The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-22 00:00:00

THE SON. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1863.

FINE ARTS,

A superb painting, from the life, by T. J. Barker, Esq.
K.L.H., entitled " The Intellect and Valour of Great
Britain," is now on view at the Gallery of Messrs. Hayward
and Leggatt, 79, Cornhill, previous to its reproduction in
the form of a steel-plate engraving. Although but one pic-
ture four mast important subjects have been dealt with in
a manner perfectly astonishing, and, combined, they form
one of the most successful efforts ever placed on canvas.
The centre of the painting is occupied by Mr. Cobden,
Lord Palmerston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and Earl Russell discussing the terms of the Com-
mercial Treaty with France, and Sir David Brewster
explaining the principles of the Lenticular Stereo-
scope to a group of scientific celebrities. To the left
Admiral Lord Dundonald is seen proposing his plan for the
destruction of the Russian ports, and on the right Sir Wm.
Armstrong explaining the eonstruction of his famous can-
non to the heroes of Lucknow, Delhi, and China; thus we
have a gathering of no less than forty portraits of the most
eminent men of the present age, forming a souvenir of
lasting value. The Premier is hit off with wonderful effect,
so also is the Earl of Derby, Lord Brougham, the late Lords
Lyndhurst, Clyde, and Dundonald—Mr. Gladstone, Mr.
Disraeli, and Mr. Cobden, Sir Wm. Armstrong, General
Wilson, the Earl of Elgin, in fact the whole celebrities are
so recognisable that the key-plate is rendered entirely un-
necessary. As a work of art it ranks amongst the very
highest specimens. The tone, arrangement, and effect of
the whole is faultless—therefore, were whole columns
written in praise of the picture, no other result could be
arrived at. We have to compliment all engaged in the pro-
duction of the work, and cordially recommend all lovers of
the fine arts to view a picturo that represents the true
nobility of a people.

INDIANS OF LOWER CANADA.—WO have known
for some time that the Indians of Caughnawaga
have been desirous of obtaining the services of a teacher for
their children, but it is not a French school they want
They say, very truly, that the business of the country is
done in English ; the persons who employ them as pilots
or otherwise speak English, and it is English they wish
their children to learn. They feel very dissatisfied with
the state of ignorance and tutelage in which they are kept
by the priest set over them by the Church of Rome, and
earnestly desire an English teacher. We were not, how-
ever, aware till now that the same feeling prevails among
Indians elsewhere, but we are informed that a similar wish
and similar arguments in support of it are expressed by the
Indians of Green Island, below Riviere du Loup, and the
Indians of Gaspe. Will no church or missionary society
undertake the duty of sending English teachers to these
three Indian settlements f--Montreal Witness.
M. DESMAREST AND MR. WARD BEECHER.—
The allusions to France in the course of Mr. Henry
Ward Beecher's speech at Edinburgh, which, as was stated
at the time, caused considerable pain to M. Desmarest, and
other French gentlemen who were present, induced the
chairman to write to that gentleman, sending him the
newspaper reports of the whole proceedings, and express-
ing his opinion that no offence was intended, and that
an ample explanation and assurance to that effect had
been given by Mr, Beecher. To this letter a reply has
been received, in which M. Desmarest says :—" If I had
not been obliged to leave the room, and, at a later hour,
to depart by the night train to return to France, fot
fulfilling a duty which could not be postponed, I would
certainly have remained in the audience till after Mr.
Warn Beecher's most eloquent speech, and then claimed
from your impartiality as chairman the permission of
adding a few words, My object in doing so would have
been twofold —to testify our national detestation of
slavery, and to protest against the allusion made
to long-continued but long-forgotten hostilities be-
tween France and England ; and I am sufficiently
aware of the true liberality of a British public to
know that the expression of my thoughts on that occasion
would have met with a favourable welcome from the nume-
rous assembly over which you presided. You were perfectly
right in understanding that if the above-mentioned allusion
had caused me a moment of displeasure, it was not
national
all
through a personal feeling of vanity, or even of
pride. My country has acted her part in the great movements
of the old and new world, so that she can bear and defy any
individual appreciation ; but in my opinion, all the old
hatreds between nations ought to sleep in the mute grave of
history, with their triumphs and their falls ; and that it
is now our duty, iri,t modern times, to look forward and
contribute to the progress of peace
man appreciates morel do theand strong civilisation.
s yrri p a sympathy
thanll
which exists in England for the abolition of slavery; but
France has given to that noble cause sufficient tokens of
her interest in the past, and can render it in the future
such services, that all worthy supporters of this liberal
programme might be expected to avoid any occasion of
hurting the feelings of a generous and enthusiastic na-
tion. The high-spirited and handsome manner in which
Mr. Beecher, after your firm and courteous observations,
withdrew his words and explained his intention, has touched
me to the very heart. I regret I was not there to return
thanks to him. The resolution he has taken not to mention
it again in the course of hie most able and most admirable
addresses, is the proof of a noble heart and devoted mind;
and I concur in it with gratitude, as being in a sort of com-
munion with him in the anti-slavery cause."
Ha! ha! ha! The Earthquake has stirred up the bile of
the fenny-a-liners, who love dearly to abuse Zsdkiel. It
came, as predicted, close upon the conjuncticn of the Sun,
Saturn and Mars, which occurs only ones in a century.
ZaclkieVO Alma= for 3..04 now Qll tale. Q. Berger, youicm.

THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND.

BALMORAL, Oct, 20.

The Qaeen, accompanied by Princess Louis of
Hesse, and attended by Lady Churchill, went out
yesterday morning.
In the afternoon the Quren, accompanied by the
Crown Princess of Prussia and Princess Louis of
Hesse, drove by Castleton round the Lion's face.

Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended
by Lady Churchill, rode to Inverceuld.

The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia dined
with the Queen.

Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone,
left the Castle yesterday morning for Edinburgh,
on a visit to Prince Alfred, and will proceed this
day to Blackheath.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

SANDRINGHAM, Oct. 21.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, his
Royal Highness the Prince Christian of Denmark,
with Captain Grey, Dr. Holtzman, Colonel Clifton,
and Captain Castenehjold, have Leen partridge
shooting this morning, on the Wolferton side of the
estate.

The Princess of Wales, the Princess Christian, and
the Princess Dagmar, attended by the Countess
Reventlow and the Ron. Mrs. Gray, proceeded to
Lynn yesterday afternoon, the Princess of Wales
driving a pair of greys. As it wai, the chief market
day, and as the town was unusually fall, some ex-
citement prevailed. The Princess of Wales was
soon recognised, and received repeated marks of
respect on all hands. The weather was very fine,
and the town presented a very busy appearance.
The Countess of Morton arrived at Sandringham
yesterday to attend upon the Princess of Wales as
lady in waiting.

PRINCE ALFRED IN GLASGOW.—Prince Alfred
arrived in Glasgow on Tuesday by the 9.20 a.m.
train. He was accompanied by Prince William of Hesse,
and was received at the railway station by the Lord Provost
and Dr. Strang, city chamberlain. The Prince at once pro-
ceeded with his party to the cathedral, and in passing
through the interior he seemed to regard with much in-
terest the architectural grandeur of the building. From
thence he drove to an iron forge and a steam-loom factory
in the east end of the city, over which he was shown. Ha
afterwards visited the extensive printworks of Messrs.
Crum, at Thornliebank, distant a few miles to the south of
the city; Messrs. Dixon's bar-iron works at Govan;
Messrs. Napier's shipbuilding yard ; and lastly, the Royal
Exchange, where he was warmly greeted by a large con-
course of spectators. The Princes signed their names in
the visitors' book, and afterwards drove to the residence of
the Lord Provost, where they dined. The party left for
Edinburgh by the last train in the evening.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Colonel Home
Purves, arrived at Dover yesterday evening in the Breeze.
Their royal Highnesses dined at the Lord Warden Hotel,
and afterwards left for Cambridge Cottage, Kew, whence
they will proceed to Brighton during the week after next.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
will prolong his visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales
at Sandringham, until Saturday next,

The Duke of Rutland, we are given to under-
stand, will shortly take his departure for the East. The
noble duke goes abroad for the benefit of his health, and,
it is said, is likely to be absent six months.

The marriage of Lady Violet Graham, second
daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, with Mr.
Greville, son of Colonel and Lady Rose Greville, which was
expected to take place next month, is delayed for a few
weeks.

Lady Molesworth has left Pencarrow, Cornwall,
on a tour of visits in Yorkshire. •

The Dowager Lady Lilford and the Hon. Mrs.
Burroughes have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper
Norwood.

The Countess of Ashburnham gave birth to a son
yesterday at Ashburnham House, Dover-street.
Lord and Lady Bagot have arrived in Paris from
Biarritz.

The Earl Brownlow, accompanied by Lady
Marian Alford, will leave England about the 7th proximo,
for Madeira. His lordship's steam-yicht is being fitted out
tor the voyage. It is expected that the noble earl will nut
return home until the month of May.
The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon are about
t 3 entertain a succession of visitors at Highclere Park.
The Duchess of Montrose and Lady Violet
Graham are expected at the family residence in Belgrave.
quare in a day or so, from Buchanan Castle, N.B.

