The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEP ITIVIBER 20, 1867.

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flourishes.
Perhaps something may be done towards conviction
in the Circular Despatch of Count BISMARCK, just I. leen well aware that some of them were certain to
published, bearing date September the lith. It be. captured in place of the prisoners, and also that
has been issued to the representatives of the Prus- their -punishmewould have been allotted to nt in such a camust be much more
sian Government at foreign Courts. As may be
ex- seve. re thana mere
petted, theDespatch bears reference to the memor- char ge of vagrancy. ALLEN, who is believed to
able interview at Salzburg, and although the Berlin have fired the fatal shot, was heard to say to one
Minister commences by admitting that they of t. he prisoners whom he had succeeded in getting
have received with satisfaction the communica- out of the van, «I will die for you, KELLY ;" and
he and another man (LARKIN)
Via co uence of their endeavouring to for-
still he goes on to make so many comments upon nseq tions from the Austrian and French Governments, were both captured
the thing itself, and so many reflections on the state \ ward thehole escaffapaire of
was their hand
evident cuffed
the leaders.
of European policy in general, that it is impossible The
deliberate organisation, and the plans were well
wly woik
not to recognise the fact that he is anything but i of a
laid. The attacking party seems to have numbered
pleased with the aspect of affairs, and very anxious
I
about 50 men, most of whom had pistols, some had
to make the best of his case to all concert. ed with
him in the undertaking. It may be affirmal, with- revolvers, others hatchets and hammers. They had
out any charge of exaggeration, that the WArld at selected the railway arch for the scene of action, a
favourable spot, as they were able to conceal them-
large ought to understand the nature and
olle by this time, tor if selves behind the abutments of the bridge until the
character of Prussian P y
rates in a cab, who gave notice that the time for
right moment. The van was preceded by confede-
it does not that the attempt is hopeless. The sub-
action was at hand. The prisoners had been re-
out of mind can we recall the appearance of these
ject is never permitted to be quiescent, and times
manded early in the day, but were kept in the
despatches, circulars, notes, and commentaries on
cells of the Court-house until the afternoon,
the state of affairs respecting Prussia in particular,
when about 80 prisoners were despatched together.
and the rest of Europe in general. Sober-minded
Men were noticed loitering about the Hyde Road
Englishmen may well inquire what next, as they
all day, and it seems extraordinary that information
meet with these voluminous revelations, of the
should not have been given to the police, or that
meaning why all that is done in Berlin is the wisest,
they should not have discovered it for themselves.
fittest, and most proper that can be done under the
After noticing suspected Fenians waiting outside
circumstances. The chief thing that strikes us, as
the police court, it would hare been no more than
we remember all this, is the state of uncertainty
common prudence to have looked a little further.
which must exist, for it is necessary to have all these
The cab with the confederates of the gang might have
explanations taking place so constantly.
afforded a clue to the whole mystery, if followed up.
In this Circular in question Count BISMARCK
It seems also to be strange that if the authorities
seems driving at something, for there is no actual
thought there was sufficient ground for uneasiness
need for his sending out the Despatch at all. It has
to provide an extra escort of police—for it appears
been pretty generally believed by this time that the
that eleven constables were sent in charge of the
Salzburg interview meant nothing, or, at least, was
van, not seven, as at first reported—that they
to be intended to mean nothing ; and why, in the
should not have provided them with arms. Eleven
name of common sense, we may well ask, has this
men without firearms were useless against a band
document made its appearance ? Those who at-
with pistols and revolvers. A couple of mounted
tentively peruse it will perhaps find out the reason
for themselves, and it will not be a satisfactory one. Policemen in advance of the van would have saved
Count BISMARCK sets out by declaring that the iu-
the catastrophe, and have prevented a success which,
ternal affairs of Germany did not form the object however temporary, is certain to give encourage-
of discussion at Salzburg, and forthwith plunges in went to a band of reckless desperadoes, and have
saved English law and justice from receiving so
medias res concerning the position of affairs in r rus.sia,
wanton an affront. When once the attack was
thus bringing before his readers all the vexed clues-
made no doubt all was done that could be done.
tions of the past year.
The tone which he adopts is one not at ill calcu- The constables fought for their charge regardless of
fated to be welcome in France, and the allusion he
their lives ; and Sergeant Barn, who held the
keys of the separate compartments, refused to
makes about foreign interference is almost imper-
surrender them to ALLEN after the door was
tinent. After mentioning that the affairs cf Ger-
broken open, though threatened with the fatal
many did not form the theme of conversation at
shot. But what a pity it was that the lives of such
Goblenz, he adds that this is the more encouraging,
valuable public servants should have been needlessly
because the "statements and assumptions" concerning
risked. The Liverpool authorities, we see, have
it showed plainly how " little the German national
taken the precaution of arming the men in charge
feeling can endure the idea that the development
of their police van, and we hope in other respects
of the affairs of the German nation should be
that our civil authorities will' be wise in time. It
placed under the guardianship of foreign inter-
is no proof of strength or courage to run unnecessary
vention, or of being guided by other considera-
risks, since it is always harder to recover lost
tione than those the
.national interests of Germany
demanded." This is a perfectly uncalled-for re- ground than to hold it against loss.
mark, and its significance is such that it has
already been resented in France. The quick-
witted commentators of the French press have
recognised its meaning ; and to take one illus-
tration of the effect produced we may
refer to the remarks in the Temps, which
declares that the Circular in reality is equi-
valent to a denunciation of the Treaty of
Prague. This journal adds, " Why should Count
BISMARCK speak with such provoking hauteur ?"
and adds very truly that he must have known this
Circular would create in France a painful and
irritating impression, and hs evidently desired to
produce such an impression. Why? 'rile
Presse observes that there is but one answer
to Count BISMARCK'S fanfaronade, and that
is " sure to cross the Maine, as we shall
see." Now the wily Minister of Prussia
is quite sufficiently acquainted with the opinions
of French politicians not to know that his language
could not be palatable to them, and why, therefore,
we may well ask, should he employ such terms ?
Why does he seek to imitate those whom he pro-
fesses to honour, and whose alliance he declares to
be a gain to Prussian interests. These are questions
which may well be asked, and, perhaps, the answer
is not so far off as some may imagine. It is, at any
rate, rather strange that BISMARCK should go out
of his way at this critical juncture to talk about
" our own concerns," and the necessity for foreign
changes to avoid everything that might give rise to
jealousy and cause disquietude concerning national
independence. Ile must have some motive in the
back ground, and that not of a very pacificatory
character or complimentary meaning.

