Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-28 00:00:00

IRE LATEST TELEGRAMS. FRANCE. 14 13, im5, - ATZIL 27.—The Patric states that, accord, di probability, the direction of the Austrian 7Y is tow ar d s T ur i n. Ad v i ces h ave b een rece ived that several divisions of the French army have dis ein. b arked at Genoa. THE FRENCH FUNDS. A lt's, Wednesday, 11.50 a. m.---Rentes cora - In elle(1 on the Bo u levards at 63.35, but fell to 62.60. 12 .20 p.m. --The Bourse opened flat. Rentes 62.60. 2.34 Pan..---A panic has commenced, and Rentes 've fallen one franc ; now quoted 61.6 0 . It is ru moured that the Austrian troops have crossed the t ki n°, 340 Pan.---Rentes closed 62, both for Money and ceoliut, being a decline of nearly 1 per cent. since ~e l o stercl aY. Railway Shares are 2 francs to 15 francs Wer than yesterday. SWITZERLAND. I3ED '` 'll E APRIL 27. It is fully confirmed that the Au strians passed the Ticino last night, over the 6 ~,11dge of Buffalora, taking the road towards Novara, ' ll4 thgrosso, through Vigvieno and Mortara. 13.° 4 ' l ' l E, April 27.—The Sardinian troops have ( Ng .ea Yesterday, Pallanza, withdrawing from elr Position at the Lago Maggiore to the river The Province Navarra has also been abandoned. e Austrians have taken their departure from Varese, leaving 600 men at Laveno. te a ER NE, April 27.---During last night, the Ans e:Th-4 a rmy, amounting to 120,000 men, under the C r aand in chief of General Gyulai, passed the g o e r , 4l° in three corps d'arrnee, viz., one corps of 300 '°O, commanded by General Beodeck, a second of a ' t , ° , °, Commanded by General Gyulai in person, and of third of 30,000 under General Zobel. The bridge 131 dialora h as b een bl o wn up. BERME,re„7 April 27.—The Federal Diet has just 'ved the fol'owing telegram from the General of 12, 4, iv , i sinn, Bontemps, dated Bellinzona to-day :--- T he Austrians crossed the Ticino last night." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, April 27—The Zeitung states that Den- Taok is said to have concluded, during the last few ' II Y B , a treaty offensive and defensive with France. SAXONY. DRESDEN, APRIL 27.—The Dresden Journal an -4:llnces that France has not given her consent to E ngland's last proposal to act as mediator. FRANCE. Tuesday.—lt is affirmed in certain circles e°ll nected with the Imperial Court, that the highest P er sonages in England have written very recently to the j Emperor of the French, to the effect t hat, in consequence of the conduct of Austria in breaking ,off t e o g T ll ctti nna and sending the peremptory summ ons 1 1 4 11 , that Power has put an end to all sympathy th e t ett ° felt fo r her, and that his Imperial Majesty alPeror of the French has now their sympathy. I do n ot pretend to quote the words, but merely the subs i talic e of the letter. It is considered very pro bMaah,c,that M. de Persigny will eventu all y succeed T - 7 , ' 111 Pellissier as Ambassador to London. Th e important sitting-of the Leislative Corps , for the - 00 Purpose of rece i v ing a communication from the to ,,, vernr nelit. was held to-day. The nature of that many nwas already known days before to _ 831 3 7 persons ; and I presume was discounted Jesterd ay at the Bourse, as you will have seen by t he quotation s . The hour of meeting was an uot;il,llleed to be one o'clock ; but business did not open nearly a quarter to two. The deputies, who were passed 'the interval perambulating the Salle des Pas Perdus, or in the library. They an ap peare d i n th e Chamber, and kept up t a nimated conversation in groups, evidently on h Ru e gl'eat question of the day. The galleries were se ed with strangers ; ladies occupied the front h i ats • About half-past one M. de Morny made aPPearance ; and a few minutes be fore he 934 ° K the chair the house became more crowde d, seen every seat was occupied. M. de Morny , Wh o presides over and directs the deliberative pla in eveni ng of the representatives of France, appeared in he was eve n i ng d ress . I n respect to " decorations," Was rathe r m odest. Of the half-dozen which I be lieve he hold s he contented himself for the present th Only the riband and star of the Legion of 8 ,? "11 r. M. Baroche soon presented himself, con uous by his richly embroidered coat, as President of Council of State, superadded to his cordon and sta r—for t is his civic merits have also been recognised in tg e recompense of the " Star of the brave." M. de b ° ray fills an exalted position, not only in a moral, : t in a material sense. His fauteuil is of course 7 a ced far higher than the Deputies' seats in the i -e alicycle. Behind are the Ushers of the Ch amber, 1, 41 1 immediate attendance on the President , h abited in c l a ck, and with the insignia of office, the plated ' L in, round their neck s. Below him, and at e ither side, are the Secretaries. Before him is a I ' Le hlY gilt and carved writing table, supporting a desk th which has the enviable distinction of being e depository of his Excellency's thoughts. St . ill 'Aver down is a long table, at which the Commis 81"era of the Government sit. One of these Com- Inissioners is M. Baroche. A short time before the p r oceedings opened, M. Baroche left his place to co nfer with M. de Morny ; and the alacrity with W aleh the President of the Council of State skipped 11 P the steps leading to where M. de Morny was e nthroned, was remarked, for M. Baroche is not only a Personage of great dignity, but also of some bulk. After showing a paper to M. de Morny, and apparently r eceivin g,i instructions, he descended , and resumed his place at the lower table. The important moment Was approaching ; M. de Morny rung his bell a seco nd time ; the buzz was hushed ; whisperings ceas ed ; movements and gesticulations were suspended, 4 , 4 " deep silence prevailed. The President announced th e presence of the