The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1860,

or indeed that any one has a desire to restrain ! . . .
In all ways we have absolutely perfect freedom of
discussion on all subjects, in Church or in State : on
all matters of policy, foreign and domestio--on all
branches of social science, which includes every
branch of public interest, we have the most abso-
lute and uncontrolled freedom of discussion." If we
could but witness, as a later age must assuredly
witness, the diffusion of this absolutely per-
fect freedom of discussion beyond the shores of
the four seas surrounding this group of islands !
It is the aspiration—of how many millions ?It is
the aspiration more than merely latent, it is the
heartfelt prayerful aspiration glowing through
every syllable of those burning words of Lord
BROUGHAM—words that can hardly fail to excite a
contagion of earnest longing wheresover they may,
even through the faintest echoes, be rendered
audible among the remote inhabitants of con-
tinental Christendom. It is this perfect freedom
of discussion which shines lambent here, like a
Pharos to the surrounding nations of the world,
from the height of the political tripod of our
mixed Constitution.

The first of October,lB6o, must henceforth stand
as a red letter day with the inhabitants of Belgra-
via. The London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail-
way Company have this day opened their extended

West-end branch for traffic. In future all trains
will start from the Victoria Station, Pimlico, which
stands within about 400 yards of Buckingham
Palace.. The Victoria may take rank for accommo-
dation with the first termini in London, of which
when completed it will be the most extensive ;
and it is well worthy of its aristocratic neighbour-
hood. This is an era to be commemorated by all

those in the western metropolis who travel by the
Brighton and South Coast Railway. It will also
w ar.d commodious route to the Crystal
Palace, and to Wandsworth, Streatham, Balham,
Lower Norwood, Sydenham, Croydon, and all

From

the Surrey suburbs served by this line.
to-day the length of the journey to Brighton is re
duced one-half, aye, and the worst half cut off; for
the London-bridge Terminus is but a half way
house to the traveller from the west of London.
This first half has to be performed under difficul-
ties, for who dares to calculate, within anything but
a very wide approximation, the time it will take to
navigate the city at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Ample margin must be left to be safe, and it is
not until the traveller finds himself in the railway
carriage that he feels he is in smooth water, and
has a clear course before him. By the ex-
tension of this branch line to the Vic-
toria Station the directors of the Brighton
Company have conferred a groat boon on
the West-end public; and too much praise cannot
be bestowed upon them for the prompt energy
which they have displayed in pushing forward
the work. Last March few but the initiated
would have supposed that it was possible to com-
plete the but half constructed girder bridge
across the Thames in so short a time ; and
those ignorant of the activity with which
the Grosvenor Canal was being converted
into a tramway could not have believed that
the extended line would be thrown open for
traffic in little more than six months, in future
the old station on the Surrey side of the river
will be closed for all traffic, except that of the
Crystal Palace and suburban districts. As it will
be some time before the South Eastern Railway
Company's proposed central terminus at Hunger-
ford Market is ready, and the new bridge built,
they will doubtless avail themselves of this branch
and make the Victoria Station their west-end ter -
minus, as hereafter that at Hungerford will servo
the London Brighton Company for their central
terminus. Thus, in a short time both the western
and central districts may be entirely independent
of the London Bridge Terminus, and by a divi-
sion of traffic, confusion will be averted and the
increasing business carried on with ease and
regularity.

The Revenue account for the quarter ending on
Saturday shows a decrease on the whole, as com-
pared with the corresponding period of last year,
of £606,000. On customs there is a decrease of
about £688,000 ; on excise of £460,000 ; and on
the item of miscellaneous of £24,000. Against
this, however, are placed the following increases :
On stamps, £116,000 ; taxes, £20,000 ; income-
tax, about £407,000 ; post-office, £20,000 ; crown
lands, £3,500.
The account for the year exhibits an increase, as
compared with the previous year, of upwards of
£4,800,000.

HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM THE CONTINENT.
—From information received by the authorities at Graves-
end, her Majesty is expected to disembark at that town on
her return from the continent about the 20th inst.
The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson arrived in town
on Friday night, and transacted business at the Board of
Trade on Saturday.
The Right Hon. W. Hutt left town on Saturday
for Gibside, near Gateshead.
STEAMER ON FIRE IN THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS.—
On Saturday morning, at an early hour, fire was discovered
in the hold of the screw steamer Palestine, in the Canada
Dock. Considerable apprehension was entertained for the
safetAof both the ship and cargo, but after great exertions
the fire was subdued, but not before a good deal of damage
had been done.

