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

GALWAY AND SHANNON PORTS.

Since the issue of the report of the Government
Commission on the capabilities of Galway harbour,
an abstract of which was given in The Sun of the
29th of March, another official document has been
published, purporting to be, as its title denotes, a
copy of the instructions of the 11th of June, 1852,
from the Admiralty to the committee appointed to
inquire into the suitableness and capabilities of the
ports of Galway and the Shannon for a Transatlan-
tic packet station, in connection with a harbour of
refuge ; and of the report and minutes of evidence
of the said committee, together with the sailing
directions for the river Shannon, drawn up by
Lieut. Wolfe, R.N. The report of this committee
is now nearly seven years old, it having been written
some time in the summer of 1852. The reporters
were Captain J. W. Beechey, R.N., Captain Smith,
R.N., and Captain Caffin, R.N. These gentle-
men, on the point of situation, award
andaccom-
modationatrdadecided
preference to the Shannon as a Transatlantic
packet
convenience for
packet
and
dhe
the
landing and embarking passengers and despatching
the mails, it was found (in 1852) that neither of the
said ports was adapted for such services at that
time. Galway Roads, although perfectly safe for a
properly
surcinedntliyn
ground
tackling, rid e at her
was anchors,
not
(if
ireported)
protected from the sea to be recommended as a place
Nvi:ehneireen
tplayssengers
embarkedc or
rd at
al, or a cargo
times
sbe safely
taken or i
o nn-
andtn laidedt
and discharged,
capacious there was no basin there
receivesuffi-
ciently the vessels that would
be required for the purpose. In the Shannon there
are two places, Foynes and Tarbert, either of which
afford secure anchorage at all times, but neither had
the requisite landing accommodation. After consi-
r,
derin the deficiencies
of these places respectively,
the commit
tee determined that large and extensive
works would be required to render Galway Roads
secure and suitable for a packet station. it would
be necessary, they say, to protect the anchorage by
a strong pier run off Mutton Isle to the south-south-
' east, to a distance of 2,500 feet (very nearly), and
to fill up the space between that island and the
main, and a basin would be further necessary to
protect the packets in the winter months and when
requiring refit. Other works and two lighthouses
would be required. It was the opinion of the engi-
neer consulted by the committee, Mr. Roberts, of
the Board of Works, that certain works proposed
and deemed necessary by the committee could not
be executed at Galway under the enormous sum of
£227,600 ; and judging from the expense of these
limited works, it was computed that the more com-
plete plan could not be carried out under double that
sum. Mr. Roberts proposed a plan the expense of
which he estimated at £155,600, but this the com-
mittee rejected, concluding that £230,000 would be
the minimum sum required to adapt Galway to a
packet station for the Atlantic voyages. Works
proposed to be executed at Tarbert and Foynes
are next considered in detail. The expense
of a pier and basin at Tarbert is roughly esti-
mated at £75,000, and that of a pier and break-
water at Foynes at £13,000, in addition to
which £96,000 and £137,000 would be required
respec
tively
with connecting Foynes and Tarbert - •
ctively
with the lines of railway then (1852) constructed
in connection with Dublin. As regards
the relative
merits of these ports as a packet station, the com-
mittee, as before stated, yield the preference to the

