The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-09 00:00:00

J OU VIN and CO.'S (Porte St. Denis, Paris) PATENT GLOVES, NW:dile d'Or.—Wholesnle Depot, Ic6, Ptccadilly.-33, 6d. per pair for either Indic.; or gentlemen. No dif fer nce by the dozen, ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—NEW THEA.TRY. The nobility, gentry, subscribers, and the public are respectfully wormed that the season will terminate on Saturday next. There will be no extra n;glits. EXTRA NIGHT THIS EVENING (MONDAY). Last Night•but Three. - Last Night uf DON GIOVANNI. THIS EVENING (MONDAY), Aug. 9, the last Extras ight d of the season will take place, on which occt.sion wi ll he peerme (for the last time this season) Mozart's Opera, DON GIOVANNI, with the following powerful cast:—Donna Anna, Madame Grist; ethos, Madame 113‘.isio ; Eivira, Marta ; Don Giovanni, Signor Mario ; Leporello, Signor Itonconi ; Masttto, gnor Polonini ; Commendatore, Signor Tagliatico ; Don Ottavio, Signor Tamberlik. Conductor, Mr. Carta. This Minuet will be danced by Matille. V.1:19. and M. Desplaces. The Opera commeaces at hatf-pa , t S.. .tickets, Ida. id.; amphitheatre stalls, 10.. 64., is., and 55.; Ptt amphitheatre, Is. ed. Second tier boxes, Et Its. 6d. ROYAL rmrsc ESS'S TII EA.TRE. Ender the Management of Mr. Charles Kenn. TRIM EVENING will be presented.Shalopere's Play of THE M E RCHANT OF VENICE: Shylock. Mr. FOR LOVE. Portia, Mrs. C. Keen. Preceded by tho Farce of DY M r ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss SwAnborough. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of COUB3 FAVOUR: topported 11 ig es, Messrs. Emry, Belford ,Poyater, Turner, Mi es 31. Withal, end Mrs. C. Melville. After which], BUNTING A TITRIIE: by Messrs. Belford. Burt, Turner, J. Clarke, and Miss M. Wilton. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND: by Messrs. Belford, Turner, J. Claiko, 31rs. C. Melville, and Miss E. Wilton. --- cANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road-- OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following company of Vo calists are enraged for the performance of Seleetions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS , CHORUSES, GLEES. DUETS, &r,„ via.:—Miss Russell, MrA. Badsey, Miss Brunel', Mias Bay, Madame itartolotti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson; Herr P. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling Senor Antonio, E. L. Hiroo, Mr. Badzev, Scnor Tiroii, Mr. Corer s . Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Ai.byn. Mr. Tanin, John G. lorde, and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; Isarmo ntum, Mr. Courtnay; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, 10., until twelve o'clock_ THE SUN. MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1858. Immediately before the close of the first Atlantic voyage—who does not remember it ?—there were divers curious and picturesque indications of the success of the glorious expedition undertaken by COLUMBUS and his Companions. There floated by, hour after hour, as the bows of the little caravels (bearing on board the destinies of the human race and the hopes of civilization) cut their way through the waste of waters towards their unknown and un seen destination--evidences that land, in the far west, actually did lie there before them—evidences visible and tangible, so unmistakeable in their way, that there remained no longer any fear of despair and mutiny bringing to a premature termination the magnificent enterprise upon which the greatest man of his age, one of the greatest men of any age in the world's history, bad so sublimely adventured, and in the conduct of which he had so heroically persevered. And these auguries of triumph—these sureties of ul terior victory, of the peaceful victory won by the discovery of ,a new world—of another hemisphere? They hardly requireenumeration. They are familiar to almost every one's imagination ! Impalpable at first—floating vaguely in the atmosphere—exqui sitely strange and delicious perfumes borne upon the winds from the ripened spices and flowering vegetation of the land beyond the ocean ! After wards—birds flying among the tapering masts and the uncouth rigging, birds of a perfectly novel plumage, birds flying now singly, now in flocks and clusters—living harbingers of leafy island or of forest-covered continent ! Surging by upon the waters themselves—at first some smaller twigs, at last some larger branches covered greenly with fresh foliage or redly with glistening berries— waifs and strays cast upon the deep as auspicious omens sent as encouragements from heaven, no less distinctly to that little band of mediaeval navigators than the olive spray carried in the last hour of the Great Deluge, by the dove, to the primaeval voyagers in the Ark! Lastly a nourd carved with rude indications of before the prows of the little squadron of COLUMBUS had, beyond the radiant birds and the exotic vegeta tion, had also, like the old world left fir away there, in the wake of the expedition, its intelligent popula tion ! So the last day of the great voyage closed; and then after the night had fallen—towards the dawn of the morning which was to bring at last the glorious sight of land to the Commander and his followers—there on the dark impenetrable horizon of the night were seen the gleaming lights, appearing and disappearing, shifting fitfully hither and thither carried in the hands manifestly of the invisible in- habitants. In this later and hardly less memorable voyage of the Agamemnon to Valentia, and of the Niagara to Newfoundland, it is remarkable to note the equally romantic incidents on their way, strewn more or less thickly along the watery pathway of the adven turous navigators. Harbingers of success there were in abundance, happy omens swift and swarming, visible, even audible in the clicking deflections of the miraculous needles of the electric telegraph—ab solutely unmistakeable evidences of the marvellous currant being throughout, to the last moment, uninterrupted. But together with these to-ti monies of success—there were threatening of disaster perpetually hovering about the bows and the sides of the Agamemnon. After splicing the cable in lat. 52 deg. 8 min. N. long., 32 deg. 2r min. W., at a di3tanee of 816 miles from her d:.'stination, there i 3 the startling record, on that first day of the paying out of the cable—the 22th of July—that she had to stop, perfirce, two hours, to spl it ale , v, a defec tive place being clearly di , cernibla. During the night following the day after, the minim cf the vessel is said very seriously to have endangered the fast uncoiling line of what is truly now the veritable Sea Serpent. Another illy, says the log-book, " ba rometer falling ;" and, a few h iurs afterwards, " very threatening appearance of the weather." Next evening the alarm—" Cable seriously endan gered by an American schooner passing close astern of the Agamemnon" —one of the most imminent risks of all ! Es - en after changing to the last coil, there comes the hor rid intimation, threatening destruction, as it were, in the eleventh hour—" Several whales near Agamemnon." In spite of all which, in spite of ' wind, and waves, and weather, and b!un lering vessels having nothing to do with the expedition, and last, not least, in spite of the monsters of the deep —we all knew the glorious result, we need hardly finish the sentence—the grand work of a few days is trium phantly completed ! Europe and America are con nected by the sensitive and instantaneously intercom municative thread of the delicate copper ,wire trailed along the unfathomable depths of the Atlantic Ocean ! Time and space are virtually annihilated between the new world and the old. Thousands of miles of salt water rolling between them—the Eastern and the Western hemispheres are brought permanently to