The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-16 00:00:00

BakILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern . B6O .. 850
New ditto
Lyons and MQditerranean. 755 .. 755
Geneva ... — -- ..
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian - 337 50 .. 330
Austrian .. 3.50 .. 3.50

The Vienna Gazette publishes the text of the
letter by which the .kustrian ambassador at Paris
notified his departure to Count Walewski. It is
as follows :

"The French charge d'affaires at Vienna having
demanded his passports by a note addressed to
Count de Buol, I have received orders from my
Government to leave France with all the persons
attached to the embassy. I have therefore the
honour to request thvl your Excellency will send
me my passports. The Government of Holland,
in compliance with a. request from the Imperial
C-,urt of Austria, has authorised its representative
in Paris and its consuvAr agents in the French ports
to take charge of the interests of Austrian subjects
residing in France duffing the absence of the em-
bassv.—Accept, &c.,
" Paris, May 2." " BARON DE HUBNER."
The Corriere Mereanelle of Genoa publishes the
following proclamation,uddresscd by the Hungarian
exiles to their countrymen :

" Magyars,—The Italians are your brethren !
Recollect 1849, when tile Sardinian Government,
notwithstanding its difficulties, extended a friendly
hand to you, the only one offered to you in all
Europe ! Austria will, by a thousand promises,
seek to induce you to fight for her. Do not forget
that Italy is fighting for: her independence, and that
the principle proclaimed!, by her is also ours. Re-
collect that Austria, when the danger is passed,
will not recollect her promises. Magyars ! The
Italians and we are oppressed by the .same yoke.

