The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-16 00:00:00

[LEFT BITTING.]

AiISS CHATTRIITON, daughter of M. Frederick Chat-
terton, (harpist to her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester), gave a harp
recital at the Town-hall, Ox-
ford, on the 11th instant. The room was crowded some
time before the performance commenced. A platform was
raised in the centre of the hall, both platforms at each end
being filled by the audience. Miss Chatterton being
the daughter of a celebrated harp player
and niece of
anot ber, much was expected, and the audience were not
disappointed. She has a fine, bold, clear tone, and, we
may say, peculiar,. for her
,most delicate. passages were
heard in. every_ part of this inowmasenseen
chotel.d, also
"March of the Men of Inkermann"
Mr. Frederick Chattertoa's Highland ballad, " Glenkin
sung in a most charming manner by
distinctly
on. Mr. Frank Mori's song, "The
to become po u' r
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RAILWAYS.

(From
,the Times.)

It is fully believed in Berlin that the Kiri? of
Prussia, now he has got his partisans out of the
bear's grip, has not the smallest intention of keep-
ing his part of the implied bargain. He has not,
so it is said, the most distant idea of giving up that
airy nothing—his right over the canton of Neucha-
tel in return for the prisoners. The whole story
is so absurd that it can scarcely be discussed with.
becoming gravity. All Europe has been set in
commotion about the King of Prussia's honour,
and now he refuses to keep his honourable under-
standing. " Only let the Neuchatelois give up
the prisoners," said the ingenuous monarch, "aud
then Europe shall see, and the descendants of Tell
Alan see, what I am capable of in the way of gene-
rosity." Has not tars declaration pervaded the
political atmosphere of Europa f)r the last four
months ? Have not the diplomatists of France and
England been running backwards and forwards for
we know not how long, like the two foolish old
Generals at the military clubs, who when a duel is
impending write memoranda to each other every
five minutes, and endeavour to persuade the bellige-
rents not to stand so stiffly upon the point of honour
—not to thirst so madly for gore ? We cannot say
bow far our French friends have committed them-
selves, but the English Pramier, it appears, knew
his man too well. He declined to give any guaran-
tee to the Swiss, or to make himself responsible in
any way for the conduct of the Prussian Sovereign
on any given contingency. The event has proved
the soundness of the decision. The King has got
his partisans back, and now he refuses the quid pro
quo, under the pretence, doubtless, that no docu-
ment under his hand and seal can be produced
against him. All that was done was to' disse-
minate throughout Europe the belief that if the
prisoners were given up the claims would be re-
signed. Every act of the Prussian Court, every
phrase of Prussian diplomacy, has been directed to
this end. It-was in consequence of this that the
public opinion of Europe at length took a turn,
which, if not actually unfavourable to the Swiss,
was at least in favour of their making the required
concession. Everybody knows that the canton of
Neuchatel is and has been for many years past as
essentially Swiss as Sussex is English, or Normandy
French. We are not ignorant, moreover, that the
misguided men who rose against the public autho-
rities in the chief town of that canton—or at least
their leaders were in close intimacy with the
Prussian Court. The revolt broke out in Neu-
chatel, but the strings were pulled from Berlin.
It has also been asserted throughout—although the
point is, of course, beyond our knowledge—that if
the prisoners had been brought to trial revelations
of the most unpleasant kind as to their connection
with Prussian statesmen would have been made in
open court. It was very intelligible that the King
of Prussia should wish to put a stop to all this mis-
chief, and to do so with as little loss of dignity as
possible. He succeeded. The Swiss were jostled
and hustled, and coaxed and worried into acquies-
cence. In seems one of their agents understood a
phrase in a sense too favourable to his own views.
The French Emperor again threw the great weight
of his power and position into the adverse scale at
a most critical moment, but he appears to have
done so on the understanding Oa the point in
dispute really was the point of honour. In common
with the rest of the world he was mistaken. Honour
and the King of Plu-sia throughout all this affair
have been a thousand miles apart.
The whimsical thine. about the whole affair is,
_ .

