The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-07 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs.
B. Webster, Billington, Toole ; Miss woolgar, Miss Sims.
After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J.
L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and
Kate Kelly.
Followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG.
Mr. B. Webster, Billington, Eburne, MissesWoolgar, Keeley,
and Arden.

Acting Manager-31r. Wm. Smith.
Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Office open from 10 to 5 registry crge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A kept of all articles found.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
LeSgeit and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by
a. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ?
supported by the company.
After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE.
To conclude with VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark.
Commence at 7,i'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.

Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke.
Immense Success of INANHOE —Overflowing Houses
Nightly.

THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with
a new grand spwtacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's popular
work, entitled-IVANHOE ; or, The Lists of Ashby, intro-
ducing among the vast resources of this great Hippodramatic
Temple,Tonrnaments, Processions, Banners, Combats, Tilts,
Victories, and Achievemer is in extraordinary maznificence.
Ivanhoe, Mr. R. Phillips ; Isaac of York, Mr. Jas. Holloway;
Richard of England, Mr. Herbert ; Robin Hood, Mr. Wm.
Cooke, jun. ; Rebecca, Miss Bathurst ; Lady Rowena, Miss
Dowton.

After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN
TIIE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the
greatest equestrian in the world : together with Miss
Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle.
}'leurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount
of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any
theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne.

To conclude with the Farce of BATHING.
;Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, le.; 'Upper
Gallery, &I.
Private Boxes, £l4s, .f.. 2 2s, wad £1 Is.
Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips

(IANTERBITRY HALL AND FINE ARTS
GALLERY. Westminster-road.—Open at Seven.

EVERY EVENING during the week will appear
THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY,

consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz.. Jules, Juliette,
and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and
EIGHT years.

The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some
of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever
written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi-
ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu-
siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France
and Belgium.

They will perform EVERY EVENING, at NINE and
ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 7.
THERMOMETER., IN THE SHADE.
60—highest since noon yesterday.
48—lowest this morning and during the night.
68—this day at noon.

BAROMETER- -30.04.
WIND, South-westerly; light, with fine summer weather.

THE SUN.

SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1859.

The Austrians have lost the golden opportunity.
They adopted a Fabian policy when action was
all-important. They might have inflicted a heavy
blow and great discouragement on Sardinia, but in
place of so doing they halted between divided
counsels—General HESS, at Vienna, dissenting from
the views of General GYULAI, who, being in actual
command at the seat of war, should be enabled to
arrive at the soundest opinion. Such differences
are invariably injurious to the parties concerned,
and it is by no means improbable that Austria
will, in consequence thereof, be compelled
to abandon the position she intended to assume,
and to fall back on her own territories.

The Moniteur declares that the troops 'who had
advanced to Cambio had recrossed the river, and
that in consequence of the heavy rains which had
fallen great obstacles would be opposed to their
passing of the Po at Frassinetto. This is by no
means improbable, and we may therefore, for
once, credit the statement of the French official
journal, more especially when it does not refer to
the pacific intentions or extraordinary mode-
ration of the EMPEROR. The contemplated
advance on Turin will be adjourned sine • die,
aid another Marengo may convince FRANCIS
JOSEPH of the great error which he has committed.
The three days' delay will cost Austria thousands
of lives and millions of pounds sterling.
It is more than probable that the invading troops
will now have to fall back on their own territory and
to a2t on the defensive. Seventy thousand French
soldiers are already in Piedmont, and no sudden
blow can be inflicted which might paralyse the
Sardinians, and, to a certain extent, prove decisive.
In every case of a similar description procrastina-
tion has led to defeat, and the present will be but
another illustration of an ancient and well-recog-

