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LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1866.

Subsequent accounts not only confirm the intelli-
gence of the Austrian victory, but show us that it
was most complete and comprehensive. The Arch-
duke ALBRECHT has forwarded a despatch to the
EMPEROR, which he declares that the troops be-
haved with great fortitude, and displayed extraor-
dinary valoUr and endurance. In many respects
this is a great achievement, and has given a
prestige to the army of the EMPEROR, of
which it stood greatly in need. No one
can pity the Italians, for they brought their
fate upon themselves, by, flick temerity and
perverseness, and there was no occasion what-
ever for them to go to war in such unseemly haste.
It was no easy task which engaged the Austrian
troops last Sunday, and only a desperate resistance
on their part could have gained them success.
The fight was a very hot one, as we learn from the
official bulletin at the close of the engagement
Custozza was taken by storm, which caused
a fresh struggle, and two thousand Italians
were taken prisoners. The Italians also used
great efforts, the KING employed the three
corps of the army of the Alincio and the reserve,
and brought all his troops in succession under fire.
Prince AMADEUS and many Generals were wounded.
The attack was made by the forces under King
UcTon EM3IANUEL, and the Austrians carried
Montevento by assault. According to accounts
officially sent the troops of the EMPEROR are ani-
mated by the best spirits. The battle is called by
the Archduke the battle of Custozza.

It is now considered probable that an engage

ment will take place in Bohemia between the forces

of Marshal BENEDEIC and the Prussians, as the
former will be prevented from entering Silesia in
consequence of the advance of the Prussians. Con-
cerning the forces of Hanover very little change
seems to have taken place. It was stated that they
had effected a junction with the Federal troops ;
but such apparently is not the case. Neither do

they seem to have come to any satisfactory arrange-
ment concerning the terms of their capitulation. It
is officially stated that they had twice attempted to
break the lines of the Prussians. This, as might have
been expected, was a failure each time, and attended,,
on the part of the llanoverians, with discomfiture, as

several of their men were wounded. What could

have induced the Forces of the King of HANOVER
to have remained stationary do long it is extremely
difficult to say, and they seem likely to pay very
dear for it. Two battalions of Prussian infantry
and two divisions of cavalry attacked the town of
Oswiencin in Galicia, but they retreated after a loss
of eight killed and several wounded. No loss was
incurred by the Austrians.

The Austrian Goveriment may already begin to
appreciate some of the effects of their dilatoriness in
proceeding to the relief of their allies. Several of
the States have signified their intention of with-
drawing from the Confederation, and others, it is
said, will shortly follow the example thus set. At
the sitting of the Federal Diet yesterday the seces-
sion of some of these was mentioned, and the repre-
sentatives declared that the Diet's resolution of the
14th was a rupture of the Bund. The President
very properly replied that the Prussian invasion
of Saxony, Hanover, and Hesse-Cassel constituted
a rupture of the Confederation, and not the legal
decision of the Diet. The greatest interest is felt in
Paris respecting the state of things on the Conti-
nent ; and in the Corps Legislatif M. LARABEERE
attempted to raise the discussion on foreign affairs,
and declared that the Chamber ought not to sepa-
rate without expressing its desire for peace, which
was the " true interest of France ;" but no discus-
cussion was raised on the top). The feeling in
France is now very different from what it was
at the time of the Dano-German War. Then the

liveliest sympathy was expressed for the persecuted
Danes, and great disappointment was felt at no
assistance being rendered to them ; but now the
case is widely different. The Austrians at this
moment command the most respect, but no great
amount of good-will exists between the
Governments of Vienna and Paris. As for
It

re-
,aly, it has forfeited all claim or
gard, from its inconsistent course in making a
treaty with Prussia. The French are most inimical
to the Prussians, and condemn their policy alto-
gether. Events are now hurrying on to some
grand denouement on the Continent, and no doubt
we shall soon hear of some great battle between the
forces of Austria and those of Prussia. Marshal
BENEDEK'S army is so immense that he
can hardly fail to achieve something me-
morable when he at last gets it into full
working, and no doubt the signal triumph just

effected by the Austrian troops in Italy will be of
great service in inspiriting the forces in Bohemia.
At any rate the Austrians have gained the first
advantage of a material kind in action, and this is
a good. augury for future successes. So much de-
pends upon a check being given to Herr BISMARCK
that -The hope of all lovers of independence in Europe
must rest upon the successes of Austria.

