The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-17 00:00:00

R OVAL Eti GLISH OPERA, COVENT-GA RDEN. Under the mannement of Miss L. Fyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, wit be performed SATANELLA. Messrs. W. Harrison. Santley, G. Honey, H. Corri, St. Albyn, Xiss Cruise, Pilling, and Louisa Pyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. Ballet, LA FIANCEE. Messrs. W. H. Payne, H. Payne, F. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan, and Mons. Vandris. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with A GAME OF SPECULATION. After which, by desire, THE CONTESTED ELECTION, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 3rathews, Mr. Buckstone, &c. And SHOCKING EVENTS. CoTrunence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEAT R E. - Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING. the new drama, entitled HOME T itUTHS. Messrs. G. Melville, J. G. Shore, F. Matthews, Miss C. Lec - ercq and Mrs. Charles Young. To be followed by the new Petite Comedy, entitled GOSSIP. Messrs. Ryder, Meadows, H. Bland, J. G Shore; and Mrs. C. Young,. After which, Mons, Espanosa (Premier Danseur Comique), will appear, with Madlle. Nariquita, assisted by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet, in Le Grand Pas du Dervish de Faust, as danced by him 150 consecutive nights at the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, Paris. To conclude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Meadows, H. Saker ; Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston. NEWW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs B. Webster. .I. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Redford. Stuart, Billinzton, C.. 1. Smith, Ehurre, Moreland; Miss Wootzar, and Miss K. Kelly. Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, called DINORAIT UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Hiss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Moe open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.— Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. -- - THIS EVENING, a new Vandeville Comedietta, called THE KEY UNDER THE DOOR-MAT. Messrs. James Vinning, Jno Rouse, Sm. ; Mesdames A, H. Hatton and Julia St. George. To be followed by the new Drama Fantastique, entitled PARIS AND PLEASURE ; or, home and Happiness. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, J. John stone, F. Villiers ; Misses Julia St. George, Hudspeth, Kate SaVille, A. Burdett, and Madame 'eleste. Po conclude with ST. MARY'S EVE. Madame Celeste and Mr. Rouse. R OY AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee. Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea. Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hour:, of the night. THIS EVENING, THEY'RE BOTH TO BLAME.' Followed by MAGIC TOYS, supported by Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casec, Azc. After which, A DESPERATE GAME. To conclude with the New and Original Burlesque, by L. Buckingham, Etq., of VIRGINILTS ; or the Trials of a Fond Papa. Virginius, Mr. Charles Young. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee—Hr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season. THIS EVENING, the grand melo-dramatic production, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI ; illustrating the principal events in the Life of the Great Italian GeneraL To belollowed by New and Transcendant Equestrian Talent of Young Menoni, supereminent in his somersaults and inap proachable—The brilliant Lady Rider, Miss Emily Cooke— Tne Wonderfully-schOoled Dogs and Monkeys, and Intelli ent Elephant—Amazing jErial Rondiues by John Henry Cooke, the first horseman in the Universe—Equestrian Blind Man's Buff—Vaulting Ambition, by the treble-headed Won ders—Sig. Delavanti and his admirable Protegees, varied by those heralds of fun, the Clowns, Mimes, and Drolls. To commence at 7. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURYHALL CONCERTS.- J EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBET II (now first made public . in England at these Con certs). And a Grand Se ection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAH. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Maclmey. Several Interestinfr, Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant eights of the metropolis. ROSA BONHEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six pence. THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, DEICEMBIIIt 17, THRICKOMETEIty IN THE SHADS. 32—highest since noon yesterday. 28—lowest this morning and during the night. 32—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.65. WIND, South-Easterly; light, with dull, cold, hazy, foggy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 7h. Bm.—Afternoon, 7h. 39m• To-moßßow.-Morning, Bh. Ilm.—Afternoon, Bh. 43m I lk) f"ii' ..-- r ._ ~; ... .-rt,, .c• • ~, ~; N a s . A ..... ,,i. , 4 - ,7 /;:-..... 4 ~ .7 . '',4 7,-!,.. er . •mO4. ": . , •kr „ ..L1 THE SUN. 1,(INT)ON, SATURDAY, DEC. 17, 1859 It were idle to predicate what the coming Con gress will achieve. Their professed object is to organise a system of universal peace; but if the rumours teeming in from all quarters may be sup posed to have any indication that "Coming events cast their shadows before," matters would seem to congregate in complexity. Count CAveuu is now said to be going to Con gress. What! in very spite of the "master of the situation 9" If it prove true, there may be a longer trice than warlike politicians have reckoned on. But jurl.::ing from the tendency of public affairs in Europe generally we sec hut little hope of a satisfactory scttlement while the mind of nations is to be kept in bondage by the will of the few. What the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Duke, had such a wholesome horror of—namely a little war— is now fairly begun between the Moors and the Spaniards upon the north-western frontiers of Morocco ! It is a melancholy spectacle, and in every sense of the word a little war! It is little in its origin, in its aim, in the very manner of its inauguration. It commenced in the paltriest du plicity. It began from the rery smallest begin nings. Its purpose is quite obvious, the meanest territorial robbery—it can be nothing else—it is so notoriously. Conclusive evidence indeed, that this is the one shameless design of the Cabinet of Madrid being furnished by the flagrant audacity with which the demands of Spain were increased by successive stages—the very reverse of PRIOR'S " small by degrees, and beautifully less," being, in truth, large by degrees and impu dently more—as 'despatch succeeded despatch in tho diplomatic correspondence between the repre sentatives of the Spanish and Moorish Govern ments. And now that the war itself has commenced, that war which the Madrid Cabinet had from the very outset resolved should be brought about as a most desirable political speculation—as a means of kindling some semblance, at least of enthusiasm in favour of Queen ISABELLA'S rule, and of investing with some shadowy appearance of popularity the dubious ministerial repute of Marshal O'DONNELL! Now that this war,upon the arrange ment of which O'DONNELL and his colleagues in the administration were manifestly (months ago) pre-determined, now that this war has actually com menced— How has it commenced ? Has it not commenced. in every particular, like the smallest of little wars—by skirmishes that could not by possibility have resulted in anything beyond bootless bloodshed ? The only conflicts that have yet taken place have all been in the immediate vicinity of Ceuta—and of these the severest (that of the 25th ultimo) was, after all, nothing more than " a sharp little combat," as it is called by one writing thence almost as an eye witness, by one at any rate who is there in