The Express. — London, England, 1852-09-17 00:00:00

gtte erpreoo* Need Mite :t feeiiprees.";ereTar Tbs roe reerfe .• Grotty" is published eery Tuesday sad They **lst, la tire Or poet. adVel tureants la imbed 1R "TM Monts."llAmtio Ems* paw. art bs it der these, 10, Beiseerie-atreet, bp Two feeler IS Ms dm el peluirliva. MOH WATZU AT LONDON DRIDOZ. Tan Mt—Yoruba. 4b. 4b. li.. Te.MMlWW—kormaig. 4b. Sta..—...llll4moss, N. as. LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 17. SIR Jour PsalNGrom is now pretty much in the same predicament that his celebrated prototype Dos Gioranni suffers when Donna Anna discovers that she is forsaken for lerlina whilst the latter lady Rums her misgivings as to how fur be can be depended on by her. The concerted piece in which the rival lovers out-do each other in reproaches, and finally conclude by an invective in unison against the impudent coxcomb who deceived and deserted each in turn, has long been con sidered Nlozsrer's chifar,reirre. It remains to be seen whether the copy by our great political com poser, Mr. Disitanu, will command the same ap plause. It is possible that when the DoN of the Colonial office first laid siege to the affections of the North American provinces ho had in his not very capacious head no definite thought of betraying them. lie made fierce love us men without principle frequently do, with no other purpose than to triumph by dint of fair words, and witbout troubling them selves to consider how much of their reckless pro mises were to be kept or broken. Deliberate and premeditated perfidy is not the ordinary vice of or dinary scamps. They enjoy, in general, the reputation of bring " rather good-natured fellows"—that is, they don't outrage credulity, or raise hopes in order to blight them, merely for mischiefs sake. It is only when their convenience or their interest points the way that they trample down all the tics of confidence and decency, and shut the door with a shrug in the face of the unhappy fools who yesterday were the objects ad their flattering, and fondling.. Our Dos mg really have been in earnest for the moment, when be wrote the memorable despatch, promising unquall fled concession of all that the colonial could desiree—i desiring them nut to fret any more over past neglects or slights,—and bidding them to consider that they were - henceforth under the too long deferred prate !ion that would speedily make them rich and happy. They might go to sleep, secure against all further jostling or jars with their Yankee neighbours; for the iryni of toryism was outstretched over them—toryism which, as in the days of old, had cowed "to resist the noxious and dangerous influence of democracy" at home and abroad— and the whole power of whose prescient and iodex ible resolve was thus formally made known to them by the hand of their faithful and devoted friend Don JOHN PAKINGTON. No wonder that provincial gul libility was imposed upon by blandishments so fair and beneficence so overpowering. They set about preparing to avail themselves of their unexpected fortune, and were full of gratitude to the " truly noble, and generous statesman, who preferred their smiles to the querulous favour of their more distin guished rival. Already the tone of mutual enthusiasm is changed. Pretensions of a loftier kind have since appeared ; and the inconstant Minister has endeavoured to soothe and propitiate the newer object of his atten tion by sacrificing all that he lately pledged himself to guard as sacred. Protection in PAKINGTON'S colonial dictionary means leaving the weak to their fate." And a sworn Protectionist, according to the same infallible authority, signifies one who for swears, on the first excuse, the protection of depen dants in the exercise of the rights he has himself encouraged them to claim. The appeal of the Nova Scotian, to the (.11;res against the treachery and trucklir g of her principal SECRETARY of STATE for the Cotontes, has doubtless been read with interest by most of those who take an interest in the recent trans-Atlantic misunderstanding. The colonists set forth their case in energetic but respectful terms. They assume that their construction of international law, and of the Convention of 1818, regulating the fisheries on the canal' of North America, is incontestible ; and they cite the despatch of the COLONIAL SECRETARY, written on the 22nd of May last, as their justification for expecting that the de mands therein recognised as legitimate and inde feasible should not be suddenly abandoned by the government of which that Minister is a member. They may possibly over-estimate the strength of their case, or in the opinion of some exaggerate the loss that will accrue to them by the surrender of the marine line of limitation for whose maintenance they contend. But on all hands it meet be confessed that they are fully warranted in assating as an empty delusion the proffer drecipread fishing privileges by the United States; and in indignantly "that they should no further be trifled with as t they were children." Tantalised with unqualified expesba lion, doped by unmeasured promises, stimulated to the very verge of open violence by imperial menaces sag the actual presence of an imperial squadron off their shores—they have without notice, without excess. and without even the lapse of a decent interval of time, been flung aside, and made the scapegoats on which the rising anger of two powerful nations may irresistibly expend itself, while the ministerial au thor of the whole excitement and exasperation laughs in the sleeve of his Windsor uniform. We enter not here into the question as it might have been argued on grounds of international law or on those of diplomacy. It is too late to revert to either. Whichever view be correct, our government is equally humiliated in the eyes of other nations, and dishonoured by its breach of faith towards the colo nies. If the construction of the treaty of 1818 for which Lord DiallY sad hia " help" Mai mesistiar contended in May last was wrong, we were playing the bully merely by sending ships of war to the North American waters and by the pen of their colleague at the Colonial-office inviting the British provinces to arm. If, on the other band, their con struction was right, they were bound either to main. min it, or, by peaceful negotiations, to seek, as the price of its relinquishment, for some real and sub stantial benefit to our dependencies. But first to swagger, and then to sneak—first to provoke a col lision between the two greatest countries of the world, and then at the first sound of the hubbub to capitulate, without terms deserving to be named—in the month of May to inflate the minds of the colonists with unwonted anticipations of a renewed protective system,and in the month of August to renounce finally and in tale every vestige and semblance thereof as far as