The Express. — London, England, 1860-06-06 00:00:00

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Mks awn.—And Till CIA PION OF 'NOLAND. 1110111 WATER AT LONDON =IDOL tEI DAT —Mondag. 3 Aflissook 3R. 5.5 m. 11444.0wwW—Masslo& 411. 1584...../114mishe, 4b. 3.5 m. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6. Pons and enthusiasts have loved to fancy that they could trace the sympathy of the element' with the struggles and sufferings of mortals. The winter we have passed, and the summer, on which we are entering, almost seem to realise the imagination. While nations are fiercely contend ing, and old dynasties trembling to their fall, land and sea have been devastated by a succession of furious storms. Since the night of the Lliith of October, when the Royal ('hurter was crushed like en eggshell on the rocks of Moelfrs Bay, hurricane after hurricane, of a violence rarely known in these northern latitudes, has swept over us. May ended with a tempest, the effects of which are counted up in the list of three hundred sod fifty vessels lost during the week. Probably there arc many of which we do not yet know, for the steamers from Holland report the whole of the North Sea to be full of ffoetMg wreck. June opened with another storm, which with us on shore approached the character of a tornado. For the present, we can but rest on faint hopes that it may not have spread so wide disaster at sea as its immediate precursor. But already we have reports of heavy losses on the south coast, and, however its range may have been limited, those tierce squalls which overthrew houses and uprooted trees on land must have wrought fearful havoc on all that craned their path at sea. Ageing the violence of nature man's powers are vainly exerted. No human strength or skill ivin save a vessel exposed in a dangerous situation to the full fury of such gales as we have lately experienced. Nay, it even seems as if our latest advances in science rendered us in some degree more helpless than before. Iron ships go to pieces more rapidly than wooden vessels, and they yield fewer fragments to which drowning men may cling. Their effect on the compass, not yet suffi ciently studied to be capable of being al. ways remedied by mechanical adjustments, no doubt often contributes to bring them into peril. We are, therefore, the more hound to seize on every suggestion which science may offer to furnish us with the means of avoiding danpri which, bursting on us unprepared, involve sue!, terrible results. A few hours' notice of a coming storm would in most cases enable seamen to be prepared for the worst. To run within a safe harbour ; if no harbour be near, to stand out to the open sea, would save a wreck, and one or other alternative would in most cases be adopted within that space of time. Shipswithin harbour could be more securely moored, shipsabout to sail could defer their leaving shelter, if they had warning of an approaching gale. This warning is what science now proposes to give. In the Wreck IttAurn for 1859 Admiral FITZROY draws attention to the fact that most of our great storms are of the nature of what scientific men have lately called Cyclones. They are, in fact, gigantic whirlwinds, often of several hundred miles diameter. But at the Name time that the wind rushes furiously in a circle, the whole system has a rapid progressive motion. The centre of the Cyclone in which the If npl ?oiler was lost passed over the Eddystone Rock, over Exeter, and over Reigate. It reached the Eddystone at 3 p.m., Exeter at 4 p.m., Reigate at half-past 5 p.m. It then passed away in a north-easterly direction. At a similar rate its cir cumference advanced. The Channel fleet en ommtered it on the afternoon of the 25th October; it was on the morning of the 26th October that its greatest force was felt at Liverpool, and it was many hours later before it reached the east coast of Scotland. These were precious hours. How many a wreck, how many hundreds of lives would Lave been saved could Holyhead and Liverpool have known what was passing at Eddystone, and that what was passing there was every moment drawng near to them. Why should they not have known? We have a telegraphic system stretching from Cornwall to Inverness. In a few minutes intelligence of the rise and progress of a gale could be transmitted from the first point at which it touched the island to all our ports. Successive intelligence would speedily give assurance of the fact, and a reasonable certainty of the extent it would affect, and of the direction and rate of its advance. The information would first be sent to London, a comp.:tent officer would forward it where it might be required. Such arc the outlines of the plan which Admiral FITZROY has suggested. It may be that our knowledge of the laws of storms is not yet sufficiently matured to make this scheme always successful. The wind blowoth where it listeth, and an element so mobile is ne cessarily 'abject to the slightest local influences. Some allowance, too, must be made for the in. !Nonce of mistaken warnings in making seamen regardless of them for the future. Yet, taking everything into consideration, we confess we should anxio.isly &sin: that some such arrangement were forthwith carried into execution. So simple a matter as the telegraph if g from every outport any remarkable fall of the beim- I raster, sudden change of the tomperatuni, or other threatening of an approaching storm, with intelligence of the direction and force of the wind when it rose, could involve no serious difficulty or expense. An office in London, with two or three skilled interpreters of the signs, would, in truth, be the whole new establishment required. The local authorities of each resort of our shipping would doubtless readily make arrangements to give the speediest publicity to the notices they might receive. So easy and ready a method of at least diminishing the dangers to which our ships and mariners are exposed surely deserves an im mediate trial. Within the last year ships and cargo to the estimated value of 1,760,0001. were lost upon our coasts. Sixteen hundred souls perished with the wrecks. If the method proposed were successful in saving but a few of the gallant men, of the helpless women and children, who must otherwise have gone down, it