the immediate neighbourhood in his capacity as the Times Special Correspondent. With that TilE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 18b9. single exception, according to this well qualified and perfectly reliable authority, with the solitary exception of that fight of the 25th, which, as we have intimated, he designates as no more than " a sharp little combat "—"all that has yet taken place," he observes, " can hardly be said to be more than skirmishing." And he adds, with a little show of very natural derision under the circum stances, " I have heard one or two persons talking a five actions in eleven days, and seeming to think the campaign already begun, but this can be looked upon only as an exaggeration, especially when we h ave the great events of the Italian and Crimean wars still fresh in our memories." Indeed, he adds, arid with perfect reason in so remarking, " I shall consider the campaign as fairly commenced only when we make a decided move from this place ; when we strike our tents and march for Tetuan or Tangier." Rumour gives the preference to Tetuan as the Spanish army's probable destination ; but here, as elsewhere, O'DONNELL appears to be at tempting a ludicrous travesty of his Imperial pro totype. As Commander-in Chief of the Spanish army be affects to be as inscrutable as the late Com mander-in-Chief of On allied armies in Lombardy. estates, estates as large as counties, and a great part of them gained by fraud and violence. They had oppressed the poor villagers without mercy, and cheated the Government as far as they could or dare. After the annexation they had done their best to resist the efforts of the British Commissicner to bring them into financial order, and to ameliorate the condition of the villagers ; but the then Go- vernment thwarted too much the . Commissioner's efforts, and the talookdars contrived to gain the military power which they used with such fatal effect in the mutiny. Some thought that these men—the most powerful of them being the most unprincipled villains—should have been bribed, not fought with. Lord CANNING thought that to bribe them to obe dience would be a premium on mutiny ; and though much might be said on the other side, we mast think that Lerd CANNING showed the true spirit of an English lord, in determining to conquer first, and to show leniency afterwards. It was in deed a costly policy; but the other might have been ultimately more costly, and might even have failed at the time. We might have lost our object and our dignity too. Now that the results are before us, and we see the terms on which the estates are placed in the hands of the talookdars, it is not easy to deny that these terms are a vast improvement on the old ones. The proceeding is a kind of Encumbered Estates Act, only that it relieves the Government far more than the estate-holders from a vague tenure capable of much abuse. The document by which each holds his property, bases his possession on the confisca tion, and on the sovereign rights thus ac cruing to the granter of a new title. It gives the Talookdars full and fair, indeed, generous possession, we might say, of their old territories and privileges ; they are still made the collectors of the revenue, and will have to pay it to the Government for such vil:ages as are left within their hands; but they will have to "surrender all arms, destroy all forts, prevent and - report crime, render any service they may be called on to per form, and to show good faith, loyalty, and zeal to wards the British Government." It is also stipu lated that they shall, " so far as is in their power, promote the agricultural prosperity of the estate, and that all holding under them shall be secured in the possession of all the subordinate rights they for merly enjoyed." In all this there is nothing approaching the un desirable points of the famous, but much condemned perpetual settlement in Bengal—a settlement by which the Government debars itself from increasing the taxes paid by the zemindars, however the land of the country may increase in value. It is ex pressly stipulated that they shall receive the estates for themselves and their heirs for ever, " subject to the payment of such annual revenue as may from timejto time be imposed." Still, after all, the prin ciple of a perpetual settlement is the only one under which much improvement of the country can take place. Unless the talookdars and their subordinate tenantry can feel assured of enjoying the fruits of such improvements as they make, it needs little knowledge of human nature and of facts to predict that the improvement of agriculture in Oude will be but slow. In any revision of what may be termed their land•tax, they ought to have the utmost confidence that they shall be by far the greatest gainers from the bettered condition of their estates. A land-tax, which is but a screw of the rack-rent from either proprietary or ryots, will ever keep the country in a beggarly state of til - Lige. On the contrary, if the country be encou raged to produce largely, it becomes a large ex porting and importing country, ani the customs would soon yield far more than could ever be ob tained by perpetually squeezing large proprietors or poor peasant cultivators. We are told that all stipulations for the tenantry of the talookdars are but " philanthropic rubbish." But is it so ? Is it no advantage for a Govern ment, which may receive complaints from the vil lagers of extortion and maladministration, to be able to point, in the very title-deeds of the oppres sor's estates, to clauses condemning his own con duct, and forming part of the conditions on which he holds it ? To us, at present, it certainly appears that such clauses are wise. In proportion as the Government makes its own power felt, and disables the military strength of these lawless Indian barons, in proportion as it introduces efficient and equal courts of justice, will it be felt that these clauses will be a valuable protection for the weak against the Ltrong. We think the Government was right in including in the new deed of conveyance a declaration of the rights of those whom it might have to defend. --so that as yet all is left to conjecture as to his future movements. At any rate, until some move ment either towards Tangier or Tetuan be actually aiiventured on, we do certainly concur in the rea sonableness of the above opinion, that the campaign can scarcely be considered to have commenced. While we write, there comes to us through the cond edition of our able morning contemporary t'h&Post, the following sinister intimation from its Paris Correspondent :—" I hear," writes that functionary as we may term him, as one among the r ecognised representatives of the Fonrth Estate. " I hear from a traveller who has just arrived from Madrid, one likely to be well informed, that bad news had reached the QUEEN'S Government from Morocco. The Moors are increasing their forces daily and attackin g the Spanish forces." O'DONNELL will assuredly find reason to be on the alert— lest he may be unconsciously rushing upon his doom in this deplorable and in many re spects most unjustifiable expedition. It would be a consummation, if not devoutly to be -wished for, at any rate most exemplary in its way, if here again the result were to be another and a striking example of "vaulting ambition overleaping itself," of the engineer being "hoist with his own petard," of an adventurer seeking again " the bubble reputation even in the cannon's mouth," after the ludicrous fashion of the ape, who is repre presented in the famous caricature as applying a match to the touch-hole and at the same time look ing round the edge of the muzzle, down the grim vista of the piece of ordnance, to see what would come out of it at the instant of explosion ! Calculating for