The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDINSDAY fdEVENING, OCTOBER Yo►, IP6O.

His Royal Highness continues—" All political
parties are preoccupied with the bad state of
Spain. Except among the men in authority,
the necessity of a change is in the conscience of
every Spaniard Any system would be preferable
to the present one ; and if the reforms which the
country requires are not made by the means of a
legitimately constituted Government, they will,
sooner or later, be brought about after a period of
anarchy and through torrents of blood." And
his Royal Highness adds, in a tone with which
► not a rational Constitutionalist, Moderado, or
r Progressisto in Spain can well quarrel:—" My
. ambition is limited to the desire of contribu-

ting to the welfare of my country. For me the
Crown possesses no other attraction. In my in-
fancy I was judged and expelled from my country;
against the decrees of every tribunal there is an
appeal ; I do not promote revolution, I appeal to
the Spanish people. If they, after hearing me, re-
ject me, my future privacy will not be less cheerful
from the consciousness of having performed my
duty." Finally, it is especially and peculiarly de-
serving of notice, in regard to Prince JOHN, that
the closing sentence in this last document, advanc-
ing his claims to the Crown of Spain, is the depre-
cation of any intention, on his part, of ever enforc
ing those claims by promoting a civil war among
his countrymen.

Lady Mary Craven was confined with a son on
Sunday last at the family residence in Hertford-street,
Mayfair. We are happy to add her ladyship and infant
are both progressing favourably.
The Bishop of Lincoln has collated the Rev. John
Twells, M.A., Rector of Gamston, to the Honorary Pre-
bend of Sancta) Crucis in Lincoln Cathedral, previously
held by the late Rev. T. F. Henney, Examining Chaplain
to the Bishop. The new Prebendiary was installed by the
Doan on Saturday last, Sept. 29, and read in on Sunday.
An excellent and impressive sermon was preached on the
morning of Sunday by the Bishop.--.Derby.thire Courier.
DEATH OF A CHILD FROM FALLING ON A
TOBACCO PIPE.—Mr. Hertford held an inquest yesterday
on view of the body of a little boy, three years old, son of
Daniel Longden, brewer, of 18, Bedford-street, Hulme,
who came to his dea th in a somewhat remarkable manner.
The child was playing with a little companion on the flags
near his father's house on Sunday evening, when both fell ;
unfortunately the deceased's playfellow had a part of a
iobacco-pipe in his hand, and a portion of it ran into the
neck of the deceased. He was carried at once to the sur-
gery of Mr. Wilde, City-road, but died in a few minutes.
A verdiet of " Accidental Death" was recorded.—Man-
chester Examiner.
WRECK OFF PORTMADOC.—PORTMADOC, Tues-
day.—The schooner Henry Tanner, of Pwllheli, was totally
wrecked off Portmadoc, Carnarvonshire, on Friday last,
during a heavy gale of wind. As soon as the perilous
position of the vessel was observed, early on that day, the
Portmadoc lifeboat, belonging to the National Lifeboat
Institution, was immediately manned by 14 men and
launched. She afterwards proceeded off about two miles
distant with all speed to the scene of the disaster, A gale
blew from W. by S., and a very heavy sea was running at
the time. Much difficulty was consequently experienced
in getting the boat to the wind before her sail could be set.
When the vessel was reached she was found dismasted and
her hull broken to pieces. To the great dismay of the
lifeboat's crew not a soul was found on board, the crew
having abandoned the wreck during the night. After the
lifeboat's return to the shore her crew were gratified to
learn that the shipwrecked men, five in number, had for-
tunately succeeded in safely reaching land in their own
boat. The expense of the lifeboat on this occasion was
about £B.
A VERY SLEEPY INDIVIDUAL.—In Taunton,
Massachusetts, on Monday night, a man named Soward
intimated to his family that he probably would not be
, seen again in this world. In the course of the night he
provided himself with a clothes' line, and went into his
wood-house, where he was afterwards found in a sitting
position, with the cord around his neck, and the other
' end attached to a beam overhead, he being fast asleep.—
, American Paper. _ _

ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND
RAILWAY.—A frightful accident, resulting in the death of
a man named John Cotham, occurred at the Midland goods
station, Nottingham, yesterday.. The deceased was an
engine driver in the employ of the company, and had charge
of the goods train running between Nottingham and Mans-
field. About five o'clock yesterday morning he went into
the goods yard, and hearing there was a " break" loose, he
got off the engine for the purpose of fastening it. He was
net seen alive after this, and about five minutes afterwards
his body was fornd cut to pieces. The poor fellow has
left a wife and family. This is the second fatal accident
that has occurred in this station in the last three weeks,
LARGE PRIZE FOR A PICKPOCKET.—A gentleman
from New Orleans was robbed in West George-street, Glas-
gow, on Thursday, of a pocketbook containing a cheque for
£3lO, a bill for £4OO, a promissory note for 2,500 dols., a
bill of exchange for 3,000 dols' a bill for 115 dols., a bill for
£6O or £7O, and nine £1 bank notes. The theft was com-
mitted by a woman, who accosted the gentleman in the
street. As usual in such cases, the booty was handed to
an accomplice. The cheques and bills, however, will be of
no use to the thieves.
LATE HOURS COURTSHIP.—A public meeting of
the young men of Dollar was held on Wednesday evening.
A resolution, nearly in the following terms, was unani•
mously adopted by the meeting :—" That the young men
comprising this meeting, conscious of the great evils result-
ing from meetings at late hours with the opposite sex, re-
solve that henceforth they will observe elders' hours' in
the visitation of their sweethearts and female acquaint-
ances."—Edinbtergh Courant.
THE BRITISH LEGION IN ITALY.—Captain De
Rohan left London on the 7th for Naples, accredited by
the Garibaldian Special Fund Committee to the General.
The Melazzo has reported herself as arriving safe at her
destination. The Emperor has been heard of, far on her
way to join the Melazzo. Captain De Rohan will summon
both vessels to Naples, or will himself go on Saturday to
conduct the British Legion to General Garibaldi.
RESIGNATION OF THE BISHOP OF COLOIIBO.—The
Right Rev. Dr. James Chapman has intimated to the
authorities at home his intention to resign the Bishopric of
Colombo, to which he was appointed in 1845, on account of
failing health, and will only remain in the diocese until his
successor is appointed. The see, which comprises the island
of Ceylon is worth £2,000 a year, which is paid out of the
colonial bishoprics fund. Dr. Chapman was educated at
Eton, and graduated at King's College, Cambridge, in 1823.
He was for some time an assistant-master at Eton, and
from 1834 to 1845 rector of Dunton Waylett, near Brent.
wood.
CHILD MURDER IN SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE,

