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CON , MILVATIB3I, naturally enough, is in delight with the prospect of a huge scheme of fortification. It is instinctively fond of expenditure on a grand scale. Public money cannot be lavishly laid out without the extension of Government influence in various ways; and every contract and job is deemed by Toryism an earthwork thrown up for its de fence pro gusto. Were there only enough of these defensive works " Church and State " would once more be occupying an entrenched camp in the midst of a distrusted population. Loris Pulliam thought he had made the master-stroke of policy when he succeeded in getting up such a panic about an invasion of France as rendered it not only pee- Bible but momentarily popular to undertake the expenditure of 13,000,0001. on the fortifications of Paris, by which he sanguinely hoped to be able to resist, not foreign invasion, about which he talked so much, but popular discontent, about which he said so little. The French people were hocussed into believing that the huge moats and bee. Gins and forts tistathis in the environs of their capital made an essential difference in their national safety ; and they consequently submitted with scarcely a murmur to the imposition of the vast addition thus made to their national debt. A few years have rolled by, and changes have taken place in the art of war which render very questionable the value of the thirteen millions' wort► of mili tary masonry with which Paris is encircled ; but no invasion of French territory has been pro jected, far lees attempted, by any of the Great Power► of Europe. London, from its enormous size, is happily incapable of being caged or casemated ; and therefore we are not likely to be pillaged by those true invaders of our properties and rifler of our purses who live at home and do us the honour of ruling us for their own profit and pleasure, in the pre cise manner in which our French neighbours used to be domestically plundered. For the pre sent, at least., the pretexts forGovernrnent jobbing in the way of fortifications are sought for in the supposed need of rendering our arsenals impreg nable, and nothing at present is proposed with the view of fortifying London. Once let us get into the way, however, of spending the resources of the future on redoubts and lines of cireumvallation, and there is no saying to what pitch of folly we may eventually come. We do not object to the wasteful expenditure it is proposed to commence during the present year from any morbid idea that fortresses may one day or other make the hands of power too strong against the people. The political objections fairly adducible are of a wholly different nature, and are equally cogent whether the money is thrown away within eyeshot of the seat of Government or upon unconnected spots along the coast. Those objections are mainly twofold : first, the indefinite increase of Government taxation and expenditure, already far too large ; and secondly, the inevitable augmentation to an immense extent of the standing army within the kingdom. Parliament is called upon in the first instance to authorise an immediate outlay of 2,000,000/. ; but it is plainly told that this is but a beginning in strategic brick and mortar : and lest there should be any possible mistake about the matter, Lord PALMEB2TON and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT ex plain that care shall be taken to have no one specific work completed for this sum, but on the contrary that the expenditure is to be distributed over all the points named in the Report of the Commission. So that when next year an account must be given of the progress made towards defending the realm in this fashion, wo are pre pared beforehand for an announcement that the first foundations have in different places been laid, but that it will take two or three years more of continuous labour, and many millions more of tax paid money, to render what has been spent in the first instance of the slightest use. It is idle, there fore, to pretend that we are only trying an experi ment, which, if it fails, need not be repeated, and that the limit of that experiment is two millions of money. Ministers, in reality, make a demand of Nine Millions and upwards, and to this demand as a whole Parliament will have to say aye or no, although the inducement is held out that time will be given for the payment, and that 4a. Gd. in the pound will be taken as an instalment. There cannot, and there must not, be any mystification about the matter. The question for the country to consider is, whether it ought to sink Nine Millions of capital within the next four years in ramparts, trenches, and recall," with the strong probability that by the time they are finished it will be discovered that to make them of ally use as ranch more must be spent upon them. But this is the least part of the pecuniary question. From the hour they are completed the necessity wm arise of filling them with garrisons of regular troops. liVhatever may be thought of the p e ril o f leaving certain points of the coast tinfortifled, there can be no second opinion as to the danger of leaving strong places unmanned, to tempt surprise on the part of an enemy. Once consent to so many strongholds on the seaboard being erected, and so are fairly in fur the cod of an additional standing array is mask iacttlortm. Instead of 15,000,0001. a year for Amy Estimates, our spendthrift rulers would fails beguile us into a state of things in which 20,000,0001. a year would not suffice for the pay and keep of the regular army even in times of, peace. Is the country prepared for this? Quite distinct from such considerations are time which suggest themselves to the least reflect ing as to the political consequences of the scheme. A large augmentation of the regular army to be permanently maintained within the kingdom would be confessedly