It must have been a relief to Mr. DISRAELI to be
able for once to appear in public without discussing
any topic of a political kind. The celebration of
harvest home in the parish of llughenden allowed a
favourable opportunity for the discussion of domes-
tic subjects, which are in themselves of interest and
importance to all who rightly appreciate the well-
being of the country. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer has always been distinguished for the
1 interest he has taken in those matters which
i relate to agricultural concerns, and he has

shown a just discernment in appreciating the
importance of protecting the comfort and happiness
of the labourers. It is satisfactory to learn that of
late there has been improvement in the residences
of the peasantry of that parish. Mr. DISRAELI said
that he was himself in favour of building new
cottages for the labouring population, but that pro-
cess could only be gradually carried on. Without
entering into the controversial point of this
matter, the right honourable gentleman said very
truly that those took too narrow a view of
the question who "in building cottages for the
labouring population look only to the immediate
return of rent ; there is an immediate return far

more valuable than rent, which is to be acquired
by giving the labouring population dwellings which
conduce to their strength, happiness, and health."
It would be well if this sentiment were more gener-
ally entertained among those who have the oppor-
tunity of effecting improvements in the dwellings of
labourers, for too much stress is laid on the mate-
rial character of the affair without reference to its
higher end.

It was hardly to be expected that the Manchester
authorities would be fortunate enough to recapture
their liberated prisoners within so brief a period,

though we may be sure there is no lack of vigilance
or energy in the search. The event itself is suffi-
ciently remarkable to give us ground for considera<
tion, and the manner in which the attack was
carried out is still more startling. The fact that
an organised body of armed men should be able
within the suburbs of a large populous city to
overpower the ordinary precautions of
the law, and set at nought the resist•
ante of the civil force, shows us that there is
something more in Fenianisin than many were dis-
posed to believe. We need not certainly fear any
really dangerous or disastrous consequences from
its manifestations, however violent or unexpected.
It is not very likely that under their most skilful
leaders these mischievous political fanatics will be
able to accomplish their cherished scheme of taking
possession of a stronghold like Chester Castle, and of
shipping from thence arms and ammunition enough

to enable them to effect a rising in Ireland. Even
in Ireland itself, where many circumstances
strongly favoured their cause, and where the body
of the people in the wilder parts are easily in-
fluenced by any excitement and active demon-
stration, the whole Fenian movement collapsed in
a very short space of time before the vigororis
efforts—not of the Imperial troops or of thou•

sands of volunteers—but simply of the Irish con-
stabulary. In England, where, whatever our griev
ances, we certainly do not look to Fenianism for a
remedy, it is in the highest degree improbable its
heroes should ever give so much trouble. Still it is
very undesirable that they should be able even to
effect so much as they have done ; to startle the
peaceable population, to encourage the dangerous
c!asses, and generally speaking to unsettle those
social relations on the due order and observance of
which we are in the habit of priding ourselves.
The mischief of Fenianism lies in its very absurdity
and extravagance. We may smile, indeed,
at the notion of establishing a Fenian republic, of
putting Head Centre STEPHENS or ROBERTS in
the place of Queen VICTORIA ; but there are
American Irishmen among us crazy enough to
think such events not only possible, but desirable.
In pursuance of these visions they are ready to
make any attempt, however desperate, to form
any design, however impracticable. Their natural
and national bravery, and also, we must add,
the love of excitement and reckltssncss of copse-
sequences characteristic of their nation, make
them ready to run any risks a -1,1 dare any

