The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-28 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION.

Up to the present time gentle measures have been suffi-
cient to maintain public quiet and tranquillity.
The events of the last few days give reason to suspect
their insufficiency.
It is no longer possible to tolerate the diffusion of all sorts
of proclamations, the posting up libels, and the assembly
of crowds in front of them, with resistance to the guardians
of public safety, whose duty is to remove such causes of
excitement.

These turbulent demonstrations are quite useless, since
no one intends to prevent the people from manifesting their
desire to be united with Italy under King Victor Emmanuel
as soon as the high contracting Governments shall have
fixed the proper time, but in any event it will be necessary to
await with the necessary calmness the epoch when that unity
shall become an accomplished fact. (The italics are in the
original.)
I should be pained if after about eight years of peaceful
sojourn among you conflicts should meanwhile bo foolishly
provoked with the organs of security and with the Imperial
troops, obliging them to make-use of their arms, in which
case they are charged and obliged to do so with all their
energy.

The Imperial Governor of the Fortress, General
of Artillery,
WILLIAM Baron do ALEMANN.

Venice, Sept. 21.

The above proclamation was placarded through
the city, and published in the official Gazette, which
is published in the evening. It appears to have
had the best effect, for the people have become filled
with the idea that they were about to be juggled out
of their legitimate wishes, and handed over to the
French. Their excitable minds crave for imme-
diate action, and they wish to pluck the fruits of
the war, as they do their own ;►rapes and peaches,
before they are fully ripe. Diplomatists are not in
such a hurry, for they have all the pleasure of em-
ployment while the negotiations are proceeding ;
but the population, who have prepared their flags,
their music, and their lights, are longing for the
coming events as children for a birthday, and the
garrison will not be sorry to turn their backs upon
a city that they love, bat which has dismissed
them.

It is wonderful to hear from so many well-in-
formed quarters that there is really a good feeling
among the Venetian people towards the Austrians
(not Austria as a ruler), and I believe it would not
be difficult to get up a considerable warmth of de-
monstration toward the Governor when he leaves
the place. The public feeling appears to be in such
a state that the Italian Committee may lead it as
they please, and, if the Emperor would graciously
clear up the picture question, and say a kind word
before the end comes, I should not be surprised to
see a certain amount of cordiality shown to the
troops, and their retirement felt as a loss as well as
a gain. But the two armies must not, or no one
can answer for the consequences. Generals Revel
and Lebceuf are quite in accord with Generale Ale-
mann on the necessity of preserving order, and it
is said General Revel is annoyed at the crowds which
give such public expressions to their feelings when
he appears abroad. Ile has been away for a day or
two, but returns this evening.
The cholera seems to have disappeared. No cases
have been reported for three days, and some people
say that the real horror itself has not visited Venice
at all. A combination of unripe or overripe fruit,
strocco, and sudden change of temperature, are not
unlikely to have produced symptoms of a choleraic
character, and there has always been a reason for
the deaths, either age or weakness of constitution. i
A letter from Brescia, published in the Pungolo,
of the 17th, an evening paper of Milan, gives the
instructions of the Minister of War for the gradual
reduction of the Volunteers. This will begin simul-
taneously in all the regiments and corps, and first
among the rank and file, then non-commissioned
officers, and so upwards. Each man will receive
from his captain a written certificate of service and
discharge, and will be paid part of the six months'
" gratification " on leaving his corps, the other
and larger part by the commandant of the district
to which he goes after his discharge. The sum is
regulated by the pay on a peace footing, and is as
follows :—For a private, 72 lire ; for a corporal, 99
lire ; for a sergeant, 198 lire ; for a quarter-master-
sergeant and sergeant-major, 252 lire ; for a quarter-
master, 360 lire. Accoutrements are to be restored,
or a regulated sum, estimated after allowance has
been made for wear and tear, will be deducted.
Exceptional cases are provided for. 'I he officers will
receive six months' pay intact on the day that they
retire from the service. Garibaldi was expected at
Brescia ou the 18th, and was not thought likely to
retire from Caprera for some time. It is said that he
is much aged, and has become comparatively Con-
servative. The Corriere of Genoa reports that 10,000
men were embarking for Palermo in a fleet of trans-
ports escorted by three ships of war.
From Trieste the ravages of cholera since the
commencement of the disease are given as follows :
Cured, 102 ; dead, 220 ; under treatment, 80 ; total,
406. The daily report of the new cases, including
the city and its environs, shows a total of 10, out of
which two were in hospitals, the rest treated at home.
Genoa had during 24 hours of the 17th and 18th inst.
24 cases, 18 deaths ; 18th and 19th inst., 39 cases, 12
deaths. Naples-17th and 18th inst., 210 cases, 128
deaths; 18th and 19th inst., 196 cases, 104 deaths.
A very sensible set of rules was issued here when
the disease declared itself ; sanitary measures were
especially recommended and adopted.

