The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1866.7,

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Was. BAT'rT.
In consequence of the continued success another MID-DAY
PERFORMANCE will, take place on Saturday next, July 21,
1860.—Commence at 2 o'clock.
Every evening the entertainments commencing with the
Spectacle of FAIR ROSAMOND, Or the AMAZON CRUSADERS,
with incomparable Scenes in the Cirque, and a laughable
Farce.
On MONDAY next, July 23, the popular Spectacle of
MAZEPPA will be produced.
Douro open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stare Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena--M. Felix Revolti.

CANTERBURY HALL
THIS EVENING.
C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA.
FAUST.
first Time in this Country.
Faust Mr. Henry Herbert.
Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard.
Siobel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite
Conductor Mr. Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other
Entertainments.
Balcony, is Hall, 6d.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall.
The ETIIIOPI ANS, consisting, of 17 performers (organised
expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of
Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with
Negro delineations, anecdotes, dm., in addition to the usual
entertainments.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

CONCERTS.-

THE WEATHER..—SuN OFFICE, JULY 15, MO.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
73—highest since noon yesterday.
60—lowest this morning and during the night.
69—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.91.
WlND—South-Westerly; light breeze, and fine.
JULY 16.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

72—highest since noon yesterday.
58 —lowest this morning and during the night.
63—this day at noon.

BAnomETER-29.98.
Wixn—North to North-Bast ; light breeze, with rainy
weather.
Fouit o'CLOCK.—Wind variable. Barometer falling.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1860.

Accounts of the Great Eastern's voyage continue
to arrive, and will be read with interest all of
them yet having very naturally noticed some inte-
resting circumstances to which others did not
advert. The one we publish to-day is not by any
means the least interesting we have had, though
we would disparage none. On a voyage of such
national importance as this unquestionably was,
we are thankful for all. We like, too, to see
different opinions regarding the same facts.
We have heard much of the foulness of the ship's
bottom and of its retarding effect, but it seems that,
after all, the rate of speed was sometimes such as to
show that the Great Eastern can make the most
rapid voyages ever yet known. Besides the state of
her bottom, two things protracted this voyage—one
inevitable under any circumstances, the fog, when
near America, and the intimations of the vicinity
of icebergs, rendering a detour to the south a
matter of simple prudence. But, besides the
weather, it now seems that the engineers—why, is
not known—had under-weighted the valves, so that
the power of steam which the boilers could easily
and properly have borne was never raised. In the
case of the paddle wheel engines this admitted
of rectification, and the improvement in speed was
manifest immediately. The valves of the screw
engine were, however, inside the boiler, and could
not therefore be got at without emptying it.
The screw, in consequence of this, never did its
duty throughout the whole voyage. The machinery
throughout worked most beautifully. The vessel
had not once t be stopped to perform the operation
of "keying up," as it is termed—that is, of read-
justing all the nuts and screws—though it is com-
mon to do this once at least on a voyage across the
Atlantic even in the best ships—those of the
Cunard line, for instance. Delays were also occa-
sioned by the badness of the trim of the vessel, and
by steering alternately due north and south to test
the compasses.

Respecting her qualities as a seagoing vessel for
passengers there is bat one opinion. In point of
comfort she will be unrivalled. She does indeed
roll, in the storm she did something which one
voyager terms pitching, while another, perhaps a
little more used to the sea, says that she never
" pitched" at all, and endeavours to find the rea-
sons for what he considered the fact. Between the
two, we who staid at home can have no doubt that
if " pitch" at sea we must, we had rather do so in
the Great Eastern than in any vessel we ever yet
heard of, NOAH'S Ark itself not excepted.
A bang voyage at sea is always said to be a dull
affair at best—but this must after all be speaking
comparatively; to some of the dwellers in London
streets, 7tho rarely leave their houses, the deck of
the Great Eastern on the Atlantic would be at least
a week's variety. Nor does it seem to be so dull a
place after all, except in weather which makes it
dull anywhere. For the first time, doubtless, in
the history of voyages, skittles were played on the
deck of a ship, and
races run: Other gymnastic
exercises with ropes, and so forth, might be practi-
cable in other ships. The long and steady deck of
the Great Eastern was doubtless the first on which
passengers or sailors ever thought of amusing them-
sekes with races or skittles. The testimonial of
lie passengers is conclusive ;1St() the Grea.tEasteril '8
merits, on all the points.which landsmen think of
most anxiously. We commend it to the special
notice of all who may have occasion to feel a perso-
nal interest in her next voyage.
One thing is now at least settled for ever. The
immense vessel, once at sea, is the finest specimen
yot produced of what a ship can be and can do.
eho caa breast any storm and be perfectly manage-

