The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-24 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under tne Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, THE WIFE'S SECRET. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A MIDSUMMER NIGH I''S DREAM. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence witk THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Followed by THE CONTESTED ELECTION. After which, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. And HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. MW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. For the Benefit of Mr. Paul Bedford. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE FLOWERS OF THE sh FOREST. Messrs. Bi Stuart, P. Bedford. C. 'Maral' C. JJ. Smith, Garden; is Marian Lacey, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. Billing,ton. After which, NORMA. Mr. P. Bedford. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES LNI THE WOOD. Messrs. C. Marshall, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Nburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. - - Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-put six—Commence at seven. es to Box Moe open from 10 to 5 — no charge for booking. found. No f e servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanboroug,-h THIS EVENING, THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL, After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Bwa.nborough, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence-at 7 o'clock: VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the first time in t his country (the remaining three acts being in cour HALLhers), is sung nightly at the CAN THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform T WICE EACH EVENING, In addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, AtGtST 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 76—highest since noon yesterday. 62—lowest this morning and during the night. 75--this day at noon. • BAROMETER,-30.07 --falling. WIND, South-Westerly; light, with very warm fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA.T.—Morning, 9h. 21m.—Afternoon, 10h. Bm. To-Moanow-Morning, 10h. 55m.—Afternoon, 11h. 38m THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1859. According to all accounts the affairs of Italy are going on swimmingly—the Italians, being left to themselves, are acting with promptitude and moderation. The true end of liberty is the general happiness of the people—thereby adminis tering the greatest good to the greatest number. The Italians in the several Duchies seem bent on achieving this great desideratum, and we earnestly hope they will be left to themselves in order to consolidate their institutions, based on the sound principle of doing unto others as they would be done to themselves. The conferences at Zurich may be making pro gress, but until their work be finished or until the plenipotentiaries quarrel among them selves or at the instigation of those who pull the secret strings of diplomacy, little can be known. If rumour may be trusted, everything seems to go smoothly as yet, for the instructions from Vienna would appear to be much modified of late. Perhaps the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH may now consider discretion to be the better part of valour, seeeing that the turn of public opinion in Ger many seems as much against him as it was pre viously in his favour. From this we may augur a more speedy, as well as more satisfactory, solution of the questions at issue—more especially the national interests of the Italians. In that wretched National Gallery of ours in Trafalgar-square we have evidence of the extraor dinary results of misapplied niggardliness. In that ornate and magnificent Palace of the Legislature down at Westminster we have on the other hand evidence quite as remarkable in its way of the no less extraordinary results of an equally misplaced ex travagance. The unfortunate architect of the Na tional Gallery, cut down in all his estimates, cramped in the area allotted to him, with his darling de signs contracted and forshortened—is said to have shed tears of anguish and disappointment when, standing at Charing Cross, he gazed at that ridicu lous facade with pilasters and sham windows in stone, with a central flour-dredge and a prepos terous pepper-box at each end. Ever since then that " finest site in Europe" which might also, without much difficulty have been rendered nearly the finest sight in Europe—has been disfigured by an edifice that looks far more like the back entrance to the royal stables (originally stand ing there) than a building dedicated to the pur poses of a National Gallery. As we have intimated this ludicrous result was really and truly owing less to the architect than to the economists by whom his designs were dwarfed and distorted. Inso much that the National Gallery remains there to this day as a disastrous token of a mean and nig gardly thrift on the part of the wealthiest of all the Governments of Christendom. It is more than that, it is a warning, and one that appeals to future Ministries irresistibly. Exactly opposite that unfortunate edifice, within view of it, far away there at Westminster, there is a contrary token—a token, not of national mean ness, but of national extravagance. And this, too, is a warning for after Administra tions—though a warning in an exactly opposite direction. That superb and majestic pile of build ings called the New Palace at 'Westminster, while it undoubtedly will attest to after times the Mills of Sir CHARLES BARRY, and the skill in many rare and important crafts by English artists and artizans in the middle of this nineteenth cen tury—will no less surely, and no less plainly, when its origin comes to be examined into, proclaim also a monstrous prodigality in the expenditure upon this one edifice alone o f moneys dragged from the pockets of an over-taxed people, to be squandered around by a series of complaisant Governments. When the design was fi rst delivered to US by Sir CHARLES (then Mr.) BARRY the cost was estimated by the architect at £BOO,OOO or thereabouts —at any rate at consi derably less than one million sterling. Alre ady and the last saw has not yet rung there. the last nail has not yet been driven home—some £3,000,000 or £4,000,000 have been swallowed up in that sumptuous Gothic palace of the Legislature down at Westminster. We have paid dearly enough for the lesson—but still it is a lesson through which we have learnt a vast deal for our future guidance. We have learnt, first of all, from it—that the course most advisable to be followed here, as almost everywhere else, is unquestionably, as usual, the medium course—midway between the two ex tremes—between the Scylla and the Charybdis — between niggardliness and extravagance. We see on / i y too plainly what shipwreck was made upon ~stubborn rock, on the one hand, in the instance • ; '.'.. - 5.,, i " -,,‘, , 7 • ' ~ -, , , I. . - 7,1 I • ji, ' , Ailleit, vim` g _.-o\ , 4 4 !.-.2 ye , , Q.- , , . D IE r , „ ~, g ,wi cH . ;A" , ..-bRO IT " ‘ :- a.