1-1. Korrespondenz 1865 ① 2nd January — 1 leaf ② 24 Oct. — 1 leaf Copy: Nagasaki, 2nd January 1865 Sir, In reply to your letter of the 31st of December applying for leave of absence for the benefit of your health, and also with a view to the prosecution of your Japanese studies at this place, I very willingly grant you the two months leave applied for; with an extension of another month, should no urgent necessity for your services arise in the interval at Her Majesty's legation. Your long and uninterrupted service for three years without any leave fully entitles you to this, were I not otherwise assured that if your health permit, you will not fail to employ your leisure to the best advantage for the public service in the continued study of the written character here, where you will be for a time free from all interruption and anxious duties. As I am about to leave this country, I cannot allow this opportunity to pass without — expressing my perfect satis- faction with your services, my entire confidence in your zeal and ability, and 東京大学総合図書館 thanking you personally for the untiring devotion with which during the past ten months you have rendered me most valuable assistance, not only in confidential intercourse with the Japanese High Officers but in obtaining secret information from Japanese sources, of the greatest possible value in the course of negotiations. These have been almost continuous since my return, and you are entitled to a full share of credit in the happy results by which they have for the present been brought to a close. I am glad therefore to place the fact—on record and will not fail to bring it under the notice of Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for Foreign affairs— I have the honour etc. (signed) Rutherford Alcock.— To Alex. von Siebold Esq. Würzburg d. 24 Oct. 65. Unser weltberühmter Landsmann Ph. F. v. Siebold, <unclear>Chef</unclear> von winterl= indischen Generalstabe, der sich durch seine umfangreichen gelehrten Werke über Japan ein bleibendes Denkmal in der Geschichte der Wissenschaften gesetzt hat, gedenkt, trotz seines vorgerück= ten Alters, seine Vaterstadt Würz= burg wieder auf mehrere Jahren zu verlassen, und in Begleitung der gegenwärtigen Gesandtschaft eine dritte Reise nach dem fernen <unclear>Inselreich</unclear> Ost=Asiens zu unternehmen; in Paris wo er den gegenwärtigen Gesandten als erfahrener Rathgeber und Begleiter zur Seite steht Obwohl der Zweck dieser Reise mit den politischen Beziehungen Japans zu den europäischen Großmächten in nächster Verbin= Gegenwärtig befindet sich derselbe 東京大学総合図書館 willen Erkenntniß dieses eifrigen Forschers auch neue bedeutsame Beiträge zur wissenschaftlichen Kenntniß jenes merkwürdigen alten Cul- turlandes zu verwarten, dessen Studium Chr. v. Siebold sein ganzes arbeitsvolles Leben gewid- met hat. Es ist allerwärts bemer- kbar daß die genauere Kunde Japans und am meisten durch Siebold's Werke aufgeschlossen wurde. Die von seinem zweiten ganze Culturleben jenes merkwürdigen Volkes. Alle Gegenstände des Cultus, der Kunst und Industrie Japans sind darin reichlich vertreten und es ist gewiß eine der vollständig- sten, lehrreichsten und schönsten derartigen Sammlungen welche in Europa existieren. Oberst v. Siebold's persönliche Haltung bei dem weltlichen Beruf von Japan setzte ihn in den Stand in den Besitz einer Anzahl älterer japanischer Kunstwerke, sowie Aufenthalt in Jedo, wo Oberst v. Siebold sich drei Jahre in den japani- schen das Treiben befreundet mit- gebrachten überaus reichhaltigen ethnographischen Sammlungen sind seit einiger Zeit in den Räumen in der hiesigen Königlichen Hochschule aufgestellt, und werden schen vielfach besucht. Dieses <unclear>gegnerische Museum unser</unclear> [...] auch einer reichen Münzsammlung aller historischen Zeitalter bis zur Gegenwart und namen- tlich vieler aus den alten Die Sinto- Cultus und Buddha dienst bezüglichen Gegenstände zu gelangen, die sonst nur mit großen Schwierigkeiten und mittels bedeutender Geldopfer zu erhalten sind. Dem Vernehmen nach hat Herr v. Siebold die Erwerbung dieses kostbaren Museums dem bayerischen Staat zu einem verhältnißmäßig nicht bedeutenden Preis anzu- bahnen, und wir könnten Bayern zu einer solchen Bereicherung seiner wissenschaftlichen Samm- Dies schrieb Heinrich für dich ab, aus de<unclear>r</unclear> „Allgemeinen Zeitung" vom 21. October Ich weiß nicht wer es ihnen <unclear>eingesetzt</unclear> haben. 1 - 2 Korrespondenz 1866 Yokohama Jan 1. 1866 My dear Siebold I hope the next new year may be attended with pleasanter associations for you than the present are. Clouds must occasionally pass over the horizon of life & life would be defeated of its true End unless these clouds were sent to remind us of <unclear>that</unclear> [...] should lead for Shall be glad to hear from you when this morning's messenger comes comes in. What the man <unclear>engaged</unclear> yesterday has to say for himself. of course he will declare that he was drunk, but he walked far too well to be thus inspired Shall write to <unclear>the for you</unclear> Today I send a letter respecting the <unclear>Exhibition</unclear> as I told you I would do <unclear>Mean</unclear> [...] the <unclear>below</unclear> [...] your day [...] to General van <unclear>Valkenburgh</unclear> and <unclear>Polsbroek</unclear> as soon as you can <unclear>conveniently</unclear> does. <unclear>I send down a copy</unclear> <unclear>[...] with for you</unclear> about the <unclear>how it</unclear> <unclear>[...] manager of Wednesday</unclear> <unclear>daylight</unclear> <unclear>4 pm. [...] homenagem</unclear> 東京大学総合図書館 <unclear>[...]</unclear> at yet in. After many Should not wait longer. Please will <unclear>[...]</unclear> this Cause of this <unclear>[...]</unclear>, <unclear>[...]</unclear> the man of these, that he will lose an <unclear>[...]</unclear> from <unclear>[...]</unclear>. I ask the <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> proper into acknowledge & despatch it He <unclear>[...]</unclear> will <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> leaving this at me, to omit the <unclear>[...]</unclear>. Very truly yours <unclear>Harry S. Parkes</unclear> Yedo den 27 Mai 1866. 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On vient de me dire que vous aurez à partir sous peu pour l'Europe. Je m'empresse à vous rendre le petit livre Japonais que vous avez eu la bonté de me prêter la dernière fois- que j'ai eu le plaisir de vous Vous m'excuserez si je prends en même temps la liberté de vous prier de me laisser pour quelque <unclear>temps la</unclear> carte / si vous en avez une copie disponible je t'après m'en être servi avec la plus grande Solicitude, je m'engagerai de la rendre à Mr votre frère ou à toute autre personne que vous auriez la bonté de m'indiquer : car je suis de retour d'un voyage dans l'in- <unclear>Serveur</unclear> ( <unclear>Tsuruga</unclear>, <unclear>Korea</unclear>, <unclear>Siuria</unclear>, <unclear>Yarodu</unclear> ) et je serais fort intéressé de comparer les cartes japonaises dont je me suis servi dans le voyage, et mes quelques notes et observations , avec les cartes de votre illustre père. — Si vous n'en pouvez pas en disposer pour le moment, je vous serais bien reconnaissant si vous auriez l'obligeance de me recommander dans le même but à mr. votre frère ou <unclear>2</unclear> Mille remerciements de toutes vos empressements, et faveur et pardon du trop de trouble que je vous occasionne par mes incessantes requêtes tout à vous et obligé <unclear>[...]</unclear> et tous les meilleurs souhaits pour un heureux voyage et retour. — Jan. 64 Dear Siebold I am much obliged for your note of yesterday— delivered late last night. The copy of the Times' letter arrived first. The news you send me is very acceptable & is entirely about time. Perhaps I may see <unclear>Mitford</unclear> to can <unclear>something</unclear> out of him. <unclear>but news is</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>Munkozama Hagatono</unclear> Tho.s The French could naturally wish to give as much importance as they can to any despatch that leaves for their country - & there may be truth in this report - about the Shoguns letters - though als[o] the same time the despatch giving Mission could enable such a report to obtain Circulation. Yours very truly, Harry S. Parkes Jan 3. 8hrs. Sir Harry Parkes <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> Yokohama April 14. 1865 for not having written before — the omission has not been caused by culpable neglect — though bad management may have been at fault. However I shall try to make amends in future interesting letters & report on Singapore. I consider that you have acted very rightly & judiciously throughout. You certainly would not have between the presumption of <unclear>Mimbutaga & bunkyo-quand</unclear> in silence, but at the same time it was not requisite for you to push your remonstrances to a breach of your own good relations with them. On hearing what had occurred at Hyogo I complained to the foreigner who at once apologized — The Hyogo conduct is however decidedly worse by <unclear>[...]</unclear>. I am just as the point of embarking for Osaka, and must reserve action till I am there. I shall be careful not to compromise you in anything I may say I have sent copies of all your official news to Lord Stanley I am two more hours or shall be under way for Osaka. Salow telegraphed preceded me then days(?) in Argus. I go not on the Tycoon's invitation so much as my own demand for the consideration of the opening of the four ports & cities. The invitation had however been also renewed — Roches you will have heard went down to Osaka by himself & talked however to the "politique personelle" only — He brought away some general assurances of the Tycoon's intention being out — the Treaties which may or may not <unclear>invaluable</unclear> - <unclear>Polshenk</unclear> goes with me. The U.S. <unclear>at Yenedo</unclear> follows shortly & so does <unclear>Ashes</unclear> <unclear>by mail by & by</unclear>. <unclear>Lincoln</unclear> <unclear>met</unclear> & also <unclear>writes</unclear> <unclear>as he talks in</unclear> <unclear>Bradshaw Applin</unclear> <unclear>(all</unclear> <unclear>Daniel</unclear> - <unclear>that</unclear> <unclear>Parkes</unclear> & <unclear>small Harry</unclear>. <unclear>He seemed</unclear> <unclear>sure that the former caught as</unclear> Osaka <unclear>well accompanies</unclear> by <unclear>Kyoto as</unclear> <unclear>before</unclear> left in <unclear>Yedo by himself</unclear>. I <unclear>enclose you a note of introduction</unclear> to <unclear>Mr. Arthur Kennaird who could</unclear> <unclear>help you in London life</unclear>, his <unclear>Parliamentary topics better than</unclear> any <unclear>one - his</unclear>; <unclear>another island</unclear> <unclear>of liberal topics. The latter &</unclear> <unclear>Oliphant generally make a point</unclear> <unclear>of calling on</unclear>. <unclear>I will write more</unclear> <unclear>later by next opportunity - & let me</unclear> Private - 20. April 29/67 My dear Sir, I have received your letter of the 18. Your previous letter of the 15. has not yet arrived. You cannot do better than remain for the present at least, with the Japanese Prince, but in order to avoid jealousy and questions on the part of the French, it will be better that you appear to do so on his invitations and not under the authority of this office. Take care not to come into collision with the French in any way by opposing & direct the movement of the Prince or ostensibly interfering with the arrangements there way may propose to make. In private intercourse with the Prince and those about him you will have full opportunity for counteracting any mischief which may be attempted. You will of course see <unclear>Lord Lowther</unclear> and let him know from time to time anything you think he should be made acquainted with. When you come to England I shall hope to see you. Very faithfully yours <unclear>Hammond</unclear> Prof. A. Von Siebold &c Private L.O. May 16/67 My dear Sir, There arrived here two or three days ago two Boxes addressed to Lord Stanley, containing one <unclear>from</unclear> Breech-loading rifles, the other numerous packages of silk and velvet. They were accompanied by no letter saying from whence they came or for whom they were destined, and Lord Stanley is rather perplexed to know what to do with them. <unclear>Wellen</unclear> Whether they came from the Japanese Government or from the young Tycoon or from any other quarter there is nothing to shew. Will you endeavour to find out something about these things and let me know. Very faithfully &c <unclear>[...]</unclear> A. Von Siebold Esq Yokohama May 29. 