The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-05 00:00:00

THE b-u N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1863,

N°. 22,185

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
THREE LIVES IN ONE.
A NOVEL.
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LITERATURE.

and a friend she is staying with, in the neighbourhood.
This latter may perchance hereafter render affairs still
more complicated. " The Child's Voice in the Pavilion by
the Water" is the significant title of the last cheptar. There
can be no doubt in the mind of the reader whose child it is,
but of course that idea never enters the mind of Edward
when he listens to its feeble wailing, and he only entertains
dark suspicions of Olivia. Paul Alarchmont takes posses-
sion of the Towers when the year elapses, and strange to
say orders Olivia to remain. This designing woman is
now the slave of this desperate man. This story is a pain-
ful one, but of such intense interest that the reader is led
on to peruse it as it were with a sort of fascination. "On
kicking up one's heels,"
is an amusing paper, which pre-
sents us with an entertaining picture of life and manners at
the present day, in contradistinction to past times. It is
truly stated that during the last fifteen years much more ease
and freedom marks the tone of society. For a text to these
discursive remarks the writer quotes an aphorism of Sam
Stick—" When the harness is off, a critter likes to kick up
his heels." " Humphrey Grainger's losses," is a peculiar
sketch that relates the adventures of an Australian young
lady who arrived in England as a widow, her husband having
died on the passage home. His brother received her very
kindly, but his sister was more suspicious, and, actually
asked her, " for what reason her parents had emigrated to
Botany—to the Australian settlements." Of course this
gave dire offence, but the sequel of the story is satisfactory.
" Breakfast in Bed " continues its amusing dissertations,
In this chapter the narrator informs us that he eat as much
frog as ever he could at a foreign banquet, and actually
brought home the bones " as a trophy of victory over a
stupid and irrational prejudice." ig The Trials of the
Tredgolds" proceeds in its somewhat lugubrious style, and
we meet with " Dust to Dust"—namely, Bryan's funeral.
He turns out to have been the father of Noel. There are
a great many characters met with in this tale, and certainly
the reader cannot complain of monotony. " Sources of the
Nile," is an elaborate article, which announces at its close
this unsatisfactory information (if it were only true I)
that Captains Speke and Grant are brave and enterprising
men, but that it is certain that the well-spring of the
Nile still lies concealed somewhere in the mountains
of the south-west I I " Yachting" is a suitable subject
for this month. "Our Engagement" is a strange sketch,
wherein the lovers find an original rendezvous in the
picture gallery of the Pantheon. "Francois Marmontel "
is a readable paper, that brings before us a " name almost
forgotten in the present day."
MACMILLAN.—The second part of Baron Liebig's
essay on Lord Bacon meets ua is this number. It
continues the somewhat severe criticism on the
claims of the author of the " Novum Arganum" as
a natural philosopher, which has been previously noticed,
and the reputation of the writer no less than the eminence
of the subject of the article will attract the attention of the
scientific. The "Letters from a Competition Wallah" are
k
continuedah ene
tinr
astttnohryree ofirousual
ein livelyeceenzeo.r,o fashion, not, however, with-
out Thesunen Rocks" is
melancholy and
con-
tinuedun-
satisfactory
in a more doleful strain than ever. Vincenzo persists
against the warnings of his friend in returning to his prison
house, for what earthly reason it is difficult to imagine, for
a more dependent and contemptible position it would not be
easy to imagine. His presence at Rumelli certainly does
not bestow much pleasure on his wife and father-in-law,
and it is difficult to believe that the most sensitive, or even
morbid, conscience could have detected a duty in such a
slow suicide. " The story of Schiller's remains,' relates the
singular vicissitudes that befell the corpse of one of Ger-
many's most eminent and popular men. The Rev. Hugh
Macmillan contributes a paper on the plants on the sum-
mits of the Highland mountains, which gives us some
curious information respecting those wild and lovely botani-
cal specimens. We learn that a distinct order of plants
eAxltpeendens ftrhoementhmemAitrecetifc
thecir cle to the higher ranges of the
intervening
heights. Of fifty-
two species of flowering plants gathered last July in the
neighbourhood of Davis's Straits, no less than thirty are
identical with British species. From these northern centres
says the writer, they were gradually distributed southwards
during the glacial period, when the summits of the British
hills were chains of islands, in whose gradual upheaval and
consequent change of temperature they become restricted to
the heights of the new formed mountains. The plants
growing at the present day on the Scottish mountains are
therefore, we are assured by the author, relics of the early
flora of Europe, when that busy group of continent, penin-
sula, and island was a scattered assembly of isles inter-
spersed with iceberg and surrounded las a waste of waters.
Harriet Martineau gives us one of her clear and sensible
papers on " Life and Death in India," in which she sets
forward, in a plain and striking fashion, the dangers that
crown the path of a young Anglo-Indian recruit.
ST. JAMES'S.—" Aubrey Marston" continues his
game of speculation, which is apparently approach-
ing a very awkward disagreeable climax. It is not
difficult to foresee tbat the pompous Sir Bedford
Rushton will prove unworthy of the confidence reposed in
him by the credulous hero. An article on " Pain" is some-
what consolatory to those who are troubled with too vivid
a sympathy for the sufferings around them, though we are
afraid we cannot fully admit the author's soothing reflec •
tions, as regards the human frame at all events. Major
Byng Hall furnishes us with an animated picture of New
York as it is, or rather as it was, before the late unhappy
commotions. " A Romance of Wimbledon Common" nar-
rates an exciting incident in the life of the twelfth Duke of
Richmond, not altogether creditable to him whose pillar
loftily surveys St. James's Park. The seventh part of
" Royal Favourites" chronicles the dark and changeful
career of Carr, Earl of Somerset, one of the first favourites
of our James', and the husband of that wicked and worth-
less Frances Howard, whose enmity
Sir Thomas Overbury
had good cause to repent. It is a worthy moral to the
tragical story, that though the lives of the guilty pair were
spared by undeserved clemency, the love which had led
them to the commission of such desperate crimes changed
into mutual aversion, and, though long living in the same
house, they avoided even the sight of each other. The
writer of " Straws in the Stream" has selected this month
a good and picturesque subject—" The great stream that
flows through St. Stephens ;" he has, however, entirely
failed to do justice to it. We have some notes from Jeddo
and a further instalment of the history of "Madeleine
Graham."
THE Ross, THE SHAMROCK, AND THE THISTLE:
—This magazine, which has now been in existence
for more than a year, claims attention from its having
been published in the Caledonian Press in Edin-
burgh, where female printing is carried on successfully.
The magazine before us is certainly as well printed and
got up generally as any of its metropolitan rivals, and we
heartily wish the undertaking all success. The con-
tents, if the truth must be told, are more likely to find
favour with ladies than with severer critics ; but the table
of contents is long, and the subjects are varied and attrac-
tive. It will afford an hour's pleasant reading to those
who prefer light literature, seasoned a:so with a good deal
of romance.
MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES.—The Sixpenny
Magazine gives its readers its usual liberal allow-
ance of tale, sketch, translation, and poem, none of
them first rate, but of fair average merit. The
National Magazine carries on the three several romances
together, besides continuing its Lavater •like studies
of the human countenance with pen and pencil. ,Newton's
London Journal of Arts and Sciences records all recent
changes and improvements in patents, and gives us an
article on the sewing machine trade. Mr. Beeton's useful
works of various information proceed steadily, and his con-
tributions to the boys' shelf of the library are as captivating
as ever. Le Follet is, as usual, pre-eminent among the
fashion books, while The Englishwoman's Magazine is the
very serial for the middle-class housewife. Young England
is another of the pleasant journals for the young, published
by Mr. Tweedie.

