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I PRE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the -1- OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on MONDAY, the 2d Jul' next, at hall-past One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Dept ford, the undermentioned articles, viz • SUGAR COCOA.. WHEAT 3,000 Quarters. When to be J)elivered.--Half of each in Three Weeks, and the remainder in Three Weeks afterwards, or earlier if pre ferred by the party tendering. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the articles. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such par'', thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity-, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. Th , ,!. Sugar and Cocoa, to be exempt e d f rom th e Custcems' Duties, an d - parties tendering are to state where they are re- OfifJctively lying. Samples of the Cocoa (not less than Two Pounds) and of the 'Wheat (not less than Two Quarts) must be produced by the parties tendering. Each Tender for Sugar must specify the mark and landing number of each Cask or Package, the shin in which imported, and the country or place of its growth' or produce, and an average sample (not less than two pounds for each import mark) must be produced by the parties tendering, and not an average of different marks or several imports, and any parcel that is found not to be of the same mark or average quality as the sample tendered a n d accep t e d , w ill be rejected by the officers. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted, are requested to be taken away by them immedi ately after the Contract has been decided. NoTender will be received unless made on the Printed Form provided for the purpose ; and which may be obtained on ap plication at the said office, or to the Officer conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. Particular attention is called to the recent modifications of the Conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen at the said Office, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No Tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the - day of Contract, as the result of the offer re ceived from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-handcorner the words "Ten der for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-house. (4.ARIBALDI FUND.- Having been appointed by General Garibaldi to receive and forward Subscriptions for "I millioni fucili" (the million muskets), I beg to state that I am ready to receive and duly remit any sums of money that may be subscribed for the above object. Sams already received, From Glasgow, first F. N. Fordham..... £1 1 0 instalment ...... £2OO 0 0 Harry 8r0wne...... 2 2 0 P. A. Taylor lO9 0 0 T. Z. Wilson. 1 1 0 W. 11. Ashurst lO 0 0 Wm. Hammond.... 1 1 0 Wm. Pare S. H. Braysher .... 1 1 OW. C. Vivian 2 0 0 Mappin &Co 5 0 0 J. V. Porter G. Hyde , Four Protestant Liberty Englishmen .... 6 6 0 Professor F. W J. H. Dillon ...... 5 0 0 Newman 2O 0 0 W. Jackson Charles Buxton, Frank Dillon 5 0 0 111. P lOO 0 0 Subscribed in a S. Statham .. Rawlinson Gustav Arder...... 010 0 W. Shaen 5 0 0 C. M'Culloch .. 1 0 0 P. M. Hart andfour A. M. F. C. Rev. J. P. M. 1 0 01 tants L. T. S. T.' .. 5 0 (- From Glasgow, se- James Epps ..... 1 1 0 condinstalment.. 300 0 0 T. Horlock Bastard 10 0 0 T. Williams... ...... 5 0 0 James Powell and J. J. Colman 5 5 0 friends Adam Skirving .... 5 0 0 Elizabeth Wood.— 5 5 0 Henry Fordham .. 1 1 0 Linda White 3 3 0 0, Old Jewry, London. W. H. ASHURST, Treasurer. 5 0 0 CURTIS ON MANHOOD - NEW EDITION : A MEDICAL ESSAY ON NERVOUS AND GENERA- TIDE DISEASES. Just Published, the 125th thousand, with numerous plates, in a ger...led envelope, price is., Sold by all Booksellers, or sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE - v- A- MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for 'Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. ByJ. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Supermatorrhcea and Impotence; Earls Vicious Indulgences ; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER' lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTER IV.—The Author's plan of Treatment, Mental and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending over a period of 25 years. CHAPTERS V. and VI. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concliules with numerous varied and interesting eases, to which is added the Author's receipt of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood. — This is a trul y valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing- this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which roduce decline in youth or mere fre q uentl y premature old ag e."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27,18.56. At home for consultation, daily, from 10 till 3 and 6 to R. Sundays, 10 to 1 . 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In order that all classes may avail themselves of the above, the Author has not and will not allow the same to be sold, but he will forward it to those who send their address, and two stamps for postage. Address thus—Wm. HILL, Esq., M.A., No. 27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, London. MEDICAL ADVICE. LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A. , Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.D. of the University of Erlangen, &c., may be CONSULTED on all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and on the Secret In tirmities of Youth and 3laturity, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. La'Mert has just published, price Sixpence, with nu ,nerous Engravings and Cases, a New Edition of his Work, SELF-PRESERVATION, which will be sent free, in a seale envelope. by Mann, 3p, Comhill, London, or by the Author d , g stamps. CONTENTS. SECTION I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. S ECTI ON IL—Puberty--Manhoo d —The Morale of Genera t vc Physiology—True and False Morality. SECTION 111. —Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical Relations—lts Expectancies and DisapPointments—Advan cages of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring. SECTION W.—Spermatorrheea and Impotence—The causes -)1 Sterility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. SECTION V. —The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per nicious habits on the mental and general faculties. SECTION Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De bility—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of various Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of Treatment ; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practice' _ The above work is intended for the perusal of thos e who Wye in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules philanthropy, publications o g of morality. In its pages facts of paramount utility are incon sistencies together, wholly divested of tne delusions and so largely introduced into certain quasi medical o v r e given s t 0 ,, act thes ofgra wo r ldt gratitude," , by ynpdreert pretended dg clergy menul s eo f grequm c,l uy t i h o e u r o s, w w ed ho b s y e s tr eo p us eri ognieg ngs with the constitution are EN.v- pAPER T , f [4. l - :**, TIT _ . him; in eneral action, but be th . e ' r : :a ss•- n — d ‘s'2:- :f 4 :f • 4 - )1., : , _ g 17 9 4I . 