The Express. — London, England, 1859-09-20 00:00:00

HARMONIUMS-NKR MODEL - S/WANW Oa.. 111. lawasons• CU eaxpre;so. rharlbassals binds/ br "Ifs Nat Liss Swig mot le at Oa OS* 10, lb Iwo ret ea Os Say ri palareadab zrzw.. az Toein g er lr iz• Azo litz.-114 z. sum Ssdrier NM Cauwa.-Aall mama W rms. TOW WIMPS MN SIFFMIIII OF ROWSit.OF CRAM Er. v i = . lol , 2llWri KW NADI Mill Ilikat.J. Renekta. sad 111;57 AM wAras AT LOJIDON =UMW& g ,leit==: tri.—• It ist. SONDON. 1711SD4Y, SEPT. 20. Tut !.pawn a hope that thaaoss• dli of England will be united to those of France este Italy. Such a arias'. we would suggest tz or• Preis contemporary, depends alteritlew on the decision of a gentian which must now be ender the considera tion of his Imieriel Mater v. It ie whether the Eitreacie intends to be oa the side of Anatria, or on dint of Italy, The attempt which Louts NAtoteoe Unmade (and we are not now concerned to depreciate the motives out of which the attempt may have pre • bebly sprung) to gain the affections of both Asa failed. Tee Fut-Lam suet now, therefore, make his choice —Austria, ageinst whom he lately fought, or Italy, for whom he recently gained the victories of Ms gents and Solferino. That, we apprehend, ii the problem which at this moment awaits solution at Biarritz. No doubt can be pretended as to the policy of the Queue's Government in London. The policy of her MA3 C3TT'S Moisten appears to us to be the only policy possible for England; at ail *veins, it is the only policy which the people of England will endure. It has been boldly declared iu Parliament, and frankly and loyally announced in Paris and Vienna. As it war when thus stated, so, we rejoice to know, it remains now. While France and Austria are indulging in all kinds of plans, schemes, and devices to carry into effect the hastily-conoomed Treaty —or, more correctly speak ing, Memorandum—of Villafranca, the English Government has urged on them both the wisdom and the duty of leaving the Italians to frame their own form of Government, eel to choose their own dynasty (as Francs bre done),and has protested at both capitals against any nee of force to coerce the Duchies to receive back Princes whose depositions they have so solemnly, delibe rately, and unanimously declared. If this become at last the policy of the Emperor of the FRENCH, then the councils of Englrnd and France will be united on the Italian question. If not, then each must purees its own course in a matter on which they differ so deeply and essentially. That, we believe is the true state of the case just now, not the ques tion raised by the Constitrlionnel. Tire "San Juan question" which suddenly pre sented itself yesterday before the British public with boisterous claims to attention among the news from America, is in reality a contro versy of several years' standing. San Juan is one of the Arno Islands which lie be tween Vancouver's Island and the mainland of North America. The entire group is claimed by the Governmest et the United States under the truly of the 19th Jun, 1848, generally known as the Oregon Treaty. In the weeds of that instrument the boundary line dividing the territories of Great Britain and the United States runs " along the 49th " parallel of north latitude to the middle of the " channel which separates the continent from Van " course's Island, and thence southerly through the " middle of said channel and of Furled Straits to "the Pacific Ocean." Bat there are two channels separating the continent from Van °onset's Island, one on each side of the Arroo Island', and according as one or other of these is taken to be the channel referred to will the islands belong to Great Britain or to the United States. Commissioners of both countries have been for some time engaged in endeavouring to arrange the ques tion, but without success. In order to br 4 ng the affair to a point, and perhaps with an eye to Demo cratic interests at the Presidential election, orders have been sent from Washington to General MAINLY directing him to occupy San Juan with United States troop', c'aiming the Wand as part of the Washington territory. The General had sent thither a company of infantry and four companies of artillery, supporting them with four vessels of the American navy. The New York papers state that Governor DOUGLAS had protested in the name of her NIAJISTY against the occupation, claiming the island as under the supremacy of the British crown, and had sent thither a taros of sappers and muter, with H.M.S. Tribune, Satellite, and Plumper. The New York papers eagerly hail a dißicalty with England which promisee a tolerable mown of excitement, without the probability of becoming dangerous. The Nero lurk Herold pro tests against the notion that this onatroversy 'Unbent an insignificant matter, and declines that San Juan is particularly important Li a military point of view ; and that the propriety of making it a second Cronstadt haarecently been discoseedia Raglend. Another jour nal prints an account of a collision, in which thirty Americana had been killed. We may confidently put asii:3 these extravagancies. Both Governor Dot:GLas and General }fixate had referred the matter respectively to London and Washington; end the question will now be treated quietly and with reason, as becomes the Governments of the two great disistous of the race which speaks the English language. Tile telegraphic new, that the French Admiral commanding in Cochin China, having signed a treaty with the Annancle, is free to start with his fleet to the Prato, and the fact that the Indian Government is already eemliug out reinforcements, both naval and military, seem at first sight to indicate that the re storation of European it,floence in China may be more immediate than we have hitherto ventured to hope. Notwithstanding the new rigour which the Chinese military character has put on, it is not at all unlikely that the English and French forces which it would be possible to collect in the North of Ch'ict, might strike a heavy blow which should be, felt as far u Vekio before the winter seals up the internal navigation of the Empire. There are, however, other than