The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1864,

the sooner the engines of many of our steam frigates
are overhauled the better. If we cannot keep out
the shot of the enemy, at least let it not be said that
we cannot penetrate his defences ; and lastly, if it
be impossible for a ship to carry armour plates
sufficiently thick to protect her entire broadside,
why not carry a belt round the water-line, which
is in reality the vital part of a ship, and let the
upper parts take their chance. We are continually
reading of the wonderful improvements oeing made
in one or other of the dockyards ; now it is that
Extra hands ere employed day and night at Ports-
mouth to bring forward the Dido for commission,
then there are a hundred hands have been dis-
charged from Chatham. All this is orthodox, no
doubt; but we confess that we would rather have
a few fast sl'.ips and heavy guns, than fine words
and empty promises.

LITERATURE.

RECENT TRAVELS.

Life in Java with Sketches of the Japanese. By
William Barrington d'Almeida. Two vols.
Hurst and Blackett.

In these volumes we are favoured with a very
interesting glimpse of a comparatively unknown
people. Books on Java have before now occasionally
appeared, but, as Mr d'Almeida observes in his pre-
taco they have left upon the reader's mind no
satisfactory impression. A similar remark cannot
certainly be applied to his own productions. The
picture he has given us of Java, the description of
the manners and customs of the Javanese people,
and the abundant anecdotes and incidents with
which his history isenlivened all combine to render
the work srngulariy attractive, while the style in
Which it is written is at once animated and inte-
resting. The Javanese natives, it appears, are held
in strict subjugation by their Dutch rulers, and
these latter seem to have learned the art of enjoying
themselves in a sufficiently luxurious fashion. Here
is a description of a day at Batavia—a companion
picture and contrast to the celebrated Pedsnap
ey stem of—" getting up at eight, shaving close at
a quarter past, breakfasting at nine, going to the
city at ten, coming home at half-past five, and
dining at seven."

page is sufficient to attract particular attention to
any work. M. Chevalier having for some time oc-
cupied a prominent position in the literary and
political world at Paris has acquired for himself a
large circle of readers, and also, be it added, a large
circle of admirers. The present work on Mexico
made its appearance in France before the recent
political arrangements in Mexico, and the author
iraturally takes credit to himself that the course of
subsequent events has in a great degree justified his
predictions. "The facts now accomplishing," he
cbserves, "also the re-awakening of that monarchi-
cal sentiment which the author had noted as still
vivacious in the hearts of Mexicans, and as that
which would rally round it the great mjority of
the Liberal or Republican party, provided Mon.
archy presented itself under the escort ot a group
of public liberties suited to the intellectual and
moral state ot the country. Every day brings the
adhesion to the new regime of some of those chiefs
who fought under the orders of the Juarez Govern-
ments." " France," says M. Chevalier a little later
on, " could not go to Mexico to found
there a new order of things except with the
condition of their being in conformity with the
spirit of the time. The honour of France, the
secret of her influence in the world, is that she re•
presents those immortal ideas known as the prin-
ciples 0f1789, which are the terror of oppressors and
the hope of nations oppressed." The author's re-
marks in reference to religions adminis-
tration are not likely to find favour with
the great body cf Catholics, indeed his own
religious opinions may be called in question by
many of the readers of his book. The following
remarks on the new Emperor of Mexico are emin-
ently just, and it is to be hoped they may also prove
prophetic :

dead," won a battle after his death, and here the
imaginative character of his musings is testified in
the following extract.—
And now stands, with ito enormous square stones and
jagged wall, the old gate through which the dead rode on
that night of dread and destruction to the Moors. I stood
in the shade of that gate, and was thinking of the hero and
his war horse, when, strangely enough, quite a different
vision was recalled to nay, mind. Just as I stood there
came a boy, shouting in his glee, riding the most miserable
nag I had ever seen ; the animal was literally skin and bone,
and looked the picture of hunger : my thoughts naturally
wandered from the Cid's noble war-horse to Don Quixote's
Rosinante T. Both still equally live in the world of poetry
and romance; and these, the names of Babieca and Itosi•
nante will always survive.

