The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-19 00:00:00

7• . - ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Undo. tho Mstno.gement of Mr. Charles Kean, THIS EVENING will be presented ihaksperJs - Ray of TUE MERCHANT OF VENICE: Shylock, by Mr. C. Kean; Portia, by llr.t. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of DYING FOR LOVE. lIDYAL t TLEATRE. Lessees .ILssr4 F. Robs-u end W. S. Emden TATS EVENING, A DOUBTFUL Trfuiciif7ciTaracters by Messrs. C. Yipin;., W. Gordon, 3losdames Stirling and Hughes. After which, HUSH MONEY: characters by Messrs. F. Robson, Lewis Ball, G. Cooke, 0. Murray, Mesdames Stevens, Bromley, and Mrs. "linden. To conclude with BOOTS AT THE SWAN, in which Mr. F. Robson will app ar. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. 'Lessee and Directress. Mi s s Swanborough. THIS EVT—NING, the Comedy of 'COURT FAVOUR: supported .) Messrs. Emery, Belford , Poy nter, Turner, Mi, ses M. Wilton, Hughes, and Mrs. C. Melville. After which, HUNTING A TURTLE : by Messrs. Belford, Burt, Turner, J. Clarke, and Miss M. Wilton. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND: by Messrs. Belford, Turner, J. Clarke, Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss E. Wilton. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN LVELY EVENING.—The following company of Vo ralists are engaged for the perfoimanre of Selections from all the popular OPEP.A3, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &e., P.!' =ell, Mrs. Balsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Partoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson; Herr F. Jonglimans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling. enor ntonio, 1,. Mule, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Coze n s, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde, and B. W. m a ,k n ey. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr P. Jonghmans. Commence at seven o'ctoC precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. ma - a -WATER AT LONDON-I.IIIIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 9 1 min. past 9 Afternoon The revision of the monetary code will be one of the most urgent, as well as the most important duties devolving on the Government during the next session. The Bank of England now only continues as the National Bank on sufferance. It is subject at any memPt3t to twelve months' notice to terminate the connection, and will become to all intents and pur poses a private establishment ; a consummation de voutly to be wished for, not only by the community at large, but also by the proprietors of Bank Stock, who would receive much larger dividends if the Old Lady were allowed to enter into active competition with the young and thriving establishments that have sprung up on every side of late years. The report of the Select Committee, to which we have already referred, will not materially assist the Legislature in the conclusions that must be arrived at. That Report might, from the constitution of the Committee, have been deemed a foregone conclusion. Indeed it was notorious that few of the members opposed to the Act of 1844 thought it worth while attending. Sir CHARLES WOOD and Sir G. C. LEwis had it all their own way with the carefully-selected Committee. Before its appointment Mr. DISRAELI had called for immediate legislation, justly insisting that there were ample materials therefor—the masterly report of the Lords' Committee in 1848 was conclusive on the subject. It showed beyond the possibility of doubt that the terrible crisis of 1847 had been greatly aggravated, if it had not been altogether produced, by the existing law. Ten years later there was a still more formidable crisis. Credit was virtually anni hilated. Houses of undoubted solvency, and with large balances in their favour, were compelled to suspend payments ; all parties were hoarding, be cause they knew not whether they could obtain legal tender money to defray the claims that might be preferred against them. Dismay and apprehen sion prevailed on every side. There was a monetary panic throughout the length and breadth of the land. Such was the state of affairs when the Government issued the celebrated letter of the 12th Nov., 1857. The remedy, which was of a similar character to that adopted on the 25th October, 1847, eventually suppressed the disease, although, from being longer -withheld, and the conditions being more stringent, the Bank was compelled to transgress the limits assigned by law, and to extend its issue on securities two millions sterling beyond the authorised amount. Had the Government remained indifferent, the Bank would unquestionably have suspended payment ; and, as in 1847, so in 1857, the Ministerial interfer ence was solely for the sake of the Bank, and not for that of the public. These extraordinary circumstances naturally pro duced some change in the opinions of the committee, I and the report agreed on was by no means so decisive as had been anticipated. The bullioniat organ is savage at its indecisive character. After referring to the leading points at issue, it says—" 'We look for a solution in vain." Every one of these topics is, in a manner, treated of, but in a tantalising and disappointing method, which glides away from the subject just as we fancy we are going to grasp it, and leaves us to conclude that the Committee know a great deal, but are going to tell us nothing. In fact, packed although they were, the Committee could not "go the whole hog" with Lord OVERSTONE and the Times. They had some little regard for their own character. They could not commit themselves to the Act of 1844, and they would not go against it. Thus the Report, which is neither one thing nor the other, carries with it no authority, and is not satis factory to any, whether bullionists or anti-bulliouists. It may, therefore, be thrown overboard, and Mr. DISRAELI will be fully justified in legislating on his own views, which will, we believe, give a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country, and not subject to those numerous and violent fluctuations which have been more injurious to the trade and commerce of the country than the failures of all the banks of issue that,have ever suspended payment. The Times itself has come round in some respects to the opinions which we have so long advocated. It sees the propriety of separating the issue from the banking department. It is really the duty of the State to issue that which should be a legal tender, and it seems absurd to pay money for the use of paper that could be more properly issued from the State National Exchequer. It is, indeed, one of those gross jobs which will excite the astonishment of posterity. Our esteemed contemporary and collaborateur the Derbyshire Courier, as usual, offers sound and ad mirable suggestions on this interesting topic. It ably reviews the constitution of the Committee, and the character of the witnesses, so far as the point at issue was concerned ; it shows that the reform which would prcduce welfare and prosperity throughout the entire working population of the country is only delayed through the culpable apathy of the commer cial body. We regret that there should be divisions of opinion amongst monetary reformers. Such divisions arc, under existing circumstances, inevitable, but if those who cannot concur with the existing code should enter heart and hand into its abrogation, and smooth their differences by mutual concessions, the iniquitous system would speedily b e a b roga t e d. All that is required from monetary reformers, to ensure the national prosperity, is " a long pull, astrong pull, and a p ull altogether." 