The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-16 00:00:00

At one o'clock p.m. to. day, out of the total num-
ber of 7,000 voters, 5,000 had alredy registered
their votes. ?ho news ff.

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GENEVA, APRIL 15.

Yesterday evening (Saturday), a Genevan depu-
tation representing all parties presented Sir Robert
Peel with a testimonial, consisting of a cup and a
rifle. The most cordial expressions were ex-
changed. Sir Robert Peel promised the support of
England for the preservation of the independence
and neutrality of Switzerland. The deputation
expressed their thanks to the English Ministry and
Parliament.

GENEVA, APRIL 16.
In Switzerland the agitation upon the question of

Savoy is increasing.
On Saturday and Sunday evening numerous
meetings took place at Thun, Winterthur, and
other places. The most important were those held
at Olten and Lausanne.

An extraordinary envoy will be sent to Berlin.

MARSEILLES, APRIL 14.

According to letters received here, the insurrec-
tion at Messina broke out on Sunday evening last.
The popular movement commenced by shots being
fired in the Strada Ferdinanda ; pieces of furniture
were thrown from the windows upon the troops. An
agent of the Illessagerie Imperiale, and several
sailors, who had disembarked from the packet Me-
andre, were exposed to the fire of musketry, and
one of the sailors was wounded. The French consul
made representations to the Governor. The firing
of musketry and several cannon shots were heard
during the night. The Governor threatened to
bombard the city should resistance continue to be
offered. The principal inhabitants of the city then
interfered, and obtained that the police, the prin-
cipal cause of the popular irritation, should be re-
moved. The troops made themselves masters of
all the positions in the town, and part of the insur-
gents withdrew into the country.

On Monday evening the Meandre left Messina
with despatches from the French consul.

All is over. Further details will be shortly re•
ceived.

MARSEILLES, APRIL 14.

The packet from Naples brings an official report
affirming that tranquillity reigns at Palermo. This
report says nothing of -Messina. The next packet
will not reach Marseilles until Monday evening
next.

TURIN, APRIL 15.

The cession of Nice to France was an absolute
necessity for Piedmont, in order to obtain from
Napoleon 111. the guarantee of Lombardy and the
Duchy of Parma.
This guarantee appeared to be expressed in a
secret article of the treaty of the 24th March last,
relative to the cession of Savoy and Nice.
France has, however, refused to guarantee to
PiQdmont the other annexed provinces, viz., Tus-
cany and the Legations.

TURIN, APIL 14.

In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies,
Signor Ridjouse made an interpellation referring
to the late events in Sicily. Count Cavour, in his
reply, considered a discussion on the subject both
useless and dangerous ; he further stated that the
Neapolitan Government was occupied in the inte-
rior, and concluded by saying, " Our fellow-citi-
zens are continuing the struggle." -
OR the report of the committee in reference to a
petition from some inhabitants of the Northern
province of Savoy, requesting liberty and latitude
in voting upon the question of annexation, the
Chamber, by a large majority, passed to the order
of the day.

The Chamber was then prorogued until the is
of May.

The number of deputies who have inscribed their
names to accompany the King on his tour through
Central Italy has been increased by 110.

ROME, APRIL 14.

General Lamoriciere, in his quality of commander-
in-chief of the Papal troops, only relieves the Pope,
and not Cardinal Antonelli, of the presidency of the
War Department. The cardinal (having, however,
insisted on leaving the military administration, is
about to be replaced by a French general, a friend
of General Lamoriciere.

VIENNA, SUNDAY.

The assembling of a conference, as demanded by
Switzerland, for the settlement of the aff tirs of
Savoy is very doubtful, as, without France, Russia
and Austria decline to enter any conference ; Aus-
tria adding that if a congress takes place, its pro-
gramme must be determined beforehand.
The following are the ideas of Austria on that
head :

The fundamental intention of the Congress of
Vienna, in neutralising the districts of Chablais and
Faucigny, was to protect Switzerland and Sardinia
from the preponderance of France. The moment
the whole of Savoy is incorporated with the French
empire, there is no further reason for the neutra-
lisation of Chablais and Faucigny, and the guar-
anteed stipulation by the treaties of Vienna can no
longer be applied. .

