The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-12 00:00:00

CHINA.

(From the Overland Friend of China of 22d June.)
The Pekin arrived with the English mails on the
19th, again within 40 days from the General Post-
office. Our dates from the Peiho extend to the 9th
inst. No opposition was met by our gunboats on
the route to Tientsien from those forts at the mouth
of the Peiho whose capture was reported in our last
summary. On the 29th ult., both the Earl of Elgin
and Baron Gros, with their suites, took up their
quarters in the vicinity of the city. Soon after-
wards intimation was received of the appointment of
To-wing-ah, a General of the Manchou banner, as
Special High Commissioner. On Saturday, the 6th,
the Earl of Elgin had his first interview with his
Excellency—the Baron Gros meeting him in similar
state the day following. It is presumed that the
business of these meetings was entirely formal, and
failing prompt compliance with our demands, the
Ambassadors are prepared to declare war. Without
such declaration of war we see no feasible means of
bringing matters to a proper footing.
In the south of China the news of actual hostili-
ties at the north appeared to be the long-desired
signal to societies banded for annoyance of the
barbarians to proceed to actual operations. On our
inner pages will be found the details of the capture
and decapitation of several Europeans, the murder
of sepoys and police on duty, and attempts at in-
cendiarism. No person feels safe ; and one of two
things must shortly be performed ; either we must
entrench the foreign quarter at Honan in such a
manner that foreigners may sleep o' nights, or vacate
the place altogether. What the Allies could mean
by declaring Canton open to trade, and yet
neglect to make provision for the safety of traders,
it is impossible to divine. It is generally under-
stood, however, that the fault rests with General
Van Straubenzee and Mr. Parkes, rather than
with the Ambassadors and naval commanders ;
neither the General nor the Commissioner having
sufficient mind to realize what is actually and tacitly
required of them. So much for making a mere
soldier—though a gallant soldier—the directing head
of a province; a mere interpreter—a conceited and
self-willed youth—a commissioner.
' Some heavy floods in the interior of Chekiang
have had the effect of checking the advance of the
rebels, whose proximity to Ningpo was mentioned
in our last,
A letter says :
" A panic in the native money-market, such as has net
been known for a considerable time, has caused a suspension
of trade at Shanghae. Large contracts were made for foreign
goods on the spots and to arrive, in order that they might be
included in the list of stocks to be handed into the Taoutai,
thereby avoiding the additional duty to be levied on foreign
goods purchased subsequent to a certain fixed date ; but
another mode of raising the required funds having been
adopted by the Taoutai in consequence of the remonstrances
of toreigners, the speculators are embarrassed with large
stocks, which, owing to the hostilities in the north and the
disturbances of the interior, they are unable to dispose of, and
have been obliged to apply to the bankers for assistance to
enable them to fulfil their contracts with foreigners. The
bankers having already a large portion of their funds locked
up in advances on goods shipped to the north and to the in-
terior and in considerable investments in Shanghai dollar-,
held fir an advance in rabic when the new silk season open
in the country, withheld further accommodation. Doubts
began to be entertained abcut their ability to stand the loss
which would fall upon them should the junks in the Pei-ho
be destroyed—a run was made upon the banks, and had it
not been shown that they held sufficient security in goods to
pay off their liabilities they would nearly all have suspended
payment. Time was given them to get funds from Ningpo,
Soo-chow, &c., and now confidence is restored."

At Macao a fearful epidemic, resembling cholera
morbus, has been imported from Singapore, and
fears are entertained of its reaching Hong Kong.

(From the North China Mail, Shanghai, June 12.)
Her Majesty's screw steam storeship Hesper, W.
H. Fawckner, Master, commanding, arrived here
yesterday, from the Gulf of Pecheli, on the sth inst.
Having been despatched for Hong Kong direct she
brings no letters; her engineer being sick she came
in to obtain the services of another, and left again in
a few hours.

The news by her is important, but we have to
wait a day or two longer for details by the Cruiser.
The essence of it is that the Allied Ambassadors
were living on shore, at Tien-tsin, in a residence pro-
vided by the mandarins ; that negotiations were sup-
posed to be progressing satisfactorily, and that the
junks remain in the river uninterrupted by the
Allies, none having been destroyed except a few
that formed a barricade across the river below Tien-
tsin, which were burned in order to
_remove the
obstruction.

