The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-29 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1865. _ .___ On few days in the year will sunshine be more eagerly welcomed than to-day, if the cheerful beams will condescend to favour the festivities at Ports mouth. Englishmen are said to be always talking about the weather, and certainly in the midst of the bustle and excitement of hospitable prepara tions it is just now the prevailing topic. Anxious looks are cast at the clouds, men consult the weather-glass at every turn, and the old sailors who are supposed of right to be the most weather wise of the community enjoy the unenviable pri vilege of being able to damp every one's hopes and expectations by their dismal forebodings. The re cent unkindness of the elements during the visit of the English fleet to Brest and Cherbourg has per haps increased the universal anxiety for fine weather, lest our gay neighbours and allies should have their prevailing impression respecting Eng lish weather deepened, It certainly seemed as if our good ships took over a few of our own parti cular clouds and showers for the discomfiture of our light-hearted rivals, and we can only hope that they will return the compliment by bringing with them a little of their glowing sunshine. But in spite of all direful prognosications and misgivings g th i n e gho t:N s v: the preparations go busily o n , is filling to an unheard-of extent, and lod t. The visit keepers are reaping a fabulous harvest. of the French fleet will long live in the memory of the inhabitants of Portsmouth, for if the pro .gramme is at all carried out the next three days 'will be an uninterrupted succession of festivity and excitement. The Admiralty and the municipality are competing with each other in their efforts to make their hospitalities worthy of themselves and the occasion. Everywhere there is the same cwdial and courteous desire to do honour to our unwonted guests, and the same eagerness to show the hearty goodwill with which Englishmen now regard their quondam enemies. The very ball dresses and orna ments which are filling the shop windows are com posed of the three magic colours—red, white, and blue. The flags and banners of the two countries aro everywhere flying overhead. Illumination and decoration are the orders of the day, and the grand climax is to be reached on Wednesday night, when the grand Admiralty banquet is to be given to the French squadron in the Naval College, and on the health of the two Sovereigns being drunk the ships of both squadrons are to fire a royal salute and to illuminate. The effect of this will be very grand, and the interior o the College has , been gaily decorated for the banquet. The dock yard, too, comes in for its share of display ; but after all, there will be no finer sight than that which is to greet the visitors on their arrival, when all the English ships in the harbour man. yards as the Reine Hortense passes. Altogether the spec tacle will be a most brilliant one, and the crowds of visitors who are pouring into the town of them selves testify the interest felt on the occasion and the general desire to do honour to our gallant allies. Whatever the result of the trouble and expense which have been lavished on the preparations, and whatever the fluctuations of the weather during the festivities, Frenchmen will have at least no right to be dissatisfied with the warmth or the readiness of their reception. It would seem as if it was destined that the tide of public opinion was to turn against Prussia and the Prussians at present. A short time ago an event took place at Bonn which has excited the greatest indignation among all who have heard of it. An unfortunate Frenchman, whose reputation as a cook was very great, had just been appointed chef de cuisine to Prince ALFRED. He was also en gaged to attend the establishment of the QUEEN during the Royal visit to Germany. In consequence of these flattering proofs of success OTT gave an entertainment to his friends, and after supper he and some of the party were walking along the streets, when they unfortunately encountered a party of students. Some dispute arose, and the consequence was a scuffle, in which the students appeared to have lost all sense of pro priety, and the conduct of a soldier in uniform who was with them was outrageous in the extreme. The former struck violent blows with loaded bludgeons which knocked down the companions of the Frenchman, while the soldier himself drew his sabre and attacked Orr. In consequence of this murderous charge the poor man died two days after from locked-jaw in frightful agony. No possible extenuation can be urged on behalf of such an action. It would have been cowardly enough for a party of twenty to attack three, but for one of their body to commit a savage assault upon an unoffending in dividual is base act beyond comprehension. The Prussian cadet who has thus gained an unenviable notoriety is Count EULENBERG, the nephew of the Prussian Minister of the Interior. It has come to something, indeed, if the Prussian aristocracy are to be permitted thus to give proof of their nobility. They will soon emulate the notions of the Spanish hidalgo, who, upon encountering some obstacle, ex claimed, " This comes of walking upon the earth." A more scandalous and barefaced at tack could not have been made, for the French man was not armed with any weapon, and had not even a stick in his possession. If anything could increase the indignation which is naturally experienced at the recital of this transaction, it must be the manner in which the Prussian authori ties have taken up the matter. They did not even place the offender under arrest until some time after, and, worse still, it is thought probable that no punishment will be dealt to the perpe trator of this crime. Perhaps the authorities of Berlin may reckon without their host, however. The notion of this freak of aristocratic anger is not a subject of the land whose monarch rules by divine right, and whose nobles are privileged to take any human life if it pleases them so to do. He is a Frenchman, the subject of the Emperor NAPOLEON, and his Imperial Majesty is not likely to brook such an insult to himself and injury to his subject very tamely. The QUEEN has also been greatly concerned in this matter, and is supposed to be taking some steps to obtain redress. The Prussians evidently think that they may act with impunity ; but when we recollect bow they imprisoned and illtreated an English subject for simply striking an impertinent railway official with his fist, it seems intolerable that a young Count should be tacitly encouraged in his vagaries when he cuts down an