The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-31 00:00:00

ISLE WORTH.

A meetinr, of the most influential inhabitants of
Isleworth, Spring Grove, and neighbourhood was
held at the Infant Schoolroom, Isleworth, on Satur-
day evening, for the purpose of taking into conside-
ration the p%oiviety of forming a volunteer rifle
corps. for Isleworth and its vicinity. ,
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The foillowbg resolutions were passed unani-
mously :
Proposed b Mr. J. FARNELL, and seconded by
Mr. Justice HALLIBURTON, M.P. (Sam Slick),

"That, in order to prevent the possibility of a successful
attempt being made to invade this country, it is essentially
requisite that volunteer corps should be established in
every part of the kingdom, and it is the opinion of this
meeting that a corps should be forthwith formed for this
district of the county of Middlesex."

Proposed by Mr. H. G. DIY, and seconded by
Mr. H. D. DAYIES,

" That this district comprise the division of the county
of Middlesex called the Isleworth Hundred, including the
town and parish of Isleworth, Twickenham, Hounslow, and
Heston ; the corps to be united for general purposes, but
to consist of distnct companies from each place.

A committee was formed to make the requisite
arrangements. Many names were enrolled before
the meeting separated.

KENSINGTON.

Yesterday evening an influential meeting of the
parishioners of Kensington was held in the vestry-
hall for the purpose of forming a Rifle Association.
Mr. Pownall, the Chairman of the Middlesex
magistrates, was called to the chair, and, after ad-
dressing the meeting with a few appropriate
remarks,
Mr.. WHITE read the following suggestions for
the formation of a Rifle Association :—" In the
present state of public affairs it seems desirable that
Rifle Associations should be formed, both for the
sake of public confidence and for private exercise.
In the opinion of practical military men (who have
organised irregular troops in India) such Rifle Asso-
ciations should make their chief object an efficient
command of the rifle, and should be subjected only
to so much drill as would enable them to act as
light troops or skirmishers. All martinetism should
be carefully avoided. To carry out these views
the chief authority should be placed in the hands of
an intelligent military officer, and the discipline and
instruction be carried out by an adjutant and ser-
geants. Other officers to be chosen from such mem-
bers as show aptitude and intelligence. Members
should be enrolled under these heads Prac-
tising members, who would pay for their own rifles
and uniforms, and an annual subscription of £1 ls.
in advance. Effective members, who would pay in
whole or in part for their rifles and uniforms, and
who would enrol themselves as willing in case of
invasion
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Nho t, unableodo duty
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doactive
etvolunteers.ive dy Hut onorary mem-
bers, would subscribe
to a fund for lessening the expenses of effective
members. Honorary members to subscribe not less
than £2 2s. per annum. All members (except
honorary) to attend at least twelve meetings for
practice and drill during the summer months. It
is recommended that the uniform be of an easy, and
simple kind, of a. colour mid fashion that might be
worn in business. The arme to be used, a light,,
W iii
made rifle, of approved Government bore and nipple
(probable expense about £4 or £5). All frivolous ex-
pense, either in uniform or in conviviality, to be
avoided, the great object being to attain a command
of the rifle and a simple and intelligent drill, and
afterwards to follow out, in an honourable spirit,
such further regulations as experience may show to
be necessary or public events may require. Times
and places for practice and drill to be arranged as
far as possible to suit the convenience of members.
The association to be called the Kensington Rifles,'
and all persons above 18 eligible, subject to the ap-
proval of a committee.
A committee was also appointed to carry out the
terms of the resolutions, and also to communicate
with the Lord-Lieutenant of the county.
A great number of young gentlemen at once en-
rolled their names, and the meeting separated, after
passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