67 Private My dear Siebold. I have just back from Osaka where everything went off very well, I shall return post- poned of the Tycoon shows behaving very well, they satisfied as that mainland to execute the Treaties faithfully. His predecessor would have saved himself very much trouble if he had <unclear>resolved</unclear> adopted the same resolute policy. We have now no longer any anxiety as to the opening of the four cities at and ports at the appointed time Your last letter is from Aden. All your accounts are very interesting. We can afford to smile at Mr. Drury's Endeavors to obtain Exclusive influence with the French & to prevent their swarming towards ourselves, but I anticipate little inconvenience from their futile <unclear>ingenuous</unclear> at Yedo attempts. I perused the line I have applied as to the rank of the Tycoon, that I addressed in a speech as his Highness only, & certainly his letter cannot- receive a higher title from us. That seems a very gentleman nevertheless, and I shall do all I can to support him, to give him <unclear>trouble</unclear> however creates in my opinion, his position rather than strengthens it circles attacks, 東京大学総合図書館 from the Daimios . We have only just - arrived from a good tossing outside so I cannot add more . I am afraid my absence at - Osaka has interfered with the Despatch <unclear>bags</unclear> of the enclosed letters - With best - remembrance for Lady Parkes Yours & very truly Harry Parkes Private F.O. June 12/67 My dear Sir, I am much obliged to you for your letter, and account of French doings in regard to papers. I conclude you have <unclear>noted</unclear> had lastly all that you mention here. You had better not let the young Dyson come to England during the Sultan's visit which is fixed for the middle of July, as all our attention will have when devoted to the latter. Very faithfully y[ours] <unclear>Hammond</unclear> A. von Siebold Esqre July 1867 Dear Siebold Pray hand me and forward letters by this mail. I wished so much to do so. I am sure you will take care of <unclear>Tuentin</unclear> <unclear>Pages</unclear> - things <unclear>[...]</unclear> fairly written but will write by an about- them by ship. The <unclear>Provence</unclear>, <unclear>[...]</unclear> her <unclear>haut</unclear>-well by <unclear>will I think clear the</unclear> <unclear>several great things</unclear> the present emergency. <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...] you must</unclear> <unclear>have been faithfully proclaimed</unclear> <unclear>Believe me [...]</unclear> <unclear>Yours [...]</unclear> <unclear>Yedo July 13</unclear> F.O. Ap. 3/<unclear>67</unclear> Dear Sir, I send you the letter of introduction. I cannot at present answer your letter of the 31st. Very faithfully y<unclear>ours</unclear> H Hammond A. Von Siebold Esq Private F.O. September 6/63 My dear Sir, Here is your introduction to Mr. Lumley. The other letters you asked for were sent to Berkeley Square some <unclear>3 wks</unclear> ago. Lord Stanley says there can be no possible harm in the young Tycoon visiting Malta and Gibraltar, and if he determines to do so, I will on hearing from you have instructions sent when and where. It will be time enough when you come to England to settle about the other matters referred to in your letter of the 31.st of August. Yours truly A. Von Siebold Esqre <unclear>Private</unclear> Yedo Sept. 30. Dear Siebold I am ashamed to be always making Excuses but - I am really unable to fulfil my letters satisfactorily in any wish toward you a decent letter. At the same time I wish you to know privately that I have just asked Lord Stanley specially to treat anyone for my grievances. 東京大学総合図書館 respective proceedings of the <unclear>salesmen</unclear> agents in Paris - in reference to a memorandum forwarded to me by <unclear>Glover</unclear> what generally twenty Frenchmen are now en route to <unclear>Kagosima</unclear>. A large contingent are said to have been under the patronage of the <unclear>[...]</unclear> by the "Société d'Importation et d'Exportation" of Paris. A chief <unclear>Carleton</unclear> is said to be the head. I must tell you another who going tour round the West Coast. <unclear>Mitford</unclear> & Satow travelled through <unclear>Kanga</unclear> & the <unclear>Higo</unclear> territories, & he have also visited <unclear>Awaji</unclear> & Tosa When are you thinking of returning home - Satow is very anxious to get away next Very faithfully yours <unclear>H. August Siebold</unclear> F. O. Oct 15/69 My dear Sir, I cannot answer your letter without communicating with Lord Stanley, but I send you a letter to Sir Augustus Paget, which I hope may reach you before you leave Paris. Yours faithfully Hammond A. von Siebold Esq A. Von Siebold Esq Private F. O. October 26/67 My dear Sir, What you will hear from Sir Augustus Paget, will serve as an answer to that part of your letter of the 11th of October, which I could not answer at the time I received it. Very truly <unclear>Hammond</unclear> <unclear>Jo.</unclear> nov. 27/69. My dear Sir, Let me know, as soon as possible, how the young Tycoon's suite are to be allotted. We all as far as the translator included dine with the young Tycoon, or do they have a separate table? Then as to the three Officers of low rank: are they upper servants dining apart from the other servants, or how are they to be treated? Do the <unclear>governor</unclear> & Plenipotentiary sit usually with the young Prince. or does he have a separate room, and each of them others a separate sitting room, or are in common. There must be a separate room for attending Doctor & translation and secretaries. Any information as where men are in which they should be put up will be useful. Claridge says they should be in a house & elsewhere. Very truly yours <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>A. Von Siebold Esq</unclear> Oriwali My dear Siebold This Mail takes home startling news. The Tycoon & Mikado no longer stand in Each others way for the former has stepped aside, & the latter now governs in reality. Sorely have I puzzled my brain ever since I have been in the country to think how the solution of the difficulty could be effected. — one or other one saw must give way and during the last year I saw that the Mikado was gaining the ground which the latter was losing & it is, after all the most natural solution. but the Tycoon deserves infinite credit for making timely concessions Even at the cost of so much self sacrifice rather than involve the country in civil war which would have been the result of resistance. He doubtless felt the hollowness of the power he was supposed to wield. & of the nominal supremacy that devolved upon him, he has changed his fictional position for a substantial one, & though he takes second rank, he can feel secure, & confine his energies to the service of the state, which he will very likely lead with much greater free as Chief Minister than in the fictitious position he previously occupied. I am telegraphing the intelligence to the Govt. who will probably publish the telegram, & if not, private telegraph messages will tell the same story. The Taikun has restored his powers to the Mikado, who has empowered him to continue a sort of provincial Government in Concert with Kwambaku, Tensho & Gisho until the Parliament of the Daimios can be assembled. We are confidently assured that the [...] independence will be ...nde to assail the Treaties and that things will be opened without opposition. In a<unclear>...</unclear> however that he I have only one thing in my hands at a time. I have postponed the Opening of Yedo for three months I am afraid this news will be rather a painful blow to <unclear>humbug</unclear> Tycoon Dono. It may be some satisfaction to him to know that his brother has risen instead of fallen <unclear>...</unclear> in my estimation. I should be glad to hear that his education was proceeding quite soundly. He will have a career before him under the new Represent- institutions of this Country if he chooses to qualify himself for it - I have just sent- Mitford & Satow down to Osaka as my harbingers I shall follow in about a fortnight. Meantime <unclear>next</unclear> month you will hear whether we have succeeded. I cannot say for certain till the ides of March are past. If Japan works out her Reform without a struggle or disorder she should rise in the opinion of the nations. What a blessing it will be to Legations to have an unintelligible system of Government to deal with! I hope I shall hear Something further of your movements shortly. You could particularly oblige me by telling me anything you can as to the date of y[ou]r return, as the movements of others depend upon Yours. believe me. Yours very sincerely Harry S. Parkes P.S. I am ashamed to say I have never yet sent the order for books to Smith Elder & Co. I shall go by next French mail. F.O. December 4/64 H. von Siebold Esq My dear Sir, I think the young Prince should return Lord Derby's visit at his house in St. James' Square and also Lord Stanley's at the Office. If the Foreign Ambassadors call I think he should return their visits, but the course which he followed of other Courts in this respect would be a guide to him here. Very faithfully <unclear>[...]</unclear> 20. Oct <unclear>6/7</unclear> My dear Sir, Lord Stanley thinks the Presents had better be sent at some future time. He can mention the intention of sending them. I hope the carriage will be in time. Very faithfully Private F. O. December 6/65 My dear Sir, Pray send this despatch from Sir H. Parkes, and give me any information you can supply on the subject of it. Very faithfully Y. <unclear>[...]</unclear> A. Von Siebold Esq. F.O. December 6. <unclear>1865</unclear> My dear Sir. Lord Stanley will be ready to receive the Tycoon's brother at Two o'clock tomorrow; and he will be ready to receive the Japanese Plenipotentiary on Tuesday next at Two o'clock. In both cases at the Foreign Office. Very faithfully British Museum Dec.r 10. 1865 My dear Sir Accept my thanks for your letter respecting your late Father's library of Japanese Books. It would of course be necessary, in the first instance, to see the Catalogue of the Collection and to know on what 東京大学総合図書館 be acquired. Perhaps you will favor me with these materials for discussion I remain Very faithfully yours J. Winter Jones. Alexander von Siebold, Esq. British Museum, 14 December, 1867. My dear Sir, In accordance with your request, I beg to return herewith the Catalogue of the collection of Japanese books formed by your late father. I shall be glad to know where I may address you in future Alexander von Siebold, Esq. and and to receive any additional information with which you may be able to favour me. I remain, My dear Sir, Very faithfully yours, <unclear>J. Walter Lowes</unclear>. F.O. Dec: 14/65 My dear Sir, I have asked the Admiralty to let the young Dyson have a Steamer to take him to Calais on Tuesday morning, and I have told the War Department to pay him usual attention on embarkation. If you want a further advance of money, I will desire the Chief Clerk to let you have it on demand. A. Von Siebold Esq F.O. December 10/69 A. Von Siebold Esq. My dear Sir, Will you look at this Draft and let me know whether it correctly represents what passed to day. Very truly yrs Hammond F.O. Dec 11/65 My dear Sir, When the young Tycoon has fixed the day of his departure, and the hour, and at what time he proposes to embark at Dover, let me know. I must have twenty four hours notice, to order a special steamer for F.O. December 13/69 My dear Sir, You had better ask for the original version of the documents Very faithfully Y[ours] <unclear>[...]</unclear> A. Von Siebold Es[q] THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON REGISTERED AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE FOR TRANSMISSION ABROAD, Nos. 1460, 1461.-VOL. LI. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1867. THREE SHEETS AND COLOURED PICTURE }1s. THE NEW GUNPOWDER PLOT. THE season of the year, with its wondrously humanising associations, intensifies the reluctance we always feel to bring under the notice of our readers any topic likely to stir their indignation. It is our misfortune, not our choice, that the event which has absorbed public attention during the week is of a character so utterly repugnant to the sentiments and sympathies appropriate to Christmastide. We cannot, how- ever, get rid of the fact, and an attempt to ignore the space which it fills in the public mind would serve no good purpose. A fresh act of atrocity has been perpetrated, with the view of interrupting the regular course of justice. Two men sus- pected of treason-felony were locked up in the Clerkenwell House of Detention. As prominent members of the Fenian "brotherhood " they had active and unscrupulous friends outside the prison walls. To effect their liberation an unpre- cedented outrage was planned and remorselessly carried into effect-happily, however, without accomplishing its PRINCE TOKUGAWA MINBUTAIHO, BROTHER OF THE TYCOON OF JAPAN, VISITING H.M. TROOP-SHIP SERAPIS AT PORTSMOUTH,-SEE PAGE 663. THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS main object. Outside of that part of the gaol in- closure usually allotted to the prisoners for exercise, and at the hour when they were customarily allowed this indulgence, a barrel of gunpowder was hurriedly brought, deposited by the wall in the open street, and fired. The tremendous force of the concussion opened a wide breach in the prison wall, but no inmate of the place was there, to be killed or injured by, or to take advantage of, this hitherto unheard-of gaol delivery. But the blast which did no service to the prisoners wrought havoc in the neighbourhood. Houses and furniture, men, women, and children were instantaneously felled to the ground by the awful explosion. Death, deface- ment, mutilation, ruin, were suddenly hurled indiscriminately into the midst of life, activity, and enjoyment. We dare not look at the details of suffering and anguish which the perpetration of the outrage left behind it. Nor, indeed, is it necessary to a due estimate of the crime. The barest outline suffices to excite a horror in the public mind only too well calculated to upset the balance of its judgment. The event, terrible as it has been to the sufferers, will not, we trust, be without its compensatory result to the public. There are some offences the atrocity of which is of so dark and deadly a hue as to produce a recoil in the hearts even of those who have half persuaded themselves into the belief that the end