THE WAR IN IT2LE

A later from Voghera of the 23d says :—" I left
Alessandria yesterday morning at five o'clock by
railway, and after passing by the little town of
Tortona, stenrod in. view of Ponteeurone, where
the head-quarters of Marshal
Wintry
d'Hilliers
are established.
Ai? the is extremely
fertile, and the only thing it has to complain of is
the torrent of the Curone, which often, in the rainy
season and on the melting of the snow, overflows
its banks, and ravages the roads and plains. At
this moment the Curone is tolerably low, and can
be crossed without danger. Voghera, where I next
arrived, is set down in all the geographical dic-
tionaries as a town ; it is even said in those works
that it is the last one in Piedmont, and that
the country which extends to Piacenza only
contains villages like Broni and Stradella.
But I must affirm that Voghera is only a vil-
lage like many of those on the banks of the
Seine, near Paris ; it has, however, just now a
very numerous military population. I found the
French soldiers engaged in the painful labour of
providing for the wounded and burying the dead.
Many remains of the combat of the 20th have
collected—arms, heaps of uniforms, plates bearing
the double-headed eagle, bayonet sheaths, &c. The
lead whom I saw were almost all in white coats,
with dark green or blue trousers bearing a red stripe.
The head-dress is in the form of a mitre. Almost all
these men were young and strong. Their features,
however, denoted that they had undergone great
fatigue, and the prisoners who have been taken
affirm that for some time the corps d'armee to which
they belonged had had to suffer from forted marches
and privations. Among the prisoners a good many
are Hungarians. A domestic in the household of the
Emperor, who is of that country, questioned ieveral
of them, and all seemed to bear their captivity with
great philosophy, convinced as they are that France
will treat them generously. The Austrian officers
have been most kindly treated by the French ofli -
cers, as wine, coffee, cigars, everything likely to
be agreeable, have been offered. Most of them have
accepted the offers made, but others have abso-
lutely refused, and do not even answer the questions
asked ; one, a Dutchman, has thus far, it has been
noticed, maintained the most obstinate silence"
A letter from Alessandria of the 23d says:—
"Rain has recommenced here, but it does not seem
to disquiet the soldiers encamped near this place.
The sanitary state of the army is excellent. All
this morning great agitation prevailed in the
town. It was rumoured that very sharp engage-
ments, commencing last evening, and continuing
all night, had taken place between the Piedmon-
qAp; troops enjamped onith *ne,,,f,rom Valenza and
,6- - -
of cannon was heard about.. midnight, and it was
said that the army, commanded by King Victor
Emmanuel in person, was engaged on the banks
of the Sesia, after having made a forced
march from Occimiano. Of that intelligence, all
that has been confirmed is this :—The main body
of the Piedmontese army, commanded by the
King, occupies the banks of the Sesia, and is ex-
changing a vigorous fire of artillery with the
Austrians. The Austrians appear sufficiently
strong to resist a long time, and make no move-
ment to the rear. The King, on his part, is sure
to be able to maintain his position, and even hopes
to be able to advance. The opinion, however, here
is that the passage of the Sesia will not yet be
effected. The Emperor, informed last evening of
the events which were occuring on the Sesia, made
preparations for advancing immediately on the
receipt of other news. The horses of his Majesty
were during the night held ready at the railway
station, and the general staff has been kept on foot.
A movement was even commenced--a regiment of
Zouaves of the Guard having been placed in railway
carriages at four o'clock in the morning to proceed to
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uent during the campaign, and the soldier is
prepared in advance to expect them. Before
o s
terminating this letter, I must mention a fact
which needs no comment :—Early this morning,
t N'
saidm n
tphraets presented d
was himself i
ams
desertere l f t o thefrGrandoint
he h°P ,and
Regiment, a
of the name of Tain ; that for two years he had
been residing in Switzerland, and that he wished
to constitute himself a prisoner; he hoped that, after
being brought to trial, he would lie allowed to join
his regiment, as he wanted to fight against the
Austrians. He was taken m • t o custody, and will
soon be tried. His case has been mentioned to the
Emperor, and it is not improbable that on his trial
no punishment will be inflicted, and that he will be
allowed to re-enter the army. He is a young man,
and was carrying on a lucrative business in
Switzerland." •
The commandant of the fortress of Venice, Lieut.
Marshal Baron Alemann, has issued an order, dated
the 16th, relating to the state of siege now decreed
there. In cases of alarm, Fort St. George is to firs
12 guns, at which signal all civilians must imme-
diately retire into their houses, except functionaries
in uniform, priests in the exercise of their func-
tions, and physicians and surgeons provided with
certificates. All the doors are to be shut; no church
bells are to be rung, and the great canals leading
into the town are to be closed to all kinds of boats.
The property of the state or of the troops is in-
violable, and householders are responsible for such
property, each in so far as his house is concerned.
All functionaries in uniform are under the direct
authority of the commandant until the alarm
is over.