On Sunday, another murder was brought to light in South
Staffordshire—the third within a few weeks. A youth,
named Westwood, and some companions were out hunting
rats in a ditch running through a wheat field, at Summer-
hill, near Coseley, when they found the body of a female
child, about three months old, partially hid in the sedges
and mud of the ditch. A napkin, folded into a triangular
shape, was placed over the child's mouth and ftsce, and the
two ends, after being carried behind the head, were brought
round to the throat and firmly fastened under the chin. The
child would thus seem to have been suffocated. The police
are investigating the matter.
THE WEATHER AND THE HARVEST.—Since Thurs-
day the weather has been fine and bright in the eastern
counties, and yesterday presented autumn in her most lovely
guise. The barley which has been so long lying about has
been now to a great extent gathered in, but much of it is
sadly discoloured, some again has sprouted, and, taken alto-
gether, a large portion of the crop will be unfit for malting
purposes. On some farms, where the circumstances have
been more favourable' a pretty good crop has been secured,
but there will be great variation in quality and prices.
THE GALE AT LlVERPOOL.—Yesterday morning
a very severe gale, accompanied with showers of hail and
rain, swept over Liverpool, and continued during the entire
day. The gale blew nearly due north, until about seven
o'clock in the morning, when it veered round to the north-
west with unabated fury. The river, which, fortunately,
was rather clear of shipping, presented a very animated
appearance, and one or two vessels, which were riding at
one anchor at Seacombe, dragged their moorings, but were
ultimately "brought up" by the steam tugs. The City of
Washington (s.s.), outward bound for New York, was
obliged to ride with two anchors ; and the Jura (s.s.), which
arrived at 6.30 a.m., experienced a severe portion of the
storm on coming up the Channel.
SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN AT ROCHDALE.—On
Monday much excitement was produced at Townhead,
Rochdale, by the report that a gentleman, named Byron
Bamford, had shot himself. Inquiry at his residence con-
firmed the rumour, but failed to elicit any positive cause for
the act. Deceased was aged about 40, and was possessed of
ample means, which enabled him to keep two hunters, and to
indulge freely in his favourite pursuit, hunting. Rumour,
as usual, has been busy, and has assigned in its own way a
motive. It is said that deceased was secretly married, and
that this has been the occasion of much contention with his
sister, who resided with him. The inquest will probably
settle that point.
SUPPOSED SUICIDE.—SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.
—Mr. Richard Pordage, a highly respectable tradesman of
this town, carrying on the business of a draper in the
High-street, met with his death at an early hour this morn-
ing under the following lamentable circumstances : —About
4 o'clock some of tho neighbours living on the opposite side
of the street were awoke by violent screamings, and on
looking out were horror-stricken at seeing two persons ap-
parently struggling with each other at an open window on
the second floor of Mr. Pordage's house. One of the per-
sons, who subsequently proved to be the unfortUnate de-
ceased, was standing on the narrow window sill, and before
assistance could reach them from within or without he
either fell or precipitated himself on to the pavement below.
The screams of his unhappy partner during the brief con-
flict were of the most heartrending character. While this
harrowing scene was going on, two or three policemen who
had arrived were endeavouring to force an entrance into the
premises, and had just succeeded when the deceased fell on
the pavement. The neighbours, who had by this time
as well as
reached the spot, rendered every assistance, some hurry-
ing off for medical men, and others aiding the policemen
vw wound, in removing the body into the
which
house.ie The deceased had
apparently fallen upon his. h
.d, h was much wounded,
the fall. Deceased has been in a depressed and desponding
state of mind of late, caused by disappointment in regard to
a business speculation in which he had recently engaged.
and
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blood
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copiously
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very shortun time after
He had taken some large premises in another part of the
Hi g
h-street, which he intended opening es a cafe, or club,
on a very extensive scale, but s for some reason or other the
f d
affair went off at the last moment, a te rhe h a invested a
considerable sum of money in furnishing, circum-
stance doubtless preyed upon his mind, ©forean it tishpresumed,
led to his untimely death. The inquiry b L e.borough
tDececoroner opens this evening.
ased has left a widow and
five or six ehildren, one of them only a few months old.
The lamentable event has caused great excitement in the
town, Kr, cordage being generally known and respected.

LATESI •

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

TURIN, OCTOBER 10.
In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Depu-
ies the discussion on the lay of annexation was

continued.

Signor Chiaves spoke in favour of the annexa-

tion, which he said had brought things to a normal
and not to an abnormal state. He stigmatised the
Republican political agitators, and demonstrated
that Sardinia had upheld the Italian flag during
twelve years without impos!ng any condition upon
the nation. Signor Chiaves recommended the
Ministry to oppose the Republicans.
Dr. Bertani gave a formal denial to all the
calumnies which had been propagated against
him, and promised to defend himself by means of
the public press. He declared that he had been
faithful to his oath, and devoted to Italy and King
Victor Emmanuel. He desired only that sufficient
guarantees might be given that the interests of the
inhabitants of southern Italy should not suffer.

ROME, OCT. 8.
A courier from St. Prsburg has arrived at the
Russian Legation. Hg is the bearer of despatches
from his Government advising the Pope not to quit
Rome, nor to pronounce any excommunication, but
for the present to confine himself to protesting
against the invasion of Sardinia.

PARIS, OCT. 9.

The Patrie says :—" It is asserted that a grand
fete will be given by the Prince Regent at Coblentz
on the 12th inst., in honour of her Majesty the
Queen of England, to which the greater part of the
German Sovereigns have been invited."
The same journal also contains the following,
" under reserve" :—" Three great Powers are said
to have pretested against the entry of the Sardi-
nians into Neapolitan territory."
In view of the considerable concentration of
Austrian troops in Venetia, the Sardinian army
will, it is said, take up positions in the Romagna
and the Duchies, while the strong places will be
confided to the National Guard.

MARSEILLES, OCT. 9.

