The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-28 00:00:00

SILK CULTURE IN ITALY.

The Italian papers state that scarcely had the
silkworms been seized with the serious epidemic which
threatened before long. to exterminate the race of
silkworms than steps were taken to procure seeds
from other nations, and those from Japan were defi-
nitively fixed upon, as they succeeded better than
those of any other country. This diminished the
evil in some measure, but notwithstanding this, Italy is
far from enjoying her usual profits from the silk
industry. The disease among the silkworms lost
her two-thirds of the ordinary profits,
and the importation of Japanese silk does not
make up half the usual figure. The Chamber of
Commerce in Milan has made au inquiry into the
state of the silk products before and after
the appearange of the disease. It appears from
the calculation of the Chamber that the
year before the disease there were produced
three million four hundred and sixty thousand kilo-
grammes of silk, the year of the disease two million,
one hundred and eight thousand; and in the year
1869, six years afterwards, one million, nine hundred
and eighty thousand. The quantity of cocoons
which contained silk before the disease were at the
rate of from ten to fourteen kilogrammes of cocoons
to one of silk, and now they are at the rate of from
fourteen to eighteen, so that while preyicus to the
disease there were prodnced more than forty million
kilogrammes of cocoons, in 1869 there were little more
than thirty one millions. These computations show
the extent of the economical loss which the country
has sustained through the partial failure of this
branch of industry,
PaopEsson. NEWMAN ON THE TREATY OF 1856.
Professor Newman considers, notwithstanding all
the discussions on the much-vexed Eastern Ques-
tion, that the real point of the Russian Treaty has not
been reaehed. Russia accepted it to get rid of the
war, and cannot disown it without establishing a
principle which justifies every victorious enemy in
implacable distrust, The allies compelled her to
take the pledge, but Professor Newman holds that
thereby our work was done, and we did not engage
to make her keep it. If Russia breaks
the pledge we have a right of war against her, but,
if we think it inexpedient to use that
right, we are under no bond to make war, nor are
any of the allies under bond to us. Tracing the
history of the Russian war, Professor Newman says
it is the only war in his memory (which goes back
to the reign of George III.), which has been a war
urged on by the English people. They had taken
alarm at the conspiracy between the Emperors of
Austria and Russia to crush Hungarian freedom,
but Lords Aberdeen end Clarendon were more
anxious to save Austria from Hungarian insurrection
than to conquer for Turkey. Still the Professor holds
that the war bore fruit in 1859-60, since without
it the freedom of Italy could not have been effected,
while the freedom of the Russian serfs; the conces-
sions of kistria to Hungary, and the union of Ger-
many, were all indirectly due to it. The popular
instinct which forced on the Russian war was sonnd
-and wise, but the English public will not now endure
another war of
..the kind. Austria is now united to
Hungary, Germany can defend herself; and Germany
and Austria are a sufficient barrier against Russia.
Again, the English people wanted the Crimean war to
be final, but Poland was not set tip, and now can not be.
If we had another war, what could result from it ?
Should we take the word of Russia again ? That
would be imbeeile. Should we take from her the
coasts of the Black Sea ? That would be impossible.
To conquer Russia would, says Professor Newman,
be more embarrassing to us than to be beaten.

SATALL-PDX IN LONDON.

The Metropolitan lioarda of Guardians experience

HER MAJES.TY.

WINDSOV. OASTLE, Nov. 26.

The Queen, accompanied by'Prince Iteop.ald And Princess
Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon, and her Majesty
walked in the grounds this morning, attended by the
Duchess of Roxburghe.
The Hon. Emma Pitt arrived on a visit to her
Majesty.

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Sir T. M. and the Hon. Lady Biddulph had the honour
of dining with the Queen.

Nov. 27.
The queen drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by
the Hon. Horatio Stopford.
Prince and Princess Christian visited her Majesty at
the Castle,

His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Lieut...
Colonel Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle from Green-
wich Park.

The Earl and Countess Granville, Lady Churchill, and
the Marquis of Lorne, also arrived at the Castle. _

Earl and Countess Granville and the Marquis of Lorne
dined with the Queen and the Royal Family.
Her Majesty the Queen, their Royal Highnesses Prince
Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, and the
ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended divine service
this morning in the private chapel.
The Rev. Thomas James Rowsell, chaplain in ordinary
to the Queen, preached the sermon.

THE PRINCESS LOUISE.—A. writer in the Landon
Figaro says : I am sorry to say the health of the Princess
Louise is so bad, that no less than four medical gentlemen
accompanied her Royal Highness from Scotland to
Windsor Castle.
THE ROYAL VISIT TO BLENHEIM.—It has been
resolved by the inhabitants of Woodstock at a public
meeting that an address shall be presented to the Prince
and Princess of Wale' on the occasion of their visit to
Blenheim on the 6th proximo, and that triumphal arches
shall be erected hi the various parts of the town through
which their Royal Highness are expected to pass. The
grand ball given by the Duchess of Marlborough at the
palace will take place on the Friday after their Royal
Highness's arrival. A. large number of distinguished
guests have been invited.
Miss Burdett Coutts has sent to Rome MT. Per-
cival Bale, a gold medal student of the Royal Academy,
with a commission to make a statue for a fountain to be
placed in the grounds of Westminster Abbey.
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