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Her Majesty's iron c'rew
try, 2, Master-Commander
from Rio and Ascension, was
Woolwich to undergo an of
which was coated about 10 months ago on either
side, by way of experiment, with a solution of
granite and other composition, the respective pro-
ductions of Mr. Hayes and M. Szerelmey, as pre_
ventives to rust and corrosion.
The Rhadamanthus steamer, Master-Commander
Sturdee, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, laden
with boilers and machinery from Woolwich.
Her Majesty's Royal steam yacht Victoria and
Albert, Capt. the Hon. Joseph Denman, left Ports-
mouth yesterday at 6 a.m. for Gravesend.
The Imperieuse, 51, screw steam frigate„,n the
first class steam reserve, will be taken out ofPorts-
, mouth harbour this morning to test her machinery.
The Shannon, 51, screw steam frigate, has been
taking in her solid and hollow shot in the steam
basin at Portsmouth. She will be removed from
the basin to harbour moorings this day.
The Royal Sovereign, 131, screw steamship, and
the Melpomene, 51, screw steam frigate, will both,
according to present orders, be removed from the
steam basin to Portsmouth harbour to-morrow, and
the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw steamship, and
Colossus taken into the basin, for docking, &c.
The Neptune, 91, screw steamship, in the steam
basin atPortsmouth, commenced masting yesterday-.
The Agamemnon, 91, screw steamship, Capt. T.
Hope, has been warped from the south to the north
quay in the steam basin at Portsmouth, in readiness
to take in her upper deck guns, &c.
The Flying Fish, 9, screw steam despatch vessel,
Commander Hope, steamed out of Portsmouth
harbour to Spithead yesterday.
The screw frigate Amphion, 36, in dock at Chat-
ham, will shortly be completed, the shipwrights
and mechanics being employed from 5 in the
morning until 8 in the evening, in order to hasten
forward her alterations and repairs.
The following is the number of seamen, &c., who
have passed the gates of her Majesty's dockyard,
Portsmouth, for entry into the Royal Navy, from
May 21 to 29 inclusive :--May 22, 20 seamen from
Sunderland; 23d, 24 seamen from Hull and 12 boys
from Portsmouth ; 24th, 12 boys from Portsmouth,
33 seamen from London, and 46 seamen from Liver-
pool; 25th, 10 seamen from Portsmouth; 26th, 12
seamen from London and 16 seamen from Liverpool;
!2,7Aziekamesn from North Shields and 9 seamen.
• 28th, litlieanlmreWifiyAriZeArii.--4--` kre
it was stator-fir 27kr- t 4 '
Capt. Browne, R.N., Registrar-General for seamen,
had visited the eastern ports with a view to the
enrolment of volunteers. At Yarmouth the gallant
officer's visit has been already productive of highly
satisfactory results, about 100 men having been
draughted off to various receiving ships. The num-
ber of seamen who offered themselves considerably
exceeded this total, but the services of only 100
were accepted for the present at this port, the ob-
ject, doubtless, being to interfere as little as pos-
sible with the business of the mercantile marine.
A considerable number of volunteers has been
obtained by the Pembroke, 60, now lying at Harwich.
A considerable increase has taken place during
the past week in the number of seamen arriving in
Portsmouth, who had volunteered for the Royal
service at the different outports.
The whole of the shipwrights and the greater
part of the mechanics ordered to be hired at Ports-
mouth dockyard have now been entered. A defi-
ciency still exists in the number of labourers. The
sawyers yesterday refused to commence their work,
owing to some grievances connected with the new
scale of pay. The men, however, returned to their
work after receiving a communication from the
authorities, about 2 p.m.
A large number of shipwrights are engaged upon
the Royal Frederick, 100, sailins three-decker, on
the stocks at Portsmouth, in removing her
upper deck, an order having been received from
the Admiralty to reduce her to a 90-gun ship,
and make the alterations to her stern that may be
necessary for its being fitted with the screw propel-
ler. This ship was commenced building on the 19th
of August, 1841, from designs of the late Sir W.
Symonds, on the same lines as the Queen, 90, screw
steamship (formerly 110, sailing three decker), which
vessel has lately undergone a similar process at
Chatham-yard. The Royal Frederick has been
ready for launching as a sailing ship, with the ex-
ception of caulking, for several years.
Since the publication of the Royal warrant
offering increased advantages to young men enter-
ing the corps of Royal Marines, recruiting for that
branch of the service has proceeded satisfactorily,
and there now appears to be little doubt that the
2,000 additional men required to augment the Ar-
tillery and Light Infantry companies will be raised
in a very short time. For the last few weeks the
average number of recruits who have joined the
head-quarters of the Chatham division of Royal
Marines has been 40, and this number is increasing.
A body of 60 fine young men have arrived from
London during the past fortnight, and, on present-
ing themselves at head-quarters, passed the medical
inspection and were accepted. Yesterday morning
a batch of recruits arrived from Hull, having been
sent up to head-quarters by First-Lieutenant C. L.
A.'Farmar, who is superintending the recruiting
fo) the Royal Marines in that district.
The following appointmelits were made yesterday
;Commander—F. A. Herbertito the ebony.
,Pay-master (fourth class)-114ue Hearnden (additional) to
the Minotaur; Robert Bone (additional) to the Asia.
Assistant-Paymaster—Chas. A. Shapeote to the Welling-
ton.

Assistant-Clerks—John G. Card to the Pembroke ; John
W. Backwell to the Wellington; F. C. W. Sadler to the
Asia ; H. W. Hore to the Minotaur.

THE ARMY.

The battalions of infantry at Chatham garrison
are now very strong, in consequence of no detach-
ments having been forwarded to India for several
months past. The authorities, however, having
determined on despatching numerous reinforce-
ments to India during the months of June and
July, returns have been prepared which show that
upwards of 1,000 non-commissioned officers and men
belonging to the several East India depots at
Chatham will be ready to leave that garrison for
the three presidencies whenever that number may
be required for embarkation. The whole of the
men have gone through a course of instruction with
the Enfield rifle.
Orders have been received at Colchester damp
for the following draughts to hold themselves in
readiness to proceed to India to join the service
companies of their respective regiments :—For
Bengal, on Wednesday, the Ist of June-2 ser-
geants and 60 privates of the 38th (Ist Stafford-
shire) Regiment ; 50 privates of the 97th (Earl of
Ulster's) Regiment. This draught will be under
the command of Lieut. A. Walker, of the 38th
Regiment, and the officers aecompanying him will
be Ensigns N. W. D. Pringle, J. B. Brady, and
W. H. Miller, of the same regiment. For
Bengal, on the Ist of July,-1 sergeant, 1 drummer,
and 90 privates of the sth Fusileers ; 3 sergeants, 2
drummers, and 250 privates of the 6th (Royal Ist
Warwickshire) Regiment ; 2 sergeants, 1 drummer,
and 6 privates of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment;
1 sergeant, 1 drummer, and 135 privates of the 88th
Foot (Connaught Rangers). The officers accom-
panying this draught will be Col. M. N. Grey,
Lieuts. E. M. Mason and C. J. Miles, 6th Fusileers ;
Capt. H. Parkinson, Lieuts. C. Whyte and P. B.
Simpson, 6th Regiment; and Ensigns H. Bullen
and Sargeant, 37th Regiment. On the same day
will sail, for Bombay, 2 drummers and 68 privates
of the 56th Regiment, accompanied by Ensigns T.
D. Sullivan, A. R. Heyland, and J. L. Watt ; 1
sergeant, 1 drummer, and 4 privates of the 44th
Regiment; and 6 boys of the 1 battalion of the Ist
Royals. The wives of several men now serving in.
India, and not under orders for home, will be de-
spatched to join their husbands with each of these
draughts.
The Royal Horse Artillery and two of the newly
organized brigades of Artillery, containing their
complement of eight batteries each, were yesterday
eh ennimon by
Major-General
Bloomfield, inspector-general and aetiT,4 command-
ant of the garrison. The Horse Artillery went
through a course of active movements with their
heavy guns, forming and firing in rapid succession,
and together with the batteries, performing a series
of field and siege practice, marching past, &e. The
new brigades are forming in excellent condition,
many of which have completed their full strength,
effect
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The troops now in these barracks were inspected on
Saturday.

A considerable addition was again made pester.
day morning to the Royal Laboratory and Military
Store Department of Woolwich Arsenal. The ag-
gregate number of Government and contractors'
hands now employed amounts to nearly 10,000,
men and boys.

THE RUSSIAN NATY.—Two Russian frigates
passed Great Yarmouth one day last week, holding a cow:"
at some distance from the shore. The frigates were heavily
armed, and were going southwards.

