The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1860.

l(in Trafalgar-square), to the right of the Nelson
Testimonial? There—upon that particular site—
it is that we are most solicitous this statue of Sir
WILLIAM NAPIER should be erected by preference.
Let it be remembered that among all the heroic
names of our English -Worthies, the name of
NAPIER is that, not so much of a man as of a race.
England has her one NELSON, her one MARL-
BOROUGH, her one WELLINGTON, her one COCH-
RANE or DUNDONALD. But associated with these
immortal names—associated intimately with
them in heroism and in warlike genius are
the clustered names of the dauntless race
of THE NAPIERS ! The later annals of England
are filled in every chapter almost with frequent
'references to the deeds of daring done by " The
NAPIERS." There was that gallant old tar
CHARLES NAPIER, "Black CHARLEY NAPIER,"
the cousin of the two heroic sodier-brothers already
particularized, there was that old sailor lineally
descended from the immortal JOHN NAPIER
. of Murchistoun, the inventor of Logarithms—
one remembers, in regard to that brave old admiral
. their cousin, how he, too, like the rest of them,
I sought the bubble reputation, ;time and again, even
in the cannon's mouth—as when, with his shirt
sleeves tucked up, cutlass in hand, his bulldog at
his heels, he clambered over the house-tops, leading
on his men to the capture of St. Jean d'Acre. As
for his cousins, " The NAPIERS," par excellence—
is it not yet remembered in their regard, how at
one and the same time the three eldest of those
five gifted brothers, the three who had dedicated
their genius and heroism to the advancement of the
military glory of the Empire, were simultaneously
at different parts of the globe governors of three
widely scattered dependencies of the Crown
Sir CHARLES JAMES NAPIER, Governor
(after having been conqueror) of S cinde—
Sir GEORGE THOMAS NAPIER, the second son,
Governor at the Cape—Sir WILLIAM FRANCIS
NAPIER, the third son, Governor of the island of
Guernsey. It was significant of the important part
played by this gifted and heroic race in our modern
annals, both as soldiers and as administrators.
Every one will eagerly admit, without doubt,
that none could,be more fittingly commemorated in
effigy, upon either side of our immortal NELSON, than
those two glorious NAPIERS, than. those two greatest
representatives :of all that illastrious race—Sir
CHARLES, the chivalrous conqueror and ruler of
Scinde—Sir WILLIAM, the matchless historian of
the Peninsular War. There already is standing
the effigy of the elder of these heroic soldiers—
" Brothers in arms, and rivals in renown I "
Let us now look forward confidently to the
time—already, we rejoice to think, very nearly
arrived—when upon the opposite side of the Nelson
Column there shall stand the companion figure,
carved in bronze and reared upon another lofty
granite pedestal, the effigy of the grand and
knightly form, of the noble head and handsome
features of that lion-hearted Soldier-Historian.
Sheathed be his chivalrous sword too in that coming
effigy—as in the effigy of his brother, Sir CHARLES,
it is noticeable is the case with regard even to that
Durandel of his that flashed forth the signal of vic-
tory upon the glorious fields of Meannee and Hyder-
abad. As in the effigy of his brother, Sir CHARLES,
moreover, one hand bears the scroll in commemora-
tion of the Scindian Administrator, so too in this
effigy of Sir WILLIAM, and with a yet greater
significance, let there be conspicuously visible
the scroll of his unrivalled History. It would be
well even if, while the sheathed sword of the
dauntless soldier hangs there by his thigh, in his
right hand were shown that pen, the every
turn of which was as the flash of a sword upon the
annals of the War in the Peninsula. Of that
imperishable history it might quite as truly be
said, as was said of old by Sir PHILIP SYDNEY, when
speaking of the knightly verse of SPENSER, that the
martial music of it stirs the heart like the souni
of a trumpet ! Reading the twenty-four books
of that grand prose epic of the wondrous war waged
by England against the Great NAPOLEON, the
whole of that glorious panorama of battles and
sieges seems unrolled visibly and audibly before us.
In the midnight assaults upon those grimly walls
of Badajoz, do we not hear still the " shrill scream"
of CRAWFORD bidding his men "charge" through
the darkness ? Turning the leaves of those all but
pictorial volumes we seem listening yet to the rever-
beration of the great noise and shock of that ever
memorable war of the giants—we seem there still
to hearken at intervals to the stormy sounds of
that dread struggle between the legions bearing the
imperial eagles of the Great NAPOLEON and the iron
phalanx martialed under our great Duke of WEL-
LINGTON—there in those vivid and striking annals
penned by NAPIER we (literally)—as we read—
seem still to hear at intervals—

