Italian subjects,. of his solicitude for the h a pp iness and progress of, the richest and most favoured countries of Italy. - " When their Imperial Majesties visited the Italian.pro vinces, receiving- the homage of their faithful subjects an d marking their every step by a host of benefits, the j'eurnals of Turin were allowed freely to advocate regicide. ge When the Emperor confided the - administration of Lombardy and Venice to the Archduke Ferdinand Maxi milian, his brother, a prince endowed with high intelligence, animated by liberal and kindly intentions, and profoundly s y m pathising with the true spirit of the Italian people, no pains were spared at Turin to cause the prince's noble in tentions to be repaid with as much ingratitude as Could be produced in a well-disposed nation by odious instigations incessantly repeated. • " The Court of Turin, having once entered upon the path in which its only choice was either to -follow the revolution or take the lead, could not but niate-tilut-more' lose the power and the will to observe the laws which regulate the relations of independent States, or even to recognise any of between Denmark and France. I have telegraphed t o the limits imposed by the law of nations on the conduct of Copenhagen for official information on the subject, and the all civilised States. Under the most frivolous pretexts, answer I have just received completely demonstrates the Sardinia declares herself liberated from the obligations falsity of that news. Please to publish this in your clearly imposed by treaties, as proved by the conventions journal, and believe me, &c., with Austria and the Italian States for the extradition of " COUNT BILLS-BRAHE, Minister of Denmark." criminals and deserters. Her emissaries overrun the neigh bouring States, exciting soldiers to disobey their chiefs, treading under foot all the rules of military discipline, Piedmont admitted deserters into the ranks of her own army. " Such were the acts of a Government which boasts its civilising mission, and in whose States there are journalists whose journals find readers, and who, not content with simply making the apology of assassination, count their bleeding victims with fiendish joy. "Who, after:that, can any longer doubt that this Govern ment regardedas the chiefobstacle the rights which Austria derives from treaties, and accordingly sought to get rid of them by all the means of an underhand policy ? The true in tentions of Piedmont, which had long ceased to be a secret to any one, were openly avowed, as soon as that State was sufficiently assured of foreign assistance, and had no fur ther necessity for masking its projects of war and revolu tion. Europe, which sees in the respect of existing treaties the palladium of its repose, received with well- merited dis favour the declaration containing the assertion that Sar dinia considered herself attacked by Austria, because Aus tria would not relinquish the exercise of rights and duties conferred by treaties ;—because she maintained her right to keep a garrison in Piacenza, a right guaranteed by the great powers of Europe; and because she presumed to form alli ances with other sovereigns of the Peninsula for the com mon defence of their legitimate interests. There remained but one other pretext, and that was allegedaccordingly. The cabinet of Turin declares that all remedies for the state of Italy would be mere palliatives, so long as the Aus trian domination extended over the Italian soil. This was an open attack on the territorial possessions of Austria, exceeding the utmost limit to which a power like Austria could tolerate the provocations of a less powerful state without an appeal to arms. Such is, stripped of the fissile - . of falsehoods withwhicli it was'enveloped, the truth respea ing-the line of conduct which for ten years past the house of Savoy has followed at, the suggestion of unprincipled ad visers. Be it said, also, that the accusations and reproaches by which the Sardinian Cabinet endeavours to present under a false light its attacks on Austria are nothing but wicked calumnies. "Austria is a Conservative power, with whom religion, morality, and historical right are sacred. It knows hew to estimate, to protect, and to weigh in the scales of equality what is noble and legitimate in the national spirit of the people. In her extensive dominions reside nations of diffe rent races and of different languages ; the