The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-19 00:00:00

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

BOMBARDMENT OF JEDDAH.

OFFICIAL DESPATCH.
The following telegram has been received at the
Foreign-office from Consul-General Green :

" ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST 13, 1858.

"'Her Majesty's ship Cyclops arrived at Suez from
Jeddah last night. I have received the following
telegraph from Captain Pullen :
" The Cyclops arrived at Jeddah 23d of July.

"Hamik Pasha at Mecca. Satisfaction demanded,
and letter sent to Kaimakam, under flying seal, say-
ing if no satisfactory answer received in thirty-six
hours shall proceed to extremities.
"On the morning of the 25th, 20 hours (? 40)
having intervened from time of sending despatch,
and no reply, commenced bombaiding, on the town
at intervals.

" Fourteen or fifteen bungalows burnt and de-
stroyed.
" 11 A.M.—Letter received from Paella not satis-
factory. Resumed operations, and continued occa-
sionally until evening of the 26th, both from boats
and ships, with shot, shell, and rockets.
" 27th.— Troops arrived, 507 Bashi-Bazouks ;
time given to land.

" 2.Bth.—Lassa (Pasha ?) arrived; comes on board
next day ; can come to no satisfactory arrangements
cannot execute murderers, but has them confined,
station (stating ?) that has not the power of life and
death.

Time extended to allow pilgrims to embark.
" 30tb.—" Lady Canning" leaves for Yembo with
Moorish Princes.

Depositions of murderers sent off, and proved
guilty by their own local Courts. Their execution
insisted upon on morning of the 2nd instant, and
not complied with by the evening of the 4th.
" Commenced bombarding again on the morning
of the sth.

" Before a reply is received, the Yabari steamer
arrived with troops, 480 Egyptians.
" Ismail Passain [Pasha ?] commands, with power
to satisfy the just demands of England and France.
"On the morning of the 6th, eleven murderers
executed [in] sight of the town and shipping in port,
and four more culprits to be sent to Constantinople.
" The Cyclops left Jeddah on morning of the 7th
instant, and has brought up a messenger from the
Pasha, with despatches for Constantinople.
"Mr. Vice-Consul Calvert has my despatches for
the Admiralty, and leaves immediately.

(Signed) " GREEN.
" Malta, August 18, 1858, 6%50 a.m.
(Signed) _

" MONTAGUE STOPFORD, Vice-Admiral."

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received our ussal letters and papers in
anticipation of the Bombay Overland Mail. We
have dates by this arrival from the 3d to the 19th
July, inclusive. The following is the summary of
the Bombay Gazette :
" Unlike former occasions, we have not now to
record any great action as having distinguished our
army in the task of suppressing the sepoy insurrec-
tion. After the signal defeat achieved over 16,000
followers of the Begum at Nawabgunge on the 13th
of last month, by Sir Hope Grant, followed up as it
was by one or two efforts in the same spirit, the
disturbers of the peace of the country have not
been found congregated anywhere in very great
numbers. Their game now is to scatter themselves
in all directions in burning and pillaging parties
of from 100 to 2,000 or 3,000 each, harassing our
troops when they think they can do so with im-
punity, and keeping up a reign of terror among the
miserable villagers whom they plunder. Strong-
holds now they have none, and unless their different
leaders combine their forces, with the determination
of striking what they may insanely regard as a de-
cisive blow at British supremacy, the probability is
that for many months, if not for years to come, we
shall have little to record of the great Indian
Mutiny but a series of guerilla conflicts, which will
bring ample annoyance and fatigue to our
soldiers, but very little glory. Although the
rebels cannot be coaxed by any means to
meet our army in " battle array," they continue to
keep large districts of the North-west in a state of
uneasiness and alarm. In the Benares division espe-
cially, great complaints are made by the European
residents and well-disposed natives, that they are
subject to constant incursions from gangs of
marauders. Outrages which never would have
been attempted but for the absence of an
efficient English force, have been perpetrated in
Bikrum in Patna, Jehana in Behar, and Rug-
lioonathpore in Sarun, and various houses burnt
and spoiled. In some places the gaols have been
attacked, and the prisoners released to swell the
ranks of these banditti. The natives who refuse to
yield to their demands for food and money are dread-
fully mutilated and other wise ill-treated, and the
same fate awaits all who are supposed to be friendly
to the British. All the letters that reach us from
the smaller towns on both sides of the Ganges
teem with narratives of this kind. Even the imme-
diate vicinity of considerable towns, like Buxar,
in the district of Shahabad, is not safe from
these scoundrels, as we learn that two villages
within ten miles of that place were plundered and
then burnt at the end of last month by a body of
250 sepoys and their followers. Of course the re-
storation of a better state of things is only a question
of time, and we presume that the Government are
directing all their energies to put an end to the
anarchy that reigns in so many districts. It is im-
possible for a regular army to cope with hordes of
scoundrels who fly off with the rapidity of lightning
at the apparition of a few British officers ; and there-
fore it has been determined to augmext considerably
the mounted police force, who will be more likely to
succeed in putting salt upon the tails of Nana Sahib's
greyhounds.

