The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONTION, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1860

a succession of managements, each perfectly dis•
tinct from its predecessor, long before the date of
her First Voyage. Her destination for that First
Voyage has, more than once, been changed. The
great Engineer, from whose brain she was the last
gigantic emanation, did not survive (as the public
yet too painfully remembers) to know that she was
actually afloat upon the deep waters of the Chan-
nel. Her first commander perishes by a deplorable
accident while the vessel is still lying off South-
ampton. There is a new manager acting for the
Company now, in the person of Mr. BOLD. And
as for the skipper of the Great Eastern, the com-
munity has learnt, with satisfaction, that Captain
HALL has been judiciously chosen as the successor
of poor Captain HARRISON. The determination now
is that, upon Saturday, the 9th of June, 1860, the
Great Eastern shall at length quit our shores and
steam across the Atlantic—not as was originally
intended, to Portland, but to New York, the sea-
port capital of the United States. A happier selec-
tion could hardly have been made than that which
has, at last fixed upon, New York, as the Levia-
than's First destination. The voyage is, of course,
an immense experiment; but one, as to the result
of which few will entertain any doubt whatever•
It will be, of course, the shortest journey ever made
across the Atlantic. It will demonstrate the capa-
bilities of the Great Ship once and for all—as to
her speed, as to her carrying powers, as to her
general efficiency for all sea-going purposes. The
number of passengers upon this first voyage appears
to have been discreetly limited to three hundred
—all of them " first class," the rate of the single
voyage out being very reasonably fixed at £25
sterling, and for the return voyage at a total of £4O.
After receiving the ovation with which the Levia-
than will no doubt be greeted upon her arrival off
the coast of America it is proposed we rejoice to
know that the Great Eastern shall be chartered by
her MAJESTY'S Government for the paying out of
the electric submarine cable destined to bring
London and Calcutta within six days' communica-
tion with each other, the electric cable that is
between Rangoon and Singapore. It will be a
noble achievment, one in every way worthy of
inaugurating the giant ship as the messenger across
the deep of modern civilisation. First of all, how-
ever, there is her voyage aeross the Atlantic—
looking forward to which, who will not, whether
in England or in America, wish the Great Eastern
Godspeed ! We for one do already, right earnestly,
by anticipation.

LATEST NEWS.

GARIBALDI'S -EXPEDITION

We have now authentic details of Garibaldi's
expedition. We extract the following from a letter
written from Talamona by one of the leaders of the
expedition, an order of the day issued by Garibaldi
from the Piemonte, and a proclamation to the
Sicilians :

" Fortress of Talamona, on the Roman Frontier,
May 7, 1860.

" I take advantage of a brief respite to drop you a line
respecting our movements. As we were obliged to embark
at night and hastily, we were in want of many things of
most urgent necessity, and were obliged to land here to lay
in provisions from the villages near this fort. 'We had a
rough passage, and suffered a good deal, but are by no
means dispirited, and we soon hope to see the shores of
Sicily, and to land to the cry of United Italy for ever 1'
and to fight for its freedom. The General has not suffered
at all, and I envied him as he, turn about, gave his orders
as captain, and then acted as helmsman himself."

The following is Garibaldi's Order of the Day

"ON BOARD THE PIEMONTE, MAY, 1860,
" ORDER OF TIIE DAY.

" CORPS OF THE CHISSEURS OF THE ALPS.

" The mission of this corps will be, as it always has been,
based upon complete self-denial for the regeneration of the
common country. The brave Chasseurs have served, and
will serve, their country with the devotion and discipline
of the best military corps, without any other hope, without
any other pretention, than that of a stainless conscience.

"No rank, no honour, no recompense, is held out to
these braves ; when the danger is past they will return to
quiet, domestie life; but, when the hour of battle strikes,
Italy sees them again in the first ranks cheerfully volunteer-
ing to shed their blood for her. The war-cry of the Chas-
seurs of the Alps is the same that resounded a year since on
the shores of the Tessin—' Italy and Victor Emmanuel'—
and this cry will strike terror into the hearts of the enemies
of Italy,

