The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-17 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Skakepere's Play of TET MERCHANT OF VENICE. Preoeiled by the Farce of DYING FOE LOVE. ROYAL STRA_ND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress Miss Switnborongb. TIIIB EVENING, the Comedy of 'COURT FAVOUR : supported Messrs. Em,ry, Belfard, Poynter, Turner, 3a-ses 31. Wilton, Hughes and Mrs. C. Melville. After which, lIUNTLNG A TURTLE: Messrs. Belford, Burt, Turner, J. Clarke, and 3lisi; 31. Wilton. Tc conclude with RAISING THE WIND: by Mcissrs. Belford, Turner, J. Clarke, 31rs. C. Melville, and Miss E. Wilton. CANTERBURY HALL, Wcstminste r-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING. — The f ollowing company of Vo calists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &v.. viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brune Miss DUETS, v. Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Ander s o n Herr P. Jonghrnans, Mr. Henahaw , S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling Senor Antonio, E. L. Mime, Mr. Badzer, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens Mr. Fell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. Juhn G. Forde and E. W. Mack:ley. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtuay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghtnans. Commence at sever o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. Til E BATH ER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 75 —highest since noon yesterday. o—lowest thiQ morning and during the night. 74—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.80. WIND, S•utherly ; light and fine. THE SUN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1858. Complete messages have at length been trans mitted from Europe to America, and repeated back with perfect accuracy. The first was from the Directors on this side to their transatlantic coad jutors, which properly gave praise to the ALMIGHTY for the great work which He has permitted to bf accomplished. The second was from her MAJESTY to the PRESIDENT of the United States. Another has since been received from Mr. C. W. FIBLD, a' Newfoundland, which was also clearly intelligible. and easily read without delay or difficulty. The Old and the New 'Worlds are thus at lengtl limited. There nced no longer be untoward delays in arranging differences between the Governments. and the state of the crops, price of produce, rate of interest, and amount of specie in the different Banks. can be flashed from shore to shore across the broad Atlantic without delay or difficulty. The great problem has been satisfactorily solved. and the extension of electric communication through out the entire civilised world will henceforth bf merely a question of time. Sooner or later it must be accomplished, and, looking to the extraordinary stimulus that will thereby be given to commercial affairs, we believe that it will he at an earlier period than even the most sanguine has hitherto ventured to predict. Last week we pointed out the Effect which the completion of these magnificent undertakings must exercise on absconding criminals. Henceforward there will be no rest for the wicked—no hope of safety or shelter, or of enjoying the large booty which may be successfully carried off, but which must be disgorged at the arrival of the vessel bearing the fugitive at its destination. It will be a heavy blow and great discouragement to the incipient ROB SONS and REDYATHS, and all anxious of getting money, while heedless of the means by which it may be attained. It will do more to promote morality than the most stringent code that ever was devised, inasmuch as it is notorious that the certainty of even light punishment is far more efficacious than the chance of one far heavier. The submarine telegraph will be a terrible monitor, more effectually cautioning parties from departing from the paths of rectitude than all the sermons of priests or sentences of judges. It will also prevent gambling in produce. No man will henceforward be able to unduly enhance the price of any article of everyday consumption by buying up the stock on hand. Orders can be trans mitted at a moment's notice. The unfair conspiracy will be defeated, and the consequences fall on the heads of the plotters, and not on the innocent con signers. It would require much time and space to indicate even a small portion of the advantages to be derived from this almost miraculous mode of communication. The science is as yet but in its infancy, but a few years will develop it in all its magnitude, and bestow benefits which men still living may witness, that never entered into the wildest conception of their ancestors. The discredit accruing to the East India Company from their recent selection of Mr. CHARLES MILLS is in striking contrast with the offer of a seat at the new Board recently made to Mr. JOHN MILL, by the Noble Lord her MAJESTY'S Chief Commissioner for the Affairs of Hindostan. Mr. CHARLES MILLS is a member of the India Board as one of the Company's representatives. Mr. JOHN MILL is not a member of the India Board as a representative of the QUEEN'S Government. The former has unfortunately just barely enough leisure. The latter has still more un fortunately not quite enough health. And so the millionaire takes his seat among his coadjutors or co ll a b ora t e urs, and the philosopher remains r 3 in his home retreat as a valetudi narian.. Bath incide to nts, we cannot We but thi could nk, are very sincerely be regretted. have better spared—not a better man, because we don't think there is t better man amongst them for the work now to be taken instantly in hand—but we uld have decidedly better spared almost any other man at the India Board (saving the President) than Mr. JOHN Srumer:MlLL. His profound and logical in tellect, his comprehensive and eminently philosophic views, his years of patient research, his perfect familiarity with everything relating directly or indi rectly to the Anglo-India Government—could not possibly have failed to throw upon the various problems coming before the new Board for solution the light of a vast and timely experience. Such, however, is not to be—the failing health of the distinguished historian, logician, and thinker says otherwise. Lord STANLEY, at any rate, has the credit of spontaneously proffering to Mr. Joux MILL the acceptance of a post he could not have filled otherwise than with remarkable credit to him self and extraordinary advantage to the interests of the empire. The fact of the noble lord having so proffered one of the coveted, though painfully respon sible seats at his disposal, redounds to his honour as an administrator whose first regard is to merit apart from interest, to pure intellect before pounds sterling. And again, we repeat, the contrast presented by this mere offer to the actual nomination, on the other band, of the wealthy Mr. CHARLES MILLS to a simi lar position as one among the choice of the Company, reflects the most signal discredit upon the latter, while it is in the highest degree honourable to the s agacity and magnanimity of the youngest, but not by any means the least gifted or the least judicious among the Ministerial advisers of the SOVEREIGN. In a case at Liverpool, yesterday, the Lord Chief B aron administered a very proper rebuke to certain magistrates, for committing parties for felonies, when there was no possibility of a conviction for any offence higher than a misdemeanour. Such a course is alike prejudicial to the co mmunity and to the prisoner. It affixes a character of crime on the district, and mate rially increases the expenses of the prosecutions, which must be liquidated by the rate-payers. If the ebarge were preferred for the minor offence the case would be sent to the sessions, where