" We have already suggested the possibility of the
rebel leaders joining their forces for the purpose of
making a last effort to retrieve their cause. Should
this be resolved upon, in all probability the scene of
operations will be Oude, which is the greatest and
will be the last refuge of disaffection.

"It is not known how many thousands of the
Gwalior fugitives now hold together, for although
several expeditions have been sent after them, thy
have, up to the latest advises, succeeded in eluding a
repetition of the drubbing Brigadier General Napier
gave them on the 19th June. They appear to have
halted some days at Lalsont, a town about forty-
three miles from Jeypore, and to have afterwards
proceeded to Dowlutpoor, in the direction of Chik-
soo, where they were halted up to 9 p.m. of the sth
instant, still wavering and uncertain as to the route
they should take. General Roberts's column from
Nusseerabad had advanced on the 4th instant as far
as Bharoti Baoree, eight miles from Jeypore, when
information reached that city of the departure of
the rebels from Lalsont for Dowlutpoor. Con-
sequently, the General, instead of proceeding to
the capital, marched on to Sanganeer, six miles
to the south of Jeypore, where he halted on the
.sth so as to refresh his men and cattle. The Be-
hooch Horse, under the cammand of Captain Macau-
lay, had been sent on to Chiksoo for the purpose of
reconnoitring, but up to 10 a.m. of the sth had seen
nothing of the enemy. The Cavalry portion of the
force consists (Regular and Irregular) of 150
Hussars, 120 Lancers, 50 Guzerat Horse, and 400
Belooch Horse. The column was to march on the
morning of the 6th from Sanganee to Waktob.
from
one day to another, therefore, we may ex-
pect to hear of a " brush," unless, as usual
lately, the enemy contrives to rely upon his
heels to save his head. Tantia Topee is said to
be at the head of the insurrectionary troops. The
Kotah rebels, who went to Gwalior for the purpose
of asssisting their insurgent brethren, and who there
found something more than they bargained for, have

returned greatly reduced in numbers, and, as might
be expected, in spirits.
"The latest intelligence from Gwalior is that the
ex-Rajah of Shahgurh, who had fraternised with the
reb;:ls, had given himself up to Mr. Thornton, super-
intendent of that district. The 'Maharajah of G wa-
lior has been reinstated in his dignities, and he
reposes the most implicit confidence in his army,
although at one time a portion of it gave indications
of a design to bolt' from allegiance to him.

"The—health of the British army continues, on
the whole, favourable, considering the arduous
duties which it has had to go through. The great
enemy has not been the rebel force, but the climate
the deaths from sun-stroke among officers and men
having been unfortunately very numerous. Grea►
complaints are made by the soldiers in consequence
of a reduction of their daily ration of beer from a
quart to one pint, a deprivation for which some sad
bungler in the War Department at home has, we
suppose, to be thanked.

"Of the Commander -in - chief we hear but
little, but it is understood that he retains his
health, and is quite prepared to resume the cam-
paign when the cold season sets in. Sir H. Rose,
the victor of Gwalior, is nearly exhausted, it is said,
by the exertious be has lately gone through. He
returns to the command of the Poona division of the
army, which will not make a severe demand upon
his energies. The citizens of Bombay purpose en-
tertaining him at a public dinner, should he be well
enough to receive such an ovation.
" Having said this much about the British Gene-
rals, we wish we could speak with the same precise-
ness of the arch-rebel Nana's whereabouts. Many
rumours have been afloat during the last fortnight, to
the effect that he had been delivered up to the Go-
vernment, but without foundation. He is believed
to be still in Oude. Our excellent Lucknow correspon-
dent thinks it not improbable that he has lately made
one of the conclave at Fort Boundee, presided over
by the Begum, who, it seems, soundly lectured her
troops for allowing themselves to be beaten at
Gwalior, telling them that an army of women would
have stood their ground better. The Begum still
sends troops against Maun Sing at Fyzabad, as re-
inforcements into Gorruckpore, and as aids to the
Nazim and Beni Madhoo in Southern Oude. The
latter zemindar continues to disturb the country east
of the Lucknow and Cawnpore road, while the
detachments of the Nazim occasionally find
work for the British force at Soroan, scarcely a
score miles north of Allahabad. The Shah-
zadab, Feroze Shah, - meanwhile disturbs with
a gathering the south-west corner of the province.

