The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-16 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the MRnegement of Mr. Charles Kean. For the Benefit of Mr. Lambet t, Ti .;a, urer. THIS EVENING will be presented Slbilispere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VEMCE. Preceded by the Farce of DYING FOR ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Slvanborowei. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of COURT FAVOUR.: supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Poynter, Turner, 3li-ses M. Wilton, llughos , and Mrs. C. Melville. After which, MINTING A. TURTLE : by Messrs. Belford, Burt, Turner, J. Clarke, and Miss M. \Tilton. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND: by 3lessr.i. Belford, Turner, J. Clarke, Mrs. C. Melville, and 3liss E. Wilton. -- - . ANTER -_- CBURY HALL , Westminster-rod. OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following company of Vo calists are engaged for the performance of Seleetions from nil the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS , CIORIJSE, GLEES, DUETS, &c., TiZ.:—Mies Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Bruncll, 'Miss 11, Mndame Bartolettl, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Ilenshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. lime, Mr. Bacizey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. COZODS, Mr. Pell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde, and E. W, Maekney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Commence harmonium, Mr. Coln tnay ;Director, Ilerr F. Jonghmans. at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock, ___----------.---m"..-------- THE SUN. MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1858. We long since pointed out the utility of despatch ing a large number of the gunboats, prepared at a considerable cost for the Russian war, and since lying up uselessly, for service on the coasts and in the rivers of India and China. We now learn the grievous mistake committed by Sir CHARLES WOOD in declining to comply with the suggestion. Ten or a dozen of these valuable craf would bring the Chi nese war to a speed ty co nclusion, and induce the " Brother of the Sun" to comply with the reasonable demands of the barbarians. Last we ek explained the perverse obstinacy with which the Celestials stick to their own notions until they are literally " thrashed" out of them. Their invariable policy is one of passive resistance and pro crastination. To weary out and disgust the antago nists they are afraid to encounter in a fair contest, to obtain an unfair advantage by any degree of treachery, is the " Chinese game," and it is incum bent on our Plenipotentiaries to be fully prepared for any exhibition of tactics. Anything like vacillation or inaction on our part would be highly injurious to our best interests. It is by energy and promptitude, qualities most opposite to their own, that the Chinese can best be brought to their senses. Any thing that can deteriorate our prestige in these respects must be very damaging to our cause. Every step in advance is therefore more than doubly valuable—every delay more than doubly prejudicial; and yet we are held in suspense for want of a few gunboats of light draught of water, such as we long since demanded, and which could bring the problem to a speedy and satisfac- tory conclusion. We cannot, without better and more satisfactory evidence, concur in the complaints that have been preferred against the English and French Admirals for the caution with which they proceeded up the Peiho to Tien-sin, at the junction of the Grand: Canal 'with the river. They were navigating unknown 'waters. The slightest mistake might have proved fatal. They should literally feel their way step by step. It is true that no opposition was offered to their progress; that, after the capture of the forts their progress was as easy as that of a corporation party on a swan-hopping expedition up the Thames ; and that with a little more strength in boats that could be made available, the matter might ere this have been brought to a satisfactory conclusion. We almost fancy that the fleet of the " Citizen" and " Iron Steam-boat" Com panies could, if properly equipped, have settled the question. The assistance of the " Watermen" would prove decisive. And with this squadron we might dictate our own terms at Pekin. We had the means at our disposal, but Sir C. Woon emphatically pooh-poohed every proposition not in strict accord ance with red-tapist precedents. As it is, three—the only three gun-boats of 40 horse power—have been enabled to get up the river some eight or ten miles beyond Tien-sin. If we could send eight or ten boats of similar class to aid the staunch Bustard and Kestrel, we might take possession of Tung-chow, and thus obtain a new base of operations within a few miles of the capital. As it is, Pekin is within a single day's journey of the mouth of the river. Despatches can be forwarded even by Chinese con veyances within that time ; and as we have already won the better half of the distance, we are unques tionably in a position to bring the head of the Mant chow dynasty to a speedy understanding. At pre sent our duty is to bring the greatest force possible to bear on the capital, both by land and by water, and with such persuasives we shall be enabled to negotiate either with the E:strEttort. himself, or with properly-authorised plenipotentiaries, so that the pretext that they exceeded their powers can no longer be made available. The news from India is satisfactory. There are still, unfortunately, rebels in the field, but they fly in every direction before our troops. No numerical superiority will induce them to try a contest with British soldiers. The fugi tives from Gwalior had occupied the Tonk, but they fled precipitately on the approach of a flying detachment thrown forward by General ItonEßTs. The rainy season had set in favourably, and that the work was over for the timo bring may easily be gathered from the fact that the gallant Sir Ileon Itosz had relinquished the com mand of the Central India field force to Brigadier NAPIER, an auspicious name in Indian affairs. The Rajah of Shahgur had also surrendered — we trust that no terms have been made, but that he will be fairly dealt with according to his merits or de merits. On the whole, everything is going on favour ably. And although we must hear of disturbances for some little time to come, we hope and believe that our Anglo-Indian Empire will eventually be strengthened and consolidated by the very means that were intended to produce its destruction. Conspicuous among the many graceful proceed ings adventured upon by the new Ministry towards the close of the last session, was the assuranee given to the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that—at last—the great public monu ment which the nation began to raise years aad years ago in Trafalgar-square, as a tribute of homage and gratitude to the memory of him whom SOUTIIEY has designated, with reason, " the darling hero of England," should be completed. The promise was frankly given by the leader of the House and the holder of the national purse-strings. It was articu lated by him, moreover, in words which were the last, but by no means the least eloquent, panegyric • pronounced by an English orator upon the glorious life and death of HOR ATIO NELSON, the greatest sea captain of whom the world has record. It was an intimation, too, that was cordially welcomed, and earnestly re- E ponded to by the popular representatives. An additional sum of £6,000 was at once voted by the House of Conunons, to the propo sed end, over and amount hitherto expended u p on the a b ov e the upon th e noble statue of Lord Cor i nt hi an pillar, a statue designed by N E LSON on the to p of it, BAILEY, and upon the four great bronzes in alto retievo, illustrating the chief victories f of the gra Nav niteal C onqueror upon the four sides o the' Pediment—St. Vincent , the :Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar. There yet remained the en)rmou, vacant slabs of