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"TIM .—The Emperor has at last quitted Paris. Accompanied by Prince Napoleon he set out for Lyons on Tuesday evening. The streets were thronged with people. Blouses on foot and gentry, ladies especially, in carriages crowded the way to see the Emperor go forth to the wars. Farewell to the Empress and the Prince Imperial was spoken in the Tuileries. The Emperor, clothed in the undress uniform of a General of Division, and wearing a kepi, mounted his horse, and escorted by the Cent Gerdes, rode slowly to the station saluted by incessant cries of " Vive rEmpereur !" " Vive r Italie !" The Empress drove to the station and went by rail as far as Montereau where she bade her husband farewell.

Before quiting Paris he had organized a regency and changed his ministry somewhat. M. Delangle was removed from the Ministry of the Interior to the Ministry of Justice ; M. le Due de Padoue, appointed Minister of the Interior; and Marshal Randon, became Minister of War in the room of Marshal Valliant sent to the wars as Chief of the Staff. Count Wakwski was made a Privy Councillor. The iloniteur of Tues- day contained the following decree- " Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national will Emperor of the French, to all present and future greeting : " Wishing to give to our beloved wife, the Empress, the marks of high confidence we yolace in her.

"And considering that it is our intention to assume the command of the Army of Italy, we have resolved to confer, as we confer by these Iron* upon our well-loved wife, the Empress, the title of Regent, to exams she

functions of the same during our absence, in conformity with our instruc- tions and our orders, such as we shall have made known in the General Order of the service which we shall establish, and which shall be inscribed in the Great Book of the State.

" Let it be understood that cognizance shall be given to our uncle, Prince Jerome, to the Presidents of the great bodies of the State, to the members of our Privy Council and to the Ministers, of such orders and instructions; and that in no case can the Empress deviate from their tenour in the exer- cise of the functions of Regent. " It is our wish that the Empress should preside, in our name, at the Privy Council and at the Council of Ministers. However, it is not our in- tention that the Empress Regent should authorise by her signature the promul- gation of any senatus consultum, or any law of the State other than those which are actually pending before the Senate, the Legislative Body, and the Council of State, referring ourselves in this respect to the orders and in- structions above-mentioned.

" We charge our Minister of State to give communication of the present letters patent to the Senate, which will have them registered, and to our Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, who will have them published in the Bulletin des Lois.

"Given at the Palace of the Tuilleries this 3d of May, 1859.

" NAPOLEON.

(Countersigned) ACIIILLE FouLn, Minister of State."

Reports of the Emperor's landing at Genoa have been received from Genoa, Paris, and Turin. The following are the more informing.

" Genoa, May 12.—The Emperor Napoleon has not yet arrived, but the steamer Hortense is in sight. The sea is calm. The populace present the appearance of a fete, and an immense crowd is assembled on the landing- place. A huge structure, covered with flags and symbolical representations of the French and Sardinian alliance, has been erected on the spot where the Emperor is to land."

" Genoa, May 12, 2.8. p.m.—The Emperor has landed at the inner port (Darsena) and gone direct to the Royal Palace, from the balcony of which lie has just shown himself to the assembled populace, who greeted him with enthusiastic plaudits and acclamations. The Emperor was accompanied to the Palace by Prince de Carignan, Count Cavour, and Count Latour d' Au- vergne, the French Ambassador."

" Turin Thursday, May 12.—Details have arrived respecting the arri- val of the Emperor at Genoa. The port was full of gay boats crowded with spectators, who saluted his Majesty with acclamations of welcome, and cast flowers before him. The Emperor held a review of some old soldiers of the first Empire in the court-yard of the Royal Palace. Crowds of people have been collected during the whole day beneath the Emperor's window, cheer- ing and applauding him incessantly. His Majesty goes this evening to the theatre. The official bulletin of the war published today contains nothing of importance."

The council of Regency and the new Minister of the Interior issued announcements, the one to the prefects, the other to the public touching the new state of things. They contain nothing remarkable.

