The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1560,

ber for West Norfolk (so like him !) thought
differently—went on to explain in a good many
words how it was he thought differently ! Until
Mr. BOUVERIE rose to order—until Mr. DUNCOMBE
did the same—until the Speaker himself was again
called upon (as he is very rarely called upDn) to
justify his own name ! The Speaker, in fact, main-
tained that the hon. member had been guilty of
some irregularity. After the right hon. gentleman
had explained how it was, in his opinion as
Speaker, that Mr. BENTINCK had been guilty of this
irregularity—the member for West Norfolk actually
had the effrontery (we can call it seriously nothing
less) to rise yet again for the purpose of justifying
his eccentric course of proceeding. In effect, Mr.
BENTINCK persisted in so doing until Lord JOHN
himself rose to order—Lord Joint RUSSELL who,
among all those now in the House of Commons,
has certainly no superior as an authority for Par-
liamentary precedents. Mr. BENTINCK from first
to last, however, proved obdurate—he, at least,
would not bow to the decision of the Speaker (as
Mr. MINT had done)—he, at least, would not with-
draw the motion for his " instructions." It is the
manner of all this, however, that is so peculiarly
objectionable—it is the arrogant bearing of the
member for 'West Norfolk, his supreme and con-
summate self-sufficiency. That bearing, however,
we must remind him, while it may be a source of
amusement as applied to conflicting rarties, be.
comes hardly less than unseemly when directed
against the authority of the First Commoner in
England, that of the occupant of that historic Chair
in the House of our British Representatives.

The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Justice of Eng-
land has appointed J. H. Brewer, Esq., of the Midland
Circuit, a Master of the Queen's Bench, in the place of Sir
T. Dwarris, Knt., deceased.

Mr. and Lady Cecilia Turton have arrived in
Hanover-square, from their seat in Yorkshire.

The Countess De Grey gave a grand ball last
evening at the family mansion in Carlton-gardens.

The Dowager Lady Clinton has left Farranee's
Hotel for Hampton Court.

Lady Louisa Hutchinson and Miss Synge Hut•
chinson and Miss Hewitt, Miss Brown and Miss Wilson
have left the London Hotel for Great Malvern.

A SHIP SUNK IN THE THAMES.—Yesterday
morning a collier brig, whilst proceeding down the liver,
came ix contact with an anchor, the sharp end of which
pierced her keel, and she rapidly filled with water to such
an extent that the pumps were useless.. The vessel is now
remaining off Charton, her masts only being visible at
high tide.

