The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-29 00:00:00

THE SUN,ILONDON, FRJE V EVENINI, AtJGUS e 29, 1862

ardour of the popular enthusiasm. Wherever he
went he was received by the authorities of the
Crown, and treated with almost kingly honours.
In Northern Italy and in Southern Italy, it was
alike, in this way, that GARIBALDI was welcomed
everywhere with especial homage by the represen-
tatives of the Government. Nay, immediately
upon his return to those southern provinces of the
new Italian Kingdom, which had been the scene of
his most wonderful exploits, GARIBALDI was
feasted, more than once, side by side with the Royal
Princes, the sons of King VICTOR EMMANUEL.
And to what end P To what end have been all
these signal attentions paid to General GARIBALDI
by the RATTAZZI Government ? So far as the in-
sidious policy of that Administration can ba at all
comprehended—in order that the RATTAZZI Ca-
binet might, at the outset of its career, have vita-
lity and popularity of some sort attached to it by
its association, in as conspicuous as manner as
possible, with the Hero and Idol of the Italian
population ! And that after having
played thus
with GARIBALDI'S fame most selfishly, until the
object indicated might be considered to have been
virtually realised—then to sacrifice GARIBALDI'S
glory by compromising it ! So far as the RATTAZZI
policy can be at all understood, that is about the
meaning of it. And this is all the more easy of belief,
with which
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way
than
the fabled box of Pandora, because when all the
evils now flowing from it have become
manifest, there can be left behind hardly
the ghost of any Hope whatever —our in-
terpretation, we say, is all the more credible as
the right interpretation of RATTAZZI'S policy,
for these two sufficient reasons. Firstly
because by thus using GARIBALDI'S popu-
larity as a platform to power, RATTAZZI thus
the most rapidly and effectually realised his own
selfish ambition—not that Italy might be Free, but
that RATTAZZI might be Prime Minister ! And
secondly, because by sacrificing GARIBALDI after
thus meanly making use of the hero's popularity,
he (RATTAZZI might most obviously gratify the
wishes of his own patron the French Emperor.

At any rate here are the facts. RATTAZZI calls
GARIBALDI from Caprera to the mainland of the
peninsula, to encourage the formation of rifle corps
far and wide in the various provinces of the new
Italian kingdom. And scarcely has GARIBALDI,
with the visible encouragement, or at least with
the obvious connivance, of the Government, tra-
versed the northern provinces--when the Minis-
try abruptly undo their their own wore by
vigorously putting down the popular movement
at Sarnico! Again, but a very brief interval
elapses after GARIBALDI has been feasted in public,
aide by side with the KING'S sons, the Royal
Princes, when the KING himself (at RATTAZZI'S
instance) has proclaimed GARIBALDI to be a rebel
while the Island of Sicily and the whole of the
Neapolitan Provinces are declared to be in a State
of Siege ! GARIBALDI'S honesty and consistency
through all this— are perfectly apparent, are wholly
undeniable. The least said in any case, upon any
possible supposition, about the honesty and con-
sistency of the RATTAZZI Ministry the better.
They have been playing, however, more or less un-
fairly, as the events prove with edged tools ! And
the sword of GARIBALDI, and the bayonets and
daggers of his red-shirted followers, are now turn-
ing out to be weapons not in any way,with impunity,
to be trifled with ! True, that there is a great deal
of talk still about the loyalty of the Army (and we
may presume also of the Navy) of Italy to King
VICTOR EMMANUEL. And yet 20,000 of the royal
troops in Sicily failed to prevent GARIBALDI from
traversing the island from end to end, failed
to preclude him from entering Catania, failed
to seize him, dead or alive, when he
was in a manner trapped there, in Catania !
As to the maritime force of the halm KING
and Government—it is now known that there were
not two, but three, Royal ships-of-war lying off
Catania when GARIBALDI quitted that place, and
coolly crossed over to Melito P And when the
Commanders of those Royal ships-of-war—placed
under arrest by order of PERSANO—are sum-
marily brought before a court-martial, and tried
for not having prevented GARIBALDI'S escape from
Catania to Calabria, what is their answer in re-
gard to the charge ? That they had endeavoured
to prevent GARIBALDI'S movement across the
Straits of Messina, but tnat their crews would not
obey their orders! So much for the loyalty of the
naval force at the command of the Italian Govern-
ment—when that loyalty is subjected to the test
of being directed against GARIBALDI! Nay, rumours
are just now rife that the whole Italian squadron
off the coast of Sicily had declared for GARIBALDI.
The Paris Presse asserting positively also that the
whole of the three Calabrias have in like manner
declared for GARIBALDI, and of course against the
Government. While these events are occurring
the Moniteur tells us that the :trench fleet has
taken its departure from Toulon to hasten across to
Naples. La Franee intimating at the same time
that tlie British fleet in the Mediterranean has pro-
ceeded. 'ander orders towards the same destination.
As to the warlike doings of a preliminary kind by
land—the most notable statement afloat at the
moment, is to the effect that the imperial troops at
Chalons are about to be marched thence into the
Department of the 'ear, there to be in readiness to
obey whatever orders may presently be flashed to
them by telegraph from Biarritz.