it would be more speedily and ch ea ply di s posed of. But partly to mag nify their own importance, and bring their names into notoriety, " the great unpaid" are fund of " cEm anitting" for offences,which cannot, by any possibility, live established. This, as we have stated, affixes a stigma u the locality, and renders indispensable the trial of t place atcc used at the Assizes, in of at the Quarter s e gstous, where it would otherwise take place. But the hardship to the prisoner is far greater tit s an any pecuniary damages could repay. He is 1 1 14 iitonly and unnecessarily sent for trial, possibly ),*4 r • t c'et c ' z•=i • ", 'lll. • e ttt ' 41111111 S, AR% . , THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1858. on a capital charge, or on one involving penal servi tude for a protracted term. Bail may be refused unless he has the means of applying to a judge in chambers—a costly proceeding, which few of the class implicated can sustain. He may then, even lefore trial, endure a punishment more severe than would be adjudged after conviction ; besides, his name, fame, and reputation will be permanently damaged. The 0( 71oXXot will be satisfied with his committal, and, with the usual charity displayed towards unfortunate parties, will assume that the charge was well-founded ; while policemen, who generally manifest a quick and technical sense of guilt, will, in the event of his being again in trouble, assure his Worship that the prisoner had been charged with felony, and ac quitted "on a point of law"—thus creating the ~ ;reatzst odium against an innocent man, and raising in unine prejudice where there should be nothing of the kind. Criminal laws are established not so much for the punishment, or even the reformation of the guilty, but for the protection and security of the innocent. Where the guilty man escapes with comparatively trivial inconvenience, the law has done no good, but it has done no harm. It has failed iu its intended object, and that is all. But this could scarcely be said in the case of a misde meanour, rendering a party liable to two or three years' imprisonment, with hard labour. If his offence were really serious, the judge could award a heavy penalty that might be regarded as an adcquate expiation in almost any case. The committal for misdemeanour, in even a doubtful case, could scarcely be wrong. But, on the other hand, when either an innocent man is unjustly convicted, or a party respon •4ible for a trifling offence subjected to an undue punishment, it does the very thing it was intended to avert. It is the scourge of the innocent, a terror riot merely to evil-doers, but to others of unblemished reputation, and it lessens the odium attached to real crime, when it is seen how lightly persons who have done nothing to forfeit the sympathies of their fel low-men, may be inculpated through the blunders of chick-headed J. P.'s. Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK is entitled to the thanks and gratitude of the community for the sound and wholesome advice which he tendered to the provin- cial DOGBERRYS. He has given unexceptionable evidence as to the necessity for the appointment of public prosecutors, duly qualified to ascertain the real nature and extent of any charge that may be preferred, and who will at the same time protect the rate-payers against undue charges, and her MA JESTY'S subjects from frivolous and unfounded accusa tions, involving great annoyance and inconvenience in the first instance, and too frequently, permanently ruining the prospects of the party who has had the misfortune of being brought before an ignorant or conceited magistrate. The question is well worthy of the consideration of the law officers of the CROWN, and should the Attorney-General provide a suitable remedy, he will materially add to the well-merited reputation as a legal reformer which he has already so deservedly attained. The Dramatic College has a fair prospect of more than realizing, and that very speedily, the hopes of its generous originator. By a graceful act of Royal munificence, her MAJESTY, in the midst of her holi- day rambles in Germany, could spare a kindly thought for the benevolent enterprise—intimating her pleasure to be the Patroness of the Institution, and forwarding from Potsdam one hundred guineas as her first donation. Meanwhile, the members of the profession the project is designed to benefit, have not merely evinced a readiness to co-operate, but have evidenced an energy in co-operation such as augurs happily for the growth and development of the genial idea which first suggested itself to Mr. HENRY DODD in the present, as its very fellow had done to My. EDWARD ALLEYNE in a former, genera tion. It will be remembered by all those who have taken any interest whatever in the undertaking, that it may be said to have virtually commenced, as it were, but yesterday. Nevertheless, already the subscrip tions actually collected amount in their aggregate value to £4,330 sterling. Beyond which the promoters of the Dramatic College have assurance of a yearly income of £216 in the annual contributions even now guaranted. The managers especially have been bestirring themselves. Mr. KEAN and Mr. SAINTON have each of them promised houses. There is the prospect before us of a series of benefits at four popular theatres—the Olympic, the Surrey, the Adelphi, and the City of London. Stone for the facing of the hall and the houses, stone for the projected schools, has been promised, moreover, by that excellent actor, manager, and gentleman, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Even the Italian singers have swelled the lists of sub scription. Individual benefactors not belonging to the profession—amateurs, influenced by a fellow-feeling, have come forward, each with thebenignant thought of some kindly presentation—a clock, a cup of comfort, some homely gift or some generous luxury. At this rate the Dramatic College will soon be in a flourishing condition. May it prove so; may our hopes in its regard to the full be realised. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. TO TLIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have the pleasure to inform you that the line from Valentia to Newfoundland is now working satisfactorily both ways. The following message was despatched yesterday evening from the Directors in England to the Directors in America :—" Europe and America are united by telegraph. Glory to God in the Highest; on earth peace, goodwill towards men." This message, including the addresses of senders and receivers, occupied 35 minutes in trans mi,sion, and consisted of 31 words. Immediately afterwards a message from her Majesty the Queen to his Excellency the President of the United States, consisting of 99 words, was received by Newfound land in 67 minutes. Both messages were repeated back to Valentia to test their accuracy, and were found to have been taken with great exactness. Of course, unless permission were given, the contents of her Majesty's despatch cannot he made public, This morning we have the following message, the last 38 words of which were received in 22 minutes from Mr. Cyrus W. Field, who is at Newfound land : " Cyrus W. Field, Newfoundland, to Directors Atlantic Telegraph Company, London.—Newfound land, Monday.