The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-27 00:00:00

We have Count GYULAI'S official account of the battle of Muutcbolln_ it appears that a larger body of Austrians were engaged than had previously been supposed. It is stated that Count STADION crossed the strongly fortified bridge of Vaccarizza with 25,000 men, in order to ascertain the position of the French. They stormed Casteggio, and came upon BARAGUAY d'HILLIERs' army, near Monte bello. He attacked it so as to make the enemy display his strength. Count STADION himself was wounded, and 10 officers killed and 16 wounded. The total loss officially reported is 290 killed, 718 wounded, and 283 missing. The latter are pro bably the prisoners taken by the Allies. It also states that Count STADION retired in the evening, having effected his purpose. The French troops engaged are estimated at 40,000 men—a very diffe rent number from those given by the French journals. It may be observed that General FonEy abstained from stating the numerical strength of his forces ; but they have certainly never been calculated at so high a figure. It is probable that the parties engaged were nearly equal. There was certainly a surprise in the first instance, but the French brought up fresh troops by rail, and thus restored the balance. It would appear that the Austrian troops have been complimented by the EMPEROR for their " remarkable valour," and that General GYULAI'S report of the affair at Monte. bello has created a most desirable impression on the people of Vienna. It is easy to satisfy some persons. One thing, however, is certain, that it is impossible to place much credence either on tele grams proceeding from the seat of war, or even on the official reports of the generals engaged on either side. Vercelli has been abandoned, and the bridge over the Sesia blown up. This proves clearly that the Austrians are falling back into Lombardy, and intend the fighting to take place (if at all) where they have strongly entrenched po s iti ons, and where the fortresses of Piacenza and Pavia will check the progress of the enemy; indeed, it is difficult to conceive how any prudent General could advance without first reducing these power ful citadels, in the face of an army nearly equal to his own. This will, as we have already stated, be a work of time and difficulty; and must materially diminish the prestige which NAPOLEON hopes to obtain before he can emulate the acts of " Le Petit Caporal," The standard of insurrection has been already raised in Lombardy, and the same result will pro. bably follow in many of the minor States, more especially in Parma and Modena, where it will be the object of the French to encourage disturbances in order to have an adequate excuse for violating their neutrality, and thus obtaining very consi derable advantage in carrying the war into the enemy's country. GARIBALDI is a very awkward customer. He barricaded himself at Varese without cannon or cavalry. This did not, however, prevent him from meeting the Austrian attack, and it is said that he succeeded in repulsing them with great loss, and taking some of their artillery, the article of which the gallant General was most in want. This has excited the enthusiasm of the people in the surrounding districts,. who have assumed the tricolour, and been provided with arms. It is, however, stated that he had under him 10,000 men, while only 5,000 Austrians went to the onslaught. These were formidable odds when wielded by such a man, and m a d e up for the want of such important arms as cannon and cavalry. The perfect command of the sea has been of vast importance to the allies. Railroads may be a m ore speedy mode of transition for small bodies of men, but where large masses are to be moved there is nothing like ships. Indeed, there are f ew lines where they have the means of carry ing along a great number of soldiers, how ever closely they may be packed together with the necessary munitions of war. Adequate trans ports can, however, accomplish almost anything. z. We see what the English . achieved in the convey ance of troops, not merely to the Crimea, but also to India ; and, therefore, we can understand what France can do while she has the command of that most important highway. She has already landed troops in Leghorn ; and as she may easily get on to Venice, where it only requires an oppor tunity to excite the inhabitants, who are muttering curses, not loud but deep, against their German rulers, they will reap even greater benefits than have been anticipated. The French are setting us an example in the construction of the smaller class of vessels. We are told that five gun-boats on a new model have been constructed at the dockyard of La Seyne, near Toulon. They can be taken to pieces and again remounted. They are, it is said, intended to be used against the Austrians on Lake Maggiore. They were shipped at Toulon on board the transports Ariege and Sevre, which sailed for Genoa on the 23d inst. These will effect important changes in the lake warfare, and render valuable assistance to GARIBALDI and his volunteers. The Austrians will probably have bitter cause to repent their precipitation in forcing matters to a conclusion. Something might have been effected if they had consented to the Congress. We believe that Louis NAPOLEON had determined on war, but still they would have gained the sympathies, and possibly the assistance, of other nations, who saw that they were subjected to unfair treatment by their opponents. The utmost advantage looked for as the result of a Change of Ministry by the organ of the projected new Coalition Cabinet to be formed out of the heterogeneous parties, and sections of parties, con stituting the present Opposition, is—a simple, and cautious, and moderate measure of Parliamentary Reform. If the leaders of the Opposition will only consent to this amiable compromise —if Lord PALMERSTON, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Mr. BRIGHT will only enable themselves to put their heads together by means of a little series of mutual concessions—if the member for Tiverton will but complacently swallow " this," if the member for the City of London will but good naturedly swallow " that," if the member for Bir mingham, (with or without a wry face, according to the elasticity of his gullet and the strength of his political digestion) will but magnanimously swallow " the other"—if—if—if, all this can only be arranged somehow—then as the brilliant result of all these ingenious combinations, concessions, and party coquetries, of this elaborated concatenation of curious and (some of them) perfectly inconsequen tial circumstances—we may hope that the country may be rewarded in the end by—a simple, a very cautious, and a strictly moderate