'Will they not give it at the prcper time ? Tl.e advances made towards the_completion of the arrkingements of the Grand Submarine Telegraph, are, to say, the lea st of them, singularly encourag ing god satisfactory. " Glory be to GOD in the highest" is the first c om p lete salutation that has thrilled under the awful depths of the Atlantic Ocean between Valentia and Newfoundland. It is the benediction of the enterprise. It is an inatigu rative signal between the Old - World and the New "World, befitting two great Christian Communities. It is the most impressive echo there has yet been of the angelic canticle sung under the stars upon the hill-tops of Judea upon the eve of the first Ch,-istmas. Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra (et .sub mare)pa:t korninibus bona voluntatis. Peace and good will at.lcl'36* men, and glory to GOD in the highest. The wore are as befittingly and s as grandly there inscribed a t the head of the records of the sub-atlantic telegraph, fi 'rst among all the many future telegrams to be fltrAhed , 'D and fro betwee n En gland and Ame - Sea—a 9 those ,I p e r a nd kindred words emblazoned - 9t •, s •g -- z - 4 1- ,:- • . _ 4 THE SUN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1858. ••••.. above the porch of the Royal Exchange—" The Earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof." The incident is worthy of commemoration, and is full of the happiest auguries. Another circumstance in connectio.i with this wonderful achievement is the rapid mu7tiplication of the facilities for intercommunication along the five thousand miles of wire. According to the latest attained rate of speed, 100 words may now be trans mitted within an hour. Previously the speed of working was that of 99 words in 67 minutes, as it had been at the outset 62 words in 70 minutes. Now, as we have said, the rate is that of 100 words in every 60 minutes—a rate very far short, indeed, of what will be ultimately attained even with the aid of existing arrangements—yet one that is still in every respect most encouraging as regards the future, and most satisfactory as regards the present. Ultimately, we cannot but believe that instead of each letter requiring several distinct thrills of electricity for its transmission, every individual letter of the alphabet may be indicated by a single throb of the wondrous current. Even tually even, it is to be hoped that many a word i❑ frequent use may be jotted down in the telegram by means of some ingenious scheme of electric steno graphy. In this age of marvels these are no idle or frivolous anticipations. Let us, however, take the good the gods have given us, and be thankful. As they are—how full of matter for astonishment ! A hundred words within an hour's time flashed under the broad Atlantic between Ireland and our North American possessions. Altogether we believe that the wisest decision arrived at since the completion of the late successful laying down of the cable is that by which the promoters of the enterprise pro pose, at as early a date as possible, to lay down another. When two or three have been actually submerged with success we may feel safe in respect to the future of this marvellous undertaking. At present everything trembles as it were upon a hair. The rope may be rubbing hither and thither upon the edge of some craggy submarine mountain-top approaching nearer and yet nearer the moment of ultimate rupture with each triturating oscillation. It may be suspended in a loop from ridge to ridge over some unfathomable abyss, the strain of its weight increasing with the prolongation of its suspension, in obedience to the simple law of gravitation. It isneed less, however, to be enumerating possible perils that must be sufficiently obvious to every one's appre hension. We refer to them generally as affording more than simply adequate reasons for the laying down, as quickly as may be, more cables, thus link ing together with this exquisitely sensitive chord of sympathy the eastern and the western hemispheres. THE QUEEN IN GERMANY. FROM THE COURT NEWSMAN. AUGUST 15. Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, with the Prince and Princess of Prussia and Prince and Princess Frederick William, drove yesterday through Gleniche, the 'beautiful seat of their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Charles of Prussia. In the evening the Prince and Princess of Prussia entertained a large party at dinner. The Count of Flanders arrived from Berlin, and joined the royal party. His royal highness returned to Berlin at night. The Princess Frederick William isin the enjoy ment of excellent health, and accompanies her royal parents in all their walks and drives. This morning her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Prince and Princess Frederick William, and the Prince and Princess Charles of Prussia, attended Divine service at the Garrison Chapel. The weather has been oppressively hot ; but this afternoon there have been frequent storms of thunder and rain, which have considerably cooled I the air. BIRTHDAY OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT The anniversary of the birthday of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, who has attained her 72d year, was celebrated at Windsor on Tu9sday with a general holiday. The bells of the Chapel Royal of St. George and St. John's Church sent forth merry peals throughout the day. Royal salutes were fired in the Long Walk, by her Majesty's bom bardier, also at Fort Belvidere, and from the Royal Adelaide frigate on Virginia Water. For many years the birthday of the royal duchess was celebrated by a revel in the Bachelor's Acre, but on this occasion, in its stead, a grand fete was given in the beautiful grounds of St. Leonards, the seat of Mr. Robarts. Convenient vehicles were engaged at moderate prices for the conveyance of the holiday folk. At the time the sports commenced 3,000 persons had assembled. The amusements consisted of cricket, dancing, archery, football, quoits, trap and base ball, swinging, throwing sticks for prizes, &c. The full band of the Coldstream Guards, Griffith's Quadrille Band, and the Albanian Minstrels were also engaged. A triumphal arch, with flags and the motto of " Welcome," wes erected at the entrance of the grounds. Tents were arranged in various parts of the park, where refreshments were provided. Her Majesty forwarded to the committee £lolos. towards the expenses, the Prince Consort £5 55., H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent £5 ss. ; Mr. Grenfell, M.P., £5 55.; Mr. W. Vansittart, M.P., £5 ss. Mr. Vansittart came expressly from Scotland to be present at this interesting gathering. In the evening the town was brilliantly illuminated. WYLD'S MAP OF THE NEW GOLD REGIONS. Mr. Wyld, with his usual promptitude and accu racy of research, has produced an excellent map of the latest region demanding the attention of the British public. The new colony, created last ses sion, which comprises Vancouver's Island and the south-western portion of our