Ta7B-----1 and Military Intelligence.

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. 227.—He must
be a reader of singular and isolated tastes who does
not find something to attract his attention in the
current number of the Quarterly. From Rome to
the British Colonies, from glacial theories to the source of
the Nile, from the Natural History of the Bible to the
vagaries of modern spiritualism, we are carried on in quick
succession. The opening essay on the "Resources and
Future of Austria" is lengthened but interesting. At the
present conjuncture the attitude of Austria leads us to hope
better things from her than might have been looked for a
few years since. The writer of the essay in question anti-
cipates the possibility of a brilliant future for an empire
which he admits has hitherto never attained that impor-
tance to which its size, population, and resources entitle it,
The disconnected unsympathetic character of the dif-
ferent peoples who compose the Empire, has probably had
much to do with Austria's political failure. There is no
bond of union, no animating spirit to inspire her statesmen,
generals, or population. The article on " Glacial Theories"
will be read with much interest by all Alpine wanderers,
and, indeed, by the numerous class who prefer to climb
Mont' Blanc and Monte Rosa by deputy, to look on the
Mer de Glace through the eyes of others, and to gather
Alpine roses in the pages of some of our quick-witted and
sure-footed travellers, who are well content to give the less
ambitious world the benefit of their arduous experience.
We commend the essay on our " Colonial System " to the
careful perusal of Professor Goldwin Smith and his fol-
lowers. The writer sums up his arguments in these words:
—" The day may come, when rich, populous, and self-
dependent colonies, grown into nations, will claim a disso-
lution of partnership. When that day comes, let us part in
peace. But, till then, let us fulfil our appointed task by
laying carefully the foundations of civilised, peaceful, and
friendly nations. Let us not inflict that wound upon our
own social order and prosperity, which would follow the
abandonment of those great fields of enterprise, or that
'deeper wound on honour and good faith which would be
struck by the desertion of the helpless and confiding." The
career of Washington Irving is briefly sketched in an article
that does him justice. It may be guessed that the Quarterly
does not look very favourably on the pretensions of
modern spiritualism, yet an essay on Mr. Home's
" Incidents of My Life " and Mr. Howitt's enthusiastic
" History of the Supernatural" is written with calmness
and moderation. The evidence brought forward by the
spiritualist and so unhesitatingly accepted by his eager dis-
ciples, is.carefully sifted and enquired into, as a judge would
weigh the conflicting statements made before him. This is
a mode of argument which warm partisans sometimes find
more difficulty in dealing with than with a shower of hearty
abuse. Among the remaining contents may be mentioned
a discourse on sacred trees and flowers, a paper which is
full of curious and interesting information,
THE NEW REVIEW, No. IV.—This new candi-
date for popular favour continues to preserve the
prestige of its first appearance, and in the variety
of its subjects, the vivacity of its style, and the
ability with which it is conducted, it is a formidable rival
to many of its predecessors. Among the most attrac-
tive papers in the present number, is an article on
Modern Eloquence, in which the varying P tyles and capa-
bilities of our leading orators, Parliamentary and forensic,
are aptly described, and their rival claims generally adjusted
with great fairness. "Critics and Reviewers" is another
readable paper, while we have an agreeable specimen of
criticism itself in a notice of Miss Yonge's recent work
on " Christian Names." The Manchester School will not
read the article bearing the somewhat singular title of
"Richard Cobden, King of the Belgians," with any great
satisfaction. Other articles of varying merit and interest
fill up the number, among them being of course the usual
Parliamentary Review, recording in this instance, the
incidents of the closing weeks of the session.
COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY.—" The Shadow
of Ashlydyat" is now approaching its ter-
mination. We are here introduced to Prior's
Ash, with its shutters closed, in consequence of
Thomas Godolphin's funeral. Connected with this mourn-
ful theme are some very impressive passages. It is truly
said that life wears very different aspects to some from what
it does to others, but the true wisdom consists in discerning
which is the most profitable passage to another state. " The
broad sunshiny road of pleasure, down which so many seem
to travel, is not the safest road to a longer home, nor the
best preparation for it." This is a peculiarly melancholy
tale, and so much so that the authoress acknowledges it as
this new and solemn pageant appears on the scene. She
observes, however, that according to their experiences the
readers will judge it. " How tree it will be to some, let them
tell. I could relate to you many of actual life far more sorrow-
ful. But take courage, you who are well-nigh wearied out—
remember it is en earth's battle-field that Heaven's crown
is won." Sin, sorrow, and suffering could not be better
described to us in their ghastly effects, and with their
attendant train of evils, than in the sketches before us.
" The Shadow of Ashlydyat" will sink deep into
the memory of those with whom life is no jest
" Sir William Wallace', is the theme chosen for
discussion by Sir Nathaniel this month. As may be
supposed, it furnishes a very interesting article.
Several opinions are quoted from many celebrated
authors, which add considerably to the entertainment
afforded by this epitome of the career of one who must
be celebrated wherever the patriot's deeds are
chronicled. Carlyle has said that the true fighter's death
is no victory over Lim, and that his work ever truly
lives. "An Artist's Study in the Quartier Latin" is con-
cluded in a second part. It is written with feeling, and
contains some good portions. The description of the death
of Petit Jean is affecting. " Strathmore" continues its
romantic episodes and marvellous events at some length
This tale is of foreign character, like its predecessor.
" Memoirs of Victor Hugo" is a readable paper in relation
to the work on that subject recently published. " The
Sources of the Nile" treats of the great geographical
question of the day, concluding by stating that it is to be
hoped that the name " Victoria" will be finally given to the
actual " Caput Nili." " The Confederate Justification"
strongly condemns the practice of slavery and denounces
the arguments of its upholders.
CORNHILL.—" Romola" concludes this month,
which must be rather a relief to the readers of this
periodical, since, notwithstanding its great ability,
it is decidedly heavy in its style ; and also its events
are most painful, and its characters for the moat part un-
attractive. " Medical Etiquette" is a paper that furnishes
us with some striking anecdotes on this subject. It is
written by one well versed in this topic, and will doubtless
be instructive to many. " Farmers" is a readable paper.
It is said that the " British Farmer" still survives as a dis •
tinct type, though in some instances he has disappeared.
Some just remarks are made regarding the supposed influ-
ence of a country life in rendering the imaginative faculties
more intense ; but it is truly stated that, to do this, the
mind must have been previously prepared for the effect.
The routine of a farmer's life in a great measure tends to
deaden his appreciation instead of quickening his percep-
tion of the beauties of nature. After discussing their vari-
-1 ous peculiarities, the conclusion arrived at is, that farmers
are " a good sort" as a class. There is less affectation than
in any other class of the community, says the writer, and
very likely he is right in his remark. "The farmer gene-
rally has good sense, good nature, and is always hospitable.
He is not usually the kind of man one would care to travel
with to Rome or Athens; but in his own house and his
own fields he is often a capital companion, and always an
unexceptionable host." "Mrs. Archie" is a very smartly
written sketch. The events of the story are certainly not
probable, but they are possible, and the whole tale is so
adroitly sketched, and the characters are so quaintly de-
scribed, that the reader is sure to be delighted with this
charming narrative. The warfare of the two .ants is
most ludicrous, and the numerous strange rencontres
that take place in the dining-room at Gienrig at night
are most laughable. It is just the story altogether to
wile
Housea weaty
Aainiieigdtleen,h, oieureemntoisatueedg,reeenadbleyi.mpi‘eT,h, Small
Eaves" quite comes out. His escapade with Crosbie is
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perhaps foolish; but the ebullition of passion is per-
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grtreactefhlai:lbveerfoeremorlef
ptrhevealfeenelt iingn
society, much harm would be avoided. The laissez aller
style of procedure smuggles over wrong deeds, till at last
Cwrohsbertie'as
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point
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ex-
treme; and it would be well if all such despicable cha-
ractersitf
airy sanctions l
suffered
where he dare not explain his conduct or blame tose
who insult him, he is sunk low indeed; and to such a
depth of degradation has Crosbie been reduced. "On a
Medal of George the Fourth" is an interesting little
paper, that suggests many striking subjects for reverie
in its wandering topics and meditative style. False ap-
pearances are well discussed, and it is truly observe
that " some have more serious things to hide than a yel-
low cheek behind a ruddle of rouge. Another kind of
artist will try to take you in by wearing under his waist-
coat, and perpetually thumping, an immense sham heart.
Dear Sir, may yours and mine be found, at the right time,
of the proper size and in the right place. And what has
this to do with half-crowns, good and bad. Ah, friend I
many a coin, battered, and clipped, and defaced though it
be, will be proved to be Sterling Silver on the day of the
great assay."
TEMPLE BAR.—" John Marchmont's Legacy" is
continued at some length, and in this instalment
there are many important events. In the first place,
Edward Arundel receives some visitors, his sister

