Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-19 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. NORTHERN TIMES QyFIcE,THURSDAY, 9 A.M. INDIA EXECUTIONtTANTIA TOP-EE ALEXANDRIA, May 12.—The Bombay mails leave t 0 y, with - dates to the 26th ult., and from Aden, to the 4th instant. Tantia Topee has been hanged. The rebels on the borders of Nepaul having vaffered greatly in the -jungle are breaking from them in small parties. c' INDIA-OFFICE DESPATOH. Th e usual despatch from the Secretary to the G overnment of Bombay arrived at the India-office this morning (Thursday) at 3 o'clock. After mentioning & the execution, of Tantia Topee, the , follo w i ng intelligence is given from the nide division of the Bombay. Government : Intelligence has been received by telegraph of the occurrence on the 15th, inst. of an outbreak at 'lugger Parkur, north of Cutch. Troops have been espatched from Deesa for the reduction of the i nsurgents. No particulars are given, with this e lception. The Bombay Presidency is quiet. COMMERCIAL. In imports a fair busineis has been done.' Sales of cotton " e re more active. Money was plentiful. Freights re mixed the same. 'Exchange; 2s 11 ito 2s lad. The Times has also received atf Indian despatch, accord- - I ; , l g' to which. the Bombay import market was rather quiet. a rge transactions had taken place in cotton. Oil seed was steady COMMERCIAL. T b ut English Funds haye declinedi to per cent. to-day, principally owing, to the stagnation of business, the ra tes of discount still.show a downward tendency. In tr ansactions amongst the dealers; .31 per cent. has been accepted. No bullion was drawn from the Bank to-day. 1 2 10,000 o f A us t ra lian and American 'gold -was taken for he Continent. The steamer Ripon will take out £344,000 11 Silver ' chiefly for Calcutta.—. Daily News City Article, W ednesday Evening. i„,ihe English Funds opened this morning at a fractional irovernent, but the market closed at a decline of 8. The Ileipal London discount houses' have to-day made a re duction of 'per cent. in their rates of allowance for ili c leY to call and on deposit. The mercantile letters from G erman y state that business of all kinds continues in „„ a n'sPense, owing to the general political excitement. Large P r cittlits of gol ad siler have laly been sent fro aoce ,to Frankfort in v return for te French and other se curities t ransm itt e d t o P ar is for sale, and hoarding, it is saki,c•, is being practised to a considerable extent.—Times , Irticle, Wednesday Evening. JuTh Daily News'says that on Wednesday, at the sales of a decline of 20s per ton was submitted to. 410 1 1 e Great Nor rn he Railway traffic return, this week, wS an increase of 43,611. delivered in 'SAIL NEWS.—The Bomby mails will be ' 4 %6n on Friday morning. h l t is said, in-the Times, that twenty thousand landsmen to been enrolled in the navy during the last few weeks. - AVAL AND MILITARY. It is reported that the Austra an waters w ill be made an admiral's station. At Malta, 2 the 15th of May, Admiral Fanshawe was in the offing " t h four liners, and two others were in port. The Star sums up the results of the general election. 4_'' e igs and Tories are about equal-300 on each side. , 5 4..0 re are about 53 independent Liberals, and as they are more advanced principles than either party, it follows that the p ar ty which will do the m o st w ill h ave th e b es t c hance of holding the reins of Government. 2, T he Daily News analyses the correspondence in the tines from the Austrian head-quarters, and endeavours to assign to it its due weight. A correspondent writing at the elbow" an Austriangeneral may be permitted to call failures teints, to describe retreats as brilliant flank move ments, and it may be expected he will look at murder, r m once, and pillage throngh an Austrian spy glass. The e B , in a leading article, answers, by anticipation, some o f these cavils. r e ONTRABAND OF WAR.—THE QUESTION OF COAL. The ah "es says the government desires to avoid pronouncing V,,,Y °Pinion whether coal is to be considered contraband. ss Is if carrying such cargoes do so at their own risk, and b p ,ucY are seized by a belligerent power, and brought ae - ,T r e a proper court for adjudication, the decision then Trod at will help to guide future views upon the, question. e -trera/ri says more decidedly that the extensive coal illegal, recentlfentered into at Cardiff and Newcastle are e gal, and will, it is' thought entail very serious conse quencesh on shipowners who do not endeavour to retrace heir steps. —T he SHIPPING INTEREST AND THE DUTIES OF NEUTRALS. -. C 1130 ' 1 ; 1 0 Times announces that - shipowners have been warned, e ,. the authority of the highest legal officers of the -e :ra, that all charters of ships to the French government, of transports or storeships, are in contravention of the 59th Will 111., cap. 69, and, if attempted to be carried out, involve confiscation of ship, and prosecution and im- Wf,° l ltnent for misdemeanour, on information being given t he existence of any such contract. This decision applies lnally to vessels chartered before or subsequently to the ofof the recent proclamation. There are several cases charters which will have to be abandoned. LATEST TELEGRAMS. SPAIN. MADRID, May 17. —The official Correspondancea ke t Vraphia, says that the Portuguese ,Govern oet has proposed to Spain a treaty of alliance ci o ex isive and defensive, but that the Spanish b r : C 'ernment has refused to fall in with this pro rvSal alleging that the treaty between Portugal 4, t . England might compromise that liberty of I °n, which Spain intends to preserve. SWITZERLAND. th tERNE, May 18.—The inclination manifested by t o e Italian refugees on the frontiers of Switzerland, d o s tir up a revolution in Lombardy, has been put ch \\ II b our troops, who have also seized several sts of guns and barrels of gunpowder. Rt ''SON OF COUNT BUOL'S RESIGNATION. V ,IENNA, May 18. —The official Austrian cones of Doil genee says, that failing health was the only cause oeount Buol's request to be relieved from the c e of Foreign Minister. His resignation occa th°4B no change in the principles of Austrian policy, e b alm and object of which is to maintain Austria's gia to recognise the rights of others. THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The Ripon has A awed with the Bombay mail. Her dates are — A l exandria May 3 ; Malta, 7 ; Gibraltar, 12. brings 145 passengers, 22 bales of silk, 41 des of shawls, 83 bales of wood, and sundries. She passed her Majesty's ship Victor Emmanuel the Bth, steering to S.E. ; Indus, mail steamer, on 0 ".,e 12th ; Russian line-of-battle ship Ctesarewitch, Vile 12th ; Jeddo, steamer, on the 13th ; and and on ft) ! same day, her Majesty's steam yacht OsbOrne, rs Gibraltar. Ivi ,,?rrie Austrian Lloyd's packets were at Malta, 4TI, orders to remain. T he Prinee of Wales was at Gibraltar awaiting o f arrival of the Osborne, and was to be entertained l e a garrison ball on the evening of the packet v e ,; 44 midnight, on the 9th, the Ripon passed a C s el standing to the north-east, and observed a cii ; 41. 