would well re ward the effort. Should it save but a small per centage of the annual loss of property, should it diminish ever so little the perils of the sea, it will amply have repaid its cost We are informed that the Hon. and Rev. DOTIOLAM GORDON, a son of the Earl of Amain:err, is to have the stall in Salisbury Cathedral ren dered vacant by the nomination of the Hon. and Rev. S. WALDIORAVI to the Bishopric of Carlisle. Mr. doencre's principles are those of the most developed Tractarianism. Mr. GORDON will be a welcome ally of his new Bishop, of all the occu pants of the Episcopal Bench the one most in clined to Romish doctrines ; but the Bishop was already so well supported by congenial clergymen that the aid dm given him was not required. The Chapter, which, by the elimination of Mr. WA L owrie va, has been fairly purged of the Evange lical element, should now be a " happy family." MINN EXP' CO Court. The Queen held a court yesterday at Bucking ham Palace. The Prince Jules and Prince John of Schleswick-Holatein Gloclaibourg, accompanied by Count Bernstorff, had an audience of the Queen. Their serene highnesses were in troduced by Lord John Russell, the Queen's principal Becretery of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Lierd.-Gasieral the Hon. Sir Edward Cost, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Lord John Rumen had an audience of the Queen. Her Majesty was attended by Lord Campy; Lord in Waiting, and the Hoot Mortimer Sackville West, Groom la Wallin. Their serene highnesses afterwards visited the King of the Belgium at Buckingham Palace. Mr. George G. Adams, sculptor, had the honour of sub mitting for the inspection of the Prince Consort his models for the prise medal to be distributed by the National Rana Association The Princes.es Helena and Louise rode in the riding house of Buckingham Palace ywitenlay morning. The Queen and Prince I !orent left Buckingham Palace at twenty.dre minutes before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. Her Majedy and his Royal Highness were accompanied by the King of the Belguina, Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, the Prncee.es Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and the Count of Flanders. In attend.inee on the Queen and Prince were the Countess of Desert, lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, Lord Camoye, Colonel the lion. Str Charles R. Phipps, the Hon. Mortimer & West, Major- OSUOTIiI Seymour, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. 1). de Roe, the Maw of the Household. and Major Elphinetone. atandence as his Belgian Majesty were Colonel Count de lifeerkerke, Dr. Koepl, and Major ll. The Queen and Prince were conducted to their (*reins by Viscount Sydner,Earl Spencer, and Viscount Castlerosse. The Ronal party left the palace in seven camages , and was 'warted by a detachment of Light Dragoons to the termi• sea of the Great Western Railway at Paddington. WINDS6II CABTL4 TUIXDAY. The Queen and the Prince Cavort, with the Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, and the Prioresses Helena, Louise. and Beatrice, accompanied by the King of the Belgians and the Count of Flanders, and attended by the ladies and gentle men in waiting, arrived at the Castle about half-past four o clock, having travelled from London to Windsor by a special train on the Great Western Railway. Pt we Leopoli also arrived at the Castle from Bucking ham Palace. A deputation from the General Associetion for the Aus tralian Colonies had an interview with the Duke of New cads yesterday at the Colonuil-ottice. The deputation consisted of Lord Alfred Churchill, M.P., Mr. Healey, M.P., Mr. Si. Marsh, M.P., Mr. Edward Stephens, Yr. Edward Wilson, Mr. James A. Youl, Mr. P. T. Smith, Mr. Hickey, Mr. J. Aloe, Mr. Spensley, and Mr. Gideon T. Slf a tcaspard Le Merchant bad a n interview with the Duke of Newastle. Mr. Sidney Smith, Postmaster- General of Canada, had also an interview with his Chace yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mrs. Hampton-Lewis (of lienllya) gave her first ball last evening at WWI, Ram. , . Their Serene Highne-4ses the Prince Louis and Prince Henry of Here, accompanied by Baron Koppel, have left Maurigy's Hotel for Windsor Castle, on • visit to her Majesty. The Duke of Hamilton is recovering from the effects of his recent accident. His pace is now able to take carriage smogs. The duchess hes left for Baden-Baden. The Earl Spencer left town yesterday to join the circle honoured with invitations to Windsor Castle, where the noble earl will remain till Friday. The Countess Spencer and Miss Seymour have left for the earl's villa at Wimbledon. The Countess of Devon has issued cards for a dance, on Thureday, the 21st instant. The Earl and Countea.i of Eglinton have arrived at the Royal Victoria Hotel, St. Leona/WI-oh-8m The Earl and Cuuutess of Erroll and family have arrived M their mansion in Grattoactreet from Scotland. A letter liar been received from Mr. Cobden, pro mising to r.•nd an address to his constituency expressing his views on the recent proceedings of the Howe et Lord, on the Paper Duty Dili On the 19th Mr. Bowyer will move for a select committee to inquire into the constitution end administra tion of the Poet-office. A deputation of the conservator,' of the River Thames waited upon the Duke of Somerset yesterday at the Admiralty; cotwisting of Mr. J. Thorp (chairman), Mr. J. Turnley, Admiral Audio, CB., Commodore Drummond, C. 8., Captain Sullivan, C. 8., Mr. T. Lakin, and Captain Owen, of the Trinity House. On Monday Mrs. Faulkner and her daughters, Mrs. Lott and Miss Faulkner, accompanied by his Excel lency Mr. Faulkner, the Minister at Paris of the United States of America, were presented to their Majesties the Emperor and Empress at the Tuileries. "According to the law of Russia," says the Con uitationatt, " all female subjects of that empire who marry foreigners are compelled to sell whatever real estate they may happen to possess. The Countess de Moray, having by the death of her father, Prince Trombeski, inherited some landed property in Russia, came under the provisions of the law. Count de Morn,' consequently applied to the llasperor Alexander to be allowed a year for effecting the sale, and his request was immediately granted." A