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particularised by the right hon. baronet in a few
words and then disposed of in words almost as few.
Take, for example, the objection raised to the num-
ber of troops to be retained in India having been
fixed at 80,000 Europeans. The reason, as Sir
CHARLES shewed, was simple enough in all con-
science, being simply this—" That, on inquiry, it
was ascertained that the maximum number which

their offences, put forward words of compunction
and repentance. Every Government, gentlemen,
has its traditions, from which it cannot depart.
" The traditions of the Neapolitan Government are
hereditary perjury." The new King, almost to
prove the legitimacy of his decent, is preparing to
perjure himself; and in order to qualify himself
for the task of forswearing himself, he must first
swear. It is with that view that he declares
himself ready to swear constitutions and alliances.
His object in proposing an alliance with the King's
Government is obvious. He is only meditating the
reconquest of Sicily. These are the old fox-like
wiles of the _ Neapolitan Government. As these
have thrice availed them, they hope even
now, from the same arts, to attain the same

any of the authorities upon the subject recommended
to be retained was 95,000, and the minimum 75,000.

80,000 had therefore been taken as the number
which the circumstances of the case would

require." Again, the hon. and gallant mem•
ber for Aberdeen had moved for the production
of certain documents, parts of a lengthened official
and semi-official correspondence. These documents
could not be forthwith made public according to
the wish of Colonel SYKES—there was a delay in

results."
We have no reason whatever to distrust our
Foreign Secretary, or any member of the Cabinet,
or perhaps of any possible Cabinet in regard to
Naples, and the adecivate carrying out there of the
policy which will be at once the right one, and
popular with all classes of Englishmen. But we
may be allowed to express our hope on two points.
The first that, after the language in which our Go-
vernment has denounced the outrage at Palermo, it
will not only protect, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL said,
British residents at Naples—but native residents
also. His Lordship significantly remarked that we
have two, three, four, or five sail of the line at
Naples. All Europe must agree that in forbidding
a bombardment of the town, such as the Neapoli-
tans hourly dread, we should be simply prohibiting
a piece of brutality and cruelty which no civilised
beings who can prevent it are required to tolerate.
There is a law of nations far above the technical
law to which they profess to defer as long as it
suits their purpose—the law of not seeing the in-
nocent and powerless murdered by the guilty and
the strong. We trust that our Admirals have
orders to seize the Neapolitan fleet and to batter
the castle of St. Elmo if a shot or a shell is fired on
the helpless city,
We also hope his Majesty the Emperor of the
FRENCH knows our mind officially, as well as he
knows it from public sources. He has been
showing himself rather restless of late. He has
crossed the Rhine, it being well understood that he
has an eye on that" natural boundary" also. He has
called out an additional 100,000 men, why or where-
fore, unless mischief be brewing, no mortal can tell.
But we are not without a fleet now, and shall soon
see it augmented with vessels which will find it
easy work to run down or cut in halves any vessel
which hoists the colours of despotism. We do not
spend £15,000,000 on our navy without expecting
that the voice of Englishmen should he heard
in favour of that which is the object of
their universal, we might say their passionate
attachment. Nothing unreasonable need be asked
—" We let GARIBALDI and his antagonists alone if
you do"—that is all. "No intervention." It is
neither needed nor desirable. The Italians will be
all the better for conquering their own liberties
from their own tyrants. They could have done it
at any time left to themselves. They can do it
now. But we must have no underhand work. No
attempt to get a kingdom for a NAPOLEON ; or,
if the old trick, attempted in Tuscany do not
succeed, dodges to keep Italy divided, when all
the patriotism, education, and intellect of the
country crave to be united. We may be told to
eschew suspicion—we should be glad to do so ;
but we cannot yet forget Savoy ; and,remembering
it, we must think our Government has but one
course open—to trust no promises, to have a
force in the Mediterranean which shall make our
just demands respected, and which shall enable
us to say—lf Italy wishes to be free and united,
what the Italians would join together, let no
Frenchman put asunder.

