The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-29 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S 'I FIXATRII. TMs Theatre will Open for the Season on Monday next, Feptember the Ist, when will be presented (first time under the present manage ment) Sheridan's tragic rlay of Rolla, by Mr. C. Kean ; Elvira, by Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. Under bite Management of Mr. Backstons. THIS EVENING, sECOND LOVE. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, PRESENTED AT COURT. To conzlude with THE SPANISH SERJEANT. ROYAL THRATIE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT 13. Followed by DOMESTIC ECOSTOMY. To conclude with TEM; ASISTIR -I.NCE AND YANKEE MODESTY. STR ‘ND TNEATRE. Manager. Mr. T. Payne. T EIIS EVENING. TOE SPOILED (MILD. Little Pickle • ..... Miss Sanger. Followed by " THAT HOUSE IN HlGrif STREET." Co!cutel Maitiand....Mr. Stuart. The Sabot and Alliance Dances, by Sidles. Christine and Agnes• After which, TWO PRECIOUS SCOUNDRELq. Messrs. Sidney, Howard, and Elerbert. Mons. Fllll3 and Family. To conclude with THE STATUE V'EIL Commence at half•past 7. 3s.—Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is —Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manazer. Mr. Alfred Wigan. VHS EVENING TIIE GREEN-EYED MONSTER. After which. MEDB A. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. AiTLErg ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manner. Sir. Wm. Cooke. Shakspeare's Richard the Third illustrated. THIS EVENING, The highly succeasflil production, Shakspeare's RICHARD THE THIRD, with equestrian effects unprecaleated, imposing tableau of the " Death of White Surrey," Battle of Bosworth Field, &c. After which, The ACTS of HORSEMANSHIP in the CIRCLE. To coaclikle with a round of varied entertainments. Rex-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. Jun. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 20 min. aft. I—Evening 41 min. aft. 1 'rc►-blosaow—Morn. 1 min. aft. 2 —Evening 19 min. aft. 2 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFIOE, AUGUST 29. THIMMONETER, IN THZ SNIDE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. , 53 —lowest this morning and during the night . 70 —this day at noon. PAlOuitTler, 30 . 02—rising. WIND. W.N.W.—Light, with dull, sultry weather. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Suit, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The Sun, Office will remedy it. Sun Office, 112, Strand. rTilt r'&••....r ~,v-kr:rT, • ~~~, LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1856. There is a story respecting an ignorant judge in the olden time, who had been pitchforked into a situation for which he was wholly incompetent. When asking the advice of an acute friend as to the course he should adopt to conceal his defi ciencies, he was told to pronounce his judgment boldly, but carefully to abstain from assign ing reasons. There was at least a probability that the decisions might be right, and there would be interested parties anxious to sustain them, but it was a positive certainty that his reasons and arguments would be wrong. It is reported that the party adopted the prudent counsel, and that he passed through life with the reputation of a sound, if not a brilliant, lawyer. It would have been wall for the Spanish Ministry if they had preserved a similar course, and been contented with dissolving the National Guard, without attempting an elaborate exposi tion of motives, and seeking to justify themselves, by a document in which it is difficult to say whether the statements are more mendacious, or the reasoning untenable. The gross and, we re gret to be obliged to add, wilful falsehoods, are interspersed with virulent abuse of a constitu tional body, so as to render it palpable that the national militia were wholly and unanimously opposed to the reckless policy of the conspirators against the rights and liberties of the people. Out of their own mouths have the new ministers condemned themselves. It needs nothing mere than a deliberate consideration of the document to con.vince any dispassionate aul unprejudiced person, that the parties from whom it emanated are wrong, and know themselves to be so. The opening sentence. is sufficient to indicate its nature. It declares that " the initiative of the aggression on the 14th July was not commenced by the Government of her MAJESTY ;" that " the Citizen Militia of Madrid, and the greater part of the Militia in the kingdom imitat ing its example, simultaneously rose against the Royal authority, solely because her MAJESTY had deigned to accept the resignation repeatedly ten dered by the President of the former Cabinet, and on this occasion with every symptom of an irrevo cable resolution." Never was there a viler or more unblushing fabrication than the above. It is not merely the distortion or suppression of facts, but it is the positive declaration of that which is without the slightest foundation of truth. Is it not too painfully notorious that the fi rs t step taken on the nomination of the new Ministry was placing the entire kingdom under m ar . tial law ? This extreme measure was n o t vunded on any insurrectionary demonstration, The Proclamation, which was published simul taneously with the announcement of the change of Ministry, was prepared by tho arch-deceiver, and ready to be made available even while he was 'still pretending to act with good faith and loyalty towards the colleagues whom he had determined t° b etray. A large body of troops-18,000 sol diers —were concentrated on the capital in order to suppres s the outbreaks that were stimulated by o :DoziNzu himself and his fellowoonspirators for their own nefarious purposes. There was an elabo rate organisation that must have taken a consider able time in arranging, on th e p art of O ' DONNELL and his associates, while the intended victims were wholly unsuspicious of approaching danger. What, then, becomes of the atrocious lie, that the initiative of the aggression was not taken by the Government ? The Manifesto further speaks of " the Throne being attacked in one of its essential prerogatives, and peaceable discussion converted into open and ►vowed rebellion." Was the proclamation of THE UN, LONDON, FRIDAY der of the narrative we pass over, includ ing, though it does, some scurvy treatment of the too earnest and knowing Mr. CULLEN by Commander HANCOCK —remarking, however, that Commander PARSONS surveyed the harbours, and found them admirably adapted for the ter minus of a great ship canal. We might have stated at the outset—had we not preferred to direct attention, in the first place, to the GISBORNE exploration—that, as originally planned and arranged, the exploration was to have been carried on under the auspices of Eng land, France, and the United States, each of which Powers contributed a man-of war and a staff of engineers. The commander of the American vessel, however, was " tarnation" too great a man to do anything save on "his own hook," and accordingly left the Britishers and Frenchers behind, and made a tour on his own account. The miserable vanity of the man met with by no means an inappropriate punish ment. He and his party wandered out of the way, and after undergoing great trial never got into it, but were, after " many days," discovered thirty miles to the east of the Canal route ! Grabbing at all the glory, the brilliant Yankee sank up to the neck in a quagmire, with the national flag drooping over his aspiring head, in stead of flaunting invidiously in the breez3 before the discomfited French and Britishers. In strik ing contrast is the conduct of the French com mander, who appears to have acted with a sincere desire to promote the object for which he and his party were sent out by their Government. Into the particulars of the third exploration we have neither time nor space to enter. Suffice it to say that the practicability of the Darien route seems to be sufficiently well established to call for a practical survey by a com petent engineer under the guidance of Mr. CULLEN, to whom the command of the exploring expedition ought to be, as it should have been in the in stance to which we have referred, entrusted, he having surveyed the country previously for almost the entire distance at his own expense. It is not yet too late to redeem the past, and recompense him for the ill-usage he has experienced, as well as the services he has both rendered and tendered to his country. Surely we have had enough of favour, routine, incompetency, and personal vanity. Let the public at last have its gorge stayed by the appointment of a competent person to undertake so important a task, and not again be subjected to the mortifi cation which the failure of ;the G 1 SBORNE Explo ; ration occasioned. Not only the interests of ; Great Britain, but the interests of the wide world are involved in the establishment of a canal com muuication between the two seas. Littleness 6 never looks so little as in connection with great things. THE ROYAL VISIT TO THE WEST.