The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-28 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM. WOLVERHAMPTON, AND

• SiMIR VALLEY.
The half-yearly mceting.of the shareholders of this
company was hrld in Birmingham.yesterday. Mr. J.F.
Ladsam presided; and the following report of the board
of directors was read by. Mr. Morgan, the secretary
" The first payment of rent from the London and
North-Western Railway Company for the half-year end-
ing the 30th of June last, is at, the rate of 31. 6s. Bd. per
cent. per annum, being two-thirds the dividend of 5 per
cent., which Wad declared by the lessees (the North-
Western
..Company) at their last half yearly meeting,
held on the 16th inst. The directors expect to have
the amount this week (although it is not due until the
15th of .next .month), and .the divide. d warrants will
therefore.be issued forthwith. With the view of en-
abling the shareholders to know the exact amount of
liability in respect of the expenses which will be in-
curred in' carrying on the business of the company
now that the line is in• the possession of the London
and North-Western Company, the directors have made
an arrangement by' which the half-yearly expenses
will be limited to a sum not eXeeeding one halfpenny
per share, which will be deducted from the dividend
warrants accordingly. The directors have experi-
enced great difficulty. in getting possession of some
plots of- land, which has cousiderebiy delayed the com-
pletion of the railway. They have expended, however,
during the half-year the sum of 25.4121. las. 3J. on the
works, - and . there now only rethain between two and
three miles of permanent way to be laid. The road sta-
tions have been let, and ere now in course of erection,
and the directors hope that no impediment will be met
with to prevent the opening of the line in a few months."
From the statement or accounts it appeared that a ba-
lance of 9,1501. 9s. remains in the banker's hands.
The CHAIRMAN moved, and Mr. SPARROW seconded,
the reception and adoption of the report.
Mr. ASTON wished to ark whether the London and
North- We.tern Company did not possess a very large
surplus, --from which they could have declared a much
higher dividend? • ' •_

The Cit'sramAN replied that there was a larger sur-
plus than that which covered the dividend announced by
the Lund. :n and North-Western Company, but it was
with the proprietors themselves to declare what amount
of au, plus they would
Mr. ASTON said it was or great importance that the
shareholders in the Stour Valley line should have, ac-
cording to their agreement, a fair proportion of the
London and North-Western profits. It appeared that
company-could-have declared a dividend of bix per cent.,
and had they done so, it would have made a difference of
l3s. 4d: per share to the Stour Valley proprietors. The
surplus declared by the London and North-Western
Company, after paying the five per cent. dividend an-
nounced, was 'five times as large as the average surplus
of former years.

The CHAIRMAN remarked that the shareholder. of the
Stour Valley Hue were entltled to two-thirds of the divi-
dend declared by the Noah-Western, not to two-thirds
of the surplus in hand.

INGIEBT (solicitor to the company) said the pre-

BANQUET TO THE LORD' MAYOR
OF LONDON AT SOUTHAMPTON.
SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST 27.—The bref account of
the festivities at Southampton yesterday; in honour of
the visit of the Lord Mayor of London to that ancient
borough, having been dispatched by'the six o'clock P.M.
train, I was unable to give any particulars relative to the
banquet.
The guests .arrived in rapid succession soon after six
Lo'ec :s introduced
od:o'clock, and
a ceremony by Mr.
seac
each visitor's name was announced he
wa
which Andrews,
oc
c ieldhetio' rnMeartfieto
tithe,
as. his Lordship courteously entered into familiar con-
versation with many he had some previous acquaintance
with. • Although the dinner was to have taken place at
half-past ' six precisely; it wee past' seven before ' the
guests were ushered into thnbanquetieg-room, in con-
sequence of the non-arrival of the Lord Mayor of. Dublin
(who had signified his intention of being present) and
the Solicitor General, Sir Alexeeder Cockburn; the
latter of whom, however,MidehlwappeseanCtrabollafter
the guests were seated, and took his Pace to the right of
the mayor.
The Mayor wit* supported ,on his right by the Lord
Mayor, Cord Dudley Stuart, Sir John Barker Mill,
Bart., Captain*Msogies, M.P., W. Chaplin, Esq., M.P.,
Dr. Wilson, ee;e. • and on the left of his Worship were
Lord George Lennox, the Dean of Winchester, 'Colonel
Freestun,
•Thontres Chamberlayne, Esq., Charles
Brett, Esq.; ace.
The banqtrett weietkitoi of thetaost recherche descrip-
tion. atutreffected much crediregon the liberal caterer,
Mr. Fisk, of the High-street. There were no less than
six bucks killed for the occasion, besides a profusion of
every delicacy of the season, inclUding a plentiful supply
of grouse.
The wines placed on the table were Moet's Chain-
paw, Lafitte Claret, Hock (still and sparkling), Moselle
(ditto). Burguady, Bucellas, Port, and Sherry.
At the conclusion of the repast, " Non nobis Domine"
was effectively given by Messrs. Cross and Co., of Win-
chester, who also in the course of the evening sang se-
veral beautiful glees.
Amongst the company present, wo observed Lord
Dudley Stuart, Lord George Lennox, Hon. Arthur
Arundel, Major CHoulter,hCiesep,tari.p.M7l3 Captain Lacey,
o W
Sir Ch
A.
lin, M.P., E. I.
M.P., Captain
Dean of Win-
y.l.oClleocekd,bsurhne,r
eWritrillrjecoxw,reEnseqe.:
cheater, Sir J. B. Mill, Bart., Thomas Chemberlayne,
Esq., Colonel Freestun, John Fleming, 'Esq., T. W.
Fleming, Esq., James Fleming, Esq., C. Brett, Esq., W.
D. Starling, Esq., • Stone, Esq., Captain - Yelverton,
It. Ewell, Esq., W. Betts, Esq., T. L. Harman, Esq.,
W. M. Thackeray, Esq., Rev. 'l'. L. Shapeost, ee.
Brookfield, Rev. H. Tayor, the two Dre. Buller, Dr.
Bulpett,
ECsiaqr.k, li. Newman, mEasqn," EEs.q.l.l°Tr.l2His7nEdwards, Esq., J.
Hunt, Esq., C. E. Deacon, Esq., town clerk,. Captain
Norton, F. Patterson, EN, J. Warner, Esq., C, See.
grove, Esq., the Mayors of Christchurch, Newport,
Portsmouth, Romsey, Salisbury,, Winchester, Newark,
Basingstoke, Lymington, Yarmouth, Cambridge, and
Hereford, and the whole of the Aldermen and Colin-
Ciller& of the borough, with one or two exception!, &c.
At the lower end of the room, over the entrance, a
spacious gallery was erected, which was filled with
ladies, who evidently wereanuch pleased with the scene.
The MAYOR, in giving the first toast, said that he did
SO with extreme pleasure and satisfaction, knowing that
around him was gathered so large a number of the prin.
cipal authorities of the kingdom, inclusive of the Lord
Mayor of the chief city of the world.=--(Applause.)
They were at present privileged by living under a
Monarch whom all alike respected and adored, and who
truly lived in the hearts of her people. The time was
gone by when the Sovereign could not visit the Lord
Mayor of London without an esoort for his protection
from personal danger. Our present beloved Queen
could now visit the most distant pot of the kingdom, free
from difficulty or apprehension of danger. He called on
theta to drink " The health of the Queen," which was
drunk with enthusiastic rounds of cheering, the bind
playing the National Anthem, And the whole company
joining in the chorus.
The MAYOR said the next toast was one to which he
felt confident they would do equal jastfce. Heaves proud
to have the opportunity of proposing the health of tier
Majesty's Consort," who had, by his various acts done
so much to promote and encourage the arts and manu-
factures, the Commerce and agriculture of this country.
—(Applause.) They owed him a lasting debt of grati-
tude. lie had won for laineself the est,:,era and good
wishes of the whole/Offish people; he bad kept aloof
from the hotbed of poliet:s; he had set them all an ex-
ample, as a husband, a tether, and an employer, which
they would do welt to fellow: It was gratifying to him
(the Mayor) to vitae* etre'h *gathering round his festive
board as wasthewsersollbted in that hall—that being the
birthday of hisitoyeiiiigtiness Prince Albert.—(C ha era.)
It was also pleasing tO know that the great industrial
exhibition of 1854 which was conceived in the mind of
Prince Albert, andeommunicated to the Lord Mayor of
London, way die *wane of bringing them together that
evening, itudif nothing more resulted from the project
than the opportunities which bad been given to the dif-
ferent utunielpal authorities to meet in fraternal inter-
ceurse, IS they had had the pleasure to do that day,
much goad Would attend it. " The health of Prince
Drunk with great cheering.
Al-
bert, tee Prince, of Wales, end the other members of the
next proposed " The health of her Ma-
Fitiiiktenigirselistylte.r''e,"—a body of men to whom they were
jt souTtycyhe t
te'
slindebted for the services they had rendered to the
country. One member of that Ministry—a Noble Lord
who had kept this country in peace and tranquillity fur
many years, when they had seen other countries torn to
pieces by rebellion and discord—(Applause)---he had
hoped to have had the pleasure of greeting at that festive
board; but he had been in constant communication with
him (the Mayor) till late that afternoon, and important
business alone prevented his attendance at the last. He
gave them the toast of "Sir Alexander Cockburn and
n u it
ts r
e, her
the
her Majesty's Ministers."—(ltnmense,eheering.).
Majesty's Solicieor-General,
toast. In common with the
Mayor and his guests, he regretted the absence of the
Noble Lord (Palmerston), Who he knew, from personal
communication with him, was anxious to be present that
briSeiflry A
responded ecc a
evening, not only as an inhabitant of the county, but be-
cause he saw with infinite pie:twee the town of South-
ampton rallying round its worthy Mayor—a man who
had been the architect of his own fortune, which he only
seemed to value so far as he could with it promote the
good of his fellow-creatures. lie assure d them that the
present Ministry wore anxious to du their best to pro-
mote the interests of commerce, and to advance in every
way the welfare of those great interests which combine
to make England so great and exalted a nation. In the
name of her Majesty's Ministers he thanked them for
the compliment which had been paid them.—(Cheers.)
The MAYOR next gave the toast of "The Bishop and
Clergy of the Diocese end other Ministers of the G..pelt"
which was responded to by the Rev, the Dean of WIN-
CHESTER.
The MAYOR proposed " The Army and Navy," two
services to which the notion Was greatly indebted. No
one was more grateful than be was
to those to whom
honour was due; and no doubt many would remember
the unkind expressions that had been uttered towards
him for the course he had taken when Lord. Gough
arrived here from India. lie, was sorry that the Noble
Lord was not with them that day.—(Hear, laser.) A
communication had been held between him and
Lord Gough, and, had he beep able, the Noble
Lord would have been present to confute the charges
which had been made against him (the Mayor). The
army and navy bad done,much good; but when members
of those services endeavoured to supersede the civil
authorities, the latter ought to be careful to preserve
their rights.—(Hear, bear.) In the case in question,
certain members of the army and navy endeavoured to
supersede the civil authorities of the town, and to cast a
slur on him as chief magistrate. He hoped the services
of the army and navy would never egain be requirr d;
but for what they had done they were deserving of gra-
titude, and he hoped they would cordially drink the
heaths of the two services. .
The toast having been enthusiastically received,
Lord GEORGE LENNOX responded on behalf of the
army, and Captain YELVERTON, R.N., on the part of
the navy.
The MAYOR called for a bumper for the next toast,
which be might call the toast of the .toning. They bad
been • honoured that day by the presence of the Lord
Mayor of Loudon, and ho should be wanting in grati-
tude if he failed to express his sense of the kindness
and honour which liii Lordship had. thereby conferred
upon him and the town, lie gave them, therefore. the
health of the Lord M ,yor of the city of London.—(Tre-
mendous cheering, renewed again and again, the whole
company rising.) That 'was the most gratifying day
he had ever experienced, and he believed that
in saying that he was uttering the feeling of One-teeth
of the inhabitants of Southampton.—(Cheers.) The
')
Lord Mayor had cheerfully responded to his invitation,
•
of Southampton had given Lordship
and the people - his
such a reception, that he trusted that the Lord Mayor's
visit would become an annual cue ( Applause.)
The toast was received with tremendous applause,
which continued for several minutes.
The LORD MAYOR, on rising to return thanks, was
again warmly cheered. He said that if any thing would
tend to make a man dumb, or to prevent him from giving
expression to his feelings, it was the manner in which
he had been received thet dsy by the people of , South-
ampton. • He really could pot express in words his feel-
ings on that occasion. ne had been elected Lord Mayor
of the chief city of the world—(Applause)—and, if he
did but do his best, and work in a way by which tbe
'lncur of the city and the office would bo maintained

