The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-09 00:00:00

CHINA.

We have dates from the Peiho to the 9th of June.
Our gunboats had advanced to Tien-sin without op-
position ; the ambassadors were located near the
city. A mandarin of high rank had arrived from
Pekin as Special Commissioner.
Reinforcements continue to be despatched from
Hon; Kong. Canton is much disturbed. Exchange
at Hong Kong, 4s. 6.1 d. for bank bills.

Exchange, 6s. Id.

SHANGHAI, JUNE 14.

The Colombo, with outward mails and passengers,
had arrived at Alexandria, and was to undergo 36
hours' quarantine, a steamer having arrived from
Malta with a suspected case of plague.

PARIS, MONDAY MORNING.

The following remarks occurred in the speech
delivered by the Emperor upon the occasion of the
naugurat ion of the statue of Napoleon T. at Cher-
bourg. "It seems," he said, "tobe a part of my
destiny to accomplish, by peace, the great designs
of the Emperor conceived by him during war.
His principles obtain their triumph at the pre-
sent day, by the force of reason. It is thus,
for instance, that the question of the freedom
of the seas has in our time been solved. Posterity,
indeed, will always be found to realise the ideas of
a great man. But whilst we refer these great re-
sults to the design of Napoleon 1., we must also do
justice to the efforts which had been made by preced-
ing governments, not only by that of Louis XVI.,
but as far back as Louis XIV. The present Govern-
ment, relying on the support of the will of the great
masses of the nation, does not wage war except when
it is forced to defend the national honour and the
great interests of the people. Let us continue in
this course without distraction ; let us continue to
develop in peace the resources of our country ; let
us invite foreigners to visit us, as friends, not as
rivals ; and let us show that France is a nation in
which confidence and unity reign, and that maintain-
ing such internal union as resists all the passionate
impulses of the day, she abides mistress of herself,
obedient only to the dictates of honour and reason."

THE FETES AT CHERBOURG.

(FROM SPECIAL REPORTERS OF THE MORNING POST,
CHERBOURG, AUG. 7.

I concluded my letter of yesterday with stating
that the artillery of the forts and the guns of the
navy were proclaiming, with a triple salvo, that her
Majesty the Queen's land visit to Cherbourg had
terminated.

Other salvoes announced the reception of the
Queen on board the Bretazne„ta am
2 the Royal visi-
tors..ll for 72 persons.
cl".rfi-e' Imperial entertainments of the evening for
were received
the Queen of England was a display of fireworks un-
equalled for their magnificence and their beauty.
by thel
These fireworks were not confined to one point, but
seemed to start up from different parts of the bay—
I am now describing them as they appeared to our
view of them from the land. They began on the
point of a small rocky island which lies outside the
batteries of the military fort, and then, as it seemed
to me, they were transferred from one boat to another
—then a ship exhibited the ingenuity of its artists—
then another ship started up and an explosion of ser-
pents, shooting stars, showers of gold, and showers of
silver light to rival its predecessor, until at last
all the ships in the road became illuminated—all
burnt blue-lights, displaying the yards manned and
every particle of the ship visible, and then arose a
shower of light so intense that the Queen could be
seen passing from the Bretagne to her own yacht ;
and so, with her path made brilliant as noon, and
with a discharge of fireworks loud as the guns of the
different batteries, was closed a pyrotechnic exhibi-
tion such as I believe was never before witnessed.
Every ten minutes, at the least, for the course of two
hours, there sprang up amid the discharge of rockets
of va!ions descriptions (never ceasing for an instant),
a grand piece of fire-work—a cloud, for instance, of
gold and silver arrows shooting into the sky, and, as
they were falling, other gold and silver stars rising
to the encounter, and then, as one would expect this
noble display was coming to a conclusion, up rose in
intensity, strength, and numberp, thousands upon
thousands more fiery arrows, and then a grand con-
cluding outburst, which dazzled the eye with its in-
tensity and brilliancy. Then came a pause—if that
cm be called a pause, in which the eye was never
allowed to rest, hut was tempted to watch the rockets
as they chased each other in fiery career through the
air—and then up floated from the darkness some
thousands again of flowers or circlets in variegated
flames, and brilliant sparkling gems,
and increasing
momentarily in numbers, beauty, and magnifi-
cence, and all followed by a dazzling outburst of cor-
ruscating flames. Each object that on this earth is
admired for the beauty of its colour, or the graceful-
ness of its form, was modelled in file and careering
beneath the clouds. The-discharge of all sorts of
fire was incessant, and the loud shout of delight that
rang along the shore, mingled with the cries of
people, and the gratefulness of
" Vive l'Empereur !" showed the delight of the
their feelings towards
the Sovereign to whom they were indebted for this
tification.