It is understood that the marriage of the Marquis
of Tullibardine, only son of the Duke of Atiiole, with
Louisa, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, Bart., is
fixed to take place on Thursday next. The mnrih ge is to
be celebrated in St. John's Episcopal Chapel, Perth; and
in consequence of the unfortunate state of the Duke of
Athole's health, no public rejoicings will take place.

THE FUNERAL OF MARSHAL D'ORNANO.-1 no
interior of the church of the Invalides was hung
with black, and in various places displayed escutcheons
bearing the initials of the deceased and the names of
the different battles in which he had distinguished him-
self. On the outside of the Hotel, eight battalions of
the Imperial Guard and of the line, three squadrons
of cavalry, and two batteries of artillery, commanded by
Gen. Sonmain, were drawn up to pay the usual military
honours, while in the inside that duty was confided to the
old soldiers of the hotel. A magnificent catafalque was
erected in the nave of the
,church, and fauteuils and
benches were arranged in the choir for the ac-
commodation of the persons who had been invited to
attend. Ladies in black occupied the galleries. The
other parts of the church were densely thronged. The fune-
ral service was performed by the Abbe LargentiOre, Cure
of the Invalides, the Archbishop of Pe ris giving the
absolution. After the service the body, carried by
twelve sub-officers, was placed on a funeral car drawn
by six horses. Oa the right were Marshals Vaillant
and Regnault de Saint-Jean-d'Angely, and o,a the left
Marshal Magnan and General Schram. The hearse pro-
ceeded towards the outer gate of the Hotel, preceded by
the soldiers of the Invalides and the whole of the
clergy. Behind came the charger of the late Marshal, fol-
lowed by two officials carrying, on black velvet cushions,
one the baton of the Marshal, and the other the insignia of
his various orders. Count Rudolphe d'Ornano, son of the
Marshal, Count Walewski, his son-in-law by a first mare
riage, and Prince Poniatowski followed; next, Gen. Waa-
bert de Geniis and Count de Toulongeon, aides-de-camp to.
the Emperor; the Marquis de Chaumont representing his
Majesty, and Col. de Franconniere representing Prince Na-
poleon. Afterwards came the Marshals, Admiral Remain-
Desfosses, the Ministers. members of the great bodies of
the State, the diplomatic body, &c. On arriving in front of
of the outer gate the car stopped, when the body was sa-
luted by a discharge of cannon, a previous salute having
been fired at the commencement of the ceremony. All the
troops assembled filed off before the body of the deceased.
The hearse then returned into tho hotel, and the body was
deposited in a vault in the church.
The subjoined is from an Athens letter of the
10th—“ Rejoicings took place here three days back
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Athens on days of public festivity for every man who has
a gun to amuse himself throughout the day firing it off;
there are consequently always some victims to this barbarous
diversion. On the present occasion three persons were killed.
and five wounded ; this was, however, little compared with
the usual number of accidents on similar occasions. In
the evening all the public buildings and the principal
houses were illuminated—some even with gas. The majority
of the new cafes have adopted as a sign the ' City of Copen-
hagen,' or some combination of words in which 'Denmark'
or the name of one of the principal Danish town occur.
They hope by this means to conciliate the favour of the
new regime. The misterial crisis is almost terminated ;we
shall keep the mystery as it is until the arrival of the King.
In yesterday's sitting of the national assembly, M. Saripulo
proposed to publish the names of all persons debtors to tho
State, with the amount of their debts, which reach a total
of about 100,000,0001 r. As almost all the representatives
are indebted to the country, this motion raised such a storm
that there was no means of coming, to an understanding,
and nothing was decided on. A proposal to send for the
corps of artillery and cavalry now at Argos, on the occa-
sion of the arrival of the King, met with the same fate. A
representative, whose name 1 forget, declared on that sub-
ject that whether the Assembly gave or withheld its consent;
was of little importance, as the troops who are not in the
capital are resolved to act without that permission, and will
come to Athens on that occasion at all hazards."

TIIE NEW PEERAGE.—Wo understand that the
title now thought of by Sir Wm. Somerville is
not Colville, hut Delvin—a choice which is scarcely more
free from difficulty than the former. The difficulty in this
case would be of Irish not Scotch origin, inasmuch as the
barony of Delvin has been used as the courtesy title of the
Marquisate of Westmeath, and is, we believe, actually in
abeyance among the representatives of the fourth Earl of
Westmeath. That nobleman having been outlawed in
1691, the abeyance of the Barony of Delvin lies between
the families of French, of French Park, Birmingham, and
Costello, descendants of his eldest daughter, Lady Mary
and the Talbots, of Malahide, descendants of her sister,
Lady Catherine Nugent,—,Deiblin Erening Nail.