granite at the four corners of tht base of this realty beautiful and majestic monument According to the original design, upon each of those huge blocks of granite there was to repose a colossal lion in granite, in heraldic language couchant. With a view to the payment of the expense, of completing the monument, by securing theerection of those four great national emblems under its shadow, the sum of £6,000, already mentioned, was voted unhesitatingb by the House of Commons immediately it had beard „ 40 1 1 . t, °V111".11211 _ .;,‘. THE SUN, LONDON, MONiDAN EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1858 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. INDIA. The following telegram from Mr. Acting Consul- General Green was received yesterday at the Fo- reign•ofhcc : Acting Agcnt and Consul-General Green to the Earl of .Nlalmesbury, London. " ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 9. " The steamer Madras has arrived at Suez, with dates from Bombay to the 19th July, 6 p.m.; Aden, 31st July. " The Gw tlior army has been broken up and gone Into quarters " Sir IL Rose resumes command of the Poanals (?) division of the force from Nusserabad, and Gen. Roberts reached Jeypore on the 2d of July ; the enemy, becoming alarmed, halted, and withdrew to the southwards, Gen. Roberts following in pursuit. " Sir Robert Hamilton has reached Indore, as have nearly all the European troops despatched from Bombay and the Deccan in apprehension of an out- I break. " Matters seem settling down in all parts of India, though there are twenty to thirty thousand rebels in the field. " The rainy season has commenced favourably. " GREEN. dmiral." 4; Malta, 14t,h,AtugsuTsot,r5r.205 Rp.Dm:v.liBcseB.A. The following telegram was received at the Easl India House yesterday, at 11 a.m.:— . Dickinson, Esq., India House, London. To J. D From H. L. Anderson, Esq., Secretary to Govern ment, Bombay, July 19, 1858. " Mr. dmonstone's message has not yet reached Bombay. " GIVALIOR.—The fugitive rebels from Gwalior had arrived in the neighbourhood of Palace (?) on the sith July, and on the 11th had occupied the town of Tonk. " The Nawab holds the fort of Tonk. " Gen. Roberts was prepared to advance against the rebels on the 11th July. " On the 9th of July the Rajah of Shabgur sur rendered himself. " Brigadier Smith has been directed to return to Contah (?) with a part of his force and hold that position. " Sir Hugh Rose relinquished command of the Central India Field Force, and arrived at Mhow, en route for Poonah, on the 13th of July. " Brigadier-Gen. Napier has been appointed by Sir Colin Campbell to succeed Sir Hugh Rose. " Information just received states that the rebels fled precipitately from Tonk on the approach of a flying detachment thrown forward by Gen. Roberts. " 11. L. ANDERSON. " G. MONTANARO. " Malta, 14th August, 1858." The following telegram has also been received " MALTA, AUG. 14, 6. r.M. " The Cairo steamer, in advance of the Panther, with the mails, has just arrived from Alexandria, and brings what follows : " ALEXANDRIA, Atm. " The Bombay mails are here with intelligence to the 19th of July. " The Gwalior fugitives had reached Bowlespore, 30 miles below Jeypore, on the sth. General Roberts's advanced guard was moving to meet them, the General himself covering Jeypore. " ' The late Central India force is settled at various stations. A division is formed at 31how, under General Michel. " LUCKNOW, JULY 6. " The enemy is discouraged since his defeat at Nawabgunge. " ' The Begum and her son, now called King of Oude, are at Bundee, where the rebels are collecting. " The Bombay Presidency is quiet. " The rain is general. " There is a large business in the Bombay impor market, with advance in prices. " Freights have slightly improved. "'Exchange is ls. Hid. for Bank bills.' " Bas Bretonnes have got enormous feet, and dance the reverse of elegantly. Still it was evident these good people were delighted at seeing their Sovereign, and once the dance terminated they almost deafened him with their loud cries of " Vive l'Empereur." As for ;he Empress, she was convulsed with laughter during :he performance, a - .ld at its close she spoke to the actors herein, in her usual kind manner, completely warming their hearts. Not one of them that would not go through fire and water for her sake. "As obstinate as a Breton" is an old proverb in France. After this national dance, the Imperial visitors, having made the tour of the ball-room, retired amid the loudest and most enthusiastic cheers I have yet heard, which continued long after the objects of all the tumult had got out of hearing-. I noticed at this ball a number of Russian naval officers in full uni- form, belonging to a Russian frigate now in the Rade. The city was brilliantly illuminated, and the dancing at the llalle au Bl6s was continued until daylight. This morning at eight o'clock the Emperor passed the troops in review, and having returned and break fasted, his Majesty and the Empress and her sister visited the vessels of war at anchor in the Rade. Just as their Majesties were about to embark on the barge that conducted them from vessel to vessel, oc curred one of those incidents which so frequently re sult from the gratitude of the people. A poor woman, with her child in her arms, rushed through the crowd, and in spite of the officers present threw herself on her knees at the Emperor's feet, holding up her little one towards him. It seems that this morning their Majesties,having heard of her as a de serving person, and the widow of a soldier killed in the Crimea, had given her a pension. Upon this being made known to the poor creature, she acted as I have above described. This little event had a great effect upon the crowd, and the shouting grew fear ful. During the visit of their Majesties, the vessels presented the most beautiful appearance ; all was trim and neat, and the men lined the yard-arms, look ing well in their tasty and clean uniforms. The visit over, the party returned to the Prefecture, where the Emperor receives and dines the authorities of the city. It is to be the occasion for the farewell ceremonies. To-morrow at 8 o'clock their Majesties leave for Quimper. They are to be escorted there by a thousand horsemen, country people in their queer dresses, and no doubt it will be a fine and picturesque procession. During the whole of the fete so far, the weather has been most beautiful, and the superstitious denizens of this province think that Providence smiles upon the first Sovereign that has visited this portion of the country. I paid a visit to the Bagne here, and saw some 700 or 800 poor wretches in the prison. The visit was a sad one, and needs no relation or comment. L'ORIENT, AUG. 13. Having been so fortunate as to secure a seat in one of the post-chaises sent in advance to this place, I had an opportunity during my midnight ride of judgingwhat kind of reception was being prepared for the Imperial visitors. As I telegraphed to you yester day, they left Brest, accompanied by a cavalcade of 1,000 Bretons, in their queer dresses, and having their sturdy ponies all bedecked with ribbons and flowers. The sight was a strange and picturesque one, and the loud shouts and evident enthusiasm must have been highly pleasing to the persons causing either. Upon their arrival at Quimper an immense crowd greeted them, and during the evening fireworks and a general illumination added to the brilliancy of the scene. At Quimper I passed the cortege, and rode on to this place through the most lovely coun try. At each relay we found the postilions awaiting our arrival, with their horses all harnessed and in readiness, and on each occasion, as soon as the livery of the Emperor appeared in sight, shouts of welcome greeted us. All night long it was the same bustle and animation, and during the whole of our ride we passed groups seated near the seaside in their holiday attire, and waiting the approach of their Sovereign. The postillions that conducted us were covered with tricoloured ribbons, and were evidently in a state of the most violent agitation : springing