responding to the desire of the hon. and gallant
member—and a great deal was thereupon made o
that same delay and hesitation. It was conceived
by many to betoken a very suspicious reticence.
But the Secretary of State laid the simple facts
of the case yesterday before the House of Com-
mons—and what do those simple facts clearly
demonstrate ? Why, that the course pursued by
the Government in this matter could not possibly
have been more straightforward, more candid, or
more strictly honourable. "It was impossible,"
Sir CHARLES WOOD observed yesterday in the
course of his explanation, "it was impossible
to assent to his hon. friend's motion, as the papers
moved for were confidential memoranda, but he
(Sir C. WOOD) wrote Lord CLYDE and Sir WM.
MANSFIELD, by whom the documents were fur-
nished, for their authority to publish them. As soon
as he received the necessary authority the motion
of his hon. friend was complied with, and the papers
were produced ; but even then it was deemed advis-
able, with the sanction of the writers, to omit cer-
tain passages which were calculated to give
offence, and to expunge two paragraphs in
which extracts were given from private letters
written by Sir PATRICK GRANT, the assent
of Sir PATRICK not having been obtained
to their publication. The papers came late in the
autumn, and after being fully considered by the
Cabinet a decision was arrived at !" Certainly to all
which we may add Q. E. D. As to the objection
raised by some of the more impetuous of the Old
Indians against the course pursued by Sir CHARLES
WOOD in not consulting the Council as to the ad-
visability or not advisability of the measure about
to be submitted to the consideration of Parliament
—namely, this very measure, the triumph of which
was secured beyond any further chance of doubt
by last night's division—the right hon. baronet
showed quite distinctly to the apprehension
of all, that the question was a question
for the Cabinet, and not one in any
way to be decided upon by the Council
or the Secretary of State. Altogether the mino-
rity can hardly, even in this hour of their complete
discomfiture, feel themselves in any way aggrieved.
They have been allowed every possible advantage.
They have said their say—they have given in their
votes—and they are defeated. They have been
supplied with printed information in the shape of
official documents extending over more than five
hundred folio pages—a blue book as ponderous in
the scales as in the reading. They were permitted
to adjourn quite unnecessarily, until it was idle to
dream of any further adjournment. To sum up
all, they have been allowed just rope enough to
hang themselves.

was quiet.

" When the Devil was sick,
The Devil a saint would be ;
When the Devil got well,
The devil a saint was he."
We doubt not this incident in the biography o
the Evil One has been recalled to the memory o
thousands by the telegrams and communications
from Naples this week. Almost literally on a bed
of sickness, of sickness brought on by the reaction
of his crimes in the successful insurrection of his
people—at the very eleventh hour his MAJESTY
consents to hoist the Italian flag, to proclaim a
constitution, to grant an amnesty, to ally himself
with Sardinia, to give Sicily an independent Ad-
ministration, to form a member of an Independent
Italian Federation in fact, to place himself
in the Calendar of Italian Liberalism. Can
he be surprised that not a soul confides in him ?
The clique of wretches who have prospered as the
executioners of his crimes, even they do not trust
him, or rather do not trust his declarations ; for
him they do trust, well knowing that hit proclama-
tion is a mere bait to catch those who are willing
to be duped, and that once let him get things quiet
again, and he would soon reconquer Sicily,
overthrow the new constitution, and imprison in
heavy irons SPINELLI and all whom he had tem-
porarily used as a blind to those whom he had
entrapped. There lives not a mortal in Naples,
we may almost say in the civilised world, to whom
the whole affair is not as transparent a piece
of fraud and villainy as the similar act
of his father, with which all compare it.
FRANCIS the Second has had his day of
grace, and thrown it away. He might, on
coming to the throne, have reversed the policy
and renounced the cruelties of his father; he
might have been legally crowned and sworn ; might
have called together the Houses of Representatives
according to the illegally ignored, not abolished,
Constitution of 1848 ; ho might on the occasion of
the insurrection in Sicily have elected to forbid
the repetition of the barbarities practised by his
father—but he has chosen to continue every illegal
course, to do without parliaments like our STUARTS,
and to even outdo the atrocities of an atrocious
father. His returning vanquished Generals have
been actually degraded for not bombarding more
murderously the non-military part of Palermo.
He has more than rivalled his father's horrid
bombardment of Messina, only fearing lest his
father's cruelty should surpass his own.
Too late ! too late! is the cry of all. The Nea-
politans exclaim thus themselves, and POERIO from
the Chambers of Deputies at Turin returns the ex-
clamation. " If," he said, " the new King had
begun thus on the first day of his reign, perhaps I
might have trusted him; now that he has shown
his disposition by a year of despotic and cruel
Government, in which he has rivalled, if not sur•
passed, his father, the only thing about him I be-
lieve in is his readiness to perjure himself. I shall
remain in exiIe—VICTOR EMMANUEL is My King."
POERIO has but too good reason to know his man,
and understands but too well the motives which
prompt him ; indeed we cannot express our own
impressions better than in the words of the noble
patriot at Turin. " A drowning man," he re-
marks, " hopeless of any other escape, will, in the
agony of death, cling to and catch at any object
within his reach. I, therefore, can well understand
that the Government of Naples, which up to this
moment was always the most fierce and implacable
foe to Italian nationality—that Government which,
with the most cowardly obstinacy, persecuted the
generous men who aspired to that common object,
should now all at once change its language, and
put forth words of independence, patriotism, and
nationality. Gentlemen, I have often seen men laden
with the most hideous crimes, when brought before
, the Court which is to try them, and unable to deny

