The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-17 00:00:00

THE SUN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1858. Complete messages have at length been trans witted from Europe to America, and repeated back with perfect accuracy. The first was from the Directors on this side to their transatlantic coad jutors, which properly gave praise to the ALMIGHTY for the great work which He has permitted to be accomplished. The second was from her MAJESTY to the PRESIDENT of the United States. Another has since been received from Mr. C. W. FIELD, at Newfoundland, which was also clearly intelligible, and easily read without delay or difficulty. The Old and the New Worlds are thus at length united. There need no longer be untoward delays in arranging differences between the Governments, and the state of the crops, price of produce, rate of interest, and amount of specie in the different Banks, can be flashed from shore to shore across the broad Atlantic without delay or difficulty. The great problem has been satisfactorily solved, and the extension of electric communication through out the entire civilised world will henceforth be merely a question of time. Sooner or later it must be accomplished, and, looking to the extraordinary stimulus that will thereby be given to commercial affairs, we believe that it will be at an earlier period than even the most sanguine has hitherto ventured to predict. Last week we pointed out the effect which the completion of these magnificent undertakings must exercise on absconding criminals. Henceforward there will be no rest for the wicked—no hope of safety or shelter, or of enjoying the large booty which may be successfully carried off, but which must be disgorged at the arrival of the vessel bearing the fugitive at its destination. It will be a heavy blow and great discouragement to the incipient ROB. soxs and REDPATHS, and all anxious of getting money, while heedless of the means by which it may be attained. It will do more to promote morality than the most stringent code that ever was devised, inasmuch as it is notorious that the certainty of even light punishment is far more efficacious than the chance of one far heavier. The submarine telegraph will be a terrible monitor, more effectually cautioning parties from departing from the paths of rectitude than all the sermons of priests or sentences of judges. It will also prevent gambling in produce. No man will henceforward be able to unduly enhance the price of any article of everyday consumption by buying up the stock on hand. Orders can be trans --.;44.4. cc. kinment's notice. The unfair conspiracy signers. It would require much time and space to indicate even a small portion of the advantages to be derived from this almost miraculous mode of communication. The science is as yet but in its infancy, but a few years will develop it in all its magnitude, and bestow benefits which men still living may witness, that never entered into the wildest conception of their ancestors. The discredit accruing to the East India Company from their recent selection of Mr. CHARLES MILLS is in striking contrast with the offer of a seat at the new Board recently made to Mr. JOHN MILL, by the Noble Lord her MAJESTY'S Chief Commissioner for the Affairs of Hindostan. Mr. CHARLES MILLS is a member of the India Board as one of the Company's representatives. Mr. JoaN MILL is not a member of the India Board as a representative of the QUEEN'S Government. The former bas unfortunately just barely enough leisure. The latterhas still more un fortunately not quite enough health. And so the millionaire takes his scat among his coadjutors or collaborateurs, and the philosopher remains se cluded in his home retreat as a valetudi- Both incidents, we cannot but think, are very sincerely to be regretted.. We could have better spared—not a better man, because we don't think there is a better man amongst then for the work now to be taken instantly in hand—but we uld have decidedly better spared almost any other man at the India Board (saving the President) than Mr. JOHN SreAR:F.MILL. his profound and logical in tellect, his comprehensive and eminently philosophic views, his years of patient research, his perfect familiarity with everything relating directly or indi rectly to the Anglo-India Government—could not possibly have failed to throw upon the various problems coming before the new Board for solution the light of a vast and timely experience. Such, however, is not to be—the failing health of the distinguished historian, logician, and thinker says otherwise. Lord STANLEY, at any rate, has the credit of spontaneously proffering to Mr. Joux MILL the acceptance of a post be could not have filled otherwise than with remarkable credit to him- - self and extraordinary advantage to the interests of the empire. The fact of the noble lord having s o proffered one of the coveted, though painfully respon sible seats at his disposal, redounds to his honour as an administrator whose first regard is to merit apart from interest, to pure intellect before pounds sterling. And again, we repeat, the contrast presented by this mere offer to the actual nomination, on the other hand, of the wealthy Mr. CHARLES MILLS to a simi lar position as one among the choice of the Company, reflects the most signal discredit upon the latter, while it is in the highest degree honourable to the sagacity and magnanimity of the youngest, but not by any means th e least gifted or the least j u di c i ous amon g the Ministerial advisers of the SOVEREIGN. narian. In a case at Liverpool, yesterday, the Lord Chief Baron administered a very proper rebuke to certain magistrates, for committing parties for felonies, when there was no possibility of a conviction for any offence higher than a misdemeanour. Such a course is alike prejudicial to the community and to the prisoner. It affixes a character of crime on the district, and mate rially increases the expenses of the prosecutions , which must be liquidated by the rate-payers. If the charge were preferred for the minor offence the case would be sent to the sessions, where it would be more speedily and cheaply disposed of. But partly to mag nify their own importance, and bring their names into notoriety, " the great unpaid" are fond of " cam miffing" for offences,whicli cannot, by any possibility, be established. This, aswe have sta ted, affixes a stigma 0 the locality , and renders indispensable the trial of t b accused at the Assizes, in place of at the Quarter Sessions, where it would otherwise take place. But the hardship to the prisoner is far greater this any pecuniary damages could repay. H e iq wantonly and unnecessarily sent for trial, possibly on a capital charge, or on one involving penal servi tude for a protracted term. Bail may be refused unless he has the means of applying to a judge in chambers —a costly proceeding, which few of the class implicated can sustain. lle may then, even before trial, endure a punishment more severe than would be adjudged after conviction; besides, his name, fame, and reputation will be permanently damaged. The of roXXot will be satisfied with his committal, and, with the usual charity displayed towards unfortunate parties, will assume that the charge was well-founded ; while policemen, who generally manifest a quick and technical sense of guilt, will, in the event of his being again in trouble, assure his Worship that the prisoner had been charged with felony, and ac quitted "on a point of law"—thus creating the greatest odium against an innocent man, and raising in undue prejudice where there should be noihing of the kind. Criminal laws are established not so much for the punishment, or even the reformation of the guilty, hut for the protection and security of the innocent. Where the guilty man escapes with comparatively trivial inconvenience, the law has done no good, but it has done no harm. It has failed in its intended object, and that is all. But this could scarcely be said in the case of a misde meanour, rendering a party liable to two or three years' imprisonment, with hard labour. If his offence were really serious, the judge could award a heavy penalty that might be regarded as an adequate expiation in almost any case. The committal for misdemeanour, in even a doubtful case, could scarcely be wrong. But, on the other hand, when either an innocent man is uajustly convicted, or a party respon sible for a trifling offence subjected to an undue punishment, it does the very thing it was intended to avert. It is the scourge of the innocent, a terror not merely to evil-doers, but to others of unblemished reputation, and it lessens the odium attached to real crime, when it is seen how lightly persons who have done nothing to forfeit the sympathies of their fel low-men, may be inculpated through the blunders of thick-headed J. P.'s. Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK is entitled to the thanks and gratitude of the community for the sound and wholesome advice which he tendered to the provin cial DOGBERRYS. He has given unexceptionable evidence as to the necessity for the appointment of public prosecutors, duly qualified to ascertain the real nature and extent of any charge that may be preferred, and who will at the same time protect the rate-payers against undue charges, and her MA JESTY'S subjects from frivolous and unfounded accusa tions, involving great annoyance and inconvenience in the first instance, and too frequently, permanently ruining the prospects of the party who has had the misfortune of being brought before an ignorant or conceited magistrate. The question is well worthy of the consideration of the law officers of the CROWN, and should the Attorney-General provide a suitable remedy, he will materially add to the well-merited reputation as a legal reformer which he has already so deservedly attained. The Dramatic College has a fair prospect of more than realizing, and that very speedily, the hopes of its generous originator. By a graceful act of Royal munificence, her MAJESTY, in the midst of her holi day rambles in Germany, could spare a kindly thought for the benevolent enterprise—intimating her pleasure to be the Patroness of the Institution, and forwarding from Potsdam one hundred guineas as her first donation. Meanwhile, the members of the profession the project is designed to benefit, have not merely evinced a readiness to co-operate, but have evidenced an energy in co-operation such as augurs happily for the growth and development of the genial idea which first suggested itself to Mr. HENRY DODD in the present, as its very fellow had done to Mr. EDWARD ALLEYNE in a former, genera tion. It w;11 be remembered by all those who have taken any interest whatever in the undertaking, that it may be said to have virtually commenced, as it were, but yesterday. Nevertheless, already the subscrip promofer-InZt-^^lWfka 5../.1•a110,,,, • ••• mot in their aggregate assurance of a yearly income of £216 in the annual contributions even now guaranted. The managers especially have been bestirring themselves. Mr. KEAN and Mr. SAINTON have each of them promised houses. There is the prospect before us of a series of benefits at four popular theatres—the Olympic, the Surrey, the Adelphi, and the City of London. Stone for the facing of the hall and the houses, stone for the projected schools, has been promised, moreover, by that excellent actor, manager, and gentleman, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Even the Italian singers have swelled the lists of sub scription. Individual benefactors not belonging to the profession—amateurs, influenced by a fellow-feeling, have come forward, each with thebenignant thought of some kindly presentation—a clock, a cup of comfort, some homely gift or some generous luxury. At this rate the Dramatic College will soon be in a flourishing condition. May it prove so; may our hopes in its regard to the full be realised. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have the pleasure to inform you that the line from Valcntia to Newfoundland is now working satisfactorily both ways. The following message was despatched yesterday evening from the Directors in England to the Directors in America :—"Europe and America are united by telegraph. Glory to God in the Highest; on earth peace, goodwill towards men." This message, including the addresses of senders and receivers, occupied 35 minutes in trans mission, and consisted of 31 words. Immediately I afterwards a message from her Majesty the Queen. to his Excellency the President of the United States, consisting of 99 words, was received by Newfound land in 67 minutes. Both messages were repeated back to Valentia to test their accuracy, and were found to have been taken with great exactness. Of course, unless permission were given, the contents of her Majesty's despatch cannot be made public, This morning we have the following message, the last 38 words of which were received in 22 minutes from Mr. Cyrus W. Field, who is at Newfound land : " Cyrus W. Field, Newfoundland, to Directors Atlantic Telegraph Company, London.—Newfound land, Monday.—Entered Trinity Bay, noon of the sth. Landed cable on the 6th. On Thursday morn ing ship at once to St. John's. Two miles of shore cable, with end ready for splicing. " When was cable landed at Valentia ? Answer by telegraph and forward by letters to New York." It will thus be seen that the line is now capable of being worked with perfect accuracy, and the com pany will now proceed, as rapidly as is consistent with the establishment of a proper •yctPm_ make tha tweacactry arrangements for opening the . com munication to the pectic, sn dolus which, however, some delay must necessarily occur. Yours truly, GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary and Manager. Chief-office, 22, Old Broad-street, London. THE IMPERIAL PROGRESS IN FRANCE. LORIENT, AUGUST 14. I have not, until to-day, been able to renew my correspondence describing the files in honour of the Emperor, which I had concluded at Cherbourg, in the hope I should resume it at Quimper. This I found to be impossible. On my way from Rennes an unlooked-for interruption occurred, which I shall describe more fully at the conclusion of this letter. The Emperor and Empress arrived yesterday evening at Lorient from Quimper. From one of the most ancient towns in this land of antiquities and traditions they reached Lorient, the most modern, I believe, of all the cities of Europe. Lorient is a place without a name in mediaeval geo graphy. Martiniere, the most ponderous, and (it may be added) the most precise of all writers on such matters, knew little or nothing of this place. It was created for the East India Company of France— flourished when the affairs of that association were thriving, and it has dwindled away as the Company declined in wealth, commerce, and influence. Through its own port—Port-Louis—trade was car ried on, shipping despatched, and the productions of China and India imported into France. The conse quence of this change in its condition is to impart to Lorient a very peculiar aspect. It is like the poor descendant of rich and highly respectable ancestors. It retains all the outward show of former greatness —has still a very new appearance, but has a sad, de serted look, as if the means whereby it had once prospered had utterly vanished. The houses are richer than their inhabitants, and both are ill-asso ciated