The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-21 00:00:00

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From the 24th of July to the 11th of August, Mr. RUSSELL gives us the life-like picture of each day's exertions, failures, successes, or dis appointments. In that short space of time were crowded the most varied feelings from the prosperous opening of the campaign, the startling discovery of the first accident, the renewed encouragement given by the speedy setting to rights ; the second disaster, its rectification, the continuation of the journey, and the catastrophe of the 2d of August. Then came the anxious fluctuations of hopes and fears, the ceaseless effort, the partial successes, the repeated disappointments, and, finally, the rush of the last rope down to the depths of the Atlantic, the depar ture of the Terrible for Newfoundland, and the return of the Great Eastern and her company foiled, but not disheartened. It is a record which does honour to the courage and perseverance of all con cerned, and will scarcely lose its interest even should the great work be fin ally accomplished and telegraphic communication between England and America cease to be a marvel. The early failures of similar projects are still eagerly read of, though the unsuc cessful workers have long been numbered with the past, and the works they tried in vain to do have been done by other hands. The Atlantic cable will, indeed, we trust, be left to no such vague future, but will yet reward the efforts of the brave men who have toiled so unflinchingly in its behalf. But while the experience of this voyage will be invaluable to whoever undertakes the renewal of the undertaking, as a mere history of unsuccessful effort the diary is deeply interesting. The discovery of the first fault on July 24 produced, we are told, no little uneasiness, since all felt that if the cable were thus liable to accident after it was submerged no reliance could be placed on its ultimate success. After some deliberation it was decided, as we know, to cut the cable and draw it in until the fault was discovered. This course was slowly but successfully pursued— not more than at the rate of a mile or a mile and a half an hour --till the cable was hauled in. It was at first feared that the injury was near shore, and great, accordingly, was the rejoicing when the fault was detected and "the cause of all our trouble and anxiety, delay and expense," as the biographer styles it, was discovered to be " a piece of iron about two inches long, rather crooked and sharp at the end, as if cut off with nippers from an end of wire. No one could imagine how this intruder got into the tank, but it was generally believed to be the result of accident, and the splicing happily accomplished, the great ship set off again cheerily. A few days peaceful monotony succeeded, until July 29, when a fresh disaster betrayed itself, and the work of picking up began again. The discovery of another piece of iron wire sticking through the gutta percha coating gave rise to great uneasiness, and to painful sus picion. "It was impossible," says Mr. RUSSELL, " to resist the conviction that such an injury was the work of some hired cable assassin, or s ome pur poseless malefactor." Such an impression was very disheartening, and by no means calculated to re assure the anxious minds of those interested in the success of the cable. It is but just, however, to remember that a piece of wire was afterwards found projecting from the cover of the cable, and on one of the men trying to bend it down it broke short off, thus showing that it was at least possible that the previous disasters were the result of accident. But it seems very unfortunate that since such rigid' Aft€r many delays and a vast amount of delibera tion, it would seem as if the vexed question of Schleswig-Holstein were temporarily settled in a manner that promises peace at all events, and there fore must be considered satisfactory. Certainly no one can now be surprised by any departure that may take place from the original plan ; and, taking all things into consideration, Prussia cannot be said to have all the advantages she expected. Doubtless it was discovered by that prescient statesman, Herr von BISMARCK, that discretion was the better part of valour, in his instance as in that of many others, and so he made concessions and toned down his requirements in order to suit the prejudices and meet the demands of Austria. The Convention was concluded at Gastein on the 14th instant, and it is based upon the Austro-Prusso-Danish Treaty of Peace. By the terms of this agreement Prussia gets Lauenburg, and pays Austria pecuniary indem nification. In Schleswig-Holstein the prorisioriuin is prolonged. " Prussia is to rule in Schleswig, and Austria in Holstein, until the future of the Duchies has been decided upon." On the whole, it appears that the two great German Powers have divided the spoil between them in a very ingenious manner ; and, while each was determined to yield no claim, they have let the wishes and expectations of others go for nothing. t may well be asked what have the minor States of Germany gained by this transaction, and how much they are the forwarder for all the time and trouble that they have devoted to the affair. They have been completely set aside, and treated with the most profound indifference, amounting, indeed, to contempt. Had any one at the outset of this affair predicted what would be the result, there would have been a general outburst of indignation, and the petty rulers would have declared that they never would submit to such a thing, and that mat ters would never be brought to such a pass. Ex perience has, however, shown the futility of their expectations, and the course of events has more and more revealed the inordinate cupidity of Prussia. It must be admitted that Austria has acted more in self-defence than for aggressive purposes, and in many respects her firm attitude and decided de meanour has been of great advantage, for it has repressed the insolent demands of Prussia, and served so far to maintain the balance of power in Europe. Had the Vienna Government given way to a considerable extent, as was at one time ex pected by competent judges that they would, the consequences would have been very serious to all im mediately concerned, and also caused injury to others more remotely connected with the issue of the affair. It cannot be said that this so-called solution of the problem has been arrived at easily, for an immense time has elapsed, and most active steps have been taken all along to settle the matter. There yet remains the decision of the future of the Duchies, and that will doubtless be a very slow affair. Indeed it will not be surprising if the pre sent arrangement holds good for an indefinite time, or at all events until some of those great changes take place which must occur sooner or later in the Germanic provinces. Ail tends to show that this is a patched-up affair, and is the base of the Con vention which has just been concluded rests on the assumption that all things remain in state quo. After recriminations and altercations it would seem as if universal amity were now to be the order of the day, and congratulatory visits are of frequent occurrence. The Emperor of AUSTRIA and the King of PRUSSIA have met to sanction the points that were decided upon at Gastein,te provisional andtocem o nt more firmly the organisation of h diminion of the two Powers in the Duchies. The ministers of these august personages have also come to terms, and in their interview have, it is said, suc ceeded in comi ng t o an un d ers t an di ng u p on firmer bases. Count MENSDORFF may be congratulated upon the results of his diplomacy, for he has come out of the contest with flying colours, after having been opposed by so formidable an antagonist as _ 110 USES.—Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS effort was made, patiently, carefully, heroically ; have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, on t w ice, thrice was the cable caught, but every ;suburban, aid Country RESIDENCES to LILT or SELL. Par,lculars forwarded for three stamps, upon stating exact once time by a most aggravating misfortune—the rope requirements and rental. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. used proved unequal to the task. At last came the dreadful moment when the last rope was being used and the cable was actually coming up from its hidden depths, when the rope parted near the cap stan and flew over the bow, happily injuring no one in its lightning progress, but sinking surely to the bottom to join the mighty cable. No wonder that silence reigns on board the great ship as she turns her head homewards, leaving the scene of struggle and temporary defeat. The Terrible hearing the story of the misfortune steams on to Newfoundland, and the Great Eastern returns to give the anxious watchers in England the full and true particulars of the eventful story. It was certainly never anticipated that it would be necessary to fish for the cable from such a fear ful depth ; but if the wire-rope and its swivels had only been equal to their own standard, the victory might have been won. It is impossible not to feel grieved and mortified that when the electrician and engineer, and men of science in every department, were so fully equal to the difficulties of their task, mere mechanical failures should have occasioned the disaster. Captain ANDERSON, whose opinion is well worth having, is sanguine as to the ulti mate success of the work, now that he has actually watched it. He inclines to the opinion that the accidents were not the result of design, but of chance ; but in either case the danger can for the future be guarded against by proper precautions. Again, another very important change which he suggests is to avoid the necessity of passing the cable from the sterp to the bow when it is necessary to haul in a few miles. "An engine applied to the paiyng-out gear so as to reverse and haul in at once before the cable had reached the bottom, and while the fault was being located, would have reduced our three faults to a very small risk." This is a hint which should surely be taken, and the provision of grappling gear of the greatest possible strength will, we should hope, never be neglected in equipping a similar expedition. The chafing of the rope over the hawsehole is another danger easily guarded against, and some means of catching the rope should it break in board could surely be readily devised. With all these precautions there is reasonable hope of recovering the cable, and we trust that the effort will not be delayed an hour longer than ne cessary. To talk of leaving it to the spring is to risk the total loss of the cable, or at least consider ably to diminish the chance of picking it up. The fact of having caught it three times is surely encouragement enough to strain every nerve to renew the effort about whose final success Captain ANDERSON, no mere enthusiast or inexperienced dreamer, speaks so confidently. It is a singular and noticeable fact that on the Ist of August, the very day before the last break down, the great ship passed over the grave of the first Atlantic cable. Whether this ominous fact would indicate that there are some unknown difficulties at that part of the route, or whether it was a mere chance that the two failures took place so close together, is a fact that experience must unravel. At any rate we have suffi cient encouragement to persevere with the noble undertaking, for if it is a work which man can ever accomplish the victory is surely due to English enterprise, science, and perseverance. precautions were taken to prevent a repetition o: the mischief they IT ere not more fully curie( out, since it was useless to watch the cable uncoiling below if no notice was taken of the signals above. We can fancy the painful excite- ment and consternation of the party in the saloon when Mr. CANNING suddenly appearing said briefly, " Its all over ; it is gone !" This disaster, as we know, was caused by the chafing of the cable against the hawse hole. "It is not possible," says the historian of the expedition, " for any words to . - portray the dismay w ith w hi c h the 'melt was wit nessed and the news heard." But with the true English spirit which never owns itself beaten, the first thought of every one was to make an effort at least to pick up the lost treasure. And effort after _,..~ THE SUB, LONDON, MONDAY EVENth er, AUGUST 21, 1865. Herr VON BISMARCK. It was doubtless no light work in which these official personages were en gaged, and many counteracting influences were at hand to mar the effect of their sedulous endeavours. The general desire of Europe at the present moment is for peace, and this wish will be granted, for the present at all events, by the arrangements entered into at Gastein. Had Prussia not given up for the time being the arbitrary demands which she lately put forward as a sine qua non in the arbitrament of the affair war must have inevitably ensued, first partial, and then probably general.' The decided tone of the French EMPEROR has doubtless had much to do with the tranquil ad justment of the case, for he would not stand aloof and allow Prussia to have the game entirely in her own hands as she had in the Danish war. It is a bitter reflection to dwell upon that this coun try has acted a part so unworthy of its high position among the nations of the world. Had our Government adopted a different course to that which they unhappily pursued, how much better would it have been for the cause of justice and the welfare of many. By tamely yield ing to encroachment and putting up with treachery we have given free scope to tyranny and oppres sion, and the result has shown that all that was said of the evil designs of Prussia has been more than verified. Now at the eleventh hour, when it is too late to do anything, when the golden day of opportunity has gone by, we may draw a moral from the issue of this affair which is alike sad and solemn. We have lent our tacit aid to a system of spoliation that has no parallel in modern times, and allowed the destroyers of national rights and the uprooters of the liberty of