sanctifies the means, Thousands of our fellow-subjects in England, as well as in Ireland, have allowed their political passions to betray them into admiration of a planned and murderous assault upon an officer of justice in the execution of his duty, as if it were an act of patriotism. The victims of the law's retribution have been publicly mourned as political martyrs, and the indignation which ought to have been ex- eited by the shedding of innocent blood has been directed against the punishment of the criminal. Vast numbers of people have been misled by sophistry into a confusion of their ideas of right and wrong, and, in the bewilderment of their minds, seem ready to call evil good and good evil. The explosion which blew away with such irresistible might so many physical obstacles in the vicinity of the Clerkenwell House of Detention will also be found, we suspect, to have blown away most of those confused notions about " political offences " which have so ostentatiously aired themselves of late, If it was a proof of virtue, and a feat of patriotic heroism honoured by men and acceptable to God, to have pistolled Sergeant Brett in order to effect the release of Kelly and Deasy from the custody of the law, can it have been wrong to fire a barrel of gunpowder in order to do a similar service for Burke and Casey ? If the criminals in the latter instance should hereafter expiate their crime upon the scaffold, will they, too, be eulogised as having suf- fered martyrdom ? We take leave to doubt it. There is something too inhuman, too fiendlike in the outrage they have committed to leave room for the possibility of veiling it behind specions sophisms. Men's natural instincts will resent the affront put upon them by any attempt to gloze over the misdeed as a pardonable excess of political partisan- ship. Through the thickest web of pretexts and excuses the villany which could perpetrate such an outrage will show itself too plainly to admit of decent people being beguiled of sympathy for the criminals. No sane man will talk of it as venial. The strength of Fenianism on this side of the Atlantic-so far as it may be credited with strength-has not been in the extent of its organisation as a treasonable conspiracy, but in the broad belt of secret sympathy which as an atmosphere surrounds it. The number of those who are pledged to promote an Irish republic are probably few in comparison with the myriads who have thus far looked, if not with entire approbation, at least with wistful interest, upon the illegalities which have been resorted to in its behalf. It is doubtful whether the inner plot could sustain its vitality but for the life that it draws from its outer circle of sympathising nationalists. Now, the Clerkenwell explosion, it may be safely concluded, will destroy the subtle and invisible tie which has connected, however imperfectly, the one with the other. People who did mot feel they were forbidden by either social or political morality from indulging in fond dreams of " Ireland for the Irish," and who, perhaps, were not troubled with petty scruples as to the means that other men might employ in pursuance of that blissful consummation, will be horrified at this last revelation of what Fenianism is capable of daring. It never entered into their imagination that helpless women and innocent children were to be sacrificed by scores for no more important result than that of effecting the release from incarceration of a couple of Fenian leaders. If this is the sort of thing which their indirect countenance has in any way helped to mature, they will be more eager to withdraw it than ever they were to lend it. We look, therefore, for an instantaneous and great collapse of that vague sentiment which, under the guise of patriotism, has thrown a hazy sanction over treasonable practices. We assume, and we think we are justified in assuming, that the instincts of common humanity will prove stronger than the aspirations of national feeling, and that what is due to the brotherhood of man will be held to impose more stringent obligations than what is claimed by any other brotherhood. Meanwhile, it is not to be concealed that the outrage has awakened apprehensions on the part of the British public which assume an aspect of unwonted gravity. To be sud- denly startled out of its customary sense of security subjects society to a trial of its patience, which is not without for- midable danger. What it can see it can boldly, and therefore calmly, confront. It is the spirit of mischief that shrouds itself in mystery which is but too likely to rob it of its presence of mind, Hitherto, however, we have observed no symptoms of a wild and indiscriminate passion for retaliation. There is no loud call as yet for extraordinary measures- no wide-spread distrust of the efficacy of existing law. The indignation excited is intense, but it is not blind. It is directed against the miscreants who planned and perpetrated the out- rage, but it has not burst the confines of reason, nor has it included in its sweep the innocent with the guilty. We devoutly trust that our fellow-countrymen will resist all tempt- ation they may feel to go beyond the bounds of law in order to grapple with the reckless disaffection which seeks to in- augurate among them a reign of terror. Let them, by all means, assist the Executive in every legitimate way. Let them strengthen the hands of the public authorities. But, above all things, let them be on their guard against panic, the certain evils of which would greatly transcend any which can be inflicted by the most audacious gang of secret desperadoes, Our strength will be in justice-our weakness in fear. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. (From our own Correspondent.) PARIS, Thursday, Dee. 19. AFTER the storm of last week, we have a complete lull. The Emperor, now that he is unmistakably committed to the guarantee, by force of arms, if need be, of the Pontifical territory in all its integrity, has ordered 300,000 copies of M. Rouher's speech in the Corps Législatif, the other day, to be distributed throughout France. The general opinion here is that the effect of this speech will be to throw Italy into the arms of Prussia, a result which of course the Emperor foresaw, but of which the success of the Chassepot muskets at Mentana has made him now regardless, The inevitable conflict between France and Prussia, spite of declarations on this and the other side of the Rhine, marches on with the certainty of fate. Everyone is complaining that the Corps Législatif is making no real progress with the measures it was especially summoned together to consider, It has postponed the bill relative to the right of meeting, the report on which had been long since sent in ; it has also shelved the measure rela- tive to the press; and has not even named a day for the dis- cussion of the supplementary report on the organisation of the army, which was presented to the Chamber on Thursday last. Viscount de Hervéguen's charge against the Paris Liberal journals is, on the application of M. Havin, chief editor of the Siecle, and M. Querolt, editor of the Avenir Nationale, to be investigated by a jury of honour, the presidency of which was offered to M. Schneider, President of the Corps Législatif, and very properly declined by him. No one believes that the charge will be substantiated, except, perhaps, as regards one or more of the semi-official journals whose venality is a matter of notoriety. The Prince of Salm-Salm, who gave Lopez, the betrayer of the Emperor Maximilian, the lie from his prison at Queretaro and chal- lenged him to single combat, has recently arrived at St. Nazaire, where he is now undergoing quarantine, owing to the prevalence of yellow fever at Vera Cruz at the time he set sail from that port. Deputations from the British and Foreign Bible Society and the Paris Conference Evangelique presented addresses to the Emperor, at St. Cloud, the other day. The purport of these documents was to thank his Majesty for the liberty afforded to Protestant institutions during the epoch of the recent Exhibition. Lord Shaftesbury spoke on behalf of the first-mentioned society, and at the conclusion of his remarks presented the Emperor with an elegantly-bound Bible. Mr. Davis said a few words on behalf of the Evangelical community; and then the Rev. E. Forbes, the respected Chaplain of the English church in Paris, thanked the Emperor for the liberty and protection the Church of Englan .. The Emperor was, of course, most gracious, and was profuse with his thanks for the kind expressions that were made use of towards him. M. Ernest Renan's new work, entitled "St. Paul," is expected to make its appearance during the present season, Like all works of this author, it is looked for with much interest. Victor Hugo's drama of "Ruy Blas," after having had the long- standing interdict against its performance removed by the Govern- ment, and after being put in rehearsal at the Odéon, has, at the last moment, had a new interdict laid upon it. Why, nobody knows ; as there are no allusions in the play to which exceptions can be taken. ITALY. Signor Cambray Digny, Minister of Finance, has presented to the Chamber of Deputies two bills sanctioning the budget of 1868. The Budget shows an economy of 18,000,000 lire compared with the budget of 1867. There is a sum of 184,000,000 in the treasury to meet the obligations of the State. The Minister will make his financial statement on Jan. 15. AUSTRIA. The Upper House of the Reichsrath adopted, yesterday week, finally and unanimously, the revised draught of the Constitution and the new fundamental laws. In the Lower House the bill relative to the State debt was read the third time and passed. The Hungarian Diet is working harmoniously with the Reichsrath on the measures relating to the international obligations of the two countries. After a debate, which lasted nine days, the bill settling the Hungarian quota of the public debt of the empire has been carried by a large majority. At the sitting of the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet, on Wednesday, the customs and commercial treaty with Austria was passed, PRUSSIA. In Wednesday's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the former president and vice-presidents were unanimously re-elected. THE UNITED STATES. We learn through the Atlantic cable that the House of Repre- sentatives, on Monday, adopted a resolution declaring that it will adhere to the Reconstruction Act. This resolution is, of course, meant as a reply to that part of the President's Message pointing out the unconstitutional character of the Act. The House the same day refused to receive a resolution offered by General Butler for the payment of the principal of the 5-20 Bonds in currency. The New York Herald states that Spain has offered to sell the island of Cuba and Porto Rico to the United States for a hundred and fifty million dollars, Mr. Charles Dickens's first appearance in America as a reader took place at Boston on the evening of the 2nd inst. Tremont Temple, one of the largest halls in the city, was filled. Mr. Dickens read his "Christmas Carol," and the trial from "Pickwick." THE EARTHQUAKE AT ST. THOMAS. Letters received confirm the telegraphic reports of the visitation of St. Thomas by a succession of earthquakes on the 18th ult. and following days, by which nearly every house was destroyed or rendered uninhabitable. Happily the loss of life is comparatively small. On the 18th the sea sank about fifteen feet, and returned in an immense wave about 30 ft. high. IMPORTANT FROM ABYSSINIA. The India Office has received a despatch from Colonel Merewether, dated the 7th inst. at Senafe, which says :- The advanced brigade has arrived and encamped. The weather is fine. The troops are well. The march into Abyssiniawill be easy. The people are friendly. According to accounts from the interior King Theodore has de- stroyed Debra Tabor by fire. He is encamped in the neighbourhood, and intends marching to Magdala. The insurgents will resist his advance. The natives kill his stragglers. The Scinde brigade has arrived at Annesley Bay. The men are in good health. DEC. 21, 1867 ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN AUSTRALIA. OUR readers will be glad to learn that the Galatea, commanded by the Duke of Edinburgh, has arrived at Adelaide, South Australia. The Australian mail brings us, from a gentleman on board the Galatea, a letter containing the following postscript, written off Adelaide, Oct. 29, seven p.m. :- "We shall anchor at Adelaide to- night. A steamer coming out takes our letters to England ; so that we are now safe in Australia." The Galatea, in her voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Australia, was caught in a cyclone. A. vivid sketch of the scene, taken by a gentleman on board, will be engraved in an early Number of the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. CHURCH AND UNIVERSITIES. St. Paul's Church, Clifton, near Bristol, was destroyed by fire on Sunday night. The Bishop of London, yesterday week, consecrated the Church of St. James, at Moore Park, Fulham. The Rev. Canon Pollock, Vicar of Bowdon and Rural Dean, has been appointed Archdeacon of Chester by the Bishop of the diocese, in room of the late Greenall. The Earl of Romney presided, on Monday, at the second meeting of the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building, and Repairing of Churches and Chapels for the present session. Grants of money amounting to £680 were made in aid of the following objects :- Rebuilding the Churches of St. Catherine, Gloucester ; Hailey-cum-Crawley, near Witney ; Handforth, near Stoke-on-Trent ; Jeffreystone, near Pembroke ; Llanfagan, near Carnarvon ; and Ryhope, near Sunderland. Enlarging or other wise increasing the accommodation in the churches at Berden, near Bishop- Stortford ; Englefield-green, near Egham; Mayfield, near Hurst-green ; St. Hilda's, Middlesborough, York ; Ripley, near Woking, Surrey ; South Hayling, near Havant, Hants ; and Sutton-in-Ashfield, near Mansfield, Notts .. The grants formerly made towards building the church at Babbicombe, near Torquay ; rebuilding the church at Moylgrove, near Cardigan ; and towards reseating and restoring the churches at Gresford, near Wrexham ; Chatham (St. John's), and Lydden, near Dover, were, under very urgent circumstances, severally increased. The society likewise accepted the trusts of money as a repair fund for the church at Baldhere, Cornwall ; St. Luke's, Lyncombe, Somerset ; and an additional sum for St. Ann's, Bucks Mills, Devon. An episcopal recommendation of the society has been promulgated, signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and most of the Bishops, strongly recommending the society to general support. The Senate of Cambridge University has accepted Professor Bosworth's offer to found an Anglo-Saxon Professorship in Cambridge, and also approved the scheme for the regulation of the Whewell Professorship The Rev. Dr. Balston has resigned the head mastership of Eton College .