The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-10 00:00:00

/THEATRE ROYAL, - DRURY LANE.- - , 11- The Public and Subscribers are respectfully informed that the Manatoement have entered into arrangements for the production of ENGLISH OPERA with most eminent Ar tistes. In consequence of the great success of MARITANA, and by desire, it will be repeated THIS EVENING, the 10th, and To-morrow, the 11th. Halevy's admired opera, THE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS, is in active preparation. The Band and Chorus will be numerous and efficient. Mu sical Director and Conductor, Dr. JAMES PECH. Reduced Prices—Stalls, 4s ; dress circle, 3s ; first circle, 2s 6d ; pit, 2s ; upper boxes, Is 6d ; gallery, Is ; upper gallery, 6d ; private boxes from lOs 6d upwards. The Box-office, uncla the direction of Mr. Nugent, open daily. Commence at 7. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buokstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Bnokstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TH EATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. TIIIS EVENING, the comed of THE MAN OF THE WORLD. Mr. Phelps and Mis s Atkinson (their 2nd ap pearance at this theatre). To conclude with the extravaganza of THE SYLPHIDE. Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Helen Howard, Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank Matthews, Commence at 7. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Most powerful attraction for the Holidays. Adelphi Drama and Grand Extravaganza. THIS EVENING, April 10, will be reproduced the popular original Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART. Robert Landry, Mr. B. Webster (who will make his 2nd appearance since his return from his greatly successful provincial tour); Messrs. P. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Billington, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. After which (first time at this theatre), the Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Manche, Esq.. of THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount Verysoso, Mr. C. J. smith ; Graceful. Miss Woolgar ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 es. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, Is. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. M. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING the performances will oommense with A BORDER MARRIAGE. Miss Wyndham, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. 44. Young. After which, A CHANGE OF SYSTEM. Followed by a new burlesque, LUC KEZIA BORGIA AT HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E. Scott, Cecilia Ranoe, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with 'No. 40." Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d; Pit, Is. The Box-offioe open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Proprietor, Mr. War. BATTY. Manager, Mr. EDWIN lIUGIIES. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, Grand Military , Spectacle (in Four Acts and Eleven Ta bleaux), founded upon the French Drama. " L'Histoire d'un Drapeau" now performing at Paris with great success, ant entitled—" THE HISTORY OF A FLAG," To give every due effect to the Spectacle it will be supported by a new and effi cient Dramatic Company, and will introduce real Camels, Buffaloes, &c.. bought expressly for the occasion. The Amusements in the Cirque - - - - - Will be supported by a Company of continental Equestrian Stars, comprising Maddle. Monet, Marie, Fernando, and De Berg ; also, Messrs. If. Williams, Devereux, Wattson, Fer nando, and the Wonder of the World, Jonathan Jack. Clowns—Messrs. Charles Watson and Thorne. The Entertainment concluding each evening with a Laugh able FARCE. Doors open at half-past 6 o'clock, performance commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, LIICREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). CONCERTS.- Donna Lueresia Miss Russell. Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson. Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans. Comic Vocalists - Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchileld, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.--Sux OFFICE, APRIL 10, 1360. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 35 —lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.86. WIND, North Westerly—fresh and squally, with fins weather, but cold. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 36m.—Afternoon, 4b. 57m, To-moitßow.-Morning, sh. 18m.—Afternoon, sh. 40m, THE POST-OFFICE AND NEWSPAPERS. Scarcely a day elapses that we do not receive complaints of newspapers missing, being too late, or arriving several posts be hind time. This is an intolerable nuisance to our subscribers, and is, besides, highly prejudicial to ourselves. Where rests the evil ? It is idle to complain, for polite answers and promises avail nothing. Surely Sir Rowland Bill will have some merciful consideration, and endeavour to redress the grievance:. It is a double griev ance, for we are made to pay for not send ing the paper, which is often kept back till next morning, which loses a day to our subscribers, !rho truly say that old news is no news, causing anger rather than benefit. If the General Post-office be not large enough, then extend it, or build another capacious enough for every purpose, be the cost what it may. It will serve for all time. t e make this suggestion in a spirit of good will, and hope that good may come of it. Sun Office, April 4, 1860. 1' 41? "4= v , ,',..„., ,- 4 ?:,,ft _ .-,PI E . 4 -_ 1,1 Z•7.•`,, '7:4 ',:ri • .-.4 -.. ,it, • - .., ~.).. . ~,1 , . ,:, 20 THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1860. When one comes to examine calmly into the one simple reason (frankly given and accurately expressed) which has, according to his own show. ing, induced the Emperor of the FRENCH to take forcible possession of Savoy and Nice—it is, really and truly, nothing less than absolutely ridiculous. France—until strengthened by the addition to it of a territory amounting in extent to about one fiftieth, of its own imperial dimensions, and by the addition also of some 582,000 new citizens to its already vast population of some 36,000,000 Fi until that should be done, could not, for sooth, be regarded as secure within her own frontiers ! NAPOLEON 111., with absolute power in his grasp, with an army of 600,000 soldiers at his beck and bidding, with a. steam fleet such as France has never possessed before, ready to obey his mandate in the scattered seaports of the empire literally at any moment, upon the flash of a simultaneous signal through the radiations of the telegraphic wires concentered in his MAJESTY'S private Cabinet in the Palace of the Tuileries—the imperial ruler of that formidable and well-armed State actually pro nounces his dominion to be jeopardised unless Savoy and Ni ce are summarily ceded to France by Sar dinia. That is positively th e one on l y reason f or t hi s flagrant act of esi annexation. And that reason we do again unh • ta gly pronounce s to be nothing less than absolut e ly A deduction fron t this has been not unnatur a lly and very admirably p u t b y a contemporary. it is argued, "twelve millions of Italians, menaced en the north-west by Austria and her formidable Quad! il-teral, with the sea -coast open to the superior navy of France, and a Government not yet consolidated by time, can inspire such terror into the breast of the con queror of Magenta and Solferino that he cannot believe himself Fafe unless he seize Savoy and Nice in order to shelter himself behind them, what amount of territory will be required in order to secure France a gainst the