[From the Sydney Morning Herald]

Marlborough Press, Volume I, Issue 35, 1 September 1860, Page 3

[From the Sydney Morning Herald]

[from our city corresfondent.] London, May 26,1860.

In reply to a question of Lord Dungannon, the Bishop of London very justly expressed his opinion that the Rector could, if he pleased, restore tranquillity to St. George’s-in-the-East; in other words, abandoning the remnants of Romanism still practised in that church. A small party of insurgents from Tuscany have been defeated by the Papal troops near Monteliascone, and the brother of Orsini killed. The Treaty of Zurich has been approved by the Sardinian Chambers. M. Thouvenel has declared to the Austrian Ambassador at Paris that, while France with regret Russia has prematurely brought forward the Oriental question, still she will associate herself with Russia in the matter, lest a pretence should be given to Russia to assume the exclusive protectorate of the Christian subjects of the Sultan. France acknowledges the principle, and invites the other great powers to do the same. Austria, Prussia, and England are said to have agreed to the maintenance of the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, but that if an inquiry into the situation of the Christian subjects of the Sultan is necessary, it is not to be exclusively on the basis given by Russia, but in an independent manner on the facts reported by the different ambassadors and consuls. The Sultan contests the question of the competency of the powers to institute an inquiry. The French Government are said to ho engaged in completing commercial treaties with other powers. It is not true that Russia has concentrated an army on the Pruth. An attempt has been made at Aleppo to rouse the inhabitants to massacre the Christians. Intelligence has been received that China has rejected the ultimatum of France and England. Preparations will be immediately taken to expedite as much as possible the intended renewal of the war with the Celestials. Sir Leopold M'Clintock has been presented with the freedom of the City of London in a box, value fifty guineas, in admiration of bis successful search to ascertain the fate of Sir John Franklin. The Stock Exchange investigation into the operations of Pullinger, when chief cashier of the Union Bank, lias led to the suspension of four members who acted for him. His losses through them have been £53,000, besides £57,000 by an outsider; The builders' workmen of the metropolis have shown some desire to renew the strike. There is an extensive exodus going on from Ireland to America, chiefly of the farming classes. The fight for the championship of the world has been settled. Sayers retires from the ring. The present belt is to remain in the hands of the referee; Ileenan to have the right to contend against the first challenger who claims the said belt; and both Sayers and Heenan to have a new belt each, both to be an exact counterpart of the old. Mr. Albert Smith died on Wednesday morning last, Saturday, June 2. The Moniteur contains the following;: — "The Government believes it its duty to protest against the malevolent suppositions and accusations, and the thoughtless interpretations which have been produced by the annexation of Savoy and Nice. It recalls the circumstances which brought about the cession of two provinces separated from Piedmont by the highest mountains in Europe, and says :—The French Government, far from having a design to provoke or to give rise to complications in Europe, in order to find an occasion for further aggrandisement, is animated by thoughts of quite an opposite character. The Government deplore the manoeuvres destined to propagate daily impressions the least exact as regards its real intentions. The Emperor has made every effort to re-establish in Europe the confidence which has been shaken. His sole desire is to live in peace with other sovereigns, his allies, and to use all his endeavours to actively develop the resources of France. The enlarged Council of the Empire of Austria, which represents all portions of the said dominions, met for the first time, and

