New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-17

Cured debts in his behalf still more rapidly,
and that the Italian leader was unexpected
" pressed for the payment of many thousand
rounds due for accoutrements to Messrs. lsaacs
Campbell & Son of St. Jamcss street There
is some romance about the form in which tho
demand was made but il was in substance Just
and reasonable demand, though some are inclined
to dispute this. 1t appears that the accounts of
the moneys subscribed had been exaggerated, and
no one who was aware of the truth cared to cor
rect these exaegeratiOns, because even these ru-
mOrs were considered TO be advantageous to the
Italian cause. At the same time, the debt in ques-
tiOn was legihnatey incurred; but when lis exist
ence ascertained in the form of a SURPRISE some
of the English in Garibaldis camp enacted a come
dy Of errors, indulging in mutual accusations,
challenges, and even assaults. If the truth
must be told, portion Of Garibaldi's En-
glishmen consisted of the rifiraf who are
prone to speculative adventure, and these were
mixed up together with men of honor in relation to
the same seiles OF transactions, military and
taTy. Accordingly there was general melee of i'm
putatiOns and brawls of which it would be difficult
TO give a complete narrative highly creditabie to
any body. Ii Las been truly said that Seymour,
Woltcy, q Garibaldi and COsenz figured III
transaction in winch London tailor, money
louder dishonored bill, a number Of intended
duels, some accomplished assaults, II de Stedlnk,
esq, Captain &. A. Scott, "well known on the
British turi," aud the words "base calumny,"
Gle" "sSiudlers," " scoundrels, &c, &c were
introduced with more dramatic effect of the lower
sort, than elegance or pIoprety. The Seymour IN
question is the eldest Of the Duke of Somerset,
brave, and We believe all honorable man, who un-
deI the name OF Captain Sarsfeld, has been fighting
on the side of Garibadi, and he, it appears, has
been raging among his compatriOts like an Orlando
Furoso tie Justice of his provOcaton being in dis
pute He has thrashed Captain &. A. Scott as his
final share in this complicated business, and relative
has lust gone out to induce him TO return TO En-
gland lest such associations and incidents should
have tendency TO compromise his future position.
have not as yet heard whether the contractors
count has been paid
In Lnglish domestic politics the main topic of in
teIesi is the possibility OF some important changes in
the arrangements OF the Conservative party. few
weeks ago Lord Derby, their leader, was Frustrated
ly TIE govt. He was, in fact in mortal peril, and
speculaliOns rife as 10 the effect Oh the party
he leads, If his cementiDg and directing influence
were TO be suddenly Withdrawn. Ii is therefore
thought necessary to make some preparations for
transferring the lead 10 MIR. Disraeli, in order to
cOncilate the hostility with which that gentleman
is REGARDED by considerable portion of his avOwed
supporters Sir. Disraeli has accordingly assumed
The r,ins for his Chief though avowedy only as his
yicaT pro tenn, and at his house Huyhend0n Manor,
has been presiding over a little gathering of the Con-
servative nagnates. Lord Malmesbury, Lord Sails
bury. Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakington, and Lord
John Manners. Ostensbly be has been doing Lord
Delby swOrk but III reality, though The Press news
paper denies it, he has been getting hs hand i'll to take
the reins when Lord Derby drops them. He may or
may rot succeed in attaining hereafter the object OF
& ambitions but there such impediments In his
Way, from the distIust with which many regard
him. that no one can yet say that his experiment
looks promising. In the opposition camp, at the
Reform Club, where they look upon him rs a" the
4" Conservative difficulty" they are praying for his
ee, alton.
Considerable anxiety is felt as 10 the fate of the
EnglislneD-Mr. Parkes, Mr.. BOwlby, the corre
spOndeBt of Tie Times, &c.-who have fallen into
tie hands oftEe Chinese know from private sources
that Lord Elgin has considerably written 10 Mrs.
PGrhes to tell her that III week he expects to re-
cover her husband. But nevertheless, apprehen-
sion prevails in military and naval circles among
those accustomed TO Chinese warfare; but the
worst may have happened already, and our country
mems lives may have been sacrificed
On your side Of the water, you are much ill.,
| teresltd in everything that regards the Puritan
| OunteIs OF your Republic, and doubtless you are
ian lar with the recent works by Mr. John Forster
III the grand rem0nstrance of l64I, and Charles's
at .n tea seizure OF the five members. IL Will be
n W to yOu for it would be new to most people i'll
London, that the writer of remarkable review of
wer yt;Cn. His article is able and eloquent, and
it is characteristic of his present position, with
which his opinions, ON historical questions, now
coincide. Nor is it deficient in critical weight,
though his impeachment of Pym and lialnpden
would hardly stand the test of the question which
they had practically 10 resolve. The simple truth
is this, they could not trust the King; and the
answer to SIR Lytton Bulwer is clear-they were
obliged TO 60 fOr more than kept to keep what
was already won. This simple truth might be- made
the text of better history than Sir Bulwer Lytt0ns.
Among great scientific inventions, great interest
is telt by practical photographers in therapd powers
of production obtamable by means OF Prof Ways
electric light. | have his specimens, and dis
cussed the subject with him this morning, and in
fer that his invention will increase tenold the prac-
teal uses of Photography.
THE EMPRESS EUGENE IN SCOTLAND.
From The LiGSgo1 Herald, Nor. ~.
On Tuetday forenoon, at ii o'clock, the Lord Pro-
vost Of Glasgow, DR.. Strang, City Chamberlain, and
Dir. Tuner Town Clek, waited, by appointment, on
the Duke of Hamilton, IN the Queens Hotel where
the Empires II staying, ard where bis Grace had pre-
yiously aI1i,ed. Ii Was originally intended that,
along with The gentlemen have named, the nagis-
Ias of the civ should be present al the presentation