The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-07 00:00:00

T HE ENGLISH AND IRISH CHURCH and UNIVERSITY ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of this Society, held on the sth of August, 1858, having unanimously con firmed the resolution of the directors for uniting with this Society the 'Engineer, Masonic, and Universal Mutual Life Assurance Society and - the Householders and General Lifo Assurance Company respectively, and having also approved and adopted certain recom mendations of the Directors for making certain alterations, repeals, and new provisions and regulations on the Deed of Settlement of the Society for carrying such respective unions into effect, Notice is hereby given, that a Second Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of this Society will be held at the Office of the Society, No. 4, Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross, London, on Thurs day, the 19th day of August inst., at Two o'Clock in the afternoon precisely, to confirm the said alterations, repeals, and new provisions and regulations; and, if the same are confirmed, then further to receive the resignations of three of the present Directors of the Society, and to elect as Directors six of the present Directors of the Engineers, Masonic, and Universal Mutual Life Assurance Society, And the Secretary and two of the present DireCtOrfl of the House holders and General Life Assurance Company. NTHONY A PECK, Secretary. August 7,1855. HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Night.—Beduced "Prices. THIS EVENING (SATURDAY ), August 7, will be repeated Verdi'. Opera, LA TRIVIATA. Violetta,Madlle. Piccolomini ; Flora Bervoix, Madame Gramaghi ; Alfredo, Signor Giuglini ; Dotter° Grenvil, Signor Castelll ; and Oerment Giorgio, Signor Aldighieri. The National Anthem will follow the Opera. After which, a Scene from Belle's Opera, LA ZINGARA, in which Signor Ginglini will sing the celebrated Ballad, " Tu m'aml "i" Then you'll remember me"). And Si Divertissement, in which Madlle. Boschetti will appear. The Opera commence s at 8 o'clock. Pit stalls, 12s. 6 d.; bo xes : grand tier, £3 Ss.; one pair, £2 12s. 6d. ; littler, £2 23.; two pair, 21 Is.; three pair, 155.; gallery boxes, les' ed.; pit, Ss. 6d.; gallery stalls, Ss. W.; gallery, 28.; may be had at the Box-office at the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—NEW THEATRE. The nobility, gentry, subscribers, and the public are respectfully informed that the season win terminate this day week. There will be no extra nights. Last Night of MARTHA.—Last Night but Four. THIS EVENING (SATURDAY), August 7, will be performed (for the last time this season), Flotow's Opera, MARTHA. Lady Enricbetta, Madame Bosio; Nancy, 3ladlle. Didi4e ; Plum kett, Signor Graziani ; Lord Tristano, Signor Tagliatico ; Sceriffo di Richmond, If. Zelger ; and Lionello, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by 3fadlle. Madlle. Delechaux, and M. Desplaees. The Opera commences at half-past S. Pit tickets, 100. 6d.; amphitheatre stalls, 10s. 6d., 75., and 55.; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Second tier boxes, £2 125. 6d. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE : Shylock, Mr. C. Kean ; Portia, Mrs. C. Lean. Preceded by the Farce of DYING FOR. LOVE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. F. Robson and W. S. Emden. THIS EVENING, LEADING STRINGS : characters by Messrs. G. Vining and Addison, Mesdames Stirling, Wyndham, and Herbert. After which, BOOTS AT THE SWAN : Jacob Earwig, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with A DOUBTFUL VICTORY : characters by Messrs. G. Vining and W. Gordon, Mesdames Stirling and Miss Herbert. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, AS3IODEUS; or, The Little DeviPs Share: Misf Marie Wilton, Mrs. Leigh Murray, &c. After which, LOVE IN ALL CORNERS: Messrs. Belford, C. Young, Mesdames Leigh Murray and M. Tertian. To conclude with GOOD FOR NOTHING : Nan, Miss Marie Wilton. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. OPEN EVERY EVENIN G.—The following company of Vo calists are engaged !or the performance of Seleetions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS , CHORUSES. GLEES, DUETS, kc., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunel], Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson; ljerr F. Jonghmaos, Mr. lienshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hiroo, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. Yanin, John G. Porde, and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmo nium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmar s. Commence at even o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., unt it twelve o'clock. THE SUN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1858. It is on record in our national annals that Queen ELIZABETH was singularly sparing in her royal dis tribution of the honours of the peerage. The fact of her being so, indeed, is illustrated so clearly and strikingly in the history of her long and remark able reign, that the vast majority of the greatest men of that great age—the Julian age of heroism and the Augustan age of literature for England—survive in the popular remembrance by titles indicating their having risen only to the dignity of knighthood. It was so with the great English Admiral of those days —Sir FRANCIS DRAKE. It was so, with the accom plished hero and the dauntless soldier, the preux chevalier in the Court of the Virgin Queen—Sir PHILIP SIDNEY. It was so, in like manner, with the all-mastering genius of the poet, historian, navi gator, generalissimo—Sir WALTER RALEIGH. So, likewiEe, was it with the elegant and courtly Chan cellor—Sir CHRISTOPHER HATTON. So even with the sagacious administrator—Sir ROBERT CECIL. So for a long while before his investiture with the sym bols of the barony of Vermin:6 wi A til,",oe world's philosophers—Sir FRANCIS BACON. Knight hood in those days was the badge of honour awarded to valour and genius—coronets were grudgingly granted at rare intervals to court favourites, to Earls of EssEx and Earls of LEICESTER. Queen VICTORIA in no way emulates the dubi ously royal conduct, in this way, of her great prede cessor, Queen ELIZABETH. Without squandering the pomps of the peerage by wholesale, her MAJESTY has always shown her readiness in this dis tinctive manner to reward those individuals who have at any time, in any way, to a remarkable ex tent distinguished themselves by doing good service to the country. At the time of her accession she dis tributed, among other honours, a baronetcy to one who had rendered himself world-famous in the fields of science, and another baronetcy to a contemporary who had rendered himself no less world-famous in lite rature. Since then the honours of the peerage and the baronetcy have been distributed bythe SOVEREIGN with a liberal, an unfailing, and a discriminative readiness' Insomuch has this been apparent, consistently and perseveringly, through all this protracted period during which her most gracious MAJESTY has happily been seated on the throne of her ancestors that we confidently assert that, had Queen VICTORIA been the reigning Sovereign in those days, instead of acting as her Royal grand father did in regard to