The Sun. — London, England, 1860-07-02 00:00:00

.4.1..... BE NS O N'S WATCHES.I " Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for se. extra. 33 awl 34, Ludgate-hill, London, .0 1749. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lesgee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buck stone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs• Wilkins. =Followed by A HANDSOME HUSBAND. To conclude with THE. ODDITIES OF THE OHIO. By the Leclercqs• Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—. Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Tins EVENMG, will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps, To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Mr. Meadowth Kiss C. Leclercq, &c. Commence at 7. A 1) ELY Hi, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reproduction of the powerful Adelphi drama, " The Flowers of the Forest " Tenth week of the popular American Actress, Miss Julia Daly TH IS -.VENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole P. Bedford, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell , Romer ; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Mrs. Billin,gton, Miss Laidlaw. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billiagton, Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and M ce at 7 rs. Cbatterley. Commen. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, Al. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 45.; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. phitheatre, 1s ; Gallery, 6•l'. Acting fir.Mlr Wm. Smith. FRENCH PLAYS — ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lossee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. • Positively the last night but One of M. LECLERE. THIS EVENING, LES FEMMES QUI PLEURENT. LES NOCES DE CLEOPATRE. Mad lle. Marie Basta )f. Thomas, and M. Leclere. LES DEUX TIMIDES. Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 2s. Gallery, ls. Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. Commence at 8. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. To-morrow (Tuesday) Last appearance of M. Leclere. On Wednesday, Maxine. Delphine Fix. STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wsl. BATTY. Notice. — The Entertainments on Monday Evening last having been honoured by the presence and approbation of their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold and suite, and other distinguished visitors, the magnificent Hippo- Drama, and the Novel and Wondrous Scenes in the Arena forming the programme on the occasion, will be repeated every evening till further notice. By particular request, there will be TWO more GRAND MID DAY PERFORMANCES, viz., on Wednesday, July 4, and Saturday, July 7, commencing, each day at 2 o'clock. On Monday, July 2, 1860, and during the week, to com mence with the immensely successful Grand Historical Spectacle in Three Acts, entitled FAIR ROSAMOND, or the AMAZON CRUSADERS." To be followed by Scenes in the Cirque, supported by Madlies. De Berg, Monet, and Leontine ; Messrs. Fernando, L'Epine, F. Watson, and Herr Christoff, Sze. &c., artistes of unequalled celebrity. Conclud ing with a Popular Farce. The magnificent Chandeliers manufactured by Messrs. Decries and Sons, of Houndsditch. Doors open at h a lf-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolti. CANT ERBURY HALL CONCERTS. - THIS EVENING, C. H. GOIJNOD'S OPERA. FAUST. First Time in this Country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Siobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite ...... Miss Russell. Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, TrOVatOre, Macbeth, and n umerous other Entertainments. Balcony, ls, Hall. 641. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critahfield. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of seventeen performers (organised expressly for this Establishment) , will make their first appearance on MONDAY next for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, &c., in addition to the usual entertainments. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—Surt OYFIC9S, JULY I, 1660. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 49 —lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30. 38 . WIND—North -Westerly ; light, with fine dry weather. JULY 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69—highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30. 45 . WIND—North -Westerly; light, with fine, warm Sum mer weather, at last. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 56m.—Afternoon, lh. 22m. To-moßnow.-Morning, lh. 47m.—Afternoon, 2h. 9m. sioc: Nt , ~,,-.t ~ _ __T-c.„,:-4,,_..„.„. $. ~.•:---.,,,..,,,,,,. ~....._„,:0t„.....:A c ....„ , ...,--.,,z ~., , z „ , F2:3 1 , :_itli,4&,--,, ____N-4„ ~=~~ L•z , ..kl C~_ g" ~~t:i ••31 THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1860. The Quarterly Revenue returns are again before us, and again indicate how vast and satisfactory must be the trade and resources of the nation, and how well off the consuming classes must be. No less a sum has been raised by taxation during the year ending June 30th, 1860, than £71,416,587, being an increase of £5,727,014 on the Revenue of the preceding year. Of course the point of greatest interest is— to what the increase is due? It is not certainly to the new Customs Tariff. Customs figure with a de crease on the quarter,compared with the correspond ing quarter of last year, of not less than £375,641, although we may be sure that orders had been held back in anticipation of the changes to be made by the Budget, and that they must have been very large this quarter, both for speculation and to re plenish the diminished stocks. The Excise, however, makes up, and more than makes up, for the losses sustained under the new tariff. Its inerease on the year is £2,309,000, and though a part of this is to be accounted for by the earlier payment of the malt and hop duties, yet the amount of malt made during the year has been unusually large. Altogether the excise re turns show that the consumption of articles in popular use has increased ; and so, indeed, do the Customs,' for the alterations in the tariff were cal culated by Mr. GLADSTONE to cause a considerably greater deficiency under that head than has actu ally occurred. But it is the Highwayman -tax—the tax which, whatever your necessities, you ca nnot escape—the tax which you must pay in the same proportion, whether it represent the sweat of your brow or your brains, or whether it flow without trouble to you from consols or broad acres—it is the merciless Income-tax to -which the chief increase of the na- tional revenue is clue. £3636,710, are the figures which indicate how much, what Mr. GLADSTONE has designated as a tax which is the sum of all fiscal iniquities, has