- ,v . Nii : .:• il.' ~'", 'flea." .• -.. of the National Gallery. We are belioldini, year after year, gm the other, what " sunken wreck and sumless treasury" may go down and disappear, as in the vortex of an insatiable whirlpool, in the instance of the new Houses of Parliament. Be sides, we know now beyond a moment's further doubt, that the Gothic style of architecture in this northern climate (for that matter it might be said in any climate), with its incontestible spendour and beauty, has no less incontestibly abundant sources of inconvenience. It is the very perfection of all orders of architecture, if you will, for ecclesiastical structures, for Christian churches and cathedrals. When so applied, it is, in truth, as COLERIDGE described it poetry in stone frozen music ! There, under its sculptured roof beams, in those edifices dedicated to the adoration of GOD—there may be, there unquestionably is, a supplementary charm, an additional attribute of the beautiful in what MILTON sang of as " a dim religious light' , A "darkness visible," singularly inappropriate and inconvenient, however, in any other public structure than a church or a cathedral. Sir CHARLES BARRY has taught us that, among other now admitted truths, in return for our £3,000,000 or £4,000,000. Re membering which, it may be as well to apply the knowledge we have thus gained, the knowledge we have thus purchased—now that we are about to begin in earnest the erection of a lordly pile of public offices for the use of the various departments of the Government in Whitehall and Westminster. An evident disposition to act wisely in this way has already to some extent been manifested by the present Government. The Prime Minister, we have seen, has declared point-blank against the Gothic style—avowing, for very sensible rea sons clearly stated, a decided preference for the Classic or the Rennaissance. So far, so good. But Ministers will have to go a little further. While deciding thus they must, above all things, act with the strictest justice to the competitors. Mr. FITZROY in this particular is called upon to repair the error inaugurated, it may be inad vertently inaugurated, but still inaugurated, by his predecessor (Lord JOHN MANNERS) under the late Administration. Let the Chief Commis sioner then observe clearly, before it is yet too late, how the matter really stands! When last year (1858) the commission granted to the Government architect (Mr. PENNETHORNE) was rescinded, and the project placed, as it ought to have been at the very outset, in the hands of the principal com petitors—who was the party selected from among the leading group of prizemen ? A first? A second? No—it was a third prizeman (Mr. SCOTT) who was chosen, and for this very com prehensible reason—Mr. SCOTT, the winner of that third prize, had adopted the Gothic style which, above all, was the favourite style par ex cellence in the estimation of Lord JOHN MANNERS, then Chief Commissioner. But now that a classic style, instead of a Gothic style, has been made choice of by Lord PALMERSTON, the matter obviously stands quite differently. Both first and second prizemen have then, surely, prior claims to a third, and that third, a Gothic prizeman —who is still, however retained as A I,though third on the list, and though his success as such was wonby a Gothic design. It is true that those winners of a second prize, Messrs BANKS and B ARRY, have some sort of anticipative compensation in that commission which has been accorded to them for the Academy Buildings to be erected upon part of the site of Burlington House, Piccadilly. But how about Mr. GARLING, a first prizeman ? We, who know nothing whatever of that gentleman personally, have never heard of his getting any further notice than the comparatively empty award of that bauble of a first prize without a whisper of a commission. Ac cording to which mode of arrangement the results of the competition are, apparently, to go for nothing. The round man is to be put into the square hole again—the square man is to be put into the round hole—and one of the first men, one of the foremost men, one of the chief prizemen among the competitors—the only one we believe chosen unanimously—is to be put, just nowhere. Is this just? Is it wise ? Is it generous ? We submit that here are reasons for the reconsideration of the whole of the existing arrangements by Lord PALMERSTON, as First Lord of the Treasury, and by Mr. FITZROY, as Chief Commissioner. " Man on strike" have seldom met with fairer treatment from the press, and from the public generally, than the building trades on the present occasion. There has been every disposition to give them their due, to maintain their rights, and not only their rights but their fair moral claims. It cannot be said that the middle and upper classes have been at all too ready to take part with the masters against their men. It is obviously for the interest of all of us, pecuniarly, that the men should work as cheaply as they can. Ultimately we must all get better houses for our money in proportion to the smallness of the cost of them to the builder. Yet all have discussed the subject without a thought of anything but of what is fair between master and man. We have already shown that we could not com mend the plan adopted by the workmen—that of forming themselves into large corporations to give orders to all the workmen in the employ of any master, which orders must be obeyed at all costs and inconveniences to master or to man. This, as the declaration put forth by the masters shows, is the pith of the dispute. We observe that Mr. EDWIN JAMES has condemned the declaration as " most arbitrary and unjust." But even if the masters' terms will bear this character, what led to their being proposed ! Just the ar bitrary and unjust terms exacted by an authority which certainly has no equitable claim to direct the proceedings of persons employed by another. It is a truth stamped with very high authority, indeed, that "no man can serve two masters," and all experience proves it a truth. The builders have, indeed, absurdly pretended that their unions are but clubs for their support and relief in times of sickness and affliction. Were that really the case the dispute about a declaration would soon be at an end. Every master is anxious to encou rage such clubs and savings banks, and every thing that makes his men thrifty—such men are always his most trustworthy hands. Let, then, every rule in the Trades Unions be abrogated but such as re late to mutual succour and relief, and the de claration would be waste paper. It is pro posed merely as the necessary counterpart of the declaration explicitly or virtually made by the workmen in joining the union which would control the masters. These declarations, which puctically limit the work the more skilful and industrious can do, an d of a thoselwhieh require all the men to turn out yard if a man b e i ntro d uce d not b e l ong i ng to a union, appear to us to be " mo s t arbitrary and unjust" indeed ; and surely masters are justified in ' resisting to the last such tyranny and slavery. It seems to us that it