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whore all the tactics by which a Whig administration is
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men almost without exception, of the highest position and
fortune, who are pre-eminently the representatives of the
aristocracy of England—assemble here, In times of high
political strife, the earnestness of their political faith is
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influence in the political world. As much as £40,000 or
£50,000 have been collected from these "gentlemen of
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A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.—On Sunday a young
man named Magnus Sanderson, while in a boat off
the New Quay, North Shields, picked up a bottle in the
written upon paper which
message,
14, 1862.—My dear wife
harbour floating in from sea upon the flood tide, which
e—yssou these few lines to let you
know and
h containedad
faa yellowmlyt:appearancefollowing
tme:
know that our ship, the Star of the West, of Liverpool, is
about going down. Wo lost three men last night. Both
pumps choked. Ten feet of water in the hold. Our mate
has his leg broken. This was thrown over on the Dogger
Bank. Capt. If. G. Michelson. (It is not very legible, pos-
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(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of Gen. Sir A. J. Dalrymple, Bart., late
of Debrow House, Aldenham, Herts, and of Brighton,
was proved in London, on the 7th inst., and the
personalty sworn under £30,000. The will is dated
Oct. 17, 1860 ; and there are eight codicils, executed
between Aug., 1861, and Feb., 1865. The executors
appointed by the will are his three nephews—the
Revs. A. L. White, M.A., F. Fanshawe, M.A., and
A. A. Fanshawe, S.C.L., who are his acting execu_
tors. He also appointed, by a codicil, N. T. Law-
rence and C. Graham to be joint executors, but to
them a power is reserved. The gallant general had
seen much active service ; was aide-de-camp to
William IV. and to her present Majesty. Sir Adol-
phus had represented in Parliament Weymouth,
Appleby, Ha ldington, and Brighton Letween 1817
and 1841 ; and died March 3, 1866, at the age
of eighty-two, a widower, without issue. Sir
Adolphus has bequeathed his freehold residence,
Brunswick-terrace, Brighton, with the plate, furni-
ture, &c., to his executors in trust to permit the un-
married daughters of the late Vice-Admiral Dacres
to reside therein, and, on the death of the last of
them, he directs the estate to be sold for the benefit
of the other daughters of the late Admiral, equally
amongst them. His freehold estate at Debrow, with
the farming stook, &c., he leaves to his sisterrAlre.
Fanshawe, for her life, and then to her eldest son,
Captain Edward G. Fanshawe, absolutely ; and also
leaves to the said Edward Fanshawe his chrono-
meter. He devises a small freehold at Rendall to
Captain G. Ross, Royal Engineers. To Colonel
Henry Dalrymple White he leaves a number of
shares in various companies, and all his books on
military subjects, together with his swords, guns, and
army accoutrements. His theological and religious
works, and his library at Brighton, he leaves to the
Rev. Frederick Fanshawe. There are legacies to his
nephews, nieces, cousins, and others, and also to his
servants. The residue of his property, real and per-
sonal, except his freehold at Hugh Mark, Wigton-
shire, which is entailed, is to be divided equally
between the children of his sisters Frances Mary
Fanshawe and Arabella Boyd Dacres.
The will of Col. Fred. Paget, Coldstream Guards,
was proved in the London Court, on the 12th ult., by
his relict and his nephew, Berkeley Paget, Esq. The
personalty was sworn under £40,000. The gallant
Colonel was the eldest son of the late Hon. Berkeley
Paget, and nephew of the late Field Marshal the
Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., and M.P. for Beaumaris
1832-47. He died on Jan. 4, 1866, at Taplow
Court, Bucks, at the age of 59, having executed his
will June 27, 1861, and a codicil May 23, 1864. He
bequeaths to his wife his money at his bankers and
agents, and all arrears of rents and dividends, and
all the furniture and other effects absolutely ; and
leaves her the use of,his plate and pictures, also a
life interest in his real and personal estate; and
after her decease he bequeaths the plates between his
nephews, Berkeley Paget and Lenn ox Dudley Paget;
and divides the residue of his property, real and per-
sonal, into four equal parts between his niece,
Sophia O'Grady, daughter of his sister, Dowager Vis-
countess Gullamore ; his nephew, Berkeley Paget ;
a fourth share to his brother, Catesley Paget, for
life, and afterwards to his neice, Rachel, daughter
of his brother, Catesley ; and the remaining share
to his brother, Leopold Grimston Paget, for his life,
and afterwards to his nephew, Lennox Dudley, son
of his brother Leopold.

The will of Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Arthur Frederick
Egerton, Grenadier Guards, was proved in the Lon-
don Court, on the 22d ult., by the executors and
trustees—namely, his brother, Captain the Hon.
Francis Egerton, R.N., Aide-de-Camp to the
Queen, and his brother-in-law, Martin Ridley
smith, Esq. The personalty was sworn under
£14,000. The testator was a son of the first
Earl of Ellesmere, K.G., and uncle to the pre-
sent Earl. The will is dated Oct. 10, 18G4, and he
died Feb. 25, 1866, at Ticehurst, Sussex, at the age
of thirty-seven. He bequeaths to his wife his lease-
hold residence in Ifcrtford-street, Mayfair, and all
the furniture, plate, books, jewellery, articles of
virtu, carriages, horses, &c., and £5OO immediate,
together with a life interest in all his property real
and personal, which, if sold, is to be invested for
her benefit, but not to include his interest in an
estate at Ratchford, Surrey, which he desires shall
not be affected by his will, and, after her decease,
the property is to be divided equally amongst all
his children.

Fashions foi May.

(From " Le Follet.')

Each spring the Parisian aristocracy introduces
some fashion which is reserved for themselves
alone. That for the present season is one for
which every woman of taste has an innate ten-
dency ; it is the preference given to white, either for
home or ball dress. The great care and numberless
expenses connected with such a toilette make it a
luxury for the rich only, when adopted for home or
morning dress ; at the same time it is generally a
proof of elegance and good taste. These morn-
ing-dresses are no longer called peignoirs, al-
though they are a costume ne'glige. That which
consi itutes their recherche elegance is their
apparent simplicity. No parvenue would be
satisfied with a simple white dress trimmed only
with a ruche of the same, or narrow tucks on the
skirt. She might have a splendid peignoir em-
broidered in gold and elaborately trimmed ; but a
dress so simple would not be her taste. One must
have it from the cradle, it can never be merely
learned,

These white dresses, which will be so fashionable,
are composed of a long skirt of percule, and a short
casaque of the same; casaque not fitting, but show-
ing the figure. Some are trimmed with the narrow
ruche already spoken of, forming a smal grecque, and
fastened on with a coloured cotton. Others have an in -
sertion, with a guipure at each edge, and again others
are made in large scallops, trimmed either with a fancy
braid all white, or white and coloured. This
taste for white is not new; it has always been
adopted by the grande monde. 'We might, in proof
of this, go back to the time of the Romans, when
the dress of white wool was that of the patrician
lady.

