Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-08 00:00:00

11- IE LATEST TELEGRAMS. ADDRESS OF THE qIJNICIPALITY OF MILAN TO THE KING. 11 1 : 131114 , Monday, June 6th. — The Municipality of muk delivered, in the presence of the Emp eror, at the head-quarters, to-day, the following address to the King : r ho Municipality of Milan is proud of being to make use of its most precious privi leges,t in being the interpreters of the ir fellow itizens at this grave crisis. They are w illin g to r e4 ew the peace of 1844, and to proc laim a g ain b efore the Italian nation, the great fact, which has required eleven armies, its full development in the 14t elligence and acts of the people. The annexation of Lombardy to Pied mont has be en v this morning re-proclaimed by us, at the ver y _ in le when the artillery of the enemy could have v W ere even against us, and while their battalio n s even in our public places. The annexation of l 44 tilbardy to Piedmont is the first step in the new of public right, which allow nations to be the i r st step in the new way of their own d estinies. he heroic Sardinian army, and our brave allies, W ho insist upon Italy being free , as f a r as the i t iriatic, will soon achieve the magnanimous enter -1111:lise• Receive, Sire, the homage o f t he town of Oa; at our hands, and believe that our hearts i'G foro ntirely to you. Our cry is the King and ` 4I Y ever. Signed by seven Assessors of the Municipality. Milan, sth June --•-........4t........--- - T ilt KILLED ArOUNDED AT MAGENTA VIENNA, The at the battle c tilt ©e generpl 01 the staff lo ss or June 7 the wounded Magenta are Baron Reissehechas, both side \. aeliat - e The . telegrl ' 4V ia ) and V( .s of the staff, two officers one major killed. The .s, three Milan is entirely communication. between Milan, erona is interrupted FRENCH FUNDS it, I) AR/S, 12.32 p.m.—The Bourse opened very firm el ites 63.10, ex coupon. _ _ _ 2 .35 p. m ._ blo t , - eY, and 63.15 for account, cx coupon, being a rise Gi per cent. since yesterday. 1 very firm ; 63.30 for lentos clO RAISING SUNKEN VESSELLS BY THE AUSTRIANS 11 E1INE, Tuesday, June 7.—At Liveno, a port of War on the Lago Maggiore, the Austrians have raised f i ' O nl the bottom of the lake some barques which had t l ee ll scuttled and sunk, and have laden them with atloll s articles, to be towed by steam to Switzerland. T ile following appeared in late editions of the , ra T.ERN TIMES of yesterday KING OF SARDINIA PROCLAIMED AT MILAN v l'Aitis, Monday, 11.52 p.m.—The Municipality of ': ll an have proclaimed King Victor Emmanuel, Id presented an address to him in presence of his 'Majesty the Emperor. To-morrow the King will 41 ake his entry. into Milan. The above despatch was published in the Post THE BATTLE Ur mAanNTA. l'Ams, Tuesday Morning.—An immense effect has be en Produced here and throug hout France b y the , i the French of the victory of Magenta. It is p ositive that Pren e h have taken thirty-six guns. Generals s Pinasse and Clerc are killed. The French corps Iv 3 leh suffered most are the Zouaves and the Grena diers of the Imperial Guard. THE WAR FEELING IN GERMANY 13Aa t MSTADT, June 5.--At the opening of the Cll aanbers, the Presidents of both branches of t he Le gislature declared in favour of war aga ins t Louis Napoleon. PARIS June 6.—Whatever doubts may have been enter tained of the strategic capacity of the Emperor of the French are now triumphantly answered. The Austrians have been fairly met, completely out-manoeuvred, and utterly routed by the combined armies of France and Piedmont, and the whole of Lombardy, from the Ticino to the Mincio, is now in the power of the victorious army. We have no details as yet of the battle of Magenta, but its results speak far more eloquently than any details. The Austrians have precipitately fled from Milan, Giulay's army is utterly routed —20,000 Austrian corpses are heaped along the banks of the Ticino and the Grand Canal. The victors are encumbered with prisoners, and they have taken the military chest, heavy with the proceeds of the plunder in Piedmont. The Emperor of the French has now two courses open to him to win a reputation that no conqueror has yet achieved, by fulfilling his promise, or to rival the fame of his uncle by becoming another Attila. To speculate upon future events, when they depend upon the will'of a single man, is mere waste of time ; time alone can show whether the victory of the 4th of June is to be but the first step towards the realisation of the long cherished project of avenging Waterloo, convertiug Italy into a French dependency, and the Mediterranean into a French lake. As it is, Austria can offer but a. feeble resistance unless the whole of Germany rushes to the rescue, and Napoleon 111. has the destinies of southern Europe in.his hands. This is the great fact of the day, and any attempt of the European Governments to delude themselves with false hopes on the subject will only prepare for them a surprise as sudden and as terrible as that which has just befallen the House of Hapsburg. The consequences of this victory were not known last night. Only the brief bulletin telegraphed by the Emperor had been' published, and that very late. In deed, it may be said that the " glorious news," as all Frenchmen must consider it, was only made known to the bulk of the population at half-past seven, by the salute of twenty-one guns fired at the Invalides. Later in the even ing, as the news spread, the enthusiasm was general. The public buildings were illuminated, as a matter of course ; but, what is far more important, private houses in the most retired streets were decked in coloured lamps, and the boule vards were a blaze of light. The streets were crowded, and all the world was talking of nothing but the defeat of les Autrichiens. The Empress came from St. Cloud about THE WAR IN ITALY. half-past eight, and from nine to ten drove up and down the boulevards in an open carriage. I will not speak of what I Timm, June 4.