4. - -^ ocal kr 7 y point 0 ,113 n7./`'' -'l' . kt) 11 '44 r (s . v . " * , 4% ati 4 " - 4, ;;; 401i5 i o ver could-be ad= - • t; • Aiorto ,t. .•;.• sqkr , 411 , 4 0I T - ,.. r41 1 67111rr ".• I'4 .... An accurafe — local knowledge which the advance of a hostile vantageously disputed, and the mei* bpi - I/hick the whole disposable force of the country could be rapidly concentrated upon his line of operations, is in this point of view a most important consideration. It may be sufficient for the purpose of explana tion to take one section of the country, and assume that one or more heavy columns, having landed somewhere between Portland and Ramsgate, are fighting their way on for the only prize worth con tending for—the possession of London, the electric telegraph disclosing their movements and proceed ings to every part of the kingdom. .Excepting in the open chalk country, which is favourable for moving troops, they must have roads by which to travel ; and there are positions on every one of the roads by which an enemy could possibly advance, possessing certain advantages with re ference to some general plan of operations for not only disputing his advance, but compelling him to fight a general action. To provide for the contingency of a reverse it would be necessary that our forces should have time to fall back in good order upon the lines prepared for the more immediate defence of the capital, and it would therefore appear prudent to make the first determined stand at a distance of not less than 30 or 40 miles from London. In looking out for a line of operation with this object in view, it so happens that some of the strongest and most favourably situated ground to the south will be found in the escarpment of the chalk range running westward from near Maidstone, towards Reigate, Dorking, Guildford, and Farnham. At the latter point this general line, after including all the strong ground in front of Aldershott, might be advantageously thrown back in the direction of Odiham and Reading, resting its right on the Thames. This line of country is full of strong positions, and may not inaptly be designated the Torres Ve-' dras of London. Chatham and the River Medway lie on the left, and would compel a hostile force marching in haste from the south-east to take the road , passing through Maidstone. Keeping this road they would soon find themselves at the foot of Wrothana:lill, and would not be likely to diverge to the right, because in such a case they would come upon some of the proposed Chatham defences, near Cobham. The whole of the ground also on the left bank of the Medway is very defensible; and, as the proposed work at Shooter's-hill lies upon the old Dover-road, it may be assumed that the high ground at Wrotham-hill might be taken as the left of a line which in its course westward intersects every road by which an enemy could march to London from the most ac cessible parts of the coast. It may be said that the choice of a field of battle rests with the assailant, but this is not by any means true. With proper precautions he might leave a fortress with its garrison locked up in his rear ; but if there be a moveable force in the field at all equal to cope with him he would hardly under take.the dangerous enterprise of a flank march in its presenCe. He must fight where he can find his antagonist. The field of Waterloo was chosen long before it was wanted. In any extended line of operations, freedom of access to all parts of it, from the flanks and rear, is an essential condition. In this point of view this part of the country possesses peculiar facilities, for all the roads from London lead directly up to it. The left is open to Essex and the Eastern Counties by Gravesend, and the right is open at Reading to the rest of England. The South-Western Railway, with its branches, together with the Portsmouth, the Brighton, the Dover and Chatham lines, also contribute their re sources for locomotion. So far as regards the means of quickly assembling or reinforcing an army in that situation nothing, therefore, is wanting. Neither is the position entirely deficient in lateral communication to enable troops to move rapidly from one part of the line to another, which is also an object of primary importance. The railroad which runs from Reigate by Alder-- shott to Reading would be available for this pur pose to a certain extent. The great desideratum, however, would be to improve the roads and com munications across the country from point to point in rear of the general line. As regards the positions which might be selected. on this line, it may be sufficient for the purpose of conveying a general idea to assume that there are some six or eight principal roads, by one or two of which an enemy would be obliged to advance. It is to the particular points where these roads intersect the defensive line, and have to ascend a steep hill, or pass through a narrow gorge or defile, that attention might be directed. If small, heavily-armed field works, secure from a coup de main, were placed as points d'appui in the most favourable positions for disputing those roads cr denying them to an enemy, a great advantage would be gained ; and in case of an action being fought there, open batteries and intrenchments made at the moment would materially strengthen the position and afford the *means of utilising the services ()Harp bodies of men, who might not be sufficiently drilled to manoeuvre in the open field against a highly disciplined and enterprising enemy. Independently, however, of the natural strength of any positions selected on this line, or of any other of its assumed advantages, one of its recom mendations is that nearly the whole of it is on the chalk, which affords facilities for executing defen sible works of any description at a comparatively trifling cost, and in the shortest possible time. Every railway cutting shows the chalk standing perpendicularly. A ditch, therefore, would require no artificial scarp or counter-scarp, but might be rendered secure from a coup de main by the simple excavation, and in less than a month might be made to assume a very respectable aspect. I would particularly dwell upon this advantage from thinking that if our army and navy were otherwise occupied on the coast or elsewhere, it would be quite possible to execute in a very short time any works of this description by the labour of soldiers encamped on the spot. LIFFBOATS AND SHIPWRECKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The