is here the concession mast begin. The workmen took the first false step in converting their benevolent unions into engines for oppressing not only their masters, but all workmen who would not join them. We put it to any English man free from partisanship in the matter, whether it is doing as w e would be done by , when T THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, ArorsT 24, 1859 workman engages to quit a master's employ because some other workman is engaged by the master who does not belong to one of these Unions! As well might all persons who have insured their lives re fuse to deal with any who had not. Let the work men abolish all their unrighteous organisations, designed only to coerce men as well as masters. Let them be rendered benevolent societies merely, and all difficulty would, we are persuaded, be re moved. Pledges are always unpleasant, but cir cumstances may render them necessary ; and till the workmen abandon the pledges they require from their fellows, we are not prepared to adopt Mr. JAMES' view of the pledge required by the masters. Already the masters must have sacrificed a large amount in unemployed stock and capital during the fortnight just elapsed. What their loss is, however, no ono can easily estimate. The loss to the men is more apparent. No fewer than 9,618 of them received their dividend last Monday. Sup pose 10,000 only to have lost the receipt of 30s. a week for the past fortnight, this alone shows a loss of £30,000 entirely thrown away—just as much lost as if so many sovereigns had been flung into the Bay of Biscay. It is a dead loss to the men. They have lost the exercise of their industry and its profits for the fortnight, and that fortnight they can in no way recover—indeed, in their trade less than in many others. We confess that we looked with melancholy feelings at the facts we recorded yesterday. It is but the beginning of the strike, and yet these 9,618 men received but about a shilling a-week from the Conference, in addition to two or three more from their unions. They were, to be sure, the " lock outs," and the gentlemen who enjoy the rank of "men on strike," enjoy also an honorarium of rather more than half what they used to earn when at work. But already, we fear, hundreds of these poor men and their families must begin to suffer some privations, privations which will increase every week. Some may exhaust their little treasures lying in the savings' banks, but we fear the majority have no such resource, and if the struggle continue, in all probability the pawnbroker will be the chief gainer; while thousands during their whole lives will have to rue the folly of selling themselves into servitude to Unions and Conferences, and Mr. Secretary POTTER. It surely must be little better than madness, after all, for men who are confessedly earning five or six shillings a day to try to settle the nine hours' ques tion by punishing themselves and their poor fami lies as much, at least, as their masters. In this free country it might be discussed in so much less costly methods, that we must think the operatives, in the present case, the wretched dupes and victims of a few designing men. It generally turns out that some man who likes to " take it easy," with a ready tongue, and, perhaps, a ready pen too, makes him self a little king over his fellows, and what the vast majority of the men would resent, if proposed to them singly, as sheer folly, they shout for at a club meeting with the rest of the misled ones, and next morning are ashamed to confess that they were all fools together. Thus what few would have agreed to in cool judgment, is adopted in excite ment, and adhered to through false pride and shame. Highly probable is it that the present movement was inaugurated in some such fashion as this. Meantime the men should know that the public cannot possibly feel anything like pity for men who have thrown away wages amounting to £BO a-year and more—the salary of hosts of clerks and curates —because they want to take one-tenth from their Labour ; or, what is the same thing, to add one tenth to their wages. The report of the seventh general meeting of the Great Western Railway Literary Society has just been published, and gives a most satisfactory ac count of the prospects of the society. The great number of volumes in circulation prove its utility and efficiency, and show how readily the members avail themselves of the opportunities of mental cultivation, and recreation afforded them. The total number of volumes now in the possession of the society is 3,103, 344 volumes having been added to the library during the past year ; 282 by purchase, 56 by bound periodicals, and six by do nations. We should be glad to see the lest item increased during the present year, since it is an excellent opportunity for those who take an inte rest in the diffusion of wholesome literature to en courage a praiseworthy undertaking. The monthly circulation for the last year has been 989 volumes or 11,868 in the course of the year. This large number shows a considerable increase over pre vious years, and testifies to the success of the society. Lectures have been instituted, given by well-known lecturers and the result has ex ceeded the expectations of the committee. The chairman, directors, and high officials of the company have, with their accustomed kindness and liberality, encouraged these efforts in every way. The committee hope during the ensuing winter to renew the classes which they introduced formerly. The financial accounts are most satisfac tory, and the general prospects of the society ap- I pear to be all that its warmest well-wishers could desire. As the non-secretary observes at the close of the report—" What incalculable benefits may be derived from a well-organised literary society ! li'very age may alike feel its benefits. The youth's mind may receive a steady cast and impress from the desire of literary research. The tyro may be enabled and encouraged to complete his studies from the facilities afforded him, and to pursue the uneven and arduous track of knowledge in maturer age ; and, amidst the bustle and business of life, the periodicals and the press furnish him with in telligence on almost every imaginable subject ; and in the decline of life the library supplies him with fireside instruction and amusement." We trust the society will go on and prosper in the course they have so worthily followed, and that their success may be commensurate with the merits of their in stitution. Her Serene Highness the Princess Hohenlohe- Schillingfurst and the Prince Wittgenstein have arrived ai Long's Hotel from the Isle of Wight. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian have left Claridge's Hotel for Brickling Hall, Norfolk. The Marquis of Bristol has returned to town from visiting Lady Molesworth at her seat, Pencarrow, in Cornwall. The Duchess of Parma is now at Haarlem with her brother, the Count de Chambord. The Emperor Francis Joseph has just entered on his 29th year, having been born on August 18, 1830. Count de Morny, after having been present at the fetes in honour of the army of Italy, has again left Paris for Trouville, to rejoin the countess. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained at dinner on Saturday the French Ambassador, Comte and Comtesse de Cetto, Lady W. Russell, Mrs. L. Fox, Count Isturitz, Earl St. Germans, Hon. E. Ashley, Sir Henry Holland, Right Hon. C. Villiers, &c. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHT.—Mr. Carter, the treasurer of this elegant theatre, has fixed Thursday, Sep tember 1, for his annual benefit. The entertainments on this occasion will consist of a celebrated drama, a serio • comic opera, and a variety of other amusements of a very attractive description. The high respect in which Mr. Carter is held by his friends will ensure him a crowded house. ACCIDENT AT THE FORESTERS' FETE.—An accident of a serious nature occurred about 8 o'clock last night, near the Crystal Palace, to a party returning from the fete there. Two omnibuses laden with visitors -were returning home to Greenwich, and were proceeding down the road towards Svdenham Station, when just at the dip of the hill opposite the brick-fields near the Longton Hotel, the front omnibus suddenly, and without notice, pulled up, which obliged the rear omnibus driver to do the same so sharply as to snap the pole, and the vehicle was overturned. Nearly all the passengers were moreorlesshurt—some very severely. One poor young fellow was obliged to undergo amputation at the Greyhound Inn, the operation being per formed by Dr. Corbould and Mr. Wilkinson. Mr. Stutter has a surgery full, six or seven claiming his aid, one with a compound fracture of the leg. A very severe scalp wound was also dressed by Mr. Lang. Many others were obliged to wait until they reached Greenwich. The cause of the accident, it is understood, may mainly be attributed to the very reprehensible practice of driving heavily laden vehicles down hill without a drag. There were as many as 18 pas sengers outside when the omnibus overturned. VICTOR H UG9 - 74N15 T.H. M. Victor Rugo his made the following decla ration, refusing to avail himself of the Amnesty published by his Majesty the Emperor of the French : " Personne n'atten3ra de moi que j'accorde, en ce qui me concerne, un moment d'attention a la chose appelee amnistie. " Dans la situatior. ou est la France, protestation absolue, inflexible, eternelle, voila pour moi le devoir. " FiGle a l'engagment que j'ai pris visa vis de ma conscience, je partagerai jusqu'au bout l'exil de la liberte. Quand 11 liberte rentrera, je rentrerai. "VICTOR HUGO. " Hauteville House, Guernsey, 18 Add, 1859." TRANSLATION. " No one will suppose that I think of bestowing a moment's attention on the thing called an amnesty' in so far as I am myself concerned. " In the present situation of France, an absolute, inflexible, eternal protest is for me a duty. " Faithful to the engagement to which I have pledged my conscience, I shall share the exile of liberty to the end, and when liberty returns, I shall return also." THE EMPEROR'S AMNESTY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have received communications from some of my countrymen, whn, finding themselves in a most painful condition, and being anxiously sum moned home by their families, desire to know, in order to remove all doubts from their minds, whether, according to my views, persons situated as they are, would do better not to take advantage of the amnesty. I need not point out to you the importance of the matter, both to the persons alluded to and others who may be similarly cir cumstanced ; and this makes me hope that my answer will be published in your columns. That the amnesty should be welcomed by }hearty and unqualified satisfaction, as far as it extends to the unfortunate men who are to be rescued from their places of deportation, or from their dungeons, that is, from a living death, is a matter of course. Who could think without emotion of so many mothers, wives, and children, whose hearts over flowed with joy at the unexpected news ? But the amnesty may also be fairly hailed as a blessing by any among the exiles, whom their forlorn position in a foreign country, or family ties of a specially exigent character, justify in returning to their native land ; for the solution of the problem is not one which depends upon the requirements of party compact, but rests on individual re sponsibility. Persons placed in different cir cumstances can hardly be expected to view a question of this kind in exactly the same light. Now, the amnesty, being unconditional, no sort of stain whatever attaches to the act of avail ing oneself of it, more especially if it be for the purpose of fulfilling domestic duties not less im perious and sacred than those arising from political convictions. No man, therefore, conscientiously influenced by such contingencies, is obnoxious to blame for seizing the opportunity, though reluctant to receive the boon. bllowing On the other hand, there are those who, without being in the slightest degree prompted by the silly desire of setting up as martyrs, feel bound to sub ordinate all personal considerations to what they conceive to be a public duty consequent upon their position. If these persons have strong and obvious motives for believing that their return, besides being unsafe, would be of no avail either to their cause or to their country, they are, it seems to me, perfectly entitled to remain where they can speak out their mind, and enjoy the ennobling protection of the law. To serve France in France is for us now plainly impossible. To serve her abroad is the only chance we have left—at least, so long as the policy of the Empire remains unchanged. I have already acknowledged—which, I am sorry to say, was wilfully ignored by some of my critics— that Louis Bonaparte could hardly have done for us, in the present conjuncture, more than he has. But the amnesty is not the payment of the debt he owes to France, and in this payment lies the only means of imparting to the amnesty the character of a sincere and truly national act. Let the most odious practice be abolished which confiscates per sonal liberty on mere suspicion, and is, in fact, _ _ confirmed. worse than the famous loi des suspects enacted in the darkest days of the first French Revolution. Let the principle be laid down that no person henceforth shall be dealt with as a criminal who has not been previously convicted by a jury of his countrymen. Let the Press be ungagged, by the withdrawal of the crushing system of warnings, which is meant to annul the jury, and to make th• whole of a man's property responsible for a single word. Let a fairly elected representative body speak openly before the country, and no check be put on the publicity of their deliberations—let, in fine all those rights be restored to France which constitute civil and political liberty, then the am nesty will be a clear, appreciable measure. Till this be done, it remains open to the suspicion of insincerity, and may be taken as an indication of weakness rather than of strength. Whenever all this shall lyt done, then—and I urge the point, in order to prevent future misapprehension—it