—The paperi to - day only p ublish accounts did not see, and therefore cannot say how her Majesty was ", t the battle of Palestro, which all disagree from each other. received at other points, but on the Boulevard s anythng I ever beheld. The carriage was surrounded, and The official account published by the Pieclatontese Gazette Pthoeisseonnthieursei,ashmeretaejedsett eo nelse, and very clear as far as it goes, but it purposely cries of " Vive l'Empereur," " Vive l'lmperatrice," were "A many of the incidents in the fighting which I was i nces sant, and so close did the crowd press around the Stilel4 to send you in my narrative of these brilliant engage- carriage, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs, th a t for five minutes the carriage could not move. lam bound lil ts. The official account does not materially differ from to say that enthusia sm was not at all diminished b y the fact 14111 e. It will, I have no doubt, interest your readers to see that the Empress showed herself deeply affected by it ; she ati account of this truly Italian Inkerman by an Italian pen. sobbed audibly, and as .she raised her head to bow to the 4 " - Opinione of to-day piiblishes an account of the battle crowd, one could easily see the tears streaming down her rn ( O ° Z: an offic er w ho was engaged with the "white division ~ cheeks. Princess Clutilde , w ho accom p anied her Im p erial t 4 Edini's) at Palestro itself, which is remarkable for its relative remained perfectly impas sive. To-da y man y houses detabashes of bombast, as well as for th e clearness of the are deco with flags, and a t the Theatre Fran c ais a poem by Mery, is to be recited d urin g the ni g ht. The i v ai ls he %upplies, with which, you will observe, my losses of the French army are set down at 3,000 killed and wounded in the published despatches. lam told, however, ° rraation t a lli es pretty accurately. The letter is as zo that it is four times greater. Two generals are killed - ilows L'Espinasse, who commanded the di sas trous expedition to `J (l a b anap bef ore palestro, June I.—Within the last few the Dobrudscha, and General Le Clercq. General Niel and h ; LB we have met the enemy three time s, and have defeated Marshal Canrobert are said to be wounded. A ciphered ian each occasion. The first c ombat was a reCan- dispatch has been recei v ed at the War Office, and it is said hTee, ordered by General Cialdini , on the other side of that the amount o f kill e d an d wou nded on the side of the `tith 'esia—first with a single brigade, and subsequently French is 9,009. It is stated that the Emperor led the 1 0,. the whole of his division ; its result was that we were JuTerial Gurd in person to the attack, and that his t 9 establish ourselves at Borgo-Vercelli, after driving Majesty as s t oae time under fire and in considerable ojhe Post says that General M'Mahon w as raised the battle field to the rank of a. Marshal of r anee. h The Post shows that the position of the Austrians l tnow become doubly critical. Th e y will doubtless leempt to reach Lodi, on their w a y to. Verona and 0 1 1tua, on which it is absolutely- certain they must 41 1 , back. But the French, already masters of re itea, will probably endeavour to interce p t their In Ur n. Another more eventful, and, if possible, even e decisive combat may, therefore, take place in r ,neighbouhood of Lodi. re -Lae Monite r ur also publishes General M' Mahon's th Port of the passage of the Ticino at Turbigo by th e allies on the 3rd June, and of the surprise of the 1 ,;`!.. 41 .Y at Robechetto, by which considerable loss e : 6 Inflicted on the Austrians. We have lost one a 2tain and seven privates killed, and four officers, ,7, ° ng whom is one colonel, and thirty-eight privates ended. The Emperor has ordered the names of se e killed and wounded, officers and privates, to be h , n. t , by the Minister of War, to those persons who - ` 4 ,.3' be interested in their fate. 12 RIESTE, June 6.—Near Biancho, yesterday, the A ustrian war steamer Eugen captured the French th ree-masted Raoul, of Nantes, bound from Cuba for Trieste, with a cargo of coffee. f . There is nothing to confirm the news from Frank °ll, which alleged that in a second gat battle the 'reach had been driven across the Ticino. PARIS, Tuesday.—The Moniteur of to - day cont ains the t following :—" Marquis Antonino has de livered „ . L0 the Empress the notification of the death of -king Ferdinand, and of the accession to the throne °f King Francesco 11. The Marquis also p resented Letters accrediting him as Envoy E xtraordinar y . The Empress will go into mourning for 21 days. the Austrians, in various small encounters, from Orfengo, I Villate, Torrione, and Casalvolone. Large magses of the enemy, however, were gathering at Robbio and Palestro, and the division was ordered to Cross the Sesia once more, and resumed its old quarters on the right bank of the river. Os the 29th (last Sunday) four companies of the French genie (sappers and miners) and three companies of our own engineers having reached Vercelli, they were set to work, and constructed three bridges over the river—one a bridge of boats, and the two others trestle-bridges; and on the 30th, at daybreak, the Piedmontese divisions crossed the Sesia over them, and assumed the offensive, no longer for the purpose of a feint or a reconnaissance, bnt in right earnest. The fourth divi sion (forming the van) took the road to Palestro, where there was a desperate struggle, which lasted several hours, the position being easy to defend, especially towards Ver celli, and we had to make a feint of attacking the left flank of the Austrians, while our artillery was pounding away against their troops. Once we had entered the outskirts of the village, the Austrians began to withdraw their troops, leaving, however, a strong rear-guard in the farm-houses at the other end, and a battery of artillery, which retired in echelon along the roads that lead to Robbio. These farms were carried with the bayonet, and those Austrians were fortunate who found an issue and availed themselves of it, but in some cases they were unable to do so. In one of these houses, which was stormed by a company of the 10th Regiment of the Line and a detachment of Bersaglieri, the Austrians were completely surrounded, but, nevertheless, continued to defend themselves with desperation, and obsti nately refused to surrender, and it was only after tremen dous losses, and when our men were in -possession of the greater part of the building, that they surrendered a discre tion; Within that small space, 70 bodies were lying together in a confused heap, and