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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1860.

CONTRACT FOR HAIR FELT.
Department of' the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, Ist Aug., 1860.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
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21st instant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat
with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for
supplying her Majesty's several Dock Yards with
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seen at the said office. No tender will be received after two
o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless
the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in
writing.
Every tender must be • addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten-
der for Hair Felt," and must also be delivered at Somerset-
place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible
persons, engaging to become bound with the person tender-
ing, in the sum of 2500, for the due performance of the Con-
tract.

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PARLIAMENTAI4Y

HOUSE OF COMMONS—AuG. 2. •
•
FORTIFICATIONS 'AND WORKS.
Question again proposed, "That it is the opinion of this
committee that, towards providing for the construction
of works for the defence of the Royal dockyards and
arsenals, andlor the ports of Dover and Portland, and
for the creation of a central arsenal, a sum, not exceeding
two million pounds, be charged upon the Consolidated
Fund of the United Kingdom, and that the Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury be authorised and em-
powered to raise the said sum by annuities for a term not
exceeding thirty years; and that such annuities shall be
charged upon and be payable gut of the said Consolidated
Fund." Amendment proposed,koleave out from the words
"committee that" to the end # the proposed resolution,
in order to add the words " as the main defence of Great
Britain against aggression de*nds on an efficient navy,
it is not now expedient to entek into.a large expenditure
on permanent land fortification ." Question put, " That
the words proposed to be le out stand part of the
proposed resolution." The mmittee divided—Ayes,
268 ; Noes, 39.
AYES-218.
Acton, Sir J. George, John ...Newark, Lord
Alcock, T. • Gibson, T. M. Newark,
C. N.
Angerstein, W. Gladstone, Capt. Norris, J.T.
Annesley, H. Gladstone, W. E. North, Col.
Antrobus, E. Glyn, G. C. North, F.
Astell, J. H. Glyn, G. G. Northcote, Sir S.
Atherton, W. Gordon, C.• W. Paget, C. •
Ayr+nn, A. S. Gore, .1. It 0. Paget, Lord A.
Bagwell, J. Gower, F. L. Paget, Lord C. E.
Baring, Sir F. Graham, Lord AV'in. Pakington, Sir J. S.
Baring, Thos. Geo. Gregory, W E. Palmerston, Visct.
Bathurst, A. A. Gregson, S. l'arker, Major W.
Beecroft, G. S. Gray, William Patten, J. W.
Bellew, R. M. Grey Rt. Ha. Sir G. Paull, H.
Bentinck, G.C. Griffith, C D. . Peacocke, G. M.
Bernard, W. S. Grogan, Sir Edward Peel,,Sir R---
Bethell, Sir It, Grosvenor, Elie - Peel,Ticii. ' -, .4--
-Biddiilph,;COl. R.M. Gurdon, B. Peel, F.
Black, Adam Gurney, Johnli. Philips, J. IL
Blencowe, J. G. Haliburton, Justice Pinney, Wm.
Bonham-Carter, J. Hamilton, Lord C. Proby, Lord. G. L.
Bowyer, W. Hanbury, R., jun. Pugh, D. (farmer.)
Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Hankey, Thomsen Puller, C. W.
Briscoe, J. I. Hartopp, E. B. Ramsden, Sir J. W
Brocklehurst, John Headlam, Thos. E Raynham, Viscoun*
Brooks, R. Heathcote, G. IL Repton, G. W. J.
Bruce, H. A. Henley, J. Ridley, G.
Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Henley, Lord Roebuck, J. A.
Buller, Sir A. Herbert, H. A. Rolt, J.
Buller, J. W. Herbert, S. Rothschild,BaronL.
Butler, C. S. Herbert, Col. P. E. Rothschild Baron'aM
Butt, Isaac Holmesdale, Lord Roupell, W.
Caird, James Hood, Sir A. Russell, A. J. E.
Cairns, Sir H.,, Hope, G. W. Russell, F. W.
Calcutt, F. Hopwood, J. T. Russell, Sir Win.
Calthorpe, F. H. Hornby, W. H. St. Aubyn, J.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Horsfall, T. B.; Salomong,Alderman
Cartwright, Col. H. Horsman E. Scholefieid, W.
Castlerosse, Vist. Hotham, Gen. Lord Selater-Booth, G,
Cave, S. Howard, Hon. C. Scrope, G. P.
Cavendish, Hon. W. Howard. Lord E. G. Scully, V.
Cecil, Lord R. Hubbard, J. a Selwyn, C. J.
Cholmeley, Sir Al. Hume, W. Seymour, Sir M.
Clay, James Hunt, G. W. Seymour, H. D.
Clifford, C. C. Hutt, W. Smith, Sir F.
Clive, George Ingham, R. Smith, Abel
Codrington, Sir W. Jermyn, Earl Smith, S. G.
Cole, J. L. Jervis, Captain Smollett, P.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Jervoise, Sir J. Somerville, Sir W.
Cowper, Hon. W.F. Jolliffe, Sir W. Somes, Joseph
Corry, H. L. Jolliffe, Capt. H. Spooner, It.
Craufurd, E. H. J Jones, D. ' ' Stacpoole, W.
Crawford, R. W. Kekewich, S. Stanley, Lord
Cubitt, George • Kendall, N. Stirling, Win.
Curzon, Viscount Kennard, C. Stuart, Col.
Davey, R. King, Hon. L. Stuart, Major W.
Dawson, R. P. , Kinglake, A. W. Sturt, Capt. C. N.
Deasy, Rickard Kinglake, Serj. J. Talbot, Hon. W. C.
Disraeli, Benjamin Kingscote, Lt.-Col. Taylor, Colonel
Dodson, John G. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Tavl o r , Hugh
Duff, M. E. Knight, F. Thynne, Lord E.
Duke, Sir James Knox, Lt.-C01.8.W. Thynne, Lord H.
Dunbar. Sir Win. Laing, S. Tite, Wm,
Duncombe, A. Leeke, Sir H. Tollemache, Hon.F.
Dundas, Frederick Lefroy, A. Tollemache, J. H.
Dunn, John Legh, W. , ' Torrens, R.
Dunne, Col. Lennox, Lord U. G. Trefusis, Hon. C. H.
Dutton, Hon. R. H. Levinge, Sir R.G.A. Valetort, Lord
Egerton, W. Lewis, Sir G.C., Et, Vandeleur, Col.
Elcho Lord Liddell, Hon. H. G ;Vane, Lprd 11. G.
Elphinstone, Sir J Lindsay, Colonel Vansittart, Wm.
Emlvn, Viscount Locke, Jos. Villiers, Rt. Hon. G.
Enfield, Viscount Locke, John Walcott, Adm. J. E.
Ennis, John Lockhart, A. E. Waldron, L.
Esmonde, John Lovaine, Lord Walpole, S. 11.
Estcourt, S. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Evans, T. W. Lygon, lion. F.i Warner, Edward
Ewart, William Lysley, W. , Watling,ton, J. W.
Ewart, J. C. Mainwaring, T. Welby, W. B.
Farquhar, Sir M. Malins, R., Western, T. S.
Ferguson, R. Manners, Lord,'. Whitbread, S.
Fergusson, Sir J. Martin, J. ~ Whiteside, Rt Hn J.
Fitzgerald, W. S. Matheson, A. ' Whitmore, H.
Forster, Charles Miles, Sir W. Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C.
Forster, Sir G. Miller, T. Woodd, B. T.
Fortescue, C. S. Mitchell, T. A. Wynne, C. G.
Freeland, H. W. Montagu, Lord k. Yorke, Hon.E.
Gard, It. S. Morgan, C. 0. 5, TELLERS.
Gaskell, J. M. Morris, D. Brand, H. B.
Gavin, Major Mowbray, Rt. liii, J. Knatchbull-Hugess
I,IOES-30.