used by the Cavaliere Canofari, the Neapolitan
envoy here, in his remonstrances to the Sardinian
Government with respect to Garibaldi's move, it
appears: that the latter have had to stand the
brunt of the very severe rebuke of the Russian
Minister. On the other hand, the ultra-Liberals,
who are called Mazzinians whether they belong to
the association of Young Italy or outstrip Mazzini
himself, are very loud and savage in their invec-
tives against the supineness and indeed downright
treachery, as they call it, of Count Cavour's Cabi-
net, by whom Garibaldi is abandoned to his fate.
The late debate in the English Parliament respect-
ing subscriptions opened in England for the avowed
purpose of aiding Garibaldi's expedition will go
far, I have no doubt, towards reassuring the King's
Ministers here, who thought themselves gravely
compromised by the indulgence extended to some
of the Sicilian sympathisers who collected money
for Garibaldi both here, at Florence, and elsewhere.
The position of Sardinia, however, differs in some
degree from that of the British Empire, and the
Italian proverb says that " the same offence brings
one man to the throne and another to the scaffold."
Sardinia is in the hands of France, that friend so
infinitely more to be dreaded than either Austria,
Russia, or any other enemy. The mind of the
French Emperor, hitherto, has been expressed in a
few dry words to the effect that " if the Sardinian
Government do not know how to manage their own
police, it is full time for France to take that part of
their duty off their hands." Great relief will be
afforded by the upshot of the expedition, however
it may turn out. It is success alone that may bring
the world at large to see in Garibaldi the hero he
appears in the eyes of most of his countrymen ; and
the Sardinian Government, who have been at in-
finite pains to steer between a connivance with the
movement, which would have put them out of the
pale of diplomacy, and a resistance to it, which
might have brought about their downfall at the
hand of extreme parties, will be rewarded for the
tact and prudence exhibited throughout all this
momentous episode by reaping all the benefit which
may accrue from it to the national cause.
Another letter from Genoa, dated May 10, says
" The news I received at Piacenza about Garibaldi's
expedition was so alarming, and at the same time
so contradictory, that I thought it better to start
at once for this city, in order to gather the best
information I could. It was pretty well known
both here and at Turin, that the hero of
Como and Varese had determined to assist the
patriots of Sicily. When the sacrifice of Nice had
deprived him of his native country, Garibaldi came
to Genoa, and with a few of his devoted friends set
to work to organise the expedition. Committees
were established, national subscriptions opened, and
all the funds arising from the subscription for the
million of rifles cashed. Count Cavour, influenced
by the remonstrances of your Government and
those of France and Naples, could not help inter-
fering, and honestly did his best to persuade Gari-
baldi to give up his idea. Muskets were, therefore,
seized, and a Tuscan regiment, whose intentions
of taking an active part in the expedition were
known, was removed from Genoa. In one
word, the advisers of Victor Emmanuel think-
ing that it would be dangerous policy to
assist Garibaldi in his endeavours, did all
they could to prevent the accomplishment of
them. As the news which came from Sicily was
anything but favourable to the revolutionary
movement, Garibaldi himself wavered at first in
face of the great responsibility he was going to
assume. On Friday, however, a secret message
came from Messina, which decided him to put his
bold plan at once into execution. When the ex-
pedition had been absolutely decided upon the re-
sident Neapolitan consul went to the Governor of
Genoa, and told him that in a house near the har-
bour fifty boxes of m uskets had been stored for
Garibaldi during the previous night. The police
searched the house and the boxes were discovered ;
but on opening them it was found that instead of
muskets and implements of war fare they contained
rusty locks and nets. This trick was played by
Garibaldi's friends with the object of misleading
both the Neapolitan consul and the Sardinian
authorities. The preparations for the expedition
were in the meanwhile carried out with the utmost
activity. Young men of all classes were arriving
at Genoa, and during the night were directed to
the different centres of meeting, NI here they were
dressed and armed. A red blouse, grey trousers, a
wide-awake hat, and a musket with a good sword
bayonet, were given to them, together with the
?not d'ordre and the indication of the place from
whence they had to start. Garibaldi himself had
taken up his head-quarters in a country house Al
Baro, ten minutes' walk from the city. Count
felechi, the well-known Hungarian patriot; Nino

Bixio, one of Garibaldi's ablest colonels ; Sirtori,
formerly a priest, now a member of the Sardinian
Parliament; and, I have been told, your courageous
countryman, Captain Peard, were with him, and
formed the staff of the heroic band which was on

the point of starting on tho boldest expedition of
our age. At daybreak on Sunday the orders for the
embarkation were given. Garibaldi, who had left his
retreat of Al Baro during the night, had sent Bixio
on board the Piemonte, a small steamboat belonging
to the very company which had been compelled by
force' to give up the Cagliari to the 'unfortunate
Colonel Pisacane in 185 S. When Bixio went on
board all the officers of the Piemonte were on shore,
except the first and second mates. He declared to

