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

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE. Managers, M etisrs. Edmund Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.—The Pt fl die is respectfully informed that the above (the Nation 31). Theatre will be OPENED for the WINTER SEASO.N, on SATURDAY NEXT, September 12th, when will t e produced an entirely new and orininal Comedy, by Edmund Falconer, Author of " Extremes," " W . 07 man." " Peep o'D a y , " &c., entitled NATURE'S ABOVIII ; ART : A Romance ot the Nursrett, ery, in which Messrs. Walt •r Lacy. Addison, Ryder, BarG. Delmore, F. Charles , Neville ; Miss Charlotte Saunters, Miss Murray, Miss R . Leclercq, Mrs. Melville, and Mrs. Ed mund Falconer. ask sted by other artists. will perform. After the Comedy wsl Ibe resented a Popula - Farce, prin cipal characters by favouprite me mbers of the Company. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. ROY AL P IiINCESS'S THEATRE. Les a ee, Mr. George Vining Open under the M a nagement of Mr. Walter Montgomery. Tills EVENING Massinger's Play of A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DI ;FITS. .Sr Giles Overrea( h, Mr. Walter Montgomery ; Lady Altworth, Alias Atkinson. To be followed by :FAMILY JALCS. Commence at 7. NnaTRE-R 0 'AL, ADE LPHI. 6olePropri itor and Manager, 31:. B. Webster. - THIS EVENINt ;- . (Rd week), at 7, a new comic d rama, THE AND CR IC KAZIS ; or, A Sign of Affection. Messrs. Billing-ton, R. Phillips, Stephenson ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss 11. Simms. • -- After which, at a quarter-past S. the new d rama o f THE HAUNTED .MA.. N . ; OR, THE G:• OST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exl tibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of `he Great Spectra t Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phi:lips, Sefton. C. J. Smitl a; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, ent , fled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATOR E. Messrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Fhnrne, C. J. Smi tb, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sari, and Miss K . Kelly. ROYAL., STRAND THEATRE. M anager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVE NLYG, HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr. Leigh Murray., .Followed t,y (47th time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Alessrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mes-dames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wa.llace, and Jenny White. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Turner, Miss Thorne. Commence at 7. IpHE TIMID EDITION OF " THE SUN," Contal: iinw, the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, mu be had :very Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, NC , . 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA.7.—Morning, lh. 2m.—Afternoon, lh. 21m. T o mtow.-14.orning, lh. 40m.—Afternoon, lh. 59m. The Weather—Sun Office, Sept. 11, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morn Ing This day at Two o'clock 6l Barometer-30.13. Wi ; moderate, and fine. $ (- 17 ill Ile, a tilt outF6VIVULS, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1863. The quiet irony of " S" in our leading contempo • nary 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 unpleasantest truths, home truths that must perforce be doubly and trebly unpieasant, when discussed at the hotel bars of Washington and New Yerk 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. Bat with " S." it is altogether something very different. Liverpool 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, as we began by saying, the very quietness of his irony, that gives so much poignancy to its sting. The perfect 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 cut 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 must 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 are 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 thErnsalves. 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 of the systematic mendacity notorious upon theirs. Ho is merely tittering in a few plain words the obvious thought of thousands. They might just as lief say 1,000,000 S 100,000. " All's one for that"—to them—just as it was of old Jame FALSTAFF when, with his lips yet Net from the flaggon, he protestedto Prince HAL, with an oath, that he had not that day tasted sack ets , arl 'ir3 - • If we were to have believed the Yankee 'merits after Gettysburg, MEADE and his Men ' were to make short work of LEE and his _e ieated army. Whereas—ever since Getty's bur g—theeenfederate commander-in-chief has con ducted army whitherso e v er h e li ste d w i t h ou t any serious molestation, has recruited it, has chosen his own headcitia 6:Br afresh, and has prepared quite delibe rately 1 , choice of hi s own f u t ure operations. The victorious MEADE all the while f eting, since his vaunted euccess over the South, simply upon the defetsiv ing of Fort Sumter into 1 : 11 Again, the crash taught to believe by the exultant was, we were commentators upon that news, directly the glad t :di of the fall of Sumter had ngs reac hed York and Was "ti g t on—the f all New or s was to lead the assa ilin g Federal for ce, alm ost mh ter hop, skip, and a jamp , into Charlesto n. The :m a babilities there, however, appear to be f a d ing 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 side o' the Federals, with as much credulity in the accuracy of their assertions as those same Federals have left us. At the Liverpool School of Science, the QUEEN' S Prizes were delivered by Lord STANLEY. His lordship male a most interesting speech, and intro duced several instructive topics into his discourse. He explained the object Rd parpose of the insti tuti3n, which were to promote the general know ledge of science. He said, truly enough, that it was idle for a man to walk though a collection 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 rettazked further on that,in Liverpool they laud not sAfferka fro% the Auwrican war to any very consi 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-ccuntrymen." 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 128 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 h a d no prejudices to encounter. They had nothi ng t o d o with politics, with religion, or social co n t rove rsiea, than that they be lieved that the more scientific training was cul. tivated the less likely any one wastobecome the sort who injure any cause th e y take up, hot headed, This i s v eryct ea c o narrow-minded,correct reasoning, mischievousng , a s it is e n n e t v h e u r s i f a r s o t m s . the class who is the most hig hl y cultivated, or th e e most reflective, that the violent notions proceed which do so much damage to all who are connected w ay, whether in conc er t or i n o w p i p th them osition. in y l a f e it 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 number of the principles which they had to apply to men oc'..u 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 vocations, 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 ware 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 farther 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 are rectified in our public seminaries and colleges the better. 'These s no reason why a more extensive sTyle of teaching should not prevail, and the results are sure to be beneficial to all concerned. Lard 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 toc rare and valuable to be allowed to run to waste. These toilers and searchers after trath might be wasting precious time for want of right information, and be like 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 are 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 o f science was the history of improvement ; it wa s the conquest of man over nature, "of intelligen ce suqstituted for brute force, and skill for toil ; of life lengthened, disease rendered less severe, leisure more abundant, knowledge more ample, and me n better fitted for those high destinies which, we 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 so intimately and materially is connected with the interests of all. An interesting ceremony took place on Wednes day last in the town of Dundee. On that day the People's Park, the noble gift of Sir DAVID BAXTER to the town, was formally opehed 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 and irapdoratycsmeaes not ecitizens. Such gifts are happily not so rare li ens of in th ese are which the prese n t n out renders hearty cheers the gratifying to be matters of wonder, but they M on enough to deprive them of interest that his munificent it in e very the large and liberal spirit in of fel u ty ndertaking has been carried respect a national work. The residents aa givenassurance n had i n universal will long be held satisfaction, andrnt,ohwuarhtobhyitsotohnkeame - a Prominent part in have been much in terestedt he Another v day ' s I in:P spectator, e t aht proceedings, must Earl RUSSELL, who is by them. stayi ng in the neighbourhood, was invited to be present on the occasion, and to receive at the same time the freedom of the town from the hands of the Corpo ration. The enlogis;ic address with which the gift was accompanied, and the allusion made to the achievements of his earlier weer, must also have been gratifying tv his lordt;hip, CorDP 4 riiig the VIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1862. past with the future, he must 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," he says, in acknowledging the compliments paid to his political career, `vi victory have been happy h to ry of tho those eloquent to contributean and dis t i h o u g m o i b s l h y e d t o menthe who were foremost in the cause of Catholic emanci ofoorrnthleawpse.oplleNtihthe g re re g a a t rd ba t t o tle th o e f napthacetairosuenisawlihnoorwwthhoiecnh I had a more immediate part in Apreetpsa;rg— iinnframthiengreappeai plan for the Corporation and forthereformofour i'est 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 Joint 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 capably of adaptation to the national requirements, was dismissed with sovereign contempt. How could such fervent Reformers give a moment's tolera tiou 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 Rus- SELL is so conspicuous a member. The " strict ihipartiality " 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 Peterhof - I and the cargo 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 Nhich 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 scLoals of the town, was accom panied by some just and sensible remarks on tine importance of duly interspersing study with re crcation—a 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 classes. It sounds well to give a list of the studies pursued each day, to count long hours devoted to close application ; but who knows how much is lost under that apparent gain ? The importance of such questions is becoming slo wly 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." 