The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-23 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Tinder the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. Last Week but One of the Present Season, and Last Nights of _ _ " The Merchant of Venice." THIS EVENING will be presented Sliakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE : Shylock, by Mr. C. Kean ; Portia, by Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of LIVLNG TOO :PAST. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss swanborough. Last Six Nights of the Present Season. THIS ETENING, the Comedy of COURT FAVOUR : characters by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Poynter, Misses M. Wilton, Hughes, and Mrs. C. Melville. After which, the Farce of KING'S GARDENER: Messrs. J. Clarke, Poynter, Burt, and Miss M. Wilton. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST : Messrs. Belford, J. Clarke, Poynter, Misses M. Wilton, E. Wilton, Hughes, and Mrs. C. Melville. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster -road. OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following company of Vo calists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS , CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETSada, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey , M iss Brune% Miss Ray, Mme Bartolettl, Miss Montague, .llrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. ilenshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, enor Antonio, E. L. Hume. Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde, and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at seven 'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. THE WEATHER —Sun OFFICE, AUGUST 22. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.94. Winn, S.E., ; light and fine. AUGUST 2S. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69 —highest since noon yesterday. 58—lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.11. WIND, Easterly ; light, with dull weather. The first messages transmitted through the At lantic telegraph are of a peculiarly appropriate de scription. They are the expressions of amity and good will between the heads of the respective execu tives of the two great nations of the Anglo-Saxon race, and afford strong evidence that the magical chains will really prove to be a bond of perpetua l peace and friendship between the kindred nations. Her Majesty Queen VICTORIA, with characteristic taste and kindly feeling, took the initiative—she seized on the golden opportunity to congratulate the PRESIDENT on the successful completion of the great internatinnal work, in which she had taken the deepest interest ; fervently hoping that it will prove an additional link between the two nations, whose friendship is founded upon their common interests and reciprocal esteem. The answer of the PRESIDENT is manly and straightfor ward. He ♦ery felicitously adverts to the skill, science, and indomitable energy displayed by the two countries, in the completion of the miraculous enterprise, by which was achieved " a triumph more glorious, because far more useful to mankind, than ever ' won by a conqaest on the battle-field." Emphatically adding—" May the Atlantic telegraph, under the blessing of HEAVEN, prove to be a bond of perpetual peace and friendship between the kindred nations, and an instrument destined by DIVINE PROVIDENCE to diffuse religion, civilisation, liberty, and law throughout the world." These are generous sentiments, expressed with republican simplicity, but which will nevertheless find an echo throughout the civilised world. Every true-hearted man, no matter what his creed or na tion, will cordially :reciprocate the aspiration of the First Magistrate of the United States, will pray that it may be a bond of perpetual peace and friendship between those sprung from a common stock, in whose veins the same blood vigorously circulates, speaking the same language, and worshipping the lame Deity. " Ccelum, non animam, mutant, qui transmare currunt." They merely change the climate and locality, not the natural instincts and dispositions belonging to those who ought to be brethren. Any contest be tween them must assume an " internecine aspect." It will virtually be ‘, Civil dissension with its vip'rous tooth That gnaws the bowels of the common weal." United England and America might defy the world in arms. The empire of the ocean would be unques tionable. None could stand before them. Their standards would sweep every sea, creek, and inlet wherever vessel could ride, or boat could float. But there is something even still stronger than these political objects to cement the alliance. We are mutually the best customers of each other, and we find a mutual profit in so being. It would be far from the interests of either to destroy the property of their debtors, or to prevent the receipt of raw materials that are absolutely required for the deve lopment of the national industry. The consequence of extensive orders will appease any temporary irri- tation that may arise, and a conciliatory word in due season, before the grievance has been expatiated on, or, like the Fame of VIRGIL, " gathered strength in going," will smooth down difficulties and arrange differences. Before the completion of the telegraph it would have required at least 24 day? before an answer could have been received to any despatch forwarded from London to Washington, m vice versa. During that time angry feelings might be excited which it would be difficult to appease, and words and threats hastily—and, we may add, reck lessly—uttered, would rankle in the hearts of those against whom they were fulminated, until matters were - greatly complicated, and additional and almost insurmountable impediments opposed t o a satisfactory arrangement. These evils will all be removed b 3 the establishment of the Atlantic telegraph , which may therefore be justly regarded as the greatest blessing to mankind, of all the wondrous works of the present century. But there is one point in the PRESIDENT'S admi rable message worthy of especial notice. He says— " In this view will not all the nations of Christendom spontaneously unite in the declaration that it shall be for ever neutral, and that its communications shall be held sacred in passing to the place of their desti nation, even in the midst of their hostilities." This is a suggestion worthy of immediate acceptation, and which, we believe, would be ratified by every State in the civilised world. No amount of bitterness could induce seamen to damage light houses. An injury to any submarine or even over land telegraph would be worse than the most atro cious act of iconoclastic Vandalism ever perpetrated. There should be forthwith a general agreement, rendering any deliberate injury to the Atlantic or any other submarine telegraph an act of piracy of the worst class. Such an agreement would preserve the mighty work, and we believe that it would be arrived at 'without difficulty. Many observations have been offered on the un fortunate collision that took place, a fortnight since, between Lieutenant CLAVERING, RN., and Mr. EDWARD Jour' GATES, in which the latter unfortu nately met his death. Notwithstanding the plain, straightforward, and candid statements of Lieutenant t l a v i h n o e d b was y with :silt fully corroborated an ß d .N su: . C L AvERING, of his friend , Captain MILLER, him on the deplo rable occasion —notwithstandin g the full and complete e xoneration by the magist ra t e wh o closely investigated the case, very unfair attempts have been made to cast odium on these gallant officers, to represent them as men reckless of human life, who went forth armed with deadly weapons, utterly indifferent to the fatal consequences that might result from their use. We are totally unacquainted with all the parties, and the few brief observations which we now offer are conceived in a spirit of fair-play, to prevent innocent persons from being unduly pre pliliced by what is opposed to the leading principle of the English law. It must be remembered that Lieutenant CLAVER ING was his own accuser—not the slightest suspicion rested on him in any quarter, and it was not until he read an account of the very melancholy transaction in a Sunday paper that he suspected the truth, viz.. that he bad inflicted a fatal injury on one whom he believed to be a drunken man who bad merely 411('-'4 u " . 