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Toe DAT —Monks, Ilk 411 m..... Atkirmagi, 2k. 10mi. To.pasow—Normilas. lb. ... .Allarpoods. 2h. 63in. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 19. WE have not been eager to express a decided opi nion on the scheme of fortifications recommended by the Commissioner, appointed to consider the defences of the United Kingdom, but have rather been solicitous to place before our readers the materials of a calm and independent judgment on a question of so much importance. But the dis cussion of the Commissioners' Report is now so far advanced that we may draw some con elusions from established facia. First, then, whatever may be the economising tendency of for tification seen from a theoretical point of view, the scheme of the Commissioners is uniteniably one that involves a very great augmentation of the land forces of this country, and would be not only valueless but dangerous without that increase. The Commissioners say, " The choice lies only " between defence by a small body of men with "the aid of fortification, or defence by a large "body without that aid." But this is the first and last we hear of the " small body," in connec tion with the scheme. What is the small body that will serve merely to man the fortifications now recommended I The Commissioners put down the number of the garrisons at a minimum of 68,000, but there is no reason to believe that this number would be nearly sufficient The Commissioner tell es of position alter position, where certain num bers of men will be required, but are careful not to pledge themselves that that number will suffice. The garrison that will be required for Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight is set down at 20,000 men. But Sir Joss Brack:mite, when examined before the Commission, stated his opinion that for Portsmouth alone 20,000 men would not be too many, if Porte:town-hill was to be occupied. The argument for fortifying this position is that an enemy landing a force strong enough to seise that range would be able to bombard the Dockyard, whatever defences might exist below. And this is no doubt true. From the hill which is on the northern side of Portsmouth at a distance from the Dockyard varying from 6,000 to 9,000 yards, the naval establishments and the ships in the harbour are in full view. Every reasonable precaution, every means in our power ought to be employed to prevent any enemy get ting there. But we shall not gain that end if we engage in works out of proportion to the actual forces which can be reckoned on in the hour of need. The position of Portadown-hill is such that it does not admit of a portion only of the position being effectually taken up for defence ; the whole line, seven miles in length, including the flanks connecting it with Portsmouth aid Langston Harbours, must be occupied. Accord ingly the Commissioners recommend the fortifica tion of Portadown-hill by seven strong detached wurka, little fortresses to be connected by lines of ditch and rampart. Doubtless this is the plan a Government with unlimited command of troops would adopt The full red dots representing the forts on the heights which are to keep off the enemy convey a feeling of satisfaction to the mind until the question arises—Shall we have men to hold this long line of defences when the day comes to use it, or shall we then find that we have only erected them for the enemy 1 On this point we cannot do bettor than listen to the judgment of one whose opinions are eminently entitled to respect. When Sir JOHN BURGOYNE was saked whether be would not fortify Portadown-hill, ho replied with a true professional relish, " It is a beauti " ful position," but he was compelled to add, " My difficulty about it is the vast extent of the " place. I cannot see what chance you would eesv " bare of finding a garrison *chick would be equal " f covering seek as extent of defences. /t must "be dr./ended, I think, by an army." This is the kind of danger we are running into. We are told that fortification economises men, and our impulse is to order fortifications immediately ; but the moment we come to look at the thing we find that fortification means locking up the precious bring forces of the country in the day of trial. These lines, if we do not take care, instead of a defence will be a trap. The Commiseioners, who profess to have been elaborating plans of defence which are to set the army free for the defence of the country, are really establishing, by anticipation, large local claims upen the army. "If I had 20,000 men," .aid Sir JOHN BURGOYNE, "and were a general " in command of Portsmouth, I would occupy " Portadosn-hill, and throw up field works, and " hold it as long as I could, and very likely with " some success, but what I should be afraid of " would be placing permanent works there and 8 ' not being able to occupy the position. Ido not " e‘peet you would get a force of 20,000 men for " Portsmouth, because Portsmouth would not be " attacked unless a great invasion took plain. It " would be of such consequence to hare all your THE " good troops together in the field that there " would be none to spare for these works." The worlui on Portadown-hill, it will be remem bered, are wanted to guard against the possibility el • bombardment. On this point let us again hear Sir JOHN BUILOOTNI :—" It is one of the " contingencies which I think is the consequence " of the new rifle gun, that the extent of fortifi " cations to secure you from bombardment would "be so great that it is almost imprac,- " ticable ever to reach it. You must trust " very much to your army in the field. " You must take every precaution you can "to secure your dockyard' and public est*- " blishmenta Yon may do a great many things "to alleviate the evil, but if you take • place " which is in the interior, and are to protect the " whole of the interior from the range of these " five-mile weapons, see what • circuit it gives " you ; thirty or forty miles' development to " secure you. Ido not like absolutely to say it "is better not to attempt it, but I think it " should not be put in comparison with many " other measures which you may adopt, coml. " during the expense and difficulties." Here again is shown the folly of making immense sacrifices for a visionary absolute safety which could never be attained. Sir Jon& BUSOOII4I expresses the opinion that even the fire of five or six forts armed with heavy guns on Portadown-hill would not suffice to prevent • bombardment from the land side. " The occupation of Portadown-hill might " be desired ; but for the bombardment they only " want a battery of three or four guns, and the " work is done. If you trusted to works and gar " risons only, and had not sorties—which there " would not be if you had not a very large force " —then I think they might penetrate almost " anywhere, in spite of your works. After all, it " is the body of troops which you can bring against " them to stop them which will prevent the doing of " it ; nothing else." Thee" last words show us exactly our situation. It is in vain to deceive ourselves as to the amount of security these dockyard and arsenal fortifica tions will give u•. We have seen that they begin by absorbing a large body of men--of trained and efficient troops, be it remembered, and not merely dockyard brigades, fencibles, and other local and irregular corps—and who would be most useful in the field, and they promise to prove of very doubtful efficiency. They would not prevent a bombardment, and unless aided by • manoeuvring army, they could not long protect their ground. As soon as they were tolerably advanced we should see that they were of no use without • very considerable augmenta tion of the army. From calculations made by an officer of great eminence, we believe that at least 100,000 men, and not 68,000, would be required to man these proposed works. If this is to be the result of our fortifications, it would be only common prudence to look a little ahead. Suppose we put down 100,000 for those defences, another 100,000 for the defence of London, and 160,000 men left for field service as • sufficient force, the question to be considered is whether, when the men, without whom the fortifications would be useless, have been provided, the fortifi cations themselves could not be dispensed with We believe it will be found that the fortifications we want are sea defences, forts, batteries, and booms, to protect the dockyards from sudden attack during the temporary absence of the fleet. These will increase the effective power of our Channel fleet by setting it at liberty, for we shall always be able to man them. That fleet itself must also be increased, and for our protection ashore we mast find the means of raising up • real army of reserve that shall make invasion the most hopeless of enterprises. Of late we have actually been weakening the defensive force of the country by disembodying the Militia. We have not • word to say for the regular militia as a permanent economical substitute for regular troops ; but it does seem strange that corps which it is admitted are in a high state of efficiency should be sur rendered at a time when we are calling for increased esenrity. It is by making it certain that foreign aggression will be unprofitable and disastrous to the aggressor that we shall most surely prevent inva sion. No accumulation of bricks and stones will do so. The rifle and artillery volunteer move ment has already done great service in this respect, and it is capable of still further develop ment. But it must either become more popular in its elements, or some cognate organisation adapted to the necessities, convenience, and even the tastes of the great body of the community, must supply its place. It is, above all, necessary just now to beware of supposing that in the hour of need we can safely trust in anything but the courage of the nation and the skill and spirit of its leaders. TAxamow WI TIM Loans.—A crowded meeting wee hal yeeteeday eves* to protest egamet the course the Hanes el Leeds adopted in refusing to remel the paper duty, in Hawkestone Rell, Waterloo-road. The members for the borough were present, as wens also a number of gentlemen of local influence and position. Mr. John Wil liams occupied the chair. A resolution condemnatory of the Lords having been moved and seconded, Mr. Williams, M.P., made a long speech, in which he suggested that the Paper Duty Bill should be in eluded in any money bill which yet remained to be and sent up to the Lords for their appnwal. Mr. Cspell followed, and said that if the government did not pewees the rights of the Commons, he hoped it would be driven from o ffi ce. He believed, however, that the ip.verti ment would pursue • mealy and straightforward course. A petition . to the House of Commas, praying it to preserve ltsprivdeps from violation, wee adopted. THII PRIVILSOZ QVIRTION. —MEETING AT Furs wet. —A crowded and highly respectable meeting was held him night at the Myddelton Hall, Islington, to protest against the nocoastitutkinal conduct of the House of Lords in re-imposing taxes abolished by the House of Cotnnions. and to petition parliament on the sub- The chair was taken by Mr. Robert Dente. Mr. William Mace moved the first resolution—" That from time immemorial it has been the right of the British people to he taxed only with their own con sent, by and through their own representatives. That the non-assent of the Lords to the abolition of • tax which the Crown no longer required and the Commons hid determined should no longer be imposed, is in direct contravention of that right, and is in effect a re-imposition of that tax by the sobs authority of the House of Lords. That the imposition 14 DUOS on the sole authority of the Lords is a thing wholly without precedent in the history of this country—ue in direct and flagrant violation of the laws of the realm, as inscribed in the