The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1860.

KING must have been frightened out of the
fortress; but the protector of the Pope, and of
the Sovereign of the Sandwich Islands, aspires
to the honour of protecting also the dying struggles
of Neapolitan Royalty—perhaps we ought rather to
say of prolonging them, for that is the meaning of
protection in this case. And, so determined is he,
that he actually moves his soldiers in the Roman
territories to just that part where they can best
hinder the Sardinian movements, and aid the gar-
rison of Gaeta. This is the real meaning of the
occupation of Terracina. The French did not care
to go there till they saw that the position was used
by the besiegers ; but as soon as they saw that, it was
proclaimed part of the province of Velletri, which
they had occupied, and forthwith the Piedmontese
had to accept a convention to evacuate Terracina,
and allow the French to hinder their operations !
Thus this unaccountable man at Paris sees fit to
delay as long as he can the last act. The Piedmon-
tese, not unwisely, refrain from bloodshed as long
as they can, to attain an object in which they must
ere long succeed by more peaceful means. But, if
they be driven to bombardment and all the horrors
of war, France is alone to blame. Had she not
prevented the Piedmontese army from investing the
place on all sides, and the fleet from blockading
the port, the terrors of famine and the certainty
of speedy capture, would have settled the whole
affair long ago, and the rejected KING would
have sought in other lands the asylum to which
he must soon resort.

The work, however, to which little attention
comparatively, will be given abroad, is the difficul
one of organising satisfactorily the Government
of the annexed provinces. We ought to consider,
and fairly to allow for the real difficulties of the
civil servants of the King of SARDINIA. They
undertake the charge of a Kingdom in which they
have but one class who were enthusiastically in
favour of the expulsion of the Bourbons and political
emancipation—the educated portion of the middle
class,and a large part of the burgher class as connected
with them. The military class lived at the expense
of all others, and were, doubtless, not unwilling to
continue to do so. The lazzaroni were notoriously
perfectly indifferent to political slavery or liberty
—and would as soon shout for FRANCIS 11. as for
VICTOR EMMANUEL. The old police, an immense
body, are naturally Royalists. The most super-
stitious of the peasantry and the priests are the
same. The class which could read, could think,
could understand, from the humble tradesman and
small estate-holder upwards, were the natural
objects of hatred to a King whose throne was based
on the suppression of knowledge and thought. This
is the class which will steadily support the Sicilian
revolution of 1860. But, then, this class itself will
be most difficult to satisfy. It contains large num-
bers who must find employ under the Government
or starve. It has many, again, who estimate their
own administrative capacities much more highly
than the heads of the different services can do. It will
be more easy to dissatisfy, we fear, hundreds, if not
thousande, who, though sincere patriots, and able to
allege some service in promoting the revolution, are
nevertheless not the men to organise its results. The
Garibaldians are, of course, not easy to please, and
with them th ere is general and reasonable sympathy,
yet so many of them must be young men of such
unsettled habits; so little disposed to labour without
excitement, that it has been found not easy to
employ them in the regular army even by those
who wished to do so. For the civil service they
must be altogether unfit. Yet their dispersion
among their friends with the story of their
unheeded merits, will be an inconvenient element
of discontent. We need say nothing of the out-and-
out Republicans. Considering the zeal of such
men for their theory, and the that Great General is
well- known to prefer a Republic, while honestly
accepting Constitutionalism, we cannot wonder if
they be disposed to criticise sharply enough the
administration of the Constitutionalists.
Count CAVOUR has before him now the impending
elections to the Italian Parliament, the reorganisa-
tion of the whole administration for the Two
Sicilies, and—the Roman and Venetian questions;
the latter threatening to become one of blOodshed
in the spring. A fair measure of Republican oppo-
sition, in the Chambers will do him and Italy no
harm. The best thing of all is for the Republicans
to have a platform on which they can, at least,
utter their practical demands. They must have no
pretence for sem et work. Then, for the Two
Sicilies, a vigorous administration will soon become
popular, by the securities it will furnish-for life and
property, and the stimulus security will give to
industry ; while the educational efforts, on which
both GARIBALDI and the KING insist, will consoli-
date in due time the power of the Government by
theredemption of a whole nation from the ignorance
which FERDINAND avowed to be so needful for his

LATEST NEW

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

PARIS, Nov. 29.

