The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-14 00:00:00

!THE SUN,' 'LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1859.

ought indeed to be enhanced, or rather fully and
definitively confirmed, by the results of this terrible
explos ion. The noble ship, the enormous engines.
the impenetrable and adamantine bulk-heads, have
each and all been tried—and not found wanting.
While, as to those entrusted with the responsibility
of navigating that leviathan of the deep—there at
least, on board of the Great Eastern, if no where
else, the Right Men are in the Right Places !

_HEALTH OF LONDON DURING 7HE
WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
Much has been done to improve the health of
London, yet 1,111 persons died within its limits in
the week bending on Saturday, September 10 ; that
is, rather wore than 158 daily. About 50 persons
are destroyed every 24 hours in London by sanitary
defects that we may hope will be to a large extent
removed by thy'
Boards of Works. The mortality
is now near the average rate which, exclusive of
the weeks of 184) and 1854, when cholera was epi-
demic, would have' demanded 1,102 lives.
Scarlatina and diphtheria became more fatal, but
the deaths by fever and diarrhcea decreased ; so
that the details by z)vmotic diseases amounted to
386, the same number tls last week.
Of diarrhcea 148, of cii.olera two persons died.
A retired plant-broker, aged 69. died of cholera,
said to be Asiatic, at 24, :Princes-street, Mile-end
Old Town.
A merchant's wife, of the age of 36, died of
cholera on board of the Moselle, shortly after it had
passed Gravesend. The attack was fatal in twelve
hours. She had suffered from choleraic diarrhcea
at :Rostock, and left the place in rather a weak
state ; went on board the steamer at Hamburg on
Friday night at twelve o'clock; was attacked by
cholera on Sanday morning at about eleven o'clock,
and died soon after eleven o'clock at night. This
death, on August 28, has not been registered.
The uselessness of quarantine in such cases is
evident, but it would be satisfactory to know the
real sanitary state of the steamers which ply be-
tween Hamburg and London.
The deaths of 24 persons by accidents or negli-
gence were registered in the week ; 11 by mechani-
cal injuries, 1 by burns, 7 by drowning, 5 by suffo-
cation. One murder or manslaugter and one suicide
were recorded.
In the week the births of 875 boys and 826 girls,
in all 1,701 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-
58 the average number was 1,531.
The mean temperature of the air, 58.0 degs., dif-
fered only half a degree from the tempera:ure of
the air in the week preceding; but it fell on
Saturday to 55.1 degrees, the lowest having
been 47.2 degrees on that night. The tempera-
ture of the air was 61.5 degrees on Thursday, and
the thermometer in the sun rose to 91 degs. on
Monday, when the thermometer on the grass fell
to 38.0 degs. Th• Thames was six degrees warmer
than the air. The wind was calm in the beginning
of the week, but rose and passed, chiefly from the
south-west, over Greenwich on three days at the
rate of seven miles an hour, making 41 miles an
hour on an average during the week. The sky
was often overcast and cloudy. 0.35 inch, or above
the third part of an inch of rain, fell on three days.
Electricity was feeble generally, but was strong on
Tuesday. positive during the morning ct,nd nega-
tive during the afternoon. Volleys of sparks and
galvanic currents were observed, and it lightened
and thundered between four and five o'clock p.m.
on that day.

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
fr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, SEPT. 14.

The 2loniteur of this morning, in an article con-
taining the details of the late treachery of the
Chinese, concludes thus :—" The Government of
the Emperor and that of Great Britain are about
to take measures together (se concertent) to int:jet
chastisement, and obtain every satisfaction which
so flagrant an act of treachery requires."

TURIN, SEPT. 14.

The principal inhabitants of Turin have pre-
sented an address to the head of the municipality
of that city, in which they state that the people of
Italy should make known in France the feelings
of gratitude they entertain towards the Emperor
Napoleon, by erecting a monument in Paris at their
expense, expressive of those feelings.
They request the Syndic of the Municipality to
take the initiative for the accomplishment of t his
universal desire.

The Committee is to be composed of the Syndics
and Mayors of the principal towns in the kingdom,
thus representing the whole population of Sardinia.

BERLIN, SEPT. 13.