The Ministerial explanations in both Houses last
evening told us very little more than we knew
before. The Ministers have felt it their duty to lay
their resignation before her MAJESTY, and the
QUEEN, as was naturally anticipated, has very rea-
sonably expressed her opinion that a personal inter-
view with the chiefs of the Government should
precede a change of Ministry. Earl RUSSELL, in-
deed, added that her MAJESTY hesitated to accept
the resignation of her Ministers, and hoped that in
the present state of affairs on the Continent they
would not persist in tendering it. Mr. GLADSTONE,
who appears to have made up his mind on the
point, was less communicative to the Lower House,
and merely said that her MAJESTY considered it
undesirable to accept their resignations without
further consideration. Under these circumstances
there was, of course, no alternative but adjourning
the House, and immediately after some trifling pro-
ceedings the members dispersed, to discuss for the
thousandth time the prospects and peculiarities of
the political situation.
Two pieces of information were gained last night.
The Ministers determination to resign, and her
MAJESTY'S reluctance to accept their resignations,
were, indeed, matters of confident surmise, if not of
certainty, but no word was breathed of a dissolu-
tion, and the notice, which it had been rumoured

was to be given by an independent Liberal, was not
given. A dissolution is an alternative which Minis-

ters may yet accept ; and it is still pos-
sible that in the event of her MAJESTY'S refusal to
permit them to retire from their offices they may
adopt that course in order to try the feelings of
the country and ascertain their real posi-

tion. The proposed vote of confidence would be
quite a different thing, and one which we are not
surprised that Mr. GLADSTONE should have declined
to accept. It would have placed the Government
in a humiliating position in retaining their offices
on sufferance, and they have seen too much of the
temper of the present house to believe they can
make any such attempt with credit to themselves
or with satisfaction to the country. So when the
notice of motion were called, though the expected
notice was eagerly listened for, it was not given,
and it very soon became known, as we have said,
that the Ministry declined to escape from their
difficulties by any such sidelong contrivance. So
that the public must have a few hours' patience,
and to-night we shall have a full account of how
we stand. One thing is certain, this transition
state must be put an end to, and we must have a
strong Government with a definite policy if we in-
tend to hold our position among Continental
nations.

The arrival of the Nova Scotia from New York
on the 16th confirms the intelligence of the disper-
sion and discomfiture of the Fenians. It is said,
indeed, that the Canadian authorities apprehend
another raid in the vicinity of Fort Erie, but no

importance is attached to the rumour. On the
other hand, there are numerous significant indica-
tions that the danger is over, and the whole scheme
collapsed. Two Thousand Fenians left Buffalo on
the 15th, and the stragglers who remained were
being arrested by order of General MEADE,
and forwarded to their homes—the best
thing that could be done for them. The Federal

,roops bare been aided to return from the frontier

to their respective stations, after having done good
service by their presence on the border, since there
is no doubt that the conviction that the
Americans had decisively turned against

them helped very much to dishearten and
demoralise the Fenians. ROBERTS has been
released from custody because of the difficulty of
procuring evidence against him, the witnesses for
the prosecution being threatened with assassination.
STEPHENS has returned to Washington, though
what he is going to do there is not stated, but
fourteen Fenians, who have been arrested in Ca-
nada, were foUnd to be bearers of important papers
disclosing Fenian plans. These conspirators
seem wonderfully ready to commit their
designs to paper, and are altogether indiffe-
rent to the old precautions of signs and
devices. They write in plain black and white what
they wish and intend to do, and then walk about
with the information for the benefit of all who may
obtain it. Perhaps this way is as good as any other
for a sham rebellion..

