The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-21 00:00:00

ROYAL PRTNCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Man. weraent of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will t e presented Shakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICB : Shylock, by Mr. C. Kean ; Portia, by Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded t , y the Farce of DYING FOR LOVE. ROTA.; STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of COURT FAVOUR supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Poynter, Turner, Mi•ses M. Wilton, Hughes, and Mrs. C. Melville. After which, HUNTING A TURTLE by Messrs. Belford, Burt, Turner, J. Clarke, and Miss M. Wilton. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND: by Messrs. Belford, Turner, J. Clarke, Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss E. Wilton. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster -road. OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following company of Vo calists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS , CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, Bse., a viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey , Miss Brusell, nd Miss 3lrs. Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker,, Mr. W. MCozenselling, , enor Antonio, E. L. 'lime. M r . Badzey, &mot Tiroll Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. AlbYfl. Ur. John G. Forde, and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, M. Cecil Hicks Commence harmonium slum, Mr. Mr. Courtnay ; Director , Herr F. Jonghnians. at 'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. _____------ THE WEATHER — SU N OFFICE, AUGUST 21. THERMOMETER, Ili TUE SHADE. 69—highest since noon yesterday . 55—lowest this morning and dur ing the night. 60—this day at BAROMETER, 29.83. WIND, North -Westerly; rather fresh, with heavy rain THE SUN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1858. CLOSE OF IH.E WAR WITH CHINA. Glorious news comes to us at the moment we are going to press—from the East, from the West — almost simultaneously. Our seemingly interminable war with China is suddenly, completely, and most satisfactorily ter minated. And while a new guarantee is thus afforded us from the remotest extremity of the old hemi sphere, that peace will aid, as peace alone can do, the advance of civilisation—there comes thrilling to us, through the all but sentient core, of the submarine telegraphic cable, intelligence but an hour old from the far-away borders of the great North American Continent ! Events like these are auspicious surely, whether viewed in reference to the interests of the Anglo-Saxon race, or in regard to those of the human family generally. Nothing, certainly, could be more entirely wel come than the news borne to us from China, and announced through the columns of the Moni teur of this morning. According to these tidings the war in that quarter of the globe has, indeed, been brought to a happy issue betimes; and this, more over, without resorting overmuch to the powerful arguments of the cannon balls and bayonets placed at the command of Admiral SEYMOUR and General STRAUWEEE. A treaty, it appears, has actually been concluded with China—a treaty formally arranged between the representatives, on the onehand, of Queen VICTORIA and the Emperor NAPOLEON, and on the other, with those of his Celestial Majesty the brother of the Sun, the Moon, and all the heavenly constellations. In obedience to this treaty the ports are to be thrown open, fairly, permanently, and without any further irritating impediments. The Christian reli gion is to be insured perfect toleration by the Chinese Government. The foreign consuls and diplomatic agents :of the two great Allies of Western Europe are to be admitted to the Imperial city of Pekin, and are there to take up their residence as among the recognised institutions of the land. Appended to all which comes the gratifying supplementary intimation, that England and France are each to receive an indemnity. So that, a little time longer, and the Londoners will have the gratification of beholding waggon-loads of Sycee silver rumbling and creaking through the gates of the Bank of England, to be passed ulti mately through the melting-pots of the Mint, awl stamped in thousands upon thousands of shillings and sixpences, crowns and half crowns, florins and fourpenny bits, with that ever-charming effigy of our beloved and gracious SOVEREIGN. Obviously the Government have been here,too, in this matter of the China war, as usual energetic and de termined. It was only the other morning that The Times was imagining to itself the possibility, or rather, according to its view, the exceed ing probability of Ministers endeavouring to bring to a premature and unsatisfactory close a war they avowedly disrelished from the commencement. The event shows that the spiteful conjecture was, to say the very least of it, in every way erroneous. It is true undoubtedly that Lord DlBBY'Sparty opposed as strongly anti resolutely as a party could do the declaration of war with China at the period when that affair about the lorcha Arrow, and Mr. Consul PARKES, and Sir Joss is BOVIRING, came under discussion in the Houses of Parliament. We ourselves thought at the time upon this mat ter quite differently. And our opinion upon this question has remained from first to last un changed and unchangeable. The DERBY Party in the meanwhile having, long after the war with China had commenced, succeeded to the responsibility of holding the reins of the QUEEN'S Government, they frankly accepted the war, the original embarking upon which they themselves had protested so strongly against. They could not possibly have done other wise, as loyal statesmen and administrators. But as we have said, they not only accepted the war but they accepted it frankly. With what energy and resolution they have furthered the interests of this country in these remote regions! We now recognise they could not by any conceivable chance have arrived at a more happy conclusion. Tie war is done with, and done with, to us and to our Allies, on terms signally advantageous. Peace is restored upon conditions opening up to France and England a new field for the development of their civilising energies, and to the Chinese themselves the prospect of securing hereafter many of the blessings result ing from a barbarism, which has been productive, among other things, of the Steam-Engine and the Submarine Electric Telegraph. Meanwhile, what is to become of old blood-money Commissioner Yzu ? Could not Lord MALMESBURY secure us a momentary glance of him here in London P— before sending him back to that native land of his, the land of tea and crape, his welcome to which will probably be some very frightful condign punishment. A per manent residence even in some snug little room at the South Kensington Museum would surely be prefer able to an ignominious subjection to the bastinado, or to an inclosure half sitting, half standing, half stooping, in one of those fiendish cages appro priated by the devilish laws of the Celestial Empire to great political criminals. Great indeed is the difference beiween the Ireland of the present day and that of a dozen years since, w h en the mysterious disease attacked the chief su p port of \ the labouring population. The gentry were, a s a general rule, embar rassed, oppressed by judgments —which in Ireland had all the force of mortgages—. but far more so by famil y settlements. The nomi nal owner was necessarily o pp osed to his eldest son. The entail prevented him from improving his lands, which would be wholly for the benefit of the only one of his numerous family fairly provided fur. Whatever he could keep was naturally set aside for _he benefit of his younger children, who were brought up as ladies and gentlemen, without the means of main taining their position after the death of the father and provider. This was the case of a provident and careful man, not of a spendthrift and profligate. In common justice to a large proportion of his children he was deterred from improving the estate for the benefit of his heir at their expe nse . This was sufficiently bad, but it was far worse in the case of imprudent men, with encumbered estates. COLIN not ouly not However kindly disposed, they , , • , •• . 