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gave a new turn to European I
written itself in our finances, our
very look of cur population,, is eti
point in the life of many a British soldier. Colonel
Campbell. commanded a division throughout the
Punjab campaigns, and acquired such a lepriatien
a 3 a brave soldier and a cautious leader that he Nws
subsequently intrusted . with • various -*expedition's
against the Hill tribes. The command of a small._
disciplined force against an enemy having gene-,
rally the advantage of numbers and position was
exactly that to prepare a man for more recent In-
dian emergencies. The Punjab, Peshawur and tl e
mountains of the north-western frontier, as they
have contributed the materials for the suppression
of the Indian mutiny, so have they lleen the schoO,
and Cu!. Campbell there acquired the experietee
which he was afterwards to find so valuable. But ,
few would have guessed six years ago the work
.(
still in reserve for the man who had been hunting
down savages in their strongholds of Central Asia,.
and was now glad to be relieved of that. ditty, even
at the expense of idleness and poverty. here were.
greater men then in the service than OA. Campbell,
but none wiser, or safer, or more fortunate. It was;.
doubtless, through a just appreciation of these qua-
lities that he commanded the Highland Brigade
and Highland Division throughout the war in th.l
Crimea. So good a man and such good troops were
not to be thrown away. Gen. Campbell led his High-
landers at the Alma, and no doubt it was a comfort
to everybody in the camp to know they were at
Balaklava, which " the thin red line" nobly de.:
fended when the foe had the temerity to attack it.
They were too precious to be wasted at Inkerman,
or squandered in the unsuccessful attacks on the
Redan. So, when they were wanted, they were
found; and the man who interposed an iron wall
between the enemy and our shipping was spared
for the mighty task of suppressing the Indian Mu-
tiny. This be has done with characteristic caution
and deliberation. His object has been to do the
work, not to catch at the glory of extraordinary
achievements. India in remit, and the largest
European army ever assembled on Indian soil, were
not things to be played with. Sir Cohn would run
no risks. .rlnstead of :winning, or losing India in
one year, he preferred to make sure of it in two ; at
great cost, to be sure, but not at a greater cost than.
we usually pay. for assurance doubly sure. The re-
sult is that India is ours, and the Colonel Campbell
of 1854 is Lord Clyde, covered with well-earned
honours.

PiticE 4D. STAmpliD,

the brief instant of his doing so found that all the
phenomena were distinctly visible to the unAssisted
eye.

Of the four cloud masses which had become
visible, that on the upper border was the most
extended and serrated. It was more than 30 deg.
in extent, with an altitude in the highest part of
about 30 see. None of the clouds exceeded 1 min.
or 1 min. 10 sec. in height. The -lieutenant could
not discern any rose or pink colour in either of them,
bat they all resembled irregular masses of illumi-
nated clouds of leaden hue, fringed with bright
light, more especially at t he edges farthest from the
sun. lli companion, Mr. Raymond, perceived the
same colours.

A corona light flashed out at the instant of
totality. It extended farthest from the sun in lines
drawn from the centre through the solar clouds,
but was nowhere traceable more than 15 or 16 min.
beyond the lunar disc. There were no radial
streamers, or bundles of rays, but only a uniformly
diminishing and slightly orange-tinted light, whose
brightness and extent were apparently influenced
by the mist-film, as the colour of the clouds also
may have been. Beyond the corona light, the
colour of the sky wa3 of a grayish-black. _ _

Our readers a-re now in possession of facts which
will enable them fully to appreciate the report of
our astronomers regarding their mission to Spain.
We hope that they will have compared notes before
quitting that country, so that the public may at
once have the advantage of individual observations
and the general experience.

ARRIVAL OF LORD CLYDE IN

ENGLAND.