rolls of parliament for ages past, and tends to a total overthrow of the British Constitution." Dr. Epps seconded the resolution. The resolution. WY carried with only about half-a-dozen dirien• tient', which created loud laughter and chem. Mr. Dun- combs, ILP., then addressed the meeting. What did they wish the House of Commons to do? What did they wish him to do? He very much feared that the House of Commove, constituted as it was at present, would do nothing—(hear)—that they would, in point of fact, pocket the a ff ront. What Mr. Siam had proposed was, he thought, a very legitimate cosine to pursue, 'tamely, to make • declaratory resolution. ' stating that the rights of the people had been violated, and that something snag be done. But he did not believe they mead many such a resolution even in the present Home of Ceeinnens. (Cries of "Oh no, they're a rotten lot.") Laird Painserstm had declared that be did act wish to beteg the two houses into collision. Collides ! —there was eimegh already, and there would be more by as I bye. The fast wee, the present goverment instead of try* to hem& the pseple were esdeavoaring to please a very reeks Bowe ef Onionnee—fie worst he bed whammed or sat he less the of the Reform Bill. After re feerieg M the rsirem casaba, sad advocating a romper hombe easier., be said that he would do his best in his ploss is podiums* to give effect to the resolution which lad been serried ; and, as as he bed the beacon of bele, milomed by them to pii imeat. abase rights and them Ilbeities istrusted to him, sad pawed in his heads, onesn.y se= sever by any vets, Ewer I= kik he say way reder • tamers., The meeting MIS further sadossud by Mr. Wash. Milos Willis, Yr. Baal Carr, Mr. R Moss% sad Winn. LLump ESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, WO. ge r . The Queen, sooompanieirby the Pittman' Alice, and attended by the Hon. Horatis Stopford, took a}Fre in an open carriage and four yesterday afternoon. Lord Alfred Paget and Major-General Seymour were in attend ance on horseback. The Prince Consort presided yesterday morning at a meeting of the governors of Wellington College. His Revel iligheesa, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hoe. D. de Roe, arrived at the new Palace of Westminster soon after 11 o'clock. The other goveruon present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Derby, Mr. Con, and the Rev. G. R. Gleig. The Rev. E. W. Ben. son, bead master of the college, Colonel the Hon. W. P. Talbot, hon. secretary, and Mr. Chance, secretary, attended. The meeting broke up at 2 o'clock. The Prince Consort and the Count of Flanders rode on horseback in the afternoon, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. D. de Ftos and Major Burnell. Prince Leopold took a carriage drive yesterday. The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Prinoens Alice, dined with the Duke of Cambridge last even ing, at his residence, Gloucester-house, Piccadilly. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended by the Countess of Gainaborough, the Hon. Horatia Stopford, Major-General Seymour, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. D. de Roe. The King of the Belgians sod the Count of Flanders, attended by Colonel Count de Moerkerke, also dined with the Royal Duke. The company present to meet the Queen were the Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenborgh Strelits and the Prince*, Mary. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Belgian Minister, the Hanoverian Minister, the Duke of Newcastle, the Fart of Derby, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Palmerston, Lieut.-General the Right Hon. J. Peel, Sir Charles Yorke, and Colonel Tyrwhitt (in waiting on the Royal Duke.) The band of the &eta Fusilier Guards was in attendance, and played during dinner. The Prince Consort inspected the ivory sculptures of Baron de Triqueti at Messrs. Coinaghi's studio. A deputation from gas and water companies had an inter view with Sir G. C. Lewis yesterday at the Homedßea, to state their objections to the Highways, Roads, BUL A deputation of coroners, headed by Mr. Cobbs*, ILP., also had an interview with Sir G. C. Lewis. The deputa tion consisted of Mr. Bremridge (Devonshire), Meseta Welley and Humphrey (Middlesex), Mr. Carttar (Kent), Mr. Lewis (Essex), Mr. Dyson (Yorkshire), Mr. Todd (Hants), Mr. Phillips (Staffordshire), and Mr. Langham (Westminster). Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governors of the Australian Colones. Despatches were sent to the Governor of Malta. The Duke de Gluckeberg and suite have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street. Lady I Douglas Pennant's first ball, announced for the 20th of June, is postponed to July 3, in consequence el the death of a relation. Lady Howard's soirie danaante will take place on Tuesday, July 17. Mrs. Jones' (of Pantglia) soirée musicale will take piece this evening. - The Hon. A. Macdonald Moreton had a ball last night, in Corson-street, Mayfair, which was attended by about 300 members of the fashionable world. A committee of the Swiss residents in England Lave resolved to entertain at a public dinner, on Thursday, IL A. De la Rive, the Minister of the Confederation. As the success or failure of the English fruit crop has an important bearing on the sugar market, Messrs. Joseph Travers and Sons are oollectiag reports on the sub ject from all parts of the kingdom. In their last circular they give the general results thus far ascertained, and it appears that, notwithstanding the extraordinary weather of the past four weeks, there is every prospect of great abun dance. The least favourable accounts are from &sex, filumex, and Suffolk, the chief damage sustained having been from the high winds. In some cases an opinion is expressed that, although the quantities are great, the quality of the more delicate fruits will prove to have suffered from the Ineemat rain. A prinoe of the imperial family went to Boulogne lately