4 ort improve, but they could not do justice to their tenantry. Pressed by urgent claims, they could make no allow ance for improvements or misfortunes. The interest on the mortgages should be liquidated—the judg ment creditors satisfied. A foreclosure bill or a petition under the Sheriff3l Act, followed by the appointment of a receiver, would complete their ruin. They were ,berefore obliged, in turn, to press their tenants. Their " poverty, not their will," compelled, and mutual antagonism sprung up between the classes who ought to be united and work cordially together. The landlords found their own lives endangered, their agents and bailiffs threatened and some times murdered, and the occupants of their farms conspiring together to defeat their just claims. The people looked on them as tyrants who ought to be defrauded whenever it was possible so to do, and were ready to risk life or liberty to obtain the wild justice of revenge. Labour was a drug in the market; but, although it could be obtained at a fourth of the charge paid in England, it was not re sorted to. There were uncultivated fields and idle men. It would have been useful to all parties if there had been a better understanding ; if the men had received wages, fairly and honestly earned, and the produce of the lands had been quadrupled. But, as we have stated, great changes have since occurred, and however fearful the visitation, it has been productive of highly beneficial results. The failure of the esculent which constituted the chief support of the people, occasioned the loss of many hundred thousand lives, and sufferings, the mere detail of which makes'the blood run cold. But the fearful cause of all these evils was detected. It was dis covered that the people of Ireland should no longer be dependent on the potato, that something more substantial and more certain was required. It was also decided that the property of a nation was responsible for the support of its po verty, and that the first claim on the produce of land was the maintenance of the inhabi tants of the district. A proper and efficient poor law was the first fruit of the Irish famine; and with that law in operation it will be utterly impossible that the people should again be decimated by famine and pestilence thereby engendered. The enormous pecuniary losses occasioned by the famine completed the ruin of the embarrassed pro prietors. Their cups were filled to overflowing, and they could no longer retain the positions which they held with great difficulty even in the most prosperous times. The Encumbered Estates Court was constituted, and although there were many cases of individual hardship, there can be no doubt that the country at large profited greatly under its operation. Nominal landowners who had not the means of improvement were got rid of, and new blood infused into the landed proprietary. We now witness the auspicious results. Tne value of labour has greatly increased. Every man able and willing to exert himself has at least a reasonable prospect of obtaining a fair day's wages for a fair day's work, and although the labourer can earn fully double as much in the olden time, there is a far greater demand for his services. The country has improved, is improving, and will improve still more. It has a transatlantic packet station, and the electric telegraph to Newfoundland will still further direct public attention to its almost miraculous natural capabilities. The awful ordeal to which it was exposed has been the great agent of ameliora tion. From the nettle danger it has plucked the lower safety. Henceforward Irishmen may succeed sa well in their own country as they have invariably done in other lands. All they have now to get rid of is the odium theologieum, to abstain from polemic disputes, and regard others with charity, although they may chance to direr from themselves on reli gious topics. Let Ireland act on the principle of universal toleration, and she will, indeed, become "Great, glorious, and free; First lower of the earth, first gem of the sea." The appointment of Sir lIIIIIRT RANT LIN SON to 1 a seat in the new Indian Council creates a vacancy for the borough of Reigate, which, under a recent act, will shortly be filled up. Several candidates are already in the field, or at least spoken of. We believe, however, that we are justified in saying that Mr. W. A. WlLanisopr, formerly M.P. for Lambeth, has withdrawn, in order to avoid the splitting of the Liberal interest, and that the contest now virtually lies between the Hon. J W. MArrsox and Mr. EDWIN JAMES, the eminent and truly liberal Queen's counsel. The claims of Mr. MoNsox may be readily disposed of. His relation might once have re turned his footman for Gatton, and he seems to think that, in connection with Lord SOMERS, he may also nominate the member or mem bers for Reigate. He may, however, find that he his grievously mistaken on the present occasion. He has a very dangerous opponent, a man of intellect and genius, and, still better, of true liberality one who has won a position at the very head of the English bar—not by the favour of any lordling, but by the qualifications which he has exhibited on many trying occasions. Mr. JAMES has clearly explained his political opi nions, and his very satisfactory speech will be found In another part of our impression. He is for a large extension of the suffrage, even to £5 householders, but conscientiously believes that without "the Ballot," that extension would be a "curse rather than a bless ing." The great Parliamentary experience of Mr.JANins, who has long been facile princeps at the Parliamentary bar, in favour of that great principle, is peculiarly valuable. Ile has had to attack and defend—has been enabled to trace corruption to its very source— and been enabled to analyse every corrupt influence. The well-merited praise which he bestowed on the Attorney-General as a legal reformer proves that the honourable and learned gentleman fully ap preciates the exertions of Sir FITZROY KELLY in the good cause. In office or out of office he has been indefatigable ; and we cannot feel surprised that a Cabinet which numbers amongst its members Mr. DISRAELI, Lord STANLEY, and Sir FITZROY KELLY, should receive the support of the country, and the really Liberal and independent members. We hope that Mr. JAMES may be the member for Reigate, and then the electors will have a representative of whom they may well be proud, and the gratification of learning that, for once, " the right man is in the right place:' ADNIIRAL SIR G. B. PEcuELL.