The Sun. — London, England, 1860-07-31 00:00:00

FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Positively the last Night of the season. M. Paul Devaux, M. Briet, Madame Leduc, and Madlle. Gabrielle. TO-NIGHT, L'UT DIEZE. And UNE FILS DE FAMILLE. Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 2s. Gallery, ls. Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. Commence at 8. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5 A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— ..La. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Entire Change.—Powerful Attraction. This Evening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments, introducing the largest stud of highly-trained Horses, Po nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena. A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on SATURDAY next, Aug. 4, commencing at Two o'clock. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolt'. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- THIS EVENING. C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA. FAUST. First Time in this Country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Siobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite ..... Miss Russell. Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other • Entertainments. Balcony, is Hall, 6d. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, &c., in addition to the usual entertainments. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JULY 31, 1860. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 61i—this day at noon. BARONMTER-30.12. WIND--West-South-Westerly; light, with dull weather, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tale DAY.—Morning, 12h. 51m.—Afternoon, lh. I7m. To-monßow.-Morning, lh. 41m.—Afternoon, 2h. 3m. 3 "75 , 4 4- V), ,-;,, _ ~,„.;: 4 ':%,"' '. . :c : -.7' .) f-, :t9 1 z- 4, - :',', 2 / - \ fg- ci' f - q •Civ 'lf ' - -...--'-- %a- -s.---1 -- - • ~ 1) 1I, U• o , ` . 110134; " (;) ' 0 I:0 ic ". ' t- - , ...._,,,,47: tit - . C.-• -,,, - THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1860. -^-4.- Mr. HORSMAN and his Indian backers, we are sorry to say, forget the difference between inde pendence and factiousness. Let them look back and see what they have gained by it. The Eu ropean Forces (India) Bill has been committed and reported, precisely as if they had held their tongues. They have not even gained time for cliscusszon, for their speeches have been but the stalest repetition of what had been better said on the first opportunity. Lord STANLEY took a very different course—the manly one. He stated, as he had the ungrudged right to do, his reasons in full against the bill. He saw that the vast majnrity of the House was not convinced by them; he, in all probability, retains his convictions as strongly as ever; but he does not wantonly delay the pro gress of business, by interposing obstructions Purely for obstruction's sake. Mr. HORSMAN might well take a lesson from the son of Lord MERRY. Most ludicrous of all is it to listen to Mr. HORSMAN complaining about the mode in which the business of the House is conducted. If tin ;re be one criminal more guilty than another of flat: offence of obstructing business, it is surely Mr. Housmax. At first, for a philippic or two, it wa s a little amusing ; but his tirades have long lost all of that quality—few read them now, though the Speaker and the members must perforce hear th em—they are voted a bore, and Mr. HORSMAN a nuisance simply for overdoing what wants ocea si onally to be done. Lord PALMERSTON was surely quite right in di .nouncing the coarse taken by the minority on the A malgamation of Armies Bill as unconstitutional, an d as striking at the roots of all Constitutional C. wernment. If Mr. HORSMAN will point us out arty way by which, under such a Government, bt tsiness can proceed, except that of the minority ei' ther convincing the majority or honourably yield it g to it, we should be glad to see it. The minority ht is its right to a full statement and fair hearing of views. Time may prove that they were right at id the majority wrong. But that is no justifica )n whatever for minorities making a mock TI iertnopyla , of the forms of the house, and fis 7hting as if they were defending the very lil )et ties of the country. They are doing, in fact, tl 'cry reverse. Countries in the exercise of their frvei torn may go wrong, as well as individuals in the e xerniae of their freewill. But in both cases there i ; a self-adjusting regulator, which must be relied 4 3/1. Experience of consequences must teach those w; - to will not learn from argument. Civil freedom, likE individual freewill, must not be destroyed, but left i D the discipline of rewards and punishments. Mr. toRsmAN desires to effect by coercion what he cat 'not effect by argument ; and, because the everwl cleeing majority of the house will not be COR "teed, 1.3 seizes hold of a form, like a crow-bar, and .w palaia re ak or bend the majority There is a great want °f ni la-illness in this. We hold it one of the most val ufth characteristics of Englishmen that they e: -.lllWith Composure and self-respect, take their place in minortty. A true Englishman can be in a minori ty of one and not blush. If assured of his cause, he kn, o ws that his day will come ; he an d say s to himself, they will think me right one day. Most of Our continental neigh bours, on the con Crary, arse either maddened or cowed at being in a . small minority. Th ey do not shrink even from violenee and blood. Mr. HORS to that whi c h MAN does the nearest thing English habits permit; but he tioes it at the cost of discre- BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism."—Morning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale. Rogers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, the new comedietta, HIS EXCELLENCY, is which Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews will appear. To conclude with A HUSBAND AT SIGHT. Commence at 7. 1.1 OYA L PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - ..1 lo Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, will b,'? performed HOME TRUTHS. After which, the French vaudeville, PAS DE FUMEE SANS FEU. Characters by the Zouaves. Followed by AN AMBUSCADE AT INKERMAN. To conclude with T H RICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. ADELPHT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. TII IS EVENING, THE HARVEST HOME. Messrs. J L. Toole, P. Bedford, D. Fisher, Billinolon, Stuart, Eburne, C. Smith, Powell, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Simms, Miss K. Kelly, and Miss Laidlaw. After which, THE FOOL OF THE FAMILY. Mr. Paul Bedford and Miss Julia Daly. To conclude with OUR GAL. Miss Julia Daly, Messrs, Eburne, Ward, and Romer. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Is. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. diting the Parliament of his country, and displaying a total want of the feeling of manly dignity. On the question itself of the amalgamation of the two armies, the local and the imperial army in India, every candid man is willing to own that there are strong arguments and weighty authorities for the conflicting views. The objection of most weight is undoubtedly the difficulty of adjusting the patronage. No confidence is felt in the Horse Guards. Promotion by favour and by wealth will undoubtedly die hard. Hundreds 'of HAVELOCKS may not have HAVELOCK'S op portunity of proving by their last acts the injustice of the system which depresses merit, and elevates connection and money. But the remedy for this is to improve the system of pat ronage, not to sacrifice Imperial claims to the existence of a real, but a certainly curable defect. Let Mr. HORSMAN and his fellow-obstructors but devote the same zeal to exposing and reforming the administration of our naval and military patronage which they do to the hindrance of the public busi ness, and they will deserve well of their country. The obvious advantages of the whole force of an Empire being entirely at its disposal, are so great, that it must be a strong case, indeed, which can override them. To us, seeing, too, all the difficul ties ably stated by Lord STANLEY, and which have been said or sung, over and over again since, by Mr. HORSMAN and the old Indians, it still seems that the Government is right in its proposal, and that the simplicity of the Bill leaving scope to carry out the measure as circumstances may require is, in truth, one of its merits. How often before now have we not had occasion to comment upon the Civil List Pensions in terms of mingled scorn and indignation! Yet year after year the same melancholy record forces itself under our notice, echoed and re-echoed back with "damn able iteration." Each annual catalogue is as like as can well be to its immediate predecessor. The customary total of £1,200 annually placed at the disposal of the Prime Minister, nominally for the encouragement of Art, Science, and Literature, is actually year after year, in the old accustomed man ner, frittered away in wretched little driblets— distributed among individuals for the most part " unknown to fame " in doles capable of doing little else than afford them the most poignant sense of personal degradation. Repeatedly before now we have insisted upon the cruelty and fatuity of these most perverse proceedings. Time after time we have proved both their cruelty and fatuity to absolute demonstration: To do this, it has only been necessary upon each yearly occasion to reca pitulate, and, in recapitulating, to analyse the melancholy list of the alms and their re cipients. Again and again we have indicated, moreover, that several among the questionably for tunate recipients have had no claim whatever to the bounty (?), being in no wiy at all connected, either directly or indirectly, with art, with science, or with literature. Sometimes a portion of the £1,200 has been awarded to the relict or the children of a naval or military officer ; sometimes to the widow or orphans of a church dignitary. And in each of these instances (almost invariably) the pension bestowed has been of the largest class of amounts ventured upon with ao air, as we must call it, of beggarly ostentation and parsimoni ous munificence. There is a case directly in point in the present mournful catalogue of the " Civil List Pensions" granted, to the tune of £1,200, between the 20th of June, 1859, and the 20th of June, 1860—pursuant to Act the Ist Vict. c. 2. There the largest sum awarded to any one is the annual sum of £lso—a pension bestowed neither i■ the interests of art or of science, nor yet indeed, for that matter, of literature. It is a pension of £l5O per annum granted to Mrs. LUCY RIGAUD, " in consideraion of the labours of her late hus band, Bishop of Antigua, and of her distressing position, left with a family of seven children, quite unprovided for" by that deceased dignitary. And, as if in mockery of the despised interests of science, the very next item on the list announces the magnificent award of ,£5O annually (not 20s. a week!) to Mrs. CATHE RINE LIDDON (daughter of the late HENRY CORT), and another magnificent sum of £5O per annum to Miss CAROLINE CORT, another daughter of the aforesaid scientific discoverer, in consideration of the great benefits which have accrued to this country from their late father's inventions in the manufacture of iron, and of the large fortune which he expended in carrying them into execution — the said HENRY CORT having, by those wonderful and world-famous inventions of his, enhanced the wealth of this country to an almost incalculable extent—already it is estimated in round numbers at the stupendous amount of some £200,000,000 ! In consideration of which, and as a mark of the national gratitude, we give £5O a-year to his two daughters, CATHERINE and CAROLINE. It is to a wretched dole like this that we point as to an insult rather than (what it insolently affects to be) a tribute or a testi monial ! Several of the little awards this year we gladly recognise as well-selected so far as the chosen re cipients are concerned themselves. But even in these instances the sums doled out are wretchedly inadequate, and the pleas specified often ludicrously blundered upon. For example—£loo a-year being set apart for Miss (obviously it should be Mrs.) HELEN GALLWEY, the pension is said to have been bestowed, forsooth, in consideration of the long services of her husband as British Consul at Naples---when the claim should obviously have been by rights, that the lady in ques- tion is the daughter of HOPPNER the painter ! Another annual sum of £lOO, we are gratified to observe, set apart for Miss JULIA PARDOE, in consideration of thirty years' toil in the field of literature, by which she has contributed both to cultivate the public taste and to support a number of helpless relations ! There is a yearly sum of £lOO likewise well awarded to the Rev. lIENRY LOGAN, in consideration of his contribu- tions to mathematical and scientific literature, and his present state of destitution, in consequence of the loss of his eye-sight ! A like sum of £lOO per annum being deservedly bestowed on Dr. ROBERT BLAKEY, in consideration of his exertions to aid and promote the study of philosophy, and of his straightened circumstances. Another £lOO being set aside annually for Dr. ROBERT BIGSBY, for some nameless "great services and contributions to the literature of his country "—with the extent or even nature of which *services we must shamefacedly acknowledge ourselves to be wholly unacquainted. Contrasted painfully with some of which par• titulars there is the annual pension of £125 set down upon this list as the aggregate award vouchsafed to the six sis ters of the late celebrated• and indefatigable labourer (for the public good) in the fields of phi losophy, Dr. DioNYstus LARDNER—in considera tion, the official award acknowledges, of his great labours and their scanty means. Remembering what were the toils of the departed philosopher and encyclopedist—it certainly does appear to us painfully inadequate, the dribbling out of this miserable total of £125, to be divided yearly in equal proportions among those six sisters—Mibs THE ! SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN IN G, JtJLY 31, 186 u. CAROLINE LARDNER, Miss LOUISA LARDNER, Miss AMELIA LARDNER, Miss ADELINE LARDNER, Miss CLARINDA LARDNER, and Miss JANE LARDNER The mere enumeration of these six names justifies everything we have here said as to these cruel insults offered yearly to the triple interests of Art, Science, and Literature. Honour to the Premier who shall first apply this annual sum of £1,200 