a while the reported results of the three principal skirmishes and combats that have already occurred there upon that restricted battle• field in the vicinity of Ceuta, they can hardly be regarded. as results in any respect very satisfactory to the Spanish Government. According to the Spaniards themselves they lost in the fight of the 25th between 300 and 400 in killed, wounded, and prisoners. According to the Moors, on the contrary, we learn that upon that day, while their own loss (the Moorish loss) did not exceed 100 altoge ther, their enemies (the Spaniards) were under stood. to have had as many as 2,000 put hors de combat. The truth, in all human probability, lies as nearly as possible about midway between the two extremes. Under any circumstances the conflict upon the 25th is so far clearly entitled. to the designation already given to it (that of "a sharp little combat") by the Times' Correspondent. And it is significant upon this point to add that the Post Correspondent, writing yesterday from Paris, observes,—" As I believe I informed you some time since the Spanish journals are not allowed to print any news of the war ex cepting that supplied by Government." An ar rangement leading every one inevitably to the instant conclusion, that the accounts so furnished to the Spanish public have been what Mr. TOOTS, or somebody very like him, once suggested should be done with the raw material—i. e. previously cooked. The skirmish of the 30th ult., we now learn, cost the Spanish army some 230 killed and wounded — while the affair of the 9th inst. involved a loss to, the Spaniards, according to the second edition of the Post of this afternoon of '• 750 killed [ob viously a misprint for 150 killed] and 290 wounded." Yet for a little skirmish like this, resulting (to no good end whatever) in so much death and suffering, RAILWAYCCI D i g o ftden we are informed by the Madrid journals of the 12th prevailed iu occurred sef which on the inst. that "as soon as the Queen of Spain Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, which was not attended with serious consequences. The 6.25 a.m. was made acquainted with the affair of the 9th, her yesterday A a s train from Sheffield to Manchester had arrived close to Majesty directed the ad interim President of the the Thirk Y irk Celli near Guide-bridge, about a quarter past eight, ' before the ' driver could perceive a signal Council to send a telegraphic despatch to th j - - :hich l. was protectingne. ii the passage of a coal train across the General-in-Chief expressive of her satisfaction, an ' ic i n a e n a collisione t w oo p i s t unable aee to brine; r i T s g vi h o i l s e t n r c a e in w t as o a not stand ( l is h i s e : declaring that she was well assured, on appointing gains ri'° p„a-ses-een ot rs de o:nli ne w d ere shaken rather severely, him to the command, that he wculd justify her 1) F,STRUCTIVE FIRE AT MILLWALL,—Last night confidence." Certainly as soon as we can see en a until t t t i t ik i , , p a; b c-n ii d i tett fight, gtroeoa k p liis p s ce of on pro t E e ert p y r , e al se which 11Lc l h on la r s i t n e g d end of this last of the little wars the better. No t i ) .l I% e %is - v iss Howell and Co., patent rope manufacturers to wonder wars like this were deemed to be among mi.seAnTiliehntt,heSret.;ilsslourattuenaet commenced 1 lwal l, Poplar.w ere abTohuetpao the world's most poignant calamities, by the clear- filled i 4 t o h feet k w i o d f 3. a The various t co in p a n r td meats ire headed, keen-sighted warrior Duke of WEL - . owing to tho highly inflammable nature y of the e goods, er a the ' flames spread so rapidly that in less than 10 minutes the whole premises were on , fire. The parish engine, as well as several of the London brigade, under the command of Mr. Superintendent Braidwood, and Mr. Bridges, the foreman o f the A district, were quickly in attendance, and a good supply of the East London Company's water having been procured, the firemen went to work, but they were unable to make the least impression upon the flames until nearly midnight, and not before a vast quantity of property was destroyed, and nearly the whole of the premises, consisting of winding, wheeling, twisting, and finishing shops, toge gather with the machinery therein, were destroyed. Th origin of the fire could not be ascertained. DEATH OF A BRIGHTON CELEBRITY.—During the zenith of the smiles of royalty on Brighton, few persons obtained so high a position in the estimation of tho nobility as Madame Michell, the maitresse de dame. Dukes and duchesses, marquises and marchionesses, earls and coun tesses, and every gradation of the peerage, owed the dignity of their gait to Madame Michau, whose academy, held in the Assembly Rooms of the Old Ship Hotel, was the focus of the elite. Then was the time when the equipages of the nobility exhibited the sterling grandeur of their owners, and Ship-street was one aristocratic carriage stand. Years have passed on. Her early patron, George IV., passed away. William IV. and his royal consort then delighted in the evolutions of the tiny feet at the Royal Pavilion, under the watchful guidance of Madame Michau, when juvenile balls were weekly there in full vigour. They also passed away. The Pavilion of royalty itself passed away ; still Madame enjoyed the smiles of the noble of the land. Age, however, which she sternly warded off, at length set in, and on Wednesday last—after a short cessation from her duties—she expired, at the good old age of 76 years.— Brighton Observer. CAUTION TO HOTELKEEPERS.—A square built man of gentlemanly appearance, a Dutchman by birth, and giving different names at different places, has contrived to live for some months past upon two hotelkeopers, one at Leicester and the other at Derby. The doctor—for such he represents himself to be—has been busily engaged writing a work upon chemistry, at least that has been his professed engagement. After luxuriating on good things at Leices ter, he suddenly levanted, being indebted to the landlord to the tune of £52. His next appearance was in an hotel at Derby, where, for a time, his manners captivated several gentlemen who he occasionally met in the coffee-room,though his custom was to spend the greater portion of his time in his bedroom, engaged—or professedly engaged—with writing materials. After being at the hotel some time he paid £lO on account ; it was subsequently discovered that hehad succeeded in borrowing that amount. As time wore on suspicions were excited, and on being pressed for the amount he owed he prevaricated. At length the wily fox was unearthed, under the following circumstances : —A gentleman happened on Thursday evening last to arrive at the hotel in Derby, and on proceeding to the coffee-room saw the Dutchman enjoying his dinner. He at once gave notice to the land lady that the doctor, who went by another name at Leices ter, had contrived to swindle Mr. Bowyer, of Leicester. Mr. lioxyer was writt en t o an d ma d e his appearance next morn ing, to the great consternation and surprise of the doctor, , who kept hi s b e d unt il towards dusk, when ho contrived to , give the person he was watching. the sli p , and he s uc c ee ded in making hi s escape. H e i s i nde b ted to the landlady nearly £3O ; and, to make ma tt ers worse, i t turns out that the day before he succeeded in borrowing £lo' from a gentleman, which would enable.him to journey by rail to some distant Ida( e. His conversational powers were rood, and he is evi dently a man of intelligence. r Van Dunk, though lie never got drunk, sipped brandy and water daily, and appeared as nappy as a prince.