The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-10 00:00:00

moilern Roman boasting the world-over, Civis
Britannicus sum. Brief though the interval was
during which England was threatened through
Canada -with " imminent war," it was perfectly
sufficient, as demonstrative of the depth and
diffusion throughout our North American pro-
vinces, through all ranks and classes
there of our colonial fellow-citizens, of
a loyalty and a patriotism as earnest, and real,
and ineradicable as our own. Henceforth our own
imperial share in the military defence of the
colonies need only be as auxiliary. The
QUEEN'S troops need only come judiciously in aid,
and that, moreover, in comparatively small propor-
tions of the troops raised and maintained by the
colonists themselves. It has longbeen a day-dream
with some that this might be the eventual arrange-
ment of our defences throughout the whole of our
colonial empire, That beautiful day-dream now
appears in a faifway of speedy and practical reali-
sation. The question that has before now puzzled
so many of our ablest administrators may be re-
garded as indeed no longer problematical. The
problem in effect has by this time been fairly
worked out : and we have the solution of it brought
distinctly under recognition by means of the noble
and admirable bearing of those powerful and energe-
tic 3,000,000 Canadians, in whom we recognise not
only loyal subjects of the QUEEN but to all intents
and purposes devoted and patriotic Englishmen.
Three years ago, that is in 1859, an official committee
was appointed to inquire into our military expen-
diture in the colonies. It was composed, this com-
mittee, of men no less admirablyqualified to discharge
the duties devolving upon them as recipients of
this weighty responsibility, then—Mr. HAMILTON,
Assistant Secretaryto the Treasury; Mr. FREDERIC
ELLIOT, Assistant Under-Secretary in the Colonial
Department ; and Mr. GODLEY, Assistant Under-
Secretary in the War Department—three able
public servants, one of whom (Mr. GODLEY) has
since then passed from the world prema-
turely. There, in the Reports of the Select
Committee—reports comprising within them, for
there were two, the united labours of Mr. HAMIL-
TON, Mr, ELLIOT, and Mr. GODLEY, representing
respectively the Treasury, the Colonial, and the
War Departments of our complex system of Admi-
nistration—there, in that duplex Blue Book, one
report being drawn up independently by Mr.
ELLIOT, of the Colonial-office, and the other, the
companion report, jointly by Messrs. GODLEY and
HAMILTON, the whole of the three somewhat
anxious questions of our Colonial defences was dis-
cussed resolutely and searchingly. What was in
a great measure matter of profound solicitude there
was hero simplified very recently by the flooding
its obscure corners of that light of patriotic loyalty
coming to us from the opposite shores of the
Atlantic during the late momentous juncture when
the alternative of War or Peace appeared to be
trembling in the balance between the British Go-
vernment and the Federal Government at Washing-
ton. It is interesting still to look back, however,
to the more authoritative report furnished by the
majority of the little official committee above re-
ferred to—the report that is drawn up con-
jointly by the late Assistant Under-Secretary
in the War Department, and the present
Assistant-Secretary to the Treasury. For it
is curious to call to mind now, that the pro-
posal of Mr. GODLEY and Mr. HAMILTON is " That
(with the exception of Malta, Gibraltar, Corfu,
Bermuda, and a few other garrison-statsons) the
system of defence for the colonies should be founded
on two simple principles, namely, colonial manage-
ment and joint contribution at a uniform rate.
They adr;co that. tho Imr.rio.l Government should
call upon each colony to decide the nature or its
own defences, and the amount of its garrison, and
should offer to assist it, by bearing a share of the
entire cost, They further recommend that the
Imperial Government should furnish this subsidy
either by a pecuniary contribution towards a local
colonial corps, or by sending imperial troops."
Here comprised within the narrow compass of these
very rational proposals, we find foreshadowed the
very scheme of Military Defence that recent events
have in a manner spontaneously demonstrated to
be at once the most feasible, the most desirable,the
most reliable, and the most economical. Not em-
ploying the words, for one instant, profanely, we
might, as the clue of a principle guiding us through
all that labyrinth of difficulties, indicate the conclu-
sion alone to be arrived at in regard to the Military
Defence of our Colonies, by saying that England
henceforth may be looked to, to help those (among
her colonists) who help themselves.

