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and useful speech which we gave our readers yester-
day. The business then in hand was adult rather
than juvenile instruction ; the meeting was one of
Literary and Mechanics' Institutes—a mectin g;there-
fore, of persons interested in teaching those who
had left the care of National or British and Foreign
Schools, and who have become perfectly free agents
—our lads, our young men, and, to some extent,
our middle-aged men too. It is for them that
Mechanics' Institutes were first devised ; and the

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most sanguine hopes were cherished of seeing our
rising operatives voluntary students in the exact
sciences, in history, biography, and geography.
The works of the Society for the Diffusion of Use-
ful Knowledge, originated by the same earnest men

who-planned Mechanics' Institutes, sufficiently show
what they hoped of the rising town generation of
England. Formidable treatises on algebra and
geometry alternate with others on important
and useful branches of knowledge ; there was a
vigorous effort for " knowledge made cheap and
easy ; but we do not, just now, recollect one
of the long and able series in which the aim was
" knowledge made cheap and amusing," much less
in which the aim was chiefly to amuse.

Another principle sacred in the estimation of the
promoters of these institutions was, that political
and polemical works must not on any account be

admitted into the libraries ; we believe they were

till lately, perhaps are to this day, generally
refused, even if proffered gratuitously ! The result
of these great mistakes has been :conspicuous
enough. It is, indeed, marvellous how they could
have been ,made. Take that part of the commu-

nity which has the means of ready access to books,
and how many of its members are students of
useful knowledge ? And what, again, is the pro-
portion amongst our middle-class young men and
women, and of those of the higher classes too,
who read much besides amusing fiction, religious
books, or politics. The institutes appear to have
sedulously and jealously excluded just the kinds of
reading which those who read without the aid of
institutes almost universally prefer. Besides
ignoring the universal propensity of our race to
seek excitement and amusement for its own sake,
they ignored also the most marked characteristics
of Englishmen—their earnestness in politics and
religion. The controversies in each, form almost
the staple of English conversation—when it gets
beyond gossip—according to the temperament of
the talkers. Yet, under the pretext of preventing
strife and debate in these bowers of science, not
only amusements, but controversy too, were

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1858.

The Earl of ELGIN has earned his Marquisate.
Nothing could have been more admirably nego-
tiated than our recent treaty of peace with the
Chinese. With the terms of the treaty our readers
are already perfectly well acquainted. They have
been given by us so succinctly and repeatedly that
they assuredly require no further enumeration. It
were almost as superfluous to detail yet again the
various concessions made by China in the peace
now concluded with the Allied Powers of Western
Europe, as it would be to prose over the different
articles of the treaty signed in 1843 by the Man-
darin KEYING and Sir HENRY POTTINGER.

