The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-07 00:00:00

ROYAL OLYMPIC TREATBE.

Lessees, Messrs. F. Robson and W. S. Emden. . .
THIS EVENING, LEADING STRINGS : characters by Must's. G.
Vining and Addison, Mesdames Stirling, Wyndham, and Herbert.
After which, BOOTS AT TEE SWAN : Jacob Earwig, Mr. F. Robson.
To conclude with A. DOUBTFUL VICTORY : characters by Messrs.
G. Vining and W. Gordon, Mesdames Stirling and M.ivs Herbert.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, ASMODEUS; or, The Little Devil's Share: Mist
ligrie Wilton, Mrs. Leigh Murray, &c. After which, LOVE LN ALL
CORNERS : Messrs. Belford, C. Young, Mesdames Leigh Murray
and V. Teruan. To conclude with GOOD FOR NOTHING : Nan,
Miss 31trie Wilton.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN' EVERY EVENING.—The following company of Vo-
calists are evgaged for the performance of Seleetions from all the
popular OM, AS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, Ac.,
viz.:—Miss Itia,sell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame
Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson;
Herr P. Jonghmans, Mr. llenshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melting,
Senor Antonio, E.L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens,
Mr. Pell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. yanin, John G.
Fords, and E.W. MaAney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil-Hicks ; harmo-
nium, Mr. Courtney; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at
even o'clock precisely. Suppers, Ac., unt it twelve o'clock.

THE SUN.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1853.

It is on record in our national annals that Queen
ELIZABETH was singularly sparing in her royal dis-
tribution of the honours of the peerage. The fact
of her being so, indeed, is illustrated so clearly and
strikingly in the history of her long and remark-
able reign, that the vast majority of the greatest men
of that great age—the Julian age of heroism and the
Augustan age of literature for England—survive in
the popular remembrance by titles indicating their
having risen only to the dignity of knighthood. It
was so with the great English Admiral of those days
—Sir FRANCIS DRAKE. It was so with the accom-
plished hero and the dauntless soldier, the preux
chevalier in the Court of the Virgin Queen—Sir
Pnuar SIDNEY. It was so, in like manner, with
the all mastering genius of the poet, historian, navi-
gator, generalissimo—Sir WALTER RALEIGH. So,
likewise, was it with the elegant and courtly Chan-
cellor—Sir CHRISTOPHER HATTON. So even with
the sagacious administrator—Sir ROBERT CECIL. So
for a long while before his investiture with the sym-
bols of the barony of 'Verulam, with " the wisest and

world's philosophers—Sir FRANCIS BACON. Knight-
hood in those days was the badge of honour awarded
to valour and genius—coronets were grudgingly
granted at rare intervals to court favourites, to
Earls of ESSEX and Earls of LEICESTER.
Queen Vicroara in no way emulates the dubi-
ously royal conduct, In this way, of her great prede-
cessor, Queen ELIZABETH. Without squandering '
the pomps of the peerage by wholesale, her
MAJESTY has always shows her readiness in this dis-
tinctive manner to reward those individuals who
have at any time, in any way, to a remarkable ex-
tent distinguished themselves by doing good service
to the country. At the time of her accession she dis-
tributed, among other honours, a baronetcy to one who
had rendered himself world-famous in the fields of
science, and another baronetcy to a contemporary
who had rendered himself no less world-famous in lite-
rature. Since then the honours of the peerage and the
baronetcy have been distributed bythe SOVEREIGN with
a liberal, an unfailing, and a discriminative readiness'
Insomuch has this been apparent, consistently and
perseveringly, through all this protracted period
during which her most gracious MAJESTY has
happily bctn seated on the throne of her ancestors
that we confidently assert that, had Queen
VICTORIA been the reigning Sovereign in
those days, instead of acting as her Royal grand-
father did in regard to such a matchless hero of the
deep as Holum) NELSON—allowing him to die at
last merely in the fourth order of the Peerage—she
would infallibly have exhausted in his regid all the
titles of glory within her gift, and—as ARTHUR
WELLESLEY was made a Duke before Waterloo—
have created NELSON a Duke before his final victory
off Cape Trafalgar.

