The Express. — London, England, 1863-09-14 00:00:00

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Tun French Government, having created the new Mexican Empire, is naturally the first to re cognise its offspring. This is fair and legitimate enough, and it would be moat unhandsome to complain of the apparent precipitat;on with which M. us MuNruotux, who has been spe cially promoted from the Consulate at New York, has taken his departure for the new and higher post of Minister at " the Court of Mexico." That Court, it is true, does not yet exist, but neither did the thrones of the penniless but august Princes with whom M. Candide supped at Venice, and over whom the Court to which M. DS MON THOLON is accredited had at least the advantage which the future has over the past. The selection of M. DE MONTKOLON for the delicate and im portant office of representing his Sovereign at the Court of an Emperor who remains to be discovered, is, perhaps, due not so much to his Napoleonic name, as to the fortunate circumstance of the late Consul at New York having been the first to receive and transmit to his government tidings of the surrender of Puebla and the occu pation of the Mexican capital, and to his capabilities, after • long official residence in New York, of estimating the probable destiny of the Court of Mexico upon the conclusion of the American civil war, and in defiance of that doctrine of the balance of power in the New World which Mr. Cavritnio dictated, and President Mormon adopted and enlarged. When the French Minister to the Court of Mexico arrives on the ground he will present his credentials to a Provisional Government sent from Paris, and stamped by Marshal FORICY with the trademark of " the national will." The Triumvirate, consisting of two proscribed traitors and a high ecclesiastical conspirator restored to his flock under cover of the French flag, is, in fact, the substance of the Mexi can Empire, which it rules by the grace of French bayonets. What the Mexican Empire of the future is to be must depend, in no slight measure, on the continuous supply of the same sort of " moveable securities." The probability of the Archduke MAXIMILIAN'S acceptance of • visionary crown can hardly be a question of personal capacity or ambition. It may be that, like many other men of meaner merit and pretensions, the ARCHDUILK finds an un eventful life in Europe, a life without danger and romance, without great enterprises and r;tlcs, some what tedious. European politics and Austrian honours may be a weariness to his soul. Ho may, like Prince HENRY of Portugal in the fifteenth century, be moved by the very hazard of this adventure to undertake it, because "he knows of no one but himself " who is fit for it." He may be agitated by longings for a grand experiment in paternal despotism—the career of • ruler and shepherd of men. A. a sailor he may dream dreams of a magnificent maritime empire ; as a man of in tellect and culture he may see visions of an Imperial civilization, enriched with all tle arts and sciences of Europe, reared amidst the remains of cities and temples at which the first discovere-s from Europe stood amazed. As • man of curious and eager temper he may have pored over the peps of PRESCOTT, and imagined the splendour of a MOMTIZIIIII, without bloody idols, and the victories of • COMICS without greed or guile. As • nine teenth century practical man be may a-pire to be the holder of the gate of two oceans. He may be merely sick of Europe, or resolved to plant • regenerated Austria in the midst of American democracies. In truth it would matter very little what the purely personal motives of the ARCHDIMeS condi tional acceptance of the throne of Mexico might be—whether a restless vanity, &chivalrous ambition, or the temptation of a career of vigorous adventure —if a Prince with so fair a fame to theow away, and so well advised, could with his eyes open make himself the instrument of the schemes or the scapegoat of the follies of • foreign and rival Power. What neither the people of Austria nor of France can understand, is that French blood and gold should be squandered to pay a com pliment to an Austrian Archduke, and that an Austrian Archduke should be willing to owe a crown to the valour of • French army, and a crown which in default of • French army would not be worth a month's purchase. Let us assume that the Emperor NAPOLEON'S nominee for the Mexican throne is endowed with all, and more than all, the monarchical virtues ; that he is devout and crafty as a Coarse, liberal and tolerant as a MONTALEYBEHT, fortunate and successful as a Naroxsom, aa sound an econom:4 as a MICHEL CHIVALICE. He wile, never theless, find himself in the midst of a turbulent people, unused to the decencies of settled Statm, of a ravenous and ignorant preathood, of a rank growth of military factions, ready at all times to tear one another to pieces—ready to decapitate an Emperor on the shortest notice. To reduce such a wild herd of impossible subjects to order, after the Austrian pattern, where are the resources of the Archduke MAXIMILIAN to come from ? Apparently not from Austria. The conquest of Maxim is no Austrian idea, and the Germans who go out to make a new and free Fatherland in the Western World do rot, it should seem, go out in quest of an Austrian Emperor, or even of a Prussian King. In spite of the jeremiads of our effeminate political foppery over the failures and excesses of democracy, it is to democracy, not to monarchy, that the emigrant multitudes from Europe gravi tate. Evidently, then, unless the Emperor of Maxie° is to be nothing more than a guerilla chieftain, with a saddle for a throne, and a body guard of " Papal Zouaves," recruited from all the hungry vagabonds of our coolie and aristocracies, for an army, it is to a French army that he must look to keep what a French army has given him. Au Austrian Prince of well regulated mind may, perhapa, be willing to accept, as neither too preca rious nor too undignified, a Protectorate, which the Holy Father is content to patronise as a fulfil• ment of prophecy. But then remains the question for the French people, how long and in what degree French interests and French honour justify the cost V.SOPRESS, MOOIDAY THE of garrisoning four or five Mexican cities and pre senting arms to an Austrian Archduke. And what is to guarantee the Austrian Archduke against a sudden change in his patron's policy 1 The Mexican expedition, it should be remembered, is an innova tion in French policy—not a tradition ; whether it be a conquest, a protectorate, an experiment in colonization, a vast mining speculation, a wild com mercial venture, or a grand ecclesiastical crusade. It is no tradition of French policy, but a violent innovation, this offensive alliance with a desperate