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Wis Kingdom, the Island of Sardinia wil, included, contain | a superficies of 37,640 square miles, with a population of | 7,800,000. As regards territorial extenty it will Occupy 4, tenth rank in Europe, and will come immediately after the kingdom? of the Two Sicilies, and stands before Portugal and Bavaria. With respect to population, Sardinia will stand | ia the pinth rank, on a level with Naples, and will be ubove | Sweden and Norway, Belgium aod Bavaria. The following | table will complete the comparison as regards Ltaly +

Area —Sq. miles. Population. |

New Kingdom 37,640 7,800,000 | Venetia 9,525 2,200,000 Papal States 47,218 2,900,000 | Tuseany 8,741 5.750,000 | Varma 2.268 500,000 Modena » 090 410,000 Two Sicilies 42.000 8,400,000 —La Patrice.

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Tux Execurion or Many Srewant.—M. de Lamartive's | latest literary manner is atrrkingly exemplified in his life of | the Queen of Scots, written by him in English and recently published in London. It is admirab!y romantic, and in no} part more so than in this description of the execution :

She arrived in the hall of death. Pale, bet unftinching, | she contemplated the dismal preparations. There lay the | block and the axe. There stood the executioner and his, assistant. All were ciothed in mourning. On the floor was | seattered the sawdus! which was to soak her blood, and in a dark corner lay the bicr which was to be ber Jast prison. It) as pine o'clock when the Queen appeared in the faneral | hall. Fletcher, Dean of Peterborough, and certain privi- leged persons, to the number of more than two huodred, | were assembled. The hall was hung with blach cloth; the| seaffold, which was elevated about two feet and a half above | the ground, was covered with black frieze of Lancaster ; the arm-chair in which Mary was to sit, the footstool ou which she was to kneel, the block on which her lead was to | be laid, were covered with black velvet.

The Queen was clothed in mourning like the hall and as the ensigas of punishment. Ler black velvet robe, with its high collar and hanging sleeves, was bordered with ermine. iler mantle, lined with marten sable, was of satin, with pearl buttons, and a long train. A chain of sweetsmelling beads, to which was attached a scapulary, and beneath that a golden cross, fell upon ber bosom. ‘Two rosaries were sus- pended to her girdle, and a long veil of white lace, which in some measure scftened this costume of a widow and of a condemned criminal, was tbrown around her. * * *

Arrived on the scaffold, Mary seated herself in the chair provided for her, with ber face towards the spectators. The Dean of Peterborough, in ceclesiastical costume, sat on the right of the Queen, with a black velvet footstool before him. The Earls of Kent and Shrewsbury were seated like him on the right, but upon larger ghairs. Cn the other side of the (Queen stood the Sheriff Andrews, with white wand. Ip tront of Mary were seen the executioner and his assistant, distinguishable by their vestments of black velvet, with red erape roand the leftarm. Behind the Queen's chair, ranged by ths wall, wept her attendents and maidens, La the body of the hall, the nob'os and citizens from the neighbouring counties were guarded by the musketeers of Sir Amyas Paulet and Sir Drew Drury. Beyond the balustrade was the bar of the tribunal. The sentence was read; the Queen protested against it in the name of royalty and of innocence, but accepted death for the sake of the faith. She then knelt down before the block, and the executioner proceeded to remove her vet]. She repelled him by a gesture, and turn- ing towards the Eorls with a blush on her forehead, *‘ I am nut accustomed,” she said, “to be undressed before so nu- merous a company, and by the hands of such grooms of the | chamber.” She then called Jane Kennedy and Elizabeth Curie, who took off her mantle, her veil, her chains, cross and scapulary. On their touching her robe, the Queen told | them to unloose the corsag», and fold down the ermine co’- Jar, 80 a8 to leave her neck bare for the axe. ‘Her maidens weepiugly yielded her these last services. Me'vil and the three other attendants wept and lamented, and Mary placed her finger on ber lips to signify that they should be silent * * She then arranged the handkerchief embroidered with thistles cf gold, with which her eyes had been covered by Jane Kennedy. Thrice she kissed the crucifix, each time repeating, ‘ Lord, into thy hands [ commend my spirit.” She knelt anew, and leot her head on that block which was already scored with deep marks; and in this solemn attitude she again recited some verses from the Psalms. The exe- cutioner interrupted her at the third verse by a blow of the axe, but its trembling strexe only grazed her neck; she groanel slightly, and the second blow separated the head trom the body.

