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

....._,.„._..,...____._ _ THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE managers, Messrs. Edmund Falconer and F . B. Chattert.m.—The Public is respectfully 'Wormed tha t the above (th e National) Theatre will be OPENED t s r the WINTER. SEASON, on SATURDAY NEXT, Seyst) ember 12th, when will be produced an entirely nef x and oriiiinal Comedy, by Edmund Fat over, Aut tor of " Extremes," " Woman." " Peep o'Day," arc , . mtitled NATURE' S ABOVE ART : A Romance of the Nursery, in which Mers. Walter Lacy, Addison, Ryder, Bar sett, G. Belmore, F'. Charles. Neville ; Miss Charlotte Saunders, Miss Murray, Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. Melville, and. 7 /fn. Ed mund Falc. finer. assisted by other artists, will perform. After the C. imedy will be presented a Popula^ Fa' tie, prin cipal chars hers by favourite members of the 'Company B o x open from Ten till Five daily. PRINCESS'S THELTRE. Lessee, Mr. George Vining,. Open und , tr the Management of Mr. Walter Montgomery. THIS KV ',VINING, Massinc,rer's Play of A NT.:W WAY TO PAY ( ILD DEBTS. Sir G iles Overreach,Mr. Walter Dlontgotner: ; Lady Allworth, Miss Atkinson. To be toll owed by FAMILY JARS. Commence at 7. ROIA.L E re it, \V 1 b YAL, 1 Sol Proortotor and Manager. M:. B. Webster. THIS EA rENING (2(.1 week), at 7, a new comic drama, THE lIEN AND , CHICKENS ; or, A Sign of Affeltion. Messrs. Billington, B. Phillips, Stephenson ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss 11. Simms. After wh icb, at a quarter-past 8. the new drama of THE FAUNTE E) MAN; OR, THE G4i 0S1"S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of `he Great t Ipectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Sefton. C. X. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed. by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Messrs. Toole. P. Bedtord, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENLNG, HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr. Leigh Murray. Followed by (47th time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Cl'iton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Turner, Miss Thorne. Commence at 7. npEIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing . the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening . of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, • NG. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA:. —Morning, lh. 2m.—Afternoon, lh. 21m. To-monmovr.-Morning, lh. 40m.—Afternoon, lh. 59m. The Weather--Sun Office, Sept. 11, 1863. THER3IO3IETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock GI Barometer-30.1 3 . Wind—W.N.W ; moderate, and fine. nit LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1863. The quiet irony of " S" in our leading contempo • rary must be rapidly rendering his contributions as distasteful to the Federals as those of their own wilful " MANHATTAN." The initial must sound to Yankee ears sarcastically sibillant. " MANHATTAN" often blurts out the unpleaeantest truths, home truths that must perforce be doubly and trebly uopieasant, when discussed at the hotel bars of Washington and New Yark over modest quenchers in the guise of a mint julep or a cocktail—because coming avowedly from the lips, or rather from the pen of a partisan. But with " S." it is altogether something very different. Liverpcol is the place he hails from, it will be ob served. It may be taken for granted, we presume, that he is no American, neither from the North, nor yet from the South—but that, on the contrary, he is a right-down, plain-spoken Englishman. Then it is, 95 we legan by saying, the very quietness of his irony, that gives so much poignancy to its sting. The perfec t self-possession of his manner in jotting down his commentaries quite deliberately, must be something frightfully irritating to a Northern ; must render his calm insinuation of a sneer, when ever they fall upon genuine Yankee ears, as agree able to that same genuine Yankee, as though his palate had been suddenly drenched with gall and wormwood. Among the latest of these penetrating, and surely intolerable gibes flowing to all appearance from a pure love of mischief on the part of S., is the casual remark with which he opens out upon his old enemies, the Federals, to-day, in the manner following :—" The City of Washington," he says, "reports the capture of two Federal gunboats on the Rappahannock—a curious fact, as the Confederates have nothing afloat in that quarter, and men have taken them by attack from the land.'' And he adds, with an air of scornful incredulity that he takes no trouble whatever to conceal—" We ere also informed of the seizure of 100,000 bales of cotton at Natchez. There was some moderation in not calling this 1,000,000, which sounds much larger, and only takes one or two more ciphers of type." Now for all those barbed and poisoned arrows of ridicule perpetually hurtling about them from all imaginable quarters, the Federals have simply and solely and wholly to thank themselves. They have to thank their own flagrant and noto rious mendacity. Their own aptitude for "piling it up mountainously." Their own passion for what we are accustomed to call in this country, a wilful perversion of facts and an unseemly preference for exaggeration and antipathy over telling the plain, bold truth. When" S." flouts them for not putting down 1,000,000 instead of 100,000 —he de rides them not out of any perverse spite on his own part, but because cf the systematic mendacity notorious upon theirs. He is merely uttering in a few plain words the obvious thought of thousands. They might just as lief say 1,000,00 0 as 100,000. " All's one for that"--to them—just as it was of old JACK FALSTAFF when, with his lips yet wet from the flaggon, he protestedto Prince HAL, with an oath, that he had not that day tasted sack or canary. If we were to have believed the Yankee statements after Gettysburg, MEADE and his m en were to make short work of LEE ad his defeat e d arm y. Wh ere as—e ver s ince Gettys .," R—the Confederate commander-in-chief has con ducted :his any et l army whithersoever he listed without , his ow u r s h naolestation, has recruited it, has chosen ad quite deliberately afresh, and has prepared operations. The for a choice of his own future ~a e victorious MEADE all the while acting, since 4 simply upon the vaunted success over the South, defensive. Again, the crash inc.; of Fort semier taug ht to beli eve by h into ruins was, we were aireetl e exultant commentators upon that new s , of the fal l of Sumt er h the glad tidings York and Washington —the 4ci reached New fall w as to lead the assailin g Federal of Sumter roe almost by a hop, skip, and a jump, into Ch arleston however, apper . 