After the destruction of the forts at Taku the
gunboats moved up and down the river as quietly
as if nothing had occurred. On or about the 27th
ultimo the allied Admirals, who had gone up to
Tien-tsin, notified to the Ambassadors of their re-
spective countries that they could advance to that
city. Lord Elgin and le Baron Gros, with their
suite, then proceeded up the river without meeting
any opposition, and with a flag of truce landed at
Tien-tsin, and took up an abode prepared for them.
The American and Russian Ministers accompanied
them in the Russiun steamer America, the flags of
the two nations flying at the mast-heads.

We have yet to learn by what argument other
than boa gre mal gre, this change in the action of the
Chinese has been effected, and who the functionary
is that is now acknowledged to possess the required
plenary powers to treat with the Ambassadors.
We understand a meeting to arrange preliminaries
was to take place on the sth, the day the Hesper left.
Junks were allowed to leave the river without
hindrance. None appear to have entered since the
20th, the day on which the forts were taken. Pro-
visions were abundantly supplied. The Chinese
tracked the boats of the expedition up the river
where it was shallow. _ _

The Hesper has on board 79 guns weighing 141
tons, all of brass except one iron English 32-pounder.
Twenty of them are of immense size, weighing about
6 tons each, 11 to 12 feet long, and of 10-inch bore,
beautifully cast, perfectly smooth, with ornamental
work at the breech like chasing ; the remainder are
field-pieces of 4 cwt. to 6 cwt. each.
Her Majesty's ship Fury left the gulf on the sth
for Hongkong direct, conveying despatches for the
mail. The Cruiser was to leave for Shanghai on the
9th, and may
be expected to-morrow. She will
return with the inward mail now looked for.
The subjoined letter from the China Iliad, gives
an account of the state of matters at Tien-tsin when
the Fury left :

" TIEN TSIN, JUNE 4.
" The proceedings of the Allied Ministers since the cap-
ttere of the forts at the mouth of the Pel-ho on the 20+h ult.,
have been limited to an examination of the river from Taku
up toTientsin, and the progress of Lord Elgin and Baron
Gros on the night of the 20th, and of Mr. Reed and Count
Putiatine on the morning of the 30th, up to the same poi:A.
Some of the French and English gunboats had then been off
the city four or five days.
" The details of the capture of the forts at Taku have al-
ready been published. These fortifications were admirably
situate to command the passage, their guns and arurmsnition
were abundant and effective, all that was wanted, as usual
in China, were skill and courage. The loss of life among the
defenders was probably under 300 kllltd outright, whose
bodies were found in the forts ; the wounded were carried
off. The sflicers stucd with their men in many eases, one
or two were found dead, killed by their own hand, and the
people report that Tah, the Manchu, Commander-in Chief,
was drawn out of the water where he had attempted suicide.
" The river Pei-ho, between Taku and Tientsin, runs
rocks
throughsof
mud
is strengthened a flat country, so level that one can see only a short
distance beyond the banks; the soil is alluvial, no stones or
k
anyie
sort occur b
a:o. ng the shores, and the houses
s
furnish proof of the mall supply of timber. They are made
of mud or sun-dried brick, and are generally of one story ;
the
and then plastered on the onwtsaktltjes of
. They are or
wretched
ielcTi and
dirty hovels, but the absence of stone and timber, rather
than the abject poverty of the people, accounts for their
miserable appearance, as they must employ what conies to
hand.

" The trip from Taku to Tientsin will remind the traveller
who has been to Thebes of the towns and scenery of the
Nile, and the similarity is increased by the numerous creeks
and well-sweeps here, with which the people irrigate their
fields. The distance is about GO miles, and great numbers
of grain junks line the sides of the river, showing the im-
portance of that trade to the support of the capital. Over
300 of them passed out of the mouth of the river within the
week succeeding the capture of the forts.
" Tientsin contains upwards of 300,000 people, most of
them living on the southern bank of the Pei-hoaud east of

the entrance of the Grand Canal. The walls are neither
very high nor stroug, and the suburbs ftrm a very large
part of the city. The Grand Canal here has little appear-
ance ciao artificial channel, and tides rise and fall as they
do in the river. Owing to the diversion of a g..eat part of
its supply of water, by the reason of the falling of the Yellow
Rivet', few boats now come to Tit:resin, and tide famous
work seems to be of little utility to the capital. Perhaps the
difficulties of its water level could be removed by modern
engineering skill properly applied, but the immediate effect
may he to incline the Chinese Government to admit foreign-
ers to the port, and allow them to bring the supplies of grain
to the capital. The river allows vessels of 10 feet draught
to come up almost at any tide, after they have crossed the
bar. . . .

