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

t 1 NI ROYAL praNcEss . s THEATRE. Under tho Management of Mr. C! - :arles Kenn. . _ THE SUN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1858. THIS EVENING will be presented ShaUpere's Play of TUE MERCHANT OF VENICE ; Shylock, by Mr. C. Kean ; Portia, by Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of DYLNG vOR LOVE. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Leases and Directress, Miss Fwanbor,ugh. THIS EZENING, the Comedy of COURT FAVOUR : sfipported 11 Mcisrs. Emery. Delfml, Poynter, Turner, - 1,1i.6.6 M. WiliGn, Hughes, and Mrs. C. Melville. After which, HUNTING A TURTLE: by Messrs. Belford, Dart. Turner, J. Clarke, and ldiss Ji. Wilton. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND: by Messrs. Belferd, Turner, J. Clarke, Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss E. Wilton. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster - road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following company of Vo calists are engaged for the performance of Seleetions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS , CHORUSES. GLEES, DUETS, Sze., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brliaell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmana, Mr. Llenshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, error Antonio, E. L. Mine. Mr. Badzey, Senor Tirol', Mr. Cozens, Mr. Sell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Fords, and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtesy; Director, Herr P. Jongbnio.r,s. Commence at seven 'clack preeisoly. Suppers, &C., until twelve o'clock. THE WEXTIIER—Sus OFFICE, AUGUST 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 83. WIND, North -Westerly; rather fresh, with heavy rain. CLOSE OF 'I HE WAR WITH CHINA. Glorious news comes to us at the moment we are going to press—from the East, from the West — almost simultaneously. Our seemingly ipterminahle war with China is suddenly, completely, and most satisfactorily ter minated. And while a new guarantee is thus affbrded us from the remotest extremity of the old hemi sphere, that peace will aid, as peace alone can do, the advance of civilisation—there comes thrilling to us, through the all but sentient core of the submarine telegraphic cable, intelligence but an hour old from the far-away borders of the great North American Continent ! Events like these are auspicious surely, whether viewed in reference to the interests of the Anglo-Saxon race, or in regard to those of the human family generally. Nothing, certainly, could be more entirely wel come than the news borne to us from China, and announced through the columns of the Moni tow of this morning. According to these tidings the war in that quarter of the globe has, indeed, been brought to a happy issue betimes; and this, more over, without resorting overmuch to the powerful arguments of the cannon balls and bayonets placed at the command of Admiral SEYMOUR and General STRJUBBNZEE. _ _ A treaty, it appears, has actually been concluded with China—a treaty formally arranged between the representatives, on the one hand, of Queen VICTORIA and the Emperor NAPOLEON, and ou the other, with those of his Celestial Majesty the brother of the Sun, the Moon, and all the heavenly constellations. In obedience to this treaty the ports are to be thrown open, fairly, permanently, and without any further irritating impediments. The Christian reli gion is to be insured perfect toleration by the Chinese Government. The foreign consuls and diplomatic agents :of the two great Allies of Western Europe are to be admitted to the Imperial city of Pekin, and are there to take up their residence as among the recognised institutions of the land. Appended to all which comes the gratifying supplementary intimation, that England and France are each to receive au indemnity. So that, a little time longer, and the Londoners will have the gratification of beholding waggon-loads of Sycee silTer rumbling and creaking through the gates of the Bank of England, to be passed ulti mately through the melting-pots of the Mint, and stamped in thousands upon thousands of shillings and sixpences, crowns and half crowns, florins and fourpenny bits, with that ever -charming effigy of our beloved and gracious SOVEREION. Obviously the Government have been here,too, in this matter of the China war, as usual energetic and de termined. It was only the other morning that The Times was imagining to itself the possibility, or rather, according to its view, the exceed ing probability of Ministers endeavouring to bring to a premature and unsatisfactory close a war they avowedly disrelished from the commencement. The event shows that the spiteful conjecture was, to say the very least of it, in every way erroneous. It is true undoubtedly that Lord DERBY'Sparty opposed as strongly and resolutely as a party could do the declaration of war with China at the period when that affair about the lorcha Arrow, and Mr. Consul PARKES, and Sir Jolts( BOWRING, came under discussion in the Houses of Parliament. We oui.2elves thought at the time upon this mat ter ci nte differently. And our opinion upon this question has remained from first to last un changed and UnC•hangeable. The DERBY Party in th e meanwhile havn;.7, long after the war with China had commenced, succeedfd to the responsibility of Q u tZN'S Government, they holding the reins of the frankly accepted the war, the original embarking upon which they thernselves had protested so strongly against. They could not possibly have done other wise, as loyal statesmen and administrators. But as we have said, they not only accepted tbe war but they accepted it frankly. With what energy and resolution they have furthered the interests of this country in these remote regions! We now recognise they could not by any conceivable chance have arrived at a more happy conclusion. The war is done with, and done with, to us and to our Allies, on terms signally advantageous. Peace is restored upon conditions opening up to France and England a new field for the development of their civilising energies, and to the Chinese themselves the prospect of securing hereafter many of the blessings result ing from a barbarism, which has been productive, among other things, of the Steam-Engine and the Submarine Electric Telegraph. Meanwhile, what is to become of old blood-money Commissioner YEE' ? Could not Lord MALMESBURY secure us a momentary glance of him here in London P— before sending him back to that native lm.nd of his, the land of tea and crape, his welcome to which will probably be some very frightful condign punishment. A per manent residence even io some snug little room at the South Kensington Museum would surely be prefer able to an ignominious subjection to the bastinado, or to as inclosure half sitting, half standing, half stooping, in one of those fiendish cages appro priated by the devilish laws of the Celestial Empire to great political criminals. Great indeed is the difference between the Ireland of the present day and that of a dozen years since, when the mysterious disel; se attacked the chief support of the labouring population. The gentry were , as a ge neral rule, emb arrassed, oppressed by jud gmen t s —which in Irelan d had all Cle force of mortgages— but far more so by family set. tlements. The nomi nal owner was necessarily o ppose 4 to his eldest son. The entail prevented him from improving his lands, which would be wholly for the ben `fit of the only rovided for. one of his numerous