—Her Majesty the Qaeen, hearing on her late visit to Devonport that several hundred pounds were still required for the com pletion of the new church, in course of being built by the Rev. G. W. Procter, for the families of sailors, marines, soldiers, and dockyard artificers and labourers who reside in the district of St. Stephen, in that town, was graciously pleased to send 1001. as a contribution. His Excellency Baron Bentinck, Minister of the Netherlands, has left town for the continent. His Excellency will be absent from this country a couple of months. The Marchioness Carnpana has left the Clarendon Hotel, for Rome, via Paris. The Right Hen. Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., M.P., arrived in London on Monday, and left on \Vednesday for E linburgh. _ Sir Chart; and Lady Lamb have left the Clarendon Hotel, for Brauport, Battle, Sussex. Sir Alan M'Nab had an interview with Mr. Secretary Labouchere yesterday, at the Colonial•oiice. Mr. Bruce Stewart had also an interview with the right hon. get. denim. CONTOCATION.—Yesterday morning the Archbishop of Caul ecbury, who was accompanied by Dr. Travers Twi,e, and Mr. Francis Hart Dyke, attended at the ,Terusale:u Chamber, Westminst,r, and formally pro rogued Convocation until the Bth of October. THE CANADIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, August 23. The Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company's screw steamer Canadian, Capt. Win. Rallantine, left the Mer sey on Wednesday at 20 minutes pa,t 10 o'clock, with the fortnightly mails, for Quebec and Montreal. She takes out 213 passengers and a large cargo. THE ROYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION.—PRESTON, Thursday.—The annual exhi bition of live stock, produce and agricultural implements to4k p'ace to-day• in two large fields at Penworthain, about two miles from Preston. The day was exceed ingly unpropitious, the rain descending in torrents almost without intermission. The attendance, notwith standing, was very numerous, and amongst others on the ground were Lord Stanley, M.P., Mr. J. Heywood, M.P., C donel W. Patten, M.P., &c. The exhibition, in every department, was one of the most attractive that has ever been held since the establishment of the society. The display of live stock was splendid both as to quality and the number of the speoim-ns exhibited. The col lection of bulls was one of the finest that was ever seen at an agricultural show, and amonget the exhibitors were the Earl of Balearrt s, the Earl of Darby, Lieutenant- C doeel Townley, &c. The specimens of horses were exceedingly numerous and of the Lest quality. The show of live stock, agricultural implements, and poultry was also very good. Lord Stanley will preside at the dinner to-night. C EtEDITON.—DARING BURGLARS. —About three o'clock on the morning of Wednesday last the servant man of Mr.% Badcock, maltster, was awoke by a strange man caming into his bedroom with a naked candle in his hand. The intruder, however, on the young man lus tily calling out for assistance, beat a hasty retreat, but succeeded in carrying off a quantity of silver plate from the kitchen, which he had entered by cleverly forcing the window shutters. On the constable, who was quickly apprised of the occurrence, arriving at the spot, he found a man attempting to enter a strongly barri caded house on the opposite side of the road, tenanted by an elderly lady named Iloldernese, one of whose win dow shutters was found partly undone. The burglar, who in the dark first took Mr. Stone, the constable, for one of his confederates, on finding his mistake, hastily scaled the walls of the vicarage garden adjoining, and effected his escape, there being a high palisading between him and the c thstahle. Not the least doubt is enter tained but that some of the many vagabonds who came fee the fair on Tuesday without any legitimate pursuit are Lie perpetrators of the burglary. ROYAL OR PHOPCEDIC HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday this in stitution, which was established in 1840 for the cure of c'ubfeeot, lateral curvature of the spine, and all other deformities, held its general half yearly court of gover nors, is the new board•room of the new hospital, 315, Oxford-street ; Quarles Harris, Esq., Vice President, in the chair, The general report was read and adopted. It stated that the number of patients now in the wards was 36 ; number of patients admitted during the half-year, 831 ; being an increase over the preceding half-year of 236. Total number of patients admitted since the first opening of fie hospital, 1 9 , 06 7. The secretary announced the receipt cif a further payment of 1061. Bs. on account of the legacy equeathed to the hospital by the late Miss Ann Thompson. Several liberal donations have also been added to the fund since the formal opening of the new premises by Prince Albert, including the sum of 1001. from the Queen and Prince. The benefits con ferred by the hospital are being considerably extended, and its funds increasing, but not in proportion to the claims made upon them. Very heavy expenses have L'een incurred in the purchase and adaptation of the new and very commodious premises, for defraying which the ,committee entirely depend upon the liberality of the pub Ho. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. MTSNIAN REGRESSION. —During the occupation of the Danubian provinces by the Austrians 100 officers of the evrps of " Geographical Engineers," assisted by several foreig, officers, were charged to make the trigonometri cal survey of those provinces. The surveys tend to show the importance of the territorial conce-sions made by Russia, In execution of the Treaty of Paris of the 30th of March last that Power restores to Moldavia a part of kessarabia, which comprises 1,125,000 superficial hectares. (The hectare is nearly two acres and a-half.) Moldavia, which formerly contained 4,729,000 hectares, v eil' Ilene eforth consist of 5,845,000. It will be as large as Bohe' nia, as Greece with the lonian Isles, as the kint o .donct of Saxony, ani much larger than Belgium. Th e portion of Bessarabia which the Russians have ceded is not the most fertile, but contains the banks of the Oa nube and five towns, three of which are ports —Kilia,„ :Oman, andßeni—ef veritable political, com mercial, strategical importance. Moldavia, at the heigte t of its greatest power, which was in 1350, had 10,01 )0,') 00 hectares. Since that time she has been the theatre of terrible wars between Poland, Hungary, Turkey, and Russia. She became in 1529 a tributar y of the Ottoman Porte, and continued in cessantly to be invaded by belligerent nations. ; In 1777 Aust nia took from her a part of the Bukowina, which now - forms the circle of Czernowitz. In 1&12 Russia tool : from her Bessarabia, which was of 4,720,000 hectares, a ad gave her a frontier which was very dis advantage.le is in a strategical point of view. Ab pre sent, by the Tre sty of Paris, Moldavia will be restored to