are compromised. Thank God, for France, those
valuable benefits, placed under the protection of his
patriotism, are sheltered from every attack."
Another deplorable gun accident is recorded. M.
Edouard Brame, who had been for a few days on a
visit to the Chateau of Fontaine, near Lille, was
shooting on the ground of the chateau, when he by
accident killed the game-keeper, who was walking
about, but who was unperceived by M. Brame when

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

(1j Atlantic Telegraph.)

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 6 p.m.—Sir Frederick Bruce
has died of diphtheria. The steamer Arago has

arrived out.

he fired_
A project, which will shortly be carried into exe-
cution, is the creation or establishment of a military
port in the North Sea. It is almost decided upon
that the port of Gravelines shall be extended very
materially, and by means of the prolongation of the
canal of Mardock it will be rendered accessible to
large vessels. This enlargement of the port of
Gravelines will not only be of importance for the
military marine, but it will be very useful to the
commerce and navigation of France.
The Princess Clotilde, who has for some time
been taking the waters at Eaux Bounes, has re-
turned to Paris with renovated health.
The last of the Vendeeans has just terminated a
long and honourable career. The Countess de la
Bouere, the widow of the general officer of that
name, has expired in her 90th year. The Countess
was present at all the terrible campaigns in La
Vendee, and one of her children was born on the
field. Her husband suffered a long imprisonment
for having given refuge to an emigrant. She was
the eldest of three sisters, who lived together for
nearly a century.
It appears, from the authority of the work upon
Abyssinia, to which I have already referred, that the
prevailing passion of the Emperor Theodore is
pride, particularly in regard to his descent. A re-
port having been spread that his mother was a
woman of low origin, and once sold a vegetable
purgative in the streets of. Gandoor, the Emperor
addressed a circular to all the French residents,
giving a pompous narration of his genealogy. In
this document it is said—" In the name of the
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one God, the King
of Kings, Theodore, created by the Trinity,
installed servant and made Prince by it, he has chil-
dren given by God, all the Franks. By your God
and the God of your friend, Theodore, who
appeared to Moses at Sinai and upon the Red
Sea, who
with appeared to Joshua at Jerico, who
was seeking
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his father,
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anointed the sign of Samuel Saul, who also
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nation,
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was proclaimed king by it. Solomon, by the Queen
of Asiz (the south-east), begat Menilek, who was
Negus of Ethiopia. From Menilek sprint, the ,dy-
nasty of the Gallas, and with the assistance of God
my empire has been restored. I was insulted be-
cause my mother was poor, but my father and my
mother descend from David and Solomon, and they
are also of the line of Abraham, servant of God.
Now, they who insulted me by calling me beggar
beg their bread themselves day by day. Without
the will of God neither strength nor wisdom save
from ruin. But it is not necessary for me to give
you advice, for the proverb says, "Do not recom-
mend wisdom to the wise, and do not cut meat for
the lion." If in your countries you should meet
Negousie, the brigand who says that Ethiopia is
governed by the son of a beggar, make a bet of a
plain covered with gold, that I, the present Em-
peror, who am upon the throne of my fathers,
Abraham to David and David to Fasil, and bring
him here, that he may be confronted with me. It
is God who humbles the powerful and raises up the
humble."
The weather is much improved. There has been
warmth and sunshine to-day, and the strong north-
, wester is gone.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.—CIosing Prices.—
Gold, 1131. Sterling exchange on London, 109/.
Five-Twenty United States' Bonds, 114 Illinois,
121 ; Erie, 63. Cotton : Middling Upland, 25e.
rIIILADELPHIA7 Sept. 19.—Standard white pe-
troleum, 341 c.