mainland possessions, lying north of the boundary line as settled by the treaty of 1846 between the United States and Great Britain ; has suddenly sprung into prominent notice from the discovery of gold-fields which, according to Mr. Wyld's map, are profusely distributed through out its extent, especially along the course of Frazer's River, between the 49th and 52d degrees zf north latitude. The Washington territory, belonging to the United States, divided from Oregon by the Columbia River, is al so contained in the map; which altogether supplies a very valuable amount of t opogra phical information on districts which must speedily excite an extraordinary amount of interest in the mother country. ller Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Meek lenburg-Strelitz* intends, we are informed, to stand sponsor for the . infant son of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridg e, attended by Col. Clitton, returned to his residence in St. J:;nics's Palace, last evening, from the camp at Aldershot. llis Excellency the Ambassador of France has returned to Albort-gate House, from visiting the Countess de Persigny, at Tunbridge Wells. His Excellency Baron Bentinck has left town for Buxton. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are sur rounded by 11 large family circle at Gordon Castle, Fochabers, N.B. The duchess arrived at the close of the past week, accompanied by the Countess of Bessborough, Lady Cezilia and Lord George Gordon Lennox. The duke had pre viously arrived, also the Earl and Countess of March, their Se:ene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edwari of Saxe- Weimar, and Lords Henry and Alex. Gcrdon Lennox. The Earl of Bessborough will join the family pa: ty in the course of the preFent week. The Duke of Rutland, who came to town on Monday from yachting at. Cowes, has gone to his shooting- Loogshawe Lodge, Derbyshire. The Duchess of Grafton and the Earl and Countess of Euston are entertaining a select circle at Euston Ilall, Norfolk. The Duchess Dowager of Hamilton will leave town to-morrow for Easton Palk, Suffolk. The Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Poulett have left St. Jantes's-square for Brighton to Pass a few weeks before going to Baby Castle, Durham, for the winter. Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Har coal t, m.P., will leave Nuneham Park on Saturday, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, at Orleans House, Twickenham. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Cle men ti na Villiers are among the English personages of rank recently arrived at Homburg. The Earl and Countess of Fife have arrived at Mar Lodge, AbErdeenshire, where they intend entertaining a large party during the shooting season. The Countess (Dow.) of Harewoed is, we are happy to learn, recovering from her recent severe indisposi tioo and when sufficiently improved will go to the Duke of iuccleuelt's villa, at Richmond. Viscountess Palmerston comes to town to-day from visiting Viscountess Jocelyn at St. Leonard's - on-Sea. The noble viscount is expected in town to-morrow from Ireland. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1858, LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. BOMBARDMENT OF JEDDAH. OFFICIAL DESPATCH. The following telegram has been received at the Foreign-office from Consul-General Green : " ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST 13, 1858. "'Her Majesty's ship Cyclops arrived at Suez from Jeddah last night. I have received the following telegraph from Captain Pullen : " The Cyclops arrived at Jeddah 23d of July. "Hamik Pasha at Mecca. Satisfaction demanded, and letter sent to Kaimakam, under flying seal, say ing if no satisfactory answer received in thirty-six hours shall proceed to extremities. "On the morning of the 25th, 20 hours (? 40) having intervened from time of sending despatch, and no reply, commenced bombaiding, on the town at intervals. " Fourteen or fifteen bungalows burnt and de stroyed. " 11 A.M.—Letter received from Paella not satis factory. Resumed operations, and continued occa sionally until evening of the 26th, both from boats and ships, with shot, shell, and rockets. " 27th.— Troops arrived, 507 Bashi-Bazouks ; time given to land. " 2.Bth.—Lassa (Pasha ?) arrived; comes on board next day ; can come to no satisfactory arrangements cannot execute murderers, but has them confined, station (stating ?) that has not the power of life and death. Time extended to allow pilgrims to embark. " 30tb.—" Lady Canning" leaves for Yembo with Moorish Princes. Depositions of murderers sent off, and proved guilty by their own local Courts. Their execution insisted upon on morning of the 2nd instant, and not complied with by the evening of the 4th. " Commenced bombarding again on the morning of the sth. " Before a reply is received, the Yabari steamer arrived with troops, 480 Egyptians. " Ismail Passain [Pasha ?] commands, with power to satisfy the just demands of England and France. "On the morning of the 6th, eleven murderers executed [in] sight of the town and shipping in port, and four more culprits to be sent to Constantinople. " The Cyclops left Jeddah on morning of the 7th instant, and has brought up a messenger from the Pasha, with despatches for Constantinople. "Mr. Vice-Consul Calvert has my despatches for the Admiralty, and leaves immediately. (Signed) " GREEN. " Malta, August 18, 1858, 6%50 a.m. (Signed) _ " MONTAGUE STOPFORD, Vice-Admiral." THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received our ussal letters and papers in anticipation of the Bombay Overland Mail. We have dates by this arrival from the 3d to the 19th July, inclusive. The following is the summary of the Bombay Gazette : " Unlike former occasions, we have not now to record any great action as having distinguished our army in the task of suppressing the sepoy insurrec tion. After the signal defeat achieved over 16,000 followers of the Begum at Nawabgunge on the 13th of last month, by Sir Hope Grant, followed up as it was by one or two efforts in the same spirit, the disturbers of the peace of the country have not been found congregated anywhere in very great numbers. Their game now is to scatter themselves in all directions in burning and pillaging parties of from 100 to 2,000 or 3,000 each, harassing our troops when they think they can do so with im punity, and keeping up a reign of terror among the miserable villagers whom they plunder. Strong holds now they have none, and unless their different leaders combine their forces, with the determination of striking what they may insanely regard as a de cisive blow at British supremacy, the probability is that for many months, if not for years to come, we shall have little to record of the great Indian Mutiny but a series of guerilla conflicts, which will bring ample annoyance and fatigue to our soldiers, but very little glory. Although the rebels cannot be coaxed by any means to meet our army in " battle array," they continue to keep large districts of the North-west in a state of uneasiness and alarm. In the Benares division espe cially, great complaints are made by the European residents and well-disposed natives, that they are subject to constant incursions from gangs of marauders. Outrages which never would have been attempted but for the absence of an efficient