The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-08-10

LORD BRoUGHAM on SICILY AND GARIBAL-
DI.-Inciden;ally, when the massacre of the
Christians by the Druses was up in the House
of Lords, Lord Brougham thus referred to
Sicily and Garibaldi:
My noble friend who introduced this sub
ject referred to an observation which made
last night, and upon which he has entirely
misunderstood me. Heaven forbid that |, of
all men, should undervalue the law of nations,
or in any respect whatever underrate the
great importance of its principles and the a6-
solute necessity of always maintaining those
principles sacred. (Hear. hear.) But | held
it to be, and still hold it to be, no part of
the law of nations to interfere in other coun-
tries to prevent the people from doing justice
to themselves. from lighting themselves, and
from vindicating themselves. (Hear, hear.
On the contrary, hold it to be the most sa-
cred principle of the law of nations, to pre-
vent all interference by one power, or a COM
binaton of powers, with the internal affairs
of any other power. (Hear, hear.) No doubt
there might be strong case of exception tC
all rules. but it is needless to indicate wha,
would form case to justify breach of the
principle of non-interference, because Car
hardly conceive any case which could justif,
it, (lIear. hrar.) With respect to the Gas,
of Sicily, which gave rise to my observation
| held, and hold it still, 20 be no part of tn.
law of nations to render the Siciiians incom
petent to right themselves. and throw off an,
form of government which they dislike, ol
under which they may suffer, without oul
help. On the contrary, it is according to tn,
law of nations that they should do so of them
selves; and when it is said that General Ga
ribaldi is foreigner and not Sicilian. sa,
he is as much Sicilian as William Ill. wa
an Englishman, with this difference, tina
General Garibaldi has not married the Nea
politan kings daughter, and is not the Nea
politan kings nephew. (Hear, hear.)'
NIGHT AIR. An extraordinary fallacy i
the dread of night air. What ar can W,
breathe at night but night air !? The choic
is between pure night air from without ant
foul night air from within. Most people pre-
fer the latter. An unaccountable choice
What will they say if it is proved to be tru
that fully one-half of all the diseases we suf
fer from is occasioned by people s!eepin;
with their windows shut? An open window
most nights in the year, can never hurt an,
one. This is not to say that light is not nee
essary of recovery. In great cities night al
is often the best and the purest air to be hat
i'll twenty-four hours. could better under
stand in towns shutting the windows durin,
the day than during the night, for the SAX
of the sick. The absence of smoke, the qui
ct, all tend to making the night the best tim
ior airing the patient. One Of our hishes
medical authorities on consumption and eli
mate has told me that the air in London
never so good as after ten o'clock at night
:. Always air your room, then, from the outsid
air if possible. Windows are made to oper
doors are made to shut "a truth which seem
extremely difficult of apprehension. Ever
room must be aired from without ever
passage from within. But the fewer passa
ges there are in hospital the better.-Flo,
ence Nightingale.