The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-04 00:00:00

R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessee, Mr. George Vining. Open under the Management of Mr. Walter Montgomery. THIS EVENlNG,hakeere's Comed of MUH A ABOUT NOTHINGS Benedick, Mr. Walter M er ontg C omer DO y. To be followed by A ROUGH DIAMOND. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-110 YAL, ADELFHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. R. Webster. THIS EVENING (2d week), at 7, a new comic drama, THE LIEN AND CHICKENS ; or, A Sign ot Affection. Messrs. Billington, R. Phillips, Stephenson ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss 11. Simms. After which, at a quarter-past 8, the new drama of THE HAUNTED MAN; OR, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of 'lie Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, efton, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, enthied ILL-TREATED TROVATORE, Nicssrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Ilbrirne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE• Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr. Leigh ➢lurray. Followed by (41st time) THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Turner, Miss Thorne. Commence at 7. 111 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," 1 Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGEICT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde -park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 6h. 10m.—Afternoon, 6h. 30m. To-moßnow.-Morning, 6h. 54m.—Afternoon, 7h. 19m. The Weather—Sun Office, Sept. 4, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.88. Wind—South-Westerly; moderate, and cloudy. tfjt _-7 111" t LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 1863. The treatment of little children in this our own country is fast becoming one of the most bitter anxieties to every true philanthropist. Never in any age or in any land was child-murder known to be so frequently perpetrated. One of the last, as it was also one of the most laudable, acts of the late Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE—for so many years the independent representative of the great metro olitan borough of Finsbury—was the procuring of return (duly laid upon the table of the House of Commons shortly before the death of the hon. member who bad asked for it)—an appalling return, comprising within it a lamentable catalogue of the infanticides brought to light within th e t w o or three years then last past— infanticides perpetrated in London alme or in its immediate neighbourhood. Since that return was issued, the frequency of this miserable crime has in no perceptible degree diminished. Coroners' inquests have been holden just as frequently as ever to inquire into the cause of the death of new-born infants, whose remains have been still dis covered at rapid intervals in all kinds of likely or unlikely places of concealment. Child murder indeed has of late years become so rife here in this metropolis, that the question has arisen whether it might not after all be ad% isable to adopt the humane contrivance of the bell and turn table so long attached to the porches Des Maisons des Enfants Trouves in France—to adopt that humane contrivance here in England at the very time when it is beginning to drop into desuetude on the continent. Another system long established among the labouring classes of the French population, benevo lent observers in this country have yet more ear nestly hoped might some day be adopted here in England—to the certain and immediate diminution of a very large amount of infant mortality caused by the injudicious administration of soporific draughts such as the notorious " DAFFY'S Elixir." In Sir FRANCIS HEAD'S delightful volume of gossip about Franca and the French people, but principally about Paris and the Parisians, a work oddly titled "A Faggot of French Sticks," there may be found a very graphic and charming description of one of those same useful and beneficent institutions now, and for some years past, in full opera tion, daily, in various parts of the French capital. Day-homes, they may be described as being, for children-in-arms whose mothers are engaged, from sunrise to sundown, in the workshops of Paris, earning their livelihood. At these benevolent establishments, usually presided over and tended throughout the day by a &Nur de la Charite, the toiling mothers, early of a morning, on their way to their daily labours, leave their little infants in the care of the good nuns or matrons—leave them there to be cherished and nurtured until those mothers shall return for them towards nightfall: and all this for some fractional amount of money per week; just suncient, indeed, to pay for the food, rent, and firing required upon the respective institutions. None of those deleterious drugs con sequently are the Parisian mothers tempted to admi nister, none of those baneful drugs administered only too frequently by hardworking mothers here in London—drugs employed amongst the latter to hush into an unnatural quietude --repeatedly re sulting in death—the " little hindering thing," ac cording to an exquisite phrase applied by GERALD MASSEY to en infant child over whose death he is lamenting. Immeasurably worse, however, than the infant mortality caused hero in England, either uninten-- t coally by the incautious administration of an over dose of "DAFFY'S Elixir," or designedly by the fiendish perpetrators of the crime of infanticide — immeasurably unutterablyworse than the actual mor tality thus caused among the chili-population, are the dreadful tional p art or I h rnngs affecting one most afflicted sec et population, wrongs that, during these last few weep, nobly ventured :t our leading contemporary has Only to touch upon, but boldly to stigmatise and e h prob a t e w i t h a scorn an d eloquence not unworthy oof the limes. Dreadful wr ongs these e - re, only requiring, h ere , to be glanced eft—wrongs f tvief°l thus casually d infamy, here of loathsome disease inherit e d , here of individual profanation. _ _ Reflecting, in this wise , upon how it has long since come to pass that so m a ny - tender innocents are bein g dealt with here in England, here in London, the thought recurs to us of the fiery temp est p oured down centu ries back noon the cities ofi the plain, and we yearn at I east for some tardy effort being at length made with a view to the diminution of those frequent. tarceitics by a vigorous interposition on the part of th e L e gislature. The mere publica tion of a return of the nunabe? of uflntivides, within a given time, in and about the neighbc;urhoo d of the metrop o li s , i s as not hi ng . It is simply and purely a preliminary proceeding. It should lead to something else of a really practical character with the intention of at least striving thereby to bring about an appreciable diminution in the number of infanticides, Mr. DUNCOMBE, who moved for the return alluded to, has unhappily passed away from amongst WS. Another must follow up the good work, he was in this particular quite evidently meditating. Is there no *one amongst all the members of the House of commons, is there no one especially amongst our metropolitan represen tatives. who will take up the matter where the late member for Finsbury 1 eft it, and who will next session plead in the Legislature for the more effectual protection by the law of the lives, of the bodies, of the souls of little children ? A hideous revelation like that which has but just now startled the inhabitants of London " down east " into a reconsideration of this dreadful frequency of infanticide in the metro polis—the discovery of the broken eoffins and mutilated remains, of the mouldering bones and raiment of a whole cluster of little