The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-06 00:00:00

L 'I EST NE IV S.

DEATH OF COUNT CAVOUR.

We have received official communication of the
death of Count Cavour, which took place at Turin
at 7 o'clock this morning, the 6th inst.

TURIN, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

The following bulletin respecting the state of
Count Cavour was published at 6 o'clock this

evening :

"The fever continues, but no noticeable change
has taken place."
At 7 p.m. a great crowd blocked up the avenues
leading to Count Cavour's hotel. Great emotion
was manifested by the people when the procession
bearing the sacraments of the church went into the
hotel.

At 8.30 p.m. the physicians declared that they
entertained hopes that their patient would pass a
more quiet night.

An immense crowd surrounds the hotel.

Signor Minghetti has been entrusted ad interim
with the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, and General
Fanti with the provisional administration of the
Marine.

PARTS, WEDNESDAY, Jane 5, 11 40 a.m.

In consequence of Count Cavour's illness the in-
tended ceremony at the tunnel of Mont Cenis is
postponed.

BERLIN, JUNE 5.
The Prussian Chambers were closed to-day. The
King in his spfech said :
" The session now ending has had important re-
sults, which tend to confirm the Government in the
line of policy which it has hitherto followed. These
results will also augment the influence of Prussia
in Germany and Europe."
The King then enumerated the treaties with
foreign Governments which have been sanctioned,
and the laws voted by the Chambers, and pointed
out the advantages which were to be expected
from them. His Majesty then thanked the Cham-
bers for the grants for the organisation of the army,
and said :

" As regards the form in which those grants
have been voted, it may be passed over without
remark, as not affecting any vital principle."
The King continued as follows :
" The military organisation affords Prussia
strength to stand armed for her own protection as
well as for that of the whole German Fatherland.
The miliaiy organisation of Prussia is also the
more necessary for the security of the German
frontiers, as the attempt to revise the military
organisation of the German Confederation has not
succeeded.

" The Danish GovernMent has not entirely
yielded to the demands of the German Federal
Diet. The proposals which have been made by
Denmark do not afford a certain prospect of a solu-
tion of the pending questions, but the nature of the
relations between Prussia and the great Powers
offers guarantees that they will not be affected by
the energetic measures which may become necessary
within the frontiers of the German Federal territory.
If the representatives of the country respect limits,
which to overstep would only serve the interests of
the revolutionary party, then I do confidently ex-
pect a blessed continuation of my reign.
" My motto for Prussia is, ' Kingdom by the
grace of God, maintenance of the laws and the con-
stitution, the fidelity of her people and of her
brave army, justice, truth, confidence, and fear of
God.' If you adopt this motto, then I expect a
future rich in hope."

PESTH, JUNE 5.

Th© address to the Emperor, proposed by M.
Deak, was to-day adopted in the Lower House by
a majority of three—the Toting being 155 for, and
152 against the address.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 6.

The Royal Mail Company's steamer Magdalena,
with the Brazils and River Plate mails, arrived off
the Needles at 11 a.m.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, June s,—The market was firm at the
opening, but afterwards gave way in consequence
of sales for realisation, and prices receded. Threes,
for the Account, which commenced at 69f. 35c., are
now at 691. 25c. Railway shares have also slightly
declined. The following are the last quotations :-
41 per per Cents 96 3.5 Credit Fonder 9OO
Do end month.— . 96 40; Belgian 41
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 20 Roman
Bank Shares . 2892 —1 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 691 25 Spanish Threes 5O 25
Do. Account 692 50 , Home Debt .. 49a

RAILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans 1352 50 .. 1355
Northern
New ditto BBB 75 ..
Lyons and Mediterranean 92.5 .. 927 50
Geneva I 4OB 75 .. 410
Southern 571 25 .. 572 50
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 492 50 .. 493 75

THE CHALGES AGAINST M, MIRES.

The Mires affair is at last to come on before the
public tribunals. The following are said to be, in
substance, the charges 'formally brought against
him:—

" AIM. Jules Isaac Mires, 51 years of age, banker,
detained at Mazas, and Felix Solar, 50 years, ex-
banker, having resided Rue Saint Lazare, 71, but
now in flight, are accused :
" 1. Of having in April and May, 1859, by em-
ploying fraudulent manceuvres, in order to give
rise to the fear of a chimerical event, obtained sums
of money from a certain number of customers of the
Caisse-Generale des Chemins de Fer, and in parti-
cular 6,567 f, from Ducros, 9,826 f. from Darner,
4,883 f. from Martin, 7,089 f. from Pinaud, and
2,879 f. from Tersouly ; also for obtaining quittances,
discharges, and settlements of accounts from
Viscomte d'Aurs, Courtois,Widow Desprez, Delhaye,
Petitjean, and others, and having thereby swindled
all or part of the fortune of others.