correspondent of the Tunes at Messina writes : —" I have seen the hatred of Greeks spinet Turks, of Italians and others against Austrians, and manyother people placed in a similar position, but never did I see anything which mull come up to the inveterate hatred, contempt, and abomination in which everything Neapolitan, or con nected in any way with that government, is held by high and low. Nam disguise it ; take a guide, he will tell you of it; your coachman will crack jokes and look daggers when you pass Neapolitan soldiers. The waiter will take hold of you and vent his indignation. With the higher classes it is so much a matter of course that they never take the trouble to express it, bat treat it as a matter of course, and only discuss the chances of Garibaldi, when he will be able to take Palermo, and deliver Messina and the rest of the island. A possible failure is not now thought of ; people seem to know so well the Neapolitan troops, and despise them so much, that the success of Gari baldi is considered sure. As for this place, the town might M cleared any night by a few hundred resolute men, but all know it would only lead to the retreat of all the troops into the forts, and to a bombardment of the town ; so every one is quiet. and waits fur 1111110t4 from the 1/1040. WV ; , tra,NING, JUNE 6, 1860. 'BESS, WEP LATEST liITELLIOENOIL THE INSURRigTION ZN SICILY.• A NEW ARDLLSTICII The following telegram has been received at Mr. Renter's office : NAPLES, Jon 5. News from Sicily states that the armistice has been prolonged until the 7th inst. A telegram from Palermo, dated the evening of the 3rd inst., announces that the bombardment had not been renewed. The armistice continues. Garibaldi is still master of the town. The forte are still occupied by the Neapolitans. The capitu lations have not yet been carried out. Negotia tions continue. The publishes the following in prominent type :—" Contrary to the version given by certain despatches yesterday, the last advice. which we have received from Sicily are to the effect that the bombardment of Palermo has not been mewed. The armistice has been prolonged. d..ar•l Garibaldi still peremptorily demands that the garrison shall lay down its arms." The Petrie contains the following : " The news which we are about to give is very widely circulated, but as it has no authentic character we reproduce it under all reserve. The Neapolitans replied by a terrible fire to the attack upon the fortified castle of Palermo led by Garibaldi, on May 28, with great courage and rare decision. The sufferings of the inhabitants in duced, it is said, the interference of the consuls, which led to an armistice, in the first instance, of six hours' durition. It is further stated—and this fact is attested by several despatches—that at the expiration of the six hours the English admiral in befered, and declared that the struggle ought not to recommence, it being clear to him that the royal troops could no longer hope to hold Paler mo. The commandants of the other naval stations without looking upon the question as so very cer tain, nevertheless recognised the necessity of • longer armistice, in order to give time for a defi nitive resolution. In consequence General Lanza slaked for • new armistice, which was accepted, and advice of it was immediately sent to Naples. In the interval the terms of a capitulation were dia -1 cussed ; the general observed that the military posi tions which he held had not been weakened, that he was in a position to keep up the struggle, and to hold the maritime forts, the revictuslling of which could not be prevented ; and that, therefore, he was entitled to ask for all the honours of war, and liberty to retire either to Naples or Messina. We are assured that Garibaldi, in the most frank manner, said that he was now car rying into execution the work to which his whole life had been devoted ; that new battles were at hand ; that he cheerfully acknow ledged the valour of the Neapolitan troops, but that he had need of arms above all things, and could not consent to let them take theirs away. He proposed, therefore, that they should ;be quartered on some spot to be agreed upon, there to remain till the conclusion of hostilities. So the matter re mained at the date of the last news." The Pays gives the following list of wounded officers in Garibaldi's service :—Manin, Menotti, Garibaldi, Sertori, Manna, Missori, Baudi, Mon tanari, Palazzo, Maiocchi, Greziotti, and Nullo, the two latter slightly. The Garibaldi mentioned is doubtless the son of the great general, who, it will be remembered, joined the expedition. The Journal du Loiret publishes the following letter from Palermo, written immediately after the bombardment, but before the conclusion of the armistice : Palermo, May 28 (on Board the Vauban in the Palermo Reads,. I write to you hurriedly and amid lively emotion. The revolution commenced here on Whitsunday. At 4 a.m. Garibaldi stormed the town at the head of his troops; he was on horseback, and in one hand carried the Italian colours. Close behind him came his Chasseurs of the Alps; they charged the Neapolitans with fixed bayonets and drove everything before them. In less than three hours they were maiden bf half the town. Driven beck and defetted, the Royal troops commenced bombarding the town, and from seven o'clock on Sunday morning to three o'clock on Monday morning they rnever ceased throwing shot and shell into the unfortunate city, a great portion of which was set in [lames. - At hut, this morning (Monday), Garibaldi, who, during the sight had made himself master of the other half of the town, drove out the reniaining troops, who, by means of boats., were enabled to effect their retreat to the fortress, which has not yet been taken. All that remains now in the hands of the Neapolitans is this fort, the palace (which the Gatibsidiaas are at this moment attacking), and the treastuy. At ive o'clock this morning the people took possession of the barracks evacuated by the troops, who had carried away everything they could with them. This morning the Chancellor of the French Consulate found Garibaldi sitting on the steps of • marble fountain in the centre of the town. Garibaldi had • map on his knees, or rather • plan of Palermo, which he was