The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-12 00:00:00

..---gs----"-...--------_ 11 , 0 AYL ITALIAN OP E RA, Covent -garden. Last Week but Two. Mdlle. Artot. TFIIS EVENING (Tuesday), July' 12, will bc performed Verdi's opera, in three acts, LA TB..AVIATA. Vio'etta, Mae. Artot ; Flora Bervoix, Madame Tagliafico ; Annina, 151d11,.. Si ; Georgio Germont, Si n o Graziani ; Baron Duphol, Si nor Tagli , iileo II astone, Sig-nor Lucchesi; pottore Grenvil, Sig Capponi ; Giuseppe, Signor Roaei ; an d Alfredo, Signor Naudin. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Ater which the Divertissement, L'lle Enchantee. Sup ported by 3ldlle. Salvioni, Mdile. Car Min, Millie. Navarre, II dlle. Assunta, M. ")esplaces, and Mr. W. 11. raYIIC. Commence at half past Eight. Fit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre t,ta Is, 10s. 6d., 78., ampldtheatre.:2B. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the t,ox-offict! under the portico of the theatre, which is open froo ten to five, and at the principal musicsellcrs' and librarians '.. __________..--. -------. ___ ___-.. --_ 11 0Y A 17_, PRINCESS'S THEATRE,—. Sole Lcssee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. `MIS EVENITNG, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which. the ne;v play by John Oxenford, Esq., THE MONASTERY OF SI. JCS l' : .Messrs. Vining-, H. M4r too, J. Nelson, J. NV. Ray, H. Mellon, W. Robins, t_. Seyton, Chapman ; Mrs. H. Mazsto. l, and 3ldlle. Stella Colas. ---------- NEW THEATRE-11,0 Y AL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proorietor and Manajer. 31r. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, SHAKSPEILE'•S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. After which, JANET PRIDE Mea.Ars. B. Webster, J. L. T0.,1e, P. Bedford, St fart, son. Stephen Kola ; Mit3S Woolg - ar, 3liss Denman. ELLE, with a Woolgar, and horrible Tale: Followed by THE AREA B Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, K. itornerMies Mrs. H. Lewis. terms (there is really no other word for it) upon that portentous mare's nest discovered by Mr. CAVENDISH BENTINCK, the rumoured compact en tered into between the Irish Catholic Members and the chiefs of the Conservative Opposition. Only that we regard this absurd canard as really too contemptible in its way for one moment's serious consideration, we should be tempted to quote the article, here referred to, in its entirety. As it is, the division list has caused Mr. BEN TINCK'S extravagant hallucination to melt into thin air —leaving, still vibrating as it were, upon the tympanum of our memory, a very ludicrous sense of that gentleman's noisy outburst of virtuous indignation ! Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Re-engagement ano a those Mrs. Charlesc and popular artistes, Mr. Mathews. Production of an entirely new original Travestie of a very popular subject, by F. C. 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We have at the present moment a beloved an d po pular SOVEREIGN, and we have also in the -ministerial Cabinet noble lords and right honour able gent l e men to whom assuredly neither of these • epithets can, w ith justice, be applied. Last night the House of c o mmons received a message from her MAJESTY, mean ing, of course, her MAJESTY'S Ministers, i n reply to the address on the result of the Confere nce . That the Ministers should congra• tnlate themselves upon their dearly bought victory is natural e nough, and we are not disposed to quarrel with them on that account. Bat we must confess that we are sou.ewhat amazed at the almost ironical assurance w ith which the reply has been framed by the " am —oyal advisers. h, p py," so runs the OffiCial mi s sive, assured of your satisfaclion at ' "to be the c ours e hare fell it ,!0 be my duty to take ! ' If the frame r of the reply is assured of the satisfaction of the ItIn„ of Com mons by their recent proceedings, that conviction is p roba!-Ay entertained by no other individual in th e em pire. .Auythil , ig but " satisfaction" was apparent is every word that fell from every independent speaker. Th o se who from other considerations thought it right to vote with Ministe rs took c are to e:gpress their dis-satisfaction with those precced ings! Kloiving this, fully aware of this as they indubitably are, there la almost an air of effrontery or at least cf a covert irony in the paragraph in which her MAJESTY'S advisers allude to the " satis faction" of the House of Commons; Oar conservati ve con temporaries the Her aid and the Standard of this morning, contain a rather remarkable article, commenting is " glashin" THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1864 There ib always something of import in American affairs, something that calls for remark, or suggests comment and reflection. It is not likely that so peculiar a state of things could go on for so long a period without giving rise to strange events, and developing principles and awakening feelings that take us by surprise who are living in a calmer state of being, and under the influence of mere equable sentiments. Besides the more striking and start ling incidents of the war, there is continually to be met with some more peaceful change or calm alte ration which comparatively silently, but not the less surely, does its destined work and effects its purpose. The letter from Colonel MARSHAL AN DERSON exhibits symptoms of a new secession, and merits attention from all who watch the signs of the times, and take heed to the chances and dangers which are so rapidly effecting so marked a revolu tion in all the old American habits and feelings. This letter in question is en admirable one in its way. It is imbued with an earnest love of liberty in its best and truest sense, and the writer seems deeply convinced of the mistakes that have been made by those who are confusing the shadow with the substance, and doing things in the cause, or professing to work for the cause, of that freedom which is in reality outraged by their every act:on. It is no matter of surprise that men of intelligence or spirit should by this time be heartily ashamed of their friends, and begin to speculate upon the advisability of pursuing a war which is so rife in spoliation and so barren in honours. In this letter Colonel ANDERSON desires to withdraw his name as a "candidate for Presidential election in the Twelfth Congressional District of Ohio," and the reasons he gives for so doing are very cogent ones. He explains that he " prefers the sanction of his own conscience to the approval of men or multi tudes," and this praiseworthy notion is well carried out in his address. In the first place, then, he declines this nomination because