The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-11 00:00:00

...........,,....._ ...___ _ T HE A T RE Ia • ROYAL DRURY - LANE , 3nalzers, Messrs. Edmund Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.—The Public is respectfully intormed that the above (the National) 'Theatre will be OPENED t,:,r there WINTER SEASON, on SATURDA Y NEXT, Sep and 12th : when will be produc ed an entirely new and original Comedy, by Edmund Falconer, Author titled Extremes," " Woman." " Pe e p o'Day," &c., enti NATURE'S ABOVE ART : A Romance of the Nursery, ill which Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Ryder, Barrett, G. lielmore, F. Charles. Neville ; Miss Charlotte Satuade.rs, Miss Murray, Miss R. Leclereq, Mrs. Melville, and Mrs. Ed mund Falconer. assisted by other artists, will perform. After the Comedy will be presented a Popula- farce, prin cipal characters by favourite members of the Company. Box-office open from Tcu till Five daily. - -- ~ yY R ®Y AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. LeSsee, Mr. George Vining. Open under the Management of Mr. Walter Montgomery. THIS 141VENING, Massinger's Play of A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DERTS. Sir Giles Overreach, Mr. Walter Montgomery; Lady Allwortli, Miss Atkinson. To be followed by FAMILY JARS. Commence at 7. N' THEATRE-130 YAL, ADELVII.—• s o lo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING (Id week), at 7, a new comic drama, THE HEN AND CHICKENS ; or, A Sign of Affection. Messrs. .eillington, It. Phillips, Stephenson ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss 11. Simms. After which, at a quarter-past 8. the new drama of THE .HAUNTED MAN; OR, THE Gti OST'S BARGAIN, in *which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of •he Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Philips, Sefton, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss LI. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Messrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr. Leigh Murray. Followed by (17th time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanhorough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny. White. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Turner, Miss ruorne. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " TH E SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, eau be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. Morning, lh. 2m.—Afternoon, lh. 21m. To-moßnow.-Morning, lh. 40m.—Afternoon. lh. 59m. The Weather—Sun Office, Sept. 11, 1863. THERMOMETEIL. This morning This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30. 13 . Wind—lV.-N.IV ; moderate, and fine. q„ , t - 51 1.. SUIT, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1863. The quiet irony of " S" in our leading contenapo • Tarp must be rapidly rendering his contributions as distasteful to the Federals as those of their own wilful " MANHATTAN." The initial must sound to Yankee ears sarcastically sibillant. "MANHATTAN" often blurts out the unpleasantest truths, home truths that must perforce be doubly and trebly unpieasant, when discussed at the hotel bars of Washington and New York over modest quenchers in the guise of a mint julep or a cocktail—because coming avowedly from the lips, or rather from the pen of a partisan. But with " S." it is altogether something very different. Liverpool is the place he hails from, it will be ob served. It may be taken for granted, we presume, that he is no American, neither from the North, nor yet from the South—but that, on the contrary, he is a right-down, plain-spoken Englishman. Then it is, as we began by saying, the very quietness of his irony, that gives so much poignancy to its sting. The perfect self-possession of his manner in jotting down his commentaries quite deliberately, must be something frightfully irritating to a Northern ; must render his calm insinuation of a sneer, when ever they fall upon genuine Yankee ears, as agree able to that same genuine Yankee, as though his palate had been suddenly drenched with gall and wormwood. Among the latest of these penetrating, and surely intolerablo gibes flowing to all appearance from a pure love of mischief on the part of S., is the casual remark with which ho opens cut upon his old enemies, the Federals, to-day, in the manner following The City of 'Washington," he says, "reports the capture of two Federal gunboats on the Rappahannock—a curious fact, as the Confederates have nothing afloat in that quarter, and must have taken them by attack from the land." And he adds, with an air of scornful incredulity that he takes no trouble whatever to conceal—" We are also informed of the seizure of 100,000 bales of cotton at Natchez. There was some moderation in not calling this 1,000,000, which sounds much larger, and only takes one or two more ciphers of type." Now for all those barbed and poisonei arrows of ridicule perpetually hurtling about them from all imaginable quarters, the Federals have simply and solely and wholly to thank themselves. They have to thank their own flagrant and noto rious mendacity. Their own aptitude for "piling it up mountainously." Their own passion for what we are accustomed to call in this country, a wilful perversion of facts and an unseemly preference for exaggeration and antipathy over telling the plain, bold truth. When " S." flouts them for not putting down 1,000,000 instead of 100,000 —he de rides them not out of any perverse spite on his own part, but because of the systematic mendacity notorious upon theirs. He is merely uttering in a few plain words the obvious thought of thousands. They might just as lief say 1,000,0 00 as 100,000. " All's one for that"—to them—just as it was of old JACK FALSTAFF when, with his lips yet wet from the flaggon, he protestedto Prince HAL, with an oath, that he had not that day tasted sack or canary. If we were to have believed the Yankee statements after Gettysburg, MEADE and his e n were to make short work of LEE andl lia defeated army. - Whereas—ever since Gettys d4u7tes—dtila,oeiConfederate commander-in-chief has con any eetio : army whithersoever he listed without his ow 4 'a head quarters afresh, has recruited it, has chosen : IPlar t e rs afresh , and has pr e p ared quite d e li b operations, a t ,elY for a choice of his own future acting, since Il his e v ictorious MEADE all the while vaunted success over the South, simply upo n , the d e ruins was, defensive. Again, the crash ing of Fort S umter it o taug ht to believe they we were exultant commentators upon that news, directly of the fall of Sumt er the glad tidings reached New 4 0 1 York and Washington f of Sumter was to lead the assailin g Federal e oe, almost by a hop, skip, and a jump, into C harlest on. , babilities there , h owever, a pp ea r to 1 -he pro u° fading out rapidly before the advance of the autti 'meat , d the prospect of the wintry season. All "" can do is to wait, and watch, and listen to the accounts brought to us from time to time from the Bide o f the Federals, with as much credulity in the accuracy of their assertions as those same Federals h ave left us. At the Liverpool School of Science, H the QUEEN'g Prizes were d e li vere d by Lord ST