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THE GERMAN QUESTION.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
VIENNA., Friday

The Presse of to-day says:—
" The ardent wish of the Berlin papers at present giving
the tone is now about to be fulfilled, and the meeting of
the Emperor of Austria with the King of Prussia will take
place in a few days at Gastein. As is reported, his Majesty
the Emperor will not be accompanied to Gastein by any of
his Ministers, but only by his Adjutant-General. The jour-
ney thus assumes the aspect which it is especially intended
to wear—that of a simple visit of etiquette, not necessarily
based upon political grounds. But, nevertheless, we are
told that the meeting of the Sovereigns in Gastein is to be
of decisive importance in one respect, namely, in reference
to the German question. It has been recently denied
that the journey of Freiherr Von Kubeck, the Austrian
Ambassador to the Federal Diet, had any immediate
connection with the approaching publication of the
scheme for reform of the Diet prepared by the
Vienna Cabinet. Even a few days ago it was said there
could be no idea of the matter until an understand-
ing with Prussia was arrived at, to obtain which was
of the greatest importance for the execution of the Aus-
trian propositions of reform. According to a view greatly
favoured in administrative circles the mooting at Gastein
would, therefore, be so far of importance to the German
question, as it was hoped to gain over Prussia to the Aus-
trian project of reform by personal influence. Should, how-
ever, contrary to the received expectation, this attemptalso
fail, and no understanding with Prussia upon the Austrian
proposals for reform be obtained, the Prussian Government
will not be able afterwards to say that steps have been taken
behind its back, for we are confidently assured Anstriiti will
go forward on the German question whether Frog! be
willing or not."

