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

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. Tun EVENING, will be peiformed SATANELLA. Messrs. W. Harrison. Santley, G. - Honey, H. Corri, St. Albyn, Miss Cruise, Pillir and Louisa Fyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. Ballet, LA FIANCEE. Messrs. W. H. Payne, H. Payne, F. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan, and Mons. Vandris. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with A GAME OF SPECULATION. After which, by desire, THE CONTESTED ELECTION, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, &c. And SHOCKING EVENTS. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS' EVENING, the new drama.' entitled HOME TRUTHS. Messrs. G. Melville, J. G. Shore, F. Matthews, Miss C. Lec'ere4 and Mrs. Charles Young. To be followed b the new Petite Comdy entitled GOSSIP. Messrs. R y der, Meadows, H. Bland, e J. ' G. Shore ; and Mrs. C. Young. After which, Mons, Espanola (Pre Danseur Comique), will appear, with Madlle. Nariquita, assisted by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet, in Le Grand Pas du Dervish de Faust, as danced by him 150 cons ecutive nights at the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, Paris. • To conclude with NUESEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. IL Widdicomb, Meadows, IL Saker ; Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPIEL pole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Belly. 'oflowed by the successful piece of extravagance, called DINORAII UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Took, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, a new Vaudeville Comedietta, called THE KEY UNDER THE DOOR-MAT. Messrs. James Vinning, Jno Rouse, &C. ; Mesdames A, IL Hatton and Julia St. George. To be followed by the new Drama Fantasiique. entitled PARIS AND PLEASURE; or , Home and HappineSs. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy. J. Vining, J. John stone, F. Villiers ; Misses Julia St. George, Hudspeth, Kate Saville, A. Burdett, and Madame Celeste. Po conclude with ST. MARY'S EVE. Madame Celeste and Mr. Rouse. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, THEY'RE BOTH TO BLAME.' Followed by MAGIC TOYS, supported by Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Cassc, Arc. After which, A DESPERATE GAME. To conclude with the New and Original Burlesque, by L. Buckingham, Esq., of VIRGINIIIS : or the Trials of a Fond Papa. Virginius, Mr. Charles Young. Reduced Pricea—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half - past six ; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPRITTTFATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season. THIS EVENING, the grand melo-dramatic production, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI ; illustrating the principal events in the Life of the Great Italian General. To be followed by New and Transcendant Equestrian Talent of Young Menoni, supereminent in his somersaults and inap proachable—The brilliant Lady Rider, Miss Emily Cooke— Tne Wonderfully-schooled Dogs and Monkeys, and Intelli ent Elephant—Amazing JErial Rondines by John Henry Cooke, the first horseman in the Universe—Equesti an Blind Man's Buff—Vaulting Ambition, by the treble-headed Won ders—Sig. Delavanti and his admirable Protetrees, varied by those heralds of fun, the Clowns, Mimes, and Drolls. To commence at 7. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY - EVERT EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera 01 BrA.CBETII (now first made public in England at these Con. certs). And a Grand Se-action ,from Meyerbeer's new opera V DINORAH. _ __ _ _ - - Comic Vocalists —Messrs. Georze Holson the Trish Come dian anci_Mimic), W. T. Critchfielci. and E. W. Mackney. Several interestinfr. Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA BONHEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is opea from 9 a.m. till •12 p.m. Admission, Six pence. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 1 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 32—highest since noon yesterday. 23 —lowest this morning end during the night. 32—this day at noon. 13ATIONETEn-29.68. WIND, South-Easterly; light, with dull, cold, haz: foggy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDE. This DAY.—Morning, 7h. Bnl.—Afternoon, 7h. 39m TO-MORnOW. -Morning, Bh. 11m . .—Afternoon, 8h: 43m • - ,_ ,„. , r ... ,,t>,...ui.11 25 .,.. 4 ~ , „se. \. 4,7 -- -4ifit ; , - " , -' , ' • i 0, , . ..buoir - .4 - i L :..... . .., __, f '~!~ u TIIE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 17, 1859 It were idle to predicate what the coming Con gress will achieve. Their professed object is to organise a system of universal peace ; but if the rumours teeming in from all quarters may be sup posed to hare any indication that " Coming events cast their shadows before," matters would seem to congregate in complexity. Count CAVOUR is now said to be going to Con gress. What! in very spite of the "master of the situation ?" If it prove true, there may be a longer truce than warlike politicians have reckoned on. But judging from the tendency of public affairs in Europe generally we see but little hope of a satisfactory settlement while the mind of nations is to be kept in bondage by the will of the few. What the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Duke, had such a wholesome horror of—namely a little war — is now fairly begun between the Moors and the Spaniards upon the north-western frontiers of Morocco ! It is a melancholy spectacle, and in every sense of the word alittle war ! •It is little in its origin, in its aim, in the very manner of its inauguration. It commenced in the paltriest du plicity. It began from the very smallest begin nings. Its purpose is quite obvious, the meanest territorial robbery—it can be nothing else—it is so notoriously. Conclusive evidence indeed, that this is The one shameless design of the Cabinet. of Madrid being furnished by the flagrant audacity with which the demands of Spain were increased by successive stages—the very reverse of Plumes " small by degrees, and beautifully less," being, in truth, large by degrees and impu dently more—as despatch succeeded despatch in the diplomatic correspondence between the repre sentatives of the Spanish and Moorish Govern ments. And now that the war itself has commenced, that war which the Madrid Cabinet had from the very outset resolved should be brought about as a most desirable political speculation—as a means of kindling some semblance, at least of enthusiasm in favour of Queen ISABELLA'S rule, and of investing with some shadowy appearance of popularity the dubious ministerial repute of Marshal O'DONNELL! Now that this war,upon the arrange ment of which O'DONNELL and his colleagues in the administration were manifestly (months ago) pre-determined, now that this war has actually com menced How has it commenced ? Has it not commenced, in every po rticular, like the smallest of little wars—by skirmishes that could not by possibility have resulted in anything beyond bootless bloodshed ? The only conflicts that have yet taken place have all been in the immediate vicinity of Ceat.a—and of these the severest (that of , the 25th ultimo) was, after nothing more than " a sharp little combat," as it is called by one writing thence almost as an eye witness, by one at any rate who is there in the immediate neighbourhood in his capacity as the Times Special Correspondent. With that single exception, according to this well.; qualified and perfectly reliable authority, with the solitary exception of that fight of the 25th, which, as we have intimated, he designates as no more than "a sharp little combat" —"all that has yet taken place," he observes, " can hardly be said to be. more