The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-16 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Turin of the 12th, in the Constitu-
tionnel, says :—" The Prince of Capua, that unfor-
tunate brother of Ferdinand 11., who wao called by
him in consequence of his liberal tendencies, is at
this moment dying in this city, at the Hotel Trom-
betti. The sacrament was administered to him
yesterday evening, and this morning the King sent
to make inquiries. The Prince of Capua, -without
having taken any direct part in the fall of the
dynasty, like the late Count of Syracuse, had ac-
cepted accomplished facts, and had paid homage to
King Victor Emmanuel. He has been at Turin for
some weeks past, engaged in the settlement of his
appanage. The Chamber of Deputies held today
its last sitting, and has adjourned until the Ist June.
The Senate, however, will hold a few more sittings
for the examination of some financial laws."

FAREWELL ADDRESS TO LORD

CANNING.

The putilla meeting in honour of Lord Canning,
says the liindoo Patriot of the 3d of March, was
a decided success. Seldom has it been the lot of
the oldest citizen to witness such an enthusiastic
demonstration in favour of a retiring Governor-
General than that which took place at the Town-
hall on Tuesday last. A purely spontaneous native
movement, sympathised with extensively by the
better classes of European society, the gathering of
Tuesday last bespoke at once the growing intelli-
gence and political combination of the native com-
munity. One thing was peculiar. Although the
Bengalee, as the "cleverest" of all the Indian races,
took the lead, there was not a province in the
country which had not its representative man in
the assemblage,

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saud-Roy. In the course of his speech he said :
" Gentlemen, we are assembled here to-day on a peculiar
and extraordinary occasion. This is not the solitary in-
stance in which the citizens of this great metropolis have
met to do hcnour to a departing Governor-General at the
close of his rule. Dozens of tiru6S, not more, have we
met on similar con- •
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the sons of India. Not a party or a class meeting, or a
meeting induced by the action of the governing classes, but
we see whole India, as it were, consisting of representatives
of innumerable classes and creeds, turning but of their free
will and accord this fair evening to pay a parting tribute ti, ,
one who has so richly deserved India's homage and grati-
tude. Gentlemen, Ido not propose in the course of a short
address, even if I had the talent, to review the eminent ser-
vices rendered to India by Lord Canning. In recounting
those services perhaps you will not find things to dazzle
your eye or captivate your fancy; perhaps will not hear of
great and glorious battles fought and won or some great
extraordinary annexation made ; but, gentlemen, there
is in Lord Canning'' services something so very substan-
tial, something so very intimately connected with you
and everything dear to you, something so very materially
congenial to the best and greatest interests of India, that
I have no doubt, when you come to consider them, both
you and those who come after you will find abundant rea-
sons to cherish the name of Lord Canning as the greatest
benefactor of India. After what you have just heard, need
1 recount to you how he saved you and India, at a crisis
perhaps unparalleled in the history of nations? At a time
when passions had been raised to their highest pitch, when
the foul deeds of a misguided few out of millions of our
countrymen had excited a spirit of indiscriminating revenge
and retribution, it was owing to the unswerving courage,
uncompromising justice, moderation, and humanity of that
nobleman, that myriads of innocent beings were saved from
a premature and ignominious death, that the lives and pro •
perty of millions of her Majesty's loyal subjects werevouch-
safed to them, ay?,, that we are enabled to appear to-day at
this great meeting as free citizens, men of substance and
intelligence, to be listened to and cared for.
" This is, gentlemen, but the dark side of his rule, or
what, according to }Endo° notions, may be called the iron
days of his administration. But, if you look to his golden
days, or the bright side of his yule, you will find the last
years of it characterised by acts and measures at once cal-
culated to secure peace, harmony, and security throughout
the land, and to promote the material, social, and intellec-
tual advancement of India. No sooner had the clatter of
arms subsided, and the mouth of the cannon been shut,
than Lord Canning, instead of looking upon all around him
with universal distrust, which circumstances might have
justified, most nobly set about to make a wise and benevo-
lent discrimination between the loyal and disloyal, largely
and generously rewarding the former, and justly, though
mercifully punishing the latter.
" Geutialen)—Whether you lotli to tho restoration of