DOVER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

Lord Clyde arrived here from Calais this after-
noon, at a quarter past 3 o'clock, in the mail packet
Alliance, on his return from India. .As soon as the
Alliance drew towards the pier, the figure of Sir
Colin (as he was still called by everybody) was
easily discernible on the quarter-deck. He was
standing with his u,-ual erectness,"and looking much
the same as when he embarked from the very spot
to which the boat was now approaching, except tha
the bronze on his countenance was a tinge deeper,
and his hair a trifle grayer. The characteristic de-
cision and firmness of the old General were as
easily recognizable as ever in his slightest move-
ment. On the vessel being moored, the Mayor of
Dover (Mr. J. C. Ottaway), accompanied by the
Town Clerk, Mr. E. Knocker, proceeded on board
to solicit from his Lordship the honour of p-esent-
ing an address. A minute or two's conversation
ensued, during which the crowd lining the Admi-
ralty pier waved their hats and handkerchiefs and
cheered enthusiastically. The Artillery Volun-
teers, under Captain Wollaston, with their band,
were in attendance as a guard of honour; but,
owing to the short notice which had been given of
his Lordship's arrival, General Craufurd. the com-
mandant of the garrison, and the other official per
sonages, who, under other circumstances, would
have been there, were not in attendance.

Such is one of the great prizes in the lottery of
war. There were great names six years ago; some
have sunk into obscurity ; some have been quenched
in mid-career ; some have only shown them-
selves on the scene to be intercepted by envious fate
on the very threshold of fame. Colonel Havelock,
among many others, had then an equal right to
expect that he would one day return to England
loaded with Indian glory and spoil. What has
made the difference, if we except the caprice of
Fortune or the inscrutable will of Providence ? But
one quality Lord Clyde has which truth should
not overlook. He has never been the man to run
needless risks. And he has the qualities which in
private life lead to fortune and position. When the
adventurer who is always quarrelling with Fortune
and defying her to do her n orst flings away to-day
all that he won yesterday, the man of sense keeps it
and adds to it. He retains his fortune, his friends,
his actual advance, his prospect's, and opportuni-
ties. This has been Lord Clyde's rule through his
military career. He took good care of his soldiers,
and took equal care that their merits should be
known. He has given the mutineers no chance.
Had he done so, and failed, lie would have had no
mercy shown him. In war, as in other things,
there is no excuse for failure ; and Lord Clyde has;
shown a wise determination not to be beholden to
excuses. Whatever people may object to his ope-
rations, to their cost in money and men, or to their
tediousness, he has one answer which is sufficient
—that he has done the work which was to be done,
and done it effectually.

The reception, therefore, was in all respects a
civil one, Lord lyde walking with the Mayor, and
preceded by the mace, from the landing pier to
Birmingham's Lord Warden Hotel, in the principal
saloon of which the following address was presented
to his Lordship in the presence of a very distin-
guished assemblage :

TO TILE RIGHT HON. BARON LORD CLYDE, D.C.L., &C.
" May it please your Lordship,
_ . .

" We, the mayor, aldermen, ana. burgesses of the town
and port of Dover, approach your Lordship on landing at
this port, to offer you our warm welcome and congratula-
tions on your return to your native country from the ardu-
ous career which you have been enabled, by Divine Provi-
dence, to bring to a successful and happy issue in her
Majesty's dominions in India.
" We, in common with the nation, while lamenting the
necessity that existed for your Lordship undertaking such
a campaign, could not but admire the readiness with which

INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL COJ

GRESS.

The various sections of the Congress resumed
their sittings yesterday morning in the rooms set
apart for their use in Somerset House and King's
College.

•
your sword was placed at the service of sour Queen and
country. And we would now unite the nation in
wreathing the laurel crown to adorn the brow of the brave
and intrepid soldier, the considerate General, and the ad-
mired of his army and country.
" That your Lordship may long live happily to enjoy the
honours which Her Most Gracious Majesty has so worthily
bestowed upon you, in the confidence of the Crown, and in
the affectionate esteem of Britons, who know how to appre-
ciate the sterling value of Britain's sons, is our earnest
desire and hope.

At the general meeting of the Congress, in the
large hall of. King's College, at two o elocic, Lord
Brougham took the chair, in the absence of the
Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, who was prevented from
being present in consequence of having to attend a
Cabinet meeting. The minutes of the meeting of
yesterday were read and confirmed. Letters from
Sir B. Brodie and the President of the Royal So-
ciety were read, stating that from illness and other
causes they regretted they were compelled to be
absent, but that they fully appreciated the objects
of the Congress, and would use their best efforts to
promote them.

" Given under our corporate seal, at Dover, this 16th day
of July, in the year 1860.