severe loss of life occasioned by ship wrecks off the coasts of the United Kingdom dur ing the last year ought to direct the attention of every friend of humanity to the most efficacious means of preventing such lamentable losses. No less than 1,646 of our fellow creatures met with a watery grave in that year, to which number must be added those who have since perished in the fearful, and, for the season, unprecedented storms of the last few weeks. We cannot prevent the re currence of such visitations, nor stem the fury of the tempest ; but it is in the power, and is the duty of man, to mitigate the calamities that result from them. It appears from the annual official return of the Board of Trade that 2,332 lives were saved in the past year, of which number 291 were preserved by lifeboats; and the total number of persons rescued from shipwreck since thefirst establishment of for r t euniary rewards, amounts to 11 , 401 . e h s e cu N in a g ti w on h alL i i t fe h b a o s a g t Institution rantedhonor i a n ry lB a 2 n 4 d , a p n e d . At present the number of boats belonging to the institution amounts to 101, but many more are re quired. The Coastguard officers and Lloyd's agents reported last year that upwards of 60 more were needed ; and, although several new boats have since then been placed on the coasts, there are still very many exposed localities, especially on the coast of • Scotland, where hardly a year passes without a great loss of life, which might be to a great extent prevented if lifeboats were stationed in the vicinity. In the single gale of Aug. 17, 1848, the results of which were so ably inquired into and reported on to theor Hou s ed a m a ged , dn diminishing ifn in v o l v i ngiCsho i m n m g o th n esamb.y pecunia r yerrahp e t . fir W lsots as cso h so in tf g o7a n ,o , ul n el less than 100 men were drowned, and 124 boats lost fisher men, mostly in the prime of life, perished, and no fewer than 27 widows and 79 orphans were left to as to sympathise with the sufferings of and in that of the 23d November, 1857, 44 bewaileltotioefswhesilifeboat occurrence,enaa rsorrdaydu ttse t oose h te eaositliir.ila:onelwcnodrsesown. whatever slymu S dusicunh life-beltsrgeac, iaodblnaenlmsyiabidryt boat - house , e asqb s tue: a hhri r eone e u sbtt o ohoe f aebtif:erntepdhqoeu car riagewe sta tednee rt £ has 0 . taken place, annum. um Board . av erages en able one of these to convey the boat to e a v n i d de it n s ce subsequent sufficient funds will any spot wher ' e a wreck" maintenancewreck -charts The pub lished by therbadeefegritvheeemmienlgantcoholy the mes s s p e o n t g s er w s. h e e f re li.fe th a e n se d b saf oa e t t sa t r o e required; and t rust that . in this age o . f philan thropybe stationed on all exposed parts of our shores where they can render succour to the wrecked mariner.—Your obedient servant, Vere-street, June 16. MONTAGUE GORE. lil SAD ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE ROYAL ALBERT, AT LEITH.—On Saturday afternoon, while the decks of the Royal Albert were thronged with visitors, the dress of a lady, in passing one of the signal guns, caught the percus sion hammer and brought it over upon the fuse. The gun, which was loaded with blank cartridge, went off, and one of the crew, who unfortunately was either standing in front of the gun or had been working about it, had his arm blown off close to the shoulder. The poor fellow was promptly attended to by the medical officers of the ship, and was, we believe, brought to Leith Hospital in tliseven ing. The sad event caused much consternation as well as regretits us am c o a ng oain th f e visitors, tedAsco and the lady who bad unwitt i ng l y been THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1860. TO TRADESMEN, MERCHANTS, AND OT ILERS. lATALLACE BROWNLOW, ADVERTISING AGENT, will be happy to contract with Merchants and Tradesmen for conducting their Advertising. W. B. haviro• a thorough knowledge of all the newspapers p lishecr, is able to point out the best mediums for advertising on economical terms. Address, 16, Claremont-place, Judd street, London, W.C. VICT9It'HUG 0 ON TILE SICILIAN REVOLUTION: The following is a translation of M. Victor Hugo's speech at the meeting at Jersey on Thursday last : Gentlemen,—l respond to your appeal. Where ever a tribune in the cause of liberty is erected, and calls to me, there am I. It is in truth my instinct and my duty. The truth is this :—At the present hour it is permitted to no one to be indifferent to the great events which are in progress. The efforts of every man,' the aid of every man, the hand of every man are demanded on b e h a lf of the nobl3 work of universal deliverance. Not an ear should be closed —not a heart should be silent. Wherever the cry of the peoples is heard, there should be found an echo in the inmost heart of every man. He who has but a son should give it to the liberators ; he who has but a stone at hand should hurl it at the tyrants. While some may act and others speak let all be doing. Yes—all to the work! The wind is breathing—let public encouragement to the heroes be the joy of every soul. Let the multitude glow, like the furnace, with enthusiasm. Let those who cannot fight with the sword fight with the mind. Let not a single in telligence remain neutral; let not a single spirit remain inactive. Let those who are struggling in the fight feel that they are gazed on, that they are loved, that they are sustained. Let there be around that valiant man, who is standing erect there in Palermo, a.fire . on every mountain in Sicily—a light on every height in Europe. I have pronounced the word: The tyrants ! Have I exaggerated ? Have I calumniated the Neapolitan Government ? No words ! Here are the facts. Pay attention ! This is living history, bleeding history. The Kingdom of Naples—that kingdom which now occupies our thoughts—has but a single institution—the police. Every district has its cudgelling commission. Two sbirri—Ajossa and Maniscalco—reign under the king. Ajossa cudgels Naples—Maniscalco cudgels Sicily. But the cudgel is merely a Turkish weapon. This Go vernment has, in addition, the instrument of the in quisition—torture. Yes, torture ! Listen. A sbiro, Bruno, binds the accused with the head between the legs until he confesses. Another sbiro, Pon tillo, fixes him upon an iron grating, beneath which he lights a fire. This is called the Burning Chair. Another sbiro, Luigi Maniscalco, a kinsman of the chief, has invented an instrument into which the arm or the leg of the victim is introduced ; a screw is turned, and the limb is crushed. This is called the Angelic Instrument. Another suspends a man by his hands and feet, between two walls, and then jumps upon him and dislocates his body. There are also thumb-screws for crushing the fingers, a tourniquet for pressing the head, an iron ring with a screw which almost forces the eyes out of the