The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-05 00:00:00

"A LAS CORTES.

" La rentincia de los derechos que tenia a la Corona de
Espana mi hermano Carlos Luis, consignada en an mani-
fiesto fecho en Tortosa a 23 de Abril de este ano, me obliga
a reclamar los derechos de mi familia y los que personal-
mente I engo al Trono de mis mayores.
" Desidido a sostenerlos, asi como el principio de legali-
dad en que descansan, no permitire que para obtener el
triumfo se apele a las armas, y corra una vez mas la noble
sangre de los Espanoles.
" Espero todo de la Divine Providencia, de la rectitud y
patriotismo de los Espanoles, y de la fuerza de las circum-
stancias.

" No quiero subir al trono encontrando cadaveres en las
gradas ; quiero ascenderlas apoyado por la conviction gene-
ral de que con la legalidad se e•tablece el or den y con el el
pais prosperara y marcharA de acuerdo con los progresos y
la ilustracion de siglo.
" Y hago esta manifestation a las Cartes para quo asi lo
engo entendido la nation.

"JUAN DE BORBON,
" Londres, 2 de Junio de 1860."

WASHINGTON FRIEND'S CANADIAN AND

AMERIC4IN ENTERTAINMENT.

An entertainment, not merely of an amusing but of an
instructive nature, was commenced at St. James's-hall last
evening, by Mr. Washington Friend, a gentleman who has
for some weeks past caused his advent to be very generally
known by a very extensive system of large posters and other
means of attracting attention. The entertainment is a corn •
bination of vocal music and descriptions of the principal
scenes and objects of interest in Canada and the United
States, illustrated by some very vigorously-painted dioramic
views. Starting from New York, the lecturer takes the
spectator by the Trenton Falls and city of Rochester to
Genessee, and thence to the constantly depicted, but never
thoroughly appreciated, Niagara falls. The views at this
point afford as good representations of this stupendous natural
fall as can be expected by the aid of the pencil, and it is no
discredit to the artist to say that they fail to convey an ade-
quate idea of the magnitude of the scenery. The Niagara
River, the lake scenery, and the principal towns of Canada
along the shores of the St. Lawrence, are next visited, and
many of the views, especially a camp meeting and a Cana-
dian farm, exhibit considerable power and ability on the
part of the artist. The Victoria Bridge at Montreal is very
cleverly illustrated, and the difficulty of presenting this ex-
traordinary structure in such a manner as to convey an idea
of its colossal proportions have been very successfully over-
come. Mr. Friend introduced several songs in his enter-
tainment, and accompanies himself upon a vat iety of instru-
ments. His volubility is amazing, and his descriptions are
like patter songs." He is lively in the extreme, and if
not always intelligible is at least amusing. The introduc-
tion of moving figures in the dioramic pictures, such as the
paddles of the steamers, the oars of the boats, &c., is a
novelty, and the wagging of the horses' tails in the farm-
yard has a very comical and laughable effect. An
.hour
may be very pleasantly and profitably spent at this enter-
tainment.

GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.

MR. AND MRS. GERMAN REED'S BENEFIT,

The great night of the season—the benefit of Mr. and
Mrs. German Reed—took place last evening, and, as is in-
variably the case, a most fashionable and brilliant audience
assembled on the occasion. In addition to the highly suc •
cessful entertainment of these popular artistes, there was
an extraordinary attraction, viz , the reappearance, after a
long absence, of the prince of buffo singers, the unsur-
passed and unapproachable John Parry.
The entertainment given consisted of the popular " Home
Circuit and Sea-side Studies," with such alterations as
were necessary to allow of Mr. Parry's taking a share in
the perform nce. Of Mr. and Mrs. Reed's impersonations
it is unnecessary to speak, as all their delineations are well
known to pleisure seekers, and it may simply be said that
they never sustained them with more spirit, nor proluced
a greater impression upon the audience. After the
regular scenes of this entertainment had gone on, Mr.
and Mrs. German Reed meet with an old friend, Mr.
John Parry, who being duly recognised and introduced
to the audience, was received with the heartiest acelatna
tions. After a scene which nicely touches on his popularity
and position; he is induced to sing one of his old popular
songs, and consequently he sits down to the piano, and gave
with all his old well-known powers of expression his cele-
brated ballad, " Fayre Rosamond," which elicited the most
enthusiastic applause. The first part of the entertainment
concluded with a capital buffo trio, adapted from the
Huguenots, by Mr. Parry and Mr. and Mrs. Reed, which,
it is needless to say, produced the greatest laughter
and applause. In the second part Mr.' Parry also took
a share. It consisted of selections from "I 1 Barbiere,"
and presented him with a fine opportunity of distinguishing
himself as Figaro, and certaitly he went through the music
with such spirit and humour as clearly proved that Time
had not impaired his vocal powers. As to his instrumental
accompaniments they were extraordinary. His style of
playing was more delicate and expressive than ever, as
he made the keys of the pianoforte again yield that
humorous and perfect dramatic expression for which he
became so justly celebra' ed. At the termination of the en-
tertainment all parties were called for, and were received
with the most rapturous applause.
We believe Mr. Parry has consented to remain for a
short time before the public with Mr. and Mrs. Reed. If
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such really be the case, the Gallery of Illustration will be-
come the most, as it long has been one of the most,
fashionable and attractive entertainments in the metropolis

The Earl and Countess of Leicester and the
Ladies Coke have arrived at tho London Hotel, Albemarle-
street, from Holkham Hall.
Lord and Lady Rudd() have left England on a
foreign tour.

