The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1860.

seen her within a very short time from this volun-
teering an apparent restitution to Hungary of Hun-
gary's old liberal constitution. And we all know
the Government of Vienna sufficiently by this time
' surely to be quite certain that when it enters spon-
taneously upon a course like that, the key to the
mystery is no other—in SHAKSPERI AN phrase—than
Miching Malechol "It means mischief !" But that
the ghost of the great Roman poet might rise in
the horror of a repentance that the words were ever
scrawled—first of all, by his iron stylus on his
waxen tablets, to be afterwards copied fairly with
a reed on papyrus, to be perpetuated then through
later times upon monkish parchment until the age of
printing—we should be tempted to mutter under
our breath that dreadfully apposite Timm Danaos,
which we can only hint at thus apologetically,
trailing off the close of it in a modest et cetera.
Never certainly could that too familiar quotation
be more justifiably dragged again into use than in
its application to the recent proffering by Austria
of a seeming restoration of their constitutional
liberties to the often deceived and long-suffering
Hungarians. The day for a compromise between
Austria and Hungary has long since, however,
gone by, never, we may be sure of that, to re-
turn. It has gone by as utterly in that
instance, as we have very recently men that
it has gone by between Austria and the Italians
—as time will assuredly sooner or later prove
that it has gone by, utterly and for ever gone
by, between the Poles and their Oppressors !
Convinced of this, firmly and absolutely con•
vinced that the Polish Nationality WILL again be
re-established in Europe, and that the pride and
power of Austria is rapidly vanishing away—we
are all the more solicitous to direct attention to the
meeting held, according to annual custom, at Sussex
Chambers, Duke-street, St. James's, on Saturday,
and to a telegram dated on Saturda?from Vienna,
a telegram which we shall here immediately parti•
cularise. The anniversary meeting was, as will
be seen from the report of the proceedings
given in another column, a recurrence of the
one held year after year by the Polish
Historical Society in grateful commemoration
of the late ever-lamented LORD DUDLEY
COUTTS STUART. The generous oration pro-
nounced upon the occasion of this meeting on
Saturday by the Chairman, Major SZULCZEWSXI,
will be found in every syllable of it at this mo-
ment to be peculiarly entitled to consideration.
It being a luminous exposition, in fact, of the
actual situation of Poland between the past and
the future, between the Italian and the Hun-
garian movements. What shall we say, however,
in regard to the subjoined telegram, dated as we
we have already premised, Vienna, the 17th Nov. ?
mid running thus in the notification of the Austrian
Ciazette :—" We have received information," says
that Viennese Moniteur," from a special source, that
England, which up to the present time has only
been represented at the Imperial Court of Austria
by an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary, will raise the rank of her embassy, and
will in future be represented by an Ambassador
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary." Is
this intended as a sop to Austrian vanity and con-
ceit ? Is it designed as an anodyne for the pangs
caused at Vienna by Lord JOHN'S last diplomatic
manifesto ? In every point of view it appears to
us singularly inopportune. In no way does it seem
to be called for by the exigencies of the Austrian
Government or to be reflective of dignity upon our
own.

FEABFUL CATASTROPHE.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.

A telegram has been received from Gibraltar,
communicating the total loss of a Brazilian vessel of
war, with fearful loss of life. It states that the
vessel was on her way from Marseilles for Lisbon,
and was wrecked at Cape Spartel, on the coast of
Barbary. It is also reported that the captain and
35 persons were drowned, and 115 saved in a de-
plorable condition. These were conveyed to Tan-
gier by the English steam frigate Agus (query,
Argus ?).

We believe the Brazilian corvette had a great
number of naval cadets on board for education and
instruction in practical navigation, and the loss will
throw gloom on Rio when the news goes out by the
French steamer on the 21st, and plunge many of
the most respectable families into grief and mourn.
ing.

THE COURT.—The invitation of the American
Minister on a visit to the Queen at Windsor so soon after
the arrival of the Prince of Wales, in company with the
heads of the Government, is a prompt and graceful acknow-
ledgment of the hospitality of the President, and the cordial
attention and the enthusiastic reception of the heir to the
British throne exhibited by all ranks and classes of the

people of tho United States. The Queen has placed her
own first-class steam yacht, the Victoria and Albert, at
the disposal of the Empress of Austria, for her Imperial

LA. TEST NEWS.

TEE EMPRESS OF THE FREN" H.

