The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-12 00:00:00

pAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. II) Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean THIS EVENING will bepresented Shakspeare's tilt orical play of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed the new and original Comedy, entitled TFIE WORLD AND THE STAGE. Far- The characters by Messrs. Compton, Buckstone, Howe, W. ren, Rogers; Miss Amy Sedg - wick, &c. Atter which, a new Classical Extravaganza, entitled ELECTRA IN A NEW ELECTR'IC LIGHT. Messrs Compton, Braid, Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright, Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Leclercq. And 'TWAS I. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. • THIS EVENING the performances will commence with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas. Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw, and Mrs. Billin.gton. After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and Kate Kelly. To conclude with THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. B. Webster, Billing-ton, Toole ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Sims. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants pertnitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO / supported by the company. After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. To conclude with VA:,.I-DYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark. Commence at 7o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Continue& Success of INANHOE.—Overflowing Houses Nigittly. ... THIS EVENING, (foundedce will commence with a new grand spectacle, on Sir Walter Scott's popular work, entitled PVANHOE ; or, The Lists of Ashby, intro ducing among, the vast resources of this great Hippodramatic Temple,Touriiaments, Processions, Banners, Combats, Tilts, Victories, and AWeyemer ts in extraordinary magnificence. Ivanhoe, Mr. R. Phillips ; Isaac of York, Mr. Jas. Holloway; Richard of England, Mr. Herbert ; Robin Hood, Mr. Win. 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, 3ladlle. 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 RAISING THE WIND.' :Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls.; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 is. Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips (lANTERBURY MALL AND FINE ARTS V GALLERY, Westminster-road.—Open at Seven. EVERY EVENING during the week will appear THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, Consisting* of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SLY, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform EVERY EVENING, at NINE and ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 12. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER, -30.26. WIND, Easterly; rather fresh, with fine weather. -o';‘'3. V." V .' -• .-/T °4 l '' ..6 - % - 1".1 , ;4,1 4 , *. , % / 4 11 4, ' ~,,, . ' .---(14,4_4.-1.4 . l't ifr ~ ' :irk' *--, tv , 3 „, ,-,,,, , :, N , -.... t... tet , ~ ‘'.. . ~,,-, . 1 , „, .: : .... ~ , .!,,,, * • ,.. -f-• :,,, ' II. ,j,. .a:hi Id it.. yam",.., ,', ', ,,,, „... . , :01bi1tin! „kap F r ‘, i, ....v , ...--m r 4r/irt ' --.... THE SUN. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1859. We are told that the Austrians have retraced their footsteps, and, having evacuated many im portant positions, have recrossed the Sesia "in great haste, leaving part of the loads of forage, &c., which they had demanded, behind them." This may be true, but still it rests solely on Sardinian authority. The only telegrams are from Turin, and it is noto rious that on all questions relating to the war the communications by the electric wires cannot be relied on. That such events may have happened is by no means improbable. The Austrians, having commenced the war, have exhibited a miraculous disposition to retreat. They are by no means dis: posed to waste powder or cross bayonets with their opponents. They have, even at the eleventh hour, adopted a Fabian policy, although it was to avoid such a course that they recklessly engaged in a war by which they must inevitably be the chief sufferers. That France is in earnest, and resolved to make important changes in the Treaties of 1814-15 is certain. Moreover, that the EMPEROR must be satis fied he can do so is manifest from the fact that he has taken the command of his army, and is de sirous of acquiring the laurels which he fancies may easily be won from such sluggish opponents. He may, however, "reckon without his host." The Austrians, though slow, are tolerably sure, and they will oppose a fierce resistance to any entry of French troops beyond the boundaries of Piedmont. It is, we believe, the vacillating • and divided councils of the Cabinet of Vienna that has occa sioned this grave mistake. General GYULAI had a powerful army under his command, quite sufficient to have taken possession of Turin, and to have assumed t position from which he could not easily have been dislodged, and which must have proved very injurious as well as annoying to VICTOR EMMANUEL and his subjects between the Ticino and the capital. But, in place of availing himself of these golden opportunities, he has remained in active, and relinquished'the chances which he might have realised. " Too late " will henceforth be his motto. But in justice we must express our belief that the error is attributable to the Cabinet of Vienna rather than to the General in Italy. The French people have responded willingly to the call Oirthaf libaxded savings. As we have already stated, every Frenchman, even to the most humble labourer, is ambitious of becoming a " rentier." The mere title confers a certain amount of dignity, and there are few who cannot contrive, to purchase to the amount of ten francs rentes, or Bs. per annum, by the advance of some 200 francs, or £8 sterling. Sfiould they not have the means themselves, they can readily find neighbours willing to participate in this eight shillings a year by a loan. The people, however, who were supposed to be adverse to anything in the shape of war—whose sons or brothers will be naval or military conscripts engaged to carry out the ambitious projects of the third NAPOLEON—are the most ready to come for ward with " the sinews of war." The mere notion of another BONAPARTE commanding an " Army of Italy"—the, memories of Marengo, and a series of other triumphs, have induced them to draw on their private cabinets, and to bring forth the treasures of which even their nearest and dearest friends and relatives were kept in perfect ignorance. Sometime since we observed in a very able financial report of M. FOULD, in which he pointed out that a very large amount of bullion had been imported into France beyond the value of the exports. W e then pointed oat that the fact was in a great degree ascribable to the national love of hoarding, So many revolutions and changes have happened, so many men have been driven into exile or imprisonment, that every one desires to put something aside for the rainy day, so as to be prepared for the emergency whenever it may arise. They do no t, h owever , lik e losing handsome in terest. Five per cent. in public securities is a talismanic expression to every one throughout