The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-27 00:00:00

IhAONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY COMPANY.—NOTICE IS HERESY GIVEN, at immediately lifter the conclusion of the business to be transacted at the Special General Meeting of this Company at Euston Station, on Saturday, the 10th day of September next, ANOTHER SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING Will be held at the same place, for the purpose of considering and deciding as to the entering; into and acceptance of a proposed Lease to this Company from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Com pany, of their Railways, Works,, Undertaking, Property, and Xffects (including' the Lancaster and Preston Junction, and Kendal and WiZderraere Undertakings, and the Property and Effects connected therewith, respectively); and if so de termined on, to authorise the execution of such lease or leases, and all contracts and other acts, deeds, matters, and things which the Directors consider needful in reference thereto. — Dated this 22d day of August, 1859. CHANDOS, Chairman. C. R. MOORSOM, Deputy-Chairman, . C. E. STEWART, Secretary. Euston Station, London, 26th August, 1859. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE. Linder the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, THE WIFE'S SECRET. Mr. and Mrs, C. Kean. To conclude with A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. HIS EVENING the performances will oommenoe with THE CONTESTED ELECTION. Followed by MASKS AND FACES ; Triplet, Mr. Benj. Webster. Peg Wellington, Mrs. C. Mathews. And HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. NMEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. Billington, Stuart, P. Bedford, C. Marshall' C. J. Smith, Garden ; 3liss Marian Lacey, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. Billington. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. C. Marshall, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. - A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh THIS EVENING, THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL, After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Swanborough, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts being in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. - THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, sonsisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR., SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios evci written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 81—highest since noon yesterday. 66--lowest this morning and during the night. 73—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.90, rising. WIND, Westerly; light, with very fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 44m.—Afternoon, lh. 12m. To-MORROW-Morning, lh. 37m.—Afternoon, 2h. Om. THE SUN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1859. The fate of Italy still hangs ix the balance. If the people were left to themselves all would be well, and time alone would consolidate their free dom. But from the first we had sad doubts of the integrity with which their cause was espoused. There was the mark of the cloven foot but half veiled from public observation. There was a secresy in reserve for after development, and that secresy is now being stealthily unfolded. About two months ago—just before the battle of Solferino—we hinted that there seemed to be a screw loose about the movements, or rather the long delays, of Prince NAPOLEON in and about Florence. That portion of the army which he commanded was much wanted on the right of the Grand Army in the neighbourhood of Mantua, but there were few signs of its coming. The fact was, as we sus pected, Prince NAPOLEON was paying his fervent addresses to the Tuscans by every manoeuvre pos sible with a. keen eye to hereafter. And now the murder seems' to ooze out, for not only had one spy been sent to sound the feelings of the Tuscans, but another and a higher has followed in the same vein. It is said that the Emperor NAPOLEON has set his face against; all sort of machinations for influencing the,. Tuseans - to vote for, and. to invite the husband of the King of SARDINIA'S daughter to become the Grand Duke or King of Florence ; and yet they are expected, nay, gently urged and affectionately persuaded to exchange the exiled Duke for the Imperial Prince ! Now, this seems to be but the beginning of the end. Austria will not be permitted to interfere for the Dukes, nor will France either. And yet—the people, almost frantic with joy, and shedding tears in each other's embrace on the recovery of their freedom—Will not be allowed to exercise their in dependence-. No—not they. They may play at liberty for a while, but by-and-bye the stern behest of a stronger power will cast a gloom over their ecstatic deliriUm. What the end will be time must prove. Perhaps a war more determined and far more general, and, certainly, more conclusive than the last. M. DE MOD.NY, the grand millionaire of the Bourse, has been lecturing on the utter absurdity of the English Government being at length real earnest in their wishes to complete the defences of the nation. He considers such a. • folly as an insult to France —or rarer as an evidence of suspicion that any plans are secr3tly being carried on against the peace of Europe by the Emperor NAPOLEON. M. DE MoßNT.rnay harangue to. his . heart's content, and affect to believe . what he .says ; but for our part we will just trust him and his sayings after we are perfectly prepared against his doings, or those of his master. --- The fol • lowing is M. DE MOBNY'S speech : You have Participated, gentlemen, in the enthusiasm excited by our victories, you have shared in the unanimous gratitude of ,France for the great moderation of the Em peror. But -yqu, find , it difficult to understand how his Majesty's evident desire to prevent a E conflagra tion can have cawed in E ng u sa4 the newspaper speeches, and the v a ar e like wspa p p r e e r par art a ie tio le n s, s the Parliamentary o f w hich so much has been said. You know, without doubt, by means of, what logic the E ng li sh explain their appre h ens i o ns. They say, Our Press is free—the French press is not so ; therefore insults have not •tlie same import ance in one as in the other.' That is quitean error. There are in France no means of preventing a journal fr om pot , lishing what seems to it right—the Government is only armed against the press with the power of warning and of suspension, irhich are , repressive measures. The Engli s h add, ' The Thriperor retains at the bottom of his heart the desire to avenge Waterloo- and St. Helena; he only con cluded peace with the Emperor ofaussia in order to make him an ally he has been generous to the Emperor of Austria .only to make a friend of him also; and with that double alli ance he intends to attack England.' I donot think it inep t lortune to tell you what I think on that subject. We liv e at' a period when • the • hatreds 'of . castes and families hr we succumbed , from ithe increa.sed mildness ofmanners, an d at which national hatred and prejudice have been of wed by c:ivillsation. - The: new generations have alpine thing• else tO do'than tá avenge the 'past ; they are too en light( fled f to act °many other , motive than the interest of the p resent and the future. The Emperor and the present genes ation of Frenchmen are not those of whom it can be said, ' They liave learned nothing and forgotten nothing.' _ . Aft thisi is very fine for what it is worth. Let :thou believe it who may. But we entertain gray o doubts no,. not doubts, but stern con icti ons. Let M. DE MOItNY speak : we will ac t• Does he remember the ga . me at cards 47'''' '. 1/ 9e s 4. , ~.' , (,_ 7,.-k'7,---4 ---- 7 -- -, "1 V 4 ' , -< -. 2_- :,_.,, ~4 - ' ~ ' ' 4 . a. ~ —",• 7; —, *.- - „ - 'er • ;ios ' •-•- im'e D ,'' '''' . 4.10. , ,; —a.