The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, .I.4OiNBON, SATURDAY EVENING AU'GTS r 15, 1867,

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING will be performed
Shakespere's Play of
THE TEMPEST.
Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST.

THEATRE ROYAL', HAYMARKET.
Lessee--Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
MIS Z7IYENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
MARRIED FOR. MONEY. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr.
Chippendale, Mr. F arren ; Mesdames Fitzwillia,ra, Sabine,

&c - -
After which, A PRACTICAL MAN.
AGED FORTY.
Followed by
To conolude with THE SPOILED CHILD.
Orchestre Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
aveai
jag), 6s.
each.
(No eharge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. ileoend price. s. d.
Press Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes . 3 4
17pper Boxes .. 3 0 Upper Boxes—.. ...... .... 2 0
Pit .-
Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper adieu

MICZATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI,
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GREEN
RUSHES. Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford,
arid .Nradame Celeste.

After which, the new sketch of WELCOME, LITTLE
STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c.
To gonclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE
SEVEN DIALS."

1113 OY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
_ll LefiFwes. Messrs. F. Rob,on and Emden.
THIS EVENING, will be performed a comedietta, entitled
A SUBTERFUGE. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, aid Mr.
G. Murray.
After which, THE LIGHTHOUSE.
To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert
B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob-
son, Cooke, Danvers, drc. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall,
Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont.
Commence at half-past Seven.

LOYAL SURREY THEATRE,
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick.

THIS EVENING will be performed the grand opera of
LA. TRA.VJA.TA. Lucy Escotb, Mr. Haigh, Mr. Durand,
and Mr. A. Cooke.

Followed by IL TROVATOItE. Mr. H. Squires and Miss
Lanza. __ _

After which, NO SONG, NO SUPPER, Mr. Manvers,
Mr. Cook, tic.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
AL Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness

Prince Albert.

Entire Change. Sixth Night of the Grand Oriental Spec-
tacle.. Continued brilliant reception of Madlle. Mililos, tae
gre st Parisian Equestrienne.
THIS EVENING, to commence with the Grand Equestrian
Oriental Spectacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER; or, The
CHIEF OF THE GHAUT MOUNTAINS.
After which an incomparable routine of Mr. William
Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN TIIE ARENA, introducing
the great Wonder of the Day, Madlle. Melilos, and Eques
trian and Gymnsstic Artistes of the greatest celebrity.
Concluding with a Risible Farce.

ComineLce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
Boxes, 3s. ' • Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking;
Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at
half-past Eight.
Box.oCtlce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke,

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
',elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Goes; Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E Pearce, Mrs. Palmyro, Miss
E. Scott, Miss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jeune, Miss Leslie, and
Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far-
rant, S. .;i3 iec, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An-
tonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. A,byn ; Master Corri; Messrs.
Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil
Hicks; harmonium, Master Willizms ; Director, Herr P.
Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sac,-
pens, (Ste., until twelve o'clock

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAY—Morn. 8 min. aft. 9 —Even., 51 min aft. 9
To-Moßaolv—Morn. 40 min. aft. 10—Even. 27 min. aft. 11

THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 15.

THERXONETER, IN THE SHADE.
73—highest since noon yesterday.
58—lowest this morning and during the night
61—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 29.83.
WIND, N. • light, with &ill weather. A terrific hail-
storm, with Asunder, lightning, and a deluge of rain, burst
over London yesterday evening, about six o'clock.

1.1),

LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1857.

The more detailed intelligence by the Overland
Mail, which appeared in The San of yesterday,
has not in any degree altered the general aspect
of affairs, or varied the prospects of the speedy
and complete suppression of the mutiny. Details
were given of the deepest interest to those who
had relatives or friends in the disturbed districts.
In many instances their hopes or fears were con-
firmed, either by the glad tidings of the escape of
the objects of their solicitude, or of their deplora-
ble but not dishonoured deaths. In others,
where these points were involved in obscurity,
data were given, by which the chances could
be calculated, and tolerably accurate guesses
hazarded respecting the fate of the fugitives. But,
as we had anticipated, there was nothing of any
importance, so far as the nation was concerned,
beyond that which was communicated by the
telegraphic accounts which were so promptly and
so handsomely published by the Government im-
mediately on the receipt thereof.
It is true that there was another rumour re-
specting the fall of RAM. This purported
to have been received by a Bombay jourtlal, by
telegraph from Nagpare on the 27th of June.
It, however, bears a very suspicious resem-
blAnce to that received a fortnight before by the
preceding mail, and referred to private letters
from Ajmere as the authority. It also spoke of
7,000 of the mutineers having been slain, and the
&tree manner in which they contested every inch
of ground. These are all the points of the previ-
ous statement completely renewed ; and, as we
have other attthentio.accouttts which show that no
organised attack had taken place up to that time,
we must believe that " the wish was father to
the thought," and the rumour was without the
slightest particle of foundation.

