The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-17 00:00:00

COURT CIRC

WINDSOR CASTLE, JUNE 16.
Her Majesty the Queen went this day to Ascot races.
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Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
the Princesses Helena and Louisa.
An open carriage and four, conveying their Royal High-
nesses the Princess Alice, the Princess Mary of Cambridge,
the Prince Consort, and the Duke of Cambridge.
An open carriage and four, conveying the Duchess of
Manchester, the Princess de Chimay, the Maharajah Dhu-
leep Singh, and the Duke of Beaufort.
An open carriage and four, conveying the Duchess of
Buccleuch, the Duchess of Atholl, and the Prince de
Chimay. •
An open carriage and four, conveying the Countess de
Caraman Clumsy, Lady Geraldine Somerset, and the Mar-
quis of Abercorn.
An open carriage and four, conveying the Countess of
Elgin, the Countess of Lichfield, and the Duke of Buc-
clench. _ - ..

An open carriage and four, conveying Lady Caroline
Barrington, the Duke of Manchester, and Lord Raglan.
An open carriage and four, conveying the Hon. Beatrice
Byng, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, and Lord George Lennox.
An open carriage and four, conveying the Earl of Elgin,
the Earl of Lichfield, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. Phipps, and
Colonel Tyrwhitt.
An open carriage and four, conveying Mr. R. Ormsby
Gore, Colonel Home Purves, and Mr. Glover.
Lord Colville (Clerk Marshal) Equerry in Waiting, and
Captain the Hon. D. de Ros, Equerry in Waiting to the
Prince Consort, were on horseback.
Numerous outriders in scarlet liveries were in attendance.
The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master
of the Household preceded the Queen to the racecourse,
and received her Majesty upon her arrival at the Royal
stand.

The Prince Consort, the Duke of Cambridge, the great
officrs and the gentlemen of the household wore the
Windsor uniform.
The Queen visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent at Frogmore, on her return to the Castle after the
races.

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Her Majesty gave a dinner in the evening in St. George's-
hall to a party of 70. The magnificent service of silver-gilt
was used upon this occasion, and the dinner, table and both
the buffets were brilliantly lit by numerous wax lights in
golden candelabra. The large St. George candelabrum
was placed in the centre of the table, opposite to her
Majesty's seat.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-

GARDEN.

Last evening, an extra night, " Don Giovanni" was per-
formed for the third time this season, and attracted a very
brilliant and crowded audience. Mario, as the Don, acted
with all his accustomed excellence and finish. We shall
not, of course, enter at this time into the controversy with
respect to the alterations that have been made in the music ;
but this admits of no contradiction, that when the music is
merely transferred from one key to another Mario's singing
is invariably exquisite. His vocalisation last evening in
the duet "La ci darem," and the serenade "Del vieni alla
finestra," was splendid, and elicited, as it always does, the
highest approbation. Madame Grisi's Donna Anna was as
superb as ever. Ronconi's Leporello was worthy to rank
near that of the late M. Lablache's, and Tamberlik's Ottavio
was as fine a specimen of singing and acting as any critic
would wish to see. We must not omit a word of praise for
Signor Polenini, whe sustained the part of Masetto, and
Tagliafico that of the Commendatore ; each in their respec-
tive roles were excellent. The beautiful instrumentation
had every justice done to it by the unsurpassed band of this
establishment. The grand choruses were well sustained,
and the whole was conducted by Costa in a masterly
manner.
Flotow's " Martha" is to be given to-morrow evening,
and with Lotti, Mario, and Graziani, cannot fail to attract
a fashionable audience.

We perceive that Mercadante's " Il Giuramento" is to
be produced next week. We have heard objection taken to
the work ; but according to our judgment it is a capital
specimen of the genius of the old Italian master's talent.
It is admirably written for the voice, brilliantly instru-
mented, and full of genuine concerted pieces. To true
musicians it must always prove interesting, and on its pro-
duction we have no doubt it will be found highly attractive