INLEY• is lordship made a most interesting s peech, and intro duced several i ns t ruc ti ve t op i cs i n to his discours e. He explained the object and purpose of the insti tution, which were to promote the general know ledge of science. He said, truly eaough, that it was idle for a man to walk through a collection of interesting objects in art and nature without being able to understand them. It was also felt that it was not suitable for a town like that, the centre , and capital of the commerce of the north, to have no , special institution to teach science. Lord STANLEY :k remarked further on that in Liverpool they had not suffered from the American war to any very eonsi-, derable extent, and, indeed, some had been gainers; but still all had felt that they had a paramount claim on them superior to that of education " in the sufferings and privations of nearly half a mil lion of their fellow-countrymen." To this cause he ' attributed the fact that the funds of the institution were not so prosperous as might have been de sired. Still the attempt had not been a failure. So many as 128 had attended the lectures, and the students who had gone through state examinations had passed in the respective numbers of 41 from 43, and 31 from 33. Therefore, the best use bad been made of the resources. He would touch another point, and mention that institutions such as these often get connected with some particular sect or party, however free and unfettered may be their opening course. But science was "neutral ground," and he might say that this institution had been formed and continued without in any way passing from its ostensible object. But, his lordship aptly remarked, if it were otherwise, perhaps, they might have fared better. In most men there was some of the fighting instinct, and it was often strange bow the love of good was stimulated by a little oppo sition. For them, however, things were doubtless better as they were, for, if they excited no enthu siasm, at least they had no prejudices to e ncounter. They had nothing to do with politics, with religion, or social controversies, than that they be lieved that the more scientific training was mcul tivated the less likely any onewtaasketoup b , e c e the sort who injure any cause they hot headed, narrow-minded , m ischievous enthusiasts. This is very correct reasoning, as it is never from cultivated, or the t m h e e e class e w et h iv o e, is tthhaet m the osth v i i g o h le l n y t notions proceed which do so much damage to all who are connected with them in any way, whether in concert or in opposition. If it was asked what was the aim pro posed by such a school as that here referred to, he would say that its result was two-fold. In the first place, it decided to impart a number of the principles which they had to apply to men occu pied in various pursuits, it taught them to work as men, and not as machines. This is certainly a great desideratum to be achieved, and one that is sure to prove advantageous to a large and influen tial body of men who, working in their several arduous vocations, are great national benefactors, and are well worthy to enjoy that pride and pleasure in their engagements which gives the truest zest to labour, and makes the skilled artizan as great in his way as any king that walks the earth in pride. LORD STANLEY then said that the institution had another object, to provide a more special culture for those who fall into loose and vague habits of thought. Into this very comprehensive subject he did not mean to enter, but he would remark in passing, that he had long believed that even in the education of the upper classes those who were supposed to be the " brain-workers as opposed to the hand-workers of the community, too much time is given to the study of the works of man, or too little to those of nature." Lord STANLEY further illustrated his valuable remark by instancing how an English lad might go up to college after having carried off the highest honours of a public school, who is skilled in the compilation of Greek and Latin verses, and yet cannot tell why water runs down bill instead of up, and how the heating of water in a boiler enables a ship to move. His lordship went on to say that he disparaged no kind of culture, and indeed felt kindly disposed towards pursuits that he once followed himself, but ho did not see why one pursuit should altogether supersede another. In the best foreign schools the case was different, and in intellectual training we were behind them, if we were superior to them in moral and physical discipline. This is very true, and the sooner these mistakes aro rectified in our public seminaries and colleges the better. There is no reason why a more extensive style of teaching should not prevail, and the results are sure to be beneficial to all concerned. Lord STANLEY justly observed that almost all great in ventions, and especially those in manufactures, were made by men who had risen from the ranks. People might say that if they succeeded so well, why should their successors need improvement? He answered that they did not know what might have been done, and " Brain Power," was too rare and valuable to be allowed to run to waste. These toilers and searchers after truth might be wasting precious time for want of right information, and be like men who lost their way in dense forests, who did not know that within a few yards there was a good road leading to the desired end. There was no room here for the usual objection what was to be done with the trained man when they got him. Every manufacturer in Lancashire would ask what was his use and value. The demand exceeded the supply, in fact. Lord STANLEY concluded his inte resting speech by saying that they must look to in dustrial science as a means towards the develop ment of a higher civilisation. The slavery of man to man was terrible ; but there was another kind of slavery, that of those whose sole existence was an unrelieved struggle to supply their wants. " What they need is to have a portion of their work taken off their hands. To this end we are daily progressing." The winds of heaven, the waters of our rivers, the force stored in our coal fields, are multiplying a thousandfold the power of human muscles, and giving leisure for human thought. There was no reason in the remarks constantly made that machinery was unpopular; the history of science was the history of improvement; it was the conquest of man over nature, "of intelligence substituted for brute force, and skill for toil; of life lengthened, disease rendered less severe, leisure more abundant, knowledge more ample, and men better fitted for those high destinies which, w e believe, it is the purpose of Providence they should fulfil." A more fitting and appropriate conclusion could hardly have been made to this highly in structive discourse, on a subject, too, which so intimately and materially is conuected with the interests of all. An interesting ceremony took place on Wednes day last in the to eat of Dundee. On that day the People's Park, the noble gift of Sir DAVID BAXTER to the town, was formally opened to the public. A general holiday was observed in the neighbour hood in honour of an event which promised such great