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THE NAVY.
VALETTA, July 30.—Her Maje
sack, 20, Capt. W. R. Rolland, arrstyived he corvettere on the
afternoon of Tuesday, the 21st of July, to join the
's
Mediterranean fleet. fleet. She was 31 days ferrom
edPly-
mouth and 21 from Gibraltar, having
accident to her screw propeller soon after leaving
the Rock, and experienced light and contrary winds.
suff an
On the following day her Majesty's screw frigate
Orlando, 46, Capt. G. G. Randolph, entered port
from Plymouth and Gibraltar, 25 days from the
former, and 14 days from the latter. Should no
contrary orders be received, this vessel will leave
for the Piraeus tomorrow night, after the arrival
of the Marseilles mail, to join the Commander-in-
Chief. All was quiet at Athens up to the 25th inst.,
when the last mail left. A letter from Athens, of
the above date, written on board the flagship, says
that there will be weekly communication between
Malta and the Piraeus, where, it is feared, the squa-
dron will have to remain some time. The Russians
had withdrawn their guard from the Bank, and the
Russian frigate stationed at the Piraeus had received
orders to leave, in consequence, it was believed, of
the critical state of the relation, between Russia and
France. The French, for some reason or other, were
anxious to withdraw their guard. It still, however,
remains at its post, together with the English guard
furnished by the ships. While the Vice-Admiral
Commander-in-Chief R. Smart, with the main por-
tion of the squadron, continues at the Pincus, Rear-
Admiral Yelverton, with the Revenge (flagship), the
Liffey, Chanticleer, and Wanderer, remains in
charge of the lonian Islands and west coast of
Greece station. A vessel, probably the St. George,
was to be despatched from the Finns to Nauplia.
The despatch boat Caradoc arrived at the former
port at 2 a.m. on the 25th inst., and will pro-
bably relieve the Psyche at Constantinople. The
Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Armytage, is daily ex-
pected at Malto from Athens, with despatches from
the admiral; and the Phoebe, 35, Capt. T. Fortescue,
is believed to be on her way to this island from the
coast of Syria. The English contract steamer Ada,
J. Carter, master, arrived on Sunday from Odessa,
and left on the following day for Gibraltar, Cork,
and London, after embarking at Malta two officers,
13 soldiers, 10 women, and 22 children of different
regiments. Her Majesty's iron screw storeship
Supply, 2, Master Com. C. Bawden, left Malta har-
bour on her return to Woolwich on the 20th inst.,
taking with her condemned stores. Her Majesty's
despatch boat Caradoc, 2, Lieut.-Com. E. Wilkin-
son, left on the night of the 22d, after the arrival
of the mail from Marseilles, with despatches for the
commander-in-chief at the Pirmas and a mail for the
ships on that station. From the Piraeus she will
go to Constantinople. She took as passengers Lieut.
Nugent, R. N., Mr. J. Wodehouse, and four naval
engineers. Her Majesty's screw Corvette, Malacca,
17, Capt. G. J. Napier, was ordered during the week
to proceed to Messina to recover the anchor lost
there by the revenge, 73 (flagship of Rear-Admiral
H. R. Yelverton, C. 8.), Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley.
She left port on the 26th inst. for this purpose, with
orders to return to Malta. Her Majesty's gunboat
Growler, Lieut.-Com. J. C. Drew (tender to the
surveying vessel Medina, Capt. T. A. B. Spratt,
C. 8.), appeared in the offing on the 18th inst., and
returned into port on the 25th. She has been en-
gaged in surveying service in the Malta channel.
She left again to-day on surveying duty. Her Ma-
jesty's gunboat Surprise, 4, Com.W.H.Whyte, left
port on the 25th inst. for monthly target practice.
The Egyptian frigate Ibraimia, employed on trans-
port service, having made good the damage re-
ceived by running on the Munseiar Reef, left the
dockyard creek and harbour on the 18th inst. for
Alexandria, calling at Tripoli. She has since left
Tripoli, with a cargo of bullocks, for Alexandria.
'the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship
Delta, Capt. Weeks, arrived here on Monday, the
20th inst., after a rapid run of eight days from
Southampton and Gibraltar. She reports having
fallen in with a squadron of five line-of-battle ships
and a brig, supposed to be French,.cruising off Bon,
on the 19th inst. The Orlando reports having met
with the same squadron cruising off the coast of
Algeria ten days previously. The Governor of
Malta, Sir John Gaspard Le Merchant, will pro-
ceed to England on leave either by the Delta or
Pera, daily expected from Alexandria. It is re-
ported that his Excellency is desirous of personally
conferring with the authorities at home on the