We are happy to find that the mutinies which
have taken place have not been characterised by
atrocities similar to those that shocked the nation
a fortnight since. There have been many cold-
blooded murders, tont, generally speaking, they
were rather acts of isolated vengeance, or were
perpetrated, not by the mutineers on theit-
elßeers, but by the bands of armed miscrearits
who were patrolling the country in search of plun-
der and of victims. English women were not,
however, subjected to treatment far wors's than
death, nor was there the refinement of •Drutality
thanif"ted, so conspicuous on the fire& outbreak.
n many eaa„ the
Sepoy soldiers, altlough in open
mutiny, Protected the officers awl their families,
and gave them a certain time try escape. Although
tainted by disaffection
and won over to the cause
of revolt, they showed that they had no personal
injuries to avenge. Th,ab Isiciradabad two
hours were conceded to the ()facers
~0
t escape, with
their families and their private-pro vot
3r) by means
whereof the whole of the officers of. the 29th Regi-
ment, and the residents with thei r families, Were
enabled to escape to Nynee Tal the day after the
arrival of the Barclay refugoef,.
At Fyzabad, in Oude, the officers were allowed
quietly to embark. The 22. d 'Regiment here,
against the will of their co-con spirators, "guarded
their officers and their bungal.ows, after mutinying,
placed sentinels over mag•Azines and all public
property, sent out picket", to prevent the Owns-
people and servants from " looting," and after a
Council of War inforraecl the officers that they
might take with them their • prtvate arms and
effects, but no public property, as that belonged to
tit* King of Oude." The officers were even pre-
, Rented with 900 rupees from the public t. reasury,
in order to facilitate their escape. Unfortunately I
unate y
many subeequenCy fell victims to detached parties

of mutineers—or possibly to the plunderers—
and robbers who had been liberated from the
gaols. Still, facts such as those above narrated,
form pleasing episodes among the deplorable scenes
of crime and outrage perpetrated at other stations.
At Bareilly the ladies and children had fortu-
nately been sent off to the hills before the out-
break. The Sepoys had made the strongest pro-
fessions of fidelity and loyalty, and entreated
their officers to bring back their families, assuring
them of the utter inutility of the precautions they
had taken. Fortunately they did not yield to
their representations, and when the outbreak
commenced they were enabled to rejoin their
families, after a painful ride of seventy miles.
They have now a camp at Nynee Tal, which, with
the assistance of the refugees from other stations,
they may be enabled to hold against any of
of the rebel troops that may be brought against
them.

The worst feature of the crisis has passed away.
The recovery, although it may be slow, will be
sure. No reasonable doubt can be entertained
respecting the termination of the contest. Great
care and energetic exertions will necessarily be
required. We must strain every nerve to the
uttermost ; but the issue, under PROVIDENCE, is
now safe. The native bankers know it, and are
eagerly purchasing up Government securities at
the depressed ratfp, that will allow a large profit
to themselves ; and this confidence is the surest
proof of the opinion of those most competent to
form a correct judgment. They would not part
with their dearly loved rupees if any reasonable
doubt could be entertained as to the result.

The vast importance of the Euphrates Railway
line was last night ventilated in the House of
Commons by Mr. ESTOOURT. The Hon. Gentle-
man went through the arguments that have
already appeared in The sun, and explained how
a very small pecuniary assistance would not merely
facilitate but ensure its speedy construction, and
give to the nation all the advantages which it
offers in the way of more speedy communication
with India, and also of giving a second line that
would be available in the event of any distur-
bance occurring to that now in operation. The
genius of red-tapism, however, triumphed. Mr.
GLADSTONE, who acted as a self-constituted aide-
de-camp to Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS—
a sort of amateur Chancellor of the Exche-
quer—came out with all the stereotyped
arguments against Government assistance to pri-
vate enterprise, although that enterprise may be
directed into quarters of the greatest public
utility. He uttered dreary platitudes about
" viewing a guarantee with an instinctive aver-
sion and almost horror," and perpetrated some-
thing that was intended to pass as wit, in the
way of inquiring whether the gentlemen who gave
their honest and dispassionate opinions respecting
the prospects of the undertaking were prepared to
advance the capital, or to be responsible if their
calculations broke down.

