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TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1860.

THE DAY'S NEWS.;

We have again appalling news from Syria. A fearful
massacre has taken place at Damascus. Five hundred
Christians have been murdered, among whom is the
Dutch Consul ; and the despatch adds that the Ameri-
can Consul has also been wounded. Lament as we may,
it will i;iow be impossible to delay active intervention,
and we mast not be sarprised, in such imminent circum-
stauces,.to learn that & body, of marines. have been
landed from the French and English fleets at Beyrout,
and have advanced into the interior. Austria is pre-
pared to take her part, and we learn from Vienna that
the frigate Radetzky has been ordered to proceed to
Syria,—order to co-operate with the vessels of the other
Powers. The. Beyrout correspondent of the Express
writes :7—" The screw steamers Arcadia and Tiber, from
Liverpool, arrived here two days ago, but the consignees
of the goods have landed only a very small portion of
'them, preferring to send thein back to be stored at Malta,
until the five Powers of Europe do something towards
settling this unfortunate province.!' So that, if unres-
ponsive to the calls of humanity, we have a trade interest
in the immediate adjustment of affairs.

We have nothing late or exciting from either Naples
or Sicily ; but a high-handed act is recorded of Gari-
baldi in the summary expulsion from the island of
Farini, who had been sent by the Sardinian Govern-
ment to assume the title of Royal Commissioner so soon
as the ahneptioo tq Owdinia should have been declared.
We are as yet without any sufficient explanation of this
extraordinary measure on the part of the great filibuster
chief, but it is stated that Farini, on arrival at Turin,
sought an immediate interview with Count Cavour..
The Globe's Paris correspondent supplies this meaning
to the ejectment:—"The Liberator has simply kicked
diplomacy out of doors, and is bent on making non-
intervention a reality, not a sham. He makes no secret
of ulterior views; and his ultimate object he has de-
Alged to be a march on Naples at the head of 50,000
men, a junction of the regular army now undif Bombe
with his forces, and a fixed resolve to leave .his card on
Venice and the Venetians before the season is over."

In the absence of exciting news, considerable specu-
lation is indulged as to the future fate of Sicily. If
King Prancisco ever expected anything from his con-
cessions in Sicily (says ,the Timee correspondent in that
island) he will find hiniseg grieyous4 lec4.yed.
490 ppm trouble their heads about them. 'The
Siciliang are ,c4vj.dod out almost every point but one,
and this is to have Ao Bourbons under whatever shape
or form. The hatred in this respect is fabalons. Even
in speaking they are talked of as strangers, intruders
everything they did is stigmatised, and has Wong A
horror in the eyes of the people. Thus there is the
greatest difficulty in establishing the telegraph line, and
merely because it is a Bourbon institution.
The diffio4ty is scarcely lessened by supposing annex-
ation to Sardinia. Sicily, as a detached and isolated
pAipp. of the North Italian Kingdom, can never be

other than a source of weakness and danger. Exposed
on one side to thefl9etttAf4ny, Power which might be
at war with tho4itilAtiiii4iii`----on the other to
invasion of a jealous and hostile nation, from whose
tranituels they .lritcye juSt escaped—the fate of Victor
EnUnantters Sicilian subjecti would be far from a happy
They worig-add little,itra Military point of view,
to the strength -9f that l'ower whose subjects they had
constituted themselves; on the other hand, they
would tat to a considerable extent the "resources of the
State to defend a remote and unprotected dependency.
What, then, is tote the fate of ?Is she to be
driven back into fte arms of her old tyrants ? Grieved
as we'shauld beto see so sad in ending to so much devc;-
tion and heroism, we cannot but fear that if tyranny is
to reign at Naples, Sicily can never enjoy anything but
a feeble dream of precarious independence. The two
countries seem made for each other, and their destinies
have never been separated for any length of time. It is
this view of the probable effect of the political future of
Naples on that of Sicily which gives so peculiar an inte-
rest to the efforts Which are no being made td prop. up
the Bourbon throne. Already half the kingdoin is lost,
and seems little likely to return to its old allegiance.
Will Naples follow the example of Sicily, or Sicily that
of Naples? This is the problem, on the Solution of
which sa much depends."