" Few shops hare yet resumed their business, which was
suspended on the arrival of the steamers ten days ago; and
the people have begun to remove into the country with
their families to a great extent, taking with them their
valuables and treasure. The authotities have 'Ken para-
lysed since the forts were taken, and took no means of de-
fending the city, if indeed they were not utterly helpless;
most of their quota of troops were at Taku, where others
were collecting before the forts were taken.
" Tau, the governor-general of the province of Child',
has been nominally degraded, hut ri,tained in power ; he is
superseded in his post as commissioner to negotiate with the
foreign Ministers by Kwei-liaug and Hwa-slia-na, two
men of high position. The former is younger brother of
Iliang, just retired from the arduous post of governor-
general at Suchau, and is the third member of the Cabi-
net at Pekin, besides holding other posts. lie filled the
station of provincial Treasurer at Canton about 183 G, and
has long been conversant with the policy of his country.
Ills coadjutor is a Mongolian, and now President of the
Board of Civil Office, and has been known more at the
capital than in the provinces. Both these Commissioners
are over 70 years of age, and announce that they have been
invested with full powers to treat; consecpsently the English
and French plenipotentiaries will now have a valid reason
for meeting them.
" The people of Tientsin are likely to suffer much from
the presence of the foreign Ministers, and the force they
have brought to the city, and still more from the ex-
actions of their own officers and their suites. Supplies
are furnished by the municipal authorities, and it
is to be feared that the real owners are not paid fair
prices, and feel themselves helpless in obtaining them.
Petty acts of rudeness committed on the people by
the foreigners are also exaggerated, and these things have
already had their usual effect In arousing a sullen resent-
ment, which may ere long find means to make itself felt.
The feeling of terror and amazement now existing can
easily be turned into one of hatred by a series of petty out-
rages, and the Chinese officials know well how to stimulate
it if they can make good use of it.
"Good beef and mutton, pears, apples, apricots, radishes,
grapes, yams, and plenty of ice, have been furnished. No
good fi,h are seen in the markets, which are probably at
this moment less amply furnished than usual. Wheat and
barley are the chief crops, and these are sowed in drills, not
' broadcast. The population is dense, but the beggary and
squalor are more than proportionate. The people are not
so large-limbed or vivacious as the Cantonese, nor so well-
dressed or housed. and in winter must suffer greatly.
"A few days will decide, probably, whether the demnnds
made upon this Government are likely to be complied with,
or whether a protracted war on a quiet helpless people like
those around this city is to be dragged on. A meeting is
appointed to take place on Monday, the 7th, with the two
new Commissioners,"

FRANCE.

PARIS, AUG. 11.

I have reason to believe that conciliatory de-
spatches are now passing between the Governments
of England and Spain. M. Isturitz is greatly improv-
in health.

The labours of the Plenipotentiaries at the Paris
Conferences are rapidly drawing to a close, and all
concerned are most atixious to arrive at the close of
their work. I believe the last meeting will take
place on Saturday.

We are now in possession of the opinions of French
journals of all shades of politics with regard to the
visit of Queen Victoria to the Emperor and Empress
of the French at Cherbourg. The Parisian and pro-
vincial press almost without exception hail the event
with profound satisfaction. They take an elevated
and broad view of the relations which ought ever to
exist between England and France, in order that
political and commercial progress may bless all
civilised nations. There is an evident desire to bury
false rivalry for ever, and the completion of the works
of Cherbourg are looked upon as a guarantee for peace.
The German journals take similar views. The
Austrian Gazette considers the development of the
maritime forces of France as a pledge of security
for other nations, "for," it says, " the general welfare
of Europe does not suffer from France dividing part
of her immense resources in maintaining her army,
and another in developing her navy. Nor is there
any harm in England understanding that she has her
weak side, and that she has equal rights with other
States, but no privilege over them." The Official

Milan Gazette of the 7th also remarks in the follow.

iAg terms :
" Napo!eon 111. has all the intelligence of his uncle with-
out being under the influence of any of the necessities which
beset the latter. In order to suspect him of wishing for
war, both the man and the period must be misunderstood.
After serious reflection, we find that war never was more im-
probable or more distant than at present. In short, military
activity at present tends more towards defence than attack,
and is rather prompted by foresight than by present consi-
derations. The aggrandisement ofcertaia towns and their
fortifications tends to transform them into entrenched camps
capable of containing whole armies. This is an improve-
ment in the art of defensive war, and a new obstacle to rapid
invasions and campaigns for the purpose of conquest."