M.?. GOVER'S MAP OF THE KINGDOM
OF NAPLES: OR, THE TWO SICILIES.

We have before us a map of the lands which are
now exciting the interest of every Englishman,
giving a bird's-eye picture of the scene of Gari-
baldi's late exploits, and of the scene, we hope, of
his rapidly approaching career of glory. A litho-
graphed picture, rather than a map, of Sicily and
Naples, and Rome up to the confines of Sardinia,
by which we may all enjoy almost the privilege
of an 10 ronaut, gazing through the clear atmos-
phere of Southern Italy upon the mountains. and
plains, and towns below him. If such maps would
not enable us to measure distances to a furlong ;
they do what is more useful to most of us—they
give us a vivid conception of the aspect of the
country they paint.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EvENING, JULY 3, 1860.

LATEST

N E

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

NAPLES, JULY 2.

The fundamental point of the programme of the
Commander Spinelli is the formation of an Italian
Confederation, as recommended by the Emperor of
the French. This Confederation to be essentially
of a defensive character, and the autonomy of every
State to be maintained, although national unity
would be favour ed.

TURIN, JULY 3.

It is asserted that Baron Talleyrand has been in-
structed by his Government to insist that Count
Cavour should give due consideration to the over-
tures of the King of Naples, and the more so as
these overtures Were eoun?elled by France.

SARDINIA AND NAPLES.
TURIN, JULY 2.

The official riedlliontese Gazette announces that
the Neapolitan Legation at Turin is authorised to
deliver passports for the kingdom of Naples to all
Neapolitans who may demand them. Military
deserters are, however, excepted.
It is asserted that the propositions for an alliance
with Naples have not yet been received; but a
rumour is current that an Ambassador fromNaplcs
will shortly arrive in Turin.

,•
The Neapolitan Government is still undecided as
,o what kind of Constitution shall be granted.
The latest news from Naples states that the city

PARIS, JULY 3.

The Monitett7 of this morning announces that a
project of law his been laid before the Corps
Legislatif, demanding its approval of the conven-
tion for the establishment of a submarine telegraph
between France and the United States.

PARIS, JULY 3

Yesterday the Austrian Ambassador paid an
official visit to M. Thouvenel in order to give, in the
name of the Court of Vienna, a verbal reply to the
despatch in reference to the annexation of Savoy,
which the French Government communicated to
the Powers who signed the final act of Vienna.
Immediately, on receipt of this despatch by
the Marquis do Moustier, Count Rechberg ascer-
tained by telegraph the views of the Court of
Berlin, which replied that it was about to
thoroughly examine the question, whether, under
present circumstances, a European Conference
would be advisable, or whether preference
should be given to the ordinary diplomatic course,
or to direct negotiations between France and
Switzer:and. Austria, although ready to assist at
a Conference, could not take the initiative, not
being directly interested in the question. She there-
fore leaves to FraLce the task of inducing a ma-
jority of the Powers to agree to one of the three
combinations proposed by N.i.,Thouvenel, and ac-
cedes beforehand to the decision of the majority.