the sub ject to declare that England does not care what wrong is done provided her material interests are not affected thereby. History has shown, how ever, many times and oft, that a course of aggres sion will work many evil consequences, and that its effects will spread far and wide. We have not yet reached the end of the Schleswig-Holstein affair, say what, they will for the time being to calm down fears and allay irri tation ; and those most initiated in the mys teries of the matter are the best acquainted with this fact. So many rival interests are raised up with the case that it is quite impossible for all to be satisfied, and certainly the compilers of the treaty have not gone the way to secure general approval, by making its terms very one-sided. The King of DENMARK must watch with a mournful curiosity the disputes that are certainly taking place respecting his ravished territories, but he may take this consolation to himself in the midst of his regrets, that his loss has not been altogether gain to his enemies, for not one of them is perfectly satisfied. The R e form League. - --- The Executive Committee of tho above League met at heir rooms, 8, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, on Friday evening Last. Edmond Beales, Esq., President, in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, with some amendments, and confirmed, correspondence was read from Poplar, Plaistow, Wakefield, Glasgow, and Lei cester. The PRESIDENT read the answer which he had received from Mr. Gladstone to the address of the Committee of the League ; and it was resolved that the address and answer be sent to the papers. Mr. GEo. ODOR reported the results of a deputation to a large branch of the Cordwainors' Society, Chiswell street, Finsbury-square. The deputation, consisting of the Secretary and himself, was most courteously received ; and after they had explained the principles and objects of the Reform League, a resolution was carried unanimously to subscribe £5 to its funds. It wits further resolved that a branch of the League bo formed, and a numerous and earnest committee was elected for that purpose. A vote of thanks being given to the deputation for their attendance, they expressed themselves highly gratified with the results of the interview, and withdrew. Resolved :—" That a cordial vote of thanks be tendered to the President for his very able letter in vindication of the Council, and urging a unanimous and energetic sup port of the objects of the League." It was also resolved :—" That steps be taken to orga nise the holding of a series of public meetings in the un dermentioned towns in the vicinity of London ; and that arrangements be made for the attendance of members of the Executive Committee at such meetings. The towns being as follows :—Brentford, Staines, Uxbridge, Croydon, Richmond, Watford, Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, and Romford. After the transaction of some routine business, the meeting separated. THE REFORM LEAGUE AND THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCIIEQUER. SlR,—The Executive Committee of the Reform League desire to offer you their very sincere congratulations upon your being chosen to represent in Parliament the great manufacturing and agricultural interests of South Lanca shire. Without wishing to deprecate the value of the peculi arities, which, rich with the many precious memories of early distinction, and of the struggles, triumphs, and friendships of youth, as well as of more mature renown, united you closely and affectionately to Oxford for so many years, and secured to you to the last the fidelity and sup port of most of those whose own eminence could give lustre to their choice, the committee cannot but feel that the posi tion of Representative of a larger and more popular con stituency, the title of Representative of the People, in whom you have so cordially avowed your trust, best be come the statesman, whose name is for ever identified with the cause of commercial, financial, and political progress ; and they fervently thank the blindness of party for giving up to the nation one of the most gifted and large hearted of her sons. Rejoicing in the assurance that your past career is the best guarantee for the truth and worth of your future patriotism, relying upon the national sympathies, genuine love of freedom, and spirit of lofty independence, which have hitherto nerved your eloquence and animated your labours to reduce the burdens, and promote the material welfare and prosperity of our country, the committee look with confidence to your aid for the prudent working out of any further just and needful reform, and the accomplish ment of what may most effectually tend to develope, unite, and harmonise the energies and interests of all orders in the State, by the removal of invidious class distinctions, and the extending the area of the constitution until it shall, not in theory only, but in practice, embrace all within its pale, or, at least, all who cannot be clearly shown to be unfit to enjoy the privileges and exercise the rights of citizenship.—With heartfelt congratulations, I have the honour to be, sir, on behalf and by order of the committee of the League, your very humble servant, EDMOND BEALEs. Office of the Reform League, 8, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, London, W.C. To the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. Hawarden, Aug. 10, 1865. Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of the obliging letter which you have addressed to me on behalf of the executive committee of the Reform League. And I sin cerely trust that this and any other proof of the indulgent judgment which is formed by my fellow-countrymen of the characters and acts of public men may serve as a new en couragement to the steady performance of duty during whatever may remain to mo of political life.- I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient and faithful sexrant, W. E. GLADSTONE. Edmond Beales, Esq. A SERIES OF ALMANACKS, ONCE THE PROPERTY or SCHILLER, the poet, in which he had made numerous manuscript memoranda, has been recently republished in Germany. One entry is to the effect that, in August, 1799, he wrote a letter to R. B. Sheridan, who was then tran slating " Pizarro." The conjecture has been made that the Hon, Mrs. Norton, who possesses most of her distin guished grandfather's correspondence and papers, also has that letter. DR. ARNOLD'S HOUSE.--The old house at Lale ham, where Dr. Arnold lived with his pupils before his election to the headmastership of Rugby, and which is mentioned by him with such affection in the letters pub lished in Dean Stanley's life, has just been pulled down, and the Earl of Lucan, who has purchased the advowson of the living, is about to erect on the site a parsonage which hitherto has not been among the emoluments of the living.—Guardian. THE LOVES OF THE CHIMPANZEES.