and substantial benefits to all future genera tions of citizens. Such gifts are happily not so rare in these days as to be matters of wonder, but they are not common enough to deprive them of interest a nd importance, and tho large and liberal spirit in heart g y ra el ltiefe; which the present undertaking has been carried out r enders it in cheers fellow-citizens must have carried every respect a national work. The t th he at his muniheassturance to Sir DAVID BAITER and that donation had given universal his u n s a t ra r h e e a s v i w d e e i n l b l t e satisfaction, residents n o inning Dundee.u b c e held h in . deservedly in honoited,tvohbo is ur b y the . Another spectator, w i, 0 took a the day's proceedin gs , it prominent part in at the staying the terested by them• Earl T, e ."AISSELL • f ree dom of the town from the hands ofmtandeenaCtoor memperte!ent on tihne th ccec n a e si ig on h , b a o n u d rho to od r , e 7 e a i s ve iti l , ration. The eulogistic address with which the gift Pe aenadrlitehrecaarleluesri,oran mast the also have achievements accompanied, n o i f e dh,i his been gratifying to his lordship, Comparing the A -__ 1~1~ 1 y E v N E,i1.14f3i , S E 11, 1833 EDl , bm E SU N, LON DON, FE IDA past with the future, he must watch with intereat the vast moral, religious, and political changes which have taken place in 'Scotland, as in England, since the days of the Test Act and the Reform Bill. There is room undoubtedly for some self-compla cency in the mind of any man who took part in those great movements which have made us what we are ; but . ,we cannot help thinking that Earl RUSSELL appropriates more than his due. "I have been happy," he says, in acknowledg in g the compliments paid to his p olitical career, " I have been happy to contribute humbly to the victory of those eloquent and distinguished men who were foremost in the cause of Catholic emanci forthleps. With eopl r people the great r ba t ttleof the p at i o n repeal — w h o of won corn laws. he measures in which I had a more immediate part in preparing—the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts ; in framing a plan for the reform of our muni cipal carporations—l have been studious to build upon the ancient foundations, to adapt new mea sures to existing laws, and to put them in harmony with the institutions of a country justly proud of its liberty." Such a character might have been true of Lord JOHN RUSSELL ten or twelve years ago, but it is not altogether . recognisable in the Earl RUssELL of the present day. Religious toleration is happily no longer a matter of discussion—but • what of political reform ? The adaptation of " new measures to existing laws" is somewhat at a stand still. It is difficult to avoid remembering on such • an occasion that the present Liberal Administra tion has left this cardinal point of liberalism ma t touched; that at first loud professions filled the ) place of practice, but after a time even these died [ out and left an absolute blank. Even Earl I RUSSELL does not trouble himself any longer with talking about his love of reform, and his desire to see the great work happily accomplished. He has now taken up another line, and plumes himself upon the recollections of the past. The popularity of Lord PALMERSTON may be, as his noble colleague asserts, just and universal, but it was certainly not enhanced by the circumstances under which he came into office, The change of administration by a dexterous political move was made under false colours. The urgent need of a Reform Bill, wholesale, comprehensive, and con clusive in all its clauses was professedly the great question of the day. The Tory measure, which though faulty and limited in its scope, was still capable of adaptation to the national requirements, was dismissed with sovereign contempt. How could such fervent Reformers give a moment's tolera tion to a partial and temporary measure. The victory was won, the helm of State changed hands, and all men watched to see the great results of the Liberal accession to office. But, watch they might. Session after Session has gone by, measure after measure has been proposed, debated, or carried, but the New Reform Bill remains among the things of the future. It is not to be reckoned among the achievements of that Cabinet of which Earl RUS SELL is so conspicuous a member. The " strict impartiality " which Earl RUSSELL prides himself on having observed, during the American struggle, is also open to criticism. Whether the end of the chapter will prove that England has acted a part worthy of her, may reasonably be questioned ; but at least it is unfair to talk of rigid impartiality in a case where non-recognition of one of the com batants was virtually affording substantial assist ance to the other. It is fortunate that our Foreign Secretary still plumes himself upon the re flection that " British law and British justice " are safeguards and securities—a fact which British merchants and shipowners had begun to doubt. Whether they have afforded much protection to the owners of the Peterhoff and the cargo we may ; leave those gentlemen to answer, but, with a damard trade and crippled commerce, having offended both belligerents and left other neutrals to 1 step forward and take the lead which our position gave us, we need not boast too much about the happy conjunction of "peace and honour." Earl RUSSELL when he kept out of the range of politics was happier in his address. His suggestion as to the occasional employment of the new park as a playground for the schools of the town, was accom ipmanpioed rta b n y e e s o o m just and n te r s sensible persi remarks ng study with r e . c i n r e s t a r t ui°ento—rsaofflacotuthto.o Theoften 0 w overlooked unbent by is t a h ti e old comparison, but the lesson it teaches is not yet fully learnt, and the startling assertion made by the inspectors that the children who were at school halt time learned as much as those at whole time, is full of suggestions to the directors of academies and institutions for the children of the wealthier classes. It sounds well to give a list of the studies pursued each day, to count long hours devoted to close application ; but who knows how much is lost under that apparent ga i n ? Th e i mportance o f such questions is becomi ng s l ow l y recognised, but is it will be some time yet b e f ore it fully Dundee" did ; and "the youngest B argess ofivanpdperoe:, did good service when be bespoke for the youthful students of the city the use of " the People's Park." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,) THE RANI: OF FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 11. The Moniteur of this morning contains the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results, as compared with the August account : Cash in hand . Bank-notes Treasury balance INCREASE. Francs. 1 . 31 millions. 