The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-28 00:00:00

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During his journey to Lille, to appear at the fetes held there in commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of its annexation to France, he Fssed through Arras. His MAsEsTt's reply to the address of the Mayor of that city is a charac teristic one, and deserves attention at this particu lar crisis of affairs. After which expressions of good will and pleasure at again meeting his fliecds in the city, after so long an absence, the E3IPEROR goes on to say that they are right to have confidence in the future, and adds emphatically that "it is only weak Governments who seek in foreign complications to divert attention from troubles at home," which is certainly true enough in many instances. The greatest confidence is expressed in this speech as to the relations which exist between the people of France and the authorities, and the prosperity which is likely to accrue therefrom. Some hintsare given as to the advisability of maintaining peace if possible, notwithstanding any inducements to pursue a con trary policy. " While holding aloft the national flag, we should not allow ourselves to be drawn away by intemperate impulses, however patriotic they may be." These are signiScant words, and doubtless intended to have due effect upon those restless spirits who are never satisfied but when they discern the prospect of hostilities, and are con stantly doing their utmost to fan the flame of dis cord. The EMPEROR seems anxious to impress upon his hearers, wherever they may be, that his mission is to secure the interests and work out the welfare of the comminity as much as possible, without reference to other countries. The policy of the Empire is peace, he announced many years ago in a speech that disappointed the enthusiastic and set the cap tious to criticie him ; but he has kept the law he 'then laid down as much as possible, nor does he flow seem willing to depart from it. So far as the good people of Arras are coucmwd, they will have DO CNC;I6C for saying that any idea has ben held out to theta of warlike doings. At Lille the EMPEROR delivered a much fuller reply to the authorities in that place, and entered_ more minutely into au analysis of the state of affairs. Taking a retrospective glance, his MAJESTY referred to the period at which he had seen the part for the first time. Everything then was pro pitious ; he had espoused the EMPRESS, he had also wedded Franc before eight millions of witnesses. " Order was restored, political treasons were lulled to rest, and I forcsa.w for the country a new era of greatness and prosperity." Such were the pleasing prospects which appeared at that time, and the Emrsnolt does not seem disappointed when engaged in the untoward task of comparing the then with the now. Many of his hopes have been realised, and great progress has been made, but he admits that dark spots have darkened the horizon. With his in domitable courage and remarkable equanimity, he declares, however, that as he has not been dazzled by good fortune, so he will not be discouraged by any " transient reverses." Why should he feel despairing, he asks, when, from one end of France to the other he sees the people greeting the EMPRESS and himself with acclamations, and referring enthu siastically to their son. "I do not come," adds the EMPEROR," among you to-day merely for the purpose of celebrating a glorious anniversary in the capital of ancient Flanders. I ccme to learn your wants, to heighten the courage of some, to confirm the con fidence of all, and to endeavour to increase the prosperity of this great department by still further developing its agriculture, manufactures, and com merce." In the prosecution of this noble work his MAJESTY asked for the assistance of those around him, and earnestly impressed upon them the conviction that nothing great or lasting could be effected without the nation possessing the consciousness of its own strength, and not giving way to imaginary fears. To rely upon the Govern ment, and believe in its wisdom and patriotism, is the advice which is tendered to the people of France through the medium of this reply at Lille, and very likely the counsel may be sound in some respects. It is certain that no great end will be attained so long as the nation is restless and agitated, or presages conspiracy on the one band, and foolish imaginings of evil on the other. The Emperor NAPOLEON has undoubtedly committed many errors;and he has erred in not re moving the restrictions on the French press, but he has certainly been a great benefactor to France, and under his vigorous rule the country has attained a height of social improvement and commercial pro sperity such as at one time was never dreamed of by the most sanguine. It is this which gives him the hold he possesses on the great body of the people ; they see order established out of chaos, and pro sperity dawning upon them, where before they had cause to fear misrule and anarchy. It would be a source of great satisfaction to those who take an in terest in France, although not connected with that nation by ties of consanguinity, to find that in the course of time a more liberal policy was inaugurated by the Government of the EMPEROR, and that free dom might be more than a name in a land where its idea is so ardently worshipped. Meanwhile those will be the truest friends of the people who counsel moderation and inculcate feelings of good will, instead of following the ordinary mode of virtuously indignant patriots by setting one against another. The France of to-day may not approach the realisation of the Utopian dream S2f enthusiasts, it may disappoint some who formed more moderate expectations ; but it is no exaggeration to say that the earnest endeavours of the Emperor NAPOLEON to preserve the prosperity of the land, and to im prove the condition of the people, have been crowned with success beyond what his most ardent desires at one time could have supposed likely to take place. The progress which England has made in the in dustrial arts since 1767 might fill a good many volumes if it were accurately recorded. The men of that day, could they look upon our mills and factories full of their wonder-working machinery, would find it difficult to conceive that they were standing in the same England which witnessed our slow and tedious