The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-17 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Aug. 16.—Market still continues in
the same state of inactivity, but with prices well
maintained. Threes, for the Account, are now at
661. 50c, Alobilier have been in demand, and some
businees done at 1,025 f. Railway Market quiet,
but b general firm. The market closed as fol-
lows:

II per Cent 5....... 95 Italian Loan 6B 35
Do. wad month.... Do. end month 6B 35
3 per Cents ...... 66 40 Ditto Threes ..
Do. end mouth.... 66 45 New Mexican .... 66 60
Credit M0bi1ier....1025 Russian
Do. end m0nth....1030 Austrian
Bank Shares ...... 3380 Spe.nieh Threes —
Credit } oncier a... 1220 Rome Debt
Roman .......... 76 50 Deferred

IiALLWAYB.
Cash. Account.
Orlounig BB5 ...-. • • 886 60
, i••••
Northern 9Bl 25 • • 985
Lyons and Mediterranean 925 .. 930
Southern 642 50 .. 646 25
Western
Eastern ....
Sardinian
Austrian
Lon.bard
..
North of Spain
Saragossa.. .. 510 .. 511 25
Ditto to 13aroopua ~ ~ 232 50 .. 235

I THE STATUE TO THE LATE SIR G. C. LEWIS AT
HEREFORD
Baron Marochetti, to the memory of the late Sir George
rOBD.—The bronze statue, from the cast of
Corncwall Lewis, sart., has arrived in Hereford, The 3d
of September bas been fixed for its inauguration, on which
occasion Lord Palmerston has promised to deliver the in-
augural address, The Chancellor of the Exchequer is also
expected to be present. While in Iler,4ordshire the noble
Premier will be the guest of the Rev-. Archer Clive, of
Whitfield, brother of Mr Geo. Clive,
REPRESENTATION OF FlNsEuß.Y.—Yesterday
the whole of Finsbury was placarded by large bills
containing three long columns of the names. of persons who
have engaged to serve on a committee to secu:: the election
of Mr Alderman Lusk as member for the borouol of Fins-
bury, in the room of Sir S. Morton Peto, who hat:
accepted
e
a requisition to become a candidate for the represem'ation of
Bristol. According to present appearances Final. ury is
likely to have a considerable choice of candidates a t the
next general election. In add=ition to Mr Alderman Lt.'Blr)
Mr M'Cullagh Torrens and Mr. Phillips, of the Coal R.,%.
change, have offered themselves whilst Mr Cox, one of thy)
sitting members, has annouue Nteutioß 9f seeking
re-election,

LITERATURE.

The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter. From
the Private Journals and other Papers of Com-
mander R. Semmes, C.S.N., and other Officers.

Two Vole. Saunders, Otley, and Co.
An authentic narrative of the gallant exploits of
Commander Semmes, the Cochrane of the Confede.
rate States, will be perused with eager interest by
all those, and their name is legion, who sympathise
with resolute courage and who are enthralled by
records of peril and adventure. As early as the spring
of 1861, President Davis, not content with gathering
together an army of heroic soldiers to defend the
new-born independence of the South, was anxious
to compete with the enemy at sea, The Federals
were at that time well provided with ships, while
the Confederates had neither ships nor seamen,
to say nothing of their seeming lack of
officers. Nothing daunted, the new President,
with that happy discrimination which is the best
gift of those who govern, at once selected "the
right man in the right p:ace." Captain Semmes
being then at his residence at Washington, a C im.
mender in the Federal Navy, received, on the 14th
February, 1861 (auspicious valentine !),a telegraphic
invitation from the South. Already the gallant
captain's Southern sympathies were well known.
He had dectared that "his judgment, his incline.
tions, and his affections were with the South." On
this hint, therefore, he spoke : on the receipt of
the telegraphic message, he at once relinquished his
Federal command, and almost immediately taking
commaad of the Sumter, he entered upon that ad-
venturous career with which his name has become
so conspieuously,identified. Another Rupert of Bo-
hemia, he combined the loyal discipline of the naval
officer with the reckless gallantry of the buccaneer.
Like "an eagle. in a dovecote" the adventurous
Sumter, and afterwards the no less dauntless
Alabama "fluttered the Volscians" of the Federal
navy till that once formidable armament was no-
where. Records of prize-taking abound in these
pages with almost monotonous continuance. Same-
times the enemy •is captured after a breathless
chase and a fair resistance. At others, the Alabama
has only to " come" and " conquer." In the case
of the Joseph Parker, captured by the Sumter, the
victors were considerably entertained by finding an
entry in the log-book of the prize, written the
day after she had set sail—" We have a tight, fast
vessel, and we don't care for Jeff, Davis 1" Wearied
at last with three years of continuous adventure
and excitement, Captain Semmes and his heroic
companions were beginning to desire a respite from
their exertioue—when, on the fatal 19th of June, the
gallant Alabama met her doom. On her memorable
encounter with the Keareage, "the Alabama," says
the authentic narrative here before us, " entered
the lists when she should have been lying in dock."
Perhaps the best specimen we can give of the style,
at once simple and vigorous, in which this adven-
turous narrative is related, will be an extract from
the sad record of that disastrous day. The Keareage
we are reminded, was "in first-rate condition."
The Alabama " fought with an exhausted frame" :
She had the henism to decide upon the conflict, without
the strength to choose the form of it. After some little
mancnavring this became painfully evident to Captain
Semmes. The Keareage selected her distance at a range of
500 yards, and being well protected she deliberately took
time and fired with sure effect.