61 millions. million, DECREASE. Bills discounted, not yet due 191 millions. Advances ... ..... ...... , lO 1.6 millions. Current Recounts „, .... nishes them. According to Article Bof the present project, there must i❑ such a case be a majority of two-thirds, that is to say, of 12 instead of 9 out of 17 votes. It is, moreover, well-known at Vienna that the idea of obtaining from the Confederation a guarantee for the non-German province was never thought of in the Austrian reform project. The experience of the past proves that, in case of danger, Austria must rely on herself rather than on the as sistance of the German States. if a last proof were necessary that thelteform project brought forward at Frankfort little favours the policy of international centralisation, it would be found in the fact, that the Hungarians, who are the adversaries of such cen tralisation, have applauded the project which, if carried into execution, would necessitate changes in the centralising constitution of the 26th Feb., and favour the idea of the dualism which is the dream of the Magyar party." The Steam. Rams in the Mersey. Some doubt has been cast upon the statement which we made a few days ago with reference to the steam-rams El Monastir and El Tousson, in course of construction at Mr. Laird's yard. We can only repeat our certainty of its accuracy. The G,;vernment have given notice to the builder that the ships will not be allowed to leave the Mersey, and if it is found that their construction is con trary to the terms of the Foreign Enlistment Act, they will be se:zed as violating its provisions.-- .llorning Post. THE PATENT GHOST. We have been favoured with the inspection of an old translation of the work written by John Bap tista de Ports, in 1558, upon "Natural Magiek. ' It was translated into English in 1658. The fol dpttnau thathneani setdsl despised patented sskt thereteb e eed d ebn n;ya : fol lowing panage, in the 17th Book, will show that Professor Pepper's Ghost is not new because it is :o f tei t owhs . h : ehan— H wmeoldr n e w thoughtmw a e y m i any thisSa n e See a i n ue ha artifice a C m h b a e m r ,b noteirf Things m i o n ab g ne s look in, see those things which were never there ; chamber teob a rrr n we: witty r s h o tweoriendi ndetos owc rtnihboaet where twillhthe othert hlt matter, iashnpt sp t ectator am e ti oeei comes looks in ; let the whole window or part of it be of glass, es we used so to do to keep out the cold, but let one part be polished, that there may be a look ing-glass on both sides, whence the spectator must look in ; for the rest do nothing. Let pictures be set over against this window, marble statues, and such like ; for what is without will seem with;n, and what is behind the spectator's back he will think to be in the middle of the house, as far from the glass inward as they stand from it outwardly, i But lest tile skill should nothing but truth. the and so clearly and certainly that he would think he seesbe known, let the part be made so where orna ment is, that pavement may not come between his head, that a nious man do this, above his head ; and if an Inge the spectator may not see it, as above it is impossible that he should deceived." —Building News. [More remarkable even than this—as an antici pationer's Patent suppose that he is of Mr. Dirck's and ProfessorPepp Ghost—because the account we are about to referlato may be found in a work of great fame a nd p o r . rity : far more remarkable than the abov e is the fact that this very optical illusion is fully explained (illustrated, too, with several c:ever woodcuts) in the "Natural Magic" of Sir David Brewster. — ED. Sun. The island of Monte Christo, which owes its cele brity to Alexandre Dumas' popular novel, has just been VI4C) by the Italian Ci9yeripacut a 5 a penal settlogleut, AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SEPT. 11. The Grad Duke Constantine has arrived here and was received by his Majesty, the Emperor, at the railway station. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. LENIBERG, SEPT 10. In the recent engagement with the Russians, Lelewel was left dead upon the _field, pierced by two bullets. ITALY. TURIN, SEPT, 10. The evening papers announce that the king will review 51 batteries of artillery on the 20th inst., on the plain of Sontrna, after the other reviews have taken place at Milan. GREECE. ATHENS, SEPT 5. Owing to disquieting rumours the National Guard is still nightly kept under arms. Distur bances have taken place in Messenia. FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. ii. The C onstitutionnel of this morning says:— " The law-suit between the owners of a French and an English ship, which was to have been tried before the court at Sunderland, has been transferred to French jurisdiction at the request of M. Dronyn de Lhuys." TOULON, SEPT. 10. The Annamite ambassadors arrived here yester day evening. A salute was fired by the ships in the harbour. The ambassadors will disembark to-day, and will be officially received by the authorities. The captain of the frigate Aubaret will act as interpreter to the embassy. BOURSE, Sept. 10.—The market has not shown much animation. Prices at the commencement of business were rather lower, but they have since rallied, and are now about the same as yesterday, Threes having been last called at 68f. 75c. Railway Share Market quiet, with but little change in quo tations up t o this hour. The m arket closed as follows : per Cents. .....• 96 -- Do. end month.... 3 per Cents ..... 68 85 Do. end month.... 68 80 Credit Mobilier... 1197 50 Do. end month.... Bank Shares ...... 3390 Credit Foncier ....1400 D lt o a . li e a n n a L ni on o n nth 7 7 4 4 — O5 New ditto Do, end month.. • Russian. Austrian Spaniz-11Threes.„ s— 3 Debt l lly ° o w n d s i an tt° d Aleditc:rranelin. 'AYS. Cash. A ccount . Orleans Northern 907 50 .. -- -- • . - - Geneva 497 50 .. 497 50 Southern 747 50 Western Eastern - .. 510 1040 .. 1035 Sardinian ...... 426 15 .. 430 Austrian .............. 425 .. 425 Lorobard .............. 568 75 .• 570 North of Spain .... Saragossa ........ Ditto to 13arcelona RAIL R 0 M E. The Morning Post says :—" The great subject of interest in Rome just now is the approaching pro cession, which is to take place next Sunday, b y express command of his Holiness, in order to ani mate the faith of the Romans in the Saviour during the present grievous necessities of the Church and State. With all the pomp and splendour which the Roman Court can confer, the venerable image of the Saviour, preserved at St. Peter's in the sancta sanctorum, will be solemnly carried to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, and a week after to that of St. John Lateran for a halt of th ree d ays more, before returning to the Vatican. Th e Car dinal Vicar has put forth a long inrit o sacro to t h e Romans on this s ub j ect. I extract fr om this docu ment the followi n g passages Like the sacred ark brought by king David with solemn pomp into the city of Zion, let the adored image of the Saviour traverse the streets of Rome. Let us all turn towards it and repeat w ith h um i l i ty an d faith, Ostende faciem tuam et salvi erimus.' Let it be introduced into the Basilica sacred to the Vir gin, and there listen to the prayers and vows of his blessed mother Mary, instead of our prayers and vows. •-It is the will of the Holy Father on this occasion that particular prayers be offered up for unhappy Poland, which he now beholds a scene of slaughter and blood. The Polish nation, which was always Catholic, and a b u l war k