Brethren in slavery, let us aid each other in recon-
quering liberty. In labouring for the cause of Italy
you will promote your own !"
A Paris correspondent of the Nord says :—",The
Emperor Napoleon, a few days before he left Paris,
addressed al letter to Queen Victoria announcing
his approaching departure, and repeating his pro-
mise to take no step during the war that might
compromise the interests:of England or the general
security of Europe. Prince Albert, in replying to
this letter, in the name of her Majesty, declared
that the English Government continued to rely on
the spirit of moderation of which the Emperor has
already given so many proofs." The same letter
contains the following :—" The Austrian flotilla
has received orders to take refuge at Trieste, where
the French navy will not attack it, as that port
belongs to the Federal territory ; but that pru-
dential measure had not been completely executed,
it is said, when Admiral Jurien de la Graviere
entered the Adriatic, so that his division may per-
haps intercept the Austrian division, which would
then take shelter under the guns of Venice, and be
open to attack. At all events, the blockade of the
Adriatic will be strictly maintained by a force of
four large steam frigates and two vessels of the line.
Instructions have been forwarded to the comman-
ders of all the French naval stations to respect the
Austrian frigate Novara, which is engaged in a
scientific voyage round the world."
On the 11th, the day before the arrival of his
Majesty the Emperor of the French at Genoa, the
syndic of that city issued the following address :
" Fellow-citizens,—Genoa will to-morrow be the
first to enjoy the distinguished honour of receiving
H.M. Napoleon lll.—the generous and powerful
ally of our beloved Sovereign, the champion of
justice and civilisation, the avenger of oppressed
nations. Adopting our cause with unexampled
magnanimity, the Emperor of the French, not con-
tent with having immediately sent a formidable
army to our assistance, comes in person, accom-
panied by the prayers of all France, to assume its
command. Soon will the heir to the name and
glory of Napoleon the Great fight side by side with
Victor Emmanuel 11., the worthy successor of the
heroes of Savoy, the King of every Italian heart ;
and the family bonds which already unite the two
allied Sovereigns will be cemented by common
dangers and fortunes on bloody fields of battle.
Fellow-citizens—The Emperor of the French could
not give us any greater proof of sympathy, nor a
securer pledge of victory. Let us then express, in
the fulness of our heart, our sentiments of profound
admiration and gratitude to the august Chief of the
great nation that stretched out a friendly hand to
Italy, in order to aid her efficaciously in at length
attaining the long-wished-for independence. To-
morrow evening, as a sign of joy, the city and port
will be illuminated by the municipality. I rely
upon your spontaneous and general co-operation.
Let every house, from the highest point down to
the seashore, be illuminated, and let the two tri-
colours—the symbols of the happy alliance and j
harbingers of a new era—wave from every win-
dow ! " The Syndic, MORRO."
The Piedmontese Gazette publishes the following
official bulletins :
" No. 25. May 11th, evening.—Yesterday two
batteries and a fresh convoy of 32 carts of wounded
and sick returned to Pavia by Gravellona."
" No. 26. May 12th, morning.—ln the course of
yesterday 3,000 Austrians crossed the Po at La
Stella, the commander remaining at La Becca, on
the left bank of the river. About 4,000 men were
between Castel San Giovanni and Borgonuovo ;
the syndic of Stradella had received orders from the
enemy to cause the national road to Piacenza to be
repaired. Many of the enemy's troops are concen-
trated between Mortara, Palestro, and Robbio.
They have undone the two wooden bridges they
had thrown over the Sesia, near Palestro."
Stradella is a town situated near the frontier of
Parma, and Castel San Giovanni and Borgonuovo,
on the Parmese territory.
The Piedmontese Gazette publishes a proclama-
tion from Prince Eugene of Savoy Carrignan, thank-
ing the National Guards of Turin for their alacrity
in obeying the appeal made to them for the defence
of the city. A similar proclamation has been pub•
lished by M. Tecchio, Royal Commissioner at Ivrea,
to the people of that town.
A battalion of Piedmontese marines has arrived
at Leghorn from Genoa, on board the Victor Em-
manuel steamer. They were received by the popu-
lation with great enthusiasm.
The Indipezzdente of Turin states that a female
spy has been discovered in that capital by two of
Garibaldi's soldiers.
The Provisional Government of Tuscany has ap-
pointed Lieut.-Col. Niccolini to the post of Civil
and Military Governor of the island of Elba.
A letter from Turin of the 10th, in the Indepezz-
dance of Brussels says :—" Two sittings of the
Council of Ministers were held yesterday. The
successive movements of the Austrians towards
Turin had excited a certain alarm among the citi-
zens. Whether Count de Cavour did or did not
believe an attack on the capital probable, it became
indispensable, from the state of the public mind,
to take precautions. It was therefore decided to
make an appeal to the national guard ; to arm an
additional body of that force ; to call back General
de Sonnaz to Turin, and to confide to him the de-
fence of the city ; to order Garibaldi and the chas-
seurs of the Alps to return to Chivasso ; to take
measures for arming all the people ; to throw up
barricades and to crown the heights round Turin
with artillery, particularly those points by which
the enemy might come. The Piedmontese Go-
vernment had thought it its duty to disarm the
people, and thus delivered them up bound hand
and foot:to the invaders. It was wished to avoid
insurrections and take from the war anything of a
revolutionary character. The result has been that
some towns, Trino for example, which has a popu-
lation of from 7,000 to 8,000, has been pillaged by
a band of 57 Austrians,"
A letter from Genoa of the 10th, in the Sieele,
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ments of advanced posts. These unfortunate fel-
lows were in a pitiable state, scarcely clothed, and
some of them without shoes. They presented a
melancholy spectacle. If all the army of Francis
Joseph is like this specimen we can understand the
requisitions, spoliations, robberies, and pillage of
the bands of Giulay. A regiment of Zouaves dis-
embarked here from Africa yesterday, and was re-
ceived with transports of enthusiasm. The men are
of fine martial appearance, wear the green turban,
and are so bronzed by the sun of Africa that they
appear darker even than the Turcos. They re-
mained here till this morning, and then left for
head quarters. Since last evening eleven French
vessels of war have anchored in the port, and a

this moment the cannons, ammunition, and horses,

of the artillery of the guard, and another regiment
of Zouaves are being disembarked."
A letter from Venice states :—" Archduke Maxi-
milian has dissolved his vice-regal court, and has

withdrawn on board. the Elizabeth frigate, in
Malamocco harbour. his only suite consists of two

aides-de-camp.%
A Vienna letter of the 10th, in the Journal des
Debats, says :—" The satisfaction which was felt at
Vienna on receiving two despatches from Count
Karoly, giving an account of his interviews with
_ .