the matter in dispute was involved—this is indeed a consummation of folly, weakness, incom petence, and dishonour, to which we own we could not have anticipated that even a DERBY administra tion would so soon have brought us. It will not avail our miserable make-believe of a Colonial Minister to plead that MALIIESIBURY be guiled him. He had been two months is the Cabinet with that ill-educated and silly paasesso, and with ordinary powers of observation he swot have perceived that the seals of the Foreign-Ass had only been given to Lord Matusenuar to hay, until a suitable person might appear to take abet. of them. Nor will it even suffice to imp that the Paw= was cognisant of the car tire transaction, and that responsibility reds is ell great affairs on the head of the government. sat de the hands that may happen in each case to be stir ployed. The acts of every department are coustite► tionally the acts of whoever presides therein: end the House of Commons would lose all real eselleel and power of exacting an account of what is Ins is each if it submitted to be baffled by a bilsraws to an individual who may be a member of the House of Lords. When the new parliament meets, it will be seen what other defence Sir Joint PARINOTON will se able to devise for the conduct he has recently pur heed in British North America. Waiter the body of the Great Duke is lyi ng i n the chamber of death at Weimer, tho interest of the public is excited in no small degree by the uncer tainty which prevails u to the nature of the coming funeral or the plans where it will be celebrated. A public funeral might have been voted by parliament had it been sitting; but u St. Stephen's is empty, the question of what ceremonies shall take place doubt.uss rests wit.. the Quer-4 and the PII/XB TB: main; and then is little doubt that this decision will do credit to that good sense which =rely characterises her ?donne's determinations. In the meanwhile it appears more than pro-' bable that the illuitrious deceased himself has left directions which will be • law to those appointed to carry out his wishes. We can scarcely suppose that the man who regulated his daily actions and those of all within the circle of his , operations with the precision of a machine, has neglected to register his desires upon this point ; and we may expect that the orders relating to the funeral will be ss carefully worded as any one of his most important despatches. There is little doubt that many are looking forward to the of the Deee's last wishes on the subject. of perusal with something more than mere cu riosity. They imagine, and with some show of truth, that the directions as to the nature of the funeral he desired will throw additional light on some features of his character. They think that if the Du It F. has not, like his illustrious friend the late Sir ROBERT PEEL, distinctly registered his desire that his funeral shall net be public, it will be an other proof added to the many already extant, that his sympathies up to the very latest period of his life remained with the aristocracy, however a wise ex pediency may have induced him to co-operate in a series of measures which appeared to indicate sympathies extending to the nation at large. Sir ROBERT, during the latter portion of his public career, learned to know the empti ness, the weakn ess,e and the faithlessness of the aristocratical element of the nation. Without publishing this knowledge, in so ninny words he left on record a clear and decided testimony to its per ception in two paragraphs in his will :—one in which he refuses a public funeral, and the other in which he charges his descendants to accept no peer age. Nothing can show more distinctly the na ture of the feelings entertained by the great statesman towards this "estate" of the nation. The DUKE. OR the contrary, never, except for pur poses of great public utility, moved beyond the circle of his "order." Circumstances might arise to dictate the necessity of acting upon wider principles of government than those admit ted by an oligarchy,—and, to his honour and praise be it said,—he never failed to recognise this necessity ; but however vast and extended might be the circle of influences operating upon him at these times, he yielded to them but for a season. When the particular occasion had gone by, he was again the man of his "order." The sovereign, as the head of that order, was the star to which he ever looked. "I have passed a long life, I trust with honour, in the service of her Majesty's predecessors" served her Majesty's " pedecessors," "His duty as the servant of her Majesty's crown," &c., are expressions constantly oc caning. The nobility, and the crown as the fountain of nobility, were with him the objects of his deepest admiration. It could scarcely excite wonder, then, should ho have looked forward to s public funeral as the due recognition not only of his services to the nation, but of his exalted rank. • In the event, however, of no wish being ex pressed by the departed soldier himself on the subject of the funeral, it remains to be seen what will be the decision of those who will ultimately con trol the arrangements. Lord DERBY is at present with the QutEN at Balmoral. What will be the nature of the advice which he will tender to her !ilansry ? It is known that a message has been sent to the QUEEN to learn her views and wishes upon the subt. How will she be assisted by her advisers? Will Lord DERBY decide the question as we may suppose the late Duke of HAMILTON would have decided it ? The Scotch Duke erected, during life, a mausoleum, exceeded in I I size, wo are told, by no building of the kind except the Pyramids. He left orders that his body should be embalmed and . placed beneath the mountain of stone, in expectation of a sepulchral immortality, un moved by the remark of the poet, that Not a particle remains of Cheops. Is this, however, to be considered u an ex ample of the general wishes of the aristocracy, on the subject of funerals ? hardly so, we hope. The late Queen ADELAIDE, it may bo remembered, in the precise orders in her will regulating her inter ment, distinctly opposed the vanity of expensive funerals. And surely there can be very little reason to doubt that her example has influenced many of the aristocracy. The day bas gone by in England when funeral feather, could give dignity to the dead who never possessed it, or increase the glory of those who in their lives had earned it. This day has with those which exacted illuminated win dows or blazing fireworks as the fitting means to celebrate great deeds. The Dune has bent during his life under an accu mulation of honour, which has no parallel in modern times, and scarcely in our history. He has not waited for death to recognise the validity of his large claims to glory and fame. A grateful country has covered him with honour and