measure of Parliamentary Reform. After this—Eureka ! The grand political problem of the day has been solved ! We may now, at last, cherish a vague hope that, eventually, with a little more care in elucidation, the children of the present generation may yet, in the fulness of time, under the guidance of the Times, render their female grandparents pro ficients in the high art of extracting the contents from egg-shells by suction. Nothing, assuredly, however apparently inscrutable, can ever baffle human in genuity after this. It is the passing of the pons asinorum among all the varied problems of legisla tion. There is none that can be reasonably deemed an insurmountable difficulty after this one resplen dent demonstration. And there is an additional saticfaetion about it that there is no possibility of any misapprehension whatever either in regard to the means or in regard to the result of the achieve ment—both have been defined by the Times with signal clearness and the utmost degree of particu larity. /f, says the Times, Lord PJ.LMERSTON, Lord JOAN RUSSELL, and Mr. BRIGHT will only agree to a few mutual concessions—we may actually obtain a simple and moderate measure of Parlia mentary Reform ! It does strike us, certainly—it may strike any one, in truth, for that matter, possessed of a single grain of the most ordinary common sense—that this same wonderful result of a simple awl moderate measure of Parliamentary Reform may be secured at once and very readily without one of these most astonishing preliminaries in the way of tortuous chicaneries and manoeuvrings with a view to the fabrication of a dubious Coalition out of the discor dant elements of a distracted and disorganised Opposition. The disproportion between the boon to be ob tained and the extraordinary difficulty and intri cacy of the manner of its attainment is indeed, upon the very face of it, something redly and truly quite preposterous. It is like building up an elaborate and gigantic piece of scientific mechanism bearing a resemblance, let us say, to the opus mag num of the late Sir ISAMBARD BRUNEL—the Block Machinery at[Portsmouth—for the express purpose of—squeezing a lemon. It is proposed to ransack the arcana of human knowledge to effect what may be done now at any moment by the grasp of a strong hand. Why something more than a merely simple and moderate measure of Parliamentary Reform might have been made out of the Government Bill laid upon the table of the House in the late Parliament whenever it might have come to be taken into con sideration in Committee. The bill contained a germ that might have been expanded to any dimension. It might, in the process of its rapid development in Committee have been trained:in any direction—on the onehand, the voting papers being carried to the full extent of the concession of the Ballot ; on the other, the extension of the electoral franchise being con ceded as far as the House in Committee might have deemed it prudent or advisable in the wide expanse lying between universalsuffrage and a total absence of popular representation. A simple and moderate measure of Reform—and something more—is readily obtainable from her MAJESTY'S present Government. It is clearly absurd, therefore, to talk of that as alone attainable through the desperate device of a total change of Ministry in the presence of the great war now actually ragin g in Lombardy between the two most formidable military powers in Christendom. A total change of Ministry, moreover, that could alone be effectual to the end proposed (namely, the passing of a simple and moderate measure of Reform), by means of a dereliction of principle that could be nothing less than disgraceful to each of the three chiefs of party concerned, to Mr. BRIGHT, to Lord JOHN RUSSELL and to Viscount PALMER- STON. How, without some most discreditable concession on the one side or the other, would the hon. member for Birmingham reconcile his differ ences with the noble lords the members for the City of London and for Tiverton upon the one single question—let us say of the Ballot ? Yet their notorious differences upon that question of the Ballot would by necessity have to be reconciled before their Coalition could be brought to bear upon the country as an actual working Admi nistration. Either the ballot would have to be aeterVied. by the Noble Lords or abandoned by Mr. Bitio-AT T --, in either case a more than simply dubious transaction, seeing that the concession would be obviously made solely with a view to its being a stepping-stone to office—solely as a means of ousting, by whatever disregard of principle or consistency, the chiefs of their opponents, from the offices of the Government. Is the country for such a Result prepared to witness such a Spec tacle ? And to what end ? That the disconsolate GREYS, andELLIoTs, and RUSSELLS may be restored once more to Downing-street—that the Great Whig Families may, through their scions, batten again upon the Treasury—that the Tite Barnacles may fasten themselves anew in swarms upon the keel of the good old ship Britannia—that the Circum locution office may be enabled to consume a few more million hanks of red tape in tying up the waste papers of routine—that Lord PALMERSTON may once more charm the House of Commons by his winning affability—that Lord JOHN may be afforded a new opportunity of throwing up office in the midst of a perilous emergency, abandoning the helm when the vessel is on a lee shore, and when the tempest shall lower darker , and darker with every portent of disaster ? Is it for this that we are to have another charming Coalition ? Or is it—in order that Mr. JOHN BRIGHT may be sworn in as a Privy Councillor and dubbed Right Honourable ? We give in another column a communication which appears in our able weekly contemporary, the Freeman, and which is well worthy the at tention of both the great parties in the House. The journal referred to is the organ of one of the largest and most active bodies, politically, amongst Dissenters ; and the writer of the letter is evi dently no journeyman hand, but one who has thoroughly mastered the personelle of the new Parliament. We believe he may be taken as re presenting accurately the views of all that portion of Dissenters which influences elections, and it is plain enough from his language that Dissenters are no longer disposed to feed on PALMERSTON and RUSSEL', " chaff." If the Liberal leaders calculate on the support of Dissenters without a quid pro quo they will be thoroughly and deservedly disap pointed. We direct observation to the sentence in italics, not only on account of its special applica tion to what precedes, but on account of the general principle it involVes. The writer states distinctly that the friends of Dissenters in the