Lord and Lady Proby have left town on a visit
t) Lord and Lady Worsley, at Farming Lodge, near
Windsor, for the Ascot week.

Sir James and Lady Anne Mackenzie have ar•
rived at Claridge's Hotel from Sherborne Lodge, near.4l
dershot. .

JUNE 5, 1860.

LATEST

N E W S.

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

PARIS, JUNE 4.
A rumour is current here that the bombardment
of Palermo recommenced yesterday.
Letters state that the first bombardment caused
enormous damage to the town.

GENOA, JUNE 4.

According to advices received here from Naples
to the 3d inst., the King is said to have refused the
conditions of the capitulation, and hostilities were
to recommence at noon yesterday.
The city of Palermo is barricaded, and part of
the royal troops are surrounded by the insurgents.
A Neapolitan general is said to have gone over
to the insurgents.

PARIS, JUNE 4.
The Gazette de France publishes the following
message, dated Naples, Sunday evening :
" 4,000 insurgents, having several pieces of can-
non, had attacked Catania on Friday. They were
bravely repulsed by General Clary, with the sth
Chasseurs, one regiment of Lancers, and some pieces
of artillery.
" After a combat of eight hours the insurgents
were dispersed, losing three cannon and two flags.
" The city has since been declared in a state of

siege.
" Marshal "Elan's column did not participate in
the action."

ROME, JUNE 2.

The Commendatore Martino, the Neapolitan
Minister at the Court of the Holy See, left yester-
day evening for Naples, having been summoned
hither by the King.
The ambassador, before taking his departure, had
a long conference with the Pope.
Rome is tranquil, but the inhabitants are agita-
ted by the grave news from Palermo. Strong
patrols traversed the town yesterday evening.
His Holiness is said to have expressed his opinion
that the Emperor Napoleon and the King of Sar-
dinia had resolved upon the execution of the pro-
gramme contained in the pamphlet " Le Pape et le
Congres."
Signor Castellain, the Roman patriot, has been
exiled. •

MARSEILLES, JUNE 4.

Some commercial houses of Marseilles are said
to have received fresh news by a supplementary
mail from Hong Kong to the 25th April, according
to which it was rumoured that the ultimatum had
not been absolutely rejected, and that the Plenipo-
tentiaries had remitted a second ultimatum modi-
fied in its stipulations, to which they were going to
await the answer of the Chinese Court.

PARIS, JUNE 5.

The 3loniteur of to-day contains a bulletin stating
that the improvement in Prince Jerome's health is

improving.

MADRID, JUNE 4.

The treaty with Morocco has been published.
The first payment of the indemnity by Morocco
will be effected by the Ist July next. •

The following telegrams have also been received :
THE EXPEDITION OF GARIBALDI.
" TURIN, JUNE 3.
" The Movintento publishes two letters from
Garibaldi, one dated from Salemi, the other from
Calata Fimi.
" In these letters Garibaldi praises the zeal and
enthusiasm displayed by the Sicilian insurgents in
the fight at Calati Fimi.
" The General also renders just homage to the
valour of the Neapolitan troops, who were more
determined in their resistance than the Austrians
last year in Lombardy.
" Garibaldi asks for arms and ammunition.
"A despatch from Cagliari, dated the evening of
the 2d inst., announces the safe arrival at Marsala
of the steamer Utile with volunteers, arms, and
ammunition."

"MARSEILLES, EVENING, JUNE 3.

"The Levant steamer, which arrived here yester-
day from Genoa, has landed a number of strangers
who have fled from Messina. Whole families of
that city had gone on board the vessels in the
roads, which were converted into floating hotels.
On the 29th of May the streets were quite deserted,
" The Corriere Mercantile says that the defec-
tions in the Neapolitan army are not numerous,
but under the double attacks of Garibaldi and the
population they showed hesitation."