„... THE SUY LONDON, 1 . _ at two in the morning of the second De- visited this marvel of_the deep.pan alone realise the cember which he was playing at whiff " ';l)paiity , The e . sinnplptness,, and the grandeur of the l' the Republic was writhing in convulsions whole desigi. The , mfignitude of the dimensions under the fury of its brave defehdere of the .Gr3at astern 'Ay lie Vaiired to the mind's M. de MORNY was cool and indifferent, then to the eye, how ever, by the 'array of figUres marking her shrieks of French liberty: he would be equally cool stupene.Lous proportions. As one of the most - but infinitely glad to witness the downfall of , striking illustrations of thegreat bulk of the vessel, English independence. Let him wait a bit : he prc- take the fact, most recently speeified,:namely, that tests overmuch, but we are wide awake now'! i 'with - . all sails_ spread- the leviathan , :will open- to. the wimds of heaven nearly five thousand square feet of canvas--sails of such capacity that it is estimated ti at, with a moderately ; strong breeze upon the quarter, the Great Eastern could be driven onwards by the winds alone at the rate of fifteen knots an hour at the lowest computation. Perhaps more wonderful, however, than the enormous dimensions of this superb vessel, are the exquisitely delicate and finished completeness of its arrangements. Of which, assuredly, no more remarkable evidence could possibly be ad duced than that afforded by the adaptation here of the admirable invention contrived by Mr. LANG LEY, the shipbuilder of Deptford. A contrivance so applied to the steering of the Great Eastern that we are told—" By means of this, Captain HARIZISON, or the officer of the watch on the bridge, will be enabled to steer the ship by a signal indicator with as much certainty as if he guided the wheel himself. A small illuminated dial, with a moveable index, is fixed on the bridge, in front of the officer of the watch, and connected with an other of the same description in front of the men at the helm. Moving the index finger of the machine on the bridge to port or starboard moves the index of the machine before the helm at the same time, so that not a second is lost in putting the helm hard up or down. In the same manner the rudder itself is connected with another small dial before the helmsmen, which tells by its index that they have exactly obeyed orders, while this again communi cating with a similar machine on the bridge shows the officer of the watch the instant his commands are executed. The movements of the latter dial being, of course, regulated by those, of the rudder, the officer on duty has always the helm, as it were, under his eye, and can detect if the men suffer the vessel to deViate a quarter of a point from her course even for a second. The apparatus, moreover, pos sesses another advantage, and that is, that simply moving over the index finger to hard aport opens up two red lights on the port side, and by turning it to starboard a double green one is similarly dis played. Thus small vessels are afforded every faci lity for getting out of the monster's way in her im petuous rush over the deep." An arrangement, this last, of no small consideration to all the lesser craft (large and small) afloat—bearing in mind what would be the force of this moving mountain, whose motto might well be the olal battle-cry of the Innis killeners—Faugh na Ballagh ! Whenever the day dawns when the Great Eastern shall take her de parture for the first time from these shores, who is there that will not wish her a heartfelt God-speed across the waters of the Atlantic? So—the first step has been taken towards th e revision of our National Defences. The Royal Coy o mission has been duly announced in the Lend 'on Gazette of last evening. The Royal Commission ers are now formally appointed by the Sovereii Their powers are specified as clearly and cats; go rically as their names are enumerated. Gene ral Sir HARRY JONES, General DUNCAN CAMERJON. Admiral GEORGE ELLIOT, General Sir FREDERICK ABBOTT, Captain ASTLEY KEY, R.N., Colonel JO.UN LEFROY, R.A., and Mr. JAMES FERGUSSON—seven in all, four military, two naval, and one civilian, are the " trusty and well-beloved" her _MAJESTY'S Royal Commissioners. The Secretary of the Com mission being another "trusty and well-beloved," ' DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Major in the Army and Cap tain in the Royal Engineers. The selection, alto gether, appears to be in every respect very judicious. As a matter of course there is an ELLIOT even in this brief list of seven—mais cela va sans dire. Perhaps the Commissioners will be none the worse for it. Not because we having any, the smallest, faith whatever in the right divine of the great old Whig Families to conduct inquiries, or to govern dependencies of the Crown, or to preside over de partments of the Government better than anybody else in the three kingdoms. But just simply be cause, at the present moment, the favoured scions of those great houses are in a manner put upon their metal really to work as well as they possibly can—the attention of the whole community being jealously directed to their every official move ment. Wherefore, we are not disposed to grumble for one instant at the choice made in this or in any other instance— though at the same time we are ready to acknow ledge our regret that circumstances have tended to preclude a man like Sir JOHN BURGOYNE from taking a conspicuous, if not the principal part, in the labours of the Royal Commission.; The motives which have led to the appoint ment of this commission are succinctly and yet comprehensively stated in that one single paragraph in the Gazette of yesterday : " Whereas, we have thought it expedient, for divers good causes and considerations that a Commission should forthwith issue that inquiries may be made by our Commissioners into the present state, condition, and sufficiency, of the fortifications existing for the defence of our United Kingdom, and of examining into all works at present in progress, for the improvement there of, and for considering the most effectual means of rendering the same complete, especially all such works of defence as are intended for the protection of our Royal arsenals and dockyards, in case of any hostile attack being made by foreign enemies both by sea and land." Exception cannot be taken by any foreign Power whatsoever to works so purely, so necessarily, and exclusively defensive in their character. Whatever feelings may be provoked against Belgium beyond the frontier of that little third-rate kingdom by the late vote of the Assembly at Brussels for the extension and general improvement of the Antwerp fortifications—England is too powerful and gigantic to have her defensive operations cavilled at by any state or states in the length and breadth of Christendom. The very particularity of the wording of the important document nominating the Seven Commissioners, and their Secretary—em powering them to act, to inquire, and to advise— shews as plainly as anything can shew it that the project, as its very title implies, is simply the institution of an earnest scru tiny into the state of our Coast Defences. None, not the most thin-skinned foreign ruler, can in reason take umbrage at such proceedings Scarcely would it be decorous even in France to view the project as otherwise than perfectly com patible with the integrity of the alliance between the two countries—France, whose magnificent cele bration of the completion of her stupendous works at Cherbourg was graced by the presence of the Royal Lady who nominates the members of this Commission. Let our gallant neighbours, then, bear in mind that upon, the , opening of those grand defensive works at Cherbourg, two or three years ago, by her own imperial chief' there by his side, as he passed among the com pleted Cherbourg fortifications, was " VICTORIA,' by the grace of GOD, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith"—the same august lady who now tells her royal commissioners—" For the better enabling you to carry these our royal intentions into effect, we do hereby authorise and empower you, or any five or more of you, to call for, have access to, and exa mine all plans, designs, estimates, and contracts for all works of defence now in progress or under our consideration, or any other plans or