such a matchless hero of the deep as HORATIO NELSON—allowing him to die at last merely in the fourth order of the Peerage—she would infallibly have exhausted in his regard all the titles of glory within her gift, and—as ARTHUR WELLESLEY was made a Duke before Waterloo— have created NELSON a Duke before his final victory off Cape Trafalgar. It will have been remarked, in further illustration of this munificence in regard to the peerage, that the Gazette of last night announced the addition to the number of the Barons of England of a brave soldier and sagacious general—and to the number of the Baronets of England of a brilliant diplomatist and successful administrator. The almost simultaneous gift of a baron's coronet to the Earl of SEAFIELD, and of another barony a short while previously to Sir JOHN YARD 2 BULLER, were only noticeable as judicious and perfectly comprehensible rewards for political services, in one instance within, and in another without, the walls of Parliament. With the Peerage already specified, however, and the accom panying baronetcy it is wholly otherwise. The inci dents are matters not merely of town or local interest, but of an interest, on :the] contrary, traly imperial. Scarcely a man in the empire but will experience a sense of unaffected pleasure on learning - that General Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, the heroic Highlander who, with the aid of the famous " thin red line," saved Balaklava from the Russians, and who has more re cently followed up INous's defence and HAVELOCK'S relief of Lueknow by a series of crushing defeats ad ministered to the villainous rebels of Bengal—has now been raised to the peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by letters patent under the Great Seal, and signed by the hand of th e SOVEREIGN—by the name, style, and title of Baron CLYDE, of Clydesdale. There is only one alloy to the otherwise unmixed satisfaction derivable from these announcements in the Gazelle of last evening, namely, the very general regret now felt that a baronetcy only has been yet vouchsafed by the Crown to the Chief Commissioner of the Punjaub, the hero who of all has earned for himself the reputation of having saved India the brave, resolute, and unflinching Sir Jonx LAWRENCE, G.C.B. Later on let us hope this inadequate recompense for services so brilliant and remarkable may be enhanced, and that Sir Joni , / LAWRENCR, Bart., will yet be a peer of the realm, as he deserves. A speedy realisa tion to this earnest hope Further honour to them] both in their country's remembrance! And cordial q- -,..4, ~ ,,,....0-,•,,,A4,/, _ -•. le k 0,;,,, , ' MN ‘''' --- '! - r .-- ;" : ~ A ' - ire 1.167 k 'VI, ;:.‘ Yrr ,, ,,V,r7c .71' ",. ov aii . 4 :.,,,‘. , - 1i., : ,„ ;1 7 .. , ;, . , ,t tifr " , ~r - - 77:t i rr , e . "' ' I.%gbook: E SUN, felicitations to the new Baronet, and the brave Lord CLYDE, of Clydesdale, still fighting his way to fresh glory through the armed thousands in that fierce and desperate Rebellion ! The cannon at Cherbourg have boomed forth a cordial welcome to Queen VICTORIA, and the EMPEROR and EMPRESS have rendered all honour to their illustrious visitors. But, far beyond any ceremo nious reception—far beyond red-tapist welcome, is that which proceeds from the hearts of a people, freely and kindly rendered to the majestic represen tative of a nation once hostile, but now a faithful and unflinching ally. Those—whether Englishman or Frenchman we care not, who would breed dis sension between the two great nations of Europe— who would embitter the one people against the other, or produce malevolence where all should be friendly, should receive the censure which they so greatly de serve. We rejoice in our fleets and arsenals, in the magnificent harbours which PROvIDENCE has bestowed upon us, and in which the navies of the world might float in safety. Should we view with jaundiced eye sight the enterprise of our friends and neighbours, who have made science repair natural deficiencies, and produced the magnificent harbour and arsenal, on which every true-hearted Englishman will honestly congratulate them ? We hope and believe that we shall continue friends; but if not, we would not envy a particle of the strength and power that justly entitles France to a position second to none on the political ladder. We believe that we are but giving expression to the voice of public opinion in stating that which we have carefully collected in every quarter, from the highest to the lowest class. There is a general feel ing favourable to the French alliance, in which no particle of jealousy or malevolence can be detected. Many persons of high rank in either country were in attendance, but we confess that we received with ev en greater pleasure the honest, the enthusiastic cheers that came forth from bloused peasants or humble workmen. These exhibited thorough sincerity. There was no diplomatic hum bug in their honest shouts. They furnished a stronger guarantee for the maintenance of the Alliance than all the protocols which diplomatists could concoct, or which might be ratified with all the formalities known to red-tapism. The elaborate and admirable report which will be found in another part of our impression, and for which we are indebted to our kind and respected contemporary, the Morning Post, contains a graphic detail of what has taken place. It might easily be imagined that everything that could be effected would be done to grace the cere mony and to receive the Royal and distinguished visitors with all honour. But no previous prepara tions could have given tone to the myriads of voices that sung forth clearly and distinctly from myriads of honest throats, which showed that whatever may happen to be the differences of Alinisters, French men and Englishmen will still be friends, if not brothers. Every heartfelt cheer from the most simple artizan was stronger evidence in support of the continued peace and tranquillity of Europe, than the most elaborate forms, the most expensive exhi bitions of administrative amicability or diplomatic friendship. We may now, on behalf of the peoples of both countries ask, Quis seperabet—who shall pro duce animosity amongst those who were so long im properly regarded as natural enemies, but who now know the inestimable advantages and benefits of being mutual friends? Many have written with pens steeped in gall of the folly of the Irish in indulging in faction fights in remote districts, and injuring their neigh bours in consequence of hereditary quarrels. Before we censure our Hibernian brethren, let us pluck the beam from our own eyes, moderate the prejudices that have " grown with our growth and strengthened with our strength." Let us "do as we would be done by," and the peace and tran quillity of the civilised world will be ensured. With mutual kindness and good faith there can be no cause of quarrel ; and while they are in accord, who will fling down the gage or initiate hostilities ? Every favourable auspice, then, to the magnificent works at Cherbourg. May they long remain the glory of France, the admiration of the world ! We should not say this if we fancied fora moms , t menace to England," or something intended for our humiliation or subjugation. 