The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The ,Tournal de Saint Petersburg, in an article
on the speech of the Emperor Napoleon at the ban-
quet of the 14th August, declares that the speech

is both conciliatory and firm, and expresse,q sur-
prise that some of the German journals could have
given any other interpretation to it. The article
says :—" The allusion to a war was only made in
the Imperial speech in the event of the independ-
ence of France being menaced. No one assuredly
will see in the noble confidence which the Emperor
places in the courage and the force of France, should
her independence be threatened, any reason to fear
that peace will not be maintained. If peace be
exposed to danger, it is permitted to say that it is
not in that confidence the danger exists ; and that
if some persons discover in the words of the French
Sovereign a peril even distant for peace, it is only
by giving them a singular elasticity and a meaning
which assuredly he never intended them to bear."

Abd-el-Kader, though resigned to inactivity in
his quiet retreat in the East, seems by no means
inclined to let the world forget the fact of his
existence. He has a decided taste for epistolary
labours, and frequently seizes on the opportunity of
addressing letters to eminent persons entrusted
with high office in his native country. The appoint-
ment of the Count de Chasseloup-Laubat to the
Ministry of Algeria has called forth from the Emir
a complimentary letter couched in the following
terms :

" Praise be to God—To the nobleman of excel-
lent qualities and elevated sentiments, Count de
Chasseloup Laubat, Minister of Algeria and all the
external provinces of France, greeting. When we
were hearing of your great qualities and magnifi-
cent actions, the intelligence arrived of your high
and happy nomination. We thank God, who has
inspired the Emperor with the means of good, and
has enabled him to improve the condition of the
country and its inhabitants by putting things in
their right places, and giving power to those who
know how to bind and how to loose. We hope all
will be well with your excellency, whose character
is worthy to make us hope that whatever proceeds
from you will be good.—From Abd-el-Kader Ben-
Mahhi-el-Din, sth of Chaaual, 1275."

" It is stated positively," says a letter from
Vienna, " that the whole system of the Austrian
Consulates is to be re-organized. The number of
those establishments in the East will be consider-
ably increased. Austria has now in different parts
of the world 322 consulates and consular agencies,
of which 95 are in Turkey."

M. Farini, Dictator of Modena and Parma, has
issued two decrees, one appointing Professor Man-
fredi chief of the civil administration of Parma, and
another enacting that from the Ist September the
customs line between Parma and Modena shall be
suppressed.

The horses purchased for the mobilisation of the
Prussian army have been sold off in Berlin and its
environs, at prices far below what were paid for
them. The average loss will, it is saii, amount to
90fr. per head.

TUE AUSTR .4 LTA N 111 4IL PONTR/4 r7l

The following relates to the Australian mail con-
tract, via Panama, which has been some time under
suspense, and from the prorogation of Parliament
is likely so to continue to the great annoyance of
all the interests concerned :

" Australasian and Pacific Company (Limited),
August 24, 1859.
" Sir,—ln consequence of periodical misstatements to the
effect that Mr. Lever has obtained the Australian mail con-
tract via Panama, which are in constant circulation and
traceable to the adherents of that gentleman, I think it
right to place in your hands the copy of an official commu-
nication which appears to set the matter at rest, and pre-
clude the erroneous impressions which have been made
available for collateral purposes, and to the prejudice of the
competing tenders.—l remain, Sir, your very obedient
servant, " GEORGE CLARK."