a large augmentation of the power of the Crown and aristocracy as opposed to that of the industry and intelligence of the people. Not only would the influence arising from pa tronage be obviously increased, but the mind of the country would by so much be turned away from useful and productive pursuits to those of an opposite character. Nor is it possible to over estimate the effect likely to ensue upon the ex ternal policy of the nation. Let England once assume the character of military rivalry with the absolute monarchies of the Continent, and we shall not have long to wait for opportunities of trying issue with them on the battle-fields of Europe. Lord PaLmraffro:4 said truly in his recent speech that the permanent possession of a vast disciplined force was for any Government only too strong a temptation to use it. Why, then, would he have us imitate a bad example t Why not, instead of additional myriads of regular troops costing millions upon millions of additional taxes—why not adopt frankly and fear lessly the two expedient' which would at once appeal to the nation's heart, and without oppressively weighing upon its resources render the country invincible t Why not add to the Navy, and organise a Local Militia? We do not mean by the one a mere building of ships to be laid up in ordinary, but to be manned by a liberal and considerate system as regards the crews ; and by the other we mean, not the miserable and costly embodiment of regiments such as we have had during the last seven years under the blundering Act of 1852, but a universal enrolment throughout the realm of the vigorous youth of all classes, with local drill, and local officers, and a spirit rather resembling that which animates our Volunteer Corps, than any which can be hoped for from re giments enlisted by the mere persuasive' of brandy and bounty, and held in discipline by incessant appeals to the lash. A cons! DIE& ILE number of the principal trades men of the West•end have met and agreed to close their establishments early on Saturday afternoon, so as to give the young persons in their employ the benefit of a fair evening's holiday. This is a gracious and considerate resolution, and one that the public, which has helped on the Early Closing Movement by its warm approval, will not failto sanc tion and support. It is proposed to close the shops on Saturdays at four in the winter and at five in the summer months. These hours are not too early, if the young people are to get out for a breath of air in the fields, or for a couple of hours' Vo lunteer drill. A great deal might be said in favour of two o'clock all the year round ; but the measure is an innovation in the retail trade of London, and it is wise not to attempt too much. Of course, it would be hopeless to attempt to carry out a measure of this kind against the wishes of the fair patrons of trade. But there is the less reason to suppose that this will be withheld, inas much as the proposed arrangement is to some extent an act of deference to their wishes. The Rifle corps of the metropolis, as we all know, are to a large extent constituted of young men employed in houses of business, and everyone must wish that they may have in weekly drill opportunities of healthful active exercise while they qualify themselves to become, in case of need, defenders of their country. If, then, the ladies generally will kindly countenance a change which has been actively 'promoted by some who are the ornaments of their sex, the transition to new and better arrangements will be easily accomplished, and here, as so often happens with seeming difficulties, ii n'y a qne to premier poi qui caste. Vbe Court. OSBORNE, Jinx 25. The Queen, Prince Consort, and Princess Alice, rode on horseback yesterday, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinp. Her Majesty has received a tele Traphic rummage dated this morning at Potsdam, announcing that the Princess Royal'. condition is moat satiafactory, and that the infant Princess is perfectly well. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Cornwall Lewis, Lord John Russell, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. - Milner Gibson, Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, and the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell. A deputation had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yestenlay to present a memorial respecting the appant• ment of Mr. W. B. Turnbull to the office of Calen&rer at the Foreign Papers in the State Paper-office. The deputa tion consisted of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Calthorpe, the Hon. A. Ainnaird, M.P., Sir W. Verner, Bart., M.P., the Rev. Sir N. Chinnery, Bart., Sir Thomas Philipps, Bart., Admiral V. Harcourt, Major Giberne, Rev. Thomas Alexander, Dr. Cross, Dr. Street, Rev. W. Scott Moncrieff, Mr. PeterCirtor, and Mr. Chas. Bird. The memorial was signed by 2,sol:liiersons, of whom ten were poem, eighteen members of pari mance., ten baronets, $5 nutgistrates, 518 clergymen, 553 dissenting ministers, besides several generals, admirals, and other °dicers in the army and navy, heads of colleges, literary and other gentlemen. Mr. Kinnairil at the same time presented a !similar me morial from Boatload, signed by 3,500 persons. A deputation of residents and ratepayers occupying houses in the vicinity of Kensington.gardena, against the new ride, had as interview with the First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings yesterday, at his office in Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted of Mr. F. W. Russell, M. P., the Rev. Canon Boyd, Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian K Dielmon, Mr. R. M. Stapvlb.n, Mr. B. Wool sey, Mr. Evans, Mr. Appach, Captain Pigeon, Mr. J. IL Vance, M.P., Mr. Campbell, Mr. W. Litter, Mr. William Taprell, and Mr. Brett. liespitches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governor of