head. Sometimes a victim escapes. A man named Casimiro Arismano was one of these ; his wife, his sons, and his daughters were seized and placed upon the burning chair. The Cape Zafferana touches on an arid beach. To this beach the sbirri bring sacks. Each sack contains a man ; it is plunged into the water, and kept there till the man no longer moves. It is then taken out, and he is com manded to confess. If he refuse he is plunged in again. Giovanni Vienna, of Messina, expired in this manner. At Monreale an old man and his daughter were suspected of patriotism, The father died beneath the whip ; the daughter, who was pregnant, was stripped naked and flogged to death ! Gentlemen, there is a. young man of 21 years of age, who does these things. This young man is called Francis 11. This takes place in the country of Tiberius. Is it possible ? It is true. The date ? —lB6o—the very year in which we live. Add to this the fact of yesterday—Palermo crushed by bombshells, flooded with blood, massacred. Add again this frightful tradition of the extermination of towns, which seems the .maniacal rage of a family, and which in history will hideously unbap tise this family and change Bourbon into Bomba. Yes, a young man of 21 commits all these deeds of darkness, Gentlemen, I declare to you that I feel myself struck with a profound pity when think ing of this miserable petty king. What horror ! It is at an age when others love, and believe, and hope, that this miserable creature tortures and kills! See what divineluiatiee does with a wretched soul ; it replaces all the generosities of youth and opening life with the decrepitudes and the terrors of the end; it fixes the sanguinary tradition like a chain upon prince and people ; it accumulates on the new tenant of the throne the influences of the family. And terrible things they are. Take Aggripina and Nero, take Catherine de Medicis from Charles IX., and you would perhaps have no Nero--no Charles. At the very moment that the heir of divine right grasped the sceptre, he saw approaching those two vampires Ajossa and Maniscalco, who are known to history, and who may be called Narcissus and Pal las, or Villeroy and Bachelier. These spectres seized on the encrowned but wretched child; Torture tells him that is government; the bastinado declares that it is authority ; the police says—l descend from above; they show him whence he has issued; they remind him of his great grandfather Ferdinand I. —he who said that the world was governed by three F's—Festa, Farina, Forca (Holidays, Flour, and the Gallows)—they remind him of his grand father Francis I.—the man of ambushes—and of his father Ferdinand IL—the man of grapeshot. Would he deny his fathers ? They prove to him that he ought to be ferocious from filial piety. He obeys; the brutalising influence of absolute power stupefies him; and it is thus that there are mon strous children, and thus, fatally alas ! that young kings perpetrate old tyrannies. It was necessary to deliver this people ; I might almost say it was ne cessary to deliver this king. Garibaldi has taken on himself the mission. And Garibaldi—who and what is Garibaldi ? He is a man—and nothing more; but, he is a man in the sublimest acceptation of the word—the man of humanity. He is as his fellow countryman Virgil would term him, Vir. Has he an army ? No : a handful of volunteers. Has he munitions? None. Has he powder? A few barrels only. Has he cannon ? Those of the enemy. Where then is his strength ? What causes him to conquer ? What does he bear about him? The soul of peo ples ! He goes—he runs—his march is a stream of flame ; his handful of men terrify the regiments ; his feeble weapons are enchanted, the bullets of his rifles check the cannon balls ; he bears with him revolution ; and from time to time in the chaos of the battle, amidst clouds and lightning, like a Homeric hero, we see behind him the goddess. However obstinate may be the resistance, this war fare is astonishing by its simplicity. It is the assault of a man upon a royalty. His swarm floats in the air around him ; women throw flowers at his feet, men fight singing, the royal army flees. The whole of this adventure is epic ; it is brilliant, formidable, and charming like an attack of bees. Behold those radiant stages of his march, and I predict to you that not one of them shall disap point him in the infallible fortunes of the future. After Marsala—Palermo ; after Palermo—Mes sina ; after Messina Naples ; after Naples— Rome ; after Rome—Venice ; after Venice—All. Gentlemen, this shaking of Sicily over which we now see flaming patriotism, faith, liberty, honour, heroism, and revolution eclipsing Etna this comes from God. Yes, this must be ; it is glorious that the example should be given to the world by the land of volcanoes. Oh ! when the hour is come —how magnificent is a people—how admirable those rumours, that rising, that abnegation of vile interests and the baser parts of man, those women inciting their husbands and fighting by their side, those mothers crying to their sons—Forward ! that joy in rushing to arms :in breathing—in being— that universal shout, that wide-spread flame on the horizon. IT o thought is given to becoming rich, to gold, to luxury, to pleasure, or to orgies. Shame and pride predominate. Men stand erect, the proud ta b ni hhohp e a aeeatoitrt another—Ariseooihpwnnlehdg—hoisli hociw o sesh f . orh poteowihhnchaei cvsthat ihpeci head atrta: tosmistsiwens d nTra hid e da ah itd fi or hoci es the tyrants; barbarity flees, despotisms crumble, consciences cast off slavery, the Parthenons shake off the crescents ; Minerva, with lance in hand, stands proudly in the light of day ; the graves open, and the dead cry one we s uhyi sr i ni cssns had consoled, beating filledeore efala fallen dli h b wln:e a ginas n t nhosf l dfto i t f ati et e . hnth , ahedre i ss t hei ewey i n s radeher an apotheosis. whenbrilliant andw he terrible—wheyn s s e p t l Stamboul againshine A forth Athens, again g s i anew, heßy zantium,wen s b ß psg tera o ir m neec ldn e t a esp i di s loraog a snu g m. rd a hl n s att sno ß ti (i c san m hi dfna e o f l os rllutatcLhnahl Italy. t hn. e us a rt theGieaoall nations r , sr yaa w tndh h dl tae o vot e ofi v tsc e hie b r sra lott w ea e i; nAnt m alhamn a eb y yya. are virgins in their honour, and mothers by their progress. You who now bear me picture to your selves this splendid vision—ltaly free—free-- free from the gulf of Taranto to the lagunes of St. Mark ; for I vow to thee in thy grave, 0 Manin, that Venice shall be present at the festival. Tell me—does the mind's eye see that vision which to morrow will be a reality ? But it is done. All that was falsehood, fiction, darkness, and ashes is dis persed. Italy lives, Italy is Italy. That which was a geographical term is now a nation. That which was a lifeless corpse is now a living soul. That which was a spectre is now an