unoffending man, who is a subject of the French EMPEROR and a servant in the employ of the Queen of ENGLAND. At the present time it is of the utmost conse quence that attention be paid to sanitary laws, and that the removal of nuisances should be effected in all possible cases. What might be perhaps tolerated at ordinary epochs will now become very hurtful, and, indeed, prove fruitful sources of disease and death. Yesterday an inquest was held at Bethnal green upon the alleged death of a child from malaria. The proceedings were stopped from the scientific evidence not being ready, but enough transpired during the evidence to show that the back of the premises in which the child died was in a very un healthy state, in consequence of the nuisance of the " collection and retention of blood, for use in the process of sugar-baking," and that in the hot weather causes malaria to arise. The medical officer of health for Bethnal-green handed a report to the coroner, which had been given to the sanitary com mittee, concerning the nuisance in question. From this statement it appears that the " blood" under goes a certain process, which renders it more dele terious. It is allowed to remain at the slaughter house for some time, when it becomes congealed, and even sometimes reaches a putrid state of de composition. Being unfit for the sugar-refiners while in that condition, it is broken up by a ma chine, and it is this process which is so highly injurious to health, for, as it • is declared in the report, " offensive stenches are emitted." No wonder the medical officer concludes his report by suggesting that the said business be entirely dis continued. Nothing can possibly be more unwise than to permit the continuance of such nuisances in crowded neighbourhoods ; and it is dreadful to con template the effects which these and similar evils can produce. It is greatly to be regretted that this question did not come before the Legislature ; and, at any rate, no time should be lost in making the necessary regulations next session. All such trades, if carried on at all, should be followed in places where they cannot injure health and become a plague spot in the neighbourhood. No doubt this business here referred to is not done differently or managed worse than many other ones ; but it is high time that the matter should be inquired into, and a stop put to practices that threaten the comfort, health, and even life of th e community. Children and d e li ca t e p ersons w ill be the fi rs t victims, b or too hardy t o be rende u re t d none impervious t too strong oantg tack, for in its train wait many serious evils of a contagious character. " The p a i n f u l family of death, more hideous than thei r queen," abound and flourish in such localities," and it is n o t t oo much to expect that some re m e dial measuresbeaclopted now juncture. a t this eventful period of this trying The Government had better look to these matters without loss of time or giving way to prejudices. It is idle to talk of preventives to cholera which the late improvements in drainage will have made, if the worst evils are invited by these extremely objectionable trades being pursued in the centre of a crowded neighbourhood, and amidst those most qualified to imbibe disease and also to spread it round quickly. One of the greatest desideratums at present is the purity of the atmosphere, and such an attainment is impossible if some wise laws be not enacted oz the subject of nuisances, such as those referred to, and if these be not strictly enforced with zeal and determination. It would be a - very good thing if sanitary inspectors went the round of the metropolis and furnished a full and complete report of their observations. By this means the worst evils would be made known, and the minor ones would be kept in check, and perhaps some offenders might be shamed out of their unwhole some trade altogether. At any rate one thing is certain, while time is being lost and debates and disputes arise, the deadly work is progressing with giant strides, and increasing in a rapidly-widening circle, so that it is difficult to define its exact limits or to know its number of victims, but we may re main convinced that their name is " legion." The intelligence from India is not very eventful, but it is not altogether 'unimportant. The most noticeable feature in the summary, so, far as the future welfare of Anglo-Indians is concerned, is undoubtedly the progress of the scheme for supply ing Calcutta with pure water. It has long been universally admitted among civilised people that pure water is one of the first necessaries of life, one of the principal constituents of health; yet a wealthy city like Calcutta, which, from its natural climate and position, can so ill afford to dispense with any element of public health, has been suffered to grow up into a city of palaces without anything like an adequate water supply. The excuse for this culpable negligence is certainly not to be found in the geo graphical situation of the city, which shows no ex ception to the rule that once made a wiseacre won der that large rivers always flowed by large towns. The sacred stream is, indeed, polluted near the city itself by the Hindoo custom of throwing in their dead, but it is surely not so difficult in these days of engineering to organise some means of supply drawn from a little distance. This is the plan Which is now at length to be adopted. The water is to be drawn from the Hooghly at a distance of several miles, and to be brought down to Calcutta by a brick aqueduct or an iron pipe. This part of the business is now under consideration, and the chief engineer who has been appointed to superin tend the works is to visit this country on purpose to consult the best engineers of the day on the whole of the details of the scheme, which is likely to ex ercise a valuable influence on the general health of one of the most insalubrious of English built cities. It is certainly unfair to complain of the unhealthi ness of Calcutta ; no attempt is made to supply what are considered necessaries in every English town. A tropical climate can hardly be an excuse for the neglect of sanitary precautions which are rapidly observed in the temperate zone. The same disregard of most simple and necessary laws of health is shown in the want of drainage and other matters entirely independent of the evils created by Hindoo superstition and dirty habits. What effect a little attention and observance of sanitary laws may have in diminishing the mortality of India may be guessed from the result—at once painful and gratifying—of the military reform in these matters. It is most satisfactory to know that the death-rate