six•tereths of what she was at the period of her greatest ), eel., and her population will be increased by about; 180,t,00 EVENING, AUGUST 29, lAr,e. in the Royal order, issued with the approbation of the Council of Minist(rs, I have decrced : —l. The disso lution of all associations among manufacturers, or amonE, , operatives, existing in Catalonia, with a view to exercise an influence on the price of labour, to impede the fres course of industry, or to minister relief to individuals who, from some cause or other, are in want of employment. The alcades of the towns, when such associa tions exist, will adopt measures for their immediate sup pression, and take care, under their personal responsibility, that the funds of those associations be restored to their legitimate owners. Art. 2. All the members of the dis solved associations anxious in future to re-assemble for the sole and exclusive object of founding mutual relief societies, will receive from me an authorisation to that effect, on the broadest basis, provided their regu lations or statutes shall contain rules and principles calculated to protect and regulate the proper manage ment of the interests of the members, and secure them against all abuse. 3. Individuals disobeying the above provisions shall be considered as disturbers of the public peace or guilty of open rebellion, and tried, according to circumstances, conformably to the laws in vigour. Art. 4. In order to adopt measures the most conducive to the prosperity and develop ment of industrial establishments, to guard them against all risk, and protect the real and legitimate rights of the class of manufacturers as well as those of the ope ratives, the civil governors of the four provinces of this military district are requested to address to me within the shortest possible delay, whatever suggestions they may deem useful, as I am fully determined to use my ex traordinary powers to carry into effect, either by myself cr through those authorities, any urgent measures which may not indispensably require the sanction of the high powers of the State. (Signed) " ZAPATERO. " Barcelona, Aug. 20." martial law, without occasion or justification,' I "au essential prerogative of the Crown ?" Was the letting loose of 18,000 armed men against the unprepared people, to shed their blood with out mercy or forbearance. "Peaceable discussion ?" Or did the firing on the members of the Cortes, who were proceeding to lay their just complaints before their Sovereign, more appropriately fall within the terms ? It would, indeed, be difficult to answer these queries in such a manner as to remove the imputations to which O'DoNNELL has rendered himself liable by his proceedings from the earliest moment of his conspiracy against his colleagues, and by this ex travagant and unwarrantable Manifesto. There is, then, an elaborate attack on the institution of the National Guard, which it declares was, en the whole, "an element of un unceasing perturbation ; a constant opponent of every established goternment," which " even had the effect of preventing all salutary reforms.' And this comes from O'DONNELL, from the very man who within two short years assumed arms for the purpose of re-establishing that institution which he then asserted to be illegally and uncon stitutionally suppressed ! While he sought his way to power, under the mask of liberalism, he defended those whom he has now basely deserted and loudly condemned. He is, however, conscious that his own designs of establishing a despotic Government, founded on military force, is incompatible with the exist ence of an armed body of citizens. He felt from the beginning that the programme which he sketched out must be strenuously and energeti cally opposed, and thus he first stimulated to resistance those whom he now recklessly slanders. Like all absolutists he resorts to the slang of " public order and tranquillity," which he himself had disturbed. He has now clearly flung aside disguise. He stands exposed before the world in all his naked deformity, and leaves no possible doubt as t• his flagitious projects. Let him, however, beware, notwithstanding his temporary success. He leans on a broken reed in imagining the constancy of Court savour, and may have the illusion painfully dispelled ere many weeks have elapsed. He is but the vile instrument that will be cast aside without a moment's hesitation whenever the dirty work has been performed. Although the " Guard" has been dissolved, the men of whom it was composed still remain, and the unanimity which formerly existed will not be lessened by the infamous libel directed against them. It is true that they did not display the energy that might have been anticipated in the hour of trial, but there is "a good time coming," and we cannot believe that Spaniards will patiently acquiesce in the destruction of their Constitution by a faction like that to which O'DONNELL has recently allied himself. The charter of universal dominion over the waves, and of never-ending freedom for Britons, with which, according to our great national strain, Britannia is endowed, would seem to be accom panied by a licence, by way of drawback, of which Britannia, or rather those who manage her affairs, freely avail themselves, to her infinite detriment, and that is evermore to subordinate merit to favour, and keep the right man out of the right place. The perusal of a communication from Mr. EDWARD CULLEN, which appears in our present impression, describing the results of the late so called exploration of the proposed canal route to communicate between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, furnishes a remarkable illustration in support of our hypothesis—au illustration which, taken iu connection with other circumstances, goes fir to establish it as a fact. The world wide importance of a communication between the two oceans is everywhere admitted, and that it would be of immense value to us is also placed beyond dispute. Under such cir cumstances, common sense, we imagine, must have indicated the propriety of sending men of first class and approved ability to undertake the exploration required. How little common sense had to do with the appointment of Mr. GISBORNE and Capt. HANCOCK, let the readers of Mr. CULLEN'S letter determine. Never, we incline to think, did self-sufficiency and incompetency for a peculiar task—we say nothing of their general ability as professional men—more signally expose individuals to the observation and the derision of the world. The right man to have led the ex ploring party was surely one who, like Mr. CULLEN, knew something about the country, and had some inkling of the route to be pursued. Perhaps on that very account Mr. GISBORNE, like the donkey who the more lie was beaten the more he wouldn't go, obstinately refused to avail him self of Mr. CULLEN'S experience at all, and the more foolish appeared his resolve the more pertinaciously persisted in it. The result was, the party wandered in the first in stance in a circle, and on arriving at their journey's end found themselves, not within sight of the Pacific, but of the Atlantic—not at the goal, but at the point from which they started. Mr. CULLEN'S direction, ono would have thought, would by this time have been in request. By no means. He knew too much for official vanity, and must have his presumption rebuked ! " Let me guide the next party," was his entreaty. "By DO means," exclaims Mr. GISEORNE. "No !" thunders the illustrious Commander HANCOCK, "Laud me three seamen and I will undertake the survey myself." "My instructions," replies the Commander with austere dignity, " are to pro tect a survey, and not to send exploring parties." Admirable disciple of routine—judicious servant of the public ! The resolute CULLEN resolves to start alone, but the officers of the Espiegle, fearing lest his life should be taken, as were the lives of some of PnEvoses party, persuade him to revoke his determination. The great GISBORNE—for if self-reliance don't make a man great, what will ?