vexed question of the site for the new naval dock.
The subject has been opened afresh by the presence
of Admirals Martin and Codrington in England,
who have from the first strongly disapproved the
site chosen, and about which papers have been
asked for in Parliament. Lady Le Merchant and
family will accompany his Excellency, and are not
expected to return to Malta, The Governor, it is
expected, will return to his post in a month or six
weeks to complete the period of his administration,
which will expire in April next. On Tuesday
evening the English screw steamer Hawthorne,
Capt. R. Donaldson, fitted with apparatus for rais-
ing and repairing submarine electric cables, arrived
here in 11 days from London, for the purpose of
repairing the line of cable between Benghazi and
Alexandria, which ceased working in June last.
She will continue her way for the eastward,
about the end of the week, when Mr.
Canning, engineer of Messrs. Glass, Elliot,
and Co., who was waiting her arrival at Malta, and
Mr. Gibson, Government Inspector, will proceed in
her to the spot, where, it is expected, the fault will
be found—that is, about 69 nautical miles from
Alexandria. On finding it the faulty piece will be
cut out, and, if necessary, a new piece introduced—'
an operation which, under favourable circumstances,
is not likely to occupy much time, so that we may
hope soon to be again in telegraphic communication
with Alexandria. Orders have been received for
the 4th battalion, Rifle Brigade, in this garrison, to
hold itself in readiness to embark early next month
for Gibraltar, to receive the 2d battalion, 7th Foot,
ordered to Malta. Her Majesty's ships in port are
—the Hibernia receiving ship (flag of Rear-Admiral
Austin, C. 8.), Commander R. B. Harvey ; the Or-
lando, 46, Captain G. G. Randolph ; the Cossack,
20, Captain W. R. Rolland ; the Malacca, 17, Capt.
G. J. Napier; the Medina, Captain T. A. B. Spratt,
C. 8.; the Procris, 1, Lieut.-Commander the Hon.
J. B. Vivian ; and the Boxer (tender to the Hiber-
nia). The Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer Massilia strived this evening with the
Bombay and Mauritius mails, but not the China and
Calcutta mails, the Bengal having broken her screw
on the 29th of June and put back to Calcutta. The
Mooltan was to leave Calcutta in her stead on the
2d of July. The Nana of Bithoor was captured at
Ajmeer, in a Hindoo temple, on the 22d of June.
L
His Grace the Duke of Somerset, LG., First
of the Admiralty ; Sir Frederick Grey,
C 8.,
First Sea Lord; Rear-Admiral Lord C. Paget, C. 8..
First Secretary; Captain Drummond, C. 8., and
other members of the Board of Admiralty, two::
Director
f
panied by Colonel Greene, MB.,
of Depart-
Admiralty Works, and other heads
ments, arrived at Portmouth yesterdayheir annual
2 p.m. train from London
on
t dockyards
tour of inspection of the
western
nd s. On entering
and ports and the Charm
el
i'veed by Vice-Admiral
the dockyard they were reccev
naval Commander-
Sir Michael Seymour,
G• • •
'Admiral G. Elliott
in Chief of the port, and Rear by tbe
On alighting
Superintendent o
dockyard their lordships
from their carriage in the
Storekeeper
barge at the King's-stairs, and
embarked in their
board their new paddle-yacht the En-
proceeded on
Master Commander Petley, where they
En-
chantress,
After luncheon they crossed
partook
the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard, where
over to DEodcgkeyi d.
C. 8.,
eivofend.theon landing by the Captain
Grant, and other officials of the yard, and
by them
conducted over the well-known biscuit bakery, and
°th.Suepyerviiknetoreef luncheon.
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inquiries, but for some time it was not km
a serious affair had happened. As the
passengers came in, however, the news son.
that some persons were killed and many
and the public anxiety deepened; and the ham_ ,q
the unfortunate people who had met a sad ilte
were eagerly sought for. The injured brought in
by the train were helped and assisted in every vvay.
Mr. Dennis and Mrs. Laird were taken home, and
two other women were taken to the Hospital. The
other persons who had been hurt were received by
their friends. Mr. Dennis died on 'Tuesday morn-
ing about 3 o'clock, and Men. Laird lies in a vely
precarious condition. Miss Palmer was on a visit
to Mr. and Mrs. Laird, and accompanied them to
flonstenton. Mr. Laird and Mr. Dennis were bath
men of high re.Tectability, and have numerous re-
latives and friends in Lynn who will regret their
unfortunate end. Indeed, the affair has completely
saddened the whole town.
An inquest was; opened at the Ship Inn, Gaywond,
on Monday afternoon, by Mr. ThoTmls Martin
Wilkin, coroner, upon the bodies of John Laird,
Susan Clark, Elizabeth Clarke, Maria Palmer, and
Nirs. Brown.