by which our Anglo-Indian forces were steadily mowed down has rapidly yielded to altered condi tions, but at the same time we must be painfully conscious that an earlier reform in these matters might have saved thousands of valuable lives. The civilians have apparently accepted the warning, and, with the cordial concurrence of the Governor- General, who is the friend of every practical and philanthropical reform, many changes for the better have already taken place, and many more, which it is only wonderful could have been so long overlooked, are now in prograss. None, perhaps, will be more important than this question of the water supply, which will confer an inestimable boon on the long-enduring residents of Calcutta. The military news is less satisfactory. No settle ment has been arrived at with the Bhootanese, nor is any likely to be gained until the cold weather has permitted the renewal of the war. It is to be hoped it will be pushed on vigorously, for the slow, hesi tating manner in which the business is being done has proved like most half measures, most extrava gant and fruitless. The selection of the posts of occupation was unfortunate, as in one of them at least the force stationed has been disabled by fever and dysentery. This is a distressing and dishearten ing thing for the troops, since it exposes them to the attacks of an enemy whom nobravery can defeat, no watchfulness circumvent, and the lives of British soldiers are too precious to be ventured lightly on such perilous strife. Preparations are, it is said, being made for a vigorous prosecution of the war on the return of the cold weather ; and surely it need not take us very long to bring the Bhootanese to their senses if the matter is really taken up in earnest, regardless of expense or any other consi deration than prompt and decisive success. 0.11•MW.O . FRENCH and ENGLISH FLEETS at PORTS MOUTH. LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH WAST RAILWAY.—ILLUMINATION of the SHIPS 1 lid GRAND DISPLAY of FIREWORKS on WEDNES DAY, the 30th instant. A late Train (Ist and 2d Class at ordinary fares) will le tve Portsmouth for Brighton at TWELVE MIDNIGHT, call ing at Havant, Chichester, Worthing, and Shoreham. ?THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 10-NIGHT (Tuesday). Mr. WALTER MONT GOMERY'S BENEFI LIE BONN LE FISH V IFE, LADY OF LYONS (last time), and IXION. WEDNESDAY. a n•w and orginal Tragedy. by William C. Russell, Esq entitled FRA ANGELO, aud IXION. First appearance of a good provincial actress, Mrs, Ray mond. On SATURDAY, Sept. 9, will be produced ALFRED, a ne play. in five acts, by Mart in F. ' 1 upper, Esq., the last night of Mr. Walter Montgomery's mnn..gem nt. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. 'IIIIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled lIEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. Alter which, AltitAll NA IOG UE Mcsirs. Dion Bowl 'suit, J. It; oug,ham, 11. Vandeohoff. D. Fisher, D. Murray ; Mrs Boucicault and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and AI .nager, Mr. B. Webster. This popular theatre will RE-OPEN on MONDAY, Sept. 4, next, entirely re-painted and re-embellished, and the seats throughout re-stufled and re-covered In costly material, in order to increase the comfort and accommodation of the numerous patrons of this establishment. The season will open with the engagement of Mr. JOSE Pll JEFFERSON, who will make his first appearance in this country In a new and original D. ama, written expressly for him by Dion lloucicault, Esq. Further particulars will be published in a few days. GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. MOSES AND S ON ,~J• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest fabrics are comb!ned with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. E. 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Lombard Shares remain between 475 f. and 477 f. 50c., highest price quoted. Three o'clock.—The close takes place under excellent conditions and at the following prices :- 411 per Cents 9B Do. end month 3 per Cents. 6B 75 Do. end month 6B 621 Credit Mobilier 812 50 Do. end month Bank Shares 3600 Credit Foncier 1282 50 Italian Loan 66 10 Do. end month 66 15 RAIL Orleans Northern Ditto Threes — Mexican Loan 4B 50 Do. Bonds — Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred Roman rAYS. Cash. Acct. ... 856 25 1088 75 875 - ... 571 25 550 - - ... 531 25 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman - - ... 411 25 - - ... 481 25 - - ... 225 - - - ... 823 75 BELGIUM. 223 75 The Belgian papers publish accounts of a fearful hurricane which passed over the district of Liege On Wednesday last. The largest trees were blown down, and the damage done is very great. The hurricane name from the south-west towards The north-east. In one enclosure alone 73 large trees were blown down. Death of Judge Haliburton. We regret to announce the death of the Hon. Judge Haliburton on Sunday, at his residence, Gordon House, Isleworth. This celebrated writer was born in British North America, and at the time of his decease was 68 years of age. He was best known by his literary name of "Sam - Slick," by which he achieved great reputation. In 1835 he furnished to a weekly review at Halifax a series of very amusing letters, in which the portraiture of American manners formed an inexhaustible subject. Subsequently they were republished at New York, under the title of the " Clockmaker." It is a satiri cal history, full of broad humour, lively sallies, and laughable sketches. The hero, Sam Slick, is a thoroughbred Yankee, bold, cunning, and, above all, a merchant—in short, a sort of Republican Panurge. In 1842 Mr. Haliburton was appointed a judge in British North America, and on his retirement from that position came to this country, where he took up his permanent residence, and entered the House of Commons as member for Launceston. He at tached himself to the Conservative party, and was a constant attendant in the house ; but seldom spoke, probably in consequence of the natural weakness of his voice, which prevented his being distinctly heard. The state of his health induced him to retire from the House of Commons at the close of the last Par liament. THE LATE SIR JOSEPH PAXTON.—It has been decided to erect a monument in Coventry to the memory of the late Sir Joseph Paxton, who for 10 years represented the city in Parliament. The site chosen for the monument is the Coventry Cemetery, which was designed by Sir Joseph, and laid out under his superintendence. The pro moters of the movement are the late member's political friends, who, however, have invited the Tories to co-ope rate with them in carrying out that object, reminding them that Sir Joseph Paxton's claim on the national regard far transcended his position and his work as a party politician. WILL OF THE LATE BISHOP OF CHESTER.