" Troops continue to pour into the country, and
confidence is generally restored everywhere among
the European residents, as to the result of the opera-
tions going on and in prospect for extinguishing the
embers of the insurrection.
" The Punjaub, under the administration of Sir
John Lawrence, is reported to be tranquil through-
out its length and breadth.

" Bombay is also quiet. The annual Mussulman
festival which comes off on the 22d inst. has been,
by some old women in pantaloons, looked forward to
with fear and trembling, as a likely occasion for a
rising among the natives ; but rational people do not
alarm themselves about such a contingency, although
of course the authorities are prepared for anything
that may turn up.
" Lord Elphinstone is ruralising at Dapooree."

THE IMPERIAL PROGRESS IN
FRANCE,

(FROM SPECIAL REPORTERS OF THE MORNING POST.)
NAPOLEONVILLE, AUG. 17.

Yesterday I followed in the track of the Emperor,
and had the opportunity of perceiving what impres-
sion his presence had produced upon the inhabitants
of that part of ancient Brittany lying between the
modern l'Orient and the city immortalised in
" Ca sar's Commentaries " as the scene of one of the
most cruel massacres ever committed upon a brave
people, fighting in defence of their national inde-
pendence against a foreign invader. Vannes, accord-
ing to the testimony of Ctusar, was the first amongst
the Gauls that had the courage to rise in insurrec-
tion against the Italians, who were always talking of
" liberty," and practising " tyranny ;" and, conse-
quently, not unlike the same pretenders in modern
politics, whose machinations have been rendered
nugatory by the courageous and conservative policy
of Napoleon 111. Vannes, therefore, in the joyful
reception and enthusiastic welcome given to the
Emperor, proved it was true to the principles that
animated its ancestors. It yielded a heart-homage to
this great and successful opponent of Roman ambi-
tion and Roman despotism. "Ab its (Venetic) fit
initium retinendi Silii, atque Velanii,'quod per eos
suos se obsides, quos Crasso dedissent, recuperaturos
existimabant."

From Vannes, worthy of its former fame, the Em-
peror travelled, to-day, to the town which was for-
merly called Roche-sur-Yon, bat, at the desire of the
first Emperor, was designated Napoleonville ; and
reminds one that looks closely at it as portraying,
in some respects, that which France had been before
Napoleon obtained supreme power, and what it was
his desire to make it. All the old parts of the town
—previous to the Napoleon era—are not only old,
but bad and inconvenient ; whilst all that has been
constructed under the inspiration of Napoleon, are
new, good, convenient, and, as regards the public
buildings, truly magnificent. The old town—that is,
so much as there remains of it—is like a bit of our
St. Giles's before any modern improvement pene-
trated its dark and gloomy precincts ; whilst the
modern Napoleonville is like the continuation of
Oxford-street, to which is to be added a fine square—
" the Place Napoleon"—much larger, and far better
arranged than any square in London.
It would be difficult to point out any view in any
city more charming than that which presented itself
to-day to the spectator on entering the city of Napo-
leonville from the main road, with its grand trium-
phal arch as an entrance to a noble street, composed
on both sides of houses like in height and appearance
to Euston-place, and this opening into a magnificent
square, the whole of one side, that most distant from
the spectator, being composed of the finest barracks
I ever saw, and approached by a bridge which runs
across the Blavit, and separates the barracks from
the square, though seemingly belonging to it. The
other two sides of the square are occupied by two
splendid palatial buildings—one being the Prefecture,
and the other the Courts of Justice; whilst the lower
end of the square, facing the barracks, consists of
houses, from their appearance, fitted to be placed by
the side of the Prefecture and the grand building
opposite, and on a parallel line with them is a con-
tinuation of very fine houses called, if I recollect
aright, the " Rue des Pyramids." All these con-
structions are of permanent materials, and contrasted
with the old unsightly edifices with which they are
conjoined, cannot fail to make their inhabitants more
proud of being known as citizens of Napoleonville, than
remembered as badly-housed burghers of Roche-
sur-Yon. Amraianus Marcellinus, in referring to
his own times, tells his readers of" a city which is now
known as Augusta, but that was formerly called
Lon don." A different fate,
we may be sure, awaits
Napoleonville, for its present improvements and its
future hopes are identified with the Emperor;
whils: there is nothing in the by-gone transactions
of the place to keep alive the old name, or rescue it
from obscurity.

