The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-16 00:00:00

On the Ist of October will be published, a Third and Cheap Edition, price 10s. 6d., OBSCURE DISEASES of the BRAIN and MIND. - By Founts W1.7...75L0w, M.D., D.C.L. Lon don : Robert Hardwicke, 102, Piccadilly. THEAri ['RE ROYAL DRURY - LANE . - Manag ors, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EV ENING, the new and origi nal Comedy, by Ed mund Fal^o? ae r, entitled NATURE'S ABOVE ART A Ro mance of th I . 7ursery : Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Ryder, Barrett, G. Belmore, F. Char l es. Neville; Miss Charlotte Saunlers. :Miss Murray, Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. Melville, a Mrs. Edmund. Falconer. To conclud e with A DAY WELL SPENT : Messrs. G. Belmore, F. Charles ; Mesdames Murray, Harfleur, and C. Weston. Box-office open from Ten till Fi ve daily'. Prices as usual. ROYAI PRINCESS'S THEATRE. L.BBef, , llr. George Vining, Open under the Management of Mr. Walter Montgomery. THIS EVENING, THE WIFE. Messrs. Walter Mont gomery, E. F. Edgar , Fitzjames, Ilaymoni, Munro; Miss Kate Saville. 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Scarcely have the Houses of Parliament been prorogued, scarcely have the mem bers—hereditary and representative—been fairly scattered far and wide throughout the provinces and upon the continent, as well as upon the wide seas in their yachts, when Earl RUSSELL effects a change in the diplomatic arrangements of the Government, such as he would, for certain, never have ventured upon while the Legislature was actually sitting. Sir JAMES HUDSON is coolly turned to the right-about at Turin. He is compelled to vacate his place there at t'he British Embassy—in order that another of those interminable ELLIOTS may slip into it quite com fortably and conveniently. The long vacation enabling the noble Earl to carry out his affectionate intentions towards thus furthering theinterests of his kinEanan by this distinguished and most desirable promotion, the thing is in due course done accord ingly. And done so quietly, too—by an announce-- meat in the Gazette ! No vexatious worrying of either the Foreign Secretary himself in the House of Lords, no troublesome annoyance inflicted upon his representative in the House of Commons, the hon. member for the borough of Southwark, who sits there during the session upon the Treasury bench in his responsible character as UndereSecre tary for the Foreign Department ; no annoying questions put either here or there, now to Earl RUSSELL by one of those sarcastic peers on the side of the Opposition, now to Mr. LAYAED by one of those metropolitan members who are always £0 eagerly in quest of knowledge under difficulties ! Sir JAMES HUDSON—about whose removal we, at any rate, can speak quite dispassionately, having a supreme indifference as to the sequel of the diplomatic career of his ex-Excellency— Sir JAMES HUDSON has only to withdraw silently from his position at Turin as English ambassador ! Mr. ELLIOT has only as silently to step into his empty shoes, and to occupy his vacated residence in that capital of Piedmont—for we can hardly yet surely speak of Turin as the capital of Italy, without running, at least, a very imminent hazard of wounding the amour propre of every Lcambard, Tuscan, Neapolitan, even, we might say, of every 241odenese, Parmese, and so forth, in the the length, and whatever there is in it of breadth, of the whole Roman peninsula. All the penalty Earl RUSSELL has been subjected to, in consequence of his flsgrant subordination of public interests of all kicds to the petty individual interests of one among the large cluster of his own numerous kith and kia, has been in the way of printed commentary upon that extraordinary proceeding, extraordinary even f ro — at him and for an ELLlOT—sarcastic leaders in the daily and weekly newspapers, and an occasionei caustic gibe in the shape of a hu morous illustration in the pages of our London Chetivari. The accomplishment of his amiable desig n i n regard to Mr. ELLIOT, with only anis slight cost to himself i n elf the shape of ridicule endured, was, doubtless, in itself a circumstance calculated to lighten c onsiderably the spirits of the Foreign Secretary at the "vary commencement of his autumnal holidays. But,e eee t i of hilarity att a i ned hen, t fails to explain by the heig ht those lightened spirits of his upon the occasion of cent public appearance at D undee, something very different, indeed; something for more exhilirating than the quiet a e ff e cting of this dexterous insinua tion of an ELLIOT into the suddenly vaoatedßritish Embassy at Turin, must have inspired th at most unusual vivacity on the part of the p e -reig n Secretary one ordinarily rather didactic j e manner, and given to nu undue display of gravity than to the convulsion of his audience, whether in Parliament or out of it, into bursts of irrepressible hilarity. "Yet it is only necessary to glance eown E trl Rus s u.L's speech lately at Dundee, to recognise that the noble lord was in what is called familiarly and emphatically tlp-top spirits while he was speak ing. But for his name appearing at the head of his speech to the Dan d • ewes, we might, from the character of the interruptions, have been led to suppose that it was an after dinner harangue by Mr. BUCE.STONE, or ,an oration upon some very !serious question, in d eed, a Church matter of or a mor e th an usually anxious grea t importance, topic connected with finance, spoken to a laughing audience by that veteran light comedian of politics, the First Lord of the Treasury. Laughter, renewed laughter, once even, intense langhter—these were the kind of interruption s to Lord RUSSELL'S speech the other day at Dundee. Whence, this abounding hilarity on the part of the noble earl at the head of the Foreign Department ? It could not possibly be attributable to a delighted sense on his part of a most adroit avoidance of parliamentary annoyance in connection with the ittle family incident already referred to. That was a thing already past and done with. Neither could it well have had reference to-day, in any way, to what was yet more remotely past and done with—to such incidents, let us say, as the arrogant bearing assumed, by him, at different times and in various degrees towards Den mark, towards Mexico, towards Brazil—towards any State, in fact, that a British Foreign Secretary might safely treat with arrogance. No, the sourca of these sudden high spirits at Dundee must surely be more recent. It must, clearly, be same incident much more suggestive of a sense of personal exultation. We have it ! Earl RUSSELL'S vivacity is traceable to nothing less than a delighted consciousness of his having again ventured, during the holidays, upon doing what he could never have had the hardihood :o attempt during the sitting of Parliament—the truckling to the North, the knuckling down to the insolent threats so often indulged in from Washington, the perverse deter mination to interfere, at the behest of Mr. ADAMS, in the business arrangements of Mr. LAIRD, the shipbuilder, by detaining upon, a bare suspicion, the steam rams, called for the nonce, El Toussoun and El Monassir. Among the many changes produced by the is