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

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Les see, Mr. George Vining. Open under the Management of Mr. Walter Montgomery. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's Comedy of MUCH A DO A L'OUT NOTHING. Bent dick, Mr. Walter Montgomel y. To be followed by A ROUGH DIAMOND. Commence at 7. N▪ Ew THEATRE-R0 YAL , ADELPHI.-.. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING (2d week), at 7, a new comic drama, THE HEN AND CHICKENS ; or, A Sign Dot Affection. Messrs. Billing - ton, It. Phillips, Stephenson s. Stirling and Miss H. Simms. Alter which, at a quarter-past 8, the new drama of THE HAUNTED MAN; oil, T.iE GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of 'he Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips, ef ton. C. J. Smith; Mrs. Allred Mellon and Miss 11. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, ent'tled ILL-TREATED TROVATORE. M(ssrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sar I. and Miss IC Kelly. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanboroug - h. THIS EVENING, lIIS FIRST CHA3IPAGNE. Mr. Leigh Murray. Followed by (list time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE'," Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanbc)rough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. 11r. Turner, Miss Thorne. Commence at 7. 111 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, NO, 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 6h. 10m.—Afternoon, 6h. 30m, To-monnow.-Morning, 6h. 54m.—Afternoon, 7h. 19m, The Weather—Sun Office, Sept. 4, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.83. Wind—South-Westerly; moderate, and cloudy. 41- - • (tz, /g snit 44-41 v,, 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• politan borough of Finsbury—was the procuring of a return (duly laid upon the table of the House of Commons shortly before the death of the hon. member who had asked for it)—an appalling return, comprising within it a lamentable catalogue of the infanticides brought to light within the two or three years then last past— infanticides perpetrated in London al•lne or in its immediate neighbourhood. Since that return W& 7 3 issued, the frequency of this miserable crime has i n 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 ads isable to adopt the humane contrivance of the bell and turn table so long attached to the porches Des Maisons des Enfants Trouser 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 pcpuiation, 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 France and the French people, but principally about Paris and the Parisians, a work oddly en 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 Saar de la Chariti, the toiling mothers, early of a morning, on their way to their daily labours, leave their little infants iu 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 sufficient, indeed, to pay for the food, rent, and firing required upon the respective institution& 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 a 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 an infant child over whose death he is lamenting. Immeasurably worse, however, than the infant mortality caused here in England, either uninten tionally by the incautious administration of an over dose of ‘ I DAFFY'S Elixir," or designedly by the fi endish perpetrators of the crime of infanticide — immeasurably unutterably worse than the actual mor tality thus caused among the chili-population, are the dreadful wrongs affecting one most afflicted sec tional part of that population, wrongs that, during these last few weeks, our leading contemporary has nobly ventured not only to touch upon, but boldly to stigmatise and r eprobate with a scorn and eloquence not unworthy of the limes. Dreadful wrongs these are, only requiring, here, thus casually to be glanced at —wrongs of twofold infamy, here of loathsome disease inherited, he re of individual profanation. Reflecting, in this wise, upon how it has long since come to pass that so many tender innocents are being dealt with here in England, here in London, the thought recurs to us of the fiery tempest poured down centu ries back upon the cities of the plain, an d we yearn at least for some tardy effort being at length made with a view to the diminution of those frequent atrocities by a vigorous interposition on the part of the Legislature. The mere publica tion of a return of the number of infanticides, within a given time, in and about the neighbourhood of the metropolis, is as nothing. It is simply and purely a preliminary proceeding. It should lead to something else of a really practical character — with the intention ef at least striving thereby to br in g a b° ll t an appreciable diminution in the number of infanticides. Mr.DuNeOMBE, who moved for the return alluded to, has unhappily passed away from amongst us. Another must follow up the good work, he was in this particular quite evidently meditating. Is t here no 'Me amongst all the members of the House of ec mnon3, is there no ono especially amongst our metropolitan represen tatives, who will take up the matter where the late member for Finsbury left 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 " !nto a reconsideration of this dreadful frequency of infanticide in the metro polis—the discovery of the broken coffins 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 HEAVEN 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 Gretakenhd to p th e e k l e ib o e f . ral tendency that prevailed. The BADEN and other princes 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, and identifying itself, as it were, with the spirit of the