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ICHARD NIONCKTON MILNES, m.p._ _LC Poor John Bull —Thoughts in a Crowd—in FUN this week. One Penny. NEW THE ATBE-840 YAL, ADELPHI.... Sole Proprietor and Manazer, M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'clock, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MA.N ; OR, T.E GHOST'S LIARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips ' efton. C. J. Sm ith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TRovATORE. M( ssrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Ilbrirne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Wd., and Miss 1i... Kelly. Commence at 7. iIIOYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. IT. Swanborough. TO- IGFIT WHILE THERE' S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanboroug - h, Parselle, Voltaire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanboroug - h, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, handers, and E. Button. Followed by (24th time) THE MOTTO, "un ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; "„,,Tesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria 'Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with KEEP YOUR TEMPER,. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," containing the Latest SPOT TE.cG INTELLIGENCE, ~an be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THrs DAT.—Morning, 2h. 44'n.—Afternoon, 2h. 59m. To-Koßnow.-Morning, 3ti. 15m.—Afternoon. 3h. 30m. The Weather—Sun Office, Aug. 15, 1863. THERMOMETER. This mominct This day at Two o'clock 79 Barometer-29.83. Wind—S. ; light, and very fine weather. _7O, egt 4t. #94111t, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1863. A gallant soldier has been lost to England by the death of Lord CLYDE. Yet can that death be scarcely mourned over as a calamity under the cir cumstances. Death came at last, here, as a relief after two months' of severe suffering. It came after the allotted age of man had been reached. It came when the distinguished invalid had long been covered with honours, by a country;disposed—as it appeared to us during his lifetime, as it does still most certainly appear to us now that he is actually dead and gone a country disposed rather to exaggerate his merits than in any way to anderrate them. A public Funeral in Westminster Abbey a National Monument eree.fsd somewhere in the metropolis—will be mere ,%latter•of-coarse evidences of consideration already -wished with an unstinting hand upon COLIN CAMPBELL. He died a Field Marshal. He died a Peer of the Realm. When a far greater soldier than lie—CuaßLEs NAPIER, conqueror of Scinde, victor of Meannea and Hyderabad—died Neither a Field Marshal, nor a Peer!—merely a General and a G.C.B. Thinking of Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S career, of his heroic life, and of his death coming to him in his old age, when he was yet almost wholly unrewarded by his ungrateful country —we confess to it that the con trast presented to view by that career, ny that life, by that death, when considered side by side with the career, the life and death of Field- Marshal Lord CLYDE, we do confess to it frankly that the contrast strikes us, there, as rather a pain ful subject for contemplation. The remains of the greatest soldier of England, after the Dake of WELLINGTON, lie mouldering in their honoured but lowly resting place in the soldier's graveyard near Portsmouth. Upon the unostentatious tomb above them are in scribed the names and titles of the buried Conqueror —General Sir CHARLES JAMES NAPIER, G.C.8., and so forth. That heroic soldier, dead, and gone, and buried away there in that obscure graveyard, having added to the vast possessions of England one of the noblest provinces of her Empire—having not only conquered that great province of Scinde with his sword, but having brought its people into subjec tion after its conquest by the combined vigour and clemency of his rule over them as a Proconsul. Had Sir CHARLES NAPIER had his desserts, he, too, would have died a Peer of the Realm and a Field Marshal of England, The baton that no doughtier hand could have grasped, would have laid upon his coffin lid, side . by side with, at least, a baron's coronet. A Funeral procession befitting the friend and brother-in-arms:of WELLINGTON, would have fol lowed that coffin to its last resting place under the gothic roof of the old Abbey at Westminster. A Public Monument to CHARLES NAPIER (such as it is) London has, it is true, to show in one of its most conspicuous sites (such as that is also) but it is a monument erected to his memory, not by his coup • try (still even thus pertinaciously ungrateful to the last), but by that one particular class among his countrymen the most capable of appreciating his great and heroic qualities, that of the Pri vate Soldiers of the British army. It is not that we grudge one of his many honours (nobly won as they were upon so ma n y battlefields), to Field Marshal Lord CLYDE. It is simply that the remembrance of him a s Field Marshal and Baron of England—is embittered by the instant reflection that a far greater soldier than COLIN CAMPBELL died neither a Field Marshal nor a Baron ! That England never had the thought even when he was snatched away from the chance of being at last the tardy recipient of the evi dences of her gratitude, that England never had the thought even then, even out of her sense of a remorseful homage, to bury among her illustrious dead, in Westminster Abbey, the remains of one who was as great a soldier as any whose dust reposes under that venerable pile. Honour to the memory of Field-Marshal Lord CLYDE ! Let honours, fall and unstinting, still accompany his inanimate corpse to its grave ! For he was a noble and chivalrous soldier, and one worthy of our admiration. But, while Eng land is burying him away, with every token of regret and homage down at Westminister Abbey, let her have some remorseful sense the while of her consistent ingratitude during a long lifetime to one who was a far, far greater soldier than he, one who died Not a Peer of the Realm, Not a Field Marshal of England, and one who after death was Not Buried at Westminster ! The Conference at Frankfort is the engrossing topic in foreign journals, which is only natural, con sidering its novelty and also its importan ce . T he King of DENMARK has declined to be present at the Conference of the Sovereign members r ° the Ger man confederacy. This is not to be wondered at, considering the unpleasant disputes and discussions that have taken place regarding Schleswig - Holstein. The King of PRUSSIA, the CROWS PRINCE, and Herr VON BISMARK have had very " animated confer ences" at Gastein. It is, of course, very annoying for the Prince to fiud his father so determined to pursue the policy laid down by the Minister who has already done so much damage to his own repu tation, and injured the popularity of his monarch, while occasioning so much disquietude to the coun try. The semi-official