The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-07 00:00:00

nENSON'S WATCHES. "Porfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Bald 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches. ENGLISH OPERA, CO VENT-GARDEN. ROYAL - Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS',EVENING, DINO R A H. Messrs. Santley, H. Corri, Albyn , and W. Harrison. Misses Pilling, Thirl wall, and Miss Louisa Pyne. - - Conductor, Alfred Mellon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Mdlles. Lequine, Pasquale, Pier ton, and Mons. Vandris. Commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B, Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will cotnmence with THE LOVE CIIASE. Constance, Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, a new Farce, entitled THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Rogers, Mrs. B. White, Hr.. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. And HALLOWE'EN. - Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with (12th time) a new Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled IVY HALL. Messrs. H. Bland, H. Widdicombe, Frank MAtthews, Graham, Garden ; Mrs. Newberry, Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saville, and 3lrs. Charles Young. To conclude with a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. XTEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHL .01 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING will be performed THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr. B. Webster; Hulks, Mr. David Fisher ; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford. Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. Paul Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. Toole, Chas Selby, and Miss Kelly. Doors open at half-pa.it six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor far bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatterton. T HIS EVENING, new comedy, THE WIDOW'S WED DING, supported by co . S. Emery, Barrett, C. Young ; Mesdames Katharine Hickson, Murray, Arden, Manders, New Ballet Farce, MAGIC TOYS, in which Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casse, and a numerous Corps de Ballet rill appear. To conclude with VIRGLNIITS ; or the Trials of a Fond pava. Reduced Prices —Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-office performs from 11 to 5 daily. Doors op en at half-past six ; ance commences at 7. RO YAL STRAND THEATRE. Leslie. and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. After which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR ; or, An other Retreat from Moscow. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS. — Iv EVERY EVENING.—The linsic of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con lees), the extraordinary Violin Performances of the cele laated Infant DELEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual 'focal Concert. Comic Vocalists - Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Hackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection from Meyer beer's new opera of DINORAH. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, °monEn 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69—highest since noon yesterday. 62—lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day at noon. BenommTn.-29.8 9 . WIND, South-Easterly; light, with dull weather, and partial sprinkling of rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 10h. 49m.—Afternoon, Ilh. 26m. To-Monno w-Morning, Oh. Om.—Afternoon, 12h. The Chinese disaster was—no doubt of it—the result of a mistake. But for making that mistake no one is found, upon careful scrutiny, to have been in any respect really blameworthy. And this de cision, let it be particularly observed at once, is not the result of that old stubborn system which leads by a sort of a habit to a hush-up in cases of any pre sumed and even glaring delinquency. When first the intelligence of this repulse encountered by our steam gunboats on the waters and mud banks of the Peiho reached this country there was a disposi tion on the part of some of the more captious and cynical to direct the popular indignation at once against the gallant old Admiral in command of that little maritime expedition. It was precipitately, and therefore most ungenerously, insinuated that upon Admiral HOPE rested the whole painful and grievous responsibility. We ourselves could not help feeling instinctively the harshness, not to say the cruelty and injustice of any such instant, un considered, and even it might be said (for we had hardly at that moment the materials before us for forming any reasonable conjecture), even, we repeat, it might be said, anticipative condemnation. We shrank from breathing a whisper of reproach against Admirnl HOPE —remembering that, in addi tion to the total absence of any authentic particu lars as to the incidents which had led to the attack and the repulse—remembering, especially and above all, that Admiral HOPE had borne his part in that disastrous and sanguinary encounter like a daunt less old tar, as he is ! Remembering, too, that he himself was then suffering from the effects of wound after wound, of a splinter in the thigh, and a fall from a considerable height on to the deck of the vessel to which he had been removed, when the ono upon which his flag had been ori ginally flying had become unseaworthy, that one of his ribs had been broken, that his frame had been shaken, that his heart was depressed by the bitter knowledge of the destruction and discomfiture of so many of his heroic followers. Aware now of the ftill particulars of the case, we cannot but 're joice in our intentional avoidance of any words in any way - condemnatory of the naval Commander in-Chief. The voluminous correspondence published in our columns yesterday in extenso, more than justifies this disinclination to jump to a cos elusion. What in faet is it that Mr. BRUCE himself re marks, in plain, honest, manly words upon this very point. Why, the Envoy declares positively in these precise terms—the following are the ipsissima verba that had the Admiral " expressed doubts [namely as to the result] they would not have been shared by the Squadron nor by those who had most experience of warfare in China !" The Admiral, we all know, of course, by the very fact of this little squadron o f s t e am gunboats having been led by him into the Dragon's Jaws of that deadly and formidable am buscade of the. Chinese gunners lurking there, to the number of 20,000, and waiting, match in hand, behind the Peiho fortifications! the Admiral himself -had no fear whatever as to the inadequacy of the forces be was conducting apparently but to the removal of a few booms and stakes—but really to destruction and discomfiture. But neither for that matter had Mr. BRUCE himself, according to his own volunteered acknowledgment, nor yet, as we have seen from his own notable words already quoted, had any one in the whole Squadron, but more particularly those who had most experience !et' what Chinese warfare signified. The Mongol Prince who had secretly prepared that deadly ambush of 20,000 skilled archers, rifle• men, and bombardiers, within the forts at Taku, acted in this without any pre cedent. Europeans, in all their experience in China, had never met anywhere, in any of their encounters, with a reception like that prepared for them "on thesly," with what we should call admira ble skill, daring, and forethought, but that it was at the same time an infamous and execrable viola tion of all international law by the wily and pitiless Commander-in-Chief of the Pechelee pro vince. Besides, there was no room for