The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-14 00:00:00

Spain and the ex-Bing Francis IL

PARIS, Oct. 12.
The following notes exchanged between Senor
Castro, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, and
the Neapolitan Charge d Affaires at Madrid are
published by the Union :

"The Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs to the
Neapolitan Chargé d'Affaires at Madrid.

" 28th July, 1865.
" Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you that
her Majesty the _Queen, my august Sovereign, has
recognised his Majesty King Victor Emmanuel as
King of Italy. On this account you will understand
that the representation you have hitherto exercised
at the Spanish Court will henceforth cease, as well
as your official relation with her Majesty's Govern-
ment.

" In making this communication, I beg to assure
you of my sincere esteem for the moderation and
prudence you have displayed in fulfilling the mission
entrusted to you.

" I take this opportunity of offering you the ex-
pression of my distinguished consideration.
"'M. BERmtmEz DE CASTRO."

" The Neapolitan Chargé d'Affaires to the Spanish

Minister for Foreign Affairs.

"The undersigned Chargé d'Affaires of the Two
Sicilies have received the note of the 28th inst., by
which his Excellency Senor Castro, Minister for
Foreign Affairs of her Catholic Majesty, acquaints
him that her Majesty has recognised King Victor
Emmanuel as• King of Italy, and that consequently
the diplomatic representation hitherto exercised by
the undersigned at this Court, as well as his official
relations with the Spanish Government, cease from
the present moment.
" Ott account of this event the undersigned, ful-
filling the orders of his august Sovereign, has the
honour to protest in the name of the King his master
against an act which in a manner sanctions the oc-
cupation of his Majesty's States and the spoliation
of his rights. And, strange as it may appear at
first sight, and whatever grief and regret it may
cause in the King's heart to have to protest against
the acts of the Government of a Sovereign his near
relative who has even eventual rights to the Crown
of the Two Sicilies, and though the King will never
forget the noble sentiments of generosity and loyalty
testified by Queen Isabella towards him, and all the
marks of affectionate deference which he has re-
ceived, yet he cannot avoid fulfilling a sacred duty
by asserting his rights, in order that they may in
future remain intact, as well as those of his people.
" After the irruption of the revolution in the
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, his Sicilian Majesty
left the capital of his States to preserve it from the
horrors of war, and, proceeding to Gaeta, there to
defend the independence of the Crown and the
autonomy of his people, protested from that moment
against the unparalleled invasion of the King of
Sardinia ; that is to say, of a relative, styling him-
self his friend, and who, aspiring to an unlawful
aggr andisement, broke all treaties and violated all
rights. And these protests, communicated to all the
Cabinets of Europe, and published in the Press,
have been repeated upon several occasions ; every
time that it became a question of maintaining the
rights of the lawful Sovereign and his people against
the acts of an usurping Government, which for five
years past has ruled in the Neapolitan and Sicilian
territories. Those very provinces which once formed
an independent monarchy in a most flourishing con-
dition have seen, in a short time, their finance
ruined, discontent and misery everywhere, extreme
parties in hostility to each other, and divided among
themselves, civil war ravaging their territory, and
the Piedmontese domination committing acts so
contrary to every feeling of humanity, and, so un-
worthy of modern civilisation, as to become notorious
among the people, while their complaints have found
an echo and provoked animated debates in all the
Parliaments of Europe, that of Turin included.

" And all the said protests and others which may
have been made by his Majesty the King of the Two
Sicilies, or by his Government in his name, are to be
regarded as comprised and confirmed by the protest
which the undersigned has the honour to transmit
to his Majesty's Government, according to the order
of his Majesty, his august Sovereign, who, whatever
may he his present position; resigned to all with no
other strength but the justice of his cause ; but with
great confidence in the Almighty and in the future,
feels it his duty to reserve, by so solemn an act, for
himself and his successors before all Europe, the
uncontestable and legitimate rights of his person and
dynasty, and those of the people whom Providence
confided to his care.

g‘ Having duly fulfilled the orders of his Sovereign
and accomplished the last act of the honourable mis-
sion entrusted to him, it only remains for the under-
signed to express his very sincere gratitude for the
cordial reception always accorded to him by the
Queen of Spain and her Majesty's Government dur-
ing the few years he has had the honour of residing
at Madrid, and the undersigned further begs his
Excellency to accept his sincere thanks for the ob-
liging manner in which he has alluded to the dis-
charge of his functions.