material considera tions to be thought of, and our commanders will probably satisfy their O,vernment if they protect our trade and make our flag respected at the ontparte until the season for serious operations shall arrive, about the middle of next spring. The knowledge that in the meantime the ascot comprehensive preparations are being mails both at home and in India for adjaatirg one mili. tary relalocs to China unmistakeably and once for all, may be uteful in disposing as to take a THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1859. calm view of the circumstances out of wb;ch the nand interruption of peace wit► that Ein- Ore has arisen. Bnoe the receipt of the Ant telegraphic report of the climatic at the 'aka forts reached England, ten days ago, detailed re ports from the spot have modified somewhat the re. presentations under which the first conclusions of the public were formed. Mach indeed that is essen tial to a full understanding of the conduct of the Chinese authorities remain. to be told, and although it is of all things most improbable that anything that they can urge will remove from them the tarn of gross bad-taith, yet it may prove upon inqui•y that the causes which have brought 114 ags'n into armed collision with them may have existed ea much in the circumstanose of their political situation as in a malevolent intent. What strike" • reader of the published accounts of the recent expedition to the Peso who has also read the last Blue-book on Chia*, is the awkward man ner in which Mr. Bacca's wires of action pieces on, so b speak, to that pursued by I. red BLOM. That noble Earl was well aware of the immense difficulty of overcoming the reluctance of the Chinese Government to receive a British Minister at Pekin, and tried to remove it. As far as spr nes, Mr. BRIMS recognised no difficulty in the matter. He sailed straight up the river, having chosen that route. until he came to the booms, and then, finding his course obstructed, placed himself in the hands of the ADYtitAL. No doubt this is the way the represen tative of Great Britsin should go. We at home should have been greatly and justly d`ssati►fied if our envoy had made his way to Pekin at the price of humiliatingcoccessious, and appeared in the capital rather as a prisoner than as the representative of a powerful nation. But why was this not thought of before the war was closed? Why were we all taught to believe that the war wu concluded, while the deliberate intention was still entertained of sending an armed squadron up the river to within thirty miles of Pekin? If it was so difficult to persuade the lbermitoa to receive a foreign ambassador in his capital while the terror of oar arms was fresh in eseesery, it night be expected that the approach of half a scare of gunboat', and thirteen hundred men, to within thirty miles of the capital, would not be regarded as a friendly proceeding. The triumphal escort of our Minion'. to Pekin was in fact a legiti mate part of the war, and to reeervelt for the present time was to place the treaty and every acquisition it stipulated in jeopardy. All this, however, does not excuse the conduct Of the Chinese Government. They were treated with great consideration in the framingof the treaty. They bad evety reason to put faith in our pre. mien and intentions. If d;fficulties presented themselves, it was for their agents to seek oa t oar Envoy, and consult with him ea to the mesas Of diminishing or removing them. Instead of that they appeer to have secreted themselves. At any rate they were not at the forts of TAR to explain the resist•ue to oar advance, and avert a muffin' between the two nation. Nothing can be suggested to impair our right to resume the war which Lord ELGIN'S negotiations were supposed to have termi nated, but, in fact, only scspended. For the mks of tba future and lasting peace of the Eastore trust it will be prosecuted with s:gour until the Chinese Oovernment is thoroughly convinced that its true interests are' bound up with a policy of good faith end free inter course. A great deal has been said during the put week about the revenge which hes to be taken for the lives lost last June. Such language 's regrettable, because it exhibits us in a charactur which we uni formly fail to justify. When we fight, it is for poli tical objects which we believe at the time to be adequate to the sacrifice ; revenge we leave to savegee. Oar business is to vindicate our honour, and by our presence in arms, in the first city of the Chinese empire, to dispel for aver the fatal illusions which, nourishing arrogance and mistrut, have per petuated a system of exclusiveness only interrupted by insensate collisions with European Powers. General Mansfield will be appointed Commando in-Chief of the Bombay army. CDs Court. BALUORkL, Berr.lB. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Louisa, sad attended by Lady Chorehill, drove to Alto/quack yes terday. The Priors Ccenext west oat deer•atalkieg. The Prince of Wales sad the Count de Fl.odres went cot deer Malkin. The Princessee Alke sad Helena, end Prince Arthur, rcde oat yeeteedey. The Royal dinner party ineinici the Primes Alim, the Prince of Wales, the Count de Flandres, Lord John Russell. Mt,. mil Miss Far inharson of Invereated, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting. Mr. Ross had am iotwview with tho Dcke of Newcastle yesterday se the Colostal-otheet. Viecovot Palmerston has returned to Ma seat, Broadlands, Sir ititaaader Spearman had sa interview with the Chaa collar of the )3:chequer yesterday at his otilLial :re - Wm:ice la Duvall) g•eiree t. The bake of Newcastle left London yesterday afternoon for his seat, Clamber-park. Deopetchas from the Governors of Gibraltar, Naito, Ceylon, Hoeg Kong, the Na,r,tius, Australia, New Zealand, and the North Anaeriesn proviso's, wen reriv.:d yesterday at Desp. taws won mot to tge Gove.:kors of Ceyloo, Hoag Hoeg, Malta. Otbrthez, end Labuith to the Lord High Commteeheter et the locks LAusde. The Prince Doris Paraphili, accompanied by his goo, the Prises Oatmetto, has ertiv:l at Claridge's Hotel, from Pam. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, with the Carat de l'irla, in Imported oa a vlalt to Lind Ainsworth, at Ail stop Pia, Northumberland. Toe Earl of Howth hrl left Claridge's Hotel foe Hewett Cam* sea Dublin. Prince Caartoriaki and the Princess Curtoriaka, alit &agate+ a Gloom Casaaims have strived at Biarras. The Piiece Regent of Prussia cantina's at Udal l Ind in that neighboorttood. Ragagemeats nods by lira I with regard to the permanent bridges os the Mine will ma im the promos of his royal highsem this. is sons Our a /mum of ismenity; sod a family rirmies la to be held at Baden on th• 30th Men et, an the occasion of the birthday of the Primer of Pronto. The Pelee Regent, the Pars 3 and Priam. Fredenct Malian, and ell the other members of the royal family who cto 001311tniently &nand are ex pected to make their appearanro A public meeting is to be held in Waterford, on Thursday evening next, to petition government for a free pardon to the political exile, Mr. T. F. Meagher. The Times publishes a Wag artier, signed " Ver. perille," Sating of " how to navigate the air." The writer twinge es at last to the e Instruction of a steemmogine, which cmikl move wings equal to liftiag 1-10th, or even 120th, of its owe weight, but then the difficulty remains how to deal with the remainder. In defeats," he nye, "of any other mama °ideating with it, I would suggest that it be balanced by the Mimi power of • talloon. Is this combination. be It observed, the whole machine would net be buoyant. Eves this modified see of • Woos is open I. great objectless, Maw he power exercised over it by the slightest current of air would be very great, and the experiment could only be tried in • tranquil atmosphere ; bet, in &dash of asy machine capable of lifting the trials of eta own woigat, Uwe moo to be ao shots& in but to she od part if than weight by a balloon. hly belief is that each a arobloo, whoa he whip were put In liiodol3, eat when it rose hum the posed, would be foetid imitable of being directed, sad that the direction of i's flight would be determined by that to which its wisp wore Kt." LATEST INTELLIGENCE, THE CONFERENCES. ZURICH, BM. 20. Yesterday, after the arrival of a French courier, the Plenipotentiaries of FISII01) avid Austria held a conference lasting three hours. SARDINIA. The Corriere Mercantile of the 17th says that the deputation from the Assembly of Bologna will be received by Victor Emmanuel on the 24th, at the town of Monza. What answer the King will return is the chief subject of disoulsion in Turin at the present moment. It is rumoured that the arrival of the deputation will be the signal for a simultaneous attack by the Duke of Modena, who is said to be fn canmand of 10,000 men, and by the Papal troops, who are in force near Rimini. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (=Olt OUR OWN PARIS. MONDAT EviNINO. The Duke of Padone's circelar concerning the press, wills giving reasons—for the most part very bad ones—why the hopes lately cherished of eman cipation from the regimen of bon plaisir are to be disappointed, does convey a sort of promise that the arbitrary power which the government is determined not to part with will in future be used with more tenderness and circumspection than it has hitherto been. Although the system of warnings and ad ministrative suppressions is declared to be no tem porary invention born of a political crisis, but a permanent principle " necessary to the interests of society," and " essentially connected with the resto ration of authority in France, and the constitution of the unity of power on the basis of universal suf frage," the prefects are instructed, if I read the manifesto aright, not to restrict freedom of discus sion except in cases where it oversteps the bounds of due respect to " the oonatitation, to the legitimacy of the imperial dynasty, to order, morality, and religion." The Minister of the Interior says em phatically that the government is far from wish ing to impose a "servile approbation of its acts," and will always tolerate bond fide discussion of them. In the next sentence, however, we find that " systematic opposition and calculated hostility " are things not permissible, and that the discussion which it makes a merit of enduring is discussion cal culated to support and " enlighten " its authority. When such principles are enunciated by the govern ment in its most liberal mood, it is easy to see that no journal will really be able to writs freely upon any question of importance upon which there may be any serious conflict of opinion. Still I believe that the government, deceiving itself as to I the nature and essence of liberty, of which it ia not surprising that it should know very little, is for the moment sincerely desirous of encorragiog the journals to write as if they were not in daily dread of the lash. I presume that the Duke de Padova cannot mean to follow the practice of his predecessors, who, as it came out at the Montalembert trial, were in the habit of sending private orders to the newspapers to refrain from el allusion to such and such subjects, and I pre sume also that no prefect under his orders will here after dictate articles of " servile approbation," and compel their insertion in provincial papers under the signature of the editor. I dare say, if things go on pretty smoothly, it will be a long while be fore any Pc-is journal gets another warning. The papers know how unsafe is the ground on which they stand, and are not likely to be too venturesome. Tke Opinions of Turin, in its number of Sept. 16, contains an interesting article by M. Massimo d'Areglio. It was written on September 10, before Victor Emmanuel's answer to the Parmese and Modenere deputations was known. To make Italy a great and independent nation has been, he says, the constant object of the princes of Savoy and the peoples of the peninsula for centuries. Central Italy, abandoned to herself, hes taken the present opportunity to act Voce do se). She has proclaimed her union with Piedmont; she calls her king Victor Emmanuel. Such is the .form in which the work of thirty generations has now developed itself. Who shall dare to take