the length and breadth of the land, and that A photographic likeness of Lord BROUGHAM, cleverly engraved and recently issued to the public by one of our pictorial contemporaries, affords an admirable and really life-like illustration to a memorable apostrophe uttered now nearly thirty years ago by the Rev. SYDNEY SMlTH—namely, in 1830, when the subject of this apostrophe was seated upon the Woolsack as England's Lord High Chancellor. " Look at the gigantic BROUGHAM," exclaimed SYDNEY SMITH, in that year auspicious for Reform—" Look you to BROUGHAM, and turn you to that side where he waves his long and lean finger, and mark well that face which nature has marked so forcibly—which dissolves pensions, turns jobbers into honest men, scares away the plunderer of the public, and is a terror to him who doeth evil to the people !" Since those NN ords were uttered by the great Wit, himself also in his way, too, a great Reformer, Lord BROUGHAM has toiled vigorously at what must be regarded as his one particular metier, that of a Reformer, the greatest of all the Reformers of the laws of his country. Although the genius of this intellectual giant has meanwhile penetrated into almost every other department of human knowledge—this one of legal reform is generally recognised as among them all what our neighbours would term his specialty. As a statesman, as a judge, as an advocate, as an orator, as a man of science, as a man of letters, he has won for himself a distinguished reputation. As a law reformer he stands amongst us altogether without rival or competitor. Of the splendour at once of his scientific and of his oratorical attainments Lord BROUGHAM a few months back, we all remember full well, offered the world superb evidence in his remarkable speech, upon the inauguration at Grantham of Sir ISAAC NEWTON'S monument. Alluding to that noble oration, M. FORCADE has recently observed in the Revue des Deux Mondes, that it is wonderful how a man who has already attained his eightieth year, after a career so labori ous and agitated, should yet afford thus late so remarkable an example of energy and youthful animation—" C'est une merveille qu'un homme qui atteint a sa quatre vingtieme annee puisse encore, apres une vie si pleine et si agitee, donner un aussi op lendide exemple de vigneur et de jeunesse d'esprit." Almost simultaneously with that extra ordinary evidence of unabated power in the mastery of the profoundest scientific research and of the loftiest resources of oratory, there was given to the world by Sir EARDLEY WILMOT a substantial and enduring monument of Lord BROUGHAM'Sherculean labours during his long life as a Legal Reformer— as the greatest of all our Legal Reformers. This was nothing less than a ponderous volume, extend. ing to nearly 900 pages octavo, comprising within it the Acts and Bills passed by this one man (between 1811 and the present time) through the Imperial Parliament. Improvements in the laws of England, beginning nobly in 1811 with BROUGHAM'S glorious bill, proclaiming the crime of slave-dealing to be felony ! From that time to the present, during nearly one entire half century, this one reformer has added Act after Act, Bill after Bill, to the Statute Book—the stones of that great pyramid of legal improvement, which will attest his fame to after generations. These systematic efforts at legal reform we are still in the midst of. Au association organised for the purpose of carrying them out, yet more syste matically, holds its meetings periodically at No. 3, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. Of that society Lord BAOUGIII3I is, as a matter of course, the honoured President. He is still toiling on at its head, at a task to all appearance interminable—getting bit by bit, improvement after improvement. Latterly, while these labours in the way of Legal Reform have been thus appreciably advancing— there has grown up, not very surprisingly, an earnest desire on the part of some that our cumbrous and complex system of Laws, written and unwrit ten, Common and Statute, should at length, by one grand and compendious effort, be condensed and codified. At any rate, if a distinct Code has been despaired of by the less sanguine, a Digest of the law now existing has been almost universally de manded. A medium course, about a century ago, was sketched out by the wise hand of Dr. JOHNSON, when that great man observed that the Scylla and Charybdis between which legislative ingenuity might yet discover, though it never has yet disco vered, a free passage, were—on the one hand, the imperilling of justice by reposing too implicit a reliance in the discretion of its administrators ; and, on the other, embarrassing justice by a needless and bewildering multiplicity of provisions. There is the difference, as of the " poles asunder," as of " zenith and nadir"—between, let us say, the compact yet comprehensive Code Napoleon and our own wilder ness of law, of both kinds, the lex scripta, extend ing over forty or fifty quarto volumes of statutes, and the lex non scripta, scattered through the almost numberless decisions of the courts and books of the famous text writers. The feasibility as well as the desirability of a compendious code was main tained last year by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as Presi dent of the law section, during the deliberations of the Society for Promoting Social Science, held dur ing the autumn of 18 . 58, at Liverpool. The im practicability of any such scheme, on the other hand, was virtually insisted upon exactly thirty years previously by the then Solicitor-General, the late Chief Justice TIDAL, who insisted in the House of Commons, in 1828, that " the commerce and establishments of this country are of such a nature that our laws must necessarily be of a com- plicated nature. A simple code of laws," added Sir N ICHO LAS TINDAL, " would answer well f or a simple state of society , b u t , " s aid he , " if you w i s h to make your laws beforehand—if you wish that they should have a perpetual operation—then, I say they must of necessity be of an intricate and complicated nature." Nay, further, TINDAL then added—" Why, Sir, we have at this moment more law in a single turnpike bill than would be suffi cient to govern our Indian territory under any of its ancient dynasties. And why is this? It is because we wish to leave as little as possible to the discre tion of our judges." Between the aspiration of Lord JOHN and the dread of Sir NICHOLAS lies the very medium course indicated by the wise hypo thesis of Dr. JOHNSON. Might not that delicate intermediate line be yet traced out ? Never, per haps, than at the present period, could be found a better opportunity ! Now is,: assuredly, the very time when a commission ought to be appointed by the Crown and the Government—a commission composed of the greatest and wisest law reformers of our age—a commission charged with the duty of discovering what might best be accomplished in the way of a Digest or a Code of the Law of England. As Chairman of the Commission—Lord BROUGHAM. Associated with Lord BROUGHAM the legal glories of the elder generation, and the legal glories of the younger generation—profound lawyers and veteran statesmen, like Lord LYNDHURST and Lord