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THE LATEST EDITION of ' THE SUN' supplied, as soon as published every Evening by HENRY - BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Dim DAL—Morning, sa. 2m.—Afternoon, G. 24m. fo-mop.p.ow.-Morning, 6i. 50m.—Afternoon. 7a. 12m. LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1864. " Save me from my friends r may well be the exclamation of any leader whose followers are irri tated into throwing off their allegiance and telling the secrets of the prison -house. In no case, how• ever, have the chiefs more reason to dread such plain speaking than in the present position of the so-called Liberal party, and the.letter*.which Mr. JAMES AYTOUN has recently addressed to GEORGE WILSON, Rig., of Manchester, deals such trenchant blows at the hollowness and inconsistency of the EpEeiJU3 professions of Whiggisna, that it must re quire a good deal of stoic philosophy to " rest and b.) thankful" under them. Mr JAMES AYTOUN having been invited to accept the office of Vice. President of the National Reform Union, whose headquarters are at Manchester, and which may be reaoonahly supposed to be considerably under the influence of Mr. BRIGHT and his associates, ad dresses the gentleman who has been selected as President of that Association, in explanation of his reasons for decliaing the proposed honour. As an old Reformer, having been chairman of the Edin burgh Political Union of 1830.31, he is qualified to speak with some authority, and since he professes his adherence to the political code of the National Reform Union, which sets before its members the same objects as those proposed by the first Earl of burtnam, the loudest professor dares not deny his liberalism. Household Suffrage, Triennial Parham 111 (.'nts, and the 1.3a110t, aro as far as roost Reformers go now -a-days ; nor is there much doubt that three three measures contain the outline of lasting and et ttnsive Reform, not that mere apparent alteration, which serves to point morals and bring perorations to a climax on the hustings ; but that substantial c h an ge for the bette r in the administration of our na iional of airs, which s h ould produce a material influence on the well-being of the whole community, Mr. AYTOUN declares hi s political creed to be un changed, but:he declines to en ro l himself among the members of a body professingthe ve ry samepriuciple s because he has seen reason to distrust the perform ances of professing Liberals, more especially of that section which acknowledges Mr BRIGHT as their leader and repre s entative. Mr AYTOUN asserts th at ail Reform schemes have been merely designed to * Real &J inn and Sham Reform, n !otter to GRorgc: Wilson, Eaq., of 'Manchester, by James A' tours, Eq. 11,rdwieke. serve "party interests and electioneering purposes," e nd even the re loubtable Reform Bill itself was, he considers, an incomplete measure adopted by the Whigs, in order to secure a long lease of cffice to themselves and political discomfiture to their rivals. In this, if such was their object, they have un doubtedly succeeded. The Whigs have held a long, almost an undisputed, possession of political power since that day, and when real Liberals look for the results they are mortified and ashamed of their leaders. 'flee truth is told in Mr AYTOUN'S search ing phrases, when he declares t hat neither party are sincere in a d esire for Reform, and that the independent Liberals are as bad as either, since they will not exercise the influence which has fallen to their share by refining to support any Ministry who does not pledge itself distinctly on the question of Reform. If the Ballot members of the House of Commons were, says Mr AYTOUN, distinctly to in form the Government that they w eald only support them in consideration of their making the Ballot a Cabinet question, and that if they declined to do so they mus forfeit the assistance of the 150 or 200 members who advocate the Ballot, in all those mis cellaneous party encounters which so often affect the fate of a Government, the Whigs would be forced to adopt the Ballot or any other Reform brought before them in the same way. But this bold, straightforward course is never adopted by Mr BERKELEY and his followers. Nay more, on the occasion of the last general election, when Lord JOHN, the present Earl RUSSELL, was canvassing the City of London, and ingeniously concealing his " Rest and be thankful" opinions, the Ballot Society issued a recommendation to the electors to waive their principles on this occasion, and to support Lord RUSSELL against the Tories. Does Mr AYTouN give the real explanation of this when he says— " The great majority of the members who vote for the Ballot do so against the grain, because they are obliged. The Whig Government, knowing this, takes care to accommodate them by making the Ballot an open question ; thus allowing the Ballot men to accept place and emolument under a Cabiaet directly opposed to that great reform which they have been principally pledged to support." This is plai❑ specking, and language which is not likely to be popular, but it carries its moral never theless. As for the party cry of supporting a Libe ral merely because he calls himself a Liberal with out any regard to his actual conduct, Mr AYTOUN declines any such unreasoning prejudices. He argues, as tie have always upheld, that "measures not men" must be the motto, if any real good is to he effected, and contends that more has been done by Tories than by Whigs to amend our institutions since 1831. He cites, in support of this assertion, the repeal of the Com-laws, the emancipation of the Jews, and the abolition of the property duty, all obtained under Censervative auspices. And yet, be says, when two men appear together on a hustings, the electors are told to support the one who calls himself a Whig, regard.. less of his character, conduct, and abilities. Of Mr. BRIGHT'S conduct at the time of Lord DERBY'S Reform Bill he speaks strongly. A really sincere reformer would have suffered the bill to go into committee, there to be amended, instead of bring- ing in a Whig Government unpledged and untram melled, save with the condition of including some representative of the Manchester school. The rea form question is at a low ebb, but that, says the critic, is the fault of its so-called advocates, At any rate, the public have now heard some plain speaking, and it is their own fault if they aro no a little more on their guard at the next election. The labours of the committee appointed to deter mine the practicability of protecting ships against the impact of shot and shell have been brought to a conclusion. After protracted and expensive ex periments the guns have proved triumphant. It is admitted that it is impossible to construct a ship which shall be proof against heavy artillery at that range. The Lord Warden target, which has been recently returned to Chatham Dockyard after being experimented upon at Shoeburyness, is completely riddled. Out of eleven shots which struck one