aga inst the in vasion of error, certainly merits our pryers, that it may be freed from the evils which afflict it, and, never losing its character, may remain always faith ful to the mission entrusted to it by God, not only to keep, but also to guard intact and inviolable, with the unanimous consent of all who compose the nation, the banner of the Catholic faith, and the religion of their fathers." AUSTRIA. The Constitutionnel publishes under ail reserve the following details on the faith of a letter from Vienna;—" The Emperor of Austria, in taking in hand the cause of reform, was far from expecting that his proceeding would have been interpreted in a sense hostile to the neighbouring States. What the Austrian Cabinet wished was to deprive the reformist agitation of its object, and to satisfy the legitimate aspirations of the people. It is only necessary to throw a glance over the pro ject of reform, to be convinced! that it strictly maintains the bases of the compact of 1815—the Federative principle and the sovereignty of each member of the Confederation. If this project be compared with the plans set forth in the pro gramme of the Nationalverein, and with the unionist ideas of Prussia in 1850, it will be seen which of the two modifies the international situation of the Confederation such as it has been established by treaties. The unitary and Prussian projects wish to replace the Federal Council by a single head ; the Austrian one maintains that Council, represent ing the 35 sovereigns, and developed in the spirit of the compact of 1815. The unitary projects demand a Parliament directly elected by the people, that of Austria proposes an assembly which would only be a central committee of the 35 particular Parliaments. It is almost unnecessary to insist on those differences in order to point out the conservative character of the project presented at Frankfort. Mach has been said aboat the famous Article 8, which would, it is said, oblige the Confederation to take part in al! wars which Austria might carry on in her quality of a European Power, but it appears to be forgotten that the article in question is only a reproduction of a correspon of 18 20 . It confers on the Ger manic Diet the ri g ht di ng one in the final act of V ienna of taking part in a war of that kind, if any danger threatens the integrity or the independence of Ger. many. Article 8 of the Austrian project has only repeated that fundamental clause, but, far from in creasing the guarantees which Austria might find in it fyr her non-German pimeuim, it dimi. ---.~._.y--~ ` ~ PRUSSIA. The following is from a Berlin letter of the 3d : " Great agitation still prevails in the capital, and indeed throughout the country, and the public have not yet recovered from the surprise which has been caused, less by the act of dissolution of the Chamber, than by the motives Count de Bismark thought fit to bring forward in its justification. The Austrian propositions are, indeed, detested here, but the ministry and policy of M. de Bismark are not for that reason rendered any more popular ; on the contrary, public opinion is irritated to such a point that any liberal concession;offered at the present moment, would be generally looked upon as an insult. That the Government should have not yet promulgated a new electoral law causes not less surprise, for every one is aware that under the existing regime the new Chamber will be stillmore radical than the preceding one, and must be consequently short-lived. At the most, the feudal party may succeed in introducing into the Chamber a score of members in place of the eleven which were in the last Parliament. Every one is, besides, convinced that it is not the fault of M. do Bismark if a new electoral law, based upon universal suffrage, the system of ministerial candidates, and the obligation for candidates to present themselves for election only at the place of their legal domicile, has not yet been decreed. The King it is who is opposed to that course. He labours under the delusion that the ovations made to him, and the deputations and addresses of loyalty which the retrograde party have had so much diffi culty in organising, are really the sincere expres sion of the popular feeling. The King therefore energetically refused to have recourse to that ex treme measure ; he is determined to make a last appeal to the patriotism of the people, and even should that attempt fail, of which no one except himself has the slightest doubt, he will not change the electoral law. He is, it is said, decided on rather suspending the Constitution by declaring the country in danger. There are already indications that the most advanced men of the Radical party, as, for example, M. Jacoby, of Kee aigsburg, and others who have until now held aloof, are about to present themselves as candidates, and with every prospect of success, whilst it is probable that the chiefs of the old Liberals, such as MM. de Wineke, d'Auerswald, and the Count de Schwerin, will, if re-elected, only save their seats by close majorities." The probable turn which the dissolution of the Chamber and the forthcoming elections are likely to give to affairs in Prussia, is thus speculated on by the Debats _ _ " The German journals are all occupied with speculations on the dissolution of the Prussian Parliament. What is the tendency of that im portant act ? What will be its results ? What are the King's intentions ? What will become of M. de Bismark ? Every writer answers these different questions in his own way. The jour nals of the Feudal party pretend that the Crown has never been on better terms with the Ministry; that the King is as little inclined as ever to tolerate the encroachment of the Lower House, and that, it the appeal now made to the electoral body should not return devoted deputies, he will suspend the Constitution. They add that the Government already possesses, and will not refrain from using, the means of restricting the electoral agitation - within narrow limits. On the other hand, the Liberal papers declare that in spite of the difficult position in which they are placed by the system of warnings, the least unfavourable result that can happen for the preten sions of the Crown, will be the re-election of the old deputies, It is to be remarked that neither the Feudalists nor the Democrats think the King dis posed to modify the existing composition of the electoral body. But, in any case, there cannot be any doubt. The only thing a s yet certain is that the elections will be with all parties a protest against the Frankfort resolutions, that the most evident intention of the Mi nistry in dissolving the Chamber of De puties has been to provoke a national manifestation ; and that Austria is getting seriously alarmed at M. de Bismark's skilful manoeuvre. There is also an ther fact which might be affirmed if the excited state of the public mind in Prussia justified the ex pectation of some little wisdom and coolness on the part of the Prussian opposition—namely, that in thus cleverly operating against Austria, M. Bismark exposes himself to a total political defeat at home while securing his diplomatic successes abroad. The Prussian electors have it in their power to consolidate at