—Entered Trinity Bay, noon of the sth. Landed cable on the 6th. On Thursday morn ing ship at once to St. John's. Two miles of shore cable, with end ready for splicing. " When was cable landed at Valentia ? Answer by telegraph and forward by letters to New York." It will thus be seen that the line is now capable of being worked with perfect accuracy, and the com pany will now proceed, as rapidly as is consistent with the establishment of a proper system, to make the necessary arrangements for opening the com munication to the public, in doing which, however, some delay must necessarily occur. Yours truly, GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary and Manager. Chief-office, 22, Old Broad-street, London. THE IMPERIAL PROGRESS IN FRANCE. LORIENT, AUGUST 14. I have not, until to-day, been able to renew my correspondence describing the fetes in honour of the Emperor, which I had concluded at Ch e rbourg,. in the hope I should resume it at Quimper. This I found to be impossible. On my way from Rennes an unlooked-for interruption occurred, which I shall describe more fully at the conclusion of this letter. The Emperor and Empress arrived yesterday evening at Lorient from Quimper. From one of the most ancient towns in this land of antiquities and traditions they, reached Lorient, the most modern, I believe, of ale" cities of Europe. Lorient is a place without a name 'in mediaeval geo graphy. Martiniere, the most ponderous, and (it may be added) the most precise of all writers on such matters, knew little or nothing of this place. It was created for the East India Company of France— flourished when the affairs of that association were thriving, and it has dwindled away as the Company declined in wealth, commerce, and influence. Through its own port—Port-Louis—trade was car ried on, shipping despatched, and the productions of China and India imported into France. The conse quence of this change in its condition is to impart to Lorient a very peculiar aspect. It is like the poor descendant of rich and highly respectable ancestors. It retains all the outward show of former greatness —has still a very new appearance, but has a sad, de serted look, ag if the means whereby it had once prospered had utterly vanished. The houses are richer than their inhabitants, and both are ill-asso ciated together. The quays are very fine, but there is nothing doing on them. The custom-house is good, but the revenue officers sit with their hands in their pockets. The streets are splendid, the squares mag nificent; but they seem to have got into the posses sion of persons who had no right to them, and who were, from want of funds, unable to retain them or to leave them. Lorient has, plainly and unmistakeably, gone down in the world; and if the,Emperor Napoleon 111. can impart new life to its trade, render to its port the importance that should belong to it as one of the five great harbours of France; if he can entice foreigners to import, and restsre to Lorient that traffic for which it is, by position, perfectly well suited, then a miracle will be achieved by him quite equal to any thing yet accomplished since, as ruler of France, he has devoted his energies to the welfare of the people and the prosperity of the nation. No doubt, the Emperor has come here to see what can be done ; and the manner in which he was re ceived by the inhabitants of the city, and the popu lation of the rural departments, was such as could not fail to make a lasting impression upon his mind, and to give an impulse to the desire he must enter ' tain to promote their interests. All the city of Lorient—every house in each of its well-arranged streets—was decorated in one way or another to welcome the Emperor and Empress. Some hung the tricolour flags from their windows, others had their houses decorated with wreaths of flowers, and all contributed to the erection of triumphal arches. In the programme which was published setting forth the manner in which the Emperor was to be received in this city, certain regulations were laid down, and which, I may observe, were strictly ad hered to. I refer now to them so that you may at once learn what occurred within the municipal pre cincts of Lorient. At a quarter past four o'clock their Majesties were received at a triumphal arch, a very beautiful object erected at the entrance to the town—dividing the high road from a shady avenue of trees whic'i led up to the first gatt.. of the fortifications surrounding the city. It was under this arch that the sous- Prefect and the Maire, at the head of the Municipal Council, presented to the Emperor the keys of the city. Between this triumphal arch and the outermost reural fortifications deputations, arranged lineb barrier o i ef the r of t hsoldiers double nn d sailors of the Empire, bearing their St. Helena medals, the pompiers, the douaniers, the scholars of the college, and the children of the commercial .chools. Here was gathered together a most extra ordinary and interesting collection of persons—here were the fishermen, sailors, and peasants of Gostel, of Quever, of Clequet, and Pontocorff; and never were more strange figures looked upon, nor more (nitre habiliments beheld. All were in holiday garb, and such a garb ! The old and the young men wearinc , low, round crowned hats, with brims varying in breadth from six to nine inches—all with their long, lank hair hanging down at least half a foot on their backs. Their coats with the gloss of newness upon them, and yet in cut and form more quizzical, quaint, and old-world-like than anything one can suppose to hare been worn by the illustrious Rip Van Winkle, when lie was in all the fervour of his primal juvenility. To have an idea of these strange coats and bow they fitted the wearers, one must suppose that each had got a little boy's jacket on him, and that he had widened the sleeves without lengthening them ; and then that he had joined the skirts of a man'ss coat to the body of the boy's jacket. The effect pro'luced was, that each appeared to have on him something that did not belong to him—the hands and wrists of all being bare, and the waists of each behind appearing to begin on the broad of the back. To impart additional lustre to such coats, some were covered with three rows of buttons — bright brass buttons, or snow-white broad plasters ' of mother-of-pearl —some had insertions of red cloth cut in tria ngu l ar f orm runn i ng ' roun d th e border, or inserted at the waist ; and beneath this was worn either a little vest, or the white shirt, without any other covering, was exposed. Around the waists of most were scarfs of different colours, some of mere check, others of green, others of orange, whilst the trousers of all were singular specimens of the tailor ing art—for they were wide as if they had been mad. for giants, and in length only intended for middle. sized men—some reached no farther than the calf f he leg—few descended so low as to be within an inch of theaukle. Amid these curious costumes there were some that appeared to be a most extraordinary com bination; for you could not tell whether the wearer was a sailor or a farmer, as, in addition to the in- variable broad-bi unwed hat, broader tiban any eve , yet worn by a Quaker in England (except by a play-actor personating a Quaker), there was the blue wide jacket of a mariner, and underneath the tight white-cord knee breeches,black stockings, and heavy shoes of an agriculturalist. Amid this curious col- ction of Alorbihan dresses, it was, however, a spec- acle as interesting as it was unexpeeted to observt hat many bore Upon their breasts the medals of Queen Victoria, they having been soldiers who had distinguished themselves by their valour in thf• Crimea, or had, as sailors, been engaged with tin English fleet in the Baltic; and now reappeared in their native costume, joining with their fellow villagers in the demonstration of devotion and at tachment to the Emperor. Wext to these in position were the scholars of the college, in their handsome blue and gold uniform, and headed by their grave professors. On a line with them, on one side, shaded by the high um brageous trees, were the boys of the Christian Bro thers' communal schools ; and opposite to them little girls, in hundreds, watched over by that order of nuns which is known in this department by the