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London, England, 1860-08-11 00:00:00

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THE WHITIVORTII GUNS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Having seen a paragraph respecting the
Ordnance Committee report on the Whitworth
guns copied from the Post into 7he Sun, I thought
it advisable to procure evidence of its untruth. I
hoped that was manifest on the face of the state-
ment, the avowed hostility of the paper being taken
into consideration. To-day I had an interview with
Colonel St. George. He assured me the statement
is question was " wholly untrue, and a fabrication
from beginning to end, without any foundation
even."—l remain, Sir, yours very obediently,
4, Elm-court, Temple, Aug. 10.

T. ASTON.

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT EDINBURGH.

GENERAL ORDER.

HORSE GUARDS, S.W.,August 10, 1860.
The Adjutant-General has received the Queen's
commands to convey her thanks to the several
corps of artillery and rifle volunteers assembled at
Edinburgh on the 7th inst., and to assure them of
the satisfaction and gratification with which her
Majesty beheld the magnificent spectacle there pre-
sented to her.

Her Majesty could not see without admiration
the soldierlike bearing of the different corps as they
passed before her, and she finds in the high state
of efficiency to which they have attained in an in-
credibly short space of time, another proof that she
may at all times surely rely on the loyalty and
patriotism of her people for the defence, in the hour
of need, of the freedom and integrity of the empire.
By order, ;1-. YORKE SC4RLETT, A.G.

VICTOR EMMANUEL AND GARIBALDI.

A correspondent of the Constitutionnel transmits
to that journal a version of King Victor Emmanuel's
letter to Garibaldi, which he guarantees as " faith-
ful." It is as follows :

" Dear General,—Youknow that when you started
for Sicily you did not have my approbation. To-
day, considering the gravity of existing circum-
stances, I decide upon giving you a warning, being
aware of the sincerity of your sentiments for me.
" In order to put an end to a war between Ita-
lians and Italians, I counsel you to renounce the
idea of passing with your valorous troops to the
Neapolitan continent, provided the King of Naples
consents to evacuate the whole of the island and to
leave the Sicilians free to deliberate upon and to
settle their destinies. _

" I would reserve to myself full liberty of action
relative to Sicily in the event of the King of Naples
being unable to accept this condition. General, fol-
low my advice, and you will see that it is useful to
Italy, whose power of augmenting her merits you
would facilitate by showing to Europe that even as
she knows how to conquer so does she know how
to make a good use of her victory."

The following is given to day as " not quite a
literal, but, as far as the sense is concerned, an
exact reproduction of the true letter of reply, which
Letta has brought home from Garibaldi to King
Victor Emmanuel" :

" Sire,—Your Majesty knows the high esteem
and the devotion which I feel towards your Majesty;
but such is the present state of things in Italy that
at the present moment I cannot obey your Majesty's
injunctions, much as I should like it. lam called
for and urged on by the people of Naples. I have
tried, in vain, with what influence I had, to restrain
them, feeling as I do that a more favourable mo-
ment would be desirable. But if I should now
hesitate I should endanger the cause of Italy, and
not fulfil my duty as an Italian. May your Ma-
jesty therefore permit me this time not to obey
As soon as I shall have done with the task imposed
upon me by the wishes of the people which groan
under the tyranny of the Neapolitan Bourbon, I
shall lay down my sword at your Majesty's feet,
and shall obey your Majesty for the remainder of
my lifetime. " GARIBALDI."
This letter is dated Melazzo, the 27th of July.