than skirmishing." And he adds, with. a little show of very natural derision under the circum stances, " I have heard one or two persons talking of five actions in eleven days, and seeming to think the campaign already begun, but this can be looked upon only as an exaggeration, especially when we have the great events of the Italian and Crimean wars still fresh in our memories." Indeed, lie adds, and with perfect reason in so remaskipg, " I shall consider the campaign as fairly commenced only when we make a decided move from this place ; when we strike our tents and march for Tetuan or Tangier." Rumour gives the preference to Tetuan as the Spanish army's probable , destination ; but here, as elsewhere, O'DONNELL appears to be at tempting a ludicrous travesty of his Imperial pro totype. As Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish army he affects to be as inscrutable as the late Com mander-in-Chief of th 3 allied armies in Lombardy. —so that as yet all is left 'to conjecture as to his future movements. At any rate, until some move ment either towards Tangier or Tetuan be actually adventured on, we do certainly concur in the rea sonableness of the above opinion, that the campaign can scarcely be considered to have commenced. While we write, there comes to us through the second edition of our able morning contemporary the Post, the following sinister intimation from its Paris Correspondent :—" I hear," writes that functionary as we may term him, as one among the recognised representatives' of the Fourth Estate. " I hz.nir from a traveller who has just arrived from Madrid, one likely to be well informed, that bad news had reached the QUEEN'S Government from Morocco. The Moors are increasing their forces daily and attacking th; Spanish forces." O'DONNELL will assuredly find reasan to be on the alert— lest he may be unconsciously rushing upon his doom in this deplorable inisl in many re spects most unjustifiable expedition, It would be a consummation, if not devoutly to be wished for, at any rate most exemplary in its WV, if here again the result were to be another and a striking example of " vaulting ambition overleaping itself," of the engineer being "hoist with his own petard," of an adventurer seeking again "the bubble reputation even in the cannon's mouth," after the ludicrous fashion of the ape, who is repre presented in the famous caricature as applying a match to the touch-hole and at the same time look ing round the edge of the muzzle, down the grim vista of the piece of ordnance, to see what would come out of it at the instant of explosion Calculating for a while the reported results of the . three principal skirmishes and combats that have already occurred there upon that restricted battle field in the vicinity of Ceuta, they can hardly be regarded as results in any respect very satisfactory to the Spanish Government. According to the Spaniards themselves they Lost in the fight of the 25th between 300 and 400 in killed, wounded, and prisoners. According to the Moors, on the contrary, we learn that upon that day, while their own loss (the Moorish loss) did not exceed 100 altoge ther, their enemies (the Spaniards) were under stood to have had as many as 2,000 put hors de combat. The truth, in all human probability, lies as nearly as possible about midway between the two extremes. Under any, circumstances , the conflict upon the 25th is so far clearly entitled to the designation already given to it (that of " a sharp little combat") by the razes' Correspondent. And it is significant upon this point to add that the Post Correspondent, writing yesterday from Paris, observes,—" As I believe I informed you some time since the Spanish journals are not allowed to print any news of the war ex cepting that supplied by Government." An ar rangement leading every one inevitably to , the instant conclusion, that the accounts so furnished to the Spanish public have been what Mr. TOOTS, or somebody very like him, once suggested should be done with the raw material—i. e. previously cooked. The skirmish of the 30th ult., we now learn, cost the Spanish army some 230 killed and wounded — while the affair of the 9th inst. involved a loss to the Spaniards, according to the second edition of the Post of this afternoon of '• 750 killed [ob viously a misprint for 154killed1 and 290 wounded." Yet for a little skirmish like this, resulting (to no good end whatever) in so much death and suffering, we are informed by the Madrid journals of the 12th inst. that "as soon as soon as the Queen of Spain was made acquainted with the affair of the 9th,her Majesty directed the ad interim President of the, Council to send a telegraphic despatch to the General-in-Chief expressive of her satisfaction, and declaring that she was well assured, on appointing him :to the command, that he would justify her confidence." Certainly as soon as we can-see an end of this last of the little wars the better. No wonder wars like this were deemed to be among the world's most poignant calamities, by the clear headed, keen-sighted warrior Duke of WEL- MN GTON. The actual terms on which Lord CANNING has restored their °states to such of the talookdars as made a timely submission are now before us—if, in deed, we may rely on a letter from a private corre spondent. After all the comments which have been made on the management of the Oude business, fairness requires that this docume& should be ad mitted as one the terms of which were in the mind of Lord CANNING when_he made his celebrated con fiscation proclamation. Our readers well know that we are not amongst Lord CANNING'S admirers. We never thought him equal to a much higher post than that of head-clerk, or Cabinet-clerk, to the Post-office, and our opinion is not altered. lie has exhibited in India the conventional qualities of an English lord, and but little more. But among these qualities is the common-sense which told him that the possessions of avowed rebels are confiscated to the Crown, and he had the boldness to let the rebels know it not unaccompanied, however, in issuing the proclamation, by the intimation that repentance would be regarded with favour by a , Government notoriously prone to mercy. The party, squabbles over the business it is now time to send amongst other bygones. There was much right and much wrong as usual on both sides. But at the time we were amongst those who called for bold and firm be haviour in India, and we were not amongst those who, as soon as a Governor-General adopted the policy we demanded, began to find fault with it. The course actually taken was that that confisca tion was made, as it ought to have been, the basis of dealing with the talookdars of Oude; but they were invited to surrender themselves, their mud forts and their arms, and to disband their followers by a fixed date, if they wished to obtain any benefit from the lenient disposition of the Government, and from the 'final amnesty. Never did a set of subordinate chieftains, or petty rulcrs, for such these large pro , prietors were, more need to be placed on a right footing with the supreme Government. They had long been the revenue collectors on their vast THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEIVIBER 17, 18b9, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office :--- PARIS, DEC. 17. The Moniteur of to-day contains the following : The Emperor received yesterday the Papal Nuncio, who presented to his Majesty a letter from the Holy Father. Yesterday evening the state of Prince Jerome was still serious. Pleuritic pains in the left side having set in, necessitated the application of a fresh blister. TURIN, DEC. 16. Count Cavour has been definitively appointed first Plenipotentiary of Sardinia at the Congress. General Dabormida does not leave Turin, in order to be present