The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-12 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

By the Overland, Mail we have advices from the
uaPe to, the 22d Marcia.
The 'war with the K firs had terminated by the
complete with
aof the rebel chief Sandilli.
The treat
lie and his tribe are driven beyond the Kei.
',sllthe 9th March.
Y with General Cathcart was concluded
aluiLvale The Queen of the South, Harbinger,
Aciaide to

FRENCH EMPIRE.

4. Eir,„„.•:,
coreog`44l convention for the electric telegraph
trl;"noation. between France and Bavaria,
the
kinenrg, Wisseriburg, and the circles of e
!or i-;,•/v,a8 On Tuesday signed by the Minister of,
‘l'Affe -.-- •tutairs and the Count de Quadt, Charge
Onaltres of the
he • 6
Kane, of Bavaria.
41,1isvigations3eca-sion of the treaty of commerce and.
recently concluded between France and
cilliit de the Grand Duke has just conferred
mon-
reerei.,‘-03 Lesseps, director of consulates and
Affai;si
the
at the Department of F
St. jr,.'
~ Cross of Commander of the Order of
rePn• M. Meurant, sub-director, has been
Ted
The 7, Chevalier of the same Order.
:other 'll.ion• of yesterday, in the absence of any.
re. . subject on which it could indulge in the ex-
regksion oc ,
ob ,-,,, 4 its distrust of England, implores the
do get Goverment to take precautions against the
Xtq,-; which would otherwise result from per-
;.
ciniegtLtaainegrEnglish company to lay down a sub-
soaph to Algeria. The Union does not
4 hook s° 8° far as to say that the English will placea
.Algeria at the end of the cable and drag aw y
but it to tO annex it, climate and all, to `England,de_
de-
learning Perceives. in this teleph a scheme for .
leaZitg he French eventually of their colonym by
au ~„-g lour by hour, and minute by ini4ee,
fully - doing there, so that the English may -I°
cot' Prepared to snap it up when their appetite for
bowcietlest shall have become ravenous. Supposing,o
Icia /-er, that it is really an object with England_ to
1, °lv with
oases - „greater celerity that at present what
call b •'llgeria, we do not see what danger therewish
behio. e to the French Government of this
he 17'egratified on any occasion when secrecy wouldi
,kliglollBB4,,l*Y. The writer of the Union,
..ne
.bise
Icll4.- °ula,' overlooks the fact that the Al
roi a „
e°Tlt .4S °f
the cable will be entirely d under the
that no
inesage Can
French authorities, an
their -tp'e 11 be transmitted to England without
apologyli'4 n-:
1 ils
°i 8s I
l ludicrous The
that a t alarmN* e shouldm allif
e ste
considercl b.y theaont
Percer ilecessary for alluding to it, if we did n
+.„.1-aY hold ulef the manifestation a determination to
--it,,,e,x, cite
arerY occasion, with or without reason,
svv.,-VY h 7b,;tusPicion that the English are con-
writer of farth-Illiug designs against France.
by inßoiiic-,e article which we subjoin, must have
'I the ,-T-e,' with the foresight that he exhibits
bah : rammed
of some turning table. The Union
th
--Iltio -ere be still time we could wish to call the at-
kifi c't the Legislative Body to the project for esta-
eria, hag,.„an electric telegraph between France and Al-
%lap, 4-he Government has treated with an English
/vlllOll-3'l which is already master of the submarine cablet
PreBelitnnites Dover and Calais. This comp,aney_
Prep°, constructing the cable from Dover to Ostend, rnd,elsoamnd.
tillti ei3 a plan for putting Africa and F.
dillia,eati" passing- by Piedmont, Corsifrcaa, arnydingStahre-
Ne i, to tiona, with the ulterior project
English
possessions
in j,dr°ro the African coast to the
great "P •
a la' Evidently there is init
steheimssbetfoorues
tail,latthithnegres
are ~,,... English interest. And it
au enterprise which so-
to 6' eat dangers for France
E (dish hands, by day
odl,e4k would
toa.t.lionr by houprl,actehei knoledgeof precisetheAtpresensti,-
t ~,I,°ll of our Algerian possessions.