Ame rican war, the position of the Western States the least interesting. While other S upon tatesa them, re com plaining loudly of the demands made and depreciating the co ntinuance hofho suffered hostilities while the fertile plains of the South have all the horrors of invasion, the Western arerap S id t l a y tesare ready with their men and money, deve loping their resources, andarteh ewar. willing enoughßyone of to vote for the carrying on of those curious turns of the wheel of fortune that are sometimes to be seen in our prosaic age, the war, so disastrous in its results, and so lavish in its expenditure, has been to these Western States a source of profit and prosperity. These agricultural districts were in no flourishing condition at the beginning of the war. Excessive speculation, that bane of American trade, bad harvests, and other causes had combined to load almost all landowners with heavy mortgages. A sudden turn of the wheel brought to them this opportune and profitable war. The produce of the soil was ;eagerly sought for, there was no fear of lacking customers for pork and breadstuffs ! The change in the currency was still more important than the increased demand for com modities. The easy terms on which money could be obtained worke3 wonders for the embarrassed farmers. Oppressive debts of long standing were swept off in " greenbacks." No matter as to the real value of the money tendered, the 'account was paid in the currency of the realm, and no complaints could be made. In other ways, too, the effect of Mr. Chase's system has made itself felt. Ten years ago there were not 100 miles of railway in all the State of Illinois—there are now more than 3,000. Building and planting, scheming and speculating, are going on on all hands. On every side are the signs of that busy commercial activity which tells of a prosperous and thriving State. Still there is no question but that these energetic and enter prising traders are going on, morally and politically, as they do practically on their cars and steamboats —going at a degree of high pressure that ensures rapid progress, but also entails the risk of sudden collapse and disaster. That the day of reckoning must certainly come, perhaps at no distant date, is an indisputable fact, and whether the war will look equally attractive then, may be more than questionable. Still it has been justly observed that, however great or disastrous the crash may be, the material evidences of prosperity will remain. The lines of railway and other substantial improve ments will be there, whatever party rules at New York and Washington, whether Union or Seces sion be triumphant. At present the motto seems to be " take no thought for the morrow ;" and it is no great wonder that, amidst such brisk and thriving trade, and surrounded by the evidences of commercial and industrial speculation, the go-a-head New Englanders from the leading circles of the West should be fully satisfied with the aspect of the present. When the bubble bursts there will be, no doubt, a revulsion of feeling; but, as yet, there is no hesitation in paying the taxes, which are not, indeed, rigidly enforced in the West, while Illinois had contributed 135,000 men to the army up to last December out of a population of 2,000,000. A farmer, who was the father of ten sone, dezlared that he Lad sent seven of them to the war, and such sacrifices in an agricultural population are not without their effect. Ili hen once the tide has turned, however, and in place of a liberal supply of paper money, always obtainable on easy terms, the weight and burden of taxation begins to make itself felt, and the enormous expenses of this ruinous war are pressed upon the nation, there will be a new element in the American strife and struggle. The North-Western States, with all their agrieul• tural wealth and moat natural resources, will begin to feel that they have separate and individual interests, entirely distinct from those of the North. They will probably refuse to bear their share of the expenses so rashly and lavishly incurred, although they have not failed to profit by the tide at its flood. The dismemberment of the once mighty United States has becomo only a question of time, and it is not unlikely that the unwieldy nation may break into three—the North Western provinces forming a State by themselves-- which, from size, wealth, position, and resources, they are very well qualified to do. The centrali sation system which is being stretched to such un reasonable lengths is manifestly failing more and more every day. Mr. LINCOLN may dream of abso lute sovereignty over South and West, but he had better make the most of his dreams, since they will never become reality. The secession of the West has been talked or thought of—probably from the prosperity it is now enjoying, and the conse quent content of the great body of the people. England, however, is not the only country in which the real test of conviction is to make a demand upon the pocket. The Americans, reck less and lavish as they are of their money, re garding tremendous commercial panics, which we upon as unmitigated and exceptional calami ties, as are casual depressions of trade, will yet be very unwilling to see th e i r new f oun d pros perity and importance melt away under the pres sure of taxation, and the collapse of liovernment credit. Should the Confederates capture Wash ington, Mr_ CRASZ'S greenbacks would be some thingo like the f a i ry money f th g into thorns an d shrivelled to t h e con s t ernat i on 0f their l e ea o v ld es legends e d n a d y s : break,turninr disappointed possessor, The owner of a h andsome fortune in these questionable securities may , by one of the extraordinary fluctuations of War, rise up one morning and find his green b acks aro veritable fairy money. Still by that system of compensation, which runs through the universe, bringing evil out of good, and chequering good with evil, th e horrors of this most deplorable strife have not been altogether without effecting good, Apart from the larger questions of social, political, and moral in. fiance, the large sum of papa 'money afloat has MB SON. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1863. unquestionably given a stimulous to enterprise in quarters where it was needed. The Wester❑ States have been among those who have profited most largely by it, and it is some satisfaction that works of an enduring character, and of permanent benefit to the people, have owed their existence to the blood-stained struggle of the last two years. The Bishop of St. DAVID'S made a very interest ing speech at Swansea, on nationalities. The dis course of the right roe. prelate is well worthy of perusal, and will afford gratification from its elo quence, as well as instruction from its details. He said, to commence with, that much diversity of a opinion ssoro bl h e s a . d ”iie prevailed w cited t i h t hregard e aathor authority these e " a B o ao ancient Greeks, who held their national Eisted-dfodan, the most celebrated of which were Olympic Games. These games were most valuable, as they were a "centre of national unity" for the Greek people, and they also stimulated the progress of literature, since the victories there obtained inspired the muse