at the approaching opening of the Chambers. There will be no Ministerial change in Sardinia TURIN, DEC. 17. General Dabormida has officially communicated :o the French Government that Count Cavour and the Chevalier Desambrois will be the representa tives of Sardinia at the approaching Congress. VIENNA, DEC. 17. In the' last Cabinet Council, presided over by the Emperor, it was resolved that in the next budget a reduction of 38 million of florins shall be made in the expenses of the war department. It is stated that Austria is about to proceed to a complete disarmament. • PARIS, DEC. 17. Prince Do Latour d'Auvergne is designated as the Second Plenipotentiary of France at the Con- gress. The Marquis d'Antbiiini, the Neapolitan Mini ster, who had been summoned by the King .to Naples a fortnight ago, returned to Paris yester day. He is - the bearer of the consent of the Neapo litan Government to the project of an Italian Con federation. M: d'Antonini will be the Second Plenipotentiary of Naples at the Congress. estates, estates as large as counties, and a great ' part of them gained by fraud and violence. • They had oppressed the poor villagers withoUt mercy, and cheated the Government as far as they could or dare. After the annexation they had done their best to resist the efforts of the British Commissioner to bring them into financial order, and to ameliorate the condition of the villagers ; but the then Go vernment thwarted too much the Commissioner's efforts, and the talookdars contrived to gain the military power which they used with such fataleffect in the mutiny. Some thought that these men—tbe most powerful of them being the most unprincipled villains—should have been bribed, not fought with. Lord CANNING thought that to bribe them to obe dience would be a premium on mutiny ; and though much might be said on the other side, we • must think that Lord CANNING showed the true spirit of an English lord, in determining to conquer first, and to show leniency afterwards. It was in deed a costly policy ; but the other might ,have been ultimately more costly, and might even have failed at the time. We might have lost our object and our dignity too. Now that the results are before us, and we see the terms on which the estates are placed in'the hands of the talookdars, it is not easy to deny that these terms area vast improvement on the old ones. The proceeding is a kind of Encumbered Estates Act, only that it relieves the Government far more than the estate-holders from a vague tenure capable of ' much abuse. The document by which each holds his property, bases his possession on the confisca tion, and on the sovereign rights thus ac cruing to the granter. of a new title. It gives' the Talookdars full and fair, indeed, generous possession, we might say, of their old territories and privileges ; they are still made the collectors of the revenue, and will have to pay it to the Government for such villages as are left within their hands ; but they will have to surrender all arms, destroy all; forts, prevent and report crime, render any service they may be called on to per form, and to show good faith, loyalty, and zeal to wards the British Government." It is also stipu lated that they shall, " so far as is in their power; promote the agricultural prosperity of the estate, and that all holding under them shall be secured in the possession of all the subordinate rights they for merly enjoyed." In an. this there is nothing approaching the un desirable points of the famous, but much condemned perpetual settleinent in Bengal—a settlement by which the Government debars itself from increasing the taxes paid by the zemindars, however the land of the country may increase in value. It is ex pressly stipulated that they shall receive the estates for themselves and their heirs for ever, " subject to the payment of such annual revenue as may from tinte:to tin2e be imposed." Still, after all, the prin ciple of a perpetual settlement is the only one under which much improvement of the country can take place. Unless the talookdars and their subordinate tenantry can feel assured of enjoying the fruits of Such improvements as they make, it needs little knowledge of human nature and of facts to predict that the improvement of agriculture in Oude will be but slow. In any revision of what, may be termed their land•tax, they ought to have the Utmost confidence that they shall be by far the greatest gainers from the bettered condition of their estates. A land-tax, which is but a screw of the rack-rent from either proprietary or ryots, will ever keep the country in a' beggarly state of til - lage. On the contrary, if the country be encou raged to produce largely, it becomes a large ex porting and importing country, an 2. the customs yrould soon yield far more than could ever be ob tained by perpetually squeezing large proprietors or poor peasant- cultivators. , We are told that all stipulations for the tenantry of the talOokdars are but " philanthropic rubbish." Bat is it so? Is it no advantage for a Govern ment, which may., receive complaints from the vil lagers of extortion and maladministration, to be able to Point, in'the very.title-deeds Of the oppres sor's estates, to clauses condemning his own con duct, and forming part of the conditions on which heholds it ? TO us, at present, it certainly appears that such clauses' are wise. In proportion as the Government makes its own power felt, and disables the military strength of these lawless Indian barons, in proportion' as it introduces efficient and equal courts of justice, will it be felt that these clauses will be a valuable protection for the weak against the strong. We think the Government was right in including in the new deed of conveyance' a declaration of the rights of those whom it might have to defend. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—During a dense fog which prevailed yesterday morning a collision occurred on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, which was not attended with serious consequences. The 6,25 a.m. train from Sheffield to Manchester had , arrived close to the Dunkirk Colliery siding, near Guide-bridge, about , a quarter past eight, before the driver could perceive a signal which was protecting the passage of a coal train across the main line. He was unable to ing his train to a stand be fore a collision took place, but its violence was not disas trous. Two passengers only were shaken rather severely, and the trains were not detained. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MILLWALL.—Last night a fire, attended with great loss of property, and which lasted until past midnight, took place on the premises belonging to Messrs. Howell and Co., patent rope manufacturers to the Government, &c., situate at Millwall, Poplar. The pre mises in which the misfortune comMenced were about 130 feet long and nearly 40 feet wide. The various compart ments were filled with stock of a costly character, and, owing to the highly inflammable nature of the goods, the flames Spree& so-rapidly that in less than.: 10 minutes the whole premises were onlfire. The parish•enine, as well as several olthe tendon brigade; under the command of Mr. Superintendent Braidwood, and Mr. Bridges, the foreman of the A district, were quickly in attendance, and a good supply of the East. London Company's water having been procured, the firemen went to work, but they were unable to snake the least impression upon the flames until nearly midnight, and not before a vast quantity of property was -destroyed, and nearly the whole of the premises, consisting of winding, wheeling; twisting, and finishing ;hops, toge gether with the machinery therein, were destroyed. Th origin of the fire could not be ascertained. DEATH OF A BRIGHTON CELEBRITY.