children, whose debris have been found festering in a heap upon the roof of Whitechapel Church—a hideous revelation like this ought surely at last to close the legislative apathy in regard to a peculiar •class of crime, a class of crime here, in one sense, most re luctantly alluded to ! Crimes that demand the most stringent application of the law with a view to their prevention or diminution, while perpetually crying to HZAVEN for vengeance upon their per petrators. The oonclusion of the Frankfort Congress makes one reflect as to what has been done by all this stir and commotion, this gathering of princes and as semblage of potentates. It would be ungracious to say that no good has been effected, while at the same time it would be untrue to declare that more practical benefits might not have been gained. The future Directory is settled to consist of six voices. Some of the plans seem reasonable enough, but, as usual, some objections were taken to the libe ral tendency that prevailed. The Grand Duke of BADEN and otherprinces made several reservations. These princes seem determined that it shall not be their fault if reform gains the day, and enlightened principles prevail in some measure over those long in vogue. It is strange that people can be so blind to the signs of the times, and put themselves, as it were, out of communion with those who look to them for help in the great work of progress now exciting the minds of all civilised communities, spirit rit of and the identifying itself, as it were, h age. At the close of the Conference, the Emperor of AUSTRIA proposed the formation of a Committee for the purpose of examining the protocols. The Congress proceeded to elect six members for this Committee, and fixed upon the King of SAXONY, the Urand Dukes of BADEN and MECKLENBURG SCHWERIN, the Elector of HESSE, the Duke of SAYE COBURG GOTHA, and Dr. HALLER, the Bur gomaster of Hamburg. Unfortunately, the mem bers of the Committee could not come to an under standing, and therefore the final consideration of the revised form could not be considered, as was proposed on Monday. There is, doubtless, consider able truth in the reports afloat that the Emperor's patience is severely put to the test by the conduct of some of those debaters in the assembly. They seem to ignore the purpose for which they have been assembled, and to shut their eyes to the fact that if they are to consider all their own fancies, and seek only the furtherance of their pet projects, they might as well, indeed they had much better, have remained at home. It is idle to come to a great national assembly intent en private aggrandisement, sad inflated with pecu liar prejudices. Unless every one is willing and able to sink personal pique, and to put aside parti cular views to attain general advantages, no meeting can ever prosper, and the details and discussions will end in smoke. " Self-denial" is not a pleasant thing, but it is a very necessary one sometimes, and those Princes who now abhor its mention may hereafter bitterly regret their lost chances and missed opportunities. One thing the EMPEROR holds fast to, and it is not to be wondered at—he will not relinquish the right of being at the head of the Uerman Confederation. This is not a matter of surprise, and, indeed, he can hardly be called to account for his persistence, since Austria has more claims to respect and regard at present than Prus sia. In other things the - august proposer of the scheme has not shown himself unwilling to make sacrifices, if they are such as may conduce to the benefit of the Germans, and help to' maintain a spirit of unity. There is great doubt existing with regard to the question of Ministerial Conferences. It is rumoured that Prussia will not immediately agree to their errangements, but later on may bring forward counter propositions. It is hardly likely 1 that King WILLIAM will have the sense, the deci sion, and the courage to dismiss M. BISMA.RK ; but if he should do so, and propose a series of resolu tions that would offer more liberty to the States, and give the people a truer representation, he might yet gain the prestige for himself of being the re , generator of the freedom of his country, and of those contiguous States whose interests are so identical, and whose mutual influence is so considerable for good or for evil. It is an opportunity not to be lost by one who would distinguish himself now, and acquire a renown that should survive in enduring lustre hereafter. It is to be feared that the present ruler of Prussia has not the discernment to behold. the necessity, nor the discretion to adopt such a course. The general state of affairs is not altogether as it ought to be. A reflective people like the Germans, one would imagine, would not find so much difficulty i n arr i v i ng at a solu tion of political enigmas as they have uni versally done. If, as has been feared in some quarters, some princes refuse te to theirsig sign o t w h o e soh protocol, jeets they will be e x hibi t i ng their inefficiency and unwillingness to meet half way, in any scheme for reform, and they will also demonstrate to Europe that pretentious as surance and determined self- w ill may mar the best .constructed plans, and render void the efforts of Statesmen and the counsels of Preine agreedces. The he to Grand Duke, it h a s been intimated, h his Government joining any Ministerial Confer. ences, on condition that both th e G reat Powers agree to take part in them. This is making a loophole for escape, since grave suspicions are entertained that such an event will not take place. It is a pity that Princes and Statesmen in gene ral should thus delude and deceive themselves. If they can outwit this reformer, and manoeuvre to upset this scheme of progress, they think they have achieved a great success. Experience will show them very different things, and the pag e of history, if they read it aright, would instruct far other wise. It has attested through many a deathless age how often legislators have erred, and monarchs have mistaken their vocation in smothering the incipient signs of reformation, For the storm has burst, and in the cowmen ruin neither sceptre or crown has been spared to survive the wreck. It is the true wisdom that can appreciate the neces sity for a change, and at once set to work to mak e it. The cause gentl eman - 0,, meteorologic-1.1 science is likely to deriv e much SHER. That valuable as s i s t ance f rom M r . GLAl has, by repeated experi ments, effe c t e d at the cost of som e r i s k an d hard ship, made a seri es of ob servations, whose results a re calculated to afford im portant service. We h a ve of late years learn e d to appreciate more highly science. Thanksledge has t o t h e practical utility of this s • Ad m iral FITZROY, meteorological knowledge proved of immense benefit to our mariners and fishermen. The seaman, no longer dependent on his " weather eye" for judging the fluctuation s of the weather, m ay consult the gliss, and avo id those sudden and disastrous storms which so often quench the light in a humble home. Time was when meteorology was looked upon as one of the most purposeless and profitless of studies by many persons, who are now startled to find winds and waves confirming the auguries of the man of science. But Mr. GLAISHER would ex tend its range even further. He employs a new t te h r e m s , e;e ‘ n a n e e r . ia I He says—"" T ," o to a t s y e p en if d y a 'Pocket into the regions of the u pp er atmosphere v h e i r s ti h c r a a l n ly eh li k e e f —to test n str um e n p t e s r , s o the n a I ly, smallestand t a i i o d ns of in the th n e ic a es ir t i anadoet, with empe a circular temperature—to sail horizonail around of almost illimitable at will in space, bl conflicting te varia tililoinmsitoafae day's