The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-27 00:00:00

TO THE COUNCIL OF STATE.

" Gentlemen,—l thank you for having partici-
pated in the same feeling as the Senate and Corps
Legislatif. Your assistance at this moment is a
precious token of the sentiments which animate the
Council of State as regards the dynasty of the
Emperor, and I derive the most lively satisfaction
therefrom."
SPEECH OF M. DE MORNY, PRESIDENT OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BODY.

" Madame,—The Legislative Body is happy
before separating to have had the honour of being
admitted to your presence, and of seeing the Impe-
rial Prince. We are all returning into our depart-
ments. We shall then nurture the patriotic feeling
necessary to the circumstances of the moment, and
we shall not have much difficulty with a nation
whose heart always palpitates at the words glory
and honour. The absence of the Emperor can only
have given anxiety to those who do not know
France. But this generous nation comprehends
its position, and when it saw the Emperor depart
to share the danger of our soldiers and defend the
honour of our flag, it testifies as much respect for
your authority as affection and devotion to your
person. You may count, then, madame, on the
co-operation of all, and on the feeling to which,
both as regent and as mother of the Imperial
Prince, you have a right."
The Empress was much affected during the cere-
mony. There seemed to prevail a cordial feeling
throughout the assembly, which was coloured by
sentimentality originating in the presence of the
Imperial Prince.
The formation of the army of the east of France
is being proceeded with, and everything is already
prepared for its concentration. General Schramm,
formerly Minister of War, and General Rostolan,
ex-Commander-in-Chief of the French troops in
Rome, have been appointed to commands, Marshal
Pelissier will shortly proceed to Nancy, to inspect
in the various garrisons the elements of the army
of which he is Commander-in-Chief.

When the French troops re-entered Voghera,
after the action, the ladies at the windows waved
their handkerchiefs and threw down flowers as they
passed. They afterwards transformed themselves
into sisters of charity, some giving assistance to the
wounded, and others making lint to dress their
wounds.

The Empress, accompanied by the Princess
Clotilda and the Princess Mathilde, visited the
flower show in the Exhibition Palace the day
before yesterday. One of the exhibitors had
a new species of rose, remarkably fine, pre-
sented to her Majesty, with a request that she
would deign to give it a name. " Well,"
said the Empress, " call it the Montebello !"
BOURSE, May 26.—The market has been very
dull, speculators appearing anxious to have further
intelligence from the seat of war before entering on
operations of importance Threes varied from
61fr. 15c. to 61f. 25c. in the parquet, and from
61f. sc. to 61f. 15c. in the coulisse ; Mobilier, 570 f.
to 580 f.; Orleans, 1,167 f. 50e. to 1,170 f.; Lyons,
772 f. 50c. to 775 f. ; Northern, 872 f. 50c. to 875 f. ;
Southern 437 f. 50c. to 440 f. ; Eastern, 585 f. to
590 f. ; Austrian, 353 f. 75c. to 355 f. ; Lombardo-
Venetian, 415 f. to 416 f. 25c. The following were
the closing quotations :

41 per Cents. .... 89
Do. end montla. ..
__

Credit Fonder
Belgian 41
Piedmontese (5)
Roman Bl 50
Austrian
Spanish Threts
Home Debt 3oa

3 per Cents. 6l 35
Do. end month 61 30
Bank Shares 2700 --

6redit Mobilier .. 582 50
Do. Account . 585 --

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern
New ditto 745

Lyons and. Mediterranean 773 75 .. 776 25

GQneva 455 . • 460

Southern
Western 5OO .. 500
Eastern
Sardinian

Austrian } 360 : . 360

Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. sc. ; money,
25f. ; three months, paper, 24f. 85c. ; money, 24f. 87 s.

AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA.