in their saddles they would shout " Vive l'Empereur!" and away would dash the four horses, the carriage whirling and sliding over the smooth road. Our drivers get out of the way for no one. Their shouts of " Service de l'Empereur" warned off of the route all persons jogging along ; and as we passed rapidly their doffed hats and salutations testified to their good will and interest. Really it was a strange romantic ride ; on all sides flags and banners, dimly discernible in the night ; at each instant we were passing under arcs of triumph, and everywhere we found the same feverish excitement and the same tokens of pleased astonishment. The Emperor's journey through these places will be a triumphal march, and the results will become historical. As I write, the streets of this city are full to overflowing ; the music of the mili tary may be heard even at this early hour (8 a.m), and as the Emperor only comes at half-past four, these good people are, as you may judge, determined to be in time. The Maritime Prefecture, at which the Imperial corte,gc descends, is not as large and commodious as that of Brest, but still is a very pretty mansion, and is to-day most beautifully decorated. Crowds are on all the bal conies waiting in the hot sun, and the hour of anx ious expectation is hourly growing longer. At the entrance of the city the Emperor will be met by the Prefect, the Sou-Prefect, and the Mayor and Coun cillors. The latter official (the Mayor) is to pre sent the keys of the city to the Emperor, and is even now in full toggery and in a state of the most in tense excitement. Arrived at the Prefecture the Emperor and Empress will receive the relgious, civil, maritime, and military officials. All this cere mony ended, the much-needed dinner is to be eaten, and then a little quiet for their Majesties for the first time during the day. To-morrow the Emperor will visit the town, see the port, the arsenal, and the maritime establishments ; and in the evening their Majesties will attend the ball given by the city. The next morning, at half-past eight, the Imperial train takes its departure. I was astonished to see how beautiful this portion of France is—the hedges are as green and the scenery as varied as is any por tion of England, and it much resembles it. The people, I must say, I do not like the appearance of— they have a dogged, sullen look ; and as for the women, they are surely the ugliest I have ever seen in the country, and that is saying much. One thing, however, admits of no doubt—their loyalty to their present Sovereign, and their deter mination to show it by the most vociferous and en ergetic welcome. The city of Lorient has 20,000 inhabitants, and is quite an old place. It gives em ployment to some 3,000 workmen, and, as far as I could ascertain, is a business place of some import ance. In the neighbourhood may be seen many Roman ruins. The city is well fortified, and has a arge number of troops stationed in it. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. PARIS, SUNDAY Momsmici. This is the annual fete-day of the Emperor, and the weather is remarkably favourable for carrying out the long programmes of out-door amusements. From an early hour this morning thousands of men, women, and children, have continued, in a never ending stream, to centre towards the various points of attraction. On the Esplanade of the Invalides, and along the banks of the Seine, hundreds of booths are erected, interspersed with shows and mysterious fortune-telling retreats for the curious. Round abouts, gingerbread stalls, and drinking canvas taverns, forming streets, divide the sea of human life into smaller streams, which tide on to the climbing poles, and halt before the theatres, where military pantomimes are taking place. The Place de la Concorde, and the grand avenue of the Champs Elysees are festooned with green wreaths, from which hang many-coloured lanterns, whilst here and there, at intervals, are seen golden eagles, surrounded with flags. The gardens of the Tui leries, facing the Palace, are screened with Chinese looking constructions, the effect of which . 011 only the above welcome assurance from the lips of the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It was perfectly well understood at the time that the design for these c olossal lions in gramt.: would, as a mere :natter of course, not to say also a , a mat ter both of common sense and of common :ustice, be open to general competition—a competiti , r, it surely need scarcely be added, addressing its allurements to and exciting a wholesome emulation among Sculptors —not painters, not engravers, not butchers, not bakers, but Scumroas ! Yet, now, after some half-a-dozen or more of the leading sculptors of the day have taxed their abilities in the matter to the uttermost, the models produced by their genius are abruptly returned upon their hands, with the curt intimation that there will be no competition, that the commission has been given to one who is not a sculptor at all, who never has been one, who has never either modelled in clay or handled chisel and mallet—to Sir EDWIN LANDSEER, Knight and Royal Academician, a man of unquestionable genius, the greatest animal painter of his age, and an extraordinary personal favourite, not merely in his own private circle, but also, and in a particular manner, at the Court of his SOVEREIGN. " Call me horse," says Sir JOHN FALSTAFF. Another JOIIN—Mr. Bum., to wit—is neither a horse nor yet blind. Nevertheless, there is an old proverb, " A wink to a blind horse," et cetera—which may at this point be directly applicable to that arebtype of the national character. Why Sir EDWIN LANDSEER has been selected instead of the most successful competitor among the sculptors of the day—BAILEY, or NOBLE, or BELL, or FOLEY—is best known of course to those who have made this most astounding selection. Happily it may not be too late. Possibly Sir EDWIN may see the absurdity, as well as the indeco rum, of the task thrust upon him—out of most mis taken kindness. It rests at this moment, we can not but think, with the great painter itself. Let him waive his high claims upon Court patronage, and the granite lions may yet be sculptured, not merely by the hand of genius but by the hand of genius guided by professional skill and experi ence in the art. May this graceful act crown the fair fame of one of the most gifted and admired of our living Academicians. Reformers will be pleased to see the son of a Peer trying his hand on the great reform question of the new Reform Bill ; the petition for the good citizens of Jedburgh, drawn by the Hon. W. F. CAMPBELL, son of the Lord Chief Justice will, if for this reason only, be read with not a little interest; it is, how ever, written in a style which shows that its author has thought out the subject for himself; he has viewed it on many sides, and is therefore an advocate of the Ballot, not from any temporary impulse, but from rational and settled conviction. It is such supporters of the cause we most need. So far as mere votes go, of course a man who Totes as his constituency tells him, contributes as much to a ma jority as a GROTE Or MOLESWORTII ; but, your vote and influence is the good old request ; and the iyiu ence which Liberals want, the only influence they ought to wish for, is that of a man of intelligent and strong convictions with the large number who will per haps listen, but will not give themselves the trouble to think. The influence we fear of many who vote for the Ballot merely to keep a seat, is rather against than for us. They do not, we presume, scruple to tell others not so fettered, that they are but too thankful to be in a minority; they would be frightened to find themselves called upon to vote for the third reading of a Ballot Bill ; unless, indeed, they looked confidently enough to the House of Lords to be the conservators of electoral corruption. The document referred to shows the son of Lord CAMPBELL to be no such venal politician. His influ ence in his circle will be that of a man whose heart is in the cause, because his reason has led him to espouse it. The