English force, have been perpetrated in Bikrum in Patna, Jehana in Behar, and Rug lioonathpore in Sarun, and various houses burnt and spoiled. In some places the gaols have been attacked, and the prisoners released to swell the ranks of these banditti. The natives who refuse to yield to their demands for food and money are dread fully mutilated and other wise ill-treated, and the same fate awaits all who are supposed to be friendly to the British. All the letters that reach us from the smaller towns on both sides of the Ganges teem with narratives of this kind. Even the imme diate vicinity of considerable towns, like Buxar, in the district of Shahabad, is not safe from these scoundrels, as we learn that two villages within ten miles of that place were plundered and then burnt at the end of last month by a body of 250 sepoys and their followers. Of course the re storation of a better state of things is only a question of time, and we presume that the Government are directing all their energies to put an end to the anarchy that reigns in so many districts. It is im possible for a regular army to cope with hordes of scoundrels who fly off with the rapidity of lightning at the apparition of a few British officers ; and there fore it has been determined to augmext considerably the mounted police force, who will be more likely to succeed in putting salt upon the tails of Nana Sahib's greyhounds. " We have already suggested the possibility of the rebel leaders joining their forces for the purpose of making a last effort to retrieve their cause. Should this be resolved upon, in all probability the scene of operations will be Oude, which is the greatest and will be the last refuge of disaffection. "It is not known how many thousands of the Gwalior fugitives now hold together, for although several expeditions have been sent after th em , th y have, up to the latest advises, succeeded in eluding a repetition of the drubbing Brigadier General Napier gave them on the 19th June. They appear to have halted some days at Lalsont, a town about forty three miles from Jeypore, and to have afterwards proceeded to Dowlutpoor, in the direction of Chik soo, where they were halted up to 9 p.m. of the sth instant, still wavering and uncertain as to the route they should take. General Roberts's column from Nusseerabad had advanced on the 4th instant as far as Bharoti Baoree, eight miles from Jeypore, when information reached that city of the departure of the rebels from Lalsont for Dowlutpoor. Con sequently, the General, instead of proceeding to the capital, marched on to Sanganeer, six miles to the south of Jeypore, where he halted on the .sth so as to refresh his men and cattle. The Be hooch Horse, under the cammand of Captain Macau lay, had been sent on to Chiksoo for the purpose of reconnoitring, but up to 10 a.m. of the sth had seen nothing of the enemy. The Cavalry portion of the force consists (Regular and Irregular) of 150 Hussars, 120 Lancers, 50 Guzerat Horse, and 400 Belooch Horse. The column was to march on the morning of the 6th f rom Sa n ganee to Waktob. from one day to another, therefore, we may ex pect to hear of a " brush," unless, as usual lately, the enemy contrives to rely upon his heels to save his head. Tantia Topee is said to be at the head of the insurrectionary troops. The Kotah rebels, who went to Gwalior for the purpose of asssisting their insurgent brethren, and who there found something more tha n th ey bargained for, have returned greatly reduced in numbers, and, as might be expected, in spirits. "The latest intelligence from Gwalior is that the ex-Rajah of Shahgurh, who had fraternised with the reb;:ls, had given himself up to Mr. Thornton, super intendent of that district. The 'Maharajah of G wa lior has been reinstated in his dignities, and he reposes the most implicit confidence in his army, although at one time a portion of it gave indications of a design to bolt' from allegiance to him. "The — health of the British army continues, on the whole, favourable, considering the arduous duties which it has had to go through. The great enemy has not been the rebel force, but the climate the deaths from sun-stroke among officers and men having been unfortunately very numerous. Grea► complaints are made by the soldiers in consequence of a reduction of their daily ration of beer from a quart to one pint, a deprivation for which some sad bungler in the War Department at home has, we suppose, to be thanked. "Of the Commander -in - chief we hear but little, but it is understood that he retains his health, and is quite prepared to resume the cam paign when the cold season sets in. Sir H. Rose, the victor of Gwalior, is nearly exhausted, it is said, by the exertious be has lately gone through. He returns to the command of the Poona division of the army, which will not make a severe demand upon his energies. The citizens of Bombay purpose en tertaining him at a public dinner, should he be well enough to receive such an ovation. " Having said this much about the British Gene rals, we wish we could speak with the same precise ness of the arch-rebel Nana's whereabouts. Many rumours have been afloat during the last fortnight, to the effect that he had been delivered up to the Go vernment, but without foundation. He is believed to be still in Oude. Our excellent Lucknow correspon dent thinks it not improbable that he has lately made one of the conclave at Fort Boundee, presided over by the Begum, who, it seems, soundly lectured her troops for allowing themselves to be beaten at Gwalior, telling them that an army of women would have stood their ground better. The Begum still sends troops against Maun Sing at Fyzabad, as re inforcements into Gorruckpore, and as aids to the Nazim and Beni Madhoo in Southern Oude. The latter zemindar continues to disturb the country east of the Lucknow and Cawnpore road, while the detachments of the Nazim occasionally find work for the British force at Soroan, scarcely a score miles north of Allahabad. The Shah zadab, Feroze Shah, - meanwhile disturbs with a gathering the south-west corner of the province. " Troops continue to pour into the country, and confidence is generally restored everywhere among the European residents, as to the result of the opera tions going on and in prospect for extinguishing the embers of the insurrection. " The Punjaub, under the administration of Sir John Lawrence, is reported to be tranquil through out its length and breadth. " Bombay is also quiet. The annual Mussulman festival which comes off on the 22d inst. has been, by some old women in pantaloons, looked forward to with fear and trembling, as a likely occasion for a rising among the natives ; but rational people do not alarm themselves about such a contingency, although of course the authorities are prepared for anything that may turn up. " Lord Elphinstone is ruralising at Dapooree." THE IMPERIAL PROGRESS IN FRANCE, (FROM SPECIAL REPORTERS OF THE MORNING POST.) NAPOLEONVILLE, AUG. 17. Yesterday I followed in the track of the Emperor, and had the opportunity of perceiving what impres sion his presence had produced upon the inhabitants of that part of ancient Brittany lying between the modern l'Orient and the city immortalised in " Ca sar's Commentaries " as the scene of one of the most cruel massacres ever committed upon a brave people, fighting in