The news from China, coming so immediately after
the extraordinary grant for the expenses of the war, is
far from being of a pleasing character; and the leading
journal, yesterday, canvasses the objects sought to .be
attained, and reaches this conclusion :
"The national interest is to open China to all, to make
their corrupt friends and our customers, and to show the
people our oppressors that, with or without them, we will
exercise our treaty rights to traffic with those who are
desirous to traffic with us. This.is what we consider to be
the only proper object of a China war. To this object we
believe there is but one effective course of action. That
is, that we should once and for all go direct to Pekin,
enter that city—as we should do without any real oppo-
sition—and. there have our treaty properly signed and
ratified. 'We saw after we had bombarded Canton that
the bombardment was utterly unnecessary, and that we
might have entered it with half our force. We shall
never have again to use force at Canton. We never
have had to use force a second time at Amoy or Ningpo,
or in any °per city where we have adopted a decided
policy. So it would be at Pekin. To hold the city for
any time would be unnecessary; to maintain a Resident
Ambassador there would, as we venture to think, be a
blunder. But to show ourselves there in force as mas-
ters of the city is a necessity. Unless we do this, nothing
is done. Unless we show ,the Court of Pekim that our
arm is long enough to .reach them we may slaughter
Chinamen and burn cities, and weep crocodile tears as
we do so, but we shall make no impression upon a Court
whose only instinct is a selfish fear."

We have been favoured by one of our first mercantile
houses with the inspection of a private trade circular,
dated Hong Kong, on the eve of the mail's departure ;
and from this we learn that the export market, in con-
sequence of the-rebels having appeared on the course of
the North River, had relapsed into total inactivity. Rice
had again risen in price. The imports also had become
excessively dull. .The adviccs,by this arrival confirm all
that we have heard of the horrors of the Chinest Coolie
trade to Havana. Out of a shipment of 900 of these
wretched labourers, in the Charles Martel, 800 had
perished on the voyage. Another vessel, the Napoleon
the Third, which sailed at the end of last year for Callao
with 200 souls, lost 139 of them by sickness.. on the
passage. It is fall time that the hideous traffic should
be extinguished:

Another bank fraud has been -dragged tu- light ! and
it transpired yesterday, at a meeting of the.proprietors
of the Union Bank of Australia, that Edward Bradley,
while cashier at Melbourne, had, by an ingenious mysti-
fication of the accounts, produced a deficiency of
£lO,OOO. Ile has absconded; and, having given
security to the amount of £5,000, his sureties' are about
to be proceeded against. The bank, notwithstanding,
appears to have been doing remarkably well. The
deficiency had been made good out of the profits, and a
dividend of seven per cent. for the half-year has been
declared.

A very important meeting, on the subject of cotton
supply, was held on Saturday in Afanchester, with the
view of hearing a lecture " On cotton and other fibrous
productions in India," by Dr. .J. Forbes Watson,
reporter on the products of India to the Honourable
Council for India. Lord Stanley presided ; and in an
able speech showed the danger and impolicy of our
having almost solely to rely for our cotton supply on
the United States, inasmuch as the failure of the crop,
or any accidental interruption of our friendly relations
with that country, would be almost equivalent to a
famine in Lancashire.

We regret to announce that, after a severe contest,
Mr. White prevailed over his Conservative opponent
yesterday at Brighton. The result was owing to a
compromise of the two Liberal candidates, by which
Mr. Goldsmidt retired at the most critical period of the
day.

The fourth session of the International Statistical
Association was opened yesterday, under the presidency
of the Prince Concert.

Sunday was St. Swithin's day, and as it rained
slightly in the course of the morning, we may expect,
according to tradition, rain for forty consecutive days.
The Great Eastern, at New York, having been cleaned
and renovated, was opened for public exhibition on the
3rd July, and was visited by 1,500 persons, the. price 9f
admission being one dollar.

