The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-13 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1863.

Occasionally some event of second-rate import-
some incident occurring in the bye-ways of
history, possesses an interest not always excited by
matters of far greater significance. Such an inci-
dent took place on Thursday in the marriage of the
Due DE CHARTRES with the daughter of the Prince

DE JOIN VILLE. It was a marriage possessing no
political influence whatever—the marriage of two
cousins, grand-children of a deposed sovereign and
heirs of a nominal royalty—a marriage of affection,
differing wldely from those unions of political
expediency so cunningly contrived and so remorse-
lessly carried out by Louis PHILIPPE. The private
virtues and the domestic affections of the ORLEANS
family have long endeared them deservedly to all,
and an event so associated with the hopes and
happiness of many individuals of that family
possesses on that account some claim upon our
sympathy. Tne great interest of the day, however,
was due to the presence of the ex-Queen MARIE
AMELIE. It was her voice, faint and feeble with
years and sorrows, that gave at the banquet the
health of the young Bride and Bridegroom.
It was her venerab.e hand trembling with emotion
that raised the first glass " a la sante du Duc et d-
la Duchesse de CHARTRES." Round the table
were assembled her children and her grand-
children and with these the English Princes
and Princesses, together with members of many
othe:e Royal houses collected to do honour to
private worth and public misfortunes. To one
and all the aged lady, sacred by her sufferings, and
sanctified by her virtues, was an object of supreme
and especial veneration. Only one opinidn, either
in this country or in that where she once reigned
as a Sovereign, has been invariably entertained of
MARIE AMELIE. Like our own QUEEN, she has
exhibited in a most conspicuous manner how rank
may be exalted and even Royalty ennobled by in-
dividual excellence and domestic virtue.
"Honour and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part, there all the honour lies."

So sung the poet-philosopher, and s.-) attests the
experience of all ages. Ftir eighteen years the
consort of Louis PHILIPPE shared the dignities and
dangers of his vacillating throne. For eighteen
sears the diadem and the purple, the sceptre
and
the mine, were her appanage, and a crowd of
courtiers
in
thethen—
even plenitude of her power, she ranked
higher as a \\roma,
nion differed w„h regard as a Queen. Public opi-
gard
gained applause,
LOUIS PHILIPPE. At
times his astuteness
never
dissimulation excitkd gust ; but with regard to
applause, and again his
his Queen, opinion
reOne unanimous
tribute of respectful hernae,,d.
awarded to her. Now for fifteene
years unceasingly
yea„ she has
lived in exile, and the crown and the throne hate
lased away. Her hair is now white with age
and
but still the same homa-gad
her steps are feeble,
admiration—to the credit of human nature be it
said.—the same homage and respect that surrounded
her at the Tuileries have followed her ever since.
They are, as they have always been, elicited, not
by her position, but by herself—the tribute not to
her royal rank, but to her Christian virtues. Well
might the Bishop of SOUTHWARK, in his im-
pressive address to the bridal pair, exhort
them to emulate the example of their venerable
relative—thrice venerable in age, in sorrow, and
in virtue. The women of the present age are happy
in their instructors. We do not allude to those
laud-tongued champions of female rights who some
few years back were turning the heads of our fair
countrywomen. Queen VICTORIA on her Throne,
and Queen AIA.RIE AMELIE in her exile, have
taught a better lesson' and the hearts of the people
have responded to it. No despotic Sovereign of

F olden days was ever the object of such tender sym-
pathy and such loyal emotion, as was our widowed
QUEEN, when she stood by her husband's statue at
Kensington; or, again, as Queen MARIE AMELIE,
when in the midst of her exiled family she raised
her voice to invoke blessings on her newly-married
grandchildren. Regarded with these sentiments,
suggesting these reflections, the Royal ceremony at
Kingston and the breakfast banquet at Claremont
—that abode of tender memories and blighted
aspirations—is invested with a particular interest,
and will be regarded with very general sympathy.