An address has been presented to the Govern-
ment by the principal inhabitants of Stettin, con-
cerning the question of the German Confederation.
Count Schwerin, to whom his Royal Highness
the Prince Regent, on the proposition of the
States Ministry, had referred the address for a
reply, answered as follows :
" That his Royal Highness the Prince Regent
was rejoiced by the feelings of fidelity and con-
fidence expressed towards him by his subjects in
the address, and likewise by their expressions of
devotion to Prussia and the German Fatherland.
He then stated the views the Prussian Govern-
ment considers its duty to take in reference to
the reforms of the German Confederation. He
stated that the late events and experiences had
created a conviction in Germany, in spite of all
the different views, that the independence and
`power of Germany, as regards her exterior rela-
tions, and the development in the interior of
their material and intellectual powers, render a
strong and energetic union, and the reform of the
Federal Constitution, to obtain this end, necessary.
The Government of Prussia acknowledges the
justice of this public opinion. But the Govern-
, ment will not allow itself to be led away by the
manifestations which that national feeling causes,
nor will its own conviction of that which might
at first appear to it as best, cause it to deviate
from the way, which is pointed out by its con-
sideration and conscientious esteem of the rights
of others, and by its regard for that which is at
present possible and attainable.
" The same esteem for right and law, which
characterises the state of affairs of Prussia in the
interior, must also rule her relations with Germany
and her German Confederates.

" Germany will render to herself greater service
at the present time, by endeavouring to further
the common interests of Germany in such a way
that practical results will ensue by the increase of
the armed forces of Germany, and by strengthen-
ing the certain footing, on which rights are now
established throughout the whole Federal country,
than by premature proposals for changes in the
Federal Constitution. The Prussian Government
being determined to devote its energies for the
furtherance of these objects, considers itself entitled
to claim confidence, that she will, when called
upon, find ways in which the interests of Germany
and Prussia will be compatible with the commands
of duty and of conscience."

VIENNA, SEPT. 13.

The Oesterreichische Correspondent of this even-
ing contradicts most positively the rumours of fresh
troops having been sent to Italy, and adds that
these rumours arose probably from many of the
soldiers having returned home on leave.

ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 13.

News received from the Caucasus to the 26th of
August states that the Circassian chief Schamy
has been made prisoner, and is to be sent to St.
Petersburg.

PARIS, SEPT. 13.

It is asserted that France and England will make
a joint expedition to China. It is also rumoured
that the Governments of France and England have
both agreed that it will be necessary to hold a
Congress for the settlement of the Italian question.

BERNE, SEPT. 13.

The members of the Government of Zurich have
invited all the plenipotentiaries to an excursion in
steamers on the lake of Zurich. The Grand Duke
of Baden will, before leaving, assist at a breakfast
of the plenipotentiaries, to be given at the Hotel
B auer.

ZURICH, SEPT. 13.

Thesuspended for the present,
until receives fresh instructions
from Vienna. Count Wimpffen, secretary of the,
0u Conferencesnt
coio r
e aredo
Austrian embassy at Naples, has arrived on a visit
to Count Collot edo. The Grand Duke and Duchess
of Baden with their son and suite have arrived
here.

market than that holders of pilk have increased
their demands extravagantly.
Metal.—ln common with other staple imports
we have to report a further decline in metals, caused
by the unfavourable accounts from the up-country
market, and the heavy stocks in our bazaar.
Government Securities have been neglected, and
were it not for a small clique of native and Euro-
pean jobbers who buy and sell for the account in
obscure parts of the bazaar, we should hardly hear
of a transaction in paper.

