The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-27 00:00:00

THE ROUSE OF COMMONS.

Several changes have taken place in the House of
Commons during the session which
is now drawing
to a close. A day or two after the assembly of
Parliament the Hon. Colonel Bernard, member tor
Bandon, died, and was succeeded by Mr. Bernard,
his son ; on the 7th of February Captain Gladstone,
R N., the member for Devizes, died, and was suc-
ceeded by the Hon. W. W. Addington. In conse-
quence of Sir Michael Seymour's retirement, Mr.
Ferrand was early in February returned for the
borough of De vonport. By the elevation of the
flon• Mr. Monson to the peerage, a vacancy oc-
curred in the representation of the borough of Rei-
gate, and Mr. Leveson Gower was elected. Mr.
Andrew Steuart resigned the representation of the
borough of Cambridge, and Mr. F. S. Powell was
elected. Shortly after the meeting of Parliament
Mr. Moody retired from the representation of West
Somerset, and Yr. Gore Langton was elected his
successor. For Lisburn Mr. Barbour was elected,
in the room of Mr. Richardson, but being unseated,
Mr. Verner was elected. In February Mr. H. W.
Freeland retired from the representation of the
borough of Chichester and was succeeded by Mr.
I. Abel Smith. Oa the 26th of May the representa-
tion of Thetford became vacant by the elevation of
the Earl of Euston to the dukedom of Grafton ;
Lord F. Fitzroy was elected in his place. The Hon.
General Upton, on succeeding to the Irish peerage
as Viscount Templetown, rendered vacant the re-
presentation of Antrim, and Mr. 0 Neill was elected.
By the death of Sir G. C. Lewis on the 14th of
April the representation of the Radnorshire
boroughs became vacant ; Mr. R. Green Price was
elected. Mr. Hamilton in April resigned the re•
presentation of the county of Dublin, and was suc•
ceeded by his son, Mr. lon Hamilton. Early in
May Mr. O'Hagan, the Attorney-General for Ire-
land, was elected for Tralee, in the room of Mr.
Daniel O'Connell. By the death of Mr. Western
Wood, on the 17th of May, a vacancy took place
in the representation of the city of London, and Mr.
G. J. Goschen was elected. Late in May Mr. Tot-
tenham resigned the representation of New Ross,
and was succeeded by Colonel Tottenham. Early
in Jun© Sir John Arnott retired from the represen-
tation of Kinsale, and was succeeded by Sir George
Culthurst. In the same month the representation
of Berwick-upon-Tweed became vacant by the death
of Captain Gordon ; Mr. W. W. Cargill was elected.
The representation of the county of Clare is at pre-
seat vacant by the death of Mr. F. M. Calcutt.

I❑ the last sitting of the Frankfort Diet, the
Austrian Government declared itself prepared to
adopt in principle, with the reserve of the ratifica-
tion by the Reichsratb. the propositions of the com-
mittee relative to the introduction into the States
of the Confederation of a uniform system of weights
and measures ; the Austrian representative proposed
to have a bill ad hoc drawn up by a commission of
experts. The above declaration was referred to the
politico-aommercial committee.

LITERATURE.

Martin Pole. By John Saunders, author of "Abe
Drake's Wife." Two vols. Tinsley Brothers.

In these volumes are contained some half-a dozen
tales of thrilling interest, knit together after the
manner of the famous thousand-and-one tales of
Scheherezade—and for this reason. The mother of
Martin Pole, shortly before his birth, had refused
to give alms to an insolent gipsy woman, and the
gipsy, indignant at the lady's haughty pride, had
uttered a curse upon her and her unborn child,
which was to take Effect the day he should be
twenty-one. The mother becomes a victim to
superstitious dread and dies, leaving to her son the
sad inheritance of a terrible apprehension. How
the fatal day arrives, and how the half-brother,
coveting the estates, does all in his power to augment
the nervous horror of the victim, is the subject of
some very dramatic scenes, Meanwhile, old Matthew
Mucklethrift, a faithful servant of the family,
comes to the rescue with a group of story-tellers,
who excite the doomed men's attention and for
a time divert his agonised gaze from following
the hours of the clock. Three stories in the col-
lection are by Mr. Saunders' daughter, who seems
to inherit her father's genius. The longest story in
the collection, and certainly one of the best, is " The
Plague Stone of Aberford." This is from Mr.
Saunders' own pen, and the earlier chapters, in
which tittle Constance Chorley with tascinated
horror sees her father making preparations to set
fire to his house, are full of breathless interest. Mr.
Saunders possesses the rare power of enthralling his
reader's attention, and happi'y he always exercises
that power fur good.