once the tottering constitution of their country ; they have only to elect deputies who will accept a compromise on the question of the day, the military question (which would satisfy the King), and who would stand firm on all the matters seriously involving the principle of parliamentary prerogative. Unfortunately the constituencies seems in many places rather disposed to push things to extremes than to strengthen, by a moderate triumph, the real victory they have obtained over the ministry ; for it certainly is a victory thus to have compelled the Bismark Cabinet to sabmit its fate to the decision of the electors. It is already said that MM. de Vincke and de Schleinitz will not be re-elected, and that the ultra-radical c indidates will be pre ferred to the pure constitutionalists—a very wise and logical conclusion assuredly, if the Prussia❑ nation is determined to establish a republic, btu very impudent if it intends to retain the monarchy.' The Colosseum. The exhibition of the splendid panorama of Paris by night and the colossal cyclorama of Lis bon, representing its destruction by the earthquake in 1755, terminate with the present season, and then the Colosseum, which has for thirty years been one of the most favourite and fashionableresorts in the metropolis, passes into the hands of the workmen for the purpose of effecting extensive alterations and improvements. To those who have not yet w itnessed the extraordinary pr o d uct i ons j us t mentioned, a gratification is in store that will long be remembered with pleasure. In addiiion to the above wonderful specimens of semi -art, there are a number of other very excellent entertainments, foremost amongst which st an d s M r . D av i d Fisher ' s "Facts and Fancies," in which this talented come dian a ssumes a number of the most amusing and ecc entric characters with the greatest effect ; the narrative of the plot of his drama "The Mysterious Malediction,'' for instance, consisting of a series of the most tremendous "sensations." Mr. George " Musical Gleanings"is al so excee di ng l y Buckland's interesting and instructive, and elicits the most un bounded applause. What with the Stalactite Caverns, the Swiss Cottage, and other equally at tractive objects, a round of amusement is presented for the " nimble shilling" certainly without parallel in the metropolis. FEDERAL SCALPING.—In the course of the Federal expedition of this summer under Gen. Sibley against the Indians, the State of Minnesota actually made an offer of 25 dols for Sioux scalps. The Indian chief, Little Crow, was shot by a farmer on the 4th of July, whilo pick ing berries, and word being sent into Hutchinson his scalp was taken by a party of soldiers, and was brought to the city of St. Paul, and 25 dole were received for it. It has since been tanned. The "scalp clause" has, however, teen recalled, and in subsequent operations against the Indians Colonel M'Phail had to tell his men that it wag very bar barous to take scalps ; but the colonel took care to add that he should not believe a man had killed an Indian unless he "showed the hair, and enough of it, so that another lock could not be taliex; froth the pun 1A001" A NOBLE ATLAS. 7he Family Atlas, Constructed by eminent Geo graphers, under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Containing Eighty Maps. Stanford. In the present age of general discovery and in vestigation, the possession of atlases and books of reference becomes an almost universal necessity, and the peculiar accuracy and fidelity of those works are more than ever matters of very essential importance. "A little learning" is, proverbially, " a dangerous thing," and insufficient or perhaps erroneous information is an evil of very serious consequence. Several new Atlases, and new editions of old Atlases, have recently been published to meet the growing necessities of the times. Amongst them one of the very best has been issued by Mr. Stanford, being the Useful Know ledge Society's Family Atlas, corrected to the latest date, This very excellent and valuable publication contains no less than 80 maps, beautifully en graved, with a very admirable geological map of England, by Sir Roderick I. Murchison, F,R.S. (whose name is given, by a curious ellipse on the title-page, as simply Sir I. Murchison), and six celestial maps, or star maps, representing the two solstices, the two equinoxes, and the two poles, these six maps having been designed for the Useful Knowledge Society by Sir John Lubbock, Bart. The maps of Paris and London are corrected almost to the present day, while the old map of France, divided into proviuces, is also given—a map, this last, so useful for reference to the student of history and even to the reader of romance. The map of Italy represents that country as an United Kingdom, but it defines also the ancient landmarks. The track of the Peninsula and Oriental steamers to Calcutta and Hong Kong is very carefully traced out. The map of India is excellent, the railway routes being all clearly marked down, whether already completed or only as yet projected. Ancient Palestine is the subject of one very interesting plate, while another delineates the Palestine of to-day, to which is added a plan of Jerusalem. All the new French settle ments at the mouth of the Camboja are fully given, and another map comprises the British Provinces beyond the Ganges, Arracan, Pegu, Penang, and Tenasserim. In addition to this we have a distinct map of the Malay archipelago, and a very useful series of plans of all the chief islands and groups in the Indian Ocean. Among these are the Nicobar and Andaman Islands, which latter will be regarded with peculiar attention by all who have perused Dr. Mouatt's very interesting revelations. There are also the Mauritius and Bourbon, as well as a map of Madagascar. A separate map of the Japanese islands deserves particular notice : in it the ports already opened to our merchants are all clearly market, as well as those which are to be opened later on. The recent discoveries in Africa, again, are most elabo rately and carefully defined. A new map of the Empire of Morocco, with a plan of the city of Morocco, are welcome additions at the present mo ment. The map of North America represents the States as still United States. British Columbia and Vancouver's Island, with the rival boundary lines of San Juan, are fully given, as is also a very admirable chart of all the Polynesian groups. The track of Burke's expedition across Australia will be fol lowed with interest; it is minutely defined. In fact, it is impossible to praise too highly the great care and the extraordinary elaboration of detail visible throughout the entire Atlas. Nothing could by possibility, as it appears to us, be more distinct and yet more delicate in the man ner of its manipulation than the touch of the graver as every where applied to these eighty beautiful engravings. The minute lettering is wotiderfully clear, although occasionally approach ing in the more crowded pages, to the microscopic. Tne refined hair-like lines of the rivers, with those, yet more refined still, of their numerous tributary streams, it would be hardly possible to excel in their combination of precision with