the gutters were running with blood. We made about 65 to 70 prisoners, among whom were three officers. The captain, whose name was Davidowsky, who had fought with the utmost gallantry to the very last, gave up his sword to a Piedmontese officer, and requested his protection. On being asked why he had cansed such loss of life by a useless defence, he replied that he did not believe the Piedmontese were so numerous, and that he had hoped for reinforcements. The prisoners, moreover, appeared to be all impressed with an idea that we give no quarter. During the night a regiment of Zouaves was ordered by the Emperor, who had visited the field of battle, to join Cialdini's division. They were encamped far away on our right, between ourselves and the Sesia. There were rumours in camp that on the following day the whole of the corps of Canrobert would cross the Sesia, join us, and march upon Robbis, and Mortara; but on the morning of the 31st, while we were burying the dead, a sharp fire of musketry was heard at the outposts. We were being once more attacked, At the outset we supposed it was only a reconnaissance to cover the retreat, but very soon the shot and shell that ploughed through our lines, the file-firing all along the line, and the booming of the guns which we distinctly heard at Con fienza, where Fanti's division was encamped, convinced us that a general action was engaged, and that it was sup! ported by powerful forces. Perhaps the Austrian general was anxious to retrieve his failure on the previous day, perhaps his object was to prevent the passage of the Sesia by the French, to destroy the bridges, and thus to cut us off from our basis of operations. And let us do them this justice, they attacked with great resolution, and struck a heavy blow, but they were driven back with greater resolution still. Our artillery, which, on the Robbie road alone, con sisted of eight guns of heavy calibre, was ordered not to recede a single step. The Austrians attacked our left in three columns. Our force was distributed thus: —Left, 15th and 16th Regiments of the Line, and 6th battalion of Bersaglieri; the centre consisted of the 10th Regiment of the Line, and a mass of artillery ; and the right consisted of the 9th Regiment of the Line, and the 3rd Regiment of Zouaves. They were twice repelled by our left, and with heavy losses, as their last attack had been made with the bayonet. They advanced with great fury against our right, and such was the mass of artillery, of Chasseurs, and of infantry they hurled against us, that for one moment it became doubtful how we could ever succeed in overcoming so numerous a foe ; but it was an instant only, and the news of the victory of the left, by means of the gallant charge of the Zouav es, dissipated any uneasy feeling, and as the Austrians were rushing up down went the bayonets, and after a last volley and a tremendous charge the enemy was driven back." _ . . The writer also gives many particulars of the fight of the Zouaves, but as he describes it only from hearsay, and as it tallies pretty closely with mine, it is useless to reproduce it. Major-General Cialdini, to whose gallantry and consummate ability the victory at Palestro is mainly due, is raised by a decree, published in to-day's Gazette, to the rank of Lieut.- General. Cialdini is one of the most distinguished officers in the Piedmontese army, or indeed in any army in the world. In 1819, at Mortara, at La Sforzesca, and at li.mwArecl him if with oiorv. e t hargine• at the head of his regiment, aithouga still suffering rom a severe wound received the previous year at the battle of Roverbella. P.S.---Very important dispatches have just been received here at the War Office. The French and Piedmontese armies (the latter, I am sorry to say, greatly reduced in strength) commenced the passa g e of the Ticino, and drove back, after an insignificant combat, the Austrian outposts at Castelletto, Rubone, and Rebecco. A rumour prevails, but no official information to that effect has been received , that the Emperor of the French has transferred his head quarters to Penta Magenta. on the Grand Canal. If this be true the only chance for the Austrians is to hurry to the Mincio by forced marches. Should they attempt a battle and be beaten, their rule in Lombardy is at an end. FRANCE. THE NORTHERN rilitEg; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 1859 danger. This grand news has driven everything else into nothing. Intense anxiety is felt in political circles to know the impression it will produce in the rest of Europe. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. HOUSE OF "?' LORDS: YESTERDAY The eighteenth parliament of the United Kingdom—the sixth summoned during the_ present reign—and the second session of 1859, was yesterday formally inaugurated by her Majesty in person. The occasion had been looked forward to with considerable interest, owing to the very natural anxiety of the public to learn something of the vie ws and intentions of the crown and government upon the Italian war and par liamentary reform. The attendance both of peers and commoners was exceedingly numerous, and the auditory included many peeresses, ladies, and distinguished strangers, whose eagerness to hear her Majesty's Address equalled that of the senators assembled either i below or within the bar. The magnificent chamber within, which the ceremony took place became full long before the cannon announced the arrival of the Queen. Peers and Peeresses thronged the floor and body of the house, while scarcely a vacant seat was to be found in the galleries. Under the circumstances, a nnmerous assemblage of the diplomatic corps was to be expected. The representatives of the chief powers are accustomed to show by their presence on these occasions their respect for the Crown, but this year not the heads of the missions only, but several attaches were in attendance, the latter occupying the ends of the two side galleries, and the gallery immediately above the throne. It had been officially announced that the Queen would meet her Parliament in person ; and, the day being fine, though hot and cloudy, it is needless to say that the route from Buckingham Palace to Westminster, was lined with multitudes of loyal subjects, and that by one and all at every point where the crowd