0 b . -ale pro babilities there , t e fading out rapidly before the advance of the autumnal, and the prospect of the wintry season. All we can do is to wait, and watch, and listen to the accounts brought to us from time to time from the b i de 0 , the Federals, with ao mu ch credulity in the accuse} of their assertions as those same Federals h ave left us. At the Liverpool School of Science, the QUEEN's Prizes were delivered by Lord S TA NLEY. His lordship mado a most interesting speech, and intro duced several instructive topics into his discourse. He explained the object and purpose of the insti tution, which were to promote the general know ledge of science. He said, truly enough, that It was idle for a man to walk through a alr - Olion of interesting objects in art and nature without being able to understand them. It 'was also felt that it was not suitable for a town like that, the centre and capital of the commerce of the north, to have no special institution to teach science. Lord STANLEY remarked further on that in Liverpool they had not suffered from the American war to any very conei derable extent, and, indeed, some had been gainers; ' but still all had felt that they had a paramount claim on them superior to that of education " in the sufferings and privations of nearly half a mil lion of their fellow-countrymen." To this cause he attributed the fact that the funds of the institution were not so prosperous as might have been de sired. Still the attempt had not been a failure. So many as 123 had attended the lectures, and the students who had gone through state examinations had passed in the respective numbers of 41 from 43, and 31 from 33. Therefore, the best use had been made of the resources. He would touch another point, and mention that institutions such as these often get connected with some particular sect or party, however free and unfettered may be their opening course. But science was "neutral ground," and he might say that this institution had been formed and continued without in any way passing from its ostensible object. But, his lordship aptly remarked, if it were otherwise, perhaps, they might have fared better. In most men there was some of the fighting instinct, and it was often strange how the love of good was stimulated by a little oppo sition. For them, however, things were doubtless better as they were, for, if they excited no enthu siasm, at least they had no prejudices wtoeh religion,neounter They had nothing to do with politics, with or social controversiea, than that they be lieved that the more scientific training was cul tivated the less likely any one was to become the sort who injure any cause they take up, hot headed, narrow-minded, mischievous enthusiasts. This is very correct reasoning, as it is never from the class who is the most highly cultivated, or the most reflective, that the violent notions proceed which do so much damage to all who are connected way, whether in conc er t or i n owpipthositthioenm in any opposition. If was asked what was the aim pro posed by such a school as that here referred to, he would say that its result was two-fold. In the first place, it decided to impart a n um b er o f the principles which they had to apply to men occu pied in various pursuits, it taught them to work as men , and not as machines. This is certainly a great desideratum to be achieved, and one that is sure to prove advantageous to a large and influen tial body of men who, working in their several arduous vccations, are great national benefactors, and are well worthy to enjoy that pride and pleasure in their engagements which gives the truest zest to labour, and makes the skilled artizan as great in his way as any king that walks the earth in pride. LORD STANLEY then said that the institution had another object, to provide a more special culture for those who fall into loose and vague habits of thought. Into this very comprehensive subject he did not mean to enter, but he would remark in passing, that he had long believed that even in the education of the upper classes those who were supposed to be the" brain-workers as opposed to the hand-workers of the community, too much time is given to the study of the works of man, or too little to those of nature." Lord STANLEY further illustrated his valuable remark by instancing how an English lad might go up to college after having carried off the highest honours of a public school, who is skilled in the compilation of Greek and Latin verses, and yet cannot tell why water runs down hill instead of up, and how the heating of water in a boiler enables a ship to move. His lordship went on to say that he disparaged no kind of culture, and indeed felt kindly disposed towards pursuits that he once followed himself, but he did not see why one pursuit should altogether supersede another. In the best foreign schools the case was different, and in intellectual training we were behind them, if we were superior to them in moral and physical discipline. This is very true, and the sooner these mistakes aro rectified in our public seminaries and colleges the better. There is no reason why a more extensive style of teaching _should not prevail, and the results aro sure to be beneficial to all concerned. Lord STANLEY justly observed that almost all great in ventions, and especially those in manufactures, were made by men who had risen from the ranks. People might say that if they succeeded so well, why should their successors need improvement? He answered that they did not know what might have been done, and "Brain Power," was too rare and valuable to be allowed to run to waste. These toilers and searchers after truth might be wasting precious time for want of right information, and be lilee men who lost their way in dense forests, who did not know that within a few yards there was a good road leading to the desired end. There was no room here for the usual objection what was to be done with the trained man when they got him. Every manufacturer in Lancashire would ask what was his use and value. The demand exceeded the supply, in fact. Lord STANLEY concluded his inte resting speech by saying that they must look to in dustrial science as a means towards the develop ment of a higher civilisation. The slavery of man to man was terrible ; but there was another kind of slavery, that of those whose sole existence was an unrelieved struggle to supply their wants. " What they need is to have a portion of their work taken off their hands. To this end we aro daily progressing." The winds of heaven, the waters of our rivers, the force stored in our coal fields, are multiplying a thousandfold the power of human muscles, and giving leisure for human thought. There was no reason in the remarks constantly made that machinery was unpopular ; the history of science was the history of improvement ; it w as the conquest of man over nature, "of intelligence substituted for brute force, and skill for toil ; o f life lengthened, disease rendered less severe, leisur e more abundant, knowledge more ample, and m en better fitted for those high destinies which, w e believe, it is the purpose of Providence they should fulfil." A more fitting and appropriate conclusion could hardly have been made to this highly in structive discourse, on a subject, too, which Bo intimately and materially is connected with the interests of all. An interesting ceremony took place on Wednes day last in the to wn of Dundee. On that day the People's Park, the noble gift of Sir DAVID BAXTER to the town, was formally opened to the public. A general holiday was observed in the neighbour hood in honour of an event