de ' signation of " Sisters of Providence"—all, boys and girls, well-clad, and from their looks plainly well fed ; and all enjoying, as children only can enjoy it, an entire day devoted to amusement. Through these primitive and truly happy-looking groups of peasants, scholars, and children, carrying banners of the most gorgeous colours, green, pink, blue, and orange, the Emperor and Empress passed the outermost barrier of the fortifications, on the glacis of which the troops of the garrison were drawn up. It was here, and only here, that the line was kept by the troops. Outside the barriers the people them selves had managed everything, and maintained due ' order ; but from the barrier to the Marine Imperial, the mansion assigned fbr the residence of their Majesties, the streets were lined by soldiers. At the first barrier the commandant of the garri son, accompanied by his staff, presented the keys to the Emperor. At the city gate their Majesties were received and welcomed to Lorient by the Maritime Prefect, accompanied by the heads of the marine and the captains of ships ; and then, the instant the Em peror had passed the gate, and was within the city, the joy -bells of all the churches began ringing, and loud discharges of artillery were for the first time heard. The gate by which the Emperor entered runs in a straight line up to the church of St. Louis. The street through which it passes is galled the Rue de Morbihan, and as it is about half the length of the Strand, in London, and the ground rises by a gra dual ascent to the church, and as every house was decorated with banners or adorned with flowers, and every window and standing-place filled with joyous spectators, to whom this day was an epoch in their lives, so unaccustomed are they to public spectacles, it may well be surmised how•magnificent was the coup d'ced presented to the view of their Majesties, espe cially when with it was united the fact of those exhi• lirating acclamations that rang around them, and assured them that this part of France, which boasts of being "more Breton than the Bretons them selves," was giving to them their loyalty and their love ; their devotion, and that unflinching determi nation which had won for their ancestors the charac ter of resolute, dogged, unassailable, unimpression able, and unswerving obstinacy. Upon reaching the church of St. Louis, their Ma jesties were received by the rector and clergy of the parish, in their full canonicals, and by them led within the rails of the sanctuary, where had been erected, on that which is called "the Epistle side of the Altar," a splendid canopy, covered with gold and velvet, and having two throne-like chairs of I crimson velvet and gold, and in front two magnifi i cent prie dieux, composed of white satin and massive gold embroidery. There, whilst prayers were say ing, and the hymn Fac Saloum Imperatorem was sung, the Empress was observed, as she was kneeling to cover her face with her hands, as if shaken with some strong emotion. At the conclusion of prayers the imperial cortege passed the Place Bisson, where is erected a statue to the naval hero of Morbihan, who set fire to his vessel, and so destroyed himself and his companions sooner than yield himself and them prisoners of war to the Mahomedans. From the Place Bisson the cortege next passed through the Cours de la Bove and the Rue du Port, and so arrived at their residence, for the moment, the Prefecture Maritime. On arriving the Empress was complimented by young ladies of the first distinction in the depart ment, by offering to her a basket of flowers; and then took place the presentation of the wives and daughters of the principal functionaries to her Majesty. At five o'clock the Emperor received the principal authorities of the town, religious, civil, maritime, and military ; and at half-past seven his Majesty enter tained at dinner the heads of the various depart ments, both in the city and the harbour. an account of the reception of Ihave thus g the Emperorn and of the entire day's h;en L y o o r u ient, proceedings ; but previous to their occurrence I was an eye-witness to something which was not in ac cordance with the official programme, and had not been deemed even worthy of the slightest notice in that document. It was the manner in which their Majesties were welcomed into the village or hamlet of licentreck. The village of Kcentreck is about a mile or a mile and a half distant from the city of Lorient, and, judging of its prosperity by its new and splendid church of St. Christopher, in stone as white as marble, and decorated with several beautiful statues, it seems to be as thriving as the city, of which it is a suburb, seems to be the very reverse.. At this place there was erected (as in every village I passed through) a triumphal arch. On that of Kcentreck were these few words—" Les babitans de Kcentreck a leur Majest6s Imperiales." Here there was not the appearance of a single soldier or germs d'arme, and here so admirable was the order, and so cordial the spirit of the people, that the line was per fectly preserved, and a wide space in front of the church maintained. In that space were collected (for the purpose of forming a little procession, and the parish priest having the opportunity of speaking a word to the Emperor) about 20 young girls, from seven to 14 years of age, all dressed in white, and the younger amongst them wearing wreaths of flowers around their hair. These children had two standards with them—one a cross, composed of white roses, and the other with a banner bearing the image of " Our Lady of La Salette." - - - The moment the escort of their Majesties was seen, the bells rung forth a clamorous peal of joy, and at the same instant the Hussars in front, who were riding at a rapid pace, halted, then walked their horses slowly ; and when the Emperor's carriage came opposite to the group I have described, he beckoned them to advance, and at the same instant the escort behind, as before, left the Imperial car riage, and then, with the group of maidens, came for ward the rector in full vestments, and the priests in white surplices. The Emperor was wholly and com pletely in the midst of the people. I could not hear what was said either by the Emperor or the rector ; but this, I must own, appeared to me a still more interesting scene than any I had yet witnessed, for there were the Sovereign and the people together—both manifestly greatly delighted with each other. For full four minutes they were thus united—with the troops in front and rear away from them, and with the carriage at last on all sides sur rounded by the multitude shouting, with all their heart and soul, the phrases which, in describing their Foes, may now be stereotyped—" Vive l'Empereur," ' Vive l'lmperatrice," " \rive le Prince Imperial." Here were the pure Bretons—every man of them a peasant tilling the ground, or living by his inces sant toil as a fisherman, and exhibiting in their tumultuous joy the proof that he who was now mionn . st them—one of themselves—was not only idepted from the love that was ly,Tne to his great predecessor, but that he had himself proved worthy )f their choice, and now fittingly occupied the posi riot' to which their voices had elevated him : Nobility claimed by the right of blood, Shows chid - 1y that our ancestors deserv'd What we inherit ; but that man whose actions Purchase a real merit to himself, And ranks him in the file of prais e and honour, Creates his own advancement." In all the incidents of these files that I have, as yet, witnessed, there was not one that struck me as showing more completely how the Emperor Napo leon 111. has won for himself, by his own acts, his own merits, and his own policy, a permanent hold on the hearts of the people. During the entire of this day their Majesties