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i 1 . Ir. 11:111111DOST awned to omit clause 2, which provider Sot lour vill'el delerties c f a ode shell be ',mad for ' s Tito eriatoeure ala d= . Per dr 1111111111111 Aoki* it l6-44 The remake doom sad the prosistio veers agreed to, sad the home neumed. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (IRELAND) BILL The Lurie' 'moodiness& to shis MR wore considered and Weed to (kthe motion of Mr. St u.ioarr, the following dense was added : " And in all counties Apo, cities iusd bosons* where zoo rate is kited, and which mambos sad chimed sra lishie to wanly owe, the expense asourreel ender this Ad shall he defrayed by the respective amities." SALE 4 )1. , GAS Acr AMILNDMILNT BILL. The home having gone into eammittee on the hill, Mx. SHERIDAN said be had given notice of a series of arnendenents, but at this late pined of the mesons he would not bring them forward if the hoe. member who had charge of the bill would consent to insert the word " October" in stead of the word " July," so se to lengthen the time at which the bill should came hatooperation. The committee ilivided : For the amendment 3l Ageinst it Mr. SHERI OA N then mond to omit clause I. Mr. SPI lON Eli moved that thechainten report progress, which was earned, and the house resumed. PLEA ON INDICTMENTS BILL on the order of that* for going into committee on this bill, Mr. IIE;NEBBT said the object of the bill was to alter the mode of pleading. A primmer, instead of pleading guilty ..r Hot guilt', was, by this bill, to state whether he would plead guilty, or that be wished to be put uPa his trial He moved that the debate be adjourned. Sir O. C. LEWIS raid it seemed to bun that if a prisoser declioed to zlesil guilty and hail not the conscience to my " not guilty, but that hi , relied to be tried, the jury would be apt to draw the inference that he was guilty. Mr. E. JAMES objected to lin...reeding with a bill of such importance without more consideration than could be given to it under present circumstances. Mr. DENMAN said the bill was meant to meet the cages of prisoners who were not guilty of the entire charge against them, but who hail a conscientious scruple to plead ing " not gaty." This bill would prevent them from bring obliged to put in that plea, and instead to state that they wished to be put on their trial. Mr. LTOON moved that the house resolve itself into committee on the bill t h at day three months.. The house divided : Forgoing into committee 37-18 The 111 .I ir i consequeetly lost. FELONY AND MILIDEILIdNOR BILL On the order of the day for ocesiderig the Lords' ameod mente to this bill, Mr. E. JAMES moved that the house disagree with the Lords' amendments. Thu object of the bill was to enable the counsel for the prisoner to sum up the case when the witnesses had been heard. The amend ment carried by the Lards provided that the prisoner's r..unsel should have this right if the jwlge presiding at the trial should see fit to allow him to do so. He objected to judges having such a power. The St ILICITOR.OENERAL mid so strongly was he op posed to the amendment introduced by the Lords, that he would infinitely rather that the 'hill should be lost alto gether. 'ne nation was agreed to, and several members were ap pointed to manage a conference. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES BILL The '''' V lobate w tie;;Toiderati;u of amend ments to Ms bill was resumed; the motion being that dame I he .matted. Sir G. BOW EH said this was the only amendment to the hill, ►sal he hoped the bouse would *moot to it. lir. NEtVGE:IIATE mat the clause involved the question of the snpronory of our courts railpectini property de. voted to Homan totholic ch►ntie+. He trusted the house would Dot abandou it, and if it did, that the bill would Dot be allowed to per into ► le.. ror G. LEWIS avid this bill ►ppeared to have the vi tality of the session, alai be should not be surprised if it 'arrived the coriunitke of supply. He moved that the de lete be adpairssed. Ttmia to oars was agreed to, sad the house adjourned at a quartar past two. THE ZIPEYSZS OP VOLUNTEER RIFLEMEN. Loral Echo, writing to the Times, obeerves that the cost of the uniforms of most of our metropolitan corps is bayou.' the mesas of working own. and this it is which at lent sight appears to give grounds for the formation of specal artmen corp.. Thete are, however, two or three ways, he thinks, by which this diftculty might be avoided: •• I. Be existiag corm adopting a chimp, coinfortatile, working diem. is loch should be the uniform of the coups, aryl the oat of which should be ender 31., and tbeiefore w.thin the means ..f the working men, while at the same time there mialit be a nicer ornamental:led expenrive area, which any winter .4 the corps might or might not get, Sc' cordiug to his taste sad fine), but iu e Inch be would never appear on parade. "g'. Kr ha v 11.12 artisan continents attached existing corps, whose .froie, though the ainte in colour and general *p pm-awe. might lie less onaurtental and expensive • and thia i., I halo sae, the system which prevails in SeotlaML "3. By ertuhluhiug a carpi congaed to no clam or dis trict• but the expenses of which would be limited—say to M., sow to emble artisans to joie, sad a amps id this de scription is, I believe, at the present moment being formal nester the title of the Metropolitan Rifle.. Any of thaw plias would be preferable to the formation of a clam corps. Economy is, indeed, the meal of the volunteer tome, while estrevagatice is, I fear, the rock ou which it islikely to split, aid we cannot calculate with thy degree of certainty upun the permanent amount of our forte until -re see what number pay for a We0,.1 uniform. The expenses of some corps are enforrooti., *IOC or 50W. being expended on their beads, and and in many balmiest the uniforms a o ct outfits are need leeeiy extravagant. Now, beads ought