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How to Commit Svuictpe Sctentiricatiy.—The Paris cor- respondent of the New York Times mentions the suicide of Dr.

strength, and as eccentric as strong :—

Aussandon was gzy, frank, loyal, and the best caseur in that witty, careless, joyous band of Bohemians of the Press who make the Cafe du Helder their rendezvous. He was the

t, the centro of the citcle. Only three days before his

eath, he described to M. de Vilmessant, editor Figaro, and with a methodical, chilling indifference of manner, the proper way to commit suicide with a pistol. The following is the frightful formula :—Feel around on the skin over the heart till you find the place in which the pulsation is strongest ; then slip your finger down its width below this point ; apply the finger flat against the breast ; lay the muzzle of the pistol on the upper edge of the finger, and opposite the point where the pesos was felt, but do not apply the muzzle against the skin, because then the pistol might not explode ; pull the trigger and you will die between two breaths!

his terridle formula seems to have been faithfully executed upon himself by Aussandon. At 2 o'clock in the morning he attempted to extinguish life with chloroform; his wife de- | tected him, and then, in a moment when he was not obs-rvéed, he seized a pistol and discharged its contents into his heart.

The scene at a fight between a bear and a favorite dog be- longing to Aussandon, is thus described :—Closing his heart to the pity he felt, Aussandon launched his dog into the arena, and a terrible battle com: enced on the instant between the two quadrupeds.

: For the spectators, it was not a moment doubtful that the victory was going to rest with the invincible bear. When this conviction at last penetrated the mind of Aussandon, he made but one bound ovef the fence and into the ring, seized and on 2 his dog from the jaws and the embrace of the bear, and taking his place, commenced with the terrible beast & struggle which struck the audience with horror. Aussandon, with a strength redoubied by his fury, seized his enemy by the throat with two powerful hands and strangled him. When they picked him up. lying side by side with the bear, they

ereeived that he had the abdomen opened and a shoulder

ared to the bone. He was confined six months to his bed.

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|nail or awl passing through the middle of the foot, and so

i ; h the walked about the stage; cut his dexter finger throug fleshy part, exhibiting the naked bone, and coneluded by

‘passing @ knife through his cleek, the blade protruding from

his mouth. In al] this but little blood was drawn.

He also offered to drive a knife through each leg and oo himself from the wall, which the audience mercifully excuse him from doing, feeling gatisfied that he could accomplish whatever he proposed. About the whole procedure T9 was no sort of humbug, as the eyes of divers gentiemen, who

‘were upon the stand, were steadily fixed upon him, and any

‘sunbelieving Thomas’? had an opportunity to Senet knife blade on the opposite side to that into which it had been thrus’, of the leg, wrist or hand. He used a few geivanic rings about his person, whieh was probably more for show than anything else. as they could effect nothing. Mr. Stevens looks to be no more than twenty or twenty-one — Se Before elosing, he proposed to operate in a similar mat upon any one of the ainbeudh; agreeing to forfeit $1000 cae inflicted pain. This, however, was pradently declined. We saw this man of leather early aemapoe 4 morning, looking as fresh and whole as thouge knife or nail had never penetrated his elastic body.— Lerington (Ky.) Observer.

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A VISIT TO ROBINSON CRUSOE’S ISLAND.

While on board the ship Golden Rocket, lying at Green- wich Dock, we were permitted by Capt. C. N. Pendleton to examine his log-bool, in which he gives an account of his visit to the Island of Juan Fernandez (Robinson Crasoe’s Island). Getting short of water, Capt Pendleton decided to stop at Juan Fernandez for a further supply. and therefore shaped Iris course thither. different directions to make discoveries. The Island is about 25 miles long by about four in breadth, high, rising in ragged, precipitous peaks—one of t