have been engaged in making a tour of the city—the Em press visiting the various schools and hospitals of children and females. They subsequently went out to Port Louis to see the launching of a vessel, the Calvados, and in the evening attended a grand ball, given in a building erected in the Place Napoleon, and capable of containing, as I am told, 1,800 per- iODS. The proceedings of to-day I can thus but briefly notice, as it was an utter impossibility for me to wit ness them, I have been so harassed and annoyed by the blundering, the stupidity, and pettifogging malig nity of' the police authorities. It is not an agreeable matter to have to attend to one's self in a letter which should be devoted to other more important and interesting topics; but in this case the necessity devolves upon me to do so, as I have been prevented from discharging the duty I undertook to perform for the Morning Post. It is, I think, one of the many profound and saga cious observation that are attributed to that great genius, the father of " Tristram Shandy," that a man's Christian name is calculated to have consider able influence upon his progress through life. Within the last two days I have had some bitter experience of the justice of that observation. My godfathers and godmothers being very pious Christians, selected as one of the most fitting baptismal appellations to bestow upon me, one which is also that of a truly illustrious saint who took an active part at a certain time in promoting one of the Crusades of Christendom against the ferocious, unbelieving, and persecuting Turks. Unhappily for me, this good Christian name has of .late years become a very bad sirname, and amongst others it is borne by one of the persons who at a certain time was more than suspected of having had a preliminary knowledge of the truly infamous and detestable Orsini-attempt upon the life of the Emperor. That name was, amongst others, in my passport, when I reached Auray in the diligence, on my way from Rennes to this place. The moment the gens d'arme saw that terrible name, he picked a hole in the document, as not being en re; le, and I was at once taken, bag and baggage, before the Juge de Paix, of whom it may be said that it would be a very bad translation to say that his title was equivalent with that of "justice of the peace." A more obsti nate, self-opinionated, pig-headed old gentleman it was never before my misfortune to encounter. He insisted that the second of my Christian names was my sirname, and that my sirname was something in English which he could not understand ; but that, he was sure was intended to disguise some great wickedness or another, of which he had the very worst opinion, because it was to him absolutely in comprehensible. It was in vain I showed him docu ments proving myself to be a correspondent of the Morning Fost, that' I referred him to names and circumstances to testify to my identity. With this old gentleman every additional fact was nothing more nor less than part of a well-arranged scheme, and, instead of enlightening him as to my innocence of all plots and plotters, was but a new corroboration of his own unjust suspicions. The only favour he would concede to me was to be permitted at my own ex pense (instead of tramping on the road the next day or the day after that, carrying my own cloak and carpet-bag a distance of some seven or eight leagues from Auray to Lorient), to go in a voiture, guarded by two gen-d'armes. Accordingly, having paid 25 francs for a voiture, and 16 francs for the two gen d'armes, I was removed, after a custody of nearly four hours in the police prison, to the voiture ; and at the end of a journey of five hours conducted be fore the Procureur Imperiale—a middle-aged, testy, saucy-looking personage, who was in such a hurry, and in such a state of excitement at that second un happy name in my passport, that he would scarcely listen to any explanation on my part, he acting all through this brief interview on the grand discovery he had himself made out of his own head, that I was as much a Frenchman as himself, and, if I liked it, could speak French with the same accent—that, in short, I was not, and could not have any claim to be called a British subject. He condescended to take two documents from me, and said he would see the British Consul—who, by the way, is not an English man, but a Frenchman—that if he could see him he would return in an hour, and -• that if not, I must remain a prisoner for the night. And a prisoner for the night I did remain in the Maison d Arret. Of my treatment there I make no complaint, for I was put into a clean, tidy room, and was served with everything I required ; so that I can say, from my experience both of the police gaol at Auray and of the prison at Lorient, that if all other places of incarceration resemble them, they reflect very great credit on the French authorities. For full twenty-four hours I was kept a close prisoner—se; close, that in the police-office I was refused the use of pen and ink ; and in the prison, though allowed to write as much as I liked, I could not despatch a letter without the certain conviction that every line would be read by the Procureur Imperiale, and it would depend upon his pleasure whether or not what I had written should pass through the Post-office. At the end of the 24 hours my complacent and truly good-natured gaoler came up to my room to inform me he had received an order for my release ; but to myself directly there was sent not one word of explanation from the Procureur Imperiale. I thought, and still think, that the liberty of a British subject is a matter of some little consequence, and that it should not be lightly interfered with, and therefore that he who had deprived me of it unne cessarily, as was proved by his putting an end to my duresse, was bound to say something in the way of explanation or apology. Such, however, is not the Procureur Imperiale's notions of duty or courtesy. Ile put me into a prison, and he let me out again, acid there he let the affair rest. Whilst in prison, I amused my leisure hours by writing, amongst other things, a protest, which I ntended to read in presence of the Procureur Im periale. That protest I delivered to the British Consul, he fixing 11 o'clock to-day to see me, and speak with me abo it it ; but although I have called tour times at his bureau during the day, I have never been able to see him. Let me again remark, the " British" Consul in Lorient is not a British sub ject. But let it not be supposed that with my arrest and my imprisonment my troubles are at an end. Wish ing to engage a place in some voiture or diligence to-morrow to give an account of the proceedings both at Auray and Vannes, I knew it was necessary to provide myself again with my passport. I there fore called upon the Procureur Imperiale who had taken it from me, and he sent me to look for it from the Pulize Commissioner, who gave it back to me with the document verifying that I was the bearer of it. He restored me my passport, but refused to vise it, so as to give me permission to travel ; and his refusal he placed upon two grounds—first, that the seal impressed upon it was not a seal in wax or in ink—that it was an engraved coat of arms (such, in fact, as are on all Lord Malmesbury's passports); and next, that it was a passport one fortnight old ! that it was dated the Ist August, 1857, and should have teen renewed on the Ist Au ,gust, 1858; and that, in short, without my passport being used here, and he would not vise it, or without my getting a passport somewhere else, I could not leave Lorient at all ! He was kind enough to suggest Dunkirk, where I got this unlucky passport originally from the late Consul, Mt . . Kerr, and fo: which I was never before asked until I reached Cherbourg, where ;t passed