PARIS, JULY 3

All the theatres will be closed this evening on
account of the obsequies of Prince Jerome. A
circular has been addressed to the Ministers by the
Duke of Camba2eres, Grand Master of the Cere-
monies, inviting the functionaries of their respective
departments to wear mourning for the length of
time, and with the changes proscribed, for Court
mourning.

BOURSE, July 2.—The market has been heavy.
Threes left off at 68f 45c. The following are the
last quotations :-
41 per per Cents ... 96 90 Credit Fonder —
Do end month.... Belgian 41 9B 25
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 45 , Roman
Bank Shares . 2820 Austrian
( i-edit. Mobilier.... 671 25 ; Spanish Threes 49 75
Do. Account 672 50 ; Home Debt ..

PARLIAMENTARY DIVLS ON.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-JULY 2.
EUROPEAN FORCES (INDIA) BILL.

Order read, for resuming adjourned debate on amendment
proposed to question (22th June), "That the bill be now
read a second time ;" and which amendment was, to
leave out the word " now," and at the end of the ques-
tion to add the words "upon this day three months."
Question again proposed, "That the word `now' stand
part of the question. ' Debate resumed—Motion made,
and question, "That the debate be now adjourned," put
and negatived. Question put, "That the word now'
stand part of .the question." The house divided—
ayes, 282 ; noes, 53.