to le: viewed so luxe. sent pail fur, as is dose in some cases, not opt 0( the fund. of toe mein, but by • special subscription, and it has been alms Iv shows that a volunteer can be nestly,otinftwt ably, awl effectively equipped for 3/.3e. I am coniklent that no greater werrice could he dour to the volunteer force at the present moment than for the government to rammueed the adoption of a cheap working dress and the practice of the strictest economy. lf, in aLlitios to this, the government could be in ductal to ties, free of cost, a certain died allowance of emeamition to each effective volunteer, and if they would give a few &Uwe-pleats to each Oollafy, there wouhl be so occasion fur special artisan corps. All chines would then be able to nor in the same ranks, and a brotherhood in arta would lei establi..heil such as would secure our country against all dangers, whether from without or within. There is only one other point in connexion with this subject to which I would allusle—vu., that I believe there exists among the artisan elms a proper feeling id inilepenileu..e which would deter them from joining any corps which propose, to create an eleemosynary fund for the purchase of their uniforms ; for, to use their own expression, they do not like to be thus 'pritarnieed.' " GARIBALDI'S MtSKBTS. TO TOO ZDETOR or TMI EXTOL 'S. Sin,—Were I not bound by ties which it would bo cowardly to break I shank! three months ago have loaded with Garibaldi in Sicily. Ac I cannot go myself, lam pleased to think that I may put arms in brave hands that are free to wield them. It Appears by Mr. Hodges' letter, io your paper to-day, that Twat to men Garibaldi wants muskets and hay...sets for the men he has. The price of such an arm, I fancy, may be about 3f. 3m., I have therefore sent that suns to Mr. Hodges, and at I think that the ides of furnishi .3 the seeded weapons for one man may please others braider , myself who love liberty and have hope for Italy, I venture through your column, to swoon it.-1 B. Load,u, August 14. Eurrorx or LORD MAYOR or LON DON. —Alder nuu Abbess and Kr. A. Leek, who have been fleeted sheriffs for the teat year. will enter upon their adios ire ‘txrday, the Attli of September, 011 which day they will previile et election of Lord Mayor for 18611-1. The two al.immon stand next in rotation are Mr. Viilliana Culutt, NI I' Sir Henry Mu=criolge. Both three gvntleiiimi nal &addle.* he retureed by the Livery, and fr ini them the aldermen will certainly select Mr. Cubitt On thin et Colton the hoot Mayor, aldermen. and sheriffs will attend divine eervire at the lowish church of St. Lawman Jewry, where a sermon will be preached by the Rev. lieM7 Chrivtinaa, M.A., of St. John'. tildlep, Cambridge. Professor of British History and Arelinailogy is the Royal Society of Literatana, awl Thursday Morning • Lecturer at St. Peter's.. Cornball. BRI1701.11) Olga? 8111.17. AND HOIUIII FAIR. ThiA far-fa•oed fair for ab e ep;_sg. te hia, there are irmemlly from poor PI to arrant. of 10111,0011 on offer—was held in Hrii• ford - tell, THAr S ah.l.itr7...s Monday last. Thenumber penned exce.-deil that of tart y. sr by about 10,1100, and wee Urger than any number at market for the laxt ten Years. Butii• ;oilmen-v.l very early W the morning, and the attend :oo', luo Pn helm exceedingly nunienuiv former. eipe• a ilialculty in obeidgiag convme n ,my rate+. Th- dowsed was contiguous from the time the fair 10c4.01 pheett e fter mishday, wit«, si,reel, It flock re• ba realised from :Mr. to Mk: per heel ; se. trim lens. to Ski.: ewes, from :tia. to ; and wether.„ from to flga. Nagy prime lots changed N i mb i at higher liz•ure.i. There were a manlier of ;env of prize wether breedtwr ewes. Down rainy and ram bind* vahihitevl by Wiltahire and Maniteliire breed... w hi c h „ l . tractel eon atteeition. The hie, fur is.,, Very largely votur!...l with animal. of tattoo,. dot,. riles semen,' drove. of New Forest pooh,. r ti thin de. . 4 b r i e f,. cart-hornet awl culla sold at pekoe varying 231. and rOt. apiece. 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Hants, Frank Matthews, R Shwa; TIORZ DU UN OA I..—uls Dgr X AVM:OM—LA CORM SINAIBLE, termi nating with AN AMBUSCADI AT IlfilaltANN. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON =IDOL Tirri DAT —Yarning. OS. 1am..... Atlmmoon. Oh. 47m. To-bouww—Morning. lb. 14a.....At1mm0m lb. 40m. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15. THE lamentable accident which has just happened at Dover brings for the first time before our eyes in actual experience the nature of the loss which would fall upon the nation should its Volunteer defenders ever be called into actual service. That in every war, the holiest as the most reckless, a certain number of the combatants must be mere "food for powder," is an axiomatic truth. Beside every rampart of stone must rise a wall of dead bodies. No material defences, no improvements in weapons, can redeem the inevit able sacrifice of human life. Nor has it been our fault of late years that we have too lightly re garded the loss of those who have thus fallen for us in battle, or, less mercifully, amid the miseries of disease-stricken camps. The heart of England was wrung with the story of the carnage of Waterloo, and with the slowly and surely confirmed tidings of the pestilence that walked over the heights of Sebastopol. To a thousand families came the individual grief ; but the whole nation mourned for the general loss. Yet then death lighted impartially, all classes in proportion to their number sent their victims, the greatest number by consequence came from the class which contributes only thew and sinew to the nation's store of strength. What will it be if at any time,. next year, or the next after, or twenty years hence, that event happens the prospect of which has called our volunteers to arms i Should that possible war ever break out, it will be a war bloody beyond any that