which promised such great and substantial benefits to all future genera tions of citizens. Such gifts are happily not so rare in these days as to be matters of wonder, but they are not common enough to deprive them of interest a nd importance, and the large and liberal spirit in w hich the present und er t a ki ng h as b een carr i e d ' 131 t. re nders it in every respect a national work. The hearty cheers of f th e fellow-citizens must have carried gratifying assura nce to Sir DAVID BAITER that his mu n i f i cent satisfactio n , and donation h a d g i ven un i versal • that hi s . , residents in Dundee. deservedly in hepcur nam e Will song be held Another ilpeetator, No lo Y t til k e ah prominent part in ih e day's proceedings, m ust invited t o b e is staying terested by them. E ar l Russt L , been much in in the neighbourhood, was i present on the occasion, and to receive at the same tim e t h e freedom of the town from the hands of the.. n —Orpo, ration. The eulogistic address with which the gift was accompanied, and the allusion made to the achievements of his earlier career, must also have been gratifying to his lordship, Comparing the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1863. past with the future, he mast watch with interest the vast moral, religious, and political changes which have taken place in Scotland, as in England, since the days of the Test Act and the Reform Bill. There is room undoubtedly for some self-compla cency in the mind of any man who took part in those great movements which have made us what we are ; but we cannot help thinking that Earl RUSSELL appropriates more than his due. I have been happy," ho says, in acknowledging the compliments paid to his political career, " I have been happy to contribute humbly to the v v : t ct o or w y er o e f ftohroesmeosetloinqutehnetcaaunsde odistinguished m a m n c e in pation—who won for the people the great battle of the repeal of the corn laws. With regard to the measures in which I had a more immediate part in preparing—the repeal of the Corporation and 'rest Acts ; in framing a plan for the reform of our muni cipal corporations—l have been studious to build upon the ancient foundations, to adapt new mea sures to existing laws, and to put them in harmony with the institutions of a country justly proud of its liberty." Such a character might have been true of Lord JOHN RUSSELL ten or twelve years ago, but it is not altogether recognisable in the Earl RUSSELL of the present day. Religious toleration is happily no longer a matter of discussion—but what of political reform ? The adaptation of " new measures to existing laws" is somewhat at a stand still. It is difficult to avoid remembering on such an occasion that the present Liberal Administra tion has left this cardinal point of liberalism un touched; that at first loud professions filled the place of practice, but after a time even these died out and left an absolute blank. Even Earl RUSSELL does not trouble himself any longer with talking about his love of reform, and his desire to see the great work happily accomplished. He has now taken up another line, and plumes himself upon the recollections of the past. The popularity of Lord PALMERSTON may be, as his noble colleague asserts, just and universal, but it was certainly not enhanced by the circumstances under which he came into office, The change of administration by a dexterous political move was made under false colours. The urgent need of a Reform Bill, wholesale, comprehensive, and con clusive in all its clauses was professedly the great question of the day. The Tory measure, which though faulty and limited in its scope, was still capable of adaptation to the national requirements, was dismissed with sovereign contempt. How could such fervent Reformers give a moment's tolera tion to a partial and temporary measure. The victory was won, the helm of State changed hands, and all men watched to see the great results of the Liberal accession to office. But, watch they might. Session after Session has gone by, measure after measure has been proposed, debated, or carried, but the New Reform Bill remains among the things of the future. It is not to be reckoned among the achievements of that Cabinet of which Earl Thus , SELL is so conspicuous a member. The " strict impartiality " which Earl RUSSELL prides himself on having observed, during the American struggle, is also open to criticism. Whether the end of the chapter will prove that England has acted a part worthy of her, may reasonably be questioned ; but at least it is unfair to talk of rigid impartiality in a case where non-recognition of one of the com batants was virtually affording substantial assist ance to the other. It is fortunate that our Foreign Secretary still plumes himself upon the re flection that " British law and British justice " are safeguards and securities—a fact which British merchants and shipowners had begun to doubt. Whether they have afforded much protection to the owners of the Peterhoff and the c Arg, , o we may leave those gentlemen to answer, but, with a damaged trade and crippled commerce, having offended both belligerents and left other neutrals to step forward and take the lead which our position gave us, we need not boast too much about the happy conjunction of "peace and honour." Earl RUSSELL when he kept out of the range of politics was happier in his address. His suggestion as to the occasional employment of the new park as a playground for the schools of the town, was accom panied by some just and sensible remarks on toe importance of duly interspersing study with re creation — t fact too often overlooked by the instructors of youth. The bow never unbent is an old comparison, but the lesson it teaches is not yet fully learnt, and the startling assertion made by the inspectors that the children who were at school halt time learned as much as those at whole time, is full of suggestions to the directors of academies and institutions for the children of the wealthier c scu l ul n a ocd s sh s ee e ra s g p. pursuedut application that apparent aoh s tnaoi day, nap nds is ya:rbbe becoming tteo count mw l og ihu t an o niognt g k?l iv a list no on e wgi slihh eo how importancewro h sf much devoted ho s t t i e u s d die lost ot to slowly recognised, but it will be some time yet before it is fully appre ciated ; and " the youngest Burgess of Dundee" did good service when be bespoke for the youthful students of the city the use of " the People's Park." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 11. The ifoniteur of this morning contains the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results, as compared with the August account : INCREASE. Francs. Cash in hand .................. 131 millions. Bank-notes ................ millions. Treasury balance million. DECREASE. Bills discounted, not Set due l9l millions. Advances ........... 10 1 6 millions. Current accounts ...... AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SEPT. 11. The Grand Duke Constantine has arrived here and was received by his Majesty, the Emperor, at the railway station. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. LEMBERG, SEPT 10. In the recent engagement with the Russians, Lelewel was left dead upon the field, pierced by two bullets. ITALY. TURIN, SEPT, 10. The evening papers announce that the king will review 51 batteries of artillery on the 20th inst., on the plain of Somma, after the other reviews have taken place at Milan. GREECE. ATHENS, SEPT 5. Owing to disquieting rumours the National Guard is still nightly kept under arms. Distur bances have taken place in Alessenia. FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 11. The Constitutionnet of this morning says : " The law-suit between the owners of a French and an English ship, which was to have been tried before the court at Sunder:and, has been transferred to French jurisdiction at the request of M. Dronyn de Lhuys." TOULON, SEPT. 10. The Annamite ambassadors arrived here yester day evening. A salute was fired by the ships in the harbour. The ambassadors will disembark to-day, and will be officially received by the authorities. The captain of the frigate Aubaret will act as interpreter t o t h e em b assy . BOURSE, Sept. 10 . The market has not shown much animati on. P r i ces a t the commencement of business were rather lower, but they have since rallied, and are now about the same as yesterday, Threes having b een l ast ca lled at 68f. 7 5 c. Railway Share Market qu i et, w i t h but little change in quo tations up to this hour. The market closed a s follows : it per Cent 5....... 96 -- Do. end month..,, 3 per Cents . 68 85 Do. end month.... 68 80 Credit M0bi1ier...,1197 50 Do. end month.... Bank Shares...,,. 3390 Credit k oncier ....1400 Italian Loan 74 Do. end month 74 05 New ditto Do. end month 73 75 Russian Austrian Spani,h Threes 53 H o me Debt 'AYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lO4O .. 1037 50 Northern .... NCW ditto __ -- .. Lyons and Aleditoaranean 1040 .. 103.5 Gen.vl.. 497 50 .. 497 50 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian.. ............ 426 15 .. 430 Austrian .............. 425 .. 425 Lot,lrd .............. 568 75 .. 5 7 0 rp North of Spain .... Saragossa 650; . . 65.5 _ Ditto to Barcelona RA IL nishes them. According to Article Bof the present project, there must in such a case be a majority of two-thirds, that is to say, of 12 instead of 9 out of 17 votes. It is, moreover, well-known at Vienna that the idea of obtaining from the Confederation a guarantee for the non-German province was never thought of in the Austrian reform project. The experience of the past proves that, in case of danger, Austria must rely on herself rather than on the as sistance of the German States. if a last proof were necessary that theßeform project brought forward at Frankfort little favours the policy of international centralisation, it would be found in the fact, that the Hungarians, who are the adversaries of such cen tralisation, have applauded the project which, if carried into execution, would necessitate changes in the centralising constitution of the 26th Feb., and favour the idea of the dualism which is the dream of the Magyar party." The Steam-Rams in the Mersey. Some doubt has been cast upon the statement which we made a few days ago with reference to the steam-rams EL itlonastir and El Tousson, in course of construction at Mr. Laird's yard. We can only repeat our certainty of its accuracy. The G3vernment have given notice to the builder that the ships will not be allowed to leave the Mersey, and if it is four d that thtir construction is con trary to the terms of the Foreign Enlistment Act, they will be seized as violating its provisions.— Morning Post. TILE PATENT GHOST. We have been favoured with the inspection of an old translation of the work written by John Bap tista de Porta, in 1 55 8 , upon "Natural Magick. ' Professor It was translated into E nglish in 1658. The fol patented :—" Pepper'sin t h e 17th Book, will show for we despised; for lowi - look in, see those ma y th wo may See in a Chamber Things that Ghost is not new because it is and there is no How that are not. in any chamber, if a man ought this an artifice not to be things which were never there ; there be a chamber mistaken ; wherefore, unless by the doo w r h w o o r l h man so witty that will think he is to describe the matter, let windowerei n t o n where hother thelig ht cornea spectator glass, as Nv l e et u t s h e e d so to d , looks in ; let one Fart be polisheed windoweepo • therero u p mt a a r ty t h o eb f ee o i a t l d l b , oeo butkof. seti lookng- o g vi ! ne a r ; st against.oo r n t b h o e t sides,h rtehsits do window, n ot nothing. whence inmo t .a h r e b a l e pe s e t t a a t spectator statues, and without wi ll L et pictures be a su n c d h w lik ba e t ; for i behind d is th w e ' l s back he will seem with'n, think to be in the middle of • the house, as far from the glass inward as they stand from it outwardly, and so clearly and certainly that he would think he sees nothing but truth. But lest the skill should be known, let the part be made so where the orna ment is, that the spectator may not see it, as above his head, tliAt a pavement may not come between abera his head ; and if an ingenious man do this, it is impossible that he should suppose that he is deceived."—Building News. [Nlore remarkable even than this—as an antici pation of Mr. Dirck's and Professor Pepper's Patent Ghost—because the account we are about to refer to may be found in a work of great fame and popula rity : far more remarkable than the above is the fact that this very optical illusion is fully explained (illustrated, too, with several &ever woodcuts) in the "Natural Magic" of Sir David Brewster.—ED. Sun. The i s l an d o f M onte Ch r i sto , wh i c h owes it s cele brity to Al exan d re Dumas ' popular novel, has j us t b ee n chosen / 3 37 034 Italia; Government of o penal pettl9menta ROME. The Morning Post says :—" The great subject of interest in Rome just now is the approaching pro cession, which is to take place next Sunday, by express command of his Holiness, in order to ani mate the fa ith of the Romans in the Saviour during the present grievous necessities of the Church and State. With all the pomp and splendour which the Roman Court can confer, the venerable image of the Saviour, preserved at St. Peter's in the sancta sanctorunz, will be solemnly carried to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, and a week after to that of St. Jobn Lateran for a halt of th ree days. more, before returning to the Vatica n . T he Car dinal Vicar has put forth a long invit o sacro to the Zion, let th e a d ored i mage Romans on this subject. I extract f rom th i s docu ment the followi n g p assa g es :—' Like the sacred ark brought by King r David with so l emn pomp into the city of of the Saviour traverse the streets of Rome. Let us all turn towards it and repeat w i t h humil i ty an d faith, Ostende faciem Warn et salvi erimus.' Let it be introduced into the Basilica sacred to the Vir gin, and there listen to the prayers and vows of his blessed mother Mary, instead of our prayers and vows. . • It is the will of the Holy Father on this occasion that particular prayers be offered up for unhappy Poland, which he now beholds a scene of slaughter and