A letter from Rome of the 21st says :—" Volun-
teers
leaving this cityin varying num-
bers, departures lead to scenes of despair,
in
passion gives way to all its 'vio-
lence. ;lien and women may be seen rushing to
a a
which nrd eltalian these daily
the palace of the Governor of Rome, loudly de-
epidemic.
manding a son, a father, or a husband, and the
which
publichi
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isas reallyall
lthe
characteristicsgetti n g alarmedof a moral
at a desertion
sa,utsheed
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the
To prevent the distress and inconvenience that may
tbeee re
consent of their parents, if minors, and of their wives
if married. His Holiness ordered the celebration
of services for three days this week, in the church of
San Carlo Borromeo, on the Corso, to implore peace
from God through the intercession of the Holy
Archbishop of Milan. Monsignore Borromeo, dean
of that church, was charged with the celebration
of this pious duty, an honour to which he had a
twofold claim—his position and his name. The
splendid reliquary containing the heart of St.
Charles, the gift of a cardinal of his family, was
ng services,
placed on the altar of the Virgin during. the three
days. Both the morning and evening
which were performed by cardinals and bishops,
Were attended by overflowing congregations."

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Shannon over the port of Galway
,
places in that river already so often
ed WOey
prefer Foynes to Tarbert, on account of the natural
shelter which is already. formed there, and of the
readiness with which it may be adapted to the ser- • .
vice ; also on account of its beieg out of the way Df--!-:: :
vessels navigating- the Shannon. Tarbert :Road iB, r,,
well known as the great stopping place for the. 4 i
trade of this river, to Limerick, and the resort of • : - •
vessels taking shelter from sea in bad weather ; and
an inconvenience might occasionally arise on this
account. It would, besides, require a great outlay
of money as compared with what would be neces-
sary at Foynes ; it is therefore considered desirable,
in the event of a station being determined on at
either of the two ports of Galway or the Shannon,
to adapt Foynes to the purpose ; but it is the opi-
nion of the majority of the committee that neither
of the ports of Galway or the Shannon are suitable
to a service requiring the greatest regularity and '
despatch, as from the nature of the coast, the pre-
vailing winds and weather, and high seas, frequent
delays, both for daylight and -Thr the weather to
clear, will cause interruption in the winter months,
especially to the regular arrival of the packets, al-
though we do not think it will interfere much with
their regular departure. As regards a harbour of
refuge in connection with a packet station, either of
the ports of Galway or the Shannon could be made
efficient by the arrangement of lighthouses. On the
other hand, the dictum of the Commissioners ap-
pointed last year to report or. certain points respect-
ing Galway Bay, already referred to, is decidedly
in favour of that " natural" harbour as a packet
station and place of refuge, and hence the Govern-
ment will be sorely perplexed to decide between
the two.

OUSEHOLD WORDS.—Messrs. BRADBURY
and Ev.A.755 be to state that their connection with
HOUSEHOLD WORDS will cease from and after the 2Sth
Inst., and that on Saturday, the 2d July they will commence
a new Weekly Illustrated Periodical, to be called
"ONCE A WEEK."
All communications for the Editor to be addressed to No.
11, Bouverie-street,

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R 0 YA L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the slanagement a Mr. Charles Kean
THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspeare's historical
play of KING HENRY V.
Kin.. Henry V., Mr. C. "Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean.
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THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING will be pertorrned the new and original
Comedy, entitled TUE WORLD AND THE STAGE. The
characters by Messrs. Comr-41,eBuckstone, Howe, W. Far-
se Boxers; Miss Amy Se k, arc.
After which, a new Classical Extravaganza, entitled
ELECTRA. IN A. NEW ELECTRIC LIGHT. Messrs
Campton. Braid. Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright,
Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Leclercq.
And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.
Commence at 7.

THfATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL
NSole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
• Reappearance el Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan.
THIi EVENING the' performances will commence with
THE TALKING FISH. Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. J. Smith,
Garden, Moreland ; Miss R.:, Kelly and Miss Laidlaw.
Followed by THE HOITSAV: or, THE HOME ?
Miss Mr. A.
Wigan, C, Selby, Billington ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, H.
Simms. Miss Laidlaw.
After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J.
L Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Wocrigar, Seeley, Arden, and
Late Kelly.

Acting sianager—Mr. Wm. Smith.
Doors open at a quarter-past six--Commence at seven. Box
Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for' r
booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept o all articles found.

