The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-16 00:00:00

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

His Excellency Sir H. Storks has issued the fol-
lowing characteristic Notification :

"NOTIFICATION.

" The Lord High Commissioner has received
during the last three months several anonymous
letters.

" His Excellency hopes that it is unnecessary for
him to declare his abhorrence of a practice at once
unmanly and cowardly.
" His Excellency requests that this system of
moral assassination may cease, and desires it to be
distinctly understood that for the future every
anonymous communication will be returned to the
Post-office whence it came, with instructions to the
Postmaster to place it in a conspicuous part of the
office, in order that the writer may reclaim it if he
thinks proper to do so.
" If any person has any charges to bring against
individuals, or any complaints to make for the Lord
High Commissioner's consideration, they must be
preferred openly and substantiated in person.
" His Excellency would remind the writers of
anonymous letters that they are not living under
the Venetian Republic, and that the lion's mouth'
is not a national institution.

" By command of his Excellency,
"H. DRUMMOND WOLF,
" Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner.
" Palace, Corfu, July 29."

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY.
This being the fete of the Emperor, the Bourse
and public offices are all closed.

The Moniteur publishes a further list of promo-
tions and nominations in the Legion of Honour.
Among them are two grand officers, five com-
manders, 13 officers, and 164 knights. It also con-
tains a decree awarding 583 military medals.
The Memorial de _Lille says :—" We learn from
a good source that Lille is shortly to be selected as
the seat of a great military command, to be held by
a Marshal of France. Marshal Niel is mentioned
as the first to fill these high functions."
The Corriere Mecrantile of Genoa says :—" Gen.
Garibaldi has certainly offered his resignation, but
for reasons not connected with our Government,
and the latter has been obliged to accept it. We
believe that it is also certain that the General will
take the chief command of the troops in Central
Italy, as has been already stated."

THE GREAT MILITARY FETE.
The following graphic account of what took
place at the Place Vendome yesterday will be read
with interest.
THE PLACE VENDOME.
Wreathed and garlanded with laurel, which hung
in festoons along the eaves, with floods of purple
velvet, embroidered with bees, ciphers, and crowns,
with a purple circus reaching to the first story, built
to accommodate some 25,000 people, with golden
poles and many coloured streamers flaunting from
the roofs, or fluttering round the base of the majestic
column which is its chief ornament. The old fami-
liar Place Vendome, of quiet and almost gloomy
memory, could hardly be recognised. At its en-
trances colossal Corinthian pillars were crowned
with golden Victories, holding out wreaths in either
hand to the soldiers of France. Everything was
grand, gorgeous, brilliant. Up the Rue de la Paix
the many coloured vista was terminated by a colossal
figure of Peace. An accurate description of the de-
tails, a catalogue of the upholstery, an account of
the miles of planking, or the sum of the thousands of
square yards of gold leaf, is of no use to bring the
truth near to you. It is more real to trust to the
imagination and say, " Give Beverley a commission
to paint a scene where a great Sovereign, with his
Empress, his heir, and his people, may receive his
myriads of warriors on their return from victory,
and you cannot go far wrong." The result would be
something like what I have witnessed to-day—vast,
magnificent. and dazzling; almost too splendid for
the eye ; almost too overpowering for the mind. In
this astonishing theatre you must now fill in our-
selves, the public, such as we are seen at a Handel
Festival, or on some such great occasion—masses of
summer dresses dotted with black coats and hats.
The predominant colours of parasols and petti-
coats, and all the numberless inventions appertain-
ing to the modern Eve, being on this occasion the
imperial violet or green. Fill the gigantic circus ;
fill eyery window; plant crowding figures on the
lofty parapets, and crown the pointed roofs with
the diminished forms ; and then look up the Rue
de la Paix at the same blaze of life and von will
Fee some fifty thousand of the million and a half
of spectators who have seen this day's sight, and
you will apprehend a proportionate part of the
spectacle which stretches its wonders along
four miles of the Boulevard to the Place de la
Bastille. Presently, at ten o'clock, the roll of
cheering flows up the Rae de Castiglione, and
reaches us. The cry is " Vive l'lmperatrice ;" it is
caught up, and everyone rises and re-echoes it as the
popular and beautiful Eugenies passes with her child
to the balcony prepared for her and her Court on
the west side of the Place. " They will soon be in-
here" is now said, and every one grows nervous.
Again a cheer rises, the little Prince Imperial has
run forward on the balcony, and he is seen by the
multitude in his uniform as corporal in the Imperial
Guard. Every glass is fixed on the lovely child, who
is now a fine little fellow with a curly head of fair
hair, and with a charming animated manner. After
the dozen tender epithets always given to pretty
children, the fever of impatience again seizes the
crowd, and the minutes seem long. Suddenly an
electric shock runs through all. The first faint
roar is heard rolling down the Boulevards. Down
it comes towards us, down the Rue de la Paix, in-
creasing in volume till it bursts in a tumult of sound,
" Here they are !" The Cent Gardes, the escort,
wheels to one side—a few seconds more, and the
Emperor appears—a solitary horseman on his
charger, saluting the shouting people. They are
throwing flowers and garlands in his path, and the
vault rings with the noise of many mouths—one
voice—" Vive l'Empereur"—a shout so long and
loud that it might waken the sleeper in the Inva-
lides. On he comes, saluting, then rides to beneath
the Empress's balcony, and salutes her, then turns
to review the army of Italy. He is in undress uni-
form, as he appeared in the field, and so will the
whole army appear just as they have come from the
wars. His Majesty is followed by a small host of
great ones, general and staff dignitaries ; they go to
the rear beneath the balcony, and the one horseman
stands forward in front. All this while the mighty
sound continues id the distance— the shout of men in
strong emotion. Here let me once more recall to
you the vastness of the scene, which you must bear
in mind you cannot see all at once. First you see
vaguely the distant objects, then understand what
it is. Well, you hear the waves of souhd of a
strangely thrilling nature rolling in on you, and
then from the Rue de la Paix come moving masses,
all green ; all around you cheer. On comes the
mass, and you distinguish the moving men, covered
with wreaths and garlands. But in the distance,
at the entrance, you see the waving kerchiefs on a
sudden more sharply waved. You see arms sud-
denly thrown up; you see a more fierce ex-
citement seize the crowd; there is almost a shriek
in the cheer that comes from that end of the
place. " Why ?" the mass comes nearer. Ah,
there are no bayonets. no muskets, rearer, von see
the men distinctly ; they are limping, bent, hurt;
they are the wounded of the army. Then a shout
from the men, and sharp sympathetic cries
from the women—poor fellows—they pass the Em-