designs that may be laid before you for the same object." Adding—" And we •do give and grant to you, or I any five or more of you, full power and authority to call before You s u ch persons in our civil, military, or naval services as you shall judge likely to afford you the best and fullest information upon the subject of this our commission, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all other law ful ways and means whatsoever." To the regal injunctions afterwards contained in the document published in another part of our columns we would add yet another, a popular, a national, an universal injunction—one breathed at this moment by many millions of our population. A recommen dation to the Royal CommissionerS that' in the conduct of their inquiries they should act with speed though without precipitation. Their motto might not inaptly be those familiar words of SHAKSPERE—" If 'twere done, 'twere well 'twere done quickly." Let them act with skilled promp titude, though at the same time with watchful precision. That latest, !as it is also about the greatest, among the Wanders of the Worldthe Great Eastern, the Mammoth Ship. the Leviathan—to day closes her career as a mere exhibition. Already, however,, simply as_ a spectacle opened, to public admiration, the . glorious monster has .realised in this way, by an accumulation of small fees, upwards of £4,060 sterling. ,For, the purposes of sight-seeing, however, her day ;ends , with .this present Saturday. Her momentous trial trip is before her,, almost immediately. She is to moorings {f or th e fi rst • t i me s i nce h er i 4 auti i il t o her , ) upon the 3d of September: Upon the morning !of which day she will be towed down the lace, bringing river bY fl eans 'of four tugs--two ahead and two astern. ° he down ff r thelV ore , her c o ali ng W i ll take p more than te n f eet deeper than . she is at preslenta-ithe coaling being conducted with such speed by means of the steam cranes that it ii Calculated that within , forty-eight hours 10,000' ils 'can be stowed away ? in appropriate Comp eats. Those who, like ourselves, have ari STATUE OF THE LATE GENERAL SIR JOHN NEILL. Yesterday a duplicate copy of the statue of this gallant and lamented officer was successfully cast at the statue foundry of Messrs. Robinson and Cottam, Pimlico. The one which has been already executed is for erection in the town of Ayr, Sir John Neill's native place ; that cast yesterday is destined for Madras. Both are of heroic size, and represent General Neill in the dress which he wore when he received his mortal wound at the gate of Lucknow, when he, with Havelock, made his second and suc cessful effort to relieve the heroic little garrison of that city. The statue is said to possess all that strong individuality of resemblance, with the bold- ness of attitude and outline which are so charac.? teristic of Mr. Noble's works. The pose is at once dignified and commanding, and without any of that straining after effect which so often mars the beauty of these public memorials.. The whole figure impresses the spectator as being a natural and dig nified likeness of one of our most gallant soldiers. One arm rests easily upon the handle of the sword, while the other extended in the act of directing the execution of so.i.e order, harmonizes well with the reserved though firm and most energetic expression of the features. At the foot of the figure in the background is a broken cannon, which the military cloak of the General just touches in easy folds. More towards the front, on the ground, is one of the light pith helmits in general wear among the officers in India. These slight accessories aid the general effect, with* at all distracting the attention froth the figure itself. Both the statue at Madras and that at Ayr will be placed on pedestals of granite, with a small bas-relief in front, representing in detail the rapid advance of the succouring army upon the principal gate of Lueknow a few minutes before General Neill was shot dead. Beneath this plaque the fol lowing inscription is intended to bo placed :-- " James George . Smith Neil, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, lieutenant-Colonel in the Madras Army, ,Brigadier-General -in India, -a brave; reso lute, and self-reliant soldier, universally acknow ledged as the first who stemmed the torrent of re bellion in Bengal. He fell gloriously at the relief of Lucknow, 25th September, 1857, aged 47," At the back of the pedestal will be cut, " Erected by Public subscription, 1859." The cast of the Madras figure was made yesterday with the same rapidity, and, as far as could then be judged, with the same success which-has always distinguished the works at this foundry. Both figures are well calculated to maintain the reputation which Mr. Noble has already achieved. The Cowl - tea 'de Mantijo, 'mother of the Empress, has arrived in Paris. ' " ;• The Ocea" Queen, from New 7/ork, has brought £300,000, of which about a third is for England, and is chiefly comPo'sed 'of Mexican &liars. The gold, about £20,000; goes 'abroad. . • „ ' 7. . , MANILLA.—The American ship. Juan Fernandez, which sailed from Manilla forßOSton On the 9th of June, struck on the 'Apol 'shoal,. S.W. of Mindcirs,' on the 15th. She backed off shortly afterwards, and foundered on the 13th inst., when on her way back to Manilla, MADAME GlonDkiiMlDV.s CONCEETS IN DUBLIN. —Mr. Nimmo (Mr. Mitchell's acting 'manager), so well known there in Cormection with the visit of the Christy's Minstrels, has arrived in. town, and is making rapid prepa rations for the appearance of the, above gifted lady. on the 27th and 28th Sept. The tickets; for, the oratorio - arp nearly eatatlten, although at the high prethium'bf a'guirtea. ELECTION ExEEN,sEs.-The electiou auditor's re turn of the expenses incurred by thellon. Fitzpatrick Vernon, thounsuccessful Liberal candidate at the late con test for North Northamptorishire, shows that the convey- • ance of voters cost £ll3 13s. ld., printing, stationery, &c.; £B6 19s. 10d. '•, committee i rooms and. hotel bills, £53 7s. ; agency, £335 9s. 2d. ; official charge", 413 2sl l Bd. ; election , auditors fee, Commission; &C., £24 - 6s. making a total of 1749 17s. 9d. The' expenditure of Lordiiurghley and Mr. George Ward Hunt; the successful Conservative candidates, was greatly in excess of this amount.- • • THE LATE SUICIDE AT SOMERS,TOWN'.—Cono- NEWS INQUEST,.. 7 -Yesterday Mir. Wakley, coroner, held an inquest at the,University Botel,,GoWer-street, on the body. of Ann Susan Beggs, aged 3/, wife of a wood carver living, at 70, Charlton -street, Somers-town, who committed suicide by throwing herself out of an attic. window.. The jury after -some consultation returned the following verdict :—" That deceased destroyed herself in a state of temporary insanity, which •act of desperation was attributable to her husband's grossly wieked and ,immoral conduct." THE CONVICT 'ELLi* RUTTER.—GLOUCESTER, Friday Evening.Tlie ; '6/ rtioriP *filch have been untir ingly made by philanthropic pergens'en behalf of the eon , . 'vict Ellen Rutter, have; been r successful. This morning,. Capt. Mason, the •,.Governor the.,Gleucepter county pri son,- remixed an order, from the Secretary of State's office for the Home, Tiepartnient, to respite' the prisoner during' her Majesty's plea•e: It was understood that, had not the respite' arriVed, , tht, 'last sentence of the . law: would have; been carried into effect to-morrow, I There is no commise ration felt for the woman here ; she has admiqed her guilt,, and the circumstances under whichthefotil crime for which' 49 h a d forfeited .her life was committed are such as to prep 'elude all idea of synipathy fOi'her. No 'doubt the had had Consideiable piOvoeittion from her husband some hours be-; fore the murder; but that she did. cut his tilroat in cool blood none who'read the evidence can doubt. The woman.. hap been a bad character all her life. She was upon the streets , of Gloucester when Rutter married her " and ske has been in the Magdalen ASylum •, but. althcrUgh' while under' control she has always behaved ertditahly, no sooner has she been released from that control than she, has broken out • again. It, iss - expected that her sentence will be commuted to transportation for,life. FOREIGN IRON IMPOR.TED INTO hUSSiA.