NORTH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—Mr. Croskey,
of 84, King William-street, presents his compliments to the
Editor of The Sun, and begs to inform him that he has this
day received information of the surveying expedition from
one of the crew of the Fox (C. Allen, A. 8.), returned home
in consequence of an injury received by him by the acci-
dental breakage of the foretopsail yard. Ile reports all hands
on board well on the 31st August, at Reikavick, where they
had taken in coals and water, previous to leaving that day
for Greenland. The land survey of Iceland from Portland
to Reikavick had occupied 14 days, and was considered
satisfactory. Numerous photographs had been taken of the
harbours and groups of natives of Iceland, and he was in-
structed to state that full official despatches would be for-
warded by Lord Milton's yacht, Gipsy Queen, then at
Reikavick, and expected to sail for the Shetland Isles on
the 10th inst. Her Majesty's ship Bulldog had touched at
Reikavick and was expected shortly to arrive there on her
return to England.
TitEltussuN PRINCES.—His Imperial Highness
the Grand Duke Michael of Russia and suite left Torquay
on Friday morning by an early train, and arrived about 10
d'clock at Plymouth, where they were received by Mr. W.
Luscome, the Vice-Consul, who accompanied the party to
the Royal Albert-bridge, whence they were conveyed in a
steamer to Devonport dockyard. The Grand Duke was
attended through the Royal Arsenal by Commander Brown,
and through the Keyham steam-yard by Commander
Biddlecombe. The Imperial party took luncheon with
Major-General Hutchinson, and after a drive through the
delightful grounds of Mount Edgcumbe, accompanied by
Lord Talletort, returned to Plymouth at 5 o'clock, and left
again for Torquay.
LAUNCH OP A LARGE -VESSEL AT ELACKWALL.—
A splendid iron steam vessel built for the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam XaVigation Company, at the works of the
Thames Iron Works and Ship-building Company, Orchard-
yard, Blackwell, will be launched to-morrow afternoon, at
a quarter past two o'clock. She will be fitted up as quick
as possible in the most complete manner, and will very
soon be ready for the conveyance of sails and passengers.
At the time of the launch she will be christened the Mool-
tan. The following are her principal dimensions :—Length
between the perpendiculars) 335 feet ; length of the keel
for tonnage, 311 feet 5 inches; breadth for tonnage, 39
feet ; burthen in tons, new measurement, 2,521. Her en-
gines are of 400-horse power, and have been manufactured
by Messrs. Humphreys and Co.
GENERAL Bosco.—General Bosco, who has ar-
rived in Paris, has addressed the following letter, dated
Hotel de Bade, Boulevard des Italians, Sept. 27, to the
Debate:—" Having been detained at Naples by a painful
illness, I was preparing, as soon as I was able, to rejoin the
King, my master, at Gaeta. My departure was opposed, and
it was not until the 13th that I obtained my liberty and per-
mission to quit Naples, but on a promise, on my word of
honour, not to serve for three months in his Majesty's army.
On my arrival yesterday in Paris I read in your journal a
letter signed Bosco and dated Capua, 14th, and extracted
from the Verona Journal. I share in the sentiments which
are therein expressed, and am proud at having them attri-
buted to me, but I did not write the letter in question.—
Accept, &c., Bosco."
The total of £1,179,694 in specie, brought by-
the Royal mail steamer Tasmania on Thursday, was con-
tained in 2,168 packages, weighing more thanls6 tons. The
whole was landed in seven hours, deposited in 36 railway
waggons, brought up to Nine Elms station during the night,
and transferred in the morning to 36 waggons and vans,
drawn by upwards of 100 horses, for conveyance to the
Bank of England, where it was deposited at 5 p.m. This
is the largest amount of specie brought at one time to
Southampton by any of the Royal Mail steamers.

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The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

TURIN, SEPT. 29.

The Sardinian fleet having yesterday, by a bold
manoeuvre, destroyed all the batteries of the port of
Ancona, General Lamoriciere sent last night two
envoys to General Fanti.
This morning the articles of capitulation were
drawn up.

2 P.M.

(OFFICIAL DESPATCH.)
Ancona capitulated this morning.
General Lamoriciere is a prisoner of war with the

whole garrison.

BOLOGNA, SEPT. 29.

