The Sun. — London, England, 1859-07-08 00:00:00

IROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. tinder the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS E VENING will be presented Shakspeare's historical play of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, IF THE CAP FITS. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with a new Comedy, entitled THE CONTESTED ELECTION, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews will appear, After wbieb, )ff MOTfIER'S MAID. To conclude with THE WATER WITCHES. Commence at 7. W THEATRE - ROYAL , AD ELPHI. NSole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING will be produc edETE JUDGE BY APP EARANCES. Mr. and Mr-s. Henri Drayton. Followed by THE HOUSE ? or, TH E HOME ? Mr. A. Wigan, C, Selby, Bill in g ton ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss H. Simms. Miss Laidlaw. Followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Mr. Alfred Wigan, Mr. Billington, Miss M. Keeley. After which, THE RIF I.E VOLUNTEERS. Messrs. C. Selby and Moreland ; Misses Woolgar and K. Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence a t seven. Bo t x Office open fmlo to 5 -no charge for bookin. No fees o serva nts per ro mitted. A registry kept of all artigcles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh THIS EVENLIG, the performances will commence with T HE SPITALFIELDS' WEAVER. Mr. J. Rogers. After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Swanborough, Oliver, and Lavine. To conclude with KENILWORTH. Commence at 7 o'clock. ROYAL SURREY THEATR E—This Evening LOVE'S SACRIFICE. Mr. and Mrs. H. Vezin. After which, HUSBANDS, BEWARE. Followed by THE MASKED MOTHER. ro conclude with OUR RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. ....:---------------- AN TERBURY HALL AND F INE ARTS CGALLERY, 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 execationthese Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and b brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios even 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 mad Belgium. They will perform EVERY EVENING, at NINE and ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments. -------------------' THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, JULY 8. THERMOMETER, IN THE S HAME. 81—highest since noon yesterday. 68--lowest this morning and during the night. 77—this day at noon. BA.noMmTBR--30.28. WIND, West North Westerly ; light, with very fine weather. THE SUN. FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1859. AN ARMISTICE ! Well,—Wonders never cease, more especially in war time. For what was bright but yesterday looms as black as death for to-morrow. Yet there's a silver-lining to every cloud, and so the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH may bless his lucky stars that there's clemency in the heart of his Imperial antagonist and conqueror, even at the twelfth hour of Austria's troubled fate. Yes, the EMPEROR has stolen a march both on himself, the Austrians, and the braggart cowards of the " Fatherland" all in one coup de grace, which promises to bring about that peace which none but himself, at the head of his conquering legions, could so mercifully and so gracefully accord ! Honour be to him and the cause he has so well supported ! In the golden hour of his victory he has withheld the burning ardour of his troops from the final dash of victory, and now finds his triumph enhanced by the unex pected moderation of his power ! When will con querors learn this enviable quality of tempering victory with humanity, and so redoubling their power in the apparent moment of its weakness ? NAPOLEON has done it —and so far has displayed to Europe and the world that a man may become greater by conciliation, at the proper time, than by the ostentatious display of hundreds of thousands of warriors in all the glaring pride of their might. The Emperor of AUSTRIA must be too glad to snatch at this forlorn hope. Indeed, destruction seemed so imminent that little or no chance was left but sudden and consequently a most disastrous retreat—if retreat he could ? For looking around, what did he perceive ? In his very front and almost staring him in the face there were the pressing legions of victory burning to settle his doom ! On his right was the heroic and enter prising GARIBALDI, cutting busily off his commu nications with the passes of the Tyrol. On his left were the advancing columns of Prince NAPO LEON, eager for revenge ! while in his rear closed in the army just landed to the east of Venice. And at and in Venice were thousands of Italians, only restrained by the sense that their time was all but come for avenging the Past ! They but awaited the signal—and woe to the op pressor ! Now, in this state of accumulated and still accumulating dangers, how must, the heart of the KAISER have changed from utter dismay to grateful hope! He must feel that it is far better to make a virtue of necessity than to dare his fate. Let him frankly yield what he cannot any longer hold, and thereby save the remnant of his army, for to do them justice that army behaved like men who deserved a better cause and more competent leaders. To save life while yet in one's power is a glorious homage to humanity, but to waste the lives of thousands of brave men in a reckless and foolhardy strife, were worthy only of demons, and we do not think theyoung Emperor, FRANCIS JOSEPH, if left y to th e n atural dictates of hiA own heart, would hesitate a moment in yielding to mercy. The Emperor NAPOLEON has by this sudden stroke of policy taken the wind completely out of the sails of the Prussian Prince and the vaunting petty Princelings of the beggarly Fatherland, who so blustered to keep their courage up that they seemed in their insensate alarm to be " Scared at the noise themselves had made :" Our immaculate friends the Whigs—notorio us themselves as the greatest and most flagrant jobbers in the three kingdoms—are suddenly scan dalised, it appears, at the manner in 'which contracts with various steam-packet companies; for the con veyance of the mails beyond the limits of these islands (contracts, of course, extending over periods of years), have from time to time been formed or modified by her MAJESTY'S Government. So scandalised haVe they become all at once upon this matter, that last evening—putting their best man foremost—inotion was made and question proposed, at the instance of the right lion. gentleman Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, " That a select com mittee be appointed to inquire into the manner in which contracts extending over periods of years have from time to time been formed or modified by her MAJESTY'S Government, with various steam packet companies, for the cony eyance of the mails by sea; and likewise into any agreements or other arrangements which have been adopted at thy-' public charge, actual or prospective, for the purposes of telegraphic communications beyond sea, and to re port their opinion thereon to the house ; together with any s recommendations as to rules to be observed hereafter by the Government in making contracts for services which have not yet been sanctioned by Parliament, or which extend over a series of yea rs.