The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-26 00:00:00

MBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. 1 CThe days and hours of polling are fixed as follows Friday, April 29,10 to 12 and 2 to 5. Saturday, April 30, 7.30 to 8.30, 10 to 12, and 2 to 6. Monday, May 1, 7.30 to 8.30, 10 to 12, and 2 to 5. Tuesday, May 2, 10 to 12, and 2 to 5. Wednesday, May 3, 7.30 to 8.30, and 10 to 12. Arrangements are in progress forproviding conveyances for those Members of the Senate who Wish to vote at the ensuing election. Information will be furnished on application to the Chairman of Mr. BE RESFORD "HOPE'S LONDON COM MITTEE, Trafalgar Hotel , Spring-gardens. CCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. The LONDON COMMITTEE for PROMOTING Mr. BERESFORD HOPE'S ELECTION SITS DAILY at the T ra f a lgar Hotel, Spring-gardenCs, S.W. W. STIRLING, Esc', M.P., M.A., Trinity College, Chairman. R. T. FRERE, M.A., F.R.C.P.,1 W. KF. KEMP GHT , W M.A. ATSON, M.A. Hon. Secretaries. C. NI ------- CiAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. ‘.../ Tito CAMBRIDGE COMMITTEE for PROMOTING Mr. BERBSFORD HOPE'S ELECTION SITS DAILY, at 18, Trinity-i!Teet, Cambridge. Bev. W. G. Ci•ARK, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Public Orator, Chairman. Rev. W. 81. cA,NpION, M.A., Fellow and' Tutor of Queen't; College. N. M. FERRERS, M.A., Fellow and Lecturer of Caine Co: loge. Rev. W. C. MATHISON, _KA., Senior Pel low and Tutor of Trinity' College. Rev. J. E. B. MAYOR, M.A.,- Yellow and Assistant Tutor of St. John's College. Riv, E. H. PEROWNE, Fellow and ' Tutor of Corpus Christi College - Rev. W. F. WITS, M.A., Fellow o.f Tab S College. Rev. A. WOLFE, M.A., Fellow and riutor of Clare College. Honorary 1 Secretaries trio OPERA-COLONNADE HOTEL (late Feuillade's), Charles -street, Haymarket, . T S NOW OPEN. - -r----, ----- U 0 . 1 . A: I; PRINCESS'S THE A T D.E. ILlNder the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspearei historiCal plsy ot KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kealt THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buekatone. THIS EVENING . ivill be peifornied the new arid original Comedy, entitled THE woitLD AND THE STAGE. The characters by Messrs. Compton, Buckstone, Howe, W. Far ren, Rogers; Miss Amy Sedgwick, After which, a new Classical. Extravaaza, entitled ELECTRA IN. A NEW ELEC,"TIVIC L IGHT.. Messrs. Compton, Braid, Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright, Eliza Weekes, and Louisa•Leclercq. And A DAUGHTER TO . M ARR Y. • • . • Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. B. Webster, Billington, Toole ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Sims. After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and Kate Kelly. Followed by THE PRETTY MILLS - OF STILBERG. Mr. B. Webster, Billinc,don, Eburne, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, and Arden. - Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking,. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. • Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ? supported by the company. • After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. To conclude with VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark, and Miss M. Terns% Commence at 7o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, We s tm ins ter- roa d. Lessee and Manae - ,er Mr. William Cooke. SPLENDID EASTER NOVELTIES. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with a new grand spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's popular work, entitled WANHOE ; or, The Lists of Ashby, intro ducing* among the vast resources of this great flippodramatic Temple,Tournaments, Processions, Banners, Combats, Tilts, Victories, and Achievements in extraordinary magnificence. Ivanhoe, Mr. R. Phillips ; Isaac of York, Mr. Jas. Holloway; Richard of England, Mr. Herbert ; Rebecca, Miss Bathurst. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the greatest equestrian in the world : together with Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlie. Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being . the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. To conclude with the Farce of BATHING. Dress Circle, 4s. ; 80xe5,35 . ..; Pit, 2a, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, " Private Boxes, £4 4s. £2 2s, and £1 is. Stage Manager, Mr. Phillips CIANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS kJJ GALLERY, Westminster-road.—Open at Seven. On and after MONDAY, the 25th inst., will appear THE DILEPIERRE FAMILY, consisting. of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia. Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform EVERY EVENING, at NINE and ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.---Sum 02PICE, APRIL 26. THERHOHETER, IN THE SHADE. 6-I—highest since noon yesterday. 59—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.11—a sudden rise. WIND, S.W. in the morning, , now N.E. ; light, with dull weather. LOUIS NAPOLEON has postponed his promised communication to the Legislative Assembly until this day. Lord DERBY, however, took advantage of the grand banquet at the Mansion House to ex plain the part which Great Britain has taken in the intricate complications which have occurred. It was a manly and straightforward statement, showing that her MAJESTY'S Ministers have done all within their power to avert the terrible mis chief of an European war, and that even within twelve hours before the time when he was address• ing the Lord Mayor and Citizens of London, another, probably the last, step had been taken to prevent so fearful a catastrophe. From the ,earliest moment that the war cloud appeared lowering in the political atmosphere, Lord DERBY and his colleagues have used every exertion to preserve peace and tranquillity. The mission of Lord COWLEY had been attended with complete success. When Russia unfortunately interfered, whether by accident or design it may be difficult to decide, the mediation of England would have smoothed away every impediment. No difficulty could have arisen as to the parties to be repre sented in Congress, or respecting the preliminary arrangements. The question in dispute . would have been s p ee dil y d ec id e d, an d the exhaustion and expence of maintaininf , powerful armaments and large bodies of troops soon got rid of. Lord DERBY declares that he has endeavoured to maintain "the strictest and most absolute im partiality between the two parties." Everything that has come to light proves the accuracy of his statement. lie has found faults on both sides ; neither have come into court with clean hands, or merited the support of an independent and disin terested nature. Whatever might have been the . state of the balance until last week, Austria is now unquestionably in the wrong. She has taken upon . herself what Lord.DEABY truly declared to be the fearful responsibility, which attaches to that country which first deserts the peaceful paths of di plomacy, and subjects the question in dispute to the terrible arbitrament of the sword." There has been, asalready announced, an emphatic protest against the conduct of Austria. "There was nothing at the moment to discourage, indeed there was everything to lead to the hope of a success ful issue to the negotiations." There Was, therefore, nothing to justify the hasty, precipitate and, because involving the horrors of war—the criminal step taken by Austria." . Whatever the consequences may be she has brought