TIIE BALLOT TN NEW SOUTH WALES•

The Sydney Empire, of June 14th, gives these
further interesting particulars as to the working
of the Ballot at its first trial at the recent general
election in that colony
" The result of this election will afford great gra-
tification to all lovers of constitutional freedom. It
proves what we have so often asserted, that no small
body of the people will so impartially and so soundly
exercise their political power as the whole body vigil:
) And it proves that the ballot system promotes good
order, as well as a sound judgment. We take the,.
position of Mr. Cooper on this polling list, and °I
those who opposed him, to be an augury that the
present elections will place Liberalism still mere
unmistakeably in the:ascendant than it was in the
last Parliament.
"In one respect our experience may be of great
value to the mother country. The ballot has been
a perfect triumph. Not the slightest uproar or dis-
order has marked its exercise, and no election in
Sydney was ever conducted with such exempla*:
decorum as the important contest that closed last
week.
" Mr. John Campbell, a candidate for the As-
sembly, says in his address to the electors whose
votes he sought :
" Under the present form of Government the
electors, thanks to the ballot, can choose their ovill
representative without any coercion being used,
and it will be the electors' own fault if they do not
send fit and proper persons to represent them.'
" The manner in which the ballot is administered
in this colony appears by the following advertse:
ment issued by the returning officer for Wesl
Sydney :
" Each voter is requested to apply to the poll
clerks, stationed outside the polling booth, market,.
with the letter corresponding with the first letter
of his surname (A, B, or C, as the case may be); for
his number, i.e., the number opposite his name n 1
the electoral roll.
" Without this number, which will be given tni
a card, initialled by the poll clerk, no one vaill4
permitted to enter the polling booth. No
objection having been made, the voter will receive
his ballot paper from the presiding officer, in el"
change for the initialled card bearing his number
—his name and qualification having been first
asked and satisfactorily answered. With this balk"'
or voting paper the voter will, at once, enter the
secret chamber, and there, as expeditiously as poi!'
sible, strike out the names of such candidates as ne
does not wish to vote for, and then folding bit
paper so as to conceal the names, will come out 0I
the secret chamber by a door at the opposite end to
where he entered it, and deposit the paper in the
ballot-box placed on the table before the presiding
officer.
" The door out for leaving the booth will be
quite close to the ballot-box.
" At the close of the poll (which opens a eight
o'clock in the morning and closes at four o'clock In
the afternoon), should any ballot paper be found
1 having more than four names of the nominated
l
candidates left on it, the same will be rejected aol
informal and invalid.
Every voter will be required to place his ballot
paper in the ballot box, although he may have
torn or defaced it.
No voter will be allowed a second ballot.
paper, even though he should plead the excuse a
having inadvertently struck out the name, of a can-
didate he intended to vote for.
" The booths have been carefully planned, with
a view of giving every elector the certainty of pow
ing his vote, if he comes.
"‘ It is earnestly and respectfully requested that
all possible despatch will be used in voting, i
that the electors of West Sydney will do all in
their power to aid the presiding officers in carrying
out and conducting this first election under the
new and Liberal Electoral Act, in a manner calcu-
lated to reflect credit upon all concerned.'"
This mode of voting occasions some novelties in
the way of electioneering placards and advertise"'
ments, as appears by the following extract fr°l2:l'
the Sydney Herald of 13th June :—" Duigan fa!'
West Sydney. Do not strike your pencil throe.
Duigan's name."

THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY TO TRW

NORTH.