—The gallant mem ber for Brighton, who has been suffering from severe illness for some time, has been enabled to leave town for Castle Goring. The gallant admiral has been a prisoner in Lon don since the breaking up of Parliament, having been con fined to his ro o m, and consequently unable to hear the fatigue of the journey; and now that he has reached the south coast, we trust that he will be speedily restored to his usual good health and spirits.—Brighton Observer. THE METRoPOLITAX FREE IloserrAL.—The aggre gate number of patients relieved during the week ending Aug. 14 was—medical, 625 ; surgical, 404 ; total, 1,029. AN INCONSTANT SWAIN.--Te n days ago a young man, whose vocation is a dock hand on board of a steamer, entered into a matrimonial engagement with a young woman, a domestic servant in town, and they were regularly proclaimed in the church in order to marriage. The young woman had quitted her service and gone to lodgings for a week or so, to enable her to make the necessary preliminary arrangements for such an interesting event. The bridegroom took a fancy into his head that he would shift his lodgings to the same house, but the bride stoutly opposed this from Prudential motives ; and as they were both inexorable, a little quarrel sprang up, which, however, was expected to end, if not in smoke, at least in kisses, as fond lovers' qaarrels usually do. Not so, however for in the early part of last week the bridegroom after providing himself with the usual certificates of the , 1 ' fthe banns, suddenly proc . amationo disappeared, leaving • his bride disconsolate. But what seemed a little singular was 11coincidence .• le of a simul taneous disappearance of a one of our feurth-c'ass streets, widow who keeps a shop in her husband some few mon a i r l id wlso had only buried two after this little coincidence s the widow a day or t eturned to her domicile accompanied by the w sterboa r and was found to have exchanged her m mourning n"ll' weeds fen; a bridal drecs of a butterfly pattern ; and ti the pair have been since living together to all appear ance es roan and wife, the report is current that the widow had thought it a good j•ike to appear before a priest in some neiOlbouring town, and there personate the real bride, and by means of the certificate of proclamation, give her h an d to the faithless fickle s wain for better or for worse. If this have no reason to doubt it, the rumour be correct, and we that it is joke to get ere long new cou p le may find d 1 nt pretences, as a very loving riEd under false and frau u e the Sheriff here some two pair found to their sorrow before bride,who is said to be a the deserted years ago. As for , a man happy, she has the woman eminently fitted to make . at having so narrowly escaped congratulations of her friends , 047 j 3 t a i t , ti 1 . being linked to such a, fickle putoer. ..... uc a .. s j THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY: EVENINC, AUGUST 21, 1858. THE QUEEN IN GERMANY. FROM THE COURT NEWSMAN. POTSDAM, AUG. 17. CHINA. Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, with the Prince and Princess of Prussia, came to Potsdam from Babelsberg yesterday morning at ten o'clock, and proceeded to the railway station, when the whole of the suite of her Majesty and the Prince, as well as of the Prince and Princess of Prussia, were in waiting to receive them. The Royal party then travelled by special train to Berlin, where her Majesty was welcomed by the military and other authorities of the town. (By Electric Telegraph.) "PARIS, SATURDAY, AUG. 21, 9.30 A.m. " The Moniteur announces that a treaty has been concluded with China. " The ports are thrown open. " The Christian religion is allowed to be freelly practised. Several of the Royal carriages were in attend ance, and her Majesty, with the Prince Consort, drove immediately to the Palace of the Prince of Prussia, and here the Prince and Princess Frederick William, who had preceded her Majesty in their carriage to Berlin, awaited the arrival of their Royal parents. A considerable time was occupied in viewing the apartments and various works of art and vertu of this sumptuous Palace, and then the Royal party proceeded to inspect the still unfinished Palace des " Foreign consuls and diplomatic agents are ad. mitted to Pekin. "An indemnity is to be paid to England an 4 to France." COLLISION ON THE ATLANTIC BETWEEN THE EUROPA AND ARABIA. NO LIVES LOST. tined for the residence of the Prince and Princess Frederick William. This Palace, which is far advanced towards completion, combines, in an emi nent degree, comfort with the usual grandeur of a Palace, and promises to be a remarkably agreeable residence. Every part of it was minutely examined, and in most of the rooms specimens of the intended furniture were exhibited, so that the Queen and Prince might form a correct idea of all the details of the future residence of their daughter and son-in- The directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company having received from Newfoundland the following intelligence, have felt it their duty to publish it, witli a view to allay the anxiety of the friends of the pas sengers by the Europa and Arabia. Further parti culars have been asked for, and will be published if received : _ _ --- " The Europa and Arabia have had a collision One of them has put in to St. John's, Newfoundland No lives lost. All well." From hence the Prince and Princess of Prussia conducted their Royal guests to the King's Palace, where, after the splendid apartments had been visited, a collation was served to a large and dis tinguished party. The weather in the afternoon was, unfortunately, very unfavourable, the rain falling heavily ; and from the King's Palace the Royal party returned by railway to Potsdam, and thence to Babelsberg, arriving at the latter place a little after six o'clock. There was no party either to dinner or in the evening at Babelsberg yesterday. - FURTHER PARTICULARS. " The Arabia was in collision with the Europa, off Cape Race, on Saturday last. The Arabia was on her way to New York, and is slightly injured ; the Europa lost her bowsprit and cutwater stern spring. She will remain in St. John's ten days from the 16th. " The Persia calls at St. John's for mails and passengers. No loss of life or limb." The message asking Newfoundland for further particulars was despatched from London at 5 p.m last evening (Friday), and the above reply was re ceived back from Newfoundland at 7.30 p.m. GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary. 22, Old Broad•street, London. AUGUST 18 The whole of the troops quartered in Potsdam were reviewed yesterday morning by her Majesty the Queen in front of the Palace. The division was commanded by his Royal High ness the Prince of Prussia, Prince Frederick William of Prussia leading the Ist Brigade of the Infantry of the Guards. The regiments reviewed were the Regiment of Gardes du Corps, the Regiment of Hussars of the Guards, and one of Lancers of the Guards, the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards. Several other battalions of infantry (Chasseurs of the Guards. Lehr Bataillon Schnlabtheilung), and a battery of Artillery. Her Majesty the Queen arrived at a little after 10 o'clock from Babelsberg in an open carriage, accom panied by her Royal Highness the Princess of Prus sia, and in a second carriage were the Princess Frederick William and Princess Charles of Prussia. Her Majesty was received by the Prince of Prussia and the Prince Consort, on horseback. There were likewise present Prince Charles of Prussia (Master -General of the Ordnance), Prince Albert of Prussia (father), Prince Albert of Prussia (son), Prince Frederick Charles, Prince Adalbert, the Admiral, the Count of Flanders, Field Marshal