Another marked preference in the same circle is
that for white and black, white and lilac, or grey
and white. These form the walking-dresses of
those who wear white at home. Indeed, now that
the dress and jacket must match, one has not much
choice of colour, as anything very striking or bright
is by no means suitable for such a style of toilette.
We still find striped or plain materials are more
generally in favour than any other, they are so de-
cidedly the most suitable for skirts on the basis. In-
deed, stripes cut thus produce a pretty effect, form-
ing into points where they join. Many dresses are
made quite plain. When trimming is used, bands of
taffetas on the bias are frequently employed. Cluny
guipure also, and small round mother-of-pearl but-
tons arc very fashionable, especially on the " Prin-
cease," and make a dress which will, without doubt,
predominate through the summer.

As the warmer weather approaches, it appears
that the casaque, formed simply by basques fastened
on to a waistband, will be adopted. It is more con-
venient for the present make of dress than
the former fashion of having no body to the dress
under the out-of-doors jacket, which was so fre-
quently the resource of ladies when the heat was too
great to admit of the double vestment. Of course,
these basques must be well cut, and fitted to the
waist in such a manner that they do not appear
separate.

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—We under-
stand that Mr. James Bateman, F.R.S., will deliver a lec-
ture on "Dendrobium WCartbitc," at the scientific meeting
of the Royal Horticultural Society to-day, at South
Kensington... _

TIDIES.—The conversation in the House of Com-
mons yesterday afternoon give us some hope that
the labours of the last month will not be thrown
away ; but if any final settlement of Reform be ar-
rived at it can only be by avoiding a repetition of
the errors hitherto committed. We have spent a
month in discussing Reform, and what has been
the end of our discussions? We are very much
where we were. Mr. Gladstone's statement yester-
day amounted to a confession that the policy of the
Government has hitherto failed. On the plea of
saving time Ministers brought into Parliament a
bill for reducing the franchise in boroughs and
counties, which theydsought to pass without any
complete scheme o
re-
ference to other
has by a narrtohly
y
majorit
Refecioramall. Thenece aislaoruysepaorf Com-
monsWofacond reading of
Kin cdake
majority consented to a se-
among the
posals laid upon thevin
Is fragmentary measure, but
Were many who insisted upon
the necessity of hay all the Government pro-
underl
table before going into com-
mittee. Mr.
amendment is still on the
notice book, and the G 8
vaZrenment, in accordance
with their promise,
ducing their Redistribution Btiol meet it by intro-
onof the Franchise
and deferring the consid ti on Monday next,
joint effect of the two
Bill in committee until the
It is evident,
bills shall be thoroughly understood,
time
therefore, that so far from
e have lost
time through the transparent mance
the Government. The House of Commoarred by
deed, decided that some Reform is desirabi:l:ain-
much Was acknowledged on all hands before.
It
has further decided that some. reduction of the
rental qualifications in boroughs and counties is a
necessary part of a Reform Bill, and this also had
previously been supported by a concurrence of
opinion almost universal. What the reduction is
to be still remains undetermined. It may be that
the Ministry have a very clear notion of what alte-
rations they will accept and what they will resist,
but the Chancellor of the Exchequer was very care-
ful not to commit himself. The House of Com-
mons heard nothing more about " standing or
falling ; the " bridge is not broken," " the boats are
not burnt," and the Government is as free as Par-
liament itself to watch the signs of the times, and to
steer their course so as to run least risk of
damage. If we insist upon the waste of precious
time which has been the net result of a mouth's de-
bate, it is in order that no more time may be wasted.
The opportunity is still favourable, though we must
be expeditious if anything is to be done this year.
Thanks to the good sense of the country and the
false position taken up by the Government, the
attempt to kindle a flame of agitation has proved a
failure. We have almost forgotten "incendiary
letters" and "pilgrimages of passion." We have had
a great party fight, and now find, perhaps somewhat
to our surprise, that we are agreed. The victory of
the Government is as famous as Blenheim, and it
would be as hard for one of the rank and file on the
Ministerial side as for the peasant in Southey's bal-
lad to say what it has all been about. The sup-
porters of Lord Grosvenor's Amendment were
ready to deliberate upon a scheme of Reform pro-
vided it were submitted to them in its integrity ;
the Government were ready to submit their
scheme in its integrity, provided the opposition
were content to deliberate upon a scheme of Re-
form. It was for a punctilio like this that a Ministry
was put in peril, and, what is, perhaps, of more
consequence, the settlement of a great constitutional
question hazarded. The experience is so painful
that we would readily forget it, but perhaps it may
save us from worse blunders. We are still on the
threshhold of Reform, after having squabbled for a
month which foot shall be put foremost in crossing
it. It must be for the benefit of all parties that
Reform should be settled. The Ministry would be
discredited if they were to fail now that the field
is clear before them, and the Conservative party
must be conscious that if any chance should give
them power they would be unable to retain it so
long as the redress of the anomalies of our repre-
presentative system remains unaccomplished. The
advice which Mr. Bouverie gave last night to both
parties was so sound that we almost despair of its
being adopted. Good advice is very seldom taken.
Mr. Bouverie declared that the Government had
made a great mistake in the way in which it first
approached the Reform question ; but that difficulty
is now, happily, surmounted. When the Redistri-
bution Bill is brought on next week, it can, as he
Ipointed out, be referred with the Franchise Bill to
one :and the same committee, and the house will
then have the whole scheme before it, and will be
competent to deal with it as a whole. The uneasi-
ness which is always excited by the contemplation
of an incomplete measure will be removed, and we
may reasonably expect that discussion itself will be
limited when the objects of discussion are strictly
defined. When a legislative assembly is asked to
legislate in the dark, much random declamation and
many vague arguments are inevitable ; but when
the scheme of deform is definitely revealed a bound
is set to the discursiveness even of the House of
Commons. A week must elapse before the details
of the complete scheme are laid before Parliament,
and a still longer time before they can be discussed;
it is, of course, possible that much may happen in
the interval to change the relative position of parties,
but we hope the conditions under which alone Re-
form is possible will not be forgotten. The Govern-
ment have before and behind them a numerous and
powerful body which will not tolerate any second
attempt at a surprise. There must be the utmost
frankness and plain-dealing, and if anything is to
be done respect must be paid to the convictions of
a minority, which may at a moment be turned
into a majority. It is, of course, undesirable that
a Reform Bill should be passed which is only a
Reform Bill in name ' • but it is equally vain to
think that the present Parliament, or that any
Parliament, will sanction legislation on the basis
of numbers or enfranchisement on the plea
of a fellow humanity. It would be idle to defer
reform under the hope that principles such as these
can ever be accepted by statesmen trained as ours
have 'been to look to results. The Redistribution
Bill must be such that the joint effect of it and of
the Franchise Bill must be iu harmony with Eng-
lish traditions and English sentiments. The other
condition indispensable to the solution of the reform
question is a determination on the part of the Oppo-
sition to help it forward, and to abstain from snatch-
ing a victory even if it be thrown in their way.
here can be no doubt of the wisdom of sacrificing
an empty gratification now to reap a more endur-
ing triumph hereafter. If the Conservative party
were to come into power while reform remains un-
settled, they would not only be hampered by a diffi-
culty which they could not solve, but they would
give the Liberal Opposition a bond of union which
would soon heal old differences, and bring them
back again to office with renewed vitality. There is,
according to Mr. Bouverie, a fund of good sense in
the House of Commons which would enable it to
settle the reform question were it properly ap-
proached. We hope this estimate of the house will
be approved by experience. One false start has been
made, but luckily nobody has yet been thrown out.
Is it impossible that with the wisdom of experience,
and a common desire to avoid the disgrace of another
failure, a second attempt should be made leading to
a more successful issue?

