The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1866;

No end has been gained that can be pointed to as
benefiting mankind, and no change has taken place
that can produce great or glorious results. We see
in this parade of the Prussians but an illusion. and
a mockery; and the Treaty of Prague will in all
probability be looked upon hereafter in very much
the same light as the Gastein Convention or sem-
blance of security when none really exists, and an
effort to exhibit tranquillity, which in itself con-
tains the germs of many future dissensions, and
bids ill for the welfare of Europe.'

Tne conduct of affairs at the Radical Convention
in Philadelphia gives us a fair opportunity of judg-
ing the manners and spirit in which the extreme
party would govern the country, if their visions of
supreme power were realised. The leaders of the
party can hardly complain if we accept these pro-
ceedings as a sample of the result of their policy and
practice, since the last Convention at Philadelphia
was an entirely Radical assembly in a city which
is a party stronghold. Judging, then, from the
language held at this assembly, the vindictive-
ness, the prejudice, the intolerance manifested by
the speakers, the disunion among the partisans, which
was only kept from breaking out openly by a strong
feeling of the expediency of avoiding a rupture
before the elections, the bitterest enemies of
the United States could hardly wish them
worse than the Government of such a
party. The address which the Convention has
adopted is written in the most extravagant language,
containing fierce invectives against the PRESIDENT,
and setting forth some very remarkable doJtrines of
constitutional government, as is very often the case
when men endeavour to make the worse appear the
better cause. The address, notwithstanding its
grandiloquence, contradicts itself in the most illo-
gical fashion. It demands the restoration of the
Southern States to their old relation with the Union,
as if that were not the very end to which the PRE-
SIDENT is directing all his efforts. It declares
the " unhappy policy of ANDREW JOHNSON to
be in its effects upon the loyal people of the South
"unjust, oppressive, and intolerable," as if those
were not the very epithets which characterise
Radical Southern policy. It proposes an unalter-
able belief in " the right of all men to decide and
control for themselves the character of the Govern-
ment under which they live," as if that were not
the right which the Radicals refused to concede to
the Southern States. However, they were so well
satisfied with their address, that Parson BROWNLOW
said he hoped " ten millions of copies would
be published in large type, big enough fcr
ANDY JOHNSON, whether drunk or sober, to
read." The most charitable construction that one
can put upon some of the speeches and actions of
the Radical leaders is that they are not the pro-
ductions of sobriety. One notorious element of
weakness in their party is the question of negro
suffrage, which would, as we have said, have broken
up the Convention but for the prevailing thought
of the elections. Americans who, in intelligence
and enlightenment, really represent the body of the
nation, can hardly fail to feel ashamed of their
countrymen, and we trust they will exert them-
selves in every possible way to prevent the adminis-
tration of their public affairs from being banded
over to such a narrow-minded and unreasoning
faction.

A very animated watch has been kept in the
good city of Liverpool for the return of the great
ship which has so successfully accomplished the all-
important undertaking of uniting the continents of
Europe and America. All the prognostications of
evil, the rumours of ill-luck, as attending BRUNEL'S
famous vessel, the doubts and fears and murmurs
respecting the recovery of the old cable and the
laying down of the nev, were happily at an end, and
all that remained to be done to complete
the undertaking was to give the adventurers
a cordial and congratulating welcome on
their return home. They had, indeed, a good
right to expect this after their double success. Had
they succeeded in either undertaking—had they
laid down the new cable without recovering the old,
or brought up again the 1865 line from the depths
of the Atlantic, while failing in their endeavours to
lay its successor, they might still have come home
rejoicing, since the magic line uniting the two
worlds, and drawing in closer bonds the two great
Anglo-Saxon nations, would have been an "accom-
plished fact." As it is, however, there is no draw-
back to the general rejoicing. The voyage has
been an unchequered success. The difficulties and
obstacles which have so long stood in the way seem
to have melted as if by magic, and instead of
anxious exertion and repeated struggles against
failure, to be rewarded only with disappointment
and delay, everything went smoothly from the first.
It seemed as if the old fables of kindly fairies and
fortunate spells were realised, so completely did
the history of this year's expedition contradict the
previous records. From first to last the results ex-
ceeded the most sanguine anticipations, and when
the Great Eastern steamed into the Mersey early
yesterday morning amid cheers from all the sur-
rounding vessels it was the culmination of an un-
broken triumph. As might be supposed, the party,
after receiving the congratulations of a few favoured
visitors, hastened off to London, and no one re-
mained to receive the compliments of the Liverpool
commercial bodies but Captain ANDERSON, who has
certainly a good right to share in the congra-
tulations from his skilful management of the
great ship. However, the citizens of Liverpool
are too well pleased at the result of the
expedition to remain satisfied without some
public demonstration of their feelings, and they have
accordingly resolved upon giving a grand banquet
to the principal persons concerned in the laying of
the cable. Sir STAFFORD INT ORTHCOTE has been
invited to preside on the occasion, as President o'