ST. LEONARDS, gifted and eloquent and ingenious chiefs of a later school, such as the hon. and learned member for Belfast, and the hon. and learned mem- will bring out their treasures so long as they have them to produce, and induce them to sacrifice their children for the so-called " glory of France." THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, ber for Wolverhampton. If we may not count upon a Code VICTORIA—may we not hope, at least, for this Victorian, and, as we doubt not it would prove in the end, the Victorious Commission. The elaborate paper upon the National Gallery in the current number of the Quarterly—much of it evidently written upon authority—conveys an impression that is anything but satisfactory. It is evident, to begin with, that a decision has yet to be arrived at in regard to the site of the building henceforth destined to receive under its roof the British Art-Collection ! Although, to all rea sonable intents and purposes, the House of Com mons, according to the general impression, had decided that point, at least, definitively ! Every one hitherto interested in the matter had surely long since come to the conclusion that the site of the National Gallery, after much wrangling, had been at length selected, for once and for all, beyond the possibility of future misapprehension. The distinct alternative long kept before the public was notori ous this :—Either the gratification of the whim inspired by a favourite hobby of H.R.H. the PRINCE CONSORT by the bodily removal of the National Gallery from Trafalgar-square to that out of•the-way corner of the metropolis in the hollow of South Kensington—Or the continuance of the Na tional Gallery in its present situation, because of that situation being so very central, and consequently so manifestly to the public convenience. The prin cipal objection to the latter course of proceeding was notoriously—we all know that—one aris ing out of a dread of the evil influences supposed to be exercised upon oil paint, canvas, panelling, and even marble, by the dingy, dusty, smoky Lon don atmosphere. The evidence of scientific men, among them men as illustrious as OWEN and FARA DAY, set at rest conclusively any fears of that kind. A more central point could nowhere be discovered in the metropolis than the very one already occu pied. A site in every way more admirable, if in deed any one so admirable in elevation and so forth, could nowhere else be found in all London and Westminster. The various pros and cons were con sidered coolly, carefully, dispassionately—and hence the conclusion, as we have said, according to the gene ral impression, eventually arrived at—and arrived at then, as definitively as explicitly ! Trafalgar square was to be the home—Kensington was not to be the home of the new National Gallery. The selection was so distinct and positive and final that the Royal Academy distinctly received notice to quit, and was required to prepare betimes for its ultimate removal thence to its future place of habi tation at Burlington House in Piccadilly. Yet now the old problem as to the eventual whereabouts of the National Gallery is revived under a new form by the art-critic in the Quarterly. The alternative put by the reviewer is the revival of a choice a long time ago hinted at by some speculators incidentally. A selection, namely, not between Trafalgar-square and South Kensington, but one between Trafalgar-square and Bloomsbury ! It is argued that, all things considered, we had much better make room at the British Museum for the reception of all our scattered treasures in the form of pictures and sculptures. The natural history collections, the geological collections, the specimens of taxidermy on the staircases, a considerable por tion of the antiquities—in effect, the vast majority of the extremely miscellaneous marvels jumbled together in the British Museum, are to be cleared out and swept away,- and distributed elsewhere — this portion say to the Geological Museum in Pic cadilly, that to the Zoological Society in the Re gent's park, that to the Botanical Gardens at Kew, or at Chelsea, et cetera. And in lieu of all this the vacant halls and galleries of the British Museum are to become the receptacles of the art collections at present distributed about the metropolis and its vicinity. Dulwich, we presume, is to be permitted to preserve its gallery intact. So, also, we may con jecture, is Sir JOHN SOAVE'S Museum in Lincoln's inn-fields proposed to be dealt with. So, also, the Nautical Gallery preserved down at Greenwich Hospital, in the great hall painted in fresco by Sir JAMES THORNHILL. But beginning with the National Collection of Pictures—the National Gallery par excellence, hitherto preserved in that unsightly building in Trafalgar-square--we are to have the art collections of England concen trated in the halls and galleries of the British Museum ! Thither are to be brought the pick of the treasures now preserved itl Hampton Court Palace—incluthng amongst them RAPIIAEL'S car toons ! Thither are to be drawn, as to a focus of art, the paintings given to the nation by Mr. VERNON, by Mr. TURNER, by Mr. SHEEPSHANKS. The library, already fast approximating to a stupendous total of 600,000 volumes, is still, of course, to be accommodated somewhere upon the site of the pre sent building known hitherto as the British Museum—but it is to be subordinated to the new purposes to which that edifice, according to the novel plans, shall be henceforth dedicated under, doubtless, its new title of National Gallery ! And all this chopping and changing, and confusion worse confounded, for what reason ? Because, forsooth, the original project of constructing an appropriate edifice for the purposes of a National Gallery on the northern side of Trafalgar-square is, though in other respects obviously and unde• niably preferable, altogether (so intimates the Quarterly) too costly and magnificent ! According to the acknowledgment of the reviewer, the plan for erecting - " a new and suitable building upon the site now occupied by the National Gallery, adding the ground in the rear occupied by the barracks, St. Martin's Workhouse, and private dwellings . if carried out in a proper scale, and with judgment and tact, would, no doubt, be the most worthy of the nation and of the object." These are the words of the Quarterly—this is the reviewer's own confession. Yet, having admitted all this, what literally is his proposition ? That the ground occupied by the barracks should remain unpurchased—though Scotland-yard presents a much better site for that purpose, and would, besides, be nearer to the offices of the Government. That the finest site in Europe should permanently remain as at present disgracefully disfigured—the Royal Academy being allowed to remain there (instead of being removed to Burlington-house) upon payment of a wretched annual rent ! That all these blunders, evils, absurdities, objects of uni versal scorn and derision should be perpetuated. Although (these are the volunteered admissions of the Quarterly;—" To erect upon a site in every respect inviting architectural display, and afford ing every opportunity for the most effective and beautiful architectural combinations, a vast edifice, with spacious galleries, lofty