The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-26 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, . HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mansur, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. THE FAVOURITE OP FORTUNE: o here, Buckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, dye.; Mesdames Chippendale, Saville, Moore, Fitzwilliam, Hilt, Lindley, &c. To be followed by LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR : Messrs. sothern. Buckstone, Gordon, Braid, 8,r,e.. ; Mrs Chippendale, 5L ss Hill, Ice. To conclude with FISH OCT OF WATER. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM TEIEATRE Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, a new petite Comedy, entitled DOCTO R D tiVE Y. Garrick (the Ac: or., Mr. 11. Vezio ; Messrs. Evans, kitanley, 470 : Mrs. Ho sman and Miss lienrade. After which, THE CORSIC4 N BROTHERS. Mr. Fecliter • Messrs. Jordan, t 'wry, Vezin, widtliconab, Fitz patric,,, liorsinau, Evans, Morelaud, Miss Lawnu, Mrs. lernan, Mrs. Horsinau, Nibs Hatch, Miss I:uverney, and Miss Henrade. 'to cone tile with a farcical sketch. UP DT THE WORLD. ➢lr. 11. Widoicomte; Mrssrs. Evans, ritzp id:, &c.; Miss Ilorsman, Mrs. C. Ilorsnian. Box Office open daily from. Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPIII bole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. at 7 precisely, TILE FASt' FAMILY: Messrs. Billing - ton, J. L. 'Poole, I'mM Bedford, It Phillips, Ashley, Ebur,:e ; Mrs. Allred Mellon (Miss Woolgar', MISS 11. 'Simms, Miss Furtado, Miss Smitb, Miss Seaman, 311/18 Godsall, and Mrs. D. Lewis. Aft. r which (13th time`, an:Anduluslan Ballet Diver Isse men . called LA FLOR DE S o NILLA, by the celebrated Spanish Dancers. El Senora Ca.mpubl, El Senor Allem iny, and La Senorita Elvira, from the Teatro Real, Madrid. To conclude with THE sT EEPLECHAS E. Messrs. J. 1,. Toole, Y. Bedford, BiLing-ton, and alias hate ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs, Swanborough. Tills EVENING, MARRIED LIFE, After which. will be proluee.l the grand Easter Burlesque, PARES ; or, Vive Lemptere : Mes-rs. Stoyle, I horne,Jame-, Fenton : 3 1 ( sdames A. 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MOSES & SON'S. , LIST OF PRICES WITH FASHION CARD AND RULES FOR SELF-MEASUREMENT , GRATIS AND POST-PREP,. At E. MOSES & SON'S. MOSES &. SON'S ESTABLISII s • are closed every Fr ida y at Sunset tin Saturday at E at Sunset, when business is resumed tillii o'clock ---------_ • HEMOSES & SON, Comm: OF MINORIEs A:J. and ALDGATE, NEW OXFORD STREET, Corner of HART STREET, and Corner of TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD and EUSTON ROAD ;• also at BRA.DFOUD, Y G xsuna. WINSLOW lIALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and 'fitted with requisites for the mire and comtort of the INSANE , th e proprietor, Dr. SOISHAGON, announce s t h at he hss transferred his Estab lishment from Blrmin:;ham to the above desirable residci. ce, easily accessible, end•distant from London about an hour and a-hall by the London and North-Western line, and fil ty initiates from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pPasiug prospect, are g,ardan, nleic!ow, plantation, and recreation grounds. For tams and forms of admission address the proprietor. • CRYSTAL PALACE.—THIS AFTERNOON. OLD ENGLISH BALLADS.—Mr. Sims Reeves, Madame Parepa, and Miss Edmonds, Madame Sainton- Dolby, Mr. Weiss, and. Mr. Santley. Solo Trumpet, Mr. Thomas Harper. Conductor, Mr. Manna. The interest lately awakened in Old English Ballads has induced arrangements for a GREAT POPULAR BAL LAD CONCERT, which, combining w ithin the most pleasant features of Ballad Music, will also enjoy the addi tional advantage of having a considerable portio n of these popular and interesting Musical Compositions, accompa nied by the full Orchestral Band of the Company. It will take place on the Great Handel Orchestra, and in order that a large number of persons engaged during the day may be able to attend this Concert, it will commence at Half-past Five, and end between Half-past Seven and Eight o'clock. The names of the Artistes heading this Prospectus aro sufficient to show that this is no ordinary undertaking. It is really and truly described as a Great Popular Ballad Concert. In order to make it accessible to all, the price of admission will be ONE SHILLING ONLY. The doors of the Palace will be opened as usual at Ten. The Thousand and One Attractions during the day. Con cert at Half-past Five. After Concert, Great Popular a O n r , g l aiLPai r •f l o c ru E lan b c r e il o li f a l n 3: t t l ar y i l i llu u siW N , y A M l l , - . E .T D am u es u C ti o l w ri a , r , d n , o'clock. Special and late railway trains for all who come early or late. Ten till Ten. Mr. SIMS REEVES will sing— " Pilgrim of Love" Bishop. "Sigh no mo re , l a di es " "Death of Nelson" Madame PAREPA will sing— "l dwelt in marble halls" "Peace inviting" (Trumpet Obligato—Mr. T. Harper.) " Gallant so gay" Thomas. Miss EDMONDS will sing— " Bonni e Prince Charlie" Scotch. " Where the bee sucks" Madame SAINTON-DOLBY will sing— " Auld Robin Gray" Scotch. " I cannot sing the old songs" Claribel. "Ned, that died at sea" Dibdin. Mr. WEISS will sing— " Heart of Oak" " Village Blacksmith " Mr. SANTLEY will sing— " The Bellringer" Wallace, "Down among the dead men" Old song. "Fair Liebe I left" Old song. Admission—One Shilling; Children, Sixpence. Boyce. Weiss. . _ CIIANG, Mrs. Chang, and the Dwarf, will hold a private Levee and Tea party during the afternoon. - TEETH. —Mr. DAY (for many years principal assistant to Mr. Ebkell. surgeon-dentist, 01 8, Gros venor-street, W.) may be cousuLed on all cases of Dental de tect or deficiency. Ile has made arrangements for the use of Mr. Eskell's Patents, by which means exquisitely enamelled ARTIFICIAL TEETH o' the utmost durability areconstructed (in a few hours when necessary), and are warn upon tender gums or roots of teeth or by nervoui persons for any length of time, without pain, unpleasantness, or discomtott. The L.vention applied to teeth of ordinary or inferior construction. PAINFUL TEETH Olt DISEASED STUMPS EXTRACTED WI riloUT PAIN. No chloroform ! and perfectly safe. OS I'EO-PLASTIC ENAMEL, the exact colour of the natural teeth, used in all cases 01 stopping. Discoloured teeth restored, loose teeth fastened and all operations on the most approved principles. Terms strictly moderate. Consultations free. WI, REGENT-STREET (3 doors from the Polytechnic). HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, Tam DAY.