journal, Correspondent, states that when the EMPEROR was at Gastein, the KING promised to attend the Conference, but that subsequently Herr BISMARK persuaded him to give up the idea. He therefore wrote to the EmpEaaß declining to attend, and suggesting that there s, aould be " preliminary Ministerill conferences h eld, and the Congress postponed till October. It is stated by the Correspondent that this letter was sent previously to the CROWN PRINCE being summoned. It was doubtless d eemed prudent by the Minister to determine on the line of policy to be pursued before the PRINCE arrived, as he knew that there would be no concur- re nce on his part to so unwise a proceeding. It is not likely under these circumstances that the CROWN PRINCE will be enabled to effect much good by his visit to Gastein. He can protest against the ruinous courso of action that is now being followed, but it is not likely to avail much, as King WILLIAM appears to give ear only to one counsellor, and that Herr VON BISMARK. This statesman must be deeply mortified at the proposed Congress, since it is in direct opposition to all his views and inten tions, and subverts the plans he has been forming for some time past. It has been his object ever since he has ruled Prussia according to Divine right to increase the ascendancy it had acquired in the Bund. He was to gain this end by taking up a high position, and then bring the German Sove reigns under the influence and direction of a strong Power. Power. All this has completely fail ed, and he hishat hated r party iv a have a assume the ut es, mortificationitw er were t h o e f w ew itn ay ess e i f ngtheir the supre macy, and cutting the ground from feet. M. BISMARK has sent aci ureulanr der to their h representatives of Prussia at forei g n Courts, and he says therein that the doings of Austria will not conduce to the unity of the German Powers. This is, of course, the language of a disappointed man, who sees everything en noir just now that relates to this conference. A sensible remark was made by a Prussian on the subject of Austria taking the lead in so decided a manner. He said that this would never have occurred " had not M. VON BIS MARK violated the Prussian Constitution, and by so doing deprived his Sovereign of the sympathy of his subjects, and made him appear despicable in the eyes of the surrounding nations." This assertion is perfectly correct; and, it may be inqui re d, w i t h what bitterness of spirit it was uttered. Nothing could have been more irritating to the more ad vanced and enlightened among the Prussians than to see their country set aside, as it were, in an im portant crisis like the present. The nations that she was once in advance of are now preceding her on the march of progress, and retrogression appears to be the order of the day, where only very recently it was hoped and believed that we should witness striking improve ments and advances made in the cause of con stitutional privileges and popular rights. The CROWN PRINCE is very much to be pitied in his painful position, but at the same time it must be some consolation to the people over whom he is one day to reign that he is not of the clique that, under M. BISMARK, has attained such unenviable notoriety, and done so much damage to the nation both at home and abroad. The approaching visit of the CROWN PRINCE and PRINcESS to her Majesty Queen VICTORIA, will doubtless be pro ductive of great service so far as regards the policy pursued by the PRINCE. Of course the views entertained by our SOVEREIGN on the questions of government will be totally at variance with those of M. BISMARK, and although the QUEEN is sure to counsel caution and moderation, still the influence ' of her opinion must have great weight. It is to be hoped that this great undertaking being carried out without the sanction, and indeed almost against the expressed wishes, of the King of PRUSSIA, and his Minister, will eventually produce some perma nent impression on their minds. If they do not attend to the signs and tokens all around them they may hereafter be unpleasantly recalled to a true sense of their actions, as they affect the prosperity and bear on the interests of the country they are ruling with divine right, and Heaven-imparted authority. The people of Prussia are already quite tired of all this assumption of peculiar privileges, which result in their liberties being suppressed and their rights shorn of all due exercise. It will not increase their respect for the policy of the Minister, or improve their allegiance to the KING, to witness that their last move was to draw back at an important crisis, and so deprive their country of its just place in the councils of the surrounding States. In all future arrangements that take place relating to this congress there will be no par ticipation with Prussia, and this isolated position must be keenly felt by all well-wishers to her in terests, while her most intelligent citizens will rue the day when so adverse a policy obtained the mastery in the Cabinet of their KING. M. Bis• MARK may felicitate himself on having persuaded the KING not to accept the invitation to Frank fort ; but he may yet have great cause to question the wisdom of the decision, and to regret that he had ever counselled his rerusal. The regulation of national finances is generally considered to be a somewhat invidious task. The most elastic exchequer will not stretch to meet the requirements of taxpayers; the most ingenious and amiable financier cannot help imposing taxes. There is no department of Government more closely and anxiously watched. Deputations represent the feeling of various classes of the community before the oracle has spoken ; when it has, ready critics hasten to point out what taxes might have been remitted with ease and profit, while generally the complaints and lamentations exceed the measure of applause granted to the propounder of a budget. It is a matter which affects everyone's personal interest, which comes to each with a reality and an earnestness not often felt for reform bills and foreigns questions. It is a novel and curious cir cumstance, therefore, when we find a Government wilfully making the worst of things in the matter of finance by neglecting a most profitable source of revenue, and withholding from the public the etartling changes which a few years have prod uce d in particular districts ; imposing an arbitrary and most unpopular tax on a necessary of life, while a little trouble would e nable them to dispense with it altogether. Yet it is confidently stated by those well qualified to judge that were the water regula ' tion in India fully carried out the Government might with ease dispense both with salt tax and income tax. It appears from the statistics fur nished by Sir ARTHUR COTTON* that in the only districts in which the works have been carried out to any great extent the increase of the revenue is startling. The total average revenue of It4a humundry, INiasulipatarn, and Gantoor, from 1841 