What is the best mode of defending London ? This
is a question of national interest and importance, and it
is being extensively discussed. The publication of the
Report of the Defence Commission has attracted some
notice abroad. One of the critics is M. Brialmont, a
Belgian, and author of one of the best biographies of
the military part of Wellington's career. M. Brialmont
first takes pains to prove, what all sensible Englishmen
now admit, that England is no longer invulnerable.
What does he propose as a means of defence ? He pro-
poses two things. One is the augmentation of the
regular army at home to 200,000 men ; the other it the
construction of a grand strategic pivot, say at Croydon
or at all events somewhere in the southern counties not
far from London. " A Staff Officer," writing yeateiday
to the Times, has another, and we think excellent
suggestion to offer. His view is that
.the most effective
and economicalline of defence which London could possess
would be a circular railway, forming a complete cordon
round it at an average distance of fifteen miles from its
centre; and having for its interior lioesi of operation
the numerous railways which already intersect the space
indicated, and which would form radii and chOrds to
the .proposed circle. _ To adapt this railway to the
special purpose it is intended to serge,.; it would only be
necessary to carry a parapet: along the entire length
of its outer edge, to have numerous " sidings "
and "switchings" at regrilar 'distances, and to have
Armstrong and Whitworth of dtiance ~mounted upon
large iron-plated trucks, in the manner'
,suigested
some time since by Mr.. W. Bridges Adams. The
advantages of the scheme are these :---Firat. During
war such a railway, with its electric telegraph, would
permit of an overwhelming number of meirOnd glws,
being coucentrated at any given point in an incredibly
short space of time, Second. During peace such a rail-
way would be available for purposes of traffic and pas-
senger locomotion, and so yield, at least, some
return for the capital sunk in its formation.
Our space being expended, for the proceedings in,
Parliament last night, we must refer simply to the ample
telegraphic report which we give elsewhere.

„THE LAST KICK” OF THE LIVERPOOL
REFORM ASSOCIATION.

RADICALISM never was at a lower pitch than it
is at the present moment. Advanced Liberal-
ism" is decidedly at a disconnt, and those who
were wont to rally under its banner have become
ashamed of their colours, and fled no one knows
whither, A few of the more blatant of our local
Radicals, with an amount of perseverance which.
might have done honour to a better cause, have
made repeated, and we may say most desperate,
but unsuccessful, efforts to raise the wind to fill
again the sails of their becalmed and leaky craft.
We have still fresh iu our memories the hole and-
corner " preliminary " meeting in Cable-street.
Even that select and private meeting witnessed a
stormy and angry debate, in which the leaders
of the party failed to see,- eye to. eye,'las to the
propriety of taking any " action" in the matter
of the Paper Duties Repel Pill. We remember
the result. Copies of a circular, having seven
nau}es #ppended to it, were }sped to forty pro-
fessed Liberals, inviting them to assemble ipa forth
"Constiti.3tional Defence Committee." Not even
the origintilseyeninwie their appearance, and there ,
was no meeting. This lesson would have taught
any one, not a Radical, that the respectable and
intelligent, even of their own ranks, had no sym-

pathy with the futile attempt to oppose the House
of Lords 'in the viseexercise-of its legitimate
functions. But werelhere not *die masses who
might be induced to attend u night meeting at the
Concert-hall,. there to sho44nd `Clamour, and raise
a dust Omit nothing that Messrs.
JEFFERY and Co., should have an:Opportunity of
discharging -their long prepared and carefully
revised rhapSodies and popularity-hunting declara-
tion's ? :Was there not another step still lower in
the scale of respectability and decorum ? Was it
not quite in character to assemble an uproarious
" mass Meeting " at which a popular tumult was
elaborately performed around Mr. JEFFERY while
he talked to the reporters on the top of a lorry ?
All this
.has been done.' Nothing could have
-been easier. The "mass meeting" was said to have
been adjourned until the return of Messrs. JEFFERY
and Co. from the sOuth. -We ventured to predict, at
the time this folly was transacted, that the
adjourned meeting would never meet again ; and
we have as yet heard nothing of it. We thought
at last our local demagogues had learned wisdom,
and that no further attempt would be made to
to raise a question which has been irreversibly
settled by the highest authorities, and to the
satisfaction of moderate men of all parties.
Yesterday our two Radical daily contemporaries
severMly gave a very prominent place, in their
leading columns, to the following advertisements :

THE LORDS, THE COMMONS, AND THE PAPER DUTY.
A meeting of the ineinbers, pf the Reform Association
has been summoned by eight of the vice-presidents for
Monday (this day), at one o'clock, to be held in their
rooms, 23, Cable-street, to consider what steps should be
taken in defence of the privileges of the Commons
relative to taxation.