Her Majesty the Queen will hold a Privy Coun-
cil to-morrow (Saturday) at Windsor Castle.

Dom Miguel de Braganca (ex• King of Portugal)
was present last night at the Royal English Opera, Covent
garden, attended by his suite.

Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Maria
of Russia, attended by Prince Galitzin, Count Tolstoy, and
two ladies of honour, have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from
St. Petersburg.

His Imperial Highness the Duke of Leuchten-
berg has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from St. Leonard's.

His Highness the Prince Boris Galitzin has
arrived at Long's Hotel.

Prince and Princess Serge Gagarine, Count and
Countess Shouvaloff, Prince Troubetskoy, and Count
Pahlen have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from St. Leonard's-
on Sea.

A marriage is arranged to take place shortly
between Captain Norton, of the Grenadier Guards, son and
heir of the Hon. Mrs. James Norton, of Anningeby Park,
Potnalls and Vatchery, and the late Hon, and Rev. James
Norton, younger brother of Lord Grantley, and Miss
Lowndes Stone, the granddaughter and heiress of the late
Mr. William Francis Lowndes Stone, of Brightwell Park,
Oxon and Buckinghamshire.

Mr. and Mrs. Epstein have arrived at Edwards's
Hotel, from Warsaw.

Monsr. Dumon and Madame Hochet have re-
turned to Brown's Hotel.

The marriage of Lady Harriett North, eldest
daughter of the late Earl of Guilford, with Colonel Warde,
eldest son of Admirai Warde, of Squerreys Court, Kent,
was solemnised yesterday at St, George's Church Hanover-
sqmare.

teal, FEMALE
OD. the
:retlaths the following trait of heroic devotedness
f a Montenegrin woman. In a combat near
iitil,ct: the standard-bearer of the Montenegrins was
in his turn sh,Zher took the colours from his hands, was
who, before the lvica., and was replaced by another brother
wounded. -When 1
in nl:neoother of those brave young men,
`he
of the fight, was also mortally
ratibat,. saw her last son fall, she
in
_her arms for a last em-
tpred herself at the head
of the combatants, declaring that 1
rushed to his side, folder
e. would never give up
the standard, until slle could place !li
it in the hands of one of
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her,grandsone,

