The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-07 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Unita Italiana of the 2,3 publishes a letter
from the Arch-Conspirator Mazzini, in which he
calls the young men of Italy to arms. After a
historical retrospect, extending from 1176 to
the present time, and attributing all the triumphs
of Italian independence to the nameless heroes
of the people, he concludes with asking the youth
of Italy why they halt in such a noble career,
seeing that Italy is not free nor its unity realised.

CHINA AND JAPAN.

HONG KONG, June 13.

Public interest in the events now occurring in
Japan is unabated, but the uncertainty of how
present difficulties are to be solved still causes much
anxiety. The latest dates from Yokohama are of
the 27th ultimo, and then
the prospects of peace
were looktd on as more cheering from the fact that
on the preceding day a Japanese Envoy, Taki-
Moto. Kai-No-Kami, had had an interview with the
Admirals and the English and French Ministers,
respecting which no details had been divulged; but,
through her Majesty's Consul, the information had
been given by
Colonel Neale, that although nothing
had been definitely settled, so as to enable him to
withdraw his recommendation to British residents
to take every precautionary measure for the protec-
tion of their interests, yet that the late conference
led him to hope for a satisfactory termination to the
present question. Rumours were, notwithstanding,
afloat, that the pecuniary part of the demands had
been satisfactorily arranged, but that the difficulty
still lay, as it has all along been expected that it
would do, in the enforcement of the punishment of
Mr. Richardson's murderer. It would, however, be
most impolitic to abandon such a demand when
once made.

While hope animates the residents of Yokohama,
the feeling of alarm was undiminished at Nagasaki
on the 30th ult., and war was looked on as inevit-
able. There then was every appearance of hostile
intentions on the part of the Japanese; for nume-
rous bodies of men were at work day and night in
constructing
new batteries and mounting guns;
60,000 troops, moreover, being reported to be in the
near vicinity of the town. It is stated that great
excitement existed at Miaco among the hostile
Daimios when the British demands become known;
but that the Tycoon's counsels would:probably have
great weight, as he is supposed to have convinced
the Mikado that for many years to come Japan
would not be in a position to struggle successfully
against foreign powers. There seems, however, to
with foreigners may end. On the 23d ult. the
be groat danger of a civil war, in whatever way dis-
putes
American Legation at Jeddo was destroyed by fire,
accidentally, it is alleged, but designedly, it is
generally believed. All the foreign Legations there
have now been destroyed.

THE FALSE PROPHET DENOUNCED 1

In the last number of the Church and State -Re
view, edited, if we are correctly informed, by
Archdeacon Denison, Dr. John Cumming, the
fashionable preacher, eo long pretending to
the gift of prophecy, down in Crown-court,
Drury-lane, and thence in honeyed accents
" dealing damnation round the land," alternately
from his pulpit and from his writing desk, is thus
boldly denounced at last as a False Prophet :•--
"Dr. Cumming could discover the Crimean and
the Italian wars in the Book of Revelation, but he
could not see the termination in either case; so
that his calculations relative to the disruption of
the Turkish empire and the fall of the Papacy
were wretchedly at fault. As far as we re-
member, his prediction was that the Turkish
empire would be divided by means of an arrange-
ment between England, France, and Russia.
Palestine was to fall to the share of England, and
puzzledthe
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restored,He Was somewhat
objection to our occupa-
tion of that island might be raised on the part of
France. The Jews are, he says, to be collected
from all parts of the earth under the protection of
England, and thus a great prophecy will be ful-
filled through our instrumentality. Our Lord's
coming, the foil of Antichrist, and the first resur-
rection of the saints preparatory to a reign of a
thousand years, are to follow the restoration of
Israel. However, the Turkish empire still exists,
nor is the Papacy destroyed. On the contrary, the
Pope appears as vigorous as ever, though shorn of
some of his temporal power."