Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-14 00:00:00

THE FRENCH FUNDS

PARIS, Monday, June 13, 12.20 p.m.—Tke Bourse

°pens very firm. Rentes, 62 95.
3.28 p.m.—Rentes closed 63 20 for money, and
63 5 for account, being a rise of 50 centimes in the
former, and 40 in the latter, since Saturday.

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FRANCE.

PARIS, Sunday.—'

The first impression caused by the

Druclamations "to the Italians " and to " the Army of
Ito
1," 'posted up at the Bourse yesterday, and published in
)tfoniteur of to-day, was that the former betrayed a
ttloderation which, to whatever cause it may be attributed,

Is worthy of note. It is cerLs,.. .... .
Nrcm by the French, and enumerated, perhaps, in imitation
lf General Bonaparte after his. first campaign in Italy in
1
, 796, have been dearly purchased in blood, and, no doubt, AUSTRIA•
in treasure. The conviction may be gradually stealing over
the Emperor's mind, that after all he may not be the great VIENNA, June 10.—The city is full of vague and ex-
kilitary genius which too partial admirers would fain per- ceedingly contradictory reports, but the following intelli-
*Ude us ; that the practice of war is more fatiguing than gence is correct :—A few days ago-probably on the sth
reviews at Chalons, and more perilous than stag hunts in instant—a Council of War was held .at Verona, and almost
the forest of Compiegne ; and that the mistakes Which led to all its members expressed their disapproval of the disP o-
;he combat of Magenta, in whatever way they are accounted sitions made by Count Gyulai on the 4th and sth instant.
Qt. in the varnished bulletins of the Jitoniteur, cannat be The sitting is said to have been a stormy one ; and it pro-
aften repeated with advantage;—all these considerations, bably was so, as it is. now the question of the immediate
Perhaps, encourage the spirit of moderation which the Em- removal of the co :mender of the 2nd army. The Austrian
Peror delights to put forth to the world. We have now in, generals are disconsolate, and they one ,and all firmly
hlaclPand white a declaration from the Emperor himself believe that the allies would have been defeated on the
that he does not make war either." for personal ambition or sth had an attack been made on them by the ten
to aggrandise the territory of France." All his Majesty fresh brigades (two complete corps d'armee and one
desires is " moral influence," and not " sterile conquest ;" division), which Count Gyulai, on his own con-
and
this moral influence "he seeks with pride, by fession, had at his disposal. The repOrt
'making free one of the fairest parts of Europe." dressy to the Emperor by
In other words, not making free with Italy, but making it the second army was given to the public as it was received
free—that is, free of Austrian influence. The Emperor by his Majesty, with the exception of the following remarka-
Proclaims also that he is not in Italy with the "preconceived ble passage : " The enemy were so terribly shaken that it
System to dispossess the sovereigns, nor to impose on the was evident he would be incapable of action for the next
Italians his own will." The Grand Duke of Tuscany and twenty-four hours." The opinion expressed by the Aus-
the Grand Duchess of Parma, in spite' of what has occurred trian commander was confirmed by the first French bill-
a their sta,es, the Duke of Modena, and the King of Naples letin, in which it was said that the allied army " was
--not to speak of the Pope—may therefore remain corn- to rest on the sth instant, in order that its reorganise-
Vetely tranquil. The Emperor Napoleon merely breaks the tion might be completed." It is rumoured that Baron
!hauls of those who are enslaved by foreign or domestic Hess is to be Commander-in-Chief, General Beneth.k (Extract.)
despots, or gives them an opportunity of doing so them- his Adlatus, and General Ramming his Quarts:'- . "EARL COWLEY TO EARL OF MALMESEURY.
'Selves, in perfect security; and he then leaves them at master-General, but the only reliable news received " Paris, April 28th, 1859.
libert " After the departure, yesterday, of my despatch of
Yto choose their own rulers ; which, I presume, is from Verona is that Hess, as Commander-in-Chief, is
yesterday, in which I inclosed to your lordship copies of
What is meant by the phrase that he "will place now engaged in reorganising that part of the 2nd army letters which had passed between Count Walewski and my-
no. obstacle to the free manifestation of their legitimate which was opposed to the allies on the 4th and sth. It self, with reference to a treaty supposed to exist between
wishes.". This manifestation will doubtless be by appears that Gyulai's dispositions were ss execrably bad that France and Russia, I received a further written '
universal suffrage, and by means analogous to those which the Sardo-French army would have been able to march to tion from. his Excellency. In the evenina. 7ermsauwnicllacs
enabled the Moldo-Wallachians to establish their union, and Milan with little molestation, had not the vanguard of Clam's IlExieell.lency,. and he reverted to the subject. 'rho object of
eteooneo.en
ti
communicationsoop rteos
say i en
he said, had been to establish that he had never
secure the double nomination of Prince Couza in the teeth corps chanced to arrive at the Lombard capital on the 2nd told metetetha there was a treaty in existence. I admitted
ocif the treaty of Paris. Universal suffrage has given free- inst. As only 7,000 men of Clam's corps took part in the that fact, and explained how it had happened. that an
tohnatthheatopoooliantashsuaidegnolze
thabatroilaida.ll the
om to France ; why should it not do the same for Italy ? action, not more than 75,000 or 80,000 Austrians could
_ e disavowal of all designs of conquest, and leaving the have been engaged on the 4th inst. As Count Gyulai, in his
_talians to choose their own rulers, does not mean that the report of the 6th inst., made no mention of the 7th between the no osionhdoitliolle:cts. which had been exchanged
Emperor would refuse to accept Tuscany, Parma, and corps (Zobel's), which was engaged on the 30th and Passed which treated‘ directly.anlorveiraireenettiiy, noonthiitigrihit had
Modena for one of his own family, if the people _of these 31st of May at Palestro, it must be concluded that interests.t. • They had reference solely to the Italian
states use the deuce violence of the ballot for that purpose ; it was on the right bank of the Ticino when the battle of reesot,iotrli,roaonodhiftitlher
overtures
made by the French govern-
of Malakoff, to come to a common
' or, if the annexation of Lombardy to France herself be Magenta was fought. In his report, Gyulai says, " I rode understanding with heirt ajesty s government as to the objects
pressed upon for in the same way, France could not break to Robecco, to show the 3rd corps the direction it had to of the war---if war there was to be---were answered as his
Excellen,cy honed everything
the heart of Lombardy by rejecting her prayer, take to get to the enemy's right flank." "At certain French • -,/ that had passed between the
and Russian Cabinets be freely '
should communi-
-----÷—_____—. moments," says the Austrian Generals, "it is absolutely sated to her Majesty's o
TRE STATE OF PIEDMONT necessary that a commander should be seen at the whether I might
• head of his troops, and it was at such a critical give Lvr er4mia eens ~,sI
gasokreedruCtnoeunntt 7aloeswski
the SLlT-
ance
.that there was no understanding between France and
-:- Russia on Eastern affairs. I asked the question, I said, be-
Ty* june 10.—From officers and other arrivals from moment that Count Gyulai rode to Rebecco to
cause the language of Russian agents abroad gave her
She front we receive some details of the battle of Magenta, perform'a duty which might very well have been discharged majesty's government a right to suspect that Rusi awould
Which all concur as 'representing as an exceedingly bloody by one of his aides-de-camp." The feeling against the no longer defend the treaties of 1815
if she could SP
business on both sides. Although the Austrians unques- blundering commander is so strong, and people so loudly thereby the abrogation of the treaty of 1856.docaunret
tionably got the worst of it, the French advantage was pur- •assert that his conduct ought to be inquired into, that the mindW al
teati rheeplwieodulis. a. tone which carried conviction to my
Chased by a very heavy loss, falling in great measure upon Police have considered it advisable to arrest some of 'the syllable of truth givtleiemreepohrits.wo.A.llltltistilimeretowas not a
Some of their finest troops. According to the best accounts coffee-house declaimers. This step, however, is a very i affairs have been studiously avoided by France.l His esxtceerla.
obtainable, the strength actually engaged was as four to imprudent one, as it only serves to increase the exaspetation 1 leney added, that the existence of a treaty, offensive and de-
obtainable,
or perhaps nearly as one to two, the French being of the public, which plainly sees that a very favourable ; feve, with Russia, havingt appeared in the newspapers, he
entirely contradicted f . At first, it had been decided that
believed to have had 40,000 to 45,000 men in the fight, and opportunity for' &au—
.% the .Sardo-Fr '
ogh army a severe the contratctickti should, appear ire the Moniteur, but it tud