" J. C. OTTAWAY, Mayor."
Lord Clyde, who appeared to labour under con-
siderable emotion, replied as follows:

" Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen of the Corporation of Dover,
—I cannot tell you how much I feel impressed at this re-
ception,Fhich I was quite unprepared for; but I can assure
you no ono could have a higher sense of the+ great honour
that has been done this day to a simple soldier returned from
the performance of his duty. I beg you will accept my
thanks, and believe how gratified I feel. Although I can-
not fittingly reply to the strong expression of approbation
you have been pleased to convey to me, I entertain, I assure
you, the deepest sense of this distinction."

The SECRETARY then stated that sever d
valuable papers had been received, which could
not be very well classified, but they would
receive the attention due to their import-
ance. Among them was one by Mrs. Baines, on
"Wet Nurses" (laughter)—a medical paper by Dr.
Marsden, and a paper by Dr. Crompton, of Man-
chester, on " The Statistics of Paper." When these
papers were printed with the other records of the
society, they would no doubt be highly appreciated
by those who felt an interest in the subjects therein
discussed.

Turning to the Rev. W. Yate, who wore his gown
and bands, and who was the only representative of
the clergy present, Lord Clyde continued,—
" I beg, Sir, that you will convey to your brother clergy-
men how much I feel the great honour you have done me
on this occasion, in meeting me on my return from the
services of the field and the discharge of those humble
duties which her Majesty and my commander did me the
honour to intrust to me.

Dr. JARVIS, registrar of births, deaths, and mar-
riages, next rose to read a paper, but
The CHAIRMAN said before their respected col-
league read his report he wished to make an obser-
vation. He regretted very much that Mr. Dallas,
the Minister for the United States, was not present,
because it appeared that a remark which he had
made at the opening meeting on Monday had been
attempted to be turned into something disrespectful
to the American Ambassador. He could only say he
was very sorry that remark should have been so
misconstrued. He never intended to say anything
that could possibly be painful to our kinsmen in the
United States, for whom he had the greatest re-
spect, though there were subjects upon which he
and they differed. When he saw Dr. Delaney, a
respectable coloured gentleman from Canada, in the
room, he had merely mentioned it as a statistical
fact, which it was, and a fact, he might be permitted
to add, of no small importance. He only called the
attention of Mr. Dallas to it in the same way as he
would have invited the attention of their excellent
colleague from Brazil, without the slightest inten-
tion of saying anything disrespectful to the Bra-
zilians. He hoped that Count de Repolda would
also accept this explanation, as the Spaniards had
persons of various races in their possessions in the
New World. (Hear.)
The proceedings closed with votes of thanks to
the noble and venerable chairman, and to the dele-
gates who had aderessed the meeting, and the
proceedings were then adjourned till this day.

Actheeconclusion of his reply, Lord Clyde, who
,hroughout was visibly affected, shook hands with

the gentlemen of the corporation near him, who
then withdrew. His lordship, who was accom-
panied by Major Alison and Colonel Stirling, his
aides-de-camp, left by the 3 45 ttain for London,
amid further demonstrations of joy at his safe
return to the shores of England.

(From the Times.)

