The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-12 00:00:00

THE REPORTED DEATH OF MR. FAG ANA M.P.•

DUBLIN Wednesday.—The Freeman states that there is
no foundation as yet in the rumour of Mr. Fagan's death.
The last accounts were that he was rapidly recovering.
The Bank of Belgium has raised its rate of disk
count from 3 per cent. to 4 per cent.
There was rather an increased demand for silver
yesterday for India.
' The recent rise in Russian produce has been
followed by a considerable reaction, and hemp has fallen
£4 per ton.
It was mentioned yesterday that 535. per ton was
said to be offering for coal freights to the Mediterranean.
It appears that 345. is the highest that has been paid, and
that the present rate is not more than from 255. to 325. The
ports from which they have been mostly chartered are
Marseilles, Toulon Algiers, Bona, Stora, Cagliari, and
Corfu. There is still a demand for steamers for this purpose.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. COX, LATE M.P. FOR
FINSBURY.—We are given to understand that the friends
of Mr. Cox have entered into a subscription for the purpose
of presenting that gentleman with a testimonial of their
respect towards him for his faithful adherence to his duties
during the two years he represented Finsbury in Parlia-
ment. We are informed that a considerable sum has al-
ready been subscribed.

FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. Yesterday
many of the bakers in the metropolis exhibited. in their
windows the woi d 4 "Down again, " and reduced the price
of their bread. The cheap bakers in the poorer localities,
who sell chiefly for ready money, are now selling the 41b.
loaf at 6d. and 7d. ; and the high-priced bakers, who give
credit, at 7d. and Bd. the 41b. loaf. The cornchandlers are
selling flour at 2s. to 2s. 4d. the stone.

THE TYNE.--SIIIELDS, Wednesday.—Freights
are still on the decline, and are quoted at from £3 to £5 a
keel below the highest point reached last week. Coal
freights to London have dropped about 6d. a ton ; but there
are few ships in the harbour, as the large fleet of light col-
liers on their passage down to the north are still delayed by
the long-continued easterly winds. It has been intimated
to the Mayor of Tynemouth that the Board of Ordnance
have given instructions to Colonel Robertson, of the En-
gineers, to construct a heavy gun battery on the south front
of the Tynemouth promontory.

MANNING THE NAVY.—A batch of volunteers, 44
in number, were forwarded from Liverpool on Tuesday
night to London, en route for various naval stations. The
men were in high spirits, and their passage through the
streets to the railway station attracted considerable atten-
tion. Before leaving they gave- three cheers each for the
Queen, the Emperor Napoleon, and the King of Sardinia.
The offer of the £lO bounty has produced a great effect on
the minds of the seamen in Liverpool, and volunteering for
the navy goes on with steady progress.

COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS.—At a special meet-
ing of the council, recer. tly held, the following appointments
were made;—The Rev. Dr. Jacob, head master of Christ's
hlospital, to be dean of the college ; Dr. Lyon Playfair,
C. 8., F:R.S., to be moderator in science and art; Dr. W.
Smith, classical examiner to the University of London, to
be moderator in . classics ; Rev. C. Pritchard, F.R.S , late
Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, to be• moderator
in mathematics. Professor Leoni Levi, of King's College,
London, and Dr. T. o.Feilp, of Gray's-inn, were added to
the stalrof examiners for the department of political economy
and commercial science. Mr. J. Robson, 8.A., London,
has been appointed junior moderator and secretary to the
college.