studying to com bine his attacks. He sent word to the Neapolitan autho rities that if the bombardment did not cease, ►nd that if the shedding of blood, now of no avail, was not put a stop to, he should feel himself obliged to make reprisals ; that he bad 200 Neapolitan prisoners, and he should order one to be shot for every shell fired into the town. The bombard. meat, happily was stopped. We had scarcely time before the bombardment com menced to find refuge on board the French squadron. Thank God here we are in safety. The attack on the fortress is about to commence. A Neapolitan steamer made its appearance at 10 o'clock this morning before Palermo, and having ascertained the state of affairs steamed off again immediately. A Turin letter of June 2 says : Garibaldi is at this moment the most popular man in Italy, and the sympathies he inspires are every day proved by [rah acts of devotedness. Besides the numerous *inn teen who are now prepurin; to join him, eight young men who have just terminated their medical studies hale ap plied for permission to join him in Sicily as army surgeons, and 700,000 fr., the produce of subscriptions, were yester day remitted to a house at Marseilles to be placed at Geri baldi's disposal. In accordance with the orders of the day read to the Savoy brigade, announcing its early disband ing, the officen met to deliberate yesterday. Thirty only have declared their intention to remain in the Sardinian service. In yesterday's sitting of the Deputies, Count Cavour, as Minister of Marine, laid before the Chamber a statement of the naval force of the kingdom, and alluded to the necesaity for new credits to construct iron-plated vessels like those recently built in France and England. Alm 5. News from Naples has been received here to the effect that the armistice has been indefinitely pro longed. General LetWia bad arrived at Naples the bearer of a new capitulation ' and is said to have p o i n t e d out to the King that the soldiers would refuse to fight, and that desertions had become numerous. The enthusiasm in favour of Garibaldi was spreading in the army, and in Sicily the clergy were publicly preaching a crusade against the Nea politan government. . _ _ N.kPLES. Jura 3. General Letizia left this morning for Palermo to renew the armistice. Vessels laden with projec tiles continue, however, to be despatched from Naples. The government has particularly demanded the support of France, and has ordered the Council of State to prepare a constitution in conformity with French institutions. It is stated that Garibaldi shows great kindness to the Neapolitan officers whom he has taken pri sonars., among whom he hopes some defections will take place. .. • NAPLES, Jun 2 (7rit kamortuis). Letters received here from the Franc& squadron off Palermo slate that the armistice sms to last until TueedAy. The fury of the inamblianta of Palermo during the late fighting was indescribable. They even threw valuable furniture at the troops. It is asserted that the King has demanded French mediation upon the basis of a separate government for Sicily. ROME, Jots 2. The Neapolitan Ambassador has been summoned to Naples by telegraph. It is stated that he will be entrusted with the formation of a new ministry. ROME. BONE, NAT 29. The day before yesterday the police arrested an individual who had posted up in a cafe a bulletin announcing that Garibaldi had attacked Palermo with 9,000 men and a strong force of artillery, and that he had entered the city amidst the acclama tions of the people. He had previously distri buted this bulletin very extensively in the streets. BOYS, Jim 2. Since the last victories of Garibaldi, the Papal government has feared disturbances in Rome. Strong French patrols traverse the streets. FRANCE. The Mottiteur of to-day announces the departure of their Imperial Majesties for Fontainebleau, where they will remain for several weeks. The Moiiiteur further states that as the health of Prince Jerome continues to improve no more daily balled= will be published. SWITZERLAND. GENEVA, JUNE 5. The Marquis de Turgot, the French ambassador, is expected to arrive at Berne, after having been absent for eight months. K de Tulles will leave on Saturday for Bu charest. The journals of Berne express their regret at the approaching departure of K de Tinos, on ac count of the moderation and impartiality with which he has discharged the duties of his mission. The Dowager Empress of Russia left yesterday for Zurich, attended by the Princess Marie Eugenie of Leuchtenberg. DISTURBANCES IN SYRIA. NARAF.ILLES, Joys 5. Letters from Beyrout to the 24th ultimo state that assassinations were increasing. The Christians and the Druses had assumed a hostile attitude towards each other. ALEXANDRIA, MAT 30. A report is current that disturbances have taken Aso, at Lebanon, and that the Paella of Beyrout has not sufficient troops to re-establish order. EXPRESS PROM PARIS. (nom ova owl PARIS, TUESDAY EVKICING. I write at a moment of painful suspense about the news from Sicily. We are at the mercy of un reliable telegrams, and the most positive statements of the semi-official journals are no more to bo depended upon. Nothing seemed clearer yester day, according to the Pays and Patric, than that the bombardment had recommenced. Now we learn, on the same authority, that the armistice has been prolonged till June 12. The review of General Basaine's division took place to-day, as announced. The Emperor rode, accompanied by Marshals Magnan and Randon, in front of the regiments. After the filing past he distributed crosses and military medals to a great many officers and men, the Empress and the Imperial Prince looking ou from a window of the Tuileries. Some of the regiments on marching away passed by the Hotel du Louvre, from one of the balconies of which they were seen by the Grand Duchess Marie of Leuchtenberg and Prince Strogonoft It was particularly remarked that the Grand Duchess waved her handkerchief to every battalion. • At the Bourse, the Rente, after opening rather strong at a slight advance on yesterday's prices, became very weak, and owing to the constant pressure of sales it left off with a fall of lac. for cash, and 20c. for account, at 691 r. 95c., and 69fr. 83c. Mobilier fell 10fr. Credit Foncier was without