The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN)NG, AUGUST 24, 1860.

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—le town, he was doing GOD and himself
service, too. Indeed, this kind of double service—
acting from what he calls " mixed" motives—was
•
his settled plan. On this account ho did not like
to do his charities through the vicar. They were
" half-benevolent, half-political in their object"—
though, when he weighed carefully, he thought
the benevolent scale went down and the political
one kicked the ceiling. He preferred, therefore, to
the vicar, as his agent, one ITGALL, whose " be-
nevolent " use of £7OO with which he furnished
him made him, he says, " very popular." Still, as
it was a " double transaction," he did not like to
mix the vicar up with it. He did not know at the
time " that M‘GALL had been tried and convicted
at Edinburgh." We see this agent, selected by
Mr. GORDON for " double transactions," was absent
on Wednesday when he was inquired for by the
Commissioners. He was last seen in Edin-
burgh. As to Mr. STAPLETON, his was the
ordinary case of having spent £3,000 at the
election of 1852, without knowing how it went,
but having behaved much better ever since.
As we have already observed, however, we can see
no useful result to follow all this investigation.
Nothing will be done. The Commissionerrsvill be
well paid; they will produce a costly blue
book ; but the interest and utility of the whole
thing will be, just what belongs to the newspaper
reports.

2d., in

The public have recently been made acquainted
with the fact cf the, at present, failure of the tele-
graphic line laid in the Red Sea, and, under the
terms arranged with the Government of the day,
by the company forming this line, the country have
not only to bear the disappointment and incon-
veniences, but have also to pay a large annual sum
to the Red Sea Company for the next fifty years
(£34,000 per annum). It cannot, therefore, be
denied that there is a national interest in this
undertaking, exceeding any ordinary proprietary
rights, and that a searching investigation should
at once be instituted, to ascertain the true causes of
the disaster ; more particularly so, as in every di-
rection reports are current that the failure of this
and other submarine lines has arisen from defective
workmanship in the cables or jobbery of interested
parties, and is not traceable in the most remote de-
gree to any inherent difficulties in the science of
telegraphy. In this science, like all others, in its
early application, mistakes must be expected, and
all interested in its full qevelopment would do well
to be guided by the advice of those whose professional
position entitle them to attention, and not to
allow the occasional opinion of writers in
the daily Press to influence their judgment on
scientific subjects, upon which such writers cannot
but be very incompetent authorities.
All reasonable doubts, however, on this subject
will soon, we trust, be dispelled, by the publication
of a mass of facts obtained by the committee of the
House of Commons appointed to inquire into the
position of the various submarine telegraphs laid
down, in whose report, when published, the cause
of the present failures of this and other lines will
be clearly shown to arise, as above stated, from
defective workmanship, with the connivance, it is
feared, of friendly if not self-interested and jobbing
supervision ! And now, instead of the construction
of submarine lines of telegraph being from our
want of knowledge iinpossible, as some short time
since it was considered, it is unquestionably the
reverse—and with the abundance of practical in-
formation gained within the last few years, any
future failure of the action of submarine wires need
not be apprehended in any case where proper men

are selected as contractors for the cable, and prac-
tical electricians of eminence engaged to examine
and watch its manufacture, and to test it bafore
being submerged.

Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the
Prince Adolphus leave the Duchess of Cambridge's resi-
dence at Kew to-day for Germany. The departure of their
royal highnesses is hastened by the intelligence, received
by telegraph, of the serious illness of the Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz. In consequence of the news of the
indisposition of the grand duke the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary have delayed their visit to Mr. and
Lady Elizabeth Drummond at Cadlands.
The Princess Kotschoubay and suite arrived at
the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, last night, from
Ostend.

The Duke and Duchess of Manchester are pro-
longing their stay at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone.

The Earl of Sandwich has arrived at the Pavilion
Hotel, Folkestone.

The Hon. Colonel Lindsay, M.P., and Lady
Sarah Lindsay have left town for Scotland.