extent—to wea v t he i r ew ex t h h i e bi d in their rise, progress, and subsidence —to be present among the hidden influences which direct the meteoro logy of a day on the earth, and to see them un rolled, is bringing a new faculty to bear, making a new opening for study in the science of meteo rology." The risks attending such a mode of locomotion he considers have been exaggerated. In all modes of transit, he observes, there is some danger ; accident and occasional loss of life are inseparable attendants on every mode of, locomo tion ; and while the average number of disasters in aerial ascents is not so greatly in excess of those attending excursions by other means, he complains that every single catastrophe that has ever occurred to an aeronaut has been carefully registered, without regard to the numerous aerial voyages accomplished without any accident what ever. He cautions prudence, however, and know ledge of one's business—two qualifications indis pensable alike to the safety of charioteers, engine drivers, and helmsmen. A timid, imprudent, or incapable aeronaut puts himself and his compa nions in undeniable jeopardy. " Mr. CoxwELL," says Mr. GLAISHER, " admiral of his own craft, is the high atmosphere, seated in his basket vessel, with his grapnel at his side, I hold as worthy of confidence as any admiral in England to con duct his fleet." The experience and judgment of so accomplished an aeronaut are not, however, to be attained in a day, and it is to be hoped that the late melancholy accident, which resulted in the death of Mr. CHAMBERS, will prove a caution against similar needless attempts. The interesting account given by Mr. GLAISHER of his ascent last April from the Crystal Palace ex emplifies some of the dangers of aerial navigation. An hour and eighteen minutes after starting, the aeronauts were four miles high. But, in descend ing, Mr. COXWELL'S experience suggested that they might have been travelling along more quickly than they supposed, and he deemed it advisable to descend until the earth was again visible. He opened the valve freely, and they came down at the rate of a mile in three minutes. When they were still 10,000 feet from the earth, Mr. GLAISHER, who was busy with his instruments, heard Mr. COXWELL suddenly exclaim, " What's that ?" He might well be startled, for the sight which he saw was no other than Beachy Head, betokening that they were close to the sea, and could barely save themselves. Mr. GLAISHER tells us that he looked over the car and the sea seemed to be under them. " There is not a moment to spare," cried his companion ; " leave the instruments." We may fancy the keen regret with which the man of science obeyed these instructions, not only forfeiting his observations, but losing his instruments, which were nearly all broken by the rapidity of their descent. Thanks to the bold and decided course adopted by Mr. CoxwELL, the dan ger was averted, the balloon descending at New haven, close to the sea, only four minutes the time, when at an attitude of 10,000 feet Mr. COXWELL first caught sight of Beachy Head. Mr. GLAISHER describes the singularity of the effect produced by their hasty down-coming : the earth appearing to be coming up to them. On a subsequent expedition, starting from the same spot, Mr. GLAISHER made some valuable observations respecting the peculiari ties of a rainfall, the causes which regulate it, the correctness of the suggestions which have been already made respecting its variations, the tem perature of the surrounding atmosphere, and other interesting experiments. Unfortunately his obser vations on this occasion were cut short by an untoward accident, which compelled him to defer the solution of several perplexities until another voyage. The reason of this delay Mr. GLAISHER professed himself to be almost ashamed to give, and truiy it may well temper the pride and self-conceit of humanity, possibly unduly elevated by the tri umphant researches of science, to ,receive positive evidence of the malice and contemptible wickedness that can disfigure man's nature. Some miscreant had cut the balloon with a knife previous to the ascent, and consequently Mr. COXWELL suddenly detected a large rent in it which compelled their descent. The public will be shocked and disgusted to learn from Mr. GLAISHER that this is no isolated event, for that Mr. GREEN had a still narrower escape many years since, and he denounces it as a danger to which all aeronauts are liable. Such criminals, if they could be detected, ought to be treated with the greatest severity, and we trust that on future occasions a sharp watch will be kept. The perils of aerial navigation are great enough in the present state of experience and science without supperadding a peril which might endanger any traveller. The manner in which Mr. GLAISHER describes the impression left on his mind by his aerial flights is most instructive and startling. We meet with none of the boastful arrogance too com mon among successful savans. We find none of the materialistic train of thought which sometimes mars the lessons of scientific explorers. In launch ing into the vast regions of the upper world, in voyaging through the illimitable pathways of space, ch l al e a t man io n dominant yet the sense of Infinity grows upon the mortal travel. ler, the ex i s t ence of an unseen Power m a k es it se lf felt through the harmony of the universe. The ab i of science who has first recorded his ex perience des cr ib es hi ms elf as a hard-working prac tical man , used feeling, t then o s e logica l sense noteof awe curiosity nd as a nd t o s ub l im i ty exact results c v v a oa l - u or triumph in successful achievements. " I believe it," he says, be C an the knowledge " t o o f the RiEnAtTelolßec,taanadl an n involuntary faith ackno w l e d g i ng the immortality of the soul." CT COURT-MARTIAL AT ST. GEORGE'S district DIBARRACKS,STR court-martialwas TRAFALGAR-St commenced preferr at d the above barracks, lat Battalion ofu of Grenadier Major t o in Charlesi inquire into Fletcher,certain the ges against Sergeant p o t r a d in c s l G a as- Guar !s, regimental clerk. The followin c c ers composed the court :—Lieut.-Col. Stanley (president), coyuc, Jarrett, Hon. Douglas Pennant, and L a Hamilton, and Lieut. Trotter. The Hon. Capt. Sackville de prosecuted on the part of the regiment, and Mr. Smythe, solicitor, of Roch ester. row, defended the prisoner.. Th following is a slim wary of the charges for the inv,stigation of which the court-martial was appointed: "For disgrace ful conduct in having at different times, as stated below, when employed as regimental clerk to the Grenadier Guards, at London, embezzled or fraudulently misapplied sums of public money amounting to £415, or thereabout , obtained by means of cheques on tha recruiting acconnt of the Grenadier Guards—namely, £ 35 by means of a cheque for £6O, payable to himself or order, on account of various recruiting sergeants, on or about the Ist of February, 1860." The other items of fraud and embezzlement were stated, the entire deficiency amounting to the above sum. The pri soner, who at the commencement of the proceedings was asked what he had to say to the charge, by the advice of his solicitor, pleaded guilty. He said he had been led to the commission of the offence by gambling and drink. Evidence of previous good character having been given, the cou rt deliberated be don their judgment, which it was announced forwarded to the military authorities for confir mation. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTLR'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN, THE SPANISH ELECTIONS. MADRID, SEPT. 4. A denial has been given to the rumours of a Ministerial crisis. It is said that Senor Olozaga is opposed to the policy of abstaining from voting at the elections. FRANCE. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATEER FLORIDA. PARIS, SEPT. 4. The Moniteur of this morning says :—" The pri vateer Florida, sailing under the Confederate flag, has entered Brest to repair damages. Her meet); tion was in accordance with the ordinary principles of international law. At the opening of the war the Emperor's Government, in accord with other Powers, recognised the Confederates in the cha• racter of belligerents, and declared its intention of observing a strict neutrality between the two parties. In like cases it is the right as well as the duty of neutrals to permit the vessels of belligerents to procure themselves means, not for fighting pur poses, but for navigation. It has, therefore, been decided that the Florida could be permitted to pro cure all that was indispensable to maintain her in a good and navigable state, without being able to make purchases tending to recruit her armament of war." BOURSE, Sept. 2.—The market has again be come buoyant, and a good amount of business has been done at improved quotations, Threes, for the Account, being ❑uw firm at 69f. sc. The Railway Share Market has been equally well supported, and prices are up to this time generally higher. The market closed as follows : it per Cents .. 98 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents ...... 68 90 Do. end month.... 69 05 Credit Mobilier....l2lB 75 Do. end m0nth....1217 50 Bank Shares 3385 Credit / oneier l4OO RA IL. Italian Loan 74 05 Do. end month 74 10 Kew ditto Do. end month 74 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt rAYB. Cash. Account. Orleans lO4O .. 1045 Northern .... 996 25 .. 1000 - New ditto ............ : . • Lyons and Mediterranean 1047 50 .. 1050 Geneva 493 75 .. Southern 750 .. 745 Western ...... Eastern .... Sardinian 428 75 , . 425 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa .. 687 50 .. 690 Ditto to Barcelona .... ' ' Lord Russell and the Steam-rams in the Mersey. The following answer to the memorial on the subject of the steam-41ms 'n the Mersey, addressed by the Emancipation Society to Earl Russell, was received last evening : "Foreign-office, Aug. 31, 1863. " Gentlemen,—l have received your letter, calling my attention to a subject of very grave and pressing importance —namely, the fitting out and equipping of two powerful iron-plated steam-rams, which you are informed are in tended to commit hostilities against the Government and people of the United States of America. "My attention has long been directed to this subject. Both the Treasury and the Home Department have, at my request, made the most anxious inquiries upon the subject of these steam-rams. "You are aware that, by the Foreign Enlistment Act, a ship is liable to be detained, and its owners are subject to penalties, when the ship is armed or equipped for purposes of war, and its owners intend to use it against some State or community in friendship with her Majesty. It, is necessary to prove both the equipment and the intention. But in order to prove the equipment and the intention it is neces sary for conviction in a British court of justice to have the evidence of credible witnesses. I was in hopes, when I began to read your memorial, that you would propose to furnish me with evi lence to prove that the steam-rams in question were intended to carry on hostilities against the Govern ment and people of the United States of America ; but you make no proposal of the sort, and only tell me that you are informed' so and so, and ' it is believed' so and so. " You must be aware, however, that, according to British law, prosecutions cannot be set on foot upon the ground of the violation of the Foreign Enlistment Act without affida vits of credible witnesses, as in other cases of important misdemeanours and crimes. " Such, likewise, is the law in the United States of America. " I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant, RUSSELL. "Messrs. Evans, Taylor, Malleson, and Chesson." A LADLE-PULL OP PUNCH. Apropos to the last " JOB at the Foreign Office," says Punch, "And so Sir James Hudson is choked off to be superseded by an Elliot I It is a wonder that Earl Russell is not tired of finding places for the Elliots, of whom there are so many. He must be very patient. The continual task of placing out those Elliots is enough to tire the patience of JOB," A Curious Equestrian Feat—is gravely thus announced : "A well.known licensed victualler the other day seen can tering up Rotton •row upon one of his own' Screws.' " Under the head of "Hydrostatics; How to move a body of Water," we are told, " go out into your garden, and drag the pond from one end to the other 1 " "RATTIER A KITCHENY WAY OF PUTTING IT."—John Leech funnily illustrates, in reference to this underground confabulation :—"liousemaid.—' Oh—but it couldn't a bin 'er "—" Cook.—' I tell yerit were—she called upon missus this morning, and she 'ad on a Pork Pie 'at, and half a pheasant stuck in it.' " STREETS OF PARIS.—One of the sections of the report of the committee on the nomenclature of the Paris streets, just presented to the Prefect of the Seine, refers to the different terms used to designate the public thoroughfares according to their form, dimensions, situa tion, 'or importance. Thus the use of the w ord Square, which had been adopted from the English, will be discon tinued, and that of Place in future applied to all open spaces, whether planted as gardens, like the ground before the Arts-et-Metiers and around the Tower of Saint- Jacques; or left entirely open. The Barrieres no longer existing, that word will be abandoned, as also those of Route, Chemin, Sentier, Chemin de Ronde, Allee, and Chaussee. The name of the Rue de la Chaussee d'Antin, which is so universally known, caused the committee to hesitate a little before deciding on the sup pression of the latter word. The name Chaussee-d'Antin being applied not only to a street but also to a whole dis trict, the determination was come to, to preserve it for the latter, as an exception, and restore to the street the name of Mont-Blanc which it had previously borne. That street has in fact often changed its name, and been successively called Chemin de l'Egout-de-Gaillon, Chemin des Porche rons, Chemin de la Chaussee-d'Antin, Rue de l'Hotel- Dieu, Rue de la Chaussee-d'Antin, Rue Mirabeau, - and Rue du Mont-Blanc. The Empress Josephine occupied the house No. 62, before her marriage with Gen. Bonaparte, and Gen. Foy died in the same residence in 1825. Close by was also the hotel of Cardinal Fesch. The use of the word boulevard is also to be circumscribed. That term generally signifies a rampart, and should only be applied to roads which follow the line of the ancient fortifications, or which at least run in a circular direction, and suppose more of less the traces of an old municipal boundary. The wide thoroughfares which traverse the city in an oblique di rection, or run from the centre to the circumference, are in reality Avenues, The designation Boulevard as applied to some of the transversal thoroughfares recently opened in the centre of Paris will however be retained. The attention of the committee has also been directed to the abuse of certain names in the nomination of the streets or public places, not less than 18 bearing the title of Eglise, 7 of de la Mairie, 16 that of Marie, and the words Notre Dame forming part of the appellations of 16 others. Such a state of things call loudly for reform, and will shortly be remedied. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT OFF THE ISLE OF MAN. —A fatal accident happened in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man, on Tuesday afternoon. Six young men, visitors, of respectable connections, hired one of the slight rowing gigs (named the Willie) which are let to persons desirous of visiting the numerous picturesque little creeks which abound in the neighbourhood of Douglas Bay. The names of the young men are Henry Whiteside, of Liver. pool; Henry Hollands, of Manchester; E. G. Henshaw, of Shrewsbury ; Armstrong, of Ormskirk; Byers, of Ormskirk; and J. S. Cooke, in the employ of Messrs. B. Smith and Sons, Back-square, Manchester. At the time they rowed out into the bay it was blowing a stiffish breeze from the south west. They proceeded to the northern part of the bay, opposite the Castle Mona Hotel, which portion of the bay, under the influence of the wind blowing from the quarter mentioned, is generally covered with short chopping seas, peculiarly dangerous to small rowing boat:, especially if they are manned by -inexpe rienced amateur boatmen, such as these were. They were turning the little craft, scarcely broader than a plank, with a view of returning towards the harbour, when, caught by a wave, she swamped, and the six young men were thrown struggling in the water. Their screams for help attracted the notice of a Mr. J. P. Thomas, of Man chester, who was in a sailing boat about a hundred yards from the scene of the disaster. He immediately steered his boat towards the drowning men, five of whom were endeavouring to keep their heads above water by means of the oars, two being attached to one oar, while the other scrambled on to their boat, which was turned bottom upwards, but he was washed off three times, and as often struggled back again. Mr. Thomas, with the aid of two harbour boatmen, named Willi am Kernan and John Todd, who were in his boat, succeeded in picking up all the young men except Whiteside, who sank within six minutes after the accident, and did n ot riseag The unfortunate young man, we are informed, was an assistant in the Liver pool branch of Messrs. Copestoke, Moore, Crampton, and Co. _Liverpool Mercury. MELANCHOLY CASE OF DROWNING AT LEEDS.— Mr. Blackburn, borough coroner, held an inquest on Wednesday, on the bodies of two boys, one of whom was drowned whilst bathing, and the other in attempting to save idle life of his companion. The names of the deceased were Squire Broadbent, aged 13, and George Edward Shippen, aged 12. On Tuesday evening they went to bathe in a re servoir adjoining Mr. Parker's mill at Hunslet, and when they had been in a short time Broadbent went out of his depth, and being unable to swim began to sink. Shippen, who could swim, seeing that his companion was drown ing, dived in to his assistance. Unfortunately, he came en contact with Broadbent before reaching the surface of the water, and the drowning lad seized him and held him so tightly that he was unable to liberate himself, and both remained under water for some moments. At length Broadbent rose to the surface, called out " Mother 1" and sank. Immediately afterwards Shippen was seen. On reaching the surface of the water he tried to swim, but was completely exhausted, and went down after the companion whom he had so bravely attempted to save. At that mo ment a young man named Joshua Watkinson, who lives) in the neighbourhood, and who had dressed himself up for a walk after his day's work, was informed that two lads were drowning, and he ran to the reservoir, and without remov ing any of his clothes, jumped into the water. The bodies of the deceased were found lying about a yard apart, but Be e was quite extinct, The jury returned a verdict of acci dental death, and it was ordered that the reservoir should be fenced off.—Leeds Mercury. Gitoss SUPERSTITION.—In one of the streets of Taunton there resides a man and his wife who have the care of a child. This child was attacked with scarlatina, end to all appearances death was inevitable. A jury of matrons was, as it were, empanelled, and to prevent the child "dying hard," all the doors in the house, all the drawers, all the byes, all the cupboards, were thrown wide open, the keys taken out, and the body of the child placed under a beam, whereby a sure, certain, and easy passage into eternity could be secured. Watchers held their vigils throughout the weary night, and in the morning the child, to the surprise of all, did not die, and is now gradually re covering.-- Bridgewater Mercury. LAUNCH OF AN AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER STEAM VESSEL.—Yesterday afternoon, at five o'clock, a splendid iron screw steam-vessel, named the Nutfield, was launched from the premises of the builders, Messrs. James Ash and Co., Isle of Dogs, Poplar, in the presence of a large number of spectators. The ceremony of christening was performed by MI s. Stewart, and after the launch the vessel was removed into dock, to be fitted with her machinery and boilers : previous to being forwarded to her owners in Australia, where she will be used for river passenger traffic. The Nutfield is 1,770 tons burtheia ; length, 215 feet; and `breadth, 25 feet 6 inches. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The following vessels have been chartered by the Government for the conveyance of troops end stores to India and the colonies, namely the Canning, 923 tons, and the Percy Douglas, 781 tons, for Bombay; the Saladin, 865 tons, for Calcutta ; the John Bon field, 508 tons, for Hong Kong ; the Fontabelle, 537 tons, for the Cape of Good Hope; and the Frances, 310 tons, for Trincomalee. The French Imperial screw yacht Jerome Napo leon, Captain Da Boisson, at anchor off Ryde, Isle of Wight, hed her steam up at seven p.m. yester day, in readiness to convey his Highness Prince Napoleon over to Havre or Cherbourg. The Prince was expected to embark from Ryde last evening. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander Chas. A. J. V. Robinson, Inspecting-Commander of the Coast guard, to the Ajax ; Commander John Murray, Inspecting-Commander of the Coastguard, to the Cornwallis ; Thomas H. Hayman, master, to the Indus for the Royalist ; and Friend Stow, chief engineer, to the Indus for special service_ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPFEIVIBER 4, 1863. LORD CLARENDON. Lordther eClarendonh e h a g s r g e a o r m t e o e t F i n r g a n o k t f . otrht the a G t e t l r y m , a t n o be Sovereigns goes on, to gather all the information he can, and to keep himself up with the current of affairs; and he is now, we are told, engaged in writing a memorial on the German question. This reminds us that he may probably return some day to the Foreign-office, and makes us think what we shall gain or lose by having him there. Lord Clarendon happens to be an excellent representa tive of a particular class of politicians. He is a processional statesman, and about up to a fair ave rage. Happening to have an hereditary access to political life, he went through all the preparation for it which is most approved; he gave himself up to the work of his department with a regulation measure of official zeal ; and when he is out of office he takes an interest in public business, and, by mak ing himself master of what is going on, holds him self in readiness to take office again. Such a career is commonplace, but it is creditable and useful. It may seem as if it were a very simple thing to get such a man as Lord Clarendon, and to give him such a prospect of office es will encourage him to keep himself from stagnation, And, iu one sense, it is easy to get such a man. The educated classes of England can always furnish statesmen of this calibre in abundance. If we take Lord Clarendon in the Upper House, or a man like Mr. Cardwell in the Lower, we see at once that they are on a level with men who succeed in intellectual pro fessions. Th e y might have made good working Judges, or Colonial Governors, or Indian offi cials. Possibly, if they had been Bishops, they would have been a little above the