—During the zenith, of the smiles: of royalty on Brighton, few persons ,obtained so ,high a position in the estimation of the nobility as Madame Michau, the maitresse de dense. Dukes and duchesses, marquises and marchionesses, earls and cows -tesses, and aery gadOion of the peerage, owed the dignity of their gait to Madamo Michan, Whoie academy, held in the AiseinblY Rooms of the Old Ship Hotel, was the focus of the elite. Then was the time when the equipages of the nobility exhibited the sterling grandeur of their owners, and Ship-street was one aristocratic carriage stand. Years have passed, on. Her early patron, George IV., passed away. , William IV. and his royal consort then delighted in the evolutions of the tiny feet at the Royal Pavilion, under the watchful guidance of Madame Michau, when juvenile balls were weekly there in full vigour. They also passed away. The Pavilion of royalty itself passed away still Madame enjoyed the smiles of the noble , of the land. Age, however, which she sternly warded qff, at length set in, and on Wednesday last—after a short cessation from her duties—she expired, at the good old age of 76 years.— Brighton Observer. CAUTION TO HOTELKEEPERS.—A square built man of gentlemanly appearance, a Dutchman by ' birth, and giving different name s ' at different places; has contrived to live for some months past upon two hotelkeepers, one at Leicester and the other at Derby. The doctor—for such he represents himself to be—has been busily engaged writing a work upon chemistry, at least that'has been his professed engagement. After luxuriating on good things at Leices ter, he suddenly levanted , being indebted to the landlord to the tune of £52. His next appearance was in an hotel at Derby, where, for a time, his manners captivated- several gentlemen who he occasionally met in the coffee-room,though his custom was to spend the greater portion of his ti me in his bedroom, engaged—or professedly engaged—with writing materials. After being at the hotel some time lie paid £lO on account; itwas subsequently discovered that lie had succeeded in borrowing that amount. As time wore on suspicions were excited, and on being pressed for the amount he owed he prevaricated. At length the wily fox was unearthed, under the following cirEiunstanees : —A gpntlemfl.ll happened on Thursday evening, last to arrive at the hotel in Derby, and on proceeding to the coffee-room saw the Dutchman enjoying his dinner. He at once gave notice to the land lady that the doctor, who went by another name at Leices ter, had contrived to swindle Mc. Bowyer, of Leicester. Mr. Bowyer was written to and made his appearance next morn ing, to the great consternation and surprise of the doctor. who kept his bed until towards dusk, when ho contrived to give the ra t e h ka e hni nde p g, e sl r son o o y make 'is succeeded as h eked e aeedpme wasi.antlttieverasti is borrowingewli i o ursge indebted the slip, tluto o rturns out and oeomu t be athg landlady aes that d gentleman, lhcneeee:eudaraenl nearly wouldwhich iis naco e n na ve b i l ,s e a l ti i o inte l iurt rail t and some heis distant His powers were by were good, evi dently a man of intelligence. Mynheer Van Dunk ' though ho never got drunk, sipped brandy and water daily, and appeared a# happy as a prince.--,Derby 12.eporter. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The state of Prince Jerome's health is alarming It was hoped yesterday, from the improvement which set in and was maintained for some time, that great danger had disappeared ; but from the answer to inquiries at the Palais Royal at 4 o'clock this evening, it would appear that the improve ment has not only not continued, but that the suf ferer is much worse. The Emperor has visited his uncle three times since yesterday. Prince Napo leon, whO has been always deeply and sincerely at tached to his father, is said to be in a state of great affliction. The _Bulletin des Lois publishes a decree open ing to the Minister of Marine an extraordinary credit, for 1859, 0f42,743,600E, of which 38,300,250 f. were appropriated to the war in Italy, and 4,443,350 f. to the Indo-Chinese expedition. Another decree opens to the same Minister a second extraor dinary credit of 6,300,000 f. for the Indo-Chinese' expedition; and a third decree authorises the sale, for ' the benefit of the Treasury, of the Forest of Bondy, containing about 1,160 hectores (2,900 acres). THE BOURSE, Dec. 16.—The market has been rather heavy. ,Threes, after having been done at 70f. 75c., declined to 70f. 50c., but are now at 70f 60c. ; Mobilier varied from 850 f. to 855 f. ; Aus trian, 572 f. 50c. to 575 f. ; Lombard, 576 f. 25c. to 578 f. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,420 f. to 1,425 f. ; Lyons, 940 f. to 942 f. 50c. ; Northern, 975 f. to 977 f. 50c. • The following were the last quotations :- 41 per Cents. .... 97 —. f Credit Fonder 725 --' Do. end month ~. I Belgian 4f 99 50 3 per Cents... 7O 45 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 70 55 1 Itoinan B4' 50 : Bank Shares ''.4.2880 • • --1 Austrian .. — Credit Mobilier .. 852 50 Spanish Threes DO. Account ..... 852 50 IHome Debt 43a ItA.ILWAYS. • Cash. Account, , Orleans Northern . 9 75 .. 975 New ditto. , 862 50 .. 863 75 Lyons and INl,Aliterranean 943 75 .. 940 Geneva 555 .. Southern Western 582 50 .. 585 Eastern Sirdinian .... - Austrian - .. 575 Lombard .. .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f. 90.; three months, paper, 241. 95c. ; money, 24f. 931 e. 7I 1B NAVY, <l,- The plans and measurements for the Royal Oak and the Belvedere, two of the new 91 gun screw steamers ordered to he built at Chatham dockyard, have been prepared, under the superintendence of Admiral ...Sir B. Walker,, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, from whose designs they will be built. They will be commenced at Chatham on the first slips that become vacant, several of the vessels of war now buildinc , at that establishment being inz very forward state. The Royal Oak and the Belvedere will be sister-ships to the Atlas, 91, and the Bul wark, 91, now being constructed at Chatham. The Board of Admiralty having decided on con siderably enlarging th© present barracks for the Royal Marines at Chatham, in order to afford bar rack accommodation for several hundred additional men, with increased accommodation for a larger number of officers than can be at present provided with quarters, the blocks of buildings adjoining the barracks have been purchased by the Government, who have allowed a liberal compensation to the oc cupiers, in order that they may be pulled down and the site cleared for the works to be commenced. The proposed enlargement of the barracks will necessitate the removal of about 20 houses, with two hotels, it being the intention of the Admiralty to extend the barracks a , _; far as Chatham church. The words sill involve an outlay of about £lOO,OOO, a considerable portion of which has been already voted by Parliament. The removal of the build ings purchased by the Admiralty has commenced, in order that the proposed extension may be begun early in the ensuing spring. The paddlewheel steam vessel Advice, second master M. C. Raymond, sailed from Plymouth for Queenstown on Thursday, with seamen belonging to the screw steamship Hawke, who navigated,the Shamrock.to Plymouth. The screw steamship Revenge, 91, having been masted at Devonport, was warped on Thursday from the sheer hulk alongside the dockyard jetty, to be rigged for the steam reserve. The screw steamship Con qu eror,lol,Capt.Wilcox, was removed from her moorings at Devonport on Thursday into Keyham steam basin, preparatory to being docked. The pe.ldlewheel steam storeship Dee, Thomas C. Pullen, master commanding, was taken out of the basin at Keyham, Devonport, on Thursday, and, having embarked