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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1860.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

The House of Lords sat only for a short time
yesterday, and the principal business related to a
consideration of Lord Redesdale's motion for the
second reading of the. Light Weight Racing Dill'
the provisions of which are already well under-
stood. After a debate, however, he consented to
withdraw the motion.
In the House of Commons, the morning sitting
was occupied with the discussion, in committee,
of the Edinburgh Annuity Tax Bill. On the 'louse
resuming in the evening, Lord Palmersbn,
in
reply to questions from Mr. Sheridan, stated that
the Neapolitan Government had applied to the
Great Powers to guarantee its retention of its
possessions. Austria, however, had Positively
refused to interfere ; and he had reasoi to
believe that a similar reply had been made
by France. What the feelings of the Bri-
tish Government would be, he need not say.
In reply to Sir C. Douglas, Sir G. C. Lewis said
that the Government would not Illsist upon the
clause in the Census Bill imposing penalties on
those who refused to declare their religious belief.

A debate then sprung up on a 'notion by Athairal
buncombe for a select committee to inquire into
the constitution of the Board of Admiralty. The
motion was ultimately withdrawn. A report of
the subsequent proceedings Will be found .n its
appropriate place in another column-
We are still in doubt as to the terms on which
the Neapolitan troops ha" capitulated ; and it is
to be hoped that, to Prevent " further effusion
of blood, the island will be totally evacuated.
Symptoms are not wanting to show a marked
change in the tone of feeling at the Court of
Naples, and there is no doubt that the King would
now make the most ample concessions to retain
even a nominal sovereignty over his former p3sses-
sions. The capitulation, it is pleaded, has removed
the principal obstacle to foreign mediation and
with that view Senor Martino,. the Neapolitan
Ambassador at Rorte, has been despatched to
Paris, charged, on the part of Francis li., to
submit the basis and guarantees for the personal
mediation rePeatedly invoked by his Majesty
from Napoleon 111. It is difficult to say what
course Louis Napoleon may be induced to take
under the circumstances. As a preliminary
measure, he
is said to have despatched a strong
fleet to the /Jay of Naples ; and whatever, weight
may be attached to it, we have at present the
gratifying
assurance that France does not wish
to undertake any mediation unless in concertwith
England and the other Great Powers. At Naples
itself,
as an evidence of the improved feeling
which Prevails, it is stated that the promulgation
of a constitution, framed on the French model, is
expected shortly. Louis Napoleon is at present
the central figure in all the complications of
European policy ; and great importance is
attached, unduly we should think, to his appr)ach-
ing meeting with the Prince Regent of Prussia.
The conference, it appears, will be shared with
the Kings of Bavaria and Wurtemburg, ani the
Grand Dukes of Baden and Hesse ; and its osten-
sibleto the telegram of last
object, according
evening, is to calm the uneasiness of the German
people as to the real designs of the Emperor.
Sardinia is placed in a most embarrassing posi-
tion with reference to the progress of events in
Sicily. Tber is qo doubt, however, that covertly
she is aftbrding material aid to the insurgents