IMPROVEMENT; AT LIVERPOOL.--=BOULEVARDS
AROUND TIIE TOWN.—A special meeting of the Liverpool
Town Council was held yesterday for the purpose of taking
into consideration the project of erecting around Liverpool
boulevards similar to those in Paris. The report which was
presented to the council embraced two schemes, one an outer
boulevard extending from Aigburth to the northend, and
the other commencing at Prince's-park, and running closer
along the boundary line of Liverpool, ano ending at the
boundary-road of Lord Ddrby at the north end. A memo-
rial from the inlnfiitants of Toxteth-park, signed by 9,000
workmen, was also presented in firvour of a public park and
the boulevards, and from the statements made in the council
it appears that if the intended improvements were carried
out it would cost the corporation of Liverpool 2E1,500,000,
and that a rate of Is. 2d. in the pound, extending over a
period of thirty yoars, would meet the expense ; that while
the boulevards
.were being erected an extensive line of
sewerage, encircling the town, could likewise be constructed,
and that by carrying on the improvements at the same time
a great deal of time and money would be saved, while the
health of the town would be materially improved. After an
animated discussion a motion was proposed by Mr. Bennett,
to the effeci that the report be referred back to the improve-
ment committee for final consideration.

THE TWO NAPOLEONS.—There is but one step
from the Sublime to the Ridiculous.—Pooch,
AN EYE TO RUSSIA.--Let 1.15 hope that Alcxan-
clop will not turn out a chip of the old blockhead.—Pwielt.
Two days ilg4 411ClIonnous wolf was caught in
war Ojsors (Ettre),
a trap set by the goill ,
er of A 31, Viuot-Prefoutaine,

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LATEST NEWS.

AUSTRALIA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPTI.)

PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING.

The ship Conflict, Captain Deas, with 16,000
ounces of gold, from Melbourne, Feb. 3, was off th e
port last night, bound for London.

Her cargo includes a large quantity of wool, and
300 tons of hides, and she has about 42 passengers.
The Quito, Captain Hawkins, which left Sydney,
January 13th, with wool and passengers, is also
gone up Channel.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Vol-
cano, with dates from Hongkong to Jan. 3, Cape of
Good Hope, March 9, and Sierra Leone, April 13,
arrived this morning.

PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.

The Sussex, Captain Fothergill, from Melbourne,
which landed some passengers at Falmouth, as re-
ported in The Sun on Tuesday, left Port Phillip
Heads February 14, rounded Cape Horn March 16,
and crossed the Line April 15. Very favourable
weather was experienced on the passage, which
occupied 83 days from land to land. Her cargo
includes a quantity of copper ore and 700 bales of
wool, and she had about 130 passengers. The
Sydenham, with a small quantity of gold, left the
Heads the same day. The Sussex spoke south of
the Line the Government emigrant ship Herald,
for Melbourne, all well; April 3, the Buxton Castle,
from England for India, with military cadets, who
were visited by the surgeon of the Sussex in con-
sequence of their sickness; April 16, the Indemnity,
from Geelong; and May 6, with 15,000 ounces of
gold, the Maidstone, which left Melbourne, Jan. 27.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING.
The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Tagus,
with Peninsular mails, passed Hurst Castle, at
10.5 a.m.

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

RAGUSA, MAY 10.

The Austrian war brig, Triton, has blown up.
The commander of the brig was on shore when the
accident happened.

The dead, wounded, and missing are about 80 in

number.

VIENNA, MAY 12.
The Archduke John died yesterday, in Gratz, of
disease of the lungs.

TURIN, MAY 11.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

On reaching Vercelli the Austrians ceased their
retrograde movements.

The Austrians to-day made excursions towards
Desana (9).

Yesterday two batteries and thirty carts with
sick and wounded returned to Pavia by Gravel-
lona.