been vs rung from ten thousand sufferers—a tax 'which he has made more profi table by three or four millions, almost with the avowed purpose of torturing us to cut down our naval and military expenditure. On all the heads except Customs and Miscel laneous, for the year, there is, however, an in crease ; and under the latter, as it usually means that we have sold at a " tremendous sacrifice" stores we had previously purchased, a decrease is generally a real gain. On the year, stamps skew an increase of £269,277, and the Post-office of £1:30,000, both being indicative of an active state o f trade. On the whole, both the quarter and th e _ year present an encouraging aspect. By this time Lord PALMERSTON must be pretty well convinced that we have not laid undue stress on the political bl u nder of inserting R a " eligious Profession" column in the Census Bill for next year. It may be true that it is an exaggeration to term it an attack on religious liberty, but it is , au irritating attack on the religious susceptibilities of, we are persuaded, the majority of Englishmen. We can, it is true, for ourselves, have no particular object in concealing our religious profession. The same may be said, probably, by every nine English men out of ten, yet, if we mistake not, these same nine would with different degrees of repugnance resent an official question on the subject; especially one proposed under the only condition which could make the return of any service—under a penalty on refusal to answer and to answer correctly. ' To the tenth man, however, it might be of vital im portance not to write down his profession. Intoler ance is not quite dead yet ; and it may well be that thousands in the country have the most impera tive reasons for not disclosing to what religious sect they belong. Lord PALMERSTON now sees what is the general feeling. Even Lord SHAFTESBURY has by a pub lished letter felt it due to himself to deny a rumour which had gained circulation, that he was the prompter of the scheme, and distinctly to avow his objection to it. This may be taken as an indication that the large body of Evangelical Churchmen and social reformers, with whom he is in such. close con nection, dislike any such bone of contention being thrown among them. But, following on that, we have the memorial signed by ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN of the Premier's supporters in the House of Commons, respectfully informing him that the provision for obtaining every person's " religious profession"-Ist. Appears to themselves very ob jectionable. 2dly. Is highly offensive to many of their constituents. 3dly. Will produce no infor mation deserving of reliance. 4thly. Will, if per sisted in, seriously injure the Liberal party. And, therefore, the memorialists " earnestly recommend that it be withdrawn from the bill." Lord PALMERSTON, we understand, intimated that his personal opinion was still in favour of the proposed clause ; but acknowledged that a memorial with so large a number of signatures deserved his serious consideration. That is beyond question. No doubt, with the aid of the Tories, he could easily carry his proposal. But it is for him to consider whether he will alienate 167 friends, and probably another hundred, who would vote with them, for the sake of pleasing an Opposition which is aiming to supplant him, and whom no bribes can purchase, He has not yet quite cut himself off from retreat. The memorial is one which, from its in fluential character and numerous signatures, affords a Minister abundant reason for withdrawing what he finds will only irritate his friends; but, if he should persist, in the face of it, in what is so ob noxious to them, he will assuredly cause a split in his camp, and that in the face of an ever-watchful and able antagonist, which he may never remedy. We agree with the memorialists that the return would be perfectly valueless. That great Dissenting body, the Conference Methodists, have avowed their determined hostility to the proposed question. The other very numerous Methodist bodies h ave followed. The more educated denominations of Dissenters are to a man hostile to the proposed inquisition, and Churchmen, for whose glorification a small party amongst them design it, show in large numbers their characteristically English dislike to such questions. In what good society, we may ask, would not the question proposed not be considered a breach of that reserve and decorum which marks an English man? :Mr. DILLWYN—we think it was—expressed the opinion of us all when he observed that he would ten times over rather pay the £5O penalty than ask his guests at the breakfast-table after having slept in his house on the Census night, what was the religious profession of each of them. And why must this annoying question be put ? If there be an Income-tax, we must of course tell what our incomes are, though our questioners are pledged to secresy ; while, however, the French will outbuild us in ships of war, money must be had. But no one will contend that the State must know what is every man's religious profession. We do not indeed think it worth knowing. What the dif ferent religious bodies are actually doing towards the national object of religious instruction and worship, c,it may be at least interesting to know, especially when it in dicates what yet wants to be done, as it did last time. But under what head the masses who wor ship nowhere would register themselves, and what all the timid would profess in fear of superiors, and what the enumerators would put down for the great numbers who would give no account of themselves, we do not care to know. Practically the attempt will certainly fail. We see that the Dissenters are determined, if Lord PALMERSTON forces it through Parliament, to spare no pains to make it fail. They are discussing two courses. The first is that of entire abstention from giving their profes sion. The second, that of all signing themselves " Churchmen !" This seems at first sight an absurdity—but the fact is, that any Eng lishman is, legally, a member of the Established Church. He may be a very bad—a schismatical one—but till by some legal process he has been deprived of his interest in the National Church, he as a part of the nation has equal rights with his neighbour in the Church he never attends. "I am asked—the Dissenter says—by the law what is "my religious profession"—l give as my answer, I give a legal answer and, the law makes me—a Churchman. _ The disappearance from among us of the last sur viving brother of the Great NAPOLEON, is an event which cannotbe regarded with other than profound emotions by the present age, the age, as it may be calla, of his later contemporaries. It is an inci dent which more vividly than any other casualty now possible recalls to