The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-20 00:00:00

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

The following are the selected candidates, out of 67 com-
petitors, at the recent examination for appointments in the
civil service of India, held under the superintendence of the
Civil Service Commissioners :

J. Geoghegan Trinity College, Dublin.
T. F. W. Smith
W. Tyrrell
H. L. P. Wynne Oriel College, Oxford.
Hugh Morris Edinburgh University.
D. Fitzpatrick Trinity College, Dublin.
C. W. P. Watts University College, Oxford.
C. G. Sperling Merton College, Oxford.
D. M. Gardner Brasenose College, Oxford.
C. J. Powlett Wadbarn College, Oxford.
E. H. Wbinfield Magdalen College, Oxford.
W. C. Fades Trinity College, Dublin.
J. Ward Cain.; College, Cambridge.
A. Brown Queen's College, Oxford.
J. S. Armstrong Trinity College, Dublin.
H. J. Macdonald Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
H. M. Birdwood St. Peter's College, Cambridge.
A. M. Macregor Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
F. Jones King's College, London.
J. F. K. Hewitt ...... Mist Church, Oxford.
Civil Service Commission, Aug. 19.

The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton will leave
Hamilton Palace early next week fur Brod.lek Castle, in
the Isle of Arran, where the nob:e duke iuteadi to receive a
shooting party.

The Duke of Richmond's party have had excel-
lent sport since the commencement of grouse shooting on
his Scottish moors. The circle assembled there comprise
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl of March, the
Earl of Coventry, Lord A. Gordon Lennox, Col. Jebb, Col.
Napier, and Mr. Cox.
The Duchess (Dow.) of Beaufort and the Ladies
Somerset are at present making a tour of visits in Scotland.

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The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at Lansdowne
House on Wednesday, from Bowood, Wiltshire.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry
are making a tour in Germany, and will not return to this
country until the latter end of next month.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbanc are
expected in town in a few days, from the Continent.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, after
visiting Lord and Lady Blantyre, at Erskine House, N.B.
have proceeded to Inverary Castle, Argyllshire, on a visit
to the Duke and Duchess of Argyll.
The Marchioness (Frances Anne) of Londonderry
has arrived at Garron Tower, her beautiful seat in the north
of Ireland, from Wynyard Park.
The Earl of Cardigan has returned to town from
Deane Park, /Northamptonshire.
The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere and the
youthful Visceunt Brackley are making a tour of visits in
Scotland.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at
Cambridge House yesterday. The noble viscount and
viscountess will have in a few days for Paris.
Lord Willoughby de Broke will leave Royston
Lodge, Newbridge, to-day for his sea►, Compton Verney,
Warwickshire.

Lord and Lady Cremorne have arrived at Cla-
ridge's Hotel from a tour on the Continent.
Lord and Lady Eleho left town last week for
Scotland.

Col. and Baroness North left town a few days
since for Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire.

Sir George Grey arrived at Invermark at the close
of last week, to join Lard Panmure's party, assembled there
for grouse shooting, from Fa!lotion, Northumberland.

The Speaker and Lady Charlotte Denison left
Ossington Hall, Notts, last week, to make a series of visits
,wring the shooting season, in Scotland.
•The Count and Countess Alexander Strogonoff
have loft the Clarendon far Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
3ionrieur de Novossatzoff, Secretary to the Russian
Emba,gy st Vienna, has left the Clarendon for the Isle of
Wight.

BRUNSWICK HOTEL.—Arrivals • The Earl and
~• 'tintes.a of $l. tradhroke, from Benham Hall; Hon. Berkeley
‘-'-• from Moxhall Park. Departures : Lady Nugent and
Minister bad
~, Ti. Tkish Ambassador had an ' •
interview with
f 4De J- •rby yesterday. The America
fLe ;Sari of Dt. .
1 Nllidigesl'No went.
in Downi.. -
street.ha'dith the noble earl at his Olfresidence
.in interview with Sir E. Bulwer
Lytton
Coll
also a,- inter
.he colonial-office.
, yesterday from the Colonial-
,e: Kong, Malta, Mauritius,
Despatches were sent _
office to the Governors of H 0....
and Lahuan. -Rs.—To-day is
Ira of vetere for
REVISION
OF THE LISTS OF , .708
the last day for making claims to be on .1 ' '—
boroughs.
yesterday
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MAILS FOR VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.—The Post-
master-General gave notice yesterday that ship mails for
Vanomver's Island will he made up in the General Post-
office, to be conveyed by ships which are appointed to sail
the 25th, 26 b, 28th, and 30th of this month.
CROSSED CHEQUES.—A banker says :—" Notwith-
standing all that you say abmt crossed cheques, I maintain
that when a cheque is properly crossed it cannot be oblite-
rated, except through the fault or negligence of the person
crossing it. If the crossing is made with strong transverse
lines, it cannot be erased without mutilating the cheque;
but I have seen many crossed cheques where the crossing
was not observable without special examination, and in such
cases it could, of course, be easily erased so as to avoid de-
tection."