—Morning, 12h. 53m.—Afternoon, lb. 15m, Ta-Momuow.-Morning, lh. 38 m. — Afternoon, lh. 58m • . un. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1866. Subsequent accounts not only confirm the intelli gence of the Austrian victory, but show us that it was most complete and comprehensive. The Arch duke ALBRECHT has forwarded a despatch to the EMPEROR, which he declares that the troops be haved with great fortitude, and displayed extraor dinary valoUr and endurance. In many respects this is a great achievement, and has given a prestige to the army of the EMPEROR, of which it stood greatly in need. No one can pity the Italians, for they brought their fate upon themselves, by , flick temerity and perverseness, and there was no occasion what ever for them to go to war in such unseemly haste. It was no easy task which engaged the Austrian troops last Sunday, and only a desperate resistance on their part could have gained them success. The fight was a very hot one, as we learn from the official bulletin at the close of the engagement Custozza was taken by storm, which caused a fresh struggle, and two thousand Italians were taken prisoners. The Italians also used great efforts, the KING employed the three corps of the army of the Alincio and the reserve, and brought all his troops in succession under fire. Prince AMADEUS and many Generals were wounded. The attack was made by the forces under King UcTon EM3IANUEL, and the Austrians carried Montevento by assault. According to accounts officially sent the troops of the EMPEROR are ani mated by the best spirits. The battle is called by the Archduke the battle of Custozza. It is now considered probable that an engage ment will take place in Bohemia between the forces of Marshal BENEDEIC and the Prussians, as the former will be prevented from entering Silesia in consequence of the advance of the Prussians. Con cerning the forces of Hanover very little change seems to have taken place. It was stated that they had effected a junction with the Federal troops ; but such apparently is not the case. Neither do they seem to have come to any satisfactory arrange ment concerning the terms of their capitulation. It is officially stated that they had twice attempted to break the lines of the Prussians. This, as might have been expected, was a failure each time, and attended,, on the part of the llanoverians, with discomfiture, as several of their men were wounded. What could have induced the Forces of the King of HANOVER to have remained stationary do long it is extremely difficult to say, and they seem likely to pay very dear for it. Two battalions of Prussian infantry and two divisions of cavalry attacked the town of Oswiencin in Galicia, but they retreated after a loss of eight killed and several wounded. No loss was incurred by the Austrians. The Austrian Goveriment may already begin to appreciate some of the effects of their dilatoriness in proceeding to the relief of their allies. Several of the States have signified their intention of with drawing from the Confederation, and others, it is said, will shortly follow the example thus set. At the sitting of the Federal Diet yesterday the seces sion of some of these was mentioned, and the repre sentatives declared that the Diet's resolution of the 14th was a rupture of the Bund. The President very properly replied that the Prussian invasion of Saxony, Hanover, and Hesse-Cassel constituted a rupture of the Confederation, and not the legal decision of the Diet. The greatest interest is felt in Paris respectin g the state of things on the Conti nent ; and in the Corps Legislatif M. LARABEERE attempted to raise the discussion on foreign affairs, and declared that the Chamber ou g ht not to sepa rate without expressing its desire for peace, which was the " true interest of France ;" but no discus cussion was raised on the top). The feeling i n France is now very different from what it w as at the time of the Dano-German War. Then the liveliest sympathy was expressed for the persecuted Danes, and great disappointment was felt at no assistance being rendered to them ; but now the case is widely different. The Austrians at this moment command the most respect, but no great amount of good-will exists between the Governments of Vienna and Paris. As for It re ,aly, it h as f orfe i ted all claim or gard, from its inconsistent course in making a treaty with Prussia. The French are most inimical to the Prussians, and condemn their policy alto gether. E vents are now hurrying on to some grand denouement on the Continent, and no doubt we shall soon hear of some great battle between the forces of Austria and those of Prussia. Marshal BENEDEK'S army is so immense that he can hardly fail to achieve something me morable when he a t last gets it into full working, and no doubt the signal triumph just effected by the Austrian troops in Italy will be of great service in inspiriting the forces in Bohemia. At any rate the Austrians have gained the first advantage of a material kind in action, and this is a good. augury for future successes. So much de pends upon a check being given to Herr BISMARCK that - The hope of all lovers of independence in Europe must rest upon the successes of Austria. The Ministerial explanations in both Houses last evening told us very little more than we knew before. The Ministers have felt it their duty to lay their resignation before her MAJESTY, and the QUEEN, as was naturally anticipated, has very rea sonably expressed her opinion that a personal inter view with the chiefs of the Government should precede a change of Ministry. Earl RUSSELL, in deed, added that her MAJESTY hesitated to accept the resignation of her Ministers, and hoped that in the present state of affairs on the Continent they would not persist in tendering it. Mr. GLADSTONE, who appears to have made up his mind on the point, was less communicative to the Lower House, and merely said that her MAJESTY considered it undesirable to accept their resignations without further consideration. Under these circumstances there was, of course, no alternative but adjourning the House, and immediately after some trifling pro ceedings the members dispersed, to discuss for the thousandth time the prospects and peculiarities of the political situation. Two pieces of information were gained last night. The Ministers determination to resign, and her