Count Cavour leaves to-day for Genoa to meet
the Emperor Napoleon at that town.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.
The Empress gave audience to several persons
to-day at the Tuileries. She likewise signed
several decrees as Regent.
Now that the Emperor Napoleon has proceeded
to take the command of the French army in Italy,
it may not be uninteresting to give the names of the
generals who are to act under his orders. Major-
General of the Imperial army, Marshal Vaillant.
Generals commanding corps d'artnee :—Marshal
Baraguay d'Hilliers, Marshal Canrobert, General
Regnaud de St. Jean d'A ngeley, General MacMahon,
General Niel. Generals of Division—Renault,
Roquet, Herbillon, Morris, Forey, Camou, Ladmi-
rault, Partonneaux, De Goyon, De Cotte, De Luzy
de Pellissac, D'Antemarre d'Erville, De Martim-
prey, Millinet, De la Motterouge, Ulrich, Espi-
nasse, Vinay, Bazaine, De Failly, De Montebello,
Bourbaki, Le Bccuf, Frossard, Desvaux, Trochu.
Generals of Brigade—Baron Richepanse, Foltz,
De Cassaignolles, Genestet de Pianhol, Gaudin de
Villaine, Marquis de Forton, Baron Marion, De
Beaufort d'Hautpoul, Bouteilleux, Chunchard,
Grandchamp, De Martinprey, Verge, Beuret, Niol,
Cler, De Champeron, De Wimpffen, Cauvin de
Bourguet, De Sevelinges, Soleille, Yuelin de Beville,
_ _

Maneque Jannin, Dumont, Blanchard, Picard, Goze,
Decaen, Coffinieres; Forgeot, Comte de Cleram-
bault, Ladreit de la Charriere, Dauay, Prince de la
Moskowa, Fleury, Anger, O'Farrel, Borgella, Cour-
tois-Roussel-d'Hurbal, De Negrier, Bataille, Col-
lineau, Baret de Rouvray, Baron Neigre, Lenoble,
Correard, Ducrot, Roze, Fiereck, Saurin, Delmas
de Laperause, Gault, Lefevre, Lebrun , De Castagny,
De Bounet-Maurelhan, Polkes. The names of the
Generals are inscribed according to the date of
their commissions.

I am informed that the Emperor has decidedthat
no correspondent of a newspaper or journalist will
be permitted to follow the French army in Italy.
Captain d'Herbinghem, of the Imperial navy,
who had been named to the command of a division
of gunboats, has, in consequence of the idea of
employing gunboats having been abandoned, been
appointed to the command of the steam frigate
Foudre.

It is stated that the Minister has ordered five
additional frigates to be immediately fitted for sea.
A commission appointed to devise a plan for the
protection of the coast of France, of which Admiral
Le Barbier de Tinan is President, has completed its
report, which has been presented to the Minister of
Marine.

It is not true, as stated by the Belgian papers,
that troops have been sent from Naples to the
Abruzzi ; nor is it true that France has asked the
use of any ports in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
The French Government has probably no desire to
hold any intercourse whatever with, the Cabinet of
King Ferdinand.

Great numbers of horses are being bought up in
Bulgaria by Servians, Albanians, and Greeks. A
large body of Tuikish troops has reached Sophia.
On the 13th of April the Russians took Weden,
which during 14 years was the residence and
stronghold of Schamyl, by storm.
The Emperor Napoleon arrived at Marseilles to-
day, and was to proceed to Genoa immediately.
The enthusiasm at Marseilles is declared to be
" beyond conception." The friends of Italy will be
glad to learn that measures have been taken to
prevent newspapers from revealing the movements
of the Franco-Sardinian army.
The road over the Mont Cenis continues in a very
bad state, a great deal of snow, and very heavy
travelling. A friend who arrived yesterday by that
route from France, tells me he passed 30 pieces of
artillery and 13 regiments of, infantry, on Ys way
over the mountains. During the last few days the
mail from London and Paris has been repeatedly

The Moniteur, after giving an account of the
enthusiasm manifested on the departure of the Em-
peror, adds :—" Never, it may be asserted, was any
sovereign accompanied by more ardent wishes. The
Empress, had a large share in the ovation : every
one saluted in her the devoted wife and the tender
and courageous mother."
The Emperor, it is expected, will pass through
Lyons without stopping, and will arrive at Mar-
seilles at noon to-day, where the steam corvette
Keine Hortense is in w aiting to receive his Majesty.
She will proceed at once to Genoa, escorted byj the
steam frigate Magellan, and will perform the
passage in about 24 hours, the distance being 242
miles.. The Emperor, on landing at Genoa, will
proceed to the Doria Palace.
population of the city is 120 The • ordinary
,000, but it is ex-
pected that the number will be doubled when the
Reine Hortense enters the port, His Majesty will

proceed at once to Alessandria, and assume the
command-in-chief of the French troops.
The Minister of Public Worship has addressed
the following circular to the archbishops and
bishops of the Empire :

