The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1859.

CHAMBERS or OFFICES to be LET, at 4,
ADELPHI-TERRACE, STRAND, in excellent con-
dition, and beautifully situated. The ground floor and draw-
ing-rooms may be adapted for a public company, or other
purposes. They may be viewed on application to the house-
keeper, resident. For further particulars apply to Mr. Thos.
Jennings Ford, Esq., 8, Pinner's-hall, Old Broad-street,
City.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
HENLEY REGATTA, on the 11th and 12th July.—
Trains leave Paddington for Henley at 715 a.m., 10 30 a.m.,
and 1 0 p.m., and return from Henley at 3 55 p.m., 6 0 p.m.,
7 30 p.m., and 9 0 p,rd.
In addition to the above; the 11 45 a.m. train from Padding-
ton will stop at Twvford, and a branch train will run in con-
nection with it to Ifenley on both days of the Regatta.
Several up-trains will also stop at Twyford, for particulars
of which see handbills.

VICE-CHANCELLOR KINDERSLEY, at
Chambers. -In the Matter of the Joint-Stock Com-
panies' Winding-up Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the Joint-
Stock Companies' Act, 1856, and the PLUMSTEAD, WOOL-
WICH, and CHARLTON CONSUMERS' PURE WATER
COMPANY, and the' PLUMSTEAD, WOOLWICH, and
CHARLTON CONSUMERS' PURE WATER COMPANY
(Limited).—By direction of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard
Torin Kindersley, the Judge to -whose Court this matter is
attached, Notice is Hereby Given, that the said Judge will
proceed, on THURSDAY, the 14th day of July, 1859, at One
o'clock in the afternoon, at his Chambers, No. 3, Stone-build-
ings, Lincoln's-inn, London, to SETTLE the LIST of CON-
TRIBUTORIES of this Company, and that after such List
shall have been settled, no party affected thereby will be
allowed to dispute the same without leave of the High Court
of Chancery'first obtained.
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Dated this 27th day of June, 1859. ~12- - ,
CHAS. PUGH, c
R. P. HARDING, 5, Serle-street, Li , ~
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Official Manager. '`k , ,I.
EYRE and LAWSON, 1. John-street;
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CIRCULAR OF COUNT CAVOUR.

The following is another circular of Count de
Cavour to the diplomatic agents of Sardinia:—
TURIN, JUNE 16.
Sir,—By my circular of yesterday I inade.known:
to you that the duchies.of Modena and Parma, and
also Lombardy, on being delivered from the pre-
sence of Austrian troop's, proclaimed the overthrow
of the Government and their annexation to Pied-
mont—thereby renewing for the ibuse of Savoy
the act they executed 11 years ago.
' The exceptional position of this country obliges
me to enter into some details on this subject for the
legations of the King.
It is evident that at the beginning of the war
Piedmont could not have recognised the neutrality
of the duchies, even it• it had been formally pro-
'claimed ; for the Istkes of Modena and Parma
were:bound by speciti-conventions, which, in spite
of general treatiesx.,gs.fve up their territories' to
'Austrian amid,. aird -consequently .es : •
bet*cen Austria —.6.113 the' duchies obligac
A.otr; lijeompatil4Kwith the duties Aagit. v:
~tralit ray
+n • trii -
f These conventions are known. '.1.4e tr-. A• • ii)f
'the 24th Dotether' 1847, and the 4th IVBitatly,
1848, expressly set forth that the State eff-H.RIL
the Duke of Modena and of H.R.H. .the Duke of
/Parma enter the line of defence '9l. the Italian pro-
tiiices of the Emperor of Austria, and that conse-
quently the latter has t it to send troops into
Modena and arraa,,,an«
.1 occupy fOrtresses there,
.s often as his intereV .• :401.cieraire. By- one of the
clauses of these treaties, which gives the measure
of the foresight of the Austrian Government, the
Sovereigns of Modena and Parma are bound not to
conclude with any other Power any military con-
vention whatever without the previous consent of
the Imperial Government of Vienna.
These stipulations so clear and precise did not
permit the Duchies to maintain neutrality. The
Dukes of Parma and Modena ought to have de-
nounced them previous- to the commencement of
hostilities in order to replace their States in the
conditions required for obtaining the immunities of
neutral States. Now, nothing of the kind took
place; on the contrary, the Duchies were thrown
open to the Imperial troops which were massed on
the frontier of Piedmont, and they thus became one
of the bases of operations of the enemy. Hostili-
ties were commenced, and Piedmont was invaded
by the frontier of one of those States ; and yet no
protest was made on the part of the Princes, and
they, in point of fact, encouraged the attack.
Courtesy and international duties required, at least,
that some communication should be made to Sar-
dinia for the purpose of giving explanations on the
intentions and conduct of these Governments under
such extraordinary circumstances ; but no commu-
nication on the subject was made to us. Sardinia
was consequently; in law and in fact, in a state of
war with the States which had become an integral
part of the military system of Austria.
The Governments of Modena and Parma could
not even urge as a pretext their ignorance of the
intentions of Sardinia ; for since 1848 we have not
ceased to protest against the stipulations which
constituted a flagrant violation of the Euro-
pean treaties and a permanent danger to the
security of our frontiers. The Austrian invasion,
effected from the territory of Piacenza, proves too
clearly how well founded our previsions were.
The Duke of Modena, as an Archduke of Austria,
shared the hatred to Piedmont which his family
entertained; his heart, like his crown, was with
the foreigner ; he was destined to share the fate of
the Power with which he had bound up his States.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Parma was
not in the same condition ; her birth, and the per-
sonal qualities which honour her, cause very sin-
cere interest to be felt for her. Her Government
ought to have followed a line of conduct more be-
becoming and more in conformity with its interna-
tional duties. But unfortunately the Cabinet of
Parma has been dragged down the incline on which
it was slipping ; it has refused to abandon the posi-
tion which it had voluntarily accepted towards