Lord D. STUART next gave the toast of " The People,"
which was drunk with much enthusiasm.
W. M. TRACRERAY, En, proposed "England and
America, may Peace and Commerce long unite them,"
which was drunk with much fraternal feeling, and ac-
knowledged by J. R. CRUMMY, Esq.
" The Exhibition of 1851, may success attend it ; "
" The Commerce of London, the chief city of the
world ; " " The Press," and several other toasts fol-

lowed, and the festivities were protracted till long after
midnight. _ _ _

Th;Lord Mayor and th• Sheriffs were loudly cheered
on their departure.
The illuminations of the Bar-gate were ♦ery pic-
turesque. Jets of gas surrounded the singular battle-
ments, arches, and windows, so that the shape of them
was seen. A dense crowd lined the High-street during
the whole of the evening on Monday, watching the Bar-
gate, the Banqueting-ball, and the carriages as they set
down the distinguished company. The state carriages
of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and the state liveries of
the servants, excited the greatest curiosity amongst the
poorer classes and the country people, who had evidently
never seen such magnificence heft)! e. In several in-

stances the ierrants wore literally obliged to open the
carriage!, and let the crowd peep in and feel the cushions
and croaments inside.

The floral decorations of the Bar quating•hall were
most superb, and all present declared they bad never
seen anything resembling it. A great portion of the
exotics and the most rare and beautiful plants from
Page's nursery—one of the finest in the south of Ens-
land—were made to contribute to the decorations of the

bail. The whole of the decorations were kindly super-
intended by Mr. Page himself, who is renowned as an
artist in these matters.

THE PEACE CONGRESS.
FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, Aua. 24.

Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the
weather—and it has been an autumnal pour from an
early hour—the meeting was well attended to-day, and
the proceedings closed with considerable Eclat. I will
not say that the impression was quite so favourable as
that of yesterday; though the speakers are many, the
topics are comparatively.few, and somewhat of tedium
is the natural result. I
The resolutions remaining on the list are the follow-
ing, viz., the fifth and the sixth:—

5. 'This Congress, acknowledging the principle of
nonintervention, recognizes it to be the sole right of
every state to regulate its own affairs.—
"6. This Congress recommends all the friends of
peace to prepare public opinion in their respective
countries f;ir the convocation of a congress of the repre-
sentatives of the various states, with the view to the
formation of• a code of international law."

