The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-21 00:00:00

CATANIA.

We have received the following account of the
insurrection in Catania, dated June 6 :
" On the morning of the 31st of May, to the cry
of ' Italy and Victor Emmanuel,' a small body of
armed men attacked the Royal troops in the city,
nearly 2,000 strong, consisting of infantry, horse,
and artillery For nearly eight hours they con-
tinued the combat, taking two guns from the
Royalists; but, 'wanting ammunition, and rein-
forcements more than 2,000 men approaching to
support the Royalists, the insurgents were obliged
to slacken their fire, and withdrew with a slight
loss in killed and wounded, the loss on the part
of the Royalists exceeding 300 killed and
wounded. When the attack was over the troops
set fire to various buildings, whether they had been
fired from or not. Many houses were pillaged;
the troops shot down every one they met in the
street indiscriminately, whether rich or poor or sick,
whether man or woman, robbing them afterwards.
The library of the University has suffered conside-
rably, many valuable books being destroyed.
Many houses and shops were pillaged, and what
could not be carried off was destroyed. The city
having been placed in a state of siege, a military
commission was appointed, and a disarmament
ordered, when, to the astonishment of -every one,
on the night of the 3d the troops withdrew, escorted
by a steamer, carrying off, assisted by hired ships,
all the portable articles and ammunition. General
Clay did not omit clearing out the strong boxes of
the Ricevitoria Generale' and Cassa Provinciale.'
At the present moment Catania is left to its own
resources, and has pronounced itself for union with
Italy and for Victor Emmanuel."

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, THURSDAY,

The Montreal Ocean Company's steamer Pales-
tine, which left Quebec on the 9th inst.,has arrived
here. She landed all the mails. She brings no
news of importance.

LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO FARTHER
POINT.

NEW YORK, JUNE 9, EVENING.
The Glasgow sailed to-day for Liverpool with
400,000 dollarS.

The cotton market is dull, and quotations are
nominal.

Breadstuffs quiet, and prices are barely main.
tained.
Corn dearer, with an advancing tendency.
NEW ORLEANS, JUNE 7.
Sales of cotton in two days, 2,500 bales. Quo,
tations nominal.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 21.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's steamer Sultan, Capt. Cook, with dates
from Lisbon to the 17th inst., has arrived.
The Sultan brings 52 passengers, £3,300 in
specie, and a cargo of 2,648 packages of wine, fruit,
eggs, &c. She passed the Ripon ten miles west of
Portland steering down channel.

LISBON, JUNE 17.

A bill for increased taxation has caused violent
debates in the Lower House. If carried, hopes
were entertained that the Peers would reject it.
The British steamer Hope has been sold to the
Portuguese African Steam Company. Her crew
has returned in the Sultan..

Exchange on London 531 ; on Paris 5.33; on
Amsterdam 424 ; on Hamburg 474 ; on Genoa 5.31;
Lisbon Bank 550; Oporto Bank 256; Rentes 454
to 46 ; Coupons 444 to 45.

„,
IIIE UNITED KINGDOM BENEVOLENT ANNUITY
FUND.—On Tuesday Mr. Sergeant Parry, accompanied by
Mr. John Tucker, of the firm of Tucker, Greville, and
Tucker, solicitors, and the Rev. F. Pearce .Pocock, chap-
lain of the City of London Union, waited upon Mr. Salle,
at the Thames Police-court, and entered into a full ex-
planation of the affairs of the above society, vindicating
the conduct of his client, denying that there was any
ground for a charge of misappropriation or fraud against
him, or any of the gentlemen connected with that or
the other annuity society which had been referred to,
and asserting that if the whole of the prayer of a bill
now in Chancery were granted the whole of the annui-
tants would be paid in full. An animated discussion took
place between the learned gentleman and the worthy magis-
trate, after which the parties withdrew.
4EDICAL AID TO MISSIONARIES.--In the coarse
of the proceedings of the recent Missionary Conference at
Liverpool, Dr. Macgowan, the American missionary, bore
the following testimony on this subject I would pay a
tribute of respect to the members of my noble and ennobling
profession connected with the Hon. East India Company
and her Majesty's naval and military services. I take plea-
sure, as an American especially, in acknowledging their
gratuitous services to my missionary countrymen and to
missionaries generally. The medical men of the army and
navy of both services have been, to a very large extent,
assistant medical missionaries ; and the Christian public
have not sufficiently recognised their indebtedness to those
members of the medical profusion.”