The only real way by which the difficulties of
the question could be removed is by a direct under•
standing between France and Switzerland, for
which the other great Powers would offer their
good offices.

PARIS, SUNDAY,

The Moniteur of to-day publishes a decree reduc-
ing by one centimetre the minimum height required
for recruits.

A communique has been addressed to the Union
and to the "Gazette de Fiance, which recommends a
more respectful trer.tment of international ques-
tions, and states that " these journals, in desigmt-
ing the Count de. 7.lvlontemolin as Charles VI., thus
ignore the constitutional rights of the Queen of
Spain, which have been recognised by all Europe."

CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 14.

Religious dist. orbaxces broke out here on Easter
SunEay, and con firmed on the Greek. Good Friday,
when the Greek procession was insulted. Eggs
were thrown from.. the windows. A. catholic house.
which was suspected, has been destroyed. Further
disturbances are expected on, Sundit,y next, The

police have
affair has no

taken precautionary measures. The
political importance.

FRANCE.

It was mentioned a few days ago that the Em-
peror Napoleon bad approved the model of a gun-
boat constructed on a system to be propelled with-
out steam, and has ordered boats to be built on
this plan. The power which is intended to be sub-
stituted for steam is hot air. It will produce as
much rapidity and be far more economical than
steam. It is calculated that the yearly saving in
the cost of fuel for the French navy will be about
80,01)0,000.1.—iudeed, that the ecunbuzEble used for

a voyi.b

-le will

is hie to propel
,lid ')011c:1; Wit 6EI disileh6Elil with. The
experiments have succeeded so well that in addi•

tion to the gunboats now nearly completed a large
vessel, the Reine Hortense, will be fitted to receive

.he new machinery. The inventor of this power,
_ _

which may effect another revolution in navigation,
is a French engineer employed at Lyons. The
machinery, which has been made at Lyons, is soon
expected in Paris. Great results are anticipated
from the invention.

The Paris flour-market was heavy last week, and
sales difficult, in consequence of the large quantity
in store. Wheat, on the contrary, was firm, without
much variation in price.
The telegraph has given the prices at the provin-
cial corn-markets, held yesterday :—" Arras.—Thee
market was small, and wheat rose 50c. the hecto-
litre." " Chartres.—Market badly supplied ; both
wheat and oats have risen." " Dijon.—No varia-
tion in prices—wheat, 27f. the 100 kilogrammes ;
oats, 17f." " Metz-406 hectolitres of wheat sold
at 26f. 90c. the 100 kilogrammes." " Orleans.—
An ordinary market ; prices firm." There was not
much business transacted at the wine-market of
Bercy last week. The cold weather has had an in-
jurious effect on sales. Prices, nevertheless, are
firm. The lowest price for ordinary wino is from 40f.
to 42f. the hectolitre, to which an octroi duty of 19f.
65c. the hectolitre is to be added on its entrance into
Paris.

The Poissy cattle market was not well supplied
with beef on Thursday. There were 1,689 oxen
offered for sale, of which 1,539 were sold at
from lf. 10c. to if. 38c. the kilogramme ; 442
cows, of which 242 sold from 96c. to lf. 32c.;
11,878 sheep, of which 11,571 sold from lf.

48c. to if. 72c. ; 904 veal calves, of which
596 sold from If. 47c. to if. 87c. The qua-
lity of the oxen was not as good as usual, and
goo d beef was sought for at higher prices than
the preceding week. The cows likewise were very
inferior in quality. The sheep, of which many of
them were shorn, sold well.