together. The quays are very fine, but there is nothing doing on them. The custom-house is good, but the revenue officers sit with their hands in their pockets. The streets are splendid, the squares mag nificent; but they seem to have got into the posses sion of persons who had no right to , and who , ". G unable to retain thew gone down in the world; and if theE _ HI. can impart new life to its trade, render to its port the importance that should belong to it as one of the five great harbours of France ; if he can entice foreigners to import, and restore to Lorient that traffic for which it is, by position, perfectly well suited, then a miracle will be achieved by him quite equal to any thing yet accomplished since, as ruler of France, he has devoted his energies to the welfare of the people and the prosperity of the nation. No doubt, the Emperor has come here to see what can be done ; and the manner in which he was re ceived by the inhabitants of the city, and the popu lation of the rural departments, was such as could not fail to make a lasting impression upon his mind, and to give an impulse to the desire he must enter tain to promote their interests. All the city of Lorient—every house in each of its well-arranged streets—was decorated in one way or another to welcome the Emperor and Empress. Some hung the tricolour flags from their windows, others had their houses decorated with wreaths of flowers, and all contributed to the erection of triumphal arches. In the programme which was published setting forth the manner in which the Emperor was to be received in this city, certain regulations were laid down, and which, I may observe, were strictly ad hered to. I refer now to them so that you may at once learn what occurred within the municipal pre cincts of Lorient. At a quarter past four o'clock their Majesties were received at a triumphal arch, a very beautiful object erected at the entrance to the town—dividing the high road from a shady avenue of trees which led up to the first gate of the fortifications surrounding the city. It was under this arch that the sous- Prefect and the Maire, at the head of the Municipal Council, presented to the Emperor the keys of the city. Between this triumphal arch and the outermost barrier of the fortifications were arranged a double line of the rural deputations, the old soldiers and sailors of the Empire, bearing their St. Helena medals, the pompiers, the donaniers, the scholars of the college, and the children of the commercial schools. Here was gathered together a most extra ordinary and interesting collection of persons—here were the fishermen, sailors, and peasants of Gostel, of Quever, of Clequet, and Pontocorff; and never were more strange figures looked upon, nor more outré habiliments beheld. All were in holiday garb, and such a garb ! The old and the young men wearing low, round crowned hats, with brims varying in breadth from six to nine inches—all with their long, lank hair hanging down at least half a foot on their backs. Their coats with the gloss of newness upon them, and yet in cut and form more quizzical, quaint, and old-world-like than anything one can suppose to hare been worn by the illustrious Rip Van Winkle, when he was in all the fervour of his primal juvenility. To have an idea of these strange coats and how they fitted the wearers, one must suppose that each had got a little boy's jacket on him, and that he had widened the sleeves without lengthening them ; and then that he had joined the skirts of a man's coat to the body of the boy's jacket. The effect produced was, that each appeared to have on him something that did not belong to him—the hands and wrists of all being bare, and the waists of each behind appearing to begin on the broad of the back. To impart additional lustre to such coats, some were covered with three rows of buttons — bright brass buttons, or snow-white broad plasters of mother-of-pearl —some had insertions of red cloth cut in triangular form running round the border, or inserted at the waist ; and beneath thi3 was worn either a little vest, or the white shirt, without any other covering, was exposed. Around the waists of most were scarfs of different colours, some of mere check, others of green, others of orange, whilst the trousers of all were singular opecimeno of the ing art—for they were wide as if tl had bl !en mad( for giants, and in length only ;ended for . middle ) be withi a an inch of theankle. Amid these curious sized men—some reached no fartlr than a ie calf ( f )stumes the re were the leg—few descended so low as xtraordinal ry com some that appeared to be a most binatioo; for you could not tellhether t tic wean' was a sailor or a farmer, as, i n tddition to the in variable broad-brimmed hat, broder than, any ever Eland (exlcept by ag yet worn by a Quaker in E play-actor personating a Quaker) there w is the blue wide jacket of a mariner, and derneatl the tight white-cord knee breeches,black ockings and heav3 shoes of an agriculturalist. Aid this curious col lection of Morbihan dresses, it las, however, a spec tacle as interesting as it was uexpeet;ed to observe that many bore upon their beasts the medals 01 Queen Victoria, they having ben soldiers who had distinguished themselves by their valour in the Crimea, or had, as sailors, bon engaged with the English fleet in the Baltic; aid now reappeared in their native costume, joining with their fellow- villagers in the demonstration Of devotion and at. tachm ent to the Emperor. Next to these in position w(re the scholars of the college, in their handsome bbe and gold uniform, and headed by their grave pro'essors. On a line with them, on one side, shadel by the high um brageous trees, were the boysof the Christian Bro thers' communal schools ; and opposite to them little girls, in hundreds, watched ever by that order of nuns which is known in this department by the de- signation of " Sisters of Providence"—all, boys and girls, well-clad, and from their looks plainly well fed ; and all enjoying, as children only can enjoy it, an entire day devoted to amusement. Through these primitive and truly happy-looking groups of peagants, scholars, and children, carrying of the most gorgeous colours, areen, pink, blue, and orange, Lou lalnapreSS the outermost barrier of the fortifications, on the glacis of which the troops of the garrison were drawn up. It was here, and only here, that the line was kepi by the troops. Outside the barriers the people them. selves had managed everything, and maintained due order ; but from the barrier to the Marine Imperial, the mansion assigned for the residence of their Majesties, the streets were lined by soldiers. At the first barrier the commandant of the garri son, accompanied by his staff, presented the keys to the Emperor. At the city gate their Majesties were received and welcomed to Lorient by the Maritime Prefect, accompanied by the heads of the marine and the captains of ships ; and then, the instant the Em peror had passed the gate, and was within the city, the joy -bells of all the churches began ringing, and loud discharges of artillery were for the first time heard. The gate by which the Emperor entered runs in a straight line up to the church of St. Louis. The street through which it passes is galled the Rue de Morbihan, and as it is about half the length of the Strand, in London, and the ground rises by a gra dual ascent to the church, and as every house was decorated with banners or adorned with flowers, and every window and standing-place filled with joyous spectators, to whom this day was an epoch in their lives, so unaccustomed are they to public spectacles, it may well be surmised how magnificent was the coup d'ceil presented to the view