family fairly p Whatever he could keep wa s naturally set' aside for .he benefit of his younger childre n, who were hrought up as ladies and gent lemen, without the means of nitiin- Aaining their positi( in after the death of the father and provider. This ras the case of a provident careful man, no t c and la spendthrift and profligate. In co 'wtnon justice to a large proportion of his children he vas deterred fr.)m improving the estate for the bene, 7,,` of his heir a t their expense. This vas sufficietnlY bad, but it was far worse in c imprudent men, with encumbered the case ch estates. However k. ; n dl y dispot.Nd, the y could not only not A g( At _ Sl y'.: , rA;;,.. ; it 4 C, /41 4 1, 4 1, „ - ' 05 . „4 b ig on improve, but they could not do justice to their tenantry. Pressed by urgent claims, they could make no allow ance for improvements or misfortunes. The interest on the mortgages should be liquidated—the judg nr:nt creditors satisfi2d. A foreclosure bill or a petition under the Sheriffs' Act, followed by the appointment of a receiver, would complete their ruin. They were therefore obliged, iu turn, to press their tenants. Their " poverty, not their will," compelled, and mutual antagonism sprang up between the classes who ought to be united and work cordially together. The landlords found their own lives endangered, their agents and bailiffs threatened and some- times murdered, and the occupants of their farms conspiring together to defeat their just claims. The people looked on them as tyrants who ought to be defrauded whenever it was possible so to do, and were ready to risk life or liberty to obtain the wild justice of revenge. Labour was a drug in the market; but, although it could be obtained at a fourth of the charge paid in England, it was not re sorted to. There were uncultivated fields and idle men. It would have been useful to all parties if there had been a better understanding ; if the men had received wages, fairly and honestly earned, and the produce of the lands had been quadrupled. But, as we have stated, great changes have since occurred, and however fearful the visitation, it has been productive of highly beneficial results. The failure of the esculent which constituted the chief support of the people, occasioned the loss of many hundred thousand lives, and sufferings, the mere detail of which makes the blood run cold. But the fearful cause of all these evils was detected. It was dis covered that the people of Ireland should no longer be dependent on the potato, that something more substantial and more certain was required. It was also decided that the property of a nation was responsible for the support of its po verty, and that the first claim on the produce of land was the maintenance of the inhabi tants of. the district. A proper and efficient poor law was the first fruit of the Irish famine; and with that law in operation it will be utterly impossible that the people should again be decimated by famine and pestilence thereby engendered. The enormous pecuniary losses occasioned by the famine completed the ruin of the embarrassed pro priLtors. Their cups were filled to overflowing, and they could no longer retain the positions which they held with great difficulty even in the most prosperous times. The Encumbered Estates Court was constituted, and although there were many cases of individual hardship, there can be no doubt that the country at large profited greatly under its operation. Nominal landowners who had not the means of improvement were got rid of, and new blood infused into the landed proprietary. We now witness the auspicious results. Tie value of labour has greatly increased. Every man able and willing to exert himself has at least a reasonable prospect of obtaining a fair day's wages for a fair day's work, and although the labourer can earn fully double as much in the olden time, there is a far greater demand for his services. The country has improved, is improving, and will improve still more. It has a transatlantic packet station, and the electric telegraph to Newfoundland will still further direct public attention to its almost miraculous natural capabilities. The awful ordeal to which it was exposed has been the great agent of ameliora tion. From the nettle danger it has plucked the flower safety. Henceforward Irishmen may succeed as well in their own country as they have invariably done in other lands. All they have now to get rid of is the odium theologicum, to abstain from polemic disputes, and regard others with charity, although they may chance to differ from themselves on reli gious topics. Let Ireland act on the principle of universal toleration, and she will, indeed, become " Great, glorious, and free ; First flower of the earth, first gem of the sea." The appointment of Sir HENRI' RANYLINSON to a seat in the new Indian Council creates a vacancy for the borough of Reigate, which, under a recent act, will shortly be filled up. Several candidates are already in the field, or at least spoken of. We believe, however, that we are justified in saying that Mr. W. A. WILKINSON, formerly M.P. for Lambeth, has withdrawn, in order to I avoid the splitting of the Liberal interest, and that the contest now virtually lies between the Hon. J W. Memos! and Mr. EDWIN JAMES, the eminent and truly liberal Queen's counsel. The claims of Mr. MoNsoN may be readily disposed of. His relation might once have re turned his footman for Gatton, and he seems to think that, in connection with Lord SOMERS, he may also nominate the member or mem bers for Reigate. He may, however, find that he his grievously mistaken on the present occasion. He has a very dangerous opponent, a man of intellect and genius, and, still better, of true 1 liberality one who has won a position at \the very head of the English bar—not by the favour of any lordling, but by the qualifications which he has exhibited on many trying occasions. Mr. JAMES has clearly explained his political opi nions, and his very satisfactory speech will be found In another part of our impression. He is fur a large extension of the suffrage, even to .£5 householders, but conscientiously believes that without "the Ballot," that extension would be a "curse rather than a bless ing." The great Parliamentary experience of Mr. Jam Es, w ho has long been facile princeps at the Parliamentary bar, in favour of that great principle, is peculiarly valuable. He has had to attack and defend—has been enabled to trace corruption to its very source — and been enabled to analyse every corrupt influence. The well-merited praise which he bestowed on the Attorney-General as a legal reformer proves that the honourable and learned gentleman fully ap preciates the exertions of Sir FITZROY KELLY i n the good cause. In office or out of office he has been indefatigable ; and we cannot feel surprised that a Cabinet which numbers amongst its members Mr. DIsRAELI, Lord STANLEY, and Sir FITZROY KELLY, should receive the support of the country, and the really Liberal and independent members. We hope that Mr. JAMES may be the member for Reigate, and then the electors will have a representative of whom they may well be proud, and the gratification of learning that, for once, " the right man is in the right place." ADMIRAL SIR G. B. PECHELL.—The gallant mem ber for Brighton, who has been suffering from severe illness GT some time, has been enabled to leave town for Castle Goring. The gallant admiral has been a prisoner in Lou dots since the breaking up of Parliament, having been con fined to his room, and consequently linable to tear the fatigue of the journey; and now that be has reached the s.outh coast, we trust that he will be speedily rt stored to his usu . ?) good health and spirits.