CRYSTAL PALACE.-GREAT FOUNTAINS
and ENTIRE SYSTE3I of WATERWORKS.—The
FIRST DISPLAY this season will take place on Saturday
next, June 4th, at half-past 4 o'clock, and will include the
nine basins of the upper series, the water temples, the cas-
cades and grand waterfalls, the dancing fountains, and the
numerous other groups of the great lower basins, comprising
many thousands of jets, and discharging 120,000 gallons of
water per minute, the centre jets attaining the altitude of 234
feet.
Performances by the Orchestral Band of the Company, and
by a Military Band in the open air.
Open at 10. Admission by season tickets of both classes,
or on payment of half-a-crown. Children under twelve, Is.
The American Plants, the Rhododendrons and Azaleas, in
the park and gardens are in flower in great profusion and
beauty.

CRYSTAL PALACE.-FLOWER SHOW.-
The SECOND GRAND SUMMER FLOWER and
FRUIT SROW of the present season will be held on WED-
NESDAY, June 8. Doors open at 12. Admission free by
Two Guinea Season Tickets ; or by One Guinea Season Tickets
on paymentof 2s. 6d. ; by Day Tickets, 7s. 6d., or if taken be-
fore the day of the Show, ss. Children under 12, half-price.
Tickets had at the Crystal Palace, at 2, Exeter Ilall, and at
the usual Agents.

under
L PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
tne Management of Mr. Charles Kean
THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspeare's historica
play of KING HENRY V.
King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean.

rHEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING will be performed the new and original
Comedy, entitled THE WORLD AND THE STAGE. The
characters by Messrs. Compton, Buckstone, Howe, W. Far-
ren, Rogers; Miss Amy Sedgwick, &c.
After which, a new Classical Extravaganza, entitled
ELECTRA IN A NEW ELECTR'IC LIGHT. Messrs
Compton, Braid, Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright,
Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Leclercq.
And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.

Commence at 7.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
LI Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Reappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas.
Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw. and
Mrs. Billington.
Followed by THE HOUSE ? or, THE HOME ? Mr. A.
Wigan, C, Selby, Billington ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss
Simms. Miss Laidlaw.

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After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J.
L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and
Kate Kelly.

Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Glide open from 10 to 5 --no charge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE-
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by
J. M. 'Morton. F.an , entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ?
supported by the company.
After which, THE MAID, AND THE MAGPIE.
FolloWed by CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Mr. J. Rogers
,and Miss F. Hughes.
Commence at 7o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.

Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke.

Notwithstanding the Unparalleled and Continued Success o:
INANHOE, it must be withdrawn for the astounding
Whitsuntide Novelties.
Overflowing Houses Nightly.

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

After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN
THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the
greatest rider in the world, and the whole of Mr. W. Cooke's
family, being the only instance on record of such a domestic
concentration of unequalled male and female talent.

To conclude with the Farce of STAGE STRUCK.
The preparations for Whitsuntide are on an extensive scale
already.

Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips

Dress Circle, 4s. ;-Boxes, is. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper
Gallery, 6d.
Private Boxes, £4 4s, £.2 2s, and £1 ls.
To commence at 7 ; Carriages at 11.

CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS
GALLERY, Westminster-road.--Open at Seven.

EVERY EVENING during the week will appear
THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY,

consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette,
and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and
EIGHT years.
The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some
of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever
written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi-
ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu-
siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France
and Belgium.

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

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 29.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
67—highest since noon yesterday.
61—lowest this morning and during the night.
68—this day at noon.

B ARO METER- -29.76.
WIND, South-Easterly light, with fine weather in the
morning. Rain all the afternoon.
MAY 30.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
70—highest since noon yesterday.
63 —lowest this morning and during the night.
67—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.73.
WIND, W.-N.-Westerly ; light, with dull weather.

General GARIBALDI, on Sunday, suffered his first
reverse at the hands of the Austrians. He was
attacked, it is said, by a superior force, and com-
pelled to withdraw into the canton of Tessin.
This is by no means surprising, if without cavalry
and, virtually, without artillery—save the two
guns captured from the enemy—he should be un-
able to oppose anything like an equal number of
men fully equipped in every particular. He had,
however, received reinforcements at Como, the
artillery had been organised, and a national guard
mobilised. It was also stated that volunteers were
hastening to join the militia, that 8,000 Sardinians
were at Varese, and a French corps d'armee
was expected there. An insurrection, too, had
taken ,place in the Valteline, and the people were
flocking to Sondria, described as the centre of the
revolutionary movements.
These are important accounts, if true, but we
cannot always credit everything that comes from
Turin. The only thing that appears certain is that
GARIBALDI has retired ; but it is by no means
clear that he has been defeated. The celebrated
guerilla chief knows exactly when to advance and
when to retreat; and though animated by the most
daring courage, he would not unnecessarily waste
the lives of his gallant soldiers in a worse than useless
encounter. He has accomplished wonders already,
and has indicated the course by which the allies may
obtain possession of Milan and incite the inhabitants
of the Lombardian capital to revolt and insurrec-
tion. The concentration of troops in Varese seems
to show that they will be prepared to follow in the
well-defined path which he has marked out for
their guidance.
An official bulletin published yesterday at Turin
announces that the Sardinians, under VICTOR
EMMANUEL in person, had crossed the Sesia in the
face of von.° fortmod at Yates-
trino, kdhadtaken the village after severe fighting.
The details, however, are still wanting. Under
such circumstances we cannot repose much confi-
dence as to the extent or nature of the victory
achieved. The Turin telegrams have already been
distinguished for the most outrageous menda-
city, and certainly the conflicting statements
of the French and Austrians respecting
the battle of Montebello prove that eves the most
authoritative accounts proceeding from the highest
quarters must be closely scrutinised before they
can be regarded as altogether accurate.
On 'Friday last we observed upon the leading

features of Count GYULAI'S report. This day we
have the full particulars. It appears that Count
STADION had 25,000 men under his command, a

much higher number than had been estimated either

by the French or Sardinians. Every detail within his
knowledge is given With great appearance of
veracity, so as to satisfy us that he intends to
speak the truth. The numbers of the killed,
wounded, and missing are given to a man
in each instance, while the allies shelter, themselves
under general estimates, and carefully refrain

fr( mt. entering into such minor details. The only
pc int in which there is apparent exaggeration is in
th e number of the French army engaged. In this
re spect the Austrian General may really have been
in istaken. Men were continually coming up by
railway and taking part in the contest, and we can
ea sily conceive how far the adversary might be
m isled in that respect, when the new mode of com-
m unication, never, we believe, before used for the
1)1 trpose of bringing soldiers to the very field of
brittle, was brought into such active operation, and
w hole bodies of soldiers set down at incredibly
sb tort periods.