James, Edwin Smith, Augustus
Kershaw, J. Staniland,'hl.
Buxton, C. 'Lawson, W. ' Stansfeld, J.
Coningham, Wm. Leatham, E. Sullivan, 31.
Crook, Joseph M'Ca,nn, J. Tomline, G.
Bright,Bass 3 1
J. .T.
Dalg,lish, Robert McEvoy, E. IVesthead, B.
Dillwyn, Len is L. Monson, W. J. White, Jas.
Douglas, Sir C. O'Donoghue, D. Willcox, B. M.
gerinoy, Lon; PadrOure, R, - Williams, W.
Greene, Capt. J. Peter Sir DI. • Willoughby, Sir H
Gurney, Samuel Pigott, Francis Wyld, James
Hadfield, Geo. Pilkington,James TELLERS.
Hennessy, J. P. Shelley, Sir J. V. Lindsay, W. S.
Hodgklnson, G. Smith, J. B. Berkeley, H.

FORTIFICATIONS AND 117012K5.

We must all of us feel obliged to Mr. Bright for his en-
tertaining review of the projects afloat for the defence of
this country. It is perfectly true,, as he says, 'hat every-
body who may be supposed to have a voice or the least in-
fluence in these matters is overwhelmed with sug estions
and schemes, generally on a colossal scale. It is quite true
that men who might be supposed from their profession to
know how countries can best beattacked and defended think
it necessary to fringe our shores with guns of large calibre
ever pointed at the offing, with men ever ready to work
them. It is equally true that others propose the most enor-
mous estimates for our Army and Navy, and seem to as-
sume that England is to merge every other consideration;
and even to give up all hope of adding to her people or her
wealth, under the desperate necessity of defending what
she has against the foe that has not even appeared. Of all
this we are painfully aware, and, if we differ at all from
Mr. Bright in our opinion of these lucubrations, the differ-
ence is that he has thought it w.lrth while to get them up
thoroughly, and furnish the house with full abstracts,
whereas a glance had convinced us that they were not
worth the most cursory perusal. If the object was to create
a general impression that a mar, or even a good many men,
might have an extraordinary delusion on this or any other
subject, Mr. Bright has succeeded in proving what no-
body doubts. At almost every dinner table within this me-
tropolis for the last dozen years there has been at least
one man who thought our only chance was to double
or treble the Navy or the Army. But the existence of a
hundred wild schemes is no argument against the hundred
and first, especially if it is distinguished from them all by
its modest and practical character. One medicine may be
salutary even it a hundred are poison. There may be one
honest man even in the midst of a hundred rogues. One
statement may be true though many statements are not.
There maybe a good plan for the drainage of London, though
many plans have been chimerical. There may be such a
thing as a sound speculation, though many which pre-
tended to this character have brought their victims to the
Gazette.
Indeed, we may see in Mr. Bright's sweeping tirade
against defences of all kinds or sorts, except only Volun-
teers, the very foil necessary to set off the moderate and
well-reasoned propositions of the Royal Commissioners.
He fires away an imaginary attack on some imaginary pro-
position. Ho runs a tilt against an army of windmills in
the shape of pamphleteers. In his imagination the mules
are camels. He attacks the Report, not for what it is,
though he calls the writers all sorts of names, but for what
it is not, and for what it has, in fact, deliberately rejected.
The public anticipation, always apt' to be hazy and care-
less, erred in the very direction taken by Mr. Bright's
speech. It forgot even that special instructions had been
given to the Commissioners. So schemes were rife for the
general defence of the country, as if it was to be walled in
and battlemented, or surrounded with ditches. Mr.
Bright has supposed this, the general idea, to be
overthrown. It scarcely ever occurs to him that the
commissioners. have not advised acontinuous fringe of artil-
lery round the island; they have not recommended a large
increase of our army or our navy ; they have not recom-
mended a fortress at Guildford, or a circle of 50 forts round
the metropolis. They have simply advised .that the exist-
ing fortifications at our dockyards and chief harbours of
return() shall be brought up to the requirements of the pre-
sent time. If the commissioners have discriminated be-