a detachment of marines, sailed for Portsmouth and. Woolwich. The following appointments were made yester day at the, Admiralty :—Commander C. H. Wale, to be Inspecting .Commander of the Coastguard, vice Commander Baker, whose term of service has expired ; and David T. Waugh, clerk,> to be secre tary's clerk to the Victory. : THE FRENCH PRESS LAWS. (From theMonitettr.) In some recent publications there have occurred on the subject of prosecutions of the press, certain errors which it is of consequence to set right. The magistrates have been reproached with arbi trarily violating the rules of the special procedure introduced by the law of May 26, 1819. To this reproach the answer is simple. The exceptional procedure of the law of 1819 has ceased to exist— it has been abrogated by :the organic decree of Feb.l7, 1852. Prosecutions of the press have been restored to their previous condition of matters of the common law ; they are submitted strictly to the forms:and stages of the code of criminal examina tion, Persons have also ventured to accuse the magistrates of making use of illegal precipita tion in the seizure of certain pamphlets ; this second charge rests on a confusion easy to clear up. The regime of the press is applied to three distinct orders of publications, books, journals, and political pamphlets having less than ten sheets of printed matter. For books the law of 1814 is in operation ; no new condition has been imposed on publications, and it may be safely said that the liberty of the book press has never been More complete or more undisputed than it is now. The periodical press has its special rules and its own regime ; eight years of practice haVe proved its wisdom and necessity. The political pamphlet partakes more of the natute of the journal than of that of the book ; it offers the same dangers, the same facility of diffusion without, however, being subjected to the same guarantees. Before the law of July 27, 1859, ex , hortations to civil war, outrages to religion and good morals, attacks the most audacious on the principle of property, could be spread by a hundred thousand copies, and address themselves with impunity to the passions of the multitude. The evil was irre parable when justice intervened. It is to avoid the danger, and to supply a want long felt, that the Legislative Assembly introduced into the law of July 27 a clause making it neces - - sary for the printer to lodge at the office of the public prosecutor, twenty-four hours before every publication and distribution, all writings treating of political matters or mattere of social economy having less than ten sheets of printed matter. "It has been desired," said the proposer of the law, when he was explaining the reasons for this inno vation, "it has been desired to put an end to the impotence of justice, and to prevent pamphlets being distributed and the impression exhausted be fore the magistrate can invoke the action of the law." It is, then, an exceptional guarantee which the law of 1849 has imposed on the publication of poli tical brochures. - The seizure is not submitted to any:condition of time ; it is regular as soon as it hits been ordered by the examining magistrate, but it is only definitively maintained in cases in which it is established that the offence charged in the pro secution has been constituted, completed by an act of publicity. It', on the contrary, it is shoWn that no act of (Es , tribution or of exposure for sale has preceded the seizure, there interposes a writ of withdrawal. The ,writer then regains his liberty of action, but he is anticipated, and if the work interdicted for an in stant is published, the prosecution is resumed, the matter is brought before the correctional tribunal, and justice is enabled to ensure respect for the law. Such has been for ten years, such is still at this day the regular and faithful execution of the 701 Art. of the Law of July 27, 1849. CARDINAL WlSEMAN.—lnteliigence has 'reached London that Cardinal Wiseman has arriv in safety at Rome, where he has been cordially receive e d d . by the other members of the Sacred College, and has' been favoured with an interview with his lloliness the Pope. The illness of the Cardinal, although of a serious character, is not, in the opinion of his physicians, confirmed. Still it is not at all unlikely that he. will make the Eternal City his'residence for the future ; but until such time as he may determine upon either returning to England or resigning his see his episcopal, if not his le,,ative,.duties will be administered by the.ltight nton Bev, Dr, ivri, his coadjutor, TEE FRENCH NAVY. A very interesting paper, from the pen of M. Rey baud, in the new number of the Revue des Deux Mondes, published this day, contains some details as to the manning and officering of the French navy, which are not less interesting from the fact of the apprehensions of a collision with our " powerful" ally having temporarily subsided. From this paper I find that the French navy, exclusive of midship men (aspirants), comprises 1,563 officers to wit : 33 Flag officers (admirals, vice-admirals, rear-admirals). 110 Post captains (capitaines do vaisseau). 220 CommanderS (capitaines de fr6gate). 650 Lieutenants. 550 Mates (enseignes). 1563 This list suggests to the Revue the following re- : fiections : " Our real effective strength of officers is, there fore, 1,563, against about 5,000 borne on the books of the British Admiralty. The difference is great, and the inferiority of our position obvious—but it is still more perceptible on tracing the distribution of that body of officers on board the fleet in case of a general armament. It is evident that in the case of a war it would be necessary to fit out, at the out set, all the steamers capable, first, of sustaining the enemy's fire ; secondly, of chasing as cruisers tner chantnien belonging to the nation we are at war with ; thirdly,,of carrying stores, ammunition, and troops to our colonies, or to accompany as trans ports a war fleet, with a view to an expedition or a landing • fourthly, of defending commercial harbours, or the more important military harbours unprovided with batteries and fixed defences. It would, moreover, be necessary to arm en flute the few sailing ships we have left, and which in this form might be very useful when amalgamated with a transport a piece, towing them when necessary. For frigates and large sailing corvettes, essentially fast sailers, their destination is marked out before hand; they should proceed to distant seas, where coaling is , impossible, and inflict on the enemy's commerce injuries it could not escape. Out of our 27 sailing frigates, 20 are admirably adapted for this kind of service ; and all our corvettes are also well fitted for it. The advantage of such a fleet is, the case. with which it can be fluted out. Every ship of those two classes once afloat may be consi dered as prepared for sea. The guns and stores are all ready for use in the dockyards, and our sailing cruisers might have a good offing before the enemy could despatch any steamers to intercept them. The sailing vessels below the rank of corvettes would not be included in an armament of this description. As regards the steam fleet, it would also be neces sary to wake a selection. For the paddle steamers no vessels should be taken below corvettes, though first-class despatch boats (avisos) would be useful as transports. For flotilla ships, the floating bat teries, iron-cased, and plain gunboats, very useful for the defence of the coasts and the entrance of navigable rivers, should be taken into account: The three natural divisions of a complete arma ment are, therefore, the following :—War fleet, transports, and sailing cruisers. Besides the ships required for these services, we should still have— , 1. The training ship at Brest, where midshipmen are • instructed. 