The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-10 00:00:00

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arts department. If one may forni A t nwitrato;
modern talent from the specimens EJft-ro.-this.
Spanish exhibition, the countrymen '`ok"
Morales, Ribeira, and -Murillo have sadliihilegati.
rated. There was a full length portrait of Queen
Isabella, coarse, heavy, and commonplace, by M
Louis Madrayo. Side by side with Itoyalty is a
portrait which many who never saw the King Con-
sort believed to be his Majesty's, but which is said
to be that of the painter himself. A dance in the
court-yard of a posada by M. Fieros was excellent
in its way, and his picture of the noble cathedral of
Burgos and a chapel of that of Toledo have much
of the poetry of the sacred edifices of Spain. In
this department, too, Paris contr.butes something
—two portraits by Ricard, sketches of .scenery in
France and the East, by MM. Courbet, Core), and
Brest, and, as a specimen of historical painting,
Corneille reading one of his tragedies in the Hotel
Rambouillet. Bayonne boasts of two painters—
MM. Zo and Bonnet. A Neapolitan beggar-boy,
by the latter, is remarkably well done, and attracted
much attention. "Mezzo bajocco, Ezzelenza," are
on his lips, eye, and extended hand, and your
first movement was to put your hand in your pocket
and give him a few sous. Bordeaux and Lyons
sent some good landscapes, and among other objects
of art were sketches in water-colours by the late
Eugene de la Croix, photographs, &c.
Not much was done, I fear, in the way of busie
ness by the exhibitors. I suspect that the one who
attracted most customers was a little French boy,
who kept a stall for the sale of knife sharpeners at
from 2f. to sf. a piece, and who was scarcely 11
years old. One could not pass his stall without
stopping to have a chat with him, as he stood
behind his counter dressed in a blue military tunic
with tiny gold epaulettes, a cap called a " bonnet
pelisse," and a little s ,vord hanging up peacefully
in its little steel scabbard behind him. There was -
nothing of pertness or forwardness in his manner.
He was polite to everybody; answered readily all
the questions put to him ; dwelt on the excellence
of his wares, testing them by experiments which
seemed to be conclusive. He spoke French so as to
be easily understood, with, of course, a decidedly
English accent; and his mistakes, such as " tutoy-
ing" everyone who converses with him, gave M.
nite amusement to the bystanders. With all his
intelligence he was quite a child. When not en.
gaged in business he amused him self like a child.
On the whole the Bayonne Exhibition, though it
may turn out profitable as a speculation, was highly
creditable, particularly when we consider that it is
its first attempt in this way. No doubt the ex-
pected presence of the Emperor and Empress en'
couraged exhibitors to send some of the best specie
mens of their industry,and the disappointment was
considerable. But, however hurtful to their inte-
rests, the absence of the Court seemed to make
little difference so far as Biarritz was concerned.
No doubt the score or two of persons attached
directly or indirectly to the Court were missed this
summer, but for the last six weeks and more Bier.
iritz was as peopled with visitors pretty much as
iu previous years, The opening of the railroad
between Bayonne and San Sebastian, and the
completion of the line to Madrid, not to speak of
the Exhibition, had raised extravagant hopes of
an enormously crowded season, which-were by no
means realised. What is called the season is over,
yet up to the present many still linger in and about
Biarritz. And it is no wonder, for the sky is as
blue, the sun as bright, and the temperature as
warm as in July. The Port Vieux, the Cote des
Barques, and the Cotes des Foux, or, as it is now
called, the Cote Napoleon, were still frequented by
bathers. Those who do not swim, but prefer to lie
on the pure white sand, and let the breakers tumble
over them, those who prefer a plunge from_the rock
and strike out to sea, may indulge in that most
healthy pleasure at any spot and at all hours of the
day. The water is the purest in the world, and at
the lowest tide you have no mud to wade through
to get to it, but a fine sandy beach,
Few persons now come to this part of the Pyre.
Dees without paying a visit to Spain, were it only as
far as Irun, Fontainbin, San Sebastian, or Loyola,
the birthplace of the founder of the Jesuits, whose
convent still stands in that lovely valley. The line
runs from Bayonne through one of the most pie,-
tureeque countries imaginable—Bidart, Guetary, St,
Jean de Luz, where it crosses the Neville; and Hen-
daya on the Bidassoa, from which you can almost
look into Fontarabia, skirts the sea coast, and con-
tinues its way along valleys and slopes whose verdure
not even the July or August sun c impair. The
first view caught of the little town of Passages is at
an opening of the road ; it saddenly apnears rising
out of its little bay, locked in between the Jaizquilet
-end Ulia hills, and the old castle of San Sebastian
in the distance is one of the most charming imaa
ginable. On the other hand, the approach to Bay-
onne by the valleys of the Nive and Adour, with
the slopes covered with handsome villas peeping out
from the luxuriant foliage, and remarkable among
the fine mansions, the Caso Caradoc of Lord
Howden, situated on the brow of the valley, with.
its terraces glittering in the sun, its fair gardens,
and its sloping lawns. Near this place the Nive is
crossed by a bridge 83 metres long, and the Adour
by one of 268 metres. From Bayonne and San
Sebastian, and vice versa, there are three trains
daily—one at 6 a.m., and one at 3 p.m., sad one at
6 p.m. The trip takes two hours and a half, in*
eluding the indispensab.e delay at the Spanish and.
French Custom-houses, the former at Irun, and the
latter at Hendaya.
As I write the weather threatens a change. We
have just had a thunderstorm of some violence with
rain in abundance, bat the temperature still warm.
A few days' continuous rain would clear Biarritz of
is remaining visitors.

