The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-20 00:00:00

THE SOUTHERN STATES,

" Nashville, Tennessee, March 16, 1863.
"My dear —, . . . Tennessee has suffered

desperately—all now are on a level—men that were
in affluent circumstances reduced to a state of beg-
gary—houses burnt and demolished—men taken
from their wives at midnight and imprisoned in
the common gaol, and kept there with horse
thieves and murderers—women and children turned
out of their houses, after first burning their house
at the dead hour of night in the snow and
rain. I was round Nashville to-day in the
suburbs, and such a scene of devastation I never
before witnessed—all the fences round the
houses destroyed, some houses torn down, some
burnt, a large portion of prominent business houses
taken for hospitals, and some of the private houses.
Wherever ' Lincoln's' forces think proper to quar-
ter, there they will remain, and compel the owners
at the point of the bayonet, to abandon their homes ;
or, if they have no other place to go to, they are
obliged to put up with all the insults of a degraded
soldiery.
4, All persons are obliged to get passes here
now, even to the other side of the river. I
have had no occasion to get one as yet.
Never did I see such times as these in any
country. The tyranny for the last two years has
surpassed anything. It nearly equals the Spanish
Inquisition or the French Revolution, the only ex-
ception is the guillotine, the stake, and the screws.
So far I have weathered the storm, but know not
a day nor an hour that I may not be imprisoned in
one of their loathsome prisons. Persons are taken
up and imprisoned for weeks and months without
a trial. No trial here. At the last criminal court
here the witnesses could not come from adjoining
counties for want of a pass, and they were not per-
mitted to have one.

" There is at this time no certainty of this war
ending ; it may end in two years after this Adminis-
tration goes out of power, and may not end for 50

years.
" Liberty here is at an end, the Republic is at
an end, even the liberty of speech is denied, and a
secret detective police established. A man meeting
a friend in the street has to look about and see that
there is no one listening, as a man is liable to be
imprisoned not only for speech, but for his thoughts.
" I remain yours affGetionately.

SHIPP:MG—This Day.

LONDON, June 20.—IVIInd this day at noon—North-
Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

BY MAGNETIC TEI:.EGRAPG.

GRAVESENV, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, June 19—War Eagle, fro.m Mauritius; Isabella
Wile n, from Ostend.
Arrived, June 20—Mary, from Bruesels; Coldstream,
from Dantzic.
Sailed—Hamburg, steamer, for St. Petersburg; Anne
Archbell, for Shanghai.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.

Passed—Lotus, from St. Lucia ; William Cory, steamer,
from the westward—both for London ; Wootton, from Sun-
derland for Rio Janeiro.
Anchored—Thomas Dryden, from Havannah for Ham-
burg ; Media, from Sydenham for Lisbon.

RACING FIXTU:
Ju:

RES FOR 1863.

Worcester Summer 2
Newmarket July 7
Liverpool ..13
Abingdon , 14
Hung3rford l6
Pontefract 16
„ 16
Stamford

'LY.
1 Winchester ............ 21
Nottingham ............
22 21
50uthampt0n............
Cambridge ............ 23
Knutsford ............ 23
Hartlepool ............27
Gocdwood• • .. .......... 22

Aue
Brightcn 4 I
Brighton Club .....••••• 6
Lewes
Wolverhampton ll
Reading l3
Wenlock l4
SEPTE
Devon end Exeter
Derby Summar 2
Weymouth
Kings Lynn .. 3
Warwick ..
Leicester lO
Doncaster .... . 15

kUOT. 18
York August
EghamPly 2south 20
Stockton 25
Oxford 9"-
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Lichfield
;MBBR

Word sley
Brecon 2l
Richmond 22
Monmouth 94
Manclkeator Autumn „25
Newmarket tat Oct. 29
Edinbargh, &o. Club 30

The Late Debate in the douse of Commons

on Italy.

FATHER CURCI'S POSITIVE DENIAL OF LOis',2

PALMERSTON'S ASSERTIONS.