---The will of the Right Rev. John Graham, e D.D., Bishop of Chester, has been proved in the Chester Registry, by his relict, Mrs. Charlotte Graham, and Mr. Henry Jas. Oakes, of Nowton, near Bury St. Edmunds, the executors. The personally was sworn under £35,000. His lordship's will is dated March 16, 1852. He leaves to his wife an imme diate legacy of £5OO, together with his wines and liquors, and carriages and horses, and the use for life of the silver plate presented to him by the Master and Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge, on his resignation of the mastership of the college. The plate is bequeathed to the testator's son, John, absolutely, on the death of Mrs. Graham. The residue of his estate, including household furniture and plate, the testator leaves to his wife for life, and upon her death to his children absolutely, in such pro portions as Mrs. Graham may appoint. THE ST. PATRICK'S SICK AND BURIAL SOCIETY. At the County Court, Liverpool, yesterday, Mr. Serjeant Wheeler, the judge, ordered an attachment to issue against John Treacy, the late secretary and manager of the society, for the payment of £7,400, the sum in which the accountant appointed by the Court had declared him to be indebted to the society. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. The Inman steamship City of Boston, from New York on the morning of the 9th inst., arrived at Queenstown at 4 50 a.m. to-day (Aug. 29), with 297 passengers and $130,170 in specie. She landed 56 passengers and proceeded at 5 a.m. for Liver pool. All well. THE PRINCESS MURAT. NEUFCHATEL, AUG. 29. Princess Anna Murat has almost entirely re covered from the effects of the late accident. Countess Montebello and Madlle. Bonvet are pro gressing very satisfactorily. Dr. Nelaton left Neuf chatel on the 27th, considering that his presence was no longer necessary. The Empress will probably return to Paris on Thursday. President Shecnk, in the name of the Federal Council, has requested the French Ambassador at Berne to express to his Majesty their great regret at the unfortunate event which cast a gloom over his journey. HAMBURG. HAMBURG, Auu. 28. General Von Manteuffel arrived here yesterday. He will visit the authorities and proceed to Kiel to day. FRANCE. THE EMPEROR IN SWITZERLAND. BERNE, Aug. 27. Intelligence from Neuenburg states that the sufferers by the recent accident are mostly in a fair way of recovery. The worst injury appears to have been sustained by the footman, who, it is said, may possibly have to submit to amputation. The coach man, also, is more seriously hurt than was at first supposed. It is gratifying, on the other hand, to find that the statement of General Fleury having broken a leg is not confirmed. The Emperor left the day before yesterday at 9 a.m. for Fontainebleau, leaving the Empress at Neuenburg for a few days, at her own request, to look after the injured ladies. The deputation from the Bernese State Council was received by his Majesty immediately before his departure. The Emperor thanked, through their medium, the in habitants of Neuenburg for their kind reception under such painful circumstances. It is said that the well-known Swiss Colonel Denzler accompa nied the Emperor to Fontainebleau. An accident of the same distressing character as that upon the Matterhorn occurred in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday last. A Herr Hopfner from Dresden attempted the ascent of the Ditlis at Engelberg with a guide, when both unfortunately perished. The bodies were recovered the evening before last and brought into Engelberg. A telegraphic despatch from Brest states that the French squadron left that port early this morning for Plymouth. The Reine Hortense, having on board the Minister of Marine, accompanied the squadron. Two Arab convicts effected their escape from the bagne of Toulon on the 14th inst., and, notwith standing all the efforts of the police, have not yet been captured. The Bedouins who are prisoners at Toulon persist in maintaining that their fortunate companions have taken their flight on the hippogriff of the Prophet. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric situation yesterday —" The gale which we signalised on Saturday as existing in the north .of England and Norway is raging this morning in the Baltic with a vio lence which is very rarely experienced at this season of the year. The tempest is violent from the W.S.W. at Libau ; this morning it snowed at Helsingfors ; on Saturday evening the wind was violent at Stockholm. The barometer has fallen to 740 millimetres at Ilaparanda (Gulf of Bothnia). To-day the pressures are still strong over France. At Paris, however, the barometer is falling slowly and the sky is becoming covered with clouds from the W.S.W. It appears therefore that in the Channel - at least the winds, N.E. this morning, will before long blow from the W." In Paris yesterday the weather was exceedingly fine. At 3 in the afternoon the thermometer marked 25i cent. (78 Fah.) The Courier du Bas-Rhin has received the sub joined note from the mairie of Strasburg :—" After the death of a native of this city, who has just ex pired from an attack at Bonn, the inhabitants of that place, by a spontaneous movement, organised the funeral cortege of the unfortunate Ott, and an imposing procession rendered the last honours to the deceased. The mayor of Strasburg has written to the burgomaster of Bonn to offer the expression of his gratitude for the manifestation of sympathy." Another instance of the extortionate demands made on the relatives of persons who happen to die in furnished hotels has just been brought before the Imperial Court of Paris, on appeal from a judgment of the Civil Tribunal. In 1864, Count Del Aguila Rosario, of Seville, then suffering from pulmonary phthisis, was brought to Paris by his family in the hope of obtaining relief through the means of the eminent physicians of the capital. The family took up their abode in a richly furnished apartment, in the hotel No. 12, Boulevard Malesherbes, kept by M. and Mme. Pelloux, the rent of which was I,loofr. per month. Notwithstanding all that science could do, the Count died there in September last, and his body, having been embalmed, was sent to Spain to be interred in the family tomb. The Countess and family then prepared to return home, and had paid all their bills, when M. Pelloux refused to allow their effects to be removed unless a large sum were paid as compensation for damage done to the fur niture and for loss