of their Majesties, espe cially when with it was united the fact of those exhi lirating acclamations that rang around them, and assured them that this part of France, which boasts of being " more Breton than the Bretons them selves," was giving to them their loyalty and their love ; their devotion, and that unflinching determi nation which had won for their ancestors the charac ter of resolute, dogged, unassailable, unimpression able, and unswerving olastinaey. Upon reaching the church of St. Louis, their Ma jesties were received by the rector and clergy of the parish, in their full canonicals, and by them led within the rails of the sanctuary, where had been erected, on that which is called "the Epistle side of the Altar," a splendid canopy, covered with gold and velvet, and having two throne-like chairs of orims e o m n v or e o lv m e e t r a y n . d w ftn o d m m a ns gn si i y fi- e I 26% ing, and the hymn Fac Salvum Imperatorem was sung, the Empress was observed, as she was kneeling to cover her face with her hands, as if shaken with some strong emotion. At the conclusion of prayers the imperial cortige passed the Place Bisson, where is erected a statue to the naval hero of Morbihan, who set fire to his vessel, and so destroyed himself and his companions sooner than yield himself and them prisoners of war to the Mahomedans. From the Place Bisson the cortege next passed through the Cours de la Bove and the Rue du Port, and so arrived at their residence, for the moment, the Prefecture Maritime. On arriving the Empress was complimented by young ladies of the first distinction in the depart ment, by offering to her a basket of flowers; and then took place the presentation of the wives and daughters of the principal functionaries to her Majesty. At five o'clock the Emperor received the principal authorities of the town, religious, civil, maritime, and military ; and at half-past seven his Majesty enter tained at dinner the heads of the various depart ments, both in the city and the harbour. I have thus given you an account of the reception of the Emperor in Lorient, and of the entire day's proceedings ; but previous to their occurrence I was an eye-witness to something which was not in ac cordance with the official programme, and had not been deemed even worthy of the slightest notice in that document. It was the manner iu which their Majesties were welcomed into the village or hamlet of licentreck. The village of Kcentreck is about a mile or a mile and a half distant from the city of Lorient, and, judging of its prosperity by its new and splendid church of St. Christopher, in stone as white as marble, and decorated with several beautiful statues, it seems to be as thriving as the city, of which it is a suburb, seems to be the very reverse. At this place there was erected (as in every village I passed through) a triumphal arch. On that of Kcentreek were these few words—" Les habitans de Kcentreck leur Majest6s Imperiales." Here there was not the appearance of a single soldier or Bens d'arme, and here so admirable was the order, and so cordial the spirit of the people, that the line was per fectly preserved, and a wide space in front of the church maintained. In that space were collected (for the purpose of forming a little procession, and the parish priest having the opportunity of speaking a word to the Emperor) about 20 young girls, from seven to 14 years of age, all dressed in white, and the younger amongst them wearing wreaths of flowers around their hair. These children had two standards with tlem—one a cross, composed of white roses, and the other with a banner bearing the image of " Our Lady of La Salette." The moment the escort of their Majesties was seen, the bells rung forth a clamorous peal of joy, and at the same i n st an t the Hussars in front , who were riding at a rapid pace, halted, then walked their horses slowly ; an d w h en the Emperor's carriage came opposite to the group I have described, he beckoned then to advance, and at the same instant the escort behind, as before, left the Imperial car riage, and thy, with the group of maidens , came for ward the rector i n f u ll ves t men ts, and the priests in white surplicfs. Th e Emperor was wholly and com pletely in themidst of the people. I could not hear what was saiti either by the Emperor or the rector ; but this, I mast own, appeared to me a still more interesting scene than any I had yet witnessed, for there '-ere the Sovereign and the people together—Nth manifestly greatly delighted with each other. For full four minutes they were thus united—witi the troops in front and rear away from them, and wth the carriage at last on all sides sur rounded by the multitude shouting, with all their heart and ocul, the phrases Which, iA describing their ; • ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Slialopere's Play of TIFF MERCHANT OF VENICE. Preceded by the Farce of DYING FOR LOVE. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss S n b °rough . THIS EiENING, the Comedy of COURT FAVOUR : supported b 3 Messrs. Emery, Belford, Poynter, Turner, ses M. Wilton, Hughes and Mrs. C. Melville. After which, HUNTING A TURTLE: b 3 Messrs. Belford, Burt, Turner, J. Clarke, and Miss M. Wilton. T' conclude with RAISING THE WIND: by Messrs. Belford, Turner, J. Clarke, Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss E. Wilton. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster -road. OPEN EVERY EVENING. —The following company of Po calists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all, &c. tht . popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS viz.:—Miss Russell, Mis. Badsey, Miss Brune% Mis Mrs. s Bay, Madam( Bartoletti, Miss Montague , Mrs. Lawrence, and AndersMellinon Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Ilenshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. g IF Senor Antonio, E. L. Mine, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens Mr. Sell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Atbyn. Mr. John G. Forde and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium . Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jooghmans. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, Sic., until twelve o'clock, --- THE WEATHER —SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 75 —highest since noon yesterday. 65—lowest this morning and during the night. 74—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.80. WIND, Southerly; light and fine. • - I . 6 k -'4 l l 141 - 140 low ' 4411111116 4 4 ,kj , ._— 1( /1 /, ' - '",..r/ 1- 61Rorr 4 4, „ '...443 6 /c7, , .; 'N-21.144-71. '" THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1858. LYCEUM THEATBE. The performances at this house last night were for the benefit of Mr. George A. Webster, its present tenant, the speedy close of whose short term of management is thereby intimated. The chief attraction of the evening was Sir Edward llulwer Lytton's play " The Lady of Lyons," in which the principal character, Claude Melnotte, was played by Mr. Leigh Murray, who joined Mr. Webster's company for a short engagement last week. nr. Leigh Murray has not been seen in London in any part of this order or weight since his earliest appearance, his SUCCCS3 in the lighter walk of comedy and in certain character-parts having wooed him from this early direction of his talents. It is well that such was the case, for it is highly improbable that he would ever have achieved or maintained so Ligii:aloosition as a tragedian as he has won in his present less lofty aspire ions, not that the power of con ception or mental calibre of this accomplished actor are inadequate to the "swelling theme" of Melpomene, but the limited extent of his physical