A great sensation was created by the appearance in
the tribune of .the Ojibbeway Chief, whose, oration hap,
from the first opening of the C-ngress, been anticipated
as an extraordinary morceau. He was dressed in a dark
blue frock, with a scarf across his shoulder, after the old
French Republican laahion, and the metallic plates round
his arm gavo a peculiar character to his costume. He
began to talk something after a style which may be
called " Cooper-ish," and was abundant in his allusions
to the "Great Spirit"—his " pale-faced brethren," and
so forth. Soon, however, he dropped the purely
national style, and launched out into general marsh and
literature, stating how, while walking round Frankfort,
he had reflected on the miseries of war, and linking
together as eminent men of mind the German poet
Schiller and the American poet Longfellow. His oration
was deliver. d in a grandiloquent style, but its affect was
rather upon the eye than the ear, the great point being
the unwrapping of a mysterious implement' which be
had carried about him, and which, in the eyes of
the peacemakers, looked marvellously like a sword.
When he deliberately took off the linen wrapper, and
discovered something which looked rather like a cat-o'•
nine-tails, and which he declared to be an Indian banner
of peace, the acclamations were tremendous. This was
his grand rcenic effort. He should have stopped here,
but he did nut, 'and produced an anti-climax. A very
wholesome regulation, published by the Congress, limits
the time during which a speaker is allowed to "keep the
floor" to twenty minutes, but the " stoic of the woods,"
, reaction.doub led
and
time.
profusiont h e sound oof h f
wordsthe venerable Dr. Jaup, the most urbane President in the
is
own
caused usveod i c
a e
world; mildly limited every future speech to a quarter of
an hour.

Two Germans, Dr. Bodensee and Dr. Weil, gave in
their speeches an official confirmation of the opinion I
formed from the previous aspect of the assemblies. .1
said in my last, that the meeting was not really held in
tho face of Germany.
,but that a body of English-
men, Americans, and Frenchmen were talking among
each other with comparatively little action on
the Germans. The two German gentlemen to
whom I have alluded spoke, one in French,
the other in English, in order to be intelligible in the
midst of Frankfort. This is a striking fact which needs
no comment. - The President, Dr. Jsup, is universally
respected as a man of learning and inte4rity; and Ger-
mans keep dropping in from hour to hour ; but any one
who watches their faces can ace plainly enough that
they are merely idle genre, with little practical in-
terest in the affair, zeal being most conspicuous in the
portly English Quakers, the sharp-visaged Americans,
and the amnrtly dressed Frenchmen.
Dr. Bodeesee held in his hand a commission signed by
several perilous, including Dr. Grimm and the Ministers
of Schleswig-Holstein, whack threatened to'hurry the
Convention into an inconveniently rapid application of
its principles. The doctor confessed he was not an
ambassador, but still he seemed to hold some diplomatic
office, which qualified him to refer to the Congress the
whole settlement o' the Schleswig-Holstein question.
The Congress shrank from the practical display of its
powers. of arnlcable arrangement. Dr. Jaup blandly
pointed to a gelation which prohibited political alla•
don; and Mr. Cobden, though he had no doubt what•
ever that the question at issue betwrea Denmark and
the Duehiee might be very cleverly settled by those pre-
sent, suggested that action would be premature unless
both parties were adequately represented. The " Com-
mission" which would at once have made the Congress
t quel to a great destiny was therefore "burked," the
evident disappointment of the gentleman who brought it.
Mr. Edward 14311, well-known as the opponent of Sir
William Molesworth at Southwark, distinguished him-
self by taking a new tack. From the first the orators
have been uneasy at the appellation of "Utopians,"
" Enthusiasts," and the like, and various attempts have
hewn made to show the inappropriate nature of such
names. Mr. Mimi), instead of adopting the defensive in
this respect, boldly. declared war against- "practical
men," who be said ought to be reduced to, their proper
level. Practical men, so called, mistook difficulties for
impossibilities. Those he loved not, but he liked real
practical men, such as him who said, that if he had the
writing of the national lone he Would not care about

the Peers. The practical working of the peace princio'e
should bs the diffthing of congenial sentiments. This
distinction between the true practical man and the sham
practical men- was .cleverly laid down in es hard dry man-
gier, and the military condition of Frankfurt wasdesig-
nated the dart; background to which the group in the
PauNkirehe was the bright picture.
But whatever the other 'orators may do, or however
clever they maybe, Mr. Cobden is the favourite. Peo-
ple ask which is Mr. Cobden, make up their faces for
ti;s jokes, and are anxious to get out of the church when
his discourse is offer. He evidently sees his hold on his
hearers and is not a little gratified, but wields the power
with infinite good humour. To-day, when the all-im-
portant hour of one o'clock drew near, Dr. Jaup foresaw
that a re treat was et band, and stopped the movement
by declaring that Mr. Cobden would speak after the
gentleman who was then occupying the tribune, and who
was thus admonished of his own lesser power of attrac-
tion. Mr. Cobden felt that honour was thrust some-
what violently upon him, and raised a roar by declaring
that he intended to disappoint his hearers by making a
very indifferent speech. The principle of non-interven-
tion, laid down in the filth resolution, had been previ-
ously treated by M. Girardin in his favourite fashion of
seizing on one idea, and working it in all its bearings.
This he had said was the great principle on which the
chief edifice of peace was, to be - built. Mr. Cobden ad-
mitted ado position, but hinted that the doctrine had
created a little difficulty even in the minds of the Peace
Ccimmittee. Some of 'his French colleagues had sug-
gested that this point of "non-intervention" should not
be urged too much, and he therefore detected something
like the old system still lurking in the hearts of the
chosen.
Elihn Burritt came out for the first time, in this dis-
cussion. His speech, a history of the progress of the
peaca theory, in which 'he was particularly anxious' to
show that tbeidet did not originate with America, but
was borrowed from France and Germany, was delivered
with gravity, and eloquence, but. without that flashy
quality which his such an effect on audiences like that in
the Paulskirehe. The 'project for a perpetual peace,
which is one of the smaller works of the great Imma-
nuel Kant, and which proposes a sort of arbitrating
Congress, had previously been referred to by Dr. Kreuts-
ner, a Hebrew gentleman who acts as a German inter-
preter to the meeting, and this gave 'Mr. Burritt an op-
portunity fora German allusion.
Some of the orators•went off dully enough, but the
audience was actually astonished into applause by the
speech of Mr. Chipple, of New York, who' with his
strong American ' twang began in a most unpromising
manner, but made one of the smartest displays yet heard.
He took the ordinary common-pito s of the Peace doc-
trine, but he worked them in a new way, with a moat
effective mixture of Yankee humour and fervid elo-
quence. The steam-engine be called the great
shuttle, which was to unite nations together. Then he
quoted the words of a Transatlantic statesman, whose
motto was, " Be-sure you are right, then go a-head."
Then came the exposition of works of industry in
1851, and-, Government are challenged to exhibit the
horrors of war as their works of industry. The ,
style and the metaphors were novel and striking,
and so admirable was Mr. Chipple's management of
his sonorous voice in a place where loudness is almost
synonymous with indistinctness, that an old German, in
my vicinity, said with delight, that though he did not
uuderstand a word the gaitleman had said he felt he was
a good orator. Mr. Chipple had moreover the disad-
vantage of coming in late, and had been preceded by
M. Coquerel, a good speaker, who by an effective anec-
dote had illustrated the horrors of war.
When the resolutions on the list had been carried, an
additional one against duelling was passed, on which M.
Cormenin and M. Girardin both spoke, the latter
being received on this occasion with marked
applause.. Then came• a vote of thanks to the
municipal authorities of Frankfort for their kind
reception of the peace-makers, and. Mr. Cobden
caused infinite delight and astonishment by act-
ing as fuglemen to an English " Hip, hip, hurrah !"
demonstration of gratitude. Most of the Germans
stared with great eyes to see the portly pietists of Great
Britain wave their hats and handkerchiefs and utter
such strange shouts, while Cobden beat time a la Jullien.
One youth, who anticipated every word of Cobden's as
something eminently droll, said, enraptured by this
exhibition, " He is always full of humour."
A resolution to publish the proceedings at three
kreutzers (say twopence) a copy, and a vote of thanks
to Dr. Jaup, 'accompanied by new Cobdenish fun and
additional English " honours," terminated the third
and last session of the Congress; which, as a good-
humoured meeting, where a number of worthy life-en-
joying persons say civil things to each other, is a decided
success, but which the uninitiated, including some
grave disbelieving soldiers, who stalk in and stare, evi•
dently regard with silent wonder. The me( ting next
year is to be held in London, tied the peace-makers
hope that the Germans will attend numerously. May
they not be dies p poi n ted ! Tim-s Correspondent.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
APPOINTMENTS.- ADMIRALT V, TUESDA r.
Commanders—Augustus J. Woodley (1845), and W.
11. Webb (1847), to the coast-guard service.
Lieutenant—tltmry Kelharn (1850), to the Flamer,
steam-vessel, fittink at Poriamouth for the coast of
Africa.