mind, with startling effect, the whole series of extraordinary occurrences con necting the reign of the present EMPEROR with that of his wonderful predecessor, the founder of the Imperial dynasty—events dating back even still further, to that seed-plot of glory, the great French Revolution. H. I. H. the Prince JEROME—last relic of the immediate family of the Gallic C/ESAR, until Sunday the 24th instant, sole remaining member of the home-group gathered about the later ALEXANDER, the greater JUSTINIAN, the modern CHARLEMAGNE—was the youngest of the five sons, the youngest of the eight children of CHARLES BONAPARTE and LETITIA NEE RANOLINI. He was born on the 14th of November, 1784, at Ajaccio and little more than a quarter of a year afterwards the " Mother of the GRACCHI" was prematurely widowed. The noble Corsican Advocate —father of that race of Kings—expiring on the 24th of February, 1785, in the bloom of his manhood, at Montpellier ; during the delirium of, his •last mo moments, mysteriously and incessantly calling NAPOLEON (then a mere boy) to come to his aid with his great sword! Nurtured in the midst of the turmoil of the most astonishing revolution this world has ever witnessed, JEROME was still no more than a nursling when his wonderful brother, (himself then little else than a stripling) first rose into notice by the sheer mastery of his genius " riding the whirlwind and directing the storm" in the midst of what Sir ARCMBALD ALTsorl has magnificently expressed in a single word as that grand political " mindquake." The history of this rise is the most familiar, while it is the most romantic and remark able, that the pen of annalist, perhaps, ever recorded. It is the narrative of the career of one whom the most gifted of all our military annalists has em" phatically designated in the peroration of his famous history of the War in the Peninsula— " NAPOLEON, the greatest ma.n of whom history makes mention t" It is a narrative, the marvels of which were aptly epitomised :in a few syllables at the commencement of the ims ginary conversation written by the late Viscount STR. kNGFORD, as a dia logue between " Fifteen and Twenty-five" : 25.—Little School Boy, come here. What are you reading ? " 15.—The Life of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. " 25.—D0 you like it ; are you amused ? " 15.—Amused—what a word ! to ask if I am amused. lam dazzled, fascinated, and bewildered, if you will. lam awed and astonished." It is the marvellous narrative we have all of us devoured again and again, at same time of our lives, with similar feelings of delight and amazement. As a participator in the incidents recounted in it, his Imperial Highness the Prince JEROME was the last surviving personage, commanding on all hands in a peculiar manner the personal sympathies of this younger generation. It is remembered, in re gard to his early boyhood, that JEROME, together with his sister CAROLlNE—afterwards the beautiful wife of the handsome MURAT, Sovereign of Naples —was placed at Madame CAMPAN'S educational establishment, in Paris, at the very time 1 when Italy was being conquered and carved into republics by the sword of the young General BONAPARTE, preparatory to his consolidating it into the semblance of the ancient kingdom, and placing upon his own brow the iron crown of CHARLEMAGNE. From Madame CAm- PAN'S elementary academy, JEROME was subse quently removed to the College of Juilly, where be was still engaged in his studies when NAPOLEON, returning from the conquest of Egypt, and boldly crossing the broad Rubicon of the Mediterranean, destroyed at St. Cloud, on the 18th Brumaire, the effete Directory, building up at once among its ruins the majestic fabric of the Consular Govern ment. It was then, while he was yet scarcely fifteen, that the youngest of the brothers of the First Consul was permanently removed by him from the meditative seclusion of college-life, and placed at once in the navy as an enseigne de vaisseau, or midshipman. At seventeen, namely in 1801, the young sea-captain was appointed to the command of the corvette l'Epervier, taking his departure, in that capacity, from the shores of France, as one of the associated Capitaines sent out in the renowned expedition to the Island of St. Domingo—the expedition conducted by the brother-in-law of the BONAPARTES, General LE CLERC, the ill-fated spouse of the lovely PAULINE, afterwards Princess of BORGHESE. In the March of the following year (1802) Captain JEROME BONAPARTE returned to France, the bearer of de spatches, recounting the successful landing of the forces and the capture of Cape Frangois. The in telligence was received with transports at home, tie bearer of the news being everywhere greeted with acclamations. It was shortly afterwards, while stationed at Brest that JEROME received from the First Consul the well-known letter in which NAPOLEON upbraided his youthful brother with certain frivolities and indiscretions. " Die young," wrote the inexorable Chief of the State, " if you ever intend to disgrace your name ; for if you live to sixty without having served your country, you had better not have been born." JEROME has lived beyond sixty by upwards of fifteen years additional ; but JEROME has also, at times in a very signal manner, served his country, and has certainly done anything rather than dis grace the glorious historic name of BONAPARTE. At eighteen he was, according to the whimsical idiom, "sowing his wild oats." But the stern repre hension of his great brother damped, in some measure, the ardour of, if it did not in point of time considerably abbreviate, those strange experimental pursuits of his in the science of social agriculture. Almost upon the morrow of this rebuke from the First Consul, JEROME (still in command of the corvette l'Epervier) sailed for Martinique ; during his stay there residing at the house of Madame de la PAGERIE, the mother of the charming and admirable JOSEPHINE. Immediately after the rupture of the Peace of Amiens, JEROME cruised in his vessel during several months along the southern coast of England, at the end of this long cruise crossing the Atlantic, and putting in at the port of New York. There it was, that is to say, in the United States, that occurred the famous episode in his personal history—his marriage at Baltimore, on the 24th of December, 1803, with Miss ELIZABETH PATTERSON. The fame of his extraordinary brother invested JEROME himself with a halo of popularity in America. He was an object of universal interest and curiosity. He was gayest of the gay in the society of Balti more, New York, and Philadelphia. In the for mer city, as we have seen, he consummated his gaieties by espousing upon Christmas-eve the daughter of one of its richest merchants—the celebrant of the nuptials being