Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-09 00:00:00

vputy ue t sts of th e hat b e healt h iu the I lie EKE LATEST TELEGRAMS. JIEPARTURE OF THE EMPEROR. 4 itis, Saturd a y. —Th e E m p eror w ill l e ave for 0 e 11 ° 4 on Tu es d ay next. 13 4 ltis, Sund a y, M ay B.—Th e j ourna l s c onfirm the el" that the Emperor will leave Paris on Tuesday z at l vi t a to la r koir Marseilles, en route for Genoa. The Duke has arrived here. The Patrie states 4 1CeRtnt Persigny has been appointed Ambassador he COUrt of St. James. THE FRENCH LOAN . THE FUNDS. t h e i: ; r 18 , Saturday, 2.15 p.m.—The subscription to e w Loan of 500,000,000 francs was opened -4 Y , and 300,000,000 francs have been already "sel.l bed. 1 2 2 , A R P• m• —The Bourse opens quiet ; Rentes, .5. 3 tP -111 .-- , •There is little doing'; Rentes, 61 . 15. 61 1 * ( 7 P.m.—The I3ourse closes inanimate ; Rentes, f°l * -‘loney, and 61 for Account, . being a e tlonal rise since yesterday - . FRENCH GARRISON. THE AUSTRIANS AT ANCONA. c on , t 7 4, Sunday, May 8.--The Moniteut of to-day 4 , r ll 'lls• th e f o ll ow i ng caa r Ezporor haS decided upon increasing : the asth f the general staff by thirty generals , and k kit e of the major staffhy fifty efficers." to th EILLEs-, Sunday, May B.—Letters from Rome been° s thinstant state that the French garrison has 41 , e : 11 alotained entire, and that 10,000 Austrians r r at 411 cona. to te i i e i nhabitants of the Romagna are greatly agi- sth i l tte r B have also been received from Naples to the last ant. w ai lle e motion of the King, on learning the state of rBi n . ltaly, has greatly aggravated his disease. PE TITION ITALY. TO THE POPE AGAINST AUSTRIAN FORTIFICATIONS. TI JD OFFICIAL BULLETIN. lade - r; Saturday :—General De La Marmora has e llen, the River Dora his stratagetical line. The ,k, e - n Y has made no movement of any importance. p r i, l : 4 ing to advices received from Ancona, the thegelPality of that town has addressed a petition to 11 , 4 1) °Pe against the increase of the Austrian garri the' a nd against the construction of fortifications by Austrians. pa chili, M ay 8. —The Austrians continue to c o mm it T h Ne and depredations along their line of march. have imposed on the town of Vercelli a contri tTi?n• of 300,000 francs. The Council of War at ellehas ordered an Austrian spy to be shot. 40 1 , EMENTS OF TILE AUSTRIANS Sunday May 8. -- Official bulletin, pub ,. The Saturday even i ng , a t 7 oclock : t h d f A ustrians have hastily evacuated Voghera, th e ... a ter re - crossing the Po, at Gergla, remained iri 0 11 the left bank of the river. their " e - Austrians, who were at Vercelli, directed of 41Et reh towards Gattrina, under the command Nr wi4 --e their G enera l s , and have been replaced at ili bY other troops. p os i t —Le Austrians are , endeavouring to fortiy their 4 on the Sesia." SWITZERLAND. t tIl May 8. B—A revolutionary movement is lee 11 0 e - at Como. The tricolour has already been 6 0 4 before the castle. - toi lt t t liousand Croats have arrived at Como , and a Ile t ;''lltion of 5,000 florins and of provisions has 4111 Pesed on the town. l' CBAVARIA. 1 14 „ Sunday; May B.—The Government of ti a i l i a , has or dered the raising of a loan of four t i°ll florins, at 41 per cent., and at the price of ° meet military requirements. P Ab FRANCE. 2 ,,„ Friday.—The Mimisterial arrrangements , 1 4 ° ,,re, according to all accounts, nearly concluded. 3 14 1 , OetS I have already mentioned respecting '4l oe s 'i r a l Valliant arg now faits accomplis. At ten do „° l l Wednesday he received the official intima qiia ' 441 his place was to be taken by somebody. 4 1 , s omebody is Marshal Randon, who has not 4 ,,_li l ',: e raained in his post of Major-General of the wa r ': e Italy. Marshal Vaillapt was not at the i„ t lot x j:) ,Tee yesterday ; and the new minister, though 1 .110 gazetted, transacted business in his place. to og r °unds of his removal are those I have alluded 11 1 e lit :, e ady—incompleteness of the military arrange- The Marshal might naturally plead, and , I 'Oto e ij; e 9 has pleaded, that he could not know by not - " °11 1 the final resolve of the Emperor, as it was Plomunicated to him. General Martimprey, of great merit, takes the place of Marshal s ' l 4 4, ° I- i t , as Major-Ureneral of the Army of Italy. "o1: - Is gas been a fierce struggle going on for some to i t ;uetvveen the Palais Royal and the party opposed I ‘, l . lA t he glorious cause of Ministerial portfolios. '" 2 , late Prefect of the Basses Pyrenees, was hav e n ear carrying off the Interior , which mi g ht sei caused the retirement of the Prefect of the M. Hausseman, who, as prefect of the first veh e c ould not think of serving under a Minister Ye t h as been merely prefect of the second class. 411 011 , 1 - doubt whether M. Hausseman usually tztit z s s cruples of the kind to interfere with him. \I. i 4, it' who is a Bonapartist of many years' standing, g) tie IPpears, set aside for M. Arrighi de Pa du or ti ." Padou e ) who has the advantage of being, 1 2,41 1 . 1cm l as well a ' s dynastic, and who is very pro taallil connected by blood or affinity with the Imperial 91, e 7_ This is the most recent—l will not say i "efinitive —combination. M. Delangle will, the 4 ,said, be compensated for the loss of of j. Houle Department by the portfolio Vie, 4 " ce, in place of M. de Royer, who goes as 1, It' s resident to the Senate ;or M. Delangle, for Itotiall(t o ne to him, will take the Vice - Presidency , 4 0iii; 1 ' ( le Royer remain where he is. M. de Morny , tai o - S ay, has refused the Home-office ; others main refit'robably with more exactness, that it has been th e rto hi m. He b e l ongs t o a party which, at he i Royal, is irreverently looked u p on ; and letBh" rs onally disliked by its aug ust occu p ants. d o e still has influence with a certain number, who of il t e despair of seeing him administer the interior , as Empire with all its great a dvanta g es kl oUl d u said yesterday, was offered the i loeti n o t ° es, and refused. lie counted on his in iu vain at Court, but on this occasion, it seems, On e o .be is retirement, therefore, may soon thos e ; things called "faits acomPlis`" SECOND EDITION. NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE; MONDAY, 