he is diame trically opposed to a continuance of the war, and he cannot advocate for any man Rho is in favour of its prosecution, Indeed, it is matter of astonishment that before this juncture, more have not been heard to exclaim in the words of Colonel ANDERSON, " I now fully realise and comprehend the meaning of the term' horrida bella: " There are many home truths in this letter which will not find much favour in the sight of the generals who have so sullied the name of saldiers, and departed from the rules of all honourable war. An example of toleration and for bearance in the midst of strife is here given in the mention of HANNIBAL, who was for thirty years in the Roman empire, in the heart of an enemy's country, but who left friends behind. Colonel ANDERSON from thence argues that the American armies have violated the laws that they should have respected, and lays down maxims which are certainly never attended to by those now in arms. How many sad lookers-on have acknow ledged the want of the influence of these elevating sentiments since the commencement of the civil war. Principle should not be sacrificed to popularity, and " better suffer defeat, contending for the right and principles of freemen, than obtain success by fraud and falsehood." The conclusion at which the Colonel arrives is that a Western Confederacy is now desirable. "If we cannot have oar glorious old Union," he exclaims, "let us have GOD and Nature's Union. Let us follow the bright and sparkling waters of the Ohio down to the Father of Waters, to the ocean of peace. The greatest and grandest valley in the world claims us for her own ; let us acknowledge her claim." Thus does this earnest writer promulgate his views and express his convictions. There is no doubt that he will find many to join their testimony with his, and to attempt to withdraw themselves from a state of things that has become so intolerable, and also so discreditable, as the present contest and its mode of procedure. "I am tired of working for Yankee taskmasters; I hate their selfish meanness ; I am in favour of a Western Confederacy," are strong words, and are indicative of a new order of things that will not be very palatable at Washing ton. Men do not thus discourse upon pub lic matters until their minds are pretty well made up by long experience of evils, and until their endurance has reached a pitch beyond which it cannot go, The concluding remarks of Colonel ANDERSON on the subject of the Union are well worth notice. He says emphatically that his proposition is founded on the fact that the " original Union" is dissolved. It is time that this idea should obtain among the States, and thus operate to arrest the progress of further violence and stay the course of devastation. Not until the honest and manly sentiments of the writer of this epistle are current among the people to whom they are addressed, can we hope or expect that the horrors of a war that outrages all the best feelings of humanity, and is here truly designated a " war of desolation on women and children" shall cease, and a better time succeed. Whether Colonel ANDERSON'S proposals are carried out or not, there is a satisfaction in meet. lug with such statements, and in dwelling upon the sensible language here employed, instead of perus ing the bombastic and pretentious expressions so freely made use of by the self-deluded orators of the cause of the Union, This letter is not long, but it contains a masterly exposition of the unworthy character of the war, principles o freal earnest liberty, expressionand a true Of con fidenceue in the ip explanation of the present state of things in America. Railway catastrophes seem destined to succeed one another with startling rapidity, Our railway system is indeed so extensive and so complicated that occasional disasters are not to be wondered at, and perhaps it is rather a marvel, considering the immense number of trains running daily to and fro, the ignorance or indifference of the men frequently e mployed in their management, and the reckless ness which repeated security brings, that we do not oftener hear of accidents. Still it is very much to be questioned whether we have attained the greatest elegree of security to life and limb possible under an improved method of locomotion, and it very much concerns the public interest that this end should be reached. It is not many weeks since the eagerness and gaiety of a fashionable race week was interrupted by a startling catastrophe, and those who watched the corp se of a passenger by the ill fated train carried to the little rural churchyard which he had nassed in health and security en his pleasure trip a short week before, could hardly avoid moralising en the risks inciden• tal to railway travelling, as well as the uncertainty of life. This lamentable disaste r h as scar cely ceases to be a subject of conversation when a new and still more appalling tragedy is apparent. There is, it is true, but one victim,but the circumstances of his death aro so frightful, and appeal so forcibly to the sympathies of everyone of us, that the effect pro duced on the public mind is greater than the sen- Elation created by the Egham accident. An elderly gentleman, well dressed, and wearing a massive watch and chain, enters a first-class railway car. riage on a metropolitan line. His journey is but of a brief duration, merely extending from the central station in the heart of the city to a northern suburb a few miles distant, and still fully within the radius of London. The hour is not late, the line is not lonely, and the train was occupied by the usual ave rage of passengers, yet, under these circumstances of apparent security, Mr. Br.IGGs falls a victim to one of the most coldblooded, atrocious, and unpro voked murders on record. The only shadow of a reason which can be adduced for the crime is the sight of Mr. BRIGGS' watch and chain ; and wholly insufficient as this motive would appear to be in any case, the singularity of the case is heightened by the fact of gold having actually been left in the murdered gentleman's pockets. Whether the vi cinity of the station induced the murderer to hurry over his work, whether the resistance of the sufferer prevented his securing more than the watch and chain, or whether the whole catastrophe was the work of a madman, remains to be elucidated. We can only ♦ery fervently hope that the criminal will be brought to justice, and that the pub lic may, at least, have what security for the future can be afforded them by the detection of the crime and consequent warning to other ruffians. For the bereaved family of the murdered gentleman there can be only one feeling of deep and general sympathy, but their