The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-23 00:00:00

THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION- Our Own Correspondent out for a Holiday—The Voice pi America., in FUN this Week. One Penny. Also, now ready, the Sixth Half-yearly Volume of FUN, in 51agenta cloth, price 4s. 6d.; post free, ss. 80, Fleet-street. Mit. AL E F VREERDY EVENING, N E LO at N } S lott CONCERTS Ito Y AL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. The first part of the Concert This Evening; will consist of a !- election from the Works of HANDEL ; the second part will be Miscellaneous. Vocalists—Mdlle. C. Patti, Mr. G. P er ren Mr.Lels Thomand as, an d vla.dame Parepa ; Solo i s ts —Mdlle. Krebs, Mr. Levy, Mr. IL S. Pratten. Orchestra and Bands of ;,he Grenadier and Coldstream Guards, forming an ensemble of One Hun dred and Fifty Performers. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED -MELLON. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphithea're, One ; Dress Circle, 2s. ed. ; Private Boxes, £1 is. and 105. 6d. To-morrow, Slturday, a VOLUNTEER NIGHT. First time of a new Burlesque Quadrille, " The Paul-y-Toole-y -technic." In preparation, a. Grand Selection from NeyerbeEr's Opera, L'ETOILE DU NORD. .-FIHEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. A managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. The public is r, spectfully informed that this Theatre will OPEN for the DRAMATIC SEASON TO-MOItItuW "Sr,,,NINCr, Sept. 21, when will be performed, in conse nence of the unqualified succes4 which attended Tts revival la, t season, the First Part of Shakespere's Play of HENRY T FOURTH. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps ; Hotspur, Mr. Creswick. On ATURDAY, Sept. 24, Monday, 26, and during the week, tk e performances will commence with the Farce of AN AP,!.; b FOOL. After which, at half-past 7 o'clock each Evening, the First Part of Sliakcspere's Oiay of HENRY THE FOURTH. Princ pal characters by Messrs. Phelps, Creswick, Walter Lacy, Henry Marston, R. Roxby, Belmore, Edmund Phelps, A. Raynor, F. Matthews, J. Cormack, &c. ; Miss Ellen Howard, Miss Arabella Smyth (harp aligato to song, 31r. Frederick Chatterton), Mrs. C. Metviiie. To conclude with the Fa rce. by J o hn Oxenford, Esq., en tit:ed. BEAUTY OR THE BRAS At the termination of the Play the National Anthem will be sung. p at ast Six, commence at Seven. Doors open at half - Full pros ox -apectu th 10 til l 5 dail y . sof e Season Arrangements to be obtained the:Bft:l from On Saturday, Oct. 1, will be performed the Second Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Lessee, Mr. Backstone. TIIIS EVENING, TiACCHUS AND ARIADNE. After which, at half-past 7, O'Keefe's revived Comic Opera of THE CASTLE OF ANDALUSIA. Messrs. Weiss, Buokstone, Chippendale, Compton, Rogers, Farrcn, Matthi son, &c, ; .litsAames Weiss, keeley, Griffith, 3z7. To be followed by FRIEND WAGGLES. Horatio Waggles (his original character), Mr. Compton. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK. To commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and ALanager, Mr. Geo. Vining. 'PHIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Caddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murra; - . Alter which, TIIE STREETS Or LONDON. Messrs. Vining*, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forre , •ter. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry ,3laiston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss F..nny Gwynnc. INTEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— sole Prooriqtor and Manag - er, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs. Toole and Billin.gton. After which, tth time, STEPHEN DIGGES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Billington, Stephenson; Mrs. Billing ton, Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon. And T lIE BABE IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L.Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. A. Mellon, &c. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL- Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER'S ANNUAL BENEFiT and LAST NIGHT of the SEASON. TO•MORROW EVENING, 24th, the successful Drama of STEPHEN DIUGES, by John Uxenford, Eig. Mr. J. L. Toole. - - Revi:•al of the celebrated Comic Drama, by J. R. Planclie, of WHO'S YOUR FRIEND. Mr. B. Webster. Aud the ,elebrated Burlesque, by H. T. Byron, Esq, of THE BABES IN THE WOOD, Mr. J. L. Tole, 3lrs. A. Me lon, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENT TALENr AND COMEDY. This popular Theatre is now Open for the Winter Seison. I'IIIS EVENING,:(for the 11th time) Mr. Arthur Sketchly's nighly-successful and original Comedy of 110 W WILL T LIE Y . GET OUT OF IT. After which, F. C. Burnand's Laughable Travestie of FAUST AND MARGUERITE. To conclude with LNDEtz THE ROSE. Those cele brated artists Mr. and Mrs. Char es Mathews are re-engaged. Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robin son, Mr. Asnley, Mr. J. Clark, Mr. Chambermin, Mr. John stone, Mr. H Montague, Miss Cotterel , Miss Fanny Joseph Miss Patt Josephs, ,tc. &a. scenic Artists, Mr. Gates and his pupil. Acting Manager, Mr. J. Kinloch. Musical Con ductor, Mr. Walienstiene. Stage Director, Mr F. Webster. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. 'l'lll3 EVENING, SHORT AND SWEET. Messrs. rar selle and James; Mesdames Carson and Johnstone. After which, the great Burl ague, THE MILLER AND Ills MEN. Messrs. Fenton, James, and Thorne; Mesdames Swanborough, Simpson. Johnstone, Hughes, and Carson. TJ conclude with WHERE'S YOUR WIFE? Mr. Bel lord. COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES Messrs. JAI, of Regent-street, have now in stock a variety of WASHING s 11.1( DitEI6ES, sultatle for the country and seaside, and at the c earing-out pace of only lis. Cd. the dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 231, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r sen 15 per cent., and it will soon reach a far izreater per-centa.g•e. Messrs. JAY, therefore, invite their numerous patrons to take advAntage of the stock they have on hand, which they cm now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally 13, more costly ai the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 219, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The lALLES HAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 235. per ton. I Double.. 20s. per ton. Top 225. „ Deep 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole gent. T" THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, pan be had Every Evening of G. EL GLhNIE, NEWVS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE I.ATES l' EDITION of " THE SUN' supplied, as soon as published every Evening by HENRY BROOKS, ;Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish.- street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDUE. T aus DAY.--Morning, 7h. 10m.—Afternoon., 7a. 40m. rO-KORROV,-Aoriting, 81. 14m.