- The Oppidan prizes have been awarded as follow :- <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> geode comme- was performed, on Thursday week, by the Eton boys in crowded with a large and sifiant nacal School, every part of which was brilliant audience. and Scholarships in International Law. At Westminster School the "Adelphi " has been chosen. The professorship of divinity in Gresham College, which became vacant a few weeks since by the death of the Rev. H. J. Parker, .. M.A., has been conferred on the Rev. John William Burgon, M.A., Fellow" of Oriel College and Vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford. this year. It was given the first time on Thursday week, and repeated on Tuesday and Thursday, before large and distinguished audiences. speeches of Merchant Taylors' School took place, The winter becomes her when a vat assemblage of old scholars. <unclear>[...]</unclear> by the scholars at the Universities during the year was read by the Head Master. About £1000 have been raised to build a consumption The state apartments of Windsor Castle are open to the public, under the usual regulations. hospital at the Undercliff, in the Isle of Wight. Mr. Charles Colthurst Vesey has been appointed a Deputy Mr. Joseph Pease, who, though blind, is a most active public man, was last week elected the first Mayor of Darlington. Lieutenant for the county of Dublin, in the room of Lord Cloncurry. Mr. John Martin, Dr. J. C. Watson, and Mr. Lalor were, on Wednesday, sent for trial at the commission in February next for par- ticipation in the late procession in Dublin. A sum of £600 and a silver salver were presented, on Thursday week, to Mr. John Jackson, chief constable of Sheffield, as a recog- <unclear>[...]</unclear> ba or disseram with which he habitually discharged important. duties of the office, The Mayor, the Master Cahier feed the important Chamber of Commerce took on theMaster Cutler, and the chairman of the part in the proceedings. Mr. Gladstone did a good day's work at Oldham on Wednesday. He opened a new mechanics' institute, and distributed the prizes to the successful students in the Science School of Art. He also- received an address from the Mayor and Corporation, and delivered a most interesting speech in reply to it. Among other matters, he paid a glowing tribute to the memory of Mr. Cobden. Further, he pointed out the necessity for public economy and a better system of education ; and insisted that there should be something done for Ireland. He warmly denounced the Fenian outrages. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of Marquise Etiennette Marie Catherine Charlotte d'Aligre de Pomereu was proved in London under £88,000 personalty in England · that of the Right Hon Lady Elizabeth Anne South analizy Thefourth Duke of Grafton, K.G., under £7000; and that of Anne Maria Lady Colquhoun, £16,000. The will of the Right Rev. John Lonsdale, D.D., Lord Bishop of Lichfield, of Eccleshall Castle, Stafford, was proved in the Registry at Lichfield by his two sons, the Rey. James Gylby Lonsdale, M. A., of King's College ; and the Rev. John Gylby Lonsdale, M.A., Canon of Lichfield, the joint acting executors. The personalty was sworn under £90,000. The will is dated March 17, 1864, and his Lordship died, Oct. 19, 1867, at the age of seventy-nine. He has devised his freehold estate at Everton to his eldest son, James, and leaves him the plate presented to his Lordship on his leaving St. George's, Bloomsbury, as well as that presented to him on leaving King's College, of which he was principal. He has left pecuniary legacies to both his sons and his three daughters. The residue of his property he leaves equally amongst them, as well as the property under his marriage settlement. The will of Samuel Hibbert, Esq., of 2, Sussex-terrace, Hyde Park, and of Billiter-court, under the firm of Hibbert and Co., West India merchants, was proved in the London Court under £90,000 personalty, the acting executors being Major Francis Tower and Captain Henry George Hamilton, power being reserved to William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq., the testa- tor's cousin. The will is dated July 1, 1863 ; and two codicils, June 14, 1865, and June 13, 1867. Testator died, Oct. 21, aged eighty-four. To his wife, whom he appoints residuary legatee for life, he leaves all his furniture, car- riages, horses, &c., and a legacy of £5000 ; and to his sister, Abigail Warre, £5000. To the late confidential clerk of his firm, Mr. Charles Hammond, there is secured an annuity of £350 ; and he leaves to each of his executors & legacy of £300. He has left numerous liberal bequests to many personal friends, and legacies and annuities to his servants, all free of duty. After the decease of his wife he leaves the residue of his property to his sister, Mrs. Warre, for her life, and then to Mrs. Baugh and Mrs. Tower, who both receive legacies under the will, irrespective of the residue. The will of the Rev. Thomas Forster, M. A., of New College, University of Oxford, was proved, in the District Registry of Oxford, by Catherine Ann Forster, the relict ; Francis Bellinger, so", or bom ? and the Rev. George Crabb Rolfe, B.A., of Hailey, the executors brother The personally was sworn under £10,000. After making Dequeso De Cotton. and a few friends, and a legacy of $50 to the society founded by Dr. Cotton, Archdeacon of Cashel-the proceeds arising therefrom to be distributed every Christmas amongst six poor widows of Cassington-he leaves the residue his property to his wife for her life ; and after her decease leaves be the executors, Mr. Bellinger, £200, and Mr. Rolfe, £100, and to the son of latter (the testator's godson), Thomas Forster Rolfe, £200 ; also the follow- ing charitable bequests :- Radcliffe Infirmary, 5100; the Society for Pro- moting Christian Knowledge, £100 ; and the Church Missionary Society, &100; The wills of the undermentioned have also been proved :- <unclear>[...]</unclear> George Thomson, Esq., $120,000 personalty ; Thomas Sedgwick Summers, John Sills Charlton, of Tunbridge Wells, £30 0); and John Mo:land, of Croydon, £60,000. Mr. Morland has left legacies to tie Peace Soc ety and. the Friends' School at Croydon. 1 22m3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 JAPAN3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 the residue to be equally divided between the three following institutions : The Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy, Clergy Orphan Society, and the Morning Post Decr 5/67 stakes of 10s. each, 5s. ft, half a mile, the following were endeavouring to get up a series of races. In the Sweep- The officers of this corps have for some time past been o'clock, on the Divisional Flat Race Course, North Camp. at this station came off yesterday afternoon, at three The autumn meeting of the Royal Engineers quartered ALDERSHOT, FRIDAY. the entries :- Captain Micklem's The Coffin, 12st 7lb ; Mr. brother of the Tycoon of Japan, visited her Majesty at MAJESTY .- Yesterday his Highness Prince Mimbutaiko, RECEPTION OF THE TYCOON'S BROTHER BY HER Morning Post Polly, 11st 7lb; and Mr. Reid's Janet, 12st 7lb. The 12st 7lb ; Mr. Tisdall's Rarity, 12st 7lb ; Mr. Waller's Salmond's Daylight, 12st 7lb; Mr. Haslett's Brown Stout, Windsor Castle. His highness, attended by the Minister dington Station of the Great Western Railway, whence von Siebold, drove in the Queen's carriages to the Pad- Japanese officers of high rank, Major Edwards, and M. Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Tycoon and other prince from London, and upon the arrival of the train fast train for Slough. Lord Stanley accompanied the they proceeded at two o'clock in a saloon attached to the Decr 5/67 Mr. Huyshe, Royal Horse Artillery, winning the first prize, was then got up, for which there were numerous entries, result was, Captain Micklem, 1; Mr. Tisdall, 2. A Scurry and Sir Alfred Mackworth the second. Grenadier Guards, with the drums and fifes and colours, guard of honour consisting of 100 men of the 1st Battalion at Windsor, at 2.40, his highness was received by a The brother of the Tycoon of Japan has signified his in- tention of visiting Aldershot early next week, when he will be present at a review of the troops on Eelmore Hill. commanded by Colonel Clive, Captain the Hon. W. open carriages sent from the royal mews, drawn by four Carington and Lieutenant Thornton being present. Two bays, with an outrider, were in readiness, and as the prince, and, with Lord Stanley, accompanied his highness to the Queen, in his official uniform, received the sented arms, the band playing. Colonel Du Plat, Equerry prince stepped from the train the guard of honour pre- Morning Post to the Castle. Her Majesty and the royal family, sur- rounded by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, received Prince Mimbutaiko in the White Drawing-room of the palace, and, after an audience of some duration, the prince where a large number of spectators, attracted by the pre- took leave of the Queen and drove back to the station, tume, and carried the now well-known swords, was re- highness, who with his suite were in rich Japanese cos- sence of the guard of honour, had assembled. His Decr 9/67 ceived by the same guard of honour, the troops presenting arms as the train left. Morning Post Decr 5/67 RECEPTION OF THE TYCOON'S BROTHER BY HER brother of the Tycoon of Japan, visited her Majesty at MAJESTY .- Yesterday his Highness Prince Mimbutaiko, Windsor Castle. His highness, attended by the Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Tycoon and other Japanese officers of high rank, Major Edwards, and M. von Siebold, drove in the Queen's carriages to the Pad- dington Station of the Great Western Railway, whence they proceeded at two o'clock in a saloon attached to the fast train for Slough. Lord Stanley accompanied the prince from London, and upon the arrival of the train at Windsor, at 2.40, his highness was received by a guard of honour consisting of 100 men of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, with the drums and fifes and colours, The autumn meeting of the Royal Engineers quartered ALDERSHOT, FRIDAY. commanded by Colonel Clive, Captain the Hon. W. Carington and Lieutenant Thornton being present. Two open carriages sent from the royal mews, drawn by four bays, with an outrider, were in readiness, and as the at this station came off yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, on the Divisional Flat Race Course, North Camp. prince stepped from the train the guard of honour pre- The officers of this corps have for some time past been to the Queen, in his official uniform, received the sented arms, the band playing. Colonel Du Plat, Equerry endeavouring to get up a series of races. In the Sweep- stakes of 10s. each, 5s. ft, half a mile, the following were prince, and, with Lord Stanley, accompanied his highness to the Castle. Her Majesty and the royal family, sur- the entries :- Captain Micklem's The Coffin, 12st 7lb ; Mr. rounded by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, received. Prince Mimbutaiko in the White Drawing-room of the Salmond's Daylight, 12st 7lb; Mr. Haslett's Brown Stout, palace, and, after an audience of some duration, the prince 12st 7lb ; Mr. Tisdall's Rarity, 12st 7lb ; Mr. Waller's took leave of the Queen and drove back to the station, where a large number of spectators, attracted by the pre- sence of the guard of honour, had assembled. His Polly, 11st 7lb; and Mr. Reid's Janet, 12st 7lb. The result was, Captain Micklem, 1; Mr. Tisdall, 2. A Scurry was then got up, for which there were numerous entries, highness, who with his suite were in rich Japanese cos- tume, and carried the now well-known swords, was re- ceived by the same guard of honour, the troops presenting arms as the train left. Mr. Huyshe, Royal Horse Artillery, winning the first prize, and Sir Alfred Mackworth the second. Decr 5 Morng Post Decr 5/67 HER MAJESTY, &c. FROM THE COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR CASTLE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen walked in the grounds and drove yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Beatrice ; and her Majesty went out this morning, attended by Lady