iNzauci ho bas accredite consuls and represen-
-41v w l all
ViitheS On nearly the points of the globe, has no one
title in Algeria, because she has not
Zll°Selltato°rffiecctoagnise our right bf possessing it. Now to
• eede by a public act to an English company, which
letit4ll,llPerted by very important personages, the right of
flulislaing the submarine telegraph on Algerian soil is
4-d"t_ilig else than authorising in that spot the obligatory
ill_ioerreanent presence of foreign agents naturally but
o dm'sposed towards us, and who may, on m.orethan_yonae
iogood ,be very disagreeable to us. It alread
1).,_ deal that an English place, Malta,
.:should have
the the central point of the steam navigation of
take
ek4 e,diterranean basin ; and measures
asures ought to be
frot„ becoming
preventing another English place, London,
telem
ecorning the central point of the universal
say thel system, including Algeria. It is vain to
free t the French Government would always be
to it stop the news, which it would be important
tele t° keep secret. For all those who know the
It egur,aPh syst, that is a completeerror
have tr,ssinemg the thing possible, France W And even
would always
news 'ear that once arrived in Piedmont, the important
laud would take the line of Ostend by way of Switzer-
flow 'till" Germany. If the cable of Ostend be notyetcloanid.
coajl, it is because it is of importance to have the
con-
eau of the African line first assured. That is the real.
4,, 'e of the delay which has taken place in the laying
s.pro
lokve 4°l.f the German telegraph
.line. Moreover, if we
lines 'ue -English alone to establish the electric telegraph
trot: filst will happen that the commercial news going
Aortal."' North to the South and the South to the
bli%h ' will all be enregistered in the central-office esta-
liah el'l at London, and will thus be known to the E. ng-
clegti ,before reaching the persons for whom it is
alotie eu• The establishment of a French company can
Liaile neutralise such a danger, which interests in the
otlae:t degree
,the commerce of France, and that of
rth countries.
in th:l4l,egislative body sat yesterday, M. Billault,
IVi• IS el'air• Leave of absence was accorded to
a 0 Itilesc...at, The President read from the chair
aies.sio,l3%,lal decree declaring that the Legislative
4, ath -,
;f °t_.l 8 5 3 , which ought to terminate on the
'hg i Via month, shall be extended to the even-
Zelite% "aturdaY, May 28. Two bills were pre-
-401144 cule relative to public baths and wash-
nlent ' and the second proposing the final settle-
''eatc(l.l4 the tel of 1851. M. Legrand pre-
the bill rePort on a local bill. The discussion on
l'itail relating to the mode of forming the jury in
°l:edal eas,es was resumed, and the measure
ha 5..,,, that' Four local bills were also adopted, as
--`; ''• of +.-I,‘"`nding to prolong the provisions of Chap.
kon; ,o, "-ue Forest-code. The bill on the civil pen-
diseos-;as then brow ht forward, and after some
eeedint°l adjournedgto the next day- The pro-
t,ing, the 'lieu terminated. Before the public sit-
,,anied fisrePresentatives met in their bureaux, and
LIA, •,„ -...ree
Ov -(ref Committees_,t ; one, on the. bill_
..toallow
tie er th 1. ur Police of Paris to exercise full. power
e e oanlieue ; a second, on that relating to
ecut.'
ivs COal/ aol4°ll, .:31aline of electric
.telegraph between
Gre e/eeli'Vio44-1/, gePa ; and the third, on the bill for
enable,- c". a railway from St. Rambert to
The •
afta• illaetiVit
h, irs at th_ Y reported as existing on M. onday in
l. q004,,..0 pourse has again been continued, for-
telt u.Ltaone ha •
bu 7, wa t having been maintained with diffi-
endency to decline at the close of
Whille with(h
laceilst an i Three per Cents. for cash fell 5c.,
in heint,lrovement to the same extent took
4% an. iinpr-"oolir-tuad_a_galf per Cents. There
l(r4r es. pi_., veraent of sf. in Bank of France
tits. itud!rsquotations :—For cash—Three per.
11,!1.7,?;_e•-6.0;.,
popiouro•t;heFoaueero-anondt__-a-THharlefe perper
Cents.,
va4rlliakttock, 112,r7-43110(11:4-,11alf per Cents., 104 f. 35c.
Mort acre Bank Shares no
4 tleeli(34 Qeeurred, Closingg '
th© 144,4); quotation l
the fi Ile
°I 7f• in those at 885 f.; but there was
se of the Societe Mobilere,
veu,"7"way Share being... 940 f. 50c. The aspect of
Ito in prices Bt.'
eliite""9le) riOttu'ureeh•l3ldarket Was again very unfa-
S eel
rarirateil landi it
hi eex
i
gis
auting, and the de-
teullteotik susl,3 I. Orleanisl
kainiog 1. -, and of if, and 2f 0- iwna e Paristo t the e and
e x-
no• e c I th • generally in the re-
kof4sinf.ed.: unilLs. Lyons to e Mediterranean re-
rico 41 great! N'however, and there was a rise
-r1 s Iver . ~,„. North( slim..