Mate—F. C. Howson (1850), to the Portland, 50,
flsg-ship at Devonpo t, for the Pacific.
Stcond Master—Joirph G. Dathan (1847), to the
Portland.
Clerks—Matthew P. Moresby and Edward 0. Hayes,
to the Portland.

Midshipmen—Robert A. Parr, F. P. Matthews. W.
13. Stubbs, J. A. Vaurenen, E. C. Chaplin, to the Port-
land.

Misters' Assistants Edward Stainstreet and
Frederick R*y, to the Portland.
Clerks' Assistant—Henry Ray, to the Portland.
Gunner—George Godding, to the Portland.
Boetswain—John Starling, to the Portland.
Carpenter—William Cornish, to the Portland.
A Board of Admiralty, composed of the First Lord,
Sir F. Baring, Bart., M.P., Rear-Admiral the Hon. M.
F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., Captain Millie, the Hon.
W. Cowper, M.P., with the Surveyor of the Navy, the
Chief Director of Engineering and Architectural Works,
&c., will visit the port and Admiralty establishments of
Portsmouth to-morrow (Thursday).
REYIEw OF THE FRENCH FLEET AT CHERBOURG
PoRTSMoUTH, TUESDAY._In consequence of au applica-
tion from the senior naval officers now studying at the
Royal Naval College, the Admiralty have grunted them
permission to go over to Cherbourg to view the French
squadron assetubli d there; the Admiralty have also
granted tilt m the use of a steamer to convey theni there
and back. - Neither the steamer nor time has yet been
decided on.
HALlFAx.—Litters dated the 19th inst.. from the
Wellesley, flag-ship of.tho Right Hon. the Earl of Dun-
donald, state that she was to proceed, in company with
her blajeaty's brig Sappho, Acting Commander the
Hon. A. A. Cochrane, to the coast of Newfoundland, on
a tour of inspection.
Archar screw-sloop, Commander Strange, left Ascen-
sion for Whydah, 'Lily 2d. This new vessel lift Devon-
p
Islrroaid, t May
a9th, made Madeira, May 17th; Sr. Vincent
Sierra Leony 26th; Sete, June 6tht Medas Island, May 27th; and
. Havin watered and coaled
there, she sailed for Ascension on the 10th, and arrived
on the 26th June. 'The Archer sails well, going some
nine or ten knots on a wind in a good stiff breeze,
but steams no more than 8.6. She'has a splendid lower
deck, ckar fore and aft, and well ventilated by small
ports, which she can keep open in a good sea; her stow-
age is, however, bad, carrying only three months' pro-
visions and water under hatches. Henry Willis, AB.,
died at Aseensioe, June 27, of pleurisy.
Boneva, 3, Lieutenant-Commander Forbes,sailed from
for the Centaur, .and left June 28,
Sierra Leone, from Ascension, June 2, with boiler-tubes
she was to pick up the commander. who, with Mr. Bee-
Mr. Gray, mate, having for Whydah, where
croft, has been on a mission to the King of Dahomey,
tenant Forbes's absence. The Bonetta is to meet the
been in command during Lieu-
commodore at Princess Island, and then to sail for Eng-
land, us we stated on Saturday.
Lambe
PORTSMOUTH,- TUESDAY.—The Fox,. 42, Commodore
rt, hauled off into the stream to-day.
The Termagant steam-frigate is being masted.
The St. Lawrence, 44, American frigate, Captain
Paulding, inchored in Cowes Roads last evening from
the 'Tegus, and this morning weighed and proceeded
through Spithead for the Baltic. She saluted the Port
Admiral's flag on paseing WooLwrea, Auo, 27...—The Tartarus steam-vessel,
rived here at 3
Lieutenain-Coromander Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., ar-
rived
30 P.M. to-day, from the Mediterranean
stataon, and is to be paid off at this port. Immediately
on her arrival Mr. Trickett, assistant to the chief engi-
neer, went on board to ascertain the state of her engines 1
and boilers.
The W
examined. The
-- asp steam-sloop was taken out of the west-end
dock to-day, and the Geyser taken in to have her bottom
The Firefly steatn.elnop
nearly ready for sea.
(eyser has all her rigging up, and is
ployecl in puttiug up her rigging, and will soon be ready
tor comtnissien has a number of men em-
The tr°uP'ship -Resistance, Master-Commander Brad-
shaw, which lett w oolwich with two companies of Royal
Artillery on board on th.a 3d of June last—Captain
Boun:s company fur Newfoundland, and Captain Wright's
Comptny fir Canada—arrived a; Quebec on the 3d cf
Augu,t, with Captain Wright's Company. having pre-
vtoualy Laroied the other company at Newfoundland.
Captain Wright's company were transferred from the
Restenee to tea Lord Sydenham 'steamer for'convey-
since to Montreal to relieve Captain Stace's company,
ordered from Montreal to Qu.bec to do duty at that
station in plitee of
home to heatt-q art„,.
-u -- a ht Woolwich. A gunner or the
Captain Deere's company,
Royal Artillery waX drowned on the Monday afternoon
ordered
after the arrival of the
company at Quebec. He had
gone on board the Resistance to visit a brother, and in
descending the bide of the vessel to return to town met
with his death. The boat into which he was about to
step fur that purpose
man .went into the water.
shoved out, and the unfortunate
THE BRITISH BRIG FROLIC AND AND THE UNITED
• • , STATES SHIP WASP.
TO THE EDITOR Or TUE MORNING HERALD.
sjr,-,..yalc luipttesi9ll c Timidoy, Auglut 22; 0911-

ELECTRO-111AGNETISIII AS- A
MOTIVE POWER.
Professor Page, in the lectures which he is now de-
livering before the Smithsonian Institution, states that
there is ne longwr any doubt of the application of this
power as a substitute for steam. He exhibited•the most
imposing experiments ever witnessed in this branch of
science. An immense bar of iron, weighing 1601b..-Tfas
made to spring up by magnetic action, and to move
rapidly up and down, dancing like a feather in the air,
without any visible support. The force operating upon
the bar he stated to average 3001 b. through ten inches of
its motion. Ho said he could raise this bar 100 feet as
readily as ten inches, and he expected no difficulty in
doing the same with a bar weighing one ton, or a hun-
dred tons. He could make a pile•driver or a forge► ham.
mar, with great simplicity, and could make an engine
with a stroke of 6, 12, 20, or any number of feet. The
moat beautiful experiment we ever witnessed was the
loud sound and brilliant flash from the galvanic spark,
when produced near a certain point in his great magnet.
Each snap was as loud as a pistol, and when he produced
the same spark at a little distance from this point it
made no noise at all. This recent discovery is said to
have a practical bearing upon the construction of an
electro-magnetic engine. Truly a great power is here;
and where is the limit to it? He then exhibited his en-
gine of beta een four and five horse-power, operated by
a battery contained within a apace of three cubic feet.
It looked very unlike a maenad° machine. It was a re-
eiprocating engine of two feet stroke, and the whole en.
gine and battery weighed about one ton. When the
tower was thrown on by the motion of a lam, the en.
gine started off magnificently, making 114 strokes per
minute; though, when it drove a circular saw, ten inches
in diameter, sawing up boards an inch and a quarter
thick into laths, the engine made but about 80 strokes
per minute. There was great anxiety on the part
of the spectators to obtain specimens of these
laths, to preserve as trophies of this great me-
chanical triumph. The force operating upon this
great cylinder throughout the whole minion of.
two feet was stated to be 6001 b. when the engine
was moving very slowly, but he had not been able to as-
certain what the force was when the engine was running
at a working spied, though it was considerably less. The
most important nod interesting pint, however, is the ex-
pense of the power. Professor Page stated that he had
reduced the cost so far that'it was less than steam under
many and must cond.t:one, though not so low.as the
cheapest steam-engines. With all the imperfections of
the engine, the consumption of 3.b. tf zinc per day
would produce one•hor,e power. The larger his en-
gines, contrary to what has been known be fore, the
greater the economy. Professor Page was himself sur-
prised at the resul!. There were yet practical difficul-
iies to be overcome, the battery has yet to be improved,
and it remains yet to try the experiment on a grander
scale—to make a power c f 100-horse, or more. Truly
the age is fraught with wonders, and we can now look
forward with certainty to the time when coal will be put
to better uses than to burn, scald, and destroy.—National
Intelligencer (American paper).

THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH

BEIV,EEN DOVER AND CALAIS.
DOVER, TUESDAY AFTERNOON.—The iong promised
experimental operations tor establishing a continuous
i.sl.,grephic communication between Great Britain and
the continent, by means of wires sunk between Dover
and Calais, were commenced this day at Dover. M one
o'clock the General Shipowners'
Steamer Goliah was in
readiness, and steam up, in Dover Harbour, to start
across the channel, with all the necessary apparatus on
board, and a crew of about thirty men, consisting of
pilots and sailors, superintended by Dr. Reid, of the
House of Commons, Mr. C. J. Wollaston, C.E., Mr. T.
Crampton, C.E., Mr. F. Edward?, and others. Between
the paddle-wheels, in the centre of the vessel. was a
gigantic drum or wheel, nearly fifteen feet long and seven
tees diameter, weighing seven tons, and fixed on a strong
frame-work. Upon it was coiled up in careful close con-
volutions about thirty miles of telegraphic wire, encased
in a covering of gotta percha. The point proposed to
be reached, Cape Grinez, the nearest landmark to the
English coast, and between Calais and Boulogne, is a
distance of t wenty-one miles, so that a surplus supply of
nine miles cf wire was held in reserve Lr the purpose of
slackening. The intention was to steam oat at five
miles an hour, to pay out progressively the whole extent
of telegraphic tackle, and to imbed the wire by means
of leaden clamps, of which there were aim:, hundreds
on board, or weights of 20 and 25 lbs. weight in the
bottom of the sea. The vessel was provisioned for the
day, and Captain Bullock, of her Majesty's steam-ship
Widgeon, caused the ttack of the navigation to be
marked in as direct a route as possible by placing a se-
ries of pilot-buoys with flogs on the route, besides being
prepared to accompany the experimental cruise with his
own vessel as a tender. The connecting wires were
placed in readiness at the Government Pier in the har-
bour, and likewise at the Cape. where they run up the
face of the acclivity, which is 194 feet abore sea mark.
The necessary batteries and manipulators were all on
board, but as the gale and rolling sea unexpectedly
sprung up over a previously comparatively calm sea, it
was deemed unadvisable by the experimenter to venture
out, and the operation was adjourned until font A.M., to-
morrow (Wednesday) morning, when it is expected that
wind and weather will favour the expedition. Some
interesting experiments, however, were made upon a
small scale, to show the practicability of the plan. • A
mile of wire was paid out off the deck from the pier to
Shakspere's cliff, and the sinking process was proved to
be a practicable performance. A communication to the
following effect was also sent through twenty-four miles
of wire:—" Printed by electric telegraph, on board the
Goliah steam-boat."

NARROW ESCAPE.--On Friday night last an acci-
dent, very nearly attended with fatal consequences, occurred
in the harbour. Three young men, who had been a short
distance (-own the river in a two-oared, boat, were returning
through the basin about ten o'clock en the evening in ques-
tion, when they ran their frail barque against a-hawser that
stretched from one of the buoys to a vessel lying at the
south quay, near Springfield. From the peculiar manner in
which the boat struck the hawser, the foimer was lifted
partly out of the water, and turned over keel upwards,
jerking the crew unexpectedly out of their seats, and leaving
them to struggle for their lives. The whole of the party
fortunately retained sufficient presence or mind to cling to
the keel until their cries brought to their assistance Mr. Mur-
ray, mate of the schooner Intellect, of Montrose, who over-
heard them from the quay, and put out 'with .a small boat,
into which the three dripping navigators were received all
safe.—Glasgow Chronicle.

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A CLERICAL BLUNDER.—On Sunday last a clergy-
man of tn., Church of England, officiating at a place not 60
miles from the Episcopal chapel, Horton, with all due solem-
nity offered up the prayer " for the High Court of Parlia-
ment." Had the reverend gentleman taken the trouble to
read any of the public papers, he would have known that
such prayer was useless, and altogether out of place, inas-
much as Parliament had been dissolved on the Thursday
previous. Leeds Mercury.

The lands of Pargillies, in Fifeshire, which are
entirely arable, were exposed to sale on Thursday last by
Mr. 'Stevenson, Edinburgh, and were sold after many offers,
at within a fraction of 32 years' purchPo of th. rental.—
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ITALIAN OPERA. rOVEAS r-GARDEN
THREE EXTRA ISIGt# t S AT REDUCED PRICES.
The Directors have the honour to announce that the Subsotiptlea
haviug,,b,:en concluded on !AM uraay last, they have determined
to give TII,REIrI AD DITION'AL PERFORNIANC- fz, aud by placing
the Prices df Admission at a Reduced Scale. to afford to a very large
portion of the Ilusical rublle ,an opportunity of witnessing some of
those magnificent productiotts for which the Royal Italian Opera has
become so celebrated.

THIS ..‘.VEINING.
WM be produced, the• First Act of Bellies celebrated Opera,
NORMA.
The princiral characters by :Madame Grist, 3lEullle. Vera, 3ladlle.
Cotta, Sip hr Soldi, Herr Formes, aul Signor Tarnberlik.
To be Icithilted by Donizetti's Op.ira.
• L'.&LlSlit D'AMORE.
Principal characters by Madame Cartellan, Madllc. Cott!, Signor
Mario, Signor Tamburint, ar,iSknor
. . • -..0n FRIDAY,
Will be pc, Corrne,l Nicz-irea Opera of
Dbl.; CIoV;IN.NE.-
Donna Anna, Aline.•fir: Elvira, Vera.; Zerlir. t, Mite.
Castellan ; Leporello,Allerr Form Gi ai,'Don ovanni, Tamburini;
31a.setto, 54.-Polonir.l; Ca.mtnenilatore, Tagliaano ; mad Don
Ottario, Sig. .Mario.
The Opera will bo ini3Portod. by a Triple Orchestra and Doable
orus

To conclude with the first act of the new Opera,
L JUIViI.
Ineladlng the Gran! Procesfon or uliwarOs of 600 pe7soas.
• Oa "SATURDAy,
Will be performed will the foilow:ag powerful east, Keyerbeer's
grand Opera,

• LES' HUGUENOTS. •
Valentina, MadameOrlsi ; Mariarita. di Valois, 'Madame Cas-
tellan; Dame d'Ofiore, 3fadiie. Cott'; Urbane', Madile. de Merle;
the Huguenot Soldier, Signor Lavia ; Conti di San Brio, Signor
Tagliatieo ; Conte di • Severs,: M. Mas Sol ;Be Brio Signor
Luigi Mei • De Retz, Signor Polonini ; Mertt,• Signor Routral;
Ilaur-,vert,'Signo, Sold' Capita) dells Goirdia, 3ig:l)r Talamo ;
Marcell% llerr Formes and'itaul di Nangis, Signor Mario.
Composer, Director orthe Music, and Conductor; Mr. Costa.
The Scenery ty Messrs. Grieve and Telbin t.. the .Dresses
B ;y
Mrs. Mrs. Bailey and Maw. ntrzio ; the ,Appointments by Mr.
mire ; the .viac,dnery by Mr. Allen ; the Dances arranged by M.
Alaaandrek and theSpeetacle under the d rection of Mr. A. Harris.
The Perforocctoces will commence at Eight o'clock.
The Prices on the above occasions will be as follows :—Boses for
four persons, Pit tier, V. 25.; ditto, Grand, 31. 35.; ffrst and second
do., 21. 2i. ;*thir t and f orth do., 1/. lie. f.d.; Orchestra Stalls,
10s. 641.; Amphitheatre Stalls. ss. ; Pit, 55.; Amphitheatre, 2s 6d.
Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit' may be had at the Boa-
office of the Iheatre, and of the principal Librarians and Must.>
sellers.