them on her:6ell, and can find none to sympathise—" none so poor to do her reverence!' The Bubble Congress has failed, as we prLdicted would be the case ab initio. It could have been pro ductive of no good result, and would only have pro duced new difficulties and additional complications. It was a most inopportune suggestion, and if there should be bloodshed it will be altogether ascribable thereto. But England has now taken up the sub ject at the very point of departure. It has again proposed its mediation in order to arrange all I existing differences subject to the alternative of either "an immediate, absolute, and simultaneous disarmament of all the three Powers, France, Austria, and Sardinia, or a consent on the part of all three, pending the result of the mediation, to retain their armies in precisely their present condi tion, and to maintain a positinn, if not of peace, at all events of inaction." This is judicious advice, and Austria will be mad, indeed, if she does` not give in her adhesion to the course indicated. The noble Premier availed himself of the oppor tunity to explain his meaning with respect to the " armed neutrality," which had been mis apprehended, of course, not misrepresented by Lord Jomc RUSSELL. The armed neutrality does not imply that Great Britain is ready to em bark in the contest whenever it sees a favourable opportunity. She has no anxiety to defend Austria from the conseque4ices of her own misconduct; on the contrary, she fully appreciates the criminal folly of the German despot. But when a million of disciplined men are under arms, per haps' opposed to each other on the field of battle, it would be little better than an abdication of her political functions if England did not keep up adequate preparations, so as to be prepared for any course which her honour and dignity might demand. k The arms are necessary to preserve the prestige which England ought always to command. If her influence can be rendered beneficial, it will only be by retaining the power which she possesses of turning the scale be.f.ween the belligerents. _ _ Thd .admirable speech of Lord DERBY—the full and entire confidence which he has exhibited towards the country—merits an adequate return, which can only be shown by the electors in every constituency throughout the length and breadth of the land. We may have war forced upon us ; but unquestionably her MAJESTY'S Government have adopted every means to avert it, without in any degree compromising the honour or dignity of Great Britain, or recommending to others anything of which they could justly complain. France, Austria, and Sardinia have all been in fault, and it would be greatly to the credit of the Power that exhibited a disposition to retrace its footsteps, and to make the first concession in fa` our of universal peace and tranquillity. What will the East India House philosopher, MILL, and the statesman, Lord JonN RUSSELL, say to a Lady's letter, which we republish from a Scotch contemporary in another column ? The philosopher and. the veteran statesman have repeatedly told their followers, who have long been gaping for something like an answer to Liberal constituents, that " undue influence," corruption, and all that, is almost become a thing of the past ; and that, left to itself, it will soon die a natural death. We may excuse ,the philosopher for ignorance of everyday facts, but: not so easily the statesman. He knows better. He knows that there are not half-a-dozen counties in England where the tenants-at-will dare return him, however disposed to do so. If he thinks otherwise, let him try again South Devonshire, where, only three years alter the Reform Bill, he was unceremoniously kicked out by a majority of 600 ; and where, two years further on, the Liberal candidate was sent to the rightabout by a majority of about 1,000.; and where, ever since, if we remem ber aright, two Tories have walked the course. We presume he has.no doubt of the Liberal tendencies of the yeomen of Devonshire ; let him try once more whether they are as free as they are free-minded. Beieg now,- however, pretty safe for London, although he will vote against his three associates, he will, of course, be wiser than to contest a county. Even his hostility to tenant emancipation would not procure him the 'good will of the tenant-drivers in a single county of England. He is professedly a Refornier ; he is certainly a Whig ; and he could only hope to succeed in a county where Whig landlords had the greater number of farms. But if he will not reflect on factS, let him look on them. We all remember a beautiful Duchess canvassing Westminster, and bribing with a kiss. Vain all bribery bills and vain the liallot itself, we fear, against such bribery. The gallant of a tradesman who had been allowed to kiss a pretty Duchess would vote for her candidate, Ballot or no Ballot. But Mrs; JEAN MILNE HOME offers no such irre sistible seductions. Her only charm is that she is " your landlady." She has " patrimonial estates," as well as a husband; and being a "charming woman" in the sense of the once popular song; or a " strong minded 'woman ;" or a " Bloomer and a women's rights" lady ; she thinks fit to . lecture her tenants on their political duties at this election. She is careful to inform them that the " idea of the communication originated with herself;" although she says elsewhere my husband and I" (I and my husband ?) " wish and believe," &c. fs Wish and believe" what? that no one will vote against his convictions, but if there should, /info).- tuna teli,be . any. iohp .caw.i9t.c.qiaqgiei44ouSly agree to join us and the rest of the tenantry, I fondly trust, and I ask it as a favour, that they will abstain from taking any very 'active part in the opposition." But what calls forth,the blandly-worded request; why" the • fact; • that, - though the majority of the tenants have promised their support to their Bloomer landlady's nominee, Sir Seam MARJORI BANKs,• some. have not yet .declared..themselves, and Snme have declared that they do not mean to vote." These coy gentlemen to whom our Bloomer goes - a wooing with.. -the most • potent of all inducements, not openly mentioned, are told • that . if - thiir -siienee is due to- .-tile•ainiable • wish " not to put themselves in 'oppositiOn to the - - • majority of 'their own body as well as to their land lady and .landlord, .slie.has only to thank them for their' odd and kindly feeling;' •buti if indifference or intimidation are their reasons for apparent indifference;'''' has . nnlyto 'exhort them to "come man f u lly forward," remember their landlord and landlady, and, py•th9 credit of the estate, vote all of them- ono Way, Bu. r. ,{h.e..ifallot • s o ei e ty will have this letter framed and glazed . ..d hung up in their rooms, and in t h arso.. We should exceedingly like, too,'to have a stereoscopic photo graph of Mrs. JEAN MILNE HOME,- sitting in her boudoir and inciting this letter; it would be quite an election study. But, seriously, what must be going on behind the scenes if letters like this can see the light of day ? Very rarely are they wanted. Who ever hears of such a thing as a 'tenant voting in opposition to his landlord "and landlady ? There is no need for any such employ ment of "influence" as will bring it under the cognizance of the prq46. "I am Squire So-and so's tenant," ." I am Lord So=and-so's tenant," is always quite reply enough to the most, zealous canvasser. The tenant tells him not his own politics, but those of his political proprietor ; and the'canvasser, from the ordinary feelings of humanity, would not think of torturing the poor voter by telling him that his vote was his own ; he knows the answer would be, "My opinions are my own, but my vote is my landlord's. I mort gaged my politics to him when I took his farm." We are not " far North" enough to have any guess as to the causes of the humble attempt at liberty intlicatedby tenants on the 13loomerlandlady's . . .. ,- , "*) • :,,-- : ....,: • • , r v,, , ,,r or * , . Am g--TP , F 0,.. •-—')::,. 