change. The Orleans Railway fell Bfr. roc., Northern, 6fr. 25c. ; Lyons, Ur. 50c. ; and Eastern, Southern, and Western, about 2fr. 50c. each. The government has great difficulty in making up its mind about M. Horn's pamphlet on Hun gary. I mentioned yesterday that the interdict on the publication had been removed; and this was so ; but I now hear that upon further considera tion the publisher has again been "requested " to suspend the sale. He refuses to do this and throws upon the government the onus of prosecuting him in a regular way or else not to interfere any further with the circulation of the work. The public prosecutor is at this moment considering whether sufficient hanging matter can be found in the book to furnish a case for the tribunals. There is a talk •of giving to the Rue de la Chaim& d'Antin its old name of the Rue Mont Blanc, which was conferred upon it by a decree of 1792, on the occasion of the first annexation of Savoy to France. The marriage of Rile. Mires with Prince Alphonse de Polignac was celebrated to-day at the Madeleine, the Bishop of Marseilles, who came to Paris expressly for the purpose, officiating at the high altar. The church was as full as it could hold. A vast number of Jews wells present, but the crowd was greatly swollen by English residents of the Faubourg St. Honors, who attended out of curiosity. The bride is not a member of the Jewish persuasion, having been brought up in her mother's religion—the Roman catholic. SARDINIA. (nom ova coin NDI2/1.) TURIN,. Joys 2. It gives Inc the highest gratification to'be able to inform you that a man still lives whom the Nea politan government has been pleased to kill in its warlike bulletins—l mean Colonel Nino I3isio. His wife, who is living at Genoa, was made seriously ill by the false tidings. Baron Stow() and young Sparvieri, two Neapolitans who followed Garibaldi last year, have been wounded in the rooent battles. I do not know if you have noted a singular coinci dence : last year, on the 27th May, Garibaldi gave General Urban a severe defeat at the battle of San Fermo, and this year on the same day ho entered Palermo. Both acts were remarkable for the bold ness displayed an,i the danger encountered by the victor, and these acts, were they his only feats, would constitute the man a hero. We are expecting uo lees than four biographies to appear of this extraordinary warrior, and to them may be added a forthcoming work by Dumas, who will be sure, I fear , to introduce much eccentric and incredible stuff. Some further discoveries have been made re specting the priest-plot, and yesterday some addi tional arrests were made ; one of the parties just secured is a certain Don Boeoo, a man of loose morals, and one Don Albers, never suspected before of being anything else than a fanatic, General Fanti has made up his mind to resign his post as Minister of War. Some of his mea sures have disgusted the of kern as a body. On the other hand, in discussing the subject of the frontiers with the French commissioners, h 2 could not come to an understanding, and not cloosing to give way he has preferred resignation. General Lamarmora is unwilling to accept the vacant port folio, and has refused it positively, so that nothing is settled. Before many days are over there may be other changes. Sixty volunteers left on Friday last for Sicily, and yesterday a thousand wont, accompanied by the best wishes of us all. GARIBALDI'S EXPEDITION. The Matta Time. eves some interesting items of intelligence. The following we. brought by the gunboat Assurance, which arrived at Malta on the , 27th ult. : Garibaldi wee in possession of the heights around the city of Palermo, on every one of which the tricolor was waving. , Numbers flocked to his standard. He was e ngage d i n orp- ' airing his men, and morning and evening they were to be seen from the harbour being drilled. His headquarters were at Porto, and it was believed that he had abandoned his intention of attacking Morreale. A Neapolitan general was a prisoner in his camp. In the city of Palermo there were only 1,500 troops—in the suburbs nearly 20,000. On the morning of the 24th an engagement took place between soma the insurgents andBooSwiss troops. Thelatterfonght bravely, but had to retire with a loss of about 150 men. On the same evening a battle took place, in which the royal troops state that they drove Garibaldi several miles into the country. Garibaldi reports, however, that be beat them, and took 400 prisoners. The latter is believed to be the truth, as next morning Garibaldi occupied his old po sition, and numbers of wounded soldiers were seen being brought into the city. On the 25th the Governor issued a proclamation, warning all foreign resident' to be ready to leave the city at two hours' notice, as, should the troops hereto retreat, the city was to be bombarded from the sea. Two shirri (policemen) were brained in broad daylight with chairs, and several others bad been poignarded. The greatest part of the foreign residents were living on board their national vessels. The troops were generally dispirited, and several desertions to the insurgents had taken place. The following vessels of war were at Pa lermo when the Assurance left : &ELKS. Hannibal, Am phion frigate, and Argus corvette ; two French steamers, three Austrian, one American, one Sardinian, and four or five Neapolitan, H.B.M. gunboat Intrepid left Palermo on the 25th for Naples. Garibaldi's army was reported to number 30,000 men. At Marina much excitement prevailed ou the 2Gth. The vessels of war in that port then were H.B.M. corvette Scylla and French steamer Descartes. Catania was much disturbed. A demonstration was made at Girgenti on the 14th by the people, and since that time it has been in a state of siege. Extract of a letter from Marsala. dated May2s : Yesterday several of the vehicles which had been em ployed by Garibaldi arrived here on their return home from his head-quarters, bringing orders on the Sindaco for pay mint. This peaon also received instructions from the that all notatorial documents in future were to b e drawn under the name of V. E. Some of the patriotic Jahns raised a report that Palermo had fallen into the hands of the insurgent', upon which a demonstration was got up by a number of the Misrules., including