Letters have been received from Naples to the
6th and from Gaeta to the 3d inst., containing de-
tailed particulars respecting the late battle, which,
they state, lasted nearly two days.
General Sirtori, being in great danger, sent a
telegram to the Marquis de Villamarina, who de-
spatched to his assistance 1,800 Sardinian riflemen,
by whom the victory was decided.
Some gunners on leave of the English steamer
Renown co-operated with the Garibaldians.
.The Marquis de Pallavicino, in his quality of
pro-Dictator, having requested Mazzini to leave
Naples, the latter had taken his departure from
the city.
It was confirmed that the concession of all the
Neapolitan railways had been granted by Garibaldi
to the firm Adami, of Leghorn.
Advises have also been received from Rome
stating that General Goyon was about to occupy
Velletri and Frosinone, on the Neapolitan frontier.
A Sardinian regiment was at Viterbo. It was
about to quit the town, which would be reoccupied
by the French.

General Goyon was present at the funeral of
General Pimodan.

Preparations for departure were being ostensibly
made at the Vatican, but the decision upon this
step had been adjourned.
The official journal had published an article
claiming payment of the Peter's pence from all
the faithful, but textually declaring that the Pope
would accept no subsidy from any terrestrial Power.

FRANCE.

PARIS, OCT. 9,

BOURSE, Oct. 9.—The market continues without
much animation, and the English funds having
arrived with a decline, prices are slightly lower.
Threes, which opened at 68f 90c, are now at 68f
821 c ; Mobilier, 697 f 50c; Orleans, 1,362 f 50c;
Northern, 972 f 50c; Mediterranean, 913 f 75c ;
Austrian, 483 f 75c ; Lombard, 483 f 75c; The
following are the last quotations :

42 per per Cents 95 50
Do end month 95 501
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 80
Bank Shares 2
Credit Mobilier 689450
Do. Account 695

Credit Fonder 895
Belgian 4/ 99 50
Piedmontese Fives 79 75
Roman . 80
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1362 50 .. 1362 50
Northern

New ditto BB2 50 .. •
Lyons and Mediterranean 915 .. 916 25
Geneva — .. 360
Southern 50.5 .. 505
Western
Eastern ....
__ _ _ ..

Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard

THE BATTLE OF VOLTURNO.
The following is the official despatch of Nino
Bixio, which has been published in the Genoese

who long for the freedom of Italy at any cost ; you have
proved it in these two days of battle.
" Yesterday victory crowned our efforts on the whole
line. To-day at Caserta and on the hills one of those deeds
of arms was achieved which will be written down in his-
tory among the most fortunate.
" The brave and disciplined soldiers of the North, under
the orders of the valiant Major Luigi Soldo, have shown to-
day what Italian valour joined to discipline can accomplish.
If this ancient queen of nations were again to be trodden
down by foreigners, the world shall see what her children
can do if they be unanimous and all come forward together
to the rescue of their land.

" G. GAIUBALDI."

MR. EDWIN JAMEs ON THE PRISONS

OF .Ar z 1 PLES .