4f; -- ' • - ~ -P; -.--.". 4 , .41, A . ' .a' - ___\ • fri e l '' ..I •,:':'' -' ~ . " (' ' •''' '''. - ''..• I lltr' .. l . _ , TAI E SUN. TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1859. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY - EVENING, APRIL 26, 1859. jati Hmonial estates, venturing " not to promise," or ' " r .ot to vote." This we do know, that for such an of fence first-rate old tenants, of thirty years stria ding, have had to quit their farms. And, if tha/ • wilt not be the case on these patrimonial est ,ates, we may be sure enough the reason is not -tcr - be found in the temper of the Scottish Bloomer. Into what head, not utterly corrupted by position and long habit, could it enter, to ask a respectable honest man not to vote for the candidate he pre ferred P —to beg a man to put his citizen's rights in abeyance because he had hired the sand, and clay, and loam of a proprietor of those articles ? The truth is, that so engrained into the heart of land lordism is this oppressive, this Russian notion of a right to the votes of those who already pay in hard cash the full worth of their land, that nothing but a law which gives the tenant his own vote will break the neck of the evil. However this issue must shortly be tried. Lord JOHN RUSSELL and all the little upholders of landlord domination will yet have to give way. It cannot be much longer endured that the farmers of England, as fine a race of men as any in Europe, should be degraded election after election into landlords' slaves. Once the bondage was hardly felt—but, now, the spread of education compels every farmer to despise himself while his vote gives his convictions the lie. We would request both Mrs. JEAN MILNE HOME, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, by whose grace she can still write such letters to tenants to read the fol lowing extract from a speech which as well as her letter appears in our columns to-day :—" When you are discussing a matter of politics in a free country, that you should ask the landed proprietor to give you permission to canvass his tenants, in , dicates a state . of submission which I say if fright ful and degrading to the country. The fact is, that so far as regards popular representation, the great bulk of your county representation is a sort of a dead carcass tied on to the living body of your borough representation. You cannot stir a step ' without having to drag this on with you. When you get the £lO franchise for the counties, and the Ballott to protect the vote—then, in all probability, you will find that there are liberal opinions amongst the county constituencies ; and the counties will come up to the boroughs, and they will march side ' by side, and shoulder to shoulder, on behalf of any of those futnre conquests by the popular party which are ahead and in store for us." ART-UNION OF LONDON.-( THIS DA B:) The annual meeting of the members of the Art-Union of London was held this day, by the kind permissisn of B. Webster, Esq., at the New Royal Adelphi Theatre, for the purpose of receiving the council's report, and for the dis tribution of the amount subscribed for the purchase of works of art for the year 1859. The magnificent building was crowded in every part, and the greatest interest was mani fested throughout the proceedings. Sir C. BARRY occupied the chair. The usual routine business having been disposed of, Mr. GODWIN, F.R.S., read the report, from which we extract the following : The council have the satisfaction of commencing their 23d annual report with the announcement that the sub scription amounts to the sum of £15,210 6s. The anticipa tions in which they indulged concerning the print of the year, " Life at the Seaside," now in the hands of a great part of the subscribers, have been justified with remarkable unanimity by the periodical press of the country. Subscribers for 1860 will receive for each guinea paid a volume of wood-engravings, executed by Mr. W. J. Linton, from the best pictures of thirty deceased British artists ; with probably some additional work of art not yet decided on. The volume in question comprises :--" Nature" by Lawrence ; " A Cornfield," by Constable •, " The Burial of the Princes," by Northcote; "Peasant Children," by Gainsborough ; The Banished Lord," by Reynolds ; " Marcus Curtius," by Haydon ; " Sancho Panza" by Smirke ; " The Rabbit on the Wall," by Wilkie ; "Yorick and Grisette," by Newton ; " Death's Door, by Brake ; "A Coast Scene," by Bonnington ; " Marriage-a-la-Mode," by Hogarth ; "A Scene in Sussex," by Nasmyth ; " Cobbet's Register," by Liverseefe ,• 'The Old Horse," by Morland ; " The Witches in Macbeth," by Fuseli ; " Joshua, com manding the Sun," by Martin; "Europa," by Hilton; "A Peat Bog," by Turner; " The Duke of Gloucester taken Prisoner into Calais," by Scott ; " The Defeat of the Spanish Armada," by Loutherborg ; "Scene from Pilgrim's Progress," by Stothard ; " Niobe," by Wilson; "Milton and his Daughters," by Romney; "The Victors at Olympia," by Barry ; " Cupid," by Etty ; " The Death of General Wolfe," by West; " Burlington Old Pier," by Copley Fielding ; " The Memnon," by Muller ; " Cromer," by Collins. For a future year the council have commissioned Mr. Willmore, A.E.R.A, to produce a plate in his best manner after Turner's picture of " Italy," which forms part of his remarkable legacy to the nation and the world. " Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," as it is named, is one of the pictures that established Turner's right to be considered the greatest of landscape painters. The question of granting to members additional chances in the distribution of prizes, for a modified subscription, was brought under the notice of the council, and it has been resolved that a member having paid the regular sub scription of one guinea for the year, shall be entitled, for each additional half guinea which he may pay to one addi tional chance in the distribution of prizes for that year; but not ti an additional copy of the print or other work of art It has been arranged that prizeholders entitled to the tazzas or photographs, may receive busts or statuettes instead, on paying the difference in value. Further, sub scribers of two guineas annually who desire to receive a statutette or tazza produced by the society in lieu of the two copies of the print to which they are entitled, may do so on payment of a certain fixed sum representing the mere cost of the material and moulding. The council are influenced in making these and similar arrangements by the fact that it is the purpose of the society to spread abroad works of art to the greatest possible extent, and to interest in its objects as many persons as possible. The following is an extract in brief of the receipts and expenditure—a detailed account will, as usual, accompany the report when printed : Amount of subscriptions received £15,210 6 0 Expenses of printing, exhibition of prizes, local agent, salaries and other charges, including reserve 21 per cent Cost of plate (" Life at the Seaside"), paper, and printing Amount to be alloted in prizes Total £15,210 6 0 The reserve fund now amounts to the sum of £8,832. The accounts have been audited by two members of the general body of subscribers, Mr. Frudgley and Mr. Heath cote, and three members of the finance committee. The following is the allotment of the sum set apart for prizes to be selected by the prizeholders themselves, viz.:- 26 works at 20 „ 20 „ 12 „ 12 „ 6 7, 4 ~ 2 „ 1 „ 1 „ 1 „ To these are added : 5 Bronzes of " Her Majesty on Horseback." 