Wrangel, Prince Radirivil, Commander of the 3d Corps d'Armee, and the Prince of Wurtemberg, Commander of the Guards. THE IMPERIAL PROGRESS IN FRANCE, :FROM SPECIAL REPORTERS OF THE MORNING POST. Her Majesty with the Royal Princesses drove down the line, attended by Princes and General Offi cers on horseback, and returning, took up a position opposite the centre of the line. The troops then marched past her 'Majesty, the Prince of Prussia leading them. The Infantry marched first in open column of companies, and then in column of grand divisions. The Cavalry walked and trotted past. -- The appearance of the men and the extraordinary precision of their movements was the subject of universal admiration. As soon as the troops had left the ground the Queen entered the Palace of Potsdam, and was con ducted by the Prince and Princess of Prussia to view the rooms formerly occupied by Frederick the Great, and in which no alteration has been permitted to be made since the death of that celebrated Monarch. On her Majesty returning to the Grand Hall the whole of the Generals and Field-Officers who had taken part in the review had the honour of being presented to her Majesty. Her Majesty then went to see the tomb of Frederick the Great at the Garni son Kirche. In the evening there was a grand dinner party at Babelsberg, after which Madlle. Meyer and Mr. Sab bath had the honour of singing before the Royal party. Mr. Taubert accompanied them on the piano, and also played several pieces of music. Her Majesty and the Princess Frederick William appear to be in the enjoyment of excellent health. His Excellency the Bavarian Minister and the Baroness de Cetto left the Bavarian Legation yesterday, accompanied by their family, for Brighten. _ . The Duchess (Dow.) of Somerset entertained his Excellency the Ambassador of France and a select circle at dinner, last evening, at her grace's residence in Park-lane. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton will leave Hamilton Palace early next week for Brod.ick Castle, in the Isle of Arran, where the noble duke inteads to receive a shooting party. The Duke of Richmond's party have had excel lent epert since the commencement of grouse shooting on his Scottish moors. The circle assembled there comprise Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl of March, the Earl of Coventry, Lord A. Gordon Lennox, Col. Jebb, Col. Napier, and Mr. Cox. A PECULIARITY IN THE WORKING OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—There will be one peculiar fea ture in the working of the Atlantic telegraph to which we think sufficient attention has not even yet been drawn, not withstanding our own special allusion to It on a former occasion—that is, the alternate transmission of positive and negative electricity along the wire. Positive and nega tive electricity are doubtless as complete counteraceives to each other's influence as are cold and heat. We have re peatedly pointed attention to the probability that positive electricity is more analogous to Cold, negative electricity to heat. In noticing some time before this peculiar mode of working the Atlantic telegraph was thought of the phe nomena exhibited by a small portion Of the old submarine wire removed from one of the British Channel lines, which was exhibited at the Society of Arts, we pointed out the curious fact that the copper wire g oo rt u h t ie t l ar a sm p , me andrecrhi n a , gt h e pi a or c ko h ce o m e ses o d r s h e aa tld beingbeen co et both was su bdivided or cat, as it were , i n t o small ee m no o dt r isr s ,e e all rely separate in f s t o h m e e m c i o i f i nr s od t me o n f tit condensing e effected on each separate piece. This we attributed to the wire,ou nte r o a u c t tl e operationorposo being f tthoe inducepositive elec - perpetualS rici ty upon o a n n d t u h the c consi deration as to how such disintegration should be obviated. The alternate transmittal of the negative by turns with the positive was an obviou-ly probable way of counteracting or preventing such disintegration; and we are persuaded that it will prevent it in the case of the Atlantic telegraph, and that other advantages will be found to flow from this mode of working the line. Yet we are not aware whether any such advantage as that indicated has been thought of in this case; but it looks as if such were one of the purposes of the resolution came to.—The Builder. A SPANISH BANDIT. —A letter from Seville says —" The famous Andalusian bandit, known by the nickname of Muselina, of whose exploits every traveller in the south of Spain has heard, has just terminated his career in a very cha. racteristic manner. During the last month the police and soldiers have been upon his trail, but his wonderful power of disguising himself, and his numberless hiding-places, afforded him the means of eluding them and com mitting fresh crimes. But his time had come. He was recently traced to his birthplace at Estepa, where he had retired with the booty he had collected in the neigh bouring province of Cordova. On the morning of the 7th, a detachment of the civil gua rd, the gendarmerie of Spain, searched the bandit's and several other houses in that village, hut without success. A spy of his who had been bought over by the authorities insisted, however, that he must be in the place, and accordingly the officer in command of the guard, Don Francisco Lasema, sent away all his men except foal-, and resolved to make a new search of th hie bandit's house from garret to cellar. Leaving two of guards at the front door and two in the yard, the officer entered, and finding a female who resided with Muselina he requested her to show him through the housed Which she did with a politeness that boded nothing g. O arriving at a low windowless room on the ground floor he went in alone. The door was immediately shut from within, and a pistol discharged at him. Fortunately, his face was merely singed, and he fired in his turn, but without effect. A desperate fight then took place in the oppor tunely, Don Francisco dar k, the officer and his victim striking at each other at random. In the meanti me efforts to break down ueo havin g th a g i u le a a r d d ys been e u e t nsidne,omuna wounded. ee dv.iolThe t the door, which they did very was killed. The news of hira ti bandit then sprang ,- one of the guards with his dagger no small joy, as he has been long the terror of the ; iis after which the brigand himself bandit's death has occasioned province of Cordova." LATEST INTELLIGENCE and greatest of the champions of Chivalry, the fellow soldier of our Black Prince in the war of Spain which ended in the death of Peter the Cruel. It ' , vas even here that the same great warrior, Du Guesclin, wooed and won his first lady-love; and here it was, even on the very spot where a throne of state was erected for Napoleon 111., that the Breton champion struck down in a single combat, a l' outrance, a wicked and perfidious knight, yclepet " Thomas of Canterbury." Dinan is no less remarkable for the beauty of its position, the picturesque scenery that surrounds, it, the Rhine-like features of its river Rance, the charms of its ancient ramparts and well planted fosses, and the number of its antiquities, than it is for a construction of modern times—a viaduct of nine arches, which spans a deep valley and con nects two steep hills together, a work of the present day, that in its grandeur of design equals any memo- rial of Roman skill and perseverance. Dinan is a very charming place to live in; but, in a political point of view, it