The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-09 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold ailvtr 2to 50 guineas. send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrlp five 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 55. extra. 83 and 34, Ludzate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749. fp EATRE-ROYAL, HAY M ARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENDIG, THE FAMILY SECRET. Messrs: Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Villiers, Buckstonc, MrAmy s. B. White. Mrs. Fitzwilliam , Mr s. Wilkins, and Miss Sedgwick. After which, a new farce. entitle d FITZSMYTHE OF FITZSMYTHE HALL. Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farren, and Rogers ; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade. To be followed by THE ODDITIES OF THE OHIO. By the Leclercqs. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. YAL P RINCE S S'S THEATRE.-- , Lessee, Mr. A. Hanle. THIS EVENING, RICHELIEU. Mr. Phelps. fo conclud with the drama of PAIILDTE. Mr. Melville Mrs. Weston e , and Miss C. Leclercq. Commence at 7. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole eroprietor and Manager. Mr. Beni. Webster. Sixth week of the celebra' ed American Actress, Miss Julia Daly. T gIS PNENING to commence with IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. Messrs. Alfred Wigan, J. L. Toole, Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith, Ward. Mrs. A. Wic.fau, and Miss 11. Simms.. To be Thllowed by A MODEL OF A WIFE. Messrs. A Wigan, Toole, Miss K. Kelly. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 25. ; Family Boxes, XL Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit , ls. 64:L ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, ficf- A (sting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Directeur, Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. LA TENTATION." Positively the last two performsnces of the new comedy, LA TENTATION, THIS EVENING (Saturday), and Monday. DlivEßnE R. —M. BRINEA. O r chestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls D , ss. ; U Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 18. Private Boxes, fi,qm Two Guineas. A STLEY'S ROYAL .AMPHITHEATRE.-- Proprietor, Mr. Vat. BATTY. HIS EVEN; NG, The Grand Hippo-Drama. " THE lITINFORY OF A FLAG." Wondrous Scenes in the Cirque, sap:ported by the most talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in the World. Concluding with a Laughable Farce. The magnificent Chandeliers manufactured by Messrs. De fries and Sons, Houndsditch. Doo:s 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 Revolti. CONCERTS: CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, C. H. GOUNOD UST. 'S OPERA, FA 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, Mbe acth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, is, Hall. 6d. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic). and W. T. Critchfield. The AFRICAN OPERA T KOUPE, their first appearance since 1852 , consisting of ELEVEN STAR PERFOILMERS, who will give the whole of their inimitable entertainment every evening. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. TUE WEATHER,-SUN OFFICE, JUNE 9, 1860. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 51-I_owest this morning and during the night. 54—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.76, falling. IVIND—South-Easterly ; light in the morning, with rain ; now Easterly, with better weather, but dull. THREE O'CLOCK.-It has been raining again for the last two hours, and promises to continue, with the wind at South-East. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, sh. 26m.—Afternoon, sh. 46m. To-monnow.-Morning, 6h. 6m.—Afternoon, 6h. 28m. _... ,--:., . ... , ,.c ~,, .-. b % ~ ~,±,-„,..„ ‘ ,_-- w' , ~)„.,_-,, 3 `4 --,,, -- -t- .- - - t --- -,:'-'' ~ ~,' .4- - - , s' bi - ,. t ' ---•••(, _.....;,—... 'r•11 0 ' 4 ti, 0 , , • '•• t. . (-4... --- .. ;.• ~„ ~t. A., ,„...,.--,..... THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1860. GARIBALDI TRIUMPHANT ! Thank GOD ! the battle of freedom is at length won, and Sicily is independent ! Honour, all honour to GARIBALDI—the hero of a hundred fights, and the single hearted liberator of his fellow-men. But a month ago, and his " fool- hardy" attempt was denounced as madness—his was a forlorn hope, and now behold the end ! The struggle was no doubt as desperate as it was bloody, but the truly brave whose cause is good put their trust in GOD, and His Omnipotence carries them through burning fire in spite of every obstacle. " Impossibility" is to them but the soul-stirring impetus to victory—and GARIBALDI has now proved to the world— " That freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft is ever won ! So may it ever prove. The Neapolitan troops have capitulated, and will leave Sicily at once. The Bourbon tyrant of Naples may now look out,—for his turn is next on the cards. Indeed, he feels it to be so much so, that in the agony of his soul (if he have one), he has appealed to the great Powers to interpose and save him—to guaran tee the dominions which his turpitude had ren dered as hot and unbearable to his people as his kin dred Vesuvius—aye, to guarantee those sad domains yet more and for erer to his keeping, and what answer did they make ? The only one which nations having a drop of humanity in their hearts could answer—they left him to his doom ! So that he may now lie on that bed of scorpions which he had, during all his reign, made so unbearable to his wretched people. And first amongst the nations which spoke out was our own. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, like a true-hearted patriot, spoke as became an Englishman, and de noon ced the appeal withburnin g but brief simplicity. Honour, we say, be to him as a straightforward Foreign Minister ! England may well be proud of him in that constitutional department, for he upholds her honour and maintains her might in dignified illu3tration of what a constitutional and impartial Government ought to be. The Emperor NAPOLEON also declined to inter fere, but founded his refusal on a quibble of etiquette, which he may have cause some day to alustcate in his own proper person. COBDEN has written a letter from Paris, dated June 4,1860, a propos of the Paper Duties, the House of Lords, and the British Constitution. The hon. gentlema n has been so long silent that we gladly welcome from him even a written corn : munication. His e pi st l e l is addressed, through one et of his leading constituents at Rochdale, to the local Association, (, 'onstitutional Defenceo His argument oes at once, (like all Mr. rightc r.EN's arguments) ; r ectly to the point. hitexy nail (as usual at a There / r, COI3D::N'S hands) is I icad—is dri v e n home—and clinch edc he upon i s the n o ; Lttempt at circumlocution. There is no i ,nd choosing of p olite phrases. Neither, for Peking i that na tter, is there any indul g ence in merely idle v ituperation. T he hon. g entleman argues q uite imply that this question, according to his view of it , resolved itself simply to this one plain inquiry— "'Shall we submit to be taxed by an irresponsible body, or shall we hold fast to the constitutional 111A2a111 of our forefathers, which declared that taxa- tion and