average. They do not rise above the standard of educated gentle men of good ability, but then they do not fall below it. There are very few men who come up to Lon don with a high University reputation of whom there is the slightest reason to suppose that they would do better if the chance were given them. There are astonishingly few men in England, sup posed to have an aptitude for public life, as to whom even their warmest admirers can seriously believe that it makes any difference to the country whether they are in Parliament or not. If. Lord Clarendon or Mr. Cardwell had never been in Parliament, there is every reason to hope that some other men of their mark and standard would have been. But then it is a very great gain to the country that this should be the type of our professional statesmen, and that, h a ying a class of persons like Lord Claren don and Mr. Cardwell in society, we should get them to devote their lives to public affairs. It can scarcely be said there is any other country but En gland in which it can be confidently expected that the bulk of the Cabinet will be on a par, in intellect, honesty, manners, and character, with an English judge. Such a man as Lord Clarendon is an im possibility in America. There he would have to write a history if he were industrious, or to import marbles and correspond with European noblemen if he were idle ; but there would be no more opening ' for him in public life than there is for a Sunday opera in Edinburgh. It may be said that it is one great aim and result of the British constitution to produce, rear, and reward men like Lord Clarendon. And if sneerers remark that this is rather a little fruit for such a big tree, they may be reminded that even much more romantic things than the English Constitution have a pro saic as well as a poetical side. Lord Clarendon is not a great statesman, nor even a party leader. He has none of the qualities that lead to eminence of any sort. But it ought to be observed that he is much above the usual feeble Whig who is put in at the end of Cabinets to please the great families, Sir G. Grey is the price we pay for having Lord Palmerston. The Premier will not allow us to love him without also loving his dog; and both Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell have a persuasion, from which they will never get free, that any Whig is fit for any place he can get, except for the very big places that ought to be reserved for the very big Whigs. Lord Palmerston never found any incident of his varied career more incompre hensible than that the public should have been dis pleased at his appointment of Lord Clanricarde. But humbler people think it an object of no small importance to keep clear of the very objectionable type of official. It was a great thing that India should pass from the hands ot Lord Lyveden to those of Lord Stanley, and it would be an excellent thing if Sir G. Grey were replaced by Mr. Cardwell. The Houses of Parliament and the country at large take the measure of public men with tolerable ex actness, and perhaps statesmen are more often underrated than overrated. Only a very small portion of the British public understood the merits of Lord Melbourne. Anyone would much rather have to go on a matter of public business to Lord Palmerston or Mr. Gladstone than to Sir Charles Wood. Even whe❑ Sir Charles Wood is right, and takes a sensible independent course, he is one of the least accommodating, sociable, and courteous of men. He makes things as unpleasant where a superior man would make them as pleasant as possible. Lord Clarendon may again, in the natural course of things, return to the Foreign Office, and if we cannot get any better man there, we may be content he should have his turn. We are not sure that it would be any loss if Le suc ceeded Lord Russell. It is undoubtedly desirable that, at a time when foreign affairs occupy exclu sively the attention of England, and when every month brings with it the danger of a new war somewhere or other, there should be some one at the Foreign Office whose name itself carries weight, and whose character and position ensure that his opinion will generally be the opinion of the Cabinet. But then Lord Clarendon would be much more easily kept right than Lord Russell. Ho would not be nearly so offensive. He would not have the auda city to job in a first-class way, and would never venture to torment a diplomatist of the highest ability and reputation into resigning, in order to make room for a Villiers.—Saturday Review, THE ARMY. As many days may not elapse before her Majesty returns to England, and there appears to be some probability that the disembarkation will take place at Woolwich Arsenal, it may be satisfactory tostate that the publicity given to the late absurd order promulgated by the Woolwich officials has had the effect of directing the attention of the Secretary of State to the subject. He has given instructions that all local orders shall be transmitted for his inspection before being issued. Accordingly, should the Royal family land, as anticipated, on Woolwich pier, there is little danger of a repetition of the scene which greeted her Majesty on her last visit. Her Majesty is said to have asked " what had be come of the labourers formerly so numerous ?" A portion of the older by the heads of departments has already been published in the Sun. The fol lowing, which has not found its way into the public press, is another portion : " No person is to be upon any road in the Arsenal under any circumstances whatever, on Tuesday, the 11th after half-past 4 o'clock, until her Majesty has left the Arsenal. Any person, of whatever rank, will immediately be taken into custody if found in the roads between these times, and will be discharged without any appeal. Every person leaving the Arsenal after 2 o'clock on that day must go out by the Plumatead gate. Any one attempting to leave by the main gate will be discharged. No one is, under any circumstances, to attempt to view the embarkation from any door or window in any way in the Royal Arsenal. Any person infringing these instructions, either in the letter or in the spirit, or attempting in any way to intrude upon the strict privacy which it is her Majesty's wish should be observed, will be summarily discharged." The new garrison church at Woolwich, ordered to be er,cted by the late Lord Herbert, when Secretary of State for War is fast ap proaching completion, and will be consecrated for D;vin© service, in the month of October next, by the Bishop of London. The architecture, which is Byzantine, has been much admired. The building was commenced in February, 1562, - under a contract for £14,000, with 12,000 extras. The organ has been purchased by a general subscrip tion among the officers in the Royal Artillery for the sum of £4OO, and will probably be in its place to-morrow. Ten of the stained glass windows have been fitted in. Sir William Gomm, who has been appointed to the Colonelcy of the Coldstream Guards as the suc cessor to Lord Clyde, entered the army in 1794, and served in Spain, Portugal, and subsequently in Flanders. He became Colonel of the 13th Foot in 1846, and General in 1854. He received a cross and one clasp for his services as Assist.