The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-01 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 1. 1861.1

Nothing could have conduced more to a speedy I
triumph than the opposite conduct. Had MAC-
DOwAL been empowered to invite the slaves to free-
dom, to regard themselves as freemen wherever his
army was in force ; had he promised protection to
fugitives and ample rewards for all information of
the enemy's movements which proved to be true,
he would not only have had most valuable aid, but
would have discouraged and perplexed his an-
tagonists. By their announced policy the Govern-
ment sacrifice their greatest advantage to purchas•
ing, if they can, the good-will of armed and hostile
slaveholders. They will not obtain that, though
perhaps they make them more willing to treat in
the event of defeat. One thing, however, is clearer
than ever, if it was not clear enough before, that
Englishmen can regard this contest only as one for
an object of very little interest to them—whether
there shall be two big Unions or a single monster

one.

One of the appointments connected with the re-
cent changes will be certain of general approval.
Amongst those changes the name of Lord ELGIN
would have almost certainly occurred, had he not
been reserved to complete another change—to sup-
ply the place of Lord CANNING in India. Ever
since his taking on himself the responsibility of
placing the troops in his service for the Chinese
war at the disposal of the Indian Govern-
ment, an opinion has prevailed that he himself
should ere long- take charge of that Govern-
ment. Sir JOHN LAWRENCE was his only com-
petitor in public opinion. But rivals they have
not been. In their different spheres each has shown
such high ability, such superiority to merely
routine administration, such capacity for indepen-
dent, bold, yet not capricious action, that the judg-
ment of the public, seldom wrong in its estimation
of general ability, has been strongly pronounced in
favour of both. Our rulers at home, however,
could not easily put up with bestowing the
Governor-Generalship of India on one not belong-
ing to their " Order." They would make Sir JOHN
LAWRENCE a Peer rather than depart from their
wont, if Governor-General he must be ; but they
are happy now in having the opportunity of
pleasing at once the country and. themselves.

We need not repeat the truism of Lord ELGIN'S
having shown himself one of the highest order of
administrators and plenipotentiaries. What pleases
us most in his doings has been his willingness to
assume responsibility. Besides the act of diverting
the Imperial forces, which we have just adverted
to, to Indian service, it has always struck us that
his destruction of the EMPEROR'S summer palace
in China was an act of high moral courage
and self-reliance. The French Ambassador was
afraid to do it. It was quite certain that a well-
known party at home would make the press ring
with the " folly and vandalism" of the act. With-
out the slightest display of bravado, or of defying
either a brother ambassador's opinion, or that of
English peace society men, Lord Elgin coolly
adhered to his own opinion and acted on it. He
was prepared to say to all the world this is the way
in which England teaches such rulers as the
Emperor of China, the consequences of perjury and
cruelty. Had the lesson not worked well, he
knew he should never hear the last of it. He was
prepared for that. But it did work well, and he
had at least the satisfaction of seeing his few
censurers unanimously censured. Sir JOHN LAW-
RENCE we regard very highly on account of the
same grand qualification for a despotic governor,
responsible only to public opinion in his own
country. India must at present, perhaps for gene-
rations to come, be governed as a despotism, and
therefore the first qualification for her viceroy must
be fearlessness in giving effect to the decisions of a
sound judgment, and this qualification is pre-
eminently Lord ELGIN'S.

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PARIS, AUG, I.

The .f on of tc-day sa7s:—
" The Emperor returned to Fontainebleau yes-
terday evening. He will be present at the opening
of the branch line of railway from Nevers to Mon-
targis.

TURIN, AUG. 1.
The subscription to the National Loan is proceed-
ing satisfactorily.

NAPLES, JULY 31.

The names of the two French officers and the
Roman priest who were arrested hero yesterday
are—M. Quatrebarbes, Colonel Devillani, and the
Abbe Quais.

VIENNA, AUG. 1.

A semi-official article is published to-day, which
gives a denial to the rumour of a new loan, and
says :

" The Financial Administration can cover all the
expenses of t 1 e State until the question of the
finances shall have found a constitutional solution.
Even from Hungary no inconsiderable amounts
are received, while the military expenditure is de-

creasing."

