The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-17 00:00:00

fore, seems right enough yet, GARIBALDI Wi

wait for the proper time to come before he visits
the Quiniral. Rome surrounded by freedom must
become free despite French bayonets and all the
popes and cardinals in the world. VICTOR EMMANUEL
will quietly organise the political representation
of the whole country; and at no distant day Italy
will be united and free.

While the Bourbon has been running away from
his kingdom England's future Monarch has been
visiting a distant part of his. Religious bigotry has
had not a little to do with the flight of the former ;
for we must in charity believe that, bad as Bourbon
blood may be, it required the training of Jesuits
and the degradation of intellect requisite to enslave
even a Bourbon mind to the lowest supersti-
tions of Popery, to make the dynasty the suc-
cession of blindly cruel despots which it be-
came, and which has ended in its unpitied
expulsion. But religious bigotry is by no means
confined to Papists and Bourbons. It is tolerably
übiquitous, and does not want representatives in
every creed; still we must confess we had hardly
expected to hear of it in connection with what
may be termed a royal visit, and that even in a
colony like Canada Protestants should be its rabid
professors.

The young Prince represented, of course, his
august mother, who, if she has her own appropriate
creed, holds it, not as a triumph over others, but as
her personal belief, or as a convenient political
arrangement, she being the head of one of the
many churches of Britain, awl for all she
does in the affairs of this particular Church
she is responsible, through her Ministers, to
Parliament. But she stands in the same rela-
tion, as "Defender of the faith," to every
faith in the country. It is her duty to protect
equally, to see that none of the sects wrongs the
others ; to extend to all an equal measure of her
favour, as Sovereign, in return for the equal
loyalty of all. Yet, had a section of our fellow
Protestants the effrontery to disgrace that name
by their illiberal, their bigoted conduct at King-
ston and Toronto. They had determined to join
in the processions with their party colours and
banners, and at Kingston had actually plotted
to make the heir and representative of
British Royalty pass under the Orange yoke.
They had erected a splendid Orange arch,
which they had supposed would prove a kind of
Orange Caudine Forks for the Prince. Happily
the Duke of NEWCASTLE was too sharp for them.
He required them to take it down. This humilia-
tion they wonld not consent to. The Duke, there-
fore, advised the Prince not to land, and left them
the pleasure of keeping the Prince out of Kingston,
and of footing it to their heart's content under their
own gay arch somewhat crestfallen no doubt. The
Prince, it was fully expected, would not call at
Kingston at !all. At Toronto like displays of
bigotry were expected, bet it is hardly probable,
we should think that the Toronto Orangemen will
not have learned a lesson from the silly position in
which their Kingston neighbours placed themselves.
The Catholics are of course very much irri-
tated, and bad passions will be enkindled, which
will not subside for some time. It is really much
to be regretted as being, we trust, the only in-
cident by which the harmony and pleasure of the
' whole manifestation of loyalty in Canada has been
marred. We know what Orangeism is here ; we
know how all our penal laws and restraints, not
even.the power of Viceroyalty can keep down its
perverseness; but in Canada, where, we presume,
there is no law against religious processions, we
should have supposed good taste a sufficient law.
What must men's religious bigotry be if, when
thrown upon their own
good sense and feeling,
on such an occasion as a Royal visit, they could
not restrain their unseemlyzeal, but brawl overtheir
religions differences in the immediate presence, as it
were of their Sovereign. Nay, even deliberately
contrive and arrange things, to compel the Sove-
reign to acknowledge their unholy triumph. Canada
is free from a Church Establishment. She has no
burdens for religion at all. If anywhere in her
dominions, it is in Canada that the QUEEN should
have her religious neutrality respected. To us
such an outburst of bigotry in such a country dis-
plays it a more offensive form than even in Ireland
itself.

The diligence which runs from La Chatre to
Bourges (Cher) upset three days ago, at a place called La
Granges-Saint-Jean. The carriage was injured, and the
passengers, 14 in number, wero more or less bruised.
THE GRAND STAND RECEIPTS AT DONCASTER.—
The total net amount of money taken at the Grand Stand
at Doncaster, last week, was £4,363, being £1,142 more
than 185,, £790 more than in 18.58, and £360 more than in
18.57. The success that has attended the meeting is un-
precedented, and at no former races was so large a sum paid
for admission.

THE FRENCH TREATY AND TYNE DUES.—At a
meeti ' nc, of the River Tyne Improvement Commission,
which was held on Thursday last, the subject of M. 1)e
Pianolli's letter to the corporation of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
claiming that all French merchant vessels should be placed
on the same footing as the freemen of the town with regard
to town dues, was considered,
when the town-clerk stated
that the corporation had appointed a committee to answer
the letter of the French Government, and it was resolved
that the Finance Committee of the Commission should
communicate with the corporation on the subject.