Advices from Constantinople state that a con-
cession for a railway from Constantinople to Adrianople,
and thence to Belgrade, has been granted to Messrs.
Thomas Page, Liddell, and Gordon.
MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.—
The mails for the Australian colonies and New Zealand,
intended to be forwarded via Southampton, will, in future,
be made up in London on the morning of the, 20th of each
month, instead of on the 12th, and the mails tabs forwarded
via Marseilles will be made up on the evening of the 26 h
instead of on the 18th of the month. On those occasions
when the 20th of the month falls on Sunday, the mails for
Australia, &c., will be made up on the previous evening,
and when the 26th of the month falls on Sunday, the
mails will be made up on the following evening, In
consequence of this alteration, mails for Ceylon will no
longer be despatched on the 12th and 18th of the month.
The Australian mail packets will, in future, proceed no fur-
ther than Melbourne, and after leaving Point de Gal le will
touch, to land and embark mails, at King George's Sound
only. The mails for South Australia, New South Wales,
and New Zealand will be landed at Melbourne, and will be
forwarded thence to their destination by such means as may
he provided by the colonial governments. Commencing
with the month of July, the homeward mails will thence-
forward be despatched from Melbourne on the 26th of each
month, and ought to arrive in London with the mails from
Calcutta and China, due (via Marseilles) on the 12th and
(via Southampton) on the 18th of every month.--By com-
mand of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secre-
tary.—General Post-office, June 5.
THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLlN.—Madame Celeste,
who, with several members of her Lyceum company, is
e 'gaged for a series of performances here, with a view of
producing some of the principal pieces which were played
by her in London during the last season, has met with a
most extraordinary measure of success. The doors of the
Royal are literally besieged every evening, and the
house is filled to overflow immediately on their being
opened. The Freeman's Journal, in its notice of the
extravaganza of "King Thrushbeard," writes thus :
" One of the most splendid scenic displays that have been
ever presented in this country was brought out on the
boards of " the Royal" last evening in the presence of a
crowded and fashionable house. We allude to the extrava-
ganza of " King Thrushbeard." The performances com-
menced with the drama of "A Tale of Two Cities," and not-
withstanding the charming acting of,Madame Celeste, Miss
K. Saville, Mr. Jas. Vining, and Mr. Granby, the audience
were evidently impatient for the commencement of " King
Thrushbeard," and exhibited that peculiar restlessness to
be observed in "younger children," when waiting for the
curtain to rise on a Christmas pantomime. On the "ver-
dant" being cleared up the applause was general, and in
each succeeding scene the plaudits became longer and
louder, and burst into one general furore, of approbation at
the celebrated "transformation scene," which must be re-
garded as the perfection of scenic representation. It is not
a thing of gaud and glitter —it is a beautiful creation, con-
ceived and carried out with refined taste and judgment.
Madame Celeste was led before the curtain on the unani-
mous c,ll of the house, and was cordially complimented."
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at
Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is
25.12 f per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the
English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard
gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer
in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg
the price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short
exchange on London is 13 31 per £1 sterling. Standard
gold at the English Mint price is therefore about
1-10th dearer in Hamburg than in London; The course
of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60
days' sight is about -109 per cent., which, when
compared with the Mint par between the two countries,
shows that tha exchange is slightly in favour of England ;
and, after making allowance for charges of transport and
difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling
profit on the importation of gold from the United States.
A CHAMPION AVREsTLEIL—In the paiish of
Coleford an obscure place in the north of Devon, there
resides the champion wrestler of England, an old man of
nearly 70 years of age, named Abraham Cann. When
wrestling was at its height Cann was as popular in the
sporting world as Sayers and Heenan are at the present
time. Many thousands of pounds were won by bets upon
him ; and although it is a well-known fact that he was
offered large sums of money to sell his back he never would
consent to do so, and was'never thrown in his life. Latterly
it has been discovered that the veteran champion was re-
duced to great poverty and was on the verge of the Union
Workhouse. Mr. Landon, of the Bull Inn, Exeter, com-
menced a subscription on his behalf, an I in answer to his
appeal a large number of noblemen and gentlemen have
liberally subscribed ; among them being Lord Poltiniore,
Sir T. D. Acland, Sir M. Lopes, M.P., Mr. Kekewich,
M.P., Mr. Divett, M.P., Mr. Gard, M.P., and Mr. Silli-
fant. When sufficient money has been raised it is proposed
to purchase an annuity for the old man, so as to place him
in comfortable circumstances for the remainder of his days.
JAPAN AND ITS INIIABITANTS.—Dr. Macgoi,van
gave a lecture on this subject at a meeting of t„e Royal
Asiatic Society, held on Saturday evening. After giving
his audience much valuable information concerning the
island itself, he referred to its people. As an instance of
the superstition of the people, it was mentioned that their
spiritual Emperor was formerly kept continually in an up-
right position, from the dread that if his head inclined that
part of the empire towards which it was directed would
suffer disaster. At length an ingenious courtier suggested
that the same object would be gained irthe-crown were
fixed upright; and that suggestion having been acted on,
the Emperor was liberated, and allowed to walk about his
palace. Another inconvenience attached to the spiritual
sovereignty is that everything touched by the Emperor is
tabooed, so that no one, not oven himself, must touch it
afterwards. Every vessel he drinks from is broken inima•
diately afterwards, and his clothes are bunt after having
been once worn. This practice, it may be supposed, must
add greatly to the expenditure of the imperial household ;
but in order to diminish the cost the spiritual Emperor is
clothed with vestments of the coarsest material.