defence of their national inde pendence against a foreign invader. Vannes, accord ing to the testimony of Ctusar, was the first amongst the Gauls that had the courage to rise in insurrec tion against the Italians, who were always talking of " liberty," and practising " tyranny ;" and, conse quently, not unlike the same pretenders in modern politics, whose machinations have been rendered nugatory by the courageous and conservative policy of Napoleon 111. Vannes, therefore, in the joyful reception and enthusiastic welcome given to the Emperor, proved it was true to the principles that animated its ancestors. It yielded a heart-homage to this great and successful opponent of Roman ambi tion and Roman despotism. "Ab its (Venetic) fit initium retinendi Silii, atque Velanii,'quod per eos suos se obsides, quos Crasso dedissent, recuperaturos existimabant." From Vannes, worthy of its former fame, the Em peror travelled, to-day, to the town which was for merly called Roche-sur-Yon, bat, at the desire of the first Emperor, was designated Napoleonville ; and reminds one that looks closely at it as portraying, in some respects, that which France had been before Napoleon obtained supreme power, and what it was his desire to make it. All the old parts of the town —previous to the Napoleon era—are not only old, but bad and inconvenient ; whilst all that has been constructed under the inspiration of Napoleon, are new, good, convenient, and, as regards the public buildings, truly magnificent. The old town—that is, so much as there remains of it—is like a bit of our St. Giles's before any modern improvement pene trated its dark and gloomy precincts ; whilst the modern Napoleonville is like the continuation of Oxford-street, to which is to be added a fine square— " the Place Napoleon"—much larger, and far better arranged than any square in London. It would be difficult to point out any view in any city more charming than that which presented itself to-day to the spectator on entering the city of Napo leonville from the main road, with its grand trium phal arch as an entrance to a noble street, composed on both sides of houses like in height and appearance to Euston-place, and this opening into a magnificent square, the whole of one side, that most distant from the spectator, being composed of the finest barracks I ever saw, and approached by a bridge which runs across the Blavit, and separates the barracks from the square, though seemingly belonging to it. The other two sides of the square are occupied by two splendid palatial buildings—one being the Prefecture, and the other the Courts of Justice; whilst the lower end of the square, facing the barracks, consists of houses, from their appearance, fitted to be placed by the side of the Prefecture and the g rand building opposite, and on a parallel line with them is a con tinuation of very fine houses called, if I recollect aright, the " Rue des Pyramids." All these con structions are of permanent materials, and contrasted with the old unsightly edifices with which they are conjoined, cannot fail to make their inhabitants more proud of being known as citizens of Napoleonville, than remembered as badly-housed burghers of Roche sur-Yon. Amraianus Marcellinus, in referring to his own ti mes , te ll s hi s rea d ers o f" a city which is now known a s A ugusta, b ut that was formerly called Lon don." A diff erent fate, we may be sure , awaits Napoleonvill e , f or i ts present i mprov ements and its future hopes a re id ent ifi e d w i t h the Emperor; whils: there i s not hi ng i n the b y - gone transactions of the place to keep alive the old name, or rescue it from obscurity. In this town—his own dynastic town—the Empe ror was this eve n i ng rece i ved i n a man ner which I shall hereafter des cr ib e; an d w hi c h , I think, from the circumstances accompanyi ng it, c annot fail to make it a most agreeable rem em b rance i n all his future life. Before I come to that description I wish, however, to give in detail the observations I made this day, knowing that what may be regarded as the very heart and centre of Brittany lies between Vannes and St. Brienne. It was there, beyond all other parts of the province or ancient duchy of Bretagne, I . was Anxious to ascertain what were the preparations making by a population so obtuse to new impressions, and so firm and resolute in the retention of convic tions they have once accepted. Following in the path the Emperor had taken from l'Orient to Vannes, I wished to precede him on his road from Vannes to Napoleonville to-day, and from that place to St. Brienne to-morrow. This design was difficult to be carried into effect, for so many persons had come from all parts of the province to Vannes to see the Emperor, that for two days, this and the next, there was, so far as regards the public diligences, no stirring out of Vannes. All places, in all directions, had been engaged. Every public conveyance was filled for the next three or four days, and claimants for vacant places were hourly besieging the different offices. Horses, even of the worst description, were in demand ; and it was with some difficulty and, of course, at a higher rate than ordinary, that I could persuade a postmaster to hire a single horse and an antiquated little gig for the day, with a solemn pro mise I should not attempt to bring either beyond Napoleonville, but seek out some other way, no matter what, to get beyond it on the following morning. I refer to this incident as a fact demonstrative of the eagerness of the people, and the numbers that came from all parts of the province to see and mani fest their respect for the,Emperor. In proceeding along the road one of the fresh objects that attracted my attention in a little village, which (like all others) was decorated for the occa sion with flags and wreaths of flowers, was a new signboard to a small cabaret, where the endeavour was made to attract customers by the promise in large letters that there they might have the advan tage of drinking old wine with a new name, for it was called " Yin a la Prince Imperial." Outside of this village, and close to another triumphal arch, composed of laurels and flowers, was drawn up the finest body of peasant cavalry I had There were at least forty peasant farmers mounted, of all ages, from 70 to 25, and all dressed in a manner that would have made them looked at, even in the Strand, at its very busiest hour. A de scription of their standard-bearer will be sufficient. He was a dark-complexioned man of middle age, sage, grave, and severe-looking, with long lank hair falling down upon his * shoulders, and reaching behind nearly to the middle of his back. On his head was a broad hat extending out to a marvellous extent on all sides, and composed of the very finest beaver—he wore a wide black frockcoat, the sleeves reaching within an inch of the wrist, so as to dis close a very white shirt his belt was composed of white leather, and his trousers were as wide; and about three inches shorter than those of a sailor. seen. This strange grou p was plainly composed of de legates from a rural commune, and were all thus early on the road to greet the Emperor, as the dis tance from Napoleonville was too great for them to go there and return on the same day. After passing this outr&looking group, another equally curious spectacle presented