•
ILLEATNE ROYAL, HA IMAnKIiT.
Mr. R. Webster, Sole Lesser.* and Manager. Old Brom/pion.
For a few nights onl3, Adelphi 'ompany and Adelphi Pieces.
THIS. EVENING.
Will be' performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Harry Stanley,
Mr. Boyce; Witherton, Mr. Cullentoici ;• Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lam-
aert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Mlirian, Miss Harding.
Atter which hr entirely . heir P,StraVitgallZa, entitled DO.
MESTIC 'ECONOMY. John Grimly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grnmly,
Mrs. 1. Matthews.
To conclude with THE ENCHAYTED ISLE; or. Raising the
Wind on the most. Approved Principles. Alonzo, Mr. P. Bedford ;
Ferdinand, Miss *o4:Agar ; Prospero, Mr. 0. z•mith; Ariel, Miss
Mr. Hudson will make his first appearance on Monday neat, Sep.
Umber 2, In " The Knight of Arva."

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPLIITEIEATRE.
Fraurtetor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Thebes* ventilated Ttiatre to London.
Crowded Houses to witness the- attractive and magnilleennders t Spectacle
the
of Illasepha, Which, with'brilliant novelties is the Wo of
Arena, prat the most v.iried and attractive Entertainments in the
Metropolis.

THIS EVENfIG,
Will berproducetLord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA
and the WILD HOUSE. • Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks.
To be succetAed by an inimitede Display of Katty's Feats' of
yquitation in the Cirnue Olympleie, by the male and female Eques-
rians, and re-appeararice of 3fadlle: Uardoni.
To conclude with a favourite Farce.
Box-office pen„From Steven till Four
Ste.re Mana_ler, Mr.- W. West.

Under the Patroliage 'of her Most- Gra M cious ajesty, his Royal
Highness prince Albert, &c. &c.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN%.
OPEN every MONtrAY;TrESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and
• '-• -THIIII3PAYi .7 .•
Another splendid. Elephant.
Promenade Concert, conducted by Mr. Godfrey—Secet Programme
at Ancient and Modern Music.
Prodigious SeeeepS of the entirely new-modelled Dioraxalc Pic-
ture representing tho'PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his
Army ! the largest Picture-in the World! with irmumerable moving
Figures the size of 'Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr.
D anson and Son, assiste' hy 'Resits. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The
Picture has ecddpledthe Messrs. Dangon for many months, and, it is
confidently submitted; to the Enblic•sts a chaf7d'reuvre of art, and not
inferior to any groductlon of the dag.
The Splendid "ME NAGLRIE has lately heeM enriched by several
cal :table Presents f on, the Queen.
The MusicarDepartinenVis'isintincted by. Kr.. Godfrey., It. will
be the aim of theACsa.ntishirle:tt.rA)• 9re..r.10r the gratification of the
Subscribers and.tlip- most of.r.naid Band in tie
Kinglorw ! Selected from tnc cf her • lsWisty's Ilona' and'
Foot Guards, ancrtlii most ~M-r,orrt Arlian'itt the profession.
The following ASS of engagements h,,is hoped, convince the
Public, that thalong-acknowle,lged, excellence of the 'land of tots
Establishment..will befiWy, maintained r Vie Repertoire of Music
will be most citennve and-varied, arranged. from the most Popular
Operas in this' anti other o.ountries. Solo-Players—ltesus. Lazarus,
ProsPerTe. Egerton., Crozier. Webb; Unit, &c..
During tha • evening, a. grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic
Tableau illustrating the ielesirated Picture by Daild, of Buonaparte
Crossinc the Sips!' ^4Showlifir a general view of the Region of the
Alps, stretching' from the small ,anountain lake in.the foreground to
the distant snow-Sher mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount
St. Bernard in 4 its far-lamed :+lOriastery:--A pertion' of the French
Army is first Seen " en britettac-," presently the drums beat to arms,.
and amid the clash of MCitirry, Bands and Xartial Music, the Troops
commence theAscent-The Soldiers are seen dragging the Artillery in
Trunks of 'riot s. now ascending almost Perpendienlat Heights, and
traversing thimoit Terrific Ravines, but cli difficulties era overcome,
ind the -Gallant Army- is seen pursang its course to the FeTtile
plains of Italy. • . -
•; . •
Tha whola-to conclude with- a norgeous Display of Fireworks, by
Messrs. Southby, Intrlducing, amongst various novelties, the most.
adnitred fella d'artillce roz.lier" seasons, Jets Wes.u, water rockets,
revolving pledas, rammiticent Transparency fifty feet in height,
painted by I:ew7s. I)sus,in„ rc?reselling Buonaparte on Horseback
cheering' on -i:rc-cc, surrounded. bx Wari:ke emb:ems, lnsigola of
honoir, flags, tiophieF, &c., amidst a'cerruscatlon of various coloured
Area

The complicated.algi difficult machinery, and the erection of the
picture under, the qlrection of. Xi% Thos Lowe. The eeteneive gas
titt!no by Messrs. llotelierV' and Dixon, 23; King-street, Covent-
•

Adr.thision. Is.
On Wednesday, Septetnher 4, the loyal South London Floricultu-
ral Society iva their Lss Grand Dahlia, Hollyhock, and Mis-
cellaneous Flower Show*, or en. ti) all Exhibiters. F.yery Exertioi
has been-used to render this the, most attractive, Exhibition or the
Season. &n extra Bra 43 Band m;11 attend. All the unrivalled at-
tractions of Wze Garklabs, rai,l extra Flrevrorts, by Senthby. Doors
open at One. Admission, One Shilling.

mon WATEIt A 9 I.osllrtiN 111{IDGE.
Tg•s DAY —Morning A min. after 5 ( lilirsaing 18 min after 5
70-Stogzow—MOrriing 36 min. after 51 Evening 54 an n. alter 5

THE WEATHER.-.Stns OFFICE, AUGUST 28:
THERNOXETKII, IN THE SHADE.
68—highest since noon yesterday.
50--lowast this morning and during the night.
60—this day, at noon.
BAROMSTIGR, 80.15.
WM W.—fine breeze and sunshiny weather.
Heavy rain in the right.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1850.

The- amiable "enthusiasts" of the Peace Congress,
we use the term advisedly, although " repudiated "
by the parties tliQmgelves, in ilreference to the stronger
and perhaps more a;:pn•priLte phrase ouggested. by
Lord BROUGIiAM, b€6lTrode tli7ii• hobby last week
with great success et IFtatikfo:l 0r.2-the• Maine.
D+--
gates from England, A:ncriee, France, and Germany
participated in the " demonstration," while the inha-
bitants of the town and its vicinity, sctuated by a
laudable curiousity, lent the light of iheir counte-
nances to-grate the proceedings, which unquestion-
ably bore a most suspicious resiernblance to the May
meetings at Exeter ball. Terre were " men of
peace" anxious to create a sensation, and to extend
their fame beyond the narrow limits to which it might
otherwise be restricted.