—Afternoon, Bh. 58m. fZtz 44 - • - Ati" - f - 4-. Slut LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, 1864. Mr. SEWARD'S remarks on the American war are, of course, significant enough, and during his comprehensive address he unfolds, to a great extent, the peculiar policy which has guided the North in their contest, and certainly treats his hearers to some of those dogmatic assertions and grandiloquent descriptions which are so very characteristic of Yonkee oratory. It seems, to our views, very inconsistent that a man in such a responsible posi tion should speak so much at random, as it were, and be so very unguarded in his excited statements. Certainly, if the Federals do not succeed they can not blame themselves for want of self-confidence, nor attribute their failure to a lack of good opinion of their resources. To begin with, Mr. SEWARD considers the fall of Atlanta to have been just in time—it consoles for past disappointraLnt, it heralds the advent of future successes. It does not appear very clear to the disinterested and impartial reader how this circumstance will prove of so much cons( (pence, and there is every reason to doubt the flattering tale which hope appears to have whispered to Mr SEWARD. However, it i 3 worth following his remarks in order t) glean some notion of the manner in which these Washington officials take successes. It will soon b 3 seen, on perusing a few passages of his discourse, how much is done in the way of magnifying ; when a victory is gained the glorious end draws near, and the prospe c t s of peace are imminent; soon will the rebellion be 'rushed, aEd the misguided opponents be brought to their senses. It may seem of little moment to elsual observers that this fallacious system of promissory gcivernosent should bo carried on by the Federal Government ; but it is in reality a thing greatly to be regretted. It is thus that the people are misled and greatly injured. While one party in a transaction is over plausible, and the other over credulous, it results as a matter of course that ranch mischief is done. If the North could but have recognised unwelcome truths a little earlier, h o% much siaughtsi would have been spared, and how many interests now sacrificed would have survived ' the shcck of war. All is not couleur de rose, how ever, in Mr. SEWARD'S stirring address ; under cover of the success he celebrates he condescends to admit that " they were getting a little tired of long delay and disappointed expectations." It is something that a man like Mr SEWARD should allow the possibility of such an occurrence. If he be lieves, however, that discontent and despon dency have finally disappeared, he will soon find himself mistaken in his reckoning, and put out in his calculations_ Sill more clouds appear in the horizon. Many influential men are not present to do honour to the occasion, and, irritated and annoyed at their unseasonable absence, Mr. SEWARD proceeds to deliver some strictures upon the want of unity, and such like topics, which are admirable in themselves, and doubtless no less true than they are well merited, but which tell rather strangely against the accounts which we have been so sedu lously presented with regarding the universal amity which reigned supreme in their councils, and the banded forces which were invincible when joined together. Altogether, with one thing or another, Mr. SEWARD seems to be betraying too many secrets, and to be getting tired of the mystery which has so long been shrouding the affairs of his friends. Perhaps he meant to say all this, perhaps circumstances led him on, but be the cause what it may, it suffices to know that all is not as it should be in the ranks of the mighty and invincible sup porters of the Union. " Why should party spirit especially at this juncture divide the American people ?" asks the speaker, and doubtless his words will be re-echoed by many who really take no part in :the matter, but from distant lands and across mighty seas regard the spectacle with awe and regret. Mr. SEWARD considers that they are on the eve of a constitutional trial, and he hopes that the nation will go through it " deliberately and bravely." There is not much use in his en deavour to divest himself of an official character, and to come among the people as one of themselves, because such a thing is virtually impossible. With much ingenuity Mr. SEWARD proceeds to plead the cause of Mr. LINCOLN, and enumerates the advantages which will accrue to the cause and the country should he continue in office; but his arguments are very shallow, and appear to be void of weight when critically examined. The chief reason which is given for retaining the present President is that the war is caused by the refusal of some States to acknowledge his title to the Pre sidency, of their boundaries ; and therefore, asks Mr SEWARD, " can we vote out the identical person whom with force and arms we were fighting into the Presidency." This is ingenious enough cer tainly, but it is extremely doubtful if such a device will serve the turn of those who empty it. The principle of the Union, such as it is, is in no way affected by the retirement or retention of Mr LINCOLN as President. It rests on a wider basis, and has far more comprehensive significance. It seems strange that Mr. SEWARD should allow his cause to be so weak as to depend for its prosperity on the result of a contested election, but party mar eta avres seem to be paramount to public considerations. Thus we hear that the moral strength "of the Federal posi tion will be gone if ABRAHAM LINCOLN be not re elected, and that after that material forces cannot prove either effective or even available. Really this is a great mistake to make, and many will con sider that Mr. SEWARD has outwitted himself in his energetic attemp's to fight the cause of his friend. He is not acting the part of a wise or prudent tacti cian, he is leaving a loophole for retreat in the event of a failure. Suppose, as is most probable, Mr. LINCOLN loses his election, how foolish Mr. SEWARD will look. The concluding remarks of Mr. SEWARD on slavery are in keeping with the rest of his speech, they are made to serve the time, and suit the exigencies of the case. At all events there Is one sentence of Mr. SEWARD'S which is worthy of comment, and which Mr. BRIGHT and his friends may take to heart with advantage. He says that " Slavery is no longer in question, that it is perish ing under the operation of the war ;" but if, as has been declared over and over again, the object of the war was to put a stop to slavery, if that were extinct, or on the point of being so, why the war would be over. It is in his last passage that Mr SEWARD forgets himself and becomes almost profane. He says that the reason why the Confederates want to know the President's views on slavery is for the same cause as that which induced the Pharisees and Sadducees to ask their Saviour certain questions touching the disputes of their day. Surely this is a most irre• verent way of treating the subject, and not at all cansistant with the respect to religion which should regulate the minds of all responsible pereons in a Christian state. It is besides as illegal as it is im proper, for the cases are by no means parallel ones, and it is absurd to consider that there is any harm in men seeking to inform themselves of the political matters that appertain to their generation. It is inconvenient for Mr LINCOLN to give an answer, and therefore it is so easy to discern the impropriety of the others in seeking to give the information de mended. All that Mr SEWARD vouchsafes to say on the matter is that when the war shall cease the question of slavery with other matters will pass over to the "arbitrament of courts of law, and the councils of legislation." Can anything be more in conclusive than this vague statement, and can any thing more effectually silence the notion that this rear is tor slavery. When it is over the question of slavery may be ended by peaceful arrangements, we are told. Mr. SEWARD'S speech is certainly not a successful one : it has admitted the existence of doubts, it rests the chance of victory on the issue of a contested election, it gives up the important war cry of slavery, and altogether it seems to whisper of coming failure rather than to preach of approach. ing triumph. It will not be hailed as a good omen of the cause of the Union by any who really under. stand the in de das a pr wa c r i n p i le eg s of h that atteeviml daysat t er, , a b re ut at r h a a t s h d er t a re