° The proposition, as will be seen on reference to our -------- Parliamentary report, was quietly agreed to after a little discussion, and the select committee ap pointed accordingly. Now, the meaning of all this was from the first instant sufficiently apparent from the very wording of this proposition, and from the significant time c hosen for its introduction. But, as if the imputation designed to be thus cast spitefully at their immediate predecessors by those extremely severe and straightlaced economists of the public moneys, her MAJESTY'S present ad visers, the right hon. gentleman who introduced the motion to the House of Commons, yesterday, in his official capacity, was as plainly and coarsely outspoken as he could possibly be under the cir cumstances. The bearing of the whole movement, then, to put the matter at once in plain English, was simply this—that a direct charge was thus insinuated against the late Ministry, for inasmuch as at its instance divers new contracts had been entered into, or proposed to be entered into, for the more rapid and regular trans mission of the mails, hither and thither, be tween the mother country and the more remarkable and important of her remote and scattered possessions. There was the con tract, for example, recently concluded with a steam packet company for a new American mail —along a new Atlantic route, b e t w een Galway and our North American territories. Mr. GLADSTONE finds himself upon a sudden stricken with dismay at this novel contract, involving an annual outlay (commencing with this next year of our Lord 1860) of £75,00 0 ! It is so bold a measure, one so new and so costly, so entirely running out of the old groove of routine, one snapping asunder so very abruptly the accustomed trammels of red-tape—that Mr. GLADSTONE having, among other trifling respon sibilities, to see to the payment of these untimely £75,000 sterling—becomes alarmed, thinks it is time for the House of Commois to in terfere, insists that the continuance of this audacious policy is calculated, undoubtedly, to create, all over the world, where there are British establishments, British interests, or British settlements, a sanguine and confident expectation that the purse of the British public would be avail able to supply a regular and expensive postal com- munication. All this is designed to be expressive of virtuous indignation, on the part of the Whig-Peelite-Radi cal-Palmerstonian Government, against the sus picious character, and profligate liberality of those mail contracts recently entered into by the DERBY Administration. There is an old saying about the folly of people throwing stones when they live in glass houses themselves. It is really nothing short of an outrage to the common sense of the public to hear these men, among our administrators, declaiming against the suspicious character of the mail contracts entered into without previously con sulting Parliament, and upon the consequent liability of the national exchequer to the drain of something very like a profligate expendi ture ! As if people had altogether forgotten that outrageous mail contract with Australia which was bungled into during the former P ALMERSTON lAN Government, the mail contract which resulted only in a series of failures and a glaring waste of the public money—that Australian mail contract, the cancelling of which by a stroke of the pen was a mong the best of the many good services per formed during the twelvemonth of his colonial administration by the right hon. baronet the mem ber for Hertfordshire. It ill becomes the Whigs and Peelite members of the present Coalition to be casting these slurs of imputation upon the late Ministry, in the matter of mail contracts of all things in the wide world ! It scarcely needed Mr. DISRAELI'S confident remark last evening, that "with respect to the Cunard line, as well as with respect to the Galway line, we have been influenced by no other consideration but what we thought would be for. the public advantage"—followed, at the close of his observations, with the yet more explicit, and if possible yet more confident, assur ance—" I am perfectly prepared to vindicate our conduct in this matter whenever an opportunity may be given to us to do so, and I look with the utmost confidence to the opinion of the house in respect to what we have done." The interested outcry of those who are, for sufficiently obvious reasons, enamoured of the mercantile interests of Liverpool, will have, should have no weight with the eventual decision upon such matters of our legislators and administrators, of the Parliament and of the Government. For o urselves we love not the mercantile interests of Liverpool less—but the Imperial interests of the United Kingdom more. As for the merchants of Liverpool, were they not formerly dead against the first proposition of Holyhead—and afterwards dead against the first notion of Birkenhead ? Let them as vainly strive now to gratify their selfish jealousy of the development of the new designs of our engineers and navigators in regard to the Galway line of packet service between the mother country and her North American dominions ! Common sense, the public interest, economy of time, economy of money —all are in favour of Galway and against the envy of Liverpool. Notwithstanding the £75,000 per annum, the new scheme is too allur ing to be set aside now very easily—even out of purely economic considerations. It rests upon the broad and solid basis of Truth—about which we know, all of us long since—inagna est et prerdebit. Cannot Mr. FITZROY do something betimes cal culated to diminish the increasing labours of the Registrar General. Here is this deadly annual fer mentation going on in the great open sewer of the Thames in the midst of a population of from [ 2,000,000 to 3,000, 000, und er the broiling sun of midsummer. There are daily increasing probabili ties of the sudden outbroak of a pestilence. There is creeping over London the shadow of that possibly coming event the Cholera ! There may be before this session is well over re turns of those placed thus by chemical or ele mental causes hors de combat, returns as appalling as those caused by Minie bullets and cannon of precision upon the foughten fields of Magenta and Solferino. The douse of Commons requires the report of no new Committee of Inquiry as a neces sary preliminary to the work of legislation. It has only to keep its windows fully and fairly open to be thoroughly convinced any time in the twenty-four hours. The course to be taken by Parliament under the circumstances is plain enough in all con science. It has only to follow its nose—that will at once and infallibly guide it in the right direc tion. The newly installed Minister of Public Works admirably efficient in his former capacity as Under Secretary for the Home Department—may forthwith, if he pleases, demonstrate to the full the wisdom of his official advancement. Let Mr. FITZROY but purify the Thames with the same boldness, and prompti tude, and decision with which he reorganized the cab system of the metropolis, and he will a t once Win a new andnobl er civic crown to himself—add ing another and refreshing title to his administrative position as her MAJESTY'S First Commissioner of _Rivers, Parks, and Palaces ! In return for this purification, under his CEdileship of the broad current of the Thames, we would gladly vote the right hon. gentleman a sic sedebat statue in Tra falgar-square, as a companion to that of good Dr. JENNER —by right of the title Mr. FITZROY might thus surely gain for himself as foremost among the best of our popular benefactors and national philanthropists. LATE s BETWEEN We have a few words to say to our Bishops, and to all who interest themselves in Bishops' business in the House of Commons. In the days of good old JOSEPH HUME, that indomitable exposer of abuses got hold of one in which all the religious people ought to have backed him heartily. He attacked a monopoly—a monopoly of what would the reader imagine ? Why, a monopoly of nothing less than the printing of the Bible. Up to that time the abuse had gone on nearly unquestionedl; but some printers—Mr. CHILDS, of Bungay, we