700 • _ • • • P \ ),4 '4101111.1011111 _ , r A ki gi al o t • • ort 1 " b/. r TT THE SUN. MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1858. _ _ ---------- . s unk under the effects of his potations. The moment the idea was conceived, he lost no time in acting on it. There was no hesitation —no reticence. He communicated at once with Sir RICHARD -AIANNE, the head of the police depart ment, and told his story fairly and above board, with sailorlike candour, thus rendering himself liable to all the unpleasant consequences that must attend even the most innocent person who has committed a homi cide by misadventure, or a justifiable homicide. He did not wait to consult with his friend Captain A .ILLErt, who had just gone to the country. It would have been desirable in such a case to have compared notes with the only living wit ness to the affair, to have ensured full and complete corroboration. Any man who entertained the slightest doubt as to his own conduct would have done so, and it is the strongest confirmation of Lieu tenant CLAVERING'S being perfectly unconscious of anything that could cast reproach on his name, that he did not delay a single hour, although his candour might have subjected him to imprisonment, before he could obtain the exonerating testimony of Captain MILLER, who had gone to Devonshire. The narrative thus given was perfect in all its details. It was sustained even in the most minute particulars, not only by the direct testimony of Captain MILLER, but by every fact and circumstance that came to light during the investigation. The officers had been inquiring their way at a respectable house a short time previously. They were perfectly sober. Not the slightest appearance of drink was perceptible, and therefore the statement of Lieut. CLAVERING that he had only taken two glasses of wine at dinner, and that he had a glass of whisky, and Captain MILLER a glass of ale, at the Old Pack-horse, Turnham-green, was fully sustained. There can, therefore, not be the slightest pretext for the charge of inebriety that has been rather insinuated than directly charged. It is also manifest that Mr. GATR3 was not equally temperate. He was proved to have been in a highly excited state a short time previously, and this might have occurred although he was not in the habit of frequently transgressing the rules of sobriety. In that state of drunken mania, he assails with abuse, and something more than abuse, two gentlemen quietly passing along the highway. Lieu tenant CLAVERING points the sword-cane, which, having purchased for use in another country, he unfortunately took out for the first time. The drunken man seizes the sheath, draws it off, and strikes the reran who warns him. He suddenly falls, and Lieutenant CLAVERING, who feels no collision, supposes that it is the natural result of intoxication. He picks up the scabbard and examines the blade to see whether there is any mark of blood thereon. On finding none, for it had pro bably been wiped off in the passage through the clothes, he is satisfied that he has inflicted no injury ; and we venture to say few would have gone quietly away after receiving several severe blows about the head. On going away, Lieutenant CLATERIXG called to a waggoner to mind not to run over a drunken man on the road. The statement is thus consistent in every respect. It carries with it a vraiseimblance that must satisfy every disinterested and unprejudiced inquirer; and notwithstanding the jaundiced views of habitual detractors, we are bound to say that the gallant gentlemen for both have been assailed—have got clear of the melancholy transac tion without the slightest stain remaining on their characters either for courage or humanity. We have no kind of sympathy with Orange Lodges and Protestant Institutions, and all the various exhibitions of theological rancour against our Catho lic fellow-citizens. We fear that all this hostile zeal is partly intolerance and partly the clamour of un easy consciences. The noisy opponents of Popery are aware that the popery within their own church is the real danger ; but, half-fearful of the result of demonstrations against a large section of the Church ~to whose Pgpery as well as to whose Protestantism they have sworn allegiance, they are comparatively quiet about Church of England Popery, and loud enough against Roman Catholic Popery. When we look at Dissenters, though nearly all of them are at a much further remove from Popery than the Church of England, we do not see them combining to assail Cardinal Wmmax and the POPE. The reason cer tainly is not their want of deep aversion to Popery— it lies rather in their conschus freedom from it. The really well-bred man is at no pains to prove himself a gentleman, the parvenu only betrays an apprehen -ion that his birth or early education may be betrayed by one unlucky word or act. So it is, we believe, with Dissenters and Churchmen ; there would be no Orange Lodges, no Protestant Institutes were there not in our Liturgy Popish rubrics, and in our Church Romanising clergymen. It is these traces of Popish origin, and these hardly-disguised Papists in the Church, which compel uneasy clergymen to exclaim, " I am a Pro testant." The members of thoroughly Protestant churches, when they see and hear such things, are tempted to exclaim, " Then get rid of all the Popery that still lurks about your venerable establishment." We confess to much of this feeling ourselves. A Church, licked into its present shape by Popish minded kings and queens, must need a little right siding after a couple of hundred years dragging on amidst increasing light of every kind, and the honest course would be to confess its errors, and to have a 400 d clearing off of all the moss and ivy, and a turn ing out of the owls and bats. Our Protestantism, as our readers see, bids us rather to look at home and put our own Church to rights and not before she needs it than to Attack Popery. We would show our zeal against the latter by eliminating all traces of it from amongst ourselves. We would first get rid of the beam from our own eye. Hence our course with regard to the confessional, and all the other Puseyistic abuses of the day, would be to demand such an alteration in the Prayer-book of the Church of England as should compel all Papists in disguise (men, morally, infinitely below Roman Ca tholics), to throw up their preferments or to throw off their Popery. A pretty hubbub, no doubt, we should have. Well, and whynot ? Better fight the thing out once for all, than have hundreds of parishes squabbling with sleek incumbents, and sleeker palefaced