Canada. Him Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Serene Highness the Sovereign Prince of Lichtenstein, the Marquis of Exeter. and Major Greville, joined the circle partaking of the hospitality of the Duke and Dada= of Richmond, at Goodwood, on Tuesday evening Ilia Royal flighneax the Duke of Cambridge has ceaseated to lay the foundation atom of a sew church at Kiagatoo•ralii, near Robin Hoodiate, oa Nowdaa meat. Lori John Ronal], her Majesty's Setzetary of State for Foreign Affairs, has nominated the Rev. Richard Merrick Rowe, M.A., Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, and theological tutor of Queen's College, Birmingham, to the Ilritssh chaplaincy at Alexandria. Mrs. Sidney Herbert bad an amernbly hat even ing the family mansion in Bel4;raveeqoare. Previously to the assembly, the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert entertained at dinner his Excellency the Ambassador of Prance, the Duke sod Duchies of Argyll,MariaMarchioness ,4 Ade...bury, the Marquis of Isinsilowas, the Bishop of Oxfor‘l, the Earl and Countess de Grey. the Earl sod Counters of Strafford, the Count fitreeleckl. Viscount and ibel.lbielli Palmerston, Lady Moletworth, Viammtese de %•4 Le. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY PAPERS ZING ro THE DISTURBANVES IN SYRIA. IOLA: Various papers, occupying fifty folio pages, re lating to the disturbances in Syria, woes issued this morning. Cereal-General Moore, at Beyrout, commenced sending despatches to Sir H. Bulwer on the subject of the agitation in Mount Lebanon, on the 12th of May. The actual contest began, as far as be has been able to leers, in the afternoon of the 29th of May, by a body of Christians in the Moben attacking the mixed Drupe and Christian villages of Solima, !Cornell, and Blehnat, and driving therefrom the Druse inhabitants. On June 27, Sir H. Bolwer writes to Lord J. Russell : (Extract.) " Therapia, June 27. " The Ottoman government, which has dispatched two battalions of troop, and a frigate to the tout of Syria, now seeds four battalions more, and don not disguise any of the horrors which have been committed by the Dram, tribe —horrors which it states, however, have been in many instances perpetrated on Mussulmaas as well as Christiana. Such, indeed, seems likewise to be the belief of Mr. Brant, who excites some alarm for the condition of Damascus. I must add with deep regret that the Ottoman government is the more to blame for what has occurred in Syria, since, assuredly, a week has not pawed during the last year that I have not been constantly bringing the state of that pro vince under the attention of Fund Pacha, and the three Grand Viziers who have succeeded each other. On the ether hand, I cannot avoid expressing an opinion that the conduct permed by the Marocite Christians, and the maser in which they have been urged on by their spiritual I authorities against the Drumm, and the attitude generally adopted by this Christian tribe, has, in no small degree, centribated to light up the smouldering embers of that religious strife which has so often desolated the province now again its victim." Consul Banat, at Damascus, observes of the Pacha, in a despatch from that city, dated the 18th alt.:—" His Ex cellency at one moment assures the papalatiou of the city that he will answer for their safety, and that there is no danger ; soon after he holds a different language, and seems to countenance the apprehension that the populace may turn against the Christians, or that the Draws may be bold enough to attack the city. His conduct dose not seem at all consistent or founded on any definite plan of action, sad this vacillation discourages the Muasulmans, the mili tary, and the Christiins equally, and gives countenance to the belief of some that his excellency desires the destruc tion of the Christians, and cares not for the safety of the town, determining if it should be occupied by the Drams to shut himself up in the castle, and ruin the city with the cannon. Whether this idea has any other foundation than the fears of the people I cannot say ; but certain it is that a general distrust of his excellency prevails." The despatches respecting the massacres at Deirol- Hamar and Hasbeya agree in every respect with the ac counts which have been forwarded us by our correspoadent at Beyrout, and which have been published in our solaams. "It is fearful," writes Consul-General Moore, "to contain. plate the sufferings and misery that must be endured by the Christian fugitives—the aged, the infirm, women and children, wandering here and there on the told and barren mountain ranges, without shelter and without food, pos sessing nothing in the world but the clothes on their backs, and hunted like wild beasts by their enemies. Of such I sat told there must be about 20,000." Capt. Poynter, of the Exmouth, reports that with the meass placed at his disposal by Vice-Admiral Martin up words of 2,200 Christian women and children have been used from the horrors of famine, murder, and violation. At Deir-el-ffamar, every male inhabitant, from the helpless cal man to the infant at the breast, was massacred, and the women, wbo did not fly, were violated. " The conduct of 01011131 Bey," writes Capt. Pa ter, " really appears is this see without a parallel. He first of all ud the Chris. trans to surrender their arms ; he then crowded the poor creatures in the courts of the Semi, and for eight days kept them with barely sufficient food to keep life together; and then, when unable to resist from physical debility, he opened the gates, and allowed the Drums to rush in and numacre them to the number of 800 men, women, and children. The few that escaped owed their preservation to crawling under the bodies of the dead,' and escaping under the cover of darkness." The Christians who escaped from Beriberi, and were brought to Beyrout by the Mohawk, my, in a memorial to the