to 1845 ) was 47 lees; the same tract now divided into Godavery and Kisuta has in the year 1862,3 yielded a revenue of 821 lees. An increase of more than thirty-five lees per annum is surely worth notice, yet no member of the Government condescends to notice it, " Lit the only thing that is not worth mentioning in connection with finances," asks Sir ARTHUR COTTON, " that one district yields two-thirds of a milli on s t er li ng, at which rate th e one hundred and thirty districts of India would yi e ld n i nety millions, while th e ac t ua l revenue is thirty- seven millions ? " h ow is it, he asks, that no statesman inquires into the cause of this wonderful result with a view to applyin g the ,* Major-Gen. Sir A. Cotton T " Oa Irrig4iion and Nvi gation in Connection with the Finances of India," rAzionlextt-stfeete THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1863. same means to other districts. It is important in every country to know what are the chief sources of reveraue, and it has long been evident that in India we have been making serious blunders in the Tat ter of finance. We are taxing salt, which is, with the rice diet of the natives, almost a necessary of life, and by so doing we aro pressing heavily on the poorer classes, for certainly no one who could afford a change of diet would live principally upon rice. The tax is unpopular and irritating, and deprives the people of the free use of an article they greatly need. Yet the salt tax only yields 540 lace, or four lacs per district. The land tax again, Sir CHARLES WOOD'S cherished source of supply, indirectly damages the revenue far more than it benefits it. Yet these obnoxious imposts are cherished, while a scheme of great national benefit, popular and practicable, is left scarcely begun, although it has been proved that it wouM add largely to the national income, besides conferring the greatest blessings on the people. Sir ARTHUR COTTON complains loudly of the system of confound ing the accounts of the Public Works Department money with the general rev enue . Th e water rate is, he says, lv invested; s then, h e e d the sh o l u a l n d d a t l a l x b i e s altogether a return different. for mixed together in such a manner that it is impos sible for the public to understand from what quar ter the great increase of revenue in certain districts comes, or what amount of profit is realised by this branch of Public Works. In consequence of this mistaken system, most of the great works taken in hand have been left unfinished. The heavy funda mental expenses have been incurred, but the final arrangements, which will develope the scheme, are left incomplete from motives of economy. The Godavery Delta Works have been fifteen years in hand, but the water is not yet distributed to half the landt commanded by the weir. So with other works. " Imagine," exclaims the indignant engi neer, " a merchant or a company building a steamer at a cost of £20,000, and then economising by not buying fuel to work it !" Sir C. WOOD once said to him that it was easy to talk about executing such works, but that he had to provide the money. The ready answer was that if only a part of the net increase of revenue from the Godavery Works were handed over to the engineers, they would speedily complete the works and hand over to the Minister a large balance." At this moment, if he would allow them to spend only ten lace a year in completing the Godavery and Kistnah works, at least a surplus of twenty would remain provided by the engineers to assist him out of these two districts only. I can most confidently assert that if Lord CANNING had taken in hand the system of works I sketched out for him at his request, at the rate of four or five millions a year, they might by this time have been returning six or eight millions a year, much more than sufficient to obviate the necessity of our in come-tax and a salt tax." These words must not be taken as the sanguine expression of the views of an enthusiastic theorist. They speak the con victions of one who has devoted long years to the practical study of the subject, whose plans have been hampered and restricted by the perverse in difference of officials, but who can bring in evidence the most astonishing results from even partial and incomplete experiments. It seems that theOodavery Navigation Works are about at a standstill for want of money, and that the Chief Commissioner has re commended that the closing link which is to com plete the communication between Nagpore and the sea is to be left undone, notwithstanding the publio assurances of Sir CHARLES WOOD that the works should at once be carried to completion. The cure for all this is probably to be found in the suggestion that India should have Public Works Commissioners who shall have full and unchecked authority over the funds raised for such purposes, and who shall account to tho public in a clear and straightforward manner for every outlay incurred and profit received. "I do earnestly insist," says Sir A. COTTON, " that there is no necessity for burthening the country with taxes to pay for works which will much more than pay for themselves . . The effects on trade, on the import and export re turns produced by a system of water communica tion are what might be expected by any one con versant with the subject. The imports of Godavery before 1846 were 3 lacs, of which two lacs were for food; they are now 10 lacs, with a large export of food. Such facts seem to fall powerless on the ruling minds of the India-office, but public attention is beginning to be turned to the matter both in Eng land and India ; and we trust, before very long, they will be called to account for their wilful neglect of the vast resources of the nation they govern. o N n O d T e H n ER t o f " a I F N r F e A n N e Th p P a H m E r N , O w lki r E it N in O g N PHENOMENON."— rom The ap c l O e r s - , res A p states that a boy not more than ten years of age, named Giovanni Gargano, son of an itinerant dealer in lemonade, has just exhibited before the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts at Naples, a group executed in clay, repre senting the subject of a painti ng , the "Descent from the Cross," preserved in the church of San Francesco di Piola, and much admired by artists. As the members of the so ciety refused to believe the boy to be the author of this group, Gargano quietly asked for some clay, and imme diately modelled, before the company, a copy of a statue which was in the room. The artists present, astonished at this prococity, immediately took measures for affording the child the means of cultivating his wonderful talent. FLORAL NAMES ! And others of Pretty Signi ficance.—Barbara is derived from barberis (the bar berry tree), Rosa from the rose, Laura from the laurel, Lucy from lucus (a grove), Rosamond from rose mundi (the flower of the world, Agnes from agnus (a lamb), m e ii m from a Greek word signifying a bee, Dorcas a rose, Phillis a leaf, Raehael a sheep, Jacintha a hyacinth. Galatea is milk, Cynthia the moon, Jesse an engraft of a tree. Aurelia means a cotton wood, Margaret a pearl and a daisy, Cecile heartwort, and Chloe a green herb. ENGLAND JEAL OUS AS TO THE ORIGINALITY OF HER SCEPTICISM!