had collected in any force, her Majesty was received with enthusiastic cheers. The pro cession was probably seen to as much, if not greater, advan tage than at any former period, the warmth of the summer atmosphere and the bright fo park increasi attractiveness of the pageant Both these adjuncts have hitherto been wanting when her Majes has opened the legislative , ssion in state The royal Pr one o'clock, thE by the Queen, tl MAGENTA. Magenta, which will henceforth become illustrious in story, is a small town of about 6,000 inhabitants, situated near Naviglio Grande. It is the first stage on the road to Milan, from Novara by Buffalora. Three roads lead from Novara to the balk of the Ticino. The first and the most' direct passes by Cameri, and ends at the bridge of Buffalora ; the second, more to the north, passes through Galliate and descends to the river nearly opposite the village of Turbigo ; and the third, still more to the north, passes through Cameri and Picchelon, and by a curve joins the Ticino at some distance from the Galliate road. At the moment when the French troops crossed the Ticino, General Giulay, who was evacuating the Lomellina, had quitted Garlasco, and transferred his head-quarters to Abbiate Grasso, on the left bank of the river, a few kilo metres above Buffalora. The passage of the French army was therefore effected in view of the Austrians, who en deavoured to oppose it, but were repulsed with considerable loss. That took place on Friday; and, as the advance the French and Piedmontese troops had evidently, from the simultaneousness of their late movements, been skilfully prepared beforehand, and formed part of a regular strategical combination, we may suppose that the allied- troops, immediately on the banks of the Ticino becoming free, hurried forward by every available passage, so as the next day to be in as great force as possible at the opposite side of the river. The Austrians, on their part, seeing that their opponents would march straight for Milan, had concentrated their forces to prevent them, and the con sequence was the series of combats of which the general results are, briefly but eloquently told in the telegraphic despatches. It is known from late telegrams that the operations of the army of General Giulay were directed by Baron de Hess in person ; so that it is the best general in the Austrian army that has just been defeated in a battle where not fewer than from 160,000 or 170,000 men must have been engaged, the numbers being certainly greater on the Austrian side. RUSSIA AND THE CAUCASUS. The Caucase, a Russian journal of Tiflis, publishes the following order of the day addressed by Prince Bariatinskii on the 11th ult. to the Russian troops in the Caucasus " Soldiers of the Caucasus !—I announce to you good intelligence. The Emperor, in a letter which he has written to me, thanks you for the taking of Vedene. The ,• words of his Majesty are these Tell thy b the Caucasus that they could not have made me a better birthday present ; tell them that I am proud of the brilliant exploit they have accomplished in the very heart of the enemy's country.' Soldiers ! I sincerely congratulate you. "PRINCE BARIATINSKII." MONTENEGRO. A letter from Vienna of the 2nd say " Hussein Pacha, the plenipotentiary of the Porte at the Commission charged with the delimitation of Montenegro, finding his labours again suspended, has arrived here, and has had several conferences with Prince Callimaki. It is stated that the Porte demands, and not without reason, that the Commission shall complete its work as soon as possible. Prince Richard de Metternich, Austrian ministar at Dresden, left yesterday for Verona." SEIZURE OF AUSTRIAN MERCHANT VESSELS. The Araxes (s.s.), arrived here, reports having seen on the 31st ult., a screw steamer, with a full rigged ship in tow, supposed to be a prize, steering towards Cape St. Vincent. A large French war steamer was also seen dodging about. LONDONDERRY, June 3.—Two fine Austrian ships, the Genitore and Volcano, are now lying at our quays, their captains being doubtful as to the propriety of putting to sea in the present state of relations between France and Austria; the crews of the ships were discharged on Thursday, and proceeded on the same day to Liverpool. It is not impro bable that the vessels will be sold. MALTA, May 31.—Two prizes to the Eylau, French screw steamship of the line, namely, the Austrian brig Giovanni, Martinolich (coal), for the British firm of Malcolm Brothers, of. Trieste, from Liverpool for. Trieste and Venice ; and the Austrian brig Dobra Costrenjka, Randich (general cargo), for Trieste from Antwerp, have been carried into Malta by prize crews, on their way to Marsei I les for adiudieation. These vessels left the ports of loading before the declaration or war, and were taken on the 15th of May, in lat. 44 42 N, and lon. 14 50 E. TOULON, June 4.—The Austrian barque Erminia (general cargo), which had been captured by the French cruisers, is now lying here. The Austrian ship Picknick, Stuparich, from Hamburgh for Trieste, with 285 brls brandy, 20 tons logwood, and 20 tons Indian reed, has been captured by the French cruisers, and is now lying in this port. TRIESTE, May 31.—1 t was known at Messina on May 10, that an Austrian vessel (coals), and another vessel com manded by Captain Stuparich, had been captured. Two Austrians, the Allegrezza and the Amore, both for Mar seilles, passed through the Straits of Messina May 15, and were informed by the pilots of the risk they were running. THE toothache may be cured by holding in the right hand a certain kind of root—the root of the aching tooth. HOMICIDE IN BIRMINGHAM ? ---On Friday night a young man named Payne, a journeyman hairdresser, at Birming ham, was shot by the head master of a national school, named Bugg. The latter, who is in custody, states that it was an accident, but he had reason it seems to be jealous of the deceased, who appears to have been carrying on an intrigue with Mrs. Bugg, and a full inquiry will take place. The trial of the eng j ines of the two screw despatch vessels, Souksson and Kilassoury, recently constructed for the Russian government by Messrs. Pitcher and Co., at the Northfleet dockyard, took place on Saturday, in the presence of the attaches to the Russian ambassy, and a number of naval officers in the imperial service. The two ship& are intended to be used as despatch vessels in the Black Sea. They are both of exactly the same dimensions, having been constructed on the same lines. They are 137 feet in length and 24 feet 4 inches in extreme breadth, with a depth of hold of 11 feet 11 inches, the tonnage, according to builders measurement, being 269 tons. SEVERE THUNDER-STORM IN ESSEX.