The three brigades were under the respective
commands of Lieutenant Field-Marshals STADION,
B kUMGARTEN, and D'URBAN. The latter appears
to have had the lion's share of the fighting. It was
his business to carry Casteggio and Montebello, so
as. to have a basis to threaten Voghera, and thus
force the enemy to display his strength. These
matters he accomplished and also pushed
on to Genestrello, and after a . sharp con-
test, in which Count GYULAI asserts the

allies were in superior force, took possession of
the heights and places of Genestrello. There it was
that the conflict was most desperate, the results
most sanguinary, and GYULAI declares that the
allied forces engaged were three times greater than
his own. The Austrians were, therefore, after
very severe loss, but most heroic fighting,
compelled to fall back on Montebello. From
this position, too, they were also dislodged
after an obstinate fight. There was, how-
ever, no attempt at pursuit. They retired
in perfectly good order on Casteggio, which
they evacuated during the night, reaching the tete-
du-pont of Vaccarizza, and on the 21st halted on
the other side of the Po.

The Count remarks that "the enemy's infantry
fired well, hut that the renoe, relative to his cavalry
is. loss favourable ;" adding; "it was not equal to our
hussars and lancers, and avoided every serious at-
tack." We know not what the allies will answer to
this. That they will not submit to it patiently
seems certain; it is inflicting a blow on the national
vanity that will call a thousand pens into action.
and lead to the shedding of immense quan-
tities of ink. What ! France inferior to
Austria in any respect ? That can never
be tolerated for a moment. He also
describes the effect of the Austrian cannon as being
terrible, while that of the allies was but trifling,
the guns firing over the heads of the German
soldiers. This may be the effect of the rifled
cannon, which, although very formidable at a dis-
tance, may not do so much at close quarters. It
would seem as if another battle cannot long be
deferred, and then we shall see which are really
the better troops.

To-day our members elect begin to enrol them-
selves as sworn members of the Legislature—all the
better may they be for the ceremony, a ceremony
which they will assuredly forget throughout the
session, and which will be remembered only by the
fortunate survivors of the next dissolution. About
the Speakership we are told there is to be no con-
flict ; but who can predict what is to follow ? The
very next step may occasion a party division, though
QUEEN'S Speeches are generally too adroitly
framed, in these days apolitical courtesy, to admit
of amendments on the address. Both sides, now,
shrink from fighting party battles over what they
shall say to her MAJESTY, and the probability is

that nothing will be said this time on which a divi-
sion can be taken. Parliamentary Reform will,
therefore, we presume, be mentioned, but in lan-
guage vague enough to suit all parties, from Mr.
BRIGHT to the Premier himself.
But " what next and next ?" as the hon. mem-
ber for Rochdale would say. What will the New
Parliament do with the Ministers who have called
it into being? On another page ourreaders may exa-
mine the details at leisure for themselves. We were
contemplating giving a complete schedule of the
changes, when our excellent liberal contemporary,
as et CV, GA, bent US tne lists of --
01dParliaments compared throughout and though,
where there is no change, this seems a little extra
printing, yet some may prefer this arrangement.
The table deserves more than a local circulation,
and may be very convenient for permanent use : we
give it therefore complete, merely italicising the
name of every member whose election has caused a
change in the personnelle of the representation any-
where, whether that change affected the state of
parties or not. We have done this, of course,
merely to render the extent of change obvious at a
glance, while the appended figures indicate its na-
ture. It will be seen that our contemporary esti-
mates the ostensible Liberal majority at a little
more than most of us have done ; but the difference
is immaterial. Estimating that majority at 98 in
1857, he reduces it to 57 this year. He has also
taken the trouble to compute the borough popula-
tion represented by Conservatives and by Liberals,
dividing the population equally where members of
opposite parties are returned—the result is, that in
the boroughs of England, 118 Conservative mem-
bers
represent 1,393,776 inhabitants ; and 216
Liberal members, 6,085,110. More than another
million is to be added for Scotland, where all the
boroughs return Liberal members.
And what, then, will this Parliament do? Will
it begin with party battles, or with practical mea-
sures ? If Ministers furnish no occasion for battle,
will the Opposition create one ? What, in short,
are the political prospects of parties, and what their
temper ? That a large majority of the Liberal party
itself would like to proceed summarily by a vote of

"no confidence" which we confess to be the
English and manly way of fighting a party battle—
we cannot doubt, and we also confess that we should
respect the Liberal leaders all the more for their
taking a straightforward course. The language of
the speech ' in which Parliament was dissolved
points to such a course as the proper one for those
who think they could govern better than the pre-
sent Ministry. The QUEEN
possessed of the confidenceprayed
off or
hera
"ed to submit to the
This was the
j 1):
.Na:li/zl2.aliins:zir Ye
Parliament and her 17:2 et:apt
country. The first thing to be decided, therefore,
seems naturally to be, Does the present Ministry,
or one which could be formed from the Opposition,
possess the confidence of the Parliament which
the people have just elected? One thing is plain,
even from the sanguine calculations of our liberal
Norfolk contemporary, that by forty-one members,
one- sixtgenth of the house, this Parliament has
more confidence in Lord DERBY than the last had.
What, then, would be the result of a division
directly on that question ?
We observe that most of our liberal contem-
poraries, and the Palmerstonian organ, and the
Thunderer himself, who now woos, now threatens,
keep their eyes almost exclusively on the two
Whig Lords, whose quarrels have hitherto kept
both in opposition. Now they are entreated by
allurements of posthumous reputation, as both have
passed the grand climacteric, and one of them
passed even the three score years and ten ; now
they are threatened with present insignificance, and
the censure of posterity too, if they will not shake
hands and eject the Derbyites ; now we are told
that they have combined, that all is settled; that

Lord. PALMERSTON'S acknowledged leadership of I
the Opposition must place him in the Premiership,
but that even if the Court, for any little reasons of
its own, prefers a RUSSELL, no consequence, the
patriotic PALMERST ON will take nominally the
second place ; since, as in the case of Lord DERBY
and Mr. DISRAELI, in plain Irish, both will be
first. But what is to become of the Independent
Opposition in all these arrangements ? They have
their party vanity as well as the two Whig sections
of the Opposition ; and a great deal more political
honesty than both the sections put together. Mr.
BRIGHT, Mr. COI3I)EN, Mr. ROEBUCK, Mr. MILNER
GIBSON, and some others, are not the men we take
them to be if they are to be dealt with as a mere
Whig tail. Their ability, their influence in the
House and the country, and all their antecedents,
forbid it. To them, as to us, it matters not a straw
which party is in or out. If Whigs scorn the
measures we advocate, it can serve no purpose of
ours to turn the Tories out. If Tories will bend
more to the popular voice than the Whigs, we
shall ever do our best to keep them in. We shall
certainly do nothing to weaken the position of the
present Ministry, unless we can receive irrevocable
assurances from their opponents of some substan-
tial advantage to the Liberal cause.