peror, they turn their faces to him. " Vive l'Em-
pereur," one waves his arm—his one arm; another
stops to wield his crutch; those nearest to Napoleon
throw at his feet the green decorations which the
people gave. On they come, more and more of them,
and " Vive l'Empereur," and now they pass us closely.
How the women crave towards them ! poor fellows.
Such yellow faces ! Such lines of suffering ; thin
forms—strong men maimed, pulled down, wrecked.
They march in companies with their officers, all
wounded too. See that tall fellow! that young officer
of the guard, with the Gardoni face, that his mother
loves and some sweet Marie or Lucille adores—see,
he has lost both arms—a cry of pain is all about.
" See him, see him," yet he walks proudly, his
coat slung from his broad shoulders. He sees the
eyes bent on him. With a glance he acknowledges
the sympathy, suddenly he steps towards us with
his full face glowing with fire, and cries with
such a brave enthusiasm, true as his valour, noble
as his suffering, such a clear strong voice—voice
from the heart, " Vive la France,': " Vive
l'Empereur," and waving kerchiefs, and hats taken
off, respond with the loud cry " Vive la France,
Vive l'Empereur," and the mutilated man strides
on, conscious of duty done and glory won.
I cannot tell the pain and pride of that scene.
Thousands passed by, all wounded, all so cheery in
their suffering, saying in every look, " I am happy
to suffer for my country, for the glory of France."
Nor can I paint the gaze of the men spectators,
nor can I convey the sympathy of women's eyes.
But deep sympathy was there ; and they, the
wounded, knew it, and it paid them for all they
had undergone. Noble and glorious soldiers ! but so
many—wearily, so many—so many that the heart
ached at the streaming columns of crippled heroes.
At last they all passed by, and then came along the
strains of military music, and regiment after regi-
ment passed in review before their chief. The
English present all caught the enthusiasm of the
hour, and cheered right lustily " Vive la Garde !"
" Vive les Zouaves !" " Vive la Ligne !" as succes-
sive regiments passed. No one thought of "Rifle-
men, form," or of the possibilities of the future.
Every man present felt a pride in the manly fel-
lows who did such honour to their country.
The Guardsmen marched with superb precision—
the line, too, gallantly and firmly. Then came the
Zouaves, " les Zou-zou," jauntily, easily, " cockily,"
as if their long march from St. Maur were but a
light morning's amusement. They look the perfec-
tion of " hard," " wiry," "beggars," up to anything;
fierce of aspect; yet none we know were more tender
to the wounded friend or enemy than the redoubted
Zouaves, who possessed in Austrian eyes almost Sa-
tanic attributes. All the troops were laurel crowned,
and none more greenly decorated than these Zouaves.
Many regiments were accompanied by pets—one
a goat, another by a superb black greyhound—
several by other dogs, The Zouaves had with them
a most " canny" and Zou-zou dog. Like many of
his patrons, he was evidently not up in the know-
ledge of his parentage—no mastiff, no terrier, no
bulldog could he claim for father, mother, aunt, or
uncle ; yet he was undeniably " varmint." He, too,
was garlanded, and carried a "wee" tricolour flag.
As to his exploits in the field, the regiment which pets
him may know them ; but as to his performance im-
mediately in the Emperor's presence, it is not the
profane pen of your correspondent that shall describe
its eccentric audacity. I can only say that it at once
conveyed to my mind that he must directly or in-
directly be descended from the dog of Launce,
which did what the bard of Avon has not thought
unworthy of record.