aristocracy of slaveholders against the free and United States whose independence was sealed by the first blood of the Revolution. Such a policy is neither a tradition of Liberal France, nor even of the France of the First Empire, though it may be the policy of a Go vernment that kidnaps nerves in Egypt and revives the African slave trade under a new and harmless designation. Yet it is by an alliance for the extension of slavery, it is by war with the United States, it is by a defensive league of all the Free States of Central and South America that the reign of the first Austrian or French Em peror of Mexico must be inaugurated. Surely th;s tremendous conflagration is out of all propor- tion to the boiling of a Jrciran egg ! If, how ever, the Archduke Maximnasti is seduced by such a future in prospect, we can only promise him that England will con template his success or his failure with the most disinterested calmness and indifference. We shall be happy to recognise an Empire proclaimed by the " spontaneous and unanimous" wishes of the Maxima people. But having withdrawn at the earliest mo ment from an intervention to which we had never assented, and having resolved upon the strictest neutrality in the American civil WK, we shall got be prepared to plunge into war with the United States, or to rush into an alliance with the slave holders, because an Emperor of the FRENCH of an Emperor of the Maxwarts wishes his dreams to come true. ebe Can. WINDSOR CASTLE, Srrr. 12. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, drove in the rounds this punting. Her Majesty held a council this afternoon, which wu attended be the Earl Granville, the Duke of Newonstle, Visoonnt Paimerstoo, and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey. At the council parliament wu ordered to be further pro rogued from the 14th of October out. Mr. Arthur Helps attended as clerk of the council. The Hon. H. Elliot wan preseeted to her Majesty at an audience. Sir Andrew Buchanan bad an audience of her Majesty. Earl Granville and Viscount Palmerston bad audience 4 of the Queen. SUNDAY. nu) Queen, Prince Alfred, Primus Helena, Princess Lou.,,i Priam Arthur, and Prieto Leopold, and the ladies and gentlemen -in•waitiag attended Divine Service this morning in the Private Chapel. The Rev. J. Ellison preached the sermon. Count Gleichen visited the Queen. Visoonat Palmerstoo, Earl Granville, Sir George Grey the Duke of Newcastle, Sir Andrew Buchanan, aed Hr. Helps, the Clerk of the Council, left the Paddia6Wa•termi• nue by a special train as the Great Western Railway, at 20 minutes put one o'clock on S tturday afternoon, to at tend the Queen at Windsor Castle. The minister. left Windsor by a special train at 1 o'clock, on their return to town. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OP WALES AT ABEROELDIS. Pic-Dicing seems to have been the ruling amuse ment of the Prima and Primer's during the past week. The weather, though unsettled and showery, has not prevented them enjoying the usual amount of outdoor recreation which his already put a healthful tinge on the Princess's hitherto pale countenance ; while the Prince, nothing daunted by the passing showers, persistently pursues his now favourite pas time, deerstalkieg, sad not unfrequeatly bas he tried the longs of his more elderly keepers to foUow him on the hills in pursuit of game. On Saturday week the Pence was out shooting at Limpid's, and succeeded in taking down three noble stags, which he exhibited to the Princess that evening by torchlight on the laws in front of the Castle. On Sunday, they both attended Divine service, when Dr. Fowler, of Ratho, near Edinburgh, then on • visit to Crathie, preached an eloquent sermon. In the afternoon the Prince and :Princess drove to the wood wt from Corbisha', and took tea amongst the heather. , Monday being • day of rain the royal party stayed mostly hold*. On Tuesday the Prioce was again among the bills, sad brought down a fine deer, which was afterwards shown at the Castle. The Princess and attendant. drove to the Garrawalt and took luncheon. On Wednesday, the Prince. Princess, and suite drove to Garmundie, • hiU en the west side of Balmoral, and lunch( d, returning late in the after noon. Is the evening, a ball was given to the servants and gillics of the Prince at the Castle. In connexion with the jottings, it may not be uninteresting to notice that, though the Prince and Princess, more especially the latter, 'l=l daily hover round Balmoral Castle for a while, they have never yet been inside—the notion in the locality being that the Queen, "the lady of the manor," with., them not to enter until she is there herself to receive them. The Hon. Mrs. Coke has left Abergsldie as lady-in-waiting, being suc ceeded by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce.—Abasfect Herald. The Printout of Leiningen (Princess Mary of Hades) ham arrived at CarUvulae from Eoglaud on a visit to her mother, the Grand Duchess ot Baden. His Exoellency the Turkish Ambassador is ex pected to leave the embassy in the mane of this week foe Constantinople en rongi for a few weeks. It will be the tint visit his excellency has paid to Turkey linos Its was somadited Envoy Extraordinary sad Minister Plenipoten tiary to the Court of St. James's in 1851. Madame Moen ran and faindy will reside at St. Leooards-on-Ssa during the temporary ammo@ of his excellency. His Excellency the Bavarian Minister, Baroness de Celt°. and family left the Legation in Hilletrest an Saturday for Brightoe. The Earl sod Comae's! of Caroarvon have armed at Thomas Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Co.- guest. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston received the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl Granville, Sir A. sad Lady BUCIIIIDOI3, sod a select party, at dinner, on Saturday Grecian, at CambnAie House. The marriage of the Earl of Wilton and Mimi Saw label Elton Smith, only daughter and heiress of the late Major Elton Smith, was solemnised on Saturday at St. George's Church, Hanover-v:o+re. The bride, who dispensed with the customary veil, was not attended by say bridesmaids, consequestly the nnptial proceedings were of a very private character. The ceremony was performed by the Bev. Dr. E. lieyrick Goalburn, perpetual curate of St. John's, Paddiegton. After luncheon at Claridge's, the Earl and Countess of Wilton left town for Weymouth. The noble earl's yacht Zara has gone round to Weymouth from Cow to await hie lordship's order,. Sir Alexander Cockburn is expected in town in a few days, from a tour to Germany. The Perthshire Courier states that the eyesight of the Duke of Athell is failing coder the medical treatoseat adopted with a view to induce sleep, from the lose of which the duke has of late suffered much. There is ush►ppily