afflictions brings doubly home to every household the atrocity of such a crime. In these days almost every father of a family whose business draws him to the city, fixes his home in one of the suburban districts, and one of the boasted advantages of the intrusive Metropo litan railway lines is, that rapid and easy commu nication between such districts and the centre of the Metropolis is rendered possible. But if such a tragedy as this is to be possible, if a traveller by a London line is not only to be liable to the ordinary chances of accident from collision or ex plosion, but is likewise to incur the risk of a frightful death from the hands of any ruffian who may covet his watch or chain, then the attractions of railway communication are very considerably lessened. The fact is, that by our present railway ' arrangements there is a very defective protection for passengers, and it is to be hoped that this melancholy affair will induce the public to insist upon some improvement. It is quite preposterous that a person should be shut in for a given number of miles, with perhaps a thief, perhaps a murderer, perhaps a madman, with no possibility of commu nicating with the driver, or even with his fellow passengers who may perchance hear screams and struggles, but are powerless to assist. Even in Ame rica, where human life is so lightly valued, and from whence we have intelligence of a terrible railway accident, things are better managed in this particu lar. Why should England, the mother of railways, be so utterly incapable of dealing with the question. Surely it is possible to establish some system of communication by which at least travellers can assist each other in waiting for the arrival at the station. There are so many eases in which it is no matter of idle fancy, but of life and death, to attract the attention of the guard or the driver that it is only surprising that railways have been suffered to exist so long without some such possibility. Fire is by no means an impossible accident, yet a person might be burned to death before assistance reached him. The simple expedient of a bell-wire run• ning through the carriages would be a protection, since if it were known that help could be obtained, half the temptation to the crime would be gone. It is not long since a desperate encounter took place with a madman, on the very same line on which the murder of Mr. BRIGGS has just occurred, and had there been only one gentleman with the lunatic, instead of two, the result would have been the same. Can English ingenuity devise no means of solving so simple a problem? Our railway companies had better mak3 the experiment, for they are in a man. ner responsible for the lives and limbs of their pas sengers, and they may be assured that the public will not be satisfied with the existing state of LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AIIEItICA. REUTER'S EXPRESS. RESIGNATION OF MR. CHASE. LIVERPOOL, JULY 12. A telegram received here from New York by the St. Georgia via Newfoundland announces the re. signation of Mr. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury. Droun le Lhuys upo: the Danish Question. FRANKFORT-ON.THE-MAINE, SUM 10. The following is a correct summary of the circular despatch addressed by M. Drouya de Lb to the 'upon the 28th o f diplomatic agents of the Emperor labours of th e June. The despatch tres!.-, o f the London Conference 2 d of the resumption of hosti lities. After the statement that " the Plenipotentiaries who met at London to re-establish peace between Germany and Denmark separated, after having c3nfirmed the inutility of their efforts, and the bel ligerent -parties immediately resumed arms," M. Drouy de Lhuys "sensibly regrets that the labours of t!le Conference have not had a more satisfactory result," and he avails himself of this very opportune occasion to recall " that it has not been the fault of France that the concludon was not different," The despatch then continues,— " We have not shut our eyes to the difficulties which this negotiation presented, Thus, before its commencement - we had used every effort :to obtain the rneetin4 of the Conference upon the fittest con ditions to facilitate its task. We had especially desired that a real armistice should be previously cucluded for the entire duration of the delibera tions, and that the basis of discussion should be determined in advance. The parties have been unable to agree upon these two points, and although this first difficulty inspired us at the outset with doubts as to sae issue of the Conference, we have none the less sincerely seconded this effort at conciliPAtion. The Plenipotentiary of the Emperor was, consequently, desired to support or to suggest dvery proposition which appeared likely to bring about an agreement. The point of departure of the discussion was naturally, first of all, to be sought in the arrangements of 1852. We asked ourselves, therefore, first, whether, if re. modelled so as to attain their object better, they might not be made the basis of an equitable arrange ment, and it was in this sense that the representa. tive of France expressed himself at the opening of the negotiations. When, after recognition of the impossibility of keeping the discussion upon this ground, the English Government proposed an ar rangement giving the southern portion of Schleswig to Holstein as well as Lauenburg, we did not hesi tate to agree to this combination. It had in our eyes the advantage of taking into account the national sentiment of the German population of Schleswig, and of leaving to Holstein—increased by this annexation—the right of deciding upon its own f°:te. While lending our support to the English Plenipotentiaries, we acted in perfect conformity with the principles of our public law, and we should have been rejoiced at an arrangement which appeared to us acceptable to both parties. The German Powers did not consider themselves able to adhere to it. They claimed for the frontier a line of demarcation which would have assured to Ger many the possession of the mixed districts, while Denmark persisted in not adding this fresh sacri fice to those she had consented to make in abandon ing Southern Schleswig, as well as Holstein and Lauenburg. While all the other combinations put forward were thrown aside we suggested a last plan. We recommended that the populations forming the subject of dispute should be called upon to express their sentiments, and thus furnish the Conference with the necessary data for tracing the line of de marcation in the most equitable manner. We have not been able to prevent the rupture of negotiations, and the difference is again left to be decided by arms." The despatch concludes as follows : "Opinion has shown itself sensibly moved by the resumption of hostilities, and looks with disquiet to the consequences so unequal a contest may entail. For our part, we shall be unable to disregard the bearing of events so directly effecting the interests of all the maritime Powers in the Nortb, and even those of the equilibrium of this portion of Europe. We entertain the sincerest wiehes that the dangers may be avoided which these events might bring about; and, guided by the same sentiments which have hitherto proved the rule of our conduct, and desiring to maintain the impartial attitude we have taken up, we are willing to hope that no complica tion will arise of so grave a nature as to necessitate our embracing a cliff, rent policy." Military Operations on the Gold Coast, Some very interesting despatches on the subjec of the A.shantee War were published yesterday We extract the last despatch from the Colonial. cffice (No. 3.) Copy of a despatch from the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, ALP., to Governor Pine. (No. 157) Downing street, June 23, MU, was a source of sincere satisfaction to me to re• ceive from Acting-Governor Hackett by this mail the an nouncement that you were on board her Majesty's ship Rattloenake at Lagos, and, though still unable to write, were convalescerat. I shall be glad to learn from yourself _ _ _ •_ that you have been completely restored to health, and have been enabled to return to you Government at Cape Coast Castle. I cannot, however, but feel very doubtful whether your recovery may have been so rapid and so decided as to make this possible ; and I have therefore thought it right to ad dress this despatch under cover to Acting Governor ilackott and to make the necessary provision for a successor in case of his being disabled by illness during your continued absence by sending to Lieut.• Colonel Conran a commission from her Majesty for that purpose. If you have been able to resume your duties, you will have received my despatch of May 23, addressed to Acting Governor Hackett, and will be aware of the instructions which, under the urgent and peculiar circumstances of the case, I feel it to be my duty to convey to him on the part of her Majesty's Government f or p rov idi ng f or the health and _ _ _ comfort of her Majesty's forces on the Gold Coast. In that despatch I expressed the hope which her Ma jesty's Government entertain that "the display of forces made during the last few months will not have been with- out its due effect, both on the Ashantee enemy and on the friendly native chiefs, and that the cessation of the rains may not bring with it the necessity for a renewal of warlike preparations on your part to defend yourself or the friendly native population from wanton attack. It is, however, necessary to consider the possibility that a very opposite state of things may present itself to you at she close of the rainy season. The unfortunate circumstances of the present year may encourage the Ashantees in the design they appear to have entertained of renewing their invasion when the season for military operations shall return. I think it right therefore to convey to you the general views of her Maje s ty's Government upon the measures which, in concert with the officer commanding the forces, you should take to provide against that danger. The duty pf defending the extensive territory included in the Protectorate can only be satisfactorily discharged if the chiefs to whom it belongs are united and resolute in their own defence. If they are not united, and will not take upon themselves the principal part of the exertions necessary, it will not be possible to defend them without exposing the Queen's forces to the risk of a deadly climate, and to the hazard of being virtually defeated by the disastrous conse quences of that climate, before they have been able to bring the native enemy to the issue of arms. The proper course therefore Is to take every possible means for bringing the chiefs to an united and decided system of defence, and for this purpose to give them advice, to supply them judiciously with military etores, and in concert with the officer in command of the forces to furnish them with such assistance as he may be able to afford, without expoe ing his officers and men to any protracted residence in the interior, especially at the unhealthy season, and without weakening his force upon the coast so as to endanger the safety of the settlements themselves. I must repeat the caution which I conveyed to you in my despatch of the 23d ult.—that you should avoid, if it be in your power, the ne cessity of bringing to the settlement anumber of the Queen's troops too great to be properly accommodated on the coast. Instructions to the same effect , will bo sent by the Secretary of State for War to Lieutenant-Colonel Conran, and I shall request the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty to direct the attention of the commodore on the sta tion to the possibility that you may find yourself again en gaged in measures of defence against an invasion by the King of Ashantee. Since, however, the experience of the past year has exhibited in so strong a light the great diffi culties which attended operations on the part of her 31?.- jetty's forces, I rely cn your using every exertion to avoid a renewal of the war, You have already received from fil Duke of Newcastle the full expression of his approval of your conduct in respect of the origin of the late war—ltwo mean your refusal to surrender to a cruel death the t a refugees demanded by the King of Ashantee ; but artthait pof proval I now desire to repeat ; and I take the opportunity. impressing upon you the great importance. of your being ce which may clearly in the right in any case of will be care to assure yourself that you are acquainted, as far as p oth b e l r e id e wish a all nd the circumstances that may be alleged that you Neill not permit yourself to become,net involved in ' any ed every hostile eperatione until you shall have fi l r' ha e ve leg i t i ma t e means of preserving peace.`jw Ait _ AAD . WELL. OlrerilOr s;3* THE VOTE OF CENSURE, The following is an analysis of the Division on 'Mr Disraeli's Vote of Censure, distinguishing the votes of English, Scotch, and Irish - members : ENGLAND. Majority for Government .. .. 41 Voted for Government 254 Against Pairs .. • g • e 6 r airli • • • • .. ..213 .. 7 Liberals absent .. Speaker .. •• .. 5 Conservatives absent 11 .. 1 'Vacant 11. 11. 1 266 SCOTLAND. Majority for Government 23 Voted for Government.. 35 Against Paired .. .. 2 Paired Absent .. .. 1 Absent 232 .. 12 .. .. 1 38 IRELAND. Majority against Government Voted for Government 26 Against 3 Absent .. Paired .. .. .. 