for some private purpose, and in the strictest incog nito—elute cordage, no liveries, no companion, face muffled up, and all the other appliances to insure secrecy. What was his surprise and annoyance on arriving at his desti nation to lind troops under arms to receive him, drums beating, colours tying, bells ringing, salutes suitable to his rank, the prefects in embroidered coats and decorations, mayors with their insignia, and the other authorities pre pared to address him with the usual formalities. Instead of a quiet repast he was obliged to partake of the officious hospitalities of, the prefecture ; and, instead of meeting only one person, he had to undergo the penance of many prataitotions. Never was contretemps more provoking, and the wont of the matter was that he had to smile and look phased and flattered at the homage paid him, while in his inmost heart he wished prefect, sob-prefect, mayor, and all other officials, high and low, at Jericho, if not at the bottom of the Red Sea. INTIRSATIONAL SEMITIC CONOREIK—A meet rag of the commiesko for organising the fourth session of the International Statistical Casper, to be held in London in July next, seder the auspices of her Majesty's govern ment, took piece yesterday at Fmnbreke Home, Whitehall gardens. The argasiestios commission, upon • report prepared by Dr. Farr, decided upon dividing the magma' into six section, for the purpose of considering the various subjects which will be included in the programme namely, Section 1., Judicial Statistics ; IL, Sanitary Statistics ; 111., Industrial Statistice—two blanches, Agriculture and Main ; IV., Commercial Ste, tidies ; V., Census, and Military and Naval Statistics ; and VI., Statistical Methods. It is proposed to invite Lord Brougham, Lord Shaftesbury, Feel Stanhope, Lord Stanley, M.P., Mr. Hutt, M.P., and the Master of the Mint to act as presidents of sections. The opening of the 0007111•11 was fixed for Monday, July 16, and the sittings will be con tinued over the five following days. The meetings will be held in Somerset House. Several suggestions were offered, evincing • strong desire to give the most hospitable reception to our distinguished "imam's, and the Lord Mayor expressed a hope that they would do him the honour of visiting the Mansioa House. Mr. Milner Gibson having thanked the commission on the part of the government fer their eo-operation in the endeiivour to make the Con gress as useful as possible to this country and to others, the meeting adjourned. It may be remarked that the object of the Congress is to promote the collection of statistics, especially those published officially by the different govern ments, on the most approved methods and upon uniform Imes, so as to admit of the international comparison of the results obtained. The first meeting of the Congress was convened at Brussels by the Belgian government in 1853 ; the wooed 001116011 was bald in Paris in lfi& s and the third at Vienna is 1857. Pam= P•PZRA. —By a parliamentary return issued this morning it appears that the cost of printing reports sad papers presented by command of her Majesty, during the session of 18t9, was 19,7061. 9s. sd. This sum is exclusive of the cost of the printing ordered by the two houses of parliament., of job-work printing, sad of all printed work not laid before parliament DONATIONS TOR REDUCING TEE NATIONAL DIM —A parliamentary return, issued this morning, gives the amount of donations and bequest., and dividends on stock, towards reducing the national debt, bequeathed slam the passing of the 4th Geo. IV., cap. 19 (18Z$). The total amount" is 676,856/. Is. 6d. The largest bequest was in 1855, being the sum of 193,4571. 17s. 5d., the " bequest of residue of personal estate of John Ashton, of Newt°. Bank, near Hyde, Cheshire, transferred by Court of Chameery." A few mall Gams Wive been given *bony seemly. In 1829 a "female patriot" sent 6/., and i. 1856 "a valstadinerisn," V. In 1838 the sum of 38,500 asses (1,5081. 6.. 6d.) was sent anonymonaly fro= Paris to the Ohanoellor of the Exchequer " towards the mobeetion of the national debt." Seven donation, of 1,0001. se► were made between the ran 1833 and 1839 by the Han. Marmaduke 'Ansley, and a few sums varying has 61. 5. 1]09. are credited to the " Wise contribution." I. 1815 John Philips, Em., left 9001., and is 1831 "A. H. C." 3001. iNGLAND AND FRANCR.—The prize offered by the Bev. Dr. imiatom at Hessen College, Middlesex, fur the beet 'may es the immarcass importance of • ekes union of England sad Fame has bees awarded by the adjudica tors, Lori Dreggisma, the Issi of Clarendon, and the Earl of ribattostwary, to the Bay. W. N. Moleswortb, M.A., P.C. d tri. Climes* lieciideia Mr. Molseworth is the on of the Km Dr. Nolostrorth, vier of Rooltdolo, was formerly of Pembroke College, Cambridge, prisms'', sett. opt. and lAA., 183 V, and is the *Mbar arsenous publkstioua. The French sditAlicatura, Noma Thiess, Magnet, wad Marimba have not yet awarded the French prism of I,ooof. sad 200 f. awed by Dr. Enaction on thews* subject. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE CONGRESS AT BADEN. The Moniker of this morning says :—" The Em peror's visit to Baden will doubtless have a favour able result. It was necessary that such a step should have been spontaneously taken to silence the unanimous concert of evil rumours and false appreciations. The Emperor, in going to explain freely to the united sovereigns that his policy would never deviate from the principles of right and justice, must have carried into minds so noble and so free from prejudice that conviction which true sentiment explained with sincerity cannot fail to inspire. The reciprocal relations betweon the members of this assembly were more than courteous." The Moniteur then draws attention to and gives details of the different meetings which have taken place, and concludes as follows :—" Thus all who desire the it of confidence and the continuation of friendly