able, with the least conceivable discomfort to that
daily-increasing and most profitable of all cargoes

—passengers. She will, we yet believe, prove also
the cheapest conveyance for goods worth a speedy
voyage. She has inaugurated a new era in navi-
gation. Great Easterns will assuredly be multi-
plied; and, though it seems almost ludicrous now
to say so, we should not be surprised at
her being surpassed. She is a first attempt
in her way; and rarely is it the case that first at-
tempts, if successful, are not soon outdone by
imitators. Successors will be built, launched,
equipped, and sent on their first voyage at very
much less cost, and with a full complement of
passengers. The Great Eastern has shared
the fate of all pioneers, but most sin-
cerely do we hope that those who have
brought the undertaking to completion will reap
the reward deserved by themselves, and by the
original projectors and shareholders. May they
gain something more substantial than the honour
of showing us a new system of navigLion—of en-
abling us to dispense with M. LESSEP'S Suez canal
—to convey armies backward and forward to India,
without asking the leave of any power on earth—
and, to regard Australia as no longer a distant
colony.

Elsewhere will be found a most graphic descrip-
tion of the late important debate in the House of
Commons upon the vital question of its privileges,
listened to and described by—a Frenchman. It is
the London Correspondent of the Ami de la Reli-
gion who has penned this eloquent tribute to the
perfect freedom of speech secured to England
through her Parliamentary institutions. To our
neighbours across the Channel especially we would
earnestly commend the thrilling and impressive
apostrophe at its close. It is curious that almost
simultaneously with this generous recognition of
the pride and glory of our British Legislature, the
uncontrolled oratorical liberty vouchsafed to our
representatives in the legislature without any pos-
sible derogation thereby from, but, rather, it should
be said, the noblest enhancement of its dignity—
there should be audible from the French tribune,
even under the present despotic regime, one of those
fitful and momentary ebullitions of oratorical free-
dom and elocutionary daring which serve to
demonstrate all the more vividly by the force of
mere contrast the rigour of that iron rule which
has striven now for eight years past, and is still
striving, to screw down the safety-valve of repre-
sentation ! The recent speech of M. JULES FAVRE
in the French Chamber, a bold and resolute
harangue, that M. DE MORNY in vain attempted
to abbreviate and weaken by constant interrup-
tions as President—comes as a fitting pendant
to this impassioned tribute to the living Parlia-
mentary orators of England transmitted to the
Arni de la Religion by its London Correspondent.
Look, if but for an instant, "on this Victure—
and on this !" How wide the difference ! Yonder
in the French capital—it is a single representa-
tive who, upon one most exceptional occasion,
breaks through the monotonous dullness of the
routine of a sort of mock parliament—to revive,
painfully, by his seemingly audacious inde-
corum, the recollection of the past glories of the
French Legislature, the almost maddening remem-
brance of the days of constitutional Government,
when the Tribune would be occupied in succession
by orators like TIIIERS, like GUIzoT, like LAMAR-
TINE! Here it is but a more vivid reminder than
usual of the liberty of speech which is guaranteed
to Englishmen in perpetuity, by the fundamental
principle of their ancient and perennial Constitu-
tion. The contrast, we repeat, while it is one sug-
gestive to ourselves of blended emotions of grati-
tude and exultation, can, in truth, be hardly less
than maddening to every intelligent Frenchman.