baglio-lads, coopers, and broken down cavalieri, amounting altogether to about 500. They forced the inhabitants to illumi nate their dwellings, and those who happened to be out of town, of from a scarcity of moulds., dips, and ruehlights, or other causes, were unable to light up, had all their doom and windows demolished. This fun, I bear, is to be re peated to-night. The mob !procured two cages full of " rats' heads," one of which they placed at the door of the club-house, and the other at the main guard. (Tate di Berri is an opprobrious epithet applied by Sicilians to shirri in general. Both Cavaheri and National Guard appeared to anticipate mischief from this, and bolted for their lives, amidst cries of "befoul e rifli, illuminate your houses like you did to the Neapolitans when they . cams to disarm you —why did you not receive Garibaldi i n this way?' The town was not quiet until morning. (nos ors oss OOLIZSPOYDECT.) MALTA, JUNI 1. On the 29th May Salvatore Coatillo, one of °tribelas Moira, arrived at Malta from Palermo in 35 home, 15 of which were occupied in riding to Girgeoti, and 20 in craning to Malta. . _ . He antes that on the 27th the largest portion of Gari baldi's force, under Orsini, attacked the !...eaeolitan troops at Monreale ; that when fully engaged, Orsini feigned a retreat, and induced the Neapolitans to follow him. In the meantime Garibaldi, with 5,000 men, got between them and Palermo, which place he entered the same afternoon, after a march of 15 miles, having made a considerable de tour to deceive the Neapolitans. Signor Castillo is on his road to Genoa. Several of Garibaldi's former associates have arrived from different parts of the Levant, on their way to join him, but none of them are Sicilians. Garibaldi has scarcely any time for aleep. He has no preparation made for his meals, but takes a piece of bread and cheese, or anything else the place affords, as he can get it. All his followers do the same. _ _ _ A short time since • seizure of powder end muskets for Sicily was made by the Custom-hove authorities here, but after some investigation the powder and muskets have been released. It is not permitted to send either arms or powder to Sicily, but they may be sent to Tunis or other porta ; stress of weather may drive vessel, so loaded to Sicily. The government of Naples made a purchase of some 10,000 tons of coal here lately, and • Neapolitan govern ment steamer arrived on the 29th to tow the vessels which contained it. On the 27th her Majesty's ship Assurance arrived from Sicily with dates from Marsala 24th, Palermo 25th, Mes sina and Syracuse 26th, at which dates these places were all in the hands of the royalists. Garibaldi's head quarters was at the Porto. The surrounding hills in all directions showed his banners waving. Some of the officers of her Majesty's ship Assurance tried to get to his camp, but the royal troops stopped them at Monrenle. On the 31st a vessel from Terranova arrived, stating that Garibaldi bad entered Palermo, and had possession of all except the fortress and palace, and that the allied squad rons prevented the Neapolitans from bombarding Palermo. Our latest news from Sicily leaves no doubt that Gari baldi is in Palermo, and the king's troops, outlenerallest, outside. The following is an extract from a private letter dated Messina, May 29 —" On Sunday, at daybreak, the for tresses and all the ships of T ar commenced a murderous bombardment at Palermo. At seven in the evening the heavy firing was again heard ; all the bells were ringing, having hammers substituted for their clappers, which were taken off two months ago. Large bonfires were displayed all over the town. Yesterday (Monday) the bombardment still continued. This morning the report is that Palermo is in Garibaltli's possession. Here the forts and troops are ready to open fire. God help us!" INDIA. By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have re ceived advises from Bombay to May 4, Calcutta May 8. A fierce controversy about the budget was raging at both places. Sir G. E. Clerk had arrived at Bombay al Governor of the Presidency, and an address had been presented to Lord Elphinstone on hiedeparture. The Bombay Times and Standard says : '' • ' The season luls been • very peculiar One throughout India in point of health. It bas been at once the most pleasant and the most deadly season within the memory of •` the oldest inhabitant" of every district. Cholera is com mitting fearful ravages in some parts of the country, the mortality in Baruda having risen as high as 3,000 within • few days. The troops, we are glad to say, are suffering comparatively little, but we regret to announce the death, from this ternide disease, of Captain Brodie, of the ith Regiment ; Captain J. G. Forbes, our Military Auditor General ; and Mr. Henry Lee Pennell, merchant—all within the last few days. From Calcutta very little of interest had occurred during the nine days whieh had elapsed since the departure of the previous mail. The Herkaru says : "A telegram from Madras, kindly communicated to us yesterday afternoon by the editor of the Fiend of India, announces that Sir Charles Trevelyan has seat home his resigna tion by the Colombo." The Governor-General, whose return to Calcutta was necessitated by Sir C. Trovelyan's minute, was expected on the 20th ult. CHINA. We have advices from Hong Kong to April 25 ; Shanghai, April 17. The following is from the summary of the China Mail : The exact terms of the reply made to the ultimatum by the General Council at Peking have not yet transpized ; but it must have been conciliatory and on the whole ap proaching to au acceptanoe of the ultimatum, for, after thinking over the subject for a week, the Plenipotentiary sent, on the 14th inst., a second communication, explaining that the conditions previoualj, specified in the ultimatum were unalterable as being the expressed will of her Majoty, and further intimating that if the Chinese government would yield immediate compliance with it, the demand for indemnity would not be pressed. It is evident that such a repetition of the ultimatum would not have been made unless the reply had been conciliatory and very nearly satisfactory. All the stories about the ultimatum having been insolently rejected, or tent