capabilities decidedly pre cludes him from the successful execution of characters in which stern vigour, deep passion, and fiery energy are requi site. For this reason, though Mr. Leigh Murray's Claude Melnotte is a graceful and natural impersonation, full of quiet and refined touches of poetical feeling and even revela- tions of deep pathos, it is deficient in that strong impulsive dash—that headlong impassioned vehemence which is necessary to convey the true conception of the part— we do not say the character, for of that there is liitle or none. The long inflated tirades with which it abounds can only be effectively got through by one well practised in the hackneyed devices of tragic declamation, and with a power of lung that will enable him to rant, and soundly, too, when occasion serves. The set speeches of Claude Melnotte are laid out for "stagy" emphasis, and depend on the amount of force with which their points are delivered to be ren dered truly telling, and it is one of the clevernesses of this clever play that such is the fact. There is so touch easy grace in Mr. Leigh Murray's deportment, and so much un affected truthfulness and delicacy in his bursts of sentiment, that if he was not all Claude Melnotte should be, be won the favour of his audience very rapidly and very unmistakeably, and kept it to the end of the play, when he was called for and a pp li ! uded withenthusiasm. The Pauline Deschapelles of the evening was Mrs. C.Young, who acquitted herself with credit of a part co ns id erably beyond her reach. Of the remaining characters nothing needs to be said but that they attained more or less a respectable mediocrity. The succeeding pieces constituting the evening's entertainments were the farce of " The Two Potts," in which.d celebrity, made his audiencebre lS a l break into Wlintomdai e n inb manyof S hearty laughurrey by his grotesque antics ; " The Man who follows the Ladies," a sketch written by Mr. Howard Paul, and played by him and Mrs. Howard Paul; lastly, the farce of " Good for Nothing." The house, with the exception of the pit and stalls, presented but an unsatisfactory appearance, seeing the nature of the occasion. Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess Woron zow and family have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Paris. His Excellency the Count Apponyi left the Austrian Legation on Sunday evening for Germany, on terve of absence for a few weeks. Count Katelyi, who bas rteontly returned from the Continent, acts as Charge d'Affaires during the conge of the count. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have le`t Alnwick Castle for the Lakes, Cumberland. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have gone to his grace's seat in the north of Ireland. The duke and duchess go shortly on a tour of visits in Scotland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde have left town on a tour in Germany. The Marquis of Salisbury left town yesterday for Liverpool. The Marquis and Marquise cl'Assche have arrived at Fa h r e n era 's Hotel from Brighto n. T Earl of Lonsdale is at Lowther Castle. His lt.rdship is expected in town in Grey tenday The Earl and Counte ss have left Howick The Countess of Caledon has arrived at Caledon H ouse , NorthumberlaNd, on a t our of visits in Scotland. Hill, county Tyrone, from a tour of visits. Warring ton returned to Lnville Hall, Staffordshire, on . bad The Earl and Countess of Stam f o rd and ivfonday from Stayley Moors, Cheshire, where the noble earl three daps' excellent grouse shooting. Fetes, may now be stereotyped Vive l'Empereur," .` Vive l'lmperatrice," " Vive le Prince Imperial." Here were the pure Bretons—every man of them i peasant tilling the ground, or living by his inces iant toil as a fisherman, and exhibiting in their tumultuous joy the proof that he who was now smongst them—one of themselves—was not only adopted from the love that was borne to his great predecessor, but that he had himself proved worthy 4' their choice, and now fittingly occupied the posi tion to which their voices had elevated him : Nobility chimed by the right of blood, Shows chiefly that our ancestors deserv'd i What we inherit; but that man whose actions Purchase a real merit to himself, And ranks him in the file of praise and honour, Creates his own advancement." In all the incidents of these fates that I have, as yet, witnessed, there was not one that struck me as showing more completely how the Emperor Napo leon 111. has won for himself, by his own acts, his own merits, and his own policy, a permanent hold on the hearts of the people. During the entire of this day their Majesties have been engaged in making a tour of the city—the Em press visiting the various schools and hospitals of children and females. They subsequently went out to Port Louis to see the launching of a vessel, the Calvados, and in the evening attended a grand ball, given in a building erected in the Place Napoleon, and capable of containing, as I am told, 1,800 per sons. _ _ The proceedings of to-day I can thus but briefly notice, as it was an utter impossibility for me to wit ness them, I have been so harassed and annoyed by the blundering, the stupidity, and pettifogging malig nity of the police authorities. It is not an agreeable matter to have to attend to one's self in a letter which. should be devoted to other more importem+ and interesting topics ; but in tins necessity devolve. -arm me to do so, as I have been prevented from discharging tne duty I undertook to perform for the Morning Post. It is, I think, one of the many profound and saga cious observation that are attributed to that great genius, the father of " Tristram Shandy," that a man's Christian name is calculated to have consider able influence upon his progress through life. Within the last two days I have had some bitter experience of the justice of that observation. My godfathers and godmothers being very pious Christians, selected as one of the most fitting baptismal appellations to bestow upon me, one which is also that of a truly illustrious saint who took an active part at a certain time in promoting one of the Crusades of Christendom against the ferocious, unbelieving, and persecuting Turks. Unhappily for me, this good Christian name has of „late years become a very bad sirname, and amongst others it is borne by one of the persons who at a certain time was more than suspected of having had a preliminary knowledge of the truly infamous and detestable Orsini-attempt upon the life of the Emperor. That name was, amongst others, in my passport, when I reached Auray in the diligence, on my way from Rennes to this place. The moment the gens d'arme saw that terrible name, he picked a hole in the document, as not being en regle, and I was at once taken, bag and baggage, before the Jude de Paix, of whom it may be said that it would be a very bad translation to say that his title was equivalent with that of "justice of the peace." A more obsti nate, self-opinionated, pig-headed old gentleman it was never before my misfortune to encounter. He insisted that the second of my Christian names was my sirname, and that my sirname was something in English which he could not understand ; but that, he was sure was intended to disguise some great wickedness or another, of which he had the very worst opinion, because it was to him absolutely in comprehensible. It was in vain I showed him docu ments proving myself to be a correspondent of the Morning Post, that I referred him to names and circumstances to testify to my identity. With this old gentleman every additional fact was nothing more nor less than part of a well-arranged scheme, and, instead of enlightening him as to my innocence of all plots and