Captain Semmes had great confidence in the power of his
Blakeley rifi:d gun, and we believe it is a confidence not
shaken by its failure to win the day for him. He wished to
get within easy range of his enemy, that he might try this
weapon effectively; but any attempt on his part to come to
closer quarters was construed by the Kearsage as a design
to bring the engagement between the ships to a hand-to-
hand conflict between the men. Having the speed, she
chose her distance, and made all thought of boarding hope-
less.

It was part of the plan of Captain Semmes to board, it
possible, at some period of the day, supposing that he could
not quickly decide the battle with artillery. It was evi-
dently Captain Winslow's determination to avoid the old-
fashioned form of a naval encounter, and to fight altogether
in the new style; his superior steam power gave him the
option. When the Alabama took her death wound she was
help!ess. We must interpret the respectful distance main-
tained by the Kearsage up to the very last, and the persis-
tent plying of her guns while the side of the sinking ship
was visible, as a settled resolution on Captain Winslow's
part to truss to guns alone, and throughout, so that a dan-
gerous proximity might be shunned. That much homage
was paid by him to the hostile crew, and that his mantcuvre
was creditably discreet, tew will deny.
The crew of the Alabama, seamen and officers, were in
high spirits throughout the engagement, though very early
the slaughter set in and the decks were covered with blood.
Their fire was rapid and admirable. It has been said in the
House of Lords by no less a person than the Duke of
Somerset, that her firing was positively bad ; and that she
hit the Kearsage only three times during the action. By
Captain Winslow's own admission the Kearsage was hit
twenty..eight times by shot and shell—or once to every
fifth discharge. No seaman knowing anything of an actual
engagement on the deep will object to the accuracy of such
an aim. Had the Kearsage shown the same blank sides as
the Alabama another tale might have been told. Captain
Semmes, howevrr, perceived that his shell rebounded after
striking her, and exploded harmlessly. This led him to
rely upon solid shot. The Alabama not being thus or in
any way shielded, was pierced with shell, and soon showed
vast rents in her after-part. Her pivot-gun was a distinct
mark for the enemy, and a single shell exploded near it
killed and wounded half the men by whom it was worked.
Each ship fought her starboard broadsides, and steamed in a
circle to keep that side to the enemy. So, for an hour, this,
to a distant spectator, monotonous maLcouvre continued,
without perceptibly narrowing the range. Captain Semmes
was standing on the quarter -deck when the chief engineer
sent word to say that the ship was endangered by leakage.
The fisrt lieutenant, Mr Kell, was sent below to inspect the
damage. He returned with word that the ship was sinking.
Captain Semmes at once ordered the ship to be put about
and steered towards shore. But the water was rising in
her; the fires were speedily extinguished. The Alabama's
shot from slackening had now ceased. It was evident to
all on board that she was doomed. To have continued
Airing would have been to indulge a stupid rancour, and to
act in such a manner is not in the nature of a seaman like
Captain Semmes. On the contrary, his thoughts were
directed towards saving the lives of his crew. He gave
command for the Confederate flag to be hauled down.

Well known as many of these incident already are,
their repetition in this more complete and compre-
hensive form will be right welcome, and the
romantic adventures of Captain Semmes and the
Alabama will for the time being absorb the atten.
Lion even of the readers of " sensational" romance

Mysterious Legends of Edinburgh., now for the
First Time Told in Print. By Alexander Leigh-
. ton, author of " Curious Storied Traditions," &e,
One vol. Pp. 272. Nimmo.