We commend these pleasant pages to the attention
of the reader, who will require to exert but a slight
effort of fancy to find himself " In Spain" when he
has once opened the book.

My Indian Journal. By Colonel Walter Campbell,
author of "The Old Forest Ranger." One vol.
Pp. 477. Edmonston and Douglas.
"I have read somewhere," says Col. Campbell
" that any one who has seen a little of the world,
and taken notes of what he has seen, need only
publish these notes to produce an amusing if not an
instructive book." Assuredly, if the " any one "
alluded to possessed the keen powers of observa-
tion and the happy facilities of description of " the
old forest ranger," the amusement and instruction
to be derived from these notes would be a matter of
certainty, We learn from the preface to this volume
some interesting particulars respecting its prede-
cessor. " The Old Forest Ranger," it appears could
find no publisher willing to stand godfather to it.
The author was therefore induced to bring it out at
his own expense. It succeeded so well as speedily to
go through three editions ; and now having, as he
says, "rested on his oars ever since," the author is
induced again to solicit public attention, and again
for a similarly truthful record of the results of his
personal experience, The Indian Journal now before
us is,we are told,mainly compiled from travel-stained
MS., volumes which have lain " undisturbed for the
last three decades," containing the journal and notes
of a subaltern in a marching regiment. To these
are added descriptions of wild animals, and the dif-
ferent modes of hunting them, compiled from notes
taken from time to time during a five years' resi-
dence in India. The narrative compiled from these
authentic reminiscences is full of interest and vicis-
situde. Some of the hunting exploits are of en-
thralling interest. Colonel Campbell is evidently a
daring sportsman, as every tiger and bison that
came across his path can testify. As an illustration
of these anecdotes let us take the following ac-
count of