The American news Itself tells us that
the House of Representatives has concurred in the
Senate amendments to the reconstruction resolu-
tions, one of which amendments struck out the
obnoxious 1870 clause. These resolutions having
now passed both Houses of Parliament by a two-
thirds vote will therefore become law when
they have received the ratification by two-thirds of
the State Legislatures. Here, however, this
bill, like others, will come to a dead-lock,
for the Southern States will certainly re-
fuse to ratify it, so that the necessary two-thirds
will hardly be made up. The vexed question of the
Southern representation must come up before long,
for even the Congress has declined to keep up the
four years' sentence of exile. However, we have
good grounds now for hoping that common sense
and free government will carry the day, and that
Messrs. STEVENS and Co. will find the country un-
willing any longer to submit to their unscrupulous
dictation.

ASTRONOMY.—In a letter addressed to the Cosmos,
Father Secchi, Director of the Observatory of Rome,
treats summarily of various subjects connected with the
heavens. The spectra of stars seem still to engross his
attention ; by means of the new and delicate apparatus
constructed for the purpose he has observed the bands of
the spectrum of Arcturus, a well-known star, and he finds
them as numerous and fine as those of the sun. This star

brt
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tool i Borealis,enmv
is one of those that has a less absorbent atmosphere ,than
many others, and the black bands are consequently thinner.
The absorbing power of stellar atmospheres has been ar-
ranged in classes by Father Secchi ; those that are coloured
from one of those classes, and the white ones another. The
former are characterised by numerous dark lines, and in
the latter there is more continuity. Those that are of a
greenish-blue hue offer great interruptions in their spec-
trum : Sirius (the dog-star) and Alpha Lyrae are in-
stances of this ; and Father Secchi tells us that he
has found such distinctions even in stars of the
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near the spot where the star was seen, and that thisy
nebula is not to be found in Ilerschol's catalogue. It
would be very curious, ha thinks, if the history of this
nebula could be traced, and it turned out that it were iden-
tical with the late star. Turning to the subject of solar
spots, Father Secchi states that in examining those which
have appeared this year, he has ascertained changes of
latitude, but that those changes were sudden and irregular
whenever the spot underwent any variation. The changes
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has appeared in the sun's southern hemisphere, but it was
these changes of latitude are incompatible. with too irregular to lead to any proper conclusion, ehxcethpet that
sup-
position of a solar photosphere,

LITERATURE.

Harrison Ainswortli's New Romance.

The Constable de Bourbon. By William Harrison
Ainsworth. 3 Vols. Chapman and Hall.

We have repeatedly, on the appearance of a new
romance of Mr. Ainsworth's, congratulated the
author upon his wonderful felicity in the selection of
a subject. That " Truth "which is "stranger than
Fiction " is almost invariably the object of his choice,
and if, like the author of " The Henriade," he in-
vokes the aid cf Fable to embellish the records of
Reality it is in a spirit kindred to that of Voltaire—
"Pcur oruer ses attrnits et non pour les cacher."