Prince Gortschakoff at St. Petersburg, has not
been of a long duration, for in a new one received
the day before yesterday he states that the Russian
Minister of Foreign Affairs had plainly declared
to him that, at the point at which things have
arrived, Russia could not take any engagement
towards Austria, or the Germanic Confederation,

to maintain absolute neutrality, in compliance with
the hope expressed in an autograph letter from the
Emperor Francis Joseph to the Emperor Alex-
ander. Count Karoly's mission at St. Petersburg
is consequently considered to have failed—the
object of it having been to obtain from the Russian
Cabinet a declaration of neutrality in the war;
which declaration would have freed Prussia and
all the States of the Germanic Confederation from
any fear of Russia, in the event of Germany placing
the Federal armies at the dispbsition of Austria."
A letter from Frankfort says :—" Another circu-
lar despatch has been addressed by the French
Government to the German Courts under date of
the 3d inst., in which it gives the assurance that
it will respect their several territories, and intro-
duce no change in the treaties of commerce and
navigation concluded with them. The despatch, as
I have said, was only intended for the frontier
States ; for the only State which I know for

certain to have received
_it is one on the French
frontier."

In the Chamber of Deputies of Prussia (on
the 12th, previously to the adoption mentioned
by telegraph of the financial measures of the
Government, the Minister of Foreign Affairs
expressed a hope that as Government had given,
so far as the gravity of circumstances permitted,
confidential explanations to the committee on the
situation of affairs, the Chamber would abstain
from calling for further statements, and would
approve of the Government for displaying such
reserve; also, that in the discussion it would as far
as possible avoid everything that could cause
serious embarrassment to the Cabinet, or render its
position more difficult. At the same time the
Government would, he declared, receive with plea-
sure any observations calculated to show the verit-
able opinion of the country ; " for," said he, " how
can the Prussian Government, in a moment like
the present, not feel the need of being in complete
accord with the great and faithful people whose
destinies it has to guide in these difficult times ?
It is, no doubt," he added, " a very significant
vote which we request from yell, but it is not for
ourselves that we ask it. May you give it unani-
mously, for the sake of the country which you and
the Government serve, and which perhaps has now
greater need than ever of the union and devoted-
ness of its children!"

A letter from Cologne of the 11th says :
" Things are assuming a warlike aspect here.
Every day troops of the landwehr and the reserve
arrive, and the conveyance of cannon and ammuni-
tion is taking place uninterruptedly. All the re-
serve has been called out ; so also has the artillery of
the landwehr. Cannon for arming the fortress are
being prepared, and enormous quantities of gun-
powder are being accumulated in the magazines.
Commerce has already begun to suffer by the
approach of war, and manufacturers, not being able
to sell their productions, have had to dismiss part
of their workmen. None of the buildings projected
in this town have been undertaken. The works of
the railway on the left bank of the Rhine are con-
tinuing, but the fate of the Rhine Nahe line is
doubtful, the Chamber of Nobles having refused to
sanction the loan voted by the Chamber of Deputies."
A letter from Rome, in the Univers, says :—" The
Duke de Grammont was lately admitted to an
audience of the Pope, having received a despatch
ordering him to express the sense of devotedness of
the Emperor of the French towards his Holiness,
and to declare that his Majesty was ready under
any circumstances to assist the Sovereign Pontiff,
and to protect his person and his rights. The Pope
expressed his thanks, and then, pointing to his
crucifix, said to the ambassador, ' Monsieur le Due,
that is what I confide in !' The Emperor of Austria
has sent an autograph letter to the Pope, assuring
him of his eagerness to serve him, and begging his
Holiness to dispose of him and of his troops. He
adds that they shall retire, or limit their occupation
to such places as the Pope may point out in order
to defend the integrity of the territory of the
Church."

PRUSSIA.