JOHN CARROLL, Bishop of Baltimore, brother of the last signer of the Declaration of Independence. Although the cere mony was performed agreeably to the rites of the Roman Catholic Religion, and in obedience to the laws of the United States, its sanctity and its lega lity, it will be remembered, were neither of them ever recognised by NAPOLEON, either as Head of his House, or as Chief of the French Government. Having remained with his young American bride for more than a year as a sojourner in the United States, Monsieur and Madame JEROME BONAPARTE embarked in the spring of 1805, on board the Erin for Europe. Upon their arrival at Lisbon in May, they separated—JEßOME going to Paris overland, his wife proceeding on board the Erin to Amster dam. Scarcely, however, had she reached the Texel when she found herself prohibited from landing by a positive order to that effect transmitted from Paris by the Imperial Government. Her destiny and her destination were alike thereupon similarly changed altogether. In consequence of the arbitrary man date of NAPOLEON she sailed for England, arriving there in June, and upon the 7th of July gave birth at Camberwell, to her only son JEROME NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, Princenowran,TE,s E a R o c citizen grandson, en of ra Baltimore,son,now a young officer and father of f o t u h ng er of the officer in the Imperialarmy of NAPOLEON 111. By a special decree of NAPOLEON'S Council of State the marriage was virtually declared to have bate informal; and, although Pope Pius VII. (declining to comply with the EMPEROR'S request) absolutely refused to annul the marriage—the will of the Lord of Europe in this, as in so many other matters, prevailed. ELIZABETH, wife of JEROME BONAPARTE was, from that time forth, to all in tents and purposes no longer a wife—occupying a sort of midway neatral position between a widow and one divorced. Her husband himself, as an evidence of his submission, undertoak shortly after this an extraordinary mission from the EMPEROR t• the Dev of ALGIERS—a diplomatic mission in fact akin to that which more than ten years after wards preceded our own glorious and triumphal bombardment by the British fleet under Admiral th o e NA L pA or ß dViscount EXMOUTH. Ambassador B TE, in fact, the immediate release w o a f s c i e n r s t t a r i u n c t Genoese d e n t o o e s e demand sailors and citizens captured and carried into slavery by the buccaneering Algerines: In this difficult embassy JEROME acquitted himself completely to his Imperial brother's satisfaction. lie had the personal gratification of conducting back to Genoa 250 of these released captives, and of there receiving from the population of the city a grateful ovation for his Iramane achievement. Appointed before the close of 1805 to the com mand of the 74 line-of-battle ship, the Veteran, JEROME for the third time sailed for the West Indies. There he cruised about for eight months in their immediate vicinity—on his homeward voyage capturing six English merchantmen, but being subsequently compelled to escape himself from a British squadron by stranding his vessel (without, however, losing his crew) upon the coast of Brittany, under the batteries of the little har• bours of Concarneau. Arriving in Paris shortly afterwards, he was in 1806 decorated with the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour, created an Admiral, and proclaimed a Prince of the Empire. Here, however, JEROME'S nautical career termi nated. Quitting the navy as a profession uncon genial to his tastes, and entering the army forth with, Prince JEROME, in the November of 1806, was placed in conjunction with VANDAMME, at the head of the ninth corps of the Grand Armee, a column of 25,000 troops of Bavaria and Wurtem- burg. The task entrusted to him by the Emperor and King NAPOLEON was the reduction in rapid sequence of the six fortresses of Silesia— _Glogau, Breslau, Brieg, Neisse, Glatz, and Schweidnitz. This undertaking, difficult though it was, JEROME and VANDAMIVIE, with their 25,000 men, rapidly and most successfully accomplished : the former himself in person directing the blockade of Glogau in December. On the 17th of the January following (1807), he was appointed Governor of the Province of Silesia. And having besides this been in March promoted to the rank of General of Division in the Grande Armee, he had the satisfaction of capturing Glatz, the last of the Silesian strongholds, on the 14th of June, 1807, the very day of the renowned battle of Fried- I land. It was on the 12th of August, in the same evenl ful year, that Prince JEROME was married to the Princess FREDERICA CATIIARINE SOPHIA DORO- THEA, daughter of the reigning King of WURTEN BURG. With this second wife H.I.H. lived happily to the date of her death—namely, until the 28th of November, 1838—having by her three children : their first-born, JEROME NAPOLEON, born in 1814, and who died at the age of thirty-three, in 1847. And two others, a son and daughter still surviving —the Princess MATILDA LETITIA WILUELMINA, born on the 27th of May, 1820, and married to Prince ANATOLE DEMIDOFF of San Donato, and the Prince NAPOLEON JOSEPH CHARLES PAUL, born on the 9th of September, 1822, and who was until the birth of the Prince Imperial (Enfant de France), heir presumptive to the Imperial crown of NAPOLEON. Almost within the date of his honey moon H.I.H. was proclaimed by ,, the Conqueror of Europe—King of Westphalia. In this capacity JEROME continued for very nearly eight years un interruptedly—namely, from the Ist December, 1807, the day of his proclamation, to the 26th Oc tober, 1813, the day of his downfall from sove reignty. History has since told the story of his vigorous rule, and—more than its vigour—has re lated its "liberality." As a reigning Prince, he was not without a love for genuine magnificence. A considerable portion of his capital he resolutely tore down, summoping the famous Parisian archi tect GRANDJEAN to superintend the labour of its reconstruction. As illustrative of his kingly energy and determination, it should be remem bered of him that in 1809 a formidable insurrec tionary movement in his dominions was crushed out by his strong hand—King JEROME, as ALISON emphatically remarks in recording the event, "evinc ing in these critical circumstances a spirit worthy of his family." The precarious tenure of his sove reignty—precarious in so far that it depended en tirely upon the whim and pleasure of his Imperial brother, Suzerain virtually of the whole European continent, directly or indirectly, from the Gulf of Bothnia to the Straits of Gibraltar, from the Skager Rack to Cape Matapan—was strikingly in dicated during the following year, 1810, when the Electorate of Hanover was suddenly separated from the Kingdom of Westphalia