The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-26 00:00:00

fliE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1860

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emotions of wonder and indignation.

True—as the inimitable satirist has sung in
words of flippant irony (Don Juan, eanto ix.,

The following telegrams have been received at

stanza 8) :
" Great men have always scorned great recompenses:
EPAMINONDES saved his Thebes and died,
Not leaving even his funeral expenses ;
GEORGE WASRINGTON had thanks and nought beside
Except the all-cloudless glory (which few men's is)
To free his country."
But—that country which he had freed, that grate-
ful nation had, after the:death of its first Liberator,
ostentatiously purchased Mount Vernon, the
home and tomb of WASHINGTON, with the
avowed purpose of rescuing both from destruc-
tion. And now the Home is in ruins and utter
desolution. The very trees around it are " mil-
dewed over with a sickly mass"—the smooth-
shaven lawn of yore has grown into a rough
meadow—the trite shrubberies are wild and

Mr. Reuters's office :

PARIS, OCT. 25.

The Opinion Nationale says :
" It is asserted that the Russian Charge d'Affaires
at Paris yesterday received the following de-

spatch :--
"' At Warsaw everything goes well. The prin-
ciple of a European Congress has been adopted.
" ' Communicate this in the proper quarters."
3.20 P.M.
The Bourse has been very dull. Rentes closed at
68f. 85c., ar the same as yesterday.

WARSAW, OCT. 25.

At 9.30 -a.m. to-day the Emperor of Austria paid
a visit to the Emperor of Russia at the Belvedere.
The three Princes and their Ministers afterwards
held a conference of one hour's duration.

tangled thickets of rank and neglected vegetation
As to the picturesque house itself the " wooden
lattice balustrade is ruined and broken like
torn lace"—the panels of the doors are shrunk
and cracked—the weather-cock upon the roof has
rusted into a grim fixture—the very roof itself,
green tiled and desolate, "droops in slow bends,"
is sunk, is sinking lower gradually in perilous un-
dulations. The description, altogether, reads more
like a prose version of the " Haunted House" of
HOOD, or an exaggeration of EDGAR POE'S ghostly
death tale of the " House of Usher," than like a
matter-of-fact account of the actual condition of
the Home of WASHINGTON, as penned by a Times
Correspondent.
Meanwhile, a few miles from this dilapidated
home and grave, there ' stands in the central hall
between the two Houses of Assembly, at the Capi-
tol of the City of Washington, Mr. GREENOUGH'S
colossal statue of GEORGE WASHINGTON. It stands
there, that giant effigy of the American Liberator,
not far removed from another sculptured figure—
the figure of Justice ! It stands there, hard by that
Republican Assembly, in which one of the national
representatives, not so very long since, rose and
cried aloud in scorn to his brother freemen,—" A
gang of male and female slaves for sale, warranted
to breed like cattle, linked to each other by iron
fetters, are passing now along the open street be-
neath the windows of your Temple of Equality !"
Remembering which, it is by no means startling to
read—what is only in strict keeping with those
most lamentable incongruities—that to this day
the Home of WASHINGTON is shown to
the visitor by a slave ! " A slave herself,"
writes the wondering correspondent, " though the
only cicerone to the deserted mansion of the man
who gave freedom and independence to this conti-
nent. This woman," adds the writer, " has the
key of the house, and, passing sulkily under the
arcade, points out with a monotonous drawl of habit
the old arm chair in which WASHINGTON used to
sit near the door, with its little desk fastened to one
side on which he wrote and answered the despatches
placed in a drawer 'beneath. The Prince was
honoured by having the chair brought out for him to
sit in—a chair which future ages will regard with
as much veneration as the thrones of state on which
the whole dynasties were crowned. But the slave is
tired of pointing it out, and hurries on to the door,
fumbling in her pocket for the key, while she apolo-
gises in shambling terms for the ruinous decay to
which the house is falling. Oh, vanitas vanitatum !
a dirty negress shows the home of WASHINGTON for
cents, and drops her maudlin pity on its sad forlorn
neglect." In the name of decency let us hope that
whichever of the " great men," now:candidates for
WASHINGTON'S chair of the Presidency—whether
it be DOUGLAS, or BELL, or LINCOLN, or BRECKEN-
RIDGE who shall be the nineteenth choice of the
Republic for President—let us hope that Mr.
BUCHANAN'S successor, whoever he may be, will
deem it to be among his most solemn duties, im-
mediately after his installation in the White
House, to alter the state of things now visible at
Mount Vernon, in Virginia. To Mr. BUCHANAN
himself it probably appears only quite right and
reasonable that the walls around the grave there
should remain " debased with the offensive scrawls
of travellers, not ashamed to leave these records of
their vulgar infamy behind"—that the neighbour-
ing house should be one melancholy spectacle of
decay and demolition—that A Slave should be the
guardian of the Home and Tomb of WASHINGTON !