gether—are one in thought and feeling —are al friends standing face to face ! The history of the first voyage of COLUMBUS may new in truth find a companion tale of marvel in the Annals of this last and in some respects greatest of all the triumphs of phpical philosophy—the one effected by the memorable voyage, during which the electric cable wai laid down along the awful and in crutable bed of the Atlantic by the Niagara and the Agamemnon. The QUEEN, P RI NCE COSSORT, and other members of the Royal Family of England, have paid their visit to the EmrEnolt and EmParss of the French, and, as we have already state received a cordial and warm greeting. It was right t 3 show that there was no paltry jealousy or envy—that neither the SovE REIGN nor People of Great Britain would repine at any accession of power to a nation which of late years ' has been a faithful friend and ally. Such events arc n ot mere visits of ceremony between the Monarchs. If so, they would be of comparatively little import -scarcely more so than on e of those AIME marriages to which so many promi sin g s cions of Royalty have, and, it is to be feared, will yet be, sacrificed, The ' CA , ~ * - ' -' t N-i• . .. 50 ,,.......„, i . _ , . • ~ b.!, - - AN. ..„,- ,i-7, 101 „, •e'V. a- ''''' •,.‘ -. • -IMII 3 . , , .., ..., 0., ~_, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA\ EVENING, AUGUST 9,185 S. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. INDIA AND CHINA. TRIESTE, SUNDAY EVENING, 7 P.M. The steamer Neptune arrived here from Alex andria at 4 o'clock p.m. The India and China mails had reached Alexandria with intelligence from Cal cutta to the 4th of July; Madras, 10; Ceylon, 14; Hong Kong, June 23. The rebels had returned in force to the jungle of Jugdespore, headed by Ummer Singh. General Lugatd had resigned, on account of ill health. Tirowan, in Banda, had been captured by General Whitlock. The Gwalior rebels were believed to be making for Bhut t pore. Maun Singh was besieged at Shahgurh by the Begum's army. The Calcutta import- market continues quiet. Government securities slightly improved. Ex change, 2s. Oid. to , 7 ,-(1. for first-class credits. -------- personal friendships of rulers seldom, if ever, inter fere with questions of State policy. FRANCIS of Austria did not seek to defend the throne of his son in-law NAPOLEON 1., nor to assert theinterers of his grandson, the Duke of REICIISTADT-LOUIS rill- LirrE, although possessing a fatherly affection for Queen VICTORIA, could not be induced to relinquish his schemes respecting the Spanish marriages, which eventually deprived him of his Crown. Nor did the friendship of our SOVEREIGN 1, maintain a dynasty, one member whereof was mar ried to her uncle and two to her first cousins. It is not, then, to the effects produced on Imperial or Royal personages that the chief advantages of such visits are to be ascribed. No ; it is the feeling ex cited amongst the peoples of both countries by such friendly demonstratiAr, that will cement, and, we trust, perpetuate the alliance between France and England. Let the voice of public opinion on both sides of the Channel be favourable to peace and mutual good-will, and there can be no disturbance of amicable relations, were there ten or fifteen Cherbourgs in addition. The captious critics, echo write with pens steeped in gall of what they are pleased to term " the pur poses for which Cherbourg was designed, and against whom it is avowedly levelled," do more to disturb the entente cordiale, to produce bitterness and ill-will between Englishmen and Frenchmen, than can easily be repaired. Some sneering or malevolent observa tions, calculated to injure the amour propre of a highly-sensitive race, may produce incalculable mis chit 1, and neutralise the good effects of the Royal and popular visit to Cherbourg on the highly-interesting occasion tnat has just passed. The visit was, unfortunately, but of comparatively brief character—from the evening of Wednesday till noon on Friday. It sufficed, however, to show the warmth of reception accorded by the EMPEROR and people of France to the Queen of ENGLAND and many English visitants. There were Royal salutes fired, on a scale which, of frequent occurrence, would fully verify the adage, " uneasy lies the bead that wears a crown"—an illumination on a grand scale — a magnificent banquet on board a French man-of war, at which kind sentiments were very neatly ex pressed, and sentences well turned ; and there were also opportunities afforded for sone friendly chat, in which certain opinions might be expressed. It is said that some members of the House of Commons felt a little sore at being unable to go through and inspect the Imperial dockyard before the admission of the public generally. We can easily understand the irritation that would be occasioned by such an occurrence ; but it must be remembered that they did not go in their legislative capacity. They went as a private body of gentlemen, highly respectable and distinguished, no doubt, but still not bearing any official capacity. We are quite satisfied that no slight or want of respect was for a moment contemplated ; that, on the contrary, every possible attention was paid. If the preparations nuking for the grand inauguration excluded every person, high and low, they could scarcely hope for any special exception in their favour. This, however, should not be the cause of any annoyance or bltterncss of feeling. India is now in our hands again, at least in the military sense. Not a town or fortress of any note or strength is now in the possession of the mutineers; Gwalior, the capital of our ally SCINDIAH, with its almost impregnable fort, has been reconquered within twenty days after it was treacherously seized, and we do not remember another town which the Sepoys can call theirs. The only large band of men in Central India is that which, driven from Gwalior, ..was making for jeypoor ; this, how ever, was followed by Sir Huai' ROSE'S cavalry, while General ROBERTS was advancing from Nus scerabad to meet it in the opposite direction. It must probably, therefore, be soon dispersed. In Oude matters must come to a crisis before long. The most able and fanatical leader of the rebels there is dead, and the f 1 wntcn fa MR 0 extend to those who do not sur render before the 30th of September, will 'probably induce the majority to lay down their arms before that time. It is true that no calculations founded on prudence or reason seem applicable to our East Indian subjects:; still the hoplessness of their cause must force itself upon their minds, when every stronghold is taken and every leader hanged or killed in battle. The amnesty and victory will surely soon send the surviving rebels home, and there will remain but the villains liberated from gaols, and those who will join them, hoping fur a longer or shorter immunity for plunder. The task with India will become almost imme diately one of government and administration only ; there will, indeed, be special work in many districts, in some almost amounting to a Pindaree war, in others onlyto rigorous police measures for the suppres sion of Dacoitee, but civil, not military administration, will resume its sway everywhere. The aid of the military will be wanted merely for its legitimate purposes. Now, surely, if ever, is the moment for pressing everywhere the disarming of the natives. They themselves will feel that we have a right to insist on i', and it is the first condition both of our Security and of their mutual s7cuiity against cacti ether. Sir Joux LAWRENCE has told us that, but for the disarming of the Sikhs, we should in ;ll probability have had the Plllli mob to recon liter, instead of having it ai a hue of uiwation3 far the reconquest of Delhi; while the prosperity of the pro vince hal ben due in great part to the fact that the natives were deprived of