The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-25 00:00:00

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'•Arts3 Suit ~~~ LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1863, The well-merited tribute bestowed upon the veteran King of the BELGIANS by the Count DE MONTALEMBERT in his recent discourse at Mechlin, will meet with universal and cordial sympathy in this country. The effict upon the vast multitude of the Counts assembled was electric. The Hour and the Man lent additional force to the eulogium. The Count of MONTALEMBERT, whose eloquent lips have been sealed for twelve long years, was na turally listened to with a very peculiar interest. There was a mournful pathos in the regretful tone in which he, a liberal and patriotic Frenchman, spoke of his native land as of one who, "condes cended to be the least free of the Nations of the Western World." Denied in his own country the power of giving utterance to his powerful and impas. sioned elcquencc--because that eloquence is always inspired by the freest spirit of Liberty—because it is always devoted to the upholding of popular ' rights and popular independence—the most elo- quent because he is also the most liberal of modern Frenchmen—is dumb in his own land. On the more favoured soil of Belgium he, after a twelve years' silence, spoke on Thursday last, and the most effective portion of his speech, one that thrilled the hearts of those who listened to him, was his very earnest and heartfelt tribute to the Constitu tional Sovereign of the country in which he spoke. As an evidence of the emotions excited in the audience by the C.:,unt's harangue, the vene rable President, DE GERLACHE, now more than seventy years of age, hastily rose from his seat at the conclusion of the address to embrace the orator before the latter could descend from the Tribune ! That illustrious Orator, who, foreigner and stranger though he was, had so fully and so truthfully expressed the general sentiments of the Belgians for their KING! The incident, no doubt, acquired additional interest from the recent illness of the KING, an illness which at one time threatened to be serious. ll4ppily the danger has passed by, and LEOPOLD is spared in his old age to reap the reward so well earned by his conscientious career—the best reward a ruler can obtain—the love and gratitude of his people. MONTALEMBERT spoke of him, the King, as a really " honest man" (thus awarding him, in the spirit of BURNS, the highest possible amount of approbation), and as one who had dared to keep faith with his people and to be true to his oath ! It was about the same period of time that two so called Constitutional sovereigns were placed at the head of two neighbouring nations. The year 1830 saw LOUIS PHILIPPE of Orleans chosen the Constitu tional King (not of France) but of the French—the Citizen King. The same year saw LEOPOLD of Coburg in like manner elected King (not of Bel gium) but of the Belgians. Both chosen by their respective people, the depositories of a sacred trust —sworn to uphold the Constitution. History can relate the rest. How did they fulfil their trust ? What is the result of those two sovereignties ? False to his promises and his principles (or his avowed principles), the Citizen King found even Isis astute ness, even ,hts Machiavellian craft was insufficient to preserve his throne, insufficient to uphold his dynasty when unsupported by truth and faith. In 11 : 8 second and utterly hopeless exile he no doubt le arned, too late, the bitter lesson. Ho could say with a peculiar truth, like the ingenuous hero of the story, " H onesty is the Best Policy, for I' ve tried both!" Louis PHILIPPE, the faithless Sove reign, is dead in exile, and his family (beloved and revered for their individual virtues) are set aside from their pr o . ra.nulsed inheritance. Far otherwise is it in Belgi o pledges, the constitutional Sovereign, tine to his he igt mindful of his oath, still reigns, honoured by his a : l uring nations, and respected and beloved by l truth of which the?eaple. Ia testimony of the and enlightened e antiful words of th e lib era l ALE RBERT _ and the emotion of the venerable DE G E , .Like RE may testify. This is the month for holiday_ sure excusions of every ki n d ; f4r(7 the l eas t to the 41 ng and plea while greatest all who can throw off f ora : 3l their accus tomed harness betake themselves, on some pretest or another, to moor or continent, se as i de or etext b . l an d. Our Gracious SOVEREIGN s e t s her subjects the example, example, and finds a melancholy pleasur e i n e re , visiting those sc enes so es p eciall y ass ociated wi t h the memory of her lamented CONSORT. I t is tru e that more cheerful thoughts will greet her in th e young daughier and the r oyal company of her fair infant, who is honoured by bearing her g ran d_ motY:er's name; and she has also been invited by the Crown Prince acd PriNcess of PRUSSIA to ex tend her journey in their dirt cticn. There are clouds in that quarter, however, which will prevent Queen VICTORIA from deriving unmixed satsfac tion from a visit to Prussian territories, although she must be glad that her son-in-law has profited too well by the example of her constitutional rule in England to share the mistakes of his father. I‘l , -,anwhile the young bride and bridegroom, on whom ail eyes are fixed, and who have filled the foremost place in public attention during the last busy half-year, are enjoying unwonted retirement in the fresh breezes of the north. The sports of the Highlands appear to delight the youthful pair, whose sunny season of life gives zest to all enjoy• ments. What the Danish Princess has seen of the loyalty of her northern subjects is not likely to weaken the impression made on her by the enthu siastic reception given her by the denizens of the busy metropolis. The cordial greetings of Highland and Lowland, of Abergeldie and Edinburgh, will go far to sustain the truth of the Laureate's assertion— " Saxon and Norman and Dane are we— Teuton or Celt, or whatever we be, We are each all Dane in our welcome of thee I" But whether in the far recesses of their own domi nions or among the varied scenes of continental life, the members of our Royal Family carry with them the hearty goodwill and sympathy of their people, in their pleasures, as in their joys. They may look with no envious eyes on the pomp of Continental State or on the authority of Continental despotism, feeling that they have left behind them a mightier people held in lighter chains, yet more securely bound. The dark memories of Holyrood cad only awaken a feeling of thankfulness for the altered days which rulers and people now enjoy, and the troubled state of the Vaterland at this present juncture is not likely to excite unfavourable comparisons with our sturdy English loyalty and content. Nor, when our SOVEREIGN'S thoughts turn homewards, can she f thankful for the happiness and prosperityail to b of her e people. True, that the dark eland ofsorro ß w nt a t n h d e distress is still overshadowing