6 Bronze busts of "Ajax." 30 Porcelain groups of " Venus and Cupid." 60 Porcelain statuettes, " The Dancing Girl Reposing." . 10 Tazzas in iron. 30 Silver medals of Gainsborough. 704 Volumes of photographs. Making in all 950 prizes. The prizeholders of last year purchasedifrom the various exhibitiola of the season 110 works of art, to the following amounts, viz. : From the Royal Academy The National Institution of Fine Arts Society of British Artists 907 0 0 British Institution Royal Scottish Academy 2O 0 0 Royal Hibernian Academy 35 0 0 Water-colour Society New Water-colour Society 167 10 0 Society of Female Artists The CitAla3rAN having briefly addressed the meeting, the drawing of the prizes was proceeded with. Miss Parnell Watson drew the fortunate numbers from one wheel, and. Miss Cropey the amount awarded from the other. The prizes were drawn in the following order :- 5,900 Mrs. J. Smith, Easingwold £25 3,271 H. W. Ripley, Bradford.. .. .. 30 2,189 Mrs. Wagstaff, Bishopsgate .. 15 13,620 W. Blackburn, Upper Mill .. 10 13,061 Mrs. Kelsey, Foot's-cray 10 6,890 Captain Mare, Melbourne, Australia .. 25 6,373 Joseph White, Clonmel.. . • .. 20 12,483 J. Groves, Hartlepool .. • • .. 15 7,535 J. M'Culloch, Halifax, N.S .. 10 6,581 H. Kenna, Geelong 25 3,954 C. J. Tasker, Gloucester lO 9,910 W. Dixon, Grantham 200 10,811 Mr. M‘Grigor, Vauxhall Foundry, Liverpool 30 335 , Reigate , . 40 5,634 W. Waldock, St. Ives 2,829 W. Ship, Blandford 40 1,316 Mr. Beecham, Twickenham .. 10 1,663 S. Rialls, Plaistow .• .• .• 30 6,0.55 A. Wallace, Dunfermline 15 9,859 J. Marsh, Dudley - -20 1,705 B. Hall, East Grinsted .. .. .. .. 1 1 5 0 11,250 B. Decon, Southampton.. .. .. .. 3,096 W. Whittaker, Bath .. 6. • • • • 10 12,863 F. Arnold, Farham •• .. •• .. 60 1,762 Mrs. Palmer .. .. .. .. .. 10 6,322 Mr. Finlason, Dublin .. _ .. .. 20 6,507 W. Crowther, Adelaide ~ .. .. .. 60 9,174 J. F o rd, Wolverhampton .. .. .. 30 8,484 A. Bovill, Regent's-park .. .. .. 20 14,574 Mrs. Toovey, Clefton .. .. .. .. 25 10,114 J. Elliot, Philadelphia .. .. .. .. 25 8,129 T. Watson, Windsor . .. .. .. 10 5,838 J. Vaughan, Eaton Norris .. .. .. 20 12,944 J. C. Bolton, Lambeth-terrace - .. .. 13 4,954 S. Lanney, Manchester .. .. .. .. 25 14,312 W. Rudyard, Lincoln .. _ .. .. 15 3,853 H. Andrews, Epsom •• •• •• •• 25 4,709 T. Somers, Llandovery .. .. .. .. 10 10,253 C. Murray, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow .. 15 12,928 W. H. Miller, Leadenhall-street .. .. 10 3,681 J. 0. Moore .. .. .. .. .. 100 1,225 - Gibson, Manchester .. .. .. ''''.. 10 11,128 W. J. Hinder, Abingdon _ .. .. 10 10,110 Mrs. J. Sill, Philadelphia .. .. .. 2.5 602 C. F. Gawden .. .. ~, .. ... 15 2,902 A. Sumner 2.5 13,800 J. Greig, Edinburgh .. .. .. .. 20 5,118 T. Leyson, Leith - .. .• .. 15 3,646 H. Jones, Chester .. _ _ .. 15 1,220 E. Beves, Islington .. .. .. .. 20 311 S. Metcalf, Philpot-lane .• .. - 10 12,734 J. M'Ewen Birkenhead lb •• •• 10 2,333 J. Brett, Hanover-square .. . _ .. 10 9,099 J. G. Barley, Wisbeach •• .• •• 20 3,683 J. Landborough, Christchu r ch •• •. 10 7,318 R. Knowingburn, Amsterdam .. .. .. 2.1 1,582 T. Adams, jun, Beckingham .. .. .. 30 5,060 S. BeNVley, Middlesburgh .• .. .. 13 6,788 N. Fletcher, Hobart Town •• •• .• 25 5,037 Rev. J. Beresford, Melton Mowbray .. .. 15 7.068 0. S. Gilderslieve, Canada. •• •• •• 15 14,589 W. Edward, Birmingham - .. .. 20 3,116 F. H. Falkner, Bath .. •• •• SO 20 584 J. Ja4kaon,-Borougb. .. ~. .. .. 39 10,281 C. ~. Anderson, Jedburgh .. .. .. ZO 11,678 T. Gregory, Brunswick-square.. .. _ 40 11,13‘71 G. Tunnicliffe, Market Drayton .. _ 150 13,271 Captain Sayer, Southampton.. .. .. 15 13,946 J. Shapen 10 3,262 G. Harlery ' .. .. • . • . .. 20 12,885 T. Spencer Tipton •. • . .. .. 15 3,528 0.-Ribden, Canterbury .. • . .. .. 75 3,667 R. S. Stevens, Christ Church .. .. .. 15 1,709 F. Taylor, Middleton-square . • .. .. 20 7,977 D. Bridges, New Orleans .. • . .. 60 13,504 IV. Stringer, Rotherham • . .. .. 10 1,020 H. Baker, U pper G owe r-street .. .. 15 7,873 J. IViggin, 17.5. .• •• •• .. 10 5,314 C. P. Simtnonds .. • • . • •• 30 9,950 Mrs. J. Bland, Halifax .. • . .. 30. 496 J. Laver Offord-row .. • • .. .. 75 8,346 H. Allenby, York Chambers, Adelphi .. 30 12,860 H. Bailey, Birmingham .• .• •• 20 13,06.3 R. Goff, Cavendish-square .. • • .. 30 10,469 H. P. Deng, Oporto - - .. .. 20 238 W. Jones, Warwickshire .. • . .. 10 12,401 T. Evans, Denby .. • . .6 .. 10 5,018 -- Carter, Esq., Marlborough .. .. .. 15 13,897 F. Alexander Holloway .. .. .. 10 12,783. J. L. Collierhorley .. - • . .. 20 14,131 J. Whitaker, do. •• •. •• •. 40 4,241 Min Smith, Stonecutter-street .. .. . , 15 .. 15 8,711 S. Jenkins, Portland-place_ .. .. .. 25 8,333 E. Barnard, Cannon-row .. .. .. 10 12,996 G.,Ramadge, Dover-place .. .. .. 40 10,173 A. M., New Amsterdam - .. •• 40 3,978 L. Rodgers, Grantham .. - .. .. 20 62 C. G. Price and Co., Philadelphia .. .. 15 3,665 F. De IVinton,'Aldershott .. .. .. 30 4,026 J. T. It. Boroughs, Leeds .. .. .. 30 5,992 G. S. Fox, Wellington . , .. • . . • 10 ' 13,552 W. Redclff, Liverpool .. .. .. .. GO 11,386 J. Poster .. .. .. .. 20 -3,324 J. Dale, Old B rent f or d .. .. .. .. 10 14,072 J. P., Samara/I,g .. .. • .. .. .. 20 Five •Bronzes of h er M a j es t y on Horseback. 3,231 G. Brown, Boston. 6,666 A. Davis, Hobart-town. 10,488 11. White 4,134 W. Leitch, St. John's -wood. 2,190 Rev. Dean of St. Paul's. Six Bronze Busts of Ajax. 2,273 L. Attwood, Taunton. 7,949 Mr. E. Brown, ti .S. 10,34 W. Henderson. 11,820 C. Gassiot, Mark-lane. 4,741 J. Fowler, Louth. 14,367 R. Simpson, Battersea. The drawing of the minor prizes—statuettes, modals, and photographs—was then proceeded with, at the conclusion of whicb, the proceedings terniiwtted. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : The Patric of this evening says that Govern ment will present to the Corps Legislatif to-morrow a project for modifying the contingent of 1858, but that no new loan will be asked for. General Niel left yesterday to take the command of the corps d'arnee allotted to htn. We are assured, adds the Patric, that the Emperor and Prince Napoleon will leave on Wednesday evening next to join the army. The aides-de-camp who will accompany them have already been appointed. PARTS, APRIL 26. The Itioniteur of this morning contains the fol- lowing : The Senate and the Corps Legislatif will be assembled at one o'clock to-day to receive the com munication which Government has already an nounced its intention to make. Yesterday evening Rentes were done in the Coulisse at 62 60. BERNE, APRIL 24. Two Sardinian steamers, which ply on the Lago Maggiore, arrived this morning at Magadino in Switzerland, in order to take shelter against a probable attack of the Austrians. The traffic on the Lago Maggiore has almost entirely ceased. VIENNA, APRIL 25. According to a report Piedmont has not accepted the ultimatum of Austria. The Austrian Correspondence states that the Prussian Cabinet had received previous information on the intention of Austria to deliver an ultimatum to Piedmont, and that therefore the continued and faithful union of Austria and Prussia is still to be hoped for. CHINA. TRIESTE, APRIL 25. The Austrian Lloyd steamer has arrived with the following advices:— HONGKONG, MARCH 15. Lord Elgin has left on his return to England. It is asserted that the Court of Pekin opposes the admission of an English Ambassador. A new secular Emperor has been crowned at Japan. Trade dull. Exchange on London, 4s. 51d. to 4s. Bd. SHANGHAI, MARCH 4. Limited business in silk and tea. Exchange on London, 6s. 21d. to 6s. 3d. Freights, £3 10s, for silk, and £l,los. for tea. CALCUTTA, MARCH 21. Imports active. Exports moderate, and generally without altera- tion. Freights better. Exchange on, London, 2s. 0-Zd. to 2s. 11,d. Madras exchange on London, 2s. Okd. to 2s. ltd. NOMINATIONS FIXED. MARYLEBONE.