tween the impractical and the practical, between the infi-
nite and the finite, between grand fortifications along the
whole shore and additional protection for the receptacles of
the national ships and property, it is rather hard that they
should be condemned, not for the wheat which they choose
but for the chaff which they. reject. Mr. Bright scarcely
condescends to notice the propositions of the commission.
They are, indeed, too humble for so grand a declamation.
If he offers any criticism upon
them, it is that, after all,
they are insufficient,inasmuch
as Mr. Whitworth would
undertake to throw molten iron into Portsmouth from a
distance of six miles. If that is all that Mr. Bright has to
say about the particular works of defence recommended,
we must add his unbiassed testimony to the moderation of
the report. But as, in everything, Mr. Bright is against
defences altogether, except in the' form of Volunteers, we
are left to conclude that in his opinion the right way of
dealing with Portsmouth, and all our other works of de-
fence, is to let them fall to ruin, to let the cannon sink into
the ditches, let frost and rain do their work, and eventually
convert the whole into gardens.
The House of 'Commons has pronouiced by a very de-
cisive majority in favour of the resolution. That, of course,
we expected, and Mr. Bright would also expect. If he is.,
not satisfied with this decision, as most likely he is not, we
wish that the appeal could be made to the Volunteers, who,
we are told, are the proper defence of the country, and the
true constitutional army. Would the Volunteers rather
discharge their rifles from behind breastworks, or in the
open field ? Would they rather stand behind the battle-
ments of Portsmouth, and in redoubts a mile or two in
advance, or among the marshes of Hayling Island and the
Downs of the Isle of Wight? Were they to find them-
selves in- a csuntry town such as Chichester, or a coast
town such as Brighton, with the immediate prospect of
being attacked by invaders, would they not take measures
to intrench themselves and fight under cover ? We can
only say that not only all the bravest Volunteers, but all
the best soldiers.. in the world, have done their best to eco-
nomise life by the use of such fortifications as it was in
their power to make. Romans, Normans, Americans, our
own soldiers in India, the Sikhs and Hindoos opposed to
us, and even the natives in New Zealand, have all fought
and, pallisades, as well as with sword and
with earthworks
spear and rifle. They never despised these humble appli-
ances. Bunker's-hill was fought with breastworks.
Garibaldi, with 2,000, beat 12,000 Austrians, by the aid of
a hastily-formed earthwork. The great loss we suffered at
Ferozeshah was
awing to the Sikhs having run up a breast-
eventually gallopped over, but
work which our cavalry
which answered its purpor.. The soldiers who have run
a night or an hour would not have
been too proud to use Works already made;
up works of defence in
and if they had

any post to maintain, such as an arsenal or a dockyard,
they would think it so much gain to find good works pro-
vided for them. Such works may require an army to man
them against a regular siege, bid a few untrained men may
be able to hold them against a surprise. Scientific men, of
course, take a high standard. It is their duty to suppose
the worst from the enemy, and demand the most from their
own country. But a handful of men raay be sufficient to
hold a post for a few hours, and they veal do so all the better
for well-constructed works. Mr.Bright,'however, has hovered
all round the coast, flitted from harbcrar to harbour, skim-
med the seas, and soared over the land; he has dene every-
thing; he has attended to everything and everybody, ex-
cepting only the proposals before th,s house. Except to say
that the winds would always protract in Dover the ships
that had fled there for refuge, and that Portsmouth could
be successfully bombarded from the distance of six miles,
Mr. Bright has really taken no- notice of the report. He
has expressed no opinion of the existing fortifications' at
Portsmouth, unless they are comprehended in the general
censure he passes upon these raid all other methods of war-
fare. Such a declamation cram have no aim that we can
imagine, and it had last night no other effect than to carry
the resolution by a majority of seven to One.-7- Times.