" Paris, 10th May.
"Monseigneur--The Emperor is about to place
himself at the head of the army of Italy. His
Majesty desires that public prayers shall be ordered
in all the churches of the Empire, beseeching the
Almighty to vouchsafe the success of our arms,
and to protect France. I therefore request your
Eminence to take the necessary measures for re-
sponding to those pious intentions. Accept, &c.

A similar circular has been sent to the presidents of

Consistories.

A Paris letter, in the Yord of Brussels, says

" The situation of affairs becomes clearer, and
improves every day as regards the absolute neu-
trality of England, Prussia, and Russia, that is to
say, consequently, in the sense of a war local and
of short duration, and only relating to the question
of Austrian domination in Italy—a question which
in fact is of little interest to the rest of Europe.
I am enabled to state in the most positive manner
that the relations between France and England
have, during•the last few days, resumed a character
of union, confidence, and cordiality which they had
lately rather lost. As to Russia, the most com-
plete accord has never ceased to exist between her
Government and that of France since the re-
establishment of peace. Prussia alone had a
difficult position to maintain, in presence of the
manifestations which took place against France in
several of the German States ; but, in spite of the
efforts of Austria and of some of the petty States
desirous of making clamour and discord, public
opinion on the other side of the Rhine begins to
calm down. There is, therefore, every reason for
feeling assured that, the wisdom of the Regent
aiding, war need not be feared on that side."
A letter from Rome of the 4th, in the Gazette de
Lyons, says :—" The French ambassador received a
telegraphic despatch yesterday morning counter-
manding the intending departure of a, part of the
army of occupation. This counter-order is the
result of despatches sent to Paris on the two pre-
vious days by the Duke de Grammont. Every one
is persuaded that at present the maintenance of
order and tranquillity depends solely on France.
The moral influence of the French ambassador,
which has become very great with the people since
the appearance of the French flag at Genoa and on
the Alps, and the armed force commanded by
General Count de Goyon, can alone prevent events
here similar to those which have taken place in
Tuscany. The last note which Cardinal Antonelli
delivered to the Duke de Grammont explains the line
of conduct which the Papal Government has decided
on adopting in presence of the state of affairs in
Italy, namely, one of complete neutrality. France
has not replied officially."

BOURSE, May 11.—The market has been buoy-
ant, owing to the enthusiastic demonstrations which
took place yesterday on the Emperor's departure
being considered as a security for the maintenance
of order at home. Threes, after having improved
from 60f. 85c. to 61f. 40e., are now at 61f. 25c. ;
Mobilier varied from 540 f. to 550 f. ; Austrian,
345f.t0 355 f. ; Orleans, 1,130 f. to 1,150 f. ; Eastern,
567 f. 50c. to 580 f. ; Lyons, 740 f. to 750 f. ;
Southern, 407 f. 50e. to 415 f.

The following were the
4i per Cents. BB 75
Do. end month
3 per Cents. 6l 35
Do. end month 61 35
Bank Shares 2705

closing quotations :
Credit Fonder 605
Belgian 41 B7
Piedmontesa (5)
Roman 77
Austrian

Credit Mobilier .. 545
Do, Account ..... 555

Spanish Threes —
Homo Debt 35 25

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern . B6O .. 865
New ditto 740 .. 735
Lyons and Mediterranean 752 50 .. 760
New ditto — — --
Geneva 430 .. 42.5
Southern
Western 472 50 .. 475
Eastern
Sardinian 325 .. 390
Austrian

Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. sc. ; money,
25f. 2lc. ; three months, paper, 24f. 871 c.; money, 24f. 85c.

SARDINIA.