the Hungarian representatives spoke of the loyalty of tlteir countrymen. In the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies, ■on Tuesday, in the debate which took place on the treaty of cession of Savoy and Nice, Avhich was carried, Count Cavour said - “ V/e have no guarantees from Trance, in favour of the annexed provinces of Italy, :as we have not asked for any- We have considered the declarations of France, that she would pursue a policy of non-inter-vention on the part, of the foreign powers, to be sufficient. France has not exercised the least pressure respecting the autonomy of Tuscany. She has limited herself to simple non-official diplomatic conversations, in which we have declared that the selfgovernment of Tuscany must disappear. To this France has not made the least ob-, jection.” The King of Naples is said to be sending treasure from Naples to Marseilles, ready for a flight. Austria is concentrating in the quadrilateral an army of 70,000, for contingencies arising from the events in Italy. From the Cape of Good Hope the only news of Australian interest is, that a bill was in preparation to prohibit the importation of “convict emigrants” from Australia. We have now received official news of 'the rejection of the ultimatum by ChinaExtraordinary rich silver mines have been •-discovered in California. The Queen has created the following .Australian gentlemen Knights of the United Kingdom, viz., William Martin, Esq., late Chief Justice of New Zealand; James Hurtle Fisher, Esq., President of the Legislative Council, South Australia; Francis Murphy, Esq., Speaker of the House of Assembly of Victoria, and Redmond Barry, Esq., senior, Puisne Judge of Victoria. A return relating to the Income Tax shews that since it was established by the late Sir Robert Peel, no less a sum than £125,000,000 has been raised. The council of the Society of Arts have received guarantees for the sum of £292,000 Tor the Exhibition of 1862, and have applied for a lease of sixteen acres of the land at South Kensington, purchased out of the surplus arising from the Exhibition of 1851. A portion of the new building is to be permanent. Despatches and small parcels are about to be convoyed over London by means of tubes on the pneumatic principle, and a has been formed for the purpose. The nine hours’ labour movement in the building trade ■is being revived. A document, addressed by the Conference of the United Building Trades, presented to the Central Association of Master Builders, on this subject, urges “ the manifest tendency of the age towards the reduction of daily toil in every branch of employment, and the wide spread and constantly increasing •cravings of the working classes for a higher intellectual and a purer moral condition of -existence.” Mr. Whitworth’s gun is doing wonders. It is, without exception, the most destructive weapon of warfare yet invented. His shot is elongated,-and his cannon rifled. Prince Albert has laid the foundation■stone of a dramatic college at Maybury, near Woking. Arms and money are being subscribed in this country and Ireland for Garibaldi, .also in America, &c. London, June 9. At the suggestion of France and England, the Turkish Government itself has instituted an inquiry, by means of the Sultan’s own officers, into the conditions of the Christians in his dominions. The Grand Yizier superintends the. same. The President of America has entered into an arrangement with the Colonization Society for the return of the black people captured on slave vessels, of which there have just been two captures by the United States men-of-war steamers, and a bill has been passed providing for the return of all negroes so' captured. The King of Abyssinia has ceded to France the port of Adoules and the Island •ofDyssa. ■ As soon as the annexation of.. Savoy and Nice is complete, France will address all the ■ Powers and demand the recognition of the same by Europe. Don Juan, the younger brother of the Count de Montemolin, has refused to renounce his claim to the Spanish throne. The preliminary steps have been taken for a treaty of commerce between France and Belgium. The measures for the emancipation of the serfs in Russia have been approved by the majority of the deputies of the nobles, and the general enfranchisement will be effected this autumn. A project is on foot for a North Atlantic Telegraph, via the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland, to America. ; . There have been some heavy storms lately,, and 400 vessels have been wrecked on the coast, attended with the loss of 1,000 or more lives.

June 16. The Earl of Stanhope, in the Lords, has called attention to the expediency of establishing direct diplomatic relations with the Pope. Lord John Russell has signified that lie has a despatch in preparation to be sent to the various powers, including Spain and the United States, on the subject of the slave trade. He says that Spain annually lands 40,000 slaves in the island of Cuba, in direct contravention of her treaties with this country. The King of Naples now offers to place Sicily in the same position as an independent existence, similar to the Duchy of Luxemburg. The'Neapolitan army evacuated Palermo on the 9th June with military honours, and will at once embark for Naples and Gaeta. It appears that the bombardment of Palermo has done immense damage, and the Neapolitans have been found to have committed horrible atrocities to men, women, and children. The Neapolitan Government will concentrate its military forces at Messina, Syracuse, and Agosta. Garibaldi will not at present attack Messina, as his plans are not matured. He requires ammunition and artillery, &c. Calanca has been abandoned by the Royal troops, after being bombarded and pillaged. The Great Eastern has made a trial trip prior to her definite departure for New York. In consequence of the foul state of her bottom, her utmost speed was only sixteen knots. Saturday, June 28. , At the final conference between the several German Sovereigns, a decisive agreement was come to on all questions relating to the relations of Germany with foreign Powers. The French Government has addressed a circular note to all the European Powers that signed the Act of Vienna, demanding their recognition of the new settlement of the French frontier. It declares that France takes upon herself all the obligations of such an act, and refuses to consent to any diminution of the Savoy territory in favour of Switzerland. M. Thouvenel and Count Cavour are now occupied in concerting the policy to be followed by the Governments of France and Sardinia, with reference to secular affairs. The brother of the Emperor of Morocco has arrived at Paris. Switzerland has addressed to the different Powers another note, protesting against the cession of Northern Savoy to France. The failure of the mission of Count de Martine to Paris has produced, as may be imagined, a great'sensation at Naples. Colonel Medici, with 8,000 volunteers, has joined Garibaldi, and important desertions from the Neapolitan army, men and officers, are frequent. All the Communes of Sicily have presented addresses, requesting annexation to Sardinia. Garibaldi purposes pushing on the war in favour of Italian unity. The Archbishop of Palermo has personally visited the General, and the local committee of Messina are in communication and correspondence with him. A Sicilian Parliament is to be convoked for the purpose of ratifying the proclamation which decrees the forfeiture of the rights of the Bourbons, and the union of Sicily to the kingdom of Sardinia under Victor Emmanuel. The Japanese Commissioners took leave . of the President, at Washington, on the sth June. The cause of Miramon in Mexico appears to be hopeless. Her Majesty, on Tuesday last, gave audience to Nah-ne-bah-we-quay, of Canada West; and to Wiremu (William) Totol, from Rang-whin, Province of Auckland; and Ilemare (Samuel) Reheran, from Mooku, Province of Auckland, New Zealand. The Queen has directed letters patent to be passed under the great seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom to John Nodes Dickenson, Esq., first Puisne Judge of New South Wales. The Volunteer Review held at IlydePark, to-day, was a most brilliant affair; 80,000 volunteers appeared, and the estimate of visitors is 50,000. The people began to assemble at six 6’clock in the day. The Queen appeared on the ground at four this afternoon. The crowd was terrific. Her Majesty will be present at the first great prize meeting of the National Rifle Association on Wimbledon Common, 2nd July, when her Majesty will fire a rifle from a fixed mechanical rest. The 200th anniversary of the Grenadier Guards and Scots Fusilier Guards has been held; the former on last Saturday, having the Prince Consort president; and the latter on Tuesday last, president the Duke of Cambridge. The Great Eastern left Southampton last Sunday morning for New York. • Invasion op England by Frenchmen.—Yes, truly ! 8,000 members of the