Consul-General of Russia' : "The number killed exceeds 800. We who remained alive owed our salvation to having thrown ourselves under the heaps of dead, under cover of the apprestehittdArkuess. When night had set in we fled, and came here, sod do not know what paired afterwards ; only know that the women and children took refuge under the protection of Sat Naisie, sister to Said Bey Djoublat, with about 200 men, who had forced themselves into her residence. Our homes are ashes, and the dead are in heaps. The women and children re main exposed to death from starvation, cold, and fear, if they escape the sword of the Drums." The American mission stations are all abendooed in the Lebanon. The schools are broken up ; the followers have either been killed or are now destitute, and several of the missionaries are now leaving for America, " as there is DO geld for their labours." Amongst the papers is an interesting despatch from Mr. Harvey, owner of the yacht Claymore, describing the cir enmstancee wider which he consented to protect the Chris tians at Tyre. "I do not believe," he says, in conclusioe, " the Druses would attack any place defended by an Emilia force, however small. They have a great esteem and regard for us, and would hesitate in commencing what would appear, according to their ideas, a blood-feud with Great Britain. Fearing lest the part which I have taken may lead to a hostile feeling against the English, and so affect future travellers in the Lebanon, I shall write to my friend Said Bek doublit, at Moktarek, the Prince of the Drum, to my that I should have taken no other part than to have protected the women and children, in which lam mare he would have assisted me ; and that I should have extended the same protection equally had the party attacked beet Drums. Before my departure I received an address of thanks, signed by the Greek and most of the Christian inhabitant'. The Turkish governor had come on board the day before to express his obligation to me. I feel great pleasure in stating that, as far as I could judge, the English consul acted throughout the affair with great vigour and The despatch of latest date is the following, received by telegraph : " Her Majesty's Consul at Smyrna to Lord J. Russell.— (Received July 15, 11.50 p.m.) (r.2sphie.) "Beyrout, July 11, 1800. twotnetan rising at Damascus on Monday, 9th instant. 500 Christians killed. Churches, convents. consulates burnt. American consul wounded. Dutch killed. Infor mation from Consul Moore, b 7 express boat seat by French Admiral. No accounts received at Beyroat from Consul Brant.* His Highness the Prince Poniatoweki and the Marquis of Gaviria have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel. Jerraynatreet, from Rome. The Duke and Duchees of Buccleuch and the Ladies Scott are expected to leave Bolgraveaquare on Saturday for Drumlanrig Castle, N. 8... The Marquis of Lansdowne will leave Lansdowne Howe in a few days for his residence at Richmond. Count and Countess de Flahault arrived at Coventry House yesterday from Brighton. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will leave town on Saturday on a visit to her Majesty at Osborne. Lord Clyde has left %dime's iloidel, Hyde-park. corner, far Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty. Lay Mary Pelham died ou Monday last, at the Dowager Countess of Chichester's residence, in Grosvenor place, after a short Maim. Her ladyship was eldest daughter of the late earl, and wee born in IWO2. M. Sabouroff, Secretary to the Russian Lega tions, left town yesterday for Paris. The Goodwood Meeting this year promises to be very brilliant. Every house in the neighbourhood is full of company. Mr. Gratwicks Is entertaining at his seat, Ham, near Arundel, the Earl of Suffolk, Lord Dame, Lord De Manley, Hon. Richard Howard, Hon. Robert Petre, Hr R. King, Bart., Mr. G. Fitaßoy, Colonel Hornby, be. The Lord-Lieutenant left Dublin on Tuesday by express train, to visit the show of the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society, In the city of Cork. A letter, dated Bantry Bay, Beethoven, July 17, stater that the Channel lest was to leave in a few days for Dublin, whence it would probably proceed to the Clyde. It is supposed that Sir C. Fremantle will winter in Plymouth Sound. A few days since a ticket-porter who was wont to stand in the environs of the Sorbonne was attacked by three men, and a policeman who came to his assistance received fourteen wounds from the assailants, all of whom were speedily captured. It appears from their couteedea that the porter had lately inherited a sum of motley from • relative and that he was known tocarry it abouthim. The investigation of the police led to the belief that the three robbers were members of a large organised gang, and on Tuesday night several of the low dancing-houses at Montparname were surrounded by a strong police force, and as many as 80 of the guests were arrested. The policemen being Oslo clothes their authority was notat once recognised, sod sees I beads were broken before the arrests were effected. EVENING, JUL' LA' 'EST 'TELLIG: THE FIGHTING IN SICILY.