The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-21 00:00:00

A HOUSEKEEPER ON TUE BUDGET.

"A Housekeeping Woman," in a letter to a con-
temporary, says :
" As we are supposed to receive compensation
for income tax from the reduction in duties, it
behoves us to insist that the benefit is not suffered
to become a mockery. The house-keeping classes
are roughly concluded to be under obligation to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer in common with the
trading classes. It is not so. They are at the mercy
of the tradespeople, equally at the mercy of preju-
dice, and in the condition at all events of depending
upon competitive traders before the lowered taxa-
tion reaches to them. In the course of the last fort-
night I have put the question to our tradespeople,
How much lower will you be enabled to charge
after the treaty ?' and have invariably been an-
swered, There will be no difference.' Our sta-
tioner pleads the anticipatory advance on the
part of the paper manufacturers ; a friendly
brewer asserts that the abolition of the hop duty
cannot possibly affect beer beyond 6d. per firkin,
which will necessarily not reach the consumer, since
the great bulk of hops as a cargo checks the im-
porting of them, and the quantity of them received
from abroad will be little increased upon that de-
rived by our present trade. The silk mercer is al-
ready chuckling over his extra 15 per cent., and
every one knows gloves are as dear in Paris as in
London, and not likely soon to cover the horny
hands which are to be so active in Mr. Gladstone's
village paper-mills. Wine is to be delivered 6d. per
bottle lower, but that is for the advantage of those
who can afford to use it. 'We have neither school,
boarding-house, nor establishment' to bring us
any income tax equivalent for cheap nutmegs or
currants. So far to us housekeepers the budget
promises to be a costly delusion. Nevertheless
we are content to receive it on parliamentary sanc-
tion, for the sake of the impulse and enrichment
of trade. I would desire to obviate, or, if that
looks like romance, to diminish the hardship of
direct taxation' to struggling families like my
own, living on the salary earned by the head
of it of £3OO a year, and the extra help from
the house rents the wife of such a man might be
entitled to receive, from which rents the tax is de-
ducted in a manner sufficiently oppressive, what-
ever Mr. Bright's clique may choose to profess.
Families living on £l6O a year may be in a worse
case, though not even, or at least not often, to the
degree of convincing us that poor's-rate and income-
tax have a tendency to walk hand-in-hand. Com-
pensation for reducing 20s. to 19s. 2d. is, however,
our object, and the precise amount of real hardship
inflicted upon us is beside the question. You can
help us, and I venture to require it of you. Give
your readers a double column of figures, setting
forth clearly the duty charged on each article pre-
vious to the budget, and opposite to it the duty as
fixed by Mr. Gladstone. Trust to us to demand
due reduction. 'Without this very useful, knowledge
every shopkeeper can with undetected impunity
levy his own income tax on his helpless customers
in flounces or cinnamon, supported by the agonising
arguments dear to; the hearts of men 'of business;
furnished with it we shall be not quite defenceless,
except such of us as choose to be the victims of pre-
judice, admitting elsewhere the theory which so
obtains in the tea trade as held by our ' family
grocers,' who maintain glibly, to the discomfiture
of lady buyers, that no reduction of duty can pos-
sibly cheapen ' superior' tea, consequently neither
silks nor spices."

A SHIP'S CREW POISONED.

About a fortnight ago the Prussian brig Henrich
• Gustav, of Wolgast, C. IL Behrndt, master, arrived
at Ramsey, Isle of Man, from Buenos Ayres, with
' a cargo of bones and animal charcoal. The voyage
had been protracted by a continuance of exceedingly
bad weather. Ramsey harbour has been for some
time past utterly neglected, if net totally aban-
doned, by the commissioners. The Henrich Gustav,
in hauling up to Mr. Gibson's wharf, got across one
of the banks, and as she had no support in her cen-
tre, sand banks being fore and aft, with the river
running under her centre, she strained, fell off, and
became a total wreck. During the high spring tides
the water flowed over her deck, and it became neces-
-1 sary to remove all her stores on shore, where the
captain and crew, consisting of eight individuals,
were also berthed. On Friday night it became
, known that tha captain's son, a fine promising
I young man, had just died of lockjaw, attended by
cramp and violent pain in the stomach, and that
the other portion of the crew were in a very dan-
gerous state, notA Ithstanding the utmost exertions
i of the medical men in attendance; and before morn-
I ing three of them had died.
' On Saturday morning a coroner's inquest was
held on the bodies of Carl Grahl, aged 24 ; Carl
Kennies, aged 28; and Carl Behrndt (the captain's
son), aged 17. The jury was summoned by Mr. T.
Looney, coroner of Garff, and sworn and presided
over by W. W. Christian, Esq., coroner-general of
the Isle of Man. F. Tellett, Esq., high bailiff of
Ramsey, Wm. Callister, Esq., chairman of the
justices, and a number of medical gentlemen, at-
tended.