age. At the close of the Conference, the Emperor of AUSTRIA proposed the formation p o r f o a toc C o o l m s. mi T tt h e e e for the purpose of examining the Congress proceeded to elect six members for this Committee, and fixed upon the King of SAXONY, the Grand Dukes of BADEN and MECKLENBURG SCHWERIN, the Elector of IJESSE, the Duke of SAXE COBURG GOTIIA, 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 ganeral 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 German Confederation. This is not a matter of surprise, and, indeed, he can hardly be called to account for his persistency, 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 arrangements, but later on may bring forward counter propositions. It is hardly likely that King WILLIAM will have the sense, the deci sion, and the courage to dismiss M. BISMARK ; 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 ba lost by one who would distinguish himself now, and acquire a renown that should survive in enduring kustre 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 in arriving at a solu tion of political enigmas as they have uni versally done. If, as has been feared in some quarters, some princes refuse to sign the protocol, they will be exhibiting to their own subjects their inefficiency and unwillingness to meet half way, in any scheme for reform, and they will also demonstrate to Europe that pretentious as nuance and determin e d se lf- will may mar the best •constructed plans, and render void the efforts of Statesmen and the counsels of Princes. The G i r a an ent Grand av ll Government it has been inti ma t e d , has agreed to h joining any Mi n i sterial Confer • ences, that both th e G reat Powers agree G • them. This i s making a on to take part condition in oophole 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 mancoavre to upset this scheme of progress, they think they have achieved a great success. Experience will show them very different things, and the page 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 cormon ruin neither sceptre or crown has been spared to survive the wreck. It is the t ree wisdom that can appreciate the neces sity f or a change) and at once set to work to make it. The cause of meteorological science is likely to derive much valuable assistance from Air. GI sHER. That gentleman has, by repeated experi ments, effected at the cost of some risk and hard ship, made a series of observations, whose results are calculated to afford important service. We have of late years learned to appreciate more highly the practical utility of this science - Thanks to Admiral FITZROY, meteorological knowledge has proved of immense benefit to our mariners and fishermen. The seaman, no longer dependent on his "weather eye " for judging the fluctuations of the weather, may consult the glass, and avoid those sudden and disastrous storms which so often quench tho light in a humble home. Time was when meteorology woe 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 term, " aerial meteorology," to typify his branch of the science. He says—" To ascend vertically like a rocket into the regions of the upper atmo s p h e r e instruments,—to test personally, the and bythe ofthen e iricaest space, with a circular smallest in th and temperature—to sail horizon tall y at will in horizon around of almost illimitable extent—to view the conflicting varia tions of a day's weather exhibited 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, m a ki ng 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 Nis compa nions in undeniable jeopardy. "Mr. COXWELL," says Mr. GLAISHER, " admiral of his own craft, in 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 fodr 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 fanny 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 bv their hasty down-coming : the earth appearing to be coming up to them. On a subsequent expedition, starting from the same spot, Mr. GLAISIIER made e s t i o oer m ar e e ocf v t a na t e a rs o a s ff c a t b i hi s , e e t r h v s e a u tgeio ca u ses o n e ss s et respectiwhichng reeh t g h n e hl a p atv e e c e u i a et rehi ne already made respecting its variations, the tem peratureinterestnogf experiments.the surrounding Unfortunatelyatm osp here, hisand oth othe r accident, obser vations on this oc cas i on were cut short by an untoward icnercpolmexpietlileeed untilhim to defer thesolution o fseve which perplexities voyage. The reason of this delay Mr. GLAISHER professed himself to be almost ashamed to give, and truly 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 püblic will be to learn from Mr. GLAISHER 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 uP a peril Whi c h m i g h t en d anger any traveller. sPdinerad T g he 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, i❑ voyaging through the illimitable pathways of space, the sense of Infinity grows upon the mortal travel. ler, the existence of an unseen Power makes itself felt through the harmony of the universe. The able man of science who has first recorded his ex- perience describes himself as a hard-working prac tical man, used to logical reasoning and exact cal culations, yet the sense of awe and sublimity was his dominant feeling, not curiosity as to results or triumph in successful achievements. " I believe it," he says, " the knowledge o t of the a c n R i E n a t T e I. o ] R e e , t a u n a d l a y n e a i r n n v i o n l g u n a t f a t r e y r faith acknowledging the immortality of the soul." DISTRICT COURT-MARTIAL AT ST. GEORGE'S BARRACKS, TRAFALGAR -SQUARE.