of PINDAR. But, said the Bishop, you have the advantage in your Eisted-dfodan, as compared with the Olympic Games, for they were all feats of bodily activity. It belonged to a totally different order of entertainments to that which they were assem bled to enjoy. Dr. THIRLWALL then entered at some length into the disputes that arose regarding the question of the maintenance of the old fozm of speech. He said that these disputants were exag gerating the Effect of language, good or bad. If they crossed the Channel and went to France, they would find a portion of that great country, called Brittany, whose inhabitants spoke very much the same language as themselves. In regard to this place, the greatest unity subsisted between it and other parts of the empire. There was no part of France where the spirit of nationality prevailed to a greater degree than in Brittany, and hence it was apparent that all did not depend upon language to such an extent as some erroneously supposed. In Ireland, the greater part, indeed, nearly all the people spoke the English tongue. Hence it could not be said that the small remnant preserved of old language cause any of the disturbances that arose occasionally. There were sad proofs how little a unity of language was instrumental in pre serving a unity of nationality. Need ho take them across the Atlantic and ask what had been the effect of a common language there ; it had not prevented " two sections of the same great people from breaking out into the most dreadful civil war which has been known in the history of mankind." At all events, said the speaker, let us not exagge rate the effects of language, but reduce them to their true value. This little sketch of the most striking instances of different tongues not prevent ing unity from existing, and also that the same tongue does not deter from the most violent alter cations arising from among those who speak it in wide domains, was most appropriate. It reduced the question to its true bearings, and confined it to its just limits. Dr. THIRLWALL rendered essential service to the cause he then represented by his able arguments and foyeible expositions of the compli cated subject before him. It is surprising what people will find to dispute about at times, and how angrily they will pursue their details, and with what zeal carry on their opposition, when all the time they have most likely no case to make out, and had much better have remained quiescent, and not made any hostile move at all. Dr. THIRLWALL said that those who were so much against the Welsh language might believe him that it was not so great an obstacle as they supposed. As to those on the other side, he would say that they had no reason to be over-anxious and so easily alarmed. " Depend upon it, so long as the great body of the Welsh people continue to value and to love their ancient language it is impossible that it can die out." This is essentially true, and the experience of all time attests its veracity and bears out its authenticity. What is engraven on of cherished in the a nation heart of a p cannot peoeprilsoh,mowsht star ti - s vivo. The advice given by tie Bishop of St. DAVID'S was very wise, and it is to be hoped that many who heard may take heed to it. He said he wished that every Welshman should have something added to what he possessed, and not taken from him. He wished him not to lose the chance of exercising his talents and cultivating his faculties, so that he might pursue a career of useful activity and honourable ambition in all parts of the world, which advantages he could not expect to realise if he only carried about his ancient tongue. He wished that in this generation it would cease to be necessary to employ an interpreter in a court of justice. He thought the people of Wales were threatened with a new Saxon invasion. It had begun, it was spreading, and it would reach the remotest corners of the land. There was a dif ference, however, in this second approach of the Saxon. He " came not now with mailed troops for the purpose of devastation and plunder, but to pour his riches over the whole country." Whoever,there fore, stopped the progress of this invasion, and Bought to limit the people of Wales to their own tongue, to the single use of their own language, was an enemy to the interest of Wales. Dr. THIRL WALL concluded his able address by stating that he hoped he represented the opinions of many in his views such as he had just expressed them. lie thought the subject he had referred to was one which required grave consideration. This is un doubtedly the case, and he is deserving of thanks for the pains which he has been at to explain rightly the important subject before him. It is one which is intimately connected with the interests of the nation, and it is to be trusted that no mistaken notions of independence will prevent the people from benefiting themselves by it, and acquiring all the additional knowledge in their power. It was a true saying of CHARLES THE FIFTH that the man who knew two languages had two hearts and two souls. Let those belligerents as to nationality, then, profit by this precept, and sec vexed questions at defiance by being doubly armed; let them retain the old and receive the new, thus setting a good example to other people, and putting a stop in their own domains to the strife which is engendered by the hindrance advancement d i suni ons o f a t this i d s d o e f t p r i u m b e l n i o t i o m f p s r o o c v i a o meats of all kinds. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] GERMANY AND DENMARK. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 15 (Evening). The Europe announces the departure of the Danish Minister on leave of absence, and regrets its coincidence with the decision of the Diet to carry out Federal execution in Holstein., POLAND. THORN . , SErr. 15. The Russian Government in Warsaw yesterday began to apply compulsory measures towards tradespeople who had not paid their taxes. The places of business of all such persons were closed by the police. The taxes io question were then paid. FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 16. The Montteur of this morning says;-- " The steamer Florida is not a privateer, as was believed. She forms part of the military marine of the Cinfederate States, and her officers are furnished with regular commissions. The Florida has all the character of an ordinary vessel of war." BOURSE, Sept. 15.—The market has been rather quiet, but with yesterday's quotations well main. tained. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f. 10e. Railway Shares also firm. The market closed as follows It per Cents 96 Do. ead month — 3 per Cents Do. end month..., 69 15 Credit Mobilier 1210 Do, end month 1202 50 Bank Shares 3400 Credit koneior 1415 Italian Loan . 74 20 Do. end month.... 74 15 New ditto Do, end month.... Russian Austrian .. B4 50 • *ankh T hrees.., Rome Debt RAIL WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lO4O --- Northern NOW ditto . —.— • • -- Lyons and M --editerranean 1050 .. 1050 Geneva .. 1042 50 497 50 .. 7 Southern 747 50 • • 747 50 Western Eastern .... - ... ---- Sardinian ........ 427 50 .. 