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The Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., on

Irish Politics.

-6.

On Wednesday a deputation, consisting of the
mayor and the principal aldermen and councillors
of the borough of Sligo, waited on the Right Hon.
W. Cowper, M.P., to present him an address, as
stepson of the late Lord Palmerston, and owner of
several important estates in the county.
The Towx CLERK having read the address,
The MAYOR said—Sir, as the address just read
indicates, you will, I am sure, take it for granted
that the gentlemen present, most of whom repre-
sent the local parliament of this ancient borough,
are met here to-day to do you honour—to do you
honour as the representative of one of the greatest
statesmen England has ever produced—a man who
through a long and eventful period of Great Bri-
tains's history served the country faithfully and
well—a man whom we find as far back as the year
1808 holding the office of Secretary of War, and
from that period up to the close of the Peninsula
campaign historians speak of him as a leading
spirit in the House of Commons, sustaining the
Duke of Wellington in his efforts to bring about
the downfall of the First Napoleon. From that
period up to his death, Lord Palmerston's influence
was felt throughout Europe as the friend of consti-
tutional liberty and the enemy of all oppression,
and that influence will, I believe, continue to vi-
brate throughout the nations of Europe till the
chain of despotism is for ever broken. He lived
to see laws enacted which have made the people of
England and her dependencies the happiest and the
finest on the face of the globe. As a landlord Lord
Palmerston was one of the best in Ireland. He
spent large sums of money in the improvement of
his estates, and took much pleasure in promoting
the interests and happiness of his tenantry. His
genial spirit and friendly bearing towards all with
whom he came in contact greatly endeared him to
the people of this district, and made them often feel
there was something in him closely akin
to their Irish nature. He ever took an
interest in public matters connected with
our town where they tended to promote the
public good, and we venture to hope that in this
respect you will supply his place. We wish to ob-
serve, much as we believe this district is benefited by
the opening of the Midland Great Western line of
railway from Dublin to Sligo, that we feel Sligo still
requires direct railway communication with the north
of Ireland. We shall be glad to see the projected line
from Bundoran to Sligo, running as it does through
so many miles of your estate, shortly completed. We
beg to observe that we are of opinion that the enor-
mous parliamentary, legal, and engineering expenses
of railway projects are an injury to the development
of railway undertakings. There are districts of this
country where, if they could be made cheaply, they
would pay well, whilst the districts would be im-
mensely benefited, and the revenues of the country
thereby greatly increased. Occupying, as you have
done for many years, important offices in the Govern-
ment of the country, we beg to direct your attention
to this subject, believing you will, at the same time
and place, give this matter the attention it deserves.
The Right Hon. Gentleman, having accepted the
address, proceeded to say—Mr. Mayor, I beg to re-
turn my most grateful thanks to you, the aldermen,
and to theburgesses and the corporation of Sligo, for
the very kind and flattering manner in which you have
bid me welcome on my arrival in this ancient borough.
I can assure you I am deeply touched by the expres-
sions of condolence which you have made towards my
mother and myself. It is most gratifying to my feel-
ings to perceive that the great qualities and character
of the late Lord Palmerston were appreciated here,
as they have been in other parts of the kingdom, in
whose affairs he bore so conspicuous a part. I might
say that Lord Palmerston was not only proud of being
an Irishman, but he had an especial interest in all
that had connexion with this town and this neighbour-
hood. Amidst the cares and anxieties which accom-
panied the administration of those great offices which
he successively held, and to which you, sir, have
alluded, he never forgot the ties which bound him
to those connected with him by property in this
neighbourhood. He (Lord Palmerston) took
