The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-20 00:00:00

ORDER. OF THE DAY.

The volunteers commanded by General Garibaldi in the
south of Italy have well deserved of the country and of us,
Whilst our Government is occupied in organising them
completely in accordance with the laws and regulations of
the state,
I have determined :

1. In regard to the rank of the officers, a special commis-
sion composed of superior officers of the two armies shall
make me propositions in accordance with the brevets which
they tow possess.

2. To the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers
who, by the effect of wounds received during the war, are
unable to follow the military service, will be applied the
laws regulating the pensions in cur ancient estates.
3. To those non-commissioned offfaers and soldiers who
are desirous to return to their homes shall be furnished
their conge, and the means of returning to their country
shall be granted to them, together with three months' pay.
This conge shall not, however, free the soldiers from the
obligations they may have towards the state and the army,
according to the existing laws.
4. The volunteers who may be desirous of remaining
under the national colours must bind themselves to serve in
the army for two years, beginning from the date of the
prevent order of the day. They will be organised in accor-
dance with the other corps of the army.
Given at Naples, Nov. 12, 1860.
(Signed) VICTOR EMMANUEL.

(Rom the _Derbyshire Courior.)
The Bank of England raised their rate of discount
on Thursday, November 8, from 4 per cent. to 41.
on Tuesday last the rate was again raised—this
time to 5 per cent. ; and on Thursay to 6 per cent.
This latter measure is said to have been adopted in
consequence of £300,000 in gold having been with-
drawn on account of the Bank of France. On
Wednesday £335,000 was taken out by the French
Bank, and £365,000 more is expected to follow. A
million sterling will therefore have been with-
drawn in a few days.

The Bank Return up to Wednesday, November
7, showed a diminution of the bullion to the amount
of £230,788, since the previous return. The reserve
of notes in the hands of the Bank to meet demands
of payments, or for discount purposes—is low_
being only £6,429,370.
Let us take the real state of the Bank of Eng-
land as to its powers of Convertibility at the present
time. We have as its

Notes issued.

II 111ILITIES.

£27,635,440

Deduct, held by the Bank itself.. 6,429,370

X 21,206,070
Public Deposits 4,968,172
Other deposits
Seven-day and other Bills

110,109,427

VISIT OF THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH TO
SCOTLAND.

(From the Scotsman.)
Notwithstanding the privacy under which the
visit of the Empress of the French to this country
has been planned and is being carried out, hnr Im-
perial Majesty has not been able wholly to avoid
most cordial though mcst respectful demonstrations
of kind feeling from the people both of England and
Scotland. We yesterday noticed the hearty recep-
tion her Majesty met at York. At Darlington,
Newcastle, Berwick, and other stations along the
line, numbers of people where again collected, who
cordially cheered her Majesty on the arrival and
departure of the train: The Mayor of Newnstle,
who attended on the platform, had likewise the
honour of paying his respects personally. The
precise hour of her Imperial Majesty's arrival in
Edinburgh being quite unknown beforehand,
several trains from the south were awaited during
the afternoon 1) a number of ladies and gentlemen
who had obtained access to the platform, and who,
notwithstanding more than one disappointment,
were sure to return in time for the next train.
Accor"ingly, when the eight o'clock express came
in s' ith the imperial party, about a couple of hun-
il.red well-dressed people had taken up their places
on the platform and outside the station. Her Ma-
jesty, on stepping from the train, was received with
enthusiastic acclamations by the assemblage. In
accordance with previous instructions, the proprie-
tor of Douglas's Hotel had a number of private car-
riages in readiness, to which the Empress and her
attendants immediately made their way—though
not without some difficulty, from the eager though
almost involuntary pressure of the increasing crowd.
The carriages drove off to Douglas's Hotel, fol-
lowed by another hearty cheer. A considerable
crowd had also assembled in front of the hotel,