—The Zoologi cal Society has just received a male chimpanzee. The introduction of the stranger to the female in the gar_ den was an amusing fact. The two creatures rushed into each other's arms, like stage lovers. They kissed each other; then the male chimpanzee patted the female's face, danced round her, took her round the waist, as if he were going to waltz, when they expressed their joy by d anc i ng and howling in ludicrous concert.—Athenaum. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. SIGNATURE OF THE CONVENTION BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. SALZBURG, AUG. 21. The Convention in reference to the continuance of the co-dominion of Austria and Prussia in the Duchies was signed at noon yesterday. The Emperor of Austria has returned the visit o; the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 21. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 200 passengers, £153,694 in specie, and a general cargo, including 1,256 bales of raw silk, value £BO,OOO sterling. She left Gibraltar on the 16th August, and on the same day spoke the ships renown and Result, and on the 19th the Champion of the Seats. The gunboats Firefly and Redpole were at Gib raltar. Gribraltar exchange on London, 49i ; on Paris, 5 24 ; Geneva, 5 24 ; Madrid, 1 dis. THE BOMBAY MAIL, MARSEILLES, AUG. 20. The Syria, with the Bombay mail, arrived here at 8 p.m. to-day. The mails will be landed at 11 p.m., and leave at 11.30 a.m. to-morrow (Monday) for London. Ship and passengers in quarantine for 60 hours. OUTWARD INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, AUG. 19. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Moeris left this port to-day with the mails, 41 passengers, and specie value £181,760 for India and China ; 155 passengers and £4,000 for Alexandria. The Tiger, with the homeward mail, left Gallo for Suez, on the 10th inst., with 6,000 bales of silk. FRANCE. ELECTION OF COUNT WALEWSKI. MONT DE MARSAN, AUG. 21. The election of a deputy to represent this town in the Corps Legislatif took place to-day. The number of electors on the register was 39,000, of whom 29,000 voted. Count Walewski, the Government candidate, was elected almost unanimously. The Emperor's fête was celebrated with great solemnity in the principal cities of Europe. At Turin a Te Deunz was performed in the Church of St. Philippe Neri, at which the Consul-General of France and several Frenchmen of distinction were present. At Venice a mass in music was executed, and the residence of the consulate was illuminated in the evening; and at St. Sebastian a Te Deum was also celebrated. The Courrier du Dimanche publishes an Imperial decree, after a decision by the Council of State, con firming the conclusions of the Government Commis sioner, M. Fare, Master of Requests, on the subject of the second suspension of that journal without the preliminary warnings. The decree says, " Consider dering that in those circumstances our Minister could not suspend a journal a second time, without two fresh warnings, and that consequently, by the judg ment contested, he exceeded his powers—the deci sion of our Minister of the interior, dated the 24th August, 1864, is annulled." BOURSE, Aug. 19.—Two o'clock.—The market is very firm, Stock and most Shares have risen con siderably, and maintain the appearance of a further progressive movement. Threes, for the Account, have advanced 10c.—to 68fr. 25c. Cr6dit Mobilier Shares are in progress of sfr., having regained the price of 800 fr. About 800 more of these shares are discounted to-day, with 3,000 North of Spain, which are being done at 238 fr. 75c., with an ad- , vance of Mr., Spanish Mobilier Shares have also distinguished themselves with an advance of 12fr. 50c.—to 492 fr. 50c. The late reaction now proves favourable to the upward movement. Three o'clock. —Sales during the last hour have caused the prin cipal speculative valuers to greatly recede from their higher prices, otherwise the Railway Share Market has maintained its advance, particularly Northern and Lyons shares, for which there has been a good demand. The last quotations are as follows : 4 por Cents 97 60 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 17f Do. end month 6B 15 Ditto Threes — Mexican Loan 47 50 Do. Bonds Russian Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred Roman Credit Mobilier ... 791 Do. end month 790 Bank Shares 3600 Credit Foncier — Italian Loan 65 30 Do. end month 65 30 BAIL' VAYS. Cash. Acct. 857 50 1080 - - 871 25 567 50 Orleans ~ Northern . Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman LITERATURE. William Bathurst. By Lewis Hough. Three vols. Hurst and Blackett. " An o'er true tale" is this history of " William Bathurst," which promises well for its author's future success as a novel-writer. The style is very animated, and is enlivened with occasional sparkles of wit and humour. It is a work of courage in the present day for a novel-writer to dare to take truth and probability for his theme, but this the bio grapher of William Bathurst has done, and his story, far from losing by the selection, is one of the best and most enthralling that have appeared this season. It is more than an interesting story hoWever. It contains in its light and pleasant pages a moral lesson of more powerful meaning than many uttered in the pulpit, for it is one that has its counterpart in many a home, and its echo in many a remorseful heart. William Bathurst is one of those unhappy ones, " unstable as water," who not only, in consequence, " never excel," but who too often fall a prey to evil counsel and example, and bring ruin and misery on themselves and all around them. The author of this powerful story has not yielded to the natural impulse, so common with the novel writer, to smooth over the consequences of error and let all be well that ends well. We will cautiously abstain from spoiling the inte rest of the tale, but will content ourselves with com mending the skilful manner in which the close of the plot is constructed, and while (in common with many readers who will be interested in the story) we shrink from some of the punishments distributed, we cannot at the same time refrain from admiring the justice with which the final doom is awarded, or the accuracy with which the ultimate results of the hero's criminal weakness are pourtrayed. William Bathurst, when we first meet him, is a pretty boy of ten, with blue eyes and flaxen hair, the only son of a widowed mother, the prim and austere Mrs. Bathurst. "He was a genius who invented the word prim," here interpolates the author —" it is one of the most expressive words in the English language, for the utterance of it forces the face to look the thing." It should have been in cluded in that famous list—" Papa—Potatoes— Poultry —Prunes—and Prism"—with which Mrs. General amended the pronunciation of the young Dorrits. Very amusing is the account of the visit of Mr. Horace Bathurst, the bachelor uncle and godfather of William, to the grim dwelling of his precise sister-in-law. Such a home exercises no beneficent effect on the disposition of the only boy. An easy school where he is the pet and the paragdn enervates still more a character too ready to yield to such influences. With William Bathurst there is no middle course. He is either demure and dull at his mother's