9 A.M HUNGARY. The Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor-General of Hungary, has issued a proclamation stating that the Emperor has invited him to proceed to the formation of volunteer battalions and squadrons, having the greatest reliance on the faithful Hun garian people. T- CAMPAIGN IN PIEDMONT. The Times says "All that the news from the seat of war up to last night (Sunday) amounts to is, that the Austrians are marching and connter-marching on the northern bank of the Po, that they are occupying and intrenching themselves on the Sesia, and that they have withdrawn those troops whose position upon the right flank of the French seemed likely to bring on a collision near the plain of Marengo. These small manoeuvres are capable of various intepretations, and military critics are divided as to whether the Austrians are concentra ting their forces for a great effort, or cautiously with drawing in retreat. When the Emperor Napoleon 111. reaches Genoa we must expect that it will be to inaugurate his military career by sonic great movement decisive of the conflict he has provoked." THE ELECTIONS. CLOSE OF POLLS. —lienriker, 2674 ; Kelly, 2520 ; Adair, SUFFOLK EAST 1876. DERBYeHIRE SOUTH.—Evans, 3528 ; Vernon, 3187 Mundy, 3162. The above return is from Mundy's committee. Further return gives the number as follows :—Mundy, 3190 ; Ver non, 3180. . . The total number of members returned now amounts to 586. The Daily News classifies them as follows : —Liberals, 324 ; Conservatives, 262. -The same journal complains that the contests, both in boroughs and counties, have been mis managed; that to gain a majority was not the only object, and that the managers of these contests had equally at heart to break down the independent Liberal party in the House of Commons. The Times estimates that, when the new House is com plete, the total amount of the ministerial gains will be twenty seats, which, though counting forty in a division, will by no means be sufficient to give the Government a working majority. The Times asserts that in South Lancashire the influence of the Roman Catholic clergy have been thrown into the Tory scale. The severe contest at Manchester, and the success of Mr. Massey at Salford, are ascribed to the dislike of the Manchester Reform Association. Mr. William Forsyth, Q.C., of the Northern Circuit, has been appointed standing counsel to the Secretary of State in Council for India. COMMERCIAL. Throughout the Stock Exchange the feeling to-day was more cheerful. The Funds exhibit a fresh rise of nearly per cent. Most of the English Railway Stocks have recovered 4 to 1 per cent. The demand for money at the Bank to-day was rather active, but not pressing. In Lombard-street the business was only moderate. The drain of gold from the Bank continues. The amount withdrawn this day was £92,000. At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Rentes closed at an improvement of about R per cent. It is said that the Government is supporting the Bourse, in order to facilitate the issue of the new loan. The fact that the French Markets has twenty millions of pounds of new Stock hanging over, ought to render Consuls almost insensible to its variations. The British Three per Cents are now quoted 30 per cent. higher than the French Three per Cents. The returns of the leading French Railways exhibit a considerable increase, owing to the transport of troops and munitions of war. The increase in the receipts of the Paris Lyons and Mediterranean Co., for the last week, was £20,000 compared with the previous week.—. Daily News City Article, Saturday Evening, There has been very little business in the Stock Exchange to-day, and, in the confirmed absence of political news from the seat of war or elsewhere, prices have shown comparative firmness. The adjustment of the account has been com pleted, but there are about 22 membOrs who have not as yet paid their Consol differences in full. Money continues in good demand at the Bank minimum. The government broker continues his purchases on account of the Savings' Bank. Possibly the check that will be given by the war to many brandies of employment, coupled with the sudden advance in the price of bread and other articles, may not merely stop the accumulation of these funds, hut lead to withdrawals, in which case the old evil will be repeated of the government having, when prices are low, to realise the ... investments they have effected throughout on a rising market. Mnes City Article, Saturday Zvening. presumed successor as Minister of State will be M. Walewski. M. Walewski is not hard to be pleased ; Ambassador Plenipotentiary, Minister, of Foreign Affairs, or Minister of State,' Admiral, General of Division, or Colossus of Rhodes, if need be—all come the same to him. Every man is the best judge of his own merits, and M. Walewski has, very probably, 'no small opinion of his capacity. As Minister of State, he would probably accompany the Emperor in his campaign. M. Walewski will, no doubt, throw into the shade the Duke of Bassano, who used to accompany the first Napoleon. It is to be hoped that what is said about M. de Persigny being the successor of M. Walewski at the Foreign office, is true. The choice would be excellent in many respects. M. de Persigny, besides being a thoroughly honourable man, of unimpeached and unimpeachable integrity, is a friend to England and the English alliance, and he would be accepted as, in some sort, the guarantee that there will be no immediate disruption. I omitted to men tion that M. de Royer has been also spoken of as President of the Court of Cessation. M. de Morny demanded the dismissal of . M. Rouher, whom he cordially dislikes, as the condition to his acceptance. This the Emperor, who knows, I sup pose, the cause of the dislike, refused. M. Pietri, former Prefect of Police, and who was also spoken of for the Interior, required the extrusion of M. Hausseman from the Prefecture of the Seine as his sine qua non. This also, we are told, the Emperor refused. These arrangements may yet be changed. The exact day of the Emperor's departure is not known, even if it be yet fixed. Prince Napoleon's baggage is packing up, and people say his Highness leaves on Sunday, others not till the 20th, but pro bably before the Emperor. It