nd that those who have been trusting to words and phrases will find out their mistake. The speeches at agricultural meetings are not usually supposed to cantain much matter of interest for any one beyond the circle of their immediate hearers. It is true, that sometimes politicians and even Ministers of State take the opportunity of thus fulfilling their deroir to their constituents to express their views on a wider range of subjects than are included in the exhibition of an agricultural show. Occasionally, however, we meet with a speaker of sufficient versatility and address to form the excep. tion to the rule, and while keeping closely to the con sideration of those topics which more immediately concern his audience, to render his discourse readable and even interesting to a larger circle to whom improved implements of husbandry are merely per plexing puzzles, and South Dawns and Cotswolds are things unknown. The right hon. member for Backinghamshire, who shares the Premier's happy art of always adapting himszilf to his company, was especially successful in the address which he took occasion to deliver at the Aylesbury Agriculture! meeting on Wednesday. Although studiously avoiding the introdrction of those political elements which can introduce dissension, even in a convivial assembly, and with the exception of a brief refer ence to the elratiott of the American War, not even alluding to the much vexed questions :concerning our Foreign affairs, Mr. DISRAELI continued not only to en gage the attention of the room, but to make a speech which was full of general interest. After referring to the charge which has taken. place in the general estimate of these exhibitions, Mr Dis- RAELI very justly observed that all such associa tions were beneficial not only in their particular but in their general character. All such mixed gatherings tend to bring classes more together, to unite different ranks in a common interest, and so to enlarge and deepen the sympathies which should exist between them. In the list of humanising agencies the speaker included excursion trains, which serve to improve the mind as well as refresh the body. The midland agriculturist, who has never seen a seaport town, is certainly more limited in his notions than his fellow, who, by the aid of excursion trains, has had a glimpse of orders of society very different from his own. There is too little doubt that all such changes tend to rub off the rust which gathers not only on the mind, but the manner of the isolated and mono tonous life. Mr. DISRAELI confesses to a hope that they may help to bring us back to what he calls the' original character of Englishmen, who, in'the olden days, claimed for their land the title of " Merrie England," indeed of indulging in that austere gravity on which we moderns pride ourselves. Coming to the consideration of the harvest he gave them grounds for being of good cheer by declaring his conviction that the harvest was a good one, and that even in its worst aspect it had been underrated. His remarks upon the general character of landed property were just and sensible, and he took the opportunity of reminding his hearers, who are not, as a class, pro verbial for content, that, although landed property does not return the same interest as other property, it is always increasing in value ; and that, although agriculture may never realise the rapid fortunes of trade, it is subject to more of its fluctuations. It is affected, it is true, by the vicissitudes of nature, but it is a sound and enduring business that never goes out of fashion. Drawing from his experience as a national financier, he told his hearers that the average duration of many of those seemingly suc cessful pursuits, whose large profits often fill the farmer with envy, did not extend beyond twelve or thirteen years. One point which the member for Buckinghamshire touched upon at the close of his address was especially deserving of attention, and has, indeed, been attracting a considerable amount of notice for some time past. The condition of the cottages of our agricultural labourers is loudly calling for reform ; and in those days of sanitary knowledge the very existence of the novels described in some of the reports is a national disgrace, and a complete anachronism. The author of "Sybil" was well qualified to speak on such a subject,but although speaking very strongly on the necessity and duty of inaugurating a better state of things he was careful to convince rather than denounce. The im• portance of healthy dwellings is, as he justly ob served, second to no consideration. " I believe," he said humorously, " that we all eat quite enough, and many of us drink a great deal too much, but I will venture to say that no one can be too well housed." That is a fact which in these days of cheap and slightly built habitations we are all a deal too ready to overlook. The difficulty which stands in the way in the case of the agricultural cottages was boldly faced by Mr DISRAELI. The obstacle was, he said, that the in vestment did not bring in a profitable return; but he went on to show that better labourers improved the farm, and that better farming improved the rent, so that the indirect return compensated in a measure fcr the direct outlay. Trie question, he said, was usually argued as if every proprietor was to sweep away all the cottages on his estate and build new ones at a cost of several thousands. Everyone could not do that, but everyone could work by degrees by repairs, by alterations, by ad ditions to the tenements already standing, so as to introduce gradually but surely a better state of thing 3. Every landed proprietor could not, he said, imitate the noble liberality of the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, who expended half a million in building cottages on 200,000 acres. Her MAJESTY conferred a riband on the Duke of NORTHUMBER- LAND because he created a Channel fleet at the moment we had none ; but the man who lays out £500,000 in building cottages on his estate as much deserves the blue riband as the man who creates a Channel fleet, or even at the head of a Channel fleet leads us on to victory," This is the true spirit to infuse into our landowners, and we trust that they may be stimulated each to bear his part in the good work. Sir John Pakingten on Farm Leases. The yearly competition for prizes for stock, im plements, roots, seeds, &c., in connection with the Vale of Evesham Agricultural S.)ciety, was held on Wednesday in a.-field Adjoining the Northwick Arms Inn, Evesham. The general c h arac t er o f t h e e xhibits were exce:dragly good. In the afternoon a large party dined together at the Northwick Motel, under the chairmanship of the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart., I.P. . _ The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of the evening, " Success to the Vale of Evesham Agricul tural Society," paid a high trio ate of respect to the illustrious Prince—the Bac d'Aurnale—who pre ceded him as president of the association, and ex pressed the pleasure he felt in accepting the invita tion to be their president for the current year. He spoke of the agricultural societies as calculated to enable men to bring forth the greatest and richest products of which the earth is capable, and said he was delighted to find them supported throughout the length and breadth of the land as they are. The►e was no district where such a society had a better chance of success than in the Vale of Eves ham, where were as good farmers as could be found in the island, Sir John then introduced the question of long leases, and expressed a strong opinion that they were the only means of giving farmers that security to which they were entitled before ex pending large