of custom occasioned by the death of the Count in the hotel. The Countess, in her affliction, being anxious to avoid all litigation, at last consented to pay, 2,400 f., but feeling that she had paid far more than she ought, and that 500 f. would have been ample compensation to the hotel-keepers, she subsequently commenced pro ceedings to recover 1,900 f., as unduly paid. The Tribunal, considering that 500 f. was a sufficient in demnity, gave a judgment condemning the defendants to return 1,900 f. to the plaintiff. Against that deci sion the former now appealed, and pleaded that the sum they had received did not cover their losses. They alleged that the furniture in one room was so soiled that it was indispensable to have it newly upholstered at a cost of 618 f. ; that the damage done to the bedding and the decorations of the chamber during the process of embalming by the arsenical process amounted to 650 fr. ; that the ac count for breakage was 335 fr., and that, owing to the time necessary for the repairs, they had lost a month's rent of 1,100 fr., making a total of 2,793 fr., whereas they had consented to accept 2,400 fr. The counsel for the countess proved that the above items were extravagant, and maintained that the 500 fr. were a sufficient indemnity. The Court, taking that view of the case, confirmed the judgment, and con demned the appellants to pay all costs. BOURSE, Aug. 28.—Two o'clock.—The good dis position manifested on Saturday continues to-day ; the opening takes placc under the most favourable auspices. Stocks and Shares have, it is true, slightly retrograded on the highest prices, in consequence of hasty realisations of profit, but the good feeling of the market remains the same. Threes, for the Ac count, after being done at 68f. 70c., are now quoted 68f. 62kc., with an advance of 10c. Italian Fives are particularly demanded at 66f. 71c., with an ad vance of 20c. This Stock has been quoted as high as 66f. 15c. Credit Mobilier have risen 7f. 50c.— to 812 f. 50c. after doing 815 f. Spanish Mobiliers are at 007 f. 50c., with a further advance of Bf. 75c. - 1,6 , 4 . 494 , Clll l i t ----1121- ttr ,Tr .„,r,q THE QUEEN AT COBURG. (From the Times Correspondent.) COBURG, Aug. 24. Almost exactly in the centre of Germany are situate the town and castle of Coburg ; all round the lovely hills of Franconia extend in a wide, verdant, and well-wooded circle. A cheerful country, a cheer ful people. Apparently a pleasant idyl in the midst of this restless, excitable, and go-ahead age of ours. And yet there has . been a good deal of history's— troublesome history's—business transacted in this tranquil corner of Fatherland. Hence proceeded the Franks, bent on conquering France, and giving a new name and dynasty to the Romanised Gauls. Here was the Home of Charlemagne, here his be loved castle, where he would receive foreign em bassies in regal pomp, and, in friendly intercourse with scholars and clerks, rest from conquering the solid Saxon of the north, and the fiery Celt and Moor of the west. Here, for an entire century, was the seat of the early Emperors of Germany, the re cruiting ground of their hosts, the starting-point of so many famous expeditions to the promised land on the other side of the Alps. Hence Henry IV. went on his humiliatingpilgrimage to Canossa, to beg pardon of the Pope, whom he had vainly striven to reduce to the estate of a simple bishop and subject. He, as his predecessors, had attempted too much. In the rashness of their sanguine temper, and flushed with the success of their royal race, they would have liked to curb their haughty vassals at home, laying low at the same time the rising ambition of the Holy See. The plan miscarried, and the establish ment of the Papacy as a secular, powerful entity, together with the breaking up of Germany into a legion of semi-independent States, was the conse quence. Is that not a pretty handful of events to occur in a silent glen or two ? With the fall of the Franconian Emperors and the advent of the Suabian dynasty, empire for ever departed from the Franks. Of all German countries their own now became the most divided. Nearly every town of any pretensions to size and means be came repulplic by itself ; nearly every knight a Sove reign in his own right. Coburg is but a little pearl in the rich array of cities studding the valleys of the Maine, Saal, and Itz. Like the rest of Franconian territories, the ancient fastnesses as well as the diminutive town at its foot, which have borne the name of Coburg for the last 700 years, belonged to many a princely house in the course of time, passing from hand to hand by marriage, inheritance, or war. About 500 years ago they fell to the Dukes of Saxony, being the dowry of a fair Countess of Henne berg, and transferred with the young bride, together with her treasure and trosseau, ac cording to the habits and customs of the time. Three hundred years later they were settled in per pstuum on the Gotha branch of the numerous and many partite family of the Saxe. Of the ancestors of Prince Albert, who held possession of the burgh, many seemed to have lived for a time in what v as long considered an outlying territory by princes habitually residing at the terrible distance of a hundred miles off at Gotha, Weimar, or thereabouts. Still, being situate in a wealthy neighbourhood, and a strong place enough, until the invention' of gun powder made an end of the old fastnesses, Coburg was always regarded as a most valuable piece of property by its Gotha masters. Such, I dare say, thought it also Elector John Fre derick, surnamed " the generous" by grateful his tory, the friend of Luther, and disinterested pro moter of Church reform. It was he who shel tered the audaciohs monk within the walls of his in accessible stronghold, while the new denominations he had established were handing over their " con fession" to Emperor and Parliament in the cele brated session at Augsburg. The act and his sub sequent conduct in the interest -of faith and truth cost John Frederick one half of his possessions ; but, as he often said during his captivity, which lasted, full five years, he was quite ready to lose his head into the bargain, could the sacrifice benefit the good cause. In the Thirty Years' War the Government was occupied alternately by the Swedes and Ger mans, besieged in vain by Wallenstein, and, a ruse de guerre coming conveniently to his aid, taken at length by one of his Generals. Peace restored the castle to its former owners, when its role in history came to a close. The part it now plays is the more modest one of a fine, old, well-preserved invalid, the delight of travelling visitors, a surviving actor of past events, and