A letter from Brest, dated Tuesday evening, gives
the following account of the proceedings of their
Majesties in that port :
. . . . .

"The Emperor devoted this morning to the examination
of some of the questions of general interest which had in-
duced him to visit the coasts of Brittany. At one o'clock
their Majesties went to the barracks of the marines and
marine artillery. The troops were drawn up in front of the
building, and were reviewed by the Emperor, who distri-
buted several decorations. They afterwards filed off before
his Majesty, who expressed to the commanding officers his
satisfaction at the soldier-like appearance of the corps. The
Imperial party afterwards proceeded to the hospital Their
Majesties visited several of the wards, went to the bedside of
the patients, and inquired into their ailments. The Empress,
with her characteristic kindness, found words of consolation
for all. The Emperor also distributed rewards both to sol-
diers wounded in battle and to the medical men attending
on them. After offering up a prayer in the chapel of the
hospital, their Majesties crossed the port and visited the
large yards where the tools and machines are made. Thence
the lmperialbeam and a
cortege
steam proceededscre
w wereto the
cast foundry,intheir thpresence. where an
engine
From the eminence on which this foundry is placed, their
Majesties witnessed the explosion of a mine, charged with
10,000 kilos. of powder, for the purpose of clearing away
a part of the hill for the formation of a new dock. The result
was as successful as could be wished. After this visit, their
Majesties embarked in a state barge, and followed the course
of the Penfeld as far as the foundry of the new town, where
1,260,000 kilogrammes of old iron, steel, lead, &c., are an-
nually melted down, and again brought into use. During
the whole of the excursion, their Majesties were received by
the people with the warmest manifestations of affection and
devotedness. After their visit to the new town, the Emperor
and Empress entered an open carriage, and returned by
Kerinou to Brest, where they arrived at six o'cleck. This
evening their Majesties are to be present at a grand ball
given by the town."

The Madrid journals of the 7th have reached us
The Queen was at Gijon, and is not expected back
at Madrid until the .sth Sept. Some cases of yellow
fever having broken out at Ferrol, it was doubted
that the Queen would go there. The Epoca says
:
" It appears certain that on the return of the Court
to Madrid the Cortes will be dissolved, and the state
of siege will be raised in all the provinces in which it
now exists." The levy of the taxes in June amounts
to 184,721,221 reals, showing a considerable increase,
which is made up of imports, tobacco, and lotteries.
It is said that the Bravo-Murillo and Sartorius p trty
despairing of success, have determined to take a part
in the forthcoming electoral contests, and that at a
meeting held at M. Pastor's they gave instructions
to their friends in the provinces to imitate them ;
but it is alleged by the Government organs that
their advice is not likely to be followed.
The Alessagere of Modena publishes the following
order, issued at Carrara by the commandant of that
town and territory :
" The chief authors of the crimes perpetrated in the terri-
tory of Carrara having been discovered and punished, and
the object which his Royal Highness our august Sovereign
had in view having been attained, we announce the follow-
ing to all whom it may concern :-1. The state of siege is
raised iu the town and province of Carrara. 2. The prose-
cutions still pending shall be judged according to the laws
existing at the time the state of siege was proclaimed. 3.
The military commandant of the place shall, until further
orders, be at the head of the police of the town anti province,
the general police regulations being again
pot in force."
The French officers engaged for Persia have em-
barked at Marseilles for Constantinople, in compli-
ance with the summons of Ferruck Khan. They
were accompanied by Dr. Tholozan, a physician of
Marseilles.
The hotel of the British Embaisy, certainly not
before necessary, is undergoing repairs.
PARIS BOURSE.—The market has been
.buoyant,
with improvement in quotations. Extensive pur-
chases have been made both in, Bente and railway
shares for investment. Threes have been done at
69fr. 25c., and 69fr. 35c.; Mobther advanced front

GBsfr. to 710 fr.; Austrian, 64211.. 500. to 650 fr. ;
Orleans, 1,300 fr. to 1,315 fr. ; Lyons, 797 fr. 50e. to
805 fr.; Northern, 947 fr. 50c. to 955 fr.; Southern,
550 fr. to 557 fr. 50e.; Eastern, 69:2Cr. 50c. to 6956.;
Western, 625 fr. to 635 fr.; and Geneva, 605 fr. to
610 fr. The following are the last quotations :

4! per Cents. _
Do. end of month . _
Three per Cent. 69 15
Do. end of month 69 15
Sank Shares
Credit
Do. aceouat
RAT]

Fr. Ct.
96 90

Fr. Ct.