amounts of capital on the cultiva tion of their farms. Tenants objected on the ground that they had confidence in their landlords, and landlords were opposed to it because they were anxious to retain their " power over the land." He repudiated the notion of a roan putting his trust in his landlord, and advised him to treat the matter as any other commercial transaction would be treated, and to put his trust in a written document, With reference to the landlord, if his power over the land referred to game, he thought that any man who kept an unnatural and excessive quantity of game ought to pay for it—(hear)—and if it referred to politics it was a mistake, and sup port so obtaiued was not likely to keep any party in permanent power. Landowners had it in their power to exercise the coercion of a warm friendship is leading their tenants to follow them to Vie poll —and he rather liked to see it—and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the love of sport which was inherent in Englishmen would lead them to be cone tent to have a fair and legitimate amount of game on estates. ([tear,) Ile said that "the code" drawn up by the Vale of Evesham Society would prevent landlords' property from being impoverished, as some feared. Sir John concluded by quoting figures from a paper presented to the Oxford Farmers' C.ub by Mr Sanderson, which proved that in the north farriers had offered much higher rents for farms on 21 years' leases than for the same farms on 15 years' leases, and the farms let for long terms produced much wore cattle and general produce than those held on short tenancies, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 22 (Evening). It is believed that the Cortes will shortly be dis solved. It is also stated that Senor Pacheco will be appointed Spanish Ambassador to the Court of Rome. The new Minister of Marine is expected here. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 23. The extra steamer Louisiana, from New York on the 10th inst., arrived here at midnight, She brings 132 passengers, no specie, and landed 32 passengers, and proceeded at 1 30 a.m. Her news has been anticipated. INDIA AND CHINA. CALCUTTA, Aua. 30. Grey shirtings and mule twist quiet. Exchange on London 2s, ni. ; Government Securities, 4 per cent., 92 ; ditto, 5 per cent., 1001 ; ditto, sf-, per cent., 108 f. The Bank of Bengal has raised its rate of dis- count 2 per cent. CANTON, AUG. 12. Tea advancing. Total export, 36,750,0001b5. Exchange on London, 4s. 91(1. StiANGHAE, Aua. 6, Tea active and advancing. Silk, higher prices demanded. Settlements, 1,000 bales. Exchange on London, 6s. 111 d. Freight unchanged. FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 23. The Moniteur reprints yesterday's article of the Constitution el, together with an extract from a note of M. Dronyn de l'Huys, dated Oct. 18, 1862, and also the letter of May 20, 1862, addressed by the Emperor to M. Thouvenel. BOURSE, Sept. 22,—The market shows no further decline. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 65fr. 90c. Mobilier have slightly improved, being now at 1,016t . r. 25c. Railway Market quiet, and prices generally well maintained. The market became rather weaker towards the close, and left off as follows : 41 per Cents 92 30 Do, end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month..., 65 90 Credit Mobilier 1010 Do. end month 1011 25 Bank Shares 3100 Credit k oncier 1215 Roman Italian Loan 67 55 Do. end month 67 45 Ditto Threes." — New ➢lexican --- Russian Austrian .. Spanish Threo° 4B 50 Rome Debt Deferred BAIL _____ .. ___ Cash . Account. Orleans : .... 882 75 .. 890 Northern Lyons and 11cdituranean 9 .1,2 50 .. 9 23 75 _ _ . Southern 630 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lob2rd North of Spain ...... 397 50 .. 400 Saragossa 4OO 4b6 25 Ditto to Barcelona 200 • . 202 50 The Presidential Contest in America. The following is the text of General M'Clellan's letter excepting the nomination to the Presidency from the Chicago Conventio❑ : Orange, N.J., Sept. 8. Gentlemen—l have the honour to acknowledge the re ceipt of your letter, informing me of my nomination by the Democratic National Convention, recently assembled at Chicago, as their candidate at the next election for Presi dent ti the United States. It is unnecessary for me to say to you that this nomination comes to me unsought. lam happy to know that when the nomination was made the record of my public life was kept in view. The effect of long and varied service in the army, during war and peace, has been to strengthen and m ike indelible in my mind and heart the love and reverence for the union, constitution, laws, and flag of our country impressed upon me in early youth. These feelings have thus far. guided the course of my life, and must continue to do so till its end. The exis tence of more than cne government over the region which once owned our flag is incompatible with the peace, the power, and the happiness of the people. The preservation of our Union was the sole avowed object for which the war was commenced. It should have been conducted for that object only, and in accordance with those principles which I took occasion to declare when in" active service. Thus conducted, the work of reconstruction would have been easy, and we might have reaped the benefits of our many victories on land and sea. The Union was originally formed by the exercise of a spirit of conciliation and compromise. To restore and preserve it, the same spirit must prevail in our counsels and in the hearts of the people. The re-establishment of the Uuion in all its integrity is, and must continue to be, the indispensable con dition in any settlement. S 3 soon as it is clear, or even pro bable, that our present adversaries are ready for peace upon the basis of the Union, we should exhaust all the resources of statesmanship practised by civilised nations, and taught by the traditions of the American people, consistent with the honour and interests of the country, to secure such peace, re-establish the Union, and guarantee for the future the constitutional rights of every State. The Union is the one condition of peace—we ask no more. Let me add what I doubt not was, although unexpressed, the sentiment of the Convention, as it is of the people they represent, that when any one State is willing to return to the Union, it should be received at once, with a full guarantee of all its constitur tional rights. If a frank, earnest, and persistent effort to obtain these objects should fail, the responsibility for ulte rior consequences will fall upon those who remain in arms against the Union. But the Union must be preserved at all hezirds. I cculd not look in the face of my gallant comrades of the army and navy, who have survived so many bloody battles, and tell them their labours and the sacrifices of so many of our slain and wounded brethren heel been in vain— that we had abandoned that Union for which we have so often perilled our lives. A vast majority of our people, whether in the rrmy and navy or at home, would, as I would, hail with unbounded joy the permanent restoration of peace on the basis of the Union and the constitution, without the effusion of another drop of blood. Bat no peace can bo permanent without Union. As to the other subjects presented in the resolutions of the Convention, I need only say that I should seek in the constitution of the United States, and the laws framed in accordance therewith, tLe rule of my duty and the limitations of executive power ; endeavour to restore economy in public expenditure, re-establish the supre macy of law, and by the operation of a more vigorous na tionality resume our commanding position among the nations of the earth. The condition of our finances, the depreciation of the paper money, and the burdens thereby imposed on labour and capital, show the necessity of a return to a sound financial system, while the rights of citizens, and the rights of States, and the binding authority of law over President, army, and people, are subjects of not less vital importance in war than in peace. Believing that the views here ex pressed are those of the Convention, an d the people you represent, I accept th e nom i nat i on. I realise the weig ht of the responsibility t o b e b orne s h ou ld th e choice. peo ple ratify your Conscious of my own weakness ' I can only see k ferventl y the guidance of the R u l er o f the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liber ties and rights.