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London, England, 1859-07-30 00:00:00

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TUSCANY.
The Opinione of Turin has the following article
°ll the abdication of the Grand Duke of Tuscany :
4.: The. Grand Duke Leopold has abdicated in
''''veur of his, son Archduke Ferdinand.
'wer He was called upon to abdicate by those who
would he leastaverse to his dynasty when, such an act
ave
whichleventprevented complications foreseen and
uill occurred.
" "What does abdication signify now ?
longer The Grand Duke abdicates power which he no
son rig rssesses. He renounces in favour his
c are no
has begea—tds whi h longer his, of which he
e haseriVed.
ponssilible .
;bubutiderstood that his restoration is im-
" Tusea , 6 'wishes to save
.his
isdynasty.
prop—rioertee.rsto do
give as are ~. right,
nothing Thll has
til6
Andand it her duty, to
PLY :—` It is too late.! She will have
with Austrian Princes, colonels
.
Austria. °f Austrian regiments, vassals of
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diCa‘ teir in
fav°llr of whom does he wish to ab-
i":l:oPrfePserninte
aeiPtheredinand, who, on the 24th of June,
battle of. Solferino in the Aus-
ttloll„ 'moll, hoping to see the defeat of the Italian
who His lids brother, Prince Charles, is the man
„° made the' noble proposal to bombard Florence.
be Aseettdleraden fancy that national questions are to
cal bY such expedients—public opinion
t lnecluseaannd ritiOns/ trancluillized!
the Grand ,
as not asked for the abdication of
of his a like, lila has decreed the overthrow.
dynasty' and li t sew that her decree is
respected." 8 e alus

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The following ii
VEN'ITIA 4
a translation of the address
voted by the Venetian people to King' Victor Em-
'flannel, throuh the medium of Count Cavaur, which
man be taken as a- clear indication of their deter-
mination not to submit to tho Villafranca peace
conditiona -without a severe struggle :
:A. AnDltEss OP TELE PEOPLE-OE VENETIA.
_. s soon as the terms of the preliminary treaty; of
Villafranca beeatne
passion seized the whole
kno. Population feeling of quivering
of Venice.
•
of the territory
.
The 'most respectable men of the different pro-
ics. have agreed upon an address to Count Ca-
your, as President of the Council of Ministers to
his Majesty Victor Emmanuel, requesting the
in Majesty
protection for the unhappy provinces. The
address was presented to the Government by a
commission of Venetians chosen by their fellow-
citizens.
, The address runs as follows : •
lo his Excellency Count
Council of Ministers Cavour, President of the
Emmanuel IL to his Majesty King Victor
Your Excellen ey,—Since 1848 the le of
people
Venice have, amidst great sufferings, p
spontaneously
Thelered in fusion with the kingdom of Piedmont.
The misfortunes of war have limited the effects of
act to the expression of a simple desire.
But
this desire grew and became more ardent in suc-
ceeding years---years marked by such slavery as
rendered the hatred of the Venetians to
t Lll:iian Government the Aus-
immortal,
eir attachment to Piedmont, while it increased
„ The incontestable proofs of this hatred are, that
innusands of young men, of all classes, have left
their families and Nvell-being, to expose tbeir lives
on the battle-field against the enemy.
The proof of this hatred are, the generosity and
eagerness of those that could not become soldiers
tilet° risk their liberty and give their money in aid of
brave who had entered the ranks
under the
-king's banner.
PThe proofs of this hatred are, the general shudder
the people the day before yesterday at
racethe remotest suspicion that the preliminaries of
could
enetians contemplate the separation of the
Lombard from their brethren of Piedmont and
, and leave under the yoke of Austria. them in their former miseries
Whether this yoke be imposed direct by the Aus-
trian Government, or through the hands of an ArCh-
duke, under the garlands of flowers chains would
always be hidden sufficient to annihilate the impe-
rial,promise of Italian independence, for whatever
tie may exist between Italy and the House of
llapsburg, It can only be a tie of slavery for Italy.
, • .Your Excellency, the Venetians address them-
selves with confidence to you, and through y our
medium to their King (for they may call him so
before Good.the and man
ag well ), well knowing that the One
as other appreciates what they desire
and hope, what they have done and are doing,
that you would
What they have
at suffered and are still sufferiu g, and
your this momentous time do all in
Power to' obtain for the people of Venice the
accomplishment of a desire and necessity i 'elt for