and there the Empress was again greeted with
a hearty Scottish welcome. These demonstra-
tions, however, were necessarily confined to a
few hundreds of the inhabitants, for on Saturday
evening, and even on Sunday, her Majesty's pre-
sence was not known generally in the city. On
Sunday morning the Empress with her suite attended
St. Mary's Church, Broughton-street, where High.
Mass:was celebrated, and, after an addressby Bishop
Gillis, a Te Deum for the safe return of the Prince
of Wales was performed. A considerable number
of persons had collected in front of the church when
the imperial party came up, and inside the building
was densely crowded; but the assemblage conducted
themselves with the utmost decorum; and we under-
stand that the Empress on this, as on several other
occasions during her journey and since her arrival
in Edinburgh, expressed to her attendants her
warm appreciation of the cordial and respectful
welcome which she had everywhere met with. The
imperial party walked to and from the chapel, and
the Empress did not seem the least put about by the
journey to the hotel having to be taken through a
smart snow shower. In the afternoon, her Majesty,
with the members of her suite, and attended by a
French guide belonging to the hotel, took a walk
along Princes-street and Waterloo-place, with the
intention of ascending the Calton-hill, to enjoy the
extensive and celebrated panoramic view which it
affords. The disagreeable state of the weather, how-
ever, prevented this intention from being carried
out ; and the Empress desired the guide to conduct
her to Holyrood. The route chosen was down the
precipitous pathway styled Jacob's Ladder to the
north back of the Canongate, and thence to the
front of Holyrood Palace. Her Majesty gazed for
a few moments upon the ancient chapel, and looked
wistfully up at the weather-worn turrets pointed.
out by the guide as the apartments of Mary Queen
of Scots ; and then expressed a strong wish to see
something of Arthur's Seat. The royal party ac-
cordingly proceeded eastwards to the point where
the Duke's walk is joined by the Queen's drive at
the foot of the hill, when the excessive keenness of
the wind, and the dull heavy atmosphere, caused
her Majesty, with apparent reluctance, to agree to
return to the city. The party then proceeded up
the Canongate; visited the White Horse Close
where one of the gentlemen of the suite entered.
the ancient hostelry (believed to be the oldest
house in Edinburgh) from which the Close derives
its name, paused a few minutes to contem-
plate the quaint old gables of John Knox's house,
and returned by the North Bridge to the hotel,
which the Empress did not again leave last night.
It is rumoured that her Majesty will remain in
Edinburgh for a day or two, though nothing de-
finite is known on this point. It has been an-
nounced, however, that the Duke and Duchess of
Hamilton are to give a ball this (Tuesday) evening ,
in honour of the illustrious visitor. It is also
stated that a splendid suite of state apartments
have been provided in Hamilton Palace for her
Majesty's reception, and that the portraits of the
Napoleon family (of whom the Duchess of Hamil-
ton is a member) have been re arranged in an im-
proved manner.

The llioniteur of Sunday publishes the following
short paragraph with regard to the visit of the
Empress to this country :
" The sad blow which her Majesty the Empress
has experienced in her family affections having ren-
dered a change of air necessary for her health, her
Majesty left three days since to make, in the most
private manner, a journey in England and Scot-
land for a few weeks. Her Majesty left on Wed-
nesday morning, arid the Emperor accompanied
her to the railway station."
We read in the Morning Post :—"Her Ma-
jesty's health was severely tried by the circum-
stances attendant upon the death of her tenderly
loved sister, the Duchess of Alba. When, with the
Emperor, her Majesty started on the imperial tour
in the south and in Algeria, her sister was very
ill, but none believed that there was serious

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danger. It will be remembered that in the midst
of their journey in Africa the Empress heard of
the duchess's unexpected death. Her grief was
the more painful because she could not escape from
the necessities of official receptions. In this un-
happy position there remained one melancholy
consolation, namely, that she might still pay the
last sad duties to her sister. IVhat then must the
Empress have suffered when, on her return from
Africa, she learned that she was deprived of her
last sad hope, and that the duchess was already com-
mitted to the grave ? Thus arose an overpowering
despair, a retired and solitary life, which seemed
to refuse every consolation. Such a state of things
could not be allowed to continue without seriously
affecting the health of the Empress, and t
much
atnx deistpye tlo, a state of
himself and to
the Empe-
rorrpositively urged a change of scene
and of air,
which
umitigate, if no
feel-
inghcivill-hich might
eased so
all attached to her Majesty. This course once re-
solved upon, the selection of the co
the Empress should travel Was, country in which
it appears, quickly
made, and everyone will be
glad that the choice
fell on England. It has been stated that her Ma•
jesty is on her road to Hamilton
ever, it seems'The Empress Palace. This, how-
ls an .
travelling in England
and Scotland, and will not
become the guest of any subject before her Majesty
pays a visit to Windsor. This will take place as
soon as the novelty and progress of the journey
shall have tempered a frame of mind which at pre-
sent would only render such an interview trying to
both of the august ladies."

CONCERT IN AID OF THE BLIND SCHOOL.--Thef
London Society for teaching the blind to read have 04003,,
their largest schools in the Avenue-road, St. John
which is fully occupied by pupils of both sexes.
d is not yet
has recently been purchased for their use, an Anorgan
paid for. With a view to liquidating he
t t the Eyre Arms
will be given on Monday evening nextiar.
/,‘ Edwin Barnes,
debt a concert
Assembly Rooms, St. John's-wood.
the organist of te school, d h secured the assist-
getting up the entertainment, an
mongst whom we may
anco of several eminent artists, awe
ss,
i Miss Stabbach,
Miss
Payne, Mrs
has beena:etively engaged in,
Mr. Mr
mention hide. Rudersdorff,
nd Mr. Front. The I‘l\ll.iissss Gerard,C
a w es, his.li i sh'elclVfaerard n, 01:11148drei:lai—vme jesr;'
advan-
Solomons, Sig. Randegg oneawhich affords instruction and
s-aswho are unfortunately deprived of
tapes
employmentsuch
toa spoecriseotily
ointed out here, they are universally
we doubt not that friends of these
a ill be supported by the charitable public
afflicted persons w
:a iofnkhg:o:7l
will
dbd ge
• they have on all former occasions. A four-part
ensdu°;tn i:bdly'ttome of the blind scholars, which wad
on this as
composed expre . ssly for them by Miss Stirling.
Before leaving Naples, Garibaldi published the
followin" g announcement :—The public is informed that I
shall receive no letters at Caprora unless they are prepaid.
—U. UlattuALDl.