—Of all the odd manifestations of Patriotism ever yet witnessed, certainly one of the strongest wo can at this moment recall to mind is that evidenced by our chief contemporary, the Tines, in its able criticism yesterday on Mr. Phillimore's "History of Eng land." In answer to that historian's, or rather satirist's, sneering remark, that even the scepticism of England has been second-land, the reviewer asks indignantly, as if this were too cruel an imputation to be borne in silence—Was the scepticism of Hume second-hand ; and is not Hume the father of modern scepticism, the father also by his scepticism of all the modern philosophy ? If Mr. Phillimsre refers not to philosophical but to religious scepticism, pray what is the source of the current doubts concerning the Chris tian faith ? 'We shall be told that these doubts came from Germany. We have no objection to grant it if Mr. Philii more will grant that the Germans learned them from the Engli-h Deists of the last century. Our modern religious scepticism is but a revival in a new form of the old deistical controversy with which we are quite familiar. THE LATE PRIZE FIGHT.—The report circu lated by some of the London and provincial news papers to the effect that Travers had died from injuries received in the late prize fight with Dillon is incorrect. Be returned to London in the course of yesterday' (Friday) afternoon, and, although much punished, is rapidly re covering from the effects of the conflict. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT PORTSMOUTH.—On Thursday evening an inquest was held on the body of Robert Gourd, a writer in her Majesty's dockyard, Portsmouth, who attempted to murde:: his wife, and then c omm itt e d se lf-d estruc ti on . From the facts adduced there could be no doubt that deceased was insane when he committed the act, and the jury return ed verdict to that effect. THE HARVEST IN EGYPT.--A letter from Alex andria says :—" The corn harvest has terminated in Egypt, and it is g'nerally satisfactory and superior in quantity to that of last year. The yield of wheat is ap proximately estimated at 9,500,000 ardebs (184 litres each) ; barley, at 1,200,000 ardebs; maize, 1,500,000; bearw, 4,750,000; lentils, at 2,400,000; and other pulse, 100,000. The considerable development given to the cultivation 01 cotton in Egypt leads to the hope that the next rickiPg' ommeneing in September, will be *Want," LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) 7 0 ::::: qu I c AN o; ACCEPTANCE MICMEXICO OF THE THRONE OF BY THE ARCHDUKE The Menzorial M D A tp . PARIS, AUG. 15. to-day says : " We are happy to be able to announce that his Imperial Highness the Archduke Ferdinand- Maximilian accepts, with the consent of his august brother, the Emperor of Austria, the crown of the new Mexican empire. " The first overtures made to the Court of Vienna touching the candidature of the Archduke Maximilian to the throne of Mexico date from the month of October, 1861. The Emperor Francis Joseph then replied that although appreciating at its just value the preference accorded to his dynasty, he left his brother sole arbiter to decide when the moment should come to take a definite resolution. But, as it was important to know if, and to what point, the Court of Vienna would be willing to realise the wishes of the Mexican nation, his Apostolic Majesty sent Count Rechberg, immediately after the first confidential overtures with the Court of the Tuileries to the chateau possessed by the Archduke Maximilian at Trieste, Where his Imperial High ness habitually resides. " The Minister of Foreign Affairs was instructed to represent to the Prince the high destiny to which the Mexican people and the personal sympathies of Napoleon 111. would call him on the successful issue of the French expedition. As we have said, Count Rechberg was authorised to declare to his Imperial Highness that the Emperor Francis Joseph, as chief of the Imperial family, left him full and entire liberty to take the part which suited him best. " The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian Wa s strongly moved to find that at the moment when he had built the retreat of Misamor in order to re main henceforth a stranger to politics, the Emperor of the French should have indicated him to the choice of the Mexican people to fulfil so great. and elevated a mission as the pacification and regeneration of the ancient empire of Montezuma "Bat at the same time, the Archduke made the acceptance of this mission, beset with so many diffi culties, dependent upon certain conditions, which, to be well understood and estimated, merit ulte- rior explanation. " We shall at present confine ourselves to stating that the essential condition, viz. :--‘ That the re establishment of the monarchy in Mexico, as well as the e l ect i on of the Pr i nce as f u t ur e S o v e r e ign, shall emanate f rom th e spontaneous movement of the country,' proofs that his has received th h "The other conditions which are more within the domain of diplomacy are no less assured. From the month of October, 1851, the Archduke Maximilian arrival in Mexico would be looked upon by all parties as the dawn of an era of peace and pros perity. A few months a go the venerable Arch bishop of Mexico went in person to the palace of Misamor to urge the Prince in the name of religion and of the W h o l e M ex ican episcopate to accept the holy and glorious mission which Divine Pro vidence had predestined him. The worthy prelate had the consolation on leaving Misamor of knowing that the Archduke would no longer hesitate, in the easmaolrsetadieleueinvoaccaclomplished. event of the Mexican throne being re-established under the conditions specified by his Imperial Highness at th e open i ng of the negoti ations. "The Archd u k e h a d therefore already entered into more tha n a m oral engagemen t towar ds the the Mexi can episcopate and the notables of th e country, who, before p ro claiming his election, were anxious to have a certainty of his acceptance. ad dressed his congratulations to his Majesty the "At the taking of Puebla the Archduke peror this letter was the Baron de The bearer of Empe r or of the French in an autograph letter. who, from the origin of the Affairs at Vien na, e te A no rC r hd o u r k t e h t i o s thleettMere,xivlcahniethhrwas Pont, Councillor in the Ministry of Foreign candidature T of he th was attached t o his Imperial Highness as p r i v o a n t e e , secretary. question having been presented in Napoleon by th e pre ludenitive acceptance by the Archduke at to a definitive lately r r i n a c t e Fontaineble aumetterniell was so i tselfthe E m • and place. the proper t ime manner to Napoleon 111. by an the Ambas sador Joseph, implied also sador of Francis the antici of the august chief of the