silent witness of thol present and, let us hope, many to come. The *valley of the Itz is just wide enough and the ridges encompassing it are just sufficiently high to combine the bolder beauties of the mountain world with the more rural and unpretending attractions of an undulating plain. You feel yourself in the hills and may climb in scraggy woods, without losing sight of fields, farms, and pasture land. You have to ascend some 500 feet to get to the top of the broken, varied ridge, but on arriving at one of the numberless points de vue find yourself on a smooth plateau, or on some jutting headland, descending in gentle slope to the village on its skirts. Nature made easy is the pervading character of these plea sant districts. No country can be better fitted for parks, and few have had their natural features im proved with more careful and aesthetic refinement than this little Duchy, and more particularly the parts of it in the immediate possession of the Dukes. As you saunter along amid oaks and beeches up the side of the Bausenberg, you are at a loss to de fine the exact boundaries between the original copse and the gardener's park. Past many a lovely view down the shaded glades, and here and there an open glimpse at the valley and the town, you . reach a strong wall, apparently in the midst of the forest, being the first or outer enclosure of the old castle. ,A few minutes' walk will bring you to the moat, protecting the second wall, which, in due succes sion, is followed by the third and last. They are solid works in a state of perfect preservation, and must have been formidable impediments in pre artilleristic times. The inner circumvallation, with rampart, bastions and the traces of an ancient glacis, would make a respectable fort even now ; or, at least, might be easily turned into one. There are CaallnOn disposed on the works, mostly of curious shape and workmanship, some of them exquisite models of the founder's art. The first piece of artillery meeting your eye near the principal gate has a little figure of Luther on the barrel kneeling opposite that of the Pope, and boxing his ears with equal satisfaction to himself and effect on the victim of his wrath. (!) There were no woodcuts then, no Punches and Funs, and caricatures to be embodied at all had to be cast in bronze. The castle is a very extensive conglomeration of palatial, military, and other buildings, dating from various ages, and unlike in size and style. The whole, however, looks rather like a mediamal man sion-house than a fort. Some enormous piles, with slanting roofs in the ordinary fashion of the age, Will remind you of patrician buildings you have seen at Nuremberg or in some other neighbouring town. They are disposed on the level summit of the hill without much symmetry, divided by spacious courtyards, and connected by buildings of inferior quality and size. The northern wing alone has any pretensions to external ornament ; but even here the inside is so incomparably superior to what the flattish aspect of the front promises that I should be damaging the reputation of the venerable old keep by dwelling too long upon the pattern of a fine but rather solitary porch, or making too much of it. Were Coburg the hereditary seat of a line of mighty conquerors, or had it begun giving kings to the world as early as five centuries ago, no more palatial hall would be needed to represent old family pride, wealth, and influence. They must have been valiant and successful seigneurs indeed who con trived to erect such a structure and amass such eloquent proofs of opulence in the retirement of a Franconian schloss. You are amazed to find such a number of lofty Gothic rooms in a palace scarce know n to the foreign tourist. You wonder at the highly finished carvings in wood—statuary work in oak one might call it—covering the doors, wainscoting, and ceiling of many of the apartments formerly in habited by the noble owners. You. like to look at the stately rooms where the ancestors of the de ceased Prince, who was destined to marry the Queen of England, were leading a quiet and com fortable life centuries ago. You admire the num ber and value of the family pictures, dating back as far as 200 years ago, the portraits of the great men of the Reformation filling some of the rooms, and the very creditable frescoes adorning the walls of others. You are agreeably surprised to discover a large and remarkable armoury in what is but one among the many seats of the royal and ducal house of Saxony. In -Germany, I am told, there is no thing to compare with this collection of swords, pikes, helmets, hauberks, and cuirasses from the 13th to the 17th century. Indeed, a good many men might be clad in coat of mail from the treasures of Coburg Castle. Breastplates, casques, and the whole accoutrement of chivalry are exhibited in long rows, including every size, kind, and taste, and calling back to memory the glories of a time when war was the rule and peace the exception. Swords and elegant blades from Italy and Spain, as they shine and glitter on the wall, try hard to convince you that there may be luxury even in death ; a proposition which, perhaps, is rather supported than otherwise by contrasting it with the execu tioner's axes exhibited in another part of the hall. There is a broadsword which saw the heads of no less than 101 people (let us hope they were all criminal enough to deserve punishment) roll in the slust under its deadly blows ; the axe with which the wicked Grumback, who stole a couple of Saxon princes, was quartered ; and many more lions in the carnificial and torturer's line. A separate room contains a collection of 800 muskets, fowling-pieces, and rifles. As my cicerone solemnly assured me, each of them is a priceless curiosity. They certainly looked exquisite weapons, belonging to all ages, and including specimens from the clumsy arquebuss and firelock down to the rifles of these latter days. I regretted I was not capable of appreciating the eulogiums of my admiring guide. A most interesting collection of mediaeval carriages, chiefly bridal cars of heavy yet fantastic form ; other collections of the most celebrated en gravings of ancient art, of coins, autographs, and objects of natural history—each of them large and remarkable enough to do honour to any regal palace in the world—complete that portion of the furnichings which, shove all others, hears witness to the quality of the men that took delight in bring ing together, owning, and using them. When I have added that among the rifles the most highly prized is the one which did such formidable execu tion in the hands of Andreas Hofer, the leader of the Tyrolese people's campaign against