2. The gunnery ship, which turns out first-rate seamen and gunners. 3. The ecole des mousses (ship-boys' school) at Brest, whence the cadres of petty and warrant officers are recruited. • 4. The flotilla stationed in the rivers of Senegal, E . which in case of a war it would be advisable to strengthen rather than diminish." : he writer, on the above data, constructs a tabular statement., showing the distribution of officers on board the fleet in case of a war, and also showing the strength of a fleet necessary for such a service oi.l • • q Pi 0•0 .7->g WAIL STEAM FLEET. 33 33 165 165 33 line-bf-battle 'ships (screw) 7 7 1 35 7 iron-plated vessels (screw) 16 16' 80 —l6 frigates (screw) 5 6 20 5 corvettes (screw) 5 5 15 5 first-class advice boats (screw) 11 33 11 second••class advice boats (screw) 9 9 27 9 - corvettes (paddle) 31 31 31 iron-plated gun-boats (screw) TRANSPORT FLEET. 9 9 27 9 sailing line-of-battle ships 29 29 87 2W screw transports 19 19 57 19 paddle ;wheel frigates SAILING CRUISERS. 20 20 100 —2O frigates 11 11 44 11' corvettes, first-class Staff of officers commanding in chief or second in command -10 15 20 Chiefs of the staff or aides-de-camp ' In the Ports. 5 8 7 20 = Direction of the port and workshops in the five great military ports 3 8 40 Divisions of crews of the fleet 5 8 15 3 7 Aides-de-camp to the maritime prefects (port admirals) 1 1 8 -- Officers of tho' school line-of-battle ship 1 1 8 6 Officers * . of th e gunnery line-of-battle ship and of the sailors' school 3 Officers of the naval school vessel '2 Governors and commandants in the colonies 103 .210 630 532 Personnel strictly necessary for the 'service during war 'llO 228 1650 550 Bresent number 7 110 20 18 ltemaining disposable This number strikes M. Reybaud as insufficient, and he advocates its increase ; but he deprecates making it equal tb our own. "The English," he says, "hare more than 100 flag officers ; we have. but 33, of which barely 20 are fit for active service. The English have 358 post captains ; we have but 110 ; r,nd other ranks in the same proportion. It would be a folly to attempt to raise our, number of officers to the level of theirs." • - What he suggests as a reasonable increase is to .provide a sufficient number of officers for war pur poses,logether with a suitably reserve. As fog' th e crews, M. Louis Reybaud sets down 69,560" as a suitable number to man efficiently the fleet sketched in the abOve table. Adding a reserve of 10,000 men—this would require a naval force of, in round numbe.4s, 80,000 men. Such a force, he says, the country could easily provide. M. Rey= baud then enters into, various interesting details as. to the training and drill of the crews, and thinks that with careful management and judicious in- . crease in the body of officers, the present comple ment of the navy would be sufficient to man and, officer efficiently o.e 150 war steamers promiqed for the year 1871. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA.—We regret to state that owing to the very sudden indisposition of. Miss Louisa .Pyno the opera Of .the " Rose of Castillo," announced for last night at the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, was brought to a' premature conclusion. Tho cause of Miss Pyne's illness was stated to be violent hysteria brought on by over exertion. It was, however, hoped she would shortly be able to resume her duties.. Much sympathy was evinced throughout the House on Mr, Harrison making the circumstance knowg , VOLUNTEER CORPS. THE INNS OF COURT. The corps of the Inns of Court continues to re ceive fresh additions to its numerical strength every day. Starting little more than a fortnight ago, with about 200 members, the number up to last night had increased to 520, and the practice proceeds with unflagging energy and spirit. The corps is divided into six companies, each of which is drilled twice a day, either in the hall or grounds of Lincoln's-inn, or in those of the Inner and Mid dle Temple, by five experienced sergeants from the Coldstream Guards, headed by Sergeant-Major Penyward. Scores of the volunteers were being exercised in, the position drill yesterday afternoon, both in the Temple-garden and the grounds of Lincoln's-inn, regardless of the frost and snow. Many more were similarly engaged in the halls. The great majority of the corps have now advanced as far as the platoon exercise, and the rest, who joined later, are rapidly passing through the preliminary stages. Mr. Bentinek, M.P. for Taunton, occupies the honourable position of an effective member of the corps. The War De partment, on short notice, furnished the requisite number of rifles with great promptitude. Shortly after Christmas the whole of the corps is to be as sembled for the purpose of electing officers. The question of the uniform is wisely deferred for the present, pending the inquiry about to be instituted on the general subject at the War-office in Pall mall, by a committee nominated by the Govern ment. THE INLAND REVENUE. Last night the members of the volunteer corps now being formed from gentlemen attached to the several departments of the Inland Revenue at Somerset-house, were drilled in the newspaper stamping-room of • the establishment, which, being large and well lighted with gas, is exceedingly commodious for the purpose and available in un favourable weather. The enrolled members amount ' now to nearly 100, and fresh accessions are being made daily: The Board of Inland. Revenue have been pleased to approve the formation of the corps, and are prepared to aid in carrying it out by afford ing eve facility consistently with a recent Treasury letter, copies of which have been circu lated throughout the department. The corps is to be established in connexion with the Civil Service Rifle Brigade, but to be governed by its own rules, and equipped, .drilled, officered, and fully organised by its own members ; and a working committee to superintend its formation has been appointed, con sisting of twelve gentlemen, chosen from the higher class of officials of •the department, and headed by Mr. Brotherton, Receiver-General. They are for tunate in having in Mr. W. Ennis, late Lieutenant of the 77th Regiment of Foot, and now of the Legacy Duty Department, a gentleman of their own body, able and willing to conduct the drill, and they have elected him their honorary adjutant. His father, Capt. Ennis, late of the 11th Hussars, and who served with honour in the Crimea, has also rendered valuable assistance during the past week in exercising the members of the corps. At present they assemble in two different companies for an hour at a time on three evenings in the week. CHATHAM. The volunteer artillery corps which has been formed at Brompton is progressing in an exceed ingly satisfactory manner, the names of 40 volun teers having been received up to the present time. As soon as a sufficient number of volunteers to form a company have been entered the members of the corps will be enrolled. Several liberal subscrip tions have been received, amounting in the whole to upwards of £lOO. The amount of subscriptions towards the rifle corps exceeds £3OO. CUMBERLAND. The volunteer movement is progressing very satisfactorily in Cumberland. In Carlisle the num ber of volunteers is 100, and there is no doubt that a great many more will come forward as soon as the committee are in a position to make some defi nite announcement as to what sum each effective will be required to contribute. At Keswick a preliminary meeting was held on Monday, Dr. Leitch in the chair, when the follow ing resolution was proposed by the Rev. T. D. H. Battersby, seconded by Mr. 1). R. Harrison, and unanimously adopted : " That the present meeting resolves to attempt the forma