1 3 cannonade of heavy guns for about three quarters. of an hour. Supposed to be a ship at night at t rumour was current at Alexandria that an The had b e en made to assassinate the Pasha. i v 'te schoo n e r Industrious, of Dirtmouth , from e ,rPool to Rio Grande, foundered April 30, in boat N . lon. 11 W. The crew esca p ed in a the 3 rd hours previous, and landed at Gibra l t ar on rd of May, per Norwegian barque Norna. k _ Gibraltar exchange on London-50: ; Paris and 4t ßeilles, sf. 27c ; Genoa, sf. 29c. PROGRESS OF THE WAR. (PROM THE " TIMES" CORRESPONDENT.) - AUSTRIAN HEAD-QUARTERS, MORTARA, May 12. —I hope my letter of the day before yesterday ' reached London in safety, because, though- written hurriedly to catch the post, it contained information calculated to underceive you on one or two points on which the Piedmontese press has been mistaken. The affair of Frassinetto, for instance, was simply a feint. to draw the attention of the allies from the real passage of the river at Corsale. This' the allies must know, for the planks supplied by Candia, and nailed together with so much noise on. the island, were left there, and could tell . their own story: - Had the Austrians really wished to pass the river they would have used the pontoon bridge which they had in the neighbourhood, by . which they afterwards crossed the Sesia between Pezzana and Rivoletta, and which was yet standing the day before yesterday. I am not quite sure whether it is there now or not. I rather think not, and that the bridge at Vercelli is the only one now existing over the-Sesia. At Vercelli, there is an Austrian corps d'armee. When I was there, on Tuesday, it was busy throwing up earthworks to form an intrenched camp, for which the 'position is admirably suited. This will command the road from , Turin to Novaro and Milan, and will also cheek any attempt on the part of the allied army, now near Casale, to turn the Austrian right flank. I . see a Turin paper asserts that Novara was threatened with a 'general massacre by the Austrians in default of certain contributions. I can assure you that the orders to treat the inhabitants well are peremptory, and that they are 'obeyed_ willingly. Indeed the conduct of the natives is such as to secure good treatment even from a less gob&natured fellow than the Austrian soldier certainly is. Most pro bably the bearing of the soldier towards the popula tion induces the reciprocal good feeling. How do the Zouaves and the Piedmontese peasantry get on ? As an example of the high state of discipline in the Austrian army, I may mention that General Benedek had two men shot for. stealing property worth only a few francs. From other sources you may hear different accounts, as 20 or 30 imitations . of Austrian uniforms were captured at Novara. They had been-. made by certain parties for the purpose of committing robberies and atrocities, and of throwing the - odium on the ,Austrians. _ The' same may have been done elsewhere. You must receive with caution every statement coming from a Piedmontese source. One. story, written from Turin to Le Nord, and copied into other papers, has excited much merriment here. A Marquis Colli is there represented as having, with a couple of squadrons of light cavalry, greatly dis tinguished himself in a fight near Gropeilo. In imitation of the knights of old, he is said to have singled out the commander of' the Austrian detach ment, and to have, slain him in single combat. Here nothing is known of any incident at all resembling this, nor has any cavalry officer been killed as yet. Some newspapers express astoniShment that the Austrians did not , push on to Turin, but • surely to have done so would have been extremely dangerous with such a large army on their flank, as the allieS had between AlesSandria and Casale, even by the 3rd of this month. I mentioned in my last letter that it took three days for the Austrian army to cross the Ticino. This will give you some idea of the time required to move 180,000 men. To have crossed by several bridges would have been useless, because, when in Piedmont, they can only advance by the roads. The fields are utterly impassable, except for infantry ; and even that could not move across country except by short and slow marches. .Every field is bounded by a ditch full of water, with a hedge of trees about two feet apart on each side of it ; and fully one fourth of the country is under water entirely. The consequence is, that a corps d'armee of 30,000 men, part cavalry and part artillery, with the necessary train of waggons, occupies ten or twelve miles of road. It -is evident that to . protect the advance of such a column strong positions must be secured in front of it. Thus the line of the Terdoppio, the Agogna, and the Sesia are to be seized. successively, and, as the heavy rains and the melting of the snow on the hilis had converted.. each of these streams into a considerable river, it was impossible to conceive that they would not be defended. Be sides, haste was unnecessary. The five days' start England secured for France rendered it impossible for the Austrians to reach Turin in time, so their advance; so far as it extended, was simply a reconnaissance in force. The battle-field will most probably ,be near this place (Mortara), or, at all events, between the Sesia and the Ticino somewhere. The allies will scarcely dare to attempt to pass • between Pavia and , Piacenza, nor can they well move north between the Dora Baltea and the Sesia, while the Austrians possess the bridge at Vercelli. The spirits of the Austrian army are excellent. The condition of nearly all their horses is also good. The latter are excessively hardy, particularly those bred in Hungary. I wish we had in England some really light cavalry like the Hungarian Husssars. The Austrian train is notoriously good ; that of this army is immense. The Piedmontese large two-wheeled waggons