In this town—his own dynastic town—the Empe-
ror was this evening received in a manner which I
shall hereafter describe; and which, I think,
from the
circumstances accompanying it, cannot fail to make
it a most agreeable remembrance in all his future
life.

Before I come to that description I wish, however,
to give in detail the observations I made this day,
knowing that what may be regarded as the very
heart and centre of Brittany lies between Vannes and
St. Brienne. It was there, beyond all other parts of the
province or ancient duchy of Bretagne, I
.was
Anxious to ascertain what were the preparations

making by a population so obtuse to new impressions,
and so firm and resolute in the retention of convic-
tions they have once accepted. Following in the
path the Emperor had taken from l'Orient to Vannes,

I wished to precede him on his road from Vannes to
Napoleonville to-day, and from that place to St.
Brienne to-morrow. This design was difficult to
be carried into effect, for so many persons had come
from all parts of the province to Vannes to see the
Emperor, that for two days, this and the next,
there was, so far as regards the public diligences, no
stirring out of Vannes. All places, in all directions,
had been engaged. Every public conveyance was
filled for the next three or four days, and claimants
for vacant places were hourly besieging the different
offices. Horses, even of the worst description, were
in demand ; and it was with some difficulty and, of
course, at a higher rate than ordinary, that I could
persuade a postmaster to hire a single horse and an
antiquated little gig for the day, with a solemn pro-
mise I should not attempt to bring either beyond
Napoleonville, but seek out some other way, no
matter what, to get beyond it on the following

morning.
I refer to this incident as a fact demonstrative of
the eagerness of the people, and the numbers that
came from all parts of the province to see and mani-
fest their respect for the,Emperor.
In proceeding along the road one of the fresh
objects that attracted my attention in a little village,
which (like all others) was decorated for the occa-
sion with flags and wreaths of flowers, was a new
signboard to a small cabaret, where the endeavour
was made to attract customers by the promise in
large letters that there they might have the advan-
tage of drinking old wine with a new name, for it
was called " Yin a la Prince Imperial."
Outside of this village, and close to another
triumphal arch, composed of laurels and flowers, was
drawn up the finest body of peasant cavalry I had
There were at least forty peasant farmers
mounted, of all ages, from 70 to 25, and all dressed
in a manner that would have made them looked at,
even in the Strand, at its very busiest hour. A de-
scription of their standard-bearer will be sufficient.
He was a dark-complexioned man of middle age,
sage, grave, and severe-looking, with long lank hair
falling down upon his *shoulders, and reaching
behind nearly to the middle of his back. On his
head was a broad hat extending out to a marvellous
extent on all sides, and composed of the very finest
beaver—he wore a wide black frockcoat, the sleeves
reaching within an inch of the wrist, so as to dis-
close a very white shirt his belt was composed of
white leather, and his trousers were as wide; and
about three inches shorter than those of a sailor.

seen.

This strange grou p was plainly composed of de-
legates from a rural commune, and were all thus
early on the road to greet the Emperor, as the dis-
tance from Napoleonville was too great for them to
go there and return on the same day.

After passing this outr&looking group, another
equally curious spectacle presented itself—a vast
number of garden carts, driven and filled by none
but women. These, with white caps on their heads, all
the same size, and the shape of a sugar loaf, were at a
very short distance from other groups—it might be
said groups upon groups—of women with caps, that
hung with long flapping ends overi their shoulders
and down to the middle of the arm. Whole families
of women, from the oldest to the youngest, were
thus seen walking together.

The next place I came to was, as I understood
from the driver, called " Pont de Louis ;" and here
I saw what I had never before remarked in any
other district, and is in itself a proof of the care
taken of women in Brittany ; for here, when there
was a large crowd close to a triumphal arch, all the
men, without a single exception, were on one side of
the road, and all the women on the other. So
rigidly is this distinction between the sexes main-
tained, that I saw no instance in which the boys, not
even the youngest, were with their mothers or
sisters, or a little girl in company with her father
or brothers. Thus they were all travelling apart
from each other; and the effect produced was in
many parts of the road, where thirty, forty, or fifty
women were seen walking along, to give them, with
their white, stange, long-flapped caps, the appearance
of a religious procession.