plotters, was but a new corroboration of his own unjust suspicions. The :oli t l izu favour he would annr.e.de to me was to 1:e P the 'M x i t E: or the day after that, carrying my own cloak and carpet-bag a distance of some seven or eight leagues from Auray to Lorient), to go in a voiture, guarded by two gen-d'armes. Accordingly, having paid 25 francs for a voiture, and 16 francs for the two gen darmes, I was removed, after a custody of nearly four hours in the police prison, to the voiture ; and at the end of a journey of five hours conducted be fore the Procureur Imperiale—a middle-aged, testy, saucy-looking personage, who was in such a hurry, and in such a state of excitement at that second un happy name in my passport, that he would scarcely listen to any explanation on my part, he acting all through this brief interview on the grand discovery he had himself made out of his own head, that I was as much a Frenchman as himself, and, if I liked it, could speak French with the same accent—that, in short, I was not, and could not have any claim to be called a British subject. He condescended to take two documents from me, and said he would see the British Consul—who, by the way, is not an English man, but a Frenchman—that if he could see him he would return in an hour, and . that if not, I must remain a prisoner for the night. And a prisoner for the night I did remain in the 'liaison d' Arret. Of my treatment there I make no complaint, for I was put into a clean, tidy room, and was served with everything I required ; so that I can say, from my experience both of the police gaol at Auray and of the prison at Lorient, that if all other places of incarceration resemble them, they reflect very great credit on the French authorities. For full twenty-four hours I was kept a close prisoner—so close, that in the police-office I was refused the use of pen and ink ; and in the prison, though allowed to write as much as I liked, I could not despatch a letter without the certain conviction that every line would be read by the Procureur Imperiale, and it would depend upon his pleasure whether or not what I had written should pass through the Post-office. At the end of the 24 hours my complacent and truly good-natured gaoler came up to my room to inform me he had received an order for my release ; but to myself directly there was sent not one word of explanation from the Procureur Imperia' le. I thought, and still think, that the liberty of a British subject is a matter of some little consequence, and that it should not be lightly interfered with, and therefore that he who had deprived me of it unne cessarily, as was proved by his putting an end to my duresse, was bound to say something in the way of explanation or apology. Such, however, is not the Procureur Imperiale's notions of duty or courtesy. He put me into a prison, and he let me out again, and there he let the affair rest. Whilst in prison, I amused my leisure hours by writing, amongst other things, a protest, which I nteuded to read in presence of the Procureur Im periale. That protest I delivered to the British Consul, he fixing 11 o'clock to-day to see me, and speak with nee about it ; but although I have called four times at his bureau during the day, I have never been able to see him. Let me again remark, ;he "British" Consul in Lorient is not a British sub ect But let it not be supposed that with my arrest and my imprisonment my troubles are at an end. Wish ing to engage a place in some yoiture or diligence to-morrow to give an account of the proceedings both at Auray and Vannes, I knew it was necessary to provide myself again with my passport. I there fore called upon the Procureur Imperiale who had taken it from me, and he sent me to look for it from the Police Commissioner, who gave it back to me with the document verifying that I was the bearer of it. He restored me my passport, but refuted to vise it, so as to give me permission to travel ; and his refusal he placed upon two grounds—first, that the seal impressed upon it was not a seal in wax or is ink—tb§t it was av engrayed coat Owns (such ? igs fact, as are on all Lord Malmesbury's passports) ; and next, that it was a passport one fortnight old ! that it was dated the Ist August, 1857, and should have Leen renewed on the Ist August, 1858 ; and that, in short, without my passport being wised here, and he would not vise it, or without my getting a passport somewhere else, I could not leave Lorient at all! lle was kind enough to suggest Dunkirk, where I got this unlucky passport originally from the late Consul, Mr. Kerr, and for which I was never before asked until I reached Cherbourg, where it passed muster, and until now that it, and my " second name," brought me into all this trouble. Finding the officials here thus disposed to harass me, first because I have an unhappy name, and then to take advantage of a miserable quibble, because that unhappy name has put them on a wrong scent, I have addressed a letter direct to the Emperor him self, hoping it may be permitted to reach him. If it does, my next letter will be addressed from Auray ; and if it should not, then you will understand why there is a discontinuance for the time in my corre spondence. The arrival of the Emperor was the signal for the same enthusiasm, the same loud shouts, and need no description. Last evening the town was illuminated, and this morning, the Emperor having reviewed the troops, while the Empress visited the Asylum and House of Charity, their Majesties then got into their fine barge, and were towed by the Imperial yacht " Reine Hortense " to Port Louis, is town of 3,000 inhabitants, just opposite Lorient, on the other side of the bay, and were received in grand state by the authorities and the people. The keys were presented, and the Mayor having made a speech, to which the Emperor answered briefly, the Imperial cortege continued on through the town to visit the citadel, which faces the sea, and which, on this occasion, was a place that attracted universal interest. In this fortress the Prince Louis Bonaparte, in 1836, was confined, Previous to his being sent to the United mates, and tne rooms tie then occupied were pointed out to the Empress by him. What a phase in this great existence ! No drums were then beaten ; no flags were flying, and the heavy doors closed upon him with a clang; harsh looks met him on all sides, and the poor prisoner was guarded so strictly that at no time was he left alone. To-day banners were waving in the breeze drums were beating, cannons thundering their wel come, and, above all, the loud, frank, heartfelt shouts of the people were ringing in the ears of him who, now the Chief of this mighty country, surrounded by his brilliant staff, marshals of France bowing at his side, and with his gentle and beautiful partner in all this glory leaning upon his arm, gazed with earnest eye upon that spot. No need for saddening reflection ; the dream of his boyhood, the fixed pur pose of his manhood was accomplished, and any one looking at that moment upon Louis Napoleon must have felt the moral force of the man and respected his energy and determination. It was easy to perceive that the same idea was in the minds of all that witnessed this touching incident, and the loving manner and affectionate look of the Empress, as she pressed close to her husband, seemed to convey a consolation for the past and a feeling of joyful pride for the present. Those who so systema tically detract from the merit, and so readily find fault and attribute bad motives to the Emperor of the French, could not have repressed a feeling of respect for him had they been present to-day. The old woman who was his ser vant during his detention is still in the fort, an d w as an object of curiosity to the many strangers present. The Emperor walked on the ramparts accompanied by the Empress and their suite, and his Majesty amused himself try ing his hand gunning at some cannons of large calibre were loaded and pointed by him, and a new sort of bullet was shot by him at a mark at some distance— the aim was good and the object struck by the bullet. Their Majesties then returned to the Im perial rendera, and after a short respite from their labours they again embarked in the barge, and, cross ing the bay once more, they went to witness the launching of a vessel. The ceremony accomplished, amid the loud cheers of the spectators, their Ma jesties returned to dine, and to-night they go to the I forgot to mention mat SWIM UtMerl 01 yvuug ladies dressed in white, with violet scarfs, were in at tendance to present to her Majesty a bouquet, and one of them to make a speech. These young ladies had a bad time of it, as the wind was blowing very hard, and their light white gauze dresses behaved in a most unruly manner. The constant attention re quired to preserve strict propriety prevented these poor girls fr.