plate eight penetrated it, passing completely through the target. There are, according to the report, upwards of one thousand tons of these plates at Chatham ready to be bolted to the sides of the Lord Warden and the Bellerophon, and the question now naturally suggests itself to those who take the trouble to consider the matter, whether it would not have been better to experiment upon the tar gets before constructing the ships. As it is, the constructor of the navy, with no doubt the best in tentions and ovcry hope of success, has Introduced certain alterations in the structure of ships of war. Ha has the confidence of the Board of Admiralty, and no doubt at a time when everything appertain. ing to naval matters is in a state of transition great latitude must be allowed to those in authority. At the same time, when so much money is being ex pended on the contest between armour•plates and heavy artillery, it would be well to look before we leap. The Ordnance Select Committee, for fear that our ships should be furnished with any but the best possible rifled gnu, has provided them with none at all. We have thus the two extremes. Our ships are constructed upon the most approved principles, the armour plating is of the beet iron, and the engines are manufactured by the best en, gineers in the world. Yet for actual warfare our navy is useless, unless by good fortune the enemy will permit our seamen to board him. The armour plating is not proof against guns such as the French, Russians, or Americans bring to bear upon it. Oar old smoothbore sixty-eightbs would net penetrate the sides of La Gloire even at close quarters, unless served with steel shot, an article unknown in our service, except at Shoeburyness; and although the Bellerophon is said to be superior as a ram to any ship yet constructed, it is more than doubtful whether she will bo able to overtake a hostile frigate, preparatory to running her down. It is a peculiarity in Mr. REED'S plan of construction that his ships shall not sail fast. Whether it is his patriotic determination that his ships shall not run away from an enemy, or a humane wish that they shall not destroy him, we shall not decide, but cer tain it is that he has contrived to provide all his recently constructed ships with the minimum horse power compatible with their tonnage. Since the first introduction of armour plating various schemes have been promulgated to render ships invulnerable, some practicable, but many more impossible. A correspondent of a contemporary gravely suggests that armour-plated ships should be encased in a shell of timber, in other words that a wooden ship should be built around the iron one, which, he remarks, would prove a great protection to the iron one against shot. We do not expect the Board of Admiralty to take cog. nisance of suggestions such as these, but we do think that they ought to take advantage of all available means of offence and defence. The success of our artillery engineers has rendered iron plating co me paratively useless for the navy, at least as far as experiments are to be trusted ; but it is a very different thing to hit a target fixed at a known dins Vince, and to strike a ship in a seaway between wind and water. If it be impassible to keep out the enemy's shot, then the best thing to be done is to board him, or else to get cut of range; in either case a superiority in speed is ;necessary, as THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1864, the sooner the engines of many of our steam frigates are overhauled the better. If we cannot keep out the shot of the enemy, at least let it not be said that we cannot penetrate his defences ; and lastly, if it be impossible for a ship to carry armour plates sufficiently thick to protect her entire broadside, why not carry a belt round the water-line, which is in reality the vital part of a ship, and let the upper parts take their chance. We are continually reading of the wonderful improvements oeing made in one or other of the dockyards ; now it is that Extra hands ere employed day and night at Ports mouth to bring forward th e Dido for commission, then there are a hundred hands have been dis charged from Chatham. All this is orthodox, no doubt; but we confess that we would rather have a few fast sl'.ips and heavy guns, than fine words and empty promises. LITERATURE. RECENT TRAVELS. Life in Java with Sketches of the Japanese. By William Barrington d'Almeida. Two vols. Hurst and Blackett. In these volumes we are favoured with a very interesting glimpse of a comparatively unknown people. Books on Java have before now occasionally appeared, but, as Mr d'Almeida observes in his pre taco they have left upon the reader's mind no satisfactory impression. A similar remark cannot certainly be applied to his own productions. The picture he has given us of Java, the description of the manners and customs of the Javanese people, and the abundant anecdotes and incidents with which his history isenlivened all combine to render the work srngulariy attractive, while the style in Which it is written is at once animated and inte resting. The Javanese natives, it appears, are held in strict subjugation by their Dutch rulers, and these latter seem to have learned the art of enjoying themselves in a sufficiently luxurious fashion. Here is a description of a day at Batavia—a companion picture and contrast to the celebrated Pedsnap ey stem of—" getting up at eight, shaving close at a quarter past, breakfasting at nine, going to the city at ten, coming home at half-past five, and dining at seven." page is sufficient to attract particular attention to any work. M. Chevalier having for some time oc cupied a prominent position in the literary and political world at Paris has acquired for himself a large circle of readers, and also, be it added, a large circle of admirers. The present work on Mexico made its appearance in France before the recent political arrangements in Mexico, and the author iraturally takes credit to himself that the course of subsequent events has in a great degree justified his predictions. "The facts now accomplishing," he cbserves, "also the re -awakening of that monarchi cal sentiment which the author had noted as still vivacious in the hearts of Mexicans, and as that which would rally round it the great mjority of the Liberal or Republican party, provided Mon. archy presented itself under the escort ot a group of public liberties suited to the intellectual and moral state ot the country. Every day brings the adhesion to the new regime of some of those chiefs who fought under the orders of the Juarez Govern ments." " France," says M. Chevalier a little later on, " could not go to Mexico to found there a new order of things except with the condition of their being in conformity with the spirit of the time. The honour of France, the secret of her influence in the world, is that she re• presents those immortal ideas known as the prin ciples 0f1789, which are the terror of oppressors and the hope of nations oppressed." The author's re marks in reference to religions adminis tration are not likely to find favour with the great body cf Catholics, indeed his own religious opinions may be called in question by many of the readers of his book. The following remarks on the new Emperor of Mexico are emin ently just, and it is to be hoped they may also prove prophetic : dead," won a battle after his death, and here the imaginative character of his musings is testified in the following extract.