the marshals of Napoleon I. ; that among the coats of mail is to be seen the cuirass of Thomas Munzer, the captain of the infuriated serfs in the Peasants' War ; that there is the veritable bedstead of Luther, still stand ing in the same dark and narrow alcove in which he slept during his sojourn here ; that Gustavus Adolphus bequeathed to the fort and his illus trious friends inhabiting it a sword and a bumper, when one fine morning, 225 years ago, he bade them adieu in the Castle Yard, and rode down the blossoming avenue to fight the Pole, the Spaniard, and the Walloon, then serving the Kaiser ; that the prows of the Christian and the Gefion, taken by the reigning Duke in the Danish campaign of 1848, are exhibited along with trophies of older date; and last, not least, that the collection of autographs, being greatly increased by the donations of Prince Albert to his ducal brother, contains, I am told, the sign manual of nearly every man of first-class notoriety Great Britain produced in modern times, enough has been said of the relics and other objects of par ticular interest to give an idea of the accumulated treasures of history deposited at Coburg. We ought fiot, however, to take leave of our friendly guide, who has shown us over the castle with pleasant loquacity, without pulling out our note-book again, and duly entering the fact that Luther thought but indifferently well of its qualities as a habitation and dwelling-place for Christians and pious people. In the 119 letters he wrote dur ing the six months he resided up here, A.D. '1530, earnest complaint is made repeatedly that the devil is haunting the premises with a numerous host of attendants and underlings. In an epistle to Me ' lancthon, his friend and fellow-labourer in the vine yard, he, however, gives a more worldly version' of his state of mind, saying he feels very dull, and ex pressing a desire to leave as soon as possible. It is but natural he should have been anxious about the future, while such great events were being consum mated at Augsburg, and he not in the midst of his friends ; but if he felt the time hanging heavily on his hands, though in those very six months he com pleted a most powerful and, spirited version of the Psalms, finished his translation of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, and rendered the fables of Esop, it is said, into very readable German, his industry certainly kept pace with his ardour and honest piety. It was also here in a leisure hour he composed the text and music 'of the impressive chorale " Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," and wrote the almost equally popular letter, so full of wisdom and fatherly kindness, to his little son Hans. In addition to his more serious occupations, he would, it is recorded, fence, wrestle, and practise archery with the 12 men-at-arms, to whose charge his safety had been committed. In bad weather he had recourse to his lute or the turner's lathe to while away the time—the enemy. And yet he felt dull. Coburg, a town of some 12,000 inhabitants, seems to be a well-b-do place enough, having lately come into vogue among tourists, and attracting an ever growing number of visitors, whost t a h y is a b w e e a e u k tifu or l two, passing their villeggiatura in neighbourhood. There is also a good deal of in dustry in the adjoining parts of the Duchy of Meiningen and of Prussia, which has helped on the place, and made it the centre of a busy little world of its own. Export breweries, cotton spin neries and mills, rifle works, and very large toy and wicker work manufactures are flourishing in the vicinity. With all these props of culture and, the additional advantage of having long held rank as the leading town of the district, one cannot fail to observe the disproportion existing between the material resources and the intellectual and artistic activity of these lilliputian townships of Germany. There is a daily paper, three political weeklies, a public library of 50,000 volumes, a private circulat ing library of as many, a respectable publishing firm, and four booksellers besides ; an excellent grammar school, a good theatre, a reading room, a freemasons' lodge, a bank, a Turner society, some other societie and such a number of pleasant beer gardens, where people will drink, chat, and, I am afraid, turn all the world topsy-turvy in the liberal and progressist ardour of their discussions, that one really does not know how they possibly contrive to have the time for making all the money, they spend so many hours in applying to the intellectual and material enjoy ment of life. Auausr 25. The ceremony of " inauguration" of the monu ment erected in honour of the Prince Consort in the Market-place of this town is to take place to morrow (Saturday). The programme of the fête is already published ; the statue is on its pedestal, and all preparations are made. Her Majesty is still residing at Rosenau, where she has been since the 11th. Princess Alice came in yesterday by an afternoon train. The Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to-day ; and, in all probability, none of the members of the Royal family will be absent from to-morrow's solemnity. The Queen drove in yesterday from Rosenau. Those who are familiar with the sight of her Ma jesty in England, and saw her yesterday in an open carriage, as she went past the Schoss-Platz in Coburg, assure me " that she has not for a long time looked in better health, or borne a more cheer ful countenance." The change of air has been evidently beneficial. The English public cannot fail to sympathize with the interest the Queen takes in the ceremony for which the afternoon of to-morrow is appointed. The monument is entirely her own work. Hers is the choice of the site, of the artist, of the style in which the statue was to be done. All the expenses are defrayed at her own private cost, though she has accepted for that purpose contributions from the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and other members of her family. The King of Prussia and the King of Belgium have supplied bronze cannon, out of which the statue has been cast. The corpora tion of Coburg, I believe, have built the pedestal at their own charge. I walked yesterday to the mansion or castle which bears the name " Die Rosenau," the house where Prince Albert wasborn. It is about four Eng lish miles from Coburg, across a plain bordered on the right, as you walk towards it, by the last brows of the hills of the Thuringian Forest. On the highest of those bluffs stands a mass of buildings in the shape of a fortalice, all walled round—barracks, chapel, hospital, &c., conspicuous among which two slender medmval turrets rise