history has yet seen. There will be no chivalric feeling towards the invader' of our shores and the ravagers of our homes—it will be a war in which quarter will neither be given nor accepted, and in which victory, on which side Kamer it may rest, will have followed only on extermination. Who then will have fallen on our side, even should victory be ours? The masa of the nation as before will be represented, in nearly just proportion, by the slain among our few regulars and militia. But the bulk of the army, on whom our safety will depend, will be our volunteers, and where they go we may be sure they will be foremost in the fight and their bodies lie thickest on the field. All this loss will come practically out of only one clam. That class is the educated, the professional and middle clan—the class by which the framework of society is bound together and the life of the nation is nourished. Each man who falls among the volunteers is more or less a representative man, by whose loss not his own individual labour only is lost, but the labour of hundreds may be disorganised and rendered futile, or who was to hundreds the comfort., the help, and the encouragement for which they will look vainly for the future elsewhere. What town is there in the kingdom that could not better spare fifty of its inhabitants than five of those who as undistinguished private soldiers have thus offered to die for their brethren I What will a battle be to the realm when a chance accident to half-a dozen men has wrought consternation and confu sion in its neighbourhood like that which we see at Dover? Row shall we count up our loss when side by side with the nobility of birth falls the nobility of nature—when our men of highest genius lie dead upon the breach which there was none but they to fill—when artiste, men of letters and science, doctors, lawye's, manufacturers, mer chants, alone are among the slain—and the hands cry vainly for the head, without whose guidance they hang idle and purposeless f From such disastrous victory one thing only can save us, that which shall make defeat and victory alike out of the question. Were we now five hundred thousand as we are but barely one hundred thousand under arms, the chance of in vasion would disappear. Our Volunteers may at this moment be enough to guard the realm if it wore attacked, but at what a fearful cost ! For the sake of them, for the sake of ourselves, we are bound to support those who truly, if invasion come, would be our forlorn hope. They may seek no such support—many among them doubtless would prefer that their constancy should be put to the proof—and would disavow whatever might diminish the chance that the saving of their country should rust with them alone. But we cannot afford to be so spendthrift of our children's blood and our nation's strength. Nor, in trnth, will the glory of saving the country be less if it be saved from attack as well as from defeat. To do this, we need a far more general enrolment than we have yet attained. We have exhausted one class—the class which can furnish the cost of arms, accoutrements, ammunition, and other necessary expenses, over and above contributing their time. Wu must now draw upon other classes, which can give little more than their time, but who are as reedy and earnest as any of us to give up their spare time for instruction as volunteers, though they will not, at Lord HAILDWICIA suggestion, abandon their employ ments to enlist in the militia or the line. We are therefore rejoiced to see that symptoms of a more general organization to bring such claases within the pale of our Volunteer army are spreading over the country. From various guar tent we have accounts of the establishment of artisan corps, in which the main part of the inci detital expenses are borne by honorary members. As Government now supplies weapons, the per sonal charges of the effective members are thus limited to the purchase of uniform and accoutre. meats, and it is arrauged that these should be paid for by weekly instalments. Yet, as this expense cannot be brought much below 3/., a heavy sum for many an artisan to make up in one year, we are not sorry to learn that provision is being made for diminishing it to a certain extent in the cue those Salo cannec pay it in fU . At is a :, more f t in dm thtl a m t e l i th lit, d whtif oo r ,y . reosive care ‘• • g i ve lives war Nor, put but :OAR tof . ch v deers ere enroll to meet,''.' icould there 'be a better use of money thant4the bestowal on the bulk of the population of lose physical and Ram' advantages which military training yields. The obedience to discipline and subflr dination of self which are inculcated in striking union with the teaching of independence and self reliance, form a habit of mind which cannot fail to yield a rich fruit of national improvement The supremacy of this country in all the aria of peace will be enormously promoted by the educa tion which fits her sons for war. All that is needed to ensure these benefits is that pecuniary obstacles should be removed by the rich, and other difficul ties smoothed down by the co-operation of the employers of labour. It is the interest of the rich and of the employers of labour above all that this should be done. Till the stout hearts and strong arms of the working men are enrolled in the ranks of our voluntary defenders England is not safe from invasion, and the repulse of invasion would be bought at a cost which would fling back civilisation fifty years. Those who have been killed at Dover will have done inestimable service in their death if it shall make us think what it would be to us to lose a hundred thousand such as they. Vbe Court. BALMORAL., Accu err 12. Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and Princess Alice attended divine service in the pariah church of Cathie. The ladies mad gentlemen in waiting were in attendance. The Rev. Dr. MTherson officiated. Deepatches were sent from the Colookl•office, yesterday, to the Lord High Commissioner of the kakis blurt's. His Excellency the Danish Minister will leave town at the latter end of the month, for Denmark, for • short time. His Excellency the Marquis of lama has left the Brunswick Hotel, Jarmyu-street, for Paris, en route for Madrid. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are passing the season at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. The Countess of Lichfield was safely delivered of a daughter on the 12th inst., at Shagborough. Her lady ship and child are doing well. Viscountess Palmerston will have an a.s.sembly this evening. Signor Principe di Pandolfina, Envoy of the Provisional Government of Sicily, has left Claridgee Hotel fore few days. _ _ In consequence of the necessarily prolonged absence of Lord Elgin, it has been determined to make some other arrangements for conducting the business of the pat-office, and the Duke of Argyll, who has filled the office of postmaster-general pro tem., will succeed to that Aloe, which he held under a previous administration. The Lord Privy Seal will thus become vacant. The names of several peers have been mentioned for this high office, which will be filled up in a few days ; amonpt others, Lord Belper, Lord Broughton, Lord Lyveden, Lord Llanover, and Lord St. Germane. Wt; (Scotsman) learn that Sir Roderick Murchison and Mr. Geikie have gone on a geological tour to the West Highlands and Islands. They are at present in Islay, whence they intend to proceed northwards as far as the Lewis, with the view of determining the relations of the great quartzite awl schistose mountains of Argyles 'hire, and how far these represent the system of rocks already eluci dated by Sir Roderick Murchison in north-west. The Halifax people yesterday inaugurated the statue erected to Mr. Frank Crossley, the member for the West Riding, who made a gift of the public park which Halifax possessors. The day was observed am a holiday, and about 40,000 persons witnceasd the ceremony. A public dinner wound up the proceedings. _ To-morrow, on going into committee of supply on Education Estimates relating to Ireland, Kr. Scully will mo►e, "That, in the opinion of this home, all funds pro vided by parliament for public education in Ireland should be so administered as to banish all just suspicion of prose lytism from the national system, and conciliate cordial so-operation from clergy and laity of all religious denomi nations." Lord Fermoy on Friday will call the attention of the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, to " the sacrifice of human life about to be made by the present King of Dahomey in memory of his father ; and to ask him whether he is prepared to cause some daps to be taken with a Caw to averting this barbarous slaughter." Prince Edward's Island has been constituted an archdeaconry of the diocese of Nova Scotia,under the Queen's letters patent, and the Rev. Herbert Read has been ap pointed its first archdeacon. The King of Holland left Wiesbaden on the 11th for the Hague, after a day of six weeks. The King of the Belgians arrived these on the preceding day, and had an interview with his Majesty, of, it is said, an hour's duration, in the latter's villa. King Leopold intends to stop six weeks at Wiesbaden. balignani, of yestenlay, says :—" We bear, on good authority, though we own the fact seem quite in credible, that Mario and Grisi are engaged at her Majesty's Theatre for live years!" _ _ _ M. de Baulincourt, the French military attachd at Berlin, has been killed in that city by a fall from his hone. Since the late additions made to the city of Paris it corers a apace of 78,020,000 yards. Of these 15,000 me ant of gardens, or of wade ground laid out for building. By the census taken in the year 1858 the population is set down at 1,174,34 G souls At present it is calculated that in oonsequence of the limits being extended to the fortifica tions, the population of Paris amounts to 1,800,000. It is expected at Lyons that, iu consequence of the great importance which manufactures have acquired in that city, an English consul will be shortly appointed. Of 360,000,000 fr., at which the manufactures of France are estimated, Lyons produces annually 200,000,000 fr. worth, of which the greater part is exported to England, the Gaited States, Bosnia, Germany, Spain, and Belgium. A letter from Cologne, Of the Bth instant, states that the inhabitant& of that city are occupied with the pre panties' fore grand festival which is to take place et the eod of the present month or the beginning of September. There is to be • general German shooting match, to which are to be invited Swiss, Belgians, Dutch, and English. The prise to be gained is a castle, of the value of about 6,000 f., situated opposite to Coblents, with a magnificent view over that city, Stoleenfels, the Rhine, and the Moselle. The building is perfectly new ; it is constructed according to the fashion of the middle ages, with drawbridge and tower*. This, if true, is great news for the rifle corps. Ailvices from Alexandria announce that the Alyptian government, which has for some time past been in pecuniary straits, has just 'obtained a loan of 800,000 f. from Paris, to be advanced through the house of Latltte. The rate of interest is to be 6 per cent. A letter from Rome of the Bth says :—" The indocility of the Irish soldiers, and the little progress they make in their organisation, has afforded matter for complaint on the part of General de Laimoricii , re to Major O'Reilly during his last inspection of the garrison at Spoleto. The unwillingness of some of the mom, and the incapacity of others, to become soldiers, must be widened as the motive of this unsatisfactory state of the battalion; and the general expressed himself as fully penuaded of the zeal and personal exertions of Major O'Reilly, of whose previous distinguished services he was well aware. The battalion is not yet armed, but it will be supplied in • day or two with the muskets hitherto used by the Swiss riflemen, who have just been armed with improved rifles. The pay of the Irish is now twelve balocchi (sixpence) a day for corporals, and nine liajocch; for privates. In the morning they have coffee and bread ; at dinner, soup. • pound of meat., and vegetables ; and in the evening coffee sods. The 500 Irish recruits now at Ancona are eNpectell soon to join the battalion at Spoleto. It is thought that • few Austrian instructors will be sent to infuse some ideas of discipline into the St. Patrick's bat talion." BUN 441 ; trl LNG, AUGUST 1 1 ,` INTELLIGNNCE. P ECT OF WAR, . . The be - Beige of yesterdas ev says F 'of a very sombre thellate4 ..