In addition to the marvellous sagacity, which, like
a happy instinct, guides him in the selection of his
theme, Mr. Ainsworth possesses another admirable
qualification for the historical romancist. He realises
to himself and to his reader " the very age and body
of the time," which he undertakes to describe. He
fairly masters the situation of his characters, and
the individual peculiarities of those characters them-
selves. The various details of the picture, the
dresses, the accoutrements, and all the etceteras of
every-day life, are carefully depicted, and the
reader lives for the time in the period of which he
reads. Fortunate as Mr. Ainsworth has hitherto
proved in the choice of his scene and of his hero he
has seldom proved more fortunate than in the present
instance. The proud and haughty Constable de
Bourbon, the cousin, and almost the compeer of the
King and the ally and partizan of the enemies
of France—a gallant soldier, winning glory for his
country by his sovereign's side on the battle-field,
and then, like Coriolanus, leading his country's
enemies to victory, and dooming his King to
captivity on the hapless field of Pavia—at one
time a Christian Knight, holding high place in
the ranks of chivalry, and then in the last fatal
hour of his life leading a band of mercenaries to the
sack and pillage of the capital of Christendom !
"He, whom Benvenuto's hand struck down,
While mounting to the fierce assault of Rome,
The heir of Palaces, without a home"—
is, indeed, a fitting subject for the romance-writer.
The only drawback to the interest excited by a con-
templation of the career and character of Bourbon
is the lack of sympathy which, owing to his
treachery, he excites in the mind of his reader. Even
those who profit by an act of treason have no love
or liking for the traitor. The Spanish nobles were
not singular in their aversion to the renegade, an
aversion which they did not hesitate to manifest.
Bourbon followed the royal prisoner to Madrid, and was
received with the greatest distinction by the Emperor, but
neither his brilliant achievements nor his princely rank
could reconcile the haughty Castilian nobles to his pre-
sence at the court. They regarded him as a rebel and a
traitor, and could scarcely refrain from manifesting their
scorn and aversion. He came attended by a large re-
tinue, and as the Emperor did not desire to assign him
apartments in the royal palace, he begged the Marquis do
Vilenna to lend him his mansion—one of the largest and
most magnificent in Madrid.
"Sire," replied the proud marquis, " I can refuse you
nothing. But I declare that as sooh as the Duke do
Bourbon has quitted my house I will burn it to the ground
as a place infected with treason, and unworthy to be inha-
bited by men of honour."
"As you please, my lord," said Charles V., smiling
sternly. " But as I have instigated the duke to his
treason, I must share the reproach, and since you will
not lend him your house, I must perforce lodge him in the
Alcazar."
Of a different stamp is another hero, who also ap-
pears upon the scene, the Knight " without fear and
without reproach." Here is a portrait of
THE CHEVALIER BAYARD.

Bayard was fashioned in the heroic mould. Above the
ordinary height, powerfully built, and possessed of pro-
digious strength, he wore his ponderous armour, dinted by
many a blow, as easily as if it had been a silken doublet.
His features corresponded with his frame, being massive
and nobly sculptured, generally stern in expression, yet
sometimes lighted up by a pleasant smile.
The doughty champion was now approaching fifty, and
though his mighty arm had lost none of its power, and his
features bore few traces of age, his once raven locks were
thickly sown with grey. It had been remarked by his
soldiers, by whom he was idolised, that nee the affair of
llobecco their captain had looked sombr nd discontented,
and they fancied that the thought of the defeat rankled in
his breast.
More than human valour seemed to beat in Bayard's
broad breast—more than human strength appeared to
reside in his herculean frame and powerful arm. No
danger ever appalled him—nay, his spirit rose with dan-
ger, inciting him to deeds worthy of the heroic ages. Buell
was his conduct at Garigliano, when, wholly unsupported,
he defended the bridge against the entire Spanish host,
and saved the French army. Besides the inconceivable
daring of all his actions, their grandeur made him the cen-
tral figure in every conflict in which he engaged, and ex-
cited the admiration both of friends and foes.
When only eighteen, Bayard followed Charles VIII.
into Italy, and won kis spurs at the battle of Fornova,
where he performed prodigies of valour, and had two
horses shot under him. He was several times made pri-
soner, and more than once grievously wounded, but while
free he was ever with the army. Courts he despised, and
hence the neglect he experienced from Francois 1., who
Placed his favourites over his head. But other monarchs
appreciated him at his true worth, and after a signal vic-
tory which he had gained at Padua, the Emperor Maximi-
lian said to him, in the presence of the whole army, " Che-
valier Bayard, the King my brother is happy in having a
knight like you. 1 would I had a dozen such, oven though
each cost me a hundred thousand florins a year."
Nor did our own bluff King Hal use less flattering
language towards him at the siege of Tdrouanne. " Were
all French captains as valiant as you, Chevalier Bayard,''
said Henry, " I must speedily raise the siege of this
place."