—A . nke . so of the Eniperor of. Russia, published in the " Gazette,' enacts:-Ist: That - cast and" wrought- iron not made up, arriving direct into-the empire, either t,y land or sea, ,in every place except the ports of.the Sea. of. Azoff, to be sirb-_ ject to the; folloFing duties iron in a raw state, 5 copecks per pood. Wrought , iron : Ray, rail, and scrap, iron, 35 copecks per peed ; assorted iron, '45 copecks per pood ; boiler, plate, sheet, and. Cube-' 70 copecks per pood. 2d. The impost of foreign, cast, and wrought iron direct from abroad into the ports of the Sea of Azoff to re main, for I the 'Present prOhibited;: and id. The existing .duties on these metals, as per tariff of 1857, for the king (l^l4 of P4land, to remain in fc,ree'in. that kingdom for the present, 'without modification. ' . , SATURDAY. EVENI,NG, AUGUST 27, rc, LATEST NEWS. Tli‘e following telegrams have Ibeeta. received at -Mr. Re'uter's'Offic'::=l .._ J.... TRIESTE, .AUG. 25. The Austrian frigate Novara has arrived here, in company of the Austrian squadron, with the yacht of tht'krehtluke - Ferdirlied Maxithilian at Their head. She was received with salutes fired from the fort. ; • BERNE, AUG. 25. A great activity'is to be seen, among the Plenipo tentiaries, and there is a constant arrival and de partureiof couriers. M. de Caumont Laforce has .been recalled bytelegraph. The health of Count Colloredo is completely restored. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Message?. de Bayanne mentions the follow ing incident which tool place during the recent visit of their Majesties at Tarbes : ' " The Empress on going to the salle d'aisle would have no escort, and the Emperor in proceeding to the breeding stud also dispensed with ali ceremony. His Majesty drove two beautiful little ponies of M. Fould, having with him the Minister and the Marquis de Toulongeon, his aide-de-camp. When their Majesties, who had met at the cathedral, Were about to leave that building, the crowd which had colleCted rqund it was so dense that the Em peror and Empress could not pass, and the Em peror with a laugh said that ' at present he was certainly made prisoner.' 'This gracious observation drew forth a loud cry of Vive l'Empereurr !' Vivo l'lmperatrice !'" " The Prince Imperial, who continues, to enjoy excellent health," says a letter from Biarritz, "rides out on the beach on a little pony given' him by the Queen of England. He is always watched with great interest by the numerous persons who always assemble near the spot." 1 The follo ing are the terms in w hich th e Mi n i s t er of the Inter or has announced to the prefects and sub•prefects' the approaching return of soldiers to their homes F— " PARis, 24th. , " The Emperor having or de r ed th a t th e arm y shall'be reduced from a war-footing to a peace one, the marshal, Minister of War, by a circular of the 22d, has prescribed the sending immediately to their homes, by anticipation, the soldiers now in active service whose term of service would expire at the end of the present year." At six o'clock yesterday morning the thermo meter of M. Chevallier stood at 17 5-10ths centi grade (63 Fahr.) ; noon, 30 4-10ths centigrade (83 2-3ds Fahr.) ; and at two o'clock, 32 6-10ths centigrade (90 2.3ds Fahr.) Marshal Neil, to whom the public is indebted for an account of the siege of Sebastopol, is said to be preparing a work on the late campaign in Italy. An unsuccessful attempt has been made to place the town of Rimini under the Papal authority, but the people drove out the Swiss soldiery and re mained masters of the place. The Sultan's state is said to be alarming, and re ports of his death are in circulation. The elections for Bologna are fixed for the 28th. They will be almost unanimous in favour of Italian liberty. The Debats contains a long article on the at tempt made by some persons in Savoy to effect tile separation of that province from Piedmont and to annex it to France. The following is an extract : " Since the revolutionary parties on both sides excite the populations of Savoy to separate, we must believe that there is between the two countries some real cause of repulsion. That is not a reason why their union should not be main tained, for, all things considered, it is useful to both, and it is probably what best suits Savoy. But. the union should not be all to the advantage of Piedmont, and all to the charge of Savoy, for it is just that the good and the bad should be equally divided between the two countries, and caso of doubt the balance ought to incline Inwards kavoy, which is the weakest. But the Sardinian Govern- Inent seems to feel sore at the attempt made by only a limited number ofindividuals. What makes us believe it is that the Sardinian Government persists in maintaining the exceptional regime - created by the law of the 28th of April for the time the war should last, and which ought to. have ceased at the moment the preliminaries - of the peace of Villafranca were signed.. This regime takesfrora Savoy the guarantees which liberty, properly understood, would give her, for it is for the weak that liberty , is desirable—the strong and the powerfalwillingly• do without it. , The question of separation, in ouropinion, so inopportunely raised, and with out any Chance of success; amongst the people of Savoy, has caused the Sardinian,. Government to adopt some measures. which its friends have seen with pain., The. Ministry has just suspended three newspapers without waiting for them to be tried b± the courts, and two of, them are of Savoy,. The Sardinian Government during the last ten years adOpted a system which' succeeded, and of which it is now reaping the recompense. We should see it with regret ;persist in :a very different path, which cannot fail to be fatal to it, and in which it will very soon compromise the just influence it had gained over the population of Italy." The following are the loans at present required by the Governments of the Duchies in Italy : Tuscany, 12,000,000 fr. ; Modena, 5;000,000r. ; and Parma,•3,ooo,ooofr. The city of BolOgna has also been authorised to raise a sum of 6,000,000 fr. Count de: Morny,:_a.s President of the. Genera' Council of the Department of the Drome, has deli vered an address . ; which will be read with much interest in ." T R have particiliated, gentlemen, in the enthusiasm excited by our s ±ietorit'S,'you have shared in the Unanimous gratitude of F'rariCall• the great moderation Odle Eniperv• ;, But you find it difficult to understand how his Majesty's evident desise to _prevent a European confiagration:er. have caused itiEngland the newspaper articles, the liarlia- Mentary speech l e!g e and the warlike preparations, of which so: much. has 'seen said. You knoW, without dOnbt, liy ,means of what ..- 141Cbie English explain their apprehen sions. They §riY," press is free—the French press is not so ; therefore insults have naihe-sahreinapOrttince in • -• one as in the Ryer.' That is quite an 'error. There , are in France no means of preventing a join l i a l front publishing what seems to it s rigiat:Lthe GoVernnient is only armed.. against_ the press, with,the power of warn i n g and of auspen sion, which are repressive measures. The English add, .' The Emperor retains at the bottoinof his heart the desire to Avenge lyitterloo and St. Hlelena"j ho only eoneluded peace With, the Emperor'of Russia in 'order to make him an ally; he has been generous to the ErriPeVir of . A.Uitria only to make a.friend of him also, and with that double alliance he intends to i attack England.' rdo • not • think it inop-, portune to ,teli you 'What I think on that subject, 1.1 7 e live at. a period when the hatreds -t)f castes and families have §uccritabeel ,from . the, increased mildness ' 'of man- - ners ;. and at Which national hatred and prejudice have begn effaced by civilisation. The new geneiations have, something: else to do, than to avenge, the past; .they are too enlightened to act on any other motive than. the , interest of the present and the future.: The,Ern peror and the present generation of Frenchmen are- not Of those of WhornNahlie'said, They have learned nothing' and forgotten nothing.' As for the generous proceedings between the three Emperors, to ascribe them to the specu lative object indicatled abrive is it notivreduee to the pro portions of a paltry theatrical intrigue the regulation of the great interests of Europe, and to degrade the elevated gen.