back torn into seven pieces, may be safely considered as to tally unfounded. There is little doubt, however, that If the Chinese do not yield full compliance to this second: re quisition, the matter will be handed over to the naval and military commenders-in-chief. Almost every day during the fortnight has seen the arrival of strainers and sailing vessels with French and English troops for the expeditionary force. The opposite peninsula of Chini-m-troey presents quite an animated camp, where the Sikh cavalry and the Armstrong guns are the principal objects of attraction. There are many un founded and premature rum...ars as to what is doing and about to be done • but the truth is that the moment for action has not yet arrived. The occupation of Chusan and the blockade of the Gulf of Pechefee, which rumour secom plished a fortnight ma, have still to he effected, and can scarcely becommen«d until our affairs in China pass out of the hands of the Plenipotentiary into those of the cont. wanders-iu-chiet. Meanwhile a portion of the force is being assembled at Kin-tang, to be ready to take such steps as may be decided on should war be commenced.. Commissariat officers are busy here, at the porta and in Japan, rnaki nz preparations for the coming cantpaigu. As to the Chinese preparations nothing is really known. The expedition mn not be met by immediate resistance, and the Chinese ar e by no means such fools se to waate their powers in fruitless re sistance before time and climate Dome to their aid. The re-appointment of Lord Elgin is not very popular with a section of the community in China, who find in M r . Bruce a plenipotentiary more after their own heerta ; but his lordship's greater experience and consideration are inuil required at present, And the rule is a good one which re moves the conduct of affairs from the hands of those who, whether rightly or wrongly, have caused international difficulties. From Japan accounts are still unsatisfactory. Tho foreign residents at Yokohama consider themselves still unsafe. There was a rumour that the Regent had been attacked and wounded by the retainers of the Prince of Mote, who is a pretender to the position of Tycoon, and said to be un. friendly to foreigners. With one of those turns which happen so often in Chins., the rebels about the Yang-ten have of late bad the worst of it. They have retired from the neighbourhood of Hang-chow, and the locality is quite tranquillised. The commander-in-chief of the imperialist force on the Yang. tars declares that the rebels are besieged on all side; and that the last moment of their existence has arrived. He also states that they have been driven back iuto the pro. vines of Che-kiang, where they will be exterminated. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI GATION COMPA NY.-( THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was heldthis day at the company's offices, LeadenhaUstreet, Mr. Witzcon, M.P., in the chair. The report of the directors states that the combined operations of the French and English governments in the expedition to Chins have again led to the extensive employment of the company's steamers in the transport of troops. During the six mouths em brined in the report the very extensive operations now car ried on by the company have not been attended with any casualty of importance. With regard to the Australian postal service, the directors announced in th e i r l as t report that, in consequence of their experience of the unsatis factory working of the Australian line rid Mauritius, they had proposed to the government a trial of the route rid Gallo, with an addition of 25,000/. per annum to the sub sidy. The change of route was agreed to ; but as the colonies contribute one-half to the subsidy, that part of the question could not be dealt with without a reference to Australia. Both Melbourne and Sydney were communi cated with upon this subject, but by the time the result of the negotiations reached E ngland the di rectors were convinced that the loss incurred must be permanent, and acting on the principle that the com pany cannot be expected to carry out a public service at a sacrifice, and that the shareholders have, on the other hand, a right to a fair profit on these operations, entered into communication with the government, with the deter mination either to obtain an increase to the subsidy or to abandon the contract. The Lords of the Treasury stated thereupon that their communications from the colonies would not justify them in proposing an increased estimate to parliament, but requested at the same time to be in formed whether the directors had any alternative plan to propose, or whether they intended to discontinue the ser vice altogether. Upon this invitation the directors sub mitted a proposal, upon the plan and terms suggested by the local government of Melbourne, namely, a monthly line between that port, calling at King George's Sound only, and Calle, for a subsidy of 120,000!. per annum. The official sanction of this alteration of the service was received in time to admit of the transmission, by the last mail, of instructions to the company's agents to discontinue the costly line to Suez forthwith. The new plan will consequently come into operation next month, and the directors con sider that there is a fair prospect of its proving re munerative. Concurrently with the change of route, the scale of passage money to and from Australia will be as similated to the rate per mile on which the charges on the East India and Chins lines are calculated. The contract for the conveyance of the mails between Malta and Corfu, which was entered into for twelve months certain, in May. 1859, will cease on the 16th July, the sti pulated notice to that effect having been given by the go vernment. This service has been performed with great re gularity by the Alhambra. In the report made this time last year the directors alluded to the rise in the freight of coals to the company's stations, and they regret to state that the advance then established has continued to the present time. The consequent increase in expiture ex tends not only to the fuel now being consumed in the navi gation of the company's ships, but to the lar„-e stocks which it is necessary to provide beforehand at all the large coaling