that if nothing more is done the Kingof-lr;s'
is no more ruler of Neuchatel than he was twelve
months back. Supposing from this moment for-
ward the Swiss Cantons refuse to take the smallest
notice of himself or his agents, what can the King
of Prussia do ? True, he may try another "
li lisatton, and endeavour to recover his rights real
or supposed by force of arms. But this time he
must carry his threats into effect, or he will make
the Prussian name the laughing stock of Europe.
Now, is he prepared to face the consequences of
such an act—the results of such a policy ? With the
whole public opinion of Europe against him:—with
Austrian statesmen smiling b-hind his back at the
complaisance with which he exhausted the strength
of his people and resigned the leadership of Ger-
many into their hands—would the Prussian Sove-
reign really go and knock his head against the Swiss
mountains ? We doulet it. The result, then, is, if
nothing is done, that his sovereignty in Neuchatel
remains a mere nullity—a zero -- a Twelfth-night
toy. There cannot that we know be the smallest
objection raised to the fact that the titular Prince
of Neuchatel should continue to bear the name in
his place of exile at Berlin. It might, perhaps, be
wiser and in be ter taste to adhere to the incognito
of the King of Prussia ; but if the Prince of Neu-
chatel, within his own four walls, chooses to call
himself by this name, we know not who is to pre-
vent him. He might in the same way trench on the
dignities of the King of Sardinia, and style himself
King of Cyprus and Jerusalem,—either course is
open to him, and with perfect impunity. Our own
Sovereigns were silly enough to retain the title of
Kings'ot France until the. Peace of Amiens, but
we have never read that either they, or the
people they' governed, were much 'benefited by
the assumption. It was, however, something to
call one's-self King of France. If it was an im-
posture it was a gigantic one, atid might be taken
as evidence of an inspit ing _mind. But, had the
Kirigs of England insisted upon bearing the title
of some beggarly district in Prussian Poland, to
which they could not in case of need hive de-
spatched a corporal's guard without the certainty of
bringing ou a general war, we should have said the
ambition was but a paltry one. This is p!'etty much
the case of the Prussian Sovereign with the little
insignificant canton of Neuchatel. It is divided
Dom his real dominions by the territories of two or
three independent Sovereigns. It brings to the
Prussian exchequer no revenue. The King never
pretends even to gevern it as a province or depen-
dency of the Prussian Crown. His connection with
it always has been in tmes ,past, and must ever'
continue to be a source of mortification to him.
The people don't want him. If the Eurpf-yor Louis
Napoleon • is by the people's choice Sovereign of
France, then the King of Prussia, by the peo-
ple's choice also, is not Prince of Neuchatel. Had
he been simply Prince of Neuchatel he would, pro-
bably, have been residing for some years in the
New-road, or at St. John's-wood in a genteel cot-
tage residence.. Be happens, however, at the same
time to be King of Prussia, and, if not warlike him-
self, at least the chief of a powerful and well-
organised army. The Kin°. of Prussia has a fancy
in short to be Prince of Neuchatel.. If the desire
ever attain larger proportions than those of a wan-
dering fancy the Prussian people must find the
blood and pay the bill. _ _

It may be that those philosophers are in the right
who talk of the equal distribution of happiness
among, human beings. Here now is the case of a
monarch who stands fifth in power in Europe, with
a people under his hand largely susceptible of drill
and lectures and decorations, and rare with the
paternal staff. He has three or four palaces to
live in, which, if not exactly delightful to the
English eye, at least please him. Re can tin-
ker at creeds and rate his Chamber as he pleases
—so patient are his theologians, so much en-
during is his Parliament. Surely, 'such a posi-
tion would appear to possess certain latent elements
of felicity; but not a bit of it. There is a spectre
behind the bed-curtain—a Mordecai -at the gate.
The King can't have a Swiss toy which he covets,
so he assumes the attitude of Job, and apes his
discomforts,- without the patience which rendered
the position of the Patriarch just endurable. It is
the same story in private life. Go and stop with a
rich proprietor in the country, who owns more land
within a ring fence than the eye can take in even
from a good point of view, and you will find that
the burden of life pressesibeavily on your friend on
account of some squabble with another rural thane,
or because he is at war with the parson, or because
somebody nine years ago shot his favourite bull
when that interesting animal was making a clean
sweep of the turnpike road ; but somehow justice
was never done in the case.. These thoughts and
recollections burp like fire in the human brain, just
as his Neuchatel grievance vexes the King of Prussia
to death. How cool and comfortable would that
Royal personage feel in the morning when he awakes
if he would just make up his mind to throw off the
burden altogether.

TILE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 14.
—The European and Australian Royal Mail Company's
steamship Columbian, Captain Pender, which left this
port on the 14th nit , arrived off the island of St. Vin-
cent at 2 a.m. on the 23d, thus making the passage
from the Needles in 8 days and 7 hours. Her average
speed throughout was 12 knots per hour, and on three
consecutive dayi the runs were 315, 310, and 300 nau-
tical miles. The weather at Porto-Grande was very un-
favourable ; strong winds and dark cloudy weather with
rain. Rollers had set in with a violence wlsich had only
been experienced once before during the last 20 years.
On this account great difficulty was experienced in coal-
ing, and the Columbian was detained four days. She
sailed thence for Au,tralia on the 27th. The pas-
sengers were all well, and expressed themselves highly
satisfied with the ship and all the arrangements on
board. The ship on leaving had a total stock of 1,400
lobs' of fuel on board, and it .was intended that she
ehou!d proceed'direct to'lTabourne, without balling any
more on the way thither. The mails of the present month
silt be conveyed ii, the Etna steamer, of 2,215 tons and
500 horee-power, which is to leave Southampton on the
24th inst., and procee4 to Alexandria, whence they will
be carried overland to Suez ; after this the mails by this
route will leave Southampton on the 12th of each
month.