—A severe tempest broke over the town of Chelmsford and surrounding villages on Sunday evening. Never, within the memory of the oldest resident of the locality, has anything so fearful been witnessed. Several accidents are reported from the effects of both lightning and thunder. A large workshop in the yard of Mr. J. Moss, builder, was set on fire by the electric fluid, and speedily burnt to the ground. A tall chimney, attached to a house in the High-street, was thrown down, and the debris scattered over the road. Fortunately no one was injured. A butcher, named Noakes, in the adjoining house, was also struck by lightning, and rendered senseless for some moments. Another man was stunned in the yard of the Queen's Head Inn. In the Independent chapel several windows were broken by a tremendous peal of thunder, which alarmed the congregation, and caused two or three females to faint from fright.. The cry of " fire" being soon afterwards raised by some persons in the building, who saw the smoke from the burning shed before mentioned, it was precipitately deserted by its occupants, notwithstanding an appeal to them to remain was made by the Rev. George Wilkinson, the minister. As ,might be expected, these various accidents caused great consternation among the inhabitants. _ _ Gnoss OUTRAGES.—At !the Greenwich police-court, on Monday, a respectably dressed man, named George Bligh, was charged with having assaulted Mrs. Lorenz, of 'Weldon Lodge, Sydenham, and kissed her ; and also with a felonious assault on a girl eleven years of age. _Mrs. Lorenz stated . that she was passing through the fields from Beckenham to Lower Sydenham on Sunday evening, her female servant following her, when she saw the prisoner three or four yards off. The prisoner passed her servant, and it being a very narrow footpath, she stepped across the hedge to allow the prisoner to pass her also. Instead of doing so, he pushed her with great force . into the hedge, and kissed her ; she then fell on her knees into a ditch, when the prisoner behaved in a similar manner. The prisoner then left her, but he was soon afterwards taken into custody by a gentle man to whom Mrs. Lorenz had mentioned what he had done. Inspector Strength said there were charges against the prisoner of a criminal nature, and many complaints had been made by females of being . grossly insulted by a man answering the prisoner's description. Eliza Willis then stated that she was passing froth Beckenham to Sydenham on a Wednesday afternoon, when the prisoner met her, put his hands round her neck, and kissed her, at the same time using very bad language. He then took her shawl off, and told her to open her mouth ; she refused to do so, and he then attempted to force the shawl into her mouth, afterwards tying . the shawl three times round her face, and carrying her into a field, •where he behaved in a violent manner. Other witnesses were examined to prove the serious nature of the assault committed, and the prisoner was remanded. ed the Palace about .e of her !ajesty being Prince Cons, chester (Mistress of the Robes), the the Master of the Horse. The usual order, now so well known, was observed in the positions and occupants of the other royal equipages; and the procession, as in former years, reached the Victoria Tower by two o'clock. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort were in due form and ceremony conducted to the robing-room, and the robes having been assumed, her 1. the throne in the house, preceded by the Earl of Dt_ carrying the sword of state, the Marquis of Win chester, by hereditary right, bearing the Cap of Main tenance ; next, the Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord President of the Council, and then the Duke of Hamilton, carrying the Crown on a cushion, and the Lord Chan cellor with the Great Seal. Her Majesty was led by the Prince Consort, and when she had ascended the throne the Premier and the Lord Chancellor took up positions at the right, and the two Marquises at the left, the Duchess of Manchester and the Countess of Desart standing immediately behind the chair of state. The Prince Consort sat as usual to the left of her Majesty ; the seat on the right, being appropriated to the Prince of Wales, remained, of course, unoccupied. e of Beaufort, and Majest Her Majesty having expressed her pleasure that the assembly should be seated, Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, was dir'ected to summon the Commons to the bar. After an interval of a few minutes the Speaker, in his state robes, with the Usher of the Black Rod on his right, and the Sergeant-at-Arms on his left, appeared at the bar, attended by the leading members of the government and the opposition, and silence being presently restored, the Lord Chancellor advanced to the foot of the throne, and, kneeling, presented the document to her Majesty, who proceeded, amidst the most profound attention, to read the following SPEECH. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I avail myself, with satisfaction, in the present anxious state of public affairs, of the advice of my Parliament, which I have summoned to meet with the least possible delay. I have directed that papers shall be laid before you, from which you will learn how earnest and unceasing have been my endeavours to preserve the peace of Europe. Those endeavours have unhappily failed, and war has been declared between France and Sardinia, on one side, and Austria on the other. Receiving assurances of friendship from both the contending parties, I intend to maintain between them a strict and impartial neutrality; and I hope with God's assistance to preserve to my people the bless ing of continued peace. . Concerning, however, the present state of Europe, I have deemed it necessary, to the security of my dominions and the honour of my Crown, to increase my naval forces to an amount exceeding that which has been sanctioned by Parliament. I rely with confidence on your cordial concurrence in this precautionary measure of defensive policy. The King of the Two Sicilies having announced to me the death of the King his father, and his own accession, I have thought fit, in concert with the Emperor of the French, to renew my diplomatic intercourse with the Court of Naples, which had been suspended during the late reign. All my other Foreign relations continue on a perfectly satisfactory footing. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, The estimates for the year, for which provision has not been made by the late Parliament, will imme diately be laid before you, together with such supplementary estimates as present circumstances render indispensibly necessary for the public ser- MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I have directed a Bill to be prepared for giving effect, so far as the aid of Parliament may be required, to certain suggestions of the Commissioners whom I had appointed to enquire into the best mode of efficiently manning the .Royal Navy, and I recom mend this important subject to your immediate attention. Measures of legal and social improvement, the progress of which in the late Parliament was necessarily interrupted by the dissolution, will again be brought under your consideration. I should with pleasure give my sanction to any well-considered measure for the amendment of the laws which regulate the representation of my people in Parliament ; and should you be of opinion that the necessity of giving your immediate attention to measures of urgency, relating to the deferice and financial condition of the country, will not leave you sufficient time for legislating, with due deliberation, during the present session, on a subject . at once so difficult and so extensive, I trust that at the commencement of the next Session your earnest attention will be given to a question of which an early and satisfactory settle ment would be greatly to the public advantage. I feel assured that you will enter with zeal and diligence on the discharge of your parliamentary duties, and I pray that the result of y our delibera tions may tend to secure to the country the con- tinuance of peace abroad, and progressive improve- meut at home. At the close of the speech, which her Majesty read with her usual distinctness, causing the whole to be heard, and ion re-formed, and re- yet without effort, the royal proce turned to Buckingham Palace. The Lords afterwards stood adjourned uutil five o'clock, and the Commons until a quarter to four. HOUSE OF LORDS. —YESTERDA-Y. Their Lordships resumed at five o'clock. Earl Yowls moved the address in reply to the Speech, which was seconded by Viscount Gifford Earl Granville commented on the policy of the Gov.ern went, especially in reference to the failure of the endeavour to preserve the peace of Europe. _He did not move a vo of want of confidence, inasmuch as the Government havir appealed to the country this was the proper and constitu tional function of the House of Lords. The Earl of 3ialmsbury declined at this inopportune moment to discuss the foreign policy of the Government, but should be ready to defend it when it was properly challenged Lord Ilowden hopeu would be to give Italy to. the Italians. - The Marquis of Normanby expressed his sati-faction that no amendment had been moved, considering that a change of government would involve great danger in the present hat the issue of the present conflict critical state of Europe. The Earl of Carlisle objected to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland's alliance with the Roman Catholics. The Earl of Eglinton denied. that there had been any Lord Brougham made some observations strongly con- demnatory of the present war The Earl of Ellenborough zed the necessity at th present crisis of having a strong governmenf at the head of affairs. _ The Duke of Argyll condemned the late appeal to the country, which was not raised upon the peoples issue, and was ungrateful to the House of Commons. The Earl of Derby justified the dissolution, which was in strict accordance with the conditions on which he accepted office. The addresses was then agreed to, House adjourned shortly after eleven o'clock HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY The House of Commons resumed at four o'clock. Mr. S. Estcourt gave notice that on Thursday he should move for leave to introduce a bill for the improvement of the administration of criminal justice, and on Tuesday a bill for the better regulation of the city of London. Sir C. Napier gave notice that, on that day fortnight, he should move for an inquiry into the state of the Admiralty, with a view to its reconstruction. Mr. T. Duncombe gave notice of a motion for the pro duction of the instruction to the British officers sent by the Government to the head gliarters of the contending armies. Mr. Horsman gave notice of a resolution, to the effect that the character of our foreign policy was injurious to the best interests of the country, and that it was the duty of parliament to inform itself of the actual state of Europe. With this view he should move for copies of all important communications, addressed to foreign courts, in reference to the present crisis. Sir J. Trelawney gave notice that on Thursday he should move for leave to introduce a bill for the abolition of church rates. THE ADDRESS ON THE SPEECH. The Speaker then read her Majesty's most gracio' speech. Mr. A. Egerton moved the address in reply. He defended the foreign policy of the Government against those who had attacked it, because the peace of Europe had not been pre served by its means. The Government had done all that was in its power to that end. lie trusted that nothing would arise to induce us to abandon our position of neutra lity, at the same time that he fully approved of the course taken by the ministry for improving the resources of the country. Into whatever hands power might fall, he trusted that this important subject wonld not be omitted ; as to reform, in the present state of public business, and with so short a session before them, he believed that the ministry had exercised a wise discretion in postponing the question. He believed that any reasonable measure they would bring forward would prevent a diminution of