With regard to the army the Moniteur tells us that "the Emperor has decided on again applying the decree of war of 1855, which increased the number of the etat Major-General as well as that of the staff corps, the execution of which was suspended during the peace. Ten generals of division and 20 generals of brigade will be added, making the number respectively 90 and 180. The addition to the staff corps consists of five colonels, five lieutenant-colonels, 10 chefs d'escadron, and 30 captains, bringing up the numbers to 35, 35, 110, and 330 respectively. The number of lieutenants still remains as before at 100. The appointments above-mentioned will only be made as the necessities of the service may require."

The Eastern Railway Company, last week, received orders to convey 60,000 men to the head-quarters of the army of observation of the Rhine at Nancy, and consequently resolved for the present to run only two passenger trains per day.

Sill . —The Italian journals afford some passages illustrative of the political condition of the country. The Gazetta Piemontese says that the King's order to lay an embargo on all Austrian vessels in the ports of the kingdom was given against his will, and by right of reprisal for loss, desertion, theft, extortion, &c., which the Austrians, in defiance of the rights of nations and modern civilization, practised upon the Piedmontese territory, with the utmost barbarity. The Corriere Mercantile reports an article in extenso from the Madrid journal, La Novedades, which manifests an ardent desire that Spain should send aid to Piedmont, and professes to express the wish of the whole nation. It is stated that one of the most illustrious generals of Spain is about to proceed to the general quarters of the King, accom- panied by a splendid staff, and that all the Spanish journals speak in fa- vour of the Italian cause. Many officers, among whom are some Spanish grandees, colonels of the army, demand permission to fight for the Italian cause.

The Piedmontese journals report at length the decrees relative to the cessation of the Provisional Government at Parma, and the reestablish- ment of the Duchies. The reason for this retrograde step was rather perhaps the approach of the Austrians than the disaffection of the soldiers and officers for the national cause. The principal agents in the counter- revolutionary movement were some officers and sub-officers. The popu- lation manifest great consternation.

The Monitore Toscano states that the Duke of Modena has received the aid of a battalion of Austrian troops. The artillery corps are unfriendly to the Duke, but the dragoons are attached to him. The same journal mentions that on the 2d of May the Austrian soldiers at Bologna showed signs of immoderate joy. At first it was supposed that they had gained a victory, but it was ascertained to be the result of Gyulai's order of the day, and the augmentation of their pay. They were to have quitted Bo- logna at night, but this order was zotintermanded. The preparations for the means of transport were not, however, countermanded, and the can- nons were conveyed to the neighbouring hills.

The Provisional Government of Florence has addressed a most sensible document to the representatives of the Powers in Tuscany, in which the measures taken for the national cause are justified, and continued moderation is promised both on the part of the authorities and people.

The Opinion says, that though the National College is closed, the career of the scholastic students will not be retarded. The same is the case at the Universities.

A correspondent writes from Carrara to the Corriere Mercantile that a hireling of the Duke stabbed the Tuscan officer at the head of the troops sent from Florence. The assassin was arrested. Though the officer is seriously wounded, hopes are entertained of his recovery. The Gazzetta Tieinese says that, contrary to the rigorous neutrality of Switzerland, a certain Colonel Schmid is not only enrolling men to complete the Swiss regiments of the Pope, but is also forming a new regiment.

The Provisional Government of Tuscany has published many decrees by which, among other provisions, the Academical Courses of Pisa and Siena are declared closed for this year; an amnesty is granted for political crimes ; a commission is appointed to examine claims to pension and subsidies ; some of the old employes are dismissed, and new ones ap- pointed, &c.

The Chevalier Bagagli, after having given in his adhesion to the new order of things, has demanded his dismissal from the post of Governor of the city of Leghorn. The Marquis Corsini di Lajatico has just published a pamphlet at Florence, entitled " History of four hours, from nine in the morning till one in the afternoon, of the 27th April 1859." In it he recounts the events in which he was a spectator, and took part.

The Utile di Lucca describes the full and exultant assent of that city to the events of Florence and its perfect adhesion to the new Govern- ment.