nised principle.
There will, in all human probability, be a
tedious and prolonged struggle unless Austria
amid change her notions, and consent to good
government in the Lombardo-Venetian, kingdom,
and to abandon het undue interference in the
quasi independent Italian States. The British
Government have earnestly pressed good advice
on the EMPEROR. It has hitherto been disre-
garded, but the failure of the contemplated coup
may possibly induce the Cabinet of Vienna to
listen to more rational opinions.
We have, even at the eleventh hour, ascertained
the nature of the treaties that have been entered
into with the minor States of Italy. They can
only be regarded as conspiracies against the people,
intended to keep them in a state of serfdom and
slavery, and to prevent any chance of constitutional
government. It is asserted that Austria was will-
ing to exhibit all these private engagements before
the Congress ; but as she prevented the meeting of
that Congress, and had kept these matters secret
many years, we must receive her present declara-
tions with considerable doubt and reserve.

The French arc again boasting. They are para-
phrasing the proclamation of the First NAPOLEON.
There is to be another " Army of Italy," every
soldier whereof will be distinguished. It is not,
however, likely that there will be another Maren-
go, although the parties are not far distant from
the locality, or that the Austrians will be driven
from Italy, to defend themselves in their father-
land. They have many disciplined soldiers and
strong fortresses, and although they may be
unable to assume the initiative or become the
assailants, it will be by no means easy to drive them
from their strongholds.

It is true that NAPOLEON I. gained decisive
victories, and in a short time compelled Austria to
come to terms. But there is a great difference
between the uncle and the nephew, and we cannot
anticipate similar triumphs for the present

possessor of the French diadem. NAPOLEON
the GREAT was a tried and experienced soldier.
He had passed through many serious ordeals,
and, perhaps, a more able General had never
appeared in any age. But Louis NAPOLEON, how-
ever he may have studied the theory of war, has
had no practical experience. He has never heard
the booming of cannon, save as an imperial or royal
salute, or a single angry fusillade intended to do
mischief. What, then, can he expect or anticipate
by taking the command of the army ? He may have
very good dry-nurses who may inform him what
to do, but that will not quite satisfy the people of
France or convince them that he is a great general,
and that the mantle of his uncle has been trans-
ferred to his shoulders. Austria, by her, procras-
tination, has forfeited the great advantages she
might have obtained ; but it may be fortunate that
she has done so. It may lead to the more speedy
restoration of peace and tranquillity, than if she
had, in the first instance, reached Turin and plun-
dered the capital of Piedmont.

Amongst the most interesting of the features of
the Irish elections is the regeneration of a Peelite
influence at Dublin. Many persons supposed that
the public had done for ever with a combination of
politicians: seeking to extract political capital
from the memory of the late Sir ROBERT PEEL.
We had for many years a " Pitt Club," and we
should not be surprised if certain persons should
organise a " Peel Club." Be that as it may the
"Peelites," at Dublin, have been active on their
legs during the present struggle, and have
made their influence felt with no little
effect. At Carlow the return of Sir JOHN
ACTON was considerably facilitated by a previous
canvass of a Peelite, who seasonably withdrew
after having sapped and undermined the Derbyite
influence in the borough. At Dublin the Peelites
left no stone unturned in order to return the Con-
servative majority, and in the King's County and at
other elections the Peelites were active in using
their old Tory connections as a means for damaging
the Derbyite party. It may, therefore, be worth
while to scrutinise the objects of these Irish
Peelites.

That they follow the guidance of Sir J. GRAHAM
and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT is beyond dispute.
The large patrimonial estate inherited near Dublin
by Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT necessarily gives that
Right Honourable Gentleman great influence in
Ireland, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM is well acquainted
with the many blunders in Irish politics committed
by the Whigs. There is pending, besides, a most
interesting question as to the distribution of Irish
patronage consequent on a restoration of the Libe-
rals to power. Some have said that there was too
much of cliquism, and of favouring of certain con-
nections by the Liberals in Scotland, and without
here discussing that point, the question has assumed
a personal aspect in the discussion—" Whether the
Right Honourable MAGUIRE BRADY or the Right
Honourable ABRAHAM BREWSTER should be the
Lord Chancellor of Ireland P"