= acting with the self-possession they would probably have otherwise shown, and the cere mony of presenting the bouquet and making the speech was rather a failure. Still the kind manner of the Empress and her thanks seemed to recompense amply the ladies for the slight annoyance caused by the fresh breeze. Their Majesties were also much amused by some 50 little boys dressed as sailors and bearing small ban ners. These young ones shouted longer and with as much fervour as any of the crowd, and the Empress caressed many of the little bright-eyed fellows, who, though so small, made a deal of noise. The bag pipes added their atrocious squeak to the din, and those possessing nerves must have wished the surly looking performers thereon a thousand miles away. One thing is evident to all—the heartiness of the greeting these people extend to their Sovereign. This morning, at the review, a great many persons who had been recommended by their officers or the civil authorities were decorated. PARIS, Aua. 16 The Plenipotentiaries met again to-day at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs, but I know not if they put their signatures to the protocols. As usual, the Indian news from French sources is by no means so favourable as the English telegra phic intelligence would lead us to suppose. Sir Colin Campbell is said to have demanded large rein forcements. The visit of Queen Victoria to Cherbourg and the Prussian Court continues to excite great interest in that wide district of Central Europe known by the general name of Germany. The newspapers of Vienna and Berlin, officially inspired, regard with satisfaction the meeting of European Sovereigns as a guarantee for peace at all times. But the presence of the Queen and the Prince Consort at the Court of Berlin is thought to be an event of political import ance, since it is hoped a very short period will elapse before the Prince of Prussia will assume powers in the State which hitherto he has jea lously avoided, out of delicacy to the King on the one hand, and a sort of dis like to responsibility ; indeed it is said the Prince of Prussia would willingly allow the crown to pass over his head to his successor. The Cabinet of Berlin know not how to act ; their position is very delicate ; the business of State halts, and the country grows impatient at a stagnation which has now lasted so many months, during which period a financial crisis added to confusion and want of confidence. Prince Albert is regarded as the me dium by whom some final arrangements may be made for a permanent Regency. The desire to stand well with France appears to be a universal feeling in Prussia ; the more so as the relations of the former country with Austria are such as indicate that neither the Emperor of Prance, his advisers, nor the people of France, have any desire to be on very intimate terms with a power, the policy of whose rulers is always rather directed by trick ery than guided by principles. Austria, oddly enough, is still more interested than Prussia in maintaining the Anglo-French alliance, because it is argued at Vienna that no European con vulsion can possibly take place whilst England and France are on good terms. The Austrian journals, therefore, condemn such of your contemporaries as pander to the passions of the vulgar mob at home by peri9dically l'aage. IJAi4 feeling is)Decom- ing general throughout the Continent, and the Press of England, once respected, is losing much of its weight abroad, because one or two of your contemporaries insist on supporting their own blunders about France and passing events by detraction and abuse. A popular English writer has reminded us that " Shakspeare has declared detraction less excusable than theft, and slander amongst uncivilised men is considered worse than murder." Time will correct, with silent contempt, the detraction and slander of those who seek to weaken the growing good-feeling which all honest men wish to maintain on both sides of the Channel ; a sentiment in which the people of the Continent universally participate, if we may udge by the tone of the newspaper press through- out Europe. I have received communications from Naples, dated August 13. The victims of Mazzini, and the heroes of the Sapri expedition, are in irons, and on their way to the penal islands. I presume the British public must be tired of hearing that injustice and persecu tion arc the order of the day in Naples, now as of old. The lawyers who defended the prisoners dur- ing the Salerno trials are being annoyed by the police. Some " influential person," says the letter before me, hinted to his Majesty King Ferdinand the possibility of renewing relations with England. " Rene ! bow !" grunted the King through his nose. "I can do very well without either an English or French Ambassador at Naples." There is some truth in Ferdinando's reply. He can do very well without an envoy from either France or England, since he has no intention of allowing the Western Powers to have the slightest influence in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The consular agents of any Power are, in fact, all that is now necessary for Naples ; and it would be well if each of the powers friendly to England and France were to suspend diplomatic relations with a court which scarcely belongs to the family of European civilization. The passing dull days of the political year are euusht en be animated with political pamphlets, bearing such titles as " Napoleon et rAngleterre," " Napoleon et les Principautes," " Cherbourg et l'Angleterre," &c. They are legitimate book specu lations, and nothing more. The banquet given by Count Walewski, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the Emperor's fete, was attended by the Pope's Nuncio, the Ambassadors of England, Austria, and Russia, Fuad Pacha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, the Cabinet Ministers, the members of the Commis sions of the Principalities and the Danube, General de la Hitte, M. de Parieu, Vice-President of the Council, M. de la Gueronniere, Councillor of State, and the principal functionaries of the foreign depart ment. The Pope's Nuncio proposed a toast to the Emperor, and Count Walewski responded by one to the Sovereigns and Governments friends and allies of France. The subscriptions for purchasing the Protestant chapel at Paris have, during the last few days, aug mented. Mr. Brassy has given £lOO, and Earl Cowley collected £45 at Cherbourg. Some few names have also been added of late to Messrs. Galignanre list of subscribers. The Revue des Deux Mondes has the