Emperor em braces them all in the same love, and their union under the sceptre of our august dynasty is advantageous to the whole of the great family of European nations ; but the pretension of forming new States, according to the limits of nationa lities, is the most dangerous of all utopian schemes. " To put forward such a pretension is to break with his tori; and to seek to carry it into execution in any point of Europe is to shake to its foundations the firmly organised order of States, and to threaten the Continent with over throw and chaos. Europe feels this, and she attaches her self the more firmly to the territorial division fixed by the Congress of Vienna at the close of an epoch of continental wars with as much regard as possible to historical condi tions. There is not a power whose possessions are more legitimate than those in Italy restored to the House of Hapsburg by the Congress which re-established the king dom of Sardinia, and made it the brilliant present of Genoa. "Lombardy has been for centuries a fief of the empire of Germany ; Venice was given to Austria in exchange for her giving up her Belgian provinces. Thus, there fore, what the Cabinet of Turin calls the true reason of the discontent of the inhabitants of Lombardo-Venetia, namely, the domination of Austria on the Po and on the Adriatic, is a solid and unquestionable right in every respect, and one which the Austrian eagles will preserve from all attack. But it is not only a legitimate Government —it is a just and benevolent one, which administers the Lombardo-Venetian provinces. These beautiful countries have prospered more rapidly than could have been hoped after the long and painful years of revolution : Milan and several other celebrated towns display wealth worthy of their history; Venice is recovering from her profound decline, and displaying new life; the administration and justice are regulated, manufactures and commerce prosper, science and art are cultivated with ardour. The public burdens are not heavier than in other parts of the monarchy; they would even be lighter, if the fatal effects of Sardinian policy did not require that the State should augment its forces, and consequently raise new revenues. The great majority of the people of 'Lombardy and Venetia are content; the number of discontented who have forgotten the lessons of 1848 is small in comparison ; and it would be less without the incessant excitations of Piedmont. " Piedmont therefore does not disquiet herself about populations which are suffering and oppressed ; but she rather interrupts a regular state of things, and the develop • ment of future prosperity. Human prudence cannot fore see how long this deplorable enterprise will trouble the peace of Italy; but terrible responsibility weighs on those who have wickedly and deliberately exposed their country and Europe to new catastrophes. " The revolution so carefully kept alive in all the Penin sula has promptly followed the impulsion given it. A mili tary rising has taken place at Florence ; it has compelled 11.1. H. the Duke of Tuscany to leave his States. Insur rection reigns at Massa and Carrara, under the protection of Sardinia. " But France, which for a long time past, we repeat, has shared that terrible moral responsibility, France has hastened by acts to assume it altogether. The Government of the Emperor of the French caused on the 26th of this month his charge d'affaires at Vienna to declare that he should consider the passage of the Ticino by the Austrian troops As a deelaration of 'war against France. Whilst we were still waiting at Vienna the reply of Piedmont to the summons to disarm, France caused. her troops to enter Sar dinia by the land and sea frontiers, knowing well that by so doing she placed in the balance the weight which would bring down the last resolutions of the Court of Turin. " And why, wo ask, were the legitimate hopes of the friends of peace in Europe thus to be annihilated by a single blow? Because the time had arrived at which pro jects long meditated in silence have arrived at maturity— at which the second French Empire desires to give substance to its ideas—at which the, political state of Europe, based on right, is to be sacrificed to its illegitimate pretensions —at which the treaties which form the basis of public. European power are to be reduced by the political wisdom which the • power which rules at Paris has announced to the