The night was one particularly favourable for
such an exhibition. It was dark and calm, so that
the pyrotechnist's labours were enhanced in beauty
by the gloom around him, whilst his power in direct-
ing the works of his art was unimpeded.

It was, in fact, a great work of art—as tasteful as
it was gorgeous—it was a compliment worthy of an
Emperor to oar ; it was a compliment not unworthy
of haling a crowned Srwereign as its principal ad-
mirer. Its last scene, when all the war ships in the
bay became a display of fireworks, in which the water
was as bright and as distinctly visible as in the noon-
day, and when a mimic artillery seemed to be pouring
forth its fury, with an Emperor looking on, and a
Queen sailing in the midst of this fiery commotion,
one of those scenes which will retain a fixed place in
the memory of all who have looked upon it.

And so cloied the second day of the fetes at Cher

bourg.

The first discharge made by the artillery of the
forts and shipping
an-
nounce that the Emperor and Empress had (pitied
yesterday morning was to
their temporary palace at the Prefecture for the pur-
pose of bidding farewell to the Queen of England.

At eleven o'clock her Majesty took her departure
amid three grand salvos of artillery, and, most as-
suredly, bearing with her the love and good wishes
of the people of Normandy. The impression pro-
duced by this visit does show that the Emperor ex-
hibited considerable tact by
inviting her Majesty to
Cherbourg; fur that visit has aided considerably in
cementing a good feeling between the two countries.
141' as the French are concerned all the circum.

stances connected with it show that it has left the
conviction deeply impressed upon their minds that
the English are a generous, a trustworthy, a high-
minded and Imest-hearted people—that they are
worthy of the Sovereign who reigns over them, and
that with such a Sovereign and people united with
the Emperor in France, and Victoria in England,
the two nations have it in their power to improve the
civilisation of the world, to increase the general hap-
piness of mankind.

The visit of the Queen has added to the popularity
of the English ; and it has added also to the venera-
tion of the French for their Emperor, fir they see in
this incident, and in all the circumstances connected
with it, the proof of his wisdom, the clearness of
his foresight, and the soundness of his judgment.
With the departure of the Queen began the la-
bours of the Emperor in Cherbourg. Not a single
vessel of war in the road, nor, I believe, a fort in the
bay, as well as the breakwater, but was visited by the
Emperor, accompanied by the Empress. It was a
minute and careful inspection of everything, a per-
sonal interview, it might be said, with every sailor,
and it occupied at the least fully six hour'. It was
a day of downright hard-work ; and considering how
the ruler was engaged, and how the people were at
the same time amusing themselves, it was not an
unapt portraiture of the existing condition of France.
The Emperor is labouring, in order that the people
may employ their time as bests suits their conve-
nience or their inclination; and that with him to
watch over them they may be confident that neither
domestic traitors nor foreign enemies shall have the
power to mar their interests, nor to despoil them of
their property.
Of the amusements of the people during the day,
it is only necessary to say a few words. At two
o'clock there was a gratuitous spectacle at the theatre;
at three o'clock there was a discharge of balloons and
parachutes, and these parachutes filled with toys,
&c., &c , and in the evening there was an exhibition
of fireworks in the Place Divette. The fireworks
began at nine at night, and concluded at 10 o'cicck.
They were a present to the city of Cherbourg from
the living brother of the first Napoleon—Prince
Jerome, uncle to Napoleon 111. They were very
magnificent, and if I had not seen the fireworks of the
preceding night I would be disposed to describe them;
but the fact is, that after the exhibition of the sth of
August, for the Queen of England, it is impossible
to speak of any other display of the same description
without disparaging it by the comparison.
This, however, is the grand day at Cherbourg.
This day the new dock is to be opened, the Vine de
Nantes launched, the military port and all its de-
partments examined, and all the operatives, 6,000, I
think, in number, inspected. In the evening is to be
the ball at the Hotel de Ville, at which will be present
not less than 2,300 guests ; and amongst these ten
members of the House of Commons.
The other members return this morning. In fact,
there are too many of them to be welcome guests
saywhere. They found, at first, some difficulty in
obtaining admission to the military port, as the pub-
lic were rigidly excluded. Admiral llamelin at last
procured them the favour they sought for ; and they
had the good fortune of seeing the military port at
the same time that her Majesty was inspecting it.
Their appearance and their numbers completely mys-
tified the French, who did not know how to class
them, as a distinct body of persons, or to treat them
as individuals, apart one from the other. Where
thousands are pressing to get admittance to the ball,
the city invited ten members of " the Honourable
House" as guests, and so did its utmost, under very
difficult circumstances, to show their respect for her
Majesty's faithful Commons of England.