The Captain deposed that about two years ago he
purchased the brig, in connection with the other
owners, at Hamburg, and that the can of poison
now produced was then on board as part of the
stores. He arrived at Ramsey about twelve or four-
teen days ago, sold his earao and bad afterwards
got his vessel wrecked. The can produced was
taken ashore along with an earthenware jar which
contained arrowroot and other articles. The arrow-
root in the jar bad got exhausted, and the cook and
men, believing that the article in the can was ar-
row, root, supplied out of it what they were short
for cooking supper. It was mixed with molasses
and spiced with a little cinnamon. After the men
were taken ill he tasted a little off the point of his
finger, and he yet felt the effects of it in his breast.
He was engaged elsewhere at the time, and thus he
did not eat any of it. He believed all his men ate
more or less of it, but his son took more than the
others.

Augustus Bulow, mate of the brig, said that on
going to get his supper he was told by one of the
men to taste it first, as he had felt a burning sensa-
tion in his throat after taking a few spoonfuls. He
only took about one spoonful. The captain's son
took half a soup-plateful. He assisted the men up-
stairs after they were taken ill. Medical men were
soon in attendance. He was himself very ill
with pain in the stomach, &c. He was mate
from February last, when the former mate was
put ashore at Ramsgate. That mate bad told
the captain's son that there was some arrow-
root in a tin on board. The tin was not
kept with the provisions ; it was in the port-
hole, but after the vessel was wreckedit was put
with the provisions, as they believed it to be arrow-
root. It had been lying on board for the last two
years, with the lid loose on it, and without any
label.

W. Steikmann—Had been cook only when ashore
after the wreck of the vessel. He had prepared the
supper on the previous evening, and had also par-
taken of it himself. (This witness was too weak
to stand, and was handed a chair. He appeared to
be suffering severely, and the medical gentleman
stated that he was yet in danger.) He was the first
who was taken ill, but had not taken so much as the
others. The captain's son had brought the tin cob -
Mining the ingredient to him, as he had not enough
to make the supper; he added four tablespoonfuls
of the stuff in the tin box or can to what arrowroot
he had in the jar; when boiled he mixed it up with
molasses, and added a little cinnamon. The tin box
or can was here examined, and contained about 14
lbs. of arsenic, having evidently at first contained
about 28 lbs. The deponent had only tasted as it
was cooking to ascertain if it was properly done.
Mr. R. E. Craine, surgeon, had seen the men
when ill and the remedies applied, which were for
arsenical poisoning. He believed that the deaths
arose from taking arsenic into their stomachs.
The death of the captain's son was the most rapid
he had heard of, as only 20 minutes transpired be-
tween sitting down to his supper and his death.
The jury at once gave in their verdict in accord-
ance with the evidence, that Carl Grahl, Carl
Kennies, and Carl 13ehrndt died from taking poison
into their stomachs, which had been usei in mistake
for arrowroot, and no person had wilfully been
accessory to their death.

OLIVE OIL FROM NAPLES.—A despatch has
been received from her Majesty's Minister at Naples,
stating that the differential duties upon olive oil exported
from the Neapolitan dominions, a notice respecting which
was inserted in the " London Gazette" of the 16th inst.,
would be levied upon that article only when exported in
vessels belonging to countries whose shipping is not placed
by treaty stipulations upon an equality with the shipping of
the Two Sicilies.