astonished world. " The traditions of the First Napoleon, in a word, are resumed. And such is the signification of the conflict. on the eve of which Europe is placed. as half a cent ur y ago , th e ques ti on "May the world, undeceived, be p ene t rate d w i th th i s ' p at r o s t t e a c k t e t i h s e t o m d o e s f t e defend e the u s i n p d e o p s s e e n s d s e i o n n c s e con viction—that now, a a g n a n t s o t o o f f n S at ta ie t n e s s, ambition and the spirit of domination. "The Emperor Francis Joseph, the chief of Our Empire, although he deplores the woes which will be occasioned by the impending war, has remitted with calmness his just cause to the hands of Divine Providence. He has drawn the sword because guilty hands have attacked the dignity and honour of his crown ; he will combat with the profound sentiment of his right; he will be strong in the enthusiasm and courage of his people, and he will be accompanied by the wishes of all those whose conscience distinguishes truth from falsehood, and right from injustice. " You will communicate to the Government to which you have the honour to be accredited both the Imperial manifesto and the present despatch. —Accept, &c." Led A decree of the King of Saxony, dated the 29th ult., convokes the States of his kingdom in extra ordinary session, for the 23d May, "on account of the present political situation." PRITSSIA. The People's Gazette of Berlin declares that Germany is not bound to support Austria in Italy, but that; on the contrary, that Power ought to be loft to curry on unassisted the conflict in which she is engaged. It says :—" Austria has taken a bold step, and she alone must bear all the consequences of it. No doubt France may desire to attack Austria, not only in Italy, but on German territory. In that case certainly the situation would be diffe rent ; and to be prepared for it, the Confederation and Prussia ought to place their armies on a war footing. But for the present to rush into war for the honour and dignity of Austria, because she cannot live quietly with Sardinia, is a course which only writers paid by Austria or exaggerated pru dence can demand." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 29th ult. publish a despatch from Lugo, in Corunna, which states. that new disturbances broke out on the preceding day in that town, but that they were suppressed by military force. The province had been declared in a state of siege, and the military governor of Corunna had gone to the town at the head of de tachments of cavalry and infantry. The semi offircial Correspondancia Autografa asserts that there is no truth in the statement made by a jour nal on the preceding day that the Spanish ambas sador at Rome had advised that 10,000 men should be sent to the Balearic Islands, because it is likely the Pope would go there. The Espana states that a report was current in political circles that the French Government had solicited the Spanish Cabinet to give it the assistance of 20,000 men, but that it was not known for what purpose. The Espana asserts that the report was very im probable. The following note has been addressed to the Vienna journals by the Danish Legation: " You have!copied in. your number qf:,:to,tlayitte news published by the Kreutz-Zeitung of an alliance co eluded AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY EVENING. News has been received, by the steamship Balti more, to April 23. CINCINNATI, APRIL 22. The Jura steamship, from Liverpool April 9th, passed the Island Light at eight o'clock this morn ing, bound in. PORTLAND, APRIL 22. The screw steamer India, the last steamer from this port this season, will leave shortly after noon tomorrow. _______ _ WASHINGTON, APRIL 21. The trial of Sickles was still proceeding. It is currently reported that the jury made up their minds a week ago. The case was expected to.close the following day. The British steam frigate Curacoa left Annapolis on Tuesday, the 19th, having on board Lord and Lady Napier and suite. Lady Napier was conveyed to the ship, which was lying about four miles out in the stream, in a yacht from the United States Navy . Academy, escorted by Captain Blake, the superintendent, and Captain Craven, the comman dant of the Academy, together with other naval officers, and a party of ladies. The inclemency .of - the weather, combined with the absence of the Arabia's letters, and with the tact that the day was kept