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 Et l'ilonastir and El Tousson, in course of construction at Mr. Laird's yard. We can only repeat our certainty of its accuracy. The G„vernment have given notice to the builder that the ships will not be allowed to leave the Mersey, and if it is four d that their construction is con trary to the terms of the Foreign Enlistment Act, they will be se.zed as violatir.g its provisions.- 21 forning Post. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 11. The Moniteur of this morning contains the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results, as compared with the August account : Cash in hand Bank-notes Treasury balance Francs. • 13 millions. ▪ 61 million. 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 the Reform 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 i❑ the centralising constitution of the 26th Feb., and favour the idea of the dualism which is the dream of the Magyar party." THE PATENT GHOST. We have been favoured with the inspection of an old translation of the work written by John Bap tistaliotw viicasgdetprasPirigata, in 1558, upon "Natural Magick." e t translated d i into the Ghost English Professor Pepper's g tihs lis ßn h ooto in kn,e l6sB. The fol. How we may will en s a h n o s w e that it is patented :---44 that are not.--I thou ht thS'ee in a Chamber Things despised ; for we may g ' look in, see those thingsiaany is an artifice not to be chamber, if a man witty which were never there ; and there is no man s o h w er i e n in do to w no h other light comes describe that will think he is mistaken ; wherefore, to thers be a chamber w the matter, let lunnolkesssinbr letthe t h d o oo w r h o o r le w in do w out er e the the where part of it be of spectator but glass, as we used so to do to keep let one Fart be polished, that there may be cold, Dag-glass on both sides , whence the spectator a look look in ; for the rest do nothing . Let pictures set over against this window, marble statues, elid e such like; for 70:tat is without will seem with;n, and what is behind the spectator's back he will think to be in the middle of the house, as far from the glass in ward 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, that a pavement may not come between above his head ; and if an ingenious man do this, it is impossible that he slaoald suppose that he is deceived."—Building News. [More 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 c eve r woo d cu ts) in the "Natural Magi - c" "o f Sir David 0 c Brewster.--ED. Sun. The island of Monte Christ°, which owes its cele brity to Alexandre Daruas' popular novel, has just been cile:4l by the 14lian Qoyerarnen.t as ft penal settlement. 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 at e 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 oew Chamber will be still more 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 Ksoaigsburg, 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 savo 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 P Every writer answers these different questions in his own way. The jour nals of th e F eu d a l party pretend that the Crown has never been on better terms with the Ministry • that the Ki ng i s as li t tl e i nc li ned 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 fore 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 M. de Bismark's skilful mar es uvre. 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 mans 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 i s a victory thua to have compelled the Bismark Cabinet to enbmit its fate to the decision of the electors. It is already said that MM. de Vincke and de Schleinitz will not be reelected, and that the ultra-radical candidates will be pre. ferred to the pure c onstitutionalists — a very w i se and logical conclusion assuredly, if the Prussian nation is determined to establish a republic, but veT y impudent if it intends to retain the monarchy.' The Colosseum. The exhibition of the splendid panorama of Paris 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 fashionableresert s in the metropolis, p asses into the hands o f t h e workmen ior 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 w il l l on g be remembered with pleasure. In addition to the above wonderful specimens of semi -art, there area 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 Buckland's "Musical Gleaniugs"is also exceedingly interesting and instructive, and elicits the most uu bounded applause. What with the Stalactite Caverns, the Swiss Cottage, and other equally at tractive objects, a round of amusement is presented for the " nimble shilling" certainly without parallel in the metropolis. FEDERAL SCALPING.