riches, and foreign monarchs have vied with each other in bestowing rewards upon their deliverer. Hines will not have the difficult task so often al'otted to it, of sifting testimony, of searching records, to discover what were the merits of the great soldier. The Present has date far him what Posterity alone ea for so many. What can a thousand extra rdo to increase this fame? How will iel l ist extravagant expenditure show our gratitude Ma completely than it has been shown!' What earosat of ceremony will not look paltry when put forward as the last recognition of deeds like his? True it is that our great naval hero, NELSON, had a public fooeral. Have we, however, learned nothing since the days of Nusort P Is not a mere cere mony now an object of more contempt than admi ration ? Have public writer, been preaching to the age so long, wit ho ut teaching it the true value of shams ? All parties would surely recognise the propriety of giving the Dunn a true soldier's funeral—simple and dignitied—in which the mourners would be his companions in arms. Very little useless outlay would be incurred by this, as the troops taking part in the ceremony would—but for their participation —be most probably idle. The nature of the procession would most vividly bring to the mind of the epee tator the peculiar claim of the deoessed to the grad hide of the nation. All the elements in such a solemnity would be present—simplicity, appropriate ness, grandeur. It has been said that the Dunn expressed a wish in his lifetime to be buried in the little churchyard at Strathfieldsaye. Ho probably thought nothing more fitting than that his body should repose near the grounds which were the reward of his achievements. In such • case, a large and monstrous procession would be simply absurd. Should fit. Paul's or Westminster be his resting place, it would modify the case. What ever, in the meantime, shall be decided upon—whe- ther in accordance with the Dune's own wishes, or those of ner MAJESTY—wiII doubtless be acquiesced in by the nation. Our present object has simply been to register the nature of the change which has taken place in public opinion as to the propriety of tasteless parade at funerals in general. LORD JOHN RUSSELL or Tin SUMMIT or Bm- Lsol.—On &andly lest, a t t hri V 7 o'clock . L or d J o h n Ransil and family e a r ed oarimirr, on their way Is Bewledi. Oa arr= s p Oohs lofty mountain, .little westward et • reed, what the eidebrated esellst leek plena between rite-Jena and Bekdak Dho a airibiretabsibadpsniee wan hunt is maths, to sestet ihe KAN party is ~Meg the ensemit. The day was einelltee, eel the ...it baring been made Is about three boom head& e*y themselves en the summit he a shelela re dis orse et the MOW *MA he rementle endesspe, ltle well Mews, lenewlereetwitemed ha benched. The party deneethd the meesteis is whet ably, GM at half-put 3 Vele* is the ahusess seated three* Callender on their way ts the Gast, highly delighled wither* day's excunion. DEATH or Xs. Pvent.-11r. Pees, whose name is anciented with the Netiinift taste he °ethic architec ture, died on Tama" wanks at his residence, Wen Cliff, Remmste, altar s low bee& ~s e. Mr. Pugin's state of belt hes for 'i.e Yoe eseeed meek anxiety to the large dells Ili his friends awl eishemt, end several communion* Yens es the wary moistly in the public Vatte Os het Mr. Pugh was restored to his Wil r s bet aseessery eto _nos. and on ay was wall le Me no Mendfttin. In the evening he ems .mdse es insraiste pier and harbour, and oa lie name beme appsered very cheerful. At an early hour the next 1/181611/1 M was seised with a fit, and bit medical attention 11111“ ant ter. He con tinued to get worse until the menlmy, when he expired. Tun tlotrrzeurrox Rine Ocars ere gettini2 ass smisa te =, eitelo g r ens eees:MM e tr irsa Vatilitie 1 eerriee b" , l Kbabi vedlemeed dim sob imemelds will noire the mantilla el *be geletneetat. FRANCE. PARIS, TUURSDAT EvlsueO. The judgement of the Pans newspapers on the career of the Duke of Wellington may be a subject of curiosity, but can hardly be of much weight. The criticism of Napoleon, la fortune a Ail poor Jul plug veil tea fait pour elk, however unworthy of so good a judge of military tnerit was accepted by the French u inflicting the just stamp of mediocrity on the English general. Wellington was hated by them because his plain, true-tempered sword cleft asunder the dresed-up bugbear of French invincibility, and dissipated the darling illusion of their military supre macy. Hence the chief object of all their writings is to make him as small as possible. The Constan tionnel, and indeed most of the other papers, are wil ling enough to allow the Duke's military talents in India, but as soon as these were turned to the con quest of Napoleon instead of Tippoo Saib, the English general is described.. dwindling into a very ordinary tactician, and the giant at Senngapatam becomes a dwarf at Salamanca. Of course 'Jenkins° is claimed as usual as a great French victory. The Conatitn lionnol says of this battle, " The day of Toulouse, so glorious in the mourning of invaded France, would suffice alone to reduce to its just value the hyperbole of English vanity which deferred to their general the title of invincible." So little is accuracy in historical matters valued by the latest French writers that M. Lamartine kills seven horses under the duke at Waterloo, and then says that, "mounting his eighth charger, tho English ' general, like a common trooper, rode brand ishinghia sword at tho head of the charging ca valry," the fact being that the Duke rode no horse but Copenhagen, who might be seen long after peacefully cropping the pasture of Strathfieldsaye, and did not even draw his sword. But notwith standing this singular infelicity in relating facts, Lamartino has pronounced a far less narrow and unfavourable judgment upon the English heroes than any of his countrymen, who have handled the sub ject in the Paris papers of to-day. The Steele is the fairest. The Aesemblee, Union, Unicers, and Muni tour contain no biographical notice. The Moniteur contains the following telegraphic despatch : Nevem Sept. 15, 3 o'eleek p.m. The Prises arrived at the station et half past two, amidst the thunder of cannon and the ringing of bells. The prefect presented to bim 300 mayors and dems•y-mayors from all the communes of the department. Cries of " Vies Napoleon !" Vire l'Empereur !" aeeompanied the Prince from the station to the cathedral. M. C. Dupin presented the council-general of the Nievre to the Prince, and reminded him of the wish expressed by its members in favour of the stability of the government. The Prince, in thanking the council for the manifestation of their sentiments, concluded In these words: When the question relates toe matter of general interest, I always endeavour to anticipate public opinion ; but I fol. low