— And now stands, with ito enormous square stones and jagged wall, the old gate through which the dead rode on that night of dread and destruction to the Moors. I stood in the shade of that gate, and was thinking of the hero and his war horse, when, strangely enough, quite a different vision was recalled to nay, mind. Just as I stood there came a boy, shouting in his glee, riding the most miserable nag I had ever seen ; the animal was literally skin and bone, and looked the picture of hunger : my thoughts naturally wandered from the Cid's noble war-horse to Don Quixote's Rosinante T. Both still equally live in the world of poetry and romance; and these, the names of Babieca and Itosi• nante will always survive. We commend these pleasant pages to the attention of the reader, who will require to exert but a slight effort of fancy to find himself " In Spain" when he has once opened the book. My Indian Journal. By Colonel Walter Campbell, author of "The Old Forest Ranger." One vol. Pp. 477. Edmonston and Douglas. "I have read somewhere," says Col. Campbell " that any one who has seen a little of the world, and taken notes of what he has seen, need only publish these notes to produce an amusing if not an instructive book." Assuredly, if the " any one " alluded to possessed the keen powers of observa tion and the happy facilities of description of " the old forest ranger," the amusement and instruction to be derived from these notes would be a matter of certainty, We learn from the preface to this volume some interesting particulars respecting its prede cessor. " The Old Forest Ranger," it appears could find no publisher willing to stand godfather to it. The author was therefore induced to bring it out at his own expense. It succeeded so well as speedily to go through three editions ; and now having, as he says, "rested on his oars ever since," the author is induced again to solicit public attention, and again for a similarly truthful record of the results of his personal experience, The Indian Journal now before us is,we are told,mainly compiled from travel-stained MS., volumes which have lain " undisturbed for the last three decades," containing the journal and notes of a subaltern in a marching regiment. To these are added descriptions of wild animals, and the dif ferent modes of hunting them, compiled from notes taken from time to time during a five years' resi dence in India. The narrative compiled from these authentic reminiscences is full of interest and vicis situde. Some of the hunting exploits are of en thralling interest. Colonel Campbell is evidently a daring sportsman, as every tiger and bison that came across his path can testify. As an illustration of these anecdotes let us take the following ac count of HUNTING THE TIGER WITH ELEPHANTS. In parts of the country where good " ehikaris" were not to be obtained, I used to find tigers by fastening a bullock near some ravine or thicket known to be frequented by them; the poor animal was generally carried off in the course of the night ; and nothing further was necessary than to follow up the trail of the tiger to some neighbouring cover, where we were sure to find him lying gorged. Tigers are also found when returning at daybreak from their nightly prowl, by men stationed upon trees, who hem them into the first cover they enter. In whatever manner a tiger is found, the groat point to insure success, is to procure plenty of hands from the nearest village, and effectually to surround the place, so as to prevent his stealing away before the elephant arrives. If he becomes restless, as he is apt to do when not gorged with food, a shout is generally sufficient to prevent his breaking cover ; for, with all his ferocity, the tiger is a cowardly animal, and much averse to show ing himself by daylight. Having found our tiger, we must, before proceeding to action, devote a few words to that most useful auxiliary— the elephant. A really good sporting elephant is invalu able. He beats for his game like a pointer; and carries his rider in safety over the most dangerous ground, and through the thickest covers, which ho searches inch by inch, with a degree of patience and sagacity that makes instinct almost amount to reason, Trees that oppose his progress are levelled by his head, or torn down with his trunk ; his stupendous weight forces itself through every obstacle; and at the word of command, the sagacious brute picks up stones and hands them to his delver to throw into the thicker parts of the cover. On finding the tiger, the elephant gives warning of his proximity, by throwing up his trunk and trumpeting ; and if well trained, should remain perfectly steady, ready to obey every command of his " mahout." The worst fault an elephant can have, is a propensity to charge the tiger. In doing so, the violence of his motion is apt to unseat the riders, rendering it impossible to take aim ; and what is still worse, he generally throws himself upon his knees at the moment of atteck, pitching the men out of the howdah by the violence of the shock. This bad habit is usually caused by the driver encouraging his elephant to trample upon a tiger when killed, and thereby rendering the animal ferocious. Nothing is required of an elephant but to remain perfectly steady when a tiger is found ; and the best way of training him to do so, is to make him stand quietly over the tiger after he is killed, without allowing him to touch it ; while the driver encourages him by his voice, and rewards him with balls of sugar dipped in the bleed of the animal. Some elephants aro se steady, as to allow a tiger to rush up to their heads without flinching; but there are few that are not more or less alarmed by a de termined charge. A veteran gains confidence, and is at length made perfect by the coolness of his driver, and the good shooting of his owner; but those which are ill-entered turn round and often run away at the first roar of a tiger ; and even the best and most practised are often rendered useless, and become irrecoverably timid, by wounds received in a successful charge. I have had occason to use nervous, timid elephants, and they aro bad enough ; but I would rather ride a determined runaway than a savage brute who insists on killing the tiger himself. it is, no doubt, a severe trial te, the nerves to find yourself hurried away by a huge ungovernable mon ster, with the prospect of being either smashed against a tree, or rolled into a ravine; but this is nothing to the risk you incur on a fightiug elephant, of being pitched into the jaws of an enraged tiger, or pounded to a jelly under the