'We regard it, however, in a better spirit, and can honestly compliment the EMPEROR and people of France on what is a legiti m2.te source of pride, and which we can admire with out either envying or dreading. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE. (By British and Irish .21Iaynctic Telegraph, direct from Valentia.) VALENCIA, SATURDAY MORNING. Signals from Newfoundland regularly received. Communication perfectly maintained. SIR,--I beg to forward you a further telegram, just received (11 a.m.) from Valenti am, sir, yours very truly, Aug. 6, 1858. GEO. SAWARD, Sec. (Copy.) "To THE DIRECTORS OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. " VALE N TIA. " Electric communication is maintained perfectly. In answer to the signals from our coils they returned us this morning, at 8.40 accurately to Greenwich time, as directed, the pre -arranged landing signal. The complete instruments, which were on board the Niagara, for speaking cannot possibly be adjusted for some days. " WntrEnousz." VALENTIA, FRIDAY. The Agamemnon and Valarous left early this morning for Cork, where they will coal and proceed to Plymouth. The end of the cable was landed safely close by the pier at Knightstown yesterday afternoon, the paddle-boa boats ot theVal arous carry ing it. The wind being high, it was f eare d t h e Agamemnon might have to put to sea imm e di a t e l y after a sufficient quantity had been veered out to reach the land. The end of the cable has been con nected with the cowpany's station, andthe signals of alternate currents in opposite directions continue through the cable. The currents from Newfound land are very good, giving deflections of 61 on either side of galvanometer, according as a positive or negative current is transmitted. The regulating apparatus transmitting messages through the cable is fitting up at each end, that for Newfoundland having been taken out of the Gorgon; but it will probably be a few days before it is finally adjusted and ready for work. The line is expected to be open to the public in three weeks or a month, when the line overland to Placantia (Newfoundland) and other arrangements have been completed. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 6, 7 P.M. The Agamemnon and Valorous are coming into the harbour. The Nile saluted them with 21 guns. The Valorous returned the salute with 7 guns. SUCCESSFUL LAYING OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS TELEGRAPH CABLE. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY EVENING. The submarine telegraph between England and the Channel Islands was successfully laid this day, and communication between Southampton and Alderney is now going on. ELEVATION TO THE PEERAGE. It will be seen f rom last night' s Gazette, that Sir Colin Campbell has been raised to the Peerage, under the title of Baron Clyde of Clydesdile ; and Sir J. Lawrence created a Baronet. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left Frogmore at nine o'clock yesterday morning for S co tl an d, attended by Col. Sir G s e tu or a g rt e Na andv Lady Couper and L or d James Murray. riloeyuntßob will join ri n her sl: h r0 0. 3 % , .a e l highness The Princeat Aberdeen. L ovoff and th e c arrived at Wallace's Hotel, St. George's -place, from Paris. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough will, understand, receive a select circle of friend s at Blenheim we eim Palace, near Oxford, on the occasion of the christening of their infant sou, on the 15th instant. The Duke of Beaufort returned to St. James's square, yesterday, from Brighton. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester, after visiting the Earl and Countess of Sandwich at flinching broke, near Huntingdon, go to the noble duke's scat in the north ti Ireland, intending, en route, to pay a visit to his Excellency the Earl of Eglint9a at Dublin. LONDON, SATURDAY EIVIENING, AUGUST 7, 1858, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. INDIA. bearing the pleas ure seekers who wereo the at Spithead, on nature's own beautiful breakwater, the Isle of Wight, studded with whit e graceful villas, fringed with wood to the water' s e d ge, and u ndulating or varied in beauty as the w a t ers which wash its shores. Many a b o at from the sho re d anced find berths i n the squadron. As they passed unde r the bows o r sterns of ea c h s hi p over sth ri r p tu p the challange of the watch was answer e d b y the a Ay e , aye," or " No, no," according t o th e boat ' s ripples, as to destination. The lights in the Admiral' s ca bi n of the flag-ship proved t h at the D u k e de Malakoff and the noble Admiral were cementing the alliance in the most cheerful manner. There cannot be a greater contrast between the two nations than there is between the military and naval heroes of this expedition—the sturdy, stout, exubes rant frame of the General, and the thin, worn, hag gard appearance of Lord Lyons, who recalls to every one who has seen him the pictures of that Nelson whose successful career he has conspicuously emu lated. Notwithstanding the fatigues which his frame has undergone, those who slept on board the fleet were made sensible at three this morning that the Admiral has lost nothing of his energy. The report of the signal-gun aroused every one; and long before the sun had risen on the grey, cold-looking Solent, the squadron was well under weigh. It was a glo rious sight to witness these proud, gallant, solid things sailing through the water so silently and solemnly, as if moved by some mysterious imp u l se . The Renown, worthy of th e name she bears ; and in her wake the beautiful Diadem, fit then Admiral followed led,the with the blue flying at the main ; guardian of the Imperial diadem, and, in her power and grace, emblematical of its Imperial wearer. The other ships followed in due order, each keeping her assigned station. Why the squadron got under weigh at 3 a.m. in order to await the arrival of her Majesty off the breakwater at Cherbourg, to roll for 4 hours in a western swell, is a question which the French ambassador ;and his suite must have frequently asked in the course of the morning's sail ; but as this is the first time Sir John Pakington has visited Cherbourg, he may be excused for not knowing the distance across, and the Secretary of the Admiralty may have been anxious to gain fresh inspiration from the glad blue waters in which we are rolling. About half-past four, three small black specks on the horizon gave tokens of the progress. The sevente en m il es an h our w hi c h Royal can be obtained from the Victoria and Albert soon reduced the distance which separated the Queen of England from the bristling fo lifications of Cher bourg. The squadron formed into two lines, the Royal Albert and Renown leading, followed the for mer by the Curacoa and Euryalus, the latter by the Diadem and Racoon. It was a spirit-stirring sight when the Victoria and Albert, with the Royal standard, fol lowed by her fairy flotilla, the whole under the protec tion of six men-of-war, each a perfect specimen of her class, rounded the western fort of the breakwater. The French fleet, moored in line, thundered forth their broadsides of welcome, to the serious damage of all the windows in Cherbourg, but to the delight of the pleasure yaehts, with which the whole roadstead