uo logger any doubt that his grace is labouring under so attack of calmer of a isaloritaat character. The physicians of Archbishop Whately issued the following bulletin yesterday morning: —"Then is an in crease of bad symptoms in the leg." It was reported at Kingston, Jamaica, at the date of the last &commie, that the covemment of the Miami bad been offered to the Duke of Bockiegham, but that he made known hie unwillingoom to meant it ruder the lahu7 at. tacked to the aloe were ineevased to 7,0001. or 8,0001. per 1111311 UM. " It arpeeied, • sap the Guardian, "that Lieutenant-Governor Eyre will be allowed to remain here to open the nest semice of the Legislature, when the (iratical of addition' salary to the Governor. with the view of securing the services el a nobleman, will be settled." LetEsT INTELuozNoi THE OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have advicas from Madras to the 15th of August, and from Ceylon to the 17th of August. The mail brings but little news. India is tran quil (says the Makers) and prosperous throughout her wide borders. Fruitful rains fall abundantly, and the husbandman looks forward with compla cency to reap the ample harvest due to his in dustry. People in Calcutta have been very sceptical as to the identity of the man supposed to be Nana Sahib, and their scepticism seems now to have grown into positive disbelief. The Englishman says We recently extracted from the Tines of !Relicts very lengthy detailed account of the capture of the Nana, and the statement. made by those who have come forward to speak to his identity, the whole far too loeg for an over land paper. The same paper bee also the following :—" We are glad to be abis to relieve the public of all further near- Minty concerning the Naos. The blind Brahmin has become Queen's evidence, and ideatified the Nana himself. This information reached us yesterday Rajpootana." Judging from the photographs we have seen, we should be inclined to dunk that they have got his brother, Baba Butt, an older man, and, according to des cription, considerably more like the photographs we have men than the Nana himself. We are, moreover, rather is a digit-sky an to how the blind Brahoir could identify the arch rebel, unless the smell of a living traitor is en power fully pleasant to the Brahmin as that of s dead one was to Louis XI. Anyhow it is now generally believed, even by the government, that the prisoner is not the Nana, one of the evidences of this feeling on the part of the authorities being the fact that the detachment of the 28th sent to Ajmeer has been withdrawn. Upon this subject the Ilurkant says The excitement ccesequeot on the captare of the man said to be the Nana has quite subsided at Numeerabad, Ajmer, and in the surrounding ,wintry, Led everything is as quiet me could possibly be wished. The prisoner is believed not to be the Nana after all, and the authorities , appear to b 3 of the same opinion, if we may judge from the following extract from Brigade Orders by Brigadier Young hustend, C. 8., commanding et Numeersbad, dated the 28th July, 1863:—" The additional company of the 28th Itegi meat, detached to Ajmeer, being no longer required them it will rejoin regimental headquarters." The same paper refers in the following terms to the treatment of the Sikh troops enlisted for service in Ceylon : Tberittel breach of faith manifested io the shameful treatment of the Sikhs euliated for service in Ceylon con tinues to draw indignant comments from the public press. There is not the slightest doubt that this regiment we Weed ander false pretences. It cookers of fighting Sikhs, not of Machete, the low cane that will undertake almost anything for money. At lout 200 of these men, or one fifth of its entire strength, are old @oldie's, and fought at Delhi and Luckoow. It must be remembered that they are not mere labourers, bat rather small farmers and employers of labour. Their disgust, therefore, at being de prived of their arras, and compelled to work like common coolies as the roads, may readily be imagined. When first ordered to break stones, they naturally refused to do so, and only gave in after they had been put for some time on hall rations, and their pay stopped. But how can the govern ment expect ever to raise another corps for foreign service ? This hurtles' act of treachery will not easily be forgotton. It I the first time the Indian government has deliberately broken faith with its people, and it is fervently to be hoped that the experiment will not be repeated. On Wednesday, the 29th July, the foundation stone of the new college, which is to be the scene of the future educational efforts of the Native youth of the district of Moorshedabad, was laid at Berhampore by the Lieutenant-Governor. There was a large ooncourse of natives present, and the proceedings paused off with much spirit. The cholera is raging in the districts of Behar and Shahabad. It has also broken out iu the gaol at Patna, but timely precautions and skilful treat ment have reduced the mortality to a minimum. The prisoners were to be removed from the gaol into tents. The Womb° Observer of the 17th August heads its summary in the following manner, and says that it thereby indicates very fairly the principal items of news :—" Opening of the Legislative Council—Financial Prosperity of the Colony— Surplus of 132,6001.—Progress of the Railway— Unprecedented Export of Coffee : probable Out turn for the Season 780,000 cwts.—Return to India of the Pioneers engaged for the Ceylon Government" CHINA AND JAPAN. The latest dates from Pekin are to the 11th July. Our advice from Tientsin apprise us that • treaty has been concluded between Denmark and China. There is no other news of importance. From Japan there is no decisive news as to the aspect of future relations. Along with payment of the 440,000 dollars of indemnity money was tendered the information that the Mikado was positive in his injunctions to the Tycoon's govern ment to drive all foreigners out of Japan. "This," says the China Mail, " may be another way of stating that no security short of foreign retirement can be given against the frequent recurrence of outrages similar to those for which the indemnity was demanded. There was an apology stipulated for, but we cannot learn that it has been given. Moreover, the destruction of the legation buildings at the (totem-yams, near Yedo, has yet to be atoned for, and the murderers of Richardson executed, so that it is quite impossible to report matters as settled in Japan ; it would be easier at once to predict • permanent state of unsettledness. We have, from the first, expressed views unfavour able to the early acquiescence of Japan to the foreign occupation of even a few trading settle ments, and we find the same ideas now arrived at by the foreign