in its wake when the matter relates to sn interest which may appear to be personal. The Prince arrived at Moulins at two in the after noon, and proceeded to review the garrison ; con- fident expectations are entertained in official quarters that the progress will be one continued triumph. At Lyons it is anticipated that all will go well. Whether owing to the influence of Proudhon, as some suppose, or to any other reason, the socialists there are for the moment anything but hostile to the government. Some of the most violent demagagues of other days have told General Castellane th.it if the Prince will only visit the manufactories, they will insure him a most enthusiastic reception. The new municipal council at Arles has not been able to restrain its imperial enthusiasm till the Prince's arrival within the walls of that town. In an address voted unanimously by men who before December 2 were legitimists and Orleanists, it calls for the empire in these curious terms: Arles, an imperial city sines the time of Julius Preset., is confident that the Senate will raise its respected voice to demand the empire, and that then the Prince, yielding to the unanimous wish, will have dellnilvely closed the era of . revolutions _ _ _ At the Bourse the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. fell 43c., closing at 103.75; the Threes closed without change at 103-75. The Strubourg railway rose 13.73 ; Lyons, 6-23; Rouen and Lyons, and Avig non, sf. each; Havre, 3.75; Orleans, Northern, and St. St. Dizicr and Gray, 1 . 25 each ; Marseilles fell 310 ; St. Germain and Dieppe, 2.50 each. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Before following the Ptest4int on his tour, I must add one fact to the account I - sent yesterd ay of his departure from Paris. The brawny porters of the " Relies," in their Sunday clothing, and with their medals in their button-holes, were drawn up in the court-yard inside the railway station, and shouted "Viva rEmpereur" incessantly . while the Prince and his suite took their seats in the railway car riages. The train proceeded along the Orleans line with great rapidity. At every station crowds of persons were assembled to see the President pass, and every where the train was received with the shouts of Vivo Napoleon !" According to the desire of the Prince, scarcely any ornamentation or preparation had been made along his pains, until Vierzon was reached, where the official reception was in reality to commence. '1 here M. Pastoureau, the Pre fect of the Cher, and the Duke de Mortemart, in-com mand of the military division, were in attendance. The prefect presented to the head of the state the mayor, the deputy mayors, the Municipal Council, and tho principal functionaries of the place. The train only remained there a few minutes, and then passed on close to the gate, over which may be seen Inscribed the following verses descriptive of the natu ral advantages of the town : Viral; villa Tirana, mikado panes valiant's, Silvis annals, Time, prat* &conga. - - __ The train then dashed on woes the fertile plains of Berry, covered with vines, from which might be seen to spring up the picturesque towers of many a village church. Here, every station was decorated with flowers, evergreens, and a great number of tri coloured flags. The shades of evening bad not yet begun to fall, but in almost every place huge bon fires illuminated the station to a considerable die. tance around, casting a bright glare on the thou sands of peasants who lined the sides of the railway. Amidst the blaze might be seen the imposing rases of the towers of the cathedral. The cannon of the Polygon and the great bell of St. Etienne announced the arrival of the - President. The station was splen didly lit up, and ornamented with shrubs and flowers. The hand of the 9th regiment of artillery was in attendance, and played military airs whilst the train was coming up. All round the station were to be seen several lines of well-dressed persons. The Prince was received by M. Planchet, the mayor, the members of the municipal council, Gen. Berme ' in command of the arti ll ery, the colonels of the sth hussars and of the 15th regiment of the line, and a number of other functionaries. The cry of "Vive Napoleon" was raised with vigour, and continued for several minutes. The prefect then presented to the Prince the mayor and the other civil authorities, and after exchanging a few words with them the Prince moved forward to quit the sta tion. By order of the Minister of the In terior no speeches were made. The Prince then made his entry into Bourges mounted on the same superb charger which attracted the admiration of the Permian' on Aug. 15th. He was followed by the Ministers of War and Police, the Prefect, the Secretary-General of the Prefecture, General Date de 11Iorteniart, General Bonne, General de None, commanding the subdivision, the Colonel Director of Artillery and Fortifications; Generale Baguet, de Montebello, and de Ooyon, and Colonel Fleury, aides•cle-camp to the Prince ; MM. Leine, de ?denoted, de Cambric's, and Merle, orderly officers ; M. Lagarde, inspector of the Ministry of Police, Colonel Bennet, of the 9th Artillery, the Colonel of the 6th Human, from Limoges, the Colonel of the 16th of the Line, the Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the place, the Colonel of Gendarmerie from Moulins, and the officers composing the staff of the division, all on horseback. The mayor, deputy mayors, and muni cipal councillors of the city, together with deputa tions from the municipalities of Sancerre and St. Amend, followed either in carriages or on horse back. A detachment of the sth human preceded the Prince. A line was formed a l ong th e s t ree t s by the national guards, the 9th artillery, and the 15th of the line. The crowd was immense, and along the line of march cries arose of " Vive Na poleon ;" The I lace and the Port St. Sulpice were handsomely decorated. Large masts were placed at intervals, and were united by wreathe of flowers and foliage, in the midst of which were the initials of the Prince. Over the gate were wreaths, 'RESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1842 tricolour: streamers, and escutcheons, bearing the arms of the city; there were also the Initials of Louis Napoleon sarmounted by an imperial crown. The ceders went along the Rues St. Sulpioe, Porte Nenve, Jacques Cceur, (lustre Pikers, Baladalane,' de la Mountie, and Porte Jaune. The Hotel-Dieu' and the principal house of the Sisters of Charity were adorned with wreaths of flowers and tricolour ribbons, and with the inscription :—" To Louis Napoleon, the saviour of families, the protector of religion." The &curs de Charity were drawn up in a line, and as the Prince passed he saluted them with marked attention. At half-past six, the cortege arrived in front of the cathedral. Here the