• Quarter master-General at Badajos, Salamanca, Vittoria, Sebastian, and Nive. He was at Waterloo, and for his services at that battle he received the order of St. Anne, second class. He was Governor and Commander-in-Chief at the Mauritius from June, 1842, to February, 1849, and was appointed Com mander-in• Chief of the East India Company's forces and an extraordinary member of Council in India in September, 1850. He received his G.C.B. in 1859. In accordance with orders to that effect issued by Major-General Eyre, commanding the Chatham district, the whole of the non-commissioned officers and men attached to the invalid depot at Chatham garrison are to be transferred from the invalid establishment to the Royal Engineer Hospital, and the whole of the official documents and accounts of the depot made up to the 20th inst., preparatory to the Chatham invalid establishment being abolished, and the St. Mary's casemated barracks taken pos session of by the battalion of infantry now occupy ing the Hut barracks and Brompton barracks Chatham. THE ROHAN NECKLACE. The Civil Tribunal of the Seine has just been engaged during six sittings in trying an action brought by the heirs of M. Deville, a creditor of Cardinal de Rohan, against the Princes de Rohan-Rochefort, as representatives of the Princess Charlotte de Rohan-Rochefort, the Cardinal's re siduary legatee and executrix, for the recovery of sums amounting, with interest, to above 2,000,000 f. The debts in question originated in the purchase by the Cardinal of the celebrated diamond necklace as a p - esent for Queen An toinette, which occasioned so much scandal in the latter years of Louis XVl.'s reign. The circumstances are briefly as follows :—Towards the close of 1784, Bcohmer and Boa sanges, jewellers to the Ki ng , ma d e a magnif i cent necklace of brilliants, estimated to be worth 1,600,000 f., which all the great ladies of the Court were anxious to possess. The necklace was offered to Queen Antoinette, who declined to purchase it on account of its high price. At that time Car dinal de Rohan was in disgrace at Court, and the Countess de Lamotte persuaded him that if he could purchase the necklace for the Queen it would insure his return to favour, and that the money would ultimately be refunded to him. On the 24th of January, 1785, the Cardinal went to the jewellers, examined the necklace, and said that he was autho rised to purchase it for a high personage whom he could not then name. Some days later he returned and purchased the necklace for 1,600,000 f. in the Queen's name, and arranged the conditions of payment. He took the necklace away with him, and on the Ist February gave it to the Countess de Lamotte, who was to convey it to the Queen, but her Ma jesty never received it, and what became of it has ever since remained a mystery. The fraud was discovered in the fol lowing August, and the Cardinal, the Countess de Lamotte, Count Cagliostro, and others supposed to be accomplices, were arrested and sent to the Bastille. The prisoners were tried in December, and all acquitted except the Countess de Lamotte, who was condemned to be flogged, branded with a hot iron, and imprisoned for life. Meanwhile the Cardinal had made arrangements to pay the jeweller from his own re sources by transferring to them the greater part of the in come of his ecclesiastical benefices, and especially of the ab bey of St. Waast, which produced 225,000 f. a year. Some time after MM Bashmer and Bossanges,who owed M. Niche las-Deville, the king's secretary, 900,602 livres, asigned to him the revenues of the above-named abbey for the extinc tion of their debt. But before any payment had been made the French Revolution occurred, and all Church property was transferred to the nation. the Cardinal, being forced to leave France, went to Ettenheim, on the right bank of the Rhine, a dependence of Lis bishopric of Strasburg, lying beyond the French frontier. Owing to these events, and the failure of MM. Boehmer and Bossanges, M. Deville never received any part of his money. The Cardinal died at Ettenheim, in the year 1803, leaving a will, in which he made the Princess Charlotte de Rohan-Rochefcrt his resi duary legatee, and she accepted administration of the estate on condition that she should not be held responsible to the creditors for any deficiency that might exist. At the time of his decease the Cardinal possess, s 1 landed property in Baden, and personal property to a considerable amount, part of which was money lent to his relatives, the Prince and Princess de Guemenee, and the Duke de Montbazon,which the Princess neglected to recover, and it was consequently lost. The Princess sold the lands in Baden and divided the proceeds among a few favoured creditors, but Deville obtained little or nothing. Atter the Restoration, when the property remaining unsold was returned to its former owners or their heirs, and an indemnity was also granted for what had been so.d, the Princess, according to the statement of the plaintiff's cent; eel, neglected the interests of .the credi • tors by omitting to recover the sums due to the Cardinal's estate, especially those owing from the Guelinenee family. For this neglect of her duty as executrix, the learned coun sel maintained that the Princess was responsible in the per sons of her heirs, notwithstanding the condit ions under which she had undertaken to administer to the Cardinal's will. For the defence it was argued that the Cardinal's estate had been properly administered by the Princess, that the plaintiffs had received the same share as the other ere ditors, and that they had no claim on the defendants in the present action. The tribunal took this view of the case, and accordingly rejected the plaintiffs' demand with costs. Accounts from Warsaw state that the harvest this year is most abundant, but that the want of hands to get it in is much felt. The produce of th e crops will be s u fficient for every want until next year's crops. c:itrurt i* 11MIRT: HER MAJESTY. The Queen in Germany. On Monday afternoon the King of Prussia, o his return from Baden-Bader, arrivcd at Cobourg by special train from Lichtenfls, and immediately proceeded to Rosenan on a visit to her Majesty the Queen. His Majesty only remained at Rosecna two hours, and at eight o'clock left the Coburg Railway Station by special train for Eisenach, whence he travelled to Berlin by the night train. The King was accompanied by M. Bismark Schonhausen, the President of the Prussian Cabinet, who did not proceed to Rosenan with the King, but remained in Coburg. He, however, continued the j.::urney to the Prussian capital with his Majesty. The news of the expected visit of the King of Prussia was not known in Coburg till Monday morning, but it was soon circulated in the town, and an the arrival of the royal special a considerable crowd had assembled at the station.. During the short absence of the King at Rosenan, the curious Coburgers had full opportunity to see the famous Prussian Minister, whom they apparently regarded with great interest. The Emperor has, the Patrie states, accepted the Grand Cross of the restored Mexican Order of Notre Dame de Guadaloupe. The Duke of Newcastle left town early in the week for Clumber, Notts, on his way to Scotland. The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort and Lady Edith Somerset will return to town on Monday next. The Marquis of Tullibardine has arrived at Dunkeld, N. 8., from Canada, where his lordship had been doing duty with the Scots Fusilier Guards. The noble and gallant marquis has returned home sooner than was expected, owing to the precarious state of the Duke of Athole. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough are pro longing their visit to the Earl and Countess of Eglinton at Eglinton Castle. Ayrshire. The Earl and Countess of Rosse have arrived at Brighton from the Continent, to pass a few months there, as usual, before taking up their residence for the winter at their seat in Ireland. Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre and family are prolonging their sojourn at Brighton. Lord Londesborough is expected to arrive at Grimston Park, Yorkshire, on Saturday next, from his shooting quarters in Scotland. The Hon. Frederick and Lady Elizabeth Villiers have left Osterley Park, near Southall, where they have been visiting the Countess (Dowager) of Jersey, for Selby Hall, their seat in Northamptonshire. Sir Ed win Landseer left town on Wednesday for Scotland, to pass a few weeks in the Highlands. LAMARTINE'S NEW LOVE STORY, "Fior d'Aliza," says a Saturday Reviewer, is the history of a girl in the neighbourhood of Lucca, with whom and whose family the author states himself to have been acquainted. He describes her childish grace and virgin modesty as she bent like a Madonna over a little infant that the poet could not have believed to have been her own. An aged woman in a neighbouring cottage and a blind old man tell the wan derer who this lovely young mother is, and all the woes she has experienced. She was brought up with a cousin who was as innocent and as simple as herself. The children played together from the cradle, and picked 112 sticks a nd chesnuts together, and tended the same goats and kids on the hill-side. At last, one evil day, when Fior d'Aliza was twelve years old, a fierce ruffian saw her, and loved the pretty child, and determined she should grow up to be his wife. So, like all ruffians in poetry, he set to work to ruin the family whose daughter he meant to appropriate. J 3 got a lawyer, even more vicious and de\ ilish than himself, to set up a fictitious claim, and take away from them three fourths of their little property. But they were good, honest creatures, and acquiesced in the poverty sent them. 50 something more was to be dune that they might be brought into the frame of mind in which they would part with their darling. It had been arranged that a great chesnut tree, from which the family derived their principal support,shonl d belong partly to them and partly to the fictitious claiman t : invented by the wily lawyer. Only th e boughs that looked to the south we re th e p roperty o f t h e friend, °f Fior d'Aliza. But a lawyer who can make successfUl claims in this easy sort of way can also make law at hi , pleasure; and he asserted that his clients had a right at any rims to three•fourths at least, or perhaps the whole, cf the trunk of the tree, and he sent his myrmidons to cut this trunk down. Stung by this insult to the beloved and sdcred tree, and by the prospect of utter destitution im pending over his family, Hyeronimo, Fior d'Aliza's play mate, rushed at the wood-cutters, and drove them off with an axe. And soon a fresh attack and a new insult drove him to another and a more fatal deed of violence. The goats of Fior d'Aliza strayed into the maize of the supposed owners of what had been the land of her friends, and were instantly shot by some watchful policemen stationed there- Hyeronimo seized a gun, fired it at hazard into the maize, and killed the sergeant of the police. He was instantly arrested, and carried off .to Lucca, But Fior d'Aliz 3 t though hardly more than a child, determined to follow him, and rescue him if possible. She dressed as a boy, and taking a musical instrument with her, set off on her journey Fortunately she was taken up at once by a wedding party going to Lucca, and in want of a musician. Still w ore fortunately, this wedding party came from the household of the keeper of the very prison in which Hyeronimo was confined ; and most fortunately of all, this keeper happened to roe in want of an assistant, and he appointed Fior d'Aliza on the spot to the vacant place. She had thus constant access to her friend, whom a common misery turned at once into her lover. A kindly priest, entrusted with their secret, managed to marry them in the chapel frequented by condemned prisoners, and then, on the morning of the execution to which Hyeronimo had been sentenced , Fior d'Aliza opened a way for her lover to leave the prison, and herself took his place. She was led out to execution , and was on the point of being shot when her sex w a s dis covered. The Duchess of Lucca steps in as the kindly deity of the story, pities and helps Fior d'Aliza, and gets the sentence of Hyeronimo, who gives himself up on seeing Fior d'Aliza's danger, commuted into two years' imprison ment. The period of his sentence happened to expire on the very day when the wandering poet heard the story told him, and the tale ends with the wild joy of the couple thus restored to each other, and with the triumph of the old people blest with this sweet reunion, and also with the restitution of their property, which the wicked lawyer is of course obliged to give up. PRESIDENT LINCOLN.—A Washington corres.- pondent of the New York Times Writes--. 6 I see the President almost every day, as I happen to live where he passes to or from his lodgings out of town. Mr. Lincoln never reposes at the White-house during the hot season, but has quarters at a healthy location, some three miles north of the city, the Soldiers' Home, a - United States benevolen t establishment. I saw him this morning about half past S coming in to business, riding on Vermont-avenue, near 1. , " street. The sight is a significant one. He always has a company of 25 or 30 cavalry, with sabres drawn, and held upright over their shoulders. The party makes no great show in uniforms or horses. Mr. Lincoln generally rides a good-slz-;c1 easy-going grey horse, is dressed in black, some what rusty and dusty ; wears a black stiff hat, and I,oks about as ordinary in attire, &c., as the commonest man. A lieutenant, with yellow straps, rides at his left, and follow ing behind, two by two, come the cavalry teen in their yellow-striped jackets. They are generally going at a slow trot, as that is the pace set them by the dignitary they wait upon. The sabres and accoutrements clank, and the entirely' unornamental cortege trots slowly towards Lafayette-square. It arouses no sensation ; only some curi ous stranger sto ps and gazes. I saw very plainly the President's dark brown face, with the deep curt lines, the eyes always to me with a deep latent sadness in the expression. Sometimes he comes and goes in an open barouche. The cavalry always accera" pany him with drawn sabres. Sometimes one of his sons/ a boy of , lo or 12, accompanies him, riding at his right 00 a pony.' WRECK OF THE BARON Oar STEAM-VESSEL IN THE THAM ES. — Yesterday afternoon, about half' past 12 o'clock, t h e i ron paddle steamship Baron Osy wa g proceeding up the river, laden with passengers and general merchandise from Antwerp, and when in Limehouse-reacbt nearly opposite the Commercial-dock pier, a small craft wa s somewhat in the way, and the steamer diverged towards the Middlesex shore, when the fore part of her keel struck heavily upon a hard substance, breaking her iron platen , and causing the water to rush into her fore cabin and ma chine room. Immediately atter she struck the vessel turned round, and her stem rapidly sunk. The utmost alarm pre vaile.l amongst upwards of 100 passengers who were on board, but fortunately the Naiad, Woolwich steamer, CaO• Robinson, cams near at the time on her up passage, and the captain having witnessed the accident, promptly landed the whole of the Naiad's passengers at the Commercial-dee lc pier, to continue their journey by the next boat, and wen to the assistance of the Baron Osy. The whole of the Pas' sengers of the latter vessel and a large amount of luggag e were rapidly transferred to the Naiad, and conveyed to th e St. Katharine's docks, the Naiad immediately returni n g with a numerous body of man to assist in removing to cargo from the wreck. At 8 o'clock last evening the Bare O Osy had been secured in the position where she now re mains. Her fore cabin, engine . rooms, &c., are entirely und er water, and a considerable amount of property is still in the vessel, the stern of which has been well lightened, and eh ® is surrounded by barges, &c,, and guarded by the Thara e 7 police, the wreak having been taken possession of by tn u Thames Conservancy,