Minister of Fore i g n Affairs ; M. ale wski , entered the hall, advanced to the table, a nd took hi s seat. It wou ld be a difficult point to deci de whether M. Walewski's or M. Baroche's Co at was the more highly embroidered. They we re both incrusted with gold ; but I believe that M. Walewski, as Senator, is entitled to one or two‘.more rows of gold twist, or gold thread, than This"•Baroche as President of the Council of State. surr: however, may remain as a reserved point ; it cee m d ees to say that they were both magnificent ex theinglY• Of the Lions, the Dolphins, the Condors, f Eagles, and other Orders which have been eon vrred 94 , • Walswski by Eururopean potentates THE NORTHERN TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 28 1859 none were exhibited, save the riband and star of the' Legion of Honour. I am happy to testify to this general moderation. The President announced that the Minister had a communication to make to the Chamber. M. Walewski stood up, and began to read from sheets of foolscap paper. The communication was, in fact, nothing more than the history of the ques tion of the day. It began with describing the disquietude occasioned in the beginning of the year by the armaments of Austria, and the agglomera tion of troops on the Lombardo-Venetian territory, with a view to an attack on Piedmont. The Minis ter made no allusion, so far as I could hear, to the words addressed by the Emperor of the French to the Austrian Ambassador on New Year's-day, nor to the plans at Plombieres, nor to the de sign imputed to Piedmont of wresting, with the aid of France, Lombardy from Austria. Passing all this in silence, as if irrelevant, he detailed the different phases through which the negotiations have passed, and alluded becomingly to England, and to Lord Cowley's exertions at Vienna. It appeared from M. Walewski's report, that the government entertained little if any doubt of the intended invasion of the Piedmontcse territory by Aus tria, but the words " si la guerre eclat," left addressed by Count Buol-Schauenstein to Count Cavour on the 19th of April, 1859," runs os follows : " The Imperial Government, as your Excellency is aware, readily acceded to a proposition, which was made by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, to assemble a Congress of the five Powers for the purpose of doing away with the complications which had arisen in Italy, _ _ " Being convinced of the impossibility of entering, with any chance of success, into pacific delibera tions in the midst of the clash of arms, and while preparations for war were going on in an adjacent country, we demanded that the Sardinian army should be placed on a peace footing, and the free or volunteer corps disbanded as a preliminary measure to the meeting of the Congress. " The Government of her Britannic Majesty found this condition so just and so conformable to the necessities of the situation that. it did not hesitate to adopt it, and to declare that it was ready, conjointly with France, to insist on the immediate disarmament of Sardinia, and to offer her in return a collective guarantee against any attack on our part—a guarantee which Austria would, as a matter of course, have respected. " The Cabinet of Turin appears to have given a categorical refusal to the invitation to put her army on a peace footing, and to accept the collective guarantee offered her. " This refusal inspired us with the deeper regret, because if Sardinia had consented to give a proof of her, pacific sentiments in the way demanded, we should have considered it a first symptom of her in tention to co-operate in improving the relations between the two counties, which, unfortunately, have been unsatisfactory for some years past. Had she accepted the guarantee, we should, by removing the Imperial troops stationed in the Lombardo- Venetian Kingdom, have been able to give another proof that they had not been placed there with any aggressive intention towards Sardinia. " Having until now been disappointed in the hope entertained, the Emperor, my august master, has deigned to order me to make a direct and last effort to induce the Government of his Sardinian majesty to alter the resolution which it appears to have taken. • to the very, very sanguine, the shadow of the shade of a hope. M. Walewski brought down his statement to the very latest date, namely, the peremptory summons of Austria to Piedmont to disarm. As a matter of course, the moderation of the Emperor's intentions and wishes was dwelt upon, and all ulterior views of ambition or conquest earnestly disclaimed. In justice it must be said that the statement read by the minister was marked, so far as' my impressions are, by moderation in language and tone, and even a certain degree of dignity. So fas as it went it was true, perhaps, but it certainly was far from being the whole truth. It was listened to in silence by the Chamber. Twice towards its close, and at the pacific passages, a murmur of " tres biers tres bier I " was heard from about seven or eight voices ; and at the end about two dozen voices applauded, and there was clapping from about as many pair of hands. The majority of the Chamber made no sign. M. Baroche then read the Project of Law for raising 40,000 men, as an addition to the last con tingent of 100,000 men. A Project of Law was also read, demanding authorisation from the Chamber to raise a, loan of 500,000,000 f., which the Government Commissioner said would be more than sufficient for the war, which would be confined to the Italian Such, Count, is the object of this letter. I have the honour to entreat .your Excellence to take its contents into the most serious consideration, and to I let me know whether or not the Royal Government consents to put, without delay, its array on a peace footing and to disband the Italian volunteers. " The bearer of this note, to