" The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder,
The rattling muAketry, the clashing blade,
And over and anon in tones of thunder,
The diapason of the cannonade."
Upon the granite cairn about to be raised in honour
of this glorious soldier-annalist, what citizen of
this great empire, whose glory his luminous pen and
his heroic sword have alike tended to adorn and to
enhance so resplendently,what En gl ishman amongst
us all will not be eager to cast his tributary con-
tribution ?

WINDSOR CASTLE.—Their Royal Highnesses the
Duke of Nemours and the Duke d'Alengon arrived yester-
day afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. The following
visitors also arrived :—The Earl and Conntess of Hard-
wicke and Lady Augusta Yorke, the Earl and Countess
Spencer, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord Stanley, and
the Right Hon. George Grey and Lady Grey.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Lady Geraldine
Somerset and Colonel 'Tome Purees, arrived yesterday at
Cambridge Cottage, Kew, from Brighton.
The Duke of Duchess of Argyll have left town

join their youthful family at Buxton, Derbyshire.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian, and
Lady Gertrude Talbot, have left town for Paris, on their
way to the South of France.

The Earl of Pembroke has, we are glad to learn,
quite recovered from his recent indisposition.
_ _ _ _

The marriage of Lord Delamere and Miss Augusta
Seymour, daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Hamilton and
Lady Seymour is to be solemnised the second week in the
ensuing month'.

MISS EMMA STANLEY'S ENTERTAINMENT.—It
is with great pleasure we perceive that the attraction of
the " Seven Ages of Woman," given by this talented and
versatile actress, continues on the increase. Nightly her
elegant salon is crowded by delighted audiences, whose
applause is as enthusiastic as it is well deserved. Among
the many " entertainments" with which the metropolis
abounds, we know of none more entertaining than Miss
Emma Stanley's, at the Egyptian Hall.

PRINCE OF WALES' BAZAAR.—Captain Morton
Price and Miss Catherine Lucette continue to attract
nightly very large audiences to witness their very pleasant
and truly amusing duologue. There is a freshness and
originality about the entertainment which is quite delight.
ful, and no pleasure-seeker ought to omit to set apart an
hour or two to be spent in company with Captain Price and
Miss Lucette during the performance of their musical

melange.
SURREY GARDENS AND MUSIC HALL.—The
managers have succeeded in forming an engagement with
the London Glee and Madrigal Union fur a series of enter-
tainments in their grand Music Hall. The vocalists are
Miss J. Wells, Miss Eyles, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Baxter,
and Mr. Lawler ; and the pieces selected for performance
consist of some of the most delightful compositions extant,
both as regards glees, madrigals, and old English ballads.
Mr. Land has the direction o the music, which, of itself, is
sufficient guarantee that nothing the most refined taste can
imagine
gaitneioaenewhoil other
be omitted. We cordially wish the enterprising
managers success in their speculation.
CURIOUS ASTRONOMICAL FACT.—The last three
total eclipses of the sun visible in Europe, were separated
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first of the trio took place in July, 1842 ; the secoild in
July, 1851; and the third, in July also, of 1860.