PosT.--The result of the deliberations of the Council on Saturday last having become
generally known on the following day, the state-
ment made by Mr. Gladestone in the House of Com-
mons last evening was deprived of the charm of
novelty. It is now, however, officially declared
that the Government do not see in the narrow ma-
jority by which the motion for the second reading
of the Reform Bill was carried any reason for de-
sisting from their efforts to carry that measure
through its subsequent stages. On Monday
soon
even-
ing Mr. Gladstone will lay the bill for_ theas
redis-
tribution of seats upon the table, d
ahead the ()P-
-as members and the public
pt will, how-
with the original measure.
portunity of studying its contenlaitatsvteeline,
No
obe several sections of
ever, be made to combine
re,arded as an en-
what, when completed, w .
of the bill for extending
will proceed
tire scheme, and the fatede
in
independent of that of
the franchise will be
of boundaries. We have
seats and the settlementthe Government in thus per-
sistingfor the redistribution of
the measures providinigna
no fault to find Tint
question. An
to effect the settlement of a
An Administration must be
f their own stability, and if they
the best judges o . .
that they possess erred in believing —seas such a
the House
.o. f Commons as will enable
guesatti
troublesomein their
their designs to a successful ter •
them
to carry uuna-
haavie
they must, at alater period, abandon the
prosecution of an ineffectual struggle. lf, on the
other hand, their efforts are crowned with success,
tion.,nritlin
they need no ampler justification for the pOlicy they
have pursued. In estimating the probabilities of
the Government being able to carry their measure
successfully through committee, two circumstances
must not be lost sight of. In the first place, the
smallness of the majority by which Earl Grosvenor's
amendment was negatived furnishes no test of
_the
feeling with which the bill is regarded-bythelotse,-

ke,:d ;- •
0 ,•-.Ar' • i+4•:.'
since the soundness of the principl
based was not directly put in issue ; ec y, S
the provisions of the Redistribution Bill, which will
be introduced, though probably not proceeded with
this session, are still unknown. In the course of
the recent debate the mode by which the Govern-
tbbuet
first tame beill bein coesedmi. tutpeeonthtaot
dtehtee
rhnoluinsee
a
Govern-
meat propose to extend the franchise was freely can-
ragZill
discussion:: which must then is
will
whether the Ministerial plan •sound one. In the
t
ensue it
.no only be
impossible, but it would be improper, to disregard the
provisions of the supplementalthe redistri-
buticn bill for redistri-
buticn of seats; and the difficulties with which the
Government will have to contend with, in conse-
quence, be considerably enhanced. Itist never
be forgotten that, in withholding all information
respecting the redistribution scheme, the Ministry
merely temporarily averted a danger la-hich was in
its nature inevitable. It is fair to assume that the
smaller boroughs are those which are threatened
with destruction ; and, as selfishness is not un-
known in the electoral body, it may come to pass
that the representatives of those boroughs may have
conscientious qualms against committing an act of
political suicide, and, although pledged to support
Reform, may..look forward with some confidence to
receiving absolution from their constituents for
what might by some be deemed an act of inex-
cusable tergiversation. It was constantly suggested
in the course of the recent debate that the Ministry
must have had very cogent reasons for withholding
all information respecting their intentions in regard
to the redistribution of seats, or they would not
have staked their existence on what otherwise
would have been an act of unpardonable obstinacy.
This argument possessed considerable weight. lf,
however, the reasons which operated so strongly
in inducing the Government to pursue the excep-
tional course they adopted were as valid as is
generally supposed, the perils which environ the
Ministerial measure remain practically undi-
minished. One of the most striking peculiarities
of the issue of the recent struggle was furnished by
the nature of the subject-matter of the dispute.
The question was one of domestic policy, and it was
also one which of all others has been most can-
vassed. At a time when the distinctions between
rival parties have been almost obliterated, Reform
has supplied a common vantage ground to both
Conservatives and Liberals. Lord Derby, like
Lord Russell has endeavoured to improve upon the
Reform Act of 1832, and of
the followers the one as
well as of the other have sought the suffrages of
their constituents by promises to remodel our sys-
tem of Parliamentary representation. At the last
general election there was less said about Reform
than at the preceding one
butib the large majority which was then given to the
tionably afforded to the Ministryernaoltpart nly unque s-
temptation to devise a scheme of RefoormyL,u sttrong
them the ready means of carrying that scheme gave
them
successful accomplishment. Conservatives and
Liberals were alike pledged to an extension of the
franchise, and both were equally anxious that a
vexatious question should in some way or other be
determined. Never, then, did so many circum-
stances conspire in favour of the success of a well-
devised measure as those which combined to secure
for the present Prime Minister the realisation of
that which for many years past has been his fondest
dream. If he could but carry to completion another
measure of Parliamentary Reform, he was prepared
to " rest and be thankful." That hehasso nearly
failed will probably be regarded as evidence of mis-
management somewhere. The clumsy workman
blames his tools, and the more violent supporters of
the Government load with abuse those whom they
denounce as political renegades and traitors to the
cause they were pledged to defend. The traitor and
the renegade, however, invariably desert their
friends with a view to their own personal advan-
tage, and it is difficult to discover what unworthy
motive the secessionists on Saturday morning could
have had for swelling the ranks of a minority.
Whether they acted rightly or wrongly in adopting
the course they did, may be an open question ; but
that they acted from a conscientious distrust in the
policy of the Government no one seriously can en-
tertain a doubt. For the creation of that distrust
her Majesty's Government had only themselves to
blame. They have still an opportunity of retrieving
the error they committed, and it is hoped they will
turn that opportunity to good account.

AUSTRIA AND ITALY.