is a place of not the slightest importance, and when the Emperor marked t down in his itinerary as a town to be visited, the savour must have been designed as a compliment to ,ta historical associations, and a tribute of respect to the memory of one of the most distinguished warriors of France. Dinan is so very small a town that it may be said to have but one good street—that which runs from its Porte de Brest to the Porte Saint Louis —the Place du Guesclin forming the only wide space in that single street. As to the other streets, they are narrow lanes, rendered still more confined by the ancient houses of which they are composed, and those in the true antique form are so constructed that the second story advances much further into the street than the basement story, which is erected on pillars, so as to afford the passengers a covered way, and protection from the weather. Knowing the impossibility of this little town affording room for any considerable multitude within its walls, I was curious to learn what arrangements could pos sibly be made by the local authorities to afford at the same time a passage for the Imperial cortege, and give to the population the opportunity of exhibiting, by their numbers, their devotion to the Imperial dynasty. The difficulty has been solved in a manner cre ditable to the ingenuity of the Prefect and Maire of Dinan. By an order which they published some days previously, all the interior of the little city was reserved for its citiaens and the communal ST. MALO, AUG. 18. The Imperial cortege arrived here at five o'clock and was received with great enthusiasm. The cere. monies were the same as elsewhere ; arches of triumph had been erected, and the delivery of the keys, the presentation of bouquets, and the recep tion of the municipal and religious authorities, duly took place. Cannon announced the arrival of the Emperor, and the bells rung a merry peal as a wel come. All these things have occurred at every town that has been visited, but here it had a fresh interest, owing to the peculiar aspect and position of this city. The high ramparts, with their watch towers and battlements, were lined with the people, and as we approached, one might have supposed that an invading army was advancing to storm the city, for the Emperor's carriage was followed by a mass of human beings, pushing and crowding along and shouting as they advanced. Cannon were boom ing, the soldiers lined the walls and the streets, the trumpets were sounding, and the drums beating to arms, officers shouting, and, amidst all this din and con fusion, the resemblance to war and its strife was striking. Still nothing eould be further from its reality, and the good citizens only thought of rejoicings and merry making. St. Malo is quite an important place, and has a population of 10,000 inhabitants. About the end of the sixth century, Mato, a monk, ex pelled by the Saxons from Great Britain, settled ono a small island near the town of Alet. The Aletiens, attracted by his zeal and his virtues, made him their bishop; but he was soon forced to retire to Saintonge, owing to the jealousy of the neighbouring nobles. A church was erected after his death on the island of Aaron, which island became the refuge of the Ale tiens, whose city was ruined by the Normans. The Bishop of Alet, Jean de Chatillon, obtained from the Pope the right of transferring hisdiocese to St. Malo, and the city was called from that time St. Malo. It has played an important role with its maritime force, which, on several occasions, was in collision with the English, who, in 1693 and 1695,bombarded the town without success in taking it on either occasion. It has always been a very important seaport, but much more so in 1750 than at present, as the city then armed 600 vessels, with 50,000 men. In 1806 and 1807, 39 corsairs belonged to this port. It was the birthplace of the celebrated Duguay Trouin, and the no less celebrated Surcouf, the corsair. At the pre sent day St. Malo has lost much of its ancient power and wealth, and unless the Government constructs a basin, which is much needed as a refuge for vessels, it must continue to decline. The inhabitants are full of hopes as regards this much-desired improvement, now that the Emperor is here, and can judge of its necessity. The place has a most romantic look, and its narrow streets and very high houses seem swarm ing with people—the space for building was limited, and so they made up in height what they lacked in breadth. The walls around the city are very high and very old, and almost each tower, and, for that matter, almost each stone, has its legend attached to it. The inhabitants are proud of the ancient glory and power of their native place, and are ever ready to recount all they know of its bygone splendour to any one that will listen to them. St. Malo was visited in 1526 by Francis 1., in 1570 by Charles 1 1X., and in 1843 by the Duke de Nemours. The city gives a ball to the Imperial visitors, and to morrow at 10 o'clock they take their departure for Rome's. The result of this visit will be the strengthening to a great degree the popularity of the Emperor, who has been so well received here —in fact, it really seems that the farther on he goes the greater is his success , a nd the feeling evinced is evidently sincere and cordial. An im mense crowd has managed to get into the ball rdom—so great, that when I attempted an entrance I found it almost impossible, and, having peeped over- people's heads and observed that the rooms were splendidly decorated, and that the ladies pre sent were in the most recherche and elegant toilettes, I took my departure. Yesterday and to-day it has rained, but still at St. Brieuc, as well as here, the rain ceased at the right momentto favour the entrance of the Imperial train. I see that in a short time they are to have a railroad to this place ; in fact, the grading is under way, and once the rails laid, this interesting and romantic place will no doubt be visited by many who now dread the journey in the diligence. On a rock some distance from the town, and in the sea, is the tomb of Chateaubriant— a simple column surrounded with a small iron railing, and only bear ing the following inscription — " Here lies a Chris tian." At high water the rock is surrounded; but at low tide one may walk across the sands to the tomb. I was anxious to see it, and as the tide was coming in, I waded to the rock, saw the tomb, and then hastened to return in like manner, are the waves should have risen too much to allow my passing back in safety. I see that quite a number of English persons of both sexes are here. The sea -bathing is said to be very fine, and the beach a smooth one. At the ball I saw a number of o ffi cers in their uniforms, accompanied by Albion's fair daughters. DINAN, AuG. 19. The prettiest town in all Brittany is Dinan, in the department of the Cotes du Nord. It is a place that cannot fail, from its historical recollections, to be in teresting to an Englishman, for the armies of Eng land have, in former times, fought beneath its walls, of which so many fine specimens still remain. It was, too, the favourite ville of him_who was the last delegations, and the whole of the Place du Guesclin was arranged as if it were a reception-hall, where, upon a throne, erected in the open air, and covered over with a canopy of crimson velvet and gold, it was intended that the Emperor and Empress should seat themselves, and there receive deputations from the clergy, and then see pass before them, as in re view, all those who