excluded.
The rule should have been the exact reverse
The patrons of all creeds in politics and religion
should have been invited to contribute all respect-
able works on their own side, and the graver and
more earnest readers should have been able to find
in the mechanics' library just such pamphlets and
books as the class next above them read with inte-
rest ; but, above all, the institute should have been
the place where every good tale and novel could be
found. It should have vied with the circulating
library by the superiority of its selection only ; it
should have sought to amuse the toil-worn opera-
tive by what amuses the sons and daughters of
his better-off neighbours, and have endeavoured to
improve his taste by excluding merely the vicious
and the trumpery.
Sir GEORGE GREY, in his speech to which we
have referred, entirely and heartily accepts these
views. They are not new. They have been advo-
cated several times already by gentlemen of
diverse politics and creeds, and it is now
pretty generally conceded that the people cannot
be drilled into the love of " useful knowledge,"
technically so called; it is acknowledged that
knowledge, like trade, must have its own free course,
and that it is as useless to overstock the operative
reading market with intellectual materials not in
demand there, as it was to send our pianofortes and
our broad thin calicoes to the Celestial Empire,
who wanted neither. So complete, however, is the
change becoming, that the quarterly, monthly,
weekly, and daily literature of the time is now the
most attractive part of the entertainment in all
institutes and in libraries for the many. Let any
one visit these places at the hours when those can
be present for whom they were specially designed,
and he will see the table or the fireplace surrounded
by students, not of science, or philosophy, or even
of history, biography, or travels, or any of the
branches of "useful knowledge," but of the latest
newspapers, as the article most in demand, the time
for that most precious vehicle of knowledge being
generally limited, so as to give all a chance ; while
those who are waiting for it are poring over the
next latest paper, or the pages of Blackwood or
Fraser, or some weekly or monthly, anxiously
looking up every minute to see whether their turn
for the most interesting knowledge is come. In-
deed, according to these means, the Mechanics'
Institutes are perforce becoming newsrooms.
And this is the course which must not only be
adopted universally, but the friends of adult in-
struction must advance in it. It is in their power,
we firmly believe, to do very much both to allure
the working classes from intemperance and
dissipation, and to lead them on in the path
of self-improvement. The modern newspaper is
the very thing for that purpose. It contains
such a mass of information, not worthless gossip
merely, brought from all quarters of the globe,
that a habitual newspaper reader, unless he confine
himself to its trifles, must know more of all
it concerns men to know, beyond topics of per-
sonal and local interest, than passably educated
persons knew in the last generation. The class of
persons, indeed, who now edit newspapers and
contribute to thefts is the guarantee for this. ; -they
are persons not only of knowledge and ability, but
persons who have a character to maintain. 'While
the great body of readers will always prefer the
newspaper and the novel to everything, the
newspaper, much more than the novel, will suggest
to them innumerable subjects on which they may
be led to seek yet higher knowledge. Between the
varied and valuable news of the day, the reviews
of books and the comments of a well-educated
editor, it seems impossible that newspapers should
not be the happiest device conceivable for impart-
ing a great deal of current and improving
knowledge to those whe) will read no more, and
of stirring up many to drink at deeper fountains.

Of the particulars of the ceremonial accompany-
ing the negotiation of this more recent and more
important Treaty, we have all of us read with
delight the vividly graphic narrative penned by
the Times' Correspondent. By a curious coinci-
dence, pointed out by that able narrator, the Treaties
of 1843 and of 1858 were alike signed on the 26th
of June. By the first—on the 26th of June, 1843—
the thin end of the wedge was cleverly inserted.
Now, again—on the 26th of June, 1858—the wedge
has been driven home with an unerring hand/io

the heart of the stubborn fabric of Chinese etclu-
siveness. Driven home thus by our energetic diplo-
matist, the Scotc Thane, whoovebegan by saying,
has thus very nobly earned a reward we doubt not
now reserved for his acceptance—his elevation from
an earldom to a marquisate.
Undeniable though the facts are by this time,
the particulars relating to this memorable negotia-
tion arc nevertheless so remarkably good, so
wonderfully advantageous to ourselves, so hopeful
for the Chinese, so auspicious of the spread yet
further and further, among a stupendous popula-
tion of more than 400,000,000 Pagan, barbarians,
of the benefits of civilization and of the blessings
of Christianity—that even now the news seems to
be really and truly scarcely credible. There, how-
ever, legible and tangible enough, is the magical
Treaty, duly signed, sealed, and delivered. Sealed
with the vermilion seal of the Chinese Government
—signed with the hieroglyphic signatures of the
Mantchoo Mandarin KWEILIANG and of the Mongol
Mandarin 1-IwAsuANA—the latter President of the
Civil Board and Second Commissioner, the former
Chief Secretary of State and Senior Commissioner.
The authoritative autograph upon the other
side being the more 'familiar name of Lord ELGIN,
Tier Britannic Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary
and Minis-ter- Plenipotentiary. Nay, the various
topics of the Treaty are not merely completed thus
by the respective negotiators ; but an Imperial
decree, according to our latest advices (dated July
the 4th, 1858), had actually been received from the
palace of the Emperor REIN-FUNG—declaratory of
his consent to its ratification. So much for this
rapidly negotiated Treaty of Tien-sin—a pacification,

