The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1861.

English Statesmen being CHARLES Fox and
CHARLES GREY. Lord HOLLAND, the Lord HOL-
LAND, appearing there likewise among the throng
of Eminent Englishmen introduced to the young
First Consul by Lord WHITWORTH, his Britannie
Majesty's Ambassador. Too soon, however, that
glorious illusion of a General Peace throughout
Europe was dissipated. England would not yield
up Malta to the Knights of St. JOHN. England,
jealous of the ambition of her terrible neighbour,
abruptly seized upon all the French vessels lying
in her ports—the First Consul retaliated by seizing
upon all the English travellers then loitering
through France on excursions of pleasure, unfor-
tunates thenceforth known for years afterwards
as the unhappy Detenus. The rupture was complete,
the treaty signed and sealed with so much osten-
tation of cordiality was torn across and thrown
aside as useless—France and England again con-
fronted each other as Foes—as Foes they again
contended fiercely, and they continued so to contend
until 'Fifteen, upon every possible opportunity. It
was three years previously to the threat of invasion
just referred to that that threat was first held out by
France against England—the threat of invasion.
This was in 1798—otherwise, midway between the
wonderful Italian and Egyptian campaigns of
young BONAPARTE. When the Directory not
knowing how to employ the youthful genius that was
becoming so alarming to themselves—threatening
their very existence as a Government—encouraged
the conqueror of BEAULIEN and WURMSER, the
victor of Lodi and Arcola to adventure upon
the invasion of the mightiest of all the foes of
France. What fascinated NAPOLEON'S imagination
for a brief interval in 1798—seized upon it as a day-
dream that might be realised in terrible earnest
three years afterwards, i.e., in 1801. And three
years after that, viz., in 1804, subsequently to the
Rupture of the Treaty of Amiens, when the Repub-
lic was merging into the Empire, and the First
Consul BONAPARTE at length (still in the flower of
his age) assumed the Imperial purple as NAPOLEON
—the Invasion of England by the legions of the
Conqueror of Europe, appear to be an interprise in
every point of view most imminent. It was at those
'critical epochs of 1801 and 1804, but especially
at the latter period that the Volunteer move-
ment first profoundly agitated our English popu
lation.

The contrast of the circumstances as they
were then and of the circumstances as they
are now—will sufficiently illustrate upon the in-
stant the character of the two movements. Then
—the Volunteers rose in answer to a formidable
threat of invasion. Now—they rise in answer to no
threat of invasion or of antagonism even from
any quarter whatsover. They liave spontaneously
formed themselves into an army of from 100,000 to
200,000 strong to ensure to the country the
greater efficiency of its defences betimes against
any future assailants. Very ridiculous this may
appear to Mr. BRIGHT and those who sympathise
with him in his beautiful but impracticable scheme
of governing the nations of the earth henceforth by
means of Universal Arbitration. But not a jot
more ludicrous is the organisation of an army
of Rifle Volunteers for the defence of the
country, than is the maintenance of our maritime
supremacy by fostering the Royal Navy of England,
or than is the continuance of the discipline of
her MAJESTY'S land forces, with the same material
object in view. The Volunteers are de-
signed merely as an auxiliary to the regu-
lar army—and, as such, as a valuable auxi-
liary to the QUEEN'S troops, they have
all along been welcomed by their red-coated
compatriots, as they are In fact regarded with
favour by all ranks and classes of their fellow
countrymen. Honour to the gallant hearts of those
who first came forward in this good cause in defi-
ance of all ridicule ! They have their reward at last
—for they handle their rifles now in an army very
little short of 200,000 men—and the ridicule first
feebly attempted to be cast upon them has long
since given place in their regard to one universal,
cordial feeling of admiration.