The Emperor of Austria will leave to-morrow,
with the Emperor of Russia and the Prince Regent,
for Skcerneewicz, on a hunting excursion, and is
expected to arrive in Vienna on Sunday next.
The shooting-match which was to have taken
place in the camp to-day has been countermanded.

VIENNA, OCT. 25.

Preparations are being made by the authorities
at Vienna for a solemn reception of the Emperor on
his return from Warsaw on Sunday next.
_

The Cardinal Primate of Hungary has been
ordered to commence preparations for the corona-
tion of his Majesty as King of Hungary, which is
to take place at Presburg next spring.

CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 20.

Prince Couza left Constantinople on the 17th
inst. Nothing important was done during his

The Grand Vizier is said to be favourable to a

forced loan.
Aali Pasha has been named Minister for Foreign
Affairs.

The withdrawal of Riza Pasha from the Ministry

is expected.
A great fight took place at the election of the
Greek Patriarch.
The British Government has proposed to the
Porte an amendment of the Commercial Treaty of
1838.
Exchange is rising.

"LOTS ONB ANOT11102."

We dream of music heard in heaven,
Of Hallelujahs, loud and long;
Of golden lyres and seraph choirs,
And all the bliss of angel-song.
But the rich strain and raptured flow
That pour around the Mighty Throne;
Spring from the keynote touch'd below,
When JESUS said, in gentle tone, .
" Love one another,"

We fondly picture future homes
Where there shall never more be night;
With crystal walls and azure domes
Bathed in the flood of Glory's light.
We hope to walk the star-pav'd ground
And claim " a mansion," high and pure;
But this plain Corner-stone is found •
Fii'd here to make that mansion sure,
"Love one another."
Short Creed l—but taught by God's own Son ;
The Type of Truth and Human Good :
The Holy, Wise, Child-hearted One;
Who sealed his Mission with his Blood.
When sooffers led Him forth to die,
No hate, no vengeance fill'd his breath ;
"Father, forgive them," was His cry,
Still teaching in his hour of death
"Love one another."
Cooi,

ST. JAMES'S HALL.—The Buckley Serenaders'
entertainment seems to increase nightly in attraction. Last
evening they were honoured with one of the most crowded
audiences that has yet assembled, and the whole of the
songs and burlesque acting of the troupe were applauded
to the echo. Miss Julia Gould, prima donna, is an artiste
of the highest order.

DEATH OF LADY SOUTHAMPTON.—We regret to
announce tho demise, after a lingering illneps, of Lady
Southampton, who expired at Whittlebury-lodge, North-
amptonshire, on Tuesday night. Harriet Lady Southamp-
ton was the only daughter of the Hon. Henry Fitzroy
Stanhope, second son of the second Earl of Harrington, and
was cousin of the present earl. The deceased lady was mar-
ried, onlthe 23d of February, 1826, to Lord Southampton,
and leaves no issue.

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liMt up
on remand before the mayor and boroughmagistrates
WiTlliiiaEm
charged with uttering a forged bill for L16912s Mr.
Hunt appeared for the prosecution and Mr. I • *
ion ;
rister, and Mr. Maples for the prisoner. After '• a varlet
of evidence had been offered, the magistrates* retired y
to
consult. Upon their reappearance the mayor said that the
prisoner would stand committed to take his trial at the next
assizes.
At the Birkenhead police court,
on Wednesday,
Mr. Evan Thomas, the bone setter, was brought
_ up on re-
mand, charged with the manslaughter of Francis Timlin, a
boy eight years of age, whose death, it was alleged, was
caused by the unskilful treatment of the prisoner. In con-
sequence of the conflicting nature of the medical evidence,
the magistrates determined upon sending the case for trial.
Mr. Thomas was accordingly committed to the next Ches-
ter assizes, but was admitted to bail.
TAKING DOWN A LAWYER.—A story is told of a
very eminent lawyer in New York receiving a severe repri-
mand from a witness on the stand whom h was trying to
browbeat. It was an important ies&e, and in order to save
his cause from defeat it was necessary that Mr. A— should
impeach the witness. He endeavoured to do it on the
ground of age. The following dialogue ensued :—Lawyer
—How old are you ? Witness—Seventy-two 'ears. Law-
yer—Your memory, of course, is not so brilliant and vivid as
it was twenty years ago, is it ? Witness—l do not know
but it is. Lawyer—State some circumstance which oc-
curred, say twelve years ago, and we shall be able to see
how well you can remember. Witness—I appeal to your
honour if I am to be interrogated in this manner • it is
insolent I Judge—Yes, sir ; state it I Witness—Well,
sir, if you compel me to do it, I will. About twelve years
ago you studied in Judge B—'s office, did you not ? Law-
yer—Yes. Witness--Well, eir, I remember your father
coming into my office and saying to me, " Mr. D., my son
is to be examined to-morrow, and I wish you would lend
me fifteen dollars to buy him a suit of clothes." I remem-
ber also, sir, that from that day to this he has never paid
me that sum. That, sir, I remember as though it had been
but yesterday. Lawyer (cousiderably abashed)—That will
do • , sir. Witness—l presume it will.