AYES-282.
Acton, Sir J. Forde, Lt.-Col. W. Murray, William
Adderley, C. B. Forester, Col. G. C. Napier, Sir C.
Agnew, Sir A. Forster, Charles Newark, Lord
Angerstein, W. Foster, W. 0. Noel, G. J.
Antrobus, E. Fortescue, Hon. D. North, Col.
Arnott, Sir J. Fortescue, C. S. _North, F.
Ashley, Lord Gallwey, Sir W. P:Ogilvy, Sir J.
Atherton, W. Galway, Viscount Onslow, Guildford
Ar'nn, A. S. Gard, R. S. Packe, G. 11.
Bagwell, J. Garnett, W. J. Padmore, R.
Baines, E. Gavin, Major Paget, C.
Ball, E. Gifford, Earl of Paget, Lord A.
Baring, Sir F. Gilpin, Colonel Paget, Lord C. E.
Baring, Thos. Geo. Gilpin, C. Pakenham, Col.
Bazley, Thomas Gladstone, W. E. Pakington, Sir
Visct.
3,. S
Beach, W. W. B. Glyn, G. C. Palmerston,
Beamish, F. B. Goddard, A. L. Patten, J. W.
Beaumont, W. B. Gore, J. R. 0. Peacocke, G. M.
Beecroft, G. S. Gower, F. L. Peel, Sir R.
Bellew, R. M. Greenwood, J. Peel, Gen.
Bentinck, G.C. Gregory, W. H. Peel, F.
Bernard, IV. S. Gregson, S. Pennant, Col.
Bethell, Sir R. Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Pevensey, Viscount
Black, Adam Griffith, C D. Pilkington, James
Blackburn, P. Gurdon, B. Pinney, Wm.
Blake, J. A. Hadfield, Geo. Ponsonby, A.
Boußooth, Sir RAG. Hamilton, Major Portman W. H. B.
verie, E. P. Hanbury, R., jun. Powys, L. P.
Bouverie, P. P. Banbury, Captain Pritchard, John
Bramston, T. W. Hankey, Thomson Proby, Lord. G. L.
Briscoe, J. I. Hanmer, Sir J. Pugh, D. (Mont.)
Brocklehurst, John Harcourt, G. G. V. Puller, C. W. le
Browne, Lord J. T. Hardy, Gathorne Redmond, J. E. .
Bruce, C. L. C. Hartington,Marquis Repton, G. W... 7.-.
Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Hartopp, E. B. Ricardo, J.' L.
Buller, J. W. Headlam, Thos. E Ricardo, O.A
Buller, Sir A. Heneage, G. Ridley, Sir M. W.
Burghley, Lord Henley, Lord Ridley, G.
Calcutt, F. Herbert, H. A. Robertson, D.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Herbert, S. Rothschild, Baron L.
Carnegie, lion. C. Herbert, Col. P. E. Roupell, W.
Castlerosse, Vist. Hervey, Lord A Russell, Hastings
Cave, S. He gate, Sir F. Russell, A. J. E.
CavenUsh, Hon. W. Hill, Hon. R. Russell, F. W.
Cavenc'lsh, Lord G. Hodgkinson, G. Russell, Sir Wm.
Childers, H. C. E. Holford, R. S. St. Aubyn, J.
Cholmeley, Sir M. Hood, Sir A. Salomons,Alderman
Churchill, Lord A. Howard, Hon. C. Scholetle.d, W.
Clay, James Howard. Lord E. G. Scott, Sir W.
Clifford, C. C. Hutt, W. Selwyn, C. J.
Clive, George Ingham, R. Seymour, Sir M.
Cobbett, J. 3f. Jackson, W. Seymour, Di
Cochrane, A. D. James, Edwin Shafto,
R. D.
Codrington, Sir W. Jermyn, Earl Shelley, Sir J. V.
Cogan, W. H. Jolliffet Capt. H. Sibthorp, Major
Cole, Hon. H. A. Kekewrch, S. Slaney, -R. A.
Cole, J. L. Kennard, C. Smyth, Col.
Cowper, Hon. W.F. Kershaw, J. Somerset, Col. E.
Craufurd, E. H. J Kinglake, A. W. Spooner, R.
Crossley, Frank Kinglake, Serj. J. Stacpoole, W.
Dalglish, Robert Kingscote, Lt.-Col. Stuart, Col.
Darner, L. S.. W. D. Knatchbull, W Stracey, Sir H.
Davie, Sir H. R. F. Knox, Major W. S Sturt, H. G.
Dawson, R. P. Laing, S. Talbot, C. R. M.
Deasy, Rickard Lanigan, J. Thompson, H. S.
Deedes, Wm. Legh, W. Thornhill, W. P.
Denman, G. Lennox, Lord G. C. Tollemache, J. H.
Dent, John Dent Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Tomline, G.
Dickson, Col. Lindsay, W. S. Trefusis, Hon. C. H.
Dillwyn, Lewis L. Locke, John Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Douglas, Sir C. Locke, Jos. Trollope, Sir John
Du Cane, Chas. Lockhart, A. E. Turner, J. A.
Duff, M. E. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Upton, Gene' al
Duff, Major. siev Valetort, Lord
Duke, Sir James Ilia Yackre ,W.
J. Vandeleur, Col.
Dunbar. Sir Wm. Matguire, J. F. Vansittart, Wm.
Duncombe, W. E. Mainwaring, T. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C.
East, Sir J. B. Malins, R., Vivian, H. H.
Egerton, Sir P. March, Earl of Walter, John
Egerton, E. C. Martin, P. IV. Way, Arthur E.
Egerton, A. F. Martin, J. Wemyss, J.
Egerton, W. Massey, W. N. Western, T. S.
Enfield, Viscount Matheson, A. Whalley, G. H.
Ennis, John Mellor, John Whitbread, S.
Esrnonde, John Mildmay, H. White, Col. H.
Esteourt, S. Miller, William Winnington, Sir T.
Euston, Earl of Mitchell, T. A. Wood, RtHn. Sir C.
Ewart, William Moncreiff, J. Woods, Henry
Ewart, J. C. Monson, W. J. Wyndham, Capt. H.
Ewing, H. E. C. Montgomery: Sir G. Wynne, C. G.
Farrer, James Mordaunt, Sir G. Wyvill, M.
Fellowes, Edward Morgan, Major Yorke, Hon.E.
Fenwick, Henry Morris, D. TELLERS.
Ferguson, R. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. Brand, H. B.
Foljambe, F. J. S. Mundy, William Knatchbull-Hufgess
NOES-53.