The following is the full text of the speech of
the Prince Regent of Prussia on the close of the
Prussian Diet :
" Illustrious, noble, and honoured Members of
both Chambers of the Diet,—
"In a few days we shall cordially greet with
sentiments of deep emotion the arrival of our King
and Master, who returns to his country. The
sojourn of his Majesty in a southern clime has
terminated. However beneficial may have been
the effects of that sojourn upon the King's health,
our prayers, our wishes, and our hopes for his com-
plete re-establishment still await their fulfilment.
" Your hearty wishes on the birth of my grand-
son have chimed in with my thankful prayers.
The Royal House, as well as the nation, behold in
that happy event a new pledge of the inseparable
community of their interests.
" The deliberations of this session of the Diet
have closed at a moment of agitation. leYou have,
gentlemen, submitted to a careful examination the
proposals made to you by the Government. In the
law courts the law relative to the modification of
some enactments of tho penal code has done away with
a number ofgrievances,and supplied wants,the modi-
fication of which have been extended to the Commer-
cial Code of the Rhenish provinces,and will realize
many desired reforms. The law regulating the fish-
eries at the mouthof the Order and in the neighbour-
ing waters, as also the law relative to the irrigation of
the Rhenish provinces and Hohenzollern have re-
ceived the sanction of the two Chambers. Other
laws, of provincial interest, will provide for the
wants of those parts for which they have been
voted.
" I regret to say that the important bills relative
to a reform of the marriage law and landed property
have not been voted, owing to the time for the close
of the session having arrived. We shall have to
turn again to those two bills, as also •to the bill
relative to the rights of property of married people
in Westphalia.
" Gentlemen,---I thank you for the unanimity and
devotion which you have displayed in upholding
the dignity of the Royal House in increasing the
Royal dotations.
" After a careful examination of the financial
projects laid before you, you have provided the
means not only to satisfy in every respect the wants
of the actual Government, but also a number of
extra wants. It shall be the duty of my Govern-
ment to employ those supplies, under existing po-
litical circumstances, in a manner to anticipate
your approval.
"Commerce and industry, which had begun to
revive from the effects of a heavy crisis, have again
been shaken. The amount of remunerative labour
has diminished, and has been more restricted by
the rejection of the proposal made by my Govern-
ment for the purchase of the railway from the
Rhine to the Nahe. The Government will exert
all its efforts to diminish the effects of this sad state
of affairs.
" Some disagreements have arisen respecting the
interpretation of some enactments of the Constitu-
tion and of the laws of the country between my
Government and the Upper Chamber, as also be-
tween the two Chambers of the Diet. I entertain
the firm conviction that the old Prussian sentiment
which so eminently pervades the national Parlia-
ment will know how to settle these disagreements
satisfactorily to the interest of both Crown and
country, and that all hearts will unite stronger
than ever in that spirit of fidelity and devotion to
the King and to the country which has displayed
itself in so unmistakeable and consoling a manner
for my heart in the decisions you have recently
adopted.
" War, which the unrelaxed and honest efforts of
my Government strove in vain to prevent, has
broken out in Italy. The gravity of this event has
rendered it necessary to place the army on a war
footing, a measure which has also been extended to
the navy, for the ulterior development of which
you have voted the necessary supplies. The unani-
mous manner in which you have voted the heaiy
sums required for the eventual mobilisation of the
whole army is an additional proof of the spirit of
patriotism which prevails in the country. Accept
my warmest thanks.

The nation has not been behind you in its zeal.
All the reserves and all the militia have joyfully
rejoined their colours. The attitude of the army
and the spirit which animates it fill me with con-
fidence, whatever may be the events which the
future has in store for us. I know that when the
country shall require its services the army will not
remain behind the deeds of arms and military
prowess of our fathers. •
" Gentlemen,—Prussia is resolved to maintain the
bases of international la w and the balance of power
in Europe. (Preussen ist en tschlossen die Grundlagen
des Europaischen Rechts-Zustandes, das Gleichge-
wicht Europas zu wahren.) It is her right and her
duty to provide for the safety and the defence of
the national interests of Germany. She will not
relinquish the guardianship over those goods.
Prussia expects that all German Confederates will
stand firmly by her side in the solution of this
task, and will place their confidence in her desire
to act for the common country.
It is at a critical moment, gentlemen, that I bid
you return to your homes. May the Almighty
extend his protecting hand over our beloved coun-
try, may He hearken to our prayers for our beloved
king arid master.
" Join me in the shout, Long live the King !"
The whole Assembly rose and gave three cheers

for the King.