It will be rembembered that a few weeks ago
Lord Palmerston made some very distinct allega-
tions as to the complicity of the King Francis 11.,
and the Neapolitan nobles gathered around him at
Rome, in the " brigandage " now desolating the
Neapolitan provinces. He asserted that they were
paid and armed at Rome, under the eyes of the
French authorities. When pressed for some proof of
his assertions he declined at first to furnish any, but
subsequently mentioned a Roman Catholic priest,
Father Curci, as having confessed the crime, and
denounced the King and the Neapolitan nobles for
the share they took in it. The following letter shows
how far the information of the Premier is to be re-
lied upon :

" TO SIR GEORGE BOWYER, BART.,
" Esteemed Friend,—When you, in the English Parlia-
ment, on the 15th of this month, asked Ljrd Palmerston
upon what authority he made assertions so outrageous
towards the French Government, the King of Naples, and
the Neapolitan emigrants, he referred to a discourse which
I had delivered eight days previously in the Church
Spirito Dei Napclitani, putting in my mouth reproaches
against the illustrious exiles fur fomenting brigandage and
other similar statements.

" Now, in the interest of truth, I hasten to state that
Lord Palmerston, on that occasion, uttered a tissue of pure
falsehoods, for in that discourse I did not say one word
respecting, nor make the most distant allusion, direct or
indirect, either to the King of Naples, to brigandage, or
to what was done or ought to be done by the Neapoli.
tans for Route, nor even anything analogous thereto
The subject itself on which I treated bore no
relation to such matters, inasmuch as I persuaded and
exhorted those who heard me to avoid idleness, and to
employ in a Christian manner the time which God had
granted to them. Of this fact I have as many witnesses as
there were hearers of my discourse, which was delivered
üblicly in church with open doors.
" Lord Palmerston said that you should have been able
to procure more accurate information regarding that fact,
and lam glad that I can furnish it to you. If you can
find the means of communicating it to any one who heard
his very false assertions I am sure that it will cause much
sorrow and equal shame among his worthy countrymen
and colleagues to witness the position in which he has
placed himself in the English Parliament by propounding
such absurd tales, he being then Prime Minister. It is an
unfortunate thing in our times that by a real brigandage of
truth political councils and diplomatic agents are enabled
to fabricate so large an edifice of falsehood.
" Renewing the memory of our former friendship, I sign
myself "Your most affectionate
"C. M. Cuncl, S. I.
" Galloro, near Albano, May 22, 1863."

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.)
DICKSON V, THE EARL OF WILTON, VISCOUNT COMBER-

MERE, AND GENERAL PEEL,

The examination of Lieut.-Colonel Dickson was this
morning continued as to the transactions between him and
Captain' Brett, the president of the mess account, in re-,
lotion to the charge for wine, and the letter he wrote to Lord
Wilton, explaining to his lordship the various sums of
money received by him and the payments made by Captain
Brett. He received from Lord Wilton in January, 1858, a
statement made by Captain Dixon with regard to the mess
account and other matters, which he returned to Lord
Wilton with his remarks upon it. On the 18th of March,
1858, he received a note from Lord Combermere, directing
him to call upon him, which ha did on the following
morning, when his lordship told him there had been
complaints against him, and that he (Lord Combermere)
was afraid that his (Colonel Dickson's) temper and man-
ners towards the officers of the regiment was not exactly
what it ought to be. He saw he had a great deal of trouble
with some of the officers, and particularly the young ones,
and the conduct of Captain Dixon had been disgraceful, and
as a captain he set a very bad example to the others. Lord
Combermere said ho hoped that, for the future, a better
understanding would exist between him (Colonel Dickson)
and his brother officers ; his lordship adding that he knew
he (Colonel Dickson) was an old and very good officer, but
that he did not understand a militia regiment.
The examination of Colonel Dickson lasted the whole
day, and was principally confined to the circumstances
previous to the court of inquiry into his conduct. As there
are various other points to be dealt with, it is not likely
that his examination will conclude before Monday.

MARKETS--This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

Our market is well supplied with fruit and vegetables
and the trade, generally speaking, rules inactive at our
quotations.

FRUIT.

s. d. s. d.
Pine apples 5 Oto 8 0
Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0
Grapes,per lb 0 0 to 0 0
Foreign do 1 6 to 2 6
Melons 0 0 to 0 0
Nectarines, per dz 10 0 to 18 0
Apples, per ht-sv. 2 6 to 4 0
Pears, per do
Oranges, per 100 6 0 to 10 0
Lemons, per 100 9 0 to 12 0
Gooseberriesht sve3 6 to 4 6
Strawberries pr pt 0 3 to 0 8

s. d. s d
Cherries, per lb. 0 4to 1 0
Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb 2 oto 2 6
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0
Peaches.. 15 0 to 30 0
Currants, per b.sv 3 6to 5 0
Plums, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0
Raspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0