is said among naval people that Admiral Bonet Villanniez had been ap pointed to.the command of a fleet for landing troops and besieging towns on the coast of Italy; but that the command has been suppressed, and the fleet not formed. The principal Secretary to the Minister of Marine is appointed Commissary-General of Marine at Toulon. All the officers in the French Imperial navy on leave of absence, to the rank of commander., included, have been recalled, and all the marines whose period of service is about to expire, are to remain with their regiments. There have been so many orders given to the manufacturers of St. Etienne for rifled cannon that the workmen ,are forced to remain part of the night at work. Colonel Cadogan goes as military Attache to the English Embassy at Turin during the war. A bureau his : . torique is added to the office of the Emperor's Secretary. The persons employed in it will draw up a narrative of the events expected to pass in Italy, which will serve as materials for the history of the war. His Majesty has constituted his cabinet for the army, having named M. Charles 'Robert, Master - of Requests of the second-class-to the Council of State, the chief of his cabinet; M. Lemarie, senior auditor of the . Council, First Attache; and M. Pikri, nepheW- of the - late Prefect of Police, Second Attaché. It may -be remembered that, • under the• First Empire junior members of the Council of State were similarly appointed. The Emperor and Empress were present yesterday_ at a solemn mass, in the Chapel of the Tuilerieg, in memory of the 38th anniversary of the death of Napoleon In conseqUence of the present political situation, the annual gathering of old soldiers at the foot of the statue of Napoleon I. in the Place Vendome was unusually numerous yesterday. THE NORTHERN TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 9' 1859 THE PAPAL STATES. Letters from Rome, in the Marseilks journals, state that the Pope is about to send a pastorali letter to all Catholic bishops, requesting them to order public prayers for peace to be offered up ; and that Cardinal Antonelh has issued a diplomatic - note, which declares that the Roman Government will,. in the existing war, maintain strict neutrality_ AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 4.---So many false reports from the seat ,of war are in circulation, that the following information, even if of older date than that received from Turin and Paris, will hardly fail to be accept able. Between three and four in the afternoon of the 29th of April, the advanced guard of the Austrian army crossed the Ticino, at Pavia and Bereguardo, and on the following day the grog of the army, consisting of the 2nd, 3rd, sth, and 7th corps d'arnze, followed. On 'the Ist inst. Count Gyulai had his head-quarters at Garlascow, a town about nine Italian (not Piedmontese) miles from Pavia. At five o'clock in the afternoon of the following day the head-quarters of the army was at Lumello, which is about six Italian miles and a half from Garlasco. On the day last mentioned, the army— which may consist of about 120,000 - men—occupied the line of the Robbio, Candia, and Pieve del Cairo. On the 2nd inst. there was some little skirmishing between the pickets, but the Sardinians made no attempt to impede the advance of., their adversaries. Candid, which is on the /eft bank of the Sesia, and somewhat above the confluence of that river , with the Po,- is, eighteen Italian miles from Bereguardo, and six miles from Casale, which is evidently the 'point of attack, It was originally intended to. send a corps cricrinee to Novi, in order to cut off the Cain munication between Genoa and Alessandria,. but the insurrection in Tuscany, Massa, Carrara, and Parma, rendered a change in the ,plan of operation necessary.. Some persons are of opinion .that the Austrians would have done better to act on the defensive, but military men assure me. that it was " necessary", to carry the war into the ` enemy's country. The Austrians would have been ot A aged to withdraw their, garrisons from Piacenza, Ferrara, Cominachio, Ancona, and Bologna, had they re : - soh ed on acting strictly on- the defensive, and. they are not the people to relinquish anything unless literally forced to do so. A hope is still entertained here that the Sardinians may be defeated before the gros of the French - army can arrive, but so much valuable time was lost in - diplomatiaing that the Aus trians will hardly be able to get possession of Casale before the French army is in readiness for action. As the Austrians are not likely to.make an attempt to take Turin, the Dora Baltea line of defence will hardly. be of much use to the Sardinians. For a time it was suspected that the operations of the Austro-Italian army were directed by telegraphfrom this city, but I am positively informed that every-. thing is managed by Count Gyulai and Colonel von Kuhn, the chief of his staff. Some of the most experienced staff officers in the Austrian service speak in the very highest terms of Colonel von Kuhn, who, in 1849, obtained thecross of the military order of Maria Theresa. The colonel, who is now about 32 years of age was employed as profeasor of the art of war in the high school which was not long since established by the Emperor for those officers who, having finished their studies in the military academies, were desirous to obtain employment in the general staff. " Kuhn is a first-rate soldier,'.' says a distinguished general officer, " and his adver saries will not fail soon to diseover that such is the case." We read in the Berne papers that the Austrians have taken possession of Intra and Pallanza, on the left bank of the Lago Maggiore, but the •news requires confirmation. The Muni eipal Council of Vienna will have no difficulty whatever in raising half-a-dozen battalions of volunteers, for such crowds of young men pre sented themselves yesterday, that _ the gendarmes and police were obliged to prohibit the - passage of carriages through the streets in which the two recruiting offices - are situated. Early this morning I met scores of youths with artificial nosegays in their caps, and exceedingly proud they seemed of the badge, which proved that they were about to assist in the defence of their native country. Among