The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-11 00:00:00

CALCUTTA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

The Valetta and Ceylon, with the above mails,
were to leave Malta at midnight on the 9th for
Marseilles and Southampton respectively. The
latter vessel may be expected at Southampton
about the 18th.

The Candia brought the mails to Suez, arriving
there on the 4th.

OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL.

The Mooltan, from Southampton 27th October,
reached Alexandria at noon on the Bth inst.

The Sultan, from Marseilles the 6th, arrived at
Malta on the 9th at 7 a.m., and left at 11 a,m. for

Alexandria.

FRANCE.

PARIS, Nov. 10.

At the dinner which took place to day in honour
of Signor Rattazzi, M. Gueroult, editor of the
Opinions Nationale, proposed " The Independence,
Unity, and Liberty of Italy ;" M. Peynat, editor of
the Presse, " The Health of Garibaldi ;" and M.
Havin, political director of the Siecle," The Health
of Signor Rattazzi, the Chevalier Nigra (the Italian
Minister), and General Della Rocca." Signor
Rattazzi, in responding to these toasts, said,—" I
thank you for the words and wishes which you have
expressed in favour of Italy, and in so doing my
first thought is directed towards the Emperor Napo-
leon, the illustrious chief of your generous nation."
Signor Rattazzi also expressed his thanks for the
feelings of affection which France entertained to-
wards Italy ; " feelings which," he said, " find in
return the most complete devotedness on the part of
the Italians. Italy," continued Signor Rattazzi,
" will never forget what she owes to your august
Emperor, who for her sake has braved so many dan-
gers, and who alone held out a :hand to her in
the worst moment of her distress. She will never
forget the brave soldiers who fell in her cause, nor
the army which made her free. She will never for-
get the generous political writers and the whole
French people, whose wishes accompanied every
phase of her emancipation. The future cannot but
give more force to those sentiments. In this era of
reconstitution of nationalities and grouping of sister
nations, the union of the Latin race is. not a vain
word. Fraternally allied, as becomes men of the
same origin, equal civilisation, and exactly similar
ideas, and having the same into ests, our two peo-
ples, supported by the sympathies of other liberal
nation have nothing to fear from the rest of the
world. When the hour strikes France will see how
well Italy understands her debt of gratitude and
her duties as a comrade."

Loud applause followed all the speeches.

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

The Vienna Gazette publishes the imperial decree
fixing those crimes and offences committed in Hun-
gary which are to come under the military juris-
diction, even when the offenders are civilians. They
are :—The crime of high treason, insults to mem-
bers of the imperial family, disturbance of public
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crime of violently insulting any public tribunal or
authority.
Members of secret societies hostile to the Go-
vernment are liable to be tried by the military
courts.

Corporal punishment, as far as civilians are con-
cerned, cannot be inflicted without a sentence
from the legal authorities.
The following is the text of the autograph letter
addressed by the Emperor of Austria to the Chan-
cellor of Hungary :
" My dear Count de Forgach,—The insubordination of
the Hungarian municipalities and the open resistance, al-
most c mounting to rebellion, to every measure taken with
the object of bringing back everything to a regular state, is
most dangerous to the maintenance of public order; while
the authorities as they are at present organTsed, and accord-
ing to the actual state of the Penal Code, do not offer suffi-
cient protection against these lamentable attacks, disapproved
by the great majority of my faithful subjects, and they are
not capable of mastering the disobedience which invades
everything. It is my duty as a sovereign, and my firm will,
energetically to put an end to these misdemeanours, and firmly
to re-establish that obedience which is due and the authority
of the Government. But, as the execution of the extraordi-
nary measures commanded by necessity is not compatible
with the actual institution of the Council of the Lieutenancy

of Hungary, founded upon the laws of 1723 and of 1790,
and while, on the other hand, the hope of being able to con-
voke shortly the Hungarian Diet, with a view to resolve
the questions which have remained pending, cannot be
realised as long as there is no regular administration to
render it possible, I think it advisable temporarily to sus-
pend until the re-establishment of public order the action of
my Council of Lieutenancy for Hungary, established in the
sense of the above laws by my enactments of the 20th of
October, no, as also that of the municipalities of the
country, and, consequently, to decree the dissolution of all
existing commissions of the comitats of districts and of mu-
nicipal representations of the Royal free cities.