„41sugi r reached ns to-day from Paris, relative to the piik: l bability of an early war between Austria and Pied wont. The Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs t —.and this explains all the rumours of the last tew dap--has addressed a note to M. Cavour, in which he recapitulates the event, which have occurred in Southern Italy since the spring, in order to esta blish the complicity of the Sardinian govern ment with Garibaldi. M. de Rechberg concludes by declaring in the most formal manner that if Garibaldi or his followers make a demonstration upon the continental possessions of the Neapolitan monarchy, Austria will consider that fact as a cases belli furnished by Piedmont. Concurrent with this menacing demonstration of Austria are various acts of the Cabinet of Turin which have their import ance. There is, in the first place, a circular from the Minister of the Interior, dated the 13th, re eommending governors of provinces and intendants general to treat rigorously all illegitimate inter ference with state affairs, to prevent prepar ations for attack against neighbouring govern ments, and to punish all attempts to excite the royal soldiers to desert. Orders have been given ' at the same time to hasten the completion of the fortifications at Bologna, Austria having declared, it is said, in the note of M. de Rechberg, that if she was obliged to march to the succour of the Neapolitan monarchy she would pass though the Papal States ; that is to say, that she would cross without hesitation the Romagna." The Mkt' of to-day, in commenting on the above serious intelligence, observes that the armed intervention of Austria would be au infringement of the principle of non-intervention adopted by France and England. "Austria ought to know," says the Dade, " that the two western powers, in proclaiming this principle, are equally agreed to ensure its application in the largest and most abso lute sense, since they have reciprocally engagd not only to abstain from interference themselves, but also to suffer no foreign intervention in Italy. Upon this important point the words of the Emperor Napoleon, in his letter to M. de Persigny, are too recent to be forgotten, and too formal to leave any room for equivocation. •To sum up,' said the Emperor, this is my inner most thought :—I desire that Italy should obtain peace, no matter how, but without foreign inter vention, and that my troops should be able to quit Rome without compromising the security of the Pope." We find also an important statement in a Turin journal, the Nationalifts:—" Our government," it says, "is at this moment pushing on the most extraordinary armaments to protect the country against the possible aggressions of a neighbouring power which becomes more menacing every day. This power has, within the last few days, addressed an important note to our government, the contents of which will very soon be made public." STATE OF SIEGE AT NAPLES. SVINARINI AND BRITISH TELEURA PH.) (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NAPLES, TUESDAY APTERNOON. The state of siege has this moment been declared in the city of Naplea. The troops and the National Guard are charged with the protection of public order. The following has been received by Mr. Reuter : NAPLES, Muter 14. Count Aquila has received his passports and taken his departure. The Veloce has fired upon the vessels and the fort of Castellarnare. Naples is declared in a state of siege. SICILY. GARIBALDI'S MOVEMENTS. GENOA, Atama 13. The Genoese journals publish despatches, an nouncing the unopposed disembarkation of Gari baldi with 8,000 men, near Reggio, on the night of the 10th inst. The same despatches report the evacuation of the fortress of Scylla by the Neapolitans. The above news must be received with great reserve. An extraordinary supplement of the Official Journal of Sicily of the sth promulgates the Sar dinian constitution as the fundamental law of the', country, and contains the following proclamation of the pro-dictator : Sicilians,—The illustrious soldier, the honour of Italy, whom you have greeted as your liberator, desires to join the splendour of civil reforms to the glory of arms. The constitution of the Italian kingdom, the inviolable and inviolate compact which unites Italy and Victor Emma nuel, has to be proclaimed in Sicily. Other laws will follow that great act. The welfare of the common corntry requires that new regulations, in conformity as far as pos sible with those which the kingdom of Victor Emmanuel enjoys, shall be published in the island in accord with the principles of liberty ; and then the new institutions will efface the vestiges of the fatal domination which has afflicted us for so many years. Sicilian, you have accom plished a glorious revolution ; and now you must live in complete order and security, as becomes a free people, resolved to aid efficaciously and with all their power the groat work of national unity. To promote this sacred object, let all good citizens assist the government and unite their formes, and let there be no other r:valry tr tween them than that of abnegation and patriotism. Demme, Pro-Dictator. Palermo, Aug. 4. F. Carer!, Secretary