—starts on the 7th February (the landing took place on the 24th January) with a small party, under the guidance of a native, on a second exploration. This time he reaches the other side, and hails the shores of the Pacific at the expiration of three days' walk. How s everely his engineering abilities were tested, and ho w signally they were manifested, let what follows describe :—gg In crossing the Cordillera to Sucubti, this party followed the ,Indian trail, which passes over the highest ground, and traversed the only portion of the country which presents any engineering difficulties in a few hours ! From these circumstances, and from their very cursory and fugitive inspection of a country which is one unbroken forest of heavy timber and tall brush wood, where the explorer can scarcely see t en yards ahead of him, it __ was manifestly impossible for th e engineers to make any search for the valley which transversely divides the Cordillera ; consequently they were unable to form an opinion as to the practicability of a canal. So thinks Baron Ilux- BOLDT, and so will others beside the Baron. The results were—the practicability of crossing the Isthmus by the Indian track in three days was established by Mr. GISBORNE, and the im practicability (?) of the proposed canal route was made "as clear as mud." Th© remain- LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, TH URSDAY EVENING. A Council of Ministers was held yesterday at the residence of the Minister of Justice. The Princess Mathilde will shortly leave for Stutgardt, where her Imperial Highness will meet the Queen of the Netherlands, who is her cousin. Marshal Serrano has arrived at Biarritz. He will present his letters of credence to the Emperor : at the same time M. d'Olonga, will inform his Majesty of his retirement as Ambassador at the Tuileries. M. Serrano remains at Biarritz to present M. Pa checo on his way to London. " The mission of Baron de Bach to Milan," says the Constitutiannel, "appears to be two fold—first, to ascertain whether the state of public opinion is sufficiently satisfactory for the establishment of the representative system, called the provincial congregations, and at the same time to satisfy himself as to whether the effect of that measure on the people will be such that the Emperor Francis Joseph would be well received in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, which he has an idea of visiting." BOURSE, Aug. 28.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. ii per Cents e4 25 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 7‘l 45 70 40 New Loan 7O 30 Bank Shares 4,150 Roman W Uredit Mobil ier 1,620 A.ustrian Belgian Fives ...... .. 91} Spanish Threes, 4l Piedmontese (5). 92 50 Home Dobt .......„ 40 RAILWAYS - VCR CASH. ___ . tr. C. fr. 0. Orleans ... gorthorn 1,037 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,375 New Ditto ktediterranean 1,790 Grand Central Lyons Geneva BOO Teste Cette 787 50 Austrian Corn. B7B 75 MILAN. The Eco dells Forsaof Milan has received a formal warning from the Austrian authorities to abstain in future from expressing opinions contrary to the principles of the Imperial Govern ment aud to public order, as also to avoid making offensive remarks on the French Government. A letter from Milan, in the Presse Beige, says : —" The other day bills were found stuck on the walls of the palaces Greppi, Traversa, and Poldi, displaying in large characters the words :—' King 'Victor Emmanuel for ever I Ci.votir for ever !' This of course caused great excitement among the police authorities, who requested the proprietors to have them removed. The latter replied that as they had not stuck up the bills in question they would not take the trouble to remove them ; where upon the police performed the operation them selves." PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 25th, in the Co logne Gazette, says :—" The report which has been current that the government intends to fortify Berlin is completely unfounded, but, on the other hand, it is in contemplation to strengthen the works of defence which already exist at Spandeau." The New Gazette of Prussia publishes by autho rity a denial of certain statements made by Belgian and German papers respecting the Duchess of Or leans and her sons. Thus, it asserts that it is not true that the Duke de Nemours has visited the Duchess at Soden, or that her Royal Highness has been at Hamburg, but it says that the two princes were in the latter city at the same time as M. Thiers. It declares that it is not true that Gen. Drolenvaux has replaced Gen. Trezel as gouverneur of the Count de Paris, or that the Prince having attained his majority is not in need of one ; but that, neverthe less, Gen. Trezel will continue to remain with him as a guile and a friend. It asserts that the Count de Paris and his brother did not accompany M. Thiers to Ostend, and that on the very day on which a Brussels paper gave an affecting account of their departure for that place, they might have been seen labouring hard to extinguish a serious conflagra tion which had broken out at Eisenach. Lastly, it says that it is not true that the Count de Paris is to publish any manifesto on the occasion of his having attained his majority on the 24th, and it adds that in order to avoid anything like a demon stration on that occasion, the Duchess had deter mined to quit Eisenach and to spend 8 . 01110 time in travelling. HOLSTEIN. IMPEACHMENT OF M. VON SCHEEL. KIEL, August 25.—At the present moment when political events of greater importance have become somewhat rare, it may be interesting to you to know that the proceedings which, in January last, the Diet of this duchy at Itzehoe resolved to adopt against M. von Scheel, the minister of Foreign Affairs in Denmark, were this day, after several adjournments, brought forward in the High C urt of Appeal in this town. They had created much interest throughout the duchy, and before the hour fixed for the sitting of the court a considerable crowd had assembled, and as soon as the doors were opened the portion of the hall set aside for the audience was completely filled. The number who obtained admission might be a,)out 250, but as there were no seats except for the judges and coun sel, for whose accommodation two-thirds of the whole chambers were allotted, there was little comfort for the spectators. There was no bench for the judges, but they took their places at a large table, and as they were dressed in embroidered uniform and wore swords, i-, had little of the appearance of a judicial tribunal. The counsel had no pro'enional costume, and there was only one of these on each Frederici, as the accuser, and Mr. Bar gum, for the accused, who was not present, but who was pet mited. to appear by his advocate. M. Frederici, who spoke for upwards of two hours, dilated upon each of the grounds of the unconstitu tional aots with which the minister was charged—the arbitrary removal of judges, the appointment of un qualified persons to offi,:es of importance, the com pul ory measures as to the Danish currency, &c. ; and having, in a clear and concise manner, cited all his authorities and the evidence he could ad , duce in support of the written pleadings which had been lodged, he confidently anticipated a favour able judgment on behalf of the Diet, for whom he appearei, and such as would secure to the Duchies in future all the benefits of constitutional govern ment. M. Barge n, on behalf of the accused, entered into some preliminary arguments as to the compe tency of the accusers to proceed with the cause in court, but, setting these aside, he proceeded to combat with much acuteness the arguments of his opponents. M. Frederici replied, and at the departure of the post M. Bargum had, according to the practice here, commenced his rejoinder ; but it is not ex pected that any judgment will be pronounced for some days. SPAIN. MADRID, August 27.