The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROY AL, ii AY M ARKE candid, and, much more, if also a literary man, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bne kstone. acknowledge that few political le t ters in these de- THIS ETENING - the performances will commence with generate days of verbiage will bear to be compared MALLOWE'EN. With THE CONTESTE D ELECTION. with it. The style and composit ion of the letter After which, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. R TO MARRY. would do credit to any party ; and the Northern And A DAUGHTE commence at 7. Reform Union, to whom it is addressed, will cer tainly distribute it by millions. They will see to it, that every elector at least has a copy. Some may repeat the old objection, that it is too abstract in its first statements especially ; yet what policy is there of any worth which does not start from some principle? This is indeed but the old stock objection which was blown to the winds by Free Trade, by Religious Liberty, by Negro and Roman Catholic Emancipation, and by every great onward movement. Representative Government, like every i 'other policy, must have its starting point in s ome 'great abstract principle, to which assent cannot be 'efused ; and, to develop which is the business, Lnd should be the aim of every intelligent and Lonest statesman. Who, then, can deny either the veil-condensed facts, or the brief inference from hem, of the following paragraph : " An unborn child in the United Kingdom is not only Rotected by its mother, it is surrounded by the shield of he law. Soon after its birth its existence is vouched for, is identity and its presumptive inheritance are cared for )y the law of vaccination. And no sooner does it know right from wrong than it is required to be obedient to the government of the country. And, from the first, directly or indirectly, its sustenance, and many things which cora line to secure the welfare of its being, are taxed. Thus, he beginning of its life and of its interest in the legislation d the Parliament are contemporaneous. Throughout its ;xistence on earth that interest exists likewise without in ,ermission, and after death the laws of the country protect he sacredness of its tomb. " He whose whole life on earth is thus acted upon by 'arliament is justly entitled to have a voice in choosing his ;wn representative in that assembly." From the claim of every child born under our aws to representation, Lord TEYNHAM proceeds to he first limitation—age. " The Scriptures and ;ur laws say the same thing ; we, when we were :hildren, were 'in bondage.' Thus a child is not inalified to become a voter. Let him become a nan. The franchise will thus become the inheri ;ance of every male child; but he will not enter on his inheritance till he becomes of age." Of course mere sneerers will say that here a great deal is assumed; that women and children too are en titled to the franchise, on Lord TEYNHAM'S starting principle. This, however, is mere banter ; un worthy of serious refutation. A physical, intel lectual, real difference exists between immaturity and maturity ; we may truly say, also, between the sexes, which gives to the full-grown man the government of all. Divine and human laws, and the sentiments and usages of the most Christian and civilised states so distinctly acknowledge the difference, that we might well spare ourselves, as Lord TEYNHAM does, any notice of such quibbling feints. Suffice it to argue the " women's rights question" when British wives and daughters are dis satisfied with being represented by their husbands ( and fathers. But Lord TEYNHAM has another [ limitation, one which, as our readers may remem ber, has been frequently insisted on in this journal, as most desirable, if only a practicable one—the qualification of being able to read. This also is neatly stated— "We thus reach another point of concord. Universal suffrage reduced to practice is manhood suffrage. Would a man give his vote for a member of Parliament wisely he must exercise his mind on political subjects ; he must col lect accurate information upon them. Independently he should vote ; independently think. That he be not depen dent on others for a mere smattering of politics, he must be able to read, and thus to store up knowledge for himself. He who cannot read is not qualified to give a vote which he can know will be beneficial to himself and his country ; he who can read, having within himself the mean of all knowledge is q ualified to vote well. If I gain the assent, and I expect it unanimously, of reformers to this step, uni versal suffrage is practically that of every reading man. II will not be hard to persuade the man who cannot read tha he should leave the suffrage to him that can, even as the blind man is willing to be led." His lordship hopes that such reform as he seeks would be in many ways beneficial to the country, and especially that it would tend to make every youth desirous to enter on manhood as a man capa ble of reading. We know too well the practical difficulties which would be at once suggested, and which would doubtless to some extent exist ; we shall be asked (as we have been before) what mea sure of fluency in reading should be accepted as a qualification. And we should again reply, two or three fair jurymen on cacti side, in the Revising Barristers' Courts, could decide the question always with practical ease and fairness. Given, the prin ciple of such a suffrage, and we would answer for giving effect to it. Our educational standard has, however, always been somewhat higher : we would add writing. It would afford one great aid towards detection of personification if each elector signed. the registration list. It might be taken to him by the overseers. And on the day of voting, if required to sign again, the comparison of the returning officer's previously signed private copy with the signature of the voter would be an almost certain detector of fraud. We need not re mark on the value of the habit of writing, as well as of reading, as a qualification. Lord TEYNHAM concludes, however, with some well-stated reasoning against exacting a higher qualification than what is just sufficient. The dif ference, he remarks, is overlooked between being qualified and being better qualified. Wo have in legislation to do only with simple qualification, and must resolutely reject all gradations. A reading man has the qualification to know all that is desir able for an elector. We have no more right to require that he should have higher qualifications than to require that a man should be more than barely compos mentis to enjoy his paternal in heritance. If a return were moved for of Lord TEYNHAM'S letter, in the House of Lords, it might be of more value to their lordships than half the papers which are thus placed in their hands. TILE ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN ZGGS. And TO FAUN £S AND GUARDIANS. After which, TRYING IT ON. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at .7 o'clock. CANTERBUR ALL CONCERTS.— EVERY EVENING.— H The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con certs), the extaordinary Violin Performances of the cele brated Infant DELEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual Vocal Concert. Comic Vocalists—Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critc hfield, andE. W. Mackn e y . Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most uniq ue and brilliant sights of the metropol THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 65 _lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day at noon. BAROMETER- 30 . 15 . WIND, W. ; light, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY. —Morning , 12h. 15m.—Afternoon, lh. 11m. To-Moßßow-Morning, I.lh. 30m.—Afternoon, Ih. 47m. THE SUN. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1859. Somebody—was it not the late learned Doctor LARDNER of Encyclopmdiac reputation P—once de clared it to be no better than an idle day-dream to talk of steaming across the Atlantic. Somebody else—whose name, by the way, was legion —looked for years and years upon JAMES WATT as a visionary. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS used to be jeered at and hooted through the streets of Lisbon and Madrid, derided as the " mad Italian " by the very children. Mr. SMILES'S admirable Life of GEORGE STEPHENSON shows how that grand old patriarchal founder of the Railway World had to battle his way resolutely onward, through all kinds of derision and contumely, to the realisation of a project regarded by him from the first as feasible, but scouted by almost every one else as a delusion and an impossibility, until the rails were laid down upon peat-moss, and the locomotive was clat tering over them triumphantly. We have had a repetition of all this recently enough in regard to the Great Eastern steamship—the Leviathan, the Behemoth, the Mastadon of the Deep. What sneers have been directed against it since its commencement ! What croaking there has been in the way of evil predictions ! How sure the cynics were of its failure as something quite inevi table ! While it was yet in the great shipbuilder's yard at Deptford—was not the favourite name for it, with many, Brunel's Folly ? There was no end to the ridicule of some of the more splenetic Smell funguses. And when it was begun to be launched —what a roar of scorn there was at the great en gineer whose genius had called the monster into existence, but who found some little difficulty in getting the said monster down, first of all, into its own element ! Because there was a hitch there— all the rest was forgotten, and Mr. BRTJNEL was actually derided by some as though he were really a sort of flagrant malefactor. All that extraordinary blending of daring and inge nuity by which he had contrived to con • struct the mightiest sea-going vessel ever built since the Deluge—all that was forgotten. The one thing alone borne in rememberance was the cir cumstance that the ship was not precisely " up to time" in the launching. Immediately—it was pre dicted that there the Great Eastern would remain " high and dry," " stuck in the mud," rotting slowly away a gigantic memorial upon the rivers' bank of the wise-folly of a man whose only equal (in this attribute of " wise-folly") was to be found in the crack-brained philosopher mentioned in " Rasselas," who wanted to fly first to the top of a mountain, but who instead of that got nearly drowned in a lake. There was even a caricature actually published, representing the Great Eastern as she might supposed to appear a few centuries hence, when pencilled down in the sketch-book of Lord MACAULA.Y's New Zealander. Scarcely had this absurd picture been lithographed, however, when, lo ! the Great Eastern was there afloat upon the bosom of the Thames. A mere shell, however—said the depreciators of the pro ject—the empty hull of a bankrupt company. It was idle to talk any more about it—the thing was a failure—it would never come to good, it could never come to good. We were all to go down at our leisure, whenever we so pleased, and look at that great hull, and laugh at the foolhardiness that had built it and set it afloat. Suddenly, however, in steps Sir CUSSACK RONEY with one word of common sense —resolving into har mony the chaos of the financial part of the under taking. So far the result has been, as we all know —the new Company and the new ship going on to gether since then swimmingly. The Great Eastern that was never to be completed was completed. Equipments, masts, yards, sails, tackling, paddle wheels, screw-propeller, engines, coals, crew everything and everybody aboard. " 0 but"— then said the cynics at their last gasp of incredulity —" she'll never get safely out of the river down into the deep water of the Channel." As we write this—comes to us, as in mocking answer to that preposterous prediction—comes to us, flashed along the telegraphic wire, this pithy and laconic Telegram : _ Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, accompanied by Madame de Malzoff and M. Manowsay, have left Claridge's Hotel for Torquay. The Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort have left Claridge's Hotel for Paris. The Earl and Countess of Cork have left Marston for Pencarrow, Cornwall, on a visit to Lady Molesworth. Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Doneraile, Ireland. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived yesterday evening from Calais by the Royal Mail Packet Campany's boat Prince Frederick William, J. Pit tock, commander. His Royal Highness was received on landing by General Crawford and Major Barnard. His Royal Highness left for London by the 9.3) p.m. train. DEATH OF LORD JAMES STUART.—We have to record the death of Lord James Stuart, M.P. for the county of Ayr. His death was somewhat unexpected, as he , was present at Ayr races last week , a pp arentl y in the enjoy ment of good health. He died onWednesday at Dumfries ,House, Ayrshire, one of the family seats of the Marquis of Bute, to whose titles and estates his lordship was heir-p . re sumptive, being the uncle of the present marquis, who is a minor. He sat for Cardiff from 1818 to 1820, and from 1826 to 1832 ; sat for the county of Bute from 1820 to 1826; was an unsuccessful candidate for Perth city in 1832 ; re presented the Ayr district from 1834 to July, 18552 ; and was first returned for Ayrshire in 1857. He was a Liberal in politics, and voted for the ballot and for short Parlia ments. His death will of course occasion a vacancy in the representation of Ayrshire. His lordship was born in 1794, rS 0 1 and was sTil of R sir WILLIAM wN.s N , consequentlylate in the 65th year of his age. °lt ß iti e S c . o — rd W er oef hpaenvaentgo record the death . He was ad m itt e d to the an he bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple in 1827 in India, where he 1827, rd two years afterwards proceeded practised with considerable success. In 1836 he was appointed Chief Justice of Ceylon, having prev iously acted as a p u i sn e judge there. His death took on Wednesday, at Ashur his 66th year. at Ledge, near Sunningdale, in . LORD STANLEY, M.P. , AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. —Lord Stanley, M.P., who recently presente d library named after him at King , a Lynn, liberally to the dowed by h i m i n 1853, has just forwarded about 50 intere e s n t - - L u g volumes to the insti . tution. The noble lord has not acted as people generally do in regard to free public libraries, b l mes winch he has by presenting odd vo u . never cared to ' read himself, but his donstton comprises standard and really valuable works. " Portland, Saturday Morning. " The Great Eastern anchored here at 9 50 a.m." Let us hear no more, then, of these absurd croakings of the venomous toad-prophets of Evil. From first to last their every ill-prediction has been utterly falsified. Henceforth let the cry be— Honour to BRUNEI and GOD speed his grand floating masterpiece! 