the borough franchise. He understood that the bills of the Solicitor- General, introduced last session, would again be brought forward. They were, he was told, threatened with an amendment to the address. Was it to be on foreign or domestic policy ? As to the former, any change of ministry would increase the chances of war, and the present ministry had shown every disposition to maintain the strictest neautrality. As to Reform, he was convinced the feeling of the country was in favour of a moderate measure, and that the present ministry were the men to bring it in. He concluded by reading the address, which was, as usual, an echo of the speech. , Sir J. Elphinstone seconded the address. He felt convinced that the papers to be produced, would show that all the means had been exhausted to preserve the peace of Europe, and that the strictest neutrality would be main tained in future. He rejoiced in the increase lately made in our navy. He believed that if the country had possessed was at its disposal at the end of the last century, the present hostilities would never have broken out. Stringent enquiries remained to be made into the mode of manning the navy, and the management of our dockyards. As to reform, after all that had been said on the subject, it would be easy to frame a satisfactory and moderate measure, bat other affairs called for the attention of the present parliament, notably, those of India and China. The Speaker having read the address to the House, and the same naval fo the motion that it be agreed, The Marquis of Harlington rose to move an amendment to the address. After citing the various precedents on the subject, he declared that it was a censure on the general policy of the country which he was about to move. This course, he contended, was strictly constitutional, and raised the same issue to the House which the government had put to the people. He trusted that the challenge thus thrown down would be receivedty both sides in the spirit of fair ness and moderation. If defeated, members on that side of the House would bow to its decision, and give to the government all the assistance consonant with their duty, which circumstance would require. In either case a more satisfactory state of things would be established than that which had existed daring the last two sessions. He pointed out the inconvenience which had arisen from the endeavours to govern the country in minorities, and re counted the unsuccessful measures introduced by the Govern ment. He blamed them severely for the late dissolution, which he characterised as an act of rashness and recklessness, and declared that they had not the support of their own party. How many of that party had dared to defend their Reform Bill on the hustings? Their foreign policy h a d deprived them of the authority which England previously held. At all events their efforts had utterly failed. The Liberal party would no doubt be taunted with their divisions. It was not for him to state what arrangements had been made, but it would be found that the various sections of the Liberal party were not so divided as they had once been, and that they had learnt a lesson from adversities. On their side were differences only of detail, while on the other the differences were of principle. He had confidence that a stable administration might be formed from that side of the house ; he admitted that it was a party move, made in favour of those whose views were in accordance with the thoughts and feelings of educated Englishmen, against those whose vary name was antagonistic to progress. It was in favour of the inheritors of the plan of policy of Fox and Grey, rather than of the inheritors of the interfering. policy of Pitt and Castlereagh; but it was not a move in favour of any individuals. The peace of the country might be defended upon the issue thus placed before the House. He concluded by moving, as an amendment, an addition to the address, to the effect that the confidence of the House in the ministry was essential to the discharge of her Majesty's high functions, and that the present Ministry did not possess that confidence. Mr. Hanbury seconded the amer commenting on the various measures introduced which, he contended, were blaming them severely for dissolvi..a by the government, and d and unsuccessful, and the late parliament. fault with the )e advantageous The Chancellor of the Exchequer found motion now made, affirming that it would to the country to know whether the government. the confidence of the House or not He denied that the late dissolution had any analogy with that of 1841, which was the dissolution of parliament elected under the a tration of the friends of the government thus dissolving it. He admitted the ill success of the min; the late parliament, declarin framed, could have been P. adminis- :erial measures in that no measure, however they would stile parliament, s formed an excuse for dissolution. and that such ill succ He demanded that, at so mome be lost in deciding which pt of the House. If defeat their successors a fair a There ought not to be a delay eve and he rose thus early to impress on no time should a the confidence give to ioual support Df twenty-four hours, necessity dispute. He denied that the ill success of the Ministry in the late parliament was a reason for proposing a vote of want of confidence in the present. He defended, on these grounds, the late dissolution, and the conduct of the ministry after the vote on the resehition of Lord J. Russell. The right hon. gentleman then commented with sarcastic severity on the speech of Sir James Graham, at Carlisle. The reckless statement of which he (Mr. Disraeli) had attributed, at first reading, to the young gentleman whom Sir J. G then iutrudncing to the borough. been treated by Lord Derby with silo it to him to declare • them_ to he 'sing not a moment iii clecidiu apudent fabri- He disproved t with especial severity on, tue a Government had bargained for Roman Catholics. The conduct of o tions that the with the fairs was made another ground of censure on th( could an opinion be formed till the pape those affai had been produced? in reference to to be the every only test of abilities in negotiation ? And wa Government to be censured which was unable to prevent the breaking out of hostilities ? Were there