properly to those hitherto much neglected interests—subdividing the 'small sum total into pensions ranging from £3OO to £l5O, or at the very lowest computation to £loo—distributing these pensions, moreover, judiciously, and with a wise discrimination among the worn out labourers or the destitute survivors of persons eminent in those three contiguous fields and pastures ever fresh and new—of Art, Science, and Literature. Now that we know more of the massacres in Syria, we know, unhappily, only more of the in tolerable conduct of the Turkish authorities. Take Damascus, for instance—the largest city of Asiatic Turkey, with a population of 150,000 inhabitants at least, about 15,000 of whom are Christians and the remainder Jews—the real capital of Syria—a Holy City in the estimation of Mussulmans them selves—and the residence of a Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish forces of the country—here, if anywhere, we might expect that order would be preserved, and that the Hatti Hurmayoun, which Cadis and distant officials might be expected to contravene, would be sustained in full force. If the SULTAN cannot secure the lives and properties of his Christian subjects in such a city as Damascus, under the eye, too, of a staff of Euro pean Consuls, and with ample military means for enforcing order, where can we expect him to be competent to do it ? Yet what is the fact ? We learn from a corre spondent of the Daily News, to whom we have been previously indebted for some of the best informa tion, that all the previous accounts are substantially true ; the details which he gives from numerous au thentic sources quite prove that the Turks are themselves the abettors of these outrages, and that Mussulmans were the chief perpetrators of them. After the murder of the Christians at various places by the Druses, and tin acquiescence or the aid of the Turkish soldiery in those atrocities, the low Mussulman population became very insulting at Damascus. The Chris tians were, of course, correspondingly depressed by the conduct of the men who should have been their protectors. The origin of the outbreak was worthy of Turks. Some boys insulted the Christians on the Sunday (the Bth of June) by drawing crosses on the ground, and spitting on them. On the Monday these boys were in chains, sweeping the Christian quarter of the city—of course to vindicate the rights of the Christians. Nothing of the kind. It was intended merely to irritate the low Mahommedan mob, and the scheme was but too successful. The Christians immediately expected a riot. At 2 p.m. some three hundred of the lowest Moslems of Damascus rushed armed into the Christian quarter, crying out, " Slay the dogs of Christians !" and immediasely the work of plunder, burning, and murder commenced. But what of the authorities 1 1 Our informant writes that " ACHMET PACHA, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the place--a field-marshal in the SULTAN'S army—was at once informed of what had taken place. But although he had at his disposal some eight hundred regular troops and several field pieces, not a man nor a gun did he move. He never showed himself in the streets, nor took any steps whatever to stop the massacre." The mob at once attacked the Russian Consulate, murdered all the Christians who could not reach ' the house of ABD-EL-KADER, who has behaved most nobly throughout. At evening 300 soldiers were sent out, but they joined the mob in the plunder and massacre. As might be expected, " the whole Christian quarter—which includes some of the finest palaces to be found in the empire —was soon one mass of flames ; and (for this there is the positive authority of a European eye-witness, who was hiding in the neighbourhood all that fearful night), as the Christians tried to escape from the flames they were thrust back on the burning piles by the bayonets of the Turkish regular troops troops. However, when we recollect that one of the military chiefs who commanded in Damascus was OSMAN BEG, the miscreant who but three weeks pre viously had delivered up at Hasbeyia upwards of fifteen hundred Christians to be massacred by the Druses, all wonder at the conduct of the mili tary ceases at once. The burning, slaughter, and pillage went on till the whole Christian quarter was burnt down, and we road that " What the Turkish authorities did may be summed up in one word—" Nothing." • No less than six times did that gallant old man, Mr. Brant, the English con sul, and the Rev. Mr. Robson, Irish Presby terian missionary, at the utmost risk of their lives, go together to the Pacha Achmet, and urge him to do something to save the lives of the Christians. No : h e said he could, and showed that he would, do nothing, but remained " consulting" in the castle. Can we wonder that the prevalent opinion should be that the vs hole is a gigantic scheme of the 'urkish Government to crush Christianity out of Syria ? So uniform has been the conduct of the Turkish authorities, so evident their complicity in the murders, so barbarous their indifference to the urgent wants of those who are deprived of food even, that the inhabitants of all classes can hardly avoid the conclusion that they act on secret orders from the Government, That such orders can have come from Constantinople we may well disbelieve. The SULTAN must know but too well, even were he the savage to do such things, which he is not, that prompt awl summary inter• ference from Powers but too glad of the pretext, would be the immediate result. But, that his bigoted representatives iu these remoter provinces are of one mind—and that the most Satanic which can be imagined, there is little doubt. It is but too evident that something decisive must be done. That the Turkish Government must be made re sponsible for peace and security in Syria, or that the Christian Powers must take the business into their own hands. The Earl and Countess Delawarr left town yesterday for their seat, Buckhurst••park, Sussex, for a few days. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to London yesterday from Osborne. Lady de DunstanNille left town yesterday for Audley-end, on a visit to Lord and Lady Braybrooke. Lord Clyde has returned to Wallace's Hotel, St. George's-place, Hyde-park-corner, from Osborne. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.—Mr. Elwin, after six years' superintendence, retires from the editorship of this periodical. It is understood that the new management will adopt a more genial :and ',less morose tone towards men and things. THE COMMISSION TO SYRIA.—We are glad to learn from our Parliamentary report that Lord J. Russell has appointed Lord Dufferin to the responsible post of Bri tish Commissioner to Syria. No better choice could have been mado in so difficult and delicate an appointment, for to much acquaintance with the country and with the habits of the people Lord Dufferin unites great tact and ability. Lord Dufferin only returned from a prolonged tour in Syria and Egypt tut autumn. LATEST N E b. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : SUICIDE OF THE MANAGER OF THE ROYAL BANK, LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. Mr. Chaffers, Manager of the Royal Bank, Liverpool, hanged himself this morning. THE EAST. PARIS, JULY 30. The Conference on the affairs of Syria assembled to-day at 2 p.m., for the second time, at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. In this sitting the French proposal for interven tion, which, subject to the acquiescence of the Porte, has been accepted by the Great Powers, was dis cussed for the first time. It is asserted that the Turkish Ambassador, fol lowing instructions received from Constantinople, claimed essential modifications of the project of Con vention. It is also stated that England, Austria, and Russia declared themselves ready to send troops to Syria. Another sitting of the Conference must, it is said, take place, as the representatives of the Great Powers have to obtain authority from their Govern ments to sign the Convention. FRANCE. The Courrier de l'lsere says :—" The Prefect of the Department has been officially informed by a despatch from the Tuileries that the Emperor and Empress will visit Grenoble, and stop there for two days, during the journey which their Majesties intend to make in Savoy. They will arrive at Grenoble, from. Chambery, on the 2d September, and leave for Toulon on the 4th." BOURSE, July 30.—The market opened firm, at the quotations of Saturday, and English Consols arriving with a slight improvement, prices have been pretty well maintained. Threes, for the Ac eount, are now at 68f 35c ; Mobilier, 687 f 50c; Orleans, 1,374 f 25c ; Northern, 951 f 75c ; Lyons, 886 f 25c. Business, however, continues limited. The following were the last quotations : 41 per per Cents 97 75 Do. mad month 97 55; 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 30 Bank Shares 2815 Credit Mobilier 685 Do. Account 685 Credit Foncier BBO Belgian 4} 97 50 Piedmontese Fives Bl 25 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes 471 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1370 1371 25 Northern . New ditto... — 875 Lyons and Mediterranean 888 75 887 50 Geneva 367 50 .. 366 25 Southern Western . . Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lo - mbard 5OO 497 50 NAPLES. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa quotes a letter from Naples of the 25th, in which it is stated that General Bosco undertook his march from Messina to Milazzo, and the subsequent military operations, without any orders from the present Minister of War, who is represented to be highly incensed at his conduct. General Bosco, therefore, is supposed to have acted under direct orders from the Court. A communication from Taganrog, in the Levant Herald, says :—" Some time back I called your attention to the very extensive works which had been commenced by the Russians at the entrance of the sea of Azoff. The fortifications now in course of construction are on a scale surpassing anything that existed at Sebastopol, both as regards strength and extent. Our local commercial community are in a state of alarm ; for they view this heavy armament of the point of Kertch as something more than merely supplying the former fortifi cation of Yeni-Kale. Upwards of 8,000 men are at present employed on the works, which have been completed so far that almost all the embra sures are finished and the carriages placed. The guns, which are of the very largest calibre, have already arrived at Kertch. To those who have not visited the locality it may be difficult to convey an exact idea of the position or nature of the fortifi cations. I may briefly say that the high land known by the name of the Point of Kertch has been tun nelled into galleries, after the Gibraltar plan, and that the guns will be so placed that it will be impossible to pass into the Azoff. In this way the Russians will have secured for themselves a har bour where they may under adverse cir cumstances find a safe retreat. The proposed erection of an additional custom house at Kertch is not at all popular, as it is calculated only to serve as an impediment to trade ; the es tablishment at Taganrog was deemed amply sufficient for all purposes. The Russians, after having compelled the unfortunate Nogais of the Caucasus to emigrate, are now also forcing• the whole Tartar population of the Crimea to quit their homes ; the pretext of the Government being that the Tartars did not take arms against the enemies of Russia during the late war, and that being disaffected they must be got rid of. In this way the who!e population from the coast on to Simpheropol is being cleared out and obliged to abandon their property without any compen sation, the Government transferring it gratuitously to the Cossacks of the Black Sea as a reward for their superior loyalty. Our commerce at the pre sent moment is uncommonly brisk; we have daily arrivals of between 4,000 to 5,000 waggons of grain from the interior. The harvest has been abundant beyond anything known in the memory of man, and probably would have been even larger had it not been for the late and heavy rain which, of course, in some districts was injurious. Messrs. Ralli and Scaramanga have already chartered to load no less than 70 vessels." A letter from Naples of the 23d says:— " The Pausilippe of the Messageries Imperiales, which arrived here this morning, has brought some political exiles, and among them Major Carrano, General Ulloa, M. Caracciolo, the Marquis de Bella, a younger brother of the Minister, and MM. Ayala, Bellili, Pellegrini, Conbonelli, in all, about forty. They state that Garibaldi has at this moment more than 20,000 Italians, with out counting the Sicilians, and that volunteers are flockirg into Genoa in greater numbers than ever. They say, too, that Garibaldi has at his disposal three steamers of the Transatlantic Com pany. This news suffices to explain the grave determination of the Government of Francis 11. to evacuate Messina and all Sicily, where desertions from the royal troops are constantly increasing; but there is another reason for that resolution : Garibaldi has made known here that with or without the cooperation of the Neapolitans he would before long free Naples of the Bourbons. The King and his Ministers have in consequence resolved to employ all their disposable forces in opposing the invasion which menaces the main• land. But mark the sad position in which Francis 11. is placed :—Neapolitan pilots have demanded passes for the patriots to go to Garibaldi and offer him their services ; upwards of 40 warrant officers of the royal navy have made known that they will desert, if means can be found to convey them into Sicily ; and the superior officers are perhaps still more favourably disposed to the revolution than those of an inferior grade. General A_ Nunziante has been dismissed and sent to Malta. M. Gallo, one of the most ardent reactionists of 1845; the Duke d'Ascoli, the Court butler ; M. Severino, the King's secretary ; the Prince de Scalotta, and Generals Ferrari, Duke de Sangro del Re, and Count de Latour have also been exiled." The Monde seems at last to look on the King of Naples as utterly lost, since it remarks on his posi tion in the following terms : " The Neapolitan monarchy continues its move ment of decadence. It submits to lose Sicily; and and even to implore the King of Piedmont to arrest the march of Garibaldi. Victor Emmanuel had, in censequence, written to Garibaldi, but, as it is known that the Dictator will not think himself obliged to obey his King, seeing he is well aware how much more agreeable his disobedience will be, the measures to be taken