The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-01 00:00:00

"How does this party interpret the existing
alliance ? Is it simply in the light of a catspaw that
it recognises the presence of France in the alliance ? It
is mistaken, and has formed a very, false idea of France
and I.4er Government. Even in England this party will
incur the reprobation inspired by nati,nal loyalty and
by the immense interest which is attached to the main-
tenan,ce of the alliance."

ZIEETING AT NEWCASTLE ON TIIE
AFFAIRS OF ITALY.

NEWCASTLE ON-TYNE, TIIESDA.Y.
Last evening a public meeting of the working classes
of this town was held in the Lecture-hall, Nelson-street,
to receive an address from the working men of Genoa,
and to begin a subscription in aid of efforts for the eman-
cipation of Italy. The night was miserably wet, but,
notwithstanding this, there was a large attendance.
Mr. GREGEION (watchmaker) occupied the chair.
Letters were read from several gentlemen sympathis-
ing with the movement. Sir J. Fife sent 51. as his con-
tribution. Two letters from Mazzini were also read, ad-
dressed to Mr. Cowen, jun., and asking him to endeavour
to collect money for the "National Fund," payable to
Adamo Doria, 24, Old Broad-street, City ; the writer
observed :—" Never has help—material help, money—
been more called for than at this moment. The first
period of the Italian agitation in England is, or ought to
be, exhausted. In one thing at least diplomacy has
paved the ground for you and for our friends. That we
are a wronged and oppressed people ; that we do feel it ;
that we are actively preparing to emancipate ourselves
has been of late publicly, officially acknowledged by both
friends and foes, by the European governments as well
sby the European press. That insurrection alone car:
sad as is evident to all our natieual party in Italy,
u ought, indeed, to be so now to all Englishmen."
'Alums was also a note from Garibaldi, dated Genoa,
Sept- 7, in which he 8;m I said "I authorise you to
"fleet . • I) ,
subscriptions ia my nanae for the emancipa'.ion of
Italy:,
The address from Genoa, signed by a great number of
,7ieworkingalec, Raid, " We belong to that fraction of Italy
bun not governed despotically, but we hold ourselves
lu
a knot of unity and duty with our suffering
brethrenprovid of the other provinces, and we give our pence to
them, eattErna- with arms, of which tyranny has deprived
t. without which they can never hope to eman-
sceated hemaelyes. Will you, workmen of England,
n- Our etroes
The meeting
fated the inisre was
• addressed by Mr. COWEN, who re-
character andobject of the o
Italian patriots. He vindi-
enemies of social o d charge of being anarchists and
Milan,
anrd and be r&erred to the state of
ment in 1848, proTme under the provisional govern
What the ItAlians w:ini:etdhe h""tY
their intention,'.
meritand
.the other t was this, that the Austrians
boundary, and k os would withdraw beyond the
and
er„,_ ay t!ietn to choose their own govern-
patriots their
of the • ""'" own affairs T
patriots was surimied • • • h‘- proL:ramme
_ in three worn's, " Inde-
pendence, nationality
and•this was a I.43,3na'bl'enrltY•'' Italy for the Italians,
A reeolution, recommendeilatt Rubscription pop-
lar support ,74s then moved, adopted ; and several other .B"e",jel, and unanimously
ettnr,,
separated.
in the proceedings, th. me . P'abie!'s having taken part

ISION ON T
and Cate
STEAK-BOAT COLi---Al
ir about t Fame time
day evening, about 9 o'clock, ti; --uErts".-0a Sus-
Tranmere Ferry for Liverpool,
to thenßirkenhead
left the
the steamboat Woodside be 1'
Commissioners, left the 'MonksFegrry with the passen-
ints her with
gers by the la it train from Cheater. The Cato overtook
the Woodside, and crossing her bow ' great violence, butting away her starboraa'rnd
doing other damage. Happily none of ttibulwarks and
in either boat were injured.
NEW
.PREsI-
e passengers
MRS. STOWE ON TEMPERANCE AND THE
DENT.--The supporters of the temperance nsoivoement sent
through the Earl of Harrington an invitas n to Mrs.
I°n to
that
Stowe to attend a public meeting in Derb
a congratulatory address might be presented
Earl of Harrington accompanied the invitationher. The
from himself, r,questing the honour of a visit f with
"4)
Stowe and her husband (Professor Stowe) atrOv' M".
Castle, durins, their stay in the neighbourhood.. al‘Filtroen
Stowe declined the invitation, as herhusband was 'Ali lilted
to leave England to resume his official duties, and gsehe
was unwilling to undergo the reception of an unassisted by him. In her letter to the Earl of Herring-
ton she speaks of the advantage which the Main Liquor
law has been to the State, and adds:—"My heart warms
with satisfaction at the beginning of the cause in Eng.
land. I rejoice that the splendid accessions of your lord-
ship's rank and position are being made instruments in
the great cause of human improvement, and I trust that
the English and American oaks which have been planted
together in your beautiful grounds in commemoration of
the inauguration of this cause in England may grow and
mingle their branches together—emblems o; our national
union in every work of peace and goodwill to men. It is
my belief, from observation and travel is England and
Scotland, that almost all the poverty and misery of the
lower classes now axis's from the traffic its intoxicating
drinks. Inns, country has benevolence been more ener-
getic and the progress of social reform more rapid. The
benevolent works of England strike a stranger as really
stupendous, yet this one cause seems to n urn& ail and keep
up misery, vice, quireandlt seems to me that there
is now scarcely 35.
arty el*ie Of poverty and distress which
the suppression of the liquor traffic would not remove.
Since emigration to the Colonies has equalised the popu-
lation, it would seem as if there might
and work enough to support he money enough
the whole labouring popu-
lation, were it not for the enormous taxation and drain
of ardent spirits. The view of your great cities flaming
nightly with signs of 'nuns, brandy, and gin,' is to the
eyes of an American as appalling as
the slave market of
our Southern States to an Englishman.
With the ma-
jority of our respectable population in Now England
these articles are considered as pertainina only
to the de-
partment of medical practice, and if we Dave them in our
houses at all it is with the same precaution and watch-
fulness that we use other medicine 4. When we see how
they are publicly obtrude o the eye
with all the attractions ofd brilliant lightsnight, and splendid
shops, we wonder that there are any who escape .such
temptations. But let us hope that our two countries are
both on the eve of new and better things. It is our hope
that the cause of liberty in America is about to triumph
--that the wise and good, who too long have slumbered
and slept, are awaking in good earnest to wipe out the
disgrace '' 51 past remissness by placing in our highest na-
tional seat a President who shall consistently uphold the
Principles of freedom."