ARRIVAL OF THE CUBA.
(Via Queenstown.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.

President Johnson's amnesty proclamation was
issued yesterday. After a lengthy preamble, it
says :—Mr. Davis, Vice-President Stevens, all heads

of Departments, agents of the Confederate Govern-
ment, army brigadiers, naval officers, Governors of
Confederate States, persons who cruelly ill-treated
Federal prisoners, persons convicted and in custody,
and all persons directly and indirectly concerned in
the assassination of President Lincoln, are excluded.
General Sheridan received an enthusiastic recep-
tion from the Democrats at St. Louis, but declined

speaking.
Mr. Wendell Phillips, writing to the New York
journals, says that President Johnson will be im-
peached after the reassembling of Congress. He
considers the amnesty treasonable and rebellious.
Advices from Mexico to the Ist September via
Havana, state that the late Emperor Maximilian's
body had not arrived at Vera Cruz, and deny its

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMEN7•

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE TIMES.

mutilation.
Admiral Tegetheff arrived at Vera Cruz on the
26th August en route for the capital.
Santa Anna's son was organising an expedition at
Havana to invade Mexico for the purpose of
liberating his father, who was still imprisoned.
All Generals condemned at Queretaro have been

pardoned.
Juarez has asked the Mexicans to hold the
election for President.
The Spanish squadron was at Rio de Janeiro, and
intended sailing for the River Plato.
Advices from Panama to the Ist September state
that the principal adherents of Mosquera in Bogo to
had resolved to support him. He was still in prison.
Lopez had submitted. Affairs between Peru and
Bolivia were in a critical state.
The Bolivian army, under the command of the
President, was encamped at La Paz, and was assum-
ing a hostile attitude towards Peru.
Cholera was disappearing in Nicaragua.
The British brig Cuba, from Matanzas to Boston,
has been wrecked on the Hatteras lights, and six

seamen lost.
The Royal Mail steamer Cuba, from Boston and
Halifax, arrived at Queenstown to-day (Sept. 20)
at 2 a.m., with 71 cabin passengers, and $5,106 in
specie. She landed 114 sacks of mails and 10
passengers, but carried on a portion of the Scotch
mails. She proceeded at 2.20 a.m. for Liverpool.
All well.

Sir,—Mr. Talbot Bury's letter is merely a repro-
duction of statements, every ono of which I can
disprove ; and even, if true, they are quite beside
the question. Ile still declines to give me the dates
I ask for. For the third time, then, will he inform

VICTORIA.

MELBOURNE, Aug. 2

The Appropriation Bill has been rejected by the
Legislative Council in Melbourne on the ground of
its containing a vote to Lady Darling. The Minis-
try immediately resigned.
Mr. Fellows and Mr. Fraser, members of the
Opposition in the Council, were successively sent
for by the Government, but neither was able to form
a Government.