The subject for diocussioit was a matter of but
trivial importance, provided it afforded a scope for
oratory and the much-coveted opportunity for dis•
play. Provided that great deii(teratuna were attained,
it signified little whether the topic relited to the pro-
viding of "moral pocket. ha7.:dkerchiefs for the. infant
negroes," or the more impracticable projects of
ii-
duciag " the lion to lie down with the lamb," or the
despots and autocrats of the earth to disband their
armaments, and trust to moral force alone and the
power of public opinion to sustain their absolute au-
thority. Its very "impracticability," however, formed
one of its principal charms, and one at
the orators sneered at the " practical men"
who expressed: their disapprobation of the ridiculous
farce that was being enacted—and declared that they
should be "brought to their level."
The assembly brought together to achieve this
undertaking was of a very motley character. Our
Transatlantic brethren mustered in considerable
force, and, for the nonce, seemed to forget their ami-
able prejudices against the " coloured gentlemen,"
one of whom was actually permitted to ascend the
platform—to stake his seat—and even to uplift his
voice] among men of unblemished descent
without being rebuked for his presump-
tion..l French and English, however, consti-
tuted the main body, and the speeches were, by
general assent, &livered in, or translated into one or
the other of theie languages ; the Germans being
comparatively few in number, a f.ct that speaks
volumes for the " common sense" of the natives of
" Vaterland."

The chief lion was manifestly Mr. COBDEN, once
a leader id the.; most glorious warfare ever waged—
the Warfare against monopoly and oppression,
against the . taxation cf a nation's food for the
benefit of privileged class. Pity it is that
his well-earned ,laurels should now be tarnished,
that' be should. 14 displaced from the pedestal
to which he had been elevated by the acclamations of
a free people, by taking an active part in so absurd a
contest. It is as thou :;11 WELLINGTON, net contented
with his Waterloo wzntto, had taken the geld at

Ballingarry, and been routed 11 the ill-armed and
undisciplined hordes that fougiat. under the orders of
poor, unhappy SMITH O'Batzbt. The contrast is in •
deed painfully striking. Neither did the Honourable
Gentleman exhibit any great :regard for consistency.
If we are not mist iken, we have heard " very valorous
words" issue from his lips, when spealting last year
on behalf of the oppressed and 'betrayed, but ever
glorious Hungarians. He was ready to brave all the
cohorts of the Cz an, and to lend a disinterested and
iiiinourable support to a noble people struggling to
preserve, we should perhaps rather say, to regain
their liberties.

EMILE GIEARDIN Pas the n ext object of attrac-

tion—Eumn GIRARDIN, before whose destroying
pistol fell the gifted, the chivalrous ARMAND
CARREL !! ! This gentleman spoke, we believe,
on every question. He was peculiarly forcible
in his denunciations of "the tvar of individuals"—
dnelling—a resolution on which subject was got up'
for his especial benefit, and on which he was, of
course, received with the most rapturous and
enthusiastic applause. Pity it was that HAYNAI3, the
Havgarian, the woman-flogger—HAY:JAL'', who was
present at, although he took no part in, the proceed-
ing*, did not also ascend the rostrum, to move that
" the scaffold" or " the fusillade," " the cat" or " the
knout," should no longer be resorted to for what are
termed " political offences." Then, indeed, the greet-
ings might have passed the bounds of all decorum,
and the audience have been justly carried away by
the excitement of the moment. The hind-hearted
General, however, only appeared as a " sympathiser,"
not as an actor, and could not, therefore, receive the
rewards he had so eminently merited. For, surely,
if EMILE Gluten's deserved applause for speaking
in condemnation of duelling, LIAYNAII would have
had a tenfold claim, had he deprecated the execrable
abuse of power, the cold-blooded butchery of a pro-
strate but unconquered nation.
The minor " notorieties" in attendance ire
scarcely worthy of a separate notice. Perhaps the
most remarkable was an Ojibbeway Chief—rather

an ugly customer to meet in the back woods, whose
very appeararice might have created an uncomfortable
sensation about the scalp. This excellent personage
consumed forty long minutes in addressing the "pale
(Aces," double the time allotted to each speaker, and
which led to a curtailment of that brief space, the
succeeding orators being limited each to a quarter of
an hour, in which to astonish the world with their

eloquence.
Wo shall not inflict upon our readers a detailed
description of the twaddle that was uttered, the pom-
pous platitudes delivered. Mr. GEORGE Dawsom, of
Birmingham, however, 'cannot be passed over without
some little allusion to the palpable plagiarism of
which he was delivered. Every student of " Joe
Miller" is of course familiar with the story of the
worthy who could not understand why all the beauti.
ful melodies should be given to profane songs, and there-
fore invited the congregation to join him in singing the
" Hundredth Psalm" to the tune of "Nancy Dawson."
The excellent member of the Peace Congress, whose
very name possibly brought the anecdote related by
"Immortal Joe" to his memory, unquestionably im••
proved the version, to the horror of his associates.
He acknowledged to a lingering predilection for the
redcoats. " War, he hated, but he found a well-
drilled regiment a pleasant spectacle, and loved to see
the country gawky transformed into the elegant
.militaire." He therefore suggested the establishment
"of industrial, in place .of military regiments,
with spades instead cf muskets on their
shoulders ; that pipeclay should be used to whitewash
cottages, and red cloth cut up into cloaks for good,
honest old wometi." We know not what effect this
admireble suggestion may have on the members of
the Congress. Perhaps, at their next merry meeting,
which by the way, is to be held hi London, we may
have uniform freely sported, for which the reper-
toire of Mr. Ne•raex, the well-known costumier,
'will afford every facility.

The seceding engine-drivers and firemen of the
Eastern Counties Railway are beginning to under-
stand the false position in which they have placed
themselves, and the ruin they have brought on their un-
fortuqate families by their own unwise and injudicious
conduct. They now perceive that they had greatly
overrated their own importance, that the directors
could not be coerced into submission, and that not a
single shareholder could be induced to take up the
cudgels on behalf of a body of insurgents. Had they
been satisfied with making a respectful remonstrance,
setting forth their grievances, and requesting a
searching invevigetion into Mr. Goocu's proceedings
from the time of his appointment, it would unques-
tionably have been conceded. Indeed, notwithstand-
ing the very improper threat contained in the first
memorial, and the summary step taken in sending in
their resignations before even the answer of the
board could be returned to their application; a
strict scrutiny was instituted by the Chairman and
Mr. alas into, every single fine that had been im-
posed, and there was not one for which a full justi-
fication was not rendered by Mr. Goccu.

Toe subsequent proceedings of the seceders, since
the meeting, show the vast importance of non-inter-
ference by shareholders in the internal management
of the line. A meeting was held on the same even-
ing, at which a striking alteration in the tone previ-
ously assumed was perceptible. The Chairman of
the malcontents, who had from the commencement of
the unfortunate dispute been the chief orator, made a
feeble effort to rebut the clear and convincing state-
ment
of Mr. BETTS. It was, however, but too pal-
pable that it was an expiring effort, the last faint
struggle of a defeated faction. He could not conceive
" how a sleeper could possibly have been placed in a
tender, there being only a small aperture some ten or
eleven inches in diameter ;" but he did not venture to
d-ny that, strange as it was, such an occurrence had
taken pla:e, and he only succeeded in proving that it
could not have been so plac-2.1 by accident, and
that it required considerable mischievous ingenuity,
which could not have been exhibited by any person
or persona not thoroughly acquainted with the con-
struction of these engines; neither could he see
" what injury it would do beyond displacing a few
gallons of water, which certainly would not impede the
working of the engine." Perhaps it might not do so,
if a sufficient supply of water was maintained; but
if we couple the strange occurrence with the removal
of the gauge glasses, and remember that it would
prevent the " regulation of the water in the builera
by the taps," on abich so much stress was subse-
quently Lid, it must be obvious that it would greatly
increase the chances of an accident, which might bp,
attended with the most fatal consequences, not only
to the new hands, but to all the passengers by the
train, for w hose safety. the combinators professed to be