the w recruits were several boys, ho appeared to be aout 13 or 14 years of age ; and on inquiry I learned that they were going to enter the navy. In. Upper Austria free battalions of infantry and irregular • ' divisions of cavalry are to be raised ; but it is not ___ likely that the ranks of the latter will be well filled. The armaments of Austria are so colossal, that she will probably have 750,000 men under arms by the end of this month. Very large bodies of troops; are still sent from this city to the south, and up to. the 9th instant twelve trains will daily convey men, _ _ guns, ammunition, and supplies - to Trieste, where Feldzengtheister Count . Wimpffen, who has the com mand of the reserve army, will have his head quarters. It is Considered possible that the French fleet may attack Trieste, and fieldworks have, there fore, been constructed at a place whiCh completely commands the entrance to the harbour. It is positively asserted at Trieste that English vessels are about to visit that port, but it has not been in my power to acqUire any official information on the subject. A few days ago there were at Corfu four steamers and a couple of sailing vessels, and at Malta twelve men of war. The night before last eight steamers were seen off the island of Lissa, but it could not be distinguished whether they were French or English. At Trieste, however, it was thought they were French, and so great was the alarm of some of the inhabitants of the city that they sent their valuables to Laibach. Some of the Austrian vessels of war have been sent to the. Dal matian coast, and probably to Pohl, which is capable of making a respectable defence, although the for tifications are very far from being completed. Cat taro is very strongly fortified, but it could, as you have already been informed, be reduced to submission by means of a strict blockade. Gra vosa and Ragusa are, comparatively speaking, defenceless, and a landing at either of those places would infallibly lead to a general rising in Montenegro, the Herzegovine, and Bosnia. In Venice it is related that several Austrian ships of war have been sent to Cattaro, and if the news be correct, it must be presumed that the Monte negrins have displayed symptoms of an intention to make,a descent on the town of Cattaro, which is at the very extremity of the Gulf, and consequently close to the Montenegrin frontier. The ship-of-the line Kaiser has been removed from Pola to Mala mocco, • where the greater part of the Austrian steam-fleet is , lying at anchor. Vice-Admiral von Fautz and Commodore von Skopinich have been appointed commanders of squadrons , but it is not likely that they will have an opportunity of displaying their skill or their courage. What happened •to the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, will probably happen to the Austrian fleet in the Adriatic. On the 23rd of April the Arch duke Ferdinand Maxmillian was about to leave in the Fantasia, for Trieste, but he received telegraphic instructions to remain where he was until further orders. It is sincerely to be regretted that his mission of peace has ended so disastrously. The Austrian army, as it stood about three weeks ago, consisted of 31 0 , 000 troops of t he line, 30,000 jager, 38,000 light and 16,000 heavy cavalry, 30,000 border troops, 12,000 pioneers, 12,000 engineers, and 40,000 artillerymen, with 1,500 guns. It must be understood that the furlough men of several of the army corps and the reserves are not included in the foregoing estimate. Milan is quiet, and it is not likely that there will be any disturbances in Lom bardy, unless the fortune of war should be decidedly unfavourable to the Imperial arms. All commu nication is now interrupted between Austria and Sardinia, Parma and Tuscany. The t ele g ra phic communication between the cities of Vienna and Rome is still maintained, The Grand •Duke of Tuscany is on his woy from Trieste to this pity. The war manifesto of Louis Napoleon has n o t produced an agrefAlN impression on the A4strilvas, but sta they are. not sorry' that the die is east, As the Yrench note of the 29th of April is sure to be ih your hands before this letter can reach you r ft would have been mere loss of Cue to forward s translation of it.. The cities and fortresses . ofl Venice and Verona have been; placed in a , state of seige. The Swiss Federal , Council has ' demanded of the Diet approval of its declaration of neutrality, authorisation to take the neces sary, measures for the defence of the Federal territory, an • unlimited power to . raise money, and permission to appoint a cmmanderin chief. The King of. Hanover has appointed the Duke of Brunswick to , be Commander-in-Chief of the . lOth Federal corps rtarrage. The Prussian. Federal contingent (the Ist, 2nd, and 3rd corps) will be under the command of the Prince Regent, and the Austrian contingent (the 4th, sth, and 6th corps), under the. command of the Archduke Albrecht: The Prince- of Hesse will probably take the command of. the Bth Federal corps. It is rumoured at Berlin that the - Prince Regent and the Emperor Alexander are to meet at Warsaw or Myslovitz, .but the- report doeS pot obtain credit hem. Russian artillery officers, who have just passed through Berlin, do not speak in favourable terms of the new French gun.. Austrian artillery officers, who have seen' guns tried which were made here after a French model, are also of opinion that they will not answer the expectations of the Emperor of the French. All the ' inhabitants of Milan have been ordered to give k up any arms• in their possession within three days. The following appeared in late editions of tlic NORTHERN TIMES of Saturday : NEWS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.. AUSTRIAN BULLETIN. VIENNA, liday -- General Gyulai reports as follows On Wednesday we made demonstrations Candia and Frassinetto. - On our side we had twenty wounded. Near Cornale we have thrown a bridge over the Po, have - crossed the river, and fortified the head of the brithre. A deplorable accident has occurred . on the railroad near Verona. A train•filled. with troops-came into collision with ammunition waggons, some of which exploded. Twenty three men were killed ; and 124 wounded, belonging to the 17th Regiment. No officershave been injured. The following telegrams have also 'been received : TURIN, May 6th Evening. A company of troops haw€ been despatched to, capture the war material which the enemy had.transported to the western side of the Sesia, for the purpose of being conveyed to Candia , and Terranova. The body of the enemy's army which, yesterday, occupied Trino and Pobie‘to, has withdrawn to Vercelli. The official Piedmontese Gazette publishes an announce ment laying an enibargo on Amstrian vessels in Sardinian ports, but neutral property on board is to be respected. ' PARIS, Saturday, May 7.