unobtrusiveness. Not a map in the volume before us is in any por tion of it confused or jumbled in the smallest par ticular. And the merit of this transparency, so to speak, of the web-work of outlines—sprinkled over plentifully with the explanatory lettering of the names of places, continents, countries, provinces, water courses, mountain ranges, isthmuses, promon tories, cities, towns, et cetera—we ought here par ticularly to add, is enhanced in its effect by the exquisite and, so far as our knowledge of other atlases, enables us to judge, the very unusual soft ness of the colouring. As in a skilfully mixed salad, with its suspicion of shalot, its hint of such another ingredient, its faint idea of this or that highly-appetizing flavour—each map here is, one might really observe, touched into chromatic beauty by a notion, let us say, not of red but of pink, by a dim suggestion not of saffron, but of a most deli cate tinge of primrose, or by a vague conjecture, so to speak, not of blue, but of the very faintest lilac tincture. The greenish hue, but doubtfully dis cernible at the deepest as a hue, along the various coastlines, pales off imperceptibly into the whiteness of the excellent paper (almost cardboard) upon which all these maps are printed. As to the scale upon w hich each map has been dr awn , i t is adhered to, in each instance, with mathematical precision in all the proportions of distances de pendent upon it. Not an instance has yet fallen under our notice throughout the whole atlas in which there is any indication of blurring or indis tinctness. The engraver, the printer, and the colour ist, each in succession, has acquitted himself admi rably well in carrying out the scheme the various eminent o eminent geographers whose energies have been de • voted, with such uniform and harmonious ability, to the fabrication of an Atlas worthy of appearing, as this does avowedly, not only with the Useful Knowledge Society's approval and sanction, but under its direct and immediate superintendence. Amongst all the eighty maps in the volume, the geological map, Sir Roderick Murchison's map, is the most gorgeous in its eolouring, as if to mark out the more unmistakeably the broad distinctive lines of demarcation between the various geological formations. Among all the eighty maps comprised within the substantial covers of this noble Atlas, moreover, the one solitary folding map is the very last of all, namely, the one giving within it a com prehensive plan of our own gigantic metropolis. To add to the convenience of the work as a book of reference, it is cut and lettered on the margin like an office book, do that any map can be found it a moment's notice without our having to turn over the whole world in search of it. The cheapness of price for which, among other things, the volume is so very remarkable, places this valuable Atlas within reach of the many. It is calculated to form a most useful addition to every home and school library. THE WEATHER AT SHIELDS, Wednesday Night. —The weather in the counties of Durham and North umberland has been extremely fine to-day, warm and sunny, with a brisk breeze from the west. The farmers in these counties have been actively engaged in leading home their corn crops from the fields, or in reaping that which was left standing at the time that the recent rains came on. The night is bright and starlight, with every prospect of settled weather. On Monday most per sons connected with agriculture were almost desponding of the corn crops being iugathered in a sound state. The de lightful change in the weather, however, if it continues, of which there is every hope that it will, will afford the far mers who are sharp enough to embrace it a fair opportunity of stacking their crops in a tolerably good state. 7'he Court of Assizes of ; the Haute-Loire has just tried a young man, named Sappet, on a chargo of wilfully wounding his wife's father, M. Alandelly• an upholsterer, residing at Le Puy, by discharging a pistol at him. It was stat e d i n C ourt that the prisoner, a man of jealous and suspicious temper, m arr i e d Mlle. Mandolly on the Bth April last, and though himself a jeweller by trade, it was arranged that he should become a partner in his father in-law's business, anti live in the same house. The marriage proved a most unhappy one, and constgnt quarrels took place ,between the young couple. During one of these scenes M. Mandelly happened to enter the room, and the prisoner discharged a pistol at him, inflicting a slight wound on the cheek. The prisoner instantly afterwards discharged another pistol at himself, but the ball merely grazed his ribs without doing much injury. The prisoner did not deny that he bad fired the shot which struck M. Mandelly, but declared he had no murderous intention, and was at the time so excited that ho knew not what he was doing , lie had loaded the pistols with the intention of hi t s a w ki i n fe g , aain.advnhuerabbaled n v o ie a w nim of os t i h t e Hi s father-in-law h a d never inter committing suicide. inter fered between him an d against him. The e jury, verdict of not case, brought inguilty, 0%4 the Court or dered tile prisoner's traraedude disolanrge, fsp, VI = 47 ) A bc '\Y lanlar HER MAJESTY. The Queen left the Rosenau on Monday night at half-past 10 o'clock, with Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coxburg came over to the Rosenau in the evening, and took leave of the Queen. A special train conveyed her Majesty, the Royal family, and suite. At half-past 7 o'clock on Tues day mooning, her Majesty arrived at a station near Darmstadt, where Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse were awaiting her Majesty's arrival. The Queen and Royal family immediately entered Prince and Princess Louis's carriage, and drove to Kranichstein, a seat of the Grand Duke of Hesse, now occupied by Prince and Princess Louis, where the Royal family spent the day. Princess C. of Hesse, with Princess Anna and Prince William, and Prince Alexander of Hesse, and Princess Bat teuberg, visited the Queen during her stay. Th e Queen drove through Darmstadt in the afternoon. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting went 0 11 to Darmstadt. At 10 o'clock in the evening the special train wag again ready at the Darmstadt station, and the Queen and Royal family continued their journey towards Antwerp. At half-past 7 o'clock on Wednesday the King of the Belgians, with th e D uc h e ss of Bra bant, met the Queen at the st a ti on a t M a lines, and having got into her Majesty's car r i age , accomply nied her M a je s ty to A n t wer p, w h ere th e train arrived at 20 minutes past 8 a. m . morning The Queen breakfasted at the station, and having taken leave of the King, embarked on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert in the Scheldt. After a fine passage the Royal yacht anchored in Margate Roads at 7 p.m. The Vivid and the Trinity-house yacht Irene se' companied the Royal yacht. The Osborne and Black Eagle followed. THURSDAY, Sept. 10. At 6 a.m. this morning the Royal yacht weighe d anchor, and steamed up to Greenhithe, where the Fairy was in waiting to convey the Queen and Royal party to Woolwich. Earl Granville returned with her Majesty iu the Royal yacht. The Fairy arrived alongside Woolwich Arsenal at half-past 11 o'clock, when the Queen and ROY family disembarked, and immediately proceeded to Windsor Castle, where they arrived at 10 minute s after 1 o'clock. The suite consisted of the Marchioness of E I Y 9 the Lady Augusta Bruce, Lieut.