MURDER OF A WEALTHY FAMILY.—A wealthy
Russian family, consisting of five persons, disappeared from
the town of Laybach about 40 years ago, no trace of them
being ever discovered. Suspicion fell upon an hotel ser-
vant as being the murderer of the family, as shortly after
their disappearance he purchased an hotel for the sum of
40,000 florins. Proofs being wanting, however, he was dis-
charged. The man and his wife having lately died, leaving
a large fortune, the heirs had caused the house to be re-
paired, and last week, while digging at a short depth below
the surface, five skeletons were discovered, three in one
place and two in another, and from the position in which
they were placed it is evident that they had been bound to-
gether with a rope. A chest full of plate was also disco-
vered in the house.
INFANTICIDE IN PARIS.—Four days since a ser-
vant girl having been to consult a midwife, the latter dis-
covered she had been recently confined, and made inquiries
about the chid. As the woman denied the fact, and re-
fused to give any explanations, the midwife sent for the
commissary of police, and to him the woman confessed that
she was a servant in a family in the environs of Paris, and
had on the previous day given birth to a child, which she
buried in her master's garden, and then finished her work
and waited at tablo without any of the family being aware
that anything unusual had happened. As this story was
found to be true, and the child had evidently been born
alive, the woman was committed to take her trial for in-
fanticide.
THE COMET,—M. Petit, director of the Observa-
tory of Toulouse, has published the following particulars
respecting this new visitor :—" The nucleus, which is now
visible to the naked eye, resembles in size a star of the
fourth magnitude, and is rendered somewhat faint by the
coma, which on the 19th subtended an angle of four
minutes, corrospoading to a real diameter of 25,000 leagues
and to a volume 100 times larger than that of the earth.
The tail is likewise perceptible, and will increase by the 31st
inst. to double its present size, whereby the comet will be •
come rather a conspicuous object in the heavens. It is now
between the head of Ursa Minor and Draco, and therefore
not far from the Folar star, and is moving towards Scorpio,
where it will disap?ear towards the end of September. It
will be visible to tin naked eye until about the middle of
next month, but from the 31st inst. its brilliancy will ra-
pidly decline while it traverses the constellations of Corona,
Serpens, and Ophiusus. Its maximum proximity to the
sun was 37,000,000 o: leagues, and occurred on the 22d
inst. On the 15th of September it will be at a distance of
40,000,000 of leagues from the sun. Its shortest distance
from the e rth will be 13,000,000 of leagues on the 31st inst.,
and 36,000,000 of leagues on the 24th of September, when
its brilliancy will be reduced to one-fourth of what it is
now. The friends of cometary astronomy will learn with
pleasure that there is at present a second comet, though a
very faint one, in the vicinity of the orbit of Mars, our
nearest neighbour among the planets. It is 70,000,000 of
leagues from the earth, and 53,000,000 from the sun, and
may be found between Ophiucus and Sagittarius.
It is an opinion generally received that beer is
merely a substitate for wine, and was invented in a country
where the vine would not grow. This is an error, however,
for many old charters, dating as early as the Bth century,
show that beer was a common drink in ccuntries famous for
their vintage. Most convents and large farms had a brew-
house, and made beer for home consumption. Charters of
the convent of Wissenburg show that in the 13th century
many of its tenants paid their rent in malt and beer. In
Swabia, Switzerland, and other countries, brewing was ex-
tensively practised in the Bth century. In the 9th century
the provision of beer brewed at Bohlingen for the Bishop
of Spires, on the occasion of a journey to Rome, was five
times greater than that of wine, and Bohlingen produced
great quantities of wine. In the 12th century the clergy of
Cologne and the convent of Ziehtenthal had brew-houses,
and distributed beer as well as bread to the poor. Hops
were first used in Bavaria in the 9th century. Beer was
much drunk in France, Belgium, and the Lower Rhine in
the 10th and 11th centuries. An excise duty was laid on
beer at Cologne in the year 1320. A trade corporation of
brewers was formed at Fritzlur in 1453, but brewing did
not become a recognised trade in the Upper Rhine till to-
wards the close of the 16th century.
The Court of Assizes of the Rhone concluded, at
a late hour on Wednesday evening, the trial of the woman
Favre, her husband, and brother-in-law, charged with