Trade. The co-operation of the American Chamber
of Commerce and other commercial bodies has been
secured, and there is little doubt that the demon-
stration will be in accordance with the warm and
general feeling of the Liverpool community, and
we may say indeed of the whole country, which
rejoices over the great work.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—This most popular exhibi-
tion is unquestionably very extensively patronised by the
numerous excursionists who are daily arriving in the
me-
tropolis. The spirited proprietors evidently spare neither
labour nor expense in rendering the various objects to be
seen worthy the liberal support which for many years past
a discerning public has extended in support of such a
colossal undertaking. The many figures of Eugland'a
monarchs and the great men of Europe will well repay a
visit to the unrivalled hall of kings in Baker-street.
A special meeting of the council of the Liverpool
Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday, Mr. C. E. Raw_
lies in the chair, to consider the advisability of inviting to
a public banquet Captain Anderson, of the Great Eastern,
and the gentlemen connected with him in laying the At-
lantic cables. The chairman stated that they had commu-
nicated with Sir Stafford Northcote, the President of the
Board of Trade, who had promised to preside at the pro-
posed banquet, if it could be arranged to take place on
Monday, the Ist October. On the motion of the chairman,
seconded by Mr. P. 11. Itathbone, it was resolved that the
banquet should be fixed fur that date, and that the general
purposes committee should be requested to carry out the
necessary arrangements. Mr. Clark said that the matter
had been most favourably received on 'Change, and several
gentlemen bad expressed to him their willingness to act as
stewards. The Secretary then read the draft of an address
to bo presented lo Captain Anderson, and it was resolved
that Captain Anderson should be communicated with to-
day, to ascertain when it would be convenient for him to
i receive the atldros on board the Groat ga§torn.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROU OUR 0". CORRESPONDENT.)

Irit'utFfi. Wednesday' Evening.
It would be useless' to figuslate- the opinions of
the Paris papers respecting the important circular
of the Marquis de la Valette, for they are all in
unanimous accord in considering it a noble and
gratifying document. They describe it as precise,
clear, just, and pacific. Their high estimate of
it is proved by the fact that they seem almost afraid
to detract from its value by commenting upon it
even in tones of admiration. The Journal des De-
tots makes the remark that the circular does not
treat upon all the foreign questions with which the
public mind is occupied. It is concentrated upon
the considerable changes which have just been made
in Germany and Italy, and upon the duties which
the gravity of late events imposes upon the Euro-
pean States in reference to their security and their
responsibility.
The Siecle remarks :—" The publication of the
Circular of the Marquis de la Valette coincides with
a sort of stoppage in European affairs. The treaty
which is to restore Venetia to Italy is being pre-
pared tardily. The negotiations between Prussia
and Saxony are delayed by a violent neuralgia un-
der which M. Bismarck is labouring. This is to be
the more regretted, because not only they do not
progress, but also because military supremacy and
the fortifications of the Elbe are litigious points.
" The Cabinet of Vienna negotiates at the same
tune with the Hungarians. It reserves the direction
of war and finance, but in all the other Ministerial
departments it grants to Hungary a separate admi-
nistration. It wishes the Hungarian Diet to pro-
ceed to a revision of the Constitution of 1848,
and effect the modifications :required by the in-
terests of the Empire. The Imperial Government
is also ready to accept as the basis of an under-
standing the project common to each elaborated by
the Commission of the Diet. It only asks that this
project shall contain more certain guarantees of
the unity of the administration of war and finances,
and for the responsibility of Hungary in respect to
the debt of the State.
" The Hungarians on their part claim that the de-
partments of war and finance shall be also entrusted
to a Hungarian Administration. There is also a
difference respecting the choice of the persons who
are to compose the Hungarian Cabinet. M. de
Sennyen, who is pursuing the negotiations at Pesth,
in the name of the Government, has just been in-
structed to use all possible efforts to arrive at a
speedy result."
A deplorable accident has happened to the omni-
bus boat the Mouche, which plies on the river
Saone. While stationed at Vaise, and when just
upon the point of starting for Lyons, the boiler
burst. There were about 40 passengers on board,
and an indescribable scene of confusion arose from
their efforts to get on shore. Some were severely
scalded and injured by the crowd. Others were
precipitated into the river and were drowned. The
boat was one of the best belonging to the company,
and it was only a fortnight ago that the boiler was
repaired. The exact number of persons injured had
not been correctly ascertained. Two of them:who
were taken to the hospital have since died. A Lyons
paper states that the number of persons injured is
at least 15.
A melancholy event occurred a few nights ago at
the Opera Comique. A gentleman and his wife oc-
cupied a box in the second gallery, but the lady was
hardly seated when she complained of being very ill.
The husband took her into the passage in the hope
that fresh air would restore her. Madame L., how-
ever, was worse, and became insensible. She was
conveyed to a police station, where everything was
done which medical skill could devise, but in a very
few minutes she was dead. M. L. states that his
wife was perfectly well all day.
The Andalusian line of railway which places Cor-
dova iu speedy communication with Madrid has just
been inaugurated. A train of honour from Madrid
to Cordova conveyed the Ministers, M. de Poisat,
the director of the company, and several notables of
the capital. The line is now opened for public
traffic.
The subject of the earthquake has occupied the
Academy of Science. M. Chevreuil read a great
many letters containing particulars of the earth-
quake. M. de Berigny, of Versailles, a scientific
man of some note, who has closely investigated all
the accounts of the phenomena, says it was the fur-
niture, and particularly the beds facing the east,
which were the more easily made to move from
west to east, and also the bells in the same direc-
tion. 'The persons who live in the upper storeys
felt the shock more than those who inhabit the
lower ones, and persons on the ground floor hardly
felt the shock at all.
Among the objects which excited special atten-
tion at the recent Exhibition at Toledo was a com-
plete edition of " Don Quixote" in microscopic
characters. It is printed on 54 cigarette papers in
four volu mes.