Ancona has capitulated.
General Lamoriciere and the whole of the garrison

are prisoners of war.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 30.
The Independance Beige publishes the following
telegram, dated Bologna, Sept. 30 :
" The portfolio of General Lamoriciere has fallen
into the hands of General Fanti.
" It contains letters of the most compromising
character, and the most positive proofs of numerous
intrigues entered into with the Legitimist and even
the Red Republican party against the Government
of the Emperor Napoleon."

PARIS, SUNDAY MORNING.

The Moniteur contains a decree raising M,
Chassoloup-Laubat to the rank of Grand Cross o 1
the Legion of Honour.
The Moniteur also contains the following :

" The Emperor has decided upon immediately
reinforcing the corps of occupation at Rome by
sending a division of infantry, two squadrons of
cavalry, and a battery of artillery. The Sardinian
Government has been informed that General Goyon
has received instructions authorising him to extend
his action, so far as the military conditions to which
it is naturally subordinate, will permit him.
" It only appertains to the Great Powers assem-
bled in congress to pronounce one day on the ques-

tions which have arisen in Italy fro'm the late
events. But until then the Government of the
Emperor, in conformity with the mission which it
has imposed upon itself, will continue to discharge
the duties resulting from its sympathies with the
Holy Father, and from the presence of our flag in
the capital of the Catholic world."

PARIS, SUNDAY,

The reply given to the Dike de Cadore, who was
deputed to ascertain the real intentions of France
in reference to the protection of the Holy See, con-
tained the assurance that nobody deplored more
than the Emperor the course taken by Sardinia.
Under actual circumstances, however, the employ-
ment of force, instead of diminishing would but
aggravate the evil, by plunging Italy into a struggle
from which a general war might arise. The reply
also stated that, in order to afford an efficacious
protection to the Holy See, the French army in the
Papal States would be increased to 24,000 men,
whose mission would be to make the patrimony
of St. Peter respected—this patrimony, properly so
called, comprising a population of 420,000 souls,
and including Rome, Civita-Vecchia, and Viterbo.
Marshal Vaillant, the defender of Rome in 1849,
will in case of need assume the command-in-chief
of the army of occupation, should the patrimony of
St. Peter be threatened either by Garibaldi or
, Piedmont.

TURIN, SEPT. 29.
The King left Turin amid the loud cheering of

the population.

Prince Carignan has arrived here in the quality
of lieutenant of the King.

A deputation of the inhabitants of Naples, which
left that city on the 26th inst., is on its way to meet
King Victor Emmanuel, with the object of present-
ing an address to his Majesty, inviting him to come
to Naples, in order to restore tranquillity, and to
diffuse the benefits of liberty, order, and progress.

PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING,

The Patrie says :

" The vanguard of the Sardinian army is at
Tivoli, six kilometres from Rome."
The same journal announces that the Neapolitan
Royalists have retaken Piedmonte, and are masters
of the Volturno.

PERUGIA, SUNDAY.
The whole population of Sabina and Lacio have
risen to the cry of " Victor Emmanuel for ever!"

The Chasseurs of the Tiber have defeated the
Pontifical Gendarmes, and have hoisted the Italian
flag on the left side of the Tiber.
Gen. Brignone's column is advancing.

The Neapolitan population of the frontiers are
imploring the protection of King Victor Em-
manuel.

The King held a military review to-day at Bo-
logna: Ills Majesty will leave to-morrow at two
p.m. for the other parts of the Romagna.
Great irritation prevails at Rome.

TRIES LE, SEPT. 30

The reason assigned for the order to extinguish
the lights on the Venetian Littoral is that Gari-
baldian agents secretly entered the Lagunes at
night in order to take soundings.

MADRID, SEPT. 28.
Senor teymeri has been appointed Captain
General of the Philippine Islands.
General Narvaez has returned to Spain. He
will reside at Loja.
An officer has been shot at the camp for having
committed an act of insubordination.

The letter which the Emperor of the French
left at Mahon, on his passage to Algiers, contained
friendly compliments to the Queen of Spain.

VIENNA, SEPT. 29.

To-day the members of the Council of the Empire
were received by the Emperor in a final audience.
The Emperor addressed them as follows :
" I have heard with satisfaction the repeated ex-
pressions of your love for the fatherland, and of
your loyalty as subjects. I confidently expect that
my resolution respecting your views will, when pro-
mulgated, meetwith ready concurrence, and that my
good intentions will be gratefully acknowledged. I
also expect that the inauguration of popular institu-
tions will obtain your energetic support."

VIENNA, SEPT. 30,

The Emperor has sent by telegraph to her Ma-
jesty Queen Victoria, and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, his sincere expressions of condolence
upon the demise of the mother of Prince Albert.