may become not only the desire but the duty of those now compelled to be in a state of self-imposed exile to return to the country, not indeed to force their particular views upon an unwilling majority, but to have them tested by peaceful discussion, and either received Of rejected on their own merit's. I am, Sir, yours, &c., LOUIS BLANC. August 23. TILE I7DIA LOAN. (Frain. the Tinges' City Article.) The India 5 per cent. Loan of £5,000,000 was successfully contracted yesterday morning. The minimum price fixed by the Council was 97, and it appeared upon opening the tenders that there were biddings for £5,824,750 at and above that point, while there were also applications on lower terms for about £2,500,000. The main proportion of the accepted tenders ranged between 97 and 971 ; but there were a few at or about 98, and one at the ex traordinary price of 100. The total at 97 was £1,339,400, and the applicants at that price will receive only about 38 1-3 d per cent. of the amounts sought, as the total taken at higher figures is £4,485,350. Messrs. Rothschild sent in a list for nearly £1,000,000 at £97 Os. 6d., and nearly another £1,000,000 was subscribed at £97 ls. On the first announcement of the completion of the loan it was stated that the applications at and above the mini mum amounted to £6,098,000, and that those who had tendered at 97 would consequently receive only about 20 per cent. of the sums asked. Late in the afternoon, however, a mistake was discovered, and it then appeared that the proportions are as have just been stated. At the commencement of business in the Stock Exchange, and before the adjudication had taken place, the quotation at which dealings took place was 97,- to y. Afterwards there was a rise to 981, and the final price was 971 to 98. The transactions were very numerous, and a large number of them consisted of actual investments. At the minimum price of 97 the coast of the loan (reckoning accrued dividend and discount for prepayment of instalments) will be £95 17s. The tenders were opened by Mr. E. Macnaghten, the chairman of the Finance Committee, assisted by the other members of the committee, Mr. Charles Mills, Sir Proby Cautley, and Mr. Arbuthnot, the minimum price having been previously declared. The total number was about 800, of which 567 were at and above 97—namely :- ISI tenders at £97 £1,339,400 376 tenders as follows At 197 0 3 97 0 6 21,000 go o. 1,493, 050 44,500 • 920,300 370,500 100,000 .. .0 223,600 115,000 10,000 • • • • •• .. 12,000 • • 335,00 0 46,000 13,000 • • oe 477,400 o. 1,000 .. • . • • 6,)00 • 23,500 500 35,000 • • 1,000 • • 33,500 • 130,300 1,800 . • 2,800 . . 44,500 • • • • • • 2,100 13,500 3,000 500 97 0 7 97 1 0 97 1 3 97 2 0 97 2 6 97 3 0 97 3 6 97 3 9 97 .; 0 97 5 t; 97 7 97 10 0 97 10 2 97 10 6 97 10 7 97 11 0 97 11 97 12 97 15 0 93 0. 0 93 1 0 98 2 6 98 5 0 98 5 6 98 10 0 98 15 0 100 0 0 4,485,350 £5,824,750 E AMNESTY. I T- E s - fr NEW s. The following telegrams baye been received at Mr. Reuter's office:— PARIS, AUG. 24. The Moniteur of this morning contains the " The Emperor having ordered that the army be reduced from a war to a peace footing, the Minister of War has given orders that from the 20th Sep tember those men should return to their homes whose term of service expires in 1859; moreover, furloughs of three months will be allowed to those who are in that class of exceptional cases provided for by the statute of 1832, and the same has also been granted to the men who can prJve that they are indispensable for the support of their family." The Moniteur further announces that M. Kolbe Bernard has been elected deputy for Lille. ZURICH, AUG. 24. Yesterday the Plenipotentiaries of France and Austria held a Conference, which lasted two hours. BERNE, AUG. 23. The favourable results of the Conferences are Yesterday there was no Conference, but M. de Desambrois paid a visit to Count Colloredo and M. de Bourqueney. ZURICH, AUG. 23. The Plenipotentiaries have, through the medium of the Federal Council, conveyed their thanks to the Government of Zurich for the excellent recep tion they have met with. M. Von Reisig has arrived here from Vienna with despatches. MODENA, AUG. 23. The National Assembly, in its sitting of to-day, unanimously voted the following decrees :- 1. The confirmation of the dictatorship of Signor Farini, giving him full powers to contract a loan of 5,000,000 of lire. 2. The erection of a monument to commemorate the votes of the Assembly decreeing the decheance of Francis V. and the annexation of Modena to Piedmont. 3. That the volunteers who served .in the late campaign for the independence of Italy have de served well of their country. 4. That the Dictator be charged to negotiate with the several foreign powers for the restitution of the political prisoners whom Francis V. carried away with him on leaving the country. The Assembly was afterwards prorogued. TRIESTE, AUG. 23. The Austrian frigate Novara entered the port of Ragusa yesterday, and the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, with the squ.adron, has also arrived there. INDIA. TRIESTE, AUG. 23. The Austrian Lloyd's steamer has arrived with the following advices -- CALCUTTA, JULY 16. A strong police force has been stationed on the frontiers of Oude, in order to prevent a possible inroad of rebels into that country. A large number of the late East India Corn pany's European troops are taking their discharge. Government has chartered two vessels for the con veyance of 1,200 of these soldiers, who return to Europe. The ex-King of Oude has been set at liberty. HONGKONG, JULY 5. A strong English squadron has been collected in Schlenitler (?), in order to escort the Ambassadors proceeding up the river. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, JULY 16. Imported goods have declined. Exports more considerable. Freights flat. Exchange on Lon don, 2s. Old. to 2s. Old. MADRAS, July 22. Exchange on London, 2s. Old. to 2s. ld. HONGKONG, JULY 5. Freights unaltered. Exchange on London, 4s. 9d. to 4s. 10d. CANTON, JULY 3. English goods are Exports unimportant. neglected. SHANGHAI, JUNE 25. The prices of silk have gone down. Tea, little doing. Exchange on London, 6s. sd. to 6s. 61d. Freights, for silk, £4 to £4 10s. ; for tea, £2 to £2 10s. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY, BOURSE, Aug. 23.—The tone of the market has been more satisfactory than on preceding days, but with the same limited business doing. Threes, after having been done at 68f. 85c., improved to 69f. 10c. Mobilier varied from 822 f. 50c. to 827 f. 50c: ; Aus• trian, 558 f. 75c. to 560 f. ; Lombard, 557 f. 50c. to 560 f. ; Orleans, 1,360 f. to 1,362 f. 50c.; Lyons, 870 f. to 872 f. 50c.; Southern, 510 f. to 512 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 650 f. to 652 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 97 75 Credit Foncier 660 Do. end month .. 97 75 Belgian 41: .3 per Cent 5....... 69 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 69 10 Roman — Bank Shams Credit Mobilier .. 825 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 823 75 Home Debt 4l 75 lIAILWAYS. Account. Orleans Northern 925 .. 