The best proof that this was a holiday was to see all
the women that were clustered together on the road ;
for when women are so abroad, one may feel quite
sure that their families are enjoying a holiday out of
doors, and here there was a holiday ; for the pious
and pure-minded Bretons hold in utter abhorrence
those democratic infidels who are struggling to de-
stroy all family ties. The good Bretons, therefore,
regard as a most fitting object for their respect the
ruler who has rendered nugatory the pernicious de-
signs of socialists and communists. Napoleon 111
is, in their estimation, their shield and their defence
against those public disturbers, and hence their devo-
tion and their loyalty to him.
At Grand Champ there was another triumphal arch,
with the words, " Vive l'Empereur ! Vive l'lmpera-
trice ! " inscribed upon it. Attached to this, as if
they were guarding it, was a very numerousgroup of
agricultural horsemen, with their tricolor flags, and
in the hat of each a tricolor cockade. All these
were dressed in black, and all had leather belts
around their waists.
A short distance from Grand Champ there was a
little army collected—agricultural horsemen, women
in garden-carts, hussars in uniform, with the horses
by their side, as if ready to mount in a moment ; and
here presented itself a scene which I had not pre-
viously an opportunity of remarking, and that was
the friendly and cordial relations existing between
the people and the soldiers. The fact, however, is
easily accounted for. The army is, to a man,
devoted to the Emperor—so are the people of I3rit-
tany. A common feeling and the same wishes ani-
mate both, and both are ready to shed their blood in
defence of the Imperial dynasty. An illustration of
this feeling was afforded on a plain called Bignan,
where there was a triumphal arch, with these signi-
ficant words—" Vive l'Empereur ! Vive l'lmpera-
trice pour un long temps ! Vive l'Empire Franclise,
toujours !"

At this place—Bignan, a long, straggling village—
there were some hundreds of women gathered toge-
ther, and all having the same curious costume, the
long•flapped caps, and their dresses composed of
black and red, black and white, black and green ;
black and pink, &c.—the sleeves and dress being in-
variably composed of black, and the body and front
shaped like a high, long apron of some glaring
colour ; Iwhilst the men were so numerous, and
having large tri-color rosettes in their bats, and
flaunting bouquets of tri-colored ribands on their
breasts, they had the appearance of an enormous
detachment of recruits. Here the crowd of farmer-
cavalry became so great, that it was with difficulty
one was able to make way through them. There
were, I suppose, from three to four hundred horse-
men gathered on this single spot, and from looking
closely at them I perceived that not one used a
saddle in riding.

After passing 13ignan the country extends to a
vast distance on all sides in flat plains of barren
landes, covered with purple furze ; and here it was
very interesting to observe groups converging from
jll quarters of the horizari towards whatever spots
triumphal arches had been erected. These groups
appeared from the different distances at which they
could be seen to be composed of persons of all sizes
—the most distant as little fairy women in pink,
and the men as white moving specks in the land-
scape, others grown to the size of infants, others, who
were nearer, seeming to be little boys and girls, and
those approaching to the road, their natural size.
The manner in which the landes were occupied
showed that the whole population was in movement,
and that for two miles, at least, on each side of the
road through which the Emperor passed, it is pro-
bable he was greeted by all who were capable of
stirring or being brought out of doors.

And whilst the Landes were thus sending forth
their scattered population upon the roads were to be
met seyQrpl groups of young men amusing them-

selves with singing some new chant—for all were
singing to the same tune—and the spirit of their
modern favourite ballad singers be inferred from the
words with which each stanz' concluded—the un-
ceasing "Vive l'Empereur !"

At Loernine, the prettie3t village on the day's
route, there were great preparations made to wel-
come the Emperor. There was a really splendid
triumphal arch, covered on the top with white satin,
and these words in letters of gold, " Vive l'Empe-
reur Vivel'Emperatrice !" and close to it an asylum
for young children, with a beautiful decoration of
green leaves and flowers clustering around the large
entrance-gate, with these words at the top, " Homage
a leur M,jestes I" Here, there was observable a
new and great change in the habiliments of the dis•
trict. The black dress had entirely disappeared, and
in its place the men appeared, it might be said, all in
white, with broad flapping straw hats edged with
black velvet, white jackets, and the seams and bor-
ders and pockets bound with black. This was the
dress of all, whether horse or foot, for here, too,
there was a peasant cavalry to welcome their
Majesties.
It was in .this place that I saw a man going about
the town, beating a drum, and whenever what he
' considered a sufficient group gathered around to
address, he told them the joyful tidings—that " the
Maire had received a despatch announcing that their
Majesties the Emperor and Empress would be there
at 12 o'clock"—a declaration that was received with
loud cheers; those who were as yet unprepared
hurrying away, and those at that moment in a
state of satisfactory completion, smoking their pipes
with increased vigour and satisfaction.

At Arten there was another triumphal areb, and
near to it a large processional group of young girls
all dressed in white. At other places the name of
which I could not collect, there were triumphal
arches, with the same mottos expressive of the same
wishes.