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theenvt arious and extensive stores of the establish-
wThe inspection of the Clarence-yard con-
cluded, their lordships again embarked in their
barge and visited the Royal Naval Hospital at Has-
ler. This eateblishment, one of the most perfect of
its kind in the kingdom, possesses accommodation
for 1,000 officers and men, and is supported
in the
most literal manner by Government grants, in-
cluded in the yearly Naval Estimates. One thitel
of the building is appropriated as a lunatic ward,
in which at present there are about ,3 officers and
70 men, seamen, and marines. The surgical and
medical wards averaged during the past six months
about 300 patients iu each. The hospital, from its
extent, end also from the fact of admission within
its walls being confined to officers and men serving
on full pay in her Majesty's Navy, is never full, and
the most amrle accommodation exists for any un-
wonted pressure, such as could only occur in time
of war. During the war, in addition to the accom-
modation afforded by Haslar to our sick and
wounded invalided seamen, a portion of its wards
were set aside by special request for the recep-
tion of sick and wounded military officers.
Pensioned seamen and marines can claim admit-
tance to the hospital in time of sickness, but. are
liable to lose all or a portion of their pensions while
in hospital, at the discretion of the ruling powers,
and for this reason very few men of this class ever
claim admission. The wards throughout the hospital
are exceedingly roomy and well ventilated, and the
surrounding grounds and gardens are of great ex-
tent. A valuable museum is attached to the hospi•
tal. After concluding their inspection of Hasler
their lordships returned on board the Enchantress,
where in the evening they entertained a party to
the " official annual Board dinner" on the yacht.
This morning their lordships commence their in-
spection of the dockyard, &c., and afterwards will
be entertained at dinner at the Admiralty-house by
Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., Port
Admiral and Naval Commander-in-Chief. In the
evening a ball will be given at the King's-rooms,
Southsea, under the patronage of the Duke of
Somerset and other members of the Board, in aid of
the funds of the Seamen and Marines Orphans'
School. On Friday the Duke of Somerset will hold
the usual First Lord's Levee at the Royal Naval
College.
The Racoon, 22, screw corvette, Capt. Count
Gleichen, steamed from Portsmouth yesterday into
the steam basin of Portsmouth dockyard for dock-
ing, repairs, and refit.
Admiralty instructions were received yesterday
at Woolwich to prepare for laying down one of the
iron-cased ships, to be called the Pallas, on the
principle proposed by Mr. Reed, Chief Constructor
of the Navy. Her length between perpendiculars
will be 230 ft., and 50ft. beam. The Pallas is to be
built under the shed from which the Wolverine will
be launched on Saturday, the 29th inst.