of State. By a coincidence which it is difficult to suppose produced by chance the day on which the constitu tion was promulgated at Palermo the Iride of Naples printed it at length with the following note : We propose to gratify our readers as quickly as possible by the publication of the most important laws of that for tunate Italian country, which, having been the place of refuge and of the union of the flower of the nation, has made such great progress in the path of liberty awl of poli tical and civil inatitutious. AUSTRIA. TRIESTE, WEDNESDAY. It is believed that Garibaldi intends to attack Austria, not on the Venetian, but on the Croatian, coast by attempting a disembarkation at Fiume. The Austrian authorities believe that Garibaldi will first endeavour to provoke a revolution in Croatia and Hungary before proceeding to Venetia. All the coasts are rigorously watched by the cruisers of the imperial marine. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNZADAY. The representatives of England, Austria, and Prussia, at the court of the Tuileries, have already received the full powers necessary for converting the protocol of the 3rd inst. into a formal conven tion. _ _ It is expected that before the departure of the Emperor for Savoy and Algeria, the ambassadors of RllBBla and the Porte will hare likewise received full powers, and that the conventions will be then definitively signed. Prince Metternich and Count 15, ffisseleff wirllßMediately afterwards quit Paris on leavii. Prinosalgetternich will proceed to his estate ha Bohemia, Awe he will remain during the jour r, of the Emtlik?r4ttrrench. MADRID, AUGUST 13. The National Union accuses the Carlists of sedi tiously intriguing to bring about the annexation of Catalonia to France. 90,000,000 reals of the indemnity have arrived from Morocco. SWITZERLAND. GENEVA, AUGUST 15. The Grand Duchene Anne of RUSEIia, Sister of King Leopold, died thin morning at Elfeesau, near Berne. UNITED STATES AND CANADA. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT Sr. JOHN'S. LONDONDERRY, TUZSDAT. The Montreal Ocean Company's steamer North Briton, Captain Borland, from Quebec on the 4th inst., baa arrived here. She landed all the nu& The Asia, from Liverpool, and the Illinois, from South ampton, had arrived out. The steamer Northern Light, which left Aspinwall on the 25th ult. with 1,000,000 dole. in specie and California wlvicee to the llth July, bad readied New York. The interior of Salvador had been visited by a severe earth quake, which, it was reported, bad destroyed St. Vincent. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales left Halifax by mil on the 2nd mt. for Windsor and Hunteport, and was warmly received at both places. He sailed from Huntaptut on hoard the Styx, for St. John's, where he arrived on the morning of the 3rd, and met a most enthusiastic reception. 2,000 school children, who were drawn up at the gates, sung the National Anthem, and afterwards strewed the road with flowers. The members of the government and several members of the leziskture dined with the Prince in the evening. The whole West India squadron would accompany the Prince to Quebec. The excursion of the Great Eastern was successful as re gards the performance of the ship. In other respects it was unfortunate, as three-fourths of the excursionists had to sleep on deck. There was no accommodation below, on account of the intoxication of the stewards. A great in dignation meeting against the directors was held on hoard, and the affair was announced as a gigantic swindle. New YORK, AUGUST 3. The money market and exchange quotations are un altered. Stocks are dull and generally lower. Flour is more active, but prices are unchanged. Canadian quiet. Wheat is more inquired for, and the market is fi rm, Corn firmer. Oats steady. lar d firm. Mixerimu, Avower 4. The weather is cool, and the crop on that account are sa tisfactory. The flour market in firm. Peas are in good de mand. Ashes receipts luxe. Pots dull, 5 dola. 80c. Pearls nominally quoted 5 dole. 90c. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TOFATHFR POINT.. NEW YOWL, AUGUST t ( EvENINu.) The Prince Albert, from Galway, has arriv here. The cotton market is steady. Middling uplands is quoted lOic. Breadstuffs are firm at the late advance. Stocks are generally unchanged. The provision market is steady. NEW ORLEANK, AUGUST 3. The cotton market is steady, and holders demand an ad vance. 3,500 bales have been sold during the week. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNENDAT. The Hamburg and American ateamehip Teu tonic, Captain Taube, which left New York on the Ist inst., has arrived off Cowes en route to Hamburg. She brings 111 passengers and 170,Ca3 dollam in specie for England, and 6,00 dollars for Hamia—g. The Teutonic spoke the following ships :—On the sth inst. the American ship Southampton, on the 9th the whaler Fanny, on the 12th the English brig Trinity, on the 13th the American ship Niagara—aft bound west ; and on the Loth the Hamburg ship Aeries°, off the Lizard, bound for Falmouth. The news by the Teutonia has been anticipated. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. AUSTRIAN INTERVENTION IN ITALY. VIM OCR OWN COIL SPONDINT.) PARIS, TCESDAY Evnirso. The alarming rumours about the attitude of Austria, referred to in my last three or four letters, are reproduced to-day with an appearance of authority. The Pays notices, as "latest news," the existence of a report that Count de Rechberg has addressed a despatch to Turin, stating that the Austrian government would feel itself compell.d to send an armed force to succour the King of Naples, and to obtain the Pope's permission for this force to march through the Roman states, in case Garibaldi should laud on the Neapolitan coast. It adds that "this determination of the Austrian government is supposed to be connected with pro mises obtained from the confederated German states." The Patrie somewhat varies the story, and oily expresses its belief that "if " Garibaldi shall obtain possession of the kingdom of Naples and shall there organise, as he has threatened to do, an ex pedition against the Austrian possessions in the Adriatic, then and in that case Austria has declared that she will not wait to be attacked, but will go forward to meet the Garibaldiau troops in whatever part of the peninsula they may be found. lam disposed to think, however, that the French go vernment journals exaggerate the designs of Aus tria in Italy, and the degree of support which she is warranted in expecting from Prussia and other German states, with a view of operating upon public opinion in England, and of working upon the well-known sympathies of that country for the Italian cause to beget distrust of Prussia, and to tempt the English government to commit itself to trehaederrmliacy Germano France . in ce such cult or impos sible. way ast What says the Pays in a leading article this very evening 1 "We cannot apprehend from the state of affairs in Italy anything so considerable as a disturbance of the peace of Europe. Nothing is easier than to draw up plans, but the execution of them is something very different. So long as an accord subsists between France and England, and we hope it may long endure, the inci dents of the Italian question will remain, unless we are greatly mistaken, confined within the im penetrable fence of 'non-intervention." In pre cisely the same spirit the Opinion Nationale says : —"The attitude of the Emperor Francis Joseph should have the result of drawing closer the bonds of the Anglo-French alliance. The two grand western powers have sanctioned the prin ciple of non-intervention. Both at London and Paris the independence of the peninsula is desired, and the divergency bears only upon secondary points. The time seems therefore to have arrived for forgetting all the excitement of a dangerous rivalry, and coming to au irresistible agreement for the settlement both of the affairs of Italy and of those of the East. These two ques tions are now connected, for England, if she were to take a different line from us, might perhaps im pose upon us the necessity of seeking the Russian alliance, whereas the interests of the two countries, rightly understood, should draw us together in 18110 as they did in 1853. We hope this will be understood and felt on the other side of the Channel." From the beat information I can collect, I think it may be safely Raid that Austrian intervention in Italy is not by any means so imminent as the paragraph in the Pays would infer. It it. doubtful whether any official note of Count Rechberg exists, though it is more than probable that communications of a confidential nature have been made to the cabinet of Turin, which are to a certain extent threatening. It is inferred from a Naples telegram, that something must have occurred to inspire the King and the reactionary party with coulidence, since three newspapers have been suppressed, and there is a talk of adjounting the elections. If the latter news should be true, it amounts to a prac.ical abolition of the constitu tion. It may with more reason be construe las s sign of weakness than of conscious strength. It being known to a certainty that the electors would return a chamber whose first act would be to declare for Victor Emmanuel, the King probably hopes to postpone his fate by this dilatory measure. But Garibaldi will assuredly construe it as not merely a delay, but a denial of the people's rights, and will not long postpone his invasion. The ab. surd statement of the Patric last night that a Piedmontese army was to be sent to Naples to keep out Garibaldi is altogether discredited. The Bourse was a little better than yesterday. The Bente rose 15c. for cash and 10c. for acoutut, closing at 68fr. be. and 68fr. Mobilier rose 21r. There was scarcely any change in railways. The extraordinary rains—more like those of the tropics than anything commonly seen in the,e lati tudes—have put a stop to the grand mameuvres at the Chalons camp, and the Emperor is coming to St. Cloud to-morrow, which is sooner by some dap; than was expected. He will consequently be in the neighbourhood of Paris on his fête day. M. Plocque, who has enjoyed the distinguished honour of being Wtonnier of the order of advocate, during two succesaive years, resigned his isitm yester day into the hands of his successor, M. Jules Favre, to whom, in a farewell speech, he paid a very high compliment, which was hailed with tremendous applause by a crowded meeting of the bar. ITALY. SICILY. Glom OUR ON 'N CORRESPONDT3I%) _NAPLES, AUGUST 7. The steamer came in from Messina this evening, and brings intelligence up to August 6. The Carlo Alberto, 60 guns, arrived in port on the sth, and she, together with the Gover nolo, it is said, will prevent the Neapolitan cruisers from interfering with the expedition which Garibaldi intends to make into Calabria. Very strong fortifications are established at the Faro point commanding the entrance to the &mite of Messina, and the fort of Scilla on the other side. About 40 gnus of different ca libre are put in favourable positions so as to prevent the Neapolitan cruisers from interfering, and to protect the landing of Garibaldi's troops at the same time. The garrison in the city and at the Faro amounts to about 20,000 men. Many others are expected to arrive. The whole Neapolitan force in the citadel is reduced to , about 4,000 men. On Saturday three small steamers arrived from Palermo under national colours, and landed, in sight of the citadel and the Neapolitan ports on the neutral ground, about 1,206 men, commanded by a priest, who is the colonel of the regiment ; and on Saturday last the French consul had an interview with General Clary, to learn his intentions regarding hostilities against Messina. General Clary declared that whenever Garibaldi made a