press there." The honghae Recorder has the following item : The new poet of Osaka, it is confidently expected, will be opened io about three mootha. The foreigners were still quietly resident at Yokohama, sod everything bore a peace ful aspect. A civil war was taking place, sod the Tyoooo was hemmed in by the troops of the Mikado at Osaka. The Elgin wee conveying Japanese troops to the latter pleas. AUSTRALIA. On the 25th of July the new cabinet for the colony of Victoria was composed as follows :—Mr. ICCulloch, Chief Secretary ; Mr. Michie, Minister of Justice ; Mr. Higinootham, Attorney-General; Mr. Verdon, Treasurer ; Mr. Reales, President of Board of Lands and Survey ; Mr. Hervey, Com missioner of Public Works ; Mr. Grant, Commis sioner of Railways ; Mr. Francis, Commissioner of Customs ; Mr. Sullivan, Minister of Mines ; Mr. Fellows, without office. The office of Postmaster-General bad not been filled up, and the Chief Secretary discharges the duties of that department. Of the ten members of the cabinet eight sit in the lower house, and two (Mr. Hervey and Mr. Fellows) in the counciL All of them who were members prior to their acceptance of office have been re-elected, opposition having been offered in one instance only—the election of Mr. Grant for the Avoca district After a few weeks marked in a more than ordi nary degree by actual and rumoured discoveries of greater or less importance, the miners were at the last dates more settled again. Though all tho rushes EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1863• have not been suceessful, yet on the whole there I have been no inconsiderable additions made to the , area available for operations throughout the re- =tinder of the winter. The recent discoveries of the Majorca and Sebastian gold fields, and the success which rewarded the enterprising few first upon the ; new fields, have drawn considerable numbers toboth places ; and from the latest accounts, it would seem that the prospects, both at Majorca and Se bastiao, are good. There is no reason to doubt that they are good and substantial fields. One of the first acts of the present Minister of Lands on entering upon the duties of his office was to order a government survey to be made in connexion with the latter field, with the view of defining what is public and what private land. From Sydney we learn that although the royal assent has been given to the act passed last session for the gradual discontinuance of the stipends to ministers of religion, the advocates of state aid are unwilling to accept that as the final settlement of the question. A motion for placing on the estimates the sum of 2b,000/. for the support of the clergy was discussed for two evenings in the Assembly, and resulted in the motion being lost by a majority of 29 to 2L On the one hand it was urged that the country desired the continuance of state aid, and that its withdrawal would be most detrimental to the interests of the people in the interior ; but on the other it was contended that the ministers would be adequately supported under the voluntary system, and that as the matter bad recently been disposed of by the legislature it ought not to be reopened. The diverse opinions entertained respecting the church and school lauds appear likely still to prevent the settlement of this oft-debated question. Mr. Wilson has again brought in his bill to declare these lands waste lands of the crown. Mr. Cowper ad mitted that the aspect of the question had been somewhat changed by the passing of the act to abolish state aid, and gave notice that he would, on the motion fur the second reading of the bill, move, as an amendment, that the lands ought to be sold, and the proceeds to be dealt with upon the terms of the grant for the Church said School Cor poration. the latter proposition is strongly objected to as an attempt to revive state aid, and is likely to meet with much opposition when submitted to the Assembly. The question of the payment of members has been discussed in the Assembly, and the proposition has been negatived by a significant majority of 39 to 12. The estimates for 1864 for New South Wales had been laid on the table of the Assembly. The amount chargeable on revenue required for the coming year is 1,563,9901., the corresponding ap propriations for the present year having amounted to 1,452,1381. It is proposed to raise by loan 1,044,9701., of which 928,0001. will be for railway works. Ur made at the paring of the New Zealand oocatitutiou, tie exclusive power of treating with the X 11.016116 is all fatten relating to the purchase of land and otherwise. By a meet decision of the Coiooial•odloe, however, the Gene ral Assembly of New Zealand is empowered to deal hence forth with the Maori." as with all other matters in which the colony is concerned. The horns goveromeot re• serves to itself the privilege of paying for such troops las may be necessary for the maintenance of the Queen's authority. The arrangement is accompaaied with 110 conditions, and is certainly not lees discreet in what it eaves to the crown than liberal in what it bestows on the colony. The theory cote so readily believed in at home, that the colonist. rather preferred a native difficulty, and a "good fat war," owing to the grog which accrued from the military expenditure at Auckland and New Ply mouth, has now, for the first time, a fair chance of refuting itself. The colorer have at last, what they so long prayed for, the management of the native question ; and although they eater into the enjoyment of their new privilege under every possible disadvantage, having to cure the rendes of follies and blunder, in which they had no share, and to undo for the most part the work of peat years, we have yet 1 every confidence io their ability to undertake the task, and to recover for themselves and the crown the prestige of British supremacy in the northers kissed of New Zealand (erwrza's TILZOILLILL) CANADA. MONTREAL, Sart 3. Mr. Siootte's motion of want of confidence in the Ministry has been defeated in the Assembly by a majority of 63 against 60 votes. THE CHANNEL FLEET. LIVERPOOL, Barr. 14. The Channel Fleet arrived at the Bar at 3 o'clock this morning, and will come up the Mersey at noon. THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. The latest intelligence from New Zealand is un mistakably warlike. Gen. Cameron has been per mitted to assume the absolute direction of military affairs. The large force now under the command of the general has been recently strengthened by the op portune arrival of the 18th Royal Irish at Auckland, and there wars at the last dates (July 14), a body of not leas than five or six thousand regular British infantry, besides the volunteers and militiamen, available for the protection of the Queen's interests in the provinces