432 50 Austrian Lon.bard North of Spain ...... Saragossa 670 • • 670 Ditto to Barcelo na THE MARSEILLAISE HYMN. Proved to have been both written and corn posed by Rouget de I'lsle. Daring the last few weeks there has been a very stormy controversy in most of the Paris journals as to the authorship of the Marseillaise—Rouget de 'lsle's right to be regarded as the composer of the music, at any rate, of that glorious Hymn or War Song having been distinctly called in question. The matter has at length, however, as it appears to us, been definitively set at rest by the following sum ming up of the whole matter in dispute by one of the ablest critics in one of the very first among the Paris daily newspapers. Having given at con siderable length the argument of those calling in question Rouget de ''lsle's claim to be regarded as both the writer and composer of the Marseillaise, as in regard to it both poet and musician, the critic thus makes good that double claim of his to the glory of the authorship, thus clearly verifies, as the simple record of a fact, the beautiful and eloquent descrip tion of the origin of that Hymn as related in his Histoire des Girondins, by Alphonse de Lamartine. " Arrived at this point [the critic is here quoting the last triumphant sentence of but opponent], the whole question appears to me to be proved to de monstration." BUT-it is not by any means proved at all. Quite the contrary. Que diable ! one does not destroy thus easily an old time-honoured conviction. I have always hitherto believed that Rouget de was the author of the Marseillaise —before me others had believed it—and I cling firmly to the conviction that others will believe it after me. I have consulted all the biographies, all the modern encyclopaedias, all the books of recollections, and, above all, while sojourning in Castile Blon, I have seen, read, discovered that Rouget de l'lsle was in truth the only, the veritable inventor of the Mar seillaise. That proves nothing, however, you will tell me. It is enough you will say for one error, in the first instance, to deceive thenceforth all the biographies of the future, because it is easier to trust t he propagator of one fragment of false intelligence rather than to do what he has not done, viz., to consult the sources of it—often difficult to discover. And it is thus, in point of fact, that errors of all kinds come to be propagated. So be it, then, since you will force me to it—l will at once hasten to carry out y our own counsels by reverting to the origin of this statement about Rouget de l'lsle, availing myself, in doing so, of the very documents you enumerate. And, while doing this, it will not be my fault if your own arguments come to be turned directly against yourself., I take up, therefore, your cherished thesis at the very point where it appears to be the most specious. You remark, in the first place, " He (i e., Rouget de l'Isle) published in the year V. an octavo volume, under the title of ' Essays in Verse and Prose :' and anyone will there find the words of the tTiarseillaise simply entitled, War kong, but not a word relative to the music." I ant sorry to say to M. Fe tis that this assertion seems to bet ray on his part a certain ferment of flippancy, And I will prove what I say : At the bottom of page 7 of these very " Essays in Prose and Verse," I perceive a little note (a foot note), in which Rouge!: de l'lsle apprises the reader b e f ore h an d t h at th e ly r i ca l pi e c es which he himself set to music are each of them distinguished from the others (which he did not set to music) by being marked with an asterisk. And the Hymn of the Marseil laise, which may be found situated in the 'volume at p a g e 57 , is precisely marked at the side with the very distinet've sign indicated thus at the outset of his book by the author—to wit, an asterisk By a free translation, therefore, that asterisk at page 57 might be said to read literally—"l, ROUGET DE LISLE, the author of the book, wrote the words and composed the music of the MARSEILLAISE !" That is certain , y clear enough. As early as 1797, therefore, the author himself asserted his own right to the authorship; to the authorship, that is, both of the words and of the music of the Marseillaise. All the arguments of M. Fe:is crumble away like a scaffolding badly constructed. For, at all events, before hazarding such an assertion, he ought at least to have taken into consideration those asterisks which have proved hidden snares to him. There remains another objection. Further on M. Fecis says :—" When he (Rouget de l'Isle) had placed this piece with other melodies of his compo sition, which were published in 1827, he did not accompany it with any explanations." I call you to account here again. The collection to which you allude is entitled—" Fifty French songs, the words by different authors, set to music, with piano-forte accompaniment, by Rouget de l'lsle. Paris: Carli. (no date) Folio." In this work, pages 80 to 87, I find the Marseillaise Hymn, with a historical note to the following effect :—" I composed the words and the air of this song at Strasbourg during the night which followed the proclamation of war at the end of April, 1792. Entitled at first Song of the Army of the Rhine,' it became known at Marseilles by means of a constitutional journal conducted by the illustrious and unfortunate Dietrich. When it became the rage some months after, I was wander. ing in Alsace in extreme destitution, in con sequence of having refused to adhere to the catastrophe of the 10th August, and pursued by the proscription, which, in the following year, at the very commencement of the Reign of Terror, threw me iwo the prisons of Robespierre, from which I was not liberated until after the 9:11. Thermidor.' After this, what remains of this profound series of arguments ? I see absolutely nothing left to answer. Shipbuilding for the Confederates. The following reply to the memorial forwarded to Earl Russel! by the President of the Union and Ernmicipatiou Society has been received from the Foreign-office • " Foreign-office, Sept.l4, 1863. " Sir,—l am directed by Earl Russell to state to you, in reply to your memorial of the Ist instant, that her Majesty's Government have long had their attention turned to the question of building and fitting vessels of war for the so called Confederate States, and the subject will continue to receive their anxious consideration.—l am, sir, your most obedient humble servant, " E. HAMMOND. " T. B. Potter, Esq., &c., 51, Piccadilly, Manchester." A monument is to be erected in America to the memory of Samuel Colt, of revolver notoriety. CLIAREES DICKENS AT Paris.