The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-24 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Yesterday the hired troopship Light Brigade, 1,214 tons,
Capt H. Evans, belonging to Messrs Mackay and Co., 1,
Leadenhall- street, one of the flack Ball line of clipper ships
which has been chartered by the Government for the con-
veyance of reinforcements to New Z alend, embarked troops
from Government-quay, Gravesend, for Auckland. They
consisted of 18 nor-commissioned officers end men of the
4th battalion of the military train from Woolwich-32 non-
commissioned officers and men and one officer's servant of
the Royal Engineers, from Chatham-84 non-commissioned
officers and men of the 70th Regiment, from Colchesten-70
men of all grades and four drummers and buglers of the Ist
battalion of the 12th Regiment, from Chatham-171 non-
commissioned officers and men of the 50th Queen's Own Re-
giment, from Portsmouth-44 non-commissioned officers
and men of the 43d Light Infantry, from Chatham-.and I 0
non-commissioned officers and men of the Army Hospital
Corps. The following officers embarked with the rein-
forcements :—Major Thomas E. Holmes, 43d Light Jilfaff-
try, in command—Lieut Lionel St Aubyn (wife and child),
4th battalion Military Train—Lieut W.HutchinsrnMulloY,
Royal Engineers—Ensigns Henry Pulsford Robson and
Henry Stewart Bolton, Ist battalion 12th pegiment--En-
Signs Digby T. 13rett, Tavern Q. Miller, F;Rewan, and R.
C. J. Lyons, 43c1 Regiment—Lieuts C. F. Young and R. S.
M'Gregor, 50th Queen's Own Regiment—and Lieut Chas.
Rogers, 70th Regiment—total, 12 officers, ono officer's wife
and child, one officer's servant, and 431 non-commissioned
officers and men, the whole in medical charge of Staff
Assist Surgeon Wallace, M.D. The Light Brigade is fitted
up in a most excellent manner, and is supplied with every
requisite for the health and comfort of the officers and
troops during the voyage. Her main deck is light and lofty,
giving 8 feet 3 inches clear. Only troops are carried,
there being no passengers on board. The vessel is fitted
with one of Dr Normandy's condensing apparatus, which
is capable of distilling 500 gallons of fresh water daily from
the sea during the voyage. In addition to her troops the
Light Brigade carries oat a large and valuable miscellane-
ous cargo to the col Cony. The vessel was inspected previous
to the embarcation of the troops, by Major-Gen. Sir Robert
Walpole, K.C.8., accompanied by his Staff, when the ar-
rangements for the accommodation of the troops on board,
as well as the provisions intended for their consumption,
were considered satisfactory. Major-Gen. Walpole also in.
spected the troops at Chatham prior to their embarcation.
The different corps were embarked yesterday under the
superintendence of Brigade-Major W. Congreve and the
officers of the quartermaoter's staff at Chatham garrison,
and in order to enable the troops to settle comfortably
down on board before the vessel proceeds to sea the Light
' Brigade will not take her departure from the Tbames until
to-day. _ _ _ _ _

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The War Department transport Bomarsund, Mr Spicer,
master commander, shipped from the Ordnance-wharf,
Chatham, yesterday, 12 of the 110-pounder 84 cwt Arm-
strong guns, and 8 of the 140-pounder naval Armstrongs
for conveyance to the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich, for
the purpose of having some defects in the arrangements for
sighting them made good, The Bomarsund will convey a
supply of War Department stores from Woolwich to
Chatham.

The screw steam corvette Brisk, 16, Capt. Charles W.
Hope, in Plymouth Sound,was inspected yesterday (Friday)
by Port-Admiral Sir Charles H. Fremantle, K.C.8., and is
appointed to sail to-day (Saturday), for her station, Aus-
tralia.

The screw steam frigate Doris, 30, at Plymouth, has made
several trials of her engines and machinery lately. Some of
these trials were for the purpose of testing a new mode of
ventilation, which does not appear to have been very suc-
cessful. On Thursday she was hauled from Ramona into
the north basin at Keyham, to be completed for the first
division of the Steam Reserve.