will, however, have an advantage in moving on good level roads, because they require fewer horses. Apropos of roads I must say that, except in Lombardy, I have never seen' better roads than here, but they are narrow. , I mentioned in my last letter that the people of Piedmont were not in favour of this war. So far from it are they,- that nothing would be easier than to raise the population of this part of the country against the government. Count Cavour is detested. As for the King, they consider him a mere puppet of Cavour's. The entire power, they say, is in the hands of agitators, principally from Milan. At the first elections the well-to-do quiet people, contented to leave well alone, did not vote at all. The consequerxe was that the violent few carried the day, and the first Parliament did the mischief' by its talk ing. This is the opinion I have heard ex pressed by such men as heads of large villages. In the towns it is different • there the phraseology of the conquest of Lombardy party has been intro duced, and is used by many who never did, nor ever cat, form an opinion of their own, and who under stand little of the opinions of others. Some letters have been captured on the road from Cigliano to San Germano, written by recruits from the latter place, now near Alessandria, to their friends. They express the greatest dislike to the war. One man congratulates himself on being in the third line, and hopes the first two will have the fighting to do. Now, there is another point on which I wish to undeceive the British public. The Lombard regiments in the Austrian service are generally represented as untrustworthy. I came out with this idea, and fancied, as others in England do, that all the Italian regiments were in Hungary or Galicia, and that all the nation would be distrusted. I find on the contrary, that nine out of ten posts of especial confidence are filled by , Italians. Clerks, orderlies, gendarmerie, pass examiners, police 'officers, both inferior and superior, all, or nearly all, are Italian. Besides these, there are fully 20,000 Italian troops now with this army in Piedmont, and not one of them is suspected of preferring the Government of France or Piedmont to that of Austria. The fact seems to be, that the hatred of Austria is confined to the class which pays substitutes, and does not enter the army itself. On this point lam loth, however, to express a decided opinion as yet, because, although I on different occasions have passed a good deal of time in Italy, yet I did not enter more than superficially into this inquiry on those occasios. You must not expect to hear of a battle just yet. The Austrians surely will not now cross the Po to attack the allies on their own chosen position, and these will probably wait till vast stores of provisions and means of transport are collected at Alessandria. The mere landing of these at Genoa will occupy some time. We must remember that a continual stream of troops and material has been passing day and night for three months along the Lombardy-Venetian lines. THE NORTHERN TIAUES, THURSDAY, MAY 19 1559 No change of jwportance has taken place in the disposition of tile* Aiistrian troops. We hear that the allies occupied Tortona a few days ago, but the mass of their army is in position near. San Salvadore, be tween Casale and Alessandria. Even when the hostile armies do -meet, • I cannot agree with those who expect a great and decisive battle to be fought. The nature of the country is unsuited for such a battle, being highly advantageous to that party which acts on the defensive, because rendering the approach of overwhelming numbers of the enemy on any one point exceedingly difficult. I must con clude this letter, but cannot do so without first acknowledging the extremely hospitable reception have met with here. Nothing can exceed the kindness shown me by all I meet, from the Commander-in-Chief downwards. You must not flatter yourself that this is in the slightest degree due to my being your correspondent. They would act in the same hospitable manner to any, stranger bringing a few letters of introduction FRANCE. PARIS, Tuesday.—lt is said the French govern ment have received information that four Russian corps d'artnee have moved towards the Austrian frontier. The Moniteur of to-day gives proclama tion, or rather order of the day, from Prince Napoleon to the sth. corps d'armee. The corps separe, then, which his Imperial Highness is to command, is not a myth, as was generally supposed ; it has, or is to have, a bodily existence. Nothing is said of its destination, though' Leghorn is spoken of, and the object of the revolutionising .Tuscany, for the Tus cans labour, under the suspicion of being attached to their Grand Duke, a malady of which they must be cured. This, however, is one of the rumours of the day ; I allude to it because it gives the lie to the conjecture that the "corps separe" meant a corpg detached on a special mission from the theatre of the war. The order of the day bears the same forced resemblance to the orders of the day of the grande armee which his Imperial Highness' portrait does to that of his gitat uncle, Napoleon I. One passage would imply that the liberation of Italy is not the sole motive for the war which' begins with the overthrow of Piedmontese liberties by the hand of M. Cavour, but also to take vengeance on the Austrians. " The country," - says the Imperial General, " which was the cradle of ancient civilisa tion, and the modern renaissance, - is about to owe to you its liberty ; you are about to deliver it for ever from its masters—from those eternal enemies of France whose name is blended in one with the memory of all our struggles and all our victories." The style in which the Austrian is spoken of in the foregoing is different from the admiring and ' affectionate terms in which. the Emperor Napoleon has alluded to Francis Joseph. Not so very long ago the " gallant . and chivalrous Sovereign of Austria," &c., was praised in the Moniteur, and pro bably in the same page and the same column which now contains the fierce denunciations of Prince Napoleon. The appearance of the proclamation this day, the anniversary of the passage by the first Consul `Of the Great St. Bernard, is, perhaps, not without meaning. The regiments appointed to join the army leave on marching, their tunic and shako at the depot, and make the campaign with a loose greatcoat and kepi, or forage cap. This dress, less showy than the full-dress uniform, is much more convenient in