= timents which God has placed in the heart of a Sovereign for the welfaee of humanity ? Assuredly, lam better able than any other to appreciate the loyal fidelity of the Em peror and his pacific intentions ; for When 'he did me the' honour to - send me to Russia to drii\v'eloser the relatiens . between the two empires, the part of m'y instructions - which dominated ever' other was this— Do not allow any en= oroaehment to be made on the English allianer:; and, far from endeavoirring io diOide the great - PbWors, -- on the eon: trary, point out that if they had the good sense to unite and 'to conic to an understanding all the laltry difficulties which arise in Europe , ihay be solved peaceably.' ' Need I recall to youranemory the' incidents which preceded - the war with . Austria in order to prove that the Emperor Napoleon, whilst desiring to free; italy, . and to disengage the frontier of Trance &env Austrian pressure, would have preferred at taining that objea by a congress rather than by.a war ? The number and the State of our army at the moment when the ultimatum of Austria was issued, prove this. And if the statesmen of England who now consider that enough has not been done for,the Italians had consented before the war to express the sympathies which they now manifest, it is to be presumed that the affairs of Italy'would have been regu lated bydiplomacy.. I reptat that after all the Emperor has done and said, to suspect him of preparing in the dark, Without any. Other: motive than .antic. enmity, an enter-, priae which would throw into confusion the gravest interests in the world!, - Anil tveuld- be the most fatal blow to civilisa-: tion,.is to doubt lisittord.and his heart as a, Sovereign and a maxi." • After• expressing the opinion that perhaps the attempts Which have 'been made . by certain newt . - pape;:s and speakers in England to excite distrust of France 'were only inspired by i the desire of the one toincrease their' eireulittion; nfid ef,,,ther„.o4ey 1859. ' to gain popularity, Count de Morny went on to • say:— ,•, " Time and the determination of the Emperor to lead Franco into the occupations and labours of peace, will, k doubt not, triumph over chimerical fears. That, gentlemen, ' is the sort of war which we must wage with England. Let us resolutely terminate our means of conveyance with our "cold=pitS ; let us reduce the cost pride of all raw materials and of all our inanufactured articles ; let us imitate the English in what we are deficient in ; 'let us gain strength .from, the spirit ofaSsociation without continually requiring the support of the Government ; let us endeavour to con quer, and by prudent use preserve, the liberties which make • .a man absolute master of his own welfare; and which have no other limits than the wrong done to ethers. Yet, let ua make on England a manufacturing and commercial war—a • conflict of progress and 'civilisation, loyal, avowable, and which will be advantageous to all. That is what the Em peror desires ; let us second his efforts. Already is the amnesty a work of pacification which is the prelude of the system into which we are about to enter. Let us hope that it will be so understood by everybody, especially by those who are the object of it." An interesting report addressed by Marshal Valliant, from Milan. to the French Academy of Sciences (of which he is a distinguished member), testifies to the successful results of the discovery of MM. Come, Demeaux, and Velpeau for the treat ment of putrid sores. Among the wounded of Sol ferino 20 Austrian soldiers presented wounds which had become putrid, and emitted a fetid stench. It was on these 20, separated into four groups, that four French surgeons experimented with the dis infecting process of M. Come. They succeeded beyond their sanguine hopes, and were enabled to follow the progress of the ,new ,method with great accuracy. The surgeon 'has, according to the re• port, found an auxiliary long sought for in vain against putrid sores. The letter which gives these particulars states that the number of French wounded who are at Milan, Brescia, and Cremona is still very considerable, though there is a sensible diminution each day. In'a short time the civil hos pitals will be completely emptied, the sick being gradually removed to the military hospitals, which are placed under the direction of the surgeons of the French army. As the patients become conva lescent they are transferred to Piacenza, and thence to Genoa, for embarcation to Toulon or Marseilles. Hardly a day passes that there do not arrive at Milan, Brescia, and Cremona mothers or other female relatives of the young wounded soldiers; they are all received by the inhabitants in the kindest manner. I must not omit stating that many of these mothers or sisters owe to the inex haustible generosity of the Empress of the French the means of reaching the bedside of their children or their brothers. One instance has fallen under my own observation. A lady whose circumstances did not at the moment permit of her visiting her son, a young soldier who was wounded most severely at the battle of Solferino, and who is now in hospital at Cremona with a bullet in his knee ; she addressed-a letter to the Duchess of Magenta, the' wife of the gallant M'Mahon, who lost not a moment in replying, and enclosed the letter to the Empress. It was the day of their Majesties' de parture for the Pyrenees; and, in spite of all the diligence used, the letter only reached its destina tion at six o'clock. At eight o'clock the Empress left, but at half-past seven a sum amply sufficient for the expenses of the mother's journey to Cre mona was brought to her, and delivered with an exquisite delicacy which enhanced the gift. The Empress apparently did not wish to quit Paris and leave a benefit unaccomplished. This is but one out of many instances that could be cited. BOURSE, Aug. 26.—The market continues dull, and business completely at a stand-still. Threes have been done at 69f. 15c., and are now at 69f. sc. Mobilicr varied from 830f..t0 832 f. ; Austrian, 560 f. to 557 f. 50c. ; Lombard, 561 f. 25 c . t o 560 f. ; Orleans, 1,367 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 870 f. ; Southern, 512 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. 97 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents . 6B 95 Do. end month 69 05 Bank Shares 2800.. Credit Mobilier Do. Account Credit Fancier 665 Belgian 4i 99 Piedmontese (5) - Roman B6 Austrian Spar'sh Threes Home Debt 421 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern • • 925 .. 923 75 New ditto. Bl5 Bl5 Lyons and Mediterranean 867 50 .. 867 50 Genevas3s . Southern Western 570 . Eastern Sardinia Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, • paper, 25f. 12ic. ; money, 25f 10c. ; three month s , p a p er , 24f. 971 c.; money, 24f. 95c. ' grounded off Cossipore. The wreck was sold to a native on "Wednesdaylast for 1,500 rupees." ' CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL. The money market is gradually getting easier. The Bank of Beiagtd has made a further reduction of 1 per cent. all round in discounts and advances, and it has reduced the margin on loans on 4 per cent. paper from 35 to 30. During the - fortnight a great im•orovement has taken• - place in go vernment securities. 