curates prancing about of a morn ing in white neckcloths and long coats and close buttoned black waistcoats, and, for what we know with phylacteries on their fingers and on their gar ments. The row must come some time or other— why put it off ? We can't be always nibbling at theological quarrels and ceremonial misbehaviours. We hate to mix ourselves up with every paltry affair of this sort, however provoking ; what we should like is a good downright open battle between the Roman•zers and the Protestants—one which, by its magnitude, would require us of the secular press to take a side, on broad and intelligible and national principles, just as we find the American journals now discussing the " Great Revival." This would be a battle worth fighting—the battle as to what sort of a church we should pay for with the national endowments, and allow to use the national fabrics. These remarks have, of course, been suggested to us by the outrageous attempts of "Anglican parish priests" to introduce the confessional into the Church of England. We need not say that we detest th e whole thing. The confessional in Popery is the ob ject of our unmitigated loathing. We have looked into works sanctioned by the POPE himself, on con fession, and though we are no Spoonerites assu redly, yet most certainly no vtife or daughter of we o t C e a v t h e n o 1 quoteice , sh otuhled original, g n i e n a a r l an• f o c u s s r o s , r . e n 'We were Will n l e ss offer a translation ; we will o n l y hope tha,tmpcillooeuhs father confessors shrink from insulting the purity and modesty of the female mind, or from suggesting thoughts which should never be there. If such be the case with better Catholics, it is obviously not the case with their mimics in our own Church. Th, nuisance is, that it is almost always amongst women that we hear of these gentlemen—hear of their asking questions 414 woul4 Choke ail THE SUM; LONDON, MONDAY E V ENING, AUGUST 23, 1858. honest Englishman to atte - inpt to utter in the presence of a woman, aim , ist in that of a man. And the thing is growl .ng ; hardly is one case got well out of the way by the Bishop and the Archbishop, here in London, than we find one quite as bad, all but patronised by the Bishop of OXFORD —the once tutor to her AIA,JESTY. It is said that on one occasion our SOVERFIIGN, by personal remon strance, checked the extravagances of the Roman ising son of the MethocUst, WILBERFORCE—we know not what truth there was in the report, probably it was like most other caurt tales; but here is a case in which a female soveroigm might well remonstrate with a Puseyistic Bisho p--in which, revolted as she must be by the facts, if' she knows them, she could properly, on behalf of her sex all the kingdom over, warn the Bishop that such intolerable indecencies must be put down with a much stronger hand, and by much more severe rebukes. Nothing will more entirely alienate Englishmen from the Church of their fathers than to find that, conformably with its laws and rubrics, a Bishop can retain in their offices men who can abuse them for the purpose of entering houses in the absence of the husband, and of putting questions such, as have lately been made public. We repeat that here lies the real mischief. There ought to be nothing in. our canons and liturgy which a perverted mind can legally make a pretext for act ing the Papist in what the people have, till the last quarter of a century, honestly taken for a Protestant Church. The Bishop of OXFORD and his client equally rely on canons and rubrics; they ought to be unable to do so. Accustomed to the prayers of the Church, in all their simplicity and beauty, the flocks have forgotten that their shepherds have the means of driving them to spiritual pastures—or bogs in truth—which they would rather avoid. This ought to be put an end to. Why in the world should the Act of Parliament, of which the Prayer-book is de clared to form a part, be less open to amendment than any other ? It is absurd to be so delicate about he matter. Our Prayer-book, with its rubric, is an Act of Parliament Prayer-book, and if it screens such offenders as the one who has just escaped under the Bishop of Oxronn, it is time we settled . the matter at once—that we sent Romanisers to Rome, and kept our Protestants at home. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH• TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. SlR,—The directors having received the gracious permission of the Queen to publish her Majesty's telegraphic despatch as transmitted through the con ductor of the Atlantic cable to his Excellency the President of the United States, and the reply of his Excellency thereto as also received through the cable, I beg to aanex office copies thereof. The President's message with addresses numbered 143 words as transmitted, and occupied two hours in its passage through the cable, including several " repeats " and corrections. I also attach the copy of a complimentary message from the directors of the New York, Newfoundland, and London Tele graph Company in reply to the inaugurating message transmitted to them from the directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company.—Yours truly, (Signed) GEO. SAWARD, Sec. Chief Office, 22, Old Broad-street, London, Aug. 23, 1858. " From her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain to his Excellency the President of the United States. " The Queen desires to congratulate the President upon the successful completion of this great inter national work, in which the Queen has taken the greatest interest. The Queen is convinced that the President will join with her in fervently hoping that the electric cable which now already connects Great Britain with the United States will prove an addi tional link between the two nations whose friendship is founded upon their common interest and recipro cal esteem. The Queen has much pleasure in thus directly communicating with the President, and in renewing to him her best wishes for the prosperity of the United States." The following is the President's reply to the fore going : "The President of the United States to her Alajes' Victoria, Queen of Great Britain. " The President cordially reciprocates the congra tulations of her Majesty the Queen on the success of the great international enterprise accomplished by the skill, science, and indomitable energy of the two countries. It is a triumph more glorious, because far more useful to mankind, than was ever won by a conqueror on the field of battle. May the Atlantic telegraph, under the blessing of Heaven, prove to be a bond of perpetual peace and friendship between the kindred nations, and an instrument destined by Divine Providence to diffuse religion, civilisation, liberty, and law throughout the world. In this view, will not all the nations of Christendom spon taneously unite in the declaration that it shall be for ever neutral, and that its communications shall be held sacred in passing to the place of their destination even in the midst of hostilities ? (Signed) " JAMES BUCHANAN." " From Peter Cooper, President of the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Com pany, to the directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, London. " New York, Aug. 18 " The directors of the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company desire to express to the directors of the Atlantic Telegraph their joy and gratitude for facilities and privileges of coming into closer union and fellowship with them and their