marching. It was tried in Africa with great success. It relieves a man considerably, who in campaign has such a considerable weight of ammunition and provisions to carry. The soldier finds himself more at his ease in this loose dress than in a close-buttoned frock coat and heavy shako. It is remarked that the troops of the line, who at present perform the duty of sentinels in Paris, mount guard in heavy marching order. The object of this regulation, which is enforced in time of war, is to accustom the soldiers to carry their arms and baggage. A detach ment of 450 men of the 18th Regiment of Infantry, arrived yesterday in Paris, coming from Arras. They were immediately incorporated with the war battalions of that regiment quartered at the new barracks behind the Hotel de Ville. It is'announced that the Minister of Marine has .addressed instructions to Admiral Rigault de Genouilly requiring him to return to France. with his entire fleet. M. Aurilhan, an engineer of the Corps des Ponts et Chaussees, attached to. the Paris and Lyons Railway Company, has been sent for by a telegram from Alessandria. He sailed from Marseilles for Genoa on Sunday, accompanied by 60 operative carpenters, in the war steamer Arriege. - 'the former order, of • things: in that Grand Austria has' already a great man' irons in thefire; and the chances are that she - will Soon be obliged to Withdraw one or more of them. • It must be .well Understood that the reserve army, which is now being formed in Istria, Ric., will be composed of men Who have been eight years in the regular army. After having served eight years, an Austrian soldier enters the reserve corps for two years, but he is not liable to be called on to. render military service unless the country is at war. Thu:Austrian '" reserves " probably consist of some 150,000 men. Such numbers of . volunteers have . presented themselves, that the municipalities in several of the provincial capitals have been obliged to declare that they cannot undertake to clothe and equip any more men. The Men now raised in this city join the regular army; and will, as a matter of course, be paid by government. Two or three days ago several of the gamekeepers of the Princes Liechtenstein and Schwarzenberg, went to the military authorities and offered their, services to the State, but : they expressed a wish not to be put into the volun teer corps These last will doubtless behave well. in the . field, but ,they played strange tricks while here. On Friday morning the 3rd battalion was completed, and at noon one. of its companies was parading the principal streets of the city, with false beards, and lamp-shades instead of head-pieces. ' At the head of the procession marched half-a-dozen sturdy fellows, blowing clarionets with might and main, and in its rear was 'a tremendous crowd, com posed of persons of both sexes, and of all classes of society. The following story will enable your readers to form a correct idea of the capabilities of a gamin de Vienne. A Lieutenant-Colonel, who is, to command the 2d battalion of volunteers, was in formed, by his servant that a man -and a woman' wanted to see him. An order having been given to let them enter, the servant introduced into the room a young fellow with a cap, in which was the recruit's nosegay, on his head, and ,a pipe in his mouth. The hopeful youth, who held a stockingless wench by the hand, had got as far in his address as " This young lady wishes •to join," when he was interrupted by a double movement on the part of the officer, who is a a man of high rank and standing, With the one hand the commander knocked the volunteer's cap off his head, and with the other the pipe ont of his mouth, and then told him to quit • the room if he did not wish to be punished for • disrespect. When the 2d battalion was about to leave for Leoben the MCP insisted that the women, who had been engaged as sutlers, nurses, &c., should be allowed to travel in the same carriages with them, but the officers strongly objected to the proposed arrangement. At last it was settled that the women should sit together in one carriage, which was the last ,in the train. The doors having been locked, and the usual screech given by the engine, the train, began to move, but without the last carriage, which had been unhooked at the last moment by one of the persons appointed to superintend. the - departure of the volunteers. "The women were Very indignant at being left behind, but the men proceeded on their journey in happy ignorance of their seperation from their lady loves. . By an autograPh letter of the 13th instant the. Emperor empowers the Archduke Reignier, the - President of the Council of the Empire, to sign certain things, which will be more nearly defined, in his stead. Count Rechberg arrived here frOm Frankfort last night. ENGLAND AND FRANCE. The Independence Beige says : We have now some new and more precise information than before in connection with the refusal of the English Government .to guarantee the safety of German vessels, in the event of a rupture between the German Confederation on the one hand, and France and Sardinia on the other. It is now a little more than a month ago since the British Government stated to Germany the policy it intended to adopt. The communication which the English Minister at Frankfort made, on behalf of his government, to the President of the Diet, was to the effect that England would not interfere in the war as long as it was confined to the Lombardo-Venetian provinces, and that even if other States thought fit to inter vene, England would not be in a position to guarantee the Federal ports from any blockade which France might establish over them. A copy of this document will, no doubt, have been sent to the French Government. The Queen's Cabinet still continues at Paris its negoeia tions for the neutralisation of the Adriatic, but its demands have been moderated, and are not, at any rate, in a 6ondition td be discussed by the French government. It no longer endeavours to obtain from France an 'aFreement that the naval forces of that country in the Adriatic shall remain altogether inactive, but only that the Eastern Coast, from Cattaro to Trieste, May remain neutral, the part, that is to say, not comprised within the German Federal territory. gngland, as an argument in favour - of this course, lays great stress upon the danger of insurrection in the neigh bouring Turkish provinces. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 15.