TIIE PARKS AS THEY WILL BE.

The dismal appearance which St. James's Park
has put on for the last-four months is b.-ginning to
improve, and the scene gives come token of what
may -he expected when the exten.ive works in ope-
ration shall be brought to a conclusion. Nearly
the whole of the bed of the lake is now dra;ned and
levelled, and in the course of five or six weeks,
when the preent artificial bottom has well settled,
the whole will be covered with concrete, which is
anticipated will effectually prevant the growth of
vegetable matter, and will give- an easy means of
cleansing the whole. Were it not for the new
bridge across the lake the works would soon be
brought to a conclusion ; but on digging the feunda-

tion for the abutments such a mass- of springs has
been tapped that it has been nece,sary to keep
three steam engines cent'nfially at work in order to
form anything like a bottom. This influx of
water has necessitated the keeping open the cutting
which runs on the north side of the lake, and which
cannot be filled in until the foundations of the
bridges are completely settled. The erection of a
suspension-bridge is of a more difficult character
than the generality of persons imagine. People
see the abutments of the bridge, and chains passing
over them, which support the roadway, but they
are not aware of the difficulty of finding means of
keeping there chains firmly and securely attached.
The modus operandi to the uninitiated may
thus succinctly be described :—At some distance
beyond the extreme end of the bridge a
deep excavation is trade, below even the
foundation of the abutments of the bridge. At
the bottom of this excavation an invet•ted arch, of
the strongest material, is constructed, the interior
and exterior of which are filled and surrounded with
Portland cement. This forms thelable on which
the principal stone rests, to which are attached the
chains. Three blocks of granite are then placed
above this stone in such a manner that, without
disturbing the whole, it is impossible to move the
keystone in the slightest degree. Above and
around these blocks of stone are some 700 or 800
tons of the strongest blue lies concrete that can'be
made. This, in fact, forms one solid mass of stone-,
so that it is physically impossible the keystone can
be started. The chains thus fixed pass through a
small tunnel, celled the chain tunnel, and thence
over the abutment of the bridge to the other side,
where they are similarly attached. This seems easy
enough on paper, but it requires a good deal of en-
gineering skill to carry it out properly. With
respect to the bridge in question a rather curious
circumstance occurred. In digging the foundation
the excavators came upon a solid bed of peat some
10 feet in thickness, and at the bottom was found
a layer of green moss, in which was imbedded, in
a capital state of preservation, the antlers of a fine
buck, which have Leen carefully preserved as a
curiosity. As regards the bed of peat, the same
thing was discovered on digging for the Victoria
Tower some three or four years ago. The entire
works in St. James's Park are expected to be com-
pleted by the beginning of May, and, as the gar-
dens at Kew are made now to produce a large
number of half-hardy plants, such as geraniums,
&c., and as also the enclosure has been thoroughly,
for the first time, drained, the frequenters of the
park may confidently anticipate a vast improve-
ment in its general aspect. While, however, so
much has been done in St. James's Park, a
large amount of money has also been expended
in Hyde Park, and to a good purpose. But
little has been said on the subject, and very
few persons have been aware of what has been
going on for the last few months, except that
they have seen a number of workmen employed,
and a good deal of dirt and muck. The improve-
ment in question will be sure to meet with
general approval when it is completed, which
will be early in May. A new road, or rather path,
planted on each side with shrubs, is being made
fr om the marb'e arch to Victoria-gate. It will be,
when completed, more than three-quarters of a
mile in length, and will be the finest walk which
the metropolis will be able to boast of. While
making this new road one of the workmen disco-
' vered a mass of valuable gold coins—so valuable,
indeed, that he has not been seen since. The new
L illuminated clock at Hyde Park-corner has been set
up, in order to judge of the effect previous to its
i principle being adopted in the monster clock in the
• Palace at Westrn.iuster. The dials of illumivated.
. clocks have hitherto been of ground or opaque glass,
; with gilt numbers and gilt hands. A new material
F is now used, which appears to answer admirably.
l The glass, instead of being ground, is coated with
white enamel, with dark blue numbers, the hands
; being of the same colour. In the daytime the dial
s presents a solid appearance, like that of an ordi-
L nary watch, and at, night, with a light behind it,
the dial presents a much more even and clear ap-
pearance than ground glass. Those who are desir-
. ous to know what the future appearance of the
great cock will be can satisfy their curiosity by
examining that at Grosvenor-gate. The great clock
is expected to be in motion, with its concomitant
bells, before the session closes.—Observer.