poisoning Crepin, the notorious miser of Lyons. The
principal facts of the case having been given in Monday's
Messenger, it is now only necessary to state that the evidence
fully proved the guilt of all the prisoners. After the
wretched man had made his will, bequeathing all his pro-
perty to the woman Favre, she was anxious to get rid of
him as soon as possible, and accordingly began to dose him
daily wth strong infusions of poppy-heads and gratiola, or
hedge-hyssop. In this she was actively aided by her
husband and her brother-in-law, Chord, who procured the
drugs for her, and assisted her in keeping away the old
man's relations. But when her end was accomplished, and
she had come into possession of all Crepin's property, she
was unwilling to fulfil the promise she had made to Chorel
of giving him 100,000 f. Incensed at this treatment, he
openly threatened to be revenged, and these menaces led
to the arrest of all the guilty parties. The prisoners were
ably defended by M. Jules Favre and other counsel, but
they strove in vain against overwhelming evidence. The
jury having brought in a verdict of guilty against all the
prisoners, the court sentenced the female prisoner and
Chorel to 12 years' hard labour, and Favre to five years'
imprisonment.
THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE LOST POCKET-
nooK.----A gentleman jumping from an omnibus in the city
of New York, dropped his pocket-book, and had gone some
distance before he discovered his loss; then hastily return-
ing, inquired of every passenger whom he met if a pocket-
book had been seen. Finally, meeting a little girl of ten
years old, to whom he made the same inquiry, she asked,
" What kind of a pocket-book ?" He described it ; then
unfolding her apron, "Is this it ?" "Yes, that is mine;
come into this store with me." They entered ; he opened
the book, counted the notes, and examined the papers.
" They are all right," said he; "fifteen notes of a thousand
dollars e ,ch. Had they fallen into other hands I might
never have seen them again ; take, then, my little girl, this
note of a thousand dollars as a reward for your honesty
and a lesson to me to be more careful in future." " No,"
said the girl, " I cannot take it; I have been taught at
Sunday-school not to keep what is not mine, and my pa-
rents would not be pleased if I took the note home; they,
might suppose I had stolen it." Well, then, my girl, show
me where your parents live," The girl took him to a humble
tenement in an obscure street, rude but cleanly. He in-
formed the parsnts of the case ; they told him the child had
acted correctly. The gentleman told them they must take
it, and he was convinced from the principles they had pro-
fessed that they would make a good use of it. The pious
parents then blessed their benefactor, for such he proved ;
they paid their debts, which had disturbed their peace, and
the benevolent giver furnished the father employment in
his occupation as a carpenter, enabling him to roar
an industrious family in comparative happiness. This
little girl became the wife of a respectable tradesman
of New York, and had reason to rejoice that she was born
of pious parents, who had secured their daughter's happi-
ness by sending her to a Sunday-school.—old Jonathan.
ASCENT OF MOUNT KEEN BY THE PRINCE OF
WALES.—On Monday last Mount Keen received a visit
which will long be remembered in that district. Its
hoary sides were scaled from Birk-hill, on the north, by
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accompanied
by Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Miss Wood,
and three sons; General, Mrs., and Miss Grey; Miss
Phipps, Colonel Biddulph, and Major Teesdale. On
the south a party from Invermark was headed by his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by
the Earl of Dalhousie and Lady Christian Manic, Colonel
and Lady Jane Dundas, and Professor Miller. The day
was somewhat dull, and the view in consequence circum-
scribed ; nevertheless the party appeared greatly to enjoy
the ascent, and each of the Royal personages, as well as
all who had never before visited the summit, strictly ob-
served the time-honoured custom of placing a
stone on the cairn. After rambling round the top, and
admiring Lochua-gar, Ben •adn, Ben -achie, Mount
Battock. and other lofty hills, the united forces corn•
menced a most successful attack on the commissariat de-
partment—provided from Invermark—the supplies of which
were highly commended. After spending an hour or two
on their elevated position, each party took its departure for
the respective points, from which they had come, all ex-
pressing themselves highly pleased with their visit. Each
detachment, on its ascent, had the satisfaction of seeing the
dun deer browsing on the hill-sides.— Dundee Advertiser.