at either end. That is " Die Coburg," the ancient strong hold of the ruling race, and from its com manding position it overlooks not only the town that bears its name, but also the country for a great many miles round. The approach to the Rosenau is over extensive grounds laid out in smooth lawns, and rich clusters of forest trees with almost all the neatness of an English park. At the gate, however, a sight perfectly characteristic of this country, and for which you would look in vain at the entrance of a squire or nobleman's park in England, to say nothing of the abode of Royalty, awaited me. The lodge, an extensive and rather elegant building, is used as a public tea or beer garden ; and there, at scarcely the distance of 100 yards from the mansion, groups of the neighbour ing peasantry and of pleasure-seekers from the town were making merry over their cans of beer, and plates of their beloved schincken and cheese. The Royal party at the château can just manage to keep up an open way for the carriage between the rows of tables and benches, and across perfect clouds of smoke from the good people's pipes. All this is per fectly in keeping with that kind of family feeling which binds the meanest German with what he calls the " Landesvater." It is but justice to say that no thing could be more exemplary than the behaviour of the feasting multitude. Here amid the crowd were to be seen some of the humbler members of the Queen's retinue, for the mansion at the Rosenau is small, and the lodge, which has the dimensions of an hotel, accommodates not only grooms and footmen, but also followers of more distinguished rank. Through the midst of this motley company I made my entrance into the park, which is denied to no one. At the end of a winding walk I was met by a tall, stalwart warrior, all booted and helmeted—one of the Duke's body guards, I suppose, who, with the greatest civility, volunteered to take me to the vari ous spots from which I could obtain a full view of the Schloss, without fear of intrusion. The castle is built on the summit of a conical hill, of very mode rate size and height, but rather steep, the green skirts of which put me in mind of those world renowned " slopes" which take up so much space in the Court Circular. It is a squeezed-up tall build ing, with four of those pointed and battlemented gables which look so quaint and picturesque in the streets of old-fashioned German cities. Without going in one can see that the old style of the build ing (for the mansion is ancient, notwithstanding the white or rather light-yellow washing which dis figures it) must cramp and contract it uncomfortably in the inside, and interfere with those arrangements which the security of our own times has rendered possible, and which luxury has made indispens able in a country residence. The RoSenau has more the look of the ancient Burg than of the modern Schloss. I should expect to ,find, there neither spacious halls, nor easy stairs, nor balconies, nor large " French" windows opening out into the lawns. It is more difficult to find fault with the site of the house. Without being such an eagle's nest as the Coburg—nay, embosomed as it is in dense groves so jealously that you can nowhere catch a glimpse of its cream-coloured gables till you are within 20 or 30 yards from the house door, the Rosenau enjoys a most extensive and charming view,—in front, over the plain ;at the back over a range of beautifully shaped hills, richly mantled with wood to the summit, the central mass of which encompasses the house and its park on three sides- On one of these three sides, as I walked back, ridge seemed to detach itself, which shut in the plain with a semi-circular sweep, or gracefully un dulating line, culminating at the old fortress of Coburg. At the foot of the hill, whereon the fortress stands, lies the modern town residence of the Duke, a small but not inelegant palace—the main building rather too narrowly enclosed between two wings—surrounded by lofty grounds laid out 11 1 open terraces, which constitute the favourite pro' menade of the town. The Grand Duchess of Oldenburg, accompanie d by the Princes Nicholai, George, and Constantine, and tlo Princesses Catherine and Theresa, with a numerous suite, have arrived in Paris from Salzburg. " Their Highnesses the Prince and Princeso Schwarzenberg hare left Claridge's Hotel for Ventnor, Isle of Wight. The Marquis Canavaro and son have arrived 0 Claridge's Hotel from Paris. Viscountess Royston was delivered of a daught er on Sunday at the British Embassy, Paris. The mother and infant are progressing favourably. Lady Emily Peel has arrived at the Hotel Bristol, Paris, from'London, on her way to Geneva. "The Baroness de Budberg," says the Nord, "10 left Trouville for Baden, in consequence of news received of the death of her sister, Madame de Knorrinc , ." MEMORIAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.-' A memorial window of the late Duke of Newcastle WS been erected in the parish church of Basford, near Nottin; ham, a church in which his grace took a deep interest. I is to be unveiled with much cere mony on ThursdaYt2 l : 31st inst., when a sermon w ill be •preached by the in,' Henry Mackenzie, M.A., vic a r of T 3 dd St. Mary, and 6 : 1- ; dean of Lincoln Cathedral, formerly vicar of St. Mart i na" b f u o in-the-Fields, London. After the ceremony there gill a public luncheon, with a large number of the gentry the neighbourhood have promised to attend. OF Og' „ THE NEW WHIPPER-IN TO THE HOUSE ~.. C We ° MONS.—The Hon. F. Lygon, M.P. for f t he Worcestershire, will, it is understood, be one e i , 1 .0.. whippers-in of the Conservative party in the new 'Biost ament, in the place of Mr. Henry Whitmore, vibc' t" his seat for Bridgenortb. PARLIAMENT AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 5° less than 283 members of the new House of C 01 ,1 1; mons, or somewhat more than two-fifths, hav e r o i e brought up at one or other of our public 5ch0015.,,91-rd_ total is made up as follows, on the authority of Ur . ill i ag ; wicke's " Shilling House of Commons :"—Etonian 13 ; 014 llarrovians, 61; Old Winchesters, 16 ; Rugbmans , F l 6 _,, I.; Westminsters, 23 ; Carthusians , 10 ; Merchant Ta?'l"s,. s t Shrewsbury, 5, St. Pau l ' s, 1. It is just possibtolen t:3a besides the above there ma y be one or two old t tiloS . H arro w men, but who are not known to have been a §,chools. RUSSIA. According to the St. Petersburg Gazette the number of sick in the hospitals of that city on the 22d August was 2,764. During the course of the day 231 sick were admitted ; 194 patients left cured. The number of deaths was 69. There remain 2,732 under treatment. ~-'~: /' -~'"'✓