Lancashire. i r n es w t o h f ic t h he ev c e o n un L try is rejoicing annashire can in a in a .national sing bleseg npartici pate.incr easi T n te in pr b op n s n e n c t t i s of fulp t r h harvest om e ise.T ar heh e every arves day tope rations have already commenced, and one of the most abundant wheat-harvests on record is confi dently anticipated, if the present weather continues. In Scotland, after the sunshiny days, they have had frosty nights, which have tended to preserve and develop the gifts of Mother Earth. The absence of the potato disease, in addition to the plentiful supply of grain, increases the hopeful prospects of the poor. And in spite of the American war and Lancashire distress the million need not shrink from the coming winter with the feeling of mournful anticipation that too often attends the "fall of the year." The hop plantations have also improved within the last few days, owing to the opportune and beneficial The plants are said to have grown sur prisingly in that brief interval, and the busy gardens of Kalt and Sussex will, we may hope, share in the general jubilee. The showers which have done so much good in one quarter do not appear to have inflicted injury in another, for, far from retarding the ingathering of the harvest, they have stimulated the farmers to increased exertions in order to secure their precious crops from further changes as soon as possible. To make hay while the sun shines, is a wise old saw, which may be followed with advantage in life as well as in agri culture, and the farmers are probably applying its advice to a little later season. The success of the harvest is a matter which concerns us all very nearly, and for which no other good fortune can compensate. Trade and commerce are important, no doubt, to vast sections of the community; but their fluctuations or reverses, however depressing, can be, in a measure, atoned for in other quarters. But when the "staff of life" falls short, the extremity of the distress cannot be mitigated, because it falls heaviest on the weakest shoulders. Let us then look in all thankfulness on rain. " The golden acres bending In the light of harvest rays ;" rejoicing that, in addition to our national im munity from the horrors of foreign war and internal dissensions, we are likewise spared the calamity of scarce, and therefore dear bread. When the curtain falls upon a public career, and another is added to the list of those who are re posing in the shade of the venerable abbey, it is in teresting to take a glance at their career, and in some measure to sum up an epitome of their lives. The celebrated man, who on Saturday last was con signed to his honoured resting-place, certainly well won that glorious guerdon, for his career was a most arduous one. Lord CLYDE found no royal road to fame, but fought for the place that he gained; and thus, in looking back on his past life, we may re cognise in hi m one of those earnest workers on lif e ' s highway, who achieve mach themselves and lead others on to greatness also. His career is most in teresting to trace, for he began humbly, and worked his way up solely by his own exertions. He rendered services to his country for more than half a century, through the wide-spread confines of that empire on which the sun never acts. It carries the mind back to a remote period, as it were, to think that he served under Sir JOHN MOORE at Comma. At the storming of St. Sebastian he particularly distieguished himself, and obtained great praise. From the scenes of strife in Spain he was sent to America, and in the New World re newed the struggles of the Old. After being pre sent at the capture of Washington he was sent to the West Indies. It is curious to think how this gallant soldier's life was spared until the Continent of the Western Hemisphere was again rife with discord, and its inhabitants distracted with turmoil. Lord CLYDE then remained for some time near the Equator. In 1842 he went to China, and remained in the Celestial Empire during the first war. Thence he proceeded to India. For a considerable period he remained in the east, and took part in many great battles. The Crimean War was the next stage on which this long-tried soldier appeared. place h e At the Alma, he was distingui s h e d f or the took among those chosen on es of England who went up its heights to glory. He was to have com manded a second attack on the Redan, and it is only a pity that he did not superintend the first. He was ready to undertake the duty; but he made the following wise remark upon the work in ques tion :—" In such cases you must not only order the column to advance to the assault, but you must lead them in person, and they will surely follow !" The greatest mismanagement was exhibited by the home authorities in not giving Lord CLYDE the chief command on the death of Lord RAGLAN. But, some times, those wise and learned individuals seem to lose their judgment, and purposely substitute in • different and inexperienced men for those who have been trained by the lessons cf experience, and proved their mettle on many a hard-fought plain. Th e next phase in the career of the hero was the most glorious of them all. At one day's notice he started for India at the time of the mutiny. He night Well have taken for his motto that of the NA PIER% "Rea dy, aye ready I" The result of his o a man fp ettl eht in th a t most arduous undertaking is record e d on the page where history tells of his country' ' to r w es a a triumph When that the mis s i e many, doubtless, thought o f the intr e pid rest, warrior "his was w a com pleted,rfarwarfare fate had great thina aStoreworksgs in for him. The public mission be man to O v e o t r h t e a v ii m evc t r p h a o e n l s n a t . best and highest of hi s others deemed that his• succeeded, as i s a proud satisfaction to any of rescuing hack from destruction an • inee session of his country ; and to h ave Lord CLYDE did, was an achievement only to be won by the foremost in the ranks of military re. nown. It is said that during his last illness he was haunted by the memory of the horrors of the siege of Luckuow, and that he exchtim.,(l ‘ '` See that the women and children are safe." This was, indeed, the ruling spirit strong in death. It is a sad and solemn sight to behold the interment of one who has played so busy a part on the great stage of life ; but when death has summoned to the night, where no man can work, as the valiant warrior is lowered to his rest, the assistants, recalling his heroism in a hundred battles, must feel that— " The dawn of his awakening Will hear no foeman's drum I" A great country like England, hallowed with past associations, rich in present possessions, and bright with future promise, can own no more glorious memorial than the receptacle of her most honoured dead. It is a great thing for a nation to show respect and reverence for those whose lives have been passed in patriotic services, and whose deaths awaken the regret of all who have appreciated their career. "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die," is a true axiom, and surely the man who was laid to rest in West minster Abbey on Saturday can lay claim to that proud distinction. By his long life of toil, by his self-made position, by his devotion to duty and his energetic efforts to serve his country—whether in India, in America, in the Crimea, or wherever danger sounded the signal and difficulty marshalled the way —hs has gained a prize only accorded to merit, and has won a wreath of undying fame. The Govern ment have acted wisely and well in resolving that Abbey. Lord CLYDEItbor ter ig i h n tp re la d in cefo rso Westminster was shouldth e distin guished a hero, and the fitting close to a career that had been often toilsome and sometimes de pressed, but that, followed in faith and inspired by courage, gained at last the victory. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1863. The Modern Arming of Achilles. AS WONDERFULLY DESCRIBED BY CHARLES DICKENS. (In to-day's number of "All the Year Round," but just published.) Ding, Clash, Doug, BANG, Boom, Rattle, Clash, BANG, Clink, BANG, Doug, BANG, Clatter, BANG BANG BANG ! What on earth is this! This is, or soon will be, the Achilles, iron armour-plated ship. Twelve hundred men are working at her now; twelve hundred men working on stages over her rides, over her bows, over her stern, under her keel, between her decks, down in her hold, within her and without, crawling and creeping into the finest curves of her lines wherever it is possible for men to twist. Twelve hundred hammerere, mea surers, caulkers, armourers, forgers, smiths, ship wrights ; twelve hundred clingers, slashers, dongers, rattlers, clinkers, bangers bangers bangers ! Yet all this stupendous uproar around the rising Achilles is as nothing to the re verberations with which the perfected Achilles shall resound upon the dreadful day when the full work is in hand for which this is but note of pre paration—the day when the scuppers that are now fitting like great dry thirsty conduit-pipes shall run red. All these busy figures between decks, dimly seen bending at their work in smoke and fire, are as nothing to the figures that shall do work here of another kind in smoke and fire, that day. These steam-worked engines alongside, helping the ship by travelling to and fro, and wafting tons of iron plates about, as though they were so many leaves of trees, would be rent limb from limb if they stood by her for a minute then. To think that this Achilles, monstrous compound of iron tank and oaken chest, can ever swim or roll ! To think that any force of wind and wave could ever break her ! To think that wherever I see a glowing red-hot iron point thrust out of her side from within•—as I do now, there, and there, and there ! —and two watching men on a stage without, with bared arms and sledge-hammers; strike at it fiercely, and repeat their blows until it is black and fiat, I see a rivet being driven home of which there are many in every iron plate, and thousand upon thou sands in the ship ! To think that the difficulty I experience in appreciating the ship's size when I am on board arises from her being a series of iron tanks and oaken chests, so that internally she is ever finishing and ever beginning, and halt of her might be smashed and yet the remaining half suffice and be sound. Then, to go over the side again and down among the ooze and wet to the bottom of the dock, in the depths of the subterranean forest of dog-shores and stays that hold her up, and to see the immense mass bulging out against the upper light, and tapering down towards me, is, with great pains and much clambering, to arrive at an impossibility of realising that this is a ship at all, and to become possessed by the fancy that it is an enormous immovable edifice set up in an ancient amphitheatre (say, that at Verona) and almost filling it! Yet what would even these things be, without the tributary workshops and mechanical'powers for piercing the iron plates— four inches and a half thick—for rivets, shaping them under hydraulic pressure to the finest taper ing turns of the ship's lines, and paring them away, with knives shaped like the beaks of strong and cruel birds, to the nicest requirements of the design! These machines of tremendous force, so easily directed by one attentive face and presiding hand, seem to me to have in them something of the retir ing character of the Yard. " Obedient monster, please to bite this mass of iron through and through, at equal distances, where these regular chalk marks are, all round." Monster looks at its work, and lifting its ponderous head, replies, I don't particularly want to do it ; but if it must be done —1 " The solid metal wriggles out, hot from the monster's crunching tooth, and it is done. "Dutiful monster, observe this other mass of iron. It is required to be pared away, according to this delicately lessening and arbitrary line, which please to look at." Monster (who has been in a reverie) brings down its blunt bead, and much in the manner of Doctor Johnson, closely looks along the line —very closely, being somewhat nearsighted. "I don't particularly want to do it ; but if it must be done --- Monster takes another near-sighted look, takes aim, and the tortured piece writhes off, and falls, a hot tight-twisted snake, among the ashes. The making of the rivets is merely a pretty round game, played by a man and a boy, who put red hot barley-sugar in a Pope Joan board, and immediately rivets fall out of a window ; but the tone of the great machines is the tone of the great Yard and the great country : "We don't particularly want to do it ; but if it must be done --- !" GENERAL AIOU---RAVlEFF:—(xeneral Prince Nicho las MOuravieff,Po Poland was has been commi s si one d by th e Czar t o p ac i fy born us in Mosco w i n th e y ear des patched ed li on e cag ommimsseinoneetdohthe s Court career in 1810, in th e after which he w a s des ou. ° rt of the Sh a h o f Persia. He saoromnyafter in eiinvedthe Caucasus , comraBsi n as maj or - genera l , an d took part in th e war waged by Russia against this Asiati c Power. At ain 1828 a rid 1829 later period, in 1831, he was actively engaged in the Palish a ap pointed lieut.-general aft er t h e battle of campaign, and was rierz. At the taking of Warsaw he com manded the right R Emperor Russian forces. In 1832 the Nicholas commis sioned wing of th e him to conclude an agreem en t with Mehemet an d entrusted him with the command o f the Russian Ali, of the Bosphorus , and afterward , .in 18 35, with that of o arm3. .sth army corps of infantry. But a short time a f ter he the had assu med the command a want of discipline among the troops was soon manifest, much carelessness and disorder wer e also displayed ir4 the army of Sebastopol, a duty which also devolved upon Prince i‘louravieff; fur those and other rea sons he fell into disgrace wi h the Emperor, and retired to Moscow, where he came forward and remained for a long time as one of the most extreme members of the old Rus sian party. In 1848 he, however, again entered the service of the State, became a member of the highest war council, and was afterwards appointed to the command of the Gre nadier Guards. In 1855, at the head of the Circassian army, he took the city of Karz, and when relieved from his command, in 1850, by Prince Bariatinski, ho retired from the service and lived as a private individual on his estates, there au Imperial order reached him giving him the command of the army in Poland to suppress the in surrection. The comic actor Liseagne, formerly of the Theatre des Variete's, and who bad been fcr the last three years in a malson de sant6, has just died at the age of 41. The Gazette des ltrangers states that M. de Lataartine has been authorised to establish mother lottery of 4,000,000 of tickets et 35e, each. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, AUG, 25, 11.45 a.m. Railway and telegraphic communication between this city and Warsaw have been interrupted. A rising of the peasantry has taken place in the palatinate of Sandomir. The first engagement between them and the Russian forces is 'said to have already taken place at Jedlna, in the vicinity of Radom. Insurgent detachments, under Eminowicz and Cwick, are hastening with reinforcements from the Government of Lublin, SPAIN, THE SPANISH ELECTIONS. MADRID, AUG. 24, Evening. The Progressistas and Democrats have refused to submit to the conditions imposed by the Govern ment, and have decided not to meet upon the 30th inst. THE CONGRESS AT MALINES. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) MALINES, Aug. 22. On arriving at the ball of the Congress yester day morning, I found that a general meeting was being held, having begun at eleven, and that Pro fessor Perrin, of Louvain, had already spoken on the social mission of charity. M. Cochin, late can didate for the representation of one of the Paris arrondissements, was then addressing the meeting, and his address seems, in the opinion of all, to have been one of the most remarkable, if not the most remarkable, of the whole Congress. He observed that, while other assemblies of the kind were satisfied with deliberating, this one should adopt resolutions ; and he proposed to turn their attention to four special works. The first he mentioned was that of the Propagation of the Faith among infidel nations, which made known the Gospel by martyr dom. He had lately read again the annals of the As sociation for the Propagation of the Faith, and had found in it a most remarkable contrast with : the writin g s of a man, whose recent publication had saddened at onc e th e l earne d an d th e religious world. He (M. Cochin) had been led by it to compare two letters written to a sister on the brink of the grave ; the first was dated from Syria, and congratulated the dying woman upon her scepticism, and spoke a good deal of the mysteries of Adonis and Byblos. The other was addressed to Madlle. Am ea,: Ver nant, at her father's, and was dated but two years back, " from my cage at Tonking." The writer re called to his sister their last interview, on the 26th of February, when they parted with all fraternal love, like St. Benedict and his sister ; and therefore he deemed that his last letter was due to her. He described his position, shut up in a wooden cage, hedged in by the lances and swords of his keepers; surrounded by groups of soldiers, playing at cards and dice, while he penned those lines by the light u f a di m lamp, awaiting his sentence to die on the morrow. "lam to have my head cut off,"says the intrepid mar:yr. "Weep with joy; thy brother is to be crowned with the nimbus of martyrdom, and the palm branch is to flourish eternally in his right hand. My soul is to ascend to Heaven to behold eternal beauty. But before this, it is needed that the wheat be grown and the grapepressed out, that I may become a bread and wine acceptable to the Father of our family. I trust to be found worthy, by the merits and kind love of Christ, and the prayers of his Immaculate Mother, and begin already the song of triumph, as if I had already conquered." Th e second reso l ut i on he would pro pose would be in f avour o f t h e a bolition of sla very. He described to the assembly the suf ferings and degradation of seven millions of baptised children of God, and called attention to the fact that they were in the presence of one of the sons (Air. Henry Wilberforce) of the illustrious man who had been the means of emancipating all the slaves in the British dominions. He attributed to this the great grace which had brought three out of his four sons into the pale of the Catholic Church; and related en anecdote of the late Archdeacon Wilberforce, who, wishing to make the poor rejoice with him at his conversion, went to the Bishop of Southwark to ask him to distribute a certain sum, which, he said, was due by him for all the prayers and masses the good bishop had said for him, Th e bishop answered aim that it was true he had prayed for him ; but that he attributed his having obtained the grace of faith to the prayers of the guardian angels of the many slaves liberated by his father's exertions. He concluded by proposing to the Con gress to express also its sympathy for the two works which relate to the well-being and instruction of workmen. He did not call attention so much to children and old men, as to the men in the ful strength of life, who were the support of families He ended by repeating Professor Perrin's words— " Let us organise society anew with the virtues o, old." The meeting was then adjourned at about one proceedings wer e opened by o'clock. E cbools of B e l g i um, by the a r A e p t e t r h t r o' proceedings t e h e e Canon de Hearne, member of the Belgian Parlia ment. M. de Monge also presented a report of the deliberations and the conclusions of the fourth sec tion, on Fine Arts, which opined that no exclusion of any style should be made in Ecclesiastical Art. Reports in the same sense were made by the Rev. Mr. Braccsse, of Amsterdam, and the Rev. M. do Proy ; the former, on Historical Literature and Works of Fiction, and the latter on Music. M. de Smet made a report, on behalf of the fifth section, against the present state of the law in Belgium, which forbids soldiers who have received their fur lough to marry until the expiration of their time of service. M. Porseyn reported on the question of clubs for Catholic young men, and proposed that their members should be admitted into any similar club whenever they left their own town. At the conclusion of these reports M. Armand Neut, editor of the Presse of Bruges, delivered the long-threatened Flemish address, of which, I under stand, the drift to have been the beauties and national importance of that delightful language. His Eminence, CARDINAL WISEMAN, then went up to the President's table, on the platform, and, during an address of considerable length [it occupied two hours in its deliverry], gave to the assembly an historical and statistical account of the progress and state of the Catholic Church in England. It was, of course, still a great