delay either for Admiral or for Ambassador. The Treaty, signed at Tien-tsin, was to be ratified, at the latest, by the 26th of June, and at no other spot in China but Pekin ! Mr. BRUCE was sent forth by his Government upon that positive and dis tinct understanding. He was to: go to Pekin to ratify the treaty, and he was to go to Pekin for that purpose not later than by the 26th of June. his Excellency was to avail himself of the marl ime power in the Chinese seas under Admiral HOPE. He was to resent instantly any attempt of an indignity from every one, and this every where even—he was told by the Foreign Secretary in these very words in the instructions with which he was sent forth upon his embassy—even should it necessitate his withdrawal from the Presence Cham ber of the SOVEREIGN! The British Envoy is now clearly shown to have had no alternative whatso ever. For, upon his approach to the frontiers of the very shores of China he was told that the ex change of ratifications had better take place — not at Pekin, but—at Shanghai. It was suggested to him that after the ratification he might then go on to Pekin from Shanghai. And he writes himself upon this point in one of his admirable despatches This journey occupies two months, and I leave your lordship to judge whethe'r, had we adopted this route, we should not have abandoned for all practical purposes one great object of the Treaty, viz.,—free access to the central Government. I could not doubt that the task of extorting a reception at Pekin in a form implying a surrender on the part of the Emperor of his pretensions to national supe riority would be more difficult than obtain ing a recognition of our equality on paper, and that the Chinese Government in accordance with its usual policy, would endeavour, by pre scribing the route I was to follow, by limiting the number of my attendants, and by bad arrange ments during the journey, to put me in the de grading position hitherto occupied by foreign Envoys, and recover by this means the prestige it had lost by our successful coup de main of last year." In point of fact, simply, Mr. BRUCE had no alternative before him. He had merely to do, what he did—namely, to place the matter en tirely in the hands of the Naval Commander-in- Chief. And in regard to Admiral HOPE, we have already seen and shown how completely and entirely he is exonerated. No—Lord JOHN has defined the actual position of affairs in regard to the Chinese difficulty wisely as well as magnanimously. The dead past is to bury its dead. While, as for the future—why in this new Chinese War, England and France must together see, we may rest assured will together see, that it is terrible, swift, and over whelming. • The Turkish conspiracy appears to have been a very serious affair. The numbers compromised are, in all probability, very large, and it can hardly be doubted that the life of the SULTAN would have been readily sacrificed had he fallen into the con spirators' hands, and had he refused to abdicate in favour of his brother. No doubt the leaders were, as usual in such cases, actuated chiefly by personal ambition. They wished indeed for a new regime ; but the desire to obtain place and profit under it was stronger than any political considerations. It would appear, however, that political dissatisfaction was so strong, and so widely diffused, that the con spirators relied confidently upon popular srpport, at least on the support of the Mahommedan popu lation. The Government has taken all the pains it could to suppress information on the details, yet letters from Constantinople itself tell us that the leading conspirators would have had the support of 15,000 troops, and of the Mehommedans generally ; and that 3,000 persons have been arrested, includ ing nine colonels, five generals, and 300 officers. The demands of the conspirators were, the recal of the Hatti-Houmayoun of :the ith February, 1856 ; dismissal of the present chief Ministers ; and pay ; ment of the arrears due to the troops and to the Government employes ; with abdication of the STIL TON in favour of his brother. If these proposals were not complied with, the SULTAN and his Minis ters were to be put to death, and the Government buildings bombarded. The first demand is the one on which the con spirators relied for success with the Mahommedan population. The Hatti-Houmayoun, or,lmperial order, is a Magna Charta, Habeas Corpus Act, and Toleration Act, combined. And, so far as Mahom medans are concerned, it must be regarded by them as depriving them of all the ecclesiasti cal and civil superiority they have so long enjoyed, at a stroke. It is, indeed, but the de velopment and confirmation of what had been already conceded by the Hatti-Sheriff of Gul Haneh in 1839 ; but it is far more explicit, and was granted under circumstances which made it far more notorious, and where a representative of a Christian power is an efficient man, it is more easy to appeal to. Some of Mr. SENIOR'S informants tells him, indeed, that beyond a long day's ride from the metropolis it was a dead letter, and that Ottoman officials paid not the slightest attention to it. Still it was known every where. And while high-and-dry old Turks regarded it as so much waste paper, and its provisions as utterly imprac ticable, yet, one and all, they dare not refuse obedience when it is insisted on by any who had the ear of the Christian Ambassador, of the Eng. lish Ambassador especially. Two things seem to show that the present SULTAN has created much disaffection. The con spiracy could scarcely have spread so widely as that coming to light had not great numbers been sufficiently alienated to be regarded as trustworthy. Neither can we account for the comparative apathy of " the faithful," had not ABDUL MEDJID be come from some cause unpopular with the majority. The latter is, we have every reason to think, too much the case ; and for two reasons —one, that he is too much of a reformer ; the other, that he is not reformer enough. The SULTAN'S great pleasure is the costly one of palace-building. In this mode of wasting his money he may vie with the Christian King of DENMARK. His civil list is probably the largest in Europe ; it is four times that of our QUEEN'S ; and his connection with the intolerable civil ad ministration of the country keeps him perpetu ally deep in debt ; while his ragged troops are unpaid, and, but for Turkish apathy, would be in perpetual mutiny. The better ordering of the Imperial finances was even made a special subject of promise in the Hatti-Houmayoun. There can be little doubt, however, that the re forms to which the SULTAN is pledged by this, in itself, weighty document, are the chief cause of the i n difference, or apprehension, o r even displeasure, with which he is extensively regarded. His sub jects reverence in him, indeed, the legitimate suc cessor of the Prophet. He is the Head of their faith in a far higher sense than the CZAR is the Head of the Russo-Greek Church. But, for that . reason, if he succumb too much to the Infidel, he aggrieves nearly all his subjects. If it be from the pre.Nsure of irresistible force, they still feel humbled in his person ; and if they at all imagine that he feels, personally, no unwillingneis to yield, they are more than humbled, they are indignant. They think themselves betrayed. A feeling of this kind seems to be diffusing itself throughout all the Mahom medan populations. It had not a little to do with the Indian mutiny. The massacres at Jeddah and in Syria are to be explained by it. Throughout all Islam there is a bitter consciousness that the Cross is triumphing over the Crescent. But one Mahom medan