itself—a vast number of garden carts, driven and filled by none but women. These, with white caps on their heads, all the same size, and the shape of a sugar loaf, were at a very short distance from other groups—it might be said groups upon groups—of women with caps, that hung with long flapping ends overi their shoulders and down to the middle of the arm. Whole families of women, from the oldest to the youngest, were thus seen walking together. The next place I came to was, as I understood from the driver, called " Pont de Louis ;" and here I saw what I had never before remarked in any other district, and is in itself a proof of the care taken of women in Brittany ; for here, when there was a large crowd close to a triumphal arch, all the men, without a single exception, were on one side of the road, and all the women on the other. So rigidly is this distinction between the sexes main tained, that I saw no instance in which the boys, not even the youngest, were with their mothers or sisters, or a little girl in company with her father or brothers. Thus they were all travelling apart from each other; and the effect produced was in many parts of the road, where thirty, forty, or fifty women were seen walking along, to give them, with their white, stange, long-flapped caps, the appearance of a religious procession. The best proof that this was a holiday was to see all the women that were clustered together on the road ; for when women are so abroad, one may feel quite sure that their families are enjoying a holiday out of doors, and here there was a holiday ; for the pious and pure-minded Bretons hold in utter abhorrence those democratic infidels who are struggling to de stroy all family ties. The good Bretons, therefore, regard as a most fitting object for their respect the ruler who has rendered nugatory the pernicious de signs of socialists and communists. Napoleon 111 is, in their estimation, their shield and their defence against those public disturbers, and hence their devo tion and their loyalty to him. At Grand Champ there was another triumphal arch, with the words, " Vive l'Empereur ! Vive l'lmpera trice ! " inscribed upon it. Attached to this, as if they were guarding it, was a very numerousgroup of agricultural horsemen, with their tricolor flags, and in the hat of each a tricolor cockade. All these were dressed in black, and all had leather belts around their waists. A short distance from Grand Champ there was a little army collected —agricultural horsemen, women in garden-carts, hussars in uniform, with the horses by their side, as if ready to mount in a moment ; and here presented itself a scene which I had not pre viously an opportunity of remarking, and that was the friendly and cordial relations existing between the people and the soldiers. The fact, however, is easily accounted for. The army is, to a man, devoted to the Emperor—so are the people of I3rit tany. A common feeling and the same wishes ani mate both, and both are ready to shed their blood in defence of the Imperial dynasty. An illustration of this feeling was afforded on a plain called Bignan, where there was a triumphal arch, with these signi ficant words—" Vive l'Empereur ! Vive l'lmpera trice pour un long temps ! Vive l'Empire Franclise, toujours !" At this place—Bignan, a long, straggling village— there were some hundreds of women gathered toge ther, and all having the same curious costume, the long•flapped caps, and their dresses composed of black and red, black and white, black and green ; black and pink, &c.—the sleeves and dress being in variably composed of black, and the body and front shaped like a high, long apron of some glaring colour ; Iwhilst the men were so numerous, and having large tri-color rosettes in their bats, and flaunting bouquets of tri-colored ribands on their breasts, they had the appearance of an enormous detachment of recruits. Here the crowd of farmer cavalry became so great, that it was with difficulty one was able to make way through them. There were, I suppose, from three to four hundred horse men gathered on this single spot, and from looking closely at them I perceived that not one used a saddle in riding. After passing 13ignan the country extends to a vast distance on all sides in flat plains of barren landes, covered with purple furze ; and here it was very interesting to observe groups converging from jll quarters of the horizari towards whatever spots triumphal arches had been erected. These groups appeared from the different distances at which they could be seen to be composed of persons of all sizes —the most distant as little fairy women in pink, and the men as white moving specks in the land scape, others grown to the size of infants, others, who were nearer, seeming to be little boys and girls, and those approaching to the road, their natural size. The manner in which the landes were occupied showed that the whole population was in movement, and that for two miles, at least, on each side of the road through which the Emperor passed, it is pro bable he was greeted by all who were capable of stirring or being brought out of doors. And whilst the Landes were thus sending forth their scattered population upon the roads were to be met seyQrpl groups of young men amusing them selves with singing some new chant—for all were singing to the same tune—and the spirit of their modern favourite ballad singers be inferred from the words with which each stanz' concluded—the un ceasing "Vive l'Empereur !" At Loernine, the prettie3t village on the day's route, there were great preparations made to wel come the Emperor. There was a really splendid triumphal arch, covered on the top with white satin, and these words in letters of gold, " Vive l'Empe reur Vivel'Emperatrice !" and close to it an asylum for young children, with a beautiful decoration of green leaves and flowers clustering around the large entrance-gate, with these words at the top, " Homage a leur M , jestes I" Here, there was observable a new and great change in the habiliments of the dis• trict. The black dress had entirely disappeared, and in its place the men appeared, it might be said, all in white, with broad flapping straw hats edged with black velvet, white jackets, and the seams and bor ders and pockets bound with black. This was the dress of all, whether horse or foot, for here, too, there was a peasant cavalry to welcome their Majesties. It was in .this place that I saw a man going about the town, beating a drum, and whenever what he ' considered a sufficient group gathered around to address, he told them the joyful tidings—that " the Maire had received a despatch announcing that their Majesties the Emperor and Empress would be there at 12 o'clock"—a declaration that was received with loud cheers; those who were as yet unprepared hurrying away, and those at that moment in a state of satisfactory completion, smoking their pipes with increased vigour and satisfaction. At Arten there was another triumphal areb, and near to it a large processional group of young girls all dressed in white. At other places the name of which I could not collect, there were triumphal arches, with the same mottos expressive of the same wishes. One spirit appeared to animate the people on the entire road. All were plainly engaged in a manner that was most agreeable to them—in showing their attachment