of Auckland and Taranaki. By the latest advises, the object of General Cameron appears to be to constitute the neighbourhood of Auckland the centre of the forthcoming campaign. Men and guns have been concentrated at the north ern capital from all parts of the island. The pro vince of Taranaki itself it is proposed temporarily to abandon, with the exception of the towns of New Plymouth and Wanganui, and the fortified position at Tataraimaka. The news, although of a somewhat contradictory character as to the movements of the insurgents, seems to leave little room for doubt that another great rising of the natives is to take place, under the leadership of the powerful and warlike tribe of the Waikatoe. The Melbourne Argus says : Should the Waikato' take the field, it is almost certain that they will be joined by nearly all of the tribes south, east, and west, from Taranaki to Hawke's Bay. The Waikato. themselves are said to be able to mus ter five thousand fighting men, but this is cer tainly an exaggeration. This number would more nearly represent the total of the whole armed force which is likely, at any one point, to encounter General Cameron. The Waikatos themselves are certainly the most formidable enemy we have to meet in New Zealand, and should they be induced to ally themselves to the cause of the Maori King, they will make this the greatest of our New Zealand wars. By their important strategic position, on the mad between Auckland and New Plymouth, and surrounded as they are by deep impenetra ble forest', and protected by every variety of natural barrier, they will be able to exercise • most potent iotluence on the character of the war, and will certainly give General Cameron more trouble than any of his predecessors on the Maori war-pith have yet experi enced. The report of a contemplated attack by the insur gent& on the town of Auckland itself is most likely a canard, the product of some Maori Seward or Kingite Hooker. The singular aptitude for military strategy which marks the Maori genius is not likely to betray the insurgents into a policy so foolish as to undertake any such enterprise as this, against a large town strongly garrisooed by European troops. Auckland, it is true, is almost defenceleaa on the land side ; but the wide extent of open country immediately surrounding it on the south and west is as good • security to the citizens as any ramparts could be. No native army is likely to ventare into en encounter with British soldiers in the open field; and it is only British generals who commit the blunder of fight. lug the enemy after his own fashion. The instugeets, if they mean serious war, will probably rest content with that sort of fighting in which their genius is best displayed, and not attempt to look for General Cameron, but force General Cameron to look for them. The country of the Waikato abounds in positions almost impregnable to regular troops, which can be defended with little or no loss on the part of the natives. The mere shelling of half a-dozen paha, as has been shown in former campaigns, has little effect in influencing the result of the war; for, according to the Maori tactics, the pats are merely held as places of cover from which the advancing enemy may be securely annoyed—not as fortresses, to be defended for their own sake. The Wailudos, by pursuing their tra ditional system of warfare, may cootrive to prolong the struggle to an almost indefinite period—they can only he decisively conquered when they either venture to attack us in the open field, or are attacked themselves by men who are able to accommodate themselves to the Maori mode of fighting. In General Cameron the colonists are happy in possessing the services of • man of ability and spirit enough to rates*e himself from the toils which usually beset the routine warriors from the Hone Guards in their enter prises against savages. Hitherto be has proved himself superior to that fatal weakness which site, like the old man of the sea, upon the shoulders of almost every modern British general on such oeouions. He is not afraid of the dread demon "Responsibility," and if only Sir George Grey is wise enough to know his place, there is no doubt that, in the hands of Gene ral Cameron, the supremacy of the British arms will be honourably maintaiiied. Should the war, of which the first certain sigma am how announced, espied into a general struggle of nose, the colonists of Auckland and Taranaki will have ample opportunity of appreciating the 1 1 magnanimity of the imperial government in giving up to them the sole control of native affairs. Hitherto, es our readers are aware, the home goverment has kept in its own hands, by an express reserve- EXPRESS FROM PARIS. MR. CHARLES MATHEWS IN PARIS. (nox 001 OWN 001116P0NDEIT.) PARIS, SUNDAY &masa. Politics being just where they were yesterday, I shall send you a resume of the French feuilietoas on the pleasant international event of Mr. Charles Ma thews's appearance on the French stage. In the few lines which I wrote on the first impression, at 11 o'clock in the evening, I paid a tribute of ad miration to his wonderful mastery of the French lanituage, and expressed an opinion that, although the particular piece dragged a little towards the end, his success on the French stage was assured if he cared to persevere, and that judicious critics would overrule the ill-natured opposition of a very small minority on the first night. This estimate of the taste of the French public and of the merits of an eminent actor in a totally new capa city are entirely borne out by the weekly criticisms which I have now before me. In the Opinion Nationale K Sarcey notices, as I did, that Mr. Mathews neglected to take the usual means to make himself known, and that not only the general public but even the journalists did not know who he was. The English, says K Sarcey, read our journals and reviews, but we unfortunately do not read theirs, et pour de bonne, raison,. [He means that very few Frenchmen can read English.] After criticising the piece (The Bashful Man) as unsuited to a French audience, and particularly tedious in the latter part, M. Sarcey censures the rioters of the first night for their want of international courtesy, especially at a time when M. Fechter and Mdlle. Stella Colas are so well received in London. But he goes on to express his opinion as a critic that Mr. Mathews is a " comedian of the highest ekes," and that there is not at this moment "any actor upon the French stage who can be compared to him" in the particular style of light comedy which he plays. He reminds K Sarcey of Arnal, and the critic hopes that before leaving France Mr. Mathews will play Arnal's part iu L' Homme Blase. He predicts a great success for such an experiment. As it is, Mr. Mathews draws crowds to the VarioStes