THE
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DIE VICARAGE OF ST. PANCRAS.—The Rev. W.
W. Champneys will retire from the rectory of Whitechapel
in a few days; for the purpose of taking possession of the
vicarage of St. Pancras, to which hQ has been nominated
by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. Mr. Champneys
has held the rectory of Whitechapel 23 years. It is in the
gift of the Principal and Fellows of Brasenose College, Ox-
ford, and is worth, about £5OO 4.-year,

The following appeared in a contemporary—
Sir,--Whatever opinion we may form of the Em-
peror of the French as to what we are pleased to call
his despotic rule, there can be no doubt as to the
profound sagacity of the man, or as to his earnest
desire to promote the material interests of the
people over whom he rules, In one respect I admire
the man. He is thoroughly national, and amid all
his dreams of glory and dynastic grandeur, when
he is called upon to negotiate, whether it be a treaty
of peace or a treaty of commerce, Louis Napoleon
never forgets France.
Let me glance for a moment at the respectil e
gains of France and England by the recent treaty.
France wants coals, and we therefore allow her
free access to our coalfields.
France wants iron, and we admit her to a free
partnership with us in our iron mines.
France desires to sell us her wine, and we there-
fore admit it at a nominal duty of Is. per gallon.
France wishes to sell us silks and we admit them
free. Now to the other side of the account.
England wishes to sell her textile fabrics, and
taxes them with a 30 per cent. import duty.
England wishes to buy rags in the French mar-
ket, and France responds by _levying £8 to £lO per
ton as an export duty, being from 60 to 100 per
cent. upon the value of the article.
Referring back to the article coal, I may inform
you that I have received intimation this morning of
an advance of 10d. per ton in the price of coal, mak-
ing the second advance of the same amount since
Christmas. This advance upon my consumption
will be upwards of £l,OOO per annum. Talk of
the ld income tax ! It is, in comparison with the
effect of this treaty in its indirect influences upon
the price of coal and iron, a "fleabite."
The immediate object of my writing to you is to
state that the concession of the French Emperor,
which Lord John Russell announced from his place
in the House of Commons, amid the cheers of his
auditors, turns out to be nothing.
The absolute prohibition is to be withdrawn, and
an export duty upon all qualities of £B, or pos-
sibly £lO, is to be levied upon French rags leaving
the country.
The lowest of these amounts will be equivalent
to 1;71,d. per 11-. upon paper; in other words, the
French paper will cost the mr.ker IZd. less than
the English maker from the same material.
I was rejoiced to find, after I had closed my last
letter to you, that the Emperor had acceded to the
wishes of our Government by abolishing the prohibi-
tory laws as to the export of this material ; and,
assuming that it was what it professed to be, a
bonaltde free interchange of rags and paper, I said,
"all objections to the proposal of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, as far as France was concerned,
were removed, but that, in respect to all other
countries who maintained an export duty on rags,
the objection to a remission of the duty of
Id. per pound on paper remained the same.
I was both gratified and surprised at the unex-
pected generosity of the French Emperor, seeing
the effect which a free export of rags must have
upon the French makers, and the unfair competi-
tion to which French paper would be subjected on
arrival in England if our Government persisted in
carrying out its abstract idea ofadmitting paper free
from all other countries. Its operation would have
been this :—French rags would have been shipped
to England, and an immediatl enhancement of the
price in France would have teen the consequence;
but on their e' rival in England the American
agents would have pounced upon them, and carried
them to the land of liberty and protective tariffs ;
and when the French paper made its appearance in
this country, it would have been met by German
paper, made from a lower priced rag, end thus ex-
cluded from the market for which the French
.nation had incurred the sacrifice of their material.
All doubt upon the matter is now at an end. The
Emperor either never intended to grant a free ex-
port, or, having discovered his error, he has taken
the earliest opportunity of correcting it; and no
one who has considered the subject, who is not
carried away by abstract ideas to the exclusion
of everything special or exceptional, can ques-
tion the propriety of the course which the Emperor
has finally determined upon. I can conceive the
Emperor of the French saying to the English Go-
vernment, " I have no objection to extend our com-
mercial relations, and for this purpose I am willing
that W 3 should hare a free interchange of rags and
paper; but under your present and proposed laws
the thing is impossible. I have no objection to
your buying rags here for your own exclusive use,
but I will not find rags to supply America; and it
is equally absurd on your part to hold out the pro-
spect of a rearket in England for French paper so
long as you admit paper from other countries where,
by their prohibitory duties, they maintain an abun-
dant supply of material at an artifically low price.''
It now remains to be seen whether the Government
and the House of Commons will persist in closing
their eyes to the inevitable consequences which
must result to the paper trade of this country, if
it is to be subjected to open competition on the
one hand with the whole continent of Europe—
the basis of their manufacture being from 30 to 50
per cent, cheaper than our own—and, on the
other, an equally open competition with the Ameri-
cans for our own material, they by their protec-
tive tariff on the importation of paper being
enabled to pay a higher price than we can afford.
All this injury is to be inflicted in order to carry
out the free trade idea—a good and sound rule
when rightly applied, but, like every other rule,
it has its exceptions. If the free trade principle
be rightly applied to all articles which are repro-
ducible at the will of the producer—upon which
he gets a
profit, and have therefore a motive to
produce all thatis required—it cannot be true or
rightly applied to articles limited or fixed in their
quantity. In the one ease, demand will always
produce supply ; in the other the only effect of de-
mand is to raise the pike, Without increasing the
supply.
In the one case there is a consistent sympathy,
from mutual profit, between the producer and the
consumer. In the case of the material for paper-
makers the reverse is the fact ; the producers of our
material have no profit, but a loss, in producing it ;
therefore there is an entire absence of that sym-
pathetic action which is denominated the law of
demand and supply.
Since my letters appeared in your columns I
have been inundated with letters pointing to hosts
of fibres which are said to be suitable for paper-
making ; one gentleman has furnished me with a
list of 46, which are to be found in various parts of
the globe.
Let me say again 'that there has never been
a fibre tried that will make a paper at all equal to
linen, flax, and cotton. We do not deny the pos-
siblity of making paper from these fibres ; there are
few vegetables that may not be reduced and made
to assume the appearance of paper—it is possible,
as was suggested by one of your correspondents,
that we could dissolve a mahogany dining table,
and make it into paper—the first qnestion is, can
we make a good and useful article from these fibres,
and the second and all-important one is, will it pay
to do so?