elephant's knees. On a really good elephant the sportsman is exposed to little danger; less perhaps than in most Indian field-sports. He is raised from 10 to 12 feet off the ground, on a com fortable seat, from whence he can fire in all directions, and he must be a bad shot indeed if he fails to stop a tiger in his charge. But even supposing that he does miss—which he has no business to do—and allows a savage tiger to spring upon the elephant, still the man is seldom the object of attack, and he ought to be able to blow the brute's brains out before he does mush mischief. Tigers generally spring at the elephant's head, rarely making any attempts to roach the howdah. Instances of their doing so have occurred, but they are very rare. Many similar descriptions we might readily quote. The lovers of adventure will find ample amusement in the spirited , reminiscences of Col. Campbell. Some of the animals, the tiger, the bison, the ibex, and others, are the subjects of beautiful illustrations by Noel Paton and Wolf. DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE AND INDUSTRY.—The following list of manufactories Ishow that our people are really m a ki ng some p rogress to wards independence. In this list are not included the cotton and woollen mills dotted here and there in all the States, or the iron establishments, or the Government works making arms, powder, &c, :—Hat manufactory, Statesville, North Carolina—stocking factory at Columbia, South Carolina— stocking factory at Danville, Virginia—bonnet frame fac tory at Newberry, South Carolina—cotton card factory at Greenwood, South Carolina—cotton card factory at Fayette ville, North Carolina—cotton card factory at Columbia, Georgia—cotton card factory at Danville, \ irginia (two) — cotton card factory at Selma, Alabama—cutlery, knives and forks, at Raleigh, North Carolina —cotton batting factory at Charlotte, North Carolina—corn-broom factory at David son's College, North Carolina—match factory at Danville, Virginia—blanket manufactory at Montgomery, Alabama— knitting-needles at Columbia, South Carolina—glass manu factory at Richmond, Virginia—glass manufactory at Columbus, Georgia—glass manufactory at Savannah, Georgia—button manufactory at Columbus, Georgia-- powder manufactory at Mecklenburg, North Carolina— several copperas mines extensively worked in Rutherford county, North Carolina—one copperas mine in Chesterfield, South Carolina. We have no doubt there are many other establishments than the above.—Richmond Examiner. RELEASE OF PRISONERS AT BOKHARA.—A de spatch received in St. Petersburg announces that four foreigners (three Italians and one Frenchman) toge ther with 13 Russians, have been released by the Emir of Bokhara, after having been imprisoned for a year. When the imprisonment of the four persons became known in January last, the Italian Government immediately sent an agent, M. Bonhomme, to do what he could in the matter. Provided with letters from the Sultan,the Viceroy of Egypt, and other Mahommedan sovereigns, M. Bonhomme pro posed to travel to Bokhara through India, but was dis suaded by the Viceroy, as his death would have been in sured by so doing, on account of the Emir regarding all Europeans as Englishmen, and entertaining a mortal hatred to them. M. Bonhomme then travelled through Persia to Russia ; but even in Russia he was advised not to make the ventur,, and thus he could only forward his letters through the officials. Tho letters, however, remained unanswered, as the Emir is not partial to such means of communica tion, and had only sent one answer to four letters from the Russian commandant at Orenburg. Notwithstand ing all these difficulties, the prisoners are now liberated, and M. Bonhomme has returned from Italy to St, Peters burg, LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S ETLEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, AUGUST 23. Herr von Bismark had a long conference with Count Rechberg yesterday. The statement of some foreign journals that a project for Federal reform, drawn up by Herr von Bismark, would be the subject for negotiations, is, in well-informed circles, considered unfounded. ALEXANDRIA. AUG, 22. Tho differences between the American consul and the Egyptian Government have been Eettle d, and the former has resumed his relations with the Go- vernmcnt. Nubar Pacha has ariiyed here, and left imme diately for Cairo. FRANCE A Paris correspondent of the Independance of Brussels says :—" I have hitherto refrained from alluding to the projected marriage of Prince Hum. bert with the Princess Anna Murat. The hand of the Princess has been officially demanded in Paris by the Marquis Pepoli, who is himself the son of a Princess Murat. The initiative taken in this matter by King Victor Emmanuel's Government is gene rally considered judicious, as this marriage will draw closer the bonds which unite new Italy to the only great Power from which it can reasonably expect the final development of its unity. The negotiations for this marriage explain the intimacy with which M. Nigra has been received at the Tuileries. The future Queen is some few years older than the Prince, but that is a matter of little im portance in the case of a political alliance." "The interview at Kissingen," says the .Lade• pendance, "bf!gins to bear its fruit : the diploma tic relations between the Courts of St. Petersburg and Vienna are about to be re-established on their former footing. Count de Stackelberg is expected at Vienna, and Count Revertera is on the point of proceeding to his post in Russia. The choice of these diplomatists shows the value which the two Courts attach to the restoration of their good un derstanding. Count de Stickelberg is a great fa vourite at Vienna, and Count Revertera, who has married a rich Ru.;:sian heiress, will be well received at St. Petersburg. BOURSE, Aug. 22.—The arrival of the English funds with a fall of has tended to impart dullness to the market, but without causing any material decline in prices, Threes, being now at 66fr. 40c. Mobilier, which opened at 1,0231 r, 75c., receded to 1,017;r. 50c., and have since recovered to 1,020 fr. The Railway Market has varied but little from Saturday's quotations. The market became heavy towards the close, and prices receded, to leave off as follows: ft per Cents. 94 50 Do. end month.... Italian Loon 67 90 Do. end month 67 75 Ditto Threes — New Mexican I Russian Austrian .. — Spanish Threos.,,. 49 50 Rome Debt .. 4Ba Deferred 3 per Cents - 66 35 Do. end month.... 66 35 Credit Mobilior,..:lol6 Do and m0nth....1011 25 Bank Shares 3360 Credit F oncier 1220 Roman — RAILWAYS, Cash. Account. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediturraneart 928 75 .. 930 Southern Western Eastern ..... 491 25 .. 