remember, was prominent in the exposure--showed that the Bible, like all other protected manufac tures, was enormously enhanced in price to the public by the profits of monopoly. The result of Mr. HUME'S committee of inquiry in 1830-31 established the conclusion that protection doubled, if it did not quadruple, the price of Bibles ; and the consequence of agitation ' was, that the Scotch patent, which was to expire in 1840, was not renewed, and that the English patentee lowered his price to about what it would be on Free-trade principles. As the English patent was to expire in January, 1861, and the price was so much reduced, although the legality of the patent itself is more than ques tionable, there was a lull in the agitation, and the public seemed disposed to let it ran its course. It has run it ; and it must certainly never commence a renewed one. Printing the Bible is as open to all the trade in Scotland as the printing of SHAKE SPEAItE, and it must be made so here. There is no reason why English printers should be de prived of any legitimate branch of their trade more than Scotch printers. We, who have so much to do with the printing-press, may be allowed to feel a little sympathy with all who use it, and to demand for them their full rights. On Monday, as our readers may have observed, a brother editor, Mr. BAINES, of Leeds, is to put a question to the Home Secretary on the subject. We shall, there fore, soon know whether after the 21st of January next the Government purposes to renew the patent, or to place any restriction whatever on the free printing of the Scriptures. We can hardly sup pose that a Free-trade Government can venture to do so. The patentees have had their unfair, if not illegal privilege long enough in all conscience ; the pretext of superior accuracy will not do in these days, when good as well as cheap workmanship is secured by unrestricted competition, and we may hope, therefore, that Sir G. C. LEWIS' answer will save all further trouble. We remember one remarkable incident in the former agitation. There is a religious society called the Bible Society. Its object was to buy Bibles dear and sell them cheap ! lacir this purpose it collected subscriptions all over the land, and num bers of well paid secretaries and agents scoured the country, travelling post, or by mail, or, latterly, " first class," in search of guineas. Thus were the society enabled to sell to the trade and to sub scribers at less than cost price ! The Bible is now printed, in consequence of this agitation, at a lower price than the society used to sell it for, even by help of subscriptions ! The subscriptions might as well have been thrown into the sea. Yet this religi ous society supported the monopoly ! And that al though to abolish the monopoly would have saved all need of subscriptions, and hav e furnished the Bible cheaper than it could have been afforded by sweeping the country for guineas. How men, professing zeal for religion and the Bible, could sacrifice their ob ject to a kind of Tory sympathy with monopolies, we could not comprehend at the time, nor can we now. While petitions were coming up from all quarters against the monopoly, we believe the society itself—the society which should have been the faithful steward of the guineas it gathered — the society for cheapening and circulating the Bible—was silent. What, then, are we to infer of the spirit which animates what are termed reli gious societies ? We have not heard that this so ciety, even now, although the largest purchaser of Bibles in the world, and that, too, with other per sons' money —we have not heard that it has taken the lead against Bible monopoly ! We shall be curious to note, on Monday, whether Mr. BAINES has been prompted by the Earl-street gentlemen. We suspect not. We rather suppose, from a pam phlet we have just received, that it is quite another society -which has moved in the matter—that for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and control. THE RED CROSOF THE S OF E.V BRAVE. GLAN,-THE FLAG D Old England ! thy name shall yet warrant thy fame, If the brow of the foeman should scowl ; Let the lion be stirred by too daring a word, And beware of his echoing growl. We have still the same breed of the man and the steed That wore nobly our Waterloo wreath ; We have more of theblood that formed Inkermann's flood, When it poured in t b he whirlpool of Death ; And the feeman will find neither coward nor slave 'Neath the Red Cross of England—the Flag of the Brave. • We have jackets of blue, still as dauntless and true As the tars that our Nelson led on ; Give them room on the main, and they'll show us again How the Nile and Trafalgar were won. Let a ball show its teeth, let a blade leave its sheath, To defy the proud strength of our might, We have iron-mouthed guns, we have steel-hearted sons, That will prove how the Britons can iight. Our ships and our sailors are kings of the wave, 'Heath the fled Cross of England—the Flag of the Brave. _ _ . Though a tear might arise in our women's bright eyes, And a sob choke the fearful " Good bye," Yet those women would send lover, brother, or friend , To the war-field , t o conquer or Let the challenge be flung from the bragg,art's bold tongue, And that challenge will fiercely be met ; And our banner unfurled shall proclaim to the world That " there's life in the old dog yet." Hurrah ! for our men on the land or the wave, 'Heath the Red Cross of England—the Flag of the (rave! ELIZAOOK, THE" SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, W S. SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES FIANCE AND AUSTRIA. PARIS, TliunsAY, 9.45 P.X. An Extraordinary Edition of the Moniteur con tains the following : L'ENIPEREUR A L'IMPERATRICE. VALLEGGIO, 7 JUILLET. Une suspension d'armes est convenue entre I'Em pereur d'Autriche et moi. Des Commissaires vont etre nommes pour en arreter la duree et les clauses. The following telegrams have been received a Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, JULY 7, 9.50 P.m. OFFICIAL DESPATCH. THE EMPEROR TO THE EMPRESS. An armistice has been concluded between the Emperor of Austria and myself. *My commissioners have been appointed to agree upon the last clauses.t * The word " des" in the original has evidently been mistaken by the translator for " mes." t This does not accurately convey the meaning of the French " la dur6e et les clauses." PARIS, FRIDAY, JULY 8. FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, JULY 7 FIUME, JULY 6 BERNE, JULY FIUITE, JULY The Moniteur of this morning, after having given the official despatch sent yesterday by the Emperor to the Empress, adds : "It is necessary that the public should not misunderstand the extent of the armistice ; it is limited merely to a relaxation of hostilities between the belligerent armies, which, though lea7ing the field open for negotiations, does not enable us for the present to foresee how the war may be ter minated." In to-day's sitting of the Federal Diet, Austria proposed that the whole federal contingent should be mobilised, and that the Prince Regent of Prussia should be requested to assume the command-in chief of it. Two French war steamers have been reconnoitr ing off this place. 