The mail leaves us in great excitement. Many
meetings are being held, and many more advertised,
condemning the proceedings of the Legislative

►'hen it was that my father first visited Sir C.
Barry and saw his designs ?
When it was that my father wrote the letter of
disavowal at his house ?
When it was that he was at Salisbury ?
Whether be ever saw Sir C. Barry at St. Mary's
Grange ?
His recollection of the circumstances he details is
so vivid that it cannot be difficult to attach a date to
them.
Will Mr. Wolfe also inform us what was the
date of my father's assistance being first obtained
by Sir C. Barry.
These are plain straightforward questions, to which
I have a right to expect an answer. I shall then be
enabled to complete a letter which, I trust, will end
the correspondence.
I have been reminded that I have not yet answered
Mr. Charles Barry's challenge to refer my father's
claims to have been substantially the designer of the
Houses of Parliament to a committee of the Royal

Council.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Sept. 20.

The sittings of the Schleswig-Holstein Notables
terminated yesterday. The result arrived at is
satisfactory to the Government.

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 19 (Evening:

The Grand Duke Nicolai has been appointed
Commander-in-Chief of the St. Petersburg Military
District. Finance Minister Reutern has re-entered

upon his duties.
The Bourse Gazette has received a warning from
the Government respecting several financial articles
lately published by that paper.

Institute of British Architects.
I think it will be time enough to answer any such
challenge when Mr. Barry produces the 76 letters
from his father to mine, which, as I stated in the
Times of the 7th inst., Sir Charles Barry got from
me under a promise to return them immediately,
and he never did return them.
The Messrs. Barry have quietly passed over this
statement uncontradicted and unnoticed. They
know better than I can whether these letters still
exist or have been destroyed. If they do exist the
Messrs. Barry must be aware that they are my pro-
perty, and they are professing to challenge me to a
reference to arbitration while they are illegally
withholding both my property and my evidence.
If, on the other hand, the letters have been destroyed,
I believe that I need not write another word on the
subject, but leave Sir Charles Barry's reputation
and my former statement to the judgment of the
public.
No proof that I am likely to discover now can be
so decisive as the destruction by Sir Charles Barry
or his family of all the letters on the subject which
he could get hold of—first, all my father's letters to
him (as Sir Charles himself confessed to me), and
then all his own letters to my father which he could
get out of my hands under a promise,
and a repeated
promise, to return them.--I am, Sir, yours obe-
diently, E. WELBY PuGIN.
Ramsgate, Sept. 19.
P.S.—Five thousand letters like Mr. Rumble's,
describing what was done by
my father at Sir
Charles Barry's office, will not disprove what he
did at Salisbury, Chelsea, or R amsgate. I dosin-
cerely wish, however, that all who are detailing
these personal recollections of the circumstances to
which they testify would give dates. Surely it 15
not more difficult to give one than the other. Will
Mr. Rumble be good
enough to give mo the date of
the time when he was working at Sir C. Barry's
office at the same desk withmy father? It is per-
fectly immaterial to me whether he gives it or not;
but it will save trouble and time.

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.—The greater part
of the medical equipment necessary for the Abyssinian
expedition will be furnished from Bombay, lvhence the
military force employed will also fur the most part be fur-
nished. Three hospital ship will, however, be fitted out
of the department,
from England, and are now being made ready at Deptford,
under the superintendence of Dr. Mussy. They aro on the
plan laid down on thereorganisation
dncl will resemble those which were furnished to the Chi-
nese expedition, whore they rendered admirable service,
such further improvements being now introduced as expe-
rience has suggested. A surgeon and assistant surgeon
will have medical charge of each ship, and we understand
the following appointments have been made--Staff Sur-
geons Charters, Woodward, and Roach ; and Staff Assist-
ant Surgeons Fairland, Murphy, and Wheeler.—British
Medical Journal.

A SUNDAY SCHOOL LIFEBOAT.--The Stockport
Sunday School, which has 5,000 children under its charge,
has contributed to the National Lifeboat Institution a life-
boat, transporting carriage, and full equipment of stores.
She is 32ft. long, 74ft. wide, rows 10 oars, double banked,
and is to be stationed at Dundalk, an important station on
the east coast of Ireland. The boat is to be publicly exhi-
bited in Stockport on Monday next, 23d inst., which will
be kept there as a general holiday, it being the anniversary
of the opening of the Stockport public parks, when an
interesting demonstration is expect -A to take place.