—l am, gentlemen, very respectfully, your obedient servant, GEO. B. WCLELLAN. Hon. Horatio Seymour and others, Committee. Mr Lincoln's acceptance of the nomination by the National Convention, Bittting at Baltimore, is couched in the following terms : Executive Mansion, Washington, June 27. Hun. William Dennison and others, a Committee of the National Union Convention. Gentlemen,—Your Jotter of the 14th inst., for mall y noti fying me that I have been nominat e d by the Co nvention you represent tor the Presidency of the United States for four years from the 4th March next, has been received. The nomination is gratefully accepted, as the resolutions of the Convention—called the platform —are heartily approved. While the resolution in regard to the supplanting of republi can government upon the western continent lc fully concurred in, there might be misunderstanding were I nut to say that the position of the Cievermnent in relation to the action of France in Mexico, as assumed through the State Depart neat and indorsed by th e C onvention, among the measures and acts of the exe cu ti ve, w i ll be faithfully ma i n tained as long as the state of f a ct s s h a l l leave that position pertinent and applicable. I a m espec i ally gratified t h a t th e soldier and the seaman w e r e not forgotten by the Convention, as they for ever must and w ill b e remembered b y t h e gra t e f u country for whose salvation they devoted their lives. Thanking you for the kind and complimentary terms in which you have communicated the nomination and other proceedings of the Convention, I subscribe myself, yours, &C. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. During an intervieirfA the President with Go. vernor Randall and Judge Mills of Wisconson, Mr Lincoln spoke as follows : Sir,—. . . The slightest knowledge of arithmetic will prove to any man that the rebel armies cannot be destroyed by Democratic strategy. It would sacrifice all the white men of the North to do it. There are now in the service of the United States nearly 200,000 able-bodied coloured men, most of them under arms, defending and acquiring Union territory. The Democratic strategy demands that these forces be disbanded, and that the masters be conciliated by restoring them to slavery. The black men who now assist Union prisoners to escape are to be converted into our enemies, in the vain hope of ga'ning the goodwill of their masters. We shall have to fight two nations instead of one. You cannot conciliate the South if you guarantee to them ultimate success ; and the experience of the present war proves their success is ince i table if you sing the compulsory labours of millions of black men into their side of the scale. Will you give our enemies such military advantages as insure success, and then depend on coaxing, fi ittery,and concession, to get them back into the Union ? Abandon all the posts now garrisoned by black men, take 200,000 men from our side and put them in the battle-field or corn , field against us, and we would be compelled to abandon the war in three weeks. We have to hold territory in inclement and sickly places; where are the Democrats to do this ? It was a free fight, and the field was open to the War Demo crats to put down this rebellion by fighting against both master and slave, long before the present policy was inau gurated. There have been men base enough to propose to me to return to slavery the black warriors of Port Hudson and Olu- tee, and thus win the respect of the masters they fought. Should Ido so, I should deserve to be damned in time and eternity. Come what will, I will keep my faith with friend and foe. My enemies pretend lam now carry ing on this war for the sole purpose of abolition. So long as I am President it shall be carried on for the sole purpose of restoring the Union. But no human power can subdue the rebellion without the use of the emancipation policy, and every other policy calculated to weaken the moral and phy sical forces of the rebellion. Freedom has given us 200,000 men, raised on Southern soil. It will give us more yet. Just so much it has subtracted from the enemy, and, in stead of alienating the South, there are now evidences of a fraternal feeling growing up between our men and the rank and file of the rebel soldiers. Let my enemies prove to the country that the destruction of slavery is not necessary to a restoration of the Union. I will abide the issue," The Emperor Napoleon and the Kingdom of Italy. We reprint from The Sun of Sept. 26, 1862, the following copy of . the letter of the Emperor of the French to N. Thouvenel, which the Const:tutionnel reprinted yesterday May 20, 1862. Monsieur le Ministre,—The more the force of circum stances maintains us, as regards the Roman question, in a line of conduct equally distant from the two opponent par ties, the more necessary is it that that line should be dis tinctly definet to prevent henceforth the accusation, inces santly renewed, that we incline now to one side, now to the other. Since I have been at the head of the G)vernment of France my policy has always been the same towards Italy : to second national aspirations, to induce the Pope to be come their support rather than their adversary—in a word, to consolidate an alliance between religion and liberty. Since the year 1849, when the expedition to Rome was decided upon, all my letters, all my speeches, all the de spatches of my Ministers, have invariably manifested that tendency, and, according to circumstances, I have main tained it with a deep conviction, either at the head of a limited power, as President of the Republic, or at the head of a victorious army on the banks of the Minnie. My efforts, I must own it, have hitherto been thwarted by obstacles of every description, in the presence of two parties diametrically opposed, absolute in their hatreds as in their convictions, deaf to the counsels inspired by the, sole desire of their benefit. Is this a reason not to persevere, and to abandon a cause grand in the opinion of all men, and which must be beneficial to the welfare of mankind ? It is urgent that the Roman question should he settled, for it is not only in Italy that it disturbs public opinion-- everywhere it produces the same moral disorder, because it touches upon what is most dear to matt—religious and poli tical faith. Each party substitutes its own exclusive sentiments in the place of the real principles of equity and justice. Thus, one party, forgetting the recognised rights of a Power which has lasted for ten centuries, proclaims, without any consideration for so ancient ac acknowledged institution, the fall of the Papacy; another party, without regard for the legitimate claims of the right of peoples, condemns without a scruple a portion of Italy to eternal stagnation and oppression. Thus, one party disposes of a still exist ing Power as if it was defunct, and the other of a people that supplicates for life as if it was dead. However this may be, it is the duty of statesmen to study tha means for reconciling the causes which the play of passion alone has rendered it reconcileable. 