There is now every prospect that the colony of
Victoria will advance rapidly in the development
of her vast resources. The Crown Lands Sales
Bill was read a third time in the Assembly on the
27th of last April, and the result of the division
for the third reading—viz., 55 to 11, there being
only twelve members absent—is a sure proof that
the new Parliament better represents the opinions
of the public than any of its predecessors have
hitherto done. In fact, until the recent election,
the majority of the so-called representatives were
nominees of the squatters. The tables are now,
however, turned, for although the Bill has yet to
pass the Upper House, oc Council, that body will
hardly have the temerity to throw it out after having
been carried almost unanimously by the Lower
House. We do not altogether approve of some of
its details, yet the passing of this Bill is a decided
victory for those of small capital and for the work-
ing classes. The public lands are to be thrown
operr, with certain restrictions. The Melbourne
Argus states that—" The pith of the Crown Lands
Sales Bill may be compressed into two short sen-
tences. Surveyed blocks shall be sold or leased by
lot to any applicants, at a fixed price. Crown
lands, until sold or leased, shall be converted into
commons at the pleasure of the Executive." Had
this measure been passed some years ago, Victoria
would now be in a different position, for, not-
withstanding the wealth of many of the inha-
bitants, the immense dividends of the various banks,
and the ease with which the colony, with a popula-
tion of little more than half a million, all told, raises a
revenue of :upwards of £3,500,000 ; there is
throughout the length and breadth of the land
great distress. The Australian colonies could sup-
port with ease a hundredfold more than their pre-
sent population were the Executive to study more
than they do the interests of the people at large,
and by so doing they would in the end benefit each
and every individual interest. But it is only lately
that the people have awakened to a sense of their
wrongs, and now that there is something like unity
of purpose amongst them we have no fear for the
result. Universal suffrage is appreciated by the
miners and other residents, who, taken as a body,
are far more intelligent than a like number of
men taken at random from all classes in. Eng-
land; the very feeling which prompted them to
forsake home, relations, and in many cases lucra-
tive employment, is a sure sign of minds and tem-
peraments which were not contented with the quiet
and monotonous drudgery of a life without the pro-
spect of an early independence. Such men think,
and in most cases will not be led without being
convinced. Victoria in times past has suffered
greatly from the difficulty that fortunate diggers
and other speculators have experienced in procu-
ing land whereon to settle, and the greater part of
them have returned to their native countries.
Thus the wealth which would have otherwise been
devoted to develop the resources of the country has
been driven from it by the suicidal policy that
the influence of the squatocrasy forced
upon the executive. The following query was put
by one of the Melbourne papers some time back :
" What is sludge ?" (the refuse from the puddling
machines after the gold is extracted is a great
nuisance flowing over the country,filling up streams
and smothering large tracts of land) ; " and then
replies, " The colony's share of the gold mines."
This, to a certain extent, has been but too true.
It is a false idea to imagine that the artisans and
labourers are well off is Australia because they re- ,

ceive high wages ; for unless they have constant
employment, no matter how high the wages may
be, the workman is no richer, for, as is too often
the case, he spends his earnings before he can ob-
tain other employment. The true state of the coun-
try is kept as much in the dark as possible, by those
whose interest it is to keep the labour market over-
stocked, so as to get men at their own price. When
the construction of the railways from Melbourne to
Ballarat and Sandhurst were commenced, great
hopes were entertained by the public that employ-
ment would be given to those out of work. Messrs.
CORNISH and BRUCE obtained the contract for the
Sandhurst line; they got their own price, and it
was a good one. Their first step was to reduce the
current wages of the labourer from Bs. and 10s. per
diem to 7s. and 7s. 6d. ; this gave great dissatisfac-
tion. The best workmen left; but the poorer, who
had some of them come long distances to seek em-
ployment, were obliged to take the price the con-
tractor chose to give; but even this mode of doing
business was too expensive for these worthy con-
tractors, and they gradually got rid of their day
men and let the work out by subcontract or piece
work. Amongst such an heterogeneous assem-
blage as that of the workmen—a great number of
whom were Irieh, who are notorious for undersel-
ling their neighbours, no unity of purpose existed,
and the piecework was let at prices which would
barely pay for the men's rations while at work.
At the present time contractors are advertising
that they can give employment to any number of
hands, but when the men arrive they are offered
piece-work at such ridiculously low prices that they
would rather loaf about the country than work for
no practical remuneration.