CHERBOURG, AUG . 7, 3 r.m.

I have just returned from visiting the inauguration
of the grand basin and docks named Napoleon 111.
The weather is again most favourable, and not less
than 100,000 persons crowded round this gigantic
work—the most commodious and extensive naval
m
ldeed knovel scenc—

it
the vast empty—sTiakelZ-, aLiAnedei.letia there, at equal
intervals round the basin, huge gaps left for vessels of
the largest class. On the central quay a triumphal
arch was formed, entirely of naval emblems, and a
little further on a building was constructed to receive
the Emperor, gaily decorated with flags and flowers.
The naval corps of the garrison were on duty, so that
many varied, gay uniforms, were seen mixed with
the elegant toilettes of thousands of ladies. The
Emperor, Empress, Duke of Malakhoff, and the Port
Admiral arrived at the arsenal at half-past twelve,
amid the salute of artillery and military bands.
Thousands lined the road, and ever and anon the
Imperial party was saluted by " Vive l'Empereur I
Vive l'lmperatrice l" Near the platform building,
in addition to the officers of the Court and naval
officers, were a few Englishmen in uniform,
Lord Alfred Paget, Sir C. Napier, and Sir
William Codriogton, and others. I did not
know, waiting to greet his Majesty. The Em-
press looked very well, and wore a white dress
and bonnet trimmed with green. The Emperor, as
usual, wore the uniform of a general of division.
The Imperial visitors immediately descended a stair-
case which had been constructed expressly to con-
duct them to the bottom of the central basin. The
ceremony of placing coins and a record of the build-
ing of the basin Napoleon 111. in a prepared site was
soon gone through by his Majesty, who, by the way,
was accompanied by the Empress. There stood the
group on whom thousands gazed—l know not how
many feet below us, but sufficiently distant to look
no more than half the ordinary size of human being,:.
The ceremony of blessing the docks was at hngth
performed, and their Majesties are now visiting the
workshop 3 and arsenal of this immense navll depot.
When I let to write this hurried letter, which must
be posted at four o'clock, the water was slowly falling
into and filling the vast stone basin, and by six o'clock
it is calculated enough water will have run in to
float the ship waiting to be launched, viz, the Ville
de Nantes. This is the closing ceremony of the
day's programme. Most of the English yacht people
were on shore to witness the ceremony, and all with
whom I spoke declare we have nothing like it in
England. It was a strange and novel sight—
these epaciou3 stone-wall-circled pits for receiViii,
huge men-of-war, armitd and rigged—fearfully dull,
and making nervous people tremble as they looked
to the bettom, on account of their height. I shall
not pause to give statistics, but no one who has not
seen the basins empty will ever form an idea of
their extent, or be able to estimate the vastness of
the plan.

To-night there is a grand ball, and to-morrow
we have the inauguration of the statue of Napoleon
I. The Emperor, Empress, and suite, together with
the Duke of Malakhoff, will leave Cherbourg to-
morrow at two o'clock for Brest. The M.P.'s who
visited Cherbourg for the flies are off to-day
(Saturday). Many of these gentlemen, I hear, have
indulged in a considerable amount of Briti;,l grum-
bling, originating in their visit to Cherbourg ; but
I know not why they left so early—some say they
complained of difficulty in obtaining tickets for the
ceremonies.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.