in case of this very pro. bable event have already been decided. The fall of. the King of Naples is regarded as inevitable. Im mediately after that event, the annexation will be pronounced by a popular vote, to be afterwards ratified by diplomacy, and the game will then be won. M. Parini will go to Naples with full powers and the title of viceroy; Garibaldi will re main in Sicily with the title of grand-marshal ; and the Duke of Genoa, a child between six and seven years of age, will be proclaimed King of Sicily." AMERICA. LONDONDERRY, JULY 31. The Canadian steamer Palestine, which left Quebec on the 21st inst., has arrived. She landed all the mails except those for Liverpool. Ths steamers City of Manchester, Africa, and Nova Scotia, all from Liverpool, had arrived out. MONTREAL, JULY 21. The preparations for the reception of the Prince of Wales are approaching completion. The weather is favourable for the crops. The flour market has undergone a general improvement. Large sales of wheat have been effected at 11 dols. 27c. Ashes are steady. NEW YORK, JULY 20. Money and exchange are unaltered. The Stock Market is less active, and prices have declined. Flour is heavy► and lower. Canadian descriptions are drooping. Rye steady. Wheat is heavy, and lc. to 2c. lower. Barley dull, and unchanged. Corn firmer, and in fair demand. Oats unchanged. Beef active at steady prices. Lard firm. Whisky moderately active. THE LATE MR. BROUGB. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—May I request that you will give publicity to the following facts respecting a story entitled " Marston Lynch," by my late brother, Mr. Robert B. Brough, which some unknown hand has abruptly finished in three or four unmeaning lines. " Mar ston Lynch" was commenced in the Train, a magazine with which my brother was connected, but it was never completed in that publication. In justice to his literary fame I trust you will allow me to make this protest against the publica tion of a half-finished story, in a form calculated to mislead the reader who would, of course, suppose the work complete, there being no word of explana tion to the contrary. From not©s in my possession I am enabled positively to affirm that the climax— if climax it can be called—of the story as now issued, is utterly unlike that which its author had imagined. Had he lived to complete his work, it would, of course, have been open to criticism upon its own merits ; but, I think you will agree with me that it would be hardly fair for any one to judge of the work as a whole, from a perusal of its open ing chapters now published without the slightest communication having been previously made with any of its deceased author's representatives. The announcement of a tale as a " personal bio graphy," too, would obviously lead the public to imagine that it contained a history of its author's life. Such an idea would be utterly and cruelly false. It was never intended for an autobiography —the character of the hero has nothing in common with that of my late brother (except that he, like Marston Lynch, was a struggling man of letters), nor was the story ever put forth as a " personal 1 biography," either by its author or by any one until he who could best have spoken as to its iu tention could speak no more. I have to apologise for troubling you at this length, but having been requested by my poor brother to compile and publish such of his works as he deemed worthy of preservation, I considered it my duty thus to vindicate his memory, and to de precate any hostile criticism upon a tale which, without this explanation, must appear so imper fect, not to say inartistic as a whole.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN CARGILL BROUGH. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. REVIEW OF TIIE COLDSTREAM GUARDS.—His Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge and Lord Clyde proceeded yesterday morning to Hyde Park for tho pur pose of reviewing the first battalion of the Coldstream Guards. A vast. number of persons assembled to witness the proceedings, but the arranxements were so well made that everybody was able to see all that was going on. The men composing the battalion left the Wellington Barracks at a few minutes before ten o'clock and marched up Constitution-hill to that portion of Hyde Park in which her Majesty reviewed the Volunteers a few weeks since. Lord Clyde was loudly cheered. He was accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Rokoby, Lord C. Paulet, Lord Holmesdale an d other officers of dis tinction. The review lasted= hour and a quarter. At its close Lord Clyde was again loudly cheer ed as h e reached Piccadilly, and frequently bowed his acknowledgments. The battalion immediately afterwards marched back to the Wellington Barracks. " At dawn on the 20th, all the troops were in I movement to attack the Neapolitans, who had come out of the fort and village of Milazzo, which they oc cupied. Malenchini commanded the left ; General Medici and Cozens the centre ; while the right was composed of a few companies only, intended to cover the centre and left wing from a surprise. Garibaldi was in the centre, where the action was expected to be the sharpest. The firing began on the left from the Neapolitan outposts, concealed in a reed bed half-way between Mira and Milazzo. A quar ter of an hour later the centre attacked the Neapo litan line and drove it from its first position. The right meanwhile dislodged the Neapolitans from some houses which they occupied. As the difficulties of the ground prevented reinforcements from arriv ing, Bosco, with 6,000 men, turned upon the 500 or 600 who had driven him back. The latter were at first obliged to retire before the superior numbers of the enemy, but, when other troops came up to their aid, they again attacked the enemy, many of whom were still concealed among reeds and pro tected by fig. trees, so that a charge with the bayonet was impossible. Medici, while advanc ing at the head of his men, had a horse killed under him. Cozens was struck in the neck by a spent ball and fell; he was for a moment supposed to be mortally wounded, but he was only stunned, and almost instantly he was on his legs again, shouting ' Viva l'ltalia! ' Garibaldi, at the head of the Genoese carbineers and some guides, attempted to take the enemy in the flank, but sud denly came on a gun placed on the centre of the road, and which he determined to attack. When within twenty paces, the cannon, loaded with grape, was fired by the King's troops. The effect was terrible, only five or six men remained stand ing. Garibaldi had part of his boot and his stirrup carried away; his horse was also wounded, and he was compelled to alight. Major Breda and his trumpeter were killed by his side ; Misori's horse fell dead under him ; Statella was left standing un hurt in the midst of the iron storm; all the others were killed or wounded. The gun which had done all this mischief was taken soon after. Then, the Neapolitan infantry opened and gave passage to a charge of 50 cavalry for the purpose of retaking the piece. Colonel Donon's men, who had been but little under fire, threw themselves to the sides of the road instead of receiving the charge on their bayonets. The cavalry came like a whirlwind, the Sicilians firing froth both sides. Thus assailed, both right and