Madame Corinne de Luigi's, the celebrated pupil
of Rossini's, first and only appearance this year in London,
after her triumphal excursions in Europe, and lately in
Paris, will take place on Wednesday next, lith July, in
Willis's Rooms, at her grand morning concert, on which
occasion Mdme. de Luigi will sing, for the first time in
England, a new Rossini's dramatic melody, "La Separa-
tion," composed expressly for her, and Prince Z. Ponia-
towski's new drama " Tic Scene Circe."

The Prince Consort and the Crown Prince of
Prussia landed in the Southampton Docks at 10.20 a.m,,
from Osborne, and proceeded by railway to the Wellington
College.

Mr. Edwin James was married on Tuesday, at
the British Embassy, Paris, by the chaplain of Earl Cowley,
to Mrs. Hilliard, a widow lady, who has resided a gcod
deal on the Continent, and is well known to a wide circle
of our country people abroad. A brother to Mr. Edwin
James and a very few friends of the lady and gentleman
were present at the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. James left
Paris on Wednesday afternoon, but not for America.

THE NEW SOLICITOR:GENERAL.—Mr. Roundell
Palmer is the second son of the late Rev. William Jocelyn
Palmer, Rector of Mixbury, in Oxfordshire, by the youngest
daughter of the late Rev. William Roundell, of Gladstone-
house, in the county of York, and grandson of the late Mr.
William Parker, of Nazing-park, in the county of Essex,
and thus nephew of the late Mr. George Palmer, M.P. for
South Essex, and also of the late Mr. John Horsley Palmer
and Sir Ralph Palmer, and cousin to Sir George Palmer,
of \Vanlip-hill, Leicestershire. Mr. Roundell Palmer was
born in 1812, and married in 1818 the Lady Laura Walde-
grave, second daughter of William, eighth Earl Walde-
grave, by whom he has several children.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.-At a meeting
of the Council on the 11th inst., Mr. William Fergusson,
F.R.S., Surgeon-Extraordinary to the Queen, was intro-
duced and took his seat, to which he was elected by the
Fellows on the 4th inst., and Mr. Cesar Henry Hawkins,
F.R.S., was elected President in the vacancy occasioned by
the retirement in the prescribed order of Mr. South ; Mr.
James Luke, F.R. S., Surgeon to the London Hospital, and
Mr. Frederic Carpenter Skey, F.R.S., Surgeon to St. Bar-
tholomew's Hospital, were elected Vice-Presidents of the
College for the ensuing year, and Mr. George Gulliver,
F.R.S., was elected Professor of Comparative Anatomy and
Physiology in the vacancy cccasioned by the resignation of
that office by Mr. William Scovell Savory, F.R.S.

Two letters were read at the last meeting of the
Geographical Society of Paris from Dr. Peney, who is at
present exploring the Sennaar and the country watered by
the Upper Nile and its tributaries. Dr. Peney's last letter
is dated from Gondokora, the 20th of February, where he
had arrived from Khartoom, after a journey of 58 days.
Dr. Peney left Khartoum at the end of Octobar, under the
official protection of the Egyptian Government. He had
at his disposal two boats and 25 soldiers, and no other in-
struments but a watch, thermometers, a mariner's com-
pass, a sextant, and a telescope. He had not been able to
parsohceure a chronometer, which was much to be regretted,
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is not dissatisfied with the result of his expedition. Having
returned to Gondokora, which he fixes at 5 degrees north
latitude, and not at 41, he was waiting for the floods to
cross the falls of Gardo and Makhedo, and to ascend after-
wards by land, accompanied by M. Debollo, a Maltese,
already known as having accomplished a very interesting
journey. The next accounts from Dr. Polley are anxiously
expected, as it is believed they will announce some impor-
tant discoveries.
THE ACCIDENT NEAR THE MARBLE ARCH.—
Moore, the unfortunate man who was so dreadfully wounded
by falling upon the spikes of the railing of General Sir de
Lacy Evans's house, died yesterday. His two sons still sur-
vive, but small hope is entertained of the ultimate recovery
of either. An inquest is to be held on the body of the de-
ceased this evening at St. George's Hospital.