The .2Voniteur publishes General Montauban's
reports from the French headquarters in China.
The General states that the prisoners of the Allied
army who were carried to Pekin were well treated.
On the side of the French, besides some soldiers of
the escort, Colonel GrandchamFs, the Abbe Dulue,
and M. Delature, were made prisoners by the
Chinese.

TURIN, Nov. 29.

The fflonitore Toscano publishes a despatch
announcing that about 40 volunteers from the
Duchy of Castro had invaded the town of Aqua-
pendente. They disarmed the Pontifical gendarmes,
and hoisted the arms of Savoy. The Papal
Governor escaped, but 19 gendarmes were made
prisoners.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 21.

The documents connected with the French Loan
have been signed by the Porte. They go to Paris
today. General doubt is still prevalent here as to
the conclusion of the affair. The rate of exchange
is still rising. Money, first class paper, is very
scarce. The Bulgarian community propose to
secede to Roman Catholicism, because the Porte
has refused them a separate patriarchate. A heavy
storm passed over the Black Sea last week. Many
wrecks are reported.
There is no pews from the provinces.

VIENNA, Nov. 29.
•
The official Wiener Zietung contains the follow-
ing appointments :--
• Count Apponyi, Austrian envoy extraordinary
at London, to be ambassador at the same court.
Count Leopold Wolkenstein, councillor of the
Empire, to be Landeshanptmann of the Tyrol.

MADRID, Nov. 28.

The question of the limits of the Ceuta territory
has been definitively arranged, in conformity with
the treaty of peace with Morocco.
The Cortes has voted a pension to the Infante
Don Sebastian.

PESTH, Nov. 28.

On the 26th instant, while Count Caroly, Ober-
gespan of Szathmar, was passing through Debreczin,
a torchlight procession, accompanied by bands of
music, was formed in his honour.
These demonstrations caused some disturbances,
which resulted in a military intervention and the
arrest of from 20 to 30 individuals.

NAPLES, Nov. 27.

Seventeen hundred Garibaldians, who have chosen
to return to their homes, have embarked for Genoa.
The embarkation of as many more will take place
to-morrow.

General Sirtori has issued an order of the day
inviting the officers and soldiers of the Southern
army to abstain from making any demonstration.

VIENNA, Nov. 28.

The official Wiener Zeitung contains an imperial
decree appointing 18 Obergespans. The same
journal publishes a Ministerial ordinance, dated the
26th instant, which orders the speedy commence-
ment of the elections to the new municipalities in
the German Austrian provinces, on the basis of the
communal law of 1849.

PARIS, Nov. 28.

Several journals having represented the occupa-
tion of Terracina by the French troops as an act of
intervention by France in the affairs of Italy, it
may be as well to say that the entire province of
Velletri, of which Terracina is a part, has been
occupied by the French troops at the desire of the
Roman Government, and by virtue of an agree-
ment between France and Sardinia.

Each of the four Estates has the same number of
representatives (14), and in order that the world may
be able to form a correct idea of the importance of
the Tyrolese nobles, the Government has decreed
that none of them shall be eligible unless they pay
a land tax of 25 florins a year. In Styria, on the
contrary, no peasant is eligible unless he pay a
land tax of 30 florins per annum. The 14 bishops,
abbots, and deans who are to sit in the Diet
will not fail to regard all questions of importance
from a religious point of view. These are evils
peculiar to the Tyrol ; others—such as the special
committees of the Diet and of the municipalities,
the nomination of the captain of the province by the
Emperor, &c., it shares with Styria, Carinthia, and
Salzburg. The impression produced by the statute
is not only unfavourable, but even ' painful'
(peinlich)."
The editor:of the Augsburg Gazette says he receives
similar complaints fitm all parts of the Tyrol, and
at the some time observes that he was obliged to
" soften down" some of the expressions in the letters,
of which a summary has above been given. The
Tyrolese believe that Count Brandis, the author of
the draught of the statute, is to be Captain of the
province, and, as such, President of the Diet; but
the mountaineers are so much irritated that it
would be imprudent should he consent to take
office.