People seem to think that there is some unac-
countable neglect, sonic perverse obstinacy on our
part in not seeking out these things; they are set
forth as " genuine, sound, and strong fibres," in
comparison with rags, which are designated an
" effete material."
Thera are many considerations in connection
with these new fibres of which the public are en-
tirely ignorant.
As a rule, they will produce about half the quan-
tity of paper that a good sound rag will. If 1001 b.
of rags will produce 701 b. of paper, the same weight
of fibre will not produce more than 401 b. The
famous Spanish grass, of
Whim there were said to

To such an one I have nothing to say; but if it
be desirable to maintain in this country 'a trade,
more than any other adapted to rural districts, and
to furnish a means of employment in remote parts,
where good and pure water can be obtained; if as
a trade we are not utterly valueless and unworthy
of any consideration, it would be well to pause and
reflect upon the statements herein laid down.—
Yours, fie.,

Tilos. WRIGLEY.
1 urv, Lancashire, March 19.

C1117.R611-12ATES.

The following report has been presented by the
Select Committee of the House of Lords appointed
to inquire "Ito the present operation of the law
and practice respecting the assessment and the
levy of church-rates

That it appears frc:n the evidence that by
lie common law,that is to say, by immemorial usage
this country, the parishioners are hound to re-
pair the church, end to provide evei ything that is
necessary for the decent performance of divine ser-
vice,' and that for the attainment of these objects
recourse has, from very ancient times, been had to
a system of parochial assessment, which assessment
is still maintained in the great majority of parishes
throughout the country.
" 2. That by the judgment of the Home of Lords
in the Braintree case the law has been declared to
be, that the church.rate is only assessable on the
ratepayers by the vote of the majority of the vestry,
and it appears in evidence that for the neglect to
vote a rate there is no penalty at common law.
"3. That, therefore, in some places no rate is
made, and hi some, though made, it is not enforced
against those who refuse to pay.
" 4. That where a church-rate has been refused,
or has not been assessed, it has generally been at-
tributable to one or other of the following causes,
viz. :

" Ist. The abuse of the rate in its assessment for
and application to improper objects, or in excessive
charges.
" 2d. The assessment of new parishes and dis-
tricts having churches of their own to the rate of
the mother church.
" 3d. The unwillingness of churchwardens to
propose a rate the collection of which might be
rendered difficult or impossible by the uncertainty
and inefficiency of the law.
" 4th. Local causes of irritation unconnected
with the rate.
" sth. The opinion entertained against church-
rates by certain classes of Dissenters on religious
or political grounet.3.
" 5. That a great obstacle to the enforcement of
a rate when made is, that a ratepayer summoned be-
fore the petty sessions for n on-payment may then pro-
ceed to dispute the validity of the rate or his own
liability (53d George 111., c. 127, R. 7); that there-
upon the justices must forbear to give judgment,
inthe
Ecclesiastical the churchwardens can only proceed
Ecclesiastical Court.

