The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1860.

THE SUN.
LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1860.

The hour of trial for Naples, and, we may add,
for Sicily too, has now arrived. For Naples, be
cause tempted to sell her own fair prospects to a
base traitor ; for Sicily, because it is not easy to be-
lieve that FRANCIS IL, retaining power on the con-
tinent, will not soon regain it in Sicily too. And,
more than all, is Sardinia in danger. She has a
good prospect just now of becoming, with all the
rest of Italy, a kingdom to which even the Tuileries
will no longer dictate a policy. And, with constitu-
tional England on one side of France, with Gibral-
tar and Malta as our hold on the Mediterranean,
a constitutional Italy and its army on the other
side, with an English fleet at hand, will be quite a
match for the despotically governed democracy of
France, and the despot Frenchmen are content to
serve ; to serve even to fine and imprisonment,
when they write of liberty as the most precious of
jewels.

We have coursed with old greyhounds ; we have
seen the old dog, instead of following the hare
direct, as honest greyhounds are bound to do, dash
off for the adjoining plantation for which he knew
the hare would soon make—thus as it is called
" run cunning." We have even seen an old
dog jump over the plantation hedge, and watch on
the other side of a gap in the hedge by which the
crafty fellow knew the hare would enter, and seize
it as it came over. We thought of the old grey-
hound as soon as we saw the announcement of a
constitution at Naples—coupled, as it was, with
intimation that Baron BRENIER, and the envoy
who had turned back from Paris, had much to do
with it. The old dog at the Tuileries—we said to
ourselves is "running cunning." It is not
easy, England having now a fleet which
must be respected, and Germany not
being quite ready to be swallowed, for the EMPE-
ROR to act openly. He wants Italy to be weak,
that he may be its virtual master. If Germany
would let him take the " natural boundary" of the
Rhine, he might bear with Sardinia being stronger,
she might even help him on the Rhine; but, like
the dog in the manger, if he cannot annex by force,
he will not let Sardinia, if he can help it, annex, by
the inhabitants of Italy spontaneously annexing
themselves. Sicily seemed all but annexed to Sardinia,
strategical reasons alone in regard to Messina and
the mainland induced GARIBALDI to say—" Not
yet,". and Naples was on the point of following
Sicily, Sozo the old greyhound dashes off to Naples
—and watched there to catch his hare—which is,
a divided, and, therefore, weak Italy.
Most cordially do we wish him, if our supposi-
tions be correct, all ill success. He it is who keeps
Tuscany separate from Sardinia ; he it is who
wants to have three monarchs in Italy—all look-
ing to him for supp„t
• Such a position would
be ignominious for VICTOR EMMANUEL. He and
Count CANOUR know it well
• For the King to be but
one of thi ee petty Kings, when everything is work-
ing towards the consummation of a constitutional
Italy, ur,ited beneath his crown, would be deplor-
able indeed. We hope the Count feels strong
enough to bid defiance to Rome, Prussia, Austria,
and France too ! All are frowning ; but, all E
na_
land smiles, and we are not just now to count for
nothing. No, nor is
' "GOD and the RIGHT" to count
for nothing. The right of a nation to choose its
own form of Government is at least acknowledged in
theory, and even in form, by him of the Tuileries.

If he make open war on it he wars against the
foundation of his own throne. If he do not, Eng-
land can by her moral support enable all Italy to
assert that right. Russia and Austria have quite
enough on their hands to be harmless. Prussia
cannot offend England without quaking for the
Rhine. Let but our Government do its duty, as it
has hitherto done, let it bid the Neapolitans and
the King of SARDINIA take counsel for themselves
without fear, and all will yet be right.
As to the Neapolitans—to do them justice, they
do not seem yet to be cajoled. We hear of no
popular enthusiasm, indeed of no enthusiasm
at all. The tricoloured Italian flag floats
on St. Elmo's, but the Neapolitans groan rather
at the guns which point from the fort on the city,
and do not cheer the nag which waves over them.
The promise of the suppressed Constitution of 1848
even, is received with indifference. We can, indeed,
hardly imagine our fellow creatures so very simple
as to be " gulled" with such offers from a Bourbon,
and from such a Bourbon, as this young REIIO.
BOAM. The man who accepted all his father's
worst acts--who took his seat on the throne itself
illegally; who now offers to reverse the Constitution
which, till GARIBALDI was at hand, he illegally
kept in the abeyance in which his father
placed it—who remitted no unjust punishments,
checked no atrocities, and consummated all by the
murderous bombardment of Palermo—it seems im-
possible that any Liberals in the Neapolitan do-
minions can tolerate the longer rale of such a youth-
ful monster. Every man who aids him in promoting
constitutional liberty is perfectly sure of a fate like
POBRIO'S as soon as he is in a position to make
martyrs of those who trusted him. England has
but one simple and obviously just demand to make.
She only says—let the Italians settle their own
affairs—and for ourselves, we would rather our
ships should give the French ones in the Mediter-
ranean the benefit of their broadsides than allow
the EMPEROR to intimidate the patriots in Southern
Italy, and in the free kingdom in the North. If we
do not interfere, neither let him ; it must not be,
come what will.