From the commencement of this ill-omened con-
tract, Messrs. CORNISH and BRUCE have been at
war with their employees and very often with the
Government, but lately something very like a
swindle has been detected. A Committee of In-
quiry was granted, on the motion of Mr. WOODS,
by the House of Assembly, to inquire into the
matter, of which Mr. WOODS was nominated chair-
man. The Argus informs us that " Some weeks
afterwards it transpired that an offer of a valuable
appointment in his service had been made by Mr.
BRUCE, the surviving partner, to Mr. WooDs, and
on the fact becoming known, Mr. WooDs made an
explanation in the House, but, on a friendly mo-
tion, he was released from further attendance upon
the committee."

With all these facts before us (and we could cite
hundreds more if it were necessary) we rejoice to find
that the dark hour is passing away. With a free
selection over 4,000,000 of acres, to be purchased
at the upset price of £1 per acre, and a power of
leasing with the right to purchase on the expiration
of the lease, and subject only to such restrictions
as shall disqualify all but bona fide purchasers,
those possessed of a small capital will quickly
invest. England will furnish a class of emigrants
more suited to the wants of Australia than the
Government Emigration Society at present send out
—men who will employ labour, not seek it. With
constant employment wages will come down, but the
labourer will grow richer—provisions will become
more plentiful, and therefore cheaper. Owing to
the vast extent of the Australian colonies, there is
a great variety of climate ; in fact, before long, our
South Pacific colonies will be able to furnish us
with those articles of commerce for which we are
now indebted to America and other countries.
However sluggish some of the Governments have
been, and that of New South Wales in particular,
the colonists have in many cases shown great enter-
prise. The alpaca was lately introduced into New
South Wales by private individuals, but the Go-
vernment refusing any assistance the flock was sold
by them to the Victorian Government, and it is
now thriving well. Some fine samples of cotton
have been produced at Port Curtis, near which
place a Sydney gentleman proposed to cultivate
the crop on a large scale, if the Government would
countenance the undertaking, but with the want of
energy which characterises all the proceedings of
the mother colony, it was refused. Victoria must
ultimately be in name, and sho now is practically,
the principal colony, and if she only advances on
the right road upon which she has now taken the
first grand step, e'er long Australia will vie with
America in population, commerce, and importance.

His Royal Highness the Prince Consort will
leave Osborne this morning for town, in order to attend
the meeting of the Statistical Congress, appointed to as-
semble this afternoon.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will
remain until the close of next week at Osborne on a visit to
her Majesty, and shortly afterwards repair to Lauriston
House, the Duke of Sutherland's seat, near Edinburgh, to
pass the autumn.

The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, with
their youthful family, left St. James's-square on Saturday,
for Blenheim Palace, near Woodstokc.

The Marquis and Marchioness ofExeter and Lady
Mary Cecil will leave Grosvenor-square to-day for Burgh-
ley House, near Stamford, in order to receive a large party
during the Stamford race meeting.
The Marquis and Marchioness Bandini have
arrived at Claridge's Hotel from St. Leonards-on-Sea.
The Marquis Viscomti has arrived at the Bruns-
wick hotel, Jermyn-street.

The Earl of Sefton has entertained a large party
at Croxteth Park, near Liverpool, during the past week fo
the races.

