The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-20 00:00:00

THE] SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1861.

arrival at the capital, he should have allowed
his hand to trace such an outline of the
Shadow of a Coming Event, as may be
recognised in his last startling letter to certain
of his more eager compatriots. GARIBALDI has
never yet made a feint. Whenever before now he
has given indications of his intention to act—as
certain as Fate he has acted. He is not by any
means fond of talking, much less of writing, idly or
at random. So surely as he makes a rendezvous—
he is there at the place and hour appointed. And,
remembering this, 'let it not be forgotten also that
GARIBALDI could hardly have spoken out more ex-
plicitly than he did only the other day. His answer
is—as plainly as words can express anything—
that the next, and this time the final,
struggle is close at hand. His summons is
—to all his countrymen, without distinction of
party—to be in readiness ! His recommendation to
all—frankly and manfully articulated—is to throw
aside all controversy and all predilections—uniting
heart and soul in one cause, the cause of Italy for
the Italians.

Now "Italy for the Italians," if it means any-
thing, means, for one thing, the withdrawal of the
French army from the Peninsula, and for another
thing, the driving of the Austrian army beyond the
Carpathians. The question is, of course, as to the
practicability of either or, still more, of both of
these achievements. Who shall say, however, that
the word impossible is anywhere discoverable in
GARIBALDI'S vocabulary ? He is about the very
last man one would be disposed to look upon in the
light of a Braggart. He is a man thoroughly in
earnest. And for the most unselfish ends. He pre-
fers at all times rather to do than to speak or to write.
But when he does write or speak we may be toler-
ably certain that what is there audible or visible he
means. He might have gained anything he pleased
in the way of recompense, when with a daring hand
he achieved the double liberation of Naples and
Sicily. Any title which he might not have disdained
to accept from the people whom he had emancipated,
he might have had, had he so pleased it. He took
nothing. He sheathed his sword and retired to
his island home at Caprera. As magnificently as
the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. handed over Lom-
bardy to VICTOR EMMANUEL—GeneraI GARIBALDI
handed over the Kingdom of the Two
Sicilies also to the l?e Galantuomo. Only—only—
GARIBALDI unlike NAPOLEON did not pay himself
by requiring directly afterwards a quid pro quo in
the shape of a Nice or a Savoy ! No—whatever
else may be said of him even by the most resolute
of his antagonists, this at least must be acknow-
ledged in GARIBALDI'S regard that whenever he
says a thing he means it—that whenever he an-
nounces his intention to do a thing he does it—and
that he is from first to last as thoroughly in earnest
as he is perfectly disinterested. Knowing this—
and kn owing the course that GARIBALDI has recently
pursued within the short interval of time that has
elapsed since he quitted his retreat at Caprera—we
may rest perfectly confident that Italy is very soon
about to follow the example of Vesuvius.

We understand that a new weekly periodical
for the industrial classes will shortly be issued
undar the superintendence of the Rev. C. Rogers,
LL.D., Stirling. If it fulfil the promise of the
prospectus it will possess many distinctive features,
and will be NI ell adapted to the varying trades and
occupations which may be ranked under the head
of industrial. The wide field of cheap periodicals
has been so long occupied by publications of doubt-
ful character that every addition to the number of
wholesome, instructive, and entertaining serials is
a matter of congratulation.
Among the many memorial tokens of the lamented
Prince Consort we may mention a very elegant
mourning card, printed by Mr. J. T. Wood, 278,
Strand. Those who wish for a memorial of this
melancholy occasion will find it very acceptable.
INTERNATIONAL SHOW OF STOCK, 1862.—The
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, at their
meeting on Wednesday, the Duke of Athole presiding, ap-
proved a list of premiums offered for the best cattle and
sheep of Scotch breeds exhibited at this show, and granted
£l,OOO to meet the necessary expenses.

Lord Rokeby has been despatched from Paris to
Cannes to take charge of his Royal Highness Prince Leo-
pold, who will spend the winter there.

The amount of specie that will be taken by the
outgoing steamer for the East on Friday is £41,304, distri-
buted as follows : £2,000 in gold for Ceylon, £3,300 in gold
and £9,500 in silver for India, and £26,504 in silver for
China and the Straits.