contrast to what existed in Belgium, the greatness of which was best evinced by such an assembly. However, in England th© progress of Catholicity was admitted both by friends and foes; and he gave an account of it, dividing its history into the three periods elapsing between the creation of the four Apost o li c Vicariates of England by Benedict XIV., a n d Catholic Emancipation in 1829 ; between that and r the doublin g of hti o o l f BC4a t u h t e ;loal n inc u d mbr of via hierarchybee between e e nt vicariates p a d t ia e ut s by se lax Gre gory n d.ithen 1850. He spoke of th e prov id ent i al gradations through which the Church had passed in England, which by multiplying the centres of Episcopal authority brought many localities more directly developmentaw under sstatisticshg.i cgiven t h ns h h o attention by oyw fte htd ehe foci ne census religiousincreasetheirbishop,andCatholicthe o l fa last e l e , t l e B e 4 e l e , t l h B a s t l , , w a n h 1 1 e 8 t 6 h 1 e , population increased 12 per cent., the Catholic noleemrghyer of had priestsinereased 36 per cent. In 1830 the in whereas it is now 1,242. England In Len e w n a s t h e b u 4 Church h er 3 e 4 h , had to encounter all th e o b s t ac l es o f th e an ti- Catholic societies, and to struggle with very small means against the wealthy proselytising organisa tion brought to bear against the children of the Catholic poor. Moreover, land was excessively dear , in London, and this wax ser i ous difficulty in the way of multiplying the number of churches re quired. So that Catholic churches which might be considered as worthy to rank among the monumen:s of the country should not be sought for in London so much as in other dioceses. Yet the character of the new churches did not disconnect them with the ancient ones for all attentive observers. He had heard since he was in Malines of a fact which illus trated this in a marked manner. At York, in the very shade of the glorious old Minster which had been raised of old by English Catholic hands, the Catholics of the town had built a fine church with the money given by the town as a price for their old chapel whose site was needed, and with such sub scriptions as were added to that sum. At the Assizes lately held there, the judge, who sat in the court near it wished to see the church, and having examined it, he said that it seemed to him as if the old Minster had struck its roots underground and then sprung up again from it to shoot into the new church ; a fit emblem of what is taking place in Eng land with regard to the Catholic church in general. But the weak point of its position at present was the want of education of the children of the poor, which, from the extraordinary proportion of poor which Ireland contributed to the Catholic popu lation of England, it was impossible for the latter to supply unassisted. Already a community of Belgian nuns, under the direction of a Belgian priest, had devoted itself to this work in one of the poorest and most miserable districts of London, i e., Charles-street, Drury-lane. Every year, he was happy to say, school accommodation for a thousand children was added in his diocese ; but still it was calculated that 17,000 Catholic children, at least, never attended any school, or, if any, only now and then some Protestant school. In France a society was being formed for the support of Catholic schools in London ; and, really, if foreigners did not assist them for a time, he could not see how such a task was to be adequately fulfilled. A large number of Catholic foreigners were found in London, which was not the case with other dioceses. Since No vember, 1862, a large church had been opened for the Germans in Whitechapel; while during the last spring, a large church, or basilica, had been opened for the Italians in Hatton-wall; and its underground crypt, which formed a chapel, was used by a Polish priest from Posen as a place of worship for his countrymen. For the French-speaking Catholics, there was but a small chapel in a quarter of the town which was rather remote from the main group of French settlers; but ground had fortunately and providen tially been procured and bought in the neighbour hood of Leicester-square, where and near which, foreigners, and especially the French, mostly con gregate, and he hoped that, with the assistance of benefactors a church would soon rise there, to be served by French priests of the Marist order, among whom a Flemish priest would always be found. The surest si g n of progress for Catholicity was, how ever, the conversions which had taken place and were still going on. Not so much publicity wss given to them as at first, as it had been found to result in bringing on social persecution, but the current of conversion had anything but stopped, and now extended very much to the middle classes and among professional men. He spoke of the many good works of these converts, more than 42 new churches having been built exclusively by them. At the time of the restoration of the hierarchy, although it brought no temporal advantage to Catho lics, the whole nation had been roused against them, and had inflicted on them much pain and terror. He was now happy to report that the good sense and fair play of Englishmen, had, with time, made them make ample amends to their Catholic country men for such a want of justice. His Eminence then described how the various grievances of Catholics were being or had been already done away with ; and he paid a special compliment to the venerable president of the Catholic poor school committee, the Hon. Charles Langdale, whom he compared to the President of the Congress, the Baron de Gerlache. He alluded also to the founda tion and progress of reformatory and industrial schools, and to the institution of chaplains in the army and navy : beyond this, speaking more par ticularly of the Prison Ministers Act, as the last instaiment of justice and equality given to Catholics in England. He expressed, moreover, the hopes which the committee of inquiry held in 1861 on the state of Catholics in workhouse has given of an early provision being made for them. At the close of this speech of the Cardinal's, which was listened to from first to last with marked attention, being repeatedly interrupted with ap plause, and greeted at its close with a burst of accla mations, M. SCHOLVERT, a member of the Belgian parliament, concluded the proceedings by a most animated:speech, on religious liberty, or rather on the wonderful effect of uniting religion and liberty, in which he mentioned and quoted the Count de Mon talembert not less than six times, coram Pontifice. And ended by instancing the United States of America as a specimen of the thoroughly religious national character produced by political liberty. At seven o'clock in the evening, the Count de Mon talembert delivered another address on religious liberty as existing in Belgium, and showing that Catholicity had never been so cruelly persecuted as by Protestant England and Revolutionary France. He stigmatised Renan as " Ce protégé