Long before the publication of the statutes for
Styria, Carinthia, Salzburg, and the Tyrol you
were told by me that the inhabitant■ of the German
provinces would strongly object to the redinte-
gration of the Estates—which are a political ana-
chronism—and this is what M. Warrens, who is
one of the most renowned political writers in Ger-
many, thinks and says on the subject. The last
leader in the Ost-Deutsche Post is in substance as
follows :

" So little has been done by the Government
for the wealthy and influential nobles in the Tyrol
and Styria that the aristocracy in the other pro-
vinces are beginning to feel uneasy. The majority
in the Reichsrath informed the nation that when
the political bureaucracy had been done away with,
when a line of demarkation had been drawn between
the noble and plebeian landed proprietors,and when
the aristocracy had the management of the affairs
of the provinces, circles, and districts, its desires
would be satisfied. It would appear that the
majority in the Reischrath was considered too
modest, as more has been done for the nobles than
was demanded. The new statute for Styria makes
a distinction between a noble and a non-noble
Itufe (hide of land), inasmuch as all the members
of the family of a noble landed proprietor, if he has
letters of naturalisation (das lneolat), have a sepa-
rate vote. Should a plebeian come into possession
of the same property he would have one vote, and
no more than one. An aristocratic landed pro-
prietor has also a right to display the outward and
visible signs of his nobility (the right to wear a
richly embroidered scarlet coat.) Some noble
members in the Reichsrath complained of the con-
tinual and troublesome control of the Excise offi-
cers in their breweries, distilleries, and sugar
factories, and they wanted to pay a round sum
annually in order to get aid of the annoyance, but
not a word was said in favour of the non-noble
manufacturers who naturally are subjected to the
same treatment.
" The Austrian nobles wish to be all-powerful in
the State. If they are to govern, let them be
responsible for their acts. Should they attain their
object, what would be the result ? The political
employees would be dismissed, and the noble landed
proprietors would step into their shoes. The reins
of Government would be slackened, the authority
of the Crown would rapidly diminish, the confidence
of the rural part of the population in the impartial
administration of justice would be greatly shaken,*
and a hostile feeling would gradually spring up be-
tween the different classes. Should the nobles be
allowed to do as they please, the Galician Diet will
emulate that which formerly met in Poland, and
the Diet in Prague will as surely agitate in favour
of the Bohemian Crown as the Pesth Diet will do
for that worn by St. Stephen and his ancestors.
The nation wishes to have a real and unadultered
representation, and not one composed of noble
Chamberlains (a II Imperial chamberlains must
have 16 quarterings in their arms) and Excel-
lencies."

Asa corollary to the foregoing, it may be observed
that the ultra-reactionary party is so completely
master of the field, that even Count Rechberg and
Count Szechen, his new Adlatus, are too liberal
for it. The leaders of the party iu question are thd
Austro-German prelates, the confessors of certain
influential persons, and some few fussy old gentle-
men and ladies who are hangers on at Court. In
foreign countries it is generally believed that the
Emperor is naturally averse from progress of any
and every kind ; but a person who well knows what
passes behind the scenes has repeatedly assured me
that he would make concessions to his subjects
"were he not strongly advised not to do so by per-
sons in whom he places confidence." My conviction
that a powerful Austria is a European necessity is
as strong as ever, but my confidence in the stability
of the empire is greatly shaken. The views of the
men at the head of affairs are so exceedingly con-
fined that they do not see the danger of their posi-
tion, although it is very obvious to all non-official
observers.
The rate of exchange on London has risen to
138-50, which is 3 per cent. higher than it was on
Thursday last.