The gaieties being chiefly over, the ships bearing
excursion parties set sail from Cherbourg at day-
break this morning. The Pera left the harbour
first, with such of the members of Parliament as still
hung together, though a great many had elected to
return in the Prince Frederick William via Dover—

the Benares next, and the Salsette in the rear. The
positions were reversed on the voyage, and the Sal-
vette ran into the Needles far in advance of both the
other ships. Just previously, a meeting of the pas-
sengers had been convened on the main deck for the
purpose of expressing their thanks to the directors
of the Peninsular and Oriental Company for the
liberality with which their magnificent steamer had
been placed at their disposal. Mr. Kennard was
called to the chair. Admiral Austin, C. 8., pro-
posed :

" That onr cordial and grateful thanks be cffered to the
directors of tlae Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation

Company for their polite invitation and generous hospitality
extended to us on the most interesting occasion of the fetes
it Cherbourg; and that we desire to express our high
admiration of their noble ship SAsette—of its excellent
management—and of the courteous attention shown to us
by Capt. Browne, his officers, and all connected with the
chip establishment."

The Hon. Mr. Townes (of Australia) seconded the
resolution, paying at the same time a well-deserved
compliment to the directors, and officers, and crew of
the ship, and expressing a hope that the colonists of
New South Wales, with which he was immediately
connected, would very shortly have the advantage
of some of the magnificent ships of the company's
fleet for conducting the postal service between Aus-
tralia and this country. This resolution was carried
by acclamation. Three cheers were then given for
Mr. Allen, the managing director, for Mr. Barnes,
the purser, for the officers, and for the crew ; and
the compliment conveyed was acknowledged in a
neat speech by Mr. Allen on behalf of the com-
pany. On board the Benares, at dinner,
in Cherbourg harbour, a similar compliment was paid
to the company on the motion of Judge Ilaliburton,
who prefaced his proposition with a most humorous
speech, which was responded to by Capt. Isgledue,
the company's superintendent.
On Friday morning, while all the vessels of the
Peninsular and Oriental Company were in Cherbourg
harbour, a number of their passengers met on the
main deck of the Salsette, and agreed upon the fol-
lowing address to the Emperor of the French :
" To his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French.—
Sire,—The magnificent and interesting celebrations con-
nected with the inauguration of the works at Cherbourg,
which have been graced by the presence of our beloved
Sovereign, suggest to the minds of her subjects who have
been privileged to witness them the desire to offer their
hearty congratulations to your Imperial Majesty, and to
express their earnest hope that the cordial feelings of respect
and friendship which exist between the Sovereigns and
peoples of two mighty nations, and which have been so
strikingly manifested on this auspicious occasion, may ever
continue, and that your Majesty and your illustrious con-
sort may long be spared to reign over a great and prosperous
, nation."

This address was handed by a deputation to the
English Consul at Cherbourg for presentation, but
for some unexplained reason this gentleman declined
to become the medium of its transmission, and if the
Emperor receives it we believe it will be through
the Imperial Post-office.
A valuable pictorial record will be preserved of
the principal features of the events of these famous
three days, M. Carlo Bossoli, a gentleman who
travelled with Prince Woronzoff and the Princess
Helena of Russia through the greater part of
Southern Russia, and whose beautiful views of the
Crimea are well known to the public, having been
commissioned to take sketches, with a view to the
publication of a series of views. M. Bossoli has
executed his task with great fidelity.
The following is the original text of the speeches
made by the Emperor and the Prince Consort on
Thursday, on board the Bretagne :
" Je bois a la saute de sa Majeste la Reine d'Angleterre,
celle du Prince qui partage son trone, eta la famille
royale. En portant co toast en leer presence a bord du
vais,eau Amiral Francais, dans le port de Cherbourg, je
suis heureux de montrer les sentiments qui nous animent
envcrs eux ; en cat les faits parlent d'eux-memes, et ils
prouvent que les passions hostiles, aidees par quelques inci-
dents malbeureux, n'ont pu alterer ni l'amitie qui existe
entre les deux Couronnes, ni le desir des deux peuples de
rester en paix. Aussi ai-je le ferme espoir que si l'on voulait
reveiller les rancunes et les passions d'une autre epoque,
elles viendraient echouer devant le bon sens public, comme
les vogues se brisent devant la digue qui protege en ce
moment contre la violence de la mer les escadres des deux