It will have been remarked, in further illustration
of this munificence in regard to the peerage, that the
Gazette of last night announced the addition to the
number of the Barons of England of a brave soldier
and sagacious general—and to the number of the
Baronets of England of a brilliant diploinatist and
successful administrator. The almost simultaneous
gift of a baron's coronet to the Earl of SEAFIELD,
and of another barony a short while previously
to Sir JOHN YARDS BULLER, were only noticeable as
judicions_and. perfectly comprehensible rewards for
political services, in one instance within, and in
another without, the walk of Parliament. with the
Peerage already specified, however, and the accom-
panying baronetcy it is wholly otherwise. The inci-
dents am matters not merely of town or local interest,
but of an interest, on :thej contrary, truly imperial.
Scarcely a man in the empire but will experience a
sense of unaffected pleasure on learning that General
Sir Cows CAMPBELL, the heroic Highlander who,
with the aid of the famous " thin red line," saved
Balaklava from the Russians, and who has more re-
cently followed up INGLIS'S defence and HAVELOCK'S
relief of Lncknow by a series of crushing defeats ad-
ministered to the villainous rebels of ncrgai
—haq
now bccn raised to the peerage of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland by letters patent under
the Great Seal, and signed by the band of the
SOVEREIGN—by the name, style, and title of Baron
CLYDE, of Clydesdale. There is only one alloy to the
otherwise unmixed satisfaction derivable from these
announcements in the Gazettc of lest evening, namely,
the very general regret now felt that a baronetcy
cnly has been vet vouchsafed by the Crown to the
Chief Commissioner of the Thinjatth, the hero who
tf all has earned for himself the reputation
or having saved India the brave, resolute,
and unflinching Sir JOHN LAWRENCE, G.C.B.
Later on let us hope this inadequate recompense for
services so brilliant and remarkable may be enhanced,
and that Sir Jona LAWRBNCE, Bart., will yet be a
peer of the realm, as be deserves. A speedy realisa-
tion to this earnest hope! Further honour to them'
bosh in their country's remembrancel And cordial

felicitations to the new Baronet, and the brave
Lord CLYDE, of Clydesdale, still fighting his way to
fresh glory through the armed thousands in that
fierce and desperate Rebellion !

The cannon at Cherbourg have boomed forth a
cordial welcome to Queen VICTORIA, and the EMPEROR
and EMPRESS have rendered all honour to their
illustrious visitors. But, far beyond any ceremo-
nious reception—far beyond red-tapist welcome, is
that which proceeds from the hearts of a people,
freely and kindly rendered to the majestic represen-
tative of a nation once hostile, but now a faithful
and unflinching ally. Those—whether Englishman
or Frenchman we care not, who would breed dis-
sension between the two great nations of Europe—
who would embitter the one people against the other,
or produce malevolence where all should be friendly,
should receive the censure which they so greatly de-
serve. We rejoice in our fleets and arsenals, in the
magnificent harbours which PROVIDENCE has bestowed
upon us, and in which the navies of the world might
float in safety. Should we view with jaundiced eye-
sight the enterprise of our friends and neighbours,
who have made science repair natural deficiencies,
and produced the magnificent harbour and arsenal,
on which every true-hearted Englishman will
honestly congratulate them ? We hope and
believe that we shall continue friends; but if
not, we would not envy a particle of the
strength and power that justly entitles France to a
position second to none on the political ladder. We
believe that we are but giving expression to the
voice of public opinion in stating that which we
have carefully collected in every quarter, from the
highest to the lowest class. There is a general feel-
ing favourable to the French alliance, in which no
particle of jealousy or malevolence can be detected.
Many persons of high rank in either country were
in attendance, but we confess that we received
with even greater pleasure the honest, the
;enthusiastic cheers thatLiame forth from bloused
Reasants or humble workmen., These exhibited
thorough sincerity. There was no diplomatic hum-
bug in their honest shouts. They furnished a stronger
guarantee for the maintenance of the Alliance than
all the protocols which diplomatists could concoct,
or which might be ratified with all the formalities
known to red-tapism.
The elaborate and admirable report which will be
found in another part of our impression,
and for which we are indebted to our kind.
and respected contemporary, the Morning Post,
contains a graphic detail of what has taken place.
It might easily be imagined that everything that
could be effected would be done to grace the cere-
mony and to receive the Royal and distinguished
visitors with all honour. But no previous prepara-
tions could have given tone to the myriads of voices
that sung forth clearly and distinctly from myriads
of honest throats, which showed that whatever may
happen to be the differences of Ministers, French-
men and Englishmen will still be friends, if not
brothers. Every heartfelt cheer from the most
simple artizan was stronger evidence in support of
the continued peace and tranquillity of Europe, than
the
,most elaborate forms, the most expensive exhi-
bitions of administrative amicability or diplomatic
friendship. We may now, on behalf of the peoples
of both countries
ask, Quis seperabet—who shall pro-
duce animosity
anicugst those who were so long im-
properly regarded as natural enemies, but who now
know the inestimable advantages and benefits of being
mutual friends? Many have written with pens steeped
in gall of the folly of the Irish io indulging in faction
fights in remote districts, and injuring their neigh-
bours in consequence of hereditary quarrels. Before
we censure our Hibernian brethren, Jet us pluck
the beam from our own eyes, moderate
the prejudices that have "grown with our growth
and strengthened with our strength." Let us do
as we would be done by," and the peace and tran-
quillity of the civilised world will be ensured. With
mutual kindness and good faith there can be no cause
of quarrel ; and while they are in accord, who will
fling down the gage or initiate hostilities? Every
favourable auspice, then, to the magnificent works
at Cherbourg. May they long remain the glory
of France, the admiration of the world ! We
should not say this if we fancied for a moment