1,000 French soldiers have occupied Cherso. The occupation of Fiume by Austrian troops continues. Advices have been received from Samaden to the 6th instant. All the Austrian troops have left Windschau, and are now concentrated on the Stelvio Pass, where a conflict is expected to-day. Yesterday evening the French frigate Julie and a war steamer appeared off the port. Upon one of the vessels discharging a gun, the Mayor and four Consuls went on board. The commander explained that he had received orders to reconnoitre Fiume, Buccari, and Porto-Re, and asked whether Aus trian war steamers were in the port, and also con cerning the strength of the garrison. He further gave his word that nothing was intended against the population, and that the garrison, authorities, and archives might be withdrawn. This morning the vessels have left, and everything has returned to its former state. TRIESTE, JULY The Archdukal Yacht Fantasie, after having successfully broken through the blockade, has ar rived here from Venice. The French squadron before Lussin numbered on the 3d instant 16 vessels, of which three were liners. The inhabitants of Fiume were yesterday even ing alarmed by the appearance of hostile vessels off the town. The sailing of fishing boats and the nightly traffic between Venice and Chioggia has been strictly forbidden. RAILWAYS. Mincio opposite this place. The river is there very rapid, about 160 feet wide, and its banks are steep. Although cannon placed at Valeggio could have commanded the passage, not a musket shot was fired. But the general took all possible pre , cautions against a surprise ; he made two squadrons of light dragoons swim across at a covered point, each dragoon with a rifleman behind him. On landing, the riflemen deployed as skirmishers, minutely examined the ground and took possession of the heights. Some inhabitants who were ques tioned having declared that the enemy had retired, a bridge was thrown over the river, and two hours after we entered the town. The place was com pletely pillaged ; we could not even find a glass of wine for the general, the enemy, before leaving, having turned the cocks of all the casks in the cellars, and let the wine run off. Last evening, four soldiers without arms having gone to a neighbouring farm for water, found ten Austrian soldiers armed, who had just arrived on a similar errand. One would have thought that the French would have retired; but no—with true French boldness they ordered the ten Austrians to surrender. Six of them ran away, and the four others gave up their muskets, consti tuting themselves prisoners. The French then made the Austrians fill the vessels with water, and carry them to the camp." The .Nord publishes a despatch from Vienna, of the sth, stating that two of the Generals commanding corps d 'armee in the Austrian service, Count Clam-Gallas and the Prince Edward of Lichtenstein, have resigned, and that General Zedwitz has also withdrawn from the service. Another despatch from Trieste, of the same date, announces the institution of a council of prizes at Zara, and a council of appeal at Trieste also that General Cl am -Gallas had arrived in the latter place from Verona. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the sth, publishes lists of Sardinian officers killed or wounded since the commencement of the war ; whence it appears that 2 colonels, 2 lieutenant-colonels, 3 majors, 17 captains, 21 lieutenants, and 17 sub-lieutenants were killed ; and that 2 major-generals, 4 colonels, 1 lieutenant-colon e 1,12 majors, 59 captains, 58 lieute nants, and 74 sub-lieutenants were wounded up to be 24th ult. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY PARIS BOURSE, July 7.—A report of a fall of 3 per cent. at Berlin produced a slight depression at the opening of the market, but prices rallied after the first few operations. Threes have been done at from 63f. 75c. to 63f. 85c.; Mobilier from 675 f. to 680 f.; Orleans, 1,255 f. to 1,260 f..; Lyons, 837 f. 50c. to 840 f.; Eastern, 610 f. to 612 f. 50c. ; Nor• there, 910 f. to 915 f. The following were the tuotations :- 41A- per Cents. .... 95 Credit Fonder.... 625 Do. end month .. — 1 Belgian 4i ....... 3 per Cents. 64 Piedmontese (5): . 84 Do. end month.— . 64 Roman .......... Bank Shares 2720 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 682 50 S p anish Threes Do. Account 685 Home Debt 39 Cash. Account. Orl - Nort eans hern . 9lO .. 9 1 0 New ditto 795 .. 795 Lyons and Mediterranean B4O .. 840 Geneva — .. 495 South ern Western Eastern S ardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, parr, 25f. 10c. ; money, 1 25f 21c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 90c.; money, 24f. 90c. THE FR. OLAND, Yesterday the annual meeting of the members of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland was held at the offices, Sussex-chambers, Duke street, St. James's, the Marquis Townshend, the pre. sident, in the chair, supported by the Earl of Ilchester, the Earl of Harrington, Lord Kinnaird, Viscount Raynham M.P. General Count Zamoy ski, Col. Pinney, Mr.i R. Monckton Milnes, M.P., Mr. J. Abel Smith, &c. Mr. W. LLOYD BIRKBECK read the report, which stated that during the past year the receipts had been exceeded by the expenditure by above £3O. It stated that as the legacy of the late Lord Dudley Stuart was all paid, some means must be taken to obtain fresh funds to enable them to continue their assistance to the poor Poles. The number of Polish refugees in London was 724, being a decrease of 36 as compared with the previous year. The report then mentioned the attempts of the Prussian officials in power to entrap the Poles by sending to them letters recommending insurrection. On the part of Poland subject to Aussie, the hopes enter tained of Alexander 11. are far frOm realised ; reli gious persecution exists, newspapers are suppressed, and the formation of temperance societies is for bidden, while the great measure of emancipating the serfs, which originated in the petition of the Polish nobles of Lithuania, makes very slow pro gress. There is reason to believe that during the last two or three years the efforts of Russian dip lomacy have been incessantly directed towards dis solving the Anglo-French alliance. After pointing out the danmer. to Germany from the Russia n position in Aland, mentioning Austrian atrocities in Galicia, and the flagrant breach, by the annexa tion of Cracow, of the Treaty of Vienna, of which the present Prime Minister observed—" If the treaty is to be respected on the Po and the Rhine, it must be respected also on the Vistula and the Danube. It concluded by stating that the dream of those politicians who believed that peace could be preserved, how ever grossly justice might be outraged, has been rudely interrupted. They may close their ears to the just complaint of Poland, they may shut their eyes to the clear evidence of her national existence, they may misrepresent her history, and even re joice over her destruction or subjugation, as tend- In to general tranquillity ; they said the same thing and expressed nearly the same sentiments respecting Italy; but , in spite of their most posi tive assertions, a day of reckSning had arrived for Italy. It is not by continually crying peace when there is no peace that her blessings can be pre. served. A nation wounded in its interest and its honour holds out a standing invitation to invasion, and it is vain to charge solely on designs or revolu tionary tendencies the sure results of outraged jus tice and violated treaties. Let, at any rate, the larger measure of censure be reserved for those who render wars possible, and even necessary, by them selves treating with contempt every authority ex cepting that of the sword. The Earl of HARRINGTON, in moving the adop tion of the report, said he was proud to meet them on the present occasion, as their object was to sym pathise and assist an oppressed and virtuous race. He addressed them as Conservatives, as loyal men, as patriots, as men who stood up in the defence of their country and their nationalities. (Hear, hear.) They were charged with being revolutionists, but in his opinion the revolutionists were those