The Right Honourable Gentleman is the last
man who should venture on such a line of argu-
ment. Has he any recollection of the "GLAD.
STONE abortion," and the enormous loss to the
Excheqer by his own dabbling with the conversion
scheme? Is he prepared to be personally respon-
sible for the breaking down of that notable pro-
ject ? We fancy that it would require more than
his family received, for compensation, under the
twenty million grant !for the abolition of slavery
in the West Indies,—and that was no trifling
sum—to replace the funds squandered on that
ridiculous scheme. Even he could not deny that,
if carried out as it might be, with very trifling
assistance from the nation, it would greatly
lessen the distance, and still more mate-
rially lessen the time required for communi-
cating with, and receiving intelligence from
India. And who that has witnessed the intense
anxiety usually manifested for authentic tidings
from the disturbed districts, would not say that
it would be cheaply purchased at ten times the
required cost, all that Mr. GLADSTONE and the
red-tapist coterie couldj babble to the contrary
notwithstanding?
But this was not all, he attempted to ride off
on a collateral issue ; and in reference to the
Euphrates Railway scheme gave utterance to a
pack of unmitigated trash in reference to the
union of the Danubian Principalities.
Lord PALMERSTON spoke in a very different
tone, but while acknowledging the great value
of the undertaking, declared that he could not
hold out " the slightest encouragement that the
Government would be disposed directly or indi-
rectly, to advance any money for the attainment
of that end."

This is at all events candid, although it may be
disagreeable. It is not feeding the parties who
have advanced their money with false hopes or
delusive expectations. It permits them to
judge and act for themselves. But, al-
though in stiiet accordance with routine,
it is not in accordance with the true interests of
the nation. It is . but following the precedents
that have been so loudly and justly complained
of—that have opposed official impediments to those
who ought to be regarded as benefactors, not
merely of England, but of mankind, and tried to
arrest every improvement, if not by direct opposi-
tion, by that which is even more intolerable—by
coldness, apathy, and indifference to projects that
ought to obtain the most zealous support and cc-
operation.

We hail the offer of University Examinations
for Degrees to candidates, from all kinds of edu-
cational institutions, as one of the best educational
schemes of the day. For our part, we should
have been well pleased if Oxford and Cambridge
had been prepared to confer the same degree on
those who had studied without their college walls,
as on those who had been trained within them.
The usual appendage of the graduate's college
would have then become a little more common,
as the distinction of those R ho bad enjoyed college
discipline ; and the degree would have been the
uniform measure of certain intellectual attainments..
It seems hardly necessary that it should be a cer-
tificate of the peculiar social training of the old
universities. We do not, however, complain.
On the contrary, we thank the universities for the
scheme they are now completing, and feel confi-
dent it will prove a great stimulus to middle-
class education. Every private tutor, and every
commercial 'school, as well as institutions of a
more pretentious character, will feel its influence.
In a few years it will be difficult for any man to
secure attention to his school unless the teachers in
it
have passed a university examination, while the
wish of every parent will be that his son should
be competent to face the ordeal, and of every boy
of spirit to
attain the honours, valuable for all
future
of having
passed it.
With our views of the whole question, we are
gratified to see that the Senate of the
University
of London proposes to open its examinations for
degrees in the more complete form whic'n are
hue indicated. It is in position to do so with
greater ease than the two old universities,
pace
the Affiliated Colleges are nearly independent of
it ; they are at least in no way amenable to the
University for their' general government, oar tcR

their mode of training and teaching. All our'
readers should, however, understand the precise
character of the Univerity, and the position of the
parties concerned in this question. It is a:body
chartered by the Crown, and the Senate, or
governing body, is norr-4nated by the crown. Of
late years, however, the graduates have been as-
serting their claim to share, by convocation, in
the government of the University. A committee
of them has worked long and successfully for that
purpose, and the New Charter is now under the
consideration of the Crown, the Senate, and the
Graduates' committee.

Comparatively recently, the Senate has avowed
the opinion that the surrender of the old charter,
and the grant of a new one, is the appropriate
time to open the university examinations to all
comers ; but, what ought not to have been looked
for, the graduates are opposed to this being done
They wish, at least, that, as in Oxford and Cam-
bridge, the Degree given should distinguish be-
tween those who have been trained in affiliated
institutions and those who have not. Already
these alumni of the radical University have begun
to develope the tendencies to exclusiveness of all
class and corporate bodies.
The Senate, in its answers to all that the
Graduates Committee have been able to advance,
has decidedly the best of the argument. It shows
that the thirty-eight institutions now affiliated
with the University, stands in a very different re-
lation to it to that borne by the Colleges at Oxford ,
and Cambridge to their respective Universities.
In London the University is not " a teaching and
supervising body, maintaining discipline over the
Colleges and exercising direct authority over the
students." Its functionaries, instead. of alter-
nating with the Collegool are in no way connected,
except by accident, with any College. Neither
are the University, or its government, in a posi •
tion to undertake such supervision and govern-
ment as forms an essential part of the Oxford
and Cambridge system ; not even if it were wished
they should do it. The Senate also appeals t 3 a
practical test. Already it has admitted candidates
for matriculation, and also to a second exami-
nation for matriculation, with honours, from all
kinds of educational institutions. With but this
slight encouragement, fully one-third of those who
have passed both examinations have been from
institutions not affiliated. The inference seems
indubitable, that were the full advantages of the
Uuniversity examinations and degrees thrown
open to all, the proportion of candidates from all
sources would be very large.