menace to England," or something intended for our
humiliation or subjugation. We regard it, however,
in a better spirit, and can honestly compliment the
EMPEROR and people of France on what is a legiti-
mate source of pride, and which we can admire with-
out either envying or dreading.

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH
CABLE.

(By British and Irish Maynetic Telegraph, direct

from Valentia.)

VALENCIA, SATURDAY MORRING.
Signals from Newfoundland regularly received.
Communication perfectly maintained.

beg to forward you a further telegram,
just received (11 a.m.) front Valenti am, sir,
yours very truly,
Aug. 6, 1858. GEO. SAWAItD, Sec.
(Copy.)
"To TIM DIRECTORS OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGR.APII

COAIrAN T.

" VALENTIA.
" Electric communication is maintained perfectly.
In answer to the signals from our coils they returned
us this morning, at 8.40 accurately to Greenwich
time, at directed, the pre-arranged landing signal.
The complete instruments, which' were on board the
Niagara, for speaking cannot possibly be adjusted for
some days. 66
WuirEuousm."

Val
aLr
o EuNs T 1 Ie ,rlt , FRIDAY.early
this
The Agamemnon and V
morning for Cork, where they will coal and proceed
to Plymouth. The end of the cable was landed
safely close by the pier at Knightstown yesterday
afternoon, the paddle-box boats of theValarous carry-
ing it. The wind being high, it was feared the
Agamemnon might have to put to sea immediately
after a sufficient quantity had been veered out to
reach the land. The end of the cable has been con-
nected with the company's station, and the signals of
alternate currents in opposite directions continue
through the cable. The currents from Newfound-
land are very good, giving deflections of 61 on either
side of galvanometer, according as a positive or
negative current is transmitted. The regulating
apparatus transmitting messages through the cable
is fitting up at each end, that for Newfoundland
haying been taken out of the Gorgon; but it will
probably be a few days before it is finally adjusted
and ready for work. The line is expected to be
open to the public in three weeks or a month, when
the line overland to Placantia (Newfoundland) and
other arrangements have been completed.

QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 6, 7 F.M.
into
the Agamemnon and Valorous are coming
the harbour. The Nile saluted them with 21 guns.
The Valorous returned the salute with 7 guns.

SUCCESSFUL LAYING OF THE CHANNEL
ISLANDS TELEGRAPH CABLE.
SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY EVENING.
The submarine telegraph between England and
the Channel Islands was successfully laid this day,
and communication between Southampton and
Alderney it now going on.

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