1 especial interest in the affairsof Sligo and its neigh-
bourhood, and I may say he brought to bear upon
the plans which he formed for the improvement and
development of the resources of his property, and
the improvement of the condition of those who
dwelt upon it, the same persevering energy, the
same courageous and hopeful spirit, the same con-
scientious sense of duty which led to his great suc-
cess in his diplomatic endeavours to counteract the
despotic powers of Europe, which led him on to
persevere in those memorable efforts to procure the
abolition of the slave trade, and which inspired him
in sustaining the honour and welfare of his country.
In the midst of his political occupation he used to
inquire, with the most minute accuracy, into the
details of the condition of his tenantry upon his
various estates, and constantly was his mind occu-
pied in schemes which were intended to improve
their condition. I know ha held in high esteem the
commercial resources of this town of Sligo, and he
used to foretell the day would come when Sligo
would be the Liverpool of Ireland. (Hear, hear.)
I will not dwell further upon this interesting topic,
but I will say the inheritance of his property will
be accompanied with the inheritance of the regard
and sympathy which he bore to those who were
connected with him by the ties of property—(hear)
and that the same desire for the public good may
still prevail among those who have succeeded him.
(Hear, hear.) I can assure you, for my mother and
myself, that it will be our desire, in all matters re-
lating to this estate, to be actuated in the same
spirit, and to carry out the same intentions, which
were formed in the mind of Lord Palmerston.
(Hear, hear.) For myself, circumstances oblige me
to live at a distance, but I shall always keep a
watchful eye upon any opportunity that may arise
for benefiting those with whom I am connected.
Every link that binds Great Britain to Ireland is
equally beneficial to both countries. Great Bri-
tain, by her development, her commercial,
manufacturing, and mining industry, has
accumulated an amount of capital which ex-
ceeds what can be profitably employed within her
own boundary, and Ireland affords just the field
that is required for the proper investment of that
capital. Ireland, on the other hand, in her great
resources, her fertile soil, with her teeming and in-
telligent population, has great advantages, but she
has the one great defect of not having the amount
of capital disposable which is necessary to develop°
her powers and resources. What is wanted for the
benefit of the two countries is that the capital of the
one may find a ready access to and permanent in-
vestment in the other. (Hear.) I do hope and
believe that as the conditions of both countries are
better understood, a more sound mutual understand-
ing and more confidence may spring up—(hear)—
and that' the capitalists of England and Scotland
may find that Ireland affords them just the field
they require for the commercial and monetary de-
velopment of their industry. I can only say, from
my knowledge of the House of Commons, that the
prevalent feeling among all its members who are not
Irishmen is mainly and simply to find out that
which will increase the prosperity, the happiness,
and the content of Ireland. (Hear.) There is
throughout England that a sense of the evils of ad-
ministrations do require to be remedied, and the
earnestdesire is that future legislation may be better
adapted to the wants of Ireland than that which
existed in fornier times. (Hear.) No doubt the
problems to be solved are difficult ; no doubt the
party spirit which prevails so much often obscures
the particular remedy that is required, but I will
only state this, that so far as the will goes, so far
as the inclination goes, so far as the desire gees, the
House of Commons is just the assembly that is pre-
pared to do all that may tend to develop the re-
sources and increase the happiness of Ireland. (Loud
cheers.) I shall look with great satisfaction for an
opportunity to promote the railway communication
between Sligo and the northern districts, which is
so greatly required. I knew that Lord Palmerston
took especial interest in the promotion of the rail-
Iway, and I shall myself be anxious to do anything
I can to carry out his views upon the subject.

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