—The resignation of Gen. San Miguel as Commandant of the Halberdiers has been accepted. The nuptial benediction of the Infanta Dona &want], and Prince Adalbert of Bavaria took place yesterday. The journals of the 24th do not convey any news of importance. The marriage contract of Prince Adalbert of Bavaria and Dona Amalia, the sign ing of which was announced yesterday, sets forth that the fortune the princess 19ringa her royal husband is 7,000,000 reals (1,750,000 f.), and that he is to allow her pin-money to the extent of 44,000 florins (the florin is 2f. 5934 a-year. The Gazette says that the resignation of M. F. Madoz, as judge of the Tribunal of Madrid has been ac cepted. According to the Diario, the national guard has cost the municipalities very nearly 39,000,000 reals in the last two years. M. P. de la Escosura, ex-minister, major of the national guard of Madrid, and Borcerra and Camara, cap tains in the same force, had been formally sum moned to present themselves before a court- martial. According to the Diario Espanol the National Guard had cost the Ayuntamientos alone upwards of 39,000,000 of reals during the two last years. The Gazette publishes the following bando of General Zapatero, Captain-Generalof Catalonia : "Being convinced that the disastrous events which lately took place in this city are to be ascribed in a great measure to the machinations of the turbulent directors of the operatives, who, availing themselves of their per. nicious influence over the members of the different asso ciations, lead them astray by intimidation, terror, and falsehood, describing themselves as the only persons in terested in their welfare ; having, moreover, examined with special attention the character of associations which, created it is true for a beneficent and philanthropic purpose, have been converted into means of enrich ing private individuals and maintaining them in idle ness ; considering that if it be lawful, on the one hand, to found societies whose members may assist each other in their misfortunes, competitions, and in cases of cessation of labour, those associations, on the other hand, cannot be tolerated when they serve to foment anarchy, the first consequence of whi ch is always prejudicial to the labouring classes, the most interested in the maintenance of order and tranquillity, without which there can be no labour ; and being disposed to authorise in future the founda tion of all associations, provided their object be praise worthy and exclusive, like those which are intended to minister mutual relief ; and, whereas I am deter mined to guarantee the full exercise of all legitimate rights, in virtue of the express authorisation contained MONUMENT TO GENERAL MINA. BAYONNE, August 25.—The Countess Mina, widow of the celebrated Spanish guerilla chief, left this yesterday for Pampeluna. She has been invited by the municipality to attend the inau guration of a handsome monument to the me mory of General Mina. On the monument which is erected by the province to the famous Navarrese chieftain are inscribed these words— " Navarra a su hijo predilecto Francisco Espoz y Mina." Madame Mina resides habitually in the vicinity of Corunna. Her qualities of mind and heart and her extensive and practical bene volence, independent of the prestige attached to the name she bears, have given her great influence throughout the province of Gallicia, of which she is a native. Under the Regency of Espartero Madame Mina filled the post of governess to Queen Isabella, having previously had the grandeeship of Spain conferred on her, which the etiquette of the Court of Madrid required as an indispen sable condition, and to which the title of Con desa was attached. It is well known that the education of the young Queen and her sister had been neglected by their mother, whose time, dur ing the first years of her presumed widowhood, was too much taken up with other pursuits to allow of her attending to the mental cultiva tion of her children. Whatever little instruc tion or accomplishments her Majesty possesses is owing to the care of the amiable lady whose tenure of office was too brief. To say that Madame Mina replaced Queen Christina is not sufficient. In her governess Queen Isabella had before her the model of every virtue that can adorn a woman. The virtues that distinguished Queen Christina it is superfluous to dwell upon ; they have been long known to, and appreciated by, the Spanish people. The patriotic chieftain whose name Madame Mina bears, and whose memory she cherishes with undi minished affection, was the elder of the two soldiers of the guerilla bearing the same name. The one who first began the warfare of the mountain against the French, and which so often decimated their ranks and cut off their supplies, was Javier Mina. He was a student in theology in the University of Pampeluna when the French invaded Spain. Having assembled a small band of young men like himself in his native village, not far from the capital of Navarre, he raised the standard of revolt against the enemy. It was he who first made the name of Mina known. He was soon joined by Francisco Espoz y Mina, who served some time in an inferior capacity under his nephew. After a year or two of successful adven ture Javier was taken prisoner by the French. The uncle, Espoz, succeeded to the command of the guerilla band, whose numbers he greatly increased, and whose operations lie extended over the greater part of the Basque provinces as well as at Navarre. He was at one time in command of not loss than 10,000 hardy mountaineers. After the restora tion of Ferdinand Mina was treated with the same ingratitude which that miserable sovereign manifested towards the people who had made so many sacrifices in his cause. The reaction which set iu was terrible, for Ferdinand heaped perjury on perjury. An unsuccessful attempt at insurrection was made in Navarre, in which both the Minas were concerned. They succeeded in escaping, and lived for some time in France and England. Javier, the nephew, emigrated in 1816 to South America, then engaged in effecting its independence of the mother country. The guerilla chief took part with the patriots, was defeated in au encoun ter with the Royalists in Peru, was taken pri soner, and shot instantly by order of the Viceroy. The elder Mina returned from exile after the death of Ferdinand, for Queen Christina had then need of e very one to save the crown of her infant daughter. He commanded the army of operations during the first year of the civil war in the northern provinces. His health, however, did not allow of his enduring the fatigues of campaigning. Ho was appointed Captain Gene ral of Catalonia. Ho died in Barcelona in, I think, the beginning of 1836. It is of this distinguished man, Francisco Espez y Mina, that Madame Mina is the relict, and it is his memory which the Navar rese people are now honouring. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Aug. 29.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; light breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, A ng. 28.—Wind W.N.W to W.S.W.— Arrived—Fl.M.S. Vulcan, from Quebec. Sailed—North Britain, for Quebec; H.M.S. Ilecate, Madeira. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Danetta, from Rio Grande. BRIDGEWATER, Aug. 28.—Wiud S.W.—Sailed—Pro mise, for Quebec. ABERY ST WITH, Aug. 23. —Wind S. W. —Sailed—Battus, for Quebec. FLEETWOOD, Aug. 28.—Wind W.—Sailed—Mar 1311013, for Quebec. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Loire, steamer, from Liverpool. Sailed—Thomas and Margaret, for Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived—Spartan, from Bonny; E. M. Arndt, Galves ton ; Paterson, New Orleans ; Sea Flower and Versailles, St. John's, N. 8.; Heinrich Von Gayer, New Orleans ; Cores, Savanilla. • Gff—Great Western, from Now York. Sailed—Laura, for Copenhagen; Amelia, Rondt ; Ne braska, Rio Janeiro ; Claudia, Rio Grande ; Nelson, Mar. soiiles ; Courier, Stettin ; Rappahannock, New Orlcana; Mary Winch, Archangel; Wandralun, Hamburg. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 27. Wind N.W. Arrived—Alma, from Shediac ; Newnham, Laguna ; Poliva, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Pactolus, Barbadoes Sailed—Redbreast, for Lisbon ; Sallandt, Bilboa ; Ann, Alexandria ; Zoyoubyt, Bordeaux. DUBLIN, Aug. 28. Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Johanna Margretta, from Galatz. WATERFORD, Aug. 27. Wind N.W. Arrived—Supply, from Cadiz; Fanny Von Schack, Odessa ; Emma, Galatz. Sailed—Alpha, for St. John's, New Brunswick. • (BY SUBBIARINN AND BRITISH TZLRGRAPTI.I GRAVESEND, Fri , lay, 10.19 a.m. Wind W., tide two hours' flood ; weather cloudy. Arrived, Aug. 28.- -Susan and Mary, from Caen ; Comet, Aalborg; Tankeman, Buenos Ayres; Jean d'Acre, Arch angel ; Girl I Love, Cadiz. Sailed.—Queen, for Calcutta; City of Rotterdam, steamer, Dunkirk; George Marshall, Sydney. DEAL, Friday Morning, 9.5 a.m. _ _ Wind W. ; fresh. Passed.—Fair Kathleen, from Marianople ; Admiral Moorson, 167 transport, for Balaklava ; Codrington, from Antigua ; East Anglian, barque, from westward—all for London; London, screw steamer, from Aberdeen, for Dover. Anchored, Aug. 23.—Chapman, from London, for Auck land ; Camilia, London, for Al_;oa Bay. A WATERSPOUT.—We read in the Echo Rochelais : "In the morning of Sunday a waterspout was seen in the sea driven towards land by a strong south-west wind. After a while it reached the Ile de Re, which it crossed, and then arrived at the high cliff of Paragot, where it stopped as if hesitating to advance. All at once it rose to the top of the cliff, and carrying with it a quantity of dust, vine leaves, &c., proceeded across some vineyards, in which it cut off branches of grapes and leaves and uprooted a number of plants. It next proceeded to a mill, which it causes to turn round, and swept a qusn tity of tiles from the roof, threw down a wall, and did other damage. A woman on horseback at some dis tance, seeing it approach, alighted, but she was no sooner on foot than she was thrown down and rolled some distance on the ground ; her horse being frightened galloped away and was unhurt. The woman's head dress was swept off, and was subsequently found at a distance of 300 yards. The waterspout, continuing its course, uprooted several trees, threw down a wall nearly 20 feet long, carried away tiles [from barns and other buildings, and did other injury. It then proceeded to distance of about 4 kilometres (nearly 3 , miles), when it gradually disappeared. The latter part of its course was sometimes straight and sometimes horizontal. The waterspout was about 12 feet high,; resembled a long white spout vomiting water or smoke, and made a noise similar to that of a rough sea." AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TnuRsDA.Y MouNING. By the arrival of the United States mail steam ship Atlantic we have advices from New York to I6th inst. She has brought $190,000 specie on freight. The following is a letter of the Times' correspon dent, dated New York, Aug. 16 : " The closing hours of Congress have been occu pied with the Appropriation Bills, which, instead of being united in one long " Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill," as usual, have been this year, for the first time, separated. The House, having under the constitution the exclusive power of origi nating bills of this character, has made this separa tion, in order, while passing such bills as are abso lutely necessary to enable the machinery of Govern ment to go on, to hang upon others provisions that may secure the territory of Kansas from invasion by ruffians, and enable the Free Stater settlers to go there without being shot down by Government connivance. The Senate, being more strongly pro slavery than the House, has rejected all such pro positions hitherto made; and, as Monday, the 18th, is the last day of the session, there is a fair pros pect that the Army Bill and the Legislative, Judi cial, and Executive Appropriation Bills, will fail. As ten of the Free State men are absent from the House without pair, this result may be avoided to-day. There was a disposition on the part of some members of the Cabinet and many northern members of the Democratic party to yield to popu lar feeling so far as to remove Lecompte, the ob jectionable judge in Kansas, under whose directions the indictments for treason have been found against the Free State leaders ; but my letters by this morning's mail inform me that these councils have been overruled, and that Lecompte is to remain. " The Senaie have confirmed. -various treaties recently negotiated with forei g n Powers, and, among others, ono made by Mr. Wheeler with the Nicaraguan Government which preceded Walker. It is not certain that Walker will assent to the whole treaty. There is a clause, providing for the extradition of fugitives from justice, that might be inconvenient to him in his present position. " The propositions from the Congress of Paris were submitted to this Government in separate notes from each one of the Powers represented in the Congress, except Great Britain, and the omis sion is thought in Cabinet circles at Washington to be rather strange. It is thought there that Great Britain does not mean to assent, so far as the United States are concerned, to the principal propositions that free ships make free goods, and that no block ades are to be considered binding, except when actual ; and that the anti-privateering clause was meant as a stab at the maritime power of the United States. When similar propositions were made some two years since by this Government, some of the foreign Powers inserted in their re plies a request for the insertion of an article agaii st privateering ; but I am informed that, in render ing these replies, the Ministers or some of the Powers privately informed this Government that their Governments really desired the United States to hold out against the abolition of privateering, ani stated that the request had been made in order to coincide with British views. " The arrival of the Ariel from the Isthmus puts us in possession of San Francisco dates to the 21st of July. The Vigilance Committee were still in possession of the city, and the Governor seemed to have given up the contest. Indeed I have heard from Washington that one reason which had much weight with the Cabinet in inducing them not to furnish the authorities of the State with mate rials for quelling the insurrection was the know ledge they had that the Executive was leagued with the Committee in the commencement of these high-handed proceedings. If true, what a sad picture of the working of representa. tive institutions—the confession of the inability of Government to check lawfulness and violence, to restrain peculation, and to preserve purity in elections without the aid of a mob ! For, however much the sympathies of men of probity and correct lives, and industrious habits, and of property may ruu with the men of San Francisco, who have risen to protect themselves against their own officers, the manner in which they have placed themselves in hostility to constituted law entitles them to be called by no other name. The case of Judge Terry, who stabbed Hopkins in the street, is yet un finished. Hopkins has been alternately better and worse ; and, as he has been up or down, the Go vernor of the State has shown an indifference to the fate of the offender, or been in treaty for his life. At the last account Hopkins was getting better, and it was supposed that the judge would receive a sentence of banishment without any pro test, or interference from his Excellency. People here begin to ask how leng this state of things can continue. The non-interference of the United States has been justified only on the technical ;round that the application was prematurely made. If harmony is not speedily restored, and the power returned to the legitimate hands, it is plain that the Federal Government will have no alternative left but interference. The movement now is as- suming a political form. The Republicans are organising themselves in California, and mean