as a holiday by some merchants, tended to check transactions in cotton, which were confined to small lots, that afforded no criterion of the state of the market. Flour heavy ; closed at easier rates for com mon grades State and Western brands, the higher and choice grades unchanged. Southern brands without alteration. Sales were moderate. Wheat sales light ; good Western sold at 1 dol. 45c., and Chicago spring, 1 dol. 82c. to 1 dol. 85c. Corn heavy and lower, with sellers of Jersey and Southern yellow at 85c. to 86e.; and Western mixed at 85c. Pork 'firm. Sales of new mess at 17 dols. 30c. to 35c. ; and old at 17 dols. ; prime, at 12 dols. 50c. Beef and lard firm ; sales few ; the steady of rain yesterday checked sales of sugar, while prices were less buoyant. The transactions embraced about 45 0 hhds., including Cubas, New Orleans, and Porto Rico. Coffee firm ' with sales of 300 bags Rio, and two cargoes of La Guayra, comprising 3,000 bags. Freights.—Engagements were light, and rater; unchanged. Cotton easier, but not quotably lower. Sales on Tuesday, 2,000 bales APRIL 22. Flour unchanged; wheat firm; corn steady provisions active ; bacon, sides, 91. CINCINNATI, APRIL 22. Flour dull; whisky sales, 1,060 barrels at 2 3 : to 24; bacon firm at 61c. to 81c.; holders ask 7 0 ' to 9c.; lard firm. NEW YORK, APRIL 23. Money without change ; some offered to broker., at 4 per cent. Exchange steady. We quote banker. bills at 110. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY NIGHT. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steaul a ship Sultan, Captain Cook, has arrived, bringini 34 passengers, £2,038 in specie, and a cargo 0 f oranges, eggs, potatoes, wine, copper, and sundries' She left Lisbon at 10.55 a.m. on the 27th ult . ' but finding it impossible to cross the bar; in ease' quence of the tremendous sea and heavy we sterlf gale, came to an anchor until 6 . 5 a.m. on the 28th Had no communication with Oporto. April 29, at 12.30 p.m., when 21 miles frel li _ Vigo, and steering to the northward, the Sult an saw a schooner exhibiting signals of distress, 03 " quiring immediate attendance : ran down to he" and found her to be the Portuguese schooner Pr t : Hilda, with bowsprit .gone, and making vita' Two hawsers were made fast to her, and she towed into Vigo, where they arrived at 5 p.m., t n ., the schooner came to an anchor, the Sultan leavam at 6.20 p.m . . for this port. May I.—At 11.30 a.m., in lat. 43.2 N., loot 5.54 W., passed a Turkish line-of-battle ship,AMO D steam, steering to the southwest. From Ushant the Sultan had strong north-ee st winds, with very heavy head sea and much raid* Lisbon advices are to the 27th ult. The-ro i r e : which had been general in Portugal after tile. u e parture of the previous packet, had a very be li s s ficial effect upon the harvest prospects for vih and maize, but it was supposed that barleY, T . /;: t and beans would be little benefitted, and lh or . foreign grain in general must be admitted into tugal during the greater part 4 the year. " e ne w Electoral Reform Bill fo r P or tugal "51, about to commence on the 2 7th ult., and the " was expected to pass this session. • • tar The scarcity of bills and heavy r em itt an oes o grain had brought the rate of exchang e a t Lisic a t to 53, and even to 52Z: for three months, so sigh sovereigns equal to a remitt ance o f 521 itt,.°11.4 must be expected back f rom P ortuga l . Par" vii done at 537, Genoa 553 t o " 5 55, and Hamburg 'sVtos Three per Cent. s t oc k, res i stere d , was a t •4 7 .41 ; Coupons, 46-1 to 471; and Registered, 311t1)10- Bank of P or t uga l s h ares 71 to 71,- per cent. Pr e-- 0 , and Bank of Oporto shares 25 to 251 per cent. P The stock and share market closed low. lIEALTH OF LONDON DURING To WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's .Report.) i3 OS4 The deaths registered in London, which had bee n s e to and 1,126 respectively in the two previous weeks, r. o' e tea years 1819-58 the average number of deaths in the ;000 1,207 in the week that ended last Saturday. In tn eel o corres p on ding with last week was 1,061; but as the' 0 0 pu l a tioa rg e paredwi po the avthe66l. ra i s ed in proportion to that increase, na me ly, with i has includedincreased, they e pre sen can t return o ny b occurredco in a The deaths of last week, therefore, exceeded by 40 t ll e of ber which would have occurred under the average mortality for the last week of April. a dto The births registered l as t wee k exceeded t h e ue— the same period by 485. het The deaths from measles, which fell to 15 in .i• e g aas week of April, when the t em p era t ure was high, ha y .