MEETING OF KING LEOPOLD AND

NAPOLEON

The curtain is withdrawn from a great many of
the secrets of Courts and Governments, but there
are still a few mysteries which time has left us. A
Cabinet Council is a mystery to the world at large ;
nobody knows exactly what goes on on that occa-
sion, or how the members of a Government talk,
argue, suggest, and reply to one another. We can
form a very good guess, but still nobody outside
knows exactly the order of proceeding. Any meet-
ing which suggests the wish to be behind the cur-
tain is a mystery. There is a class to which the
ranting of a Board of Guardians or a Town Coun-
cil is a mystery. The conference of any set of
higher Powers with closed doors is a challenge to
the imagination of the curious. We see the effect
upon the countenances of the privileged few, which,
as they go in and out, either fall into a grave
mould or assume an extra easy one, as if to relieve
their neighbours of the burden of too much awe.
Nobody, at any rate, can say that the age of
mysteries is past when two Crowned Heads meet in
private to talk over the affairs of the world, espe-
cially when those two Crowned Heads are King
Leopold and Napoleon 111. Everybody, we pre-
sume, would like to be behind the curtain on that
occasion. Remarkable meeting indeed ! The idea is
suggested that something may come of it, and that
of itself makes a mystery. How do two such men,
not accustomed to waste their words—two such
calm and taciturn potentates—talk when both are
conscious that important results may follow the
turn the discussion takes ? The case is so very rare
of any results of European magnitude depending
upon the turn of a conversation, that it is a new
idea how a conversation would flow under such cir-
cumstances. The two Emperors at Villafranca re-
lieved the awfulness of the occasion by smoking—
that two-sided aid which gives solemnity to the
Turk and ease to the European. Then, what do
these two meet to talk about ? Italy, we must sup-
pose, because nothing else is before the world just
now. But what particular interests has King Leo-
pold in that quarter? None, immediately at least.
Does he go in a friendly way, to give the French
Emperor his disinterested advice about Italy, and
what to do with "my cousin ?" Does he think he
can throw some light upon that problem, and
having waited quietly till things have apparently
come into an inextricable mess, does he go to Biar-
ritz on a friendly visit to show that there
is still an old European statesman left, and
that the grandeur of bold genius arriving at
great results by one bound, and deciding the
future of Italy by a campaign of three
months, still leaves room for the intervention of
some sagacity of tne old school? If so, we can
think of no politicians in Europe who could convey
with a more unassuming benevolence and undesign-
ing ease the tacit lesson that even a Napoleon
might think himself too clever. Does he think
that Belgium has German rather than French in-
terests, and that therefore Austria had better not be
weakened too much? In that case the Peace of
Villafranca has put him for the time, and by the
accident lof events, on the same side with the Go-
vernment of the very country which is by geo-
graphical situation the normal antagonist of
Belgian Independence. The French Emperor's
present interests lie in carrying off the Peace
of Villafranca secure, in making a complete
thing of it, and completing it soon, which can
only be done by satisfying Austria as regards the
Duchies ; without that arrangement the affair
must hang on a long time, which is not what the
Emperor exactly wants. Belgium and France,
then, have both the same interests ; they are both
Austrian for the hour, and King Leopold takes ad-
vantage of the short opening of a common ground
to cultivate amicable relations and take mutual
counsel. _ _

At all events, it is a meeting of old and young
Europe. King Leopold exhibits in great perfec-
tion the old type of an European statesman. He
is no believer in fate, or mysteribus impulses, or
the will of the stars, or in presages or omens; he
does not pretend to new short cuts to great results,
to bursts of genius, to revelations, visions, and
second sights ; he does not profess to present in the
least degree that Cromwellian combination in
which the readers of the historical novel delights, of
the practical man and the dreamer, the enthusiast,and
the statesman ; he presents the type of the experienced
mature statesman of the matter-of-fact school, in-
tent upon the useful, and despising show, habitu-
ally vigilant, composed, and observant, with culti-
vated judgment and quickness of apprehension, and
possessed by this time of a store of facts and crite-
rions, and the ready, skilful use and application of
them. His political temper is on the side of Euro-
pean quiet and order; no nationalities,no sympathies
or race, no common Italy, no Panslavism for him.
He thinks them all considerable nonsense, though
prepared to humour any element that shows strength
and suggests good treatment ; he admires sentiment
of all kinds a good deal less than material progress
and effective administration. The French Emperor
'its cast in a newer or an older type, whichever we
may call it. He has flights and visions, which
he combines with his practical administrative
powers; his politics are of the daring and meddling
stamp ; he makes ventures, he plunges into depths,
he lays out the future of Europe ; he is a dreamer
and speculator, under the check of some practical
monitor, to whom he trusts for stopping short in a
moment whenever things look really awkward.
The general tendency of the man of the new type,
the first-rate political head of forcible impulses,
short cuts, and confident insights, is to look down
upon the old-fashioned statesman of quiet judg-
ment ; but we venture to say that this is not in the
slightest degree the attitue of the two political heads
that are now conferring at Biarritz. The French
Emperor is far too keenly alive to what he can
get out of such a head as King Leopold's to enter-
tain such a comparison. There is no one out of
the whole circle of European statesmen who could
meet Louis Napoleon so completely on equal
terms. The two doubtless regard one another with
considerable mutual curiosity, though both are
Kings, and they summon.up unconsciously various
scenes in each other's histories as they talk. The
French Emperor knows the lucky chance which
first elevated Prince Leopold to European rank,
and began that career which ended in inserting
a scion of the House of Coburg in almost every
reigning family of Europe; that it was with the
allied Generals who drove his uncle, the first
Napoleon, from France in 1814, that he first rose
to notice. King Leopold's family reminiscences
and obligations to Napoleon 111. are later. He
sees in his host the man who occupies the throne
of his own father-in-law, and who has exiled a
*hole family of brothers-in-law from France.
He may be fully aware that the interests of
his country require him to distinguish between
the King of Belgium and the son-in-law and
brother-in-law of Bourbons. He may not be
even sorry to show that he does not commit Bel-
gium to any
.Orleanist cause. Still these family
facts cannot be agreeable. This is the burden
which royal rank especially imposes. In lower
rank, people who stand in disagreeable relations to
each other on account of mutual mischief done hate
seeing each other, and, as there is no particular
reason why they over should see each other, the
result is that, as a matter of fact, they never do see
each other. Kings, however, whatever mischief
they have done each other, and however much they
may hate each other, must see each other; there is
no help for it. Facts do not allow them to shrink
into mutual invisibility, which is the refuge of less
exalted antagonisms. But, whatever may be the
respective reminiscences of King Leopold and
Napoleon 111., one thing is certain—that two such
heads cannot fail to respect each other.—Times.