1 Paired .. Absent .. .. 46 ... .. 72 •• •♦ 0 Mejority for Government in England .. .. 41 Majority for Government in Scotland .. 23 Deduct majority against Government in Ireland .. 46 Majority for Government ~ .. The following Conservative ment : Chapman, J. Dutton, Hon. R. Pugh, David The following Liberal me rnent : Acton, Sir J. Brady, Dr. Blake, J. A. Bowyer, Sir G. Cogan, W. H. F. Corbally, M. E. Greville, Colonel Greene, John Isl'Evoy, E. •• •• 18 members voted for Govern- Legh, Major Cornwall Boourfield, John Henry 'bars voted against Govern, M‘Mahon, P. M'Cann, J. O'Reilly, M. O'Donoghue, Tho O'Conor Don O'Ferrall, M Scully, V. Sullivan, M. Waldron, L. Total-48, The above are all Irish members, and, with the exception of Colonel Greville, itoman Catholics. No English or Scotch Liberal member voted against Government. Voted for Government—Liberals , .. 310 —Conservatives .. 5 —315 Voted against Government—Conservatives 9 79 1) 11 —Liberals .. 18 --257 Paired for Government—Liberals.. 9 Against—Conservatives 9 Absent—Liberals 9 Absent—Conservatives .. 15 Speaker .. .. ~ 1 Vacant—East Gloucester 1 SALISBUII.Y.—Much regret is expressed at the retirement from the representation of this city by Lieut.-Gen. Buckley. Be was deservedly popular, and not only attended to the interests of the town, but to the dis trict around. The general Wil3 for above 20 years equerry to her Majesty, and his father and mother, Mr. and Lady Georgians Buckley, were 4bout the courts of George DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JULY 11. The new Cabinet has been formed as follows : PresidelA of the Council M. de Bluhme. Minister of the Interior . M. Tillisch. Minister for War Lieut.•General Hansen. Minister for Marine Minister for Justice and Public Worship . .... Chamberlain Hoelzen. Minister of Finance.... Councillor David. Minister for Schleswig . Chamberlain johannsen. Count Moltke Nutchau and M. do Quaade are Ministers without portfolios. COPENGAGEN, JULY 11, 3.20 P.m. The President of the Council of the new Cabinet, M. de Bluhme, has also been entrusted with the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. It is asserted on good authority that M. de Quaade is about to proceed to Berlin. SPAIN. MADRID, JULY 11. The Spanish squadron destined for the Pacific will leave after the arrival of the Pacific) mail at at Southampton. The King will go to Paris in August, SWITZERLAND. BERNE, JULY 12. The Federal Assembly has elected M. Chalet• Venel, of Geneva,a member of the Federal Council, in place of M. Johatn Baptist Plods. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTLALIAN MAILS, The following telegram has been received at Mr, Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : The Euxine, with the above mails, arrived at Marseilles at 9 30 *.m. this day. The mails were to leave for London at 11 30 a.m. R 0 If' E. Letters from Rorae announce that the Pope will not return to the capital until the 3d September to hold a Consistory and to celebrate the beatification of a nun. Doubts are entertained as to whether Pius IX. will go to Porto d'Anzio, although his physicians strongly recommend him to do so, as ha dislikes the shores of that sea, formerly the resort of every one, but now deserted and abandoned. The family of the et-King of Naples has left Rome for Albano. A part of them, it is thought, will reside at Castelgandolfo, as the Pope dislikes being alone. FRANCE. Baron Maucler, Grand Chamberlain of. the King of Wurtemberg, has arrived in Pa:is to present, as already mentioned, the letters announcing his Ma jesty's accession to the throne. The Baron, accompanied by the Wurtemberg Minister, paid a visit on Saturday to M. Drouyn de Lhuys. General Viscount de Martimprey, Governor- General ad interim of Algeria, arrived yesterday morning in Paris. The Princess Clotilda is at present residing at the chateau of iiieudoit'; - where she will remain until after her confinement. The Princess Christine Canino Bonaparte, nee Ropeli, has left for Elux. , Bonnesi, for the benefit of her health. BOURSE, July 11.—The market has been more buoyant, and a fair amount of business transacted at an advance. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 25c. Mobilier have improved to 990 f. Railway Market firm, with highr a quotations for many of the lines. The marks closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 93 80 Malian Loan 6B 15 Do. end month.... Do. end month 6B 40 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 30 New Mexican .... 56 Credit Mobilier..... 985 Russian Do. end month —1 Austrian Bank Shares Spanish Threes 49 50 Credit Folieier ....1230. Ilome Debt Roman - Deferred 41 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans .. 870 8 7 5 Northern .... ... 967 50 .. 975 Lyons and Mediterranean 895 900 ditto ew ditto Scathern • • 610 .„ 645 -- Western Eastern Sardinian 352 5 0 .• .• Austrian ..... . Lombard .• • • North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to 1 3 arcelou4 247 •* fr U NO EL. A comm-"-cat - i 1 °n from Hanover of the 4th in the Indeperalance of Brussels, says :—" It is wel l known that the States co! 1 857,elected under the influence of the reactionary Cabinet of N. de B owies, voted a new chapter of finance int e nded to restore to the Crown its ancient indep en d ence and dignity. For that object the civil list was suppressed, and the greatest part of the domains wee© resto red to the Crown without any con t rol being reser ved to the States. Since that tine, the separa tion of the been the domains has constantly object of the attacks of the Liberal Opposition. The calcula tion has ben made that the revenues of the separated domains have exceed ed b y nearly per annum 300,000 thalers the estimate of the committee of 1857. The director of the csaelad ministration of theseparated n , h domains, has, it is ti true, disputed that _ut in a pamphlet written on the subject he has been obliged to confess that the separation had caused a loss to the Treasur y of nearly 120,000 he domains do thalers a o o r not t ho denyultra year ; only he has not that reactionary the l a of 1857 bearst the admitted that su c h a sum was large en ou g h to again light up the fi re o f constituti o nal discord. Even the Conservati ves w h o, in principle , defend the se paration of spirit of the period to which it owes its existen ce . Nevertheless th e ma j or ity of the financial committee of the present States is opposed to any proposition tending to a revision of the oaapter of finance. The minority of the committee—MAl. de Bennigson, Miguel, and Grumbrecht—would have thought the jr failed it th e i r duty if they had passed the question over in silence. In a moderate proposi tion they reccnamended the States to exact that the separation of th e domains should be revoked, or that at least the law o f 1857 s hould be modified in order that the courtry m i g ht be saved from considerable losses. The Ministers declared that the adoption of that proposition would be an attack on the exis tence of the Present Cabinet, and that statement made more than one deputy iraw back. Nevertheless, after a very animated di,itubsion, the proposition was approved of by .17 votes to 28. In the Chamber o! Nobles, oaly five or sio m embers spoke in favour of the motion, but n o ens wished to sanction the terms of it, and it wae, rejec t e d nnanimonsly. There ie reason to for esee that this conflict will not he arranged. B ut, i f t his lots of the Chamber of Deputies does not lead to a prompt result, it will at least exercise its moral effect." SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.