power now exists of any pretensions to con sideration among the empires of the earth, and this power is now wholly at the mercy of the Christian powers. Two or three of them saved it from being trampled to the ground by a third—a service for which gratitude was less felt than shame ; and now these same powers have extorted from it the " Impe rial order," which places Christians on a level, in civil and military matters, with believers in the Prophet themselves ! It is true the Hatti-Houmayoun may be disregarded in the provinces, but it is the badge of submission to the Gaiour. Equality with Chris tians is degradation to Mussulmen. We may despise all this if we like, but the Mus sulman pride of faith is a fact—a fact which will yet shed no little blood. Englishmen, however, with their purer creed, may look at lime as well as condemn. These anti-reforming Moollahs and old generals are the Mussulman Medixvalites. We have but to remember how Orangemen, Puseyites, and ardent Churchmen generally, resent every at tempt to lower, as they term it, their Church to the level of Dissent ; or, as the State would term it, to raise Dissenters to an equality with the Church — and it is not difficult to comprehend the unpopu larity with Mussulmen of a Sultan who places the Christian, by a decree emanating from himself, on a level with the Orthodox. Fancy what a hubbub would be raised if our " Defender of the Faith" could by an edict place Church and Dissent on a level Why, the Bishop of EXETER would give up the ghost, and Mr. NEWDEGATE go crazy. We are not sure that the Registrar-General would not have to record the fatal effects of a new disease — the Religious Equality Fever. The majority of country rectors and curates would be restored to health and sanity with difficulty. There is a large class in England who ought to sympathise with orthodox Turks groaning under the religious equa lity of the Hatti-Houmayoun. The Marquis of Clanricarde and Mr. Lay and are both at Florence at present. _ _ . Colonel Cosens has arrived at Bologna, charged with the mission of reconstituting his corps of Chasseurs of the Alps, which had been disbanded in Lombardy after the peace of Yillafranca. The Prince of Orange and Prince Henry of Hol land three days ago arrived at Luxembourg, and are to be present at the opening of the railway. They were received with the usual honours. THE DISBANDED SOLDIERS IN INDIA.—A private telegram received in Liverpool yesterday (Thursday) from India states that the disbanded European troops had ac cepted the bounty, and consented to go to China,— Times. A Turin letter of the 3d says :—" The Tuscan corvette Argo, which arrived yesterday at Spezzia, struck the Italian flag and hoisted that of Piedmont, with the red cross in the white band of the centre. The Minister of the Household of the King has just sent an order to Genoa to prepare the Palace Balbi, which is the property of the Crown, for the reception of the Dowager Empress of Rus sia, who is to arrive in that city about the 12th. The King will receive her Majesty at Genoa, and accompany her to Nice." ADULTERATION OF COTTON.—A deputation of the Liverpool Brokers Asssociation had an interview with the American Chamber of Commerce in that town yesterday, in reference to the frequent admixture of sand, dirt, and stones with the cotton received from the American planters. A memorial was presented setting forth the character of the grievance, and stating that the adulteration was from 30 to 50 per cent. on the weight of the bales. The influence of the Chamber was requested for the purpose of putting an end to the evil by drawing attention to the subject throughout the United States. THE LATE STEAM-TUG EXPLOSION NEAR BRISTOL. —The body of the fireman of the Fury steam -tug, the boiler of which exploded in King-road on the 21st ult., was picked up yesterday morning and brought to Pill, where it awaits the coroner's inquest. The boy George Jones, who is the only survivor, is still a patient at the Bristol Royal In firmary, but was sufficiently recovered to be able to give evidence at the inquest held en Monday last on the body of the engineer, when a verdict of " accidental death" was re turned. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STRAND.—NearIy the whole of the houses from No. 17 in the Strand, occupied by Mr. Watts, the chemist, to Craven-street, as also por tions of the Craven Hotel, have been pulled down for the purpose of improvements being made on the Craven estate. Craven-street will be widened by the removal of two houses. In a short time the houses leading up to Northumberland street will be pulled down, and in their stead a number of new buildings will be erected. SGUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The Dudbrook, 601 tons, Captain It. N. Forster, sailed to-day for Kurrachee, taking out 8 soldiers, 135 women, 7 children over 12 years old, 73 boys, 67 girls, and 6 infants, belonging to the Royal Artillery, the 27th, 46th, 51st, 52d, and 70th Regi ments. The total number is 296, equal to 220 souls, and they are under the care of Surgeon Henry Lannigan. The Euxine, 1,080 tons, Captain Malcolmson, arrived from London yesterday, and will leave for Madras about the 12th inst. with women and children. AYRSHIRE ELECTION.—The Speaker of the House of Commons has issued his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out s new writ for the election of a member to serve in the present Parliament, for the county of Ayr, in room of the late Lord James Stuart. Mr. Campbell, of Craigie, and Sir J. Fergusson, of Kilkerran, the Liberal and Tory candidates, are incessantly canvassing, and almost daily addressing the electors ; and as the election approaches both parties seem confident of returning their men. ACCIDENT TO TIIE AMERICAN CONGRESS, NEW YORK LINE OF PACKET SHlP.—Captain Mather, com manding the American Congress, from London, bound for New York with cargo and passengers, arrived at Ports mouth yesterday, and reported his ship having gone ashore during thick weather on the Shoal of the Lead, near the Owers Light-vessel, where she remained. Application was at once made through the American Consul at Portsmouth to the proper authorities of her Majesty's dockyard for as sistance to get the ship off again, and the Government steam-tug Echo, with barges in tow, containing warps and anchors, was immediately despatched to the scene of the disaster. The wind yesterday was easterly, with thick weather, which will no doubt cause a heavy roll where the ship lies, but no fears are entertained of her ultimate safety. It is stated that some portions of her false keel came up alongside soon after the ship struck the ground. Tho American Congress is a vessel of about 1,000 tons re gister, and is one of Messrs. Phillipps, Shaw, and Lowther's line of packet ships between London and New York. DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA. — Our Australian colo nies are giving proof of their earnest desire to relieve the mother country of all anxiety as to their defence in case she becomes involved in war with any maritime Power. Last mail brought intelligence that, in addition to the steps that had been taken to put Port Jackson in a position to repel an attack, the Victorian government had passed laws for increasing the troops of the regular army, enrolling some 6,000 volunteers of all arms, and erecting, powerfully constructed batteries both at the Heads of Port Phillip and at the entrance to Hobson's Bay where usually lies at anchor a fleet almost altogether British, of some half a million of tonnage and many millions of value. The llon. Captain A. Clarke, R.E., at the request of the colonists, has been named by the Duke of Newcastle the commissioner on behalf of the province to conduct the selection and pur chase in Europe of the arms and munitions of war requisite to complete these defences• Captain Clarke was for many years Surveyor-General in Australia, and was recently a member of the Provincial Cabinet of Victoria. THE GREAT EASTERN.