Empires."
" Sire,—La Reine desire eine j'exprime a votre Majeste
combien elle est sensible a la nouvelle preuve d'amitie qu
vous venez de Jul donner,' en lui portant un toast, et en
prononcant des paroles qui lui resteront chores a jamais.
Yotre Majeste connait les sentiments d'amitie qu'elle vous
parte, a vous sire, et I l'lmperatice, et je n'ai pas besoin de
vous le rappeler. Vous savez egalement qtte la bonne en-
tente entre nos deux pays est l'objet constant de ses
comme it l'est des votres. La Reine est done doublement
iteureuse d'avoir l'occasion, par sa presence ici en ce mo-
ment, de s'allier a vous, sire, en tachant de resserrer autant

amitii cst la base de leur prosperite mutnelle, et la bene-
diction du Ciel ne lui manquera pas ! La Reine porte la
sante de I'Empereur et de l'lmperatrice."

Mr. Churchward, the contractor for the imperial
and royal mail service, brought back several mem-
bers of the House of Commons in the Prince Frederick
William to Dover. Before leaving the ship these
gentlemen, in conjunction with other passengers,
presented Mr. Churchward with the following
gratifying testimonial, to which, from personal ex-
perience during the voyage from Dover to Cher-
bourg, we know he is eminently entitled :
" On board the Prince Frederick William,
at Sea, Aug. 8.

" Dear Sir,—Before leaving your vessel we desire to
acknowledge your great courtesy in cffericg us accommo-
dation on the Prince Frederick William, so soon as you
learned from Capt. Gosset that several msmbers of Parlia-
ment were desirous of obtaining a passage to England on
Saturday.

" The opportunity you afforded us of witnessing the cere-
monies which took place yesterday under such favourable
and brilliant auspices has been productive of great grati-
fication to us all; and we unite in cordially thanking you
for your thoughtful attektions, and for the generous hos-
pitality you hare shown us since we became your guests.
The affability you have displayed to all your guests, and tha
good management that has prevailed under very embarras-
sing circumstances, assure us that it is a matter of
corgratulation to the public that the comfort nod
sec❑rity of passengers and the punctual conveyance of
the mails between England nod France are entrusted to a
gentleman and a staff of officers so well qualified to dis-
charge such responsible duties.—We remain, dear sir, yours
faithfully."

[Pis d current ignerl by one peer, several members
of Parliament, and rnav other passengers.]

PARIS, AUG. 8, EVENING.
The Emperor yesterday morning inaugurated the
new dock insthe naval arsenal at Cheibourg. The
ceremony attracted an immense concourse of spec-
tators. Their Majesties arrived at half-past twelve
at the dock-yard, passing under a triumphal arch,
composed exclusively of articles belonging to naval
architecture and vessels, and were received by the
maritime Prefect and the authorities of the port.
Their Majesties and all their suite descended into the
new dock, and the Emperor fixed in its place the
.plate commemorative of this important event: The
Imperial cortege afterwards placed themselves under
a handsome tent, richly decorated and surmounted
by the Imperial flag. The dykes were then broken,
and the water rushed into the dock. During the.
time that this immense reservoir, the surface of
which exceeds twenty acres, and which contains
no less than two millions of cubic metres, was
filling, their Majesties visited in retail several of
the workshops and other establishments in the
arsenal. Precisely at six o'clock, the time of high
water, the Emperor gave the signal for cutting away
the last hawser which kept the Ville de Nantes, of
90 guns and 900-horse power, on her stocks, and she
glided into the water amidst cries of " Vive l'Em-
pereur " from the mouths of 100,000 spectators. Not
the slightest accident of any kind happened to dis-
turb this ecene, which was magnificent in the
extreme, and favoured by the finest weather.

The Moniteur publishes a decree promoting the
Count de Casabianca, Baron de Lacrosse, and Baron
Je Cronscilhes, senator, to the rank of Grand Officers
of the Legion of Honour; M. de Ronicuf; deputy,
M. Boudet, President of Section of the Council of
State, and M. Halevy, Member of tie Institute, to
that of Commanders. The same decree makes ten
promotions to the rank of officer, among whom is
M. Daiblay, deputy, and 22 nominations to that of
Knight.