THE CHINESE WAR AND THE TRENCH
PRESS.

The Debats says :—" China is probably going to
dispute with Italy the privilege of occupying the
attention of Europe. The arms of Fiance and Eng-
land have experienced the first and, let us hope,
their last check in this quarter. This result will
inflate the pride of the Chinese, and render a ter-
rible lesson to them necessary. But probably never
had the Chinese a greater chance of escaping just
reprisals. The attention of France and England is
now directed to more serious matters than a dis-
pute with China. The two Powers will probably
hesitate before they commence a distant war,
which, this time, must now lead to the occupation
of Pekin, if we are to arrive at a more serious
result than empty treaties, the barrenness of which
the treachery of the Chinese has made manifest.
We believe, however, that France and England
will find it difficult to submit to this check, which,
if not promptly avenged, would render the position
of Europeans in China intolerable."
La Presse says that "the melancholy incident
which has taken place, though it may retard for a
moment the final conclusion of peace, will accele-
rate rather than postpone the opening of the whole
of China to the Western Powers, as there can be
no doubt that France and England will demaild
and obtain further concessions."
The Sleek is silent on the subject.

BANQUET TO THE HEROES OF LT,'CK
NOW.

DOVER, TUESDAY EVENING.

To-day the people of Dover have honoured them-
selves in their efforts to do honour to the 300 gal-
lant officers and men of the 32d Regiment who
landed at Portsmouth a fortnight since direct from
the scene of their heroic and steadfast endurance in
India, and were received, as then reported, on their
arrival in the garrison with an enthusiasm almost
unparalleled in the quiet town of Dover. The fete
embraced a dinner to the men, composed of sub-
stantial viands, and flanked with an abundant sup-
ply of good English ale, and a light refection to the
officers, this portion of the proceedings being held in
the spacious gun-shed at the rear of the Western
Heights Barracks, the use of which had been readily
granted by the colonel commanding the artillery
force now quartered here, Colonel Cuppage, and
which was very tastefully decorated with flags and
evergreens. The building is 150 feet long by rather
more than 50 feet in width, and the committee were
therefore able to set apart a large portion of the
space for spectators, admission being by tickets,
which were very eagerly sought after. The space
was filled with a gay enthusiastic assemblage, while
upon the exterior some thousands of persons were
congregated. Among the officers present who
withstood the siege of Lucknow were Lieutenant-
Colonel Lowe, C. 8., Brevet-Major Bassano, Brevet
Major Lawrence, Brevet-Major Foster, Captain
Harmar, Dr. Boyd, and Quartermaster Stibling.
They occupied the centre of the table, being faced
on the opposite side by Lieutenant-Colonel Car-
michael, who, as the senior officer, is in command
of the regiment, and surrounded by their
brother officers, every officer of the regiment, ex-
cept those only on leave, being present. We also
noticed the commandant of the garrison, Major-
General Craufurd, Colonel Cuppa-ge, R.A., Captain
Malet, Grenadier Guards, and some other officers of
the staff. The gentlemen of the committee, headed
by Mr. C. Lamb, occupied a raised dais at the rear
of the officers' table, and from this, prior to the
commencement of the repast, the following address
was read :