—The Moniteurof this morning contains a decree appointing Marshal Vaillant and Count Walewski members of the privy council. Another decree makes the following fresh appointments de Royer, • hitherto Minister oeJustice, to be Senator and first Vice- Preildent of the Senate ; M. Delangle, hitherto Minister of the Interior, to be Minister of Justice • General' Randon to be Minister of War ; the Duke of Padone to be Minister of the Interior; Marshal Vaillant, hitherto Minister of War, to be Major-General of the army of Italy. The Moniteter also states that Lord Cowley . has gone to London on family matters, but would return to Paris on Sunday or Monday. It is stated in a Turin letter that in the sin:, weeks prior to April 10th, no fewer than ninety vessels left Genoa for the Black Sea ; to fetch corn. The Vienna correspondent of the Times says that Austria will have 700,000 men under arms by the end of the month. The enrolment of volunteers at Vienna is carried on with enthusiasm. At Trieste great alarm had been produced by a report of French ships of war being in sight, and many persons sent off their valuables. Prince Windischgratz has left Vienna on a-special mission to St. Petersburgh. At Vienna, on Wednesday, it was thought that the insurrectionary movement in the Italian Duchies had caused a change in the- Austrian plan of operations ; and at Turin, an opinion prevailed that the Austrian advance into Piedmont was merely to- cover the withdrawal of artillery and military stores from Pavia, and that, on this object being attained, they could fall back on their great fortresses A Russian squadron is expected at Cherbourg on its way to the Mediterranean. FRANCE AND GERMANY. A note in the Moniteur of Saturday denies the correctness of the statement that France intends to place an army on the Rhine, and says The garrisons of the frontier towns have not been in creased ,by a single regiment. If the Emperor has given to an illustrious marshal the title of Coin mander of the Army of Observation, it was to indicate that, in case our frontiers should be threatened, all the garrisons would form one army under-the command of the Duke of Malakoff. THE PAPAL STATES. The Times has received the following telegram from its correspondent at Rome ROME, May s. —Rome is most tra*quil. The French troops are not to leave. 6,000 Austrians have arrived at Ancona since the 30th of April, with provisions for sit months. WEST COAST OF AFRICA. By the arrival of the Royal Mail Steamer Arme nian, with - the mails from the West Coast of Africa, with about 38 passengers, and 22 men of the crew of the ship William Money, also four distressed seamen., 'from the Gold Coast, we learn that the Native Chiefs had been induced to embark in the , culttvation in cotton, and the subject was seriously engaging the attention of the people. We have been kindly favoured by the Editor of' the Albion, with the folloa,ving extract from a private' letter from Lagos : A mission to the King of Jaboo Ode was lately under taken by Messrs. M'Croskey, Legresley, and Davis. They left this on the 14th March, and returned on the 19th;: but I regret to say their mission was very unsuccessful, as the King has most positively refused to allow palm oil to pass through his country, alleging that the Ibbalins. had annoyed him, and would not sell oil to his people. The truth, I believe, is owing entirely to the French free emii gration scheme, as the chiefs and kin g s make more by this traffic than by legitimate trade. The King of Jaboo Ode made a very insolent remark, that the English might blockade his town.flor twenty years, and at Cie expiration of that time he would beg them to continue for another twenty. Her Majesty's steamer Brune left this on the 15th, for Badagry and Porto Novo, to survey and ascertain how far vessels could proceed by lagoon• beyond that place. All hands on board are well. In consequence of the stoppage of the oil trade at Badagry. and Porto Novo, by the King of the latter place, the consullwas.compelled to get Lieut. Glover, R.N., in charge of the Rainbow, to convey him, in order to meet.the Brune, and explain& to the King that he had broken his treaty by stopping the trade, and to request him to desist, and open it immediately. The consul would not visit the King, nor receive the presents sent off ; this displeased him very much. The latter was told that if the trade was not opened, the consul. would consult with tha Commodore about placing vessels. of war to prevent rum, powder, guns, &c., from being landed. This the chiefs and headmen begged him not to do, The consul left this on the 23rd March, and returned on the 30th, The King promised to accede to the consul's request. It was ascertained that the King, chiefs, headmen, and Xing's wives took one-half the price for what the oil fetched from the owners , alleging that they had never been used to do any work, and that the manufacturers were but bush people. I have since heard that oil is coming in plentifully. There is a little oil Doming in from the surrounding small villages, between this and Abbeokuta. Dr. Baikie, of the Niger Expedition, and his party, left for Rabba on the 14th March, and we have heard of their arrival at Oghomasho on the 27th March, all well. There are fifteen vessels in the roadstead awaiting cargoes, besides those that are expec4ed. I fear thequantity of oil this year will be very low. I cannot attribute this present state of things but to Mons. Regis's contract for the supply of free emigrants at Whydah—we well know what freedom these poor creatnroa will obtain in the French colonies. The country around us is opposed to the English interest ; and I was much surprised, the other day, to learn that