evil designs of forty millions of Germr ins united for centuries in a federal league, and disposing of military and material forces far more formidable than any that are wielded by these terrible Italians ?" It is a sug gestive problem, very clearly put—and the working of it out to a solution we here commend to our more sagacious readers' powers of computation! The present position of things on the Continent is one which none of us can contemplate with satis faction. There is perhaps no obvious fact indicative of any great impending commotion, much less of a war in which this country will be required to take a part—yet nowhere is there ease. Russia, notwith standing her difficult task of emancipation of the serfs, is least unsettled. Even Turkey has elements of disquiet in her still intolerable financial administration, and the growing demands of the Christian population for civil equality with the Mahomedans. But central, southern, and western Europe is not an extinct volcano. As on Mount Etna, there are numerous small apertures through which the subterranean fires emit the signs of what is work ing below—of what may, almost suddenly, become an irruption, and pour forth streams of desolating lava over what seemed all so fair before. We do not wish, or need to exaggerate ; no doubt the despots and their mercenaries will, for a time at least, effectually repress any partial risings or manifestations of discontent. But can they be expected always to do so. Is not another great convulsive revolution in some of the countries quite a possibility ; and if it be successful, who can tell how many lesser or greater Monarchs will have to book themselves again as JOHN SMITHS by a Brighton packet? Who would take any serious wager that France itself, the ever-changing, will not soon require insular lodgings for the great Revolutionist whom she now accommodates at the Tuileries. In the extreme south we see Sicily, although oc cupied by Royal garrisons, yet unable, in her agony, to look merely at prudential considerations, aid making attempts at freedom—Sicily which England so unquestionably surrendered to despotism, that the instincts of rumour assign to us the instiga tion of the present insurrection. We do not wonder at it. It must be universally felt, that if we avowed repentance for the national acts of our predecessors, and now demanded constitutional government for Sicily, we should be doing but jus tice to the Sicilians. Naples is but a hotbed of Royal provocations and popular indignation fer menting under a repression which suffers no signs to appear of what is stirring the very depths of ten thousand hearts. The young KING seems if possible to surpass the old one in suspicion and illegal cruel ties. But yesterday we had a list of fifty-seven persons, all imprisoned on suspicion merely, not one of them brought to trial, and by the mere will of the young tyrant and his police deprived of liberty and of the means of livelihood. Others are banished from their homes on suspicion merely. As to Rome we all know the sentiments of the inhabitants of the remaining Papal territories, and of the majority of the Romans themselves. But what means this visit of General LAMORICIERE to Rome; his inspection of the native Papal troops; his opinion that he can make a decent army of them; his obtaining leave to command them for himself, and leave to officer them with half-pay French officers. Are the French troops to withdraw, and soldiers of the Perugian class, led by a French officer to keep the POPE on his throne ? Then how unsettled is Germany. Austria, now that the time is come, is afraid to force her " patent" on the Protestants in Hungary ; she cannot even get six respectable Hungarians to represent that country in her proposed council, and she is of course paralysed by bankruptcy. Prussia, her envious antagonist, is not comfortable. She cannot help looking uneasily at the Rhine when she hears of Savoy, notwithstanding all M. THOU YENEL'S assurances. But Switzerland and Savoy —at least, Chablais and Faucigny—are real per. plexities. Switzerland may well be alarmed. One third of her Cantons speak French, and speaking the French language was one of the reasons why Savoy must join the French empire; why at least it was natural she should do so. As to France and her Ruler, it is needless to speak. It is painfully notorious that we are paying our Income-tax, at least, to meet his naval and military preparations. Had he not been labouring hard to gain the mastery of the seas, and thus to lay us bare to the attacks of a French army several times over larger than our own, we might at this mo ment have met all our expenses by Mr. GLAD STONE'S present budget, deducting the income tax, How long a peace will last which one party makes the other pay £10,000,000 per annum for, none can tell. In course of time, every income-tax payer will draw out his purse with the not Tory peace making reflection—Louis NAPOLEON demands this. An excellent speech was last evening delivered in the Egyptian-hall, at the Mansion-house, by H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, the General Commanding-in-Chief. Without affecting for one instant to be in any way rhetorical, the remarks of his Royal Highness won their way to the hearts of his hearers by the simple and natural eloquence resulting from the union of sound good sense with patriotic earnestness. Better, immeasureably better, an h ones t, man l y, fervent speech l i ke th i s, the utterance of one viewing things and events quite clearly and dispassionately, of one loving with his whsle heart the integrity and independence of the old fatherland —than all the impassioned rho domontade with which Mr. BRIGHT has so long been endeavouring to cram down our throats, the suicidal policy. alone to be deduced from his absurd peace-at-any-price principles. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, as a man of common sense, indulged his audience last evening with no such n a f tl antastic delusions. He was addressing himself assem blage, the majority of which was composed of mem bers of the very class who might be regarded as about the fittest representatives of the great body of the taxpayers—representatives, that is, of th e mercantile wealth and middle class industry of the empire—representatives of those out of whose pockets principally comes the chief part of our annual income of .C 70,000,000. Instead of deluding these men with the utterly ludicrous notion that we have only to stretch forth our hand, and utter the fiat that henceforth all the swords in the world are to be beaten into ploughshares, and all the lance heads or bayonets bent into reaping-hooks ! Instead of babbling about the green fields of Arcadia, in which some of our cotton-spinning dreamers of Peace (' Peace, where there is no Peace") already behold in imagination the children of the next gene ration toying unharmed between the lion and the basi lisk, together with other unmistakeable indications of the commencement (say in another year or two) of the era of the Millennium! Instead of talking arrant nonsense like so many infatuated individuals who believe, as Mr. BRIGHT believes, and as Mr. COBDEN believes, that War may henceforth give place permanently to Arbitration, the Commander in -Chief of her MAJESTY'S forces uttered opinions diametrically the reverse in the course of his obser vations last evening, in the Mansion-house of the City of London. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE remembered per- feed. 