halls, and varied suites of decorated rooms, all specially contrived for the exhibition of the matchless treasures in every branch of art, which the nation already owns would be an undertaking well calculated to stimulate the highest genius of the architect, to insure the grandest and most complete public monument of which any country could boast, and to create the noblest temple of art in the world." Surely the realisation of something at least approximating to such a result might well beurged upon the patriotism, the daring, the taste, and the munificence of the Legislature and the Government. BANQUET TO SIR TV. ARNSTRONG, C.B. On Tuesday a public banquet was given to Sir William G. Armstrong, 0.13., the Government In spector of Rifled Ordnance, in the Assembly-rooms, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The banquet was in com memoration of Sir William's having been knighted by her Majesty for his inventions in connection with rifled ordnance. Sir G. Grey, M.P., presided, and in proposing the health of the guest of the evening, passed a high eulogium upon his personal worth and his scientific abilities. Sir Wm. Arm strong, in returning thanks, expressed his belief that the power which science gave, whether ap plied to peace or war, was always on the side of civilisation, and that the spread of civilisation must tend, necessarily, to diminish war and to render it less barbarous. With respect to the " Armstrong gun," he said it was absurd to suppose that there was any secret about its general constriction, which WAS already known to hundreds of persons, and which had been already approximately described in many publications ; but there were many details which would require to be mastered before foreign nations could make it. After mentioning several instances of the power of his gun, which he said would. carry either shot or shell—the latter most destructively in naval warfare—Sir William said his experiments had commenced in 1854, and were carried on for nearly three years. When the re sults of his invention were ascertained all his pre vious disbursements were refunded by the Govern ment, and he took the opportunity of stating that the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Panmure, and Gen. Peel, successive Ministers of War, had alike af forded him countenance and support, as had also all the permanent authorities at the War-office. Referring to the arrangement which the Govern ment had made with him, he said he had declined the offer of a pecuniary compensation for his outlay and invention, and had proposed to them that he should receive a salary of £2,000 per annum, com mencing from a period of three years back, during which nearly his whole time had been given to the subject, and continuing for seven years to come he undertaking to give them , the benefit of all his in formation and experience, and to relinquish in their favour all future inventions relating to the gun. Appreciating fully, as he did, the gracious recogni tion of his services by her Majesty, he only valued the arrangement he had entered into as a means of enabling him to ride his hobby with more effect as wall for the public advantage as his own satisfac• tion. In conclusion, Sir William denied, to the best of his knowledge and belief, that any person who had been connected with his works had gone into the service of any foreign Government. SCOTCH REPRESENTATIVE PEERA GE. The election of sixteen peers, to represent the peers of Scotland in the House of Lords in the ensuing Parliament, took place on Tuesday, in Ilolyrood Palace, Edinburgh. There were nineteen peers present, and two were represented by proxies. Twenty-three signed lists were given in, but one of them had become void by the death of the proposer, the Duke of Leeds (Viscount Dunblane). The following peers were chosen : Marquis of Tweeddalo Earl of Morton Earl of Selkirk Earl of Orkney Earl of Caithness Viscount Straihallan Earl of Home I Lord Saltoun Earl of Strathmore Lord Gray Earl of Haddington Lord Blantyre Earl of Airlie Lord Colville of Culross Earl of Leven and Melville Lord Polwarth Thirteen of the above peers were re-elected, and the Earls of Morton and Haddington and Lord Saltoun were chosen for the first time, in room of the Earl of Seafield and Lord Elphinstone, created British peers, and Lord Sinclair, resigned. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the Cliancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were the Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. Se • cretary Estcourt, the Earl of Malmesbury, General Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir J. Pakingtonf and Lord John Manners. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at Bates' Royal Hotel, Plymouth, last night. The troops in garrison were reviewed on Mount Wise at noon t o -day. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary leave Cambridge Cottage, Kew, at the close of the month, for their residence at St. James's Palace, for the season. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Clarence House, St. James's, on Tuesday. The Earl of Derby will have a dinner party, and the Countess of Derby a full-dress evening party, in Down ing -street, on Thursday, the 19th of May, in honour of her Majesty's birthday. The Earl and Countess of Bradford and Miss Moncrieff have arrived in BelgTave-square, from Castle Bromwich. The Earl and Countess of Macclesfield have arrived in town, from Sherborne Castle, Oxfordshire. The Countess Delawarr and Lady Arabella Saek ville 'West arrived in Upper Grosvenor-street, yesterday, from Buckhurst Park, Sussex. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will arrive in town to-day from Brocket It has been stated that the Duke de Chartres has left Turin, and returns to England by the advice of the Princes of Orleans. We - are,requcsted. to, declare that thi s statement is without any foundation., The young duke is at the advanced posts .of the Piedmontese army with his regiment. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Aus tralia, the Mauritius, and Malta, and the Lord High Com missioner of the lonian Islands, THE REPORTED DEATH OF MR. FAGAN, M.P.— DUBLIN Wednesday.—The Freeman states that there is no foundation as yet in the rumour of Mr. Fagan's death. The last accounts were that he was rapidly recovering. The Bank of Belgium has raised its rate of dis count from 3 per cent. to 4 per cent. There was rather an increased demand for silver yesterday for India. The recent rise in Russian produce has been followed by a considerable reaction, and hemp has fallen £4 per ton. it was mentioned yesterday that 535. per ton was said to be offering for coal freight s t o th e M editerranean. It appears that 345. is the highest that has been paid, and that the present rate is not more than from 255. to 325. The ports from which they have been mostly chartered are Marseilles, Toulon, Algiers, Bona, Stora, Cagliari, and Corfu. There is still a demand for steamers for this purpose. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. COX, LATE M.P. FOR FINSBURY.