de Cmsar," giving the true key to the importance attached to that writer's recent work against our blessed Saviour. After M. de Montalembert's long and interesting discourse, Poland had again the misfortune of being inopportunely put forth for commiseration to a wearied audience, by the Rev. P. Lescccur, of the Paris Oratorians, and so ended oar day's work. L'Opinion Nationale of to-day remarks in re gard to the speech of his Eminence—briefly referred to above by our correspondent—" Cardinal Wiseman in his address on Friday at Malines gave a sharp lesson to the ultramontane clergy in general. He showed that he himself was in no way disposed to condemn or to reprobate, in the presence and hear- ingot foreigners, either the men or the institutions of his own country. He would in no way consent to hurl anathemas against the Protestants or Pro testantism of England. He could in no respect treat them as enemies; but, on the contrary, he rendered justice to their loyalty and to their gene. rosity.” In England," he said, "the heart of the people is full of prEjudices in regard to the Catholic religion ; but while we have confidence in the jus tice of our cause, we have also full confidence in the justice of our fellow-citizens." " Behold !" ex claims L'Opinion Nationale, " noble language, in deed ! And language that contrasts strongly with those words of anathema and with those cries of fury with which some of the high ultramontane prelates of Rome, of Italy, or of France deafen the ears of modern society, at the very time when they are babbling the most noisily about their rights, their liberties, and their progress." 1 Galignani of to-day observes upon these same proceedings :—" The most interesting incident in the sitting of the Catholic Congress at Nialines was an address by Cardinal Wiseman on the civil and religious position of Catholics in England. Hi s Eminence rendered justice to the uprightness and generosity of the English people, and spoke in warm terms of the conduct of the Govern ment. Ho remarked on the prejudices existing in England against the Roman Catholic religion, but recognised the desire to act equitably towards that form of worship, and mentioned the conduct of the English Parliament in ordering an inquiry into the claims of the Catholics, and the latter obtaining justice from even the ultra-Protestant members of the Parliamentary committee. A long address was again delivered by Count ds Montalembert on liberty of conscience and its practical form and liberty of worship. A proposal to found a Roman iiatholic academy was voted, and the creation of a fund for carrying out the resolutions of the Con gress was decided on. 'rho establishment of a society of the former members of the University of Louvain was determined on, the seat of which is to bo at Brussels. A proposal to invite the Catholic press to abstain from giving reports of executions was brought forward, but rejected, and a motion for the better observance of the Sabbath was adopted. THE FRANKFORT CONGRESS. FRANKFORT, Aug. 23, 3 p.m. The Congress cf Princes has held no regular sitting to-day,and there is but little political news of moment. The current report that three of the German Sovereigns have rejected the Austrian pro ject of reform is unfounded ; but the Grand Duke of Baden, the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and the Grand Duke of Oldenburg yesterday asked their Federal allies whether they, by having affixed their signatures to the letter of invitation to the King of Prussia, had pledged themselves, or were believed to have pledged themselves, to accept all the Aus trian propositions. As a matter of course, a nega tive reply was given to the question, and the illus trious personages who put it were reminded that in the document in question it was simply said that the Congress had accepted the Austrian proposi tions as a fitting basin for its deliberations. The news of the day is, that the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies has unanimously expressed approval of the Austrian project of reform. The Frankfort Abgeordnetentag (Congress of Deputies) yesterday unanimously accepted the five proposi tions made by the managing committee, an analysis of which was given yesterday. Baroness von Bethmann's rout came off with great eclat. NOON. One after another, without pomp or ceremony of any kind, the German Sovereigns (with the excep tion of the Emperor of Austria) have "dropped" into the Hotel de Russie, and they are now holding a conference in the apartments of the King of Hanover, who, half an hour ago, was smoking a long German pipe in the courtyard. FRANCE. The France considers the state of parties at Frankort as calculated to delay any satisfactory settlement of the proposed Federal reform. BOURSE, Aug. 24.—The market has been ani mated, but in the business done the prices of Satur day have been well maintained, Threes, for the Account, being now at 67f. 60c. Railway Share Market quiet, with quotations for the most part unvaried. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 96 SO Italian Loan 72 75 Do. end month.... Do. end month 72 70 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 67 60' Russian month 72 75 Credit Mobilier.... 1100 Do. end m0nth....1100 75 Austrian Bank Shares 3380 Spanish Threes.,, .. 52 50 Credit k oncier 1260 Rome Debt RA IL ',LYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1026 25 .. 1023 75 Northern - .. 990 Near ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 .. 1023 75 Geneva 493 75 .. 492 50 Southern 706 25 .. 710 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lou lard North of Spain Saragossa 685 .. 685 Ditto to Barcelona THE CAPE MAIL. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PLYMOUTH, Aug. 24, The Union Company's steamship Briton, with the above mails, arrived here this evening. She left the Cape of Gcod Hope on the 21st ult., St. Helena on the 30th ult., and Ascension on the 3d inst. The Briton brings 62 passengers, among whom are the Lieutenant-Governor, General %Srynyard, on sick leave, and family ; Lieut. Wilson, A.D.C., and Mrs. Wilson; Sir Drummond Hay, the Gover nor of St. Helena, and Lady Hay. Her cargo consists of 626 bags copper ore, 116 bales and 340 bags of sugar, 27 casks wine, 117 bales hides, 17 cases feathers, 7 cases aloes, 3 bales buchu, 20 cases sundries, and 1 box of coins. The Briton arrived out on the 16th July, two days over her contract time; she was detained two days at St. Helena, landing Admiral Elliot, the new governor. The dissolution of the Cape Parliament was ex pected in a few days. Only two of the taxing bills proposed by the Governor had been passed, ie. the transfer duties bill and the succession duties bill. They were expected to yield only £2,000 additional revenue this year, but £25,000 next year. The Governor had introduced another bill to amend the stamp tariff. A bill has been passed, authorising the Government to raise a loan in England of £150,000 upon debentures at 6 per cent. interest. A motion for introducing a responsible or party Government has been rejected. The Assembly has voted an address to the Gover nor to summon the next session of Parliament in the Eastern Province. The Council had passed a resolution for the introduction of Lancashire emi grants at the expense of the Home Government, but the Assembly rejected the motion. There was some danger of hostilities upon the frontier between the Basutos and the Free State from a dispute about their boundaries. News had been received from the Zambezi to May 18. Bishop Tozer and suite had arrived safely. No later news from Dr. Livingstone. Trade was still dull, with little hopes of improve. ment until the spring; but the season was very favourable. Harvests were abundant and provisions cheapening. Money market easier. In Simon's Bay were H.M.S. Valorous and Pen guin. The Curb coa arrived on July 20 from Eng land. The Pioneer left July 11. At Ascension the Rattlesnake left July 30, for the coast. The Sparrow had arrived from England. - - it.