Credit Fonder —
132.1gian 41 —
Piedinontese 5 B91—
Roman
Austrian .
Spanish Threes
Home Debt — -
WAYS.
CU.S.

OrlEami
Northern
New ditto .

O. Account—ln Ct.
1,305 -- .. 1,302 50
930 -- .. • 942 50
800 797 30
800 795 --

f,y9llS awl Mediterranexi.
New ditto
:ieneva
Midi
Western
Eastern
Grand Central
Austrian.

.. 602 5U
,V,`..1 30 .. ST)O --
630 627 50
080 -- 680 -- - .. 425
650 .. 643 75

THE BALTIC.

HAMBURG, AUG. 9.

The expectations which had been formed as to the
good effects which the recent attack of gout might
produce on the general health of the King of Prussia
are not likely to be realised. On the occasion of
a recent visit of the chief Court physician, Dr.
Schonlein, it was found that no amelioration had
taken place in the nature of the disease, and that
there was such a complete failure of memory that
there appeared to be no prospect of his Majesty
ever being in a condition to reassume the exercise
of the royal authority. The settlement of the Re-
gency question will therefore become more neces-
sary than ever; and if the rumours which have
been circulated of the intention which Queen Vic-
toria had to interfere in that matter have had any
foundation, her Majesty will find that any difficul-
ties that may have been anticipated have been
greatly diminished by the progress which the ail-
ments of the King continue to exhibit. On a mat-
ter of such moment, however, the physicians who
have already been consulted have thought it well
to have their own opinions either confirmed or con-
troverted, and for this purpose they have called in
to advise with them eminent men of the medical
faculty from Dusseldorf and other cities, who have
all taken the same view of the complaints of the
royal patient, so that all idea of anything like a
permanent recovery may now be considered as utterly
hopeless. Under these circumstances it is fortunate
that the desire of the King to leave Tegernsee and
take up his residence at Potsdam, while the Queen
was in the neighbourhood at Babelsberg, has not
been gratified ; for the presence of so great an invalid
at such a time would have cast a shade over the
anticipated enjoyments at the remeeting of mother
and daughter, for which nothing in the demonstra-
tion of respect, which was the purpose of his Ma-
jesty, could in any degree have compensated. All
accounts from Babelsberg concur in representing the
great happiness which the Princess Frederick Wil-
liam looks forward to in the visit of the Queen.
It appears to occupy all her thoughts, and as the
great object of her royal highness is to make both
the Queen and the Prince Consort feel themselves
at home, all is arranged and rearranged, within and
without the palace, in such a manner as to induce
both to imagine that they are in some well-known
and much cherished spot in England. It is truly
gratifying and pleasant to see nature thus main-
taining its sway in high places, where it might have
been supposed so many distractions might have
occurred to counteract its influence ; and, great as
must have been the Queen's pride in receiving at
Cherbourg the homage due to her as the Sovereign
of a mighty empire, there cannot be a doubt that
her Majesty will, as a mother, derive a. more heart-
felt joy in the affectionate though silent embrace of
her much-loved daughter than all the pageantry of
Imperial France, with the thunder of her artillery,
oould ever have bestowed.
It is possible that before this letter reaches there

will have already appeared in the Morning Post a
programme of the royal voyage and journey, so that
anything that could be said from hence on that sub-
ject might only be a less authoritative repetition of
what has already been better told. It is therefore
only necessary to say a few words as to the arrange-
ments at this end of the route. At Hanover it is no
longer intended that the royal travellers should
remain during the night, and their stay there, there-
fore, will not extend beyond a few hours, during
which the King and Queen of Hanover, who return
from Norderney to-morrow for the purpose, will
entertain them at a clejeliner dinataire, or luncheon ;
and, as soon as their royal guests have taken their
departure, the King and Queen will at once return
to Norderney, where the sea breezes are said to have
proved very beneficial to his Majesty, whose blind-
' ness is a great affliction. It is not to be expected
that Queen Victoria will at the short interview at
Hanover enter at all upon the procedure of that State
in the matter of the Duchies ; but Lord Malmesbury
may find a good opportunity of speaking the senti-
ments of the British Government to the Hanoverian
Ministers ; for it is well known that all the difficul-
ties in the way of a pacific settlement of that question
may be attributed to the line of conduct which
Hanover so obstinately pursues in that affair. In
former letters some reasons have been assigned for
the policy thus pursued by Hanover, in addition to
which there are many who allege that the present
King and his advisers, having deprived the Hano-
verian people of almost all the constitutional privi-
leges which had previously been conferred on them,
now seek by an excessive zeal for the political rights
of others elsewhere, to divert attention from their own
doings at home ; and though this may momentarily
serve such a deceptive purpose, it will not the less
surely eventually bring with it its own righteous
retribution at a time when it may be neither ex-
pected nor convenient.
The conference held here on the subject of mari-
time law has now been adjourned until the 4th of
October. Their labours are reported to have been
so severe as to have injured the health of two of
their most active and intelligent members, and though
no great result appears yet to have been attained,
there is reason to believe that a system of proceed-
ing has now been arranged, which, if followed out
judiciously, may be most useful in the further pro-
secution of the important work which has been con-
fided to them.