On the particular facts of the case, therefore,
we must regard the Senate as having the entire
argument on their side, and we sincerely hope
the Crown will be advised to concur in its view.
The Graduates, indeed, allege that the value of a
degree will be lowered, since it ought to be, they
say, a certificate of both College training and
educational attainments. To the former it is
justly replied that the Senate cannot, and does
not now, give a certificate of College training,
since it has no means of enforcing anything worthy
of the name, or even of knowing in what way the
training is conducted in the affiliated colleges. As
to lowering the value of a degree, that cannot
occur if the examinations are what they should
be ; and it is the decided intention of the Senate
to sustain a thoroughly high character for them.
The examinations will not be a test of aristocratic
education, but they will be a test of such an edu-
cation as will place those who obtain degrees in-
tellectually on a level with, and perhaps above, the
graduates of Oxford and Cambridge.
Looking at the whole question, we must think
that the graduates of the London University hsife
taken a false position. Their institution originated
in a desire to afford to the great body of the
middle classes all the advantages of an education
at the old universities. It was known, of course,
that the advantage, whatever that may be, of
association with the scions of aristocracy, could
never be obtained by it. The Upper Ten Thou-
sand would continue to send their sons to the
traditional banks of the Cam and the Isis. But
the advantage of a first-rate education, and of
entering life with a trustworthy certificate of such
an education, were opened to the middle classes.
Yet we now find the &its of those classes coming
forward to prevent the full extension of the ad-
vantages of their institution to their own section
of the community ! They ought to be amongst
the most earne4t supporters of the liberal views of
the Senate.

It cannot surely be denied that the thirty-eight
affiliated institutions form but a small part indeed
of the sources whenee aspirants to university
honours might come. There must be a large
number of schools which could furnish many ;
and there is no conceivable reason why the pri-
vate tutor of three or four or half a dozen lads,
who has, perhaps, a special aptitude for his work,
should miss the honour justly belonging to him ;
still less reason why his pupils, placed with him
by parental solicitude frequently, and for the best
moral reasons, should lose the benefit of the cer-
tificate to which their attainments give them a
just title. A body of graduates belonging, as
those of the London University do, exclusi rely to
the middle classes, might bo expected to be the
most zealous advocates of everything which could
improve the character of middle•class education.
We can hardly conceive of anything more likely
to do so than examinations for degrees, which
offer a direct premium for exertion to tutors and
schools of every kind. Let the Senate be firm,
and London University will become indeed a
benefactor to the country.

NEW HOPS.

SUN-OFFICE, SATURDAY.
RECEIVED AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

227, Borough, Aug. 15th, 1857.

The first pocket of New Hops arrived this day at
market, the growth of Jeremiah Smith, Esq., of
Springfield Lodge, Rye, and was sold by Richard
and Robert Russell to Mr. Thomas Fothergill, bop
merchant, Mlnchester, at 10/. per cwt.

Imperial, quitted the building. They drove to the
Palace in-the Tuileries,' close at hand, and after-
wards set out for St. Cloud.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

By an imperial decree, issued on the occasion of
the Emperor's fete, Tice-Admiral du Petit-Thouara
has been promoted to the rank of Grand Cross of
the Legion of Honour; M. Bereng,r, President of
the Court of Cessation ; Vice-Admiral Charner,
and Count de Saliguac-Fenelon, French Minister
in Switzerland, to that of Grand Officer ; and
Baron de Perigord, Mmistcr Plenipo'entiary on
special mission to the Danukian Principalities, to
that of commander. Tho list contains 32 prAno-
tions to the rank of Officer, and 156 nominations to
ttmt of Knight in the same order.
Cardinal Morlot, Archbishop of Paris, has been
named Grind Almoner to the Emperor. Mgr.
Menjaud, Bishop of Nancy and first chaplain to
the Emperor, has been promoted to the rank of
Commander in the Legion of Honour.
The Moniteur contains an Imperial decree mak-
ing a number of promotions i,nd appointments in
the higher ranks of the magistracy.
The Emperor, on the occasion of his fete, has
granted pardons, commutations, or reduction of
punishments to 1,142 persons conauel at the
bagnes and other penitentiary establishments.
Grilli, and Bartolotti have not appealed
to the Court of Cassation, and the time allowed
them for appealing has now expired.
The Debats contains the following remarks on
the statement of Lord Palmerston in Parliament
relative to the Moldavian elections :