TILE AGAPEMONE.—The funeral of Miss Nottidge
took place on Saturday, when her mortal remains were
given up from the Agapemone to be consigned by her
friends to their last resting-place. It will be remembered
'hat this lady, whose life has been characterised by such
infatuation, first became connected with the Agapemone
some years ago, at Weymouth, while on a visit to that
watering-place. It is said that she contributed to the
funds of the abode a fortune of £6,000 ; and to such an ex-
tent did ber strange views reach, that her brother instituted
a commission of lunacy to judge of her sanity and the
validity of her notions. Tne unfortunate lady died at
the age of 51, after suffering from madness for some days
previously. The body of the deceased was removed from the
Agapemone to the farm of the Agapemonites, at Chelton
Trivett, to await the funeral rites. The corpse ft on] that place
was transferred to her sorrowing friends, and interred at
I Charlinch Perish Church.—Sherborneilournal.

WRECK AND Loss OF LIFE IN THE BAY OF BISCAY.
—As the Santander Bilboa, a steamer which plies between
Santander and Bilboa, was four mornings ago proceeding
from the former to the latter place, with 75 passengers, she
ran with violence on a rock near Point Gurfante, to the
north-west of Noja, and soon went down. The passengers
collected in dismay at the stern, and an officer of the Spanish
navy, Captain Arousategui, who happened to be on board,
proceeded, with the assistance of some sailors, to lower oue
of the boats. About 15 persons were safely embarked in this
boat, but 15 or 16 others rushed in terror to another boat
before it was properly unloosed, and they caused it to cap-
size, all of them falling into the sea. Four of them were
picked up, the rest were drowned. The first boat having
landed its passengers returned to the wreck and took off
others, and another boat also put off to render assistance. It
is believed that all the passengers and crew were saved, ex-
cept the 11 or 12 mentioned. One of the persons rescued
was found clinging to the screw of the steamer, another was
picked up in the sea.
FATAL BOILER ExrLosioN.—On Tuesday morn-
ing, at a quarter to seven, a fearful explosion took place at
the chemical works of Messrs. Deacon and Holbrook, Gas-
kell, at Runcorn Gap, about five miles from this town, by
which two men and one boy lost their lives, and another boy
is not expected to recover. The unfortunate persons were
Joseph Lloyd, of Farm worth, Joseph World!, of Widness, and
Thomas Manley, of Runcorn, aged 12 years. The boiler
had been at work only a few weeks, and was a tubnlar one
of the newest conNtrnetien. Both ends were completely
blown out, but the other parts remain. One end was forced
through the wall of one of the workrooms, in which were
the tso men and the boy who were killed. The other end
was driven through the wall of the St. Helens and Garston
Railway, a distance of about 30 yards, but no accident to
any person occurred through it. The boy who was injured
had just gone to seek work, and was waiting for the fore-
man when the accident took place. The coroner
sjury met
at the Railway Station Inn, but adjourned to obtain scien-
tific evidence.— Warrington Guardian.
CURIOUS CITY CUSTOM. A RECTOR " TOLLING"