-Wednesday, April 27. • " BEVERLEY.-Thursday, April 28. BIRMINGHAM. -Thursday, April 28. BRISTOL.-Thursday, April 28. CAMBRIDGE.-Thursday, April 28. DUDLEY.-Thursday, April 28. HERTFORD.-Thursday, April 28. LA3IBETH.-Thursday, April 28. NOTTINGHAM.-Thursday, April 28. PORTSMOUTH.-Thursday, April 28. SANDWICH.-Thursday, April 28. AYLEsBURY:-Friday, April 29. BERWICK.-Friday, April 29. BEWDLEY.-Friday, April 29. BRADFORD.-Friday, April 29. CALNE.-Friday, April 29.. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.-Friday, April 29. CHATHAM.-Friday, April 29. CHICHESTER.-Friday, April 29. CIRENCESTER.-Friday, April 29. CITY OF LONDON.-Friday, April 29. COLCHESTER.-Friday, April 29. EVESHAM.-Friday, April 29. GREENWICH.-Friday, April 29. HORSHAM.-Friday, April 29. KIDDERMINSTER.-Friday, April 29. LEOMINSTER.-Friday, April 29. LEEDS.-Friday,,April 29. LICHEIELD.-Friday, April 29. LIVERPOOL-Friday, April 29. MANCHESTER.-Friday, April 29. MONTGOMERY (BOROUGHS). -Friday, April 29. . OXFORD UNIVERSITY. -Friday, April 29. PETERBO'ROUGII.-Friddy, April 29. • ROCHESTER.-Friday, April 29. SALFORD.-Friday, April 29. SHOREHAM.-Friday, April 29. SHREWSBURY.-Friday, April 29. - SOUTHAMPTON.-Friday, April 29, STAFFORD.-Friday, April 29. „ TOWER. IIAMLETS.-Friday, April 29. T YNEMOU TH.-Friday, April 29. WORCESTER.-Friday, April 29. GREAT MARLOW.-Saturday, April 30. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE -Monday, May 2. CHESHIRE (NORTH).-Monday, May 2. CHESHIRE (Souni).-Monday, May 2. HERTFORDSHIRE.-Monday, May 2. HUNTINGDONSHIRE.-Monday, May 2. OXFORDSHIRE.-Monday, May 2. SHROPSHIRE (SOUTEI).-Monday, May 2. SUFFOLK (WEST).-Monday, May 2. • WORCESTERSHIRE (WEST).-Monday, May 2. CAMBRIDGESHIRE.-TUeSday, May 3. NORTHUMBERLAND (SOUTH).-Tuesday, May 3. KENT (WEST). -Tuesday, May 3. LANCASHIRE (SOUTH).-Tuesday, May 3. SHROPSHIRE (NORTH). -Tuesday, May 3. WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST). -Tuesday, May 3. YORKSHIRE (EAST RIDING).-Wednesday, May 4. NORTHUMBERLAND (NORTH).-Thursday, May 6. YORKSHIRE (NORTH RIDING). -Thursday, May 5. YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING). -Saturday, May 7, HALF A VILLAGE DESTROYED. On Saturday evening last a fire broke out at a village called Reach, in Cambridgeshire, and so rapidly did the flames extend, that in a very short space of time ten cottages and several large barns and outbuildings were totally destroyed. Upwards of 50 labouring people have, in consequence of the conflagration, been rendered houseless. The fire, it is supposed, was occasioned by the throwing of a quantity of hot turf embers into a farmyard. The property burnt was insured in the Imperial and other London offices. Roach is a small hamlet, partly in the parish of Swapham, in Cambridge shire, and partly in Burwell parish. A large fair for horses, &c., is held there on Rogation Monday, the tolls of which- belong to the corporation of Cambridge. The ex• Queen Marie Amelie, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Nemours and the Duchess Auguste of Saxe-Coburg, left Grillon's Ularendon Hotel yesterday for Claremont. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian arrived on Saturday at Claridge's Hotel, and left yesterday for their seat in Norfolk. Lord and Lady Lilford and the Hon. Miss Powys have left Farrance's Hotel, Belgyavia, for Lilford Hall, Biggleswade. Sir George and Lady Brooke have arrived at Claridg, , e's Hotel. Sir Goorge has returned to England from Malta. Mr. Secretary Estcourt left London yesterday for St. Leopards-on-Sea. REPRESENTATION OF RIPON.—Mr. Alfred B. Richards has received a requisition to allow himself to be ; put in nomination for the representation of Ripon. He has Ectquiesced in the wishes of the requisitionists, and issued ;his address. The political principles of Mr. Richards are, 'in the main, the same as our own—a fact which must be laiown to most of our readers as he has been for many. years a cont r ib u t or, under his proper signature, to the columns of the _Morning Advertiser. Mr. Richards is a man of thorough independence, and great ability. His father for many years represented Knaresborough. Our apprehension is, that Mr. Richards has been too late in entering the field.—.3forning Adverb'Ser. THE LATE MR. C. BARRY BALDWIN, M.P.— Mr. Charles Barry Baldwin, whose death is just announced ias having happened at Paris, in the 70th year of his age, was a gentleman of considerable Parliamentary celebrity, having been for many years member for Totnes in the Conservative interest, and the constant opponent of the in fluence of the ducal house of Somerset in that borough. He was the eldest son of the late Colonel Baldwin, and was born in 1789.. He was called to the bar in early life, but we believe he never practised. He was a director of the Aus tralian - Bank, of the Investment Society, of the Eagle Assurance Company, and of several foreign and English railways, and acted as secretary to the French Claim Com missioners. He was elected M.P. for Totnoss in two Par liaments previous to the passing of the Reform Bill, and was rechosen in 1839 by a double return, with Mr. Wm. Blount, the son-intlaw of the late Duke of Somerset, but was unseated on petition. He was rechosen in 1841, and again in 1847 ; but failed to.secure his scat at the general election of 1852, w hen he was at the bottom of the - poll. Mr. Barry Baldwin was married to a daughter of the late Mr. W. Boyd, many years M.P. for Lymington, Hants, by who3u he hafi.4o a inuilY• . FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The Emperor and Prince Napoleon have prepared , to leave Paris ; horses and camp furniture are all, ready by the direction of General Fleury, who is more immediately attached to the person of the Emperor. The aides-de-camp who will accompany his Majesty are—MM. le general de division Comte de Montebello, le general de brigade Prince de la Moskowa, le general de brigade Fleury, le colonel de Waubert de Geniis, le colonel Reille, le lieu tenant-colonel Marquis de Toulongeon, le lien tenant-colonel Comte Leipic. The officiers d'ordon nance - attached to his Majesty are MM. Faye, lieutenant-colonel d'artillerie ; Schmitz, chef d'escadron d'etat-major ; Brady, capitaine d'artil lerie ; Emile Tascher de la Pagerie, capitaine d'infanterie, Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne Lauraguais, capitaine d'infanterie, et S. A. le Prince Joachin Murat, lieutenant de cavalerie. The Imperial yacht Aigle has been prepared for sea, and is to be used by the Emperor in case of hostilities breaking out. The Aigle will be com manded by Admiral Dupony, who will remain attached to the Emperor's Staff. The Emperor, it is said, will not leave till next week—probably in ten days. The question of the Government during his absence is the great one of the moment. There are, as I have said, two parties, but it is thought that Prince Jerome will remain as Lieutenant of the Empire, with his Council of Regency. BOURSE, April 25.