her Majesty's steamer Brune was ordered away, and, but for the consul's timely inter ference with the senior officer, she woad have left. I may safely say that, were she removed, all Europeans would have to vik at once, as I am sure that Kosc4o• tessigted by the . tgbas, attZark the Iliter; . art& dive Ittin Docemu away, and teittstid himselr F hope- he British government will no's withdraw the Brune from Lagoa, as it would only be a ttended with a c,;.reat sacri fice. of valuable lives to re-take die place, if it Lilts into the hand of Kosoko. I hope the government wet . forget what happened at the capture of this place in 185 i, and the - amount of lives lost. The . Bishop of Siert; Leone raturned from Abbeokuta on the sth April, and embarked iir her Majesty's steamer Sharpshooter on the 4tla for Cape . Cbast—this vessel having been kindly placed' at his disposal by the Commodore;, with the vim: - to his lurdship paying a visit to Cape Ckst, and proceeding - by this packet. The bar was uncommonly. good. lam gLI to add that his lordship left this in health; and it is herd that he may arrive at Sierra Leone wta, and much grat - i - H6cl by his trip to this part of the coast. April 7th.—The Rain bow was , taken out this morning . by Lieut. Glover, R.N.,. attached to the Niger Expedition, frornaoff the Consulate, to the roadstead ; in less than an hour Lieut.. Glover was accora,- Mr. Ki master of htr panied by several merchants Majesty's ship Brune, took the opportunity of ascertaining the situation of the bar, and passage out. I must say that gnat praise • is due to Lieutenant Giwer for this caring undertaking ow his part, as now enterprising individual see the practicability of the navigatiorpof a steamer over the long-dreaded bar of Lagos. There. has been but one life lost by the upsetting of boats orronnoes during this season. The bar has been very good .fear this time of the The The islandjs very healthy M Sierra Leone business was ver .LIST OF PASEN6EitS. - First" Class:l3l- A. llewan, Miss Bart.y, Captain Derecourt, Colonel 'Hill (Governor of Sierre Leone), Captain Hill .and servant, Mrs. Hill and infant, Mrs. Leggett and two children, 1%11...and Mrs. Dillon and infant, Mr. 11. .Spilsbury, Rev. Mr: Taylor, Colonel O'Connor (Governor of Bathurst), lady, and: servant, Capt. Bravo, Captain Tunstall, Lieutenant 'Sullivan, Count de Villoutrey'(French Consul, Sierra Leone),..Mr. F.,Spilsbury, Mr. Y. Blair, Mr, and Mrs. Copeland, Dr. Sanders. Second ClasS : Messrs. Ward, Wilson, Roberts, W. Hardinge. Third - Class : Richard 'Tinker, Samuel Sparkes, Joseph Shannon, John Battis'(four distressed seamen), and twenty two men of the crew of the ship William ..Mioney. AUSTRALIA,.. ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BRITAIN, The screw-steamer Great Britain arrived. here yesterday morning from Melbourne. She sailed on the 2nd March,.and has, therefore, mule . the run in 66 days. She brings a fortnight's later news, and. gold valued.at about £3.30,000. There is not much news of importance by this arrival.. The Victorian Parliament had been pro rogued by his Excellency the Governor - General with the following.speech : Mr. President and. honourable. Gentlemen of the Leg Council, islative Mr. Speaker, and= Gentlemen of the Legislatbie Assembly,— When :I callelyou together in October last, I stated that the principal object which I had in view in.requiring your attendance in parliament at that season of the year was to enable you to dispose of those measures of reforni which had been introduced in a former session, and that it, would be the duty of my advisers to bring forward only such other measures as were absolutely required to meet the exigencies of the public service. I then ventured. to express a hope the session Dui ase before the ter mination of the year but fresh Auestions of more or less that the session would be, brought to a el ..... , importance,. some of a public, some of a .private character, have forced. themselves tip m the, attention Of parliaMent, and the session has thereby been extended. to' a later period than anticipated. The beneficial nature of most of the bills which, have now become law compensates•for t his increased demand upon, your time and attention, and. the country will recognise in, them renewed evidence of the 7.. cal and assiduity witliwhich.you s have applied yourselves to your parliamentary duties. The bill to alter the Electoral Districts and increase the number of members of the Assembly will come into opera tion on the Ist of May. It distributes the representation more equally over the entire populational the country, and provides for. such an increase in the number of members as will, 'I trust, be found greatly to facilitate the dispatch of business before parliament. The bill. for shortening the duration of the Assembly has been reserved for the significa tion of. Etr Majesty's pleasure, as required by the Constitution Act. I have no reason.tty doubt that it will receive her Majesty's assent, and it will in all probability become law. long before its operation can be required. It has also been. thought advisable to reserve the bill to limit the number of persons holding office under the Crown who may sit and. vote in either House of Parliament, as it affects the prerogative of the Crown, and as. doubts have arisen whether it should not have been, passed by an absolute majority of both Houses. The bills which I announced as intended to be brought forward at the commencement of the session hive been. successfully carried through Parliament, with the exception of three, namely—a bill to consolidate the road acts, a bill; to regulate weights and measures, and a bill to give validity : to certain, contracts for mining on, private property. The two first have long since been prepared, and were ogly withn• held in,order to give place to .such as appeared to be of. more immediate importance; and. the third has failed to , become law, in consequence of the want of concurrence of. both houses in some of its provisions. The bills severally to amend, the Audit Act, to amend. the act authorising an assessment on stock, to consolidate. the laws relating to the Chinese,. to establish a Board ,of Agriculture, and to consolidate,the:laws respecting marriage, are calculated