The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EvEIVIING, JULY 23, 1860.

fine gentlemen who ate tired of disporting them-
selves in Rotten-row. " A place for everything,
and everything in its place," is a duplex aphorism
admitting advantageously of almost universal ap-
plication. Let us apply it for a moment to the
fashionable equestrians. These would clearly be
in their place in the vicinity of the stable-yard—in
the street—or upon the high-road ! They would be
as clearly out of place clattering up the staircase
of their houses—trampling over the stair carpet—
and showing their paces finally in the nursery,
supposing the nursery to be large enough for the
walk, trot, canter, gallop, or carocole. Yet this is
precisely the very privilege demanded for them
and now being enjoyed by them—in cutting up the
carpet of the green turf and threading their way
among the flower beds, and showing off their skill
and awkwardness in the nzanege in Kensington-
gardens—the Nursery of London !

From first to last Mr. COWPER'S conduct in this
matter of the horse-road is in perfect keeping.
Unasked—upon his own individual authority—
without, as the phrase is, or with your leave or by
your leave—this aristocratic Chief Commissioner
opens a horse-road through Kensington-gardens,
a horse-road distinctly dividing in twain Kensing-
ton-gardens, and rendering the hitherto unimpeded
passage to and fro of the nursery maids and children
in the highest degree dangerous. Nobody has
asked him to do this, remember ! Yet directly
objections are addressed to him for his so doing he
cannot reply to the objections with even the com-
monest civility. They are said by him to be in
quest of vestry popularity. Nay, as charac-
teristic of the whole proceeding, let the following
incident be particularly borne in recollection. Let
it be remembered that several gentlemen resident
on the north side of Kensington-gardens met on
Friday at one o'clock, at the Office of Parks, Pa-
laces, and Gardens, Whitehall-place, by appointment
of the Right Hon. W. COWPER, M.P., with Mr. F.
W. RUSSELL, M.P., for the purpose of expressing to
the First Commissioner their opinion, and that also
of many of their neighbours, in regard to the re-
cently opened ride for equestrians through Ken-
sington-gardens. And now note the sequel to their
attendance there upon Friday afternoon, according
to the Minister's own appointment :—"After having
waited for nearly an hour, and the hon. gentleman
not having arrived, nor any communication having
been received for his not keeping his appointment,
the gentlemen separated." The reporter adding
that " among those present were F. W. Russell,
Esq., M.P., H. Burslem, Esq., J. A. Nicholay, Esq.,
F. H. Haggard, Esq., T. Whitmore, Esq., R. Lam-
bert Jones, Esq., John Dillon, Esq,, A. Pigeon,
Esq., Dr. Thorne, J. S. Pearse, Esq., and Cohen,
Esq. " And further, that on Edwin James, Esq.,
ALP., having been informed of the intention of a
portion of his constituency to wait on Mr. COWPER
he also formed one of the number of those present.',
Arrogance of this kind on the part of the Chief
Commissioner is only in perfect keeping, as we have
intimated, with the arbitrary act of the Minister
against which the gentlemen above enumerated
were there to protest—the opening that Horse Road
through Kensington-garden, unasked and upon his
own individual responsibility.

LATE N E

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

NAPLES, JULY 21.
Melazzo has been attacked by Garibaldi.
To avoid a civil war the King has ordered the
whole of Sicily to be evacuated.

NAPLES, JULY 20.

News from Sicily states that Colonel Medici,
being pressed by the garrison of Melazzo, had
asked for reinforcements.

On the 18th inst. Garibaldi left Palermo on
board an English steamer to join him.
The total number of reinforcements despatched.
to Colonel Medici amounted to 8,000.

PALERMO, JULY 17 (via Marseilles.)

Garibaldi is still here; he has sent a reinforce-
ment of 2,000 men to Colonel Medici, who is en-
camped at Santa Lucia.

The City of Aberdeen has disembarked 1,200
volunteers. A war-tax of 2 per cent. has been
imposed on the property of the convents and the
clergy.

NAPLES, JULY 20.

A detachment of the Royal Guard having endea-
voured to force the National Guard to cry out
" Down with the Constitution!" the latter resisted
the attempt.

The King has, it is stated, promised that tho
Royal Guard shall be immediately dissolved.

GENOA, JULY 21.
A dvices received from Sicily state that Garibaldi
left Palermo on the 18th inst. with 5,000 men.
His destination was unknown.
It is reported that Garibaldi has disembarked on
the Neapolitan coast.
The King of Naples is said to have ordered the
complete evacuation of Sicily.

JULY 22.

It is stated that the Garibaldians had occupied

Melazzo.

PARIS, JULY 21.

A message from Toulon, dated the 21st of July,
announces that two more large war transport
steamers are being manned. Several are ready. A
telegraphic despatch in the Presse asserts that they
had already taken their departure.

JULY 22.

The 11Ioniteur of to-day says :
" The proposals made by France, with the object
of arresting the effusion of blood in Syria, and of
protecting the Christian inhabitants, have been
acknowledged by the Great Powers.

"England is ready to co-operate with ships,
and recognizes the expendiency of sending a corps
d'armee, of which France would furnish the whole
or the greater part.
"Austria and Russia have given the same opinion.
The Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs has
gone to receive the orders of the Prince Regent
on the subject.

"A convention is to be signed for determining
the character and object of the European interven-
tion. The acquiescence of the Porte only is now

from other quarters there were no complaints of
unusual backwardness. The alarm about the potato
failure is fast dying• out, and although the blight
has shown itself in several places, the return of sun-
shine, it is believed, would repair the mischief, and
prevent the extensim a of the disease.