One of Mr. HORSMAN'S arguments on Friday to
prove that since 1832 the power of the House of
Lords had increased, was increasing, and ought to
be increased, till it was the supreme power in the
State—was that it represented the nation better
than the Commons did. Mr. WYLD will surely,
therefore, appeal to him for support to-morrow
night. Lord JOHN, in vain attempted to bring the
House of Commons nearer to the representative
perfection ascribed by Mr. HORSMAN to the Lords
—and Mr. HORSMAN was not amongst the least
bitter of his assailants; inconsistent this, appa-
rently. Be that as it may, Mr. WYLD will
modestly aim at perfecting repreientation in one
point only—he will move for leave to bring in a
bill to amend the mode of taking votes at elections.
Mr. IVYLD has not indicated in any way what
his bill will be. He has been an earnest supporter
of the ballot, faithful to it when old friends quaked
and quailed. We cannot believe that he can
really purpose any minor paltry alterations of the
mode of recording the votes on the present system
—that must be useless ; we never even heard of any
possible modification. The only one conceivable is
the non-publishing of the numbers till after the
poll, to prevent the last day and last hour's bribery.
Yet this is impossible, under open polling. Voting
papers are proved to be liable to all the worst
evils of a poll-book. They might, indeed, be
signed, filled up, and delivered at the time of
voting, and not counted till afterwards; it
being made compulsory that the mode of doing it
should ensure secrecy till the polling was over.
This would be difficult, perhaps impracticable, but
if attainable would no doubt prevent the bribery of
the last few hours.

We know not, however, of any means of amend-
ing taking the votes at elections but one—the one
we have so long and earnestly advocated.
We have glanced over the report of the com-
mittee on the Corrupt Practices Act, and may
notice some things in it ere long ; but we
observed no suggestions there which touched on this
important point. Indeed the Report seems to us
to be like all which proceed from the same source,
one most proper to precede the introduction of a
" Bribery and undue influence promotion Act."
We venture then to hope that Mr. WYLD intends
to propose in some form the only amendment of the
mode of taking votes which is possible, and at the
same time the amendment which would supersede
the necessity for the solemn mockery of a long Act
against bribery and corruption. Ingenuity, equivo-
cation, lying, perjury; candidates' ignorance of how
their thousands are spent, and electors prudent
reticence on the subject, will always defeat any
bills by which Whigs and Tories may make a show
of electoral purity. We have said defeat ; we beg
to correct ourselves—they will defeat only the
seeming object of such bills—they will carry out
their real intention.

Often as the hopes of Poland have been revived
before now, can it be wondered at that the aspira-
tions of her heroic sons have been yet once more

rekindled now that one of the three great Robber-

Powers, by whom she was despoiled, is itself in
course of rapid disruption and dissolution ? If the
Prussian Monarchy is still not merely intact, but
actually advancing towards the realization of its
grand ambition, that of assuming supremacy
over the whole Germanic Confederation—if the

Russian Autocracy is strengthening and multiply-
ing its own vital energies by conceding the price-
less boon of emancipation to 55,000,000 serfs out
of the aggregate of the 60,000,000 of its population
—the empire of Austria is fast crumbling to pieces,
its boasted armies are (whenever there is an oppor-
tunity) completely and ignominiously di3comfitted,
one of its fairest provinces has been torn from it
violently and handed over by the conqueror as a
gift to a neighbouring sovereignty, the Austrian
prestige is dying out, if it be not already expired,
the Austrian exchequer is in a state of absolute and
irretrievable bankruptcy. Beyond all which--is
there not the still remaining Austro-Italian pro-
vince of Venetia waiting eagerly for the signal
(in its turn) of Revolution ? Is not Hun-
gary gathering up its energies anew for
the hour when KOSSUTH and his compatriots are
again, and for the last time, to ring the tocsin of
revolt to 10,000,000 Hungarians ? Are not the
Bohemians and the Tyrolese, and divers other dis
tinct nationalities making up by their incongruous
agglomeration the anomalous whole of what is
called by way of distinctive title the Austrian Em-
pire—are not these also tarrying "like greyhounds
in the slip"—each eagerly on the alert for the ine-
vitable day of liberation ? At such a juncture as this
in the history of one of the three great spoliators
of Poland, can any reasonable man wonder, we ask
again, that the Poles should have their aspirations re-
vived and their hopes rekindled ? It is all the more
reasonable that it should be thus if we remember
the fact that while less than 100 years, while only
about 80 years in point of fact, have elapsed since
the date of Poland's first partition, her children
have a recollection that their glorious annals record
more than 1,000 years of independent Sovereignty!
It is not surprising, therefore, under present