VIENNA, April 27.
An article in the official journal enumerating the
various armaments known to be recently under-
taken in Italy has excited much public attention in
this capital. After citing cases, and stating that his
information is derived altogether from Italian
sources, the writer proceeds :
" Even the intelligence of impending agreement between
I the two great German Powers has been unable to effect
much change in the tone of the Italian Press. We have
again before us a large number of warlike items, com-
mented upon by all in that defiant manner it is thought
may be adopted towards Austria. These confirm and
supplement the above facts. Nine infantry regiments
have lately been sent from Naples to Upper Italy, and the
entire garrison of Messina, with the exception of a amid
body occupying the citadel, ordered to be ready to march.
Official notices are issued that no furloughs whatever will
be granted, as the whole effective strength of the army
must be prepared at any moment to take the field. Works
in the naval departments are being carried on, and the
equipment of the fleet is rapidly proceeded with. Similar
activity prevails without intermission in the foundries and
arsenals. Gunboats are being armed at Naples, numerous
depots have been established, and upwards of 400 reserve
officers have been called out. The Italia Militaire publishes
the 23d bulletin of appointments andpromotions, and in this
number alone 169 sub-lieutenants of infantry are promoted
to be lieutenants, and 171 half-pay lieutenants are called
out for active service. The Bolognese Correspondence deli
Emilia characterises the proceedings of the Government by
stating that it is zealously pushing on the armaments
(atacremente spinge), and that all strong places are either
already armed or in course of armament, while large con-
centrations of troops are being made at the places best
fitted for their rapid transport. In connexion with these
facts is the announcement that upon several of the north
Italian railways a double line of rails has been laid to faci-
litate the conveyance of troops. Lastly, we may add that
most positive information has been received of the fortifi-
cation of Cremona, and of the Italian Government having
purchased large numbers of horses.
" Information of such moment, which, however, only
confirms the announcements made through other channels
to the Imperial Government, and must be considered as the
corollary of the declaration recently made by General La-
marmora to the Chamber—when ho unreservedly held out
the prospect of an attack upon Austria in case of her being
at war with Prussia— could not ultimately remain without
influence upon the decisions of the Vienna Cabinet. Irre-
vocably as it adheres to the principle of making every sac-
rifice of European peace, carefully as it desires to avoid the
mere appearance of taking up an attitude offensive to Italy,
it could not, and dared not, expose the State to the eventu-
alities of a war of aggression, undertaken in wanton out-
rage, without legal ground or external cause. It had to
consider that no one guarantees our Italian possessions,
and no one threatens those of Italy ; that we are therefore
cast entirely upon our own resources for defence in that
I quarter. It was the more requisite to look to the security
of our frontier, to hold ourselves ready for defence, because
we have to protect an extended coast-line with difficult
ways of communication. Up to this protection, and
eonity
,so far, reach the resolutions of the Austrian GOVernrao •
' that limit it does not intend to overstep.
plays an
fi o
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unworthy game with the public opinion
and compelled
represents itself as threatened by
hAasu
taken
every
oppor-
tunity
I "The Government of Sing Victor Emmanuel
to arm. The Austrian Government has
and to the purely defensive
last few days in its difference
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ing
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given
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hpeundrni si
to keep the peace within the to the conservative and non-
aggressive system preparations. For months past, on
character of its twit...,
most contemptuous and defiant lan
the ,Austria from Italy. N g
with Prussia. It ca_tit,
its policy,
the been hurled at oGovernment has
has been
power that did not include in it
succeeded to ,
of Venice • noparty •,s programme'
thestskasbnlefi'ptreenot
qicquisitzon attack
upon Venice; exists that would
refrain from antint for any other reason
than that of opportuneness. If, therefore, Italy, without
cause, without the shadow of a provocation upon the s'de
of Austria, suddenly launches out into the most extensive
armaments, the world in general will be as little at a loss
as the Austrian Government to discover what degree of
importance dwells in such a step of King Victor Em-
manuel's Government. But Austria will always be found
ready armed for defence."

destiny
Ex-OxEr.x OF TILE r:= E Fcm—Religion and
conspired to soften hereharaeter,
of Maria
naturally
firmfirmand proud, as behoved a granddaughter
Theresa, with gentleness and indulgence. Anger and
hatred had no place in it : she could find excuse for all
faults and all sins. She lately learned with much pain the
news of the death of M. Dupin, who had accepted
office from Napoleon 111., though ho had been
the friend and counsellor of Louis Phillipe. She was so
accustomed to him; "it always
seemed
would again hear his step and tho noise of his shoes." She
was adverse, as the king was hmiself, "to social execu-
tions," much as she cared forhoneatotyhearndas virtue.
Indulgent Indulgent as she was, there was about her an air of un-
doubted authority which was never lost even in the circle
of her own family. It was touching to see the almost
childish deference shown to her by such strong; energetic
men as the Duke de Nemours, the Prince do Joinville, the
Duke d'Aumale—warriOrs, men of action used to com-
mand. She was, as it ware, the living of the faisceau of
the Orleans. Thoy all fi.lt it : she was not only their
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Prussia will not find it g4o easy to get her
own way as she has been imag.ining, no country
will subscribe to her requests, and in all probability
she will find herself in a far worao position when all
this dispute is over than she was before the question
of the Duchies was mooted at all. Austria has
stood firm throughout the affair and refused to be
any longer subservient to the dictates of Prussia,
or to yield to her innumerable caprices. It must
be admitted that the EMPEROR and his Cabinet
have shown themselves to be equal to the
emergency, and that any advantage which
the country has gained will be entirely
due to the zeal and ability they have
displayed under circumstances of peculiar difficulty.
In Paris, yesterday, a special Council of Ministers
met, under the presidency of the EMPEROR, to dis-
cuss the proposal which had been made by Prince
METTERNICH, the Austrian Ambassador, to the
effect that a simultaneous disarmament of Austria
and Italy should take place. In Paris the general
opinion is that war will take place, but when is not
so readily defined. It does not follow, however,

that these predictions will be realised, and the time
that has now elapsed since the beginning of the
discussion seems to promise a change of senti-
ment. Count BISMARIE is either not so daring
as he would have us believe, or else he does not
think, on mature reflection, that war will conduce
so much to the interests of Prussia as he supposed.
It is the surest proof that he has reckoned without
his host that he is now receiving unsatisfactory
replies from those States which, a short time ago,
would have been obliged to affect compliance with
his wishes, if they were diametrically opposed to
his own. Then we find that Baron VON BELST
has given a verbal and evasive answer to the sum-
mons of Prussia to disarm. The Austrian Note,
referring to the Duchies, which the Prussian Go-
vernment has just received, will not be very
palatable to the authorities, for it is based on the
programme agreed on by the Ministers of the minor
States.