The Countess (Dowager) of Westmoreland and
Lady Rose Fano left town a few days since on a tour in
Germany.

The Countess of Dundonald, who had come to
England to attend Lord Dundonald in his dangerous ill-
ness, has now left London for Boulogne. Her ladyship
has lately suffered seriously in her own health.

It is understood that her Majesty will not
prorogue this session of Parliament in person, but that a
Commission will be issued for that purpose.—Court Journal.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—On Saturday even-
ing the above theatre .was reopened for an "after-season"
at reduced prices, when " La Figlia del Reggimento" was
performed, with the accomplished and charming Madame
Marie Cabel as the heroine. It must suffice for the present
to say that the admirable prima donna of the Opera Co mique
achieved a very great success, and was most efficiently sup-
ported by Signor Belart, as Tonio, and Signor Ciampi, as
Sulpizio. Madame Cabel was enthusiastically applauded
in all her efforts, especially for her astonishingly brilliant
vocalisation in the " lesson scene," and was unanimously
called for at the termination of each act.

OFFICIAL INSPECTION OF LANCASHIRE VOLUN-
TRERs--The greatest volunteer demonstration yet witnessed
in Lancashire took place on Saturday last at the Aintree
racecourse, near Liverpool, when Col. M`Murdo held an
official inspection of the various volunteer carps of Liver-
pool and the adjacent towns and districts. Altogether
there were assembled on the ground 4,700 volunteers, of
whom 1,730 belonged to the artillery. A detachment of
the various artillery corps maneouvred and fired salutes from
six 9-pounder field pieces, both before and at the termination
of the proceedings. The attendance of the spectators was
the most numerous ever witnessed on the racecourse, and
the grand and adjacent stands were crowded by the elite of
Liverpool and the neighbourhood; and to clown the pro-
ceedings the weather was most propitious. The inspection
lasted about two hours, the volunteers marching in columns,
quick and double quick. Col. M.'Murdo was attended by the
Earl of Sefton, the Hon. C. Molyneux, Col. Marriett,
Majors Harman and Archdale, &c. Col. M‘Murdo ex-
pressed his entire satisfaction at the display he had wit-
Dosed, and said he should report his satisfaction to the
dineoe the decease n
representation
the late Sir
Secretary for War, and he would also take care that the
Queen should hear of it. In the course of the afternoon a
silver bugle was presented to the Ist company of the Ist
brigade of the Lancashire Artillery Volunteers by Miss
nomination o,f eano-
f
Louisa Brown.
11,:CyT IoNb.y occasioned T
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thed Ba
t borough rGfo oluri gTthi°leNo f Brighton, v aELECTION.—The
vacancy
George Pechell, took place on Saturday, on the hustings
erected in front of the Town-hall. The crowd of lookers-on
was numerous, but throughout the proceedings they be-
haved themselves in a most orderly manner, each party of
course exhibiting its enthusiasm on behalf of its favourite
candidate, but in the spirit of the strictest fair play, afford-
ing a patient hearing to each speaker indifferently. The
first of the competitors for the vacant seat to make his
appearance was Mr. Goldsmid, who was very favourably
received. He was quickly followed by Mr. Moore, his Con-
servative rival, but whose presence on the platform was
unnoticed by the assembly. Not so, however, the advent
of Mr. White, the second liberal candidate, formerly mem
ber for Plymouth, who was attended by Mr. Catt, the
Brighton brewer, and a large body of friends. The respec-
tive candidates having been proposed and seconded, the
Mayor called for a show of hands, and declared the election
to have fallen upon Mr. White. A poll vies demanded on
lA* part of Mr. Goldsmid and Mr. Morey.

LATEST NEWS.

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

PALERMO, JULY 12.
The two vessels which have passed over to Gari-
baldi are mercantile steamers.

Laloggia, Laporta, and Orsini remain in the
Ministry.
The states of things in Sicily inspires confidence.