whom, Count, you will be pleased to give your reply, has received orders to plaoe himself at your disposal during three , days question. M. de Morny then rose, and read a short address to the Chamber. He exhorted the Deputies "to postpone, on such an occasion as the present, all material interests to patriotism ;" " not to look • If, at the expiration of that time, he should not behind, but to look forward," &c. The exhortation receive an answer, or one that is not completely to postpone material interests to a nobler object, satisfactory, the responsibility for the serious conse coming from so high an authority, no doubt pro- quences which such refusal would bring with it will duced a proper impression. Several of the Deputies Sall entirely on the .Government of His Sardinian smiled, in assent and approbation, I presume. After Majesty. After having in vain had recourse to all this self-denying discourse, some of the Deputies cried conciliatory means in order to obtain for his sub- Vice l'Empereur, and applauded. The applause jects a guarantee of peace—a guarantee which the was not general, and, on the whole, the feeling was, Emperor has a right to insist on—His Majesty will, not like enthusiasm. A levy of 40,000 men, in ad- to his great regret, be obliged to have recourse to dition to 100,000, a demand for 500 millions— force of arms in order to obtain it. though with an assurance that what remains over ' "In the hope that the answer which I•solicit from and above of the expenses of war will be applied to- your Excellency will be conformable to our views, wards the ordinary expenditure or to public works, which tend to - the maintenance of peace, I take this and the certainty of a war, though confined to Italy, f ,opportunity," 8.7 e. are not exactly things which tend to make people The "header" taken by AuStria has given great wild with joy. 'The President directed the deputies offence to the British Government ; but lam not in to retire to their committee rooms, to discuss the pro- ,elined to give credit to the report that it hal entered jects of law, and appoint a commission to draw u p a protest against the categorical summons to disarm their report, whinh they did at half-past 2 o'clock. which has been sent to Sardinia. England has an The following regiments have left Paris by rail- undeniable right to express her disapproval of the way for Lyons since Friday :—The 9th, 18th, 52nd, conduct of this Government, but she hardly, as a 73rd, 85th, 86th, 91st 98th Regiments of Infantry, mediating Power, has a right formally to protest the 6th and 17th Battalions of Riflemen, and the 9th against it. Regiment of Chasseurs a Cheval. Three battalions of the Imperial Guard and a battalion of Zouaves quitted Paris to-day by the Lyons Railway. While marching along the boule vards they were loudly cheered by the people. The men were all in full campaigning order ; knapsacks, mess tins, tents, and poles—in fact, everything requisite for taking the field at once. Two squadrons of heavy cavalry left this morning at half-past five THE WAR. o'clock. A battalion of the 20th of the Line was drawn up at four this afternoon, on the Place de la Bourse, previous to their departure for the Lyons Railway. Before leaving, the Imperial Guard paraded in the Court of the Tuileries, before the Emperor, Empress, and Prince Imperial, who stood at one of the win dows of the Palace. At six o'clock this evening, another regiment of the Line left for Lyons. - The following telegrams appeared in late ;editions of the NORTHERN TIMES yesterday : POSTPONEMENT OF THE DECLARATION OF WAR BY AUSTRIA. The Times publishes, in a third edition, the follow ing telegram from its correspondent at Vienna " VIENNA, Wednesday Morning, 11 o'clock. British Government has offered its direct mediation between Austria and France, upon the basis of Lord Cowley's proposals. Austria has accepted this offer, and has postponed the declaration of war for a day or two. The French troops are now crowding into night frigates are said to have sailed from Toulon this morning, with troops. Several Sardinian steamers are expected -at Toulon, to take French troops There are already three divisions of French troops concentrated at Susa, 50 miles from Turin. There are said to have been 8,000 French troops at Genoa last night. It is calculated that there will be 80,000 French troops in Italy by the end of the week. Accounts from Marseilles, dated Sunday evening, state that the half of two battalions of the Foreign Legion left for Toulon at 5 that morning. The Im petueuse arrived at Marseilles on Sunday from Al giers. bringing 800 men of the 71st Regiment of In fantry: They were to leave for Toulon on Monday. morning. Several detachments of troops quitted Marseilles on Sunday for Toulon. Seven steamers belonging to the Messageries Imperiales took in coal on Sunday, and were preparing to sail on Monday with canon and military stores. Several other regi ments are expected at Marseilles. A despach had been received at Marseilles from the Minister of War, authorising the Austrian subjects serving in the foreign legion to return to Algeria. Some of the men accepted the permission, and others would not quit the regiment. A letter from Tours, of yesterday, mentions that the two regiments quartered in that city, namely, the sth of the Line and the Hussars, have received orders to proceed. to the seat of war. The bustle and confusion at the railway station at Tours are immense. The 11.30 a.m. train yesterday for Paris was the heaviest that ever left the station, and hundreds of people were obliged to remain behind and wait for the 3.50 p.m. convoy. It is stated positively that Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers received his orders on Thursday, the 21st, to proceed to Toulon, full two days before the summons of Austria to Piedmont was known in Paris. —The Sardinia." The Times says—" We are sorry, however, to add, that France has declined the offer made by the British Government." --.