HUNTING THE TIGER WITH ELEPHANTS.
In parts of the country where good " ehikaris" were not
to be obtained, I used to find tigers by fastening a bullock
near some ravine or thicket known to be frequented by them;
the poor animal was generally carried off in the course of
the night ; and nothing further was necessary than to
follow up the trail of the tiger to some neighbouring cover,
where we were sure to find him lying gorged. Tigers are
also found when returning at daybreak from their nightly
prowl, by men stationed upon trees, who hem them into the
first cover they enter. In whatever manner a tiger is
found, the groat point to insure success, is to procure plenty
of hands from the nearest village, and effectually to surround
the place, so as to prevent his stealing away before the
elephant arrives. If he becomes restless, as he is apt to do
when not gorged with food, a shout is generally sufficient
to prevent his breaking cover ; for, with all his ferocity,
the tiger is a cowardly animal, and much averse to show-
ing himself by daylight.
Having found our tiger, we must, before proceeding to
action, devote a few words to that most useful auxiliary—
the elephant. A really good sporting elephant is invalu-
able. He beats for his game like a pointer; and carries
his rider in safety over the most dangerous ground, and
through the thickest covers, which ho searches inch by
inch, with a degree of patience and sagacity that makes
instinct almost amount to reason, Trees that oppose his
progress are levelled by his head, or torn down with his
trunk ; his stupendous weight forces itself through every
obstacle; and at the word of command, the sagacious brute
picks up stones and hands them to his delver to throw into
the thicker parts of the cover.
On finding the tiger, the elephant gives warning of his
proximity, by throwing up his trunk and trumpeting ; and
if well trained, should remain perfectly steady, ready to
obey every command of his " mahout."
The worst fault an elephant can have, is a propensity to
charge the tiger. In doing so, the violence of his motion is
apt to unseat the riders, rendering it impossible to take aim ;
and what is still worse, he generally throws himself upon
his knees at the moment of atteck, pitching the men out of
the howdah by the violence of the shock. This bad habit
is usually caused by the driver encouraging his elephant to
trample upon a tiger when killed, and thereby rendering
the animal ferocious. Nothing is required of an elephant
but to remain perfectly steady when a tiger is found ; and
the best way of training him to do so, is to make him stand
quietly over the tiger after he is killed, without allowing
him to touch it ; while the driver encourages him by his
voice, and rewards him with balls of sugar dipped in the
bleed of the animal. Some elephants arose steady, as to
allow a tiger to rush up to their heads without flinching;
but there are few that are not more or less alarmed by a de-
termined charge. A veteran gains confidence, and is at
length made perfect by the coolness of his driver, and the
good shooting of his owner; but those which are ill-entered
turn round and often run away at the first roar of a tiger ;
and even the best and most practised are often rendered
useless, and become irrecoverably timid, by wounds received
in a successful charge.
I have had occason to use nervous, timid elephants, and
they aro bad enough ; but I would rather ride a determined
runaway than a savage brute who insists on killing the
tiger himself. it is, no doubt, a severe trial te, the nerves
to find yourself hurried away by a huge ungovernable mon-
ster, with the prospect of being either smashed against a
tree, or rolled into a ravine; but this is nothing to the risk
you incur on a fightiug elephant, of being pitched into the
jaws of an enraged tiger, or pounded to a jelly under the
elephant's knees.
On a really good elephant the sportsman is exposed to
little danger; less perhaps than in most Indian field-sports.
He is raised from 10 to 12 feet off the ground, on a com-
fortable seat, from whence he can fire in all directions, and
he must be a bad shot indeed if he fails to stop a tiger in
his charge. But even supposing that he does miss—which
he has no business to do—and allows a savage tiger to
spring upon the elephant, still the man is seldom the object
of attack, and he ought to be able to blow the brute's
brains out before he does mush mischief. Tigers generally
spring at the elephant's head, rarely making any attempts
to roach the howdah. Instances of their doing so have
occurred, but they are very rare.
Many similar descriptions we might readily
quote. The lovers of adventure will find ample
amusement in the spirited , reminiscences of Col.
Campbell. Some of the animals, the tiger, the
bison, the ibex, and others, are the subjects of
beautiful illustrations by Noel Paton and Wolf.

DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE AND
INDUSTRY.—The following list of manufactories
Ishow that our people are really making some progress to-
wards independence. In this list are not included the cotton
and woollen mills dotted here and there in all the States, or
the iron establishments, or the Government works making
arms, powder, &c, :—Hat manufactory, Statesville, North
Carolina—stocking factory at Columbia, South Carolina—
stocking factory at Danville, Virginia—bonnet frame fac-
tory at Newberry, South Carolina—cotton card factory at
Greenwood, South Carolina—cotton card factory at Fayette-
ville, North Carolina—cotton card factory at Columbia,
Georgia—cotton card factory at Danville, \ irginia (two)—
cotton card factory at Selma, Alabama—cutlery, knives and
forks, at Raleigh, North Carolina—cotton batting factory at
Charlotte, North Carolina—corn-broom factory at David-
son's College, North Carolina—match factory at Danville,
Virginia—blanket manufactory at Montgomery, Alabama—
knitting-needles at Columbia, South Carolina—glass manu-
factory at Richmond, Virginia—glass manufactory at
Columbus, Georgia—glass manufactory at Savannah,
Georgia—button manufactory at Columbus, Georgia--
powder manufactory at Mecklenburg, North Carolina—
several copperas mines extensively worked in Rutherford
county, North Carolina—one copperas mine in Chesterfield,
South Carolina. We have no doubt there are many other
establishments than the above.—Richmond Examiner.
RELEASE OF PRISONERS AT BOKHARA.—A de-
spatch received in St. Petersburg announces that
four foreigners (three Italians and one Frenchman) toge-
ther with 13 Russians, have been released by the Emir of
Bokhara, after having been imprisoned for a year. When
the imprisonment of the four persons became known in
January last, the Italian Government immediately sent an
agent, M. Bonhomme, to do what he could in the matter.
Provided with letters from the Sultan,the Viceroy of Egypt,
and other Mahommedan sovereigns, M. Bonhomme pro-
posed to travel to Bokhara through India, but was dis-
suaded by the Viceroy, as his death would have been in-
sured by so doing, on account of the Emir regarding all
Europeans as Englishmen, and entertaining a mortal hatred
to them. M. Bonhomme then travelled through Persia to
Russia ; but even in Russia he was advised not to make the
ventur,, and thus he could only forward his letters through
the officials. Tho letters, however, remained unanswered,
as the Emir is not partial to such means of communica-
tion, and had only sent one answer to four letters from
the Russian commandant at Orenburg. Notwithstand-
ing all these difficulties, the prisoners are now liberated,
and M. Bonhomme has returned from Italy to St, Peters-
burg,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