The Black Prince, 40, screw, iron frigate, Capt. James
F. B. Wainwright, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning
from the westward, and on anchoring exchanged salutes with
the flagship of Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8.; the Vic-
tory, Capt. F. Scott, C. 8., and A.D.C. to the Queen. Capt.
the Right Hon. Lord F. li. Kerr, succeeds Capt. Wain-
wright iu the command of the Black Prince, the latter offi-
cer being appointed to the Governorship of Bermuda.
The Glatton, 14, screw, iron cased floating battery, 1,535
tons, 150 horse power, is having her machinery taken out
in the steam basin of Portsmouth dockyard, preparatory to
being broken up.
The Racoon, 20, screw corvette, Capt. Count Gleichen, is
in the Warrior dock at Ports _nou' h repairing damage to her
false keel. Her lower yards and topmasts have been sent
down, in process of her refit for further service.
The Royal Alfred, 35, ion cased frigate, will be launched
at Portsmouth on the 16th prom , minus her armour plating
which will afterwards be affixed to her sides.
The Sparrowhawk screw gun corvette has been masted
under the new tubular slicers in tho steam basin of Ports-
mouth dockyard, and is fast progressing in her rigging and
outfit for commission.
Her Majesty's screw troopship Urgent, with the head-
quarters of 'the 23 battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, under
the command of Col. F. Stephenson, C.B„ was to leave
Quebec on the 14th inst., and is expected to arrive at Ports•
mouth on or about the lat pros. The battalion will be sta-
tioned at St. Georges Barracks on ita arrival in London.
The Wolverine, 20, screw corvette, Capt. A. F. R. de
Horsey, is complete in her refit at Portsmouth, with the
exception of the removal of her wooden catheads from her
bows, and is expected to go out of harbour to Spithead on.
Tuesday next.
The Rosamond paddle corvette (late Eclair), 1,059 tons,
is being broken up, under contract, in No. 9 dock at Posts-
mouth.
The Thunderer sailing line-of-battle ship has. been cut
down to her maindeck port-sills in dock at Portsmouth, and
is being fitted as the future target ship for testing armour
plates at Portsmouth. For this purpose her lower deck will
be fitted inboard and thwart ships with a splinter-proof
battery for four guns ; a 401 u. timber butt, 34ft. distant
from the muzzles of the guns, for the armour plates to rest
upon; and, forward of the armour plate butt, a splinter
screen to arrest the further progress of any part of the pro-
jectiles which pass through the armour plates and butt.
The sides of the ship on the lower deck, in the space be-
tween the battery and the armour plate butt, will be lined
with 1-inch iron. It will be nearly the spring of next year
before the work is completed.
The Warrior, 40, screw iron frigate, Capt. the Hon. A. A.
Cochrane, C. 8., completed her coaling up to 700 tons on
Thursday, and is under orders to rejoin the Channel fleet.
Five hundred tons of coals were taken on board at Spithead
on Thursday by her own crew in less than eight hours.
The Warrior weighed her anchor at 6 45 p.m., with steam
up in her after boilers, for Portland.
Her Majesty's steam troopship Dee, Master Commander
Raymond, having shipped a couple of boilers for the Helicon
at Portsmouth, and other stores for that and Plymouth
yards, yesterday left Woolwich for Greenhithe to adjust
compasses for sea. The Dee, according to present orders,
will embark a number of second-class lads from the Fisgara
on Monday and will leave Greenhithe for her destination.
Permission has been granted by the Board of Admiralty
to the Turkish officers belonging to the frigates Relepers
Thareth and Estourel, now being engined by Mr John
Stewart, at Blackwell, to go through a course of Armstrong
gunnery instruction on board the flagship Fisgard, at Wool-
wich, with a view of making themselves thoroughly ac-
quainted with that species of armament intended to be
adopted by the Turkish fleet. A number of the officers
sufficiently conversant with our language have consequently
been in daily attendance at Woolwich during the week, and
apply themselves to the work most zealously, carefully
noting down in their memoranda the peculiar denomina-
tions of each part of the gun, and phrases used by the
gunners. The old flagship still remains without her top-
masts, and the main and mizenmasts are in a fearfully de-
cayed condition. It is high time their Lordships seriously
considered the necessity of replacing her with a ship more
roomy and better adapted for the service in which the Fis-
gard, now quite rotten, has been for so many years em-
ployed. The decks are leaky, and the ship throughout is
beyond the possibility of further repair.
The 31st Regiment, commanded by Col. Eager, at present
quartered in the Raglan Barracks, Devonport, are under
orders for the camp at Aldershot, whence the 6th Regi-
ment will depart to relieve them. The 2d Queen's Own
Regiment, commanded by Col. Addison, also quartered in
Raglan Barracks, are expecting orders for the Curragb,
Ireland. It is reported at Devonport that the 2d will bo
relieved by the 75th,
On Thursday the :troops of the Nth Lancers, stationed at
Colchester, were reviewed by Makin-Gen. Lawrenson, In-
spector-Gen. of Cavalry, who was attended by Capt. Fraser,
his aide de camp. Major. Gen. Lawrenson cxpresmed to Col.
Dickson his general satisfaction with the appearance of the