This, we hope and believe, will test the temper
of the independent members when the struggle
comes. If all who are mustered as Liberals vote,
on a question of confidence, in opposition to the
Ministry, of course it will be in a minority ; but
when we deduct the independent members and the
Conservative Liberals, who like the present Pre•
mier better than either of his probable successors,
we question whether, on the only fair and manly
issue, the Whigs 'ea .n command a majority. Lord
JOHN might be disposed to bid high in the matter
of Reform, but then Lord PALMERSTON would de-
sert him, and if he -trims to Lord PALMERSTON the
Radicals will defunt him ; and these differences
would be equally exemplified if the House divided
on a Reform question, or perhaps on any other of a
party kind, Even, therefore, should the rival
lords agree, we can hardly understand how they
could obtain the support of those whose absence alone
would give a victory to Lord DERBY.

Union is strength—that, certainly ought in reason
to be the motto of the Liberal Opposition. If any
Statesman of great eminence could assume to him-
' self the lead, emblazoning that motto upon his
standard, resolutely defining his policy, overmaster-
ing all rivalship, transferring his present compeers
into his future colleagues, and so bringing together
in one grandly organised and disciplined phalanx
the 353 members about to confront the present
occupants of the Treasury bench and their sup-
porters—the DERBY Ministry must inevitably go
to the wall within a fortnight from the meeting of
the new Parliament. All this is no mere vague
hypothesis, but a simply self-evident proposition.
Who, however, is this dominant statesman who is
to draw the order of a symmetrical Cabinet out of the
chaos of an inharmonious Opposition ? " That is
the question." Whose hand is to raise the political
gonfalon, the mere glamour of the blazonry of
which is to effect this miraculous work of general
reconciliation ? " There is the rub." If a Ministry
could only be formed with two Premiers—then
there would be a ready escape enough from the
present dilemma. Though even then it would re-
main a difficulty—how that Siamese first lordship
of the Treasury should be designated
whether it should be the PALMERSTON-RUSSELL
or the RUSSELL-PALMERSTON Administration.
The two Kings of Brentford were nothing to those
redoubtable competitors. Each seems to say t•
the other as Mrs. MALAPROP says to DAVID in the
comedy—" You lead the way and we will precede."
There is no ingress for their followers through the
door-way of office by reason of the deadlock pro-
duced—not by the competition of politeness, but by
the vulgar and unruly scramble of each fo get in
first—a scramble admirably depicted a few weeks
back by the anrusing pencil of Mr. Punch.
The conseolict,r.c. of tha ;4-
by those who bear that witty cartoon in re-
membrance, were most truthfully depicted thus—
Mr. DISRAELI pushed in further than ever by reason
of the very eagerness of his rivals to get in them•
selves ! Lord PALMERSTON wedged by the " ugly
rush" in a hopeless contention against one of the
doorposts, evidently not gaining an inch by his
most desperate exertions, and all the while
glancing good-humouredly over his shoulder,
with his tongue in his cheek and a wink
in his eye—game to the last ! Lord JOHN,
smaller than ever apparently for the place he
aspires to, weaker than ever, sinking lower and
lower in the struggle, fainter and fainter, without
a kick left in him, going down hopelessly, irreme-
diably ! Mr. BRIGHT, obviously, too much of the
bold burly JOHN BULL in his huge adipose propor-
tions to have any chance at all of ever getting
through such a portal in the thick of such a skrim-
mage as that in the doorway of the Treasury! That
was " the real ugly rush " as displayed very recently
in our London Charivari. It is coining fast upon us
again—and again as it came to us a year ago simul-
taneously with—the race for the Derby ! Another
fortnight and the struggle will begin afresh. It
may be yet rendered a decisive victory for the 353
upon the side of the Liberal Opposition, if the rival
leaders of that Opposition will only come in time
to some reasonable understanding. Supposing
the Liberal forces to remain as at present
divided and subdivided—under the chieftainship,
below the gangway, of Lord JOHN, and above the
gangway, of Lord PALMERSTON—the DERBY Go-
vernment must by necessity remain in ! And the
ultra Reformers—among whose most consistent and
unflinching organs we ourselves aspire always to
be numbered—must meanwhile take such moderate
reforms as we can get from the Conservative Ad•
ministration, and make the best of them while
so doing, and wait as patiently as we can
possibly contrive to do, for the coming of those
future halcyon days when we may hope at last to
obtain the Ballot, and a wider extension of the
franchise, and a comprehensive re-distribution of the
electoral, districts throughout the whole extent of
the United Kingdom. For the delay of that
period of bolder and wiser reforms we shall
have only to thank the two noble lords, the
rival leaders of the Liberal Opposition. Not
Mr. BRIGHT—he, at any rate, among all our publio
men, has the manliness to advocate the immediate
advisability of inscribing these sweeping measures
upon the statute hook of the realm ! Nor indeed for
that matter can the present occupants of the offices
of Administration be seriously held in any way re-
sponsible for the prospective moderation of the
measures of reform proposed to be made
in the system of our popular administration.
In propounding these cautious schemes of change
in the organisation of our Parliamentary system,
they at least must be allowed to be perfectly con-
sistent. They have never professed to be whole-
sale innovators. They have never arrogated to
themselves a peculiar right to be regarded as
the only Reformers. They have not, like
Lord JOHN, held office for nearly six years—affecting
to be Reformers—and, doing Nothing ! They have
held office little more than one year—and, without
boasting of their intentions, they have at any rate
tried to do Something in the way of Parliamentary