* The above mails will reach London at noon to-morrow. THE DOG SHOW at Ashburnhatn Hall, in the March of the present year, assembled together more than 1,200 dogs,which were classified under 52 different varieties Mr. WHALLEY, M,P., has lately joined an Orange Lodge. THE late report that Mr. Sothern (Lord Dun dreary) was, at Leeds, too ill to fulfil his professional engage ments, is, we are glad to learn, untrue. " MANFRED" is expected to be produced shortly at Drury -lane. BARON KOTZE has recently arrived in England to purchase blood stock for the Prussian Government. TRYING IT ON !—lt is still thought that the picture galleries will be left standing at South Kensington, for the purpose of another attempt being made to per suade the House of Commons to purchase them next session I That being, of course, so very likely ACCORDING to rumours of projected changes in the Equity Courts, Lord Justice Knight Bruce will retire, Vice-Chancellor Kindersley will succeed him in the Ap• peal Court, and Mr. Edward James, Q.C., will be the new Vice- Chancellor. Preparations are now in progress for installing a camp in the province of Schleswig. It will consist of from 10,000 to 12,000 men, among whom will be the Royal Guard. A corps of 10,000 men is also being assembled round Copenhagen. A NICE OPENING FOR A YOUNG MAN !—As Gilbert a Beckett said of the Chasm in the Forum, into which Curtius leapt on horseback, armed :cap-a-pie. Sa3s the 4Yaturday Review in reference to the new Empire of Mexico :—To an Archduke or a Prince of royal blood, the transition from the second rank to the first seems like a peerage to a squire, like a bishopric to a curate, like the woolsack to a barrister. The Archduke Maximilian enjoys all the pleasures and luxuries of life, as well as the social homage which belongs to exalted rank. He has palaces and revenues in the pleasant country of his ancestors, and all the Courts of Europe are open to receive him when he happens to wish for a change of scene. In Mexico, he will live among aliens of an inferior race, in constant political uncertainty, if not in personal danger, with malcontents around him who will have a constant excuse for becoming rebels, and in tho neighbouthood of a forniidable Power which will probably not even acknowledge his title. His sovereignty, such as it is, will involve virtual dependence on the Government which has inflicted the heaviest blows on the House of Austria. He has yet to earn the loyalty of his unknown subjects, even if they are capable of the political sentiments which are indispen sable io the unity of nations. The new Emperor's revenue will probably be uncertain, and the taxes which his Govern menr may impose must, in the first instance, be applied to pay the costs of the French conquest of the country. If William 111., on the throne of England, regretted his parks and hunting -grounds in Holland, Maximilian I. will often feel a melancholy longing for his castle at Trieste or for the cheerful society of Vienna. In return for his sacrifices, he will be entitled to call the Kings of the Earth his brothers, while non-regnant Princes will sink into the humbler category of cousins. It is also probable that a young man of respectable abilities and character may be actuated by the nobler ambition of occupying his life in manly labours, and of perhaps coatributing to the founda tion of a civilised and durable State. King Leopold has earned a name in history by conforming to the duties of a constitutional ruler over one of the most ordeily and intel ligent of European populations. His son-in-law will achieve a higher tack if he can govern Mexico, or teach it to govern itself, o_4 4*f - - Crillbr, - , The Prince and Princess of Wales in the Highlands. On Monday forenoon the Princess of Wales walked to Corbyhall, On Monday and Tuesday the Prince of Wales and the Count of Flanders hunted round Lochnagar ; the Prince succeeded in bringing down three noble stags on Tuesday. On Wednesday the Prince of Wales went out to the grouse shooting and was very successful. In the evening a ball was given to the Billies and game keepers at Abergeldy Castle. The Prince and the Count of Flanders danced frequently, the latter appearing bewildered, although much amused, at the intricacy of the Highland reel; and the Princess, although she did not join in the dancing, seemed highly delighted with the Highland dancers. On Thursday the Prince of Wales and the Count of Flanders hunted the woods of Birkhall. In the afternoon the Princess drove to Birkhall.—Aber deen Herald. Foreign Courts. The King of the Belgians is enjoying excellent health at Ostend, and makes frequent excursions on horseback in the neighbourhood of the town. The Duke de Nemours arrived there the day befora yesterday from Brussels, on his way to England. The King of Italy left Turin three days ago for Courmayeur, in the valley of Aosta, for chamois hunting. He is accompanied by Prince Humbert, who accompanies his father for the first time on such an excursion. The King of Holland, who was not able to be at Frankfort for the 17th, but had himself represented at the Conference by Prince Henry, arrived there on the 21st. He immediately paid a visit to the Emperor of Austria, with whom he dined and passed a part of the evening. King Fernando of Portugal has arrived at Munich from Switzerland, and intends to leave again in a few days for Dresden. The Sovereign Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, whose absence at the Congress of German Princes at Frankfort has been mentioned, died three days back. By his death the dynasty becomes extinct, and the Duchy reverts to the elder branch of Anhalt- Debsau, thus reducing the number of co-Federate German Sovereigns to 34. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have a select party staying with them at Walmer Castle. Among the visitors are Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Misses Jocelyn, the Right Hon. W. F. and Mrs. Cowper, Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley, &c. Viscount and Viscountess Dillon are among the latest arrivals at Baclen Baden from a tour of the German Spas. THE LORD CHANCELLOR, now enjoying recrea tion after the fatigues of the Court, the Woolsack, and the Cabinet, in yachting, a pleasant story is told in regard to him. Two sailors. seeing the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain climbing up the side of his yacht in a marine jacket and trousers, "I think, Jack," said one, as he turned a knowing look to his messmate, " this is the first time one ever saw a short Chancery Suit !" Captain the Hon. James R. Drummond, C. 8., loft his official residence at the Admiralty on Sunday for Dunkeld, on a visit to the Duke of Athol], who, we lament to say, is in a very precarious condition. The Duke de Nemours arrived at Ostend on Friday last, on his way to England. The Count of Flanders has left Scotland for Ostend, where his royal highness will join the Belgian royal family, at present staying there. The Duke and Duchess of Grafton are prolong ing their stay at Baden Baden. The duchQss is still in delicate health. The Marchioness (Maria) of Ailesbury left town yesterday, on a tour of visits in the north. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have taken up their residence at Bretby Park, Derbyshire, where they will entertain a large party during the Derby races. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and the Ladies Villiers purpose to return hOme towards the close of the ensuing month, from a tour in Germany. The Earl of Portarlington has arrived at Baden Baden, from Ems. TIIE LATE ADMIRAL HARCOURT.—The funeral of the deceased admiral took place ca Friday last, and, iu accordance with his last wishes, was strictly private. The cortege, consisting of a hearse and four, and five mourning coaches, followed by the late admiral's private carriage, arrived at the Masham Church gates about 12 o'clock. The remains were followed by the deceased's brother, Lord Nevill, Capt. Tucker, Sir John Johnstone, Mr. Tramper, Dr. Ward, and the household. None of the tenantry were invited, but they met spontaneously, and followed on foot. Mr. MASON IN IRELAND.—On Saturday last, the Earl of Donoughmote, Mr. Mason of Trent notoriety, and bis Secretary, visited the Clonmel gaol. They were escorted over the building by the governor of the prison. A GOOD POLITICAL NOVEL, though by no means the highest form of art, requires, says a clever critic in one of our weekly contemporaries, a number of conditions hi the writer which are most rarely found in combination. He must be a political student; he must have taken a more or less practical part in politics ; he must have imagination, and he must have mixed with some intimacy in those pecu liar circles and "gilded saloons" where the highest fashion is found in conjunction with the most eager political activity. . . This, it will be observed, is, in effect, an exact description of the eminent qualifications and remarkable antecedents of the gifted author of " Coningsby I" THE MYSTERY OF MIGRATION.—" Did it ever occur to you," asked a philosophic naturalist of his sporting companion, the other day, " what wondrous in stinct guides these birds in their periodical migration, and what was Nature's purpose in endowing them with the in stinct ? " " Parbleu I" replied the sportsman with gra vity, " Nature's purpose was to give us the pleasure of shooting them, and epicures the pleasure of eating them." CHARLES LAMB'S answer to a fellow-passenger in a stage-coach, who, having been kept awake half the night, remarked that he (Lamb) had a bad cough, "It's the best I can give you," stammered " Elia I" REALLY ?—M. Emile de Girardin has recently written, " England is Not a Great Power—She is a Great Mistake." Is the utterance of this Lon mo.! the secret wby the Duke do Morny meditates the speedy elevation of the Editor of the Presse to the dignity of a Senator ? FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS.—The latest addition to medical novelty, a curious pamphlet has recently informed us, is " Magneopathy," the discovery of Mr. Perry, son of the renowned steel pen maker. A magnet in conjunction with a battery sends " the principle of life" through the mortal in a renewed and reinvigorating stream —after which (it has been waggishly suggested) he will use lots of steel pens ! REPRESENTATION OF LUDLOW.—The writ for the election of a member for this borough, in the room of the late Mr. Botfield, has been received. The returning officer has fixed the nomination for Friday next, at the Town Hall. Sir W. Fraser is the only candidate in the field, and he will probably be returned without opposition. THE NEW ACT ON FORTIFICATIONS.—One of the last acts of the recent session was to provide a "further" sum for fortifications. The Commons " cheerfully granted," as recited in the act, a further sum of £650,000, and the works are progressing, and a central arsenal is to be made. The first sum piovided by the 23d and 24th Vie., c. 109, was £2,000,000 ; the second, by the 25th and 25th Vic , c. 7S, ze1,200,0u0, and the third and last for the present year £650,000. PROPOSED RECOGNITION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES.—A circular relative to plans for securing peace in America has been issued by Mr, E. Akroyd, late M.P• for Huddersfield; the Rev. James Bardsley, M.A., rector of St. Anne's, Manchester; Mr. W. S. Lindsay, My., the Rev. F. H. Williams, ALA., incumbent of . Chris tchurch, Ashton •under-Lyne ; the Rev. Wm. Berley, M.A,, rector of Chorton; the Hon. A. Duncombe, M.P. ; Mr. Crock, late M,P. for Bolton ; Mr. Pearson, the Mayor of Salford, and many other gentlemen. It is an invitation to others to term a "Central Asscciation for the recognition of the Confederate States." FISHING IN THE NORTH SEA.—The herring fish ing in the North Sea, off the Durham and Yorkshire coast, which at one time threatened to be an utter failure this season, within the past ten days has proved extremely bountiful, and will repay the fishermen for all their reverses in the early part of the season. Oneday last week upwards of a million herrings, it was conjectured, were landed at Hartle pool, and the sale of herrings in that town on Thursday would realise to the fishermen about X 2,000. The " takes" were equally good on Friday and Saturday. The prices were as low as 15s. per thousand. The Shields fishermen did not realise so well in the early part of last week, but on Sunday their boats came into the Tyne loaded to the water's edge, and prices ranged from 17s. to 18s. per thousand. The fish are extremely prime. The extraordinary shoals that have been fallen in with are described by the fishermen to be so solid that it was a difficult matter to sink their nets. A number of Penzance end Folkestone boats are fishing Off the Yorkshire coast, and within the past few days a con siderable fleet of large French luggers have made their ap pearance, and are busily employed gathering the harvest of the sea. Y 4 B tii an du 4:( co are Inc 1141 do. 3 Ae 5 R Rat Lon Lid E~ ; L D Am - En L Ore Ale) Spa ~,, L a a r • `~.