(REUTER'S ETLEGRAMS.)

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, AUGUST 23.
Herr von Bismark had a long conference with
Count Rechberg yesterday.
The statement of some foreign journals that a
project for Federal reform, drawn up by Herr von
Bismark, would be the subject for negotiations, is,
in well-informed circles, considered unfounded.

ALEXANDRIA. AUG, 22.

Tho differences between the American consul and
the Egyptian Government have been Eettle d, and
the former has resumed his relations with the Go-

vernmcnt.
Nubar Pacha has ariiyed here, and left imme-
diately for Cairo.

FRANCE

A Paris correspondent of the Independance of
Brussels says :—" I have hitherto refrained from
alluding to the projected marriage of Prince Hum.
bert with the Princess Anna Murat. The hand of
the Princess has been officially demanded in Paris
by the Marquis Pepoli, who is himself the son of a
Princess Murat. The initiative taken in this matter
by King Victor Emmanuel's Government is gene-
rally considered judicious, as this marriage will
draw closer the bonds which unite new Italy to the
only great Power from which it can reasonably
expect the final development of its unity. The
negotiations for this marriage explain the intimacy
with which M. Nigra has been received at the
Tuileries. The future Queen is some few years older
than the Prince, but that is a matter of little im-
portance in the case of a political alliance."

"The interview at Kissingen," says the .Lade•
pendance, "bf!gins to bear its fruit : the diploma-
tic relations between the Courts of St. Petersburg
and Vienna are about to be re-established on their
former footing. Count de Stackelberg is expected
at Vienna, and Count Revertera is on the point of
proceeding to his post in Russia. The choice of
these diplomatists shows the value which the two
Courts attach to the restoration of their good un-
derstanding. Count de Stickelberg is a great fa-
vourite at Vienna, and Count Revertera, who has
married a rich Ru.;:sian heiress, will be well received
at St. Petersburg.

BOURSE, Aug. 22.—The arrival of the English
funds with a fall of has tended to impart dullness
to the market, but without causing any material
decline in prices, Threes, being now at 66fr. 40c.
Mobilier, which opened at 1,0231 r, 75c., receded to
1,017;r. 50c., and have since recovered to 1,020 fr.
The Railway Market has varied but little from
Saturday's quotations. The market became heavy
towards the close, and prices receded, to leave off
as follows:
ft per Cents. 94 50
Do. end month....

Italian Loon 67 90
Do. end month 67 75
Ditto Threes —
New Mexican
IRussian
Austrian .. —
Spanish Threos.,,. 49 50
Rome Debt .. 4Ba
Deferred

3 per Cents - 66 35
Do. end month.... 66 35

Credit Mobilior,..:lol6
Do and m0nth....1011 25

Bank Shares 3360

Credit F oncier 1220
Roman —

RAILWAYS,

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediturraneart 928 75 .. 930
Southern
Western
Eastern ..... 491 25 .. 492 25
Sardinian
Austrian
Loy; bard
North of Spain
Saragossa..
Ditto to Barcelona