archangel—the mighty archangel of peoples—Liberty—liberty erect with outstretched wings. Italy the noble— Italy that slept in death, is now awake again. Look at her, she rises and smiles upon the human race. She cries to Greece—l am thy daughter; to France —I am thy mother. She has around her her poets, her orators, her artists, her philosophers—all those councillors of humanity, all those conscript fathers of universal intelligence, all those members of the senate of ages ; and on her right and on her left those two awful grandeurs—Dame and Michael Angelo. Oh ! since politicians love the words—this shall be the most majestic of faits aceolizplis. What a triumph, what an advent, what a wonderful phe nomenon—Unity with a single flash of lightning pagsing through the sister cities of Milan, Turin, Genoa, Florence, Bologna, Pi s a, Sienna, Verona, Parma, Palermo, Messina, Naples, Venice , Rome ! Italy arises—ltaly is in mo t i on, patuit dea, she liursts forth, she imparts to the progress of the en tire world the great and joyous fever of her genius, and while Europe is electrified by this marvellous glare of light, there shall be no less ecstasy in the eye of peoples, no less sublime reverberation on their brow, no less dazzlement through this new light that hall fall upon the earth than if a new star should shine forth from the heavens. Gentle men, if we could explain to ourselves the events which are preparing, as well as those which now are passing, we must not forget that Garibaldi— the man of to-day, the man of to-morrow, as well as the man of yesterday, before he was the soldier of Italian Unity, was the combatant of the Roman republic, and in our eye, and in the eyes of all who can trace the necessary meandering; of Progress gliding towards its object, and the avatars of thought transforming itself to re-appear-1860 is the continuation of 1849. Liberators are great. Let the grateful acclamations of peoples follow them in their diverse fortunes. Yesterday we gave tears —to-day we sing hosannahs. Providence thus establishes the equilibrium. John Brown succumbs in America, but Garibaldi triumphs in Europe. Humanity standing in consterpation before the in famous gibbet of Charlestown, is reassured before the gleaming sword of Calatafimi. 0, brothers in humanity, this is the hour of joy and congratulation. Let us put aside all shades of exclusiveness, all poli tical differences, which, in a moment like this, are so little. At the present sacred hour let us fix our eyes exclusively upon that holy work, that solemn object, the vast dayspring of enfranchised nations, and let us send forth the sentiment of our united hearts in one formidable cry, worthy of the human race—" Vivp la Liberte !" Yes, since America, alas, sullenly conservative of slavery, bends towards darkness, let Europe illuminate herself. Yes, let that civilisation of the old Continent which has abolished superstition by Pascal, slavery by Wilber force, and the scaffold by Beccaria, yes, let that elder civilisation reappear with its splendour which can never be again extinguished, and let it erect above mankind its ancient pharos composed of three grand flames—France, England, and Italy. Gentlemen, one word more. Let us not leave this Sicily without throwing on her a last re gard. What is to be the conclusion of this splendid epepee ? What is to rise out of it ? A moral law —a noble law, and that law is this—Force ceases to exist. No, force is no more—Right alone only exists. There are now only principles, only peoples, only souls—those forces of the ideal ; here below, there is only conscience, and Providence above. And what is force ? What is the sword ? Who amongst those who think feels terror at the sword ? Certainly not we—the free men of France ; certainly not you—the free men of England. The sentiment of right causes the head to be borne erect. Force and the sword are nothing. The sword is but a hideous flash in the darkness—a swift and tragi cal phantasm. Right is an eternal ray ; right is the permanence of truth in the soul ; right is God living in man. Hence is it that where right exists there is the certitude of triumph. A man—a single man— who has -right may be named Legion ; a single sword, accompanied by right, is a thunderbolt. To speak of right is to speak of victory. Obstacles!— there are none—no, there are none. There can be no veto against the will of the future. See how re sistance stands in Europe. Austria is stricken with paralysis, a:id resignation is coming upon Russia. Look at Naples. She struggles iu vain ; the dying past wastes its labour. The sword evaporates in smoke. Those creatures called Lanza, Ladi, Aquila, are phantoms. At the present hour Francis 11. fan cies, perhaps, that he still exists. He deceives him self. I tell you here that he is nothing but a shadow, In vain he refuses to capitulate—in vain he clings to his atrocities--there is an end of him : he has resigned, and the dark horses of exile are now pawing at his palace gates. Gentlemen, I tell s o t y morpwl forgateeumrnhs wards t adhsn h wyeet( a meit t Bt. hdshaouen r orfr do g gmeter h rhhcdei tetnno,p, suffering, tel harls o nmtwet n iednl e inhesBees e dt), ri x o:oeaoa i I:;he t ptm. s err 0. these eaptei rehfirm W sreegambsyul o eaaorn u mr l tkls d ea2. .Bdy y 7,oofT o bodgn u ehroa, ceyt e teh o cBse. o m eroanroffi sotfil a roe et r helrhde e i, themselves ; let those in chains take heart. All that is passing now is logical. Yes, hope is coming on the four winds of the horizon. Let the Mouzick, let the Fellah, let the serf, let the pariah, let the pur chased negro, l e t the white slave hope. Chains are a network whose meshes hold together, if one is broken all is undone. Hence the solidarity of despotisms • the Pope is more the brother of the Sulta n ;Ilan he fancies. But, I repeat, the end is come. Oh, how admirable is the force of circumstances. There is something superhuman in deliverance. Liberty is a divine abyss which l t attracts. ion ts h.Progresse The irresistible nothing is at elsethe t bottom han a p phenome non n r o e m v o e -- non of g rav i tat i on. Who then shall arrest it ? Once u sion Oh, despots, I e n f , yo yd the iuon t i o n s d rt l o og m ph i tt t h a l eb falling I c l nma stone, stop th e ava l anche, stop Italy, stop '9B, stop t m h e e n w ee o s iild G TILE BANK SUSPBNSION IN SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. A meeting of the creditors of this bank was held yesterday, and it was attended by upwards of 50 persons. Mr. Edridge, the chairman of the Town Commissioners of Bilston, presided. It was ascer tained, in answer to questions, that Mr. John Foster is the sole p roprietor of the bank, the des cendants of the dec ease d partner, Mr. W. Baldwin, not being now othe rw i se interested in the concern than as depositors. Creditors said that they should not have invested their money if they had been aware of this