„, ° - af: increased, and last week wer e 36. Th e d ea th s fr° lo latina and diphtheri a t oge th er were 73, having bee!! ,1- "o;re previous week. Th e cases recorded as " diphtheria' "WOW and - occurred aft follow :--One in Berkeley .mews eller Paddington ; one in Queen-street, Brompton ; one i¢ ter-terrace, Belgravia ; one in North-street, and pkoolt. Sherborne-street, Marylebone ; one in the German „ — „ 0 tal, Dalston ; one in Miles-place, Finsbury ; Or Ireland-yard, City (south-west sub-district) ; on e "i l e London Hospital; one in King-street, Aldgate ; ( c . ) , ar ter County-terrace, Newington • two in one family ill:" ell ° street, Walworth; one in 'Aldred -road, wahvortota• : in Richard-street, Lambeth ; and one in Wi c street, Lambeth. There were 15 deaths front t 3, calr %i o n& pox, 11 of which occurred to children. The resi o r i op goon' . the - Siitall-i.tox Hospital states that, , ttbl ea to the increase of small-pox in London during the 10 00; months, the hospital has become nearly full of Pate' were 312 have been admitted this year, of whom 111 I tt itia ii muted in April." Five deaths occurred in that Lao last week. ate Fourteen deaths were caused last week by rheun i r ocat and rheumatic fever, nine by syphilis, two by intene to besides five where the cause of death is stated c os delirium tremens. 184 persons died from or phthisi s ., , bo y " sumption. Only two nonagenarians are record' all widows, aged 93 and 96 years. A Last week the births of 865 boys and 827 o- rlo / r te o , se 1,692 children, were registered in London. In th e 0 ,04 ,- responding weeks of the years 1849-58 the average ,„ was 1,633. .„ heal'' At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the Del a roal'i s of the barometer in. the week was 29.678 in. The °a trical readings varied from 30in. on Tuesday to 20; 8 3 deg; Thursday. The mean temperature of the week was ;th e 010 which is neither more nor less than the average ,e' ). 31 " 0 week in 43 years. (as determined by Mr. Glaisfl e k c i e g• ° lowest point attained by the thermometer was 40. f r idf, Sunday ; it rose to its hi g h es t po i n t (67 deg) ° l d a. t o The extreme range i n th e wee k was th ere f ore 26.5 . do r v r , mean daily range was 12.2 d eg. ; th e range on Faqiair ait 19.5 deg. ; that o n S a t ur d ay was on l y 5 . 8 d o g. once between the m ean d ew -p o i n t t em p era ture a° •ty 0 1 perature was 3.7 deg. Th e mean d egree o f humid' Dan to air was 88, saturation being equal to 100. The perature of the water of the Thames was 49 deg. fall was 0.76 in. SERIOUS RIOT AT THE CALNE ELECTIVCe; th• very serious riot occurred here oh Saturday nig, ht t h dl it r il close of the poll, and which it is feared will end 01 —:, lu .. in greatly t s'A i: 4: 1 11 a; of at least one person. On the retirement of Cart.'h—t ion' shall, Mr. Henley was put forward to oppose the 1t.,, i f g,... lit . a ley. mob Tohfe persons resu l t t o he ba p d oll co s l e le e o m md ed R. Lowe, and the result was the defeat of -,---* 00- 3 ofw h a row commenced, which the police endeavour% a re 61 1„,/ but without effect. The mob attackel them, 313 ' -eS c--- fight ensued, in which the police used their eta vrticikl; freely. One man, who is said to have been 21° p a a do in tor in the riot, but who was endeavouring to pers to i te p o - pi son to go home, received such severe injuries O l t he v i ,.A it is said fr om th e policemen's truncheons) ths ii hi , m . : carried home home insensible, the blood streaming Troll otlleli and ears. Hi s case i s said to be a very serious 0ne:,.4 . 7 0 were much hurt. The mob became perfeetlY e P go i:, this, attacked the police in force, and drove 11101, tyre_ Town-hall, where they kept them prisoners ,P 9 t i be a en hours, but eventually they escaped. The 0 0 " s oli; molished every pane of glass in the police stationo,_t d the windows of Mr. Clarkson's, office (the ag, n a ,; toll Lowe and Lord Lansdowne's solicitor), an d kept was swk in terror until a very late hour at night. Mr. Lorr a r he oil! It il:Zediog boo sp ell in, Cable at all on. the, polling day : to London by an early train. ' i Siiish A riotous . not been known in this town for a long period'