OPAL STRAND THEATRE.
R Lessee and Directress, Miss Swan.`)orough
THIS EVENING will be produced a nen • Comedietta, by
J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ?
supported by the company'.
After which, THE MAID AND THE BIAGPI.• T
To conclude with VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. T. Clark.
Commence at 7o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATIO,
Westminster-road.
Lessee and Manager.. ... —.Mr. William Cooke.
Unparalleled and Continued Succesg of INANIIOE.
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 Achievements in extraordinary magnificence.
Ivanhoe, Mr. It. 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 CHICLE, 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 domestie
concentration of unequalled male and female talent.
To conclude with the Farce of KILL OR CURE.
The preparations for Whitsuntide are on an extensive scale
already.

The utmost advantage looked for as the result of
a nge of Ministry by the organ of the projected
new ei.‘':'b,-tlition Cabinet to be formed out of the
parties, and sections of parties, con-
heterogeee,las
stituting the _Present Opposition, is—a simple, and
cautious, am? woderate measure of Parliamentary
Reform. If the leaders of the Opposition will
only consent to t`his amiable compromise—if Lord
PALMERSTON, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Mr.
BRIGHT will only enable themselves to put their
heads together by moos of a little series of
,
mutual concessions—if the member for Tiverton
will but complacently swallow " this," if the
member for the City of Lone: on will but good-
naturedly swallow " that," if the ;member for Bir-
mingham, (with or without a wry 6.ec., according
to the elasticity of his gullet and the sti:ength of
his political digestion) will but magnanimously
swallow " the other"—if—if—if, all this can only
be arranged somehow—then as the brilliant result
of all these ingenious combinations, concessions, and
party coquetries, of this elaborated concatenation of
curious and (some of them) perfectly inconsequen-
tial may hope that the country
may be rewarded in the end by—a simple, a very
cautious, and a strictly moderate measure of
Parliamentary Reform. After this—Eureka !
The grand political problem of the day has
been solved! We may now, at last, cherish a vague
hope that, eventually, with a little more care in
elucidation, the children of the present generation
may yet, in the fulness of time, under the guidance
of the Times, render their female grandparents pro-
ficient s in the high art of extracting the contents from
egg-shells by suction. Nothing, assuredly, however
apparently inscrutable, can ever baffle human in-
genuity after this. It is the passing of the pons
asinoruns among all the varied problems of legisla•
tion. There is none that can be reasonably deemed
an insurmountable difficulty after this one resplen-
dent demonstration. And there is an additional
satisfaction about it that there is no possibility of
any misapprehension whatever either in regard to
the means or in regard to the result of the achieve-
ment—both have been defined by the Times with
signal clearness and the utmost degree of particu-
larity.
Jj; says the Times, Lord PALMERSTON, Lord
JOHN RUSSELL, and Mr. BRIGHT will only agree
to a few mutual concessions—we may actually
obtain a simple and moderate measure of Parlia-
mentary Reform !
It does strike us, certainly—it may strike any
one, in truth, for that matter, possessed of a single
grain of the most ordinary common sense—that this
same wonderful result of a simple aad moderate
measure of Parliamentary Reform may be secured
at once and very readily without one of these most
astonishing preliminaries in the way of tortuous
chicaneries and manoeuvrings with a view to the
fabrication of a dubious Coalition out of the discor-
dant elements of a distracted and disorganised

Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips
Dress Circle, 43. ; Boxes, Is.;
Gallery, Pi Gds,2 ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper
Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2., and .£1 is.
To commence at 7 ; Carriages at 11.

CIANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS
V 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
NIGHT years.
The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some
ot 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 ot 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 27.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
68—highest since noon yesterday.
64—lowest this morning and during the night.
67—this day at noon. _

BAItOMETER- -29.98.
WIND, Easterly ; light, with very fine weather.