processes. In no trade or profession would the changes be more startling than in that calling which, in olden times, was thought least liable to alteration of any kind. The far mers of a century ago, could they see our steam plough; our thrashing, winnowing, and chaff-cutting machines, our agricultural implements of various kinds, to say nothing of the application of scientific principles to the cultivation of the land, would be probably more amazed at the transforma tion than the quiet hand-loom weaver as he looked on the whirring wheels and countless bands and straps by which in these marvellous days "a worsted stocking gets up and knits itself." Fancy one of the good old-fashioned farmers of GEORGE lll.'s reign, with the traditional hatred of foreigners, the contempt for " book-learning," and comfortable confidence in the routine his father and his grand father followed before him, peeping in at the grand centenary meeting of the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society, now being o:lebratecl with all the honours in the former city. What should such a visitor think as he watched a machine cutting chaff in four different lengths for horses, cattle, and bullocks without changing wheels ? or if he looked at a horse-rake for hay in which the horse lifts the rake himself ? If he brought his dame with him in the mob cap and scarlet handkerchief be longing to her memory, the good woman might have the satisfaction or the shock of seeing a ma chine make butter ! Thanks to the fertile invention of our Transatlantic oiusins, such a sight is now to be seen at Manchester, where an atmospheric churn, worked by atmospheric pressure, actually turns out delicious butter from new milk even in about ten minutes' time. And of 3,000 entries in the various departments of the Exhibition no less than 1,000 belong to that of machinery alone. Of course there is also a good show of beasts of all kinds ; but the machinery in some respects--the most interesting and valuable part of the exhibition—has the predominance. Such assemblies answer many good purposes. They give a stimulus to invention and to enterprise—they encourage an honour able competition, and they afford inventors a ready means of bringing their designs or improvements uncle; the immediate notice of the very class for whose use they were intended. To walk round one of these large exhi bitions is an education of itself ; and the farmer, who is perhaps unable or unwilling to learn much from books, can see for himself the practical utility of the new improvements, and can judge of machines! by what he actually sees them do. Prejudice has been a great obstacle to the diffusion of a knowledge of scientific agriculture, although, since all science is nothing more than an adaptation of the laws of nature, there is nothing very incongruous in applying it to the cultivation of mother earth and her natural products. However vast our achievements in other directions, we cannot afford to do without agricul ture, and we possess many facilities for the special development of 8.3111 C branches. More especially may we look to it as of the highest value in ckveleping the resources of the sister in affording peaceable and profit able employment for her people, and in improving altogether the position of the coun try. We are therefore glad to find that, almost simultaneously with the grand meeting at Man chester, the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland will open their annual show of cattle, sheep, and machinery in Dublin. The particular feature of this exhibition is that it will be held in the capital, an event which has not occurred for many years past. It is encouraging to find that it is expected, notwithstanding the drawbacks of the last twelvemonth, to be the largest and most suc cessful ever held in Ireland. The number of entries is largo., the quality of the stock good, and the general interest has been strongly awakened. The most effectual means of getting rid of Fenianism and all its attendant annoyance and expense will be to render the population more occupied and more educated, and consequently more contented. Agri culture offers many particular attractions to the Irish peasantry, and the great natural resources of the country render a return of their labours abso lutely certain. The dreary and hopeless lives led by many of the Irish people would be wonderfully brightened by cheerful and remunerative la bour ready at their own doors, instead of entailing the sacrifice of home and country de manded from the emigrant. The crowds of Irish labourers who cross over annually to Liverpool might very certainly find plenty to do in their own country if Irish agriculture were in a more thriving condition, and it should be the aim of every well wisher to Ireland to assist in the development of those natural capabilities of the country and the people, which will infallibly remunerate all effort a thousandfold. We are glad to find that many of the principal English manufacturers are sending specimens of their machinery to Dublin, so that the Irish agriculturists will be able to profit by the latest discoveries and adaptations in scientific know ledge. CORRESPOVDErCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. I gather from various sources all the reliable in formation relative to the revolution in Spain, with the remark, however, that the Government at Madrid issues plenty of telegrams, boasting of the " delirious" enthusiasm of the Royal troops, and tending to satisfy people that " order reigns iu Spain." Nevertheless, according to private and authentic accounts, the regiment of Navarro was entirely beaten ; General Manso has been killed, as already stated, and the movement has attained the aspect of a civil war. The band of Valdrich in Catalonia, which telegrams said was destroyed, has obtained a signal success at Esparagnera over a column of infantry and cavalry. In the mountains of Priorato, in the province of Tarragona, the Liberal Colonel Lagunero has obtained a victory over the regiment of Toledo. The insurgents have obtained other successes over the Royal troops in the province of Valentia and Castellan de la Plana. The combat, in which General Manso met his death, took place near Ayesba, in Arragon, not far from Saragossa. One account states that Sara gossa has fallen into the hands of the insurgents. One letter from Perpignan says : "',Colonel Valdrich, at the head