regiment.
The following officers have pasPed their examinations at
the Royal. Naval College, Portsmouth, in steam, and have
received their certificates accordingly:—Commanders James
East, D. G. Davidson, Peyton Blakislon, E. F. Holme,
Edward Stubbs, and Capt. J. B. Oldfield.
The following appointments and promotions were made
yesterday at the Admiralty : —Lieut. Alfred Markham and
Lieut. Hugh S. Baillie, to the Achilles—Charles Bawden,
master ill command of the Supply, promoted to be staff
commander--F. 0. Hartshorne and 11. C. D. Ryder, mid-.
shipmen to the Geyser—J. Bruce (b), promoted to be chief
engineer—and Henry J. Davies, assistant clerk, to the
Blenheim,

M.R ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS
EVERY EVENING, at Fight.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN.
LAST WEEK BUT TWO.
GRAND VOLUNTEER NIGHT.
Vccalists—Mdlle. C. Patti and Madame Parepa; Pianoforte,
"(dile. Krebs ; i.a,soon, g rbott
of the r. J. Win e; and Co
net
sir. Levy Orchestra gild Bands Grenadier
and Coldstream Guards First night of a new Burlesque
uadrille (arranged and conducted by Mr. Char.es Coote),
entitled "The Paul-y-Toole-y-technic. '
Conductors- Mr. Alfred Mellon and Mr. Charles Cote.
Promo:lade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheare, One
Private Boxes, £1 Is. and
Shili.ng ; Dress Circle, 2s. Cd. ;
105. Cd.
bio n day nest, Operatic Felection from LA FAVORITA
in which the m 5:.,•., ificent Oman of the establishment w:l'. be
played for the first time at these Concerts.
On Tuesday next, a Selectionyrom the WORKS of the
GE,ENT IT ALI AN 31.A.sre.hs
On Thursday next, a CLASSICAL NIGHT.
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TrHEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE._
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. R. Roxby,
DI-. ',I. Belmore ; Miss Hudspeth.
ere's Play of
After which, the First Part of Shakesp
BENitY THE FOIJR.T 11. Mr Phelps ; 3lessrs Creswick,
'W Mrs. C. Mewl
alter Lacy, R. RONby, G. Belmore, II Marston, c. ; Miss
ne2en Howard, Miss Arabella Smyth, and le.
To conclude with the Farce of BEAUTY OR THE BEAST.
Mr. G. Belmore and Miss Helen Howard.
At the end of the Play the Natienal Anthoella em will be sung.
V,catists, Miss Rebecca Isaaw, Miss Araf Smyth, and
fir. Bartleman.

a farmer who does not do his best to improve his
land, is stigmatised as neglectful of his business
and of the interests of his landlord. • Farming, like
other trades or professions, usually demands a con-
siderably outlay, before much return can be ex-
pected, and the larger the farm the greater the
capital required. Agriculture, too, pays slowly,
but surely. Its low rate of interest being, as Mr
DISRAELI said the other day in Buckinghamshire,
compensated for its security. But the security of
a farmer on a short lease is a very different thing
from that of the eccupier of his own farm, or of a
tenant who holds his ground a long term
of years. In speaking on this subject, Sir JOHN
PAXINGTON rematked that tenants often objected
to long leases on the ground that they had confidence
in their landlords, while landlords disliked them

because they were anxious to retain their power
over the land. Sir lomr, with his plain English
sense and straightforwardness, soon disposed of both