'The present quotations are—Fours from 20 to 201 ; Fives, 9 k to 91 ; and Fives-and-a-Half, 5 to 51 per cent. discount. A good deal of business in first class credit has been done at 2-01. Local bank bills have been sold 2-0 i ; documents, at 2-0. • :EXPORTS. Since the last mail the produce market has exhibited the same dulness as before. Supplies daily arrive, but there is 'no decided decline in prices, and holders show no desire to make any concession, as the ,stocks are not considerable, and they do not seem pzi eased . for funds. Raw silk has been dealt in rather more freely, but without any change in price. IMPORTS. The late arrivals and t he unfavourable accounts from the upper provinces have be en the cause of buyers holding back. Accounts lately received. from Mirzaporo and Furruckabad report a fall of about foLir annas on all descriptions of grey cottons. INDIA AND CHINA. The Overland Mail brings us letters and papers from Calcutta to the 16th, and. Hong Kong to the" sth of July ; our previous advices having been of the respective dates of July 2 and June 22. On the subject of the'local .European troops the Hurkaru hasthe following remarks : . In our last. sum:nary We gave , it as our opinion —and many of our 'contemporaries held similar views—that very few. of the ex-company's Euro pean troops would avail themselves of the offer made them by • Government . of their discharge and a free passage home. It appears, however, we were mistaken. No official information has yet been ob. tained on the subject, but from private sources it is calculated that from 5,000 to 6,000 will, take their di•ebarge. Even from the 2d Fusiliers at Delhi— the regiment that was engaged . at rustic sports whilst their naughty brOthers at other stations were mutinying—about 450 men 'ar s e about to leaVe ; and from the battery of that station 80 or 90 men, leaving only' about 20 men to do duty. The .number given deesnot include the men at se veral stations in the Bengal...presidency, and if many of the staunch men at' Delhi are ready to leave the service, we may expect that the offer will he accepted' by a considerable 'number of the Indian army n the Madras and Bombay presi dencies. The''Eni:Ppean troops at .Berhampore • have not yet , been 'admitted to the benefit of 'the discharge order. Thirteen of th e mutineers are to be tried by .general courts-martial and when the trials are over we conclude the pri-. ;vilege will be allowed to the sth FuSiliers. "The Governor-Geheral has written 'a letter to the exLKing of Oude informing him that'hq is' released from confinement.tind can.leave thefort whenever be . pleases. His suite are also released, but some of them will be liberated'i:M !certain cOnditions.- The ex-King had been upwards of two years n, prisoner' in Fort William. The policy of arresting him ins: June, 1857, cannot be gainsaid, nor of releasing him now that peace is restored; - It is said that the de posed monarch has at last consented to take a por tion of the pension offered, by the, Indian Govern ment at the time of the annexation of Oude. • • "From another official document .it appears that certain individuals have obtained money from the ex-King for the purpose of procuring his liberation, and were likely now to claim further sums, against the payment of which. Meijer 'Herbert is directed to warn his Majesty. _The. GOvernor 'General has also requested that the names of the parties be. given up to him. "In the Legislative. Council,. on the 2d inst., a bill to consolidate, amend, ,enlarge,, and generally then force, the laws - relating to''stamPS was read for the first time. The chief . object of - the bill is to, increase the revenue derived 'fiord this souree'of taxation. Legal stamps will gradually be raised, receipts and drafts are to bear one anna stamps, and bank-notes are to be stamped at the rate of five annas per cent. The bill is not very popular, anct, if carried at all, it will no doubt be consider ably modified. On .the same day a bill to collect a duty of excise on' salt manufactures :in the presi dency of Fort St. George passed its first reading. By this statute the tovernment monopoly in salt will bo stopped, and the manufacture is declared free to all, subject to an excise. It would be well if the provisions of the bill were to be extended to the other presidencies. " By the present mail will be transmitted to Par liament the petition of the merchants, traders, and olher residents of Calcutta, on the finahces of go- vernment, the policy of guaranteeing loans, the new Customs' Duty Act, and the Legislative Council. This petition embodies .the, resolutions passed at tilt meeting of the inhabitant s o f C a l cu tt a, h e ld a t the'Cliamber of Commerce, on . the 26th of March last. • The committee appointed to draw up the peti tion have not favoured the public with any expla nation as to the great delay that has taken place in drafting it. "On Friday, the Bth July, the Calcutta Sacred Hai monic Society held its first subscription per formance in the - Town Hall. It was numerously attended t - iy the c/ite of , Calcutta, and the perforni ;ince was a great success.' It is intended to have an oratorio once a quarter, and ere long the Town Hall, or some other public building, will have an organ. A meeting was held on Thursday last, at which the Lord Bishop presided, to adopt measures fur procuring one. " Another ship. has been destroyed . by fire off Calcutta. The American ship Brutus, which lately arrived from Bombay, was. discovered on . fire about eight o'clock on the morning of the 9th inst. Some of her cargo, which consisted of, salt, coir, piece goods, amf.cotton, wasnot discha rge d. Th e fl ames rapidly spread, and, Abandoned .by the crew, she CHINA. Our advices from Hong Kong reach to the sth of July. The news rely ding to the expedition up the Peiho possesses considerable interest. We append the following summary of the China• Overland Mail. "In our last overland summary it was mentioned that the latest news from Shanghae represented the 'British, French, and/iimerican ministers as on the eve of their departure from that place for Peking, via the Gulf of Pechelee. They left on the 15th ult. ; the 'Hon. Mr. Bruce in her Majesty's ship Magi cienne, with the Coromandel as tender ; M. de Bour boulon in his Imperi.al Majesty's ship Du Chula, With the steamer No rzagaray, and his Excellency Mr. Ward, the United States Minister, in the Pow hatan' with the chart : ered steamer Toey-wan. Ad miral Hope left for ti le Gulf three days before, in the Chesapeake ; and a L irge British force, consisting of seven steam ships, tell gun boats, and twc troop and store ships, were to /I endezvous at Sha-lui•tien, about 50 miles from the mouth of the Peiho. Every pre caution had been tak en to force, if necessary, admis sion to Pekin, and tho, proper exchange of the ratified treaties. Between 500 and 600 of the Royal Marines, with 100 of the Royal Engineers and a number of seamen, were to accompany the Hon. Mr. Bruce ; while abundance of provisions ready for land pack age, with 200 of tho Military Train coolies, would render the expedition in great part independent of the Chinese. These coolies of the Military Train are all Hakkas, and were enrolled for service at the taking of Canton, where they served us most faith fully, and were known under the title of the ' Bamboo Rifles.' " From the attempts made by the Chinese Impe rial commissioners at Shanghae it may be inferred that obstacles will be thrown in the way of admis sion to Pekin, but these have been overcome, and it is extremely unlikely that the Chinese will have recourse to any overlc acts of opposition. It will be after the ministers have obtained admission to the capital that the greatest difficulties .will be likely to arise. The obtainment of a personal interview with the Emperor, the dispensing, with ceremonies which may place the foreign ministers in a false position, and, above all, the carrying out that stipu lation of the treaty which provides for a resident British minister at Pekin, will tax the energies and test the firmness of their excellencies the Hon. Mr. Bruce and M. de Bourboulon. No news has yet come down of an advance up the PeihO, or even of the expedition having reached the Gulf of Pechelee but as ten days had elapsed from their departure when the mail left Shanghae it was presumed that they had been allowed to ascend the Peiho without interruption. We are left entirely to conjecture what may be the end of the diplomatic