'y well, while he was speaking, whore it was he spoke and who were the listeners. His Royal - Highness, in fact, said—as if recalling these particulars to his own mind and to the minds of his hearers—" I am now addressing a large and influen tialassembly, few of whom are personally connected with either service"—that is to say, with either the royal army or the royal navy of England. Adding, however—" But all will agree, I am persuaded, with the Lord Mayor when he said that the hospi talities of which we partake on occasions like the present, and the riches by which they are main tained, owe much of their abundance to the army and navy, which give us that security which we enjoy from day to day and hour to hour. Under their protection our ships go to every part of the globe and to every sea, and without such protection neither the trade nor commerce of this great em pire could thrive as they have done for so many years ; but believe me when I say that the continu ance of that security depends upon your keeping up the army and navy in a state of efficiency." Parlia ment is happily so well aware of this necessity as all-important, that out of the stupendous amount of £70,000,000 that we are expending in the course of a single twelvemonth, nearly half that vast aggregate—otherwise a round sum of £30,000,000 —is devoted exclusively to the maintenance of our military and maritime services ! At the very time, moreover, when, to gratify the whimsies of Peacemongers like Messrs. BRIGHT and COBDEN, we are wantonly adding another £1,000,000 to our already formidable deficit, for the sake of buying, in the name of Free Trade, a Commercial Treaty with France, in which Treaty the Free Trade is altogether on one side, so that JOHN BULL is as egregiously " fobbed in it " by his wily ally as ever RODERIGO was by lAGO in the tragedy ! Having spoken thus plainly, however, in regard to the fact that England is bound to maintain her land and sea forces in full efficiency in obedience to the mere dictates of self-preservation, the Duke of CAMBRIDGE further insisted—" You must not shut your eyes against that fact, nor must you relax your exertions to maintain those services, otherwise the security of this empire must to a certain extent be endangered." Nor was this all. " No doubt," as the Commander-in-Chief remarked yesterday to an audience especially qualified to estimate aright the value of pounds, shillings, and pence, "No doubt it is expensive to keep up an army and navy ; but improvements in warfare are taking place every day, and hence it is manifest that a much greater outlay is now necessary for those services than in former years. This is a natural consequence of the march of intellect, which is so rapidly expanding in every part of the world. The new means of locomotion by steam vessels and railways, which are fully appreciated by the mer chants of this metropolis, tend greatly to alter our position relatively to the rest of the world. Formerly the fact of our being an island was the guarantee of our security; but, though I trust that security may be continued, still I must not disguise from you the fact that these modern means of locomotion call fur renewed and greater vigour in all our defensive preparations. There can be nothing more lamentable or expensive than a constant succession of panics, whereas a judicious, wise, and ample expenditure will always be found the most economical in the end." These are the words, we maintain, of a man of common sense and of true patriotism. As to the pithy comments of his Royal Highness upon that Volunteer Movement which has been reviled by Lord MELVILLE and ridiculed by Sir ROBERT PEEL, we would heartily commend those remarks from the lips of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE to the calmer judgment of the hon. baronet the member for Tamworth, and of the noble and gallant General the ex-Commander-in-Chief of her MAJESTY'S Forces in Scotland. His Royal Highness having, upon this point, simply observed as follows :—" Before I sit down I wish to express my sense of the admirable spirit which has been evinced in this country in the development of the volunteer movement. I believe that movement, if well organised, can be made a most valuable adjunct to the regular army, but much will depend upon the manner in which it is carried out. If the volunteer movement is con ducted as an auxiliary to the sister services—the army and navy—nothing can be better ; but if, on the other hand, it is relied upon to displace the regular standing forces of the country, the result will be most unfortunate. As an auxiliary force, these volunteer corps will be most valuable, and I hope the movement will be continuous." This is, of course, no more than a reiteration of the opinions already expressed by H.R.H. in regard to the Volunteer Movement upon the occasion of the banquet in St. James's Hall, over which, it will be remembered, his Royal Highness very efficiently presided. It is a reiteration, however, at this moment most happily timed—particularly if it be true, as rumour intimates, that it is deemed ad visable in high quarters that the, whole of the militia force in the empire shall be called out forthwith. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort and the youthful members of the Royal Family intend, according to present arrangements, to leave "Windsor Castle on Monday next for Buckingham Palace. His Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess de Persigny are expected to leave the French Embassy to-day for Paris on a short visit to that capital. During the absence of Count de Persigny the Marquis de Chateaurenard will act as eltargc , d'affaires. His Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countess Apponyi leave town to-day to join the circle as sembled at Ashbidge-park, Herts. The Earl of Elgin has made arrangements to leave on his mission to China by the last mail this month. His lordship is daily expected to return from Scotland, where private affairs have detained him. The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam have arrived at Newmarket, from Wentworth House, Yorkshire. The Earl of Wilton will return to town on Thurs day from Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray. The Earl of Portsmouth has left Howchin's Hotel for Newmarket. The Earl and Countess of Portarlington are to leave town to-day for Paris, to pass the holidays. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston come to town to-day from Broadlands. The noble viscount and viscountess will leave town to-morrow for Brocket Hall, Herts. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £5,541, and the South-Eastern an in- Crease of £4,479. Tho increase in the latter is understood to arise principally from the through traffic from-Dover and France. THE MAYORALTY OF BIRMINGHAM,—Sir John Ratcliff, the en-mayor of Birmingham, who was knighted by the Queen on the occasion of her visit to that town at the opening of Aston-hall and park as a place of popular recreation, and who retired from the civic chair in Novem ber last, has been complimented for his public spirit and munificent hospitality during his three successive years' tenure of office by the presentation of an admirable full length portrait of him to Lady Rateliff. The picture, which is the production of Mr. W. T. Roden, was painted by subscription of past and present members of the town Council. THE LANCASHIRE REFORMERS' UNION.--We understand that the demand for tickets of admission to the meeting of the Lancashire Reformers' Union, which is to be held on Thursday evening next, is very great. They have been nearly all disposed of in the short space of two days.* Mr. Bright has not spoken in the large room of the Free Trade Hall since the banquet in December, 1858. THE LATE MR. HENRY CURRY.