left, the commander of the Neapo litan cavalry stopped and wanted to turn back, but found the passage barred by General Garibaldi, Misori, Statella, and five or six men. The General seized the officer's bridle, and cried out, ' Surrender.' The officer replied with a blow of his sabre, which Garibaldi parried, and by a back stroke cut the officer's cheek open. The latter fell from his horse. Meanwhile, three or four sabres were raised against theGeneral,who wounded one of his assailants with a thrust of his sabre, while Misori killed two others, and the horse of a third with his revolver. Statella brought down one antagonist,while another who sprang at Misori's throat, was killed by the fourth shot of his re volver. While this struggle was drawing to a close, Garibaldi rallied his scattered men, charged with them, and either took or killed the rest of the fifty horsemen. Seconded by his centre, he next charged the Neapolitans, Bavarians, and Swiss with the bayonet. The Neapolitans fled at once, but the Bavarians and Swiss made a short stand before they gave way. This decided the fate of the day." . _ The - following letter, dated Messi n a, J u l y 21 , gives some further details : " I wrote you already that Bosco left this place with a body of 4,000 men of Chasseurs a cheval, and with part of a train of artillery. It was his intention to go and occupy the territory between Barcellona and Milazzo; but General Medici thwarted his design. He had posted four of his companies, about 400 men, on a hill commanding the road, with the view of offering him resistance. Bosco, however, anticipated the movement, and making his way across the vineyards, hurried on to Milazse almost with the rapidity of a flight. The danger of an attack seemed to have passed away when the idea came into Bosco's head to attack the handful of men still remaining on the hills, and he despatched there a thousand of his troops with half a battery and 30 cavalry ; having come upon them unexpectedly, he made 13 soldiers and 1 officer prisoners. They had formed an outpost, but on the signal being given our troops came up, repelled the assault, charged the Neapolitans, killed 40, wounded 80, took I know not how many prisoners, and very nearly got the cannon. This happened on the 17th. About vespers Bosco renewed the attack, with an imposing array of troops, hot our. had also received rein fort-Pr.:lento, and their triumph was easy, although in nume rical force far inferior to that of the enemy. The details of the second attack are not yet known. Meanwhile Bosco was demanding reinforcements, and entreating that they might be sent as speedily as possible. He complained of the inferior officers, terming them asses and cowards. Major Maring has been put under arrest by him for cowardice. He requested the removal of the Bth regiment of Chasseurs in consequence of their total want of dis cipline—and such is really the fact, they are hope lessly disorganised —and concluded by asking leave to throw up his command. This despatch, inter cepted• by our troops, was made public and then forwarded by the commander of Messina to Gen. Clary. Meanwhile there arrived on the 19th at Barcellona the illustrious General Garibaldi. His arrival was hailed with universal enthusiasm. He hurried to the field of action, intimated to Bosco that he must yield at discretion, or give battle, and yesterday morning he attacked him. I yield to --, whose letter I have this moment re ceived, the honour of describing an attack most glorious for Garibaldi, for Sicily, and for Italy. I give you here his very words : This morning, at six a.m., there commenced a very heavy firing, which was kept up until evening. The battle was most desperate. We were fighting with bayonet.; whilst exposed to discharges from cannon, most skilfully placed at points where one least ex pected them. The cannon were taken, but with great sacrifices. There are perfect shoal of woun , led and we must improvise, as we best can, the hospitals which are wanted; and the numbers of the wounded are in want of all the requisite comforts and appli-, antes, for no one expected the battle, and no one was prepared for it. The steamer Veloce took part likewise in the attack. Finally, at about 4 p.m., the national troops entered Milazzo, and drove the Neapolitans into the castle, where they surrounded them on all sides. Casa Cassisi was destined for' quarters, but all the furniture was flung out at the windows. From all the wine stores the troops were supplied with wine. had received no injury up to 2 p.m., so, at least, I am told by his wounded companions, of whom I have seen many on their way to the hospital. It is no 4 in my power to seek him, because my horses are completely done up from constantly bringing in th e w ou nd e d, w h o ar= rive in every possible degree of mutilation and of agony, so that it almost breaks one's heart to look at them. Our losses were serious. There had just come in 1,000 men, quite fresh from Patti, with artillery.' " The report of the directors to be submitted to the half-yearly meeting to-morrow states that the cor poration of London have become shareholders to the extent of £200,000, as previously arranged, and have nominated to the direction three members of their body. The bill promoted by the company for improving their station arrangements has been passed. The other, introduced by the company for effecting a better communication between their railway and the system of the Great Northern Railway was adopted and promoted by the Great Northern Railway Company, and has received the royal assent, and the works of the new junction will be undertaken by and at the cost of that company. The corporation of London have obtained the sanction of Parliament to establish extensive markets in Smithfield for the sale of meat and provisions, and to afford railway companies facilities there, not only for traffic for the purposes of the market, but also for receiving and delivering goods for the general trade of the City and the central districts of the metropolis. The bill pro moted at the instance of the company for a short line to connect their railway with the new markets, and with the large and convenient railway station which will there be formed, has also received the sanction of the legislature. Arrangements have been made by this company, and the Great Western Railway Company, with the corporation for the use of the ground under the market for the purposes of a goods station. The rent to be paid by the two companies for this iarge space is fixed at £2,000 per annum ; the companies bearing the cost of excavat ing the substructure and its retaining walls, and also a portion of the cost of the roof, the Corpora tion defraying the larger portion of the latter, and all charges incidental to the erection of the market. The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com pany have obtained powers to extend their line to Join the railway of the company at its present ter minus in Victoria-street ; the system of the Metro politan Railway will be thus placed in direct rail way communication not only with Dover and the continent, but also with the southern portions and suburbs of the metropolis. Considering the enormous traffic which the Metro politan Railway will undoubtedly be required to accommodate, and more especially the need of