and military conflict which has been carried on with China for , the last two years, which as yet has only ended i n trifling local; results, but which has procured a treaty that, if carried out, must effect immense changes in the future of China, and in the position of Europe in Eastern Asia. " From the ports there is almost no news of the slightest interest. At Canton the governor and Hoppo paid a visit lately to the British consulate, a condescension never made by such high authori ties before. If the consulate is really, as seems likely, to be established in the city, in what was formerly Yeh's yamun, Cantcn will be always, and without difficulty, kept open to foreigners in future, so long as it is in the hands of the Imperial authorities ; but there is a very general expectation that' the rebels of the south will descend upon it whenever our troops are withdrawn. The se lection of Shameen as a site for the foreign factories has been followed up by a contract with two China men for filling up the site, the great part of which is at present under water. The execution of the work hs s been interrupted by the death of the COB tractors (it being rumoured that they were poi soned), but is again being resumed. " The southern rebels have received some checks lately, and it is hoped that the state of commercial matters will improve in consequence ; but business has been very dull, and there are no immediate signs of improvement. An amicable reception of the foreign ministers will likely improve trade at Can ton, and remove the slight check given to trade at Shanghae by doubts on the subject. " The total export of tea to Great Britain for sea-, son 1858.59 amounts to 65,536,1001 b., against 77,444,2001 b. for 1857-58, or a decrease this season of 11,908,1001 b. Of silk, the total quantity exported amountslto 72,584 bales,'against 61,934 last year, or on increase for season 1858-59 of 11,550 bales. To Marseilles the export amounts to 8,708 bales. The Singapore takes about 1,662 for Southampton, and 66 for Marseilles. " To the United States the export of tea for the season amounts to 31,216,000." COMMERCIAL. SHANGHAE MARKETS.--JUNE 25. IMPORTS. The improved demand for cotton manufactures, noticed in our last. report, has been fully maintained during the fortnight, and prices of all kinds have rather advanced, although four vessels with further supplies have arrived since last mail loft. Fancy shirtings and brocades command a ready sale, but for 'chintzei, velvets; &c. •the demand is limited. Woollens and long ells have been more inquired for, and sales of the latter to arrive have been made at current rates. Cainlets and lastings are scarce, and in good request. - 'Metals remain without much change, but the finer sizes of nailrod iron are wanted at quotations: The market for Straits produce is still very quiet, and' as sill:4)lses are now arriving more freely prices are not likely to advance. Rice has been in fair demand, and sales to some extent have been made. Few transactions in sugar are reported, and all kinds have materially declined in price. EXPORTS. TEA.—,In black there .•, bas been more than an average amount bt business done in the past eleven days, comprising 3500 chests of common and flavoury Conon, at 15 'to 211 taels, , 1,700 of Ningchow at 25 to 26, and 200 of flowery Pekoe at 35 taels. Musters of the new crop have leen placed on the market, but in limited quantity. In green tea there have been no transactions except 300 to 400 pack ages at former rates. Stocks of both descriptions are small, and with the commercial year beginning on let of next, nioiath we shall commence the new season in tea. We make but a trifling change in our last quotations. Quota tiOns:—Congou, Ninchow, and blackish-leaf congous, 24 to 28 Weis ; oonam and oopak (none fine), 25 to 28 taels ; low and common souchong and congou, 15 to 21.taels. EXCHANGE AND BULLION. The assumed certainty of war in Europe having appa rently caused the exercise of great caution on the part of drawers, bills have been procurable to a limited amount only. Buyers' requirements having, however, been also small, the fall is not so heavy as might otherwise have been the case: The banks having steadily declined to draw, our quotation for this class of paper is quite nominal. • On. London, bank rate, 6 months' sight, 6s. 51d. • first class credits, 6s. '6d. ; d ocuments and other bills, es. 6fd. per tael. On Bombay, bank drafts, 3 days' sight, Rs. 303 ; Lon don drawn, bank bills, Rs. 303 per 100 taels. . On Hong Kong, bank drafts, 15 days'-sight, 25 per cent discount. AMERICA. (BY , ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. The Persia has arrived, with the New York mails of the 17th, and 378,682 dols. in specie. The City of Baltimore, hence, had arrived out. The Royal Mail steamer Conway arrived at Ha vannah on the Bth, with dates from Vera Cruz to the 4th inst., and 2,000,000 dols. C. Whitbread was among the passengers; he and others having been banished. At Havannah on the Bth sugar was quiet, at 74 reals per arroba for No. 12 ; stock, 250,000 boxes. Sterling exchange, 13 to 14.4. Freights unchanged. Letters received at Washington, from Mexico state that Captain Aldhamin, commander of the British naval forces, had assured the Government that he would not enforce the measures contem plated for the redress of complaints. There had been a heavy storm at Picton, and numerous shipwrecks, with loss of life. At, New York sterling exchange was 1104- to 1101; money abundant at 6.7 per cent. The following were the latest quotations for stocks :—United States Fives, 1873-4, 101 ; Vir ginia Sixes, 94; Missouri Sixes, 821; New York Central, 714-; New York and Erie, 5 ; Reading Railroad, 43; Michigan Central, 422-; Michigan Southern, Preference, 211 ; Cleveland and Toledo, 18a ; Fanaina Railroad, 115 ; Illinois Central, 64 , 1 ; Illinois Central Bonds, 851; Chicago and Rhode Island, G 2; Galena and Chicago. Railroad, 641; l)el. and Hudson Canal, 90 ; Cumberland Coal Com pany, Penn. Coal Company, Pacific Mail S. S. Company, 73. • The Bank statement was favourable. Potashes, 5 dols. 9 5c.; pearl, 5 dols. 50c. Cotton dull : Middling Uplands, 111. State anal Western flour h a d f ur th er rece d e d 20 c. t o 30 c . per lb. ; southern flour heavy, but held firmly. Corn meal slightly lower. Wheat had declined. Corn had advanced slightly. The demand for iron was light. Crude turpentine, 350 ; spirits of Dutch 441 ; common rosin, 160 to 1 65 for cargo afloat. Pro visions dull. Sugar dull, witha declining tendency. Freights very dull. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Persia passed the steam ship Asia on the 18th, bound for New York ; on the 24th, the British Empire, bound east ; and on the 25th, the British brig Radical The Delta, from Cape Verdi, at Baltimore, reports the British brig Seraphina, from St. Domingo for Falmouth, wrecked at Fortune Island s 20th July : all hands saved. The Saragossa cleared at New Orleans, for Philadel phia, on the 4th, and same day was discovered to be on fire, supposed from spontaneous combustion, caused by gunny: bags, which were saved from a burning warehouse about two months before, and probably stript in a damp state, though apparently dry. VOTE OF ANNEXATION TO PIEDItfONT. FLORENCE, AUG. 21.