Colonel Burnaby has taken his departure for

Syria.
The fleet to accompany the Emperor Napoleon
to Algiers is to be composed of the Aiglo and the Reine
Hortense imperial yachts, conveying their Majesties and
suite; the ship of the line Eylau and the iron-cased frigate
Gloire, serving as an escort; the Vauban carrying baggage,
and the Ariege and the Sevre having on board the horses
of the Emperor and of the Gent-Gardes.
VOLUNTEERS TO GAraBALDL—About fifty gen-
tlemen have now enrolled their names as volunteers in the
company at present forming in this city to aid Garibaldi.
It is to be trusted that a subscription list will be opened for
purpose of paying the expenses of this gallant band to Lon •
don, from whence they will be forwarded to Garibaldi's
head-quarters to aid in the cause of Italian liberty.—Cale-
donian Mercury.
REVISION OF TIIE LISTS OF VOTERS OF THE CITY
OF LONDON.—Yesterday afternoon notice was given by Mr.
G W. K. Potter. the secondary of the City, and published
at the Guildhall, 'that T. Y. APChristic, Esq., the barrister
appointed to revise the list of voters for the City of London,
under the statute Bth Vic., cap. 18, would hold a court for
such purpose in the Court of Common Pleas in the Guild-
hall, on Tuesday, the Bth day of September next, at eleven'
o'clock in the forenoon. The secondary and overseers of
the several parishes will then attend, and deliver in to the
revising barrister the several likts made by them respec-
tively, and also the original notices of clai ass and objections
received by them. The list of notices of liverymen will be
first received, and afterwards the parish lists and notices
according to the order in which the parishes stand in the
register, i.e., according to the polling places. The revision
of the lists of liverymen will he immediately afterwards
commenced, and procee3ed with in alphabetical order till
they are concluded. Subsequently the revision of the parish
lists will be entered upon and proceeded with in the order
in which they stand in the polling districts. The clerks of
the companies of liverymen and the overseers are required
to attend when their lists are respectively revised.
THE METROPOLITAN SUBTERRANEAN RAILWAY.
—Yesterday a numerous body of workmen were engaged
in hOarding in an extensive block of buildings situate in
Paradise-street, Britannia-street, and Chad's-row, King's-
cross, which have been purchased by the railway company.
These will be immediately taken down and the'site cleared,
it being intended to excavate to tke required depth for the
construction of the brick arches, the process of tunnelling
being considered by experienced engineers to be extremely
hazardous in this spot in consequence of the surface of the
ground being much lower than that in the New-road, and
not allowing a sufficient amount of solid matter above the
shield used in tunnelling.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty 's EMi-
gration Commissioners chartered yesterday afternoon, the
23d inst., the British Trident, 1,340 tons, to sail from Bit,
kenhead for Sydney, New South Wales, at £l5 Os. 3d. per
statute adult ; to be ready for the reception of her passen-
gers on such day as tho commissioners may appoint between
the Ist and Bth October. The commissioners have adver-
tised for tenders on Thursday next, the 30th inst., for a
vessel to proceed to Algoa Bay, to be ready for the reception
of passengers about the 9th October, and limited to 200
statute adults.

HERTFORDSHIRE JUSTICE.—The following ap-
peared in the St. Albans Times of Saturday :—" A Juvenile
Delinquent.—Ruth Harrison, a girl 12 years of age, was
charged with an assault upon Elizabeth Kirby, a child about
five years old. Mrs. Eliza Biggs said—l live in Sopwell-
lane. About 5 o'clock on Tuesday evening I was sitting in
my house, when I heard some children crying. I went out
and asked what was the matter, when a girl named Jane
Lambeth told me that Ruth Harrison had been beating
Elizabeth Kirby. Ruth Harrison was present and said she
had hit the child, and would hit her again. Jane Lambeth,
a little girl eight years old, said—l saw Ruth Harrison hit
Elizabeth Kirby with her fist upon her back. I went in-
doors, and when I came out again I saw the defendant hit
Iho little girl again. The defendant, who was accompanied
by her mother and sisters, said she was collecting horscdcng
in Sopwell-lane, when the girl Kirby came up and kicked
her basket about, and she did hit her twice with her hand.
The mayor said it appeared to be a very trivial case; still
an assault had been committed. The magistrates had de-
termined to put the fine as low as possible—namely, Gil. ;
but the expenses were 10s. The amounts must be paid in
14 days, or the defendant be imprisoned for 10 days in de-
fault. The mother of the defendant said she hoped the
magistrates would send her child to prison at once, as their
work was so bad that it would be impossible to pay the
amount. The mayor told her that the 14 days would be
given them to pay the amount in, but the child would have
to go to prison if it were not then paid."