of 1,500 Liberals, has completely destroyed the regiment of Aicantara in the province of Barcelona. General Machena, Captain-General of Arragon, who enjoys the entire confidence of the Queen, has been recalled and re placed by General Calonges, formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs. The movement in Arragon is be coming general, Alicant is in insurrection. Cap tain-General Pesuela has left Barcelona at the head of a considerable body of infantry, with twenty cannon. General Prim is believed to be in Cata lonia, where he is conducting the movement in per son." I mentioned that a Monsieur Parent took pro ceedings, before the Correctional Tribunal of Paris, against M. Andre, a police officer, for an alleged illegal arrest on the 23d of May on the Boulevard des Italiens. There was a great crowd when the Emperor of Russia went to the Opera, and much excitement was created in consequence of a cry of " Vivo la Pologne." M. Parent alleges that he took no part in the cries or in the disorder, but the court dismissed the complaint on the ground that the defendant was not liable for what he did while acting under the orders of his superiors with a view to the preservation of the public tranquillity. Tie arrested the plaintiff in the belief that he was aiding and assisting in the disturbance, and what took place was in the course of the execution of his duty. M. Parent, it appears, was in prison for some days, and he complains of brutal conduct on the part of the police while in custody. This was denied by the defendant. The Tribunal appears to have been convinced that the complaint of the plaintiff was not well founded, for it not only dis missed it, but ordered the complainant to pay the expenses of the process. There was a very wonderful change of weather last night. The day was peculiarly oppressive, and in the evening the sky was very serene, and not a cloud was to be seen. About ten o'clock, however, dark clouds gathered around as if by magic, and towards midnight there was a violent storm of thunder and lightning, with very heavy rain. The storm lasted nearly two hours. This morning early the wind was violent and really cold, but the tem perature became warmer in the course of the day. On the morning of Tuesday last there was a terrible thunder storm at Limours (Seine et Oise). A farmer and his wife and a son and daughter were at work at Cernyla Ville, when the lightning struck the son, and he died instantly. The catastrophe was attended by curious circumstances, which often accompany a thunder storm. The clothes of the young man were almost torn to pieces. Portions of his dress, and parts of his boots particularly, were found at a distance of some yards. On his neck were many black spots. In my notices of the many remarkable objects at the Exhibition, I have always endeavoured to pre serve strict impartiality, and to give no eulogium unless well merited. My principle has been to " nothing extenuate or set down aught in malice." It is therefore satisfactory, and may inspire confi dence in your readers, if they know that my appre ciations are confirmed by the French press. The Moniteur, for instance, even goes further in its eulogiums of the skill and taste of the establish ment of Messrs. Christofle and Co. than I did. That paper says, " In gallery No. 3 the articles of Messrs. Christofle and Co. shine in the first rank. The process long sought for to gild and silver metals is now known to the whole world, and that estab lishment, by substituting the process for the use of solid silver, has rendered. a real service to industry, which has found much more useful destination for silver. The house has rendered a no less useful service to art and artists by showing that it was not necessary to employ gold or silver for the execution of the finest work, and that copper and bronze may be used for articles of the most delicate description when they arc covered with the precious metal, and may rival the most celebrated works of centuries past. In the first houses massive silver plate was never brought out from the drawers except upon great occasions, and was hermetically sealed in chests or boxes. Messrs. Christofle have found a better use for silver. Thus we are now assured that the articles brought to such perfection by them will at a later period enrich our museums, and will not disappear because melted by ignorant or covetous hands. Among the admirable things sent to the Exhibition by Messrs. Christofle are the table orna ments belonging to the Emperor, and the table or nament and dessert service executed for the fetes at the Hotel de Ville." The Moniteur then gives an elaborate account of these articles, the admiration of all Paris, which I have before described, and con• eludes by saying The articles which all visitors at the Exhibition contemplate with interest make them comprehend that this description of work proves by its execution the application of the most varied processes, the production of the newest and most exquisite forms. In short., from the majestic table ornament of the City of Paris to the smallest vase, every article exhibits the desire of M. Chris tofle to arrive at perfection." On Sunday afternoon as a gentleman was leav ing the Exhibition he discovered that some one had robbed him of his purse, his pocket-book, and his watch. lie attached much value to his watch, as he had gained it as a prize in a gymnastic competi tirn of the company of Firemen, of which he was a member. Next morning a commissioner brought him his watch, and his pocket-book and purse, but empty, with the following letter :—" My dear Sir, I was skilful enough, which was not easy, to effect a master stroke by robbing you of all that you had in your pockets. I send you back your pocket-book and papers, which are quite weless to me, as well as your watch. I might have made a profit of the latter, but I should be desperately grieved to deprive you of it, for I see by the inscription on the case that it was given to you as a reward, which I have no doubt was well merited. I, therefore, think it a duty to restore it to you. You see there are honest people everywhere. Your servant, a French pick pocket." Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary of the opening of the first railway in Paris, that from Paris to Pecq on the line to St. Germain, having been opened for traffic on the 26th of August, 1837. The following are the dates of the opening of the principal railways in France : —Paris to Orleans, May 5, 1843 ; to Rouen, May 9, 1813 ; to Lille, July 7, 1846. ; to Havre, Much 22, 1847 ; to Bor deaux, September 20, 1852 ; to Strasbourg, July 25, 1852 ; to Lyons, July 10, 1854. There is now in course of demolition in the Fau bourg Montmartre the hcuse where Vestris, the most celebrated dancer of the eighteenth century, died on the 27th of September, 1808. Vestris reigned like a sovereign at the opera for half a century, and was familiarly called handsome Vestris. There were no bounds to his pride and vanity. He called himself the " god of the dance." He often said seriously, " There have been only three men in Europe—myself, Voltaire, and Frederick the Great." This Vestris was, I believe, the father of the late Madame Vestris. The Lords of the Admiralty at Portsmouth. - - Mr. Corry and his colleagues resumed their in spection of this establishment yesterday morning with a muster of the officers and men of the Steam Reserve at the port, borne on the books of the old sailing line-of-battle-ship Asia. The muster was held on the ground between the office of the Admiral Superintendent and the main line of storehouses. the force mustered on the ground was under the command of Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, and com prised Commander Wells, chief inspector of machi nery afloat, George Murdoch, and 19 other non commissioned officers, with 107 engineer officers of all grades. The remaining numbers consisted of 154 warrant-officers, 261 stokers, 460 pensioners, and 354 seame n , mar i nes, an d servan t s , &c. Thes e numbers includ e a ll men l en t on bo ar d s hips in th e harbour—such, for instance, as the Osborne•—and only 26 leading stokers are really available for ser vice, while the majority of stokers have never been to sea. After the reserve officers and men had passed inspection a brief examination of some pre servative cements for coating the bottoms of iron ships, and other little matters in the office of the Admiral-Superintendent, brought their lordships' morning labours to a close. After luncheon the turret-ship Royal Sovereign was visited, where it is to be hoped their lordships gained a true measure of the value of the system of working ordnance at exceptional weight afloat. From the Royal Sovereign the Board went on board the boys' training ship St. Vincent, and thence to Haslar, where they went over the Naval Hospi tal and the " Deserted Village" of the navy—the gunboat yard and shipway. The hospital contains at present 484 patients, but has beds for 1,200. It has an admirable organisation under its medical staff, but its government by a post-cap tain of the Royal Navy is as great au absurdity as ever existed in the worst days of the great naval hospital at Greenwich. If it is necessary to provide some adequate rewards for naval captains or other officers of the military branch who have done good service in their professional career, this should be done by any other means than by thus placing them in command of purely medical establishments. What can possibly be more ridiculous than to submit a document drawn up by such men as Sir David Dens on important medical questions to the inspection of a captain of the navy, and for his signature, before such document can be sent on to the chief medical authorities at the Admiralty for submission to the Board? Nor does the ridicule of the whole affair end even here, for in the absence of the Captain Superintendent, the Inspector-General of Hospitals' document must be laid before some old—and, no doubt, very worthy—lieutenant, who represents temporarily his immediate chief. The gunboat yard and shipway at llaslar, with its 45 covered building-sheds, and its costly parallel lines of railway and launching stages, has at pre sent the following number of men employed there : —Master - Shipwright's Department —2O ship wrights, 40 labourers, 2 smiths. Engineers of 14 stokers ( S t t n e e a c i h n a ß ri j e c s s 7e 4 D s e e a p m a r e t n n: e l n t—4 engineers, warrant-officer. In the yard there are six wood-built screw gunboats, nine mortar floats (iron), and a number of ships' boats boilers stored away and remnants of machinery under cover. Three of the gunboats—the Wave, the Cherokee, and the Peacock—are in frame, after rebuilding, and have been in frame seven years. They are, therefore, well seasoned in all their timbers, and now it is supposed they will be planked and fitted with their machinery again. The remaining three it is proposed to convert to coal depot vessels to convey fuel to ships at Spithead. They will cost upwards of £3,000 each to make them fit for this purpose, but it is the only duty they are now fit for, and it would be as well to utilize them even in this manner. Two of the mortar floats have been con verted into dockyard lighters ; one has been con verted into a receiving vessel for coastguard duty ; one for a mud -clearing barge for COWL'S' harbour off Trinity pier; and one for fitting at Malta as a mooring lighter. Four remain at present unappro priated. What the Board may eventually decide upon doing with this yard would be as yet premature to hazard any opinion upon. What it appears to be suitable for in any adaptation of its space and capa bilities generally is a general boat-building-yard for the Navy, and especially for steam launches, the machinery of the latter being fitted and afterwards kept in repair in the yard by the engineers in the port belonging to the Steam Re serves. In addition to this kind of work there might also be built at Haslar such small twin screw gunboats as would be serviceable for duty between harbours and roadsteads, as Portsmouth harbour and Spithead, or Hamoaze and Plymouth Sound, and which must sooner or later supersede the present decrepit and expensive small paddle steamers. Machinery for such vessels can be picked up iu plenty out of the surplus stock in the several yards. One thing prepared for their lordships' inspection at Haslar Yard deserves special notice. This was a composition for cleaning the bottoms of iron ves sels when pl ace d i n doc k . The present method of cleaning the bott om o f an iron vessel is by the use of metal scrapers, with one o f which a man may clean abo u t eight square feet per da y ( workin g hours). With the composition he would be enabled to clean off nearly 1,000 feet, and with this advan tage—all