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

THE COURT,

WINDSOR CASTLE, Tuesday.—Her Majesty the Queen,
accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princeess Alice and
the Duke of Saxe Coburg, drove out in a carriage-and-
four yesterday afternoon, and honoured Madame de Weyer
with a visit at New Lodge, Windsor Forest. In attendance
were Lady Churchi]l, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon.
Horatia Stopford, and Lord Charles Fitzroy.

The Royal dinner party in the evening included their
Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, Princess Alice, and
the Duke of Saxe Coburg, the Countess of Mount Charles,
Lady Susan Leslie Melville, Miss Victoria Wortley, Sir
George Cooper, Baron de Meyern, Capitaine de Reuter,
and Colonel F. Seymour.

The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards played during

clinger

Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the
drawing-room. _ _ _

His'Royal Highness the Prince Consort returned from
Saltash at one o'clock this morning.

Palk to-day

Princess 'Louisa and; Prince ' Leopold took a carria

His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg took
leave of, the Queen, the Prince Consort, and the Royal
Family, and left Windsor in the forenoon for the Continent,
attended by Col. Francis Seymour, C.B. The Duke travelled

via Portsnionth, and paid a-visit to her Royal Highness the
Princess of Leiningen, at Gosport ; from thence he pro-
ceeded to Dover, where his Royal Highness was met by
Baron de Meyern, and Le Capitaine de Renter, A.D.C., his
Gentlemen in Waiting. _ _

Lord Byron, and -Col. the Hon. A. Liddell, have suc-
ceeded Viscount Strathallan and Lieutenant-General Sir
Frederic Stovin, as Lord and Groom in Waiting to her

THE LATEST TELEGRAMS.

ITALY.
MILTS, Wednesday, May 4.—The following offi-
cial bulletin has been published to-day :
" The Austrians constructed bridges
evening over the two branches of the Po,
in the
direction of Tortona.
" The enemy has everywhere levied heavy contri
butions on the Sardinian population." yesterday

FRANCE
--The Austrian Ambassador,
has quitted Paris to-day.

PARIS

May 4.-

--..-...-.-.-

M. de

11,40 a.m

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
—Rentes were' first done at. 60.50, and