upon himself the responsibility of saying, " We will not have this ?" If the union seemed impossible two months ago, the separation is impossible now. The union exists de hire, and it will exist so long es it is not destroyed by a reversal of the popular vote. If Victor Emmanuel be not a legitimate king at Florence, Bologna, Modena, and Puma, why is not the Count of Chambord a legitimate king at Paris ? • • • • All probabilities ere in favour of the success of the new united kingdom, provided our statesmen show them selves equal to the occasion. The support of England does not seem to me doubtful. It cannot be disagreeable to England to see the possibility of a great increase of power taken away from France and Austria, and at the Name time to see an end put to a perpetual menace of a general war. France, on the other hand, can have nothing to fear from a state of twelve millions of souls, which will owe its existence to her, and which osrtainly can never have any ally bat herself. There were a good many purchases in the Rents at the opening of 'the Bourse, which brought the quotation for account up to 69fr., bat it fell back in less than a quarter of au hour to 68fr. 75c., and did sot afterwards recover, the market remaining all day in the inanimate state in which it has so long been. The closing prices were 68fr. 70c. for cash, and 68fr. GSc. for account, being a fall from Satur day of 6c. and 13c. litobilier rose 6fr. The Northern and Western railways fell 6fr. each ; in the other i'nes there is no change. Judge Rua has offered a reward of 10,000 k. for the recovery of his infant, and publishes a minute description of it in the Moniteur and rdi the journals. RUSSIA. the St. Peeraburq Gazette publishes the follow ing telegram, addressed to the Emperor by Price* Bariatinaky : READ-QUARTERS, AT THE AOUL OP KEGHERA, Ago. 22 (Sere. 3). I place et the feet of your lospertsl Majesty my respectful ceogralulst:ons on the occeeton of your /e le. From the Olden Sea to the milli try road of Georgia the whole of the Ceti:4olS is Ali. cted to your sceptre; 48 guns, all the fortresses, end a stronghold of the Amoy ars In our hands. I have whited in person Karats, Tlok, 1601, Okhoulgo, Ghimty, Outsonkoul, Ts stanykh, Rhona- Aida, Tditl, Rouddgjs, end Telokh. I am actually laying siege to Gbounfb, when Schemyl has Ant LlEsettlf in a Oh 490 toorids. Aiehrde-Caeop-General Peace BASIATTIMY. [The capture of Scheoryl and fell of Ghounib have already been announced by telegraph.] The journals of C,onipiigne announce that prep.• rsticea are Wag made la the palace of the town for the re. caption of tha Emperor mad the Brapnear, sad that lavita• doss for the grand heating peeks which thair Mapetles propose to give daring their clay these hen already been oat oat. ITALY. PIEDMONT. (riox ova sraclAL TURIN, Rem 16, 6 PIC As I arrived here on my way to Central Italy I found the people of the capital were busily engaged in preparing all aorta of festive demonstrations for the reception of the deputations which, as you are already informed, have been sent by Modena and Parma to present to Victor Emmanuel the unanimous votes of their popular Assemblies. I therefore thought it convenient that I should stop here for two days, since, although your able correspondent here will have sent you full particulars about this _ . 11/4011111 OCCILITtI3O6: two veriione of the tale are better than one. The Deputies arrived at the railway station a little after 12 o'clock this morning, and were en thusiastically received by a dense crowd of people, who occupied the entire space from the railroad ter minus through the streets leading to Via Naova and the Piazza di Castello, which were all adorned with flap and flowers. The honourable task of representing Modena on such a solemn occasion had devolved upon Count Ancini, Professors Zini and Selmi, Dr. Sacerdoti, and the distinguished advocates Brizzolari and Mura tori, the last named gentleman being a descendant of the illustrious Italian historian. The Marquises Dal and Mi.lebi, Count Saavitale, Professor Fioruzzi, . , . and the celebrated Maestro Verdi, were the Com m'vionere tent by Farina. From the designation ... preceding the names of these gentlemen, you will see that all the educated and intelligent classes of the inhabitants of those little States were repre sented in the deputation', a circumstance naturally increasing ;the moral weight of the solemn act the deputations were called to perform. The recent votes of Modena and Parma, together with that of Tuscany, prove beyond any reasonable doubt the solid growth of Italian nationality, and have not only given the most substantial testimony in favour of the policy of Victor Emmanuel and his Ministers, but have shown that the events of late year. have greatly strengthened the popular cause in Italy. Now, it seems to me that the difficulty of Central Italy may be fairly reduced to hese simple questions diplomacy disposed to punish with anarchy a people who ask for order and liberty P Is it thought desirable to force these populations to have recourse to a general revolution only because they are firmly de termined to ask that order and reason should go together in the settlement of their affairs as amongst the meet enlightened nations of Europe? For the sake of present civilisation I hope that such will not be the care, and that even Imperial despotism will shrink from the mad attempt to force back upon a generous and enlightened people the wretched dynasties which for the last twenty-four years have been the greatest scourge that has afflicted and dir graced mankind in this century. To return to my narrative. As soon as the depu tations arrived at the Hotel de l'Europe the multi- Cade, who were standing by thousands in the Piazza di Castello, burst into a roar of exultation, and so welcomed the presence of their new fellow citizens. After a little while the Commissioners made their appeuanos on the large balcony of the hotel, from which old Count Sanvitale and Professor Fioruzsi addressed the eager crowd. They said that the work of national independence was nearly ea oomplished, for the Dubin' of Puma and