The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-07 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

The report, originating in some Belgian jour•
nals, that Lord Cowley had tendered his resigna•
tion as English Ambassador at Paris, is without
foundation.

M. Poinsot, President of one of the Chambers of
the Imperial Court of Paris, has been assassinated.
Thy, Patric says—" It is expected that a levy of
150,000 men will be made in Southern Italy."
The same paper reports that on account of the
dissension existing between the inhabitants of
Caserta and the English Legion the latter will be
disbanded. The Patrie adds :—" The Hungarian
Legion is being actively organised."

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 1.

The French Ambassador continues to urge the
extension of the French occupation of Syria.
Petitions to that effect are being got up by French
agents amongst the Christians of Damascus and
Beyrout.

The Greek and Armenian patriarchs have been
decorated by the Sultan.

Exchange is falling. Several Galata houses
have failed.

The Azoff ports are closed by ice.

NAPLES, TUESDAY.

The Teatro Nuovo was closed by the authorities
yesterday. It was, however, re-opened and illu-
minated by tho people, who sung Garibaldian
songs. The crowd afterwards dispersed without
disorder.

Yesterday, a reactionary movement took place
at Penna, in the Abruzzi, but was suppressed by
the troops and the national guard.

TURIN, THURSDAY.

It is expected that King Victor Emmanuel has
already taken his departure from Palermo to
Naples.

The Sicilians have made extraordinary manifes-
tations of their sympathy for the King, who was
very well satisfied with his reception.

MADRID, TUESDAY.

Marshal O'Donnell has declared to the Cortes
that the representative of Spain at Gaeta has
faithfully fulfilled his duty in' remaining to share
the perils of the King.

PARIS, THURSDAY.

Messrs. Rothschild have given notice that from
this date they will pay the coupon of the Roman
loan due on the Ist December.

KING VICTOR EMMANUEL TO THE
SICILIANS.

The following proclamation hay been published
at Palermo :

" People of Sicily,—With a heart deeply moved
I set foot on this illustrious isle, which formerly—
an augury, as it were, of the present destinies of
Italy—had for its prince one of my ancestors;
which in our own day elected for its king my
lamented brother; and which to-day unanimously
summons me to extend to it the benefits of living
in freedom and national unity.
Great things have been effected in a short time ;
great things remain to be done; but I have faith
that with the aid of God, and of the virtue of the
Italian people, we shall accomplish our magnani-
mous undertaking.
" The Government which I come here to inau-
gurate will bi 3 a Government of reparation and of
concord. Sincerely respecting religion, it will
preserve intact its ancient prerogatives, which are
both an ornament to the Sicilian church and a
safeguard of the civil power; it will foli7d an
administration which shall restore the moral prin-
ciples of a well-regulated society, which shall by
unceasing economical progress renew the produc-
tiveness of your shores, and which shall thus render
profitable to. all the gifts which Providence has
largely scattered over this privileged land.
" Sicilians,—Your history is the history of great
deeds and gcmerous aspirations ; now is the time for
you, as for all the Italians, to show to Europe that
while we kn ow how to conquer independence and
liberty by velour, we know on the other hand how
to preserve tl tem by unanimity and the civic virtues.
" VICTOR _EMMANUEL.
" Palermo, Dec. 1."

FRANCE.

Yesterday's .2lloniteur publishes the following
circular, addressed by the Minister of the Interior
to the Prefets. :
Monsieur le Prefet,—On taking possession of the
elevated post to which the confidence of the Em-
peror has jus t called me, I have in the first place to
ask for your -Earnest assistance, since the nobler the
scene presented to us by the Imperial act of No-
vember 24, the more ought the internal adminis-
tration of the country to be inspired with generous
thoughts.
Behold a Prince, who, after receiving the powers
of the nation for re-establishing public order at
home and tbm greatness of the country abroad, is
the first to call for the expression of France's
wishes and opinion. No sooner is he victorious
over his enemies within and without, than he intro-
duces into our institutions reforms that bear wit-
ness to his confidence in the country.
The picture of this first part of his reign will
form a beautiful epoch in our history. Called by
the voice of a n entire people to the head of a dis •
organised society that had fallen into chaos and
anarchy, he sots himself courageously to work, and
in a few years restores order, both intellectual an I
material, to svech a degree that a similar prosperity
has never bef are marked any other epoch in our
history.
Then, no se oner was this great work completed
at home than he is led by the state of Europe to
undertake am ether no less important work abroad
in order to re store France to the high position due
to her. Despite the sinister prophecies announcing
everywhere that he will be hurried along by war
beyond the limit of France's real interests; his
wisdom, equeil to his courage, stops him at this
limit ; and thus, not only has he re-established for
the sake of oar security the previously disturbed
equilibrium o F Europe, but has opened to the world
a new era of peace and prosperity.
Lastly, to finish this picture ; being persuaded
that his true in ission is not only to place his name
near that of t h e glorious chief of his race, but to
secure the destinies of the country, he is now pre-
paring it for the noble and peaceful exercise of
liberties, the development of which has to he pro-
tected by the popular throne of the Napoleons.
Monsieur le: Prefet, if I recall to your mind these
grand features of our present history, it is not done
in order that :you should make them the subject of
official comnertnications to the inhabitants of your
department, for proud of having, on the 10th of
December, so wonderfully recovered the lost thread
of our destinies, they require no one to read in their
hearts the great pages of the empire they have
founded. What I alone desire is to make you com-
prehend the spi ri t in which I claim your co-operation.
Convinced the.t the liberties of a country can only
be developed 1-a proportion as the state itself enjoys
the most comp le to security, I ask you to be always
firm in the maintenance of public order and vigilant
also in observi whenever necessary,theenemies of
the state ; but I recommend you at the same time to
neglect nothing towards perfecting the work of re-
conciliation bet ween parties. Many honourable and
distinguished TX ten of the old governments whilst pay-
ing homage to t he Emperor for the great things he has
accomplished, still hold themselves aloof from a
feeling of penton al dignity. Show them the respect
they merit; neglect no opportunity of inducing
them to benefit their country with their intelligence
and experience, and remind them that if it is noble
to preserve enshrined the memories of the past, it is
yet nobler to be useful to one's native country.
And now, Monsieur le Prefet, that we are going
to labour together :for the good of the State, I ask
you to throw off those personal preconceptions that
only too frequently embarrass great affairs. Tell
me always frankly your opinion with the indepen-
dence of character that constitutes the true servant
of the State, and consequently without any antici-
pation of pleasing: or displeasing. Remember that
a functionary of the civic order, like the soldier
who exposes his life for his country, ought to knOW