The undersigned takes_this opportunity, &c.,
46 Count SAN MARTINO DE MONTALTO.
g, Madrid, July 29, 1865."

4, The Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs to the
Neapolitan Charge d'Affaires at Madrid.

"August 1, 1865.
Sir,—l have received your communication of
the 29th July last, replying to my note of the 28th
ult. The motives which then obliged me to address
that document to you are the same which now
prevent me from entering upon a discussion
of your views respecting the recognition of the
Kingdom of Italy by the Queen's Government.--I
take this opportunity, &c.,

" AL BERMUDEZ DE CASTRO."

MURDER IN SPAIN.—The Madrid journals con-
tain ' accounts of an extraordinary murder com-
mitted at Frasno, in the province of Huesca, by the parish
clerk, in the church itself. His nephew and a lad aged 14,
the son of wealthy parents of the neighbourhood, was in
the building, when the clerk told him to come up to the
belfry to look at some birds' nests. The boy followed the
man unsuspectingly, but when they had arrived above the
clerk suddenly attacked the other, inflicted 17 wounds on
him with a knife, and then fired a pistol ball through his
throat. The man then went down, and, telling his nephew,
who had remained below, not to admit any one, went away.
He was afterwards arrested, but refused to state his mo-
tive for the crime.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A REPORTER IN FLEET-
STREET.—Yesterday evening Mr. John Glover, for
many years a reporter on the London daily and weekly
Press, expired in Fleet-street in a very sudden and unex-
pected manner. He had been round to the various daily
papers with his copy, the work of his day's labour, and was
returning home about five o'clock, when he was observed
to take hold of a lamp-post near the Fleet-street police-
station and endeavour to support himself. Twopolicemen
and a stranger rendered assistance, when they found blood
flowing from his nose and mouth. A cab was called and
he was placed in it, but he only drew one long breath and
expired. He was taken to Bartholomew's Hospital, but life
was found to be extinct. The police obtained his address
and an officer was sent to his house in Alfred-street, White
Horse-lane, Stepney, to break the news to his widow, who
is now left with a family of ten children, eight of whom
with herself are left totally unprovided for.
STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.—Messrs.
W. Sitnons and Co., of the London Works, Ren-
frew, have launched a steamer named the Sandy, built for
the Netherlands India Steam NavigarionCompany, and in-
tended for the mail traffic of the company in India. Her
engines are expected to prove very economical in respect to
the consumption of coal. Messrs. Tod and M'Gregor have
launched the Faid Zafar paddle steamer, built for the Vice-
roy of Egypt, and intended to be used as a pleasure yacht
by his Highness. Annexed are the dimensions of this ele
gent vessel :—Length of keel and forerake, 220 ft. ; beam,
moulded, 20ft. ; depth, moulded, 9ft. ; burden, 442 tons old
measurement. She is fitted with a poop GOft. long, and is to
be propelled by a pair of oscillating engines of 130-horse
power, with all the recent improvements. The hull and en-
gines are of steel, with the'view of combining the greatest
strength with the lightness required to secure a minimum
draught of water. Messrs. Tod and M•Gregor have also
received orders to build two screw despatch boats for ser-
vice on the Nile. Messrs. R. Duncan and Co., of Port Glas-
gow, have launched a screw named the City of Aberdeen,
for the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company. The dimen-
sions of the City of Aberdeen are :—Length, 220 ft.; breadth,
29ft.; depth, 16ft.; burden, 700 tons. She will be propelled
by a pair of direct acting engines of 170-horse power, to
be supplied by Messrs. Blackwood and Gordon. Messrs.
R. Duncan and Co. have commenced two saloon paddle
steamers for the Greenock and lielenisburgh ferry traffic.

Court tirdar.

The Royal Family in the Highlands.