—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 4th 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, teen recalled, and in subsequent operations against the Indians Colonel M'Phail had to tell his men that it was very bar barous to take scal2s ; 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 another lock could not be taken from the same bees". INCREASE. DECREASE. Bills discounted, not yet due 191 millions. Advances .............. 10 1 6 millions. Current accounts .............. 24 3.5 millions. 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. LENIBERG, 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 disqui e ti ng rumours the Nationa Guard is still ni g htl y kept under arms. Distur . bances have taken pl ace i n Messenia. FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 11. The Constitutionnel of this morning says : " The lawsuit between the owners of a French and an English ship, which was to have been tried before the court at Sunderland, 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 to the embassy. BOURSE, Sept. 1 0.—The mar k e t h as not shown much animatio n . Prices at t h e comme ncement of business were rat h er lower, but they have since rallied, and are now about t h e sa me as yesterday, Threes having b een last calle d a t 68f. 7,5 c. Railway Share Market quiet, with but little change in quo tations up to this hour. The market closed as follows : 11 per Cents 96 Do. end month 3 per Cents ...... 68 85 Do. end month.... 68 80 Credit M0bi1ier....1197 50 no. end month.... Bank Shares 3390 Credit k pricier ....1400 Italian Loan 74 Do. end month 74 05 New ditto ....... Do. end month 73 75 Russian ••.• — Austrian ........ Spani,h Three s„„ H o me Debt ...... RA IL New. l,y on di tto s 'AYS. and Cash. Account. Orlear s Northern 497 50 -- • - Mediterranean 11 9 ; 70 0 5 51 : ........ :73; -- Genova,. 2 Southern .. Western Eastern ....... ~. 510 .. 510 Sardinian .... ..... , Austrian - North of Spain .... Saragossa ........ - Ma -- Ditto to Barcelona B, 0 M E. The horning 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 faith 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 imag e of the Saviour, preserved at St. Peter's in the sancta sanctorum, will be solemnly carried to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, and a we e k a f ter to that of St. John L ateran for a halt of three days more, before returning to the Vatican . The Car dinal Vicar has put f orth a lon g invi te sacro to the Romans on this subj ect. I extract from this docu ment the following passages :---' Like th e sacred ark brought by sing David with so l emn pomp into the city o f Zion, let the a d ored image of the Saviour traverse the streets of Rome. Let us all turn towards it and repeat with h umility and faith, ' Ostende faciem tuam et salvi e r i mus. ' L et it be introduced into the Basilica sacred to the Vir gin, and there listen to the pray ers and vows of hvi blessed mother Mary , instead of our prayers and VOWS. . • ' It is the will of th e H o l y F ather on this now beholds a scene of slaughter unhappy c a ()lie, and a bul war k aga i nst the in vasion was always o f etr Ch o a r t ,eertainly merits our or =y ers , t h a t i t n o h c ap s p i o y n a thatnd Poland, blood.which Polish nation, whi c h for may be freed from the evils which afflict it, and, never lcsing 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 at i unanimous, n the bn of all who compose the n Catholic faith, and the nation, banner consent of th e religion of their fathers." .._...... AUSTRIA. publishes under ail reserve the following on the faith of a letter from Vienna:—" The Emperor of Austria, in taking in hand l h oC e :li c n a s gni: detailseue i of n e reform, that his proceeding would have been interpreted i n a sense hostile to th e ne i g hb our i ng S ta t es. W hat the Austrian Cabinet w i s h e d was to d e p r i ve t h e reformist agitation of its object, and to satisfy aspirati ons o f th e peop l e. I t i s y necessary to thro w a glanc e over th e pro jectothnel legitimate of reform, to be convinced) that it strictly maintains the bases of the compact of 1815—the Federative principl e l m ember of the e and the sovereignty of each Confederation. If thi s p ro j e ct be plans co mpared with the e n r s ein se , tanfdorwthithitnhethuneiopnrisot gramme of the Nationv ideas of Prussia in 1 850, 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 F e d eral Council by a s i ngle hea d ; the Austrian one maintains that Council, represent ing the 35 sovereign s , and developed in the spirit of the compact of 1813. The unitary pro j ects deman d a Parliament dir ect l y elected by the people, that of Austria proposes an a ssem bl y which would only be a central commit tee of the 35 particular Parliaments . It is almost unn ecessary to insist on those differences in order t© point out the conservative character o f the project presented at Frankfort. Mitch bas been Said abort the fa mous Article 8, which woul d, it is said, oblige th e Confederation to take pa rt in all wars which A ustr i a might carry on in her q ualit y of a European P ower, but it appears to b e f org otten that the arti c l e 'in (pestion is only a re p roduction of a corresponding ono in the final act of Vienn a of 1820. It confer s on t h e G erm