TIIE LORDS' AGGRESSION.

The members of the Reform Association will hold a
meeting this day, at one o'clock, in their rooms, 23,
Cable-street, on this important question. Not a single
member should be absent.

This meeting, we understand, was called on
a requisition signed by twenty-five mem-
bers—that being the number required by
the rules of the association for that pur-
pose. The chairman, whose duty, under ordi-
nary circumstances, we presume, it would have
been to give effect to the requisition, has
not acted, and we have instead the action
of no fewer than eight vice-presidents. We
would have looked for the attendance of the
twenty-five requisitionists and the eight vice-
presidents—in all say thirty-three, at the very
least. Had our contemporary's hint that "not a
single member should be absent," been acted
upon, of course there would have been a con-
siderably larger number. How stood the fact ?
At the appointed hour seven or eight reporters
presented themselves at the place of rendezvous
but only some fifteen or sixteen gentlemen made
their appearance, who; after some informal con-
versation, broke up in despair of an audience, the
meeting having been, nominally adjourned until
next week, in the hope of the association then
being able to obtain a decent muster. What
means may be set in operation to effect this object
we cannot tell. Whoever had the ingenuity to
get twenty-five reluctant members to sign the
requisition may he able to explain. After all, we
have more confidence in the good sense, even of
our Radical fellow-townsmen generally, than to
suppose that they will attend "an adjourned"
meeting for any such purpose. We have now a
couple of Radical adjournments standing
over,
both of which are likely SQ to remain for all time-
coming,

It is well to know, however, that there is a
determined junto of Radicals in Liverpool who
are as incapable of a public affront as they are
destitute of common sense and common propriety.
It would seem as if they were resolved to prove
to every human being that dogged adherence to
a loAt Catise—in the justice of which nobody
believes—is the only virtue left to them. It were
charity to suppose them insane—they are cer-
tainly furious; but justice forces to say of their
madness—" There is method in it." For the
sake of a vulgar notoriety they are pre-
pared to make any sacrifice of decorum. They
will rave and stamp and stare—dance, sing,
jump "jim crow "—or do anything to attract a
crowd—heedless of every ordinary consideration.
They seek but the bauble reputation, even if it
be a bad one. Principle is nothing. Personal
distinction is everything. "Aunt Casa). aut nullus,"
is their motto ; and " first in hell rather than
second in heaven,"—as in the case of MILTON'S
SATAN,—is the only explanation of their lamenta-
ble career. Good, however, often comes out of
evil; although that consideration in no degree
extenuates the evil-doer. It would seem as if the
gods had devoted the Radicals to self-destruction.
They stem to have been demented that they
may unconsciously expose to view the hollowness
of their cause. The course they have been 'pur-
suing has done more to bring upon them the
pity, if not the contempt, of the great body
of the people than anything that has been, or
perhaps could be said or done by their opponents.
Not satisfied with numerous recent failures to
revive an exhausted agitation—no way abashed
by the denunciations of the public press of every
shade of opinion, our Livp-pool Radicals yester-
day again weakly essayed to inform the world
of their existence as a body, and of their exploded
views as to the " invasion " by the Lords of the
privileges of the Commons. Those twin sisters,
" the Reform " and " the Financial Reform "
Associations, although dying, desire to inform
the public that thy aru not yet quite dead.
Another ungainly and ineffective kick—shall we
say the last—was that given by " the Reform "
yesterday.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(From, our own Correvondent.)
411 PARIS, Sunday Evening,
Aba..ll 3:r
Lqaaiti • July 15, 1860.