THE NATIONAL _RIFLE -ASSOCIATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—l have the honour of transmitting to you
the copy of a letter addressed by Lord Elcho, in
the name of the Council of the National Rifle Asso-
ciation, to the lords-lieutenant of counties. As
this letter shows the steps which are being taken
by the association for the encouragement and pro-
motion of rifle shooting, I hope that you will kindly
give it a place In the columns of your valuable
paper.—Believe me to remain, sir, your most
obedient servant,
EDMOND H. ST. JOHN MILDMAY.
Sept. 14.

" 11, Pall-mall East, Aug. 16, 1860.

" The Council of the National Rifle Association
wishing to see the taste for rifle shooting widely
diffused and thoroughly nationalised, and be-
lieving that nothing would tend more to this
than the establishment of county associations, ven-
ture to hope that you may be induced; as one of
our vice-presidents, to take an active interest in this
matter, and promote the establishment of such an
association in your county. Local associations of
this kind cannot fail to call forth a spirit of rivalry
and competition among the different corps or com-
panies in each county, and as the best shots from
the local meetings would subsequently have oppor-
tunities of competing against each other at the an-
nual prize meeting of the Central National Associa-
tion, a general feeling of emulation would be
aroused, which would unquestionably add to the
numbers and insure the permanence of the Volun-
teer force. These county associations should, we
think, be formed as far as practicable on the model
of the National Association, adopting the same rules
and system; and, in order to encourage their for-
mation and to establish a connexion with them, we
are prepared to render them all the assistance in our
power, by the loan of targets, mantelets, &c., should
these be required, and we have further resolved to
give to each properly constituted county association
a bronze medal to be competed for at the annual local
meeting held under its auspices. The Council, how-
evor, being anxious to discourage as far as possible
the unnecessary multiplication of prize medals,
hope that these National Association bronze medals
will supersede all local medals, and that they will
be considered the highest honour open to the compe-
titors at the prize meetings of the county associations.
To those bronze medals we would gladly add a sum
of money if the state of our exchequer admitted of
it, but, in the meantime, this might be done from
local funds if thought desirable. On the other hand,
the county associations might assist in support-
ing the National Association by establishing prizes
bearing the county name, to be shot for by all
corners at our annual prize meetings, a precedent
for this being already formed by the prize given by
the ladies of Northampton at the recent Wimbledon
meeting. Such, then, is a rough outline of the
system which the council are anxious to see estab-
lished, and for which we claim your favourable con-
sideration, in the belief that what has been found
to work so successfully in Switzerland, and to con-
tribute so much to the strength and security of that
country, will not be found ill adapted to our own
land.—l remain your obedient servant,
" ELcHo."

THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY SOUTH.

EDINBURGH, SATURDAY EVENING.

The Queen, the Prince Consort, with the Princes
Arthur and Leopold, and the Princesses Alice,
Helena, and Louisa, arrived at Holyrood this even-
ing from Balmoral. The train was due at St.
Margaret's Station at 6.48, but it anticipated its
time by about six minutes. The Royal party were
received at the station by Mr. Sheriff Gordon,
General Cameron, Colonel Sir John Douglas, and
other officers of the North British staff and com-
manding officers in garrison ; Bailies Blackadder
and Forrester, in the absence of the Lord Provost ;
Messrs. Horne and Bowman, directors of the North
British Railway; and Mr. Blackburn, M.P., and
Mr. Logan White, directors of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway, who accompanied the Royal train
from Larbert. The train consisted of the usual
series of saloon and first-class carriages, &c. On
alighting her Majesty graciously bowed to the
magistrates and officers present, and the Prince
Consort cordially shook hands with Mr. Sheriff
Gordon. Although darkness was rapidly falling,
the Royal party entered a procession of open car-
riages to drive to Holyrood. The band of the
13th Light Dragoons and an escort of the regiment
were in waiting at the station. The route to Holy-
rood was lined by the 13th Light Dragoons, under
the command of Colonel Tremayne ; the Roy al Ar-
tillery from Leith Fort, under Colonel Maclean ;
the 78th Highlanders, under Colonel Ewart ; the
Mid-Lothian Coast Volunteer Artillery, under
Lieut.-Colonel Sir James G. Baird; and the City
of Edinburgh Volunteer Artillery. Owing to the
absence from town of the commanding officers and
many of the members of the Edinburgh Rifle
Volunteers, neither battalion of that regiment
turned out. Of the two Artillery regiments there
was a fair muster, particularly of the Mid-Lothian.
There were oeveral thousand spectatorsin the park.
At Holyrood the band and a guard of honour of
the 78th were stationed to receive her Majesty.
On the Queen's arrival at Holyrood the guard of
honour presented arms, the band played the Na-
tional Anthem, and, by signal, the guns of the
Castle fired a Royal salute. The members of her
Majesty's suite were Lady Churchill, the Hon.
Beatrice Byng, Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of
State for India ; Lord Charles Fitzroy, Sir C.
Phipps, the Hon. C. Grey, and Major Elphinstone.
The Royal family were in mourning for a maternal
aunt of the Queen, the late Princess Anne of Rus-
, sia, At the Palace the Queen was received by
' the Hon. Mr. Cowper, Chief Commissioner of
Works, as also by Mr. Rutherford, Deputy-Keeper
of the Palace ; Mr. W. B. Hay, Bailie of Holy-
rood, &c. The Royal party reached the Palace a
few minutes before seven o'clock.