—The English in. Paris, and very many of the French also, arc in eager expectation that Mr. Charles Dickens may again ba pre vailed upon to deligiCz, theta with at least one more of his jtlimitable Readings. THE POLISH QUESTION, The following summary of the Russian reply to the last notes of the three Powers appears in the Nord : We have received from our correspondents at St. Peters burg some detailsrespecting Prince Gortschakoff's despatch and the memorandum which accompanies it. In the best informed circles at St. Petersburg the contents of the me morandum are better known than the wording of the des patch. We may add that the memorandum is of consider able length, while the despatch is very brief. The Russian memrandum is a reply to the document which accompanied M. Drouyn de L'Huys' last despatch, but it is not an annexe of the despatch; it is addressed separately. This document treats the question exclusively in an in ternational point of view. It gives an historical sketch from the Congress of Vienna. It thoroughly examines in how much Russia is bound by those treaties, and dwells at con siderable length upon the Congress itself. It endeavours to prove that the autonomy already decreed for the King dom of Poland, and the application of which has not been suspended but obstructed by the revolution, satisfies the obligations contracted by R uss i a towards Europe. However (and we pa r ti cu l arly po i n t out this declaration repeatedly made by the St. P eters b ur g Cabinet), a provin cial elective representation d oes no t constitute the l imit of the Russian programme. As regards the despatch, we repeat it, our informs ion is not so full ; but we know enough to indicate its character. It maintains the point of view which Russia has always advanced--that of the necessity of a lasting pacification as the condition of more extensive reforms. If the Russian Government does not again enter into a long discussion, it is simply from a desire not to envenom the debate. As regards the basis (the six points) the Russian Govern ment declares that it is agreed upon, and Russia will do everything that is within her power to resolve a question which is a source of misunderstanding between the Cabinets. Such are the p r i nc i pa l d ec l a rations contained in the las t despatch of Prin ce Gortschakoff. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-1 have read in The Sun, this evening, a statement, taken from the Athenceum, respectin g the delay incarred in the obtaining of books in this National' Repository. Whether such is t he case or not I cannot state, not having yet succeeded i n obtainin g the entre e , although a week since I forw arded to the librari an a written recommendat ion, si g ned b y a gentlemanwho is a member of the bar, for m y admissio n to the privilege. I was informed this e venin g that an additi onal sponsor is now required , althou g h a few y ears since in my case one was deemed sufficient, in order t o enter the reading room; but this addition appears to be merely a whim of the principal librarian, as the names of the trustees are not mentioned. Is the demand usual, can any of your readers say ? y o urs obediently, deemed quite that it was so before Mr. 14th Sept., 1863. C. bow comes our correspondent— s Reader . there, no matter how c w er h t e a n in . l s y ir to H b e e nry Ellis was re quire a re-introduction of any sufficient, [One spo ynesaorrs need o d , access to the Library of the Librarian. The fact Panizzi's time is within our own recollection and experience. But, obtain access San.] having once been many years ago—to British kind in Museum order to ? oLt E INVISIBILITY OF LIGHT.-The Abbe Moigno ex hibited and described M. Soleirs Teneb roseo p e , f or illustrating the invisibility of light at one of the recent sittings of the British Association. It is well known to ffi scientific men, althoug h the g e neral public do not su ciently appreciate the fact, that light in itself is invisible unless the eye be so placed as to receive the lays as they approach it, or unless some object be placed in its course, from whose surface the light may be reflected to the eye, which will generally thus give notice of the presence of that object. Thus, if the strong beam of sunlight be ad mitted into a darkened chamber through a small opening and received on some blackened surface glared against the opposite wall, the entire chamber will remain in perfect darkness, and all the objects in it invisible, except in as far as small motes floating in the air mark the course of the sunbeam by reflecting portions of its light. Upon project ing a fluid or small dust across the course of the beam its presence also becomes perceptible. The instrument exhi bited consisted of a tube with an opening at one end to be looked into, the other end closed, the inside well blackened, and a wide opening across the tube to admit strong light to pass only across. On lookin g in, all is perfectly dark, but a small trigger raises at pleasure a small ivory ball into the pours© of the rays, and its presence instantly reveals the existence of the crossing beam by reflecting a portion of its light. AGREEABLE INTERRUPTION TO A DRAMATIC succEss.—The success of lrnnani was secured by the monologue of Charle s V. in the fourth act ; that tremendous monologue was interrupted at almost every verse by bravos, and ended in interminable rounds of applause. These s houts were still going on, when some one came to tell the author that he was wanted. He went out and saw a little man with a round belly and staring eyes. "My name's M aine ," said the little man. " I'm the partner of M. Baudoin, the publisher : but we can't talk here : " will you spare me a min ute outside the house ?" When they were in the street, " Vow, then, he said. "M. Baudoin and I were at tke performance, and we should like to publish Herneni' — will you se ll it ?" " What do you offer ?" " Six thousand francs" (VD). "We will talk about it when the i;ertortnance is over." " I beg your pardon," said the publisher, "but I make a great point of settling the matter at once." " Why ? You don't know what you are buying. The success may be less complete." AL, that's true, but it may be much greater. At the second act I thought of offering 2,000 francs ; at the third act got up to e 4,000; I n ow , at the fourth act, offer 6, NO •' an d after the fifth I am af ra id I should have to 10,000.'' " Well," said M. Victor Hu go, fear about the play, laughing, "since you have so muc h you shall have it. Come to-morrow morning, and we will settle the matter." "It it's the same thing to you, I should prefer settling it at once. I have get the 6,000 francs in my pocket." " I've no objection , but how can it be managed ? we are in the street." " Here's a tobacco shop." The publisher entered with the author, bought a sheet of stamped paper, and asked for a pen and ink. The treaty was written and signed on the counter, and the author received the money, which was by no means unacceptable, as he had not more than 50 francs in his pos session. He went back into the theatre as fast as possible, and saw, by the uaive, sal attention paid, that the success had not din T'idor s Life, by his Wife, its Witness. HUDSON'S BAY MONOPOLY, (From the Daily British Whig.) Canada sent Chief Justice DRAPER on behalf of Canada to the Colonial Office, to oppose the renewal of the Hudson's Bay Company's Monopolies and exclusive privileges, and to open up to settlement under the Crown the Red River districts, and the rich and fertile prairies between Lake Superior and and the Rocky Mountains as colonies, and not under the rule of any irresponsible private company. The Government of the Earl of DERBY, with Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON as Colonial Secretary, wished to do by these territories as they did by British Columbia; but it appears from an answer of Mr. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE, the Under Secretary for the Colonies, that the present Government intend renewing the monopoly and admitting the claims of the Hudson's Bay Company to these rich coun tries. We dispute these in toto. We claim that all monopolies are against the principles of the British Constitution, and against the interests of Canada. We assert that the tenure of the Company over these districts has expired, and that the greater portion belongs to the Crown, representing the people, and a smaller portion to Canada, representing the old French settlers. We tell the Duke of NEWCASTLE and Mr. C. FORTESCUE that the rights of the Crown, the people, and Canada are not to be bartered away to any irresponsible private Company ; but that this monopoly, like that of the East India Company, must be swept off the statute-book. We give an article from the Dublin Irish Times on the subject worth the attention of our Legislature : HUDSON'S BAY MoNoroLY.—The article we gave this day on the gold discoveries, from the Toronto Globe, shows that the Hudson's Bay Company, "in spite of their prospectus," are giving up the claims of the rich and fertile districts which a Whig Govern ment was about bartering away to them. Th us we will have the statesmanlike views of Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON carried out in having new colo nies iorrnecl. The Canadian press is strong against the reply of 2.1 r. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE, the Whig Under-Secretary—almost every paper in the colony condemning it when he stated, "that Canada did not complain." Oae of the first de bates in the Canadian Parliament will be on the renewal of the monopoly, as intended by the Colonial Office here, and from the tone of the press, there is no doubt but it will be strongly condemned. The exclusive privileges of the company should be abolished, and all her MAJESTY'S subjects in British America placed on an equal footing, while to for ward railways, canals, roads, and public works, grants of alternate sections of land may be made to the companies willing to undertake th•wa, as already done in Illinois and Wisconsin. The English Press and the Defence of Canada, In the Legislative Council of Canada, on the 24th ult., the Hon. Mr. Currie spoke as follows on the address : Hon. Mr. CURRIE said the hon, gentleman who had just sat down had been unfortunate in the lan guage he had made use of with reference to the militia of this province. He (Mr. Currie) was not one of those who would stand tamely by, when either the peers of England or the press of England attacked the legislature or the people of this coun try for not evincing that proper interest in militia affairs which they conceive ought to be evinced. For what were the facts? With a population of less than three millions, we had at the present mo ment in Canada a volunteer force of 25,000 men, uniformed, well drilled, and supplied with every material for active service, while in Great Britain and Ireland, where the press had undertaken to lecture us for our apathy, with a population of thirty millions, the whole of their volunteer force, on April 1, 2862, amounted to 162,000 men— whereas the 'number, if the same in proportion to population as the number in Canada, ought to have exceeded 300,000 men. While in 1862 the people of Canada were taxed upwards of half a million for ' the support of their volunteer force, all that was paid from the public exchequer for the support of 1 the volunteer force in England in that year was only 42,000 dols. As a Canadian he felt proud of these facts, and thought the legislature might afford to speak out manfully and boldly in its own justification. (Hear, hear.) He did not say he was satisfied with what had been dcns, and would say that we ought to do more, but he thought that instead of being upbraided for our apathy, we should receive credit for what had already been accomplished. It was no small matter for a young country like Canada, in the course of a year or two to raise and equip 25,000 soldiers; yet he was sure that if needed the number could be doubled. The volunteer movement had shown that the people pre ferred that mode of organisation to the old militia system, and the Government were therefore fully justified in the course they had pursued. Hon. Mr. CAMPBELL begged to allude briefly to the remarks of the hon. gentleman (Mr. Currie), on the temper of the British legislature and press to wards Canada in respect of the provision made for defence. He was quite aware that in the part of the province from which the hon. member himself came great progress had been made in the organisa tion of volunteers, which was due very much to the personal exertions of the hon. gentleman himself, but it pained him to hear the hon. member speak as he had done of the parliament and press of the mother country. For his part he held that they bad shown no disposition to treat Canada otherwise than in a fair and proper spirit. The feeling in England, to which the hon. member had alluded, was exhibited at a time when the exertions Canada was making for defence were unknown, and he was sure the British people were only anxious that all should be amply protected in case war should break out. There had been nothing selfish in their feelings, for they had nothing to gain in the matter. All they desired was our perfect safety ; and as they were exerting themselves for us at great cost, they thought, and correctly, that they had a right to speak. But so far as the language used in the British Parliament was concerned, he had been urtable to discover that it failed in conside ration towards this country. Tnen, referring to the comparison drawn by the hon. member between the volunteer movement in England and Canada, he had forgotten that the people of England kept a large . standing army and a powerful and costly navy' that they built and maintained fortifications over half of the world, and had to find men and money for all these purposes. He would repeat that, highly as he admired the spirit exhibited by the volunteers, he could not feel that the country would be safe in relying exclusively upon such defence. We should do all that can be done, and endeavour to cherish kindly thoughts towards the mother country. Hon. Mr. 3. , 100RE said ho thought Mr. Carrie was fully justified in speaking as he had done of the tone of many articles in the English press. Hon. Mr: CURRIE said no one thought more of the British army end navy than he did, but at the same time he did not feel it necessary to allow the country to be misrepresented and belittled. He would be the last man to say aught that would tend to dissever the ties with the mother country; but when he found the leader of a large political party in the province saying, at a great demon station, that a large proportion of the people of both sections were disloyal, he felt that it was no great wonder that the statesmen and press of England should speak and write as they did about us. When statements such as that he referred to crossed the Atlantic, it was not surprising that the press and people of England should be in some measure deceived by such misrepresentations. If ever there was a time in the history of our country when we ought to be united, it was the present time, and it was much to be regretted that one political party should bring against another such reckless and base less charges of disloyalty. (Hear, hear.) If ever our whule people were thoroughly, and truly loyal, they were so now, and the recollection of the spirit evinced by the whole people at the time of the Trent difficulty, and of the way in which the British troops had been received on their arrival in this province, ought to have prevent e d th e h on . gentle man from bringing so unworthy and unfounded a charge against his political opponents. (Cheers.) LA JEUNESSE PARISIENNE!