every night, some judicious cutting having been made in The Bashful Man; and, notwithstanding the slight contretemps of the tirst night, "all Paris is now talking of Mr. Charles Mathews and his success." K Florentine, the eminent critic of the F rasa and Coastitutimnel, and who writes in the Ifoniteur under the signature "De Rovray," says, in the France : I only saw Mr. Mathews on the second night. It seems that on the first representation of L'daglais Tiatide the audience was very severe and very unjust towards an actor of the greatest merit. They thought the pima, written by himself and translated by himself into esciallest French too long—just as if nothing but short chefs day rre wore ever played at the Veriaes' . Mr. Mathews was visited with the demerits of the Can town de la Marguerite— [a miserable trifle span oat into four actej—and other corn. positions of the same kidney. The English actor is supported very wretchedly, and must form a poor idea of the actors of this theatre. His piece is now so much cut down that instead of being too long it is too short, but what remains of it is very original and very amusing. . . . Mr. Mathews has very great qn ankle ; he plays with an ease, flow of animal spirits, nice discriminatioo, and perfectly natural manner which are charming. His accent in speaking French is in no way disagreeable. I trust he will not confine him. self to this first attempt, but let us see him in other pieces. In the Temps, Id. Louis L lback, after lamenting the rudeness shown to Mr. Mathews on the first night by an audience too much accustomed to " routine," says : . . _ Mathews is a comedian of the very beat schooL He has no infirmity whatever to make an effect with. He speaks just like anybody else—neither stammers nor squints, is neither hump-hacked nor bandy-leggad, and yet he makes you lanes, sod that is an itali:ation d solid talent. M. Ulback would like to see Mr. Mathews in some of Levassor's characters. The Pays hails the appearance of L'Anylais Timide as a "new production of dramatic free trade." It considers Mr. Mathews as a comedian of the family of Arnal, and congratulates the Vari6t44 upon having given the French public au opportunity of seeing an actor of such great talent. It suggests that he should oome out in some of Arnal's characters. We have authority for stating that the two iron clad vessels now building at Liverpool will not be allowed to leave that port pending further inquiries, and until fresh instructions are given. It is stated that M. Fouled is preparing a report to the Emperor Napoleon oa the finances of the empire, which are said to be in a favourable condition. Although several branches of the public revenue have suffered from the cotton crisis, the produos of the excise, particularly the tobacco duties, have increased considerably. It is believed that the Minister of Finance in his report will take credit for the first payment to be made by t h e Mexican government towards the expense of the French expedition. It is further surmised that the minister will relinquish some of the taxes voted in the last session of parliament. i A New Zealand paper says :—" Six Maori pro phets have arimn within the last few weeks, and very long winded tales are told by the natives respecting the accn. racy of their predictions thus far. We hear they all agre e is stating that the natives are to get another licking at Taranaki far worse than the last, but that then the tide will turn ; they will capture the town of New Plymouth, and drive all the soldiers into the sas." GIFT or Tease THOUSAND POUNDS To TRB EDUIBUIGII UJIVZMtTT MOB Btu DAVID BAZTZIL—ISO Dundee Adrertiarr mays it is reported that Elk David Baiter has funded 3,0001. for the purpose of astablihing two scholarships in the University Edinburgh, of the value of 601. each per annum. UNION BANK OP ENGLAND AND PRANC'E. (THIS DAY.) This day the first h&lf•yearly meeting of the sluneholdess am held et the London Tavern, Mr. C. a, Catamaran is the &par. The Cnaranan said that in consequence of the Pro Paled amalgamation with the English, Belgian, and Netherlands Beak, there wee no report or statement of accounts to be presented to the meeting. He had therefore only to say that he hoped when the statement of accounts was io their hands, it would be es satisfactory to the shareholders as it was to the directors. That statement would be ready in about ten days' time. He therefore proposed to adjourn the present meeting to the 13th of October next. The motion having been seconded, was carried. An extraordinary general meeting was then held, at which resolutions were proposed for giving effect to the agreement for the amalgamation between the Union Beak of England and France and the English, Belgian, and Netbarlands Bank, under the new title of the European Bank. The agreement having been reed, The CMAIIIIILN, in moving the resolutions, said their huskier had grown so much that they seriously felt the want of more capital. They, therefore. united with the English, Belgian, and Netherlands Bank, which bad a capital of 1,000,00 0 f., the whole of which would be subscribed for. They adopted the change of title, because under the present name it might be gemmed that their transactions exteoded to France wily, whereas there wee scarcely a country in Europe with which they did not do business. Mr. Swan hoped that that pat of the agreement which enbetitated the name of Mr. M'Narighten for that of Er. Colchester, as the chairman of the new company, would be so far modified as to leave Mr. Colchester the chairman of the United Bank for the current year. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN felt mach gratified to Yr. Swan for the expression of his opinion, but be could not allow aoy per. soca feeling to ioterfere with what be considered the benefit of the diereholders. (Hear, hear.) Under the w ion they would have • capital of 2,000.0fi1. of which 1,000,0001. would be subscribed. That Wo ng them io a safe position, and he bad no 'l ci a u c i!it that in the course of five years they would be one of the most powerful beaks in London. Of that be had Ilittle doubt, for he had goes into the thing thoroughly. (Hear, bear.) The resolutions were adopted, and the proceedings wound up with a cordial rote of thanks to the Chairman. TEL MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION.—This day war exhibited on the church doors of the several metropolitan menthes the programme of the Middlesex registration, commencing on Friday next at Uxbridge, and ending on the Bth October at Kensington. Mr. Eiward Beale is the barrister appointed to revise the hate of the freeholders for the county of Middlesex, and will be attended by agents on both sides. The forthoomiog revision will be a contest, as • peers' election is expected before the next revision, and the conservatives intend to act on the recent advice of Lord Derby, to " Register, register. register." Noawicit illuarcaL Finn var.. —The pecuniary encases of this festival may now be said to be assured, the sale of tickets up to Saturday evening baying realised about 4.000/. As the expenditure will not exceed that amount all the additional tickets sold this week will constitute a surplus. On Saturday the following notice was issued with reference to the performance of Friday morning :—" In consequence of the almost unprecedented demand for ticker for the AfersiaA the committee cannot undertake to ma ruatee reserved seats for that performance to subaequest applicants. The guinea seats in the patrons gallery are not at present wholly disposed of." Even the Wednesday per formanoe, which hung fire at first, has bele filling up of late, but Tuesday evening is still rather thin. The festival has produced since its establishment in 1824 about 10,0001. for the local charities, and if another 1.C30/. weld be se cured upw the present occasion the result would, of coarse, be highly gratifying to all concerned. The festival will oommemxi this (Moodayl evening with the National An them—eolos by Mademoiselle Tietjens, Miss Palmer. Mr. Maidens Smith, and Mr. Weiss ; followed by Judas ihmaberss. ELOCTIOR OF LORD MaYOß.—The citizens of Loudon have been cited to attend at the Guildhall oo the 29th inst., for the purpose of proceeding to the election of a Lord Mayor for the year 1863-64, in SUOIXIIBiOI2 to Mr. William Anderson ROM, whom term of oßes will expire on the Bth of November. The Lord Mayor, sheriffs, and other civic officials, will attend Divine service in the perish church of St. Lawrence Jewry, where a sermon will be presched by the Rev. J. Lupton, M.A.. minor canon of St. Paul's and rector of St. Michael's. Qneeohithe. At the Guildhall the following gentlemen "below the chair" will be pot in nomMetion :-11r. William Lawrence, alderman of Dread-street Ward, elected 1855; Mr. Warren Storm s Hale, Coleman-street, 1856 ; Mr. Ben jamin Samuel Phillips, Farringdon Within, 1853; Mr. Thomas Gabriel, Fintry, 1857; Mr. John Joseph limb'. Lime-street, 1858; Mr. Edward (hada. Baseiehew, 1859; Mr. James Abbies, Bridge Within. 1859; Mr. James Clarke Lawreeoe,.Wal brook. 1860. The following aldermen, below the cha ir, are ioeligible, insomuch as they have not served the office of sheriff :—Mr. Thomas Dakia. Candlewick, 1861 ; Mr. Robert Bosley, Alderegate, 1861 ; Mr. Sells John Gibbons. Castle Buried, 1862; Mr. Sydney Waterlow, Lonaboure, 1863. The livery will, so doubt, return Mr. William Lawrence and Mr. W. S. Hale, upon which the Court of Aldermen will select Mr. Lawrence as the Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. Seri OF THII STCD OF THE LATE SIR TATTON 87111118, important event was commenced by the Mesas. Tattersall, at Sloirnere Castle, Y orkshire. oo Thurs day. The world-wide fame as • breeder of blond stock attained by the bite baronet has rendered the sale of hie stud an event, of its class, second to none that ever occurred in the county of York. Not only in Ergland, but through. out the Continent, this interest boa been felt ; sod, con sequently, the present week has brought such au index of distinguished visitors no the town of Mallets certainly never before boasted. In addition to moat of the ens toersey and gentry of the country, and from distant parts of this and the sister county, visitors of rank from Russia, Prussia, and the German Stater, Spain, Italy, and France, have literally taken Mallon by storm—the seats of the gentry and the whole of the hotels being full to overflowing. lodeed. Melton and the Wolds were never before so entirely io the heads of an army of foreigners. The sale commenced with the brood mares, of which 58 were served by Fandango and 49 by Colstetdale, with four others put down so doubt. fuL The company would number between 2,C30 and 3,000, the most aristocratic gathering ever brought together oo the Wolds. Mr. Tattersall was not much encouraged at first, but after the very old mares had been disposed of the competition was remarkably good. The foreign element Mated, however, end most of the mares will go abroad. The most extensive purchaser was (blood de Butts, who reprevoted the Austrian government ; end next to him came M. Francis Cavalier°. who bought for the Hungarian Club, eitabliahed at Pestb, for improving the breed of blood stock Baron Korn, representing the Prussian government, Herr von Vniglot that of Holstein. General Brudernaano that of Austria. Herr Virago that of Belgium. Count Renaud. the celebrated sportsman of Grontralits., &r., were active bidders. Lords Coventry, Canterbury, Galway. Beauclerk, the Duke of St. Albans, and others, were also in the list. The groat amount rea lised in the sale of the 11l brood mares is 9,003 animas. The stallions, Colsteniale and Fandango. lid not sell eo well as was expected. The first tries to Middlebam, and the second to Peeth. The late Sir Tatton gave 3,000 gninesa for Fandango three years ago, but M. Coraliero rot him for the Hungarian Club at one sixth of that vim. The only horse the old stud groom Seam led into the ring was Simian°, and he dropped a tear when be knew the horse had to leave the country. The stud will, to all appearsees, he dispersed throughout the world ; some of the mares go to Anetralis. THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE TYNE.—OH Satur day afternoon, st half-poet 2 o'clock, an immense crowd was congregated upon the High Level-bridge, New cestle-upoir-Tyne. and upon the onus and shores on the upper reaches of the Tyne. to wittier • skid race between Robert Chambers and Henry Kelley, of Leedom. The race was for a silver cap, 501.. and the championship of the Typo. It was a prize that had been put up by the committee of the Tyne Reptile a fortnight ago, and had been contented for birßobert Cooper. Robert Chambers, and Henry Kelley. Cooper came in first on that occasion; but • foul wan claimed by Chambers and Kelley, and it was resolved by the committee that the men should appear at the High Level-bridge op Satur day afternoon at half-pest 2 o'clock end row over. Cooper, however, refused to attend, and has nerved the president. treasarer, and secretary of the Regatta Committee with write claiming the prize. Chambers, who had hers unwell. s e em ed to have recovered his strength again, and both be and Kelley appeared to be in excellent cooditia. At starting the betting was 6 to 4 on Chambers. Cham bers won the tees, and took the mirth side of the river, the water heinz somewhat rough. Keller led. but upon reaching Skinner's-burn it wee pslosbis that, though he was several feet ahead of Claw bers, he won bearing down upon him in a manlier that was suggestive of an approaching fool. Kelley war Plainly beet oo taking nosseesion of Chambers's water, hot to doing so he forced Chambers in -shore, and got into bin water. 