crowd was, if possible, more dense than along the streets through viiiich the pro- cession had passed. The cries, too, were somewhat different, as with the shout of " Vire Napoleon!" WIN intermingled that of " Vire l'Empercur !" Car dinal Dupont, Archbishop of Bourget', and his clergy, were drawn up inside the grand entrance of the cathedral, ready to receive the Prince. As soon as the arrival of the cortege was announced, his Emi nence descended to the bottom of the steps at the head of his clergy, and offered to the Prince holy water and incense. All formal addresses being pro hibited, he then welcomed the Prince in the follow ing terms: - - - • - - - • • Prinee,—We wished to ley at the feet of your Imperial Highness the sentiments with which we are penetrated towards y ou; silence is imposed on us, but read in our hearts, l'tincr, and you will there sea a devotednem and • gratitude which can only be equalled by our profound respect. iho Prince replied : Monsieur le Cardinal,—l am profoundly touched by the sentiments you express to me. They are a good augury fur me at the commencement of the journey I hove undertaken. The wishes expressed for me by a prelate so di.tinguished, and a clergy so excellent for their virtues, will bring me good fortune. His Eminence replied : We are going to deposit those wishes at the foot of our altars. The President was then conducted in procession to the choir, amidst the pealing of the organ. A passage was termed for him between two lines of the clergy, and ho bowed to them repeatedly. The Prince knelt on %cushion prepared for him in front of the principal altar,and the ministers, the generals, and the rest of the cortege remained standing. The clergy then chanted the Domine &ileum fac Napoleo nem, and the Archbishop recited the thymus. After the service, the Prince left the cathedral, and proceeded on foot, accompanied by the cardinal, to the archiepiscopal palace, where he was to pass the night. 'fhe Place de la Cathedrale, close to which the palace is situated, was brilliantly illumi natei. Over the principal entrance to the palace were to be seen the letters L. N. surmounted by an imperial crown. The principal court was covered with shrew and flowers. The bands of the .sth Hussars and of the National Guard were present, and played military airs during the evening. At the foot of the grand staircase were ranged thirty five young girls, each holding a bouquet, which they presented to the Prince as he passed. The President had signified to the cardinal that he could only accept Ms hospitality upon the condition of being allowed to hear the expense. All the invitations to the banquet were made in the name of the Prince. The same rule will be observed throughout the tour. At half-past seven the President had a dinner of forty six covers in the Cardinal's palace, at which were present the Cardinal, the first Vicar-General, General Duke de Mortemart, the Prefect, MM. Bidault and Duranty, deputies of the legislative body, the gene rals of the district, the colonels of the regiment in garrison, and several other high functionaries. In the evening . a splendid display of fireworks, prepared by Ruggien of Paris, was let off. Amusements of all kinds were prepared for the public in different parts of the town. The Place Ferancourt was the principal point of attraction; it was brilliantly illuminated, and in a vast tent a splendid ball was to be given. The Archbishop's palace and the prefee• ture were particularly distinguished for the splendour of their illumination. The cathedral was at intervals lighted up by Bengal fire, and the effect thus pro duced was magnificent. The Minister of Police is rapidly extending his peculiar sphere of usefulness, and the position of such of the proscribed of December as have recently received the questionable indulgence of permission to return to France, becomes, in conse quence, daily more intolerable. It appears from a circular of M. Sulean, the Prefect of the Boucherclu-Ithone, to the Sub-prefects, Mayors, commandants of gender- merie and commissaries of police of his department, that, according to police reports from several depart ments, many of those men who, alter being removed from their homes or their country, as a measure of " public security" (that is, without trial or specifica tion of any offence), had at length been permitted to return to France, are accused of- having resumed their turbulent habits, and of still "professing" anarchical opinions. The Minister of in a letter to the prefects, has apprised them of the determination of the government not to tole rate such an abuse of the " inexhaustible goodness" of the Prince President, and ordered the exercise of the most rigorous surveillance over all these men. The Minister of Police is to be minutely informed of all their piooredings, in order that the measures of severity upon which the government is resolved may be exercised whenever the occasion presents itself. This means that the unfortunate men in question can neither write, speak, travel, pay or receive visits, nor do business without being subject to a system of espionnage which, sided by unlimited expenditure and modern facilities for locomotion and communication, throws the remembrance of M. Fouche far into the shade. The Moniteur publishes a decree creating two new professorships at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, one for all matters connected with spinning and weaving, and the other for dying, printing, and dressing woven goody. Each of the professors will receive a salary of 5,000 f. per annum. M. Michel Alain, professor at the Central School of Arts and Manufactures, is appointed to the former, and M. Perim, professor of Chemistry at Strasburg, to the latter. The decrees come into operation on the Ist January, 1833. The lectures are to be public and gratuitous. By another decree the President of the Republic approves of the statutes of the Land Bank formed at Marseilles for the departments situated within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal of Aix. The Minister of Public Instruction has issued an order uniting tho Comite des Monument' Resits and the Comite des Arts et Monument' into one body, under the name of Comite de la Longue, de Fibs toire, et des Arts de la France. It is divided into three sections of philology, history, and archaeology, and it is charged to superintend the publication of such works as are authorised by the Department of Public Instruction, and to direct the researches of correspondents. The Marquis de Putoret is ap pointed president of the section of history. The Gazette des Hopitaus, in allusion to reports that a difference of opinion existed among the medi cal advisers of the President of the Republic with reed to the proper mode of treating his cue, says it is not true that there are any parties in the medi cal service of