THE NORTH-EAST PORTS.—SHIELDS, Monday
Night.—The weather has greatly improved ,ae wind is
west, the sea has fallen, and a considerable fleet of laden
collier vessels, including. a number of foreign ships, have
sailed with a fair wind and a very good prospect. This
evening the Connaught, a magnificent new snail express
iron paddlewheel steam ship, built by Messrs. Palmer, of
Jarrow, for the Galway and New York Company, after
being completely fitted and ready for sea, has left the Tyne.
As soon as she got out of port, she proceeded on. a trial
cruise, and when properly tested will go round to Galway
to take her place in the Galway and New York station.
She has several Government and other engineers on board.
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A
SALT L4KE INCIDENT.—A correspondent of
the Yew York Herald, at Salt Lake city, writes :—" Ori
Tuesday evening we very nigh heal a bloody affair over the
apprehension of one Manhard. Emboldened by the previ-
ous week's proceeding, Manhard and two of his associates
rode up to the court-house, during the sitting of the cour ,
and finding there the Sheriff, the principal 'object of their
hatred, unblushingly extended to him the hand of saluta-
tion—a very general custom in the west, more particularly
among a people surrounded by Indians, to whom the han.l
must be extended at first greeting as a sign of good I eli"
and fellowship. Sheriff Burton took th:.: hand of Manhard,
and after the usual Indian salutation—' How ? how ?'—in-
formed him that he was his prisoner. In a moment the
mule danced under the biting of the spurs ; but the Sheriff
was not to be either trampled or thrown. Ho firmly con-
tinued his hold of the one hand, and with a dexterous leap
threw the ether around the neck of Manhard, and there
mule, criminal, and Sheriff clung together with more than
loving affection. It was an interesting sight. The asso•
ciates of the apprehended man immediately drew their re-
volvers and called upon the Sheriff to release their comrade.
The dancing of the mule and the struggle of the men made
it impossible for them to fire with safety. The noise and
bawling reaching the inside of the court, the officers instantly
rushed out to the rescue of the Sheriff; rifles were out and
levelled, and the associates of Manhard owel their escape
and lives to ' cheap percussions.' The Sheriff aept his man,
the others escaped. For the latter the officers have writs
for threatening the life of the Sheriff in the discharge of his
duty; and, find them when they may, they will assuredly
be severely dealt with." (

LATE I .NEWS.

The following telegrams lave been received at
Mr. Renter's office :

PARIS, JUNE 6.

The Moniteur of to-day announces the departure
of their Imperial Majemties for Fontainebleau,
where they will reniain for several weeks.
The Moniteur fuyther states, that as the health
of Prince Jerome continues to improve, no more
daily bulletins will be published.

NAPLES, SATURDAY.

Letters received here from the French squadron
off Palermo state that the armistice was to last
until Tuesday. The fury of the inhabitants during
the late fight is indescribable. They even threw
valuable furniture at the troops.
It is asserted that the King has demanded French
mediation upon the basis of a separate Govern-
ment for Sicily.

PARIS, JUNE 5.

The Pattie of to-day says the reported recom-
mencement of hostilities at Palermo is unfounded,
and that it learns from reliable sources that the
struggle had not been renewed up to the last date.
The capitulation had not been yet signed, bat the
armistice was prolonged until the 12th instant. The
Pattie further states that it was hoped, by the me-
diation of the commanders of the foreign vessels, to
arrive at an honourable arrangement between the
parties engaged, who had displayed equal bravery.

GENOA, JUNE 5.

Garibaldi was forced to grant an armistice on ac-
count of a want of ammunition. It is rumoured
that the insurgents found a large sum of money in
the Royal Palace.