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE nas shown his usual good
sense in deciding upon the necessity of investigation
in the case of Sergeant-Major LILLEY. Lord PAL-
MERSTON last night stated to the House that " his
Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief had ar-
rived at the conclusion that there were circumstances
connected with the arrest of Sergeant-Major LILLEY
which would render it justifiable, and which re-
quired that the course taken by Colonel CRAWLEY
in the transaction should be submitted to a court-
martial." Lord PALMERSTON therefore requested
that Mr. CONINGHAM would not pursue his original
intention of calling the attention of the House to
the affair, and especially to the memorandum
of the Commander-in-Chief. This was a
reasonable request enough on the part of the
noble lord, since nothing that ensued from
the discussion of the question in detail would
further the ends of justice so much as the
proper military tribunal taking cognisance of
the affair. If half what has been reported to have
taken place in this affair is proved true, or any of
the motives alleged to have been the mainspring of
Colonel CRAWLEY'S conduct have actuated him, and
can be proved to have done so, it is scarcely possible
to credit that any court-martial will stultify itself
by pronouncing such a man innocent. Putting
aside the notion that the members of
the court wish for justice to be done, the
pressure of public opinion will enforce attention
and respect. It is to be regretted that Mr. CONING-
HAM, like many wiser men before him, spoiled a.
good cause by his precipitancy and undue warmth.
It is all very right to take up the cause of the op-
pressed, and to vindicate the character of those de-
parted, who have been ill-treated and maligned,
but no important services can ever be rendered to
others until we can exercise a perfect self-control
over ourselves. Mr. CONINGHAM created great con-
fusion by his remarks, which were vehement
in the extreme, and as ill-timed as they were
uncalled for. He said that the Commander-in-
Chief of the British army was deeply and gravely
implicated, as well as were many other officers.
The fact is, Mr. CONINGHAM did not rest satis-
fied with the intelligence that the original
culprit was to be brought to trial. He thought
that there was a grand opportunity for a dis-
play in satirizing the conduct and condemning the
decisions of all engaged in this painful transaction.
Like all persons who act under excitement, he wan-
dered from his original purpose. He set out pro-
fessedly with the intention of bringing Colonel
CRAWLEY to justice, but he would not allow the
subject to drop when he found that there was a chance
of his wish being fulfilled. Of course no result was
obtained by this angry discussion. Lord PALMERSTON
again made a few remarks, in which he very properly
animadverted upon the strange language of the
hon. member for Brighton. The noble lord stated
that Mr. CONINGHAM stood up for justice, but that
"he himself had been guilty of the grossest injus-
tice in launching out into abuse and condemnation
of the Commander-in-Chief without the slightest
ground or reason," The noble lord concluded his
remarks by stating that the " Duke of CAMBRIDG E
stands too high in the estimation of the country and
of the army for the admirable attention which he
has paid to the interests of the service, and the
justice with which he has acted in all that concerns
the conduct of the army, to have his character or
reputation in the 'east degree affected by the cen-
sures of my hon. friend the member for Brighton;
but I felt that I should not have performed my duty
if I had not animadverted upon the course which
my hon. friend has thought fit to take. I can assure
him that I regret very much that expressions have
fallen from him which will do no discredit to his
royal highness, against whom they are directed,
but will not do much credit to him in the opinion
of a discerning and just public." The Marquis of
HARTINGTON explained to Mr. CONINGHAM that he
had no right to blame his Royal Highness concern-
ing Paymaster SMALES, since that matter was never
brought under the consideration of head-quarters
at home; lit rested solely with the Commander-in-
Chief in India. It is very satisfactory to find that
some decisive course is to be adopted in regard to
Colonel CRAWLEY, and the public generally who
have read of his conduct with horror and indigna-
tion will not coincide with the views of Mr.
CONINGHAM, who appealed to Lord PALMERSTON
not to make him a scapegoat. It is a misapplica-
tion of the word to apply it to a man so circum-
stanced; and if, as Mr.CONINGHAM added,others acted
discreditably, it was because they tried to screen
and shelter the Colonel. If he is brought to justice,
disgrace will attach itself to them without all the
violent measures being adopted that alone satisfies
some enthusiasts for reform in high places. It is
not for a moment to be tolerated that conduct such
as Colonel CRAWLEY'S has been, should be allowed to
be slurred over. The character of the British army
would not suffer it, and the honour of the country
would be compromised if injustice and oppression
were condoned by silence.