492 25 Sardinian Austrian Loy; bard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona THE DUTCHMAN IN JAVA, He rises generally at 5 a.m., lights his cigar, and then sallies forth to take his stroll, cr, as the natives term it, makan angin, signifying, literally, to eat the wind. About seven he returns to partake of a collation of eggs and cold meat, after which he drinks his tea or coffee, and smokes again. He then takes his bath, throwing buckets of water over his head, after the manner adopted by all who reside in Eastern climes. After the enjoyment of this necessary luxury, he puts on his day suit, always of light texture on account of the heat, and generally white, and entering his carriage, is driven to his kantor, or house of business. It he is a wealthy citizen, he probably returns home at 12, at which hour the breakfast.--as it is termed, though at mid day—awaits him, consisting of all kinds of Eastern deli cacies, rice, curry, and endless sambals, or small piquant side dishes. After this heavy meal, Morpheus waves his wand over Batavia, and all his votaries who can spare the time, retire to digest their food in a siesta of from two to three hours' duration. Rising from this sleep, the first cry is Spade —a con• traction for Sapa ada, "Who is there F'—which is imme diately followed by ilpi—"light"—a demrnd promptly attended to by some boy, who, prepared for the summons, quickly appears with a cigar -box, containing 500 or more or primeros, in one hand, and a lighted Chinese joss -stick in the other; while another boy brings a tray, on which is a cup of tea and some cakes. Another delicious cold bath generally succeeds the smoke, after which the luxurious European retires to dress for the evening, reap pearing with the usual mouth appendage, and a stick in hand--no hat, of course, far the Batavian fashion is for neither gentlemen or ladies to wear anything on their heads except when they go to church on Sundays. Thus attired, he wends his way quietly to the Koningen's Plain, or to that of Waterloo, to gaze on the elite and fashion walking or driving about, which the ladies do in full dress—deco/46i —and wearing ornaments in their hair. On reaching home after his promenade, our Dutchman partakes of orange bitters diluted in E.irsch-wasser—liol lands —or brandy, as a stimulus to the appetite; and then, after the enjoyment of another weed, the li/andoer, head servant, or butler, announces dinner. When the ladies retire from dessert, cigars are immediately handed round, and cups of excellent Java coffee. . . . The gentlemen generally sit but a short time after the ladies leave, aajuuru ing after them to the drawing-room, where they continue to puff vigorously at their lighted cigars, to the perfume of which the ladies never make any objection. As the room always opens on a verandah, some retire to seek the coolness of the night air, while others while away the time by music and chit-chat, &c., retiring generally about eleven or twelve, to renew the same the next day. In case any of our readers wish to become ac. quainted with the ho, no, yo, ro, ko, or A B G' of Java we commend the following curious legend to their attention : LEARNING THE ALPHABET. There is a curious story connected with the Javanese alphabet, whether founded on fact or not I cannot say, but I should rather be inclined to think an invention, devised to impress the letters on the mind of juvenile pupils, If such is the case, we cannot but admire the native shrewdness in adopt.ng such a plan. A certain priest, whilst walking through a forest, found he had lost his kriss but feeling too fatigued to return in search of it, he approached a woodman busily at work, and begged him to seek it for him. The latter obeyed, and while he was absent, the priest and his servant sitting on the clump of a forest tree, refreshed themselves with some food which they hai brought with them. Some hours having elapsed before the return of the messenger, the priest began to feel uneasy at the proepect of not completing his long journey befo,o nightfall, and de.r..tchod bis servant in quest of the wood man. The fcrmer had not proceeded far, when he met the messenger returning with the kriss. As his master had given him strict orders not to come back without it, he re quested the woodman to deliver it to him; a request which the man, who anticipated a reward for his services, refused to grant. The consequence was that a violent altercation took place, ending in the death of both. The story, told in the following manner, serves as a sort of mnemonic aid to the young Javanese learning their Letters : Ho no jto ro ko—He sent them both. Dho to so wo lo—Who fell out and quarrelled. Po do djo jo njo—They were equally courageous, Mo bo tho ngo—Both were killed. Tne wedding ceremonies of Java, which are of great length, are fully described, as are also many other of the native customs. On the whole, these two volumes may be regarded as presenting an eminently satisfactory picture of life in Java. Vacation Tourists and .Notes of Travel i n 1862.3. Edited by Francis Galton, author of "The Art of Travel." O ne vo l. pp . 524. M acmillan an d C o . The editor o f t h ese co ll ec t e d travels may very Justly des cr ib e t hi s new vo l ume as containing great variety in its contents. The eleven papers here classed together are about as dissimilar in style and subject as is well possible. The fist article by the Rev. N. B. Tristam, describes "a Winter Ride in Palestine ;" the second, by J. G. Bertram, Esq. relates to " Fish Culture in France ;" the third is about " the Turks in Constantinople ;" the fourth, and one of the most charming of the series, contains "Letters from the Cape," by Lady Duff Gordon. As M. Jourdain spoke "prose" all his life " without knowing it," so Lady Duff Gordon has con tributed to a book—and some very in teresting contributions they are—without intending it I " You must have fallen into second childhood," she says to the friend to whom she had addressed her original letters, " to think of printing such hasty rambling scrawls as I write. I never could write a good letter; and unless I gallop as hard as I can, and don't stop to think, I can say nothing; only I fancy you will be amused by some of my " impressions" —the " you" intended for the private friend may be very correctly addressed to the public reader. Like the lady writer, who naively said of herself " I gossip whenever I please, and I please whenever I gossip"—so Lady Duff Gordon, in her unpremeditated sketches, will give pleasure to the many who may peruse at leisure what she has hastily penned during the progress of her travels. The remaining papers are as miscellaneous and as interesting as those we have already partieu. larised. "Poland" and "Paraguay," "Sinai" and " Servia," "The Ancient Shell-mounds of Denmark," " The Medical Service of the Federal Army," and "Wilderness journeys in New Brunswick' divide the attractions of this very amusing and instructive collection of the reminiscences of " Vacation Tourists" and Notes of Travel. Mexico .Ancient and Modern. By M. Michel Cnevaiier, Senator and Member of the Institute of France. Translated under the Author's super intendence, by Thomas Alpass. Two vols. Max• well and Company. Tile taMe of M. Michel Chevalier on the title MAXIMILIAN OP MEXICO. The Archduke Maximilian