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 1.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Alhambra, with the above mails, arrived off
the Needles at 11 a.m. to-day.

Under the head of " Latest Intelligence," La
Patrie publishes the following:—
" Commander Canstantin Nigra, the Minister
Plenipotentiary of the King of Italy, has arrived
at Paris. He alighted at the hotel of the Sardinian
Legation. Some foreign papers continue to an-
nounce the withdrawal of our troops from Rome.
We persist in contradicting that statement.
" The exact day of the arrival of the King of
Prussia at the Camp of Chalons has not yet been
fixed.

" We learn that the Ottoman Government has
given up the idea of an investigation in the case of
Riz a Pasha."

NAPLES, JULY 30.

Several superior French officers in the service of
the Pope, and a priest coming from Rome, have
been arrested.

ROME, JULY 30.

The official Giornale di Boma of to-day declares
the statements contained in the letter from M. Solar
to M. Mires, dated the 29th of November, 1859, in
reference to the Roman railways, to be both false
and calumnious.

COPENHAGEN, JULY 31.

Yesterday evening the inhabitants of this city
gave a grand banquet in the neighbouring forest
to the 500 persons who lately arrived from Schleswig.
2,000 persons sat down to dinner.
The King placed his hunting castle at the dis-
posal of the guests. Several Schleswigians made
speeches in favour of the rights of Denmark over
Schleswig, which were reeeived with great cheering.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

BOURSE, July 31.—The reponse de primes
(option) has been made at 67f 85c. Prices con-
tinue within a shade of the quotations of yester-
day, but the market again dull. Threes, for the
Account, are now at 67f 80c. Little doing in
Railway Shares.
The following are the last quotations :-
41 per per Cents... 97 80 Credit Foncier llBO
Do end month.... 97 75 Belgian 4
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 80' Roman
Bank Shares 2880 ) Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 672 50 ' Spanish Threes 4B
Do. Account 672 50 ) Home Debt

THE 111,4GAZINES.

Blackwood's Magazine.
" Norman Sinclair" is concluded in this number,
and the termination is a very happy one in every
respect. In the first .place the election came off
triumphantly, and then the wretch Speedwell met
with a just retribution, as he died by the means he
had employed for others. No one could feel pity
for such a man's fate, and he was well out of the
way of other dupes. whom he cajoled by his tricks
and then ruined by his machinations, while, if they
at all interfered with his plans, they were soon cut
off. After these dark deeds had been avenged, we
turn to brighter scenes. The marriage of Norman
took place the same day as that of Carlton, and then
they are left in the enjoyment of the repose for
which they had so long sighed in the various dis-
tracting cares that beset them. This story which
was heavy at the commencement, has improved
greatly in its course, and has lately been an attrac-
tive feature in the contents of this periodical.
There is an article on " The Royal Academy and
the Water-Colour Societies," which is mest appro-
priate at the present time. After commenting on
the chief objects of vertu that have graced the halls
of the exhibition, it is said, in conclusion, that " our
artists in the coming year will have to submit to
another competition, not with the works of an
ancient period, but with the schools of neighbour-
ing nations. It will then be seen that our English
painters have never been surpassed in works of
pleasing, pretty incident, scenes taken from our
homes and homesteads—peasants in their humble
cots, such as Wilkie loved to paint ; or groups well-
dressed in drawing-rooms, such as Goldsmith made
to smile, or Sheridan stung with satire. It will
then be proved, moreover, that our English artists
have never been excelled upon flood or field, when
Wilson, Gainshorough , Turner, and Stanfield essayed
to paint our British mountains, lakes, and rivers,
and, with bold sweep of hand, held the empire of
the seas. The paper on " Mad Dogs" may suffice
to inform many ignorant and reassure many timid
persons as to the nature of that terrible disease.
There is a slight sketch called " Three Days
in the Highlands," which is very amusing.
The events are noticed in a most lively manner, and
the reader will be much amused at this lively
sketch of these expeditious proceedings. There
was more seen and done in those few days than
many idle tourists get through in as many months,
and some energetic individuals may feel inclined to
follow their example and gain a cursory glance of
the wonders of the " Moor and the Loch."