House—that is, their friends in regard to a liberal ecclesiastical policy—will have the approval of Dissenters generally, if they abstain from turning out the present Government, unless the Liberal leaders can give explicit assurances in regard to Church-rates and other ecclesiastical grievances. He also expects much from Mr. ESTCOURT'S promised bill, and he throws the blame of Catholic desertion of the Liberals on their fear of seeing the return to power of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who, they think, has not yet expiated sufficiently in Opposition the crime of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Lord STANLEY comes in of course for the commendation he deserves from the pen of a candid and intelligent Dissenter, and the tone of the whole letter is, "We Dissenters will be no parties to turning out the DERBY Ministry except for a substantial reason ; we will lend no aid to their factious ejection from office." We observed that the principle of the last re mark is general. It is so in regard to another political question on which the more intelligent and influential part of the Dissenting press is en -1 tirely in accord with us—we refer to Reform and to the Ballot more especially. The journal we quote from, and others, stigmatised the factious and worthless character of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S resolutions as strongly as we did ; while on the Ballot, representing as they do the middle classes, they are very decided. Unless the - Whigs can make up their minds to propose something in the way of Reform for which it is worth while to turn out a Conservative Government, the great Dissent ing bodies do not wish to see it turned out. They are practical, and not mere party men. They say, " We get, after all, from the Tories what the 'Whigs can't or won't give us. We are sick of dancing attendance on the exclusive and haughty Whig Lords ; the Tories at least treat us with the courtesy due to citizens who wish to deal fairly by any Government, and if we can't get all we want from them we yet prefer reasonable and respectful treatment to being joked and snubbed." Lord JOIIN RUSSELL has deservedly lost caste with Dissenters by the haughty and absurd language he long used respecting Church rates and the Ballot, Lord PAL MERSTON and his care-for-nobody policy annoyed them as a grave and conscientious portion of the community; while the Conservatives have at least one young, but conspicuous, leader, for whom 1 they avow, perhaps, more respect than for any of the principal politicians of the day. It is clear to us that Dissenters will oppose all their influence to factious Whiggism. At the same time Conservatives must not fall into Lord PALMERSTON'S error, and lose themselves in their growing popularity. That popularity de pends entirely on the belief that they make greater sacrifices to content the people than the Whigs will. Fair-minded English Liberals, and Dis senters as a body as such, can afford to be gene rous. They judge the proposals from the two parties by their relative, not their abstract, merit. Mr. DISRAELI'S late Reform Bill, Mr. ESTCOURT'S coming Church-rate Bill, and other matters, are reviewed in regard to the party sacrifices made by the pro dosers. If Tories come near to - Whigs in their offers, it shows more concern to gratify the people, more unbendingness, and the people are conscious of it ; hence they become attached to Tories, or at least grateful to them, for what they would hardly take with grumbling from the leaders of their own party. Whigs may say this is hard. It may seem so in one aspect ; in another it does not. Heaven itself judges men, not by their virtues abstractly, but by the sacrifices they cost. The Whigs may be " two guid," but the country feels, in regard to Tory concessions, that it " knows not what's resisted." The moral of all is, if the Tories will concede handsomely in June, the country will give them full credit ; that if the Whigs wish to supplant then', they must equal the Tories, not so much in their proposals as in the sacrifices for the people which they involve. What will keep Tories in will not assuredly get Whigs in ; and it ought not. There will be no contest of parties for the appointment of the Speaker of the New House of Commons. Mr. Disraeli and Lord Palmerston will unite in the nomi nation of Mr. J. E. Denison, the late Speaker. THE NEW PARLIAMENT.—The following circular has been issued to the supporters of the present Govern ment :—" Members ar e most particularly requested to make their arrangements so as to admit of their being sworn at the table of the House of Commons not later than the 6th of June. It is fully expected that an amendment will be proposed upon the address in answer to the Queen's speech on Tuesday, June 7, and it is of the - utmost importance that every vote should be available on that day.—Treasury, May 23." The Right Hon. Sir Willim.and Lady Hayter have arrived at their residence in nyde-park-terrace, from South-hill Park, Berkshire. DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—It is stated that an official communication hat been received by the authorities at Gravesend to the effect that the Princess Frederick William, now on a visit to her royal mother, will depart from that port on the 2 d of June. M. KOSSL'TH AND THE WAR.—M. Kossut.h on Wednesday night lectured to an immense assembly at Bradford. The illustrious exile is about to address a Glasgow audience. We understand that James Patteson, E3q., o f the Northern Circuit, son of the Right Hon. Sir John P C a on tt c e enta n r' t has Concentration e o n n, miss appointed ion. Secretary to the Law Court s CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Thus ' day, May 2:i.--Admissions on paymcnt, 3,964 ; ditto by season tickets, 503. Total visitors, 4,437. -- *'-6 - 4-' ~.1 1 , f . _ 1 , t. ~ , . t i, ." ..a. Mlog ...,..-c — t - ,47 % a U... . ma y ..e ir -,-- ,- , ~. .... • , .... 4 7 4 F.:: , ~,. " , 4„, A ,.....L eilb„„ . . 6. ) „,-o\ii-, ~ ", -• THE SUN. FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1859. nOUSETIOLD WORDS.—Messrs. BRADBURY and EVANS beg to state that their connection with HOUSEHOLD WORDS will cease from and after the 28th Inst., and that on Saturday, the 2d July they will commence a new Weekly Illustrated Periodical, to be called "ONCE A WEEK." All communications for the Editor to be addressed to No. 11, Bonverie-street, London, E.C. 4 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the management of Mr. Charles Kean THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspeare's historical play of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. 'rHEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed the new and original Comedy, entitled THE WORLD AND THE STAGE. The meters by Messrs. Compton, Buckstone, Howe, W. Far ren, Rogers ; Miss Amy Sedgwick, &c. w hich, a new Classical Extravaganza, entitled EIAGTILA IN A NEW ELECTRIC LIGHT. Messrs cb tri pwa, Braid, Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright, Bliza Vette*, and Louisa Leclercq. And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Commence at 7. W THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. SEW Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE TALKING FISH. Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. J. Smith, Garden, Moreland ; Miss K. Kelly and Miss Laidlaw. Followed by THE HOUSE? or, THE HOME? Mr. A. Wigan, C, Selby, Billington ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss 11. Simms. Miss Laidlaw. After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J. L Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and late Kelly. Acting manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Moe open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fee to iservants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.s 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 VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark. Commence at 7o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Unparalleled and Continued Success of INANHOE. Overflowing Houses Nightly. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with a new grand spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's popular work, entitled IVANHOE; or, The Lists of Ashby, intro ducing among the vast resources of this great Hippodramatic Temple,Tournaments, Processions, Banners, Combats, Tilts, Victories, and Achievemer ts in extraordinary magnificence. Ivanhoe, Mr. R. Phillips ; Isaac of York, Mr. Jas. Holloway; Richard of England, Mr. Herbert ; Robin Hood, Mr. Wm. Cooke, jun. ; Rebecca, Miss Bathurst ; Lady Rowena, Miss Dowton. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES TN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the greatest rider in the world, and the whole of Mr. W. Cooke's family, being - the only instance on record of such a domestic concentration of unequalled male and female talent. To conclude with the Farce of KILL OR CURE. The preparations for Whitsuntide are on an extensive scale already. Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls.; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Li is, £2 2s, and .£1 ls. To commence at 7 ; Carriages at 11. OANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS ‘..J GALLERY, Westminster-road.—Open at Seven. EVERY EVENING during the week will appear THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and 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 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 64—lowest this morning and during the night. 67—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.98. WIND, Easterly; light, with very fine weather. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 185 g. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR IN ITALY. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, MAY 27. The Moniteur of to-day publishes the following telegram : ALESSANDRIA, May 26.—There is nothing new to note. The health of the army continues in excellent ci)ndition. MARSEILLES, MAY 26. The steamer Vesuvio, which left Naples on the 24th, has arrived here with a fall complement of passengers who have hurriedly quitted Naples from fear of a collision which appeared imminent there. The Court is divided. The King, confiding in his army, is making preparations to suppress any outbreak of a Revolution de Palais. His Majesty has ordered the arrest of several suspected persons of distinction. It is asserted that the King will declare for neutrality. His Majesty has received by telegraph reassuring communications from the great Powers. TRIESTE, MAY 27. Advices have been received from Corfu to the 20th inst. It is asserted that about 60 French men-of-war are in the Mediterranean, cruising between the Adriatic and the Levant. There is but one gun. vessel lying here. TURIN, MAY 26. OFFICAL BULLETIN. A message from Varese announces that at 4 o'clock this morning 5,000 Austrians attacked General Garibaldi's corps. Three hours later the enemy was repulsed with great loss at Malmate, on the road to Como. The Chasseurs d'Alpes fought valiantly, charging the Austrians with the bayonet. The country round Varese is in insurrection, and the people are provided with arms. General Garibaldi is in pursuit of the retreating enemy. To-day the Emperor went to Vercelli, accompanied by Generals Vaillant and Della Marmora. His Majesty was received by the authorities, the clergy, and the populace, who saluted him with hearty plaudits. PARIS, MAY 2G. At 1 o'clock to-day the Empress received the members of the great bodies of the State, and ad dressed a speech to the presidents of each body. Her Majesty said to Count Morny, President of the Corps Legislatif, that she depended on the en- lightened patriotism of the Deputies to maintain in their several departments that confidence which all must feel in the energy of the army, and, when the day of victory shall have come, in the moderation of the Emperor. Her Majesty further said, that she reckons upon the loyal support of the entire nation, which, during the absence of the chief it has chosen, will never be found wanting to a woman and a child. Loud and long applause followed the conclusion of her Majesty's address. FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, MAY 27. At the sitting of the Federal Diet yesterday, the minor German States voted, that in certain even tualities military measures should be taken. Prussia claimed that in such cases the initiative should be accorded to her. NAPLES, MAY 26. Naples is tranquil. The King was proclaimed at Caserta on Sunday. The garrison took the oath of allegiance the same day. The garrison of Naples took the oath of allegiance yesterday. The funeral will take place at the end of the week, or on Monday. VIENNA, MAY 26. The official Wiener Zeitung publishes General Gyulai's report to the Emperor of the details of the affair at Montebello :—Wounded, 718 ; killed, 290 ; missing, 283. The enemy numbered 40,000 menu but abstained from all pursuit. The Emperor has addressed to General Gyulai an autograph letter, expressing to him and the troops in general his Majesty's thanks for their remarkable valour. The letter also directs a list of all the killed and wounded to be drawn up, in order that their names may be made known in their respective home. General Gyulai's published report of the affair at Montebello has made a most desirable impression on the public here. The number of the enemy being 40,000, the bravery of our troops