was covered. How the fleets of yachts, steamers, pilot-boats, and Jersey hoys which may be expected within the next two days are to find space to anchor is a question which those who arrive last will have to solve to their great discomfiture. After the smoke of the guns had cleared away, the magnificence of the harbour, the strength of it defences, must have struck those who saw them for the first time with astonish ment, fur, to judge by the flashes and reports from the whole heights surrounding Cherbourg, the city must be like a salamander girt with fire. It was half-past eight when the watch announced the ap proach of their Imperial Majesties. The orders- , " man the yards," " be ready to cheer," " muster the band," were severally uttered by the first lieutenant, when the barge swept under our bows. It is a beau tiful model of a boat ; white and gold, with a canopy of green velvet covered with golden bees, and surmounted by the Imperial Crown. The hurrah which greeted the Royal party must have been as grateful as unexpected. It was a good hearty English cheer—not damaged iklr •1• 1 " ()um ; just such a cheer tower, or gr DOM eet an ally, or carry a ship into action. -- • What mysterious conferences succeeded the paternal embraces en the deck of the Victoria and Albert, history shall hereafter tell ; we are only in search of the picturesque ; and the scene on the Em peror's return was worthy of the mise en scene of the grand opera. Simnitaneously as the barge shoved off, the mast heads, yards, and rigging of the whole squadron was illuminated by blue lights. Suddenly round the barge a light, bright as noon day, covered it with its glory during its progress through the fleet of yachts. It was Major Fitzmaurice's new light, which the Admiralty allowed him to exhibit on this occasion, and with the success of which they must Le satisfied. The light was so powerful that the pas sengers around whom it shone had to turn away from its excess. If Major Fitzmaurice could only throw a little of this light into the recesses of the Imperial heart, as well as on the Imperial mantle, it would be a great advantage to the politicians of the day. In spite of cheers and enthusiasm, the mind would return back to the days of Louis XIV. and the memories of those times when Imperial bees had power to sting, and the hives were scattered over Europe; and when the blue lights had died out, and when the electric lamps grew pale, and the sound of cannon and of cheers had ceased to echo from rampart to breakwater, some few might have reflected on these strange fortunes which caused the Queen of England to be a welcome visitor in that port which was bombarded by our :beets just a cen tury ago, and which has associated the name of Napoleon with the peace and tranquillity of Europe. CHERBOURG ROADS, AUG. 5, 4 r.m. Yesterday closed upon a remarkable scene—the arrival of the Sovereign of England within the har bour of a fortified French port. Her Majesty, on this occasion, anticipated the generally understood programme of her movements, and steamed into Cherbourg Roads at six o'clock this evening, twelve hours earlier than was expected, and within a brief hoer of the arrival of the Emperor and Empress from Caen, where their Imperial Majesties had passed the previous night. The town of Cherbourg, as our readers are aware, is but a gradually-grown sea village—originally established by the fishermen on this coast as conve niently situated, where the little river Divette opens , into the bay, at a spot between the small rock on which Fort Cavaignac is now situated, and the Isle of PelCie, also now a fortified position, and by them shel tered from all storts except those that come from the W.N.W. round to the E.N.E., no wide range, certainly, but still something on a coast which, from La Hogue to Barfleur, or, indeed, to Havre, affords no protection whatsoever. Here there was a natural haven, small, but not insecure, for fishing-boats and lesser craft only. The entrance of this little river, widened on either side, divided into an outer port and an inner commercial dock, and faced with quays, is the present port of the town. The dock yard, surrounded by a double wall and fosse, with casemated entrance, lies on the west, and in the formation of this dockyard and arsenals, with the breakwater which spreads itself in front of the spectator, looking upon the town, from six to seven millions have been expended, with brave resolution and a perseverance unflinching. Through all the circumstances of the country, or changes in the dynasties that have ruled it—for in the heart of every Frenchman there is one thought ever prominent, and above all selfish interests—the honour and welfare of France. It was a saying of Madame du Pompadour's —or rather she gives it in a familiar letter to one of her female friends, as the guiding spring and secret of all politics—that "when ever any nation" has a large fleet England never rests until she has captured and destroyed it herself or got some other nation to do it for her. "This," said our fair politician, "I have learnt at Court to be the secret of all the wars we hear about." Such being the impression of the leaders of France, the conver sion of Cherbourg into a port of offence and refuge became the dearest object of French policy, and great has been the struggle with nature and finance to conquer the difficulties presented by either for a ful century in carrying out the project. The crowning glory of this grand national achievement is due to one of whom, M. Dacres, speaking as Minister of Marine, on this spot, in September, 1851, during the Presidency of Louis Napoleon, said—" His manly hand, after rescuing France from the horrors of rapine, impresses now upon the peaceful develop ment of our naval power all the activity and resolu tion of his genius." Something has been heard of Eng lish jealousy, and our regarding these great works as a standing menace against ourselves. Why France should not have a military port on her shores, as well as ourselves, it is difficult to say. But, be this as it may, Cherbourg is now almost complete as a dockyard and an arsenal ; and France possesses its Plymouth as well as its Portsmouth in this place and Toulon. The breakwater is a mighty work, com posed, not of vast masses of stone, like that of Ply mouth, but of rubble and smaller stones, with a mole, pier, and wall erected upon it, and batteries of great guns in the centre and its extremities. Your special reporters will have kept you duly in ' formed of the gay scene of bustle and excitement which the town has presented for several days past. The arrival of the French fleet first, and subse quently of a whole squadron of beautiful vessels be longing to the various English yacht clubs, have given extraordinary interest to a place not remark able in itself for more than ordinary activity, and to day the roadstead lying between the town and the breakwater has been studded with vessels of all de scriptions. Shortly before noon yesterday the Pen insular and Oriental Company's Steamship Pera, freighted with the Commons of England, steamed into the harbour and took up a position apportioned for her by the authorities. This ship had left the Solent at 4 a.m., and made a pleasant run of 71 hours. Although