Much may yet depend on the solution of that
question. Personal considerations are of great
influence in a country like Ireland, where the
social influences are so quickened by ambition.
Those liberal Protestants and non-political Catholics
who have been displeased or dissatisfied with ex-
Chancellor BRADY'S official distribution of patron
age will naturally be desirous of seeing Mr.
BREWSTER made Chancellor of Ireland. On
the other hand the old Whig connection
and the performers on the Dublin platform
will eagerly extol Mr. BRADY'S claim. It is sup-
posed that the Whig statesmen in England do not
very much care about Mr. BRADY; but it is known
that Sir JAMES GRAHAM is ardently interested
about Mr. BREWSTER. The candidature of Mr.
BRADY'S eldest son to the Irish capital is a plea
that will be urged by the Bradyites ; but it will
be traversed on the other side by the fact that Mr.
FRANCIS BRADY'S attempt to carry the city of
Dublin has not been successful. Advantage,
also, will be taken of the circumstance
that Mr. BREWSTER has paid a heavy price for
the sincerity of his political conduct. No
man of equal distinction at the Irish bar has fared
so badly in point of promotion as Mr. BREWSTER
has dime. What was said of TIIEMISTOCLES has
been applied with some felicity to Mr. BREWSTER,
" If every man at the bar of Ireland had to put in
a ticket as to professional eminence he would ensure
himself as first, but be sure to cite Mr. BREWSTER
as second."

Nor is Mr. BREWSTER without a considerable
following. He has been for many years a member
of the Kildare-street Club (the " White's" of
Ireland), and he has courted the regard of
some of the great Whig proprietors. The PON-
SONBY interest is favourably disposed towards him,
and several of his professional brethren would
gladly see the forensic patronage of the sister
country entrusted to his hands. Mr. BALL, Q.C.,
a Protestant, and a consistent Peelite, joined Mr.
BREWSTER in supplanting the Liberal candidate ;
and Mr. M'CARTIIY, the Roman Catholic candidate
for Dublin, is a personal friend of Mr. BREWSTER.
The presence of this Irish Peelite can be
tracked in many of the elections in the sister
country, and it adds to the splitting influences
which dissever so many sections of the Liberal
party. At Dublin the Liberal politicians connected
with the FourSourts_.are fast passing into sections
of " Brewsterians" and " Bradyites," and the pre•
cedence of Mr. BRADY and Mr. BREWSTER will
have, probably, to be decided in London, and upon
statesmanlike considerations. It is thought that
the Whig proprietors in Ireland would prefer the
selection of Mr. BREWSTER, and it is significant
that the speech of Mr. Sergeant DEASY, in intro-
clueing Mr. MCCARTHY to the Dublin electors,
lauded the Peelite statesmen to the skies.
Between the rival pretensions of Mr. BRADY and
Mr. BREWSTER We do not here decide. We are
content, for the present, with indicating the high
personal question which must arise, on a change of
Ministry, about the Chancellorship of Ireland. On
a future occasion we may possibly comment on the
difference between the system of governing Ireland
as advocated by the old officialised Whig " tail" at
Dublin, and with the prospective " large measures"
system recommended by the Peelites.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's
I Emigration Commissioners have chartered the Abyssinian,
1,072 tons, to sail from Plymouth for Sydney, New South
Wales, at £l4 18s. 1041. per statute adult ; to be ready for
the reception of passengers on such a day as the Commis-
sioners moy appoint between the 2d and 9th of June.
METROLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—At the weekly
sitting of the Board yesterday, a great deal of business,
consisting of the reception of deputations and of reports
from the various committees, from the engineer, and from
the superintending architect, transacted, but no subject
involved in any of these matters was of sufficient import-
ance to require notice. After some conversation as to the
period to be allowed to contractors to inspect the plan and
specification for the rebuilding of Berkeley-house, Charing-
cross, it was determined that the time for inspection should
be extended, but that the day already fixed for opening the
tenders (namely June 3), should be adhered to.
MlNES.—There has been a want of general acti-
vity in the mining share market this week, and, as a na-
tural consequence, prices, with few exceptions, have been
quoted lower. This is not much to be wondered at, taking
into consideration the depressed state of the stochkmhaitticme,tass,
and the confusion attending the different failures and set-
tlement of accounts. The Consols account, which
thought would create fresh disasters, has passed off better
than anticipated, and in some cases, to save more failures,
time has been given to complet engagements. For the
mining interest, we certainly consider it cause for congratu-
lation that it has all through the panic been so well sup-
ported. Dividend mines have been in fair request, and a
moderate amount of transactions recorded in Margaret,
West Seton, West Caradon, Basset, Herodsfoot, West
Dasset, Wheal Trelawny, Providence Mines, and South
France.—ifininf Journal.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 7.

A terrific railway accident occurred last night
on the Cornwall Railway, in consequence of the
down train, which left Plymouth at 7.25 p.m.,
running off the rails when crossing St. German's
viaduct, about eight miles from this town. The
engine and three carriages were precipitated into
the river, about 50 feet below the viaduct, causing
the death o f the engine-driver, stoker, and one of
the guards. Several passengers also were killed,
but the exact number cannot at present be ascer-
tained.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY MORNING.

Rumours have reached this place of a fatal acci-
dent which occurred last night, about three miles
west of the Royal Albert-bridge, on the Cornwall
line recently opened.
The first and second class train, which left Ply-
mouth at 7.25 p.m. yesterday (Friday) evening,
ran off the rails this side of the Notter Viaduct,
near St. German's. It is supposed that the engine
struck against the end of the viaduct, and was pre-
cipitated immediately into the water and mud
below. The train consisted of an engine, a
second-class carriage, a first-class carriage, a
second•class carriage, and a truck. The water
was at the time about seven feet deep. The engine
is buried in the mud. The driver, Biscombe; and
fireman, Hannaford, are killed ; and so is the guard,
Hosken, who was in the leading second class car-
riage, which is under water on its back on the
engine. The first class carriage rests on the leading
second class carriage. One passenger, a woman,
broke her arm. Up to this time, 10 a.m., it is
unknown whether any passengers were in the
leading carriage or the first class carriage. The
other second elass carriage, through the dexterity
of the guard, Paddon, remained on the line, with
the truck. The height from the water to the rails
is about 45 feet.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in
Downing-street. The'Ministers present were the Earl of
Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor,
the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. Sec-
retary Estcourt, the Earl of Malmesbury, Gen. Peel, Lord
Stanley, and Sir J. Pakington.
Her Majesty will hold a Chapter of the Order
of the Bath on Thursday next, the 12th inst., at Bucking-
ham Palace, for the investiture of several of the last nomi-
nated members of the Order.
LORD COWLEY.—The Earl Cowley, British Am-
bassador at the Court of France, arrived in London yester-
day morning from Paris. The noble earl, shortly after his
arrival, had a protracted interview with the Earl of
Malmesbury at the Foreign-office, in Downing-street.
Lord Cowley is staying with Lord and Lady Rokeby, in
Portman-square, where Lady Cowley has been for some
days past.
THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.—His Excellency
the Duke of Malakhoff, the French ambassador, accompa •
nied by the Duchess, leaves Albert-gate house this evening
for Paris. His Excellency, who presented his letters of re-
call to her Majesty on Thursday last, was engaged yester-
day in paying visits to the different members of the foreign
legations. Baron Malaret will act as Charge d'Affaires
until the arrival of the Marshal's successor.
_ _