- Brighton Observ er. THE METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL.—The aggre , gate number of patients relieved during the week endin g Au g . , 7 • was—medical, 6:25 ; surgical, 404 ; total, 1,0:29. AN INCONSTANT SWAIN.—Ten days ago a young man, whose vocation is a deck hand on board of a steamer, entered into a matrimonial engagement will a young woman, a domestic servant in town, and they were regularly proclaimed in the church in order to martage. The young woman had quitted her service and gone to lodgings for a week or so, to enable her to make the necessary preliminary arrangements for such an interesting event. The bridegroom took a fancy into his head that he would shif , his lodgings to the same house, but the bride stoutly opposed this from Prudential motives; and as he th were both inexorable, a ht'le quartel sprang up, which, however, was expected to end, if not in smoke, at least in kisses, as fond lovers' quarrels usually do. Not so, however, for in the early part of last week the bridegroom, after providing himself with the usual certificates of the proclamation of the banns, suddenly disappeared, leaving his bride disconsolate. But what seemed a lit•le singular was the coincidence of a simul taneous disappearance of a widow who keeps a shop in one of our fourth-c'ass streets, and wlio had only buried her husband some few months ago. In a day or 1 two after this little coincidence the widow returned to her domte;le accompanied by the steamboat man, and was found ie have exchanged her mourning weeds for a bridal dress .. - .4 . a butterfly pattern; and as 1 the pair have been since living together to all appear i anee as man and wife, the report is ciirrea, that the widow 13 jAte to appea r b s f oie a pr;s29 in some Le ' 11dt-rthirugriiintgittoa good town, and there pa . sonate the real bride, .. - .2" 1 by means of the certificate of proclamation, give her hand 1 to the la'thless fickle swain for better or for worse. If this rumour be correct, and we have no reason to doubt i t , t h e ne w couple i may find ere long that t is no joke to ge t mar ried forthe and fraudulent pretences etes ncherff es i asa very loving pair found urider here some two yews ago. d es erted bride, who is said to be a wo man em nenty I f i tted to make a man happy, she has the i As to f talsleleir sorrow before being linked to such a fickle congr.atulations of her f r i e nds p a a t r h tu av er in e is G o i n a a v rr o o w w I .B y eusicicatpieqd. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY ° EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1858. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, CHINA. (By Electric Telegraph.) " PARIS, SATURDAY, AUG. 21, 9.30 A.M. " The Moniteur announces that a treaty has been concluded with China. "The ports are thrown open. The Christian religion is allowed to be freely practised. "Foreign consuls and diplomatic agents are al tnitted to Pekin. " An indemnity is to be paid to England and to France." COLLISION ON THE ATLANTIC BETWEEN THE EUROPA AND ARABIA. NO LIVES LOST. The directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company having received from Newfoundland the fbllowing intelligence, have felt it their duty to publish it, with a view to allay the anxiety of the friends of the pas sengers by the Europa and Arabia. Further parti culars have been asked for, and will be published if received : " The Europa and Arabia have had a collision One of them has put in to St. John's, Newfoundland No lives lost. AU well." FURTHER PARTICULARS. " The Arabia was in collision with the Europa, off Cape Race, on Saturday last. The Arabia was on her way to New York, and is slightly injured ; the Europa lost her bowsprit and cutwater stern spring. She will remain in St. John's ten days from the 16th. " The Persia calls at St. John's for mails and passengers. No loss of life or limb." The message asking Newfoundland for further particulars was despatched from London at 5 p.m last evening (Friday), and the above reply was re ceived back from Newfoundland at 7.30 p.m. GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary. 22, Old Broad-street, London. THE IMPERIAL PROGRESS IN FRANCE. FROM SPECIAL REPORTERS OF THE MORNING POST. ST. IIALO, AUG. 18 The Imperial cortige arrived here at five o'clock, and was received with great enthusiasm. The cere monies were the same as elsewhere; arches of triumph had been erected, and the delivery of the keys, the presentation of bouquets, and the recep tion of the municipal and religious authorities, duly took place. Cannon announced the arrival of the Emperor, and the bells rung a merry peal as a wel come. All these things have occurred at every town that has been visited, but here it had a fresh interest, owing to the peculiar aspect and position of this city. The high ramparts, with their watch towers and battlements, were lined with the people, and as we approached, one might have supposed that an invading army was advancing to storm the city, for the Emperor's carriage was followed by a mass of human beings, pushing and crowding along and shouting as they advanced. Cannon were boom ing, the soldiers lined the walls and the streets, the trumpets were sounding, and the drums beating to arms, officers shouting, and, amidst all this din and con fusion, the resemblance to war and its strife was striking. Still nothing could be further from its reality, and the good citizens only thought of rejoicings and merry making. St. Malo is quite an important place, and has a population of 10,000 inhabitants. About the end of the sixth century, Malo, a monk, ex pelled by the Saxons from Great Britain, settled on a small island near the town of Alet. The Aletiens, attracted by his zeal and 11;s virtues, made him their bishop; but he was soon forced to retire to Saintonge, owing to the jealousy of the neighbouring nobles. A ; church was erected filter his death on the island of Aaron, which island became the refuge of the Ale tient', whose city was ruined by the .Normans. The Bishop of Alet, Jean de Chatillon, obtained from the Pope the right of transferring his diocese to St. Malo, and the city was called from that time St. Malo. It has played an important role with its maritime force, which, on several occasions, was in collision with the English, who, in 1693 and 1695,bombarded the town without success in taking it on either occasion. It has always been a very important seaport, but much more so in 1750 than at present, as the city then armed 600 vessels, with 50,000 men. In 1806 and 1807, 39 corsairs belonged to this port. It was the birthplace of the celebrated Duguay Trouin, and the no less celebrated Surcouf, the corsair. At the pre sent day St. Malo has lost much of its ancient power and wealth, and unless the Government constructs a basin, which is much needed as a refuge for ♦essels, it must continue to decline. The inhabitants are full of hopes as regards this much-desired improvement, now that the Emperor is here, and can judge of its necessity. The place has a most romantic look, and its narrow streets and very high houses seem swarm ing with people—the space for building was limited, and so they made up in height what they lacked in breadth. The walls around the city are very high and very old, and almost each tower, and, for that matter, almost each stone, has its legend attached