The funeral of Count Portalis, senator, Honorary
First President of the Court of Cassation, and ex-
Vice-President of the Chamber of _Peers, took place
on Saturday at Passy, in presence of a numerous
attendance of the friends of the family and others.
The covers of the pall were held by M. I3erenger
(de la Drome), President of the Court of Cassation ;
M. Barthe, first President of the Court of Accounts ;
the Marquis d'Audiffret, senator ; and M. Hippolyte,
Passy. Behind the hearse, and after the family
of the deceased, was a deputation from the Senate,
the Court of Caseation, the Court of Accounts, and

other judicial bodies. Among the other distinguished
persons present were M. Delangle, Minister of the
Interior; Marshal Magnan ; M. Devienne, First
PrEsident ; M. Chaix d'Eit-Ange, Procureur-General
of the. Imperial Court of Paris ; M. Dumas, ex-
Mini:4er, and a number of senators, councillors of
state, deputies, &c. The usual military honours were
paid to the deceased as Grand Cross of the Legion
of Honour. Speeches were delivered over the tomb
bp M. Hippolyte Passy, in the name of the Institute,
and by M. Louis Reybaud, a personal friend of
Count Portalis.

Baron Eminger, Governor of Lower Austria, died
on the 4th inst., at Vienna, of an attack of apoplexy.
A letter from Damascus, in the Augsburg Gazette,
says :—" Mgr. Gregorio, Bishop of Nabk, in the
Libanus, recently returned from France and Italy,
where he had been to make collections for churches in

his diocese. On his return to Zahle, his country, he
disposed of the greater part of the sums which he had
brought back with him in favour of his own family.
This fact has led to a protest on the part of the
French Consul."

The Postlidninp,•, the official journal of Stockholm,
says :—" The six females who had been condemned
to quit Sweden for having gone over to the Catholic

religion, have been informed that if, before the
judgment of the Court of Appeal is given, they
would apply for the Royal clemency, the Prince
Regent was disposed to receive their petition."
The Nord of Brussels says :

" Letters from Ragusa announce that the rayahs of the
lierzegovine havroffered their submission on the following
conditions :—' The taxes of all kinds are to be abolished
and replaced by a tribute, to be fixed on by common accord,
and paid on the Ist of March every year into the provincial
treasury of Mostar ; the Bashi-Bazouks to be removed
and regular troops to be employed to guard the frontier;
the proprietors shall only have a right to one-fourth of the pro-
duce of the soil ; an archiepiscopal see of the erthodox rite
shall be created in the Her zegovine, the bolder of it, who must
understand thelanguage of the c mintry, shall be elected by the
national clergy. The Vienna Gazette, in quoting this cor-
respondence, deplores these partial concessions, which, in its
opinion, will prevent the introduction of a general and uni-
form system of reformatory measures. The Austrian organ
f)rgets that the measures spoken of, and which have been
solemnly promised and guaranteed to the Christians of those
provinces, have been waited for in vain by them for years
past. The most urgent thing is to put an end, no matter on
what conditions, to the old system of exactions and violence,
and nothing will be more easy than to afterwards unite
the local ameliorations to a complete and uniform system."
The Abeille du Nord, of St. Petersburgh, of the
28th ult., has the following remarks on Austrian
policy in the Principalities :
"In mingling herself up in the affairs of Moldavia and
Wallachia, Austria forges with her own hands the weapons
which will be turned against her. In founding in those
Principalities different industrial undertakings, and acquir-
ing by pecuniary sacrifices the exclusive navigation of tine
Danube fur her fig, Austria will be inevitably
exposed to frequent disputes, if not with the
Rournan authorities, at least with those of Moldavia
and Wallachia. An opposition, even though it be trifling
on the part of the latter, may lead Austria into such a
meddling with the internal affairs of Turkey that the other
powers who signed the treaty of Paris of 1856 would require
from Austria sufficient guarantees that she will for the
future abstain from such an interference. It hence follows
that, notwithstanding its present success in Turkey, Aus-
trian policy will deceive itself if it reckons on passing front
ndustrial to political domination in the Principalities."