• Gen. C. Gr e /' Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulph, Major Cowell, Pr• Jenner, and Mr. Buff. The Princess Louise, attended by Lady Carolice Barrington, the Hon. Horatia S topford, and Colonel Hon. A. Liddell, and Prince Arthur, attended bi Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle yesterdni afternoon, The*Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow (Saturday) at Windsor Castle. TIIE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES AT ABE lt- GELDlE.—During the past week his Royal High ness the Prince killed five stags, while her Royal High ness the Princess had her accustomed drives, fishing on th e Dee, and sketching in the neighbourhood. Ou Friday th e royal party and suite drove by Ballater to Burn of 11 ' 34 commonly called Rob Roy's Cave. A few of the cl , ares ti h e servants about Abergfldie being s e nt away prev i ou s Wit' provisions, a fire was lighted, potatoes and other vegetable° cooked, and an excellent luncheon was partaken of by th e royal party beside the cavern. Afterwards her royal high: ness was busily employed sketchi ng L oc h Ki n nord, Le e ! , Davon, and adjoining scenery. They returned throng: Ballater in the afternoon, wh ere a num b er o f thP visitors turned out to get a look of the royal couple when chailP u l° horses.—Banishile Journal. _ _ The Grand Duke of Baden visited Wednesday, and, accomp an i e d by th e genera l comman ding in. that district, proceeded in th e P r i ncess Ali c e to insp ect the breakwater. In the evenin g th e gran d d u k e lett for Tot quay. Plymouth on His Excellency Sir Andrew and the Hon. Lady Buchanan have returned to Brown's Hotel from Scotland• Don Jose de F. Gargollo and Don Nicolas di Ojesso have left Edwards's Royal Cambridge Hotelt George-street, Hanover-square, for Faris, on their way t° Madrid. Yesterday, at St. George's Church, Lord Londes' borough was married to Lady Editha Somerset, younge st daughter of the late Duke of Beaufort. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial' office to the Governors of Canada, Malta, Ceylon, liong Kong, Labuan, and to the Lord High Commissioner of 01° Islands. THE LATE LORD CLYDE.—We are glad to see that a committee, including his Royal Highness the pu ke of Cambridge, has been formed for the purpose of raising 14 memorial to the late Lord Clyde. THE KING OF DAHOMEY, when visited by Com modore Wilmot, was reclining on a raised dais' about three feet high, covered with crimson cloth, emolcia his pipe. One of his wives held a glass sugar-basin O r him to spit in. He was dressed very plainly, the uPP er part of his body being bare, with only a silver chain hold' ing some fetish charm round his neck, and an unpretendi n g cloth round his waist. RIDICULOUS POPULARITY OF SPIRITUALISM IN FRANCE I—At the very time when M. Renan's impio us book is all the rage among our Galilean neighbours, no fewer than 17 books on magetism, spirit-rapping, illurail v ; ism, and mesmerism are announced on the paper cover o. ` the translation into French of M. Home's memoirs, so true it is, says the Saturday Review, in noticing this fact, that people are most gullible when they bo as t o f being the greatest esprits-forts. Of PORTLAND BREAKWATER I—On the stimuli, 0 the island, when the works were begun, it WA ° roughly reckoned that 20,000,000 tons of rubbly debris o'e r : lying useless. Out of this material, during the last 1 years, the convicts have sent more than 6,000,000 ton! down the incline s . T ra i ns o f i ron waggons have rolled out some 3,000 tons a day along the vast timber staging; which supports several lines of rail ; and thus, by 01 °`' degrees, the sNhole o f thi s stupendous mass has been " tipped" into the sea. It now forms a bank 100 feet hit4' and 300 feet broad at the base, well nigh as indestructible by wind and weather as Portland itself. FRENCIL HOPS.—Ilop- picking has commenced ill the north of France, but,the yield is not so abundant as v 0 expected. Sales of this year's crop are efftcted at troll' 1031 to 110 f the 50 kilos. The stock of 1862 is completeli exhausted. WONDERFUL CAVES OF ARTA IN MAJORCA. These caves are situated in a chain of hills, covere d , with pines, mixed with abundance of arbutus and soli/ flowers. The mouth of the caves—formerly there were two, but, since they have been artificially united, there is now in reality only one—overlooks the sea, and the approach to it is by a path cut out of a precipitous mass of mountsia Ihnest , .ne, leading up to a flight of steps, at the top of w hich is a majestic arch, measuring 140 ft. from the crown to tn° base, which gives entrance to the cavern. The g uide having prepared his lamp of three branches, which g ave a very good but yet insufficient light, we entered, and passed on after hire,,from chamber to chamber, many ° t which were at different levels, but all connected by stone steps or wooden staircases. It is impossible to give a ju st idea of the marvellous beauty of these lofty chambers. ' l : l3° calcarous deposits are of gigantic magnitude and ev er ' vary i n g shape. Sometimes they have the most grotesque appearance ; but usually they present familiar forms. I" l °'' f th e entrance I saw what l oo k e d li ke trunks of large °s v t towards the the stalactites middle, as trees, apparently decay e d with age, and I struck them w ith my sick, to be assu re d th ey were not wood. More COP' rough bark, assume ha the da fo t r e m p o a f tm dat a e f t t r e e n es ls s . le : N u t ° w u a l and tall stems. At times, they clung t° roof and side s , lik e l eaves and flowers delicately chiab ileri :7 out of alabaster. At other times, reaching from floor to roof? they showed like the massive pillars of a Norman church' or the clustered shafts of a later and more graceful arclai Lecture. Heavy pendants or bosses from the r o° assisted the illusion of a Gothic cathedral. 111 _, e . r :, are many chambers, which have. each their tinctive character and name. In " the Hall of the Virgln,, there is a tall majestic figure standing on a high pede stal? and when seen under peculiar light, holding what seems, tu be a child in her arms. There is "the Baptistery," w, t ll its capacious font ; and " the Hall of the Pulpit," wil l % only wants the figure of a priest to give it reality. Tiler, is '•the Hall of the Organ," with its many paralle l an and contiguous pipes, which, when struck with a hamm e r give out musical notes of almost metallic sweetness and ca.,. riety. There is " the Hall of the Banners," each p e ncleT from its own staff; " the Hall of the Curtain," massive wita solid folds; and " the Hail of the Theatre," with its row: of boxes, where the people of th e nei g hbo urhood so metimes assemble for a ball or a pic-nic. But the variety is en d ' less, I had heard touch of the wondrous extent and beauty of these 'halls, but half had no t beentolcim e ,—,Doda's .7h 91 Weeks zkojorca,