tyrant sovereigns who deprived Poland of her liberties, and who destroyed the Constitution of the brave and the loyal Hungarians. (Cheers.) They were the men who, properly speaking, should be called revolutionists. When the present Emperor came to his throne it was supposed that he was disposed to render justice to his subjects generally and to the Poles in particular ; and in consequence of that profession it was deemed advisable that this asso ciation should not meddle much with political mat ters. They must never despair, for he felt that the spirit of the brave Poles themselves and the feeling of the country in their favour was such as to warrant them in continuing the most active exertions. As a proof of the desirability of that he referred them to the fact of the present Emperor of Russia being induced, as far as was in his power, to do away with serfdom in that country. He then referred to the conduct of Prince Metternich with regard to Cracow and Galicia, which, he said, caused the farmers of the former place to rise against their landlords. In a despatch dated A p ril 2, 1848, it was stated that M. Figuelmont, the Austrian Minis ter for Foreign Affairs under Prince Metternich, said, in a conversation with Lord Ponsonby, our then Ambassador, " Austria will .be able at any time to raise the peasants against the landlords, and can easily compass the ruin and destruc tion of the discontented." He would ask if that was not sanctioning and encouraging murder. The result was that the landlords were murdered in the mutinous feeling aroused. Prince Metternich took advantage of that state of things, and incorporated Cracow with the Austrian empire. He again told them they must not despair, for one day Italy would be in a state of utter slavery, and the next—owing to the King of Sardinia and Count Cavour—would be rioting in liberty. (Applause.) In early life he was personally intimate with Prince Metternich. As a private man he was agreeable, sociable, hos pitable, but as a diplomatist—although considered to be one of the greatest —he was one of the meanest of mankind; he was no statesman, but a shallow minded man; and instead of being the enemy of revolution, he was for ever sowing the seeds of re volution. The consequence was, that was now going on in Italy was the result of the acts of his arbitrary and despotic Government. He had just been reading a blue-book, which was alike honour able to Lord Derby and his Government. (Cheers.) At the end of it Lord Malmesbury sums up the whole case, and assigns the cause of the war to the Sardinians. At first it appeared to be correct, but when he came to reflect he thought of Prince Met ternich, His opinion was, that the Italians would have been a dastardly set had they not acted as they had done. He said, in the old cant phrase, " Italy for the Italians," but, in addition to that, the strength of Germany must be kept up. He was not for universal suffrage nor for the law of the bayonet, but he was for a constitution like the English, than w hich none could be better. If they had a republic , let it be a Washin g ton re public, without slavery, with filibustering, and without lynch-law. He was for national liberty, and not the liberty of the sword. (Applause.) Lord KINNAIRD, in seconding the motion, said that for some time past he had looked upon the cause of the Poles as hopeless ; and, looking at the complicated state of affairs on the continent, he was afraid that they would never live to see the nationality of the Poles restored. But he be lieved that there were good grounds for very great hopes. He felt that if the cause of civil and religious liberty were spread it must extend to other countries, and then Poland would rise to its place among the other nations. He be lieved the Emperor of the French was sincere in respect to obtaining the liberties of the Italian people. (Hear, hear.) He regretted that any remarks had been made upon the Emperor Napoleon, as he believed nothing but taunts and reproaches would alter him from being the firm ally of England. He believed it was his wish and that of the French people to maintain the best possible relations with this country. (Hear, hear.) The motion was then agreed unanimously. The Earl of ILCHESTER proposed the next resolution : " That the present time seems favourable for recalling the question of Polaad to the attention of Europe, inasmuch as the altered policy. of Russia towards Austria, her adop tion of the project of the Polish nobility for the manumis sion of serfs, and the national conflict now going on in Italy, are circumstances of more than usual significance to the development of the prospects of the Polish nation ; and that these circumstances, 'far from estranging men's minds from the immediate consideration of the actual condition and probable eventualities 'of Poland, do, on the contrary, tender it incumbent on all well-wishers to her cause,. and especially on the Poles themselves, to maintain a position of prudence and watchfulnOss for the present, and of hope ful preparation for the futuie." Mr. MILNES, M.P., in seconding, expressed an opinicn that the present was a most favourable time for the cause cf Poland, if any time could be more favourable than another. He felt that the present time was favourabl ial e to i Poland, in consequenc e of the mysteriously providentnterference of this war in Italy. It was most important that the people should retain the system of nationalities, and if they had them not they should obtain them as soon as possible. In the early part' of his life he resided in Lom bardy, and there saw e verything going on right, but it was ever present to the mind that he was not in a free country, that it was a military Government carried on by an unccn genial race. One of two things must result from this war. Poland must revert to national independence, or by her spirit of n ationality, and by her talents and intelligence, she might become the conqueror of Russia. He felt that one of these things must occur, if he was not mistaken in the spirit and character of the Poles: (Hear, hear.) This resolution was also lowed to. M. J. ABEL SMITH next !proposed the re-election of Marquis Townshend as president, and in doing so ex.pressed a fervent wish that their efforts might soon be crowned with success. General Count ZAMOYSKI seconded, and said that on behalf of the Poles he ventured to give themeciation the assurance that they (the Poles) were sang.of in He complained of France and England being engaged war with Russia without taking P o land on with them. He did not charge the Governments of France and Eng land with doing this wilfully, but it was from a want of intelligence. • concurr ed with the gal- The Earl of ILCHESTER en tirel y lant Count that the omission was t h e result of the want of intelligence. the office of president for pothera year. The motion having been carried, the noble chairman ac ceptedTOVN,isaCnorotthßerA.s meeting, a p n r d . IVeo following g resolution was c arried " That the following noblemen, viz., his Grace the Duke viarsha_l, his Grace the Duke of Suther h n the Earl of Harrowby, YNiI addressedAM t . h e A. land, o K rfo .G lk .: E th a e rl Hon. K.G., the Right Hon.' 9le gton r , the Right Hon. the Earl of lichee the Right Hon the Earl of Ilattlionn ter, the Right ,; the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the Right z.etlan . d, be elected vice-presidents of the for the ensuing year : And that the following and g entlemen, viz., the Right Hon. the Earl noblemenYarboroug h the Right Hon. Viscount Raynham, M.P. the Right lion. Lord Kinnaird, K.T., the Right Hon. Lord a ll s o so n c . ia th ti e on D3ury, the Hon. Mewatstuart Elphinstone, Colonel Wilson m y. Butt , Colonel Pinkey, M.P. , R ichard Monokton Milnes E s q., M.P., Scholefield, 2gq., 14,1%, Imo , Esq., M.P., John Ayshford Wise, Esq., M.P., A. W. King lake, Esq., M.P., Colonel Salwey, T. Abel Smith, Esq., B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., Edward Romilly, Esq., Joseph Ferguson, Esq., Edmond Beales, Esq., Edward Johnstone, Esq., Thomas Phinn, Esq., and W. Adams Smith, Esq., be elected members of the council for the ensuing year: And that William Lloyd Birkbeck, Egg., be re-elected honorary secretary." A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. .: ~.... :/,-i . . . , '-'..,..:'' -'T. ~-cLui•mAi' k ." ~ ,0 ! , ,,,c. • ...' ~ -..,-- -r. .. -- '°-' ... .0,.... ,. .