them that he had come there by order of Garibaldi,
and that it was his intention to take the steamer
to the Foce, a landing place a mile from the har-
bour. The crew of the vessel on hearing the de-
claration of Garibaldi's aide-de camp burst forth
into a cry of enthusiasm, and declared it would
take the general wherever he liked. The engineers,
who I believe were English, went to the engines.
Another steamboat, the Lombardo, which was near
at hand, belonging to the same company, the Robat-
tino, was towed by the Piemonte to the Foce. When
the two boats arrived, there were about 2,000
volunteers waiting. Garibaldi, accompanied by
his staff of patriots, passed them hastily in review,
and simply said to them You must bear in
mind that we are going to embark in an expedi-
tion from which we shall perhaps never come back.
Those who are not quite firm in their determina-
tion to follow me may yet stay and return to their
fami;irß! Not one of the noble fellows stirred,
and the answer was Long live Garibaldi !
Long live Sicily! Long liye Victor Em•
manel !' It seems that at a distance of 60 miles the
steamboats, then going towards the Tuscan waters,
met a merchant vessel and took it in tow. Some
say it was the Gilio, belonging to the Tuscan navy
—some the Amalia, a merchant vessel of Genoa.
Provisions, ammunition, about 18,000 muskets, re-
volvers, swords, and other implements of war, I
hear, had been stored on board of her. Both the
steamboats and the sailing vessel had been provided
with the necessary apparatus for boarding a ship.
You must not forget that the Italian leader has
been long accustomed to maritime warfare, having
practised it very often, and with great success, in
South America. A friend of mine who was present
at the embarkation told me that, had the authorl-

ties tried to prevent it, Genoa would have been
been stained by Italian blood."

The following telegrams were received at Mr.

Reuter's office :

PARIS, MAY 15.

The Monifeui• of this morning announces that
on Monday next the Senate will discuss the peti-
tion concerning the import duties on foreign iron.

PARIS, MAY 14.

Despatches from Turin confirm the news of the
disembarkation of Garibaldi, of the capture of the
steamer Piemonte, and of the destruction of the
Lombardo.

The /Toy/men/0 of Turin publishes a letter of
Garibaldi to M. Itubattino, excusing himself for
havingtaken the steamers Piemonte and Lombardo,
on the ground that it was done in the interest of
the national cause.

The Anti de la Religion believes itself able to
announce that the dates for the gradual evacuation

of Rome by the French troops are fixed. The
first detachment will leave very shortly.

General Goyon has been nominated Grand Cross
of the Legion of Honour.

Count de Montemolin and his brother have

arrived in Paris.

In order to arrange the question of the annexa-
tion of Savoy M. Thouvenel has added the fol-
lowing declaration to the programme which has
been drawn up by France on the subject of a
conference : " For better preserving to the
districts of Chablais and Faucigny the character
of neutrality stipulated by article 92 of the final
Act of Vienna, France consents that the said
districts shall remain without the line of the
French customs, and they shall form a separate
commercial zone, under special regulations."
The news published in the Bind, " that the
Court of the Tuileries proposes or has proposed
to Switzerland any pecuniary indemnity, is un-
founded. France, besides, will now consent less
than ever to any cession whatever of the territory
of Savoy in favour of Switzerland."

MARSEILLES, MAY 14.

Letters from Naples to the 12th inst., state that
on Thursday last a demonstration took place at
Palermo. An immense crowd assembled, shouting
" Viva Italia !"" Viva Emmanuelo !" " Viva Napo-
lione !" Women of the highest standing excited
the men, and insulted the soldiers, who fired several
shots. The garrison had been ordered to remain in
their barracks. Fresh reinforcements are about to
be despatched. A proclamation has been published,
signed by the Governor of Sicily, Prinee Castel-
cicala, stating that in view of the grave and san-
guinary misdeeds, and of the plundering which had
taken place at Cemina, Petralia, S ottena, Caccamo,
Vicari, and Porticello, the carrying or detention of
arms by any bands is prohibited.

PALERMO, MAY 12.
Tranquillity has not yet been restored in the
town and the surrounding country.

To-day in five churches, at the termination of
mass, shouts of " The Immaculate Virgin for ever !"
" Italy for ever!" " Liberty for ever !" were raised.
In the evening the populace to the number of about
10,000 assembled on the promenades. The police
were unable to disperse them. The troops were
summoned and fired on the people, killing three
and seriously wounding ten. Several persons who
took part in the proceedings have been arrested.

TURIN, MAY 14.

During the landing at Marsala four persons were
killed. It appears that arms and ammunition were
disembarked. Other arms coming from the Levant
were landed several days before on the southern
coast.