The Gime/tut/omnd of Monday contains an ar-
ticle on the contemplated railway in the val-
ley of the Euphrates, in which no very good
feeling is evinced towards the enterprise in ques-
tion. That journal considers the construction of a
railway along the Euphrates as a covert blow
aimed at the Suez canal scheme, and it disap-
proves of the terms granted by the Ottoman
Government of the projectors of the Asiatic line.
We extract the following passages, which explain
the views entertained by our contemporary on this
subject. With respect to the physical difficulties
which will have to be overcome by the company,
t thus expresses itself
" The direction of the c,mternplated line is almost un-
known ; it passes through desert lands, where the inha-
bitants are fanatics, robbers, and semi-barbarians, where
no authority is respected and no po.ice exists. What vi-
gilance will be required in order to prevent accidents ?
Who will guarantee the lives cf the agei.ts of the coal-
' pany and the property of the latter? Where will indis-
posed travellers meet with assistance or evenrefreshrnews
in these deserts? Will not their purses, baggage, and
goods offer too great a temptation to thew andering tribes
of Kurdistan ? And alas ! the least accident prepared by
these robbers will suffice to. produce confusion in the
trains. With respect to the morasses which must be filled
up, the bridges which must be built, the tunnels to
be pierced, none can say where the call upon the
finances of the company will stop. Nevertheless, the
shareholders appear to have faith in the enterprise.
Should English industry pereevero in carrying it out,
very probably the railroadrmay be called into existence."
With reference to the terms obtained by the
company from the Ministers of the Sultan, the
Constitutionnel gives vent to the following remarks,
the jus}sic® or propriety of which will not be gene-
rally admitted in England
Tiae British Government has not left the company
to its. own resources. Through its ambassador at Con-
71stantinople, the skilful and imperious Lord de Redcliffe,
I,_° mu $t hot be confounded with Prince Menschikoff,
" "44 obtained for the company the pecuniary assist-
-1140',... of the Ottoman Porte, which consents to guarantee
:11biltuurn interest of 6 per cent. We do not approve
Of this method of proceeding, which consists in exact-
ing from the Ottoman Government a guaranteed inter-
est; for in a political point of view states are thus en-
chained, and their independence is by that means me-
naced: The allies have fought for the independence of the
Porte ; France has taken a considerable part in the
struggle and in the success. Therefore, we do not like
to see Turkey placed under a species of financial vassal-
age, which would become a political one the moment
that the Ottoman Government should fail in meetin
og
its a
Pecuniary
(engagements. Moreover, this concession
ntoes not appear in our eyes a good
rat ion.
Look at the difference which exists be-
twet,n the basis of the projected railway in the val-.
ley ixf the Euphrates and the terms of the conces-
sion g ranted to the directors of tha Suez Canal.
Whils t the English company imposes on Turk a
guarantee of Six per cent., without allowing it ey
to
part ak e of any profits that may arise, the
interna tiona 1. enterprise assures to the Egyptian Govern-
ment a participation of fifteen per cent, in the nett
profits : as a compensation for the land which it has
ceded. . • . We wish we were convinced that this
colossa 1 enterprise has been projected in consequence of
its intri insic utility rather than as a diversion aimed at
the Su, n Canal, and in order to render the construction
of the l atter impossible. But the Suez Canal will be
made, a and the Euphrates Railroad, far from interfering
with will afford it assistance. The railroad will
never replace the canal in the transport of goods. The
intentions, however, of those who first conceived the idea
of the line are not the less remarkable. The railroad is
purely an English. enterprise. The Suez Canal is an in-
ternational work. England would gain largely by the
piercing of the crAnal ; but the commerce and navigation
of France, as t'aat of the other powers, would likewise
obtain great advantages."
The Constitut,ionne?concludes by stating that a rich
and influes.tial though not a numerous party in
England directs all its efforts to obstruct the con-
struction of the Suez Canal, and our contemporary
inquires,