927 50 New ditto BO7 50 .. 812 50 Lyons and Mediterranean B7O .. 868 75 Geneva 530 .. Southern Western 560 .. 560 Eastern Sardinian 412 50 .. Austrian ___ _ Cash. •--- Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 12fe. ; money, 25f 10c.; three mouths, paper, 24f. 971 e.; money, 24f. 950. SARDINIA. The deputation appointed to present to the King of Sardinia the medal which has been struck by a private society, in commemoration of the words pronounced by his Majesty on his opening the ses sion of the Piedmontese Parliament on the 10th of January last, had the honour of an audience on the 20th. Count Mamiani, president of the committee, reminded his Majesty of the memorable words We are not insensible to the cry of grief which we hear from every part of Italy." His Majesty replied as follows : .‘ I thank you for your beautiful present. Ever since it has been in my power, I have consecrated my efforts to the great national cause. I have it constantly before my mind, I live for it, and am ready to die for it. Difficulties and misfortunes arise which must be surmounted, and they cer tainly will, for I have witnessed the courage and discipline of which the Italians are capable. Under present circumstances, it has been impossible to go further, as I might have wished. In the midst of past sorrows, I have found great consolation in seeing that the Italians have understood me, and have not entertained a doubt concerning me. The masses, blinded by excessive enthusiasm, are sometimes led astray ; I might have pardoned such false steps, but I repeat that I have nothing to reproach them with. It seems incredible that some countries, that are unfavourable to us, do not or will not believe that there is nothing obscure or insidious i : my p)licy. Frankness and straight forwardness are its companions —perhaps it is the going straight to the object in view that creates tlisple &surer -The Italian -crueAtion is-Tery clear, and it is no doubt on that account that they will not understand it. The union, perfect order, and wisdom which the people of Tuscany, the Duchies, and the Romagna now 'display are admirable. I certainly did not think that Italy was incapable of acting so, still the spectacle of such an attitude affords me great pleasure ; have, therefore, faith in me, gentlemen, and be assured that now as well as in future I shall do everything in my power to promote the welfare of Italy." AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 23. The screw-steamer Anglo. Saxon, Ballantyne Commander, arrived this morning with advices from Quebec to the 13th inst., and from New York by telegram, to the evening of that day. The steam-ship Glasgow, from Glasgow, had arrived at New York. NEW-YORK, AUG. 13. The screw steam-ship City of Manchester, from Belfast and Queenstown, arrived here this after noon. The steam-ship Ocean Queen sailed at noon to day for Southampton and Havre, taking out 1,415,000 dollars in specie. The steamer Kangaroo took her departure at the same time for Liverpool via Queenstown, having on freight 89,000 dole. specie. On our Stock Exchange to-day the transactions were not very large, but prices generally were rather higher. At th• close, however, the market showed signs of weakness. In the money market there has been no change, and the rates of exchange are without variation. Cotton is heavy. The sales to-day were to a moderate extent on the basis of 121 c. for middling uplands. In the corn market, flour to-day was unsettled and lower for State and Western. Superfine State is quoted at 4 dols. to 4 dols. 30c.; extra State, 4 dols. 35c. to 4 dols. 50c.; round hoop, Ohio, 4 dols. 65c. to 5 dols. 10c. ; Southern dull at 4 dols. 90c. to 5 dols. for mixed to good ; and 5 dols. 25c. to 7 dots. 75c. for fancy and extra. Canadian flour is quite nominal. NEW ORLEANS, AUG. 12, EVENING. Our cotton market is dull, but the quotations show no change. Sales to-day 250 bales. Our market for Indian corn has considerably declined. MOBILE, AUG. 12, EVENING. Sales of cotton to-day, 1,100 bales, at 11t- to 11c, :or middling. MONTREAL, AUG. 13, EVENING. Our flour market is very dull. Superfine sells at 4 dols. 80c. to 5. Fancy and extra 5 dols. to 5 dols. 40c. No wheat offering. Ashes dull and droop ing ; pots, 5 dols. 60c. ; pearls, 5 dols. 80c. The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the last pier of the Victoria-bridge took place to-day The weather is warm and favourable for harvest-* ing. The crops (except hay) are heavy, and in the western provinces, are out of danger. The half-yearly statement of the imports at this port show a great increase over last year—being nearly double. Other ports show a similar increase. A Toronto despatch says that a more abundant harvest has never been known in that part of Canada. LITERATURE. May Templeton : a Tale of Faith and Love. Re vised and edited by the author of "Eastern Hospitals and Englisn Nurses," &c. Dolman. This is a very interesting little story, which is written with great earnestness and eloquence. The author is evidently one who feels deeply, and who possesses skill to describe what he witnesses. May; the heroine, is a fine character; and:the many trials and sufferings which were her portion for so long a period were bravely endured with patience and resignation. Her brother is also attractive from his zeal and his unselfishness ; and one of the most impressive passages in the book is that which tells of his fearful shipwreck on the shores of his native land, while his sister stood waiting for him on th ; shore. The despairing agony of such an event is pictured in a few impressive sentences. It is one of those dark pages of woe that are ever and anon opened before us as we turn the volume of human life ; and it is therefore peculiarly solemn and striking. The many struggles that the poverty stricken family, hitherto living in luxury, had to encounter, are vividly described ; and the scenes of Lady Mansfield's life in Italy are also worthy of notice. It will be seen that, while Arthur Tem pleton expresses everywhere his conviction in the efficacy of his own form of belief, that there is no attempt made to render this a controversial book. The author maintains his own opinion in a calm manner, and there is nothing to deter those who think differently from entering into the spirit of the story, and admiring the many great and noble qualities that appear in the personages sketched before us. It is altogether a clevDr work, and will doubtless gain the approbation of a large circle of readers. Secret History of the Austrian Government. Com. piled from official documents. By Alfred Mi. chiels. Chapman and Hall. This volume records the history of the successive Governments of the Austrian Empire since Ferdin and 11. It concerns itself chiefly with the mani festations of religious intolerance which the rulers of this country have systematically displayed for centuries. In his preface the author refers to the sources from which he has drawn his information. This work is, he affirms, " a really secret •historyof the Austrian Government, its