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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 30,

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ment charges, 'Such as providing practiising, grounds,
which would be one of the most difficult parts of the
project; such also as the payment -of jtdjutants and
other general expenses, which it was probable the
Government would consider it necessafty to provide
for. Those, hoWever, were matters which required
further consideration. No doubt they rwould be able
to organise a. formidable force from thq,se rifle corps,
but at present there was no enemy in aright, nor was
there any very great probability of o?::: seeing one,
and he doubted whether any large response would
be made until a more urgentnecessityarose. Above
all, he hoped that when these corps were formed
they would be commanded by gentlemen of high
standing, which was a most essential point. (Hear,
hear.) He had no doubt whatever that if ever an
attempt was made against the shores of this country
the people would rise •as one inan and repel it:
(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " the health of
Lord Elmley and Mr. Foley, the members for the
western and eastern divisions of the county.
Viscount TL3ILEY, in responding to the toast,
said that, whatever might be the political opinions
of those present, there could be no doubt that at
this moment public attention generally was directed
to the state of affairs on the continent. (Hear,
hear.) Whether Lord J. Russell or Lord.Paimer-
ston might succeed in turning out the Government
was a matter of secondary iMportance to the foreign
policy of the country. (Hear.) He was delighted
to hear such a man as Sir John Pakington speak Of
neutrality. (Cheers.) Neutrality was at this mo-
ment the policy of the country, and this seemed to
be the general impression in all the large towns
where ineatings had been held on the subject. So
limo. as affairs remained in their present condition
arieftralM.Y.Wirst-be the order of the day. But it was
impossible to say what events might arise, and a
new phase might render it the policy of this court.
try to take. up such a position as to command t;at
respect in Europe which England ought always to
enjoy, by means of an efficient army and navy.
(Cheers.) No doubt.there were some who sympa-
thised with France, while others had a leaning to-
wards Austria. He had been asked whether he
was French, or Austrian. His reply was that he
was neither the one nor the other—;le was English:
(Cheers.) He had no sympathy yilth either France
or Austria. Austria was a country under the
spiritual dominion of the Pope, with whom he
could have no sympathy. Cheers.) With respect
to France, it might be w2ry well to talk of Italian
liberty and of the disinterestednesa of the French
Emperor. He did !dot believe, very much in that
disinterestedness, and rather doubted it. (Cheers.)
He believed th,..lt the Emperor would be guided by
his own interests. (Hear, hear.)
,Under present
circumstance's the wisest course for the country to
pursue wa-K to preserve a strict neutrality, which
ought not to be departed from unless things should
assume a new phase. (Cheers.) With respect
to volunteer Corps, nothing would give him
greater plea Sure than to seethe spirit of the coun-
try evinced-by the formation of such bodies. It
was said that England was not a military nation,
and did not understand military organisation ; mid
the Times remarked in a leading article the other
day that there is not any occasion for much military
apprenticeship. The writer of that article might be
a great military authority ; but he (Lord Elmsley)
was one of those idiots who could not see how large
bodies of men could be brought to act together
without a considerable knowledge of drill and dis-
cipline. It might be very well to have a large'
body of sharpshooters, but they ought to possess o
knowledge of drill and discipline. When persons
went into the army young they naturally acquired
habits of discipline; but if they entered later in
they found discipline a little galling. (Hear, hear,
and laughter.) He did not say this for the purpose
of decrying volunteer corps, but when their forma •
tion was advocated all the difficulties attending
them should be considered, and he would not
recommend any :man to join them unless he under-
stood that discipline meant that he must knock
under to superior authority. (Hear, hear.) With
all due respect to English feeling he must be per-
mitted to say that this discipline might not be well
understood among the Radicals. He did not make
this remark invidiously, but could not help repeat-
ing that persons who were not brought up in habits
of discipline might find its enforcement rather
galling. He trusted, however, that the project for
the establishment of volunteer corps would meet
with that success with it deserved. (Cheers.)
Mr. FOLEY, M.P., also responded to the toast,
and after -several other, toasts had been given and
duly honoured the proceedings terrninated.

THE IVAR IN ITALY:

(From the Acpeeial Correspondent of the .Daily Eezcs)
GENERAL DURANDO'S HEADQUARTERS, STROP.
PIANA, NEAR VERCELLI, 'MAY 25.