South American Sketches : or, A Visit to Rio
Janeiro, the Organ Mountains, La Plata, and the
Parana. By 'Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff, M.A.,
F.R.G.S., author of " Summer Months among the
Alps." One vol., pp. 414. Longman.
" In visiting South America," says Mr. Hinchliff,
" I had the satisfaction of fulfilling a loag-cherishen
desire. As a schoolboy I had wandered in imagi-
nation among the forests of Brazil, my fancy had
been fired by Sir Francis Head's description of the
Pampas; and I had latterly conceived an eager
wish to compare the Andes with the Alps." In
pursuing his expedition he was, therefore, ani•
mated by the most pleasurable anticipations, and
those anticipations appear to have been realised by
his experiences. The exquisite scenery of the Organ
Mountains, he believes, can hardly be surpassed
throughout the world. " The grandeur of
the forests, the infinite variety of ferns and
flowers and fruits, the beauty of the birds and
insects, and the sublimity of the scenery, all ex-
ceeded my bright expectations." In his wander-
ings in Buenos Ayres in the Recoleta or burying-
ground he came upon the following extraordinary
epitaph :
I found on a tall obelisk the most concise and terrible in-
scription lam acquainted with. It was this :—"Don
Francisco Alvarez, asesinado por sus amigos, 1828."
"Assassinated by his frieads I" Struck by this extraurdi-
nary epitaph, I made inquiries about the subject of it, and
found that a party of young men from good families
of the place were in the habit of gambling together,
till Alvarez won heavily from all the others.
They determined to pay their debts by getting rid of
their creditor, and enticing him to a lonely place they de-
liberately murdered him , they put his dead body in a coach
that was ready, and threw it down a well in the neighbour-
hood. They had laid their plans so that detection seemed
impossible ; but by an extraordinary chance there wag a
witness to the crime, who denounced them. Great efforts
were made by family influence to save them, but in vain;
they were executed, and the brother of the murdered man
erected the obelisk to his memory.
Don Francisco might certainly have joined in
the aspiration " Save me from my friends !" As
another specimen of the interesting information
collected in this volume, w. quote the following
marvellous example of patient perseverance. Mr.
Hinchliff hag already some time back published the
substance of the account, but not the full particu-
lars :

INTRODUCTION OF THE ALPACA INTO AUSTRALIA.
According to my informant, Mr. Ledger, after a residence
of several yeirs in Peru and Bolivia, was seized with an
idea of supplying Australia with a stock of alpacas. With
this view he made a preliminary journey across the Pacific
to ascertain if proper pasture could be found for them, and
having, with the aid of an Indian, satisfied himself on this
head, he returned to Bolivia. The next difficulty was to
leave the country safely with the llamas and alpsoia which
he purchased. The Government, actuated by the old spirit
of exclusiveness, had absolutely forbidden the exportation
of these animals, wishing to retain the monopoly of the
trade in their wool. Finding that it was impossible to ship
them from their own country, he determined on making an
immense circuit which would lead him with his flock to
tho coast of Chili. He started from the neighbourhood of
La Paz, near Lake Titicaca, and began one of the most
arduous journeys ever undertaken, under difficulties which,
according to my informant, no other man could have
mastered.