the terms of which secure to us an ample indemnity
for the past, and a most propitious and encouraging
prospect for the future. There cannot be an instant's
doubt, that the terms thus quickly exacted from I
the Chinese are in no way exorbitant. They must
prove in the end, they cannot possibly fail to prove
in the end, signally beneficial to the very race from
whom they have been extorted at the cannon's
mouth, and at the point of the bayonet.. They will
open up to the people of China not merely the
comforts of cheap calico and hardware—the produce
of the workihops ofßifniingham and Of the factories'
of Manchester—they will (far beyond all this) bring
them into direct and constant intercourse with the
traders from distant England. Who can tell—perhaps
before much longer we may receive evidence of the
fruits of this intercourse, among our importations
of tea and crape, in the shape of a queer little fly-
leaf of hieroglyphics called a Chinese Newspaper.
Railway contracts may be entered into by enter-
prising English firms for the laying down of rail-
ways along the Chinese seaboard, and far away into
the interior, along routes leading to Burmah or to
Tartary. Telegraphic wires may connect Pekin
with Canton. Submarine cables may be trailed

down the channel of the Peiho across to Hong

Kong. We may have photographic serials brought
home vividly illustrative of Chinese life—public
and domestic—Lcity and suburban. Stereoscopic
views may come to us of the turns and
all between
angles and
watch towers of the Great barbaric
China and Tartary. What a God-send, at any rate,
the treaty will be to that pleasantest of travelling
companions, who has told us long ago all we could
reasonably want ever to be told about Chamouni
and Mont Blanc—about Mussoo and that delight-
fully stupid ass of an Engineer. When our hu-
morous observer has returned—the Londoners, at
least, will not have reason to remain long in ig-
norance as to the peculiarities of Life and Man-
ners among the Chinese multitude.

" Si ris pacer) parabelluni." This time-honoured
apophthegm has seldom been impugned save by
those who altogether- ignore war, and who are pre-
pared to surrender even their constitutional rights
and privileges—nay, more, their very liberties, to
the first assailants. Everyone, in fact, agrees that
the national defences must be preserved in good
order and efficiency. We cannot permit an armed
foe to pollute the sacred soil of England, and to
preserve this cherished immunity we must be pre-
pared, not only to maintain the defensive, but also
to assume the offensive, whenever occasion may
require such a demonstration. It is an im-
portant power, no doubt, to be enabled
to withstand an enemy's attack, but we
shall scarcely maintain our prestige unless we are
able to return blow for blow, and to maintain a
moderate balance in our favour should it unfortu-
nately come to hard fighting.
Hitherto England has maintained her maritime

Educationists continue, like other folk, to make
their discoveries, and to promulg,ate them till they
gain general acceptance. Amongst the latest is
one enforced by Sir GEORCLE GUY in the sensible

COURT CIRCULAR.