—We regret to announce the death of Mr. Henry Curry, of the well-known firm of Curry, Kellock, and Co., of Liverpool. Mr. Curry expired at his residence at Claughton, on Sunday, after a brief illness, though his health had been very delicate for some months past. Mr. Curry was highly respected in Liverpool for his commercial and versatile talents, his thorough integrity, and his undeviating kindness to all who came in contact with him. As a business man his loss to the commercial world will be very great, and he will not easily be replaced. HEALTH OF MR. COBDEN.—Mr. Cobden arrived in London on Tuesday last, and is suffering from a very severe attack of bronchitis, coupled with slight inflamma tion of the lungs. Indeed, the hon. gentleman's health is such, that he is forbidden by his medical advisers to take any part in public matters for the present, not that he could do so if he were ever so much desirous, inasmuch as his voice is so feebly that he can, and then with great difficulty, only make himself indistinctly heard in an ordinary sized room. It is thought some weeks must elapse before the hon. gentleman will be able to resume his duties in the House of Commons. LORD BROUGHAM AND THE EDINBURGH PHILO SOPHICAL I N STITUTION.--The following note has been re ceived from Lord Brougham, acknowledging his election as president of the above institution :—" Cannes, 2d April 1860.—Lord Brougham presents his compliments to Mr. Bowie, and thanks him for his letter of the 29th of March, which he has just received. He begs Mr. Bowie to convey to the directors and members of the Philosophical Institu tion his most respectful thanks, and to expres s th e d eep sense of gratitude which he entertains for the unmerited honour that has kindly been conferred upon him, in his having been elected to succeed as president his very distinguished friend Lord Macaulay. Lord Brougham has observed with the greatest satisfaction, at different times, the useful labours of the institution, and he rejoices to see the account of its late session and its present state, which Mr. Bowie has been so good as to send him." BANQUET TO THE 78TH HIGHLANDERS.—A grand banquet is to be given by the citizens of Edinburgh to the 78th Highlanders, in the Corn Exchange there, on the 24th i ns t. The Lord Provost is to preside, and Sir J. M'Neill, G.C.8., is to occupy the vi ce c h a i r. A b out 600 officers and men of this gallant and renowned regiment will be present. THE NEW INCOME TAX ON RAILWAYS.--By the New Income Tax Aet the Commissioners for Special Pur poses are to assess all railways, and also the persons em. ployed by them. The secretary or other officer is autho rised to deduct, out of the salary or emoluments, the income tax of their officers so assessed. THE NEW LAW ON RECEIPT STAMPS.—In the new Stamp Act now in operation there is a provision of an important character with respect to giving and taking receipts. It enacts that the person who shall make, sign, or issue any instrument chargeable with the duty of ld. and 3d., shall affix an adhesive stamp, and obliterate the same by his name or initials ' or that of his firm, and the d a t e o f the day and year ; and any person refusing or neglecting to give such receipt, or any person taking any document with out requiring the same to be properly stamped, shall forfeit a sum of £2O. The romereio of Lima contains the particulars of the amortisation of the six per cent, home debt to the extent of 1,066,000 dols. The holders tendered at various prices ranging from 95 to 99! per cent. The whole of these ten ders were taken by the Government, and 681,000 dole, more would have been brought up, but the holders could not be induced to offer any more stock, although the amount still in existence is about 7,600,000 dole. It thus appears that the Peruvian holders are content to receive six per cent. interest from a Government security in preference to being paid off. A few years ago 12 per cent, per aanum was not enough. Several new lines of railway are already pro jected in connection with the Crystal Palace, which is to be erected at Muswell-hill. It is reported that the Great Northern Railway Company will lay down the broad gauge from King's-cross to the Wood-green Station, which will enable the Great Western trains to run into the palace over the Metropolitan Railway. The North London and Black wall Railway Companies are promoting a line from Kings land to Hornsey. A company is being formed for the con struction of a short branch from Tottenham to Muswell bill, which will accommodate all the visitors from Cam bridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, by the Eastern Coun ties • and another lin e i s p ro j ec t e d f rom th e M uswe ll-hill Station to the Hampstead Junction Railway. The Metro politan Railway contemplate an extension of their line from Farringdon-street to Shoreditch, as well as to Finsbury circus and the Bank of England. Loss OF A FRENCH SCHOONER OFF DUNGENESS. —ln the gale of Monday last the French schooner Alphon sine Estelle went down at anchor about two miles from Dungeness. The schooner was bound from Sunderland to Nantes with a cargo of coal dust and 27 anchors, now first admitted into France under the new tariff. She sprang a leak in the gale, the coal dust choked up the pumps, and after the crew succeeded in throwing about 30 tons of her cargo overboard she went down bodily. All hands were saved, and upon reaching Dover were received at the Sailors' Home. THE LARGE SHIP ON FIRE OFF SCILLY.—The large ship seen on fire on Monday last off Scilly was on Saturday ascertained to be the Yrca, of Greenock, bound to Bombay from Liverpool, which port she left on the 26th ult. She was a timber-built ship of 1,262 tons. the was commanded by Captain D. Taylor, and had a :row of thirty six hands. She was laden with steam-coal for the steamers on the Indian station. She had encountered heavy gales, and had sprung a leak, and th e men were ex h auste d at t h e pumps. In th midst of this trouble a strong smell of sul phur was noticed, and, to the horror of every one, on lift• ing up the hatchway, it was found the coals were on fire. The flames soon spread and the boats were lowered, but not till the vessel was in flames from stem to stern. The cap tain and crew were shortly after picked up by the Empress, of Shoreham, which remained near the burning ship till 9 p.m. on Monday evening, when she disappeared. The Yrca's loss is estimated at £15,000. THE MURDER IN CUMBERLAND.—The police authorities at Cockermouth have thought it necessary to take Cass, the servant man at B ec k H ouse, i nto custody for the wilful murder of Ann Sewell. From the cemetery, on the road to Embleton, down to the police-station door, the street was crowded the whole of the evening to such an ex tent as almost to be impassable, every one eager to catch a glimpse of the supposed murderer. After sk he made his appearance in a conveyance, in charge of the chief con stable and Superintendent Brown. He seemed somewhat depressed in spirit, and when a volley of hisses and groans issued from the erowd, hung his head upon his breast. We have been assured on the best authority that circumstances have come to light since the adjourned inquest which will bring the deed home to Cass, but the ends of justice forbid any disclosures being made at present.— Whitehafin herald. Lord and Lady Taunton are passing the holidays at their seat, Stoke Park, Bucks. Lady Ribblesdale has left town for Tunbridge Wells. Lord Ernest Bruce leaves town to-day for Paris. Her ladyship is passing the season at Brighton. The Count and Countess de Gibacoa have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jenalyn-street, for a tour through the United States. The Right Hon. W. F. Cowper and Mrs. Cowper have arrived in town from Paris. TbQ Hon. William Stuart has left Howchin's Hotel foi Naples. The Hon. Hoven Thurlow has left the Bruns wick Hotel for the British Embassy in Paris. SONG OF THE LINNET.