Adam,W. P. Hassard, M. D. Roebuck, J. A.
Astell, J. H. Henley, J. Rowley, Hon. R. T.
Baillie, H. J. Hennessy, J. P. Seymour, H. D.
Boyd, John Hope, G. W. Smith, Augustus
Bruen, Henry Hopwood, J. T. Smith, Sir F.
Buxton, C. Horsfall, T. B. Smollett, P.
Calthorpe, F. H. Horsman E. Somes, Joseph
Cartwright, Col. H. King, Hon. L. Stanley, Lord
Crawford, IL W. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Sykes, Col. W. 11.
Crook, Joseph Liddell, Hon. H. G. Torrens, R.
Dodson, John G. Longfield, Robert Vance, John
Elphinstone, Sir J Marjoribanks, D. C. Verney, Sir Harry
Farquhar, Sir M. Milnes, R. M. Williams, W.
Fergusson, Sir J. Montagu, Lord R. Willoug ,W i
B.
hby Sr H.
Finlay, A. S. Mure, David . Wynne, W.
Freeland, H. W. Newdegate, C. N.
Goldsmid, Sir F. Papillon, P. 0. TELLERS.
Gordon, C. W. Parker, Major W. Colebrooke, Sir T.E.
Greene, Capt. J. Rich, H. Mills, A.

REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT,
—CowE,, July 2.—The royal family are expected re
Osborne House on Wednesday next. The Prince and
Princess Lienengen arrived at No. 1, Parade-terrace, West
Cowes, for the season, this day. Captain the Hon. Joseph
Denman and family at White Rose Cottage to-morrow.
The Hon. Charles Petro has taken Rose Lodge for six
weeks. Mr. Rayner has taken Norfolk House for three
months. Sir Frederick Arthur, Bart., has taken No. 5,
Parade-terrace, fur six months.
THE CHANNEL FLEET.— GREAT YARMOUTH,
July 2.—The Channel fleet—consisting of the • Royal
Albert, 120; Donegal, 101; Conqueror, 101; Algiers, 91;
Centurion, 91; Aboukir, 91; Mars, 80 ; Mersey, 40 ;
Edgar, 40 ; Diadem, 32 ; and Locust (corvette), 3—left
Yarmouth Roads to-day at 3 a.m., with the exception of
the Centurion, which remained behind for the purpose of
recovering a lost anchor. The squadron steered south for
Deal, and will, it is expected, afterwards proceed to Spit-
head. Yesterday and to-day vast numbers of persons visited
Yarmouth from Norwich, Ipswich, Lowestoft, and other
neighbouring towns, and the disappointment experienced by
the excursionists in consequence of the departure of the
fleet was, of course, very keen. The townspeople also an-
ticipated that the squadron would make a longer stay off
the port, and it was proposed to invite the officers to a ball
and other festivities. The exigencies of the naval service
have, of course, put an abrupt termination to these arrange-
ments. Probably 5,000 persons visited Yarmouth to-day
and yesterday, and the beachmen and steamers made a rich
harvest in conveying the more adventurous: strangers on
board and alongside the larger vessels of the fleet. The sea
was rather rough, and Father Neptune exacted his dues
with somewhat unpleasant rigour.
THE LATE LOSS OF LIFE ON THE EAST COAST.—
The subscription commenced in Yarmouth and Lowestoft
in aid of the widows and orphans of the 200 poor fishermen
connected with those ports whose lives were sacrificed in
the late dreadful gale now exceeds £3,000, and is expected
to reach a total of at last £5,000. It will be seen from the
subjoined letter that her Majesty has not been backward in
expressing her sympathy with the movement :—" Bucking-
ham Palace, June 29, 1860.—Sir,—I have had the honour
to lay before her Majesty the Queen and the Frince Con-
sort your letter of the 25th inst., together with the satisfac-
tory report which accompanied it. I am commanded to
assure you of the deep sympathy of her Majesty and his
Royal Highness with the poor people at Yarmouth and in
the neighbourhood who have suffered from the dreadful
misfortune which occurred in May. I have been further
commanded to forward to you the enclosed check for £2OO
as a joint donation from the Queen and the Prince towards
the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans.—l have
the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, C.B.:PHIPPS.
—W. Worship, Esq., Mayor of Yarmouth."
BARBAROUS MURDER.—A shocking murder was
perpetrated at Road, a village about four miles from
Fiome, on Saturday morning last. Mr. S. S. Kent, a
gentleman holding a lucrative situation as inspector ?f
factories for the district, lives in a house standing in his
own grounds at Road. On Saturday morning, about seven
o'clock, it was found that one of his sons, a fine lad just
four years of age, was missing from his cot in the nurse's
room, in which he usually slept, and after an hour's search
his body was found stuffed down the seat of a privy on the
premises, the throat being cut so as to almost sever the
head from the body, and a large stab being apparent near
the heart, evidently inflicted after death, as no blood had
flowed from it. The body was wrapped in a blanket be-
longing to its bed, and he appears to have been killed while
still asleep. The perpetrator is as yet undiscovered, but of
course the most diligent inquiries are being made. It is
evident th Lt the guilty person must have been in the house
over night, for all the fastenings were exactly as they had
been left the previous night, when Mr. Kent himself saw
they were secure, except the drawing-room window which
opens on to the lawn ; this was a little way open and the
shutters unfastened, but no violence had been used either
there or at the drawing-room door. The wounds were appa-
rently inflicted with a large table knife, but no such weapon
nor any clothes stained with blood have as yet been found on
the premises. The knife it is supposed was wiped on a piece
of paper, which has been found. The family consisted of
Mr. and Mrs. Kent and seven children, three girls and one
boy being children by the first wife, and two little girls and
the deceased by the present Mrs. Kent. It is a singular
fact that nearly three years ago the two younger children of
Mr. Kent's first wife—Constance and William—considering
themselves to be ill-treated, started off, both dressed in male
attire, and were not found for two days. They have now
recently returned from school. It seems almost beyond
belief that the child could have been abducted. from the
nurse's room without her knowledge; nevertheless no sus-