the means of plunder ing each other. The troubksome rebellion in (hide, on the contrary, and the comparative plv2rty of one of the most splendid provinces of India, has been owing ' to the fact that the talookdars were all little feudal barons, in regard to their means of offence and de fence, and farmers of revenue, " publicans," in fact, in respect to the Government. Oude is studded with small armed forts, and every village is obliged to have its clubmen. The peasant is never sure of the reward of his toil. In Bengal itself, Dacoitee-robbery common, eryby large a nd i n armed and organised bands is ruinously many other parts of India the mhepeorscs7sionwe cannot conceive, arms by some, places others at their conceive, therefore, of any good reason If w easonforde are elay to ing a very decided Arms Act for Il rule them, the populace or landholderso a u n g d p ht r t o o p h e a r N t - y e no inducement to rise against us; if life are to be secure, they ought not to have l t r l e. the means of ruthlessly pl un d e ring each other. Ire land never gave a hundreth part of the occa sion for an Arms Bill that India has done; yet how readily have such bills been offered to Parlia ment and accepted by it. What, we may ask, can the talookdars of Oude need cannon for ? and for what do they need bands of armed retainers? For what honeA purposes can the peasantry reed arms ? The pride of some of the great landlords may be touched by having to surrender their half-dozen great guns, but we hold it for a maxim that not a piece of artil lery ought to be found in India except in British hands, or in those of an ally SCINDRIT, who himself rill hardly need them more than the lieute nant of an English county, if all arouni him were disarmed. As to the numerius little military chiefs, a body guard, or guard of honour, is all they cm need, just to spare their pride. The possession of arms, then, except by a registered licence, the arms themselves being stamped by Government, and the manufacture of arms, except by express Government authority, ought to be at once probib tee: ; and dis trict after district ought to be disarmed, as rapidly as we have the means to do it. It may b: , , said that disarming '%ill look like dis trust, and that it is desirable rather to restore con fidence as rapidly as possible. 'We arc afraid that confidence must be the growth of time. After what Hindoos and Mabornmedans have proved themselves capakh—of, Europeans will be long before they can re g ain the confidence of pass y ears. The y have proved themselves more like to the ferocious animals of their own jungles than to the mighty and useful auimal, clistinguished alike for big ,a2acity and bid permanent docility when once subdued. Asiatics, Mahommedans especially, have in them more of the tiger than of the elephant. They_ may seem perfectly subjugated, may almost drag your chariot, but you can never b 2 sure that in any mo ment a moil cunning fear may not change into the savage seizure of some unexpected opportunity to tear and devour you. Watchfulness henceforth will be as essential as justice and kindness. The natives will know that we keep our eyes open, as we did not before, and they will think not all the better of us for pretending that we do not. They will know that if they bear arms, our eye will be continually on them, noting the use they make of them ; and they will think it more frank on our part, and feel more at ease on theirs, if they know that we hare no rea son to suspect them, because they do not possess the means of mischief. It will be ours to have military and police force sufficient to insure order; theirs to be without the temptation to insurrection against us, or crimes of violence against each other. It would seem almost superfluous to insist on the necessity of the precaution against future danger to which we have adverted, and it would be so, were not tradition and routine so all-powerful in India, and so strong in the composition of the new Council. The old Indians can hardly be got to look at Indian questions from a statesman's point of view. The past has been to them the perfection of wisdom, and we verily believe that, but for the force of public opinion in England, the mutiny would be looked on as a casual exception, which ought to have no influ ence whatever on our future Indian policy. We should still have all the nonsense about the mild Hindoo, and the respect due to his innocent though absurd prejudices. Natives would crouch till the opportunity occurred to spring up and Cut our throats, and the members of the " Covenanted Civil Service," and the officers of the Indian army, would trust a second edition of sepoys till they found them selves shot in the back er hacked to pieces. The next mutiny would not be separated from the present one by an interval like that which divides the latter from the battle of Plassy. European blood has now been tasted as it never was before ; ideas will float in the native mind which may kindle local or general conflagration in a moment, and unless the whole character of our military force there be changed, and the natives compelled to beat their swords into ploughshares, we shall bear in perhaps a quarter of a century, or less, of other risings as bad as that which is, we trust, smouldering to extinction. DEATH of the MARQUIS of QUEENSBERRY, The Glasgow Morning Journal of Saturday makes the following painful announcement : "The Marquis of Queensberry, who recently succeeded to the family title, was yesterday suddenly deprived of life. We have been unable to ascertain precise particulars; but understand he and his gamekeeper were shooting rabbits in Dumfrief shire, and after firing one barrel, in proceeding to re-load, the gun went off, and shot the marquis through the heart. Instant death followed." Hcr Majcsty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort will arrive at Buckingham Palace at a quarter to five this afternoon, from 0-borne. The Queen and suite, according to present arrangements, leave shortly after eight o'clock to-morrow, to embark at Gravesend, for Germany. Her Majesty, it is expected, will embark at half-past 10 o'clock at latest. The Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg- Strelitz and Prince Adolphus left town last evening for Dover, en route for Germany. The Grand Duke was ac companied by their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duchess and the Duke of Cambridge to the railway ter minus at London -bridge. The Grand Duchess afterwards returned to Cambridge Cottage, to join the Duchess of PrincessC p a u m ei b ic r a i , dg w e il a i n r d em th a e in untilthe My, 21st ti w ns i t tl whom h instant, and teGrand then jahl the Grand Duke at Strelitz. The Prince and Princess Hohenlohe-Schillingfurst and suite have arrived at Lung's Hotel, from Ostend. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff enter tained the Duke William of Meek lenburg•Schwerin, the Earl of Malmesbury, and a select circle, at dinner, at Prussia House, last week. His Excel lency and the Countess left town on Thursday, on a visit to the Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield House. his Excellency the Sardinian Minister left Paris a few days since en route for Germany. marquis and Ma. el ioness of Statibrd unit Coidß.47(i Levesou Gower, left Liverpo , rl tarry in the past week in his grace's yacht for the north of Scotland, via the Cale donian Canal. Tire Duchess has proceeded to Dunrobin Castle, N. 8., from Trentham. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, with the Marquis of Lnrn and family, arrived at their .villa, at Kensington, on Friday, from a tour of the spas in Germany. Oa Saturday the duke and duchess and fatnily left town for Inverary Castle, Argrlshire, for the whiter. The Earl of Malmesbury, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, will accompany Ler Msksty to Berlin, and remain in the retinue of the ,Queen until her Majesty's return at the end of the moral). The Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Moly. neux have arrived in town from Croxteth Hall, near Liver pool. The Earl and Countess of Euston have arrived a Euston Hall from a tour of visits. The Countess Pailleet, Comte I3ailleet, and Comte Burghern have arrived at Long's Hotel, from Paris. The Count Andre Schouvaloff, Aide-de-Camp to his Majesty the Emperor of Russio, has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Paris. Viscount Uffington has returned to town from a t , or on the Continent. His lordship has been absent six months. Lord and Lady IVodehouse and family have left town for Kimberley Hail, near Wymondham, Norfolk. Lord and Lady Foley arrived in town on Satur day from visiting the Duke and Duchesß of Norfolk at Arutufel Castle. They will leave on Wcdneiulay for IVorksop Mayor. Lord and Lady Rokeby are expected at Montagu !louse in it few dos F, from a tour cf Sir John Shellfy, M.P., comes tE) town to-day train ,Mare field Park, 6us3ex, and will leave to-m9rrotv for Sco'lard. CAntsEr CourwiL.--Summonses were issued on Saturday to the sa•ernl raer-”bers of the Cabinet for a Cout:vil thin sf ertoon, at the (Atrial residence of the Chancellor of Car Exch«lner, in DdwLing-street. Sir John Burgoyne litd an interview on Satur day with Sir E. liul.ver Lyt on. Mr. Rutherford. Mr. Thornton Mr t, Mr. F. S ewatt MacGaehen, and Mr. Isbister had also interviews with the right hon. baronet at the C LORD PALMERSTON IN NORTH WALE'.—The ex. Premier arrived in Carnarvon on Thursday night by train, and, after pas , ing the night at the Royal and Sportsman Ho el, proceeded next morning on to Festiuiog, Merioneth shire, in order to visit the quarry there in which his lordship a interest:A Mr. IT. By roe's burlesque of " Fr?. Diavolo " has been successfully produced at the Plymouth Theatre, Miss STauborongh and Mr. Cbatl s Yuunge sustaining their original characters of the Brigand Chief and Beppo. Mr. Millstone ably performed the character of the fright ened Lorenzo. THE NEW DIVORCE ACT.—On Sa# urclay was printed the act to amend the Divorce and Mattimonial Causes Act of last session. There are 23 ste;ions In the sta tute, including an iropertant one in reference to a pending case, stating that " in all eases now pending or hereafte- to be commene2d, in which, on the petition of a husband for a divorce, the alleged adulterer is made a co-respondent, or in which, on the petition of a wife, the person with whom the husband is all ged to base commit ed adultery is made a re spondent, it shall be lawful fur the court, after the close at the evidence on the part of the petitioner, to direct such cu respondent or respondent to he dismissed from the suit, if it shall think there is not sufficient evidence against him or her." Three are several clauses to protect the property of wives t'e e' tel. The order of protection is to write the time of desertion. Increased power is given to the judge who may sit in chambers with the same authority as in open court. Affilavits may be generally taken. - - DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE SUN NEWSPAPER OFFICE.-0a Monday night, about a quarter to nine o'clock, the utmost confusion was caused in the immediate neighbourhood of the Strand, in consequence of a fire break ing out in The Slln newspaper printing and publishing office, situate at No. 112, Strand, in the before-named thoroughfare. Before eleven o'clock the fire was so far got under as to allay any further extension of mischief; hut the damage done must be very considerable, as the whole of the type was destroyed, and the printing machinery rendered ust less. Notwithstanding this disaster the indefatigable and respectable editor, Mr. Murdo Young, published the [riper as usual nn Tuesday afternoon, being kindly assisted by the Morning Past establishment, and the extensive machinist, Mr. D. M. Aird.—Eret. - - - - [A - ay cordially do we here append to the brief comments of our contemp mary the Era, the assurance of oar grateful sense of the individual kindness and sympathy last particu larized. The generous and immediate co-operation in our effirts, for which we had rea7on to offer our personal thaas t 5 Mr. Aird at the time, elicit from us here again, at the casual mention of his name. the r petition of our most sincere acknowledgments. As , isted in the first instance Ey the chiefs of the Morning Post, and in tl e next by the head of the Economist establishment, we were enabled as punctually as ever, true to time, to produce the Sun anew, as the former of these two kindly neighbours and contemporaries had intimated that morning, like a Pheenix. May we not, indeed, say— " Even in our ashes live their wonted tires P" The copy of cur journal, upon the morrow of the conflagra tion, was literally, to all intents and purposes —as a banner in the breach. But thanks to the assissance of friends— the aid of our own energies —it was, with us, literally the successful issue of u hat many might not unreasonably have regarded as the leading of a Forlorn Hope,_ [Ed. Sun.l CHINA. We have dates from the Peiho to the 9th of June. Our gunboats had advanced to Tien-sin without op position ; the ambassadors were located near the city. A mandarin of high rank had arrived from Pekin as Special Commissioner. Reinforcements continue to be despatched from Hon; Kong. Canton is much disturbed. Exchange at Hong Kong, 4s. 6.1 d. for bank bills. Exchange, 6s. Id. SHANGHAI, JUNE 14. The Colombo, with outward mails and passengers, had arrived at Alexandria, and was to undergo 36 hours' quarantine, a steamer having arrived from Malta with a suspected case of plague. PARIS, MONDAY MORNING. The following remarks occurred in the speech delivered by the Emperor upon the occasion of the naugurat ion of the statue of Napoleon T. at Cher bourg. "It seems," he said, "tobe a part of my destiny to accomplish, by peace, the great designs of the Emperor conceived by him during war. His principles obtain their triumph at the pre sent day, by the force of reason. It is thus, for instance, that the question of the freedom of the seas has in our time been solved. Posterity, indeed, will always be found to realise the ideas of a great man. But whilst we refer these great re sults to the design of Napoleon 1., we must also do justice to the efforts which had been made by preced ing governments, not only by that of Louis XVI., but as far back as Louis XIV. The present Govern ment, relying on the support of the will of the great masses of the nation, does not wage war except when it is forced to defend the national honour and the great interests of the people. Let us continue in this course without distraction ; let us continue to develop in peace the resources of our country ; let us invite foreigners to visit us, as friends, not as rivals ; and let us show that France is a nation in which confidence and unity reign, and that maintain ing such internal union as resists all the passionate impulses of the day, she abides mistress of herself, obedient only to the dictates of honour and reason." THE FETES AT CHERBOURG. (FROM SPECIAL REPORTERS OF THE MORNING POST, CHERBOURG, AUG. 7. I concluded my letter of yesterday with stating that the artillery of the forts and the guns of the navy were proclaiming, with a triple salvo, that her Majesty the Queen's land visit to Cherbourg had terminated. Other salvoes announced the reception of the Queen on board the Bretazne„ t a am 2 the Royal visi tors..ll for 72 persons. cl ".rfi - e' Imperial entertainments of the evening for were received the Queen of England was a display of fireworks un equalled for their magnificence and their beauty. by thel These fireworks were not confined to one point, but seemed to start up from