Churchill. Princess Louise went out walking with the Hon. Flora Macdonald. His Highness To Rugawa Mimbutaiko, brother to the Tycoon of Japan, attended by the Minister Plenipotentiary of Japan in Paris and the Chamberlain of the Tycoon, arrived at the Castle this afternoon, and was presented to the Queen by Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, received his highness in the White Drawing-room, where the officers of State ac- companying his highness were also presented to her Ma- jesty by his highness. Major Edwards, Royal Engineers, and M. von Siebold, interpreter, were in attendance upon his highness. Lady Churchill, Lady in Waiting ; Lord Raglan, Lord in Waiting ; Major-General F. Seymour, C.B., Groom in Waiting ; Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel Du Plat, Equerries in Waiting ; and the Master of the Household, were in attendance upon her Majesty. His highness was received at the railway station on his arrival and on his departure by a guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards. Royal carriages conveyed his highness and suite to and from the Castle. Princess Henriette of Schleswig-Holstein, and Lieu- tenant-General Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, and Mrs. William Grey dined with the Queen and royal family yesterday. Lord Raglan and Major-General F. Seymour, C.B., have succeeded Lord Skelmersdale and Colonel Cavendish as Lord and Groom in Waiting. HER MAJESTY, &c. FROM THE COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR CASTLE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen walked in the grounds and drove yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Beatrice ; and her Majesty went out this morning, attended by Lady Churchill. Princess Louise went out walking with the Hon. Flora Macdonald. His Highness To Rugawa Mimbutaiko, brother to the Tycoon of Japan, attended by the Minister Plenipotentiary of Japan in Paris and the Chamberlain of the Tycoon, arrived at the Castle this afternoon, and was presented to the Queen by Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, received his highness in the White Drawing-room, where the officers of State ac- companying his highness were also presented to her Ma- jesty by his highness. Major Edwards, Royal Engineers, and M. von Siebold, interpreter, were in attendance upon his highness. Lady Churchill, Lady in Waiting ; Lord Raglan, Lord in Waiting ; Major-General F. Seymour, C.B., Groom in Waiting ; Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel Du Plat, Equerries in Waiting ; and the Master of the Household, were in attendance upon her Majesty. His highness was received at the railway station on his arrival and on his departure by a guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards. Royal carriages conveyed his highness and suite to and from the Castle. Princess Henriette of Schleswig-Holstein, and Lieu- tenant-General Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, and Mrs. William Grey dined with the Queen and royal family yesterday. Lord Raglan and Major-General F. Seymour, C.B., have succeeded Lord Skelmersdale and Colonel Cavendish as Lord and Groom in Waiting. Morng Post Decr 5/67 Morng Post Decr 5/67 identical. The capital, and go Foreign Office. December 30. 1867. Sir, I have laid before Lord Stanley your letter of the 24th Instant, including a narrative of occurrences during the visit of the Brother of The Tycoon. to this Country. 1867 - 8 Official letters received from F. O. — & Jap. ministers Lord Stanley desires me to express to you his entire approval of your conduct in connection with that visit ; and His Lordship has a. von Siebold. Esqre. authorized authorized the Chief Clerk of this Office to pay to you as a mark of his approval the sum of one hundred pounds. £. 100. I am, Sir, Your most obedient, humble Servant, <unclear>Hammond</unclear> 1-4 Korrespondenz 1868 British Museum March 7. 1865 My dear Sir Mr Watts, the Keeper of the Department of Printed Books, has been authorised to communicate with you on the subject of the library of your late Father. I will forward your letter to him and have no doubt that you will shortly hear from him on the subject. I remain Very truly, Yours J. Winter Jones. Alexander von Siebold, Esq. Alex: Von Siebald Esq NAVAL & MILITARY UNIFORMS 2, New Burlington Street London, W. Christmas 1868. (17) Dr to Gillott & Hasell. TAILORS. LIVERIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. REMOVED FROM 36, WEST STRAND. 1868 Jany 17th a Superfine Black cloth Coat Silk Facings and Sleeve linings 4 15 " a do do Waistcoat Braided 1 5 a fair do do Trousers 1 18 June 19 a fair Fancy Angola Trousers 1 12 24 a Super Fancy Black Cloth Morning Coat DB Edges Braided & silk breast facings 4 4 a do do Waistcoat a fair grey Angola Trousers 1 12 " 2 Fine White Imperial Waistcoat DB a 18/- 1 16 a Pair Berlin Braces " 4 6 Oct 24 a Super blue Uniform Patrol Jacket richly braided a fair do Trousers with braided side seams 2 Uniform Forage Caps with Gold oak Leaf Band a 36/ 2 5 3 12 Dec 18 a Superfine Black Dresscoat silk Collar breast Facings & Silk sleeve linings 4 15 a do a fair Fine Black milled Doe Trousers do Waistcoat traced with Braid 1 5 1 18 Carry Over £ 37 6 6 1868 th Brought Over Dec 18th a Super Fancy mixed Angola long Coat } 5 10 . a do do Waistcoat a fair do do Trousers 4 Fine White Dowlas Mess Jackets a16/ 3 4 do Inglesea Jackets " 3 3 Fine White Imperial Waistcoats DB .18/ 2 14 2 Doz Legation Buttons a Round Crown Hat 12/ 1 4 . . 10 . a Tin Case 6/ a Deal Case 3/6 . 9 6 Freight &c 2 12 6 £ 56 6 6 Mein lieber Alexander! meinen guten Geburtstag <unclear>feiern</unclear> möcht, mit diesem Brief geneigt beantwortest und mir eine kurze Schilderung Alles dessen zu<unclear>theilst</unclear> was Dir in den letzten 4 bis 5 Jahren zugestoßen ist. – Sehr bedauert habe ich, daß ich schon von Cöln weg war als Du mir letztes Jahr die Anzeige schicktest Du seiest dort angekommen, doch war ich um diese Zeit schon als <unclear>bey ihrem</unclear> Soldat in Coblenz. Denn hast Du mir vor zwei Monaten Deinen Besuch in Bonn zugedacht, deshalber müßte ich wieder von Hause abwesend sein. Die Ab- mir einmal zu schreiben scheinst Du nicht <unclear>ausgesucht</unclear> zu haben; für Dich, nur durch meinen <unclear>Bruder</unclear> übersandte Photographien sicht mich bei Deiner Durchreise hier einmal aufzusuchen und meine Photographien in <unclear>Uniform</unclear> gefallen hat freut mich, die Liège den 18 Decbr. 1868. schrieben haben, und schon Manches Jahr ist darüber ver- Schon lange, lange Jahre ist es her daß wir uns nicht mehr ge- strichen, und Manches hat sich auf der Welt geändert seit unsere Correspondenz eingeschlummert ist! Was an Letzteren eigentlich Schuld war wollen wir nicht weiter untersuchen, bei der großen Entfernung Japans von Deutschland ließ sich eine regelmäßige Correspondenz eben nicht führen. – Doch hoffe ich daß Du diesmal sage Dir meinen besten Dank. Du bist ja ein ganz <unclear>famoser</unclear> Kerl geworden und hast Dir einen <unclear>einzigen</unclear> Bart angelegt. – Daß Dir noch dort behandeln, und blieb noch in 4 Wochen dort. Nun galt es sich noch einen passenden Lehrlings-Stelle für mich aus zu sehen, die sich denn auch in Köln fand, aber erst das folgende Jahr im März frei wurde. - Herr Deichmann hatte mir Denselben besorgt und zugleich meinem Vater gesagt, ich sollte, da mein zukünftiger Principal ein durch und durch <unclear>richtiger</unclear> Kaufmann und zugleichen Jugendfreund von ihm sei, lieber bis März warten anstatt in das Haus einzutreten wo ich vielleicht nicht halb so viel lernen würde. - Der Rath von H. Deichmann wurde denn auch befolgt aber womit nun die Zeit von Ostern bis März auszufüllen? Aber auch hierin wurde Rath geschafft, indem mein Vater mir vorschlug ein Semester auf der Bonner Universität zu studiren, was ich denn auch that und Chemie, Physik, Naturgeschichte u. Geld- <unclear>Bankwesen</unclear> hörte, nebenbei hatte ich noch französische Stunden. In diesem Winter machte ich mein erstes Debüt auf den <unclear>Lehmer</unclear> Bällen und tanzte dort wie ein junger Lord. - Nun kam die Zeit heran, wo es hieß, ab nach Colonia; ich schnürte also mein Bündel und fuhr eines schönen Morgens mit meinem Vater dorthin, der mir dann ins Wohnung suchte und mich bei meinem Principale einführte. Die nächste Zeit auf dem Comptoir kam mir etwas spanischer, besonders da ich Sitzen besagte mir nicht, doch dies ging glücklich vorüber und als ich erst einmal anfing an der Correspondenz mit Theil zu nehmen, und das Geschäft genauer kennen lernte, gefiel mir meine neue Beschäftigung ganz gut. Ein sehr angenehmes Leben habe ich in Cöln geführt, denn da ich viele gute <unclear>Manges</unclear> von Verwandten dortselbst fühlte ich mich ganz wie zu Hause, ja z. B. brachte ich fast jeden Abend in familien zu, was also nicht <unclear>gemütsch</unclear> ins Wirthshaus zu gehen, was immer schlechte Folgen nach sich haben kann. sehr Recht daran die von meinem Bruder Derselben aus zu bleiben. - Jetzt will ich nachsehen Dir von Dem ein kleines Resümé zu geben, was ich seit ich im Herbst 1863 das Bonner <unclear>Pensal</unclear> verlassen. Alles angefangen und was ich noch während dieser Zeit hinzugeschrieben habe. - Im Oktober 1863 reiste ich mit meinem Alten nach <unclear>Hause</unclear> Frankfurt a/m. um auf der dortigen Handelsschule untergebracht zu werden, die ich, nachdem ich das <unclear>Pensal</unclear> des Obersecunda durchgemacht hatte und so das Zeugniß zum einjährigen Militärdienste erlangte, die griechischen und lateinischen Clas- siker vollständig satt hatte, und da ich mich dem Kaufmannstand a wid- men wollte; daßelbe verließ. - Ich war also in fast a/m glücklich un- gebracht und wohnte im Hause des Inhabers des Handelsinstitutes in dem ich mich befand, mit noch 19 anderen jungen Leuten. Nachdem das erste Heimweh glücklich überstanden war, denn dies war das erste Mal daß ich von Hause weg war, fing ich an mich meiner Frei- heit zu freuen, die man im <unclear>Pensal</unclear> doch nicht so recht genießen konnte. Ich war um diese Zeit 17½ Jahr alt, also in dem nicht zu phlegmatischen, gearbeitet habe ich in dem Jahre meines Aufenthaltes in <unclear>höchst</unclear> sehr wenig, sondern mehr Unsinn getrieben, <unclear>gewünscht und Liew gehemmt</unclear>. Nach einiger Zeit fühlte ich mich ganz behaglich dort, und wenn die ver- schiedene Schulzwang nicht gewesen wäre, wir hatten fast jeden Tag 9 Stunden, hätte sich kein Mensch dort wohler fühlen können wie ich; die freien brachte ich immer zu Hause zu. - Nach einem Jahre wurde ich nun als <unclear>schwer sich</unclear> fertiger Kaufmann aus der Handelsschule ent- lassen und konnte nun anfangen meine praktische Laufbahn zu beginnen. Im Septbr 1864 verließ ich <unclear>selbst</unclear> unter dem Hurrah meiner Pensionsfreunde, und reiste nach Hennef da meine schweren und arbeitete mich auf demselben ganz heraus; war unterdeß aber auch <unclear>ein</unclear> wich- tigen Arbeiten auf dem Comptoir an, ich von 8 Uhr bis 12 und von 2½ - 7½ beschäftigt war. Alle 14 Tage ging ich jeden Sonntag <unclear>Abends</unclear> nach Bonn wo ich bis Sonntag Abend bliebe, wenn im <unclear>Sommer</unclear> meine Eltern in Honnef so fahre ich schon Samstags Nachmittag nach Honnef und kam erst Montag Morgens zurück. Kurz führte ein ganz angenehmes Leben welches sich aber <unclear>plötzlich</unclear> verändern sollte. Nachdem ich nämlich gerade 2 Jahre und 1 Monat in Köln war am 20 April 186<unclear>7</unclear> starb mein Prinzipal, der Chef des Hau- ses. Die Erben beschlossen das Geschäft zu liquidiren und schritten in Folge dessen, da ich nun doch nichts mehr dort hätte lernen können, meine Entlassung ein. - Es war mir früher meine Absicht gewesen, <unclear>gleich</unclear> nachdem ich in Köln fertig geworden wäre, wo ich noch hatte 2½ Jahre zu bleiben, in <unclear>einer</unclear> Armee als <unclear>einjähriger</unclear> Freiwilliger zu dienen (es war damals durchaus bekannt sein, daß bei <unclear>uns</unclear> jeder Validität werden muß). Doch der Tod meines Prinzipals trat schon einige Monate früher ein wie ich <unclear>angeblich vor hatte</unclear> und zwar bei dem Rhein. Train Bat. 8. welches in Coblenz liegt, und dessen <unclear>früherer</unclear> Vorstand der ja auch meinem <unclear>Schwager</unclear> sehr <unclear>befreundeter</unclear> Mensch! - Warum ich gerade zum Train ging hatte seine verschiedenen Gründe, erst- ens wollte ich einen so <unclear>bequemen</unclear> Dienst wie möglich haben den ich nur beim Train finden konnte, zweitens <unclear>verdankte ich der einen und</unclear> anderen in Coblenz dienen, um mich, da ich ja später in der <unclear>Heimat</unclear> meines <unclear>Großvaters</unclear> dort <unclear>einleben</unclear>, schon etwas in derselben <unclear>umzusehen</unclear>, und mich mit den <unclear>dortigen</unclear> Verhältnissen bekannt zu machen. - Am 1 Mai 1867. trat ich nun in Coblenz ein und bekam als <unclear>Rechnungsführer</unclear> H. von Bothmar den ich vielleicht noch von Bonn her kannte. Jetzt fing das <unclear>schwerste</unclear> Jahr meines Lebens an, Dienst war bei uns <unclear>nach dem ersten Monat</unclear> II. <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>am 30 April 1868</unclear> [...] <unclear>[...] 15 Mai [...] Coblenz</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...] von Coblenz [...]</unclear> <unclear>[...] am 15 Mai 68 [...