—During the week ending th e 9 t h of July the visitors have been as follows :—O n M on day, Tuesday , and Saturday, free days, open fro m 10 a.m . to 10p m., 11 , 899 ; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, students' days (admission to the the first mannfec. tured in Macclesfi e ld, public 6d), op en f rom 10 a.m. till 6 p.m., 2,o4l—total, 13,940; from th e open ing of the Museum, 4 ,7 14 ,52:5, A specime n o f a lpaca cloth, has Ne,)2 ebown 1 the Dlarket-plece of tlaat town, a z .A. - riont; lizurjr! HER MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, July 1L The Queen, Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, and the Princess Victoria of Hesse, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leo pold, left Windsor Castle at ten minutes before four o'clock this afternoon for Osborne. In attendance were the Countess of Caledon, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Flora 'Macdonald, Mdlle. do Grancy, Lieut..General' the Hen. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, Captain von Westerweller, Mr Buff, Mr S;111, and the Master of the Household. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carmar then and Captain Grey, left the Castle this morn , ing for Marlborough House. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived at the Castle on Saturday, end left this morning. The Prince and Princess of Wales, THE DEATH OF THE CELEBRATED TRAVELLER AND NATURALIST JUN WITHIN, well known by his curious and important labours in the field of botany and ethnography, is announced. He started in life as a sur geon in the Frussian army. Condemned, in consequence of a duel, to be imprisoned for 20 years, he escaped after a few months, and became, first, a sanitary officer in the French army in Algiers. He then entered, in the same capacity, the Dutch service in Sonde, where he had col lected a vast quantity of materials for scientific works. He died at the age of 52 years. A letter from Archangel of the 22d June says : " Trade is very active here, and the wind having been favourable, a large number of vessels have arrived A forest of masts cover the whole port. The first ship that reached us was a Danish schooner from Liverpool in 30 days. More than 100 foreign ships hay. sliieo entered the port. From the North D wine, above 800 small vessels have come in, among the number being five steamers, of which two belong to the monastery of Solovetzky ; they convey a large number of pilgrims to visit the old convent, which has played so great a part in the war." The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree pre scribing the publication of the arrangement signed on the 24th ult. between France and Italy, for regulating the quarantine measures in the French and Italian ports in the Mediterranean. Another decree creates for holders of 3 per cent. rente nominative titles, provided with coupons of interest payable to bearer. Those titles will be exchanged for insoriptions to bearer when applied for. The Second Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, in its last sitting, discussed the question of the reconstitution of the Zollverein on the basis of the Franco-Prussian Treaty of Commerce, when 35 votes to 5 were given in favour of the adhesion to the treaty and of the maintenance of the Zollverein. The following motion was afterwards brought forward—" There is reason to re gret the hesitation of the Government and the injur why which has been already ca used b y it to the country," which was voted by 30 to 10. TRADE OF CARDIFF.—During the month of June 111,824 tons of coal, 15 , 418 ton s of iron, 1,733 tons of patent fuel, and 1,786 tons of coke were exported, against 106,996 tons of coal and 15,000 tons of iron in the previous month, being an increase of nearly 5,000 tons of coal and 41b tons of iron. The slight increase is attributed princi pally to the reopening of the West Bute Dock for traffic. The total number of ships engaged in the foreign trade was 348, being an increase of 65 on the previous month. The West India Islands, as usual, took the largest quantity of coal, no lees than 21,013 tons having been cleared for the West India ports. The East Indies and Chins took 7,521 tons, Italy 13,163 tons, Spain 16,319 tons, France 120rth,849 tons, the English co lonies 8,471 tons, Egypt and N Africa 6,945 tons, South America 5,762 tons, and North America 2,298 tons. A large coasting trade was also done and the imports art g raduall y in during the month , creasing. V IL LAGE MAY MEETINGS ,—There is a crowd outside and in the hou se. The band is thomping its big drum, and rending the air with its screams of agony in polka measure. The flags of the order are unfueled. The treasurers carry their wands, and sear their decora tions. The farm labourer who is a member of this club, appears with his brother members in a blue and white cot ton band over one shoulder, tie:l in a bunch of red ribbon under the other ; and the procession starts for church. In church, the regalia, as the trumpery is designated, is placed in a conspicuous position; it was once put upon the com munion-table. Morning Prayer is read by the curate, fol lowed by a sermon from the rector, who always receives, and generally accepts the invitation to dinner. Far be it from our purpose to write one word tending to lessen good influence among the rural poor. The sermon will be on the duty of bearing one another's burdens, of the strong help ing the weak, or charity and brotherly kindness will have been enforced, and so far well ; but we must not forget that the clergyman's assistance upon such occasions is, in the eyes of the members of the club , a visible sigh that L'eeir scheme has the approval of the Church. --Dickens' 6,,211 the Year Round." LONDON PAST