circumstance. The cash in the bank at the time of its suspension was stated to be £3,000, and that had since been deposited in the Bank of England. A creditor said that Mr. Foster had told him that morning that Mr. Cross's liabilities were £15,000, viz., £lO,OOO on his open account, £3,000 on bills, and £2,000 on a private account. Mr. Hancox, surgeon, said that having been one of a small meeting of creditors on Saturday, where he learnt that Mr. Cross was prepared to meet all his liabilities at the bank, which he understood amounted to £9,000, he called upon Foster and asked him if he was prepared to do the same on his part. Mr. Foster replied by pulling a small purse from his pocket, and saying that all his means of doing so were in that. Mr. Foster (Mr. Hancox added) was not a man of landed property, and he began the bank with £15,000. It having been stated that Mr. Cross and his solicitor were prepared to afford the meeting 'information, they were asked to attend. Mr. Brown, solicitor, re plied to the invitation. He said there had been a difference between Mr. Cross and Mr. Foster since October; that Mr. Cross had overdrawn his account to the amount of about £9,000 ; but whether it was £9,000 or £12,000 he was prepared to meet his liabilities, and he was prepared to offer £3,000 in July, £3,000 in three months a ft erwar d s, an d g i ve security for the balance by issuing paper that any one would cash. He pressed the creditors to keep the estate out of the Bankruptcy Court, and to act in unison. A committee was then appointed to negotiate with Mr. Foster, and report to another meeting. Mr. Brown added that on Mr. Foster's behalf there had been frequent threats o f cr i m i na l took those pro cee di ngs the sums in nhgs against Mr. Cross, b u t h e h ad replied would ey be no longer a d e b t, and would be lost to the creditors. The meeting ter m i na t e d with the usual compliment. Several large em pl o y ers of labour were represented at the meeting. thatp di r s o p proceedings they VOTERS IN IRELAND.--A Parliamentary return moved for by Lord Robert Montagu contains the following abstract, showing the total number of voters reg i s t ere d i n i counties and also in boroughs, n Ireland :—Counties, 167,134; boroughs, 29, 569 : total number o f reg i stere d voters in Ireland, 196,708. Number who vot e d a t th e l as t general election in counties, 30,273; number on the register in counties where there was a contest, 41,994 ; number who voted in cities and boroughs at last genera l e l ect i on, 18,286 ; and number on the, register in cities an d b oroug hs where there was a contest, 22,132, THE .NAVY. In consequence of the death of Admiral Hawker, the Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, Vice-Admiral Edward Harvey has been promoted to Admiral of the Blue. On Sunday the flag-ship Monarch, 84 guns, Captain H. Harvey, hoisted blue at the main ; a salute of 17 guns was fired by the guard ship in ordinary Formidable, 84, Captain .1 - tundle Burgess Watson, C. 8., and was returned by the guard ship of the steam reserve. Cumberland, 70 guns, Captain Schomberg firing seven guns. ' A rumour was current in naval circles yesterday at Portsmouth that Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., had been offered the command of the Channel fleet in lieu of the Pacific station, and that Sir Charles Freernantle was about to receive another command. The Ariadne, 26, Captain E. W. Vansittart. has arrived at Spithead from the Channel fleet, on the North British coast, and will repair defects and prepare as one of the squadron of honour to accom pany his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to Canada. The Flying Fish, 6, screw despatch vessel, Com mander Charles W. Hope, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Leith. The Bacchante, 51, screw, Capt. Mackenzie, com pleted bending sails alongside the sheer jetty at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday. She has shipped a spare blade, and a set of bolts for her screw. The Bulldog, 6, paddle, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clin tock, bent sails at Portsmouth yesterday. She will go to Spithead in a few days. The Sealark, 6, tender to the Britannia, cadet and novice training ship, at Portsmouth, has been taken out of No. 1 dock, after cleaning and ex amining her copper. The Pigmy paddle tender was afterwards placed ia the same dock. The Victoria and Albert Royal paddle yacht - has completed her regilding in No. 7 dock at Ports mouth, and is completing her paint work, &c. She is expected to come out of dock about Friday next. The Granger, hired troopship, the stranding of which during the night of Saturday on the eastern side of Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, we reported in yesterday's impression, arrived at Spithead in tow of the Government vessels sent to her assistance at 2.30 a.m. yesterday. The Echo and Comet steam tugs had been despatched from Portsmouth dock yard, and the Hecate, paddle steamer, at Spithead, also proceeded to the ship's assistance, in charge of MI% Jones, the Government pilot. On arriving in Alum Bay the ship was found to be on the rocks which run off from Alum point. Hawsers were got out from the steamers and made fast. The ship came off at nine p.m., and was at once taken in tow for Spithea,d. She is supposed to have re ceived very little damage, and the invalids were ordered to re-embark last evening, and proceed on their voyage to Gravesend. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Samuel Long, to the Bacchante ; George P. Cooke, surgeon, to the Rhadamanthus ; Thomas W. Hampshire, first-class assistant-engineer, to the Bloodhound ; E. F. Read, second-class assistant-engineer, to the St. George; Thomas Edgar, second-class assistant-engineer, to the Wellington, for charge of the Charon ; Job Annabie, promoted to the rank of second class as sistant-engineer, and appointed to the Majestic; John King (a), promoted to the rank of second class assistant-engineer in the I'isgard, as additional for service in gunboats; Richard Elias Denison, pro moted to the rank of second class assistant-engineer, and appointed to the Royal Albert, for service in the Porpoise ; James Hall, promoted to the rank of second class assistant-engineer, and appointed to the Royal Albert, for service in the Termagant ; John Boxell, promoted to the rank of second class assistant•engineer, and appointed to the Royal Albert, for service, in the Assurance ; William Sides, promoted to the rank of second class assis tant-engineer, in the Ardent; George Lucas, acting second class assistant-engineer, to the St. George ; W. Todner, acting second class assistant•engineer, to the Wellington, for charge of the Goldfinch; W. H. Tweedy, promoted to the rank of acting second class assistant-engineer in the Asia, for service in the Grinder; Francis Thornton and Thos. Smith, third class assistant-engineers, to the Bloodhound ; Charles H. Pillar, third class assistant-engineer, to the St. George ; John R. Harvey, acting third class assistant-engineer, to the Orion; David Grant, acting third class assistant-engineer, to the St. George. DEATH OF MR. JOHN ELLIOT, PAYMASTER, R.N., THE STEWARD OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL.—We have to record the demise of this estimable and re spected officer, which event took place at his resi dence in Greenwich Hospital on the afternoon of Saturday. Mr. Elliot was brother to the late Cap tain Sir Wm. Elliot, of the navy, and, like him, had seen some service in his time. In 1798 Mr. Elliot was serving as a midshipman in the Mars, 74, Captain Hood, in her gallant night action and capture of the Hercule, 74, on the coast of France: He was captain's clerk of the Elephant, 74, at Co penhagen, with Lord Nelson ; and purser with the late Sir Charles Brisbane at the taking of Curacoa, with a squadron •of four frigates ; he was also in the Arethusa at the capture of a Spanish frigate. Mr. Elliot was considered one of the fighting pur sers of his day, ever ready for a cutting-out party or a boating expedition. He was secretary to Ad miral Plampin at St. Helena, and on the Irish sta tion, and also • with Sir Edward Codrington. In 1841 he was appointed agent victualler at Haul bowline, and afterwards as storekeeper to Deptford victualling yard ; and in 1850 transferred to Green wich Hospital as steward, in the place of Mr. Jessep, R.N. The late Mr. Elliot was a zealous public officer, a kind-hearted and truly good man, and a most gallant fellow. He leaves behind him a large circle of friends, in whose memory he will ever be esteemed. :11=ICE 4P. STAMPED, SD. ground to the right in fours," the commanders will order their battalions to form furs to the right, and on his signal they will give the words Quick march." 3. Each battalion in succession when it has cleared the first point will receive the words,' Front, turn," from its commander, and at every succeeding angle will wheel to the left in double time, receiving the words, ",Forward, quick." When square, an in terval of 25 paces being preserved between the columns. It may sometimes be necessary to con tinue at the double for a short distance after the word " forward" to prevent crowding to correct dis tances. 'rho officers should be ordered to change their flanks before commencing the wheel which brings them into the saluting base, and will return to their former places after the following wheel on the words, " Forward. Quick by the left." 4. The battalion having wheeled into the saluting base and taken up the quick time will carry arms by word of command. Each column when it has passed the general will be ordered to slope arms. 5. When marching past in quarter distance column the mounted officers only will salute, and the brigadier will move out after he has saluted and placed himself near the reviewing general while the column is passing. 6. After marching past, the leading column will be halted on the original alignment, the remaining columns to close upon it to six paces interval. The general will then order the mass to wheel into line of columns. 7. At the end of the review, columns will- be formed on the original ground in review order ; ad vance in slow time, the bands and drums playing ; and when at convenient distance from the review ing, general the men will be ordered to shoulder arms and proceed as directed. The following is the order of march to be ob served at reviews to be performed before the Sovereign :- 1. Detachment of Life Guards or other cavalry, preceded by an officer of the Quartermaster-Gene ral's department. 2. The Sovereign's led horses. 3. Aides-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief. 4. Aides4le-Camp to the Sovereign. 5. Deputy Adju tant-General, Deputy Quartermaster-General and Equerries in waiting. 6. Adjutant-General, Mili tary Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, and Quartermaster-General. 7. Commander-in-Chief. 8. Princes of the Blood. 9. The Sovereign. 10. Gold Stick in Waiting and Master of the Horse. 11. Foreign General Officers, General Officers, Colonels of the Staff, and others not upon the Staff in seniority of rank. 12. Assistant Adjutant- General, Assistant Quartermaster-General, and Deputy Assistants. 13. Aides-de-Camp and Majors of Brigade to General Officers on the Staff. 14. Royal carriages. 15. Detachments of Cavalry. War Office, Pall-mall, June 13, 1860. THE APPROACHING RIFLE CORPS REVIEW. Last evening the City of London Rifle Brigade, Lieut.-Col. Hicks, mustered at the Guildhall at five o'clock, and marched out for battalion drill. Yes. terday the whole of the metropolitan and suburban volunteer corps commenced active training, morn ing and evening, to be continued daily pp to the 23d instant. Volunteers who do not attend all these drills, and who have not attained thorough efficiency in their drill, will not be permitted to parade with their corps to attend the review on Saturday. On Wednesday, the brigades into which the different corps are divided will have a grand field day in Hyde Park, Regent's Park, and the Victoria Park, &c. The Royal Artillery Com- pany were out yesterday actively training in their grounds, Bunhill-row, Finsbury-square, and on Friday they will be inspected - by their Captain- General and Colonel his Royal Highness the Prince Consort previous to taking their places in the review on Saturday, The Lord Chancellor has made an order of Court declaring Saturday next a holiday in the offices of the court, so that the gentlemen employed therein - may be at liberty to attend the muster of their corps. It is expected that the law offices . will be closed, and that the superior courts will rise early to permit the mem bers of the bar to join their regiment, and that the Saturday half-holiday will be general in the metro polis on the 23d instant to release the volunteers. The railway companies have made arrangements for the issue of return tickets at single fares to enable country residents to be present at the review. DEFENCE OF LONDON. Colonel Jebb, in a letter to a contemporary, says : one can read the report which has just been issued by the Commissioners on the defences of the country without being impressed with a sense of its vast importance, or without appreciating the comprehensive and very practical manner in which the subject of placing our naval ports in security has been handled. There must, however, exist, as is stated in your impression of Friday last, a feeling of regret that no definite plans for the defence of London appear to have been specially considered. It is admitted that " the main object of an enemy invading this country would be to push for the capital, in the hope that if he succeeded in obtaining command of it, such a disaster would result in our buying him off upon any terms he might think it expedient