anic Diet the right of taking part in a war of that kind , if any danger threatens the inte gr i ty or t h e i n dependence of Ger. ma ny. Article 8 of the Austrian pr o j e ct has only repeated that funda men tal clause, but, far from in creating the guar antees w hich Austria might find in it for Ler non-Grman pOtiseisliiollS, it dimi- A NOBLE ATLAS. The Family Atlas. Constructed by eminent Geo graphers, under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Containing Eighty Maps. Stanford. In the present age of general discovery and in vestigation, the possession of atlases and books of reference becomes an almost universal necessity, and the peculiar accuracy 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 less 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 Tenaeserim. 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. men% 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 everywhere* 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 -peak, 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 salad, 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 imperceptibly into the whit eness o co f as t t h l e ines, excellentpales off 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. The 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 tines 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, do 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 reacts 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 been extremely fine today, 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 ingathered 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 are sharp enough to embrace it a fair opportunity of stacking their crcps in a tolerably good state. The Court of Assizes of the Haute-Loire has just tried a young man, named Sappet, on a charge et wilfully wounding his wife's father, M. Mandelly, an upholsterer, residing at Le Puy, by discharging a pistol at him. It was stated i n C ourt t h at the pr i sone r, a man of jealous and suspicious temper, married Mlle. Mandelly on the Bth April last, and though himself a jeweller by trade, it was arranged that he should become a partner in his father in. law's business. and live in the same house. The marriage proved a most unhappy cne, 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 sli g h t 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 DI Nlandelly, but declared Le 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. H is father-in-law had never inter fered between him and his wife, and he had no an i mos i ty against him. The jury, taking a favourable viewof the case, brought in a verdict . of not guilty, an d th e C ourt or dered the prisoner's immediate discharge, final HER MAJESTY. The Queen left the Rosenan 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 Coxourg came over to the Rosenau in the evening, and took leave of the Queen. A special train cunveyed 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. The Queen and Royal family immediately entered Prince and Princess Louis's carriage, and drove to Kranictstein, 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. The Queen drove through Darmstadt in the afternoon. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting went on to Darmstadt. At 10 o'clock in the evening the special train was again ready at the Darmstadt station, and the Queen and Royal family continued their journey towards 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, accompa" nied her Majesty to Antwerp, where the train 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 ac- companied the Royal yacht. The Oabarne and Black Eagle followed. THURSDAY, Sept. 10. At 6 a.m. this morning the Royal yacht weighed anchor, and steamed up to Greenhithe, where the Fairy was in waiting to convey the Queen and 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 Royal family disembarked, and immediately proceeded to Windsor Castle, where they arrived at 10 minutes after 1 o'clock. Tne suite consisted of the Marchioness of E►y, the Lady Augusta Bruce, Lieut. Gen. C. Grey► Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulph, Major Cowell, Dr. Jenner, and Mr. Buff. _ The Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Horatia S topford, 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-morrovr (Saturday) at Windsor Castle. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES AT ABER" GELDlE.—Duridg the past week his Royal High ness the Prince killed five stags, while her Royal High ness the P:incess had her accustomed drives, fishing on the Dee, and sketching in the neighbourhood. Ou Friday the royal party and suite drove by Ballater to Burn of Vett commonly called Rob Roy's Cave. A few of the domestic servants about Abergeldie being sent away previous with provisions, a fire was lighted, potatoes and other vegetables cooked, and an excellent luncheon wad'pa.rtaken of by the royal party beside the cavern. Afterwardo her royal high ness was busily employed sketching Loch Xinnord, Loch Davon, and adjoining scenery. They returned through Ballater in the afternoon, where a number of the visitors tinned out to get a look of the royal couple when changing horses.