supremacy intact, and so long as Britannia really
f' rules the waves," there is no danger of her sinking
from the high position which she admittedly
occupies amongst the nations of the world. But
it is by no means an easy task to keep facile
princeps in any particular line. And as to naval
matters England must not only be the first naval
power, but can " bear no rival near the throne."
Whatever experiment is tried by other nations with
reasonable prospects of success, must be forthwith
tried by us dt- any cost or expense. If we cannot
keep the lead, we must at all events advance pari
passe with every aspirant to naval power.
This is the age of new inventions. All the
notions of our forefathers have been completely
changed by the rapid progress achieved. A new
and powerful element (steam) has been introduced
into all the arts of life, whether peaceful or warlike.
The genius of Watt has wrought a social revolution
of no ordinary magnitude. Whether we travel by
land or water, steam is the universal mode of pro-
pulsion. It supplies motive power to the elaborate
and beautifully-constructed machinery that ren-
ders England the first of manufacturing nations.
It has rendered our ships of war virtually
independent of time and tide. And could
NELSON again review a British fleet, he would
behold with astonishment the' changes that ' have
taken place, and be at a loss to know how to
manoeuvre the squadron. Our old 84 or 74-gun
men-of-war were quite sufficient for the wants and
exigencies of the period. But would any admiral
now like to enter with such vessels on a naval
contest against others having all the modern im-
provements ? It requires but little prescience to
declare that, whatever his skill or bravery, or the
enthusiasm of the gallant and devoted sailors under
his, command, the result would be but a foregone
conclusion—an ignominious defeat would be a
matter of perfect certainty. Science will still pre-
vail over mere physical power ; and so it would be
if electricity should supersede steam. Those which
are at present the most formidable instruments of
war, would become comparatively useless, when
another of a superior description was introduced
and brought practically into operation.
Admiral Sir G. R. SARTORIUS has recently
directed public attention to a new class of vessel,
which he declares—and on such matters he is an
unexceptionable witness—" would prove far more
efficient for home defences than any vessel of the
present construction." He suggested the plan at the
commencement of the late Russian war, but of course
could not get rid of the red-tapism that obstructs
every improvement, until its imperative necessity
is clearly demonstrated. He wrote both to
M. DE PERSIGNY and Sin C. WOOD, pointing
out the advantages of his plan, and the dan-
gers that would arise if Russia were to
adopt one of a similar character. Nothing, how-
ever, was done, but now it appears that a vaisseau
belier (ram-ship) is actually constructing at Cher-
bourg; and if its powers and capabilities be as
great as those indicated by Sir G. It. SARTORIUS
we must keep pace with the enterprise of our ally,
or submit to the consequences, whatever they

LATEST NEWS.

BERLIN, FRIDAY.

It is stated on high authority that the King has
consented to appoint the Prince of Prussia co-
Regent, with unlimited power, and that the latter
accepts the position.
The Chambers are to be officially informed of the
arrangement, so that it is probable the Prince has
agreed to accept the constitution.

The St. Petersburg journals of the 9th announce
what they call a " decisive defeat" of Schamyl in

the Caucasus. According 'to them, on the 2d ult.
a large detachment of his forces attacked a Russian
column in the gorge of Acho, but was repulsed with
considerable loss ; whereupon Schamyl with a part
of his troops resolved to make a diversion at %Yladi-
kankas. He marched there, and found a column
of Russians, under General Mischehanko. The
Russian general manoeuvred in such a way as to
entice him into the place, and then, dividing his
force into two columns, he attacked him both on
the right and left, and at last routed him with a
loss of 370 men killed, capturing, besides, 84 horses,
424 muskets, 280 swords, 445 pistols, and 14 tents
—one of the latter Schamyl's own. It was on the
11th ult. this engagement took place, and it is said
that the Russian loss was only 14 killed and 16
wounded.

A letter from Vienna, in the Boersenhalle, says :
—" The acquisition by Russia of the Sardinian
port of Villafranca is beginning to create bad blood
here, and the affair will probably not end so quietly
as is hoped at St. .Petersburg and Turin. Although
it is known positively here that the Russo-Sardi-
nian convention was concluded with the full appro-
bation of France, the establishment of Russia in the
Mediterranean will perhaps soon become the sub-
ject of serious diplomatic discussions. To Austria,
the cession of the port of Villafranca to Russia is
doubly grave ; first, because it will embarrass the
increase of her military and mercantile shipping in
the Adriatic ; and next, because it will seriously
menace her political interests. During forty
years, Russia attempted to obtain a Dalmatian
port—either Ragusa or Cattaro—but failed, in pre-
sence of the perseverance of the Austrian Cabinet.
Now, however, Russia has adroitly ' taken advan-
tage of the disposition of the Sardinian Cabinet to
conclude a good. affair on account of its financial
difficulties, and to promote its anti-Austrian policy.
To a port in Sardinia, Russia will only have to add
one in Albania ; and then she will have two mari-
time positions which cede in no respect to those of
England, and from which she may hereafter pursue
the realisation of her political projects."