His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the
Countess de Bernstorff entertained a select circle at dinner

last evening, at their residence in Carlton-terrace,

The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough are
entertaining a select circle at their seat, Blenheim House,
Oxfordshire.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and
Ladies Hamilton arrived at Chesterfield House yesterday,
from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Valletort, at Moun-
Edgecumbe, Devon.
The Marchioness of Salisbury arrived at her
mansion in Arlington-street yesterday, from visiting the
Earl and Countess Delawarr, at Buckhurst Park, Sussex.
The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere will leave
Bridgwater House on Monday, on a visit to the Dowager
Countess of Ellesmere, at Hatchford, Cobham, Surrey.
The Earl and Countess of Galloway have arrived
in town, from the family seat in Scotland.
Lord and Lady Bagot have arrived at Lady
Dover's, Whitehall, from Blithfield, Stafford.
The Right Hon. Frederick and Mrs. Peel leave
Lady Peel's to-day fcr Hampton Park, Warwickshire.
Mr. H. St. John Mildmay, formerly an officer in
the Austrian service, will accompany the head-quarters of
the Austrian army as British Commissioner during the war
in Italy. Col. Cameron will accompany the Sardinian army
in a similar capacity.
Bar silver was in great demand in the beginning
of the week, and 621 d. to 62nd. was paid for some parcels
for shipment to the -Continent ; but it has since become very
flat, and yesterday the limited amount brought by the
West India packet has been sold at 5214., which still shows
an advance of ad. on the price realised by the preceding
steamer. The dollars were disposed of at 60d., showing
no variation.
The advises from Buenos Ayres by the present
mail state that, notwithstanding the r.peated reports of
invasion by General Urquiza, circulated during the past
month by the friends of that personage, with the view to
create alarm and promote disturbance, the country re-
mained at peace. The general election of senators and
representatives had just taken place, and had terminated in
favour of the Government. The export trade was steadily
increasing, and the public revenue was also improving.
The ordinary receipts in February showed an excess of
about 19 per cent. over the sum collected in the correspond-
ing month of 1858. This packet has brought the usual re-
mittance on account of interest on the London loan, and,
in addition, a further sum of £5,000, for the purchase of.
Three per Cent. Bonds on Government account.
GAS LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY.—Two .11‘ sun-
lights," each containing 75 burners, have just been placed
immediately under the ceiling in the centre of the music-
hall in the Edinburgh University, the ceiling being 40 feet
in width and 50 feet from the floor. These burners have
been successfully lit by an application of tthe electric
current The mode of operation may be thus explained :
The galvanic battery is placed in the cellar, and from it
positive and negative wires are carried up the sides of the
hall and along the ceiling to immediately over the burners.
Then it is coiled round the poles of an electro-magnet, to
the keeper of which are attached a couple of wires bearing 1
a platina wire. On the current of electricity being esta-
blished at the battery, the platina wire, placed within an
inch of the burner, becomes red-hot, and the gas being
simultaneously turned on, the whole 75 lights, which are
closely contiguous, immediately flash into flame. The
electric current having thus answered its purpose, is at
once intercepted at the battery below, and the elect's-
magnet, ceasing to be a magnet, its keeper, with the wires
attached, falls three inches below the flame, so drawing
down the platina wire, which, were it to !email" in position,
would be destroyed by constant exposure to the powerful
flame of the gas.—HancheBter Guardian.
WEST KENT ELECTION.—The defeat of the for-
mer liberal members for West Kent, Messrs. Martin and
Whatman, by the Tory candidates, Lord Holmesdale and
Sir E. Filmer, is an event which forcibly points out the
danger of inertness on the part of reformers. At the pre-
vious election the Tories had but one candidate, Mr. H.