to contest the State with the hope of carrying it for Fremont, on the issue of aPacific railroad to be constructed by national aid. The same influences that have led men to rise in opposition to the State authorities will lead them also into opposition to the Federal Government, which has appointe.l many of the objectionable men to office, and among .vhose supporters many others are to be found. You can easily see, therefore, that there is a pro spect of a collision between the Federal Govern ment and the Vigilance Committee unless order is soon restored. " The Committee have published, in their own justification a long report of the official corruption in San Francisco, a copy of which I enclose. It exhibits a remarkable state of things, and says little for the fruits of the ballot in that part of the world. But I can hardly say I think they make out a case to justify rebellion and civil war. The substance of it is that, through the negligence and supineness of these very men who now compose and support the committee, the offices about the courts, includ ing the bench itself, were filled with gamblers, rowdies, " shoulderhitters," and political idlers, who pilfered the country in some pretty large sums, neglected their duties till things are all at sixes and sevens, and managed matters so that when their own friends were tried for any of their offences the prosecutions either died of inanition, or were disposed of by packed juries. It is true that this is not a very pleasant state of things ; but then, on the other hand, the aggregate of the job bing is not very large (they only charge 100,0001., and show much less than that), and as for the ne glect of duties and creation of sinecures, there are other places besides San Francisco where such things are done. Nor is California the first place in the world, I fancy, where juries have been packed, or where prosecutions have been managed. "The contest draws closer between Buchanan and Fremont as the day of election comes near. As yet there is little enthusiasm for any one in this part of the country. With the thermometer at 98 deg. in the shade, the enthu-lasm of even an office holder would melt away; but in the autumn I doubt not we shall all grow WM un as the weather grows cool. The defection of Mr. Choate to Buchanan is a serious blow for the New England supporters of Mr. Fillmore. On the other hand, his New York forces have received the open addition of what they , have long had secretly, the adhesion to Know- Nothingism of the old line Conservative Whigs. I The result depends, however, not on New Eng land or New York (about whose votes in the Elec toral College I cannot see much reasonable room for doubt), but upon New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, and Indiana, where the Fillmore vote is supposed to be strong enough to put Buchanan ahead of Fremont. Here the energies of each party will be spent. One thing you may regard as certain at the present moment (whatever it may be by and by)—that without a union of the friends of Mr. Fillmore and those of Col. Fremont, neither Penn sylvania nor New Jersey can b e carried against Mr. Buchanan; unless they are the defeat of that gentleman is impossible ; but with such a union Mr. Buchanan will find himself in a minority. That is the state of the canvass to-day. I do n o t pretend to say whether it w ill or will not chancre between now and November, for in the complicated machinery of American p olitics it is impossible to foresee what combinations may be made, or what counter movements may be made to check them. " The news from Central America is once more belligerent.' Rivas, assisted by 3,000 Guatemalians, was fortifying Leon , and Walker had co ll ec t e d a force of 1,000 men , with which he w as s h or tl y t o march to the attack. Costa Rica also stood ready to again invade Nicaragua. A large British force was gathered in the harbour of S an J uan . "The treaty of reciprocity with the Sandwich Islands, which would be doub t l ess a d van t ageous t o b o th countries, will be killed in the Senate by the opposition o f the State of L ou i s i ana , w hi c h o bj ec t s to the admission of free sugar. " The cotton States have been visited by a violent rain storm ? lasting 110 h ours , an d flo o ding every. thing. It is said that the cotton crops are injured, but we have no definite intelligence. "Since my last letter two violent showers have swept over . New York, sending the rain down in sheets, and filling the gutters with streams large enough to turn the wheel of a small cotton-mill. These have carried away much of the dirt and gar bage which were filling the air with malaria under a burning sun, and have so lowered the tempera ture that we hope to have escaped the yellow fever. What is still more favourable, the disease itself ap pears to be on the decline at quarantine, and there is good reason now to believe that we are to escape. No thanks, however, to the authorities of this tax ridden city. The appropriations for street-cleaning for the, entire year have been already more than exhausted, and, with a pestilence at our doors, we are without a penny to remove the causes of it. I do not believe that there is on the face of the earth a place where more money is raised by taxation with less to show for it. 7,000,000 dols. a-year are now raised for the expenses of this city govern ment, and we have to raise the money by private subscriptions for so simple a matter as cleaning our own streets. " The Chicago and Rock Island station at Chi cago, together with several loaded cars, was burnt the day before yesterday. The supposed loss was from 150,000 to 200,000 dols. " The money market, which was contracting when I last wrote, has been eased by the arrival of 1,500,000 dols. in gold from California, and of 500,000 dols. Government draughts on the Sub treasury. This has caused au improvement in the stock market, and prices have recovered. Exchange has declined to 109 i to / bankers', and 9 to 0.1 best commercial bills. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. On the 4th of June the House of Assembly pro ceeded in a body, headed by the Speaker, to Govern ment-house, Cape Town, and presented addresses, agreed to upon the previous day, to her Majesty and the Governor. In these documents the congratula tions of the house are offered on the conclusion of peace, and gratitude is expressed to her Majesty for the solicitude for the welfare of the colony evinced in the proposition to settle within the same a numerous body of the British German Legion. At a few minutes before 12 the house again pro ceeded to Government-house to receive his Excel lency's closing speech. In this the governor says : Mr. President and gentlemen of the Legislative Conn. cif, Mr. Speaker, and gentlemen of the House of As sembly,—l trust that as the commerce and wealth of the colony develope themselves, you will endeavour to mature some measure, by which either a part of the customs re venue or some of the advantages which arise from its ex penditure, may, upon some equitable principles, be shared by the states and provinces which virtually contribute to it. At present nearly the whole trade and commerce of South Africa fliws through this colony, fertilising as it were the country as it flows, and enriching its inhabitants in manifold ways. The customs revenue is but a small part of even the public benefit which we derive from this commerce, and in no manner repre sents the wealth which by a thousand invisible streams it brings to almost every part of the colony. It is a difficult process to divert commerce from channels which it has long occupied, but once it is so diverteet it is even inure difficult to restore it to its former course, The trade which we carry on with the interior is yet but in its very infancy ; it, then, it is now of so great and pal pable advantage to this colony, who can estimate what its value will be when the vast tracts of the interior, to which emigrants are daily proceeding, swarm