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" My dear CoWley,—They write to me from Si. Peters-
burg that I have spoken to you of a secret treaty between
Russia and France. Since I desire that not the lightest
cloud should obscure our relations, I wish to explain my-
self very frankly with you, without delay, on this subject.
You know as well as I do, that diplomatic usages. do not
admit of questions touching secret treaties, from the very
simple reason that, to consent to answer in the negative
would be to establish implicitly that a refusal to answer on
another occasion would be equivalent to a tacit avowal.
Besides, if our conversation had not been of a strictly
private' character, you would not probably of thought of
asking me such a question ; and, if you bad asked it, my
duty would have obliged me to remind you that I could
not admit a question to which I could answer neither yes or
no, and that, for the reasons which have been above
mentioned. I had not thought it necessary to proceed in

the commander

such a manner with you, taking the amicable and intimate
character of our relations into consideration ; anyhow, I
have not spoken to you of a treaty, but greatly wishing
that you should not deceive yourself as to the nature of the
relations which have been established between Russia and

ourselves, I attempted in our conversation to rectify, some
erroneous ideas in this ,respect. Thus, then, in order that
there should be no misunderstanding between us, my dear
Cowley, I must repeat to you, that it would not have been
within my competence to accept a question touching the
existence of secret treaties, and that in the confidential
conversation which we, had together, I said nothing which
could imply the idea of a treaty,—Aecept, &c.,
" A. WALEWSKI."