is so much the more esteemed. OFFICIAL BULLETIN. A brigade of the enemy had taken up a strong position on the Sesia close to Candia, but during the night of the 24th-25th inst. the Austrians constructed a battery of four pieces of cannon and four howitzers, and opened fire about four o'clock. The surprise was so great and the result so favourable that the enemy was forced to change his position three times, and finally abandon his encampment altogether. TRIESTE, MAY 25. The Austrian barque Scanderbeg has arrived here from Cardiff, laden with a cargo of coals. TRIESTE, MAY 26. A Dutch steamer has been chased by a French frigate carrying Austrian colours. According to advises from Corfu, the first cargo of coals had arrived there for Russian steam navi- gation service. Communication between Odessa and Trieste is suspended. The English steamer which left yesterday took the mails for the East. The Trieste). Zeitung contains the following : A Dutch steamer has, in violation of international law, been chased by a French war ship hoisting Austrian colours. A Sardinian commissary has proclaimed the incorporation of Massa with Piedmont. BERNE, MAY 26. General Garibaldi has made prisoners the Aus trian officials of the town of Varese. He is reported to have under him a force of 10,000 men, but neither cavalry nor artillery. 2,000 Austrians are at Camerlata, awaiting re inforcements. On Tuesday last a cannonade at Piacenza was said to have been heard as far as Calende. In the Sardo-Swiss Conference, respecting the neu tralised part of Savoy, Sardinia desired that the previous assent of Italy should be asked to each and every movement of troops on such neutralised territory, but the Swiss Federal Diet expressed its opinion in favour of a permanent regulation. The following advices have been received from Lugano to the evening of the 26th : This morning a fight took place before Varese. The firing ceased at 9 o'clock. It is asserted that an Austrian corps d'arinee is moving towards Sesto Calende. General Garibaldi is preparing for de fence. It is announced that 900 Austrian or Bavarian soldiers will shortly arrive on the fron tiers of Lichtenstein. BERNE, MAY 26, via FRANCE. Three telegrams from Lugano and Bellinzona announce that Garibaldi has beaten the Austrians and taken some of their cannon. This morning the report of cannon was heard in the direction of Varese. In all the communes the alarm bells have been rung. The cannonade against Varese was heard this morning at Magadino. Alarm bells are ringing from all the church towers. The tricolour has been hoisted at Laveno and Maccagno. Martial law has been declared at Chiasso, in the canton of Tessin. The town of Varese, in which General Garibaldi has barricaded himself without either cannon or cavalry, is assaulted by the Austrian Infantry and artillery. The fight has begun. TURIN, MAY M. OFFICIAL BULLETIN. 300 Austrian infantry, with 130 cavalry and two pieces of cannon, marched yesterday morning from Gallarate to Sesto Calende, but were met by a body of Chasseurs des Alpes under Captain de Cristofores, who repulsed them, taking several prisoners. The enemy has retired to Somma. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. This day at one o'clock a somewhat touching ceremony took place at the Tuileries. The Empress presented the Imperial Prince to the Senate, Corps Legislatif, and Council of State. The following are the speeches of her Majesty to the Senate, the Legislative Body, and the Council of State : TO THE SENATE. " Gentlemen of the Senate,—You have desired before separating to give a new proof of devotion to the Emperor in manifesting the desire to see the Imperial Prince. This testimony of the solicitude with which you surround me has not given me surprise, but I am much touched at this step on your part ; it is, as are the counsels of my beloved uncle, both a source of encouragement and of force to me." TO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY. " Gentlemen,—l am very much touched at the wish you have expressed to see the Imperial Prince before returning into your departments. I count upon your enlightened patriotism to entertain the reliance we must all have in the army, and when the day shall arrive, in the moderation of the Em peror. However difficUlt my task may be, I find in my heart, which is thoroughly French, the neces sary courage for its accomplishment. I depend, also, gentlemen, on your loyal co-operation and on the support of the entire nation, which, in the absence of her self-given sovereign, will never fail to protect a woman and her child." TO THE COUNCIL OF STATE. " Gentlemen,—l thank you for having partici pated in the same feeling as the Senate and Corps Legislatif. Your assistance at this moment is a precious token of the sentiments which animate the Council of State as regards the dynasty of the Emperor, and I derive the most lively satisfaction therefrom." SPEECH OF M. DE MORNY, PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY. " Madame,—The Legislative Body is happy before separating to have had the honour of being admitted to your presence, and of seeing the Impe rial Prince. We are all returning into our depart ments. We shall then nurture the patriotic feeling necessary to the circumstances of the moment, and we shall not have much difficulty with a nation whose heart always palpitates at the words glory and honour. The absence of the Emperor can only have given anxiety to those who do not know France. But this generous nation comprehends its position, and when it saw the Emperor depart to share the danger of our soldiers and defend the honour of our flag, it testifies as much respect for your authority as affection and devotion to your person. You may count, then, madame, on the co-operation of all, and on the feeling to which, both as regent and as mother of the Imperial Prince, you have a right." The Empress was much affected during the cere mony. There seemed to prevail a cordial feeling throughout the assembly, which was coloured by sentimentality originating in the presence of the Imperial Prince. The formation of the army of the east of France is being proceeded with, and everything is already prepared for its concentration. General Schramm, formerly Minister of War, and General Rostolan, ex-Commander-in-Chief of the French troops in Rome, have been appointed to commands, Marshal Pelissier will shortly proceed to Nancy, to inspect in the various garrisons the elements of the army of which he is Commander-in-Chief. When the French troops re-entered Voghera, after the action, the ladies at the windows waved their handkerchiefs and threw down flowers as they passed. They afterwards transformed themselves into sisters of charity, some giving assistance to the wounded, and others making lint to dress their wounds. The Empress, accompanied by the Princess Clotilda and the Princess Mathilde, visited the flower show in the Exhibition Palace the day before yesterday. One of the exhibitors had a new species of rose, remarkably fine, pre sented to her Majesty, with a request that she would deign to give it a name. " Well," said the Empress, " call it the Montebello !" BOURSE, May 26.