NAPLES.
A letter from Sant' Angelo (the advanced post of
Garibaldi's army), of the 18th, says :
" I left this morning from Naples to proceed to
Caserta, and thence to the advanced posts. On
arriving at the railway station at Naples, surprise
is felt at the extraordinary movement which pre-
vails ; soldiers, officers, contractors for the army,
peasants, all are mixed up together pell-mell. When
I arrived here I joined Garibaldi, and we set out to
ascend to the high ground; on reaching it, we
alighted from our homes and set out on foot, Gari-
baldi walking first at a rapid rate. On arriving at
the summit we distinctly saw a column of the enemy
proceeding in the direction of the Abruzzi. Gari-
baldi glanced round, and, after a short examination,
said, Nothing for to-day !' and returned to Caserta.
I, however, accompanied General Cosenz to the
sentinels the most advanced. We saw near a
house almost in ruins, which was formerly occupied
by the parish priest, Major Zampieri, of the Artil-
lery, a Venetian, busily engaged in making a
plan of the environs of Capua. The Major pro-
posed to us to visit a battery which is being con-
structed to silence one of the enemy's on the
other side of the Volturno. We consented, and
saw the importance of the position of the battery.
The soldiers can only work at it at night, because
the Royalists, in the day time, keep up a furious
fire. 'As soon as they see a sword gleam,' said
Major Zampieri, they salute us with a general
discharge from all their guns !' No sooner had
he spoken than a report was heard, followed by
several others. At the first discharge my com-
panions and myself threw ourselves flat on our
faces, but the Major laughed aloud. We, however,
after a while went back to the battery, and reached
it in safety. In descending, we felt alarm lest the
Royalists should fire at us, and this disquietude was
natural, seeing that they have rifled cannon. Before
we had gone far we received a general discharge of
shells and grenades, and one of the former burst
near us ; we all, however, with the exception of
Zampieri, again threw ourselves on the ground.
We left him in the aforesaid ruined house which
has been twice set on fire with shells, but which he
continues to occupy with perfect stoicism. We had
not taken more than ten steps when we heard a
sharp fire of musketry at our right, and it turned
out to be an attack of advanced posts. The Pied-
montese artillerymen went to their guns ; two bat-
talions of the English regiment hastened up to dis-
lodge same hundreds of Royalists who were firing
from the midst of a quantity of brushwood. The
affair seemed likely to become serious, and we
hastened back to the house of the major at the risk
of being taken prisoners; however the engage-
ment only lasted a few minutes, the Royalists hav-
ing retired, not, however, without having caused a
loss to the English of a captain and six men, and of
several wounded. The latter were conveyed to
Caserta, and Garibaldi visited them immediately.
This affair was the " baptism of fire" of the Eng-
lish legion. As for our party, regretting our curio-
sity, we returnedin all haste to Caserta, and related
our misadventure to General Garibaldi. You
might,' said he, have been made prisoners, and
journalists are not so easily ransomed as people
imagine. Two days ago I had to give two Neapo-
litan colonels in exchange for the correspondent of
the Daily News, and one has not always two colonels
at hand!' As to Capua, it would have been taken
a month ago, if it had been bombarded for two
hours. But Garibaldi has a strange way of making
war, and his generals complain of it. This great
soldier is the most humane of men. A considerable
number of Royalists wounded encumber the hospi-
tals, and as they vehemently object to being sent
back to Capua, Garibaldi will not constrain them
to go. At Maddaloni about 3,000 prisoners were
made, and he set them at liberty. He is, to all
appearance, anxious to overcome the enemy by
generosity."
A letter from Naples of the 20th says :—" The
COMM/85161 which had gone to present an address
to Victor Emmanuel returned yesterday, quite de-
lighted with the frank, soldier4ike, and unostenta-
tious reception which they had met with from the
King. His Majesty was not surrounded by any
court, and came forward alone in the salon to
meet the deputation. He appeared to pay but
little attention to the three addresses which
were read by MM. Vacca, Ferrigni, and Bonghi,
and would have much preferred to talk freely
and familiarly on different subjects. The King
inquired whether Ferdinand 11. had really
treated the Neapolitans in the atrocious manner
attributed to him by the European press, and said
that the deceased monarch knew no other trade
than that of king, and that consequently ho should
have allowed his ministers to govern according to
the wishes of the country. ' The question at pre-
sent is not,' said his Majesty, ono of personal am-
bition, but of constituting Italy. 'To be king of
four or of twenty-four millions of men matters but
little to me, but it is important that people who
speak the same language and come from the same
race should have one country, and that it should be
an independent one. We are destined to be a great
people, if we are determined to be so. Austria in-
cessantly threatens me; not long since she for-
warded to me a note through the Emperor of the
French, full of angry expressions, but that affects
me but little. Austria has lost the propitious mo-
ment for attacking me ; she is preparing for next
spring but then? with the co-operation which you