, es. The closing
' aaje a ..1 ' •----Aorther
U 6 6f. ~'IL, Straeb ns, 05L; Orleans, 1,105 f •
ukk burg, 936 f 5 • ,
~ N,4 ) • Oc.; Paris and Lyons,
....11i1 and Rouen) 1,160 f.; Lyons to

. GERMANY. , 8i;
A telegraphic dispatch dated Vienna, 10th inst., St.
states that Prince Menschikoff has delivered inlis St.
ultimatum relative to the affair of the patriarchate. ,T
A letter from Vienna states that the Prince of
?Lob'
Montenegro is still the object of great attentions EL.
from the court of Austria, and has had the honour
25
6
of dining with the Emperor.
The German Journal of Frankfort states, from
50
Vienna, that the Austrian budget for 1854 will, by
20
the reductions in different branches of the public sb.
expenditure, exhibit a reduction of taxation. 15
The German Journal of Frankfort has the fol- 50
lowing from Posen, dated the 3d :—" Yesterday 12 St.
Jesuits arrived here, and are to commence preach-
mg to-morrow in three or four churches at the same 8
time. They are to preach in German and in Polish. 8
The Jesuits had obtained from the superior ecde- 20
siastical authorities the cession of the convent of 20
Olobok, in the circle of Adolnau, but the Govern- 0
ment has not considered it right to approve of that
St.
cession."
A letter from the Hague, of the 4th, states that, St.
SL
on the previous' day, at the commencement of
Divine Service in all the Protestant churches, the St.
pastors exhorted their congregations to give alms 10
to the poor Catholics. The King manifested his 26!
great satisfaction at this act of religious tolerance,
and charged the Minister of Public Instruction to 20 13i
inform the pastors officially of it.
253
The Bavarian Government has just decided that
Englishmen travelling in Bavaria must get their sb.
passports vised by the Bavarian minister at the 50
2 20
places where taken • and consequently a decree of 20
the 4th April, 1846, rendering this formality un-
necessary, has been repealed. 25
The Prussian Government has authorised the
foundation of several houses of Jesuits in the Rhen- 20
20
ish province. '
50

CITY THOROUGHFARES.—In a few months the new 10
street from London-bridge to St. Paul's will be opened 10
to the public, and a considerable increase of traffic along St.
Ludgate-hill and Fleet-street may, consequently, be an- 25
ticipated. It is astonishing that no steps have been E
taken to rprovide for this by widening Ludgate-hill.
Even at present there is no part of London so crowded,
and where so many stoppages are continually occurring ;
and what will it be when a fresh stream of traffic is St
opened into St. Paul's Churchyard Slf Ludgate-hill st.
were widened by throwing back the north side from the 20
Old Bailey, a fine view would be obtained of the cathe- st.
dral from Fleet-street. At present a projecting.bend of 15
the street intercepts all views from any distance of that
glorious building ; and the church of St. Martin, Lud- 6
gate, stands presumptuously directly in front.—Builder. 6
DEPLORABLE OCCURRENCE.—In consequence of its
31
having been found impossible, from the rocky state of
the soil, to drive stakes into the bed of the river for the ,61
erection of a scaffolding for the repairs of the Pont
Notre-Dame, it was necessary to sink what is called a
gril, a sort of wooden frame. This operation was pro- ei
ceeded with to the day before yesterday, in the famous 10
Arche du Diable, by five boatmen. The men placed 20
themselves on the frame to direct it. In doing so one
of them let slip a rope ; this gave a shock, which de-
prived the men of all control over the frame, and carried
St
by the current, which is exceedingly violent in that spot,
it went towards one of the piles of the bridge. Seeing st.
that it was in danger of being dashed to pieces, the boat- st.
men leaped into a boat which had been placed near by
way of precaution. This, however, was swamped, and 6i
the men, plunging into the water, swam with the cur-
rent towards the Pont au Change. Two of them sue- 50
ceeded in reaching that bridge—one caught hold of a
ring, the other placed himself on a buttress, and in a few St•
seconds a boat put off and rescued them. As to the
16
other three men, after struggling for some time against St.
the current, they were drowned before it was possible to st.
render them assistance. They were all married and had
families.—French, Paper. St.