by a stroke of NAPO LEON'S pen ; Hanover being, thereupon, absorbed within the boundaries of the vast French Empire, under the distinctive title of the 32d military division. Summoned by NAPOLEON to take part in 1812 in the stupendous Russian Expedition, King JEROME received from the EMPEROR the command of the German Division of the Grande Armee, this single division alone numbering in all a gigantic force of no less than 75,000 men. At the commencement of the expedition the young Monarch distinguished himself even among that host of heroes, the Marshals of France, the Paladins of the later and greater CFIARLEMAG/a. A daring movement improvised by JEROME at the battle of Mihilow, covered him with a momentary glory which was soon afterwards quenched, however, by a movement less fortunate at the far more important battle of Smolensko. In consequence of this last mentioned casualty the King of WESTPHALIA was summarily dismissed from the command of the German Division, in a sudden and impetuous burst of indignation on the part of the Emperor, an outburst of wrath which his Majesty afterwards avowedly regretted. The remainder of the narrative is soon related. It may be summed up in one pregnant sentence, that JEROME—almost dethroned by the incursion of CHERNICHEPF—was finally swept away from the kingdom of West phalia by the arms of BERNADOTTE. This, of course, occurring in the midst of the general dis ruption of the mighty fabric of sovereignties raised by the spells of the wonder-working rnius at the beck of the magical sword of NAPOLEON BONA PARTE! NAPOLEON, besides making himself Em peror of France, King of Italy, Protector of Ger many, and Mediator of Switzerland —having made his brother JOSEPH King of Spain, his brother Louis King of Holland, his brother JEROME King of Westphalia, his brother-in-law JOACHIM King of Naples, his favourite JUNOT Governor of the Kirigdom of Portugal : beyond this transforming the electorates of Bavaria and Saxony and Wur temburg into sovereignties, and surrounding him self by subordinate kingdoms, and feofs of the empire, such as Elyria, Algarves, Dalmatia, and Estramandura. When the whole marvellous system crumbled together under the pressure of events—when, as Lord BROUGHTON has written, the whole world, " from the Tanais to the Thames," seemed to ba rising against that " one dauntless mortal"—the brothers of NAPOLEON fell by neces sity, of cour3e, wit.h the founder of the dynasty. In the midst of the uoiversal subversion JullomE yielded up to the A lies the Crown lie had worn for eight years as of Westphalia. Afterwards came the Hundred Days, with the second and final crash of the fortunes of NAPOLEON. Here it was, in that closing scene, upon the field of Waterloo, that, as the evening fell in, when the last hopes of the EMPEROR were dashed by the arrival of the Prussians, the Prince JEROME, grasping the hand of NAPOLEON, exclaitned,. "Here ; brother, all who bear the name of BONAPARTE should die." At the utterance of that heroic sentiment NAPOLEON— at the moment on foot—responded to it by instantly mounting his horse and plunging into the conflict where it raged the most fiercely—only, however, to be dragged from the melee soon afterward by the hands of his marshals and aides-de-camp. Pre vious to the terrible catastrophe, Prince JEROME, who commanded at Waterloo the left wing of NAPOLEON'S army, had himself in person led with heroic valour the renowned charge upon llougoument. Even M. DE LAMAR TINE (not by any means a Bonapartist) has remarked thus earnestly while relating the circumstance in his History of the Revolution—" Being sent by the EMPEROR at the head of a column, JEROME braved fire and death with the devoted gallantry of a simple grenadier." The rest of this romantic career is soon recalled to recollection. Thirty-three years were passed by JEROME in exile, under the title of the Count de MONTFORT, namely, from 1815 until the Revolution of 1848, at which revived the hopes of the Imperial dynasty. Shortly after the 1 intermediate revolution of 1830, the eldest of the brothers, JOSEPH, then Count of Survilliers, had written from his place of banishment at New York, in the course of his Address to the French Chamber of Deputies—" La famille de NAPOLEON a ete appelee par trois millions cinque cent mille votes." February came—and those three millions and odd were thrice endorsed by the confirmatory votes of a considerable proportion of the French adult male population. The youngest and sole surviving brother of NAPOLEON the Great, besides regaining his rank as Imperial Prince, became in turn Governor of the Invalides, conservator of the re mains of his glorious brother, President of the Senate in 1851, and for some few years father of the heir - presumptive to the Imperial diadem. During the chief part of this last decade' his Imperial Highness has lived in great state at his residence in the Palais Royal, the object of uni versal interest as the solitary survivor of all that family of Kings and Queens who were the brothers and sisters of the Great NAPOLEON. Among the many subjects of supreme interest indeed presented to the imagination of late years in Paris, not the least attractive assuredly have been the historic memories suggested by the sight of that venerable Prince, who in his youth had served, by land and by sea, under the banners of the Imperial Con queror, and who, while still in the flower of his manhood, himself led, upon the field of Waterloo, the last heroic but bootless charge upon the heights of Hougoumont, LATESI N S. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, JULY 2. The Moniteur of this morning announces the appointment of the Duke de Grammont, M. Bene dette, and M. de Talleyrand-Perigard as grand officers of the Legion of Honour. _ The Marquis d'Antonini, the Neapolitan Minis ter at the Court of the Tuileries, has sent his re signation to Naples. NAPLES, JUNE 30. The people appear more tranquil. The police are being hunted down in the pro- The constitution of 1848 is to be granted. A state of siege has been established here. The city is quiet. The state of Baron Brenier is satisfactory. The constitution has not yet been published, PARIS, JUNE 30. The Patrie of this evening says :—" Since the 28th inst. the state of affairs at Naples has im proved. Tranquillity has not been disturbed and the agitation has somewhat subsided. The ministry is determined to fully and loyally carry out the new institutions, and to maintain order and tran quillity. Many troops have been concentrated at Naples." . The Patrie also says :—" The disturbances in Albania have been considerably exaggerated. The statement that the Austrian Consul has been mur dered is inexact." MARSEILLES, JUNE 30. Letters from Naples to the 26th inst. announce the publication