Reform ! They have not held the reins of govern-
ment like Lord PALMERSTON for three years—during
which Reform appeared only in illusory " words" in
the Speeei from the Throne ! They have shrunk
from compromising in this way their gracious
SOVEREIGS. They have not made leer MAJESTY
talk about reform unnecessarily. They have
striven to carry out their own views of Reform, so
far as they could carry them out conscientiously—
in distinct ?repositions, laid in the shape of a sub-
stantial bill upon the table of the House of Com-
mons. That is literally the present political situa-
tion. And unless the rival chiefs of the Liberal
Opposition cm somehow contrive, and that speedily,
to arrange their differences, and to combine their
350 supporvrs, and keep them by the bond of
principle tcgether—the 300 Derbyites will yet
prove too mtny for them, and the country will not
yet awhile be called upon to witness any convulsive
change in ti organisation of her MAJESTY'S Go-
vernment.

Mr. HOPLEY, of Eastbourne, the author of vari-
ous well-known publications having for their ob-
ject the physical, intellectual, and moral improve-
ment of the tountry, is, it appears, about to erect
in the vicinity- of Eastbourne or Brighton a house
which, so fa' as we can judge, is likely to prove a
specimen of a Model Domestic Dwelling for the
upper and the wealthy middle classes. In it he
"is desirous that there should be manifested the
most advarced principles of building science as
applicable 13 health, domestic comforts, domestic
economy, tht saving of time, labour," &c. " Effi-
ciency, similicity, and lowness of price will be
conjointly csnsidered in judging of the value of a
principle ;" ;nd all engaged in the manufacture or
sale of artic:cs applied to house construction are
invited to f6-ward any circulars explanatory of
new inventions, or well-approved plans for ven-
tilation, drainage, water supply, house-warming,
bell-hanging, &c., &c., and these will receive
careful attention. The best approved water
closets, traps, drain-pipes, grates, kitchen-ranges,
locks, taps, &c., are all, so far as is possible in
connection with one simple dwelling-place, to
have a fair trial. In fact, this is likely to prove
a very valuable undertaking. No one who has
noted how the practical abounds in all Mr.
HorLEv's writings, will think it likely that he
will be led away by enthusiasm to attempt more
than will be practically useful. He appears
fully aware that to serve its intended purpose
the house must be a model of cheapness as well
as of everything else that is good. Strength
and durability are to be kept constantly in view.
Ths style t 9 be aimed at is a chaste but elegant
simplicity. Taste is to be studied everywhere ;
but no unnecessary shilling is to be expended on
unnecessary ornament. We augur well of this
undertaking. Mr. HOPLEY, in his " Essay on
Respiration," has hboured hard to bring about a
better style of dwelling for the poor ; and now, it
seems, the common defects in the houses of the
wealthier classes are to be practically pointed out.
What these defects are, most people are pretty well
aware of—smokey chimneys, comfortless and most
unph ilos ophic al grates,ill-ventilated and low-pitched
bedrooms, especially for the servants ; wall-papers
exhibiting colours which are known to the scientific
world as giving forth matters of a deleterious and
often of a highly poisonous character ; bell-wires
that are constantly wanting mending ; drains that
are constantly wanting cleansing ; ceilings that
are constantly cracking—and so on. He who
shows by an assemblage, at a reasonable rate, all
the domestic building proprieties under one roof,
or upon one building plot, that such common
disagreeables are quite unnecessary, will be doing,
we take it, no mean thing for the domestic com-
fort of England. We believe we cannot wish Mr.
HOPLEY any greater reward for his endeavours in
this direction than that ho may live to see many
houses similar to that which he proposes to build
• his own immediate neighbourhood
,ut the country

spring up itIA
and through

Yesterdayt; afternoon the Royal steam yacht
Victoria and Albert arrived at Gravesend, and took
up her •position at moorings set down for her oppo-
site the Clarendon Hotel, before which there is a
very beautiful lawn on which parties can walk
about and enjoy the grand sweep of river and
country- scenery to the greatest advantage, and
and when tired of their walk they can retire to
the enjoyment of a comfortable evening at the
Clarendon Hotel.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary, accompanied by Baron
Knesebeck, arrived at St. James's Palace yesterday, from
Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the season.
The Duchess of Somerset will not be " at home"
to-morrow, on account of the death of the Duchess Dowager
of Hamilton.

The Lady Bateman gave birth yesterday morn-
ing to a son, at his lordship's residence in Lower Brook-
street. Her ladyship and her infant son are progressing
satisfactorily.

The Earl and Countess of Verulam have arrived
at the Countess (Dowager) of Verulam's, in Grosvenor-
square, from Gorsambury Herts. The noble earl goes in
waiting upon the Queen to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. Crawshay Bailey have arrived at
their residence in New-street, Spring-gardens.
Mr. Merry, M.P., and Mrs. Merry have arrived
at Claridge's Hotel from Scotland.

THE CLOCK AT THE WESTMINSTER PALACE.-
Yesterday the clock in the clock-tower of the Westminster
Palace was set in motion, but the hands on two of the dials
only acted effectually, viz., those on the west and north
sides. No hour was struck, nor were the quarters chimed.
The cause of the hands referred to not acting is stated to be
that the machinery by which they are turned is not of suf-
ficient power to put all in motion, and that it will therefore
be necessary to remove them and put up others of a lighter
construction. It will, we believe, be some time yet before
the machinery can be attached to the bells upon which the
hours and quarters will be struck.

GALWAY, Monday, 4.30 p.m.—(By British and
Irish Magnetic Telegraph.)—The steamship Argo, adver-
tised to have sailed with mails on Saturday, has just left
port with a large number of passengers for St. John's and
New York.