fellow-men throughout the world. May the success that has crowned your labours secure to the nations of the earth a perpetual bond of peace and friend ship:" THE QUEEN IN GERMANY FROM THE COURT NEWSMAN. POTSDAM, AUG. 19 Yesterday her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, with the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and Prince and Princess Frederick William, dined early in private, and afterwards embarked on board the Alexandria, the steam-yacht of his Majesty the King, and went to the beautiful island called the Peacock's Island. Here an evening party was assembled to meet her Majesty. Amongst the principal guests were their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Charles, Prince Frederick Charles, Princes Albert (father and son) of Prussia, the Princes Leopold and Charles of Hohenzollern, Prince William of Baden, Prince Augustus of Wurtemberg, Prince Julius of Schleswig-Holstein, and Gen. Bonin, the Governor of Potsdam. The band of the Ist Regiment of the Infantry of the Guard played several pieces of music in a supe rior manner. Tables were laid in front of the large palm house in the open air, and tea and coffee and refreshments were served to the Royal and other guests. Upon her Majesty's return the Palace of Glienike, the seat of his Royal highness the Prince Charles, and the castle and grounds of Babelsberg, were illu minated with the greatest taste. Boats, ornamented with Chinese lanterns, passed backwards and for wards upon the water, and the whole scene was one of great brilliancy and picturesque effect. MR. RAREY AT THE ALHAMBRA PALACE, It will be seeeu from an advertisement in another column, that this attractive place of amusement has added another item to its already ov e r flowing programme. The horse "Cruiser" will be ex hibit e d by that most wondetful of all rarey-showers, M r . R arey hi mse lf, ev e r y morning and even ing durin g th e wee k ; and we have no d ou b t th a t our readers will be much gratified at witnessing the power of intellect over mere phy s i ca l s t rengt h—M r. Rarey (that " rare y avis , evening,cireus troupe and we will e e likewi se certain 'n terra") h av i ng completely subdued this hitherto untame tnandtda to nex the ee able and vici ous an i mal. Mr. F. Wallett and his celebrate d X . 4 tigtAiumvut may h Anticipated. llaemntuesevmeneinntg's of LATEST INTELLIGENCE. INDIA. The following telegram, from her Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, was received at the Foreign-office, at 8.45 a.m.:— " TIIERAPIA, AUG. 20. " Intelligence from Alexandria, dated August 9. " The steamer Madras arrived at Suez on the 7th instant. Dates, Bombay, July 19, 6 p.m.: Aden, July 31. _ _ _ " The Gwalior army has been broken up and gone Liao quarters. " Sir H. Rose resumes command of the Poonah Division. " The force from Nusserabad and General Roberts reached Jeypore on the 2d July. The enemy be coming alarmed halted, and withdrew to the south ward, Roberts following in pursuit. " Sir Robert Hamilton has reached Indore, ashave nearly all the European troops despatched from Bombay and the Deccan, in apprehension of an out break. " Matters seem settling down in all parts of India, though there are 20,000 to 30,000 rebels in the field. The rainy season has commenced favourably." BIRTH OF AN HEIR TO THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE. PARIS, AUG. 22. A telegraphic despatch announces that her Majesty the Empress of Austria has just been brought to bed of a Prince. law to carry out the sentence before the Sultan's death signature had reached Jeddah. Ismael Pacha, two days afterwards, appears to have arrived with the necessary orders for the executions, which then immediately took place. Now, there could be little doubt touching the determination of the Government at Constantinople to punish the cruel murders which had excited the indignation of Europe, and elicited from England and France the most energetic remonstrance. The Turkish Government at once pledged itself to the Governments of England and France that full justice should be applied to the actors of the Jeddah massacres ; further, the families of survivors of the bloody drama had been recom pensed, and two commissioners, appointed by Eng land and France to investigate the affair and see that full satisfaction was given, are now on their way to Jeddah—at least, the French Envoy was to have left Paris yesterday, and the English Commissioner had equally received orders to proceed to his post. All these circumstances taken into consideration, and the knowledge on the part of the captain of the Cyclops that Namik Pacha really had no power to execute the condemned without the Sultan's orders, would perhaps have prevented the further bombard ment of the town. No doubt our people on board the Cyclops thought the Turkish authorities were shuffling, and sought to screen the murderers, so they continued to shell the town. If I understand the history of the Jeddah affair rightly, the Governments of England and France thought it best to allow the offending parties to be punished by Turkish authorities. Such a policy was calculated to produce a valuable moral effect throughout the East. It was for the Mussulmans to know and feel that the Turkish Government pro tected Christians from outrage, and punished even to death those who molested them. There are scat tered about in various corners of the Turkish dominions small groups of Christians, many of whom are English, French, or subjects of European coun tries, surrounded by fanatical Turks just now in a most excited state, for they have been taught that the Western Powers wish to destroy their faith and occupy their country. If it were believed in these districts that Turkish authority would wink at any persecution of the Christians, outrages would assuredly be committed. The fanatics would think escape easy, supposing they once imagined foreign ships alone would be sent to revenge their murders. It is therefore to be feared that the bombardment of Jeddah may lead to irritation in Turkey ; whilst, on the other hand, the ends of justice would assuredly have been ob tained through authorities on whom the scattered followers of the Cross in the land of the Mussulmans must ever depend for protection. These observations are made on the existing information which has readied Paris, and may be open to correction. At all events the whole proceedings demand investiga tion. The Gazette de France, speaking of the bombard ment of Jeddah, says :—lt is difficult for us to be lieve,that this statement can be exact. We hope, in facti-that the English vessel has not bombarded Jeddah before the arrival of the French Commis sioner, and of the Ducayla, which was to assist it." We learn by telegraph : " TniasTE,l9tli.