Yunkque, 3,506 feet above the level of the sea. The peaks | ¢

are generally overhung with clouds. The valleys are ex- ccedingly fertile, the grass growing to the height of six or eight feet. Figs, strawberries, peaches and cherries abound in their season. The Golden Rocket was there in the sea- son of peaches, and the valleys and hill-sides were full of trees loaded down with delicious fruit. Capt. Pendleton bought four barrels of the inhabitants, and the passengers about as many more. Strawberries flourish best in December and in January. There are three remarkable caves iu the side of the hill facing the harbour, about 30 feet in length, 25 in width, and about the samein height, The inhabitants now number but 14, of whom Messrs. Day and Kirkaldie, from Valparaiso, are the chief persons, they having been ap- pointed overseers of the Island by the Chilian Government. Formerly a penal colony, aumbering 5U0, was located here, and the caves above mentioned were used by them, but the project was found to be impracticable, and the convicts wer taken back to the main land. The Golden Rocket anchored on the opposite side from that upon which Selkirk lived, and there being a mountain to cross to reach the Robinson Crusoe abode, no cne ventured to make the journey. The best land- ing is on the eastern side, but the water is 20 fathoms deep at the head of the bay, and in sowe places so bold is the shore that a boat tied by her painter and drifting to the limits would be in 75 fathoms. An immense number of goats are ravning wild over the island, and an abundance of fish are taken on every coast. The water is obtained from a number of never-failing rivulets trickling down over the rocks from the cloud-capped mountains.—San Francisco Times. ——— -+ee

Tus Duxe or Newcasrix, Cotontan Secretany.—The Duke of Newcastle was born on the 22d of May, 1811, and married on the 27th November, 1832, Lady Sa-an Douglas only daughter of the Duke of Hamilton, from whom he was divorced in 1850. He-served under Sir Robert Peel with some distinction when Earl of Linco!n, and was one of the small but attached band of followers who stuck by that Statesman when the Conservative party fe!l off from him [u 1853 he becawne Colonial Secretary, under Lord Aberdeen, aud in 1854 he took charge of the War Department.. The blunders which signalised his administration in connection with the Crimean war led to his retirement and his substitu- tion by Lord Panmure, Since then his Grace has held no ministerial post. The Duke of Neweastle has the reputation ofa fair share of administrative capacity, and is a fluent, though uot eloquent speaker.

<r siguientes niityectiaiiaiaiadla clint

The European Times says the numerous steamboats running

from Liverpool to North America are found inadequate for

bale and other goods from those places are forwarded to Southampton by rail, to be conveyed by the Hamburg and Bremen screw steamers which touch at Southampton. It is highly probable that in another year or so steamers will be running to and from Liverpool, Southampton, Glasgow, or Galway and North America, daily, during a great part of the year. The trade with South America is also increasing. In toss than two months the five giant steamers of the Royal Mail Compapy—the Paramatta, Atrato, Parana, Shannon and La Plata—wil! run every fortnight between Southampton and the Eastern terminus of the Parama Railway, to meet the increasing traffic with Central America, the highway to the Pacific, and the Western Coast of America. ~

Mr. Cobden’s refusal to enter the Cabinet is put by that gentleman himself on very intelligible and good grounds. It turns on the question of the national defences. He is of the opinion that he cannot conscientionsly or advantageously to hiunself take office ina Cabinet which is pledged to a large and costly augmentation of both naval and military estimates. But he speaks of the offer made to hum by Lord Palmerston with evident pleasure, and he does not appear dispased to as. sume an attitude in any sense hostile to the new government.

From a document just issued by order of Parliament, it ap- pears that in the year ending Jlst of March fast, the sums re- mitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as ‘ conscience money,” amounted to £3015.

Miss Florence Nightingale is so extremely ii] that the worst results are apprehended,—Iler strength is diminishing sadly. We ure told that last week she had strength to move from [lighgate to London, but could not do so now,

it isa beautiful custom in some Oriental lands to leave untouched the dates that are shaken from the trees by the wind; those being regarded as sacred to the poor and the stranger.

Rice straw or Leghorn hats without any trimming save their ‘own dear loveliness,” are the style with Parisian ladies this summer.

A burglar was once frightened out of his scheme of rob- bery by the sweet simplicity of a solitary spinster, who, putting her night-capped head out of the window, exclaimed, ‘* Go away! aren't yorPashamed ”

UNITED STATES.

The following paragraphs are clipped from the San Fran- cisco correspondence of the New York Herald :—

Exrraorpinary Exutnitios.—4 M. Ex: : , N-—-A Man of Leather.—An ex- hibition of a very remarkable and unnatural cuiiibaten oli

traeted a small but highly respectable i

Melodeon on Thursday erating No A ae by the name of James Stevens had advertised that he would d> many worterful things in the way of cutting himself u with knives, nailing his feet, arms an legs to chairs, to thew ll &c., which astounding exploits he proceeded to exhibit at the appointed hour, in the presence of a number of physicians of celebrity, including members of the Medical Faculty of Transylvania University, and other learned Profe: g irs on w-re invited to Ne stand, that they might detect any feaud - deception, if practised. He began by sticking a handful | of pins, up to the head, in his leg, then drove an awl through the middle of his wrist into the chair ; drove a knife through the muscle of his leg; nailed his foot to a wooden shoe, the

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** Rather an amusing exemplification of the colonial re- |presentative system in British Columbia took place a few weeks since. A vacancy occurred in one of the dirtricts, and

an election was ordered for a member to the House of As- sembly. ‘This body consists of seven members. A Mr. Bran- ston was returned, having received one vote, the full number entitled to use the right in the locality according to the officer’s election. Mr. Branston was not allowed to take his seat, as the farce was too broad to be countenanced.