,hese objections. Tenants, he said, ought to treat
:he matter as any other commercial transaction

would be treated, and to put their trust in written
documents. Certainly the man who undertook any
other costly business on the mere faith of another
man's word would be looked upon as sufficiently
simple; and although tenant farmers generally
know something of their landlords personally, and
are therefore less Quixotic in trusting to their pro-
mises, the principle on which they do so is not
sound. Without any intention to deceive or over-
reach on either side, casual words may be relied
upon, or meanings misinterpreted, while shortness
of memory and a dozen other chances combine to
render verbal arrangements a fruitful source of dia-

sension even amongst well-intentioned persons. On
the principle of the proverb—' Short accounts make
long friends"—it is wiser and better to have written
evidence of every business transaction, and we see
no reason why farmers should not have the same
protection against mistakes and forgetfulness that it
is usual to have in other dealings. The influence
of the landlord is an awkward matter, but Sir JOHN
faced it boldly. He said that landowners wished
to keep their power over the land, but if that
power referred to game, he thought that any man
man who kept an exces3ive quantity of game ought
to pay for it—an opinion which the non-sporting
community will readily admit the truth of. As to
politics, the right hon. baronet very justly said, the
exercise of such power was a mistake, and support
so obtained would not long keep any party in power.
Farther, he offered evidence of the correctness of
his views by quoting statistics which showed that
in the north farmers had offered much higher rents
for farms on 21 years' leases than for the same farms
on 15 years, which proves that tenants, at least, are
awakening to the advantages we have been dilating
on. Also, it appears from the same evidence that
farms let for long terms are much more productive
than those let on short leases, a fact clearly indi-
cating that tenants are naturally reluctant to make
the necessary outlay for the best possible cultivation
of their farms, while uncertain how far other men
are to reap the profit of their labours, The new
Lteam implements, admirable as they are in their
effects, are very costly, so that the man who is
I unable or unwilling to expend much capital on his
farm, will soon be left behind by his more specula-
tive and adventurous rivals. It is clearly the duty
of tenants to make the most of their land, but it is
manifest incumbent on landowners to offer them
every facility for doing so. We hope before long
to see this system generally recognised, and that
the landowners may show that fairness and kindli-
ness in his dealings with his tenant and the farmer
with his labourers, without which the condition of
the agricultural interest can never be sound or
flourishing.

Lord BIiGITGHAM'S address at the National ABBO-
- for the Promotion of Social Science is
one cf great interest. It is certain to delight
many by its perusal, and apart from its excellence
of purput, eloquence of language, and philosophy

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of ideas, there remains the reflection that he who
uttered it is of an age that makes his achievement
really remarkable. It is a very satisfactory sight

o See a man thus pass a long life in the prosecution

of all that makes existence honourable and distin

guished, and devote the evening of his days to the
calm pursuits of science. The noble lord's address
was most encouraging, and he was at great pains

to do away with the impression that much had not
been done since the Congress last assembled. He
showed how all progress must be slow to be sure,
and how nothing really effective can be done in
vehement haste, His remark may prove of service
to many well-meaning persons who are always de-
feating their own objects, by pushing on in despe-
rate speed, thus confusing others and bewildering
themselves. To these the warnings of one who has
been one of the greatest reformers of his da,

are very appropriately addressed. It seems
strange to hear one who mixed personally in some
of the most exciting scenes of political strife now
c)mmenting upon the absence of party in our public
life. " The voice of party has been for the most part
still," he says, and adds that this circumstance tends
to show that improvement has been made, and
public opinion become more enlightened. It is not
surprising that Lord BROUGHAM should dwell at
length upon the subject of education, and the great
efforts that have been made in that direction of late ;

he himself presented more than ono hundred and
twenty petitions to the Lords upon the subject, and
was, doubtless, mainly instrumental in bringing
about the salutary change that has been
wrought. The noble lord's strictures on
the very great carelessness that is displayed
in the choice of persons who are to be teachers
were most admirable, and it would be well if they
could have due weight among those to whom they
apply, for the incapacity and want of knowledge
displayed is most astounding. The noble lord said
that such gross negligence was not suffered to exist
in other departments. " Care is taken that no
unfit persons shall practise medicine or surgery;
provision is made for the education of lawyers : is
it lees important to see that fit persons shall be in-
trusted with the mental and morali,health of the
community than with its bodily health or its pro-
perty ?" This simple statement exactly expresses
the leading features of the case, and represents
the very faulty notions entertained on the subject ?
Thus he goes on to add that it has now become a
saying, if any one fails in everything ()Ike, " let him
keep a school," or " let her be a schoolmistress."
If inspectors are appointed, it is almost certain
that the greater part of the schools will submit
to the examinations fur the sake of gaining the cer-
tificates, and thus a great advantage will be
secured to the community. Lord BROUGHAM
considered the reform that has taken plaice at the
Post- office to have been of great benefit in
th© way
of education. Enabling poor per-
sons to send to their frioeunt great friends
a: a i nedhuecaep
rate of postage has -
meats to them to learn to write, and the cheap
conveyance by post is a great advantage to literary
and other members of the community. Lord
BROUGHAM adverted to the superiority of great
over ordinary men in the history of the changes in
the Post Office. Thus we hear that "Mr PITT
stood by Mr PALMER in his introduction of mail
, coaches when all the authorities of the Post Office
were against him, and that the Duke of WELLING!.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1864.