had travelled from a distance, and acted as the representatives of the various loca lities to which they were attached. Had not the inclemency of the weather—a down-pouring shower of rain, which overwhelmed Dinan at the time the Emperor stayed within its walls—interfered with the arrangements, this little city would have afforded something like a revival of the Breton assemblies in by-gone times, when its kings, Salomon, and Hoel, and Conan, and Alain, sat in the open air, with their councillors of state around them, and the people witnesses to the manner in which they administered justice, and devised enactments for the benefit of the commonwealth. This pretty picture, and, as I believe, uninten tional revival of a representation of the condition of Brittany when its native kings had freed their coun try from Roman dominion, and were successfully defending it against Frankish aggressors, was com pletely marred by a chance shower of rain. This, and all the other arrangements made for the reception of the Emperor, reflects the very highest credit upon the authorities at Dinan. The Porte du Brest was the gate through which the Emperor was to pass into Dinan. This is a very ancient gateway, flanked with two towers, and all in a state of perfect preservation ; upon this occasion its ivy-covered and wild-flower-decked walls were made to assume quite a holiday appearance. On the topmost point of the venerable fortification which de fended the gateway was erected a golden eagle with outstretched wings, and beneath this eagle was a bust of the Emperor, whilst a motto, which ran across the entire of the battlements, was inscribed in large golden letters, " Honneur et Patrie," and beneath were arranged in various forms the flashing standards of the Empire, and the portals of the gate were wreathed with laurel. Upon passing this gate, the spectator found himself in presence of the Mairie, newly decorated for the occasion, and as far as the eye could reach it was dazzled with tri-colored flags, which fluttered from the balcony of every house. Beyond the street in which was the Mairie was to be seen the wide space of the Place du Guesclin—which is divided into two parts, one completely open, the other an enclosed terrace about three feet higher than the rest of the square, covered with umbrageous trees. In the lower part of the square were constructed two pyramids about thirteen feet in height, and composed from top to bottom of the richest plants of the sweetest odour and the most brilliant colours. Be yond these was the canopy of gold and crimson, and beneath it two thrones for their Majesties. Here ad dresses were to be presented to them, and here were collected the young ladies who were to offer a bouquet of flowers and an album to the Empress ; and here, too, were the little children of various schools arrayed in white, and their hair decked with wreaths of roses, who were to represent the reli gious institutions of those female communities who devote themselves to the instruction of the young ; and here, too, were the clergy of Dinan and its neighbourhood under the leadership of M. Brageuil, the rector of St. Sauveurs, a gentleman greatly re spected, and who has been at all times, and under the most adverse circumstances, a decided adherent of the Napoleon dynasty—for he is old enough to recollect the time when, in the prison of Dinan . (a magnificent piece of ancient fortification, once the favourite residence of the Duclless-Queen Anne of Brittany) there were no less than seventy-six clergy men incarcerated for refusing to subscribe to " the Civil Constitution of the Clergy," devised by the regicide republicans, and every one of these clergy men afterwards either banished or decapitated. In front of the clergy; and all along the right hand side of the town, as it is entered from the Ports du Brest, were the communal delegations, with banners denoting the difkrent localities they represented, and as there are no soldiers in so small a town, the line for the procession was maintained by the civil force —the pompiers, and a few gens d'armes. Outside of the Place du Guesclin, and fronting a passage leading to the lower prison of Dinan, was a decoration of a novel character—the first of the kind that presented itself to the view of the Emperor, and therefore entitled to something more than a passing notice. This novel decoration consisted of an obelisk, on one side of which were the eagle and tri-colors of France, and on the other the crown, and royal standard of England. Beneath were united, as with a link of gold, two shields, the one representing the imperial arms of France, with the words "Vive l'Empereur !" the other, the royal arms of England, with the words " God save the Queen !" In front was a richly-decorated tablet, on which appeared, at the top, the names, " Napoleon, Victeria," and at the bottom, "Eugenie, Albert," with these words in the centre, " Pace et concordia.." On both sides of this was placed a parterre of the finest flowers that the gardens or hot-houses of this part of France can pro duce, and behind the parterre were arranged seats, exclusively occupied by English residents of Dinan and its neighbourhood. There are, I believe, in Dinan and its neighbour hood more than two hundred families of British sub jects, English, Irish, and Scotch, and this decoration or testimonial has been, lam aware, the cause of some discussion, if not dissension, amongst the Eng lish. One party, the majority, by whom it has been erected, considering it proper to imitate the example of their Sovereign, who, in visiting Cherbourg, tes tified her friendship fvr the Emperor, and showed her other, the minority, refusing to have anything to do with the decoration, as this progress of the Emperor was declared by the Prefect of the Department to have been undertaken with the intention of his Ala- jcsty seeing his people face to face, of examining into the condition of the province, of noting where im- provements are required, or ameliorations demanded, so that he may devise the means of adding to their happiness, or increasing their comforts. The dissen- tient?, therefore, have maintained that this progress of the Emperor through Brittany is a matter solely belonging to the French themselves—one with which the English have nothing to do, and that they,therefore, should take no part which might make them appear as busybodies, intermeddling in the affairs of their neighbours. Neither party, that I have as yet heard, have referred to the authority of Cicero on such a debateable point, although there is, as I think, much sound common sense and practical wisdom in the following words : " Peregrini autem et incola officium est, nihil pro - ter suum negotium agere, nihil de alio inquirere, minime in aliena ease republica curiosum." One thing is perfectly certain, that the motive of the English of Dinan, in getting up this testimo nial was simply that of manifesting their respect for the Emperor. Another is equally certain, that the royal arms, but, above all, " the supporters" of the royal arms, completely mystified the Breton pea santry. One of them asked me, as I passed by, what was the name of that strange animal, " the unicorn ;" and as the pronunciation of the name in French did not tend much to his stock of knowledge, he then asked the name of the other, and upon my telling him, he repeated the words, and, pointing to the crown on its head, said, " I know all about him, but this is the first time I ever heard they wore crowns." The unicorn was, however, the grand object of