— Ce que c'est quo la jeunesse ! the old gentlemen cry, sitting in the strait-laced, severe cafe, under the Pettus Royal, whence Camille Desmoulins issued to address the angry mob, and inaugurate the Revolution. Jcunesse, it must be confessed, has gone a little mad in Paris. Jeunesse reads Dumas the Younger and Figaro, and the "Yellow Dwarf," and is pleased to glance at the free-and-easy morals pictorially developed in the Journal Amusant. A very serious gen tleman of the old school, who has passed his life doing solid work, a well-informed high-minded but not brilliant man, who loves the classics of his country, and has made some sacrifices in an endeavour to spread the knowledge of them among his countrymen, said to me a few days ago, " It is frightful to contemplate, this Jeunesse of ours : smoking at the cafés ; supping at the Maison Doree ; driving about the Bois de Boulogne; chaffing, and snapping jewelled fingers at every honourable relation of life ; ignorant as a chigimnier —with Shame, in an Indian shawl, on its arm. I look at the noisy, gaudy crowds, laughing along the asphaltum, and wonder what the next generation will be. 'What can it be ?" NEW PICTURES AT THE LOUVRE.—It appears, from the last report of the Superintendent of the Beaux Arts, that the number of paintings in the galleries of the Louvre, the Luxembourg, and Versailles, which in 1849 amounted to 10,000, has been increased by 80 pictures of various schools, some of them of great value. Among these additions are a Holy Family, by Perugin, considered as the chef d'oeuvre of that master ; and a portrait of Baron Vicq, by Rubens These two pictures were bought at the sale of the gallery of the King of the Netherlands. The price paid for the former was 53,302 f. ; and for the latter, 15,9341. In 1852, the Conception, by Murillo, was bought at the sale of the pictures of Marshal Soult for 613,3,,0f., and placed in the Museum of the Louvre; also a marine subject of Vandervelde, for 11,5501. In 1854 four now pictures were bought for the Louvre, one of which, pre sented by the Emperor, is a Murillo (the Virgin sur mounted by Glory). In 1858 eighteen pictures were added, including five works of Murillo, Zurbaran, and Herrera le Vieux, which cost 300 ; 000f. Two paintings of Rubens were bought in 1859, and nine in 1861, including a Hob hema (a Windmill), bought for 52,500 f. Last year there were five pictures added, including a Velasquez —a full. length portrait of Philippe IV., which cost 23,000 f. The Chapter of Notre Dame also last year presented to the Louvre forty-one pictures of the French school. Among these is the Magnificat, which Jouvenet, having become paralysed, painted with the left hand in the year 1716. — Tails Correspondent of the Building New s. SALE OF THE LATE SIR TATTON SYKES'S STUD.-- The sale of thoroughbred blood stock, the property of the late Sir Tatton S;kes, Bart., was brought to a close on Saturday evening at Sledmere, Yorkshire, the Messrs. Tattersall having during the three days, Thursday, Fri day, and Saturday, disposed of the whole 313 lots, in the presence of a vast number of noblemen, gentlemen, farmers, and breeders, from all parts of the world, there being representatives present from France, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Hungary, Italy, China, Australia, Scc. The first days' sale on Thursday realised 9,803 guineas, Friday 6,454 guineas, and Saturday 7,914 guineas. Thetotal of the three days sale amounted to 24,171 guineas, Which was deemed remarkably good sum, although Fandango, who cost the late Sir Tatton 3,000, was sold to go into Hungary for 500 ; and Colsterdale, who cost 1,000, was sold to Mr, J, Osborne for 300, giant- Yilr • ein lot ;,. HER MAJESTY. The Queen's journey to the north was performed with the greatest punctuality. The royal train arrived at Carlisle yesterday morning at a few minutes after four, reached Perth (where the Queen and royal family partook of breakfast) shortly be fore nine, and Aboyne before two. This being the last station available for Balmoral, her Mi‘j2sty and the princes and princesses pursued the ramainder of the journey by roid. The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse and the Princess Victoria arrived at Buckingham Palace at seven o'clock yesterday morning from Dover. Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, the Baroness Schenck, Captain Westerweller, said Dr. Becker were in attendance. The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse and the Princess Victoria left the Palace at eight o'clock yesterday evening, attended by the same suite, for the Easton-square terminus of the London and North Western Railway, to proceed to Scotland to joi❑ her Majesty at Balmoral. The Duke and Duchess of Grafton are prolonging their sojourn at BAden. The duchess's health is improved. The Earl and Countess Delawarr have made arrangements to leave Kissengen shortly, and are expected to arrive at Buckhurst-park, Sussex, in the course of next month. The Eirl and Countess of Shaftesbury and Lodi Victory Ashly, on their return from the Continent, will take up their residence for a short time at Walmer Castle, paced at their disposal by Viscount Palmerston. The Dowager Marchioness of Queensberry has arrived at the Alexandra Hotel (late Wallace's), Hyde pa:l-corner, from Coolhurst, Horsham, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mrs. Glad stone, and family ; the Lord Bishop of London, Mrs. Tait, and family; the Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster, the Hon. Mrs. Trench, and family ; Lord and Lady Enfiel and family, are at present staying in the immediate neigh bourhood of Llan-fair-fechan, on the sea coast, between Bangor and Penmanmaur. Lord and Lady Augustus Loftus and family are among the 'English aristocracy passing the autumn at Baden. The marriage of Prince Pierre Aldobrandini, son' of Prince and Princess of Arenberg, and nephew of Prince Borghese, with the Countess Marie Hunyade, is announced to take place shortly. The Aidobraudini's an cestor, and founder of the family, was father to Pope Cle ment VIII. The Borgheses—an illustrious family of Sienna—also count a Pope—Paul V.—amongst their an cestors. One branch of the Borghese family merged into that of the Aldobrandini many years ago; another branch had for their chief Camille, Prince of Salmone, who married a sister of the Great Napoleon, and died in 1832. The Aldobrandini Borghese aro connected with some of the oldest French families. The present Prince Borghese mar ried Mdlle. de la Rochefoucauld, of Estissac. His mother, who is still living, was also a Rochefoucauld. The Due de Salviati, a brother of Prince Borghese, married Mdlle. do Fitz-James. The bride, the Countess Hunyade, is daughter to one of the Chamberlains of the Emperor of Austria and of a Princess of Liechtenstein. The founder of this family was Jean Hunyade, father of Matthias Corvin, and a descendant, it is said, of the Pal4ologues.