The new Tuscan Ministry comprises the following gentlemen— M. Buoncompagni, Sardinian Envoy, President of the Council and Min- ister for Foreign Affairs; Baron Ricasoli, Minister of the Interior ; Marquis Ridolfi, Minister for Public Instruction; Councillor Poggi, Minister of Jus- tice; M. Busacca, Finance Minister ; and M. Caminatti, a Piedmontese colonel, War Minister.

A Bologna correspondent of the Opinions argues 'from the continued orders and counter-orders which the Austrians receive in the Legations, that great uncertainty reigns in the projects of the head of the army, and adds, that the Pontifical Italian troops long to fight under the tri- coloured banner. The dragoons were confined to the barracks, because it was feared they would pass over to Tuscany. The Pontifical Govern- ment has promoted the officer who insulted the students of the University of Bologna to the grade of colonel. The professors have renewed their protest, and on this occasion the Municipality has united with them. This case affords an additional proof that the Government remains Aus- trian to the very last.

The bulletins of the official journal of Naples, of the date of the 27th, announce that a slight increase had taken place in the King's malady. On the 30th his state was the same, with the addition of some nervous excitement. In conclusion, it appears that there is no doubt of the speedy and fatal result of the King's illness. The Government of the Two Sicilies has officially notified to the. Courts of Europe that it is the wish of his Neapolitan Majesty to pre- serve a strict neutrality towards all Powers pending the present compli- cations.

There is a good deal of political excitement in Sicily. Volunteers for Piedmont depart at every opportunity. It is reported that a skirmish has taken place between a body of them and the King's soldiers at Mes- sina, with loss on both sides. Naples is in a state of siege. A fund in aid of the national cause is being collected in Naples and the provinces.

6111118114.—The statement made by the Prussian Government when its Minister moved the addition of 40,000,000 of thalers to the taxes, gives a summary of the negotiations which preceded the outbreak of war. The concluding passages throw some light on the position of Prussia.

The Government, says this statement, "has found no motive for taking any other course than this, to wit ; to maintain firmly the position it has hitherto observed, due attention being paid to any change of circum- stances. For the present neither Russia nor any other power has an op- portunity of acting in a direct manner as a mediator, but Prussia will, notwithstanding, always endeavour to accomplish the mission she has taken up, and as she has previously used every effort to maintain peace, so will she now do so to reestablish it. But in the same way that until recently she has sought for the means of doing so solely on the field of diplomatic negotiations, now that the political question of the day has entered its present phase she will be unable to dispense, until she may have attained her object, with supporting her diplomatic action by an armed attitude. The Government, in presence of the new turn taken by events, has extended to six other army corps the measure of mobili- sation, ordered in principle solely for the Federal contingent of Prussia. But in order to be able to maintain this position, and give it an exten- sion proportionate to the circumstances ; in order to place our navy in a condition to defend our coasts, the Government demands with confidence that the Chamber shall grant it the credits necessary to this end. And these credits it does not ask save for employing them solely on the wants of the army. It only desires to obtain them that it may be able to per- form the twofold mission Prussia ought to propose to herself in the pre- sent situation of Europe ; first and foremost to provide for the protection and watch over the safety of Germany ; and then for maintenance of the national interests, especially those of the European equilibrium, in so far as this might be rendered insecure by the course of events."

A telegraphic despatch from Berlin dated May 12, states:that " after a six hours' debate in the Chamber of Deputies today, during which all parties expressed the sentiment of German nationality, the loan asked for by Government for the military and naval administration, together with further means for raising money, was unanimously voted." The Viennese Government, through the Archduke Albert, has appeal- ed to the "faithful inhabitants of Hungary" for volunteers—horse and foot. He flatters their military spirit so often displayed, and " trusts " that Hungary will eagerly come forward to justify the Imperial confi- dence.

In communicating to you the measures relative to the formation of free corps, I can only repeat the generous words of the Emperor, With God for Fatherland !' adding to them, however, And for our belovedSovereign.' " The Government of Bavaria has ordered the raising of a loan of four millions of florins, at 41 per cent, and at the price of 97, to meet military requirements.