representation should be inseparable ?" Put thus—" stripped," as Mr. COBDEN expresses it, " of all mystification"—the query certainly comes as a home-thrust upon the Legislature. There is no escaping it. The Lords are fairly pinked—but the foil has yet the button on it ! The time may arrive, however, the Member for Rochdale himself takes occasion to intimate, as plainly as words can well do so, when the thrust may not come so in nocuously. A contingency, in fact, which has been pointedly indicated by Mr. BRIGHT, since Mr. COBDEN'S letter was written, when the hon. gentle man the Member for Birmingham, speaking from his place in the House of Commons alluded on Thursday evening to the possible advent of those troublous periods in our future history, " when the House of Lords should have become omnipotent and the House of Commons contemptible !" Already in this important letter of his to the Constitutional Defence Association at Rochdale, the member for that borough had put forward the same warning in words just as forcible though essentially different. Nay, more, Mr. COBDEN, in his letter from Paris, has (in antici pation of the possible advent of the same crisis, as that alluded to by the member for Birmingham) not contented himself with a sufficiently coma prehensible warning addressed to the Lords, he has gone so far as to indicate what in his view would then be the solemn and bounden duty (in regard to that branch of the Legislature) devolving upon the general population. He does so, let it be borne in mind quite plainly. He writes—" Let that principle"—[he i 8 alluding to the hitherto ad mitted principle that a majority of the House of Commons possesses an entirely irresponsible and uncontrollable authority in imposing, in remov ing, in adjusting or readjusting the fiscal burdens of the multitude]—" Let that principle of our con stitution," writes Mr. COBDEN, " be invaded, open the door to the House of Peers to revise and reject our Budgets, and what man possessing any self respect would remain in the ranks of a party which was impotent to carry its measures in any one de partment of Government ?" In the writing of that pertinent inquiry the right hon. member for Ashton under-Lyne nay be said to have received from the chief among his political friends and associates an anticipative hint of the withdrawal from office that would be looked for in his instance, in the event of that presumed contingency ! But Mr. COBDEN immediately goes on to declare his N iews as to the more solemn responsibilities and d ut ies that would then according to his judgment, as we' have before intimated—devolve upon the masses of the population. "If such a state of things were to arise"—[we will again quote Mr. BRIGS T'S words indicating precisely what that " state of things " would be, namely, "when the Rouse of Lo-ds should have become omnipotent, and the Rouse of Commons contemptible"]—Mr. COBDEN adds, in so many words—" IT WOULD ONLY REMAIN FOR THE PEOPLE OUT OF DOORS TO FIND A REMEDY FOR THE EVIL !" In the force of these declarations, in their accuracy, as indicative of the duties incumbent upon " the people out of doors," we believe, ourselves, fully and firmly—we coincide to the full in the opinions thus powerfully expressed by Mr. COBDEN, in his letter from Paris, and by Mr. BRIGHT, in his speech in the House of Commons—we believe that such-and-such would be the duty of the people out of doors—lN that con- tin gen cy ! But we have every conviction that such a contingency as the one thus seriously and al most, we might say, confidently anticipated, not only will not, but, we would go the length of saying, cannot in reason arise. Whatever else may be the result of the labours of this Committee in search of Precedents, whatever may be the nature of their report, we may rest absolutely cer tain of this—that the House of Commons will take good care that, henceforth, the Lords shall not interfere with the fiscal and financial arrangements entered into by that branch of the Legislature which holds, as it ought to hold—and holds alone and uncontrollably—the purse-strings of the nation. At the worst, therefore, the recent act of the Upper House cannot settle down into that formidable precedent dreaded by the hon. member for Roch dale, and equally by the hon. member for Birming ham. Meanwhile, the noble viscount at the head of the Administration has clearly announced it to be altogether beside the intentions of the Cabinet to bring Lords and Commons in this matter into colli sion. There is every reason as yet to believe that technically the Lords are authorised to do as they have done by that sweeping majority of 89, thereby throwing out the bill for the repeal of the obnoxious duty upon paper, a tax representing the annual sum of £1,500,000. The House of Lords are, we conceive, as clearly in the right technically as they are in the wrong constitutionally. The course now before the House of Commons is plain enough. Let that course be resolutely and consistently pur sued, and the Commons will remain in this matter as entirely sans pear et sans raproche as ever was BAYARD the Dauntless, Hungary is as much an object of interest to our free country as Italy or Sicily itself. The last, indeed, attracts our anxious yet hopeful attention, for the hour, from almost every other spot ; we will not, however, overlook the battle which is now waging, on less equal terms in some respects, between Hungary asd her old oppressor. Quite as much for the future of continental freedom, depends on the struggle between Vienng. and Presburg as on that between Sicily and the young Neapolitan despot. And events seem in Hungary and Vienna to be nearing their crisis ; the meeting of the new Reichsrath, or Imperial Council, may well be a turning point in Austrian and Hungarian history. Long did Austria endeavour, but in vain, to in duce any man of station in Hungary to accept the honour, so suspected amongst his countrymen, of a seat in the Council. It was declined again and again, and the noblest of the Hungarians still keep aloof; at length, with certain reservations, Count APPONYI and Count ANDRASSY agreed to attend, and we suppose the remaining six seats were filled by political nobodies. On the Ist the Reichsrath assembled, when the EMPEROR read to them an opening speech. At first glance it reads pretty well, but when scrutinised with perfect fairness, it appears to us—like every engagement entered into at all voluntarily by the Jesuit-ridden Hapsburgs, from the celebrated clause which was the pretext for commencing the 30 years' war and deluging Germany in blood, to the issue of the patent of the Ist of September—it appears to us to contain ex pressions intended as the ground of despotic and centralising action. We might let pass the remarks on the " intimate connection" of the several parts of the State, or on the " thousand ties" by which they are bound together, or on the injurious effect of an attempt to loosen these ties,thongla they have, doubtless, under the cir cumstances, a minatory tone ; especially the assur ance of the EMPEROR that he " cannot permit it without violating his most sacred duties to his sub jects ;" but hostility to Hungarian demands is, ob vious in these sentences—" Equal protection shall be accorded to all the nationalities, and