HIMSELF INTO A NEW BENEFlCE.—Yesterday, at noen,
one of the ancient customs still event in the City of London
was observed, "with all due form and solemnity," at the
parish church of St. Antholin, Budge-row. The circum-
stances were as fdlow :—The rectory of St. Antholin having
become vacant by the retirement of the Rev. James William
Calvert, M.A., now one of the minor canons of St. Paul,s,
Cathedral, it fell to the lot of that gentleman to " induct,
his successor to the benefice, the Rev. William Milner, M.A.,
" according to ancient custom." Precisely at 12 o'clock,
consequently, the retiring rector appeared at the door of the
church, bearing the keys of the sacred edifice. These he
banded to the incoming clergyman, who, having received
them, unlocked the door, entered the church alone, and then
"turned the keys upon himself." He then proceeded to the
belfry, and commenced vigorously tolling one of the bells for
a minute or so, in conformity with the long established usage.
at this church, thus fairly and legally "ringing himself into
the benefice." The rev. gentleman then opened the door,
where he was met by Messrs. Good and Garner, the present
churchwardens of the parish, Mr. Wm. Croucher, one of the
common councilmen of the ward of Cordwainers, in which
the parish is situate, and Mr. Hemmeus, another of the
parishioners, who were the only inhabitants of the neigh-
bourhood present. Having received their congratulations,
the newly-installed rector retired.
PORTS AND HARBOURS, COUNTY MAYO.—We are
glad to be in a position to slate that the improvements pro-
posed for the harbours of Westport, Newport, Balling, and
Killala, are likely to be carried out without delay ; and,
thanks to the exertions made by the committees appointed
for the several localities by the last grand jury, all the pre-
liminary steps have been taken—surveys made, maps, plans,
and estimates prepared—and, owing to the representations
sent forward to the Government by our excellent and untir-
ing county member, Lord John Browne, we find that Barry
D. Gibbons, Esq., Harbour Engineer to the Board of Works,
has been for the last week engaged inspecting and reporting
on the plans laid before him by the county surveyors, and
of which, we believe, be has in all cases approved. At
Westport, we understand, the improvements contemplated
chiefly consist in deepening and excavating the bed of the
river, se as to enable steamers and vessels of large draught
of water to approach the quay with facility. At Newport,
as also at Killala, it is proposed to build extensions to the
present quays, so as to give an approach from the land side
of the deep water in those most excellent roadsteads, which
in the case of Killala would enable ships drawing five-and-
twent j feet of water to load and unload at all times of the
tide. This cannot fail to be an immense boon to the mer-
chants and traders, not alone of the ports themselves but to
all the neighbouring towns and to the community at large.
i At Ballina we are aware that several magnificent schemes
j have been devised (some of them so far back as the time of
1 the late Mr. Nitnneo) fur building wharves and docks ad-
joining the town; but the sum of money at present avail-
able would only be thrown away upon commencing any
such extensive projects; so that we entirely concur with the
view taken of the matter by Col. Knox Gore and the gen-
tlemen of the Belittle committee, to expend the present
amount upon sinking and deepening the bed of the river
between the Moy bar and the quay, particularly the part
known as the Flats. We are sorry to find that Erris is, as
usual, bebindhand, not having prepared any plan or section
for the Government engineer.—Mayo Constitution.
BRIGADIER NAPIER'S VICTORY.—We have received
the following letter from a correspondent with Sir Hugh
Rose's force :—" Cantonments of Mourar, Genitor, June
27, 1858.—Napier's pursuit and dispersion of Tantia Topee's
army was one of the most brilliant and dashing feats I ever
heard of. Abbott, who was in advance, came in sight of
the rebels drawn up in the act of mustering preparatory to
a march. They were, at the very lowest computation,
7,000 in number, and had twenty-five grins. Napier's
force numbered 670 men cf dragoons, Meade's Horse, 3rd
Ressala, and one troop of Horse Artillery; about twenty of
these were Europeans. I forgot to include the 3rd
Bombay Light Cavalry. Abbott crept up under the
lee of some sand-hilts, and wae, after a time, dur-
ing which he made a reconnoisanee of the enemy's
position, twigged by the rebel', who sent two shu:er
sowers to see what was the matter. Abbott's
crderly polished on ; of these gents off, after a long colloquy
thus :—' Kaun hairs turn ?" Kean halo turn ?' &c., &c.,
Ham Nanan Sahib ka jaej." Ham Rose Sahib janj.
Bang.' Despite the enormous discrepancy between these
r fano, Napier determined to attack, and the tremendous
dust they kicked up, together with the cover of the sand-
hills, concealed the weakness of our force from the enemy.
Dragoons, trregulars, and herse artillery rushed at the
rebels at a furious gallop, two rounds from the latter being
elven with amazing rapidity. Abbott made a brilliant dash
at what proved to be the rear-guard, and after breaking their
light-foot, blazed into their retreating masses. The enemy's
cavalry bolted at once, with Tanti:i Topee, Raheem Ali,
Nawab of B trate and other notables, and never drew rein
until they bad placed a score of miles between them and the
Bri ti,h. The infau try and artillery threw away their arms, and
fled as hard as they could go. The pursuit was maintained
for four miles, and about 250 rebels we-e cut up, whilst the
entire park of 25 guns fell into our Land.. They at e now
parked in this cantonment. The heavy baggage of the
enemy had been sent on the night before. 'lt was the
most fearfully exciting work,' the heroes say, and --'a
description of it is grapic enough. He says, ' I only remem-
ber rushing the guns at the enemy and opening fire—all
was a blank, until my servant awakened me the next morn-
ing with ' Sahib, tiu gunte baj-gaya.' The fugitive army
was utterly broken, and the rebels dispersed in parties of
three and four in all directions, mostly, it is supposed, in the
Jeypore direction. There was only one casualty occurred
on our side during this 'magnificent display of pluck; a
sowar (of the 3d Ressala, I think) was shot dead."—Horne-
ward Mail.
THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO PARAGUAY.—The
President having fully determined to bring the Paraguay
Government to account for its attack on the Water Witch
and its unjustifiable treatment of American citizens while