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MAILS FOR NAPLES.-Information has been
received from the Sardinian Post-office that, commencing
on the Ist December next, the mail packets recently esta-
lished between Genoa and Naples will leave Genoa every
morning at ten o'clock, instead of three times a-week, as at
present, and that the packets for Sicily will leave Genoa
every Thursday and Saturday.
COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE.-The convict
Cowley, who was sentenced to death for the murder of his
illegitimate child at Oundle at the last assizes, and who
was respited,las now received a commutation, his capital
sentence being changed to one of 15 years' transportation.
CHARGE OF INCENDIARISM.-At the Southwark
Police-court, yesterday, Jeremiah Fitzgerald was charged
with setting firo to a house in Margaret's-court, Redcross-
street. lie was remanded for a week.
OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES.-
Yesterday Mr. Commissioner Kerr, at the Old Bailey,
sentenced George Willis, a shopman, to eighteen months'
imprisonment for obtaining a quantity of silk from the
Messrs. Pawsan by false representations.
The discount establishments have reduced their
allowance on deposits from 4} to 4 per cent. for money
at call, and from 5 to 41 with seven days' notice. The
joint-stock banks have also lowered their terms from 41 to
4 per cent., the London and Westminster, however, giving
4 per cent. on sums only of £5OO and upwards, and 3 on
smaller amounts.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Wednesday Night.--The
whole of the large fleet of screw colliers, some of which
had been detained above a week, were able to get out of
the Tyne this afternoon. Some small sailing vessels, but
very few, also sailed. The Tyne and the Northumberland
and Tyne Docks are quite crowded with laden vessels await•
ing a sea tide. There have been several arrivals of large
Dutch and Norwegian vessels since Sunday. Coal freights
tolLondon are Bs. 3d. per ton, The seamen at Shields are
demanding £5 per London voyage, with other ports in pro-
portion, and, as freights are tolerably good, no doubt that
demand will be acceded to, as seamen are not very plen-
tiful in the north-east ports. Within the past 10 days
there has been a considerable demand for small vessels to
take coal to the northern ports of France, and higher rates
have been paid.
THE EMPRESS OF THEFRENCH.--Intimation was
conveyed to Liverpool yesterday morning that her Majesty
the Empress of the French was to leave Glasgow in the
morning, and would arrive in Liverpool about a quarter past
five in the afternoon. Immediately on this information
being received M. Maubauehin French consul, sent and
secured apartments for the impress and suite at the
Adelphi Hotel. He also put himself in communication with
his worship the Mayor, and, it being intimated that the
illustrious visitor wished to keep her visit as strictly pri-
vate as possible, it was arranged that no public display
should be made on the occasion. It was, however, at
the same time resolved that an address should be pre-
pared for presentation to her, and likewise to invite
her in the course of to-day to inspect St. George's-hall
and to visit the docks, the British and North American
Royal Mail Steamship Company placing their steam tender
Satellite at the disposal of his worship for that purpose. Up
to 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon no positive information as
' to her Majesty's movements was received, and the most
conflicting reports obtained currency as to the hour and
mode of her arrival. It was intended to have called out a
party of the Volunteers to act as a guard of honour on the
occasion, but owing to the impossibility of ascertaining the
exact hour of her arrival, added to the express wish for
privacy on the part of her Majesty, it was resolved to
omit that expression of respect, and they were not called out.
THE POST-OFFICE.-It appears that in the year
ending March 31 the postage collected by country post-
masters amounted to £136,525, as compared with £159,122
in 1858-9, £174,407 in 1857-8, £177,658 in 1856-7, and
£201,087 in 1855-6. The postage collected in the metropolis
was last year £llB,BOl, as compared with £142,158 in 1858-9,
£166,584 in 1857-8, £170,813 in 1856-7, and £183,069 in
1855-6. The postage charged against public departments
was £148,862, as compared with 5132,706 in 1858-9, 1113,377
in 1857-8, £145,419 in 1856-7, and £172,152 in 1855-6. The
collections by postmasters and agents abroad amounted to
£138,047 last year, as compared with £145,348 in 185 S-9,
£142,089 in 1857.8, £132,772 in 1856-7, and £76,432 in
1855-6. The stamps charged to postmasters last year reael)ed
a total of £2,053,487, as compared with £1,934;211 in
1858-9, £1,803,210 in 1857-8, £1,688,995 in 1856-7, and
£1,566,188 in 1855-6. The stamps charged to the Inland
Revenue Office were last year valued at £605,915,
as compared with £554,642 in 1858-9, £518,187 in 1857-8,
£497,960 in 1856-7, and £486,811 in 1855-6. The commis-
sion on money-orders realised £ll7,B29lastvear, as compared
with £108,212 in 1858-9, £112,720 in 1857-8, £104,079 in
1856-7, and 1100,575 in 1855-6. The miscellaneous receipts
were £12,139 last year, as compared with £8,892 in 1858.9,
£12,656 in 1857-8, £13,249 in 1856-7, and £7,554 in 1855-6.
The gross receipts were £3,331,609 last year, £3,197,820 in
1858-9, £3,061,403 in 1857.8, £2,930,950 in 1856-7, and
£2,793,870 in 1855-6 ; but these amounts were reduced, from
the loss on returned, refused, or roissent letters, to 310,655
in 1859-60, £3,175,560 in 1858-9, £3,038,112 in 1857-8,
£2,909,130 in 1856-7, and £2,767,201 in 1855-6. On the
the whole the course of the department has been one of
steadily increasing financial prosperity-a circumstance
which makes the recent complaints as to the management
all the more inexplicable, if well-founded.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.-It transpired
yesterday evening that some private telegrams from New
York have been received, bringing later news than
that :already published, although the date in beth cases
purports to be to the evening of, the 17th of November.
The publtshed telegram quotes Illinois Central stock at 57,
while the private one states that there had been a further
fall to 551.. This makes a total decline of nearly 20 per
cent. in less than a fortnight. It is also stated that the
quotation of exchange on England had receded to 104 to
105, that remittances had been made at 1041, and that
orders have been sent for specie to be transmitted to New
York from this side. The anomaly of the Atlantic
steamer being reported to have sailed from New York
on the 17th with £16,000 in specie for England must be
accounted for, it is presumed, by the supposition that the
amount consists of American dollars. There is no ground,
however, to suppose that, even if the rate at Now York for
bankers' bills shall be found to have descended to 1041, any
considerable amount of gold will be sent hence. The
sudden naturo of the fluctuations already reported shows
the uncertainty that would attend any such operations, and
it is unquestionable that the receipt of a very small sum
from England, coupled with the constant arrivals from
California, would almost immediately change the whole
character of the market, even if were not found that
the panic had already fully subsided. On this point
some remarkable experience was obtained during the
panie of 1857, although at that period the alarm,
nulike that of the present moment. was based
upon valid and to• some extent permanent causes. The
existing difficulty results neither from ovortrading nor
failure in crops, but simply from a sudden movement of
specie from one section of the country to the other conse-
quent upon apprehensions of a rim upon certain banks, and
also a temporary distrust affecting the ordinary facilities of
the internal exchanges. The whole affair is entirely poli-
tical, and the operation of merely political influences on
the money-market is usually of short duration. The im-
mense fall which has taken place in the leading speculative
securities is easily accounted for by the fact that large
amounts are commonly held by means of borrowed money,
and that when such loans are suddenly called in there is
no alternative but to force these securities for sale at any
sacrifice.-Times.
HORRIBLE AFFAIR.--A horrible affair has jus'