paint or composition on the face of the iron plates would be effectually removed without affecting the surface of the plates by scratching, as with the scraper, and out of inequalities where the scraper would be unable to act. '1 he Duke of Wellington, seamen's training ship, Capt. C. Fellowes, has b e en visited by their lord ships • du r i ng their stay at Portsmouth, and the " Grant's" cooking (roasting, boiling, an I bread baking) apparatus, with other novelties under trial experimentally on board duly examined. The Vic tory and other vessels have also received brief visits. This morning the Board of Admiralty were to leave Portsmouth as early as five o'clock for Port land, Dartmouth, and Devonport in their yacht En chantress, accompanied by the Black Eagle, and their official visit to Portsmouth of 1867 will be happily ended—happily ended because such formal visits, previously announced and prepared for, are a matter of dissatisfaction to all concerned. They are unsatisfactory to the majority of the officials be longing to a yard by reason of their knowledge of the hollowness of the affair for any permanently useful end, and they must be unsatisfactory to the Lords themselves from a well understood feeling that they have neither seen matters in their normal working condition, nor have they bad time to under , stand oue-huadredth part of what they have seen, LA TEST I NTELLIGENCE. (REUTS R'S TELEGRAMS.) THE SPANISH INSURRECTION. MADRID, Aug. 28. Despatches receiired by the War Minister state that the bands of fugitive insurgents, formerly com manded by Pierrad, are hiding in the mountains. A small band of insurgents has made its appear ance in the province of Cuenca. A seditious movement in Bejar has been sup pressed. ITALY. FLORENCE, August 28. The official Gazette of to-day says : " Certain journals, referring to the disagreeable incident which has occurred between Italy and France, relative to the formation of the Antibes Legion, have spoken of occult influences, of repeated notes on the one side, and threatening notes upon the other. Negotiations still pending the Government is obliged to impose upon itself the greatest reserve, but is even now able to declare that all such statements are entirely incorrect." Advices from Silsa to the 26th inst. announce that a train from Saint Michael has passed Mount Cenis for the first time very successfully. AMERICA. NEW YORK, Aug. 27. The Ville de Paris arrived here this morning. THE BOMBAY MAIL ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 27. The Syria sailed at noon yesterday, and the Bangalore leaves at the same hour to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the Ist and the latter at Southampton about the 9th September. POLAND. BRESLAU, Aug. 28. The Breslau Gazette of to-day says that one of the points agreed upon at Salzburg by the two Emperors was au understanding on the Polish question. CRACOW, August 28. The Archduke Albrecht will in a few days make his third tour of inspection through Galicia. As his Highness travels incognito, there will be no public reception. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Aug. 25. As a proof of the pacific character of the Salzburg interview, the semi-official Debatte of to-day says : " According to an agreement between France and Austria, France has counselled Denmark not to in sist upon the retrocession of Duppel and Alsen by Prussia, and by such a demand render impossible an understanding with Prussia relative to the North Schleswig question." Prince Lichtenstein, the aide-de-camp of the Emperor of Austria, has left here on a special mis sion to Paris. The solemn transfer of the Bohemian Crown jewels to Prague takes place to day. FRANCE. BOURSE, August 27, Two o'clock.—The following are the present quotations, which are all lower, except Credit Fonder :—Threes, 69f. 62c. ; Italian, 491. sc. ; Credit Mobilier, 312 f. ; Credit Foncier, 1,380 f. ; Spanish Mobilier, 198 f. ; and Comptoir d'Escompte, 710 f. Three o'Clock.—The market closed as follows : 4; per Conts lOO Do. end mouth — 3 per Cents. 69 70 Do. end month 69 65 Credit Mobilier 316 25 Do. end Month Credit Foucier 1382 50 DJ. end month 1377 50 RAW Bank Sharon 3305 Italian Loan 4B 95 Do. end month 49 10 Mexican Loan l2 Do. Bonds llO Spanish Threoz Homo Debt Doforred 'AYE% For Account. Orleans - Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 892 50 Southern 553 75 Western Eastern Sardinian 55 50 Austrian Lombard 3BO North of Spain Sara?;ossa 85 Roman 55 75 DEA TIE OF PROFESSOR FARADAY. The public will hear with sincere regret of the death of Professor of Faraday, which took place on Sunday, near Hampton Court. Michael Faraday was born in 1791, in the parish of Newington, Surrey, and, like many others who have illustrated the page of British history, was entirely a self-made man. After being instructed in the mere rudiments of knowledge he was appren ticed to a bookseller and bookbinder, and continued to work at his trade till 1812. During this early period of his life, however, he showed the bent of his genius, for in the intervals of his employment he not only read with avidity such works on science as fell in his way, but applied himself to the con struction of electric and other machines. flaying been present at some of the last lectures delivered by Sir 11. Davy, Faraday wrote to that distinguished chemist, asking him for encouragement, and at the same time enclosing notes of the lectures at which he had been present. Sir 11. Davy answered the request of the young aspirant promptly and kindly, and in 1813 he was admitted in the Royal Institu- tion as chemical assistant to Professor Braude. Faraday soon became the favourite pupil and the friend of his patron, whom he accompanied in the autumn of the same year in a visit to France, Italy, Switzerland, &c., returning to his place in the Royal Institution in 1815. He now pursued his investigations of nature with great ardour, and published the results in various scientific journals. In 1820 he discovered the chlorides of carbon, and, the year following, the mutual rotation of a magnetic pole and an electric current; in 1823 the discovery of the condensation of gases ; in 1831 and following years the develop ment of the induction of electric currents and the evolution of electricity from magnetism. The esta blishment of the principle of definite electrolytic action, the discovery of diamagnetism and the in