The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-10 00:00:00

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

We take the following from a correspondence in
the Levant Herald :•—•
CORFU, Oct, I9.—The Legislative Assembly having by
their address in reply to the speech of his Excellency the
Lord High Commissioner, declared for the cessation of the
Protectorate of Great Britain, and the perfect and absolute
union of the lonian Islands with the kingdom of Greece
under the crown of his Majesty the King of the Hellenes,
George I. and his successors—the annexation may now be

regarded as a fait accompli. The Powers who are parties to
the treaty of 1815 will have to be formally consulted ; but
it is believed that the revised treaty is already prepared, and
will be signed without delay. To celebrate the event the
people of Corfu have held three days' festival (Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday, the Bth, oth, and 10th), during
which time business was nearly entirely suspended ; Te
Deums were sung in the churches ; an address to the Queen
was presented to the Lord High Commissioner ; proeessions
of the clubs and societies, and the peasants from the different
villages, who came in great numbers, with bands of m ,sic
and flags, walked about the town ; bay leaves scattered by
fair hands fell on them as they passed ; and as they walked
along the esplanade and under the arch of St. Michael, with
the Greek clergy and the Metropolitan Archbishop in full
canonicals, in the rear, the sight was very imposing ; every-
body came in for a share of the zetos, and the greatest enthu-
siasm prevailed. On the following Sunday night there was
a general illumination—the various clubs vied with each
other to do honour to the occasion, and crowds of people
walked through their ro)ms, which, in most instances, were
tastefully decorated.

The greatest diversity of opinion exists as to the time that
will elapse before the English civil and military establish-
ments are withdrawn, and oven the gentlemen connected
with these departments differ in their opinion as much as
the public themselves. The periods named range from three
weeks to two years ; the former impossible, the latter per-
fectly unnecessary. An occupation of nearly half a century
is not to be terminated very quickly; many matters which
have been put off must now be settled, and there are large
quantities of stores to be removed. The best informed, how-
ever, think that six months will be sufficient for the pur-
pose. England is certainly manifesting the greatest liberality
towards the lonians; for the Government have expressed
their readiness to give an acquittance in full for the sum of
£90,289 ss. 7d. now owing to Great Britain for arrears of
military centributfon, when the Legislative Assembly shall
have declared the Government of her Majesty quit and free
of all claims on the part of the lonian Islands. It is
rumoured that a reply was received by telegraph from
England yesterday to the application of the Assembly re-
specting the fortifications, to the effect that all questions re-
lating thereto would havo to be decided by the European
Powers.

A telegram was received last Thursday morning, direct..
ing H.M.S. Orlando to proceed to the Piraeus, and she
steamed out of the harbour early in the afternoon.

ASIA MINOR.

(From the Levant Herald.)
SMYRNA, Oct. 24.—The rain-famine which is complained
of in the capital equally afflicts Smyrna, and is daily be-
coming more and more the topic of common local remark.
Only a few drops, so to speak, have fallen for months, and
wells and cisterns are alike dry almost everywhere. Each
successive change of the moon has been hailed as sure to
bring relief, but as yet the hope has been in vain. This
morning, however, the clouds promise well, and our weather
prophets are confident that a great douche is at length at
hand. If so, the relief to man, beast, and ground will be
great, for all three are water-starved beyond the memory of
our very oldest inhabitant.
In perhaps some atmospheric connection with this unus-
ually prolonged drought, we had a couple of sharp shocks of
earthquake on Saturday night last. Happily no harm was
done, nor (seeing how we are used to these little volcanic
freaks) was any one much frightened, so far as I have
been able to learn. The shocks appear to have been felt
still more sensibly in the interior, as accounts from
Aidin and Oushak report some slight injury to houses in
both places, but fortunately no damage to life or limb in
either. The vibration came from the eastwards, and seems
to have expended itself, or nearly so, on reaching the sea in
this neighbourhood.
I regret to have to mention the death of ono of the most
esteemed members of our local British colony—Mr. Fred.
Whittall, which took place on the 15th, after :a very short
illness, at Aidin. The deceased gentleman was the second
son of our universally respected doyen, Mr. C. Whittall,
sen., with whom every class of our population warmly sym-
pathises under the bereavement. The body was brought
from Aidin on the I6th to Bournabat, and there interred in
the family mausoleum, in the midst of one of the largest
funeral attendances which Smyrna or its neighbourhood
has witnessed for some years. Every section of the popu-
lation—native and foreign—sent its representatives to ex-
press respect for the deceased gentleman and condolence
with his venerable father. The incident, happening so un-
expectedly as it.did, has cast a gloom over our local society,
much beyond what any mere private bereavement of the
kind might have been expected to produce."