Their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Duke
Michael and the duchess, attended by the Prince Gortscha-
koff and a numerous suite, arrived at Birmingham's Royal
Ship Hotel, Dover, on Saturday morning, and, accompanied
by his Excellency the Baron' Brunnow, left at eight o'clock
by special train far Torquay. The royal party came from
Ostend in the John Penn, Capt. Smithett.

His Excellency Baron Gevers has left the Bruns.
wick Hotel for the Netherlands.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury come
to town to-day in order to bo present at tho nuptials of Lord
Eustace Cecil, the noble marquis's third son, with Lady
Gertrude Scott, sister of the Earl of Eldon, appointed to
take place to-morrow.

The Earl of Derby returned to Knowsley Park,
Lancashire, on Saturday, from Doncaster, and the Countess
and Lady Emma Stanley leave town in the course of the
week to join the noble earl.

Lord John Russell will leave Abergeldie Castle,
N. 8., to-morrow, for London, and at the end of the week
will accompany her Majesty and the Prince Consort to
Germany. Lady John Russell and family will remain at
Abergeldie until the first week in the ensuing month, when
her ladyship will leave the north for Richmond Park.

Lord and Lady Eleho have arrived at Starke
Lodge, in the north of Scotland, on a visit to the Earl Gros-
venor, at his shooting box.

We are happy to say the anrwuncement in an
evening paper on Saturday that Lieutenant-General
Sir Harry • Smith expired on Thursday last is with-
out foundation. That distinguished officer passed a more
favourable night on Friday, and appeared rather better
on Saturday. Yesterday morning his skilful medical at-
tendants gave a favourable report, although they could not
pronounce their gallant patient out of danger.
DEATH OF THE MARCHIONESS OF DONEGALL.—
We regret to learn that intelligence was received on
Saturday from Paris conveying the mournfnl news of the
death of the Marchioness of Donegall, who expired at an
early hour the previous morning, after a short but severe
illness. The Marquis of Donegall was with his wife at her
dissolution ; but Lady Harriet Ashley and hor husband did
not reach Paris until some hours after the dissolution of
the marchioness. The late marchioness was eldest daughter
of Richard, first Earl of Glengall, and sister of the late
earl, and was born Ist Jan., 1799, and married, Bth Dec.,
1822, the Marquis of Donegall (then Earl of Belfast), by
whom a e leaves issue an only daughter, Lady Harriet
Ashley.

DEATH OF LADY MARGARET B. YEOMAN.—We
have to record the demise of Lady Margaret Bruce Yeoman,
which happened on Thursday, at Marsh Hall, near Redcar,
Yorkshire. The deceased lady, who was eldest daughter of
Laurence, first Earl of Zetland, by his marriage with Har-
riet, third daughter of General John Hale, was born June
29, 1796, and married, Feb. 5, 1816, Mr. Henry Walker
Yeoman, of Woodlands, Yorkshire.

DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS BLAKE, BART.—We re-
gret to announce the death of Sir Francis Blake, Bart.,
which took place a few days since at Twissel Castle, near
Berwick-upon-Tweed. The deceased baronet was born at
Heston, near Hounslow, and succeeded his father in the
baronetcy in 1818. He represented Berwick in Parliament
from 1828 to 1831. The first baronet was an energetic sup-
porter of the Government during the rebellion of 1745, and
the family numbered among its members the celebrated
Admiral Blake. Ho is succeeded in his title and estates by
his son Francis.

THE CHAPLAINCY OF GRAY'S-INN.—By the
death of the 11ev. 'William Grey Watson, M,A., who lost
his life on the Alps on the 31st of August last, the chap-
laincy of Grny'sLinn has become vacant. It is in the gift
of the Benchers. INIr. Watson, who has held it since 1856,
was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, where he gra-
duated in 1845, being 20th wrangler. In the same year he
was ordained deacon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and
priest in the following year by the Bishop of London. He
was for some time Vice-Principal of the College of Civil
Engineers at Bombay