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MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Oct. 19.
via Marseilles Oct. 13.
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Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 29.
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via Marseilles Oct. 13.,

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THE MASTER OF MARTON. A novel. 3
" There is a good deal to admire in ' The Master of Marton'
It is well written, and it has an interesting plot. It will
take a very high place among the novels of the seascu.
The character of the heroine is most admirably drawn. The
growth of her intelligence, the first yielding to hasty im-
pulses, and the subsequent steadying down to a beautiful,
cheerful, kind, loving woman, are excellently worked out;
and the same may be said of almost every character in the
book—there is not one upon whom the greatest care has not
been bestowed. The dialogue throughout is good, speaking
everywhere with geniality and wit."—Star.
THE HORSES OF PIIIDIAS, says M. Berjean, are
of the pure Arabian race, although, when compared
with the present type, their head is more square and larger.
When the horseman is on foot his breast is at a level with,
the head of the horse; when on horseback his feet are lower
than its knee. Here the neck of the Greek horse is strong
and muscular, his shoulders are well set, the breast deep,
the joints strong, dry, and admirably perpendicnlar ; the
back is short, and the tail carried with a peculiar elegance.
The mane is generally cut brush-wise, while the tail is long
and floats freely in the breez!. The horseman wants neither
saddle nor stirrups, and under his directions the h3rso i$
either racing or cantering in a gentle gallop. But no mat-
trr what motion the artist may have chosen to depict, hie
marble horses are almost really living. Their admirable
proportions and fine bearing, no doubt, caused them to find
favour in the eyes, and mercy at the hands, of the Mussul-
man devastators, whose fanaticism so sadly mutilated the
heads of the horsemen. more particularly perhaps tecause
the representation of men is prohibited by the Aicoran.
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THEATRE
ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.-
T r Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. R. Roxby,
Mt . G. Belmore, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. G. Weston, and Miss
Huaspeth.
After which, at a quarter to Fight o'c'ock, Shaksnere's
Tragedy of OTHELLO. Mr. Phelps ; Mes rs. Creswick,
Walter Lacy, G. F. Neville, A Rayner, Raymond; Mrs.
Vermann Vezin, and Miss Atkinson.
Doors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Lessee. Mr. Buckstone.
TLTIS EVENING, MADEMOISELLE DE BELLE ISLE.
Mess rs. 'Howe, Farren, Gordon, Baird, &c. , Mesdames
Beatn,ce, Ange', &c.
Alter which, PRESENTED AT COURT. Messrs. Buck-
stone, Eh Ar', W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, Bra'd, &C.; Mes-
dames SdoN7don, Griffith, Hi 1, Wright, Lovell, &c.
And BACCHUS AND ARIADNE.
To commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEU2vI THEATRE,
tinder the sole management of Mr. Pechter.
This Theatre will OPEN on SATUIIDAY. October 22,
with a New Drama, entitled the KING'S BUTTERFLY,
in which Mr. Pechter will pertor.m the principal character.
The scenery painted by Mr. V; illiam Callcott.
The Box-office will open on Monday, October 17, from
Elwin till Four.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy
O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
After which, THE bTREETS OF LONDON. Messrs.
Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H.
Forre4ter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma
Bat nett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne.

NEW THE ATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHI.—.
Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrs. J.
Clarke, Billingtun, Eburne, and Mrs. Allred Mellon.
After which, RORY O'MOR E. Rory (with Irish Ballads),
Mr, John Collins. Other chara"ters by Messrs. Bi
P:allips, Paul Bedford, Stuart, St.ephenson, C. J. Smith;
Mrs. 2.lfrcd Mellon and Miss Kate Belly.
To cooclude with TEDDY THE TILER. Teddy (with
song-s), 311.-. John Colli Commence at 7.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Manager. Mr. Benjamin Webster.
EMINEN r 'TALENT AND COMEDY.