—On Saturday a district court-martial was com menced at the above bari.ak to inquire into certain charges p re f erred against Sergeant Major Charles Fletcher, of the Ist Batt a li on of Grenadier G ua rds, regimental clerk. The following officers composed the com ose e d the court :—Lieut,Col. Stanley (pr es id ent ) , Captains Gas coyue, Jarrett, lion. Douglas Pennant, and Lord Claude H a milton, and Lieut. rrotter. Tho Hon. C a pt. S ackville prosecuted on the part of the regiment , and Mr. S myt h e, solicitor, of Rocheafer•row, defended the prisoner. The following is a summary of the charges for the investigation of which the court-mattiil 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 cf public money amounting to £415, or thereabout, obtained by means of cheques on tha recruiting account of the Grenadier Guards—namely, £35 by means of a cheque for £6O, payable to himself or order, on account of vari ,us 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 an d d r i n k. Evidence ofprevious good character having been given, the court deliberated mwoutilodnb, efer o w n ar t d h e e d ir to j u t d h g e m m en il t i , ta w ry hicaatll hit o N r v i a ti s es announced would be forwarded to the military athorjties for confir- THE SUN,'' LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPPEMBER 4, 1863. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'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 Olezaga is opposed to the policy of abstaining from voting at the elections. FRANCE. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATEER FLORIDA. PARIS, SEPT. 4. The llloniteur of this morning says :—" The pri vateer Florida, sailing under the Confederate flag, has entered Brest to repair damages. Her recep 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 va a g ak od and n e o purehase a s vi t ga en b d l i e ng sta to te r , th e w er i uit ou h t b era e r iog able mament toot. 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 nuw firm at 691. sc. The Railway Share Market has been equally well supported, and prices are up to this time generally higher. The market closed as follows : 4t per Cents . . 98 Do. end month ~ 3 per Cents ...... 68 90 Do. end month.... 60 05 Credit Mobilier...,l2lB 75 Do. end m0nth....1217 50 Bank Shares...... 3385 Credit k oncier ....1400 Italian Loan 74 05 Do. end month 74 10 New ditto Do. end month 74 Russian Austrian Spanith Threes — Home Debt BAIL . ritYB. Cash. Account. Orleans lO4O .. 1045 Northern 996 25 .. 1000 New ditto Lyons and Neditarranean 1047 60 .. 1050 Geneva 493 75 .. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 428 75 .. 425 Austrian Lorr.bard North of Spain Saragossa 657 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-rams 5n 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 wit nesses. I was in hopes, when I began to read your memorial, that you would propose to furnish me with evidence 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 o: America. " I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant, RUSSELL. " Messrs. Evans, Taylor, Malleson, and Chesson." A LADLE-FULL OF PUNCH. Apropos to the last " JOB at the Foreign Office," says Punch, "And so Sir James Hudson is chok ,, d off to be superseded by an Elliot 1 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 Jon." 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 owt Screws.' " Under the bead 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 " "RATHER, A KITCHENY WAY OF PUTTING IT."—John Leech funnily illustrates, in reference to this underground confabulation :—''Housemaid.—' Oh—but it couldn't a bin 'er I' "—." Coolc.—' I tell yer it 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 nsed to designate the public thoroughfares according to their form, dimensions, situa tion, or importance. Thus the we of the word 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 Porch°. rons, Chemin de la Chaussee-d'Antin, Rue de I'llotel- Dieu, hue de la Chauss6e-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 wend 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 en 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 abcund 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 Ormskiik ; 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 boats, 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 cheater, who was in a sailing boat about a hundred yards from the scene of the disaster. He immeliately 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 William 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 not riseagain. The unfortunate youn g 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 ithe 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 llunslet, 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 in con t ac t with Broadbent before reaching the surfac e o f 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 com pletely exhausted, and went down aft 2r 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 life 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. GROSS 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, and 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 boxes, 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 bo secured. Watchers held their vigils thronghout 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 Nuffield, 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 rrlt 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 Nuffield is 1,770 tons burthen ; length, 215 feet; and breadth, 25 feet 6 ine)not Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The following vessels have been chartered by the Government for the conveyance of troops and 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 Ban field, 508 tons, for Hong Kong ; the Fontabelle, 637 