The animals march very slowly, and great care was
necessary to provide for their proper rest and food. In
addition to the constant fear of being stopped, he was ob-
liged to make anxious search for proper halting-places,
and provide for their security at night. He had to pioneer
his way by unfrequented routes in an almost unknown
country, and to submit to delays at every addition to his
flock on the march; taking care, above all things, never
to move them forward by any route till he ascertained that
they would find the ichu, a pasture which is indispensable
to them. His intimate acquaintance with the language
and customs of the Indians enabled him to utilise them to
the utmost, and saved him from many a difficulty, while
his firm will and good constitution enabled him to defy the
severe trials and transitions of the climate of the Andes.
At last he approached the point at which he intended
to cross the Argentine frontier, near Jujuy, and here he
heard that he would certainly be stopped by the authori-
ties, who were looking out for him. Leaving his flock in
a place of seclusion and security, he went forward alone,
end boldly took the initiative with the guard. Assuming
the character and appearance of a jovial traveller, he
brewed punch, and plied them with such potent
doses that they sank into a torpid sleep. Then he
returned to his treasures, and quietly crossed with
them over the frontier into safe ground. He arrived at
Jujuy and Salts, in the Argentine territory, thence, by
winding and excessively difficult marches, he contrived to
pass safely over the dangers of the Chilian Andes, and
ultimately arrived at Caldera, the port of Copiapo. There,
after obtaining a supply of food for them, he took them on
board ship, and in Nov. 1858, landed at Sydney with a mixed
flock of 276, consisting of llamas and alpacas, with their
cross breeds, and a few vicunas. This journey was a mar-
vellous triumph of patience and perseverance, occupying
altogether, as I was told, a period of nearly four years.
The book is beautifully illustrated, with views of
South American scenery—the most interesting
being a photograph of the ruins of Mendoga after
the earthquake.

" Seven Times One are Seven !"

A CHILD'S SONG. BY JEAN INGELOW.

[We have to thank our contemporary the Athenceum for
introducing us to a new and true Poetess—one who can
write as exquisite a rnorceau as the following charming
little childlike ditty, worthy of the world's acceptance as
a companion lay to Wordsworth's immortal "We are
Seven 11
There's no dew left on the daisies and clover,

There's no rain left in heaven ;
:'ve said my " seven times" over and over,

Seven times one are seven.
I am old, so old, I can write a letter;
My Birthday lessons are done ;
The lambs play always, they know no better;
They are only one times one.
0 Moon lin the night I have seen you sailing

And shining so round and low ;
You were bright ! ah bright ! but your light is failing—
You are nothing now but a bow.

You Moon, have you done something wrong in heaven
That God has hidden your face?
I hope, if you have, you will be forgiven,
And shine again in your place.
0 velvet bee, you're a dusty fellow,
You've powdered your legs with gold I
0 brave marsh marybuds, rich and yellow,
Give me your money to hold I

0 columbine, open your folded wrapper,
Where two twin turtle doves dwell I
0 cuckoopoint, toll me the purple clapper
That hangs in your clear green bell
And show me your nest with the young ones in it I
I will not steal them away ;
I am old I you may trust me, linnet, linnet—
I am seven times one to-day.

Piloty, the painter of "Nero on the Ruins of
Burning Rome," has been commissioned by the King of
Bavaria to paint a picture representing the ex-Queen of
Naples during the siege of Gaeta.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, July 25.

Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses the Princess of Wales and Princess Helena►
drove out in an open carriage and four yesterday
afternoon.

Lord Alfred Paget attended on horseback.
JULY 26.

The Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales,
Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leo-
pold, attended Divine service at Osborne this morn-
ing. The Rev. Dr. Stanley officiated.
The ladies and gentlemen in waiting and the
household were also present.
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived at
Osborne last night.

Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess
Louise, and Princess Beatrice, attended by the Hon•
Mrs. Bruce, and Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. C. Grey,
went to Freshwater yesterday.
Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Leiningen
progresses satisfactorily, and the infant princess
is perfectly well.