One spirit appeared to animate the people on the
entire road. All were plainly engaged in a manner
that was most agreeable to them—in showing their
attachment to the Emperor—all were, therefore, in
good humour, and they were pleased with every-
thing that presented itself to their view—even the
carriages which carried the servants and the luggage
of the Imperial household were cheered by them on
the road ; but beyond all other classes, these who
took a most persecuting mode of manifesting their
zeal were the humble men, the cantonniers, who
have to look to the roads, and keep them in proper
order. These poor fellows were so desirous to force
the Emperor to admire them for the manner in
which they performed their duty in keeping the
roads quite clean, that they were indefatigably en-
gaged in sweeping them, and so they covered every
traveller who came in their way with a frightful
dust.

I had passed by so many peasant-horsemen on the
road, and seen such quaint dresses, that I did not
expect to behold more of the one nor capable of
being surpassed by the other at Napoleonville. I
had very little notion of the wonderful spectacle that
Napoleonville was to afford to the Emperor. I
never fancied having seen the deputation of
Croatians to the Emperor of Austria in 1848—that
I should again look upon costumes so curious, so
strange, or so fantastic worn by human beings as I
had beheld on that occasion ; and yet I must own
that to-day—and at such a little distance from
England—Brittany can, when it chooses, surpass
Croatia. Here is the dress of one man of
which I took a note whilst he was standing before
me. An old man with a broad-leafed white hat, a
full, round-skirted white coat, with pink buttons,
and bound with pink, a white waistcoat deeply em-
broidered with red, and flaring with red ribbons, red
knee-buckles, and white gaiters. Here is another—
black coat and waistcoat, and long black pantaloons,
all fitting tightly to the figure, and covered all over
with white mother-of-pearl buttons. Here is another
a woman's dress—black cloth, with a girdle of silver
lace two inches broad at the least, and the skirts of
the dress a thick embroidery of silver lace. here is
a man's dress—white jacket, waistcoat, and trowsers,
and with pockets fantastically ornamented, and placed
so high up under the arms that what is under the
left arm can only be reached by the right, and what
is under the right prehensible only by the left hand.
Then there:were deputations all in black, bound round
with brown, and others with red bands. But I find
it impossible to give a notion of the infinite variety
of the men's costumes ; whereas that of the women
was still more strange—as, for instance, caps the
same shape as those worn by students in our univer-
sities, dresses of scarlet cloth, crossed back and front
with broad pink ribbons, girdles of heavy, rich gold
lace, and the bottom of the dress a band, some two,
some three inches in depth, composed of the richest
gold lace. Of such dresses as these—the wedding-
festive dresses—the value varies from 1,500 to 2,000
francs. These rich dresses, I may remark, were
alone worn by women on horseback, and no women
appeared alone on horseback—all were behind their
husbands or fathers, with one hand clinging around
the waist. In these magnificent habiliments,
red and brown, green and blue, they literally
came in hundreds, and formed a most magni-
ficent spectacle. The number of horsemen was
actually astonishing. Troop after troop came
pouring into " the Place Napoleon" for hours before
the arrival of the Emperor ; so that I suppose there
would not be less than from three to four thousand
farmer horsemen drawn up before the Emperor, and
of these, the women with their husbands formed
the first line.

The spectacle was not merely 'remarkable for its
beauty, but there was the proof in those dresses that
there was a great deal of wealth amongst those ad-
herents of the Emperor—that in Brittany he had
not only the hearts of the poor and working classes,
but also of the wealthy and independent farmers.
I have dwelt on those incidents as showing bow
Brittany has voluntarily moved to greet its Em-
peror; and that the nephew of Napoleon is beloved
by this part of France.
By these persons, and by the multitude around
them, the Emperor and Empress were received with
enthusiastic acclamations, and the day's proceedings,
as peculiar to Napoleonville, concluded NO.th all the
horseriders—women and men—defiling before their
Majesties, and breaking away with loud cries of
" Vive l'Empereur !"
There were illuminations, fireworks, and the usual
rejoicings, as in other places during the evening.

FRANCE.

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PARIS, AUG. 18.

The Plenipotentiaries of the Conferences will to-
morrow put their signatures to the convention for
the organization of the Danubian Principalities. These
documents will then have to be ratified, a process
which may occupy a month. The convention will
be officially published and the public will learn the
results of the meetings at the Hotel of Foreign
Affairs. The French Government has certainly
maintained its original views regarding the union •
but being in a minority has, as you are
,already
aware, confined itself to obtaining an administrationthe
which will certainly improve the condition of
Rournans if it does not satisfy the views of their
more advanced politicians.