It is not surprising that the Indian mail should
bring us intelligence of the favourable reception
universally accorded to Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN'S
Government. A wise and liberal administration
can do so much in India, and our administrators,
with a few happy exceptions, have hitherto done so
little, that it must be with almost as much surprise
as gratification that the new financial system is re-
garded there. Yet Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN, with
a modesty which contrasts somewhat curiously
with the presumptuous self-complacency of less able
men, denies that the credit is due to his labours
alone. He is merely completing the Ns ork begun
before him, and feels honoured by being permitted
to carry out the reforms projected by Mr. WILSON
and Mr. LAING. His countrymen, while readily
conceding to these gentlemen the honour due to
their public services, will not the less accord their
approbation to the financier who is so ably fulfilling
such arduous duties. The enlightened and liberal
pint with which Sir CHARLES is dealing with the
great
inuehsitai question
financial i a public
administration.
is
alnprostmriiknientio•t
contrast to the contracted and short-sighted policy
°
p
which has for so long placed every impediment in
the way
rise
CHARLES TREVELYAN looks to these as his principal
agents in the work of reform
an
progress. That
doing is, proved b
rapid effects of European mane
gement and nly the
he is not mistaken in so
in the limited districts where it hasobne:
allowed free scope. The valley of Cachar-
is now, it is said, owned almost entirely
by English settlers under Lord CANNING'S waste
land regulations. The native pope:ation of the
district, who were heretofore engaged in san-
guinary wars, are now transformed into thriving
labonrers—their interests centred .n their new

employment, and thus a district which before the
mutiny 'was utterly profitless in point of revenue,
and a people who were worse than useless to the
State, are happily transformed into a smiling
valley of peace and plenty. It is strange that,
with such facts before their eyes, men are still
found to uphold the old method of dealing with
the land, which throws endless obstacles in the
very road which it is the interest of the State
to make as smooth and attractive as possible.
The result is that, in Madras, four-fifths of the
land is wild, thanks to the restrictions which
virtually prohibit its sale. The returns of public
works are no less satisfactory, although from the
absence of distinct and separate returns, the large
profits made by some of them are not immediately
perceptible. The Godavery irrigation canals have
brought in large and rapid profits in addition to
the incalculable blessing they have proved to the
neighbourhood. There is reason to hope that the
important work of irrigation, hitherto so grievously
neglected, will henceforth receive fitting attention.
Sir ARTHUR COTTON, the able engineer who has
done good service by his hydraulic works in the
Presidency of Madras, has recently delivered a
lecture at the Bengal Chamber of Commerce
on Indian Works of Irrigation, prior to his
return to this country. He accuses the
Government of marring the effect of great national
undertakings by a false and misplaced economy,
but is nevertheless sanguine as to what may be
done by means cf hydraulic works in India. He
is partially eugaged in an extensive scheme which
will probably change the whole face of the district
in which it is carried out. The original idea belongs
to Major DICKENS, but Sir A. COTTON has assisted
in the development of the project which is to extend
a canal for 170 miles from the waters of the Soane
to Allahabad. By another part of the scheme he
would undertake to irrigate 2,250,000 acres, as well
as send an ample supply of good water to Calcutta,
thus giving the City of Palaces a commodity of
which it stands greatly in need. The water would
be raised to a pressure of 100 feet, by which means
the highest houses would be supplied. Another
scheme undertakes to water the whole area from
Robilcund to the Ganges, which would be also the
means of bringing to the great centres of trade and
commerce the produce of remote though fertile dis-
tricts. The contract for the first scheme we have
mentioned, "the Behar project," between Govern-
ment and the company, has been modified and ap-
proved of by the Secretary of State, and is now in
the hands of the Governor-General. Thus by the
introduction of some of that marvellous spirit of
enterprise and adaptation, which is so conspicuous
a feature of our race, the waste and barren districts
of India are likely to be transformed into
fertile and profitable lands, while the natural
resources of that magnificent country are to be
made available to supply its own deficiencies. The
outlying districts of our vast empire will
thus be brought into communication with each
other. While an extended system of irrigation
fertilises the parched and neglected soil, the open-
ing of railways and canals will connect in one un-
broken chain the most distant and outlying cities
and provinces with the chief seats of native and
European industry. The easy and inexpensive
means of transmitting goods, whether raw material
or manufactured commodities, which is offered by an
extended canal system, will be as beneficial to the
internal trade of India, as the rapid communication
facilitated by railways will be advantageous to her
social development. Had such works been under-
taken ten or fifteen years ago the mutiny would
scarcely have been possible, or, having broken out,
it would have been repressed with comparative ease
and rapidity. In the various indications of improv-
ing trade and brightening commercial prospects we
see the dawn of a better day for India, a dawn slow
in its appearance and tardy in its progress, thanks
partially to ourselves. The great secret of success
is to put the right men at the head of Indian
affairs—men with enough experience of the past
to comprehend thoroughly the peculiarities and
difficulties of the situation, and enough perception
of the future to shake off the fetters cf old routine,
and boldly inaugurate a legislative system adapted
to the requirements of the age and to the develop-
ment of the yet uncalculated resources of India
and her people.