—General Count Gyulai is not likely to make any movement of importance until the Emperor and Baron Hess, the Quartermaster- General en chef, reach the camp. The position occupied by the Austrian army has undergone little or no change during the last four or five days. When the Austrian commander found that the enemy was not in force on the Dora Baltea, he fell back on Vercelli, and on the 10th inst. removed his head-quarters from that town to Mortara, where they still are. The high military authorities display extreme reserve when ever it is the question of the positions occupied - by the troops, but you will hardly be mistaken if you suppose that the Bros of the right wing rests on Novara, and that of the left wing on the Po, at some point not far fiom Sannazzaro. The line of the Sesia, between Robbio in the north, and Valenza in the south, is strongly occupied, and a corps of observation is probably on the right bank of the Po, between that river and Voghera. The French a few days ago reconnoitred in the neighbourhood of Bobbio, on the Trebbia, but they soon retired, as they did not deem it advisable to remain long in the neighbourhood of the fortress of Piacenza, which has a very powerful garrison. As it is possible that chamber tacticians may blame Count Gyulai for not crossing the defenceless Dora Baltea, and making a bold dash at Turin, it may be as well to remark that his line of retreat would probably have been cut off had he clone so. The last letters from the seat of war are of the 9th instant, and they were written at Vercelli, where Count Gyulai then had his head-quarters. The Archbishop of Vercelli, who gave such a polite reception to the Austrian Commander, was the person who a couple of months ago performed the ceremony which made Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde, of Sardinia, man and wife. As General von Benedek passed through Novara with his corps he visited the field of battle on which he, on the 21st of March, 1849, so much distinguished himself. On the 7th inst, the Sar dinian troops which occupy the tete du pont at Casale made a military promenade in the direction of Ver celli, and on their arrival at Stroppiana they laid violent hands on and carried off the cattle and pro= visions of the inhabitants of the place. On the sth instant the Austrians sent flying corps into the neighbourhood of Alesandria, and satisfied them selves that the enemy was in great force in the entrenched camp which forms part of the fortress. The massive railway bridge across the Po at Valenza was undermined in the presence of the enemy. The Sardinians intended to have blown up the bridge which crosses the Seisa at Vercelli, but the Austrians, who advanced with great rapidity, discovered the mines, and removed the charges. The camp correspondents speak of a re connaissance which was made by the Austrians in the neighbourhood of Cassale, but they probably allude to that advance from Vercelli to Trino, of which mention was made in my letter of the 9th instant. The Gazetta di Venezza states, that the garrison of Cassale carried off no fewer than 1,500 head of horned cattle from Stroppiana, on the 7th instant. Austrian troops are already in Reggio, bit they will hardly venture to cross the Appen nines, in order to obtain possession of Massa and Carrara. We learn from Tuscany that Austrian troops are expected there ; but it is not likely that the Emperor will at present attempt to re-establish RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. The Russian forces in the provinces bordering on the Austrian empire are gradually assuming for midable proportions. Our correspondent at St. Petersburg has already informed us that the 3rd and 4th corps d'ahnee, together 70,000 strong, had been put in a state of readiness : and subsequently, that the sth division, occupying Bessarabia, and consisting of 26,000 men, had been treated in a similar way. He now informs us that further orders have been issued to the Ist division, occupying Lithuania, and the 2nd, stationed in Poland, desiring them to hold themselves in readiness for any emergency. This information, the authenticity of which we are in a position to guarantee, confirm at the same time that they correct a telegram published two days ago by the Russian journal, the Nord, and dated from Berlin. According to this despatch, the order for mobilisation was issued to all the divisions from the Ist to the 6th. This is inaccurate, since the 3rd and 4th divisions had been already mobilised, .while as to the 6th, that division, which is the central corps d'armie, has its head quarters at Moscow, and is very rarely mobilised, if, indeed, ever. The sth division, now in course of being mobilised, con sists of 200,000 men. We are, therefore, far in advance of the 50,000 men which, according to the Times, Russia had agreed to concentrate upon her eastern provinces. This measure, however, while it cannot fail to cause a con siderable sensation in Germany, is nothing but what might have been expected. and is only the equivalent of what England and Prussia have themselves been doing.---Inde pendence. LARGE CASTING. —On Saturday last, an anvil block, intended for an immense hammer, to be used in the making of Sir William Armstrong's guns, was cast at the foundry of Messrs. Morrison and Co., Ouseburn, Newcastle-on-Tyne. When finished, it will weigh 211 tons. It was cast in one run, the quantity of metal melted for it being 23 tons. The size of the base is 6 feet 6 inches by 9 feet, and its thickness 9i inches; the body part being 3 feet 10 inches by 3 feet 9 inches. In consequence of the heat still in the metal, it will have to lie a week before it can be raised. DEATH or SIR M. C. SMITH.---We have .to announce the death of Sir Michael Cusack Smith, Bart., which event took place on Monday last at the rectory house of the parish of Leybourne, near Maidstone. He was the third baronet, the first having been the Right Hon Sir Michael Smith, Master of the Rolls in Ireland, and the second a Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland. The deceased baronet is succeeded in his title by his son, William Cusack, who served for a considerable time in the 4th Royal Wurtem burg Lancers. COAST DEFENCES.