---.--.....-. MOVEMENTS OF THE FRENCH ARMY TO ITALY. PARIS, Tuesday Night.—Three battalions of the Imperial Guard and a battalion of Zouaves, quitted Paris to-day by the Lyons railway. While marching along the boulevards, they were loudly cheered by the people. Two squadrons of heavy cavalry left this morning at half-past five. A battalion of the 20th of the line was drawn up at four this afternoon on the Place do la Bourse, previous to their de parture for the Lyons railway. Before leaving, the Imperial Guard paraded, in the Court of the Tuileries, before the Emperor and Empress and Prince Imperial, who stood at one of the windows of the palace, at six o'clock. This evening another regiment of the line left for Lyons. Eight frigates are said to have sailed from Toulon' this morning with troops. Several Sardinian steamers are expected at Toulon to take French troops. There are already three divisions of French troops concerted at Susa, 50 miles from Turin. There are said to have been 8,000 French troops at Genoa last night. The Paris correspondent of the Times says it is calculated that there will be 80,000 French troops in Italy by the end of the week. The Herald has received by telegraph the impor tant intelligence that a division of the French army crossed the frontier into Savoy, near Culoz, at noon on Tuesday. The Paris correspondent of the Times says that the highest personages in England have written to the Emperor of the French, to the effect that, in consequence of the conduct of Austria, that Power has put an end to all sympathy hitherto held for her, and his Imperial Majesty has now their sympathy. ADVANCE OF THE FRENCH AND AUSTRIAN ARMIES INTO SARDINIA: The Times publishes a despatch from Vienna, which reports, as a creditable statement, that French troops have already violated the neutral territory in Savoy. The Post asserts that the French have landed at Genoa, and have entered the Sardinia territory near Susa. The passage of the Ticino by the Austrians was hourly expected, as the latest telegram left them on the point of effecting that fatal movement. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, April 24.—The Wiener Zeitung of this morning contains the ultimatum which was on Tues day last sent by this Government to Turin. The d9Clllllent! which is headed, 6‘ Copy of a letter AUSTRIA AND SARDINIA. The Vienna Gazette, of Sunday, publishes in extenso the ultimatum addressed to Sardinia. It distinctly says that, at the end of three days, if the demand of Austria are not conceded, his Majesty will have re course to force of arms. GERMAN CONFEDERATION. The speech of the Representative of Prussia, at the German Diet, proposing to mobilise the German contingents, is published. This army will be 170,000 strong. The Austrian representative announced, at the same sitting, that Austria placed at the disposal of the Diet her three federal corps of 110,000 men. ALLIANCE BETWEEN FRANCE & RUSSIA The Times remarks that this alliance is most startling, though so often hinted at. This event or this avowal has changed in a moment the whole aspect of affairs. We now understand the proposition of a Congress which so oppor tunely interrupted Lord Cowley's mediation. Austria, after all, had some justification for what otherwise seemed an unaccountable precipitancy. It is too clear that interests more potent than passion were the secret spring of her menace, and that not only Italy but the east of the Rhine are menaced in the contingencies of the threatened war. France counts the cost as if for a great prize. The Emperor demands a loan of £25,000,000, and a contingent of 140,000 men, for 1858. ENGLAND AND AUSTRIA. . - The Herald says it is enabled to sta te that her Majesty's Government received, on Tuesday, the official intimation of the acceptance, by Austria, of the mediation proposed by England. DRIFTING INTO WAR. The Morning Post accuses the ministry of want of fore sight in not having come to an understanding with France as to what was fair to Austria and Italy. In vain does Lord Derby eat his words, or call Austria criminal. The ministerial speeches of the 18th, in both houses, blaming Sardinia and praising Austria, reached Vienna on the 18th, at night; on the 19th Austria virtually declared war ; and en the 22nd France signed a treaty, ofensive and def4nsive, with Russia. The lost asserts that the policy of the Cabinet has forced France into the arms of Russia, and compelled an alliance which cannot be regarded without sincere apprehension, and it predicts that the war will speedily assume the most colossal dimensions. --...---..".4.........--_- REPLY OF SARDINIA TO THE AUSTRIAN ULTIMATUM. TURIN, April 26.—At 5.30 this evening, Count Cavour delivered to Baron Kellersborg the answer of Piedmont to the ultimatum of Austria. Baron Kellersborg took his departure at 6.15 p.m., .accom panied to the frontier by a Sardinian officer. ENTRY OF THE FRENCH INTO SARDINIA. PAWS, Wednesday.—The Conttitutionnel announces that the native Algerine sharp shooters .arrived at Genoa on Tuesday morning. They were received with ,enthusiasm.. The Constitutionnel also gives the report that the advance guard of the French corps 41' armee arrived at Turin on Tuesday evening.. SWITZERLAND. BEENE, April 27.—The Federal Diet has been convoked for the 2nd of May next. Three battalions have been ordered to the banks of the Ticino. The English Ambassador, Capt. Harris, having received counter-orders from his government, has not left :for Milan. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, April 27.—The municipality of Vienna has resolved upon presenting an address to the Em peror, expressing to his Majesty its fidelity and readiness to make any sacrifices which the state of affairs may require. DECLARATION oF T FRENCH GOVERNMENT. PAWS, Wednesday.