apron string, or the reckless companion and partner of his quondam school-fellow, the gay and unprincipled Frederick Leeson, the evil genius of the tale, whose character is very skilfully portrayed. Very justly, however, in the following forcible remarks does the author refuse to exonerate his hero from the evil conse quences of his own weak conduct. EVERY MAN MUST BEAR HIS OWN BURDEN. "Pardon the triteness of the remark, but it is really a very awful thing to have been born. I suppose there is hardly a human being, however thoughtless or reckless, to whom that idea has not occurred at somo time or another ; to most of us it is a familiar subject of consideration. Then why write it down here ? Because, while I was consider ing William Bathurst's position at this period of his life just now, the fact came home to me, not like the exist ence of a country called Timbuctoo, or the number of miles the moon is distant from the earth, but as a per sonal practical truth. You are born and reared without having ane voice in the matter, it is true, but from the moment you become a walking, talking, sentient animal you can help almost everything you do ; you have the choice of acting rightly or wrongly every minute ; and when you prefer the latter, you are responsible for it, and will some day, in some way or other, suffer for the choice. If a child steals a lump of sugar ho will find it more difficult afterwards to fight against dishonesty; if ho allows passion its head, he will find the beast's mouth harder, and his arm weaker next time ; if he shrinks from peril, his cowardice will increase. When the coroner's inquest brings in a verdict of temporary insanity upon the suicide, wo all say—" Poor fellow! he could not help it." But could he not ? No, not at the time, perhaps, but could he not have helped giving way to that fit of sulks five, ten, fifteen, twenty years ago ? And all those increasing outbursts of temper, did ho light them fairly, or strike his colours with greater and greater pusillanimity every time ? "Committed theft has he ? Poor follow !—the most honest man in the world—well off—no necessity for the act—he was not responsible for it—a mere attack of klepto mania ; was there not a time when the temptation to take might have been resisted, ay, and with ease ? The drunkard ! Has a craving, has he, which it is almost im possible to resist ? lied he that always ?—was he born with it ? I tell you, in ninety-nine cases out of a hun dred, he forced himself to drink to excess in the first instance ; his gorge rose at the extra glass, Nature stood up against him and wrestled to prevent his swallowing it ; but he thought intoxication was manly, or ho had imbibed from Anacreontic poetry romantic ideas of the pleasure attached to it, or ho was curious to try a new sensation, and so he wilfully forced himself through the vicious portals, and at that moment at least was respon sible for the loss of power to resist the poison when at a later period he was dying of it. "It is a fearful thing to 'Be —every weakness, every failing, every sin of omission as of commission, is our own fault ; we could not help committing it at the mo ment, perhaps, but wo could have helped committing some other sin years before, and a series of subsequent sins in the interim, which incapacitated us from resist ing at the last. Is not the governor who neglects the defence of the outposts responsible for the loss of citadel ? Is not the man who fires the fusee the one who blows up the magazine, what matter whether that fusee smoulder for five minutes, an hour, a month, a year, a decade, a century? And therefore I say that 'William Bathurst was himself in a great measure to blame for the weakness of his character. It is true that ho was born with a yielding disposition ; it is true, also, that an injudicious education had tended to foster rather than discourage the evil ; but nevertheless it is also true that unless he had in thousands of little matters given way when his conscience told him to make a stand which he might have made with ease with a slight amount of trouble and self-denial, from which, however, he wilfully shrank, he would never have fallen into habits of vicious indulgence without a harder struggle against his fate, nor succumbed so speedily and utterly to the influence of a man whose walk in life was not, he well knew, along the paths of virtue." We will dwell no further on the moral purpose so very admirably and effectively carried out in the warning history of " William Bathurst." We may safely commend the book to all our readers, grave or gay, for it is one that cannot fail to interest, and it is one that no one will be the worse for reading. Let not the seeker of amusement he deterred by this grave recommendation. As an evidence of the amusing powers of the writer, let us quote the following delightful description of A MARRIAGE A LA MODE; OR, JENKINS OUTDONE. " Great indeed had been the preparations ; multitudinous pairs of cards, coupled by a silver cord (since the silver cord has been loosened by the Divorce Act, the custom of sending these has very properly gone out), and encased in highly-ornamental envelopes, were printed, sealed, and directed ; a whole Oberland of snowy wedding-cakes was ordered; the most elaborate breakfast that could be pre pared for many was provided by Blomteit and Grunter ; the talents of an ingenious carpoLter were called into play for the solution of the puzzle, how to feed fifty people in a room which is crowded by twenty ?' the largest allowance of bridesmaids had been selected, together with those maxima; parte,' of such assistants, their dresses ; the bride's own costume had, after more discussion than would have sufficed to carry a bill through Parliament, been completed; a dean (Slr. Johnstone had strained every nerve, but vainly, for a colonial bishop) was engaged to tie the nuptial knot, which was to bo pulled so uncommonly tight, that he was to have four other clergymen to help him to tug at it ; the village school children were engaged as supers, and knocked off their reading, writing, sewing, &c., at an early honr every day, to rehearse strewing flowers in the bride's path ; all the yellow chariots and white horses and post boys to be bad within a circuit of several miles, were re tained for the occasion ; a garret was entirely filled from floor to ceiling with white favours of largo dimensions, a provision which the pussy-cat thought had been made against her approaching accouchement ; and gratefully acting under that erroneous impression, found it a great improvement upon the coal-cellar. In short, nothing bad been forgotten when the auspicious (I have a right to that mouth-filling word, after saying it was fine, and quoting the proverb, Happy,' &c.') day arrived. " William Bathurst and his two grooms were in the church, waiting ; they were dressed-- " I tell you it is all right ; the men's clothes must come first, because the ladies have not arrived yet ; and as for omitting the dresses, I know better. Allow me a short episodical anecdote, I pray you. I undertook ono day to read out an account of some royal wedding to a party of ladies who wore working, and occasionally comparing notes upon their work iu an undertone, which is not an encouraging thing to one who is rather conceited about his power of elocution. I road about the virtues and per sonal charms of the contracting parties (in whispers), of --- -- •o• - - ... 