Ix.
VII 141 Q., fr N
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The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

MESSINA, AUG. 20 (Morning).

The landing of Garibaldi at Kola° has been fully
confirmed. The Neapolitans fired at the steamer
Torino, which grounded. Garibaldi and Missori
will attack Reggio to-night.

Noon.

Yesterday, after some firing, the garrison of the
citadel was silenced. A Neapolitan sentry has
fired at a British subject. An English war-steamer,
purchased at Liverpool, has arrived here.

Evening.

The Franklin has returned to Messina, after
having vainly endeavoured to float the Torino. The
Neapolitan cruisers did not fire on the Franklin. A
general battle is expected this evening.

PARIS, AUG. 24.

The Moniteur contains a decree ordering the
establishment of a port at the city of Thonon, on
Lake Leman, and the improvement of the already
existing port of Evian, on the same lake, as works
of public utility.
The Moniteur also publishes an account of the
journey of their Majesties through France to Cor-
sica and Algeria.

On arriving at Dijon their Majesties were re
ceived with enthusiasm.

The Mayor, in his address to their Majesties,
said that the Government of the Emperor has
carried the prestige of the country to a dazzling
height. The Mayor thus continued :—" When
Europe affects to be always afraid of the power of
your armies, she really fears much more the sym-
pathies which you have brought forth among
peoples."
The Bishop of Dijon, in his speech, ex-

tolled the expedition to Syria, an enterprise
undertaken notwithstanding the distrustful
exigencies of diplomacy. The Bishop expressed a
hope that the Emperor will likewise triumph over
the difficulties, almost impediments, which the
same diplomacy in departing from the path of
right and justice pretends to impose on the eldest
son of the Church, upon the Emperor, the successor
of Pepin and Charlemagne. The Bishop concluded
by expressing a hope that the Emperor will suc-
ceeed in arresting the revolutionary flood which
menaces the patrimony of the Holy Father.
The Constitutionnel publishes an article signed
Grandguillot stating that the relations between
France and Austria are excellent and congratulating
the latter Power on having frankly entered on the
path of reform.

PARIS, AUG. 24.

The news published in some German papers that
the Emperor Napoleon had proposed a Congress for
the settlement of the affairs of Italy is totally un-
founded.

PARIS, AUG. 23.

An imperial decree is expected, according to
which corn and flour on being imported into
France by land or sea—in the latter case either in
French or foreign vessels— will only be subject to
the minimum of the duty until the end of Sept.,
1861. All vessels laden with corn and flour will
be exempt from tonnage dues.

PARIS, AUG 23.
The Emperor and Empress left this morning fur

Savoy and Nice.
The Pattie of this evening says :—" The news of
the establishment of a Provisional Government at
Potenza has not been confirmed."

VIENNA, AUG. 23.

Despatches received from St. Petersburg state
that a grand banquet took place at the Imperial
Court, in honour of the birthday of the Emperor
of Austria, at which the Austrian Ambassador was
present. The Czar, in proposing the health of the
Emperor, said—" In honour of my dear brother the
Emperor of Austria."

SHANGHAI, JUNE 29,

Lord Elgin and Baron Gros have arrived here.
Sir Hope Grant and Admiral Hope have left for
Pecheli. The city is protected by the allies. The
rebels are making progress. Trade is stopped.