NAPLES, SUNDAY.

General Let;zia left this morning for Palermo
to renew the armistice. Vessels laden with pro-
jectiles continue, however, to be dispatched from
Naples. The Government has particularly de-
manded the support of France, and has ordered the
Council of State to prepare a constitution in con-
formity with French institutions.
It is stated that Garibaldi shows great kindness
to the Neapolitan officers whom he has taken pri-
soner, among whom he hopes some defection will
take place.

TURIN, TUESDAY.

News from Naples has been received here to the
effect that the armistice had been indefinitely pro-

longed.

General Letizia had arrived at Naples, the bearer
of a new capitulation, and is said to have pointed
out to the King that the soldiers would refuse to
fight, and that desertions had commenced to be-
come numerous. The enthusiasm in favour of
Garibaldi was spreading in the army, and in Sicily
the clergy were publicly preaching a crusade
against the N eapolitan Government.

ROME, JUNE 2.

The Neapolitan ambassador has been summoned
to Naples by telegraph. It is stated that he will
be entrusted with the formation of a new Ministry.
Since the last victories of Garibaldi the Papal Go-
vernment has feared disturbances in Rome. Strong
French patrols traverse the streets.

MARSEILLES, JUNE 5.

Letters from Beyroat to the 24th ult. state that
assassinations were increasing, The Christians and
the Druses had assumed a hostile attitude towards

each other.

ALEXANDRIA, MAY 30.

A report is current that disturbances have taken
place at Lebanon, and that the Pacha of Beyrout
has not sufficient troops to re-establish order.

THE INSURRECTION IN SICILY.
The Constitutionnel publishes the following in

prominent type :

" Contrary to the version given by certain de-
spatches yesterday, the last advices which we have
received from Sicily are to the effect that the bom-
bardment of Palermo has not been renewed.
" The armistice has been prolonged.
" General Garibaldi still peremptorily demands
that the garrison shall lay down its arms."

The trout du loiret publishes the following
letter from Palermo, written immediately after the
bombardment, but before the conclusion of the

armistice :
" PALERM May 28 (on board the Vauban,
in the Palermo Roads).
"I write to you hurriedly and amid lively
emotion. The revolution commenced here on
Whitsunday. At 4 a.m. Garibaldi stormed the
town at the head of his troops ; he was on horse-
back, and in one hand carried the Italian colours.
Close behind him came his Chasseurs of the Alps ;
they charged the Neapolitans with fired bayonets
and drove everything before them. In less than
three hours they were masters of half the town.
" Driven back and defeated, the Royal troops
commenced bombarding the town, and from seven
o'clock on Sunday morning to three o'clock on Mon-
day morning they never ceased throwing shot and
shell into the unfortunate city, a great portion of
which was set in flames.
"At last, this morning (Monday), Garibaldi,
who, during the night had made himself master of
the other half of the town, drove out the remaining
troops, who, by means of bogs, were enabled to
effect their retreat to the fortress, which has not
yet been taken. All that remains now in the hands
of the Neapolitans is this fort, the Palace (which
the Garibaldians are at this moment attacking), and
the Treasury.
• At five o'clock this morning the people took
possession of the barracks evacuated by the troops,
who had carried away every thing they could with
them.
" This morning the Chancellor of the French
Consulate found Garibaldi sitting on the steps of
a marble fountain in the centre of the town. Gari-
baldi had a map on his knees, or rather a plan of
Palermo, which he was studying to combine his
attacks. Ho sent word to the Neapolitan authori-
ties that if the bombardment did not cease, and that
if ti.e shedding of blood, now of no avail, was not
put a stop to, he should feel obliged to make re-
prisals; that he had 200 Neapolitan prisoners, and
that he should order one to be shot for every shell
fired into the town. The bombardment, happily,
was stopped.
" We had scarcely time, before the bombardment
commenced, to find a refuge on board the French
squadron. Thank God ! here we are in safety.
The attack on the fortress as about to com-
mence. A Neapolitan steamer made its appearance
at 10 o'clock this m n-ning before Palermo, and
having ascertained the state of aff Lirs steamed off
again immediately."