—The Moaiteur of this morn ing publishes the official account of yesterday's sitting of the Corps Legislatif. The speech of Count Walewski passes in review all the phases of the negociations, and calls to mind the last aggressive act of Austria,. The Count then proceeded to say The whole negociations shews that France has mani fested excessive moderation ; but if, in the present state of affairs Sardinia is threatened—if, as every thing raises the presumption, her territory is invaded —France will not hesitate to respond to the appeal of a nation to which she is allied. The Government of the Emperor awaits, with calmness, the course of events, feeling confident that its conduct, during the different phases of the negociations as they . have followed one another, will meet with the unanimous approval of France and Europe. THE ANGLO_FRENCH ALLIANCE. The Tinzes says that the Emperor Napoleon will take the field with the knowledge that the English alliance will be shattered by the first cannon-shot fired in the campaign. From the day that the French army encounters the enemy, England stands perfectly independent of all foreign relations and free to take the part which suits her ; and although that part will probably be peace, it is certainly not to be such an alliance with France as settled the Eastern question. INDIA AND CHINA. The general news has been anticipated. At Calcutta, the indigo market is nearly bare. Cotton piece-goods nearly out of stock. The demand for white mule twist active, and prices higher. The new duties being added to the price of metals, purchasers have held back. Copper and iron dearer. Freights to Liverpool, 30s and 32s 6d. The Pekin Gazette contains a proclamation repu diating a spurious despatch, and announcing, in somewhat unusual and significant terms, the determination of the Emper or to kee p faith with foreigners, and to observe, in its full integrity, the Treaty of Tiensin. It even goes so far as to enumerate the possibility of the British and French retaining . temporary possession of Canton without endangering peaceable relations. The markets were badly supplied with tea, and of very inferior quality. -...-...- EMBODIEMENT OF TTIE MILITIA The Post says that the whole militia of the United King dom is to be embodied forthwith. -.-.---*- A LADY KILLED BY A STAG.—The inhabitants of Ross (Herefordshire) and its district have just been thrown into a painful state of grief by the extraordinary but untimely death of Mrs. Collins, a lady of very amiable disposition and much respected. It appears that Mrs. Collins was endeavouring to entice a stag of noble growth, which had escaped from the paddock at Walthall (the seat of her husband), to return, when the animal rushed furiously at her, and butted her with its antlers, which were finely developed. The unfortunate lady was kocked down with great force, and the animal then appeared to have exhau sted its rage ; however, on her endeavouring to rise, the beast renewed the attack, and so serious were the injuries he inflicted about the stomach and abdomen, that the poor lady was carried out of the grounds by some workmen who had h ic astene h she d to the ral re lied, scue in a state of insensibility, from wh never notwithstanding the skill of several medical men who were I summoned to her assistance. The lady was a descendant of Kyrie, " Man of Ross," and inherited estates which belonged. [ to him. The stag was slaughtered a short time after the accident. ROYAL PROCLAMATION By THE KING OF SARDINIA TO THE ARMY TURIN, 5 p.m. - The King regards the demand to disarm as an outrage on himself and the nation, and has therefore repelled the demand with disdain. The King calls to mind Italy's cry of anguish, and says— " I will be your captain ; I have proved your valour on the field of fame, by the side of my illus trious father. " This time you will have for your comrades the gallant French soldiers! Your companions on the Tchernaya, whom the Emperor has sent to defend and support our just and civilising cause. " Forward to Victory, " Let our banner announce to you that our object, like our war cry, is Independence of Italy.' " Up to noon, the Austrians had made no offensive movement. ELECTION NEWS. Mr. Beresford Hope has retired from Cambridge Uni versity. Sir A. Ramsay has resigned at Rochdale, and Mr. Cobden will be returned withcut opposition. From a table in the Herald it appears that 123 seats helc by Liberals are assailed by Government candidates, whit the total seats assailed by Liberal ca ndidates is only 87. The Times says, by four o'clock on Wednesday after noon, two gentlemen will divide between themselves th honour of being in the British House of Commons : th constituency of Marvlebone will have re-elected its forme, members, Sir B. Hall and Mr. Edwin James. LIBERAL SEATS CONTESTED BY CONSERVATIVES. Subjoined is a list of the places where the seat of a liberal is contested, marking with an asterisk those constituencies which the conservatives did not venture to attempt at the last general election :—Aylesbury—Soiat vacated by Sir R. Bethell. Bath—Scat vacated by Sir A. Elton. Bedford- Scats of both the liberal members. Berwick—Seats of both the liberal members, *Birmingham —One seat contested. Bodmin—Seat vacated by Mr. Vivian. *Bradford - Seat vacated by General Thompson. *Brecknock — Seat o f sit ting member. Bridgewater—Seats of both members *Bristol—Seats of both members. Bury St. Edmund's - Mr. Hardcastle's seat. Cardiff—Colonel Stuart's seat Chester—One of the liberal seats. Dartmouth—Sea vacated by Mr. Caird. *Devonport—Seats of hot' members. Durham (South) One seat contested. Esse (South) Mr. Baker's seat contested. Frome - Mr. Nicholl's seat contested. Halifax—Seat vacated I Mr. Crossley contested. Harwich—Seat vacated by R. Bagshaw contested. *Helstone—Mr. Trueman's