It is stated in the city to-day that M. Kossuth
has been provided with a passport "by superior order" at
the French Embassy, and has this morning left London
for Paris. He will remain in that city a day or two and
then proceed via Marseilles to Genoa, where the formation
of a Hungarian legion has been commenced.
In reference to the circular yesterday of the
auditors of the -Western Bank of London, allusion was
made to the " suspension and dismissal" of the manager.
It is stated, however, that the manager was not dismissed,
the Board which was summoned to considor that question
having come to a unanimous resolution that the charges
against him were groundless.—Tiwes.
ELECTORAL CORRUPTION AT Nonwlcil.—The
committee appointed by the Norwich Town-council to con-
sider the prevalence of bribery at Parliamentary elections
for that city have adopted a memorial to the Government
praying that a commission may be issued for taking evi-
dence on the subject on the spot, as was done at Hull,
Barnstaple, St. Alban's, and other places. The proposed
memorial will be submitted for adoption at the next meet-
ling of the council.
THE WEST INDIES AND THE MAURlTlUS.—Yes-
terday was published a bulky blue-book of 550 pages, con-
taining copies or extracts of any correspondence between
the Colonial-office and the Governors of the West Indian
colonies and the Mauritius with respect to the condition of
the labouring population of such colonies, both native and
immigrant, and the supply of labour; and of all colonial
acts and ordinances regulating the condition of imported
labourers at present in force, and not already laid before
Parliament. Part 11., now printed, includes British Guiana,
Jamaica, and Trinidad.
THE STATE OF THE THAMES.—Measures were
taken yesterday in various parts of the metropolis for car-
rying out the suggestions of Dr. Letheby for the deodorise.
tion of the river Thames. Sheds have been erected in
farringdon-street, upon the line of the Fleet sewer ; in
Trafalgar-square, near the fountains ; and in other places
at both the East and West Ends. Under these sheds are
placed machines for the preparation of the deodorising
liquid.
THE ASSISTANT-JUDGE OF THE MIDDLESEX
COURT OF SESSIONS.—A bill of Mr. ex-Secretary Sotheron
Estcourt, M.P., and the ex-Attorney-General, fixes the
yearly salary of the Assistant-Judge of Criminal Justice in
Middlesex at £1,500 a-year, from the decease of MrPashley,
and precludes the Acting-Judge from practising at the bar.
Mr. Bodkin, therefore, will be compelled to resign the
emoluments attached to his late profession of advocate.
AMERICA VIA GALWAY.—Yesterday was published
a Parliamentary paper containing the correspondence, &c.,
relative to postal communication with North America, via
Galway. The result was the acceptance by Government
of the tender of the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation
Company on terms already known to the public. Th ser-
vice will not commence until June, 1860. The Lords of the
Treasury (26th March, 1859) refused to dispense with the
conditions requiring a communication with New York, via
St. John's, Newfoundland, in six days; but an arrange-
ment will be consented to by which the communication with
either St. John's or Halifax within six days and the land-
ing of passengers can be secured without obliging the postal
steamers of the company to incur the delay and difficulty
of going into the port of St. John's or Halifax.
THE STATUTE LAW COMMISSION.—The fourth
report of this commission has been handed in to the House of
Lords. Taking all points into consideration, the Commis-
sioners deem it probable, from the data of the " Register" of
statutes, &c., that the whole of the existing statute law
may be usefully consolidated in from 300 to 400 statutes
(assuming that all are to be consolidated). They think it
essential that some "barrister of eminence," selected by
the Queen, should devote his whole time and attention—we
are obliged slightly to alter the grammar of the original—
to the superintendence of the work in progress. This gen-
tleman, if assisted by 10 or 12 competent and industrious
draughtsmen, might complete the whole work of consolida-
tion in about two years.
THE ARMY.—A statement of the sums paid to
the relatives of deceased officers of her Majesty's army in lieu
of pensions, &c., during the year 1858-59 was published
sre:,:terday. We subjoin the names, rank, cause of death,
and amount of compensation, as follows :—viz., Bradshaw,
Jamei, Hill (Lieutenant 52d Foot), killed at the storming of
Delhi ou the 14th of September, 1857, £7715; Brockhurst,
F. J. S. (Lieutenant 53d Foot), killed in action atLucknow
on the 23d of February, 1858, £253 Chancellor, Alex-
ander (Captain 75th Foot), died on tile 4th of November,
1857, of wounds received at Cawnpore, £1,840; Gordon,
Robert (Captain 82d Foot), died of wounds received on the
28th of November, 1857, at Cawnpore, £1,369; Grahame,
Nicol (Lieutenant 90th Foot), died of wounds received on
the 23d of September, 1857, at Lucknow, £161; Hacket,
Frederick (Lieutenant 59th Foot), killed in action at
John
Can-
ton, on the 28th of December, 1857, £7lO ; Hudson,
(Lieutenant 6th Dragoon Guards), killed in action
dat Gun-
gerie, on the 14th of December, 1857, £861; Joly, Edward
de L. (Lieutenant 32d Foot), died of wounds received in
action at Lucknow, on the 30th of September, 1857, £713;
Mackinnon, Thomas A. (Lieutenant, 64th Foot), killed in
action at Cawnpore on the 28th of November, 1857,1465 ;
Moorsom, W. S. (Captain, 13th Foot), killed in action at
Lucknow on the 11th March, 1858, £713 ; Powell, Thomas
Sidney, C.B. (Lieut.-Colonel 52d Foot), killed' in action
at Rudpore on the Ist of November, 1857, £3,200 ; Stee-
Tens, Charles (Captain, 32d Foot), killed in action at
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LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR IN ITALY.

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

VIENNA, JUNE 16.
The Austrian Correspondence contains the fol-

lowing :
The organisation for the defence of the Tyrolese
territory is progressing. Several companies have
been already drawn out, and many others are in
preparation. The mountain passes are occupied.

TURIN, JUNE 16.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

The allied army of Italy passed the Serio on the
13th, marching towards the river Oglio. The
advance guard is at Coccaglio. The head-quartors
of the King of Sardinia were at Palazzuolo on the
12th. General Urban's corps quitted Coccaglio on
the morning of the 13th, and appears to be retiring
to Orzinovi.

MARSEILLES, JUNE 16.
Advices have been received from Athens to the

9th inst.

A popular manifestation has taken place before
the French embassy in celebration of the victories
in Italy. The ambassador, in addressing the crowd
assembled before his hotel, said that he would not
fail to communicate to the Emperor the sympathies
of Greece. Another demonstration by the students
has taken place, who called for public prayers to
heaven for victory to the allies, and the people sur-
rounded the church with loud acclamations. On
the occasion of the closing of the Chambers the
King declared that he would follow the advice of
the protecting powers without forgetting the honour
of his country.
Advices have also been received from Constan-

tinople to the Bth inst. The Grand Duke Con-
stantine arrived here on the 6th inst. The Porte
has given an evasive reply respecting the election
of Prince Couza. The Sultan asks for guarantees.

VIENNA, JUNE 16.
The Austrian Correspondence publishes the
following telegram :

VERONA, JUNE 15.

No news of any importance from the seat of war.
The different corps d'arinee take possession of their
allotted positions unmolested by the enemy.

The division of General d'Urban alone has sus-
tained a fight at Castenedolo with Garibaldi's bands,
which, although amounting to 4,000 men, with
four pieces of cannon, were repulsed by our troops.

The Moniteur announces that by a decree, signed
by the Emperor on the 4th, at his headquarters at
Novara, a chef de battaillon, a captain of the 3d
Zouaves, and a chef d'escadron of the 2d Regiment
of Chasseurs, have been raised to the rank of
officer in the Legion of Honour ; 42 officers, non-
commissioned officers, and privates in the 3d
Zouaves nominated to the rank of knight ; and the
military medal conferred on 68 non-commissioned
officers and privates of the 3d Zouaves ; on three
privates of the 2d Regiment of the Line, and on
four privates in the 2d Regiment of Chasseurs, all
for distinguished conduct in the combats of Pales-
tro and Novara.
" Certain journals," says the Nord of Brussels,
" pretend that, as the second phase of the opera-
tioms of the war will consist chiefly of sieges, the
presence of the Emperor Napoleon in Italy is less
necessary, and that his Majesty will shortly return
to France. That rumour is not worthy of much
credit. It is true that the allied armies will have
important sieges to make, but Austria is concen-
trating all her forces, estimated at 300,000 men,
behind the Mincio, and will certainly try again
her fortunes in the field. Besides, all the
intelligence forwarded to the Ministry of War in
Paris shows that the Austrians are preparing
a desperate resistance on her last line of de-
fence in Italy ; a complete system of fortifications,
like those which gave celebrity to the siege of Se-
bastopol, are now being raised along every water-
course and every road, so as to prolong the struggle
to the utmost. Under such circumstances, when
operations are about to assume a graver and more
decisive character, it is not likely that the Emperor
would think of leaving the theatre of war. In about
a fortnight the allied armies will be ready to com-
mence the campaign on the Mincio and in the
Adriatic ; if the Emperor returned to Paris in that
interval it would evidently be for a very short
period."

Marshal Canrobert addressed two days after the
battle of Magenta the following order of the day
to the corps d'arince under his command :
" Soldiers of the 3d Corps,—The Austrians, who
had vainly attempted to oppose your passage over
the Sesia, thought, the day before yesterday, to
check the advance of the French army at Buffalora
and at Ponte di Magenta. Their repeated efforts
only tended to more strongly demonstrate the
superiority of the French soldiers over them, and to
add another feat of arms to those already inscribed
on our colours. The enemy, beaten successively,
have lost, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, more
than 25,000 men ; they now fly, discouraged, be-
fore our army, and to-morrow, thanks to the skilful
combinations of the Emperor and the courage of
his soldiers, you will enter triumphantly into Milan,
the old capital of Lombardy. Many among you
have taken a direct and glorious part in those great
results, particularly the corps composing the brigade
of General Picard, of the division of Generl Renault,
which had to support the greatest efforts of the
enemy, and also those of the brigade of General
Jannin, of the same division, who had to maintain.
very desperate combats on the left of the Naviglio.
The Emperor shall be informed of the conduct of
all, and those who have had the honour and the
happiness of showing themselves worthy of a re
compense will soon receive it.