Bayard, as is well known, after the famous battle of Ma-
rignano, which he himself had helped to win, and where
he fought side by side with the Constable do Bourbon,
was called upon by the victorious King to dub him
knight.
Bayard would have declined the honour, but Francois
insisted, and bent the knee before him. Whereupon
Bayard, drawing his sword, and touching the King's
shoulder with the blade, exclaimed :
"Sire, may it be with you as with Roland or Oliver,
Godfrey or Baldwin, his brother. Certes, you are the first
king that ever I dubbed knight." Then pressing his lips
to the blade, he said, "Happy thou art, my sword, to hare
performed this office for so bravea monarch! Henceforth,
good sword, shalt thou be kept as a hely relic, and hon-
oured above all other weapons !"
The death of Bayard is simply and touchingly de-
scribed, but we see no mention of the incident re-
corded by some historians of Bourbon wishing him-
self in the place of the dead hero.
" And Bourbon gazed on Bayard's corse and said,
0 would I were that gallant soldier dead !"
The death of Bayard, however, occurred in the hour
of Bourbon's triumph. Here is a vivid picture of
the last efforts of the brave King and The dashing
onset of the Constable On that fatal field .

PAVIA.
Once more the lion-hearted king made a tremendous
charge against the Spanish cavalry, led on by Pescara.
For a moment it seemed as if this charge would turn the
tide of victory, so great was the havoc it occasioned.
Pescara himself was wounded by a sword-cut in the cheek,
stricken from his steed, and trampled-under foot by the
enemy. With difficulty he was rescued by his men and
dragged out of the way. Lannoy again brought on his
Neapolitans, and was repulsed with heavy loss.
The battle now raged furiously, and the din of arms was
as if a thousand smiths were at work, mingled with the
rattle of arquebusses, the shrieks of wounded horses, and
the shouts, curses, and groans of the combatants. Ter-
rible was the carnage. On all sides could be seen the
bravest and noblest of the French chivalry flocking
towards the king's standard, resolved to win the day or
perish with him, for his actions showed that he would
never retire.

But the decisive moment had come. Pescara was down,
and severely wounded, as we have seen, and his squadron
shattered by the last charge of the king. Lannoy, who
had advanced to sustain him, was likewise repulsed. For
a brief space the heroic king persuaded himself that he
could retrieve his losses, but his exultation was speedily
quelled. He saw a dense dark mass gathering in front
that threatened to overwhelm him.

Bourbon was there with his lanz-knechts, his German
reiters, and his Burgundian lances. At his right and left
wing were Von Frundsberg and Sittich. Fierce and ter-
rible was tho joy that lighted up the duke's haughty fea-
tures at that moment. He saw the king, who had so
deeply wronged hint. He saw him surrounded with his
peerless knights and nobles. Chaumont was there, the
Marshal de Poi; Lambesc, Lavedan, the Grand Master
of France, and a hundred other noble knights. There
also was the hated Bonnivet. He could crush thorn all.
After gazing at them as the eagle gazes ere swooping
upon its prey, Bourbon gave word to charge. The
trumpets sounded, and the , Burgundian lances and
the German reiters dashed on, shouting loudly, " Vivo
Bourbon !"

Clearing the ground between them and the foe, they
burst like a thunder-cloud upon the French men-at-arms
.tud knights. Tremendous was the splintering of lances
—loud the rattle of musketry—sharp the clash of swords.
But the squadron gathered round the king was broken in
six places, and could not rally. In the terrific melee that

ensued half the gallant knights whom Bourbon had seen
were slain. Chaumont was transfixed in the charge—
Lavedan cut down—the Grand Master buried beneath a
heap of dead.

Vainly the king and thoso near him essayed to rally the
men. They were panic-stricken, and could not be got to-
gether again.

If the strife was not yet over, the victory was won, and
the decisive blow had been given by Bourbon.