- ' i lt- - • ' . ;ow,. -13 E orr, , - li iii ,„;, s 41:1( jillb o , ''.d.. , ;- .. " J . . , ,),, :x. r.—• A . ',.,,p-,.-- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING—THURSDAY. Match. Last mile and a quarter of R.C. 100, 25 ft. Mr. Payne's Rechab, 3 yrs, 7st 51b Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Dove, 3 yrs, Bst 71b .... .... Handicap Plate of 50 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. B.M. (7 fur. 196 yds.) Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Knuckle Duster, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Gun) 1 Lord Clifden's Fadladeen, 4 yrs, 9st (A. Day) 2 Mr. Harvey's Hebe, 4 yrs, Bst The following also ran —The Poacher, Gunilda, Beatrice, La Fasseuse, Catharine, Syracuse, and Mathematics. Betting-5 to 2 agst Fadladeen, 6to 1 agst Knuckle Duster, 100 to 15 each agst Beatrice and Syracuse. Won by a length and a half; same distance between the second and third. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for all ages (two-yr-olds excepted). To start at the Starting-post of 8.M., and run to the end of New T.Y.C. (3 subs.) Colonel Tevis's King of the Gipsies, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Wells) 1 Mr. Allison's Layton, 3 yrs, B st (Fordham) 2 Even betting. Won by half a length. Match. B.M. 100, half forfeit. _ _ Duke of Bedford's Killigrew, Bst 71b (Rogers) 1 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Starke, Bst 41b (Fordham) 2 Betting- 5 to 2on Killigrew, who won by half a length. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each ; for 2-yr-olds, Est 101 b ; three, Bst 121 b ; four, 9st 81b ; five and upwards, 9st 101 b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs ; if for 100 sovs, allowed 71b. New T.Y.C. (6 subs.) Count Batthyany's Olympus, 6 yrs, 9st 101 b (£200) (Wells) 1 Mr. Allison's Layton, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (£200).. (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. G. Fleming's Cloak filly, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (£2O) (Bray) 3 Fontarabia and Target also ran. Betting-5 to 4on Olympus, sto 1 agst Fontarabia. Won by four lengths, a neck between the second and third. The Chesterfield Stakes of 20 BOYS each, 20 ft ; for 2-yr. old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the winner of. the July Stakes to carry 91b, the second horse 41b extra. Last half of B.M. (41 subs.) Mr. R. M. Jacques's High Treason, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Merry's Trovatore, Bst 71b (Plumb) 2 Duke of Beaufort's Blue Ruin, Bst 71b (A. Day) 3 The following also ran : Bivouac, Seclusion, Digby Grand, and Madame Eglentine. Betting-5 to 4 agst Madame Eglentine, sto 2 agst Tro vatore, 10 to 1 agst High Treason, 12 to 1 agst any other offered. After some delay ; caused by the fractiousness of Madame Eglentine and the breaking away of High Trea son, Mr. Hibburd dropped his flag. The favourite, who was led to the post by her trainer, at the same moment jumped round and was left behind ; High Treason made play with Trovatore, and Blue Ruin well laid up with him, Seclusion being on the whip hand side. On rising the . hill . the race was left to the first two, High Treason winning cleverly by half a length ; bad third. The Midsummer Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; allowances and penalties ; the second to save his stake. B.M. (6 subs.) Baron Rothschild's North Lincoln, B st 81 b (Osborne) 1 Mr. Payne's Rechab , B st 31 b (Flatman) C ou nt Batthyany's The Coxcomb, B st 21 b (Wells) 3 Betting-6 to lon North Lincoln, who won by a length and a half ; a head between the second and third. Plate of 50 sovs ; for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Last half of B.M. Mr. H. Lowther's Brine, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (£80) • . (Daley) 1 Mr. Hughes's Chantress, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b 1 (8.40) (G.Fordham) 5 Mr. G.Fleming's Peggotty's dam filly, 2yrs, sst 111 b (£80) „ (W. Bradley) 0 The following also ran :—Ma.ry filly, Ivor, Venus op Balloon, Dame Alice's dam filly, Syracuse, and Dapple. Betting-5 to 4 agst Chantress, sto 2 agst Brine, 7to 1 agst any other. Won by a head, bad third. Match, £5O. Last half of New T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Orlanda, by Orlando, Bst 121 b . (S. Rogers) ‘; Mr. F. Robinson's Apollo, Bst 51b (A. Day) .° Betting-5 to 2on Orlanda, who won by a length. 100 Sovs SWEEPSTAKES.--Wednesday.--This dispute ( ' race was given to Qui Vive. WORCESTER SUMMER RACES--THunsDA.T. The Trial Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 30 added; Certain winners extra. One mile and a quarter. Ow subs.) Mr. Mellish's Fairplay, by Hernandez, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Covey) . Mr. Barber's Abron, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (L. Snowdon) Mr. J. W. Thorpe's Jack Spring, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (inc. 3 51b extra) (car. 7st 121 b) Mr. W. Saunder's Emblem, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Spencer) The betting opened at even and 5 to 4 on Jack Spring , and closed at 10 to 1 agst him, and even on Abron. Nir°ll cleverly by a neck ; Jack Spring, who dropped back soli after starting, was a bad third. Emblem, who ran out tile last turn, brought up the rear. The Annual Produce Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 5° added, for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. lowances and penalties. The second to receive 20 Bo's' T.Y.C. (23 subs.) Mr. W. S. Halford's Pescatore, by Peppermint, Bs t (E. Festal 5 Mr. B. Land's Pipo, Bst Mr. J. Dawson's Capucine colt, B st 21 b ,(Frenc l l) Mr. J. Gulliver's Break of Day Boy, Bst (K e eler) Betting-5 to 4 agst the Capucine colt, s to 2 agst 14; catore. Won by two lengths ; a length between t 'll a second and third ; two lengths between the. third 013 fourth. The Worcestershire Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, , 5 - Id 3 only if declared, &c. The second to save 11° ft, an only it aeciareu, stake. Winners extra. One mile and three furlong' 64 subs, 33 of whom paid. Mr. B. Land's Ascot, by Pyrrhus the First, 3 yrs, sst 101 h (Dickenson Mr. Evans's Misty Morn, 4 yrs, Est 6 1 b (inc. 51b extra/ (French), Mr. Proutt's Paul, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (inc. 51 b (Chancing) The following also ran .—Ambush, Bourgeais, FairP l4 ' Orchehill, Grillade, Thornhill, Knockburn, Cynthia, Vo ril? derer, Sheffield, Daniel, and Statesman. Parsons weighed for Linda, 3 yrs, sst 61b, and shell backed at 10 to 1. On proceeding to the post,' however' of was discovered that the mare was lame, and she did start. 1 Betting-5 to 2 agst Paul, 4 to 1 agst Orchehill, 8.