There is a very interesting description of Gari-
baldi, of his cabinet, and of his plans, in the Inde-.
pendance.4elge of Friday last, by a French gen-
tleman, who had an interview with the Dictator'
at Palermo on the 6th Matant. He thus writes,
-7" Garibaldi is one of the most simple kind of
men one can imagine, with an easy and agreeable
style of conversation, speaking French with cor-
rectness, though with a marked southern accent ;
in fine, as much at home in a drawing-room as he
is on the field of battle. That which most of all
concerned me to ascertain, naturally, was his plans,
but he was far from being communicative. How-
ever, I think I co-uld gather that his sole object is
to organise a genuine army, which he wishes, in
spite of all the constitutions in the world, to con-
duct to Naples and to Rome, in behalf of Sardinia
or on his own behalf, in order to realise the
national unity. This army would not return to
Palermo until after it had made the tour of the
Adriatic. The conviction of Garibaldi is, that
the dynasty of the Bourbons must no longer
reign at Naples, even although it were serious
in its offer of a Constitution, whiCh he not
believe possibl; for he appeared convinced that
it is hot' the influence of Baron Brenier which has
produced this result, but that of Austria, who, in
allowing Francis 11. to re-establish the Constitu-
tion o 1 1848, has had its own reason for so doing.
According to Garibaldi, SaOlula might tCI ally itself
with Naples, but only for the purpose of attach-
ing to herself 150,000 Neapolitans, to join with
her in driving, the AUStriansout of Venetia ; this
result she could never realise with the present
dynasty. It is, therefore, a revolution, and
nothing less, that she must elle
4 at Naples... It
is the complete deliverance of the Roman States
from the Pontifical regime that must be accom-
plished, and then, with an army of 600,000 men,
Venetia will be delivered—then, Italy will EXIST,
to make use of the precise expri3o9/1 of the
Dictator. of Sicily.Y, i*v9"thelesti:cio not suppose
that the executioii of this project is near at hand.
No. Garibaldi quite understands that it will
take time-a great deal of time—but his plan
is deoiged on, and he will carry it into exem!ti9u,
unless insurinon,ble physical ugh'stacles inter;
vene. These PartiCUlais wilT give you an

exact. idea of the state of matters. There will,
thus, be no conflict at present. The siege: of
Messina appears also to be adjourned : the sole
thought of the hero of Italy is concentrated on
his army, which slowly gathers strength and
efficiency. Garibaldi puts no great faith in the
Sicilians, who are but indifferent soldiers. This
is the reason he continues every day to ask
for men from his friend Bertani, at Genoa.
At the moment at which I write, an immense
crowd is rushing towards the Mole, to witness, it
is said, the disembarkation of the expedition of
General Cosnez, which is entering the harbour.
As for the Admistration, the new Ministers have
displayed great activity, and; above all, extremely
good intentions. They are in general honourable
men, and good patriots; but they are deficient in
experience and ability, consequently I should not
be surprised awn to hear of a new change of
Ministry. I have spoken in my former corres-
pondence of the influence of M. la Farina, and of
that of Mazzini. I hear a great deal at present
of M. Farini, the Minister of the Interior at Turin.
The intention is attributed to Garibaldi of making
to this statesman certain proposals for his accep-
tance of a kind of civil or administrative
dictatorship, whilst he (Garibaldi) shall retain
the military dictatorship, in order that he may
thus be enabled to devote himself exclusively to
the formation of the army. Although I call
only transmit this piece of intelligence as
a report, it • appears to me to present a
certain degree of probability. M. Farini
has given proofs of capacity and patriotism
at Modena, at Parma, and at Bologna, up to the
time of the annexation of these provinces to the
Sardinian States, and he is just the man to whom
it is likely Garibaldi would apply. Public opinion
is rather fluctuating, and great confusion prevails
here. We have some who are pure Sicilians,
some unitarians (unitaires), some annexionists, &c.
These latter wish to make "cock sure" (l'emportent
(2 coup sao, but they cause great embarrassment
to the Dictator, who does not wish for annexa-
tion until Naples has been delivered. It is even
said that the meeting of the National Assembly
may be delayed. The official journal of Sicily
of the 4th instant publishes a letter which
Pius IX. has addressed to Monseigneur Papardo,
Bishop of Sinope, inviting him to pray for
the extermination of the pirates (Garibaldians).
This letter does not appear to me to have great
claims to authenticity. Three representatives have
been nominated by Garibaldi to foreign govern-
ments—M. Amari to Turin, the Prince de Bel-
mont San Guiseppe to London, and the Prince
de San Cataldo to Paris. Some arrests and
expulsions have taken place within the last few
days. M. Nicastro and M. Caffaro, former
functionaries of the Neapolitan Government,
figure among the expulses. Neno Bixio is at
Catania. He is nearly cured of his wounds."
The foregoing letter has been selected by me
in preference to a great many others from
Palermo purporting to give reliable accounts
of the state of affairs there. The account which
the writer gives of the Sicilian ministry previous
to the changes in its constitution, which have been
notified by telegraph, will explain the cause,
or rather the necessity, for its re-organisation.
If Signor Farini, the eminent statesman and the
historian of the Revolution of 1848, would con-
sent to play the rude which is said to be assigned
to him by Garibaldi in that of 1860, the cause of
Italian unity would no doubt advance apace—
but it is scarcely to be presumed that he will.
You will have seen, ere this reaches you, the
telegram announcing that La Farina has likewise
been added to the list of expulsE•s. The enemies
of Garibaldi are circulating the report that this
individual was an emissary of Count Cavour's,
but the manner in which the Palermo correspon-
dent whose letter I have quoted, refers to the
understanding between the Dictator and Signor
Parini,- between whom and COiint Cavour there
has yet been no breach. Later, in connection with
the fact, coupling at the same time, as he does,
the name of La Parinst with that of Mazzini, leads
to the inference that the arrest of the former is
due to his being a partisan of the latter, and not
of Victor Emmanuel.