"2. Of having at the same epoch, under the
same circumstances, and by means of the same frau-
dulent measures destined to give rise to the fear of
a chimerical event, attempted to obtain fund 3, quit-
tances, or discharges from MM. Beauvais, Dreyfus,
Dzbra3,-, Lefort, Dethierry, and others, and of hav-
ing thereby attempted to swindle all or part of the
fortune of others.

" 3. Of having dissipated and embezzled in 1857
and 1858, to the prejudice of the Caisse-Generale
des Chemins de Fers, and of a certain number of
customers of that company, shares of the said casse
which had only been confided to them as depots,
and on the condition of restoring them, or of mak-
ing a specified use or employment of them.
"4. Of having in 1860 embezzled, to the pre-
judice of the shareholders of the company of the
Saragossa to Pampeluna Railway, a sum of
9,151,750 f., which had only been confided to them
as a deposit, and on the condition of making a spa-
cified use and employment of it.
" 5. Of having at the same epoch embezzled and
dissipated funds which had been confided to them
on the condition of making a specified employment
of them, and of restoring and representing them;
and of doing that to the prejudice of the subscribers
of bonds of the Pampeluna Railway, especially of
persons named Courtier, Flamerant, Blanchet,
Lewis, Gromard, Rozier, Legendre, Judet, and
Heryieux.

" 6. Of having, within less than three years, em-
bezzled and dissipated shares and bonds, and other
securities, which were only confided to them as
deposits, and on the condition of restoring and re-
presenting them ; and of doing that to the prejudice
of a certain number of customers of the Caisse-
Generale des Chemins de Fer, especially Made-
moiselle Grandjean, Mademoiselle Delalage, Widow
Bertrand, and M. Baffler.

" 7. Of having within less than three years, being
gerants of the company en conmanclite by shares
bearing the name of Mires and Co., and known
under the designation of Caisse-Generale des
Chemins de Fer, effected, by means of fraudulent
inventories, a division among the shareholders of
dividends not really acquired to the said company.
" Count Simeon, senator, residing Quai d'Orsay,
23, Count de Poret, Rue d'Anjou St. Honore, :4;
Baron de Pontalba, Rue St. Georges, 38 ; and Count
de Chassepot, Hotel Choiseul, Rue St. Honore, are
cited as civilly responsible for having, being mem-
bers of the Council of Surveillance of the Company
of the Caisse-Generale des Chemins de Fer, know-
ingly consented to the distribution of dividends not
justified by sincere and regular inventories ; and as
having knowingly allowed to be committed in the
inventories grave inexactitudes prejudicial to the
company or to third parties."

The Droit has stated that the trial of MM. Mires
and Solar is to take place on Thursday, the 6th;
but this is scarcely possible. The judicial investi-
gation, though commenced in the month of Febru-
ary, was only terminated on the Ist, and the report
of M. Mon ginot, the accountant charged to examine
the books, was only deposited the day before ; more-
over, yesterday (Monday) M. Mathieu, advocate of
M. Mires, had not been able to obtain communica-
tion of the papers relative to the affair, nor have
the members of the Council of Surveillance had
time to prepare evidence in reply to the charges
against them. A postponement therefore is con-
sidered invitable.

OPENIVG OF THE ROvIIL HORTICUL-
IVRAL SOCIETY'S NEW GARDENS.

The inaugural fete of the Royal Horticultural
Society yesterday, at their new grounds, was
assisted by nearly ten thousand of the elite of Lon-
don society. By mid-day many visitors were pro-
menading the arcades and Conservatory, where there
was one of the most magnificent displays of growing
and cut fruits, heaths, ferns, greenhouse and stove
plants, orchids, azaleas, &c., that have ever been
congregated in a horticultural exhibition.

The Prince Consort and the Royal Family ar-
rived at the gardens at a quarter to five, and the
coup d'ceil as they advanced up the main avenue
was most picturesque.

The Prince, having formally declared the
gardens opened, the procession resumed its way,
to the eastern arcade, the distinguished visitors ex-
pressing admiration of the flowers on their
passage. After making a circuit of the conserva-
tory, they passed out at the central doors into the
verandah, and thence to a railed-in space where
stood a fine specimen of the Wellingtonia Gigantea,
presented by Messrs. Veitch and Son. The ground
here was kept by the Royal Engineers. The tree is
a remarkable one : a seedling of the gigantic species
of Californian growth, the bark of one member of
which is exhibiting in the Crystal Palace. Snould
this native of Mariposa prosper, it will prove an
enduring memorial of the day and of the hand that
planted it, more lasting than brass and marble,
speaking silently the perpetual growth of nature
and the perpetual decay of the skill of man's handi-
craft.