Some nine or ten more or less enthralling legends,
with a few very spirited illustrations, are contained
in this volume. They will afford ample entertain-
ment for many an idle half hour, and will long linger,
we conjecture, in the memory of some readers.
"Deseon Mscgilliroy's Disappearance," and " Lang
Sandy Woo6's Watch," are amusing perplexities
with very satisfactory results, Some others of the
tales have a more serious interest.

Our House and Garden; What we see and what we
do not see, in them. By Cuthbert W. Johnson,

F.R.S. One vol. Pp. 282. Ridgway.
A very interesting and valuable little book, with
much information, very pleasantly conveyed. " Our
Bedroom," " Our Breakfast Parlour," Our Dining-
table," " Oar Garden," and " Our Plants," are all
made the subjects of very interesting comments.
The tea, the coffee, the butter, the marmalade, &c.,
are each in turn taken into consideration. Those
young inquirers who are always seeking the " why
and because" of everything, should be referred to
Mr Cutnbert Johnson.

The Portent; a Story of the Second Sight. By

George Macdonald, author of " Within and
Without." One vol., pp. 290. Smith, Elder,

and Cu.

The title of this book, of course, leads us to expect
a thrilling and enthralling narrative, and in this we
are not disappointed, although we think the author
might have made more of a theme of such very
weird romance, The principal feature in the story
is the clattering of a horse's hoofs with the clanking
sound of one loose shoe. This is the Portent : it
resounds throughout the pages, and reechoes in
our ears when the volume is closed.

Corpu.3nee, its Diminution and Cure, without In•
jury to Health: Fourth Edition.
Notes of Fifteen Cases of Disease Dependent upon
Corpulence, with the 1-lesult of 7reatnaent. • By
John Harvey, M.D, John Smith alid Co., Long,
acre, W,C:
So rapid has been the demand for this little trea-

tise on the subject of corpulence and its attendant
train of maladies, that a fourth (and revised) edition
has been called for by the faculty and the public.
It is this which is now being published. Of the
merits of the work we have already borne testimony,
having done so, moreover, when the practical
results of Dr Harvey's most philosophical system had not
been fairly tested. With this new edition of his work the
learned author has issued a small companion volume, in
which he gives in detail the favourable result of his new
method of treatment in several serious cases of disease,
which are contingent upon embonpoint. Amongst others,
in cases of dyspepsia, bronchitis, asthma, diseases cf the
heart, deafness, &c. &c., all cf which proceeded from obesity,
each succumbed under his treatment and directions. Hence,
doubtless, the attention which is now being brought to bear
upon this matter of corpulence, by the faculty and the public,
as the source of many diseases which have hitherto been
attributed to other causes, will induce many stout persons
suffering from the several ills that too much flesh is heir to,
and which have set the ordinary remedies at defiance, to
seek for relief, or cure, under the regimen and hygienic
rules which are laid down so lucidly in the above works by
Dr Harvey.

THE AUTOGRAPHIC MIRROR has now reached
its thirteenth bi-monthly number ; and, judging
from the variety and interest of this, its latest in•
stalment, it gives promise of a long and flourishing
existence. The current number, in fact is, in its
way, as profoundly interesting as any one out of
the round dozen preceding it. There is in it a letter
(in Russian) from Peter the First, other wise Peter
the Great, the most remarkable of all the Autocrats.
There is a fac-simile from a pencilled note or mem.
(dated April 2, 1864) written by the hand of
the Emperor Napoleon 111, one apparently having
reference to his Majesty's studies in connection with
his forthcoming "Life of Comar." There are auto-
graphs here also of " Old Abe," otherwise Abraham
Lincoln, President of the (extremely) United
States—of his Minister of State, William Henry
Seward—and of his Ambassador to the Court of St.
James's, Charles Francis Adams. Among the rest
of the autographic memorabilia in No, XVIII. are
some from the hands of Lord Riglan (when Fitzroy
Somerset), of Lord Clyde (when Colin Campbell),
of Sainte Beuve and Raoul Roehette, of Klopstoek,
and Lady Hester Stanhope. There are two lightly
sketched profile likenesses of Schiller, showing him
(supposing them to be correct) to have been rather
low-browed and exceedingly lackadaieycal, As the
tail-piece to this excellent number of the Autogra-
phic Review there is a facsimile of the portrait of a
dog, sketched in pencil by Sir David Wilkie.