—berby Reporter. LIN GTON. The actual terms on which Lord CANNING has restored their estates to such of the talookdars as made a timely submission are now before us—if, in deed, we may rely on a letter from a private corre spondent. After all the comments which have been made on the management of the Oude business, fairness requires that this document should be ad mitted as one the terms of which were in the mind of Lord CANNING when he made his celebrated con fiscation proclamation. Our readers well know that we are not amongst Lord CANNIN G'S admirers. We never thought him equal to a much higher post than that of head-clerk, or Cabinet-clerk, to the Post-office, and our opinion is not altered. He has exhibited in India the conventional qualities of an English lord, and but little more. But among these qualities is the common-sense which told him that the possessions of avowed rebels are confiscated to the Crown, and he had the boldness to let the rebels know it not unaccompanied, however, in issuing the proclamation, by the intimation that repentance would be regarded with favour by a Government notoriously prone to mercy. The party squabbles over the business it is now time to send amongst other bygones. There was much right and much wrong as usual on both sides. But at the time we were amongst those who called for bold and firm be haviour in India, and we were not amongst those who, as soon as a Governor-General adopted the policy we demanded, began to find fault with it. The course actually taken was that that confisca tion was made, as it ought to have been, the basis of . dealing with the talookdars of Oude ; but they were invited to surrender themselves, their mud forts and ) their arms, and to disband their followers by a fixed date, if they wished to any benefit from the lenient disposition of the Government, and from the final amnesty. Never did a set of subordinate chieftains, or petty rulers, for such these large pro prietors were, more need to be placed on a right footing with the supreme Government. They had long been the revenue collectors on their vast gress. LATEST NEW. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, DEC. 17. The Moniteur of to-day contains the following : The Emperor received yesterday the Papal Nuncio, who presented to hig Majesty a letter from the Holy Father. Yesterday evening the state of Prince Jerome was still serious. Pleuritic pains in the left side having set in, necessitated the application of a fresh blister. TURIN, DEC. 16. Count Cavour has been definitively appointed first Plenipotentiary of Sardinia at the Congress. General Dabormida does not leave Turin, in order to be present at the approaching opening of the Chambers. There will be no Ministerial change in Sardinia TURIN, DEC. 17. General Dabormida has officially communicated to the French Government that Count Cavour and the Chevalier Desambrois will be the representa tives of Sardinia at the approaching Congress. VIENNA, DEC. 17. In the last Cabinet Council, presided over by the Emperor, it was resolved that in the next budget a reduction of 38 million of florins shall be made in the expenses of the war department. The plans and measurements for the Royal Oak and the Belvedere, two of the new 91 gun screw steamers ordered to be built at Chatham dockyard, have been prepared, under the superintendence of Admiral Sir B. Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, from whose designs they will be built. They will be commenced at Chatham on the first slips that become vacant, several of the vessels of war now building at that establishment being in a very forward state. The Royal Oak and the Belvedere will be sister-ships to the Atlas, 91, and the Bul wark, 91, now being constructed at Chatham. The Board of Admiralty having decided on con siderably enlarging the present barracks for the Royal Marines at Chatham, in order to afford bar rack accommodation for several hundred additional men, with increased accommodation for a large r number of officers than can be at present provided with quarters, the blocks of buildings adjoining the barracks have been purchased by the Government, who have allowed a liberal compensation to the oc cupiers, in order that they may be pulled down and the site cleared for the works to be commenced. The proposed enlargement of the barracks will necessitate the removal of about 20 houses, with two hotels, it being the intention of the Admiralty to extend the barracks as far as Chatham church. The words will involve an outlay of about £lOO,OOO, a considerable portion of which has been already voted by Parliament. The removal of the build ings purchased by the Admiralty has commenced, in order that the proposed extension may be begun early in the ensuing spring. The paddlewheel steam vessel Advice, second master M. C. Raymond, sailed from Plymouth for Queenstown on Thursday, with seamen belonging to the screw steamship Hawke, who navigated the Shamrock to Plymouth. The screw steamship Revenge, 91, having been masted at Devonport, was warped on Thursday from the sheer hulk alongside the dockyard jetty, to be rigged for the steam reserve. The screw steamship Con queror,lol,Capt.Wilcox, was removed from her moorings at Devomport on Thursday into Keyham steam basin, preparatory to being docked. The paddlewheel steam storeship Dee, Thomas C. Pullen, master commanding, was taken out of the basin at Keyham, Devonport, on Thursday, and, having embarked a detachment of marines, sailed for Portsmouth and Woolwich. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander C. H. Wale, to be Inspecting Commander of the Coastguard, vice Commander Baker, whose term of service has expired ; and David T. Waugh, clerk, to be secre tary's clerk to the Victory. It is stated that Austria is about to proceed to a complete disarmament. PARIS, DEC. 17. Prince De Latour d'Auvergne is designated as ;he Second Plenipotentiary of France at the Con- The Marquis d'Antonini, the Neapolitan Mini ster, who had been summoned by the King to Naples a fortnight ago, returned to Paris yester day. He is the bearer of the consent of the Neapo litan Government to the project of an Italian Con federation. M. d'Antonini will be the Second Plenipotentiary of Naples at the Congress. THE FRENCH NAVY. A very interesting paper, from the pen of M Rey baud, in the new number of the Revue des Deux Mondes, published this day, contains some details as to the manning and officering of the French navy, which are not less interesting from the fact of the apprehensions of a collision with our " powerful" ally having temporarily subsided. From this paper I find that the French navy, exclusive of midship men (aspirants), comprises 1,563 officers to wit : 33 Flag officers (admirals, vice-admirals, rear-admirals). 110 Post captains (capitaines de vaisseau). 220 Commanders (capitaines de fregate). 650 Lieutenants. 550 Mates (enseignes). 