The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-09 00:00:00

was to have been left entirely to the' Italians—found
herself doomed still to discover the work of her
emancipation only partially accomplished—to
see, :as indeed she still sees, the German
soldiers garrisoning the formidable fortifica-
tions of the Quadrilateral, and the Kaiser
disporting himself at intervals among his despised
Italian lieges, in the amphibious fairy capital of his
Italian province of Venetia.
From the completion of the lamentable compro-
mise inaugurated by the imperial interview sud-
denly improvised upon one memorable morning at
Villafranca—if Italy has not been left entirely to
the Italians, the Italians have been left entirely to
themselves. The diplomacy of her Statesmen, the
swords of her Soldiers, have alternately untied or
severed some, at least of the many Gordian knots
which trammelled her limbs. As NAPOLEON,
at the head of an immense army, had liberated
Lombardy and handed it over to the King of SAR-
DINIA—GARIBALDI, in his turn, at the head of a
few devoted followers, liberated the whole King-
dom of the Two Sicilies from the power, or rather,
we ought to say more correctly, from the weakness,
of the BOURBONS, and handed it over in like-
manner into the possession of VICTOR EMMANUEL.
The ball rolled on, and increased as it rolled.
Province after province, principality after princi-
pality became agglomerated together. The King of
SARDINIA became the King of ITALY. There he is
still that King of ITALY—but the Kingdom
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he can find the opportunity. By extending more and
more widely his diplomatic relations. In the per-
son of his Imperial Highness the Prince NAPO-
LEON, he has found one son-in-law close beside the
throne of France. He is just finding another son-
in-law in the youthful monarch now seated upon
the throne of Portugal. The two fair young
daughters of the King of ITALY the
Princess CLOTILDA and the Princess PIA (the

latter, strange it is to remember it just
now ! a goddaughter, as the Prince Imperial of
France is also the godson, of Pope Pius IX.)—these
two fair young Italian Princesses, daughters of King
VICTOR EMMANUEL, are securing, so far as they
may, the influence of their father's position among
the powers of Europe, and are so far forwarding the
great work GARIBALDI has so long cherished in his
heroic heart. Meanwhile the interests of the popu-
lar cause in Italy are being forwarded by the recog-
nition of the Kingdom of Italy, by one after
another of the European Sovereigns. England and
France led the way in this direction. Russia is
now following at length tardily, but also, we can-
not still but fear very suspiciously, in the same track !
The Government of the CZAR, it being understood,
as we have but so recently had occasion to remark,
holding out conditions for that recognition : but con-
ditions, too, that would pledge the Government at
Turin to hold its hands in regard to Venetia. If but
these ignoble and inadmissible conditions can be
swept aside adroitly and resolutely by RATAZZI—
there is the recognition of the kingdom of Italy in its
integrity by the Russian Government:! Close upon
the completion of which diplomatic event, will fol-
low that of a similar announcement on the part of the
Prussian Government. Lord PALMERSTON indeed
last evening in the House of Commons intimated
the latter event as actually upon the cards and as
very imminent. At which assurance the House
cheered. Slowly it may be, but surely, the hands
of the KING are gaining more strength in their
hold upon the reins of Government. And what is
more—slowly and surely also Austria, with Vene-
tia under her iron heel, is becoming more forlorn
and isolated.

Upon the motion of Sir J. HAY, the House of
Commons at length decided last evening that "it
is inexpedient that judgment should be any longer
delayed on the amount of prize money due to her
MAJESTY'S land and sea forces employed in the
capture. of Kertch and Yenikale, on the 24th of
May, 1854, as it is calculated," said the resolution,
" to injure the confidence of the soldiers, seamen,
and marines in the good faith of her MAJESTY'S
Government in matters of prize." A rather sharp
rap over the knuckles, that for, whoever is mainly
responsible for the delay ! It is a reprimand that
has unhappily been but too well deserved.
Yet it is but right—and consolatory even in one
sense—to add that it has all arisen more from a
vexatious mistake than from any very culpable neg-
ligence. How indignant the House showed itself,
however, on account of the mistake may be best
appreciated by noticing the almost unparalleled cir-
cumstance of its nearly refusing to listen to Lord
PALMERSTON when he rose at last, at the end of a
stormy little discussion, to utter a very few words
of final explanation. It has not often if, in truth, it
has ever before now happened, as it, nevertheless,
did happen last night, that there had to be jotted
down from permanent record in the pages of Hansard,
an incident, such as the following, upon the rising,
in the Hruse of Commons, of him who is facile
princeps among living English Statemen ! The
Reporter's pencil writing—" Lord PALMERSTON rose
amid loud cries of Oh," Spoke,' and ' Divide,
divide,' which for some minutes prevented him
from addressing the House. When the interrup-
tion had subsided, he:said—' Upon the understand-
ing that the object of this motion is that the ques-
tion should be refeared to a competent court of law
I have no objection to it. (Renewed cries of 'Oh, oh !'
Divide, divide !' and followed by repeated shouts
of sarcastic cheering from the crowded Opposition
benches)," The Opposition benches, observe ! So
that party feeling had a good deal of course to do
with this singular demonitration. Apart from that,
however, there were reasons enow of another kind
altogether, why the House should at length be right
glad to do something practical towards sweeping
aside a monstrous act of injustice to a set of gallant
fellows, who have all along deserved better treat-
ment than they have yet received in this matter at
the hands of the Government.

PORTSMOUTH, Tuesday.—Her Majesty's yacht
Victoria and Albert, Captain G. H. Seymour, passed
through Spithead at 5.30 p.m. from Osborne, for Antwerp,
with their Itoyal Highnesses the Prince Louis and Princess
Alice of Hesse, and suite, on board. The Fairy, screw
yacht, Master Commander Welch, with, it is presumed, her
Majesty on board, accompanied the Victoria and Albert out
as far as the Noman Shoal, to the eastward of the Spithead
anchorage, the Channel fleet lying at Spithead firing a
royal salute cn the yachts passing by. Off the Noman the
Fairy hove to and exchanged a parting signal with the
Victoria and Albert, the royal yachts then separating in
their course, the Victoria and Albert proceeding on her
voyage to Antwerp, and the Fairy returning to Osborne.
The day has been beautifully fine, with a nice breeze from
i W.S.W., sufficient to fill the Victoria and Albert's sails
in heldth to-dayand steady her motion on her voyage.
IT movements
INTERNATlONALentse
via visitors to the Exhibition are inscrutable. Monday
a wet es:dbarayi,t7 the attendance was excellent ; yester-
day was very fine, and the numbers were not greater than
O enteredll Proenv previous
season d::: c.k.ertetl
l.There is no rule by which their
aut
protest against which'
estimated, and there is nothing for it
grace. The numbers returned
surprising variations with the best
guinea ticket holders was including the new 10s. tickets, to
rued were 58,883, of which 6,554
meeting of the three and five
Ta-
vern. The temperature
Negretti and Zambra's thermometer,building, as shown' by
at the London
Monday, being, at 2,15 p.m., in the was higher than on
. nave, 71.6., and in the
galleries, 72,5