528 75 - 270 - - - 407 50 - - 490 - ... 232 50 320 - - - ... 222 50 A large balloon was found hooked to a tree at Passchendaele (Belgium), on the 16th, at five o'clock in the morning. In the car there was nothing but a man's hat bearing the initials C. I. It is probably the balloon which M. Godard went up in at Rouen on the 15th, but was forced to abandon. ITORSE-SHOEING.-1 he first step towards shoeing the horse was the contrivance of soles, or sandals, made to clasp on the hoof like the hunting-sandal now in use on emergency. In Japan, sandals of plaited straw are still used, fastened round the fetlock with straw bands. They are soon worn out, but costing little, are easily re placed. Some nations, the Icelanders, for example, have used horn to shoe their horses. A portion of a ram's horn was formed into suitable shape, and fixed on the hoof with horn pins. A similar practice is said still to obtain in the valley of the Oxus, the material there employed being the antlers of the mountain-deer. The grand discovery of iron horseshoes took place, it is believed, about the time of the Norman Conquest. It is not known positively when or by whom iron horseshoes were invented. In tho Bayeux tapestry, worked by the ladies of Queen Matilda's court, to celebrate the victories of William the Conqueror, the feet of the horses are represented without shoes, but the bits, spurs, and other trappings are minutely rendered. In tho Great Seal of William the First, the horse is unshod, but in the seals of subsequent kings all the horses have shoes.—Chambers's Journal. The Grand Duke Constantine left Stockholm on Wednesday for Copenhagen. Tho monitors of the squa dron will immediately return to Cronstadt, while the rest of the squadron is to follow the Grand Duko to Copen hagen. The squadron will afterwards proceed to Kiel. The journals of Ostend state that at a second concert given in the Kursal, the pieco containing the Bra banconne, and which on the first occasion had given rise to so much commotion not having been included, the audi ence demanded it with loud cries, and even insisted on its being repeated a second time. _ _ _ DEATH OF MINASI.—Among the deaths recently announced is that of James Minasi, the celebrated pen-and ink artist. He was 89 years of age. THE ABBE LISZT, it is announced, will superin tend the production of his oratorio, "St. Elizabeth," at Perth, during the course of this month, and then return, to Rome to take office as Director of the Music of the Papal Chapel. GOTHS VERSUS DRUIDS.—We hear that one of our most important national monuments has had a narrow escape. It was intendod to hold a Congress of Aram logists at Stonehenge, dig under the altar-stone, and raise the fallen trilithon. Sir Edmund Antrobus, however, the owuer, has, we are told, wisely set his face against the proposal. JUDGE HALIBURTON iS said to be annotating the three series of his famous " Sam Slick, or the Sayings and Doings of the Clockmaker" with a view to a new one volume edition, which is to be profusely illustrated. Mr. Bentley will issue it as one of his Christmas books. THE NEW READING -ROOM OF THE IMPERIAL LIBRARY IN PARI S , b u il t on the plan o f M r . P an i zz i' s mag nificent reading-roo m i n t h e Brit i sh M useum , w ill b e o p ene d to readers e ar l y i n next year. English visitors to the Bibliotheque I mp 6 ria " 1 may reading - room stands on the s it e o f the offices o f J o h n Law's famous b an k, remember that the present the romantic attachment which had drawn them together, quite independently of the wishes of their parents or peoples (cry of I've dropped a stitch—can you take it up for me, Araminta ?'). I struck into a really clever para graph upon the serious political complications which might result from their union (a voice, Can you not skip some of that ?) I passed to a description of the dresses. What a change ! Every piece of work was laid in the fair lap beneath it ; every charming head was turned towards me, every shelly ear was thinking in my accents. Yes, yes, read that again.' Did you say the slips were pinked or browned ?" How much a yard that lace ? One hundred thousand francs—let me see, what is that in pounds ?' Such were the only interruptions I now received ; and I had a slight taste of the rapture of a fashionable West-end preacher. I also got a wrinkle.—ln the following man ner : William Bathurst worn a blue coat and brass buttons, a white waistcoat, poach trowsers, patent leather boots, white kid gloves, a collar, blue neckcloth, a shirt, a pair of braces, a flannel waistcoat, and cotton socks. Mr. Tom linson, a gentleman with an aristocratic nose, was in even ing dress. Mr. Shairish, the other groomsman, a stout and jocular stockbroker, had an olive coat, a sky-blue waist coat, with silver stars all over it (so that his stomach re presented space), and lavender trowsers, with a net red plaid-like pattern meandering over them. This gentleman was much tickled by the idea of being a groom, called his principal ' Old Horse,' desired to know if he wanted to be rubbed down, and was guilty of other similar absurdities —to all of which William Bathurst returned that awful smile peculiar to bridegrooms, and men suffering the first throes of sea sickness. "But here come the bridesmaids, in apple-green gauze, poptoplains, and kerseymere shawls, with bonnets of white crape, a la Jardini&e, with ten flounces, and a curtain, and a fall of ten feet—or inches, was it ?—of Valentian or Falernian lace ; and uncommonly well they looked. "Next came the bride, attired in a magnificent frock of white watered glace silk, covered'with Brussels lace at— how much a yard he knows who paid for it ; I did not, thank goodness ! To this dross there were seven tuckers and fifteen gathers, and it wa.o l pinked so delicately that you could not distinguish the colour, and gored by a bull so highly trained, that ho had not hurt it in the least ; and ironed and mangled, and—and —yes, it was goffered. Over her head, and enveloping the upper portion of her body, was a veil of Valenciennes, which cost a great deal too and her hair was dressed a la maitre d'hôtel. " Phew I have got over the worst part. The father of the bride handed her out of the carriage (she wore silk stockings, by-the-bye—l forgot that), and he had on a blue coat, buff maistcoat, and grey trowsers. Mrs. Bathurst had a grey silk gown and a new bonnet. The coachman, postboys, the mass of the guests, the specta tors, including the little boys, were attired in the ordi nary way; at least I was unable to distinguish any dif ference between their attire and that of other people in similar respective positions. " I hope the above is all right. A lady told me what all the principal dresses were at the time, and I have a reten tive memory. Still, if