to the Emperor—all were, therefore, in good humour, and they were pleased with every thing that presented itself to their view—even the carriages which carried the servants and the luggage of the Imperial household were cheered by them on the road ; but beyond all other classes, these who took a most persecuting mode of manifesting their zeal were the humble men, the cantonniers, who have to look to the roads, and keep them in proper order. These poor fellows were so desirous to force the Emperor to admire them for the manner in which they performed their duty in keeping the roads quite clean, that they were indefatigably en gaged in sweeping them, and so they covered every traveller who came in their way with a frightful dust. I had passed by so many peasant-horsemen on the road, and seen such quaint dresses, that I did not expect to behold more of the one nor capable of being surpassed by the other at Napoleonville. I had very little notion of the wonderful spectacle that Napoleonville was to afford to the Emperor. I never fancied having seen the deputation of Croatians to the Emperor of Austria in 1848—that I should again look upon costumes so curious, so strange, or so fantastic worn by human beings as I had beheld on that occasion ; and yet I must own that to-day—and at such a little distance from England—Brittany can, when it chooses, surpass Croatia. Here is the dress of one man of which I took a note whilst he was standing before me. An old man with a broad-leafed white hat, a full, round-skirted white coat, with pink buttons, and bound with pink, a white waistcoat deeply em broidered with red, and flaring with red ribbons, red knee-buckles, and white gaiters. Here is another— black coat and waistcoat, and long black pantaloons, all fitting tightly to the figure, and covered all over with white mother-of-pearl buttons. Here is another a woman's dress—black cloth, with a girdle of silver lace two inches broad at the least, and the skirts of the dress a thick embroidery of silver lace. here is a man's dress—white jacket, waistcoat, and trowsers, and with pockets fantastically ornamented, and placed so high up under the arms that what is under the left arm can only be reached by the right, and what is under the right prehensible only by the left hand. Then there:were deputations all in black, bound round with brown, and others with red bands. But I find it impossible to give a notion of the infinite variety of the men's costumes ; whereas that of the women was still more strange —as, for instance, caps the same shape as those worn by students in our univer sities, dresses of scarlet cloth, crossed back and front with broad pink ribbons, girdles of heavy, rich gold lace, and the bottom of the dress a band, some two, some three inches in depth, composed of the richest gold lace. Of such dresses as these—the wedding festive dresses—the value varies from 1,500 to 2,000 francs. These rich dresses, I may remark, were alone worn by women on horseback, and no women appeared alone on horseback—all were behind their husbands or fathers, with one hand clinging around the waist. In these magnificent habiliments, red and brown, green and blue, they literally came in hundreds, and formed a most magni ficent spectacle. The number of horsemen was actually astonishing. Troop after troop came pouring into " the Place Napoleon" for hours before the arrival of the Emperor ; so that I suppose there would not be less than from three to four thousand farmer horsemen drawn up before the Emperor, and of these, the women with their husbands formed the first line. The spectacle was not merely 'remarkable for its beauty, but there was the proof in those dresses that there was a great deal of wealth amongst those ad herents of the Emperor—that in Brittany he had not only the hearts of the poor and working classes, but also of the wealthy and independent farmers. I have dwelt on those incidents as showing bow Brittany has voluntarily moved to greet its Em peror; and that the nephew of Napoleon is beloved by this part of France. By these persons, and by the multitude around them, the Emperor and Empress were received with enthusiastic acclamations, and the day's proceedings, as peculiar to Napoleonville, concluded NO.th all the horseriders—women and men—defiling before their Majesties, and breaking away with loud cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" There were illuminations, fireworks, and the usual rejoicings, as in other places during the evening. FRANCE. -42'--- PARIS, AUG. 18. The Plenipotentiaries of the Conferences will to morrow put their signatures to the convention for the organization of the Danubian Principalities. These documents will then have to be ratified, a process which may occupy a month. The convention will be officially published and the public will learn the results of the meetings at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs. The French Government has certainly maintained its original views regarding the union • but being in a minority has, as you are ,al rea d y aware, confined itself to obtaining an administrationthe w hich will certainly improve the condition of Rournans if it does not satisfy the views of their more advanced politicians. The Imperial Governor of Lombardy is certainly the " fast " young man of the Austrian Imperial f am ily. his exerttions to reconcile the Lombards are most praiseworthy ; but unless the people are very much changed since I knew them, his endea vours will fail. Th e A rchduke will assuredly be thwarted at Vienna, and I fear his good intentions and reforms will not be carried out. At all events he is doing all he can to introduce a new policy at Milan and Venice. Lu Presse yesterday published an article, which set forth an awkward comparison between the Pope and the Sultan. The latter was represented as mare favourable to progress than the guardian of St. Peter's keys. But, in point of fact, what is a Pope of Rome in our day ? Pio Nono, with all the good in tentions of a good man, failed in 1848 to create a better administration of secular interests in the ROMP States. It is only when the Roman Catholic coun tries, or rather Governments, of Europe cease to abuse the inflaences of the Church, by using it as a spiritual tool, that any change can take place for the better. A letter from Berlin contains a few particulars of the visit paid to that capital by Queen Victoria on Monday last :—" All the streets from the railway to the palace of the Prince of Prussia were densely thronged with people. Her Majesty and the Prince of Prussia occupied the first open carriage, and in the next were the Princess of Prussia, the Prince and Princess Frederic William, and Prince Albert. The Queen was received with the most cordial ac clamations, and appeared much pleased with the welcome given to her. Soon after her arrival at the palace, Queen Victoria appeared at the balcony with the Prince of Prussia, and was ',loudly cheered. At noon, her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses visited the palace of the Prince Frederic William and the Royal palace." We learn by telegraph, dated Berlin, 17th : " The Dagbladet of Copenhagen announces that the King is about to leave for the Duchy of Schleswig; his Majesty will reside at the Palace of Glucksberg. After the inspection of the Holstein-Lauenbourg