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, hvd her steam up at seven p in. yester day, in readiness to convey his Highness Prince Napoleon over to Havre or Cherbourg. The Prince was expected to embaik 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. LORD CL AREND ON. sovereigns Lord Cl aren d on has gone to Fran kf or t l a t e l y , t o be there whil e the great meet i ng o f t h e G erman he can, and t o k eep himself up w i t h th e curren t o f affairs; and h e is now, goes on , to g ather all the information we are told, engaged in i- o ffi ce, and ma k es us think wh a t we writing a m emorial on the G erman ques ti on . Thi s reminds us th a t h e may pro b a bly return som e d ay to the For egn shall gain o r l ose by hav i ng him there. L or d Clarendon happens to be an excellent representa tive of a particular class of politicians. He is a professional 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 busines , , 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 as will encourage him to keep hi mse lf f r om stagnation. And, in one sense, it is easy to get such a man. The educated classes of England can always furnish stat es m e n o f t hi s calibre in abundance. If we take Lard 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. They might have made good w or ki ng 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. werep pos gven them. ei that they 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 slightest if theh reason can to suppose There are astonishingly few men in England, sup ter e would i s do the b e a er 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 b 3 the type of our professional statesmen, and that, having 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; end 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 otLord Lyveden to those of Lord Stanley, and it would be an excellent thing if Sir G. Grey were replaced by M r . C ar d we ll. 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 when Sir Charles Wood is right, and takes a sensible independent course, he is one of the least accommodating, sociable, and courteous of ram He makes things as unpleasant where ps3 herueEt.ibie. Lord c superiorman i s:roeridori may uldinakethem as pleasant as again, natural cours e o f t hi ngs, return Foreigntotheinhe t 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 he suc ceeded Lnrd Russell, It is undoubtedly desirable . that, at a ti me when foreign a ff a i rs occu py exclu sively tho attention of England, and when every month brings with it the danger of a new war s omewhereorother, there should be some one at the Foreign Office whos e name carries sfreh t at his we and o tgh p t i , ni on whose charact er and position e el u n will generally b e the opinion of the Cabinet. But then Lord Clarendon would be much more easily kept right than Lord Russell. He would not be nearly so off:osive. 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 fora V il liers.—Saurday .Re v i ew. • THE ARMY. As many days may not elapse before her Majesty returns to England, and there appears to b© 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 bad be come of the labourers formerly so numerous ?" A portion of the order 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 inst., 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 ere cted by the late Lord Herbert, when Secretary of State for War is fast ap proaching completion, and will be consecrated for Divine 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 £2,000 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 casemate(' 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 exec u t r i x, f or 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 follow j s :—Tow ar d s th e close of 1784, Beehmer and Bos sanges, jewellers to the King, made a magnificent 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 o f J anuary, 1785 , the Car di nal 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 ho 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 timeafter MM.Boahneer and Bossang es,who owed M. Nicho las-Deville, the king's secretary, 900,602 livres, aligned 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 his bishopric of Strasburg, lying beyond the French frontier. Owing to these events, and the failure of MM. Boohmer 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 do Rohan-Rochefort 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 possessed 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 Montbazen,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. After 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 ea.d, the Princess, according to the statement of the plaintiff's coutsel, neglected the interests of the credi • tors by omitting to recover the sums due to the Cardinal's estate, especially tho se ow i ng from the Guemeneo family. For this neglect of he: duty as executrix, the learned coun sEl giaintained that the Princess was responsible in the per sonsof her heirs, notwithstanding the conditions under which she had undertaken to administecto 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 cre 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 m uch felt. The produce of the cro p s w ill b e bufficier.t for every want 1101 next year's crops, te t# HER MAJESTY. The Queen in Germany. On Monday afternoon the King of Prussia, 0 his return from Baden-Baden, arrived at Cobourg by special train from Lichtenfels, and immediately proceeded to Rosenau on a visit to her 'Majesty the Queen. His Majesty only rema i ne d at Rosenau two hours, and at eight o ' c l oc k l e ft th e Coburg Railway Station by special train for Eisenach , whence ho travelled to Berlin by the night train. The King was accompanied by M. Bismark Schonhausen, the President of the Pr ussian Cabine t, who did not proceed to Rosenau with the King , but remained in Coburg. He, however, continue d the j ourney to the Prussian capital with his Majes t y , 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 on the arrival of the royal special a considerabl e crowd had assembled at the station. During th e short absence of the King at Rosenau, the curious Coburgers had full opportunity to see the famou s 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 Notie Dawe de Guadeloupe. 