—A further fall has taken place in Rente and all securities generally, great anxiety prevailing in the market as to the commu nications which will be made to-morrow to the Corps Legislatif. Threes, after having been done at 63f. 55c., declined to 63f. 10c.; Mobilier, 565 f. to 545 E; Austrian,"44of. to 427 f. 50c.; Lombardo-Vene tian, 435 f. to 43k 50e.; Orleans, 1,160 f. to 1,150 f.; Northern, 860 f. to 8-50 f. ; Eastern, 570 f. to 560 f. ; Lyons, 775 f. to 765 f. The following were the last quotations : 4I per Cents. 90 Do. end month 9O 501 3 per Cents 62 90 Do. end month 62 85 Bank Shares. 2500 I Credit Fonder Belgian 4i Piedmontoso (5) Roman Bl Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 542 50 Do. Account 510 Spanish Threes — hiome Debt 37 RAILWAYS. ___ ............ Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 845 • • 835 New ditto 725 .. 725 New and Mediterranean 750 .. 7 53 7 5 New ditto — • . -- Geneva 435 .. 440 Southern Western 4BO .. 480 Eastern Sardinian • 330 .. 325 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. Gc. ; money, 25f. sc. ; three mouths, paper, 24f. 97 c.; money, 24f. 921 c. SARDINIA. The Piedmont Gazette of the 23d publishes the Royal decree, already announced by tel,egraph, dis tributing the Piedmenteso army into five divisions of infantry and one of cavalry. It also publishes at length the following speech addressed to the Chamber of Deputies by. Count de Cavour on the same day : " Gentlemen,— -The groat European Powers, with a view to treat the Italian question by means of diplomacy, and try whether it might be possible to give it a peaceable solution, resolved in the month of March to convoke a Congress for the purpose, Austria, nevertheless, subjected her adhesion to this project to a condition relating to Sardinia alone, namely, that she should previously disarm. This pretension, unhesitatingly repelled by the King's Government as unjust and contrary to the dignity of the country, met with no sup port from any of the Cabinets. Austria then sub stituted another, that of a general disarmament. This new principle gave rise to a series of negotia tions, which, notwithstanding the frequency and rapidity of telegraphic co mmunications, lasted several weeks, and ended in the proposal of the English Government, which you well know, and which was accepted by France, Russia, and Prus sia. Although Piedmont foresaw how many doubts and inconveniences might arise from the application of the principle, nevertheless,from a spirit of concilia tion, and as the last concession possible, she adhered to it. Austria, on the contrary, has peremptorily refused it. This refusal, of which we received notice from all parts of Europe, was subsequently officially communicated to us by the representa tive of England at Turin, who, by order of his Government, signified to us that the Cabinet of Vienna had resolved to address to Piedmont a di rect invitation to disarm, demanding a definitive answer within three days. The substance and form of this request cannot leave any doubt in the eyes of Europe on the true intentions of Austria. It is the result and the end of the great offensive preparations which for a long time past Austria has been making on our frontiers, and which lat terly have become still more powerful and me nacing. Under these circumstances, and seeing the serious dangers which menace us, the Govem ment of the King has thor,;ht it its duty to apply without further delay to Parliament, and Abk it, to grant those powers which it might judge necessary to provide for the defence of our country. Hence your president was requested immediately to con voke the Chamber, which had separated for the Easter recess. And although we indirectly learnt yesterday at a late hour that Austria hesitated to send the intended request to Piedmont, yet, since she has refused the English proposition, this does not by any means modify either the situation or our object. The measures taken by his Majesty the Emperor of the French under these circum stances not, only inspire us with confidence, but, also deserve our warmest acknowledgment. We, therefore, trust that the Chamber will not hesitate to sanetion by its votes a bill for entrusting to the King the full powers which the times require. And who could better protect our liberties ? who is there more worthy of this proof of the confidence of the nation,? He whose name, during a ten years' reign, hasbeen synonymous with faith and honour, he who has always upheld the Italian tricolour, he who is now preparing to fight for liberty and inde pendence ! Be assured, gentlemen, that in entrust ing in the present difficulties the supreme power to the hands of Victor Emmanuel, Piedmont and Italy will unanimously applaud your resolution." The bill is worded as follows : "Art. 1. In case of war with the Empire of Austria the King shall be invested with all the legislative and executive powers, and may, under ministerial responsibility, take, by Royal decrees, all the measures necessary for the defence of the country and our institutions. "Art. 2. The constitutional institutions remaining unchanged, the Government of the King shall have_ the power, during the war, provisionally to limit the freedom of the press and individual liberty." The Piedmontese Gazette adds that the-conmu nication was received with profound attention by the Chamber, and - responded to with repeated cries of " Viva it Re." The Chamber immediately retired to the bureau to meet again at 3 p.m. The result of the sitting has been already communicated by telegraph. The Piedmontese Gazette announces that on the morning of the 23d Count Brassier de St. Simon, the Prussian ambassador at Turin, had the honour of an audience of the King of Sardinia, to deliver to him a letter from the Germanic Confederation. A Turin letter of the 21st contains the following : —" When General de la Marmora, now Minister of War, assumes a command in the active army, Count de Cavour will add to his other labours the administration of the War department. It is be lieved that the Austrians will immediately enter the Piedmontese territory, and plenty of devasta tion and pillage is expected, particularly on the part of the 20,000 Croatians, now massed in the neighbourhood of Pavia and Milan. The railways of Venice, Mantua, and Verona are all occupied in conveying an immense quantity of military stores, and not a village can be found in the province of Milan that is not filled with troops. All the farmers are required to-supply horses and carts; and quan tities of cattle are seized for food for the soldiery. A considerable number of troops are echeloned along the Swiss frontier on the banks of the Lake of Como: They have taken possession most un ceremoniously of the finest villas, injuring. every thing. Complaints are useless, and what renders matters worse is that the troops do not receive full pay, oWing to the state of the Austrian finances. In the country parts the soldiers take their supplies by force, whilst in the towns they offer paper of no value, or else go off without payitg anything. At Piazenca, General Rohn, commander of