circumstances, coupling those circumstances with '
these last mentioned historic reminiscences, I
that the Poles here in exile should again
look with sanguine and eager eyes to those
auspicious indications yonder in the east that
the day is now fast approaching when the resuscita-
tion of Poland may signalise for one at least of her
would-be destroyers, the advent of the epoch
of retribution. How far the calamatous position
of Austria has latterly served to awaken the exiled
Poles to a sense of their own future, and of all its
apparently encouraging probabilities, we have
recently enabled our readers to appreciate
by giving publicity to the remarkable
speech with which General Count ZAMOYSKI se-
conded Lord ILCHESTER'S resolution, upon the
annual meeting (on the 26th ultimo), of
the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland.
That resolution, it will have been observed, ran
simply but emphatically to the effect " that inas-
much as the claims of subjugated nations to deli-
verance from oppression are now beginning to ,
exact and compel a degree of attention from Euro-
pean Cabinets which they have never obtained be-
fore, it is the duty of Poland and her friends, in
this age of sudden and unexpected changes and
opportunities, to be ever ready to avail themselves
of every occasion of asserting her claim to national
independence." And in seconding this it was
that the General Count ZAMOYSKI gave utterance
to that noble harangue which few can have read
without profound emotions of sympathy and admi-
ration. It was the harangue at once of a brave
soldier, a stanch patriot, and a prudent statesman.
It gave a " plain, unvarnished tale" of the whole
situation of things on the European Continent. It
did this with a careful avoidance of anything even
tending towards exaggeration. The historical part
of General ZAMoYsKI's speech was in its way espe-
cially valuable, epitomising as this did in a very few
words facts of the utmost importance, that should
not be allowed, particularly at the present crisis, to
slip from the popular recollection. " There are, as
you know," said the Count to his congenial auditory
upon the occasion referred to, " the two parts (of
Poland) allotted to German Governments, Austria,
and Prussia; of the two other parts, under Russia,
the one, since 1815, bears the name of kingdom of
Poland ; the other, comprising no less than ten
millions of souls, forms nine great provinces, called
governments, incorporated with the empire of
Russia." And it was, Gen. ZAMOYSKI added, "in the
last and in the kingdom that the accession of a new
Czar and King, after the reign of terror of NICHO-
LAS, was greeted with hopes derived from a humane
and liberal disposition attributed to him." Adding
—" A few measures indeed seemed to justify these
expectations ;" but (after enumerating some among
these measures of amelioration) observing in
their regard yet further : " What the result of that
will of the EMPEROR will be is neither known at
this day, nor is it possible in any way to calculate
whether it will end in giving to the empire pro-
sperity or ruin." It was after thus particularising
the actual situation of things in regard to Russian
Poland that Count ZAMOYSKI directed attention
more particularly and at length to the hopes now
dawning anew to himself and his compatriots so
auspiciously and appreciably within the provinces
appertaining to the German Sovereignties. And
it was in this part of his most touching
and inspiriting oration that the General, when
referring to the very hatred and suspicion to which
the Poles in Germany were subjected, drew this
picture full of pathetic consolation and encourage-
ment. " But," he exclaimed, "in that very hatred
and suspicion, friends of Poland, trusting in GOD'S
mercy, and in the approaching era of justice
amongst nations, may find fresh motives of perse-
verance ; for blood and tears cannot be drawn from
a corpse; and, in truth, Poland is a daily scene of
blood and tears !" It is in sentiments like this
uttered from the very heart and soul of patriots like
ZAMOYSKI, that we may recognise the most clearly
that there is, indeed, yet hope for the great Polish
nationality.

PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO
DANIEL MA UDE, ESQ.