In the Grand Steeple Handicap which has just
taken place at Dieppe, Cassidy, the rider of Church Lang-

ton, was thrown at the brook the furthest from the stands,

unfortunately breaking his collar bone. The intelligent
animal, however, continued the race, following the track of
the other horses without once going outside the flags which

marked the course, and reserving, as he had been trained to

do, his strength for the final struggle ; then, when nearing
the winning-post, he shot ahead, passing Auricula, which
was leading, and coming in first amid the applause of the

spectators. Another accident occurred to a •lad who, has-
tening to tho spot where Cassidy was lying disabled, slipped

down, putting his arm but of joint in the fall.
DEATH OF MARSRAL NUGENT.—Austria has lost
one of her most distinguished military men in the person of
Marshal Nugent, of WestmeAth. Born in Ireland in the

year 1777, descended from an old Scotch family, and the

Ron of a remarkable diplomatist, ha entered at an early age
into the Austrian service, and for many years held the

highest posts, both civil and military. He was a Magnate

of Hungary, Prince of the Roman Church, Councillor of
State, Austrian Field-marshal, Chamberlain, Knight of the
Golden Fleece, and Colonel of the 30th Regiment of Infan-

try. He served in Italy under the command of Radetzky,
was at he battle of Solferino, and was in early life Captain-
General under the King of Naples during the events that

marked the reign of Ferdinand I.
DUEL WITH KNIVES BETWEEN Two SISTERS.—
Two sisters, named Munzia and Maria Granata, fought a
duel at Naples a few days back from motives of jealousy.

The combat took place with the national weapon, the knife,
and one of the sisters was killed on the spot, while the other,
who still survives, received as many as 18 wounds.

Lord and Lady Stourton have left Brown's Hotel
for tlgt Isle of Wight.

LATEST SEWS•

THE CIVIL WAR IN ITALY.

TURIN, AUG. 28.

Colonel Acerbi has bees acquitted.

The Official Crazette of this evening confirms the
despatch from Naples of yesterday evening, an-
nouncing conflicts between the Rual troops and
the Garibaldians, and adds that Garibaldi, in view
of the measures taken by the Government, has re-
nounced the project of entering Reggio, and has
marched towards the mountains.

PARIS, AUG. 28.

The Presse of this evening states, " under re-
serve," that the three Calabrias have declared in
favour of Garibaldi.

La France of this evening announces that the
English Ministry has ordered the British fleet to
proceed immediately to Naples.
The same journal also states that the commanders
of the two frigates stationed off Catania have been
brought before a court-martial. They established
for their justification that they had ordered the
vessel carrying Garibaldi to be stopped, but the
crews of the two frigates refused to execute the
orders.

The Patrie of this evening says :
" The French Government is said to have sent
very satisfactory explanations to Turin respecting
the despatch of the French fleet to Naples, and
other circumstances which for the last few days
have strongly moved public opinion in Italy."
The Emperor received Said Pasha at 1 30 p.m.
to-day. His Highness will leave Paris this evening,
and remain two days in the Chateau de Belle Eau,
embarking on Sunday next for Constantinople.

SCUTARI, AUG. 27.
Omar Pasha has published the following officio,
bulletin :

" On Sunday last the Turkish troops drove the
enemy from a quadruple line of breastworks near
Rieka.

" The attack was renewed on Monday, the Mon-
tenegrins having concentrated all their forces at
Rieka.

" The battle, which was very fierce, ended in the
total rout of the Montenegrins and the capture of
Rieka, which was partially burnt down by the in-
habitants.

" The Turkish army afterwards marched towards
Cettigne, and occupied all the heights commanding
that town.

" The inhabitants fled, after burning their

houses."

MADRID, Auci. 29.

The following official statement has been pub-
lished :—" The Government is actively watching
certain evil-disposed efforts, the object of which is
to disturb public order. Measures have been taken
for the prompt repression of any outbreak."

GREENOCK, AuG. 29.

The steamer St. George, from Quebec, arrived
here this morning with 37 passengers and a full

cargo.

CAPE OE GOOD HOPE.
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 29.

The Cambrian, with the Cape mail, arrived here
this morning, having been delayed by N.E. winds.
She left the Cape on the 22d, St. Helena, 41st ult.;
Ascension, 4th, and Vigo, 26th inst.
She brings 71 passengers.