more than ten years past. This desire and neces-
sity is linked with life itself, and its accomplish-
ment alone can guarantee peace to' the whole
peninsula.
The flame of revolution--always calamitous, and
often fruitless—smoulders in Italy, and may every
instant burst forth into instant conflagration.
If the clink of arms, which could prevent its lex-
plosion has ceased, there remains but one method
by which the evil consequence can be averted ; this
remedy is that your just voice defend and maintain
the sacred cause of this country in the European
discussions which are about to decide upon the des-
tinies of laly.
Your Excellency, our country confides its cause
entirely to the protection of our loyal and intrepid
King, to the wisdom of your counsels, to your warm
heart, to the well-known eloquence of your voice.
THE PEOPLE OF VENICE.

INDIA, CHINA, & AUSTRALIA

MARSEILLES, FRIDAY.

The India, China and Australian mail leaves to-
day with dates, Hong-Kong, June 4 ; Calcutta;l7;
Madras, 29; Sydney, May 14 ; Melbourne, 19 ;
Kangaroo, 22; Adelaide, June 1; Sound, 9; Port
Louis, 1.

The Oneida, with the February mails, arrived
out on the 30th of April ; the Benares, with the
March mail, arrived there on the 11th of May. The
Kent and the Marco Polo had arrived.
The banks had lowered their rates of discount on
three months' bills to (?—indistinctly telegraphed)
per cent., and had raised the rate of exchange on
London to 1 per cent. Their stock of specie was
large, despite an export of £174,000.
The traffic returns of the Government railways
for four weeks amount to £5,840.

The following shipments of gold had taken place
since the 17th of April :—The Lincolnshire, April
23, 46,000 ounces ; the Prince of Wales, April 30,
42,000 ounces; the Lightning, May 11, 65,000
ounces.

Great excitement prevailed in Melbourne through
the Chinese refusing to pay the residence tax.
Numbers had been arrested.

Produce firm. Imports active. Exchange, 11
to 2 per cent. premium.
Calcutta.—Produce inactive. Imports dull. Ex-
change, 2s. 01,d.
Madras.—Trade dull. Exchange 2s. 02d.
Hong Kong.—Exchange, 4s. 101 d. to 11d.
Honan, June I.—lmports in steady demand.
Little doing in tea ; prices higher.
Fou-Tchow, May, 28.—Imports inactive. Tea :
market active; prices higher. Exchange ss. 2d.
to ss. 3d.

Shanghae, May 26.—Imports dull. Transac-
tions in silk limited ; prices rather higher. Tea :
dull. Exchange 6s. Bd.
Singapore, June 11.—The inhabitants at Ban-
jermassin have risen and murdered nearly every
European.

FATAL EXPLOSION IN BIRMINGHAM.

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday Evening.—This even-
ing, at seven o'clock, a disastrous explosion oc-
cured at the manufactory of Messrs. Ludlow,
Brothers, percussion cap makers to the Board of
Ordnance, Legge•street. It is supposed that an
old woman, named Booth, who has been • similarly
employed by the firm and predecessors for the last
thirty years, was engaged in the hazardous opera-
tion of mixing fulminating powder used in the
manufacture. She had a room for herself at the
top of the main building, and here the explosion
took place. The poor woman must have been
instantly blown and torn to fragments, as
no portion of her remains larger than a person's
hand has been picked up. A man named•Perricoe,
engaged in another part of the building, was killed
by the roof falling in. A person named James had
both his legs broken. A woman named Warren is
badly burnt about the hands and face ; and several
other persons employed in the manufactory were
injured. The premises were completely gutted,
and thrown open to the sky. The explosion was
heard at a distance of two n;tiles.