—The market has been very dull, speculators appearing anxious to have further intelligence from the seat of war before entering on operations of importance Threes varied from 61fr. 15c. to 61f. 25c. in the parquet, and from 61f. sc. to 61f. 15c. in the coulisse ; Mobilier, 570 f. to 580 f.; Orleans, 1,167 f. 50e. to 1,170 f.; Lyons, 772 f. 50c. to 775 f. ; Northern, 872 f. 50c. to 875 f. ; Southern 437 f. 50c. to 440 f. ; Eastern, 585 f. to 590 f. ; Austrian, 353 f. 75c. to 355 f. ; Lombardo- Venetian, 415 f. to 416 f. 25c. The following were the closing quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 89 Do. end montla. .. __ Credit Fonder Belgian 41 Piedmontese (5) Roman Bl 50 Austrian Spanish Threts Home Debt 3oa 3 per Cents. 6l 35 Do. end month 61 30 Bank Shares 2700 -- 6redit Mobilier .. 582 50 Do. Account . 585 -- RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto 745 Lyons and. Mediterranean 773 75 .. 776 25 GQneva 455 . • 460 Southern Western 5OO .. 500 Eastern Sardinian Austrian } 360 : . 360 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. sc. ; money, 25f. ; three months, paper, 24f. 85c. ; money, 24f. 87 s. AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA. `A Vienna letter contains the following :—‘, Count de Buol had no motive to feel sympathy for Russia, asf when he was ambassador there some years ago he had to submit to more than one mortification. The Emperor Nicholas was not at all well disposed towards him; and it is known that the coldness of that Sovereign was sufficient to disconcert the firmest mind. One circumstance will suffice to show that Count de Buol was not favourably regarded at the court of St. Petersburg. When he was recalled Count Nesselrode asked the Emperor, in accordance with usage, to give him a decoration and the Czar consented to let him have the Grand Cross of St. Anne, but in order to neutralise the effect, he on the very same day conferred the Grand Cross of Alexander Nevski on General de Rochow, Ambassador of Prussia. All the repre sentatives of Russia at Vienna since the beginning of the Eastera question, Baron de Meyendorff, Prince Gortschakoff, Baron de Budberg, and M. de Balahine , have considered, right or wrong, Count de Buol as an obstacle to a reconciliation between Austria and Russia. Even Baron de Meyendorff, who was the count's own brother-in law, and who, during his stay at Vienna, rendered more than one service to Austria —witness his ener getic and successful intervention between Prince Schwarzenberg and Baron Manteuffel at Olmutz, in 1850, when Prussi- and Austria were on the eve of an armed conflict—even Baron de Meyendorffwa - S compelled to leave Vienta, where be had obtained the sympathies of all parties. The baron's successor Prince Gortschakoff could not agree with him at all, and he left Vienna full of resentment; neither was his resentment lessened by the interview which subse quently took place between the Emperors of Russia and Austria at Weimar, nor by the grand cross of St. Stephen—the highest decoration in Austria—which was conferred on him on the occasion. Count de Buol was not at Weimar, and it was rumoured that he would shortly resign, but the rumour was not confirm ed. He continued to retain an ill-feeling towards Russia, and he was encouraged in it by Baron de Bach, Minister of the Interior, who was noted for his aversion to that country of rather to the Emperor Nicholas. To understand the cause of this we must go back to the interview between the Emperor Francis Joseph and the Emperor Ni cholas at Olmutz. In the list of distinguished persons desirous of being presented to the Emperor of Russia, which his ambassador submitted to his Majesty, was the name of Baron de Bach, but the Emperor struck it out. On a subsequent occasion Baron de Bach was present at a dinner given by the Emperor of Austria to the Emperor of Russia and after dinner Baron de Meyendorff, the Russian ambassador, presented him in the embrasure of a window to his Majesty, saying, I have the honour to present to your Majesty Baron de Bach, Minister of the Interior.' The Emperor simply said, Chorine,' and continued his conversation with other personages. From all this it would appear that if a reconciliation between Russia and Austria is to be effected, it will be easier now than it was before." VIENNA, MAY 24. The evening sheet of the Wiener Zeitung of yesterday contains the following intelligence from the seat of war : "At noon on the 21st inst. the enemy made a demonstration against the right wing of the Austrian army by attacking at Vercelli half a brigade—consisting of 3,000 men, under Colonel von Ceschi—with a force of from 12,000 to 15,000 men. Colonel von Ceschi retreated, fighting, to Orfengo. (Orfengo is about four English miles and a half from Vercelli, on the high road from that place to Novara.) Two brigades of the sth Corps, under General Baron Zobel, which were supported by the gros of the same, were directed against the right flank of the assailants, in order to drive them from the Sesia. On seeing the movement the enemy returned to the right bank of the river without renewing the engage ment (ohne in ein weiteres Gefecht einzugehen). "During the forced reoonnaissance towards Montebello we discovered that the gros of the enemy's army was between Alessandria and Voghera. Considerable bodies of Austrian troops guard the defile at Stradella." The Wiener Zeitung of this evening contains the following official intelligence from the seat of war : " The troops of the enemy which were opposed to the half brigade of Col. Ceschi at Orfengo have retired to the right bank of the Sesia. Garibaldi is said to have advanced towards Arona, and to have the intention to disturb Como. The necessary steps for frustrating his intention have been taken. " A patrol of Count Civilart' Lancers met with a squadron of Piedmontese Dragoons at Borgo Vercelli, and put it to flight. The commander of the hostile squadron was thrown from his horse by the officer in command of the patrol. " The Delegation of Como announces that Garibaldi, with 6,000 men, entered VareSe at six o'clock on the 23d inst. A part of the corps is said to have gone to Laveno." THE AUSTRIAN ARMY IN PIEDMONT. (Front the Special Correspondent of the Times) PAVIA, MAY 21. The French having been seen to the east of Voghera, it became necessary to find