On Saturday a service of plate was presented to
D. Maude, Esq., late stipendiary magistrate of Man-
chester, as a mark of the esteem and respect in
whieh he is held by his fellow-justices. The pre-
sentation took place in the Mayor's Parlour at the
Town Hall; amongst those present were the Mayor
(in the chair), Mr. Ovens (chairman of the Salford
quarter sessions), Mr. R. Brandt, Mr. C. H. Ric-
kards, Mr. C. J. S. Walker, Mr. R. Gladstone, Mr.
S. Barton, Sir E. Armitage, Mr. Shuttleworth,
Alderman Watkins, Mr. W. Ross, Mr. E. Buck-
ley, Mr. Joseph Peel, Mr. Robert Chadwick, Mr.
John Morley, Alderman Nicholls, Mr. C. Ellison
(the new magistrate), Mr. J. Heron (the town
clerk), Captain Palin, Captain Lane, Mr. T. Higson,
Mr. M. Barton, Mr. Knowles, &e. The occasion
was also graced with the attendance of a number of
ladies.

The service of plate, which had been selected
from the establishment of Mr. E. Emmanuel, of
Hanover-square, London, was displayed upon a
table in the room, and consisted of a magnificent
silver epergne as a centre piece, a pair of silver des-
sert stands, and large silver salver. The salver
bore the following inscription, neatly engraved :

-
"'Phis salver is part of a service of plate, presented to
Daniel Maude, Esq., on his retirement from the office of
police magistrate for the city of Manchester, by his fellow-
justices, in testimony of their personal regard, and as a
memorial of their high estimation of the uprightness and
ability, the attention, judgment, and courtesy with which,
for more than twenty years, he has discharged the varied,
grave, and responsible duties of his important trust."

The above elaborate pieces of workmanship will
be on view at Mr. Emmanuel's establishment for
a few days.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Cobourg,
who arrived at Buckingham Palace last evening from
visiting her Majesty and the Prince Consort at Osborne,
will take his departure this morning on his return to
Germany.

His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, accompanied by the youthful
Prince Adolphus, is expected to arrive either this afternoon
or to-morrow at St. James's Palace, from Strelitz.

His Excellency the Ambassador of France ar-
rived at Albert-gate House yesterday morning from Paris.
His Excellency visited the French capital to attend the
funeral of Prince Jerome Bonaparte.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left Staf-
ford House, on Saturday,:for Cliefden, their seat near
Maidenhead. The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare,
Lord and Lady Blantyre, and a select family circle, have
met there to pass a few days.
The Marquis and Marchioness Spaventa and
family have taken their departure from the Brunswick
Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris, on their way for Rome.
The Sind Kossid says the Customs receipts of
Kurrachee for 1859-60 amounted to 51 lakhs of rupees, or
21 lakhs in excess of those of the preceding year. The
trade then must have nearly doubled. The mutinies, by
checking the course of trade from Calcutta to the North
West and Indus Valley, have largely benefitted both Bom-
bay and Kurrachee.

RESTORATION TO TIIE SERVICE.—A lieutenant-
colonel, who has lately appeared before the public id a case
of considerable importance, and who has subsequently
.
quitted the service, is about is said) to be restored to his
rank, and again to appear in our army list a lieutenant-
colonel of militia.— United Service Gazette.

THE LATE ATTEMPTED PROSELYTISM IN NOR-
FOLK.—Master Vansittart, who recently appeared so pro-
minently before the public in connection with an attempt
to effect his conversion to Roman Catholicism, has been re-
mit) ed to the care of the Rev. F. H. S. Hodgson, rector of
Rackheath, from whose house it will be remembered he ran
away to Norwich. Canon Dalton has threatened one of
the local papers, the .2VerfolA: Chronicle, with an action for
alleged defamation of character. Father Cobb, a Roman
Catholic priest at Norwich, has come out with a defence of
Canon Dalton's conduct, and has scattered unsparing
abuse on his assailants.
THE GROWING CROPS.—It is expected that the
wheat crop in Norfolk, although not an abundant one, will
now be nearly up to an average, a considerale improvement
having taken place since the late devastating gale visited the
aacannonidedme also
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LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

MADRID, JULY 8.
Senor Zavala has been appointed Minister of
Marine.

TURIN, JULY 8.
Prince Carignan has arrived here and will leave
again on Tuesday next.
Signor San Cataldo, the Ambassador from Sicily
to the Court of Paris, has also arrived here, and
will leave again on Tuesday next.
The news published by the Courrier de Marseilles,
that fighting had taken place near Messina, has
not been confirmed.

PARIS, MONDAY.

By the usual mail steamer which left Marseilles
yesterday, M. Thouvenel sent instructions to the
Marquis de Lavalette, directing him to inform the
Porte that France, from feelings of humanity, as
well as in consequence of former conventions con-
cluded with Turkey, is bound to put a stop to the
horrible massacres of the Christians in Syria. The
Turkish authorities not being capable of protecting
the Sultan's own subjects, France will concert with
the other powers the most efficacious means for
preventing the bloody scenes of which Syria has
become the theatre.