On the departure of the Royal party, a splendidly
illuminated volume was presented to the Royal
visitors. Prince Albert, the Princess Louisa, the
Princess Helena, and Prince Arthur inscribed their
names on a page bordered with pansies; the Prince
of Wales on another page ; the Princess Mary of
Cambridge on another. The Dowager Duchess did
not sign ; indeed, we believe she had retited, The
Royal party having departed, the majority of the
Court fashionables followed, but not a few lovers of
flowers for their own sakes lingered about the stands
until the closing light of a clouded day veiled their
beauties ; many, we believe, determining on a
future inspection.
The following are the recipients of the principal prizes :

FLOWERS.
Class 1-Ist prize, W. May, J. Spode, Esq., Rugeley,
£2O-2d, B. Peed, J. Tredwell, Esq., Lower Norwood,
£l5.
Class 2-Ist prize, J. and J. Fraser, Lea-bridge-road,
£l2-2d, Wm. Cutbush, jun., Barnet, £9.
Class 3-Ist prize, H. Chilman, Mrs. Smith, Ashatead,
£lO-2d, J. Green, Lower Cheam, £B.
Class 4-Ist prize, T. Page, W. Leaf, Esq., Streatham,
£6-2d, J. Tegg, Baron Hambro, Roehampton, £5.
Class 5-Ist prize, J. Veitch and Son, Exeter and Chel.
sea, £lO-2d, B. S. Williams, Holloway, £7.
Class 6-Ist prize, H. Hamilton, T. P. Butt, Chelten-
ham, £lO-2d, A. H. Gunner, W. F. Wooley, Esq., Kens-
ington, £7.
Class 7-Ist prize, J. Veitch and Son, £3-2d, J. and C.
Lee, Hammersmith, £2.
Class 8-Ist prize, Stone, Tottenham, £2O-2d, B. Peed,
J. Tredwell, Esq., £l5.

,
Class 9—lst prize, J. Veitch and Son, £l5-2d, S.
Wooley, Cheshunt, £lO.

Class 10-Ist prize, G. Baker, A. Basset, Esq., Stam-
ford-hill, £lO-2d, F. Lovell, H. E. Gurney, Esq., .Nut-
field, £7.

Class 11-Ist prize, R. Warner, Broomfield, £3-2d, B.
S. Williams, Holloway, £2.
Class 12-Ist prize, T. Page, W. Leaf, Esq., £l2-2d,
S. N. Carson, Cheam,
Class 13-Ist prize, C. Turner, Slough, £9 —2d, J. and
J. Fraser, Lea-bridge-road, £7.
Class 18-Ist prize, 11. Laue and Son, £l5-2d, Mr. W.
Paul, Waltham-cross, £lO.
Class 19—lst prize, Thomas Terry, C. Fuller, Esq.,
Youngsbury, £lO-2d, A. Rowland, Lewisham, Kent, V.
Class 23-Ist prize, W. Nya, E. Foster, Esq., Clewer,
£B-2d, T. Bailey, Amersharn, £6.

THE CROPS IN EAST SOMERSET.—The genial
showers of the present week have supplied the much-needed
moisture, and, followed as they have been by bright, warm
sunshine, the crops have thrived wonderfully. Agricultural
prospects are certainly better than they have been for some
time past. The grass crop, which is very abundant, will be
ready for the scythe in about a fortnight. Potatoes are
rather backward, though looking strong and healthy. Only
a few have as yet been brought to market, and have been
sold at from 3d. to 4d. per lb. The grain crops are promis-
ing, and altogether there seems to be every probability of a
year of plenty.

COUNTY COURTS.—A bill for consolidating and
amending; the procedure of the county courts is now before
' Parliament, brought in by Mr. M'Mahon and Mr. Sergeant
Pigott. The most important alteration in the law which it
proposes to introduce is to enable those courts to deal with
equitable defences in the same way as the superior courts
may now do:under the Common Law Procedure Acts. It
incorporates the provisions of the Bills of Exchange Act,
1855, enables defendants in actions to interplead, provides
that by consent of the pal ties a special case may be stated
for the opinion of a superior court, by which means the more
dilatory and expensive process of appeal may be avoided;
and by the extension of various clauses of the County Court
Acts to the London Sheriffs' Court, which it proposes shall
be henceforth styled the County Court of London, tends to
assimilate the jurisdiction of that court to the jurisdiction
of the metropolitan county courts, and make it an integral
part of the county court oyster.