46 F u ll many a gem of purest ray seren . The dark unfathomed caves o f pia bear—" But, who w ould have thought that the un fathomed recesses of the Peerage bo re a universal suffragist—a grave , lo g ical, conscientious universal suffragist P We may presume that few of our readers overlooked a letter which appeared in The Sun of Tuesday, under the heading " Lord MTN TEAM and Reform ;" possibly some may have done so : their first impression mi g ht be that a letter I from a peer on such a subject could only be a little dignified denunciation of " that person JOHN BRIGHT," and all the other utopists, char tiets,. subvcrsionaries, and " Americanizers of our institutions," who are habitually associated with him. Nothing of the sort, however, would they have foune Lord TEYNHAM'S letter is the most 'complete, the best argued defence of universal suffrage within the compass of half a column of a newspaper, which we ever saw, or which probably exists anywhere% Whatever opinion any reader may hold on the subject he will, if an intelligent, 'ERN. TFOND Two of the greatest wonders of our day were exhibited on the Thames and its banks during the last week. First—that of a ship exceeding an eighth of a mile in length, and of a far greater tonnage than any heretofore known, having been floated from its moorings off Greenwich, and rounding with great difficulty, from its extreme length, the sharp angle between Greenwich and Woolwich, on its way to the sea. The second—that of Perkins's wonderful steam gun, which discharged showers of balls with an unprecedented rapidity, having been superseded by gunpowder gas. While the Great Eastern was wending her way down theriver onThursday last, the inhabitants and workmen employed at the different factories on the banks of the river at East Green wich were alarmed by a report of musketry, and attracted towards some buildings recently erected on the property of Sir John Scott Lillie, where this wonderful machine, the invention of that gallant officer, was undergoing inspection by a special com mittee of Ordnance officers; and where, we are in formed by a member of one of our universities, who was present, the effect produced surpassed even that of the steam gun, as one man was enabled to discharge, by turning a valve, 120 bullets per minute, for an unlimited period of time, through rifled barrels—whereas, with the steam gun, such rapidity of firing could only be maintained for a very few minutes, several hours being required to generate the high pressure steam of 600 to 800 lbs. in the square inch, necessary for recommencing such rapidity of firing. This steam engine, with its ponderous boiler, was, moreover, stationary and unfit for general warfare—whereas the gunpowder gas machine is as easily transported as field ord nance. Further details are withheld for reasons easily appreciated. AGE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) HASTINGS, SEPT. 9. It has been stormy here during the night, and increased during the morning, blowing hard from the south-west, with a strong spring tide rolling on and along the coast. The morning was fine, the sun shining brightly, but there were signs of foul weather, and by noon showers of rain began to fall, which soon cleared the beach of ladies, nurses, children, and brave gentlemen. A dense and far spreading cloud appeared in the south-west, and gradually covered the horizon. Presently the rain increased, and all was murky darkness and dirty weather. " It's an ugly look-out for the Great Eastern to-day," said an old tar, as he en deavoured to scan to seaward. Still hopes were entertained—for the rain ceased, the wind moderated, and the sun burst forth towards the afternoon. People were on the look-out on the heights and along shore—looking out in vain. Some thought she would not leave the Downs, it being so late in the day, and expectation began to subside. Still a sharp look-out was kept up ; when suddenly a rumour ran, " She's coming ! she's coming ! where ? when ?" and curiosity was on tiptoe to get a glimpse of " the great stranger." It was 'now about six o'clock, and something " doubtful" was discerned looming in the distant haze in the offing, south-easterly. Telescopes and wondering eyes strained and strained till vision almost grew dim with eagerness. "It is she! it is she !" exclaimed one more fortunate than the rest — and soon the Great Eastern emerged out of the haze, just under the rising moon, which loomed above the horizon. Presently the ship, which was about eight miles off, veered in shore at an angle of 45 degrees, and soon made herself manifest to the naked eye in all her stately magnificence. She altered her course and steamed broadside on, at a rate apparently of some 15 knots. Her hull was high above the water, and on she steamed majesti cally in her course. Her masts were distinctly visible, and counted over and over again by the delighted and wondering gazers. She worked the screw only, and little or no smoke appeared ; but such was the quiet speed with which she moved that, though the foam dashed from her bows, there was no motion discernible save her going a-head. No rolling nor pitching, though there must have been a heavy swell from the gale that blew so strongly during the day, and the flood tide was then rolling on, with the wind right a-head. She proceeded steadily down channel, and soon vanished in the distance. PORTLAND, SATURDAY MORNING The Great Eastern anchored here at 9.50 a.m. HASTINGS, SATURDAY MORNING, THE CASE OF DR. SMETHURST. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Stu,—We, the undersigned, being 11 of the jurymen empanelled before the coroner at Richmond to inquire into the cause of the death of Isabella Bankes, take the liberty Of stating in reply to a paragraph which appeared in some of the daily and weekly papers, that the whole of the jury had agreed to a memorial for a remission of the sentence of Dr. Smethurst, that such a statement is entirely false, and without our knowledge, and that we still adhere to the de cision we came to, believing it to be strictly in accordance with the evidence adduced. FRANCIS BREWER. GEORGE TRITSSLER. WILLIAM YATES. JOHN ERNEST CHITTY. HENRY MILES. WILLIAM SANDERS. BENJ. CHS. BELL. ALFRED BARBER. ROME. WOOD. THOMAS HILL. THOS. MEADOWS CLARKE. Richmond, Sept. 7. FRAUD UPON PAWNBROKERS.—At the Maryle bone Police-court a well-dressed young man, who gave his name Richard William Barlow, describing himself as a medical student, and who refused at the station-house to give his address, was charged with having, by a false and fraudulent representation, endeavoured to obtain £lOO from Mr. Reeve, a pawnbroker, carrying on business at 14, Chapel-street, Edgeware-road. The prisoner produced a bar of metal, which he said was gold, and requested a loan of £lOO upon it. The pawnbroker, after cutting it in two, discovered it was composed principally of platina. The Great Eastern hove to and anchored off this place at seven o'clock last evening. This morning at daybreak she weighed anchor, and proceeded to the westward. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. Capt. Higginson, of the Foyle steamer, arrived here from Dublin for London, reports having passed the Great Eastern at 5 o'clock this morning off the Isle of Wight under steam and canvas. Remanded. DAMAGING A DRINKING FOUNTAIN.