four reasons which precede the prayer of the petition should be, we think, conclusive with statesmen. The sturegretted failure of the Bills of 1852 and 1854 does prove that even large and liberal alterations fail to attract popular support, when unaccom panied by the Ballot. It is perfectly certain that any Bill brought forward in 1859, whether by DERBY, RUSSELL, or PALMERSTON, will equally fail to command public support if secret voting form no part of it. The two houses may make a show of great liberality ; they may wish to please the people in hopes of escaping the demand for a thoroughly effective Bill ; they may, with such views, be ready to pass what they will imagine the people will accept as a substantial Bill; but the public will not be thus hoodwinked. No flood of petitions will be sent up for "the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill;" no public meetings will be held, except to denounce it as a makeshift, and to demand that the Ballot be added to it ; and the bill will either drop from hands which would rather have - no Reform Bill at all, or, if passed, be but the commencement of a new agitation. Something popular must be offered. Mr. CAMP. BELL naturally takes for granted that it will be a large extension of the franchise. We should think so too. The language, not merely of Mr. FITZROY KELLY, but of the animating mind of the Cabinet, has frequently implied it. Mr. DIS RAELI is not opposed to an extension of the suffraae, and Lord STAMM'S leanings to the people, we might add Sir JOHN PAKIN‘TON'S, are well known. We may be quite wrong, but all the probabilities are that the old Tory section of the Cabinet must, on a Re form question, indulge very much the wishes of their more liberal colleagues. They will want their in fluence with the country, and they cannot have it unless they allow them to propose something which honestly liberal Conservatives can indorse with self-respect, and be prepared heartily to sup port. Now it does not seem easy to fix on anything popular, except extension of the suf frage, which Tories would like so well. Another schedule A would offend many of their supporters, though somewhat in that line there must be. Re distribution of representatives, if it gave yet more to the counties, would raise a hubbub which would turn out any Ministry. There must, then, it would seem, be an augmentation of the number of the elec tors, for which the scope is ample enough. But will the people be satisfied with this ? Will they quiescently accept a mere extension of political serfdom ? Will they confound numbers of voters with freedom of voting ? We warn both Whigs and Tories that they are got now far beyond that. Every man who under a new bill would receive a vote will ask himself " Will it be my vote or not ?" Every foreman in a factory, every enfranchised workman or little tradesman, every journey man or clerk, will resent the thought of being merely one of his employer's cards. To some extent the lesser tenant farmers, if that franchise be lowered, will have the same feeling—though, far be hind the operatives in intelligence and independence, as they are, they may not feel the political yoke as any yoke at all. The great mass, however, of those whom any scheme can enfranchise will not wish for the boon, unless it be conferred on them, not on their masters. They will feel it but a nuisance to be al lowed to vote, while, like certain other voters, they must receive from their superiors a conge (retire in favour of the superior candidate? Worse than all, as Mr. CAMPBELL suggests, is the consequence of trifling with the wants and wishes of the electors on points which must be conceded at last. How deeply has the House of Lords injured itself on the Jew Bill ! It will take some time— almost require a new generation—to redeem that nischief on behalf of the Pters of England. It has taught the country to regard them, collectively, as a mere obstruction —a House, not of Conservatives but of Obstinates ; of beings who must be bullied to be beaten. Both Houses ought to take the warning. [f anything can be plain, it is that the Ballot, many years of discussion, w a )du would that be--that bc —e t hh after aa ' and intimidation in high no other political reform VVOII places, t ile c d o corruption tion wtobuelidnatilwonideateaand venality ob ject to the change. The ho in lowernepsltacaensd, —together nine-tenths of the electors--would rejoice. Why, then, trifle any longer with a just demand, to be compelled at last to give way with disgrace ? Mr. CAMPBELL mentions, " the idea that the body of tenant farmers would no longer vote with the body of landowners" as the " idea which really animates re sistance to vote by ballot." Of that we arc perfectly sure, and it is a burning disgrace to the landlords that they cannot trust their own tenants. We have, how ever, one word for the landholders—" If the corn-laws were repealed despite both landlords and tenants, the Ballot, which tenants secretly wish for, will cer tainly he carried despite the landlords only:' If they yield now, they may keep their tenants' good will. If they yield only to compulsion they may also be kicked out of power by it. THE INDIAN COUNCIL. - We have much pleasure in announcing that Sir Frederick Currie and Sir Henry Rawlinson have accepted seats in the new Council. Mr. John Stuart Mill, to whom Lord Stanley offered a seat in the Council, has declined to serve, on the score of failing health. A seat has also been offered to Mr. J. P. Wil loughby, M.P., but he has not yet accepted it. I No other offer has yet been made. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The season which terminated on Saturday night was rendered chiefly remarkable by the inauguration of the new and magnificent theatre, the return of Tamberlik, the secession of Formes, the new treat ment of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" with an extra ordinary " cast " the production of one novelty, Herr Flotaw's " Martha," the adaptation of Herold's " Zampa," and the advent of a very charming and ac complished danseuse, Madlle. Zina. The theatre is, of course, a great addition to the metro polis, and its artistic and social value, :combined with the fact that it was erected in a wonderfully brief space of time, will suffice to render the Royal Italian Opera season of 1838 memorable, and honourably perpetuate the name and fame of the spirited founder and director of "New Covent- garden." Signor Tamberlik's reappearance in the character of Otello, after an absence of two years, was very enthusiastically welcomed. All the energy and dig nity, the vocal skill and trembling, which be for merly displayed, were again present, and so, too, was the famous C sharp. Signor Tamberlik's subsequent im personations of Pollio (which nobody plays so well) and Don Ottavio served to sustain his reputation until near the end of the season, when he materially increased it by a. very admirable performance of Zampa. Madlle. Zina bounded at once int o the good gr aces of the general public, whilst she charmed the most critical in the ballet-divertissement entitled " La Bresilienne." Nladlle. Zina proved in this instanc e, as she sabsequently did in others, bow happily she can combine grace with aplomb—agility with picturesqueness ; and that she is a highly expressive pantomimist, no less than a skilful dancer. "Don Giovanni" had, we believe , been long an " idea " of Signor Marie's; and he probably looked forward plea santly to the moment of its realisation. It was an idea in which there was more enthusiasm than judgment, more confidence than reverence, more of Mario than of Mozart. The result, however, was curious, for it showed us as little of the singer as it did of the co mposer—both having been sadly crippled and disfigured by the arranger, Signor Mary, to no purpose. The result, then, was more than curious—it was quite unsatisfactory ; and the best friends of the astonished and disappointed tenor could do no more than vindicate his right to spoil Mozart's music upon the very reasonable ground that other singers, including Mr. W. Harrison, bad