—The song of the Linnet is sweet beyond the power of expressip. Its melody falls NJw, it is full of musical anon, deep and singularly r him so ftly th r illi ng hi s jerks le o ai n yp t or h ef eare salsnoi vvd ee amosttnhde harmonious ascgoagain undiscoursing charmingly. vantge snatches; hear ese most simple strains of a; sup pressed rapture. His little soul is " all music" when he is happy. With such a companion, the world can never be a wilderness. And how affectionate he is I Hard must that heart be which can find. no sympathy with so swee t a minstrel.—Kidd's Treutoe on the linnet, 4c. THE BLACKCAP'S RETURN TO HIS NATIVE LAND. —lt is a fact admitted by all careful observers, that the Blackcap, like the Nightingale, regularly revisits, year after year, the scenes of his . childhood. "Where he was born, there lies his heart. This cannot be a matter for wonder or surprise ; indeed, appreciating their instinct as we do, it would be strange were it otherwise. This very year, we recognised most readily, by the peculiarity of his voice and richness of his notes, one of our favourites that left us last autumn. There is so much difference in the quality of their song, and also in the arrangtnent of their notes, that you might really swear to a particular bird. We speak of this identical bird, because of his rare excellence. Doubtless many others, of second rate powers, accompanied him to their old quarters. Nature is always true to herself.—lbid. " NOTES" ON THE MR - USU.—The Thrush is a bold, saucy rogue—one who will not be daunted, or put down by any one. Ho fears no enemy,—not he l And de termined if possible to have nolenernies, he sings to all alike. As we have before observed, he pays due defer ence to the Blackbird, with whose " matins" he rarely interferes; but no sooner are the devotions of the latter over, than the welkin rings out with the most ravishing strains of joy. No suppressed notes have we here. Our hero's heart is full to the brim, and we must hear what he has to say both to his cara sposa and to us. So rapid, too, is his utterance, and so expressive his "little story" of love and happiness, that variety appears in every second note he utters. He is now in all his glory.—lbid. "NOTES" ON THE WOODLARK.—Of all loveable little birds, commend us to the woodlark. Whether as an amiable companion, a sharer of our joy and grief, or the en livener of our spare moments—in all, he lays claim to a very large share of our affection. As for his song, it is, as we have already said, sweetly melodious. His voice is a com plete orchestra in itself—now loud, now soft; now raptur ous, now plaintive. In a word, this little chorister is a most bewitching rogue. Never did fair, innocent maiden make greater inroads on the human heart by her manifold attractions, than does he by his artless simplicity. To hear him sing in another person's house ia tantamount to being guilty of breaking the " tenth Commandment."—lbid. JEALOUSY OF THE NIGIITINGALE.—The nightin gale is, as we have shown, a rematkable bird in every point of view. He does not, will not, and cannot recognise the doctrine, that " Qitijizeit peraliumfacit per se." No. And though a marvellously sweet songster, yet is he very jea lous withal. You must attend him regularly, in your own proper person, or his heart will never be won; but study him and he is yours for ever. We have had so many op portunities for verifying this, that we speak oracularly.- Nor is it to be wondered at, that birds of such extraordinary vocal powers should be so " touchy"—so alive to every slight. Accustom! d as they arc to rule the majesty of night, and hold the feathered race spell-bound by their noc turnal melody, it is no m ore th an na t ura l t h at t h ey s h oul d like to have their supremacy duly acknowledged in the day time also. And do we not all like to be thus attended to by those we love ?--/bid. We learn that Lord Clyde, who accomp anies Lord Canning in h is p ro g ress. was to vis it the protected Hill States and return to Simla about the 6th of this month. It is more than prob able that the g allant g eneral will not long deer his resignation of the chief command in India aud that his return to Eng land ma y be ex p ected early in the autumn. In hoping that the highest grade of military rank will be conferred on Lord Clyde on his return, we be lieve we express a hope very likely to be gratified.—Army and Nary Gazette. The number of vessels reported inwards at the port of London last week was 158, in addition to four from Ireland and 127 colliers. The entries outward amounted to 109, and those cleared to 110, besides 15 in ballast. There were six departures for the Australian colonies dur ing the week. PHEASANTS AND SINGING BIRDS FOR AUSTRA LIA.. —Amongst our extracts will be found many interesting particulars of the enthusiastic reception accorded at Mel bourne to the pheasants and singing birds sent out by the Great Britain. The subject deservedly engages a vast deal of attention in the colony. The value of Mr. Wilson's la bours has been recognised by the Government, and a sum of £5OO, specially voted, has been transmitted to London to encourage the movement. Tasmania is to receive the first consignment of the impregnated ova of the salmon, the waters of Tasmania being better adapted for the experiment than those of Victoria.-4ustralim THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING' APRIL 10, 1860. LATESI CHINA. N E W s, The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : MADRID, MONDAY EVENING. Persons well acquainted with Count Montemo lin and his brothers, have been sent to Fort Morella to identify the prisoners. Cabecillo Carrion is a prisoner. His son has been killed. A battalion of artillery, returning from Africa, has arrived here, and was received with enthusiasm. CARSLRUHE, APRIL 9. A manifesto of the Grand Duke has been pub. lished, proclaiming the principle of the independ ence of the Catholic Church, and adding, that its laws are placed under the protection of the Con stitution. Guarantees shall be given for the sure foundation of the legal position of the Church. The contents of the Concordat shall be lawfully sanctioned by special laws and other ordinances. The manifesto also promises the free development of the Protestant Church, as well as other public requirements. The Minister of Finance, Regenauer, has been • pensioned. M. Vogelmanne has been appointed as his sue- cessor. Other changes of high functionaries are cx. pected. GENEVA, Aran. 9. M. Laity, French Imperial Commissioner, who is travelling through the neutralised provinces of Savoy, arrived yesterday at Bonneville, where he was received coldly. To-day he reached Sallanches, whence he will take his departure for Thonon. SHANGHAI, FEBRURAY 20. Business active, but uneasiness is felt at the departure of four war steamers. Trade ininter rupted at all ports. CANTON, FEB. 27. Affairs in Japan are still in a very unsettled state. It is rumoured that the Chinese have with. drawn the guns from the Taku forts to strengthen with them the Tien-tsin forts. Kweeliang, Chief Imperial Commissioner, has been refused permission to retire into private life. The Court of Pekin is alarmed at the preparations of the Allies. INDIA. CALCUTTA, MARCH 16. (Six days after the departure of the mail.) Outrages by the Ryots of Cawer, Bengal, have taken place. The Lieutenant-Governor has issued a notifica tion, which it is hoped will be effective. THE OUTWARD BRAZILIAN AND RIVER PLATE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. The Royal Mail Company's screw steamship Oneida, Capt. Bevis, sailed hence to-day with the monthly mails for Lisbon, Cape Verdes, Pernam buco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, and the River Plate. She took 85 passengers, amongst whom are, for Lisbon, Admiral Sir George R. Sar torius ; for Buenos Ayres, Capt. L. Gwyn, and for Pernambuco, Mr. J. D. Hill and family (English COD Sul). The Oneida took on freight £51,900 in sovereigns, of which £50,000 is consigned to the Bank of Brazil, at Rio, the remainder on private account for Buenos Ayres ; also, for Rio, bar silver, £12,000 . and for various ports, jewellery, £15,438, and dia monds, £3,670 ; and a general cargo, consisting of French and English merchandise. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new steamship Massilia, Capt. Black, is preparing to sail on the 12th inst. with the mails for Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Bombay, and Upper Bengal, the Mauritius, Australia, and New Zealand. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Utah will leave on the 17th inst., with the outward mails, for the West Indies, Mexico, and Paeific. HOMEWARD MAILS. The Sultan, Capt. Cook, with the next mails from the Peninsular ports, is expected on the 11th. The Indus, Capt. Field, with the heavy portion of the Bombay and Australian mails, also expected on the 11th. The Teutonia, Capt. Taube, and the Fulton, Capt. Wotton, with New York mails of the 31st ult., is expected on the 12th or 13th inst. The Tasmanian, Captain Revett, with the next West India and Pacific mails, is expected on the 14th, being the first vessel under the new arrangement of accelerated speed on this route. The Vanderbilt's steamer Illinois, Capt. Griffin, left New York on the 7th, and may be expected off Cowes about the 18th. SPAIN. The Madrid .Gazette of the sth contains a tele graphic despatch from Marshal O'Donnell to the Minister of War, expressing in the name of himself and the army of Africa indignation at the conduct of Gen. Ortega, and begging that the Queen may be assured that the generals, officers, and soldiers of his army are ready, if necessary, to die in defence of her throne. From all parts of the country also protestations of devotedness to the Queen were arriving both from public functionaries and populations, the Gazette containing several columns of such documents. All the Foreign Ministers had waited on the Minister of Fo reign Affairs to offer congratulations on the failure of the insurrection, and Queen Christina had sent a telegraphic despatch to her Majesty to the same effect. A capitalist of the name of Man zanedo, of Madrid, on hearing of the rising, had offered to advance the Government 6,000,000 reals at once, and even larger sums if necessary. A noted Carlist chief, named Mur, formerly adjutant to Cabrera, was with Ortega. The Balearic islands, notwithstanding the departure of the garrison, have remained perfectly tranquil ; and General Mendi nueta, military governor of Aranjuez, had been ap pointed Captain-General in the place of General Ortega. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The inclement weather has again partially re turned. Saturday was a mild spring day ; yester day we were favoured with a hot sun, accompanied by a•piercing cold north wind. Last evening we had some mild rain, but at five this morning a shower of hail fell with such violence that the hot-houses in the neighbourhood of Paris suffered. This day is cold and windy with showers, and at 3 p.m. a slight fall of snow succeeded by a gleam of sun shine. A friend just arrived from Meaux says that he experienced there last week thunder, lightning, hail, and rain. The Courier of the Alps announces that French engineers are travelling through the lately annex( d provinces of Savoy and Nice, and that they ha - re commenced making plans for numerous public works to be executed. A survey is to be made of the provinces on the plan of the French Cadastre; railways are to be constructed, new public roads are to be laid out, and telegraphic wires hid down. The engineers have commenced their opera tions in the Chablais and Faucigny. A notice posted at the Town-hall of Niee announces that the engineers of the Lyons Railway Company for the envie are authorised to execute plus tion of the railway from Toulon to the Var. It is announced, on the same authority, that Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde propose to visit, after Easter, Nice, Chambery, and the principal towns of the newly annexed provinces. The Em peror has decided on the report of the commissioners sent into the annexed provinces that the privates now forming the army there shall be discharged, and that the contingent to be levied annually in future will amount to about 4,500 men, in place of 17,000 hitherto drawn by conscription. The vote by universal suffrage on the question of the annexa tion of Saxoy and Nice to France is to be taken on Sunday, the 22d inst. There is no doubt of the result. The Dowager Empress of Russia gave a grand soiree musicale last week at Nice, to which General Froissard, the Emperor Napoleon's aide de-camp, was invited. BOURSE, April 9.—The market has been very steady, and prices well maintained. Threes, after having been done at 69f. 70c., improved to 69f. 95c.; Mobilier varied from 785 f. to 792 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 528 f. 75c. to 530 f. ; Lombard, 541 f. 25c. to 542 f. 50c.; Saragossa, 490 f. to 493 f. 75f.; Orleans, 1,360 f. to 1,362 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 922 f, 50c. to 925 f.; Eastern, 632 f. 50c. to 635 c.; Southern, 515 c. to 622 f. 50c. The following are the last quotations : 41 per Cents. 95 90 Do, end month 96 3 per Cents Do, end month 69 90 Bank Shares 2815 Credit Mobilier Do. Account Credit Fonder 78.5 Belgian 4} Piedmontese (5) B2 Roman B2 50 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 44 75 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern .. 961 25 .. 962 50 New ditto 865 .. 867 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 923 75 .. 926 25 Geneva 427 50 .. 433 75 Southern Western 571 25 .. Eastern Sardinian 412 50 .. Austrian Lombard .... Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 14c. ; money, 28f. 13c.; three months, paper, 24f. 85c. ; money, 24f 82ie. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Cunard screw steamer Etna, Captain Ander son, which left New York on the ?9th ult., arrived in the Mersey about noon to-day, but brings neither passengers nor specie. In the Senate the Navy Pay Bill was so amended that captains at sea should receive a salary of 4,000 dols. ; those who were waiting orders and are oa leave, 3,000 dols. ; and those discharging other duties, 3,600 dols. After some unimportant amend ments the bill was read a third time and passed. An interesting debate occurred in the house on the bill recently reported from the committee on the judiciary to suppress polygamy in the territories of the United States. Mr. Branch suggested that if polygamy was declared criminal, there would be no reason why the same action might not be taken regarding slavery. He could not vote for the provi sion of the bill, which made penal laws applicable to all the territories of the United States. Mr. Clarke stated that the committee on territories had it in contemplation to report a bill parcelling out Utah among the neighbouring territories, so that the people themselves might remove the evil of poly gamy. A disposition decidedly favourable to the measure under