fluence of magnetism upon light, obtained for him in 1846 the Rumford medal and that of the Royal Society. In 1847 he announced to the world the magnetic character of oxygen and the magnetic re lations of flame and gases. When Mr. Fuller founded the Chair of Chemistry in the Royal Insti tution, in 1833, Mr. Faraday was appointed first professor. In 1835 he received a pension of £3OO a year from Lord Melbourne's Government in re cognition of his important services to science. In the following year be was appointed scientific ad visor on lights to the Trinity House, and was sub sequently nominated to a similar post under the Board of Trade. He was chemical lecturer from 1829 to 1842 to the cadets at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. In 1823 he was made a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Paris ; in 1825 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society ; and in 1832 the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws was conferred on him by the University of Oxford. He was a Knight of the Prus sian Order of Merit, of the Italian Order of St. Maurice and Lazarus, and one of the eight Foreign Associates of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Paris. Iu 1855 he was nominated an officer of the Legion of Honour, and in 1863 he was made an associate of the Paris Academy of Medicine. Although the late professor chiefly confined him self to experimental researches, there are theoretical views thrown out with regard to static induction, atmospheric electricity, the lines of force, both re presentative and physical, which are well worthy of consideration. His papers on the conservation of force, and on the division of gold and other metals, are amongst his latest productions. His lectures, adapted for young minds, delivered at the Royal Institution during Christmas time, will not easily be forgotten. The ease with which he descended from the heights of science and conveyed to the minds of his youthful listeners the scientific prin ciples of " common things" was not the least of the many gifts possessed by Dr. Faraday. But it is in connection with electricity, and its relations with all physical, chemical, and physiological phenomena that his fame will principally depend. His inves tigations on this subject led him to the presumption that electricity, magnetism, and light are bat one and the same force, varying in effect according to circumstances, but obedient to laws which will one day be discovered. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE EMPRESS EUG E NIE. The correspondent of a contemporary, writing, from Salzburg, Aug. 23, says—At eight this morn ing the Emperor and the Empress of the French started from Salzburg. The travellers were very exact, and a minute before the clock struck the band of the regiment of Yagers drawn up close to the waiting room played " Partant pour la Syrie," and at the same moment the two Empresses ap peared, followed by the Emperors. The Empress Eugenie was in a plain black silk dress, with a small dark hat and short black veil just reaching to the chin. On nearing the carriage—" the terrace" above described—she flung back her veil and kissed the Empress Elizabeth on either check. They shook hands and bid each other adieu, and just as the Empress was about to step into the carriage they kissed each other again in the heartiest manner. In the whole demeanour of the Empress Eugenie is freshness, vivacity, and—if it is not a mistake to say so of a lady—a thorough bonhonnie. She is delightfully natural, and the grace of her manner is something rarely seen. On entering the open carriage she immediately turned and curtseyed to those she was leaving with a sweet ness, and, at the same time, with a dignity which was quite beautiful to see. Her eyes were cast down as she bowed low, but round her mouth was an expression of gentle womanly tenderness, which no one, I think, could see without being drawn irresistibly towards her. As she stood she bowed again to her host and hostess ; once more the ini mitably-graceful, reverential curtsey, and the train bore her away. It is not at all unlikely that those who read this may think it exaggeration, and call it fulsome flat tery. No one, however, who was present and saw the charming woman will think so. On the con trary, to him what I have said will appear tame and insufficient, and the description most inadequate. But I cannot find the right words to make others understand the fulness of the charm she unconsciously exercised ; and it seems to me as if I were detracting from the engaging sim plicity of every movement when I add adjective to adjective in trying to describe what, after all, is indescribable. You feel—you cannot but feel—the exquisite grace just as you cannot but feel in your whole heart and your whole body the freshness of the morning, but when you try to paint this freshness you become aware how futile, how ridicu lously futile, all your efforts are. On parting the Emperor Francis Joseph kissed the hand of the Empress, and the Archduke Lewis Victor seemed to think that parting was so sweet a sorrow as to be willing to prolong it, and accord ingly performed the operation of kissing hands several times over. The two Emperors cordially shook hands, and Napoleon, mounting the steps of his carriage, stood with hat in hand, looking over the balustrade. His face was as I ha I not seen it yet, lit up and bright, with an expression of cheerfulness and satisfaction. The imperturbability of the last days was gone. His face was all alive, and he smiled and leant over the carriage to chat with one of the secretaries of the French Embassy. Does not this sound odd—" Napoleon 111. leaning out of his carriage to have a cheerful chat and a laugh with "no matter whom ? It does, I confess, read as though it were apocryphal, but it is not sb. Truth, you know, is often more surprising than fiction. One of the secretaries of Legation brought her Majesty, just before the train left, a splendid nosegay ; and as she smiled her thanks I thought such recognition worth more than the Cross of the Legion of Honour, THE WIFE MURDER AT LEIGII.—After the desratch of the Liverpool parcel on Monday, the jury found Henry Farringdon, charged with the murder of his wife at Leigh (Lancashire), guilty, but strongly recom mended hint to mercy. The judge (Chief Justice Bovill) said he would forward the recommendation to the proper quarter, but would refrain for the present from expressing any opinion as to the character of the offence. Sentence of death wrote then passed. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Aug. 27: The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian and Princess Louise, drove out on Saturday after noon. The Duke of Marlborough dined with the (Pe e° and loyal family. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Aug. 27- A charge of an extraordinary nature has been under investigation by the magistrates at frauk ford, in the King's County, for several days, and was brought to a close on Saturday. One of tb° constabulary stationed at Bluebell, a man named t M‘Loughlin, complained that on th e 4th June he found sub-constable Devine, another of the pa rt y' tampering with a plate which had been laid for the complainant's dinner, with the intention, as he b e ' lieved, of putting poison on it. The matter Wa s referred to the Inspector-General, and, after sonle delay, was brought before the magistrates as a ci criminal charge. Mr. 11. G. Curran, R.M., Mr. M. Berry, J.P., conducted the inquiry. A lf ' Dowling, solicitor, appeared for the complainan t, and Mr. C. Molloy, barrister, instructed by Air' Mitchell, for the accused. From the report in th e Express it appears that for a considerable time Pa st the constabulary at Bluebell have been suffering from a disease which presented symptoms of , poisoning —a burning sensation in the thro a c ; and stomach, followed by severe vomiting an diarrhoea. This had been sometimes ascrib ed to the water used at the barracks, which was very impure. So severely had the me n b een attacke' that it became necessary to remove several of thel a for medical treatment to Steeven's Hospital in th is city. M'Loughlin was examined and described wh at he suffered. He did not know of any poison 1)6 13 1 used in the barracks t o d es t roy ra t s . O n the 4th June, ,n entering the day-room, he found De/i°° 11 sitting with complain an t' s pl a t e i n hi s h an d. On ',, advancing into the room Devine laid down the pia' before himself, pushed over his own to compla ia• ant's place, and, when the cook cam e i n , handed the first plate. Several constables deposed that they had frequently been attacked with the disease aft er meals. Dr. O'Malley gave it as his opinion that tb ° / symptoms might have been produced by doses c ' ci croton oil, and evidence was given that Devine h a purchased strychnine and croton oil in Tullamere; On the part of the accused evidence was produc e that the water was so bad that it had often to b e strained through a muslin cloth before being used; that an outhouse where the meat was kept was ' ti n ; fested with rats and dogs, and that D ev i n e had Ina up poison for them in presence of M‘Loughlin other constables ; that Devine himself had been e tacked with the disease, and that one of the P 3rrg sig ht ; and his own food, never letting it out of his and yet was attacked. The cook also stated th a on the day in question she laid Devine's plate' o blue one, by mistake at the'place where complain ant was to sit, and that when she brought in the die% observing Devine take over his own plate and I°° o at it, she supposed that he th oug ht it wa s not ci ea c , enough, and took it away to clean it. It was a jl6 c i proved that an analysis had been made of what " 0 been ejected from the stomach of one of the coed who was ill, and that no traces of poison were fo urs .; in it. At the close of the investigation the Mag i c) , trates received the informations, and said tb „ c l would forward them to the Attorney-General 5' be guided by his advice. f' A sad accident occurred at Queenstown on ttl a day. Two young men, one Mr. G. Scott, son e' , s magistrate, and a Mr. Bailey, went out for a dl O pleasure in a small sailing boat, which carti mainsail and jib, far too large to be safe on s nei l eo day. They went to Aghadoe and thence betweeo the forts of the harbour, and were returning, W ii f a squall suddenly overtook them at the mon th th the Carrigaliue river and capsized the boat. ll ° its occupants were drowned. An inquiry of considerable interest to ratepal erg t , and Poor-law officials was commenced yesterday Mr. Robinson, Poor-law Inspector in the Soe Dublin Union workhouse, by direction of the ee or missioners. The object is to test the truth of c ertoio 3 , charges of gross irregularities and frauds in the ' eel nagement of the expenditure in the period be tW rc h the 29th of September, 1865, and the 25th of g a he last. They were brought under the notice o ft , authorities by a discharged pauper named 01 3 f l ib e who had been employed as a bookkeeper in re assistant master's office. In consequence of hi s v ia presentations a preliminary investigation was the by the Inspector, who took stock in the house' reported that it did not at all correspond w" - cie g , entries in the blotting-books, that there was a bu t ciency of some articles and a surplus of others' t he that in the aggregate the number of articles fa r house which were not charged against the in 3st e e ,.tly exceeded the number on the books and not I° ' ns 0 0 coming. For a long time the number of pers ons the relief lists has not agreed with the num ber o , the admission and discharge book, or with th e p ee d vision check account. When the house was e °ll , ti „ber at the end of March it was found that the ne"" th e of persons relieved was less by about 214 tha a ss number on the provision check account, and le l3r ica 100 than the number on the diet books. ° ooe further charged the master with irregular ine . lit" regards his lodgments, which amounted te, ,igst more than had been received for then t el r of e irrespective of the sums realised by the sale - ofi ter iron and metal, clothing, &c. The clerk and f° ra..rdef P having been called upon to explain, the f gef replied that the multifarious duties of bis ° l ot, which had been increased since his apPei ll , tn t obliged him to employ O'Brien, k n owing t " - understood workhouse accounts, but that he o f determined in future to pay for the service s f be trustworthy person out of his own means- time justification offered by the master was that a t t or time of his appoi n t men t th e h ouse was in a Stli ct iOli insubordination an d di sor d er , an d that by cl ire r aiee of the guardians he h a d con centrated his e ac ea t upon the one object of reducing the establis h ,. c os to a proper state of discipline, which he had sevototof fully done. As regards inaccuracies in the e cc por es the assistant-master, who has resigned, wa s r Di sible for them, and had been repeatedly cast/r ed Tillie° the board for the unsatisfactory manner in re, he kept his books. The discovery of thes e ' OO O larities has come upon the public by surpris e t ' rer adi Guardians have the reputation of being e: c 00 id vigilant and careful. They certainly ar e :IP matters relating to the religion of the panP er c o s' a change of entry in this respect could ne t p ke piti° escape detection, but the dry details of book erell and commonplace items of account, be Which $' e s e show how the money of the ratepayers has o at ej o pended, do not afford material for such no ar discussion as Poor-law boards delight in , 3 ti° l1 f . 