Prince Nicholas of Nassau has taken leave of the Chambers, prior to leaving for the Austrian army. In his farewell speech he congratulated himself on being the first German prince who took up arms "for the de- fence of the common country."

A telegraphic despatch from Ragusa, May 10, reports a calamity. "The Austrian war-brig Triton has blown up. The commander of the brig was on shore when the accident happened. The dead, wounded, and missing are about eighty in number."

8111 if ir 11311 il.—The French Government, through its Minister at Berne, made, on the 5th, the following communication to the Federal Government.

"His Majesty, the Emperor, has deemed it necessary to unite his forces with those of his ally, the King of Sardinia, in order to repel an attack directed against his Government by his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. His Majesty, the Emperor of the French, earnestly desiring to restrict this war within defined limits, has given orders to the commander of his forces, both by sea and land, strictly to respect the territorial and commercial in- terests of those States which remain neutral, and constantly to observe all principles laid down by the Paris Congress of 16th April 1856, in the rela- tions with all States which have adhered to these principles. The Emperor feels convinced that the Federal Government, animated by a just desire for reciprocity, will take such measures as will ensure that Swiss citizens shall, during the war, observe a strict neutrality." lrtgiam.—The Belgian Manamur has officially announced the in- tention of the Belgian Government to preserve a strict neutrality. " Belgium has adhered to the principles laid down in the declaration of the Congress of Paris of the 16th of April 1856.

" Any person subject to the laws of the kingdom who shall attempt pri- vateering, or otherwise act contrary to the duties of neutrality, will expose himself to the risk, on the one hand, of being treated as a pirate abroad, and, on the other , will be prosecuted with the full rigour of the law by the Belgian tribunals."

1 11111 8.—The fuller despatches from Bombay confirm the report of the capture of Tantia Topee and the action which preceded that event. It is, however, now said that not Maun Singh but another enabled the English to capture the rebel leader. The Bombay correspondent of the Times tells the story with a guarantee of its authenticity. " When Tantia Topee fled from Gwalior, after his defeat by Sir Hugh Rose, he was accompanied by a buxee or paymaster of the Maharajah. This • buxee had a creditor, who thought that the best way to secure payment • would be to accompany his debtor. He accordingly fled with Tantia Topee

• and the buxee, and accompanied them in their peregrinations to Tonk and Oodeypore, and back to Julra, Puttun, and Rajghur. Many a weary march he made in this way, following his debtor as a hound follows the track of -blood. Unfortunately, the buxee was killed at Rajghur, and then the cre- ditor called upon Tantia Topee for his money. Tantia put him off with promises, and at last the man, indignant, left for his own country. After many wanderings, Tentia returned to the vicinity of Goonah in a forlorn - condition, having but thirty followers, no money, and little chance of re- , trieving his fortunes. He had quarrelled with the Rao and Feroze Shah, and was at the end of his tether. The creditor of the buxee, who inhabits this part of the country, again joined Tantia Tepee, but, dscovering that this chief's utter destitution left him no; chance of paying any portion of the buxee's debt, he wrote to Sir Robert Hamilton, offering to betray Tantia Topee on consideration of getting the price set on that chief's head. Then he thought he would get credit with the English Government for assisting -them at a critical moment, and obtain a sum equivalent, or more than equi- ,valent, to the amount of his debt. Advantage was taken of these circum- stances, and thus Tantia fell at last into our hands. Orders have been issued for his trial by drumhead court-martial, and if he is found guilty, which I do not doubt, he will be hanged."

On the Nepaul frontier there had been some fighting. The Begum's people had made an attempt to pass into lower Bengal by the pass of the Gunduk. They were opposed by the brigades of Christie and Kelly, and the latter making a judicious move surprised and defeated the enemy at immer.

The reduction of the native army was going on. All the regiments, were being reduced to 600 men, and recruiting had been stopped.