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. Tho 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 Sethi 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 says a Saturday Reviewer, is the history of a girl in the neighbourhood of Lucca, with whom and where family the author states himself to have been acquainted . He describes her childish grace and virgin modesty as sh° 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 way' derer who this lovely young mother is, and all the woe° 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 up sticks and chesnuts together, and tended the same goats and kids ot , the hill-side. At last, one evil day, when Fior d'Aliza wes 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. I le got a lawyer, even more vicious and des ilish than himself, to set up a fictitious claim, and take away from them three" fourths of their little property. But they were good, hones t creatures, and acquiesced in the poverty sent them. 6 ° something more was to be done that they might be broug ht into the frame bf mind in which they would part with thei r darling. It had been arranged that a great chesnut tree , from which the family derived their principal support,shou la belong partly to them and partly to the fictitious claiman ts invented by th© wily lawyer. Only the boughs that looked to the south were the property of the friends of Fior d'Aliza. But a lawyer who can make successful claims in this easy sort of way can also make law at his pleasure; and he asserted that his clients had a right at any time 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 sacred tree, and by the prospect of utter destitution ire 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 suppose d owners of what had been the land of her friends, and wer e 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'Alizet though hardly more than a child, determined to follow and rescue him if possible. She dressed as a boy, an d 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 m ore fortunately, this wedding party camo from the household of the keeper of the very prison in which Hyeronimo was confined ; and most fortunately of all, this keeper happened to be 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 was 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 giv'es 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—" 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 benevolent establishment. I saw him this morning about half-past S coming in to business, riding on Vermont-avenue, near L. street. The sight is a significant one. He always has 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-siwid easy-going grey horse, is dressed in black, some man. A a w b h o a u t t rusty s d i a n n a d ry d i u n s t a y t t ; i r w e , e sc a r e s . a a a b l t a h c e k c s o t m i iimhoaute, s t and oks lieutenant, with yellow straps, rides at his left, and follow ing l l r y y going e a i t n a theirsle trot, as that is the pace set the m b y the dignitary they wait yellow-striped behind, tw j o ac b k y eta t . we T , hecoy m a e ra th g e en c e a r v a a l upon. The sabres and accoutrements clank, and the entirely unornamental cortege trots slowly towards Lafayette-square. It arouses no sensation ; only some curious stranger stops 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 actor' pany him with drawn sabres. Sometimes one of his sons, ac companies him, riding at his right on a a pbooynyo.,f 10 or 12, WRECK OF THE BARON OSY STEAM-VESSEL IN THE TH AMES. — Yesterday afternoon, about half past 12 o'clock, t h e i ron paddle steamsh i p Baron Osy was proceeding merchandise t.O p r theo A1:1 r 7e t w r , elrapd, and when laden , with passengers in L im eh a o n u d s general rea c b , nearly Opposite the Commercial-dock pier, a small craft Was somewhat i n t h e way, and the steamer d i verged towar d s t he M iddlesex shore, when the fore part of her keel struck heavily upon a hard substance, breaking her iron plates, 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 vailed amongst upwards of 100 pas• s sengers who were oa board, but fortunately the Naiad, Woolwich steamer, Capt. Robinson, came near at the time on .her up passa g e, a nd the captain having witnessed the accideut, promptly landed the whole of the Naiad's passengers at the Commercial-dock pier, to continue their journey by the naat boat, and went to the assistance of the Baron Osy. The vhole of the pas" sengers of the latter vessel and a large amount of luggag e were rapidly transferred to the Naiad, and conveyed to the St. Katharine's docks, the Naiad immediately returning with a numerous body of man to assist in removing tree cargo from the wreck. At 8 o'clock last evening the Baron. Osy had been secured in the position where she now re' mains. Her fore cabin, engine-rooms, &c., are entirely unde r water, and a considerable amount of property is still in the vessel, the stern of which has been well lightened, and she is surrounded by barges, &c,, and guarded by the Thames police, the wreck having lx;en taten possession of by the Thames ConserYszleYl