The arrival: of the Due de Gramont at Rome
has been looked forward to with no little interest,
for he is believed to be the bearer of some con-
ciliatory expressions from the Emperor to his
Holiness ; .and there are not wanting people who
persuade themselves that, as Baron Brenier has
for some time past been governing in reality at
Naples,: the Due de. Gramont will not be long
iw acquiring equal influence at Rome. A person
recently arrived from Naples has aptly observed,
that the revolutionary committee of that city is
" preaching patience, but practising revolution."
All was quiet at Rome down to the latest accounts,
but it is said that the little town of Santagata
Feltria, in the ancient province of Forli, has just
demanded of Victor Emmanuel union with the
rest of the Romagna. But it is not likely that
the request will be entertained. In the very
delicate circumstances in which the annexionists
find themselves at present, it would be rash to
run the risk of conipromising the apparent
security of the moment by proceeding further in
this direction.

It has been repeatedly announced of late that
the. Prince Regent of Prussia intended to visit
the camp at Chalons ; but I still think there is
no truth in the rumour. It is now reported that
the Regent is to meet the Emperor of Russia at
Warsaw in the course of next month, but this,
also, I am assured, is uncertain.
Prince Gortschakoff is said to have refused to
take part in any negotiation having for its object
the establishment of an, understanding between
England, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, previously
to the. Conference, because a preliminary step of
that nature would have the appearance of a
coalition against France, which Russia is desirous
to avoid ; and because, it may be added, Russia
has already come to a previous understanding
with France on the subject of the meeting.
The adjourned debt on the Budget has lost
none of its interest. The speech of M. Jules Favra
is the subject of remark everywhere. It is the
boldest that has been delivered in the Chamber
since its institution.

During the past week the family of a farmer, named
Kelly, residing at Coolhasnaughta, county of Carlow,
had an exceedingly narrow escape of being poisoned.
It appears that in the making of a cake some arsenic, of
a description resembling bread soda, was used in mistake
for the latter article ; and the family (numbering six per-
sons) having partaken of the cake, were in a short time
after seized with the throes usually attendant on a Case
of poisoning. Medical aid was, however, speedily pro.
cured, and all the parties are now recovering.

ExTENsivE RonpEn AT ijuix.—On Saturday last,
between half-past twelve and half-past one o'clock, a
clever robbery was effected at the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway booking-office, situate in
Nelson-street. The booking-office was left safe by the
clerk about half-past twelve, and upon his return from
dinner, an hour afterwards, he found the lock had been
picked, and an entrance effected into the room. A
drawer containing about 430 in money had been broken
open, and the whole of it taken away with the exception
of a, few coppers. All trace of the thief or thieves was
gone, and how the robbery has been effected without
detection is a mystery, inasmuch as tho railway officials
were continually passing about,