discussion was shown by the vote ea a motion to lay the subject on the table, 19 mem bers recording their names in the affirmative, and 148 in the negative. The brig Virginian, of New York, an alleged slaver, captured on the 10th February, in the Congo River, by the United States sloop-of-war Ports mouth, had arrived at Charleston. There was a mutiny among the crew of the brig on the passage, but the mutineers were secured before they could effect their object. On the 28th ult. a fire broke out in West Forty fifth-street, New York, by which ten human beings —two mothers and eight children—were burned to death. The building was miserably constructed of wood and four stories in height, with narrow stair case and no means of egress by way of the roof. The fire was believed to be the work of an incen diary. Dates from Havannah are to the 25th ultimo. The sugar market was firm. Freights slightly de clined. Exchange on London, 12-1 to 14 prem. Considerable excitement existed among the abo litionists in Philadelphia by the arrival in that city of a negro arrested in Harrisburg as a run-away slave. After the conclusion of the argument, the fugitive slave was remanded to his owner. Great excitement prevailed in the vicinity of the Court house on the announcement of the judge's decision. A large crowd, chiefly composed of negroes, assem bled, and on the fugitive being taken to a carriage, they surrounded it, and made a desperate attempt at rescue. The carriage was broken down, when the police interfered, and arrested twelve of the rescuers. The fugitive was then escorted to pri son. A writ of habeas corpus had been served on the Marshal ; in the meantime the fugitive awaits the action of the stlte court. The number of banks and branches on the Ist January throughout the United States, according to the returns at the Treasury department, was 1,562 ; the capital paid in, 421,880,000 dols., and the amount of specie on hand 83,994,000 dols. The resources of these banks, including loans, notes, securities, and real estate, is stated at nearly 1,000,000,000 dols., and their liabilities 531,000,000 dole. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The New York stock market, on the 29th ult., exhibited for a time some slight weakness, but it subsequently im proved, and prices generally closed firm. The following are the latest quotations :—New York Central shares, 74i; Erie shares, 10; Illinois Central shares, 61; Panama shares, 13.41 ; United States Fives, 100} ; Michigan Central Shares, 41i. In the discount market and in foreign exchanges there is not the slightest alteration to note. The supply of money continued easy. Cotton was in moderate request at former rates. Sales of the day, 1,000 bales ; coffee, steady; flour, freely offered at prices favouring buyers ; wheat, irregular; corn in fair re quest, and good qualities tending upwards ; iron, quiet; spirits of turpentine quiet, at 46c. to 461 c. 2c. ; pork, in good request ; lard heavy ; beef, in good demand ; sugars, firm; freights, steady; cotton taken for Liverpool, 7. 32 d.; tobacco for London, 3s. NEW ORLEANS, March 27.—Cotton quiet; sales to-day, 15,000 bales. The Bohemian's news gave greater firmness, Middling, 101 c. to 10/c. MOBILE, March 27.—Cotcon sales to-day, 8,000 bales, with an improved demand at 10c. to 101 c. for middling. Sales of three days, 14,500 bales ; receipts, three days, 5,000 bales. Freights of cotton to Liverpool, 17-32 d. ; to Havre, 1 1-16 c. Sterling exchange, 81 to 81 per cent premium. • CHARLESTOWN, March 27.—Cotton sales to-day 1,500 bales; prices easier; but quotations unchanged. SAVANNAH, March 27.—Cotton sales to-day 500 bales; market quiet. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—LYTHAM, Monday Night. —This afternoon, during a heavy storm and a terrific sea, the brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth, Devon, was observed on shore near the Horse Bank, some miles distant from this place. The lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Insti tution was immediately manned and launched and proceeded off to her assistance. She was soon reached, and found to be rapidly breaking up, and her crew, of nine men, were only too glad to jump into the lifeboat, as they must uthir wibe have perished. There is no time left, before the night post starts, to furnish any additional particulars ; but, I may add, that this valuable lifeboat was instrumental last year in rescuing 18 persons from a watery grave from three wrecks. It is also satisfactory to be a'ile to report that our lifeboat station is in a thoroughly efficient state ; and that the promptitude with which our gallant boatmen man the boat often excite our admiration. No matter how dark the night may be, or how heavy the storm blows, these brave men instantly t urn out of their warm beds, leave their wi ves and children, and proceed on their errands of mercy with unfaltering courage in the lifeboat which possesses their entire confidence. The Avenir Commercial demands that the treaty of commerce with England be modified with respect to the mode in which the duty on French wines imported into England is computed. The treaty says that French wines containing not more than 18 degrees of alcohol shall pay a duty equival_nt to 63f. 30c. for a cask containing 228 litres. and all wines containing more than 18 degrees alcohol shalt pay for the same measure 94f. 95c. The consequence of this arrangement, according to the Avenir• Commercial, will he, that Bordeaux:wines will pay half less duty in Englandthai Burgundy wines, and that Burgundy will be sacriticeo. Again, the strong, coarse wines of the Hclrault, which are shipped in such large quantities from Cette, will pay in England 50 per cent. more duty than the most expensive Bordeaux wines. The Prefect of the Herault, and the Chamber of Commerce of Montpellier, supported by the Wine Commissioners, have, it is said, opened the eyes of the Emperor to this anomaly, and demonstrated to the contract ing Powers the impossibility of equitably taxing wines on their arrival in England according to the quantity of alco hol they contain. NORTH SAVOY. The following address bas been presented to the Savoyard deputies in the Piedmontese Parliament by the committees of North Savoy, representing the 12,000 signatures in favour of Swiss annexation << Messieurs Messieurs les Deputes,—The fate of North Savoy is in your h an d s . It res t s w ith you to sa tisfy her expectations or t o d ece i ve h er h o pes. " Glorious events, th e f ru it s o f w hi c h f re e Dal/ is now reaping, have carr i e d w i t h th em po litical re sults that seem to rend er th e severance unavoid able of those ties which fo r cen t ur i es h ave united Savoy to the Sardinian monarchy. These results, which we dreaded but could not foresee, have led us, sirs, to consider closely our situation, our inte rests, our future. In these days, when the people enjoy the happy privilege of having some influence upon their own destiny, it was our right and our duty to study the various prospects that opened before us. " This study has shown us that the monarchical unity which rallied us round the constitutional throne of Victor Emmanuel 11. once definitively broken, we became competent to choose for our selves that which accorded best with our sympa thies, our habits, our wants, our interests. In all these relations, sirs, North Savoy has a life of her own, quite distinct from that of Southern Savoy; so that, unless the wish is to make the North the slave and a sort of insignificant adjunct of the South, nobody can deny her the right to proclaim openly her preferences, and to claim loudly that her wishes be fulfilled. " We