all the pro• vinces ; with the same privileges and the -same duties, the different nationalities will live together in brotherly concord, and form a mighty whole." HE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1860, - The Pr, 'ncipalpOint i.n the remainderof the speech is the neemisitY of rep' tenishing a bankrupt Exchequer, with tbbe paternal suggestion of making " the bur dens on t‘is people as light as possible." Give me, he says, / i v -Lel will coat an enormous sum, " political position and. influence," only do not let the dear people feel the cost ! Tender-hearted pride! There is one way to o CNtain present relief and future relief too ; sell Venetia and save the cost of its garrison ; content Hungary B ,,'d fill your treasury by its wil ling contributions fro.'n its revived prosperity. But to content .11un I 7ary—that is the difficulty ! Easy enough, were the - HAPSBURGS men of like feel ings with Hungarians, or indeed with our Sove reign, or with him of Belgium, and him of Sar dinia. But they are bitter, faithless, obstinate despots, and their excision from the Royalty of Europe is the only hope for Hungary and the Em pire. Count APPONYI, backed by his col league, did not conceal the truth in the subsequent meeting and in the discussions of the Council. He told the President, the Archduke REIGNIER, and the rest of the Council, that their joining the Council at all seemed to separate them from others of their countrymen, " whose opinions and wishes were the same as their own ; that they had accepted a seat to evince confidence in the magnanimity of his Majesty ; also to show that the legitimate claims of Hungary in no way in terfere with the well-being and unity of the empire ;" but he adds—and one must be a Hunga rian to feel the full import of the expression— " Although a member of the Reichsrath, I am faithful to my principles, and hold firmly to our historical rights. Thus it is self-understood that I, by having become a member of the Council for life, have not renounced my right to assist in the future legislation for Hungary." These words, if we read them aright, are a respectful but complete and hostile counterpart to those of the Emperor. To " the same pri vileges and duties " for all the nationalities, of the Emperor, the Count opposes "the legitimate and historical rights of Hungary." Of these Hun gary has at present none. Hungarians to a man think they should have them all. Every one of them has been withheld, subverted, trampled on, since 1849. The present Emperor of AUSTRIA is not legitimate King of Hungary; for he has not, according to express stipulations, been crowned King after taking a solemn oath to defend all the historical and legitimate rights of the country. The administration by stupid and cruel Germans, and the introduction of the brutal German soldiery, are equally illegitimate. In fact the whole govern ment and administration of Hungary is now car ried on in the teeth of treaties, of oaths, of historical rights. By legitimate and historical right the Hun garians were bound to rebel in 1848, and dethrone the traitor Monarch who treacherously turned against them the arms of his traitor tool, JELLACHICH of Croatia. By legal treason only could he call in the aid of the arch-villain NICHOLAS, and overpower his brave subjects by the hordes of the Cossacks, and by the treachery of GEORGEY to his country. And by revolutionary violence alone, in defiance of all right, law, and history, does the dark-minded representa tive of a family, which has for centuries cursed some of the finest lands of Europe, now profess to be the Ruler of Hungary. Hungary has been for eight or nine hundred years a free and constitutional country. It has been pre-eminently a municipal country. Its numerous counties had till 1848 their local government, besides enjoying representation in the national Diet; and thus a vigorous life pervaded every part, as well as flowed from the centre. It was a country of men locally, as well as naturally, free. A country in which feudal serfdom was abolished in 1848, but in which, during its existence, there was no con queror caste, the rank of nobility being open to, and enjoyed by all the races alike. It was a country of men pre-eminently qualified, because instructed by the training of centuries, to manage its own affairs. Yet this is the noble race of free men which Prince SCHAVARTZENBERG and his successors have com pelled to grind in the mill of Vienna bureaucracy and centralisation. By the " same privileges and 'duties for all the States," the young frightened and beggared despot means, that Hungary must be administered like the bureau-governed German pro vinces- But the Hungarians have a nobler aim. They, too, demand for all the other nationalities of Austria, who wish it, all they ask for themselves. They desire to equalise all, by giving all free insti tutions; the EMPEROR, by subjecting all to his Jesuits. and Bureaucracy. Could a Hapsburg but feel the nobility of the Hungarian demand, and aspire to be the centre of union to free nationalities he might be the most powerful of his line. Being what he is, we can only hope he will be crushed under the ruins of his own despotism. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR GARIBALDI.—The subscrip tion opened in accordance with the resolution passed at the meeting held in St. Martin's Hall a short time ago continues, we rejoice to say, rapidly to increase. The com mittee are daily in th , l , receipt of large sums from all parts of the country, and also from all the great establishments in the metropolis. The volunteer rifles have commenced sending in their subscriptions ; and the principal artistes at Her Majesty's Theatre and the Royal Italian Opera, viz., Grisi, Titiens, Alboni, Mario, Gardoni, Mongini, Guiglini, Ronconi, &c., &e., have also forwarded handsome sums in favour of the Liberator of Italy. We most ear nestly urge all those inclined to sympathise in the cause of Italy to forward as quickly as possible their contributions to the committee, at present sitting at 150, Leadenhall street, City, for transmission to the gallant general, and thus tend to assist him in his endeavour to free his country from the most atrocious tyranny that ever disgraced the civilised world. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the King of the Belgians and the Princess Alice, honoured the performance at the Olympic Theatre with their presence last evening. In attendance were the Countess of Desart, Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord Camoys, Major-General Seymour, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. D. de Ros, Col. Count de Moerkerke, and Dr. Koepl. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has rented Lauriston Castle, near Edinburgh, for the summer months. Her Royal Highness and suite are expected to take possession shortly. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary honoured the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere by their company at dinner last evening, at Bridgewater House, St. James's. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief will hold a levee at the Horse Guards on Wed nesday next, the 13th inst., at one o'clock. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll are at Cliefden, the Duke of Sutherland's seat near Maidenhead, from measles having exhibited itself in the family. The Duchess of Sutherland has been called from town to Lauriston House, near Edinburgh, by the illness of Lord Ronald Leveson Gower. The duke remains at Cliefden, near Maidenhead. Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam and Lady Frances Fitzwilliam arrived in town last evening from visiting Colonel the lion. Nelson and Lady Mary Hood, at Cutn berland Lodge, Windsor, where the noble earl and countess have been staying during the race week at Ascot. Lord and Lady Colchester entertained a select party at dinner on Thursday evening, at their mansion in Berkeley-squar e. The mortal remains of the venerable and gallant Earl of Strafford were removed at an early hour this moia ino for interment in the family vault of the Byng family, et Potter's Bar Church, near Barnet. The Hungarian General Klapka has been in Paris for the last few days. Mr. Hum ph rey B rown, of British Bank notoriety, died on Wednesday last, at his residence in Little Smith street, Westminster. - The hippopotamus which was born a few days back in Paris has expired of convulsions, caused by diffi culty in teething.—Galignani. It is reported that the circumstance mentioned in the Times some weeks back of a definite arrangement having been made for the introduction of a Russian loan is confirmed, and the rate of exchange on St. Petersburg consequently continues to advance. The details, of the affair, however, are unknown. The impression still is that the amount will be 50,000,000 roubles, or about £8,000,000 sterling,—Times. LATEST. NEWb. CAPITULATION OF THE NEAPOLITAN TROOPS. We (Times) have received the following tele gram from an authentic source : " TURIN, JUNE 9, 5.20 A.M. " General Letizia, on his return from Naples, capitulated on the 6th with Garibaldi. " His troops are to embark with arms and baggage. " They are to encamp, until their embarkation, on Monte Pellegrino. " The fort of Castellamare has been placed in the keeping of the English Admiral until the evacua tion has been effected." The Constitutionnel publishes the following semi official announcement : " The despatches which have reached us from Sicily give the state of affairs thus : " The armistice, which expired on the Bth inst., at noon, is prolonged. " The great Powers appear. to have come to the agreement, on the one hand, to demand that hosti lities shall not be renewed ; on the other hand, to lay down in principle the non-intervention of Europe between the King of Naples and Sicily. " We may add, that the interests of our country men have rendered it necessary to send three addi tional French ships to the Sicilian waters." Th' following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, JUNE 9. News from Sicily states that a capitulation was signed on the 6th by Generals Letinzia and Gari baldi. The Royal troops will embark with their arms and baggage. They will encamp, until their departure, on Monte Pellegrino. The fort of Castellamare has been confided to the English Admiral until the evacuation has been effected. TURIN, JUNE 8. Advices from Messina and Palermo to the 4th state that Garibaldi had issued decrees for the organisation of the Sicilians. The Royal troops, to the member of 15,000, still occupy their positions in Palermo. Many deser tions were taking place from their ranks. Orders had been sent to all the garrisons of Sicily to con centrate at Messina, where entrenchments Will be formed. Catania had been bombarded and pillaged. A strict blockade existed between Calabria and Sicily. NAPLES, JUNE 6. The King has agreed to the capitulation, accord ing to which part of the Neapolitan troops would embark for Naples and part for Messina. It is not known whether Garibaldi will accept this capitu lation. GENOA, JUNE 8. News from Sicily states that a capitulation has been concluded between General Lanza and Gari baldi. The conditions are not known. PARIS, JUNE 9. It is stated that other French vessels have been despatched to Naples. PARIS, JUNE 8. The King of Naples has not only addressed the Western Powers, but he has also invoked the simultaneous intervention of the five great Powers, in order to obtain from their collective action the guarantee for the integrity of his states. King Francis 11. has more particularly claimed the mediation of the Emperor of the French for the pacification of Sicily, and has promised to proclaim immediately the constitution of 1852. His Majesty has also requested the five great Powers to employ their authority and their influence to restrain Piedmont from favouring any revolutionary movement on the mainland of the kingdom of Naples. As regards the collective action of the great Powers, the English Cabinet was the first to reply that it did not intend to interfere in any other way in the conflict between the Neapolitan troops and Garibaldi than to stop, if possible, the effusion of blood, without siding with either party. After this answer given by England the other great powers likewise, in more or less positive terms, declined any direct intervention. Napoleon 111. was at Lyons, when M. Thouvenel transmitted to his Majesty by telegraph the de mand for mediation made by the King of Naples. His Majesty replied immediately that a mediation was only possible between two powers, and unless officially recognising the Sicilian revolution, no power could place itself as mediator between the same and the King of Naples. Lord John Russell has, however, promised to recommend to Piedmont not to foment any dis turbances in the Neapolitan possessions in the Peninsula. Except Austria, who does not maintain diplo matic relations with Piedmont, the other great Powers will act hi a similar manner. VIENNA, JUNE 9. The Wiener Zeitung of to-day contains a decree ordering that the Stadtholdership of Hungary shall come into effect on the Ist of July next, at which period the five existing departments of the Central Government, which were entrusted with the administration of Hungary, will be abolished. Another decree suspends the district authorities of Moravia, and the provincial Government of Trappau. Silesia is to be subordinate to the Stadt holdership of Moravia, but the provincial status of Silesia, with a separate provincial representation, will be maintained. MADRID, JUNE 8. Senor Merry, formerly Spanish envoy in the Brazils, has been appointed Ambassador of Spain in Morocco. Senores Blancodel and Valle, of the Progresista party, have proposed amendments to the address in reference to the questions concerning the amnesty and the law decreeing the banishment of the family of Don Carlos. the revolutionary committee. Finding from what quarter the wind blows since Garibaldi's arrival, and apprehensive that the gaolers of to-day may be the prisoners of to-morrow, they are already set ting their houses in order, and show, on every oc casion, a change of disposition of which we passengers reap the benefit. I found Messina looking like a city of the dead. Two-thirds of the population, I was told, had emi grated ; more than one-half of the shops were shut ; every window, every door, of the best houses closed ; a few wretched, squalid creatures, crawl ing about the streets—such is the appearance which this great city presents. The few inhabitants