The Imperial Governor of Lombardy is certainly
the " fast " young man of the Austrian Imperial
family. his exerttions to reconcile the Lombards
are most praiseworthy ; but unless the people are
very much changed since I knew them,
his endea-
vours will fail. The Archduke will assuredly be
thwarted at Vienna, and I fear his good intentions
and reforms will not be carried out. At all events
he is doing all he can to introduce a new policy at
Milan and Venice.

Lu
Presse yesterday published an article, which
set forth an awkward comparison between the Pope
and the Sultan. The latter was represented as mare
favourable to progress than the guardian of St.
Peter's keys. But, in point of fact, what is a Pope-
of Rome in our day ? Pio Nono, with all the good in-
tentions of a good man, failed in 1848 to create a better
administration of secular interests in the ROMP

States. It is only when the Roman Catholic coun-
tries, or rather Governments, of Europe cease to
abuse the inflaences of the Church, by using it as a
spiritual tool, that any change can take place for the
better.

A letter from Berlin contains a few particulars of
the visit paid to that capital by Queen Victoria on
Monday last :—" All the streets from the railway to
the palace of the Prince of Prussia were densely
thronged with people. Her Majesty and the Prince
of Prussia occupied the first open carriage, and in
the next were the Princess of Prussia, the Prince
and Princess Frederic William, and Prince Albert.
The Queen was received with the most cordial ac-
clamations, and appeared much pleased with the

welcome given to her. Soon after her arrival at the
palace, Queen Victoria appeared at the balcony with
the Prince of Prussia, and was ',loudly cheered. At
noon, her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses
visited the palace of the Prince Frederic William
and the Royal palace."

We learn by telegraph, dated Berlin, 17th : " The
Dagbladet of Copenhagen announces that the King
is about to leave for the Duchy of Schleswig; his
Majesty will reside at the Palace of Glucksberg.
After the inspection of the Holstein-Lauenbourg
Contingent by the delegates of the Germanic Diet,
the King will proceed to Kendsberg to inspect the
troops quartered there."
The Esperance of Athens publishes a letter from
the Isle of Candia of the 27th ultimo, which says :
" The elections of provincial representatives are
taking place regularly. The chiefs of the insurgent
Christians profit by their victory with praiseworthy
moderation. It is they who are now the real mas-
ters of the island, and the Ottoman authorities are
obliged to apply to them for the execution of all
measures of police and of public order. In proof of
this assertion it may be stated that the Mussulmans,
having committed grave excesses in the neighbour-
hood of the town of Candia, the Christian chiefs of
the district of Rhethymo have, at the express request
of the Turkish inhabitants and magistrates, under-
taken to re-establish order."

The Paris journals contain no political arti-
cles. The Constitutionnel continues its running
comments on the visit of their Majesties to Brittany,
and exclaims :—" We entertain the conviction that

the journey into Brittany will bear excelleut fruits.
France will feel proud at having offered once again
to Europe the spectacle of a nation closely united and
devoted to its sovereigns ; parties will observe how
great and solid is the rampart which protects the
popular Government of 1852 ; whifr . • s Chief of the
State, happy in this unanimity in tue s utiments of
his people, and deriving fresh force from it, will per-
severe in the political, social, and religious mission
which Providence has confided to him:'