MARSEILLES, JULY 15.
Lagrecca, a Neapolitan Minister, has arrived
here and left for Paris.

The day before yesterday the kingdom of Naples
was tranquil.
It is said that a strong and compact Ministry
will be immediately formed, to tarry out to their
full extent the principles of constitutional govern-
ment, and to watch over the interests of the nation.

PALERMO, JULY 10.
The official journal publishes the following

note :

On Saturday, Signori La Farina, Griselli, and
Totti were removed from Palermo, by order of the
Dictator.

Griselli and Totti are Corsicans affiliated to the
police of the Continent. The three were expelled
for having conspired against order.
The Government which watches over public
tranquillity could not tolerate the presence of such
individuals.

Another note says:—
The National Society, whose resources have been
reduced since Garibaldi declined the presidency,
has been rather a hindrance than an assistance to
the Sicilian cause.

It is asserted that a Neapolitan war vessel came
on the day of the departure of the mail to surrender
itself to Garibaldi.

PALERMO, (via MARSEILLES), JULY 9.

Sanguinary combats have taken place near Mes-
sina between the Neapolitan Colonel Bosco and the
advanced guard of the Sicilian army.
General Cosenz has brought 1,000,000 lire and 57
cannon to Garibaldi.

Admiral Mundy has left for Naples.
There are scarcely any but Sardinian vessels in
the roads of Palermo.
Garibaldi has ordered the assassin of Colonel
Puglisi to be arrested.

ALEXANDRIA, JULY 6.
Letters from Syria to the 3d inst. state that the

massacres, burnings, and pillages still continue.

VIENNA, JULY 15.

The frigate Radetzky has been ordered to pro-
ceed to Syria in order to co-operate with the
vessels of the other Powers for the protection of
the Christians.

ing the time the session lasts an indemnity, which
shall not exceed 20 tari (7s. ld.) per day.
6. After the publication of these presents the
civic councils of all the communes will meet on the
Ist July and proceed
(a) To the creation of the:electoral councils; (b) to
the choice of a place for the sitting of ;the commit-
tees; (c) to the drawing up of the informations to
be announced by the public crier, and posted up in
the most frequented parts of the commune, for
making known to the people the operations in
detail.

7. The electoral committee in each commune
will consist of the president of the civil council,
who will preside over it ; of the chief municipal
magistrate, of the officer commanding the soldiers
of the 3d category, if such exists in the commune ;
of the archpriest or the cure who is the oldest,and
of the oldest notary in the commune. And if they
are prevented by old age, absence, illness, or any
other cause, they will be replaced by those who are
lawfully next to them in rank, or, if these latter
fails, by other persons chosen by the civic council.
This committee will be assisted by the secretary
of the civic council.
8. Should the commune be divided into several
parishes, besides the committee, composed as above
in the preceding article, secondary committees
equal in number to the parishes shall be formed ;
each of them will consist of three civic councillors,
the oldest of whom shall discharge the duties of
president, and the youngest those of secretary, of
the cure or archpriest or of such as are lawfully
their substitutes, and of the oldest notary.
9. The relations and connexions to the third de-
gree inclusively cannot simultaneously form part of
the committee. In this case, the youngest must
withdraw and his place filled up in the manner
above indicated.

10. As the place of sitting for the electoral corn.
mittees, the largest and most central churches wil
be chosen.

11. The electoral committees will meet on the
10th of June.

12. The first act of the committee will be to open
a register, in which will be inscribed every day
their operations and the resolutions adopted. The
decisions will be vested in the majority. Should
one or two of the members be absent,ltheir places
will be filled by those next in succession, and should
these also fail to attend, by a person chosen by the
civic council. In case of a tie in the voting, the
president will have a casting vote. The committees
will correspond with the civic councils respecting
everything that shall be necessary for the good or-
ganisation of the elections.

