The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-18 00:00:00

PRE SUN, 4LOINDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 11454.

I Foreign "Mir'ister, who on this point is entirely of 1
a vie Vit:d with the Premier, that she is so. Cannot
i ngland and Italy insist upon the simplest inter-
'. lational justice against all the world ? There never
could be less need for war. There can be no dis-
pato respecting the facts of the case. The Villa-
franca preliminaries did not include force for
Central Italy, and even if they had done so it
would have been bare-faced wrong to an indepen-
dent people, of which either party was at liberty to
rcneat and bound to repeat. The oracle, however,
has assured us that Dukes are not to be forced
.on
Duchieg, oxen if the latter have unwisely cast them

off. The only open point, then, is whether the
Duchies have a right to join themselves to Sardinia,
and Sardinia a right to accept the offer of union.
And why not? Are royal marriages, or con-
quests, or robberies, like the partition of Po-
land, to be the only means of uniting nations,
even when language, habits, religion, neigh-
bourhood, unite them already ? Must all
unions of peoples be inaugurated, not by the un-
sought spontaneous votes of the people themselves,
but by their rulers ? It seems impossible to conceive
a better mode or better object of union than that
now sought by the four States of Central Italy.
We hope, therefore, Lord JOHN RUSSELL will
abide immoveably by his Aberdeen declarations.
They were meant, not for the Scotch city only, but
for Italy wad Europe. They were intended, we
trust, to encourage Louis NAPOLEON in a policy he
had already been persuaded to adopt, and to warn
Austria that no settlement should she obtain which
England would ratify, unless she consented to leave
the Duchies the independence she demands for her-
self. Russia seems likely to lean to Sardinia and
Italian independence. Prussia cannot well thwart
our counsels and espouse those of her rival. Louis
NAPOLEON must wish, now he can gain nothing
else, to gain the honour of having done something
worth his battles for Italy. Never, as it would
seem, had statesman a better opportunity to serve
the cause of continental freedom than Lord JOIIN
now has. Without a congress the potentates can-
not get through; England has but to insist on her
conditions—of recognising the will of the Duchies
as its basis—and the thing is done. A congress
without England would not be a European settle-
ment ; with her it would be the liberation of Cen-
tral Italy. We believe Lord JOHN to hold the very
opinions he ought on this question—let him but be
as obstinate for right as he can be for wrong in
other matters, the ballot, for instance, and he will
restore amongst the peoples of Europe the faith
that England not only is free herself, but wishes
other nations to be free also.

The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by
Prince Arthur, Princess Helena, and Princess Louisa,
arrived at Windsor Castle at half-past 7 last evening, from
Penrhyn Castle, North Wales.
The Duke of Newcastle arrived at his residence
in Portman-square last evening from Wales.
The Earl and Countess of Hardwick° and family
have left town for Wimpole Hall, Cambiidg,eshire.
The Earl and Countess of Arran have arrived in
town from the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.

Lord Crewe left town yesterday for Brighton.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in
Downing-street. The Ministers present were Viscount
Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Lord John Russell, the
Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir C. Wood, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, Sir G. Grey, the
Earl of Elgin, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, and the
Right Hon. C. P. Villiers.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.—The Prince of Wales
arrived in Oxford yesterday, and proceeded to Frewen Hall,
the residence prepared for him, where an address was
almost immediately presented to him by the Mayor, Alder-
men, and Town Clerk of Oxford. Shortly afterwards the
Prince proceeded to Christ Church, and was entered on the
College books, accompanied by the Very Rev. the Dean.
He then proceeded to the Vice-Chancellor's lodgings,
where he was matriculated with the usual ceremonies.
The result of the examination into the conspiracy
at Constantinople is not yet known, although the proceed-
ings were at an end on the 3d inst. The Pasha of Monas-
tir, one of the conspirators, has been taken to the Turkish
capital in a steamer belonging to the Austrian Lloyd.
Giaffer Pasha, who was not drowned in the Bosphorus, is
said to have reached Syra on his way to Corfu.
The King of Sardinia has issued various decrees,
one of which fixes the interest of Treasury Bonds havins
from three to six months to run at 31 par cent., and from
seven to twelve months at 41 per cent. By another decree
the University degrees taken in Tuscany, as well as those
taken in Modena, Parma, and ailagna, are declared valid
throughout the Sardinian States. A third decree 'authorises
the Minister of Finance to arrange a Customs' league with
the Duchies and Romagna; and a fourth suppresses the
Customs' line on the frontiers of Parma, Piacenza, and
Modena.