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L A Is E N S.

PARIS, JULY 12.

The Ziloniteur of to-day publishes the usual
monthly return of the Bank of France, which
shows the following results, as compared with the
June account:—

doors of the fallen minister's house were at the
same time closed, and he now remains in virtual
arrest.

Not to leave this act of signal justice incomplete,
his Majesty has ordered the immediate appointment
of a commission of investigation into the whole
departmental account.; of the late chief, extending
over eighteen years, since his appointment to the
seraskeriat in 1843. The clothing and equipment
of the army during that long period, as also the
actual strength of the various corps d'armee—
especially those of Irak, Arabistan, and Anatolia,
in the whole of which it is notorious that immense
malversation has been carried on—will be
made the subject of rigorous inquiry, and the
most startling discoveries are expected to result
from the investigation. It is said, too, that in
the single item of the preserved-meat (kavurma)
contracts during the Crimean war, some colossal
frauds will also be brought to light, The antici-
pated revelations will, it is further believed, com-
promise more or less a certain ex-president of the
Council of War, whose relations with the fallen
minister have for many years been personally and
officially most intimate ; but on this point it is, of
course, as yet inconvenient to say more. Add to
this wide-extending subject-matter for investiga-
tion the item of the palace expenditure, whilst un-
der the control of the ex-marshal, and during his
dealings thereabout with Ketch Oglu, and the
" bill " against him assumes proportions such as have
seldom risen in judgment against any minister in
this or any other country.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 12.

The Hamburg and American Company's steam-
ship Bavaria, from New York on the 29th ultimo,
has arrived.

She brings 52 passengers for Havre and England,
and 143 for Hamburg.

On the 30th ultimo she spoke the Etna, standing
west, and, on the same day, passed a steamer, sup-
posed to be the Hammonia.

On the 6th instant she spoke the British barque
Indians, from London for Quebec, and on the 11th,
off Scilly Islands, the steamer New York, bound
for New York.
Her news has been anticipated.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 12.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Alhambra, Captain Steward, with the above
mails, in charge of Lieutenant Rennier, R.N., has
arrived.

She brings 11 passengers, five packages specie
value £1,195; also 272 boxes lemons, 243 boxes eggs,
20 hampers onions, 30 boxes apples, 13 boxes apri-
cots, and seven packages sundries.

The Alhambra spoke the following ships :—On
the 4th inst., at 4 p.m., the British schooner Pride
of the Isles; on the same date, at 6 p,m., the
British bark Kingsdown ; 10th, at 8 p.m., lat.
47.52 N., long. 69 W., passed a steamer, supposed
to be the Magdalena, with the outward Brazil
mail ; and on the 11th, at noon, the steamer
Iberia, bound from London to Oporto.
The steamship Vasco di Gama sailed from Lisbon
for Glasgow on the 4th inst.
The French screw yachts Reine Hortense and
Prince Jerome arrived at Lisbon on the 4th inst.
LISBON, JULY 7.

The Cortes are engaged in discussing the reply
to the Royal speech. There is, however, no news
of political importance.

The Chamber of Peers are discussing the decree
of the Government abolishing the order of Sisters
of Charity and confiscating their goods.
The vine disease has not spread so widely as was
anticipated, especially in the port wine districts.
The Prince Napoleon has been visited by the
King on board his yacht. The Prince and his wife,
Princess Clotilde, will leave for New York on the
Bth.

The highly respectable firm of Garland, Laidley,
and Co. has stopped payment.
Exchange on London, at three months, 634;
Paris, 530 ; Hamburg, 48 ; Amsterdam, 421 ; Genoa,
523 ; Rentes, Three per Cents., 47 ; Coupons, 47 ;
Deferred, 40 ; Lisbon Bank, 594; Oporto Com-
mercial Bank, 258 ; Oporto Mercantile Bank, 258.