SMITHFIELD CATTLE SHOW.—The annual show
of the Smithfield Club will commence on Monday, 7th
December, and continue the four following days, at the
Agricultural Hall, Islington, on which occasion, we doubt
uot, but most of our country readers will visit the metro-
polis; and to such we would say, do not omit to look in at
Madame Tussaud's unrivalled exhibition in Baker-street,
where many additions of models of the Monarchs of Eng-
land, &c., have been made during the past year.
THE MAILS, &c.—SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 9.—The
Royal Mail Company's steamship Parana, Capt. J.
H. Jellicoe, sailed hence to-day with the Brazil and River
Plate mails, 143 passengers, £121,621 in specie, English
jewellery value £1,360, French jewellery value £6,026, and
a iul%cargo of British and foreign merchandise. The Solent,
Capt. Hammack, leaves on Tuesday with mails for Madeira
and St. Thomas, resuming on her arrival at'the latter port
intercolonial service on the West India station ; the America,
Capt. Wessels, on Wednesday, with mails for New York;
and the Ellora, Captain J, R. Kellock, on Thursday, with
the Mediterranean and Bombay mails. the Hamwonia,
Captain Schwensen, is due on Thursday, with mails of the
31st ult. from New York ; and the Plata, Captain Sawyer,
on Saturday, with the West India and Pacific mails.
THE CONCENTRATION 07 THE LAW COURTS.
Last evening, the first general meeting of the 21st
session of the Law Amendment Society was
held at e
offices, 3, Waterloo-place, Pall. mall, Sir Fil zroy Kelly,
Q.C., M.P., in the chair, Mr. Palmer moved the following. I
resolution:—" That a committee be appointed to consider
what a3tion should be taken with reference
to thel
all
for bringing together into one place or
neighbourhoodiie otfices attached
the superior courts of judicature with
d
thereto, and to report on the same."
in consequence of the standing orders of that last year,
House of Cm:
mons not being complied with, the bill for concentrating the
e was new in a position
courts could not be introduced, but h -
be introdducteicilein the ensuing
to state that the bill would
oteiron. After
session. Mr. Edward Webster seeotuhdast
he warns
n w.o.uldebettahienlvyeroyf
some discussion, the chairman
opinion that the Society of Lincolngad'b-in.
g for its object the general
last to oppose a movement
havintion was then carried. The
benefit of the people.
thlehcouncil of the society was read and
annual address from
adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the
proceedings.
REVISING BARRISTERS.--The Court of Common
Pleas has appointed the 17th and 21st inst. to hear
the appeals from the decisions of the Revising Barristers
during the late revision., under the 6th Victoria, cap. 18.
in the following order :—Robinson
The cases respondent (Northamptonshire):
appellant, u-' takenn.tain (Lancashire), Counter and Addams
Bennett and
(Ashburton borough), } orce and Flons (Exeter), Smith and
1, (sandwich borough>, Crowther and Bradney (liidder-
He"
minsteGarbutt and Trevor (Yorkshire, North Riding),
Henrike and Booth. (London), end Jessop and the Town-
Clerk of Ipswich, from the borough of Ipswich.
A STRANGE DISCOVERY.—The turning up of a
horseshoe, real iron, from a depth of seven metres
in the deluvium of pre-Adamite deposit bids fair to put out
of joint the famous Abbeville jawbone. The phenomenon
has been found on railway excavation in the Orno Valley
between Caen and Conde, The Journal du Calvados gives
ample details, adding that not only horse bones and sundry
other antediluvian fauna, but skeletons of the Hudson's
Bay beaver are plainly recognisable,—Globe.
THE WHALE FISHERY.—OuFriday the Sir Colin
Campbell, Captain Birnie, arrived at Peterhead
from the whalings with one fish, which will produce about
17 tons of oil. Like others, Captain Birnie reports having
seen a large number of fish in Cumberland Gulf, and he
expects that the vessels wintering will make a good fall
fishing. lie reports having seen the Alibi, of Aberdeen,
with one half fish, and the Sophia and Lady Franklin, of
the same port, clean. The Alert, of Peterhead, had got 22
tons of oil, but the Lord Saltoun and Queen were unsuc-
cessful. The Camperdown of Dundee, had 100 tons, and
the Franklin, of New London, one fish and a half. The Sir
Colin brings home 17 of the Alibi's crew and 14 of the Lord
Saltoun's, so as to reduce the crew of both vessels to winter-
ing proportions.-Bcotsman.
THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—III consequence of
the heavy gales of the last few days many of the
boats have come into Great Yarmouth harbuur, and less
fish fish have therefore been landcd. The quality
thoe fish
taken has improved of late. Similar reports
with reference to the operations of the Lowestoft
puetrocan
pt
' The local Board of H Yarmouth
ealth of Greatos boats.
o
come
apply to Parliament next session for powers
to e
it P hese
is intended
extensive range of riverside property, which
1.
to apply to the requirements of the fishery, so as to prevent
,
the quays being blocked up with
A GRATEFUL OFFERING.—``A Sailor's Daughter"
has just transmitted, through Messrs. Drummond, the
bankers, £lOO to the National Lifeboat Institution.
THE REWARD OF TEMPERANCE. j. B. Gough,
the temperance lecturer, haso drawn, in the Art Union of
London, Ross's picture of Leaving Home, valued at 100
guineas.

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

WARSAW, Nov. s.—The Revolutionary Commit-
tee of Galicia has not been discouraged by the de-
feat of Czichowski's and Waligorski's bands.
Authentic intelligence has been received that it is
redoubling its efforts to form new corps. Upon the
night of the 23d ult. a band of 300 men assembled
upon the frontier of the district of Cracow, with the
intention of joining the band of Chmielenski at
Leedrzijow. Upon the 26th the band of Roche-
brun made preparations for passing the frontier in
the district of ZAlkiew. No official report has yet
been received that these different detachments have
really entered the kingdom.