to exact." No less object than this would realise the dreams of insatiate ambition, nor would any greater ob ject be likely to be attempted, for the permanent subjugation of the country would hardly enter into the calculations of any one acquainted with the English character. We may be caught unprepared, and we may be beaten, and this we will rightly deserve for being unprepared, but few think that we can be entirely conquered. No, if the British Lion is to be bearded in his den, it would be to draw his teeth, to cripple his power, and to humiliate him. The capture of one of our naval ports would not effect this object, or do much more than produce permanent exasperation and temporary inconve nience. There can be no doubt, therefore, that the com missioners are right in concluding that the blow would be struck at the heart of the empire ; and, however necessary it is to defend the extremities, it is that most vital point that claims timely atten tion, for if the capital is secure, the prize which might tempt an invasion would be out of reach. Could it be clearly shown that within a reason able period measures might be adopted by which the country would be placed in safety and freed from the periodical panics and hot and cold fits to which she has sbeen so long exposed, no sacrifice would be deemed too high a rate of insurance to obtain so desirable an object. Lord Overstone, in his reply to the questions of the Defence Commissioners, says : " We may, however, be well assured that under the most favourable suppositionlhe general confusion and ruin which the presence of a hostile army must produce would be such that it would be absolute madness on the part of the Go vernment and people of this country if they were to omit any possible measures of precaution, or shrink from any present sacrifice by which the occurrence of such a catas trophe may be rendered impossible." The Commissioners have taken very good care of our great naval establishments, and no doubt the means of resisting a landing wherever it might be attempted have been fully considered. But assuming an enemy to have made good his landing and to be pushing on for London, what is to be done to insure his never reaching his desti nation ? This is a wide and most important, and in some respects it may be a difficult question ; the solution of it, however, should be vigorously at tempted without loss of time. The following may be taken as a brief summary of what we have to look to : The first line of defence is the Channel; the second, measures for opposing a landing; the third, one or more general actions at a certain dis tance from London. Tho fourth and following would be succfssive lines of defence in its more immediate neighbourhood. It was the opinion of the Duke of Wellington, in speaking of invasion, that "there is no mode of resistance, much less of protection, from this danger, excepting by an army in the field capable of meeting and contending with its formidable enemy." In this deliberate opinion of the highest autho rity to which we can appeal, fortifications, as such, are left to fulfil the special and necessary objects for which they may be constructed, as at Ports mouth, &c., and we are warned to trust the safety of the country mainly to our army in the field. It is on this point that I would , venture to claim your permission to make a few observations. If we may not expect to be at all times fully pre pared with a powerful army,—if our forces are likely to be always made up of a moderate number of regular troops, with a large proportion of militia and gallant volunteers,—it is the more necessary to take measures for giving them confidence and sup port, and for applying their services to the greatest advantage, so as to insure their not only contend ing with a powerful enemy, Wherever they meet THE ARMY. The general court-martial for the trial of Capt. H. G. Savage, Royal Engineers, which adjourned its sittings on Saturday last, will reassemble at Chatham Garrison this morning, when the prisoner will make his defence, and afterwards call the wit nesses who are to be examined in his behalf, one of whom is Major Stopford, the Adjutant of the Royal Engineers. Yesterday morning a detachment of 59 non-com missioned officers and men of the Royal Marine Light Infantry left head-quarters, Chatham, and proceeded to Plymouth to join the line-of-battle screw steamer, St. George, 91, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, fitting for sea at that port. THE GRAND VOLUvTEEIt REVIEW ON S.ATURDAY NEXT. WAR-OFFICE ORDERS. Yesterday the commanding officers of the various Volunteer Rifle Corps of the metropolitan district to be present at the review in Hyde Park on Satur day, received from the War-office regulations for field exercise and evolutions of infantry, as far as they are applicable to the volunteer service. The regulations are as follows :- 1. Formation in Columns.—The troops will be formed in a line of contiguous battalion columns at quarter distance. 2. On the word " front," from their commanders, the officers of each battalion will recover their swords ; and on the word " march," they will move up to the front and place themselves two paces in front of the column, and the o ffi cers sized from flanks to cent r e, an d at equal distances from each other, the adjutant on their left. 3. The commanding officer will be three paces in front• of the columns, the remaining field officers two paces in front of the line of officer, dividing the distances between the commanding fficer and the flanks; the paymaster, surgeons, and quarter master will be in rear of the battalion, the staff sergeants in rear of them. 4 The officer commanding will be stationed in front of the centre of the line, the generals of divi sion in front of the centre of their divisions, and the brigadiers in front of the centre of their bri gade; their distances from the line will depend on the strength of the body of troops, and will be de termined by the officer commanding. 5: The band and drums will move up and form in several ranks on the right of battalions, their front being in line with the leading company. 6. The pioneers will be is two ranks in rear of the drums. 7. The reviewing general will be saluted with out opening ranks, the men presenting arms, the officers saluting, and the bands playing. After the salute the troops will be ordered to shoulder arms and the general will go down the line. 8. On the command, " Officers take post," the officers of each battalion will face outwards from the centre, the ensigns facing to the left, and on the words " Quick march," the whole will move back to their places, the bands, drums, and pioneers taking post in rear. The following are directions for marching past in columns : _ _ _ 1. Points will be placed by a staff officer in the same manner as they are placed for a single bat talion. 2. On the caution from the general I , Take I _~~