to it. The inhabitants are proud of the ancient glory and power of their native place, and are ever ready to recount all they know of its bygone splendour to any one that will listen to them. St. Malo was visited in 1526 by Francis 1., in 1570 by Charles IX., and in 1843 by the Duke de Nemours. The city gives a ball to the Imperial visitors, and to morrow at 10 o'clock they take their departure for Rennes. The result of this visit will be the strengthening to a great degree the popularity of the Emperor, who has been so well received here —i n fact, it really seems that the farther on he goes the greater is his success, and the feeling evinced is evidently sincere and cordial. An im mense crowd has managed to get into the ball room—so great, that when I attempted an entrance I found it almost impossible, and, having peeped over people's heads and observed that the rooms were splendidly decorated, and that the ladies pre sent were in the most recherche and elegant toilettes, I took my departure. Yesterday and to-day it has rained, but still at St. Brieuc, as well as here, the rain ceased at the right moment to favour the entrance of the Imperial train. I see that in a short time they are to have a railroad to this place ; in fact, the grading is under way, and once the rails laid, this interesting and romantic place will no doubt be visited by many who now , dread the journey in the diligence. On a rock some distance from the town, and in the sea, is the tomb of Chateaubriant—a simple column surrounded with a small iron railing, and only bear ing the following inscription — " Here lies a Chris tian." At high water the rock is surrounded ; but at low tide one may walk acros s the sands to the tomb. I was anxious to see it , and as the tide was coming then hastened to return in like manlier, ere the waves in, I waded to the rock , saw the tomb, and should have risen too much to allow my passing back in safety. I see that quite a number of English persons of both sexes are here. The sea-bathing is paid to be very fine, and the beach a smooth one. At the ball I saw a number of officers in their uniforms, accompanied by Albion's fair daughters. DINAN, Afro. 19. The prettiest town in all Brittany is Dinan, in the department of the Cotes du Nord. It is a place that cannot fail, from its historical recollections, to he in teresting to an Englishman, for the armies of Eng land have, in former times, fought beneath its walls, of which so many fine specimens still remain. It was, too, the favourite ville of him who was the last THE QUEEN IN GERMANY. FROM THE COURT NEWSMAN. POTSDAM, AUG. 17. Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, with the Prince and Princess of Prussia, came to Potsdam from Babelsberg yesterday morning at ten o'clock, and proceeded to the railway station, when the whole of the suite of her Majesty and the Prince, as well as cf the Prince and Princess of Prussia, were in waiting to receive them. The Royal party then travelled by special train to Berlin, where her Majesty was welcomed by the military and other authorities of the town. Several of the Royal carriages were in attend ance, and her Majesty, with the Prince Consort, drove immediately to the Palace of the Prince of Prussia, and here the Prince and Princess Frederick William, who had preceded her Majesty in their carriage to Berlin, awaited the arrival of their Royal parents. A considerable time was occupied in viewing the apartments and various works of art and vertu of this sumptuous Palace, and then the Royal party proceeded to inspect the still unfinished Palace des- tined for the residence of the Prince and Princess Frederick William. This Palace, which is far advanced towards completion, combines, in an emi nent degree, comfort with the usual grandeur of a Palace, and promises to be a remarkably agreeable residence. Every part of it was minutely examined, and in most of the rooms specimens of the intended furniture were exhibited, so that the Queen and Prince might form a correct idea of all the details of the future residence of their daughter and son-in- From hence the Prince and Princess of Prussia conducted their Royal guests to the King's Palace, where, after the splendid apartments had been visited, a collation was served to a large and dis tinguished party. The weather in the afternoon was, unfortunately. very unfavourable, the rain falling heavily ; and from the King's Palace the Royal party returned by railway to Potsdam, and thence to Babelsberg, arriving at the latter place a little after six o'clock. There was no party either to dinner or in the evening at Babelsberg yesterday. AUGUST 18. The whole of the troops quartered in Potsdam were reviewed yesterday morning by her Majesty the Queen in front of the Palace. The division was commanded by his Royal High ness the Prince of Prussia, Prince Frederick William of Prussia leading the Ist Brigade of the Infantry of the Guards. _ . The regiments reviewed were the Regiment of Gardes du Corps, the Regiment of Hussars of the Guards, and one of Lancers of the Guards, the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards. Several other battalions of infantry (Chasseurs of the GuardQ, Lehr Bataillon Schulabtheilung), and a battery of Artillery. Her Majesty the Queen arrived at a little after 10 o'clock from Babelsberg in an open carriage, accom panied by her Royal Highness the Princess of Prus sia, and in a second carriage were the Princess Frederick William and Princess Charles of Prussia. Her Majesty was received by the Prince of Prussia and the Prince Consort, on horseback. There were likewise present Prince Charles of Prussia (Master -General of the Ordnance), Prince Albert of Prussia (father), Prince Albert of Prussia (son), Prince Frederick Charles, Prince Adalbert, the Admiral, the Count of Flanders, Field Marshal Wrangel, Prince Radzivil, Commander of the 3d Corps d'ArmCe, and the Prince of Wurtemberg, Commander of the Guards. Her Majesty with the Royal Princesses drove down the line, attended by Princes and General Offi cers on horseback, and returning, took up a position opposite the centre of the line. The troops then marched past her Majesty, the Prince of Prussia leading - them. The Infantry marched first in open column of companies, and then in column of grand divisions. The Cavalry walked and trotted past. The appearance of the men and the extraordinary precision of their movements was the subject of universal admiration. As soon as the troops had left the ground the Queen entered the Palace of Potsdam, and was co - ducted by the Prince and Princess of Prussia to view the rooms formerly occupied by Frederick the Great, and in which no alteration has been permitted to be made since the death of that celebrated Monarch. On her Majesty returning to the Grand Hall the whole of the Generals and Field-Officers who had taken part in the review had the honour of being presented to her Majesty. Her Majesty then went to see the tomb of Frederick the Great at the Garni son Kirche. In the evening there was a grand dinner party at Babelsberg, after which Madlle. Meyer and Mr. Sab bath had the honour of singing before the Royal party. Mr. Taubert accompanied them on the piano, and also played several pieces of music. ller Majesty and the Princess Frederick William appear to be in the enjoyment of excellent health. His Excellency the Bavarian Minister and the Baroness de Coto left the Basarian Legation yesterday, accompanied by their family, for Brighton. The Duchess (Dow.) of Somerset entertained his Excellency the Ambassador of France and a select circle ut dinner, last evening, at her grace's residence in Park-lane. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton will leave Hamilton Palace early next week for Brodeick Castle, in the Isle of Arran, where the noble duke intends to receive a shooting party. The Duke of Richmond's party have had excel lent sport since the commencement of grouse shcoting on his Scottish moors. The circle assembled there comprise Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Eat! of March, the Earl of Coventry, Lord A. Gordon Lennox, Col. Jebb, Col. Napier, and Mr. Cox. A PECULIARITY IN TILE WORKING or THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—T'tere will be one peculiar fea ture in the working of the Atlantic telegraph to which we think sufficient attention has not even yet been drawn, not withstanding our own special nllusion to it on a former occasion—that is, the alternate transmission of positive and negative electricity along the wire. Positive and nega tive electricity are doubtless a , complete counteractives to each other's influence as are cold and heat. We have re peatedly pointed attention to the probability that positive electricity is more analogous to cold, negative electricity to heat. In noticing some time before this peculiar mode of vvorking the Atlantic telegraph was thought of the phe nomena exhibited by a small portion of the old submarine wire removed from one of the British Channel lines, which was exhibited at the Society et Arts, we pointed out the curious fact that the copper wire was sublivided or cut, as it were, into small morsels in the midst of the gu , ta percha, each morsel being entirely separate from the others, and thickened at both ends, as if some condensing or hammering procsss bad been effected on each separate pitce. This we attributed to the perpetual aed uncounteracted Operation of the positive elec tricity upon the wire, our purpose being to induce consi deration as to how such disintegration should be obviated. The alternate transmittal of the negative by terns with the positive was an obviu-ly probable weer of counteracting or preventing. such disintegration; and we ore persuaded that the purposes of the it will prevent it in the case of the Atlantic teleg , aph, and that other advantages will be found to flow from this mode of working the line. Yet we are net aware whether any such advantage as that indicated has been thought of in this A SPANISH BANDIT.—A letter from Seville says : case; resolution i c t : s l n o t o e k t s o to.—T he ; 7 f L c Builder. • bandit then sprang upon one of the guards with his dagger and severely wounded him • after which the brigand himself —" The famous Andalusian bandit, known by the nickname of Muselina, of whose exploits every traveller in the south of Spain has heard, has just terminated his career in a very cha racteristic manner. Daring the last month the police and soldiers have been upon his trail, but his wonderful power of disguising himself ; and his numberless hiding-places, afforded him the means of eluding them and corn- witting fresh crimes. But his time had come. H e was in;fideero.ne of recently traced to his birthplace at Estepa, where he had retired with the booty he had collected in the neigh- Inuring province of Cordova. On the morning of the 7th, a detachment of the civil guard, the gendarmerie of Spain, sEa , ched the bandit's and several te her houses in that village, but without SUCCESS. A spy of his who bad been bought over by the authorities insisted, hevvever, that he must be in the place, and accordinAly the i tficer in cotunraed ef the guard, Don Francisco Lasema, sent away all his men except four, aed resolved to make II new search of the bandit'e house from garret to cellar. Leaving two of his guards at tie front door and two in the yard,. the officer entered, and finding a female who he requested her to show him through the house, which she did with a politeeess that boded nothing good. On resided with Muselina erriviug, at a low windowless room on the ground floor he went in alone. The door was immedietely shut from within, and a pistol discharged at him. Fortunately, his face was merely singed, and he fired in his turn, but wie. - iut effect. A desperete fight then took place in the dark, the otliner and his victim striking at each other at random. In the meantime the guards outside made violent efforts to break down the door, which they did very oppor tunely, Don Francisco having already been wounded. The was killed. The news of '• \ I no small joy, as he has been long the terror of the province of Cordova." . this bandit's death has occasioned . _ and greatest of the champions of Chivalry, the fellow soldier of our Black Prince in the war of Spain which ended in the death of Peter the Cruel. It was even here that the same great warrior, Du Guesclin, wooed and won his first lady-love ; and here it was, even on the very spot where a throne of state was erected for Napoleon 111., that the Breton champion struck down in a single combat, a l'oulrance, a wicked and perfidious knight, yelepet " Thomas of Canterbury." Dinan is no less remarkable for the beauty of its position, the picturesque scenery that surrounds it, the Rhine-like features of its river Hance, the charms of its ancient ramparts and well- planted fosses, and the number of its antiquities, than it is for a construction of modern times—a viaduct of nine arches, which spans a deep valley and con nects two steep hills together, a work of the present day, that in its grandeur of design equals any memo- rial of Roman skill and perseverance. Dinan is a very charming place to live in; but, in a political point of view, it is a place of not the slightest importance, and when the Emperor marked it down in his itinerary as a town to be visited, the favour must have been designed as a compliment to its historical associations, and a tribute of respect to the memory of one of the most distinguished warriors of France. Dinan is so very small a town that it may be said to have but one good street—that which runs from its Porte de Brest to the Porte Saint Louis —the Place du Guesclin forming the only► wide space in that single street. As to the other streets, they are narrow lanes, rendered still more confined by the ancient houses of which they are composed, and those in the true antique form are so constructed that the secoad story advances much further into the street than the basement story, which is erected on pillars, so as to afford the passengers a covered way, and protection from the weather. Knowing the impossibility of this little town affording room for any considerable multitude within its walls, I was curious to learn what arrangements could pos- sibly be made by the local authorities to afford a the same time a passage for the Imperial cortege, and give to the population the opportunity of exhibiting, by their numbers, their devotion to the Imperial dynasty. The difficulty has been solved in a manner cre ditable to the ingenuity of the Prefect and Maire of Dinan. By an order which they published some days previously, all the interior of the little city was reserved for its citizens and the communal delegations, and the whole of the Place du Guesclin was arranged as if it were a reception-hall, where, upon a throne, erected in the open air, and covered over with a canopy of crimson velvet and gold, it was intended that the Emperor and Empress should seat themselves, and there receive deputations from the clergy, and then see pass before