international relations should felicitate themselves upon a conference which consolidates the peace of Europe." BADEN, TUZIDAT. The Prince Regent of Prussia assembled the German sovereigns in the castle yesterday after noon, to thank them for having been present at his meeting with the Emperor of the French, in order to receive together the peaceful assurances of his Majesty. His Royal Highness said—" The maintenance of thil integrity of Germany will always be my princi pal care. In pursuance of this object, I shall not allow myself to be influenced even by the consideration that my ideas on the progress and aims of the Prus sian and Gorman policy are not shared by some confederate princes. In order to come to some un derstanding, Austria has taken some steps to which I attack great value. Should an understanding be brought about, I shall communicate it to the German princes." The Prince Regent concluded— " I shall continue the line of policy which I have pursued till now in reference to Prussia and Ger many, and I hope that other German governments will join me in this course of policy." This morning the Kings of Hanover and Saxony took their departure. them are several Frenchmen; a company of students from the Ihzivesity of Pisa, who arrived that very day by rail wayis a comas of 1,100 young men, under the conduct of • wealthy patriot, who equipped them at his own expense ; and, Wily, several ladies of the highest rank, who accom pany thus heroic adventure= as lay sister' of charity. The enthusiasm excited by the departure of this expedition was Indescribable. At the moment of sailing, fathers were seen to abut with their sons, mothers without a tear crying out to their children, and wives to their husbands, " Go sad fight for your countay !" All the carriages in Genoa were placed ' at the disposal of the volunteers, and left the town at full speed, in the direction of Conegliano, for the Villa Ponsoni, the place appointed for the general rendezvous. The volun teers were conveyed thence to their ships by the boatmen of Genoa, who refused all payment. The asaembling and em barking of the men, as well Le of the ammunition, was exe cuted with such wonderful rapidity that the Piedinontees authorities cannot be responsible for it. If they had attempted to prevent the expedition, all their efforts would have been in vain. The six steamers and the two sailing vessels, it is reported, were to proceed in a body to Palermo ; but so daring does this project appear, that from the first we doubted its truth ; and we believe that they sailed towards the coasts of Spain and Africa, in order to effect a oudden landing at some ill-guarded point on the south coast of Sicily. THE REVOLUTION IN SICILY. The inditiendance Beige of last evening says : " Accounts from Palermo of the 10th lead us to suppose that Garibaldi is about to transfer the theatre of war to the mainland of the kingdom. All his measures are directed to the obtaining of volunteers for this purpoise,whilst leaving Palermo, strongly armed, wider the protection of the Sici lians. The levee en masse was to be completed by the 18th of the month. On the 20th the recruits are to march towards Palermo and Catania. The reasons given for the decrees which order these mea sures, are founded upon the necessity of vigorously prosecuting the war in favour of Italian unity. In addition, the provisional government has ordered requisitions of horses and military materiel, casting of cannon, and pikes for the people of Palermo, and are keeping up the barricades of the city in case of the reappearance of the Neapolitan troops. The results of these measures will soon be apparent." The Archbishop of Palermo has paid a visit to General Garibaldi "The last intelligence from Palermo," says Ga lignani, "states that the Neapolitan troops have entirely evacuated the place, after having disarmed the citadel, spiked the guns, thrown the ammuni tion into the sea, and done as much injury as pos sible to whatever stores and material they could not take with them. Companies of sailors are to be formed and sent to the porta now in possession of the insurgents, to assist in the disembarkation and embarkation of troops operations which are diffi- cult even for governments engaged in regular war fare, and which are necessarily still more so for the volunteers of Garibaldi, who have to act clandes tinely, and to escape the Neapolitan cruisers, which every day become more numerous and active." (now °us ows NAPLES. Joss 13. An official person, who visited Garibaldi on the evening following the capitulation, says that he started no objection to the continuation of the armistice, considering it rather as an advantage, as many of the troops were deserting to him in spite of their being closely confined to quarters. The general, who is never elated, seemed satisfied that the troops were leaving, and announced it to be his intention, as soon as he had organised 50,000 men, to cross into the Calabria' and Abruzzi, leaving Messina behind him if likely to give him much trouble. He supposed that in such an event the Neapolitans would rise, though he has no con fidence in them. On one thing Garibaldi seemed resolved, which was to admit of no other battle cry than that of " Victor Emmanuel, and Italian unity." All propositions for a constitution have been, therefore, and will be rejected. Many of the Neapolitan soldiers on leaving Palermo are to be landed in the Calabria'', to which Garibaldi expressed no objection, as he is con fident that the stories they will tell will demo rales' e their companions. Indeed, what fact could bq more demoralising than the flight, we may almost say, of 18,000 men in the presence of 1,000 good soldiers and 7,000 or 8,000 armed rabble, not to use the word offensively. Garibaldi was occupied at the time of my informant's visit in the work of organisation and of ordering the construction of the barricades. He deplored the loss of many of his best officers and men.' - Jars 