" To Colonel Carmichael, C. 8., the officers, non-eommis-
sioned officers, and private soldiers of the 32d Regiment
of Light Infantry, quartered in Dover.
" We, the undersigned burgesses of the town and port of
Dover, on behalf of our fellow-townsmen, beg to offer you
our sincere and hearty congratulations on the safe arrival
of the remnant of your heroic regiment in this our ancient
town,. It is with feelings of heartfelt emotion for those
that have fallen, mingled with just pride at your undaunted
bravery, that we venture to offer you our felicitations
on the happy issue of your unparalleled exertions
in defence of our gracious Sovereign, and in
support of the interests of this great empire. We
feel we are guilty of no exaggeration when we hail you
as the foremost men in the mighty conflict happily, we
trust, now concluded. Your almost superhuman efforts
and dauntless bravery have indeed added fresh laurels to
your standards. Conscious of our inability to follow your
gallant regiment through its previous career—in the Penin-
sula under Wellington, and in India under Lords Gough
and Clyde, we yet venture to express our unbounded admi••
ration at that enduring heroism so prominently displayed
in the glorious defence of Lucknow, recalling the noble
days of Agincourt, Cressy. and Poictiers. We trust that
our humble efforts to welcome you at this so-called Lucknow
.festival may convey what we can so faintly describe—our
admiration and gratitude for the great sufferings you have
endured, and the noble valour you have shown. We are
truly proud of the privilege now afforded us of claiming you
as our countrymen, and adapting the words of our immortal
bard to your exploits, we say—

" He that outlives this day and comes safe home,
Will stand a-tiptoe when this day is named,
And rouse him at the name of—Lucknow !' "

:Protracted applause.)

Colonel CARMICHAEL, C.B. replied as follows :
—Burgesses of the town and port of Dover, it is
with much pride that I have listened to the very
kind and flattering address that you have been
pleased to present to me, the officers, non•commis-
sioned officers and private soldiers of the 32d
Regiment 3f Light Infantry. This address will be
read with pleasure by many—by her most gracious
Majesty the Queen, as showing to her that the
valour and devotion of her soldiers are appreciated
by her loyal citizen subjects—those soldiers all
ranks of whom her Majesty has, in words full of
benevolence, kindness, and sympathy, already re-
warded. (Cheers.) This day's proceedings will
be hailed with pleasUre and satisfaction by Major-
General Sir John Inglis," the defender of Lueknow,"
officers, non-commissioned officers, and private sol-
diers of her Majesty's English and Indian armies,
by the gentlemen of the civil service, and of the
uncovenanted service, all of whom alike shared
the dangers and privations of the siege of Lucknow,
and together so nobly sustained the honour and
glory of Great Britain. (Cheers.) Your address
will be translated and perused with delight by the
native officers and sepoys who, faithful to their
colours, have since been embodied into a distinct

corps, bearing the honourable title of " The Regi-
ment of Lucknow." (Applause.) No feeling of
self-laudation mingles with the gratification and
pleasure I experience in seeing honour done to the
band of distinguished heroes now assembled, and
amongst whom I have spent the best years of
my life ; for it was God's will that I was not pre-
sent with the 32d during the, defence of Lucknow.
I can therefore cordially join in the praise you be-
stow upon these gallant men, and am lost in admi-
ration equally with yourselves at their heroic
achievements. I have been deputed to convey to
you the earnest thanks of Lieutenant-Colonel
Lowe, C. 8., and of Major Bassano, (who both
commanded the regiment during the siege)
and the officers, non-commissioned officers, and pri•
rate soldiers of the 32d Light Infantry, for the
enthusiastic reception that you have given them.
We shall ever remember with heartfelt gratitude
the kindness and hospitality shown to us by the in-
habitants of Dover on our arrival in their ancient
and time-honoured town. (Loud applause.)
Dinner having been concluded, and the loyal and
patriotic toasts given from the chair, several other
toasts were given, including " The memory of Sir
Henry Lawrence, and the Heroes who fell with
him in defence of the Residency of Lucknot' (drunk
in solemn silence)." " The health of Sir John
Inglis and the survivors," " Colonel Carmichael,
and the gallant 32d," &c.
The proceedings were brought to a close with
garrisow games, upon a neighbouring plateau, which
were witnessed by several thousand spectators.
To-night a garrison ball takes place at Stone's
Apollonion Hall, under the stewardship of Major-
General Craufurd and other military officers.