The Moniteur publishes official returns showing
that the assessed taxes collected during the first
three months of the present year amount to
263,162,000 f., being an increase of 3,558,000 f. as
compared with the corresponding period of 1859,
and of 2,056,000 f, as compared with the correspond-
ng period of the year 1858.
A Marseilles letter gives the following informa-
" The recent attempt of Gen. Ortega has
given rise to an inquiry on the part of the authori-
ties here, which has clearly established that our
shipowners had no concern whatever in the expe-
dition, the responsibility for which at first appearefl
to fall partly on the persons who had hired out the
Huveaune steamer. This vessel had been chartered
for a month, at the price of 15,000 f. Coals to the
amcunt of 15,000 f. were to be purchased, and the
Fraissinet Company was to receive notice as to the
continued hiring of the ship a fortnight before the
expiry of the term assigned. Onerous as these terms
appear, they were immediately accepted by the
hirers, to the great surprise of the owners, who
were astonished to see them admitted with so little
hesitation. The money was paid down at once.
The supercargo of the vessel was sent to ask whe-
ther it would be possible to sail on any given day and
at any hour. He was informed that, as all the for-
malities had been duly attended to, the vessel might
go to sea at any hour of the day or night, provided
the captain was advised in time. On March 24 it
was asked whether the passengers could then be
taken, and an affirmative answer being given during
the night of the 25th the captain of the Huveaune
was directed to get up his steam. At five o'clock
in the morning the vessel left the port of Joliette
with five passengers, three of whom had French
Ipassports, and of the other two one had an English
one, and the ether a Parma one. These individuals,
who were evidently persons of high rank, had been
waited for at Marseilles by a person recently arrived
from Paris. There is reason to think that General
Elio, Cabrera's brother-in-law, and perhaps also the
Count of Montemolin, were two of these unknown
personages. On the 25th, the weather being
rough, the vessel was compelled to change her
course, and made for Cette, where the supercargo,
under the pretext of sea-sickness, transferred all
his powers to a Spanish refugee, named Cazanova.
The Huveaune then steered for the Balearic Isles,
instead of going direct to Africa to fetch oxen, as
had been pretended. At Majorca, the vessel was
placed at the disposal of General Ortega, who sent
it to San Carlos de la Rapita. It was expected
that the vessel would be seized, but it was not, as
the captain has addressed a telegraphic despatch to
his owners, stating that he was proceeding to Oran
after conveying troops from Tortosa to Valencia for
the Spanish Government. The captain most pro-
bably proved that he had acted with perfect good
faith, which would explain why it was thought
proper to make use of his ship at a critical mo-
ment."

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BOURSE, April 14.—The market has been heavy,
and prices looking down. Threes have been done
at 70f. 15c., and are now at 70f. ; Mobilier varied
from 792 f. 50c. to 785 f. ; Austrian, 528 f. 75c. to
525 f.; Lombard, 543 f. 75c. to 544 f. 25c. ; Orleans,
1355 f. to 1350 f. ; Geneva, 452 f. 50c. to 445 f. ; Lyons,
936 f. 25c. to 937 f. 50c. ; Northern, 965 f. to 960 f.
The following are the last quotations :
per Cents. .... 96 25 Credit Fonder 802 50
Do. end month .. 96 30 Belgian 41 —
3 per Cents 7O 3 I Piedmonteso (5) .. 82 50
Do. end month 7O 25 Roman —
Bank Shares. 2BOO Austrian
Credit Mabilier .. 790 Spanish Threes
Do. Account

S.AILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans .. 1355 .. 1357 50
Northern . 965 .. 968 75
New ditto B7O .. 875
Lyons and MQditerranean 942 50 .. 945
Geneva 442 50 .. 450
Southern
Western 575 .. 572 50
Eastern
Sardiniaa 412 50 .. 412 50
Austrian
Lombard ..
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 16c.; money,
251.15 c.; three months, paper, 24f. 85c. ; money, 24f 821 c.