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Afirr
viewing
the bodies, the Coroner said he
need hardly
tell the jury that any investigation of'
that sort was of the utmost
both as regarded the railway company
goarrtdaerdioothase
regardedpubi
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ativeh thaenudn
unfortu-
nate true:
p
alsosof of much im-
portance
persons whose bodies they
to
had viewed. He
thought it due to all parties that the investigation
should not proceed in a hurried
manner,hrioa and
when men's minds were not prepared
to
the consideration of the circumstances that
be laid before them the calm and dispassionate might
consideration to which the importanc
ofthe
case was so much entitled, It was also due to the
friends of the deceased that their bodies should be
removed as soon as possible for interment. Ho had,
therefore, summoned them together to-day for the
mere purpose of identifying the bodies, so that he
might issue his certificate for their removal for
burial. The inquiry would be adjourned until Fri-
day at 10 o'clock, and would then proceed de die in
diem until it was brought to a close. He need
hardly tell the jury, in a matter of this importance,
not to discuss the matter, nor to form an opinion on
it until the full facts were before them, for a certain
amount of prejudice might get into their minds
which ought not to exist, ad therefore, if they
would be kind enough to refrain from the expres-
sion of any opinion he should feel obliged to them.
Mr. James Eccles then identified the body of
Mr. Laird, who, he said was in his 55thyear ; Mrs.
Susan Collison identified the body of Elizabeth
Clarke, aged 73 ; Mr. Hubbard identified Mre.
Clark, of Brandon ; Mr. Whitby, builder, identified
Mrs. Brown ; Mr. J. Halfour, Wisbech, identified
Miss Palmer, who, he said, was 25 or 26 years of

The Fatal Accident on the Lynn and Hun

age.
Tne Coroner then said that was all he proposed
to do that day. If the friends of any of the dead
would like to be represented by any legal gentleman
he would give every facility for it. It was a matter
into which a most searching inquiry should be made.
If also any friends of the deceased wished to have
witnesses examined they should have a summons
from him (the Coroner) upon application. He also
mentioned that Mr. Edwards, the solicitor of the
line, and some officers of the company would meet
the jury on the spot, and that a train would. leave
Lynn that afternoon•for that purpose. The inquiry
was then adjourned.
Without in any way anticipating the evidence
which may be given at the inquest, or the disputes
which may arise, it may be said that the point which
will cause much discussion will in all probability be
the effectiveness of the fences between the fields and
the line. It is said that cattle have been found on
the line more than once before, and that when a
party of officials brought by a special train from
London visited the spot at 3 o'clock a.m. on Tues-
day morning they found horses on the line. The
fence between the line and the grazing land at the
spot where the accident happened is not much above
a foot high, and the dikes are quite dry. The
wretched animal the cause of the mischief was, as
may be supposed, cut to pieces, and its remains
were scattered about in all directions.

stanton Railway.