1563 This list suggests to the Revue the following re flections Our real effective strength of officers is, there fore, 1,563, agginst about 5,000 borne on the books of the British Admiralty. The difference is great, and the inferiority of our position obvious—but it is still more perceptible on tracing the distribution of that body of officers on board the fleet in case of a general armament. It is evident that in the case of a war it would be necessary to fit out, at the out set, all the steamers capable, first, of sustaining the enemy's fire ; secondly, of chasing as cruisers mer chantmen belonging to the nation we are at war with ; thirdly, of carrying stores, ammunition, and troops to our colonies, or to accompany as trans ports a war fleet, with a view to an expedition or a landing ; fourthly, of defending commercial harbours, or the more important military harbo urs unprovided with batteries and fixed defences. It would, moreover, be necessary to arm en flute the few sailing ships we have left, and which in this form might be very useful when amalgamated with a transport a piece, towing them when necessary. For frigates and large sailing corvettes, essentially fast sailers, their destination is marked out before hand ; they should proceed to distant seas, where coaling is impossible, and inflict on the enemy's commerce injuries it could not escape. Out of our 27 sailing frigates, 20 are admirably adapted for this kind of service ; and all our corvettes are also well fitted for it. The advantage of such a fleet is, the case with which it can be fitted out. Every ship of those two classes once afloat may be consi dered as prepared for sea. The guns and stores are all ready for use in the dockyards, and our sailing cruisers might have a good offing before the enemy could despatch any steamers to intercept them. The sailing vessels below the rank of corvettes would not be included in an armament of this description. As regards the steam fleet, it would also be neces sary to make a selection. For the paddle steamers no vessels should be taken below corvettes, though first-class despatch boats (avisos) would be useful as transports. For flotilla ships, the floating bat teries, iron-cased, and plain gunboats, very useful for the defence of the coasts and the entrance of navigable rivers, should be taken into account. The three natural divisions of a complete arma ment are, therefore, the following :—War fleet, transports, and sailing cruisers. Besides the ships required for these services, we should still have 1. The training ship at Brest, where midshipmen are instructed. 2. The gunnery ship, which turns out first-rate seamen and gunners. 3. The ecole des mousses (ship-boys' school) at Brest, whence the cadres of petty and warrant officers are recruited. 4. The flotilla stationed in the rivers of Senegal, which in case of a war it would be advisable to strengthen rather than diminish." — 1 he writer, on the above data, constructs a tabular statement, showing the distribution of officers on board the fleet in case of a war, and also showing the strength of a fitet necessary for such a service . ' `O P-4 -4.. 1, e, WAR STEAM FLEET. 33 line-of-battle ships (screw) 7 iron-plated vessels (screw) 16 frigates (screw) 5 corvettes (screw) 5 first-class advice boats (screw) 11 second-class advice boats (screw) 9 corvettes (paddle) 31 iron-plated gun-boats (screw) TRANSPORT FLEET. 9 sailing line-of-battle ships 29 screw transports 19 paddle •wheel frigates SAILING CRUISERS. 20 frigates 11 corvettes, first-class Staff of officers commanding in chief or second in command — Chiefs of the I taff or aides-de. camp n the Ports. Direction of the port and workshops in the five great military ports Divisions of crews of the fleet Aides-de-camp to the maritime prefects (port admirals) Officers of the school lina-of-battle ship Officers of the gunnery line-of-battle ship and of the sailors' school Officers of the naval school vessel Governors and commandants in the colonies 1732 Personnel strictly necessary for the service during war Present number Remaining disposable This number strikes M. Reybaud as insufficient, and he advocates its increase ; but he deprecates making it equal to our own. " The English," he says, " have more than 100 flag officers ; we have but 33, of which barely 20 are fit for active service. The English have 358 post captains ; we have but 110 ; and other ranks in the same proportion. It would be a folly to attempt to raise our number of officers to the level of theirs." What he suggests as a reasonable increase is to provide a sufficient number of officers for war pur poses, together with a suitabla reserve. As for the crews, M. Louis Reybaud sets down 69,560 as a suitable number to man efficiently the fleet sketched in the above table. Adding a reserve of 10,000 men—this would require a naval force of, in round numbers, 80,000 men. Such a force, he says, the country could easily provide. M. Rey baud then enters into various interesting details as to the training and drill of the crews, and thinks that with careful management and judicious in crease in the body of officers, the present comple ment of the navy would be sufficient to man and officer efficiently the 150 war steamers promised for the year 1871. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA.—We regret to state that owing to the very sudden indisposition of Miss Louisa Pyne the opera of the " Rose of Castille," announced for last night at the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, was brought to a premature conclusion. The cause of Miss Pyne s illness was stated to be violent hysteria brought on by over exerCon. Tt was, however, hoped she would shortly be able to resume her duties. Much sympathy ,vas evinced throughout the house on Mr. Harrison making the circumstance known. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The state of Prince Jerome's health is alarming It was hoped yesterday, from the improvement which set in and was maintained for some time, that great danger had disappeared ; but from the answer to inquiries at the Palais Royal at 4 o'clock this evening, it would appear that the improve ment has not only not continued, but that the suf ferer is much worse. The Emperor has visited his uncle three times since yesterday. Prince Napo leon, who has been always deeply and sincerely at tached to his father, is said to be in a state of great affliction. The Bulletin des Lois publishes a decree open ing to the Minister of Marine an extraordinary credit, for 1859, of 42,743,600 f., of which 38,300,250 f. were appropriated to the war in Italy, and 4,443,350 f. to the Indo-Chinese expedition. Another decree opens to the same Minister a second extraor dinary credit of 6,300,000 f. for the Indo-Chinese expedition; and a third decree authorises the sale, for the benefit of the Treasury, of the Forest of Bondy, containing about 1,160 hectores (2,900 acres). Tilt BOURSE, Dec. 16.—The market has been rather heavy. Threes, after having been done at 70f. 75c., declined to 70f. 50c., but are now at 70f, 60c. ; Mobilier varied from 850 f. to 855 f. ; Aus trian, 572 f. 50c. to 575 f, ; Lombard, 576 f. 25c. to 578 f. 75e. Orleans, 1,420 f. to 1,425 f. ; Lyons, 940 f. to 942 f. 50c. ; Northern, 975 f. to 977 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations:— 4i per Cents. .... 97 Credit Foncier 725 Do. end month Belgian 4 3 / 4 99 50 3 per Cents 7O 45 Piedmon.tese (5) .. 85 50 Do. end month 7O 55 Roman B4 50 Bank Shares 2BBO Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 852 50 Spanish Threes 45 75 Do. Account ..... 852 50 Home Debt 43a - RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 975 975 New ditto 862 50 .. 863 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 943 75 .. 940 Geneva 555 Southern Western 582 50 .. 585 Eastern Sardinian .... Austrian Lombard .... .