out in what strength they were. Accordingly, yesterday morn ing a body of about 20,000 men, under Count Stadion, were sent across thePo by a bridge at Vac carizza, a few miles from this, just below the junction of the Ticino and the Po, with orders to push on till they found the enemy in force, to oblige him to show his strength, and then immediately to retire. At about noon Count Stadion reached Casteggio, which he found occupied, and prepared for defence, and he did not take it till after a hard fight. Beyond Casteggio the enemy had secured a position on a rising ground, with the village of Montebello in his centre. Count Stadion attacked immediately, and in about half an hour obtained possession of the heights, losing, however, many officers and men in storming some farmhouses, which were most gal lantly defended. From the heights of Montebello the Austrians be held a novelty in the art of war. Train after train arrived by railway from Voghera, each train dis gorging its hundreds of armed men, and immedi ately hastening back for more. In vain Count Stadion endeavoured to crush the force before him before it could be increased enough to overpower him. The battle was kept up without any decisive result till dark, when he retired, having fully accom plished his purpose of discovering the position and force of the enemy. His loss, however, has been great-10 officers killed and 16 wounded (one a general of brigade, Braun), and 400 men killed and wounded. The French were commanded by Gen. Baraguay d'Hilliers. The Austrians say they fought splendily—" Der Franzos ist em magnffiker Kerl" is an expression I have heard often to-day. A regiment of Sardinian lancers was nearly destroyed, completely ridden over, by some hussars. Tne General Staff has lost an excellent officer, Major Wittner, who was s sent to observe and report to Count Gyulai what he saw. Not satisfied with this passive, but useful and indeed necessary, duty, he put himself at the head of a party attacking a farmhouse, and was killed by almost the first fire. The Austrians had their reserves as close as was usual in the days of old " brown Bess ;" the conse quence was that these suffered almost as much as the troops engaged, the bullets from the French rifles ranging very far. One regiment of Chasseurs in particular is reported to have been extraordinarily steady, and to have done great execution by its fire. I regret that I cannot to-day discover the number of this regiment, but hope to do so to-morrow. The head-quarters are still at Oarlasco. The 9th Corps, under Count Schaffgotche, has come up from the eastward, and is now at Piacenza and in front of it--that is to say, on the right bank of the Po. General d'Urban's corps is also be l yr e iodtett.de_pn h e ePo, o with at Ith a bridge at Spesia in his rear. l Vaccarizza is strongly fortified. b e t T w h e e e r n e h z a o s b b e e r e s n somesfighting ay near niwith V e w r c h e l a l t i result I hope to be able to tell you to-morrow. The Intendant-General of Turin has issued an order for the mobilisation of the National Guards of the division of Turin from the ages of 21 to 35. By another decree, severe measures are pre scribed against such bakers as have unlawfully doubled the price of bread. whatM. Ricasoli , M inister of the Interior in Tuscany, has addressed a circular to the prefects of the pro vinces, informing the m that , in imitation of has been done in Piedmont, the public press in Tuscany must continue to be restricted during the war. A correspondent of the Siecle, writing from Ales sandria, states that the Austrian colonel who was taken prisoner at Montebello has since died of his wounds. The number of Austrian officers taken was twenty. The Piechnontese GazettE, publishes the 46th and 47th bulletins, containing little but what has already been received by telegraph. The former mentions the reconnaissance on Palestro, which lieT, midway between Robbio and' Vercelli, and is in the hands of the Austrians, who have barricaded it ; the other bulletin relates to the Austrian reconnaissance directed against Borgo Vercelli, now in the hands of the Piedmontese. It confirms the statement that General Garibaldi has made some prisoners in Lom bardy. --- REGISTRATION OF LETTERS FOR VICTORIA. — On the Ist of June next, and thenceforward, a letter or packet of printed papers addressed to Victoria may be registered on the application of the person posting it, pro vided the postage, together with a registration fee of six pence, be paid in advance. By command of the Postmaster- General. 1-WAN-LAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, May 28. THD EXPLOSION AT SHELTON.—With reference to a paragraph copied from the Birmingham. Post, a corres pondent informs us that the damage and inconvenience caused by the explosion at the Shelton Furnaces will be nothing- like so serious as was stated, the engine which is damaged being an old one, and on the point of Ming stopped for thorough npair, ant the n.ew parts of the engine re quired being all ready prepared. INDIA AND CHINA. ALEXANDRIA, MAY 19. The India and China raails • leave to-day. The dates are—Calcutta, April 22d; Madras, 29th ; Hongkong, 13th. The new Five-and-a-Half per Cent. loan was announced to be open on the Ist of May, when the Five per Cent. would be closed, except to holders of Four per Cent. paper in Europe, for whom the Fives remain open till the Ist of June. Import markets steady. Money abundant. Freights unaltered. Exchange 2s. 14-d. for credits. China markets generally dull. Exchange at Hongkong 4s. 81d. At Shanghai, on the 4th of April, the silk settle ment was 2,500 bales. A decline of 20 to 25 taels in Tsatlees and Taysaams. Exchange on London 6s. sd. to Cs. 5,Ad. Tea markets generally inactive. Decrease in exports to Great Britain 4,439,0001 b. We have been favoured with the following tele- gram by the Peninsular and Oriental Company : " The Nepaul, with the mails from Calcutta and China, arrived at Marseilles at 8 a.m. yesterday (Thursday). " The mails left for London at 10 a.m. " The mails left Malta for Southampton on the 23d inst., at 9 a.m." THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The steamship Orissa, Captain Joy, has arrived. She left Alexandria, May 11; Malta, the 16th; and Gibraltar, the 21st. She has 133 passengers, one package of specie, value unknown, and a cargo of shawls, flax, &c. There were six Austrian vessels at Gibraltar, which would be dismantled and disposed of, if possible, on account of the war. One of them had been sold to a British subject. The Orissa passed sever al ships of war. She spoke the troopship Melbourne, on the 23d, off the Burlings. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLI- GENCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, MAY 25. ARRIVALS.