The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-28 00:00:00

ITALY.

A communication from Turin, of the 24th, in the
Constituttonnel, says :—" To-day being the second
anniversary of the battle of Solferino, the King was
to have reviewed the troops of the garrison, and
issued an order of the day to the army, for which
purpose his Majesty was to have returned from
Valslieri this morning, but a slight indisposition
prevented him. Under the circumstances of the
anniversary in question, the language which King
Victor Emmanuel would have made use of to his
troops might have been of enature to give rise to
an interpretation of a not very pacific kind, as
were the very innocent words he delivered to
the deputation who presented the address from the
Romans. The review was held by General de Cos-
sata, commanding the sth Corps d'Armee, who
published an order of the day to the troops. The
troops, assembled in the Campo Marto, received
this order of the day with repeated cries, of Italy
fo ever!' Long live the King!' The Count de
San-Martino has again applied to the Government
for sixty battalions of the line in order to form
moveable columns on all the points of the Nea-
politans provinces infested by political brigands
or by bands of robbers, and other disturbers of
public tranquillity. The King's Lieutenant at
Naples had already made a similar application
under the Ministry of General Fanti, who, from
reasons of a different nature, refused it. Now the
Count de San-Martino renews the application to
the Central Government, being convinced, he says,
that the only means of re-establishing tranquillity
and safety in the Southern provinces consists in
clearing them completely of some hundreds of ban-
dits or partisans of the old regime. My opinion is
that the Ricasoli Ministry will not hesitate to send to
the Count the reinforcements which he asks for, and
the granting of which he makes the sine qua non con-
dition of his continuance in office. As however the
removal of sixty battalions of the regular army
would too much weaken the military position of Italy
on her frontiers of the Mincio and the Po, a fresh
appeal will be immediately made for the mobiliza-
tion of National Guards. In Sicily things are also
in a similar position. The bands of Bourbonians
which landed between Noto and Syracuse, and
have succeeded in reaching the mountains of the
Island, paralyze the surveillance and activity of
considerable forces. Lieutenant-General Della
Rover°, after having promised the greatest in-
dulgence to the guilty men, if at the end of three
days they made their submission, has been
compelled, by the force of circumstances, and
for the purpose of punishing some acts
of savage ferocity, to apply a system of
rigour and severity rather in opposition to the tra-
ditions and principles of the King's Government.
Twenty-three of those men, while occupied in set-
ting fire to a village, were arrested and shot.
Certainly such extremities are always to be regret-
ted, but examples of this kind are, unfortunately,
the only means which can be now adopted, for
putting an end to civil war, and saving innocent

villages from fire, pillage, and devastation of all
kinds."

The following is the order of the day above al-
.uded to :

"Officers, Sub-Officers, and Soldiers—On this
day two years the great battle of Solferino and of
San Martino was fought on the predestined banks
of the Mincio. That memorable day, in which
the Piedmontese army rivalled in courage that of
our powerful and generous ally, decided the desti-
nies of Italy. His Majesty wishes that the anni-
versary of that happy event should be solemnly
celebrated, which now bears the glorious title of the
Italian Army. It is on you that falls the
duty of following up what still remains to be done
to consolidate the union of so many people of the
same land arbitrarily kept divided for so many
centuries. The King of Italy confides in your bra-
very, in your patriotism, and in the enthusiasm
which the remembrance of past victories will give
you for the achievement of fresh laurels. Long live
the King ! Long \ live the country ! Italy for
ever !"

The Turin Gazette announces that the Bourbo-
nians have attacked and sacked Bojano and Castel-
Pezzato.

INDIA.

We have received Bombay journals to May 27,
but they contain little more than confirmations Df
the Calcutta news, published yesterday, as to the
general quiet of India, and the greater hopeful.
ness which prevails respecting the cessation of the
famine.
The Surat and Broach collectorates are to be
amalgamated—the thirteen Pergunnahs of Surat
are to be reduced to seven, and the six Pergunnahs
of Broach to four. This will effect a saving of the
salary of a collector and his establishment, and of
eight mamlutdars and their establishments.
Four regiments of Bombay native Infantry are
order to be broken up ; tile establishment of native
infantry of the Bombay army will thus be reduced
to 21,300 of all ranks, against 30,158 on August 1,
1852—a total reduction of upwards of 8,000 men of
all ranks.

The Administration Report of Oude for 1859-60
has been published. The whole province has been
restored to peace and industry, and the year 1859 60
was the first in which the administrative scheme of
government as declared at the annexation was uni-
formly carried out.
The most important political event of the year in
Oude was the investing, in November, 1859, of some
of the principal Talookdara with magisterial and
revenue powers. The chief commissioner, in a re-
port published on the Bth May, considers that the
experiment of associating the great landholders
with the servants of government, in the administra-
tion of justice, has been attended with complete
success. It is considered an immense benefit to the
peasantry that their petty disputes with each other
should be referred to the decision of their heredi•
tary chief, and not be brought into our courts, to
the ruin of both disputants.
Sonthalistan is again disturbed. The deputy
commissioner reports that suits for enhancement of
rents have been brought against the Sonthals, and
that pressure has been exercised by the Mahajuns.
The Senthals were holding meetings, and the de-
puty commissioner had sent for the head men.
Military police have been sent in considerable force
to Nya Doomka and Beerbhoom. Mr. Pontet's
enhancement of rents was the cause of the first
Sonthal rebellion.

Mr. Gladstone's budget has given great satisfac-
tion in India, as being both in its theoretical and
practical part's so entirely in accordance with Mr.
Laing's. It is regarded as full of hope for the
future of both countries, that the two Chancellors
of Exchequer, rather than im pose new taxes, or get
deeper into debt, have resolved to reduce the ex-
penses of national housekeeping.

The extensive reductions in the native army,
mentioned in Mr. Laing's budget as in a great
measure carried out, or distinctly ordered in a
manner admitting of no discussion, are rapidly
becoming faits accomplis.
The resolution of his Excellency the Governor-
General in Council for the reduction of the native
infantry of the three presidencies was published in
Bombay on the 13th May. The establishment of
native infantry in the Indian army will henceforth
be as follows :—Under the Government of India,
12 battalions; Bengal army (including Sikh and
Punjaub regiments), 60; Madras army, 52; Pegu
Sapper battalion (temporary), 1; Bombay army,
30 : total, 155 battalions—making a total strength
of about 110,400 men of all ranks, native officers
included, against a total of 174,237 of all ranks on
the Ist October, 1859, showing a reduction of more
than 63,800 men of all ranks, and a saving fully
equal to one million sterling.

It is stated that there is to be a new uniform for
the whole native army, to consist of a tunic without
collar, leaving the neck bare, a pair of loose trousers,
gaiters, and a newly-invented turban. It is thought
that this uniform would be admirably suited for the
European soldiery in India.

The following account of the death of Lieutenant
Hughes, already announced, is given by a corre-
spondent writing from Manantoddy on May 11:
" A melancholy occurrence took place in the
Terriott (9) Jungles the other day. Lieut. Hughes,
of the 66th, was killed by an elephant. He had
succeeded in killing one, but on going in for another
his cap missed fire, and he was immediately trodden
into the mire, from which he found difficulty in
extricating his feet. One tusk was driven through
his thigh ; his neck, arm, and leg were broken, and
his chest flattened. Much praise is due to one
Richard Hadin, who, on hearing of the accident,
went to the spot at night with torches and found
the body, amidst the noise of tom-toms, as the place
was alive with monsters."