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f. 9c.; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 24f. 931 c. TIIE FRENCH PRESS LAWS. (From the—Moniteur.) In some recent publications there have occurred, on the subject of prosecutions of the press, certain errors which it is of consequence to set right. The magistrates have been reproached with arbi trarily violating the rules of the special procedure introduced by the law of May 26, 1819. To this reproach the answer is simple. The exceptional procedure of the law of 1819 has ceased to exist— it has been abrogated by the organic decree of Feb.l7, 1852. Prosecutions of the press have been restored to their previous condition of matters of the common law ; they are submitted strictly to the forms and stages of the code of criminal examina tion. Persons have also ventured to accuse the magistrates of making use of- illegal precipita tion in the seizure of certain pamphlets; this second charge rests on a confusion easy to clear up. The regime of the press is applied to three distinct orders of publications, books, journals, and political pamphlets having less than ten sheets of printed matter. For books the law of 1814 is in operation ; no new condition has been imposed on publications, and it may be safely said that the liberty of the book press has never been more complete or more undisputed than it is now. The periodical press has its special rules and its own regime ; eight years of practice have proved its wisdom and necessity. The political pamphlet partakes more of the nature of the journal than of that of the book ; it offers the same dangers, the same facility of diffusion without, however, being subjected to the same guarantees. Before the law of July 27, 1859, ex hortations to civil war, outrages to religion and good morals, attacks the most audacious on the principle of property, could be spread by a hundred thousand copies, and address themselves with impunity to the passions of the multitude. The evil was irre parable when justice intervened. , It is to avoid the danger, and to supply a want long felt, that the Legislative Assembly introduced into the law of July 27 a clause makiug it neces sary for the printer to lodge at the office of the public prosecutor, twenty-four hours before every publication and distribution, all writings treating of political matters or matters of social economy having less than ten sheets of printed matter. "It has been desired," said the proposer of the law, when he was explaining the reasons for this inno vation, " it has been desired to put an end to the impotence of justice, and to prevent pamphlets being distributed and the impression exhausted be fore the magistrate can invoke the action of the law." It is, then, an exceptional guarantee which the law of 1849 has imposed on the publication of poli tical brochures. The seizure is not submitted to any condition of time ; it is regular as soon as it has been ordered by the examining magistrate, but it is only definitively maintained in cases in which it is established that the offence charged in the pro secution has been constituted, completed by an act of publicity. If, on the contrary, it is shown that no act of dis tribution or of exposure for sale has preceded the seizure, there interposes a writ of withdrawal. The writer then regains his liberty of action, but he is anticipated, and if the work interdicted for an in srataanaterisispubbrolieshgehdt,htehfeorpertohseeceuotirreetisi o n and justice is enabled to en sure respect for the law. resumed, altribunal, of the Law of July 27, 1849. t S h u e c h r e h g a u s a b r e e a n o d f o f r t i t e h n f e y l e a e r x s , e sucheetexecution s of f t l t l h a e t 7 t t h h i s A d r a ty. Rome,LO D thatl N A L C -aNrir2ZA\ViTs.e - man has V .i c v e ()d ha in s s r a e f a e u t3 h , e a d t 11CdAoEn where ho has been cordially received by the other members of the Sacred College, and has been favoured with an interview with his Holiness the Pope. The illness of the Cardinal, although of a serious character, is not, in the opinion of his physicians , con firmed. Still it is not at all unlikely that he will make the Eternal City his residence for the future ; but until such time as he may tletertuilu , upon either returning to England or reiigaink; his see his episcopal, if not his legative, duties will be administered by the Right Rev. Dr. Evrington, his coadjutor. VOL TS, THE INNS OF COURT. The corps of the Inns of Court continues to re ceive fresh additions to its numerical strength every day. Starting little more than a fortnight ago, with about 200 members, the number up to last night had increased to 520, and the practice proceeds with unflagging energy and spirit. The corps is divided into six companies, each of which is drilled twice a day, either in the hall or grounds of Lincoln's-inn, or in those, of the Inner and Mid dle Temple, by five experienced sergeants from the j Coldstream Guards, headed by Sergeant-Major Penyward. Scores of the volunteers were being exercised in the position drill yesterday afternoon, both in the Temple-garden and the grounds of Lincoln's-inn, regardless of the frost and snow. Many more were similarly engaged in the halls. The great majority of the corps have now advanced as far as the platoon exercise, and the rest, who joined later, are rapidly passing through th• preliminary stages. Mr. Bentinck, M.P. for Taunton, occupies the honourable position of an effective member of the corps. The War De partment, on short notice, furnished the requisite number of rifles with great promptitude. Shortly after Christmas the whole of the corps is to be as sembled for the purpose of electing officers. The question of the uniform is wisely deferred for the present, pending the inquiry about to be instituted on the general subject at the War-office in Pall mall, by a committee nominated by the Govern ment. THE INLAND REVENUE. Last night the members of the volunteer corps now being formed from gentlemen attached to the several departments of the Inland Revenue at Somerset-house, were drilled in the newspaper stamping-room of the establishment, which, being large and well lighted with gas, is exceedingly commodious for the purpose and available in un favourable weather. The enrolled members amount now to nearly 100, and fresh accessions are being made daily: The Board of Inland Revenue have been pleased to approve the formation of the corps, and are prepared to aid in carrying it out by afford ing every facility consistently with a recent Treasury letter, copies of which have been circu lated throughout the department. The corps is to be established in connexion with the Civil Service Rifle Brigade, but to be governed by its own rules, and equipped, drilled, officered, and fully organised by its own members ; and a working committee to superintend its formation has been appointed, con sisting of twelve gentlemen, chosen from the higher class of officials of the department, and headed by Mr. Brotherton, Receiver-General. They are for tunate in having in Mr. W. Ennis, late Lieutenant of the 77th Regiment of Foot, and now of the Legacy Duty Department, a gentleman of their own body, able and willing to conduct the drill, and they have elected him their honorary adjutant. His father, Capt. Ennis, late of the 11th Hussars, and who served with honour in the Crimea, has also rendered valuable assistance during the past week in exercising the members of the corps. At present they assemble in two different companies for an hour at a time on three evenings in the week. CHATHAM. The volunteer artillery corps which has been formed at Brompton is progressing in an exceed ingly satisfactory manner, the names of 40 volun teers having been received up to the present time. As soon as a sufficient number of volunteers to form a company have been entered the members of the corps will be enrolled. Several liberal subscrip tions have been received, amounting in the whole to upwards of £lOO. The amount of subscription s towards the rifle corps exceeds £3OO. CUMBERLAND. The volunteer movement is progressing very satisfactorily in Cumberland. In Carlisle the num ber of volunteers is 100, and there is no doubt that a great many more will come forward as soon as the committee are in a position to make some defi nite announcement as to what sum each effective will be required to contribute. At Keswick a preliminary meeting was held on Monday, Dr. Leitch in the chair, when the follow ing resolution was proposed by the Rev. T. D. H. Battersby, seconded by Mr. D. R. Harrison, and unanimously adopted : " That the present meeting resolves to attempt the forma tion of a company of volunteers for the parish of Cresthwaite, feeling well convinced that the volunteer