engaged i; commercialWr;itsin—tl7;tC7uZiT;iO which
they were invited, is preparing to maintain it by an ade-
quate force. Commander Page, to whose nerve, experi-
ence,se ns
ll i e
and talent the charge of the squadron is to be com-
mitted, hastoert
beena Visiting
i t what eg tuffs
city,a Bocsrtaofnt, Phila-
delphia,aamndoagthe
propellers could be obtained to add to the Government
vessels already selected. The necessity of some such
was made known several months ago to the Ch airman of
the Naval Committee of the Senate, the advising official
friend of the Secretary of the Navy, and offers were made
to the department to procure for it these very vessels, and
to have them ready in 90 days. The offer was unnoticed ;
and now it is doubtful whether the expedition will get
away till the fall. The President's foreign policy has always
been prompt, firm, and decided, and it is a great pity that
any delay should occur in carrying it out. The only two
vessels actually selected as yet are the Harriet Lane and
the Fulton, and we believe the Arctic. The former is a fine
ship, with a noble engine of American design. The Fulton
is an old steamer, which was cut down, refitted, and im.
proved to such a degree that she draws only about nine feet
water, and is quite fast. There are no other steamers in the
navy of the light draught indispensable for this service. it
is therefore necessary to resort to the commercial ma-
rine to make up the deficiency. It will be necessary to
employ propellers, for on an ordinary side wheel
reamer it is impossible to work effectively a foe-
ward and aft pivot gun of much calibre. The
wheel-houses are in the way. Probably some vessels
may be obtained of sufficient strength, but they will require
a considerable expenditure and some time to get them into
proper condition. As it is, they will be obliged to carry
their guns in their holds till they reach Buenos Ayres. It
is the intention of the President to send out some seven or
eight vessels, mounting 10-inch pieces of Dahlgren's con-
struction. The number of them will be about 50, and the
force of seamen and marines about 600. The navigation of
the river is one of the chief difficulties to be encountered.
Its depth is very much affected by the prevailing winds.
The tide rises three or four feet in the Paraeuav, hundreds
of miles from its mouth, but is not perceptible in a blow
from the northward. The draught of vessels which can
safely accead to Assumption should not be over 12 feet,
for at the mouth of the Parana, where it unites with
the Parsgoay, jest above Corrientes, there is the bar
of San Juan, with but 15 cr 16 feet water, which shoals
according to the season or the wind. Vessels drawing over
12 feet vainly get over ; no deep channels exist, and the
river_ is wide in proportion to its shallowness. Commander
Page will, however, take up his light squadron with great
facility, for he has sounded stream, and
every mile of the
knows every foot of the way. Our demands must be
sternly insisted on and o 9r squadron must act effectively.
A commissioner might easily defeat, by his negligence, or
instability, or want of sag
ment and the plans of Commandera the policy of our Govern-
very brilliant negotiators up the Paraguay *
a e We have not had
time a man of ability was sent to oe as yet, and it is
South AmericAt—Neu, York Herald. country, at least, or

LATEST INTELLIGEN()E.

THE IMPERIAL PROGRESS IN
FRANCE.

FROM SPECIAL REPORTERS OF THE MORNING POST'.)
SAINT BRIEUC, AuG. 1.8.

I attempted to-day to carry out the same p,lan
which I had adopted yesterday—of preceding title
Emperor on his route, and so giving you an account: ,of
the spirit manifested by the people in their prepara-
tions to receive him. From a very early period ink
the day I discovered that to pursue any such modes
of proceeding would inevitably !,so retard me on my
journey, that I must be speedily overtaken by the
Imperial cortege, and unable to reach this place until
a lee hour at night. There was upon the high road
such masses of people gathered together, and all were
so anxious to know when the Emperor was coming,
that what between the difficulty of moving through
them, and the necessity of answering their numerous
questions respecting the movements of his Majesty,
I was, perforce, compelled to take to a road which
was not marked down in the Napoleon itinerary.
The curiosity of the Gauls is a matter of well-estab-
lisked notoriety ; and I could not help reflecting ota
the words :—" Est autem hoc consuetudinis, t
ut et viatores etiam invitos consistere cogant, et,
quod quisque eorum de quaque re audierit,4
aut cognoverit, quaerant." One question was so
frequently put to me by Bretons, who believe
they can speak French, that I give you
in their own words—because the form in which the
thought is clothed shows that Napoleon 111. is not
only the elected but the only recognised Sovereign
of France. Thus speak the Bretons of him :—" A
quelle heure Mon Seigneur Napoleon arrivera ?'
Those who are cognisant of the ancient traditions
and customs of Bretagne will know what is the
value and significance of the phrase, "Mon Seigneur"
in the mouth of a Breton; and how fiercely their
fathers battled, and what centuries of cruel wars
they endured sooner then consent to call the Sove-
reign of France, " Mon Seigneur."
From those inquisitive crowds it was necessary to
turn aside and take to another road ; and so I was
prevented from looking at the festal preparations at
Londeac, which were, I understand, on a very splen-
did scale. I was also saved, too, from witnessing what
is a painful thing to contemplate—an enthusiastic
multitude, who had prepared themselves for a holi-
day, exposed to a pitiless storm such as burst over
the whole of this district about two o'clock, and
continued with unabated fury until mid-day. I
have been informed that severe and violent as it was
it did not abate in the slightest degree the popular
ardour, and men and women stood at their posts,
and never would consent to abandon them until
their wishes had been gratified in beholding the Em-
peror and Empress.
In taking a road different from that marked out
for the Imperial progress, I had, however, the oppor-
tunity of falling unintentionally upon another proof
of the interest excited by the Emperor's visit to
Bretagne. Upon this, one of the main roads leading
from Napoleonville to Saint Brieuc, and that which
is ordinarily the most frequented—for it is shorter
by some miles than the other—there was not to-day
a single person to be seen travelling. There was no
one working in the fields. Most of the houses were
shut up, so that it was plain that even the domestic
servants could not be kept at home on such a day.
In fact, during one part of the journey—a distance
of from 23 to 25 miles—l saw but two women in-
side their doors—one very old, and the other nurs-
ing a sick child. .In one village, consisting, I sup-
pose, of at least 60 persons, the doors and windows
were all closed, so that, I suppose, not a single human
being of tbati village had. remained in it. They
were all thinking of the Emperor and Empress, and
were resolved upon seeing and welcoming them to
Brittany. The whole country had thus become for
the day a desert ; and all its population had poured
down upon the road by which they knew the Im-