different parts of the bay— I am now describing them as they appeared to our view of them from the land. They began on the point of a small rocky island which lies outside the batteries of the military fort, and then, as it seemed to me, they were transferred from one boat to another —then a ship exhibited the ingenuity of its artists— then another ship started up and an explosion of ser pents, shooting stars, showers of gold, and showers of silver light to rival its predecessor, until at last all the ships in the road became illuminated—all burnt blue-lights, displaying the yards manned and every particle of the ship visible, and then arose a shower of light so intense that the Queen could be seen passing from the Bretagne to her own yacht ; and so, with her path made brilliant as noon, and with a discharge of fireworks loud as the guns of the different batteries, was closed a pyrotechnic exhibi tion such as I believe was never before witnessed. Every ten minutes, at the least, for the course of two hours, there sprang up amid the discharge of rockets of va!ions descriptions (never ceasing for an instant), a grand piece of fire-work—a cloud, for instance, of gold and silver arrows shooting int o th e s ky, an d, as they were falling, other gold and silver stars rising to the encounter, and then, as one would expect this noble display was coming to a conclusion, up rose in intensity, strength, and numberp, thousands upon thousands more fiery arrows, and then a grand con cluding outburst, which dazzled the eye with its in tensity and brilliancy. Then came a pause—if that cm be called a pause, in which the eye was never allowed to rest, hut was tempted to watch the rockets as they chased each other in fiery career through the air—and then up floated from the darkness some thousands again of flowers or circlets in variegated flames, and brilliant sparkling gem s , and increasing momentarily in numbers, beauty, an d magnifi cence, and all followed by a dazzling outburst of cor ruscating flames. Each object that on this earth is admired for the beauty of its colour, or the graceful ness of its form, was modelled in file and careering beneath the clouds. The-discharge of all sorts of fire was incessant, and the loud shout of delight that rang along the shore, mi ng l e d w ith the cries of people, and the grat e f u l ness o f " Vive l'Empereur !" s h owe d th e delight of the th e ir feelings towards the Sovereign t o w h om t h ey were i n debted for this tification. The night was one particularly favourable for such an exhibition. It was dark and calm, so that the pyrotechnist's labours were enhanced in beauty by the gloom around him, whilst his power in direct ing the works of his art was unimpeded. It was, in fact, a great work of art—as tasteful as it was gorgeous—it was a compliment worthy of an Emperor to oar ; it was a compliment not unworthy of haling a cr owne d Srwere i gn as it s principal ad mirer. Its last scene, when all the war sh i p s in the bay became a displ ay o f f ire works, in which the water was as bright and as di st i nctly v i s ibl e as in the noon day, and when a mimic artillery seemed to be pouring forth its fury, with an Emperor looking on, and a Queen sailing in the midst of this fiery commotion, one of those scenes which will retain a fixed place in the memory of all who have looked upon it. And so cloied the second day of the fetes at Cher bourg. The first discharge made by the artillery of the forts and shipping an nounce that the E m p eror an d Empress had (pitied yesterday morning was to their temporary pala ce a t th e P r efecture for the pur pose of bidding fare we ll t o t h e Queen of England. At eleven o'clock her Majesty took her departure amid three grand salvos of artillery, and, most as suredly, bearing with her the love and good wishes of the people of Normandy. The impression pro duced by this visit does show that the Emperor ex hibited considerable tact by i nv iting her Majesty to Cherbourg; fur that vi s it h as a ided considerably in cementing a good feeling between the two countries. 141 ' as the French are concerned all the circum. stances connected with it show that it has left the conviction deeply impressed upon their minds that the English are a generous, a trustworthy, a high minded and Imest-hearted people—that they are worthy of the Sovereign who reigns over them, and that with such a Sovereign and people united with the Emperor in France, and Victoria in England, the two nations have it in their power to improve the civilisation of the world, to increase the general hap piness of mankind. The visit of the Queen has added to the popularity of the English ; and it has added also to the venera tion of the French for their Emperor, fir they see in this incident, and in all the circumstances connected with it, the proof of his wisdom, the clearness of his foresight, and the soundness of his judgment. With the departure of the Queen began the la bours of the Emperor in Cherbourg. Not a single vessel of war in the road, nor, I believe, a fort in the bay, as well as the breakwater, but was visited by the Emperor, accompanied by the Empress. It was a minute and careful inspection of everything, a per sonal interview, it might be said, with every sailor, and it occupied at the least fully six hour'. It was a day of downright hard-work ; and considering how the ruler was engaged, and how the people were at the same time amusing themselves, it was not an unapt portraiture of the existing condition of France. The Emperor is labouring, in order that the people may employ their time as bests suits their conve nience or their inclination; and that with him to watch over them they may be confident that neither domestic traitors nor foreign enemies shall have the power to mar their interests, nor to despoil them of their property. Of the amusements of the people during the day, it is only necessary to say a few words. At two o'clock there was a gratuitous spectacle at the theatre; at three o'clock there was a discharge of balloons and parachutes, and these parachutes filled with toys, &c., &c , and in the evening there was an exhibition of fireworks in the Place Divette. The fireworks began at nine at night, and concluded at 10 o'cicck. They were a present to the city of Cherbourg from the living brother of the first Napoleon—Prince Jerome, uncle to Napoleon 111. They were very magnificent, and if I had not seen the fireworks of the preceding night I would be disposed to describe them; but the fact is, that after the exhibition of the sth of August, for the Queen of England, it is impossible to speak of any other display of the same description without disparaging it by the comparison. This, however, is the grand day at Cherbourg. This day the new dock is to be opened, the Vine de Nantes launched, the military port and all its de partments examined, and all the operatives, 6,000, I think, in number, inspected. In the evening is to be the ball at the Hotel de Ville, at which will be present not less than 2,300 guests ; and amongst these ten members of the House of Commons. The other members return this morning. In fact, there are too many of them to be welcome guests saywhere. They found, at first, some difficulty in obtaining admission to the military port, as the pub lic were rigidly excluded. Admiral llamelin at last procured them the favour they sought for ; and they had the good fortune of seeing the military port at the same time that her Majesty was inspecting it. Their appearance and their numbers completely mys tified the French, who did not know how to class them, as a distinct body of persons, or to treat them as individuals, apart one from the other. Where thousands are pressing to get admittance to the ball, the city invited ten members of " the Honourable House" as guests, and so did its utmost, under very difficult circumstances, to show their respect for her Majesty's faithful Commons of England. CHERBOURG, AUG . 