another frequent source of evil. An inquest was
held at the beginning of the week on a little boy
who had obtained some rock powder from some
miners, and who went into a blacksmith's shop
with it in his pocket. A spark ignited the powder
with a fatal result. We are glad to find the
magistrates are obdurate in imposing the full
penalty in cases of sending combustible materials
by rail improperly guarded. In such cases we must
not look to the intention of the sender, who is
probably innocent, but to the frightful risk incurred.
Want of thought in instances like this may result
in such direful calamities that no mercy should be
shown to the heedless offender, If all persons in
authority would enforce a strict observance of a
fow practical cautions on those below them, we
should hear of fewer houses being desolated by
alarming and fatal catastrophes.

STA'

MANCHESTER, Sept. 23.—Shipping yarns still keep de-
pressed, and to effect sales lower prices must be taken. Even
at a decline from the low rates of yesterday, very little
business is offering. Among sellers for export there is an
impression that prices must now have nearly reached the
bottom. The fall in this class of yarns since this day week
may be stated at fully 2d per lb. In home trade yarns there
is no abatement in the depression which has now so long
prevailed, and the decline is fully Id to 2d per lb. since
Tuesday. Some reports stated the fall in prices on Tuesday
as lid to 2d per lb. as compared with last Friday, and pro
bably some accounts will give the decline since Tuesday in
excess of what it is here stated at ; but, in fact, the market is
very irregular at a time like the present, and values partake
too much of a ncminal character to average the decline very
accurately. In the cloth market the long-continued decline
has a tendency to make buyers rather timid, and to-day we
have had a in; re depressed market than even that of Tuesday.
On Tuesday the holders of cloth began to recognise the
great decline necessitate I by a falling cotton market more
fully than they had hitherto done. The consequence was
that they manifested a more general desire to realise than
before, and offered goods more freily. This continued on
Wednesday and yesterday, and has led to a nut inconsider-
able business. 1'o• day there seems to be an almost universal
desire to sell, and consequently goods are offered at very low
prices. This pre=sure to sell seems to have had the effect of
increasing the timidity above referred to on the part of
buyers. Depressed as prices are, but few of the purchases
have been large, only a few of the larger operators being in
a position to effect purchases, owing to money tightness and
other causes. The actual business of the day has probably
not been so large as it otherwise would from this cause ; at
all events it has not been large.

BRADFORD, Sept, 22,—There was great dulness in the
market to-day, and it was manifested in every branch of the
trade. The suspension of the Leeds Banking Company ap-
pears to be creating more uneasiness than was at first appa-
rent. The report as to the enormous quantity of paper
afloat filled many with apprehension, and every one was
asking his neighbour, " Who has discounted with this
bank 2" The quantity of wool which changed hands was
exceedingly small, and purchased for immediate consump-

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Sept. 22.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena,
walked in the grounds of the Castle yesterday
morning.
In the afternoon her Mijesty, with Princess
Helena., Prince Alfred, and Prince Elimar of Olden•
burg, drove to the Lynn of Dee.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended
by the Hon. Harriett Phipps, went out riding.

tion. Tne prices of wool were fully 3d per lb. below the
extreme rates current at the early part of the season. Still,
those who can hold their stocks did so with great determi-
nation to make no concession, believing that the downward
tendency will be only temporary. In worsted yarns there
was an entire suspension of business. The foreign houses
made inquiry as to prices, but more with a view to test them
than to operate, The demand on the part of home houses had
dwindled considerably, manufacturers having received no
fresh orders from merchants. The same inactivity ruled
in the piece-market. Neither home nor foreign merchants
did business. Quotations generally were lower. Alpaca
lustres, which continued in good demand, were an excep-
tion to this, The concessions amounted to 5i to 7 per cent.
Many looms are standing, and short time is being resorted
to,