Modena had at last east off the sway of their former rulers and were determined to be united to Piedmont. The speeches were of course enthusiastically cheered, and the words "Long live the King," "Long live Italy," were repeated with acclamation by the by ahnders. The great Italian composer, Verdi, was the llen of this popular ovation, for the Tininess could not for get at that moment how the family nrme of the cele brated maestro had been employed as one of the first manifestations against Austria. At 1 o'clock the National Guard began to defile before the deputies, who had by this time been joined by a great number of members of the two houses of the Subalpine Parliament. When the military show was over, the deputies retired to their apartments, waiting for the state carriages which were to convey them to the royal palace. I had been fortunate enough to get a note of admission to be present at the ceremony of their introduction. A few minutes after 3 o'clock the deputation of Parma and Piacenza was ushered into the royal pre sence. The task of presenting the address of the National Assembly had devolved upon Count Sanvi tale, who made a short sir ecb, in which the hopes and the devotion of the Psi meatus were elcquently expressed. Victor Emmanuel, who was surrounded by his ministers and by the great dignitaries of the state, was greatly moved, and was obliged to wait a few minutes before answering the address. The telegraphic wires will have already brought to you the royal answer, so it is needless that I should repeat it here. It was a condition►l accept ance, framed on the same pattern as that of the reply which he made to the Tuscan deputies. His Majesty delivered it in that firm and straightforward manner which distinguishes all his political acts end behaviour. Then came the turn of the Modenese deputation, who had chosen for spokesman Professor Muratori. As you are also aware, the royal answer in this case was not very different to the former, for it wu in spired by the same political prudence which had dictated that one. At half-put three the solemn reception was over, and the two deputations retired to their abode, amidst the cheers of en immense crowd, which by that time had gathered before the royal residence. This evening there will he a state dinner at court, in honour of these Parmesan and Modenese delegates, after which I hear the city sill be illuminated. Leaving aside all Italian exaggeration, I think that the two deputations could not have been more enthusiastically received ; and this proves how the idea of annexation has now become popular even amongst that class at Piedmont.** codiai who before the war were so much opposed to the enlargement of the Subalpine Kingdom. I really do not know bow the French Emperor will be able to turn a deaf ear to the deliberate and earnest vial.. of then people whom be promised to hand over to their former rulers at the Villafranca meeting. At any rate, his Imperial Majesty may be enured that the Italians of the Duchies have made up their mind to fight it out should diplomacy be unwise enough to insist on restor ing the dethroned princes. M. de Helmet, who has just passed through Turin on his way back to Paris, seems to think that the vote of the three Italian assemblies must be viewed as the result of Piedmon tea. pressure. Such at least was the opinion ex pressedto that here till y t t t h h e e lost Fr ot en o c to h oo d t ip p l o oma ttoosono tist, w , h m o id n e o . doubt, had received his inspiration from high quar ters in Paris. Both he and Prince Ponistowsky were sent to Italy with this for their mot d'ordre. In spite, however, of their opinion, I may be allowed nese, and Tuscans complained that the Sardinian government had abandoned them, so eautioue were the ministers of the King not to kindle any hope, which they did not know how to support. The double-hoed policy of Napoleon has brought the Italian question to this embarrassing point, bat he must accept the consequenoes of it. A new instance of the ambiguity of his conduct is jest now showing itself with regard to Venice. In spite of Austrian terrorism, the population of that unhappy sister of Lombardy had appointed a deputation with the mission of going to Paris and London to plead the cause of their country. Counts Oivatiniani and Pandolfini were selected, together with the distin guished lawyer Avessni, now residing in London far that purpose. The two former noblemen had already made their preparation to start for France, when the requisite visa was refused them by the French ambassador here, on the pretext that they were not Sardinian but Austrian subjects. You see how the Imperial policy recurs to all sorts of expedients in order to bafile the generous attempts the Italians are making to gain their independence: The consequence of this will be moat disastrous, not only to Italy but to all Europe, if England hesitates to throw the weight of her influence in the balance on the side of justice and right. Let us hope, there fore, that Lord John Russell and his colleagues will perceive at last the danger of allowing the ruler of France to be the only arbiter of all great European questions. ABINOMENIN AND °LW, OCHOOLB !OR WEAN AND NICIIIBII'OO CJILLDILIN. A *Air athetiag wee held at the Liana Tann, bit eteeker, der the moon ol tells( mem. to thus WM* had kr thie Wenn& P. Peene, Zee, Tb.= me ammo ne* ellealltd. J. P The Inehanar ten ne theelmethationt tithe bard el w gli n ii =r to nit the delthendiee deems die boon of arronst there to ten a nethele *ea the sol&I ian saket with whist fhb sena hes beta coat Mt Inn to which the an& how boa hitherto an seln Is MI aappooaa a her dthembelio et the ead d the het wen poem ern& will then la dyer Int At the peon ewe thew Na 66 tes la t eti! e olith, briar the awn men. maim, gewereete, sod firs huge eurnate. The o V ia lt: therefeco, 64 *a men ; every roost to sad le It hy a tones to recta/aloe mod that bele b itheerin hi so (weeded se e!iteblithteen relasted wireleatheets - r far the proper cenduot of the sohoola tie:-1.14e= rooms. 2. Dating room. 3. Well-mellialed 4. The moms of isolatieg sick children. 