KING'S LYNN, Tuesday
We now give some particulars of the shocking
accident which happened on the Lynn and Hun.
Stanton Railway on Monday night, a brief mention
of which appeared in our columns of yesterday.
Hunstanton is a village and watering place, distant
about 16 miles from Lynn. A line of railway be-
tween the two places was opened last year, and
during the present summer the line has been much
patronised by the people of Lynn and neighbouring
towns. There have been heavy excursion trains
during the entire season, the fares being sufficiently
low to attract large numbers. Monday in each
week has been a favourite excursion day for Lynn,
and on Monday last a great number of people went
by the three trains which are run between nine in
the morning and four in the afternoon. There were
also excursionists from Wisbech, and a special ex
cursion train from Cambridge and intermediate
stations. All the excursion business has hitherto
gone on exceedingly well, the only accidents having
been two deaths while bathing, oue some few weeks
ago, and a second on Monday last. Unfortunately
the person drowned on Monday was not to be the
only life sacrificed that day. The Lynn and \7is-
bech train was to leave Hunstanton on the return
journey at 7.45, that being the hour named in the
time-tables. For convenience, however, two trains
were made up, the first starting at the time named,
and the other folio wing it in about a quarter of an
hour. The first train reached Lynn safely, passing
on its way a bullock in a dry dyke by the side of
the line. The sight of this animal in this position
suggested to a surgeon, who was in the first train,
the possibility of an accident, and he made a remark
to that effect. Unhappily, an accident did happen,
and one, too, of a most fearful and fatal nature.
The second train stopped twice on its journey, the
last stoppage being at Wolverton station, on the
Sandringham estate. Leaving the station it went
on to Wootton, which station it passed on its way
directly to Lynn. When about half a mile from
Wootton, and about two miles from Lynn, the
train came upon the bullock before mentioned.
What occurred at that time cannot be precisely as-
certained, nor how it was that the engine and tender
and the three first carriages passed in safety. The
evidence which will be given at the inquest may
possibly throw more light upon these points. It is
supposed, however, that the fourth carriage, being
a first-class one, and so of broader make, caught the
animal's head and knocked it down on the rails.
This first-class carriage and the two next went at
once off the line, and after being dragged upwards
of 100 yards, they upset. The first-class carriage
went completely over, and lay with its wheels up-
-1 wards, but, singular to say, its occupants—three or
four gentlemen, and one if not more ladies—es-
caped unhurt. The occupants of the next carriage
were not so fortunate. They were third •clase car-
riages, and one of them was smashed utterly
otsot
pieces. In this carriage were some who have
their lives ; but in this carriage also, there were
many who escaped with a shaking. The train
quickly pulled up, and the passengers sr 0
were made
wWere
unhurt got out, and instant exertions _ad
to
say,
to ascertain the extent of the damage.b
five persons were found to be killed, and
and at least
numerous
others wounded, four or five
s!nve carne on to Lynn
20 others slightly. The engine eshegvieral medical gentle-
to procure essistance,
and
neieh is honourable to their
men, with an alacrity
and the dead were
profession, went at one; to the spot. Every atten-
the
tion was paid to
us.
They were found to be
inured,
separated from theysoime
of them so frightfully mu.
five in number, and
tilated as to defy re
cognition for a time. The; killed
were--Mr.Mrs.
john Laird, builder, Lynn
Mr. Clarke, of Brandon ; a Miss
d
Clarke, wife of
73, of Guanock-terrace, Lynn ; Miss
age
Walpole, near Wisbech, aged about
p a Clarke,l
tn e, . , 0 f
25; and Mrs. Brown, wife of Mr. W. Brown,
builder and stonemason, of Lynn. Those seriously
hurt were Mrs. Laird, wife of the deceased Mr,
who received severe contusions on the head.
Mc. Dennis, shipowner, of Lynn, who had his
thigh broken and his legs otherwise injured; a
young woman named Eliza Bartle, who was so
severely wounded in the foot as to render
amputation necessary, and a woman named
Ann Jickling, who was also severely in-
jured in the ankle. A great portion of the passen-
gers walked home to LT nn but others remained until
the engine returned and the train bringing the in•
jurcel came to Lynn. In the meanwhile it had
become known in the town that an accident had
happened to the Hunstanton train, and the agitation
of the inhabitants can be imagined better than
described. Happily, railway accidents are quite
new to this district, and the East Anglian lines,
among all their misfortunes, cau claim to have been,
we think we may say, entirely free from serious
accidents. The front of the station was crowded by
persons whose relatives or friends had gone to
Hunstanton for the day and had not returned by

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I much regret to inform you that an accident oc-
curred on the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway last evening,
attended with loss of life to six passengers and serious in-
jury to others, which arose from a bullock having got on
the line. An investigation is being made into the circum-
stances.
The names of the sufferers are the following :
Deaths—Mr. Laird, of Lynn ; Mrs. Palmer, of Walsken ;
Mrs. Brown, of Lynn ; Miss Clarke, of Lynn ; Miss Clarke,
of Brandon ; Mr. Dennis, of Lynn.
Injured—Miss Bartle, of Lynn; Miss Jickling, of Lynn;
Mrs. Laird, of Lynn; Miss Southgate, of Lynn; Mrs. Bat-
terham, of Lynn ; Mrs. Cobb, of Lynn ; Miss Cobb, of
Lynn ; Mrs. Adams, of Lynn; Mr. IVilkin, of Lynn ; Miss
Masters, of Lynn ; Mrs. Brightmore, of Lynn.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
J. B. OWEN, Secretary.
Great Eastern Railway Company, Secretary's-office,
Bishopsgate-station, London, N.E., Aug. 4.

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