CANTON, JULY 8.

Matters appear more settled.
One hundred war vessels and transports were in
Fochein Bay on the 24th June.
The mandarins have been ordered to furnish no
supplies.

hope that I may be permitted to receive them here-
after ; for to have them near me would be the sole
consolation of my exile. I pray his Majesty to ac-
cord me two lines written by his hand—at least an
adieu, in exchange for all the affection I have shown
him. I declare, besides, that my wife and my sons
shall leave in the Brazilian corvette. May Heaven
render the King happy, protect my dear country,
save it from the calamities which seemed to impend
and watch over the navy front which I separate
with deep regret. Never will I forget that this
corps is the one with which from my infancy all
my sentiments have been bound up, and with which
I have shared all my trouble.—Naples. 13th."

The Prince haling rapidly terminated his prepara-
tions for departure, went with his family on board
the schooner Menai, purchased for him in England,
and on board he wrote the following letter to the
King :

"Your Majesty,—Gen. Palumbo, in communicat-
ing the ministerial order to go on board a steamer,
and in presenting my passport declared to me, in
name of the President of the Council, the real motive
of the measure. It was, he said, because everybody
is ill-disposed to me, and that I ought, in con-
quence to endeavour, with the greatest soli-
citude, to save the country from a con-
flagration, and, at the same time, to preserve
my life, which was no longer in safety, for my
enemies would rise in a body against me, and I
should find myself in great peril. Your Majesty
therefore sees that the mission which is given to
me in the letter referred to is far from being serious
—that it is false in reality, and that consequently,
as a man of honour, as a true constitutional and
Italian citizen, I cannot abstain from protesting.
However, I do so only after having obeyed the order
to embark, which I have done at this moment, an
hour after midnight. Ido not make this protest in
order not to leave ; on the contrary, I quit Naples
as soon as the papers necessary for the purpose can
be put in order. I only wish to say to your Ma--
j esty that my Italian and constitutional principles
merited another recompense, and that the black
calumny of which I am the object weighs heavily
on a heart which feels itself quite different from the
unworthy description given of it. I have also
another motive not less important for writing to
your Majesty—it is that you did not deign to ad-
mit me to your presence when I had not only to
tell you these things, but to express my immense
affection, of which your Majesty has had many
proofs. I may, however, be permitted to write these

lines to affirm my innocence, and to protest, in face
of your Majesty, of the nation, and of the whole
world, that I have not deserved the punishment in-
flicted on .me, and that I had a right to hope for
very different treatment. I hand this letter to
General Palumbo. He also can tell your Ma-
jesty the sentiments which bound me to you, to
the country, and to Italy. I am, etc.,
" LOUIS DE BOURBON."

THE' BOMBAY MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Delta, Capt. Field, with the heavy portion of the
Bombay and Mediterranean mails, has arrived.
She brings 119 passengers, £2,090 in specie, and a
cargo of general merchandise.
On the 12th inst. she spoke the Alhambra, on
the 15th the Vectis, on the 17th her Majesty's ships
Orion and Melpomene, on the 21st the Massilia,
and on the 22d the Pera.

Accounts received from Mazagan state that the
trade in grain was brisk. The crop of beans and
Indian corn was abundant. The market was still

supplied from the interior.
According to news received from Tetuan, the
Spaniards will evacuate the town in two months,
in consequence of a new arrangement entered into
between Mulai El Albas and Senor Merry.

GIBRALTAR, AUGUST 19.

Exchange on London, 00 days, 504 to sin ; Paris,
sf. 32c.; Marseilles and Genoa, sf. 33c. ; Madrid, 8
days' sight,l discount; Cadiz, Malaga, and Valencia
at par.

Freights unaltered.
SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.

The United States steamer Illinois, Capt. Terry,
with advises from New York to the 11th inst., has
arrived off the Needles.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.