again with his pointed revolver. After this exploit
the Austrians went back to Pezzana With a stronger
body of men, and carried away great quantities of
rice, wine, corn, horses, and oxen. They then re-
crossed the Sesia by a bridge which had been in the
meantime erected near Chiusa. Sartirtma. Blit let
us leave the mournful tale of Austrian depredations
—which, by-the-bye, is always the same—and let
us direct our steps towards Care `an a, a small borough
about half a mile from the left bank of the Sesia,
where•our advanced posts,are placed. It is not far
from this- place, a little to the right, that the
dad- before yesterday an engagement of a rather
serious character . took place between the men of
Foret's division and the enemy. Two regiments of
this division, led by Victor Emmanuel in person,
made a reconnaissance en force in froni of Palestro.
and occupied the small island opposite to Terra-
nova, which we retain still. In this brilliant
action' Captain Ferreri, of the general staff, had his
right leg carried away by an Austrian cannon ball.
Another brave fellow, whom our Criniean warriors
will no doubt remember—Capt. Brunetti, of Nizia
Cavalleria--was run through by a lance of an Aus-
trian Uhlan, just when, with a few of his men, he
had crossed the Sesia. The same day the Austrians
were thoroughly beatem near.Torrbine by the 10th
tregiment of our itife,n try, which, crossing the last-
mentioned river, went boldly to attack the positions
of the enemy. While .an officer of the divisional
staff was furniAing m 8 with all these interesting
particulars t:ne report of musketry broke suddenly
in the direction of our avante post. A party of
500 men was coon deSpatched .toWdrds the 'Sesia,
and I vies allowed to follow it,- tpgether with i-nv
comfanion. After about eighteen minutes'. walk-"
inr; we were on the left 'bank of the river, and we
e'Juld see the Tyrolean sharp:;hooters coming
out from the bushes of time opposite bank,
directing. their .fire towards our men. A few
round shot soon cleared the place, leaving, how-
ever, five or six obstinate fellows, who, screened
as they were by the shrubs, still kept up their
fire towards the offiders of our column. I re-,
mained on the ground, like the others, till she
enemy's sharpshooters were ordered to retreat. As
we had had excitement enough for the day we
turned our tired horses in the direction of Strop-
piana, where the head-quarters of Gen. Durando's
division have been located since Friday last. We
were shown on our arrival into a ball on the ground
floor, full of staf and orderly officers. Count Casa-
nova, chief of the divisional staff; whom I had known
in 1848,. came to meet me us as soon as he saw Sig-
nor Marchetti, one of his intimate friends. Nothing
could exceed the kind reception given me by this
distinguished officer. The aoldnel is the very per-
sonification of. an Italian nobleman—kind, cour-
teous; without affectation, simple, and prepossess-
ing. He' gave me all the information I required.
and told me he hoped that a general movement in
advance would occur in our lines ere long. He
asked me to visit him again, as the General was
gone to inspect the lines, and would not be back
till evening. I promised to return to-day, and as
you see by the date of this letter I did not fail to
keep my word, As my Companion was anxious to
get home before evening we took the main road.
which leads from Stroppiana to Vercelli, a good and
easy road, too, and at seven o'clock I was sitting as
the table of the Albergo Beale. At the same table
were five fine and intelligent fellows, all volunteers
from Lombardy. Both the nobility of birth and for-
tune were represented there. Duke Guidee.Visconti
land Count Tadini, from Milan, De Meng,hini, the
son of the president of . the provincial tribunal of
BreScia, Luigi Caroli, a year ago a lion of Rotten-
roW; 'banker,' from Bergamo, Magni and Cattaneo,
:',twomther bankers from Milan. These gentlemen,
who are proprietors of magnificent palaces and deli-
cious villas in Milan and on the lake of Como, are
now passing their life in the barracks of Vercelli,
sleeping on rotten straw, and grooming their horses
like the commonest soldier. I need
,scarcely tell
you that they are as merry and happy as they were
in their gilded halls and luxurious gardens. When
my dinner was over I did not forget to hasten to
the town-hall, where I knew I should collect every
information. I was not deceived ; for, through the
kindness of a gentleman I shall not name, I was able
to inspect documents and take notes, which shall
condense in the remaining part of this letter.