—ABANDON MENT OF THE ISLAND BY THE KING. (mom omt oirs couseronsier.) NAPLES, JOLT 21. The Mouette, French war steamer, arrived yes terday morning from Palermo, as also the Troquois, United States steamer, and we have an influx of Sicilian intelligence. There had been three en gagements near Messina, in the first of which Gari baldi's forces suffered severely. A telegram from the theatre of war, dated Mire, July 17, 2 a.m., thus speaks : " =MCI TO THE DICTATOR.. " The enemy renews the attack with greater energy and greater form Three thousand men are fighting on our right against five hundred of ours. The fight lasts for, more than two hours with a well-maintained fire. The enemy has bombs and cannons, with positions well chosen ; he resists energetically. Two rcharges with the bayonet on the part of our men decide the (lay. The enemy retire to Milano; has suf fered severe losses in killed and wounded. We a few killed, but a great number wounded. We have made some prisoners. The spirit of the volunteers is admirable. " The most devoted chief, "ANTONIO LUDARO. (Extract.) "The Secretary of State, "Palermo, July 18." "Calm "THE GENERAL MEDICI TO THE GON =HOZ OF C/JALUP. "BARCELONA, JINX 17, 7.15. p.m. "The enemy endeavoured to turn my extreme right. I sent four companies against him. Most animated battle. The enemy, with a force of 2,000 men, with artillery and cavalry, was repulsed. He retired on Milazzo. Our loss, seven killed, several wounded. That of the enemy more con siderable." The Amason has arrived from Genoa with a large number of volunteers. The Dictator left Palermo, on board the City of Aberdeen, with a strong contingent. He places himself at the head of the army which is operating in the province of Messina. To this information I add what might have well preoeded it, the earlier news of the movements of Medici's troops. There had been an engagement before the two just described, but as it was disas trous to Medici's forces, the details were not pub lished. Garibaldi has received an accession:of two fine steamers from England, one called the British Vulcan, and a considerable sum of money. Kos &nth's staff had arrived. After Post —Before you receive this you will have had my despatch announcing that in to-day's council it has been decided to abandon Sicily, the King wishing to spare the effusion of more blood. Garibaldi had attacked Milano. COMPROMISE PROPOSED BY THE KING OF NAPLES. TURIN, THURSDAY. The object of the mission of the Marquis de la Grace is to bring about a compromise by which the King of Naples would accept the result of universal suffrage in Sicily, should the Western Powers gua rantee the integrity of his Majesty's dominions on the mainland, and prevent Garibaldi from effecting a landing there. THE INTERVIEW AT TOPLILZ. TOPLITZ, THURSDAY. The Prince Regont arrived here yesterday at 6 p.m., and was received at the terminus by the Em peror. His Majesty shook hands with his Royal Highness. _ . The Emperor wore the Prussian military uniform and the decoration of the Order of the Black Eagle. The Prince Regent wore the Austrian uniform and the decoration of the Order of St. Stephen's.. Count Rechberg was not present at the ter minus. THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM. BERLIN, WEDSZIDAT EVIIFING. The health of the Princess Frederick William and the royal infant being quite satisfactory, no bulletins have been published to-day. AUSTRIA. A Vienna letter has the following : Notice has just been given to the clerks employed in the government offices that they must abstain from all political discussions and immediately leave any company in which such subjects should be introduced in their presence. Any in- fraction of that regulation will expose them to diansimaL All the agents of the secret police are instructed to take note of persons so offending, and to inform their superiors. The circular concludes with these words :—`• For it ix the firm and unchangeable will of his Majesty to make no alter ation in the fonts of the existing government." 26, 1860. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (no' as ow:( PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The news which I sent you three days ago, that the Porte had protested against any foreign, inter vention in Syria, and that the embarkation of the French expeditionary force had been suspended, is confirmed in all directions this afternoon. The Prase, it is true, says in a P.S. that the answer of Turkey has not yet been received, and that it is ex pected to be favourable, but the official journals say nothing of the sort. BuUier's Correspondence admits a rumour of the countermand of the expe dition until further orders, and says " this adjourn ment is a further proof of the extreme moderation of the French government, which, carrying longs uimity to its utmost limits, has consented before act ing to listen to the opinions of foreign cabinets, and to give them an opportunity of saying distinctly whether they think the refusal of Turkey ought to stay action, or whether the question of humanity ought not to take precedence of all ahem" Not withstanding this delay, I doubt much whether the Emperor will renounee the expedition upon which he is entirely bent. It is just twenty years ago since he came over to Boulogne with the tame eagle under his arm to get up an insurrection against Louis Philippe ; and the main ground of his faith in that wild movement was that France would be indignant at the hesitation of Louis Philippe's government to declare war with England upon the Syrian question of that day. It would damage him considerably if he was now to give way himself. The Pays has heard, but of course does not guarantee the news, that a treaty between Austria and Prussia has been prepared in anticipation of the meeting at Toplits of this day. The PICSIPC asserts that the King of Sardinia has written an autograph letter to Garibaldi, urging him to make a six months' truce with the King of Naples. I doubt whether Victor Emmanuel can have been induced to take such a futile step ; but I am sure that Garibaldi will not comply with the request General Purr has written a letter, from Aix-lee- Baing, in the Opinion Nationale, explanatory of the difference between Garibaldi and La Farina, which that journal, alleging its love for the Italian cause, declines to insert. It is announced that the brother of the Grand Duke of Baden will come to Chalons on the sth of August, to witness the grand manoeuvres that will be executed in the camp under the command of the Emperor. The Bourse opened without any symptoms of recovery from the extreme depression of yesterday, and the Rente went even lower by 5c., but there