The King, who on leaving the field a pri-
soner, wrote those memorable words to his mother,
"All is lost save honour," lost even that priceless
possession by his after treachery in the matter of
the treaty, by which an end was put to his long and
cruel imprisonment. Gratified in his revenge, Bour-
bon gained little by the victory, and so demoralising
was the effect of his rebellions, that he, the royal
prince and Christian knight that had been, consented
to lead the mercenary troops against Rome, with the
understanding that the doomed city and its inhabi-
tants should be given up to the savage passions of a
reckless soldiery. As the dark curtain falls upon
the close of a tragedy, so the historian of the Con-
stable, at the close of the third volume, " drops a
veil over the horrors of the sack of Rome. Never
in the history of the world," he adds, " was a
city abandoned to such frightful licence--never
were such atrocities committed." Bourbon,
who had consented to them as a bribe to the
fierce marauders he commanded, did not live to
witness their perpetration. To the hand of Ben-
venuto Celliui, the artist and artificer, whose won-
derful productions were the admiration of his own
time and of all succeeding ages—to that hand which
had achieved miracles of art—was reserved the
honour of striking the first blow in the defence of
Rome, and right well that hand performed its
task, dealing destruction to the recreant knight
who was the first to attempt to scale the walls of
the city. " Fearfully," says the author of this
chronicle of his fortunes, " fearfully was Bourbon
avenged, and if his spirit hovered over Rome at
that dread hour it must have bewailed those fright-
ful excesses." So entirely is the Constable the hero
of this Romance that the loves and sorrows of the
minor characters, who have nevertheless a little ro-
mance of their own, are of very secondary import-
ance. The Constable de Bourbon is the chief
character throughout, and very vividly and effec-
tively are his:career and character portrayed.

The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada. By
Major W. Ross KING. One vol. pp. 326. Hurst
_ _

and Blackett.

A gorgeous volume is this, beautifully-bound and
decorated, and adorned with coloured plates and
numerous illustrations, depicting the wonders of the
animal kingdom in that land where Nature is so
prodigal of her riches. Major King spent three
years " with rod in hand or roaming the woods
with dog and gun," amid the picturesque
scenery of British North America ; he describes the
scene of his adventures and the character of his
sport with an enthusiasm which is enough to tempt
many a sporting traveller to follow in his footsteps.
Speaking of the advantages of the locality, he ex-
claims, " Whether to the sportsman, the naturalist,
or the traveller, nothing can be more alluring than
its vast tracts of primeval forest inhabited by moose
and caribou ; its game-stocked prairies of bound-
less extent ; and its broad rivers, filled with silver
salmon and spotted trout, flowing through pic-
turesque solitudes little known and less frequented."
The attractive descriptions of the scenes and the
sporting given by Major King are enough to remedy
the one evil, and to tend somewhat towards the
diminution of the other.

Ferns, British and Foreign. By John Smith,
A.L.S., ex-Curator of the Royal Botanic Gar-
dens, Kew. One Vol., pp. 371. Robert Hard-
wicke.
A most complete and comprehensive history and
dictionary of ferns, British and foreign, is comprised
in this little work, which will be invaluable to the
amateur and cultivator of these graceful and popu-
lar plants.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Monday Evening.
_ _ _

The general deduction to be drawn from the news
in the Paris papers to-day is that nothing " really
important has taken place in Germany." This is
the statement which they make themselves. The
Italian army, with King Victor Emmanuel at their
head, had crossed the Mincio.

A letter from Bologna, dated June 21, says that
the news announced in the two Chambers that Italy
had declared war against Austria was received with
immense enthusiasm. Flags were hung out of the
windows, and the city resounded with cries of