Orpheon, an association of 170 choral societies of France, numbering more than 30,000 musical amateurs, will visit England next week, to hold a great musical festival at the Crystal Palace, accompanied by the band of the Guides. A committee of noblemen and gentlemen has been formed to make their visit agreeable and instructive to themselves, and productive of good feeling towards this country when they return home. They will perform on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. The Papal enlistments in Ireland are illegal, but the Government will not interfere ; and it appears that more volunteers have already gone over than the Pope can find room for. Monday, June 25th. The continental advices to-day are very important. On the 22nd instant, a letter from the Emperor to the King of Naples, who is said to be ill, was read at the Council of Ministers, when it was resolved that there should be a total change of Ministry, a Constitution, a general amnesty. Italian alliance with Piedmont, the adoption of the Italian flag with the arms of Naples. Drowning men catch at straws, and this is the position of Francis the Second, who gives what he cannot help offering, on the principle that half a loaf is better than no bread, and what must be must. It is rumoured that France and England will guarantee the possession of his kingdom on the above terms, if carried out liberally, but I greatly question the accuracy Qf this statement The Emperor of the French is also declared to have given his formal assurance to Naples that France will not recognise the annexation of Sicily to Piedmont. This statement also, although declared to be official, requires confirmation, for the simple reason alone that it comes from Naples, where any lie is told by the Government. The Neapolitan Government purposes restoring the two captured vessels, with all their passengers, 900 in number, the simple truth being that they have by their capture risked being involved in a serious difference with both Sardinia and the United States, whose flags they have insulted. Garibaldi is organising his troops, and at a council of war held on the 21st instant, it was resolved that as soon as the insurrectionary army had collected all the necessary military forces, it should march on Messina. This is expected to take place on the 20th instant. Russia and Spain are said to have informed Sardinia that if she does not prevent the departure of insurrectionary expeditions from Piedmont to Sicily, they will withdraw their ambassadors. The Emperor of the French, at the Baden Baden Conference, warmly assured the assembled sovereigns, “I sincerely desire peace with all Europe.” The Malabar, with Lord Elgin and Baron Gros on board, has been lost at Ceylon, but they and all on boaad were saved. Their credentials were lost. Tuesday, June 26. Prince Jerome, the uncle of the present Emperor and the brother of Napoleon Buonaparte, died on Sunday evening, after an illness of some time. He was born in Corsica 15th November, 1784. The King of Naples has acceded 1 to the proposition of his Council of Ministers. It is to be seen if this will satisfy the Italians. Icloubt.it. The Southampton, Marco Polo, and Owen Glendower have arrived. The South Australian Banking Company has this day declared a dividend of ten per cent per annum. The review in Hyde Park was most successful, and highly gratifying to the Queen. The French Orpheonists, at the Crystal Palace yesterday, was a great success. Arrangements have been made by which the steamers are to call at Sydney, New South Wales, to deliver the London mails. The Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam Company declared a dividend at the rate off 74 percent, per annum for the five months ended the 31st December last, at a meeting held on the 24th ultimo. POSTSCRIPT. London, Wednesday, June 27. The latest news from Naples is dated yesterday. The King has accepted the Constitution, which has been prepared on a Liberal basis, and of which one condition is an offensive and defensive alliance with Piedmont. The Royal decision has been communicated to the Diplomatic Corps, and has been favourably received. The promulgation of the new Constitution will take place towards the beginning of July. Garibaldi, the Dictator of Sicily, has decreed the demolition of Fort Castcllamare. The first division of the revolutionary forces had been directed towards Catania. Another division had been directed towards Syracuse. The Municipality of Palermo had sent anaddress to the. Dictator, requesting the immediate annexation of Sicily to the. Italian Kingdom. The Dictator replied that such annexation was his wish, that he was a great admirer of King Victor Emmanuel, and that the annexation

would be accomplished by him and with him; but that at present the annexation of Sicily alone would not be advisable. Besides, in the event of immediate annexation he would be under the necessity of retiring. The official journal had published a proclamation by the son of the Neapolitan General Benedictis calling upon the army to rise against the Bourbons. The barricades had been taken up, and the insurgent bands had been sent back to their homes for reorganization. Garibaldi had issued a proclamation inviting the clergy to second the revolution. The South Australian Company has this day declared a dividend, at the rate of a 7 percent, per annum, or 355. per share. A Russian loan of £8,000,000 in a 4£ per cent, stock at 92,"has been brought out by Baring, but it does not go down with the public. Australian securities are very firm at better prices.