* The noble landed proprietors wish t 9 have the so-
called "patrimonial' or manorial courts re-established.

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived.
The Senate on the previous day held a sitting, but
it was entirely devoted to the transaction at unim-
portant business. In the Congress, the discussion
on the estimates of 1861 was continued, the por-
tions under consideration being those relative to
the public debt; but the debate, in which nothing
of ir terest occurred, was adjourned. The Gazette
contains the royal decrees which accept M. Rios-
Roses' resignation of the embassy at Rome, and
appoint the Marquis de Miraflores to the post.
The latter had not set out for his destination. The
total allowances to the Royal family of Spain are
stated to exceed 51,000,000 reals (12,750,000 fr.)

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 29.

The Dane, Captain Hoffman, with the above
mail, arrived at midnight. Her dates are—Table
Bay, Oct. 22; St. Helena, 30; and Ascension,
Nov. 3.

She brings 13 passengers, £2,000 in specie, and
an average general cargo.
Sir George Grey would leave Cape Town shortly
for Kaffraria, whence he would proceed to Natal.
Admiral Keppel was still at the Mauritius.
H.M.S. Forte left the Cape on the 22d September,
with naval despatches for the Mauritius.
Debentures for £150,000 to be tendered for in
London, are to be issued on the Ist January next.
Cape Colony and Natal were preparing for the
representation of the South African colonies in the
forthcoming International Exhibition in London,
in 1862.

The Bishop of Cape Town had convoked the
synod for January next.
The labour market at the Cape was much
depressed. Immigrants were in want of employ-
ment, and wages were low. Meat and bread were
dear. Trade was reviving.
The Dane brings a petition from the wine far-
mers to the Queen, complaining of the new com-
mercial tariff. The wine disease was making its
appearance, and fresh fears for the vintage were
excited.

Dutch weights and measures were to be illegal
after the Ist of January next.
The eastern province was loud in its demands for
separation. Demonstration meetings had been held
on the subject.
Paymaster Seveke, late of the Boscawen, was
drowned while crossing the bar of Zanibar with
despatches for Dr. Livingstone.

The Wasp had gone to the Mauritius for repairs.
The Lyra was cruising along the coast. The Sidon
was in Simon's Bay. The Lord Clyde took fire,
and was abandoned 50 miles off Cape Recife.

THE EMPRESS AND THE WATERLOO VETERAN.
The Empress of the French, while at the station on her way
to Perth, had her attention drawn to a soldier in extreme
ill-health, but bearing upon his person several decorations
for actual service. Prompted, doubtless, by sympathy for
his ififirmity, she gava him a small donation, when one of
the attendants, with more officiousness than good taste,
reminded her Majesty thot she had befriended a man who
had fought at Waterloo. " Then he is the more deserving,
replied the Empress, " for he contended with a brave
enemy."

THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH
IN SCOTLAND.

GLASGOW, WEDNESD AY.

Her Imperial Majesty and suite, accompanied by
the Duke of Atholl, arrived in Glasgow from Stir-
ling on Monday night at 9 o'clock. As she had
not been so soon expected, there was no particular
demonstration of welcome, but as soon as her pre-
sence was known those who were assembled on the
platform of the station raised several hearty cheers.
Her Majesty proceeded to the Queen's Hotel, where
apartments were secured for her. In the course of
the night, at the time when it may be presumed
her Imperial Majesty was oblivious of all external
sounds, namely, 1 a.m.--she was serenaded by the
waits, a number of blind old fiddlers, who enthu-
siastically played " Partant pour la Syrie." They
also, in their own way, complimented his Grace of
Atholl by playing " Cam' ye by Atholl ?"
The Duke of Hamilton arrived from Hamilton
Palace at half-past 9 a.m. yesterday, and immedi-
ately paid his respects to the Empress. According
to previous appointment his Grace :was waited
on by the Lord Provost, Dr. Strang, city chamber-
lain, and Mr. Turner, town clerk, for the purpose
of arranging as to the presentation of an address to
her Majesty, agreed to by the town council. It was
intended that the magistrates of the city should
be present during the brief ceremony, and they
duly attended for that purpose ; but the Empress
when informed of the intention, considered that
this would make the proceedings of too formal a
character, and the idea, of course, was abandoned.
The Duke of Hamilton having introduced the Lord
Provost, Mr. Turner, and Dr. Strang, the Lord
Provost congratulated her Imperial Majesty upon
her arrival in Glasgow, to which, in the name of
the citizens, he welcomed her very sincerely. He
had the honour to acquaint her that the magistrates
and council had unanimously voted an address to
her Majesty, which, with her permission, Mr.
Turner, the town clerk, would read.