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> in jornal unwind yourgan Dimaffi aford just yerfalt John Hig way wine Hallen 東京大学総合図書館 <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> que if in Jans Juste and stew Sin Wishyou Downgandhi Man , Few fifty un 東京大学総合図書館 in keiner Weise vergleichen läßt. Dazu kommt noch daß ich der franz. Sprache noch nicht ganz mächtig bin, doch wird es sich mit der Zeit wohl machen, und denke ich wenn erst noch einmal 5 Monate hier verstrichen sind noch bedeutend heimischer zu fühlen. - Das Haus Victor Tervangne & Cie indem ich mich hier befinde und zwar als Volontair, ist das erste Bankgeschäft von Lüttich, es beschäftigt 30 Leute auf seinem Bureau, der jährliche Umschlag belauft sich auf ca 250 Millionen francs. Mein Prinzipal der alle meine kölner Verwandte persönlich kennt ist sehr artig gegen mich, er hat eine ganz hübsche erwachsene Tochter und ladet mich häufig Sonntags zum Mittagessen ein. - Den nächsten August denke ich jeden- falls noch hier zu bleiben, was ich dann anfange, ob ich noch ein- mal einige Zeit nach England gehe, oder ob ich schon gleich in die Fabrik meines Großvaters in Eupen eintrete, weiß ich noch nicht; ich hoffe Dir in meinem nächsten Briefe darüber genaueres mit- theilen zu können. - Du hast jedenfalls noch ein vielbewegtes Leben geführt wie ich und freue ich mich jetzt schon sehr auf Deine interessanten Schilderungen; aber bitte antworte mir gleich, denn es vergehen ja doch immer schon 4 bis 6 Monate darüber, ehe ich einmal in den Be- sitz Deiner Antwort komme. Deine Mutter und Geschwister (Dein guter Vater ist ja leider gestorben was mir für Dich sehr leid gethan hat) habe ich auch in einer Ewigkeit nicht mehr gesehen, habe mir aber fest vorgenommen sobald ich hier fertig bin, dieselben einmal zu besuchen, und bin ich sehr gespannt Deine Schwester Helene, meine Jugendliebe, einmal wiederzusehen. Nun lebe wohl, lieber Alexander, ich will schließen, da Dir Brief schon mehr wie lang geworden, und schreibe bald einmal Deinem alten treuen Freunde, ferdinand Schaaffhausen. L.C. July 25/68 My dear Sir , You will see that Mr. Hunter is very grateful for the assistance you afforded him but asks for a few more words. I shall be in town daily from the 5. of August till about the same time in September : between 12. and 4. o'clock. — I am glad you propose to return in Oct. as Parker evidently wants you. of course you can proceed in San Francisco if you like. there is no more time to write — Very truly y[ou]rs <unclear>[...]</unclear> A. Von Siebold Esq P. GIL, Paris 24 Juillet 1868 6. Boul.d des Capucines Monsieur Alexandre Van Siebold chez M.r Marcus Berlé Wiesbaden Monsieur Je vous accompagne sous ce pli, comme d'habitude, l'extrait de votre compte courant chez moi, arrêté au 30 Juin Dernier et soldant par: F. 6040. 15. en votre faveur, sur lequel solde je vous ai délivré le 16 courant une lettre de crédit de F. 6000. " sur Monsieur Marcus Berlé De Wiesbaden Depuis cette époque votre compte a été crédité de F. 2.377. 20 montant D'un trans fert, D'ordre de l'Oriental Bank corporation De Londres. Par contre il a été Débité Des sommes suivantes : 3 Juillet votre chèque . . . 500.F." 4 " Paiement De Messieurs Frédéric Huth y C.ie de Londres 1259. 50 17 Juillet - Votre chèque 170 . " A Reporter 1.929.f 50 Report . . . . 1929 f 50 17 Juillet. Votre chèque 433 f. 17 " " 250. " 300. " " 18 " " 175. " 680. " 20 " 500. " 24 " " 200. " Ensemble: F. 4.467.50 Ces Divers paiements comme vous pourrez le remarquer forment une Différence de F. 2050.05. Somme que vous avez à considérer en moins sur le montant De votre lettre De crédit. Agréez, Monsieur, mes sincères salutations. 4467.50. 2377.30 <unclear>2 0g 0 20</unclear> 21.50 6.0.0.0 2050 3950 1800 2150 4467 . 50 3950 1800 2150 9750 19500 350 19500 6000 2050 3950 8417 . 45. 4467 . 50 3950 1800 2150 Private F. O. July 9/65. My dear Sir, I send you a letter I received a few days ago which will explain the wants of the writer. If you can assist him by filling in the Japanese words in his vocabulary pray do so, and return it to me with his letter. Very faithfully & Hammond A. Von Siebold Esqr Private Y.O. July 4 /65. My dear Sir, I have just received a letter from Sir H. Parkes dated May 2 in which he says he hopes you will return to Japan, so as to arrive there if possible before November comes to an end. He says Satow is very anxious for leave. Sir H. Parkes has probably himself written to you. Very faithfully yrs S. Hammond A. Van Siebold Esq von Siebold Report 24.548 31.335 24.548 31.335 Juin 1868 <unclear>[...]</unclear> Solde créditeur 30 6.040 15 Doit Monsieur Von-Siebold ; Son compte arrêté au 30 Juin 1868 Chez M. Hil. Avoir Janvier 2 n/ remise Londres £ 8-17 Son chèque 223 5 1 2 Solde créditeur Dec 31 Versement de l'Oriental Bk Corresp.t £44.11.9.10 8 C.on 5.872 55 Epoque if 28 2.000 5 27 540 21 3. 619 15 22 196 31 500 5 30 150 22 Encaissement d'une Obligation y. Rothschild fz 12631 50 114 14.399 février 4 71 5 89 26 17 Versement de l'Oriental £94-17-6 à 2y.12 8C.on 2.377 30 170 4.741 8 n/ paiement 400 3 38 15% Balance des Nombres 47 50 1.399 12 500 5 42 210 1 18 Son chèque 102 5 48 2 3 4 7 3 200 3 48 193 1 21 n/ paiement 500 5 2,55 26 Son chèque 200 5 6 168 24 5 200 19 17.7 6 400 3 6 260 10 n/ paiement 200 3 69 1138 13 s/ mandat of Morin & Cie 1.088 12 3 4 Son chèque 117 3 72 868 16 s/ Bons of Perin 137 3 103 21 Son chèque 80 5 80 64 96 n/ paiement 700 5 8/ 595 Abril 30 Son chèque 5 120 1.200 Mai 19 Son chèque 500 5 139 695 3 23 500 5 143 715 5 28 Son chèque 300 5 148 444 30 4 500 5 1/0 1/3 150 2 n/ paiement 1.000 1.530 3 8 Son chèque 1.000 1/9 1.590 4 10 500 5 16/ 805 3 12 5 175 5 169 3 3 9 1 300 5 160 774 5 13 Son Bon of M. Henry 5 2.000 164 3 5 430 7 1611 3.985 Son chèque 1.000 166 1.660 5 17 9 345 5 168 580 20 Paiement de Mrs Fr Huth & Cie £20 500 5 171 17/ 855 5 24 Balance des Cap.t F 6028.90 503 60 182 880 10.971 18.491 60 3133 24.548 5 31335 Report 18.471 60 31.335 Commission ¼ % de 12.631.50 31 55 ½ % à <unclear>Louvois</unclear> q.f.co Ports de Lettres 2 50 Solde à Nouveau 2 6.040 20 15 24.548 00 31.336 Paris 30 British Museum June 29th 1868 Dear Sir! Tuesday will perhaps be the best day for your calling at the Museum if it quite suits your con- venience. On Wednesday I have some appointments on Museum business which will take me into the City and necessarily occupy a P. S. About 12 o'clock is in general the best time for finding me disengaged . good part of the day. so that if Tuesday will not suit you I should wish to name Thursday. Perhaps you will kindly drop me a line if I am not to expect you on Tuesday. I remain Yours very truly J. Watts A. von Siebold Esq. British Museum June 25th 1868 Dear Sir/ As Saturday will be a day convenient to you I shall be glad to see you on that day about 11 or 12 o'clock. with regard to the Japa- nese books, they are now unpacked and under exa- mination but from a pressure of urgent business I have had no time as yet to examine them myself or compare them with the catalogue. This however I hope to be able to do before I have the pleasure of seeing you. I remain Dear Sir Yours very truly Thomas Watts Alexander von Siebold Esq British Museum June 22nd 1868 Dear Sir / I had the pleasure of receiving this morning your interesting letter with the two catalogues which accompanied it. The catalogues I have placed in the hands of Mr Douglas for exa- mination and trust that in the course of a few days he will be able to report how many of the books are already in the Museum collection &. You mention that you have brought some of the books with you to London as specimens. Will you be kind enough to send them to the Museum for inspection? Will you mention at the same time how long you propose remaining in London. I would name as early a day as possible for seeing you but have a good deal of urgent business on hand and am afraid of wasting your time if I asked you to call before Mr Douglas had an opportunity of examining the catalogues with the requisite attention. I remain Very truly yours Thomas Watts A. von Siebold Esq. 東京大学総合図書館 British Museum May 21.t 1868. Dear Sir, Your letter bearing date the 15th of April, must have been so dated by oversight, as it must evidently have been written on the 15th of May. When you offered to the Museum, for purchase the Japanese library, belonging to your late respected father, I was certainly other parties without giving the Museum the opportunity, of either taking or declining them. It will, of course, be my duty to report this circumstance to the Trustees when the subject next comes under their con- sideration. It will be quite unnecessary to trouble you to forward again on this occasion, the catalogue, in Chinese characters, which you for merly left for a few days for examination. Your assurance is quite enough that the works in question were not included in it. I have the honour to be, yours faithfully, Thomas Watts A. von Siebold Esq &c. &c. &c. under the impression that you offered, without reserve, the whole collection of Japanese books then in the hands of the family. I find, by your letter, that this was not the case- that some of the most valuable books collected by M. von Siebold in Japan, and in the hands of the family, when the offer was first made to the Museum, were not included in that offer and have been, since, disposed of to Geehrter Herr! <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>[...]</unclear> 東京大学総合図書館 „ Nürnberg und v. Thüringen wo möglich heute noch zu besuchen und diese Herren zu einer Besichtigung des gegenwärtigen Museums einzuladen. Die Diener des Museums sind angewiesen, täg- lich von 9 1/2 bis 11 Uhr dort zu sein. Mich selbst können Sie dort täglich um 11 Uhr des Vormittags mit Aus- nehmen des Sonntags treffen. Da die Abgeordneten jetzt in den Vormittags Sitzung halten, so würde ich Ihnen rathen, Ihre Besichtigung in eine Nachmittagsstunde von 3 - 4 Uhr zu verlegen. Auch würde ich Sie in diesem Falle bitten, mir einen Tag zuvor oder wenigstens am gleichen Tag um 11 Uhr in Kenntniss zu setzen, damit ich den Dienern die nöthigen Befehle zur Eröffnung des Museums ertheilen kann. Hochachtungsvoll Ihr München 5 April 1868. ergebener M. Wagner 東京大学総合図書館 British Museum, London. March 9. 1868. Dear Sir, I wish to put myself in direct communication with you by desire of Mr Jones, who as you are aware is the Principal Librarian of the British Museum, while I am the Keeper of the department of Printed Books. I have seen the letters you have from time to time written to Mr Jones respecting the proposal to dispose of your father's Japanese library to the Museum, and I examined in conjunction with Mr Douglas, who catalogues our Chinese books, the catalogue of your collection drawn up by a Japanese which you sent to Mr Jones some time ago. I think I mentioned to you when I had the pleasure of seeing you on the occasion of the visit of the Tycoon's brother to the Museum, that several Japanese books had been recently purchased for the museum library and that more were daily expected, which were selected in Japan by a gentleman well versed in the language with the view of their being offered to the Museum. The plan has already began to be acted on of enlarging our Japanese collection, in consequence of the increasing intercourse between the two countries, and there is <unclear>[...]</unclear> as you say a 'chance' that if an agreement can be come to as to terms, the transfer of your father's library, to the Museum may take place. The sum you have named is £1200, but you have also mentioned that this sum is one which you would be inclined to reduce in the prospect of an immediate settlement. Will you have the Kindness to mention to what extent you would be willing to carry this reduction in that case, and also to favour me with the following particulars.- (1) How many of the volumes in the collection are in print and how many in manuscript? (2) Are there any, and what works in the collection which are not procurable in Japan, except by favour of the public authorities, which it is understood was largely extended to your father? (3) Which is the most ancient printed book in the collection and which is the finest? The expense of transferring the whole collection from Munich to London for the purpose of examination it would I think be unadvisable to incur at the present stage of affairs, but at some future one I might probably ask you if you could send the oldest and the finest to the Museum for the purpose of being laid before the Trustees who would thus be afforded an opportunity of judging for themselves on one of the elements of the question on which it would be my duty to lay a report before them. Can you also send again the Japanese Catalogue you formerly sent but which you left in our possession so short a time that it was impossible to make more than a very hurried examination - and can you oblige us with any further indications of the contents and the value of the collection. Awaiting the favour of your reply. Dear Sir, Yours faithfully Thomas Watts Alexander von Siebold Esq &c &c &c. 1 - 5 Korrespondenz 1869 Copie Yokohama 31 October 1869. Hochwohlgeborner Herr Ich habe so eben die Ehre gehabt S.E. Sir Harry Parkes Ihrem verehrten Chef meinen besonderen Dank für die freundli- gung auszusprechen, durch welche es <unclear>Ihnen</unclear> Hochwohlgeboren gestattet wird in meinem schriftlichen und mündlichen <unclear>Verkehr</unclear> mit den Organen der <unclear>Reichs</unclear> japanischen Ich fühle mich um so mehr <unclear>angeglieder</unclear> Ihnen hiermit meinen verbindlichsten und wärmsten Dank für die <unclear>Bereitwil-</unclear> =ligkeit auszusprechen, mit welcher Sie sich der Übernahme jener Geschäfte unterzogen haben. In <unclear>Anbetracht</unclear> eben so großer Schwierigkeit der Funktionen Herrn Alexander von Siebold Japanese Secretary Acting der Königl. Brit. Gesandtschaft in Japan. <unclear>einer</unclear> Dolmetscher) können Sie selten der jetzigen Verhältnisse nicht hinreich- zu leisten die Güte haben, habe die Summe derselben wesentlich gefördert, und indem ich Ihnen die meine Danksagung erneuere, mache ich es für meine <unclear>Pflicht</unclear> die K.K. Regierung hiervon in <unclear>Kenntniß</unclear> <unclear>Ihnen geben</unclear>, die Versicherung mein- ausgezeichnetsten Hochachtung zu Admiral Schloß freienfels bei Hollfeld in Bayern d 6/8. 