ARSENIC-EATING.—The GeyenWart of Vienna con-
tains the following article :_,4 Much has been said
and written about arsenic-eating. Recently, seven,
re-
ports have been drawn up by the physicians residing in
the north and north-west districts of Styria, where ar-
senic eating is of common occurre'Se• In the arlon-
disementalow, there are. forty persons
of ilartberg
addicted to this practice. In general they use only the
white or yellow arsenic sold ,by the druggists, or that
found in the natural state .as orpiment. The dose,
which is at first not larger than a grain of- millet, is
gradually increased till it becomes. as large as a pea,
varying in weight front to, as much as 6! grains.
their dose daily, others one every
Some persolis talW
two dAys., and others again not more than once or twice
a week. At Hartberg it is usual to refrain from arsenic
during 'the first seven days of the new moon, and then
and gradually increase the dose to the fu'Al
to begin
moon. Atter taking arsenic, it is necessary to, avoid.
strong drink, meat, and dishes prepared, with fat. Per-
sons of advanced age feel a Pleasant warmth in thp
stomach immediately after taking their usual dose.
mn.4 of the arsenic eaters, are strong, healthy, berth
working people, such as woodmen, labourers, grooms,
and forest-keepers. Many begin the practice at crighteen
years of age, and continue it all their lives, which are
often protract; tilt se.venty and wawards. The men
who have acquired this habit are, for the most part;
daring and rather quarrelsome. They imagine that ar,
senic makes them strong and healthy, and prev.euts, tlax
attacks of disease generally, notwithstanding 1,1,43 tact
that many of them sink into. a state, otf laligoar and
debility. These virtues came to. he attributed to arsenic
owiAg to, the, b4eoi4 effect it appeared to produce on
horses, which became fat and sleek after it was adrnin:.,
litered.”

LATEST. NEWS.

(BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAE#.)

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

PARIS, July 16.
3-25 P.M.—The Bourse continues steady. Renter
closed at 69.10, or about the same as yesterday.

NEAPOLITAN EMBASSY TO PIEDMONT
TURIN, July 16.

The Neapolitan Plenipotentiaries, Signori
Manna and Winopeare arrived here to-day.

SICILY.

PALERMO, July 12.

The two vessels which have passed over to
Garibaldi are mercantile steamers. Sagottie,
Laporta, and Orsini remain in the Ministry. The
state of things in Sicily inspires confidence.

NAPLES.

MARSEILLES, July 15.

Sargreca, a Neapolitan Minister, has arrived
here and left for Paris. The day before yester-
day the kingdom of-Naples was tranquil.

EXPULSION OF SIGNOR FARINI FROM

SICILY.

The Opinion Nationale, of Turin, states that
Farini had full power from the Sardinian
Government to assume the title of Royal Com-
missionary as soon as the annexation to Sardinia
was declared. Garibaldi, while advocating the
annexation, thought it advisable that his own
dictatorship should continue until the whole
island was subjected; and, finding that the pre-
sence of Farini was detrimental to the cause, he
ordered him off.

A letter from Turin says the order of expulsion
came directly from Ciaribaldi. The biciilan
Ministry was not apprised of the step. Farini
was only allowed half an hour to make his
preparations for departure. He went on board
the admiral's ship commanding the Sardinian
squadron, and was accompanied by the Chief of
the Police of Palermo, and an officer of high
rank who commanded the detachment which
surrounded his house. Farini, immediately on
his arrival at Turin, waited upon Count Cavour.

AFFAIRS IN SYRIA.
PARIS, July 16.

The Patrie contains the following :—According
to the latest news from Beyrout, the state of
things in Syria appears to be of the gravest-cha-
racter. A French vessel had been sent to La-
takia, and was obliged to take position within
firing distance of the town, in order to restrain
the fanatical portion of the inhabitants. It was
asserted that information had .been received of
atrocious plots having been formed against the
lives of the Christians in many parts of Syria.
The naval authorities were taking measures in
order to be in readiness to meet the difficulties of
the situation. . - •

VIENNA, July 16.

The Government is said to have received the
following intelligence :—A fearful massacre has
taken place at Damascus ; 500 Christians have
been murdered, amongst whom is the Dutch
Consul. The American Consul wounded. Details
are wanting.
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