6. Imairsolto, 6. Aceimmodellet for heed coaster. At peeesen the head isister is °Weed to live oat of the esiehlihremth • and the boys' oaiirooen, which is Or lee emel , far the wpm (lieltsboaly 24 het by li, sed 10 fele be IMMO, le Me •odto be need se • dining-roams The *ls lbw ham a projelleisi tendency se Aped. Ile hmYY d elm &Berea. hr. else memory UM pm dim Medi be elide for the effeeled ooperation of the the Allies Ma them km health. Al this feqieleall essilimy betemetta be Mt attioi oft The Med mewl bet mel t eel. Medi Mew of es gibe& rhmem.rewitsltb Os leerlelirq n. emememer odebt be oacesdiogly mime. Thoperst Uwe b Ally I memiel de pest requirements of the eiteela end the gab scribers may oortgratalleas Ilimeenthsee wpm MAR( 11101111111 ouch accessible and eagemitet pemelees at the low rental of 100 guineas per amem affirealken whisk have, boo tee., beet riedeni from dm to tit., by the in mates In the imokeloat mono uutloy of 190 E pt sismor To Yee pewter to the wants of the meileemelloto the erection of sew eshel g a i rd elesemeadellee; the outlay for lbre meld bo owl mold be wholly lost upon the termination of the loom Woe to which, tbe institution would be liable to ratan the premisee to their original oondi tioa. Tim foregoing bete lime led the board to the ormolu sn that the time hes arrived whoa It is incumbent upon the goy/adore of the charity to Mae • fund wherewith to erect a plain mthetantial building upon their own freehold; sod with this object in view, the present meeting ham been convened for the purpose of conedering sad deciding upon the 011118111 . “ seoesesa) to be adopted In order to parry oat this important additioe to the general objects of the schools. Until the building fund shall have made some omaidsrable progress, it I. felt that It would be premature to take soy steps to decide epos the site, character, or precise cost of the Intended budd ing. Upon these *objects the contribabora to the building fund will be informed at • future period. In the meantime I it Is thought that • sum of 10,0001. will be sufficient" The CliallUtAN said he thoinght the committee In'ght have gone a little farther, and said that this institution, rmaoaiiog ea it did from the yams( rues, hall been supported so eserge• ticaily, that the lime bed arrived when It should be placed em it wets on a permanent foundation. He winked to call 'Um tics to the rise and rapid progress of this Methadon. lieu first enggested in Dec. 1853, end within els weeks the ynrng men originating it hid subscribed more than 3,000 guineas, The invitation had progressed rapidly from year to year, end at the present time it supported no fewer than 35 chil dren, and it had a fond of 16,7004 (Hear bear.) Besides which it should be recollected that than b ed has en expen diture in the meantime of natty 7,0001., end that in the space of less than six yens they kad bees relied for this In stitution a sum of very nearly 23,0001. This was very gra tifying, and *hosed the kismet pewee of the institution, He thought the* If they ett shoat the task esergerisally they would not have much diSmlty to Mega' the 10,0001. which it was proposed to mite. Thin could not be two opinion. shout the necessity of the sew building. Bogie objection might be needs, bet he did not think there would be to so lama en outlay aa 10,000/., but be thought that considsthg the great popularity of the institution they ought not to heti tate to attempt to raise this sum. (Hear, luse.) Mr. Ozoaoo MOORS moved the first resolution That the progress and present position of this charity encourage and render it incumbent upon Its supporters to pleas it awing the pirmseent Institutions of the conntry, and with this view this meeting pledges Itself to support the formation of a heeling fund." Mr. ROBIRT &Aiwa seconded the resolution. The mastics woe them put and nasnimously agreed to. Mr. W. Onatroarz moved the next resolution—" That the building had be forthwith commenced ; and that the object be to purchase laud, and erect thereon an iestitatien for the sole use, benefit, end advantage of the Warehouse men sod Clerks School for Orphans and Necessitous Chil dren, and that all persons contributing to the braldiag fund shall be entitled to the same rights sod morilegos as If their contributions had been made for the general purposes of the institution." Mr. CA PILS seconded, and this motion wee also unapt mously_part d. Mr. MEATH MVOS, "That previous to any appeal being wide to the heads of Orme for contributions in aid of the building fund, the warehoosemen and clerks be ulloited to °attribute not lass than 2,000 guineas, u au earnest to their employtre of their interest in the undertaking." He Paid he thought the committee bed bean too modest in their request, and that they would obtain a much larger anue than they asked fur. He looked upon this institution as having already • permanent character, and he wee sure that those who were entrusted with its management would Inver appal in vela for that mid and succour which was needed for the orphan and the necessitous. Mr. R. WHITS etwonded it; and this motion, like the others, wee passed unanimously. Other resolutions—appointing W. Leaf, Esq., president ; W. Giesstmex, H.q., treasurer ; and Menu. John Bradbury, J. P. Foster, W. L. Leaf, and Robert Slater, vice-prendeate; sad Mr. George Lawrence, honorary seeretsty—were also Mfraa So. Mr. Gazaroitaz asset:need that Mr. 8. Morley had pro mised a &mattes of 100 1111.1110ae, and that the board of management, as an earnest of the anxiety they felt t•I this movement, had raised among themselves 450 animas. A vote of thanks wee then given to the chairman, and the meeting separated. A fourth volume of " Pencilliop by the Way" (Rebertlteen), from the pen of the Archduke Ferdinand I. said to be In circulation in the highest spheres at Vienna. The first three volumes treat of Dal matia, Alban* Greece, Italy, Sicily, Portugal, sad Madeira. Ills Imperial highness has also written some lyric poems, but they are not published. _ _ At a meeting in Paris the other day, of the share holders of the proposed Ilallen railway by the Simplon, it was stated