was afterwards a favourable reaction, which, al though perhaps attributable in some degree to the firmness of Consuls which the telegraph brings with arise of one-eighth, is said in the money article of the Prase to be in no way connected with the news of the day, but to be owing solely to the state of the account. The Rents closed, both for mall and account, at 68fr. 5c., with a rise of 25c. Mobilier was firmer than could have been expected under present circumstances, and rose 7fr. 50c. The Orleans, Northern, Western, and Southern railways rose Mr. each, and Lyons, 2fr. 50e. ; Eastern was without change. Although quotations are higher the amount of business done was very limited. A large banking-house at Granville, that of Messrs. Campion and Theroulde, has stopped payment. They are connected with the leather trade. M. Campion is Mayor of Granville. The Bank of France huldn their paper to the extent of 2,600,000 fr. Hassan Ali-Khan, the Persian Ambassador, ar- rived the day before yesterday at Rouen, from Dieppe, accompanied by govern' persona belonging to his embassy. In the evening the Ambassador and his suite dined with the Freemasons of the lodge in the Rue des Carmen, at which deputations from Paris, Havre, F‘camp, and other lodges were present. ITALY. Ir- 40- ram out SPECIAL comursrosnm.) GENOA. JULE 24. A government must surely be near shipwreck when friends and enemies alike desert the country in spite of the granting of a liberal constitution. Such is, however, the case with Naples. Your special correspondent met on his way to Palermo five Neapolitan officers who, after having sent in their resignation, left Naples in order to join Gari baldi iu Sicily. The following are the names of these five noble fellows who at this great crisis in the affairs of their native country have not hesitated for a moment to sacrifice their brilliant position to the noblest of causes. They are Barons Francesco and Michele Renzi, Count Conversano, and Marquises Castro Balba and Camella. They all held commissions in the Life Guard of his Sici lian Majesty. They told me that the sentiments by which they are actuated, and which induced them to leave their native country, animate the great majority of their fellow-officers. It is, be sides, their firm opinion that as soon as Garibaldi shall have set foot on the Nea politan continent, the so much talked of royal army will melt away like snow in the April sun. The Neapolitan navy is so much against the King that the government dues not dare to employ it against the conqueror of Sicily, nor does he dare to use his fleet for transporting fresh troops either to Calabria or the Abruzzi, lest it should bolt to Palermo. In point of fact, there is no doubt that the hours of the Bourbon dynasty are now numbered, and that its complete ruin is near at hand. Signor Manna, the envoy of the King to Turin, seems to share this opinion. and I am told that this gentleman did not hesitate to say so to his intimate friends. Signor Manna is an iutimato friend of Puerto, and he has seen both him and Signor Devinceuri in Turin, where the steady and determined patriotism of these two Neapolitan refugees was not such as to give him much encouragement. You may easily understand how difficult is the position of Count Cavour. On the ono hand, he cannot decline to negotiate with the envoy of a so-called Italian pnnce who so far humiliates himself as to seek the alliance of that very sovereign who was so despised at Portici only a month ago. On the other hand, foreign diplomacy prunes upon the Sardinian premier the acceptance of an alliance which the Italian people condemn and abhor. You must not be therefore astonished at hearing that the great popularity Count Cavour eujoyed only six months ago is, if not entirely gone, at least greatly diminished. Garibaldi is the man of the day ; and action, not diplomacy, is now wanted by the Italians. This will explain to you how the party which derived its name from Mazzini is now very powerful in this country. Not that there is any great propensity to republican principles amongst the Italians : they are heartily attached to Victor Emmanuel, fur they know that the Kiug galsta - wets is the dearest friend of Garibaldi. But they think that the day is corral for acting, and the King himself, 1 hear, sham this opinion. According to what I heard in an exceedingly well informed quarter, on my passing through Turin, Louis Napoleon is not very much against this po licy of action, which will strike a death blow to the King of Naples. We shall know before very long whether the Emperor really means what he says. I shall start for Pa lermo this evening on board the here, so anxious am Ito reach Sicily. More than a thousand volunteers will be my companions on the voyage. Two thousand of these brave fellows sailed yester- day in the Amazon for the same destination. As you see, it is a regular crusade, of which Garibaldi is the " Peter the Hermit." Even England is nobly represented in it, for with me will sail this very evening Captain Irwin who was adj utant of the 7th Volunteer Rifles, besides other Eng lishmen. I hear that Kossuth is expected in Italy at the end of this month ; and great are people's speculations about the arrival of the Hungarian leader. Were you here you would see what the excitement of the Italians is like. Signor Bertani, Garibaldi's agent in this city, is busy at work send ing to Sicily men, arms, and. money. He has esta blished a regular office, which is partly directed by Count Pianciani, the well-known author of a book upon the crimes of the Roman court. THE SYRIAN EXPEDITION. TheConstilutiennel of to-day ham an article signed by M. Grandguillot, congratulating the London Times on the leading article on Syria, published in that journal yesterday. "The language of the Times," says M. Grandguillot, " seems to be in accordance with British feelings, and to express