Gov. Douglas persists in his contracted policy. Ne taxes by proclamation, and has succeeded in converting the govern- ment of British Columbia into a laughing stock.’’

A Fayetteville (Arkansas) paper gives the particulars of an affray which took place in the town of Hunstville, wherein Fester{Black, ~~: a son of Col. William Black, of Fayette- ville, and Mr. Warren Sams, a merchant of Huntsyille, were

The passengers rambled off in’

the traffic of London and Manchester, and large quantities of

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killed immediately, and John Black and Dr. James epithe, candle at night and blow it cut in the morning.

of Fayetteville, and Constable Moodey and James Sams, Huntsville, were severely wounded. a ;

The Fire Marshal of New York city reports a decrease © incendiary fires in that city im the last six months. The totab ss by i in six coibe has been but $200,500 which is $978,840 less than in the previous six months. There — seven women burnt to death from the careless use of fluid e camphene, and four men, six women and one chiid severely injured from the same cause.

Murper or THREE CHILDREN BY THEIR Faruer.--Freeport, Til. July 27.—A German named Peter Arndt, living near Cedar- yille, im this county, killed three of his children with 7 — yesterday afternoon, and wounded the fourth so badly tha ” is not expected to live. He made no resistance when arrested, and assigned no reasons for the murder.

The last Legislature of Texas contained thirteen ‘** men of mark.’’ Not one of them could write bis name.

Stanza or Tomas Moore TEROvGH A SprRiTUaL Mrpivm.— On Sunday, a lady up town, who is a spiritual medium, was speaking in rapport with and under the influence, as she avowed, of Thomas Moore, and a gentleman asked that a com- munication should be given in poetry. In a moment the lady spoke the following stanza : :

@ The mellow light of the autumn night, As it tinges each tree and flower, Is not as bright as the beaming light That dwells in Love’s own bower.’

On hearing these lines the gentleman, who evidently thought |

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They, likely enough, think there is nothing to do but to light Now, if

| had any desire to see the right men inthe night places they not ‘only bad Mr. Barnard bu: they had also old Mr. Ings, of Squaw

Bay, who'tormerly kept Point Prim Light House, and who pe. signed his office after the defeat of the Holl aod Palmer Ad The old mun could certainly have instructed ‘those green horns. There are many other cases } might refer ‘to, but Fehall trouble you no forther at present,except to say | ae ut is easy to keep light# just now in short nights and , mild weather; but the long, cold, stormy ni

keepers. In all probability the men will resign in the when the hard time comes, and other greea horns will be in their places. Yours, &c., August 12, 1859. —_—_—_——

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THE PEACE OF VILLA FRANCA.

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Br the English Mail, which arrived here on Friday ldst, we have the termsof the treaty of peace so suddenly-and

mysteriously concluded at Villa Franca between the Emperomp

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that the poet's style had not been improved since his removal | of France and Austria, and by which a.termination hae bess put to a war more destructive of life and property for the time

from the lower world, uttered the Falstaffian sentiment :— ‘s No Moore of that, Tom, an’ thou lovest me.’’— NV. Y. |

ing Post. An inventive Yankee has produced an apparatus which he} It fasten upon the mouth a

finds how disagreeable it is, and of course, reforms.

The summer travel from the United States to the Old World is larger this season than it has ever been before, and | this notwithstanding the war aud the commercial aud finan- cial difficulties abroad.

The population of San Francisco is 78,083.—A preity |

good growth for a city of about twelve years,

NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL,

The affairs of Italy appeared to be yet in a very unsettled and unsatisfactory state, as far as many of the Italian com-} munities are concerned, but the latest accounts state that the peace was becoming more popular with the inhabitants of the various states. A leading Tuscan paper tells the Italians that they haye now their destiny in their own hands, and recom- mends them to provide themselves with arms, in order to be able to avail themselves of the advantages afforded them by the arrangements to be shortly concluded at Zurieb.