accepts the burdan of the Crown of Mexico with e. noble courage. The resolution is a grand one, but not unlooked for by those who observed him in Italy. Ho is sensible that he will have to repeat more than once the words of a former Emperor of Mexico, "that he is not on a bed of roses." Everything seems to indicate that the Meicans are going to welccme and treat him, not as an ambit:ous individual, led away by an immo derate passion for sitting on a thron:, but as a high-souled man, who devotes himself to their cause, and has under taken the lofty task of saving a nation subject of old to the authority of his family. The Archduke wi:l arrive in Mexico, not with a staff of Germans, military and administrative, but (as the author anticipated) alone, with his portfolio under his arm. He will have two armies to guard his throne—one composed of Mexican troops, the other formed and disciplined by France, and commanded by French officers, with a large number of French soldiery in its ranks. It cannot be denied that the latter will at first be the chief protection of the new throne; but why should not the Mexican army, when better directed, return to those traditions of fidelity to the Sovereign for which Mexico was formerly conspicuous among all the other Spanish colonies ? The rivalry of the generals was what led the Mexican army astray. It will come back to sentiments of duty when it sees authority permanently con centrated in the hands of a firm and enlightened prince, around whom has rallied every individual of importance. After this very interesting political introduction, M. Chevalier enters upon the history of Mexico, beginning with the first arrival of Cortez on Holy Thursday of the year 1519. Tho whole account of that romantic and adventurous enterprise, stained as it is with acts of cruelty and injustice, by which the valiant Spaniard, with 650 men, made himself master of a mighty and well organised empire, is here related in full, and although a twice told tale, will be perused with vivid interest, and enthral many a reader already familiar with the incidents which it narrates, The second volume refres to the war of independence in Mexico, and all the mo mentous events of recent times. In many of his prognostications M. Chevalier, as we have already intimated, has been justified by the event. It may be inferred, perhaps that being " behind the scenes," he had good reasons for some of his surmises. Be that as it may his history of Mexico in its entirety from the days of Mon tezuma to those of Maximilian is full of in terest, although all the opinions of its writer are not deserving of general approbation. In Spain. By Hans Christian Andersen, author of " The Improvisatore," &c. Translated by Mrs Bushby. Ono vol., pp. 306, Richard Bentley. Another charming " picture , bonk without pic tures," from the graphic pen or pencil of Hans Christian Andersen—a Painter without brush or easel, a Poet without rhyme or metre. What Pictures, glowing with the hues of nature—what Poems, full of tenderness and pathos—have we not many a time rejoiced in from the hands of the genial, gentle Danish Improvisatore. In his now book, in which he recounts to us his ad- ventures "In Spain," he has given us a most delightful and vivid glimpse of what he saw during his travels in the Spanish peninsula. The descriptions, occasionally humorous and fantastic, occasionally pathetic and tender, are unlike all other travellers records; they are essentially origi nal, and bear about them the stamp of their author's well-known and intense individuality. On a seventh of September, some few years back, Chris tian Andersen first arrived in Spain. A curious coincidence marked this day. It was on a seventh of September," be says, " that, as a child, I first entered Copenhag en ; it was on the seventh of September, many years afterwards, I first set foot in Italy ; and now, on the same dad any month, Spain opened upon me. It was strange, but chance, as it is called, so willed it. I had been detained a day at Myons, waiting for my luggage, which had gone astray on the railroad; at Perpignan I had to wait two days, i n or d er t o o bt a in a place in the coupe o f the delligonce, and so my seventh of September still held good. I was in it foreign land," ha adds, " yet I felt myself at home : it wasthe sea which caused that home feeling—the glorious sea I It rolled up from the coast of Africa the coast of Jutland, its bluish-green waves re mw i i t n h d i i n t s g s m w e e 1 0 l i f n a g like the German Ocean on of Moen." As a sp ec i men o f A n d ersen ' s powe r o f summer evening under the rocks picture-painting,'et us take, almost at hazard, a glimpse of BARCELONA, When, last year, I first visited Turin, I perceived that I was in the Paris of Italy ; here it struck me that Barcelona is the Paris of Spain. There is quite a French air about the place. Ono of the nearest narrow side streets was crowded. with people, there were no end of shops in it, with various goods—cloaks, mantillas, fans, bright-coloured ribands, al luring to the eyes end attracting purchasers; there I wan dered about wherever chance led MO. As I pursued my way, I found the side and hack streets still more nar row, the houses apparently more adverse to light ; windows did not seem in request; the walls were thick, and there were awnings over the courts. I now reached a small square; a trumpet was sounding, and people were crowding together. Some jugglers, equipped in knitted vests, with party_ coloured swimming small-clothes, and carrying with them the implements of their profession, were preparing to exhibit on a carpet spread over the p ivoment, for they seemed to wish to avoid the middle of the street. A little dark eyed child, a mignon of the Spanish land, danced and played the tambourine, let itself be tumbled head over heels, and made a kind of lump of, by its half-naked Papa. In order to sea better what was going on, I had ascended a few steps of the entrance to an old dwelling, with a single large window in the Moorish style; two ho rse-shoe -formed arches were supported by slender marble pillars; behind me was a door half open. I looked in, and saw a great geranium hedge growing round a dry dusty fountain. An enormous vine shaded one halt the place, which seemed deserted and left to decay ; the wooden shutters hung as if ready to fall from the one hinge which supported each in their loose frames; within, all appeared as if nothing dwelt there but bats in the twilight gloom. I proceeded farther on, and entered a street, still narrow, and swarming with still more people than those I had already traversed. It was a street that led to a church, Here, hid away among high houses, stands the Cathedral of Barcelona: without auy e1:1 , 2e, without any magnifi cence, it might easily be passed by unheeded; as, like many remarkable personages, one requires to have one's aVention drawn to them in order to observe them. The crowd pressed on me, and carried me through the little gate into the open arcade, which, with