69. Hochgeehrter Herr! Auf Ihr <unclear>hochgefälliges</unclear> <unclear>geehrtes</unclear> Schreiben vom 9/9. pr. hab ich <unclear>seine</unclear> Antwort unterlassen, weil ich vermuthen mußte [...] <unclear>es haben</unclear> Sie die Ihnen vorhabende Reise nicht machen [...] würde. Nun hat mich vor 3 Monaten das Unglück getroffen, meinen unvergleichlich guten Freund welchen ich hier in der meiner Natur zu <unclear>zusagenden</unclear> Hofstaate, zu verlieren. 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Schloß Reichenberg. Von Professor Dr. Ph. Dieffenbach zu Friedberg. (Beilage zu dem siebenten Jahresberichte des Hessi- schen Vereins für die Aufnahme mittel- alterlicher Kunstwerke.) 1852. Druck von Josef Gunst in Bingen. Schloß Reichenberg. Aus dem Rheinthale bei Goarshausen ziehen in nord- östlicher Richtung zwei romantische Thälchen nach dem kaum zwei Stündchen entfernten Reichenberg.*) Der Wanderer wähle zum Hinweg das Hasenbacher Thal, und nehme seinen Rückweg über den Offenthaler Hof durch das Forstbachthal, dem man wegen seiner vielen malerischen Stellen in neuerer Zeit auch wohl den Namen Schweizerthal beilegt. Ist schon der Hinweg loh- nend gewesen, so wird ihm der erste Blick in die Umgebungen von Reichenberg noch erfreulicher sein. In einem Thalkessel er- hebt sich malerisch ein hier und da mit Buschwerk gezierter Fels. Die wenigen im Thale ziemlich zerstreut liegenden Häuser bilden den Ort Thal Reichenberg, dessen später noch erwähnt wer- den wird. Auf dem Felsen aber liegen die Trümmer des Schlos- ses Reichenberg. Schon der erste Anblick lehrt zur Genüge, daß man hier eine gewöhnliche mittelalterliche Burg nicht zu erwar- ten habe, und mit Recht nennt sie Vogel eine der merkwürdigsten Burgen Deutschlands. „Ihre Stockwerke“, so fährt er weiter fort, „ruhten auf Säulen, welche Kreuzgewölbe trugen, und zwei hohe Thürme, jeder vierfach nach außen erhaben abgerundet, gaben ihr ein majestätisches Ansehen.“ Leider wurde der Eine dieser Thürme erst vor wenigen Jahren niedergerissen. — Doch, wir wollen uns genauer umsehen und treten nach einigem Steigen an einem ärm- *) Ueber Reichenberg geben verschiedene ältere Schriftsteller Nachrichten, die freilich großentheils wenig auf historische Critik Anspruch machen. Der bekannte Herausgeber der „Hessischen Chronica,“ Wilhelm Schäf- fergenannt Dilich gibt, so viel mir bekannt, zuerst davon eine ziem= lich getreue Abbildung und zwar von drei verschiedenen Seiten. Was er in seiner Ausgabe von 1606 (die mit der von 1605 conform ist) hier- über im Text angibt, wird später erwähnt werden. Ihn copierte, wie so Vieles, was er mittheilt, Merian in seiner Topographia Hassiae, macht aber in seinem Text einige Zusätze. Beide wurden wieder von Winkel- mann (Beschreibung von Hessen und Hersfeld, S. 123), später von Melissantes, dem pseudonymen Verfasser des neu eröffneten Schau= plages denkwürdiger Geschichte (2. Theil S. 109), sowie noch später von (Diethelm) dem Verfasser des Wetterauischen Geographus benust, oder vielmehr in der Hauptsache abgeschrieben und mit einigen Zusätzen ver- mehrt. — Der gründliche Hessische Geschichtschreiber Hfr. Bernh. Wenck unter- wirft alle diese Mittheilungen zuerst einer scharfen Critik. Ihm verdan- ken wir eigentlich die ersten urkundlichen Nachrichten über Reichenberg. Später theilt C. D. Vogel in seiner im J. 1836 erschienenen hist.- Topographie des Herzogthums Nassau (S. 87) hierüber zwar nur kurze, aber gediegene Nachrichten mit. Eine Geschichte ist demnach noch zu erwarten, und wäre hierzu Niemand geeigneter als der Besitzer des Schlos- ses selbst, Hr. Archivar Habel, der in der gelehrten Welt als grund: licher Forscher hinlänglich bekannt ist. lichen Häuschen vorbei, das unmittelbar vor dem Eingange zur Burg wider das hohe Mauerwerk angelehnt ist, in den alten Burg- hof. Er ist keineswegs gepflastert, sondern seine Fläche besteht aus dem natürlichen, mühsam glattgehauenen Schieferfelsen. Links erhebt sich das Hauptgebäude, vor dessen Eingange 2 von dem Kai- serpalaste zu Ingelheim herrührende Granitsäulen stehen, die mit über- großen und einfachen byzantinischen Knäufen geziert sind. Ist man eingetreten, so führt uns eine Treppe aufwärts nach den oberen Gemächern. An dem Eingange eines jeden findet man die Reste ähnlicher Säulen mit dicken Knäufen, wie unten. Endlich gelangt man auf die Plattform zwischen jenen beiden Thürmen, deren Ab- bildung bei Dilich=Schäffer und Merian zu sehen ist. Diese Stelle beherrscht die ganze nahe Umgegend. Ist man der Treppe wieder herabgestiegen, so empfängt den Wanderer auf der äußeren Seite des Gebäudes ein einfacher sonnig liegender Garten, wohl ein Theil des ehemaligen Zwingers oder eine alte Bastion. Auf der andern Seite des Hofes erhebt sich ein Gebäude, in welchem der Rittersaal sich befand. Man erstaunt, wenn man hier die Gewölbe mehrerer Stockwerke in der Mitte auf drei übereinander stehenden Säulen ruhen sieht. Wie kühn, aber jetzt auch wie ge- fahrdrohend erscheinen diese Reste, daß man sich scheut, hineinzutreten in das Innere. Von allen Gebäuden hat sich überhaupt bis jetzt nur Eins vollständig erhalten, es ist der Thurm, welcher an der Seite des Einganges steht und in den erwähnten früheren Abbildungen auch zu sehen ist. Aber wir würden nur die Hälfte des Ganzen betrach- tet und gerade den interessantesten Theil versäumt haben, wollten wir nicht auch die unterirdischen Gemächer besuchen. Führten einst 96 Stufen in dieser Feste aufwärts, so bedurfte es 80 Stufen, um in die letzteren ganz zu gelangen. Der Hauptbau unter der Erde besteht aus zwei Stockwerken, und wer herunter zu steigen die kleine Mühe nicht scheuen will, der muß sich wohl wundern, wenn er hier so oft aus Einem Gemach in das Andere gelangt, indem auf jeder Seite eines jeden Stockwerkes sechs Gemächer in Einer Reihe sich befinden. Zum Schrecken dessen, der hier zum ersten Mal herein- tritt, ist in Einem derselben die in der Mitte stehende Säule so bau- fällig, daß der um die Erhaltung des Ganzen so sehr besorgte Be- sitzer sie stützen lassen mußte; leider fand er aber noch keinen Mei- ster, der es wagte, an die Stelle des verwitterten Schaftes einen neuen aufzurichten. Wir rathen dem Freunde des Schönen, doch hier nicht länger zu verweilen, sondern lieber wieder das Tageslicht zu suchen und sich, um eine neue Ansicht des großartigen Baues zu gewinnen, außerhalb nach der Seite zu begeben, wo der Felsen, auf welchem das Ganze ruht, sich an die benachbarte Anhöhe anlehnt. Der Künstler wird gewiß gerne mit dem Freund des Schönen ver- weilen. Eins müssen wir bedauern, daß wir nämlich als Laie außer Stand sind, gerade über das uns weitläufiger auszusprechen, was dieses Gebäude eigentlich wohl am meisten vor seines Gleichen aus- zeichnet, über die Art und Weise der Befestigung nämlich, worüber der Kenner mittelalterlicher Befestigungskunst wohl Auskunft ver- langt; ihn müssen wir jedoch ersuchen, selbst zu schauen und zu forschen. Nur das wollen wir hier andeuten, daß Alles, was Mauer=, Zwinger- und Thurm=Befestigung anbelangt, hier mit großer Sorgfalt ausgeführt ist, so daß es schon den älteren Schrift- stellern, welche hierüber berichten, im höchsten Grade auffiel. Ein „wundersam Gebäu“ nennt es Dilich=Schäffer, und fährt dann fort: „Ist nach Asiatischer form und manier, ohne dach, oben zugewelbet und mit zweyen hohen gleichförmigen thürmen ge- zieret. Ligt auf einem felsen und ist allenthalben unten und oben mit vielen gewelbten gängen versehen.“ — Sein Copist Merian fügt noch bei: „Unnd muß man wohl dreymahl umb den Berg gehen, gleichwie umb einen Schnecken, ehe man hinauff kommet.“ — Doch soll, wie dieselben Schriftsteller beifügen, der Bau nur halb voll- endet worden sein.*) Was das Geschichtliche von Reichenberg anbelangt, so sind wir leider genöthigt, uns sehr kurz zu fassen, indem bis jetzt von wenigen Orten der Art die urkundlichen Quellen so sparsam fließen, wie von diesem. Den älteren Schriftstellern kommt es aber nicht so genau darauf an, ob die Sache überall richtig steht oder nicht. Nach Dilich=Schäffer wurde das Schloß 1270 vom Grafen Wilhelm III von Katzenelnbogen erbaut. Merian schreibt ihm dasselbe nach, beruft sich aber dabei auf die Aufschrift einer alten Tafel im Schlosse Rheinfels. Dagegen nennt Winkelmann nach Ausweis eben dieser Tafel den Grafen Wilhelm II als Erbauer und das Jahr 1271. In der That kann aber um diese Zeit weder Wilhelm II, noch der III der Erbauer sein; ja, wie Wenck richtig nachweist,**) nicht einmal Wilhelm I kann es damals wohl gewesen sein, indem derselbe erst 1331, also 61 Jahre später starb, mithin damals ein Kind war. Eben dieser Wenck gibt uns***) zwei im ehemalichen Kloster Eberbach befindliche Grab=Inschriften, wonach allerdings, wenn dieselben richtig copiert *) Dies mag sich wohl auf einige Theile des zweiten Baues beziehen, auf den Hauptbau gewiß nicht, wie wir nachher sehen werden. **) Hess. Landes Gesch. I. 354 Note e. ***) Das. Urk. Buch. 273. sind, Wilhelm I. der Erbauer der Burg Reichenberg oder wenigstens derjenige gewesen sein muß, welcher den Bau begonnen. Allein auch darauf ist sich nicht ganz zu verlassen, indem vom Gra fen Wilhelm I. dort in der That nur Eine Grabschrift existirt, und, wie mir mein gelehrter Freund, Herr Archivar Habel, mit theilt, in der von Helwich genommenen Abschrift der Eberbachi schen Epitaphien auf dieser der im Jahr 1331 verstorbene Wil helm nicht als der Erbauer der Burg Reichenberg, sondern der von Burgschwalbach bezeichnet wird *). Eine genauere Ansicht des erwähnten Grabsteins wird erst darthun, wer richtig gelesen. - Einstweilen kann als bestimmt das angenommen werden, daß die Burg im J. 1289 bereits existirte, indem eine Urkunde von diesem Jahr besagt, daß Graf Adolf von Nassau seinen Antheil an „Burg und Dorf Reichenberg" an Ulrich von Hanau gegen Wie derkaufsrecht verpfändet **). Es ift weiter urkundlich erwiesen, daß dieses Reichenberg in dem zwischen dem Kaiser Albrecht und den Erzbischöfen und Kurfürsten geführten Kampfe, in welchem der Graf Wilhelm I. es mit Letzteren hielt, von jenem Kaiser im Jahr 1302 zerstört wurde. Zur Entschädigung für diesen Verlust half ihm der Erzbischof Balduin von Trier bei der Wieder-Erbauung desselben im J. 1319 gegen das Versprechen, dasselbe künftig als trierisches Lehen zu nehmen. ***) Wie Vieles bei diesem Neubau von dem Reste der erften Erbauung wieder benutzt wurde, wird schwer zu ermitteln sein; dagegen ift anzunehmen, daß der Bau in der Hauptsache 1324 vollendet gewesen sein mag, denn in einem Urkunden-Extrakt von diesem Jahre wird ausdrücklich angegeben, „daß Graf Wilhelm, als er das Schloß von neuem erbaut und eine Stadt daselbst anzulegen begehrt, vom Kaiser Ludwig dem Bayer dazu Schutz und Schirm und für die Stadt die Rechte und Freiheiten der Stadt Frankfurt erhalten habe". ****) - Im Jahr 1328 wurde Crafft, Ritter (Ruter) von Aldin dorff, vom Grafen Wilhelm I. zum Burgmann daselbst ernannt, mit der Verpflichtung, binnen Jahresfrist ein Wohnhaus daselbst *) Die von Helwich genommene Abschrift hat nämlich die Worte: qui con- struxit castrum dictum Borgschwalbach. Dagegen gibt Wenck die Worte: qui construxit castrum dictum Richenberg. Mit letzterem stimmt auch, wie mich Hr. Habel versichert, diejenige Abschrift überein, welche von dem verst. Pater Burß. Bär herrühren soll. **) Wenck I. Urk. B. 55. ***) S. Wenck I. 364. 366. Urk. 99. ****) Daf. Urk. 302. Unter dieser Stadt ift der früher erwähnte Ort Thal- Reichenberg zu verstehen, dem man es freilich nicht ansieht, daß er eine Stadt ift. zu errichten. *) Im Jahr 1374 ernannte Graf Wilhelm II. den Ritter Johann Brenner von Lahnstein zum Amtmann und Befehlshaber von Reichenberg. **) (Dessen Nachkommen erhielten 1722 die Erbamtmannschaft daselbst.) Nachdem im J. 1479 die Grafen von Katzenelnbogen in männ licher Linie erloschen waren, ging Reichenberg in den Besitz ihrer Haupterben, der Landgrafen von Hessen, über, die daselbst bis in neueren Zeiten einen Oberamtmann einsetzen hatten. ***) - Im dreißigjährigen Krieg muß das Schloß hart mitgenommen wor den sein. Als die Franzosen im J. 1639 mit dem Heere des Her zog Bernhard von Weimar über den Rhein gesetzt waren, bemächtigten sie sich sofort Reichenbergs und legten eine ziem- lich starke Besatzung hinein. Sie wurden jedoch bald darauf wieder durch den Commandanten von Rheinfels gewaltsam daraus vertrieben. ****) Winkelmann erzählt (123), im dreißigjäh- rigen Krieg sei dieses schöne Schloß ganz eingeäschert worden, und Melissantes (Gregorius) führt weiter an, *****) der kaiser liche General Tilly habe solches völlig in die Asche gelegt und zu einem schlechten Steinhaufen gemacht. Es ift jedoch an der Wahr heit beider Angaben sehr zu zweifeln, und wird die letztere schon durch das widerlegt, was wir unmittelbar vorher vom Jahr 1639 angeben haben. Denn wenn Tilly, der bekanntlich 1632 starb, es in einen Aschen- und Steinhaufen verwandelte, so kann es die Wichtigkeit nicht gehabt haben, die ihm 1639 beigelegt wurde. Dem widerspricht auch, was man noch im Anfange dieses Jahrhunderts davon sah. Dagegen wollen wir gerne glauben, was der pseudo nyme Melissantes weiter anführt, daß der Landgraf von Hes sen-Cassel im J. 1693 eine Besatzung hineingelegt, dieselbe aber 1697 wieder abgeführt habe. Schließlich wollen wir hier nur noch bemerken, daß Reichen berg seit 1648 zu den Besitzungen der vom Landgrafen Ernst ge stifteten Rheinfels-Rothenburger Linie, jedoch unter Hes sen-Casselischer Landeshoheit, gehörte. Nach den großen Verän derungen mit dem Kurstaate Hessen war Reichenberg als zur Niedergrafschaft Katzenelnbogen gehörig eine Zeit lang fast herren los; sein Schicksal war nämlich an das des damaligen Allbeherr *) Daf. 116. **) Daf. 189. ***) Vogel 87, ****) Merian S. V. Reichenberg. *****) Neueröffneter Schauplatz denkwürdiger Begebenheiten II, 111. schers Napoleon geknüpft (d. h. es war unter franz. Administration). Die neuesten Verträge führten es endlich im J. 1815 dem Hause Nassau zu. Bis dahin war das Schloß bewohnt. Erst im Jahr 1818 wurde es von der Regierung an Privaten verkauft, von da an seiner Decken und Dächer beraubt und gewaltsam zur Ruine geschaffen. Der gegenwärtige Besitzer, Herr Archivar Habel, hat bisher Alles gethan, um dem gänzlichen Ruine vorzubeugen. Möge es ihm gelingen, wenigstens diese Reste zu erhalten! Der eine der herrlichen Thürme war aber bereits zusammen gerissen, ehe er Etwas für dessen Erhaltung thun konnte. Yokohama, 31. Oct. 1869 Ich fühle mich nunmehr verpflichtet, Ihnen sammt meinem verbindlichsten und wärmsten Dank für die MISSION NACH OSTASIEN UND SÜD-AMERICA Hochwohlgeborner Herr! Ich habe soeben die Ehre gehabt, Seiner Excellenz Sir Harry Parkes, Ihrem werthen Chef, meinen besonderen Dank für die Ermächtigung auszu- sprechen, durch welche es Euer Hochwohlgeboren gestattet wird, in meinen schriftlichen und mündlichen Verkehr mit den Organen der kaiserlich japanesischen Regierung die Vollmachts-Geschäfte für die k.