We have Count GYULAI'S official account of the
battle of Montebello. It appears that a larger
body of Austrians were engaged than had previously-
been supposed. It is stated that Count STADION
"-"." GLa, .3,.‘"148437 fortified hi-mgc, of Vapenrizza
with 25,000 men, in order to ascertain the position
of the French. They stormed Casteggio, and came
upon BARAGUAY d'FIILLIERs' army, near Monte-
bello. Ile attacked it so as to make the enemy
display his strength. Count STADION himself was
wounded, slid 10 officers killed and 16 wounded.
The total loss officially reported is 290 killed, 718
wounded, and 283 missing. The latter are pro•
bably the prisoners taken by the Allies. It also
states that Count STADION retired in the evening,
having effected his purpose. The French troops
engaged are estimated at 40,000 men—a very diffe-
rent number from those given by the French
journals. It may be observed that General FoREY
abstained from stating the numerical strength of
his forces ; but they have certainly never been
calculated at so high a figure. It is probable that
the parties engaged were nearly equal. There was
certainly a surprise in the first instance, but the
French brought up fresh troops by rail, and thus
restored the balance. It would appear that the
Austrian troops have been complimented by the
EMPEROR for their " remarkable valour," and that
General GYULAI'S report of the affair at Monte-
bello has created a most desirable impression on
the people of Vienna. It is easy to satisfy some
persons. One thing, however, is certain, that it is
impossible to place much credence either on tele-
grams proceeding from the seat of war, or even on
the official reports of the generals engaged on either
side.

Opposition.
The disproportion between the boon to be ob-
tained and the extraordinary difficulty and intri-
cacy of the manner of its attainment is indeed,
upon the very face of it, something really and
truly quite preposterous. It is like building up an
elaborate and gigantic piece of scientific mechanism
bearing a resemblance, let us say, to the opus mag-
num of the late Sir ISAMBARD BRUNEL—the Block
Machinery atrortsmouth—for the express purpose
of—squeezing a lemon. It is proposed to ransack
the arcana of human knowledge to effect what may
be done now at any moment by the grasp of a
strong hand.
Why something more than a merely simple and
moderate measure of Parliamentary Reform might
have been made out of the Government Bill laid
upon the table of the House in the late Parliament
whenever it might have come to be taken into con-
sideration in Committee. The bill contained a germ
that might have been expanded to any dimension. It
might, in the process of its rapid development in
Committee have been trained:in any direction—on the
one hand, the voting papers being carried to the full
extent of the concession of the Ballot ; on the other,
the extension of the electoral franchise being con-
ceded as fax as the 'louse in Committee might have
deemed it prudent or advisable in the wide expanse
lying between universal suffrage and a total absence
of popular representation.
A simple and moderate measure of Reform—and
something more—is readily obtainable from her
MAJEsTY's present Government. It is clearly absurd,
therefore, to talk of that as alone attainable through
the desperate device of a total change of Ministry
in the presence of the great war now actually
raging in Lombardy between the two most formidable
military powers in Christendom. A total change
of Ministry, moreover, that could alone be effectual
to the end proposed (namely, the passing of a simple
and moderate measure of Reform), by means of a
dereliction of principle that could be nothing less
than disgraceful to each of the three chiefs
of party concerned, to Mr. BRIGHT, to
Lord JOHN RUSSELL and to Viscount PAL3IER-

Vercelli has been abandoned, and the bridge
over the Sesia blown up. This proves clearly
that the Austrians are falling back into Lombardy,
and intend the fighting to take place (if at all)
where they have strongly entrenched positions,
and where the fortresses of Piacenza and Pavia
will check the progress of the enemy; indeed, it is
difficult to conceive how any prudent General
could advance without first reducing these powei-
ful citadels, in the face of an army AnarlY equal
to his own. This will, as we have already
stated, be a work of time and difficulty, and must
materially diminish the prestige which NAPOLEON
hopes to obtain before he can emulate the acts of
" _Le Petit Caporal."

The standard of insurrection has been already
raised in Lombardy, and the same result will pro-
bably follow in many of the minor States, more
especially in Parma and Modena, where it will be
the object of the French to encourage disturbances
in order to have an adequate excuse for violating
their neutrality, and thus obtaining very consi•
derable advantage in carrying the war into the
enemy's country. GARIBALDI' is a very awkward
customer. He barricaded himself at Varese without
cannon or cavalry. This did not, however, prevent
him from meeting the Austrian attack, and it is
said that he succeeded in repulsing them with
great loss, and taking some of their artillery, the
article of which the gallant General was most
in want. This has excited the enthusiasm of
the People in the surrounding districts, who
have assumed the tricolour, and been provided with
arms. It is, however, stated that he had under
him 104000 men, while only 5,000 Austrians went
to the onslaught. These were formidable odds
when vs ielded by such a man, and made up for the
want of such important arms'as cannon anti cavalry.

ST ON.