—At Ham mersmith Police-court Mr. Paynter sentenced a man named William Coney to pay a fine of 405.,. or, in default, a month's imprisonment, for wilfully damaging a drinking fountain in the Great Western-road, Kensington. Locked up in default. When her Majesty was leaving Edinburgh last week for the north, she entered the royal railway carriage in presence of the Duke of Buccleuch and a small circle of spectators. Her Majesty immediately commenced to ar range the interior, and forthwith app eared at the carriage door, and with her own royal hands held out a heavy chair, which she intimated was one too many. This little trait re cals to mind the anecdote of the Princess Frederic William, who, on being very delicately and sagely apprised that it was not usual for Prussian Princesses to hand chairs, re plied with great sweetness, "My mother, the Queen of England, hands chairs for herself and her children too." As may be supposed, the question of etiquette was settled at once.—s.Yorth Britcn. A RARE HIGHLAND GATHERING.—The proceed ings at the meeting of the British Association at Aberdeen next week are, we understand, to be rendered more than usually interesting from the circumstance that her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort have most liberally and thoughtfully given instructions that pre parations be made for 200 of the most distinguished of the visitors to the meeting enjoying holiday on Deeside at the close of the sittings, and lunching together at Balmoral Castle, on Thursday, the 22d inst. Lunch, we believe, will be served in the fine ballroom of the Castle, and will pro • bably take place about 2 o'clock. Balmoral is 50 miles from Aberdeen, and 18 miles of the distance can be accom plished by railway. This will be a Highland gathering worth speaking about. SHORT HORNS FOR AUSTRALIA.—The short horned bull Druid, shown by Viscount Hill at the Liver pool and Manchester Agricultural Society's exhibition, to which the first prize of £lO was awarded, has been pur chased by Mr. Lindsay, of Sydney, for Mr. Lester, " squatter," of Moreton Bay. A high price was given for this superb animal , which is three years and eight months old, though the exact sum g iv en has not b een mentioned. The breeder is Mr. Edwd. Bate, of Kelsterton, near Flint. NEW WESTMINSTER BRlDGE.—Yesterday the removal of the facings of the piers of the old brigde on the lower or eastern side was being proceeded with preparatory to the demolition of the entire structure. Great progress has been made within the last few weeks in the construction of the upper section of the new bridge ; all the arches, with the exception of that next the Middlesex shore, have been turned, and a gr eat portion of the permanent way has been laid down. It is now confidently anticipated that the first half of the new bridge will be ready to open for public traffic early in the spring of the ensuing year, when the old bridge will be at once removed and the construction of the other portion of the new bridge proceeded with. TILE EDINBURGH ANNUITY-TAX ARRESTS.—Mr. Fairbairn, one of the gentlemen arrested on Wednesday for non-payment of annuity-tax, was released from prison, after a three hours' incarceration, by payment of the impost being made by Mrs. Fairburn. On Thursday Mr. Brown was visited in his place of confinement in the Calton Gaol by his wife and a number of friends, at the usual hour for visitors, between eleven o'clock a.m. and one p.m. He had passed a quiet night, and was satisfied with the accomoda tion provided for him in his cell. Mr. Hunter is still at large, and, it is said, suffers from the violence attending his attempted arrest. Thursday night, the Aniti-Annuity-tax Committee held a meeting at 6, York-place, and made arrangements for convening a public meeting of the citizens on an early day next week, for consideration of the tax and the recent proceedings connected with its collection. ELECTION EXPENSES.—Among the election s which excited the greatest interest on the occasion of Lord Derby's appeal to the country was that of Ashburton. Mr. Moffatt, the Whig member, who had represented the borough for a great number of years, was defeated by Mr. Astell, the Conservative candidate, by a majority of one. A petition was presented, but the Parliamentary Committee confirmed Mr. Astell's election. rhe expenses of the two candidates have just been published by the election auditor. Those of Mr. Astell amounted to £342 9s. 3d., which is composed of the following items :—advertisements and printing, £l5 9s. 6d.; agents, £173 18s. 7d. ; carriage and horsehire, £59 13s. ; committee-room messengers, £5O 13s. ; the returning officer, £2B 3s. 7d, ; and election au ditor, £l4 lls. Mr. Moffatt's expenses were £340 4s. 5d., being only £2 less than those of his opponent. Among the items are the following :—agents, £lOO 18s. 10d. ; printing, &c., £l6 19s. 9d ; carriage and horse hire, £42 8 ltd. ; committee -room messengers, watchmen, &c., £146 2s. 9d. ; returning officer, £lB 9d. ; election auditor, Cl 4 10s. 4d. THE LATE BIGAMY CASE—MATRIMONIAL OFFERS. —From the period of the application at Lambeth police court, and more particularly since the apprehension of " Cap tain William Denbigh Sloper Harrison Marshall," Mrs. Hayes, the second wife, or rather the lady who is supposed to be the second wife—as it is supposed the spruce Mr. Sloper has been married, if not three times, at least twice before—has become ths victim of the greatest annoyance by a perfect host of suitors for her hand and property. The letters she has already received exceed fifty. Indeed, so great is her annoyance, that she declares that every letter she eceives for the future she will deliver up far publication. The letters Mrs. Hayes has received have been from trades men in " prosperous businesses ;" " tradesmen retired on h mdsome competencies ;" country farmers, with " well stocked farms ;" country squires, with nice "little pro perty ;" " gentlemen of the law ;" professional " gentle , men ;" half -pay lieutenants in the navy ; non-commissioned ()Muss in the army, and, in fact, from persons of all sorts and sizes ; tut the most importunate amongst the "lot" has been a " bold dragoon," who boasts of being decorated with no less than six Crimean and other medals, and seven clas,ss. A late inspector of the " Blues" (the L division), who was obliged to cut the force without a pension, and a portly son of Esculapius, who has had much more than sixty summers pass over his head, has held on nearly as fast as one of his own leeches. This gentleman, who is a good representative of Friar Tuck, called at the house of Mrs. Hayes immediately after the first examination of Marshall, and representing himself as the intimate friend and fellow professional of the late Dr. Hayes, her late dear husband, offered his deep and sincere sympathy in her trouble, and denounced in unmeasured vehemence the rascally and scoundrel. like conduct of the villain llarrison, or Marshall, or whatever his name might be. His " oily fervour" and apparent sincerity threw the lady off her guard, and she received the " doctor" as the friend of her husband. His attentions for some days were most marked and respectful, but by degrees his real cha racter oozed out, and the question with them will be which was the greatest scoundrel, the doctor, or the soi-disant lion. Captain William Denbigh Sloper Harrison Marshall ? A BRUTE --At the Ne v Bailey, on Tuesday, s mys the Manchester Gaardian, Thomas Dolan, a dissipated looking fellow, was charged with cruelly ill-treeing an in fant, twelve months old. The prisoner was