rifle movement is calculated to foster a true spirit of independence and to diffuse loyal, manly, and patriotic sentiments among all classes of people ; and that, if steadily and zealously carried out, it will put an end for ever to those periodical panics and fears of invasion so injurious to commerce, so destruc tive to our friendly relations with foreign Powers, and alto gether so unworthy of a great and brave nation." A committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements, and it was recommended that the corps should be called "The Skiddaw Gray Rifles," and be clad in Skiddaw gray-coloured uniform. Thirteen gentlemen expressed themselves ready to provide their own rifles, uniforms, and accoutre ments; DISS. At this town a company comprising 35 members has been formed, and drill is carried on in the Corn Exchange recently erected. HARWICH. The artillery corps in course of formation in this town and neighbourhood has at present 31 effective and 15 honorary members. Mr. E. W. Garland has presented £5O, and the members for the borough, the Hon. W. F. Campbell and Captain Jervis, £lO each in aid of the movement. It is expected that a rifle company will also be formed in the Tendring hundred. HEXHAM. A numerously attended meeting of the inhabi tants of Hexham took place on Thursday, in the Court-house, to establish a rifle corps in that town. Mr. J. M. RIDLEY, on behalf of the grand jury assembled at the recent assizes, said that that body had given the movement their unqualified and unanimous approval. They regretted that the Lord-Lieutenant had not called a public meeting of the whole country on the subject ; but, inasmuch as the population was much scattered, they thought it an excellent plan to make the towns nuclei, and the outlying districts might join them if expedient. About 80 gentlemen have already promised to join the corps, and Mr. Beaumont, M.P., has pro mised a donation. HORSFOItTH. The volunteer corps movement at this and the adjoining manufacturing villages in West York shire is going on well. The sum of £290 has been subscribed towards the support of a rifle corps, to be called the Guisley Township Corps, and a good number have volunteered to join it. MANSFIELD. In this district a rifle corps, to be designated the " Sherwood Rifles," is being formed. Upwards of 50 members have enrolled themselves, and meet ings are regularly held for drill in the new Corn exchange. NOTTINGHAM. This corps is progressing in a satisfactory manner, and an enthusiastic spirit pervades throughout the battalion, which now numbers nearly 650 members; Meetings have been held during the week by the Newcastle, Clumber, and Clinton companies, at which the non-commissioned officers of each com pany were appointed. OXFORDSHIRE. The arrangements made by the committee ap pointed some time ago at a meeting of the Lieute nancy, are now completed, and the movement is progressing very satisfactorily. The subscription list, which is headed by the Duke of Marlborough with a donation of £lOO, amounts to upwards of £BOO, exclusive of about £l2O already promised in annual subscriptions. In the Banbury division 64 persons have volunteered ; a similar number have also volunteered in the Henley division, and about 30 in the Whitney division. In conse quence of the augmented number of volunteers in the University Rifle Corps the Secretary of War has determined to form that corps into a batta lion under the designation of the " Oxford Univer sity Rifle Volunteer Corps." The corps has been numbered as the First Division of the Rifle Volun teer force of the county of Oxford : and its maxLintun establishment will consist of one major commandant. four captains, four lieutenants, four ensigns, one ad jutant, one surgeon, and 400 nten of all ranks. Mr. F. Symonds, surgeon, of Oxford, has been a p pointed by the Lord Lieutenant surgeon of the corps. The city of Oxford Volunteers number about 200 men. The uniform has been chosen, and arrange ments have been made for the use of the practice ground on Cowley Marsh, which the University corps occupies. Two officers sent down by Govern ment have inspected the ground, and the result is reported to be satisfactory. The swearing.in of volunteers is expected to take place next week, and when they are enrolled they will be numbered as the second division of the volunteer force of the county, the University corps occupying the first rank. smrTox-IN,CRAVEY. The rifle corps in the course of formation for ibis town and district appears to be making rapid pro- gress towards completion. The number o teers is now upwards of 60. TIVERTON. A public meeting, convened by the Mayor (Mr. Gath), was held on Wednesday, for the purpose of forming a rifle corps. There was a numerous and influential attendance, the Mayor being in the chair Mr. J. H. AMORY proposed the formation of a rifle corps, and stated that he had seen Lord Pal- t merston, who expressed his pleasu re at hearing tha a rifle corps was about to be formed in the town. The noble lord also promised to write to state te amount of his subscription and to g ive every assist a nee in his power. (Cheers.) It mi g ht be interest ing to the meeting to know that Lord Palmerston was a member of the rifle corps; he would not say that he was an " effective member," but, doubtless, he was as effective as he well could be. (Laughter.) Mr. J. GooDLAND seconded the resolution, and it was unanimously carried. Other resolutions, appointing a committee to collect subscriptions, &c-, were passed. About £lOO were subscribed at the meeting, and 30 volunteers (who would provide their own uni form) were enrolled. UXBRIDGE. Upwards of 40 gentlemen of this town.and the immediate vicinity have determin ed to form them selves into a volunteer corps, and application h h e ir ag been made to the Lord-Lieutenant to approve t lment. A general committee meetin w as held on enro Monday last, at which it was resolved g to invite subscriptions, and upwards of £lOO was subscribed the same day. It is anticipated that a second company will er be formed within a short period , and that a consid able subscription will be obtained in aid o f the movement. TILE DUCHESS OF PARMA AND 11 EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA• A letter dated Bologna, 11, says :--Ye ll I°lll not have forgotten that the few supporters ef Duchess of Parma have undertaken to the the policy of that royal lady has always been free the from Austrian influence, and that she governed state of her son in the interests of his subjects. A great many documents found in the ducal archives have already given the most crushing denial to this assertion of the friends of Maria I ouisa of Bourbon, but none are more calculated to prove that the prove that Regent of Parma was merely a lieutenant of his Austrian Majesty than the two given belo rll the middle of 1850 the insolence of the General Crenneville, t: Frenchman by birth, had reached such a pitch that the Regent could not suffer it any longer without losing self-respect. The may who is now the adlatus of Francis Joseph had really done things at Parma and issued orders_ which would have disgraced even a condottiero of the middle ages. The poor woman addressed to , Marshal Radetzky the most pressing remonstrances, Austrian but she could not obtain the removal of the insolent proconsul who had insulted her. She determined, therefore, to apply to her imperial cousin of 'Vien na ' and she did so in the most humble manner. I n her letter she hastened to acknowledge that the o nly support upon which she could rely was Austria, and that her Ministers were all acting 1 . 