EXPECTED RESIGNATION OF Brsrior TROWEL—
Bishop Trower, of Glasgow, seeing no prospect of his being
able within any definite period to resume his residence iu
I, diocese, has deemed it his duty to seek the advice of his
episcopal brethren with reference to its future superintend-
ence and administration. Ile states that there are three
courses open to him :-1. His entire resignation of the see.
°. His resignation of the diocese of Glasgow only, retalniag
that of Galloway, as a separate see. 3. T,,e appointment of
a coadjutor-bishop. The Bishop
.considers that there are
many important reasons against the first csurse at the present
time; but will not object to it, if total resignation should
seem best to the Episcopal College. With regard to the
second, he has reason to doubt whether such a proposal
would commend itself to the judgment of his brethren.
His Lordship has therefore applied for the appointment of
a coadjutor-bishop.— Union.

THE LATE MARQUIS or QUEENSBERRY.—The late
lamented marquis, says the Glasgow Herald, was a keen
sportsman, and kept a pack of hounds, with which he hunted
the county. In his capacity of master of the hounds he was
courteous and obligiwg to all, and not many months since the
popular feeling embodied itself in a splendid banquet which
was given to his lordship in the coutzty town of Dumfries,
and which was attended by lovers of the noble sport from all
parts of the country. His lordslifp also took much interest
in the turf, and at times betted largely, much to the regret
of his friends, although it is believed that fortune generally
favoured him. His last adventure in this way was an un-
successful one, however, for it is stated in an o fficial sport-
ing journal that he took what is termed a "fancy bet" o
£B,OOO to £:300 against Mr. Merry's Saunterer, for the
Goodwood Cup, which, of course, he lost. The winner is
understood to be a West Highland distiller, well-known in
Glasgow sporting circles.

LORD 13ROUGHAM.—The Carlisle Journal thus
describes the workmanlike style in which Lord Brougham
went through his duties in cutting the first sod of the Eden
Valley Railway a few days rgo :—" Lord Brougham re-
ceived from the brawny navvy who stood beside him a neat
spade, with which he cut the first sod, and threw it into a
handsome mahogany harrow, which had keen provided for
the occasion. His lordship then, with a vigour as remark-
able as it was characteristic, wheeled the barrow along some
planks that had been laid for a distance of some ten or
a dozen yards, emptied its contents, and then, in a truly
navvy-like manner, turned his back, and pulled the harrow
to the point whence he started. During the operation, the
most deafening cheers resounded from every part of the
field. His lordship appeared to be much amused with Ida
own performance."

THE QUEEN IN GERMANY.

PROM THE COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen anchored in the Scheldt at 8.30
the evening of the 10th, and at Antwerp at 6.30
upon the morning of the 1 1 th, after a very fine
passage.
The following telegram from Lord Bloomfield was
received at the Foreign-office :

" August 11, 5.30 p.m.
" Her Majesty, the Prince Con,ort, and suite have just

arrived at the Bteidenbaelt Hotel, Dusseldorf. All well."

The Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort arrived at Antwerp in safety yesterday, and
were met there by their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Prussia, the Prince having come from
Ostend expre-sly to meet her Majesty, in order to
accompany the Queen and Prince Consort to Pots-
dam.

Tier Majesty and the Prince Consort left Antwerp
for Dusseldorf, where the Queen and Prince were to
sleep last night.. This morning the Queen will pur-
sue her journey to Potsdam, where the Queen and
Prince are to arrive this evening, and will there meet
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Frederick William of Prussia.