MAJESTY'S reluctance to accept their resignations, were, indeed, matters of confident surmise, if not of certainty, but no word was breathed of a dissolu tion, and the notice, which it had been rumoured was to be given by an independent Liberal, was not given. A dissolution is an alternative which Minis- ters may yet accept ; and it is still pos sible that in the event of her MAJESTY'S refusal to permit them to retire from their offices they may adopt that course in order to try the feelings of the country and ascertain their real posi- tion. The proposed vote of confidence would be quite a different thing, and one which we are not surprised that Mr. GLADSTONE should have declined to accept. It would have placed the Government in a humiliating position in retaining their offices on sufferance, and they have seen too much of the temper of the present house to believe they can make any such attempt with credit to themselves or with satisfaction to the country. So when the notice of motion were called, though the expected notice was eagerly listened for, it was not given, and it very soon became known, as we have said, that the Ministry declined to escape from their difficulties by any such sidelong contrivance. So that the public must have a few hours' patience, and to-night we shall have a full account of how we stand. One thing is certain, this transition state must be put an end to, and we must have a strong Government with a definite policy if we in tend to hold our position among Continental nations. The arrival of the Nova Scotia from New York on the 16th confirms the intelligence of the disper sion and discomfiture of the Fenians. It is said, indeed, that the Canadian authorities apprehend another raid in the vicinity of Fort Erie, but no importance is attached to the rumour. On the other hand, there are numerous significant indica tions that the danger is over, and the whole scheme collapsed. Two Thousand Fenians left Buffalo on the 15th, and the stragglers who remained were being arrested by order of General MEADE, and forwarded to their homes—the best thing that could be done for them. The Federal ,roops bare been aided to return from the frontier to their respective stations, after having done good service by their presence on the border, since there is no doubt that the conviction that the Americans had decisively turned against them helped very much to dishearten and demoralise the Fenians. ROBERTS has been released from custody because of the difficulty of procuring evidence against him, the witnesses for the prosecution being threatened with assassination. STEPHENS has returned to Washington, though what he is going to do there is not stated, but fourteen Fenians, who have been arrested in Ca nada, were foUnd to be bearers of important papers disclosing Fenian plans. These conspirators seem wonderfully ready to commit their designs to paper, and are altogether indiffe rent to the old precautions of signs and devices. They write in plain black and white what they wish and intend to do, and then walk about with the information for the benefit of all who may obtain it. Perhaps this way is as good as any other for a sham rebellion.. The American news Itself tells us that the House of Representatives has concurred in the Senate amendments to the reconstruction resolu tions, one of which amendments struck out the obnoxious 1870 clause. These resolutions having now passed both Houses of Parliament by a two thirds vote will therefore become law when they have received the ratification by two-thirds of the State Legislatures. Here, however, this bill, like others, will come to a dead-lock, for the Southern States will certainly re fuse to ratify it, so that the necessary two-thirds will hardly be made up. The vexed question of the Southern representation must come up before long, for even the Congress has declined to keep up the four years' sentence of exile. However, we have good grounds now for hoping that common sense and free government will carry the day, and that Messrs. STEVENS and Co. will find the country un willing any longer to submit to their unscrupulous dictation. ASTRONOMY.—In a letter addressed to the Cosmos, Father Secchi, Director of the Observatory of Rome, treats summarily of various subjects connected with the heavens. The spectra of stars seem still to engross his attention ; by means of the new and delicate apparatus constructed for the purpose he has observed the bands of the spectrum of Arcturus, a well-known star, and he finds them as numerous and fine as those of the sun. This star b rt eo e t n Corona Ni tool i Borealis, enmv is one of those that has a less absorbent atmosphere ,than many others, and the black bands are consequently thinner. The absorbing power of stellar atmospheres has been ar ranged in classes by Father Secchi ; those that are coloured from one of those classes, and the white ones another. The former are characterised by numerous dark lines, and in the latter there is more continuity. Those that are of a greenish-blue hue offer great interruptions in their spec trum : Sirius (the dog-star) and Alpha Lyrae are in stances of this ; and Father Secchi tells us that he has found such distinctions even in stars of the having eaain.ttyht S ole e eb n stsbsieenrc t iav h ea eu e bcrsusye, s r, t 3, riaaohnru.edsßes inaßlprtscircumstance which gui tsi; 4th and sth magnitudes. Father Secchi regrets his aop wereerte verypointed have te i d u case sa l r t a sa e t e on cicyeo thereu a w l a ) a p s n e viz , that 'on Car '8 out few . t o celestial globe there is a nebula . marked ve Y r near the spot where the star was seen, and that this y nebula is not to be found in Ilerschol's catalogue. It would be very curious, ha thinks, if the history of this nebula could be traced, and it turned out that it were iden tical with the late star. Turning to the subject of solar spots, Father Secchi states that in examining those which have appeared this year, he has ascertained changes of latitude, but that those changes were sudden and irregular whenever the spot underwent any variation. The changes meanvaried d b u e r a t w t t u e e n n of s i t x ik e a t r n d r 0 t e s i t g t e h d ut he e fi g li r e d e s s s 0 of ru e l w a t h i a t ude t less . than I'h t • that assigned to them by Mr. Carrington. Latterly, a spot has appeared in the sun's southern hemisphere, but it was these changes of latitude are incompatible . with too irregular to lead to any proper conclusion, e h xce th p e t that sup position of a solar photosphere, LITERATURE. Harrison Ainswortli's New Romance. The Constable de Bourbon. By William Harrison Ainsworth. 