—Adviees from Constantinople to the 14th state that the Turkish Ministry had held a special meeting to examine the projects of Vely and Ahmed Pacha relatilie to the affairs at Caudia. The plan for the regula- Min' of the exchanges has been adopted. A loan of 2800,000 issued by the Government has been taken up. Accounts from Athens state that King Otho was expected to return in October." The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa stigmatises the bilious articles of one or two of your contemporaries on the subject of Cherbourg as being contrary to every great principle tending to the development of an intelligent European policy, and believes them to be solely dictated by the jealousy of England at e - Tery increase of the maritime power of continental nations. The same journal considers Mr. Roebuck in the light of an English Brofferio (M. Brofferio is the'leader of the Ultra-Liberal party in Piedmont), whose opinions, formed during his tour, are of the most grotesque kind imaginable. The Independance of Brussels gives the following account of the reception of the Queen at Berlin, from its correspondent in that city : " The visit of the Queen of England has, it eannos be de nied, been greeted by the population of Berlin with an enthusiasm the like of which we have not witnessed for many years. When the late Czar used to come to the Prussian capital, a multitude, inspired by curiosity, col lected to receive him and his brilliant suite, but it remained indifferent and silent. But what a difference did yesterday present ! The news that Queen Victoria was at the palace of the Prince of Prussia spread like wild fire, and immediately a compact crowd filled the immense square of the university—raising acclamations and hurrahs. At length the Prince of Prussia, in spite of his repugnance for display on such occasions, was obliged to cede to a de monstration so enthusiastic, and to solicit the Queen to allow him the honour of leading her Majesty on to the bal cony. The Queen, with the best grace in the world, con sented to accept the ovation, which was addressed partly to the mother of a princess who has quickly gained general affection, but ohm e all to the Sovereign of a kingdom which old traditions and new hopes render dear to the people." PARIS, SUNDAY, 6 P.M. It was not until yesterday that the Plenipoten tiaries signed the last protocol of the last meeting, at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs. Probably this docu ment refers to the navigation of the Danube, and is, in fact, very much like a protest against the pro posed regulations agreed to by Austria, Turkey, Bavaria, and Wurtemburg. As I have before in formed you, the regulations for navigating the Danube are not yet accomplished. On this question, however, France and England are agreed; the text and spirit of that portion of the Treaty of Paris, you may be sure, will be carried out in such a way as to prevent the sipping of any one power exercising a monopoly, which would have been the case had the interested Powers accepted the Yiustrian propositions, or rather " regulations." It will be remembered, Austria originally contended the right of the Con ferences to bring the question forward, but, subse quently, the Cabinet of Vienna has given way. Whether the final laws for the navigation of the river can be agreed to without the Plenipotentiaries meeting again I know not. M. Renee, in the Constitutionnel of this day, gives an outline of the results of the Conferences touching the organisation of the Danubian Principalities. It adds little information to that already in the pos , session of the readers of the Morning Post. In the first place, we are reminded that, after three months' hard work, the Plenipotentiaries charged with the organisation of the Principalities have brought their labours to a close; but the text of the Convention cannot be made public before the documents are ratified. The writer then gives an out line of what has been done, first reminding the public—France is still for the union, but, finding herself in a minority, obtained for the Roumans the nearest approach to the union. This is certainly perfectly correct ; both the Emperor and his Government regard the union as the best guaran tee for the integrity of that portion of the Turkish empire. The two Principalities, says the Constitu tionnel, will be endowed with the same political in stitutions. As your readers are already aware, a liberal franchise enables the people of Moldavia and Wallachia to elect their respective legislative bodies. Their deputies will eventually elect the two Hospo dars, hitherto named by the Porte at Constantinople The Sultan will then confirm the said election, by which means the sovereign power of Turkey will, at all events, appear to be maintained. The Hospo dars are powerless without their decrees are counter signed by the Ministers, who are responsible to the Legislative Chambers. Independent of the two Chambers, a sort of per ' manent Council of State will be formed—an upper House, recruited from the two Chambers of the Prin cipalities, to regulate general laws which interest both Principalities: This is the nearest approach to the union embodi e d in the new Convention. It was impossible for the Plenipotentiaries to do more than give the Roumans material for self-legislation, as there are many delecate questions on which they themselves are not agreed. Certain stipulations, however, are settled : such as equality before the law ; equality of taxation ; individual liberty; guarantee for respect of property; abolition of caste privileges, and the admission of all classes to public employment. It results, therefore, to that of placing the people of the Danubian Principalities beyond those abuses which Turkish agents, who bought their positions in Constantinople, hitherto imposed. The domestic affairs of the people are now in their own hands, to be conducted by a constitu tional form of government, which, wisely employed, ought to make the country prosperous and happy. The party who desired a foreign prince as ruler, and complete independence of Turkey, will alone be discontented. The people of the Principalities have now every opportunity of elevating their political position. It will nevertheless perhaps be a work of time. They have been demoralised by corrupt practices; they have suffered from the occupation cf their territory by Russian and Austrian armies, and their geographical position has caused Roumania to become the ground of constant foreign intrigue. If the great Powers of Europe accept the modern pro gramme of material progress, and cease to entertain the ambitious aims of war, the people of tht. Danubian Principalities will eventually con solidate themselves into a compact and in telligent nation, stretching from the mouth of the Danube to the extreme Carpathians. They have now material for making themselves a people superior to the Turks, the Austrians, or the Russians, if they steadily turn a deaf ear to foreign intrigue, and look to their own advancement and nationality. A con servative use of their liberty will eventually make them an important group of modern civilisation. It remains only to add that the Moniteur con tains this morning a note which reminds the public of the completion of the labours of the late Conferences. " One had for object," says the official journal, " the regulation of the Moldavian frontier towards Bessarabia ; another to verify the Turco-Russian frontier. Two conventions have been drawn up for this double object, the ratifica tions of which have been exchanged some months MINIATURES ON PHOTOGRAPHS. PAINTED BY THOMAS CARRICK. Everybody who is familiar with the Royal Aca demy Exhibitions for some years past is of course perfectly well acquainted with the name and works of Mr. Thomas Carrick, one of the most successful and popular of living miniature painters. Several of his more remarkable productions, when mentioned, come vividly before the mind's eye upon the instant — they have been sofrequently and cleverly reproduced in well-known engravings. There is that admirable portrait of his of Lord John Russell—the most feli citous likeness ever yet produced of the great Whig leader—better even as a likeness than that