14. Official news from Messina says that the emigre.; tiou still continues by sea and land, though the chances of a bombardment became daily less and less probable. Orders have been given to the &quadri not to march upon Messina, as Garibaldi intends to go through the Calabria& and so on to Naples. Revolutionary movements have broken ' out in the Monteleone, Catasaro, and Cosenza, and troops were despatched to Pizzo last Saturday and Sunday, in two steamers, to the number of 1,000. It was said, however, that they had declared they would no more fight against their brothers, and sonic of the officers said to my informant that they regarded the King as lust, and that the sooner this fratricidal war was finished the better. There was a French, British, and Austrian steamer at Mesaina. The troops from Catania arrived in Messina in • miserable condi tion. The government of Catania was conducted in the name of Victor Emmanuel. The Courtier de Paris publishes the following : It is very certain that the expedition commanded by Nadia, Cosentx, and Melanchini, organised by the Italian National Society, was composed of six steamers and ascend transports, laden with sans, ammunition, tents, ke. Of Wee vessels, the three largest, the Washington, Franklin, and Oregon, were armed with rifled la•pounders, sad ear Tied volunteers, each provided with a musket, a rifle, sad a good store of nu-fridges. The number of men who wanted to go was so considerable at the last momia that they were heaped one on Ike other in the vessels. Among ROIdIC. ROME, Juss 19. The news published by some French journals that the Holy See would invite the court of St. James to accredit an official representative at Rome, is entirely without foundation. GMUNY. WILDBAD, TULIIDAY. The Dowager Empress of Russia has resolved upon celebrating the next anniversary of her birth day (July 13) with the royal family of Prussia. Her imperial highness will therefore leave Wildbad on the 10th of July, so as to arrive at Potsdam on the evening of the 12th. The Empreu will proceed yid Weimar. GENEVA, .7tniz 18. The Sardinian Cabinet having officially com municated to the Federal Council the cession of Savoy and Nice to France, a new note has been addressed to the different powers by Switzerland, protesting against the cession of Northern Savoy to France. HOMEWARD BOMBAY MAIL YALTA, Join 15. The Columbian arrived at Suez on the 9th. The Manilia arrived at Malta at 6 p.m. on the 13th, and left at midnight for Southampton, where she will probably arrive on the 22nd. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. MALTA, Julie 15. The Ceylon, from Southampton on the 4th, arrived at Malta at 6 ►m. on the 13th, and left at 9 ►m. The Valetta, from Marseilles on the 13th, arrived at 9 p.m. on the 15th, and left at midnight for Alexandria. Simla at Gene on the 21st May (20th April hom South ampton). Northam at Bombay on 24th May (27th April from Southampton). Ottawa left Calle for the colonies on the 19th May (12-18 Aped mail from England). The following telegram has been received at Mr. Renter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, June 18 : THE BOMBAY MAILS. The Vectis, with the above mails, arrived at Marseilles at 4 p.m. The mail was to leave for London at 5 p.m. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom mat owx col PARIS, MONDAY EVOIDIG. I quite agree with the French government press that the result of the interview of Baden-Baden is highly satisfactory ; but the contentment which I feel is based upon diametrically opposite grounds. Their jubilation is professedly founded upon the success of the Emperor's self-imposed mission to Germany ; whereas I have cogent reasons for be lieving that it was an utter failure—a fiasco. How ever strict may be the secrecy kept in regard to the suggestions made to the Prince Regent of Prussia by Napoleon 111., at the interview acceded to in pursuance of the importunate solicitation of the latter, it will, I have no doubt, be universally ad mitted within a very few days that " nothing" has been or is to be done in pursuance of them. That the Prince Regent, who only consented to meet the Emperor when so much pressed that it would have been discourteous to have refused, did not mean to modify his policy in obedience to French dictation, is sufficiently indicated by the last semi-official article in the Prussian Gazette, which, enveloped in much polite but unmeaning phraseology, has this significant phrase—that Prussia had no " new objects" in view. Now, it is certain that the Em peror's intention was to propose to the Prince Regent a course of policy, not merely new, but widely differing from that which he as a German sovereign has been hitherto following ; and it is, I believe, equally true that the proposals, whatever they were, have been rejected. It was a painful surprise to Napoleon 111. to find that the Prince Regent had surrounded himself by all the sovereigns of Germany [the Emperor of Austria only excepted], in testimony of his loyalty towards them. The original hope was that the ruler of Prussia would allow himself to be ear-wigged, and to listen to propositions which would have made very light of the interests of other German states. Within a few minutes of the Emperor's arrival in Paris this morning he summoned& Coun cil of Ministers, and at this council it was resolved that the government press should be ordered to sing a song of peace in every possible tone. There is, therefore, reason to believe that the designs upon the Rhine are suspended sine die. The Bourse opened with great heaviness, and the Rente dropped to 68fr. 30c., being 15c. leas than the closing quotations of Saturday. But later in the day it was given out that the Emperor had made a speech at one of the railway stations between Baden-Baden and Paris, which was calculated to give confidence, and it was said, moreover, that a re-assuring note would appear in the Monitear to morrow. This news, which was sedulously