A Dunkeld correspondent, writing on Thursday,
says :—" On account of the unfavourable weather,
her Majesty, since her arrival at Dunkeld House on
Monday evening, has not had much opportunity of
visiting many of the scenes of this interesting and
picturesque neighbourhood. On Tuesday after-
noon, however, the Queen, with Princess Helena,
the Duchess of Athole, and party, visited her
grace's model farm at St. Colmes, about four miles
from Dunkeld.. They afterwards inspected the
byres at Dunkeld, which contain one of the finest
herds of Ayrshires in the country. On Wednesday,
the weather having improved, her Majesty and
Princess Helena, the Duchess and Miss M'Gregor,
in two carriages, drove round the Loch of the
Lowes, and passed through Dunkeld at half-past
four, amidst a considerable concourse of people,
who loudly cheered the royal party. Her Majesty
appeared in excellent spirits, and bowed gracefully
to the people. The royal party drove to the Falls
of the Bran at the Rumbling Bridge, and then to
the Hermitage, where tea was served. The royal
party returned to Dunkeld House at half-past six.
On Thursday the Queen and party were to drive
out by the Highland turnpike to Ballinluig and
Dogierait to inspect the monument now erecting to
the memory of the late Duke of Athole.

REEURN OF HER MAJESTY TO WINDSOR.—Her
Majesty the Queen and the Royal family will, it is under-
stood, return to Windsor Castle, from Scotland, on or about
the Ist of November.

The visit of their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales to the Earl and Countess of Derby,
at Knowsley, is definitively fixed for the 30th inst. and on
the 31st the prince and princess will visit Liverpool.
The Comte d'Eu arrived at Rio Grande on Aug.
5, and at Porte Alegre on the 7th. His royal highness was
warmly received at both places, but did notTlehty at either,
and on the Bth started in the Tupy for Rio.Pardo.
The Duke of Hamilton has arrived in town from
Scotland, and will shortly leave for Oxford.

The Marchioness Townshend and Lady Audrey
Townshend arrived in town on Thursday last for the
nuptials of the Marquis Townshend and Lady Ann Duff,
appointed to take place on Tuesday next.
The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon are enter-
taining a select party at Highclere Castle, near Newbury.
The Earl and Countess de Grey are receiving
company at Studley Park, near Ripon.
The Earl of Chesterfield arrived in town yester-
day from Newmarket.

The Earl and Countess of Seafield are entertain-
ing a select party at Balmacaan, N.B. Lord Reidhaven's
birthday was celebrated on Monday last with great fes-
tivity on the family estate in the counties of Banff, Inver-
ness, and Moray.

The Earl and Countess -of Denbigh have arrived
at Brown's Hotel.

The Earl and Countess of Suffolk and the Ladies
Howard have left Brown's Hotel.

Lady Blantyre and the Hon. Misses Stuart leave
town to-day, to visit Lord Polwarth at Mertoun House,
Berwickshire. Lord Blantyre leaves town early in the
ensuing week for Erskine House, N.B. His lordship has
taken one of the Cornwall Houses, Cornwall-road, for a
term.

Lady Theresa Lewis has left town on a visit to
the Earl and Countess de Grey, at their seat in York-
shire.

The Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary
Wood have arrived at Studley Park, on a vist to the Earl
and Countess de Grey.

The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.,
has arrived at his house in Whitehall-gardens from Dub-
lin. Lady Emily Peel has arrived in Paris from Geneva on
her way home.

ENGLAND AND AMERICA.—In order to guard
against any misunderStanding, we are requested to
re-state that the proposal of Earl Russell to the American
Government was conveyed in the following words
Her Majesty's Government are ready to consent to the
appointment of a Commission, to which shall be referred
all claims arising during the late Civil War which the two
Powers shall agree to refer to the Commissioners." These
concluding words limit the subject of reference, since it
would be inconsistent with the position taken up by her
Majesty's Government, and with the arguments which
induced it to decline arbitration, to permit the claims for
losses by the Alabama and other Vessels of the same cha-
racter to be brought before a Commission for decision, It
must be understood, therefore, that if any such Commie'
sion were agreed on those cases would be excluded from
its jurisdiction."—Times.