that upon the completion of the proposed tuneel under the Slinks, the Alps, that formerly took twelve hours to pass, will be poised over la half en hoer. In that short time the traveller will pass from the valley of the Rhone to the valley (Mosul*, and the Lake of Geneva will be only four boars from the Lago Maggiore. A letter from Boston of the 6th says :—" The encampment of Massachusetts milltia will commence to- morrow. Great populations bare been made for the occa sion, and it is expected that 60,000 people will visit the c rmp, which le to be at Colwell, twenty miles from Baton. The number of companies to be present Ls ninety-six, num bering not Lem than 6,000 moo, 'amity, artillei,e, and cavalry. The encampment will last for three days. It is the Let affair of the kind we have hod ruder oar misting militia eyeless, sad the Brat general muster' that has bees ordered in Mamacbueetta for about a quvter of a century." THE EXPEDITION TO BRITIaIt COLOYDIA.-1118 nolo commantioeci otambt and men ot the Royal Ea who are b form the new ezt.clition about to be der= to British Colorable, have berm *ldeate] :eom the Heys' aware end Miner. at to sit gasmen, Chatham, end on now ready to tr he their departure ;tour diately the order matte im cab. emberkallow. _ la eddition to the handicrattanws, jare;iTterinrveyon sad draapht men have alto bees miloort4 to mot .1 to B.ittele ColarobFs, .11 order to prepare the &a l ma and sr vols for the works about to be andortakrn by the government. The expedition take oat with them a berg, smarmiest of rapping sad mining tools, portable ladicrublior yowls:m.6mm for crcseing the rivers sad stream, watspesof taste, indiamther sheets, sorveyteg initruonate, .t.t. Two twerienced photographers ..ors the PhotograpHu School of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, wilt also acwmp■ay Ms expedition, and them will be provided with the beet apparatus that eon be procured, to enable them to tote accurate copies of the work* to be nadertakeen, and rams in the colony. Tha expedition will embark at Southampton, end prococi over land etal Yemen. Tea livicrtotts itr Ettats.—A letter from the 1t.,. I'. Malone, of Belaulist, mates that on the night of the 9th inst. It blow a 'West hurricane, calming the surf to roll with such Impetuosity the craggy shore, end to such Al to the newly-oonetrnmed huts of the poor families evicted from the ornate of the Rev. W. Palmer, that ally were momentarily threatesed with nun destructioa. The era), came pouring through the roofs and walla of these rude structures in such torreats that the inmates ba I to dy for refuge to the di•cties, !styled reach of the angry element, where they remained until morning, and until the storm bed relaxed i • fury. Toe may jades of their condition during a dark and dreary night In weather of unwonted Jostens:coy, and with only the broad firmament above them. I have melted for the relief of these aufferas V., that ir, 61. from ores, and IL trammel of two, with a request that the names should be kept secret. I almi remind WWI r. gaming me to accept offerings of clothes to cover the people daring the sinter. Ths work le so praiseworthy a one that I cannot but undertake it with alacrity, and at the OEM these mytender Wintlyt theah.s to those who have made the Mune** sad generous auggesticm." BT. DAVID% COLLEGE, LittlPdTlit.—ln reference toe ewe of se tactics tried et the ftbentre Court, Glonceseer, I. which the thifeadmit, Mr. flolsola, was wrongly described me • student of lonspeter, we are reqemled to state that no poem of that name is now a teember of the college; but that a Mr. &theme hed, edge a brief residence at Ler= his name removed, by beim of the authorities, some the ago. VENETIA. A letter front Brescia in the Lwnbardia, dated the 13th inst., gives the following account of the Ana trian army in Venetia : Degenfeld, Commander-in-Chief, residing at Verona ; the 6th corps, which occupies the Tyrol and the line of the Minoto, commanded by Fenehert,who resides at Trento; 6th corps, on the line of the Adige, commanded by Stadion, who resides at San Pietro; Bth corps, on the line of the Brenta, commanded by 13enedek, at Padua ; 7th corps, line of the Tagli amento, commanded by nbel, at Udine. The Duke of Modena bus 9,000 men and four pieces of artillery. This corps is distributed between Cents, Sangninetto, and Brione di Sanguinetto. Bead-quarters are at the last named poet. At Verona considerable supplies of grain have been laid in. The corps of volunteers, who were in barracks at Verona, have been disbanded tar insubordination. A great number of volunteers go home ; others are retained at Trieste, to be despatched to Ancona." A letter from Verona, dated the 11th inst., to the Provincial Gaulle ofßrescia, mentions an order of the day to the Austrian troops, in which an early re-occupation of Valleggio was announced. Several polies agents had been sent to the neighbourhood of Villafranca to check the migration of Austrian subjects into the Sardinian States. The Raper° reports, on the assurance of a meet reliable informant, the fortifications of the valleys of the Tyrol by the Austrians, as well as the pro- gress of new works in the great citadels of the Qua drilateral. THE ISLAND OF SAN JUAN. A correspondent of the San Francisco Times gives the following details respecting the occupation of the Island of San Juan noticed in the United States mail published in our paper yesterday : Victoria, V. 1., August 7. Yon are perhaps aware before this that while you have been absorbed to political oontroversaw at borne, or watching the evotts of the great war in the far Bast, wer ' with all its attendant evils, has be® threatening u here In the distant North. . . Bowie weeks ago came to this port, on the Musa &newts, General lierney. His arrival wu ackrowledgrd bye salute, and after a day's sojourn sa the guest of Go. mot Dough., he passed by on the other side A few days alter the general a departure for Puget'a Sthad our town was thros.s into the greatest excitement by the news that a company of American troops hod:seized the dis puted Inland of San Juan, and that bureau ware being