space near the proposed goods depot at Smithfield, the directors have thought it expedient to purchase the whole of the vacant land belonging to the cor poration of London on the eastern side of Victoria street and north of West-street. For this land, in quantity 5 acres 19 perches, the purchase money has been agreed at £179,157, of which £60,000 will be paid in money during the next twelve months, and the remainder by a rent-charge at the rate of 4+ per cent. per annum redeemable in 40 years. The works both at King's-cross and at Paddington are in full progress ; a very consider able portion of the land for the line and stations has been purchased, and the buildings thereon are being rapidly cleared. Although the stations at Victoria-street and Smithfield will no doubt be suf ficient for the previously contemplated traffic of the railway, it is impossible to deny that a station nearer to the Bank is a public requirement; and the directors think it advisable that application should be made to Parliament in the ensuing session for an extension from Smithfield to Fins bury-circus. The length of this extension will scarcely exceed half a mile, and the directors are July 21. advised that the property through which it Yesterday, at 6 a.m., the battle commenced at would pass is not of a costly description. The Milaano, and was not over before 8 p.m. The struggle directors are of opinion that no preference stook wasterrible. There wasfighting along the wholeline. should be created f or this purpose, but that the ' There was a great carnage of the Bourbonists, wh o eessary cost will b e rea dil y prov id e d f or b y means f ought with much obstinacy, so that it became of a separate capital of the Metropolitan Company, necessary to gain ground foot by foot under a as the traffic over this portion of the line, comnria- shower of grape. The field of battle, covered with ing the combined traffic of 114 the Metropolitan dead bodies of the enemy, and with baggage of and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways, will every kind and five guns , was at last conquere d , obviously secu re a satisfactory di v id en d on the am id cries of " Long live Italy !" " Long live capital to be expended up on conStruptien. The Garibaldi i" active operations of the PArnpany have throw' ' Our young men vied in enth us i asm with the brave considerable work upon the secretary, ang it,a men of Garibaldi s legion, which was the first in directors, subject to the approval of the shttro- ,: a o c ombat and the first to charge with the bayonet, holders, have fized his salary at i ,X4ffl per ! L imn . to storm Milazzo , 4111 also seize the first. and OFFICIAL BULLETINS OF TIIE BATTLE This morning, the 21st, the hero Bosco presented himself to the Dictator, and requested leave to quit with the honours of war. " No," replied Garibaldi, "you shall leave disarmed, if you please." Fabrezzi and Interdonato have marched to Gesso, by order of the generalisimo. The enemy occupying that position withdrew immediately to Messina. The Dictator, in a cavalry engagement at Milazzo, cut off with a blow of his sabre the sword-arm of the major of the Neapolitan corps, that was purse' ing him ; after which the Neapolitan cavalry were dispersed and destroyed—a just punishment of their fratricidal obstinacy. Long live Italy ! Long live Victor Emmanuel! Gen. Sirtori, the pro-dictator of Sicily during the absence of Garibaldi from Palermo, issued the following proclamation : PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF SICILY. Citizens,—The Dictator having gone awaay for, some days from this gen erous cap i ta l has charge d me to take the reins of state in his absence. Al though the mission is l beyond my strength, I have accepted it without hesitation, certain as I am to find in you honest co-operation, submission to the laws, and those self-sacrificing virtues without which no liberty can be founded, no state es.n be powerful. The Dictator goes to put himself a t the head of our army which is operating in the pro vino" of Messina. I have the firm conviction that the conqueror in all the combats that he has hitherto engaged with the enemies of Italy is destined te, achieve new and signal triumph s . Alth oug h grieve(' that I cannot share with him the dangers oil the coming battles, I find a consolation in the the ught that I am devoting myself to, the well-being of yonf country, which both for its new and old glories love with the affection of a child. Render my task easy by showing me that devotedness which yo u show to the ma n w h om I am proud to have for rol chief. Palermo, July 18. SIF.TORI. FORTIFICATIONS .ATTRE SEA OF AZOFF. OF MILAZZO, - - The Government of the Dictator has caused the two following bulletins to be published : National Camp of Meri, July 20. This morning at six o'clock an exchange of musket shots took place; it was thought at first to be an affair of outposts, but it soon became a general action. The royalists had artillery ;on our side there was none. The struggle was terrible, the royalists being under cover, whilst our men were fighting in the open. At one moment the position appeared difficult, but at the magic name of Gari baldi our men rushed on like lions and carried the position, and at 25 minutes past 3 our troops en tered Milazzo, after capturing five pieces of artil lery, three of which were taken in the action out.' side the walls, and the two others at the entrance. The Veloce steamer canonaded the fort, where the royalists shut themselves in, constantly pursued by the bayonet; they were crowded there as in a bar rel of anchovies. Our men then took the first gate of the fort and a basti on , an d our fl ag i s floating over one tower. We have a heavy loss to deplore ; that of the royalists is enormous. The surrender of the fort and of the entire column is certain. A reinforce ment, with rifled cannon, has this instant arrived for us. The soldiers of Spadafora, aro retiring upon Gesso. _ _ THE EVENTS AT MESSINA.. The Presse publishes a letter from M. Alexandre Dumas, describing the engagement at Milazzo, of which he was an eye-witness. The following are extracts second redoubts of the fortress, still pressing the Bourbonists close with the bayonet. Our loss has not been excessive. The legion of Garibaldi has had a few of its men wounded ; our young men have also suffered very little, but the loss of the continental soldiers has been considerable. Enormous loss, enormous damage has been inflicted upon the enemy, who in flying was driven into the redoubts, and from them into the rest of the for tress, He was pursued thither, and the water con duits were cut off. THE 111ASSACR.E AT DAMABCUS, The following are extracts of letters from a Er ropean resident in Damascus to a friend in Ber rout : " DAMASCUS, JULY 10, 6.30 A.g. " A few minutes after I closed my letter of yo terday an uproar commenced in ;the street opposite my horse. The Moslems —men, women, and. boya r began to assemble, crying out that all should go t° the Christian quarter to plunder, burn, and Mgr sacre, and threatening not to leave a house or a Christian. I went to the street and spoke to sool° of them, hoping it would come to nothing. It gill rapidly worse. Every one was ca lli ng to others n ot to come without arms, a n d th e women were viole l exciting the men. There