AND PRESENT. ---A man need not be grey headed to remember London in the days of hackney-coaches, oil lamps, and Charlies. How slow and gloomy old London seems to the imagination, in contrast with the activity, order, and gassy effulgence of . our time. Then you might see about once in every five minutes an old-fashioned, stuffeeand creaky hackney-coach pitched high aloft, dangerously weak in the springs, and jolting over the stones of Cheaeside, with a heavy and swaying motion very perilous even to look at; the said coach driven by a dilapi dated Jarvis, wearing a smashed hat and a drab great coat wit h i n numerable ca p es, and drawn by two shambling, croo k-k n eed, broken -winded, spavined horses, hi g h in the b one and low in the flanks, and trotting stiftly, like wooden automata badly put together. You might see shops, too, with low, greenish looking glass windows, not kept too clean, exhibiting few goods for show, and having no prices ticketed; pavements sloppy with mud in winter and dusty in summer ; and in the evening an artificial illumination, maintained with little, round bottomed lamps, h o lding a vase for oil, and giving a sickly, yellow light, the smoky and flickering glimmer of which once suggested that the Russians who escorted the Cair to this country had been indulging in a surreptitious banquet from the contents of the vase. Should you be lying awa ke at ni ght, you migh t • hear a cry of " Stop thief 1 " or "Murder I" issuing from the dark corner opposite your house, followed by a quick pair of heels down the street, and the clatter of a rattle ; or if quiet reigned, and you were wondering what time it might be, your ears were gratified with the information from ancient Charlie, who, as he stumped past y our door, chimed { , half-past 12 o'cl oc k 1 "—City Press' Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and liabilities without publicity, by application £5 to Messrs. Marshal l payable by so li c itors of the Cou rt of Bankruptcy. Charges under , eas y instalments. Offic es — (established 1E30) , 12,1I atton -gardca. City troach -6, goer gge-atreet, Bant,77,A.Dvi. The Prince and Princess of Wales returned to Marlborough House yesterday morning, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Earl Spencer, Lieut.-General Knollys, and Captain Grey, went to the Clothworkers' Hall in the City, where his Royal Highness was enrolled a freeman of the company. Theirßoyal Highnesses afterwards took luncheon with the Master and Wardens of the company. The Prince of Wales rode to Wimbledon in the afternoon. The Prince and Princess of Wales went to the Italia Opera, Covent-garden, in the evening. Departure of her Majesty for Osborne. Yesterday afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, her Maj esty,accompanied by theirßoyal Highnesses Princess Helena, Louise, Alice of Hesse, and Bea trice, and Princes Louis of Hesse and Leopold, and attended by Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulph, Colonel the Hon. A. E. Hardinge, C. 8., Lieut. , General the Hon, C. Grey, Major-General F. H. G. Seymour , the Countess of Caledon, &c., left Windsor Castle for the Windsor station of the Great Western' Railway, en route for Osborne. Her Majesty and the various members of the Royal family drove from the Castle to the terminus in carriages drawn by white ponies. The Royal party on entering the station-yard drew np, and her Majesty, with the Princes and Princesses, were re* ceived by the official's of the Great Western Rail way, Mr. Tyrrell, the general superintendent ; Mr. Kelley, the divisional superintendent, and M.essrs. Rawlinson and Mathews, and conducted to the state saloons attached to a train of five other cat.' riages furnished for the occasion by the London and South-Western Railway Company. A large concourse of ladies and spectators had gathered together on the station platform, and to these, as her Majesty was stepping into the saloon. the Queen very graciously turned, bowed, and smiled in acknowledgment of their loyal greetings. Her Majesty was in mourning, and looked rather pale. Precisely at four o'clock the special started frorl the station (the lowering of the standard on th e round tower announcing the fact of the Queen's departure) on its way, under the charge of Messrs. Tagnell and Kelley, to Basingstoke junction, which was reached at 4.55 p.m. via Slough and Reading' At Basingstoke the care of the Royal train vis e transferred to Mr. Godson, the traffic soperiater dent of the South-Western Railway, who scare' panied the special to the Royal Clarence Victualiing.yard, Gosport, via Winchester and Bishopstoke. The Royal train arrived at Gosport about te l minutes past six o'clock, when the Queen and Royal family embarked on board the Fairy, and at once proceeded to Osborne, which would be reache d t about seven o'clock. EXPECTED VISIT OF VIE PILINCF. OF WALES T ° THE HIGHLANDS.—The Prince of Wales, it is understoo d, will come north, as he did last year, for the shooting, and will again occupy Abergeldie Castle. While in Scotlsad his Royal Highness, it is confidently expected, will vje it the Duke of Sutherland at Dunrobin Castle. The promis° was given last year, and there is every reason to iielieve it will be fulfilled.—lnverness Courier. PRINCE ALFRED.—The Aurora, which is to con: vey his Royal Highness Prince Alfred to Norway, arrived in the Firth of Forth on Sunday. Instead of proceeding t ° Leith Roads, as was anticipated, she made for Burntislan'' Roads, and cast anchor a little off the pier , almost alongsid° the French corvette Expeditivo , st ill l y i ng there. She Wu' remain at Burntisland till she is joined by his Royal WO' ness Prince Alfred. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of CO: bridge and Princess Mary honoured the Earl LIP' Countess of Malmesbury by their company at dinner 5.13513; terday evening, at their residence in Stratford-place. 1 Duchess and Princess, attended by Lady Geraldine Sorrier set and Capt. Ellis, arrived at eight o'clock. There we t° present to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Rieb e ° i lieu, the Marquis of Bland ford, the Earl and Countess Hardwicke, and Lady Agneta Yorke, the Earl of Anneslsif Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord Courtenay, the Dowager VI Truro, the Right Hon. Si r Robert an d Lady Emily and Mr W. Lytton. The Empress of Austria has left Kissinger t° return to Vienna. The Botschafter of Vienna announces that 1;-i r l William of Prussia will in a few days arrive in that cap it'' accompanied by Count de Bismarlirand General de ft teuffel. His Majesty will remain for five or six days Schconbrunn, The Grand Ducal Court of Baden left on t he 7th, to pass some time at Minau, on the Lako of 01. stance. His Excellency the Marquis de la Puente t ig - At the Marchioness do la Puente and family have arrive Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley•square, from Madrid. e 0 l The Earl and Countess of Belmore have - Brown's Hotel. o The Earl of Bantry has left Thomas's +.