FRANCE.

PARIS, OCT. 25.
BOURSE, Oct. 25.—The arrival of Consols with
a slight improvement has tended to maintain firm-
ness in this market, but without having the effect
of giving a stimulus to transactions, which con-
tinue very limited. Threes are now at 68f 873 c ;
Mobilier, 705 f; Orleans, 1,368 f 75c; Mediterranean,
917 f 50c; Northern, 972 f 50c; Austrian, 485 f; Lom-
bard, 482 f 50c. The following are the last quota-
tions :

----- -
ft, per per Cents ... 95 85 Credit Fonder -—
Do end month.... —; Belgian 4± —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 85; Roman
Bank Shares 2850 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 705 ' Spanish Threes 4B
Do. Account 703 751 Home Debt

will bring me, I shall have 400,000 men under Loudly cheered, the Emperor crossed the tempo- I
arms, and the Italians, thank God, know how to rary wooden bridge, accompanied by his son, the
fight. The Pope himself now writes to me with Hereditary Prince, and the Grand Duke of Saxe-'
tenderness. The European powers are not well Weimar.
satisfied, and they sulk, but none of them threaten " You see there are festivities enough, and in
except Austria. We act like people who are at appearance politics do not play a great part. It is
home and Europe will in the end admit the justice said, however, that, while awaiting the arrival of
and the right of our cause. lam well satisfied with the Emperor of Austria, the Prussian and Russian
Garibaldi ;he is rather capricious, but Italy does not diplomatists have made the most of their time.
possess a more noble son nor a more noble heart. I " The presence of the Emperor Francis Joseph
have several times offered him artillery, but he re- appears to be ill viewed by all parties. It is not,
fused it; he was lured by the hope of taking posses- however, thought that any demonstration of ill
sion of Capua at the point of the bayonet. Tell your feeling will be made.
fellow countrymen, gentlemen, that I shall never " The Emperor of Austria, his Ministers, and
cease to be for all what I have been for my little diplomatists are not expected here till 4 o'clock this
Piedmont. I will perform my duty as a King and afternoon.
as a soldier ; let us all do that, if Italians. Let us
bear in mind that we have not yet the key of our
house, but from to day we may say that Italy is
made. Let us hope and persevere.' His Majesty
remained in conversation with the commission for
more than an hour."
A letter from Turin of the 20th says :
" M. d'Azeglio, seriously afflicted with a com-
plaint in the throat, could not speak in the Senate
lately in the discussion on the Annexation Bill, but
he caused Count de Cambray-Digny to read a
speech which he had prepared. In it he expressed
his complete adhesion to the policy which the force
of things and the supreme interest of Italy impose
on Victor Emmanuel, and then went on to declare,
in the pfesence of Europe, that the recompense de-
creed by Bertani to the family of the assassin
Milano was disavowed with horror by the nation.
1%1. d'Azeglio expressed himself on this point with
the indignation of an honest man, and with the
noble susceptibility of the irreproachable patriot
who will not suffer the honour of his country to be
injured. He was applauded with an enthusiasm
which proved that his sentiments were those of the
Senate and of all Italy."
A communication from Messina, of the 20th, has
the following :
" We do not see that in any of the Northern
papers they have got hold of the true history of
our citadel, which is still held by the Neapolitan
troops. There have been several negotiations for
its being handed over to the Sicilans, but they
have failed from a variety of causes. The stock
of ammunition and provisions deposited there is
immense. Some will tell you that it is, or was, pro-
vision for five years. Under these circumstances,
the. Sum offered privately by the Sicilian Govern-
ment to the Commandant, though large in appear-
ance, was in reality not near what it ought to have
been in proportion to the value of the propertfto be
transferred, to say nothing of the advantageous po-
sition. This being the case, the officers found it
more prostable to hold it, and to declare their un-
shakeable fiJelity and loyalty to the Royal cause,
which declaration has called forth due encomiums
from Gaeta, extra pay, and so forth. All this time
the position of our defenceless town is not altogether
the most enviable. If any investigation concerning
an immense amount of peculation going on in the
citadel stores is ever made, apprehensions have beet(
expressed that it may be warded off by the explo-
sion (accidental, of course) of a powder magazine,
which would cover a multitude of sins, but do us
no good in the town. Then we have 3,000 to 4,000
men holding a position of enormous strength, and
in anything but a good state of discipline, who
could reduce the city to ashes at any time, and
whose proceedings in this respect we well know
would be at once endorsed by the Power in whose
name they profess to act. Within the last few days
we have been free from the occasional visitations of
I shell and firing on the outposts, which continually
took place a few weeks ago. The French ship of the
line Tage, has taken her station in the very centre
of our port, and while she remains here any wanton
display of spite will, no doubt, be put a stop to. It
is a subject of some regret that the British Govern-
ment are not equally well represented. There is
nothing like an actual display of force to prevent con-
tretemps of this sort, particularly as the garrison
are described as little better than an armed rabble,
who have not forgotten how they have been baulked
of the long-promised plunder of the town, with
which, it is said, they are still deluded, while their
officers are not likely to be held responsible for any
injury they may do the city."