muster, and until now that it, and my " second name," brought me into all this trouble. Finding the officials here thus disposed to harass me, first because I have an unhappy name, and then to take advantage of a miserable quibble, because that unhappy name has put them on a wrong scent, I have addressed a letter direct to the Emperor him self, hoping it may be permitted to reach him. If it dues, my next letter will be addressed from Auray ; and if it should not, then you will understand why there is a discontinuance fur the time in my corre spondence. The arrival of the Emperor was the signal for the same enthusiasm, the same loud shouts, and need no description. Last evening the town was illuminated, and this morning, the Emperor having reviewed the troops, while the Empress visited the Asylum and House of Charity, their Majesties then got into their flue barge, and were towed by the Imperial yacht " Reine Hortense " to Port Louis, a town of 3,000 inhabitants, just opposite Lorient, on the other side of the bay, and were received in grand state by the authorities and the people. The keys were presented, and the Mayor having made a speech, to which the Emperor answered briefly, the Imperial cort4;re continued on through the town to visit the citadel, which faces the sea, and which, on this occasion, was a place that attracted universal interest. In this fortress the Prince Louis Bonaparte, in 1836, was confined, previous to his being sent to tlik United States, and the rooms he then occupied were pointed out to the Empress by him. What a phase in this great existence ! No drums were then beaten ; no flags were flying, and the heavy doors closed upon him with a clang; harsh looks met him on all sides, and the poor prisoner was guarded so strictly that at no time was he left alone. To-day banners were waving in the breeze drums were beating, cannons thundering their wel come, and, above all, the loud, frank, heartfelt shouts of the people were ringing in the ears of him who, now the Chief of this mighty country, surrounded by his brilliant staff, marshals of France bowing at his side, and with his gentle and beautiful partner in all this glory leaning upon his arm, gazed with earnest eye upon that spot. No need for saddening reflection ; the dream of his boyhood, the fixed pur pose of his manhood was accomplished, and any one looking at that moment upon Louis Napoleon must have felt the moral force of the man and respected his energy and determination. It was easy to perceive that the same idea was in the minds of all that witnessed this touching incident, and the loving manner and affectionate look of the Empress, as she pressed close to her husband, seemed to convey a consolation for the past and a feeling of joyful pride for the present. Those who so systema tically detract from the merit, and so readily find fault and attribute bad motives to the Emperor of the French, could not have repressed a feeling of respect for him had they been preser.t to-day. The old woman who was his ser vant during his detention is still in the fort, and was an object of curiosity to the many strangers present. The Emperor walked on the ramparts accompanied by the Empress and their suite, and his Majesty amused himself try ing his hand gunning at some cannons of large calibre were loaded and pointed by him, and a new sort of bullet was shot by him at a mark at some distance— the aim was good and the object struck by the bullet. Their Majesties then returned to the Im perial rendera, and after a short respite from their labours they again embarked in the barge, and, cross ing the bay once more, they went to witness the launching of a vessel. The ceremony accomplished, amid the loud cheers of the spectators, their Ma- jesties returned to dine, and to-night they go to the I forgot to mention that some dozen of young ladies dressed in white, with violet scarfs, were in at tendance to present to her Majesty a bouquet, and one of them to make a speech. These young ladies had a bad time of it, as the wind was blowing very hard, and their light white gauze dresses behaved in a most unruly manner. The constant attention re quired to preserve strict propriety prevented these poor girls frim acting with the self-possession they would probably have otherwise shown, and the cere mony of presenting the bouquet and making the speech was rather a failure. Still the kind manner of the Empress and her thanks seemed to recompense amply the ladies for the slight annoyance caused by the fresh breeze. Their Majesties were also much amused by some 50 little boys dressed as sailors and bearing small ban ners. These young ones shouted longer and with as much fervour as any of the crowd, and the Empress caressed many of the little bright-eyed fellows, who, though so small, made a deal of noise. The bag pipes added their atrocious squeak to the din, and those possessing nerves must have wished the surly looking performers thereon a thousand miles away. One thing is evident to all—the heartiness of the greeting these people extend to their Sovereign. This morning, at the review, a great many persons who had been recommended by their officers or the civil authorities were decorated. PARIS, AUG. 16 The Plenipotentiaries met again to-day at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs, but I know not if they put their signatures to the protocols. As usual, the Indian news from French sources is by no means so favourable as the English telegra phic intelligence would lead us to suppose. Sir Colin Campbell is said to have demanded large rein furcements. The visit of Queen Victoria to Cherbourg and the Prussian Court continues to excite great interest in that wide district of Central Europe known by the general name of Germany. The newspapers of Vienna and Berlin, officially inspired, regard with satisfaction the meeting of European Sovereigns as a guarantee for peace at all times. But the presence of the Queen and the Prince Consort at the Court of Berlin is thought to be an event of political import ance, since it is hoped a very short period will elapse before the Prince of Prussia will assume powers in the State which hitherto he has jea lously avoided, out of delicacy to the King on the one band, and a sort of dis like to responsibility ; indeed it is said the Prince of Prussia would willingly allow the crown to pass over his head to his successor. The Cabinet of Berlin know not how to act; their position is very delicate ; the business of State halts, and the country grows impatient at a stagnation which has now lasted so many months, during which period a financial crisis added to confusion and want of confidence. Prince Albert is regarded as the me dium by whom some final arrangements may be made for a permanent Regency. The desire to stand well with France appears to be a universal feeling in Prussia ; the more so as the relations of the former country with Austria are such as indicate that neither the Emperor of France, his advisers, nor the people of France, have any desire to be on very intimate terms with a power, the policy of whose rulers is always rather directed by trick ery than guided by principles. Austria, oddly enough, is still more interested than Prussia in maintaining the Anglo-French alliance, because it is argued at Vienna that no European con vulsion can possibly take place whilst England and France are on good terms. The Austrian journals, therefore, condemn such of your contemporaries as pander to the passions of the vulgar mob at home by periodically insulting France. This feeling is becom ing general throughout the Continent, and the Press of England, once respected, is losing much of its weight aboad, because one or two of your contemporaries insist on supporting their own blunders about France and passing eiints by