Austria. It was on the territory of Parma that the
invasion of Piedmont was prepared; it was from
thence that the Imperial troops came to invade our
provinces. - Piacenza became the base of the offen-
sive operations of Count 'Gyulai.
It has been said that a European treaty con-
ferred on Austria the right of putting a garri-
son in that town. We do not deny the fact ;
but that military servitude had only a defensive
object, as it expressly said in the treaty, and.
the Powers which signed it took care to de-
clare that all the regalian rights of territorial
sovereignty were reserved. Now it is by a special
and voluntary convention between Austria and
Parma that the latter has abdicated the most
essential rights of sovereignty, by leaving the
former full liberty to enter the fortifications of
Piacenza and to construct new ones, by promising
every aid and assistance to Austrian engineers, and
by providing them with workmen and with the
necessary materials (Art. 7 of the Convention of
14th March, 1822). It is also by a special treaty
freely consented to that the Sovereigns of Parma
have given to Austria the right of penetrating into
their territories as often as she thinks fit. Saiglinia
protested against the extension of the fortifications
of Piacenza, which changed the nature and object
of the, oCcupation • she has protested against the
treaty of the 4th February, 1848. Has the Govern-
ment of Parma ever declared that it only submitted
to the law of the strongest ? Has it, at least, tes-
tified regret at what was taking place under its
eyes ? Everything was prepared at Piacenza for
the invasion of the King's states ; the ultimatum of
Vienna arrived at Turin ; the Austrian corps &armee
moved ; they entered Piedmont ; Voghera and Tor-
tona were occupied ; Alessandria was menaced ;
our communications with Genoa compromised ; and
yet the Cabinet of Parma remained silent—it mani-
fested no concern for the fate of a neighbouring
State with which it maintained friendly relations.
It was not until the plans of the enemy had failed;
it was not until the allied armies of Piedmont and
France, having taken the offensive in their turn,
the Austrians were on the eve •of evacuating
the Duchies of Parma and Piacenza—it was not
until then that neutrality and the desire to take
military measures with regard to Parma and
Piccenza were spoken of. But it was too
late. The Cabinet of Parma had, however, not
even the right to make propositions of the kind
referred to, inasmuch as by Art. 4 of the treaty of
1848 it had formally bound itself not to conclude
any military arrangements whatever without the
consent of Austria.
These facts and these reasons, which it is impor-
tant to make known and cause to be appreciated,
explain and justify the conduct of the King's Go-
vernment. 'Whatever might be the interest it felt
in the Duchess of Parma, it could not make any
distinction between Parma and Modena. The neu-
trality of those duchies was impossible in law and
in fact ; they were bound to share the fate of the
Power to which they had voluntarily confided their
destinies.
The legation of his Majesty will conform the
angunge to the considerations which precede.
COUNT CAVOUR.