blood. The Polish nation, which was always Catholic, and a bulwark against the in vasion of error, certainly merits our prayers, that it may be freed from the evils which 01 ct it, and, never losing its character, may remain always faith ful to the mission entrusted to it by God, not only to keep, but also to guard intact and inviolable, with the unanimous consent of all who compose the nation, the banner of the Catholic faith, and the religion of their fathers." AUSTRIA• The Constitutionnel publishes under ail reserve the following details on the faith of a letter from Vienna:—" The Emperor of Austria, in taking in hand the cause of reform, wa s far from exp ectin g that his proceeding would have been interpreted in a sense hostile to the neighbouring States. What the Austrian Cabinet wished was to deprive the reformist agitation of its object, and to satisfy the legitimate aspirations of the people. It is only necessary to throw a glance over the pro ject of reform, to be convinced! that it strictly maintains the bases of the compact of 1815—the Federative principle and the sovereignty of each member of the Confederation. If this project be compared with the plans set forth in the pro gramme of the Natioualverein, and with the unionist ideas of Prussia in 1850, it will be seen which of the two modifies the international situation of the Confederation such as it has been established by treaties. The unitary and Prussian projects wish to replace the Federal Council by a single head ; the Austrian one maintains that Council, represent ing the 35 sovereigns, and developed in the spirit of the compact of 1815. The unitary projects demand a Parliament directly elected by the people, that of Austria proposes an assembly which would only be a central committee of the 35 particular Parliaments. It is almost unnecessary to insist on those differences in order to point out the conservative character of the project presented at Frankfort. Mach has been said shoat the famous Article 8, which would, it is said, oblige the Confederation to take part in all wars which Austria might carry on in her quality of a European Power, but it appears to be forgotten that the article in question is only a reproduction of a corresponding one in the final act of Vienna of 1820. It confers on the Germanic Diet the right of taking part in a war of that kind , if any danger threatens the integrity or the independence of Ger many. Article 8 of the Austrian project has only repeated that fundamenta l, clause, but, far from in creasing the guarantees which Austria might find .in it for her non-Oermßn poneEtione, dimi. PRUSSIA. The following is from a Berlin letter of the 3d : " Great agitation still prevails in the capital, and indeed throughout the country, and the public have not yet recovered from the surprise which has been caused, less by the act of dissolution of the Chamber, than by the motives Count de Bismark thought fit to bring forward in its justification. The Austrian propositions are, indeed, detested here, but the ministry and policy of M de Bismark are not for that reason rendered any more popular; on the contrary, public opinion is irritated to such a point that any liberal concession, offered at the present moment, would be generally looked upon as an insult. That the Government should have not yet promulgated a new electoral law causes not less surprise, for every one is aware that under the existing regime the new Chamber will be stillmore radical than the preceding one, and must be consequently short-lived. At the most, the feudal party may succeed in introducing into the Chamber a score of members in place of the eleven which were in the last Parliament. Every one is, besides, convinced that it is not the fault of M. de Bismark if a new electoral law, based upon universal suffrage, the system of ministerial candidates, and the obligation for candidates to present themselves for election only at the place of their legal domicile, has not yet been decreed. The King it is who is opposed to that course. He labours under the delusion that the ovations made to him, and the deputations and addresses of loyalty which the retrograde party have had so much diffi culty in organising, are really the sincere expres sion of the popular feeling. The King therefore energetically refused to have recourse to that ex treme measure ; he is determined to make a last appeal to the patriotism of the people, and even should that attempt fail, of which no one eAcept himself has the slightest doubt, he will not change the electoral law. He is, it is said, decided on rather suspending the Constitution by declaring the country in danger. There are already indications that the most advanced men of the Radical party, as, for example, M. Jacoby, of Koanigsburg, and others who have until now held aloof, are about to present themselves as candidates, and with every prospect of success, whilst it is probable that the chiefs of the old Liberals, such as MM. de Wincke, d'Auerswald, and the Count de Schwerin, will, if re-elected, only save their seats by close majorities." The probable turn which the dissolution of the Chamber and the forthcoming elections are likely to give to affairs in Prussia, is thus speculated on by the Debats "The German journals are all occupied with speculations on the dissolution of the Prussian Parliament. What is the tendency of that im portant act ? What will be its results ? What are the King's intentions ? What will become of M. de Bismark ? Every writer answers these different questions in his own way. The jour nals of the Feudal party pretend that the Crown has never been on better terms with the Ministry; that the King is as little inclined as ever to tolerate the encroachment of the Lower House, and that, it the appeal now made to the electoral body should not return devoted deputies, he will suspend the Constitution. They add that the Government already possesses, and will not refrain from using. the means of restricting the electoral agitation within narrow limits. On the other hand, the Liberal papers declare that in spite of the difficult position in which they are placed by the system of warnings, the least unfavourable result that can happen for the preten sions of the Crown, will be there-election of the old deputies. It is to be remarked that neither the Feudalists nor the Democrats think the King dis posed to modify the existing composition of the electoral body. But, in any case, there cannot be any doubt. The only thing as yet certain is that the elections will be with all parties a protest against the Frankfort resolutions, that the most evident intention of the Mi nistry in dissolving the Chamber of De puties has been to provoke a national manifestation, and that Austria is getting seriously alarmed at 114. de Bismark's skilful man esuvre. There is also an ther fact which might be affirmed if the excited state of the public mind in Prussia justified the ex pectation of some little wisdom and coolness on the part of the Prussian opposition—namely, that in thus cleverly operating against Austria, M. Bismark exposes himself to a total political defeat at home while securing his diplomatic successes abroad. The