done so before him, and compose epitaphs upon the fatal performance in the softest and most obliging terms they could find. But if Signor Mario was unfortunate as Don Giovanni, he was quite the reverse as the hen of Herr Flotow's " Martha," a character which will doubtless be permanently added to his repertory, if only for the rap turous and exquisitely graceful expression he throws into the ballad "O, Marta—Marta," whilst his performances of Raoul in " Les Huguenots," Count Almaviva (" Barbiere"), Manrico (" I 1 Trovatore"), &c., again pre sented all their great and well-known attractions. Madame Grisi kept her ground once more; which is saying much, considering what uncommonly high ground it is, and that she reached it a great many years ago. The pleasures of memory were mingled with present enjoyment. Gratitude for past hours of delight, respect for an artist con secrated by the voice of the public , appealed successfully against any adverse decisions of criticism, and gave addi tional interest and value to every still great performance. As Norma (" Lucrezia Vslentina ("Les Hugue nots"), Leonora (" Il Trovatore"), Dcsdemona(" Otello"), and Donna Anna (" Il Don Giovanni"), Madame Grisi again appeared, and with all the success which has attended these familiar impersonations during the last few years. Madame Bosio, who has been steadily improving in her art ever since her first visit to this country, distinguished herself more honourably than ever during the past season. As a singer, indeed, it would be difficult to exceed the point of excellence she has already reached. Her brilliant fluency, refined taste, and fascinating grace were most strikingly displayed in the operas of " Fra Diavolo," " Ii Barbiere di Siviglia," " Martha," and " La Traviata ;" whilst her Zcrlina in "Il Don Giovanni" was remarkable for the exhibition of purer and more musicianly qualities. Signor Gardoni had, unhappily for the public, but little to do throughout the season; but still, fortunately for him, be did it so well as fully to sustain his great reputation, and excite a general feeling of regret that he was not allowed to appear more frequently. Madame Didi(!e, with her skilful singing and highly in telligent acting, her personal prettiness, and graceful deportment, did all the justice in her power to the page in " Les Huguenots" and other parts entrusted to her. Signor Tagliaßco began the season hoarsely, but soon re covered the use of his sonorous and metallic organ, and sang as well as ever. His acting, too, was again marked by un flagging spirit, and careful attention to the details of " stage business." Signor Ronconi not only renewed his old successes as Figaro (" 11 Barbiere ") Lord Alcash ("Fra Dia cola "), but materially increa:?.d his fame by two new efforts, namely, his admirable impersonations of Leporello (" II Don Giovanni") and Dandolo (" Zampa"). Signori Graziani, Zelger, Polonini, and Neri-Baraldi also distinguished themselves honourably in the various parts entrusted to them, and the same praise is likewise due to Madlle. Marai. A word of special eulogy is clue to Madlle. Parepa in her quality of debalante—for, having appeared but once before (at the commencement of last sewon), she can scarcely be considered in any other light—and it should be recorded that her success as the heroine of Herold's " Zampa" was complete. The nonappearance of another young singer, Miss Vic toire Balfe, who made so brilliant a debut last year as Amina in "La Sonnambula," created some surprise and disappointment, especially as her name bad been announced in the prospectus for the season just terminated. We trust Mr. Gye may think fit to let us hear more of this accom plished young lady next year. Great credit is due to all parties connected with the admirable miss en scene of the various works produced, especially as their various tasks must have been beset by difficulties of no ordinary kind. The chorus, ably directed by Mr. Smythson, was, as in former years, highly efficient, and the magnificent band, under the masterly guidance of Mr. Costa, formed, as usual, one of the leading attractions of the season. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary and her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz honoured the performance with their presence on Saturday evening. Among the fashionable company also present were—His Excellency the Ambassador of France. the Duke and Duchess of Wel lington, the Duchess of Inverness, the Earl of Bessborough, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, Count Louis Corti, the Earl Beauchamp, Count Chotek, Lord Chelmsford, Lady Dufferin, Lady Lawley, Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord and Lady Burghersh, Lady Georgiana Codrington, Lord Duf ferin, Lady Caroline Lascelles and the Misses Lascelles, Hon. Mr. Coke, Hon. Cecil Duncombe, Hon. Mrs. Cust, Hon. Frederick Nyng, Hon. Otway Toler, the Hon. Major Cal thorpe, Hon. Henry Elliott, Hon. Spencer Ponsonby, Col. M a rtyn, Capt. Peel, Capt. Forde, Capt. Farquharson, Major Ogle Hunt, Col. Haygartb, Capt. Wynne, Capt. Pothering ham, Mr. and Mrs. William Russell and Mss Russell, Mr. Greville, Mr. Vyner, Mr. Forster, M.P., Mr i Napier Sturt, M.P., Mrs. George Carpenter, Mr. Billing, Mr. Norbury, Mr. Edwin James, Mr. and Mrs. Howell, Mr. Penney, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Scott, Mrs. Graham Smitb, Mr. A. K. SAoirm.byrae,nell,lrm. C r. h c as la . y S t a o r n to , r m ius r ,. Woodford, &c• °Mort:, 1 1‘ , 1 1 ,A r. 1 1: 3 1 n it e r° , riud,r.Mwrrse.bDstyecre, ROYAL DRAMATIC DRAMATIC COLLEGE.-T hech c ai o r l m en a e n l , th ß e . Webster, Esq., has rec eived a lette r from Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, K.C.8., dated Potsdam, August 13, announcing her Majesty's gracious in tention of becoming the Patroness of the Dramatic College, and enclosing a cheque for one hundred pounds as her donation thereto. TIIE CHANNEL ISLANDS SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH. —The electric telegraph is now continuously completeand d from Portland to Alderney, Alderney to Gtu•rnsey, thence to Jersey, where the end of the wire ii made fast on the shore in a small inlet of the cliff at Grosnez. The inland portion of the wire is still unfinished, and only about two miles of cutting and five of laying remain to be accom plished. The cutting will be completed by about Tuesday, t Cou n tes s l n n il o il iulsss Excellencyl Excellency line ec ren l and the placing the wire will soon after be accomplished. Last Thursday night the wire was at St. Peter's, and as two or three miles can be laid in a day, it Is probable the con s 1 nce will e tfono b rrc e lt hareadyterthehceeo passing o fllr n i anrneunisstths.hi Wednesday, ll i s excellencyo n will iio t the arrangements will be completed to transmit messages to London and back. return che f s o s r t o w f o s m u o t n h t e h r s i few day s g a h n t ot d own the a season Prussian Minister Minister at l left ri The Du of Carlisle and the other and has joined the Earl members of the. family At caetle ilowArd, York§bire, from sound. THE IMPERIAL PROGRESS IN FRANCE. FROM SPECIAL REPORTERS OF THE MORNING POST. nificent preparations urraEmperorttheherb citizens,a hadal-n ball-room, ob Empress,ea el nwainnh BREST, AUG. 12, 1858 x a ic de t:c , drs t ou o wt o roi k doegg p de l o a tirn e ad e toi . gnota A horyde Last night the grand ball, for which such mag l a fi o n n o e k e a h a r a t l thee o r times, is a vast granary, but which on this occasion was a palace, hung with velvet and gold, and glit tering with myriads of lustres. The most consum mate taste had been observed in the decoration — paintings covered the walls, and on the side on which the Imperial visitors were to enter was erected a gor geous throne, around which were rows upon rows of seats covered with velvet, filled with fair spectators, all in their ball dresses, and many of them glittering with jewels. The male portion of those present were almost all of them in uniform, as not only is the fleet present, but several regiments are also sta