The King of Holland left the Hague two der
back by special train for Baden-Baden. His Majesty was
accompanied by M. de Kock, director of his Cabinet, an
aide-de-camp, and an orderly officer.

Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe-Weimar will entertain a distinguished party

at Molcombe Lodge during the Goodwood race weck.

His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio enter,
tained at dinner, on Saturday evening, at the Italian Legit"
tion, his Excellency Count Pasolini, governor of Turin;
General Dolardi, aide-de-camp to the King of Italy; Prince
Teano, Marquis Trivulzio, Count della Sornaglion, Marquis
Vitetteschi, Signor Prinetti, Marquis Atenoil, signor
Brambilla, Signor Mario, Signor Marras, Signor Pinsuti,
Rev. Signor Melia, Mr. T. Heath, vice-consul ; Baron de
Cosa, Count Corti, Count Maffei, Marquis Balbi, and
Signor Cortopasso.

The Earl and Coantess of Bessborough will be
prevented joining in the festivities of Goodwood House this
year, owing to the recent death of the noble earl's sister,
Lady Kathleen Tighe.

The E irl of Orkney was prevented attending the
funeral of his relative, the late Duke of Hamilton, by the
serious illness of the Countess of Orkney.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield leave toWs
to day to join the distinguished company invited to Good-
wood House by the Duke and Duchess of Richmond during
the race week.

Lord Edward St. Maur left the Duke of Somer-
set's residence at the Admiralty, on Saturday, for the Con•

tin ent.

Lord and Lady Proby have Taft town for Elton
Hall, Oundle, the seat of the Earl of Caryefort.
_.

Lady Llanover had a dancing party, at her
mansion in Great Stanhope-street, on Thursday last. There
were present several members of the diplomatic circle. The
general company included hie Serene Highness Prince
Frederic of Holstein and about 200 of the aristocracy and
foreigners of distinction. The invitatioLs were from 10 to
half-past 1 o'clock.
-

'Lie King of Saiony has sent Baron Liebig the
cross and insignia of a Commander of the Order of Albert•
Duke Philippe of Wurtembeig is shortly to be
married to the youngest sister of her Majesty the Eraprego
of Austria.

The marriage of Lord Alexander Gordon Leon°ll
brother of the Duke of Richmond, with Miss Townley'
daughter of Colonel and Lady Caroline Towneley, it is es'
petted, will be solemnised on the 6th proximo.
Count Etienne-Armand Napoleon de Cambacereal
has recently expired. He was born in 1804, and is a younger
brother of the Duke de Cambaceres, formerly peer of Fran'
senator, and grand master of the ceremonies to the Empe-
ror. Both aro sons of Jean Jacques Regis, Arch-Chall.
cellor of the Empire in 1805, and Prince-Duke of Parma al
1808, and nephew to the Cardinal Archbishop of Rouen.
THE DEPUTY EARL MARSHAL'S MARRIAGE."'
It was in the private chapel of the house, at Grace
Dieu Manor, in the county of Leicester, that on Thursday'
the 16th inst., was celebrated the recently announced mar-
riage of the Lord Edward George Fitzelan lloward,
De-
puty Earl-Marshal and M.P. for Arundel, with Miss
Wineirede Mary de Lisle, third daughter of Mr. Ambrose
L. M. Phillipps de Lisle, of Garendon Park and Grace
Dieu Manor. The marriage was solemnised by the Right
Rev. Father in God Bartholomew, Abbot of St. Bernard's'
in Leicester. The bride was dressed in white moire antique,
with a Brussels lace veil and wreath of stephanotis and
orange flower, a diamond necklace and cross, with diamond
earrings, presented to her by the bridegroom and the
Dowager Duchess of Norfolk. The bridesmaids were dressed
in white grenadine, white net burnouses, white tulle Wl'
nets, with blush roses, and pink sashes to match. After
the breakfast the newly-married couple proceeded to Niro'.
scp Manor, to pass the honeymoon.
M. Thiers has returned to Paris from his tour in
Germany, and has now gone to Dieppe with his family for
sea-bathing.