do not attempt to judge of the preferences of the rest of Savoy, and we do not refuse to recog nise them. We are told that they incline towards France. But, if so, let Southern Savoy speak in her own name anal not in ours, She has received no mission from us. Much less had they any► those men who—most of them at all time enemies of those liberal ideas the triumph of which is now secure in your country, which is still ours-- seem to try to punish our constant devotion to the cause of Italy, by smothering our free aspirations, and who, having taken upon themselves the sorry mission of offering to a foreign master the homage of their inte rested desertion—have arrogated to themselves the right of speaking for us. We declare that far from seeing with joy Savoy hoisting a new banner, we could not think,without deep grief, that we were going to abandon the old flag to whose glory We have contributed. Your justice, sirs, will bear us witness so far. We protest energetically against those so-called wishes that a mock deputation has dared to offer as the expression of the wishes of till whole of Savoy. " We may be allowed further to call to your mind that we have acquired, and as Sardinian subjects still hold, the right to take an interest in the pre servation of the Italian independence. It is by this right that we dare to represent to you the future dangers to which possession by a single state of all the passes of our mountains must expose this independence. From the Maritime Alps to the Penin Alps, from Nice to the Simplon, Italy is opened, if our wishes are returned. " Our wishes are these : " If we must cease to belong to a free monarchy, if we must cease to be the loyal subjects of the il lustrious house of Savoy, our wish is to become in dependent citizens of the noble Swiss Confederation. More than twelve thousand signatures, which will be laid before you, attest in an unexceptionable will the sincerity of this wish. We ask but for one thing, which is to be allowed to bear witness to it in a still clearer and imposing manner. " You have yourselves, sirs, just seen the political regeneration of Italy brought out by universal suf frage freely consulted. Grant us, to manifest our opinion, the same forms, the same guarantees, that all the citizens of full age be called upon, eac h ill his own commune, to take part in this solemn act, of each distant province, and let them be by a vote allowed to pronounce freely among the different alternatives that may offer themselves to their choice. The suffrage already obtained in favour of an even tual union with Switzerland renders it imperative that this union in particular should be seriously submitted to the vote. "It rests with you, sirs, to respond to this legiti mate request, by making a free voting on our part a condition of the ratification of the treaty of cession laid before you for approbation, The treaty stipulates expressly the will of the people shall be consulted. It therefore allows you —nay more, it obliges you —to take care that this consultation be serious and sincere, and this can only be in the way we have shown. " Universal suffrage in each commune, voting by province, and a fair option among all possible pre ference—this alone will enable North Savoy to make known its wishes distinctly. This is what we claim from you, sirs—this is what you will grant us. " THE PRESIDENTS OF THE COMMITTEES. " BARD, JOSEPH, advocate, Bonneville. BETEMPS, TH. A., engineer, Thonon. FAVRAX, HENRI, advocate, St. Julien. " March 30, 1860." The following address to the people has bees issued : " Savoyards of the North,—The question of North Savoy has just entered upon a new phasis. " In the treaty of the 24th March the Emperor et the French has promised to come to an understand ing about the neutralised provinces with the P o wers represented at the Congress of Vienna and with the Helvetic Confederation. " In the same treaty Victor Emmanuel has re served to us the power of manifesting freely our wishes. The same assurances were given to us in still more formal way in the proclamation which releases us from our oaths of loyalty, and in the speech of the 2d of April. " In the presence of such positfve stipulations the men who without authority had gone to offer us to France have felt ill at ease. What are worth, I n fact, all those fine promises which they ho le brought ? They now resort to fresh manoeuvres ; thel know that their schemes will be baffled if the people are allowed to express their wishes in a free iv* These men, who call themselves the party of order► try by every possible means to create agitation for the purpose of bringing on a foreign intervention• " No other object can be assigned to the hoisting of French flags in various places before Parliamen t ? the palladium of our liberties, has spoken. History will tell us whether the expedition to Thonon ha d any other origin. ;‘ Citizens,—ln the name of liberty, in the name of your dearest interests, we beseech you look Wit, scorn on all the provocati ons a dd resse d t o you. 1 ' you find it sometimes hard to keep down the throes of your hearts, think of the object we all are aim ' ing at. An imprudent step may compromise t b r most sacred cause. Ord er , an d con fid enc e in 013 right, must be our motto, we want no other flag' THE PRESIDENTS OF THE COMMITTEES. " BARD, JOSEPH, advocate, Bonneville. BETEMPS, TH. A., engineer, Thonon• FAURAX, HENRI, advocate, St. Julien. THE CONDEMNED SPANIARD AT DEVIZES. --- rrhO execution of the Spaniard, Serafin Manzano, who was el; donned to death at Devizes Assizes, last week, for t barbarous murder of a poor woman named Annstatia TNT. bridge, at Ashcombe, has been definitively fixed to place in front of the New Prison, Devizes, on Wednesn' i i at twelve o'clock at noon. An endeavour has made by several persons in Devizes to get the eoT s i, tion carried out privately, and the f o ll ow i n g roeul t os signed by the marr, and about eighty inhabitants, the been forwarded to Mr. Ewart, M.P., for presentation to w e „ Home Secretary :—" To the Right Hon. Sir George C oto wall Lewis, Bart., one of her Majesty's Secretaries o .' for the Home Department :—We, the undersigned tants of Devizes and its neighbourhood, beg to rePr e t o f that a man named Serafin Manzano has been convicte _ea murder on evidence produced at the trial, and is condemn to be publicly executed by hanging, on the 11th of '0 next. Your memorialists believe that public executionre, are attended with the most degrading and demoralis in g t hot sults, as witnessed by them on two former occasionsi'ng instead of preventing crime, and acting others, they often harden and degrade the spectators; that crimes have frequently been committed at the very t hat of the gallows. Your memorialists, therefore, pr_l s hall you will direct that the execution in the present esl_, l at as awa ru and take place—if at all—within the walls of the..Prf i f i t to Devizes, in view only of such persons as you shall 8 ° the re. appoint to witness the same, and thereby prevent volting spectacle of a public ex eeution." Wester n The weekly traffic return of the G rea tereas° fo Railway of Canada, just received, presents anLibrof 4145 sterling •, and that of the Grand Trunk RA increase' of £4,797. estirm No state ( result tation rows, almost tion is avails' will rc little t divide] additia there a few WE be relei the N e A. sr Withdr, tlOn, tb haustec Ther Englisl rather r prevail( •ols, wi for ac The Ne' the Nev firm er a 105 ; dii ditto 51 have im Basin quieter, Turkish 6 11 to ( to 641 ; Spanish to 34 3 3 ; The ( prem., ai Increa Railway being at Cent. 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