This popular Theatre is Open for the Winter Season. Those
celebrated artistes Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews are re-engaged.

THIS EVENING, Mr. Arthur Sketchley's highly successful
and original Comedy of HOW WILL IHEY GET OUT
OF IT ? Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, 31r. and Mrs. F.
Matthews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. .1.1, J. Montague; Miss
Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling,

After which, a New Comedy Farce, by Maddison Morton,
Esq., entitled WOOD OCR'S LITTLE SAME. Mr. C.
Xathews, Mrs. F. Matthews.
To ccnclude with UNDER THE ROSE.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.

THIS EVENING, JNLIMITE D CONFIDENCE.
Followed by, at Eight, MIL EY WHITE. Messrs. Craven,
,Btoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor -ugh and Manders.

After which, the great Burlesque, THE MILLER AND
HIS MEN. Messrs. Fenton, James, and Thorne ; Mesdames
Swanborough, Simpson. Johnstone, Hughes, and Carson.

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LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 10, 1364.

How to expend the greatest amount of public
money with the least possible result is the problem
which our Board of Admiralty appear; to hive set
itself to solve. They have often succeeded in coming
very near a result, but their last achievement really
out-does themselves. The public have grown so
accustomed to their maladministration and extra-
vagance that they have almost ceased to wonder and
exclaim, but the case is qu,mtion is so flagrant that
it has aroused the attention even of those who look
on all Admiralty proceedings with quiet despair.
Great interest has been excited by the trial of
Captain COLES'S much-talked-of system of turret
ships, and it was a source of general satisfaction
when it was first decided at headquarters that his
method should be submitted to the fair test of prac-
tical experiment, It was many a long year b:fore
this concession was made, but the decision when
come to was generally applauded, for without in
any way committing ourselves to unconditional
approval of the system, we must say that Captain
COLES'S perseverance and ability, the skill with
which he supported his views before competent
examiners, and the favour with which they have
been received in scientific and professional circles,
alike entitle his model turret ship to a fair trial.
This point, however, was gained, and the Admiralty,
following their favourite plan of cutting down and
altering whenever it is possible to find an excuse
for doing so, directed that Captain COLES should
convert the Royal Sovereign, a costly wooden three-
decker, into a turret-ship on his system. And
now, what is the end of the story ? The ship is
completed, equipped, manned, and put under the
command of a very able officer, Captain OSBORNE,
and all who are interested in such matters are
watching with anxiety the results of her winter
campaign. The trial trips have been as yet satis-
factory, and her commander has expressed himself
well pleased with what he has seen of her. All is
rsady for the promised fair trial, when the public
is startled by the intelligence that the skip is paid
out of commission and placed in the steam reserve
—when and in what form to be allowed to re-
appear, may be asked. Such a proceeding is out.
rageous alike to common sense aad justice. It is
undoubtedly due to Captain COLES and his sup-
porters that the ship should be sent fairly to sea and
allowed to prove her sea-going capacities. That is
the very point on which he especially claims prece-
dence for his system over the famous American
Monitors, which, however formidable at close quar-
ters, have been proved to have the serious draw.
back of being generally unseaworthy. A ship may
be in the mysterious list of the steam reserve for
fifty years without anyone knowing how she would
behave in rough weather at sea ; and thus Captain
COLES'S invention is pronounced to have failed,
quietly huddled oat of sight with the hope, per-
haps, that it will drop out of public remembrance.
But the public feel that they have been ill-used no
lsss than Captain COLES. Why, if the experiment
was not worth trying fully and fairly, was a
vessel that cost a hundred thousand pounds to be
sacrificed to it, and the public money wasted in an
experiment which was never intended to be carried
eu,.? Why, if there really were grounds, as there
undoubtedly were, in the present transition state of
naval architecture, for testing how much Captain
CoLEs's plan was worth, should the work stop half
way ? Why should men and officers who have
learned
how to work this particular ship be paid
off, and their knowledge turned to no acceunt ?
Why are we to go on building iron plated ships on
the ordinary plan, when all
the time the turret
ships, for what we know, may prove far superior
as vessels of war ? We cannot see that the Admi-
ralty excuses for the proceeding are at all satisfac.
tory. It is gravely asserted that th 3 Royal Sove-
reign was never intended for a sea-going ship at all,
but merely as a floating battery for harbour defence,
eapable of being sent to any part of the Channel,
but not adapted to cruise with a equadrou—that