—Yesterday Florence was again witness of a grand public act indicative of that true and universal feeling of the country which so many have questioned, not a few denied. On the 16th August the representatives of Tuscany met in the old Hall of the Cinquecento, and there, without one dissentient voice, proclaimed the dy nasty of the House of Lorraine incompatible with the true interests and happiness of Tuscany. it was on this occasion that the Marchese Manzi pro pesed the annexation of the Grand Duchy to the kingdom of Sardinia, and it was to vote upon this motion that the Assembly was yesterday convoked- At 1 o'clock precisely the chair Was taken by . the ' ' president, Signor Coppi; and shoutly after the Pro- fessor Giorgini proceeded to read ,the report of the,: sections on the motion of the Marchese Manzi. After showing that the exclusion of the Austro- ~ • Lorraine dynasty from the throne of Tuscany, akicT the union of Tuscany with as many Italian states as possible under the sceptre of Victor Em- manuel, were two inseparable consequences of one... premise, he proceeded—There was at the present moment one universalbelief prevailing in Tuscalle viz., that the aggregation of the smaller states under the sceptre of Savoy was the political form most adapted to the demands of nationality. This was the new order of things, courted by all minds , the object of all wishes, the only end which could finally bring about the quiet and repose of Ralf- How this idea of a great monarchy under the sceptre of Savoy had sprung up and become of late years identified with and inseparable from the send - ment of nationality was known to all. He w ould • only remind them that the idea of Italian Confede ration, so prevalent in '49, would be universally re jected were it now brought forward—a fact very remarkable, but notorious to all who had observed and meditated on the events of the last ten years. This change was doubtless brought about by the ex perience of '4B, when the idea of a confederation , though enthusiastically received by the people and , openly professed by Italian princes, was found inca pable of adapting itself or giving a form to the national movement. Nor could this idea be repro duced under better auspices, since the mutual dis trust and aversion of the princes who would be there brought together had led to a positive incompatibi- , lity, the more so that the peace allowed the Austrian domination in Italy to continue, and held out no hopes of seeing corrected the abuses of the clerical govern ment and the theocratic regime . of the Papal States. The princes of the House of Lorraine, moreover, had avowed an anti-national policy, and rejected the love of people who now refuse to permit their ' ' return under any possible contingency. The n ' too, the pious and noble example of Charles Albert, the warrior and martyr of independence, who ex pired on the Douro dreaming of Italy ; the ten . years of the new reign ; and, lastly, the figure ° I the King exulting in the dangers ho so generous'," encountered on the fields of Palestro and S. Mar tino, had so worked upon the hearts and imagine . tion of the people, had won for the princes of Savoy so entire a confidence, that the idea of a confedera tion, in itself too complex and , at , the same time abstract and refined an idea ever to be truly popW ‘. lar, had day by day become less prominent, in opinion of Tuscany, while the name:of Victor Ent: manuel was bound up in the minds of all with tha t, of Italy. After a digression to sho w that this tie , between Italy and the House of Savoy was no net bond, but the inevitable conclusion of three centuries of Italian history, he continued—The commission which had sat on this motion came before them as interpreters of the prevailing sentiment of Tuscany* the . not conceiving themselves called upon to examine if, or when, in the present condition of Europe, the, desire of the country would, be listened to. They were there united to depose to present facts, not to events f uture and etrhtheimns;eltvoetsemlol lv t h u a n t q T u u es s t e i an on y: , ably knew ; not what Europe desired, which they neither did nor cou ld know, and which possibly - - w h an at d the un y e Europe did not know herself. No ! ' They stood not there to divine sagaciously the wishes of others, but frankly and consistently to affirm their own. The vote which they proposed to declare had in it nothing that could offend Europe, either in sub stance or in form : in substance, since their object was solely the vindication of their own sacred and ', incontestable rights, not the usurpation of those of another ; in form, since their earnest solicitation —being, in fact, nought but the expression of a , desire recognised and respected that supreme , arbitration whereby . Europe would finally decide upon their lot. This brought him to whatihe was, most desirous of doing, and what the motion h ad already done—viz., to the recommendation of th ou " cause to the wisdom and justice of . Europe, to the liberal sentiments of the Government and pe ople of England, and in an especial manner to the Emper er , Napoleon 111., that whom Italy never had a mere_ pOwerful or generous protector. Hi s sw ord wee sheathed, not broken ; nor was it possible to say the advantage his ;patronage Itight be to them' in th e councils of Europe. Nay, even if t h e j us tice of men failed them, and th e i r votes were una ble to obtain the immediate effects they proposed, their deliberation would remain a great national act, and afford an additi ona l reason f or not d espa i r ing " Italy, being a solemn manifestation of that send' ' ment whereby the Italians 'after ages of mutual ignorance and bloodshed recognised each other as , brethren ; of that sentiment which was blood, lif e ' and new youth infused' into Italy, and cast by, the, hand of God as a germ for a new structure, after ages and ages of ruin. After a few words from the Avvocatp Massei, ist which he reminded the Assembly of the importance of an unanimity of opinion, and instituted a coot- , parison between the condition of Tuscany at the present moment and that'of England in 1689, and' , France in 1830 and 1848, it was proposed and car ried that the secret vote byhallot-should be adopted. An hour passed by before therepresentatives had de posited their votes in the urns'. When the last name —the well-known one of Zanetti—had been called , the President rose from his chair, and after a M Ck• mentary examination prono unced that the motion had been unanimously carried. One hundred and sixty-three delegates wer e present; one hundred and sixty-three black balls announce d the unanim it y of their opinions. , The applause and enthusiastic cheers which ensued were checked in a f ew minutes , and the white and black balls counted and verifit The President then proposed a vote of co fidence in the Government, and the assembly W prorogued. The moment the President q ui tt ed his c hair, the joy and enthusiasm, so , long restrained, burst fort h in all its force. The signal was given by the depu ties, who sprang from the benches, waving Lo hats, with loud cries of "Viva l'ltalia!" " Long 1 1 " the . King !" In a moment the vast crowd who oc cupied the other end of the hall replied with a std" louder shout that made the old roof ring, and they the numerous throng without gave back au answer'' o ing cheer that was heard far along tho Arn o. the news spread, the streets and squares, the cafes and market places broke out into acclamation s, while the banner of Italy and the cross of Sal' were in ten minutes waving from every wind ° and parapet in the city. The feelings of the c row who thronged the old hall had been worked up t such a pitch that men were seen sobbing in e a other's arms, while others were giving way' to every sign of extravagant joy. 185 A 3, Li‘oirs.T Charles MAN F Green,OUN D FOUND.—In small a i th l the farmer, month e 0 0 1 die axle of • his farm and farming stock, and on the evening. receiving the money called at his brother-in - la w% Anker, a retired farmer, living in his own house at "Whittl That end, and deposited with him the money, save £l5. night he left March without ipformiug any one of his desti nation. In April, 1855, rumours were circulated that 13 0 was murdered, and his body buried in Mr. Anker's barn. flipPieetetodber: The police were called upon to make the search, and gr. Lee, the superintendent, and another policeman, mad o n a search there, and the result was noticed in this paper tio (1 April 6of that year. They were perfectly satisfied that one had been buried there. Afterwards an old scarecrow Ws! ploughed up in a farm near the b anks of the river, Ifil and that was reported to be the remains of Mr. Charles Green. Wednesday, the li - th last., about 9 o'clock in the at e venin the very identical Charles Gr een arrived in good health .aS• Mr. Anker's house from New York , in America, whore lt had been sojournilig;=-:Stamfordifereury. • I , 7 N '.T