—Seeing the statements 'in the papers that the directors of the Great Eastern contem plated sending her to Southampton to facilitate her repairs, Mr. Malley, Lloyds' district surveyor at Plymouth, wrote to the chairman and suggested Plymouth Sound as a most eligible place for that purpose, being easy of access as well as a safe and commodious anchorage for the great ship. He also set forth the certainty of there being very considerabl e receipts from the thousands of visitors from all parts of Devon and Cornwall who would wish to see her when so near at hand. Mr. Mulley received a reply, stating that it was not intended that the ship should go to Southampton or any other port for repairs. It will be oteervcd that the directors do not positively say that they will not send her to Plymouth for view, but appear to have left that question open. We, therefore, hope they may yet decide to give her a day or two here, and make Plymouth her port of .iepar ture on her trial trip.—Plymouth Journal. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly general meeting, held yesterday, at the society's house in Hanover-square, Mr. E. J. nudge, F.R.S., in the chair, the Earl of Ashburnham and Messrs. E. 11. Maltby, J. W. J Quke, and B. Quaritch were elected fellows, tll,l Mr. G. F. Angas, secretary of the Australian Museum at Sydney, a corresponding member of the society. His Ex cellency Sir Geo. Grey, K.C.8., Colonel J. M. Caul hid, and Messrs. J. Scott, W. C. Hewitson, C. Booth, T. 11. Stewart, R. Towns, St. Leger Glyn, H. Woodward, and J. Wolf were proposed as candidates for the fellowship. It was announced that the silver medal of the society had been presented to Viscount Canning, Lord William Hav, Captain Hay, Major Ramsay, Mr. Brian Hodgson, 'Air. Keene, Captain James, and the Baboo Rajendra Mullick, in commemoration of their services in forming the collec tion of living Himalayan pheasants received in 1557 ; to Mr. Richard Green, for his assistance in transporting them ; also to Mr. William Dougall Christie, her Britannic Ma jesty's Minister to the Brazils, in acknowledgment of numerous valuable donations of South American animals to the menagerie. It was also announced that the number of visitors to the gardens during the year had amounted to 315,560, being an increase over same period in /$3B of 20,004 persons. Was Eve of the High or of the Low Church party ? Adam thought her Ev-angelical. r LAIL7,r NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, OCT. 7. The following is a summary of the reply given by the Duke of Saxe Coburg to the note addressed to him by the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, concerning the opinion lately expessed by him in regard to Federal Reform in Germany : " The Austrian Cabinet must have misunder stood the words of the Duke, he having only ex pressed a desire for the union of Germany, which does not render necessary the exclusion of Austria from that union. " The Duke, however, as a reigning Sovereign, must make the reservation that he does not consider that an account of words spoken by him is due to any one, and least of all to another Cabinet. " The Duke has always most seriously persisted in the support of Austria by Germany—but such a support had lately been rendered impossible by the imperfections of the Federal Constitution and by the sudden conclusion of peace by Austria. " The Duke expresses a doubt that the Emperor of Austria, for whom personally he entertained the highest esteem, had any knowledge of the note that had been addressed to him ; he, therefore, insists that his reply should be submitted to the Emperor." PARIS, OCT. 7. The who!e of the Mediterranean squadron has not put to sea as stated. Several frigates only have sailed for the coast of Africa with 6,000 men. These troops will be landed at the port of Nemours, formerly Dj amma Gazoroual, situated seven or eight leagues distant from the frontier of Morocco, and will reinforce the expeditionary corps which is to occupy the district of Ouchda. The Catholic clergy of Paris have arranged t 6 give a grand banquet in honour of Monseigneur de Tulle, who preached in two churches on Sunday last in favour of upholding the rights of the Holy See. The reported arrival of Baron Bremer in Paris is not correct, his Excellency not having quitted Naples. Lord Cowley and Count Walewski are expected to arrive in Paris from Biarritz on Sunday next. General Changarnier has fixed his residence at Chagny (Saone Et Loire)• MODENA, OCT. 6. Yesterday, Colonel Anviti, late president of the Military Commission of the ex-Duchy of Parma, was discovered to have arrived at Parma in disguise, by the Bologna road. Anviti had come for the purpose of getting up a conspiracy, and had remained concealed until yes terday. He was recognised by the populace. Heroic efforts were made to save him, but the troops being quartered in the citadel, which is at half an hour's distance, and the door of the guard-house, in which four or five carabineers were stationed, and in which he had taken refuge, having been forced, Colonel Anviti was killed. The greatest tranquillity now reigns in the city. The following telegrams have been received a Mr. Reuter's office : COPENHAGEN, OCT. 5. A discussion on the proposal of M. Tscherning, to ask for a declaration from the Government concerning the application of article 23 of the constitution of the whole kingdom, remained with out any result. M. Orid Lehmann proposed that the council should pass to the order of the day in expressing their views on the question of Holstein, but afterwards withdrew his proposition. The President of the Council of the Kingdom said in his speech that the Government was making continued efforts to join Holstein constitutionally to the remainder of the kingdom. In consequence of this statement M. Tscherning withdrew his proposal, and M. Orld Lehmann like wise withdrew a proposition to forward an address to the King. BOLOGNA, OCT. 6. The Governor of Bologna, on the proposition of the Minister Marquis de Pepoli, has decreed the abolition of the customs line on the frontiers of Modena and Tuscany, and the adoption of the cus toms tariff of Sardinia. The report of the Minister concludes thus :—" This decision is a fresh step towards the definite union with Sardinia, by uniting the interests of the industry and commerce of the country." PARIS, THURSDAY. The Patric of this evening says : A special corps d'arrnee of 15,000 men will soon be formed to serve as an expedition to China. This corps is to be directed to Egypt, there to await our steamers to convey it on to China. MARSEILLES, OCT. 6. Advices have been received from Constantinople to the 28th ult.:— The inquiry into the late conspiracy is termi nated. The commission has made its report, and sentence will soon be passed on the conspirators. Fresh and important arrests have taken place. Omar Paella, chief of the army of Bagdad, has been deprived of his command in consequence of serious abuses of his authority. The Sultan is about to send :Mehemet Pacha to Smyrna, in order to invite Prince Alfred to visit Constantinople. ~.------------_ .1 . • it : ' ---/ - ,1 . ...CC/ , ter, . . , , 3 ,, -.. -:,,, 44 ,•-_—f i r-- , ~ - -- --..:7- bit:, . , :tit* •,t ( Dlrorr , •1 1L . .Tr • 9A ".5 • -- '_— " THE SUN. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1859. TUSCANY. The following is published under the title " Re port of the Prefect of Florence to the Minister of the Interior of Tuscany : " Excellency,—lt is known to you how, shortly after the arrival at Florence of Prince Joseph Poniatowski, it was rumoured that he was organis ing a politieal demonstration to favour the restora tion to the throne of Tuscany of the dynasty of the fallen • overeign. Public opinion believed that he had a miision from the Emperor Napoleon, and the extraordinary attention paid to him by persons known - for retrograde and antiquated opinions gave credit to the rumours. It was for a moment feared that by these intrigues the tranquillity and repose of the state might be compromised. The Govern ment could not remain indifferent to such rumours ; seconded by the patriotism of the citizens, which is never wanting to it, it ascertained that the rumours had a certain foundation, inasmuch as in the palace occupied by Prince Joseph Poniatowski, notes bear ing signatures and visiting cards were received ; the former written on little pieces of paper imi tating visiting cards in form. The Prefecture succeeded in obtaining a copy of one of these notes, the original having fallen into the hands of honest citizens who could not keep it, but who had the time to copy and enregister the names. These Darn:::, 79 in number, are all of vulgar and unknown person , :. Many of these pieces of paper came into possession of the authorities, because they had been left by mistake at the palace of Prince Michael Ponia towski, whence they were sent •to the Prefecture. The writing on most of them is in the same hand ; they contain, in addition to other names, those of entire families, of two female servants, and two children. It was a priest who wrote them, and to excuse himself, he alleged that he had intended to do honour and show respect to ad illustrious personage, as he considered Prince Joseph Ponia towski to be. The investigations made by the de legations of this city have proved that most of the persons who collected the signatures and under took to carry the notes and pieces of paper to the palace of the prince were of the lowest class,' and according to the expression of several witnesse:; and of the servants of Prince Michael "are ir, rags. Among those who assumed such a task and against whom preventive measures have 'oeen taken is a certain P.G,, a bleacher, who says that he received the mission from one C. 111., of the same trade ; also a journeyman hairdresser, P.C. ; a retired servant living on a pension ; and others of a like condition. Numerous witnesses declare that, in order to fill up the notes and pieces of paper, recourse was had to trickery, such as writing the names of persons who do not exist, or who are of no credit. Some persons affirm that at times a small sum was paid to those who consented to sign. On the whole, the object was to create an illusion by the quantity • of signatures, because the spon taneous co-operation of the enlightened part of the populations could ;not be obtained. Public indignation, which has not spared the prince, con ' siders him as the promoter of these proceedings, the object of which is to ascribe to the country wishes opposed to those legitimately expressed against the Grand Ducal restoration ; and it has caused all demonstration to cease.—Rossrm." FRANCE. 'PARIS, THURSDAY. A letter of the 4th, from Toulon, mentions the approaching departure of the squadron of evolu tion. Its destination is said to be Algeria. From it had been detached the iron-plated gunboat No. 4, which had been lightened to the utmost ex tent (a month's prqvisions for a slender crew being all that was left on board), and had left the har bour to proceed across France by the Languedoc Canal, the Garonne, and the Gironde, passsing by Carcassonne, Toulouse, Castel Sarrasin, Agen, and Bordeaux. Once in Atlantic waters, she is to go to Rochefort to disarm. The trip is regarded with some interest, as being the first attempt that has been made to take a man-of-war by that route from the - Mediterranean to the ocean. Little doubt is entertained of the experiment succeeding, the depth of the canals, the width of the locks, having been carefully studied. It is not to be supposed, however, that this will become a route of common use, even if the canals and the locks were to be widened. Want of water will prove, it is stated, an insurmountable obstacle. The gun boat in question is a very small one, and there are many in the French navy which would not have a chance of passing, even iu a more favourable season than the present. No. 4 has been sent merely as a trial. Four other gunboats of the same kind, of 16-horse power, have been disarmed and laid up in the dock of La Seyne, at Toulon. BOURSE, Oct. s.—The market has been heavy, and slightly declining prices. Threes, after having been done at 69f. 55c., rallied to 69f. 70c., and again receded to 69f. 65c. Mobilier varied from 817 f. 50c. to 815 f. ; Austrian, 552 f. 50c. to 550 f.; Lombard, 5571. 50c. to 5551. ; Orleans, 1,380 f. to 1,377 f. 50c. ; and Lyons, 907 f. 50c. to 906 f. 25c. The following were the last quotations : 41 ; per Cents. .... 95 Credit Foncier 687 60 Do. end month .. ——l Belgian 4 - 3 per Cents 69 50 I PiedmonLese (5) .. 85 50 Do. end month 69 501 Roman B7 Bank Shares 2326 I Austrian — Credit Mobilier 812 50 Spanish Threes — Do. Amount ..... 811 25 Home Debt 44 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 932 50 .. 935 New ditto 822 50 825 Lyons and Mediterranean 907 50 .. 908 75 Geneva 537 50 Southern Western .. 570 572 60 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 2.5 f. 121 c. ; money, 25f 11c.; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 24f. 921 c. SPAT N. The. Madrid journals of the 2d have arrived. One of them states that the ultimatum sent to the Emperor of Morocco is as follows : " On the day indicated (no day is mentioned) the Moorish Government shall cause the Spanish flag to be saluted by artillery at Melilla, Ceuta, and other places on the coast. It shall immediately pay an indemnity for the expenses occasioned by the preparations of the expedition. It shall con cede near the Spanish fortresses in. Africa a certain extent of territory at the extremity of which it shall construct blockhouses, to be occupied by sol diers of the Emperor's guard charged to prevent any act of hostility against the Spaniards. In case the Kabyles should present themselves in large numbers to attack the Spanish territory, the Spanish authorities may, if they think fit, send troops to assist the Moorish soldiers." A letter from Naples of the Ist says :—" General Rog-a et, aide-de-camp to the Emperor of the French, arrived here two days ago in the Sardinian steamer Lombard. Yesterday he was received by the King at the Palace of Portici, and remained with his Majesty some time. This visit has occasioned mueh eminent ; but it is believed in well-informed quar ters that the general has only come to return the visit which the Prince Ischitella, aide-de-camp to the King, made by his Majesty's orders to the Emperor at Milan, rather more than two months ago." The King of Sardinia has issued a decree autho rising the National Bank of Piedmont to establish a branch at Milan, besides those which it has at Genoa, Alessandria, Cagliari, Cuneo, Nice, and Ver celli. The Bank is moreover authorised to increase its capital to 40 millions of francs, and to issue twenty-franc notes. It is bound to lend to the Government, when necessary, 18 millions of francs on deposits of State-securities ; 6 millions whereo to be ready at a moment's notice, and the remainder after a month's n o ti ce b e ing given. This new char ter is to expire on the 31st of Dec., 1889. The King of Sardinia is expected at Genoa on the 12th. Splendid preparations are in progress for his reception. General Garibaldi is second in command of the troops of the League of Central Italy. Lieut.