Mr. Turner accordingly read as follows :
"To HER IMPERIAL MAJESTY EUGENIE, EMPRESS OP

TIIE FRENCH.

"May it please your Imperial Majesty,—We, the Lord
Provost, magistrates, and council of the ancient city of
Glasgow, beg to approach your Majesty with our sincere
and cordial congratulations on your Majesty's auspicious
visit to the British Isles, and especially to the land of your
illustrious ancestors—evincing in so gratifying a manner
that friendly and social feeling towards this country and its
inhabitants which has been manifested by his Imperial
Majesty since his accession to the throne of France.

" We trust that the alliance which so happily exists be-
tween France and Britain may long continue, and that the
liberal and enlightened commercial policy so recently and
significantly exhibited by the Government of your Impe-
rial Consort may strengthen that alliance and rivet more
firmly those bonds of amity already existing between them.
" The private nature of your Majesty's sojourn among
us prevents this nation from offering your Majesty that
public reception which would otherwise have been accorded
by the people of Scotland to your Majesty, and showing
thoreby our national friendship towards the people of
France; but we humbly trust that your visit to this coun-
try may be a source of not only present enjoyment to your
Majesty, but also supply you with many pleasing and gra-
tifying reminiscences on your return to France, where we
pray your Majesty may long be spared in health and hap-
piness to fill that exalted sphere in which Providence has
been pleased to place you.
" PETER CLOUSTON, Lord Provost."

Her MAJESTY, in reply, returned her grateful
thanks to the Lord Provost for the cordial senti-
ments embodied in the address, and expressed a
sincere hope that the amity and kindly feeling
which now subsisted between Great Britain and
France would ever continue. Her Majesty added
that she only regretted that her stay among them
should be so brief, but she trusted that on a future
occasion she might have it in her power to visit her
friend the Duke of Hamilton, when she hoped her
stay would be of longer duration,
Her Majesty spoke in English and in a very dis-
tinct tone of voice.
At a quarter past 11 two carriages and pair,
hired in the ordinary way, drove up to the hotel,
and five minutes afterwards her Imperial Majesty,
leaning on the arm of the Duke of Hamilton,
appeared and was received with loud cheers from

the assembled multitude. In the carriage along
with her Majesty were the Countess of Montebello,
the Duke of Hamilton, and Dr. Strang. In the
next carriage were the Duke of Atholl, the Marquis
of Douglas and Clydesdale, and several members of
the suite, while another carriage, occupied by the
Lord Provost and Mr. Turner, proceeded in front
of the other two.