the weather had been very favour able several of the honourable gentlemen appeared to have had " quite enough of it." One or two pale faces peeped out of the poop windows, and here and there a distinguished legislator might be seen leaning his unhappy head upon his hand over the gunwale of the ship. A feeling of overpowering nausea seemed to reign supreme, and if Mr. Acton Ayrton had breakfasted upon an act of Parliament in " Com mittee-room, No. 24," he could scarcely have looked more disgusted. We heard of no contretemps during the voyage, save the precipitation of Mr. Dupre from his sleeping berth to the cabin floor, to the serious detriment of his physiognomy—but happily with no more serious consequences. The Queen sailed from Osborne at a quarter past 12 o'clock, and the run of 80 miles thence to this port was made in less than 6 hours—an accidental de tention of half-an-hour at the back of the Isle of Wight owing to a piece of seaweed having in some unaccount able manner got into the piston of one of the en gines, occasioning a delay to this extent. The Royal squadron appointed to escort her Majesty across the Channel left Spithead six hours in advance of the Queen's yacht, and making good way came to about five o'clock this afternoon, six miles due north of the western entrance of the harbour, where they awaited the approach of the Victoria and Albert in the fol lowing order, about a cables length apart : H.M.S. Royal Albert 131 H.M.S. Renown .... 91 „ Curbcoa „ Euryalus 5l „ Racoon 22 The patience of the gallant Admiral, Lord Lyons, was not much tried, for the squadron had scarcely slackened steam, when in the distance the lofty prow of the Queen's yacht was seen rapidly approaching. Onwards and onwards came the majestic vessel bearing England's Majesty, the Monarch of the Seas' reminding the spectator of Falconer's truly Homeric lines : ~ The natives, while the ship thus nears the land, Ashore with admiration gazing stand, Majestically slow before the breeze She moves triumphant o'er the yielding seas; Britannia riding awful in the prow Gaz:d on the vassal waves that rolled below ; Where'er she moved the vasal waves were seen To yield obseouions, and confess their Queen." The Victory and Albert passing through the line of the Queen's ships, saluted the Admiral's nag, and then taking the van, proceeded at diminished speed, attended by the Osborne Admiralty yacht, the Black Eagle, the Banshee, and the Fairy tender yacht, direct for the western entrance of the harbour. The ships of war followed in the wake of the royal yacht, and the whole squadron now bore up for Cherbourg. There were a large number of spectators on the pier heads and along the shores of the port, but it was only at this moment that the Emperor and Empress had arrived at the railway station on the other side of the town, and hither the great majority of the sightseers had been attracted. The Queen entered the harbour between the Fort de la Roche Cavaignac and the western battery of the breakwater. Directly the yacht rounded the ports a perfect hurricane of sound broke the silence of the scene. The French ships of war, which, to the number of eleven, with " the Bretagne," the flag-ship of the Admiral at their head, were moored in one long line inside the breakwater, and all the various forts in the harbour vomited forth from their sides clouds of smoke and sheets of fire with a loud thunder, which was rolled back by the amphitheatre of hills overlooking the town. Each vessel fired her broadside gun after gun, in half-second time, short and sharp like a rolling fire of musketry or a feu de joie. The forts discharged salvos of eight guns at the same short intervals—a mighty salutation to the royal visitors ; while dockyard and arsenal took up he sulphurous welcome, and repeated it in sti : louder thunder. As soon as the Victoria and Albert came to her moorings all the French ships saluted her Majesty and . mauned yards, not, as in England, from stem to stern, but athwart the ships' yards, which, combined with the variety afforded by our own vessels, had a very pretty effect. The Earl and Countess Cowley, who had come down from Paris to receive her Majesty, went off in the Victoria and Albert immediately after the arrival of the Queen, and had the honour of being received on board the yacht. Dinner was served at seven o'clock, the following composing the guests at the Royal table : The Queen and the Prince Consort. The Prince of Wales. The Duke of Cambridge. The Earl and Countess Cowley. The Earl of Malmesbury. The Earl Delawarr. Sir John Pakington. Sir Charles Phipps. The Countess of Desart. Miss Bulteel. After the shades of evening had closed in, the Emperor and Empress came off in the Imperial barge to pay their respects to her Majesty. It was half-past eight o'clock when the Emperor came alongside. Her Majesty stood on the quarter-deck to receive the Empress, who was handed up the gangway by the Emperor. His Imperial Majesty stepped upon the deck with the Empress, and gave to the Queen and the Prince Consort, as well as to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, a most cordial welcome to the - shores of France. The Emperor and Empress retired with the Queen and the members of the Royal Family to the saloon, and remained on board until half-past nine o'clock, when they returned to the Prefecture for the night. During the Imperial visit all the ships of war were illuminated with coloured fires from their port-holes, and the harbour presented a scene of marvellous beauty. This morning a whole squadron of steamers, bear ing excursion parties from England and other places, arrived at Cherbourg. Foremost amongst the fleet were the two ships of the Imperial and Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, the Prince Frederick William and l'lmperatrice, bearing large parties from Dover, which port they had left on the previous evening at six o'clock, arriving here at seven a.m. All was quiet up to this hour; but as the Admiral's . ship struck eight o'clock, the Queen's yacht lowered the Admiralty flag, which it had hitherto carried at the fore, and ran up the French ensign. This was the:signal for a salute from all the ships in the har bour, fired with the admirable precision we have noted on the previous evening. At the same moment all the ships and yachts in the roadstead dressed ship, the sailors manning yards and cheering lustily. Again a lull occurred for some two or three hours, during which more ships of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, the Benares and the Salsette, and a great many other steamers, all chartered with sightseers, all too late, steamed into the harbour, which, under the cheering influence of a bright sum mer sky, presented a picture of singular beauty and interest. At noon her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, embarked on board the Fairy tender, and steamed into the Imperial dockyard, where the Emperor and and Empress received her Majesty on the jetty and conducted the royal party over the military fortifica tions. From the dockyard the Emperor and Em press conducted the Queen to the Prefecture de la Marine, where the Imperial and Royal party partook of luncheon. Afterwards her Majesty was conducted, amid the applause of