seen carrying the child head downwards through the streets, and on being remonstrated with by persons passing by, he bit at them and the child as ferociously as a wild beast ; threatening that if anyone attempted to take it from him he would tear the child limb from limb, or throw it into the canal. As an - cllcatioa of his intention to cart y out the latter threat, he picked up two heavy stones. One of the witnesses said that he had to be throttled and overpowered before he would re lease the child. The prisoner said that he was knocked down and kicked by the mob ; and Mr. Trafford said, although he did not justify such behaviour, he was not at all surprised at people with any feelings of humanity in them, endeavouring to save the infant from his violence. There was no doubt that not only the child's life, but that of the prisoner himself, had been saved by the interposition of several of the witnesses. He was ordered to find sureties for his good behaviour for three months, and in default to be imprisoned for that space of time. ST. CATHERINE'S, ISLE OF WIGHT, SATURDAY MORNING. The Great Eastern passed this station on her way up channel at five o'clock this morning. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. WEYMOUTH, SATURDAY MORNING. I mentioned in the letter I addressed to you from the Nore that, in consequence of the wind blowing something more than fresh, most of the ladies on board, and some of the gentlemen too, notwith standing that the size and power of the vessel ought to have given them a little more confidence in her seaworthiness, began to feel uneasy at their position until they saw, such is the force of example, a mere cockle-shell living in the surf. The adventurous gentlemen I have already mentioned having left us, the vessel's head was about eight a.m. turned southwards, and, with both screw and paddles at work, we left the Nore for Portland. I took care to plant myself close by the first officer, of whose kindness in affording me the infor mation I required I must speak in the highest terms of praise. Shortly after we weighed anchor the sky thickened, and the slightest portion of weather wis dom would have told any one that a heavy shower was in store for us ; and down it came, not rattling on the deck, but something very like a Scotch mist, with a little animation imparted to it, driving all but the officers of the ship off the deck, and com pelling them to seek the friendly shelter of the saloons and cabins. Such was the state of the weather as we steamed past the Isle of Sheppey towards Broadstairs, Ramsgate, and Margate, at some 12 miles' distance from shore, the hateful presence of the Goodwins preventing us from stand ing more inshore to give the inhabitants and the sojourners at those watering-places an opportunity of witnessing the manner in which the vessel cleared her way through the waves, for, instead of riding upon them, she absolutely cut them in twain. By the time we had passed Dover and Folkestone the weather cleared up. We came in view of Beachy Head, and the rest of the day was just that descrip tion of weather which an epicurean in yachting might well covet ; just such weather as the sailors had a right to expect, as one of them informed me from the " mackerel " sky on 'Wednesday night. If the towns upon the Kentish coast had reason to complain that the course of the vessel lay too much out to sea, the people of Hastings, Newhaven, Brighton, Hove, Bognor, and the other towns upon the Sussex coast could not similarly com plain, for unless the improved state of the weather interfered with my power of judging of distance at sea—a task which, in the hands of even the most experienced, is beset with difficulty—l should say that the distance between us and them was consi derably smaller than that which separated us from the good people of Margate ; for, as we required telescopes to see them, it may naturally be con cluded that their visicn had to be similarly assisted to enable them to see us. Such, however, was not the case in regard to either Hastings or Brighton, for we could distinctly see the crowds that were assembled on the beach at both one and the other of -those places. Turning Selsa point, we passed the Isle of Wight and the Needles the vessel going in perfect obedience to her helm, smoothly and without scarcely a vibration, except perhaps at the stern, immedialely over the screw. Having passed Bournemouth and Swanage, we turned St. Alban's Head, and saw Portland Bill, the end of our first voyage, before us, where we arrived at about ten o'cl ,ck this morning, pleased and gratified with the trip. The weather has been magnificent, and the appearance of the sea by moon light was sublime. The people of Weymouth are highly compli mented to think that the Great Eastern should honour them with her first state visit, and there are, we hear, great preparations afoot, as a demon stration of their gratification, to take place either to-night or to-morrow morning. At present, the paddle-wheels only dip into the water, so that they have scarcely half purchase ; but even with that. drawback there were times when we made fully 17 knots an hour. Her average speed throughout the voyage cannot, I think, have been less than 15. THE GREAT EASTERN.—The Great Easttrn will certainly be the most complete vessel ever sent to sea. Not only has every valuable improvement been adopted in the building of the ship, machinery, rigging, &c., but no expense has been spared to add to the health, comfort, and conveni ence of the passengers and crew. Among other great im provements Stevens's Patent Bread-Mak ug Machine has been fitted up in the kitchen, so that new bread of the best quality can be supplied to every one on board, a boon which can be best appreciated by those who 'have hitherto been compelled to take long voyages. THE GREAT tEASTERN.—The Cork Constitution announces that the Harbour Board of Cork are willing to remit the tonnage dues on the Gnat Eastern, if the direc tors select that port as the point of her arrival and depar- ure. PICKING FLOWERS IN , BATTERSEA PARK.—At Wandsworth Police-court yesterday three women were placed at the bar, charged with picking the flowers in the new park, Battersea. The magistrates discharged them, with a caution, but intimated that the next persons brought before him for a similar offence would not be let off so easily. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EV mod,EN SEPTEMBER - 10, 1859. a . ' 4 1 401; .n„ .4;•.,7* ,;4,.. LIE t;',7, ar • ot LATE ST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : ZURICH, SEPT. 10. On Wednesday and Thursday there were no conferences of the plenipotentiaries. - Yesterday the Sardinian plenipotentiaries held a conference with M. de Bourqueney, lasting two hours VIENNA, SEPT. 10. The official portion of the Wiener Zeitung of this day contains an Imperial decree for the regulation of the Protestant churches in Hungary—the Wog wodxhaft, Croatia, and Slavonia, and the military boundary district (militairgrenze). The non-official part of the same paper contains an article promising that great concessions will be n ade to the Protestants of all other provinces. A Protestant member has already been elected to the consistory of Vienna. Baron Bach, formerly Minister of the Interior, and lately appointed ambassador to Rome, is about to leave for that city. TRIESTE, SEPT. 9. The French transport Mayence brought, yester day, 499 Avstrian prisoners from Algeria. The Austrian Lloyd's steamer has arrived with advices from Constantinople to the 3d inst. Reinforcements of troops have been sent to Crete. Several arrests have taken place. A secret understanding has been discovered among the Cretan refugees in Greece. The principal Greek inhabitants of Crete have forwarded a memorial to the Porte to justify themselves. News from Erze roum state that a large fire had broken out, and the town had been visited again by repeated earth quake shocks. The telegraph to Smyrna is opened. The Russian Steam Navigation Company has announced that it is ready to receive all freights for Kutais, Tiflis, Erivan, and Tabris. MUNICH, SEPT. 9. The Papal Nuncio, Prince Chigi, has been sum moned by telegraph to Rome to be present at the council, which has under its consideration certain important administrative reforms. His return is uncertain. TURIN, SEPT. 9 A deputation, consisting of the Marquis Lagatico, Chevalier Peruzzi, and Professor Matteucci, will leave very shortly for Paris on a mission from the Tuscan Government. Professor Matteucci left Turin to-day for Paris, where he will meet his other colleagues. PARMA, SEPT. 9, In the sitting of the National Assembly to-day a discussion took place on the address to be for warded to the Emperor Napoleon 111. Proposals have been made by several members to confirm the present executive powers of the Dictator Farini, and to declare the decheance of the Bourbon dynasty. The vote on the above two questions wlil take place to-morrow. ROME, SEPT. 6 (via MARSEILLES' ,inue. PARIS, FRIDAY VIENNA, FRIDAY IifARSEILLES, SEPT. 9. The Duke and Duchess of Malakoff embarked here this morning for Alicante and Madrid. Advices have been received stating that the military authorities of Algeria had taken measures of precaution against the eventualities of any dis turbances or hostilities taking place in Morocco. The Pope has been attacked with fever, and in consequence has suspended all audiences for seve ral days. Tie is now recovering, and will leave in a few days for Castel Gondolfo. NAPLES, SEPT. 6 (via MARSEILLES). Rumours of changes in the Ministry still con The Conference on the Danubian Principalities will meet again in a few days, its work not being quite completed yet. The King of the Belgians will arrive at Biarritz about the 14th instant, where he will remain some days. The statement that the Russian Ambassador at this Court had delivered to the Austrian Cabinet a note from his Government, recommending Austria to seek counsel of the Great Powers in the settle ment of the affairs of Italy, is erroneous. FRANCE AND ITALY. The Moniteur publishes an article of which the following is a translation : " When facts speak for themselves it appears at the first blush needless to explain them. Never theless, when passion or intrigue disfigure the most simple things, it becomes indispensable to put them in their proper light, so that every man may form a correct idea of current events. " In July last, when the Franco-Sardinian and Austrian armies were face to face between the Adige and the Mincio, the chances were fairly balanced on either side ; for if the Franco-Sardinian army had the moral influence of success obtained on its side, the Austrian army was numerically stronger, and relied, not only upon formidable for tresses, but upon all Germany, ready, at the first signal, to come to her assistance. Had such an event taken place the Emperor Napoleon would have been obliged to withdraw his troops from the banks of the Adige to place them on the Rhine, and then the Italian cause for which the war was under taken would have become, if not a dead letter, at least gravely compromised. " Under those grave circumstances the Emperor thought that it would be advantageous for France in the first place, and then for Italy, to conclude peace, provided that the conditions were conform able to the programme which he had drawn up, and useful to the cause he wished to serve. " The first point was to ascertain whether Aus tria would cede by treaty the conquered territory ; the second, whether she would frankly abandon the supremacy which she had acquired throughout the whole Italian pninsula ; whether she would recog nise the principle of an Italian nationality by ad mitting a federative system; whether, finally, she would consent to grant to Venetia institutions which would make it a real Italian province. " As regards the first point, the Emperor of Austria ceded the conquered territory without hesi tation ; and, as regarded the second, he promised the most large concessions to Venetia, admitting for its future organisation the same position as Luxem- burg holds towards the German Confederation ; but to these concessions he made the condition sine qua non of the restoration of the Archdukes to their States. " Thus, the question was clearly put at Villa franca—either the Emperor had to stipulate nothing for Venetia and to confine himself to the advantages 'Acquired by his arms, or else, to obtain important concessions and the admission of the principle of ro tionality, he had to give his adhesion to the return of the Archdukes.. Common sense, therefore, traced his line of conduct, for there was no question of re storing the Archdukes by foreign tr oo p s , b a t, on the contrary, of restoring them with sure guaran tees, by the free will of the populations, to whom it would be explained how much such restoration would be in the real interest of Italy. " This is, in a few words, the true statement of the negotiations at Villafranca, and every impartial -----. _ man will admit that the Emperor Napoleon obtained, This is a question for the Tuscans and Alodenese by the treaty of peace, as much, and perhaps more, to decide. than he obtained by force of arms. Con " And it must also be admitted that it was not there is but iittle chance of a Congress. ' a 4, if one may judge by the closing paragraph demand without a feeling of deep symp a thy th a t the Em- gross,' says the Noniteur, `would only peror Napoleon beheld the frank and determined what is just, and you cannot ask a great Power . _ manner with which the Emperor Francis Joseph, make important concessions without offering eclui n t s in the interest of the peace of Europe, and with the able compensations in return. The only means desire to establish good relations with France, not would be war; but let Italy not deceive herselatr only gave up one of his richest provinces, but relin- there is but one Power in Europe that makes w in. quished the perhaps dangerous policy, yet not for an idea—it is France ; and France has acco wanting in glory, which had given to Austria the plished her task.' domination of Italy. Italy "In fact, if the Treaty was sincerely carried out, Majesty's Cabinet himself said it. The war in .. 