either to improve.the previously existing law s , to give security to our public -crodit, or to aid in developpig our industry and resources. The several private railway bills which have ripened into acts carry out the principle enunciated by a former legislature —namely, that while-the construction of the main lines should be kept in the hands of the government, all other. lines, should be left to private enterprise. I avail myself of the opportunity to congratulate you upon, and at the same time• to. express my own satisfaction with, the progress which:has-, been made in the great rail *ay undertakings already. authorised by parliament. This rapidity of execution hasalot been purchased at the expense of interiority. lam assured, indeed, that the character of the work is equal to that of the best lines of railway in Great Britain. I am happy to think that the stae of the London Money Market,justitaes a confident expf our railway bonds will. almost immediately. favourable position which. has been anticipated.. The opinions which. have been expressed i .P,arliament respecting the necessity of placing every branch, of the public service on a. more permanent and settled footing, though not expressed, in. any formal resolution, wi4 not be disre g arded by my.advisers. Means will beadoptnd during the recess to institnte•a full and comprehensive inquiry intc the state of the public sstablishments, partly with, a view t , economy, and partly fcr the purpose of p14:..7 officers in the public- service in a position.. of progressive advancement aud,fuLere security. Gentlemen,of tbke Legislative Assembly-- I thank you, in, her Majesty's name for the liberality with which you, have provided for the exigencies of the -public service, as. well as for the necessary sapenditure on roads, bridges, aad other public improvements. The large sums whiActi,3rou have found yourselvcsjastified in appro priating for various public works beau- witness to the abundant, resoearces of the countay, Thr. early period at which they aee voted, as coroparou:with fiariner years, will enable them tro be expended with mucla greater economy. ation that occupy th€ luentonous and efficacy,. The resolutions' which your, Hoe adopted for the purchase of the line of railway canstruted by the Melbou= ancl,Geeloug Railway Compemy, walk. I trust, allay the 4is content which had arisen in, the minds of some person connected with that undertaking, owing to a misconception as to the duty of this Gournment to interfere with v.gerd to the appropriation of the gitexanteecj, interest. I, need scarcely assure you that the engagements of the colony, have invariably been faithfully, and punctually fulfilled. If the proposals which these iesolutions embody should be accepted by the company, a measure will be submitted to I;arliamnt early in the hnsuing session to carry thorn into elect. Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly— I now dismiss you to your homes. The arrangernents preliminary to a dissolution, which the recent change in the electoral law hos rendered necessary, will be, made with a view to calling the new Parliament together at an earlier a nd more convenient period than has hitherto been found practicable. I now, in her Majesty's name, declare this Parliament to be prorogued to Thursday the alat day of March next, and it is hereby prorogued accordingly. There was a most destructive fire at North Mel bourne on the 25th of February, the number of houses destroyed being about forty. No lives wer e lost, but several people were seriously hurt in , sn aking their escape from, the burning houses. A fire at Ballarat has d estro y ed p ro p e rty to the ex tent of £15,0 00 . From Sydney, we learn that several Ministerial 4 kN c hanges were contemplation. Mt. old would take the nvw department of Work the Uppr. tkoWke. Thor '54 with a seat in e wo e , I ?A‘AIIY runAOAl:4 tie' Vpointraintit; Were not to be Allied Win.. The , half -yearly general nPleting of the nharehol ders atV the - Melbourne and Stelattrban Railway had been held, at the Melbourne station. The report of the directors speaks confidently of the present state of the portion . of the line in operation, and of the passenger traffic, and recommends the immediatwoompletion of the entire length. For this purpose, am issue of 3;000 shares will be necessary. The total expenditure, up to the present date r has been £34,000t. The receipts for the fli-sts fortnight amounted tcr X 44 0 ,1%- 10d. The report - was unani mously adopted, .and power was given to the board to raise the necessary funds for the continuation or the line by the•issu* of shares. The shares.on which 11 - te deposits only: had been paid were drolared for feited. COMMERCIAI scorts of gold . for t fortnight were abut' 65,000 711 e general imports markets Business at Sydney was-dull. ed, but were less were quiet at st , Priees of wool had not materially cban de at A tian of fd. ivrlb 7 in wools. ciiittion LIST OF SALOON PACSENGERS —Mrs. A. Mooney, Mt J. Mooney, M. Mooney, John Mooney, jnn., Mr. andiMrs. °Oen, Wm. G. Barker,. Rev. P. Dunne, Mr. and . Mrs.. Mtnelin, two Mises Mattlin4 Mr. Thomas Malin, A. Maelin, Mr. and Mrs. Lister, Mis. M'Adam, Mr. Thomas Lister, Elizabeth Lister, Mary LiAer,. Mr. David Leighton, 11. Box, Miss Box, Mrs. Maelear, Eliza M Mk: and Mrs. Young avi: family Ann Simpson, Miss .W. Teimant, lsl Goeben, Alexander Goebet Mrs Phifer,' Mrs. Laing, Mrs , • .-lean. 'Mr. C. Greville, irs. W. Tennant, Miss Fr. A. Murray, Mr. and Decker, Mr. and Elizabeth Jacobs, Mr. M Joshua Jaco ;yard Jacoi pa enger 276.