thousands of spectators, through the principal streets of the town, and then to the heights on which the Forte Roule is situate, which commands, from an elevation of 200 feet, a magnifi cent view of the harbour and town. The Queen is now gone with the Emperor and Empress to inspect the breakwater and forts, after which her Majesty will accompany the Emperor and Empress on board Admiral Hamelin's flag-ship, where the Imperial and Royal party will dine this evening. The fleet will be illuminated to-night on a grand scale. All is excitement and gaiety here, the only parties appearing to be disappointed being the members of the British House of Commons, who are very much aggrieved at not having been admitted to the Im perial dockyard this morning. CHERBOURG, AUG. 5. Her Majesty the Queem has arrived at Cherbourg. Her Majesty's ship, followed by the Royal squadron, entered the harbour at six o'clock in the evening. I shall again refer to this auspicious visit. The Emperor and Empress of the French arrived in Cherbourg at five o'clock in the evening. Before giving an account of the reception of the Emperor and Empress, of the place in which they %%ere first welcomed to Cherbourg, and of the vari ous circumstances connected with that event, I wish to notice briefly the aspecct which this city presented previous to their reaching the terminus of the new railway. Although it was pretty generally believed that the Imperial guests could not possibly be in Cherbourg before half-past five or six o'clock in the evening, still all parties, the civilians not less than the officials, were on the qui vzve from a very early hour. I saw, for instance, more than one officer of high rank, in full uniform, in the streets at six in the morning, whilst at the same time were to be observed dust covered*travellers hurrying in from all quarters, and seeking for places of refreshment and repose. At seven o'clock the restaurateurs of all classes were busily engaged with customers, and each hour added to their numbers, until, at last, as the day wore on, the rooms of the breakfast providers became a scene of crowded confusion, in which bewildered waiters and distracted attendants in vain attempted to answer the various conflicting and still augment ing demands that were flooding in upon and over whelming them. The crowds were great on the land before nine o'clock in the morning, and they seemed to be equally great in the commercial port, along the quays, and out in the road, from the number of skiffs and boats sailing towards Cherbourg, the smallest boat showing the tricolor at its bow or stern, and every trade ship or pleasure yacht that was stationary unfolding her snow-white sails. ,nil SCIL witn all her manifold streamers. Amid this ever-moving water-picture, which was lighted up and occasionally obscured by a brilliant sun and ever-shifting clouds, there were conspicuous in the distance the sullen-looking war-ships—dark, formidable, and threatening batteries, crowned with bare, taper, unadorned masts—seemingly standing aloof, as if they disdained to take a part in the merriment of the little barks and cork-like boats that were capering and scudding about them— haughty and reserved, as if they were proud of the power they possessed, and conscious that all these tiny, volatile things beneath them would be not only overlooked, but absolutely forgotten, the instant they roared forth their first broadside, and by the clamour of their brazen throats should shake Cherbourg with emotion, and prove to its people how a sovereign should be welcomed when he Tisited a port which he had commissioned them to protect from every danger. From this scene at sea, so exquisitely beautiful in all its parts, the eye turned towards the land, and there, upon every point, was to be observed floating the tricolor, as if it had sprung up from the soil of France, an emblem of the political principles and the attachment of the people to that family which had wreathed its favourite banner in every land to which it had been carried with the laurels of victory. From the rocky mountain—the stark and stern Montagne du Roule—to the quiescent, grass-mounded, and still more formidaLle Port Militaire, the extreme points in the horizon, including the insulated bat teries which rose amid ever-bursting billows, were the white-painted and red-bricked houses of Cherbourg, and their long spacious quays. There was eTerywhere to be seen the tricolor and the overtopping eagle, fluttering and glittering in the sunshine, and attracting attention—frequently admiration—by the manner in which these constantly recurring objects were arranged or grouped together —the most conspicuous amongst all, from its posi tion on the Place d'Armee, being the Hotel de Ville --a mass of embroidered tapestry from its topmost balcony to its ground apartments. It would be a vain attempt to specify the multi tudinous devices to which the Cherbourgers have had recourse to manifest their loyalty and attach ment to the Sovereign of France ; but cne mode adopted by the inhabitants of the various places and streets (marked over for the Imperial procession from the Rochard to the Prefecture) I cannot re frain from referring to. All those houses were de corated with wreaths of laurel, uniting together, so as to make the whole line have the appearance of a triumphal pathway ; and so honouring as a con queror the family that had in Cherbourg struggled against nature itself, and compelled the most obdu rate materials to become instrumental in guarding the trade and securing the peace of France. It was hailing as a conqueror the Third Napoleon, who had completed what the First Napoleon had de signed. There was, therefore, not merely taste i❑ this design, but there was a thought expressed which gave it a significance far more worthy of attention than the mere beauty of its arrangement. I pass, then, from the streets of Cherbourg, its banners, streamers, decorations, and well-arranged platforms on plain and river to the festive encamp ment erected by the conductors of the Paris and Cherbourg Railway in honour of the Imperial fetes. Favoured by a friend who is one of the guests of the company, I was permitted to pass the outer barriers of this encampment, which is appropriately guarded by soldiers of the regular army. There are lines upon lines of snow-white tents, each tent being sufficient to hold three persons, with beds ready pre pared for them—clean, soldier-like beds they are— a table provided with all things necessary for dinner and breakfast, and camp-stools to sit upon. To these several lines have been given the names of different streets appropriate to the occasion on which they have been erected, and the lines or streets all branch off from what may be regared as the main road, which has been arranged with admirable taste, for there are on both its sides flowering shrubs and hot house plants— "All dear Nature's children sweet"— which give it the Rppearance, whilst they enrich the entire encampment with the perfume, of a summer garden. It was, in substance, the realisation -of the truth of the praises bestowed by Fletcher upon French hospitality and politeness. For there was accommodation afforded to English visitors " In France, that garden of humanity, The very seed-plot of