pro mulgated after the breaking up of the Council of Ministers, produced a smart upward reaction, and the Route closed at 69fr. for cash, and 68fr. 950. for account, with a rise of 50c. in each case. Mobilier rose 16fr. The Orleans Railway rose 7fr. 50c.; Eastern, 3fr. 75c.; Lyous and Western, sfr. each; and Southern, 2fr. 50c. Since writing the above, I hear that the Emperor on arriving in Paris this morning, told M. Periere that peace was assured, and that he might con fidently go on with all his great undertakings. It is, perhaps, lamentable, but not by any means unusual, that expressions of this kind meant to ptoduee an effect upon the Bourse should be withheld from public knowledge until certain privileged parties have had an opportunity of making up a book. The Emperor arrived in Paris at 10 o'clock this morning, and yet the Bourse, which does not open till noon, was very much depressed, the cheering speech which his Majesty had made not being known till much later. It is scarcely to be doubted that if any positive result of a favourable character had been obtained by the meeting of Baden-Baden the capi talists would have had an inkling of it through channels other than French. THE PAPAL STATES. A circular addressed on May 21 by Cardinal Antonelli to the diplomatic body on the invasion of the Papal States, says : As if the sacrilegious spoliation of the Legations in the fltatea of the Holy See were not sufficient, we have now to add to it an incursion into the territory of Viterbo by an armed band of refugees from the adjacent parts of Tumny. ..... . This new outrage agan,t the patrimony of the church, by the aid of armed men who set out from a neighbouring state under the eyes of those who now rule the destinies of Tuscany, who there openly provided themselves with arms, and who were per. witted, in violation of all international laws, and of all the precepts of both divine and human law, to carry wherever they chose murder and pillage, will doubtless fill with just indignation the catholic world and all governments that love order and justice, and respect the right of nations. The underaigned Cardinal Secretary of State hastens to communicate this act of vandalism and of pillage to your Excellency, that you may be good enough to inform your government of it, and to convince it that unless a rein is put with the aid of potentates to such extraordinary audacity, altogether worthy of barbarous ages, they will have to de. plore the fatal consequences, the responsibility of which will recoil on those who, laying aside all respect for right, are sapping the foundations of society. (Signed) CARD. AIITONZLII. SWIM AID FOR GARIBALDI. —The journal LIZ &rime publishes the following appeal in large type at the head of one of it. columns :—" Garibaldi's enterprise front its commencement has won the sympathies of all friends of liberty in Switzerland as well as everywhere else. The spoons which he has met with has only increased their enthusiasm. A meeting of Swiss patriots from various cantons has resolved to give the hero of Italian indepen. deuce a proof of sympathy, by sending him a certain number of Swim rifles. The number of these will depend on the success of the subscription which is opened by the present rZaLThose who approve of it are requested to send contributions as quickly as possible to IL Koch-Hoff. mann, at Berne, member of the undersigned committee. —Koch-Hoffman, Capt. ; Schcerer, Major ; Zang, Major • G. Vogt, Director of the Federal Statistical-office ;C. Ott: Major.—Berne, June 12." Milan DISHONOURED ABROAD.—It is important to call the attention of the mercantile public to the fact of the verdict given in the case of " Suse v. Pomp.," in December last, having been reversed by the Court of Ap. peal. The judgment of the lower court was to the effect that the purchaser of a bill drawn in Loudon and pay. able abroad could, in the event of that bill being din. honoured, exercise the option of drawing upon the seller in London for the sum of foreign coin to which the bill purported to entitle him at the rate of exchange current at the place where the dishonour or., tarred, or of sending the bill back to London and demand. ing that the amount paid for it in sterling should be re. funded. On appeal, however, this decision has been set aside, and it is now established that the holder of • bill which has been dishonoured abroad is not entitled to re. cover from the seller in England more than the re-exchange —that is to say, the value of the florins, francs, or what. ever the sum stated on the face may be, expressed in Eng. liah money, at the rate of exchange on the day of dia. honour, with interest and expenses.—Times. SOLAR ECLlPBM—Astronomers are now on the qui vire for the great solar eclipse which is to take place on the 18th of July next, and which will be total in Spain. This is the more important, as none of those which are to occur within the present century will be so convenient for observation as this, that of 1887 alone excepted. The fol. lowing is a list of them :-1860, July 18, North America, Spain, Egypt. 1861, Dec. 31, Atlantic Ocean, Sahara, Me. diterranean. 1870, Dec. 22, Azores, Spain, Algeria, Turkey. 1877, August 19, N.E. of Germany, Russia, Central Asia. 1896, August 9, Greenland, Lapland, Siberia. 1900, May 28, United States, Spain, 411/pt. THE LATE BARON DE HOCHEPIED LARPENT.-.. This estimable gentleman, who died on the Bth inst., at Holmwood House, near Dorking, Surrey, at the age of 77. was the elder brother of the late Sir Geo Germ' Ler. pent, Bart., sometime M.P. for Notting being the son of John Larpent, Esq., secretary to the Duke of Bed. ford in France, rind to the Marquis of Hertford in Ireland, a gentleman subsequently employed in • variety of official situations. The deceased, John James Larpent, was born in 1783, and had the foreign barony of De Heelmied confirmed to him by royal license in 1819. He married Georgi. ana, daughter of Frederick Reeves, Esq., of East Sheen. Surrey, by whom he had a family of five sons and three daughters. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, Arthur John Larpent, Eaq.—Court News. THE DAS QUESTlON.—Yester day afternoon a deputation, consisting of about 100 members of parliament and other gentlemen connected with the various gas and water companies in large provincial towns, had an inter. view, by appointment, with the Right Hon. Sir G. Come. walllewis, at the Home-office, relative to the Highways and Roads, Ise., Bill, recently introduced by Mr. Craufurd, and to solicit the right hoe. baronet to oppose the further of that bill through the House of Common,. Mr. passage Spacer, M.P., introduced the deputation, and said that they had b een much alarmed by the bill introduced by Mr. Cninfurd, sod now before the house. That bill, which he might say had been rather surreptitiously introduced, per. ported to be • Highways and Roads Bill, while in fact it affected &lithe gas and water companies in the country. They bad come to object to its passing any further stage on two grounds ; first, that many persons had been induced to invest their money in these undertakings by the authority which parlament had given them ; and further, that the bill, if passed, would be an injury to the public by admitting speculators, large or small, to open gas or waterworks without being wider any of the re. @frictions which were imposed upon existing companies. It was felt that the bill would not only greatly injure tholol d mpsnies which had obtained parliamentary powers, but injure the public at large. Mr. Naiah (chairman of Bristol Gas Company), Mr. James, of the Birming. ham Waterworks, Mr. Jacksou, M.P., Mr. The, ALP.. and other members of the deputation, having spoken, scene further conversation ensued, in which it was denied that the recent decision in the Longtou am had necessitated the introduction of the bill, at the close of which Sir G. Cr. Lewin, in reply, said he would give the statements made the best consideration between that and the next stage of the till, and it would be as well if all hon. members inte. rested would do the same. THE QUALM or Barr CONSUMED IN LONDODI.--. At the Derby police court, before the Mayor (Mr. Cox), Dr. Heygats, end Mr. Gadaby, James Young, a well known cheap butcher, was charged with being the owner of two canines of meat which were unfit fur the food of man, the meat being intended for that purpose, and on it. way for sale. Mr. Jones, clerk to the Local Board of Health, ap. peered to support the charge, and called inspector Bailey s who deposed that on Friday, the 14th of June, from infer. melon received, he went to the goods shed at the Midland station, Derby, and on the platform he found two carcases of beasts ready cut up and dressed fur sale. They were cut into eight quarters and packed up in two large hampers. There was no address on the hampers. It was very bad meat, and being satisfied that it was nut fit for human food he sent for the searchers of flesh, Messrs. Dondeo and Eyre, and they atone pronouuced it diseased ; and after it had been shown to • magistrate it was destroyed. The caressed were cut up and dressed in the usual manner for sale. He then wentjto the foreman porter in the goods shed, and obtained frost him the consignment paper of the two hampers, which was as follows:—" From James Young, Derby, to John Battams, Newgate Market, London." The consignment paper was signed by a man named Bramhall, who was in the employ of Young, and who delivered the meat at the station. The magistrates were of opinion that the wrong man had been summoned, therefore the case would be dismissed. It was stated in court that, week by week, putrid meat, unfit for human food, was sent from Derby to London to be sold for human food.—The Mayor said it would be desirable to acquaint the Lord Mayor of London with the facts, so that the officers might be on the lookout at the other end. —Mr. Hilton, head constable s said some letters hail alreadygone to Loudon on the subject' HOP INTILLIIIENCE—WO cannot report much improvement in the hops, in this neighbourhood, notwith standing the fine warm days of the pest week. Many of the gardens resent a yellow and truhealthy appeeranoe, and where the colour is better the plants are far from strong. In the Borough market yesterday, prices were fully buported, an advance being in some instances estab. listed. - The duty is estimated at 160,000 i. to 170,000/.! — Kentish Caulk. THE CROPS.—Although the recent accounts from every quarter have spoken despondingly of the prospect aid appeaninte of the crops, prognosticating very serious iujury should the wet continue, we are strongly disposed to hope that, except in the case of thin, ill. drained and badly farmed land, the injury arising from the wet is more prospective than present. Though backward, the grain crops are in districts looking vigorous and healthy, and should warm dry and still weather shortly set in, we are inclined to think that only • brief period will have elapsed ere the crops begin to make up for lost time. It is pro verLial how soon fine weather disperses the anxiety and the damage occasioned by past rain, so soon an really fine was. ther is established ; and we venture to hope that the effect of the anticipated change will prove no less in the season before us. Of course there are instances' and localities where damage has been done which it is now too late to repair ; but we hope and believe that these owes are partial and exceptional.—Sussex Adrcrtiser. Musa& CHRISTIE AND MANSON'S PICTURE HALES.—As eaceedintly interesting collection of painting% comprising works of t e late Si: David Wilkie and the late Sir William Boss, and Mr. Frith's celebrated pictures . of " Coining of Ago in the Olden Time," and " Measuring Heights," is now on view at Wears. Christie, Munson, and Wood's gallery preparatory to the sale which will take place on Wednesday next and the three following days. I