come to light in California. Some time since George
Wilson and two of his "friends" got drunk at Reed's
Rancho, Marion County; his " friends," not so much the
worse for liquor, "amused" themselves with soaking the
clothes of Wilson with whisky, and, to make surer of their
project, they poured a considerable quantity down his neck,
in order to thoroughly soak his shirt with the liquid, after
which theyset fire to the clothes of the wretched man. He
remained there, abandoned, without a charitable hand to
offer him a glass of water during his long agonies. War-
rants have been issued for the arrest of the murderers.
THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE. SHOW.--The
number of entries are stated to be above the general ave-
rage, and by the rule of the club all animals intended to be
exhibited at the show must arrive at. the yard before 10
o'clock on the evening of Saturday, the Bth December,
after which hour none will be admitted. With regard to
the implements, nene will be admitted after three o'clock in
the afternoon of the 6th December (Thursday next.) The
private view will take place on Monday evening, December
10, after the awards have been made by the judges. and the
show will be opened to the public on Tuesday, the 11th,
and remain open the three following days.
GENEROUS CONDUCT.--The French brig La Loire,
of Nantes, Capt. Cordier, bound to Liverpool with a cargo
of wheat and flour, sprung a leak in a gale of wind, and got
her pumps choked with grain, on the Bth inst., and continued
endeavouring in vainto reach a port or to obtain assistance,
with a flag of distress flying, until about noon of the 12th,
when in lat. 49.5 N., long. 6.20 W. the steamer Danube,
Capt. Duchesne, of Rouen, from Marseilles, Gibraltar, and
Lisbon for Havre, bore down to her assistance and took her
in tow. It blew so strong, and there was so much sea run-
ning, that they parted their hawsers twice during the
night. The steamer, however, would not desert her dis-
tressed countryman,and brought him in safety to Penzance,
with five feet of water in his hold, on the following day.
The steamer was detained in Penzance a day to take in fresh
coal, and has reached Havre in safety. Mr. Pearce, the
French vice-consul here, placed himself in communication
with the several parties. The value of the brig and cargo
is from £4OOO to £5OOO, of which the cargo (more than one-
half of the value) is English property, insured at Liver-
pool. We call the attention of our readers to the noble
conduot of the captain and owners of the French steamer
Danube, as set forth in the letter from the owners to Mr
Pearce.