them, as in re view, all those who had travelled from a distance, and acted as the representatives of the various loca lities to which they were attached. Had not the inclemency of the weather—a down-pouring shower of rain, which overwhelmed Dinan at the time the Emperor stayed within its walls—interfered with the arrangements, this little city would have afforded something like a revival of the Breton assemblies in by-gone times, when its kings, Salomon, and Hoel, and Conan, and Alain, sat in the open air, with their councillors of state around them, and the people witnesses to the manner in which they administered justice, and devised enactments for the benefit of the commonwealth. This pretty picture, and, as I believe, uninten tional revival of a representation of the condition of Brittany when its native kings had freed their coun try from Roman dominion, and were successfully defending it against Frankish aggressors, was com pletely marred by a chance shower of rain. This, and all the other arrangements made for the reception of the Emperor, reflects the very highest credit upon the authorities at Dinan. The Porte du Brest was the gate throngh which the Emperor was to pass into Dinan. This is a very ancient gateway, flanked with two towers, and all in a state of perfect preservation ; upon this occasion its ivy-covered and wild-flower-decked walls were made to assume quite a holiday appearance. On the topmost point of the venerable fortification which de fended the gateway was erected a golden eagle with outstretched wings, and beneath this eagle was a bust of the Emperor, whilst a motto, which ran across the entire of the battlements, was inscribed in large golden letters, " Honneur et Patrie," and beneath were arranged in various forms the flashing standards sf the Empire, and the portals of the gate were wreathed with laurel. Upon passing this gate, the spectator found himself in presence of the Maisie, newly decorated for the occasion, and as far as the eye could reach it was dazzled with tri-colored flags, which fluttered from the balcony of every house. Beyond the street in which was the Maisie was to be seen the wide space of the Place du Guesclin—which is divided into two parts, one completely open, the other an enclosed terrace about three feet higher than the rest of the square, covered with umbrageous trees. In the lower part of the square were constructed two pyramids about thirteen feet in height, and composed from top to bottom of the richest plants of the sweetest odour and the most brilliant colours. Be yond these was the canopy of gold and crimson, and beneath it two thrones for their Majesties. Here ad dresses were to be presented to them, and here were collected the young ladies who were to offer a bouquet of flowers and an album to the Empress ; and here, too, were the little children of various schools arrayed in white, and their hair decked with wreaths of roses, who were to represent the reli gious institutions of those female communities who devote themselves to the instruction of the young ; and here, too, were the clergy of Dinan and its neighbourhood under the leadership of M. Brageuil, the rector of St. Sauveurs, a gentleman greatly re spected, and who has been at all times, and under the most adverse circumstances, a decided adherent of the Napoleon dynasty—for he is old enough to recollect the time when, in the prison of Dinan (a magnificent piece of ancient fortification, once the favourite residence of the Duchess-Queen Anne of Brittany) there were no less than seventy-six clergy men incarcerated for refusing to subscribe to " the Civil Constitution of the Clergy," devised by the regicide republicans, and every one of these clergy men afterwards either banished or decapitated. In front of the clergy, and all along the right hand side of the town, as it is entered from the Ports du Brest, were the communal delegations, with banners denoting the different localities they represented, and as there are no soldiers in so small a town, the line for the procession was maintained by the civil fore.: —the pompiers, and a few gees dames. Outside of the Place du Guesclin, and fronting a passage leading to the lower prison of Dinan, was a decoration of a novel character—the first of the kind that presented itself to the view of the Emperor, and therefore entitled to something more than a passing notice. This novel decoration consisted of an obelisk, on one side of which were the eagle and tai-colors of France, and on the other the crown, and royal standard of England. Beneath were united, as with a link of gold, two shields, the one representing the imperial arms of France, with the words "Vive l'Empereur !" the other, the royal arms of England, with the words " God save the Queen !" In front was a richly-decorated tablet, on which appeared, at the top, the names, " Napoleon, Victoria," and at the bottom, "Eugenie, Albert," with these words in the centre, " Pace et concordia." On both sides of this was placed a parterre of the finest flowers that the gardens or hot-houses of this part of France can pro duce, and behind the parterre were arranged seats, exclusively occupied by English residents of Dinan and its neighbourhood. Ti:ere are, I believe, in Dinan and its neighbour hood more than two hundred families of British sub jects, English, Irish, and Scotch, and this decoration or testimonial has been, I am aware, the cause of some discussion, if not dissension, amongst the Eng lish. One party, the majority, by whom it has been erected, considering it proper to imitate the example of their Sovereign, who, in visiting Cherbourg, tes tified her friendship for the Emperor, and showed her y Int7lty rn i t t ) e other, the minority, refusing to have anything to do with the decoration, as this progress of the Emperor was declared by the Prefect of the Department to have been undertaken with the intention of his Ma- testy seeing his people face to face, of examining into he condition of the province, of noting where im- provements are required, or ameliorations demanded, so that he may devise the means of adding to their happiness, or increasing their comforts. The dissen tients, therefore, have maintained that this progress of the Emperor through Brittany is a matter solely bel.Dnging to the French themselves--one with which the English have nothing to do, and that they,therefore, sheuldtake no part which might make them appear as busybodies, intermeddling in the affairs of their neighbours. Neither party, that I have as yet heard, have referred to the authority of Cicero on such a debateable point, although there is, as I think mach sound common sense and practical wisdom in the following words : " Peregrini autem et irtcolm officium est, nihil pra ter suum negotium agere, nihil de alio inquirers, minime in aliena esse republica curiosum." One thing is perfectly certain, that the motive of the English of Dinan, in getting up this testimo nial was simply that of manifesting their respect for the Emperor. Another is equally certain, that the royal arms, but, above all, " the supporters" of the royal arms, completely mystified the Breton pea santry. One of them asked me, as I passed by, what was the name of that strange animal, " the unicorn ;" and as the pronunciation of the name in French did not tend much to his stock of knowledge, he then asked the name of the other, and upon my telling him, he repeated the words, and, pointing to the crown on its head, said, " I know all about him, but this is the first time I ever heard they wore