WARLIKE MOVEMENTS AT TORONTO.—Six hun-
dred barrels of powder have reached this city from Quebec ;
also 68 ten-pounder cannon. The Quebec Chronicle says
it is rumoured in that city that the 60th Rifles are to leave
for the west. It is also rumoured in the same city that a
telegraphic despatch was recently sent by the Commander
of the Forces, to Major Doyle, commanding her Majesty's
Forces in Nova Scotia, now stationed at Halifax--to send
up a detachment of Sappers and M ners immediately from
that station to Quebec. These men are daily expected to
arrive in that garrison.—Teronto Weekly Leader.
We notice in the Scottish papers the death of
Robert Nicoll, at Tulliebelton, Auchtergaven, Perthshire,
on Nov. :30, in the 87th year of his age. He was the father
of Robert Nicoll, the young poet, who died in 1837.

THE WEATHER IN CANADA.—As doubts exist
respecting the transports now on their way and about sail-
ing for the St. Lawrence being able to reach Riviere du
Loup or Bic Harbour on account of the late period of the
year, we are happy in being able to state that at the date of
the last advices—viz., the 3d hist. —the season in Canada
was unusually mild, so much so that the steamers plying be-
tween Quebec and Montreal, which usually go into winter
quarters about the middle of November, were still running,
and with every appearance of a fortnight's further occupa-
tion. We learn also that the ditches were not yet full—a
sure sign that more mild weather was to take place before
the winter fairly set in. We are aware that the navigation
has been stopped in the month of November in a couple of
days by an unusually severe frost, but those who pretend
to be well acquainted with the meteorology of Canada say
that, judging from appearances, there was every prospect
of a very open December. The ferry boat of the Grand
Trunk Railway was plying on the Christmas-day of 1858
between Montreal and Longueil, the river then being clear
of ice to the ocean ; and if the present be anything like that
season, as we belie\ e it will turn out to be, the Melbourne,
Persia, Australasian, Adriatic, and Panama will experience
no difficulty in harbouring in Bic any time before the 15th
of the coming month.— 771 e Canadian News.
THE ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE.—
The registrar-general of seamen and shipOrg, Capt. J. 11.
Brown, has just issued an important statement connected
with the establishment, organisation, and progress through-
out the kingdom of a reserve volunteer force of seamen for
service in her Majesty's fleet, from which it appears that
nearly 10,000 claims have been received, and nearly 8,000
naval volunteers have been enrolled for training and active
service at the different seaports throughout the country.
Of these the largest numbers so enrolled have been at Aber-
deen, 258 men ; Bridgewater, 109 ; Bristol, 842 ; Cork, 42 ;
Dundee, 404 ; Dartmouth, 71; Leith, 39 ; Lerwick, 44 ;
Liverpool, 356 ; London, 2,169; Montrose, 17 ; Newcastle,
117 ; Plymouth, 109 ; Peterhead, 71; Seaham, 288 ; North
Shields, 912 ; South Shields, 226 ; Southampton, 108 ;
Sunderland, 850; Swansea, 49; Whitehaven, 34; Yar-
mouth, 29. The total number holding certificates is 189,
and the force embraces 1,050 petty officers in the merchant
service. The number of applications up to the present date
from officers and masters in the merchant service to act as
officers of reserve to the royal navy, is considerably in excess
of the number of commissions, between 400 and 500, at the
disposal of the Admiralty ; all such officers or their widows
being entitled to the same pay and pension as those of cor-
responding rank in the royal navy.

Nothing appears to have transpired with regard
to the place to which Mr. Peter Morrison, of the Deposit
Bank, seems to have been quietly allowed to retire.
Neither is it known if any steps have been taken to test the
bearing of the Fraudulent Trustees Act, so as to enable any
extradition demands to be made, in case he should have
sought quiet in a foreign country. Even under the Joint
Stock Companies Act of 1357 there is a provision which
would seem to render the case ono that might on convic-
tion involve penal servitude for three years

The Nashville, I hear, either has sailed, or is on
the point of sailing, from Southampton. May the gallant
Peagrim have a good deliverance from the Federal cruiser
said to be looking out for him outside the channel ! That
he carries away the same armament from Southampton
that he brought in I should not like to bet ; or that the
Nashville, as respects trim and top hamper, is not better
calculated to br..ve the Atlantic and the enemy than she
was when she burned the Harvey Birch,—Corresponclott of
Manchester Guardian.