established upon it. No one knew by whom the oct wee authorised, and especially did certain chivalric AMOTiefla with filibuateriug preclivitiee, seem not to care. They com menced blustering and bloviating on both sides, the America population waxed rampant, as usual on each mations, and the British indignant. Numerous lively discussions spun, up among groups of chireus at the street CORM", and a col stderable quantity of the Bins's English was demolished on both skies. . -- Very soon, vessels for the conveyance of passengers to the east of wer were in demand. Small bouts were chartered foe:the trip and merest t•teemboste di parted with visPon, both Eogbah and American, to the island of San Juan, a distance of Lheea or twill miles from this place. Two of the English yawls of wsr from Esquirosult Hub mr had gone over on the Bret reception of the news. Most of those who went to the Bland did so perhaps through cariosity ; but others no doubt went deter• mined to lend a hand to tteir respective countries U their services were needed. In the harbour of But Jean were found, besides several British men-of-war, the U.S. ship Maseachusetts, Shabrick, and a revenue cutter from Puget Sound. A company of American soldiers to the number of forty at arty had taken puseuion of the Wend, and quite boldly Indicated their; intention to keep it. as will be seen by the following order, which was Feted In various places about the blend : " Military Pos., Ban Ann Island, W.T., ORDERS.—No. I. _ _ " 1. In compllanoe with orders trawl Instructions from the Glenne Comiostding t a unitary post will In established as this island, in shaterer site t►e commanding officer mg select. " 2: All the Inhabitants of the Mead are requested to te• port at mos to the commanding officer. is an of toy incur eons of the Nerthei a lodises, so that be naßtake each err' as he may deem nemeasry to preeest any future cc:arrest* of the some. "3. This beteg Unite! States Oratory, no Ime other than those of the United States, nor courts, except iuch se ate held by virtue of said lowa, mall be recognised or ail ,sod on this island. _ " CAPTAIN rICKET. "By order of " JAIIII6 W. FORSYTH, god Lieut. 9th Infantry, Post Adjutant." It will be observed from the tone of than older that it igs nem the treaty and boundary commimioo, and admlts oleo compromise; if, therefore, it prover to have bad co highs authority than Email Harney, end any ooncession 4 her aber made, it will afford another example of the rockiest manner iu which filibustering American eit zeta prepaid the '- • peace and compromise the hoeoar of their country. From t he foe, it smears that the British desired to amid &collision, ea their ability, at coy moment, to take the Idea can scarcely be doubted. It watt their wish to gide a Vat military occupation of the Mlaud with our 'root*, until order could be received from the heads of the two gosernments. A proposition to that effect having Leto made, was rejected; but it is believed will yet be acceded to. It is entre:64 to repeat that, if snob a eascossion is made, after what bar it will be • dastardly compromise of the coularff Affairs haws rested in thin plight, eith ti tle cheese, &tried the pest week. A small ccnipeuy or two fr in Fort &Liar ham, have ben added to the Ametican for,s, and a num ber of Atomism* have gout from ilia place,. end Waahisgus territory, with th e avowed inteutton of settitng at San hem A British vessel of war b.rougbt down some eappere std lahNill burn Freaer River a few days finer, end mewed the request to land their forces, bat were refused. They bad sit leaded at the last aceounte, sod matters remelted 6 state quo. On NVelneeday Governor Douglas issued a protest WW I the occupstion of Ban Juan I.laod by the Anierlaus• sal declared the island to belong to her Mkie.ty (16.0, Vkl~ the llis Excellency AL* spat the enclosed memo to the Vet rouvrr Legisletive Apeembly yeaterday, in which It is dr el.red that the British forces will be lan4ed on the Wad If pleb be their iatention a collirion teems 1i1t.% itable. The disputed bland lira wort-westerly foto the entrain to Poiret Sound and the mainland of 'Washington Trrrittre. in the vicinity of Port Townsend, the Irma sad teeotarl Strait of Fort being between. Soiling from the Eoutid ti Victoria, amiss the Fuca, San Juan appears to he a part , ' Vancouver Island. and the (limited channel cannot to dw tinguished until you have came down opposite It. mouth of juncture with the Strait. Notwithstanding the treaty gni the loud sib that to oath al out the commanding importaibm of San Jana to the ,how titans, it as aridly belongs to the British, sad is of Id' nitoly greater valeta to thou. than the United Stater. Ths chsnmel in dispute is the gate to t h e Gulf of Georgia, Frost River, end British Colnmhia—mostly Brutal% water end Sri. Ush poseralona. If 'hie cheonal is, by the usay, deter" mimed to be the boundary Rise, it wily gives is • smog bland of email mks, with no other &demonic's, owe ors nothing north of it; while to thou it la the doorway wa their pmsessiose. This fano reason, haircut, why the United States alma it,t have the island, if by any ilea it belongs to her; bs t if John Bull goes to war lie this bland, it will be Mews it is of great value to him; end if Joasthan bade out. he woolly dies, it will be becatise it is not of touch valuate him andhis niggler, Kin Cotton and Lord Democracy !al lieu it le not is the right aeztioa to be worth Getting Is' The tire at Cambray has done rotsiderab'e damage to the cetbedrel, bet the works of art ooe.ained have escaped. The atchb'sbop's peloe 'di re the slaloms Vence smite hie ~TClCtescitte," end th religions wake, is t3tall7 deeiroyed. l'he f Os kw i sad Norvl )Lilo out Wit. the bead depth: '1 only slid drowned I g ot sae so deep t broken it &moos ' this lam may not ditch, t, be &MI and wets my mons second d ofaims I the welt, bins, ms lima ball The and in IF the folk , had (pee them to hirk-sad street, } Bpleer, : The a sod 84. • out dist to each L TIE terame to be• the BL b•e to been n to the AD i e : 2 Z the Rai the pn AY Pard o dc,. Vas of M , . C Joist 1 sossci Vince so daft BOOM