attrac. tion with these simple people. Several English per sons were asked if there really was such an animal in England, and if there was, whether it was tre,s mechant. Several remarked it was very like a horse, but " the mane was not all right," and, others " the horn was quite wrong." Curious and outre as all was in the eyes of Frenchmen, still all, as the em blem of England, exhibited their respect for it—the soldiers by presenting arms, and the men taking off their hats as they passed it by. Next to this English testimonial there was one particularly deserving of remark. It was an inscrip tion, embedded in wreaths of tri-colors and flowers, with these few words upon it, " Vive l'Empereur, le Sauveur de la France." It was the expression of a feeling so universally entertained, and which has served to make of this visit to Brittany by the Emperor one uninterrupted ovation of national re joicing and popular festivities. It is felt that the duty which in similar times devolved upon a Caesar to perform, have been already accomplished by Na poleon 111. in the six years of the Empire restored through him to his country:—" Constituenda judicia, revocanda fides; comprimenda libidines, propaganda soboles, omnia qure dilapsa jam defluxerunt, severis legibus vincienda sunt." At a quarter to two o'clock the cheers of the mul titude outside the Port du Brest: announced the ar rival of the Emperor and Empress. The rain, which had been falling from time to time during the entire day, came down at this moment in a perfect torrent, so that it was impossible for the Emperor to take his place on the throne prepared for him. It was whilst seated in his carriage that the first ad dress was made to him. It was spoken by the Maire who was, on this occasion, accompanied by all the members of the corporation. The rev. rector of St. Sauveur's parish addressed his Majesty in the name of the clergy of Dinan ; and then turning to her Majesty, the, Empress, declared it was a great happiness to him to have it in his power to tender to her Majesty an offering which he was sure would be most welcome to her—it was a small prayer-book which had belonged to his Ma jesty the Emperor when lie was a school-boy. The Empress exhibited great satisfaction at this offering being made to her, and showing the book to the Emperor, he at once recognised it, and again the Empress thanked the rector of St. Sauveur's for the precious gift he bad bestowed upon her. The third address was one to the Empress from the ladies of Dinan. It was presented by a depu tation of fifteen young ladies, at the head of which was Mademoiselle Dutertre, the daughter of a Spanish lady married to a French gentleman, and was spoken by her in the Spanish language. It was made upon offering her Majesty two albums of photographic views of Dinan, taken expressly for this occasion. Her Majesty appeared to be greatly pleased with the present, and especially with the address spoken in her native tongue. The next address was from the English residents of Dinan. This address, the composition of the English chaplain at Dinan, was handed to his Majesty the Emperor by the . chairman of the committee. Upon receiving the address the Emperor inquired how many English residents there were in Doran; and upon being informed there were be tween two and three hundred, he expressed his thanks for the address, and laid it carefully on his knee, as if it was his intention to read it on the first opportunity. The following is a copy of the address, which will, I am sure, be read with interest : "TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY NAPOLEON 111. " Sire,—As subjects of your great ally, Victoria, Queen of England, and as residents of your ancient town of Dinan, we beg, loyally and respectfully, to express our deep delight, in common with the congregated natives of Brittany, at the imperial presence of your Majesty. " We have welcomed, with unfeigned joy, the grand his toric feature of the time—the recent internationalities—the warm, auspicious greetings at Cherbourg; and we doubt not but the union there cemented between the two firAt Powers of the earth will continue its blessed course, in adding more and more to the common welfare of mankind in extending the commerce, advancing the civilisation, and promoting the Christianity of the world. " We crave permission, Sire, to offer to the amiable Em press of the French, to the partner of your throne, to the happy mother of your son, the imperial Prince, our English tribute of every best and every earnest wish. And, oh ! may that illustrious lady, and her princely son, and your imperial self, Sire, by the favour from on high, be long spared to the brave, the great, the gifted people so wisely governed by your Majesty. • " Signed by the Committee. " R. ROWED, Chairman. " Rev. R. A. JULIAN, S.C.L., English Chaplain. " WILLIAM HENRY KERR. "A. GRANT, Lieut.-Col. " LOGAN DOWNES. " ROBERT MENZIES, Bart." ----- Other complimentary addresses were then pre sented to his Majesty, and, amongst others, from the religious communities of the town. When all had been received the signal was given forn ewg his Majesty's journey. lie proceeded slowly through the town, saluting the various re i n banners of the different communal deputations, and at last reached the spot where the English testimonial had been erected, and where the English residents were ranged in the following order :—The children occupied all the front seats, on the next seats were the English ladies, and behind them the gentlemen The moment the Emperor's carriage appeared there was an universal cry from the English residents in their own language of " God save your Majesty !" and this was followed by an outburst of hearty cheers and loud hnzzas, such as the English alone know how to give. Upon the Imperial carriage fronting the English testimonial it was stopped by order of his Majesty, and then Sir Robt. Menzies, Bart., a gentleman universally respected by English and French, was personally in troduced to the Emperor by the Sous-Prefect. His Majesty remained here in conversation with Sir R. Menzies for at least five minutes, and then parted from him, saying, in English, " He was much please" with what the fellow-subjects of Sir Robert Menzies had done, and he regretted that he could not stay longer with them." and so parted the Emperor Napoleon from Dimin the last shouts that reached his ears being the en thusiastic and loud-toned cheers of the English. Thus went his Majesty away from Dinan, evidently greatly pleased with all the incidents that had oc curred within its boundaries. The Imperial cortege proceeded to Saint Malo, where, I regret to say, I could not follow it, because such are the crowds, and such the demand for horses and voituers, that to go to St. Malo was to run the risk of never reaching Rennes in time to witness those files which are to mark the conclusion of his Majesty's visit to Brittany. THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, Auo. 18. As it is still the wish of Queen Victoria that her visit to Germany should preserve as much as pos- sible the character of privacy, and as it is never to be desired that the Morning Post should be made the vehicle for the dissemination of gossiping stories about the Court that can have no reference to political events or matters of public interest, it is better to abstain from taking further notice of what occurs within what ought to be considered the do mestic circle of Babelsberg, and to leave alt that should be known of what passes there to be told by those