No thing, however, can teach the Berlin Cabinet
wisdom or moderation, and we find that Herr BB-
MARCK has now forwarded to the German Go-
vernments a Circular, in which he tells them
that Prussia will give to the Committee of
the Diet general information respecting her
proposal of Federal Reform, but no details.
Can anything be more unreasonable than this
course of procedure, and is anything more likely
to irritate the States of Germany than such incon-
sistent language and arbitrary conduct? It is in-
sulting the Committee of the Diet thus to dally
with important information after this fashion, and
equally so is the notice that Prussia declines any
deliberation on the elements of the proposal until a
decision has been arrived at relative to the conven-
tion of a German Parliament. Count KAROLYI
has presented to Count BISMARCK two despatches
from Count INIENSDORFF, which, in the first
place, refer to the disarmament that is gra-
dually to take place in Venetia ; and, secondly,
to the settlement of the Duchy question, and states
that the moment has now arrived for the " solution
of the question." It has been considered that the
moment had arrived many times since the subject
was first discussed, but we have never got any
nearer to it, notwithstanding all the trouble taken
about the matter. The Duchies, says this despatch,
do not belong either to Austria or Prussia, and the
Diet must have the question submitted to it. If
Prussia refuses Austria will act alone at Frankfort.

This is speaking pretty plainly at any rate, and
perhaps in this communication more than any other
we may fully realise how much ground has been lost
by the infatuation of Herr BIS3IARCIC. A short
time ago no one would have dreamt of Austria talk-
ing in this strain, but now all things are changed,
and if peace be preserved it will be at the cost of
some sacrifice on the part of Prussia. On the other
hand, if she go to war, or is driven to it
in spite of herself, she will infallibly lose
some portion of her Rhenish Provinces, so
that either way retribution is awaiting her.
It is said that Prussia will refuse to listen to

,hese propositions, and that, therefore, some media-

tion will be rendered necessary. If France consent
to assume that office, she will endeavour to make
Austria cede Venice. Here, again, springs up a
difficulty that would never have occurred had
Austria listened to wise couneels of late. No doubt
the two great German Powers will push matters to
such an extremity that they will have to change
their plans very considerably before long ; but this
may eventually turn out for the advantage of the
other States of Germany, and do more to maintain
the balance of power in Europe than if they had
always acted in unison.

In one of Beranger's famous chansons he describes
with all his wonderful skill the universal search
after happiness. The eager pursuers, whose con-
tinual refrain is—

" Courons, courons, doublons le pas,
Pour le trouver la-bas, la-bas,"

direct their search to most of those giddy altitudes
which appear to ordinary mortals to bestow such
great...felicity upon their occupiers. After trying in
vain the thrones and dignities of Europe, they turn
their eyes to a fresh hemisphere and expatiate upon
the happiness to be found in America as President
of the great Republic. At the present juncture,
however,
very few Europeans would be dis-
posed to repeat the mistake, or to select
the White House as the special abode of
happiness or tranquillity. If SHAKSPERE told
as truly that " uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown," the experience of late years has certainly
tended to show that the supreme ruler who scorns
such baubles and tokens of sovereignty is not much
more secure or placid. The brief tenure of office
which allows
is all that the American Constitution
to itsi st chiefmagistrate is of itself a fruitful source
of
and anxiety, seeing that if the PRE-
SIDENT hopes for
re-election he is all the time plot-
ting,disturbance nce
planning, and promising to secure it. If he is
of his own pledges given
others and the fulfilment indifferent, he is disturbed by the machinations of
before election is of itself a troublesome and diffi-
cultf ANDREW JOHNSON,
though in one sense highly honourable and enviable,
part. The position o
resolu-
tion, and as the result of almost unaided ability
enthusiastic dreamers. Even without the shadow
is yet far from fulfilling the visions of the
cast over the Presidency by the terrible death of his
predecessor, the position of Mr. JOHNSON in the
transition state of affairs is a trying and anxious
one. It is fortunate for his country that, at so
critical an epoch, she is under the guidance of so
firm and temperate a handher chief
ruler is able to stand, as it were,
in the breach
' between States and parties, to uphold
the great principles of her free constitution, and to
resist with unflinching resolution the passionate and

vindictive encroachments of extreme and selfish
politicians. In a recent exposition of bis views on
the present condition of public affairs the PRESI-
DENT is reported to have said that the Radical party
were almost ready to go into rebellion again rather
than have their supremacy destroyed by the re-in-
troduction of the South. As for their theories on
behalf of the negro he regarded them with some
suspicion. He believed that a great part of
their philanthropic professions meant nothing
more than a desire to work upon the feel-
ings of the North so as to strengthen
themselves. The end of the course which they were
following would be, if unchecked, a war of races,
in which the negro would be sure to be the
chief sufferer. The exclusion of the Southern re-
presentatives Mr. JOHNSON showed to be as un-
reasonable as unjust. " The very thing which we
said these Southern States could never do, which
we fought these four years to prevent them doing,
these men (the Radicals) affirm that they have
actually done, namely, been out of the Union."
Mr. LINCOLN, argued his successor, very justly
offered to receive the whole rebel Legislature of
Richmond. Would he then have refused to re-
ceive those States which have already submitted ?
The testimony of Vice-President STEPHENS fully
confirms the view thus taken by the PRESIDENT.
When examined before the Reconstruction Com-
mittee he somewhat puzzled his interlocutors by his
sound constitutional law. The able and experi-
enced jurist was quite able to hold his ground even
against the unrelenting cross-questioning of the
Fifteen who were so anxious to obtain answers
criminating the South. The inconsistency which
' their own PRESIDENT so strongly -denounces
of making war to keep the Southern States in
the Union, and then declaring they are out of it,
was unhesitatingly exposed by Mr. STEPHENS. He
spoke not only as the representative of the people
of Georgia, that vast State in the far South, memor-
able in connection with SHER3IAN'S march, but
also as the spokesman of the whole Southern
people, who could scarcely have desired a more able
or worthy advocate. While expressing their will-
ingness to abide by the result of the war, and
their desire to regain their constitutional privi-
leges, he boldly declared that Congress has
no jurisdiction over the question of suf-
frage ; and that Georgia, at least, would con-
sent to no more conditions before reunion.
As for emancipation, that is no longer a difficulty,
since all the States must abide by the constitutional
amendment ; but it is a very different thing to per-
mit the predominant party in Congress the power
to be continually altering and touching up the
laws of every State, according to the whim of the
hour. We cannot but believe that the good sense
of the people is inclining more and more to the sup-
port of the PRESIDENT and his policy, a fact which
the Reconstruction Committee themselves appear
to perceive from the increased moderation of their
tone. The PRESIDENT will yet, we hope, live to see
his principles triumph, and be rewarded by the
unanimous applause of his countrymen, as he must
already be by the approval of his conscience, for
his efforts to restore peace and harmony in place of
dissension and discord.