"6. That the entire abolition of the church-rate
is opposed to the general feeling of members of the
Church, is not universally called for by Dissenters
of various denominations, and especially not by that
large and influential body the Wesleyan Metho-
dists, and would, in the case of a great number
of parishes be attended with serious and pre-
judicial consequences, by restricting the existing
means for the repair and maintenance of the parish
church, by greatly increasing the labour and re-
sponsibility of the clergyman, and otherwise ma-
terially impeding the ministrations of the church
in those parishes.
" 7. That, viewing the grounds of objection to
the payment of church-rates, as well as the inipe-
diments which exist to their collection, it is expe-
dient to alter the law in the following respects :
" 1. That, for the future, persons desirous of
being exempted from contributing to the church-
rate in any parish may give yearly notice to that
effect to the churchwardens prior to the meeting
of any vestry for the purpose of making a church-
rate; and that such persons shall not be entitled to
attendo r
application - s such h
of vestry,such or to
ovoteo rt
upon
act the making
wardens in any matter relating to the church, or
to retain any seat appropriated to them in the
church during the term of such exem )tio
n.
" 2. That the rate, when voted bl
- the vestry,
shall be levied upon ail persons liable to it who
have not given such notice.
" 3. That the items for which a rate shall he made
shall be definitely -declared by law.
"4. That the er rate a p sin any new garish or
district shall be rateable for the purl ores of their
own church and for no other.
" 5. That, there shall be the
recovery of church-rates as exist for the recovery of
poor-rates, and in case of objection to the validity-
of the rate an appeal shall lie to the General Quar-
ter Sessions, and that the jurisdiction of the Eccle-
siastical Courts in such matters shall cease.

" 8. That the principle of assessing the owner
instead of the occupier to the church-rate is 'well
descrying the serious consideration of Parliament
in any future legislation on this subject.
" And the committee have directed the minuteg
of evidence taken before them, together with au
appendix, to be laid before your lordships.
" Feb. 28, 1660."

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ROYAL

EN GT,ISH OPER A. '
COV ENT-GARDEN.
Under the mans_uement of Miss L. Fyne and 11,11. W. garrison.
THIS EVENING, Henry Leslie's Operetta Romance of
DICK Tull PIN Messrs. St. Albyu and G. Honey ; Misses
Thirlwall and Cruise. - •
After whioli, will be repeated the grand
essr s.W Opera, -
en-
titled ty W. -Vincent Wallace. M. Harrison, Santley, Corri, and G. Honey ; Misses Louisa Pyne,
Pilling, and F. Cruise,
• Conductor, Alfred Mellon.
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.

THEA RE-ROYA HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. .11. Buokstone.
THIS EVENING, will be pertormed FOUNDED ON
FACTS.
And the new and original Comedy, THE OVERLAND
ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, p-
pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins.
With THE BOARDING SCHOOL.
And JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON.

T, HE LYCEUM.—
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste.
Eighth Week of the eminently suceesful Drama, "A Tale of
Two Cities," and Last Week but One of the present season
—Twelfth Night of Mrs. Keeley's Engagement.
THIS EVENING will be performed a new drama, entitled
E ABBE VAUDREUIL ; or, The Court of Louis XV.
The Abbe Vaudreuil, Madame Celeste ; Louis XV., Mr. 11.
Butler; Lieut. Henri Delcour, Mr. F. illiers.
Followed by LUCKY STARS. Barbara Bristles (her origi-
nal character), Mrs. Keeley; John Bristles, Mr. J. Rouse.
Concluding with the new Drama of A TALE OF
TWO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that
name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters by Mr.
James Vining, Walter Lacy, Villiers, Rouse, Forrester, J.
Johnstone, T. Lyon, Morton, Palmer, White, 11. Butler,
Clifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner,
Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, the Comedy of MONEY. Messrs. (leo.
Melville, Ryder. Frank Mathews, Widdicomb, H. Bland. 11.
Saker, Garden. Graham ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Clifford,
and Mrs. Charles Young.
After the comedy the Princess's " Rifle Volunteers " in full
• To conclude with THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. G.
Melville, A. Harris, and Miss Clifford.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AI)ELPHI.
Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS, Mr. ,T.
L. Toole, Chas. Selby, Billinfzlon, Mrs. Chatterley, Mrs. Bil-
lington, Miss Kate Kelly, and Laidlaw.
After which, PAPER WINGS, Mr Alfred Wigan, ,T. L.
Toole, D. Fisher, Billington, I'. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby,
Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer, Mrs Alfred Wigan,
Miss 11. Simms, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs Chatterley.
Followed by DINORAII UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Miss
K. Kelly.
Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box-
norp from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
ler bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Among Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

ROY AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to
Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to
Carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night.
THIS B 'VENING the performances will commenee with
"No. 49."
After which, MAGIC TOYS. Miss Lydia Thompson and
Miss Clara St. Casse.