seat co tested. Hull—Seat vacated by Lord Ashley contest( Ipswich—Mr. Adair's seat contested. Kent (West) of both members contested. Kidderminster —Seat vacat by Mr. Lowe contested. Lancashire (South) Seats of be members contested. Lancaster—One liberal seat contests Lewes---Seats of both liberal members contested. Liskeard Mr. Grey's seat contested. Lyme Regis—Mr. Pinney'contested. Maldon—Mr. Western's seat contested. .. castle-on-Tyne--One seat contested. Newport—Seats of both members contested. Northallerton—Mr. Wrightson's seat contested. Northampton—one scat contestei. Norwich —Seats of both members contested. *Penryn—Seats of both members contested. *Peterborough—Seat vacated by Mr. Fitzwilliam. Plymouth One of the seats contested. *Pontefract -- One of the seats contested. Portsmonth—Sir F. Baring's seat contested. *Reading—One liberal seat contested. *Rochester Both seats contested. 4 Salisbury —One liberal seat contested. Sandwich—Both seats con tested. Scarborough—Both seats contested. Shrewsbury -One liberal contested. Stafford—Mr. Wise's scat con tested. *Tamworth—Lord Raynham's scat contested. Taunton—Mr. Labouchere's seat contested. Totnes - One liberal seat contested. *Truro —Both seats contested. *Walsall—Mr. Forster's seat contested. Weymouth — Both seats contested. Winchester—One seat contested. *Windsor—Mr. Grenfell's seat contested. Yarmouth— ; Both liberal seats contested. —Seats Major Sir F. Williams, of Kars, is appointed commander in-chief of the forces in Canada. No SHIP SHOULD GO TO SEA without• one of Saunders find Co.'s Patent Self-cleansing Charcoal Filters, cased and atted-up expressly for use on board ship. Note the address, SAUNDERS. & Co., 16, Parker-street, Liverpool. As compared with 1858, the number of paupers in Eng land and Wales, at the end of the fourth week of March, showed a diminution of 96,448. In the metropolis alone the diminution was 13,680. The number of paupers relieved in the 645 unions of England and Wales was 856,496, •of whom 117,054 were in-door, and 739,440 out-door recipients. We are sorry to learn that the Right Hon. Sir Edward B. Lytton, who has resorted to Malvern with the view to benefit his health, remains in a very bad state. Since his sojourn there during the last six days, his friends will deplore to learn that but slight amendment is perceptible in the malady from which the right honourable baronet suffers. Sir Moses NI ontefiore has reached Rome in the vain hope of convincing people there that they had no right to confiscate the boy Mortara from his family. He is comforted by the Tablet ccorrespondent, by the assurance that the authorities will not "lock up so worthy a baronet in the Ghetto, " as they have a perfect right to do (in virtue of the treaties of 1815.) He actually is " allowed to live in well-furnished lodgings, via Babuino. "—Globe Cor- respondent If but 100,000 men could be now marched out in Eng land, possessing as good a command of the rifle as their forefathers had of the bow, we might laugh at the very notion of invasion. There is not the least reason why this should not come to pass. Mr. Whitworth declares that he will make a rifle send a ball into the very muzzle of another rifle at 500 yards' distance, the exact counterpart of Robin Hood's famous feat of sending one arrow into the centre of a target and then splitting it with another.—Times. Advices from Auckland, New Zealand, confirm the state ments of the discovery of good coal in that province. The Novara, with the Austrian Scientific Expedition , c , havin touched at the islands, the government requested Dr. Hoch . - stetter, the geologist of the expedition, to make a formal survey of the field. His report was published in the New Zealand Gazette, and leads to the conclusion that "there exists no doubt that the province of Auckland is rich in the possession of abundance of good workable coal, which will prove of the greatest importance both for steam navigation and manufacturing purposes." FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER ORWELL. —Two LIVES LOST. - On Saturday afternoon, about two o'clock, two men, Charles Girling, aged about 50, who was made a Trinity pilot in 1836 ; and his son, Lancelot Girling, aged 19, who was apprentice to his father, were proceeding down the river from the upper to the lower pilot boat, and when near the Long Reach, and opposite what is kn own amongst the pilots and boatmen , as " the Crowe House , " below Pin Mill (at least, that is the place where they were last seen by one of the Harwich steamers, and where there is every, reason to suppose the fatal occarrence took yil.rel they were drowned by the upsetting of their boat. Lucy v. , .e fatal occurrence at first became known by a jacket two caps, and a pair of oars, well known to belong to the poor fellows, being picked up, and the clothes insta ntl y recognised as being worn by the Girlings when last seen, or ; at least, when they started. News of the accident was soon made known at the Pilot-office and other places, and a party of pilots and other persons instantly proceeded to the ' spot where the caps and jac kets were p icked np, and used every available means to find the bodies, but up to last evening all attempts proved fruitless. The water where the boat is supposed to have upset is tv;enty-four feet deep at low tide, The boat has not been found. If "uneasy lies the head" which wears an ordinary crown, what must be the rest granted to one who has gained his own diadem by boldness and intrigue, and preserves been by the same means ? The Emperor Napoleon 111. has a successful man ; he has proved himself sagacious and astute; his worst enemies can say nothing against his courage ; and the far-sighted believe, ac cording to their prepossessions, that he is destined to work much good or no little mischief in Europe. The object of all these expectations, no