—We are given to understand that the friends of Mr. Cox have entered into a subscription for the purpose of presenting that gentleman with a testimonial of their respect towards him for his faithful adherence to his duties during the two years he represented Finsbury in Parlia ment. We are informed that a considerable sum has al ready been subscribed. FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.— Yesterday many of the bakers in the metropolis exhibited in their windows the woi d "Down again," and reduced the price of their bread. The cheap bakers in the poorer localities, whe sell chiefly for ready money, are now selling the 41b. loaf at 6d. and 7d. ; and the high-priced bakers, who give credit, at 7d. and Bd. the 41b. loaf. The cornchandlers are selling flour at 2s. to 2s-4d. the stone. TIIE TYNE.—SHIELDs, Wednesday.—Freights are still on the decline, and are quoted at from £3 to £.5 a keel below the highest point reached last week. Coal freights to London have dropped about 6d. a ton; but there are few ships in the harlyour, as the large fleet of light col liers on their passage down to the norlh are still delayed by the long-continued easterly winds. It has been intimated to the :Mayor of Tynemouth that the Board.of Ordnance have given instructions to Colonel Robertson, of the }ln gineers, to construct a heavy gun battery on the south front of the Tynemouth promontory. MANNING TIIE NAVY.—A batch of volunteers, 44 in number, were forwarded from Liverpool on Tuesday night to London, en route for various naval stations. The men were in high spirits, and their passage through the streets to the railway station attracted considerable atten tion. Before leaving they gave three cheers each for the Queen, the Emperor Napoleon, and the King of Sardinia. The offer of the £lO bounty has produced a great effect on the minds of the seamen in Liverpool, and vounteering for the navy gces on with steady progress. - - - COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS.—At a special meet ing of the council, recently held, the following appointments were made ;—The Rev. D r . J aco b, h ea d master of Christ's Hospital, to be dean of the college ; Dr. Lyon Playfair, C. 8., F.R.S., to be moderator in science and art ; Dr. W. Smith, classical examiner to the University of London, to be moderator in classics ; Rev. C. Pritchard, F.R.S , late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, to- be moderator in mathematics. Professor Leoni Levi, of King's College, London, and Dr. T. O.Feilp, of Gray's-inn, were added to thestaff of examiners for the department of political economy and commercial science. Mr. J. Robson, 8.A., London, has been appointed' junior moderator and secretary to the college. IMPROVEMENTS AT LIVERPOOL—BOULEVARDS AROUND THE Tows.—A special meeting of the Liverpool Town Council was held yesterday for the purpose of taking ir.to consideration the project of erecting around Liverpool boulevards similar to those in Paris. The report which was presented to the council embraced two schemes, one an outer boulevard extending from Aigburth to the northend, and the other commencing at Prince's-park, and running closer along the boundary lino of Liverpool, and ending at the boundary-road of Lord Derby at the north end. A memo rial from the inhabitants of Toxleth-park, signed by 9,000 workmen, was also presented in favour of a public park and tl e boulevards, a- Id from the statements made in the council it appears that if the intended improvements were carried out it would cost the corporation or Liverpool £1,500,000, and that a rate of Is. 2d. in the round, extending over. a period of thirty years, Would meet the expense; that while the boulevards were being erected an extensive line of sewerage, encirciing the town, could likewise be constructed, and that by carry:ng on the improvements at the same time a great deal of time and money would be sa. - cd, while the health of the town would be materially improved. After an a to ni t t h o o at e e f d ro d e ls t cnii t o h n o ; i r e i i li j o o t t i t o b n e w re - a f s ei p r i e •o d p l o a se e d k b to y t ill e r. t ß m e p n r n o e v t o t . ,. ment committee for final consideration. _ _ • THE Two NAPOLEONS.—There is but one step from the Sublime to the Ridiculous.—Punch. AN JXi♦ TO RUSSIA.—Let us hope that Alexan- der will not turn out a chip of the old blockhead.—Punch . Two da±s ago an enormous wolf was caught a trap set by the gamekeeper of a M. Thot-Prefontaine, near Gisors,(Eure). MAY 12, 1859. LATEST NEWS. . AUSTRALIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING. The ship Conflict, Captain Deas, with 16,000 ounces of gold, from Melbourne, Feb. 3, was off th e port last night, bound for London . Her cargo includes a large quantity of wool, and 300 tons of hides, and she has about 42 passengers. The Quito, Captain Hawkins, which left Sydney, January 13th, with wool and passengers, is also gone up Channel. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Vol cano, with dates from Hongkong to Jan. 3, Cape of Good Hope, March 9, and Sierra Leone, April 13, arrived this morning. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. The Sussex, Captain Fothergill, from Melbourne, which landed some passengers at Falmouth, as re ported in The Sun on Tuesday, left Port Phillip Heads February 14, rounded Cape Horn March 16, and crossed the Line April 15. Very favourable weather was experienced on . the passage, which occupied 83 days from land to land. Her cargo includes a quantity of copper ore and 700 bales of wool, and she had about 130 passengers. The Sydenham, with a small quantity of gold, left the Heads the same day. The Sussex spoke south of the Line the Government emigrant ship Herald, for Melbourne, all well; April 3, the Buxton Castle, from England for India, with military cadets, who were visited by the surgeon of the Sussex in con sequence of their sickness ; April 16, the Indemnity, from Geelong ; and May 6, with 15,000 ounces of gold, the Maidstone, which left Melbourne, Jan. 27. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Tagus, with Peninsular mails, passed Hurst Castle, at 10.5 a.m. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office :--- RAGUSA, MAY 10. The Austrian war brig, Triton, has blown up. The commander of the brig was on shore when the accident happened. The dead, wounded, and missing are about 80 in number. VIENNA, MAY 12. The Archduke John died yesterday, in Gratz, of disease of the lungs. TURIN, MAY 11. OFFICIAL BULLETIN. On reaching Vercelli the Austrians ceased their retrograde movements. The Austrians to-day made excursions towards Desana (9). Yesterday two batteries and thirty carts with sick and wounded returned to Pavia by Gravel lona. Count CaVour leaves to-day for Genoa to meet the Emperor Napoleon at that town. FRANCE. • PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Empress gave audience to several persons to-day at the Tuileries. She likewise signed several decrees as Regent. Now that the Emperor Napoleon has proceeded to take the command of the French army in Italy, it may not be uninteresting to give the names of the generals who are to act under his orders. Major- General of the Imperial army, Marshal Valliant. Generals commanding corps (Nonce :—Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers, Marshal Canrobert, General Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angeley, General