- Colonel Mazzacapo is chief of the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, and his own staff is under the command of Major Torre. Lieut.-Col. Pinelli, M in ister of War of the Legations, has been appointed to the command of the brigade of Bologna. The Bologna Gazette publishes a proclamation from the Minister of the Interior of Romagna, announcing that a solemn Te Deana is to be cele brated in the cathedral of St. Petronius, at Bologna, as a thanksgiving for the gracious reply of King Victor Emmanuel to the deputation of Bologna. The Opinione of Turin mentions a rumour to the effect that the Papal troops, in conjunction with those of the ex-Duke of Modena, are to attempt the invasion of Romagna and the duchy within a few days. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Com pany's steamer Kangaroo, which left New York at noon on the 21st of September, arrived at Queens town at 2 30 p.m. this day, with 183 passengers and 1,750,000d015. in specie. She landed 48 passengers, and proceeded at 330 p.m. On the 25th of Sep tember spoke the steamer Vanderbilt ; 26th, at half past 3 a.m., exchanged night signals with the screw steamer City of Baltimore, in lat. 41, long. 67 ; 27th, spoke the steamer Asia. Her news is the same as the North Briton's telegraphed via Father Point. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Ocean Queen sieamer, from New York 'on the 24th ult., passed Hurst Castle at 10.10 a.m. The Cheltenham Examiner says that Clark, who has made himself so notorious by his connection with Thompson and the money sent down to Gloucester for the late election, was the subject of popular indignation in the city &wing the past week. He was hooted and mobbed several times in the street, and has been obliged to seek the aid of he police. LITERATURE. Tait tnd Rope. By John Edmund Reade, author nr " Light of Other Days," " Italy," &c. &c. Three vols. Hurst and Blackett. This work, like its predecessor, exhibits consi derable knowledge, and displays in many instances that justness of judgment in its remarks on eminent persons and on subjects of literary and historic interest which was so distinguishing a feature in the last work of the author. The story is a very exciting one, and some passages possess consider able powers of description. Some of the characters are drawn with a vigour that is rather unusual in romances of the day. Sir Reginald Mortimer and his nephew , the Master of Morte, as he was called, are both admirably portrayed. The reader is pre sented with many changes in the pages before us. We are transported from the dusty chambers of the law tenanted by Ralph Maliphant, whose foresight and dexterity are only surpassed by his kindness and consideration, to the lonely mansion belonging to the recluse, Sir Reginald. Again it is a striking contrast to wander to a secluded spot where the smugglers carried on their dark and dangerous enterprises. Foremost amongst these desperate men was Sir Reginald's own nephew, who lived in a lonely place called Morte. He could not endure a tame existence, and, he and his uncle never agree ing, he rushed from conventional forms to range free and unfettered, and to seek - excitement and court peril in the hazardous enterprises then being carried on in the immediate vicinity. The most charming person in the book is Pearl, supposed to be the daughter of the smuggler, but who was in reality the child of Sir Reginald. Brought up in a strange wild solitude, her intellect retaining the superiority of her family, she presented a study worthy of regard. To her enthusiastic fancy there was something noble and glorious in the career of Lionel, the Master of Morte, and the constancy which she exhibited to the object of her admiration is among the most attractive attributes of her nature. It is satisfactory to find at the conclusion, after many stormy scenes and maSy great dangers have been passed through, that Lionel becomes more worthy of the noble maiden who had been his watching angel for so many years. There are many striking scenes recorded here. Foremost among them must be classed that in which Karl, the snn of Luke Gilmour, the smuggler, betrays the secret of their venture to the preventive service man, through jealousy of Lionel. As may be pre sumed, this crafty conduct resulted in death and destruction. Karl himself was the first victim, he foil by the hand of the man to whom he had be trayed them. And another darker scene discloses how his father tracked the path of his son's de stroyer, and after a fearful conflict, how Derrick perished, each endeavouring to drag the other over a precipice, at last both rolled over, but Derrick being underneath, was crushed by the rocks, while the sturdy old smuggler contrived to scramble again to the summit. Dame Gilmour is a sin gullr woman, who is sketched with much skill. It was she who concealed from Pearl and Sir Regi nald the secret of her birth, in order to gratify re venge on the latter. There is much to attract in these volumes from the variety met with, and from the vigour which is apparent in their pages. Whether we are dwelling on refined subjects, or studying the wild passions of mankind, we are struck with the spirit in which all details are given, and with which all descriptions abound. " Wait and Hope " will not be disregarded by those who like,an exciting story, or desire a work which is replete with reflections on subjects not always glanced at in the pages of novels. The readers of fiction will, no doubt, be pleased with its appear ance, presenting, as it unquestionably does, much freshness to enliven its incidents, and some origi nality to adorn its pages. SIR DAVID BREWSTER AND THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. Some uncertainty exists as to the acceptance by Sir David Brewster of the office of Principal of the Edinburgh University, conferred upon him by the Town Council on the 13th of September. On the 21st Sir David, then attending the British Associa tion, wrote to the Lord Provost expressing gratifi cation with this mark of the Town Council's appre ciation of his scientific labours, and on his return to St. Andrew's he wrote the following : " St. Leonard's College, St. Andrew's, September 30. " My dear Lord Provost,—l beg you will offer to the magistrates and Town Council my warmest acknowledgments for the kind manner in which they have appointed me to the office of Principal of the University of Edinburgh. I find it difficult to express how much I have been gratified by their generous appreciation of my scientific labours, and how deeply I feel the honour of the offer of the highest of our literary and scientific appointments. To preside over the University in which I was edu cated, and which has been adorned with so many distinguished names, would be a source of pride and satisfaction. But having received notice of election when from home, I have not had time to consider, with the deliberation it requires, how far it would be !prudent, at my time of life, to undertake new duties, and to devote to them the time which I still require for the purposes of science, even if I had no difficulty in parting with my colleagues in this University, from whom I have received most grati fying marks of respect and kindness. I trust, there fore, that your lordship and the Town Council will not deem me , vanting in respect if I ask for a little time to take into consideration the offer they have so kindly made me.