_tails of an incident already mentioned connected
with the struggle in Sicily :
"A serious and unexpected incident has just
arisen at Naples, in connection with affairs in
Sicily. M. Carafa assembled all the members of
the Diplomatic Body, and communicated to them
a note to the effect that the King of Naples, from
feelings of humanity,' called for the intervention
of the Powers who had any naval forces stationed
on the coast of Sicily, in order to pat an end to
the conflict between his Majesty and a part of his
subjects. The note laid it down as a condition
that the territory of Sicily should be guaranteed
to the King, who, on his part, engaged to grant
the most extensive reforms. You may imagine
the astonishment produced on the Diplomatic
Body by this communication ; it found them quite
unprepared, and they were obliged to refer the
matter to their respective Governments. It is
doubtless that circumstance which led to the armis-
tice bet ween the royal troops and those of Garibaldi.
The Marquis de Villamarina has received instruc-
tions from Count Cavour- not to adhere to the re-
quest of the Neaitlitan Government, as Piedmont
wishes to remain faithful to the principle of non-
intervention. The Cabinet of the Tuileries has
not yet made known its reply, but there is no doubt
that France will also maintain the same principle.
The announcement of this proceeding on the part
of the King of Naples has produced a great im-
pression in the official world, in Paris, and among
diplomatists generally, and has been interpreted as
an evident sign of the weakness of the Neapolitan
Government, which, with an army of 150,000 men,
cannot defend itself against what has been described
as a handful of Italian patriots and Sicilian insur-
gents." _ _ _

A Paris letter in the Independance says :
" The fact of a capitulation between the repre-
sentative of the Neapolitan Government, and the
man who was only recently called a ' filibuster' by
the official journals of Naples, is an extremely sig-
nificant fact. It is considered certain that the Eng-
lish and French Governments intervened, on the
one hand, to stop the resistance of the Neapolitan
army, which might, in the fortified positions it occu-
pied, have long continued to fill the town with
ruins and bloodshed, without advantage to its cause ;
and, on the other, to assure to the army of General
Lanza acceptable conditions; Garibaldi having
been at first, I am assured, disposed not to let
General Lanza and his army withdraw until after
having laid down their arms, and even, it is said,
restored 5,000,000 f. The French and British Go-
vernments cannot be too highly praised, if it be
true, that they stopped a barbarous and unneces-
sary effusion of blood."
A letter from Naples of the 28th ult., in the
Siecle, adds some details to those already known
relative to the attack on Palermo :

" The statements made here respecting what oc-
curred yesterday at Palermo are very confused, but
in substance they are to this effect :—The insur-
gents advanced very rapidly in two columns,
Garibaldi, sword in hand, at their head. Colonel
Orsini, of the Artillery, succeeded in dismounting
several of the guns of the royalists. The royal artil-
lerymen, after a while, became demoralised, and
ceased to serve their guns, so that the officers them-
selves had to work them. The company of Airoli

(so the name is given) of the insurgents took some
of the guns and killed the officers. Garibaldi and
his 15,000 men then rushed on the royal troops in
their entrenchments, and drove them back in disorder;
on which 8 vessels of war and the forts commenced a
bombardment. The consuls, and the commanders of
the foreign vessels in the roadstead, made protests
against that act ; and this led to communications
between Admiral Solazar and the Consuls, who
were collected on board the English vessel Hanni-
bal, bearing the flag of Admiral Mundy. The re-
sult of these communications was that at five o'clock
the Neapolitan fire ceased, and the Italian flag was
hoisted on the plateau called the Favorite, which
commands part of Palermo and a great portion of
the roadstead."

The following details respecting Messina may
prove of interest at the present moment :

" Messina, at once a mercantile port and a

fortress, was formerly called Zanele, from the
shape of its port, which then presented a curve
resembling that of a scythe. It was taken by the
Messenians under the conduct of Anaxilas, and
from them received its present name. Opposite
Messina stands Reggio, the last town in Calabria,
and so near that the two coasts appear to have
been separated by some grand convulsion of
nature which opened a passage for the Tyrrhenian
Sea to mix its waters with the lonian. At Mes-
sina and Reggio, in summer, when the sun rises
or sets in cloudless splendour, the singular pheno-
menon called the Fatu Morgana is sometimes seen,
which consists in a wonderfully perfect reflection
of each of those towns in the sky over the opposite
coast. The citadel of Messina stands on a curved
promontory, and offers great advantages in a
military point of view. In 1848 it proved more
powerful than the whole island beside, and,
as has been already stated, was the means of re-
storing Sicily to the Neapolitan Government. The
fortifications are very extensive, and the batteries
are almost on a level with the'water. Having the
command of the sea, the citadel can always re-
ceive reinforcements and provisions. Indeed for
its strength and commanding position, it has been
styled the Tyrrhenian Gibraltar. Messina is well
built, and the streets paved with flags of lava.
Many of its squares and public places are orna-
mented with fountains and statues, the more re-
markable of which are the Neptune on the Marina
and the fountain of the Piazza del Duomo, both by
the sculptor Montorsoli. The fine Palazzo Sena-
torio, the cathedral, built by Count Roger, and de-
corated with 26 columns of Egyptian granite, and
the Storpi Hospital, are not the only remarkable
edifices in Messina. If Palermo has the fete of St.
Rosalie, Messina, its rival, has the Centenaria,
which is kept only once in a century; but thousands
of persons flock to Messina to witness the yearly
ceremony of the Madonna of the Letter, so called
from a letter attributed to the Holy Virgin. The
free port of Messina contains a population which is
a singular mixture of all nations. Before the great
earthquake of 1783, it had aboveloo,ooo inhabitants,
but so many people were then driven away that it
has never attained that number since."