the real policy of the Foreign Office." The Constitutionsiel also says :—" The expedition which France has been preparing for the last three days with marvellous despatch will, as a matter of necessity, be carried oat. The early departure of our troops may be expected. The part of France will be neither that of occupation nor intervention. We are about to give our support to Turkey, to assist her in repress ing disorders which would infallibly re stilt in the loss of the Turkish empire. The Eastern question, as it at present stands, does not appear to be susceptible of dividing Europe; but, on the contrary, of uniting the European Powers for the defence of interests and principles which impose the same obligations on all the Christian states." MARSEIL'LIA JULY Z. The indirect packet-boat from Syria has arrived, with dates to the ith inst. Nothing fresh had transpired. The direct packet from Syria is expected to arrive on Tuesday next. OONSTAYTINOPLE (vii JULY 18. The ambassadors have received accounts of the recent massacres at Damascus. The Druses and Bedouins, in returning to Kamer (0, passed through Damascus, and proposed a general massacre of the Christians to Abd-el- Hader, who refused to countenance it. The inha bitants, however, became accomplices in the mur der of the Christians. The other details are in accordance with those already known. It is confirmed that some of the Turkish soldiers assisted the assassins. Their general, Ahmed Bey, took to flight, but the other authorities remained in the fortress. The Turkish reinforcements sent to Syria are said not to exceed 6,000 men, as it is not possible to withdraw the troops from Roumelia on account of the agitation prevailing there. Sir Henry Bulwer has received a telegram from Lcindou, and immediately had a long oonferenoe with the Sultan. THE LAST OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The following report on the state of the Atlantic cable in Trinity Bay, dated St. John's, Newfound land, July 3, 1860, has been received : After repeated attempts to raise the cable bTgrapnelling, in order to test its electrical condition, and with • • view to land it at New Perlican, as instructed by the board, we re gret having to report that, although we have on many oc casions been able to raise the bight, and so get on board at different times pieces of cable, in all amounting to about seven miles, we have invariably found it broken again • few miles off The kg, which Captain Kell will furnish, will give the details of the proceedings in full. The weather up to the 12th of June had been so bad that grapeelling operations were impracticable, and even while writing is cold and unsettled, the season here having been unusually late and boisterous. On the 17th of June water was frozen in the pails during the night ; the noon following, however, was oppreanvely hot. Cold dense fogs and strong winds have been frequent ever since. The plan of operations was as follows : On the 12th of June Captain Kell succeeded in fishing up and buoying the end after recovering throe-quarters of • mile of cable. On the 14th operations were resumed, and three mllesand • half of cable recovered, when the old fault, the fracture alresdy reported to you by Captain Keil, came on board, • gag buoy was anchored at the spot where the same came up. On the 20th Mr. Varley arrived at New Perlican, and Captain Kell also. A consultation was immediately held on this and the following day, when it was unanimously a that the assistance of • steamer and extra men s g e= be obtained. Captain Kell, having refitted, started for Bull's Ann, and W. Varley left for St. John's on the 21st. On the 23rd the cable was hooked in 90 fathoms, and parted both ways, the bight and a short piece of cable coming on board. 25th. The cable was hooked again, but parted when within 15 fathoms of the surface, se it nail done on several previous 26th. Mr. Varley arrived in a steam tug, haring during the previous night, on his passage from Bt. John's, encoun tered such a heavy gale that they had to take shelter. 27th. The steamer left Rix Harbour, in a dense fog and stiff breeze, to examine buoys in position. While out the weather suddenly cleared and moderated, and the sea calmed by the drenching rain. Grapnelling was resumed in 114 fathoms ; the cable was hooked several times, and with one exception parted before reaching the surface. Care was taken to buoy the spot the moment the cable broke, and by papeelling from a quarter to half a mile east of the buoy we hoped to succeed in raising the bight, and did at last get it on board. On testing the cable towards Ireland it was found to be broken a very abort distance from the vessel, tbree.quarters of a mile of cable being recovered before it parted again st a weak place. 28th. The wind and sea too high for working. A fresh consultation was held as to the best mode of proceeding, and it was !swayed to go further out at once, hoping thereby to avoid the rocky ground and the had state of the adde. . 20th. Gmpnelling was resumed three miles further east soon after getting to work the weather suddeuly changed, and the lea ran so high that we had to run into harbour. 