—Ever most faithfully yours, " D. BREWSTER." This letter occasioned a long discussion at the Town Council meeting on Tuesday, as to the steps which the Council should take in the event of no answer or an unfavourable answer being received before the expiry of the Council's rights of patron age, which takes place on the 15th inst. It was agreed to meet on Tuesday the 11th, in the hope of an answer being forthcoming by that time. FRANKLIN. (From Punch.) The Polar clouds uplift—. A moment and no more— And through the snowy drift, We see them on the shore— A band of gallant hearts, Well ordered, calm, and brave ; Braced for their closing parts— Their long march to the grave. Through the snow's dazzling blink, Into the dark they've gone. No pause : the weaker sink, The strong can but strive on. ' Till all the dreary way Is dotted with their dead ; And the shy foxes play About each sleeping head. Unharmed the wild deer run, To graze along the strand : Nor dread the loaded gun Beside each sleeping hand. The remnant that survive Onward like drunkards reel; Scarce wotting if alive, But for the pangs they feel. The river of their hope At length is drawing nigh— Their snow-blind way they grope, And reach its banks to die! Thank God : brave Franklin's place Was empty in that band. He closed his well-run race Not on the iron strand. Not under snow-clouds white, By cutting frost-wind driven, Did his true spirit fight - Its shuddering way to Heaven. But warm, aboard hiEi ship, With comfort at his side And hope upon his lip, The gallant Franklin died. His heart ne'er ached to see His much-loved sailors ta'en ; His sailors' pangs were free From their loved captain's pain. But though in death apart, They are together now; Calm, each enduring heart— Bright, each devoted blow! THE COAL SUPPLY TO THE METROPOLIS.-The quantity of coal carried to the metropolis by rail, for the three months ending the Ist of October has just been pub lished, from which it appears that the total weight con veyed during that period has been 264,495 tons 2 cwt. ; of which the London and North Western portion has been 114,956 tons 5 cwt. • the Great Northern, 91,184 tons 6 cwt. ; Eastern Counties, 23,326 tons 17 cwt. ; Great Wes tern, 20,193 tons; Midland, 8,587 tons; South-Western, 3,311 tons 19 cwt. • South-Eastern, 1,901 tons 15 cwt.; and Tilbury and Southend, 293 tons. The North-Western still retains its position as the largest carriers, and during the mouth of July they conveyed 34,174 tons ; in August, 41,378 tons 12 cwt., and in September, 39,403 tons 13 cwt. In July the Great Northern carried 29,852 tons 17 cwt. ; Eastern Counties, 9,964 tons 11 cwt.; Great Wester% 8,559 tons; Midland, 2,449 tons; South-Eastern, 959 tons 17 eu t.; Tilbury and Southend, 293 tons. In August :- Great Northern, 29,242 tons 7 owt. ; Eastern Counties, 7,652 tons 1 cwt. ; Great Western, 11,174 tons ; Midland, 2,372 tons; South-Western, 2,093 tons 9 cwt. For Sep tember :-Great Northern, 32,099 tons 2 cwt. ; Eastern Counties, 5,710 tons 5 cwt. ; Midland, 3,776 tons; South- Western, 1,220 tons 10 cwt. ; Great Western, 1,190 tons ; South-Eastern, 941 tons 18 cwt. As compared with the corresponding three months of 1858 there is an increase o 4,130 tons 15 cwt., but taking the whole year up to the let of October there is a decrease, as compared with the Elf me period of 1858, of 10,599 tons 14 cwt., the traffic being, for 1858, 857,149 tons 9 cwt., and for 1859, 846,549 tons 15 oWt The decrease during the year upon canals has been 2,460 tons 10 cwt. • or by rail and canal, 13,060 t ons 4 cwt., less than from the let of January to the Ist of October, 1858, THE FALL OF SOULOQUE, We all know the time-honoured superstition by which the fall of empires is attributed to the ap pearance of comets, but few we think, are aware that the comet of 1858 did most decidedly over throw an empire, as will be seen from the following account which we abridge from a most interesting paper, by the pen of M. Gustave d'Alaux, published in the Revue des Deux-Mondes :—Souloque it ap pears, rose to power, and maintained himself in it for elev. n years through the agency of the an tagonism of colour so universal in the island, and because he belonged to the sect of the vaudoux, a kind of African freemasons, by whose means he had a mysterious and devoted police at his service. His auxiliaries were the pipets and the zinglins. names denoting a class of ruffians of the south and a similar one of Port-au-Prince, who had distin gui,,lied themselves in every popular disturbance by their peculiar talent for rapine and murder. But as Souloque after all kept them quiet under his iron rod, the better class had bcoome recon ciled to his rule for want of a more eligible one. Geffrard, who dethroned him on the 14th of Jan uary last, is a grip, that is, a mulatto by birth, but with a black skin, which circumstance gives him the advantage of being claimed at once by both castes, and therefore of having it in his power to influence them both. He had entered the army at the age of 15, that is, in 1821, was appointed a captain under Boyer in 1843, and sided with the mulattos in the revolution of that year, in which he played a conspicuous part. He was raised to the rank of general by President Guerrier ; but the loft er's successor, Riche, who hatedGeffrard, ordered him to be judged by court-martial (which, in other words, means shot) for some imaginary offence or other. But Dupuy, Minister of War, who was un willing that the State should lose the services of so good an officer, looked about him for some fit per son to act as president of the court-martial, well knowing that, as the president voted, so would the rest of the board, and that therefore Geffrard's life depended on the choice of a president. After much consideration, Dupuy fixed upon the most inoffensive of mortals, commandant of the Presidential Guard, a fat and jovial fellow whom his friends used to call Compere Cuaclii, and who was no other than Souloque himself! —" General," said Dupuy to him, " the Government is about to entrust you with a matter of importance ; you aro to preside over the Court-martial which is to judge General Geffrard." —" Dear me !" exclaimed Souloque in consterna tion at the idea of having to commit a murder.— " Surely, General," replied Dupuy in a tone of severity, " you do not hesitate to do your duty ?" —" Well, I shall condemn," answered Souloque mournfully shrugging his shoulders.—" What r ) exclaimed Dupuy alarmed ; "do you mean to say you have proofs of his guilt ?"—" No ; but since President Riche has ordered." . . .