A letter from Paris, dated June 5, says :—" Ru
moors of the capitulation at Palermo being broken
off, and of the renewal of the bombardment of that
devoted city, have been rife. These rumours are,
perhaps, well founded ; but so many fabrications
have already been circulated as truths on official
authority that one is slow of belief unless supported
by undoubted authority. These accounts attribute
the breaking off of thQ negotiations between the
belligerents to the demand of Garibaldi that the
Neapolitan troops arrayed against him should lay

down their arms, which the Neapolitan General re-
fused. Others state that the partisan leader insisted
upon the treasure found in the Government coffers
being given up to him. The accounts, however, are
not quite clear, and come from Naples. But, if I allude
with some doubt to these matters, I can speak more
confidently as to the effect of the bombardment on
the town. We now know that it lasted 19 hours
without cessation. It was opened at 8 o'clock on
the morning of the 27th by the Neapolitan frigates
and the Castle, and continued without any inter-
mission whatever till 5 o'clock in the evening.
At this hour the frigates ceased firing, but the
Castle continued during the whole night and till 5 the
next morning. 'The storm of shell thrown into the
town was terrible, and round shot tore up the
streets iu all direcCons. Great as was the damage
done to the buildings—and great it must have been
—I understand it was far surpassed by the destruc-
tion of human life. Heaps of bodies, torn to pieces,
strewed the streets at daybreak ; and when the
firing ceased, and the wounded were taken to the
hospitals, the far greater part of the hurts were
from fragments of shells, while, comparatively
speaking, those from musketry and the bayonet
were few. The dead and the dying displayed those
hideous wounds which such projectiles alone make.
It seemed to be the determination of the Neapolitans
to use only such missiles as would most effectually
destroy the town and those in it. Tbis dreadful
carnage, if we are to give credit to the accounts I
have alluded to, re-opened on Sunday afternoon,
immediately on the expiration of the armistice.
Another version adds that the resumption of hosti-
lities was in consequence of the capitulation agreed
to between General Lanza and Garibaldi not having
beer. ratified at Naples ; but whether it be from this
cause, or from the refusal of Garibaldi to allow the
Neapolitans to march off with the honours of war,
is uncertain. No account states that the resolution
of the Garibaldians, who have been reinforced, fal•
ters ; on the contrary, they were again going to
their work with the most desperate courage."

A letter from Naples, dated May 29, says :

" On Saturday evening the Saetta came in, and
during the whole of Sunday the Neapolitans were
in a state of the greatest depression, caused by re-
ports of the defeat of Garibaldi. In the course of
the day a supplement to Saturday night's Gazette
was published, confirming the brilliant victory'
over the insurgents and Garibaldi at Parco, and
adding that Gen. Colonna and Col. von Michel had
driven them from that important position. On
the 25th the second intrenched position -of the
rebels, defended bv five pieces of cannon, was taken
by assault, together with one piece of cannon.
The insurgents and Garibaldi's bands fled to the
Piano dei Greci. Attacked there again by Colonel
von Michel and the 9th battalion of Chasseurs,
commanded by Major Bosco, they fled in great
disorder, traversing the district of Corleone. These
bands continue to fly in great discouragement at
finding themselves deceived ever since they landed,
and at the great losses they have met with. As to
the Sicilians who were led away by gold and pro-
mises, they are dispersed, and are returning to their
respective communes," &c. I omit a vast quantity
of verbiage about valour, enthusiasm, and loyalty,
and send you only the substance of the Government
report. Of course I wait for other despatches to
check it, as our Government has the same fear'd
truth as the Devil has of holy water.
" And other reports have come at length which
prove that Garibaldi's voluntary retreat—not flight
—was a ruse to draw off the troops from the capi-
tal, and give an opportunity for the execution of
those feats which I now proceed to describe.
While dispatches have described the retreat of Gari-
baldi to some 20 miles from Palermo, they have at
the same time spoken of strong armed bands as
being close to the capital—facts which I felt a diffi-
culty in reconciling. From the very scanty intelli-
gence, ho wever, as yet before us—for only the Amalfi
Government steamer has arrived, and England and
France are still kept in profound ignorance of what
is going on—the design of Garibaldi was to call off
and occupy a great portion of the Neapolitan army,
and give an opportunity to the armed bands to
enter Palermo. The ruse succeeded, and on Satur-
day night last, or early on Sunday morning, the
insurgents broke in through one of the gates, de-
feating the guard which had been stationed there.
Meantime the people, who were in expectation of such
an attempt, threw up barricades, and during the dark-
ness of the night the work of murder went on. I