30th. Recommenced operations with steamer and boats in calm but densely foggy weather; the fog just cleared up long enough to determine our position ; the Industry was accordingly anchored in 130 fathoms as a beacon, and grap nelling performed by the steamer. The cable was hooked at least three times, and probably more, during the day, but broke before retain the surface. At last a bight came on board, the cable at this spot being unusually good for about 30 yards ; the outer end was found to be broken about 200 yards off. About two miles of the inner end were recovered, when it parted again at a weak place where there was nothing but the gotta perch& covered wire left ; this, how ever, was just able to bring the cable to the surface, when it snapped before it could be secured by a stopper. The point where we last grapnelled this day was a little east of a straight line joining Tioklepoint and Copper Island in 140 fathoms water. _ . . Although mud is shown on the charts, there are moat us. questionably rocks also, as was too plainly iudituted by the state of the cable, rock weed and sea ammalcules adherent to and surrounding it in many places, showing that it had been suspended clear of the bottom. The cable was inva riably hauled in by hand to avoid unnecessary strain. The recovered cable varied in condition very much, and what is most important is, that even those portions which came out of the black mud were so perished in nu meral, patches that the outer covering parted on board during the process of hauling in, and lint for the dexterity and courage of the men its seizing hold of it beyond the break, where the iron wires stuck out like binsches of higlaly.sharpeued needle points, we should not have known so much of its condition. In a word, it was evidently some. times embedded in mud, sometimes on small stones, some times half embedded, and sometimes wholly exposed over rocks, as was apparent from the condition of the outer covering. The iron wires in many 'placea often appeared sound ; but, on minute inspection, were found eaten away and rotten ; the sewing was also decayed. In some places the iron wires were coated with metallic copper and much eaten, they having most probably rested upon copper ore, for there are veins of it in Trinity Bay. The gotta perch& and copper wire are, however, in as good coalition as when laid down. The general ragged, precipitous, and rocky character of the surrounding land evidently extends below the surface of the water ; the unevenness of our soundings and mad'. riot of the cable indicate this most plainly, We accord ingly decided upon leaving the neighbourhood of Bull's Island altogether, as the cable in its present state at that part of the bay will not repay the coot of recovery. We agreed simultaneously to attempt to raise the cable off Heart's Content, and ascertain its conditiou there. this being the most promising part of the boy from the inform. ation we have been able to collect. Accordingly, on the Idol July, we sailed to New Perlican, and made prepara tions to start at three a.m. on Monday moining. On the 2nd of July sailed from New Perham at three, a.m., and grapnelled for the cable in • smooth sea. At 7 cm. we hooked in 143 fathoms water in • straight line joining the north point of St. John's Harbour and the south point of New Perham, at • distance from the latter of about 6 neut.. Having taken bearings, grapnelling was re sumed half a mile nearer to the entrance of Trinity Bay, and the cable again and again hooked, each time about half • mile north of the previous nut. The cubic was during the day hooked at least four times, we believe more. It some times lifted off the ground before parting as much as 40 hithona, sometimes only 15 ; in DO instance did it conic uear the surface of the water. On two maidens the iron strands of the cable left meet unmistakeable impressions un the grapnel, and iron rust, resembling that usually found on the cable, adhered to its claws. The bottom consisted of green mud and light-coloured clay, the latter very compact, and in consistency not much unlike the blue cloy of London ; some parts of the bottom were of stone. Having found it quite impossible to raise the cable, we concluded, after careful consideration, to make • last but hopeless trial off Break Heart Point, at the mouth of Tnnity Bay, and if unsuccessful to take the steamer and men to St. John's, to avoid further expense. On July 3rd, the steamer sailed from New Perham, at 6.6 cm., and reached Break Motet Point • little before 4 cm. We grapueUed for the cable from about 10, miles off, in 165 fathoms water, to within miles of the point where the water was still over 100 fathoms. We did not succeol in finding it, and had we done so the Atlantic roil setting into the bay was se heavy and the curreut running out so drum; that we could not possibly have raised it to the surface, but only have deterntined its position. It is quite possible that the cable was hooked without being perceived by us owing to the depth of water, awl to the fact that the cable, especially where laid over stone,. is very rotten. At 6 miles out the Inittom consisted ot clay covered by a thin stratum of mud, the same as that off New Perham. At about 4i or 5 codes off the bottom nit reared to consist of stones, and this continued to within I) mile of the " point where the water was very ibcp. Those portions of the recovered cable that were wrapped with tarred yarn were sound, the tar and hemp having pre served the iron wires bright and free loon rust. This will be further reported on when the pieces of recovered cable hare been more closely examined. It is with deep regret that we have to inform you that it has been DOCERRRTY to abandon the cable. (Signed) Citonwet.i. F. VARLET, Electrician to the Electric null Internatioad and the Atlantic Telegnipli Company. (Signed) Joe,: hut. To the Chairman and Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. Yesterday, some additional expori ment4 were made, at Southport,with the 12 end 80 pounder Whitworth guns. The experiments were made under goverment auspices; the soldiers of the Royal Artillery, and the gunners from the Exoellent gunnery ship, of Portsmouth, laid and worked the guns. The trial wee, in fact, made on behalf of the government, with a reference to the practical uses ofthe new ordnance. The guns were fired at a low elevation. suds whilst the previous range was sustained, tin prevision of the firing, with few exceptions, was equal to that of f ormer ex perience. Shells were fired with both guns, wid the prac tice with both shot and shell appears to have been eatisfac. tory.