the Elysee, and that Dr. Conneau is too enlightened to be bigot td to a system. It is with his co-operation that Dr. Fleury has applied the " hydro-therapique " treatment, r..commended at , a consultation to wLich Professors Andrei and Velpeau were parties. The Minister of the Interior, by a telegraphic despatch to the Prefect of the Puy-de-Dune, has made known that the government accepts M. de Pennantier as a candidate for the Legislative Body in that department, in the room of M. de Morny. The Prefect of the Lozere his announced that the government candidate for that department is M. des Molles, landowner at Langogne, a distinguished agriculturist, and formerly memoer of the Constituent Assembly. The Tribunal de Commerce of the Seine was yes terday engaged in hearing the dispute which had arisen between the Orleans and Bordeaux Railway Companies, after the amalgamation which took place in March last. MM. de la Pineonniere, Laurent, and Litharches, directors of the Bordeaux Company, demanded the restitution of a sum of about 3,000,000 francs, the amount of the reserve fund belonging, according to their account, to the shareholders of the Bordeaux line before the fusion. After hearing the pleadings on both sides, the tribunal rejected the demand. We read in the Akbar of the 7th inst The liberation of Abd-el-Hader has of late been talked of, on condition, it is true, of his removal to Mecca. Those rumours having obtained some credit, the Chamber of Com merce of Algien, in the name of the interests it represents, Ina thought proper to address to the Minister of War -- - some Iresting observations, which we fully approve. We a e informed that other Chambers of Commerce, that of In particular, intend to combine their efforts with those already attempted, to prevent the execu tion of a snearnare, which, whatever may be said to the con trary. would be now dangerously premature. We do not precisely know what opinion is entertained in France as to the importance of that resolution, and the degree of confi des°, to be attacked to the promises the Emir might make in order to obtain his liberty. But there is one thing certain, namely, that whatever may he the sincerity of the ex-Emir, and it will be !agreed that, religiously or politi cally speaking, it is very doubtful, from the manner in which he executed the modest conditions of the treaty of the Tana, and whatever good intentions he may have in that respect, it does not depend upon him not to be for us, in Algeria, a cause of disturbance and embarrassment. The moment he arrives at Mecca we will have every day pious pilgrims returning from the holy City, circulating, with out his participation or knowledge, the most dangerous reports as to his intentions. Our Arahs. fond of stories and credulous as they are, will have their eyes incessantly turned to that aide; and, we repeat it, it would be an eternal source of false rumours and agitation. Once more, we trust that the liberation of Abd el-liader will not take place. ITALY. ROMAN S'L'ATES. Letters from Rome of the 10th state that among the political arrests at Perugia is that of the bon of the governor of the place. The persons arrested have been sent to Mantua. GERMANY. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna says : From the I%t October next the mails betwern Austria and France will no longer be sent by Vienna, 'wreck, and Bale, hut by Vienna, Leipsick, Frankton, Carleruhe, and Struburg. They will thus arrive thirty-six hours sooner. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, SECT. 14. A meeting of the Zullverein conference is ap pointed for to-morrow. A royal ordinance has just appeared addressed to the collective mi. istry, and fixing the official rela tions of its various members to the minister presi dent. Its object is stated to be to bring the different departments of internal administration more imme diately under the eye of the premier, to guarantee a greater unity to the proceedings of the government, and to give the King readier intelligence upon every important act of his servants. The ordinance pro vides that every chief of a department must, before taking an important step, come to an understanding thereon with the minister president. When in the ordinary course of government any measure requires the royal sanction, the usual report thereon must be forwarded to the premier, who will lay it before the King with his own remarks thereon. When the chief of a department has immediate audience of the King upon any subject connected with his office, he must previously apprise the premier, so that the latter may be present. 'fho audiences of the minister of war are excepted from this regulation. OVERLAND CALCUTTA MAIL. (BT ELECTRIC TELEURATR.) We have received the subjoined intelligence by electric telegraph, rift Marseilles : MARSEILLES, SEPT. 15 HALF-PAST NINE P.M. The East India Mail has arrived. Calcutta, August 8; Bombay missing. Nothing important. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. TILE TREATY WITH THE BOERS. Everybody recollects tho extraordinary event of 3,000 Boers leaving their homes and property, with all they could carry with them, to go into the wilderness, to be tree from the tyranny of the Colonial. office, which never thelesa followed them with troops to compel them to elle gianoe. The Boers refused, and retired into the wilder ness, determined rather to return to the Equator than re mato under British sway. That transaction, when history shall tell the truth, will be the most extraordinary in modern history, and most disgraceful to the British char a cter. At last the British government, after paying the two Kaffir wars, which the Boers would have promoted, have agreed to the independence of the Boers. This fact has been before announced, but the proclamation will be read with interest : PROCLAIILTION'. H . M • " Her Majesty 's ouinnssiouer, Major-General the Honourable George Cathcart, in notifying to the Trans Vaal Born his assumption of the government of the Cape of Good Hope audit" dependencies, has to express the great satisfaction it gives him, as one of the first acts of his ad ministration, to approve of and fully confirm the convention and arrangements entered into and completed by the as sistant commissioners and a deputation of the Trans Vaal emigrant', headed by tha Commandant• General Mr. A. W J. Pretoria'. " The lligh Commissioner trusts that the freedom which the emigrants are thus graciously permitted to exercise may result in lasting peace amongst themselves, and in fast fliendship with the British government, neither entertain ing put prejudices or adopting former causes of quarrel. He is, on the contrary, most anxious, should it be in his power, to contribute to their welfare by promoting religion and education amongst them. (Signed) " ORO. CATHCART, Lieut.