perial vis.tors were coming.
At length, as Saint Brieuc was approached by a
few miles, and that the population from the most
distant places had to adopt that on which I chanced
to be travelling, as the most convenient for reaching
the town, I fonnd the crowds reappearing ; and as,
on the preceding day, the men, the women, the boys
and the girls forming groups apart, according to
their age and size. In a few instances this order
was departed from—it was when there were com-
posed what might be called " singing-groups."
These were groups formed into two lines—the men
marching in a single line together in front, and the
women, or rather young girls, at some few paces dis-
tant from them, in a single line also ; and both sing-
ing alternately the verses of that new song which
has at once spread all over Brittany ; but of which
I have, as yet, been unable to obtain a single copy—
if (as is doubtful) a single copy has ever been pub-
lished. It is the same song to which I referred yes-
terday, as concluding with the words " Vive
l'Empereur !"
A few horsemen were, on nearing Saint Brieuc, to
be seen hurrying on their road, and, in honour of
the occasion, had decorated the heads and flowing
tails of their horses (for such is the Breton taste) with
large streamers of tri-colored ribbons. There was,
however,
o rs
em
,s o nothing
remarkable in the garb of these
horsemen, unlike to the display of the preceding
e n
day, for they wore the common Breton dress—wide
Quaker beaver bats, black coats, also of Quaker cut,
wide sailors' trousers, reaching but an inch below
the calf of the leg, with long black waistcoats that
were the fashion in England when George 11. was
on the throne.

Upon some of them, however, as upon some with
the fantastic dresses at Napoleonville, there were to
be seen the British medals of the Baltic and the
Crimean war, so that even her English Majesty had
honoured for their valour individuals of that popu-
lation rho were now joining in enthusiastic demon-
strations of devotion and attachment to Napoleon 111.
At the entrance to the ancient city of Saint Brieuc,
a most magnificent triumphal arch had been
erected, inscribed with the usual words, " Vice
l'Emperateur ! Vive l'lmperatrice! Vice le Prince
Imperial r and when this arch had been
passed there was to be seen by their Ma-
jesties a large transparency that could not fail to
attract their observation, and must excite some sur-
prise, for it embodied in English that which was the
united sentiment of every inhabitant of the town—it
spoke the sentiment of all in that most cordial of all
phrases—" Welcome."
Another decoration had been prepared which must,
I am sure, have been most grateful to the Emperor.
There was placed under a triumphal arch, in the
centre of the town, a gigantic statue of Ceres, and on
the pedestal was imprinted in large letters—" Les
cultivateurs de Saint-Brieuc au le protecteur de
l'industrie." It was the expression, in a line, of
what is the general feeling in this part of France,
viz., that the happy progress that has been made in
the science of agriculture, as well as the peace which
its cultivators are permitted to enjoy since his Ma-
jesty became Emperor, are both solely attributable
to the measures he has adopted and the policy he has
pursued.