The Provincial Council of Chambery has ad-
dressed a note to the Sardinian Government de-
manding that the treaty of cession of Savoy shall
be promptly carried into effect in order to avoid
dangers, uncertainty, and suspension of business.
The Opinione Nationale of Turin states that the
discussion of the treaty will take place next week.

VIENNA, MAr 14.

At the time when the Federal Council protested
at Turin against the annexation of the neutralised
districts of Chablais and Faucigny to France, Count
Cavour anNwered in a despatch " That, by virtue of
the treaty of the 24th March, King Victor Emma-
nuel having ceded to France all his rights and ob-
ligations touching the said neutralised districts,
Piedmont intends to remain apart from the disputes
between France and Switzerland resulting from
this annexation." On this declaration of Count
Cavour Austria now founds her refusal to admit
Piedmont to the proposed Conference. From the
moment when, by the avowal of Count Cavour,
Piedmont was no longer interested in the matter in
question, she could not claim the right of participat-
ing in the deliberations of the Conference by virtue
of the protocol of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1818; she could
only take part in a conference under the title of a
great Power, but the right of Piedmont to such a
title is contested not only by Austria, but also by
the other great Powers.

MADRID, MAY 14.

General Prim has published a declaration stating
that notwithstanding the adhesion given by him
to the general policy of Marshal O'Donnell, he
nevertheless intends to maintain a complete politi-
cal independence.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MAY 14.

BOURSE, May 14.—Securities continue to be de-
pressed in consequence of the apprehensions pro-
duced by Garibaldi's expedition. It has been re-
ported that a telegram has announced that one of
his vessels had landed near Marsala, in Sicily.
Threes, after having been done at 69f 80c, and 69f.
85c., are now at 69f 55c. Mobilier varied from
667 f 50c to 660 f ; Austrian, 512 f 50c to 510 f;
Lombard, 510 f to 507 f 50c ; Lyons, 865 f to 860 f;
Orleans, 1,325 f to 1,320 f ; Northern, 977 f 50c to
972 f 50c ; Eastern, 602 f 50c to 600 c. The follow-
ing are the last quotations :

11 per Cents. .... 95 50
Do. end month ..
3 per Cents . 69 80
Do. end month.... 69 75
Bank Shares 2875
Credit Mebilier 667 50
Do. Account

Credit Fonder 815
Belgian 4} —
Piecimontese (5)
Roman B4 25
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 451

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 977 50 .. 976 25
Now ditto BE2 50 .. 862 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 867 50 .. 865 25
Geneva 407 60 .. 407 50
Southern
Western 565 .. 562 50
Eastern ..
Sardinian 415 .. 412 50
Austrian
Lombard ..
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 18c. • money,
25f. 17c.; three months, paper, 24f. 871 c. ; money, ill 86c.

EXTRAORDINARY AND DETERMINED SUICIDE.—
Yesterday afternoon a most extraordinary and determined
act of self-destruction was perpetrated by Mr. William Ro-
binson, a tailor, residing at 4, Brill-terrace, Somers-town.
The house in which the deceased resided was his own pro-
perty, lie was believed to be in very good circumstances,
but had recently been very strange in his manner, and had
got rid of all his lodgers, his housekeeper being the only
person remaining in the house with him. During the after-
noon the housekeeper had to go out on some errand, and on
her return missed the deceased. On going into the yard she
saw his legs projecting upwards out of the cistern. An
alarm was given, and on his body being got out it was found
that before committing the act he had taken off his shirt
and tied his tailor's goose round his neck, in order to effec-
tually keep his head under water. On searching deceased's
person nearly £lOO in notes and gold were found secreted
and carefully sewn in his trousers. Tho body awaits an
inquest.

FATAL COLLIERY Ex PLOSION.--An explosion,
attended with loss of life, took place on Saturday morning
in one of the pits of Messrs. Aston and Grazebrook, at
Gospel Oak, near Wednesbary, Staffordshire. For some
time previously it had been known that one of the workings
contained fire damp, and precautions were adopted to avert
the mischief which it threatened. On the morning in ques-
tion, however, a collier, named Cadman, observed that the
water, which had run along a hollow dividing the safe from
the unsafe portion of the pit, was rapidly draining off, and
knowing that the dreadful enemy would rush in, he imme-
diately extinguished the light which he carried, as did also
one or two other men in his vicinity. Cadman also ran
along the workings, a distance of 20 or 30 yards, and shouted
to a man named Ward to put out his candle; but the lat-
ter, from some cause or other, failed to obey the warning,
and the accidont ensued. Fortunately, there were only
four men in the pit at the time, or the consequences would
have been still more disastrous. Cadman was severely
burnt about the head and face, but hopes of his recovery
arc entertained. His brother was so much injured that he
expired on. Sunday morning, leaving a widow and six chili-
dren. Their two companions were also much burnt, and
one of them is not expected to survive. A man and a girl,
who were standing at the top of the shaft, which is 160
yards in depth, wero blown up into the air, but escaped
falling down the pit. They were seriously bruised, and
the latter in addition received a compound fracture of the
eg.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, MAY 14.