detraction and abuse. A popular English writer has reminded us that " Shakspeare has declared detraction less excusable than theft, and ;;11nder amongst uncivilised men is considered worse than murder." Time will correct, with silent contempt, the detraction and slander of these who seek to weaken the growing good-feeling which all honest men wish to maintain on both sides of the Channel ; a sentiment in which the people of the Continent universally participate, if we may judge by the tone of the newspaper press through out Europe. I have received communications from Naples, dated August 13. The victims of .Mazzini, and the heroes of the Sapri expedition, are in irons, and on their way to the penal islands. I presume the British public must be tired of hearing that injustice and persecu tion arc the order of the day in Naples, now as of old. The lawyers who defended the prisoners dur ing the Salerno trials are being annoyed by the police. Some " influential person," says the letter before me, hinted to his Majesty King Ferdinand the possibility of renewing relations with England. _ _ _ Rene ! bene !" grunted the King through his nose. "lean do very well without either an English or French Ambassador at Naples." There is some truth in Ferdinando's reply. He can do very well without an envoy from either France or England, since he has no intention of allowing the Western Powers to have the slightest influence in the kingdom of the. Two Sicilies. The consular agents of any Power are, in fact, all that is now necessary for Naples ; and it would be well if each of the powers friendly to England and France were to suspend diplomatic relations with a court which scarcely belongs to the family of European civilization. The passing dull days of the political year are sought to be animated with political pamphlets, bearing such titles as "Napoleon et l'Angleterre," " Napoleon et les Principautes," " Cherbourg et l'Angleterre," &c. They are legitimate book specu lations, and nothing more. The banquet given by Count Walewski, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the Emperor's fete, was attended by the Pope's Nuncio, the Ambassadors of England, Austria, and Russia, Fuad Pacha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, the Cabinet Ministers, the members of the Commis sions of the Principalities and the Danube, General de la Hitte, M. de Parieu, Vice-President of the Council, M. de la Gueronniere, Councillor of State, and the principal functionaries of the foreign depart ment. The Pope's Nuncio proposed a toast to the Emperor, and Count Walewski responded by one to the Sovereigns and Governments friends and allies of France. The subscriptions for purchasing the Protestant chapel at Paris have, during the last few days, aug mented. Mr. Brassy has given £lOO, and Earl Cowley collected £45 at Cherbourg. Some few names have also been added -of late to Messrs. Galignani's list of subscribers. The Revue des Deux Iliondes has the following interesting Article : " We cordially approve of the great political act which has just been accomplished at Cherbourg. We are sincere partisans of the English alliance. We witnessed with sor row the want of tact and the painful incidents which shook that alliance at the commencement of the present year, a nd we remark with delight the generous effort which has just been made at Cher beurg to re-establish in the face of the world the good relationship between two nations who may be powerful without having to make any mutual sacrifice of in dependence. We consider this effort to have been perfectly sincere on both sides. Facts,' accordiug to the just remark in the Imperial toast, 'speak for themselves.' The presence alone of Queen Victoria at Cherbourg, in spite of the mur murs which the journey of her Majesty excited among a portion of her subjects, is a striking testimony of the value which the heads of the British Government attach to friendly relations with France. As to the French Government, the language of the Emperor Napoleon 111. on such a solemn occasion needs no comment. If barrack politicians had a head/ ' greased their boots' far the passage across the Channel , their over-zeal has been decidedly disappointed. The intel ligent and enlightened declarations of the Emperor have completely blotted cut what is called in England the ad dresses of the colonels.' " The Revue then proceeds to discuss the practica l merits of the Cherbourg fortifications : " We shall not presume to offer an opinion on the value of Cherbourg as a naval fortress. We arrived there under the impression of the well-known words of the Emperor Napoleon, comparing the works of Cherbourg to the Pyramids of Egypt and to Lake Mceris, and of the, clamours of some English journals which represented that port as a position of attack against England. An in spection of the place and the judgments we have heard expressed by military and naval men have, We must avow, singularly modified that impression. Cher bourg is a wonderful and admirable work, but as a military position it evidently bears the mark of its artificial origin' When Louis XVI., after the war of American independence! which was so glorious for the French navy, was pref ers at the sinking of the first cones employed in the construe' lion of the breakwater, the site of that erection was c hosen in correopondence with the means of attack and defence employed at that period. Neither the gunboats nos constructed nor the long-range guns such as are ne , ,; adopted were then known. Experience had made but little progress in such matters when the wo rks were resumed and continued by Napoleon. The re - , suit of this is that whatever may be the strength 01 the batteries and of the fortifications of Cherbourg, ,t b Z breakwater, if the present means of attack be taken W . .' account, is at too short a distance from the port and fref, the dockyard. This circumstance unfortunately deprive s Cherbourg of a great part of its force. It is evident, in the hypothesis of a naval war, that the struggle for the rule o f the sea will be conducted on very different terms than in the past. In case that the dominion of the seas should n ot be possessed by France, it would be a serious imprudence 01 ; her part to concentrate her principal naval resources e: Cherbourg. Her squadrons would b e i n sa f e t y on ly e" Toulon or at Brest. The same reason deprives Cher; bourg of that power of aggression against Engle!: ,16 which has been so l ou dly d enounce d by the E l 3 lish press. Bef o re ass em blin g at Cherbourg 'd fleet necessary fer embarking an expedition against Engle°, it would be necessary at least to risk an irreparable disas ter by solving in the Channel, against the English squ adrone , the question of the empire of the seas. Cherbourg is lir doubtedly a great defence for France, and no English squa dron: would attempt to insult it; but there would be se Ina,: rashness in collecting there the means for effecting a lan' ing in England that it can never have the offensive charge' ter which has been attributed to it. Such are the ccucl" sions which are left in the minds of those who have seen the place, and it is this opinion which has been carried back t_ England by the visitors from that country. We theref or e e hope that the alarm recently excited by a portion of tb press in England will be soon dispelled." The following reflections on the tribe of parnpir leteers which has sprung up lately in Paris is worthy of extract : "We cannot express sufficient contempt for those pamphleteers who speculate on old prejudices, and wbf w, , choose the very moment when the two Governaie so solemnly protest in favour of the alliance to deceive public opinion in the two countries, to excite reciprol. cal mistrust, and to inspire d ou b ts i n t h e s i nc erity