" In charging you to carry out this order and awaiting
your ulterior propositions as regards the choice of the per-
sons to whom in future will be confided the direction of the
Comitats in case of necessary changes, I request you at the
same time to have a care that the current affairs of the ad-
ministration of the Comitats and free cities be carried on
until the institution of new organs by the present officials
on their personal responsibility, so that the public service
may not suffer interruption.
" The nomination of my Lieutenant for the kingdom of
Hungary follows the same date. My Council of Lieu-
tenancy for Hungary, the Obergespane, administrators and
other officials in the Comitats, as also the mayors of the
towns in the Buda-Perth district are bound to obey him
without any objection in everything which he may ordain*
for the public administration of the country. You willfind
in the annexed documents the orders which I have though
fit to give to my Minister of War concerning the powers of
the military tribunals and the judgment of crimes and
offences committed against public order and the safety of
persons and property.
" As also it is my firm will to re-establish in the shortest
possible delay, by the exceptional temporary measures in-
dicated above, public order which has been threatened in
my kingdom of Hungary by lamentable disturbances, that I
may afterwards, by constitutional measures, proceed to the
solution of the existing differences, I think it also right to
declare again that I am firmly resolved to maintain in-
violably and without restriction, in future, the concessions
granted to Hungary by my diploma of the 20th of October,
1860, concerning the re-establishment of its constitution, of
its rights and liberties of its Diet, of its municipal institu-
tions.

" FRANCIS JOSEPH (menu propria).
Vienna, Nov. 5, 1861."
The Yientza Gazette, in which the above ap-
pears, publishes the following :
" Dear Field-Marshal Count Palffy—l appoint you my
Lieutenant in my kingdom of Hungary,
" FRANCIS JosEPH;(manu proprta.)
" Vienna, Nov. 5, 1861."
A letter from Comorn, Hungary, of the 2d inst.,
says :

" The ordinary monthly assembly of the Comitat was to
have t iken place at 10 o'clock this morning, all the neces-
sary arrangements having teen made on the previou- even-
ing at a conference convoked by the Vice-Gespan Sarkozy.
Scareely, however, had the members of the conference se-
parated than a detachment of troops surrounded the hotel
of the Comitat, and the commandant, Lieut.-Col. Tarkos,
presented himself to the Vice-Gespan, and declared that if
the projected meeting took place he should be obliged, by
orders from his superiors, to dissolve it by force. The Vice-
Gespan replied that the assembly had been convoked, and
that it must take place, whatever might happen. In the
morning the greater part of the members of the commisson
and of the inhabitants of the town assembled, and entered
the hall at 9 o'clock. At 10 the cry was; raised, Here are
troops!' and the soldiers were found to have, surrounded
the hotel of the Comitat and barred the streets Lieut.-Col.
arkos entered the room reserved for the Vice-Gespan, but
he was seen in the hall, and at the same time a tremendous
shout was raised. At that moment the ex-President of

the Lower Chamber of Hungary, ➢I. Ghiczy, came forward
and requested the public to keep quiet, prudent conduct
being under the circumstances the first duty of every pa-
triot. The President then took the chair, and the Lieute-
nent-Colonel remained behind the door. Cheers almost
interminable saluted the President as he took his place.
Ho announced that the armed force was present, and
that he had received the order of dissolution. 'At this
moment,' said he, ' when we have no other arms
at our disposal but the code of our laws, it is impossible for
us to continue our deliberations." It is impossible was
echoed from all sides. Let us retire.' The President
then took leave of the public, and announced that the corps
of functionaries, seeing the impossibility of doing their
duties, had all of them resigned. The public then left the
hall, singing the Szozat, and soon after dispersed with cries
of Eljin a Magyar, huza I' (God save Hungary I)"

TILE WARRIOR.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SIIN,

Sir,—l forward you some extracts from a note
just received, which may prove of much public
interest.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,

Queenstown, Nov. 7, 186

You will be pleased to hear that the Warrior, under
steam, has been what may be considered a complete success.
Under sail and steam she went 16.3 knots, and coming into
this place on Tuesday from off Cape Clear, at the time the
Revenge was going about 13 knots, she was going 15.2;
the Revenge under a considerable press of sail and full
steam, the Warrior topsails and foresail and fall steam.
Steaming head to wind and sea, the Warrior went 9.8 at
a time when the Revenge, at the rendezvous, found it neces-
sary to take in the third reef of her topsails.
The trials in sailing have not been very favourable tothe
Warrior. The first day, by the wind, the Revenge's jib-
boom went just before starting; this lost time; but after-
wards, on starting, the Warrior settled gradually to leeward.
The next day the trial was with the wind abeam, when
the Revenge left the Warrior very much, the Warrior,
having a reef out of the topsails, royals, and fore topmast
studdingsail more than the Revenge. By the Warrior's own
account the Revenge left her at the rate of 500 yards per
hour.