may be.
We cannot as yet declare that all the conditions
referred to in the letter of the gallant Admiral,
which appeared in our impression of Tuesday last,
can be obtained whether that complete in-
♦ulnerability can be combined with superior
speed and easy: management, for these are
points of vital importance. But unquestion-
ably the matter is worthy of calm and
attentive consideration, and of searching inquiry.
In such a matter red-tapism must be set tiside, and
all the precedents of the "Circumlocution"-office
specially ignored. We know that it was one of
the most formidable modes of maritime war in the
olden time. In the days of CiESAR and POMPEY,
and MARK ANTONY, when the empire of the world
was decided at sea, every galley had a powerful
beak, in order to enable them to run down their
opponents. But there was no mode of propulsion
by which they could obtain the requisite speed.
At present all that is required is a full and fair
investigation ; so that it may be ascertained
whether this plan may be carried into, execution
with any and what modification.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 15

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY.

" Their Majesties," a letter from Biarritz states,
" enjoy their residence by the seaside exceedingly,
and are in excellent health. The Prince Imperial
is also as well as could possibly be desired. The
Empress bathes every morning. Their Majesties
pass several hours each day in the open air, and
take a considerable share of walking exercise. In
addition, they drive out every afternoon."

" The visit of Prince Napoleon to Algeria, which
was to have taken place on the 24th Sept., has,"
says a Paris letter in a Brussels journal, " been ad-
journed to the end of October. The Prince is de-
sirous, before leaving, of settling the great ques-
tions now pending relative to the organisation of
the colony."
The final arrangements agreed to at the conclu-
sion of the Paris Conferences have been ratified by
all the Governments, and will be made public
forthwith.

Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of
Wales, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Princess Louisa,
and Prince Arthur, honoured with their presence a ball for
the servants and gillies given by her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent at Abergeldie.

The I'J:dependance of Brusseti says :—" The King
of the Corea has offered the French Government a
portion of his territory to found an establishment
on. That Sovereign, though tributary to China, is
perfectly independent in the administration of his
States."

BOURSE, September 17.—The market has been
steady, but speculators have not entered eagerly
into affairs. Threes have been done at 72f. 65c.
and 72f. 75e. ; Mobilier varied from 915 f. to 930 f. ;
(Means, 1,427 f. 50c. to 1,430 f. ; Northern, 995 f. to
I,ooof. ; Eastern, 747 f. 40c. to 750 f. ; and Lyons,
860 f. to 857 f. 50c.. The market remained steady
to the close, when the following were the last
quotations :

_ .
41 per Cents. 96 . Credit Foncier.... 670
Do. end month — Belgian 4} . —
3 per Cents 72 75 Piedmontese (5) .. 92
Do. end month 72 N Roman 92 50
Bank Shares...... 3150 Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 930 Spanish Threes
--
Do. Account ..... 950 Home Debt 4O

The Royal party was attended by Lady Churchill, the
Hon. Miss Stopford, the Earl of Derby, Major-General the
lion. C. Grey, Lieut.-Col. Ponsonby, Major Teesdale, and
Mr. F. W. Gibbs.

TIIE DUCHESS OF KENT.—Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kcnt continues to take walks and drives in
the grounds in the vicinity of the castle, and we believe
enjoys highly the quiet beauty of her Deeside retreat.—
Aberdeen Journal.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
accompanied by Lieut.-Colonel Clifton, arrived at Hanover
on Tuesday last, on a visit to the King and Queen of
Hanover. _ .