who have remained are either such as have been pre vented from leaving by the nature of their business, or such as are absolutely destitute of the means to go away. Yet, of this second class, many, though reduced to the utmost misery, have repaired to the neighbouring hills, and there taken shelter in the cottages of the peasants, and even in the middle of the fields. It is fortunate for them that, in this beautiful climate, the weather is now so propi tious. The municipality of Messina has been obliged to take measures to give these poor creatures a crust of bread, and has nominated a commission of citizens to superintend the distri bution of food, and to minister to their daily wants. You may well suppose that every one has left that could with the risk to which the city is exposed of being bombarded on the first symptoms of a rising. The forts so completely command the place that I almost think their fire would reduce it to ashes in a couple of hours. I entered a cafe and asked for some lemonade ; but not a thing was to be had but a glass of water, though it was one of the first cafes of Messina. The master of the cafe told me that it was useless to make any provision for the wants of customers, for not a living soul ever crossed the threshold. Shocked by the state in which I found ' the city I returned on board the steamer, where I found at least 30 persons who had all come to pay their respects to, or to consult or condole with, a remarkable person among our fellow-passengers. This was B—, a person of at least 75 years of age, an inhabitant of Messina, and who had played a conspicuous part in the Sicilian revolution of 1848. On the first outbreak of that insurrection he had a son shot dead by his side, but, instead of being dis couraged by the fact, he seized a tricolour flag, and, rushing with it through the streets, thanked Goa that his son had been the first sacrifice offered in the service of his country. This fact so inflamed the enthusiasm of the Messinese that it was believed to have turned the scale in favour of the insurrec tion. B has been residing some years in Paris, but has now hurried once more to Sicily, conduct ing with him another son, whom he intends to place under the command of Garibaldi. He is treated with the greatest respect by the other pas sengers, 17 in all (amongst whom are three officers of the Sardinian army, who have given up their commissions), likewise bound for the head-quarters of the General. Amongst those who had come on ' board the vessel was the French consul, from whom I learned some striking facts respecting the state of feeling in the city and neighbourhood. He informed me that, at a distance of not more than 10 or 12 miles from the city, was a body of 800 Garibaldians, who, desperate as the enterprise might appear, would have made a dash at the city had not the urgent prayers and entreaties of their friends within the walls of Messina restrained them from doing so. They then determined to act against Melazzo. The garrison at present within the forts of Mes sina numbers from 3,000 to 4,000 men ; but I am assured that even the half would suffice to hold the place. I had heard when in the town a report that the wife of the English consul at Syracuse had been killed. I inquired of the French consul respecting the truth of this report ; he gave me, however, a different version of the story. Just as we are pre paring to leaving an event has occurred casting a sad gloom over the poor Messinese on board. 1 N e are informed that all the relations and friends of B-, who had come to see him on board, had, without a single exception, been arrested on their retnrn to the shore. B-, who was himself pro tected by a passport, is here safe on board, but all his relatives and friends, including an aged female of 83, four other females between the ages of 40 and 60, four girls of 17,18, an a l 20, three boys from the age of 3 to 5, one baby of 3 and another of 5 months, have been carried off to prison. MALTA, JUNE 1. At Civita Vecchia and Naples we were not allowed to land at all. At Messina we were, in deed, allowed to land, but compelled to re-embark. From Malta I trust that it will be in my power to get direct to Palermo. I was greatly tempted, however, to change my original direction, and, in stead of making my way to Palermo, set out for Catania, where a separate movement is on the point of taking place. I am informed that a band of some 70 patriots leaves this to-night, and though a voyage in their company might be attended with some inconveniences, and even risks, there is not much chance of reaching Palermo except with such an escort. The Neapolitan consul refuses to give a visa for any part of Sicily—for any part, indeed, of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies excepting Naples ; and when your passport is vise for Naples you are met their with a refusal of permission to land at all! _ The expedition which starts to-night is composed of Sicilians, Neapolitans, Venetians, and a few Maltese, and is headed by a native of Nice. It is believed at Malta that at least 4,000 armed men in Catania are only awaiting the arrival of this expedition to rise against the Go vernment. To be more at liberty, I have engaged here a little craft on my own account, in which I hope to reach Sicily within 24 hours. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. It is now pretty certain that the great Powers have declined to interfere between the King of Naples and the Sicilians. In the despatch from the French Government in reply to the application to the Emperor Napoleon, the French Minister is re ported to have said that, between the cowardice of a capitulation and the barbarity of a bombardment, advice was impossible, and that there only remained to express regret that the Neapolitan Government did not follow the advice given to it for the last ten years. Had it done so, Southern Italy would have acted as a counterpoise to Northern Italy ; whereas now the North threatens to swallow it up entire. Letters received in Paris to-day announce that the Sicilian insurgents have obtained possession of Girgenti, the chief town of the province, situated 70 miles south-east of Palermo. When Garibaldi was apprised of this fact he sent an extraordinary com missioner there to organise a Provisional Govern ment and to direct the insurgents, so as to combine their operations with bis own. The commissioners appointed to trace the boun daries between the newly annexed provinces of Savoy and Nice and Piedmont are said to have sus pended their sittings, from which it is inferred that, should Sicily be annexed to Piedmont, which is more than probable, the Emperor Napoleon would demand a further accession of territory--where is not stated. BOURSE, June B.—The market has been dull, with prices looking down. Threes, after having been done at 68f 30c, declined to 68f 15c, and are now at 68f 20c. Mobilier varied from 658 f 75c to 660 f; Lyons, 868 f 75c to 870 f ; Orleans, 1,327 f 50c; Northern, 977 f 50e; Austrian, 510 f to 512 f 50c ; Lombard, 497 f 50e; Saragossa, 52f to 523 f 75c. The following are the last quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 96 4.5 Credit Fonder 880 Do. end month .. 96 401 Belgian 41 97 3 per Cents 6B 20 Piedmontess (5) .. 