Smith, of Camer, near Gravesend, and Messrs. Martin and
Whatman were returned by a majority of about 500. Since
this period the Liberals have gained an advantage upon the
register, and yet the Conservatives managed yesterday to
obtain both seats. We have reason to believe that the
Liberals relied too much upon their former success and the
state of the register, whilst the Tories worked unceasingly,
and an immense sum has been expended to oust the Liberal
members. The Blackheath and Lewisham districts have
heretofore given a large majority to the Liberals, but yes-
terday the tables were turned, and large numbers of voters
who formerly supported Martin and Whatman polled for
the Tory candidates. The Liberal party, confident of suc-
cess; was surprised at the unexpected turn of the contest;
and it is broadly stated that the excellent breakfasts pro-
vided at Woolwich and other places for the Conservative
voters produced the impression upon the poll.
THE MICROSCOPIC SOCIETY.—Phis society gave
a soirée on Thursday evening at the Kensington Museum,
which was attended by no less than 3,000 persons. The
microscopic tables were of course the greatest attraction of
the evening, and immense numbers of the instruments were
supplied in four large rooms especially devoted to the pur •
pose. The " objects were in profusion, and the miniature
photographs, the last novelty produced in the art, were to
be found in large numbers. The whole of the museum
buildings were thrown open to the visitors ; indeed, if this
had not been the case it would have been impossible to ad-
mit all who came, and the various interesting- models and
manufactures, with which the rooms are full, appeared to
afford the visitors the greatest pleasure.
_ _ _

CRINOLINE.—Last night a lecture on this subject
was delivered by Mrs. Emilius Holcroft, at Hanover-square
Rooms, to an audience consisting chiefly of ladies. The fair
lecturer began her discourse by noticing some of the more
striking oddities of female attire in England from an early
period, which she illustrated by models, and contended that,
whatever absurdities of dress her sPx had adopted from time
to time, they had found ample warrant for them in the ex-
ample set by their lords and masters. She warmly advocated
crinoline as perfectly faultless and unexceptionable, and
strongly condemned the hoop as not only inconvenient and
dangerous, but as the ugliest, most unbecoming, and most
disfiguring fashion ever introduced. To call hoop petticoats
crinoline, she observed, was to use one of the great misno-
mers of theday, for the latter was as thoroughly a recognised
material as calico, dimity, linsey, or any other substance of
which ladies' skirts were made. It consisted of woven horse-
hair, or woven horse-hair and cotton combined, and had
been used for many years for bonnets and other purposes.
It had, therefore, a full right to have a distinctive name of
was no fancy term, but was one
the Latin word erinis—a band
mditesaridovFofg, hainotsrdse°‘hri‘ acgririin—noalfirnnodem"the French word ci i,tice, a worker
or dealer in horsehair. The lecturer next pointed out some
of the defects and disadvantages of hoop petticoats, whether
made of cane, whalebone, or steel, mentioning thati .a lady
wearing one would, on leaving her home, present a beautiful
circle, and yet might, in consequence of a crush sustained
in the streets, in an omnibus, or in a theatre, return in the
shape of an irregular triangle, or a lop-sided octagon. On
the other hand, crinoline was light, strong, expansive, and
compressible, and, though it might not form an unbroken
circle, it fell naturally into folds round the figure like the
branches of a graceful willow. Mrs. llolcroft, who is a very
ladylike and prepossessing person, treated the subject with
much vivacity, humour, and delicacy, and frepontly elicited
applause from her hearerB.

LATE

FRANCE.

THE I\TAR IN ITALY.
The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

TURIN, MAY 6.
The following official bulletin of the army has
been published to-day :
_ _ _

" The Austrians have increased their forces at
Vercelli, and have constructed there defensive
works. They have also occupied Trino and
Pobietto. Their vanguard is at Tronzano. During
last night the enemy withdrew from Tortona.
Yesterday evening they burnt seven arches of the
bridge over the Scrivia. At Piacenza they have
ordered the demolition of houses erectei upon the
fortifications."

A company of troops has 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 Terra-
nova.

The body of the enemy's army, which yesterday
occupied Trino and Pobietto, has withdrawn to
Vercelli.

The official Piedmontese Gazette publishes an
announcement laying an embargo on Austrian
vessels in Sardinian ports, but neutral property on
board is to be respected.

PARIS, MAY 7.