all courtesies." From this festive encampment I pass to the plat form erected at the terminus for the reception of the Emperor and Empress on their arrival at Cher bourg. The site of this terminus, and the manner in which it had been decorated as a reception-hall for the Emperor, with the splendid amphitheatre, sufficient to accommodate at the least four thousand persons presented a picture such as I am sure was never before exemplified in human circumstances. Permit me to attempt to give your readers an idea—at best it can be but a very imperfect idea—of the opening scene in the inauguration of the Cherbourg and Paris railway. Looking at it from such a place as was assigned to your correspondent on this occasion, there was to be seen on the left a truly palatial hall, from the ceiling of which depended large wreaths of laurel, intertwined with the national colours, and forming, as it were, a canopy to the two throne-like chairs of the Emperor and Empress. The high walls were tapestried, and on the floor beneath was a costly carpet, whilst arranged around, with equal judgment and taste, were flowering shrubs, and in the centre — as the greatest and most honoured object of all—was a high altar with rich silver candlesticks, golden ornaments, and wax-tapers lighted as for one of the most solemn celebrations of the Roman Catholic Church, whilst by its side stood, in the rich vest ments of a Cardinal Bishop, the prelate of the diocese, the Bishop of Coutance, his dean, capitular clergy, and a great number of priests in their white vestments. In this magnificent hall, as it was the railway terminus for the moment, the principal ornaments were the banners of France, and the golden eagles of the Empire, whilst on each side was erected magnificent trophies of arms and banners, with the letter " N." in gold in the centre compartment. With these war trophies on each side of the hall were at the lower end of the amphitheatre similar trophies to correspond with them. Next to this hall was the amphitheatre—the finest construction of the kind I ever saw, for the seats rose, at the least, a foot above one another,—a wide space being maintained be tween each seat, and the seats themselves resting upon solid rock, so that thousands were accommo dated without the slightest pressure, and the persons on the backmost bench could see as well every thing passing, as those nearest to the stage at which the Emperor landed. All the spectators could see what was passing, and all could behold one another—and when the majority of the spectators in this portion of the spectacle wereladies of rank and wealth Of both countries it is unnecessary to observe how much the richness and variety of their attire, combined with their personal appearance, contributed to the beauty of that scene they had themselves come to admire. There were certainly many English persons of rank present, and I thought I could recognise the faces and voices of several members of Parliament. I ant quite sure that amongst the members were the Eng lish Ambassador and Lady Cowley, Lord Chelsea, Hon. E. Monson, Colonel Claremont, Mr. Attley, Sir John and Lady 011iffe. Count Wallewski was also a looker-on, and appeared to take an interest in the transactions of the day. Upon this amphitheatre platform were all the chosen visitors to Cherbourg— the favoured thousand of the many thousands that had come, like them, to do honour to the Emperor. But having thus described to you the magnificent reception-hall fitted up for their Majesties, and the splendid amphitheatre spreading out on both sides and with its fine awning covering the back seats (especially intended for ladies), and adorned with wreaths, and boughs, and tri-colored streamers, iE is nnf fn ha ouppoood that the scene is complete. On the contrary, that which made the spectacle most re markable was to find palatial hall and large amphi theatre, directly fronted by a high mountain all one mass of rugged rock, and along the sides and peaks of which, as on the ramparts, were to be discerned clusters of men and women looking down upon hall and platform, and seeming themselves, from_ the height and distance, to be an army of pigmies, who had gathered in wonder to gaze at what had been. achieved by human skill and industry in the con struction of the Cherbourg railway. And truth to say, this Cherbourg railroad is a marvel ; for, look ing at it from the amphitheatre, it seemed to send the line of carriages out of the very depths of the granite mountains, which nature had, in vain, erected to prevent the possibility of any communication be tween those dwelling upon the opposite sides. There was then the gorgeous hall, the crowded amphi theatre, the railroad, and the steep, craggy moun tain. Never, it might well be supposed, did the sun shine upon a finer and a more extraordinary combi nation of interesting objects—each, by itself, a mat ter worthy of admiration. Such was the scene which those who had been honoured with tickets of invitation to the platform were for two hours looking upon, and delighted to contemplate ; for it was a spectacle the eye would never weary in regarding. There were other things besides to amuse the eye, and to render the promise of expectation less painful. There were, in that scene I have been attempting to describe, objects always in motion. There was, for instance, "the clink of hammers," as the upholsterers' men were engaged in giving the last touches to the decorations of the hall, and fastening down carpets on the wide central space which was to be walked upon by their Majesties. It was amusing to remark the conscious importance of the operators engaged in this latter occupation, each looking as if he felt that without his little hammer and very little nails thee whole thing would be a failure, and the Emperor' without a carpet to walk upon (such as they were! laying down), would be placed in a position that; would reflect the highest discredit upon Cherbourg r Such is man's nature of his own importance to this world—each thinks that without the blow and noise , of his own puny hammer, society wenn soon fall to , pieces. Then came those especial objects of admira tion to English ladies—the two daintily-dressed cantinieres, as they marched with the regiment to whose care they had devoted themselves. Then there were the fierce-looking pornpiers--the active infantry men—then the agile sub-lieutenants, and the grave-looking silver-collared civil officers and after them some grand old veteran officers in rich uniforms and feathered hats, and, then the Bishop of Coutrais and his clergy, and then the hurrying up and down the line, as if tele graphic messengers had told the Emperor was com ing sooner than he was expected. Amongst these incidents that which excited the most disappointment uas the sudden rolling in of two snorting engines that appeared as wicked and asunmanageable, though coming for a benediction from their bishop, as a sulky schoolboy when forced to submit to punishment. And then—at last—at ten minutes to five, the dis tant firing of cannon was heard, showing that the Imperial train must have been discerned advancing towards Cherbourg. A pause—a very long pause—ensued, and it wag characterised by the same gravity and quiescence which had marked the preceding part of the day; for the feelings of the majority of those present were too deeply interested in the fact—the seeing and wel coming the Emperor —to allow themselves to be amused by trifles which were a ssurce of enjoyment to strangers. The braying of trumpets, the rattling of drums, and the awful roaring of cannon, filled the ears of all at two minutes to five o'clock, and at the same instant the Imperial train rolled slowly forward amid .he acclamations of thousands. At that moment all who were till then sitting started to their feet ? aluirY OFFICIAL DESPATCH. The following telegram from Mr. Acting Consul- General Green was received at the Foreign-office, August 7, 5.30 a.m. ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST 3, 1858. The steamer Bengal arrived at Suez from Calcutta, and brings the following dates :—Calcutta, July 2 ; Madras, 10 ; Galle, 14; Aden, 26; Hong Kong, June 23. On the Ist July the rebels were 40 miles from Jeypore, near Lallsahoont, and General Roberts's fo:ce was only 34 miles distant from Jeypore the same day. The allied expedition in the Peiho has reached Tiensin, from whence the last date is June 4. No serious attempt was made by the Chinese to impede the navigation of the river, and the gunboats advanced to Tiensin, which commands both river and the great canal, without a mark of hostility. The people supply provisions of excellent quality cheaply. The English and French Ambassadors were living on shore in a temple ; the Russians and Americans had followed the Allies up the river; the second officer of the Empire, and the President of one of the six koards of Government had arrived in Tiensin to negotiate ; they are invested with a title which the interpreter describes to convey full powers, and profess their readiness to treat on the demands put forward in the letter to the Prime Minister of China, which had been previously ignored. The first interview was to take place on the 4th June, after the departure of the steamer. The Chinese continue to consider the proceeding as something be tween peace and war, but not exactly one or the other. H.M. ship Princess Royal is anchored of Alexandria; the Colombo has beenplaced in quaran tine. Malta being subjected [have] ?to five days' quarantine, in obedience to the decision of the Board of Health of Constantinople, the Colombo obtains pratique to morrow, and leaves with homeward mails on the sth instant. Corfu, August 6, 9.45 p.m. The following despatch has also been re ceived:— ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 3. The India and China mails have arrived, but will not leave here till the day after to-morrow, the homeward-bound steamer having been put in quar- antine. The dates are from Calcutta, July 5; Madras ; July 10; Hong Kong, June 22; Galle, July 14; and Aden, July 26. _ _ The Gwalior fugitives were reported to be fifty miles from Jeypore, and General Roberts was only 34 miles from Jeypore on the same day. _ There was a report of Tirowan, in Banda, being captured, as also the rebel leaders Couginda Noo bareddy of Caratoge, Corla Signareddy, and Rajah Reddy (sic.) In China the ambassadors are prepared to declare in extension of our operations. At Canton the alarm continued, and several Europeans and Sepoys had been murdered by the natives. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The Calcutta produce market was dull ; imports scarce and quiet. The money market was unaltered; tonnage was abundant. Exchange was at 2s. Old. to 2s. lid. In the Madras market imports show a downward tendency ; produce is dull. Money is more plenti ful ; exchange, 2s. lid. At Hong Kong exchange was at 4s. Cid. At Shanghai trade was very dull ; exchange, Cs. Id. to 6e. 3d. THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO CHERBOURG. CHERBOURG, AVG. 6. The Queen breakfasts to-day with the Emperor and Empress un board the Bretazne. lc IS expeeLeu 1,1444 her Majesty will sail after, breakfast. EVENING. The Queen got under weigh to-day at half-past 12 o'clock. The Emperor paid a farewell visit to her Majesty on board the Royal Yacht. The weather was magnificent; and, notwithstand ing the departure of the English squadron, the roadstead exhibited the most animated appearance. The Emperor has visited the ships of war. His Majesty was received with the greatest enthusiasm by the crews. Their cheers were even heard in the town. Th,3 Queen:of Great Britain and the Prince Consort were entertained yesterday at dinner by the Emperor of the French, on board the line-of-battle ship La Bretagne. The EMPEROR, in proposing the toast of the health of her Majesty and of the Royal Family of England, made a speech, in which he said : " I am happy to be enabled to express the sentiments by which I fim animated upon this occasion of the Queen's visit to Cherbourg. The facts do indeed speak for themselves, and prove that the hostile passions which were excited by some unfortunate incidents have never been able to alter either the friendship which exists between the two Crowns, or the desire of the peoples to remain at peace. I have there fore the firm hope that if any attempts were made to revive again the rancours of a formerperiod, such attempts would be foiled by the good sense of the public, as the waves are baffled by yonder breakwater, which at this moment serves to protect the squadrons of both empires against the violence of the sea." The PRINCE CONSORT, on behalf of her Majesty, responded to the toast, in doing which he said— " The Queen is most sensible of the words we have just heard, which will for ever be dear to her. The Queen is doubly happy in having an opportunity, by her presence here, to join the Emperor in endeavouring to draw together as closely as possible the ties cf friendship which exist be tween the two nations. That friendship has their mutual prcsperity for its basis, and the blessing of Heaven will not be wanting to confirm it." COWES, FRIDAY. The Victoria and Albert, with het Majesty on board, arrived here at five o'clock this afternoon. The Queen left Cherbourg at 11 o'clock this morn ing. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY EYENING. The Duke of Cambridge and the Earl of Malmes bury landed in the docks this evening from accom panying her Majesty to Cherbourg, and proceeded to town by the 7.10 train. The steamship Etna arrived in the river this evening from Cherbourg. RETURN OF HER MAJESTY FROM CHERBOURG. FROM THE COURT NEWSMAN. OSBORNE, FRIDAY. The Queen returned from Cherbourg about five o'clock this afternoon, and immediately disembarked from the royal yacht. :FROM THE CORRESPONDENT OF TUE MORNING POST.) CHERBOURG, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Last night the prophets of evil had it all their own way, a heavy bank of clouds hung over the west, fringed by streaks of dull dusky red. The wind blew strong, and the fleets of small boats from the Ryde, wherries, to the brave little dingies, dashed through the Solent with the spray flying round and over them. "It will rain," "It will blow," "The Queen will give it up." Such were the prognostications uttered by the weather-wi3e and dandy amateur frequenters of the Ryde pier; but towards midnight the wind fell, the moon rose on the stately squadron at anchor Mr. offic( Ch , one i knell