noble idealised life-size representation of Lord John painted a year or two ago by Mr. Grant, the Royal Acade mician. There is that wonderful limning of Daniel O'Connell—as the Liberator appeared when age had begun to dim the sparkle of his eye,and to relax and multiply the lines upon his mobile and thoroughly Hibernian countenance. There is Carrick's fa mous miniature of Lablache, with his gay, riant, fat, handsome Italian face, crowned with that "shock" of white hair that might have befitted the scalp of Sir John Falstaff—a marvel of art, in its way, this last portraiture, as it well need be in fact—a Miniature of a Giant of Song like Lablache, an Iliad in a nutshell. Then there is the admirable companion semblance of William Farren, the come dian—representing the inimitable old-man actor, as he looked before his voice became groggy and his memory treacherous. Besides all which, are there not stores of, others, equally well known in their way, pencilled by the same skilful and delicate brush, veritable reflexions of the features of notabi lities, some of them still happily living, several long since dead—Thomas Carlyle and Lord Lyndhurst, Samuel Rogers and William Wordsworth ? Long after Mr. Carrick had acquired for himself, by these and similar examples of his perfect mastery of his art, a high and conspicuous reputa tion, there appeared a formidable competitor to the whole of his craft, to artists in oil and water-colours, to painters of full-length por traits, kitkats, and miniatures. In other words, the dim, shadowy, uncertain, spectral Daguerreotype de veloped into that wondrous art of Photography, which has been rendered all but instantaneous in its action by the magical agency of the Collodion, and has even at last taken to itself an apparent form and substance by its marvellous application to the wizard mecha nism of the Stereoscope. There is, however, an old threadbare scrap of Latinity that tells us it is well to take a hint even from an enemy —fag est ab hoste doceri. So, happily for himself and his sitters, has thought Mr. Carrick. If so very obvious a joke is permissable, it is appa rent enough, from some of the older faces portrayed by his new system, that our eminent miniature painter has taken a wrinkle or two from photo graphy. It is one of the most remarkable ad vances yet made simultaneously in the develop ment of the photographic art and in the facilitation, and yet more the elevation of the old art of miniature painting. Mr. Carrick's plan is in itself sufficiently simple : it is the acceptance of a photograph in one of its earlier stages as the basis for an elaborately painted miniature. It is, in other words, the transformation by him of photographic portraits into pictures of extraordinary brilliancy and exquisite finish—pictures requiring for their produc tion a skill like his, a 'delicacy of touch like his, and an eye like his for thp scrupulous preservation of that soul of a portrait—the individuality ! There was but one thing really , wanting for the two arts, and Eureka! it is here disc&ierable in their combi nation. 4 The Gretna Green for —this convenient mar- riage of Miniature Painting and Photography' is, at the present moment, fixed at Scar borough. There, at the establishment of a skil ful photographer of the locality, Mr. Sarony, the magic union is accomplished. The camel's hair comes in aid of the sunbeam. The colourless ray takes a permanent hue from the palette. And the neutral tints of the photographic likeness glow under the brush of Mr. Carrick with the richest colours of the most delicately-pencilled miniature. Judging of the results from what we ourselves have witnessed, they are veritable triumphs . in the way of life-like portraiture. FRANCE. PARIS, SATURDAY, 6 P.M. The Moniteur contains the following note, which, if correct, will put an end to the Chinese war : " A courier who left Tien-Tsin on the 27th June, and travelled overland, has brought to Prince Gortschakoff the intelligence that a treaty has been concluded between China and Russia similar in its general bases to those which have been concluded between China and the other Powers. The ports are opened, the free exercise of the Christian religion is conceded, the establishment of consuls admitted, as well as the reception of diplomatic agents in Pekin if necessary. England and France have moreover obtained a considerable pecuniary indemnity." _ _ _ This despatch comes from the Duke de Monte bello, the French Ambassador at St. Petersburg, and is dated August 20th. We may therefore conclude that the mandarins sent to negotiate with the allied admirals and envoys had full powers. The most important question is whether the Emperor of China will receive French and English embassies at Pekin. The despatch says such will be accorded "if neces sary." China, then, according to the instructions for demands given to the allied envoys, is now open to all the world, and the possi bility of future difficulties avoided by per mission to send Ambassadors to Pekin. I am able to assure you that throughout the war and during negotiations the English and French diplo matists, as well as the allied admirals and military, have acted with the utmost harmony. It is a re markable fact that we should get this intelligence in Paris first from St. Petersburg. The Emperor has now completed his journey through Normandy and Brittany, and is expected this even. ing to reach St. Cloud. No one can doubt the popu larity of their Majesties in the districts through which they passed. The enthusiasm of the people was witnessed by hundreds of foreigners, many of whom were sent by the editors of newspapers ex pressly to record passing events. The speeches his Majesty has delivered are all characterised by a peace policy, and a desire to encourage commercial and agri cultural progress. Napoleon 111. was superior to all vain glorification, although at Cherbourg he bad every temptation to be personal. He seems to have gone through Normandy and Brittany deeply im pressed with the prevailing spirit of the age ; it was a peace progress, reminding the people of the advan tages which science had placed at their disposal. Most of the towns through which their Majesties have passed will receive some permanent benefits, and it is more than probable Brittany will be enriched with railways. The financial week is again characterised by a rise n all quoted property, as will be seen by the fol .owing table of compar. 10115 :- Name of Quotations. Rente 3 per Cent Rente 41 per Cent Consolides Banque de France Comptoir d'Escompte . • • • Credit Foncier Credit Mobilier Orleans Nord Do. Actions Nouvelles .. Est Lyon et Mediterranee..• • Midi Ouest Grand-Central Geneve Dauphine Beziers Ardennes Chemini Autrichiens Victor-Emmanuel FRIDAY. DIFFERENCE. Aug. 13. F. C. 68 95 96 75 96 i 3100 0 672 50 610 0 670 0 1287 50 935 0 793 75 675 0 790 0 526 25 1 615 0 592 50 520 0 167 50 450 0 637 50 422 50 Aug. 20. F. C. 69 45 97 35 96 1 3175 0 675 0 625 0 720 0 1330 0 945 0 800 0 690 0 820 0 545 0 620 0 Plus. 610 0 522 50 180 0 450 0 642 50 422 50 Minus. 17 50 2 50 12 50 0 0 5 0 0 0 F. C. This day (Saturday) at the Paris Bourse there has been but little business doing, and prices have varied but slightly. Threes have been done at 69fr. 40c. and 69fr. 50c. Mobilier varied from 725 fr. to 720 fr.; Austrian, 642 fr. 50c. to 640 fr. ; Orleans, 1,335 fr. to 1,330 fr. ; Lyons, 820 fr. to 817 fr. 50c. ; and Southern, 545 fr. to 540 fr. The following are the last quotations : Fr. 41 per Cents. 