crowns." The unicorn was, however, the grand object of attrac tion with these simple people. Several English per sons were asked if there really was such an animal in England, and if there was, whether it was fres mechant. Several remarked it was very like a horse, but " the mane was not all right," and, others " the horn was quite wrong." Curious and oufre as all was in the eyes of Frenchmen, still all, as the em blem of England, exhibited their respect for it—the soldiers by presenting arms, and the men taking off their hats as they passed it by. Next to this English testimonial there was one particularly deserving of remark. It was an inscrip tion, embedded in wreaths of tri-colors and flowers, with these few words upon it, " Vive l'Empereur, le Sauveur de la France." It was the expression of a feeling sj universally entertained, and which has served to make of this visit to Brittany by the Emperor one uninterrupted ovation of national re joicing and popular festivities. It is felt that the duty which in similar times devolved upon a Caesar to perform, have been already accomplished by Na poleon 111. in the six years of the Empire restored through him to his country :—" Constituenda judicia, revocanda fides; comprimenda libidines, propaganda soboles, omnia glue dilapsa jam defluxerunt, severis legibus vincienda sunt." At a quarter to two o'clock the cheers of the mul titude outside the Port du Brest: announced the ar rival of the Emperor and Empress. The rain, which had been falling from time to time during the entire day, came down at this moment in a perfect torrent, so that it was impossible for the Emperor to take his place on the throne prepared for him. It was whilst seated in his carriage that the first ad dress was made to him. It was spoken by the Maire who was, on this occasion, accompanied by all the members of the corporation. The rev. rector of St. Sauveur's parish addressed his Majesty in the name of the clergy of Dinan ; and then turning to her Majesty, the Empress, declared it was a great happiness to him to have it in his power to tender to her Majesty an offering which he was sure would be most welcome to her—it was a small prayer-book which had belonged to his Ma jesty the Emperor when he was a school-boy. The Empress exhibited great satisfaction at this offering being made to her, and showing the book to the Emperor, he at once recognised it, and again the Empress thanked the rector of St. Sauveur's for the precious gift he bad bestowed upon her. The third address was one to the Empress from the ladies of Dinan. It was presented by a depu tation of fifteen young ladies, at the bead of which was Mademoiselle Dutertre, the daughter of a Spanish lady married to a French gentleman, and was spoken by her in the Spanish language. It was made upon offering her Majesty two albums of photographic views of Dinan, taken expresslN for this occasion. Her Majesty appeared to be greatly pleased with the present, and especially with the address spoken in her native tongue. The next address was from the English residents of Dinan. This address, the composition of the English chaplain at Dinan, was handed to his Majesty the Emperor by the chairman of the committee. Upon receiving the address the Emperor inquired how many English residents there were in Dinan ; and upon being informed there were be tween two and three hundred, he expressed his thanks for the address, and laid it carefully on his knee, as if it was his intention to read it on the first opportunity. The following is a copy of the address, which will, I am sure, be read with interest : "TO lIIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY NAPOLEON 111. " Sire,—As subjects of your great ally, Victoria, Queen of England, and as residents of your ancient town of Dinan, we beg, loyally and respectfully, to express our deep delight, in cammon with the congregated natives of Brittany, at the imperial presence of your Majesty. _ _ . _ " We have welcomed, with unfeigned joy, the grand his toric feature of the time—the recent internationalities—the warm, auspicious greetings at Cherbourg; and we doubt not but the union there cemented between the two first Powers of the earth will continue its blessed course, in adding more and more to the common welfare of mankind in extending the commerce, advancing the civilisation, and promoting the Christianity of the world. " We crave permission, Sire, to offer to the amiable Em press of the French, to the partner of yeur throne, to the happy mother of your son, the imperial Prince, our English tribute of every best and every earnest wish. And, oh ! may that illustrious lady, and her princely son, and your imperial self, Sire, by the favour from 03 high, be long spared to the brave, the great, the gifted people so wisely governed by your Majesty. " Signed by the Committee. " R. ROWED, Chairman. • " Rev. R. A. JULIAN, S.C.L., English Chaplain. " WILLIAM HENRY KERR. "A. GRANT, Lieut.-Col. " LOGAN DOWNES. " ROBERT MENZIES, 1331 t." --- Other complimentary addresses were then pre sented to his Majesty, and, amongst others, from the religious communities of the town. When all had been received the signal was given for renewing his Majesty's journey. He proceeded slowly through the town, saluting the various banners of the different communal deputations, and at last reached the spot where the English testimonial had been erected, and where the English residents were ranged in the following order :—The children occupied all the front seats, on the next seats were the English ladies, and behind them the gentlemen The moment the Emperor's carriage appeared there was an universal cry from the English residents in their own language of " God save !" and this was followed by an outburst y t b u o r u s r t Majestyea hearty cheers and loud huzzas, such as the English alone know how to give. Upon the Imperial carriage fronting the English testimonial it was stopped by order of his Majesty, and then Sir Robt. Menzies, Bart., a gentleman universally respected by English and French, was personally in troduced to the Emperor by the Sous-Prefect. His Majesty remained here in conversation with Sir R. Menzies for at least five minutes, and then parted from him, saying, in English, " He was much pleased with what the fellow-subjects of Sir Robert Menzies had done, and he regretted that he could not stay longer with them." And so parted the Emperor Napoleon from Milan, the last shouts that reached his ears being the en thusiastic and loud-toned cheers of the English. Thus went his Majesty away from Dinan, evidently greatly pleased with all the incidents that had oc curred within its boundaries. The Imperial cortege proceeded to Saint Malo, where, I regret to say, I could not follow it, because such are the crowds, and such the demand for horses and voituers, that to go to St. Malo was to run the risk of never reaching Rennes in time to witness those fetes which are to mark the conclusion of his Majesty's visit to Brittany. THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, AUG. 18. As it is still the wish of Queen Victoria that her visit to Germany should preserve as much as pos- sible the character of privacy, and as it is never to be desired that the Morning Post should be made the vehicle for the dissemination of gossiping stories about the Court that can have no reference t• political events or matters of public interest, it is better to abstain from taking further notice of what occurs within what ought to be considered the do mestic circle of Babelsberg, and to