The European Times says:—‘* The announcement in the Moniteur of the 28th, that ‘ the Emperor has decided that the army and navy shall be restored to a peace footing without delzy,’’ has diffused universal satisfaction throughout thi: country. In the House of Commons it proluced a pleasi: ¢ sensation, and in commercial circles was rapt irously received The Times has a short article on the subject, writt-n in an ex cellent spirit, und we trust we are pow at an end of our com- plications with France.”’

here has been an active demand for money in the discount market, and rates are firmly maintained at 24 per cent.

Leopold I1., Grand Duke of Tuscany, has abdicated in fayor of his sn.

At Parma, on the 20th, the judges and other officers of the Supreme Court of Keyrsion took the oath of fidelity to Victor Ewanuel.

A letter from Venice of the 16th instant says that the only term to express the public feeling in that city is stupefaction. Nobody can comprehend why or wherefore peace was conclu- ded. Stupefaction is pictured in every face, and for thre: days the announcement of peace was reg rded as a mystific. tion. The first proclamations were torn «lown by the peop! and for so doing many persons were arrested.

FRANCE. *

The Paris correspondent of the Times says the Engl sh go- yernment has offered to send a representative to the proposed congress on Italian affairs, provided the Emperor Napoleon will disarm ; that the French Emperor agreed to do so on con- dition that England did the same ; that England consented to a general disarmament by land and sea ; that France will take the initiative ; and that the English government are very well satisfied with the conduct of the Emperor. The arrival of Count de Persigny at Paris is thought to be connected with this important business. The Independence says that the pro- position for disarmament is reported to have proceeded, in the first instance, from the Emperor Napoleon.

The Massager de Paris of the 27th instant, asserts that the Emperor will shortly pay a visit to England, in order to re- assure Queen Victoria most completely as to his conduct and intentions. A rumor of this kind has been afloat for the last two or three days. Osborne House, it is said, is to be the theatre of the visit.

Correspondence.

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To rue Epitor oF THE Examiner.

Sin,--If 1 recollect right, the late editor of the Islander was in favour of a competent Board, (which he asserted was tne case in the mother country), to test the qualification of persons for office under Government. Now, if ever there was a period in our history when such a Board was necesgary more than any other, I think it is the present. This subject has been held up to view before the pudlic when we consider the energy with which the new Administration have been dismissing good and efficient officers, and appointing men, who, if weighed in the balance, would be found wanting. 1 confess | am at a loss to understand what the qualification for office is at present; per- haps some of your numerous readers may enlighten me on this subject. I would wish, however. to present a case or two which are inexplicable to me. Take, then, the case of Monarty, who kept the light and attended the flag-staff at the Blockhouse—a sober and attentive nan—always on hand, and perfectly honest —he had attended no political meetings—never voied—kept the light up at all times in the most brilliant manner—and did everything that any man could do to make himself useful and efficient in his duty : but poor fellow, he was a Papist, and that was enough. I suppose he was one of those who was dia- charged for not voting at all. And who have the Government appointed in his place? A man who has to learn his a. b ec. of the business. Only fancy such a man presented to a com- pet2nt Board asa suitable person! What a certificate he would get! Is this putting the right man in the right place ?

Then, again, Mr. W. McDowald,who kepi the Lighthouse at Panmure Island, and, as | have heard from those best able to judge, the very best and most efficient light keeper on the Island; but he also has the mark of the beast—he also is a “ Papist,” and he dared even to commit the awful crime of voting for the Government who appointed him. And whohave they appointed in his place? A man who never befure saw the inside of a Lighthouse! Think, then, Mr. Editor, what a brilliant certificate such a man would get from a competent

rd. Re am informed that in both cases the newly appointed raw green men were sent to the spot without any person to teach them the responsibilities of the offices they had undertaken, and to see that inventories of the articles belonging to the establish. ments were made out, and that the articles were handed over ; but, above all, to charge the new keepers to make the necessary arrangement for preventing accidents by fire. Butno, although the Government had Mr. Barnard then in their employ (under whose personal superintendence the lighting apparatus of every. Light House on the Island has been fitted), they appear to have | the most supreme contempt for such cautious measures as those. But what do the Executive know about the duties or responsi- |

|bi'ities of light keepers or what do they care abcut them?

it existed than any that has occurred during the present cen- tury. A conference of the lately belligerent powers, France,

Sardinia—who was more interested in the success of the late war than even the Emperor of Austria, as, independent of Lombardy, the very existence of his little dominion depended on its issue—is scarcely mentioned in the terms of the treaty, which seems to have been patched up by the two Em- perors without caring to show him the emall courtesy of con- sulting him. This, to say the least, was very ungracious treatment on the part of his Imperial ally. The conditions of peace are as follow :—