—Banphit e Journal. The Grand Duke of Baden visited Plymouth on Wednesday, and, accompanied by the general commanding in that district, proceeded in the Princess Alice to inspect the breakwater•. In the evening the grand duke lefit.for Tot quay. Hie Excellency Sir Andrew and the Hon. Lady Buchanan have returned to Brown's Hotel from Scotland. Don Jose de F. Gargoilo and Do❑ Nicolas di Ojesso have left Euwards's Royal Cambridge Hotel, George-street, Hanover-square, for Faris, on their way to Madrid. Yesterday, at St. George's Church, Lord Londes borough was married to Lady Editha Somerset, youngest daughter of the late Duke of Beaufort. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of Canada, Malta, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Labuan, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the Islands. THE LATE LORD CLYDE.—We are glad to see that a committee, including his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, has been formed for the purpose of raising a memorial to the late Lord Clyde. _ _ _ THE KING OF DAHOMEY, when visited by Com modore Wilmot, was reclining on a raised dais, about three feet high, covered with crimson clath, smoking his pipe. Ono of his wives held a glass sugar-basin for him to spit in. He was dressed very plainly, the upper part of his body being bare, with only a silver c.hain hold ing some fetish charm round his neck, and an unp retending cloth round his waist. RIDICULOUS POPULARITY OF SPIRITUAL TEAM 11l FRANCE I—At the very time when M. Renan' pious book is all the rage among our Gallican neighboun', no fewer than 17 books on magetism, spirit-rapping, illttniin" ism, and mesmerism are announced on the paper coy er of the translation into French of M. Home's memoirs, so true it is, says the Saturday Review, in noticing this fact, t hat people are most gullible when they boast of being Üb e greatest esprits-forts. PORTLAND BREAKWATER 1,-0a the summit or the island, when the works were began, it wag roughly reckoned that 20,000,000 tons of rubbly deir is were lying useless. Out of this material, during the last 1 1 years, the convicts have sent more than 6,000,000 tons down the inclines. Trains of iron waggons have rolled out some 3,000 tons a day along the vast timber staging . ' which supports several lines of rail; and thus, by 01 ° w degrees, the whole of this stupendous mass has beim. " tipped" into the sea. It now forms a bank, 100 feet high and 300 feet broad at the base, well nigh as indestructible by wind and weather as Portland itself. FRENCH HOPS.—Hop-picking has commenced in the north of France, but the yield is not so abundant as was expected. Sales of this year's crop are effected at from 1031 to 110 f the 50 kilos. The stock of 1862 is completelY 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 wild flowers. The mouth of the caves—formerly there were two, but, since they have been artificially united, there is now in. reality only one—overlooks the sea, and the approach to it is by a path cut out of a precipitous mass of mountain entered, 'finest ,ne, leading up to a fli g ht of steps, at the top of which is a majestic arch, measuring 140 ft. from the cr own to t he base, which gives et i e n n e t:a ffien entrance to t the light, w e cavern. T he guide and having prepared his latop of three branches, whi c h ga ve a very good but yet passed on after him, from chamber to chamber, many of which were at different leve.'s, but all connected by stone steps or wooden staircases. it is impossible to give a just idea of the marvellous beauty oi e these lofty chambers.- TL I G calcarous deposits are of gigantic magnitude and ever varying shape. Sometimes they hive the most grotesque appearance; but usually they present familiar forms. Near the entrance I saw what looked like trunks of large oak trees, apparently decayed with age, and I struck them with my wick, to be assured they were not varod• More com monly the stalactites assume the form of dat e trees, slender towards the middle, as the date palm o:ten is, with rough bark, and tall stems. At times, the v clung to roof and sides, like leaves and flowers delicately' chisblled out of alabaster. At other times, reaching from flocr to roof, they showed like the massive pillars of a Norman .church, or the clustered shafts of a later and more graceful Arad' tecture. Heavy pendants or bosses from the roof assisted the illusion of a Gothic cathedral. I.Wr ° are many chambers, which have each their tinctive character and name. In " the Hall of the Virgin,' there is a tall majestic figure standing on a high pedestal, and when seen under peculiar light, holding what seems to, be a child in her arms. There is " the Baptistery," with its capacious font ; and " the Hall of the Pulpit," which only wants the figure of a priest to give it reality. There is " the Hall of the Organ," with its many parallel and and contiguous pipes, which, when struck with a hammer, give cut musical notes of almost metallic sweetness and va riety. There is "the Hall of the Banners," each pendant from its own staff; "the Hall of the Curtain," massive with solid folds; and " the Hail of the Theatre," with its rows of boxes, where the people of the neighbourhood sometimes assemble for a ball or a pic-nic. But the variety is end.. less. I had heard much of the wondrous extent and beauty of these halls, but half had not been toli /rocks i;?,