pated consent Hapsburg "oTffilaceiallenittearn dynasty. It may b e seen from thebreceding th a t i n an nouncingthe acceptance of the A rc hd u k e Ferdinand-maximilian, definitive m ax imilian, we do n o t put forward a simple conje cture, but a resoluti on , b ased on authen tic facts." --- THE POLISH INSURRECTION. D OF THE RUSSIANS AT ZARZYN. CRACOW, an a u three a dcom panies r 0 1 0 f : B e FE T insurgentsa infantryttacke d andd i spe r sed d of Russian cavalry on the Bth inst., at Zarzyn, in the Palatinate of Lublin. Two hundred R uss i ans were killed and 110 taken pr isoners ; the l a t ter, however, were sent back. Th e insurgents Captu re d 2 00,000 roubles in gagen' ent * this engagement. This news i s confirm e d by the Warsaw Dziennik and the Powszeszechny. .........._ CO NGRESS AT FRANKFORT CO . FRANKFORT-ON -MAINE, AUG. 14. Up to the present the Grand Dukes of Weimar and Baden, the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bran"chwelg' and Saxe-Meining en , P r i nce H enry of the Netherlands, the Prin ce o f R udolstadt, and the representatives of the f ree c i t i es of Hamburg, Lu beck, and Bremen, have arrived here. FRANCE. THE NAPOLEON FETE DAY. PARIS, AUG. 15. No speech was made by the Emperor at the re ception at the Tuileries to-day. His Majesty heard a T e Deum after the reception, and subsequently returned to St. Cloud, It is asserted that Earl Cowley has returned to Paris, and will be present at the dinner to be given a t the hotel of M. Drouyn de Lhuys. BounsE, Aug. 14 .—The Arrival of Consols with afall of ahas had a s li g h t d eprss i ng e ff ect , Th re es being again at 67f, 40c., Railway Share M ar k et also dull, but var i at i ons u p to the present time insignificant. The market closed as follows : with very little doing. I t per Cent 5....... 96 50 Do. end month.... • 3 por Cents ...... 67 45 Do. end month..., 67 35 Credit M0bi1ier....1076 25 Po. end m0nth....1078 75 Bank Shares ......3370 Credit 1 wider Italian Loan 72 25 Do. end month 72 10 New ditto Do. end month 72 25 Russian - Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt BAIL Wile 63. Cash. Account. Orleans lO2O „. 1016 25 Northern 985 .. 990 Neva ditto ..... ...... _ I . Lyons and Meditcrranean 1023 75 .. 1020 Gonova Southern 7OO .. 697 50 Western Eastern 497 50 .. 49 5 ............ • Sardinian 412 50 .. 412 60 Austrian ton.bard North of Spain Saragossa DittO to 13arcelon4 •• • • '' 's "." " .... P." INDIA, CHINA, AND , AUSTRALIA. By the arrival of the Calcutta mail, we have re ceived our private correspondence and files of papers from Calcutta, to the 9th July; Madras, 14th July ; Hong Kong, June 29th; Melbourne, 25th June; and Sydney, 20th June. INDIA. We take the following from the Calcutta Eng lislnan, of July 9 :—By the unfortunate breaking down of the screw steamer Bengal while proceed ing out to sea in a heavy gale, the outward mails of the 22d June were detained in the river till the 3d inst., when they were transhipped to the Mooltan, about the lowest boat belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company on this side of India. We have no important changes to report in our markets. We have received a telegraphic message from Lahore, which has been four days reaching us, to the effect that the Government have receiN ed authen tic intelligence of the death of Doat I`,lo,honled. CHINA. HONGKONG, June 29. From Japan the latest intelligence is decidedly more pacific, though in what manner the demands of the British representative have been met does not appear. It was believed in Yokohama, on the 14th instant, that the pecuniary indemnity had been settled, but that the question of the trial and punishment of Mr. Richardson's murderer would be allowed to lie over. So strong was the impression of an amicable arrangement, that trade was reviv ing; but, at the same time, everything was enve loped in mystery. The Tycoon said to be friendly to foreigners, was still detained at Miaco ; there was even a rumour of his having been decapitated ; and the Prince of Mito, known to be hostile to foreigners, but described as an adherent of the Tycoon, rules at Jeddo as the latter's locum tenons,—perhaps successor. The policy attributed to Colonel Neale, of avoiding war with the Tycoon, and of coalescing with him in humbling the haughty and hostile Daimios, may account for his apparent acceptance of very inadequate compensation for in juries inflicted, as any show of such a policy would hasten the Tycoon's fate, even if he be not already disposed of. The American Minister has been obliged to quit Jeddo, having been officially informed b y a high functionary, who chase the hour of mid night for the communication, that a plot existed to murder all the members of the Legation. Under such circumstances, it is as incredible that a really satisfactory solution of difficulties can have been arrived at as that future troubles can be averted by half measures. The outskirts of Yokohama had been taken possession of by the Tycoon's guards, apparently as a protection against the numerous bodies of Loonens moving about with murderous intent. These ruffians had been attacked in their haunts at Jeddo, by order of the acting Tycoon, and had got the worst of it, though with considerable loss of life on both sides. The Municipal Council of Shanghai has come to terms with the Chinese authorities on the subject of the rent-tax levied by the latter on Chinese resin dents within the settlement, The assessment of the rentals is to be joint, but the collection of the tax remains with the Council, and disputes are to be settled by the Taontar, in concert with the Eng lish and American consuls. The tax is fixed defi nitely, at 20 per cent. per annum, one-half to go to the Taontar for military expenditure, the other half to be retained for municipal purposes, and no addition to existing taxes is to be made, nor is a poll-tax, or similar impost, to be levied; but, as a ' crowning consolation, the tax on rent is to cease as soon as peace is restored. There had been a destructive explosion of gunpowder at Shanghai, on the premises of 'Alessi s. Junet and Co., by which the buildings were greatly damaged and M. Junet so burnt and injured that he died shortly after. The bodies of three murdered Europeans had also been brought into the French settlement, or " concession, " as it is called. They had been de spatched under regular passes into the silk districts with treasure for the purchase of silk, but the cir cumstances of the murders were not known. On rebel matters there is not much to say, as it is very difficult to ascertain what is really going on, but a well known foreign missionary just returned from Nankin, in writing to one of the local daily journals, says that the Taepings were anxious to know why England is so hostile to them, and that Kan-Wang expressed the following sentiments " If they (England and France), force us to the conclusion that we are to be treated as outlaws then the day of retribution will come. We are fighting