" CANROBERT."

A letter from Alessandria of the 12th says :
Within the last three days the Chasseurs of the
Apennines have arrived here, and are lodged in the
citadel. Instead of General Ulloa, who was at first
selected for the command of this corps, but has
since been named general in chief in Tuscany, the
Neapolitan Colonel Boldoni is charged with the
definitive organisation of these threen battalions,
which will soon go to join Garibaldi. That cele-
brated partisan is to be promoted to the rank of
lieutenant-general, and he will unite under his
command the chasseurs of the Alps with those of
the Apennines, whose numbers will be increased
by Lombard volunteers, as the tricoloured flag
advances. Among the chasseurs of the Apennines
are two political celebrities of Tuscany. M. Mon-
tanelli, minister of foreign affairs in 1848-9, who
serves in the ranks, and M. Malenchini, one of the
three chiefs 'of the provisional government, and
afterwards minister of war, who holds the rank of
major. Alessandria is now surrounded with tents ;
which are the first objects that strike the eye of
travellers arriving by the different lines of railway.
Alessandria, like Mechlin in Belgium, is the central
point in which all the railways of the country
meet. While on the subject of railways allow me
to say that the service could not be better organised
to second the skilful strategical combinations of the
Emperor Napoleon. In acknowledgment of this
fact, M. Bona, the Piedmontese minister of public
works, has been made Grand Cross of the Legion
of Honour by the Emperor, and his Majesty has
expressed himself in the most flattering manner as
to the service of the railways. That commendation is
the more valuable as proceeding from the chief of
a country in which the management of railways
has attained an extraordinary degree of perfection.
Alesssanclna can boast a good number of churches,
there being not less than twenty, but five only are
now used for public worship, the rest being used
for military purposes. While I am writing, the
cannon which the Austrians left spiked at Pavia
and Milan are being brought in."

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY.

PARIS BOVIISE.—The market has been buoyant,
as the mobilisation of the Prussian army is not
considered as a threat to Fratice, Threes, after

having been done at 62f. 55c., rallied to 62f. 95c.,
and are now at 62f. 75c., in consequence of a fall
of :4 on the English Consols. The bi-monthly set-
tlement of shares passed off quietly, with rates of
continuation moderate. Austrian have been done
at from 390 f. to 397 f. 50c. ; Lombards; 465 f. to
472 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,217 f. 50c. to 1,227 f. 50c. ;
Lyons, 827 f. 50c. to 837 f. 50e. ; Northern, 920 f. to
927 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 605 f. to 610. The following
were the last quotations :

4k per Cents. .... 92 75 I Credit Foncier 645
Do. end month .. I Belg„ian 4
3 per Cents. 62 80 Piedmontese (5)
Do. end month.... 62 60 Roman B3
Bank Shares...... 2770 Austrian

Credit Mobilier 645 I Spanish Threes —
Do. Ace Glint 612 50 Home Debt 39 75

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 920 50 .. 922 50
New ditto 782 50 .. 782 50

Lyons and Mediterranean
835 831 25
Geneva

. . 495 -

Southern
Western 505 .. 510
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian

.. 392 50

Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money,
25f 7'c.; three months, paper, 25f..; money, 24f. 971 c.

SPAIN.

The Madrid Gazette of the 12th contains, as has
been stated by telegraph, the documents by which
the Infante Don Sebastien, brother of Don Carlos,
acknowledges Queen. Isabella as the rightful sove-
reign of Spain. These documents are-1. A minnte
dated Naples the 4th, signed by the Prince, the
Spanish ambassador in that city, and other persons,
setting forth that the latter, at the request of the
former, had waited on his Royal Highness,
and had received his solemn recognition of
the Queen, and had administered to him the
oaths of fidelity to her Majesty. 2. A letter
from the Prince to the Queen, saying " that hav-
ing fulfilled the prescription of the law by swear-
ing loyalty to the Queen, and obedience to the
Constitution, it is his first duty t© throw himself
at her Royal feet, and offer his submission and his
sentiments of profound respect ; and that he prays
her Majesty, with her usual bounty, to allow him
to present his homage in person and to kiss her
Royal hand ;" and 3, a despatch from the Spanish
Ambassador giving details of the affair, and en-
closing the preceding documents. The Prince, Don
Sebastien Gabriel Maria de Bourbon y Braganza,
48 years of age, is married to a sister of the late,
aunt of the present King of Naples. The journals
announce that the Portuguese Minister at Madrid
Ihad suddenly left for Lisbon, a circumstance which
had given rise to some speculation.