0 0 O therefore not so likely to engage their 5 „ o ft 0 O'Brien was examined at some length in s ti p r his indictment against the officers. assistant-master also gave evidence to t „be .b e e lo dig that he could not tell the value of the art l eo ta 11 , 4 , posed of by the master, but that the lode av , be . ' ef o not been so regular as they ought to ° as to The storekeeper and other subordinate oni.,d examined as to sales of cast clothing a: tio a articles. The master offered an exPl an in ` of ? ".., c r , specting a charge of appropriating a s tl , 3 pat woo which had been found in the possession ° l ' lito At re , Ile stated that the money was given t ° Rah° .iff time by Mr. Place, one of the guardia;•o cently died), and that he had it still. was adjourned until Wednesday next . If t . ' l ' day Mn. COX ELL AT NEWBURY•---,- c -s his lA' lOO t ip) noon Mr. Cox we ll ma de an ascent in on o 01 or of Al from Newbury, on th e occ asion of the anD ual to OD , i 80 o oa Horticultural Society in that town. 0 wing the btu o d ness of the supply pipe temporarily laid dolv f n i aso ot,, 0 , 3 was not fully inflated by the hour fixed foridirecovielloj Captain and Mrs. NV oodgato could not join '„ 0 , reS e ' lo o this account. At a quarter-past five the bai ii w anyc otO A s glided away at a good elevation over Cro° l '„ o dittg% oto taking a south-easterly direction towards:ds w ho . iv eio s show wy wasas , held,oo Opeopleand he assembledballoon : s n ee t n h t e a g s r s o i ; ea , KO' nearly £/50 to the society's exchequer. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDENSDAY EVENIN 3r, AITGFIST 28, 1867. 71IE IVA IIONAL REFORM UNION. We understand the executive of the National Reform Union are taking steps to summon another of the great Liberal political conferences which have been annually held by that organisation since its origin. Circulars are being issued to all branch associations throughout the United Kingdom, inviting them to appoint delegates to assemble in Manchester, with the view of discussing the character and probable effects on the country of the new Reform measure just passed into law. It is contemplated to hold the conference in the course of a few weeks, and that it shall be succeeded by a great banquet, at which many of the lead ing Liberals from all parts of the country will be present. It will be in the recollection of our readers that the National Reform Union held a great reform conference in the Manchester Town-hall in Novem ber last, at which more than 700 delegates attended. The forthcoming gathering will be the sixth con ference held since 1861, the first being held in Leeds in that year, under the presidency of Mr. George Wilson, and attended by Sir Francis Crossley, ALP., Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., Mr. Edward Baines, M.P., and other well-known reformers. Mr. Wilson also presided at the conference held in Lon don in 1862, and at those which have since been 11.1 d in Manchester, under the auspices of the National Reform Union, of which he is the president. It is somewhat remarkable, and must be gratifying to the members of the union, that ono of the main points agreed upon at the five different conferences held from 1861 to 1866, viz., " household suffrage," has at length been admitted even by a Tory Admi nistration ; and although there may be some doubt in regard to the securing of real household suffrage in the boroughs by the present Reform Act, there can be no doubt of the leverage it will afford for effectually obtaining that object at some future time. As a thorough redistribution of seats, in proportion to population and property, has always been a pro minent p trt of the programme of the National Reform Union, it may be expected that that subject will not be lost sight of at the approaching Con ference. One of the principal and distinctive features of the National Reform Union is that it has sought to combine the middle and working classes in the recent agitation for an extension of political power ; and it will give some idea of the success which has attended the attempt when we inform our readers that its list of vice-presidents comprises more than six hundred of the most influential Liberals in the country, including members of Parliament, distinguished professors of literature and science, magistrates, municipal representatives, clergymen, ministers, &c. ; while in Manchester and Salford alone there have been enrolled more than 8,000 members, chiefly amongst the working classes. THE NEW WORKSHOP REGULATION ACT.---ye - terday the new act for regulating the hours of labour for children, young persons, and women employed in work shops - - •as issued. There are 20 provisions, with several schedules of forms, and the act is to take effect ou the Ist January, with certain exceptions as to its operation for six months. The hours are appointed, and work is to cease at two o'clock on Saturday, "except• in cases where not more than fivo persons are employed in the same estab meat, and where such employment consists in making articles to be sold by retail on the premises, or in repairing articles of a like nature to be sold by retail on the pre mises." Parents aro to cause their children to go to school under penalties of 20s. for each offence, and sums for schooling may be deducted from wages. The local autho rities are to carry out the law. ,CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day.—Tuesday, Aug. 27.—Admissions on payment, 4,8351 ditto by season tickets, 1,716 ; Total visitors, 0,551. _ .