The Royal mail steamship America, Capt. Millar,
arrived here at 2.25 p.m., landed all the mails ex-
cept those for England, and proceeded on for Liver-
pool at 2.45 p.m. She brings 79 passengers, 1,500
dols. for England and 13,155 dols. for Havre. She
left Boston on the 2d and Halifax on the 4th inst.
The North Briton had arrived out.
California advices were to the 20th ultimo. The
steamer of that date for Panama took 1,300,000
dols. The stock of treasure at San Francisco at
the end of the March quarter amounted to nearly
11,000,000 dols. The mining news was favourable.
The Japanese embassy was daily expected at
Washington.

The platform adopted by the Charleston Demo-
cratic Convention not being satisfactory to the
south, nine southern states had seceded, and formed
another convention.

On the night of the Ist instant the regular con-
vention had two ballots for candidates for the Pre-
sidency ; Mr. Douglas receiving at the last ballot,
1501 :out of 251 votes, 202 votes being necessary
for a choice.

Two fugitive slaves from Maryland had been
arrested at New York, and sent back into slavery.
NEW YORK, MAY 1, EVENING.
The Stock Market has been dull at lower prices.
Illinois Central Shares are quoted 59,E ; Erie, 16 ;
New York Central, 78,-51. Flour quiet. Wheat flat.
Corn steady. Coffee dull. Cotton tending down-
wards ; middling, 11 yc. Sales, 450 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, MAY 1.

Cotton steady. Sales to-day exceed 6,000 bales.
Middling, 10Ic. to 11c. Receipts in three days
7,000 bales. Increased receipts at all the southern
ports, 766,000 bales. Sugar firm. Freights for
cotton to Liverpool, 5-16 d.

LATEST BY TELEGRAPH VIA HALIFAX.
NEW YORK, MAY 3.
The Charleston Democratic Convention being un-
able to nominate a candidate for the Presidency, has
adjoured to Baltimore for the 18th of June.
The stock market has improved. Cotton closed
dull :—Middling upland, lie. Breadstuffs steady.
Flour fire, and prises of all qualities have slightly
advanced. Provisions in general dull.

NEW ORLEANS, MAY 2.
Cotton is easier, but quotations are unchanged.
Sales to-day, 3,000 bales. Receipts in two days,
7,500 bales.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.
The Hamburg and American Company's mail
steamer Hammonia, Capt. Schwensen, en route for
Hamburg, has arriTed off Cowes, with dates from
New York to the Ist inst.

She has 232 passengers for Hamburg and 30 for
Southampton. She also brings specie value 222,297
dols., of which 17,250 dols. are for Hamburg and
205,047 dols. for England.

On the 11th inst. the Hammonia spoke the
Portuguese schooner Fortuiana, in lat. 46.21 N.,
long. 25.7 W.; on the 13th, the English barque Isle
of Bute, in lat. 48.12 N., long. 9.27 W. ; and on
the 14th, the Hamburg barque Alfred, lat. 49.18 N.,
long. 6.7 W., and French barque Hibernia, lat. 49.26
N., long. 5.54 W.

The North Briton, from Liverpool 18th ult.,
arrived out in the river St. Lawrence on the 30th.
The New York papers teem with accounts of the
fight between Heenan and Sayers. The New Yor k
erald calls it "the settled overthrow of the British
Lion," and goes on to say :—" It must be distress-
ing to the solid islanders that the British Lion has
been whipped. Worse than all, he has tried to
sneak out of it in the most ignominious manner.
The Britons, whose love of fair play is universal,
stopped the fight in order to save their money. The
American Eagle has a right to scream like half a
dozen locomotives, The poor old Lion, the bully,
who has been roaming up and down the earth for so
many years roaring at everybody, may go away in
some secluded corner and suck his bruised paws,
while all continental Europe laughs at him, and is
glad that the United States has done it."
General Scott has been suddenly called to Wash-
ington, and it was supposed the sudden call bad
some connection with the new boundary difficulty
with England.