of a Royal decree, dated Portici, the third article of which runs thus : " An understanding is to be brought about with the King of Sardinia relative to the common inte rests of the two crowns in Italy." The police administration was quite disorganised. The chiefs were concealed. The King was still ill. NAPLES, JUNE 29. The health of Baron Brenier is improving, and he will soon be able to resume his functions as am bassador. The King sends to the French embassy twice a day to inquire about his health. VIENNA, JULY 1. Sinch the meeting of German Sovereigns at Baden, the Prussian Ambassador, Baron Werther, has had several conferences with Count Rechberg, with the object of bringing about a perfect under standing between Austria and Prussia. The fact that Austria no longer insists upon a guarantee of the integrity of her dominions will greatly facilitate such an understanding. BERNE, JULY 1. It is asserted that Switzerland will submit to the Conference the following question only : Is it in the interest of Europe and the neutrality of Switzerland to leave the Simplon Pass perfectly accessible to France without demanding any fresh guarantees ? Should this question obtain a solution unsatis factory to Switzerland, she would confine herself to taking cognisance of the declarations in which France engaged herseli - to assume all the military obligations resulting from article 93 of the final act of Vienna. Switzerland would besides claim the right, in case of war, of militarily occupying the neutralised districts of Chablais and Faucigny. Switzerland would also state her reserves, the insertion of which in the protocols of the Conference she would demand, and would maintain in prin ciple all the rights which are guaranteed to her by treaties. PARTS, JULY 1. The Mildew of this morning announces the pre sentation to the Corps Legislatif of the project of law relative to the calling out of 100,000 men of the class 1860. The a/or/deur also states that the report on the Budget of 1861 has been laid before the Corps Legislatif. AUSTRIA. The Ost-Deutsche Post of Vienna publishes the following despatch from the Austrian Minister of Forign Affairs to Count Karolyi, Austrian Minister at Berlin, dated 9 th June, on the subj ect of the ne gotiation with Prussia relative to the military or ganisation of the Confederation : " Baron de Werther, at my request, has cam " THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1860. vinces. municated to me a copy of a despatch which the Prussian Cabinet addressed to him in reply to a memorandum of the 221 April, relative to the revision of the military organisation of the Confe deration. This last explanation of the views of Prussia arises out of an exchange of communica tions, which have contributed to throw light on questions of high importance, although under a different point of view ' • and if it has not had for its result a compromise between different opinions, it has at least proved on both sides the desire to come to an understanding. That is why, in weighing with attention the arguments of the document referred to, we think right to state that we adhere to the conciliatory words which terminate it. According to this passage, the Cabinet of Berlin desires, in spite of the diver gence of views existing between the two Cabinets, not to renounce the hope of coming to an under standing with us on the object which it is de sired to attain ; and that Cabinet states that Prussia will state with satisfaction the condi tions necessary for the purpose. On our part we feel the strongest satisfaction in entertaining the same hopes and the same intentions. We the more strongly hope to find practical points for bringing about an arrangement, from the fact that from the beginning of this discussion we have always shown ourselves disposed to enter, even under present circumstances, into the path which at other epochs, and especially in the years 1832, 1840, and 1848, led to the object sought. In this respect we can only repeat the observations made in our despatch of the 22d April. At the same time we are convinced that the other German Courts will do all they can to facilitate a good understanding. Although these courts maintain, as we do, the fundamental principle of the unity of the military command of the confederation, they will nevertheless appreciate the fact that the con federation has not the right to dispose of a great part of the military forces of Prussia and Austria,and their assent will certainly not, be wanting to an arrangement formed with the view of properly re gulating the conditions of the common co-operation of the non-German corps of those forces with the Federal army. The question as to whether such conditions should be inserted in the organic laws of the Federal military system, and the proposi tion made on that subject by Prussia in the Diet of Frankfort, ought not, in our opinion, to be diseussed, and the Prussian Government itself considers that question as entirely settled. We ab stain then from replying to the objections which the despatch communicated to us by M. de Werther makes to our memorandum of April 22 ; we cannot believe that those objections are well founded either in law or in the history of the Confederation. We should even consider it a fortunate phase in this affair if the question of military re-orga nisation on which the Military Commit tee has already presented a report to the Diet were pursued no further. You are requested to speak to the effect here stated to Baron de Schlenitz, and you are authorised to give him a copy of this despatch if he requires one.—Receive, &c._RECHBERG." CHINA. HONG KONG, MAY 3. The commander-in-chief and his staff returned on the 27th ult., having left Chusan on the 25th. They went from Shanghae to Kintang, found there the brigade destined for Chusan, and proceeded at once to Tinghai, the principal town on the island. A flag, of truce was sent on shore with Mr. Parkes, the al lied commissioner of Canton, who explained to the red-button Mandarin who represented the Chinese Government that our troops had come to occupy the island, and that as we did not wish to put him or his people to unnecessary inconvenience it would be Rh well for all parties that he should shut up at once, and offer no resistance. As this request was backed by a force of 3,000 "red-haired Western devils," and several ships of war, the Mandarin appears to have thought it a very reasonable one. He accordingly replied with the utmost politeness and a strict observance of " the rites," that he had hoped we had come as his dear friends; that he had been looking forward with indescribable longing to the felicity of receiving us as such, and of doing the honour of his poor island ; that it was extremely saddening to find we considered ourselves at