tioned here. The sight presented on entering was a truly beautiful one, and the good citizens of Brest may boast of having done the thing well. Long before the hour appointed for the coming of their Majesties, the room was filled to repletion, and every eye was strained towards the heavy velvet curtain, that, drawn aside, would show the Imperial party. At nine o'clock, the clanging of the trumpets an nounced their arrival, and the little Mayor pe es the city, Monsieur Bezet, rushed breathlessly to meet the expected ones. The curtain was drawn aside, the band played the usual march, and, amid the loud and prolonged cheers of the crowd, th e Emperor, Em press, and suite came in. Their Majesties having remained seated a few moments, the band gave the signal for the quadrille. The Emperor danced with the Mayor's daughter, Madlle. Bezet, the Empress with the Mayor himself ; and Admiral Hamelin, Mi nistere de la Marine, was also in the set. The name of the others would not interest you. I will state, for the benefit of your fair readers, the Empress's toilette : Coiffure classique, nottes et bouches, diadem of diamonds, in the centre of which the famous stone called le Regent; a necklace with three rows of large pearls, with a diamond clasp bracelet, diamonds and turquoise. Her dress was of blue tulle, studded with silver, with immense diamond brooches in front of the corsage. lam sure of the exactitude of this statement, as I had it from the artist who arranges her Majesty's coiffure. He was, I believe, at one time a resident of London, and rejoices in the cogno men of Chaumont. So much for the toilette. The quadrille finished, their l‘lajesties again mounted the estrade prepared for them, and the Empress hav ing desired that the dancing should continue, some enterprising young persons made spasmodic attempts to get up a polka, which, owing to the immense crowd, was nipped in the bud. After a brief delay and some terrible crowding to make room, during which time I heard the loud squeak of some bag pipes, which sounded to me uncommonly like what I had heard oftentimes far from here, I saw a number of persons dressed in the most fantastical and pic turesque manner imaginable making their way to. wards the throne. Once there, they managed to clear a small circle, and to the particularly unplea sant tones of the bagpipes they executed a series of dances peculiar to the country. L must say that the be judged when the outlines of the design are lighted. A regatta will commence at one o'clec on the Seine, between the Pont de l'Alma and the Pont d'Jcna. Two theatres are erected at the Barriere du Trons. In fact, there is plenty of ' fun provided in all directions, although the Emperor is not in Paris. As the post to-day leaves early, I can only name the further amusements which are to take place up to the hour when the Pies will close with fireworks. The programme says :—" At half past six in the evening a concert will take place at the Rond-Point in the Champs Elysees, in which 250 musicians and 300 vocalists will take part. At night, the Place de la Concord, the Rond-Point, and the Grand Avenue of the Champs Elysees will be illu minated, as well as the Quai d'Orsay, the Quai de Billy, the Allee d'Antin, the different bridges, the Champ de Mars, the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, the Column Vendome, the Tour St. Jacques, the Central Halles, and all the other public edifices. In the Champ de Mars an electric light will be dis played." This evening Count Walewski gives a grand dinner at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs, in honour of the Fete de r Empereur. Sixty-three persons are invited. His Excellency, after proposing the usual Imperial toasts, is expected to say something about the completion of the Treaty of Paris. A banquet took place last evening at the Hotel de Ville, on the occasion of the file, on which occasion the Prefect of the Seine referred to the enthusiasm with which the Imperial progress had been charac terised, and reminded his guests that the Emperor had not only earned the admiration of the world, but had gained the love of all classes of Frenchmen. The gentleman named as commissioner for the French Government to proceed to Jeddah, is M. Sabatier. He will leave in a few days, and take the nearest route, by which he hopes to reach his des tination within twenty-five days. I learn that the gentleman appointed to a similar office by the English Government is some one already in the neighbour hoed of Alexandria. M. Benedetti, the secretary of the Conferences, is en conge ; his post is occupied by M. Fougeres, sous directeur at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs. I have received a letter from Berlin, which says, that the Queen has requested that no reports shall be made of her Majesty's movements during her visit. The King of Prussia remains precisely in the same state. His mental condition is not improved, and Government has asked that some permanent arrange ments be made about the Regency, now that the Queen and Prince are there. The Constitutionnel draws attention to 6 the neces sity of a French force chastising, without further de lay, the outrages committed on French subjects in Cochin China. Your contemporary says it is the more necessary to despatch an expedition in that quarter since fresh Christian victims are daily falling under the fanatical spirit encouraged by the ruling and governing powers. It appears the Spanish Govern ment is also bent on sending a force to Cochin China to revenge the death of certain Spanish missionaries Beyond what the missionaries have told us we know little about this province of the Empire of Assam, of which Hue Fou, the capital, is said to be fortified, and mounting 200 guns. To make a permanent im pression, it may be necessary for the invading force to march on the Sovereign's stronghold—as in China, we must get up to Pekin in all probability. It therefore will require some caution, and a reserve force obtained before France and Spain can com mence operations. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. The Austria arrived from New York with dates to the 2d inst. The Vanderbilt and Persia have arrived out. No political news. Money market unchanged ; stocks firm. Exchange 109; to 110. Cotton market dull ; flour dull. Freights dull and downward. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The America has arrived with the New York mails of the 4th inst., and 715,641 doll. The Persia and the Vigo, hence, arrived at New York on the 3d inst. A telegram, dated Toronto, the 2d inst., says : " The new Ministry was announced to-day as follows— Premier and Inspector-General, Brawn ; Attorney-General for Canada West, McDonald; Attorney-General for Cana da East, Drummond; Provincial Treasury, Mowatt ; Speaker of the Council, Morris; Postmaster-General, Foly ; Solici tor-General for Canada West, Connor ; Solicitor- General for Canada East, Laberge ; Commissioner of the Crown Lands, Dorinn ; Commissioner of Public Works, Holton ; Receiver-General, Lemieux ; President of the Council and Minister of Agriculture, 'Thibeaudeau. Parliament meets this afternoon, when a motion of want of sonfidence in Government was propesed in both houses. I - was carried in the Upper House, and is now being discusse in the House of Assembly." A telegram dated on the following day says:— "A third motion of want of confidence in Brown's new Ministry was carried in the House of Assembly last night. A d ssolution of Parliament is expected." The yellow fever was very severe at New Orleans. The New York Tribune says:— " The Yrissarri treaty with Nicaragua, which has been so long upon the carpet, has at length arrived at Washington, ratified by the Nicaraguan authorities, but not without two important modifications. By the treaty, as modified, though the American Government still possesses the right to pro tect the neutrality of the transit, yet it is not to land troops upon the Isthmus except at the request of the Nicaraguan Government. The other alteration relates to the right con ferred by the treaty on the American Government