— Cot t Journal. INTERNATIONAL BREAKFASTS AT OSTEND.—A clever writer in the clever _Reader describes them thus :—At the Pavillon Royal and the Pavillon des Dunes breakfasts are preparing and serving from nine o'clock till twelve. That pale-faced Hollander, with his wife and child , are feasting on a dish of soused herrings, while the party of Parisians at the opposite table are busily engaged in dis cussing biftek aux pommes, saumon d la Tartare, and an omelette aux fines herbes.. The hard-featured, stout -looking man from Liege, sitting al fresco to the left, with the bottle of Belgian beer before him, has already consumed three dozen of Ostend oysters, and after these has ordered pieds de pore d la Sainte 31enehould. The two silent Englishmen, with the tea-pot before them, seem satisfied with their fried bacon and eggs a la coque, while the heavy-looking pair of Germans to the tight are indulging themselves in a dish of saucisses ala choucroute, and a bottle of Liebefratitni/ch. The Russian in the corner, who has eaten a large dish of sardines fraiches, is now assiduously applying himself to a filet de bauf au vie de 31adere. The least crapulous and the cleanest feeding among the lot is that English family, consisting of three ladies and two gentlemen. Observe how clear and clean they look, and how perfect their attire. Their menu consists of tea and coffee, of dried toast, of some slices of cold ham, and a plate of eggs. They do not voci ferate or gestulate. They do not speak with full mouths, eat with tneir knives, or pick their teeth with their forks. They do not spit on the floor, or into their pocket handker chiefs, nor do they tuck their napkins under their chin. I might go on ad infinitum describing breakfasts, each dif fering in kind and quality; but eui bono ? Each country has its customs and its dishes. The Italian breakfasts on a plate of fresh figs or rice milk, while the Spaniard has his rusk and chocolate saturated with cinnamon and thick as a custard. CHARLES MATHEWS AND HELEN EAUCIT IN PARIS—as the equivalent to Charles Fechter and Stella Collas in London.—English favourities in art seen- to have taken hold of French fancy. No sooner has our ma g nificent Tietjens left the field than our witty and volatile Charles Mathews appears, and conquers that most difficult' prize of all, the entire approbation of the Paris public. Never was applause so lioerally bestowed before—never was comprehension of foreign excellence so spontaneously experienced. Charles Mathews has obtained real and genuine success which was never for a moment doubtful : and his appearance will no doubt cause attention to be drawn to the English stage, which, save one or two artists of world-wide renown, is scarcely acknowledged as existent by the French. One of the exceptions is, undoubtedly, your poetical and gifted Helen Faucit, who appeared in Paris some years ago, and who is still remembered by the Paris public, not only with admiration, boat with that sort of artis tic affection which is often experienced on the Continent. It is a pleasant greeting to English ears whenever Shakspeare is performed, even now, whether "Macbeth" or " Hamlet" —whether Taillade or Bouvier° be the hero of the hour—to hear the name of Helene Faucit mentioned with a slight rustling whisper of regret as her performance of Shake peare's characters is called to mind. So high was the talent of that lady held in the estimation of poets and dramatists that Alexandre Dumas, being urged to write a piece for the Francais wherein she could take a part, composed during' her stay " La Fille the Regent," expressly to introduce Miss Helen Faucit as an English lady who had come over in the suite of the English Ambassadress, and who vvas meant to be the mast interesting character in the piec a , Owing to previous engagements in Loudon, Miss Faucit: was at that time compelled to relinquish the idea of the per formance, but it still haunts the restless brain of our friend Alexandre ; and it was only a few months ago, when ap prised of the fair artist's intended visit to Paris, he ex claimed, " AA, tant mieux I perhaps we may still have our scene between Bathilde and Mary." The latter character —the one written expressly for Miss Faucit—has been left out in the piece as now played. THE BEAUTY TURNED HAG.—It has recently been related that the porter of M. Ingris' hDuser was pestered by an old woman, who for day calling, and asking to see the celebrated artist of a. Stratonice." "Next time she comes, show her in," sa i d M. Ingres. The following r eplied M. Ingres, after rags. " You don't know me, sir," said the old woman in. the painter's studio, and Ingres saw before him s a c b ° u n n ti d n' l l e iej :f. morning she was admitted its a broken voice. "No, madame," I am much change d since you painted my p ortrait." „ Oh closely examining his visitor. "I believe you," she said. "I painted your portrait I what, I?" cried the artist. " Yea; and at that time I was young, I was beautiful, and I was worshipped ! All, you see Ido not speak of yester day," and the old woman sighed. " And to what period must I go back to recall who you are ?" "To the year 1806." "In 18061" repeated Ingres. " Yes ; I am the same person that was then called La belle Zelie.' I have eaten off golden plates, engraved with my own initials ; and now —I have not a bone to pick from off my earthenware dish. Years came, and misery and poverty with them. Oe all my rich possessions but one remains, my portrait, that the Marquis de —-- gave you the order to paint," The poor woman named an Italian diplomate who filled a post of importance at the Court of the Great Napoleon, " Buy my portrait, air," sail the wretched old woman: " I wilk give it you for what you like, only save me from starving, for I am at that point. God, who hears me and knows what I sutler, knows that I am telling ycu the truth." Touched with pity, M. Ingres told her to send him the portrait. It was exposed in his salon, and soon bought by an amateur artist, M. Cet, for 15,000 f,, which money wax paid over to St. Perine, for the old Zelie to pass quietly and. peacefully away, having comfort and care to the last. The picture is now in M. Cet's gallery, and is called " La Dame de 1806." THE ENGLISHMAN'S GOOD HUMOURED TOLERA TION OF SATIRE.—Our House of Peers did not " lynch" Mr. Thackeray because the demon of his story was lot d &eyne—and bur commercial gentlemen of London, not long since, at one of their anniversary elinners, welcomed,the Author of "Martin Chuzzlewit" to the chair, jut - t as cor dially as if he had not laid against them the fearful accuse , tion of leading their much -enduring landladies a terrible lite, owing to their preposterous expPctat ions in the matter of gravy. datj 3z 8 1 few Tel ( bees Cant of tl reso Rni Thi, Ba:e - i tii do. Par 6p, Mel tic sl ap 26 t bat tone have kat Low to 1 ham and don, St o , Pitt Pee a p e Nea "" N o? 5 e A P gar, 14 0 ) k , 1 A II 1 QP_