The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-19 00:00:00

Garibaldi and Frangois Victor Hugo,

M. Franpis Victor Hugo having dedicated to
General Garibaldi the 13th volume of his masterly
translation of Shakespere,has this day received from
the Italian hero the following letter :

Ischia Casamicciola, le 10 Jolliet, 1864.

Mon Joune Ami,—Les Victor Hugo sont toujours MB 1 tres
demon nom, car ils ne sauraient e'en servir que pour le
bier.

Toutefois jo ne peux accepter votre dedicace quo comme
un. vceu que nous faisons ensemble pour la libert6 de nos
deux patries et pour l'alliance avec le peuple puissant qui
Num atria un des flambeaux do la civisation, quand it
saura se rappeler qu'il a entante cette luroire que vous
avk fait briller de nouveau et qui se nomme William
Shakespere.
je serre la main a votre Mastro pare eta vous.
Votre ami, t G. GARIBA.LDI.

[TRANsLAno2I.I
My Young Friend,—The Victor Ilugos have always a
right to do what they like with my name, for
,they will never
use it but for a good purpose. At all events I.can only ac-
cept your dedication as a vow that we make together for
the liberty of our two countries, and for the alliance with
that mighty people which may be one of the lights of civi•
lisation when it shall remember that it kindled the flame
which you have made to seine anew and which is named—
William Shakespere.
I shake hands with your illustrious father and yourself.
G. GARIBALDI.
Mons. Francois Victor Hugo, Guernsey.

THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF CO3IMONS..--
We (Nottingham Journal) have authority to state that the
report that the Speaker is about to withdraw from the House
of Commons at the end of the present Parliament is entirely
without foundation.

CRIMSON.—The silk dress that one in.9ect makes,
another can dye magnifioettly. The insect called
kermes or chermes, nearly related to the cochineal, and used
for dyeing before cochineal was known, gives its name to
the colour that the French call cramoisi, and the English
crimson, In the middle ages the insect was supposed to bo
produced from a worm, and was described as vermiculatum,
whence comes the name in French of vermeil, and in Eng-
lish of vermillion: Kermes is found•in many parts of Asia,
and in the South of Europe, rind iS very common in the
south of France; Where it livei on a *small evergreen oak.
Another kind of it, known also before the cichineal or coccus
of the captus, is
_common in Poland and. Russia, and has
been an important article of commerce under the name of
the "scarlet grain of Poland,''• It is found In England on
the roots •of the• perennial knarvel,•a plant not uncommon
in Norfolk and Suffolk.—DickAs' "All the Year Round."

NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS AT THE SEAT OF
WAR.—I was writing in my tent yesterday when
a Minie bullet came whizzing through tho canvas, passing
just by Captain Bradley, Captain Zaft, and Lieut. Daw-
kens, of General Wood's staff, who were sitting inside. It
completely disturbed my reflective powers for the time
being. Another struck me lately in the breast, passing
through my coat and vest ; but, fortunately for me, I had
my portfolio full of paper inside, 'through which it also
passed, but did me no serious injury. I intend oarrying my
life preserver home with me. Mr Bearrie, of the Cincinnati
Times, had his portfolio shot through in his hand, and Mr
Furey, of the Cincinnati Gazette, was at supper, when an
unceremonious shell came and took away his candle, leaving
him a dark subject. Here we get accustomed to such things.
—.New York paper.

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the
execution of Frederick Charles Bricknell, in front of tie
debtors' door at the Old Bailey. Sheriff Nissen yP,;:sterday
communicated to the condemned man the awful:adings that
no hope of his being respited could be held oat to him, and
as his execution was to take place at ft o'clock on Monday
week next.he implored him to seek a merciful Saviour.
This communication the culpTit received without uttering
a single word. Upon being asked by the sheriff whether
there was imytLiv4 he wished for, he simply replied in 119
negative,