the - for tress, hag seized on the funds in the Grand-ducal treasury, and simply sent to Parma a receipt." A Turin letter of the 22d says :—" The arrivals of volunteers -continue to increase. The Tuscan Government presents no obstacles to volunteers leaving Leghorn, and consequently young men from different parts of the Papal States, and even from Naples, collect in that port, and are brought to Genoa in steamers. The son or nephew of General do Gregorio, commanding the army of the' Pope, left home for Piedmont, but the General caused him to be arrested before he could leave .the Papal States. The extraordinary influx .of Volunteers occasions great irritation to Austria. The com mander-in-chief of the Austrian troops has taken various strategical measures and effected extensive moVements._ His army now occupies three lines— one, on the Ticino, the second, Am the Adda, and the third, on the Oglio. In the night of the 18th his pontooners advanced to the bridge of Buffalora, and in consequence it. was thought that his army was about to cross the river. But no declaration having been made, General de La Marmora con tented himself with keeping his troops under arms in their barracks." The following is the text of the despatch o Count de Cavour to the Sardinian -Minister at Berne on the declaration of neutrality by Switzer land:— " Turin, 16th April. " Sir,—The President of the Helvetic Confedera tion, by a communication which you transmitted to me, was kind enough to make known officially to the King's Government the attitude which, under existing circumstances, the Federal Council has thought right to assume. The President declares that, if the peace of Europe should be disturbed, the Swiss Confederation will defend and maintain, by all means in its power the iiiitegrity and neu trality of its territory, to which integrity and neutrality it is entitled as an independent State, and which' have been recognised and guaranteed to it by general treaties. Referring to the special dispositions contained in the protocol of the 29th March, 1815, and in subsequent diplomatic acts, the President adds that- if circumstances should require it, Switzerland, in order to assure and de fend the neutrality of her territory, would be dis posed to exercise the right which treaties confer on her of occupying the neutralised part of Savoy. In consequence, the Federal Council, desiring to come to an understanding with the Government of his Majesty, proposes that the points to be regu lated shall be discussed in conference between dele gates of the two States, and settled by them, sub ject to the ratification of the respective Govern ments. I beg of you to be kind enough to offer to M. Staempfli the thanks of Ole King's Government to the communication he has made • and fOr the conciliatory spirit which has dictated it. Sardinia being resolved, whatever shall be the eventuali ties which may arise, to respect scrupulously the independence and neutrality of Switzerland, can not do otherwise than highly appreciate the prin ciples which the confederation has proclaimed, and the measures it has taken to have them respected. The King's Government is also happy to receive the formal assurance that the confedera tion is ready, if necessary, to fulfil the interna tional stipulations which refer to the neutralised provinces of Savoy. The stipulations referred to are contained in the protocol of the 29th March, 1815, which stipulations Art. 91 of the final act of the Congress of Vienna considers as an integral part of the treaty, by declaring that they are to have the same force 'and value a'S` - if they were textually inserted in the said article. The - special treaty of the 16th March, 1816, between Sardinia, the Confederation, and the Canton of Geneva, con- . firmed this declaration of the Congress of Vienna. No serious difference cam therefore take place on this subject, since both Sardinia and the Swiss Confederation are animated with the same desire to observe treaties and to respect the reciprocal rights of the two States. As, however, it is neces sary on certain points to fix the sense and the bearing of the rights and obligations which arise from the protocol of Vienna, in order to enable the two Governments to come to an agreement on the conditions of an eventful occupation, the King, our august master, has deigned to to au thorise me to accept the proposition discuss in a conference of delegates of ht two o States the points to b e regulated, and to settle those points subject to the ratification of the Go vernments. Be kind enough, in consequence, to make known this determination to the President of to the Confederati on , and declare to him that as to the place of meeting of the Conference we leave him the choice between Turin, Geneva, and Berne. In this state of things. I think it unnecessary to specify here th e exact interpretation which, in our opinion, should be given to the stipulations of Vienna. The questions which arise therefrom can be discussed by the delegates, and on its part the King's Government will, whilst preserving the legitimate rights of the State, co-operate in all measures calculated to bring about a satisfactory agreement. I indulge in the belief that we shall find similar sentiments in the Federal Council, and that all difficulties will thus be solved in a manner in conformity with the permanent interests of the two countries. I beg of you to read and to give a copy of this despatch to the President of the Con federation, and to accept, &c." PRUSSIA. The following is the complete text of the artic7e that appeared in the Prussian Gazette, a telegraphic summary of which was given in our yesterday's impression : The efforts made vniuterruptedly by the paccliat- ing powers to maintain the peace imperilled by the complications of the Italian war have unfortunately missed the desired result. The hope for instance, respecting the meeting of a congress ("the European powers with a view to the solution of this question has faded more and more; one of the conditions _ essential to the work of peace, the disarmament of the powers now in opposition, cannot as yet be obtained, notwithstanding numereous negotiations as to the mode of this disarmament. During the attempts at negotiation in which Prussia more especially had to take part as one who signed the treaties of Vienna, and as a powerplaced on a friendly footing with the powers concerned, the King's government has not forgotten for one moment the obligations imposed on it by its position _ as a German federal power. Well aware of the loss of time that is necessarily occasioned, together with the organisation of the confederation, by the establishme n t o f th e means o f defence, the Cin g 's government has already down to the present moment either made itself proposi tions for precautionary measures to this effect, or most heartily co-operated in the preparatory mea sures taken for the same object. As, in the interim, the state of things has as sumed a most serious aspect, the King's Govern ment, after mature reflection, believes the moment has arrived for proposing also to :the Germanic Confederation a general measure concerning its security, and has caused this proposition to be pre ceded by the issuing an order for the placing of three army corps on a war footing. In giving this order his Royal Highness the Prince Regent was animated by the desire of seasonably co-operating in the measures required for the consideration and dignity of the confedera tion in the midst of