The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-09 00:00:00

ITALY.

Some excitement has been caused at Turin by the
occurrence of three duels, all fought by M. Riboli,
a Garibaldian officer, with some officers of the Mon-
tebello lancers, who, being assembled in a tavern,
in his presence threw some plates, bearing Gari-
baldi effigy, out of the window. M. Riboli imme-
diately challenged and it was accepted, who fought
him with the sabre. Having wounded both his ad-
versaries, M. Riboli on the following morning,
was visited by two friends of the third officer of the
party,who told him that their principal, M. Sollasa-
cro, would not meet him with the sabre, but with
pistols. M. Riboli accepted, and the duel took
place. M. Solla.sacro missed his adversary, who,
in returning his fire inflicted a wound which
is considered dangerous. The surgeon called
in on the occasion, who is a relative of
the wounded man, and highly connected, has,
it seems, given notice of the duel to the authorities.
and M. Riboli and his friends have been obliged to
quit Italy in consequence.
At the time of the general elections in Italy,
Gen. Garibaldi was secretly elected at Mantua by
a considerable number of inhabitants. Having been
apprised of the fact, he has addressed the following
letter to the electors :
"Among the addresses and nominations which
I have latterly received, the dearest to my heart is
undoubtedly my nomination to the National Par-
liament, with which your brave but unfortunate
fellow citizens of Mantua have honoured me. The
country of Boldrini and of the thousand martyrs of
the national cause should render those who would
blush at owing their liberty to foreigners more
anxious to free themselves.
" Caprera, June 27." " GARIBALDI.
The following portion of the text of a manifesto,
recently published by Mazzini, shows what the
Italian "party of action" aim at :
"During the past six months we have lost rather
than gained ground. Six months ago, not a man
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were eager for action, because Italy had
risen in arms. Now, the Hungarian mode-
rates whisper to their countrymen, You have
nothing to hope from the Italians ; you must
make terms.' We are 22 millions, and we
could not to-morrow
bring more than 150,000
soldiers into the field, or just the number Switzer-

land raises from her population of 2A- millions ! We
are 22 millions, and we send to Paris to ask per-
mission to admit fifteen Englishmen into the Hun-
garian Legion at Naples ! We are 22 millions, and
Venice is condemned to a servitude of indefinite
duration ! Nevertheless, aLa Farina committee
preaches patience at Rome ; the army of volunteers
is disbanded, Garibaldi is at Caprera, and the com-
mittees of subsidies :are occupied in collecting
petty sums for individual necessities, or to repair
the damage caused by :the fall of La Pieve.
Inertia is destroying us, the energy of self-
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devotion is dying out, and unity itself is threat-
ened Eby a popular discontent which may break
out in local insurrections calculated to promote de-
signs of the enemies of liberty. No revolution can
stop short in the middle of its course without de-
stroying its principle of vitality. We stopped
short six mouths ago, and we already feel thecon-
sequences. The glorious movement of the people
and Garibaldi was then arrested ; it must speedily
be revived, or N% e shall retrograde. It is for the
Government to give the new impulse, to guide and
arm the nation, rather than endeavour to restrain
and repress it ; to surround itself with the ablest
men of every fraction of the national party ; to re-
solutely raise the banner of Rome and Venice; thus
will concord be established. If it follow another
course, it is condemned to perish ignominiously,
leaving a heritage of anarchy and civil war.

" GIUSEPPE MAZZINI."

INDIA.

By the arrival of the overland mail we receive
advices from Bombay to June 12, and from Cal-
cutta to June 3. The general character of the
Bombay news is cheerful, and the Bombay Gazette
commences its summary in the following jubilant
strain :

No event of a general and striking character has
occurred during the past fortnight. India has pur-
sued the even tenor of her way, and that a never
so prosperous one. Mutual confidence is on the in-
crease between the dominant and the dominated
races. A sort of compromise between domination
and dominatedness is in process; decentralisation
and local legislative councils containing native ele-
ments on the one hand, and the admission of native
chiefs and great landholders to a participation in
the duties and honours of magistracy on the other
—these are the new order of things in India. God
save the Queen !

Copious rain had fallen in the famine-stricken
provinces, and the prospects of the harvest were
hopeful.
An important resolution of the government of
India on the reduction of native cavalry corps in
the Bengal army had been published. The strength
of native cavalry now maintained being in excess
of the requirements of the service, owing to the re-
ductions made by the substitution of police for
civil and other non-military guards, each corps will
in future consist of 420 Sowars divided into six
troops, with the following establishment —3 Re-
saldars, 3 Ressaidars, 1 Woordie Major, 6 Jams-
dars, 6 Kote Duffadars, 48 Duffadars, 6 Nishanbus-
dars, 6 Trumpeters. Thus making a total of 499
natives of all ranks.

In August, 1860, the number of regiments of
native cavalry in the Bengal Presidency was 46-
17 being under the Government of India, and 29
under the Commander-in-Chief. Of the 17 regi-
ments named in the resolution to which we refer,
the Nagpore Cavalry is to be disbanded. Meade's
Horse has been incorporated with the regiments of
Central India Horse ; the Guide Cavalry and the
five regiments of Punjaub Cavalry will remain as at
present, and separate orders will be issued respect-
ing the remaining regiments, Of the 29 regiments
of Cavalry under the Commander-in-Chief in India,
the following ten it has been decided are to be dis-
banded :-3d Irregillar Cavalry, 9th ditto, 12th
ditto, 16th ditto, 3d Seikh Cavalry, Ranghur
Cavalry, Alexander's Horse, Benares Horse, Ist
Mahratta Horse, Lind's Pathan Cavalry.

The remaining corps will be numbered consecu-
tively from Ist to 19th Bengal Cavalry.
The pay of the native cavalry (of course all irre-
gular) will hereafter be on the scale laid down in
the resolution, ranging from 27 rs. (with good con-
duct pay to the extent of 3 rs., making the maximum
pay of a sowar 30 rs.) to no re. per mensem. The
reductions now ordered will be carried out under
the rules laid down by the Governor-General for
the guidance of the Commander-in-Chief. All in-
efficient men, as well as all able-bodied men under
four years' service are to be discharged, with a
gratuity of twelve months pay.
An inquest had been held at Bombay on the body
of Lieut. Gould, and a verdict returned that he
destroyed himself while in a state of temporary
insanity.
Of monetary and commercial matters the Bombay
Telegraph speaks as follows :
As the season is now rapidly approaching when
the port will be closed, our import market for piece
goods business is very firm, and importers demand
higher rates.
The advices from England brought by the mail
which arrived on
,the 9th inst., though not very
favourable as regards the price of cotton, which had
declined id., still the excitement which prevails
in the cotton producing states of America have led
to extensive speculative purchases, consequently a
slight advance has taken place in our staple since
last adviceF. We now quote Dhollerah, 155r5.;
Broach, 160 rs. ; and Oomrawuttee, 148 to 150 rs.
Freights have fluctuated during the fortnight,
but for the past few days symptoms of a decline in
the rates last quoted have occurred. The following
are'the present quotations ;—Liverpool, £2 10s. to
£2. lls. 6d. ; London, £2 10s. ; and China, 14
rupees per candy.
The money market continues easy. The follow-
ing is a list of quotations :—London (credit), 6
months' sight, 2s. id. ; ditto, documents, ditto,
2s Ord. ; Calcutta, 3 days' sight, 102 per cent. ; Ma-
dras, 30 days', 98.4 ditto ; China, 60 days', 215 rs.
per 100 dollors.