The Empress of the French arrived in York on
Friday evening last by the 5 45 Great Northern
train from London. Her Majesty's visit was en-
tirely private, the only intimation of her intention
to stay at York being conveyed by telegram to Mr.
Holiday, of the Royal Station Hotel, who was re-
quested by Colonel Faye to prepare accommodation
for a party of fifteen. It appears that at the
King's-cross station the directors proffered the
Empress a special carriage, which she however
declined, and took her seat in a first-class carriage
as an ordinary passenger. She was attended by
the Comtesse de Montebello, Madame de Saulcy,
the Marquis de Lagrange, Colonel Faye, and ten
attendants.

The presence in the ancient city of York of so
illustrious a visitor was but little known until
the following morning, when her Majesty break-
fasted at the Royal Station Hotel, at half-past
ten o'clock. It was not known whether the
Empress would make a closer acquaintance with
the ancient city, so celebrated for its great anti-
quity, for its historical associations, and for its
varied objects of interest, but it was thought by
some that her Majesty would be anxious to
pay a visit to the most splendid Gothic cathedral
in England. A number of persons collected for
the purpose of seeing the Empress, who, about
half-past 11 o'clock, got into a cab, accompanied
by two female attendants and Col. Fave. Her
Majesty was, of course, not known to any of the
spectators, but she was soon recognised by the
portraits of her Majesty which have from to time
time been seen in the print-shop windows. She
was very plainly attired in a black dress, and
plain black bonnet and shawl. The cab was driven
to the Cathedral, where the party alighted. They
were immediately conducted into the choir, where
the Empress had the fullest opportunity of inspect-
ing the grandeur of its proportions, its gorgeous
windows, and the records of departed greatness,
while listening to the organ, upon which the or-
ganist, Dr. Monk, played one of his best volun-
taries. This was followed by one of Hasidel's best
compositions, " He delivered the poor when they
cried." The greatest courtesy was shown to her
Majesty by the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of
York (Dr. Duncombe) and the Rev. Canon Hey,
who accompanied her ; and, in order to prevent any
intrusion upon the Empress's privacy, the gates of
the choir and side aisles were kept locked. Her
Majesty spent newly half an hour in the choir,
" lady chapel," and in the aisles. During this time
her movements were watched with great interest
by a crowd collected in the transept. At length
the Empress emerged from the north aisle, and
proceeded into perhaps the most beautiful part of
the Cathedral—the Chapter-house. A source of
gratification was provided for the Empress which
she could not have expected. During her visit to
the Chapter-house the crypt under the choir was
lighted up, and thither her Majesty was con-
ducted by the south aisle after she left the Chap-
ter-house. She afterwards proceeded into the
vestry, and after staying in the Minster altogether
about three-qaarters of an hour, she left by the
office of the Chapter clerk. A considerable crowd
—amounting to several hundred persona—was
waiting outside, and when her Majesty again
stepped into the cab she was loudly cheered. She
repeatedly bowed her acknowledgments, and,
amid renewed cheering, was driven to the Museum
and grounds of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society.
After inspecting the Museum her Majesty was
accompanied over the Hospitium by the Rev. Canon
Hey and the Rev. J. Kenrick. The Empress had
arranged to leave York en route for Scotland by
the 2 20 p.m. express train along the North-
Eastern and North British Railways. The direc-
tors of the North-Eastern Railway Company who
were in attendance were the Lord Mayor (Mr. G.
Leeman), and Mr. J. Pulleine, of Crakehall, near
Bedale. The city Sheriff and a number of railway
officials were also in attendance. Precisely at 20
minutes past two o'clock the Empress left the Royal
Station Hotel. She was accompanied along the
platform by the Lord Mayor of York, whom she
informed that she had been highly pleased with
her visit to the Cathedral and the Museum, and
intimated that, in all probability, she should again
visit York, and make a more prolonged stay there.
The Empress then entered the carriage, and, amid
repeated cheers, which were again acknowledged
by her Majesty, the train sped on its way to the
North.

Her Majesty, with several of the members of her
suite, occupied the central compartment of a first-
class carriage, and the train reached Edinburgh at
a quarter past eight o'clock. As no special ar-
rangements had been made for the reception of the
august lady, and as the platform was somewhat
dark, very few of those who gathered round the
carriage in waiting on the platform could distin-
guish her Majesty among the ladies of the suite,
all of whom were plainly dressed in deep mourning.
The crowd, however, gave her Majesty a very cor-
dial cheer, both as she alighted from the train, and as
her carriage left the platform. Her Majesty and suite
immediately proceeded to Douglas's Hotel, where
apartments had been engaged for their brief stay.
Apart from the popularity of her Majesty's charac-
ter, her ancestrial connexion with Scotland is cer-
tain to secure for her a very kindly reception north
of the Tweed.