GARIB ALDI'S ENTRY IN .7 0- MESSINA.

A letter from Napless, dated July 28, says :
There were some inaccuracies in my last letter
regarding the evacuation of Melazzo by the Nea-
politan troops, but I• copied my report from a Bolle-
tine printed and published in Messina. A Pied-
montese steamer arrived yesterday from Melazzo,
and from the officers on board I derived the follow-
ing intelligence. The capitulation was drawn up
in a manner that exacted no humiliation from the
Neapolitans; they were granted the honours of war
(though they were to leave all the material of war
in the city), and were to leave the island as soon as
possible. In the interval, before going on board,
Colonel Bosco, the Neapolitan fire-eater, caused all
the cannon to be spiked, a dirty and disgraceful
trick ; so that when the colonel was about leaving
the city on horseback, Garibaldi ordered him to dis-
mount, directed his horse to be taken to Medici and
calling four carabineers ordered them to take the
hero on board. There can be no difference of opinion
as to the conduct of Bosco, and Garibaldi was fully
justified in thus degrading him. I have met also a
person attached to the Neapolitan troops who came
up with a large body of them yesterday morning.
He says that the surrender of 'Melazzo was a ne-
cessity, as a mine had been made up to the very
walls, which were in a shaky untenable state. They
were without water, their wine was vinegar, and as
to their biscuit it was decomposed. The engage-
ments, he added, of the 20th and 21st, were very
fierce, and well sustained on both sides. The Royal-
ists had about 4,000 men, and the Garibaldini
about twelve or thirteen thousand men, principally
Sicilians, backed or headed by a few hundred Pied-
montese. The former were most efficient shooters,
whilst the really hard work was done by the latter,
who fought like lions, running upon the cannon,
and setting all danger at defiance. The Neapolitans
too, fought well, especially the Chasseur-a-cheval.
Comparatively few shots were fired, as the action
was conducted principally with the bayonet. My
informant, who was a Neapolitan, added that the
loss in killed and wounded on their ride was about
160, whilst the Garibaldini must have lost 800
men. Garibaldi himself, according to his represen-
tation, must have been twice in imminent danger.
A captain of theChasseurs had raised his sword and
grazed the neck of the general, who immediately
cut him down, and two or three Sicilians finished
him, on which Garibaldi killed one of these vili,
and protested against striking a man on the ground.
On another occasion he was exposed to the follow-
ing danger :—A grenade burst right before him and
he was only saved from destruction by his horse
rearing and retiring. On the morning my infor-
mant left Melazzo, which was last Wednesday,
eleven of the country people had been shot by order
of Garibaldi for robbery. Bosco arrived here on
Thursday with the 9th battalion of the Chasseurs,
many of whom were wounded; and yesterday
morning about 2,000 men arrived in four French
commercial steamers, which had left on Wednesday,
having been 48 hours en route. Barcellona, about
six miles from Melazzo, had been abandoned by the
Garibaldini with the exception of the sick; Me-
lazzo is of course now in their possession, and
so is a point called Gesso, about 10 miles from
Messina. A Russian vessel of war that came in
yesterday brings intelligence that Garibaldi's men
had already attacked the Neapolitan outposts.
A report prevailed on Wednesday that the bom-
bardment of the city had begun, but that it had
been suspended half an hour after by telegraphic
order from Naples. The Government denies this
in toto, but it is very true that on the 22d General
Clary informed the French consul, and on the fol-
lowing morning other consuls, that if attacked he
should make every effort to defend himself, and
that therefore they would do well to provide for
the security of their fellow-subjects. This was con-
sidered as an intimation that there would be a bom-
bardment, and on Monday last the foreign vessels
in harbour had their steam up, with the idea of
getting out of range of the gurs. We shall have
no positive intelligence before Tuesday next.
Here, in Naples, we are in perfect repose; and,
judging from facts on the surface, one might sup-
pose that thingh were settling down. Talk there is
enough of and to spare, and great numbers are in
favour of annexation. Still the party for the con-
stitution, to which rally many of the old Royalists,
is very,powerful. Unless, however, Garibaldi lands,
or material assistance comes to them from some
other quarter, I feel assured that the Neapolitans
will do nothing for themselves. They have from
necessity long fallen into a habit of inaction, and
are always looking beyond themselves and out of
the country for redemption. Their prinoipal occupa-
tion at present, therefore,•is in talking largely, and
creating panics, and exaggerating and distorting
facts so as to interfere seriously with the course of
things and hamper the ministers, whb are, I be.
lieve, desirous of carrying out the principles of the
constitution. Most-of the population do justice
to the good intentions, at least, of the leading mem-
bers of the ministry ; so much so, that on last Tues-
day, which was sacred to St. Liborio, there was an
illumination, not in honour of the saint, but of
Liborio Romano, the minister of the interior.