„ agst Ambush, 9to 1 agst Bourgeois, 10 to 1 agst derer, 100 to 8 agst Misty Morn and Thornhill, 15 to a agst Ascot. Won by a neck, .a head between the seel, and third, same distance between the third and fotity::, Daniel was fifth, half a length from the fourth, and e l ° '. up with Daniel came Th ornhill, Knockburn, and Or lee hill, all t og ether. Grillade and Bourgeois headed 114 next lot. Sheffield was last. Statesman ran out at w last turn, and, getting into the ditch, unseated Grimshe/1f who was much injured. The Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added, for 3. 114 olds and upwards. One mile and a quarter. 3 subs. Mr. H. Taylor's Astronomer, 3 yrs (I 30), Est 11 11 ° (Harrington?) Mr. T. Stevens's Tapioca, 3 y rs (£3O), Est 111 (Stevens)) Mr. R. Drury's Speculation, 3 yrs (La)), Est 111 b (Moorhouse) byßaetuteinckg-6; bad third. t4hiornd. T T ati e oc w a inn (v e e r ry wa li s tt s le old be fo tt r in 3 g 6 .) gui : , • er i t Handicap Plate of 5 sovs. Three-quarters of a mile. L or d Coventry's Polly Johnson, by Malcolm, 4 yrs,_ 86! (L. Snowden) $ Mr s . Cliff's Lansquenet, 3 yrs, sst 91b (W. B o ttore) s Mr. Dix's Lady Bird, 2 yrs, s st (Parsone tor The following also ran :—Grillade, Boundaway, 3 11 °_, A . L Somerville, Mushroom, Bridget Maguire, Lustre, Norw— , and Whimsical. Won by a length. of added to a Sweepstakes The Stand Plate of 30 sovs., soya. One mile. 1 Mr. J. Lowe s Wild Rose, 3 yrs (Snowden) S Mr. T. Stevens's Ardour, 3 yrs (Keenel 5 Lord Coventry's N arcissus, 2 y rs (BottoIn ei , The following al so ran :—Gentle Kitty colt, Black P 4 Lady Day, and Stanley. n tO Betting- 6 to 4on Wild R o se, 4to 1 bar one, and lv ;o5 '1 agst Ariour. Won in a canter ; three lengths separat. the second and third, and six lengths the third and four t _ i ii. The City Plate (handicap) of 50 soya. One mile Ow 11 quarter. Mr. Sadler's Whimsical, 3 yrs, sst 131 b Fadler) 5 Mr. Melverley's Toddy, aged, 7st 71b Mr. La Mert's Queen of the South, 6 yrs, Bst 71b ( lemen t 4 Mr. Powell' a The Martlet, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b ( Snow $ Mr. Soul's Jack-in-the-Box, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Arding/40 Betting-7 to 4 agst Queen of the South, 3to 1 each %, Toddy and Martlet, and 4to 1 agst Whimsical. W 7 40 sical nearly made all the running, and won easily 11,0 lengths. A length between second and third ; The MP' was a bad fourth. - QUEENsTOWN, Thursday Evening.—(By Brxvi e s, and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.)—The City of Maladies" from New York, has just arrived. tet i DREADFUL EARTHQUAKE AT ERZEROU3I. --- , A te tars from Trebizond brings tidings of an earthquake at rorum, at balf-past teno' clock on the morning of Ascelq of day, the 2d of June, which has destroyedthe greater 11 0 % 0 4 the city, and so injured and shaken the rest, that it will tot to be rebuilt. Part of the Pacha's fine palace and hag, the line walls, the quarter of the general commanu, l o o the barracks, the prison, many minarets, public schools , et principal bazaar, the Austrian consulate, and the for Y ilie residence of the British consul, Mr. Brant, are among to bnildino which are no w reduced to a heap of ruins; o st# Briti h, riar, and French consulates are rendered A 0 inhabitable; and all th e po p u l a tion has had to take to tu - 00 in the plain, feari ng f ur th er c asualties, as slight sh a t to be felt th roug h ou t the following day. Upeijia, of 1,500 lives have been lost from being biuied beneath ruins, though not one single European suffered injurY•A j ef, for the fortun a t e c i rcums tance of its being a feast day, ' 4 0.1,„° few people are i n or a bout the bazaars, the loss of life 97 have been even much greater. In one of the barracks;," men, of a battalion 600 strong, were crushed. The 0 ;00 was an undulating one from S.W. to N. 8., and lasted P, 10 to 12 seconds. AMERICA. The health of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is re-established. Tier Royal Highness will leave Frvmore House next week to visit the Queen at Osborne. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, accom panied by the Count of Flanders, took leave of the Queen yesterday morning. We are authori se d to state tht there is no truth in the report that it is the intent a ion of her Majesty the Queen to visit Ireland this year. PROTECTION OF THE TEMPLE FROM FIRE.— The benehers of this ancient inn have lately had a new and powerful engine added to their fire-extinguishing appa ratus, of the same size and power as the ordinary brigade engine, which, upon being tried within the quadrangle of the building, was found to be able to project water over the flag-staff of the Temple Church. The machine is manu factured by Mr. Merryweather, of Long-acre, and promises to be of great assistance in the event of a fire taking place amongst such valuable property as is contained in the archives of that establishment, as the engine is capable of discharging half a ton of water in a minute to a height of 130 feet. P RACTIC AL JOKING IN THE ARMY. —The Dublin correspondent of the Cork Reporter supplies the following: —" On Saturday a melancholy event took place here. Two officers of a regiment stationed in this county had been hauled up and tried by court-martial for one of hose wit less, brainless, and filthy practical jokes wh t all had ich hoped had died out. Upon hearing the s entence of the court 'that both be cashiered,' one of them b e t o ok himself to the river, and there, in continuation of his folly, drowned himself, If the lesson taught be only equal to the or rll willr rules e f s in c: d f common time to -d s e Y ee p L a y t . h " ise with people g loom which it has spread through his regimentthe lesso no n, though dearly paid for, may have its ultimate good, as civilian Whoota u c r an g e D ISQU ALIFCATIONS OF RO'MANISTS.—A bill of jr. Massey , My , P ollard Ur q uhart, Sir W. Somerville, oa d jr. r. Henry Herbertrelieves Romanists from a certain disability under which they still lie. It repeals a part of t}l® lat i,4 a p. of the Act 10th Geor ge Ty. cap . 7, so as to allow persons of the Romish p ers u a sion to hold the office of Lord Hof Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lord Commis sioner of the GT Sear of Ireland. But the bill by no ;Aeons qualifies a Romanist to be "keeper of the Royal coaspipAce" in this country, The Toulonnais of Tuesday publishes at the head of its columns, in large type, the following " communicated" note from the Prefect of the department :—" It has been remarked, not without astonishment, that the Toulonnais in various num bers has given details on maritime movements which are stated to have taken place in these latter times. Without seeking to know whether this journal were veil 6r ill-informed, the deplorable facility with which it accords publicity to rumours which, if they were well founded, would be of a nature to inform the enemy of arrangements he may have interest in knowing, is to be regretted. It will no doubt suffice to point out the possible consequences of such publication to cause them to cease completely." The Debats contains the following : " According to Austrian despatches, Admiral Romain-Desfosses has taken possession, without resistance, of one of the Illyrian islands, at the northern extremity of the Archipelago, called the Island of Lossin. We may remark that this island, which is about ten miles long, and from one to two broad, has an excellent port and good anchorage ground outside, covered by islets, which shelter it and may serve as a defence. We may further state that Lossin is commanded at its northern extremity by a mountain, where a look-out allows the sea and the approaches to the island to be closely watched. Lossin is 25 miles from Pola, 40 from Fiume, 50 from Ancona, and 75 from Venice. Though unacquainted with the ulterior designs of the fleet, we are inclined to see in the occupation of the island and