war with his country ; and that really, as he had no sufficient force at his disposal for resistance, he thought the best thing he could do was not to at tempt any ; and he therefore begged we would make ourselves perfectly at home. Where upon some of the troops were landed, and formal possession taken, and the next morn ing the English and French flags were hoisted on the top of the two principal " Yamuns," as the official residence of the Mandarins are called, The Chinese troops, amounting to 2,000 on `paper, per haps 500 in reality, gave up their arms with the utmost alacrity, and turned their attention to the safer and pleasanter occupation of making dollars by trading with the troops. On examination it turned out that Tinghai was not by any means a suitable or desirable residence for English soldiers. The French effected their joint occupation of Chusan with 300 of their marines, and, I have been told, made up for the smallness of their force by the magnitude of the quarters they demanded to be put it into. Their ships have been arriving and departing in goodly numbers of late. They gene rally remain a few days in Hong Kong harbour, and then proceed onwards to Woosung, where they are to disembark, and their expedition be orga nised. Some of their troop transports are enormous, carrying as many as eleven or twelve hundred men, besides sailors. The good state of health in which they have all arrived, after a four months' voyage, speaks well for their arrangements on board ship. But few of them appear to be allowed to land in Hong Kong, as I have seen very few in the streets of late. Neither now nor when they came on shore in greater numbers did I observe much fraternising between them and our soldiers, although the French do not appear more insensible to the charms of " samshoo " than our own ; and drink generally forms a close bond of alliance, in its initiatory stages at all events. The English army has been organised into divi sions and brigades. The following is the distribu- .on THE IST DIVISION. Commanded by Major-General Sir J. Michel, E.C.8., comprises Desborough's battery of Royal Artillery, Barry's battery of ditto (Armstrong), Fisher's Company of Royal Engineers. Ist brigade, consisting of 2d battalion of the Ist Royals, 31st Foot, and the regiment of Loodeanah (Sikhs), all under Brigadier Staveley, C.B. 2d brigade consists of Ist battalion of 2d Queen's, 2d battalion of GOth Rifles, and the 15th Punjaub. INFANTRY UNDER BRIGADIER SUTTON. The 2d division is commanded by Major-General Sir Robert Napier, K.C.8., and consists of Mowbray's battery Royal Artillery ; Govan's battery do. ; Graham's company of Royal Engineers. 3d brigade, under Brigadier Jephson, formed of Ist battalion of 3d Buffs, 44th Foot, and Bth Pun jaub Infantry. 4th brigade, under Brigadier Reeves, con sists of 67th Foot, 99th Foot, 11th Punjaub Infantry, and 19th Punjaub Infantry. The cavalry brigade is not attached to either of the divi sions. It is commanded by Brigadier Pattie, and is com posed of two squadrons of Ist Dragoon Guards (not yet arrived), Probyn's Il orse and Fane's Horse, and Milward's Battery of Royal Artillery (Armstrong). An artalery reserve of three batteries of Royal and two batteries of Madras Native Artillery, the latter having a mountain train. An Engineers reserve of half a company of Royal En gineers, and two companies of Madras Native Sappers and Miners. This is the whole expeditionary force, and a very respectable one it is, as I have no doubt the Chinese will think when they see it on the shores of the Gulf of Pe-chi-li. To sum up, we have 3 com panies of Royal Engineers, 2 companies of native sappers, 8 batteries of Royal Artillery-, 2 batteries of native artillery, 2 squadrons of European cavalry, 5 squadrons of native c avalr y , 9 regime.s l nt of European infantry, and 5 re g iments of natives. With the exception of t he artillery and sappers from Madras, the natives of the force are all Sikhs and Punjabees. Preparations are P ro m ic ssin,,m, and though the still precise time of departure is course kept secret, it is conjectured a nd g enerally believed that the em barkationexpettcd on the 10th, throws of the troops will commence next w ee k, obstacleunless in the way. The harbour some unLeoxrpdeEctlegpi, is crowded with transports ready to receive their li v i n g freight. On the bows and quarters of each is painted with red or white paint, in gigantic let ters, her number and the nature of her contents, as << Infantry," " Cavalry," " Commiss ar i a t stores, ' & c . And each ship will carry the di s ti ngu i sh i ng . flag of the divisor and brigade to which the troops . on board belong. It is difficult to make a correct estimate of the number and tonnage of such a vast . assemblage. Perhaps 100 to 120 sail and 80,000 tons is not very far from the mark, for the transports alone; and with men-of-war and gun boats of all sorts and sizes, I should not be surprised if the whole fleet should aggregate 200 sail. Fancy such an array arriving some fine summer morning in Herne Bay or any quiet watering-place on the coast of England. Vague reports from the Borth say the Chinese are continuing their preparation s for war, and flel confident of success. Without being boastful or unwarrantably sanguine, we may calculate upon their dreams of victory over the barbarians being somewhat rudely dispelled. The two military events of the last fortnight have been a review of the - troops encamped at Cowloon and a trial of the Armstrong guns. The review took place on the 30th ult., and was a great success. The Commander-in-Chief went over at five in the afternoon, attended by his staff, and was received on the Cowloon side with a salute from the Madras Mountain train. He then rode up to the ground, where the force of nearly 4,000 men was drawn up under General Sir R. Napier. The usual int,pect ion was made, and the regiments " marched pa:-t," and then home to their tents. It was a beautiful afternoon, and the whole of Hong Kong turned out to witness what is here so unwonted a spectacle, The Sikhs, and especially the cavalry, attracted great attention. Probyn's Horse, with their handsome leader at their head, excited the ,especial admiration of the fair sex, of whom there was a large number present, and some pretty faces amongst them. The trial of the Armstrong guns was made also at Cowloon yesterday evening. Three-guns, all 12- pounders, were employed. The marks fired at were targets moored in the sea, at distances which ap peared to be 1,200, 1,800, and 2,500 yards respec tively. The distance had not been measured, and the artillerymen judged itby the eye. As I antici pated, the result was disappointment to the majo rity of the spectators, who evidently expected to . see the targets struck every shot. They