- 13. On the same day the committees will open
their book, called the register of the electors, which
will be portioned off in alphabetical orders. This
register will be open for at least six hours a day,
from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. During this time the com-
mittees will continue to sit.

14. Whenever an elector presents himself the
secretary of the committee will write in the regis-
ter, under the several heads, the Christian name,
the surname, the father's name, the age, profession,
and abode of the elector, together with the obser-
vations, should the committee consider any to be
necessary.
15. No one can be inscribed in more than one
parish, under pain of losing the right of suffrage.
An elector is likewise forbidden to have himself
inscribed in any other parish save that of the quar-
ter where he lives or has his settlement ; in the
contrary case, the electoral committee will strike
his name off the list and will send him back to the
parish where his home is.
16. The elector being admitted, and his name in-
scribed in the register, the committee will hand
a ticket, signed by at least three members, on which
ticket will be written his own name, his father's,
the address of his abode, and, should there be seve-
ral parishes, the name of the parish where he lives,
with his number on the list. This ticket will en-
able the elector to have his vote duly received for
scrutiny.
17. All the operations of registration will last
until the 16th:of July, 3 p.m., when the list will be
closed, and at the bottom of the said list there shall
be written an account stating the total number of
the electors and the collated accuracy between the
two registers. From that moment no person has
any longer the right of having his name inserted.
18. On the 18th of July the committee will cause
to be posted up on the door of the place of sitting
an alphabetically arranged list of the inscribed elec-
tors' names, extracted from the register, and every
one shall be permitted from the 18th to the end of
the 20th day of the month to make his objections
to the electors before the electoral committee, which
will decide forthwith. The objections may be made
in person or by writing. In either case a note shall
be taken down in the register, and the committee
will decide immediately after inspecting the docu-
ments or from the public notoriety of the facts.
19. For the individuals belonging to the several
corps of the army, wherever they may be, they will
be admitted to vote by a committee consisting of
the commandant of the corps, who will preside, and
of two of the highest officers next in rank to him-
self. Where there are several officers of this same
rank, age will confer priority. Thero will be,
moreover, a secretary, to be chosen by the com-
mandant.

The taking of the vote will be at the period in-
dicated by the preceding articles. The electoral
register will remain in the hands of the comman-
dant. Should there be any objections, they will
be immediately decided.
20. Another decree will make known the day
and manner of taking the vote.
21. The Secretary of State of the Interior is
charged with the execution of the present decree.
Palermo, June 23, 1860.
The Dictator, GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI.
The Secretary of State of the Interior,
F. Cnispi.

The Exchange and Bank of Palermo have re
opened since the 25th June.

FRENCH VIEW OF AN ENGLISH

DEBATE.

The And de la Religion, the recognised organ in
the newspaper press of the Liberal Catholic party
in France, contains an admirable letter from its
Landon correspondent, under date the 10th, giving
a graphic account of the debates in the Commons
on the Friday and Thursday previous. The writer
was evidently an eyewitness of what passed; he
seems to have entered into the scene with much
sympathy ; and he describes it with the spirit of
one who greatly admires English institutions. It
would go far to dispel many prejudices if certain
Paris contemporaries of the And de la .Religion, fol-
lowed its example. The letter, from which I give
a few short extracts, opens with the following
sketch :