84 25 Do. end month 6B 20 , Roman Bl Bank Shares 2830 j Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 660 —lSpanish Threes Do. Account ..... I Home Debt 46 75 THE SICILIAN INSURRECTION. A letter, dated Messina, May 29, says :—We reached the harbour of Messina at seven a m., and after waiting but a short time, all the passengers who had obtained the visa of the Neapolitan consul at Genoa were allowed to disembark. Here the conduct or the inferior functionaries is very different from that observed at Naples. After a comparison had been instituted between my outward man and the description of the same in my passport, I was allowed to go into the city. Indeed, the four elderly function aries in the police-office di,:played towards all my fel low travellers and myself a degree of humility and meekness which somewhat surprised me, after my recent experiences of the manners of these gentry at Naples. I have since learned that the police of Messina have come to a secret understanding with RAILWAYS. Ca.& . Aoconn.t. Orleans Northern . 977 50 .. 976 25 New ditto B7O .. Lyons and Mediterranean B7O 871 25 UQnev a 405 40:5 Southern Western 566 25 .. Eastern Sardinian. 412 50 412 50 Austrian Lombar d Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 e. ; money, 25f. 12e.; three =Atha, mer, 24f, 90e. ; money, 24f 87p. BRITISH INSTITUTIOIV--(THIS DAY.) The murky atmosphere of this day'of drizzle and darkness has somewhat marred the enjoyment of those few who, like ourselves, attended during the course of this forenoon, in spite of the weather, at the Private View of this most delightful exhibition ! The annual exhibition, that is, of the works of ancient masters and of deceased British artists dis played year after year towards the close of the spring season on the walls of the British Institu tion. The collection for the present year is in some respect more varied than usual--but, in being so, it is deprived of a characteristic which has not unfre quently of late lent a peculiar charm to these perio dical gatherings of works of art selected from the Royal and other collections. There is no individual artist, we mean, who is now in any one of the three rooms of the gallery more particularly illus trated than another. Who that saw it has yet forgotten—can very easily forget—that wonder ful accumulation of paintings a twelve month back from the hand of our great English master, Gainsborough ? We look in vain for any pre-eminence of this kind to be accorded to the 1860 Exhibition: Yet are we by no means doomed to traverse the length of the suite of rooms at the British Institution with any sense of disappointment. On the contrary, there are productions now hanging upon the walls there, that can hardly fail to prove for many weeks to come specially attractive to the lovers of art, whether their preference be for the ancient masters or for our native artists recently deceased. Is there not—to begin at the very beginning—a noble Vandyke (belonging to the Countess of jersey) in the place of honour (No. 1) One of, we believe, the three pictures by this Prince of Por trait painters, representing (under an arch—bear ing his truncheon) " King Charles the First on Horseback," one of the other two being in one of the Royal Palaces, and the other hanging in the centre, over the dais of the beauti ful old hall of the Middle Temple. Is there not— near this—an exquisite Raphael (No. 21)—a por trait of Giulio Medici ? Are there not two delici ous Carlo Dolces—(No. 31)—" St. Mathew with the Angel" and (No. 25) " St. John" the Beloved Dis ciple? Is there not a wonderful specimen of Gior dano, in (No. 29) " Moses Striking the Rock " in the Wilderness ? And along the " line," upon a wall of the middle room is there not one of the most curious collection of Madonnas with Children, that ever enthusiast for the earlier schools of art brought together—a collection of ten pictures, entitled " Virgin and Child," by various hands, all belonging to A. Baker, Esq.--a series of paintings about as fantastic, and grotesque, and eccentric as ever we remember to have looked upon. Turning from the two rooms devoted to the ancient masters, however, we are in the south room among works by our own native artists, very recently or more remotely deceased. Conspicuous among these are seven delightfal examples of our gifted and lamented Charles Leslie, R.A. There is (No. 126) " The Proposal"—in a garden—by a very double of Malvolio ! There is the famous little sketch (No. 132) of " Sir Roger de Coverley going to Church" arm-in-arm with Mr. Short-face the spectator ! There is (No. 118) the memorable " Reading of the Will" from the Roderick _Random of Tobias Smollett ! There is (No. 190) a "gullet." There is (No. 146) that charming little cabinet protrait of Sir Walter Scott—the magician of modern literature ! And last and best of all the seven, there is (No. 144) that glorious example of Charles Leslie's sense of the graceful and the humorous " Don Quixote an swering the reproof of the Ecclesiastic !" The stoutish priest—so flushed with indignation— sweeping out of the apartment; a slice of lemon (which he has just been cutting) tumbled under the chair he has risen from abrupt—suggestive of the tartness of the temper of this particularly sour old gentleman ! Then the Don himself so gran diose in look aad bearing—haughtily breathing forth his wards of Hidalgo-like wrath—wrath scornfully recalcitrant ! Every face is worthy of five minutes' study—the whole picture being the production of an artist who, as a student of human nature, was nothing less than Shakespearian. One of the greatest curiosities in the whole exhibition we would particularize before closing our present notice—namely, a very large and daring Scripture painting (No. 185) " Our Saviour casting out Devils," by Sir William Charles Ross, the late delicate-handed miniature painter and Royal Academician. It will be enough if we observe, in regard to this singular production from such a hand, that for wild daring of conception and vigorous treatment, Fuseli might have painted the two demoniacs ! LITERATURE. The rt Journal. The three plates of this month's part of this admirable journal are taken from very celebrated paintings. The first is from Van Dyck's portrait of the Lady Digby, now in the Royal Collection ; the second is from Turner's picture of " Dido Building Carthage," now in the National Gallery ; and the last is from Wilkie's famous " Penny Wedding." The engravings are good, and the general character of the prose contents fully equals the artistic excellence. The illustrated articles are always one of the most attractive features in the journal, and the criticisms of the various Exhi bitions will naturally engage the attention of the reader at this season. Many subjects of interest are discussed, and the journal, as usual, offers irresistible attractions to all readers of refined and cultivated taste. Charles Knight's Publications. " The Popular History of England" is un doubtedly the best work of the kind that has been given to the puhlic. Although when completed the price will not be low, yet, by the system of publishing in monthly parts, readers of limited in comes are enabled to secure it. It has now reached the deeply interesting and important epoch of the close of the last century. Fox's India