°- tel Berkeley-square, for Bantry Castle, Ireland. le ft Colonel and Lady Henrietta Ogilvy have Grafton. street for a tour in Switzerland. lot Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner, evening, the Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis and chioness of Cadore, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbutit ,4 count Torrington, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., i fi ot Dunkellin, M.P., Mr Bernal Osborne, Mr Gregory) 4, Alfred Seymour, Mrs Henry Baring, Mr H, Temple, of H. W. and Mrs Dudley Carleton, Mr G. Vivian, Par A ,4 Lady Dorothy NcTill, Mr calcratt, Mr George Russell, Mr Delane. Aiti r Sir George and Lady Musgrave, and Miss - grave have left Brown's Hotel for Eden Hall. o tt Sir W. Scott, Lady Sc ott, an d the Misses Pe-os h a ve left the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, for An ell edburgh. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL GARDENS.—The of Buccleuch's conversazione to the fellows of the i t tg, Horticultural Society will tak e pl ace to-morrow eveiv o f when their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince' l° io Wales will be present. The conservatory and arcade!' T. , be iiluminated. tt ) AFRICAN EXPLORATION.—News has at le"' e r been received f rom Khartum of that enterprising 0111°:01 Mr Samuel Baker. It will be recollected by all Nvb ° 0 1 interested in Nile discovery, that after the departnfe Captains Speke and Grant, Mr Baker started fo r the 01130 in search of the reported lake, Luta Nzige. His par t /o' now been mot with re turnin g to Gondckoro , a few V-01 march from that place, and as one of the swiftest vesseloof the river, placed at his disposal by tho generosity ci . . 0 1 P e th er ick, was waiting his ar r iva l a t Goudokoro, we_.,o. hope soon to hea r of his descendin g the Nile and cosy °' nicating the results of his journey. .„ 0 0 AN ENGINE-DRIVER KILLED.—On Sandal' of one of the trains was leaving the Hammersmith s tatie ° • the Hammersmith extension line, for Shepherd's BON . fatal accident occurred to the engine -driver of the t A fa'l o l named Nicholas Clarke. He was leaning over the S i ",1% 0 his engine, when his head struck a post on the line. bl o w knocked him from the engine close to a wail that the r uns beside tho railway. Ho fell between the wheels ol engine and train, and was cut to pieces. Clarke leaTes wife and two children. HEAVY COMPENSATION CASE.—THAMES BA.NKMENT. — Yesterday the case of " Gwynn° a' floe Metropolitan Loard of Works" was concluded after 00 0 days' proceedings. It was a compensation claim of ts",' e s' on account of th e em b an k men t at the bottom of P 6- i o es street, Strand. M r. G wynne , an engineer, had Prel:l3, near the Tonple-pier. After the case for the claim ant concluded the Assessor awarded £ll,OOO compcnot iQ teli FORLSTERS' FETE, LEICESTER.—There has a disgraceful riot, Mr. Coxwell, the aeronaut, was bru'veti mobbed, and Lis balloon burrAt, Several persons 115° injured, Christopher Tadpole. By Albert Smith. One Volume, Illustrated. W. Tegg. In the form of th;s capital reprint of the work, as a single volume, with all the famous old comical etchings by John Leech —Mr. Tegg has here placed within reach of the general public, Albert Smith's cleverest and funniest fiction, to wit Christopher Tadpole. Here they all are—those ridiculous incidents and fantastic personages—as ridiculous and as fantastic as any of the scenes and people jumbled together in the harlequinade of a Christmas pan tomime. The drollery is just as broad, as extrava gant, as noisy, as riotous, as that familiar to us in the harlequinade ! Reading Christcpher Tad p it is precisely as though we were watching the absurd doings of that ssapegrace of a clown with the chalk-whitened and vermillion-coloured cheeks—aided and abetted as he is by that hoary old sinner of a pantaloon, who always comes in for more kicks than halfpence, and for more drubbings than small change of any kind whatsoever. It is as if we followed their fortunes anew—now when greasing the doorstep of an irritable shop keeper—now when brandishing a red hot poker in pursuit of some of those ridiculous people who come on (generally arm in arm) for the express purpose of being thus pursued within one inch of their lives, or otherwise generally maltreated. The " life" is just es real—the "fun" as fast and furious —here in Albert Smith's chapters, as there before the winter footlights. Who that has read our poor dead and gone Jokemaster's narrative of the Life and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole—who that has ever glanced at John Leech's drawings in illus• tration of that narrative—but remembers (pretty nearly always upon the broad grin) the sayings and doings of the Sprouts, of the Gudges, of the black guard young baronet, of the good-natured and philosophic itinerant showman, of Mrs. Gudge's ascent of Mont Blanc, and of Mr. Gudge's laudable eagerness, when on the shores of the Adriatic, to discourse about " th© celebrated Dodge of Venice," et cetera! Those who care to read Albert Smith at his best, can hardly do better than provide them selves, to that end, with dais very edition of his Christopher Tadpole, a story floating conspicuously among the most radiant bubbles of the like kind cast up among contemporary specimens of the lightest of light literature, Barbara Bonze. By Margaret Blount. 3 vole Maxwell. The early chapters of this story induced us to form favourable expectations, which a further peru• sal very speedily dispelled, Barbara Home is a poor girl educated above her station by the mistaken kindness of a charitable lady. As a first step in her career of gentility, Barbara gives up a humble lover, who dies of grief. The scene at his death• bed is very powerfully sketched, and testifies the ability of the writer—an ability in this instance thrown away upon worthless materials. The story of Barbara possesses the worst characteristics of the sensational school. It is utterly regardless of pro• priety and of probability. The scene in which Bar bara having been deserted byher faithless" Captain," pays a visit to Mrs. Dame, and plotting revenge, dresses herself with elegance and hums a tune, and partakes of a luxurious breakfast, is about as ludicrous and improbable as is the grand poisoning scene at the finale which ends amid the blue lights of the melodrama.