The Revenge hardly works fair with the Warrior in
steaming. The Warrior's fuel is the best Welsh coal, and
fresh, while that of the Revenge has been in the ship a long
time. The stokers and engineers of the Warrior are very
numerous compared with those of the Revenge; but the
Revenge's stokehole is vastly superior to the Warrior's.

The Cork Examiner publishes the following in-
teresting description of the Warrior's behaviour
during her trial cruise :--
"The great question to be determined with re-
gard to the Warrior was as to her speed and sea-
going qualities, and the present cruise was under-
taken with the object of testing these. In order to
try her on every possible point of sailing and steam-
ing, she has been matched with the Revenge, a 90-
gun two-decker, the fastest ship in the Channel
fleet.
" But for the extraordinary repute of her rival
the beauty of the Revenge would have made her an
object of attraction, as she lies opposite Haulbow-
line ; but all eyes are naturally directed to the first
armour-plated vessel that has ever been seen in the
water. The test cruise commenced on Thursday,
when both vessels left Portland, the Revenge under
the command of Rear-Admiral Smart, and the War-
rior under Capt. Cochrane. Their cruise was about
the British Channel and away southward to about
the centre of the Bay of Biscay. The weather was
upon the whole fair, but the wind was stiff, and at
one period rose almost to the dimensions of a gale.
The result of the trial as regards the Warrior seems
to have been not merely satisfactory but astonish-
ing.
"If we may credit the reports of the officers, she

has, under sail and steam, working full power,
attained the extraordinary speed of 18 knots. When
at this rate looking through her ports is described
as inspiring something of the sensation felt in look-
ing through the window of an express train. In
steaming alone, carrying her ordinary pressure of
about 201 b. to the inch, she can beat the Revenge
between two and three knots an hour. Under sail,
however, she is no match for the two-decker, which
can not only go closer to the wind, but faster before
it. The spars and sails of the Warrior are no larger
than those of an ordinary line-of-battle ship, while
the weight they have to drive is manifestly far
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with a good sailing wind is not equal to a ship like
the Revenge. It has been said that she would do

better with four masts than her present conventional
three. During the present trial the highest rate of
speed she has attained under sail alone was nine
knots, while steaming only she has nearly equalled
the rate of her trial trip, which was something short
of 141 knots. With the propeller working she is
said not to be handy to steer, and that she does
better when it is lifted. Coming within harbour,
owing to the momentum caused by her great weight
she is somewhat difficult fo handle. Though her
screw was lifted twice during the cruise, yet she
steamed the greater portion of the time, which was
from Thursday to Tuesday. Her consumption of
coal during that time is roughly estimated as being
under 400 tons. The original complement put on
board was 900; of this a considerable quantity was
used in preliminary trials, and she has now on
board about 250 tons.

"Her weatherly qualities are considered to have
been more than established. She goes smoothly
over an angry sea, and does not roll in any extra-
ordinary degree. She has taken in water, but only
over the bow, and it is said that when the Re-
venge was shipping seas in considerable number, the
Warrior was perfectly dry. During much of the
cruise she had her main deck ports open. In the
Bay of Biscay, where the roughest weather was en-
countered, th©y had to be closed, but rather with a
view to the comfort of the seamen than through
any absolute necessity. At all events, it is posi-
tively stated that the guns could have been fought
at any period of the trip.
" The engines move with great smoothness and
caused no vibration of any consequence. A trial
was made on Tuesday morning as to the effect of
the recoil of the heavy guns, and with this object
three broadsides were fired from the shotted 86-
pounders. The consequent vibration was trifling.
Indeed the effect of the working of the engines or
the recoil of guns was felt far less than it would
have been in an ordinary line-of-battle ship. The
guns were found to be capable of training only two
and a-half points.
" The powers of the Warrior as a steam-ram
were very near being unconsciously tested during
the cruise. In the morning watch of Tuesday, both
vessels steering up for Cork, the Revenge was lead-
ing under sail and the Warrior steaming after. The
latter overtook the Revenge rapidly. The interven-
tion of the sails probably prevented the Revenge's
lights from being seen, and the Warrior was bear-
ing fast down upon her consort, when she was made
out from the Revenge, and a signal blue light having
been thrown up her course was altered. It was not,
however, a moment too soon, as it is said there
was not a dozen feet between the stern of one ves
sel and the jibboom of the other.