es opened better at 60.80, but Railway Shares

rose to 60;75

robab
te he would have cut the matter shorter. The
b'uage °f M. Plichon was particularly energetic.
itccis'• iiitary Gazette, a non-official paper, which
ace° Ires its information at military sources, gives an
llatintl
one ~,aa fight on the stone bridge between Buffa- ra A
g alagenta; but at eleven o clock this morn-
city of the highest military authorities in this
to tha,ssnd me that no news of a collision had, up
alay four, been received. Any news which you
dents loture receive from me concerning the .
move-
bill i; 4114 doings of the Austrian army in Sardinia
troopse correct, but somewhat stale, as the further the
Inasd advance into Sardinia_ the further their corn -
,kd.er Will be from an available telegraph. As the
U 14.111445 fall back on the Dora-Baltea line, where
traatlVll• Probably make a firm stand, they will, a. s
oiler matter 4.
qo4 course, destroy the telegraphic wires,. in
uat they may not be used by the Austriansd.,
the ft,iljestY the Emperor intended to have inspecte
tew army before it crossed the Ticino, but the
l'aS Of
the conclusion of an alliance between
_nee
meats and Russia has detained him here. Arrange-
and ea inilist now be made for placing the .northern
Of der "'l. frontiers of the empire in a proper state
n ;lie°, it being morally certain that the Russian
`l:l;sitilent has promised France and Sardinia
th'llssial, tile passage of the Ticino a casus
itkitia;";4llnot place a large force on the Austrian
he time 41 less than two or three months, and by
13,1.0114,-11Y„she is prepared for action; Prussia will
,h_4ller 'l,.ave come to the conclusion that she must
-1/4413-, -a" common cause with Austria and Ger-
-444 Or be squeezed to death between Russia
thi:allee• The attention of the British public 15
b..`Qat 1110/Tient so exclusively directed to Italy,
'utters would be vain to say much about Turkish
48824t' sisirtit you must permit me to observe en
me a.,uat we are on the eve of a general rising
r Turkey. The Porte has about 120,000
irtaar%eentrated at Shumla, Sophia, &c., and
:-,°t° I;,.salla, is coming on • the wings of the wind
,-"ellai7j'au to the Turkish capital, but the Russo-
eg-all for the dismemberment of Turkey is a
-efa,and in all human probability the days of
11441e:.,,Ilunans in Enrope are numbered. I am
Present to give you any positive informa-
4eti4Obrie on
-iletasillbject, but there isreason to believe that
question will be before the public
11,etti3 be'ore the world is two months older. Move-
-1144 Tv° recently been 'observed in Montenegro
rt„ def.,-.44,,Nie induced the Austrians to strengthen
time reB of. Cattaro on the
.la. land side.: Prince
orlle ;.! raising the Servian militia, and in a short
'0)44; *L3 likely to have between 30,000 and 40,000
cle7„,,,en. under his command. Prince Couza
p-,rried„-raed back the arms which the Russians
the
eilialities
with them when they quitted the Danubiand
at the beginning of the last war, an
!ftencha%l'es are that they will be returned, the
the I-lavernraent having declared that the request
412lipar ?:sPodar is a reasonable one. Bulgaria is,
iratio-;;IvelY speaking, quiet, but. the political
IL turn ln the southern • provinces of Turkeyd
eace le•--Albania, Macedonia, Thessaley, an
ige Paths exceedingly great. In Greece itself
-1,-rtilts op declare that the moment
A teelloili.ng- the.enk.ingdom has arrived.
.Of the
Zatitri, 'Lungs in the South Sclavonic provinces of
hitiv-,,lli.lthing favourable can be said, it being a
"N.; 'act that the Russian propagandists were
try is° active there as they are at present. Hun-
ell I, also full of Russian agents, and it has recently
134ty -"larked that the Czechs —in Bohemia dis-
-1144541°,re animosity than usual towards the Ger-
i'llesf The committees of the Bohemian, Moravian,
knesha,nj,Styrian, and Lower Austrian Estates have
1:-°°. local addresses to the Emperor ; but the
rlie;11 and Hungarian nobles display a less kindlyo
nt1,,,7,. The latter talk of the lost privileges of
livs,s6-1);, and. of the Pragmatic Sanction, in which
,Ilollal stipulated that there should only be a " pehre
~,s'ttliejall,nien." between Hungary and Austria. T
nobles are " Frondeurs" by nature, and
PPosit-rl°A never allow an opportunity of makingi
'W() \,,, to Government to escape them. Fu
l
was observed in my coryespondence,
4°llhl b "e a sad thing for Austria ".if a war
441,1
1'8707 e t while everything was in a pro-
and the justice of the remark
Ve,• )11 too evident. The municipal laws
f I as
Y°ll are been published, but it
attenttititef twthat they aware,
late, and consequently
Pers°lle-takoeultehe trouble to read them. To an
o° observer it is evident that a conflict is
Itlir,e°inP 411er,11, the minds and feelings of the Austrians.
'll tow —PIY resent the conduct of Louis Napo-
ta alls the Emperor Francis Joseph, and
atAilltret(l,lY discharge their duties as loyal sub-
„the l'uLeY abhor that small but powerful party
Ite
--„'ate which has not only prevented all
se ever
concession to public opinion, but has
14' i'eque-hiltslytria the bondslave •of Rome, and
tkr 4Fttio„ the laughing-stock. of surround-
V. to Is". Language which I cannot ven-
44:earedtepeat is now used here, and it is to
161 e be uat certain persons, who are supposed to
ltal b 0 in the principal authors of the Concorclut,
tapL-11na6;(3ine danger should things go badly.in
—viduals, as well here as in the provin-
,er
kt• baddisplay great loyalty, but
.on the whole
the pa,. feeling prevails. On referring to the e Im-
Aer thdrcient relative to the Income-tax, I find that
11t (lass pays 5 per cent., so that a tka.x of 5
-vtr 'N°lll be levied on the interest of all Inds of
ktlls'''lllti,4l/.,tilt Stock.
L•I1N will, of course, act according to circum-
54,, ' o
tOnsuit she should at once insist on the Adriatic
dered a neutral sea, and, besides, send a
411. IBeet to the eastern part of the Mediterra-
to js,ens who read the daily papers, and
tel • lvliel,--gatcst knowledge of polities. need not be
•Y.
'l4l' "le two measures above-mentioned are ne-
!lles" Prot,
tes -atid Propose to raise a
V volunteer corps of four
'len in Vienna. A patriot " Commit-
to4litiat Assistance" has been formed here. A
tib,„ N' Wcraho, e name has not transpired, has sent
4steu tr,l; Department the sum of 100 ducats,
lib tit• led be divided among the men who take the
itCrit the 0. gall from the French. It is probable
aiLlallate of siege will be proclaimed in Venice
itirt,,lll°st 5h,41,(13". Count Gyulai's address to the army
be
'ePetition of that which was sent to it
d' •ieel The Commander tells his men s
.t
`'swafts,,red none of them return from ai-
' 4131'4. with a laurel-leaf with which to ornament
ueen rather Radetzky.lP Considerable sums
bee eral Placed at the disposal of Government by
dp tc,lP:lotriotie individuals. The Iron Crown has
ed from Monza to Mantua. The Arch-
thikhti, Land
Maximilian, who is now at Venice,
Ir4,2tBti:lLdisPosed. According to official advices
bass
alst., from Naples, the King is better.
PY t4ated that the members of the ren.chot Es m
of-
ltrtlic 4:e quitted Vienna, and left theF suh
ttleNa Ci,,,n(lex: the protection of M. de. Balabine, the
h. ttkr ""linister. The army being in the field, no
'll4l °f
44 us 110Lic the Imperial Family, and none of the
s Will be present at the grand promenade
ti,water to_day. The Italian Opera singers who
There is completely
rpilere demand payment of their salary in
stagnant here.
foil