7, 3 r.m. I have just returned from visiting the inauguration of the grand basin and docks named Napoleon 111. The weather is again most favourable, and not less than 100,000 persons crowded round this gigantic work—the most commodious and extensive naval m ldeed knovel scenc— it the vast empty — sTia k e l Z-, a L i A n e de i.l e tia there, at equal intervals round the basin, huge gaps left for vessels of the largest class. On the central quay a triumphal arch was formed, entirely of naval emblems, and a little further on a building was constructed to receive the Emperor, gaily decorated with flags and flowers. The naval corps of the garrison were on duty, so that many varied, gay uniforms, were seen mixed with the elegant toilettes of thousands of ladies. The Emperor, Empress, Duke of Malakhoff, and the Port Admiral arrived at the arsenal at half-past twelve, amid the salute of artillery and military bands. Thousands lined the road, and ever and anon the Imperial party was saluted by " Vive l'Empereur I Vive l'lmperatrice l" Near the platform building, in addition to the officers of the Court and naval officers, were a few Englishmen in uniform, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir C. Napier, and Sir William Codriogton, and others. I did not know, waiting to greet his Majesty. The Em press looked very well, and wore a white dress and bonnet trimmed with green. The Emperor, as usual, wore the uniform of a general of division. The Imperial visitors immediately descended a stair case which had been constructed expressly to con duct them to the bottom of the central basin. The ceremony of placing coins and a record of the build ing of the basin Napoleon 111. in a prepared site was soon gone through by his Majesty, who, by the way, was accompanied by the Empress. There stood the group on whom thousands gazed—l know not how many feet below us, but sufficiently distant to look no more than half the ordinary size of human being,:. The ceremony of blessing the docks was at hngth performed, and their Majesties are now visiting the workshop 3 and arsenal of this immense navll depot. When I let to write this hurried letter, which must be posted at four o'clock, the water was slowly falling into and filling the vast stone basin, and by six o'clock it is calculated enough water will have run in to float the ship waiting to be launched, viz, the Ville de Nantes. This is the closing ceremony of the day's programme. Most of the English yacht people were on shore to witness the ceremony, and all with whom I spoke declare we have nothing like it in England. It was a strange and novel sight— these epaciou3 stone-wall-circled pits for receiViii , huge men-of-war, armitd and rigged—fearfully dull, and making nervous people tremble as they looked to the bettom, on account of their height. I shall not pause to give statistics, but no one who has not seen the basins empty will ever form an idea of their extent, or be able to estimate the vastness of the plan. To-night there is a grand ball, and to-morrow we have the inauguration of the statue of Napoleon I. The Emperor, Empress, and suite, together with the Duke of Malakhoff, will leave Cherbourg to morrow at two o'clock for Brest. The M.P.'s who visited Cherbourg for the flies are off to-day (Saturday). Many of these gentlemen, I hear, have indulged in a considerable amount of Briti; , l grum bling, originating in their visit to Cherbourg ; but I know not why they left so early—some say they complained of difficulty in obtaining tickets for the ceremonies. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY. The gaieties being chiefly over, the ships bearing excursion parties set sail from Cherbourg at day break this morning. The Pera left the harbour first, with such of the members of Parliament as still hung together, though a great many had elected to return in the Prince Frederick William via Dover— the Benares next, and the Salsette in the rear. The positions were reversed on the voyage, and the Sal vette ran into the Needles far in advance of both the other ships. Just previously, a meeting of the pas sengers had been convened on the main deck for the purpose of expressing their thanks to the directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company for the liberality with which their magnificent steamer had been placed at their disposal. Mr. Kennard was called to the chair. Admiral Austin, C. 8., pro posed : " That onr cordial and grateful thanks be cffered to the directors of tlae Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company for their polite invitation and generous hospitality extended to us on the most interesting occasion of the fetes it Cherbourg; and that we desire to express our high admiration of their noble ship SAsette—of its excellent management—and of the courteous attention shown to us by Capt. Browne, his officers, and all connected with the chip establishment." The Hon. Mr. Townes (of Australia) seconded the resolution, paying at the same time a well-deserved compliment to the directors, and officers, and crew of the ship, and expressing a hope that the colonists of New South Wales, with which he was immediately connected, would very shortly have the advantage of some of the magnificent ships of the company's fleet for conducting the postal service between Aus tralia and this country. This resolution was carried by acclamation. Three cheers were then given for Mr. Allen, the managing director, for Mr. Barnes, the purser, for the officers, and for the crew ; and the compliment conveyed was acknowledged in a neat speech by Mr. Allen on behalf of the com pany. On board the Benares, at dinner, in Cherbourg harbour, a similar compliment was paid to the company on the motion of Judge Ilaliburton, who prefaced his proposition with a most humorous speech, which was responded to by Capt. Isgledue, the company's superintendent. On Friday morning, while all the vessels of the Peninsular and Oriental Company were in Cherbourg harbour, a number of their passengers met on the main deck of the Salsette, and agreed upon the fol lowing address to the Emperor of the French : " To his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French. — Sire,—The magnificent and interesting celebrations con nected with the inauguration of the works at Cherbourg, which have been graced by the presence of our beloved Sovereign, suggest to the minds of her subjects who have been privileged to witness them the desire to offer their hearty congratulations to your Imperial Majesty, and to express their earnest hope that the cordial feelings of respect and friendship which exist between the Sovereigns and peoples of two mighty nations, and which have been so strikingly manifested on this auspicious occasion, may ever continue, and that your Majesty and your illustrious con sort may long be spared to reign over a great and prosperous , nation." This address was handed by a deputation to the English Consul at Cherbourg for presentation, but for some unexplained reason this gentleman declined to become the medium of its transmission, and if the Emperor receives it we believe it will be through the Imperial Post-office. A valuable pictorial record will be preserved of the principal features of the events of these famous three days, M. Carlo Bossoli, a gentleman who travelled with Prince Woronzoff and the Princess Helena of Russia through the greater part of Southern Russia, and whose beautiful views of the Crimea are well known to the public, having been commissioned to take sketches, with a view to the publication of a series of views. M. Bossoli has executed his task with great fidelity. The following is the original text of the speeches made by the Emperor and the Prince Consort on Thursday, on