move to pass into Calabria he would fire in every direction where he could descry any of Garibaldi's forces, and that, if necessary, he would fire on the city without notice. The English consul also bad an interview with Clary, who not only confirmed the same, but added that in half an hour after the first move of Garibaldi's army he would be in the centre of the city with his troops. Clary assured the consul that he would use every means to secure victory to the army under his command. Yesterday afternoon, the celebrated Gaya:xi—once &catholic priest, now a protestant— made a long speech in the square before the Senate House, where the statues of Ferdinand IL used to stand, and called the Sicilians to arms. He told them that the illumination of their houses, and the putting out flags from their windows, signi fied nothing ; it was money and men that Garibaldi wanted to drive the Bourbons out of Naples, the Pope out of Rome, and the Austrians out of Venice and Hungary, &c. the. Prince Palco had his surrounded last night ; he was arrested and C i r l • l t °l3 undor a strong guard. It is rumoured that his palace and the adjoining church and convent (once) of the Jesuits are full of arms, and that papers were found in his possession unfavourable to the present state of things. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY OP PORTUGAL. (THIS DAY.) This day a special general meeting of the share hoiden of this company, formed under the Limited Liability Act, was held at their temporary offices, 17, Gnicechurel street, to consider some proposed alterations in the articles of association. The Chairman of the Board of Directors (Mr. NOMAD) prodded. He explained that the committee of the Stock Exchange bad taken objection to one or two of the original articles, and particularly to that one by which the four ronremionnairo of the line were to be directors for life, and also the appointment of the auditory until the first ordinary meeting of shareholders. The directors, concurring with these objections, had prepared resolutions to alter the deed in those particulars. The auditor had placed hie appointment at their disposal, and the conces sionaires not only bad at once agreed to hold their seats at the board by election, subject to the same conditions es the other directors, but they had gone farther, and would postpone the yearly allowances to be mad, to them until the time when 7 per cent interest should be paid on the shares of elm B. For their services as directors they would not receive any remune ration at present. The resolutions authorising these changes in the deed of partnership were seconded by Mr. Townsend, awl unani mously agreed to after a abort conversation, in which Mr. Chapman, Mr. Hu ins, and Mr. Sutton took part, as well MI Mr. Knowles, of Lisbon, who gave a very satisfactory account of the proapeete of the line as guaranteed by the Portugomie government. CORK AND KINSALE RAILWAY.(ZIIIS DAY.) This afternoon the ordinary half yearly meeting of the above railway was held at the offices in Griarechureb street ; Lord KIMIALE in the chair. The report of the directors, which was read by Mr. Wood, the secretary, stated that four miles of the line commencing with the junction with the Cork and Minden railway, were completed, and ready to receive the permanent way; that the greater por tion of the lands near Kinsale had been arranged for and that the works on that part of the line were proceeding vigorously. The directors had considered the desirability of extending a hue more immediately into Kinsale, sod connecting it with the harbour. The esti mated coat of the extension would be 4,0001., and the Demi Nay steps would be taken for carrying it out. Every exer tion would be made to open the line throughout for pleasure and excursion traffic by the next summer, to effect which it would be necessary to cell up the remain ing capital before the next spiing. The total receipts were rebzud rt . e at 19expenditure ,010/., and the at 14,346/, 'the in hand being 4,663/. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report. congratulated the meeting upon the satisfactory position of the company. Sir C. ERNST seconded the motion ; and, having beer over the works during the last wee:, spoke as to their general efficiency and the economy with which they la been constructed. He had DO doubt the line would le opened for traffic next summer. The report was adopted, and the usual vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. IRISH ReirmAYa. —The ordinary half-yearlv meet. ing of the shareholders of the Great Southern and iVe , tern Railway was held on Saturday. From the report and st.‘ti , ment of the chairman it agpiesred that tuere in a n urplut cm the half year of 17,0001. The shareholders appeal,' .putf satisfied with the present position and farad prospects of the company, and escept on a Pro" position to increase the remuneration girio the auditors, there was the most perfect unanimity. A dividend of five per cent for the half-year was stmt. The half .yearly meeting of the Ulster Railway w.es held last Tuesday, when a dividend at the rate of lice per cent. per annum was declared, and resolutions passed for the ens , Lion of 25,000 f. of new capital for the conotruction of 01 , Banbridge, Lisburn, and Belfast Junction Railway. All tit' resolutions were agreed to unituimoudy. The Cork a ul Bandon Railway held their meeting last week, and ilea.' a dividend in full ou the Nos. 1 and 2 preference shales, 4 well as paying up some over-slue arrears of &Yid , int The state of the affairs of the eranisoly is said to he sin factory, considering the state of depression they had tel nU ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL—The TI.eV. ty w, ll Robinson, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, ( unite •I St. Mary Magdalene Church, Itcrintaal.ey, has I pointed an assistant hospitaUer of St. Thomas's 110-10"1, •Stmthwark. t