3 Vols. Chapman and Hall. We have repeatedly, on the appearance of a new romance of Mr. Ainsworth's, congratulated the author upon his wonderful felicity in the selection of a subject. That " Truth "which is "stranger than Fiction " is almost invariably the object of his choice, and if, like the author of " The Henriade," he in vokes the aid cf Fable to embellish the records of Reality it is in a spirit kindred to that of Voltaire— "Pcur oruer ses attrnits et non pour les cacher." In addition to the marvellous sagacity, which, like a happy instinct, guides him in the selection of his theme, Mr. Ainsworth possesses another admirable qualification for the historical romancist. He realises to himself and to his reader " the very age and body of the time," which he undertakes to describe. He fairly masters the situation of his characters, and the individual peculiarities of those characters them selves. The various details of the picture, the dresses, the accoutrements, and all the etceteras of every-day life, are carefully depicted, and the reader lives for the time in the period of which he reads. Fortunate as Mr. Ainsworth has hitherto proved in the choice of his scene and of his hero he has seldom proved more fortunate than in the present instance. The proud and haughty Constable de Bourbon, the cousin, and almost the compeer of the King and the ally and partizan of the enemies of France—a gallant soldier, winning glory for his country by his sovereign's side on the battle-field, and then, like Coriolanus, leading his country's enemies to victory, and dooming his King to captivity on the hapless field of Pavia—at one time a Christian Knight, holding high place in the ranks of chivalry, and then in the last fatal hour of his life leading a band of mercenaries to the sack and pillage of the capital of Christendom ! "He, whom Benvenuto's hand struck down, While mounting to the fierce assault of Rome, The heir of Palaces, without a home"— is, indeed, a fitting subject for the romance-writer. The only drawback to the interest excited by a con templation of the career and character of Bourbon is the lack of sympathy which, owing to his treachery, he excites in the mind of his reader. Even those who profit by an act of treason have no love or liking for the traitor. The Spanish nobles were not singular in their aversion to the renegade, an aversion which they did not hesitate to manifest. Bourbon followed the royal prisoner to Madrid, and was received with the greatest distinction by the Emperor, but neither his brilliant achievements nor his princely rank could reconcile the haughty Castilian nobles to his pre sence at the court. They regarded him as a rebel and a traitor, and could scarcely refrain from manifesting their scorn and aversion. He came attended by a large re tinue, and as the Emperor did not desire to assign him apartments in the royal palace, he begged the Marquis do Vilenna to lend him his mansion—one of the largest and most magnificent in Madrid. "Sire," replied the proud marquis, " I can refuse you nothing. But I declare that as sooh as the Duke do Bourbon has quitted my house I will burn it to the ground as a place infected with treason, and unworthy to be inha bited by men of honour." "As you please, my lord," said Charles V., smiling sternly. " But as I have instigated the duke to his treason, I must share the reproach, and since you will not lend him your house, I must perforce lodge him in the Alcazar." Of a different stamp is another hero, who also ap pears upon the scene, the Knight " without fear and without reproach." Here is a portrait of THE CHEVALIER BAYARD. Bayard was fashioned in the heroic mould. Above the ordinary height, powerfully built, and possessed of pro digious strength, he wore his ponderous armour, dinted by many a blow, as easily as if it had been a silken doublet. His features corresponded with his frame, being massive and nobly sculptured, generally stern in expression, yet sometimes lighted up by a pleasant smile. The doughty champion was now approaching fifty, and though his mighty arm had lost none of its power, and his features bore few traces of age, his once raven locks were thickly sown with grey. It had been remarked by his soldiers, by whom he was idolised, that nee the affair of llobecco their captain had looked sombr nd discontented, and they fancied that the thought of the defeat rankled in his breast. More than human valour seemed to beat in Bayard's broad breast—more than human strength appeared to reside in his herculean frame and powerful arm. No danger ever appalled him—nay, his spirit rose with dan ger, inciting him to deeds worthy of the heroic ages. Buell was his conduct at Garigliano, when, wholly unsupported, he defended the bridge against the entire Spanish host, and saved the French army. Besides the inconceivable daring of all his actions, their grandeur made him the cen tral figure in every conflict in which he engaged, and ex cited the admiration both of friends and foes. When only eighteen, Bayard followed Charles VIII. into Italy, and won kis spurs at the battle of Fornova, where he performed prodigies of valour, and had two horses shot under him. He was several times made pri soner, and more than once grievously wounded, but while free he was ever with the army. Courts he despised, and hence the neglect he experienced from Francois 1., who Placed his favourites over his head. But other monarchs appreciated him at his true worth, and after a signal vic tory which he had gained at Padua, the Emperor Maximi lian said to him, in the presence of the whole army, " Che valier Bayard, the King my brother is happy in having a knight like you. 1 would I had a dozen such, oven though each cost me a hundred thousand florins a year." Nor did our own bluff King Hal use less flattering language towards him at the siege of Tdrouanne. " Were all French captains as valiant as you, Chevalier Bayard,'' said Henry, " I must speedily raise the siege of this place." Bayard, as is well known, after the famous battle of Ma rignano, which he himself had helped to win, and where he fought side by side with the Constable do Bourbon, was called upon by the victorious King to dub him knight. Bayard would have declined the honour, but Francois insisted, and bent the knee