How, without some most discreditable
concession on the one side or the other, would the
hon. member for Birmingham reconcile his differ-
ences with the noble lords the members for the
City of London and for Tiverton upon the one single
question—let us say of the Ballot ? Yet their
notorious differences upon that question of the
Ballot would by necessity have to be reconciled
before their Coalition could be brought to bear
upon the country as an actual working Admi-
nistration. Either the ballot would have to be
accepted by the Noble Lords or abandoned by Mr.
BRIGHT—in either case a more than simply dubious
transaction, seeing that the concession would be
obviously made solely with a view to its being a

The perfect command of the sea has been of vast
iinportaxace to the allies. Railroads may be a more
speedy mode of transition for small bodiles of men,
Lut where large masses are to be moved there is
riothimg like ships. Indeed, there are few
1 fines where they have the means of carry_
lag a Gong a, great number of soldiers, how.

•ther with
trans- Gilding, stepping-stone 5- stone to office—solely as a means of
ever closely they may be packed togs trans- whatever disregard of principle
the necessary munitions of war. Adequate .
ports can, however, accomplish almost anythint;' °r consistency, the chiefs of their opponents,
We see what the English achieved in the convey-
ance of troops, not merely to the Crimea, but also
to India ; and, therefore, we can understand what
France can do while she has the command of
that most important highway. She has already
landed troops in Leghorn ; and as she may easily
get on to Venice, where it only requires an opor-
tunity to excite the inhabitants, who are muttering
curses, not loud but deep, agailst their Germ-an
rulers, they will reap even greater benefits than
have been anticipated.
The French are setting us an example in the
construction of the smaller class of vessels. We
are told that five gun-boats on a new model have been
constructed at the dockyard of La Seyne, near Toulon.
They can be taken to pieces and again remounted.
They are, it is said, intended to be used against
the Austrians on Lake Maggiore. They were
shipped at Toulon on board the transports Ariege
and Sevre, which sailed for Genoa on the 23d inst.
These will effect important changes in the
lake warfare, and render valuable assistance
to GARIBALDI and his volunteers. The Austrians
will probably have bitter cause to repent their
precipitation in forcing matters to a conclusion.
Somethiig might have been effected if they had
consented to the Congress. We believe that
Louis NAPOLEON had determined on war, but
still they would have gained the sympathies, and
possibly the assistance, of other nations, who saw
that they were subjected to unfair treatment by
their opponents.

Prom the offices of the Government. Is the country
fo T such a Result prepared to witness such a Spec-
tacle? And to what end ? That the disconsolate
Gullizs, andELLIoTs, and RUSSELLS may be restored
once more to Downing-street—that the Great
Whig Families may, through their scions, batten
again upon the Treasury—that the Tite Barnacles
may fasten themselves anew in swarms upon the keel
of the good old ship Britannia—that the Circum-
locution office may be enabled to consume a few
more million hanks of red tape in tying up the
waste papers of routine—that Lord PALMERSTON
may once more charm the House of Commons by
his winning affability—that Lord JOHN may be
afforded a new opportunity of throwing up office
in the midst of a perilous emergency, abandoning
the helm when the vessel is on a lee shore, and
when the tempest shall lower darker and darker
with every portent of disaster ? Is it for this that
we are to have another charming Coalition ? Or
is it—in order that Mr. JOHN BRIGHT may be
sworn in as a Privy Councillor and dubbed Right
Honourable?