to trans port troops over the Isthmus, which by the amended treaty it is not to exercise except after notice previously given o❑ each occasion to the Nicaraguan Government of such in tended transport." The official averages of the New York banks for the week ending July 31st presented the following changes :—lncrease in loans, $909,974 ; ditto in specie, $196,864; ditto in circulation, $57,330 ; ditto in undrawn deposits, $1,030,183. The species line was $35,712,000. The business in foreign exchange remained in a languid state, the demand being very limited, the market not largely supplied with bills, and the buyers were mostly dependant on bankers' rates. Prices closed. flatly ; on London 9k to 9?,- premium. The following were the closing rates at the Stock Board :—Virginia Sixes, 92; ; Missouri Sixes, 851- ; New York Central, 84ft ; New York and Erie, 17i-; Reading Railroad, 50} ; Michigan Central, 61 ; Michigan Southern, 231 ; Cleveland and Toledo, 361 ; Panama Railroad, 115 ; Illinois Central Bonds, 881 ; Chicago and R. 1., 761-; Millwaukie and Mis sissippi, 151 ; Lacrosse, 41; Delaware and Hudson, 99k. The business in cotton was limited. Middling up lands, 121 c. Potashes unchanged. Pearl higher. State and Western floor had advanced 10c., and closed with an excited feeling. Canada firmer Southern sc. to 10c. higher. Wheat had decline( lc. to 2c. Corn, which had risen slightly, had be come less buoyant. Iron dull. Molasses had further advanced. Turpentine lower, though the Persia's advices had created a firmer feebly , . Pork rather better. Beef firm. The demand ° for sugar had become less excited, but the business was larger, and prices had advanced an eighth of a cent. Domestic leaf tobacco held firmly. Freights dull, and rates to Liverpool lower. Apalachicola, fo r INTELLIGENCE. The r y sf ot, was off C a The Henry Warren and Susa n Lin g , fro m Glasgow, and Finland,rt RSene f 2 P 4 fPr t 71 11 nN u 1 t GA . Argo, hence, at Boston. Th e Berkshire, from New Orleans, for London, off Carys fort Reef, on 29th ult. The Excelsior, from Havre, and Orono, from Antwerp, at New Orleans. The Vigo, screw steamer, Empire, Frank Flint, Webster, Bridgewater, Helios, Waterlord, Underwrit er , A ustralia, Cumberland, Seaman's Bride, J. T. Parsons, Rome, Star of t h e West, Lady Franklin, and St. Louis, hence ; Mary Bradford; from London; Patrick Henry, from London, and Isle of Wight; Julia Lawrence, Michael Angelo Mortimer, Livingstone, Tranquebar, Moonlight, and Northampten, from Sunderland; E. Z., from Glasgow end Greenock; Petrea and Sowamset Mat tin, from Havre ; John llancock, Coffin, and David Hoadley, from Antwerp; Robt. Peel and Oder, from Hamburg; 17th of May, from Bordeaux; Vertronwen, fr.)m Amsterdam ; Megunti Cosk, from Rot terdam; and Adler, from Bremen, at New York. POLITICAL ASSASSINS. — Accounts from Dresden state that the director of police has issued a circular to the police authorities and commanders of gendarmerie in the kingdom, in which he says :—" According to a communica tion from the Baden Government, the heads of the revolu tionary party residing in foreign countries are at present getting grenades of a particular form executed, fit for attempts at assassination, and are endeavouring to introduce them into Germany. The instruments of slaughter, being covered with leather, might be mistaken for gymastic in struments." The police arc recommended by the director to keep a watch for these projectiles, and also for suspicious )king travellers from England, France, and Switzerland... Gcaignani. THE COURT. According• to the present arrangements, her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and suite will return from the Continent on the 31st inst. The Queen will then take up her resilience at Osborne, \there the Court will remain until the 6th proximo, and then proceed to Buckingham Palace. On the following day (7th September) the Queen, with the Prince Consort and Royal Family and suite, will take their departure for Leeds, on their way to Scotland. The Court will return from Scotland and arrive at Wind sor Castle by the 15th October. THE HON. W. F. CAMPBELL ON THE BALLOT'. The following petition has been drawn up for the Reformers of Jedburgh by the Hon. W. F. Camp bell, with the aid of the Ballot Socety : "1. Showeth that, although your honourable house has cautiously abstained from abstract resolutions on organic change, and has never come to a division on the bills or 1852 and 1854, an impression has arisen that measures to alter the Reform Act may soon assume a more practical complexion than has hitherto belonged to them. " 2. That to reject vote by ballot on the ground of leav ing settled and inviolate the act of 1832 is a very different proposition from rejecting it when that act is about to be exposed to general revision. " 3. That while all the old considerations in favour of vote by ballot retain their vigour and propriety, a new class occurs for which it is not possible for your honourable house to be indifferent. . . "4. That the seven general elections which have taken piace since 1832 have given ample proofs of the coercion and corruption to which the electors are exposed; that the exist ing laws are insufEcent to restrain them ; that various enact ments have been applied without success; and that vote by ballot is the only remedy which remains untried and unex— hausted. " 5. That in the event of your honourable house proceed ing to amend the act of 1832, two methods are before you— the method of occasional reform, and that of final legislation. That the method of occasional reform points to vote by bal lot as the change most fully sifted by discussion, most tho roughly explained by all the lights which can apply to it, and therefore most fit for practical adoption; that the method of final legislation also points to the triumph of the only means for giving freedom of election, since without that triumph, perpetual struggle and uneasiness will deprive the arrangements to be formed of repose as well as of stability. "6. That the obvious and inevitable limits of any mea sure to alter and improve the Return Act are such as to make it a doubtful policy in your honourable house to forego so large a means of giving satisfaction and content as vote by ballot would amount to. "7. That the first of these limits arises from the foreign policy established by Mr. Canning in 1822, and never since abandoned, which, attempting to encourage the friends of representative arrangements throughout Europe, requires as its basis the integrity and dignity of your honnurable house, and forbids all changes of a tendency to lower it in the eyes et continental powers. "8. That the second of these limits arises from the pre valent venality in boroughs unhappily disclosed from time to time before committees of your honourable house, and which tends to fetter your honourable house in the ex tension of the franchise to classes less opulent than those who have it now, especially without some new restraint on the venality alluded to. " 9. That the third of these limits arises from the fact that your honourable house is at once a representative and a deliberative body, and that many changes, such as annual Parliaments and others which are likely to increase its re presentative efficiency, are no less clearly calculated to in jure its deliberative functions. "10. That the fourth of these limits arises from the fact that, since 1832 the middle classes have enjoyed the ruling power in the State, and that various encroachments on the franchise, designed for popular support, have an inevitable tendency to transfer that power to the numerical majority. " 11. That while nearly all the projected schemes to alter the Reform Act are obnoxious to the limits we have stated, the scheme of vote by ballot is not in any way affected by them. "12. That the objections generally urged against vote by ballot, as well as the ideas which foster a resistance to it, are such as, when fairly viewed, are found to be devoid of substance and authority. " 13. That it is not uncommon to allege a supposed respon sibility of the