The question of disarmament is not yet settled,
but gives rise to constant discussion and counter-
discussion. Austria has replied to the last note of
Prussia to state that she is quite willing to take the
initiative in demobilising her troops, but that the
armaments in Italy compel her to take measures for
the protection of her frontiers, so that very likely it
may be some time yet before the mighty question is
settled. This is unfortunate, because changes may
occur which will complicate matters and render it
difficult to disarm at all in a short time. A despatch
is expected from Berlin, of which the tenour
will be, that Prussia cannot consider the
proposals of Austria to be serious while she arms
against Italy. It is also expected, says the de-
spatch, that Austria should re-establish the status
quo ante in Venetia. Altogether, with one thing
and another, we do not think the prospects of peace
are so good as they were a few days ago. To lose
time is always an unfavourable sign in such a work
as that of disarmament, and indeed we learn that
in Paris last evening greet uneasiness prevailed re-
specting the probabilities of war. This looks bad,
because we are most likely to hear the
first intimation of the war breaking out from
France, and at any rate it is an unfavourable sign
that there should be any talk of its likelihood. It
"is said that Count KAROLYI, the Austrian Minister
at Berlin, has been instructed to request for expla-
nations concerning the alleged arrangements be-
tween Prussia and Italy. It is only surprising that
some such request was not made before ; and, in-
deed, it is cool of Prussia to make such a demur
about the Austrian armaments in Italy, when she
had entered into a kind of treaty herself. We sus-
pect that this last manoeuvre of Herr BISMARCK'S
will turn out very like some of his preceding ones,
and prove to his disadvantage in the long run. It is
this cause of the failure, of the plan of disarmament,
which is its first fruit, and no doubt we have worse
yet to witness of its workings.
From Vienna we learn that the Austrian Govern-
ment has decided on the most energetic military
measures in Venetia, so this again looks bad for the
chance of peace. Orders have been given for the
stoppage of the direct ordinary traffic to Italy on
the Southern Railway, and trains will run daily
for the conveyance of troops. After all that has
been said about peace, and the heavy sa-
crifices that the nations of Europe have
paid for it, we should not wonder if
Austria, Prussia, France, and Italy were soon
embroiled. The entire blame of this last serious
quarrel rests with Prussia. The mistaken policy
pursued by the KING ever since his accession to the
throne has been gradually tending in a dangerous
annexationeiny hopee
direction, while the unhappy coincidence of his
possessing at this critical juncture a man like BIS-
MARCK for his chief adviser has been indeed
most ruinous to the interests and honour of
Prussia both at home and abroad. It is
said that the French Government has sent
Notes both to Austria and Prussia, urging
on their respective Governments the importance and
advantage of maintaining peace unbroken, but we
cannot put much faith in the effect of such counsel.
Austria has become so involved that she can hardly
help herself, as it were, and must go on while
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of the unsettled state of the German Powers. In
Paris it is said that an unfavourable impression has
been produced by the last reply of Count Bi mune
to the Austrian Government. It is most overbear-
ing in its tone, and insolent in its language. If this
be true, Austria cannot well submit to it, after all
•
that has passed between her and her ally on the sub
ject in dispute. There is no one more likely to mar
transpires he always seeks to have the last word.
a negotiation than the Berlin Minister, and whatever

The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, who
have been passing a few days at Brighton, will return to
their residence in Cironenoriquare to-da.Y.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Saturday Evening.

The Afoniteur, in its summary of the news of the
day, in its first column, says :—" Various private
telegraphic despatches have arrived from Italy since
yesterday. It results from the information they
give that the Austrian Government has called into
active service the land and sea recruits in all parts
of Venetia, the transport of goods on the railways
is already contemplated, and that from the Ist of
May the passenger trains will be also suspended.
Various changes in the garrisons have been made
along the line of the Adriatic. The regiments
formed of Italian soldiers have been replaced by
regiments from Croatia. The fortifications have
been provisioned."
The Emperor and the Prince of Denmark were
again present at the last Spring Meeting in the Bois
de Boulogne yesterday. The following is the result
of the races. Prix des Tertres, 2,000 f. ; Gaulois,
1 ; Anisette, 2 ; Rabat Joie, 3 ; amount of the
stakes, 2,450 f. Prix du Trocaders, 3,000 f.: Collet
Monte, 1 ; Sea3vola, 2 ; Pincette, 3. Prix de l'Em-
pereur, 10,000 f. given by his Majesty, added to a
sweepstakes of 1,000 f.: Lesbos, 1; Czar, 2; Stilton,
3 ; betting, 7 to 1 against Lesbos ; total amount,
26,500 f. ; 2,000 f. to the second horse. Prix du
Lai, 8,000 f.: Fidelite, 1; Anglo-Saxon, 2 ; Prince
Regent, 3 ; total amount, 10,275 f. ; I,ooof. to the
second horse. Prix de Neuilly, 4,000 f. : Meli-Melo,
1 ; Equivotce, 2 ; La Menagere, 3 ; amount of the
stakes, 4,300 f. The Chantilly races will begin next
Sunday.

It often happens that singers who are much
puffed in advance disappoint when they come to be
heard. This has been the case with Mdlle. Mela,
who appeared at the Italiens on Saturday, in
" l'ltaliana in Algeri." The reception was very
cold, although it was announced by some of the
critics that it would le enthusiastic in the extreme.
One musical writer of note speaking of this debut
says, "The voice of Mdlle. Mela has nothing re-
markable, neither as to eclat, sweetness, nor charm.
Her notes are only those of an ordinary contralto.
The disappointment spread itself throughout the
whole of the representation."

The Journal des Debars, referring to the attempt
to assassinate the Emperor of Russia says, "It is
now proved that the man who attempted to murder
the Emperor of Russia is a Russian, and that he
belongs to the sect of Socialist levellers. This sect
is now very numerous in Russia, and the Govern-
ment itself has very much favoured its extension by
calling to favour Messrs. Milutine, Tcherkoskoi, and
other men of similar stamp, and by giving up to
them Poland as a field for their experiments. One
influential Russian paper expressed the gratification
it felt that the assassin was not a Russian,
but a Pole. The accused, however, has
himself declared that he is a Russian. He
speaks the Russian language perfectly, and, accord-
ing to the liwalide Russe, the Emperor, on receiving
the deputation from the Senate who came to congra-
tulate him on his escape, said " the most melancholy
thing is that the assassin is a Russian." All this,
however, has not prevented the ultra-Muscovites
from making the attempt at assassination the pre-
text for exciting the passions of the populace. When
it was supposed that the man was a Pole there were
some very violent demonstrations against the Poles
at the theatres and elsewhere. Now it is proved
that the assassin is a Russian, the Gcvernment has
appointed a commission to inquire whether he has
any accomplices, the desire being to afford proof
that he is supported by the Poles.
Another most wonderful change has taken place
in the weatlor. Yesterday, during the day, it was
peculiarly sultry, but towards evening there came
suddenly a very cold wind, accompanied by copious
and violent rain. To-day the wind has been very
cold, and a great deal of rain has fallen. In fact,
from mid-summer the weather has suddenly veered
round to mid-winter. Saturday and yesterday were
July days. To-day we have come back to Decem-
ber or January. Rain, however, was very much
wanted in the country, and farmers were beginning
to complain of the drought. The French weather
prophets have been a little wrong in their calcula-
tions, for they announced fine and steady weather.
The Emperor has conferred the title of duke
upon Count Colonna Walewski, President of the
Legislative Body. This makes the seventh duke
created by the Emperor, viz., the Duke de Mala-1
koff, de Montmorot (son of the Queen Christina of
Spain), de Magenta, de Morny, de Montmorency,
and now the Duke de Walewski. Two of these
dukes are dead, viz., the Dukes de Malakoff and
de Montmorot.