disloyal ambition, its pernicious schemes, and hypocritical violence. " My book does not contain a sentence, or even part of a sentence, which is not supported by proof. The Viennese Cabinet knows this well; for, as its scribes could not refute me, it chose the clumsy ex pedient of interdicting my work through the en tire monarchy—proving by this stupid mrneeuvre the exactness of my information and the fidelity of my narrative." He observes further on, with re ference to the system of Austrian misgovernment, " The infamous regime against which Italy con tends was not invented for her, nor is it all peculiar to her. All the Austrian provinces have been suc cessively or simultaneously treated with the same bloodthirsty hypocrisy or implacable stupidity. he outlines of history offer nothing to resemble it ; the madness of the Roman Emperors fades before that of the Hapsburgs." It is in some respects a re markable and useful work, and the sketches it gives of the chief rulers and ministers of the Austrian empire add to its value. Social Innovators and their Schemes. By W. Lucas Sargent, author of "The Science of Social Opulence," Sze. Smith and Elder. This is a work well worthy the attention of the social philosopher. It sums up the opinions of the social would-be reformers of late years, Saint Simon, Fourier, Louis Blanc, Proudhon, and Emile de Girardin. It is extremely useful to collect and contrast the schemes of thes e men , th at w h at good there is in them may be winnowed from the chaff, and that their contradictions may be discovered by comparison and analysis. It is also useful in another point of view, that their rash and dangerous doc trines should be exposed, and that those who would contend with them should know their real strength and weakness. It affords a useful chart of the state of opinion among the social innovators from the days of Saint Simon and the Great Revolution to Louis Blanc in our own time. In his able introduc tion Mr. Sargent traces the ready diffusion of these socialistic schemes in France to the lamentable con dition of the labouring classes. After speaking of the miserable destitution of the burdened 'peasantry in the days before the outburst of 1789, he says : " In our time, though the old oppressions are re moved, there is still great destitution. In the country parts the splitting up of the land into eleven million separate estates, the greater part with a few shillings a year of rental, prevents all improve ment, and makes any legal assistance to the poor impossible. In the great towns, the restlessness and immorality of the people make them greedy of every novelty. Thus it is that oppression formerly, and destitution in the present day, have led to the ready reception in France of schemes however monstrous or hopeless. Fourier, and Saint Simon, and Louis Blanc, and Proudhon have found willing disciples for projects which a contented population would have treated with neglect." In the follow ing pages will be found a sketch of the more noted of these schemes : o f th e new Christianity of Saint Simon, of the phalansteres of Fourier, of the socialism of Louis Blanc, of the levellin gdoctrin es of Proudhon. Of th ese authors I think i t will be found that Fourier is the most extravagant, Louis Blanc is the most eloquent, Saint Simon is the most scholarly, and Proudhon is the most scholas tic ; Fourier raves, Louis Blanc declaims, Saint Simon lectures, and Proudhon wrangles," we commend this work to the attention of all wh o interest themselves in a discussion on the pri nc i p l es of political economy, and the social well-being of a neighbouring state. The Sense Denied and Lost. By Thomas Bull, M.D., author of " Hints to Mothers," &c. Long. man. This little work possesses an especial interest, from the melancholy fact that its author, the late able physician, was himself deprived of sight during the last eight years of his life. We are told, in the pr-e.fice-by--kir, devoted wife,- that -he had.iketchaa out the plan of the work previously, but that th( whole of it was composed and dictated after perfect blindness and almost helplessness had set in. He wrote to give himself an occupation, and also from an ardent desire to excite sympathy and activity in behalf of his fellow sufferers. He treats separately' of the born blind, the educated blind, the embossed system, and of remarkable cases of blindness. He informs us that those born blind are comparatively few in number- It is believed that of the 30.000 blind persons in this country, this class numbers only about 2,500. In the chapter on the educated blind we meet several interesting accounts of those who have attained proficiency in various branches of learning. The cases of Laura Bridgman, and: others similarly afflicted, who have been deprived a more than one sense, are cited, and the means of instruction most succes::fully employed are alluded to. The calm and cheerful tone of the work would scarcely lead the reader to suppose that it was com posed by one suffering so great a deprivation; but we gather from the preface that the Christian for titude of Dr. Bull enabled him to meet his loss with courage and resignation, and that he continued to the last his endeavours to benefit others, one el his occupations being that of teaching the blind to read. " He sought them out wherever he was star ing, and by means of small brass letters, on M oon's system, enabled many a solitary person to read the word of God for himself. Of this the appendix on" tains many instances, as recorded in his p rivate journal," All who are personally interested to the moral and mental welfare of the blind should P ro " cure this little volume. LB A Tale for the Pharisees. By the autho r el " Dives and Lazarus." J u dd and Glass. The . author of this Work is evidently well ac quainted with tbc, , struggles, sorrows, a nd temPt s i; tions of the suffering poor in London. This work records the life of a mother whose only son fat.. into bad company, and whose whole life is a and petual . struggle to save him from the disgrace an punishment he deserves. The conclusion of th i e, s . tory is most painful, since the mother herse lf sinks into intemperance, having lost her character by herself assuming the guilt of the theft her had committed. There is much true and lif e-I portraiture in the book, tho ug h its interest i s °f painful kind. The author does not in the lea s e attempt to palliate the vices and erro rs of thos e b describes. Differing in this respect from mos t those who take their heroes and heroines fr ° _, among the lower classes, he does not represent thV ''e as invested with any extraordinary attributes. ye meet . no specially favoured individuals who. b a the retained through a long and struggling hf e 0 Christian impressions of the Sunday-school; 11,0 pious invalid or toiling moralist, ever striving instruct and convert his neighbours. But tho n g ,°: less gratifying to the charitable there is e doubt that his portraiture is the more His writings remind us of the allusion of go re the muse of Crabbe— Still softening as she frowns along O'er scenes which