That felicity which is the boasted friend of the
brave has brought to our shores at this hour of
martial enthusiasm the most fortunate of our
Indian warriors. When the public hear that Lord
Clyde landed yesterday at Dover, and is now in
town, they will feel the presence of one more un-
doubted soldier and trustworthy chief in this island.
Lord Clyde is in every respect the man to justify
this confidence, being not only a man of unflinching
courage, of practised skill, of long and varied ex-
perience, and undisputed knowledge of his profes-
sion, but, what is more than all, of that success
which is so often wanting to brilliant qualities,
and which the greatest generals have ever declared
to be at once the best test of ability and an indepen-
dent element in war. His career has so thoroughly
eclipsed that of many contemporaries, that it takes
some recollection to recall the men with whom
he might be compared, for it is not every one
who can now enumerate the great losses England
has suffered during the last two wars. It is,
however, only six years since there was a Colonel
Colin Campbell in town, who was a Penin-
sular soldier, and had served with some distinc-
tion in China and in India. But there were
many others of whom much the same could be said,
and at that time there was every probability that
the Colonel " unattached," with the scanty pay of
his rank, in the decline of life, with no prospect of
employment, and no particular interest, would sub-
side into the military gentleman of private life,
whose history would have to be learnt from his own
lips, and who would certainly have passed away
without any record in these columns. But Fortune
had other things in store for Sir Colin Campbell,
and he proved himself worthy of her favour. By a
careful use of two grand opportunities, and by an
exercise of the qualities most important in a soldier,
even when they can scarcely be said to show them-
selves, Sir Colin has become Lord Clyde, with all
the distinctions and honours Parliament and the
Crown could bestow, and a fortune computed at
hundreds of thousands. To rewards unprece-
dented since the days of Wellington one thing only
is wanting, and that is the life to enjoy them.
Lord Clyde does not, like Wellington, return home
to enter upon a new career at the age of forty-five.
Ile is sixty-eight ; but he is young in spirit and in
strength, and qualified to take a useful part in the
military questions now growing into interest and
importance.
It has been observed of Wellington, and was cer-
tainly felt by himself, that, whatever his powers, he
had not the opportunity of those brilliant enter•
prises which have placed his chief antagonist among
the half-dozen great conquerors of history. Fortune
itself had dictated his tasks, and impressed duty
rather than glory on the successful results. Some-
thing of the kind may be said of Lord Clyde's career,
but in a much more evident degree. His services
show rather a struggle with fortune, and a rolling
of the stone up the hill, than the sort of career
the young cadet would choose for himself. Wal-
cheren, Vimiera, the retreat of Sir John Moore,
Corunna, Barossa, Vittoria, the siege of San
Waterloo,erar and
except in quelling. an
Sebastian, and the passage of the Bidassoa, were
some of the trials which made the hard cradle of
this career. Sent, like many other brave soldiers, to
America, Captain Campbellisurrec7tilossn inl missed
c Dera a,
passed a long period of n
inactivity till the first ex-
pedition to China in 1842. Twenty years ago there
seemed very little prospect of a soldier past the
meridian of life beginning a careera usefulness and
fame, and having the alternative of a Peerage or
Westminster Abbey. Even the command of a regi-

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, July 18.

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The continued fine weather, while it exercises a
depressing effect upon corn freights from the Bieck
Sea and elsewhere, is diffusing a most reassuring
influence among all other branches of industry in
these northern parts of England, for the crops have
a most healthy appearance, and the hay harvest
promises to be one of the best we have had for some
time back. The prices in the cattle market held
here to-day have been lower than we have known
during some weeks past, arid the show of all kinds
of stuck was large. The following are the returns—
Number of fat cattle, 719 ; store cattle, 84 ; sheep
and lambs, 7,760 ; pigs, 295. Prices, beef 7s 61 to
9s 9d, and pork 6s to 7s per stone of 141 b, sinking
the offal ; sheep 7d to Bd, and lamb 81d to 9d per lb.
Trade excessively heavy. A considerable number
of vessels have sailed from the Tyne this afternoon
for distant ports. A new locomotive, of consider-
able power and novelty of construction, built by
Messrs. R. and W. Hawthorn, of this town, which
will be shipped for Valparaiso, is being tried on
the North-Eastern Railway. The cylinders, which
are on the outside, are 17 inches in diameter, and
have a2O inch stroke. The centre driving wheels
are only 4 feet in diameter, low wheels being better
suited
highones,for asthe
speedfuture i
s u
operationsotsomuch w
o thef
awanted
t ed a
engines power.
than
The engine is calculated.to run about. .12 miles an
bogie,
.upo.n which the fore part
hour. It has 10 wheels in all—six, driving wheels
and four smaller ones in front. hese latter form
wheels of a carriage) that it ca.n turn
very
what is called
of the engine rests, and which is so constructed (like
ttoheeittwheoribsideeto the extent of 21 inches, which will
in taking- sharp turns. The
large, calculated to carry a eon-
sea t.
also assistance
quantity
of water and fuel, which latter
will consist chiefly of wood. The chimney of the
engine is constructed with the view of being suit-
stbieed:steadr eagrbr is
suit-
able for wood fuel. It is so contrived that no sparks
shall be allowed to fly from it, as, if it were not so,
whole forests might be set on fire. On the left
side of the engine is a small donkey engine, for
pumping the water from the tender into the boiler.
The engineman and fireman will be protected from
the weather by a covering, such as was erected on
the engine for the Viceroy of Egypt, built: by
Messrs. It. Stephenson and Co. There are also a
bell and whistle on the engine, which, whether they
be used for announcing the: approach of the engine,
or for scaring the denizens of the South American
forests, will accomplish their object satisfactorily.
An engineer has been sent to see the engine tried,
and, if the experiments are successful, to order others
like her from the stone firm.