&k. Mission zu führen. Sʳ Hochwohlgeboren Herrn Alexander von Siebold, Japanese Secretary Acting der kön. brit. Gesandtschaft in Japan Bereitwilligkeit ausgesprochen, mit welcher Sie sich der Übernahme jenes Geschäfte unterzogen haben. In Anbetracht aber so großer zu setzen. Ich benütze diesen Anlaß, um Euer Hochwohlgeboren die Versicherung meiner ausgezeichnetsten Hochachtung auszusprechen. Schwierigkeit als Wichtigkeit der funktionen eines <unclear>Vollmachthabers</unclear> können Ihre seltenen Kenntnisse der japanischen Sprache und der hiesigen Verhältnisse nicht hinrei- chend gewürdigt werden. Die Dienste, welche Sie der mir anvertrauten Mission zu leisten die Güte hatten, haben die Zwecke derselben wesentlich gefördert und indem ich Ihnen dafür meinen <unclear>Dankbezeigung</unclear> erneuere, erachte ich es für meine Pflicht, die K. und K. Regierung hiervon in Kenntniß Schloß Miltenberg a/M d. 28t Juli 1869. Ew. Hochwohlgeboren geehrtes Schreiben vom 25t d. Mts an die Herren Hauenstein & Vogler in Frankfurt a/M, welches seither von letzteren über- mitgetheilt worden ist, veranlaßt sich der ergebenst Unterzeichnete, *) als damaligen Besitzer der zum Verkaufe angebotenen Rhein-Burgen, durch die nachfolgenden näheren Angaben zu beantworten: I. Die Burg Eppstein liegt über dem gleichnamigen Flecken in der s.g. Nassauischen Schweiz malerisch auf einem Felsenkegel am Eingang des vielgenannten Lorsbacher Thales, 3 Stunden von Wiesbaden entfernt, und ist mittels zweimaliger Eisenbahn=Verbindung von der Eisen- bahnstation Hattersheim in einer Stunde zu erreichen. Von üppigen Wiesenthälern u. anmuthigen Laubwäldern um- geben, bietet die Ruine inmitten ihrer Gartenanlagen, von Buchsbaum u. Epheu umrankt, ein anziehendes Idyll; u. für den <unclear>Sinn</unclear> sinnigen Naturgenießer wird es kaum ein lieblicheres Plätzchen (zum Frühlings=Aufenthalt oder zur Sommerfrische) geben, als das zu einer ländlichen Woh- nung umgeschaffene, ehemalige Thorwärterhäuschen der Burg, welches noch von auf einem steilen Felsen ragend, einerseits die Aussicht auf Wiesenthal u. Waldgebirge, andererseits un- mittelbar mit den buschigsten Gärten u. traulichsten Epheu- Lauben verbunden ist. An einer anderen geeigneten Stelle des Burgbereichs steht übrigens ein weiteres, bisher zu landwirthschaftlichen Zwecken benutztes Gebäude, welches sich mehrere zu einer Wohnung um- *) bitte sehr, die <unclear>Forderungen nachzuschlagen</unclear> zu wollen. <unclear>[...]</unclear> <unclear>verschaffen</unclear> ließe. – Durch <unclear>successiven</unclear>, zum Theil noch <unclear>nachtheiligen</unclear> Ankauf der die Burg zunächst umgebenden, sowie einiger ihr gegenüberliegenden Par- zellen ist zur Ruine ein Areal von 8 1/10 Nassauischen Morgen erworben worden, welches zum größeren Theil Garten = u. Obst- Anlagen bildet, theilweise auch landwirthschaftlich nutzbar ist. Die noch gewaltige Burg war Stammsitz des bis ins 11te Jahr- hundert hinauf bekannten Dynastengeschlechts der <unclear>Bopparder</unclear>, welches dem Erzstuhle zu Mainz fünf der bedeutendsten Erz- bischöfe gab u. dessen "Letzter ihres Stammes" Großmutter des berühmten Wilhelms von <unclear>Oranien</unclear> war. Als Reichslehen kam die Hälfte des Schlosses bereits im Jahre 1124 an das Erz- stift Mainz, während die andere Hälfte von dem Letzten der <unclear>Eppstein</unclear> = Münzenbergischen Linie 1492 an den Landgrafen Wilhelm III von Hessen verkauft wurde, wodurch sie demnächst an das Großherzoglich Hessische Haus gelangte. Im Jahre 1802 fielen beide Hälften dem Fürstenhause Nassau zu. Seitdem sie noch nie gebrochen, wurde später leider der altehrwürdige Bau von <unclear>Seiten</unclear> auf den Abbruch verkauft, und in Folge von gewinnsüchtigen Speculanten so verwüstet, daß jetzt nur noch der stattliche, weittragende Wart-Thurm u. die ausgedehnten Grundmauern nebst manchen Brustwehrungs- mauern unerschüttert stehen. – Im Hinblick auf das historische Interesse der Burg, ihre reizende Lage u. das dazu gehörige Areal dürfte der Preis von 5000 Thalern für diese anziehende Besitzung nicht zu <unclear>gewählt</unclear> erscheinen. durch die herrliche Aussicht auf den sich unter sich breitenden Rhein, die von demselben umflossene Rhein-Pfalz, auf Oberwesel mit der malerischen Ruine von <unclear>Schönburg</unclear>, verschiedene Gebirgsdörfer u. die dem Rhein freundlich <unclear>zueinandergehende</unclear> Rebengehänge u. Wald- Die gewaltigen, von einem colossalen Thurme überragten Mauern der majestätischen Burgfeste, welche in verschiedenen Terrassen eine Fläche von mehreren Morgen <unclear>bedeckend</unclear> einschließen, sind noch unbeschä- nächst gut erhalten und, abgesehen von den ohne allzugroße Kosten zu bewerkstelligenden Restauration der ganzen Burg, würde nach dem Urtheil eines (als Wiederherstellers der Wartburg gewiß competenten) Sachverständigen, des Herrn Geh. Hofr. v. Ritgen in Gießen, für 4-5000 Thlr eines der Burggebäude zu einer comfortabeln Wohnung eingerichtet sein. Daneben ist nun ein Thurmgemach zum Aufenthalt hergestellt Einen Haupt<unclear>zugang</unclear> nach der freien Höhe bietet ein trefflicher Brun- in interessanter Felsgrotte, worin ein in den Felsen gehauener Teich Die Flächen zwischen den Burg-Mauern sind durch Anlagen ver- schönert, meistens aber mit Rebenpflanzungen u. kleinen Wein- bergen bepflanzt. – Zu der Burg gehört an ihrem Abhang ein Areal von nahezu 1 1/2 Morgen, wovon davon 61 Ruthen einen Weinberg 1ter Lage bilden, ein angränzender, in einer Hand befindlicher Weinbergscomplex bietet Gelegenheit, ein kleines Weingut um das Schloß zu erwerben. Die Erbauung der wahrscheinlich von dem uralten Geschlechte der Grafen von <unclear>Kleeburg</unclear> gegründeten Burg Gutenfels verliert sich in das frühere Mittelalter. Mit der Hand der letzt<unclear>besten</unclear> Anna von <unclear>Kleeburg</unclear> gelangte das Schloß in den Besitz der Edlen v. Falkenstein, u. wurde (im Jahre 1277 von Philipp von Falkenstein an den Pfalzgrafen Ludwig II verkauft u. verblieb fortan bei dem churpfälzischen Hause, bis es im Jahre 1814 dem fürstlichen Hause Nassau zugetheilt wurde. Napoleon ließ 1805 einen Theil der bis dahin wohlerhaltenen Reste schleifen, die dann später, gleichfalls in Folge Verkauf auf den Abbruch, weiter verwüstet wurde. – Die Geschichte der Burg, welche 1287 dem Grafen Adolf II. Die Burg Gutenfels thront stattlich auf schroffer Felsenhöhe über dem <unclear>Städtchen</unclear> Caub am Rhein. Man <unclear>ersteigt</unclear> sie auf fahrbarem Wege zur Nord=Abhang aber in 10 Minuten u. ist reich belohnt von Nassau, nachmaligen deutschen König, zum Burgmann hatte, 1504 durch Landgraf Wilhelm v. Hessen sechs Wochen lang heftig aber vergeblich belagert wurde, u. von deren „Gustavs=Thurm“ im dreißigjährigen Krieg Gustav Adolf im Gefecht leitete, ist reich an interessanten Momenten. Jedenfalls darf die Veste nach Lage, Bau=Art u. historischer Bedeutung hinter die Perlen der Rhein=Burgen gezählt werden, und nachdem bei einer früheren Verkaufs=Gelegenheit der genannte Herr v. Rittgen ihren Werth auf 20,000 Thlr geschätzt hatte, möchte gewiß der jetzige Verkaufs=Preis von 10,000 Thlrn nur im billiger genannt werden dürfen. III. Bezüglich der Burg Reichenberg erlaube ich mir vorgebracht auf die hier beigefügte Druckschrift Bezug zu nehmen u. zu derselben nur zu erinnern, daß die Entfernung von <unclear>St. Hawre</unclear> soeben durch das <unclear>Pfarrbüchsel</unclear> nur eine Stunde beträgt, u. daß die pag. 4 verödete baufällige Schule inzwischen durch eine neue ersetzt ist. Auch das „ärmliche Häuschen“ am Eingang ist jetzt zu einer niedlichen Wohnung umge- schaffen u. im interessanten rundes Thurmgemach wohnlich hergerichtet. Das Areal der Burg Reichenberg, von Gärten u. Anlagen gebildet, beträgt 6 Morgen u. läßt sich mehreren durch Vergrößerung anstoßender Grundstücke vergrößern. Der Kaufpreis ist auf 6000 Thaler festgesetzt und auch diese Summe dürfte für eine der unverkennt „merkwürdigsten Burgen Deutschlands welche sich zu einer so reizenden Umgebung erfreut u. leicht zu einem herrlichen Landsitz umzuschaffen ist, gewiß nur werthentsprechend zu fordern werden. IV. Die Burg Thurnberg, auch „die Maus“ genannt, malerisch auf einem reizenden Aussichts= Punkt über dem Flecken Wellmich am Rhein gelegen, würde schließlich der Voll- ständigkeit wegen nur noch erwähnt werden, weil bei ihr der Miß- stand zu beklagen ist, daß der Besitzer das sie umgebende Gelände <unclear>österreicher</unclear> Weise den Zugang zu ihr verschwert. Mit Rücksicht darauf, ferner den Umstand, daß ihr Gebiet auf den Umfang ihrer Mauern be- schränkt ist, würde sie schon um 500 Thaler übergeben werden. Indem ich bezüglich der Kreis=Aufsätze im Allgemeinen nur deren zu erinnern mir erlaubt, welche enorme Summen jetzt für andere, oft minder interessante Kunst=Antiquitäten, z. B. alte Bilder, willig bezahlt werden, dürfte schließlich noch die Bemerkung Platz finden, daß außergewöhnliche Künstlerbedingungen, außer der einen, welche das Verbot der Anlagen zerstörender Hand an die altehrwürdigen Baudenkmale bezwecken würde, nicht beabsichtigt werden. Indem ich mich schließlich mit Vergnügen zu jeder weiteren Auskunft bereit erkläre, habe ich die Ehre, mit vollkommenster Hochachtung zu zeichnen Ew. Hochwohlgeboren ergebenster <unclear>Conradi</unclear>, Kreisrichter a. D. An Mama &c. geliehen.- 8730.34 No 1-12 Posten, Übertrag. fl. 8444. 30 ,, 13. Juni 1868 1 Wechsel zu fl. 500.oo. ,233. 20. fl. 14 Zinsen von obigen fl. 500.oo. à 6 Monat 5%, 5. 50 15 1 Novr Zinsen vom überbleibenden Capital (3560 fl.) à 5% 2 Monath. , 44. 30 16. Zinsen vom 1ten Novr 68 - 1 Novr 69. für 2600 fl. à 5% 12 Monath. , 130 - 17. Feb.69. pr Mail gesendet an Mama £70.oo. 840 - 7ten April Mama erhalten. - 18 British Museum für Bücher &c. erhalten fl. 47/6 - 19. 90 - Zinsen für £70.oo. = 840 fl. à 5% 2 Monat. , 14 - <unclear>10557 ×74</unclear> 20 Alex im Ganzen ohne Abzüge an fl. 10641. 10 Mama etc geliehen fl. 10641. 10. 10557,14, 10557.14. Mama von Alex im Ganzen erhalten fl. 10641. 10. 10557.14 Alex von Mama zurückerhalten __ ,, __ ,, 7906. 04. Nach Allem Abzug Mama an Alex fl. 2705. 06. schuldig fl. 2705. 06. 2651, 10. 10557.14 7906.04 2651.10 2705.06 2651.10 53.56 2651.10 53.56 2705.06 An Mama &c geliehen den 1 Mai 1867 - Summe der Gelder aus Japan an Mama geschickt und an Papa geliehen mit Zinsen bis zum 1 Mai 1867 fl 5900 - 2. 6 Monat Zinsen obiger Summe von 1 Mai 1867 bis 1 November 1867. 295 An Mama in München & Halheim 147. 30. 3. geliehen 500 frs & 500 fl - 15 August 67. ( Zinsen rechnen vom 1t August 1867. 733,20. 633.20 4. an Mama geschickt (1140 fl) 20 ) 1148- 1 Wechsel von £ 95. 4s. 2d. von <unclear>Mr</unclear> Alston 17 Sept. ( Zinsen vom 1t August 1867.) 5. Zinsen vom 1t August für No. 3 & 4 (fl <unclear>1133.20</unclear>) bis 1t November 1867. 23.27. 6. 100 fl von Großmama (16 Aug. 1867) 100 f. Zinsen von 100 fl für 20 Jahr. 16 Aug 67. 100 " 8. 31.30 fl am 16 Aug. 1867 von Großmama. 31 30 9. Zinsen für 20 Jahr der selben Summe den 1 November 1867 schuldig total 31 30 8210.17. Zinsen für fl 82<unclear>10.17</unclear>. bis August 1868. - fl 8253 30 307.53. 31000 10 An Heinrich in Paris geliehen Pensionsgeld für den Monath Mai frs. 140 18563.30. 8518.10 " " Juni 100 " en 11 Für Kl. Ausgaben geliehen, July " 1 Mai Juni " 100 10 21 0 0 Juli + 20 " --- 14 e 12 Reisegeld vorgeschossen - 53 " frs 458 - frs. 214 - 212. 24. Ganze Summe von 1-12 an Mama schuldig. - fl 8730.34 fl 8732 30 fl 8499 30 8732.10. An Alex zurückgegeben u. berechnet.- 1. 2 am 1t Nov: von H. de Siebold erhalten fl. 3 30 durch den Banquier Mungel zu Wiesbaden. „ 5000 am 31t July (1868). 3 Hr. Heinrich in Paris erhalten. 26 4 am 1t Nov: 1868. in Wiesbaden 200 5 Am 1t Nov: 1868 31 40 6 Am 1t Nov: 1868. 700 7. empfangen zu haben, steht aber nicht in 500 8. Ausgaben für meine Rechnungen u. Lenz's Reise. 1351 54 9 Für Lenz seine weitere Ausgaben (25 fl mehr als übrig blieb) (68 5/8 fl blieben übrig) Mama im Ganzen an Alex zurückgegeben 93 fl. 7906.04 oder berechnet fl. 7906.04.