Tin: GREAT EASTERN.—An announcement that
it has been determined to send the Great Eastern to America
towards the end of the month is premature, the directors
having as yet come to no decision on the subject.
NEW GUN BOATS.—Orders were received at
Deptford yesterday, by Mr. Chatfield, master shipwright,
to prepare for the fitting out of three new (run boats, which
have been built by private contract. They are nam3d the
Mullet, the Lee, and Hart, and they will be furnished with
armaments, consisting of one 68-pounder and four 24-pound
howitzers.

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DEATH OF COMMANDER THOMAS GEORGE
NlcuoLs, R.N.—The above gallant veteran expired at
Milton, Kent, at the advanced age of 74 years. He was
midshipman of the Medusa, at the taking of the Maldonado
and during the operations in the River Plate in 1806-07.
lie was acting lieutenant of the Racehorse in the frigate
action off Madagascar in 1811, and was confirmed to that
rank in January, 1812, and retired with the rank of com-
mander in July, 1853.
DEATH OF COLONEL JOHN MARTIN BLADEN
NEILL, DEPUTY-ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF VICTORII.
The above gallant officer, who was killed at Melbourne by
a fall from his horse on the 10th of July, was the second
and only surviving son of the late Lieut.-Col. Smith Neill,
of Barnwell and Swindridgemuir, Ayrshire. He entered
the army as ensign in March, 1833, became lieutenant in
January, 1835, and served with the 40th Regiment of Foot
throughout the operations in Candahar and Affghanistan
in 1841 and 18:2, for which he received a medal. He be-
came captain in March, 1812 ; major, June, 1849 ; lieut.-
colonel, October, 1855 ; and colonel in October, 1858. Ho
had held the appointment as Deputy-Adjutant-General at
Australia since 1355.

DEATII OF THE HON. JOIIN WM. FORTESCUE.—
We have to record the death of the Hon. John Vim. Far-
tescue, second sot of the Earl Fortescue by his first mar-
riage with Lady Susan Ryder, eldest daughter of the late
Earl of Harrowby, who died at Madeira on the 25th ult.
The hon. gent'eman had been for more than 12 months in
a very weak state of health, and, as a last resort, repaired
last year to Madeira. • Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington
were with their attached relative at his dissolution. Mr.
- A- •
I ortescue was born July 14,' 1819; was -for some years in
the 7th Regiment of Foot, and was for a time aide-de-camp
to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1855 ho was ap-
pointed Lieut.-Colonol of the Ist Devon Militia, which,
however, he resigned the following year, from indifferent
health. He was a Deputy-Lieutenant of Devonshire, and
represented Barnstaple from 1847 to 1852.
DEATH OF LADY RAMSAY. The InVerneSS
Courier says'—" In our obituary of this week will be found
the name of Lady Ramsay, sister of the late Glengarry, and
mother of the late Chisholm. She had, it • appears, reached
the ripe age of 82, and died, surrounded by her grand -chil-
dren, at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Chisholm
Batten, in the fine valley of Taunton Dean, in Somerset-
shire. It is, perhaps, worthy of remark that Sir Walter
Scott's famous dog Maida, which lies sculptured by his side
in the Edinburgh monument was given to Sir Walter by
Lady Ramsay's brother, Ale'xander Macdonell, of Glen-
garry, the prototype of ' Fergus Wirer.' The dog was
named Maida by Sir 'Walter, in compliment to Sir James
Macdonell, brother of the chief, who had distinguished
himself at the battle of Maid A. These family reminiscences
are all of the dead—' the place that once knewthem blows
them no morn.' "
KNIGIITING 0? THE LORD PROVOST OF EDIN-
IIURGIL.—Her Majesty having signified her intention of
conferring upon the Lord Provost the honour of knight-
hood previous to her departure from Edinburgh, the cere-
mony took place at Ilolyrood Palace on Saturday morning.
The Lord Provost was in attendance at the Palace at halt-
past eight o'clock, and was presented to her Majesty by the
Duke of Newcastle, the Secretary of State in attendance.
ller Majesty having commanded the Lord Provost to kneel,
the usual form was gone through, and his lordship rose as
Sir John Melville. The honour was conf :mei in the pre-
sence of the Prince Consort, Princess Alice, Princess Helena,
G3neral G rey, and Colonel Ponsouby. This act of her,
Majesty le one very acceptable to thz: citizens of Edinburgh.
—Daily S:,ots»ta;:..
Loss OF A SHIELDS SHIP AND ALL HANDS.—
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perished with all hands. Shortly after leaving the Tyne
the fleet eneountereda heavy gale, and threeor four of 1107
were lost on the Dutch coast ; the William, of Southiu
Shields, with all her crew. Some hope was entertained that
the crew of the Edgar might have been up picked by another
vessel, but that has been abandoned. Her stern has washed
up within about 60 miles of the Elbe. When the vessel
sailed from the Tyne she had 10 hands on board. Her vans
ter was Mr. Edward Mackay, and his brother, William
Mackay, was the mato of the vessel. The usual complement
of hands (officers, crew, and apprentices), was nine ; but it
' seems that as the vessel was proceeding to sea a little lad,
brother of the cabin boy, stowed himself below to get a
runaway vogage to sea, and the poor little. fellow has
' perished w 4, the vessel and her crow.—,Darlington Times,