some others, formed the approaches to the cathedral, and enclosed a grove of orange trees, planted where once had stood a mosque. Even now water was splashing in the largo marble basins, wherein the Musselmen used to wash their faces before and after prayers. _ _ The littlo bronze statue here, of a knight on horseback, is charming ; it stands alone on a metal reed out in the basin, and the water sparkles behind and before the horse. Close by, gold fishes aro swimming among- juicy aquatic plants; and behind high gratings geese are also floating about. I ought perhaps to have said swans, but one m ust stick to the truth, if one wishes to be original as a writer of travels. When he is visiting Vslencia, cur traveller recounts to us the legend of the Cid who, like "Douglas SPAIN. The Spanish journals remark with satisfaction on the manner in which King Dm Francis has beer received in France :—" We desire," says the Diarie of Barcelona, " that the journey of the King of Spain in France, while strengthening the bonds of friendship which unite the two reigning families, should contribute equally to the union of the two nations, end lead to a sincere intiraacy,"based on the interests, respect, and independence of the two nations. If at a later period troubles should arise in Europe, let us not rush into a policy of adven tures, nor undertake premature and useless sacri fices. Spain must hold herself in readiness, in order that if she has one day to struggle for one of her most important interests, she may be fortified by alliances on which she can reckon." What the in terest alluded to is not stated, but probably the recovery of Gibraltar is meant. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. (From the Times' Cot respondent.) HAMBURG, August 19. However hard the terms of the peace, which is now in progress of negotiation at Vienna, may fall upon the Danes, it may be questioned whether the condition of the conquered people will at any time be worse than is at this present moment that of their "liberated" follow-subjects, the Sehlesvvig-Hol steiners. Moral evils are, for rational beings, the most unendurable, and the very worst is uncer tainty. Now, of one thing done are the people of the Duchies perfectly sure, and that is, that whoever else may be destined to settle the affairs of their country, they will themselves be the last to have anything to do with the matter. To consult the wishes of a people as to their national tendencies and the disposal of their sovereign rights is, under all circumstances, an almost impracticable undertaking, bat it becomes an espeeially hard task when the nation which is thus to fix its own destinies happens to have no settled constitutional form upon which its choice may be based, when, in the general breaking up of the of sooial order, political passions have been for some time allowed to run riot, and when the country is at the same time trodden down by an overbearing soldiery and overrun by needy and noisy demagogues. We may be willing to admit that in Holstein, and in a part of Schleswig, the people considered themselves, and were Germans, and that, on the ground of the repulsion and affinity of race, they aspired to be separated from Denmark and united to Germany. The troops of the Confederacy and those of Prussia and Austria have fulfilled that wish; so thoroughly fulfilled it, that the vote of the pure Danes and that of Danish loyalists and sympathisers must go for nothing. Schleswig= Holstein, and even Lsuenburg, must become Ger man; they are German. What of it ? Now that it is settled that these people belong to Germany, is it also decided that they belong to themselves, that they are their own masters, and are, for once at least, to exercise their inalienable sovereignty over their own destinies ? Alas! the Germans came to bring to their Schics wig Holstein brethren not peace but a sword. They bring their jealousies and squabbles, their whole system of pedantic chicane and feudal confusion to bear on the question, and will muddle it and befog it till the luckless people of the Duchies be fain to accept an y c ompromise, and submit to any denim sion, out of sheer bewilderment and weariness of mind. The first arrangement at which the German Powers seem to have arrived is the very one that can best prolong the complications under which the Schieswig-Holstiners are labouring; they have hit upon the scheme of a "Provisional Government." Acow all who are familiar with any of the European changes that have occurred since the beginning Of this century are well aware that all the scourges of war, plague and famine, are nothing for a country in comparison with a pro-interim rule; it is tanta mount to a rapid dissolution of the past, by men free from all responsibility as to reconstruction for the future; it is ground e d on a n assumption of the neu trality of peopl e w h o h ave an object to ca rr y , and pursue it untrammelled by legal bounCs undies turbed by a sense of duty or a qualm of principle. A provisional government generally contrives to achieve what revolution or war st9pped short of. The Governments of Prussia and Austria dare not claim the Duchies . as their own by righ of conquest, neither are they willing that any one should dispose of them but themselves. Indeed, in their own mind, the question as to the future destiny of those provinces is already settled, but it is for time and the Provisional Government to work it out. The management of the affairs of the Duchies is to be entrusted to Commissioners ap pointed by the two great German Powers—a Prus sian Commissioner and an Austrian Commissiover. Perhaps the junta may be a triumvirate, a thi rd Commissioner being n ame d by th e Frankfort Diet. But even should the Federal principle obtain so much as that, its representative would still have the odds cf two to one to contend with, and there is no doubt but, so long as the two Great Po wars agree, no will but their own would have the force of law in the Duchies. Dow it does so happen that PruE'lA and Austria are at the present moment of one mind for what concerns the Duchies. A cordial ur.der atandiug between those two Powers on any point is a strange phenomenon, and has been accounted for either by the dependence of Austrian on PrussiCU help, in the event of Italian complications, or by th p forms cf a compact between between Northern Powers reconstituting the Holy Alliance ; but, may be the cause, it is a f a ct not only that Austria is going hand-in-hand with Prussia in this matter, but aloo that the former State is willing that the latter should reap all the bend.; of their common enterprise. If a crafty and steady policy have power to ac complish anything, it seems certain that Pril si3 will extend her dominion over the Duchies; it li ttle matters whether this is done directly by iniin ediu :', (3 annexation, or, indirectly, by t h e cr eation of a su "' ordinate and vassal State. I fancy I can see e - " r l d where symptoms of a disposition on the part of the Frankfort Diet, and of the lesser and least States of Germany to knock under. Not only are they unequal to a c on t es t w i t h t h e combined efforts of the two Great P owers , b u t th ey ev ij en tly feel , °llti all but acknowledge their impotence. The )2(4 1°6 : ness and dilatorin ess o f t h at p oo r Frankfort Di e " arc in themselves sufficient to give the game i nto the hands of any adversary. The minor Courts, always wriggling and shuffling, are giving i u o ne by one ; and Saxony, who would seem to evince great". stubbornnees, takes UD such absurd gtoil"s as to call down upon her the ridicule of her very' prtisang* She gravely tackled Austria and Prussia for "s e ' cepting Denmark,s cession of Holstein ace L au" : burg, as by such a n a c c pt ance t h ey virtually ,dent ted on the part of Denmark a right on those Daelii° which never existed." As it becomes more an d more o b v i o us that 131.59 sia has carte blanch e i n th e D uc hi es , both on the part of willing Austria, and on that of relg etsll . Germany, it tippers also evident that the disT cse. tion of mind of the S c hl esw i g -H o l s t e iners has abated from its former hostility to that designing 13°we h r o . " The Schleswig-Holsteiners," it begins n °w t° argued, "are committed to no irrevocable coarse* Prince Frederick of Augustenburg was hai led Kiel, at Schleswi g and Flensburg, a s the el ect t ° l the authority people. But in a community, howe ver small,, anything h a pp ens su dd e nly to sh ake t authority of the Government, where," " it is "of asked, "wher e i s th e people? The petty towns Holstein and S c hl esw i g h ave never even gooe through the vain fo rms o f a ple bi ec ite; the revel districts have made no s i gn whatever. Whatever i e the merits of Prince F re d er ick may be, howevher ready the country m i g ht b e to pronou nce in it ou , favour, he is as yet," reople begin t o rind " only a mob candid a t e . His name has been pro: claimed; deputatio ns have come to him; meetitice have been held in his interest; but all these ha'', been mere individual act s , the acts of men with o s call or mi s sion, whom the presence of an armed force secured from all opposition. The PecPle t large have had no chance to speak out; it is ali ca ,' the most worthless wheel in the cart that creakOf and nothing is easier than to bring a =latitude to cut its own throat." -AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) NEW YORK, AUG. 10. The Southern papers announce the appointmen t of the Hon. George A. Tre_nholm, as Secretary °f the Treasury, in the place of the Hon. C. G' Meminger, resigned. Mr. Trenholm is a n ative of Charleston, about 55 years of age, and the senio r partner of the firm of John Fraser and C o., °f Charleston, which, with its Liverpool branch-- Fraser, Trenholin, and Co.—has been extensively engaged in blockade-running enterprises s ince the beginning of the war. A gentleman. long a resident of Mobile, an d familiarly acquainted with the topography of tha t port, gives the following particulars of the 'collty of the late naval victory gained by Admiral Far ragut : 3 " Forts Morgan and Gaines are s ituated about :3 miles from the city of Mobile, and command frelll opposite sides the entrance to the bay of the san l° name. This entrance is about 2 miles wide. For t Powell commands another entrance, or rather Liar' row artificial pass, called Grant's Pass, into the same bay from the Mississippi Sound. The tra s harbour of Mobile, locally called the anchorage , i 3 a few miles above these forts, under the lea ° f Dauphin Island, and about 25 miles from 1%-iob ile ' Only vessels of small draft can come to the wharve s of the city, which is approached by a narrow end tortuous channel averaging nine feet of water, neve r exceeding 11. The most difficult portion of the channel is at a point called Choctaw Pass, abou t five miles distant from the city. d a nrger " it is not believed that the city is in any of capture from a naval attack. A successfal land attack would require at least 15,000 men, and the approaches in that case would not be from pauP hin i Island bat from Pascagoul a. The ob j ect of Adraill Farragut's operations is, therefore, probably—firsrr to destroy the Confederate fleet in the bay ; and , secondly, to more effectually close a pert which, from its large cotton exportations, had recently L;e''' come of considerable importance to blockade-run ners.- These objects attained, the situatioe w ill not be very dissimilar from that at Charleston' '- a d except that the dista nces between the outer inner lines of harbour defences are greater." M OR E ABOUT THE CONFEDERATE CRVISD.u. F LO RIDA. —By intelligence received yesterday at 141°Yd'eP th r ough the Preston, Captain Wakehara, just arr ived at Liverpool from Bombay, it appears that vessels spoke the Confederate cruiser Florida on the 25 th of July, in. lat. 36, long. 36, on the look-cut for prizes. The Florida steamed up alongside the Preston, a nd having ascertained her nationality, put a number of letters and late news destruct o papers n board her, the latter containing accounts or the of the Alabama by the liea rsage. Further communica tions we r e about being interchange d, when a vessel bear i n g g the United States flag hove in si g ht, and the Flord steamed off in pursuit. FATAL ACCIDENT. ---An accident, terminating ill loss of life, has just held the population of Salle° wenc hes (Ifeute -Savoie) in a state of painful suspense for nearly four days. A well sinker named Perier was bei l36 let down into an old well nearly sixty feeede.ep, for ten pur pose of efftc.ing some repairs, and had already reached within a short distance of the bottom, when a stone at 1 110 s ide on w hich he had fur a moment placed his f oot, ga r: wa y and brought with it the whole of the masonry vi a l ; aboutt h stones s hfaof a ut an d obtained,ltivinicnn ]fining the t h fe e ae ntsdi o d f after e f and the v • I ,,ard fourteen Assistance u m D hours' jh wl wasaerheou rr p ,e r t F oe : P . cz t ,di . ~ v, owe of the unfortunate man could be r although closely had net pressed by the ruins, he received eath e any serious injuries, and was able to br ;13, freely. Two mornings after, the removal of the rub eae r each was so far advanced that the work ers ha l o s Th to within six feet of the Feder, and some br oth to ll3s°r him through an elastic tube. The work had, 13 ° 1 " ce OY' now become more dangerous. Twice the shoring P 3 T -1 0 pa gave way, and the clearing-out of the materials dt )labourers recommenced. On the evening of the next day then3s at in the well called out that the unfortunate 13 d w to be length reached, and at the same time asked for a cor her let down, in order to draw him to the surface. •Ans'otllce, moment and he would have been rescued, but the side', t llO wore gave way, the man again disappearing beneai_efiaii stones. Three hours later the rubbish had been cleared i _ aw...y from Perier's head and shoulders, but it !vas no tu a : late, as he had succumbed from suffocation, after ;0 0131 tag buried for 86 hours,