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

Garibaldi and Frangois Victor Hugo,

M. Francois 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, 10 10 Juillet, 1864.

Mon Jenne Ami,—Les Victor Hugo sont toujours maitres
de mou nom, car ils ne sauraient e'en servir quo pour le
bien.

Toutefois jo ne peux accepter votre d6,licace quo comma
un YO3LI qua nous faisons ensemble pour la libert6 do nos
deux patries et pour l'alliance avec le peuple puissant qui
pourra *alre un des flimbeaux do la civisation, quand it
saura so rappeler qu'il a i_ntante cette lumiere quo vous
avez fait briller de nouveau et qui se nornme William
Shakespere.

Jo serre la main a votre Mastro pore of a vous.
Votre ami, G. GARIBALDI.
[TRANSLATIOII.I
My Young Friend,—The Victor Ilagos 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 naay be one of the lights of civi•
lisation when it shall remember that it kindled the flame
which you have made to shine anew and which is named—
William Shakespero. •
' I shake hands with your illustrious father and yourself.
G. GARIaALDI.
Mons. Francois Victor llago, Guernsey.

THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.-
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 insect makes,
another can dye magnificently. 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 be
pteduced from a worm, and was described as vermiculaturn,
whence comes the name in French of vermeil, and in Eng-
lish of vermillion. Bermes is found in many parts of Asia,
and in the South of Europe, and is very common in the
south of France, whore it lives on a small evergreen oak,
Another kind of it, known also before the cochineal or coccus
of the cactus, 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 SuffJlk.—Dickenz' "Ale the Year Round."
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS AT THE SEAT OF
WAR.—I was writing in my tent yesterday when
a Minis bullet came whizzing through the canvas, passing
just by Captain Bradley, Captain Zaft, and Lieut. Daw-
kans, of General Wood's staff, who wore sitting inside. It
completely disturbed my reflectivd 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 carrying my
life preserver home with me. Mr Beanie, 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 wo get accustomed to such things.
—New York paper.

TILE ISLINGTON MURDEP.ER, BRICETNELL.—The
Sheriffs of London have fixed Monday, Aug, 1, for the
execution of Frederick Charles Bricknell, in front of the
debtors' door at tho Old Bailey. Sheriff Nissen yesterday
communicated to the condemned man the awful tidings that
no hope of his being respited could be held out to him, and
as his execution was to take place at 8 o'clock on Monday
week next he implored him to seek a merciful Saviour.
This communication the culprit received without uttering
a single word. Upon being asked by the sheriff whether
there was enything he wished for, he simply replied in the
negative,