no unsuccess- ful negotiations previous to the war with Russia, under a Government of which the chiefs were—Lords Aberdeen, Clarendon, and Palmerston. In the midst of those nego tiations, the opposition of that day did not bring forward votes of want of confidence, or frame cunninc- resolutions r.) That to embarrass the public t opposition, on the cont assistance in the prosecution of the war a entered a la abject of the late reform bill, which a( number to the constituency than had been a b er 1 av the bill of 1851. Admitting all the faults - of that bill, how was it that they never heard of the ill success of previous propo sals of reform ? Having then replied to the arguments for the amendment, he pointed out the policy shadowed forth in the speech itself. He should be prepared, when the papers were produced, to vindicate the foreign measures of the government. - Alt present, he repeated that the conduct of the opposition had exercised an injurious effect on our negotiations, by weakening the authority of the government, not w with Austria, 411 France, but believed that so that latter power.Lke ruture British ministry would be the patrons of a war against itself, and hence it took that unfortunate step which had. brought upon it much disaster. lie reasserted the acccuraey of the declaration he had made at the close of the last session, that it was then probable that peace would be preserved. The ministry had not shown during the recent events the slightest bias, either towards Austria or France. He avowed the opinion of the government, that Reform could not be dealt with in the present session, with so many urgent measures demanding . settlement ; but they did not shrink from the responsibility of dealing with the question in a future session. He protesteu 'ssertion that Reform should be the monopoly of any part': He claimed for the government the right of dealing with the question in a large and liberal spirit, without being committed to the details of their late measure, In conclusion, he- declared that the foreign policy of the government would be peace, and its domestic policy progress, and for the sake both of England and Europe, demanded an immediate decision of the issue before the House. linst the calm party Lord Bury defended the amendment, as the natural con sequence of the late dissolution. When Lord Bury sat down no one rose to speak, it being evidently " the word of order " on the Conservative side to maintain an absolute silence the Speaker, after waiting for some time, proceeied to put the question ; while he was reading the motion Lord John Russell went from bench to bench and thcnce to Lord Palmerston in evident perthrbation. However, by the time the Speaker had finished, he had succeeded in putting up Mr. Mellor, who made some observations in favour of the amendment. _ Mr. M. Hugessen taunted the Conservatives with the silence under the accusations brought Iminst the ministry, whom he taunted with ingratitude towards the late Parlia ment after the great forbearence which that Parliament had exercised towards them. Sir Charles Napier entered at some length into the state of the navy amid cries of question. Mr. Wilson strongly complained' of the conduct of the government in dissolving the late Parliament, which he declared to be a sinful and unwarrantable mid. He entered at great length into the subjects of France and of the War. . Mr. thgby Seymour protested against the extraneous and paltry matters that were dragged into a debate on which depended so serious an issue, and on being dragged like a sheep in the wake of a set of hereditary politicians. The present Government had recognised the principle of ad elating the people to a larger share of power, and before he voted against them he demanded of the chief of the liberal party how far they would go in the cause of Reform Unless they did this he should give an unhesitating any hearty vote in favour of the address Mt Laing opposed the present Government, both as to their views of reform, and of foreign policy. Lord Palmerston declared that the conduct of the govern ment proved the necessity of the amendment, and that they shewed by their conscious weakness that they were unworthy of the confidence of the House. Their defence in the face of the charges against them was most extraordinary. It might have been expected that they would have pressed forward in their own defence, instead of whit demanded to be taken upon trust, and only bek, there should be no inquiry into their conduct. - This was too grave a matter to be disposed of in so light and easy a manner, and that the conduct of the government was disgraceful in the face of the serious circumstances of Europe. Their mistakes in foreign, their errors in domestic policy, their proceedings in regard to the dissolution, justified the House in withholding not I: fidence. They _ came into power by the support of g r ecaotu notionrse t.h they a s pur suedthat u th n e der co c u ir n c t u ry msta H ne e es p N a y s l s i e i which entitled n rei.iew them lo the legislative failures tion, which, under the circumstance Europe, was' culpable and of the government, and arraigned them for t o h r o th co e u l n a t t r e y di .l s n so a lu i ani unconstitutional. atnoceuv l .e' ians t the danger of war arose from France and Sardinia, and it was this language which they held, in consequence, his s broconscientiousoghtoii the war. that rrh the eir that prevented peace from being preserved. If they had going on a t Vi e nna, their known,elotnwdautd as towards theyo e u ,ci g ou h us t nt , rt w ira : , aN that ho l au V tl a a s up, whether the elections had, or h a d no t g i v en a majority ithsahvoeulbeen o N I; e c r e y b d e i fi e cleared to the Government ; but whatever was the result, it should be given at once, to enable them, if they sum pursue their course Without fear or interruption. Mr. Deasy moved the adjournment of the debat The Chanellor of the Exchequer assented, and t was accordingly adjourned till Thursday. The house then adjourned at 12.30 a.m. ---....-- A %man"' PAUPER.--A woman named Janet Brnivn, who for a considerable time had been receiving. parochial relief, died about a fortnight ago at St. Nil-wins. there was credit to the extent of £lOO. 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