The famous cannon, the Griffon, has just been
brought from Metz and placed in the Artillery
Museum in the Place St. Thomas d'Aquin. By the by
this is an exceedingly interestin g exhibition. This can-
non was captured during the campaigns in Germany at
Ehrenbreitstein on the 28th of January, 1799, by
armies of the Republic, and was then sent to Metz
to the arsenal. It has an inscription in German, of
which this is a translation-4g lam called the
Griffon. I serve my gracious Lord of Treves.
Where I am ordered to act by force, I knock down
doors and walls. Simon cast me in 1528." In
France the name of Dauphin was given to this can-
non, because it has dolphins artistically sculptured
upon it. The Dauphin projected balls weighing
1501bs. Some specimens of this and other calibres
are to be seen with it. It is upwards of four
metres and a half long. In these times of "wars
and rumours of wars" the Dauphin is an interesting
object.

Preparations have been commenced in that curious
edifice the Hotel Carnavalet, purchased by the City
of Paris for the Paris Historical Museum. The
museum will comprise maps and plans of old Paris,
plans in relief of old monuments which have disap-
peared, drawings and paintings of monuments, plans
of works executed from age to age, books which
treat of the history of Paris, coins, medals, and
curiosities found in the bed of the Seine, statues in
marble, and other works in bronze and iron. There
will also bo many interesting articles executed in
modern times, such as geological and subterranean
maps, plans of cataracts, models of sewers and
various subterranean works, artesian wells, and the
squares and woods in the vicinity of Paris. The
tools used for the perforation of artesian wells will
also be exhibited.
The weather has continued fine to-day.
The Court of Cassation has just decided that if
a landlord refuses to makes repairs necessary to
render a house inhabitable, the refusal renders a
lease null and void.

THE WELSH MEMORIAL TO TIIE PRINCE CON-
SORT.—In August, last year, we reported the pro-
ceedings attendant upon the inauguration at Tenby, South
Wales, of a marble statuo erected at that beautiful water-
ing-place to the memory of the Prince Consort, the cere-
mony of inauguration being performed by his Royal High-
ness Prince Arthur. The accounts are now closed, and an
interesting history of the memorial has just been published
by Mason, of Tonby, clpies of which have been presented

to and graciously acknowledged by hor Majesty and Prince
Arthur. The list of subscribers to the memorial occupies
several pages, and it appears that the total number is about
16,500. The Bey. J. H. Phillips, of Piston Castle, gave
the site, valued at £4OO, and the money list is headed by
Mr. G. White, mayor of Tenby, with a donation of £2lO.
THE CAVE OF ADULLAM.—According to a state-
ment in a work entitled "Six Months in the White House
with Abraham Lincoln," by Mr. Carpenter—an artist who
remained in the White House while painting an historical
picture of the President reading his Proclamation of Eman-
cipation to his Cabinet—it would seem that Mr. Bright's
Adullam" illustration was originally used by Mr. Lincoln.
When the dissatisfied anti-slavery men nominated Mr.
Fremont for the Presidency, and a number of others who
had personal reasons for opposing the re-nomination of
Mr. Lincoln, the late President, in the course of a conver-
sation with Colonel Denning, turned over the leaves of a
Bible which had just been given him by the negroes of
Baltimore, and read in his peculiar, slow, waggish tone,
" And every ono that was in distress, and every ono that
was in debt, and every ono that was discontented, gathered
themselves unto him, and be became a captain over them,
and there were with JAM about 400 mon."—Pall AIal( Ga-
zette.

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VEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TURKEY AND OANDIA.
AtittN, Sept. 15.
(Delayed in transmission

The British Legation at Athens has given a denial
in the Greek papers to the statement that England
had advised Turkey to cede Candia to Greece.

DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 19

Admiral Mirkum has been appointed Minister of
Marine. The departure of the Princess Dagmar for
St. Petersburg has been fixed for Saturday next.
A Russo-Danish squadron will accompany the
Princess.

It is rumoured that notes from the French and
Russian Governments have been delivered in Berlin
and Copenhagen in reference to the question of
Northern Schleswig.