Eitel 18 it8.—The Fulton arrived at Cowes yesterday, with ad- .vices from New York to the 30th April. Mr. Cobden was then on a visit to President Buchanan. The naviga- tion of the St. Lawrence had been opened. Walker and Natzmer, filli- busters, were at San Francisco.

The trial of Mr. Sickles ended on the 24th in an acquittal. Judge -Crawford had summed up in an impartial manner characteristic of the old school of judges. The Jury were absent an hour. When the words -" Not guilty " fell from the lips of the foreman the mob in court cheered wildly, and the uproar was echoed outside.

"In the midst of the uproar, the stentorian voice of Mr. Stanton was heard addressing the Court in these words—' I move that Mr. Sickles be discharged from custody.' Marshal Selder—' Come to order, gentlemen ; come to order. This is a place where there should be no noise.' No one Paid any attention to the Marshal. Mr. Stanton (boiling over with excite- ment)—' In the name of Mr. Sickles and of his counsel I desire to return thanks to the Jury.' Judge Crawford (who appeared to be the only person in court not excited)—' Mr. Stanton, wait till the verdict is recorded.' Mr. Stanton—' Of course, your Honour, you must excuse excitement on this occasion,' Clerk to the Jury—' Your record is, gentlemen, that you find

E Daniel E. Sickles "Not guilty ?" ' The Jury nodded affirmatively. Clerk —' And so say you all?' Another affirmative nod from the Jury. Mr. Stanton—' I now move that Mr. Sickles be discharged from custody.' Judge Crawford—' The Court so orders.' Mr. Stanton (turning round)— ' Now go it.' Judge—' No noise.' The prohibition was unheeded. Mr. Stanton ' rivalled David when he danced before the ark' ; Mr. Phillips ' wept like a child' ; Mr. Meagher of the Sword clapped people on the back and asked if it was not glorious ? ' Mr. Sickles, amid the renewed cheers of the audience, was taken out of the dock by Captain Wiley and Mr. Brega. The former, who is one of Mr. Sickles's most devoted friends, kissed him at the moment of his deliverance, and held fast by him as they tried to make their way to the door. It was some minutes before Mr. Pales could reach the jury-box, which lay on his road to the door. The Jury evinced a desire to congratulate him, and he stepped over the forms to meet their salutations, which were heartily tendered. The counsel for the defence also exchanged compliments and congratulations with the jurors.

"The crowd serenaded the jurors. Nine or ten of the jurors came to Mr. Brady's parlour at the National after all was over, and there, in the free- dom of unrestrained conversation, expressed their real sentiments. One of them, Mr. M'Dermott said, want you, Sir, to tell the people of New York that the citizens of Washington are not behind those of any other part of the country in devotion to the family altar' ; and yet this juror was spoken of all through the trial as one who would probably dissent from the rest. Another of the jurors, a young man named Knight, brought with him his fiddle, with which he had been in the habit of solacing himself and fellows during the long evenings of their seclusion, and played several airs. He, too, had been regarded with suspicion, ecause of certain Know-No- thing antecedents. 'But,' says Mr. Brady, if we had known that he played the fiddle, we might have made our minds easy, for no fiddler was ever known to find a conviction of murder.' The foreman, Mr. Arnold, said his only fear had been that health might not last him throughout the trial,

and that he hoped that his latest posterity would honour his memory from his having served on this jury. It is said that when the Jury retired one of them withdrew into a corner and on his knees invoked divine guidance, got up, entered into conversation, again retired to the corner, and finally rose with his mind fully made up in favour of acquittal. The same juror, in congratulating Mr. Sickles, said that he hoped and believed the great God would acquit, as the Jury had done. "The verdict of acquittal spread like wildfire through the town, and for a moment all business was suspended. The news reached Willard's Hotel at the hour of dining, when the guests stood up and gave repeated hurrahs. A vendor of oranges named Scott rushed into the house where Mr. Sickles is a guest, and deposited a large box of his choicest stock in the drawing- room to express his sympathy. Several other tradesmen did the same thing."