any slight error of detail has crept unawares into the account, the reader must remember that I received the information at the time, that is eighteen years ago, and that I had not then, nor have I now, the remotest idea of what it all meant." After this, no one need apprehend that " William Bathurst" is too serious to be amusing. It is, on the contrary, as we said at the outset, one• of the very best and most interesting novels we have seen this season, and it leads us to anticipate much future success for its author. Atlantic Telegraph Comp ny. Mr. Saward, Secretary to the Atlantic Telegraph Company, presents his compliments to the Editor of 2 he Sun, and begs to send him copy of a letter ad dressed to one of the directors of the company by Capt. Anderson of theiGreat Eastern ; also a letter from Mr. Fairbairn, LL.D., F.R.S., both of which, it is thought, might be deemed of public interest at the present time. August 19. • Great Eastern, Aug. 16, 1865. My dear Sir,—l have no doubt that you will read with some interest the opinions of a sailor whom you know, respecting telegraph cables across the Atlantic, and especially as to the cause of our present failure. I was formerly a doubter, then as I became intimate with the men and means to be employed to overcome all the diffi culties I had thought of I became hopeful; but now that I understand personally the difficulties in the way of practically laying a cable in an ocean of great depth, I have become sanguine. The cable has failed for the present principally from the cause of its own wires penetrating the gutta percha core, and that cause has been so far fatal only because it was unanticipated. I mean by that, if we could have foreseen the probability and sufficiently understood the action of the ship, appliances could have been arranged that would have recovered the faults without the elaborate pro cess that past experience has taught to be efficient. They can generally tell immediately when a fault occurs ; very little, only a few miles, is necessary to be hauled in. For this purpose the cable has to be passed from the stern to the bow of the ship —at the best of times a hazardous thing to do, and in this very long ship a difficult operation. An engine applied to the paying-out gear, so as to reverse and haul in at once before the cable had reached the bottom, and while the fault was being located, would have reduced our three faults to a very small risk ; so that even this cable, which in all other respects seems perfect, could be efficiently laid when we have obtained the appliances our new experience has taught to be necessary. It never was anticipated that we should have to attempt the recovery of a lost cable from the depth of two miles and a half, and for the same reason we failed—our grappling gear was in efficient. Three times out of four attempts we hooked the cable and raised it from the ground several hundred fathoms. Upon two occasions the swivels of the grapnel rope broke, and upon the third occasion our rope, which was made up of ship's stores, added on to the proper wire rope ; and when we had once more began to be hopeful, if not sanguine, a good looking 6-inch rope brake like a thread. This much, however, we have established ; we can hook the cable when we choose, and we fairly believe that with proper appliances we can lift it and complete its laying. No one can be blamed for not anticipating this unfortunate result. Every kind of experiment has been tried, and the wire had never before pene- ,rated the core ; this and some other aspects seems to have fixed the idea in some of the leading minds that the faults have been the result of malice. I incline to the opinion that they were the result of accident, as I know by experience that accident will produce more curious results than design, and they are as easily explained one way as the other ; but this follows, that appliances should be used that would prevent such fatal results, whether produced by one cause or the other. This can be done hereafter by machinery we now know how to construct, and the additional security can be had by making those wires of a number of smaller ones, so that no one would be sufficiently strong to penetrate the core ; or, if necessary, cover the core with canvas or wire gauze, to make it still, more secure. This done, there can really be no difficulty with this ship in laying the submarine cable round the world. It would be a long and useless story to tell you how our hopes alternated betwixt hope and hopelessness during the 10 days that we grappled, and hooked, and lost the dear old thread. Our backs are very much up, and all of us long to re cover the cable and restore our prestige. I have become positively eager, and hope circumstances will admit of my finishing what I have begun. My opinion now is, that the companies interested in the success of this cable aro really upon the point of success. I have a fear they may be disheartened — and no wonder ; but another attempt cannot fail, humanly speaking. We know the cable is perfect in its insulation or capacity for transmitting mes sages. We know it has the right specific gravity and the right strength, and we know it only fails in one point, that of wounding itself ; and even if that cannot completely be overcome with our new expe rience we ',know how to meet it, recover, and repair it. I dare say the hope will be thought visionary by many, yet in your own interests I hope all concerned will at once order a new cable to be made and com pleted by May. The Great Eastern could then sail, lay it with certainty, and in the same season pick up and complete the one for the present abandoned. This would be beyond all question the best way now to economise the affairs of all the companies em barked in this enterprise, and my regret is that a number of capitalists were not here to imbibe the confidence that experience has given all of us en gaged in it. At all events the attempt should be made to pick up the cable, and there is as fair a prospect of success as there can be about anythingnotyet accomplished. With kindest regards to you and yours, I remain, my dear sir, very truly yours. (Signed) JAMES ANDERSON. Manchester, August 18, 1865. George Saward, Esq.