The screw steamship City of Washington, Capt.
Jeffery, which touched at Queenstown yesterday,
arrived here thin afternoon, bringing New York
journals of the 11th inst.
On the 13th inst. the City of Washington passed
the Persia for New York ; on the 17th the Arabia,
for Halifax ; and on the 19th a large screw steamer,
also bound west.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales landed
from the Hero at Charlottetown, Prince Edward's
Island, on Thursday the 10th inst. He was accom•
panied to the island by the ship Nile, and the
Ariadne, Cossack, Valorous, and Flying Fish, as
well as by the French commodore's ship Pomene.
The day was stormy and wet, but he was neverthe-
less received by a great multitude of people, many
of whom were from distant parts, and had to
camp out for lack of accommodation. The arrange,
ments fcr the reception were good. The Prince
landed under eight Royal salutes from the ships
and battery. He was received on Queen's-wharf
by the officers of the Government, members of the
public bodies, the clergy and the bar, and deputa-
tions cf prominent citizens. He was conveyed in
the Governor's carriage, and accompanied by a
procession along the streets, which were lined by
the volunteers' battalioh. Numerous tasteful
arches were erected, and the enthusiasm was very
warm. The reception was considered a complete
success. Lord Mulgrave accompanied the Prince
from Nova Scotia, as did also a guard of honour of
regular troops.
President Buchanan, accompanied by Miss Lane,
Secretary Toncey, and a large party of ladies and
gentlemen, visited the Great Eastern, in Annapolis
roads, on the 9th inst. The President was honoured
with a salute both on his arrival and departure, and
expressed himself much gratified with a two hours'
inspection of the Mammoth vessel. The ship left
the Chesapeake on her return to New York, on the
evening of the 10th, and the 16th was still named
as the day of her departure for England.
The New York Herald says the census returns
were rapidly pouring into Washington, and they
were expected to be completed by the Ist of Sep-
tember. It was confidently assumed that the total
population of the Union will not fall short of
32,000,000, being an increase of nearly one-third
upon the census returns of 1850.

The American Scientific Association, which had
been in session at Newport for a fortnight, had
adjourned sine die.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention
had agreed to form a presidential electoral ticket,
headed with the names of the rival democratic can-
didates—Breckinridge and Douglass—as the elec-
tors of the State at large, and that in the event of
the success of the said ticket, the vote of the State
shall be cast accordingly as the result shall show
which of the two tickets shall have received a ma-
jority of the votes cast for both.
Vera Cruz dates are to the 29th ult. There is no
news of importance. Miramon was still at Lagos
at last accounts, unable to effect his escape from
that country_
The dates from British Columbia are to the 25th
of July, but there is nothing of moment in the
news.

The commercial intelligence from New York has
been generally anticipated.
The following are the latest stock quotations in
the New York papers of the 10th :—United States
Fives of 1874, 102/ ; New York Central shares,
871, for the opening ; ditto Sixes of 1862, 103 ;
Illinois Central shares, 87/ ; ditto bonds, 951 ; Erie
shares, 31 ; Michigan Central shares, 671 ; Michi-
gan Southern, 211 ; ditto bonds, 2d mortgage, 70 ;
Reading shares, 48.4 ; Pacific Mail, 83; Galena and
Chicago, 811.
The money market was easy-.

THE RED SEA TELEGRAPH.—It appears that
Messrs. Newell and Co , the contractors for the Red Sea
Telegraph, have commenced a suit against the company,
claiming, on the ground that the contract had been per-
formed, the percentage claimed during the progress of the
work, and also a certain amount for repairs subsequently
executed. Tile company deny the completion, and would,
it is presumed, have themselves taken proceedings against
Messrs. Newell if Messrs. Newell had not been the first to
move. Meanwhile, the company have received a state•
ment from their marine superintendent, encouraging a
belief that the faults in the line may yet admit of repair. It
has been represented that they hay a sufficient capital left
to meet the expense, but the original £BOO,OOO has been
almost'or entirely used. The funds now available consist
of an extra £200,000 on which the Government granted
their guarantee to meet the cost of the shipping required
for the undertaking.