ASTLEI'S AMPIIITHRAME.

The Winter season commenced at this favourite theatre
last evening, on which occasion was produced an original
historical drama in four acts, by Tom Tailor, Esq., entitled-
" Garibaldi." The piece is founded on the autobiography
of the distinguished Italian General, and the records of
the Italian wars in 1848-9, and illustrate the principal
stages of his career, from his service under the Republic of
Uruguay in 1346, to his last victories in the Valtelline in
1859. Of course the author has drawn rather plentifully
from his own fertile imagination, and if he does not pour-
tray the fortunes of the hero with the stern fidelity of the
historian, he has the often more popular merit of depicting
them with all the grace and eloquence of a romantic
fancy. The first act of the spectacle is laid in the
republic of Uruguay, 1846, and here we find Guiseppe
Garibaldi, a free lance commander of the Italian legion
in the service of the Banda Oriental successfully
defeating an attempted surprise by Col. Garzon and the
Red Lancers of Buenos Ayres. Act 2 illustrates his deeds
at Rome in 1849, and the scene opens in Garibaldi's head-
quarters outside the Villa Savorelli, near the Porta San
Pomerazio. The effects introduced in this portion of the
scene vividly portray the dreadful incidents of actual war-
fare, and the deadly str'fe between the French and Italians
at the Bth Bastion is a wonderfully well nmnaged stage
illusion. In act 3 (August, 1849) Garibaldi is represented
as a fugitive on the shores of the Adriatic. Wo must pro-
test against the introduction of the death of the hero's wife.
It is a painful incident, and, under present circumstances,
had better have been omitted. In the 4th act we find
Garibaldi a general in the Piedmontese service, and the grand
and concluding tableau is the battle at the Stelvio Pass.
This scene, like the one we have already mentioned, was
admirably arranged, and reflected the highest credit upon
the stage manager, Mr. R. Phillips, under whose direction
the spectacle was produced, and who also capitally enacted
the part of " Garibaldi's Englishman." Mr. Geo. Belmoro
made his first appearance in the part of Procopio, Garibaldi's
negro attendant, and, from the applause bestowed on his
acting, he is likely to become a great favourite.
The dresses and appointments were splendid, and the
scenery, by Mr. Herbert, very beautiful—of course, ex-
cepting the unruly and ricketty waterfall in the Ist act.
At the fall of the curtain the applause was enthusiastic,
• and after Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Belmore,
and Miss Carson had bowed their thanks in obedience to a
well-merited "call," the piece was given out for repetition
every evening till further notice.

The entertainments concluded with the celebrated
" Scenes in the Circle," in which Miss Emily and Mr. Wm.
Cooke elicited applause by the elegance and dexterity of
their performances.
The house was crowded.

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