in our own country and to rid ourselves of a foreign Power; and woe to the stranger who falls into our power after the first shot has been fired against Nankin. We need not, then, take cities, or hold them, or allow foreigners to assist the Impe rial imps in surrounding us. We shall then more in one compact body, ravaging the country and destroying trade," &c. A case of cruelty to prisoners, in the instance of seven rebels taken at Taitsan, has been fairly brought home to the mandarins, for there seems no reason to doubt the truth of the positive published statements of the barbarous and revolting tortures inflicted on these unhappy men before being put to a lingering death. The matter requires strict in vestigation on account of the concomitant circum stances. Strange doings continue at Ningpo. Trade is all but stopped by the attempted illegal exactions of the mandarins, and Creneral d'Acquebebe follows up his assumption of arbitrary power by outrageous acts. A correspondent in one of the Shanghai papers states that a " European named Smith was taken up as a pirate, was tried by a court martial of offi cers of the Franco-Chinese Contingent, was by them ordered to be sent to his Consul ; was sent to D'Acquebebe instead, and was by him shot at dead of night outside the walls of Shaon-Shing." Other accounts givo two foreigners as having been so dis posed of. If true, this Frenchman is guilty of mur der; for it is evident that he had no jurisdiction in the case of Smith, and it is to be hoped that the matter will not be lightly passed over. From the other ports there is nothing of particular interest to notice. AUSTRALIA. We take the following from the Melbourne Argus of the 25th of July :—" We aro again in a Minis terial crisis. - On Friday lest, after a short debate, in which only three members spoke, Ministers were defeated in the Legislative Assembly by 42 to 26, on a resolution submitted by M r . D u ff y, preliminary to the introduction of his bill to Amend the Land Act of 1862. On Monday last Mr. O'Shanassy tendered to his Excellency his own resignation and that of his colleagues. On the some day Mr. M'Culloch (Treasurer in Mr. Nicholson's Ministry), the head of the firm of M'Cullock, Sellar, and Co., was sent for, and ac cepted a commission to form an Administration. On Tuesday both House of Parliament adjourned for a week, to enable the hon. member to make his arrangements ; and he is now negotiating with mem bers on both sides, supporters as well as opponents of the late Governtnent. Ho has stated to the house that ho believes ho will succeed, and that he will be able to announce on Tuesday next the names of the members of the now Ministry. . THE GOLDFIELDS. u For a long time past there has not been so much life and activity among the miners as during the last few vicegs. One rash after another has quite dispelled the dulness so long prevalent on the gold fields, and we have now several in progress to gether; so that, instead of not having any new ground to go to, the miners are at present puzzled to know which of the new places offers the most attraction. THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. " The last mail conveyed to Eugland the parti culars of the massacre of Lieut. Tragett, Dr. Hope, and six soldiers of the 57th Regiment, by a party of the natives of Taranaki, on May 4 Thi event was followed by more open warlike demonstrations on the part of the natives, and within the last few days intelligence has been received of a short but bloody conflict between the Queen's troops and the natives, in which the latter were completely defeated, with great loss of life. Immediately after the murder of Lieutenant Hope and his com panions, the natives of Taranaki determined to commence hostilities, and the warlike attitude .they assumed created great consternation among the English settlers, most of whom left their homes and fed to Auckland. The natives procured all the fire arms and other weapons of war which they possibly could, and took up a string position, south of Tata raimaka, on the Katikara stream, where they built three pahs. It is also said that they were rein forced by 200 of 300 armed Waikatos, the most powerful and warlike tribe in the islands. In the meantime the 57th Regiment was supplemented by 200 soldiers of the 40th and 50 of the 70th Regiments, who wero conveyed from Auckland and Otahuhu by her Majesty's steam sloop Eclipse. On the 4th of June—exactly a month after the murder of Lieutenant Hope and pariy a successful attack was made on the enemy's posi tion. Everything had been very properly kept secret, and nothing was known of any intended movement until a late hour of the previous night, when the forces, numbering about 450 men, silently marched from town, leaving it in care of the militia and volunteer forces, under Major Mould, R.E. The Archduke Maximilian and Mexico, (REUTERS EXPRESS.) VIENNA, AUG. 11. The Press of to-day publishes the following article, headed " A new Imperial Crown for Haps burg : " We wish to speak to-day not of a German empire but, as we hasten to add, in order to tran quillise the minor German States, of the Imperial Crown of Mexico which, according to a despatch from that country, is now really destined for an Austrian archduke. We have long been opposed to the idea of a member of the Imperial House of Austria being brought into connection with the Mexican expedition of the Emperor of the French. Unfortunately the statement has appeared recently in so decided a form, that we are compelled to ex amine the question seriously. "A few days after the entry of the French into the old Mexican capital, General Forey, the com mander of the expedition, instituted by a decree a supreme Government Junta of 30 members, which was charged among other things to form an Assembly of Notables, and with this object to bring together 215 Mexican citizens of all classes.' This assembly was to discuss the future form of go vernment for Mexico, and a majority of two-thirds would be necessary to give their decisions the cha racter of law. It can easily be imagined what sort of persons this assembly is composed of when Almonte stands at the head of the committee to which Gen. Forey provisionally gave executive authority. In all States there have been found at all times traitors, who, in the event of a foreign inva sion, have gone over to the enemy of their country's independence. What is looked upon in Europe as the greatest political crime cannot possibly be a praiseworthy action in Mexico. The 215 fellows who, called together by a Forey, have proclaimed Mexico an empire and offered the Crown to an Austrian prince, are entirely, irrespective of their belonging to the ultra-clerical party, no more de serving respect than Liborio Romano and his com panions in Naples, who betrayed their country to Piedmont. " But the event is not on that account less worthy of remark. The Mexican Assembly, in its vote on Mexico's future form of government, and in its de cision to offer the