2ft. or :Wt. short of that position which would have entitled him to be called perfectly clear. Some more foul ing took place further on in the race, and when opposite the gasworks, Chambers having shot ahead of his opponeot. Keller ceased contesting the rune any further, and Chambers woo by 150 yards. The fool au referred to the committee and referee, who, after hearing both the men, declared that Kelley had clearly come not of his own water and fouled Chambers, and they therefore awarded the race to the latter. _ THE RECENT PRIZE FIGHT BETWEEN TRAVERi AND DittA,N. —J. Dillon, J. Tyler, and N. leech.= ap• peered in 'newer to their summoner, at the Oaford petty serious, on Saturday lost, end were bound over in their owe recognisance@ to appear when celled upoo. Tiler sod Dumbest denied taking any active part in the light, but admitted they were present with other eneeloteee• Henley. M.P., chairman, said that all parties being P"' east at • fight were liable to indictment, and that • prosecution at the serious would dared on the result of the magistrates' further Woollies into the rue. Should they be required to appear et the sericite they reel." have due notice given them. Robert Webb, whose ease with the above had bees postponed from het Saturday. was 'glue isms at. letsgbars, however, gave a satisfactory moo few his absence and the meigietrates believing it wee not oa t of disrespect to them, consented to let the eau 'Mud yeti next Saturday, adding that if he did not then attend be would be fetched. LAW IN] COURT OF (Before Mr. C MATCHILTT.—AP This was an application bankrupt. John Matchett, of Wales Tavern, F.Afiel failure to " want °humans, op against him by his &tat Canal, of the Coach sad tavern charges during ha been a contractor fez 20 ye There was no opposition, Mr. Rahan was appellation as TllOllllll DDT WILLOi The bankrupt, a builder, applied for his release. From the prooesdinp it Mr. Alatandsr lowa, Wll d and the failure is ascribed Bankrupt, who had bean i through the court in 183 class certificate, and was • days in 1662, when he send was released. The account show debts of 6001., and th of sale over the property. An order for the release BE 118.13ECC• 1151 This was an application Rebecca Fisher, sued and a dessibed as of Devonshirel She described herself se o meat compiled by Mr. Rabe Mr. Preston opposed for I street, upholsterers, detail supported the beakrupt. Mr. Preston end he oppo was contracted by tread. The benkrapt wee (onside Ilebsoca Hicks. She wee • married to a ratlemen Da/04 died. She did reptant to . wife of Mr. Hicks, but dk sent herself as his wide in the Court of Chinon • settled il:1001710 of 4001. • of Mr. In:glade, 1501. wort) The goods were obtained ba were seized under en °smut fetch 130/. She wau passing the wife of Hicks. ... By Mr. Laces —lngledew 1 Dot married to Hicks. The five year. ago. Mr. Joseph Ingledew wi first came with Hicks. and paid for them. She die herself as his widow, and salt bat that she was in receipt the faith of that she had the Mined she was not Mrs. Hid Mr. Preston contended fraud, and went now to p them of the fruit of their em from one place to another, iu milty in finding her. After a few words from ki The Commissioser Order aceorduigly. BZ JACOB ila/IDON e. Mr. Preston (of the firm a presented a petition on be &ante, of St fiwirbin's-la parted to be shout 65,0001. came goes to the court ef Yam THE POLII MARLBOBX William Spite, a youth street, Goklenaquare, and chilled before Mr. Tyrwhitt hones of Messrs. Oetzmann factures, 38, Broadetreet several articles holmium to Edward Herleek, 5, Beaks the employ of Messrs. Oft= day night week 'carpetbag b the premises. I left the pram and we were the last perm Sunday night to take 'met) was gone. The next moss workmen that be had lost sr character was on the premb premises had beet broken ini David Reid, in the crap Plumb, identified some hoc They were safe on the prei gone no the following Moody Mrs. Aso Syme, wife of U pnsooer brought some of th I have seen but little of th months. He merely left tb. Inspector Bowles, of th. Mesas. Oetzrnann and Plum] wood robbery, and found • open, apparently with • dale the prisoner was employed, a by his employer (Mr. John my saying • word, maid, " I and will never do so again to the Biagio., when he sr he had taken to a brother's on going there I saw prison bag produced and contents. It a my first offence, and I • ladder in the yard." The tinned before be said this. I reader, sod seeing the books him to commit the robbery viral keys, one of them tints the prisoner's master several persons. Oa examining the had been pined by the wind, Soared the articles produ other penitent, the prisoner, committed fur three mouths WORSHII ANSACLT ON George Wood, 16, rated ~ Majesty's ship Formidable, lyii fore Mr. Leigh with being • a Charles Wood, 48, his father, street, Qty-road, was chug Gould, a plain clothes coastal duty. Gould stated that having o inforruatioo of the lad George house when he should have s his duties on board ship, he quired of the father whether I was denied, and on the me seen him enter, the elder the warrant card of the to him, but even tin the man, at the same —officers should not cross iug the threat with a blow or moment ran downstairs, and tody, but was instantly pound seized him by the hair, and to rescue the prieoosr. UWE and son were conveyed to the Mr. Leigh (to the lad)—llo from your vessel Prisoner—No, air, I have don't rank us u deserters u beyond our time of leave. I t Mr. Leigh- 1' oet will be curt reception ship at Woolwict Wood must pay • tine of 2 stable, or suffer in default an IMPORTANT TO Jill/TM' Bete for next year were phst **has persons el 60 years ai *hats to be expunged th another year. The lists mull days by the overseers, and tl at owe be made. COLLISION ON Tilt GLAB ItaILWAT.—On Thursday ni tweea two heavily-laden lu station. On the evening of 1 about thirty trucks, on com to Juke ou more trucks. ' this Ours, case of whom WM the other in the van at former noeoupled some of the addititioal trucks might duty of the latter to put on train. It is believed. bowery was asleep, and on the couplit of the train commenced to roc about four n iise , increasing it was nearing Mauchhue Static drawn by two engines. A oolli the runaway was smashed to e Iris Woods, being crashed to d second train was thrown on of the other tram being thro , firemen of the engines moo moment the collision occtirred in jumping off, wail struuk by beck on the tender, but he injured. The guard, who ws and bad just returned from hi' Besides the van, the engine au were damaged. The traffic ws morning. HOOBl3 F f