COMMITTAL FOR MURDER AT LIVERPOOL.—AIice
M'Alister, a female of quarrelsome and dissipated habits,
was yesterday committed for trial by the Liverpool magis-
trates upon a charge of murdering a neighbour (Mrs. Sarah
Evans), whom M'Alister attacked with a chimney orna-
ment and wounded so seriously in the temple that Evans
died on Friday,
DRINKING FOUNTAIN ON BLACKHEATH.--Lord
Haddo has erected a drinking fountain near Chesterfield's-
walk. This will indeed be a boon to many a " thirsty soul"
visiting our splendid heath. IN e would suggest to Ihe
commissioners of the Royal Hospital ths propriety of erect-
ing another fountain in- Greenwich-park, near their well
known reservoir.—.Greenwich Free Press.
UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.—OXFORD, May 30.
MAGDALENE HALL.—The following gentlemen were on
Saturday elected to the vacant Scholarships and Exhibition
at this hall, viz., Mr. C. Buckmaster, from Henley School,
to the Lusby Sckolarship ; Mr. W. Jackson, Commoner of
Exeter College, to the Meeke Scholarship ; and Mr. F.
Theobald, to the Lucy Exhibition.
THUNDERSTORM IN GLASGOW.—A violent thun-
derstorm passed over the city yesterday afternoon. It
began a little after three o'clock, and continued till about
half-past four. During its continuance heavy rains fell,
which will prove valuable in an agricultural point of view,
and which were, in reality, received by the citizens most
gratefully. The only melancholy event which took
place in the city during the continuance of the storm,
so far as wo have heard, occurred in the West-End
Park, and there is a singularity about it deserving,
of special notice. About four o'clock, the follow-
ing parties took shelter under a tree in the park
when a heavy shower was falling, viz. :—Mr. Joseph Ben-
son, shipping agent, 202, Broomielaw, and his daughters,
Jessie and Louise, Capt. Gundaine, and his son Alfin, 14
years of age ; Mr. Thomas Mackie, 22, Broad-close, off
High-street ; and Agnes 14i'Kendrick, mill-worker, 23,
Possil-road. In a moment a flash of lightning struck the
whole of the above parties to the ground, injuring them all
more or less severely about the face and other parts of the
body, but not so seriously as to endanger life. They were
removed to the Western Police Office in a carriage,
from whence they were conveyed to their respective homes.
In the case of Mackie, a curious circumstance was dis-
covered. On pulling off his boots it was found that he had
been burned on the corresponding part of the. hollow of
each foot to the extent of the size of a fourpenny piece.
The stocking to that extent also was found destroyed ; but
the boot was found untouched. This is a curious fact
worthy the attention of those skilled in the eccentricities of
the electric fluid. Drs. Fleming and M'Conville attended
the parties, but their services, we are glad to say, were not
required.— Glaggow Bulletin.

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR IN ITALY.

The following telegrams have been received a
Mr. Reuter's office :

TURIN, M 30.

OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

The Piedmontese army has passed the Sesia in
the face of the enemy, who were fortified at Pa-
lestro. After a severe conflict our troops, under
the command of the King, took the village from
the enemy, and made many prisoners. The details
of the victory are still wanting.
The Emperor has to-day visited the soldiers
wounded at the battle of 'Montebello, who are now
in the hospital at Alessandria. He distributed
money among them, and spoke words of consola-
tion. His Majesty subsequently departed at three
o'clock p.m. for Vercelli.

TRIESTE, MAY 30.

From the Bth June next the steam communica-
tion between Trieste and Constantinople will be
re-opened by the Greek steamer Catherina.
Yesterday the Archduke Leopold, and last night
the Emperor, the Archduke Wilhelm, the Heredi-
tary Prince of Tuscany, and General Hess passed
through .Nabresina.

PARIS, MAY 31.
The ilioniteur of to-day publishes the following

telegram :
ALESSANDRIA, May 30th.—The Imperial head-
quarters are about to be removed from Alessandria.
Before leaving Alessandria the Emperor visited the
wounded, giving to each one words of consolation
and Cl] euuragelllCll L.

ALESSANDRIA, MAY 30.

The King has passed the Sesia with his corps
d'armee and taken Palestro, after a rather sharp
fight. All the advantage remained on the side of
the Piedmontese.

BERNE, MAY 30 (via Germany).:

General Garibaldi yesterday suffered a defeat by
a superior force of the Austrians, and has with-
drawn into the Canton Tessin.

BERNE, MAY 30 (via France).

General Garibaldi's vanguard is at Cantu. The
telegraph to Como is worked by Sardinian employes.
It is stated that 8,000 Sardinians are at Verese, and
that a French corps d'armee is expected there.

A letter from Alessandria, of the 27th, in the
Constitutionnel, says :—" I have again visited the
field of battle of Montebello. I passed about five
hours yesterday in the twice celebrated village,
which now serves as the head-quarters of Marshal
Baraguay d'Hilliers. I met with a foot chasseur
who very kindly pointed out to me the roads, the
little hillocks, and the different houses where the
principal episodes of the struggle took place. On
seeing the ground, it would be difficult not to com-
prehend the great efforts which it must have re-
quired on the part of General Forey's division to
resist the attack of the Austrian army. The latter
occupied all the elevated points ; their batteries
swept the plain and commanded the roads, and it
was by those roads and by the plain that the French
troops came up. Each elevated position required,
as it were, a particular attack. The soldiers of
Count de Stadion and General Braun fired from an
elevation and without any irregularity, and most of
their shot must have told. The French, however,
by their vigour made up for inferiority of number
and of position. On a little slope (which might be
compared to the first step of a staircase) leading to
the town, the Austrian artillery took up a fine posi-
tion. But they were in the end obliged to retire,
being pressed so closely in by the French batta-
lions, and when the struggle had drawn to a close
the slope was covered with dead bodies. Led by
my guide, I crossed corn-fields and vineyaeds,
where the enemy had made a short resistance, and
nearly obliged to made a ekr-
,,,,a in order not 4o trample on a newly covered
trench filled with bodies. The ground is covered
with remnants of cartridges, and here and there
were shreds of clothing of the French and Austrian
soldiers, torn from them by the stakes of the vines
or by the sabre and bayonet. It is really astonish-
ing how the Austrians could have abandoned a po-
sition like Montebello. Such a step can scarcely be
comprehended. Everything was in their favour ;
they had forces certainly three times superior to
the French ; they held the ground with artillery,
firmly established, and with' cavalry strongly
posted and well placed for acting. After having
gone over the ground near the village, I entered
several of the houses which had been sacked by
the Austrians. In one of them a wounded Aus•
trian soldier had been discovered only two days
before. A ball had passed through his thigh, and
the unfortunate man had had the resolution to
remain concealed for four days behind a large
wine cask, without food, and suffering severely
from his wound. He was half dead by pain and
fear, and yet dared not show himself. The night
after the battle he had strength enough to dress his
wound by covering it with a coloured handkerchief,
but the dye of it had brought on violent inflamma-
tion. He is now in the hospital at Voghera. The
fortitude shown by the wounded Austrian, during
four days of privation and suffering, has its source
in the exaggerated fear which had been excited in
his mind with regard to the French soldiers. The
Austrian generals have represented them to be so
many savages, and stated that they put all their
prisoners to death. The Austrian, therefore, pre-
ferred dying from his wound to having his head
cut off. Turning to a point of etymology,
it is stated that Montebello derives its name
from the Romans having called it Mons belli
bacause its position in the middle of a valley,
which leads towards Central Italy, always
made it a field of battle. The adjacent village of
Casteggio appears to have derived its name from
the Romans having established there a defensive
camp (castruni). The supplying the French soldiers
with provisions at Casteggio and Montebello is
difficult, as they have to rely solely on their own
resources. The country has been completely
devastated, and both the inhabitants and the cattle
are deprived of food. The organisation of the army
is, however, such that the supply of provisions goes
on with perfect regularity."
When General Garibaldi entered Varese, he
appointed M. Carcano, the podesta of the place, to
be provisional commissioner extraordinary acting
in the name of the King of Sardinia, as appears
from the proclamation of the 24th, already pub-