board the Bretagne : " Je bois a la saute de sa Majeste la Reine d'Angleterre, celle du Prince qui partage son trone, eta la famille royale. En portant co toast en leer presence a bord du vais,eau Amiral Francais, dans le port de Cherbourg, je suis heureux de montrer les sentiments qui nous animent envcrs eux ; en cat les faits parlent d'eux-memes, et ils prouvent que les passions hostiles, aidees par quelques inci dents malbeureux, n'ont pu alterer ni l'amitie qui existe entre les deux Couronnes, ni le desir des deux peuples de rester en paix. Aussi ai-je le ferme espoir que si l'on voulait reveiller les rancunes et les passions d'une autre epoque, elles viendraient echouer devant le bon sens public, comme les vogues se brisent devant la digue qui protege en ce moment contre la violence de la mer les escadres des deux Empires." " Sire,—La Reine desire eine j'exprime a votre Majeste combien elle est sensible a la nouvelle preuve d'amitie qu vous venez de Jul donner,' en lui portant un toast, et en prononcant des paroles qui lui resteront chores a jamais. Yotre Majeste connait les sentiments d'amitie qu'elle vous parte, a vous sire, et I l'lmperatice, et je n'ai pas besoin de vous le rappeler. Vous savez egalement qtte la bonne en tente entre nos deux pays est l'objet constant de ses comme it l'est des votres. La Reine est done doublement iteureuse d'avoir l'occasion, par sa presence ici en ce mo ment, de s'allier a vous, sire, en tachant de resserrer autant amitii cst la base de leur prosperite mutnelle, et la bene diction du Ciel ne lui manquera pas ! La Reine porte la sante de I'Empereur et de l'lmperatrice." Mr. Churchward, the contractor for the imperial and royal mail service, brought back several mem bers of the House of Commons in the Prince Frederick William to Dover. Before leaving the ship these gentlemen, in conjunction with other passengers, presented Mr. Churchward with the following gratifying testimonial, to which, from personal ex perience during the voyage from Dover to Cher bourg, we know he is eminently entitled : " On board the Prince Frederick William, at Sea, Aug. 8. " Dear Sir,—Before leaving your vessel we desire to acknowledge your great courtesy in cffericg us accommo dation on the Prince Frederick William, so soon as you learned from Capt. Gosset that several msmbers of Parlia ment were desirous of obtaining a passage to England on Saturday. " The opportunity you afforded us of witnessing the cere monies which took place yesterday under such favourable and brilliant auspices has been productive of great grati fication to us all; and we unite in cordially thanking you for your thoughtful attektions, and for the generous hos pitality you hare shown us since we became your guests. The affability you have displayed to all your guests, and tha good management that has prevailed under very embarras sing circumstances, assure us that it is a matter of corgratulation to the public that the comfort nod sec❑rity of passengers and the punctual conveyance of the mails between England nod France are entrusted to a gentleman and a staff of officers so well qualified to dis charge such responsible duties.—We remain, dear sir, yours faithfully." [Pis d current ignerl by one peer, several members of Parliament, and rnav other passengers.] PARIS, AUG. 8, EVENING. The Emperor yesterday morning inaugurated the new dock insthe naval arsenal at Cheibourg. The ceremony attracted an immense concourse of spec tators. Their Majesties arrived at half-past twelve at the dock-yard, passing under a triumphal arch, composed exclusively of articles belonging to naval architecture and vessels, and were received by the maritime Prefect and the authorities of the port. Their Majesties and all their suite descended into the new dock, and the Emperor fixed in its place the .plate commemorative of this important event: The Imperial cortege afterwards placed themselves under a handsome tent, richly decorated and surmounted by the Imperial flag. The dykes were then broken, and the water rushed into the dock. During the. time that this immense reservoir, the surface of which exceeds twenty acres, and which contains no less than two millions of cubic metres, was filling, their Majesties visited in retail several of the workshops and other establishments in the arsenal. Precisely at six o'clock, the time of high water, the Emperor gave the signal for cutting away the last hawser which kept the Ville de Nantes, of 90 guns and 900-horse power, on her stocks, and she glided into the water amidst cries of " Vive l'Em pereur " from the mouths of 100,000 spectators. Not the slightest accident of any kind happened to dis turb this ecene, which was magnificent in the extreme, and favoured by the finest weather. The Moniteur publishes a decree promoting the Count de Casabianca, Baron de Lacrosse, and Baron Je Cronscilhes, senator, to the rank of Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour; M. de Ronicuf; deputy, M. Boudet, President of Section of the Council of State, and M. Halevy, Member of tie Institute, to that of Commanders. The same decree makes ten promotions to the rank of officer, among whom is M. Daiblay, deputy, and 22 nominations to that of Knight. The funeral of Count Portalis, senator, Honorary First President of the Court of Cassation, and ex- Vice-President of the Chamber of _Peers, took place on Saturday at Passy, in presence of a numerous attendance of the friends of the family and others. The covers of the pall were held by M. I3erenger (de la Drome), President of the Court of Cassation ; M. Barthe, first President of the Court of Accounts ; the Marquis d'Audiffret, senator ; and M. Hippolyte, Passy. Behind the hearse, and after the family of the deceased, was a deputation from the Senate, the Court of Caseation, the Court of Accounts, and other judicial bodies. Among the other distinguished persons present were M. Delangle, Minister of the Interior; Marshal Magnan ; M. Devienne, First PrEsident ; M. Chaix d'Eit-Ange, Procureur-General of the. Imperial Court of Paris ; M. Dumas, ex- Mini:4er, and a number of senators, councillors of state, deputies, &c. The usual military honours were paid to the deceased as Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. Speeches were delivered over the tomb bp M. Hippolyte Passy, in the name of the Institute, and by M. Louis Reybaud, a personal friend of Count Portalis. Baron Eminger, Governor of Lower Austria, died on the 4th inst., at Vienna, of an attack of apoplexy. A letter from Damascus, in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" Mgr. Gregorio, Bishop of Nabk, in the Libanus, recently returned from France and Italy, where he had been to make collections for churches in his diocese. On his return to Zahle, his country, he disposed of the greater part of the sums which he had brought back with him in favour of his own family. This fact has led to a protest on the part of the French Consul." The Postlidninp,•, the official journal of Stockholm, says :—" The six females who had been condemned to quit Sweden for having gone over to the Catholic religion, have been informed that if, before the judgment of the Court of Appeal is given, they would apply for the Royal clemency, the Prince Regent was disposed to receive their petition." The Nord of Brussels says : " Letters from Ragusa announce that the rayahs of the lierzegovine havroffered their submission on the following conditions :—' The taxes of all kinds are to be abolished and replaced by a tribute, to be fixed on by common accord, and paid on the Ist of March every year into the provincial treasury of Mostar ; the Bashi-Bazouks to be removed and regular troops to be employed to guard the frontier; the proprietors shall only have a right to one-fourth of the pro duce of the soil ; an archiepiscopal see of the erthodox rite shall be created