The following are further particulars taken from
the 19th and 20th official bulletins, already given,
but imperfectly transmitted by telegraph :
"On the evening of the 7th a corps of about
3,000 Austrians marched through Quinto with half
a battery of artillery, and took the direction of
Buronzo. The enemy continue to fortify Vercelli
on both banks of the Sesia. They are also fortify-
ing San Germano with out-posts at Santhia. The
troops which passed the night at Vettigne, Carisio,
and Casanova have this morning (Bth) taken the
direction of Saluzzola. The Austrians having
made a reconnaissance towards the bridgehead
of Casale, were attacked by our troops, and even-
tually retired.-9th, morning. The enemy ap-
pear to be taking the direction of Ivrea from the
Serra road. They are again approaching the left
bank of the Po. Yesterday they arrived at San-
nizaro, 15,000 strong, on their way to Valenza by
Plev del Cairo ; 4,000 of these arrived at Mezzana-
bigh: The Austrians have blown up the two first
arches of the Valenza bridge on the left bank."
Besides the official bulletins published at Turin,
there are also the bulletins of the war, coming
direct from the King's head-quarters at San Salva-
tore, between Casale and -Alessandria. We have
received the following, dated May 7 :
"No. 3.—Yesterday morning General Cialdini
made a sally from the fortress of Casale, and took a
large convoy of cattle from the enemy, which the
latter had got by requisition. It consisted of 64
oxen, 283 cows, 51 bulls, 54 calves, 2 sheep, 6 buffa-
loes, and 10 horses, 470 head of cattle in all. In
this sally an officer and three privates were
wounded.
" No. 4.—A reconnaissance made from Alessan-
dria has shown that the enemyy.esterday abandoned
Castelnuova, Scrivia, Casei, Alzano, and Molino dei
Torti, taking the direction of Gerola. The out-
posts which the enemy had near Voghera, Ponte-
curone, and Tortoma hastily retired when the troops
of our second division appeared on the Scrivia,
leaving five prisoners in our hands. The railway
bridge on the Scrivia has been completely repaired
by our men, and also half the breadth of the wog.den
bridge has been rebuilt, so that carts and horses can
pass over.
" No. s.—From positive information it appears
that the Austrians re-crossed the Po by the bridge
which they had built at Gerola; the passage of the
troops commenced on the 6th at half-past 3 p.m.,
and lasted until 2 o'clock after midnight. The
enemy carried off the provisions and other articles
exacted from the inhabitants. After crossing they
destroyed the bridge; they still remain on the low
grounds adjoining the left bank of the Po.
" DELLA ROCCA,
Lieut.-Gen., Chief of the Staff."
It will be seen that there are some slight repeti-
tions of intelligence already given, but we have
thought it best to publish the bulletins, without any
alteration.

A letter from Turin of the Gth says :—" The
Minister of War has this day received a despatch
from Marshal Canrobert, which expresses the
opinion that the line of the Austrians is so long
and weak that they cannot think of offering battle,
and that the allies can soon assume the offensive.
The Austrians have 400 cannons on the line
from Novara to Piacenza. The Piedmontese two
days ago had 180, and the French 124, between
Casale and Novi. The attacks of advanced posts
do not cease, and the roar of cannon is
continually heard ; but the principal advantage
gained by the Austrians thus far is that of oc-
cupying the enemy's territory and of putting
it to ransom. It is, however, hoped that on the
arrival of the Emperor of the French the aspect of
things will change. The Marquis de Breme, gradd
master of the ceremonies to the King, left this city
for Genoa yesterday to receive the Emperor.
H.I.M. will not come to Turin, but will stop at
Alessandria. Several officers who took part in the
war of 1848. and 1849 have left for Florence, to
take command of the Tuscan volunteers, who are
flocking in in great numbers. General Mezzacapo
has been appointed their commander-in-chief."
The following order of the day has been addressed
by Marshal Canrobert to the troops under his
command. It is dated from his headquarters at,