LATEST NEWS.

AMERICA.

TURIN, FEB. 8.

The Official Gazette, replying to the rumours that
the Government encouraged manifestations against
the temporal power at Rome, that it had decreed
the recall of Mazzini, and, by means of secret
encouragements, was preparing a clandestine expe •
dition, declares that the Government will not
depart from the laws of an upright and loyal policy,
and will endeavour to seize every opportunity which
may present itself of assuring, in an ample and
fruitful manner, the destinies of the nation.

To-day in the Chamber of Deputies Signor Gal-
lenga requested an explanation respecting the
assassination of an English traveller at Leghorn.
Baron Ricasoli, in reply, expressed his regret
that such a deplorable act had been committed,
but stated that, from the official investigation which
had been made in the matter, it appeared that all
the authorities had done their duty.

FEB. 9.

The Balla of to-day publishes a circular addressed
by the Minister of the Interior to the Prefects, ex-
horting them to prevent, by the exercise of their
legitimate influence with the citizens, the recur-
rence of popular manifestations similar to those
which have recently taken place in Florence,
Parma, and other places.

GENOA, FEB. 9.

A great popular manifestation has taken place
here to-day. Shouts were raised of " Rome as the
capital of Italy!" "Long live King Victor Em-
manuel !"

MILAN, FEB. 9.

Preparations having been made foz popular mani-
festations of this city similar to those which have
recently taken place in several Italian towns, the
municipality have published a proclamation, stating
that demonstrations in the public streets were use-
less, and advising the Milanese to exercise their
constitutional rights by signing the following
protest :

"Although respecting the Sovereign Pontiff as
the head of the Church, we look upon Rome as the
capital of Italy, with one King, Victor Emmanuel.
This protest already bears innumerable signa-

" The Prince of Wales, travelling under the
name of Baron de Rumford," says a let er from Calais,
dated Saturday, " arrived here this morning in the Admi-
ralty yacht Vivid. His Royal Highness, who is on his
way to Egypt, via Germany, afterwards left for Cologne."

The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde
will come to town to-morrow from Portumna Castle, county
Galway.
The Marchioness of Downshire and Lady Alice
Hill left Folkestone for the Continent, by the South-
Eastern Company's packet the Lord Warden, on Saturday.
The Earl and Countess of Bective have left the
Lodge, Virginia, county Cavan, for Thomas's Hotel,
Berkeley-square.

The Countess (Dow.) of Yarborough is expected
in town to-day from Brighton.
Lord Crewe has left his residence in Hill-street,
for Crewe Hall, Cheshire.

Lady Elizabeth Adeane was safely delivered of a
daughter, on Saturday morning, at her residence in Sea-
more- place. Her ladyship and the infant are progressing
favourably.
The Speaker will give his first Parliamentary
dinner on Saturday next, at Westminster Palace.
Fox CLUB.—The first meeting of the Fox Club
this year took place on Saturday evening, at Brooks's.
Present: The Earl of Albemarle, Right Hon. Stephen
Lushington, Hon. Fitzpatrick H. Vernon, Martin Tucker
Smith, Esq., M.P., Col. Hambleton F. Custance, Earl of
Fife, Lord Cremorne, Col. R. A. Shafto Adair, Col. Hon.
Wenman Coke, M.P., Augustus K. Stephenson, Esq.,
Hon. Hamilton H. Duncan, Edward Ayshford Sanford,
Esq , Edward Ellice, Esq., M.P.. Lord Sandys, Lord
Mostyn, Sir M. J. Cholmeley, Bart., M.P., Hon. George
Fitzwilliam. Hon. Leopold Agar Ellis, M.P., Colonel J.
M. Caulfeild, Lord Llanover.
THE REPRESENTATION OF LEICESTER.—Another
vacancy in the representation of Leicester has occurred,
owing to the retirement of Mr. J. Biggs. On Saturday
evening a meeting of the Committee of the United Liberal
Registration Society was held, Mr. Alderman Whetstone
in the chair. A resolution expressing the great regret of
the committee at Mr. Biggs' resignation, and its thanks to
him for his services, was unanimously passed; as was a
second, recommending that the advanced Liberals make
their selection of a candidate to supply the vacancy created
upon the present occasion, It is believed that Mr. P. A,
Taylor will be invited to represent the borough, as he is
spoken very highly of by those who supported him at the
previous election.
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.—On Satur-
day the eastern dome, so far as its main features of con-
struction are concerned, was completed. At three o'clock
the centreings, or supports, of the 12 ribs were knocked
away, and the immense mass of metal stood for the first
time supported alone by the columns and groined girders.
When the supports, were removed, and the whole weight of
the dome was thrown on to the columns, the enormous masa
deflected only one-eighth of an inch. At the time of strik-
ing away the blocks, or wedges, there were present--Mr.
Thomas Feirbairn ; Mr. palter, engineer to the London
and North-Western Railway; Mr. Peter Rolt, of the
Thames Iron Works; Captain Ford ; Mr. Meeson, and
several other gqatlemet; interested in the progress of the
works. Those who were present at the ceremony were
hoisted to the crown of the dome by a square wooden box,
and the tedious ascent by ladders was thus avoided. The
first piece of this dome was raised on the 7th of December,
so that the largest dome in the world has been completed,
so far as tile ironwork is concerned, in 62 days. There still
remains the glazing and some of the minor portions of the
work to be completed, but the " big dome" is practically
finished. Two months will probably elapse before the
domes are entirely finished and painted, and the immense
timber staging is removed.—Observer.

nu SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1862.

QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 10.

The Royal Mail steamship Arabia arrived here
at 1 30 a.m. to-day, with 39 passengers and 2M,000

dole. in specie.
She landed 84 sacks of mails, and proceeded at
145 a.m. All well.

The Arabia was to have left New York on the
29th of January, but was detained until the morn-
ing of the 30th by fog.

NEW YORK, JAN. 28, EVENING.

General Burnside's expedition, consisting of over
125 vessels, arrived at Hatteras between the 12th
and 17th inst., where they experienced terrific
weather.

Misapprehension existed between the leaders of
the expedition as to the depth of water in the inner
bar at Hatteras Inlet. The steamer City of New
York, with a cargo valued at 200,000 dols., struck
on the outer bar, and was totally lost. Several
other vessels ran ashore, but only three lives were
lost.

Dates from Hatteras Inlet are to the 26th inst.,
at which time nearly all the vessels had crossed
the bar into Pamlico Sound.
It is reported that the Confederates will devote
their exertions chiefly to placing obstructions in the
way of the progress of the Federals to Norfolk.

According to a Richmond despatch, Gen. Beaure•
gard has left Manassas to take the command at
Columbus, Kentucky. Gustavus W. Smith replaces
him at Richmond.

Another Richmond despatch considers the Con-
federate defeat at Mill Spring even more decisive
than is represented by Northern accounts.

The Naval Committee of the Senate has issued a
report strongly censuring the Secretary of the Navy
for appointing Mr. G. D. Morgan to purchase Go-
vernment vessels.

It is reported from Augusta that more vessels
have been sunk in Charleston Channel.

The New York press defend the plan of sinking
vessels at the entrance of Charleston Harbour,
stating there is no proof that they cannot be raised
at the termination of the war, and attributing the
remarks of the European press on this subject to a
desire to find a pretext for interference in the
American struggle.
The New York Evening Post affirms that it is
rumoured in Washington that the Secretary of War
had instructed General Lane to arm the slaves, and
employ them in military occupation against the
enemy.

General Fremont has demanded a regular mili-
tary trial.
General Gorcuria has arrived at Washington on
important business from the Mexican Government.