97 Do. end of month 97 Three per Cent. 69 Do. end of month 69 Bank Shares 3,00 Credit Mobilier 721 Do. account t. Fr. Ct. 5 Credit Foncier 625 D Belgian 4 D Piedmontese 5 9O D Roman 9O l- Austrian . 93 H Spanish A oyms eD e bt . Threes...... hr ees. . . . . v, Cash—Fr. Ct. Account—Fr. Ct Orleans 1 — Northern i New ditto 8181— Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto 815 - Geneva Mini - 542 i 542i GO2-- 545 - 6221- 6871- Western: 620 — Eastern Grand Central Sardinian ........... Austrian. 42.5 - 6421- FRIDAY, 6 P.M. The Emperor of Russia will arrive at Warsaw on the 24th September. Thirty-five thousand troops are concentrated in and about the city, and will be reviewed by the Czar. These forces are now under tents. The Moniteur thus confirms intelligence you have already received : co The plenipotentiaries of France, Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey, assembled yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to proceed to the signa ture of the convention relative to the organisation of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The exchange of the ratifications of the said convention will take place at Parts tu five weeks, or sooner if possible. It is only afte the accomplishment of this formality that the text of the convention can be published." It is very doubtful whether the bombardment of Jeddah was either a political or just act, and I think when full 'particulars are known the captain of the Cyclops will be found to have acted no doubt accord ing to instructions, but at the same time according to instructions which ought to have provided for time being given for the arrival of the Sultan's order to carry out the sentences. It was during the reign of the present ruler of Turkey that the power to execute condemned criminals was taken out of the hands of the pachas. As I understand it, no one can suffer death for criminal offences throughout the Turkish Empire without the Sultan's order to carry out the sentence. The telegraphic messages all agree in stating : The murderers had been found guilty and con demned to death by the Turkish authorities ; but Namik Pacha persisted in declaring his inability to carry out the sentence." It was, in fact, coutrary to since. " The Commission for the Danubian Principalities was charged to inquire into the views and wants of the Moldo-Wallachians, and to collect on the spot necessary elements to prepare the organisation of the Danubian Principalities. The convention signed the day before yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has for object to satisfy that important stipu lation of the treaty of March 30. Whilst the stipula tions are preparing for publication, it is known the Plenipotentiaries have succeeded in reconciling the varied interests of the Powers signing the treaty with the voice of the people.; " The European Commission for regulating the navigation of the mouths of the Danube has not yet completed its work, and the act elaborated by the Riverain Commissioners [the propositions of Austria, Turkey, Wurtemburg, &c.] have not been sanc tioned by the Powers who put their signature to the Treaty of Paris. But the work of the two Com missions which specially concern the navigation of tl.e Danube is clearly defined by the treaty, and its accomplishment can only be delayed by difficul ties purely technical. The Treaty of Paris may, therefore, be considered as completed." The Emperor and Empress arrived at St. Cloud on Saturday evening at about a quarter before eight o'clock. During the last day of their journey their Majesties met with the same enthusiastic re ception as had greeted them in passing through Nor mandy and Brittany. Notwithstanding the rain, which fell at intervals, the inhabitants stationed themselves along the railway, and at every point from which they were able to hail the passage of the train with their acclamations, a number of the peasants held in their hands statuettes or busts of the Emperor Napoleon I. The ball given at Rennes on the evening previous to their Majesties' depar ture was a very brilliant affair. All the rooms of the Hotel de Ville were very magnificently decorated for the occasion. The Emperor and Empress arrived at half-past nine, and on entering the salons were received by three rounds of acclamations. The Empress wore a robe of white lace ornamented with small roses and some other light flowers. The dia dem and other ornaments were in brilliants and rubies. The quadrille d'honnenr was danced in the Salle des Cariatydes, the Emperor dancing with the daughter of the Mayor of Rennes and her Majesty with the Mayor. The crowd was so great that it was a great difficulty to form the Imperial quadrille, and when, at its conclusion, the Empress re quested that the dances might continue, it was absolutely impossible to execute the slightest figure. Their Majesties afterwards walked through the different salons, but notwithstanding all the respect felt for the two sovereigns, only a very narrow passage was left for them. Their Majesties returned soon after eleven. At about ten o'clock on the following morn ing their Majesties, after several audiences given by the Emperor, left the Prefecture and proceeded to the railway station, amidst the acclamations of the people, who were assembled in great numbers in spite of the heavy rain. The waiting-room was handsomely flitted up for their reception, and the civil and mili tary authorities had assembled to take leave of their Majesties. The Imperial train started at about half past ten, and on reaching Vitre stopped for a short time to receive the authorities. The attention of their Majesties was directed to the residence of Mme. de Savigne, which still exists at that place. On reaching Lemart their Majesties witnessed the effect of the late storm which had visited that place. All the large skylights had been demolished by the hail, and nothing but the framework remained. The Emperor and Empress alighted to receive the au thorities, and passed along the quay, which was still wet from the flood. Their Majesties expressed their commiseration at the damage caused, and left marks of their munificence with the Mayor for the relief of the poor sufferers. The Imperial train, after only a few trifling stoppages, arrived at Chartres at half-past five. Their Majesties were received by Marshal Magnan, the Commander-in-Chief of the District, and the authorities of the city, who delivered con gratulatory addresses, which were graciously replied to. The train again started, and, after a short stop page at Ramboullet and St. Cyr, reached St. Cloud. By a decree of the 3d, the Universal Exhibition of Industry which was to have taken place at Vienna in 1859, has been put off to a period which will be hereafter fixed. The widow of General Havelock and her family arrived at Rouen the day before yesterday from Dieppe, and on the following day left by the steamer for llavre. M. Wagner, the celebrated Bavarian sculptor, died at Rome on the 10th. The Monitcur publishes the official return of the receipts y o e f a the railways hicin o u f for e the t o fi i r 4 s t ,, six i 0 n: 2 7 1 t f h r s . o b f e i the ng an increase of 1 , 954,426 fr. on the corresponding leriod of 1857. Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess Kousakin have left the Brunswick Hotel, for the Continent. The Duchess of Sutherland, at the close of the past week, left Castle Howard, the Earl of Carlisle's seat in Yorkshire, for Dunrobin Castle, N.B. The Duke of Devonshire and the Marquis of Harlington, M.P., have returned to Holkar Hall, near Milnethorpe, from the Earl of Carlisle's seat in Yorkshire, after attending the funeral of the Countess of Carlisle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and family are passing the season at Tunbridge Wells. The Marquis of Dalhousie and Ladies Ramsay are passing the season at Malvern Wells. The health of the noble marquis remains much the same. It is said the marquis and daughters will pass the winter at Malta. The Count and Countess de Persigny arc passing the season at Tunbridge Wells. The Earl Fortescue and the [lon. Dudley Fortes cue arrived at Castle Hill, the earl's seat near South Melton , early in the past week, from Normandy. The countess and Miss Geale had previously arrived from town. Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington and family and the Hon. John Portescue left town early in the week to join the Earl and Countess Fortescue at Castle Hill, Devon. The noble viscount and viscountess, accompanied by the Hon. John Fortescue, intend to leave England the latter end of next month, or early in October, for Madeira, at which island they propose to pass the approaching winter. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers have left town for Upton Hall, Warwickshire. Viscount Gage left Whitehall on Saturday last for Firle Place, his seat in Sussex. Lord and Lady Colchester are passing the season at Tunbridge Wells, BANKRUPTCY OF MR. DAVID HUGHES. The creditors of Mr. David Hughes, late of Gresham street, have despatched two detectives after him in the hope of recovering some portion of his estate. Mr. Hughes would seem, like other persons whose names have lately been brought under public notice in connection with large defalcations, to have lived in a style wholly incompatible with his position in society. He resided at Canonbury Park, and had also a marine residence at Ramsgate. He kept six carriages and twenty horses, and indulged in an extravagance of expenditure which nothing but a large private fortune would justify. The manner in which his flight became known to his creditors was somewhat curious. It appears that a few days before he arranged to sail in the Red Jacket for Australia he gave a large party, to which he invited his friends and clients. It was then stated that the family were going out of tom' in a few days, and as Mr. Hughes bad previously issued a circular to his clients, informing them of his intended re tirement from the professisn of the law, the party was re garded in the light of a valedictory entertainment, to mark the grateful sense of the host for favours received. A day or two afterwards the house was shut up, and it was believed in the neighbourhood that the family bad repaired to the sea side. It seems, however, that Mr. Hughes proceeded to Liverpool, and there under an assumed name secured berths in the Red Jacket. The vessel sailed punctually to her time, but one of the pas sengers, who happened to be the son of a tradesman at Highbury with whom the family dealt, posted a letter to his father, in which he announced the fact that Mr. Hughes was a fellow-passenger of his. Subsequent inquiries were made at Gresham-street, and it was then ascertained that the bird had flown, leaving a deficit of nearly £150,000. Mr. Hughes was extensively engaged in building specula tions at Holloway, and a large proportion of his debts were incurred for borrowed money, for the nse of which he pro fessed to pay as high a rate of interest as 10 per cent., giv ing his personal acceptances as security. Many of his creditors are ladies, who were induced by the high rate of interest he offered to deposit their funds in his hands. One lady is a creditor for £2G,000. The following is a copy of the circular addressed by the bankrupt to his clip nts. The style is by no means that of an educated person : "13, Gresham-street, E.C., London, July 20, 1858. " With great regret I have to inform you that I am re tiring from the practice of attorney-at-law and solicitor, which, as you arc aware, I have for several years carded on in this City. " The cause for my doing so is the state of my health. This has for some time past been such as to prevent me from giving that attention to business which I have always bees accustomed to give to it, which it has been at once my plea sure and my duty to give, and which the interests of ►nY clients and my own credit imperatively demand. I had hoped that a partial relaxation from business might have resulted in establishing my health, so as to enable we to resume my duties as before. But in this hope I have been disappainted, and my health has continued to get worse, until now at length it has become so bad that I am seriously advised that it is absolutely necessary that I should retire from business altogether; indeed, I am afraid that my life depends upon my so doing. This assurance I have not been able to persuade myself that I can disregard with impunity, agreeing as it but too well does with my own sensations and convictions. I have therefore determined, however reluctantly, to act upon the advice given me. " I have therefore now, with great regret, to announce to you that I retire from the practice which I have so long carried on in this City as au attorney and solicitor; as from the 20th day of July instant, and as from that day I relinquish the same to Messrs. Blake and Snow, of No. 22, College-hill , in this City, in their favour, I will not presume to say any' thing by way of recommendation of those gentlemen. Otte of them, Mr. Snow, was articled to my late partner, Mr• Overton, and was with me for many years before joining big present partner. But I may be allowed, perhaps, to express the hope that the confidence yen were good enough to place, and have so long continued, in me you will not be unwilling to transfer to them ; my conviction is that you will not find cause to regret having so done. " In thus severing a connection which it has caused 03 6 many an anxious wish to retain, and cost me many a strug gle to dissolve, I cannot refrain from offering you my best thanks for the confidence you have so long honoured me with, and I may be permitted, I trust, to hope that there has been nothing in the course of that connection to pre vent you from—if not sharing in the regret which I cannot but feel in dissolving it—at least from looking hack upon it with somewhat of the satisfaction and pleasure with which I look back upon it myself.—l have the honour to be► yours obediently, " D. HUGHES." One of the detectives having been despatched overland to arrest the bankrupt and bring him back to this country, i 5 expected to arrive at Melbourne about three weeks before the Re l Jacket. In that case his capture is of course a matter of certainty. It is not, however, believed that he has any large sum about him. The bankrupt has unfortunately a wife and eight children, the companions of his flight. ROYAL FREE I;IOSPITAL, The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending August 21 is 2,593, of which 920 were nal cases. CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL roil DISEASES OF TO CHEST, VICTORIA-PARK.—Tte returns from this institu tion show that OW patients were relieved during the last week, of which number 130 were new cases. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, KINGS• CROSS.—The number of patients relieved at this hospital for the week ending 16th August was 993, of which 348 were new cases, bec It Le Mc ha cla 111 ra tie