_
This feeling of gratitude is not confined to the
agricultural classes, as was proved by the extraordi-
nary number of clergymen to be seen with the com-
munal processions and mingling with the crowd. St.
Brieuc may be considered as the head of all the eccle-
siastical cities in this portion of the empire. It
abounds with colleges for ecclesiastics, and is governed
by a bishop. From Lence go forth most of the
priests that serve the different parishes in Brittany,
and they, with their prelate, have taken advantage of
the Emperor's visit to Saint Brieuc to demonstrate
what are their feelings towards the present and the
past Emperor of France.
I may here observe, that the reason why so many
of the French clergy have at all times been decided
Bonapartists is not very well known in England
and I shall eudeayour to explain it in a few WOOS

A passing reference to English history will help to
make it still more intelligible.
It is known how the clergy of the English Esta-
blished Church were treated by the Long Parliament,
Ivhen its majority was composed of Presbyterians and
kndependents—how a certain form of faith was " or-
dained," and clergymen who would not subscribe to
it were turned out of their livings, reducing them-
selves and their families to absolute beggary. The
Long Parliament despoiled and impoverished the
Established Church clergymen, but did not put them
to death because they would not become Presbyte-
rians or Independents.
The Republicans of France acted in the
same manner when they established what was called
"the civil constitution of the clergy." They first
despoiled the clergy of France of their livings, be-
cause they would not subscribe to " the civil consti-
tution." So far, they imitated the Long Parliament ;
but they soon went a great deal farther. The re-
fusal to take the oath decreed by "the civil consti-
tution" was first punished with confiscation, subse-
pently with imprisonment, next with transporta-
tion, and, lastly, with death. This persecution con-
tinued for years; it was upheld and persisted in
under all the various names of " Assemblies," "
-vention," and " Directory ;" and never was put an
end to until Napoleon Bonaparte exercised supreme
power as Consul. _

It is for putting an end to that persecution that the
French clergy are attached to the memory of the
first Napoleon ; and it is because they are certain
.that the third Napoleon will never permit its re-
newal that they identify themselves with the main-
tenance of the Empire.
St. Brieuc is a perfect specimen of an ancient
French city of the best class. Its houses high, its
streets narrow, it seems scarcely sufficient to house
its 115,000 inhabitants. Its condition to-day was
something unparalleled in its annals ; for there lite-
rally poured into its streets more than the town itself
could contain ; and all that the vast population of
the :adjoining districts could do was, for the most part,
to el iter the town at one end, and find room, mere
standing room, outside the walls. As to hotels
and other places which devote themselves to the
public convenience, they have been absolutely over-
whelmed. Neither by themselves nor through their
neig hbours could they accommodate one tithe of the
per sons applying to them for beds. For a consider-
abl a time to-day I found myself in this unpleasant
predicament that I could neither obtain a bed in the
tow la, nor a horse to carry me out of it. The ut-
mo st favour that would be conceded to me was per-
mimion (at a certain price) to occupy a sitting-room
until 10 o'clock, where I might write, and then turn
out of the bed-room to permit the person who had
engaged it for the night to succeed me.
such is Saint Brieuc with an Emperor and Em-
pre ps within its walls ! Its inhabitants are in a state
of awful excitement; and it is well for them, and
better for strangers, that the Emperor did not give
thera two days instead of one.
The entrance of the Emperor into the town took
plate at 20 minutes to four o'clock, but long before
that time, for a full hour at least, all the dexterity
of t gens d'arme, and all the patience of the sol-
diers, were taxed to the very utmost to secure a free
and, unimpeded passage to the Imperial cortege ; for,
dispite of all they could do, the line was constantly
bro ken by new crowds of country deputations com-
ing in—men and women (the women, as usual
always in the rear), and claiming for themselves the
right to get forward, soas to be seen by the Emperor
before entering into Saint Brieuc. These deputation
were, I repeat, crowds, and at last pressed like a mul-
titude on all sides, so that, however reluctantly, the
offinrs had to command their being kept out of the
town.

At 20 minutes to four o'clock, and a heavy rain
falling at the time, the Imperial cortege passed under
tLe ,triumphal arch in the following order :—Two
bodies of gens d'armet, a few paces distant from each
othi:rs—a troop of Hussars—an avant courier—aides-
de-camp on horseback—the Imperial cortege—a
third body of gens d'armes—officers of regiments on
foot;—the Imperial suite, consisting of six carriages—
a L-ady of Hussars—then the country deputations,
and these in such a multitude that I watched
them for an hour and a-half, and found them still
pressing onward in one compact mass, closely wedged
together. The crowd I have seen at Saint Brieuc seems
to me as the largest collection of persons I have ever
witnessed ; but what their numbers might be I can-
not even attempt to calculate. What is to become
of them in a place that cannot hold them, or how
they are to get back to their several homes, I cannot
venture even to surmise.

Saint Brieuc has done much to distinguish itself
upon this occasion. It has erected a ball-room
capable of containing about 3,000 persons, and
nothing has been so eagerly sought for in all the
district as the privilege of being permitted to go to
this ball. As the people have demonstrated their
adherence to the Emperor, the aristocracy in all this
department have been, I am told, desirous to show
y their presence at this night's entertainment that
they rejoice in the reign of Napoleon 111. over
France.

In addition to the ball, there is, at the express de-
sire of the Emperor, to be an exposition of horses,
for which this department has long been celebrated,
especially in a breed of animals particularly fitted for
heavy agricultural work.