The Moniteur of this morning contains a decree
appointing Marshal Vaillant and Count Walewski
members of the Privy Council.
Another decree makes the following fresh ap-
pointments :—M. de Royer, hitherto Minister of
Justice, to be Senator and first Vice-President of
the Senate; DI. Delangle, hitherto Minister of the
Interior, to be Minister of Justice ; Gen. Randon,
to be Minister of War ; the Duke of Padoue, to be
Minister of the Interior ; Marshal Vaillant, hitherto
Minister of War, to be Major-General of the Army
of Italy.

A note in the 111oniteur denies the correctness of
the statement that France intends to place an army
on the Rhine. The garrisons of the frontier towns
have not been increased by a single regiment. If
the Emperor has given to an illustrious marshal
the title of Commander cf 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 Moniteur also states that Lord Cowley has
gone to London on family matters, but will return
to Paris on Sunday or Monday.

HAMBURG, MAY 6.

England is said to have officially notified that
she will not be able to protect commercial vessels
in case of war between Germany and France.

TRIESTE, MAY 5.

The committee of management of the commercial
bank of Trieste has called together an extraordinary
general meeting of the shareholders for the Bth of
June to discuss the advisability of deferring for the
present the further payment of dividends.

TRIESTE, MAY 7.
The Austrian Lloyd's steamer just arrived brings
the following adviees :

' " CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 30.

The Porte has called in 50,000 Itedifs. Omer
Pasha had, already quitted Bagdad en route for
Constannople."

BERLIN, MAY 7.

Berlin is plunged in sorrow by the melancholy
news that the Nestor of German science, the
immortal Alexander von Humboldt, died yester-
day at 3 p.m.

ATHENS, APRIL 30.
The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia arrived
here on the 26th ult.

PARIS, MAY 6.

The Emperor and Empress were present yester-
day at a solemn mass in the Chapel of the Tuileries
in memory of the 38th anniversary of the death of
Napoleon I. ,
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. At 10 in the morn-
ing a body of the veterans of the armies of the Re-
public and the Empire marched round the column
in procession, and deposited crowns of inzmortelles
on the railings. They afterwards proceeded to the
Hotel des Invalides, where the crowd of persons
assembled was so great that it was found necessary
to close the gates, and only admit the grand digni-
taries and the old officers and soldiers of the first
Empire who were in uniform. The chapel was
thronged, and in the reserved seats were a number
of senators, deputies, councillors of State, and other
high personages, as well as officers of the army and
of the National Guard.

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 Bouet Villaumez 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.
A Turin letter of the 2d states :—" If the Aus-

trians come on the side of Pavia or Piacenza, the
King will be the first to meet the invaders ; but if
Novara, it will be Garibaldi. The Austrians keep
advancing, and massing their troops round Pavia.
When they occupied Novara, they gave orders to
the municipality to drain off the water with which
the country had been flooded by cutting the embank-
ments of the rivers. The same orders were given at
Mortara and Vigevano, under threat of burning the
towns. If the Austrians are not masking their move-
ments, it would appear that they intend to make
an attempt on Valentia, and risk a general battle
there, or else take the place, and thus get between
Casale and Alessandria. Seeing the position of the
French army, however, and the rather uneven
nature of the country, it is likely enough that
Marshal Gyulai invades Piedmont on all sides with
a view of dividing the enemy's army, and beating
them, if he can, in detail ; but, in any case, to
weaken the resistance on the point which he has
chosen as the great object of the war—Alossandria.
That is why he has occupied Frassinetto, and has
concentrated great masses of troops on the left bank
of the Po."