The Afarquid de Gallifet has returned from Vietl/1
and taken up his abode at Maisons Laffitte, where he POO.
senses a country house.
•
FIELD-MARSHAL LORD CLYDE.—We are rePicd
ei
to say that the last accounts of Field-Marshal Lord ope
represent him as much better, and, under Providence, there
is reason to hope that the fatal result, into the expectatio.
of which the public were needlessly alarmed in the earl
part of the week, may long be avoided.—Army and Nadi
Gazette.

THE CLOSE OF THE SESSION.—The Ministerial
whitebait dinner, the customary prelude to the close
of the Parliamentary session, took place on Saturday eve_
ing at the Trafalgar at Greenwich. The noble Premien
the Duke of Argyll, and the majority of the companY Prf:
ceeded by water from Westminster-bridge in one of tn.,
Citizen steamboats, which was carpeted and gaily decorate°
to the landing, just past the Royal Hospital. Covers were
laid for 30, and among those present were Viscount Pal:
merston, the Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Right
;
Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Stanley
Alderley, the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon•
M. Gibson, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Right He!.
C. P. Villiers, the Right Hon. R. Lowe, the Right 117.
W. Hutt, the Right Hon. F. Peel, the Right Hon. W'
Cowper, Hon. H. B. W. Brand, the Marquis of Harting'
ton, Mr. C.Fortescue, M. A. H. Layard. Mr. T. G. l3itrillg'
the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Sir W. Pun;
g,
bar, Col, White, Mr. Gilpin, Mr. E. H. K. Hugessen, 7.0
owing
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was thrown with violence to the ground. The hon. bor°-1
was somewhat shaken, and received a severe sprain to
his wrists, but he was enabled to continue .
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The Marseilles journals mention that after a I°rig
period of excessive heat, during which the thermooeteor
tvoar9i2edFcaorhhe
nsetnantlio, rainybet hasween3o aantdl3e3ngdteh llgrfeaes:l7astigraste
at .Pori*
Lyons, and other parts of France.
THE COMING COURT MARTIAL.—We understal
that the mode of proceeding in the court-rnilrtis
about to be held on Lieut.-Col. Crawley for the allegea
illegal imprisonment resulting in the death of Sergaa%,
Major Lilley has been fully arranged by the authorit;
and that the intention is to keep the inquiry within the° ly
rowest possible compass. We are informed that the °lloer
question raised will be whether or not the subaltern oat
y.
exceeded his instructions in the mode of placing the seil„iv-al
A strong point in Lieut.-Colonel Crawley's olden°, die
be, we have reason to believe, to throw the blame 0`,..h0t
sergeant-major's premature death upon Dr. Turnbull, to
it is alleged, made no report to his commanding 01E4342400
the state of the prisoner's health. We have full conau`t.
that the parties interested will have a satisfactory nosvi;:bat
these allegations ; but " forewarned is forearmed ;" it
jot
right that they should know in time the sort of case ag-
tot
which they will have to contend. As the court-10;o
upon Corporal Blake will form an important feature in
los
inquiry, it is a fortunate fact that the soldier 'Of its
orderly room clerk of the Inniskilling Dragoons dur'l3:rger
progresu is now in England, having purchased his disc b,
and is ready to be produced as a witness upon the "11'
United Service Gazette. QO
A " PERPETUAL" ACT OF PARLIAMENT ~0 th
Saturday an Act of Parliament was issued to 1117,5 t of
Loan Societies Act, which would have expired on th
be
August next, perpetual. It is accordingly declared
" perpetual."
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TEE SUNDAY BANDS IN THE PARKS.—The .
the
season of the Sunday bands in the parks reach:eeice of
average length of thirteen Sundays yesterday, tw,i,t the
season them h
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Sunday next, the hours being 5 till 8. From cila, to
but one interruption having occurred through raid, a °el
audiences having been fully up to the standar boo
gkneral impression has been created that the season_ha;ever,
a remarkably favourable one. The cornmittleetenitt :stood
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