Her Majesty proceeded down Queen-street, past
the Exchange, and the statue of Wellington ; then
along Argyll-street,and up Buchanan-street, where
the Empress recognised the statue of Queen
Victoria. The carriages were then driven west-

wards, her Majesty expressing the greatest
admiration of the style and appearance of the
houses which adorn that quarter of the city. The
Empress was highly delighted with the West-end
Park, which she pronounced magnificent. Her
Majesty returned to the centre of the city by North-
street and Argyll-street, proceeding then down
Jamaica-street, and crossing the Glasgow bridge,
from which she obtained an excellent View of the
harbour. Her Majesty recrossed the river by
Victoria-bridge, and, driving past the County
buildings, reached the warehouse of Messrs. J. and
W. Campbell, through which she was conducted by
Sir James and Mr. William Campbell, and in
which she made several purchases of shawls,
&c. The Empress then drove past the Univer-
sity and visited the cathedral, which had been
prepared for her reception by the care of Mr.
Matheson, of her Majesty's Board of Works, carpets
having been laid down from the gate to both en-
trances of the church. Her Imperial Majesty was
received at the door of the cathedral by Sir Andrew
Orr, chairman of the Cathedral Windows Commit-
tee, Mr. Matheson, and Mr. C. H. Wilson. Mr.
Wilson having been introduced by the Duke of
Hamilton, explained the subjects of the various
stained glass windows now in the cathedral, and
the intentions of the subscribers as to the whole

series. The Empress expressed her interest in the
work and her admiration of the windows already
erected. She paused for some time before the
window in the north transept, and complimented
the Duke of Hamilton, the donor of that window,
on its success as a work of art. On entering the
choir the Empress stopped in the central passage,
and looking round with evident admiration re-
marked on the fine proportions of this part of the
building. She then ascended the platform round
the pulpit, and examined Lord Glasgow's window,
the subject of which was explained to her by Mr.
H. Wilson, Her Majesty said it was very beauti-
ful. She then walked round the Lady Chapel and
passed Out of the church by the north aisle. On
reaching the nave she descended into the crypt,
which produced that effect upon her which, this
almost unique monument of .ancient skill produces
upon all visitors. Her Majesty expressed her sense
of its solemn grandeur with much vivacity, and
visited nearly every part of it, pausing before some
of the painted windows, and admiring particularly
the rich harmonious tones of that executed at
Munich, erected by Mr. J. Campbell to the memory
of his late father. The Empress then ascended to
the nave and walked down the centre, issuing from
the church by the principal door; she paused here,
turned round and gazed earnestly once more on the
architectural glories of our interesting minster, and
bowing courteously to the assembled people pro-
ceeded to her carriage, conducted by the Duke of
Hamilton. The people assembled outside cheered
with hearty good will. Before entering her car-
riage the Empress thanked Mr. Heath Wilson, and
bowing graciously to the other gentlemen who had
accompanied her stepped into her carriage and
drove to the Queen's Hotel.
During the drive her Imperial Majesty put many
queries to Dr. Strang as to the manufactures, build-
ings, shipping,
he
deeplypopulation
interestedof the n city,ali &e., and
that she saw
ap-
peared to
and heard. Before leaving the hotel the Empress
expressed to the Lord Provost. and Dr. Strang the
high sense which she entertained of the personal
attention she had received at their hands.
Her Majesty then entered the Duke of Hamilton's
carriage,
and, accompanied by the Duke of Hamil-
ton,Duke of Atholl, the Marquis of Douglas,
a
suite, drove to Hamilton Palace. The
nd the
her
party entered the ducal domain by the Bothwell-
bridge-gate, and arrived at the palace about 20
minutes to 2 o'clock. The carriages were drawn
inuta
up in front of the grand entrance, and the Duchess
of Hamilton received the Empress at the balcony
or entrance into the Marble-hall. During her
limited stay within the palace her Majesty inspected
the whole apartments, stalls, &c., and expressed
herself' highly delighted with her visit.
It was originally contemplated by her Majesty
to proceed to the Motherwell station of the Cale-
donian Railway about half-past 4 o'clock, and for
this purpose the private carriage of the Duke of
Hamilton was ordered, as well as that of Mrs.
Baillie Cochrane, of Lamington, who was to accom-
pany her part of the way. These carriages were in
waiting at the appointed time, but the route was
changed, the Empress having, on the suggestionof
the Duke of Atholl, resolved to enjoy a day among
the charming scenery of some of the most beautiful