PRINCE HUMBERT OF ITALY.—At midday Ye"
terday his Royal Highness, accompanied by his ExcelleneY
the Italian Minister and suite, left the legation to visit Et'
Paul's, the Bank of England, Barclay and Perkins?
Brewery at Southwark, &c. Early in the evening 11'8
Royal Highness honoured Madame Tussaud's with his pre-
sence. Later in the evening the members of the suite and
the members of the Legation had the honour of dining
with the Prince.
A number of the Orleanist ex-Royal family of
France are stopping at the Hotel d'Angleterre, Constanti-
nople. They consist of the Prince and Princess de Join'
vill' the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and two sons of the
latter, bearing the names of the Prince de Condo and the
Duke de Guise, with several attendant members of their
suite. Their Royal Highnesses are on a tour to Egypt and
the Holy Land.
The Earl and Countess of Cardigan left Portman`
square yesterday for Deane Parke, Northampton.
The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and the
Ladies Ashley are expected in town shortly from the Conti"
nent, on their way to St Giles's, Dorsetshire, where they
intend to receive a succession of visitors.
The Marquis of Exeter has left town for Loam'
ington for a few weeks.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have red
turned to Broadlands from Wilton.

CARDIFF, 22d,—There is a large business doing in the
steam coal trade, and the activity which has characterised
it for some weeks is fully maintained. The quantity sent
inland is increasing, owing in a great measure to the re-
quirements of the Staffordshire works consequent upon the
strike there. The continental inquiry is also active, a,-.;
prices are as a rule well maintained, there being hardly any
complaints of underselling. House qualities command a
brisk sale, and buyers are now purchasing largely against
the winter months. Coke shows no material change, and
patent fue, is in demand for exportation. The ironmasters
have many orders on their books, and they are well placed
for some time to come. Quotations are about the same as
last week. the tendency of the market during the last few
days being rather in favour of makers. Rails are quoted
£7 to 19s free on board, and bars £7 to £7 ss.

The British Association at Stonehenge.