Contingent by the delegates of the Germanic Diet, the King will proceed to Kendsberg to inspect the troops quartered there." The Esperance of Athens publishes a letter from the Isle of Candia of the 27th ultimo, which says : " The elections of provincial representatives are taking place regularly. The chiefs of the insurgent Christians profit by their victory with praiseworthy moderation. It is they who are now the real mas ters of the island, and the Ottoman authorities are obliged to apply to them for the execution of all measures of police and of public order. In proof of this assertion it may be stated that the Mussulmans, having committed grave excesses in the neighbour hood of the town of Candia, the Christian chiefs of the district of Rhethymo have, at the express request of the Turkish inhabitants and magistrates, under taken to re-establish order." The Paris journals contain no political arti cles. The Constitutionnel continues its running comments on the visit of their Majesties to Brittany, and exclaims :—" We entertain the conviction that the journey into Brittany will bear excelleut fruits. France will feel proud at having offered once again to Europe the spectacle of a nation closely united and devoted to its sovereigns ; parties will observe how great and solid is the rampart which protects the popular Government of 1852 ; whifr . • s Chief of the State, happy in this unanimity in tue s utiments of his people, and deriving fresh force from it, will per severe in the political, social, and religious mission which Providence has confided to him:' This is the third year of M. Ber's exi eriment for establishing in the Bois de Boulogne, on an exten sive scale, a pleasure garden provided with excellent music, theatres, and an open air ballet. Several acres of land are now tastefully cultivated, and planted with flowers, after the manner of an English garden, accompanied by such tasteful additions as are peculiar to French fancy and invention. It is scarcely a garden for the people; it is rat''ier In tended as a promenade for those who possess or can pay for the hire of carriages. In fact, it is an esta blishment which deserves the support of the aristo cracy in the same way that the Horticultural Gardens of England are maintained, viz., subscription. The theatre is now one of the most complete and original build ings ever produced in modern times, reminding one in some respects of the theatrical constructions of the ancients—at least both the stage and the audi ence have no other canopy but the sky above. There is no velasium, but a series of boxes of tasteful Swiss construction circle the pit, with a view of accommo dating those who may seek shelter from sunlight or the damp of the evening. Could we, as in Italy or Greece, reckon on weeks of almost uninterrupted fine weather, the theatre of the Pre Catelan would no doubt form a more profitable speculation than can be hoped for, considering the uncertainty of the season in Paris. The decorations of the stage are permanent ; that is to say, a waterfall is seen leaping from rock to rock, and falling into basins which are occupied with fountains surrounded by flowers. Groups of trees rise clustering from a green hilly back-ground cut up by pathways and a rustic bridge; the whole presenting an exceedingly fresh and varied cultivated garde n scene, in the midst of which occurs the boarded stage. When illuminated with artistic calculation, nothing can be more novel and pleasing, as may easily be imagined by those who have remarked the pleasing effect pro duced by throwing a strong light on green trees and beds of flowers. The stage attractions this year are the Spanish dancers and a company of English pantomimists—with the usual harlequin, pantaloon, clown, &c. The gardens are open day and night, and during the week there are generally two or three evening fetes. On these occasions the pathways of the gardens are traced out with coloured lamps placed on the edges of the green plots of grass which carpet the whole of these extensive grounds. Round about the trees are hung with paper lanterns chiefly of a pale green colour, which experience has dictated as being the most effective night colour for the open air. Another feature on the fête nights is the intro duction of large illuminated vases bearing illuminated flowers. These showy ornaments are all made up of transparent paper, cost little, and are strikingly attractive. The best military bands of the garrison of Paris are in attendance night and day, so that in fact the Pre Catelan forms a most attractive spot for the Parisian lounger, and well worthy of the atten tion of the thousands of strangers who repair to this pleasure-providing capital. PARIS BOURSE.—The market was buoyant at the opening, owing to forced purchases effected for the account of the speculators for a fall. Threes have been done at 691 r. 55c. and 69fr. 65c.; Mobilier were done from 725 fr. to 740 fr. ; Austrian, 650 fr. to 652 fr. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,330 fr. to 1,340 fr. ; Northern, 955 fr. to 9601 r.; Southern, 545 fr. to 555 fr. ; Lyons, 825 fr. to 830 fr.; Geneva, 610 fr. to 612 fr. 50c. ; and Eastern, 695 fr. to 700 fr. Sales for the realisation brought prices down just before the close, when they closed as follows : Fr. Ct. 41 per Cents... 97 35 Do. end of month 3 per Cent. 69 50 Do. end of month 69 40 Bank Shares .... 3,175 Credit Mobilier.. Do. account..... 712 50 Fr. Ct. Credit Fonder 625 Belgian 41 — Piedmontese 5, 89 75 Roman.. 90 75 Austrian — Spanish Threes Home Debt... RAILWAYS. Cash—Fr. Ct. Account—Fr. Ct. 1,330 -- .. 1,322 50 050 -- .. 945 —... 806 25 .. 805 -- 820 -- .. 815 —. Orleans . Northern New ditto Lyons & Mediterranean New ditto . Geneva Midi Western Eastern Grand Ceutral — Sardinian Austrian 602 50 545 620 - 690 - 602 50 540 - 620 - 692 50 430 -- 645 -. MEXICO. PARIS, AUG. 18. Accounts from Mexico to the 21st July have been received. The situation of the Republic may be thus summed up : Gazza and Vidaurri, having been successful, were marching on Mexico in the interest of Juarez, who had been called to the Presidency. The Clerical party, which was repree4.lted by Zuloaga, was routed ; and the Constitutional pa rty supported by the troops of Juarez, would find no great difficulty in dealing with the two bishops and Gen. Conto, to whom Zuloaga, when he went away had left the command. INSTALLATION OF A PREBENDARY OF LINCOLN CATIIEDRAL.—On Sal urday afteraoon the vacant prebendal stall of Aylesbury (in the presentation of the Lord Bishop of the diocese) was filled up. The installed was the Rev. J. W. Brooks, M.A., Vicar of St. Mary's, Nottingham, for merly Vicar of Retford, a clergyman who has been instru mental in eincting a large amount of good. On Sunday morning the newly-elected prebendary read himself in the usual manner, and preached an eloquent sermon from Isaiah lvii. 15. We understand that the other two canons who will :hardy be installed are the Rev. G. Blenkin, of Boston, and he Rev. H. Mackenzie one ofthe Bishop's examiningahap lains.—Lincolashire Times. I3y the death of Eugene Shaclwell, Esq., only ,on of the late Dr. Shad«•ell, of Horfield, a considerable estate, belonging to the Horfield Manor, is at the disposal of Bishop Monk's trustees, for the becefit of aged clergy and porsonap-Ilousesl ..~-~ ~. 4