stations. Owing to the extended operations, the company's steamers now turn not leas than 300,000 tons of coals annually, against 200,000 tons two years ago ; and the average coat at all the stations is 51s. 7d. in 1839-60, against 40a. in 1858-9. The expenditure on coals alone is there fore augmented by lls. 7d. on 200,000 tons, and by 51e. 7d. on 100,000 tons (the increased amount of the consiunp tion), making in all 373,7501. per annum. A general rise has also taken place in the price of pros isious, and almost every article consumed in the outfit, repair, and navigation of the steamers. These circumstances combined have led the directors to consider whether it will not be necessary to revert to the rates of passage money and freight which existed before the last reduction in 1857 ; and also whether they can con tinue to carry on the present amount of postal service on the India arid China lines for the subsidy now received. The disbursements of the company now amount to upwards of two millions annually ; and taking the sum shown at the last annual meeting, namely, 2,006,363/., the cast of navi gating the company's ships, and of carrying on the business, 295. per mile. The difference between this sum and the amount of subsidy per mile (4s. 6d.) is very striking ; and when it is borne in mind that a receipt at the rate of not less than 265. 6d. per mile has to he mado up out of earn ings in freight and passage money to enable the company to pay a dividend of 7 per cent, only, it will be readily un derstood that the extra expenses, the strain upon the vessels, and other disadvantages which attend the constant and punctual performance of the obligations of the mail service, may not be adequately compensated at so trifling a rate of subsidy. A call of 51. per share, as alluded to in the last an iLudreiort, was made payable on the Ist April last, and was et responded to by the proprietors with their usual punc t7. Another instalment of Si. has also been called for the Ist July, which will leave 23/. payable on each of the new shares, or 500,0001. in all. The cliractors desire to explain that the proceeds of these two calls will go in great measure to meet thepurchase-money and outfit of the ves sels bought on entering upon the Australian service, and other expenses connected therewith ; but as they were at the time enabled to apply cash assets to defray this cost, the period of calling up the requisite capital was pet poned, it being obviously for the advantage of the company that dividend should not becoms payable on capital before it is actually employed. The operations of the half-your so far as the gross receipts are conceived are satisfactory ; but the disbursements, as the shareholder, were led to an ticipate, have, from the causes before mentioned, been un avoidably increased in a more than corresponding ratio. The directors are, however, enabled to reeominend that ' the usual dividend of 3. per cent. be now declared for the half-year ending 31st March fast, and that payment of the same he made, clear of income tam, on and after the 25th instant. The CHAIRIMS in moving the adoption of the report, particularly to the assietance which the company had been able to afford to the government in the convey. ance of men and stores to Chine. No less than seven of their vessels had been chartered for the purpose of the Chinese expedition. Of course that was done for a consideration. (Hear, hear.) But at the mine time they performed many services for the government in China for which they received no remuneration, although they had re ceived the thanks of Admiral Hope for themaistance they had given. Thu chairman next referred to the increene in the pri,e of coal But they were reducing the disadvantage arue.ns from that circumstance by the application of the sur heating apparatus to their vessela. In one voyage from Southampton to Alexandria and back they eared an expen diture of 600 tons of coals by the application of that apparatus. (Hear, hear.) The motion having been seconded by Mr. HA:cmet, the report wee unanimously adopted. A resolution, declaring a dividend of per cent. was also adopted. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. THE TAX Bum Comer'?EH—At the meeting of this committee on Monday, Mr. Walpole in the chair, Mr. Erskine May, and Mr. Warden (the lilaarian of the House of Commons), received instruction' to make a search for precedents further hack in the journAls than they have as yet gone, and the committee adjourned till Friday. WHITEHALL, Julia 2.—The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Lieut.-Colonel Charles Henry Morris, C.D., late of the Hovel Artillery, her Majesty s royal license and permission that he may accept aau wear the insignia of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour of the f ifth Class, which his Majesty the Emperor of the French bath been pleased to confer upon him, as a inark of his Imperial Majesty's approlettion of his distinguished services before the enemy during the late war with Russia. Ga:rfte. ' QUEEN AND THE METRoPOLCIAN VOLUN TIERS.—Viscount itanelagh, colonel-commandant of the South Middlesex Elite., has organked a field-day in Kent for Saturday, the 23rd of June, which will he of more thm ordinary interest, inasmuch us there is not only to be a sham fight, but the volunteers will afterwards dine in bivouac. This will be preparatory to anoth'r demonstration, which will be shortly afterward. made in Surrey. We have the pleasure to add that the grand review of the volunteers by her Majesty is definitively fixed for Saturday, June 3:). CIVIL SERVICE VOLUNTEERIC—The of and members of this corps yesterday afternoon proceeded front their headquarters, on board the Fairy ateanovessed, to greenwich Pier, where they landed, and marched to Black. heath, accompanied Ly the Land of the Woolwich (4th Kent) Rides, and numerous members of that corps. Not. withstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, a series of evolutions were carried out, and the corps returned to London at eight o'clock. METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRE socAuE,CHT.—The aggregate number of patients relieved during the week seam; June 2 was— Medical, 1,2. ti ; surgical, 427; total, 1.,61i5 ; of which 330 wore :try cases.