`A Vienna letter contains the following :—‘, Count
de Buol had no motive to feel sympathy for Russia,
asf when he was ambassador there some years ago
he had to submit to more than one mortification.
The Emperor Nicholas was not at all well disposed
towards him; and it is known that the coldness of
that Sovereign was sufficient to disconcert the
firmest mind. One circumstance will suffice to show
that Count de Buol was not favourably regarded
at the court of St. Petersburg. When he was
recalled Count Nesselrode asked the Emperor, in
accordance with usage, to give him a decoration
and the Czar consented to let him have the Grand
Cross of St. Anne, but in order to neutralise the
effect, he on the very same day conferred the
Grand Cross of Alexander Nevski on General de
Rochow, Ambassador of Prussia. All the repre-
sentatives of Russia at Vienna since the beginning
of the Eastera question, Baron de Meyendorff,
Prince Gortschakoff, Baron de Budberg, and
M. de Balahine, have considered, right or wrong,
Count de Buol as an obstacle to a reconciliation
between Austria and Russia. Even Baron de
Meyendorff, who was the count's own brother-in-
law, and who, during his stay at Vienna, rendered
more than one service to Austria—witness his ener-
getic and successful intervention between Prince
Schwarzenberg and Baron Manteuffel at Olmutz,
in 1850, when Prussi- and Austria were on the eve
of an armed conflict—even Baron de Meyendorffwa-S
compelled to leave Vienta, where be had obtained
the sympathies of all parties. The baron's successor

Prince Gortschakoff could not agree with him at all,
and he left Vienna full of resentment; neither was his
resentment lessened by the interview which subse-
quently took place between the Emperors of Russia
and Austria at Weimar, nor by the grand cross of St.
Stephen—the highest decoration in Austria—which
was conferred on him on the occasion. Count de
Buol was not at Weimar, and it was rumoured that
he would shortly resign, but the rumour was not
confirm ed. He continued to retain an ill-feeling
towards Russia, and he was encouraged in it by
Baron de Bach, Minister of the Interior, who was
noted for his aversion to that country of rather to
the Emperor Nicholas. To understand the cause
of this we must go back to the interview between
the Emperor Francis Joseph and the Emperor Ni-
cholas at Olmutz. In the list of distinguished
persons desirous of being presented to the Emperor
of Russia, which his ambassador submitted to his
Majesty, was the name of Baron de Bach, but the
Emperor struck it out. On a subsequent occasion
Baron de Bach was present at a dinner given by
the Emperor of Austria to the Emperor of Russia
and after dinner Baron de Meyendorff, the Russian
ambassador, presented him in the embrasure of a
window to his Majesty, saying, I have the honour
to present to your Majesty Baron de Bach, Minister
of the Interior.' The Emperor simply said,
Chorine,' and continued his conversation with
other personages. From all this it would appear
that if a reconciliation between Russia and Austria
is to be effected, it will be easier now than it was
before."

VIENNA, MAY 24.

The evening sheet of the Wiener Zeitung of
yesterday contains the following intelligence from
the seat of war :

"At noon on the 21st inst. the enemy made a
demonstration against the right wing of the
Austrian army by attacking at Vercelli half a
brigade—consisting of 3,000 men, under Colonel
von Ceschi—with a force of from 12,000 to 15,000
men. Colonel von Ceschi retreated, fighting, to
Orfengo. (Orfengo is about four English miles
and a half from Vercelli, on the high road from
that place to Novara.) Two brigades of the sth
Corps, under General Baron Zobel, which were
supported by the gros of the same, were directed
against the right flank of the assailants, in order
to drive them from the Sesia. On seeing the
movement the enemy returned to the right
bank of the river without renewing the engage-
ment (ohne in ein weiteres Gefecht einzugehen).
"During the forced reoonnaissance towards
Montebello we discovered that the gros of the
enemy's army was between Alessandria and
Voghera. Considerable bodies of Austrian troops
guard the defile at Stradella."
The Wiener Zeitung of this evening contains the
following official intelligence from the seat of war :
" The troops of the enemy which were opposed
to the half brigade of Col. Ceschi at Orfengo have
retired to the right bank of the Sesia. Garibaldi is
said to have advanced towards Arona, and to have
the intention to disturb Como. The necessary steps
for frustrating his intention have been taken.
" A patrol of Count Civilart' Lancers met with
a squadron of Piedmontese Dragoons at Borgo
Vercelli, and put it to flight. The commander of
the hostile squadron was thrown from his horse by
the officer in command of the patrol.
" The Delegation of Como announces that
Garibaldi, with 6,000 men, entered VareSe at six
o'clock on the 23d inst. A part of the corps is said
to have gone to Laveno."

THE AUSTRIAN ARMY IN
PIEDMONT.
(Front the Special Correspondent of the Times)
PAVIA, MAY 21.