AUSTRALIA.

The Red Jacket, from Australia, with 36,0000 z.
of gold, arrived off Queenstown at 4 p.m. ; landed
passengers, and proceeded to Liverpool.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.

The United States steamer Arago, Capt. Lines,
which left New York on the 13th inst., has arrived
off Cowes.

During the procession through New York, in I
honour of the Prince of Wales, a man stepped from
the crowd and aimed a heavy blow at his Royal
Highness, at the same time giving utterance to the
most opprobrious epithets. The Prince escaped
the blow directed against him. The ruffian, who
is said to be an insane Englishman, was imme-
diately arrested.
The Prince of Wales' visit had otherwise proved
a great success.

QUEENSTOWN, FRIDAY.

The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
Company's steamer
,Glasgow, Captain Thomson,
from New York, on the 13th inst., has arrived.
Exchange for the Glasgow and Arago, closed 1081
109. Freights were brisker.
MOBILE, OCT. 11.
Sales of cotton, to-day, amount to 3,000 bales on
the basis of 10-Ic. for middling.
She brings 16 passengers for Southampton and
120 for Havre, and 1,750 dols. in specie for France.
On the 24th instant she spoke the American
ship Anna Thompson, steering west.
NEW YORK, OCT. 12, EVENING.

Closing prices of Stecks.—Pacific Mail, 87 871;
New York Central, 891 H; Erie, 391 ; Panama,
124 125 ; Illinois Central, 84 ; Michigan Cen-
tral, 681 2 ; Chicago and Rock Island, 733;
Other commercial news has been anticipated.

TILTS DAY'S MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Our markets continue to be heavily supplied with al
kinds of meat. The trade generally is heavy at further do
pressed rates.

A very poor supply of home-grown wheat was on offer
here to-day, both as to, quantity and quality. Selected
samples were readily disposed of at quite Monday's cur-
rency, but the value of inferior kinds was next to nominal.
The imports of foreign wheat have exceeded 36,000 quar-
ters; nevertheless holders were firm, and a fair average
business was passing, both in red and white qualities, at
very full prices.
Floating cargoes of grain sold somewhat slowly, but at
extreme rates.
We have again to report a good consumptive inquiry for
barley, at full prices.
There was a fair but by no means active inquiry for
malt, at quite Monday's quotations.
Oats, the supply of which was moderate, were the turn
dearer, with a good consumptive demand.
Beans and peas were taken off freely, on former terms.
The demand for flour was somewhat restricted, never-
theless, prices were supported.
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
Eng1i5h........ 1,040 1,130 880 160 ; 1,170
Irish.. .. —so 770 Foreign.... f
.... 36,720 4,110 8,070 4,210 sacks
30,940 brls.

Per 81bs by the carcase.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
inferiorbeef .... 2 0 2 6 Middling mutton 3 6 3 10
Middling d 0.... 2 8 3 4 Prime do 4 0 4 2
Prime large do.. 3 6 3 8 Veal
Do. small d 0.... 310 4 0 Small pork .. 410 5 4
Large pork 3 10 4 6 Lamb.... ...... 9 0 0 0
Inferior mutton 3 3 3 4