•Cleneral, High Commissioner. " Fort Beaufort, May 13, 1852." IYTERNATIONAL POSTAGE ASSOCIATION. The following letter has been addressed by the aesociation to the Foreign Ministate in London ' and re plies of the most favourable description :have already been received from their Excellencies the ministers for Austria, the United States, Spain, Brazil, Sardinia, and Portugal. Society of Arts, 18, John-street, Adelphi, London, 16th Sept. 1852. Society of Arts, Adelphi, London, September 7, 1852. I have been desired by the Council of the International Postage Association to make your Excellency acquainted with their proceedings, in the hope that you and the government which you represent in this csin try will yield the association some assistance in its researches into the best mode of simplifying the complicated system of postage which has hither to proved such an impediment to commercial trainee lions, and to that frequent friendly communication between the citizens of different countries, which must be one of the surest bonds of union between nations. The associa tion trust that your Excellency will find that their object is not merely to raise a popular clamour for cheap postage in this and other countries, but calmly and deliberately to discuss the best means of obtaining their object without proposing to sacrifice the independence of the postal ar rangements of each state, which must depend in • great measure upon the taste and habits of its people and the form of government under which they live. "The emaciation would esteem it as a favour, if your Ex cellency would take an opportunity of communicating this letter to the government which you represent, and the association will at all times be happy to consider any obser vations, suggestions, and even difficulties , which your great eaperienoe may enable you so well to offer. The Right Hon. Earl Onsaville is president of the asso ciation ; and I have the honour to enclose a list of its mem bers, meet of whom joined it during the Exhibition of 1851. Should your Excellency require any further infor mation oa the subjtct, I and other members of the council will think it an honour to have au opportunity of waiting on you, and giving every explanation in our power, if you will name a time for such an interview. I have the honour to be, sir, Your Excellency's most obedient humble servant, MANUEL DE YSASI, Honorary Secretary to the Association." MANSLAUGHTER AT MANCHESTER.—Jame/ Con nor, an Irishman, was charged before the magistrates at Manchester, yesterday, with causing the death of Edward O'Brien. Oa Tuesday evening the prisoner and the de ceased and several other persons were in a public-house in the neighbourhood of Oldham-road. O'Brien noticed some peculiarities in the conduct of the prisoner towards de ceased's wife, who was also present. O'Brien was very and o an n im ing Al t e , rw a Af t erwards . h n e ed w t e h n a t t t t . g e an pr o i t " he n r er p an ublir ii h s oz ; had gone away in Connor's company. Next morning O'Brien was seeking his wife, and when she came into th e street h e was very angry an d threatened to strike her. Connor was with her. WOrds ensued between him and the deceased, and the prisoner struck him at his own door. Deceased at first refused to fight, but Connor continued his attack, and at length they both fell strumtlirg to the Boor, the deceased being undermost. He fell with the back of his head against the kerbstone, and bled profusely from a cut. He was taken home, and afterwards to the Infirmary, where he ar rived in a state of insensibility, and died at 11 o'clock the some evening. The prisoner was remanded till to-day, to allow time for a post ',torten+ examination to take place. LETTERS FOR EDlNnulinli.—The letters leaving London at eight in the evening are in future to be in the coulee of delivery at eleven a.m. next day, instead et, as formerly, at two p.m. ; and that the letters from that city for London, which now leave Edinburgh at twelve noon, will not be despatched until 3.16 p.m. by the night mail fur London. A similar acceleratidn will also take place as re gards Glasgow and the north, and the branch posts through out Scotland will be re-arranged to suit the alterations in the London mail, and will also receive the benefit of the intended acceleration. It is also intended that the accelera tion shall take effect on the Berwick line. Vbe Court. BALMORAL, seer. i; Her Majesty and Prince Albert went yestertlat.o the Bslloch Buie, accompanied by the Prin ces% The dinner party yesterday Inducted the Batiks. Kent, the Princess Ilohealohe Lanpnhourg, Lady A ug ,„ Brace, Mr. and Lady Agues Duff, and Mr. Bruuke, 4 Mr: Secretary Walpole, accompanied by Colonel 44 , visi v t e e4 . l;: h r es kla w ure er t v lLe n ia t o t o o , tiin.thue,lvatlreHoufr:Vutiou,ht,,, t..but1ii,41.4 Islands from Wu Colonial otfice yeaerday. THE COMMANDERSHIP-IN-MIER Rumour declares that the friends of Prince Albe rt and of tEe Duke of Cambridge are b ho • guinely anticipating the appointment of one or othe r of those royal personages to the post of Commainbr. in-Chief. Any such appointment can actively b i desired by those best able to estimate the pr o p, qualifications of any man who is to rule tin military force of a great nation. What the isibl 4 would say—should such an appointment ta::e pas*. may be easily anticipated. The following is a probable view of the !ag ar , changes likely to arise in consequence of th e lha a of Wellington's death. Of counter—sine nothing a decided—we can only give the supposition., of thos e best acquainted with the tendencies of the Ilan, Guards: Possibly—if politics have not too much influenc e _ the Earl of Stair may get the Guards. Lord Hardinge, Constable of the Tower. Sir Andrew Barnard, Colonel in Chief of Rin e Brigade. Sir George Brown, Commandant of a Battalion oi Rifle Brigad-, vice Barnard. The claims of Lord Fitzroy Somerset to the dip:. fled post now vacant are—his great expetieta t the duties to be performed. lle has, for years the moving man at the Ironic Guards. H e is math son of the fifth Duke of Beaufort, mid ,t 3e born in 1784. He entered the army in P.m a s cornet in the 4th Dragoons, and served with 1:a I take of Wellington in the Peninsula. 