44 Thi s , indeed, is as true as if the chief of his Austria was no longer, for the Italian Peninsula, was ' for an idea ;' and, so far as the interestl that inimical and dreaded Power, opposed to all captive that was to be set free is concerned, ta national aspirations, from Parma to Mime, and results promise to be ideal enough. But the irar i r i from Florence to Naples ; on the contrary, she be- tant question now is, what will all this lead came a friendly Power, because she consented to be Central Italy persists in refusing to take Austriabackf°irniEll no longer a German Power on that side of the Alps, .u. and to develope her Italian nationality to the consider herself released from her Villafranca stip. the Austrian camp the fugitive Dukes, will shores of the Adriatic. lations ? And if so, will she in her tur takeirt " After the above, it will be easily understood upon Lombardy being restored to her, andt u p . that if, after the peace, the destinies of Italy had arms to enforce her demand ? If Piedmont e been entrusted to men more bent upon the future attacked, will the Emperor of the French s_ ti a . welfare of their common country than upon small another army to her aid ? Or will he assist A c :. partial successes, the object of their efforts would tria, in maintaining the stipulations of Villafra?a_er.. have been to develope,and not to obstruct, the con- "It is clear that his Majesty sequences of the Treaty of Villafranca. What, in with the Tuscans, Modenese, and Parmesans, fact, could have been more simple and patriotic than well as with the Piedmontese ; and thatot much to have said to Austria, ' You wish the restoration love seems to be lost between them. From w. of the Archdukes.' Well, let it be so ! but then friendly and even kind tone in which Austria you will fulfil your promises to Venetia, she will spoken of in the St. Sauveur article, we may 1 % 1 _ be granted a free existence, an Italian Government that the distance between Austria and Franco: is dissatish, as and army. In other words, the Emperor of Austria rapidly diminishing; that a rapprochement is the would on the other side of the Alps be simply tain ; that the proposed interview between l a % Grand Duke of Venetia, as the King of Holland is Emperors has not been absolutely coed;rej _n_. Grand Duke of Luxemburg. that an Austro-French alliance is not Ply "It is even possible that frank and friendly bable after all. negotiations might have induced the Emperor of BOURSE, Sept. 9.—The market was heavy at th e .. Austria to adopt measures more in harmony with opening, but afterwards rallied. Threes, after the wishes expressed by the Duchies of Modena having been done at 68f. 65c. to 68f. go and Parma. to 68f. 30c., and have now rallied to 68f. 60c. " The Emperor Napoleon, after what had taken bilier varied from 807 f. to 807 f. 50c. ; Austrian., place, ought to have been able to rely upon the 547 f. 50c. to 550 f. ; Lombard, 552 f. 50c. to 5 53 r common sense and patriotism of Italy, and to be- 75e. ; Orleans, 1,362 f. 50c. to 1,3661. 25c- ; Lyons, lieve that it would understand the mainsprings of 865 f. to 868 f. 75c. ; Southern, 500 f. to 505 f. The his policy expressed in the following sentences : following were the last quotations : " ' Instead of risking an European war, and I% per Cents. 94 75 Credit Foncier.... consequently the independence of his country—in- Do. end month, Belgian 4f ....... 50c., decline°. stead of spending an additional 300,000,000 andiedmontese (5) .. 3er Cents 6B 55 P , Do. end month 6B 60 R0man.......... shedding the blood of 50,000 men, the Emperor Bank Shares 2 780 Spanish Bo— Austrian Th r ees .. ........ Napoleon accepted a peace which, for the first time Credit Mobilier Do. Account since centuries, sanctions the nationality of Italy. RAILWAYS. Piedmont, which more essentially represents the Italian cause, finds her power considerably in creased, and, if the confederation is established, she will take the principal part ; but one single condition is put to all these advantages—it is the restoration of the ancient Sovereign houses to their States.' " This language, we still believe, will be under stood by the healthy part of the nation, for with out it what will happen ? The French Govern• ment has already declared it ; the Archdukes will not be reinstated in their States by foreign arms, but, one portion of the Treaty of Villafranca not having been fulfilled, the Emperor of Austria will hold himself free of all engagements as regards Venetia. Alarmed by hostile demonstrations on the right bank of the Po, he will keep up a war footing on the left bank, and, instead of a policy of conciliation and peace, we shall witness a renewal of a policy of mistrust and hatred which will lead to new troubles and to new disasters. " Much hope is entertained from a European Congress ; we invoke it ourselves with all our heart, but we doubt whether a Congress will ob tain better conditions for Italy. A Congress will only ask for what is just; and would it be just to ask for important concessions from a great Power without offering it equitable compensation in re turn I' The only resource would be war. But let not Italy be deceived, There is but one Power in Europe that wages war for an idea ; that Power is France, and France has accomplished her task." ir... ...... .-- 85 5° 86 75 41 25 441 -- Accout. Cash. Orleans Northern ..._— .• .• 1936525 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean BB 0 6 5 7 - 5 - 0 ..•• 8 : 6 : 7 - Co Geneva 522 50 .. o'" f 5 Southern W estern 575 .. 655 ... 412 . Eastern Sardinian 412 a .• 5 Austrian Lombard .... Exchange on London, at sight, pape r, 25f. 12/e• III%OT 25f 10c.; three months, paper, 24 f. 97 i c. ; money, 2 4 '. " GREECE. Letters from Athens, of 2d inst., state that pre parations are now being made for a general election in Greece. The King has published a proclamation' in which for the first time it is laid down as a prim: ciple that the Government has a right to sugge i " the names of deputies to be elected , The Peqine are displeased at seeing the authorities opp ose ' several cases, men who had loudly declared '— favour of Italian independence, and among th e . lll l General Colicotrini, one of the most inituentle' men in the Peloponnesus. The King of Greece had laid with some ceremony the first stone of palace for the Greek Academy, which Baron Shia' the wealthy Greek banker at Vie nna, has under taken to build at his own cost. The King, on fili n g the stone, expressed his pleas ure at the task de i voicing on him, his gratitud e to Baron Sine, a!ln his hope that the Academy would be able to WO' the ancient scientific glory of Greece. M. de M°ll- therot, the French minister, had left Ath ens, t° proceed to his new post at Baden. The times' Paris correspondent (Second Edition BELGRADE. A despatch from Belgrade announces the release of the imprisoned senators, on condition that thel shall appear, when summoned, before the 10 0111 tribunals to answer any char g es that may be p . re ferred against them. The Circassian deputatioi; s which has been expected for some time arrived of few days ago, with addr esses from all the chief° ~ the Caucuses for the Porte a n d t he En g lish, Freo n and Austrian ambassadors. In consequencepolean 1), reiterated complaints, the bishop of (Macedonia) has been removed from his °16,1,c,,e; The greater part of the population of l'"t c ountry being Bulgarians, they reques ted 0° their bishop and priests should be their trymen, stating that if this was not grat: them they would apply to Rome. Th e posed bishop, who is besides accused ; 1 innumerable abuses, had chosen to comply wit h t orders issued by the propaganda of Macedonia "Of Athens in their 719th circular, to all the bss/ 1 0 14 0 Macedonia and Thessaly, to the effect that r:, but their own teachers—who were to give 5 g t he tuitous education—should be received iii,oo. schools for the propagation of philhellenic i ° !le The population of I'oleanis have refused to reee l o , these teachers, and assert the privilege cf appoi. ing themselves Bulgarian teachers and ecclesiastic° says : " The article in to-day's Mbniteur is the engross. ing topic of conversation and comment. The