would allow him without encroaching upon funds necessary
for usual current services to devote more than 300,000,000 f.
to war expenses.
PARIS, Tuesday Evening.—The Government communi-
cation to the Corps Legislatif has been posted up on the
walls of Paris, and groups of the populace are everywhere
assembled reading it.
PARIS, Wednesday.—The following projects of law have
been presented to the Corps Legislatif, viz :—For opening
the Minister of War a credit of 90,000,000 f. for the levy of
the military class of 1859, which is not, however, in any
case, to be called in before January, 1860. The Corps
Legislatif will be prorogued on the 21st May.
The Paris correspondent of the Tinges says:—

The precise date of the Emperor's departure is not known
—some say he will leave on Thursday, others not till the
10th or 12th. , He will visit Lyons and Toulon, and at the
latter place •embark for Genoa. The Austrian Ambassador
demanded his passports on Tuesday, and was to
leave for Brussels ow.Wednesday•lnorning, • The Dutch
Minister is charged with the protection of Austrian
interests during the , war. The French troops are said
to have adianeed from ' Genoa in the direction of
Parma. Count Walewski, .on presenting the Imperial
manifesto to the Legislative Body, on Tuesday, an-
nounced that on the 26th the 'French Minister at the
Court of Vienna had been directed to inform the Austrian
Government that if Austrian troops passed the frontier
of Piedmont, France would be obliged . to consider that
invasion of an allied country as a declaration of war. The
troops of the Emperor of Austria having entered the Sar-
dinian .territory oni.the 29th, Count Walewski said the

Emperor Napoleon had ordered him to matte the Legislative
Body acquainted with this fact, which constituted Austria
in it state of war with France.

The corresuoader

the Herald says

Immediately

the departure of the Emperor, it i
under martial law

yhisperea that Paris wi

rent some of the old polo(
duals, for a term of two 374

must positive

offensive and

ler povei whatever

is making ; maritime or

ale, the Emperor was

res of political prudence, for

ty. retains, in the present con-