following interesting article : " We cordially approve of the great political act which has just been accomplished at Cherbourg. We are sincere partisans of the English alliance. We witnessed with sor row the want of tact and the painful incidents which shook that alliance at the commencement of the present year, and we remark with delight the generous effort which has just been made at Cherbourg to re-establish in the face of the world the good relationship between two nations who may be powerful without having to make any mutual sacrifice of in dependence. We consider this effort to have been perfectly sincere on both sides. Facts,' according to the just remark in the Imperial toast, ' speak for themselves.' The presence alone of Queen Victoria at Cherbourg, in spite of the murmurs which the journey of her Majesty excited among a portion of her subjects, is a striking testimony of the value which the heads of the British Government attach to friendly relations with France. As to the French Government, the language of the Emperor Napoleon 111. on such a solemn occasion needs no comment. If barrack politicians had already greased their boots' fer the passage across the Channel, their over-zeal has been decidedly disappointed. The intel ligent and enlightened declarations of the Emperor have completely blotted out what is called in England the ad dresses of the colonels.' " The Revue then proceeds to discuss the practical merits of the Cherbourg fortifications : "We shall not presume to offer an opinion on the value of Cherbourg as a naval fortress. We arrived there under the impression of the well-known words of the Emperor Napoleon, comparing the works of Cherbourg to the Pyramids of Egypt and to Lake Mceris, and of the clamours of some English journals which represented that port as a position of attack against England. An in spection of the place and the judgments we have heard expressed by military and naval men have, we must avow, singularly modified that impression. Cher bourg is a wonderful and admirable work, but as a military position it evidently bears the mark of its artificial origin. When Louis XVI., after the war of American independence, which was so glorious for the French navy, was present at the sinking of the first cones employed in the construe et or roe that erection was chosen in correspondence with the means of attack and defence employed at that period. Neither the gunboats non constructed nor the long-range guns such as are now adopted were then known. Experience had made but little progress in such matters when the works were resumed and continued by Napoleon. The re sult of this is that whatever may be the strength of the batteries and of the fortifications of Cherbourg, the breakwater, if the present means of attack be taken into account, is at too short a distance from the port and from the dockyard. This circumstance unfortunately deprives Cherbourg of a great part of its force. It is evident, in the hypothesis of a naval war, that the struggle for the rule of the cea will be conducted on very different terms than in the past. In case that the dominion of the seas should not be possessed by France, it would be a serious imprudence on her part to eoncen ti ate her principal naval resources at Cherbourg. Her squadrons would be in safety only at Toulon or at Brest. The same reason deprives Cher bourg of that power of aggression against England which has been so loudly denounced by the Eng lish press. Before assembling at Cherbourg the fleet necessary far embarking an expedition against England it would be necessary at least to risk an irreparable disaster by solving in the Channel, against the English squadrons, the question of the empire of the seas. Cherbourg is un doubtedly a great defence for France, and no English squa dron would attempt to insult it; but there would be so much rashness in collecting there the means for eff , eting a land ing in England that it can never have the offensive charac ter which has been attributed to it. Such are the conclu sions which are left in the minds of those who have seen the place, and it is this opinion which has been carried back to England Isy the visitors from that country. We therefore hope that the alarm recently excited by a portion of the press in England will be soon dispelled." The following reflections on the tribe of pamph leteers which has sprung up lately in Paris is wortby of extract : "We cannot express sufficient contempt for those pamphleteers who speculate on old prejudices, and who choose the very moment when the two Governments so solemnly protest in favour of the alliance to deceive public opinion in the two countries, to excite recipro agu asors their of calculationst e cal mistrust, and to inspi re d ou b ts i n the sincer i ty o f the great acts of which w e h ave j ust b een w i tnesses. The p l r l o u c d e e e d a i r n e g a s s o r f e vtohletin thm p h le ar e t s t o wli ich w e adisgraceful. They transform pretended conversations at St. Helena into , a sort of political Koran ; they profane the memory of their prophet by attributing to him all ,kinds of absurd and apo rcyphal divagations, on the faith of domestics who passed themselves off to the world as his posthumous secretaries. They seek to stupify France by an absurd glorification of herself, which would lead us ' if we were to tolerate it, to the infatuation which has led the Turks and Chinese to per suade themselves that they are the first people in the world. Under favour of these gasconades they preach to France A sort of Islamism against England. The Government has many singular and compromising friends. For want of sufficient li berty of the press, men of business, so prompt to take alarm, foreigners who are ignorant of the origin of these warlike in spirations, regard these shameful pamphlets in a serious light. The latter would not even give the Government the trouble of a disavowal, were the currents of serious opinion left with open confidence to their natural movement." Surely some of these remarks mig ht applied to be one or two prostitutes of the politi cal press in Eng land ! PARIS BOURSE.—The settlement of the Share ac count to-day has gone on well, and prices have improved. Dente has Threes have been done at 69fr. 15c. ; Mobilier varied from 697 fr. 50c. to 692 fr. 50c.; Orleans, 1,305 fr. to 1,310 fr. ; Lyons, 800 fr. to 807 fr. 50c.; Southern, 538 fr. 75c. to 542 fr. 50c. ; and Austrian, 640 fr. to 645 fr. The market continued firm to the close, when the following were the last quotations Fr. CL 41 per Cents... . 97 Do. end of month 3 per Cent. 69 50 Do. end of month 69 15 Bank Shares .... 3,150 Cr6dit Mobilier.. 695 Do. account..... 683 -- Fr. Ct. Credit Fancier 6lO -- Belgian 41 99 75 Piedwonteee Roman.. Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons & Mediterranean New ditto Geneva Western , Eastern Grand Central —Fr. at. Account—Fr. Ct. ,3V5 .. 1,312 h 0 950 -- 947 50 602 50 .. 803 -- 803 808 70 540 - (320 - GOO -- 542 5 0 622 50 685 -- FB6 25 Sardinian Austrian PAINFUL CASE.—We learn from the Scotsman of, Saturday that the Hon. W. Yel v erto n , c apt a h a i n the Royal Artillery, commanding at Leith Fort, was, on Thursday evening, apprehended ou a warrant issued by the Procurator Fiscal, and lodged in the Calton gaol, on a charge of bigamy, the circumstances of the case being, we believe, not less peculiar than painful. The 11011. captain had just cone!uded the business of a district court-martial at Piershill when the sheriff's officers arrived with the warrant. One of these officials, we believe, left Edinburgh on Friday for Ireland, with a view to obtai n th e w it nesses nec essary to substantiate tht clarge. 'AUL NAIL' Cash. ~.