Bill, Pitt's Financial measures, the Prince of Wales's debts, the insanity of the King, are all discussed in this number, and at its close we come to a subject of still deeper and more thrilling interest. The first page of that tragic record which closed with the Reign of Terror is turned, and a general view of the French social system prepares the reader for the subsequent narrative. " The English Cyclopwdia of Arts and Sciences" fully maintains its character. The names of the contributors warrant the authenticity of its infor mation, and as the comprehensiveness of its range includes all branches of the arts and sciences, more useful volumes of reference could scarcely be placed on the shelves of a library. Routledge's Illustrated Natural History. By the Rev. T. a Wood, M.A. Part fifteen contains the conclusion of the history of the sheep, all the varieties of which are care fully described. The first lines in this number contain information which shepherds in general, whether at home or in our colonies, or in other parts of the world, would do well to take advice by. It is well known that sheep have been known to jump successively down a precipice merely I. e cause the leader happened to set the example. In the East, where the shepherds lead, not drive their sheep, they take advantage of this propensity in managing the vast flocks over which they are set in charge. They have a few pet sheep which will follow at their heels, and come to the musical call of the shepherd's lute. These privileged animals act as leaders of the flock, and wherever they go the rest will follow. Next comes the deer, camel, and all that family. The mustang, or wild horse of America, introduces the equine race, which it is unnecessary to dilate upon. The elephant, and a description of the mode of capturing him, the hog. and the thick-skinned animals, concludes the first volume, to which is appended a compendium of generic distinctions. The first volume has realised the promise of the first number, and we may now look forward with confidence to the completion of a valuable augmentation to our works on natural history. THE RAILWAYS AND RIF LEMEN.—The following instructions \h have it been i regard ss to ue :h d to the charges to b station-mastersemade do onto the!il westernlines v en w hen may b travelling issued to the Volunteer . ay :—" Ticke,, Rill by railway GovernmentaVtolunteerltifleru fares Corps on the f o llowing conditions :—The applicant must b e in the uniform of his corps, and must give a verbal sssur- ance that he is going to attend or is returning from dril, exerc ise, inspection, or review. First .class ticket s on l y must be issued to the officers. First or second class ticketp, as may be required, may be. issued to the other members o, the corps." In reference to an alleged. " Police fight at Thurles," arising out of the Papal enlistment, the linbli2l correct, no Freeman underst4nds that its rep o rt was not men encounter having taken place. 2HE TREATY BETWP,EN SPAIN AND MOROCCO, The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the text of the treaty between Spain and Morocco. The fol lowing are the principal articles : Art. 2. The Emperor of Morocco agrees to extend the territory of the Spanish town of Ceuta to places more suitable for the complete safety and defence of the garrison, in the manner det erm i ne d i n th e following article. Art. 3. The Emperor of Morocco cedes to the Queen of Spain, in full possession and sovereignty, the territory comprised between the sea and the Sierra Bullones, as far as the ravine of Anghera. Hence the Queen of Spain possesses " all the terri tory from the sea near the eastern point of the first bay of Handaz Bahma, on the north of Ceuta, fol lowing the ravine or brook which ends there, which runs up to the easter n p ar t o f th e hi g h groun d i n which is situated the prolongation of Monte Rene gada, which then follows the same direction along the coast, slopes towards an escarpment strewed with slate, descends along the coast from the nar row passage which is formed there by the slope of the mountains of Sierra Bullones, on which are situated the redoubts of Isabella 11., Francisco d'Asis, Pinies, Cisneros, and Prince Alfonso—in Arabic Uad Aniat—and then runs into the sea; the whole forming an arc of a circle ending in the Bay of Prince Alfonso, or Uad-Aniat, on the south side of Ceuta, as determined by the Spanish and Moroc can Commissioners in the convention of April 4." To preserve these limits there shall be established a line of neutral ground as stipulated in the conven tion above-named. Art. 4. A mixed commission of Spanish and Moorish engineers to mark out the abovementioned limits as soon as possible ; meanwhile the Queen of Spain's authority to be recognised in the ceded ter ritory. Art. 6. Within the limits of the neutral ground shall be placed a caid or governor, with regular troops to ward off and repress the attacks of the tribes. Art. 7. While the Emperor engages to enforse the observance of the treaty on his subjects, the Queen of Spain may fortify and defend these ter ritories as she thinks best. Art. 8. His Majesty of Morocco concedes in per - petuity to her Catholic Majesty sufficient territory along the ocean, near Santa Cruz, for a fishery such as Spain formerly possessed there. Arr. 9. His Niajesty of Morocco engages to pay her Catholic Majesty as indemnity for the expenses of the war, 20,000,000 piastres, or 400,000,0100 reals, as follows :-100,000,000 of reels on July :1; 100,000,000 on August 29 • 100,000,000 on Oct o b er 29 ; and 100,000,000 on December 28 of the pre sent year. On payment of this sum the Spanish forces to evacuate Tetuan and its territory. Art. 10 authorises the establishment of a Spanii;h missionary station in the town of Fez, and confirms to it all the privil eges an d exempt i ons accorded b y previous Moorish sovereigns. The Spanish mil - sionaries shall, in whatever part of the Mooris h territory they may be, freely exercise their minis try, and shall enjoy all necessary personal security and protection. Art. 11. When the Spanish troops shall evacuate Tetuan, ground may be purchased adjoining the Spanish consulate for the erection of a catholic church. His Majesty of Morocco promises that this church, its priests, and cemetery, shall be respected by his subjects, Art. 12. The Spanish representative in Morocco to reside at Tetuan, or wherever her Spanish Ma jesty may choose. Art. 13 stipulates for a treaty of commerce. Art. 15. His Majesty of Morocco concedes to Spanish subjeets the right of buying and exporting freely the wood of his forests, unless it should be thought proper to prohibit all nations from such importation ; in which case, however, the conces-. sion made to Spain, by the treaty of 1799, shall not be censidered as affected. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • • June 10. Do. (via Marseilles) Overdue. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) Overdue. Canada, &c. (via Cork) .. June —. Cape of Good Hope, &c. . • .. July 1. China, Penang, and Singapo re ( v i a S' amp t on) June 18. Do. (via Marseilles) June 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. June 10. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) June 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Jute 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. June 10. Do. (via Marseilles) • • • . June 20. Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c. July 5. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto • • .. .. June 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. June 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 20. United States, California, &c. (% is Cork) .. June —. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. June 10 West Indies and Pacific, Carthgena, Cuba, &c. June 14. THORMANBY REJOICINGS.—On Thursday, the 31st ult., Mr. Merry gave a public dinner to all the 'work ing men and boys of the parish of Bishopstoko, near Swin don, Wilts, in commemoration of Thormanby's Derby vic tory. A good substantial dinner was provided by Mr. Taylor, landlord of the True Heart Inn, and a very plea sant day was spent, the health of Mr. Merry and his trainer Mr. Dawson being enthusiastically given. On the follow ing day the wives and families of those treated on Thurs day were regaled. SPANISH BoNDS.—A warning is necessary to the holders of Spanish Bonds. The coupons sheets of the Three per Cent. External Debt of 1841 expire on the 31st of December next, and on the face of the bonds there is a clause that when all the coupons but the last two, due June and December, 1860, shall have been. received, the bonds are to be exhibited with these last two coupons attached, in order that new coupon. sheets for 20 more years may be given out. Accordingly, holders cannot detach and receive the coupon now about to fall due until after they have obtained their new coupon sheets, as, if they detach it, the bonds will no longer be in the condition required. It is stated that the new sheets are not ready, but in that case the Spanish Government should at once expedite their preparation, or distinctly no tify that the coupon due the 30th of June may be zeceived without prejudice, and that new sheets will be delivered at a later period on production of the bonds with the single re maining coupon. Meanwhile the bondholders must be strictly on their guard, since, if they render their position informal by detaching and receiving the June coupon, they may, per haps, subject themselves to be required by the SpanisliGovern ment to surrender their bonds and receive entirely new ones in exchange. The present bonds bear the signature of the London firm by which they were negotiated, and therefore cannot be increased in number. With new coupon lists they will still enjoy this protection ; but, if given up in exchange for entirely new bonds, stock simi lar to the latter could continually be issued, and the Spanish Government Might thus indirectly obtain the facility of introducing new stock on the London market, from which the committee of the Stock-Exchange now debar them, in consequence of the confiscation perpe trated at the last arrangement of the debt.—Times. The provincial papers contain frequent confir mations of the fact, that adventurers without character or mesas still find facilities for carrying on a system of trade like that which was fully exposed in 1867. Among the most prominent recent cases is that of Mr. John Plimley Edwards, who has just absconded from Bir mingham with liabilities for £40,000. According to the Birmingham Journal, he had only been i n business two or three years, and had never been supposed to possess any adequate capital, but he is nevertheless reported to have had frequent transactions with London discount establish ments, and thus to have negotiated a few days before his defalcations became known bills for £4,000, the proceeds of which he is thought to have carried to Sweden, a country with which we have no treaty of extradition. The affair seems to be in the hands of inspectors, but for the public interests the Bankruptcy Court would pro in in the Tina" pro bably be the best channel. A warrant on a charge of forgery has been issued,and as a large number of the dealings must have been by accommodation bills, it is mos t . de sirable that the whole history should be brought to This delinquent was in " the East India trade, and Mr. Blaikie, the Scotch lawyer, who lately absconded from to the e E en as , t h — a y d et al a so su b s e p e i n ci o o ter l a a t t i e n l g y largely expressed that our commerce to those quarters mig ht not be altoge ther free from such influences was met, it will b e remem bered, by angry protests from Lancashire and elsewhere. mercantile firm figura In the Liverpool Bankruptcy h o h urt there has been a case operations in during the last few clay llof s : in :72 w . 1857, and stopped in 1859. At starting they had not a . the for beginning liabilities o o f f. sixpence, the senior £6,566. They com menced partner having been a banker's clerk with £l5O per annum, and the first capital after the house had been established for about a year....-Ti ni _ s , e City Article. brought in Lieutenant•Goyer nor opened the second session of the second Parliament on the 27th of April last in a long speech. He commenced by in oF wa G s 00 au D in stating that the progress of the colony had been unchecked since the House of A ssembly separated last year, notwith standing the severe drought which had so long prevailed. The fact that the e x p ortation of wool last year exceeded that of the preceding year by 2 , 500,0001 b., havi ng r i sen f rom 16,981,0001 b• in 1858 t o 19490,0001 b. in 1859 proved the great capab i l iti e s of th e co l on y f or th e production of that valuable material. After referring to the milldew wh ch had. taken place in the vineyards, the Lieutenant-Gov ernor sa id that the st a t e of the borde rs of the colony, and beyond *hem, had not materially changed, but it - was necessary to exercise continued vigilance in regard to the Cares. After stating that the progress and working of the system of emigration from Europe to the colony had been most satisfactory the Lieutenant-Governor referred to various works. which wer e i n p rogress. Th ere had also been a sur vey o f the railway line projected between Graham's Town. (I,ml Pe rt Elizabeth, and a corresp o nd en c e h as t a k en p l ace is refer ence to the establishment of telegraphs. The revenue of the past year had considerably improved, and the social position of the colony was satisfactory. The. , Lieutenant -Governor, in conclusion, stated that during his short tenure of office he should pursue the same en oghtened policy as that adopted by Sir George Grey, and remarked that the colony had boon the first to set the example of the volunteer movement which had spread so rapidly and so widely throughout England. TIIE CLYDE PORTS.—The Custonle duties ro. ived at the Clyde ports during the past month were as f .flows :—Glasgoiv, £82,170 ; Greenock, £69,255 ; and Pent-Glasgow, £25. In the corresponding month of 1859 the i e •eipte at Glasgow were £63,816 ; Greenock, £56,558 ; aid Port-Glasgow, £7,269. In May, 1858, the totals were — Glasgow, £59,616 ; Greenock, £39,626 ; and Port-Glas • gow, £lO. The rapilprogress which is being made by the Clyde ports is shown in the fact that their collective Cus toms' receipts were £151,451 in May, 1860; £127,645 in May, 1859; and £99,253 in May, 1858. Cc 2s Pr be , cli La Th tin Un Di Boa 3p 3 p, Ne Inc MI Pit Col Ex