picion attaches to her.
THE LICENSING SYSTEM OF SCOTLAND —The
Royal Commission of inquiry on this subject, which visited
and took evidence in different parts of Scotland, on the
working of the Forbes Mackenzie Act and prior statutes
regulating the sale and consumption of liquors in Scotland,
have published their report. Their testimony is favourable
to the existing system, as having been productive of bene-
ficial effects, and as being in accordance with the wishes of
the public generally. They, however, recommend certain
changes, such as fixing a minimum rental for licensed
houses, according to the size and population of the towns
and districts; reconstituting the appeal courts, so as to
prevent those who bad refused a licence to an applicant
again voting in the appeal court ; that the certificates for
inn and hotelkeepers should be altered, so as to enable them
to sell in their licensed premises provisions to be sold for
consumption beyond the premises; that persons falsely re-
presenting themselves as travellers, so as to b duce hotel-
keepers to sell t.) them exciseable liquors on Sunday, shall
ba held guilty of an offence, and liable to fine; that magis-
trates or justices shall have a discretion in allowing hotels
or public-houses to be openea earlier than 3 a.m., and to allow
hotels or taverns of a certain class to keep open till 12 p.m.,
on paying one-half more duty, and also to extend the usual
hour on occasion of any public entertainment; that railway
refreshment-rooms may be kept open for passengers only at
all hours of day or night at which trains are passing or about
to p ss ; that persons taken into cu tody in a state of in-
toxic-dion for protection by the police may be fined in a
forasu noexceeding 55., in defauf paymet imprisoned
term not exceedingor 24 hourslt ;o that alln prosecutions
under the acts shall be conducted by the Procurator-F_isV
of the county or burgh, and that the provisions of the ho
act for the suppressioß of shebeens should be extendedtet
Scot'and. The commissioners add that they think the 11_. ex-
tensionan-
t. Scotland of a bib on th© principle of.th
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cellor of the Exchequer's bill to regulate the hcen i
‘refreshmeut-houses would be highly expedient.