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DTSEASES OF
THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—A quarterly court of the gover-
nors of this excellent charity was held yesterday, in the
board room of the hospital,. the Rev. Sir Henry Foulis,
Bart., in the chair. The preliminary business having been
gone thmugh, the secretary read the report of the commit-
tee of management, from which it appeared that the charity
had been continuing to fulfil its great and useful work ; the
whole of the beds (being nearly 200) having been constantly
occupied since the last court. The out-patients depart-
ment had also steadily maintained its high character for
usefulness. The committee continued to observe most en-
couraging evidences of the great value of this charity to the
sufferers from pulmonary and other chest diseases, who re-
sort to this hospital in large numbers (both as in and out •
patients), from all parts of London, and from distant places
in the country. Tho committee regretted to find that the
amount of new contributions, during the last three months,
had been comparatively small. They lamented this the
more inasmuch as the present high price of many neces-
saries of life, and the cold, damp weather, render adrnis-ion
to the hospital doubly acceptable to the poor consumptive
invalid. The demands upon the funds of the charity being,
in consequence, increased, both directly and indirectly, the
committee had no resource but to remind the public that
the hospital is entirely dependent upon them for support ;
and constantly and earnestly to appeal to their Christian
liberality, for the means to carry on so important and ex-
tensive a work of charity. The death of the president, the
late Duke of Richmond (who had been one of the earliest
friends of the charity), was reported with deep regret. The
committee had likewise to lament the loss of the Duke of
Norfolk, who had been a vice-president of the hospital from
its commencement, and who was also an esteemed member
of the committee of management up to the time of his death.
The following legacies had been announced to the commit-
tee since tho last court. Mr. Charles Jones, £lOO, 31- per
Cents. ; Mr. W. Starke, £3OO, contingent upon children
not attaining 21; Joseph Mayer, L'sq., £:500 ; R. J. Ashton,
Esq., 12th part of a 3d of certain property after death of
widow. The number of new in-patients admitted since
August 9 was 282; discharged, many greatly benefited, 222;
number of deaths GO, cumber of new out-patients 1433,
being an increase of 482 on the last quarter. Upon the
unanimous recommendation of the committee, a cheque for
20 guineas was voted to the secretary, in consideration, of
his zealous and successful services in conception with the
late public dinner, The report having been adopted, the
proceedings terminated by a vote of thanks t 9 tlae chair-

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