An Antwerp paper states that the wife of a shoe-
maker at Lieme (Belgium) has given birth to five
girls, who with the mother are all in perfect health
and proper conformation.

The second volume of the Emperor's work, the

" Life of Caesar," is about to be issued from the
Imperial printing office. Extraordinary precautions
were taken to prevent any portion of the work from
obtaining premature publicity. The forms of the
type were locked up every night and the key given
in charge to the foreman, M. de Petetin. Only a
few copies of this private edition will be sold, it
being intended chiefly for presentation by the Em-
peror.

The Bourse has been in an agitated state to-day,
although I believe no actual news has arrived to
warrant the unfavourable impression. An influen-
tial paper of last evening, however, had an antici-
pation that hostilities would immediately commence
in Germany and Italy, and some of the papers of
this morning re-echo the impression, although with-
out facts to justify the opinion.

Explosion on Board the European at Colon.

LIVERPOOL, April 30.

The European was a new steamer, this being her
second voyage. She was built in Liverpool, by
Messrs. James Quiggin and Co. ; her gross register
was 1,684 tons, and not 1,350 tons. Her ill-fated
commander was Mr. J. E. Cole, who had been in
the service of the West India and Pacific Company
'ince its formation. Her crew consisted of 41 per-
sons all told.

It appears that the glonoin oil that caused the
destruction came from the Continent, through
Grimsby, and was shipped by a Liverpool firm as
ordinary merchandise, so that the company had no
opportunity of refusing it altogether, or taking
extra precautions. The glonoin oil is stated to be
a recent chemical discovery of much greater explo-
sive powers than
hard rock, and in mines.
gunpowder, and is used in blasting

The following is a list of the survivors :—Mr.
Rhodes, first engineer ; R. Nesbitt, second ditto,
seriously wounded ; C. F. Drum, chief steward ; Mr.
James, third officer; G. Hinchcliffe, second steward;
Adjee, third ditto; W. Simpson, fourth ditto; G.
Mellor, chief cook ; B. Mellor, second ditto ; W.
Stanley, boatswain's mate ; Robert Cunningham,
quartermaster ; John Roberts, ditto ; William
Collins, ditto
; Walter Brooke, A.B. ; William
Jones, A.B. ; Edward Betworth, A.B. ; Edwin
Brooks, A.B.
; Thomas Roberts, A.B. ; James
Hughes, boy ;
James M'Pherson and James Arnold,
trimmers (in the hospital, wounded) ; John Adams,
James Martin, William Murphy, James Doran,
Thomas Davis, and Thomas Bailey, firemen (the
latter three are in the hospital wounded) ; Thomas
Walker and Jacob Francis, Jamaica men.

Strange ! Can any o-de account for it ? We
cannot help recalling just now very vividly to
mind the exemplary manner in which " mine
ancient Pistol " chewed and swallowed the
leek, under the sardonic eye of FLUELLEN, and in
the gaze of the whole army ! Another and kindred
remembrance also recurs to us—very oddly—
(why upon earth should it ?)—namely, the recol-
lection of Mawworm's unctuous ejaculation in the
Hypocrite, " I likes to be despised." Some parties
(to use the word in its Parliamentary, not in its slang
sense) have a capacity for standing And falling
somewhat after the fashion of a tomboli.
The more you knock them down, the more reso-
lately they Swing back into an upright—not to say
a very upright—position.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

SPAIN.

MADRID, APRIL 30 (Evening).

Prince Olozaga has appealed to the Progressist
party to attend in large numbers at the great na-
ticnal fête which takes place every year on the 2d
ay to celebrate the granting of the Constitution.

ITALY.
FLORENCE, APRIL 30 (Evening).

The Chamber of Deputies to-day unanimously
approved the following resolution introduced by
Signor Mordini—
" That at this momentous crisis every prepara-
tion for war should be made."

The bill presented by Signor Scialoja, Minister
of Finance, authorises the Government to provide,
by royal decrees and by extraordinary measures, the
financial means necessary for the defence of the
country. The Minister demanded that the bill
should be immediately discussed. The deputies are
accordingly holding an extraordinary evening sitting
to discuss the bill.
It is stated that the Minister of the Interior has
made the necessary preparations for the mobilisation
of the National Guard.

ITALY AND VENETIA.
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.

MILAN, April 28.

A.dvices from Trevisa, dated 24th inst., published
by the Pungolo of this city, announce that the pre-
sent movement of troops in Venetia, as well as the
precipitancy and vast scale of the military measures
now being carried out, even surpass the efforts
made by the Austrian Government in 1859. It
may be said, without exaggeration, that every town
has been transformed into a barrack. Italian
troops are sent with all despatch into the Austrian
provinces, and are replaced as rapidly as possible
by German regiments destined to occupy the line
of the Po.

The following is the text of the Austrian procla-
mation, calling out the reserves and recalling the
men on furlough :

" Trevisa, April 23.

" By Imperial order, all soldiers on furlough, or
belonging to the reserve in the Lombardo-Venetian
Kingdom, of whatever regiment, corps, or troop,
without exception, are called under arms, and will
report themselves immediately at the respective
military bureaux under penalty of being rigorously
treated as deserters.

" The present notification is communicated to
all whom it may concern, and will not only be pub-
lished in the usual places, but also in the churches
by the care of the reverend cures.
(Signed) " TIRETE,
" Imperial Royal Adjunct of the District."
The following despatch has also been received
here :

" Verona, April 25.

" A telegraphic Ministerial order has been re-
ceived ordering the suspension of all goods traffic
on the railways. The trains that were about to
start were obliged to unload their goods waggons.
The Archduke Albert has arrived here. His staff
officers speak of only of an approaching campaign.
In this city all the preparations are made with so
much haste and in such proportions as to induce
the belief that hostilities would commence in ten or
twelve days."

FLORENCE, April 28.

All .the intelligence received here from Venetia
confirms the magnitude and precipitancy of the
Austrian military preparations. It is calculated
that the present strength of the Austrian army in
Venetia will be augmented by 60,000 to 80,000
men, and that by the Ist May, or within a few days
from that date, Austria will have assembled a total
effective force of 160,000 men in that province. On
the 25th instant, the railway line will be opened
from Padua to Monselice for the exclusive use
of the military service. The bridges of the new rail-
way from Padua to the Adige, and those on the line
from Verona to Peschiera are guarded by military
detachments. The Austrian Government has offered
a premium to the contractor for laying the railway
line from Padua to Rovigo, if he shall finish it
within a month.