MacMahon, General Niel. Generals of Division—Renault, Roquet, Herbillon, Morris, Forey, Camou, Ladmi rault, Partonneaux, De Goy - on, De Cotte, De Luzy de Pellissac, D'Antemarre d'Erville, De Martim prey, Millinet, De la Motteroug,a, Ulrich, Espi nasse, Vinay, Bazaine, De Failly, De Montebello, Bourbaki, Le Bceuf, Frossard, Desvaux, Trochu. Generals of Brigade—Baron Richepanse, Foltz, De Cassaignolles, Genestet de Pianhol, Gaudin de Villaine, Marquis de Porton, Baron Marion De Beaufort d'Hautpoul, Bouteilleux, Chunchard, Grandohainp, Da'Martinprey, Verge, Beuret, Niol, Cler, De Champeron, De Wimpffen, Cauvin de hour g uet, De Sevelinges, Soleille, Yuelin de Beville, Maneque Jannin, Dumont, Blanchard, Picard, Goze, Decaen, Coffinieres, Forgeot, Comte de Cleram bault, Ladreit de la Charriere, Douay, Prince de la Moskowa, Fleury, Anger, O'Farrel, Borgella, Cour tois-Roussel-d'Hurbal, De Negrier, Bataille, Col lineau, Baret de Rouvray, Baron Neigre, Lenoble, Correard, Ducrot, Roze, Fiereck, Saurin, Delmas de Laperause, Gault, Lefevre, Lebrun, De Castagny, De Bounet-Maurelhan, Polkes. The names of the Generals are inscribed according to the date of their commissions. I am informed that the Emperor has decided that no correspondent of a newspaper or journalist will be permitted to follow the French army in Italy. Captain d'Herbinghem, of the Imperial navy, who had been named to the command of a division of gunboats, has, in consequence of the idea of employing gunboats having been abandoned, been appointed to the command of the steam frigate Foudre. It is stated that the Minister has ordered five additional frigates to be immediately fitted for sea. A commission appointed to devise a plan for the protection of the coast of France, of which Admiral Le Barbier de Tinan is President, has completed its report, which has been presented to the Minister of Marine. It is not true, as stated by the Belgian papers, that troops have been sent from Naples to the Abruzzi ; nor is it true that France has asked the use of any ports in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The French dot:ernment has probably no desire - to hold any intercourse whatever with the Cabinet of King Ferdinand. Great numbers of horses are being bought up in Bulgaria by Servians, Albanians, and Greeks. A large body of Tuniish troops has reached Sophia. On the 13th of April the Russians took Weden, which during 14 years was the residence and stronghold of Schamyl, by storm. The Emperor Napoleon arrived at Marseilles to day, and was to proceed to Genoa immediately. The enthusiasm at Marseilles is declared to be " beyond conception." The friends of Italy will be glad to learn that measures have been taken to prevent newspapers from revealing the movements of the Franco-Sardinian army. The road over the Mont Gals continues in a very bad state, a great deal of snow, and very heavy travelling. A friend who arrived yesterday by that route from France, tells me he passed 30 pieces of artillery and 13 regiments of infantry, on his way over the mountains.. During the last few days the mail from London and Paris has been repeatedly late. The Moniteur, after giving an account of the enthusiasm manifested on the departure of the Em peror, adds :—" Never, it may be asserted, was any sovereign accompanied by more ardent wishes. The Empress had a large share in the ovation : every one saluted in her the devoted wife and the tender and-courageous mother." The Emperor, it is expected, will pass through Lyons without stopping, and will arrive at Mar seilles at noon to-day, where the steam corvette - w R e i n e Hortense is in aiting to receive his Majesty. She will proceed at once to Genoa, escorted by the steam frigate Magellan, and will perform the passage in about 24 hours, the distance being 242 miles. The Emperor, on landing at Genoa, will proceed to the • Doria Palace. The ordinary population of the city is 1 20,000, but it is ex pected that the number will be doubled when the Reine Hortense enters the port, His Majesty will proceed at once to Alessandria, and assume the command-in-chief of the French troops. The Minister of Public Worship has addressed the following circular to the archbishops and bishops of the Empire : " Paris, 10th May. "Monseigneur—The Emperor is about to place himself at the head of the army of Italy. His Majesty desires that public prayers shall be ordered in all the churches of the Empire, beseeching the Almighty to vouchsafe the success of our arms, and to protect France. I therefore request your Eminence to take the necessary measures for re sponding to those pious intentions. Accept, &c. ROULAND." A similar circular has been sent to the presidents of Consistories. A Paris letter, in the Nord of Brussels, says : " The situation of affairs becomes clearer, and improves every day as regards the absolute neu trality of England, Prussia, and Russia, that is to say, consequently, in the sense of a war local and of short duration, and only relating to the question of Austrian domination in Italy—a question which in fact is of little interest to the rest of Europe. I am enabled to state in the most positive manner that the relations between France aid England have, during the last few days, resumed a character of union, confidence, and cordiality which they had lately rather lost. As to Russia, the _most com plete accord has never ceased to exist between her Government and that of France since the re establishment of peace. Prussia alone had a difficult position to maintain, in presence of the manifestations which took place against France in several of the German States ; but, in spite of the efforts of Austria and of some of the petty States desirous of making clamour and discord, public opinion on the other side of the Rhine begins to calm down. There is, therefore, every reason for feeling assured that,- the wisdom of the Regent aiding, war need not bco feared on that side." A letter from Rome of the 4th, in the Gazette de Lyons, says :—" The French ambassador received a telegraphic despatch yesterday morning counter manding the intending departure of a part of the army of occupation. This counter-order is the result of despatches sent to Paris on the two pre vious days by the Duke de Grammont. Every one is persuaded that at present the maintenance of order and tranquillity depends solely on France. The moral influence of the French ambassador, which has become very great with the people since the appearance of the French flag at Genoa and on the Alps, and the armed force commanded by General Count de Goyon, can alone prevent events here similar to those which have taken place in Tuscany. The last note which Cardinal Antonelli delivered to the Duke de Grammont explains the line of conduct which the Papal Government has decided on adopting in presence of the state of affairs in Italy, namely, one of complete neutrality. France has not replied officially." BOURSE, May 11.—The market has been buoy ant, owing to the enthusiastic demonstrations which took place yesterday on the Emperor's departure being considered as a security for the maintenance of order at home. Threes, after having improved from 60f. 85c. to 61f. 40e., are now at 61f. 25c. ; Mobilier varied from 540 f. to 550 f. ; Austrian, 345 f. to 355 f. ; Orleans, 1,130 f. to 1,150 f. ; Eastern, 567 f. 50c. to 580 f. ; Lyons, 740 f. to 750 f. ; Southern, 407 f. 50c. to 415 f. The following were the closing quotations :- 41 per Cents. .... 