—May 23 : Undine, Mortimer Ricardo, Esq.; from the West ; Falcon, William Craven, Esq., f ro m Gib raltar; Stella, the Earl of Durham, from Portsmouth; Caroline, the Hon. Windham Quin, from Portsmout h. 25 : Haidee, Henry Thorold, Esq., from Portsmouth. YACHTS FITTING 01:T.—Beatrice, John E. W. Bongo Esq. ; Magnolia, Sir Henry Beachen, Bart. ; Derwent, Charles Lee, Esq. ; Petrel, Philip Perceval, Esq. ; Gipsy Queen, Sir Heirry Bold Hoghl.on, Bart. ; Zouave, Arabin, Esq.i; Zoe, the Earl of Yarborough; Auro ra, Le Merchant Thomas, Esq. ; Rattlesnake, R. Duffe, Esq.; Isis, William Halliday Cosway, Esq. ; Sultana, Sir Charles Taylor, Bart. ; Caprice, Lieut.-Colonel Charles Beriug; Osprey, Colonel R. W. Hucy ; Stella, the Earl of Da lkeith ; Sibyl, Colonel John Westenra ; Titania, Robert S t ep han" son, Esq., M.P. ; and Bacchante, Benjamin 11. Jones, Esq. 'Victoria YACHTS AT THE STATION.— yachts The Royal Richard and Albert, Fairy, and Elfin ; Caroline, the Hon. Wind and ham Quin; Haidee, Henry Thorold, Esq.; and B nette, Colonel Simmons Smith. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The Earl of D urham has Belmore House ; the Marquis of Abercorn, Averring Vi lla ; Lady Vane, the Pavilion; Henry Thorold, Esq.; He P Pes" ley House ; John Loder, Esq., No. 4, Parade Terrace; Mrs. Hopkins, No. 2 ; Captain Rich, the 2d Cottage ; CaPtein Warburton, Adelaide Villa ; Major Vincent Wing, Grove House; the Hon. Mrs. Douglas, the Ist Cottage; H. E . Pellew, Esq., Harriet Lodge; the Rev. Mr. Mayer, Rose Lodge. Gothic Hall, Rosetta Cottage, and several other houses, have been taken this week, but the families have not yet arrived.‘ The Hon. C. Cust is in treaty for the old R.Y.S. House. G. Daniel, Esq., has taken Oakfield Lodge. REGATTA.—The Soci4te du Sport Nautique gave their annual regatta on the 23d inst., at Argentine, for yachts under 10 tons. There was a strong breeze from the north west. Sixteen yachts started, and after a spirited contest of three hours, the Arid, of eight tons, belonging to John Arthur, Esq., built by Ratsey and Son, of Cowes, was de clared the winner, having beaten all the other yachts by 2 0 minutes, and Mr. Arthur was awarded the cup and gold medal of honour. THIS DAY'S MARKETS• CORN EXCHANGE. A slightly-increased supply of English wheat-2,280 qrs. —has come to hand coastwise, but the receipts fresh up to day by land carriage were trifling. The show of samp les_ chiefly chiefly left over from Monday, was tolerably good. ,1 though more wheat changed hands than on that day, t"? i' trade must be called heavy at 4s to 5s per qr. ben eath las week's currency. Nearly 15,000 qrs. of foreign whe at have been reported. For all kinds we experienced a heavy quiry ; indeed, so little business was doing that prices were almost nominal. There was a fair demand for good and useful qualities af barley at previous quotations, but grinding sorts were vets' dull. No change took place in the value of malt. Good sound oats were in fair request on former terns► but low and damp parcels were rather cheaper. In beaus and peas very little was passing. The flour trade was heavy, and the quotations We re drooping. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 2,280 ( 20 2,700' 1,120 3,020 Irish Foreign 14,990 2,870 I 19,5i0 i 5, "" 1,12 0 bL NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. We have to report a very dull trade for all kinds of, rltaat: the supplies of which are seasonably good at ba rely tionary prices. Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 3 oto 3 4 Mid. do 3 6to 3 8 Pm.largedo 3 10 to 4 0 Do. small do 4 2to 4 4 Large pork 3 2to 38 I Lamb, 48 4( s. d. s. cl• Infr. Mutton. 3 4to 3 8 Mid. do .• . . 3 10 to 4 2 Prime do. • . 4 4to 4 6 Veal ....... 3 10 to 4 6 Small . pork .. 3 10 to 4 2 l to 5s 6d. BOROUGH HOP. The appearance of fly and backward state of the bins continue to give stability to our market generally, hors being in active request, chiefly on speculation, at extreme rates. Mid and East Kent pockets —9OB to 160 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do B6s to 1008 ~ SUFSCX do 86s to 100 s ~ COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a rather active inquiry for the Good common descriptions, and prices have slightly advanced• common Congou is now quoted Ind per lb. SUGAR.—The demand f or th e b et t er qualities of Brit i A eli West India has improv e d, and at public sale the sm""• quantity offered went off readily at slightly advanced rateeoa: common and inferior d escr ipti ons , h owever , w ere negle ct —i - h'j In the refined mark e t th ere i s littl e a lt era ti o n to reconi some inquiry,, howev er , h as b een ex p er i em ced for cry for exportation. goo d COFFEE.—The market has been rather firmer, anu _ o d qualities of colo n i a l h ave f oun d b u y ers a t slightly je W r in civ ore rates. Plantation Ceylon has also been. in rather favour. RICE.—The sales have been very limited, and prices have shown little variation. cted, but C a or aA decline.—Afa of fair amount fully2s of business beenhlaatsegtt SALTPETRE.—The market remains steady , variation can be recorded in values. TALLOW.—A further slight depression has taken Place' with a very limited demand for home consumption. r n tha on the spot is quoted 54s 3d to 54s 6 d, and La st three mu 55s 6d. per cwt. otatrtiaond: l ittle _gri THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, May 27.—Wind this day at noeu--D. light breeze, with fine clear weather. SoUTHAMIITON, May 27.—Arrived —Orissa, steamer' from Alexandria. NEWPORT, May 26.—Wind S.E.--?arrived— from V. Denmark, from London for Jamaica; James Yeo, from Liverpool for New York. Sailed—Ballyreen, for 1:101'S Kong. PORTSMOUTH, May 26.—Wind light and variable.-- Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Urgent, for Gibraltar. frOrr i Orr QUEENSTOWN, May 26.—Arrived—Dryad, Cuba for Liverp 00l FRASERBURGH, May '2s,—Wind E.—Arrived-14°ra Saltoun, from Greenland, with 14,500 seals, and 50 tun a oil. HARTLEPOOL, May 26.—Wind S.W.—Proteus, for Ri° Janeiro. OFF SALCOMBE, May 26.—Arrived—Prothesa, fr°M Neves. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—Parsee, and Foyle steamer, fro m London ; Sailed—Cousins, for Cardiff; Atalanta, Prosperous, from Neath. steamer, foror Jersey ; Argyll, steamer, for Carenton; Foyle, Wainer, f a Dublin ; Tiber, British Lady, Marquis of Sligo, Lydia, a u Llangothland, for Newport. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning' Wind S. S.E . Arrived, May 26—Danube, from Bombay. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.. Wind, E. ; tide, high water; weather very fine. Arrived, May 26—Villa de Luaieo, Rentedis. DEAL; Friday Morviog• Wind moderate. Passed—Sweden, from London for Cardiff.