tion of a company of volunteers for the parish of Cresthwaite, feeling well convinced that the volunteer rifle movement is calculated to foster a truo spirit of independence and to diffuse loyal, manly, and patriotic sentiments among all classes of people ; and that, if steadily and zealously carried out, it will put an end for ever to those periodical panics and fears of invasion so injurious to commerce, so destruc tive to our friendly relations with foreign Powers, and alto gether so unworthy of a great and brave nation." A committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements, and it was recommended that the corps should be called The Skiddaw Gray Rifles," and be clad in Skiddaw gray-coloured uniform. Thirteen gentlemen expressed themselves ready to provide their own rifles, uniforms, and accoutre ments: DISS. At this town a company comprising 35 members has been formed, and drill is carried on in the Corn Exchange recently erected. HARWICH. The artillery corps in course of formation in this town and neighbourhood has at present 31 effective and 15 honorary members. Mr. E. W. Garland has presented £5O, and the members for the borough, the Hon. W. F. Campbell and Captain Jervis, £lO each in aid of the movement. It is expected that a rifle company will also be formed in the Tendring hundred. HEXHAM. A numerously attended meeting of the inhabi tants of Hexham took place on Thursday, in the Court-house, to establish a rifle corps in that town. Mr. J. M. RIDLEY, on behalf of the grand jury assembled at the recent assizes, said that that body had given the movement their unqualified and unanimous approval, They regretted that the Lord-Lieutenant had not called a public meeting of the whole country on the subject ; but, inasmuch as the population was much scattered, they thought it an excellent plan to make the towns nuclei, and the outlying districts might join them if expedient. About 80 gentlemen have already promised to join the corps, and Mr. Beaumont, M.P., has pro mised a donation. HORSFORTIL The volunteer corps movement at this and the adjoining manufacturing villages in West York shire is going on well. The sum of £290 has been subscribed towards ,the support of a rifle corps, to be called the Guisley Township Corps, and a good number have volunteered to join it. MANSFIELD. In this district a rifle corps, to be designated the " Sherwood Rifles,"• is being formed. Upwards of 50 members have enrolled themselves, and meet ings are regularly field for drill in the new Corn exchange. NOTTINGHAM. This corps is progressing in a satisfactory manner, and an enthusiastic spirit pervades throughout the battalion, which now numbers nearly 650 members: Meetings have-been -held during the week by the Newcastle, Clumber, and Clinton companies, at which the non-commissioned officers of each com piny were appointed. OXFOIMSHIRE. The arrangements made by the committee ap pointed some time. Ago at a meeting of the Lieute nancy, are now completed, and the movement is progressing very satisfactorily. , The subscription list, which is headed by the Duke of Marlborough with a donation of £lOO, amounts to upwards of £BOO, exclusive of about £l2O already promised in annual subscriptions. In the Banbury division 64 persons have volunteered; a similar number have also volunteered in the Renley division, and about 30 in the Whitney' division. In conse quence of the augmented number of volunteers in the University Rifle Corps the Secretary of War has determined to form that corps into a batta lion under the designation of the " Oxford Univer sity Rifle Volunteer Corps." The corps has been numbered as the First Division of the Rifle Volun teer force of the county of Oxford ; and its maximum establishment will consist of one major commandant, four captains, four lieutenants, four ensigns, one ad jutant, one surgeon, and 400 ram of all ranks. Mr. F. 'Symonds surgeon, of Oxford, has been appointe d by the Lord Lieutenant surgeon of the corps. The city of Oxford Volunteers number about 200 men. The uniform has been chosen, and arrange ments have been made for the use of the practice grtund on Cowley Marsh, which the University corps occupies. Two officers sent down by Govern ment have inspected the ground, and the result is reported to bo satisfactory. The swearing-in of volunteers is expected to take pl ace next week, and when they are enrolled they will be numbered as the second division of the volunteer force of the county, the University corps occupying the first rank. SKIPTON-IN-CRAVEN. The rifle corps in the course of formation for this town and district appears to be making rapid pro- gross towards completion. The number of -volun teers is now upwards of 60. TIVERTON. A public meeting, convened the INTayor (gr. G . ath), was held on Wednesday, for the purpose of forming a rifle corps. There wa s a numerous a influential nd attendance, the Mayor being in the chair' Mr. J. H. AmoRY proposed the formation of a rifle corps, and stated that he had seen Lord Pa l - merston, who expressed his pleasu re at hearing that a rifle corps was about to be formed in the town. The noble lord also promised to writ e to state the amount of his subscription and to give every assist ance in his power. (Cheers.) It might be interest ing to the meeting to know that Lo rd Palmerston was a member of the rifle corps ; he would n ot say that he was an " effective member," but, doubtless, he was as effective as he well could be. (Laughter.) Mr. J. G OOD LAND seconded the r esolution, and it was unanimously carried. comm itt e e to Other resolutions, appointing a collect subscriptions, &c., were passed. About £lOO were subscribed at the meeting, and o 0 volunteers (who would provide their oval uni form) were enrolled. UXBRIDGE. Upwards of 40 gentlemen of th is town an d the immediate vicinity have determined to form them selves into a volunteer corps, and application has been made to the Lord-Lieutenant to approve thei! enrolment. A general committee meeting wa s held on Monday last, at which it was resolved to invite subscriptions, and upwards of £lOO was subscribed the same day. It is anticiated that a second company will be formed within a short period, and that a consider able subscription will be obtained in aid of the movement. THE DUCIIESS OF PARMA AND Eff.pmeoß OF AUSTRIA. A letter dated Bologna, Dec. 11, say s :—You Vll3- not have forgotten that the few supporters of the t Duchess of Parma have undertaken to prove thaee the policy of that royal lady has always been fr from Austrian influence, and that she governed the state of her son in the interests of his su bjects. A ' great many documents found in the ducal archives have already given the most crushing denial to this , assertion of the friends of Maria Louisa of Bourbon but none are more calculated to prove that the his Regent of Parma was merely a li eu tenant o f Austrian Majesty than the two given below. In the middle of 1856 the insolence of the General Crenneville, a Frenchman by birth, lie u 'reached such a pitch that the Regent could not suffer it any longer without losing self-respect. The had who is now the adlatus of Francis Joseph h a really done things at Parma and issued ordert which would have disgraced even a condottiere 01 . the middle ages. The poor woman addressed 0 but she could not obtain the removal of the Marshal Radetzky the most pressing rernonstraneell Austria!! i n soles: , proconsul who had insulted her. She determhiee? therefore, to apply to her imperial cousin of Vienna' and she did so in the most humble manner. In be letter she hastened to acknowledge that the only. support upon which she could rely was that 9 1 Austria, and that her Ministers were all acting Fl r. accordance with the orders sent by Count Bnol his excellency's last despatch. You