‘Between His Majesty the Emperor of Austria and His Ma- jesty the Emperor of the French it has been agreed as follows:

** The two Sovereigns will fayour the creation of an Italian Confederation.

‘+ That Confederation shall be under the honorary presidency of the Holy Father. : Pe

‘The Emperor of Austria cedes to the Emperor of the French his rights over Lombardy, with the exception of the ees of Mantua ant. Reni so that the frontier of the Austrian possessions shall start from the extreme of the fortress of Pesehiera, and shall extend in a direct line sien the Mincio as far as Grazio ; thence to Scorzarolo and Luzana to the Po, whence the actual] frontiers shall continue to form the limits of Austria. The Emperor of the French will hand over (remetira) the ceded territory to the King of Sardinia.

‘* Venetia shall form part of the Italian Confederation, though remaining under the crown of the Emperor of Austria.

‘** The Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Deke of Modens se turn to their States, granting a yeneral amnesty.

‘* The two Emperors will ask the Lloly Father to introduce indispensable reforms into his states.

‘* A full and complete amnesty_is granted on both sides to persons compromised in the late events in the territories of the belligerent parties.

‘** Done at Villafranca, the 11th of July, 1859.”

The termination of the Italian war scems to have excited great astonisiment in London and in Paris, and every one asks ‘* what has been obtained?”” Lombardy, it is trae, has been given to Sardinia ; but the retention by the Austrians of the fortresses, and the return to their states of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and Modena, seem to leave the hold of. the former, still in possession of Venctia, very little relaxed. Ite fact, it is difficult to see that any thing else has been accom- plished by the war than the gratification of the warlike pro- pensities of the Emperor of France and the King of Sardinia, at the sacrifice of about one hundred thousand lives, and the expenditure of at least one hundred millions of money. A® to an Italian confederation, under the presidency of the Holy Father, or any other presidency, it is justly asked, how the aspirations for liberty of the Italians, though victorious ins great part of the peninsula, have been met or satisfied; and it is further asked, will the people of Tuscany, Parma, ané Modena, who are said to be arming, submit ment? Are Austria and France to fight ido by side against Garibaldi and the Tuscans ?

The Emperor of the French may, indeed, claim credit for moderation ; but what has become, or is likely to become of all the French and English sympathies for Italian liberty? We fear—at least as regards the feeling supposed to bo ¢t- tertained in France—it is merely a name. As for that of England, we know too well that she does not care to trouble herself about the affairs of other European nations, unless her own are likely tc be materiaily affected by them. Lord Normanby, than whom no living diplomatist has had better opportunities of observation, described in the House of Lords, a short time ago, the whole Confederation of the Italian States as containing very few of the materials out of which to con struct a nation that could be governed on constitutional principles. Great changes must take place in France befure her Emperor would seriously desire such a neighbour. Ea cept, then, the cession of certain territories to the Sardinianty the war has had no result—none whatever as regards the freedom of the Italian people, that is, nothing towards con stituting them a compact nation, governed by what we are ia the habit of calling constitutional laws.

POST OFFICE DISMISSAL.

We are informed that Mr. Arthur Swabey has been dit- missed from the Post Office, and regarding his dismissal have a few words to say, which will exhibit in its true colours the generous character of the Government.

Sometime back, when Mr. Swabey’s brother, Samuel, w# in the Post Office, the late Government thought proper to dit miss Mr. DesBrisay from the position he held therein, b® having directly voted against them at ap Election. His place was forthwith offered to Mr. Swabey. He, however considering that in consequence of his father being an Exect- tive Councillor at the time, he would by no like to fil an office which his father had a share in causing to be vacateé— with great good feeling declined to fill the vacancy which would have increased his salary by £50 perannum. He, therefore, remained subordinate to Mr. J. E. Kelly, who was appointed; and when he left the Island, his brother Arthur got his mall appointment. We would here observe, that on one occasio® prior to this, Col. Gray had been in the Post Office, and ® conversation with Mr. Samuel Swabey, on the subject of bi# duties, deprecated the excessive labour and small remuné ation, and said if ever he were in power he would got me stipend increased. —

| Austria, and Piedmont, was to be held at Zurieh, in Switzer- he snorer snores te himself receives the first iwpression, land, about the close of the last month, for the ratifieation of | the treaty. It is remarkable that the name of the King of

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