o f the great acts of which we have just been witnesses. The proceedings of the authors of the pamphlets to which vl allude are as revolting as their calculations are disgracefo' They transform pretended conversations at St. Helena into a sort of political Koran ; they profane the memory of th e ' . prophet by attributing: to him all kinds of absurd and 00; reyphal divagations, on the faith of domestics who passe' themselves off to the world as his posthumous secretarie s ; They seek to stupify France by an absurd glorification e,.,1 herself, which would lead us, if we were to tolerate it , to the infatuation which has led the Turks and Chinese to per: suade themselves that they are the first people in the woo; Under favour of these gasconades they preach to France sort of Islamism against England. The Government has ros?! ... singular and compromising friends. For want cf sufficient " berty of the press, men of business, so prompt to take alarl9, foreigners who are ignorant of the origin of these warlike in: spirations, regard these shameful pamphlets in a seriou s light. The latter would not even give the Government ill trouble of a disavowal, were the currents of serious opinion lift with open confidence to their natural movement." tQ Surely some of these remarks mi g ht b e app lied one or two prostitutes of the political prega. iu EDO' land ! Pur t sß da o y urt h sl a L s — g T o h n e e s o e n ttle w m el e l n , t a o n f d th p e r S ic h es are bs e v ; e ac count o- nd. improved. Rent e h as a l so b een i n goo d dome- f Threes have been done at 69fr. 15c. ; liobilte varied from 697 fr. 50c. to 692 fr. 50c.; Orlespe, 1,305 fr. to 1,310 fr. ; Lyons, 800 fr. to 807 fr. gi c " ; Southern, 538 fr. 75c. to 542 fr. 50c. ; an d AustriA l l 640 fr. to 645 fr. The market continued firm to th e close, when the following were the last quotations Fr. Ct. 41 per Cents... . 97 Do. end of month 3 per Cent. 69 50 Do. end of month ' 60 15 Bank Shares .... 3,150 Credit Mobilier.. 695 Do. account..... 685 Orleans Northern New ditto RAIL' Lyons & Mediterranean. New ditto Cst ah. Geneva Midi Western . Eastern Grand Central Sardinian Austrian Ct. Fr. Credit Foncier 610 Belgian 41 • • 99 7 3 Piedmontese 5... 89 Roman..... 90 Ig Austrian . Spanish Threes . ••••• Home Debt.... - *... .... AY S. 01. -Fr. Ct. Account—Yr. 0 ,3C5 , 1,312 50 950 .. 047 802 .. 805 75 805 808 600 -- 5 0 542 ; 0 622 "- 685 540 - 620 - 686 25 417 50 .. 643 75 .. 40 645 - PAINFUL CASE.—We learn from the Scotsman °I Saturday that the Hon. W. Yelverton, captain in theft °YI V Artillery, commanding at Leith F o rt, was, ou Thursdkr_ evening, apprehended on a w arrant issued by t h e P ro curato: Fiscal, and lodged in the Calton gaol, on a cktarge of higaul, the circumstances of th e case b e in g , we believe, not ii.e°, l peculiar than paihful. The hon. captain had just conc :u q: the business of a district c ourt-martial at Piersbili when tr_ sheriff's officers arrived with the warrant. One of t he. .. e officials, we believe, lef t Edi n b u rgh on Friday for Irela nd ! with a view to obtain the witnesses necessary to substantiate the charge. LYCEUM' THEATRE. The performances at this house last night were for the benefit of Mr. George A. Webster, its present tenant, the speedy close of whose short term of management is thereby intimated. The chief attraction of the evening was Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's play " The Lady of Lyons," in which the priccipal character, Claude Melnotte, was played by Mr. Leigh Murray, who joined Mr. Webster's company for a short engagement last week. Mr. Leigh Murray has not been seen in London in any part of this order or weight since his earliest appearance, his success in the lighter walk of comedy and is certain character -parts having wooed him from this early direction of his talents. It is well that sun was tha case, for it is highly improbable that he would ever have achieved or maintained I. high:a:position asa tragedian as he has won in nis present less lofty aspirations, not that the power of con ception or mental calibre of this accomplished actor ate inadequate to the "swelling theme" of Melpomene, but the ;United extent of his physical capabilities decidedly pre cludes h i m f r om the successful execution of characters in which stern vigour, deep passion, and fiery eeere y are requi site. For this reason, though Mr. Leigh Murray's Cleade Melnotte is a graceful and natural impersonation, full of quiet and refined touches of poetical feeling and even re vela tions of deep pathos, it is deficient in that strong impulsive dash—that headlong impassioned vehemence which is Necessary to convey the true conception of the part— we do not say the character, for of that there is li Ile or none. The long inflated tirades with which it abounds can only be effectively got through by one well practised in the hackneyed devices of tragic declamation, and with a power of lung that wilt enable him to rant, and soundly, too, when occasion serves. Tne set speeches of Claude Meluorte are laid out for " stagy" emphasis, and depend on the amount f force with which their points are delivered to be ren dered truly telling, aNd it is one of the el, veri.esses of this clever play that such is the fact. There is so much easy grace in Mr. Leigh Murray's dept rtmenr, and so much un atfected truthfulness and delicacy iu his bursfs of sentimen', 'Nat if he was not all Claude Metnotte should be, he veon the favour of his audience very rapidly and very unmistakeably, and kept it to the end Nf the play, when he was c died for and epplauded withenthusiasm. The Pauline Deschapelles of the evening was Mrs. C.Young, who acquittt d he self wi h credit of a part considerably beyond her reach. Of' the remaining chat acttrs nothing needs to be said but that they ;Amine(' mote or less a respectable mediocrity. The succeeding pieces eenstituting the evening's ent r • me . ts were tie 'farce of c " el l el je rit T y7ma P d o e it h 4 ic audience break which in letari.nitWitoiudindaicnaymalet,;eaoif:tySivarur,rezyta by hi "The Man w h o f o ll ows t h e L a di es, " sketcha b n y tic lr s lL Howard Pa u l, au d p l aye d b y hi m grotesquewr itwritten n a and Mrs. Howard Paul; lastly, the farce of " Goed for ~I \t " a o i t i l i,ng." presented e but house, an with unsatisfactory h a excepti o n t t isf e actors a? pe a t r i a I the pit seeingan the nature of the cccasion. Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess Woron zow and family have arrived at Claridge's llctel from Paris. His Excellency the Count Apponyi left the Austrian Legation on Sunday evening for Germany, lin e .ve of absence for a few wet ks. Count Karolyi, who has r. coot! ) , returned from the Continent, acts as Charge d'Affaires during the conge of the count. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have let Alnwick Castle for the Lakes, Cumberland. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have gone to his grace's seat ia the north of Ireland. The duke and duchess go shortly on a tour of visits in Scotland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde have left town on a tour in Germany. The Marquis of Salisbury left town yesterday for Liverpool. The Marquis and Marquise d'Assche have arrived at Farrance's Hotel from Bit:01ton. The Earl of Lonsdale is at Lowther Castle. I town in G tenredy.iy haves. left Howick house,iNiorthumber.arid, on a tour of visits in Scotland. The Countess of Ca rld'shi4eiP Eisaerxr acntdedCinou tonw le t don has arrived at Caledon I 1 11, co unty Tyrone, from a tour of W a_ ton returned to Loville Hall, tab the noble earl had from Stayley Moors, Cheshire, w ere The Earl and Countess of s Star br f d o s r i c i l ire a , nd 110 on Monday, ,„ three days' excellent grouse shooting. His