so very solicitous.
On Saturday another meeting was held. The
energetic Mr. Horn was, however, non inventus. He
probably saw the mistake he had committed in assum-
ing the post of honour, and began to think that " dis-
cretion was the better part of valour." He was replaced
by a Mr. M'Cur.Locu, who thrust himself forward,
although he had " never been engaged in the service
of the company either as an engine -driver, or in any
other capacity." We cannot, therefore, conceive how
that person could involve himself in the dispute,
unless the combination had even a wider basis than
the quondam employes of the Eastern Counties Rail-
way, and that it was but a portion of a wider code.
deracy attempted to be established. This general
organization was indeed hinted at by the new chair-
man, who, in the course of his speech, more than
insinuated that " the men of other lines were dissatis-
fied with their treatment, and that it would not re-
quire much additional oppression to induce the engine-
drivers and firemen on other lines to make a move-
ment." " The wish was father to the thought." We
do not think so badly of the working classes of Eng:
land, as to suppose that any body of men could be
guilty of such ridiculous folly as to suppose that
bnause one company had accepted the tendered
resignations of their servants, and refused to
submit to attempted coercion, all persons en-
gaged in similar occupations throughout the king..
dom should relinquish their comfortable situations
in order to spite other directors against whom they
had no reasonable complaints. The same may be said
of the alleged resolivion carried at Leads, that if "an
amicable settlement were not concluded with the
men, measures would be taken on every line to stop
the supplies." - • -

TLis covert threat could, however, pro-
duce tut littl4, effect. It was too palpr

bly but a last effort to induce the directors
to accept " the honourable compromise" alluded to
by Mr. GRIMM'. We know not what the character of
that compromise may be, or what terms have been
offered by the seceders, but we are greatly mistaken
in the directors if anything short of an unconditional
submission be for a moment listened to. They have
had to maintain an arduous conflict, and have
triumphed at every point, and it is of the deepest and
most vital importance, not only to the interests of the
Eastern Counties Company, but of railways in general,
that a striking example should be made. Already every
necessary arrangement has been made for the working
of the traffic. The trains that had been discontinued
have been resumed within a single week. There is
no reason why the directors should make any the
most trifling concession. The men have discovered
the error of their proceedings, and the loss and incon-
venience they must necessarily encounter will teach
a salutary lesson to others similarly circumstanced,
and prevent the recurrence of another strike by the
engine-drivers and firemen of any line in the British
dominions. We believe that there are few share
holders who do not participate in the spirited senti-
ment expressed by a proprietor at the Eastern Coun-
ties meeting, " that sooner than yield in such a case,
and sacrifice the honour of the directors, he would
not only relinquish his dividend, but would himself
ascend the engine, and assist in feeding the furnace."

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Bulletin de Paris gives the following account
of the reception of the PRESIDENT at Nancy :
" The approach to Nancy was covered with an im-
mense crowd, composed of all classes. The authorities
who went out to meet the President had great difficulty
in making their way. The houses of the streets through
which the President passed on his way to the prefecture
were ornamented with fl4gs, and bouquets were throws
by the females from the windows. On the morning of
the 24th the President received the authorities. There
were short addresses from the Mayor and the President
of the Chamber of Commerce, to which the Prince made
replies which were greatly applauded. After the recep-
tions he reviewed the National Guard and the troops ut
the line, and then went to a Lanquet offered to him by
the town. The President left Nancy for Metz, which he
will leave on the 26th for Verdun, from whence be will
precled to Chalons, and on the 26th he will be in Paris."
The scene at the ball at Besancon has been
repeated at a ball at Nancy. It appears
that an officer of the National Guard ap-
proached the PRESIDENT in the ball-room, and re-
quested to be permitted to shake hands with him.
The PRESIDENT refused, and in a manner imperious
rather than imperial, replied " 1 _am not in the habit
of giving my bend to every one." The officer set up
a loud shout of " Vive la Republique !" which was
repeated by all his friends present. The suite of the
PRESIDENT, who were all armed, replied by a shout
of " Viva Napoleon," and rushing on the officer,
summarily ejected , him. The greater number of
these present then left, leaving the PRESIDENT and
the authorities to entertain each other, while loud
cries of " Vive la Republique" were heard in the
streets of Nancy.
The speech of the PRESIDENT at Strasburg has
won for him golden opinions ; his distinct repudiation
of anything like a coup d'itat, or an attempt at re-
viving the empire, and his emphatic assertion, that
" his chief ambition is • to be considered an honest
mate" have in a great measure tranquillised the public
mind.

General CASTELLANE arrived in Paris on Sunday.
His visit has excited great curiosity; its object is
not known.

The Press e , in its commercial report for the week,
says :
" Some short time ago commercial men were hoping
for an increase of business, and during the last week
these hopes have become a reality for a number of manu-
factures. Several foreign agents have arrived iu Paris,
and have begun to give extensive orders. They purchase
in general for Russia, Italy, and the South Seas. Some
important commissions have been received for California,
but the-manufacturers very naturally show great caution
with respect to order, for the last-named place. Several
orders have also been given for Brazil and La Plata.
The orders for distant countries are at least as con-
siderable as they were last year at this period."
It was apprehended that the return of the PRESI-
DENT to Paris would be the occasion of some riotous
scenes. The Societe du 10 Decembre has given ren-
dezecnie to its m,mbere at five o'clock at the station
of the Northern Railroad to welcome tours NAvo-
LEON back to Paris. Cries of " Vive l'Empereur 1"
and " Aux Tuileries!" will, it is said, be uttered, in
which case a counter-demonstration is expected from
the people of the faubourgs But, as the two instigators
of the Imperialist demonstration are known, the police
' will, it is believed, succeed in preventing it.

The French Government have received the follow-
ing telegraphic dispatch, dated Metz, August 26,
five o'clock P.M. :-

' The Presideot of the It-public bas just returned to
the hotel of the Pretecture atter reviewing the National
Guard and troops of the linP. Last evening on his arri-
val he immediately received the authorities and consti.•
tuted bodies, and the members of the Benevolent and
Agricultural Societies, who came to thank him fur his
solicitude for their respective institutions. Early this
morning he visited the Cathedral, where he was re-
ceive 1 by the Bishop. He ri mained two hours among
the pupils of the Ecdle d' Application, who executed se-
veral manceuvres he bad ordered. Ile afterwards vi-
sited the arsenal and the civil and military hospitals.
In the course of those visits, and the grand review that
followed, he had occasion to traverse the city in every
direction, and to meet an immense concourse of people
who bad collected from all parts,;and from whom he expe-
rienced the most loyal and sympathetic reflection. The
King of Prussia, the King of the Netherlands, and the
King of the Belgians, sent high functionaries to compli-
ment the President on his passage. Several Prussian
superior officers of the garrison of Saarbruck had joined
them."
This being the first day of the shooting reason
in the departments of the Seine, the Bourse was
literally deserted. The Five per Cents. opened
at 971. 25c., and closed at 97f. 15c.; the Three Fer
Cents. closed at 58f. 40, . ; the New Roman Loan
at 781.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDOZ, E, Auc. 27.

Boulogne and Amiens, 744=—Last Indian, 7%—Great In.
than renisula, I—Paris and Roueta, 231,4 ez d.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 22d have arrived.
GONZALES BRAVO had gone to Andalusia. He
had started as a candidate for the representation of
that province, and would, it had been supposed, have
walked over the course. An opposition had, how-
ever sprung up, in consequence of which his chances
of success were but small.

MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 22.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 33 3-16 for cash; the Four per Cents.
at 13i ; the Five per Cents., at 13i; the Debt with-
out Interest at 4 ; and the Coupons at 7i.