Prussian electors have it in their power to consolidate at once the tottering constitution of their country; they have only to elect deputies who will accept a compromise on the question of the day, the military question (which would satisfy the King), and who would stand firm on all the matters seriously involving the principle of parliamentary prerogative. Unfortunately the constituencies seems in many places rather disposed to push things to extremes than to strengthen, by a moderate triumph, the real victory they have obtained over the ministry ; for it certainly is a victory thua to have compelled the Bismark Cabinet to submit its fate to the decision of the electors. It is already said that MM. de Vincke and de Schleinitz will not be re-elected, and that the ultra-radical candidates will be pre ferred to the pure constitutionalists—a very wise and logical conclusion assuredly, if the Prussian nation is determined to establish a republic, but very impudent if it intends to retain the monarchy." The Colosseum. The exhibition of the splendid panorama of Faris by night and the colossal cyclorama of Lis bon, representing its destruction by the earthquake in 1755, terminate with the present season, and then the Colosseum, which has for thirty years been one of the most favourite and fashionablereserts in the metropolis, passes into the hands of the workmen for the purpose of effecting extensive alterations and improvements. To those who have not yet witnessed the extraordinary productions just mentioned, a gratification is in store that will long be remembered with pleasure. In addition to the above wonderful specimens of semi -art, there are a number of other very excellent entertainments, foremost amongst which stands Mr. David Fisher's 6 , Facts and Fancies," in which this talented come dian assumes a number of the most amusing and eccentric characters with the greatest effect; the narrative of the plot of his drama "The Mysterious Malediction," for instance, consisting of a series of the most tremendous "sensations." Mr. George B uckland's "Musical G leanings" is also exceedingly interesting and instructive, and elicits the most un bounded applause. What with the Stalactite Caverns, the Swiss Cottage, and other equally at tractive objects, a round of amusement is presented fur the " nimble shilling" certainly without parallel in the metropolis. FEDERAL SCALPT/sIG.—In the course of the Federal expedition of this summer under Gen. Sibley against the Indians, the State of Minnesota actually made an offer of 25 dols for Sioux scalps. The Indian chief, Little Crow, was shot by a farmer on the 4il of July, while pick. ing berries, and word being sent into Hutchinson his scalp was taken by a party of soldiers, and was brought to the city of St. Paul, and 25 dols were received for it. It has since been tanned. The "scalp clause" has, however, been recalled, and in subsequent operations against the I n di ans Colonel M'Phail had to tell his men that it was very bar barous to take scales ; but the colonel took care to add that he should not believe a man had killed an Indian unless he "showed the hair, and enough of it, so that anoth er l oc k could not bo taken from the same Jana." A NOBLE ATLAS. The Family Atlas. Constructed by eminent Geo graphers, under the superintendence of the Society far the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Containing Eighty Maps. Stanford. In the present ago of general discovery and in vestigation, the possession of atlases and books of reference becomes an almost universal necessity, and the peculiar accurecy and fidelity of those works are more than ever matters of very essential importance. "A little learning" is, proverbially, " a dangerous thing," and insufficient or perhaps erroneous information is an evil of very serious consequence. Several new Atlases, and new editions of old Atlases, have recently been published to meet the growing necessities of the times. Amongst them one of the very best has been issued by Mr. Stanford, being the Useful Know ledge Society's Family Atlas, corrected to the latest date. This very excelleetand valuable publication contains no leaf! than 80 maps, beautifully en graved, with a very admirable geological map of England, by Sir Roderick I. Murchison, F.R.S. (whose name is given, by a curious ellipse on the title-page, as simply Sir I. Murchison), and six celestial maps, or star maps, representing the two solstices, the two equinoxes, and the two poles, these six maps having been designed for the Useful Knowledge Society by Sir John Lubbock, Bart. the maps of Paris and London are corrected almost to the present day, while the old map of France, divided into provinces, is also given—a map, this last, so useful for reference to the student of history and even to the reader of romance. The map of Italy represents that country as an United Kingdom, but it defines also the ancient landmarks. The track of the Peninsula and Oriental steamers to Calcutta and Hong Kong is very carefully traced out. The map of India is excellent, the railway routes being all clearly marked down, whether already completed or only as yet projected. Ancient Palestine is the subject of one very interesting plate, while another delineates the Palestine of to-day, to which is added a plan of Jerusalem. All the new French settle ments at the mouth of the Camboja are fully given, and another map comprises the British Provinces beyond the Ganges, Arracan, Pegu, Penang, and Tenasserim. In addition to this we have a distinct map of the Malay archipelago, and a very useful series of plans of all the chief islands and groups in the Indian Ocean. Among these are the Nicobar and Andaman Islands, which latter will be regarded with peculiar attention by all who have perused Dr. Mouatt's very interesting revelations. There are also the Mauritius and Bourbon, as well as a map of Madagascar. A separate map of the Japanese islands deserves particular notice : in it the ports already opened to our merchants are all clearly marked, as well as those which are to be opened later on. The recent discoveries in Africa, again, are most elabo rately and carefully defined. A new map of the Empire of Morocco, with a plan of the city of Morocco, are welcome additions at the present mo ment. The map of North America represents the States as still United States. British Columbia and Vancouver's Island, with the rival boundary lines of San Juan, are fully given, as is also a very admirable chart of all the Polynesian groups. The track of Burke's expedition across Australia will be fol towed with interest; it is minutely defined. In fact, it is impossible to praise too highly the great care and the extraordinary elaboration of detail visible throughout the entire Atlas. Nothing could by possibility, as it appears to us, be more distinct and yet more delicate in the man • ner of its manipulation than the touch of the graver as every where applied to these eighty beautiful engravings. The minute lettering is wonderfully clear, although occasionally approach ing in the more crowded pages, to the microscopic. Tne refined hair-like lines of the rivers, with those, yet more refined still, of their