The correspondent of a leading London contem-
porary wrote a few days ago from the Austrian
headquarters a 'letter which was rather curious, to
say the least. In that epistle he informed his
readers that if the good people of Vercelli had lost a
carriage he hastened to acknowledge that, being
desirous of following the Austrian General-in-Chief'
he got hold of the first he met, the hiring of which
he paid in due time. It may be that the gentleman
in question paid handsomely enough, but I am able
to inform him that until this morning man, car-
riage, and horse were still missing ercelli. It
is true that nobody here charges him with having
kept the conveyance, which has probably been
detained by some of the Austrian plunderers he has
so much pleasure in living with.' The:fact, however,
as confirmed by his letter, has excited some surprise
both in Vercelli and in Turin. No Italian could
have thought an English gentleman would join
Croats and. Bohemians in acts of violence. They
had a better opinion of our countrynien, and the
gross disregard to private property of which the
gentleman in question has been guilty has roused
the angry feelings of every honest man in Pied-
mont. The particulars connected with this fact are
so interesting that I cannot refrain from repeating
them as they were told to by the very-gentleman,
Signor Antonio Verga, a brother of the sindacci of
Vercelli, to whom the requisition for the famous
' conveyance was first directed. It was on Tuesday,
' May 10th, that General Gyulai was compelled, or
thought proper, to hasten his back movement
towards Mortara, crossing the Sesin at Borgo Ver-
celli. As you may easily imagine, the small town of
Vercelli was in great confusion. Conveyances of
any sort could scarcely be found, as they were all
put in requisition by the enemy's army. At ten
o'clock of that memorable Tuesday an English gen-
tleman presented himself at the town hall, and in
simple reason that
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focrart carriage, e. e was
ly
on
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eleven o'clock, and• the same answer given. Our
rather noisy countryman could not stand this second
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refusal, and began to say, in a very harsh and im-
perativeby Signor Verga that he did not recognise news-
paper correspondents, and that hethcAoeurulsdotffirnioactnerf.uarrnTmishyh.e
manner,an that
application he
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Operario, and who now holds the important office
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low,aia Giovanni Corsi, driving a carriage to the stable.
Our gallant countryman could not stand this, and
rushing at the coachman, he forced him to drive
first to his lodgings,
and then in the direction of
Mortara. Thus runs the tale in Vercelli, and you
may fully rely on the truthfulness of it, as I have
made all necessary inquiries.
Although my letter is already long, I cannot close
it without sending you some particulars of the
gross misdeeds to which Vercelli and its province
have been subjected durino. the 17 days of Austrian
occupation. I have carefully inspected the regis-
ters of the town council, and I am able to state
that the amount of sums already paid, and to be
paid, by the town for regular requisitions, is not

far short of 2,000,000 of francs. A dinner for Gen.
Gyulai and 99 officees was ordered by the chief Of
the commissariat on the 9th of May; asparagus,
fresh peas, fifty bottles of champagne, ten of
characho, amongst other luxuries, were ordered.
In a letter dated May 15 a Captain Saurdau gave
orders for a dinner of 40 persons to be served in two
hours' time to General Sattery and staff. The menu
laid down by the Captain cost the town council
2,000 f. By the letter No. 184 G. T., May 16, the
town was ordered to furnish daily 300 brente of
wine, 50 brente of spirits, 80 quintals of hay, and
1,000 sacks of oats. General Sigismond Reishaeh,
Knight of Malta, and Commander of the 7th Aus-
trian corps d'armee, wrote on the 3d of May to the
mayor, ordering him to send for the following
morning 800 workmen to assist in erecting fortifi-
cations. If the number was not to be found, he would,
wrote his Excellency, seize every man he could
meet in the street. This letter bore the number
160 0. P. Another letter, 11. 101, dated May 3,
and signed Gyulai, orders the town to furnish the
army with 50,000 rations of meat, 50.000 of wine,
25,000 of white flour, 25,000 rice, 50,000 tobacco,
50,000 pure sait, 11,250 oats, 75,000 hay. As it
was impossibleto find such a quantity of tobacco in
Vercelli, Gyulai decided that the town council should
buy it at Milan, The bill of lading I have received
is under date from Milan of May 9. The cost of
the tobacco thus furnished has been 13,700 francs.
Now, one word about the reception the Austrians

" The present year completes a century.
•since the,' death of the great composer, Han-
del. Although Germany enjoys the distinc-
tion of • having been the birth place of
this mighty '.g•enius—England is entitled to the
honour of having been his home, where he composed
and produced those works that have made his name
immortal. It has therefore been determined that
the year should not pass without something being
done in England to give a, lasting proof that
Handers works are appreciated, and his memory
held dear in the country of his adoption, and that
.an effort should be made to confer on the musical
profession a great and lasting benefit, and appro-
priately solemnise an occasion so important by the
establishment of a college or asylum for the orphans
of musicians of all classes and countries resident
in Great Britain, raising money for the pur-
pose by donations, subscriptions, concerts, • and all
legitimate means within the power of the promoters.