TUE BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND CHINA
MAILS.

The letters and journals brought by the mails
from-India and China, and transmitted via Mar-
seilles, were delivered this morning. The dates are
---tdinbay, June 4 ; Calcutta, May 17 ; and Hong
Kong, May 5.
As stated yesterday, the Alma, which was bring-
ing the China and Calcutta mails, grounded in the
Red Sea, and was left there, the mails and passen-
gers being transshipped on board the Ellora. We
have received the following correspondence in FQ-
ference to this incident.

MALTA, June
Sir John Bo*ring has been requested by the
passengers in -the Alma, wrecked in the Red ,
Sea,
on the 12th inst. and:rescued on the fourth day of
their sufferings from the coral reef on which they
landed, td sblicit the insertion of the enclosed docu-
ments in the columns of The Sun.

(Copy.)

TO CAPTAIN PULLEN, R.N., iliE OFFICERS AND CREW

OF H.M.S. CYCLOPS.

The wresked and rescued passengers by the Alma,
after giving cession to their emotions of grati-
tude town Divine Providence which has led
them safeleihropl&b, such immense perils, desire to
convey to 'Capt. Pullen, the officers and crew of
emaps; tlitir thankful sense of the promp-
titulls with whirl, t 114- were received, and the kind
and ,generous
.gotitiaikkrid courtesies which wet=
comed them- b—aild7P-ilere nothing had been
wanting that would mitigate their sufferings, or
administer their accommodation and comfort. They
deem it a great blessing to have fallen in with
hands so able, and among hearts so brave : and
they will not fail to communicate to my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty their high appre-
ciation of the invaluable services rendered under
circumstances of such extreme difficulty and danger.
(Signed)
COMMITTEE.

John Bowring,late Governor of Hong Kong, her
Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China.
C. Temple, Puisne Judge Supreme Court, Ceylon.
Francis Fane, Major Unattached-.
H. Walker, Major Rifle Brigade.
L. Gisborne, Civil Engineer.
P. Tiedman, jun., of Batavia, Merchant.
J. Jarvis, Singapore, Merchant.

C. Mackinnon, Supernumerary Surgeon Bengal
Medical Department.
__

J. Rankin Major Indian Army.
J. H. Maskery, Lieutenant and Adjutant Marine&
Chatham.
J. D. Baldwin, of China Planter.
R. Barnes, of Colgong, Indigo Merchant.
Mina Tiedman.
Louisa Tiedman.
C. S. Salmon, Captain Bengal Army.
S. W. Alven, Captain Madras Army.
H. C, Young, Lieutenant Bengal Army.
Elliott Macnaughten, Bengal Civil Service.
C. B. Bashford, 9th Royal Lancers.
J. F. Capelle„of Rangoon, Merchant.
D. P. Skipton, Surgeon.
W. Colette. Major 67th Regiment.
M.l. Bowring,
And sixty-two other passengers, ex Alma.

(Copy•)

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LATE PASSENGERS IN
THE PEN INSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY'S
STEAMER, ALMA.
H.M.S. Cyclops, Aden, June 18, 1859.
I am in receipt of your letter, conveying to my-
self, officers, and crew of H.M.S. Cyclops your
grateful sense of the services we have lately ren-
dered and in behalf of all beg to thank you, and
say that it has come in the course of our duties ;
and we feel happy in having, under Providence,
been the means of rescuing so many of our fellow
creatures from such extreme hardships and suffer-
in have the honour to be, ladies and gentle-
men, your very obedient servant,
(Signed) W. J. L. PULLEN.

_HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(Front the Registrar-General's Report)

The mortality in London begins to increase, as is
usual at this period of the year. The deaths, which
were 913 and 970 in the two previous weeks, rose
to 1,024 in the week that ended last Saturday. In
the ten years 1849-58 the average number of deaths
in the weeks corresponding with last week was
1,126 ; but, as the deaths returned for last week
occurred in an increased population, they can only
be compared with the average raised in proportion
to the increase, namely, with 1,238. It appears,
therefore, that the deaths registered last week were
less by 214 than the number as obtained by calcu-
lation ; but it should be observed that deaths on
which inquests have been held are now registered
with greater uniformity thin they were previously,
when they were permitted to accumulate till the
end of the quarter, a circumstance which, to a con-
siderable extent, affects the comparison. The aver-
age number of deaths from violence registered in
last week of the spring quarter in previous years
was 107, whereas last week the number was 48.
The diarrhcea of summer is now making per-
ceptible progress. In the last three weeks the
deaths caused by it have been successively 20, 34,
and 58. Of these 58, all except two occurred to
children, and a very large proportion to infants in
their first year. It is remarkable, that while 16
deaths from diarrhoea occurred last week in the
west districts, 13 in the north, 17 in the east, and
11 in the south, only one occurred in the central
group, which besides other districts, comprises St.
Giles, Holborn, Clerkenwell, and the City. A child
died at 6, Austin-street, Hackney-road, from diar-
rhcea, in a family where two other deaths have
occurred within a month, in consequence, it is
stated, of deficient drainage, which is now reme-
died. A boy died of cholera after six days' illness,
at 79, High-street, Shadwell ; and another of
" choleraic diarrhoea (four days)," at 36, Charles-
street, Saffron-hill. A sailor was drowned in the
London docks, and the coroner's jury were of opi-
nion, that though he had been immersed only'three
minutes, recovery was rendered impossible by the
foul condition of the water. There were 42 deaths
from scarlatina; also 21 from diptheria, three of
these in the sub-district of Belgrave, three in Long-
acre. A child was choked by a cherry-stone ;
another by a nutshell. A girl, aged three years,
died June 22d from sunstroke. Six persons died
from intemperance, besides five whose deaths are
recorded as caused by " delirium tremens."
Last week the births of 883 boys and 907 girls,
in all 1,790 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58
the average number was 1,610.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.907 in.
The barometer increased from 29-73 in. on Sunday
to 30.02 in. on Saturday, being the lowest and
highest readings in the week. The mean tempe-
rature of the week was 63.5 degs., which is 2.2
degs. above the average of the
_same week in 43
years (as determined by Mr. Glai.sher.) The mean
daily temperature was about 8 legs. above the
average on Sunday and Monday ; it fell below the
average on Wednesday and two following days.
The thermometer in the shade rose to its highest
point on Sunday, when it was 81-3 degs. ; it fell to
its lowest on Thursday, when it; was 48.5 degs.
The extreme range of the week was therefore 32.8
degs. ; the mean daily range was 211 degs. The
difference between the mean dew-point temperature
and air temperature was 7.7 degs.. The mean de-
gree of humidity of the air was. 77. The mean
temperature of the water of the Thames was 65.6
degs., or 21 degs. higher than that of the air. On
Sunday the wind blew from the south-east ; on the
last three days from the north and northeast.
Rain fell in the week to the amount of P 24 in.,
chiefly, on Saturday. The lightning, which con-
tinued during four hours almost without intermis-
sion, was unusually vivid, and illuminated the
whole sky. Rain fell to the de.-pth of 0.8 in. ; but
the storm did not approach very near the Observa-
tory, and no damage was done in that neighbour-
hood.

Loss OF A SCREW STEAMER.---HAMBURG, TUES.
DAY.—The Leith steamer Dunedin, bound for this port,
with passengers and a general cargo., was in collision last
night with the Lady Alice Lambton. screw steamer, out-
ward bound, and the Dunedin imm.o in
six went down n
six fathoms water. The accident oc curred off Osti. The
crew and passengers were saved.
FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—Infi mnation has been
received by Charles It. Carttar, Esq-, coroner for Kent, of
the death of Abraham Nelson Sampsl na, a young man only
22 years of age, from a gun-shot woun d inflicted accidentally
by himself on Monday. He was ins field belonging to Mr.
May, farmer, of St. Paul's Cray, whit Lerhe had gone accom-
panied by his brother and another pa 'son for the purpose of
shooting rats, and at the moment oft he accident was kneel-
ing down holding his gun by the m uzzle, and pushing it
from him on th© ground. In so doing the trigger caught in
some way, and the contents of the gu n were lodged in the
poor fellow's bowels. He was immec liately attended by a
medical man, but the injuries were rn ortal, and he expired
about an hour and a half after the aft }dent.