will see by t.h e answer of Francis Joseph how, in spite of the humble submissiveness of the Duchess's letter her haughty Austrian cousin was accustomed to treat_ the sovereign of an independent state an d mother of an orphan prince : Sire, —Having had to complain of the General Cr elli ri ville, I have addressed Marshal Radetzky, believing thai,.... ought not to intrude an affair altogether personal ilia one will 1,(.. Majesty. The marshal now writes me word that he ob s ; informed your Majesty of this affair; I therefore address you, and beg you to grant me a change in Count Crenup, ville's destination. lam certain your Majesty with my request, even should you deem my just suscorw lity carried too far. What I ask of your Imperial Majesty is to secure the independence of my Government,'whiell w ood an be compromised if I were to yield to the various dem _ gi , of Count Crennevile, of which several are contrary to u laws. You hoil I address this letter to your Majesty to repeat to i , i s so much I depend not only on your friendship, w hich one precious to me, but on your support, which is the .ee k,.. o doubtenwi Wo on which my Government may depend. l o yalty' endeavoured to make Marshal RadetzkY the answer traced out for them, and which is of the persons who possess siy confidence. I pathcan n I have your protectiond for their sincerity and fidelity to proceed in the nforniity in co . Ala. with the note that the Government of your InWerl" jesty lately transmitted to me to renew to you May your Imperial Majesty. permit me 0n of the expressi the assurance of my true attachment and my wishes for your happiness. I am your Imperial Majesty's Most affectionate Cousin, L. entirely Parma, Juno 9, 1856. The following is the Emperor's reply :---- treated of Madame, my very dear Cousin, —The incident in the letter, which your Royal Highness has been so s gn; as to write to me, has been to me the sub j ect of most ave../ regret. th vi e ith G e- With ou t being able to admit that th e conduct of neral Count Crennevillo deserves the severe judgloont liathst to w hich it has been visited, it is suffici ent for me kcti to this general has had the misfortune to be displesaita your Royal Highness, so that I cannot hesitat e to g,f ao i. an other destination. The genera l commanding the " d itil. liary troops in your states cann ot p ro p erly fulfil to f at cult task imposed upon him unless he enjoys our to confidence. That being defined, madame, and yielding _ to your wishes, as I have already done on a P re 1 - 1 1%. occasion, I shall occupy myself with the choice of the e ver, cessor to be given to Count Crenneville. I am, 1 - I°we o t to too well acquainted with your sentiments of delicacY I t l fro ot be persuaded that until that time the g e n eral will Me e s itlett your royal highness a reception in keeping. with the R° ¢d he holds. Your royal highness does me justice in "It a ll ing on my warm readiness to lend to your Governor f. It the moral and material support it may stand in ne e " ° your is with equal confidence that I depend in my turn oil your ' firm resolution to do all in your power for renderin,pgaras to my troops the mission they arc discharging i ll ' pursuant to treaties. of scar vli Setting aside the question whether the c ouncil r i s e or was not competent in the special case t hat has given to the difference, I venture to beg, madame m y Consl'l dos s. you would kindly enter on a range of more elevated I roa r Why has the state of siege been proclaimed at lar been Evidently because the action of the - civil tribunals haltior. found to be inadequate for extirpating the leproeY,rsitti tical assassinations, which has for two years been " e nul pe ing the country. Now, supposing even that the, c- 1 4 n ot tency of the council of war instituted to this end t0 4 _,,, - del have been defined with sufficient nicety tobe able to ''''; the pate in their last ramifications the horrible plots ?i n, it assassins, what remained to be done ? In my opinion, would have been necessary to devise the means o f e ite- rar y its jurisdiction rather than of curtailinc , it. In the unable to case o what will happen ? Not only I should, be roeotlelf a. ifer opposition to the retirement of such officals of n sr d are temporarily in the service of your Royal Iligbi le o s d 'ut uced as they would be to the incapacity of doing g ° fa iling under the dagger of the assassin and ' an a we shall see again, I too much fear, new victims t up in the country of a nature sooner or later to bring :1101 0 grave consequences, which would fall with their estoe weight on your Government, whilst adding at th e te nd, time to the difficulties against which we have all to con especially in Italy, and looking at the general situatio:..4. se rious r o d Such are the questions of a very great and ficance, which I intreat your Royal Highness to be so 0 as to meditate seriously upon, and with your counse'l_nact take into deliberation. Their intentions I cannot aue're;fi. from the moment that they honoured with yo ur arenatation kept dente. I embrace this oortunity for renewing to you the ass n , ante of the sentiments of most distinguished onsideo 'oof and of the sincere,friendship with wh ich I am, toadejli cousin, your Royal Highness's faithful cousin, , Er g. Laxenburg, June 20, 1856. FRANc ie '' °s to If such was the independence Austria a,ll°_lica.t -the Italian minor states, every honest anctq l t i t eir cm(' man in Europe must acknowledge that t h i c k restoration would be the greatest sc ourge " could fall upon Italy. ____—........ TteA tenor or I G AN OPERA , PA -818. celebrated • The combined attraction s ottetl season of the most popular opera offilterhsetddelibaidig:,tderf tatilhoiii season. A e n ven i i n o t g en t s h e e ie m t o e s r t es c t ro e l d s e t "Il Trovatore," drew, as might be huge 'this Saturday debut a nt, a constant Diuu!A of e ant, which was manifested by . and xpectation which prevailed during the pre n n.° all the commencing scenes of the opera uist_l.! the r.e moment of the serenade that intro 1 o. The first note of the accompaniment too orchestra was followed by a sadden hush ----a 91 ibe so profound that the fall of a p in raight s laws the heard. Then rang out from behind the wi n g s li 0 cledil°touslis :sr. t_b_o but 5t i s o f notes b of a tenor so soft, tender, mello w► ell-like in their sonorousness that the be Giuglini was at once established with the sa i fi bu to public. A hum of general approbation, tha t .!, ;dee so gratifying to an artiste, was heard from so io at every pause, and at the close of the air tile,. no and enthusiastic applause that followed l e ft c- doubt of the position of the new tenor: His e fit cess was decided and complete• The other rou t tests ,,D for the singer in this beautiful are the fa: re o Thei quella Pira," and the " i,selinitig first was given by M. Giuglini with a to r i i e j, power which has never been surpassed, if "loess in Paris, and the latter with a pathos and Ogee ,r 0 the effect of which it is difficult to describe.c__., sum up, Giuglini appeared to make the part _S h i s pletely his own, and. the warmth of the Plau_tire which followed every scene rendered his eP_ . , O „ soiree, with its constantly repeated recalls, !:`hco, cession of triumphs. The illness of Nn e ' r v oie which prevented her appearance in Leonoratio, the only drawback to the admirable represeel.who Caulbaral,, ~c, but the part was taken by Mine. undertook the task at a very short notice, sen:ro, quitted herself under the circumstances veil Wen t ditably indeed. This favourite opera never _..ei4 off with more brilliant success. Two subseci; of performances have fully confirmed the flioiglat Giuglini, who has thus at once sprung to the • of Parisian popularity.—Gag/iynani. J