DEATH OF GENERAL SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS.—
The death cf General Sir Howard Douglas took place last
Saturday, at the advanced age of 86. The deceased was the
third son of the first baronet, and entered the army in 1794.
He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his brother
in 1809. Sir Howard Douglas served with his regiment
at
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111. of Spain. He became a general in the army in 1851,
since which time he has .been colonel of the 15th Foot, the
colonelcy of which is thereby rendered vacant. Sir H.
Douglas represented Liverpool in Parliament from 1842 to
1847, after having been an unsuccessful candidate in 1832,
and again in 1835. He was Governor of New Brunswick
from 1823 to 1829, and Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands from 1835 till 1840; was a Groom of the
Bedchamber to the late Duke of Gloucester, and received
the degree of D.C.L. from Oxford in 1829. In recognition
of his military services the deceased general was created a
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St.
George in 1835, and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of
the Bath in 1841. He is succeeded by his son Robert Percy.
Ho was the author of many scientific treatises, especially on
fortification and gunnery—a subject which occupied his
attention until the very close of his long and active life.
An amalgamation is stated to have been arranged
between:the new London and Lancashire Fire Insurance
Company of Liverpool. The business of the amalgamated
Companies will be carried on separately, the fire depart-
ment being conducted by the London and Lancashire
Company, and the life department by the Queen Company.

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

DISCOVERY OF DR. BAIKIE.-ANOTHER
DAHOMEY MASSACRE.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

The Royal Mail steamship Ethiope, with the
above mails, arrived here this afternoon, after a
very rapid passage from the West Coast. She
brings 1,400 ounces gold dust, a full cargo of palm
oil, ivory, &c., and 31 passengers. Her dates are—
Benin, September 24 ; Fernando Po, October 4 ;
Cameroons, 2 ; Old. Calabar, September 29 ; Brass,
Nun River, and Bonny, October 7; Lagos, 10 ;
Cape Coast Castle, 14 ; Cape Palmas, 17 ; Sierra
Leone, 21; Bathurst, 25 ; Teneriffe, 30 ; and
Madeira, November 1.

By this arrival we are placed in possession of
news of the long lost African explorer, Dr. Baikie,
regarding whose fate there has been so much specu-
lation. It will be remembered that Dr. Baikie was
attached for some time to the Niger expedition, and
the last heard from him—until the present time—
was upwards of two years ago. Since then the fate
of himself and his assistant was a mystery, but it
was generally believed that he had either perished
from the sickness and fatigue incident on his ex-
plorations, or that he had fallen a victim to some of
the savage tribes of the country. We are, however,
glad to say that the adveuturous explorer and his
assistant have at last been discovered alive and
well, after a residence of two years amongst the
natives, during which time they were without com-
munication with Europeans. During his two years'
sojourn among the natives the doctor enjoyed
tolerable good health, and had likewise made some
interesting researches in connexion with the ex-
ploration olf the Niger. The last advices left Dr.
Baikie at the confluence of the river. The explor-
ing steamer Sunbeam, and the other vessels engaged
in the expedition, had returned to the mouth of the
Niger, ,after having been up to the confluence. Her
Majesty's ship Espoir accompanied the vessels for
protection, after which she sailed for the Island of
Ascension.
Another of those diabolical massacres which is a
stigma on civilisation was about to be carried into
effect at Dahomey. The Cannibal King was going
to have another " grand custom." This sacrifice is
to celebrate the new yam season, and the prepara-
tions were to have been of the most complete cha-
racter. All the principal natives and traders at
Lagos had received invitations to be present to
witness the ceremony of cutting off the heads of
about 2,000 human beings. From this it would
appear that the protest lately made against such
acts of barbarism by the British Government,
through the late Mr. Consul Foote, has had no
effeet on the King of Dahomey, and the general
opinion appears to be that until " His Majesty" is
disposed of by summary or other means, this reign
of terror will not abate. The cultivation of the
country around Dahomey, down to the very sea-
board, was neglected, in consequence of the obser-
vance of the cruelties. Hunting parties had been
sent out, to capture from neighbouring tribes the
unhappy victims for the sacrifices.
From Lagos we learn that a report was very'pre-
valent at that place, that the ex King Dosomu had
mustered about 2,000 natives under arms, for the
purpose of taking the Acting Governor of Lagos,
Commander Bedingfeld, R.N., prisoner, and mas-
sacreing the merchants. The plot, however, had
exploded, and the ex-King was said to have
vanished.

The King (Pepple) of Bonny was still on board
his vessel, the Bowlah, in the Bonny river. His
subjects were equally divided, some ready to sup-
port his being reinstated ; others, and powerful
chiefs determined to oppose him.