Anniversary of the Prince Consort's Birthday

By command of her Majesty, the Council of the Royal
Horticultural Society have directed that the gardens shall
be opened freely to the public on August 26, 1864, the an-
niversary of the birthday of his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort, the founder of the gardens. The council have issued
the following statement for the guidance of the public :
" There will be entrances to the gardens at the east in
Exhibition-road, west in Prince Albert's-road, and south
in the Exhibition road. The entrances will be opened at 10
and closed at 6 o'clock, There are about 3G acres of ground
and ample optic° for all visitors. No tickets will be issued.
The police will instruct visitors as to the several exits from
the ground. The conservatory, orchard houses, the arcades,
and the maze will all be opened. The cascades and dinton's
fountain will play. The Old Hundredth Psalm, a hymn
composed by the Prince Consort, and God save the Queen'
will be sung by the visitors. The singing will take place
on the north or upper terrace in front of the conservatory.
' God save the Queen' will be sung at 6 o'clock. Bands will
be stationed in several parts of the gardens, and will per-
form at intervals during the day. Omnibuses pass the
gardens. steamers land passengers at Cadogan pier, Chel-
sea, and there is a railway station in the Fulla ‘m-road,
both places being about a mile from the gardens. Clubs,
schools, &c., may be accompanied by the banners and
bands. Refreshments will be sold at moderate rates, or
visitors may bring their own. The south arcades at the
lower eud of the garden, as in the Exhibition of 1862, and
either of the annexes, may be used for the refreshments
but visitors are requested not to use the flower garden as a
place for refreshments."

Frightful Accident on the North London

Railway.

A fearful accident, causing the utmost excitement and
alarm in Camden Town, occurred to an express train, at
the Camden-road Station of the North London Railway,
which has been attended with the loss of life in at least one
case. ' The escape of a large number of passengers who were
in the train was almost miraculous. The following are the
particulars of the occarrence as gathered upon the spot :---
That portion of the rail way which crosses Randolph-street,
and over which the platform of the Camden-road Station
extends, is supported on iron pillars, with wooden girders,
and it is about this point that the up-trains to the City
usually bring up their engines. The morning express,
which stops at the Camden-road station on its way to the
City, left Chalk Farm at its usual time (half-past nine),
and arrived at Camden-road a few minutes after. The ex-
press train was brought to a stand, with the engine just
on the eastern side of the bridge referred to. The passen-
gers at the station had entered the carriages, and the
moment the driver, named John Ellis, turned on his steam,
he was startled by hearing a report in his firebox, like
that of a retort or fog signal, and he instantly, jumped
off. Before the unfortunate stoker, William Davis, had
time to follow his example, the fire-box exploded with a
loud report. The engine was blown upward and forward
high into the air, and descended, carrying with it a large
portion of the stone coping and buttress of the brickwork
of the bridge into Randolph-street below—the greater por-
tion, however, resting on the enclosed ground belonging to
the North London Company. But for the coupling chain
which secured the train to the engine snapping asunder
when the latter bounded from the line, the carriages must
inevitably have been dragged over the bridge into the road
beneath. In its descent the engine had turned completely
round, and when it alighted on the ground it was found
that it had embedded its near side driving-wheel completely
in the earth. The alarm of the passengers, who rushed
frantically from the carriages, may be better imagined than
described. They were seen running in every direction, and
a great amount of confusion prevailed. The first object of
the station-master was to see if any ono was injured; and
fortunately, owing to the direction the explosion had taken,
none of the passengers were in the slightist degree .hurt,
nor was any carriage damaged. The poor stoker, DaV;S,
was, however, found lying in the six-foot space, frightfully
mutilated and scalded. He was at once conveyed to Uni-
versity College Hospital, and it is not at all likely that
he will recover. As soon as the confusion occasioned by
the cataserophe had somewhat subsided, Mr Adams, the
chief of the locomotive department, was on the spot, with
Mr Anderson, locomotive foreman at Camden station of
the North-Western, Mr Mansell, the secretary, and other
authorities; and it was then discovered that the concus-
sion had somewhat shattered the wooden girders sup-
porting the_ bridge, but that the rails had been but little
it in any degree displaced. The force of the shock had
broken the coupling between the engine and the first
carriage short off at the buffer plank. The chimney was
smashed and knocked over; one of the massive iron side
plates, bearing the number of the engine, and the words
" North London Railway," was knocked off, and the whole
of the left side of the fire box wee blown out, Here would
appear to have been the Beat of explosion and cause of the
disaster. As a proof that the engine mounted high into the
air and turned completely round in her descent, it may be
mentioned that the telegraph wires of the station, which
aro some 10 or 15 feet above the line, were broken down,
and communication on that particular side .of the line
stopped. Fortunately, there was no one passing under the
bridge at the time of the explosion, otherwise the result
would have been fatal. Only a minute previously, how-
ever, a horse and cart was driven by. The weight of the
engine is estimated at about 23 toes, from which seme idea
may be formed of the force with which it fell. One of the
North-Western Company's servants was on the platform,
and he also was much scalded. Beyond the cases we have
named no one appears to have been injured. It is needless
to say that for a time the traffic was checked, but the rails
were soon repaired, and the trains ran in the order set down
in the table. The height of the bridge from which the en-
gine fell is about 25 feet. The engine, which was made in
1851 at Bristol, now lies covered in the roadway, a perfect
wreck. It may be added that the fragments of the machi-
nery were hurled in all directions, the fit e-bars flying about
like so many sticks of wood. The knowledge of the occur-
rence spread so rapidly that in a few minutes hundreds wero
on the spot, and it required the aid of a strong force of the
S division of police to keep the crowds oil the engine whilst
it was yet steaming away after it came over the railway.
In reply to inquiries made at the University College Ties-
pital last night it was stated that the stoker was dead.