Followed by FIRST AFFECTIONS.
Craven, G. Spencer, and Miss ffyndham.
After which the successful burlesque of DIDO. Mesdames
Wyndham, Clara St. Casse, Eliza Arden, and Mr Charles
Young.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d; Pit, Is. The Box-ofttoe open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform
ince commences at 7.

Messrs. H. T

CANTERBURY HALL
THIS EVENING,
LUCREZIA BORGIA,
(Donizetti).
Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell.
Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson.
Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert.
Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli.
Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans.
Comic Vocalists—Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney.
Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
eautilled, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
eights of the metropolis.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

CONCERTS.-

THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, MARCII 21, NO.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
57—highest since noon yesterday.
51—lowest this morning and during the night.
50—this day at noon.

BA B* IdETEII-29,43.
WIND, South-West ; fresh, and squally,

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THE SUN.
LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1860.

Another shake of the Italian Kaleidoscope! And
what changes there are perceptible again at a
glance in the old green, red and white particles !
Look at a few of these in their new transposition.
The annexation of the Romagnas is accepted by the
King of SARDINIA in spite of the opposition of the
French EMPEROR! The annexation of Tuscany—
the same—in spite of the same ! The proposed
transference of Savoy from Piedmont to France
boldly and directly voted " against" by the Nice
municipality ! Modena and Parma merged into
the fast-growing kingdom of VICTOR EMMANUEL.
Vivas for the same Sovereign as Lord Paramount
of the Roman peninsula far south at Atri
—a demonstration suppressed by the Neapo-
litan police, the act of suppression being sig-
nalised by the flight across the frontiers
of eighty compromised individuals ! The, signal
given from Turin for the levying (in the name of
the King of SARDINIA) of 50,000 men in Tuscany,
and of 25,000 men in the 2Bmilian Provinces—
thereby increasing the already formidable Pied-
montese army to a grand total of 300,000 soldiers !
Flying " rumours " of a startling character in the
midst of all these "facts"—rumours proved to be er-
roneous almost at the moment of their utterance.
For example—that the French troops had actually
entered Savoy—a statement now positively con-
tradicted. That the Papal Government had de-
manded the withdrawal of General GUYON'S division
from the Eternal City in order that Rome might be
garrisoned thenceforth by Neapolitan troops : an
inconceivably fatuous statement also directly con-
tradicted. And, in the meanwhile, what say the
chief organs of these continental States ? Simul-
taneously almost—the Moniteur contains a long
catalogue of those who have been decorated
with the Legion of Honour for ser-
vices rendered to the French Army in Lom-
bardy ! The Giornale di Rome gives its
record of the popular demonstration which greeted
the PONTIFF when proceeding to the Basilica of the
Vatican. The Olinione of Turin contents itself
with showing how the annexation has been
voted for by upwards of 20 per cent. of the po-
pulation—thus

No. ofinliab. Votes expressed.
Tuscany 1,806,940 .. 386,445
.2Emilian provinces (Parma
Modena, Legations)

Total

The Salta Public, at Lyons, stating that
the 2d and 3d Dragoons hare received orders
to be in readiness to leave by the 25th in-
stant or by the sth proximo—their destination
being left in conjecture, but being pretty
generally believed to be—Savoy ! In the midst of
all which intimations and movements what are the
probabilities' How, will the PorE " take" the
annexation of the Itomagnas by the Piedmontese
,Sovereign and Government ? Row will the EMPE-
TOR himself regard it ? how will CAVOUR act in
.respect to the relinquishment of Savoy and the
Zavoyards ? How will Venetia stand in the pre-
sence of that army of 300,000 Italians marshalled
-under the banner of VICTOR EMMANUEL ? How
tinuch longer will quietude be maintained at Naples
rand throughout the Kingdom of the Two
Whither has GARIBALDI gone, and what