—A few days since Rye was honoured with a visit from Admiral Sir H. Chads, Rear-Admiral Sir H. Leake, K.C.8., M.P., Major S. Westmacott, R.E., and one or two other gentlemen, who came for the purpose of selecting sites adapted for fortifications to defend this portion of the south coast. The cliffs at Playden, contiguous to the town, first shared their notice ; returning thence, the New Battery in the Gun-garden, renovated in 1855, was duly inspected; then Ypes Tower, opposite, now used as the borough gaol ; the mouth of the harbour next invited their attention, whence they proceeded to the ruins of Camber Castle, and then to Winchelsea. On Saturday morning last the street leading , from the market to the Gun-garden (recently called Pump-street, but now forming an angle of Church-square) was measured, but whether for the purposes connected with the visit of inspection has not transpired.— Sussex Advertiser. THE COURT Her Majesty the Queen held a court on Tuesday after noon at Buckingham Palace. - , Prince Michel Obrenowitch, son'of the Prince of Servia, was presented to the Queen, at an audience, by the Earl of Milmesbury, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Princess Michel Obrenowitch, wife of the prince, was presented to her: Majesty by Madame Musurus, wife, of the Turkish Ambassador. Prince Vogorides, Turkish Charge d'Affaires, attended the reception. The Prince and Princess were conducted by `General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.1.1., her. Majesty Master of the Ceremonies. Lord Napier was presented to the Queen at an audienec upon his return from the United States of . America. His lordship was introduced by the Earl of Malmesbury. Lord Crofton and the Hon. Mortimer. Sackville West were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Iler Royal Highness the Duel - Qween. Alai on- .ess of Kent visited the The Earl of Derby had an audience of her,Majesty.. The Judge Advocate-General had . an audience 'of Queen, and submitted to her Majesty the proceeding . - :some courts-martial. The Queen, with the elder. Princesses, rode on horseback in. the Riding-house of Buckingham Palace on Tuesday morning T' Queen and Prince Consort honoured the Royal Italian'Opera, Covent-arden, with their presence on Tues day evening. In attendance were the Duchess of Athole, Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Hon. Horatio Stopford, Lord Crofton; Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Col. Ponsonliy.. The Duchess of Athole has succeeded Lady Macdonald as the Lady-inzWaiting to the Queen.. The Hon. Mortimer Sackville West has succeeded Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell as the Groom-in-Waiting to her Majesty. Tun PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM OF P Princess Frederick William may . , be ,expected to arrive in this country immediately, on - a visit io her Majesty and the Prince Consort. The Victoria and Albert, under the com mand of Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, sailed on Tuesday for Antwerp, for the purpose of bringing her royal. highness .over to England. The Princess Erederick William will, therefore, probably arrive off Osborne early on Saturday morning, IUSSIA..- The The Prince of Wales is to leave Gibraltar towards the close of the week, in the Osborne yaCht, for the Tagus, in order to visit the King of Portugal and the royal family at Lisbon. After a stay of four days in Lisbon, the Prince and attendants will embark on board the Osborne, and return direct to Portsmouth. - Two MARRIAGES Pi HIGH LICE,—On Tuesday morning, the marriage of the Hon. Dudley Ryder, second son of the Earl of Harrowby, with Miss Dent, neice of the,Dewager Duchess of Hamilton, was celebrated at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. in the presence-of a disting nsnea circle of )f the Hon: Miss Banbury with Frederick Tracey, third daughter,' of 'Lord Sul Peel, Esq., son of the Right. Hon. William Yates Peel, was also celebrated at the same church. The bride was magnificently attired. Her head dress was composed of orange blossoms, white roses and lilies, with a large veil of Brussels lace thrown over her head. The bevy of bridesmaids were also elegantly attired, each carrying in her hand a splendid boquet of hothouse flowers. THE CORK ELECTION CORK, Wednesday Evening.—A most influential and important meeting of the liberal party, was held to-day, in the Chamber 9f Commerce, the mayor in the chair, when it was unanimously resolved that the support of the liberal party should be given to Dr. Lyons. Before the meeting broke up, Mr. Flynn presented the mayor with a requisition, signed by a number of members of the Town Council, calling on his Worship to convene a meeting of the council, to make arrangements for a public funeral for their late representative, Mr. Fagan. It is rumoured that four new Marshals of France will soon be nominated, viz., Prince Napoleon, and Generals de MacMahon, Niel, and Regnauld de Saint Jean d'Angely. At a public meeting, the following " dry " toast was given, (the author of which got " buttered " when he got home) :—" The Press—the Pulpit—the Petticoats—the three ruling powers of the day. The first spreads know ledge, the second spreads morals, and the last spreads considerably. -An exchange says : Our junior partner returned a pair of trowsers to his tailor last week, because they were too small for his legs. " But you told me to make them as tight as your skin," said the tailor. " True," said he, "for I can , sit down in my skin, but I'll be split if I can in those breeches." The tailor caved in. ANECDOTE OF LORD HOLLAND.—When Lord Bute, being reproached by Mr. Fox with a breach of faith, said, "It was only a pious fraud," Lord Holland quickly replied, " I perceive the fraud, my lord, but not the piety." Lord Holland was forced by the Gre,wille Ministry to resign the Pay-office • the rest of his life was passed in some fa vour with the dourt, but in no ostensible position in office, or in the House of Lords. A singular remark is quoted of his dying hours, which, at least, shows composure and good humour. "If Mr. Selwyn calls again," he said to his ser vant, " let him in; if I am alive, I shall be very glad to see him, and, if I am dead, he will be very glad to see me !" Russell's Life of Fox. THE LASH IN TAE ARMY.—At an early hour on Tuesday morning, the troops belonging to the Third Battalion of InfantrT were marched to the rear of the Hut Barracks, Chatham, for the purpose of witnessing the carrying into effect of the sentence of a district court martial passed on a drummer of the 94th Regiment, who . was sentenced to receive fifty lashes, and also to be imprisoned for 168 days, for the crime of having struck a non-commissioned officer who was in the execution of his duty. On the sentence of the court-martial being submitted to Major-General Eyre for approval, twenty-five lashes of the corporal punishment were remitted. After the sentence had been read to the troops, the prisoner was marched up to the triangles, to which he *as fastened, when the twenty-five lashes were administered, the prisoner never uttering a word. He was afterwards removed to the garrison hospital, and as soon as he is able to leave, will be sent to the military prison at Fort Clarence, to undergo his term of imprisonment. • A MAN SLOWLY ROASTED.