About 300 members of the British Association
went by excursion train on Thursday from Bath to
Salisbury. The company did not include many of
the most eminent men of the association, but with
Captain Burton as the lion, and with a fair CO'l
plement of the belles of Bath, the excursion party
was such as to maintain the high prestige of the
past meetings of the association. Queen's wee'
ther was the order of the day, and the beautiful
vales of Somerset and Wilts, seen under the
mellow light of an autumn sun, glistened in all
their richness and verdure. The great White
Horse, standing cut from the dark background
of a big brown hill, was scanned en passant,
while many a neat white homestead, with cottage
warmly thatched and orchards resplendent with
ripe fruit, flew by as the train sped along to the
station at Sarum. There, carriages well horsed
and equipped awaited the passengers, and conveyed
them through the streets of the metropolis of Wills
to the far-famed cathedral which adorns this city.
Every one has heard of the great height of Salie'
bury spire, and many tourists have lingered with
delight on a survey of the noble proportions of this
magnificent pile, and have lamented, perchance, the
architectural defects which have marred and en'
dangered the work. Of these, and of the beauties
of spire, towers, and windows, of nave, cloister,
chapter-house, and library, Mr Davis, ill e
very able paper, gave to the party a greet
deal of well-digested information, rendered ell
the more interesting from the illustrations
afforded by the objects treated upon. From the
cathedral about 200 of the excursionists drone t°
the Council Chamber in Salisbury, where luncheon
was provided by the mayor (Mr J. Waters). 11i!
worship presided, and near him were Captain sod
Mrs Burton, the mayoress, the Very Rev. the Dean
of Salisbury, and several members of the magistraof
and corporation of the city. After luncheon the
mayor proposed success to the British Association,
and gave them a hearty welcome to that ancient
city. Mr Davis and Captain Barton responded'
Leaving Salisbury about half-past 1 o'clock the
eAcuroioniato drovo to the Roman earthworks et
oid Sarum, where Mr Swayne, as cicerone, re`
[cited the history, legends, and topography of the
interesting objects around. An hour was most
pleasantly spent on those breezy heights, where We
are bound, as faithful chroniclers, to say the votaries
of science, satiated with the lore of the week, were
prone to romp, and to act as schoolboys released
for a holiday. In truth, a very Samson of science
must have had sufficient of papers, and must WI
been delighted to take an airing in the geld'
away from all the cares of his ordinary labours'
Defiling down the old Roman heights the pert/
found their carriages awaiting them in a charming;/
rural lane, along which they drove to Salisbury
Plain, and to the great, gaunt temple at Stone
henge. Here a great number of the excursionist°
had arrived beforehand, and, having taken lunch
with that zest the air of these downs does gill;
they were assembled within the mystic circle, lie,
tening most intently to the address of the Rev. Pre
bendary Scarth, who, like some modern Druid, 00
instructing his flock from the summit of a gigantl
stone. He believed the temple was of Britisli
origin, and suggested a date of two centuries 13•C'
as the probable time of their formation. 14°,
was doubtful of the nationality of the letters the;
had been discovered on ens of the stones, but believe'
they were of great antiquity. Same discussion tooh
place on this point, and a vote of thanks was then
given to the rev. gentleman for his paper. As even
l
ing came on the excursionists went off and left tni
stupendous monument of a remote past alone ill 11
simple grandeur.
Another change yet awaited the excursionis4
and on arriving at the village of Wilton 0
were admitted into the new church built tber,
by the late Lord (then Mr Sidney) Herber;
The lavish and most tasteful decoration of thi
palatial church is beautiful beyond description, ell
when it derives a peculiar and Arcadian charm Cr°,
the twining floral festoons of the harvest feast, es
appeared in the dim religious light last eveninki
the church presents an aspect truly celestial. i
An easy drive to the Wilton Railway Stall°
and a pleasant journey in the special train providet
by the Great 'Western Railway Company, brag;
the excursionists to Bath, and the excursion to
end, at eight o'clock.
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GEORGE SAND has issued a volume of Pi
which have bean written and performed at Nohant.
WRECK ON THE IRISH COAST.—ARKLOW, 1111
LAND, Sept. 21.—About six o'clock last evening
large vessel was observed on Arklow-bank, throwing,'
rockets and firing guns as signals of distress. The Ili:
was blowing strong at the time, and there was a very )3.:
sea running on the bank. The lifeboat of the National I.l'
boat Institul ion was immediately manned and launched, 11,
reached the vessel in about two hours. The crew of
lifeboat boarded her, and found her to be the iron
Edinburgh Castle, 650 tons, bound from Glasgow to Silik
pore with a general cargo. The ship fhated off the 131'
about 11 o'clock, but making so much water that the el
lain requested the.lifeboat to accompany the vessel for 0°
time, and a portion of the crew to assist at working ,
pumps. This was done, and after proceeding ten 113t1
outside Arklow-bank with the ship, the lifeboat ultinap'
left her, pumped dry, and returned to her station.
gratitude for the services rendered on the occasion by
lifeboat, the captain of the ship spontaneously gave lii°l
for £4lO to the crew of the boat.
A BOY KILLED BY Two SCIIOOLFELLOW,
the village of Kilmacrenan there is a parish soh
taught by aMr Craig. One day last week a little boy
nab
Diver, about 11 years of age, complained of two el
schoolmates, named Diver and Gregg, for atterePtilig
beat him. The teachers punished the lads for the ofts'erli
but, unfortunately, the matter did not end there. I
going home from school on the same day the two boas'
to their threats, commenced beating the lad Diver, gee
ing him aown and kicking him severely. The boy, ea e rnei
ing home, which was hard by, complained to his Par e
the treatment he had received, and, on examining hie
they found him blackened all along one side. rho P°(11-0,
took to bed, lingered a few days in great pain, and
the 19th inst. The two lads who have taken avoY
were instantly arrested,—Dublin Express.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT FROM AN Ex.rl,osl°,
NAPHTHA—On Thursday while three children bela..gslt
Mr George Kent, engineer, residing in SoutharuPt°llo,
Camberwell, were trimming a naphtha lamp an e
took place, which enveloped the whole three in flaw
Ili
father immediately ran to their assistance, and Cl'tip.ogh,
the ft Imes, but not without seriously burninght
Two of the children were so injured that their deatia.elloixe
expected; the third, a girl el seven years of age, is
recover.