It appears that Mr and Mrs Charles Kean, to-
gether with Miss Chapman and Mr Everett, de-
parted from Melbourne for Sydney on the 22d of June, per
steamer, cn route for the Sandwich Islands and California.
Their departure had been dolaycd for several weeks by the
long and severe illness of Mrs Kean, from which she had
only just recovered sufficiently to permit her to travel.
A Turin letter states that Prince Amadeus, Duke
of Aosta, has
gone to visit the works for piercing
Mont Cenis. His royal highness was to visit the
camp of St. Maurice on the 14th to take the com-
mand of the Ist Regiment of Infantry. The young
prince will remain there a month doing duty as
colonel, and taking part in all the vaarimiivres of the
Camp, which consists of a whole corps d'armea,
under the command of Gen. PiAnelli.

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OSBORNE, August 16.
Her Majesty, their Royal Highnesses Prince and
Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Helena, and
Princess Lsiningen drove to W'nippinghara yestere
day afternoon.
Her R9yal IFghness Princess Leiningen accom-
panied the Qieen to Netley Hospital on Saturday.

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The Doke of Wellington and the Hon. Henry
Wellesley visited Lord Broughem at his lordship's seat on
their way to Scotland.
Dachesi (Emily) of Beaufort leaves town in
a day or two for Scotland, on a tour ef visits.
The Daeloess of St. Albans and L9dy Diana
B.teuclerle haVe left Princes'e-gate for North Berwick.
The Earl and Countess Russell and Lady
Georgiana Russell and family left Pembroke Lodge yester-
day afternoon for Woburn Abbey, Beds, which has been
placed at the noble earl's disposal by the Duke of Bedford.
The noble earl and family intend to reside there for several
weeks.
A marriage is arranged to take place between
Edward Robert, the sore and heir of the Right Hon.
Edward Bulwer Lytton, of Knebworth Park, Herts, and
Miss Edith Villiers, niece of the Earl of Clarendou,li.G.
The Earl and Countess Jermyn have left town
for the noble earl's shooting .box in Scotland.
The Earl and Countess of Caithness have arrived
at Barrogill Castle, N. 8., with the intention of residing'
there for the winter.
The Countess of Liatowel has left the Clarendon
Hotel for Convamore, Ireland.
The Countess (Frances) Waldegrave and the
Eight Hon. Chichester Fortescue arrived at Strawberry-
hill, Twickenham, on Monday, from Brighton, where they
have been passing several weeks.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston lea"
Cambridge House next week to pass a month or six Reeks
at Weimer Castle.
Viscount Falkland left London on Saturday last
for Aix.la-Chapelle.
Viscountess Jocelyn, who returned to tows °II
Monday from attendance on her Majesty, is about to leave
Own on a continental tour with her daughters.
The Lord Bishop of London is expected to leave
Fulham Palace about the 23d inst. for the north of Eno
and Argyleshire.
Lord Eicho left town on Saturday last for They
Said, Haddington, to join her ladyship and family.
intend to remain at the Earl of Wemyss'e seat during the
autumn.
The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, M.P., and Lady
Emily Peel, left their residence in Whitehall-gardens,
terday, tor Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.
Tece Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, M.P"
left Cowes towards the close of the past week fur DiePPe9
If.s yacht, and will be absent some weeks cruising off the
western coast of France.