CREMORNE GARDENS.—We were favoured, on Wed- 50
nesday last, with an opportunity of viewing the various
alterations and improvements that have been made by St.
the proprietor of this favourite place suburban resort 50
since last season, and, familiar as we
eerie en
be for years
12
.alth its leading attractions, we wer lighted and
astonished at the new and striking additions that were ni
presented to our notice. The lover of al fresco recrea-
tion will find these charming grounds more lovely than 25
ever. Numbers of rare and costly shrubs have been
planted, adding much grace and beauty to the lawns 10
and parterres. Valuable additions have been made 6
to the statuary, amongst which we were particularly 12
struck with two colossal statues of Wellington and Na-
-12
poleon, placed most judiciously in contraposition on
either side of the principal walk. Chromatropes and St.
kaleidoscopic lights, upon a most magnificent scale,
catch the eye from all points, and illuminate the grounds 16,1
in a novel and brilliant manner ; and the tout ensemble 20
of the scene evidences the extensive and judicious em- 5
ployment of art in the embellishment of the natural 2
beauties of this charming spot. A rich bill of fare is
provided in the way of entertainment. Signor Bosisio St.
still wields the baton of conductor in the orchestra, and _2O
Mons. Milano will continue his masterly management
of the corps de ballet, while a perpetual round of daily 15
amusement will be provided by these and a long list of 8
other artistes. Among other entertainments it is in-
tended to give a series of bal masques, the first of which 10
is to take place on Wednesday, the 25th, the Derby day ;
and no doubt it will fully sustain the high character of 10
Cremorne as a place of amusement. 25
HOLMFRITH.—HEAVY FALL OF SNOW.—This town 16
and the immediate neighbourhood were on Monday 3.0
visited with a tremendously heavy fall of snow, such as
20
was never before witnessed by the oldest inhabitant at 5
this advanced part of the season. The snow began to st.
fall about 6 o'dlock in the morning, and continued with-
out intermission throught the day. The train from 17
Penistone to Holmfrith,in consequence of the line be- 25
ing blocked up, was several, hours behind its time ;
several
others, we understand, were in a similar predica-
ment.
locality of Holmfi ith were nearly stuck fast in the snow;
Several carts and other vehicles travelling in the
pedestrians were obliged to abandon thedi road altogether. 705
heart of the town it averagedfuyanlB ;rine
On the hills it was four feet deep,hthees.vTalhleeytsreaensd, 2200
on the verge of bursting into full leaf, were completely 20
loaded, and the surrounding landscape
appeared more 20
like January than May. One poor fellow,
it crossing the
20
hills from Dunford-bridge to Holmfr
in the snow, and but for the timely
assistance was stuckof
twof as t
persons passing he would in all probability haveo perished. 20
Woman lives, 5
GREEK PRIESTS AND THEIR WIVES. 20
on the average, too long. She lives longer
which is not good for her. It makes hertoo
and, therefore, less valuable. There are women who
2100
for the last thirty or forty years of their lives areenfitw
nothing but the fireside. They cannot take a walk, 5
they cannot take a journey, they can scarcely go upstairs 10
to bed ; their strength fails, their breath fails, they are 20
ever ailing, they always have been ailing, they live 20
and yet they live on an average longer than men who ail
not. People who move about most live in general shortest. 1C
Hence clergymen live longer than medical men, and 2C
travellers are generally short lived ; they live quickly. 2(
When everything goes on well the two sexes are equal 1(
in number. In some of the most wretched places in 2(
North Africa the women constitute more than two-
thirds of the inhabitants. How horrible to be a woman 10
.in such circumstances! She is then a drudge. Singular 220
0
it is, that the more numerous women are the greater
drudges they become. The Greek priests are the nen 20
for husbands. They can never marry twice, and there- 20
fore they take great care of their wives. They will 10;
even wash and scrub to save them the trouble, 20
for they say very naturally, "If I lose this wife I can 20
never have another." This makes woman valuable—to 10
20
be a rarity.
CHIMNEY SWEEPERS.—Lord Shaftesbury has laid on 20
the table of the-House of Lords a -bill to amend the 11.
Chimney Sweepers Act. Persons under 16 are not to 20
use the trade of a chimney sweeper under a penalty of 10
10/. The law has been evaded in this respect. 20