'Should the at tempt fail, it would not be inglorious, and under all cir cumstances, there is an advantage in frankly declaring the object in view. That object is to come to a combination by which the Pope would adopt what is great in the idea of a people that aspires to become a nation ; and, on the other hand, the people should recognise whet is salutary in a Power the influence of which extends over the whole universe. On a prima facie view, considering the prejudices and hatreds, equally violent on either side, a favourable result seems to be despaired of. But if, after examining into the question, reason and common cense are appealed to, it is gratifying to believe that truth, that Divine light, will finally penetrate into every mind, and show the supreme and vital interest which induces, which obliges the partisans of the two opposed causes to come to an understanding and to a reconciliation. First of all, what is the interest of Italy ? It is to put away from her every danger that threatens her, to diminish the enmity she has caused, to upset everything which op poses her legizimate ambition of reconstituting herself. To overcome so many obstacles they must be taken coolly. Italy, as a new State, has against her all those who hold to the traditions of the past ; as a State which has called revolution to her assistance, she inspires distrust to all men of order. They doubt her power to put down anarchical tendencies, and hesitate to believe that a society can firmly find a basis upon the very elements which have upset so many others. Finally, at her very gates she has a formid able enemy, whose armies and ill-will, easily understood, will for a long time be an imminent danger. These antagonisms, already so serious in themselves, be come doubly so supprting themselves upon the interests of the Catholic faith. The religious question adds cznsidt ably to the gravity of the situation, and multiplies the adversaries of the new order of things established beyond the Alps. Not long ago the Absolutist party was the only one opposed to it. Now, the majority of the Catholic population in Europe are hostile to it ; and that hostility not only thwarts the benevolent intentions of the Gown - ments attached by their faith to the Holy See, but steps the favourab o intentions of the Protestant or schismatic Governments who have to deal with a considerable fraction of their subjects. Thus, everywhere it is the religious idea which cowls the publ c feeling for Italy. Her reconciliation with the Pope would obviate many difficulties, and rally round her millions of adversaries. On the other. head, the Holy Sea has an equal interest, if not a stronger one, in this reconciliation ; for, if the Holy See has zealous supporters among all fervent Catho lics, it has against itself all the liberals ef Europe. In politics it is locked upon as the representative of the pre judices of the ancien regime, and in the eyes of Italy as the enemy of her independence, the most devoted partisan of reaction. This is why the Pope is surrounded by the most violent adherents of fallen dynasties, and this com pany is not of a nature to procure for him the sympathy of the people who upset those dynasties. Nevertheless, this state of things does less harm to the Sovereign than it does to the Head of Religion. In Catholic countries, where new ideas have a great hold, men who are most sincerely attached to their faith feel troubled in their conscience and doubts enter their minds, not know ing how to reconcile their political convictions with religi ous principles which seem to condemn modern civilisation. If this state of things, so pregnant with danger, should be prolonged, there would be a risk of political dissensions leading to lamentable dissensions in faith itself. It is, therefore, in the interest of the Holy See, as well as in that of religion, that the Pope and Italy should be recon ciled; for it would be a reconciliation with modern ideas, it would keep 200 million Catholics within the pale of the Church, and give a new lustre to religion by showing faith supporting the progress of mankind. But upon what basis can so desirable a work be founded? The Pope, brought to a reasonable view of the state of affairs, would understand the necessity of accepting every thing which can bind him to Italy; and Italy, ceding to the counsels of a wise policy, would not refuse to adopt the guarantees necessary for the independence of the Sove reign Pontiff and for the free exercise of;his power. This double object might be attained by a combination which, mr intaining the Popo master in his own domain, would remove the barti:rs which now separate his States from the rest of Italy. To be master in his domain, independence must be insured to him, and his rule freely accepted by his subjects. It must be hoped that it could be so—on the one hand, when the Italian Government wou'd take the engagement towards France to recognise the States of the Church and the limi tation line agreed upon; on the other hand, when the Government of the Holy See, returning to ancient tradi tions, would sanction the privileges of the municipalities and of the provinces in such guise that they would, so to say, govern themselves—for then the power of the Pope, soaring in a sphere elevated above the secondary interest of society, would be free from that responsibility which is always heavy, and which only a strong Government can stand. The above general indications are not an ultimatum which I pretend to impose upon the two opponent parties, but the basis of a policy which I think I ought to endeavour to establish by our legitimate influence and by our disin terested advice. Whereupon I prey God to have you in Ilia goad keeping. NAP OLEON, BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, September 22. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week, together with the corresponding figures of the previous account : SEPT. 22. SEPT. 15. DR. f. c. f. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9,1857) 5,288,942 08 5,204,525 44 Reserve in the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 732,775,425 -- 761,638,225 Bank notes to order and re- ceipts payable at sight 5,911,151 47 5,733,812 70 Treasury ac I+. cur. creditor 86,173,378 15 76,733,698 12 Current accounts—Paris 89,729 932 67 LA, e 30,705 41 Do.' branch-banks 20,799,639 --26,614,522 Dividends payable Discounts and suuclry interests 11,208,413 65 10,087,455 49 Re-discounts of the last six inontha 2,588,735 17 2,588,735 17 Sundries 1,173,233,136 33 1,217,705,816 87 CR. Cash in hand and branch- banks 276,644,874 53 273,371,823 37 Commercial) bills overdue 510,313 76 409,910 91 Commercial bills discounted not yet due 293,020,021 29 333,481,029 40 Do. branch-banks.... 289,604,941 299,921,777 Advances on deposits of bullion Do. branch banks 3,506,900 3,405,500 Advances on Frenchpublic securities .. Do, branch-banks 8,552,20 8,157,950 Advances onrailway shares and debentures 27,132,900 27,251,200 Do. branch-banks 18,655,100 17,955,950 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds 411,200 416.700 Do. branch-banks 419,300 396,900 Advances to the State (Conven. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Relates immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the 1 Bank Landed property, branches Expenses of managemeut 1,379,946 73 1,191,702 32 Sundries 5,376,967 07 4,977,571 77 1,178,293,136 38 1,217,705,816 87 Certified by the honorary Vice-President of the Council of State, G,vernor of the Bank of France. (Signed) AD. V LTITitY. The Darien Canal, As a mercantile investment there is no doubt that this interoceanic navigation will be one of great pecuniary advantage. When we consider the fleets of ships, belonging to all nations, desirous of saving the thcuiands of leagues of distance which this canal would enable them to save, the magnitude of the undertakir g is met by the certainty of the enormous profits which must result to the proprieturs. No project has ever been before the public which embraces anything like the objects to be attained by this canal. All other propositions have but local importance, and seek their profits from local trade ; but this one is adapted to every ship afloat, and seeks a return from the trade of every country. Every maritime nation has an interest in its success, and the commerce of the world will yield its profits. Its completion will make a change in every Pacific port; and, as a railway makes its own traffic, so will this work most certainly greatly increase the commerce between the distantly separated countries which steam power is only now beginning to reach. In such a case statistics are almost superfluous ; it is safer to consult the history of the progress of commerce and argue from it, than to calculate the profits from the existing state of things. But even on this limited ground it can be shown that the capital invested will meet with a good return by charging for tollage only a little more than the amount saved in the insurance, without reference to all the other advantages which the canal will offer. From the trade statistics it appears that, in 1851, upwards of three millions of tons of ship ping, and 150,000 passengers would, in that year, have taken advantage of this navigation. The Times of Oct. 15, 1850, states—" The traffic that would pass through the canal, estimated now on the basis adopted in 184'3, would amount to L 1,700,000. In the hands of the most timid this cal culation could scarcely be reduced to any point that would leave the enterprise other than a legitimate and attractive one. But the great feature always to be borne in mind with regard to it is, that it would be so identified with the progress of the world that its returns at any one period could never be taken to limit our ideas of what they would become hereafter. At the present moment, for instance, the calculations would be based on the existing tonnages of the various mari time Powers, and the present position of the chan nels of general commerce ; but when we consider that the shipping of the United States doubles itself every 15 years, and that of ogland still increases rapidly, the prospects of the changes to be wrought by the undertaking will appear still further beyond the grasp of any of the common concep tions of past experience." The field for enterprise which will open itself, once there is a passage for the ships of all nations through the narrow strip which divides the two oceans, appears almost tins limited. This cosmopolitan work once completed will endure for all ages a monument of man's enter prise and ability, surpassing all ever accomplished. In the words of the Tinges—°' It is the grandest physical work the world can witness ; the past has seen nothing like it, and any similar fame must be denied to the future, niece there will be no more hemispheres to join.' , As 7lie Sun has said, "Ere long Darien will become the great interoceanic portal, the door of the seas, the entrepot of the world, the store house of nations, the grand highway of commerce ; and the execution of the Darien Canal will confer upon mankind greater blessings than mere mone tary ones. All the commercial nations in the world will subscribe to it. The Balwer and Clay ton treaty will be made to embrace the route and its approaches on both oceans. The coasts will be come common ground, whore war shall not ap proach. This is the way to secure universal peace. The Greeks had their games, so that they might meet on common ground once a year. The Isthmus of Darien will be common ground every day in every year—the place where all the nations of the earth will meet in peace.—The Isthmus of Darien, by Dr. Cullen. SO APPROPRIATE !—Mr Whalley, M.P., of all men in the world, has been commissioned to go out to Cdprera, to present to Garibaldi the yacht which has been purchased by public subscription. THE GOLDFIELDS OF NEW ZEALAND.—The New Zealand papers give accounts of an exploring ex pedition consisting of three miners (two Frenchmen and one Englishman), undertaken about three months pre viously, from Queenstown, Otago, to the West Coast, in search of a goldfield. The party were supposed to have perished, but were rescued by a yacht on the Dart river, which they had reached on their return, and on the bank of which they were lying to die, being too weak to cross it by swimming. Subjoined is an abstract of the account said to have been gathered from them :—" They state that they have explored the whole of the tract of country marked on the mats unknown,' a portion of which is in the province of Otago and a portion in that of Canterbury. They reached Jackson's Bay and then set back homeward. The country is generally well timbered, and the pine and rutu trees are often 2511 in diameter. They found gold in payable quantities in several places, the furthest about 80 miles inland from Jackson's Bay, and at this spot they are confident a payable goldfield exists. They further declare that the belt of country through which they passed is aurifer ous nearly throughout. Ihe country soon after leaving Lake Wakatip changes. It becomes less rocky, and the hills assume the appearance of made hills. Some of them are composed of cement, and the terraces, which they believe to bo aurifer ous, are of immense extent. They found innumerable quartz reefs, and gold in several of them. They have some speci mens with them. In some of the creeks the gold could be plainly seen, and every trial proved the existence of gold in them. They were unable to thoroughly prospect the coun try, as they desired, having to hunt so much after game, and being very weak. They also found various other mine rals, and copper in several places. They are satisfied it is as fine a gold country as ever was opened. The winter set in un expectedly ; they were snowed in their tent for nearly three weeks,and gave up hopes of reaching theWakatip alive again. They christened this place 'Linger and Die Lake.' They now abandoned their tocls, &c., and made an effort to reach the head of Wakatip, and they were six weeks arriving at the place where they were rescued from. As soon as they are recovered they are willing to lead the way again, In the meantime they intend to throw themselves upon the gene rosity of the Otago and Canterbury Governments, confident that they have found a rich and new tract of habitable country of immense extent, possessing lakes, rivers, gold, minerals, copper, timber, and last, but not least, agricul tural land." at:p (furf* Ortikt HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, S.?pt, 21. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helens, drove yesterday morning. Her Majesty, with Princess Louise and Prii3BeSS Beatrice, took a carriage drive in the afternoon. Princess Helena, attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps rode out yesterday afternoon. His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Elimar of Oldenburg, attended by Baron Vultzburg, arrived at the Castle yesterday on a visit to her 1%15j( sty. The Hon. Emma Lascelles arrived at Balmoral yesterday as maid of honour in waiting. Lord Napier left the Cistle yesterday. The Prince and Princess of Wales in Denmark. COPENHAGEN, Monday. The unaccountable post-office arrangement/ill which jump up and down irregularly every day, have this morning taken a wholly unexpected leap of four hours and a half, diminishing the time for correspondence accordingly. It must therefore be stated, with the utmost brevity, that the Prince of Wales yesterday morning came into Copenhagen attended by General Knollys and Colonel Keppel, and was present at Divine service, held in the chapel of the Embassy, an apartment of the very plainest character, where the Rev, Mr ELlis is the officiating clergyman. The congregation for Copene hagen, was considerable, many having, no doubt, been drawn to that quarter by an expectation ouch as was equally gratified. The ordinary Church of England congregation is naturally very limited-- on this occasion the numbers were nearly doubled. The weather was extremely unfavourable, but the Prince, with the same consideration which has led on the previous day to the countermanding of the review, exposed himself to the weather in order that others who were anxious to see him might have an opportunity of doing so; though, when his own gratification was in question, he is said to have urged that V - e National Guards should not be kept under arms in the rain. Dismissing his carriage, and taking the arm of Sir Augustus Paget, he walked from the chapel of the Embassy to the Hotel Pf eeaix, upon entering the deer of which he was greeted by the numerous citizens who had re spectfully followed his footsteps, with the most ringing and enthusiastic cheers that ho has yet re• ceived since his landing in Danmerk. His Royal Highness turn round, took off his hat, and bowed very graciously to the large assemblage, and then entered the hotel, ,where he lunched with Lord and Lady Spencer, remaining at the hotel about an hour and a half. On leaving he met with an equally cordial reception. The Princess of "Wales, meanwhile, went with the members of her own family to the quiet parish church of Gjentcll'l where, when a resident in the country, she had been accustomed to attend Divine service. Later in the afternoon the royal party proceeded from Bernstorf to the chateau of Charlottenlund, where they dined with the Landgrave of Hesse, and in the evening drove to Sorgenfri, the residence of the Queen Dowager, where they remained till it was time to return to Bernstorf. This morning, at half° p ist 11 o'clock, they intend to visit the Royal Castle of Rosenberg, a building filled with relics of Euro• pean interest, and rep!ete with the richest historical associations. They are to lunch with the widow of Prince Frederick, late the heir apparent to the throne, and about half•past 3 they will proceed to the Museum of Antiquities, renowned throughout the scientific world as one of the treasures of the north of Europe. Ia the evening their Royal High nesses will honour Sir Augustus Paget, the British Minister Plenipotentiary, and Lady Paget, with their company at dinner, About 30 persons of the highest distinction are invited to meet them. The circle will include Prince Hans of Glucksburg, the Crown Prince,of Denmark, the French and Russian representatives,_at this Court, the Swedish Envoy, who lately had the honour of presenting an autos graph letter from the King of Sweden to the Prince of Wales; the principal officers of the Danish royal household, Be.n The Danish Minister for Foreign Affitirsxas also invited, but he is at present silt:fere ing eo severely feenal gout that it is not likely he will be able to attend. To-morrow it is expected, but not yet quite de. Bided, that there will be a hunt in the deer park close to Bernstorf Castle, possibly extending to some of the adjoining forests. In the evening the royal party contemplate a visit to the Opera-house; it will not, however, be made in state, nor will the perfor mances be delayed pending their arrival. The royal box will be quite in readiness for them, and it the weather should be at all favourable there is little doubt they will take their places in it in the course of the evening. PRINCE HUMBERT OF ITALY.—Yesterday morn ing the Prince and several members of his suite went out walking in the park tili breakfast. At halt-past 12 his Royal Highness, with his Excellency the Italian Minister, and accompanied by General Revel and the greater number of the royal suite, visited the British Museum, and after wards drove to Westminster Abbey. After an inspection of that venerable ecclesiastical building, the Prince and royal party went over the Houses of Parliament, which occupied them some hours. After their return to his Excellency the Italian Minister's residence in Grosvenor-street there was a dinner party for 14 guests. Baron Marochetti and the Marchioness St. Germano were among the company. THE BETROTHAL OF KING GEORGE OF GREECE to the Grand Duchess Alexandrova is announced on authority. TIIE PRINCE IMPERIAL is to go to Lorient next month to be present at the launching of a vessel which will bear his name. The Duchess (Dowager) of Cleveland arrived in town on Monday last from Ray Castle, Durham. Ills Excellency Lord Napier is expected in town to-day from visiting the Queen at Balmoral. The Earl Cadogan and Viscount Chelsea left town yesterday to juin the other members of his lord ship's family at Windermere. The Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogan are expected to leave town to-day for Brighton. The Countess (Dowager) of Belmore and Lord Florence Corry arrived on Saturday, on a visit to the Archbishop of Armagh and Mrs Beresford, at the Palace Armagh. We are informed that a marriage is arranged to take place between Viscount Amberley, eldest son of the Earl Ru'sell, K.G., and the Hen. Katherine Louisa Stanley, fourth daughter of Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley. Viscount and Viscountess Palmersto❑ returned to Broadlands, near Romsey, Hants, yesterday afternoon, from visiting Lady Herbert at Wilton House, near Salis bury, Lord Conyers has arrived in town from York. shire. Sir Francis Graham and Lady Moon have left Portman• square for their marine residence at Brighton. General Buckley, M.P., has left Wilton, the seat of Lady Herber, in Wiltshire, for the Earl of Radnor's seat in Berkshire. Mr Dandss, Mr and Mrs Lappincatt and family, have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from Paris. Mrs Washington Hibbert and Misa Hibbert have recently left the Isle of Wight, on a visit to Lord and Lady Arundel' of Warkour, at Wardour Castle, Salisbury. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—This theatre will open for the season to-morrow evening, Sept, 24, with the First Part of Shat-spere's "Henry IV„" the revival of which was attended with such immense success last season, Mr Phelps will resume his part of Sir John Falstaff, while Mr Cr.)swick has been engsged to play Hotspur, On Saturday, Oct. 1, the Second Part or '• Henry IV." will be produced , in which Mr Phelps will sustain two characters—viz., King Henry IV. and Justice Shallow, There is every prospect of a brilliant season. THE MYSTERY ( F THE IRON MASK 'Tail' occupies the attention of bibliophiles, and a new and rather amusing story is circulated in literary papers this week on the subject. It states that the Iron Mask induced the Governor of the Bastille to admit a lady, who, for a veil large sum settled on her, consented to share his prison life. A son was born, who was transported to Corsica in 111° charge of a per so n w h o was t o ld th a t h e c a m e di b u onapai le, or in other words that he was well•born. The idea started is that this child was the ancestor of Napoleon I. PRINTING WITHOUT PRINTERS' INK.—An ve" lion hoe just been patented in Paris by means of printing can be conducted without the employment of 101 " The process consists in the introduction between the Pay er : and the type of a sheet of some fabric on which is deposi ted large-black and glycerine, which TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1864. so..