VACANCIES IN THE COURT OF COMMON COUN-
CIL.—There are three vacancies to be filled in the
Court of Common Council ; ono in Coleman-street Ward,
by the withdrawal of Mr. E. G. Fox ; one in Cornhill, by
the death of Mr. C. Gaimes ; and one in Walbrook, by the
death of Mr. T. Rowley. For that of Coleman-street
Ward, Mr. Isaac Wilcox, who has received a numerously-
signed requisition, aspires. The Wardmote for the elec-
tion is fixed for Monday. For Cornhill there are two
candidates—viz., Mr. J. J. Homer and Mr. A. Purssell,
both of whom have received requisitions to stand, and be-
tween whom a sharp contest is expected to take place. For
the vacancy in the Ward of Walbrook, Mr. John Land, of
94, Cannon-street, haS declared himself a candidate, upon
the principle that he is one of the few actual residents in
the ward, and can therefore devote a considerable portion
of his time to local interests." Mr. Jesse Hobson has an-
nounced his intention of retiring from the representation of
Coleman-street on St Thomas's-day, and Mr. Benjamin
Coils, of Moorgate-street, will be a candidate for the
vacancy which will thus arise.—City Press.
ELOPEMENT OF A SERGEANT OF POLICE WITH A
PUBLICAN'S WIFE.—A rather extraordinary elope-
ment took place at the village of Radford, near Notting-
ham, on Thursday the 12th inst., a sergeant of the county
police force, named Stevenson, having run away with the
wife of Mr. Wall, landlord of the Phoenix public-house,
and taking with them £5O belonging to the woman's hus-
band. The circumstances of the affair are some what sin-
gular. The family of the policeman had been on intimate
terms with that of the publican, and in both cases the hus-
bands and wives appeared to live happily together. A day
or two ago Mrs. Wall intimated to her husband that she
should like to go out of town to see some friends, and she
accordingly went, promising to return on Wednesday.
When that day arrived Mr. Wall went several times to the
railway station to meet her, but she never made her appear-
ance, and how to account for it he did not know. The
reason, however, soon became obvious. Mrs. Stevenson,
the wife of the policeman, had been duped by her hus-
band in a somewhat similar manner. Under pretence of
going to some country "wakes," her husband had left home
on Thursday morning, promising to return at night. The
time passed away, but he did not come, and on Mrs. Ste-
venson going upstairs she found that all his clothes had
been taken away. Being on intimate terms with the Wall
family, she went to their house to tell them what had hap-
pened, never supposing for a moment that Mrs. Wall had
eloped with her husband. When she got there it was soon
made known what had occurred, and on a search being
made the sum of £5O was found to have been taken away.
Mrs. Stevenson is left with four little children. Mrs.
Wall had not long been married. Sergeant Stevenson had
been connected with the county force for more than 10
years.

A POOR-RATE COLLECTOR. FOR THE GUARDIANS.--
The Poor-law Board have just issued an order to all
the unions in England and Wales, empowering the guar-
dians, "when they shall see occasion to do so, to appoint a
fit and proper person to collect the moneys due and pay-
able to such guardians, to be termed collector of the guar-
dians." ,The order defines the qualifications and the duties
of collector—states that the terms of remuneration are to
be such as the Poor-law Board shall from time to time
approve—provides for the security to be given by the col-
lector, and for the steps to be taken to supply vacancies on
the death or removal of such officer. Several large parishes
and townships are within the scope of the order, among
others Leeds, Manchester, Toxteth-park, and Stoke-upon-
Trent. The order, it will be seen, is not imperative, but
the board "anticipate that after the complete establish-
ment of union chargeability, the demands for such an offi-
cer will increase."

TRADE OF THE SOUTH WALES PORTS.—During
the month of September the export of coals from
Newport reached 30,048 tons, against 22,072 tons in
August, and 24,708 tons in the corresponding month of
last year. The shipments coastwise were G 2,382 tons, as
compared with 56,174 tons in the previous month, and
44,079 tons in September, 1864. The gratifying and sa-
tisfactory increase in the exports was the result of a larger
demand from the Continent, more especially the Italian
markets, and the mail stations in the West Indies took
considerable quantity. The coasting demand for house
coal was so brisk in consequence of buyers preparing for
winter. Swansea exported 42,030 tons, against 43,883
tons in August, and 47,528 tons in the corresponding
month of last year ; and the shipments coastwise were
21,013 tons as compared with 24,544 tons in the previous
month, and 17,673 tons in September, 1861. The decrease
iu the exports was attributable to exceptional causes. The
exports from Llanelly were 10,624 tons, against 8,498 tone
in August, and 6,555 tons in the corresponding month of
last year, and the coasting shipments were 27,994 tonSj
as compared with 24,457 tons in the previous month, and
16,722 tons in September, 1864. Newport also exported
5,065 tons of iron, being a decrease on the previous month
and Swansea 687 tons of iron, and 5,510 tons patent fuel.