before him. Whereupon Bayard, drawing his sword, and touching the King's shoulder with the blade, exclaimed : "Sire, may it be with you as with Roland or Oliver, Godfrey or Baldwin, his brother. Certes, you are the first king that ever I dubbed knight." Then pressing his lips to the blade, he said, "Happy thou art, my sword, to hare performed this office for so bravea monarch! Henceforth, good sword, shalt thou be kept as a hely relic, and hon oured above all other weapons !" The death of Bayard is simply and touchingly de scribed, but we see no mention of the incident re corded by some historians of Bourbon wishing him self in the place of the dead hero. " And Bourbon gazed on Bayard's corse and said, 0 would I were that gallant soldier dead !" The death of Bayard, however, occurred in the hour of Bourbon's triumph. Here is a vivid picture of the last efforts of the brave King and The dashing onset of the Constable On that fatal field . PAVIA. Once more the lion-hearted king made a tremendous charge against the Spanish cavalry, led on by Pescara. For a moment it seemed as if this charge would turn the tide of victory, so great was the havoc it occasioned. Pescara himself was wounded by a sword-cut in the cheek, stricken from his steed, and trampled-under foot by the enemy. With difficulty he was rescued by his men and dragged out of the way. Lannoy again brought on his Neapolitans, and was repulsed with heavy loss. The battle now raged furiously, and the din of arms was as if a thousand smiths were at work, mingled with the rattle of arquebusses, the shrieks of wounded horses, and the shouts, curses, and groans of the combatants. Ter rible was the carnage. On all sides could be seen the bravest and noblest of the French chivalry flocking towards the king's standard, resolved to win the day or perish with him, for his actions showed that he would never retire. But the decisive moment had come. Pescara was down, and severely wounded, as we have seen, and his squadron shattered by the last charge of the king. Lannoy, who had advanced to sustain him, was likewise repulsed. For a brief space the heroic king persuaded himself that he could retrieve his losses, but his exultation was speedily quelled. He saw a dense dark mass gathering in front that threatened to overwhelm him. Bourbon was there with his lanz-knechts, his German reiters, and his Burgundian lances. At his right and left wing were Von Frundsberg and Sittich. Fierce and ter rible was tho joy that lighted up the duke's haughty fea tures at that moment. He saw the king, who had so deeply wronged hint. He saw him surrounded with his peerless knights and nobles. Chaumont was there, the Marshal de Poi; Lambesc, Lavedan, the Grand Master of France, and a hundred other noble knights. There also was the hated Bonnivet. He could crush thorn all. After gazing at them as the eagle gazes ere swooping upon its prey, Bourbon gave word to charge. The trumpets sounded, and the , Burgundian lances and the German reiters dashed on, shouting loudly, " Vivo Bourbon !" Clearing the ground between them and the foe, they burst like a thunder-cloud upon the French men-at-arms .tud knights. Tremendous was the splintering of lances —loud the rattle of musketry —sharp the clash of swords. But the squadron gathered round the king was broken in six places, and could not rally. In the terrific melee that ensued half the gallant knights whom Bourbon had seen were slain. Chaumont was transfixed in the charge— Lavedan cut down—the Grand Master buried beneath a heap of dead. Vainly the king and thoso near him essayed to rally the men. They were panic-stricken, and could not be got to gether again. If the strife was not yet over, the victory was won, and the decisive blow had been given by Bourbon. The King, who on leaving the field a pri soner, wrote those memorable words to his mother, "All is lost save honour," lost even that priceless possession by his after treachery in the matter of the treaty, by which an end was put to his long and cruel imprisonment. Gratified in his revenge, Bour bon gained little by the victory, and so demoralising was the effect of his rebellions, that he, the royal prince and Christian knight that had been, consented to lead the mercenary troops against Rome, with the understanding that the doomed city and its inhabi tants should be given up to the savage passions of a reckless soldiery. As the dark curtain falls upon the close of a tragedy, so the historian of the Con stable, at the close of the third volume, " drops a veil over the horrors of the sack of Rome. Never in the history of the world," he adds, " was a city abandoned to such frightful licence--never were such atrocities committed." Bourbon, who had consented to them as a bribe to the fierce marauders he commanded, did not live to witness their perpetration. To the hand of Ben venuto Celliui, the artist and artificer, whose won derful productions were the admiration of his own time and of all succeeding ages—to that hand which had achieved miracles of art—was reserved the honour of striking the first blow in the defence of Rome, and right well that hand performed its task, dealing destruction to the recreant knight who was the first to attempt to scale the walls of the city. " Fearfully," says the author of this chronicle of his fortunes, " fearfully was Bourbon avenged, and if his spirit hovered over Rome at that dread hour it must have bewailed those fright ful excesses." So entirely is the Constable the hero of this Romance that the loves and sorrows of the minor characters, who have nevertheless a little ro mance of their own, are of very secondary import ance. The Constable de Bourbon is the chief character throughout, and very vividly and effec tively are his:career and character portrayed. The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada. By Major W. Ross KING. One vol. pp. 326. Hurst _ _ and Blackett. A gorgeous volume is this, beautifully-bound and decorated, and adorned with coloured plates and numerous illustrations, depicting the wonders of the animal kingdom in that land where Nature is so prodigal of her riches. Major King spent three years " with rod in hand or roaming the woods with dog and gun," amid the picturesque scenery of British North America ; he describes the scene of his adventures and the character of his sport with an enthusiasm which is enough to tempt many a sporting traveller to follow in his footsteps. Speaking of the advantages of the locality, he ex claims, " Whether to the sportsman, the naturalist, or the traveller, nothing can be more alluring than its vast tracts of primeval forest inhabited by moose and caribou ; its game-stocked prairies of bound less extent ; and its broad rivers, filled with silver salmon and spotted trout, flowing through pic turesque solitudes little known and less frequented." The attractive descriptions of the scenes and the sporting given by Major King are enough to remedy the one evil, and to tend somewhat towards the diminution of the other. Ferns, British and Foreign. By John Smith, A.L.S., ex-Curator of the Royal Botanic Gar dens, Kew. One Vol., pp. 371. Robert Hard wicke. A most complete and comprehensive history and dictionary of ferns, British and foreign, is comprised in this little work, which will be invaluable to the amateur and cultivator of these graceful and popu lar plants. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. _ _ _ The general deduction to be drawn from the news in the Paris papers to-day is that nothing " really important has taken place in Germany." This is the statement which they make themselves. The Italian army, with King Victor Emmanuel at their head, had crossed the Mincio. A letter from Bologna, dated June 21, says that the news announced in the two Chambers that Italy had declared war against Austria was received with immense enthusiasm. Flags were hung out of the windows, and the city resounded with cries of " Long live the King. The War for ever (Eoviva la Guerra)," The train which left with the King was saluted with frantic cries of sympathy and joy. Men and women joined in the manifestations. The writer describes the manifestation as a resemblance to the representation of a tragedy of Sophocles, played beneath an unclouded sky by a whole people. The route from Florence to Cremona was lined with flags and various symptoms of rejoicing, and on the whole route Victor Emmanuel was accom panied by the same demonstrations. It appears by accounts from Naples that Mount Vesuvius is under the influence of another volcano. Like the political horizon, the astronomical horizon is clouded and in agitation. Columns of fire and ashes are precipitated from the crater of Mount Ve suvius, " and the flames illuminate the whole terri tory of Italy." The only news in the bulletin of the Moniteur of to-day is the confirmation of the account that the Italian army had passed the Mincio. It states, however, that its information leads to the belief that the Prussians had entered Bohemia by Rumbourg and Zittau, without encountering any obstacle. The following is the result of the races at Porche fontaine, near Versailles, yesterday : Handicap 3,000 f., for entire horses and mares, 3 yrs old and upwards. Ultima Novateur Damietta The betting was 7 to 1 agst Ultima. Prix a Reclamer, 1,500 f. Rabat Jose 1 La Menagerq Gaulois Total amount of prize, 2,300 f. Course de Haies (Handicap). Milton Scwvola Jarnicoton Amount of prize, 3,700 f: 500 f. to the second horse. Steeplechase (Handicap), 2,000 f. for all horses. Valentino Harriet Watts The English mare won easily by three lengths. Amount of prize, 2,850 f. Double the price of en trance to the second horse. Writing at the latest hour, and after hearing the most extraordinary reports at the Bourse, I can only impress upon English readers the advice of the Journal des Debats. "The public should only accept with reserve the statements in the correspondence which arrives from the theatre of war." As another iliustration of the caution which is requested, I may mention that the Gazette de Vienne says that the version of the famous order of the day issued by General Benedek contains many inaccuracies. The extraordinary reports at the Bourse have ceased to excite alarm, and a better feeling has pre vailed to-day. Business, however, was very limited. GLASGOW, June 23.—Cotton.—The cotton mar ket was dull during the greater part of the week, and prices had a downward tendency; towards the close, however, the tone improved, the market became very strong and active, and prices were a halfpenny dearer. Goods and Yarns.—The market for goods and yarns has been quiet during the week, and business has been very much restricted. Prices are irregular and in favour of buyers. [rou.—The pig-iron market has been rather brisk during the week, add a fair amount of business has been trans acted. Towards the close the rumours that the makers would blow out a number of their furnaces, caused a brisk ness in the market, and warrants improved, a fair business having been done at 568. cash, and 5Gs. 9d. one month. Gartsherrie, 625. 6d. ex store ; No. 1 Coltness, 58s. 6d. to 616. No> 1, g. m. b., 578. ; No. 3g. m, b., 564, 6d, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) GREAT BATTLE NEAR VERONA. lIEAD-QUARTERS OF THE ITALIAN ARMY, June 25, 4.10 p.m. "The left wing and centre of the Royal troops had crossed the Mincio . and were marching in the direc tion of Kaleggio and Villafranca when they were vigorously attacked by the Austrians with their full and combined forces. The Italian positions were captured and recaptured, the Royal troops display ing great valour in the presence of the overwhelming forces of Austria. " In the evening the Royal troops still occupied Goito, Volta, Cavriana, and Solferino. " During yesterday the Italians sustained great losses. Prince Amadeus and General Cevale and others were more or less seriously wounded, and General Villarey was killed. Prince Humbert per formed prodigies of valour. The news respecting Prince Amadeus is reassuring. " General Cialdini with his whole army continues to occupy positions on the Po. " Six hundred Austrian prisoners, officers and soldiers, have been sent to Milan." PARIS, Jul 2G. The 2loniteur of this morning in its bulletin con firms the intelligence that the Italian army under King Victor Emmanuel has been forced to recross the Alincio. It adds that General Cialdini has not yet crossed the Po. EVENING, JUNE 6, 1866. DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRIANS BY THE GARIBALDIANS. BRESCIA, June 25 (Evening). To-day an engagement took place between the Italian Volunteers and the Austrians, between the bridge of Caffary and Londzone. The Austrians were repulsed, leaving several killed and wounded. Tne Volunteers had no losses. PARIS, June 25. The Moniteur du Soir publishes the following summary of military affairs in Germany : On the frontier of Saxony and Bohemia, the