numerous tributary streams, it would be hardly possible to excel in their combination of precision with unobtrusiveness. Not a map in the volume before us is in any por tion of it confused or jumbled in the smallest par ticular. And the merit of this transparency, so to speak, of the web-work of outlines—sprinkled over plentifully with the explanatory lettering of the names of places, continents, countries, provinces, water courses, mountain ranges, isthmuses, promon tories, cities, towns, et cetera—we ought here par ticularly to add, is enhanced in its effect by the exquisite and, so far as our knowledge of other atlases, enables us to judge, the very unusual soft ness of the colouring. As in a skilfully mixed sand, with its suspicion of shalot, its hint of such another ingredient, its faint idea of this or that highly-appetizing flavour—each map here is, one might really observe, touched into chromatic beauty by a notion, let us say, not of red but of pink, by a dim suggestion not of saffron, but of a most deli cate tinge of primrose, or by a vague conjecture, so to speak, not of blue, but of the very faintest lilac tincture. The greenish hue, but doubtfully dis cernible at the deepest as a hue, along the various coastlines, pales off imperceptibly into the whiteness of the excellent paper (almost cardboard) upon which all these maps are printed. As to the scale upon which each map has been drawn, it is adhered to, in each instance, with mathematical precision in all the proportions of distances de pendent upon it. Not an instance has yet fallen under our notice throughout the whole atlas in which there is any indication of blurring or indis tinctness. Thq engraver, the printer, and the colour ist, each in succession, has acquitted himself admi rably well in carrying out the scheme of the various eminent geographers whose energies have been de voted, with such uniform and harmonious ability, to the fabrication of an Atlas worthy of appearing, as this does avowedly, not only with the Useful Knowledge Society's approval and sanction, but under its direct and immediate superintendence. Amongst all the eighty maps in the volume, the geological map, Sir Roderick Murchison's map, is the most gorgeous in its colouring, as if to mark out the more unmistakeably the broad distinctive lines of demarcation between the various geological formations. Among all the eighty maps comprised within the substantial covers of this noble Atlas, moreover, the one solitary folding map is the very last of all, namely, the one giving within it a com prehensive plan of our own gigantic metropolis. To add to the convenience of the work as a book of reference, it is cut and lettered on the margin like an office book, t 3 o that any map can be found at a moment's notice without our having to turn over the whole world in search of it. The cheapness of price for which, among other things, the volume is so very remarkable, places this valuable Atlas within reach of the many. It is calculated to form a most useful addition to every home and school library. THE WEATHER AT SHIELDS. Wednesday Night. —The weather in the counties of Durham and North umberland has be-n extremely fine to-day, warm and sunny, with a brisk breeze from the west. The farmers in these counties have been actively engaged in leading home their corn crops from the fields, or in reaping that which was left standing at the time that the recent rains came on. The night is bright and starlight, with every prospect of settled weather. On Monday most per sons connected with agriculture 'were almost desponding of the corn crops being iugathered in a sound state. The de lightful change in the weather, however, if it continues, of which there is every hope that it will, will afford the far mers who aro sharp enough to embrace it a fair opportunity of stacking their crops in a tolerably good state. `!'he Court of Assizes of ,the Haute-Loire has just tried a young man, named Sappet, on a charge of wilfully wounding his wife's father, M. Mandelly, an upholsterer, residing at Le Puy, by discharging a pistol at him. It was stated in Court that the prisoner, a man of jealous and suspicious temper, married Mlle. Blandelly on the Bth April last, and though himself a jeweller by trade, it was arranged that ho should become a partner in his father in-law's business, anti live in the same house. The mart iage proved a most unhappy one, and constant quarrels took place ,between the young couple. During one of these scenes M. Mandelly happened to enter the room, and the prisoner discharged a pistol at him, inflicting a s li ght wound on the cheek. The prisoner instantly afterwards discharged another pistol at himself, but the ball merely grazed his ribs without doing much injury. The prisoner did not deny that he had fired the shot which struck M Mandelly, but declared he had no murderous intention, and was at the time so excited that he knew not what he was doing, He had loaded the pistols with the intention of committing suicide. His father-in-law had never inter fered between him and his wife, and he had no animosity against him. Th e jury, taking a favourable view of the case, brought in a verdict of not guilty, and the Court or dered the prisoner's immediate discharge, Utt .o=•*S: zA4 lar HER MAJESTY. The Queen left the Rosenau on Monday night at half-past 10 o'clock, with Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coxburg came over to the Rosenau in the evening, and took leave of the Queen. A special train conveyed her Majesty, the Royal family, and suite. At half-past 7 o'clock on Tues day morning, her Majesty arrived at a station near Darmstadt, where Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse were awaiting her Majesty's arrival• Tne Queen and Royal family immediately entered Prince and Princess Louis's carriage, and drove to Kranichstein, a seat of the Grand Duke of Hesse , now occupied by Prince and Princess Louis, where the Royal family spent the day. Princess C. of Hesse, with Princess Anna and Prince William, and Prince Alexander of Hesse, and Princess Bat tenberg, visited the Queen during her stay. T he Queen drove through Darmstadt in the afternoon. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting wen t on to Darmstadt. At 10 o'clock in the evening the special train wee again ready at f he Darmstadt station, and the Quee n and Royal family continued their journey toward s Antwerp. At half-past 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning the King of the Belgians, with the Duchess of Bra bant, met the Queen at the station at Malines, and having got into her Majesty's carriage, acconnia" nied her Majesty to Antwerp, where the trait' arrived at 20 minutes past 8 a.m. The Queen breakfasted at the station, and having taken leave of the King, embarked on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert in the Scheldt• After a fine passage the Royal yacht anchored in Margate Roads at 7 p.m. The Vivid and the Trinity-house yacht Irene an companied the Royal yacht. The Osberne and Black Eagle followed. THURSDAY, Sept. 10. At 6 a.m. this morning the Royal yacht weighed anchor, and steamed up to Greenhithe, where th e Fairy was in waiting to convey the Queen an d Royal party to Woolwich. Earl Granville returned with her Majesty in the Royal yacht. The Fairy arrived alongside Woolwich Arsenal at half-past 11 o'clock, when the Queen and Roy al family disembarked, and immediately proceeded to Windsor Castle, where they arrived at 10 tainuteo after 1 o'clock. The suite consisted of the Marchioness of Ell' the Lady Augusta Bruce, Lieut. Gen. C. Orel' Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulph, Major Cowell, Pr' Joiner, and Mr. Buff. The Princess Louise, attended by Lady Carolina Barrington, the Hon. Horatia Stopford, and Colonel Hon. A. Liddell, and Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon. The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morro w (Saturday) at Windsor Castle. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES AT A.l3°' GELDlE.—During the past week his Royal We ness the Prince killed five stags, while her Royal lie' ness the P:incess had her accustomed drives, fishing on 08 Dee, and sketching in the neighbourhood. On Friday t he royal party and suite drove by Ballater to Burn of I ra !' commonly called Rob Roy's Cave. A few of the derces ti f servants about Abergcldie being sent away previous wit ' provisions, a fire was lighted, potatoes and other vegetables cooked, and an excellent luncheon was partaken of by t he royal party beside the cavern. Afterwards her royal ness was busily employed sketching Loch Kinnord , Davon, and adjoining scenery. They returned throng il Ballater in the afternoon, where a number of the visit ors turned out to get a look of the royal couple when chang ing horses.—BanSthi, e Journal. The Grand Duke of Baden visited PIP L Isa math on a udi Wednesday, and, accompanied by the general cor n ng in that district, proceeded in the Princess Alice to insPe et the breakwater. In the evening the grand duke left tot Tor quay. His Excellency Sir Andrew and the Hon. LAI Buchanan have returned to Brown's Hotel from Scotland. Don Jose de F. Gargoilo and Don Nicolas di Ojesso have left Ea‘Vards's Royal Cambridge not el ' George-street, Hanover-square, for Faris, on their NOY t° Madrid. Yesterday, at St. George's Church, Lord Londes l borough was married to Lady Editha Somerset, youDg es daughter of the late Duke of Beaufort. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonit d office to the Governors of Canada, M a lt a , Ceylon, 11 °,, 5 a , Kong, Labuan, and to the Lord Hi g h C omm i s sioner of um" Islands. THE LATE LORD CLYDE.—We are glad to o e ° that a committee, including his Royal Highness the of Cambridge, h as b een f orme d f or th e p urpose of raisiPg - memorial to the late Lord Clyde. THE KING OF DAHOMEY, when visited by CO' modore Wilmot, was reclining on a raised da is, about three feet high, covered with crimson cloth, onolciebr his pipe. One of his wives held a glass sugar-basin 1.42 him to spit in. He was dressed very plainly, the u P Pef , part of his body being bare, with only a silver chain Mlci ing some fetish charm round his neck, and an unpretendillp cloth round his waist. RIDICULOUS POPULARITY OF SPIRITUALISM 114 FRANCE 1-At the very time when M. Renan's iroPi °ll ", book is all the rage among our Gallican neighbours, 12- fewer than 17 books on magetiam, spirit-rapping, illuireini ism, and mesmerism are announced on the paper cover °e the translation into French of M. Home's memoirs, s o t t. r : it is, says the Saturday Review, in noticing this fact, tP,''a people are most gullible when they boast of being t'' greatest espritsforts. • PORTLAND BREAKWATER !—On the summi t Uf the island, when the works were begun, it tae roughly reckoned that 20,060,000 tons of rubbly dcbr is 'w e f t outdwohw cs n ho themseu supports inclines. lying useless. Out of this material, during the los t years, the convicts have sent more than 6,000,00001 t O s to tons several srlleS aTr day a li lines el osonf of f iron trhaei waggons aasnt d thus, utimbers, have t; boo' degrees, the whole of this stupendous mass has bee n " tipped" into the sea. It now f orms a b an k , 100 feet big and 300 feet broad at the base, well nigh as indestructibl6/ by wind and weather as Portland it se lf. II the north of France, but the yield is not so abundant as v ° l° FRENCH HOPS.—Hop-picki ng has commenced expected. Sales of this year's crop are effeoted at fronl 10,5 f to 110 f the 50 kilos. The stock of 1862 is .completeii exhausted. WONDERFUL CAVES OF ARTA IN MAJORCA' ; These caves are situated in a chain of hills, covered with pines, mixed with abundance of arbutus and wi ld flowers. The mouth of the caves — formerly there w ere tWw .°0 but, since they have been artificially unite d, there is no ri reality only one—overlooks the sea, and the approach to it is by a path cut out of a precipitous mass of mounta i ! liuiest , ne, leading up to a fligh t of ste p s, at the to p of wlricP. is a majestic arch, measuring 140 ft. from the crown to °I : base, which gives entra nce to the cavern. The g ull* " having prepared his lamp of three branches, which gave, very good but yet insufficient li g ht, we entered, anu of passed on after him, from chamber to chamber, many which were at different levels, but all connected by st °l3 : t steps or wooden staircases. It is impossible to give 9 jt a idea of the mar v e llous bea u t y of these lofty chambers. rr'"- calcarous deposits are of gigantic magnitude and e yer ; varying shape. Sometimes they have the most gratesr appearance ; but usually they present familiar forms. lr the entratce I saw what looked like trunks of larg° 1 11 , trees, apparently decayed with age, and I struck there et my stick, to be assured they were not wood. More Of; monly the stalactite s assume the form of date trees, 610;116 towards the middle, as th e d a t e pal m often °l to rough bark, and tall stems. At times, they niu ng i i roof and sides, like leaves and flowers delicately out of alabast er , At o th e r times, reaching from floor t 0 0-13" they showed like the massive pillars of a Norman el lue t c!. or the clustered shafts of a later and more gracef ul of °° f tecture. Heavy pendants or bosses from the„, h r et o assisted the illusion of a Gothic cathedral. ,10.• are many chambers, which have cash their .(10,, tinctive character and name. In " the Ilall of the Virgitra, there is a tall majestic figure standing on a high Pe dee ,, to and when seen under peculiar light, holding what Bon, be a child iu her arms. Thera is "the Baptistery, iv i° its capacious font ; and " the Hall of the Pulpit," T h e re only wants the figure of a priest to give it reality. ~c t is "the Hall of the Organ," with its many parallel twr, and contiguous pipes, which, when struck with a hault e e give out musical notes of almost metallic sweetness and v - t nc l9ll riety. There is " the Hall of the Banners," each pe „ 13 from its own staff; "the Hall of the Curtain," massive "Wo'vs,` solid folds; and " the Hail of the Theatre," with its of boxes, where the people of the neighbourhood sornet'.:d, assemble for a ball or a p ie-nic. But the variety less. I had heard mu ch of the wondrous extent and beau , of these halls, bu t half had not been told me,—,oed(l 5 f SMB in XaiQrC a I 1