of the Highland lochs. Accordingly, the Empress ,
the Duke of Atholl, Marquis la Grange, and suite,
took their departure from the Palace at 445 p.m.,
arriving in Glasgow at 6 15. Her Majesty was
received with cheers by a large crowd which had
assembled in front of the Queen's Hotel, in expecta-
tion of her return. Accompanied by the Duke of
Atholl and suite, her Majesty left the Dundas-
street station at 7 o'clock p.m. for Balloch, en route
for Loch Lomond-head, Loch Katrine, Stirling,
and the south. A good many people had gathered
at the station to see her depart, and as the train
moved off they gave her a right hearty cheer. To-
day the Empress will visit the romantic scenery of
Loch Lomond and Loch Katrine, and it is expected
that she will reach Stirling in time for the 7 30
p.m. train for the south. She carries with her the
good wishes of all whom she has just received.

EXTRAORDINARY ENUIN.EIRING
FEAT.

Few who have passed through the tubular bridge
across the Menai Straits will have failed to notice
a well-proportioned column of gray marble, of the
fluted Doric order, which almost overhangs the
railway at the entrance of the tube on the Anglesey
side of the Straits. •

This column was erected in 1816 by public sub-
scription to commemorate the • military achieve-
ments of the gallant soldier who commanded the
cavalry and who was second in command of the
British army at the battle of Waterloo.

The column itself, on account of its correct pro-
portions as well as its admirable site, perched as it
is on an elevated plateau of rock, visible for many
many miles in every direction, has justly been
considered one of the sights of the far-famed
Straits of Menai ; it only wanted a statue of the
Hero to complete it.

The inhabitants of Anglesey and its neighbour-
ho'od determined, when their favourite and honoured
Arglwydd or Lord of Mona was taken from them,
to supply this want, and accordinogulryersalol,f ftrhome
soil,the
owners or brpo.d. aowas to the i..b
threw in their mite, and speedily raised a sum of
money which enabled them to give a commip9;,—.2 to
the eminent sculptor Matthew Noble, and it mist
be admitted that they have been justified in their
selection, for the statue, which is of bronze, 12ft.
4in. high, in the full costume of the Hussar of the
beginning of the century, is not only a striking like-
ness, both in face, figure, and mein, of the noble
Marquis, but is likewise, as a work of art, one of
the happiest efforts of that master.

The rock on which the column stands presents
but an insufficient space for scaffolding, and great
difficulties arose in consequence, which have been
overcome by a bold and simple engineering ma-
noeuvre, for which the author deserves the highest
credit, and the public will be the more interested
in the originator of this novel method of avoiding
the expense and inconvenience of the use of scaffold-
ing from the circumstance of his untimely end,
brought about by the anxiety attendant on the
critical operation he undertook, and of which he
lived not to see the success.

Mr. J. Haslam, a youth of about 23 years of age,
a native of Anglesey, conceived the design which
we will now describe, and which was most success-
fully executed on Saturday last.

Two balks of timber, 70 feet long, were placed
vertically at the foot of the column, and formed a
sort of double mast, on which were placed what
sailors term cap and crosstrees, to admit of a top-
mast which was hoisted up and secured between the
two lower masts, the whole attaining a height of
120 feet, giving a clear 20 feet above the column
itself, On the capital of the column a shorter mast
was erected, and between these two masts a large
pair of traverse beams was laid across, on which a
small travelling truck was placed; the whole were
firmly bolted together and secured with several
pairs of shrouds. The structure looked of so slender
a nature that when the great mass, weighing 21
tons, which was about to be lifted in mid-air to an
elevation of 120 feet, was seen, every one felt con-
siderable misgivings. The hoisting apparatus con-
sisted of a large hawser carefully attached to the
statue, and leading through rollers on the travelling
truck along the traverse beams, and down on the
opposite side of the column, and attached to a
heavy three-fold tackle, forming the principal
purchase. Besides this, two other tackles, likewise
attached to the traveller on the summit, and thence
to the statue, were used as supports to the main
hoisting apparatus.

