The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-11 00:00:00

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EGYPTIAN HALL.—Chang, the famous Chinese
giant, was again, the other evening, honoured with
the presence of royalty in the person of H.R.H. Prince
Arthur and suite. Chang, who stands 7ft. Bin., is in him-
self not only a mighty host, but at the same time a most
gentlemanly personage, chin-chinning his patrons with
the polished grace of a nabob. " King Foe," Chang's wife,
with her beautifully-braided hair, crushed feet, and bro-
ca led silken robes, is at once the admiration of the ladies.
" Chung Mow," the Tartar dwarf, who is 30in. in height,
is a most humoursome personage, singing and reciting to
the delight of his hearers. The hall is replete with beauti-
ful specimens of Celestial works of art, &c. A lecture on
things Chinese is given •by Mr. Siddons, whilst Mr. M
Chisholm discourses some eloquent music, arranged by
himself, from native airs on the grand piano.
TRIALS OF NEW LlFEBOATS.—Yesterday after-
noon some harbour-trials were made with five new
lifeboats, under the superintendence of the officers of the
Naticnal Lifeboat Institution, in the Regent's Canal, Dock,
Limehouse. There were also present a number of the
friends of some of the donors of the boats. The trials were
in every way satisfactory in regard to the stability, self-
righting qualities, and self-ejecting of water from the boats.
Two of the lifeboats, which are each 32ft. long, rowing ten
oars, were built for the French Shipwreck Society by the
Messrs. Forrest. Three others were for stations of the
National Lifeboat Institution. One of these boats, 32ft.
long, is named the Admiral Fitzroy, and is the gift of a
benevolent lady residing at Cheltenham ; this boat is to be
stationed at Anstruther, on the Scotch coast. The second
boat, which is 30ft. long, was presented to the society by
Mrs. Colonel Vernon, and is to be placed at Cemlyn, on
the Anglesea coast. The third, which is a splendid boat,
is 36ft. long, rows twelve oars, and was the gift to the in-
stitution of the people of Manchester, through Robert
Whitworth, Esq. The boat is to be stationed at Courtown,
on the Irish coast, and is the fifth boat presented to the
Lifeboat Society by the City of Manchester. The railway
companies had readily promised a free conveyance to the
lifeboats of the institution, and the boats were to leave for
their respective stations in the early part of the ensuing
week. The National Lifeboat Institution has now one
hundred and fifty-one lifeboats under its charge, and that
number is gradually increasing.
How FENIANISH CAN BE PUT DOWN. The
arrest of over 200 of the agents of Fenianism
in Ireland, and the promptness of the other measures taken
by the British Govetament to suppress the Fenian move-
ment, indicate that Fenianism has passed the revolutionary
stage of its development, and lilt survive it will live as a
political principle, to be contended for through peaceful
channels, at least until its strength is less disproportionate
to the work before it than now. • But as the suppression of
the nullification movement in South Carolina was the
prelude to the great rebellion, so the suppression of the
present Fenian movement may be the forerunner of one
more difficult to grapple with. The results depend partly
on the measures the British Government may pursue
toward Ireland, and partly on the elements of justice and
strength inherent in Fenianism itself. If the British
Government will take the same pains to develope manu-
factures in Ireland as it has in England, thus giving the
Irish people the same diversity of industry which England
enjoys, instead of confining them to ag. ;culture alone ; if
she will extend the suffrage to that nineteen-twentieths of
the Irish people who now have no vote, so that Irishmen
can rule Ireland, as of right they ought to do, and if she
will abolish the Established Church system in Ireland, and
if she will reform her tenant laws in the interest of the
tenants, which she never wPI do till the tenants aro per-
mitted to vote, then Fenianism would have few just
grounds of complaint, ant', like fire without fuel, would
be extinguished.—Chicago Tribune.
LEARNING TO SWl3l.—The art of swimming, as
part of the professional training of the seaman, has
been so largely discussed of late, and its necessity so unani-
mously acknowledged, that any step taken towards the ac-
complishment of so useful a measure must naturally be
attended with some considerable interest. As the result of
inquiries made on the subject, it is a matter of sincere regret
to find that no decided steps have been taken by the Admi-
ralty in the matter beyond the negative countenance they
continue to give to the temporary swimming establishment
at Portsmouth, which has been open since 1858, under the
management of Mr. Tuohy, the Admiralty Professor of
Sword Exercise and Gymnastics to the Royal Naval
College and her Majesty's gunnery ship Excel-
lent. This is the only establishment of the kind
connected in any way with her Majesty's navy.
It is but a small temporarily fitted spot, in a
re-
tired corner of the moats of the Gosport tows fot tifications;
but it is a spot capable of being greatly extended, and ren-
dered, by the outlay of a very small sum of money, all
sufficient for every officer and man, seaman and soldier,
that may be stationed in ship or barrack at and around
Portsmouth being made a proficient in swimming before
he leaves England again on foreign service, or, indeed
before he leaves the port and garrison on any set vice what-
ever. The grant of the situation was gtven in 1858 by Major-
General Foster, R.E., then commanding the Royal En-
gineers of the south-western distt:ct, at the intercession of
his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, as an eligible piece of
water for bathing and teaching the naval cadets on board
her Majesty's ship Illustrious to swim. His Royal High-
ness had served on board the Illustrious, and joined with
his brother cadets in swimming bouts at the place. From
that date to 1861, when the Britannia (the successor of the
Illustrious) was removed from Portsmouth to Dartmouth,
180 naval cadets and 100 novices (as youngsters, about 15 or
16, training for seamen were called in those days) were
taught to swim by Mr. Tuohy, and since 1862 200 boys
belonging to the training ship St. Vincent have also been
turned out of hand expert swimmers. Among others who
have earned their diploma, under Professor Tuohy's tuition
are 146 young gentlemen from the Rev. E. Burney's Royal
Academy, Gospel t, the majority of whom have since entered
her Majesty's navy as cadets; 120 other young gentlemen,
sons of officers of the army or navy ; and 168 ladies, wives
and daughters of naval and military offiCers and of officers of
the civil departments of the port and garrison. During the
present season 40 non-commissioned officers and men be-
longing to the Royal Marine Light Infantry of the Ports-
mouth division were specially selected as being unable to
swim a stroke, and handed over to Mr. Tuohy to try his
skill on them. They were made proficient swimmers in a
very few lessons, being taught in classes of 12 each. The
last feat performed this season of any note has been the
teaching of four sailor lads belonging to her Majesty's ship
Excellent. These lads had been endeavouring to learn
under the tuition of a seaman, but no progress whatever
could be made with them, and they had been given up as
swimless creatures, when the commander sent them with
Mr.Tuohy to his Gosport establishment as a last trial. In

four lessons of ten minutes each only three lads were taught
to swim perfectly, and returned to their ship full of pride
and joy at their new-found cleverness and " water-power."
Where so much has been done by Mr. Tuohy with a tempo-

rarily fitted and therefore circumscribed space of fosse and

salt water, how much more might be accomplished if the
establishment were promoted from its present temporary

semi-official to a permanent official character, properly ex-
tended and fitted out as the swimming school of the port

and garrison, and its master and staff officially appointed

and paid for their duties.
SALES WITH A PARLIAMENTARY TITLE.—In the
year 1864 there were 344 sales of estates in the Landed
Estates Court in Ireland. Their net rental is stated at

£83,300, and the purchase money was £1,342,629. Nine-
tenths of them were encumbered estates.