The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-02 00:00:00

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Foreign Courts.

PARIS, August 31.
Prince Napoleon has again left Paris for Havre,
accompanied by the Princess Clotilda.
Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilda, the
Moniteur ac la Flotte states, are shortly to proceed
to Lisbon in their yacht the Jerome Napoleon.
Prince Labanoff, the Russian Ambassador at
Constantinople, who is now on leave of absence
from his post, has arrived in Paris.

The Chevalier Nigra, Italian Minister, is pre-
paring to quit Paris on leave of absence, for the
recovery of his health.
"We regret to announce," says the Menzorial
Diplonzatipe, "that the state of the King of Spain
causes serious uneasiness. The strength of the
august patient after he had undergone a very
painful operation has sensibly diminished, a
symptom the more alarming, that his Majesty's
constitution has never been robust."

BRUSSELS, August 31.

Prince Amadeus of Italy arrived in Brussels on
Sunday from Copenhagen. His royal highness
was accompanied by Count Montalto, by the Por-
tuguese Minister, and other high officials. The
prince will proceed to 03tend on a visit to the
Belgian royal family. He travels incognito under
the title of Count de Pallanza.

The Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Duke
and Duchess de Chartres, with a numerous suite,
have arrived in. Brussels from Ostend.

The Duke and Duchess di Fiano have left
Thomas's Hotel,.Berkeley-square, for Brussels.

The Duke of Marlborough has returned to Blen-
heim Palace, near Woodstock, from a c' uise in his yacht.
The Earl and Countess Fortescuo are passing the
season at Castle Hill, Devon, with their family. It is un•
derstood that the noble earl and countess purpose again to
pass the winter abroad.

The Countess (Frances) Waldegrave and Mr.
Chichester Fortescue, M.P., are expected to arrive in town
at filo close of the week from the countess's seat in Somer-
setshire, and will then leave for Dudbrcok, Essex.

Lord Blantyre, who has been on a visit to the
Duchess (Dow.) of Sutherland, at Stafford House, St.
James's, left yesterday for Erskine House, Renfrewshire,
N.B.

Lord John Hay has left town for Strathfieldsaye,
Rents, on a visit to the Duchess of Wellington.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has arrived at
Pen-maen-manr, Conway, from Hawarden Castle.
The Right Hun. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.,
arrived at his residence in Whitehall-gardens, yesterday,
from Switzerland,

MISS BRADDON, whose " Lady Audley's Secret "
and " Aurora Floyd " everybody knows, has just
addressed a characteristic note to a French writer who
asked for some particulars of her life • " Story I Lord
bless you I " she writes, " I have none to tell, sir I I have
not, like Aurora Floyd . . . nor like Lady Audley . •
although some of our critics on this side of the Channel
have declared that I would never have been capable of
speaking of . . . and of . . unless I had previously been
familiar with the way in which such crimes are committed.
I began my literary career with a little comedy entitled
The Loves of Arcadia,' which was played at the Strand
Theatre in 1860; next I wrote a volume of poems in 1861.
This comedy and this volume of poetry were followed
firstly, by the ' Trail of the Serpent;' 2dly, Lady Lisle ; '
third, The Captain of the Vulture ; ' fourth, Ralph the
Bailiff;' fifth, Lady Audley's Secret ; ' sixth, ' Aurora
Floyd ; ' all of which made their first appearance in peri-
odicals. Besides these novels, I have at the same time
edited a monthly review and a weekly review, and I wrote
anonymously a great many articles for the latter. lam
writing now, as you know, John Marchmont's Legacy,'
and 'Eleanor's Victory.' The former is publised in Temple
Bar, the latter in Once a Week. In enumerating the titles
of my books, I have given you the history of my life, at
least to the present date."
THE LIBRARIES OF CONSTANTINOPLE.—It ig

perhaps not generally known that the capital of
Turkey possesses a large number of public libraries, a
general catalogue of which is now being made. According
to an estimate which is considered reliable, the total num-
ber of manuscripts thus catalogued will exceed a million.
Unfortunately, however, many of these MSS. have been so
damaged by lying in heaps in damp cellars or worm-eaten
chests, as to be partially, and in some cases entirely illegible.
• '