THURSDAY, 7 P.M.

The Convention for organising the government
of the Danubian Principalities is now signcd. With-
out entering into details, the following are the main
features of the contract :

1. The people of the Principalities, according to a
scale of suffrage, which gives all important classes a
vote, will be called upon to elect two Hospodars—
one for Moldavia and the other for Wallachia.

2. The Hospodars, in conjunction with deputies,
also elected by all classes of the people, will have the
entire legislation of domestic affairs in their own
bands.

3. Turkey maintains her guardian rights over the
Principalities in all questions of peace or war.
As soon, therefore, as the Sultan promulgates the
Convention, the first step will be to elect the two
Hospodars, and precautions will be taken to cause
the said elections to be free from all foreign influ-
ence. A conciliatory spirit on the part of the great
Powers has brought about the above results.

The evening papers express some surprise at the
news they get from London, informing them that
her Majesty's steamer Cyclops had bombarded Jeddah.
They express a wish that a French vessel should
have assisted at this bombardment, as the two Go-
vernments had agreed to act together. An official
despatch which reached Paris says, " The captain of
the Cyclops insisted on the immediate execution of
the criminals who had been condemned ; but the
Turkish authorities had not sufficient forces at their
disposal to order the death of the men until Ismail
Pacha arrived at Jeddah with 480 soldiers,and the order
to execute the prisoners." It looks rather like hasty
proceedings on the part of the captain of the Cyclops,
who was not perhaps aware that in Turkey at the
present moment a Pacha cannot order the execution
of criminals without the permission of the Sultan.
It is to be hoped that the bombardment of Jeddah
will not lead to further fanatical acts on the part of
Mahometans.

THURSDAY, 6 P.M.

It is now the practice of crowned heads to take an
annual autumnal trip with the rest of the vulgar
world. At the present moment there is scarcely a
Sovereign of Europe "at home :" some are making
acquaintance with neighbouring states, and others
visiting districts of their own dominions, and becom-
ing familiar with peasant populations, who still re-
tain a mysterious veneration for kings and queens.
Her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, almost
before the people of Great Britain are aware of her
absence, greets the Emperor of the French on French
ground, and then gladdens the people of Berlin
with her presence ; and all this accomplished
in less time than a Stuart would have oc-
cupied iA travelling fxon3 London to Uin,