the armaments now being carried on everywhere in the neighbouring states, and for enabling it to take up an imposing attitude, with a view to its safety and defence, should even tualities tend to place it in a dangerous situation. The preparation for war of three army corps, destined to form the Prussian federal contingent, as , likewise the preparation for war of the other federal contingents about to be shortly proposed at the Diet by the Prussian representative, have no other object but the one indicated above, and which is in keeping with the defensive character of the confederation. All aggressive significancy is alien to it, since hereafter, as hitherto, Prussia will main tain her position as a mediating power in the ques tion at issue, not only for her own interest, but for that of her German confederates. If she has seen with satisfaction, and if she has correctly appreciated the tendencies that animate the lat ter, as far as the general interest of the confe deration is concerned, during the period of the present crisis, she can on her part depend on the assent and confidence of Germany both as to the measure she (Prussia) had just adopted and the, proposition she has to make to the Diet. But in her own country, the King's Government will see,' it feels convinced, the conviction more and more strengthened, that if the most conscientious scrutiny invariably guides its steps, it guides them especially when the most important and sacred interests of Prussia and Germany are at stake. From defending these interests neither the Crown nor the country will be deterred by any sacrifice. Thus prepared_ for the sacrifices, and conscious of the intimate union between. the Crown and the country, Prussia will be able to await with firmness and confidence all the eventualities of the future. The Ailgemeine Zeitung states that at the review recently held at Berlin by the Archduke Albrecht, the password waz " Novara." It draws the con elusion that " Austria and. Prussia, backed by the other states of Germany, will march side try side against the common foe." " If the officers of the Auotrian staff are well in- formed," say s a Vi enna letter of the 22d, " Count , Giulay has received orders to strike a decisive blow with his forces, a la Radetzki, against the Pied montese army. He is, they affirm, to march for ward with every possible rapidity, seize on Turin,' and then try and remain there as long as possible. , Such is said to be the plan of campaign decidectoll by the permanent council of war, sitting here'. under the presidentship of the Emperor. The Emperor's equipages and horses were yesterdar sent forward to Milan, and his Majesty has an nouneed that on his arrival• akthe head-quarters established in that city he will assume the chief , command. Here all mercantile business is sus pended, and immense commercial disasters are anticipated." A letter from Milan of the 19th says Forty military waggons, laden with ammunition, left this city to-day in the direction of Pavia. A gr and review of the troops has just been passed here, and the display was followed by a solemn core- mony, which_ only takes place on the occasion of- - a declaration of war—namely, the benediction of the colours. General Giulay was present, and delivered an address to the soldiers similar to that which has been so much talked of. It is positive that the wives and families of officers have received orders to leave immediately. The Princess el Hesse Darmstadt, whose husband is an Austrian general, has alone obtained leave to remain a week longer. This city is expected to be placed in a state of siege, and a proclamation which engages the citizens to remain tranquil is already i n print. The navigation of the Po is completely suspended.. The Emperor of Austria is shortly expected, and several officers, including the head of the staff, Major. General Benedek, are on the point of start ing for Venice to receive him. In Venice general alarm prevails. and--a thing unknown before-' the famous Cafe Florian, on the place of St. Mar l " which is open day and night, is almost deserted." A communication from Berlin, 22d, says " The ten Federal contingents, the mobilization of which was demanded by Prussia by her pro' position of the Krievbereitschaft, form an act' - five force of 320,000 men, each corps d'armee being composed of 32,000. According to the Fed& ral regulations, Austria and Prussia are &mud each to furnish three corps d'armee, and the other State ° of the Confederation four corps between thew' The Prussian Government has just ordered the immediate mobilization of her• three corps or 96,000 men. It is positive that Prussia b 9 claimed and obtained the command in chief of the Federal army." FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EAST KENT RAILWAT WORKS. CANTERBURY, MONDAY EVENING. Between 10 and 11 o'clock last night a fatal ow dent occurred at the works in the course of cow struction for the East Kent extension line to Doper , in the parish of 'Womenswold, situate about seven miles to the south-east of this city. Here are a number of cuttings and it appear ° a slip of earth took place at one of them, burying George Marten and John Smith, and partially covering with earth a third man named Charles, Larkin. Smith fortunately escaped with but slight injury; but Marten was completely doubled, and death must have been instantaneous. This afternoon the county coroner, M r . T. Delasaux, held an inquest on the bcdy of the de' ceased at the • Phcenix, in the parish of Noningtnuf Mr. Spanton being the foreman of the jury, wh en " the following evidence was adduced Chas. Larkin ;labo urer, of the pa r i s h o f B ar f res tonsl said he was at work the previous ni g ht, a b ou t halfgas 10 o'clock at Rubei T y D own cu tti n g,on the East Sent line. He was at the heading of No. 11 cutting, where the deceased and two other men were all at work. Suddenly the earth gave way and fe; in upon them, burying the deceased and a eg o named Smith, and parti a ll y cover i ng witness. I„. believed it was caus e d b y t h ere h av i ng formerly been a shaft where th e cu t t i ng was b eing ma d e , and that the new soil fell in in consequence. the By the Coron er —Wh en we are underm i n i ng earth, above is supported with timber. E ve. ' precaution is taken to prevent accidents. ,be By the J ur y —Th ere was no warning at all. ,he earth came down lik e th e snapp i ng o f a gun. w J-1,70, head-trees were broken. Th e s id e -bl oc k s xu pperti er the head-tre es were th ree f eet apart, a f oo t than usual. Th e h ea d-t rees were close up to whe re they were at wo r k. H ear d not hi ng o f t h e deceased when the fall took pl ace . Th e d ecease d was got out about one o ' c l oc k thi s morn i ng. He was e°ra. 4 pletely doubled u p w ith th e ti m b ers on t h e top him. closro William Luke gave similar testimony. The Coroner b r i e fly summed up, and a fter re marking that the present was the second he had held within the past few days on the bodiesth of persons killed on the works in connection the East Kent line, expressed a hope that ever possible precaution would tide taken to protect lives of the men against ants of the kind tnei were then inquiring into. ed The Jury returned a verdict— , ‘ Th it the deceased was accidentally killed." inquiry* The Liverpool Albion states that a lady who WI sta,-ing at an hotel in Liverpool a short time back, vga l with her footman and her nurse to the workhouse, and Pu r4 glused a baby from its mother for £5,