in the Her zegovine, the bolder of it, who must understand thelanguage of the c mintry, shall be elected by the national clergy. The Vienna Gazette, in quoting this cor respondence, deplores these partial concessions, which, in its opinion, will prevent the introduction of a general and uni form system of reformatory measures. The Austrian organ f)rgets that the measures spoken of, and which have been solemnly promised and guaranteed to the Christians of those provinces, have been waited for in vain by them for years past. The most urgent thing is to put an end, no matter on what conditions, to the old system of exactions and violence, and nothing will be more easy than to afterwards unite the local ameliorations to a complete and uniform system." The Abeille du Nord, of St. Petersburgh, of the 28th ult., has the following remarks on Austrian policy in the Principalities : "In mingling herself up in the affairs of Moldavia and Wallachia, Austria forges with her own hands the weapons which will be turned against her. In founding in those Principalities different industrial undertakings, and acquir ing by pecuniary sacrifices the exclusive navigation of tine Danube fur her fig, Austria will be inevitably exposed to frequent disputes, if not with the Rournan authorities, at least with those of Moldavia and Wallachia. An opposition, even though it be trifling on the part of the latter, may lead Austria into such a meddling with the internal affairs of Turkey that the other powers who signed the treaty of Paris of 1856 would require from Austria sufficient guarantees that she will for the future abstain from such an interference. It hence follows that, notwithstanding its present success in Turkey, Aus trian policy will deceive itself if it reckons on passing front ndustrial to political domination in the Principalities." MAGAZINES. The Dublin.—The adventures of Gerald Fitzgerald are continued in this portion. The story gets very exciting. Gerald becomes mixed up with the momentous concerns of the revolution, which began about the time he was enrolled in the Royal Guard. There is a constaTi.t variety in the details of this nar rative that renders it very attractive. " Domus Domorum" is a brief essay on the work of Abbe 13ourasse, recently published, on the subject of the beautiful churches of the world. It is interesting. " Some late Novels, as seen through a Killarney Glass," contain a summary of recent fictions, for the most part judiciously and fairly given. The s tyle in which the opinion is recordetl is more likely to arrest the attention than if the reader met with a long dissertation, which would seem a task to peruse instead of a sketch to entertain. "Artist Life in Rome" is the title of a melancholy tale, which 15 written with feeling and spirit, and evidently by nnc who is intimate with the subject of which he treats. The character of Freeling is admirably drawn. There is reality apparent in the vivid description of the triumphs he attained by his genius, and the successes he won by his genial man ners and ready kindness. He found an enemy among his hosts of friends, who contrived to work him some deadly injury. From the tenour of this opening part it is to be presumed that the closing scenes will be sad. The article on " Oxford Essays is well worthy of perusal. One point especially noticeable is the inquiry instituted regarding the after actions of those who have early distinguished themselves at the examinations, and carried off classical honours. By a subsequent examination it 13 shown that many of the past and present genera tions who are distinguished men were "firsts." It would appear, then, it is stated, " on the whole, that the university of life confirms the decisions of the schools." A paper on " Cheap Security," by the practised pen of the author of " Proverbial Philo sophy," will doubtless engage attention. It is on the subject of Rifle Clubs, and carried on in a colloquial form, which is a convenient mode of answering ob jections and suggesting plans in an easy, off-hand manner. Some verses entitled " Floreal" are grace ful and flowing in their style, and will present an agreeable attraction to the poetical reader. Colburn's New Monthly.— A. very interns log sketch of the life and sorrows of Madame de Mont morency, wife of the brilliant Marshal who was be headed through the influence of Richelieu, meets the reader in this number. It is founded on a recent French work, by M. A.medee Rene?, and represents the unfortunate Mont morenc y as a brave and chtval rcus soldier, and his wile, who was delyted to him :, as a most estimable character. " The Second Wife" is the continuation of the story of Lord Hartledon and Anne Ashton.' The earl's second marriage is not much more happy than his first, and the trouble that has hung over the family so long is again alluded to. Sir Nathaniel continues his "Readings n Current Literature" in his accustomed manner. The campaign in the Crimea is considered in a sani tary point of view, and the fearful statistics of death and suffering given. It is a poor consolation to know that others were more unfortunate than our selves, but such appears to have been the case from the report of M. Bandens on the losses and sickness among our brave allies. The statistics and summary of M. Banden's account, which is given in this article, arc useful and curious. Several tales of varying interest are commenced and continued, and several miscellaneous papers supply attractions fur different tastes. Colburn's United Scrvice.—The usual number of articles on Indian topics are given in this number. The opening article "Are we to Co n . tinuc the struggle to hold India at any cost?" is evidently from the pen of the same author who has before expressed his opinions on Indian matters in this magazine. Few, we should imagine, would coincide in his opinions as to the va l ue o f our Indian possession., and the necessity of maintaining our dominion there. M. Brialmont's " Life of the Duke of Wellington" furnishes a congenial topic, and is treated of at length. " Our advance on Lucknow from the eastward," is continued, and gives a clear and interesting narrative of the progress of the British army through Oude. Colonel Alex , ander's " Reminiscences of a visit to the Celestial Empire" are conti nue d , an d g i ve us some gra phic pictures of Chin a an d th e Chi nese . " N e w Cale donia" is a subject th a t w ill i n t eres t mos t readers, and an ent er t a i n i ng account o f t h e coun t r y it s elf and the native Indians is met with. So little is known about the character and habits of the people, or the natural features of the country, that the article possesses considerable novelty. A paper on the " Massacre of Djidda," and our position in the Red Sea, will repay persusal. There is the usual quantity of naval and military intelligence, and all subj(cts connected with the united services are dis cussed with spirit and ability. Tail's Edinburgh Magazine contains its accustomed variety of articles, tales, and essays. The political and social questions of the clay are treated of; but the most attractive portion of the magazine is gene rally the miscellaneous articles, such as "Tangled Talk," "Women and Womenkind," &c. The rela tions of mistresses and servants are treated of in one of these with sense and judgment. There is much to attract the general reader in its pages. Titan maintains its character as a pleasant and sparkling serial. We miss the charming domestic story so lately concluded, and hope the fair authoress will soon resume her pen. The tale with the ex citing title of" Behind the Scenes in Paris" progresses with its usual vivacity, and, from its name and style, will attract many readers. The extracts from new books arc well selected, and the magazine is one of the pleasantest and least pretending of the smaller sedale.