were not struck at all. Some of the shots were very far from the objects and some were near—one or two very close. The most interesting practice was at the longest range, and at the close, when the gunners were beginning to ascertain pretty accurately the distance, the shooting was good ; but we must see them in the field, in front of an enemy, before any decided opinion can be formed of how much we have gained by their substitution fer the old ordnance. Of the state of preparation of our allies I know almost nothing. Report says they are not in a very Forward state, but report is generally wrong. MAY 5. The arrivals since my last have been the Alfred, with the 60th Rifles, from Calcutta, Lord Dal housie, Queen of England, and two other ships with detachments of Probyn's Horse, part of Fane's Horse, in two ships, the remainder of the regiment of Loodeanah, the whole of the 19th Putijaub Infantry, the head-quarters and remainder of the Bth Punjaub Infantry, part of the 15 Punjaub Infantry, two companies of Madras Sap pers and Miners (natives), part of her Majesty's 44th Regiment from Madras, and of the 2d Queen's from the Cape, and a portion of Govan's Battery of Royal Artillery from Bombay. The Adelaide, with the siege train on board, was at the Cape on the 12th March, and should be here now any day. It will come into play if the Takoo Forts must be taken by regular approaches. I need not trouble you with speculations as to the probable plan of operations. Everybody here can tell you what it will be, or at least what he knows it ought to be. And every one's scheme is different. These matters are wisely kept secret, and in reality, ex cept the few interested, nobody knows anything definite about it. That we shall leave Hong Kong in transports sometime, rendezvous somewhere, land somewhere else, and fight somebody, we all know, and very few know much more. The heat has been steadily and sensibly increasing, and the thermometer ranges about 78 to 80 degrees at eight in the morning within doors. The troops continue healthy. AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 30. The ship Prince of Wales,Capt.Watson, belonging to Messrs. It. and H. Green, of London, was off the port this morning, 81 days from Melbourne. She has 216 passengers, 33,000 ounces of gold, a quan tity of copper ore, and some wool. The Prince of Wales sailed April 9, and crossed the line June 6. Icebergs were observed in the South Pacific on the Ist of May. At 8 o'clock this morning she was two leagues east of the Eddystone, going up Chan nel with a strong favourable breeze from north west. Spoke May 23, lat. 36 14 S., long. 32 20 W., the British bark Creswell, 53 days from Nel son, for London ; 27th, 37 19 S., 2ii 1 W., the British bark Princess Clotilde, standing south ward ; 28th, 26 2 S., 26 46 W., the French ship Amiral Dubare, 50 days from Marseilles, for Pon dicherry ; June Bth, lat. 4 2 N., long. 26 35 W., a French ship with "T. B." on her foretopsail, standing southward; 17th, lat. 28 2 N., lon. 39 10 W., signalled the American bark Paladin and the American ship Panama, both standing southward; 19th, lat. 32 4 N., long. 37 21 W., signalled the British bark Salsette, 108 days from California, for Cork ; and June 22d, lat. 37 47 N., long 32 22 W. signalled the Russian ship Helene, standing N.W. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, JULY 2. The Royal mail steamer Africa, Capt. Evans, which left New York on the 20th ultimo, and touched at Queenstown yesterday morning, has arrived here. The Japanese Embassy was at New York. It was reported that the Mormons had offered to sell their property in Utah, and to remove to British possessions. CIS YS TA L PALACE. ORPHEONISTS' FOURTIIPAY.—HALF- CROWN DAY. —SATURDAY, June 30.—Admission on payment, 7,532 ; ditto by season tickets, 6,874 ; total, 14,406. Total visitors for week ending Saturday, 64,204. Total visitors since opening of the Palace, 10th June, 1854, 8,642,560. The Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenb urg - Strelitz is shortly expeCted in this country. We regret to sahadyd tbheaetuhis failingß oy someal Highness years, but w isnowe believequitebh it nd• His sight is now quite gone. This may very reasonably account for th e ti me chosen by the Duke for his visit, when the bustle of the season, and all Court ceremonials are at an end. His Royal highness will be accompanied by his son Prince Ad o lph us , a former playma'o of the young Princes of our R o yal Family. The visit of the Hereditary .Grand Duke will, therefore, be cons idered as quite en faintlle, and the greater part of his time will be spent at Kew.—Court Journal. A curious a nd'interesting enterprise is about to be carried into effect in Paris. A fac-simile of the Jloniteur Universcl, from the . commencement of the Firstßevolution. journal ob f the uel Ti a published 1 I most nd e exciting r au d Robespierre, offered period for in in ne sale.the e historytTohry e,files tl o he f oe down to the restoration of the Bourbons, covering about France, ' twenty Consulate, tiieoffiy ie official a rat n slo d the Empire deep interest, which have escaped the attention of his torians. The project, if faithfully executed, can hardly fail to be largely remunerative at this time.—Court Journal. Our gay and gallant Premier rode to Harrow and back on horseback on Thursday to hear the speeches. Lord Palmerston cherishes a great affection for Harrow, and made a great point to be present. He rode home against time, and did the eleven miles in about an hour. — Court Journal. DEATH OF MR. BROUGHTON, THE MAGISTRATE. —We regret to announce the death of Mr. Broughton, who held for so many years the office of one of the metropolitan police magistrates. Mr. Broughton died on Friday night, about five o'clock, at his residence in Dorset-square. NEW RUSSIAN LOAN.—The belief that the new Rausian loan, at the price fixed, would meet with little favour in this country, is confirmed. It is now said that the impression hitherto prevailing that the loan is a failure i, not accurate, a number of large houses, both here and on the Continent, having afforded to it a material degree of support. That the English public, however, have held aloof is manifest, and the indifference of the Stock Ex change and financial world is shown in the fact (a fact which, by-the-way, attests the honourable conduct of the agents for the loan in refusing to lend their countenance to any artificial operations in the market) that the scrip is barely saleable at par. The position of the negotia tion furnishes a very remarkable proof of the disfavour, cot to say discredit, into which foreign investments have late years fallen. Investors feel that it is better to em ploy their money at home, even at a lower rate of interest. —llGoling paper.