The French having been seen to the east of
Voghera, it became necessary to find out in what
strength they were. Accordingly, yesterday morn-
ing a body of about 20,000 men, under Count
Stadion, were sent across thePo by a bridge at Vac-
carizza, a few miles from this, just below the junction
of the Ticino and the Po, with orders to push on till
they found the enemy in force, to oblige him to show
his strength, and then immediately to retire. At
about noon Count Stadion reached Casteggio, which
he found occupied, and prepared for defence, and
he did not take it till after a hard fight. Beyond
Casteggio the enemy had secured a position on a
rising ground, with the village of Montebello in his
centre. Count Stadion attacked immediately, and
in about half an hour obtained possession of the
heights, losing, however, many officers and men in
storming some farmhouses, which were most gal-
lantly defended.
From the heights of Montebello the Austrians be-
held a novelty in the art of war. Train after train
arrived by railway from Voghera, each train dis-
gorging its hundreds of armed men, and immedi-
ately hastening back for more. In vain Count
Stadion endeavoured to crush the force before him
before it could be increased enough to overpower
him. The battle was kept up without any decisive
result till dark, when he retired, having fully accom-
plished his purpose of discovering the position and
force of the enemy. His loss, however, has been
great-10 officers killed and 16 wounded (one a
general of brigade, Braun), and 400 men killed and
wounded. The French were commanded by Gen.
Baraguay d'Hilliers. The Austrians say they fought
splendily—" Der Franzos ist em magnffiker Kerl"
is an expression I have heard often to-day. A
regiment of Sardinian lancers was nearly destroyed,
completely ridden over, by some hussars.
Tne General Staff has lost an excellent officer,
Major Wittner, who wasssent to observe and report
to Count Gyulai what he saw. Not satisfied with
this passive, but useful and indeed necessary, duty,
he put himself at the head of a party attacking a
farmhouse, and was killed by almost the first fire.
The Austrians had their reserves as close as was
usual in the days of old " brown Bess ;" the conse-
quence was that these suffered almost as much as
the troops engaged, the bullets from the French
rifles ranging very far. One regiment of Chasseurs
in particular is reported to have been extraordinarily
steady, and to have done great execution by its fire.
I regret that I cannot to-day discover the number
of this regiment, but hope to do so to-morrow.
The head-quarters are still at Oarlasco. The 9th
Corps, under Count Schaffgotche, has come up from
the eastward, and is now at Piacenza and in front
of it--that is to say, on the right bank of the Po.
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The Intendant-General of Turin has issued an
order for the mobilisation of the National Guards
of the division of Turin from the ages of 21 to
35. By another decree, severe measures are pre-
scribed against such bakers as have unlawfully
doubled the price of bread.
whatM. Ricasoli, Minister of the Interior in Tuscany,
has addressed a circular to the prefects of the
pro-
vinces, informing them that, in imitation of
has been done in Piedmont, the public press in
Tuscany must continue to be restricted during the
war.

A correspondent of the Siecle, writing from Ales-
sandria, states that the Austrian colonel who was
taken prisoner at Montebello has since died of his
wounds. The number of Austrian officers taken
was twenty.

The Piechnontese GazettE, publishes the 46th and
47th bulletins, containing little but what has already
been received by telegraph. The former mentions
the reconnaissance on Palestro, which lieT, midway
between Robbio and' Vercelli, and is in the hands
of the Austrians, who have barricaded it ; the other
bulletin relates to the Austrian reconnaissance
directed against Borgo Vercelli, now in the hands
of the Piedmontese. It confirms the statement that
General Garibaldi has made some prisoners in Lom-
bardy.

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REGISTRATION OF LETTERS FOR VICTORIA.—
On the Ist of June next, and thenceforward, a letter or
packet of printed papers addressed to Victoria may be
registered on the application of the person posting it, pro-
vided the postage, together with a registration fee of six-
pence, be paid in advance. By command of the Postmaster-
General. 1-WAN-LAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office,
May 28.
THD EXPLOSION AT SHELTON.—With reference
to a paragraph copied from the Birmingham. Post, a corres-
pondent informs us that the damage and inconvenience
caused by the explosion at the Shelton Furnaces will be
nothing- like so serious as was stated, the engine which is
damaged being an old one, and on the point of Ming stopped
for thorough npair, ant the n.ew parts of the engine re-
quired being all ready prepared.

INDIA AND CHINA.

ALEXANDRIA, MAY 19.