The following appears in a Vienna letter of the
st, published in the Presse :
"The utmost secrecy prevails regarding our mill-

:my movements. I can assure you, however, that
neasures have been taken to raise the army in Italy

to 300,000 men (at present it is 200,000 strong), and,
moreover, to concentrate an army of 120,000 men in
Gallicia, to oppose the Russians. This is exclusive of
our three federal contingents, which may be set down
at 110,000 men, and which, in all probability, will be
sent to the Rhine. In our 14 ideal circles there is
a growing conviction that Russia will take the
earliest opportunity to bring about the triumph of
nationalities in the East, exactly what France is
now attempting in favour of Italy. The union of
all Sclavonian races is a scheme which Russia has
long cherished. We have some grounds for these
apprehensions; the military preparations in Servia,
in the Principalities, and in Montenegro, and the
accumulation of a war materiel, which is in obvious
disproportion with the resources of those countries,
cannot but be set down as meaning something.
4pother indication that something is brewing may

" r E INT S. be found in the fact that a constant correspondence
is kept up between Miloscb, Couza, and Danilo,
and in the presence of Prince Michael, the son of
Milosch, in Paris."

A Russian squadron is expected at Cherbourg on
its way to the Mediterranean, to watch the course
of events.
The Patrie of this evening publishes a very curi-
ous document, a letter written by the Emperor
while a prisoner at Ham in 1844. It is as follows :
" Nothing can contribute to embitter certain questions,
to aggravate difficulties, and give a wrong bias to men's
minds than a bastard policy without dignity or consistency,
that does not know what it wishes, because it is not bold
enough to have a will of its own. To establish peace on a
sound basis is a very different thing from keeping up
a fictitious tranquillity for a few years ; to do so it is
requisite to endeavour to bring about a cessation of
hatred between nations, by favouring the tendencies and
interests of each people; it is requisite to create an
equitable equilibrium for each of the great Powers ;
it is requisite, in a word, to follow the policy of Henri
Quatre, and not the disastrous course pursued by the Stuarts
and Louis Quinze. Open Sully's Memoirs,' and see
what were the great ideas of the man who had pacified
France and founded religious liberty. To establish on a
solid basis the equilibrium of Europe, Henri Quatre thought
it requisite that all thenations composing the great European
family should be equal in power, and that no nation should
be able to preponderate over another. He foresaw that for
peoples as for individuals equality alone could be thesource
of justice. Henri IV. had brought round the greater part of
Europe to his own views on this point, and when the
dagger of the assassin brought his life to a termination, he
was assembling a mighty army composed of European con-
tingents, having in view not barren conquest, but universal
peace, to attain which it was necessary to compel Spain
(the House of Austria) to recognise the equality and inde-
pendence (of nations, and he would have established an
areopagus, intended to decide by argument, and not by
brute force, the quarrels between nations. Henri Quatre,
had he lived, might have been named the Hero of Peace.
" Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE."
The Patrie adds that that grand scheme which
Henri Quatre was unable to accomplish was the
independence of Italy, and that to facilitate the
carrying out of his plans he had contracted an
alliance with the Duke of Savoy, who gave him
the key of the Alps. It is this scheme, adds the
Paine, which the Emperor Napoleon 111. resumes
to-day.
There are reports of important Ministerial modi-
fications. 111-natured people whisper that Marshal
Vaillant (the Minister of War) has had a serious
difficulty with the Emperor—how far this may be
true is impossible to say.
BOURSE, May 6.—The market has been steady,
but with a very limited amount of business doing,
and it is probable that no great variation will take
place in Rente until the end of the subscription to
the loan. Threes have been done 60f. 95c. and 61f. ;
Mobilier, 507 f. 50c. and 510 f. ; Austrian, 330 f.
to 332 f. 50c.; Lombardo-Venetian, 415 f. ; Orleans,
I,loof. 50e. to 1,105 f. ; Lyons, 717 f. 50e., and 722 f.
50c. ; Northern, 820 f. ' • Eastern, 532 f. 50c.,, and
533 f. ; Southern, 400 f. The following were the last
quotations :-
41 per Cents. .... 88 Credit Foncier GOO
Do. end month .. 87 751 Belgian 43 B7l
3 per Cents. 6l —lPiedmonteso (5)
Do. end month.... 60 95 Roman 77
Bank Shares 2550 Austrian
' Credit Mobilier 520 Spanish Threes
' Do. Account 515 Home Debt

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