the centre of allt as Lmeehn'ass t h oug hts, leads, however, easy life. year it was the bullets, daggers. and bombs of the Italians which he ha d to fear. He has removed this d a nger by taking up the cause Italy,of ositio n now, and f d t now h made common cause w ith Russia, and has to dread the gene ulseerveonf ra l years o f reprobation absolute power, is Europe. the p Whatafter France ? He sets off, pe rha p s this ver y day, to take the com mand of a great army, hurriedly brought together to oppose an invasion by a Power which was looked upon as the type of sluggishness and lon uffering. In this enterprise he may carry with him the good wishes of a few extreme sympathies. partisans in England whose memory for the rights and interests of their own country. has been lost in the indulgence of foreign ies. But the great mass of the English as well as of his own peace of Europe people are cold, and even hostile, to the ruler who has not scrupled to endanger the by openly making . preparations for a gigantic war, and who has taken Russia as his comrade. — Times. TOTAL LOSS OF THE EMPRESS OF INDIA STEAMER. announced. as T h h av e in i tw2g o o6 s ni. s ttslbhl of another iron screw steamer, the Empress of India, entirely a new vessel, and on her maiden voyage, is measurement, faol S oenfu h aFr e sbuniew i rb s elartn e tu n leaaer t rntt e yi i tx ; lh d waetws i ite n tchoasin L ahet l nple o eag y :ri d enttf ' mhte s isera r n e oety g ft i sa: s lar t oahr e no, r e-dnah o dni f osdfr s oesd h rree i sa p opep p or e eew i n shipping, ass n r v 6t e oh y oe , Green land, on a whaling expedition, 'her crew mustering eighty five hands, and Captain Martin Rcr voyage as far as Lerwick, khytnl aganAcdt:lnwwg;an;fallom.awatissrptaeri:,4le, but two days after leaving Le ' rwic e s k .i at t a h p e sal 7 a, th a o h f ea lt vy far sea cb, the vessel being under close-reefed topsails, struck bul warks, the and ship awe a forward, ping the imme diatelydcaacrik- called to clear the wreck, which took s w ere rds of three hours, and in the meanwhile the bowsprit dashing alongside, and striking the ship, and must sprit have stove her forwards, but which was not discovered until a le morning of the 18th. The weather slightly moderati ng en abled the crew, by pumping , to kee p back the wat er sh.; had made, and the course of the vessel to the northward was kept, as there appeared at the time nothing serious. On the morning pf the 19th, the chief officer found an increase in the leak, which gained rapidly on the pumps, notwithstanding they were kept constantly going. hours afterwards. three of the compartments amidship were discovered full of water, so that the crew's bed clothes were washed out of the berths, the water being so high as 'twixt decks. The ship was put about, and a course steered to the southward, in order to procure assistance from some of the whaling ships. At half-past three p.m, and made them ou thet o be the Nara to Dundee, and Ranger, o f • - the pumps saw two vessels, hale, belonging Tonsberg. In the meantin.- hard at work, and the boats were got out in case at emer gency. It became evident, however, that the ship could not be saved, and at midnight she was abandoned, the crew saving themselves by the boats and getting on board the vessels above-named. Within a very short time after wards the steamer went down. Captain Martin states that he considers the loss of the ship attributable to the boister ous state of the weather. The intense frost had contracted the rivets of the iron plates, and he supposes that she mug have been struck by some pieces of ice, which produced the leak. The steamer was insured at Lloyd's for 418,000. had beE STRIKE IN TI operative shoemal all and Parker, f. SlioE TRADE AT BLACKBURN.—TI :ers in the employment of Messrs. South :hoemakers, have ceased to work, then gentlemen having for closing and sad to dispense with their machines r boots and shoes. The one! issued on Friday a long address to the public, calling upon the inhabitants to "buy shoes made by hand."—Prestos Guardial, THE WORKS AT PonTLAND.---General Sir John Burgoyne and Sir Joshua Jebb have inspected the extensive fortifica tions and other works at Portland. It is said that the number of workmen and convicts will be materially increased, and that the new fortress and batteries will soon a. formidable appearance. The main portion of the breakwate► is fast approaching its completion, and affords secure and most welcome anchorage to the mercantile marine during the prevalence of contrary winds, and is frequently the resort A same p of men-of-war. DEATH OF. MR. FERDINXND GLOVER.—We regret to announce the sudden death of this gifted vocalist, which took place on Saturday, at Hull, where he had been per forming in connection with several other members of the Pyne and Harrison English Opera Company. He was the eldest son of Professor Glover, of Dublin, but studied his Profession for some years in Italy, principally. at...NlVes, where he distinguished himself highly, both as a performer and a composer. On making his elebta in London about three years since, he achieved a decided success, the organs of musical criticism being unanimous in their favourable award, the justice of which all his subsequent efforts tended to confirm. kr. Glover pssessed a baritone voice of great richness and capacity, while his Vocalism was always characterised by that expressiveness of style in which singers of the same class are too frequently deficient. FATAL EFFECTS OF A . PRIZE FIGIIT.