MURDER AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY
IN SURREY.

On Saturday afternoon information was received
at the Metropolitan Police-station in Scotland-yard
of a murder, accompanied by robbery, on the high-
way between the villages of Nutfield and Warwick-
town, in Surrey, a draper named Ovenden having
been shot with a pistol on his return from Godstone
and robbed of between 41. and 51. The circum-
stance has occasioned a good deal of alarm not only
in Nuffield, near which village the murder took
place, but throughout the whole of the district.
The following, as far as we have been able to ob-
tain them, are the particulars of this shocking
affair :--Mr Ovenden had been to the village of
Godstone on a business visit, and was returning in
his light cart to Warwick-town. About a quarter
to 5 o'clock, while proceeding on the road to Nut-
field, ho was accosted by a pedestrian, whom he
overtook on the road, and who asked him for a
andmar. labourer a
lift in his cart, stating that he was goitre-to Red-
hill.
appearance The man
of- bin
was caressed
s
n od aea labnrdouh,athd
every Ovenden
complied with la's request.h e
was accordingly
taken up into the cart, and they passed th
Nuffield on their way to Redhill. They had not,
however, gone a very great distance from the
former village when they arrived at a very dull and
lonely part of the road, and Mr. Overrien, from
whom the information has been obtained, was
"surprised by the man, who was a tall, wrongly-
built fellow, suddenlk turning towards him and de-
tnanding his money or his life. At first Mr. Oven-
den thought that he was joking, but he was soon
fatally undeceived by the man taking out a pocket-
pistol and pointing it towards his breast. Still
Mr. Ovenden did not apprehend anyserious danger,
and not wishing to part with hiamoney endeavoured
to make it appear that he thought the whole affair
was a joke. The man, however, assumed a deter-
mined aspect and persisted in his demand, and, on
Mr. Ovenden, who was now seriously alarmed, re-
fusing to comply, the villain at once fired theiustol,
the bullet of which was lodged in the left breast of
his victim, a little be'ow the shoulder. Mr. Oven-
den, still having the reins in his hand, fell to the
bottom of the cart, the jerk pulling the horse up.
Thejcowardly ruffian then proceeded in the most
deliberate manner to rifle the pockets of the un-
fortunate man, taking from them 41. in gold and
about 10s. in silver, with which he made off across
the country, leaving Mr. Ovenden in a senseless
state at the bottom of the cart. This occurrence
took place about 5 o'clock in the afternoon in broad
daylight. About a quarter:past 5 o'clock Mr. Oven-
den, who had b3en stunned and partly paralysed by
the effect of the shot, came to himself, and found
that he was . bleeding from the wound. in his
shoulder. He managed to stanch the bleeding
with a pocket-handkerchief, and, although much
weakened by the loss of blood, contrived to
reach his home at Warwick-town, where he at
once gave information to the police of the attack
which bad been made upon him, and at the same
time lodged in the hands of the police a very accu-
rate description of the fellow who committed the
assault He of course received every medical and
surgical assistance, but on examination it was found
that the wound was of a much more serious charac-
ter than had at first been imagined. On reaching
home he was in a inost depressed condition, and,
in fact, almost fainting. He was immediately put to
bed, but notwithstanding every attention informa-
tion reached yeSterday the Metropolitan police-sta-
tion that he expired on Saturday morn,ng. Mr.
Norman Wilkinson, a magistrate for the county of
Surrey, on hearing of the condition in which the
unfortunate man was, took his dying deposition,
in which he gave a very complete description
of his assailant. The intelligence receiveik, at
Scotland-yard by electric telegraph of the death
of Mr. Ovenden was accompanied by a hand-bill
offering 1001. reward for the apprehension of the
person who committed this atrocious act, and who,
from the evidence already obtained by the police,
was seen by a party of labourers at a later period
of the day asking his way to the village of God-
stone. 'rho following is the description of the man
talten from ,the deposition of Mr. Ovenden
" About six feet in height, light figure, but baying
eery
sallow complexion, high cheek
hollow in the cheeks near the
large
bones, bones,
d
e
mouth' •
an •
dressed in a close box cap, fitting tight to
the head, and a short navigator's smOckfrock much
embroidered." The pistol with- which the murder
was committed was found lying in the bottom of
the cart_covered with_ Wood, It was an orqina4

B IR T H'S.

OP • BON.

On the 14th inst., at ielawad, Essex, the wife of W.
Palmer, Esq.
Qn the 13th inst., at 20, Hereford-street, Park-lanes
Mrs. Cyiil Randolph.