The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13 1855

states (Russia of course ex.f!epted), he discussed ti,e

Time hls proved its correctness to this v; rv'o'ff,n,

Erei'Moyal Iligbn4ss the Duchess (.1f Gloucester enter-
tained Lord. Adolphus Fitzciafenec and a select party to

qu-stion of the value f 1,, 1:, f Purpose of
mental cultivation. " How far are books, or the
study of books, valuable in forming character ?"
Some would appear to dispute it, and no doubt
many men who have been greatest in thought and
action have trained themselves with little exter-
nal aid. Admitting this, however, the speaker
observed that a practical people, like ours, will
never be in danger of pedantry, while books, on
the other hand, are a natural antidote to the
effect of that division of labour which is so liable
to contract the minds of all. The result of the
severe competition is, " that general development
is sacrificed to special aptitude." Each man to
succeed must absord all his energies in one limited
pursuit. Books filled with the best thoughts of
other minds are almost the only means by which
the mass of men can remedy the narrowing ten-
dency of the cause just adverted to, by imparting
a larger knowledge of human life and thought in
all its varieties.
Lord STANLEY thinks, as we have already ob-
served, that ideas in England are less freely cir-
culated by word of mouth than in any other coun-
try, which is doubtless true, if we except those
countries where the inquisition and the spy have,
as HALLAar observes, even changed the national
character. Books, of course, especially free as
they are in this country from the censors, scissors,
and the index expurgalorius, meet to a great ex-
tent this peculiarity of our national character.
The chief use of free libraries, however, is that of
inducing our rising young men to continue their
education beyond the term of school instruction.
The want of obvious means of instruction for
those who have left school tends no doubt to I
suggest to the child that after he has left school
he has nothing to do with books, and to parents
that all their children get in the way of " book-
learning" they are to get at school. The boy,
therefore, leaves off just when' he is about to com-
mence the most important part of his education—
voluntary, or self-improvement; and the parent
attempts to cram into a few years of childhood
the study of almost everything which he thinks it
desirable his child should know. It will be a
most desirable result of free libraries if their ex-
tensive adoption should counteract these erroneous
conceptions of the nature and use of the earlier
part of education.
Lord STANLEY'S travels appear to have impressed
him with a sense of our national deficiency in pur-
suits, pleasures, and institutions common to
all. No doubt we are the most aristocratic nation
on earth ; and France, Germany, most nations on
the Continent, and even the United States, sur-
pass us in having more points of social union.
It is pleasing to see the son of a peer noticing
this as a grave social evil, and regarding every
public park, and picture gallery, and museum,
and free library, as a blessing to the country, from
its tendency to cement good feeling between the
wealthier and the poorer classes. Nothing tends
more to goodwill than community of enjoy-
ments. Even uniting parties almost acciden-
tally in a public dinner has often soothed down
inconvenient asperities of feeling ; and probably
nothing conduced more to the popularity of such
a worthless king as CHARLES 11. than his delight
in the Parks and other pleasures of the people.

and of those "fine,

naaDly qualities" he i

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credited with, wo way well ask, and we de
sorrowfully—What is there left ? Great men
have fallen beneath the strokes of faction. A
SOCRATES has had "to drink the leprous distil-
ment," and ALcIBIADES died in exile, but they
were great to the last. None of them left the
stage in shame, deservedly pursued by a humiliat-
ing hiss. That fate was reserved for Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, who, we fear, still conceives himself in-
ferior to none of them, and has been brought
about by his " valuing himself more upon his
dexterity and finesse" than upon the higher qua-
lities we always desired to believe he possessed.

Richmond Park.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will re-
torn to St James's Palace, to day, from visiting the
Queen at Oshor.,e.
The Duke of Cleveland left St. James's square, on
Friday, for his shooting box, on the borders of Yorkshire,
for grown shooting. The Duchess and Lady Augusta
Poulett left the same day from Brighton, to pass a few
weeks previous to proceeding to Raby Castle, Durham,
for the autumn.

The Duke of Devonshire, who has arrived at Chats-
worth from Devonshire House, gave a grand entertain-
ment at that princely seat, on Friday last, to the officers
• of the Chatsw,.rth Rifles, -or 2d Regiment of Derby
Militia, including Colonel W. H. F. Cavendish, Major
Lord Cavendish, Captain R. H. Fitzherbert, Captain F.
Hurt, Captain the Hun, 0. H. Cavendish, Captain J.
K. Fitzherbert, Captain W. G. Cavendish, Captain F.
Arkwright, Lieutenants Lucas, F. Goodwin, W. Dais,,
F. H. Pent, E. Brabant, W. Danielle, Captain G.
&c.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford left town on Satur-
day, for Buckinghamshire.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza
Fitzalan Howard, who arrived in town on Thursday last,
from Arundel Castle, left Norfolk House on Saturday,
for Glossop Hall, Derbyshire.
Viscountess Palmerston returned to town, on Satur-
day, from St. Leouards-on-Sea. • _
Lord John Russell has left town for Perthshire. Lady
John Russell and family are still residing at Richmond-
park.

" WHO WILL DECLARE FOR IT ?"

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,--The soul-stirring article in your paper of the
11th inst. ought to have the effect of rousing every
patriot in the kingdom to a sense of the awful position
in which she is placed, and to reflect that it is only
through the means you so clearly, forcibly, and justly
point out that the power of Russia can be resisted, or
our fleets and armies make such an impression on her
as is likely to lead to an honourable and beneficial ter-
mination to the war. To this intent you put the em-
phatic question, " Who will declare for it ?" I, for one,
who have seen warfare in all its glories, but in all its
horrors, accept the invitation, and offer my feeble aid in
any way required. To you, Sir, it will rest, by con-
tinuing your appeals to the British people, to test their
opinions, and for them, to show whether they will answer
the appeal or not.—Yours, obediently,
E. MORGAN,
Lieut.-Col. Merioneth Militia,
formerly 7th Fusiliers.
Golden Grove, near Ilolvwell, Ang. 12, 1855.

The Duchess of Sutherland, after a short visit to the
Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle, Sus-
sex, returned to Stafford House early in the past week,
and has since gone to Trentham, accompanied by Lady
Blantyre. The noble Duke and Lord Ronald Leveson
Gower have arrived at Dunrohin Castle in his Grace's
yacht, via the Caledorian Canal. A large family party
will meet them at the end of the month.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and Lady
Louisa Hamilton have arrived at St. Leonard's-on-Sea,
from Chesterfield House, with the intention of sojourn-
ing a few weeks at that favoprite watering-place.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare arrived, on
Saturday last, at Trentham, to visit the Duchess of
Sutherland, from the Duke of Leinsterls seat in Ireland.
The Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Countess of Ches-
terfield, and Lady. Evelyn Stanhope, Lord Charles
Bruce, and a select party, have been during the week
visiting the Earl and Countess of Wilton, at Cowes, Ise
of Wight, and have taken daily excursions on board the
noble earl's yacht.

EMBARKATION OF MADLLE. RACHEL.

SAILING OF THE PACIFIC.

The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Captain
Nye, sailed from Liverpool, for New York, on Saturday
morning at 20 minutes past 10, taking with her a full
cargo, the usual mails, and 210 passengers, among the
latter of whom was Mr. Crossley, M.P. The cele-
brated trariedimene, Madile. Rachel, and about 30 other
dramatic French artistes, were also among the passengers.
Madile. Rachel and her confreres, accompanied by Mr.
Nimmo of the St. James's Theatre, arrived at the Water-
loo Hotel, Liverpool, on Friday by the afternoon traM from
London. In the evenieg she visited the theatre, where
she occupied one of the boxes for a considerable time.
On Saturday morning she left the hotel a short time
before 8 o'clock, and proceeded to the landing-stage,
where she was greeted by the cheers and lively recogni
tions of a large concourse of pect:ttors. She and her
companions immediately proceeded on board the tender,
and were conveyed to the steamer in the offing. On
going on the deck she was very gracefully received by
Capt. Nye, the commander of the noble vessel. When
the Pacific had received all her passengers and mails on
board, and was about to depart, the actress appeared at
the stern of the vessel, where she was greeted with enthu-
sia,,tic cheers and waving of handkerchiefs, which she
gracefully returned. Madile. Rachel is accompanied by
her sisters and brother, M. Raphael Felix,-and a com-
plete troupe, consisting of 30 artistes. To Mr. Niminp,
of the St.. James's Theatre, the whole arrangements for
the embarkation were judicously confided. This gentle-
man carried out his task in such an able manner as to
call forth the personal t' anks of the great tragedienne
and every other member of the company.

The Earl of Aberdeen, accompanied by the Hon.
Arthur Gordon, 1!1.P., left Argyll House, on Saturday
last, for Haldo House, Aberdeenshire. We regret to
learn L• rd Haddo, 112 P., in consequence of the delicate
state of his health, has abandoned his intention to visit
Haddo House this autumn, and will continue with Lady
Haddo and family at the Ranger's Lodge, Blackheath.
The Earl of Egremont has gone to visit his extensive
estate; in Ireland.

His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the
Countess Persigny's dinner and evening party, at the
French Embassy. originally fixed for to-morrow, will
take place on Wednesday. His Excellency and the
Countess are expected to leave the French Embassy on
Thur,day, for Paris.
His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Coun-
tess Bern•torff have returned to the Prussian Legation,
Carlton-house-terrace, from Cowes, Isle of Wight, where
they have been cruising in the Earl of Wilton's yacht.
Viscount Duncan, M.P., leaves town to-morrow for
C,mperdown House, N. 8., where her ladyship has
alrewly arrived.
The Earl and Countess of Bessborongh will join the
party about to a,serrible at Gordon Castle about the end
of the month, to partake of the hospitality of the Duke
and Duchess of Richmond.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.-Aug. 11.

The Earl and Countess of Ha,rewood, who have ar•
rived at Harewood House, Yorkshire, from town, are
entertaining a large family circle.
The Earl and Countess of Bective have left town for
Cowes, Isle of Wight, for the yachting season.
Lady Rachel Russell has left town for S,:iiitland.
The Earl and Countess of Haddington have arrived
at Tyninghatne House, N. 8., where they are about to
receive a succession of visitors.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

DOCKING OF THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER TYNE, OF
2,300 TONS.—This splendid ship was taken into the
Medina Dock this morning. Her length is 316 feet ;
that of the Messrs. White's dock 330 feet, breadth 62
feet, depth of water at spring tides 17 feet. Five other
laige steam-ships have been taken into the same dock
within the last few reeks. Messrs. White's other dock
(the Thetis) is mars adapted for sailing ships, not being
of sufficient length for these monster steamers.

The Earl and Countess Fortescue left town on Thurs-
day, for Scotland, accompanied by Miss Genie.

The Countess (Dowager) of Erroll and Lady Alice
Hay left St. James's Palace to visit Viscount and
Viscountess Campden, at their seat in Rutla,ndshire.
Mr. H. L. Bayley, Assistant-Commissary-General to
her Majesty's Forces, died at Bala,klava on the 24th
ult., of fever and extreme debility.
We can state on authority that, in accordance with
the recommendation cf the committee on the Arctic Ex-
pedition, moved for by Mr. Mackinnon, Captain M'Clure
has received 5,0001., and a similar sum to be distributed
among his officers and his crew.
Sir William and Lady Molesworth entertained at
dinner, on Saturday, Viscount and Viscountess Palmer-
ston, the Hon. Sir Allan Macnab, the Countess of
Tankerville, Mr. Thacker:Ay, Viscount Castlerosse,
M.P., Mrs. Horace Twist', Viscount Torrington, Mr.
Delano, Lord Wodehouse, Lord Alfred Ch,mrchiil, the
Hon. Mrs. Norton, the lion. Gerald Talbot, the Hon.
Mrs. Dyce Sombre, Mr. Herman Mcrivale, and Mr.
Strachey.
DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM A. CIIATTERTON, BART.--
We have to record the demise of Sir Wrn. Abraham

THE ROYAL VISIT TO PARIS.—As at present arranged,
the Queen, Prince Albert, and suite embark in the Royal
yacht on Friday evening, and sail from Cowes at 4 a.m.
on Saturday for France.
His Royal Highness the Duko of Cambridge arrived
at Oslaorne to-day. The Duchess of Kent leaves Osborne
on M nday.
On Monday (this day). the Royal Yacht Squadron
Regatta commences with a match for Prince Albert's
Cup, value 100 guineas, by schooners of the R.Y.S.
under 200 tons. On Tuesday the Town Regatta com-
mences with a match between Lord Mountcharles' cele-
brated American boat and three others, English-built,
but of similar rig. There will be six rowing matches,
between Southampton, Ryde, and Cowes boats. There
will be duck hunts, and a variety of other amusements..
The R.Y.S. dinner takes place in the evening. On
Wednesday the R.T.S. Cup, open to all the yachts of
the squadron. On Thursday the annual R.Y.S. ball.
Oa Friday her Majesty's Cup, by cutters and yawls
under 100 tons ; in the evening the usual annual display
of fireworks. The second Town Regatta will this season
take place about the middle of September. Between
twenty and thirty yachts have come into the roadstead
this evening.
The Lady Cecilia Conyngham met with a very serious
accident on board the Cecile yacht on the passage from
France to the Isle of Wight. Her ladyship was standing
on the companion, when a sea struck the vessel, and in
a fall she broke the pan bone of the knee. Her lady-
ship, on her arrival at Cowes, was attended by Dr.
Hoffrneister, surgeon to her Majesty, but it is feared
that she will not be able to leave the yacht for some
weeks.
EMBARRATIOX OF TROOPlL—Detachments from several
regiments embarked on Friday, and it is expected that
within one week 2.000 men and 42 officers will leave the
Isle of Wight for the seat of war.
RUSTIC FETE.—Tb,- Queen's annual treat to the royal
tradesmen, tenants, &c., took place on Friday. The
sailors from the yacht took part in the proceedin4s.
Running, jumping, dancing. &e., was the order of the
day. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal chil-
dren, seemed to enjoy the sport as much as their lieges;
and, the day being very fine, everything passed off most
satisfactorily.

Those who wish to establish free libraries in
the smaller towns of the kingdom may avail them-
'Oyes advantageously of Lord STANLEY'S remarks
and experience. He chows that for 3501. or
4001. a library, valuable for its object, may be
advantageously commenced in a small town, and
that if 40/. per annum can be raised by yearly
subscriptions of 2s. or 45., it may be fairly sup-
ported. We need not, however, enter into de-
tails—suffice it to say that the speeeth to which by
these remarks we wish to draw public attention is
a valuable practical contribution to the cause of
free libraries. All our local contemporaries, espe-
cially in agricultural towns, who profess to take
an interest in popular education, would do wisely
to give it in full. We only add that with the
manifest impossibility of getting any general mea-
sure through Parliament, and perhaps the equal
impossibility of devising any one which shall reach
the only class for whom the State needs specially
to provide, it behoves all practical friends of edu-
cation to throw their energy into voluntary
schemes like that under consideration.

__,.......--
Chatterton, Bart., who died on Tuesday last at Rolls
Hall, Essex. Toe deceased baronet was born 6th Aug.,
1787, and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of
his father, the first baronet, the 9th April, 1806. He
married, 34 Aug., 1824, Georgina, daughter of the Rev.
Lascelles Iremonger, prebendary of Winchester, and
niece of Lord Gambier, but does not leave any male
issue. The late baronet is succeeded in the baronetcy
and estates in Ireland, by Major-General James C.
Chatterton, late of the 4th Irish Dragoon Guards, and
now commaniiing• the Limerick district The present
baronet was at Watt:1'11)o, and for some time represented
the city of Cork in the House of Commons.

FIRE AT WOOLW[CH.—On Saturday morning a destruc-
tive firo raged at Woolwich for several hours. The fire
originated in the lower part of the premises of Mr G.
Hill, pork-butcher, No. 22, Richard-street, Woolwich.
The filmes communicated to the house of Mr. C. Mor-
gan, grocer, and adjoining houses, doing considerable
damage. The origin of the fire is supposed to be a spark
from a candle. The contents are insured in the Atlas
Fire office.

Perhaps with no other class are sober, plod-
ding men of business more at fault than
with wits. In the long run they may ap-
preciate their jokes, and by a hearty guffaw
by a Parliamentary train testify to the fact ;
but, in their secret hearts, a reputation for
wit is accounted as a proof of a disordered intel-
lect, rendering its possessor incapable of taking a
common-sense view of anything pertaining to the
serious business of life—the advancement of a
claim, in fact, which the mail-clad barons of the
past would have recognised by the bestowal of the
cap and bells.
And yet it is not too much to say there can
hardly be a greater mistake. In all times, ap-
proved wit has more or less deserved the title of
merry wisdom, and men of this sort, if they have
been entitled to carry the fool's bauble, have
shown themselves inferior to few in ready appre-
ciation of character, and profound discernment
of the signs and necessities of the times-
-SOCRATES, for instance, in ancient, and our own
SYDNEY SMITH in modern times, may be adduced
in proof of our assertion. Both loved dearly
their joke, and without meaning to draw a paral-
lel between them, both manifested an apprehension
in advance of their times, together with a fine
insight into character. The one discovered be-
neath the foppish insolencies of ALCIBIADES
the germs of high capacity, and the daring spirit
to affront and to command ; the other, besides
being the strenuous and successful champion of
Religious Liberty and Parliamentary Reform,
found out Lord JOHN RUSSELL, discerned, in fact,
beneath the dapper little statesman's aristocratic
hauteur, and sober air of self-importance, the
absence of many of those qualities for which he
gave himself credit. Everybody knows his sar-
castic illustration of his Lordship's presumption,
in his alleged readiness to undertake anything at a
moment's notice, from the oversight of a bishopric
to the command of the Channel Fleet, and coup-
ling this with his various recent appearances, the
correctness of the witty divine's appreciation of
his Lordship's
analysis,
g
however,c are
political character is tolerably
p rop imperfectheprophecy,
y
contingentft
has lately appeared in Vol. I. of the " Selections
from the Writings of the Rev. SYDNEY SMITH,''
in the " Traveller's Library,"
for which, of
course, we are indebted to the merry but saga-
cious Canon of St. PAUL'S. The occasion for its
appearance was Lord JOHN'S conduct many years
ago, on the Ballot question, and it was written in
no hostile spirit :
" He gives hopes where he ought to create absolnte
despair. This is that hovering between two principles
which ruins political strength by lowering political cha-
racter, and creates a notion that his enemies need not
fear such a man,
and that his friends cannot trust him.
No opinion could be more unjust as applied to Lord
John, but such an opinion will grow if he begin to value
himself more upon his
dexterity and finesse than upon
those fine, manly, historice-Russell qualities he nios
undoubtedly possesses."
Comment on the above is almost superfluous.

MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS
JUNCTIONS.—The half-yearly meeting ~f the shareholders
was held last Saturday afternoon, at the Midland Hotel,
Derby ; Sir Joseph Paxton, chairman of the company,
in the chair. The report stated that, on the capital
account, there had been a further expenditure of 1,6871.
13s. 3d. in the erection of permanent stations on the
line, and in the settlement of some claims of landowners.
The half-year's rent from the lessees, amounting to
5,266/.5 , would yield the usual dividend of ls. 4d. per
share for the half-) ear, which the directors proposed to
to paw, as on former occasions. The Chairman said that
the affairs of the company had become so contracted and
reduced to such order, through beiefy in the hands of the
Midland and London and North-Western Companies,
that he only moved the adoption of the report for the
sake of formality. The report was unanimously a ?opted
and the usual dividend having been declared, the pro-
ceedings terminated.

GENERAL MARKHAM.

(From the Yorkshire Gazette.)

The health of General Simpson has been so unsatis-
factory that he has intimated his wish to retire from his
important position as Commander-in-Chief of the Bri-
tish troops in the East. When he will finally abdicate
his position is not known ; but it is understood be has
received instructions, on daing so, to place the command
in the hands of General Markham—a soldier who has
won his present exalted rank at an early age by his own
exertions and gallantry. Like the late Duke of Wel-
lington, we have in General Markham a warrior who
acqured much of his military experience in India. He
also served in Canada, during the rebellion in that co.
long, and, in whatever quarter of the globe his services
were required, there he has been found promprly
obeying the call of duty. General Markham, if rt
a Yorkshirenan, is clo•ely allied to many of our old
Yorkshire families. His grandfather, Dr. W. Markham,
was Archbishop of York fer nearly ball a century,
and died in 1807, at the advanced age of 89 years.
His father, Admiral John Markham (second son of the
Archbishop), was, we believe, a Lord of the Admiralty.
He was member for Portsmouth for many year,. Sin-
gularly enough, he contested the representation of that
borough in 1820 with Sir G. Cockburn, the brother of
'the present, Dean of York. Admiral Markham married
the Hon. Maria Rice, daughter of Cecil Baroness
Dynevor, by whom he had three sons—the youngest,
Frederick, being the man on whom the eyes of England
and the world are now directed, as the future com-
mander of the British troops in the Crimea. General
Markham is nephew of the late Dean Markham, and of
Archdeacon Robert Markham ; and also cousin of the
late Colonel Markham, of Becca Hall, in this county.
He is also, of course, closely allied with the numerous
other branches of the Markham family, who have now
been for nearly a century connected with the county of
York.

GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST RAILWAY. The
half-yearly meetii g was bell at Gloucester on Saturday;
Mr. Price, M.P., in the chair. After a ehort'discussion,
the report was unanimously adopted, as was also a resolu-
tion dee.aring a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent, per
annum, free of income tax. The retiring directors and
audit ee having been reelected, the proceedings ter-
minet d.
A private letter from Berne, of the Bth inst., mentions
that (Jul. Dixon, who is at the head of the commission
for the enlistment of men for the British Legion, had
arrived there. It was said he had made an effort to ob-
tain the publication of the real conditions of the service,
in order to destroy the bad effect produced in public
opinion by a very defective, and, in some respects,
actudly false account already given of them. Up to the
above date, however, it does not appear that any journal
has dared to publish them, in consequence of the prohi-
Cot, against the enrolment, which is executed with the
greatest severity of late.
NEW NAVAL UNIFORM.—We are enabled to announce
confidently that the dress regulations of the navy are
now undergoing extensive revision, and it is understood
that those cumbersome and worse than useless orna-
ments—epaulettes—will henceforth be abolished. The
new uniform will, we fully expect, be greatly simplified,
and rendered more suitable and comfortable for all who
have to wear it. The antiquated cocked hat, so difficult
to be kept upon the head in blowing weather, may also
be expected to give place to a more modern and be-
coming covering for the head. Without doubt the Ad-
miralty will take this opportunity of removing those
galling distinctions between officers of the civil and mi-
litary branches which have so long prevailed, and we
hope that henceforth officers of the navy will be less in-
clined to substitute mufti for the established cost ime.
MUTINY ON BOARD AN LEAST INDIAMAN.—DEVON-
PORT, Sunday.—A case of considerable interest to the
mercantile service was heard at the Guildhall, Saltash,
on Friday evening last, before W. Rundle, Esq., mayor
of the borough ; and Major Rory, R.M., ju-tice of the
peace, when fifteen of the crew of the ship Wanota,
1,442 toes, Captain March, bound from London to
Calcutta, were committed to gaol for 21 days, with hard
labour, on a charge of mutiny. It appeared from the
evidence of the captain that the crew shipped on the
21st July. Some days subsequently they each re ;eived
a month's advance, pa;able afier the ship was clear of
the Channel ; but hay ng been out so long, it is likely
all the notes have been cashed. Their refusal to do
duty occurred when the ship was in 48 deg. 40 min,
north latitude, and 4 deg. 40 min. west longitude, at
about two p.m. on the Bth iust. Previous to that they
had a gale from the we,tward, with a heavy cross sea,
so that the ship was roiling heavily. The topgallant
back-stay was carried away, and it became necessary to
repair. The captain found he could bear up and
run before the wind, but in doing so the ship
would have borne down on the coast of France. The
captain turned the men up in the morning to house
the tepgaliantmast, which they did. As soon as this
was done the ship was hauled to the wind again, and
the men.were sent down to dinner, after which the men
were turned up again to 'bout ship, as she was (hawing
too chisl: to the French coast. On coming on deck,
which they did very reluctantly, they held a consultaton,
when oee of the prisoners came aft and said he spoke
fir the whole of the crew, end they posh ively refused to
do any more work unless it was to put the ship back to
port to refit. Its this they persisted, and it was with
great difficulty, and at great risk of snip and :;argo,ithat
she was got into Plymouth Sound.

LORD CHARLES MANNERS' WILL.—The will of the
Right Hon. Lord Charles Somerset Manners was proved
under 18,0001. personalt7. His funded property and
railway shares he bequeathed to his nieces, Lady Stuart
Wortley and Lady Norman, appointing his two nephews,
Lord John Manners and fiord George Manners, resi-
duary legatees and executors.
THE QUEEN'S LETTER TO SIR E. LYONS.—It is well
known that an autograph letter was sent by the Queen
to Sir Edmund Lyons on the death of his son. We be-
lieve that it has not yet appeared in print, but so grace-
ful a proof of womanly delicacy and feeling ought not
to be kept from her admiring subjects. We print the
letter verbatim :—" Buckingham Palace, June 29, 1855.
—The Queen cannot let any one but herself express to
Sir Edmund Lyons the Prince's and her feelings of deep
and heartfelt sympathy on the most melancholy occa-
sion of the loss of his beloved and gallant son, Captain
Lyons. We grieve deeply to think of the heavy afflic-
tion into which Sir E. Lyons is plunged at this anxious
moment, and we in,.urn over the loss of an officer who
proved himself so worthy of his father, and was so bright
an ornament to the fervice be be'onged to. To lose hitn,
just when he returned triumph Ant, flaying accomplished
so admirably all that was desired and wished, must be
an additional pang to his father. If sympathy can afford
consolation he possesses that of the who'e nation."
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—An accident, by
which a man and a woman lost their lives, occurred yes-.
terday evening on the river Thames, near Southc,Tk•
bridge. It appeared that two men and a woman hired
a boat of Mr. White, of the Floating Bath at Blackfriars-
bridge, for the purpose of having a row on the river.
When near Southwark-bridge, owing to the force of the
current and the swell of the water caused by some pas-
sing steamers, the boat was driven against the steam float-
ing engine with such violence that it was literally cut in
two, and the three persons became immersed in the
water. The firemen on board the float came to their
assistance, and succeeded in saving one of the men, who
was clinging to the triangle of the engine, but his two
companions were carried away with the tide and wfre
drowned. The river was immediately dragged, but
neither body could be found up to 8 o'clock last night.