The statue commenced to move exactly at eleven
o'clock, and rose majestically in the course of half
an hour to the height of about 70 feet, when the
main tackle suddenly twisted itself up so completely
as to appear like a single rope. This was an
awkward moment, and appeared to threaten a
failure, but the sailors speedily climbed up the
tackle and applied a lever to the upper block, and
so untwisted the tackle, and the hoisting was
resumed. The half hour occupied in this matter
was one of no ordinary anxiety, for the statue began
to vibrate rather unpleasantly. At one o'clock it
reached the summit, and there remained only the
operation of sliding it along the beams until it stood
over its final resting-place. For this purpose it
was necessary to rack the tackles, in order to
liberate the statue from them during its lateral
movement. The operation of racking caused a
delay of about half an hour, when the ponderous
weight was slid by means of the main purchase,
checked by two tackles at the opposite end of the
truck, until it was poised over the column; the
preventer tackles were then unracked, and it was
lowered into its place at half-past one, amid the
cheers of the bystanders.
It is impossible to close this account of so novel
and bold an experiment without paying a tribute
of respect to the memory of the engineer, and
expressing our regret that so promising a youth
should have been snatched away from a cereer in
which he gave promise of distinguishing himself.

THE NORTE ATLANTIC SURVEY.

The exploring steam yacht Fox, which has taken
so prominent a part in the maritime enterprise and
Arctic discoveries of this country, arrived at South-
ampton and went into dock yesterday. It will be
remembered that the Fox was refitted at that port
in the month of July last for the survey of the pro-
posed North Atlantic telegraph route, and that
prior to her departure the gallant little vessel was
honoured with a visit from her Majesty and the
Prince Consort, who have ever taken the greatest
interest in the daring adventures of our seamen,
and especially in the last sad search for the
records of the heroic Sir John Franklin, which
were at last brought home by Sir Leopold
M'Clintock in the Fox, when expedition after
expedition had failed and all the world were
thinking that the history of that expedition wa■
lost for ever. The Fox has now just returned from
the coast of Greenland, but to look at her outward
appearance one would scarcely think she had left
our shores, for beyond a few bruises on her sides,
an ominous-looking dent in her stem, and some -
new work where portions of her bulwarks and
stanchions have been replaced, she appears to have
suffered no more than any water-washed, weather-
stained ship from an ordinary oceanic voyage.
But the Fox has, nevertheless, had a rough time
of it, aid we are assured by Captain Allen You•g
that the season, which we have felt so severely at
home, has been actually terrific in the northern seas.
A series of violent gales have swept the southern
coast of Greenland. The temperatures of the
autumnal months have been lower than are
usually experienced in the dead of winter;
and two terrific hurricanes (in the first of which the
Fox, while in the drift ice, was involved, and th•
second was that which so shattered her Majesty's
ship Bulldog) burst upon the coast, and well nigh
caused the destruction of the intrepid voyagers in
these lonely seas. However, with all the disad-
vantages of boisterous weather, an unusual quan-
tity of drift ice, and an early commencement of
snow, both ships have been most successful in their
undertaking ; for while Sir Leopold M'Clintock, in
the Bulldog, has succeeded in sounding the basin
of the ocean throughout the whole of the proposed
route, and has found those soundings so admirably
adapted for the desired purpose, Captain Allen
Young , in the Fox, has surveyed the necessary bays,
and fiords in the Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland,
and has found harbours in the islands, and fiords in
the more remote continent of Greenland, landing
and embarking places for the cable, and outlets
where the wire may lie at the bottom of the sea in
safe repose.

TILE CASE OF MR. BONlVELL—Yesterday Mr.
Bonwell appeared in tho Arches Court, and put in an
assignation that he had presented a petition of appeal to the
Privy Council against the sentence of deprivation. He wail
ordered to attend next court day to state whether he in•
i tended to proceed with t.