The Queen having determined this year to p(
brm that portion of her journey to the Highlan as
between London and Edinburgh during the nigh'
the directors of the Great Northern Railway were
last week instructed to make the necessary arrange:
ments for her Majesty's convenience. The trail,
will consist of three royal saloons, with the usuobl
number of first-class carriages and luggage brea3F3-
The saloons will be fitted up in the French striet,
with mattresses and sofas, for the convenience of
their occupants.
The royal party will include the Queen and the
Prince Consort, the Princess Alice, the Fri ma
Arthur, the Princess Helena, and the Princess
Louisa. The suite in attendance upon her Maje sty
and his Royal Highness will consist of Li air
Churchill, General the Hon. Charles Grey, Sir'
Phipps, the Hon. Horatio Stopford, and M: tior
Elphinstone. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey
will be the Secretary of State in attendance upon.
her Majesty.
The hour fixed for the Queen to leave Kin tg's-
cross station is 9 o'clock in the evening. Her Ma-
jesty will be received at the station by Mr. Pai ?ke,
M.P., and a deputation of the Great Northern di-
rectors, some of whom will accompany the rcryal
party to York. The royal train will travel at 10
uniform speed of forty miles an hour, and make its
first stoppage at Biggleswade at 10 p.m.. The
train will pass St. Neots at 10 19 p.m., Hoxitingt ion,
at 10 30 p.m., Holme at 10 45 p.m. and reach
Peterborough, 77 miles from London, at 55
minutes after 10. A delay of five mini AO
only will take place here, and the train, again
in motion, will successively pass Tallington at
11 11 p.m., Essenden at 11 17 p.m., Corby at 11. Su
p.m., Penton at 11 38 p.m., Grantham at 11 43
P.m., Hougham at 11 52 p.m., Claypole at 11..58
p.m., and arrive at Newark six minutes after n liar
night. Another three minutes to take in water,
and again the royal party will pass Carlton at 12:2°
aStultt2onoata.lm2.,4B3
:w.mtra.,yßaatnslk2ilsl2atal.m2 4.,6 a.m.,
a.m., Tuxford at 12 28 a.m., Retford at 12 38 a. sio
Sao cal
Rossingtor t at
12 57 a.m., and run into Doncaster station at f eur
minutes after one o'clock. The train will L'un
through Knottingly jnnetion at 1 35 a.m. 'the
Milford junction will be crossed at 1 45 a.m., Au"'
the Church Fenton at 1 52 a.m., and thence a short
run of 11 miles will bring the royal party to Yo rk,
where her Majesty is timed to arrive at 2 15 a. ill;
The train will not go into the station, but pass 13".
once over the junction of the Great Northern Eine
on to the North-Eastern Railway. Only five r Ili'
nutes' stoppage at York will be allowed ; and i the
royal party will reach Darlington at 3 37 a• sl''
Ferryhill at 3 53 a.m., Fence House at 4 14 a. MI
Pensher at 4 18 a.m., Pelaw at 4 30 a.m., Gatesh' Ld
at 436 a.m., and Newcastle at 4 39 a.m. Fr onl
Newcastle, where six minutes will be allowed, the
train will proceed by Heaten at 4 50 a.m., Killi
worth at 4 57 a.m.' Cramlington at 5 3 a.m., Ned ter.:
ton at 5 9 a.m., Morpeth at 5 12 a.m., Longhirst; at
5 18 a.m., Widrington at 5 22 a.m., Ackling
at 5 20 a.m., Warkworth at 5 34 a.m., and an !ills
at the Bilton junction at 541 a.m. Four mint Os
grace here, and then by Loughoughton,
Fe llo-
den, Chathill, Belford, Beal, and Scremerst ton'
to Tweedmouth, where the Border river
will be crossed by the royal party at 6 35 th.llll
Dunbar will be reached at 725 a.m. After a brim
f
delay at this place the Queen will proceed to E
burgh, where her Majesty will alight at the Pt
Margaret's Station at 10 minutes after eight o'c lock
on Tuesday morning, and proceed through to
rood Palace.

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The Queen will remain in Edinburgh during'
day, and sleep at Holyrood on Tuesday night. .'
Wednesday morning at nine c'clock the royal j
ney northwards will be resumed. The city of Per"'
will be reached at 10 minutes afterll o'clock. Ife.rer
fortunately, owing to the feud which has lately el.:
isted between two railway companies having ;slltr-
sided, it will not be necessary for her Majestr.to
alight, as her liege subjects have been comps Lle,t;
during the past fortnight, and make a circuit of 11/31'
a mile through the city to accomplish a railir
distance of 300 yards. From Perth the jour nel
northwards will be made without stoppage to .the
Bridge of Dee, and Aberdeen is to be reached al
155 p.m. The directors e the Deeside Rail 11.131,
!Hr.?, present themselves to escort the royal 0;1
along the bank of that pretty river to Bancherio
where the royal carriages will be in attendance ~.t°
convey her Majesty to her home in the Highla.na•
The general conduct of the railway journey Wilt
as usual, be entrusted to Mr. Seymour elarke, whose
experience and practical knowledge have so often
been made available in the management of the
Queen's progress into Scotland.
There are several foolish rumours in circulation. OA
to the causes which have induced her Majesty to make
the journey from London to Edinburgh by vight
But we believe the simple truth is her Majesty has
so determined in order to avoid the excessive
fatigue consequent upon a twelve hours' railwal
ride under the scorching rays of an August sun. 111
is needless to add that every precaution has been
taken by the directors of the various railways ,
be-
tween London and the Scottish capital to prevell
the possibility of annoyance to the royal party;lT,°,
on no account whatever will persons not otficieui
employed be admitted on any of the station 910.1.-
forms.