" The declaration of Lord Palmerston in the
House of Commons was perfectly clear and satis-
factory ; it confirms all that was report ed in Paris
concerning the result of the conference of Osborne.
The qu,stion of the Moldavian elections which di-
vided the great powers may be said to have been
settled by means of a common accord between
Franco and England. As far as regards those two
powers, a difference of opinion no longer exists.
It is difficult, therefore, to understand the doubts
and comments raised by certain journals which are
still harping on a fresh convocation of the Paris
r conference. Why should the latter he convoked
What question would be submitted to it ? Surely
not that of the annulment of the Moldavian elec-
tions, for that question has been solved. It is
very evident that the conferences of Osborne have
rendered completely useless the conferences of
Paris. What will be the policy of Turkey, of
Austria, after the sudden change of England ?
We have seen that in the opinion of Lord Pal-
merston that question is already answered • with-
out knowing the private motives which led the
Premier to calculate on the adhesion of Turkey
and Austria, we think that the two powers would
disavow their traditional policy and injure their
interests were they to persist in opposing the views
and efforts, henceforth unanimous, of the five other
powers. We may, therefore, await with confi fence
favourable intelligence from Constantinople and
Vienna.

The Gazette de France, treating on the same sul::-
ject, says :
" The English Government has only consented
to what it could not refuse ; namely, to the re-
commencement of the Moldavian elections, which
had been conducted in too scandalous a manner.
As for the pr:ncipal question, that of the union or
of the separation, it is far from settled. Lord
Palmerston has even declared in formal terms to
the House of Commons that it had not been dis-
cussed. The question remains, therefore, as
before."
The Courrier de Paris thus briefly com-
ments on Lord Palmerston's exclamation in

Parliament :—" Were any nation now to take up
an attitude towards England which under other cir-
cumstances it would not assume, that nation would
soon find out its mistake" :

" It is impossilA to retreat in a more haughty
manner, or to disguise genuine alarm under more
lofty words. That language is not unworthy of
the Minister who makes amends for his errors
without acknowledging them. We will leave to
others the task of laughing at the illusions and
boasts of Lord Palmers'on ; we will show conside-
ration to the self-esteem of our allies, and will re-
serve all our severity for the wily and hypocritical
policy of the Austrian Government."
The Constitntionnel terminates an article on the
Chinese question with the following singular pas-
sage :
" It must not be supposed that we are unfavour
able to the cause of England in China ; however
trivial may have been the incident which gave birth
to the present difficulty, that cause is that of civilisa-
tion of Europe and of France. We have no doubt
that England will triumph in China ; but that
triumph has been adjourned in consequence of the
events of India ; and as in the present day interests,
which are apparently the most distant, are inti-
mately connected with those agitated under our very

eyes, we may add that a piompt solution of the
Canton difficulty depends in part on the amount of
wisdom and moderation displayed by the English
cabinet in European politics. It is essential that
Great Britain should have her handi free in Europe
in order to strike a decisive blow in Asia."

BOURSE, Aug. 14.—The following were the las
quotations

Cub. fr. o. End of Month.
46 per Cents
3 per Cents 67 -- 67 23
Bank Shares 2,820 Credit Foncier — -
Credit Mobilier 9BO Roman
Do. Account 976 25 Austrian -
Belgian 44 -
Fiedmontese (5) B9 10 Home Debt -

TILE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.

THE WONDERFUL SUBMARINE LAMP.

The French Mediterranean fleet, under the com-
mand of Admiral Trehouart, anchored in the roads
of Toulon on the 11. th inst. The same day a trial
of a newly invented lamp, called " the wonderful
submarine lamp," was made on board the ship-of-
the-line Eylau, in presence of a commission appoin-
ted to report on the result. The lamp was let
down three feet under water, and the light which
it cast around enabled the visitors to examine the
copper bottom of the ship, its joints, and rivets.
The lamp was then let down 24 feet, and continued
to burn all the time of the experiment, whichilasted
two hours and a half. Several trifling repairs may
be effectqd on the bottom of a ship by means of this
lamp. It will be particularly useful likewise in ex-
tricating the screw of a steamer from a rope twisted
round it or from any other impediment.