burgh. It is only a question of roads, and all
the crowned heads of the world might spend a few
days with each other every autumn. What won-
derful changes might arise from such apparently
trifling events. Kings and queens, and cabinet
ministers, like the rest of the world, have often only ,
to know each other better, and many political dif-
ferences would be avoided. We have an example of
this in the late visit of Napoleon 111. to Queen Vic-
toria, when we were getting into a terrible diplo-
matic muddle about the Danubian Principalities.
Who shall say if Ferdinand 11., once King of
Naples, now of Gaeta, were to pay us a visit in
Paris, that he would not be induced again to enter
into the family of civilised nations, assured that nei-
ther France nor England had any intention of ap-
propriating his dominions, and convinced that a
people might be governed by just laws, and made
loyal, contented, and happy by a policy of progress.
But it would not be well for his Sicilian Majesty to
travel by land to Marseilles. There, again, we stum-
ble on the question of roads! There is no railway
communication completed which connects Naples,
Rome, and Tuscany, and the highways of those
countries are still connected with the romance of
brigandage. A letter from Florence states that a few
days ago a party of brigands stopped a diligence near.
Montefiascone, and having as usual forced the tra-
vellers to alight and to lie down on the ground with
their faces downwards, began to plunder the vehicle.
Among the passengers was a M. Muller, an Austrian
cabinet courier, who travels once a month to Naples
and back to Mantua with the correspondence of the
Austrian legations of Modena, Florence, Rome, &c.
As he attempted to get up, he received so hard a
blow on his head with a pick-axe that he had to be
carried back to Florence in a desperate state. Such
a state of things is by no means inviting ; and,
were the rest of Europe in the same condition as
certain parts of Italy, and without the rail, we cer-
o tainly should not witness so many Royal and Im-
perial people flying about from one place to the
other like ordinary travellers, and doing a great
amount of good in a familiar way and without
"sinking beneath the load of splendid care."
Queen Isabella 11. is another lady sovereign now
performing a tour in her own dominions and
awakening everywhere that Spanish enthusiasm for
the sovereign which is peculiar to this proud people.
One would suppose the programme of Queen
Isabella's tour had been compiled by priests, since
she devotes much of her time in visiting church
relics, and shrines, and sites, associated with the his-
tory of the Church in Spain. We are told by a Spanish
Court newsman that " her Majesty has made the
statue of the Virgin of Mercado an offering of a pair
of diamond ear-rings and other ornaments of great
value. The Queen has likewise promised to send a
mantle to our Blessed Lady of the Roads (Nuestra
Senora de los Caminos) at Leon, and a gold chalice
to the bishop of the diocese." If her Majesty would
kindly instruct her Ministers to insist on making
good roads in Spain, people might visit the sacred
places with a facility which even their devotion
would no doubt appreciate. But perhaps this is not
Roman Church orthodoxy. Pilgrims to shrines are
expected to arrive at the altars of their faith with sore
feet. Nostra Senora de los Caminos, it may be, would
refuse to have anything to do with Senor Macadam or
railway contractors. The Queen of Spain, however,
is certainly inspired with the best intentions during
her tour. A number of asylums are to ba formed
for the poor, which will supply the place of convents.
Heretics may be allowed to question this open state
encouragement of pauperism, in a country notorious
for indolence. Spain ought not to have any poor.
At all events we may congratulate her Majesty on
her good intentions, and rest assured that this tour
in the provinces will strengthen her political posi-
tion.
The Queen of Greece is always travelling, and this
year her Majesty has gone over a considerable
amount of ground, marking her progress by political
milestones. The King of Greece is now in Germany
indulging in mineral waters.
I need not remind you of the journey of the Em-
peror and Empress of the French in Bretagne, that
will form a very agreeable page in.the history of the
reign of Napoleon 111., so fully reported in the
columns of the Morning Post.
The King of Prussia is also ever travelling
about ; but, unhappily, for motives of health.
He goes where the doctors send him, and
will never again travel for any other reason. The
Prince of Prussia has accepted an invitation from the
King of Hanover to attend the review of the 10th
corps of the Federal army.
The Emperor of Austria was to have visited
Croatia this summer, but he is kept at home on ac-
count of the approaching confinement of the Em-
press. Meanwhile, his brother, the Governor of
Lombardy, is constantly visiting Vienna, Milan, and
Venice. He, too, is engaged in endeavours to make
acquaintance with th subjects of the Imperial
crown. Here I may mention that the Arch-
duke communicates every fortnight with the
Emperor direct, so that the promised reforms of
Lombardy may be carried out without the opposi-
tion of some advisers of the Crown opposed to any
change in the military rule of Austrian Italy. The
young and popular King of Portugal is also on the
move, and his Highness the Sultan is equally
travelling far away from Constantinople. Such
Royal and Imperial movements are likely to
be kept up every year, and even made more
frequent and extensive as the means for easy travel-
ling increase and in proporition as Sovereigns are
allowed to move about without the thunder of
artillery, triumphal arches, and official receptions.
Gradually Kings and Queens and Princes will cease
to be regarded with vulgar awe ; they will be known
as the chief personages of the realm—holding
together the institutions of the country ; guarding the
nation's honour, and binding the people together by
one common bond of union—a power which no
faction can alarm so long as the sovereign cares for
the interests of the people. The old poets taught
the mob to regard sovereign rulers as very unhappy
beings, destined to drag on an unhappy life in
golden chains. Old Prior says :
" What is a king? A man condemned to bear
The public burden of the nation's care;
Now cr.wn'd some angry faction to appease;
Now falls a victim to the people's ease.
At borne surr,,unded by a Fervile crowd,
Prompt to hbuw, a..d tr..c.ion lout'."
And all the world remembers
" Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown !"
When the people begin to see and know more of
their own and other sovereigns—become more
familiar with the " divinity of kings "—if they are
good and wise rulers, the empty veneration of past
ages will be replaced by a genuine affiction and
respect.
" Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort, and the
Princes and Princesses of Prussia," says a letter from
Potsdam, " attended Divine service on Sunday last,
not in the church ordinarily frequented by Royalty,
but, by her Majesty's desire, in the garrison chapel
which contains the tomb of Frederick the Great. By
order of the Prince of Prussia, the officiating mini-
ster, after the usual prayer for the King and Queen,
offered one for the Queen and Prince Consort. At
mid-day the Royal family and their illustrious guests
partook of luncheon, at which were present Prince
Augustus of Wurtemburg, the Hereditary Prince of
Hohenzollern, Prince William of Baden, and the
Count de Flandre."
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Sir Henry WiHoek died at his villa, at Mortlake,
on Tuesday. Sir Henry formerly served in the Madras
Cavalry, and obtained the rank of a lieutenant-colonel in
the East Indies. His diplomatic rather than his military
services procured him distinction. In January, 1810, he
was attached to the embassy to Persia, and acted for seve-
ral years—from July, 1815, to January, 1827—as Charge
d'Affaires at the Court of the Shah. By permission
of his Sovereign he was decorated with the Persian Order
of the Lion and Sun, of the first class, which the Shah of
Persia conferred upon him for his services in the field. He
was in the receipt of a pension for his diplomatic cervices.
In 1827 he received the honour of knighthood. Sir Henry
was for many years a director of
.the East India Company,
having inen elected in DM