" I believe that for the last 25 years there has
not been any debate in the Commons' House of
Parliament of such importance 'as that of Thursday
and Friday last, for the object attained and the
talent displayed were equally remarkable. Your
London correspondent in his letter of yesterday
explained to you the subject of the debate, of which
I will give you only the leading features. On
Thursday last, a few minutes after six o'clock,
Lord Palmerston rose full of mischief,' as they.
say here. He made a speech of which your corre-
spondent gives the true character in saying that it
equally supported black and white ;' but the speech
was like the very man himself, elegant, light, full of
life, not complicated with minute scruples, not em-
barrassed with the inconvenient apprehensions of
an over-sensitive conscience. It was a rope dance,
if you will, but most gracefully executed. And,
again, remark well, if you please, that in reality, the
Prime Minister had reason and the constitution on
his side and the whole nation with him. The three
resolutions were the least clear possible, but that is
precisely what they ought to be. They aimed at
an agreeable obscurity. Nevertheless, in the middle
of his speech a too evident argument of justice
tempted Lord Palmerston. He could not resist it,
and suddenly the astonished Radicals heard it as-
serted that the Lords in rejecting the Paper Duty
Repeal Bill had merely completed the work of the
House of Commons. A said he, 'which, after
having passed the second reading by a majority of
53 votes, and obtained but 9 on the third reading,
may be regarded as the object of decreasing enthu-
siasm.' At these words you should have seen the
face of the Chancellor of the Exchequer; leaning
back, as he always does, on the Treasury bench, his
pale and (now) thin features, his head resting on
the back of the seat, his eyes closed, his lips com-
pressed—he looked as if he had endured with re-
signation for an hour ordinary and extraordinary
torture, when this Parthian arrow of his able col-
league' pierced him to the heart. An indescribable
shade passed over his expressive features, an im-
perceptible shudder through his entire frame—one
of those wounds had assuredly been inflicted which
one revenges. He remained silent ; nobody stirred
on the Opposition benches. The Opposition was
elsewhere; it was holding its sitting in the midst
of the incredible adherents of the Ministry."
The writer has a high opinion of Mr. Whiteside
as an orator :

" Whiteside has never spoken better than he
did that night. He is the last who holds the tra-
ditions of the great Irish political character—the
Grattans, the Currans, the Sheridans, the Shiels;
so much so that when he ceased there remained
very little of that scaffolding raised by the Radicals ;
and the sarcasms of Disraeli, who, to Bay truth,
closed the debate (for the embarrassed explanations

of Lord John really went for nothing), had merely
a prostrate enemy to waste themselves on."

Of Mr. Horsman he says.—
" I cannot describe the effect produced by this
speech, which was in every respect a master-
piece. But, besides his irresistible eloquence, what
is especially to be remarked in Mr. Horsman is that
he restored the debate to its true ground, from
which in the excitement of the moment it had
strayed. With him public opinion is forced to
admit the true sense of these memorable debates,
and to estimate at its real value the victory which
has just been gained. But what really gained in
this last contest is the representative system itself.
If Englanft was governed merely by the pure Par-
liamentary system, Heaven only knows what would
become of the Peers in the hands of men like those
who follow Mr. Bright. But, to her honour and
to her happiness, England is governed by repre-
sentative institutions faithfully practised. There
is no power in the country that is not represented,
and any power that exceeds its limits at once feels
the presence of another power, which restrains it.
Now, the Commons were in that position, and
tended to excessive preponderance. This is what
Mr. Horsman had the courage to tell them, and I
doubt if the present generation has ever heard any-
thing more eloquent than the peroration of his
speech. Thanking the Upper House for its salu-
tary action, he said, The Lords have saved us, and
have arrested you (pointing his finger to Mr. Glad-
stone) in a course of desperate and unbridled folly.'
As for the indescribable applause which closed this
barangue, I estimate it at its proper value ; but
what should count for much is the profound feel-
ing every man has that he has received a solemn
lesson in the constitutional history of Great
Britain.

" The sitting closed on Friday at 3 in the morning.
Day was breaking when I left, and the horizon was
beginning to brighten. The only shadow was that
of the great Abbey, rich with the memories of many
Kings ; the only murmur was from the Thames,
pressed by the mighty wealth which floated on its
bosom. Believe me there is no grandeur, whether
of nature or of history, which can be compared to
the grandeur of the scene I had just witnessed.
No, there is nothing more grand than the spectacle
of a country passionately attached to its liberties
and its rights, animated by an unbounded political
ardour, living with the public life, and committing
its dignity to that noblest of all powers with which
God has endowed man—the tutelary power of human
thought expressed freely by the word of man ! "