NAPLES.
A private letter from Naples, dated the 6th inst.,
mentions as follows :

" I am not aware that the Pope's bull has done
much harm- hitherto except to those who launched
the thunderbolt ; it will probably recoil on them-
selves, and may be followed by a religious schism.
The clergy in Italy have advanced too far on the
popular side ; they cannot recede. As for the religi-
ous communities—the friars, blue, black, and gray,
are always, and ever have been, led along with the
crowd. In the army the bull will only hasten the
withdrawal of those officers who belong to the an-
nexed provinces. Of this disposition to retire there
is little doubt, and it may be questioned whether
Lamoriciere, with all his energy, will succeed in
checking the general tendency.
" Yesterday took place a most curious and inte-
resting procession. For the first time, I believe,
since 1818, the Court sallied forth in state to visit
the churches. The young Queen was in full dress,
with a large train of black velvet, and a dress co-
vered with black lace, and wearing on her head
the Spanish mantilla. She walked by the side of
his Majesty, preceded by the chief officers attached
to the Royal service, civilians and military, all in
full costume ; a large display of the body guard,
and uniforms of every fashion ; the gay pages in
their Spanish attire; and all the ladies of the Court
following, close in attendance, with their black
velvet trains, in honour of the day ; but with
coloured ril;ands or flowers in their hair in order
7.0 mark the absence of Court mourning. It really
was a gorgeous sight, The cortege issued from the

Palace on the square, followed by a certain num-
ber of old-fashioned sedan chairs, which were car-
ried along in reserve for the Queen and Princesses
in case of fatigue. The whole procession, describ-
ing a semicircular curve, moved along one *lc :If the
square up to the Church of San Ferdinano , where
the people subsequently had a sight of the uecora-
tion on the chief altar piece.- It was a transparent
painting, a copy of Raffael's magnificent transfigu-
ration, very well lighted up from behind, and pro-
ducing a fine effect.

" There was of course a large concourse of people
on the Place, but not half so many as one might
have expected on such an occasion. Not one cheer,

.:or ;ii!. 1 data as the
i,4,11 cortege p.,s,eci, vt,irli the exception of the
occupants of some of the balconies. The Royal
pair look sad enough; it might have been in honour
of the day, but the news from Sicily that morning
was surely of a nature sufficiently depressing.
" This morning has brought additional informa-
tion. There appears to be a general rising, and the
fighting has commenced in right earnest. Then,
again, the monks are supposed to go with the popu-
lar feeling. The rioters having made their way
into • a convent adjoining the town (Palermo),
they were followed by the military, who set
fire to the house, pillaged the church, and carried
away as prisoners a number of the friars. Some,
indeed, were killed, fighting, it is said. It is
stated that there was an understanding between
the townsmen and the country people. The town,
at any rate, is in a state of siege. The bakers
have stopped, or been compelled to stop bak-
ing ; all access to the town being denied, the
inhabitants were in fear of being left without
provisions. This morning three or four vessels carry-
ing troops and ammunition were despatched hence
at an early dawn. It is supposed that previous to
the firing certain incendiary proclamations were in
circulation, emanating from the usual quarter, and
setting forth the praises of the Subalpine demigod.
This, however, I gave as a rumour, for the truth of
which I do not vouch.

" Amid this stirring and ominous intelligence I
could not help being amused by the account of the
chivalrous enterprise of the Spanish pretender.
We all supposed he had made his peace some
months ago (it was Sebastian, the cousin of the
Count de Montemolin, who recognised Queen Isa-
bella, and tendered his allegiance to her Govern-
ment), and as you know was travelling on the
Continent. He was expected back, as his arrival
at Trieste was announced here during the winter.
What a time to select! Just when his Royal
cousin's popularity must be shining brilliantly
under the trophies of the Mauritanian campaign.
It was announced yesterday by a telegram received
at the Spanish Legation here, that this prodi-
gious blunder has really been committed. A traitor
was even found among the Generals who volun-
teered his services on the occasion. The soldiers
were, however, true to their colours, and as soon as
they understood what was plotting around them
they would have nothing to say to it; but I take
for granted you know all about the matter already.
" With regard to the Sicilian business some curi-

ous details are given. The rising was expected by
the police, who took advantage of the information,

and it is said commenced by firing at inoffensive
and peaceable residents, who were remaining
quietly at home. A female servant in the act of
shutting the windows, received a ball in the chest.
Foreigners and bankers have hastened away from
the scene of contention.
" Cardinal Antonelli is determined to make a
clearance for the French General. He is arresting
everybody. No able-bodied citizen feels secure."