with a large population of Europeans or of almost civilised native tribes ? If we view the subject under this aspect, I feel sure that all must agree that every step should be taken which a prudent liberality can dictate to enter into some arrangements with the states and pro vinces in our vicinity, which may have the effect of binding them by ties of at least reciprocal mercantile advai stage, and of long securing to this colony that commerce which is even now so beneficial, and which year by year acquires additional importance. At the comment encient of the session of 1855, it was my duty to lay bei 7 ore you the system of policy which I proposed should be! :pursued in reference to the frontier and British Kaffraria. That line of policy has been strictly adhered to by the Govern ment ; at the time it was received with gene rail approval on your part, and you have since cordially co-operated in every step which the Government has taken with regard to it. Its entire attainment appeared from its m agnitude to be difficult and remote, but still aided by youir wisdom and experience, and cheered by your co operation and sympathy, I patiently, with you, as my fellow-labourers, worked on towards the end we had in view, an d whine I never doubted that we should ultimately reach. It be comes me, therefore, on this occasion to thank - . you for the aid and confidence which you have afforded me, and, together with you, to rejoice at the rapid a dyances we now appear likely to make the ends we so ai ixiously desired to reach. You, lam sure, in common ev.itia my self, feel grateful to that Divine Providence, which has guided this colony through so many difficulties to the present point, at which so bright a feature appe,ars opening to it. Rising above those local and sehfish views, you have indeed, by your addresses, shown, the gratitude and joy with which you view the honouirable peace which has recently been concluded, and a hick appears likely to secure such advantages to the whole of Europe. The feelings which you have on this c icea sion expressed will be most gratifying to her Maje sty. and are due to the Queen, who, throughout the rec eat just war in which her empire was engaged, felt so anxious a solicitude for the safety and welfare of t his colony, that pressed as Great Britain was for troops h er Mamie ty nevertheless always maintained here that large* and efficient force which your necessities required, anti. whose first thought subsequently to the conclusion of the peace has been how, from that auspicious event,' advantages might be derived which might for ever se cure this colony from those devastating wars which have so often brought ruin to its inhabitants. I thank you for your attendance during the present session of parliament—an attendance which has, I am aware, been attended by personal loss and inconvenience to many of you, for which you must, however, in a great measure, feel compensated by the advantages which you have been enabled to secure to the celony. I now in her Majesty's name prorogue this parliament of her Ma jesty's settlement of the Cape of Good Hope to Wed nesday, the 221 day of October next, and it is hereby prorogued accordingly. FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL OF SUREWSBURY. The remains of the late earl arrived at Alton at eleven o'clock on the evening of the 21st, by a specie l train from Liverpool, and were immediately conveyed from the station by a hearse which was waiting ft r tha t pur pose. His lordship's remains were conveyed to th e Cets• tle Chapel, where they lay until Tuesday, when they were consigned to their last resting-place, prepare d on the south side of the altar. At an early hour the church belle, deeply mu filed, commenced a solemn peal, which was continued at in tervals during the early part of the day. From ten o'clock to the hour of interment numerous persons,, the greater part of whom were respectably attired in mon ril ing, continued to arrive, so that before 11 o'clock, t he hour appointed for the commencement of the funot •al service, the chapel was so densely filled that many 1 a a.- ties were unable to gain admission, and were obliged 1 0 remain outside. The whole of the interior of the dial lei was covered with black cloth, divided into panels l of broad silver braiding. On the front of the pulpit, also cc. `' vered with black cloth was the escutcheon of the deceased in a frame of silver. An armorial shield, with two talbota rampant, surmounted by a coronet, in a silver frame or• namented each of the panels in the chapel. From the choir was suspended a black drapery, with scrolls twice crossed, on which was inscribed "In hoc signo spec Inca." The coffin was placed on a lofty bier within the chan cel, and covered with a splendid pall of black and crime Ron velvet, deeply edged with gold fringe, with the arms of the earl, and divided diagonally with the motto of " Prest d'accomplir," worked in letters of massive gold. The coronet of the decased nobleman was placed on the coffin resting on a crimson velvet cushion fringed with gold. On each side were three brass candelabra, csntaining numerous wax candles, and six immense wax candles, in massive stands, were placed cn the screen, immediately over the sanctuary, which was also illuminated. A chandelier, filled with wax lights, was suspended in the centre of the chapel, and when the whole were lighted up, daylight being carefully excluded, the effect produced was of the most solemn grandeur. At 11 o'clock the Rev. Dr. Winter, the Rev. M. 0. Sul livan, deacon, and the Rev. J. P. Dowling, celebrant, chanted a solemn requiem, the responses being given in beautiful harmony by the choir. The pall was then re moved, di-playing the coffin covered with erimson velvet, ornamented with armorial devices richly worked in mas sive gold, and it was then deposited in the vault prepared for its reception on the south side of the altar. At the head of the coffin was Mrs. Hibbart, mother cf the late earl, and on side seats were Lady Annette do Trafford, his lordship's eldest sister, Lady Gwyndeline Talbot, his lordship's second sister, Captain Washington Hibbert, Sir Humphrey de Trafford, the Duke of Nor folk, and Lord Edward Howard. There were also pre sent in the chancel Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, one of the late earl's executors, J. Williams, Esq., Mr. E. W. Pugin, Dr. Crawford, the Very Rev. Drs. Rack, Smith, and Hale ; the Rev. Canon Jones, the Rev'. M. Heffernan, M. J. O'Sullivan, P. Holland, M. Power, P. Power ; Fathers Raphael and Raymond, &c. MISS NIGHTINGALE,. The workmen in a large manufactory in the neigh bourhood of Newcastle upon-Tyne sent an address to Miss Nightingale a few days since, congratulating her upon her safe return to her home and friends. Miss Nightingale has returned the following reply : " August 23, 1856. "My dear Friends,—l wish it were in my power to tell what was in my heart when I received your letter. Your welcome home, your sympathy with what has been passing while I have been absent, have touched me more than I can tell in words. My dear friends, the things that are deepest in our hearts are perhaps what it is most difficult to us to express. She hath done what she could.' Those words I inscribed on the tomb of one of my best helpers whom I left in the . graveyard at Scutari. " It has been my endeavour, in the sight of God, to do as she has done. I will not speak of reward, when permitted to do our country's work. It is what we live for. But I may say that to receive sympathy from af fectionate hearts like yours is the great e st support, the g r e atest gratification, that is possible fur me to receive from man. "I thank you all, the 1,800, with grateful, tender affection. And I should have written before to do so, were not the business, which my return home has not ended, almost more than I can mara-ge. "Pray believe me, my dear friends, "Yours faith , u ly n I gratefully, (Signed) "FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE."