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

Time has proved its correctness to the very letter,
and of those "fine, manly qualities" he is here
credited with, we may well ask, and we do so
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.

" WIIO WILL DECLARE FOR IT F"

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN.

Sin,—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 plafled, 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
eur fleets and armies make such an impression on her
as is likely to lead tc an honourable and beneficial ter-
mination to the war. To this intent you
,put the em-
phatic question, " will declare for it r I, for one,
who have seen warfare in all its glories, bill 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 then to show whether they will answer
the appeal or not.—Yours, obediently,
E. MORGAN,
Lieut.-Col. Merioneth Militia,
formerly 7th Fusiliers.
Golden Grove, neat Holywell, Aug. 12, 1855.

EMBARKATION' OP 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 tragedienne, Madlle. Rachel, and about 30 other
dramatic French a,rtistes, werealso among the passengers.
Madlle. 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 train from
London. In the evenieg she visited the theatre, where
she occupied one of the boxes fir a considerable time.
On Saturday morning she left the hotel a short time
before 8 o'clock, and proceeded to the landing-stare,
where she was greeted by the cheers and lively recogni
tures of a large concourse of spectators. 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 bad received all her passengers and mails on
board, and was about to depart, the actre.s appeared at
the stern of the vessel, where she was greeted with enthu-
siactic cheers and waving of handkerchiefs, which she
gracefully returned. Madlle. Rachel Ic accompanied by
her sisters and brother, M. Raphael Felix, and a com-
plete troupe, consisting of 30 artistes. To Mr. Nimme,
of the St. annes'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 Vivito; of the great tragedienne
and every other member of the company.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.-Aug. 11.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

DOCKING 01 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
large steam-ships have been taken into the same dock
within the last few weeks. Messrs. White's other dock
(the Thetis) is more adapted for sailing ships, not being
of sufficient length for these monster steamers.
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 Duke of Cambridge arrived
at Osborne to-day. The Duchess of Kent leaves Osborne
on Monday.
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
Weditesday the R.T.S. Cup, open to all the yachts of
the squadron. On Thursday the annual R.Y.S. ball.
On 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 Conyngbam 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.
Hoffmeister, surgeon to her Majesty, but it is feared
that she will not be able to leave the yacht for some
weeks.

EMBARKATION OF TROOPS.—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.—Thy Queen's annual treat to the royal
tradesmen, tenants, &c., toll( place on Friday. The
sailors from the yacht took part in the proceedings.
Running, jumping, dancing. &c., was the order of the
day. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal chit.
dreg, seemed to enjoy the sport as much as their liegos ;
and, the day being very fine, everything passed off most
Qatisfactorily.

GENERAL MA I?KHAM.

(From the Yorkshire Gazette.)

The health of General Simpson has been so unsatig-
factory that he has intimated his wish to retire from his
important position as Corninander,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 doing so, to place the command
in the hands of General M4rkhacu—a soldier who hac
won his present exalted rank at an early age by his own
exertions mid gallantry. Like the late Duke of Wel-
lington, we have in General Markham a warrior who
acquired much of his military experience in India. He
also served in Canada, during the rebellion in that co.
lony, and, in whatever quarter of the globe his services
were required, there he has been found promptly
obeying the call of duty. General Markham, if not
a Yorkshireman, is closely allied to many of our old
Yorkshire families. His grandfather, Dr. W. Markham,
was Archbishop of York for nearly half &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 years. 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-
mandeer of the British troops in the Crimea. General
Markham isnephew of the late Dean Markham, and of
Archdeacon Robert Markham ; and also cousin of the
late Colonel Markham, of Becoa 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.

LORD CHARLES MANNERS' WILL—The will of the
Right Hon. Lord Charles. Somerset Manners was proved
under 18,0001. personalty. 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 Lord George Manners, resi-
duary legatees and executors.
THE QUEEN'S LETTER TO SIR E. lirons.—lt is well
known that an autograph letter was sent by the Queen
to Sir Edmucd 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 ouiht 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 B. Lyons is plunged at this anxious
moment, and we mourn over the loss of an officer who
proved himself so worthy of his father, and was so bright
an ornament to the service he belonged to. To lose him,
just when he returned triumphant, having accomplished
so admirably all that was desired and wished, must be
an additional pang to his father, If sympathy can afford
consalation he possisses 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 Southwark-
bridge. It appeared that two men-and- a woman hired
a boat of Mr. White, of the Floatinj Bath at Blackfrisra-
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-Steamer; the boat was driven against the steam float-
ing engine with such violence that it was literally cut in
c
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
ompanions
carried away with the tide and were
drowned. The river waif immediately draggeds but
aeitber.body could be fcraild up to 8 o'clock lilt tight*