We give in another column a communication
which appears in our able weekly contemporary,
the Freeman, and which is well worthy the at-
tention of both the great parties in the House.
The journal referred to is the organ of one of the
largest and most active bodies, politically, amongst
Dissenters ; and the writer of the letter is evi-
dently no journeyman hand, but one who has
thoroughly mastered the personelle of the new
Parliament. We believe he may be taken as re-
presenting accurately the views of all that portion
of Dissenters which influences elections, and it is
plain enough from his language that Dissenters
are no longer disposed to feed on PALMERSTON and
RUSSELL " chaff." If the Liberal leaders calculate
on the support of Dissenters without a quid pro
quo they will be thoroughly and deservedly disap-
pointed. We direct observation to the sentence in
italics, not only on account of its special applica 111
-
tion to what precedes, but on account of the general
principle it involves. The writer states distinctly
that the friends of Dissenters in the House—that
is, their friends in regard to a liberal ecclesiastical
policy—will have the approval of Dissenters
generally, if they abstain from turning out the
present Government, unless the Liberal leaders can
give explicit assurances in regard to Church-rates
and other ecclesiastical grievances. He also expects
much from Mr. ESTCOURT'S promised bill, and he
throws .the blame of Catholic desertion of the
Liberals on their fear of seeing the return to power
of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who, they think, has not
yet expiated sufficiently in Opposition the crime of
the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.. Lord STANLEY comes
in of course for the commendation he deserves from
the pen of a candid and intelligent Dissenter, and
the tone of the whole letter is, " We Dissenters
will be no parties to turning out the DERBY
Ministry except for a substantial reason ; we will
lend no aid to their factious ejection from office."
We observed that the principle of the last re-
mark is general. It is so in regard to another
political question on which the more intelligent
and influential part of the Dissenting press is en-
tirely in accord with us—we refer to Reform and
to the Ballot more especially. The journal we
quote from, and others, stigmatised the factious
and worthless character of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S
resolutions as strongly ag we did ; while' on the
Ballot, representing as they do the middle classes,
they are very decided. Unless the Whigs can
make up their minds to propose something in the
way of Reform for which it is worth while to turn
out a Conservative Government, the great Dissent-
ing bodies do not wish to see it turned out. They
are practical, and not mere party men. They say,
" We get, after all, from the Tories what the Whigs
can't or won't give us. We are sick of dancing
attendance on the exclusive and haughty Whig
Lords; the Tories at least treat us with the
courtesy due to citizens who wish to deal fairly by
any Government, and if we can't get all we want
from them we yet prefer reasonable and respectful
treatment to being joked and snubbed." Lord JOHN
RUSSELL has deservedly lost caste with Dissenters
by the haughty and absurd language he long used
respecting Church•rates and the Ballot, Lord PAL-
MERSTON and his care-for-nobody policy annoyed
them as a grave and conscientious portion of the
community; while the Conservatives have at
least one young, but conspicuous, leader, for whom
they avow, perhaps, more respect than for any
of the principal politicians of the day. It is clear
to us that Dissenters will oppose all their influence
to factious Whiggism.
At the same time Conservatives must not fall
into Lord PAL3IERSTON'S error, and lose themselves
in their growing popularity. That popularity de-
pends entirely on the belief that they make greater
sacrifices to content the people than the Whigs
will. Fair-minded English Liberals, and Dis-
senters as a body as such, can afford to be gene-
rous. They judge the proposals from the two
parties by their relative, not their abstract, merit.
Mr. DISRAELI'S late Reform Bill, Mr. ESTCOURT'S
coming Church-rate Bill, and other matters, are
reviewed in regard to the party sacrifices made by
the pro ?offers. If Tories come near to Whigs in
their offers, it shows more concern to gratify the
people, more unbendingness, and the people are
conscious of it ; hence they become attached to
Tories, or at least grateful to them, for what they
would hardly take with grumbling from the leaders
of their own party. Whigs may say this is hard.
It may seem so in one aspect ; in another it does
not. Heaven itself judges men, not by their
virtues abstractly, but by the sacrifices they cost.
The Whigs may be " unto quid," but the country
feels, in regard to Tory concessions, that it " knows
not what's resisted." The moral of all is, if the
Tories will concede handsomely in June, the
country will give them full credit ; that if the
Whigs wish to supplant then, they must equal the
Tories, not so much in their proposals as in the
sacrifices for the people which they involve. What
will keep Tories in will not assuredly get Whigs
in ; and it ought not.