Prussian troops, strongly massed, who seemed to await, during the past few days, a movement of General Benedek into Silesia, have decidedly re-as sumed the offensive, and have re-occupied in force the positions they had just quitted. The Bohemian territory projects into that of Saxony at two cul minating points. It is upon these two portions of Austrian territory that the Prussian army is carrying on a simultaneous attack. Detachments appear to be in movement via Stolpen Neustadland, Rumbourg, while others are marching via Zittau and Friedland, in the direc tion of Reichenberg. This part of Bohemia ap pears to be the least garrisoned with troops, for it is situated between the position of Bodenbach and Topaz, where part of the Austrian army has joined the Saxons, and the positions occupied towards Upper Silesia by the bulk of Benedek's army. The Prussia attack will have the effect of pre venting the Austrian general from making an irrrup tion with all his forces into Prussian Silesia as he appeared to intend. He will have in fact to provide before all for the security of his rear, which would be menaced by the enemy's invasion of Bohemia. An encounter between the Austrians and the advancing Prussian troops appears to be inevitable very shortly. A skirmish took place on the 22d between ' an Austrian cavalry corps and the Prussians be tween Breitenfuhrt and Sundhebel. The Prussians gained the advantage, and were able to continue their march, which tends to prove that they are entering Bohemia with a force of some consequence. The intelligience respecting the fate of the Hanoverian corps retreating from Gottingen is still contradictory. From Eisenach this corps pro ceeded to the south over the territory of the Duke of Meiningen, hoping to make a passage by that route to Bavaria. Some accounts rapreseut this movement to have succeeded, while other despatches announce, on the contrary, that the Prussian troops have surrounded the Hanoverians, that the Duke of Meiningen has quitted his states and taken refuge in Bavaria, and that a Hanoverian officer has arrived at Gotha to negotiate a capitulation. On the line of the Main the Bavarian army ap pears ready to make an advance. Part of the troops are said to have crossed the Saxon frontier and oc cupied Planen and Ilof, where a Prussian force is reported to have appeared a few days since. The corps of Prince Alexander of Hesse (Bth Federal Army Corps, concentrated round Frankfort) is also said to be about to move with the object of cutting off the Prussians from their possessions on the right bank of the Rhine, by advancing towards the north through Nassau. OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS• GIBRALTAR, June 25 The Pera, from Southampton on the 20th inst, arrived here, and left at 10 a.m. to-day for Alex andria. Passengers transhipped to coal hulk. Passengers can disembark from steamers in qua =tine during the night. (Signed) RICHARD AIREY, Governor of Gibraltar. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, June 25. The Nemesis arrived at 1 a.m. to-day. Strong winds caused detention. CHINA. (By telegraph from Galle.) SHANGHAI, May 24. The rebels have captured Newchang. COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL. PLYMOUTH, June 2G. The screw steamer West of England was in colli sion with the schooner Raphael, of Exeter, off the Start, on Monday at noon in a dense fog. The schooner went down with all hands. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 22.—Two o ; Clock.—The mar ket is engrossed with the events which have just transpired in Italy. At the opening quotations of Stocks and Shares gave way ; they have since, how ever, recovered. Threes, for the Account, being now at 62f. 85c., or the same as Saturday. Credit Foncier and Comptoir d'Escompte Shares show an advance of 5f., the former being at 1,125 f, and the latter at 685 f. Italian Fives have receded 45c., the price being 39f. 45c. Credit Mobilier are 2f. 50c. lower, viz., at 435 f. In the Railway Department Lyons Shares have an advance of 3f. 75c., to 782 f. 50f., and Northern 2f. 50c. to 1,0651. Austrian Shares are 2f. 50c. lower, at 297 f. 50c. Mexican Bonds, for Cash, are at 178 f. 75c. The first tele gram from London announces a rise of Three o'clock.—Quotations have improved of late, and left off as follows : li per Cents 92 Do. end mouth — 3 per Cents. 63 Do. end month 63 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncicr — Do. end month 1125 Bank Shares 3455 Italian Loan 39 90 Do. and month 39 95 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds l7B 75 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 'AYS. _ . For Account. Orleans Northern 1065 Lyons and Mediterranean 782 50 Southern 5lO - - Western Eastern 4BO Sardinian — Austrian Lombard 277 50 North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona — Roman vim:.; 6'1134 HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, June 24. The Queen and Princess Helena drove out yes terday morning. In the afternoon her Majesty and Princess Helena, attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athole and Miss M'Gregor, went out by Invercauld and the Slogan Water. Mr. heir left the Castle yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing -street. The Ministers present were—Earl Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, the Marquis of Hartington, Earl do Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, and the Eight Hon. C. P. Villiers. A MERICA. (Per the Nova Scotian, via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, June 16 (Evening). The Fenians have nearly all left the frontier. 