No decree issued by Garibaldi after his entry
into Naples produced more unmixed joy among all
classes than that which proclaimed,—" All prisoners
for political offences are henceforth free."
This bold edict was not merely the sudden im-
pulse of a generous heart, feeling for unfortunate
humanity, nor the grateful policy of a successful
chief towards those who were suffering in his cause,
but a simple act of justice done to men accused
without a crime, convicted by perjury, and sub-
jected to the horrors of an incarceration which
none can imagine and few pens can describe. Of
Neapolitan State trials and Neapolitan courts of
justice the people of England are not entirely
ignorant.
Nine years since occurred the mock trial, the
unjust condemnation, and the subsequent martyr-
dom of Carlo Poerio, a statesman and an orator,
a man whose only crimes were a determination of
purpose which no threats could alter and an honesty
of principle which no power could corrupt.
The pen of Mr. Gladstone rent asunder the veil
which concealed the terrible but exquisitely ar-
ranged machinery by which the King and his Mini-
sters had removed not only this gentleman, but
all who had become obnoxious to them—the
sudden arrest, the long and severe imprisonment
before trial, the hired informer ready with his
false tale, the skilfully forged document to corro-
borate the lie, the corrupt and subservient judges
prepared to pronounce the doom, the subterranean
dungeon, formed to do more slowly, but as cer-
tainly, the work of the executioner—and exposed
to the eye of the civilised world the horrors of Nea-
politan tyranny. The truth of the picture drawn
by his fearless and eloquent pen, though denied,
was never disproved, and it had indeed been asserted
in Naples that the system, so far from being miti-
gated, had been increased in severity.
I was anxious to see the interior of these dun-
geons, to judge for myself whether their horrors had
been exaggerated, and eagerly availed myself of the
opportunity of visiting them with an order which I
had obtained through the influence of the new
Minister of Police.
I visited the cells at the Prefettura and the dun-
geons at Santa Maria Apparente, the Vicaria, the
Castles of St. Elmo, the Ischia, Procida, and the
Castel Ovo. The scenes which some of these pri-
sons presented have been graphically described in
your columns by Lord Llanover, who was of our
party.
I can add my testimony to his description, and
the three prisons, the Vicaria, Proeida, and Castel
Ovo, which are not described by his pen, are not
one jot inferior in horror and misery to the unhappy
inmates than those which his lordship has so vividly
pourtrayed. The appearance of the dungeons spoke
for themselves, and the information we with diffi-
culty obtained of the mode of treatment of the in-
mates may be credited, as we had to extract the
truth from men rather anxious to conceal it than
prompt or eager to colour and exaggerate. In one
instance, at Ischia, they refused to show us the pri-
son of the political prisoners, and asserted that the
gaoler had gone info the interior of the island with
the keys. We declined to leave the fortress until
we had seen them, and in half an hour both autho-
rities and keys appeared.
I will not intrude at more length on your columns,
nor linger in 4etail over the cruelties of the Bour-
bon who has lost his throne. In one dungeon in
the fortress of Ischia, a young Sicilian noble passed
11 years of his existence, and beneath a small aperture
which formed the window, and into which the spray
from the waves ceaselessly dashed, he had carved in
the rock these words :—" 1849, 1860. Reo senza
delitto." This touching expression of his wild de-
spair was, I thought, but the history of thousands
who have been immured in similar dungeons, and
were equally "guilty without crime."
Punishment, not for guilt but from fear, was the
policy on which the Bourbon relied, and on which
rested the security of his throne. In what has this
resulted ? In a day—almost in an hour, and with-
out a blow—the doors of these horrible Bastiles
were thrown open, and the buildings now stand
but to perpetuate the misdeeds of a cruel and per-
fidious reign.

7HE SUNKEN TREASURE OF THE
ROYAL CHARTER.

Within the last few days public attention has
been drawn to a notice inserted in the daily jour-
nals at the instance of the Marine Department of
the Board of Trade, announcing that a quantity of
jewellery, watches, and other valuable property,
recovered from the wreck of the ill-fated Royal
Charter, had come into their possession. The various
articles were described in order that they might be
claimed by their owners, the necessary application
having to be made to the Secretary of the Marine
Department. At first this notice gave rise to an
impression that the divers had resumed work on the
wreck, and that the jewellery in question was the
result of their labours; but on inquiry we ascer-
tained that the property alluded to was recovered
as far back as November last, and that since the
divers were withdrawn from the spot in January
last the wreck has to all intents been abandoned, so
far as regards the operations for recovering the
treasure. This suspension seems the more unac-
countable from the circumstance that it is believed
that there is still between £40,000 and £50,000 in
sovereigns and gold buried in the sunken wreck,
some or most of which no doubt could be readily
recovered by the divers. Even up to the last day
of the operations, almost every bucket sent up
yielded gold to a considerable extent. The reason
assigned for suspending the work was the great
expense of the steam tug-lighters and other attend-
ants on the divers, and eventually the underwriters
sold the wreck for £l,OOO to Messrs. Gibbs, who
were to undertake the recovery of the remainder of
the treasure, deducting the working expenses, &c.
Tugs and lighters were brought round from Liver-
pool to the wreck, and some operations took place
with a view to getting up the iron work, &c., of
the ship, but nothing has been done towards
recovering the gold. The bankers who had the
largest consignments in the Royal Charter admit
that all belonging to them has been recovered, but
the underwriters assert there is from £lB,OOO to
£20,000 in sovereigns, covered by policies of insur-
ance, to be regained, while the owners compute the
gold and money in possession of the passengers to
have amounted to at least £40,000, which is in the
wreck.