I have spoken highly of the intentions and ho-
nesty of the ministers, but at the same time I can-
not but acksowledge they are weak, not from any
want of inherent force, but from the intrigues of
the reactionists, and the suspicions and panics of
the liberals. Their efforts to do good are almost
paralysed. Orders are given and are not executed,
or drag their weary length along. Men high in
office oppose the constitution, and are simply re-
moved ; soldiers rush through the streets and cut
down peaceable citizens, and we hear nothing more
of bringing them to justice. The camarilla were
to be removed, but they still hang about Naples,
and it is a wonder to me that Filangieri, the great
arch traitor, who had the means of saving the
King and the country during a whole year, and
only enriched himself, has never been even men-
`tioned. As to Num./ante, he has sent in his resig-
nation.

Since writing the above I have been moving
about and making observations, and am disposed
to think that the tranquillity which reigns and
continues here indicates increasing confidence.
Many are accepting office, and the pruning-knife is
being applied to the intendente of the provinces
with greater vigour than ever. There is, too, a
growing opinion that the real interests of the libe-
ral party lie in consolidating the new institutions
rather than in producing anarchy with a view to a
problematical change. On the Bourse confidence is
decidedly on the increase.
The following intelligence, however, on which
you may depend, will be likely to produce a great
movement. Garibaldi has entered Messina, and a
general fraternisation has taken place. It is to be
observed that he entered with a flag, from which
the arms of the House of Savoy were removed, and
on the supposition that the letter of Victor Em-
manuel has been presented, Garibaldi placed him-
self at the head of the revolution, and a landing
may be expected shortly on the continent. He re-
fuses the truce, and the Neapolitans preserve the
0-citadel. The Neapolitan troops who were in the
neighbourhood are embarking rapidly on their re-
turn. The " Comitati" generally, setting aside Vic-
tor Emmanuel, now swear by and follow Garibaldi.
Without assuming any great merit as a prophet,
the upshot of it all will be that revolution will be
permitted to march forward until it arrives here,
and then the French will step in and arrest it and
play their game, whatever that may be. Such has
been the aim of our neighbours, I believe, from the
beginning. Without this impulse from without I
am of opinion that things would have gradually
settled down into tranquillity and confidence ;as it
is, I think a disembarkation of Garibaldi and his
forces may be expected as certain, and of course
there will be other combinations. A truce for six
months had received the support of France, Pied-
mont, and England, in order to
if possible.
for the
consolidation of the new institutions, possible.
As you are aware, a truce of six months had re-
ceived the support of England and France and
Piedmont, and the bearer of the letter from Victor
Emmanuel to Garibaldi, who left Genoa on the 22d
inst., must have arrived before this and had an in-
terview with the Dictator. The following facts