was some fear faxpresoe i of the soldiers, but most declared the soldiers Troll not interfere with them. I now found it prudent t: lake the advice of some o f my neighbours, ally keep inside my ho use . Th e s t reet past my house ~6 aboutthe shortest road f rom the Shu.ghoor and P, Meedan, the two worst districts in the city. S° ° ' after I went into my house the ruffians began t o a f return from the Christian quarter with burdens plunder, while the numbers r unn i ng towards la were increasing, and threats, imprecations, 1112, yells were numerous and loud. E very sort and oil of thing was carried past my house—mares an goats, gold and old iron nails, silks and cottons chests large and small, tables, chairs, books, 611 every imaginable arti c l e . Th ere was a reguS, ~, stream of these plundere r s p as t my d oor till nil:" sunset—nearly five hours. Afterwards they came fewer, but they never ceased all night, &°„„ with the dawn they again increased. As soon they had plundered some of the houses they ° them on fire. D ur i ng t h e n i ght, though th?to.., was clear moonlight, the flames and smoke Pi rented a sight as gran d as i t was awful. Durtffs the first half of the night the flames present , an unbroken arc of a cir c l e , as v i ewe d from °,2, 1 0 roof, of more than 70 deg., extending from a litt le north of Bab Shurky to the extreme north poin t the Christian quarter. Towards morning the became shorter, partly because it had. been stencil approaching me, and the Christian quarter se r , comes this way grows narrower, and partly, P e s o . haps, because th e li ne o f fi re was not sweeping o, houses on the north border of the quarter. c o morningwards the flames also became lower, or . a d violent, on mo s t p ar t s o f th e li ne, an d f ewer hi ) * were in flames at once. Still th e fi re i s rag ing r f fully. Thera ha.. been an. increasing i um utt aj ai cries, of the fire, o f b rea ki ng open houses, so" mingled up togeth er . I h ave no means of • guessing the amount of murder committed. Last night CO partitively feW appear t o h ave b een kill e d , but theme is said to have been more butchery this morning, I cannot go out of m y d oor w i t h out b e i ng in midst of these hellish ruffians thirsting and crying for blood and pl un d er . If one o f the native Curia tians in my house were t o go out I b e li eve h e eo° not reach the corner of the street alive. So m y means of information b eyon d w h at I see an d bet , W of the flames and. tumult and plund er are ve la limited. e overhear a go o d d ea l o f t h e i r t a lk `— the street and some of the talk of our Mogen" neighbours on the roofs. "I believe it would not have needed a great efi b ... l4 on the part of the Government to prevent all tit' but not the sli g ht es t e ff ort has yet been ma d There were soldiers in the Christian quarter neighbourho o d, o th ers were sent in the evenll3° with four guns, and more this morning, b u t the, have not at a ll interfered with th e ru ffi ans . Y e t a int . jority of the miscreants are actually women, bon . and girls. I wo u ld affirm that there are not in more than a few hundred men —say, 50A—mcti the lowest of th e l ow , an d m i sera bl y armed. Not one in 20 has a gun. A very l arge num b er have only sticks, the rest swor d s , p i sto l s, d agger s, r axes. Opposite my door is a sort of s topping" place for them, and we can over h ear th e i r ta lk, an d I can affirm that from the first, and all throne , they have had the greatest dread of the interferenc e of the soldiers, and constantly ask one another se_ they meet w h e th er th e so ldi ers i n such an d suc h 1 ` direction are stopping th e mur d erers or o ppos ing them, and this although, d ur i ng 17 h ours , soldiers have been perfectly passive. I belief' firmly that 100, or at the most 200 soldiers, O r armed resolute men, not soldiers, co u ld have P,..1 , down the insurrection at the worst moment. eaurse it would have b een eas i er to do so Wit'l- the first hour or two. --- " This meagre account does not give anYth in i g like an adequate conception of this most horrible; and most disgraceful affair ; that words coula hardly do. Horses, donkeys, and mules are e n " ployed t o carry plunder, and some of the soldier! help themselves to a share. There were several thousands of poor widows, orphans, and other plundered and ruined refugees here, depending 0 1 the charity of the Christians for food, shelter, an clothes. They are now burnt out again amid thg horrors of last night, and those who were providing bread for them are now as helpless and miserabl ° as themselves. " NOON. " The plundering still continues, but the number engaged in it seems greatly reduced since morning I and most of the articles now are of little value No effort has yet been made to stop this reign oil terror and destructi on , eas y as it would seem to be ;1 and a Christian, at l eas t a ma n, would, prob a bly,. be in greater danger among the ruffians now thani at any former period. The houses are still burn.' ing, though apparently not nearly 80 muc h ap i through the night, but I cannot see so we ll, a s I cannot go so freely on my roof in the d ay as I cou ld. during the night. We have made a peephole over the street from which we can see and hear without; rt teins ofy being seen ; for if seen we should p ro b a bl y b e verl soon disposed of. These ruffians fr om th e M ee darlf and the Arabs, gipsies, &c., a mong t h em, k n ot nothing of me, and rush past thi n ki ng only o f ftle Christian neighbours do net betre, m may probably escape, but there are some, 0 aen Id s, them not to be trust e d . W e are not in hureitAll h but q i u n a he r. ha If hands One infinitely wise an d good as well as i n fi n i tely powerful, and wit boll', His permission nothing can befall us. " THE WESTERN BANK.—The liquidators of the Western Bank of Scotland have a d ver ti se d th a t th ir y now desirous to pay off all the deposit s s till l e ft i n thei; hands by the public, and any other d e bt s d ue , an d th at after the 31 s t o f August next no interest will be allowed 011 any money not called for. It must be satisfactor Yto th e partners of that unfo r t una t e concern t h us t o i • eceive full relief from th e c l a i ms o f th e pu bli c. The wig Kling -11 5 has been conducted very creditably to all concerned, 8 , 1 ? 1 , the sh are h o ld ers are d eserv i ng a special co mm endatio n for their prompitude i n mee ti ng th e h eavy ca l Is whl„ they were required to make, as by thus not o nly suri plementing, but largely anti c ip a ti ng th e rea li s a tion . ,(?„ assets, they have enabled th e li qu id a t ors , w ithi n iqn more than two years, to disch arge u p war d s o f £6,01D0,00 0 debts. GOLD AND SILVER.—In the first 6 months of the present year the registered imports into this countr:r of r o W; and silver bullion and s p ec i e amoun t e d t o 110,97 5 9,, and the exports to £10,880,886, or near l y th e sar ae !." Of the exports no l ess th an £6,144,527 wen t to BIORTIdo transit to India and China, those dry and thirsty l a , which absorb so m uc h t reasure . F rance a l so took % Ili us £1,832,145 more than we received from her- 1 Neat supply which came fr om Aust ra li a; A mer i ca , a nd the Indies amounted to £7,926,410, and little or none fl ow back.