88 75 I Credit Foncier 605 Do. end month .. —; Belgian 41 B7 3 per Cents. 6l 35 Piedmonteso (5) Do. end month.... 61 35 Roman 77 Bank Shares 2705 Credit Mobilier .. 545 Do. Account ..... 555 Austrian Spanish Threes• Home Debt 35 25 ILAILIVAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern B6O 865 New ditto. 740 735 Lyons and Mediterranean 752 50 760 New ditto Geneva 430 .. 425 Southern Western 472 50 .. 475 Eastern Sardinian 325 .. 320 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. se. ; money, 25f. 21c. ; three mouths, paper, 24f. 871 c.; money, 24f. 85e. SARDINIA. The following are further particulars taken from the 19th and 20th official bulletins, already given, but imperfectly transmitted by telegraph " On the evening of the 7th a corps of about 3,000 Austrians marched through Quinto with half a battery of artillery, and took the direction of Buronzo. The enemy continue to fortify Vercelli on both banks of the Sesia. They are also fortify ing San Germano with out-posts at Santhia. The troops which passed the night at Vettigne, Carisio, and Casanova tave this morning (Bth) taken the direction ,of Saluzzola. The Austrians having made a' ipeiinnaissa,nCe towards the bridgehead of Casale, were , attacked by our troops, and even ually morning. The enemy ap pear to be taking the direction of Ivrea from the Serra road. They are again approaching the left bank of ihe:Po. Yesterday they arrived at San nizaro, 15,000 strong, on their way to Valenza by Plev del Cairo ; 4,000 of these arrived at Mezzana bigh. The Austrians have blown up the two first arches of the Valenza bridge on the left bank." Besides the official bulletins published at Turin, there are also the bulletins of the war, coming direct from the King's head-quarters at San Salva tore, between Casale and Alessandria. We have received the following, dated May 7 : "No. 3.—Yesterday morning General Cialdini made a sally from the fortress of Casale, and took a large convoy of cattle from the enemy : which the latter had got by requisition. It consisted of 64 oxen, 283 cows, 51 bulls, 54 calves, 2 sheep, 6 buffa loes, and 10 horses, 47k) head of cattle in all. In this sally an officer and three privates were wounded. 1 No. 4.—A reconnaissance made from Alessan dria has shown that the enemyyesterday abandoned Castelnuova, Scrivia, Casei, Alzano, and Molino dei Torti, taking the direction of Gerola. The out posts which the enemy had near Voghera, Ponte curone, and Tortola hastily retired when the troops of our second division appeared on the Scrivia, leaving five prisoners in our hands. The railway bridge on the Scrivia has been completely repaired by our men, and also half the breadth of the wooden bridge has been rebuilt, so that carts and horses can pass over. No. s.—From positive information it appears that the Austrians re-crossed the Po by the bridge which they had built at Gerola ' • the passage of the troops commen ce d on th e 6th at half-past 3 p.m., and lasted until 2 o'clock after midnight. The enemy carried off the provisions and other articles exacted from the inhabitants. After crossing they destroyed the bridge ; they still remain on the low grounds adjoining the left bank of the Po. " DELLA ROCCA, Lietit.:Gen., Mier of the Staff." It will be seen that there are some slight repeti tions of intelligence already given, but we have thought it best to publish the bulletins without any alteration. A letter from Turin of the 6th says :—" The Minister of War has this day received a despatch from Marshal Canrobert, which expresses the opinion that the line of the Austrians is so long and weak that they cannot think of offering battle, and that the allies can soon assume the offensive. The Austrians have 400 cannons on the line from Novara to Piacenza. The Piedtnontese two days ago had 180, and the French 124, between Casale and Novi. The attacks of advanced posts do not cease, and the roar of cannon is continually heard ; but the principal advantage' gained by the Austrians thus far is that of oc cupying the enemy's territory and of putting it to ransom. It is, however, hoped that on the arrival of the Emperor of the French the aspect of things will change. The Marquis de Breme, grand master of the ceremonies to the King, left this city for Genoa yesterday to receive the Emperor. will not come to Turin, but. will stop at Alessandria. Several officers who took part in the war of 1848 and 1849 have left for Florence, to take command of the Tuscan volunteers, who are flocking in in great numbers. General Mezzacapo has been appointed their commander-in•chief." The following order of the day has been addressed by Marshal Canrobert to the troops under his command. it is dated from his headquarters at Alessandria " Soldiers of the 3d corps d'armee of the army of the Alps—Called together in all haste from the different parts of France to give your powerful aid to a brave and friendly nation, iniquitously invaded by Austria, you soon assembled here round the chiefs chosen by the Emperor to direct you. Thcs2 chiefs you are all acquainted with. They have often been your guides on the field of battle, where most of you have learnt to confide in them. For the first time I can, in the campaign which is about to open, address myself to you and say that the honour of having the chief command of soldiers of your value is only equalled by my confidence in you, and in the success which awaits us. Soldiers ! the precipitate march which you have just made across the Alps has not allowed the solicitude of the Emperor's Government to supply you with all of which you stand in need; you will soon receive it, but in the meantime you will know how to supply the deficiency by your de votedness, your energy, and your constancy. You must call to mind that the warriors, our fore fathers, who have preceded us in those fine coun tries, were in want of everything at the time filial they covered the flag of France and the country' with immortal glory. The great French army will soon find itself opposite the Austrian army ; they are old acquaintances ; both have seen each other at Lodi, at Arcole, and at Wagram—illustrious names which you will soon cause to be followed by others equally glorious." The Provisional Government of Tuscany has addressed a memorandum to the members of the diplomatic body lately accredited to the Grand Ducal Court. It bears the date of the 2d, and is a lengthy expose of the events before the late revolu tion : the effervescence caused by the first intelli gence of the misunderstanding existing between France and Austria; the subsequent political pub lications ; the growing desire of the people to enter into an alliance with Piedmont; the inflexibility of the Grand Duke on this point ; the patriotic feeling of the army, and the ulti mate departure of the Sovereign on the 27th ult. The letter of Gen. Ferrari, with his plan of bom barding the capital from Fort Belvedere, is not for gotten, and the document concludes with explain ing the reasons which