Then there came the " Turcos," of whom the ma-
jority are pure Arab, and the rest niggers, French-
men, and an olla podrida of all nations. They are
most strange-looking troops, dressed like Zouaves,
only all in blue. They carried no French flag, but
banners with a crescent on them and others with
a hand; what meaning I know not except that
they are Turks and infidels. I should tell you that
regiment after regiment cheered the Emperor, and,
halting before him, delivered its standard to the
officers of the Cent. Gardes. But how picture
the enthusiasm of the multitude as stan-
dard afte standard was laid, in tatters, at
Napoleon's feet ! Such a tale of battle as was
told by those flags—some on stumps of poles,
mere ragged remnants of what had once been a
huge silk banner ! Excitement succeeded excite-
ment, and emotion followed on emotion.

The Duke of Magenta, M'Mahon, was present
with his dtvision, and received an ovation, only
second to that of Napoleon; so also General Forey,
the victor of the first battle in the recent cam-
paign at Montebello.

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.
The Parana steamer, Captain Bevis, has arrived
with the West India and Pacific mails.

Her dates are—from Jamaica, July 27 ; Grey-
town, 17th ; Hayti, 29th ; Demerara, Tobago and
Trinidad, 25th ; Barbadoes, 27th ; Grenada, 26th ;
Antigua, 29th ; St. Thomas's, August Ist.
She brings 151 passengers, 795,910 dols. in
specie, jewellery,
,diamonds, value 8,293 dols, and
general cargo.
The Paramatta was still on shore in about the
same condition as at last reports.
The Plata steamer, hence, with mails of the
18th ult., arrived at St. Thomas's at 6 a.m. on the
Ist inst. All well.

Tier Majesty's ships Imaum and Arachne were
at Jamaica.

Business continued dull at Jamaica, and confi-
dence somewhat shaken by recent failures. The
same activity prevailed in meal and rice as at last
report; sugar crops looking well. Health of the
island good.
Freights dull.
Trade at Demerara dull, produce scarce, and
freights low : weather favourable, and canes
thriving vigorously.
The sugar crop of 1859 at Trinidad was finished,
and nearly all shipped, there not being more than
2,000 tons of shipping in the Gulf, all of which
would leave within a week. The amount is a little
below the expected 40,000 hogsheads, but in excess
of the produce of any previous year.
Freights at Barbadoes very low, and business
dull.

The sugar crops were looking well, but exports
would not equal last year's.
The South Pacific advices are of the same date as
those received by way of New York.

EXTENSIVE POISONING.—On the night of the 4th
inst. about 30 persons, men, women, and children, were taken
suddenly ill in the neighbourhood of Capel Hendre. Mr.
Lewis, surgeon, and Mr. Saunders, druggist, were sent for,
and did all in their power to alleviate the sufferings of those
afflicted. Mr. Lewis, after inquiry, found that all the per-
sons who had become so afflicted had been employed on the
previous day at a farm called Rhos, in the parish of Llan
dible, in getting in the harvest, and had all partaken of
supper there. It was also ascertained that some men who
had been working there for the day and did not partake of
supper were not ill. Mr. Lewis further ascertained that
some who had taken supper but who had not eaten of pud-
ding were not affected. The cause must therefore be attri-
buted to some ingredient in the pudding. Mrs. Parry, the
widow who occupies the farm, and all her family, together
with her domestic servants, were amongst those that suf-
fered ; the principal part of whom are now fast recovering.
Some are convalescent, and the rest considered to be out of
danger. Further inquiries are being instituted, and no
doubt the cause of the illness will be ascertained.— Tf 7elsh-
man.

INDIA (TERRITORIAL AccouNTs.)—Accounts re-
specting the territorial revenues and disbursements of the
government of India for the year 1857-58 have been pre-
sented to Parliament. The total revenue receipts of all
the Presidencies of India of the said year amounted to
£3l/706,776, and the total payments out of the income to
£6,162,326, leaving £25,480,941 as the actual receipts into
the Government Treasury. The gross receipts were :
From land revenue, £17,310,195 ; from customs, £2,148,831 ;
from salt, £2,131,346; and from opium, £6,864,209. The
remaining items are hadly worth notice. The total charges
on the revenue in India and England amounted to
£39,570,998, which, balanced against the gross receipts
(£31,706,776), leaves an excess of expenditure, or a defi-
ciency, of no less than £7,864,222. The estimated revenue
for 1858-59 was £33,806,294, and the estimated charge in
India and England £47,199,431, thus leaving an estimated
deficiency for that year of £13,393,137. This is tantamount
to a deficiency of more than £20,000,000 in two years. The
charges defrayed in England on account of the Indian ter-
ritory for 1857-58 were £4.492,470, and the estimated chargc
for 1858-59 was £6,051,566. The actual deficit on the ac-
counts of all the territories and departments under the im•
mediate control of the government of India in 1857-58 was
£11,610,734, and for the next year, 1858-59 it was esti-
mated at £16,900,754.
RAILWAY A6CIDENTS.— A Parliamentary return,
issued yesterday, shows that between the Ist of January
and the 30th June, 25 accidents occurred to passenger
trains, and 27 to goods and mineral trains, which resulted
in the death of nine persons and injuries to 159.