should infer from what followed that the troops had
taken refuge in the Castle, for at 8 o'clock it began
to bombard the city, and continued to do so until 2
o'clock, when the Amalfi left. 1,200 men of the
Foreign Legion—those Austrians again, the curse
of Italy—landed at Palermo on Sunday, and took
part in the fray. Colonel von Michel, a native of
Basle, who is some miles out of Palermo, having
been drawn off by Garibaldi, has with him 1,500
more foreigners, 300 of whom are Swiss, and it is
this foreign element which will occasion the great-
est embarrassment to the patriots. I may state
that the bombardment of Palermo took place in
opposition to diplomatic protests, even of Austria.
The action must have been bloody, and a great
number of houses are said to have been burnt.
The bombardment was effected by the Castle and
two vessels of war, the Partenope and the Amalfi.
A great number of beds, many surgeons, a large
quantity of lint, and 15 Sisters of Charity were
sent off in great haste yesterday to Palermo.
Bombs, provisions, and coal are being sent off con-
tinually."

A Turin letter of June 2d says :—" Garibaldi is
at this moment the most popular man in Italy, and
the sympathies he inspires are every day proved by
fresh acts of devotedness. Besides the numerous
volunteers who are now preparing to join him, eight
young men who have just terminated their medical
studies have applied for permission to join him in
Sicily as army surgeons, and 700,000 fr., the pro-
duce of subsciptions, were yesterday remitted to
a house at Marseilles to be placed at Garibaldi's
disposal. In ace-)rdance with the order of the
day read to the Savoy brigade, announcing its
early disbanding, the officers met to deliberate
yesterday. Thirty only have declared their in-
tention to remain in the S irdinian service. In
yesterday's sitting of the Deputies, Count Cavour,
as Minister of Marine, laid before the Chamber a
statement of the naval force of the kingdom, and
alluded to the necessity for TIQW credits to construct
iron-plated vessels like those recently built in
France and England."

A correspondent writes as follows from Naples,
30th ult. The greatest anxiety prevails at the
Palace, and the King is almost beside himself from
the disastrous ir.telligence which has been received
from Sicily. His Majesty was seen just now in
the Toledo, with his face pale and contracted, and
hi': whole bearing denoting the utmost distress of
mind. We learn here that the insurgents so com-
pletely surround Palermo, that they intercept all
provisions. As, consequently, nothing can be re-
ceived by land, vessels are being despatched from
this place every morning and evening. This day
200 bullocks were sent off, and shortly after three
steamers arrived here with a crowd of people who
were half starved, and a number of wounded men.
When the news came in of the fall of Palermo,
the excitement was immense, and already three
demonstrations in favour of Victor Emmanuel have
taken place, headed by the very set of lazzarone
who were said to be the most devoted supporters of
the throne. The captain of an Austrian vessel
which has just come in states that not only General
Salzano, but all his staff, and the park of artillery
which he commanded, had fallen into the hands of
Garib He adds that the shells have caused
dreadful ravages. The force under the orders of
Garibaldi is now said to amount to about 29,000
men, well-armed."