The India and China raails • leave to-day. The
dates are—Calcutta, April 22d; Madras, 29th ;
Hongkong, 13th.
The new Five-and-a-Half per Cent. loan was
announced to be open on the Ist of May, when the
Five per Cent. would be closed, except to holders
of Four per Cent. paper in Europe, for whom the
Fives remain open till the Ist of June.
Import markets steady. Money abundant.
Freights unaltered. Exchange 2s. 14-d. for credits.
China markets generally dull. Exchange at
Hongkong 4s. 81d.
At Shanghai, on the 4th of April, the silk settle-
ment was 2,500 bales. A decline of 20 to 25 taels
in Tsatlees and Taysaams.

Exchange on London 6s. sd. to Cs. 5,Ad.
Tea markets generally inactive. Decrease in
exports to Great Britain 4,439,0001 b.
We have been favoured with the following tele-

gram by the Peninsular and Oriental Company :
" The Nepaul, with the mails from Calcutta and
China, arrived at Marseilles at 8 a.m. yesterday

(Thursday).
" The mails left for London at 10 a.m.
" The mails left Malta for Southampton on the
23d inst., at 9 a.m."

THE BOMBAY MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.

The steamship Orissa, Captain Joy, has arrived.
She left Alexandria, May 11; Malta, the 16th;
and Gibraltar, the 21st. She has 133 passengers,
one package of specie, value unknown, and a cargo
of shawls, flax, &c.
There were six Austrian vessels at Gibraltar,
which would be dismantled and disposed of, if
possible, on account of the war. One of them had
been sold to a British subject.

The Orissa passed sever al ships of war. She spoke
the troopship Melbourne, on the 23d, off the
Burlings.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLI-

GENCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, MAY 25.
ARRIVALS.—May 23 : Undine, Mortimer Ricardo, Esq.;
from the West ; Falcon, William Craven, Esq., from Gib-
raltar; Stella, the Earl of Durham, from Portsmouth;
Caroline, the Hon. Windham Quin, from Portsmouth.
25 : Haidee, Henry Thorold, Esq., from Portsmouth.
YACHTS FITTING 01:T.—Beatrice, John E. W. Bongo
Esq. ; Magnolia, Sir Henry Beachen, Bart. ; Derwent,
Charles Lee, Esq. ; Petrel, Philip Perceval, Esq. ; Gipsy
Queen, Sir Heirry Bold Hoghl.on, Bart. ; Zouave,
Arabin, Esq.i; Zoe, the Earl of Yarborough; Aurora, Le
Merchant Thomas, Esq. ; Rattlesnake, R. Duffe, Esq.;
Isis, William Halliday Cosway, Esq. ; Sultana, Sir Charles
Taylor, Bart. ; Caprice, Lieut.-Colonel Charles Beriug;
Osprey, Colonel R. W. Hucy ; Stella, the Earl of Dalkeith ;
Sibyl, Colonel John Westenra ; Titania, Robert Stephan"
son, Esq., M.P. ; and Bacchante, Benjamin 11. Jones,
Esq. 'Victoria
YACHTS AT THE STATION.— yachts The Royal Richard
and Albert, Fairy, and Elfin ; Caroline, the Hon. Wind-
and
ham Quin; Haidee, Henry Thorold, Esq.; and B nette,
Colonel Simmons Smith.
FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The Earl of Durham has
Belmore House ; the Marquis of Abercorn, Averring Villa ;
Lady Vane, the Pavilion; Henry Thorold, Esq.; HePPes"
ley House ; John Loder, Esq., No. 4, Parade Terrace; Mrs.
Hopkins, No. 2 ; Captain Rich, the 2d Cottage ; CaPtein
Warburton, Adelaide Villa ; Major Vincent Wing, Grove
House; the Hon. Mrs. Douglas, the Ist Cottage; H. E.
Pellew, Esq., Harriet Lodge; the Rev. Mr. Mayer, Rose
Lodge. Gothic Hall, Rosetta Cottage, and several other
houses, have been taken this week, but the families have
not yet arrived.‘ The Hon. C. Cust is in treaty for the old
R.Y.S. House. G. Daniel, Esq., has taken Oakfield
Lodge.
REGATTA.—The Soci4te du Sport Nautique gave their
annual regatta on the 23d inst., at Argentine, for yachts
under 10 tons. There was a strong breeze from the north-
west. Sixteen yachts started, and after a spirited contest
of three hours, the Arid, of eight tons, belonging to John
Arthur, Esq., built by Ratsey and Son, of Cowes, was de-
clared the winner, having beaten all the other yachts by 20
minutes, and Mr. Arthur was awarded the cup and gold
medal of honour.