A .plot of ground (the lowest value of which, for
building purposes, is estimated at £5,000) has been
'offered' gratuitously, and Mr-. Owen Jones, likewise
gratuitously, has consented to act as honorary
architect, to draw plans and superintend the build-
ing. This part of the movement cannot fail to be
considered us the ground work of the charity, and
justifies the promoters in making an appearto thk
publ
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only to state that the college or
istreotpufhldoaan children of poor but deserving musicians
The lyr'
allaa'al sn't i.yedol upon
cifmtlttaehsyseei lsl be for the orphans of musicians of
whilst unable .to assist themselves, and so to
educate them as to enable them to obtain a
respectable livitig when • they arrive at a •
proper age to go out into the world. This
appeal is made to the nobility, gentry, clergy,
professors, amateurs, music publisher's, and the •
public in general, in the confident hope that all
will assist in paying a lasting tribute to the memory
of Handel,. by contributing to provide for the help-
less children of those who have laboured in the art
of which he was so great a master, and have been
called from the scene of their labours before their
duties as parents have been fulfilled. The commit-
tee of "The Vocal Association," having been solicited
by the promoters to superintend the business de-
tails of the proposed college, have kindly under-
taken. to do so. A committee of noblemen
and gentlemen is also in course of forma-
tion, whose names will be published forthwith.
To facilitate the business of the eliarity an arrange-
ment has been made with the Union Bank (Regent-
street branch) for the receipt of contributions ; also
at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-
street, W. ; and all amounts contributed to the
"Handel
J. B. ColnleAgßeiNF:TioldN", will be acknowledged in
the newspapers.
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SitiiIICII FOR H.M.S. SAPPHO.—Her Majesty's
froni a cruise in search of the remains of the supposed
colon a 'steam ship Victoria had returned to Hobson's Bay
wreck Of her Majesty's brig Sappho, and which we regret
was not attended with the success the patient:endeavours of
Commander Norman and the officers under, his command
the 'Victoria cruised along the coast
Having landed Sir Henry Barkly at Port Albert
eobfruWarrYils'on's Promontory, which was carefully
OA feet), Devil's ToWer
Curtis Island, Rodondo, Glennie's Isle, Monevent the
wasb in
r alsobetwseeaerlclheerdafo.ogr,hblua
Island
Ind
avain t
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et the
Sisters.
posed
oiol nnxnea rlr
thelilt eeed 6 t •
h a vicinityi e' o the
islands composing Kent's and Hogan's group's ; also Hum-
mock's Island. ThUsunken rock reported by the barque
The Sappho, when last seen in Fawner 1858
• odsriotioini
Y 7 was about
30 miles west of Cape Otway, the wind e t I '
as er y, and stand-
ing off the Island on the port tack,
Don Ppe
weather fine at the time.
She was then at the entrance of Bass's Strait d 1 Straits an i she
confirmed her course would reach about the
Harbinger
Rocks, which are situated N.W. of King's
Island. It is
suggested that a steam vessel with strong t., (rrapplings might
perchance bring some of her
remains to light if she foun-
dered off these rocks.—. 442 istrall•
an and New Zealand
Gazette.
The Seine,
iron paddle steamer, of 3,096 tons,
building at Blackwell by the Thames Iron Works and
Ship-building Company, for the Royal West India Mail
Company, will be launched on Thursday next, the- 2d of
June, at two p.m. precisely.
[ADvEßTismtENT.]—Holloway's Pills and Ointment.—
Atmospheric changes—The insular position of England
may have its many advantages, but in the sudden vicissi-
tudes of temperature therefrom resulting, it likewise has
its drawbacks—chest complaints and skin diseases arising
from our changeable climate have long been the study of
medical art ; but 'never was their prevention so sure, or
their recovery so rapid as at the present day they prove
under the benign influence of Holloway's purifying; prepa-
rations, which correct the morbid consequences of change-
able temperatureg, and neutralise their injurious 'effects on
the system. 13y these twin remedies consumpti on may be
held at bay, and spotless beauty replace thfiN disfigured
skin.- They always • restore strength and 'Sou ndness, and
thus effectually promote human health and ha7i)piness.