—Dear Sir,—After an anxious week as to the fate of the big ship, I have to congratulate you, as the official organ of the com pany, on the safe return of the expedition. I deeply regret the loss the company has sustained in the loss of the cable, but notwithstanding this misfortune, it is satisfactory to know that, along with many others, I still retain unbounded confidence in the ultimate success of this cable, barring accidents such as those which have unfortunately occurred. As regards the cable itself, the machinery for pay ing out, &c., are concerned, there is no cause for alarm, and provided greater care and attention is observed in the manufacture, I have reason 'to believe that the hopes of the company and the public will be fully realised. The strength, insulation, and other properties of the cable, are perfectly satisfactory, and I am glad to find my previous experiments on pressure confirmed in the improved condition of the insulation as it was drawn up from the depths of the Atlantic. All these were considerations of importance, and strongly confirm the previously-entertained opinion that this great and important enterprise will end in a final and complete success. As respects the Great Eastern ship, she has proved herself everything that could be desired as a vessel exclusively adapted for the submer gence of the submarine cables in deep water, and I firmly believe, after being duly prepared for the purpose, that her future destinies are involved in the laying telegraphic cables in every known and every suitable sea on the face of the globe. She appears admirably suited for that object from her smooth easy motions at sea, and the facilities for steering which her screw and paddle engines afford. All these are in favour of paying out and hauling in shouldiaccidents occur such as those which overtook the ship in the middle of the Atlantic. Assuming these views to be correct, I will ven ture to suggest to the owners of the Great Eastern, after the Atlantic cable is safely laid and in work ing order, that the vessel should be converted into a marine " submerger," for the entire and exclusive purpose of laying cables and to charter her to your own and other companies engaged in these under takings. In effecting this object it would be neces sary to direct attention to certain points of con struction which in my opinion would require to be strengthened, and which I believe are known to the company's engineer. These are additional stringer plates on the upper deck, and probably a short way down the sides, to increase her powers of resistance to strain with a heavy cargo on board, such as she had from the Nore to Valentia. This being done, you may safely trust the Great Eastern on any sea or in any weather to which she may be exposed. I am sure you will pardon me for these, which are at the service of the directors, and in hopes of the ulti mate completion of the cable, I am, dear sir, yours faithfully, _ (Signed) WM. FAIRBAIRN. Je 4 r j on let 46 it. grip • 4 .ez i k: o at~gaLzr einem: Foreign Courts. PARIS, Aug. 19. The Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; accom panied by her family and a numerous suite, has arrived at Biarritz. The Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar is now at Ostend, where he intends to spend some weeks. Prince Amedeus of Savoy, who is at the present moment at Lisbon, will be the godfather to the second son of King Louis of Portugal. The King had wished his father-in-law, Victor Emmanuel, to be the sponsor, and had expressed his intentions to the ecclesiastics designated for the ceremony ; but the •Court of Rome, to which tho matter was referred, refused to accept the King of Italy as godfather in the religious part of the baptism. King Louis having informed his father-in-law of the circum stances, the latter expressed the desire that no im portance should be attached to the incident, and Prince Amedeus was then designated by the parents in his stead. BERLIN, Aug. 17. A few days since the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia, while on a tour, landed at Alsen and proceeded towards the heights of Duppel to inspect the remains of the entrenchments and forti- fled works and the graves of those who fell in the recent operations. A letter from Sonderburg gives the subjoined further particulars of the royal visit:-- " At the monument erected to the memory of the fallen Prussians, her Royal Highness the Crown Princess formed a large garland of some field flowers which she had gathered during a walk through the fields on which the entrenchments are situated, and bound the flowers together with a blue sash which she had worn. From Duppel their royal highnesses drove to Satrup and Nubec, where the graves of the soldiers were also visited ; and then the prince and princess proceeded to the spot where, in the pre ceding year, the Crown Prince first went under fire. Their royal highnesses returned to Sonder burg in the steam-vessel Vineta." The Duke of Devonshire is at Bolton Abbey, his seat in Yorkshire, entertaining a large party of friends for grouse shooting. The Marquis of Hartington, M.P., has joined the family circle visiting the Duke of Devonshire at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury have gone to Aix-la-Chapelle, accompanied by the Ladies Ashley, for a few weeks. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough arrived a few days since on a visit to the Countess (Dowager) of Listowel, at her ladyship's residence in the county Cork. The noble earl and countess intend to be in London for the wedding of the Earl of Listowel and Miss Bruce. The Earl of St. Germans is in greatly improved health. The noble earl is still on the Continent. The Earl of Cawdor is entertaining a select party of friends at Cawdor Castle, Nairnshire, for the shooting season. The marriage of the Earl of Listowel with .Miss Bruce, second daughter of Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, is to take place towards the end of next month. Lord and Lady Frederick Cavendish have arrived at Bolton Abbey on a visit to the Duke of Devon shire. Lady Hart has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. MR. CARLYLE'S HEALTH.—Among the absentees from London at the present moment may be men tioned Mr. Carlyle, who is on a visit at Torsouce, the resi dence of Henry Inglis, Esq. For some time past, gr. Carlyle's health has been very indifferent. The researches consequent upon the compilation of the "Life of Frederick the Great" have been of a long and exhaustive character, and the neighbourhood (Cheyne-walk, Chelsea) in which the distinguished author resides, is during the summer months very ill adapted for those persons of a sedentarY habit who require a bracing air. THE COLONELCY OF THE 83RD REGIMENT has become vacant by the death of Sir Frederick Stovin. 111 the absence of all the authorities having anything to AY to the selection of his successor, it is of course impossible to predict who is likely to obtain' the vacancy. The last regiment was given to Sir C. Straubenzee, who now stands after Major-General Braybrooke on the list, and it is not improbable that either he, or some one of those who have been passed over will be selected on this occasion.—ArmY and Navy Gazette. We are returning to England with the hope that capitalists will see it as we do. • Mr. Field is buoyant and hopeful beyond us all ; he would at once go the picking up, and I would like to indulge his wish, but we cannot possibly get the necessary appliances in the way of machinery, wire, rope, and complete the necessary repairs to the well-used boilers of this ship within two months ; it would probably be more, could not be less, and there is every probability that the winter gales would drive us from our work, and without the sun we could not find our fishing ground. As these opinions are in substance what all en gaged upon this enterprise really feel, there is no reason why you should not read them to any whom you may think they would interest.