VIENNA, MONDAY.

Count Rechberg has instructed Prince Metter-
nich to declare to M. Thouvcnel, in the name of the
Austrian Government, that Austria intends to
maintain that Piedmont can show no title to be
admitted to the Conference.

MELBOURNE, MAY 19,
(by telegraph to Adelaide).
The Appropriation Bill and the Land Bill were
read a second time in Council last night.
The committal of the Land Bill was opposed and
the debate adjourned.
The general feeling was adverse to deferred pay-
ments and commonage.

SYDNEY, MAY 18.
The export duties on gold will be abolished a
the end of the year.

MARSEILLES, JULY 7.
Advices have been received from Palermo to the

3d inst.

Garibaldi had held a review of 9,000 volunteers,
most of whom were very young.

An inspector of police had been murdered near

Palermo.

A decree of the Dictator threatened with banish-
ment, and even with death, whoever should rise
against the former police; and stated that special
commissions had been appointed to discover those
functionaries who had oppressed the people.

The Queen Mother would remain at Gaeta.
Generals Nunziante and Santovito had tendered

their resignations.
Other resignations were expected.

RAVENNA, JULY 7.

The Adriatic Journal states that dcsortions from
the army of General de Lamoriciere continue on a
vast scale. Many of the deserters have arrived at
Forli, and demand to be sent to Sicily.

ROME, JULY 7.
The effective of the Papal army under Genera
de Lamoriciere amounts to 19,000 men.

It is asserted that the Commander•in-Chief of
the French troops in Rome has received orders from
Paris not to allow any pDpular manifestation to
take place at Rome.
The Duke de Grammont is expected to return to
his post as Ambassador here between the 15th and
20th of July.

sc. to 10c. Wheat and sugar are in demand. Corn
and pork firm. Freights are firmer.
NEW ORLEANS, JUNE 23.
The cotton market is irregular. Sales, 200 bales.
Freights are unchanged.
(LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO HALIFAX.)
NEW YORK, JUNE 28, EVENING.

The Great Eastern arrived here to-day. She
reached the dock without the least trouble. An im-
mense crowd assembled, and much enthusiasm was
manifested. The greatest distance which the Great
Eastern ran in one day was 333 miles. The shortest
was 254 miles. The greatest speed attained during
the voyage was 141 knots per hour.
The steamer Kangaroo, from Liverpool, arrived
yesterday.
Stocks are firmer. The cotton-market is very
dull. Middling upland, 10Ze. Breadstuffs show a
declining tendency, and quotations are barely main-
tained. Corn is lower. The market for provisions
is firm. Lard closed buoyant.
NEW ORLEANS, JUNE 27.
The sales of cotton to-day amount to 600 bales.
Prices are irregular and nominal.

QUEENS TOWN, SUNDAY.

The Royal Mail steamship Africa, Captain Shan-
non, arrived here at 1 30 p.m. to-day. She embarked
the mails, and proceeded for New York at 6 10 p.m.
All well.

TILE SHAM FIGHT ON SATURDAY

.YEXT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Some erroneous reports regarding the pro-
posed " sham fight" on Saturday next have been
circulated. Permit me, through your journal, to
state, for public information, the arrangements for
that day.
The London Bridge and the Pimlico Railway
Companies will convey such metropolitan corps as
wish to be present to and from the Southampton-
road station at Bd. per bead. Trains will leave the
above stations at 3.30 p.m.
Corps coming from other directions will arrange
so as to reach the Southampton•road station, Kent,
about four o'clock, as the evolutions will commence
at five o'clock.

The force will be divided into two divisions (one
for attack, the other for defence), under the respec-
tive commands of Lieut.-Cols. Hicks,Thorold, Lind-
say, and Lords Radstock and Bury.
Mr. Strode has most liberally lent his beautiful
grcunds for the proposed evolutions, maps of which
have been prepared by Mr. Wyld of Charing-cross,
and by Captain M'Gregor of the London Scottish,
showing the direction of the various manoeuvres,
and instruetions for placing the carriages, &c., of
visitors.

Captain Grant's apparatus for cooking is to be
tested on the occasion, as also a field telegraph.
It is not intended for the volunteers to pass a
night under canvas ; they will return between 9 and
10 o'clock, and I trust they will satisfactorily close
this, their first, essay in military tactics.—l am,
sir, your most obedient servant,
Volunteer Service Club, RANELAGH.
53, St. James's-street, July 7.

THE VOLUNTEERS.