lished.
On the 26th the new commissioner issued a pro-
clamation, remarkable for the tone of certainty in
which the future is alluded to. It runs as fol-
lows :
" Citizens !—No sooner had King Victor Em-
manuel, the First Soldier of National Independence,
announced to Italy that he had once more drawn
the sword, than the people of Lombardy, turning
their eyes to the Ticino, called for the signal of
insurrection. Motives of humanity and prudence
and the general necessities of war induced us
to advise you to delay, which you did, as all
is at present disciplined in Italy, quiet as well
as action. But now all further delay is unne-
cessary, as the brave General Garibaldi has come
to announce this to us, and everywhere on his
way the people rise, and declare for the nationalitocr
cause and for the Government of King v
Emmanuel. As commissioner of his Sardinian
Majesty, I come to assume the civil government of
this spontaneous movement. Citizens the
Lom-
bard insurrection will be animated by thatn
and admirable Italian spirit which, with the
secret of unanimity, has disclosed to us the secret
of success. No disorder will come to disturb the
sublime spectacle of liberty; no blind convulsion
will disturb the civil organisation of the country ;
no spirit of improvident reaction will presume to

consider as the triumph of a party that which is
the triumph of a whole nation. Wars of indepen-
dence require great efforts ; you have before you
the example of generous Piedmont, which for the
last eleven years has been making the most heavy
sacrifices for that sublime hope which has now
become a reality, Our enterprise is certain ; the
brave Piedmontese army, led by the King, is march-
ing to our assistance ; Italy is organising for the
war of independence ; Napoleon 111 has thrown the
sword of France, our sister and the naturally ally
of every generous cause, into the scales of destiny.
All Italy asks us for the formation of a powerful
State, the bulwark as well as the head of the nation.
The wishes of the country nourished for ten years
are about to be fulfilled, and you may rise with the
aertainty of the union you invoke, exclaiming :
' Long live Victor Emmanuel, the constitutional
King "

The Opinione and other Sardinian journals
announce, with much indignation, that the general
in command of the 7th Austrian corps d'arniee
published on the 24th, at Mortara, a proclamation,
threatening the inhabitants of villages, and the
villages themselves, with the most severe treatment
in the event of the Austrian authorities not being
informed of the presence of Piedmontese or French
scouts or patrols, or of isolated individuals, whether
in uniform or disguised, of either the French or
Sardinian army :
" Any village," says the proclamation, " in which
a detachment, or even a single individual of the
Austrian Army may discover scouts or patrols,
or any one person acting as such, shall be subjected,
without remission, to the most rigorous measures of
the laws of war; under pain of being given up to
pillage, all the village shall pay a penal tax. The
district compromised shall be given up to fire, and
the individual compromised shall be at once shot.
Order is given that the proclamation shall be pub-
lished by the clergy, from the pulpits of their
churches, in all the villages, and in any other
manner which may be considered opportune."

" General de Sonnaz, whose chivalric courage
has been so much admired," says a Turin letter,
" was on the point of being killed by an Austrian
chasseur, who was taking aim at him with his rifle.
A soldier, seeing the danger, dashed forward, and
himself received the bill, and fell severely wounded,
well satisfied, however, with having saved the life
of his commander. This soldier was one of the
Lombard volunteers, the Marquis Fadini. He is
now at Voghera, ha; his wound excites serious

uneasiness."

FRLNCE.

PARIS, MONDAY.

The Minister of Marine has just given orders
for the shipment for Italy of the siege materiel
accumulated at Marseiles and Toulon. It will be
put on board 40 vessds. The guns are all rifled,
and are 8 and 12 pounders ; the field pieces are 4
and 6 pounders. The range of the small guns is
from 4,000 to 6,000 yards.

BOURSE, May 30.—fhe stock market has been
buoyant, with a fair amount of business doing,
and railway shares in rood demand. Threes varied
from 61f. 55c. to 61f. 'sc. ; M9bilier, 522 f. 50c. to
600 f. ; Austrian, 365 f. b 366 f. 25c.; Orleans, 1,190 f.
to 1,195 f. ; Lyons, 79€ f. to 800 f. ; Northern, 885 f.
to 890 f. ; Eastern, 6001 to 602 f. 50c. ; Southern
445 f. to 447 f. 50c. ; aid Lombards, 427 f. 50c. to
430 f. The following tre the last quotations :-
41 per Cents... . 89 r 5 / Credit Foncier.... 625

DO: end month
3 per Cents. 6l 30
Do. end month 61
Bank Shares 2750
Credit Mobilier
Do. Account

Belgian 41 —
Piedmontese (5)
Roman Bl 50
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and. Mediterranean
Geneva 470 .. 472 50
Southern
Western 502 50 .. 500
Eastern
Sardinian 350 .. 345
Austrian
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. sc. ; money,
25f. ; three months, paper, 24f. 85c. ; money, 24f. 87ie .

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TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1859.