--Du puy seeing that he had found more docility than he wanted, took Souloque to task, and gave him to understand that it was an acquittal, and not a con demnation that was required. The acquittal was obtained, and this event established a bond of friendship between Souloque: and Geffrard, which it required the most adverse fate to break. We cannot stop to !give a description of Souloque's Government after his coup d'etat; suffice it to say that his financial system was the simplest in the world, since it merely consisted in laying hold of everything he could get at, and never paying if he could help it. The details of this system are most amusingly described by the author of the paper; but our limits forbid us to enter further into the subject, except to state that Souloque, finding that his soldiers, with their pay of one sou per diem, were idling away their time, thought he would give them something to do; and aceordingly set them to work on his:own grounds and buildings, making them toil from morning to night at the self same sou per day, it never entering his mind that they should be paid extra for extra labour. Nay, he found this system so profitable, that he ordered away the whole regiment of the department of the Artibonite, the only really agricultural district of his dominions, to make the men work at his plan tation •, so that not a single able-bodied man re mained in the department, all agricultural labour was at a stand-still, and the Artibonite River overflowed its banks, there being nd hands to keep the dams in order. All this of course created im mense discontent, and the people generally looked. to Geffrard as the probable chief of a future insur rection. Geffrard, however, out of gratitude to Souloque, declined all overtures of the kind. Matters were in this state when the comet of Sep tember, 1858, made its appearance. Now, in the Island of St. Domingo comets have maintained their old reputation to the fullest extent ; that of 1811 announced the siege of Port-au-Prince ; that of 1843, the tail of which, curiously enough, had been christened Gejfrard's plume by the people, had ushered in the revolution which overthrew Boyer; and as soon as the comet of 1858 appeared with its double tail;which was more distinctly seen in those latitudes than in Europe the people ex claimed : " Geffrard rises in rank • he has t wo plumes !" Souloque, seriously frightened, sent for his confidential sorcerer to consult him on the comet ; the latter, however, a prudent man, as sured him that the comet was only on its way to South America, and it would create a revolution; in fact, it was turning its horns towards the conti nent. But days and weeks passed, and still the comet was there, and what was worse, its horns shifted their position. This created such ex citement among the population, that Souloque was at length obliged to insert an article' in the Moniteur Haitien, in which, after positively contradicting the "alarming rumours which had been circulating for seine days past," he threatened all those who should dare to propagate them with expulsion or arrest. But the idea of a revolution headed by Geffrard had seized hold of the public mind, and Souloque at length resolved, from a sense of self-preservation to do away with Geffrard, altho ug h h e had formerly saved his life, and had therefore conceived a strong affec tion for him. It was then only that Geffrard, also acting on his part in sheer self-defence, con sented to head an insurrection. How the revolu tion was accomplished the reader must see in M. Gustave d'Alaux's delightful article; we must con tent ourselves with the following characteristic traits. The day before Geffrard was expected to appear before the gates of the capital, Soulonque had given orders for a general massacre of the mulattos. At 4 a.m. of the eventful day his ge nerals came to wake him, telling him the enemy was at the gates. Souloque listened : " Non sense !" exclaimed he, "it is the prisoners ! What o'clock is it ? Only four ? The stupid f e ll ows ! I had bid them begin (the massacr e ) on l y i n th e afternoon ! " S o saying, he turned round to sleep again. When at length he was convinced of the fact that Geffrard was master of the capital he cried, while slipping on this nether garment (which, by the by, remained half unbuttoned during the rest of that eventful day, a circumstance which rather detracted from the dignity of a scene of fallen greatness), " Where are my guards ?" " " They refuse to march, Si re !" hen," repli e d Souloque, after a moment's reflection, with the completest confidence, " tell General Geffrard to send me a guard," so convinced was he that the man whose life he had saved would now protect him. In this he was not mistaken ; Geffrard did send him a guard, and had his retreat to the French consulate protected by a strong escort, which saved him from the violence of an infuriated rabble. The rest of his story is known. MUNICIPAL VIEWS OF ANTIQUITIES.—The fine equestrian statue of Charles 11. in the Parliament-square, Edinburgh, first erected in 1685, is, it seems in imminent danger of falling. from its pedestal, owing to a crack at the fetlock joint of the only forefoot which touches the ground, the other limb being lift e d , so that the entire weight of the front half of the statue rests on one foot. A proposal was a few days since made to the Town Council, by whose pre decessors the statue was put up, to repair the flaw. One member (Mr. Fyfe) objected, stating that he did not see why tl , e status should be preserved, seeing that Charles 11. was neither a great nor a good man, and his statue being, in his view, a reproach to the town, it ought to be allowed to fall into decay. Another member (Mr. Dick) a veterinary pro fessor, took a different view of the question, for though he did not much approve the statue being there he would put it in repair, he said, for the sake of the horse. Mr. Mac knight, on the other band, thought there was not a finer equestrian statue in Great Britain, and without more dis cussion the necessary repairs were ordered. THE TRADE OF HARTLEPOOL.—The Customs' returns for the last three quarters of the year terminating last month show a state of prosperity hitherto unprecedented, in the history of this port. This gratifying state is attri butable to the vast number of importations and exportations going on daily at West Hartlepool, and with every pros pect of a great increase. So greatly has the business of the Custom-house been increased in consequence that seven additional officers have been sent down from London and Liverpool to aid the already numerous staff of the port. The number of vessels which have arrived inwards with foreign cargoes during the period above stated have ex ceeded by 135 the number of the correspondineriod of last year, and there is an excess of about 5(11 in t h e number of vessels taking in coals forthe foreign and coasting trades. The revenue for the same period has increased nearly BO per cent. The total value of goods exported during last month alone (exclusive of coal and coke) amounted to £550,605. A comparison of the revenue returns for the last nine months with the correspondin perd of last year shows an exce ss o f not less than X1,210 g ,887 io These results are, as before stated, mainly attributable to the progress of the newly-made town and docks of West Hartlepool, where ftehaeturimepoof its stion of timber has become quite an extensive trade. An additional timber pond has lately been formed, making a space of about 18 acres in yards and ponds appropriated to the storing of timber. The great facilities afforded by the dock and railway company for the landing and transmitting of goods to all parts inland with out the least delay have induced sever a l o f t h e leading tim ber Merehants of Hull to transfer portions of their business to West Hartlepool. Some idea of the never-ceasing whirl going be imagined from th e f ac t t h at an average of seven on may large steamers from Rotterdam, Hamburg, and Crow stadt arrive, are unloaded, robaded, and despatched every week. but, but first log they obta the take rani at tl Ai whi( BiIVE pram' at st ceive Engl quiet excee tolera positi politi owing 95i & United Do. 6 Alabar Kentth Maryla Massa( not c New '2 cony 1867 Do. do New 'Y :3(1 m Alew Y con• A r was princi per ce Great land, (Berm The little 10s. Great Penin Joie main 55.; Cryst; Iron I of thi quote BR 17/ 3 per ( India Ditt Ditto Ditto ] DIM Sardir 'l'urki Ditt Ditl THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7 1859,