PESTH, SEPT. 30

It is stated that should not the former constitu•
tion of Hungary be restored by the Emperor a re
fusal to pay the taxes will be organised throughout
the kingdom.

BEYROUTH, SEPT. 21.
Fuad Pacha has summoned hither the chiefs of

the Druses in order to justify themselves. The
majority of them have refused to comply with this
summons.

It is asserted that a Turco-French expedition is
about to march on Deir-el-Kamar.

FRANCE AND ROME.

The Patric has the following :—" A despatch
from Toulon informs us that the steam-frigates
Vauban, Asmodee, Gemer, Descartes, and the trans-
ports Yonne, Sevre, Aube, and Ariege were taking
in their coals and provisions, and that on the Ist of
October they would embark for Civita Vecchia the
regiments comprising the 3d division of infantry of
the Army of Lyons, commanded by General de
Geraudon. The troops of this division will be gar-
risoned at Rome and in other cities of the States of
the Churchbelonging to the domain of St. Peter."

AIVIERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 30.

The Royal Mail steamship America, Captain
Millar, from Boston on the 19th, and Halifax on
the 21st inst., arrived here at 3.10 a.m., landed all
mails, and proceeded for Liverpool at 3.30 a.m.
She brings 66 passengers. The steamers Europa,
Jura, and Teutonia had arrived out.
Advices from Honduras report that the British
war-steamer Icarus, having conveyed the troops
under Alvarez to the place where Walker was en-
camped, Walker and his men were captured, and
taken to Truxillo. The authorities of Honduras
had determined to shoot Walker and one of his
colonels.

News from Vera Cruz to the 2d inst. announces
that 14,000 Liberals were marching on the capital.
Miramon was in the city with 7,000 men.
A terrific gale raged in the Gulf of Mexico on
the 15th inst. Several vessels were blown ashore,
and immense damage was done.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales visited
the American side of the Niagara Falls and Goat
Island on the 17th.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, SEPT. 17.
Money is unchanged. Exchange on London,
109 a to 109 i. Stocks closed dull, and rather lower.
New York Centrals are quoted 88k to 881; Erie,
33f,- to 331; ; Illinois Central, 88 to 881. Cotton firm
but unchanged—sales 1,200 to 1,500 bales. News
from Europe and large receipts have caused a de-
cline of 15c. to 20c. per barrel in the quotation of
flour—sales to-day were 12,000 barrels. Corn
heavy and lower. Provisions inactive. Coffee un-
changed. Freights active and firm.

NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 17

The cotton market is quiet. The sales to-day
amount to 4,000 middling is quoted 101 c. (10/e. ?)
to 10?-ic.

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 29.
The Hamburg and American Company's Mail
screw steamship Bavaria, Captain Meier, which
left New York on the 15th inst., has arrived; she
brings 96 passengers for Hamburg, five for Havre,
and six for Southampton, and specie for England,
147,000 dols.

During her voyage she spoke the- following
ships :—On the 16th inst., lat. 40 43 N., long. 69 0
W., the Teutonia (s.s.) from Southampton, bound
for New York ; on the 17th, the Bremen (s.s.), in
lat. 41 24 N., long. 64 29 W., also from South-
ampton, bound to New York ; on the 24th, in lat.
48 26 N., long. 29 4 W., the British ship Eliza
Perry, from Quebec, bound for Hull, 21 days out;
on tke 27th, in lat. 49 10 N., long. 12 50 W., the
ship Glenalva, from Bombay, bound for Liverpool,
101 days out ; and on the 27th, in lat. 49 10 N.,
long. 12 50 W., the British barque Queen, bound
Eastward.

The news by the Bavaria has been anticipated

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.
The Royal Mail steamer America, Captain Mil-
lar, from Boston on the 19th, and Halifax on the
21st of September, which touched at Queenstown
yesterday, arrived here at 1 o'clock this morning.

Her news has been generally anticipated, via
Queenstown.

(LATEST BY TELEGRAPH via HALIFAX.)

NEW YORK, SEPT. 20, (Evening.)
The Bremen, from Southampton, has arrived
out.

The cotton market is steady. Middling Upland
is quoted 10k. Flour is tending downwards. All
qualities have slightly declined. Wheat firm.
Corn generally dull. Provisions closed steady.
Stocks have advanced.
NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 19.
The cotton sales to-day amounted to 9,000 bales.
Prices are easier, but quotations unchanged.