This is the third year of M. Ber's exi eriment for
establishing in the Bois de Boulogne, on an exten-
sive scale, a pleasure garden provided with excellent
music, theatres, and an open air ballet. Several
acres of land are now tastefully cultivated, and
planted with flowers, after the manner of an English
garden, accompanied by such tasteful additions as are
peculiar to French fancy and invention. It is
scarcely a garden for the people; it is rat''ier In-
tended as a promenade for those who possess or can
pay for the hire of carriages. In fact, it is an esta-
blishment which deserves the support of the aristo-
cracy in the same way that the Horticultural Gardens of
England are maintained, viz., subscription. The theatre
is now one of the most complete and original build-
ings ever produced in modern times, reminding one
in some respects of the theatrical constructions of
the ancients—at least both the stage and the audi-
ence have no other canopy but the sky above. There
is no velasium, but a series of boxes of tasteful Swiss
construction circle the pit, with a view of accommo-
dating those who may seek shelter from sunlight or
the damp of the evening. Could we, as in Italy or
Greece, reckon on weeks of almost uninterrupted
fine weather, the theatre of the Pre Catelan would
no doubt form a more profitable speculation than
can be hoped for, considering the uncertainty of the
season in Paris. The decorations of the stage are
permanent ; that is to say, a waterfall is seen
leaping from rock to rock, and falling into
basins which are occupied with fountains surrounded
by flowers. Groups of trees rise clustering from a
green hilly back-ground cut up by pathways and a
rustic bridge; the whole presenting an exceedingly
fresh and varied cultivated garde n scene, in the
midst of which occurs the boarded stage. When
illuminated with artistic calculation, nothing can be
more novel and pleasing, as may easily be imagined
by those who have remarked the pleasing effect pro-
duced by throwing a strong light on green trees and
beds of flowers. The stage attractions this year are
the Spanish dancers and a company of English
pantomimists—with the usual harlequin, pantaloon,
clown, &c. The gardens are open day and night, and
during the week there are generally two or three
evening fetes. On these occasions the pathways of
the gardens are traced out with coloured lamps placed
on the edges of the green plots of grass which carpet
the whole of these extensive grounds. Round about
the trees are hung with paper lanterns chiefly of a
pale green colour, which experience has dictated as
being the most effective night colour for the open
air. Another feature on the fête nights is the intro-
duction of large illuminated vases bearing illuminated
flowers. These showy ornaments are all made up
of transparent paper, cost little, and are strikingly
attractive. The best military bands of the garrison
of Paris are in attendance night and day, so that in
fact the Pre Catelan forms a most attractive spot for
the Parisian lounger, and well worthy of the atten-
tion of the thousands of strangers who repair to this
pleasure-providing capital.
PARIS BOURSE.—The market was buoyant at the
opening, owing to forced purchases effected for the
account of the speculators for a fall. Threes have
been done at 691 r. 55c. and 69fr. 65c.; Mobilier
were done from 725 fr. to 740 fr. ; Austrian, 650 fr. to
652 fr. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,330 fr. to 1,340 fr. ; Northern,
955 fr. to 9601 r.; Southern, 545 fr. to 555 fr. ; Lyons,
825 fr. to 830 fr.; Geneva, 610 fr. to 612 fr. 50c. ; and
Eastern, 695 fr. to 700 fr. Sales for the realisation
brought prices down just before the close, when they
closed as follows :

Fr. Ct.
41 per Cents... 97 35
Do. end of month
3 per Cent. 69 50
Do. end of month 69 40
Bank Shares .... 3,175
Credit Mobilier..
Do. account..... 712 50

Fr. Ct.
Credit Fonder 625
Belgian 41 —
Piedmontese 5, 89 75
Roman.. 90 75
Austrian —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt...

RAILWAYS.

Cash—Fr. Ct. Account—Fr. Ct.
1,330 -- .. 1,322 50
050 -- .. 945 —...
806 25 .. 805 --
820 -- .. 815 —.

Orleans .
Northern
New ditto
Lyons & Mediterranean
New ditto .
Geneva
Midi
Western
Eastern
Grand Ceutral —
Sardinian
Austrian

602 50
545
620 -
690 -

602 50
540 -
620 -
692 50

430 --
645 -.

MEXICO.

PARIS, AUG. 18.

Accounts from Mexico to the 21st July have been
received. The situation of the Republic may be

thus summed up :
Gazza and Vidaurri, having been successful, were
marching on Mexico in the interest of Juarez, who
had been called to the Presidency.

The Clerical party, which was repree4.lted by
Zuloaga, was routed ; and the Constitutional pa rty
supported by the troops of Juarez, would find no
great difficulty in dealing with the two bishops and
Gen. Conto, to whom Zuloaga, when he went away
had left the command.

INSTALLATION OF A PREBENDARY OF LINCOLN
CATIIEDRAL.—On Sal urday afteraoon the vacant prebendal
stall of Aylesbury (in the presentation of the Lord Bishop
of the diocese) was filled up. The installed was the Rev. J.
W. Brooks, M.A., Vicar of St. Mary's, Nottingham, for-
merly Vicar of Retford, a clergyman who has been instru-
mental in eincting a large amount of good. On Sunday
morning the newly-elected prebendary read himself in the
usual manner, and preached an eloquent sermon from Isaiah
lvii. 15. We understand that the other two canons who will
:hardy be installed are the Rev. G. Blenkin, of Boston, and
he Rev. H. Mackenzie one ofthe Bishop's examiningahap-
lains.—Lincolashire Times.

I3y the death of Eugene Shaclwell, Esq., only
,on of the late Dr. Shad«•ell, of Horfield, a considerable
estate, belonging to the Horfield Manor, is at the disposal
of Bishop Monk's trustees, for the becefit of aged clergy and
porsonap-Ilousesl