—The magistrates at Rochester were occupied a considerable time on Monday afternoon in investigating a charge preferred against a shipwright employed in Chatham dock-yard, named Joha Robinson, who was charged before them with having killed another shipwright, named William Moore Beasl:7,, in fight which took place on Chatham Lines on Saturday The facts, as sworn to by the several witnesses, _,,wed that the, prisoner and deceased, who were always on the best of terms, had. been drinking with several other shipwrights, at a public house in Brompton all Saturday A quarrel, afterwards arose, when prisoner was -ht another man for . ss, the deCeased be i ng evening evening backed to made stake-holder. The parties fought in the tre.. and prisoner.having been beaten the deceased gave up the stakes to the other man. On this prisoner challeng‘_ deceased to fight, and althong,h both were very drunk they commenced fighting. After the first round they both fell heavily to the ground, prisoner being under. - In falling deceased struck his forehead violently against the ground, on which he groaned three times and immediately expired. On the body being examined by a surgeon it was found that deceased had died from dislocation of the neck, caused by the fall. The magistrates committed the prisoner for trial, but aii;nitted him to bail. A MAN KILLED •IN -MANCHETER AT MIDNIGHT Shortly after midnight, on Saturday, a factory hand, named John Wall worth, of Short-street, River-street, Hahne, was found by .apolice constable lying insensible in Medloch-- street, Hulme, with a crowd of persons around him. The man was bleeding profusely from the ea*, and with assistance the constable conveyed him to tin Chorlton-on-Medlocli police station, and afterwards to the Manchester Revs' Infirmary. The house surgeon at once pronoun, to be in a precarious state, and he died about the middle of the day on Sunday. Wallworth had been to Knot Mill Fair on Saturday night with his wife, and, on his return home, after drinking freely, he called at the Globe Inn, Medlock-street. He appears to have bees outside the house when the fatal occurrence happened. A man named Welsh, who was passing down the street at the time, saw two men standing on the path together, at a short distance from Walworth. Suddenly one of the men wer up to Walworth, and struck him a blow on the head, wl knocked him down; and then both ran away, joinir other men who had been standing at a greater di the middle of the road. A woman who was near time also witnessed the blow, but could not identif man by whom it was struck. The police are - gaged in endeavouring to find the guilty parties. DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.---TWO MEN Kt, On Monday an accident occurred on the Monklands way, between Airdrie and Coatbridge, whereby tN (Henry Rolland, fireman : and William Dinning, man), were instantly deprived of life, and the engine-. John Aiken, was very seriously injured. The followin 6 the particulars, so far as we have been able to oatlie. :---It appears that a train leaves the station in t'Hall craig-street daily at half-past one o'clock with empty trucks, and after proceeding up the incline to Baer tp.e engine from the eastward. To-day the yards, returns to the station train n li h t a n d e le g ti o a o s ds uiti co a r ,.an mg d with eleven man was proceeding down t Yin a e rds' k hen from some cause, the engine had loaded true s, w after leaving the empty waggons at got too much way, and when they came to Common head station---the flat portion at which is the foot - incline and the top of another, the engineman was unable to bring his engine to a stand, and the train went over the fep of the second incline, down which it proceeded with fearful velocity. After passing the foot of the incline sever hundred yards, the engine went off the rails at a crow and engine and tender and several of the trucks were sr to pieces. The body of the breaksman was found iv I his life tively and that - of the J in fireman a short distance out from the engine. He have been thrown to the ground with great violen the engine went off the road, and instantly kille enlin.ectarn,,,hwihnoiulrveas found lying d. Allthei)artibe6eshidaevethbee firer eni, siderableiiMe In the company's employment Daily Mail. DISTRESS IN CANADA.—The Glasgow Herald publishes a letter written by a young gentleman, formerly of Glasgow, an d addressed to his uncle in th a t c i ty, which reveals a ml:4 dissressing state of matters in a considerable section of Canada. The letter is dated "Kincardine, C.W. 31 ' 11 27, 1859," and says " A special bill has passed the Legis lature, empowering the County Council to raise the sum of £B,OOO for th e p urc h ase of spring seed and breadstnffs for those in actual want. If £15,000, instead of £B,OOO, had been raised on the credit of the county, we might have got through ; but as it is, the hunger and suffering that mast exist till another harvest, is terrible to think of. I could relate to you cases of suffering that wonld melt the mast adamantine heart, cases which have come under my own personal observation, where I have gone into houses and found little children (sometimes four or five of theta) crying from the pangs of hunger, and not a bite s the house to give them ; with often a pale-faced mother with a sucking babe in her lap, looking pitifully ow her little ones in the very agonies of despair ---the father away, perhaps, looking for a little dour or a few potatoes from some distant neighbour to keep the spirit within the bodies of his little ones until other relief was to hand. But I need not harrow your feelings with any further recital of the sufferings e xisting in this country_ If we can manage to ge t in crops, and are blessed with a f avoura ble harvest, it will make a great change but it will take some time before this county can recover from its pr.- sent severe blow. Business is completely deranged, there to nothing doing, and it is thoroughly impossible to get irt money—indeed, it is never looked for ; and people are well off if they have sufficient to purchase food.—Edinktryl Courant. raa tic ich , tl / 1 , 8 of he by the 0 i llele ° al V r a f forts:ft aft ° 1);d1 e 1 tIIA