--A very appalling accident occurred on Saturday, at the Llwycoed limekilns, near Aberdare. A young man, named William Thomas, was engaged in superintending the process of burning lime, and having " fed the kiln," as it is called, by piling upon it a large heap of stones, &c., got on the top of the heap for the purpose of levelling the stones. It unfortunately happened that the mass beneath was highly calcined, and the substratum giving way, the heap of stones slowly descended, and the unhappy man was carried with them into the burning abyss. The poor wretch struggled in the hope of extricating himself, and gave utterance to the most heartrendino• shrieks ; but although many rushed to the spot, and made what efforts they could to rescue him, all was in vain. He was seen to descend lower and lower into the fire, writhing as he did so in the most intense agony, until he at length disappeared. The workmen at once set to work to draw the kiln for the purpose of recovering the body, and at length it was drawn out a charred and blackened mass. At the inquest held on the body it was stated that, although the practice of kindling the coil was very dangerous, and had often led to a sacrifice of life, it was constantly resorted to. The jury returned a verdict of "accidental death." LARGE ARRIVAL OF SICK AND WOUNDED TROOPS PROM INDIA.— On Tuesday afternoon a large number of sick and wounded troops arrived at Fort Pitt Hospital from India, having disembarked at Gravesend from the troop ship Hotspur, which sailed from Calcutta on the 20th of Janu ary, the voyage to Gravesend occupying 119 days. The troops belonged to the 2nd Dragoon Guards, 7th Hussars, 9th Lancers, 6th Carabiniers, 38th, 97th, 60th Rifles, 77th, 37th, 19th, 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 54th, 64th, sth Fusiliers, and Royal Engineers, to the number of seventy ... six men of all ranks, together with fifteen women and children, the whole under the command of Lieu tenant Greatrex 73rd regiment, and Lieutenant Scott, 24th regiment. Three deaths occurred during the voyage. On the troops disembarking at Gravesend, they were conveyed in vans and omnibuses to Fort Pitt, where they, were medically inspected, when 16 non-commissioned officers and men, who were still suffering from wounds or disability, were ordered into hospital, and the remain der sent to St. Mary's invalid establishment. The troop ship Walmer Castle, 1,200 tons burthen, also arrived at Gravesend from Calcutta, having on board nearly 90 sick and wounded troops, who were wounded at Lucknow, Cawppore, and Delhi. The Walmer Castle sailed from Calcutta on the 24th of January, and touched at the Cape of Good Hope on the 31st of March. The invalid troops belonged to nearly every cavalry and in fantry regiment now serving in the Bengal Presidency. During the passage home, which occupied 112 days, two births and seven deaths occurred on board. The troops, who were in charge of Captain Murray and Lieut enant Macneil, on being inspected at Fort Pitt, were removed to the invalid depot to await their discharge from the service, with the exception of sixteen who were admitted into hos pital for surgical treatment. ADULTERY AND MURDER The Court of- -Assi zes of the Seine4just been has been occupied three days in trying a workwoman, named Tonnard, and her cousin, one Gillet, both Belgians, for Poisoni ng the woman's husband. In July last the husband, who was employed in a manufactory at Elbeut; was taken suddenly. ill, and in spite of all that could be done for him died in the course of a few days. The medical man who attended him entertained the suspicion that he had taken poison, and in his pocket was found a paper, on which was written that he had committed suicide. But though signed .with his name, the writing of this paper was declared by his.neighhours not , to be his, but to, be that of Gillet. Now, as this man had for a long time maintained an adulter ous connection with the woman, he was naturally suspected. An'investigation having been made, it turned out that the woman, after living entirely with him some time, had shortly before returned to her husband, but bad neverthe less continued her connection with him, without the slightest attempt at concealment; and that she had even maintained him in great part at her husband's expense. It was also ascertained that her husband being aware - of this had more than once fought the man, and hathreatened to complain of him to his employer, so as to get him dismissed, and even to try, to have him as a foreigner expelled from France. Th Gillet must have, entertained sutliient animosit 7, to the man innrl n n the woman, who entertai.e( pasSion for Gillt It was further rally have fe that jointly a • quantity :of c, and teat it v partaking of br had fallen ill: that the deceas st prepar immediat I all the I I himself 1 manifest, v the Avetner .1p by the' prison( aicide ; but not 01 hard labour punihment If a man man SUBMARIN e this; but the man }, and The extenuat- hl that he was ty, but iv lemned the woman to ) years of -.-,,-,41,.._. - re w, ar TWEEN SWEDEN AND GormAND.---Advices were received on Tuesday, per tele graph, that the submarine telegraph cable has been suc cessfully laid down from Westerwiek, .in Sweden, to Wisby, in Gott land, by the screw-steamer Berwick, under the direction of Mr. Canning, the chief engineez THE REGENCY IN FRANCE.—During t French Emperor nary formula : will c oncludc rzreates' sence of the trees published will bear the or di con by the .Trann of and » 1 bodies THE NEW DIVORCE COUI re drawn up with 'I the d provide f Nieen . her Majesty From January 11, 1858. to 3th April, 1859, 302 petitions wen.; Divorce-court praying for dissoluti on o f marriagE, the husband, and 106 by the wife. Only 37 appe to have been decreed, and 6 refused. Within the period 108 petitions were presented for judicial separation 9by thelusband, and 99 by the wife ; 29 were decreed, and 3 refused. From May, 18,58, to March 1859, 10 petitions were presented praying for nullity of marriage, and 5 for restitution of conjuga' 1858, to April 1859, 43 ap& From February lci•s of pr fot or of the earnings and property granted, and 12 refused. women were SCHAMTL AND THE RUSSIANS.