who may be authorised to afford the requisite information. It is therefore at present quite sufficient to say that wherever the Queen appearF, the reception given to her Majesty is most enthusiastic, and that there is every reason to indulge the hope that the effects of the royal visit to Pots- dam, besides the gratification which it has evidently afforded to those personally most nearly interested, will be to draw so closely the bonds of union between Great Britain and Prussia as most effectually to ensure the prosperity of both nations, and contri bute, at the same time, most essentially to preserve the peace and tranquillity of Europe. Every day produces new reports as to the:state of health, as well as to the intentions, of the King of Prussia. It is now said that his Majesty, having got rid of the fit of gout under which he had latterly suffered, has again become most anxious to pay his personal respects to the Queen of England before her Majesty takes leave of Babelsberg, and that for this purpose he will leave Tegern see so as to reach Potsdam previous to the Queen's departure. Doubts, however, are enter tained as to whether this arrangement will be sanc tioned by the physicians in attendance on his Majesty, for: it is apprehended that the state of the royal patient is still such that any unusual excitement might prove injurious in its consequences; and for many reasons it would be far better that at such a time the running of all risks of that kind should be altogether avoided. It has even been said that there is some intention to resume, on that occasion, the royal authority, merely for the purpose of immediately abdicating in favour of the Prince of Prussia, but this would be so contrary to all the previously avowed sentiments of the King, that such averments ought to be received with more than ordinary cau tion. The position of the Prince, indeed, seems to be steadily improving, and his royal highness re ceives from all courts with whom Prussia holds in timate intercourse the most ample demonstrations and assurances of their desire to maintain their poli tical connection on the same footing as heretofore. Russia wishes the Prince to be present at the grand reviews which are intended to take place next month at Warsaw, and even Hanover, who has latterly as sumed a degree of antagonism on the Danish ques tion, prefers a similar request as to the inspection of the federal troops ; and though it is understood other pressing affairs will render it impossible for his royal highness to accept either invitation, representatives will be sent ix both cases, who will fully and satis factorily account for the causes of the refusal, which, there is reason to believe, the presence of the Prince in Silesia at the same time would otherwise have sufficiently explained. The grand festival to be given by M. Borsig, on the occasion of the completion of the thousandth railway engine, which has already been referred to, is fixed to take place on the 21st instant, when all connected with railways, besides public officials of all classes, are invited to attend. This demonstra ti©n is a strong proof of the progress made in Prussia in making use of this mode of conveyance, which is further corroborated by a Government return recently issued as to the railway traffic of the kingdom dur ing the past year. In that document it is stated that there are five Government lines of railway in Prussia, besides seven under Government management, and fourteen belonging to private companies. The length of the whole is 2941 German miles (about 1,376 English), and their cost has been 255,204,526 thalers (.£36,460,000). During last year the number of passengers carried was 18,414,094, whose fares amounted to 11,132,958 thalers , and the traffic in goods consisted of 245,841,215 centners, for the con veyance of which there was received the sum of 21,715,272 thalers. The whole receipts, including sundries, have amounted to 34,669,703 thalers, and the total expenses to 15,670,166, leaving a balance of 18,990,537, or nearly 71 per cent. on the cost, which will at this time make the shareholders of many railway companies in England wish that their lines were under similar management. The traffic on some of the Prussian lines has not yet been fully developed ; but it may be expected, when the com munication throughout with Russia is complete, that the receipts will be considerably increased, though it is probable that the expenditure will then be enlarged in a still greater proportion. The partial opening of one line from St. Petersburg towards the frontier has just been inaugurated, being that which connects that capital with Pskov, and while even the whole of that portion will not be opened to general traffic until next month, it is feared that the suspen sion of the work at Kowno, recently noticed, will retard the formation of a continuous line to Konigs berg, considerably beyond the time that had origi nally been fixed upon. Acting upon the well known principle of Russia, that her princes should occasionally make their appear ance in all parts of the empire, and especially where warlike operations are contemplated, it has been re solved, as was also the case during the Crimean war, that the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael should very shortly proceed to the Caucasus to encourage by their presence the Russian troops in that quarter who are engaged in the conflict with the Circassians, where every rock is made a fortress and every defile an ambuscade. Whether the presence of these princes will turn the tide of war is very doubtful, but it is worth trying the experiment ; for as long as matters are allowed to remain as they are there, none of the plans of Russia for the extension of her eastern frontier in that direction can ever prove successful. The check to which she has been so long exposed on the Caucasian side only increases her desire to prosecute her successes to the north of China; and the incidental notice that Gen. Mouravieff , who commands the army in Siberia, has been raised to the dignity of a Count of the Empire, may be re garded at once as an evidence of some advantage ob tained of which nothi'sg is permitted to be known, and as a stimulus to further exertions of the same kind, of which little will be said until their object is gained. While all that is done by Russia in the East is care fully shrouded in mystery , all thatis proposed in the West is openly proclaimed. A much more liberal toleration in religious matters is about to he extended to Catholics in Poland, and a greater control in financial affairs will simultaneously be conferred on the Poles. Better plans for bringing that country into subjection and alle giance than those which, after having been so long deferred, are at last about to be made the sub ject of experiment could not well be imagined . ; while the approaching visit of the Emperor ll afford an excellent occasion for making the announce ment of his purpose, of which his Majesty will not fail readily and opportunely to avail himself. The Marquis of Lansdowne has left town for Scarborough. The Marquis of Ailsa has removed to Craiglure for grouse shooting, from Culzean Castle, Ayrshire. The Countess (Dow.) of Harewood and Ladies Lascelles have left town for the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch's villa at Richmond. The Earl of Listowel has left Convamorep his seat in Ireland, on a visit to Lord Macdonald at his seat IP the Isle of Skye. :.... _. L `'. we cb be, CrE TE pri rac rei diz thl MI de; an] tibl of till la!