- second and third-clas INDIA. THE BOMB.VY MAIL. CAPTURE OFTANTIA TOPEE We have received the Bombay papers of the 11th. of April, which furnish the details of the capture 'of fantia Topee. This fortunate event took place on - th of April, and was preceded by two important _ ts—a complete defeat of the rebels under the Rao. and Feroze Shah in the•Seronge jungles on the sth;-of April, and the surrender on the 2nd of the same month of the rebels under the Gwalior chief Mann Singh. It is difficult. at present to determine the localities in which these successes were gained. We;. therefore, merely give the news as we find it in the following Government telegrams :--- Lord Elphinstone, Dallas on the 51 Shah at Barot >t less than 1,20. the rebels under Rao miles north of Mibool lemv killed. Fkom Seron ,onah, April 7, to Lord. Elpliic Rajah Mann Sing surreukred' to Major Meade's column at MahOodra on the 2nd of April. The columns under Colonel de Salis and Colonerßich in combined movement in the Seronge jungles has Overtaken the rebels of the Rao Sahib, Feroze Shah, and Tantitit.ropee, and have killed 500. Neither of the leaders of the rebelS known to be killed, but. some native officers, many Ira/Maces, one of the first Bom bay Lancers, and some of the GAvalior Body Guard. These men have had the proclamation amongst them and have well known the clemency di§played towards those who have surrendered, but they have rejected mercy and have mur dered all our people who fell'into their hands. Loss on oui side not futlyzeturned, but three of the 71st killed, band-master of the 16th•Bontbay N.I. killed. Three iepoys . and one sower wounded; one sepoy killed. From 14fahoOdra, via Seepree, April 8, 6.30 p.m., from )1. Medde,to Lord illphin9tone Tantia Topee captured 'by thiS detachment with Mann ngh's assistance last niglt Tie is now a prisoner in. ainp, awaiting orders for iiii.diSposal Previous to this firral`catastrophe in Central India; Adil Mahotned of Bhopal had surrendered, finding, no doubt, the cause he hadlespoused desperate. The .: I :Nlaun Singh referred to is not our old acquaintance 3 , f that name in Oude, but . Mann Singh of Powrie, ;a4 fortress in the neighbourhood of Shansi, reduced : by General Napier -in , the month of August last. The reader may possilAy remember the subsequent ,pursuit and defeat ofthis'.leader by Colonel Roberts ! a surprise, in which , the rebels were destroyed almost to a man, Mau' Singh himself escaping half naked to the jungles. The war may now fairly be considered terminated in , alkparts of India, excepting upon the borders of Isrepauk By latest intelligence received' from Oude (says the Bom bay Times), we learn that the rebels in much for:,e-crossed the - Oude frontier, •and attacked the Ist Sikh Infantry., posted at the edge-of the jungle close to the hills; to pre vent their passing , -westwards. Guns and cavalry -followed' by wings ; her Nittjesty's- sad Foot supported; enemy repulsed with loss, : and • driven? eastward. Cavalry sent in pursuit. Casualties Lieutenant Grant, Ist Sikh Infantry,. killed ;- Lieutenant? , BiOcer, Ist Sikh Infantry wounded • severely. Colonel liellyr&lorce attacked the rebels again on the 28th, near • Bootwal ; with success, capturing six elephants, thirty. camels, three hundred horses md, ponies. A great deal of baggage, many.prisoners, and a great quantity of arms thrown away by the rebels. About four hundred. rebels killed. The mass of the rebels driver_ .over the first hills, others fled vestward; Tbs Beg-um and Ballo Ran and Nana supposed .to have gone to the secondliith. Mirm. Nadir and fi followers- surrendered after the action ; and several chiefs wrote in, wishing to surrendm,BVitisli loss— five killed and nine wounded. It is a,serted that the Ghoorka troops. sympathise se fully with the rebels, that. they cannot be relied upon to act tonins':..thezi ; and that, the latter meanwhile-. remain unmolested. anal in very easy. quarters, treated kindiy•by the hill men, and in no danger whatever from, Jung- Babadoor. Our ,troops upon the: ' to the influence- of a most deadly vv. and fever have zdteenly commenced frontier acre • exposed do their ravages in the- viriou camps. The Blinbay 6lnzette has the fall Awing, Gat April, B:a.m. Colonel Dallas, omfbe sth, surprised. the rebels made]; Rao and Foroze , Shah at 11troda, twelve miles mirth of Mhooliingrah. Rot less than three linadred of the engulf killed. With ,regattaltx) , the fate of Tautia Topee raid him companions, the Bomiwy Gra,ette supposes_ th e y . "'e ill not Cc •dealt with as sev erely as though thes were .of the. stamp .of the Ne,na Sahab, though. a severe punishment is due to those who liiive kept the country in a state of disturbance when, even as rebels they could hope for no advantage from draing 50. , . The. Bombay Standard remarks, that the capture , is. °me of the most fortunate eireunisanees. that cool& lefal us. Bombay has been enliliened by an entertainment givew by the European ,residents to. her Majesty's a, T l h s e. , to finial-- 64th, and 78th regiments on their return from the wilts,. lord Harris hadleft Madras for Calcutta, and Sir C.. Trevelyan had arrived. Ho had signalised his. entrance into office , by appointing a native officer dall:roeclerusxeilleittin:g%cetinritci s..s. aide-de-camp, and:expressino• irt,a speech his great sympathy for the- Ang w l e, o-Indians. eial and commercial crisis in., which India ha' of late , been inyolved, ci c in o t n s i t n o siderable attention. Retrenchment Was the " by order :ire of the day. Bombay, its civil and military expenditure Orders have been receive in future the.regiments are 1,000 strong. This reduction has be but 700, instead of car ried out in the Pm4aüb, Madras. The total Sum it is now extended to. native army thus providedin the reduction of the per annum, this but will not reach X 150,000. to swell a salaries are to be reduced in order mount Sir it Hamilton, who has refused the offer •.. of a 'in the.coune - ,1 at Calcutta, wa at Bomb a y, seat ture for and on the eve of taking his England. depar- Lord Clyde, when last heard of, was at Delhi, on his way to Simla. At Calcutta, i B ; -n isto Mr, Wibe promoted to Foreign Secretary, ailr!, will il be succeeded in his old t appointment by ..• •r. ' Grey. The Commercial Bank of India has. a 'Lared a dividend for the last six months of 18 , 59 at the rate of 8 per cent per annum The report ' 4 ..3 extremely satisfactory.. The import market 11 P.a, notwithstanding the serious alterations in the texriff. been active during the fortnight ; money :_4fasl'oecoming plentiful ; and the rates of freights . ei ac'..d. varied but little. the minor ible for •sriety, to pit/ I ;41 .- to si t ej.diet ding he al in be le' top Neut to but til e that bd d fosr the n~ua - 1-i) ° to tbi ~piul 11311° ' c tl e iee ssl ' sixteell ' r eoto s be d to egg e --- ter 117'3 tb. 11 1. () .1 Of rd it 00' 0 ie cl Free r eft 1:1) - a ce. e rid tube Lf• - ;el9.rep. tor;t tbe di r t o to ` er a an