(.1)
at%nTAu.Rn.e_;
There will be no contest of parties for the
appointment of the Speaker of the New House of Commons.
Mr. Disraeli and Lord Palmerston will unite in the nomi-
nation of Mr. J. E. Denison, the late Speaker.
THE NEW PARLIAMENT.—The following circular
has been issued to the supporters of the present Govern-
ment :—" Members are most particularly requested to make
their arrangements so as to admit of their being sworn at
the table of the House of Commons not later than the 6th
of June. It is fully expected that an amendment will be
propped upon the address in answer to the Queen's speech
on Tuesday, June 7, and it is of the utmost importance that
every vote should be available on that day.—Treasury,
May 23," .
The Right Hon. Sir William and Lady Hayter
have arrived at their residence in Hyde-park-terrace, from
South-hill Park, Berkshire.
DEPARTURE. OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—It iS
now on a visit. to her royal mother, will
stated that an official communication has been received by
'the authorities
.at Gravesend to the effect that the Princess
M. Kossuth On
immense assembly at
depart from Frederick
o uo\i‘srtsinlivilia'!;pll:.°' rittex(o:Difrt heTden2Etdo
Bradford. The illustrious exile is about to address a
Glasgow audience.
Wednesday
We understand that James Patteson, Esq., of
the Northern Circuit, son of the Right Hon. Sir John
Patteson, has been appointed Secretary to the Law Courts
Concentration Commission.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Thurs-
day, May 26.—Admissions on payment, 3,964 ; ditto by
season tickets, 503. Total visitors, 4,437.

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR IN ITALY.

The following tel2grams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, MAY 27.
The .31oniteter of to-day publishes the folloving
telegram :
ALESSANDRIA, May 26.—There is nothing new
to note. The health of the army continues in
excellent condition.

MARSEILLES, MAY 26.

The steamer Vesuvio, which left Naples on the
24th, has arrived here with a full complement of
passengers who have hurriedly quitted Naples from
fear of a collision which appeared imminent there.
The Court is divided. The King, confiding in his
army, is making preparations to suppress any
outbreak of a Revolution de Palais. His Majesty
has ordered the arrest of several suspected persons
of distinction. It is asserted that the King will
declare for neutrality. His Majesty has received
by telegraph reassuring communications from the
great Powers.

TRIESTE, MAY 27.
Advices have been received from Corfu to the
20th inst.

It is asserted that about 60 French men-of-war
are in the Mediterranean, cruising between the
Adriatic and the Levant. There is but one gun
vessel lying here.

TURIN, MAY 26..
OFFICAL BULLETIN.

A message from Varese announces that at 4
o'clock this morning 5,000 Austrians attacked
General Garibaldi's corps. Three hours later the
enemy was repulsed with great loss at Malmate, on
the road to Como. The Chasseurs d'Alpes fought
valiantly, charging the Austrians with the bayonet.
The country round Varese is in insurrection, and
the people are provided with arms. General
Garibaldi is in pursuit of the retreating enemy.
To-day the Emperor went to Vercelli, accompanied
by Generals Vaillant and Della Marmora.
His Majesty was received by the authorities, the
clergy, and the populace, who saluted him with
hearty plaudits.

PARIS, MAY 26.

At 1 o'clock to-day the Empress received the
members of the great bodies of the State, and ad-
dressed a speech to the presidents of each body.
Her Majesty said to Count Morny, President of the
Corps Legislatif, that she depended on the en-
lightened patriotism of the Deputies to maintain in
their several departments that confidence which all
must feel in the energy of the army, and, when the
day of victory shall have come, in the moderation
of the Emperor. Her Majesty further said, that
she reckons upon the loyal support of the entire
nation, which, during the absence of the chief it has
chosen, will never be found wanting to a woman and
a child.

Loud and long applause followed the conclusion
of her Majesty's address.

FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, MAY 27.

At the sitting of the Federal Diet yesterday, the
minor German States voted, that in certain even-
tualities military measures should be taken.

Prussia claimed that in such cases the initiative
should be accorded to her.

NAPLES, MAY 2G.

Naples is tranquil.

The King was proclaimed at Caserta on Sunday.
The garrison took the oath of allegi-once the same
day. The garrison of Naples took the oath of
allegiance yesterday.
The funeral will take place at the end of the
week, or on Monday.

VIENNA, MAY 26.

The official Wiener Zeitung publishes General
Gyulai's report to the Emperor of the details of the
affair at Montebello :—Wounded, 718 ; killed, 290 ;
missing, 283. The enemy numbered 40,000 menu
but abstained from all pursuit.

The Emperor has addressed to General Gyulai
an autograph letter, expressing to him and the
troops in general his Majesty's thanks for their
remarkable valour. The letter also directs a list
of all the killed and wounded to be drawn up, in
order that their names may be made known in
their respective homes.
General Gyulai's published report of the affair at
Montebello has made a most desirable impression
on the public here. The number of the enemy being
40,000, the bravery of our troops is so much the
more esteemed.

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