leave all that should be known of what passes there to be told by those who may be authorised to afford the r(quisite information. It is therefore at present quite sufficient to say that wherever the Queen appears, the reception given to her Majesty is most enthusiastic, and that there is every reason to indulge the hope that the effects of the royal visit to Pots dam, besides the gratification which it has evidently afforded to those personally most nearly interested, will be to draw so closely the bonds of union between Great Britain and Prussia as most effectually to ensure the prosperity of both nations, and contri bute, at the same time, most essentially to preserve the peace and tranquillity of Europe. Every day produces new reports as to the:state of health, as well as to the intentions, of the King of Prussia. It is now said that his Majesty, having got rid of the fit of gout under which he had latterly suffered, has again become most anxious to pay his personal respects to the Queen of England before her Majesty takes leave of Babelsberg, and that for this purpose he will leave Tegern see so as to reach Potsdam previous to the Queen's departure. Doubts, however, are enter tained as to whether this arrangement will be sanc tioned by the physicians in attendance on his Majesty, for: it is apprehended that the state of the royal patient is still such that any unusual excitement might prove injurious in its consequences; and for many reasons it would be far better that at such a time the running of all risks of that kind should be altogether avoided. It has even been said that there is some intention to resume, on that occasion, the royal authority, merely for the purpose of immediately abdicating in favour of the Prince of Prussia, but this would be so contrary to all the previously avowed sentiments of the King, that such averments ought to be received with more than ordinary cau tion. The position of the Prince, indeed, seems to be steadily improving, and his royal highness re ceives from all courts with whom Prussia holds in timate intercourse the most ample demonstrations and assurances of their desire to maintain their poli tical connection on the same footing as heretofore. Russia wishes the Prince to be present at the grand reviews which are intended to take place next month at Warsaw, and even Hanover, who has latterly as sumed a degree of antagonism on the Danish ques tion, prefers a similar request as to the inspection of the federal troops; and though it is understood other pressing affairs will render it impossible for his royal highness to accept either invitation, representatives will be sent in both cases, who will fully and satis factorily account for the causes of the refusal, which, there is reason to believe, the presence of the Prince in Silesia at the same time would otherwise have sufficiently explained. The grand festival to be given by M. Borsig, on the occasion of the completion of the thousandth railway engine, which has already been referred to, is fixed to take place on the 21st instant, when all connected with railways, besides public officials of all classes, are invited to attend. This demonstra tion is a strong proof of the progress made in Prussia in making use of this mode of conveyance, which is further corroborated by a Government return recently issued as to the railway traffic of the kingdom dur ing the past year. In that document it is stated that there are five Government lines of railway in Prussia, besides seven under Government management, and fourteen belonging to private companies. The length of the whole is 2941 German miles (about 1,37 6 English), and their cost has been 255,204,526 thalers (X 36,460,000). During last year the number of passengers carried was 18,414,094, whose fares amounted to 11,132,958 thalers , and the traffic in goods consisted of 245,841,215 centners, for the con veyance of which there was received the sum of 21,715,272 thalers. The whole receipts, including sundries, have amounted to 34,669,703 thalers, and the total expenses to 15,670,166, leaving a balance of 18,990,537, or nearly 7} per cent. on the cost, which will at this time make the shareholders of many railway companies in England wish that their lines were under similar management. The traffic erl some of the Prussian lines has not yet been fully developed ; but it may be expected, when the conl• munication throughout with Russia is complete, that the receipts will be considerably increased, though it is probable that the expenditure will then be enlarged in a still greater proportion. The partial opening of one line from St. Petersburg towards the frontier has just been inaugurated, being that which connects that capital with Pskov, and while even the whole of that portion will not be opened to general traffic until next month, it is feared that the suspen sion of the work at Kowno, recently noticed, will retard the formation of a continuous line to Konigs berg, considerably beyond the time that had origi nally been fixed upon. Acting upon the well known principle of Russia' that her princes should occasionally make their appear' ante in all parts of the empire, and especially NOW° warlike operations are contemplated, it has been re' solved, as was also the case during the Crimean wart that the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael should very shortly proceed to the Caucasus to encourage by their presence the Russian troops in tha t quarter who are engaged in the conflict with the Circassians, where every rock is made a fortress and every defile an ambuscade. Whether the presence of these princes will turn the tide of war is very doubtful, but it is worth trying the experiment i fot as long as matters are allowed to remain as they are there, none of the plans of Russia for the extension of her eastern frontier in that direction can ever prove successful. The check to which she has beqrl so long exposed on the Caucasian side only inereasq, her desire to prose cu t e h er successes to the north 0 ' China; and the incidental notice that Gen. Mouraviee; who commands the army in Siberia, has been raised to the dignity of a Count of the Empire, may be re' garded at once as an evidence of some advantage oh; tamed of which nothing is permitted to be known, and as a stimulus to further exertions of the same kinT of which little will be said until their object is gained' While all that is done by Russia in the East is care fully shrouded in mystery, all that is proposed in the West is openly proclaimed. A much more libel'" toleration in religious matters is about t o b 8 extended to Catholics in Poland, and a greater control in financial affairs will simultaneously to conferred on the Poles. Better plans for bringing that country into subjection and allq' giance than those which, after having been eci long deferred, are at last about to be mae the gab' ject of experiment could not well be imagined while the approaching visit of the Emperor will afford an excellent occasion for making the announce': ment of his purpose, of which his Majesty will not fail readily and opportunely to avail himself. The Marquis of Lansdowne has left town f° l. Scarborough. The Marquis of Ailsa has removed to Craig].Ure for grouse shooting, from culaan Castle, Ayrshire. The Countess (Dow.) of Harewood and Ladieg Lascelles have left t own f or th e D u k e an d D u chess °I Buccleuch's villa at Richmond. The Earl of Listowel has left Convamore,.h is seat in Ireland, on a visit to Lord Macdonald at his seat la the Isle of Skye. " 111 1