effect in public is unfavourable ; and future complica tions, again menacing to the peace of Europe, are generally anticipated. The article came last night direct from St. Sauveur to the Dioniteur, and in the well-known handwriting employed on these occasions. It did not pass through the channel of the Foreign-office. Not only was it thought superfluous to submit it to M. Walewski before publication, but it was not deemed worth while to inform him of the fact, and the first information the Minister for Foreign Affairs had of thi3 new view of the Italian question was from the official columns at the same time as every tailor and hairdresser in Paris. " In this document we have once more the proof that the Emperor had not carefully considered all the difficulties, nor taken a sufficient view of the complications which would attend a struggle against Austria. It is not very flattering or consoling to be told that so much blood and treasure have been spent by France in obtainingAresults admitted to be comparatively so limited. The Italians, as well as the French, may reply that it was not when he was in the midst of the difficulties mentioned in this document that it should have first occurred to the Emperor that all Germany would, on the first signal, come to the aid of Austria ; and that the four great fortresses which arrested the French armies were not built merely since the war broke out, or had lain unknown and unsuspected up to that period. " The lifoniteur says that common sense required the acceptance of the conditions of Villafranca ; that is, the promised reforms for Venetia, and the recognition of the principle of nationality, on con dition of the restoration of the Grand Dukes. But had common sense' nothing to do with the Milan proclamation, when Italy was to be free from the Alps to the Adriatic ?' The fact is, that this sweep ing liberation from mountain to sea, so magnifi cently announced, was given up because the Em peror was, notwithstanding his victories, getting a little out of his depth, and encountering obstacles not easily overcome, but which a man of less judg ment and foresight than he is reported to be should have taken into his calculations and provided against. " The Moniteur says, that to every impartial mind it is evident that the Emperor Napoleon ob tained by the treaty of peace as much, and it may be more, than he had won by his arms.' lam not sure that the Italians, who have some interest in the question, will assent to this. Lombardy is a conquest worth something ; it is a material gua rantee, which we take for 'granted the Lombards themselves willingly accepted, and with which there is no doubt the Piedmontese are very well satisfied. And looking at this solid acquisition we may doubt whether it is so very valueless in comparison with vague assurances of reforms in Venetia, and the promise of the diminution of Austrian influence in Central Italy, proved, I suppose, by Austria insist ing on the restoration of her devoted agents in Tuscany and Modena. " The prominent men of Central Italy, who, perhaps, think themselves quite as good Italians and as good patriots as the cosmopolitan legitimist M. Poniatowski, will not feel greatly flattered at the allusion made to them in the St. Sauveur communique : "' It is easy to understand that if, peace, the destinies of Italy ha d been lreentrusted th to e men more occupied with the future lve f common country than with parti b a i of to tb d e T suc cesses, the i evelope, a s c n o d p e n o o t f t their t e i ff . o o e r t t , s t w h e cni e l o d n s h e reaty of Villafranca, " a q v u u e nc e e e s " On this the Italians might observe that, if they merit reproaches, it i s for having too implicitly ac cepted the declaration o f the programme about ex pelling every Austrian from Italy, and so readily responded to the call from their liberator to rise in arm s and aid him. The fate of Venice now, it appears, depends on the sacrifice of T usca ny and Modena. Austria will promise certain reforms in the adininistration of Venetia, and thus show that she means not to meddle any more in Italian poli tics, on the simple condition that these States shall again receive the yoke of her devoted Lieutenants. THE IMPERIAL NYEST. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the sth st ate that the t ` . Spanish Cabinet has replied to the note ci f ° English Government on the subject ef rep 9 centration of troops at Algesiras. court e° 0 is represented to be drawn up that, ce terms, but to say with great firmness ll:I Algesiras is in Spanish territory , n° 61°,,, ment has the right to ask why troops ar-h; centrated there, and that it would have,;:er discreet not to have put the question• ltA theless, it says that Spain has numerous i that to avenge upon the Moors, and that it is for ft purpose that the troops h ave been collected..._"., adds that Spain, strong in her right, will not allow herself to be checked in her projectby 09 4 0 barrassment which may be created. Thee e1i.r.11,0 state that the troops at Algesiras are eventdry,l'el,e, into three brigades, and that in the ?I t o t affair with Morocco assuming gravity, it . 1,, unlikely that 40 provincial battalions w. armed; they say, too, that General Prim will fn... frow bably be authorised to raises. a free corp s of 6,000 to 8,000 Catalonian COLONEL CHARRAS AND THE EMPEROII NAPOLEON. Colonel Charras has published the letter rejecting the proffered amnesty :-- need, "To Louis Bonaparte.—You declare an are beet, you pardon thousands of citizens who hay ° • oreib l Y cast by you on a foreign soil, who have been f eh . kept by you in the deadly climate of Africa , ill . 0 0 folloWilig poisonous swamps of Cayenne. They defended sgulosi you a constitution which resulted from unive r e if suffrage--a constitution which you bound 37.011r:00 by a solemn oath to be faithful to, but whic h , ~/,. violated. For this you struck them down an° J fi n il now amnesty them. The criminal pardons his,„°„ia victims. :It was to be expected that you sil ° ; t e b rrow this touch from the Caesars of deglle„riof Rome. I cannot in the face of public opinion and history be a party to this change of masks• It isinoio him who has violated the law to pardon him l'i w °, o o defended it. Your pardon is an insult to those. Wl. all , t affects. It conceals a snare and a trap► l ke s ch our words and all your oaths. It does not reboil, ne. But the representative of the people , office r you outraged, imprisoned, and banished, the i tt svhorn you robbed—l, whom you persecuted eveticl. he land of exile, declare that I do not anines t Y Fre nch 3 ; - Ido not pardon you the deaths of 15,000 vou, men, whom you massacred in December, sch °3l g in have wasted in your gaols and convict pr„..isL vo t rho misery and wretchedness of e xile. I " wh ich forgive your violation of that constitution°, ~,ot you swore to maintain, nor your destruction, licot republic which gave you a country. Lastly': - 1 - " o od lfirdon your disgracing universal suffrag? DY,....iiss and :err( r, your enslaving and systeniat.c( •02"7,,ffir ton of my country. Life, indeed, w hen 4'7_ _i; from one's family and country, hut life in slavery would be far more bitter.ea you lay that Liberty, Right,and Justice--thos 0 6, 00 exiles—shall return to France to infli9t ilienete-Yr it . rhe most deserved of chastisements, I 8 1 1 LI a t W ill ' 6114 Chat day is slow in corning, but com:clitAitos. . [ can wait for it. is bitt!reeligto tr i do La