11, w 4,4: the Battle of Waterloo, where he lost an aria. li e was afterwards Secretary of Embassy in Pmis, and for eight years Secretary to the Muter-Go:mt.'', Ordnance. Lord Itardinge, who is also named as eligible ft the Cummandership-iti-Chief, was born in 1; 1 5:,, text is, consequently, a few years older than Lord F. !.4 ) . menet. He also is one of the veterans of the ca ita sula, and has had much experience, both in the htli and in military official hfe. lie has been Cle:k.d the Ordnance, Secretaxv at War, thiet &Twat). l'u! Ireland, and Governor-general. lie fought at \Va. terloo, where he lost his left hand. Lord ILudizgt has strong Tory pre.judices. THE DUKE OF WELLINGIK (PItO/4 A SPECIAL CoItItI:APOSWENT). DOVES., tiVNADAY Although it was expected that the Marquis of Douro, the new duke, would arrive here in the course of the night, yet this morning arrived withet bringing so much as tidings of his approach, as meanwhile none but the most obvious arratimmen: can be made for the obsequies of the departed. It. a well known fact that the Duke was in the leak of mentioning Stmthfieldsaye with preference s his final resting place where he might repel by the side of his duchess, and that he was desisa of extending the military severity of his lite to the manner of his funeral. But alttiongla there scarcely a wish of the great departed which it woad not be almost a religious duty to fulfil, no one hes seems to expect for a moment that the remains d Wellington will pass to the giavo without the highest honour which a nation can bestow, or that any but a public monument, like St. Pau or Westminster Abbey, can be permitted to receive his ashes. It is, of course, right to resput the wishes of his 80D, so far as to await leis arrival before making any mortuary dispositions as delay is, indeed, for other reasons, imperative; but it is generally felt that public, far inure than prisms considerations, should determine the Duke's finahral. At Widmer the most solemn stillness prevails: the " numerous equipages of the resident gentry," whidi figure at the castle gate in the description of one I your contemporaries, have been seen by no oce that I have met. Tho death followed so close upon the first manifestation of illness, that there was no time for visits of inquiry, and certainly since the solemn event no unbidden stranger has dared to in vade the solemn gloom. This morning the Isle's solicitor, Mr. Parkinson, arrived at Wahines Castle, but nothing fell from him concerning the arrange molts of the funeral. Mr. Parkinson has the will of the Duke and the papers concerning his property. The documents and correspondence which belong to his public life will be placed in the hands of Lord Mahon, who, it will be remembered, was thc literary executor of Sir Robert Peel. I think I stated in my yesterday's despatch that the telegraphic summons to the Marquis of Douro was transmitted immediately after the mournful event. It was, in fact, sera off at five minutes before three, half an hour before the Duke expired, and it consisted of a simple ri quest that the Marquis would come to Weimer Castle immediately. Doubts have been expressed whether the Manm had not left Frankfort for Vienna ; but, even if that were the fact, the message, being sent to the British embassy at Frankfort, would bo subject to no un avoidable delay. The village of Widmer, which is within half a mile of the castle, and the town of Deal, which is a continuation of that village, ate pervaded by tokens of respect for the memory of their great neighbour. There arc few shops which have not one or tea shutters up, and a similar manifestation is made at many of the private houses. It is a remarkabo Let that Dover is almost entirely wanting in such tokers; the more remarkable, inasmuch as the inhabitants universally speak of the deceased Duke in terms of unqualified respect and regret, while. 3 is at the same time confessed that Dover derived benefit at least equal to that which was obtaiirdll Deal from the Duke's residence in the vicinity. From the Castle-keep at Dover, as well as at Desalt the Harbour-house, and all the public establish ments, as well as from the shipping, there has her: no lack of homage to the memory of the departed. At the present moment the follow ins fact may tot be unwelcome as illustrative of that quiet and un ostentatious generosity which the Duke habitual!) practised :—A few days before he died, his grace, while standing on the platform of the Folkestone station, met with an old pensioner, and at once entered into conversation with him. His graven& tioned the veteran as to what regiment he had served in, and so on, and, after hearing the replies, fitr minated the affair by quietly putting his hand in tits pocket and giving the man a sovereign. Ott this occasion, as on others, the Duke was unattended hl a single servant. (BY ILNCTILIC TELKORAPII.) DOVER, Fittuay Nwtxic The Marquis of Douro arrived hero about thirp five minutes past five this morning, from (Wend, the Belgian government packet ltuhy. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE DUKE'S CAREER. BRUSSELS BRFORE WATERLOO. Brussels, from the beginning of April to the:midd:r of June, was the scene of great and untiring festivity. Da , nen, soirees, balls, theatrical amusements, concerts—lt which Catalani, then in her prime, played a prominent rut —caused the streets of that beautiful and picturesque ray to echo with sounds of gladness ; while the fields and ales. dews around were alive all day long with military pafo 4 and reviews. There was not a grove or wood - within us miles of the place but afforded shelter, as the summer ad• vanced, to frequent encampments. The troop; lay, for th e most part, in quarters, or were distributed through the tie !ages as they arrived; but the artiller y , with the wsgeeat and tumbrils belonging to it, was parked, and piequets slept and sentries kept guard beside them. Moreover, the whole lino of road from the sea coast to the capital WWI kept , a a state of constant bustle. Travellers hurrying to the font of gaiety passed, at every stage, corps of infantry or cavil* or guns on the march—and were enchanted, as darkness set in, with the spectacle, to them as new as it was striking, bivouacs by the wayside such as Tenicrs delighted to e. present. Nor were they more delighted than astonished to hod that among the gayest of the gay in all the festive sA7ne! , to which they were Introduced, the duke end the principal officers of hie army took the lead. They did not kuow— what to his followers in the Peninsula was a matter already well understood—that the Duke of Wellington never fed more thoroughly unembarrassed than when cares under. which other men would ha ve soa k d eman d e d his & Ww aa, and that the mind which was found able to arrange OW for the preservation of Europe, could, while it worked, enter with perfect freedom and even rest into every ocher of fun or enjoyment which might ho proposed to it. Id so it was , tie who, at his own table, or as the guest of ova or other of the leading faahionahles of Brussels, wu ever the tett ' ion,. be: [sate crab the hidt c oce aoae woe toe tke's She, nge. will .rty. g ..ord ray] IS to five lute ' the 'floe that OL molt un. et' Lit to krat • lour. ;;.. tiro e at ab:e such the take k iced 1 hi icon d. Dot no. tone once pie& red ter- lig this d try. g. lltr 5-4 NR city Inc* radii r is the e tooot slept 'tole IS (dens meet F , of ro re• D tied ICs to ow — ready (et ceder ,too; lard eked, hems Yet (on rr bl