angels weep to see, Till Truth herself half veils the wrong In pity of the inisery, -- Vw - tee The moral he draws from his desc,riptions is 9-43 ,,, E , and harshnd. the book, though many of its o° n - t i t are and repulsive, and its heroine los e5 ;,; 0; sympathy from her final recklessness and dis'r on . tion, is truly a tale to make the Pharisees less c eo fident in their self-sati s f ac ti on , since it teach es i th an how heavily som e o f th e f a ll en h ave b e en tried 61 ' tempted. Memories of Rome. By Denis O'Donovan, Catholic Publishing Company. An enthusiastic record of the impression I s o f on a young and a r d en t t rave ll er by the nlar v , e .. v ia the Eternal City. It gives a fresh and wit description of th e var i ous won d ers of art which description the writer p a id h omage t o , an d th ou gh s ollle 4 of rhapsodical at times is evidently the r es ,. u ra llf genuine feelin g . Th e wr it er , as a C a th o lic, nal? the introduces some account of his introduction t o o f Pope and his presence at the grand festivals oot the Church. There i s n o thi ng , howeve r, to O r o the reader of a different creed, s i nc e he Pre set a tone of moderation highly commendable. lVanderings in India and other Sketches o f ill° in Hindostan. By John Lang. These lively and entertaining sketches fr a re r a o . o the most part reprinted from " Household I ° ,, i • f et The readers of that periodical will be glad t° : 1 10- them in a collected form, while those who a r " a nd Routledge• for acquainted with them will find much to please lo interest them in these animated records of Ang Indian life. The Northumbrian Abbots. By R. B. Wa rb°r".- Saunders and Ottley. A and This is a tale of the seventh century, brie o f simply told. It is intended to show the s ta l l st ecclesiastical and theological questions at u t ere time, especially as regards the monastic life. There are also some discussions on the Christian cleg — ac t and matters of faith. It is not likely to tr act aiid matters of faith. It is not likely to bOt it those who seek for an exciting narrative, btl,b, gives an interesting picture of that remote sP.ui s and may serve to suggest reflection on Sc matters. HER MAJESTY AT ALDERSHOTZ The manoeuvres incident to repelling the attil e : of an enemy advancing upon London by the Fa r , '; ham-road were renewed at camp yesterday morni t u h '; Her Majesty, accompanied and attended as on "Ir, previous day, quitted the Pavilion a t 11 o'ele e s and as soon as the Royal cortege had taken Ill: li l a position at the centre the evolutions, such as ir ni a were,. commenced. The actual review may h e ' o - lto in a few words. The lovers of mere fire and s in " were to a certain extent disappointed, y et ae picturesque specta c l e th e w h o l e a ff a i r was n a i fir rable. The h e i g ht s o f H ungry -hill on tP ci - e a southern aspect are b ro k en i n t o k n olls, Wu ° o st ravines, hedgerows, and orchards, in the A II/ ce a pleasing v a r i e t y ; th e e ff ect, t h ere f ore , Pr i °" li s od when the army a d vance d, w h en th e orchards le ns inclosures were wrapped in smoke, and the g„.f a l filled with brilliant m asses o f t roo p s , was bee n " beyond description. r ow The defence of the li nes began in the 1 15 s a a p — ,on n er, with a sharp, sputtering fire from the rifl es in advance, which was soon supported by* cannonade. The rapid crackling fusilado froi.laidea invincible sharpshooters, who were entirely by trees, showed the admirable defensive caPautrti ties of the post, but it was not until the 11.deable guns came into play that the really fb ruil Froin nature of the p os iti on was f u ll y ma nifested., „„a 50 different poi n t s on th e s t ee pest heig ht he re heights apparently inaccessible to cannon , h ill* muzzles only j us t p eere d over th e brows of t he ever came broad red st re ak s o f fl am e and stunning r s pot berations whi c h a l mos t s h oo k the earth. Not a iiic h had been overlooked, not a single avenue from w r deat the enemy could approach was left ungilaeight or free from a murderous cross fire of six o r t ore pieces of ordnance. As the cannonade gr ew doe' general and the enemy was supposed to have,worit loped all his forces the tr oo p s lined the bree s '" t o in dense masses, and now from all points alig i t t o ed line arose one of the most tremendous and s us sc oh° rolls of musketry and cannon that had ev er 4tion the echoes of Ald ers h o tt. Th e whole It o olf seemed wrapped in a d ense c l ou d, amid Will' ` vas , the great spurts of flam e f ro m the ar tillery for visible. Thi s t err ifi c d emons t ra tion continneueo, nearly half an hour, by which time the l e of being merely mortals aft er all, and ear a h of annihilation, were supposed to have had e nov .n g sea . this feu d'enfer. The troops closed up, an d tions of four poured through the opening s , h - e bet breastwork in dense bright streams, while . I . . hts in teries of artillery scrambled down the he l o,,olli The e ' n th° pursuit in the best way they could. and Horse Artillery made a rapid movementirecos right, and the advance along the whole line," st eel) genera]. The whole mass poured down t i ,u A e win° slopes in front of the position (excepting til-,nove in the batteries, which remained to cover the ; o de ment), the Riflemen were thrown out, and the h . t ind er + and orchards began to ech o lik e distant tio3° under the continual fir e . F or so me short c on' the pursuit of the flying foe was thu s fi „ c lode tinued, after which a general halt was 5e 4 , c ar and some of the regiments piled arms• an' ried their provision s and water for the 0 4'1 1 8 3 it was at first generally imagined that, t f m. o .- r a t e ' was called to allow the men to dine L' e i n f terv," - newing the pursuit. However, after en ;, r 1 4 , 14 : of about an hour, whi c h was emp l o y e d by I".', jesty and the Prince Consort in riding a1, ° , 111 ,7 , line and inspecting the work, the " assonevatior sounded, and, not a little to the surprise an d ance of the p u bli c w h o h a d come too late, eil e ,, f it° gade made th e b est o f i ts way b ac k to e° l 7 - 0 t he w minutes b e f ore one o'clock. ContralY wa s 0" „ general custom on these occasions, ther e . fie r te aa a fter marching past, and so th e rev i ew terming Majesty at once returned to the Pavilion, nilbv partaking of lunch qu itt e d ca mp, attended wisnes usual escort. The Royal train was in alt •t h h er at the Farnborou g h station, and started Nv' Majesty for Southampton at ' 4 o'clock. he re it d . It is mere justice to those intrusted with A t i c ;o 3 6o ll7 way arrangement s t o sa y that both on to and Tuesday they gave every satisfaction unusual influx of visitors. o or ti io The fishing in Lochfine is interrupted 1 .)5" he rs i . pleasant feeling prevailing between the drift nets o ttle, upper Loehfine and the trawlers from Torbert °, T ter , d:A stations down the loch. It is reported that the la e ,ror tertnined to enforce trawling in the upper loch, llil v area' themselves with muskets, and that shots h ave ueen