port of Lossin the judicious choice of a base of naval operations, with an evident intention of not touching on the territory of the Papal States. The peremptory refusal of Admiral Jurien to have any thing to do with the towns of Ravenna and An cona, or the events there occurring., seems to fa vour this hypothesis. The Illyrian isles are not included in the Germanic Confederation ; 'they ex tend all along the coast of Dalmatia, which is also unconnected with the Confederation. The taking _possession of this island is therefore per fectly justifiable, and we have good reason to think that the French fleet is about to establish at Lossin its depots of coal, ammunition, provisions, and its hospitals, if necessary, as also to leave, its transport vessels there, in order to operate on the enemy's coasts with wa r v essels clear of all impedi menta, just as an army leaves behind its in convoys, baggage, and even knapsacks, when g g in actual conflict." A letter from Val e ggio; in th e Union; ,says : " The siege of Peschiera , prop erl y so called, to has not yet commenced. General Froissard traced out for the Piedmontese a line of counter-valla tion which is now in course of execution, but which, unfortunately, is not to surround the place. The garrison of Peschiera may therefore make sorties in the open space and attack the assailants. The corps of General Niel, which has crossed the river, is nearly two leagues off. The garrison keeps up a constant fire from large guns on the blockaders, and it is the continual roar of their artillery which gave rise t 3 the idea that the 'siege had commenced." Another letter from Valeggio says :—" The Guard on entering Solferino made the not unim portant capture of 26,000 blankets. General Vinoy's division was the first the next morning to cross the ( )I•. L SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY EVENING. The steamer Fulton, Captain Wotton, has arrived at Cowes with mails of the 25th ult., and proceeded to Havre. She has 122,300 dols. for England, an 881,218 dols. for France, and 180 passengers for d England and France. On the sth of July, in lat. 49.55 N., long. 17.30 W., the Fulton spoke the British ship Toronto, steering westward ; on the 6th, in lat. 49.42, long. 10.12, passed a screw steamer bound westward ; same day, in lat. 49.41, long. 9.35, spoke the British ship Conqueror, steering eastward ; and lat. 49.45, long. 9.4, spoke the ship Black Hawk, of New Bury port. Enchange on Europe continued very dull, money was rather more active, and in a few instances de mand loans were marked up to 6 and even 7 per cent., but lenders found difficulty in obtainsng such high rates. Mercantile paper unchanged. The stock market was duller than at this period of last year. Western stocks generally continued to decline. State stocks in active demand. The cotton market was quiet, and sales confined to about 400 to 600 bales, in lots, chiefly to spin ners. Good brands of fresh ground State and Western flour were firmly held, while old brands were dull and lower. Sales of all kinds moderate. Southern flour without change of moment. Corn was more buoyant with a fair amount of sales, including old Western mixed at 80c. ; new ditto delivered at 81c. to 821-c.; round white at 82c. ; round yellow at 83c.; and Western ditto at 84c. Sugars were firmer and more act ive, and closed at an advance on the week's sales of fully lc. per lb,, the largest advance being on refining goods, which were scarce ; refined sugars were also higher, and closed at an advance of to le. per lb. on the week's sales. The heaviest rise was said to have been realized on coffee and sugars. The sales of raw goods embraced about 1,400 hhds. and 212 boxes, mostly to the trade. Coffee was more active, with sales of two cargoes of Rio, comprising about 4,300 bags in all—on private terms, with some other small lots, at 91c. for St. Domingo, and 14 e. for Java. Freights were steady, though engagements were moderate, included in which were some 300 bales of cotton for Liverpool, at C. to 5.32 ; 500 boxes of cheese by steamer, at 255., and 1,500 barrels of resin to London at is. 6d. The lowa Republic State Convention had adopted a resolution condemning General Casso. The flour markets at Baltimore, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Cincinnatti, and Albany were generally dull. The cotton-market at Charleston declined lc. to -lc. on tho lower qualities; better grades unchariged and firm ;• middling fair, 2c. Advices from California are to the 6th ult. There has been a sudden advance in navigation. Stock quoted at 40 per cent. G en eral business was active, and accounts from the mines were flattering. Gloomv accounts continued to be received from Fraser . River. Havannah advices are to the 19th of June. No thing of importan ce. The sugar market was dull, witha stock of 400,000 boxes on hand. AFFIXING POSTAGE STAMPS. The best mode of affixing postage stamps is to wet slightly the corner of the envelope and the gummed side of the and then gently to press the stamp till it is firmly stamp, fi xe d. The practice of dipping the stamp in water is objec tionable, because, unless the stamp be immediately with drawn and care be taken, by the use of blotting paper or some other absorbent, to remove thenay excess of moisture, the gum may be washed off or stamp may be rubbed off the letter. By the use of envelopes bearing an embossed stamp, all risk of the stamp being detached may be avoided. Envelopes bearing a penny embossed stamp may be purchased at any post-office ; and on application at the office of Inland Re venue, Somerset-house, London, W.C. ; embossed stamps of any value are placed on envelopes, newspaper-wrappers, or letter-paper. By command of the Postmaster-general, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, July' 9, 1859. THE DIPLOMATIC SERYIOE.—It was currently reported yesterday that Lord Chelsea, Secretary of the British Embassy at Paris, has been recalled, and was Legation at Stockholm. The Hon. Mr. Elliot will remain Minister at Naples, and Sir Arthur Magennis will represent the Queen at Lisbon. If, as we have reason to believe, these statements are correct, other changes in the diplom atic service must shortly be announced. —Daily News. TII E IRISH CON STABU LARY .—The general force of the constabulary employed to keep - the peace and to re press crime in the sister kingdom of Ireland includes 12,306 men and 346 horses ; the reserve force is 432. Thisarmy of police cost the country last year £568,641, pl er expenses not applicable to counties, but paid within the year, which raises the total amount of expenditure to £653,256 ; £639,39 1 is b orne by the public, and 113,865 by counties, cities, and towns. IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLES.—MR.WALKEIt'S PATENT —" Difficult as it may appear to entirely change the struc ture of so small an article, this patent shows what may be done even with the eye of a needle. A ridge or slightly raised part is ma de before the eye, and a groove beyond it, into which the threfd falls while sewing; the usual pres sure of the thimble drives the needle with its thread at once through the cloth, affording relief of no ordinary character to the tailor or sempstress, and saving much of their time. We have submitted these needles to a good judge of such articles, who has declared them superior to all others, not only as above stated, but particularly also with relation to facility of threading."—The Engineer. The during inactivi staples modera inquiril part ol rather prices fined ¢ inquiri and th change Rice I values limiter dealin have contir have per el Thy £2OO. and t Th with prey only - were ‘ , trid a re the dire "The pr Sa be