induced the Provisional Government to join Piedmont and proclaim the dictatorship of the King of Sardinia. The Duke of Modena, by a decree dated the 3d, has concentrated all political and police powers in the hands of his commandant of dragoons. AUSTRIA. A Vienna letter in the German Journal of Frankfort says :—" The Emperor Francis Joseph has received from the Emperor of Russia, an auto graph letter which may be considered as a reply to that conveyed by Count Caroly to St. Petersburg. The letter of the Emperor Alexander is said to have given satisfaction, but it appears that it has not been sufficient to remove all uneasiness with regard to Russia, as may be seen by the fact of Prince Windischgratz having been sent on a mission to the Russian capital." PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter says :--" The placing of the whole Prussian army on a war footing, which was ordered about a week ago, is now a fait accomplit and the last reserves have rejoined their regiments. In order to support the diplomatic efforts which Prussia will perhaps attempt at the first moment when she sees any chance of re-establishing a peace offering guarantees for stability, 200,000 men are ready to march, and 300,000 more would follow them in a week. A rumour is current in the diplomatic world that the King, feeling himself still unable to bear the fatigue of Government, intends to abdicate immediately after his return to Sans-Souci. It is not until the Regent shall have taken the title of King that the projected inter view with the Emperor Alexander will take place. The Grand Duchess Maria of Leuchtenberg has arrived here from Dresden." RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourq expresses itself as follows on the subject of a treaty between Russia and France :—" We have received a tele graphic despatch, containing an extract from an article in the Times, which has produced a great sensation in London. We can only regard those assertions as mere Stock Exchange manoeuvres, which appear to have produced the desired effect, since the funds immediately declined in London, and we are able to state positively that they are completely false." PROCLAMATION BY GEN. GYULAI. The following has been published as the text of a proclamation addressed by General Gyulai to the inhabitants of Piacenza : " A provost-marshal's court is organised, and. only applies one punishment—that of death. The following are considered crimes incurring that penalty :-1. High treason, or any act tending to forcibly change the system of the empire of Austria and of the duchies, or to attract or increase any danger from abroad against the said states. 2. The concealment of arms or ammunition of any kind. The publid - are particularly reMinded that the , punishment whatevwhatever his of e death t o w n i I l in b a y e i h n e fl , i e c r t e don h a we however i r one, re proachable his previous conduct may have been. who shall be found in possession of arms Or ammu nition, either on his own person or in his house, or in any place to which he may be supposed to have access. 3. Taking part in assemblages, whether armed or unarmed. 4. Illegal enlistment, acting as spy, seducing soldiers, whether they belong to the Austrians or allied troops, and generally all that may occasion disadvantage to the Austrians and advantage to the enemy. 5. Armed resistance or any aggression against sentinels or patrols, and the slightest violence against any Austrian or allied soldier. A warning is also given that the senfinelo and patrols will not only have a right, but are ordered, to use their arms against any one who shall not yield at the first summons." Numerous comments are made by the. French preis on this proclamation. The Siecle has the fold l ow i qWe could hardly believe in General Gyula.' proclamation, but several journals published it though declining to vouch for its authenticity. It is the first occasion, after a long lapse of time, that a general threatens peaceable inhabitants with death, and that courts of provost marshals make ready to do execution on any citizens even who may happen to join some unarmed meeting—aye, on such even as may be suspected of having arms or ammunition in some spot to which they ma y -be suspected of having access. It is the first time that the idea has ever been conceived of dragging before a court-martial the keepers of coffee-shops or of eating-houses for not closing at the hours specified by the regulations of the police. " Barbarous proceedings like these are Austria's condemnation ; it is the commencement of the grind• ing tyranny imposed by her on Lombardo-Venetia and the Duchies. When we read"documents of this stamp, when we compare them with authentic documents proving that the Austrians have flogge,d, women, we und ers t an d why the Austrian rule Will be impossible in Italy for the future. They must be expelled from this sacred land. of art, freedcons and civilisation. By General Gyulai's proclama tion Austria puts herself out of the pale of the WI. She alienates the sympathy of statesmen who had blindly favoured her cause, the English Tories, the petty German princes." The following is from the Pays : wile conduct of the Austrian troops on the Piedmontese territory excites deserved indigna tion. In Europe one had no longer an idea of such warfare; there was a tradition of it only, bu t the Croats are renewing the exploits of the Farr dours. Pillage, robbery, rape, burnings—there is no sort of outlawed villany they have not com mitted. " What a difference from the scene presented by the Russians and French in the Crimean war' where the officers exchanged bottles of champagne/ whilst the soldier s gave eac h other brea d a n brandy. They fought with courage, but felt mutual respect, because the same sentiments of honour and humanity obtained on either side. " The Austrian troops appear to have been brought up in another school ; far from alleviating the miseries of war, they delight in aggravating them, and already the i D iedmontese Government has found itself obliged to lay an embargo on Aus trian vessels. Thus excesses elicit reprisals, but the entire responsibility rests upon the head of the provoker. The following fact, taken from a thousand of such, will prove the thorough patriotism of the Piedmontese in this contest, in which the-barba rism of the assailants will be shattered on its co:- lision with the courage and self-denial of the de fenders of Italian independence. In the province of Vercelli the Austrians captured the brother of M. Noe, the director of the Sartarina reservoirs , by means of which the whole country can be laid under water, 'lf you wish to save your brother's life,' said a letter to M. Noe; 'stop the inunda tion.' By way of answer, the intrepid and pa triotic official ordered his men to discharge twice the quantity of water already given off from the flood gates, so that the whole detachment of Austrians found themselves up to their breasts in water. The letter from which we obtain this information does not say whether the Austrians dared to put their threat in execution on discovering the energetic resolution 91 M. Noe." - • - N I °on t Til to th roati of t, thro ta-d i n tl Was la s( Ilide: Gj Th e 449 rate ke ttd, 51