It is also to be regetted that, until now, none of the tree-
sures of the early periods of Byzantine literature, which it
was hoped would be brought to light, have been found. It
has, on the contrary, been proved that all the works of those
times which are known to have existed have been ruthlessly
destroyed. The remaining works are consequently chiefly
in Arabic, or in other Semitic languages; but they form, on
the other hand, the richest collection of Oriental literature
in existence. Ahmet-Vafick-Effendi Subhi-Bey and other
Turkish men of letters have proposed that this inestimable
mass of literary treasures be collected in one building, so as
to render it accessible to students engaged in historical
researches, and there is every reason to believe that this
proposal will he adopted, notwithstanding the opposition it
has hitherto met with. The first step towards the forma-
tion of an imperial library has already been taken by placing
40,000 volumes of good works, in various European lan-
guages, and which belonged to 11- Hami-Pasha, in the Dar-
al-Fanoon, the budding of the University. Orders have
been given to increase this collection considerably, so as to
create a tolerably complete library for consultation, to which
the public will be freely admitted. Adding to such a col-
lection the MS. already mentioned, Constantinople would
be superior to any capital in a literary point of view, espe-
cially if by some lucky chance the plays of Menander, or
the lost books of Livy, or the remaining tragedies of
.IRschylus, were suddenly brought to light from amidst the
parchments now being so carefully examined.—Critic.
APPARITION OF THE LIVING.—Add now for an
apparition which had a definite and distinct pur-
pok.e. A solicitor, resident in the Isle of Wight, had busi-
ness at Southampton. He stayed at one of those hotels for
which the town of mail steamers is famous, and, after
dinner, he was looking over his law papers
while he sipped his port. He was aroused
from his foolscap and red tape by the
opening of a door ; his wife (whom he had
left at home in the Isle of Wight) entered, gazed at
him steadfastly, and passed out through the opposite door.
He naturally thought that it was a hallucination, and re-
sumed his reading, with a wondering smile at his own
weakness. But, within a quarter of an hour, the very same
thing occurred again; and there was on the counte-
nance of the spectre an imploring look which
a house, it a boatmw an
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struck take
by
ter-
rified him. He at once resolved to return home ; with
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ghastlyacross;
and
whensm e hedifficulty
alarmed look of the maid servant who opened the door.
This woman was so frightened by his unexpected return,
that she spontaneously confessed her intention to murder
her mistress, and her confession was confirmed by
tho fact she had concealed a carving-knife under
her pillow. This is a very perplexing case for
those who think • spectral phenomena can be philo-
sophically explained. Here you have the phantom of
a living person projected. entirely without that person's
consciousness. Let it be assumed that a person in extreme
peril can, by intense volition, act on the nervous system of
the universe, so as to influence his dearest friend : but here
the person whose likeness appeared was entirely devoid of
apprehension, while the servant, who alone knew what was
likely to happen, would naturally exert no volition towards
revealing it,—The Dublin University for September.
EXPLOSION OF THE IVIONROE DOCTRINE.—The
Emperor of the French, by the establishment of a
monarchy in Mexico which will be in alliance with the
Southern States and the British possessions in North
America, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
from the United States to the Pole, the germ of a mighty
monarchy—proves the nohsense of the Monroe doctrine.
In British America there is a population of whites nearly
as numerous as in the Confederate States, backed by the
greatest naval power in the world, with a coast which the
Federals can never blockade, so that if they only be true to
themselves, they need not fear Mr. Seward's cry of " On to
Canada." England can man the fortresses and supply
them wi•h arms, ammunition, and ships, but for the defence
of their country they must rely on their own resources—
their volunteers and militia. Our Government should see
that a sufficient supply of artillery and stores will be rent
out, with a dozen or two of our idle gunboats, which can lie
in the Ottowa, the St. Charles, under the citadel of Quebec,
and Halifae-, ready on the first open water to enter the
lakes—the canals parsing vessels 140 feet long, and 26
wide, with a draught of 91 feet—and this should be done
before winter sets in. Let thy; Canadians then remember
Cromwell's address—" Put your trust in God, and keep
your powder dry." As to a threat of war, if steamers are
permitted to leave our shores, it is " Buncomb"—a Vex
et preterea nihil." Let England no longer be troubled, but
act as she did in the Trent affair and Were will be no war,
but let her yield in dishonour, and we drift into war.—'
(Front a Col respondent,)

A MONUMENT TO SHANSPERE AT OUR ANTI-
roDEs i--Our Australian cousins—at least those of Nel-
bourne—are, we learn, preparing to do honour to the
memory of Shakspere. The Age, of that city, says—" The
clay model of a colossal statue of Shakspere has been esc'
cuted by Mr. Charles Summers. It is proposed to erect
the statue, in Pronze, in front of the public library.''