0 accordance with the orders sent by Count flitol in his excellency's last despatch. You will see by the answer of Francis Joseph how, in spite of the humble submissiveness of the Duchess's letter, het, haughty Austrian cousin was accustomed to treat the sovereign of an independent state and mother of an orphan prince : that 0.! Sire, —Having had to complain of the General Crenne: ville, I have addressed Marshal Radetzky, believing that I oug ht not to intrude `an affair altogether personal up our Majesty. The marshal now writes me word tha he our he 115 ! informed your Majesty of this affair; I therefore address you, and beg you to grant me a change in Count Cron., ville's destination. lam certain your Majesty will eV. with my request, even should you deem my just suscep lity carried too far. What I ask of your Imperial M a j esty is your pro tectioon4 t o se cure the independence of my Government, various demands which w ill. , be com romised if I were to yield to the o f Count Crennevile, of which se veral are co ntrary to o I address this letter to your .Majesty laws. to you how' which is so much I depend not only on your friendship, e ord one precious to me, but on your support, which a the enemies fife on which my Government may depend. MY en ° t the al endeavoured to make Marshal Itadetzky doubt an s wer of the persons who possess my confidence. I call, l b a y° for their sincerity and fidelity to proceed in the par„ i ,„ traced out for them, and which is entirely in tennilnlea to repeat . . with the note that the Government of youx Imp jesty jesty lately transmitted to me May your Imperial Majest . y permit me the ass urance of my true attachment and the expression of the wishes for your happiness. lam your Imperial Majesty's • Most affectionate Cousin, IJ• to renew to. yoon. Parma June 9, 1856. The following is the Emperor's reply :.-- of ini‘tihaedlaenittee'r,mwyhivcehryydoeuraritCooyuaslinH,—iglnhoessinesebleturesnot.edgoodi as to write to me, has been to me the subje c t of 10,013ti lVe I regret. Without being able to admit that the conduct of tilef i rh neral Count Crenneville deserves the severe judgre ell ... t - tha - t which it has been visited, it is sufficient for me to kil" - 0 . 0 this general has had the misfortune to be displegnio your Royal Highness, so that I cannot hesitate to re o . another destination. The general commanding e lug. hary troops in your states cannot properly fulfil the fo il cult task imposed upon him unless he enjoys Y: ) , 11r ,,,,. to. confidence. That being defined, madame, and Yiel'lo.. your wishes, as I have already done on , pre , - .„.. occasion, I shall occupy myself with the choice of the Y o u r, cessor to be given to Count Crenneville. I am, Weyer*' to. too well acquainted with your sentiments of delicacy not be persuaded that until that time the general -will meet r t i o z your royal highness a reception in keeping. with the Vs 0 . he holds. Your royal highness does me justice in °P e t a ll ing on my warm readiness to lend to your Governinel It the moral and material support it may stand in ne ed „:your is with equal confidence that I depend in my turn your firm resolution to do all in your power for renclerin.roo to my troops the mission they are discharging i ll -- pursuant to treaties. of r Wel l Setting aside the question whethe r the council 101- r ife to the difference, I venture to beg, or was not competent in the special case that has giT ell t blit you would kindly enter on a range of more elevated Idea'2 madame 'fly COn sji l Why has the state of siege been proclaimed ot Vart n eel i ‘ Evidently because the action of the civil tribunals hasooli found to be inadequate for extirpating the lepres l "" 'lst' tical assassinations, which has for two years been e50,,a ing the country. Now, supposing even- that i the n r- o - t tency of the council of war instituted to this enu megatici have been defined with sufficient nicety tobe able pate in their last ramifications the horrible Pl°tB ofritbiet assassins, what remained to be done ? In nIY °P i , rl / ° ding would have been necessary to devise the means of 01 ‘ - tr itry its jurisdiction rather than of curtailing it. In the l ie to case what will happen ? Not only I should be amineuna 66 offer opposition to the retirement of such officials of are d temporarily in the service of your Royal ilighllegdS: bot need as they would be to the incapacity of doing feu g ing we shall see again, I too much fear, new vie t uP under the dagger of the assassin and ' an agitation kefibout in the country of a nature sooner or later to bring who le grave consequences, which would fal l with their o we weight on your Government, whilst adding at t ll6 toa d, time to the difficulties against wh ich we have all to e? especially in Italy, and looking at the generaseriousituatiosnii, fi Such are the questions of a very great and 3o g , oo d cance, which I intreat your Royal Highness to be Iwo to as to meditate seriously yo ur cowl t l o pe t upon, and with take into deliberation. Their intentions I eanue..,,. c oney from the moment that they are honoured with Ye" - dence. t he alOr I embrace this opportunity for renewing to you .--, % l ion, ante of the sentiments of most distinguished c onse.l )- 0 , 0 a and of the sincere friendship with which I am, n ° cousin, your Royal Highness's faithful c ousin, 0 0. FRANCIS Jos . _ Laxenburg, June 20, 1856. oVie d t° If such was the independence Austria all ,t, A uligi` the Italian minor states, every honest and e, t beir ened man in Europe must acknowledge tho_ilici, restoration would be the greatest scourge w could fall upon Italy. ___.—.............. ITALI.4N OPERA, PARIS celebrated season I rr i heof thete tenor Ver o i n combined morosGt ipu attractionsogpliunlia,ofraonpaert ha eotfhfiterhsetdde n b a ;jig: hot ttidiTt; Trovatore," drew, as might be exPected'this season. Saturday evening the most crowded house of ~. d ea b s.o n. An intense interest existed to bear_ tin f e utant, which was manifested by.a constant buzz . 1 5 expectation which prevailed during the Pre N t a of all the commencing scenes of the opera 14- h e moment of the serenade that introduces, the rico. The first note of the comaniment i n c e orchestra was followed by a sudden hush---s•s"etlibe so profound that the fall of a pin might alroes-th, heard. Then rang out from behind the wi n g s li 0 o notes of a tenor so soft, tender, mellow, but s ti of bell-like in their sonorousness that the sueeetaa Giuglini was at once established with the Paris to public. A hum of general approbation, that tri s ea so gratifying to an artiste, was heard feat all eft ri g at every pause, and at the close of the a he °__. o and enthusiastic applause that follow left oPo_ doubt of the position of the new tenor. In s %t cess was decided and complete. The other g r oo tests for the singer in this opera are the Ar n o ! T IN qu el l Pira," and the beautiful " Aliseilling he fit as given by M. Giuglini with a thri iid, power which has never been surpassed, if eq uit tn ees in Paris, and the latter with a pathos andswee ,r 0 the effect of which it is difficult to describte.co. sum up, Giuglini appeared to make the pariorito pletely his own, and the warmth of th e P ent ire which followed every scene rendered his so . soiree, with its constantly repeated recalls: .koco, cession of triumphs. The illness of Mor•r•r_, woo but ood e t r h t e which prevented her appearance in Leono s ~ ..0 . tl►e only drawback to the admirable represenyaf,„; eery quitted herself under the circumstances went ne ver w e nt ditably indeed. This favourite opera ook pa ge taskwas takenat a vbeyrygshm:itCnaollitibc:,lo';irCe; 0r,, , 1 n,,l:ce, lILLV., fully cow , vinc( the , e h a.. i off with more brilliant success. Twosuirbolquilt: I,ol* iGiuglini, who has thus at once sprung to tu of Parisian popularityGaglignani. .~, POT( l an , goo prey 7,00 beet excl Lo n Thu Be e , Aer Por Der at 4 Ire Pre' N 6 pe Ind; bitt ; uitt