Imperial Crown to the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria, followed, not in its own promptings, but those of Almonte and Forey, who, in inspiring them in this manner, cer tainly acted in accordance with instructions from the Tuileries. But the Emperor Napoleon does not give such instructions without being tolerably sure of hid object. "The Mexican Crown could not, therefore, have been declined at the commencement in a sufficiently decided and categorical manner by those for whom Napoleon 111. destined it, if this incredible affair how turns out to bo a fact. " The Paris papers of to-day already announce that the Emperor and Empress have congratulated the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian upon the Im perial Crown which he has been offered. They may possibly consider it a subject for congratulation to obtain possession of a Crown in a country like Mexico in such a manner. But we believe ourselves express ing the opinion of the Austrian people when we frankly declare that every man in this country will think the acceptance of the Crown by the archduke rather a fatality than good fortune. A fatality, we say, for it would be nothing else if an Austrian prince should ever think in earnest of accepting a crown at the hands of one of the Napoleons. No thing similar occurred at the time of Germany's deepest humiliation through Napoleon I.; and shall constitutional Austria of to-day condescend to what absolutism would not stoop? And what a crown ! The French invaded Mexico without plausible ground, treading under foot the independence of the people of which they are constantly talking; and, after shedding streams of blood, have occupied the Mexican capital, followed by the curses of a nation hitherto proud of its self-dependence. Should a prince of constitutional Austria take his seat upon a throne thus forcibly erected upon blood and tears ? As compensation, perhaps, for the pearl broken out of the Austrian Crown in 1859 ? Or as a present, to hold us harmless for future eventualities of a similar sort ? The more we occupy ourselves with these reflections the more incredible, adventurous, unacceptable, and monstrous appears to us this latest attention offered to Austria by the Court of Napoleon." The article concludes in the folloiving terms:— " Although the idea of ruling the ancient realm of the Aztecs may not be without a poetical charm for romantic temperaments, we believe the times are past when fancies of this character suffice to com promise the policy of great States, and plunge it into immeasurable intricacies. We hope, therefore, that this time the reply of Austria to the offer, through Paris, of the Mexican notables will be a decisive refusal. Once for all, we trust an end will now be put to an intrigue having no further object than to remove the disgrace of the Mexican expedi tion—that crime against an independent nation— from the shoulders of France to those of Austria, and to cover the abyss of the dirty speculations of the banker Jecker and his precious associates in France and Mexico with the glorious name of an Austrian prince." BANK OP PRANCE. The following is the account for month ending Thursday, Aug. 13 : ASSETS. Cash and ingots .. Cash at the branch-banks .. P. C. .. 64,935,672 71 .. 237,742,611 - 683,654 99 Bills due to be paid to-day.. . • • • Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 68,629,563 f. 59c. are from the branch banks .. 3 16,781,985 1 Bills in the branch-banks .. • . • . 26 3,758,688 Advances on coin and ingots .. • . 21,205,500 Do in the branch-banks • • • • 3,340,900 Do on French securities • • • . 53,651,700 Do in the branch-banks • • .. 22,534,350 Do on railway shares and bonds • . 52,064,500 Do in the branch-banks .. .. 85,754,90 Do on Credit Foncier Bonds .. .. 680,300 Do in the branch-banks Do to State by treaty, 1848 .. .. 60,000,000 Rentes of the reserve-fund .. .. 12,980,750 14 Rentes, disposable funds .. • . .. 34,525,625 16 Rentes immobilised (law of June, 1857) .. 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. .. 4,000,000 Real property of branch-banks .. .. 5,823,672 Expenses of administration .. .. 656,034 55 Sundries .. 4,574,570 20 •11. 11. •• •• 1,296,35766,163 LIABILITIES. Capital of the Bank Reserve -fund New Reserve _ . _ _ Reserve-irnraolillere • • Profits to be added to Capital (Art. 8 of law June 9;18 , 57) • • • • Notes to be arer in circulation in Paris and the branch-b an k s • • • • .. 801,261,025 Do. to order (P os t-bills) • • • • 4,477,961 50 Bills payable at sight • • .. • • 4,984,788 Ace. cur. of Treasury Creditor .. . • 6 6,997,012 98 Various accounts current .. .. .. 154,962,066 28 Do. branch-banks .. • • • • 29,895,611 Dividends to be paid • . • • • • 2,246,878 75 Arrears of values deposited • • • • 3,122,538 11 Discount, interest; and expenses .. .. 4 , 5 10,684 13 Re-discounts of the last half-year .. 1 ,554,317 16 Surplus of p ro fit not disturbed .. .. 1 ,016,709 23 Sundries 4. ~ • t • • •• 16,414,314 82 .. 182,500,000 12,930,750 14 9,125,000 - 4,000,003 2,316,503 57 1,296,3%56,163 76 ' IA.I etrafin 1 11 HER MAJESTY. Her Majesty Queen VCicotoLroiGaNpEa,ssAedugutsitirolus.gh this town at a quarter past seven last night direct by the Junction Railway, en route to Rolandseck. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have left Trentham Park, Staffordshire, for Scotland, the Marquis of Stafford and the youthful members of the family having preceded them on Monday. The duke and duchess intend to make a short stay at Tarbot before going to Dunrobin Castle. The Earl of Dudley left Dudley House, Park lane, on Thursday last, for Forrest Lodge, Argyleshire, in order to commence grouse shooting. The Countess of Malmesbury has left Heron Court, near Christchurch, Hants, for Scotland, where her ladyship will meet the noble earl. Tho Earl of Sefton has loft Croxteth Park for Scotland for the shooting season. The Countess Craven and Ladies Craven left Drakelaw, Derbyshire, after they had been visiting Sir Henry and Lady Sophia Des Voaux, for Coombe Abbey, near Coventry. The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen are enter taining a small family party at Haddo House, Aberdeen shire. The earl's health is satisfactory, Lord Haddo hao distinguished himself as an excellent shot during the volun teer rifle contests in Scotland. The Earl and Countess Grey left Howick Hall, Northumberland, on Tueday, for a tour of visits in Scot- . land. Visccunt and Viscountess 'Grey de Wilton leave town to-day to visit the Earl and Countess Craven at Coombe Abbey, near Coventry. The Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, Bart., M.P., end Lady Mary Wood and family left town yesterday for Hickleton Park, Yorkshire. The Hon. Beatrice Byng, Maid of Honour to her Majesty, and youngest daughter of the late Vice-Admiral the Hon. H. D. Byng, was married yesterday at St. George's, Hanover-square, to Mr. H. Blundell, eldest son of the late Mr. R. B. Blundell, of Deysbrook, West Derby. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. Hopwood, cousin to the bride. Don Jose de Fontayud Gargollo and Don Nusolas do Ojesta have arrived from Madrid at Edward's Royal Cambridge Hotel, George-street, Hanover-square. Field-Marshal Lord Clyde, G.C.8., died shortly after noon yesterday at General Eyre's residence at Chat ham. Lord Clyde was born in 1792, and was consequently in his 71st year. It is understood that the remains of the gallant field-marshal will be removed to London for inter ment in the course of a day or two. ANECDOTES OF THE EMPEROR.—Long before the hour fixed for his Majesty's departure from Vichy all the approaches to the railway station were crowded. His Majesty was received at the terminus by the authorities of the town and the department, and on his entering his car riage he said, " A l'annee prochaine." As the imperial train, which was to take the Emperor to Le Pin, arrived at the gate of the Park of St. Cloud at half-past eleven on Saturday morning, his Ma jesty, accompanied by the Empress and the Prince Impe rial, drove up in an open cariage. Before getting into the train the Emperor kissed her Majesty and the young prinoe. Mile. Mina Ruthardt and the Brothers Sauret, two children, were admitted to give a concert at the imperial chalet. The manner in which those artists suc ceeded in getting heard by his Majesty is worthy of men" tion. On Thursday last, at the moment when the pupils of the School Chevalier (of Moulins) were at the imperial chalet, Mlle. Ruthardt was looking at the Emperor review ing the young scholars who were organised militarily. Pushed by the crowd she was obliged to advance farther than was permitted, and the guards, in obedience to their orders, wanted to remove her as well as linr mother. The Emperor, however, approached those ladic,l3, and directed the men to leave them unmolested, when Mlle.Ruthardt thanked his Majesty. Her slight German accent struck the atten tion of the Emperor, who immediately spoke to her in that language. The young lady then reminded his Majesty that her father, celebrated as hautbois player, had had the honour of playing several times at Arenberg before Queen Hortense and her son. As to the brothers Sauret, the youngest saiti b to his father, •' Write a letter, and I will de liver it to the Emperor." No slonersaid than done. When the child presented the request, saying " Sire, deign to accept this," his Majesty caressed him, and the concert was decided on. Mdlle. Mina Ruthardt executed several mar ceaux on the cythare. The Emperor, in applauding her, exclaimed, " One would almost think it was the human voice," and the romance of the " lrouvere" was encored. The brothers Sauret executed a duo from Guillaume Tell," after which the violinist gave "Le Carnaval de Venise" of Paganini with wonderful effect. The Emperor warmly applauded these charming children, New Legal Appointments. Actual and Prospective. • (Front the Law Times of today, just published.) Sir James Wilde is appointed to the vacant judgeship in the Divorce Court. it was, perhaps► the best selection that could be made, for there was, in truth, no range of choice. Neither on the bench nor at the bar was there a man to whom all fingers could have pointed as the right man for the place. The new Judge possesses at least one quali fication, he is a gentleman, and that is the first requirement kin the performance of his delicate duties he will, undoubtedly, be guided by right feeling and good taste. The court will not, under his presidency, suffer in the reputation which it acquired under the controlling hand of his predecessor, Uncertain health is not such an objection as the 2inics asserts, for the work is not so severe as it appears to be. The court sits only five days in the week, not until 11 o'clock, rising at 5 and often at 4, and on Saturday at 3; and there are vacations also. The work is really lighter than that of the common law judges ; and there is less of labour and difficulty in the performance of it, for it is a very limited branch of law after all, re quiring no research and little other than the appli cation of good sense and knowledge of human nature. Sir James Wilde really obtains a desirable relief by the change, and perhaps the lightened labour will improve the health that could not endure the toil of the common law courts. As for the law he is to administer, it is already made for him, and little re mains to complete the scheme. The changes consequent upon his removal are as yet only in rumour. The Attorney-General might have the vacant judgeship if he pleased. But will he accept it ? lie aspires to a chiefship of course, and he will probably be content to take the chance of a prize which cannot be very long beyond his grasp. Should he prefer, however, the present cer tainty, Sir R. Palmer will succeed him, and Lord Palmerston will have to choose a Solicitor-General. The claimants upon the Government are Mr. Collier, Q.C., Sergeant Pigott, and Sergeant Shee. Of these Mr. Collier has the foremost place, earned by long and faithful political services, and unquestioned capacity. . - which, ind e ed, his time, a j u d g e must Should the Attorney t -Cl b e e ne c r h a o l oo p a re b f y er t.hteo L b o i r d d e Chancellor. Political claims are not deemed to is confided to the Lord Chancellor that he may wei g h so much i n this appointment, Lordis a part of his Chancellor per give to the country the ablest lawyer and n o t the most patronage a c tive w i t p h a r w t i h s i a e n h . t h T e his mite no interference. Even the p rem i er himse lf would not express an opinion or a wish. Lor d Westbury has not exhibited any strong party bear" ings in the distribution of his judicial patronage hitherto, and perhaps he will not do so now. Should he look for the best man, with the highest profes sional claims, he would probably prefer Mr. Lush, and we should not be surprised if that gentleman should be selected for the honour. In addition ther e aro the three competitors for the Solicitor-General' ship, and of these, for several reasons, Mr. Sergean t Shee is likely to be preferred, especially as he has already twice occupi id the place of the new judg e of the Divorce Court, when illness prevented hi? attendance on his circuit. But either of those vs have named would be approved by the Profession . i There are rum ours a l so o f projected changes n the Equity Court s . It is sa id that L. J. Knight_ Bruce will retire, that V.C. Kindersley is to succe e d him in the App ea l C o urt, and that Mr. James will bo the new Vice-Chancellor. 1 1 .1EYERBEER has presented a grand chorus, `` Hymn to Jupiter," to the city of Florence, as a token of his grateful recollection of the manner with which his early works were recognised by the Florentines. CHARMING SIMPLICITY.! —Hay don, the historical painter, and his son Frank were in a churchyard, watching a sexton digging a grave. "Ali," said Hayden, "Frank that will be yours as well ae ray lakt home," But Y Qur° first, papa," said Frank,