elector to the public, which vote by ballot would destroy, whereas it is well known to your honourable house that the elector does not owe a duty to the public, except the duty of supporting the candidate he most ap proves of all the candidates proposed to him, a duty the existing law perpetually forces him to violate, and which can never be fulfilled until a greater independence is esta blished. "14. That it is not uncommon to allege a supposed ineffi cacy in vote by ballot for the object it pursues, while it is clear that the supposed inefficacy can never be proved until vote by ballot has been tried ; and even if it could, it would be no reason for denying th electors the utmost possible security for freedom which laws or statesmanship can offer. "15. That the idea which really animates resistance to vote by ballot —namely, the idea that under such a system the body of tenant-farmers would no longer vote with the body of landowners—does not rest upon a solid basis of ex perience or nature, and is contradicted by the fact that unity of interests and unity of action are more often found to• gether than apar!. " 16. That the prevalence of secret voting in courts martial and in clubs, where the rules of honour are both up held and understood, is a sufficient answer to the prejudice against it, as unknown to the institutions or hostile to the manners of the country. " 17. That looking back to the reception of the bills of 1852 and 1854., it may seem to your honourable house that no changes, however violent, from which vote by ballot is ex cluded, are likely to insure the public sympathy and favour. " 18. That of all the different courses open to your hon ourable house the most equivocal and hazardous would appear to be an alteration of the franchise, in many places more than doubling the number of electors, and altogether changing the seat of power in the empire, while so moderate a step as that of giving the greatest possible amount of freedom to the act of 1832 is steadily avoided. "19. That inasmuch as no credit will be given to the good faith of those who contend that it is safe to enter on a system of governing by numbers, while it is dangerous to give the middle order the virtual exercise of their long-con ceded power, the suspicion unavoidably occurs that new rights of voting are intended to be neutralised, as the exist ing rights of voting have in practice been impaired. 20. That no position can be more derogatory, or more fraught with risk to the leading statesmen of the country, than the appearance of trifling with the wants and feelings of electors, refusing what ought to be conceded, and con ceding what it then becomes apparent, without the hope of its being nugatory, would be persistingly refused. " 21. We therefore pray your honourable house to render vote by ballot the basis of ysur policy in amending the act of 1832, and to giant your petitioners such other relief as in your wisdom you may deem meet." .c 1 COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, Aug. 15. PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED.—The Cecile, schooner, 190, the Marquis of Conyngham, from the Channel Islands; the Columbine, schooner, 72 tons, Capt. R. H. Smith-Barry, R.N. from the Channel Islands; the Eugenie, schooner, 92, Richard Frankland, E.g., from Cherbourg and the Channel Islands. Mr. Frankland was appointed by the Sailing. Committee of tne Royal Yacht Squadron to time the yachts which sailed for the Emperor's Cup. The following is the return made by that gentleman on his arrival this morning : H. M. S. Alason, 248 tons, Joseph Weld, Esq. Zara, 152, the Earl of Wilton Shark, 175, William Curling, Esq. Claymore, 130, the Hon. Hercules Rowley 1 29 32 Arrow, 102. Thomas Chamberlayne, Esq. Ursuline, 112, Lord Londesborough There is a large fleet of yachts in the Road:. Almost the whole of the yachts of the squadron having returned from Cherbourg. DEPARTTRR OF THE COMMODORE AND VICE-COM" MODORE.—Tbe Zara and Capricorn took their departure from Cowes this afternoon for Plymouth. The wind being dead ahead,the Capricorn took the Zara in taw, and steamed to the westward. The Dream, George Bentick, Esq., proceeded to the eastward. The American ship Abby Langdon, Capt. Hall, with rice, for Antwerp, went on shore at low water on Thursday morn ing, off Compton, at the back of the Wight. There was a thick fog, and very little wind. The captain felt confident that the ship would float off at highwater, but she did not, mid though the wind was right off the land on Saturday, things grew worse, and about 2,900 bags of rice were taken out of her in barges. Had this been done on Thursday, or even on Friday, things might have been different, but there is now (Sunday) a strong wind from the westward, and the ship has 19 feet water in her, and the whole of her cargo (1,700 tons) will be lost, and probably the ship. COWES REGATTA.—The committee for conducting the town regatta meet next week, to fix the days and arrange the number of matches laid prizes, &c. The Cherbourg/ch i has caused this regatta:to be delayed till September. Her Majesty does not return from Germany until the 31st inst., and as the Royal Family are generally present in the Royal , d yacht, the earliest day that could be fixed is the 211 Sept. GEN. PEEL AND Ms CIGAR.—On a recent visit of the Secretary of State for War to Woolwich Arsenal el i incident fpt ioati smoking.e e te. tue u hso r et x r as occurred s o s f ul einG a pn n ejee oinn amusingevery trayaosarft.eutnhrgeTea. departmentßhaO eoe n ydc e ialr n o c f Luei the hov, rea s e a t nrp r tsc i orae c ort t e eoo s i 6ao ; l escape the eye of Police -constable Westerdale, 205 R, wi n/ stepped up and informed the Secretary at War " That be,, must be so kind as to take that cigar from his mouth.' Gen. Peel instantly complied, and extinguished the ciga r under his foot. The policeman, on being informed of ',li f e position of the visitor, made an apology, but was comP a ' mented by the gallant' general ford his zealous performan ce of duty. Tun BRISTOL ASSIZE:I. — There are 42 cases O the cause list, says the Bristol Times of Saturday, 15 ° , f them for special juries ; so that if they all come on , we IneJ expect to have the pleasure of Mr. Baron Channell's cony' pany for two or three weeks, to say nothing of the numer" ous members of the bar. We are like l y to resemble the miller who prayed for water, and was drowned—we pet!' tioned for a second assizes, and have got it; and the turtle and council dinners are so good that, by a fortunate c hance , . we have foreign cases and remanets enough to glut the greate st lover of law. The old Ilristol parish clubs used to elect, whet they called a " taster," whose duty it was to visit all the taverns in the district, and report upon the quality of the beer brewed at each. Where the tap was hest the club sat down and consumed it, and never stirred until they soun d e d all th e .. barrels. The judge and counsel are going through the me process : the dinners at the Council-house, w hich the ci t y: supplies and must supply, are excellent, we therefore, do Il!lt think the cause list will be finished until the last victim ti` Niblet's turtle-house leslaughtered, unless indeed our worlll mayor and the presiding; should both declareoff throur.. dyspepsi3, before Rea v. London and North-Western 1 1 . To way comes off. " llard work for the head, my lord," " London alderman to Mr. Justice Maule, after a long siltin g trying felonies at " I don't know about t. head, quoth the j , istice ; " bat it is very hard for tn u . seat." Some '2O days' session in this hot weather, with ! 1 ; many dinners to be eaten, ought to make a vacancy in th e bench. Amongst the cases for special juries are Yescomfo v. Walter S sage Lander, expected to be amusing; an u breach of promise case , in which the plaintiff is a you.nis lady, daughter of a fishmonger at Sherbourne, and the I . ; fendant an M.P. There are 800 letters in this case, and !t i t ' endearing correspondence is so voluminous that it is print% in a book. The cue of Chick v. Parnell is also on the cans IJot.