2,000 lelt Buffalo yesterday, and the stragglers re maining are being arrested by order of General Meade, and forwarded to their homes. The Federal troops have also been ordered to return from the frontier to their respective stations. It is unre liably reported that the Canadian authorities ap prehend another raid in the vicinity of Fort Erie, and that they had countermanded the order re calling the troops from the Niagara frontier. The Fenian prisoners at Montreal have been sent to the neighbourhood of St. Armand for iden tification. Roberts was discharged from custody yesterday on account of the difficulty of pro curing evidence against him, the witnesses for the prosecution being intimidated by threats of as sassination. The prosecuting attorney announced that he would submit the case to the grand jury. Roberts has issued an order declaring that the Fe nians return, but only for the present. The Fenian officers arrested at Malone have refused to furnish bail, and have been remanded for trial on the 19th inst. Some Fenians returning on the Hudson River Railroad engaged in a drunken row among them selves, and ten were thrown from the train while in full motion. Fourteen Fenians have been arrested at Hamilton, Canada, and papers were found upon them disclosing important Fenian plans. James Stephens returned yesterday from Richmond to Washington. The House of Representatives has concurred in the Senate amendments to the Reconstruction Resolutions, which have now passed both houses by a two-thirds vote, and require ratification by two thirds of the State Legislatures to become law. The President has vetoed the bill granting impor tant privileges to the Montana Mining Company, on the ground that it bestows a monopoly on a favoured few, to the detriment of individual enter prise. Among the diplomatic Congress laid before Con gress there is a note addressed by Count Mensdorff, on the 30th May, to the American minister at Vienna, informing him that measures have been taken to suspend the departure of the newly-enlisted volunteers for Mexico. General Santa Anna has issued a proclamation at New York, offering his services to the Republican cause in Mexico, and exhorting Mexicans to unite and expel the foreign usurper. It is reported that the Imperialists have been defeated at Lianero (Mexico) by Esperosa. The City of Paris has arrived out. NE* YORK, June 16 (Evening). Money abundant. Gold, 1581. Exchange on London, 174 ; on Paris, 3.25. Stocks firm and active : Illinois, 1221 ; Erie, 581 ; 5.20 Bonds, 1021. Cotton firm : Middling Upland, 40c. Re ceipts of the week, 10,000 bales. Wheat, flour, and corn firm and advancing. Provisions firm and active. Coffee steady. Sugar improving. Mo lasses firm. Petroleum steady: crude, 261 ; re fined, 411. NEW ORLEANS, June 14. Cotton steady : low middling, 37 to 39. Re ceipts, two days, 500 bales. MARKE TS. --This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 lOs; clover, £5 Os to 46 12s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND,—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 12s Od; cloven £5 Os to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load. A good demand. WITITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 lOs; clover, £5 Os to £6 13s Od ; •and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s p er l oa d. Trade fi rm . New meadow hay sold from £4 to £4 4s per load. OLONIAL C TEA.—There i s a very limited . inquiry, and the few dealings entered into have been at about previous rates. SITGAR. —The market continues very quiet, and holders generally do not press sales, only a limited quantity being announced for public competition during the week. In the private market, however, late rates are in most, in stances supported. COFFEE.-A moderate amount of business has been done in Ceylon descriptions, but prices generally have shown considerable depression. RicE.—The operations have been very restricted, owing to the high prices demanded by holders. SALTPETRE.—OnIy limited dealings have been reported, without any material change to report in prices. TALLOW. —The tallow market was firm last week, and higher prices paid, both for ready and forward delivery. To-day prices remain steady, with little doing. From St. Petersburg the price last quoted is 60-} silver roubles : the Exchange had, however, declined to 251. The rouble price is not likely to recede much, as the Russians have already disposed of a large proportion of the supply. It is stated that over 70,000 casks are already bought for shipment. On the spot, here, 465. is paid ; for the last three months, 48s. 3d. Town tallow advanced 3s. per cwt. on Friday, and is now quoted 445. 9d. net cash. Australian beef, 435. to 435. 6cl. ; mixed, 445. 9d.; Odessa sheep, 455. 6d. to 465. 3d. ; beef, fine, 445. to 455. ; South American, 46s ; Cochin cocoa nut oil, 51s. 6d. to 525. ; Ceylon, 41s. ; palm oil, 395. 6d., Lagos. Liverpool Cotton Market—(This Day.) The market opens with fair demand at yester day's quotations. Sales probably 10,000 bales or more. A Council of Ministers was held on Saturday at the Tuileries, the Emperor presiding. The Empress and the Prince Imperial, accom panied by several ladies of the Imperial household, visited the Bank of France on Saturday. Her Majesty, attended by M. Rouland, the governor, minutely inspected the whole establishment, calling the attention of the Prince to all which could inte rest him or excite his curiosity. After a long exa mination her Majesty returned to the apartment of the governor, and, addressing Count Pillet-Will and M. Mallet, two of the regents, presented in the Emperor's name to the former the cross of Officer in the Legion of Honour, and to the latter that of Knight. As the Empress was about to withdraw, the governor begged her acceptance of one of the gold medals, four only of which were struck, to commemorate the institution of the Bank of Frauc3 by Napoleon I. in 1809. TILE SALMON RIVERS.—The salmon rivers of South Wales have not been quite so productive this season as expected, but a comparison with the take four or five years, before the present fishery laws came into opera tion, shows nevertheless a marked progress. It is gene rally agreed that the legislation that has taken place has effected a large amount of good, and is destined to do still more, when once a complete system of protection is carried out. The fish this year have been, as a rule, rather small, although numerous in some localities, and, according to the opinion of experienced pisciculturists, large salmon will not be numerous in streams that have been neglected for years past for another two or three seasons. In South Wales considerable difficulty is experienced in preventing poisonous refuse from being thrown into the rivers. This refuse is from the tin plate, chemical, silver, lead, and other works, which, up to the enactment of the Salmon Fishery Act, were allowed, without hindrance, to run th eir waste to the nearest stream, and the rivers were in consc; luence completely denuded of fish. It is satisfactory to report that through the energetic action of the cons erve . tors appointed in the different counties, the propmrieeatzsboyf nearly all the works have been induced to adopt whichprothteectrel from furtherefusowillbtApiloisleltdtt,iaonnd the Waters eff ceta-- any