CARDIGAN v. CALTHORPE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—I have read with admiration your noble
article in The Sun of /ad night on the above
trial. A member of the Army and Navy Club,
of which the Hon. Colonel Calthorpe is a mem-
ber, has shown me an extract from the 4th
clause of the rules which govern that club, which
sets forth as follows :—"lf the conduct of any
member, in or out of the club, shall be considered,
in the opinion of any 56 members, to be unbe-
coming the character of a nobleman and a gentle-
man, he shall be called upon to resign." Allow
me to ask, through the columns of your inestimable
journal, do the members of that noble club intend
to allow any man pronounced by the Chief Justice
of England of having been guilty of publishing
an unfounded libel, impugning the honour and
character, as well as the courage, of an officer of
high standing, to remain an hour longer a mem-
ber of their society? For the honour of the profes-
sion, let us hope not.—Yourp, &C.,
London, June 11, 1863.

AN OBSERVER.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE
WEEK.—Mor day —Asiatic, at 3d. Architects, a!
8. Tuesday—Ethnological, at 8. Statistical, at 8,
" Dietaries of Prisoners," Dr. Guy. Wednesday—Horti-
cultural, at 1, Great Exhibition. Meterological, at 7,
Meteorology of Years 1855 to 1862," Mr. Glaisher; "Hurri-
cane of May, 1862," Mr. E. J. Lowe; " Theory of Vapour,"
Mr. J. C. Bloxam. Geological, at 8, " Sand: tones of Cro-
marty and Reptilian Footprints," Dr. Gordon and Rev. J.
M. Joass ; "tertiary Shells, Jamaica," Mr. Moore; "New
Fossil Thecidium," Mr. Macdonald; "Sandstones and
Shales of (Mites of Scarborough," Mr. Lekenby ; "Am-
monites of Cambridge Greensard," Mr. Seeley; "Geology
and Mineralogy, Borreo," M. Groot. Thursday—Numis-
matic, at 7, annual. Chemical, at 8, " Electroll tic Action"
Mr. Abel; " lodide of lodammonium," Dr. Guthrie. Lin-
nean, at 8, "Relations of Tanalia," &c., Mr. Blanford ;
" British Fungi," Mr. Currey ; " Botanical Collections of
Dr. Lyall ;" " Anisostichium, new Genus of Muni," Mr.
Mitten. Antiquaries, at half past 8, "Recent Discovery
of Human Remains at Pompeii," M. Goldschroidt ;
" Cranoge, rear Baillieborough, county Cavan," Profes-
sor Harkness. Royal, at half-past 8. Friday—Philo-
logical, at 8, " Keltic Races of England," Rev. J.Davies,
Saturday—Horticultural, promenade. Society of Arts, at
8, annual dinner —Athenceum.

THE OXFORD MUSIC HALL.—We perceive the
announcement that" the celebrated Miss Ellison
will re-appear at the Oxford Music-hall on Monday next in
Auber's comic opera of "La Circassienne." Miss Ellison
(better known professionally as Miss Ernst), has already
sung for one night at the Oxford since her temporary
secession from that establishment ; and her rentree will bo
hailed with satisiaction by the lovers of pure vocalisation.
Miss Ernst excels in florid singing—one of her most legiti-
mate triumphs at the Oxford having been her facile and
artistic rendering of the " Shadow Song" in the admirable
selection from " Dinorah." She is not less successful in
the light and sparkling music of " La Cirr.assionne."
THE SERPENTS OF THE ATMEIDAN.—TheJournaI
tie Constantinople states that Dr. Dethier has sent
to the National Exhibition there a model for the restoration
th thee arl. p
of the famous serpentine column standing in the Aaneidan,
Pala-
tine Lesitsiwnselrkie
in the Turkish capital. In 1473 Mahomet IL, to show his
dexteritye
serpents,
with
leaving
nsga sabre, struck sottrhuecrk
uninjured,
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do
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all
the Museum mode St. jaw
of
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serpents
sby w the efoautnt attendants dbayn:si of Count Cososuantit
, the Polish Ambassador. In 1848 the upper
the Allies mode ezeitve:tilo.nrs
sifror building,]uriu gantdhe war
rof depositedthbye
Crimea
mimeina
digging foundation while
vvhich laid bare the inscription
Dethier's model is a skilful re-
recorded by Plutaxch.
production of the column 1,4 its original form,