Orders reached Istria from Trieste on the 23d,
calling out for immediate service all the sailors of the
Imperial fleet, a great number of whom were dis-
charged when the reductions were made last year.
The fortifications and redoubts, erected after 1859,
along the coast at Muggia, Pirano, and Veruda,
are being demolished, and war vessels are being con-
centrated at Pola, where works to place the fortress
in a defensive condition are being actively pro-
ceeded with.

Active preparations are being made by the Italian
Government to meet the event of war. This morn-
ing (28th inst.) General Cialdini had an interview
with the King, at which Generals La Marmora,
Pettinengo, Menalrea, and Petitti, were also pre-
sent. It has been decided to arm the volunteers
in all the provinces infested by brigands, in order
to faciliate the concentration of troops ordered by
the Ministry.
An inspection has been made of the fortresses of
Capua and Gaeta, in consequence of which the
Engineers have received orders for the prompt
execution of the necessary repairs, and the comple-
tion of some defensive works that had been aban-
doned from motives of economy. At Naples the
greatest activity prevails in the Government
arsenals and workshops. The artillery in reserve
is being rendered fit for service with all possible
despatch, and orders have been received at Castel-
lamare for the preparation of war material and pro-
vision of every kind.

General Petitti has inspected the works of repair
of the fortifications of Pavia, and has reported in
favour of their immediate completion. Several
batteries of artillery have left Pavia for target
exercise at the camp of Cerano. The 7th
Company of Pontoniers has also left that
city for Piacenza, by order of the Minister
of War. A considerable force of infantry and ar-
tillery is expected shortly at Cardano. The osten-
sible object of this movement is that of exercise at
the Camp of Somma, but it is believed to have been
ordered in view of the event of war. The Lucca
cavalry regiment has left Milan for Lonate-Pozznolo,
and will be cantoned part in that town and the re-
mainder at Terno. This regiment has had three
years' service in the field against the brigands.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MAY 1.

The Constitutionnel of this morning publishes an
article showing that should war break out France
will in no way be responsible. " France," says M.
Paulin Limayrac, " has remained entirely neutral.
She has reserved to herself complete liberty of ac-
tion, and will not be drawn into war against her
will by any occurrence whatsoever."
Owing to the almost total absence of frost during
the past winter, the Paris icehouses have been
unable to obtain supplies from their usual sources.
There will, however, be no deficiency of ice, for
vast quantities are being brought from abroad.
Twenty trucks, each carrying five tons, arrived the
day before yesterday from Basle (Switzerland), and
steamers come to Havre every week from Norway
with whole cargoes of ice, genefally in large blocks.
The Correctional Tribunal of the Seine has just
condemned M. de Villemessant to 200 fr. fine and
500 fr. damages for a defamatory article in the
Evenement against M. Millaud, and to the insertion
of the judgment in that journal in the same type as
had been used in the incriminated passages ; like-
wise, Villemessant, having refused to publish an
explanatory letter from Millaud, was further sen-
tenced to 100 f. fine and 150 f. damages, to the in-
sertion of the judgment in four journals, including
the Evenement, and to the publication of the said
reply in an early number of that journal, or in de-
fault to 50f. damages for each day's delay. M. de

Calonne, editor of the Revue Contemporaine, hav-
ing refused the publication of an explanatory letter
from M. Francois-Vincent Raspail, has been con-
demned to 50f. fine, and in addition to publish the
said letter in the next number of that periodical.
The Court of Assizes of the Seine bas just been
engaged during three sittings in trying twenty-eight
persons, most of them minors, charged with coining
or uttering counterfeit money. Seven of them were
acquitted. Of the twenty-one found guilty, four,
whose revelations had promoted the ends of justice,
were discharged without punishment, but are to re-
main under the surveillance of thepolice for life. One
was given up to his parents on account of his tender
age ; three were ordered to remain in a house of

correction till their twentieth year, and the rest were
condemned to terms of imprisonment varying from
five to ten years.

A fire broke out the day before yesterday in the
workshops of an optician named Pannier, on the
Boulevard Sebastopol, and destroyed property of
the value of 12,000 fr., which was however assured.
A young girl, aged 15, finding her escape cut off
by the flames, threw herself from a first floor win-
dow, and was seriously injured. A child, aged two
years, was also in imminent danger, but was rescued
by a policeman. The origin of the disaster is not
known.

" Whilst the temperature," says the Salut Public
of Lyons, "is very favourable to the budding of
the mulberry trees, the breeders of silkworms are
increasing their complaints of the failure in the seed
brought from Japan. A great alarm prevails in the
silk-producing districts. The Opinione Sericole, an
organ of the trade, states that the breeders of the
neighbourhood of Valrease (Vaucluse) are going in
bodies to return their boxes of eggs to the dealers,
who from the outcry made are obliged to exchange
them or return the money. The failure of the seed
from Japan is attributed to neither the mulberry
trees, the temperature, nor the long voyage, but to
the Japanese themselves. Influenced by their con-
tempt for the bearded men of the West and their
own excessive cupidity, they are said to have
deceived the Europeans by selling them an infe-
rior article in place of one of first quality. Being
packed and exported in unfavourable condition,
the eggs have suffered by the long journey. There
is also reason to add that the J apanese eggs on
arriving at Marseilles did not receive all the at-
tention necessary. Thus, instead of being left ex-
posed to the air in chambers kept at a temperature
of less than 46 Fahr., they werekept shut up in their
boxes ; the high temperature which prevailed in
January and February hastened the movement of
the vital germ in the egg, which either perished or
was injured. Consequently, the majority of them
either failed or produced silkworms of an unhealthy
nature."

BOURSE, April 30, Thi
has closed on the followin
41 per Cents 95 75
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month fs 15
Credit Mobilier 556 25
Do. end month 545 -
- Unis —
Do. end month —

tree o'clock.—The market
ig quotations :

Bank Shares 3550
Italian Loan 44 20
Do. end month 43 90
Mexican Loan 4l
Do. Bonds 277 50
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred

'AYS.

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard

Acut.
... 810

Cash.

- - ... 1077 50
- - 842 50
- - 542 50
- - ... 532 50
- - 525 -

- - ... 317 50

345 -

North of Spain - -- ... 135
Saragossa — -- ... 180
Ditto to Barcelona — —. ...
Roman — ... --

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Monday.

The Queen, Princess llelena, Princess Louise,
and Prince Arthur attended Divine service yester-
day morning at Whippingham Church.
The Rev. George Prothero, assisted by the Rev.
William Jolley, administered the Sacrament of the
Holy Communion.
Sir George Grey returned to London this
morning.