—The PIUSS publishes a letter from St. Petersburgh, which the joy caused by the taking of IVcden, Schamyl hold, was damped by the fact -that he himself Gazette tates. that principal supporters made good their escape. A squadron of Russian dragoons, which pursued them to the mountains, was repulsed with loss, and would hare been entirely destroyed but for the timely succour of a detachment of Cossacks, GALLANT Ac - r.—Oue Sunday morning, as Commander J. Stirling, of her Majc.:4ty's screw-steamer Hero, 91, lying in the Medway, was standing ou deck in his full dress uniform, awaiting the hour for the commencement of Divine service, a seaman, who was engaged in the main chains, accidentally fell overboard. Without waiting to remove an article of his dress; Commander Stirling sprang into the water, with the hope of saving him; but although he dived several times, he could not recover the man, as he never once rose after falling, HERCULES IN PETTICOATS. —The other day, a party of woman-folk went to the flour-mill at Middlesborough, to get their week's stock; and seeing an immense quantity in the place one remarked, " What a weight this'll be 1" The miller; in reply, said "Iley ! if ye can carry it home, I'll gi'e ye it." The woman took him at his word, e Her companion gave her a lift to her back, and , she descended the steps, and conveyed the K. sately tome, vh emptied it, and returned the empty sack to the astonished chaffer, who demanded back the flour. She, of course, refused to give it up ; an d h e th en go t l ega l advice (six and-eig:htpence) on the matter--which was, that "he could not claim it."—Gateshead Observer. BREACH OF Puomrsp.—At the Small-debt-cone, Mr. Sheriff Bell, Mary M'Vey, residing in Great Hamilton street, sued James Savage, shoemaker, residing in G .11ow gate, for £l2, being damages sustained in consequence of the defendant having caused proclamation of banns to be made in the Barony parish church in order to marriage, but which he refused to enter into. The defendant admitted that he had promised to marry the pursuer, but afterwards he had learned that she was consumptive. He was willing however, if she would consent to be examined by a dock and if the doctor reported that she was not consump* . marry her- before The Sheriff consent to this, but she having —Glasgow Mail ked the pursuer if declined, hi decerned for £6 KILTS AND CRINOLINE IN GREECE.- The national costume has by no means fallen into disuse at Athens • the King always wears it, and leads the fashion. The kilt, or nista nella, has, however, undergone a metamorphosis at the hands of many of the smartest young men of the day, and from hanging limp and close to the figure, now stands out starched and quilted like the crinoline, investing the gallants of Athens with a lady-like appearance. CURIOUS INCIDENT AT A CITT ELECTION SEVENTY YEA Aao.—lnSeßtember, 1780, a singular circumstance ded the election of representatis 7 es for the City, in conse quence of the dissolution of Parliament. Aid. Kirkman, one of the candidates, who had a majority of votes, died on the same day, and previous to the closing of the poll. It was, however, found necessary to include his name in the return, and a new writ was issued on the meeting of Par liament.—City Press. • EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ABDUCTING A A T OTEIt. At Cirencester Petty Sessions, on Monday, Henry Pole, Esq., of Stratton, ne ar Cirencester ; Germyn Colebourn, his groom; Mary Colebourn, the groom's wife; and Walter Mullis, gardener, were summoned under the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act (17 and 18 Vic. c. 102, sec. 5), for having, on the 29th of April, used undue influence, and, by abduction, duress, and fraudulent device and contrivance, impeded, prevented, and interfered with the free exercise of the franchise by John Kibbleivbite, of Cirencester,te ti ee a c h9 o u n re o r f , he being a person qua lified to vote for the burgesses to serve in Parliament -for the borough of Cirencester, contrary to the. statute. John Kibble white, an old and very deaf mau, deposed : I am an old right voter of Cirencester. On Thursday, the 28th of April, I was at a public-house at Stratton, and saw Mr. Pole and Mullis, his gardener, go by. I had heard that Mullis had been inquiring for me, and I went out and spoke to him. He told me to come to Mr. Pole's the next mornin g to open a drain. As I wish e d to attend the nomination that day, I went very early in the morning, soon after four o'clock. I worked till ten, when I left to attend the nomination at Cirencester. Before I started Mullis gave_ me two glasses of beer. I went to the nomination, and returned to my work at Stratton soon after twelve o'clock. I had nothing to drink while I was away. In the afternoon I went into the !addle room, and Cole- bourn gave me a glass of beer and a pipe. While I was there Mrs. Colebourn came in and asked me to walk up stairs and have a cup of tea, This was about five o'clock. I went up stairs, and had one cup. A second cup was poured out for me ; it l oo k e d very black, and tasted peculiar. I said it was very strong, and asked fora n ep, I became b it m r fi e stupefied, e d,Asansir laks drunk n l e h w ad nethig n the second more that happened to me until the following morning. I then asked where I was, and found I was at Ashton Keynes, five or six miles from Stratton. I felt very sick and stupe fied. I refused to take anything, and asked the landlord the way to Cirencester. I set out to go ; but the further I went the worse I got. At length a carriage overtook me, and carried me to the hustings, but I was not able to poll, and I was taken to the Bear Inn ; then the doctor came to me and gave me some tea and brandy, and ordered me to bed. I was able to poll before the poll closed, and went and Polled ; but I was very ill. I felt the effects of what I had taken for a week after. A carriage going from Mr. Pole's to A s ht on Keynes would have to pass the door of my house. Evidence in support of this statement having On been given, the magistrates retired for half an 1 t w h i e f i e r , return, the ; b cha u t t rm w a e n th sa in id k : thwereeis commitnoesCidoine cbc,ovicairgrnea,inhsits Mr. Pole. The defendants who were co mmuted, ad mitted to bail. tchA ed, " , To" the