" Long live the King. The War for ever (Eoviva
la Guerra)," The train which left with the King
was saluted with frantic cries of sympathy and joy.
Men and women joined in the manifestations. The
writer describes the manifestation as a resemblance
to the representation of a tragedy of Sophocles,
played beneath an unclouded sky by a whole people.
The route from Florence to Cremona was lined
with flags and various symptoms of rejoicing, and
on the whole route Victor Emmanuel was accom-
panied by the same demonstrations.
It appears by accounts from Naples that Mount
Vesuvius is under the influence of another volcano.
Like the political horizon, the astronomical horizon
is clouded and in agitation. Columns of fire and
ashes are precipitated from the crater of Mount Ve-
suvius, " and the flames illuminate the whole terri-
tory of Italy."
The only news in the bulletin of the Moniteur of
to-day is the confirmation of the account that the
Italian army had passed the Mincio. It states,
however, that its information leads to the belief that
the Prussians had entered Bohemia by Rumbourg
and Zittau, without encountering any obstacle.
The following is the result of the races at Porche-
fontaine, near Versailles, yesterday :
Handicap 3,000 f., for entire horses and mares, 3 yrs
old and upwards.

Ultima
Novateur
Damietta
The betting was 7 to 1 agst Ultima.
Prix a Reclamer, 1,500 f.

Rabat Jose 1

La Menagerq
Gaulois
Total amount of prize, 2,300 f.
Course de Haies (Handicap).

Milton
Scwvola
Jarnicoton

Amount of prize, 3,700 f: 500 f. to the second

horse.
Steeplechase (Handicap), 2,000 f. for all horses.
Valentino

Harriet Watts

The English mare won easily by three lengths.
Amount of prize, 2,850 f. Double the price of en-
trance to the second horse.
Writing at the latest hour, and after hearing the
most extraordinary reports at the Bourse, I can
only impress upon English readers the advice of the
Journal des Debats. "The public should only accept
with reserve the statements in the correspondence
which arrives from the theatre of war." As another
iliustration of the caution which is requested, I
may mention that the Gazette de Vienne says that
the version of the famous order of the day issued
by General Benedek contains many inaccuracies.
The extraordinary reports at the Bourse have
ceased to excite alarm, and a better feeling has pre-
vailed to-day. Business, however, was very
limited.

GLASGOW, June 23.—Cotton.—The cotton mar-
ket was dull during the greater part of the week,
and prices had a downward tendency; towards the close,
however, the tone improved, the market became very strong
and active, and prices were a halfpenny dearer. Goods
and Yarns.—The market for goods and yarns has been
quiet during the week, and business has been very much
restricted. Prices are irregular and in favour of buyers.
[rou.—The pig-iron market has been rather brisk during
the week, add a fair amount of business has been trans-
acted. Towards the close the rumours that the makers
would blow out a number of their furnaces, caused a brisk-
ness in the market, and warrants improved, a fair business
having been done at 568. cash, and 5Gs. 9d. one month.
Gartsherrie, 625. 6d. ex store ; No. 1 Coltness, 58s. 6d. to
616. No> 1, g. m. b., 578. ; No. 3g. m, b., 564, 6d,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

GREAT BATTLE NEAR VERONA.
lIEAD-QUARTERS OF THE ITALIAN ARMY,
June 25, 4.10 p.m.
"The left wing and centre of the Royal troops had
crossed the Mincio.and were marching in the direc-
tion of Kaleggio and Villafranca when they were
vigorously attacked by the Austrians with their full
and combined forces. The Italian positions were
captured and recaptured, the Royal troops display-
ing great valour in the presence of the overwhelming
forces of Austria.

" In the evening the Royal troops still occupied
Goito, Volta, Cavriana, and Solferino.
" During yesterday the Italians sustained great
losses. Prince Amadeus and General Cevale and
others were more or less seriously wounded, and
General Villarey was killed. Prince Humbert per-
formed prodigies of valour. The news respecting
Prince Amadeus is reassuring.
" General Cialdini with his whole army continues

to occupy positions on the Po.
" Six hundred Austrian prisoners, officers and
soldiers, have been sent to Milan."

PARIS, Jul 2G.
The 2loniteur of this morning in its bulletin con-
firms the intelligence that the Italian army under
King Victor Emmanuel has been forced to recross
the Alincio. It adds that General Cialdini has not
yet crossed the Po.