The Prince and Princess of Kotschikoff and suite
have left the Brunswick Hotel, for the Continent.
Lord John Manners, Chief Commissioner of
Woods and Forests, is spending the autumn at the Birnam
Hotel, Perthshire.
The Marquis of Lansdowne will arrive at Bowood
Park to-day, from a tour of visits to Scotland.
We regret to learn that the Countess of Abingdon
is very seriously ill at Wytham Abbey. Lord and Lady
Norreys were summoned from Scarborough, on Thursday,
in consequence of the alarming symptoms her ladyship's
attack had exhibited. _ _ _

The Earl and Countess of Rosebery are passing
the season at Dalmenv Castle.
Lord and Lady 'oley will leave Worksop Manor
on Monday, on a visit to the Duchess of Grafton, at Euston
Hall, Suffolk.
The Hon. Somerset J. Calthorpe has arrived in
Grosvenor-square, from Perry Hall, Birmingham.
Mr. Secretary Walpole left town yesterday, for
Balmoral.

Lord and Lady Harry Vane arrived in town Wit
eveningirOm Battle Abbey, Sussex. Tho noble lord and
her ladyship will leave town to-day on a tour of visits in
Scotland. _ _ _ _ - -

Lord John Scott has left the Clarendon for
Causton Houle, near Rugby.
The Duke of, Bedford is entertaining company
at Woburn Abbey.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry
left town a few days since, for Mount-Stewart, pounty
Down.
The Earl of Clarendon and Lady Constance Vii-
Hers are on a tour in
.Germany. The noble countess and
the remainder of the family are passing the season at the
Grove, near Watford.
The Earl and Countess of Erroll are entertain-
ing a select circle at Slaines Castle, Aberdeenshire.
The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina
Villiers have left Homburg for Paris, en route home from-
Germany.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will leave
Cambridge House on Monday next for Broadlands.
The marriage of Lord Walter Scott, third son of
the Duke and Ducheils of Buccleuch, and Miss Hartopp,
daughter of Sir W. and Lady Hartopp, is to be solemnised,
the first or second week in the ensuing month, at Four
Oaks, the family seat in Warwickshire. Lord Walter
Scott has recently retired from the army.
Mrs. Gore, the popular novelist, who has recently
become afflicted with partial blindness, is about to submit
to an operation for cataract. This lady's loss of sight is
attributed to protracted anxiety for the fate of an only son,
who has been serving with much distinction on the staff at
Lucknow and in the Rohilcund campaign.
Tim LATE MR. SAMUEL RlGG.—This eccentric
but truly benevolent old Quaker died at his residence, in
Bayswater, on Monday last, at the advanced age of ninety-
one years. Ile retained his mental faculties and character-
istic shrewdness to the last. He had been a-solicitor for
nearly forty years, and had left the profession more than
thirty years ago in disgust, which he was in the habit of
professing in decided terms. He confined his businees
chiefly to conveyancing. Besides legacies to several friends,
he has left large donations to eleven public schools and four
temperance societies. Of the latter he was a zealous advo-
cate and supporter for many years. His will was written
out by himself only three years before his decease, and a
clause inserted that if any dispute should arise amongst the
benefit
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legatees such dispute should be referred to arbitration, the
decision of which should be final ; and any dissentient re-
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THE SUN, LONDON,. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1858.

men to Gaza, where he caused nine Mussulman
priests and others to be arrested, and sent them off
for trial to Jerusalem. This act of vigour exaspe-
rated the Mussulmans, who threatened to be
revenged the moment the troops left. Severity
Christian families, alarmed at these threats, took
refuge at Jaffa. Unfortunately there are not
troops enough in Palestine to maintain order, and
the Porte must remedy that deficiency, if it wishes
to keep the country."
Another letter of the same date, in the Moniteur,
gives a more favourable account:—
" The excitement
which had been produced
among the different classes of the people by the
massacre at Jeddah has now subsided. The
country is at present tranquil, and I can assure
you that the journals of Europe which represent
Egypt as being a prey to agitation and dis-
turbance are ill-informed. As to the plague, it is
exactly with it as with the talked-of conspiracies.
All apprehension on the subject has disappeared,
and it may be said that the public health was never
better than at present. It is therefore much to be
desired in the interest of commerce that an end
should be put to the rigours of the quarantine
regulations, which are now no longer necessary.
M. Sabatier, the French consul-general, has arrived
here. The Cyclops is still at Suez."

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