The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-06 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans .....
Northern ... .
New ditto... — .. --
Lyons and Mediterranean 887 50 .. 890
Geneva .. 367 50 ..
Southern... 5OO .. 501 25
Western
Eastern
Sardinian 395 ..
Austrian
Lombard

The Duke of Buccleuch, as lord lieutenant of the
county, will leave Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, to-
day, in order to receive the Queen on her arrival at Edin-
burgh.
The Archbishop of Armagh and Mrs. Dunbar left
town on Saturday to visit the Hon. Edward and Mrs. Ken-
yon at their seat in Wales, after which his grace proceeds
to Artrigh for the autumn.
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh and Lady
Charlotte Innes Ker have left the Clarendon Hotel for
Floors Castle, Kelso, N.B.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and Lords
Ronald and Albert Leveson Gower left Stafford House on
Saturday for Trentham, Staffordshire.
The Marquis of Stafford, M.P., has left town
for Edinburgh in order to attend the review of the rifle
volunteers of Scotland by her Majdsty to-morrow. The
Marchioness remains in town.
The Marchioness (Maria) of Waterford has left
town on a visit to Admiral and Mrs. Eden at their seat in
Norfolk, whence her ladyship goes to Ford Castle, Northum-
berland.
The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert,
the Secretary of State in attendance on the Queen on her
visit to-morrow to Edinburgh. M.P., will be
A marriage is contemplated between Lord
Eustace Cecil, third son of the Marquis of Salisbury, and
Lady Gertrude Scott, fourth daughter of the late Earl of
Eldon.
WHAT'S IN A NAME !—A writer in the Court
Circular, frute de mieux, says:—The following curiosities
are to be found in the present House of Commons :—Two
Cubits and a Foot ; a Lever and two Lockes ; a Gore•
stained Hood and candied Peel • a Peacook and Pease ; a
Bridge and a Booth; a Longfield and a little Brook,
Greenwood, Freeland, and a Cave ; a Cross and a Trollop ;
a Hunt with Fox and a Roebuck; a Collier bringing
Coke and Coles ; a Hutt with Leeks ; a Patten conveyed
by a Bond to a Fellow with two Deedes ; also a company of
gentlemen who are Rich, Wise, Long, Hardy, Moody,
Lowe, Merry, and Th ynne--each acquained with Manners
and Knightley. To sum up all, they have amongst them
two Kings, one Duke, a Marshall, a Palmer, and a Knight.
ROYAL CRENIORNE GARDENS.—Mr. Simpson an-
nounces his benefit at these favourite gardens for Wednes-
day next. Upon this occasion will be exhibited, for the first
time to the public, a very beautiful and effective pictorial
exhibition called the Stereorama, upon which Messrs.
Grieve and Telbin have been engaged for some months
past. It represents Swiss scenery, the visitors being sup..
posed to be standing in the midst of the mountain ranges
near the route by the pass of Mount St. Gothard. There
will be numerous other attractions and novelties, not the
least important of which will be, it is to be hoped, a fine
day for the celebration of this annual fete,

LITE.RATU.RF,.

Dublin University ..?dagazine.
Tho.:e is a second article on Rienzi, which is
forc;:ulv written. A most: unfavourable view is
`,.alien of the character of the Tribune in this
paper ; it is said that he " abandoned himself to
acts of tyranny, cruelty, and spoliation." If, as
is here asserted, Sir E. Lytton has drawn too
flattering a portraiture of his career in his brilliant
romance, it will occur to some readers that the
writer of this sketch has gone to the other extreme.
It is stated that he " estranged all parties, lost the
esteem and confidence of all," by his unfair con-
duct in many instances, particularly the unjust,
cruel, execution of Pandolfo di Guid.o, and the dis-
missal of Anibaldi from his command ; and even, it
concludes, " during the better perio3 of his political
career, Rienzi is a striking examil,le how much in
reality imagination is a dangepaus, inefficient gift
when it stands isolated. 13 ract;cal intelligence and
resolution in human affairs van alone save and re-
generate a State." " Vonved the Dane, Count of
Elsinore," is continued. rnis instalment contains
some exciting chapters. The trio of friends, who
are the forlorn hope of 'she condemned outcast, wait
upon the King, where they meet with worse than
failure, inasmuch as their ill-timed remarks and
injudicious advoracy of their claims infuriates the
Monarch to Burl a degree that he became almost
frantic with riassien. Further on the heroic young
wife visits he'r husband in prison, and, in obedience
to his directions, she proceeds to the dwelling of his
grandfather to obtain from him some important
gifts that were to effect his liberation. This story is
told in a very impressive style, and is a great
attraction to the magazine. "The Informer" is a
tale of Irish life, that presents nothing new or par-
ticularly striking, but that reveals some traits of
character which, unfortunately, are too often
observable. Notwithstanding the horrors that
occur the story at last is satisfactorily concluded,
and it is well worthy of perusal from its animated
descriptions. There is a sketch entitled " Three
Days at Killarney," and to those purposing a visit
to those romantic regions, these pages will be of
interest and utility. The programme here given
of the sight seeing, it is observed, will well occupy
the clay, and the objects here cited are so numerous
that there is no reason to doubt the truth of the
assertion, that they filled our day with incessant
occupation, and as ceaseless enjoyment. At the
end of these amusing pages it is said that, " re-
viewing our whole experience at Killarney, and all
its varieties of mountain, lake and woodland
scenery, we were as much struck by its forests
as by aught besides ; but we should add,
by way of explanation, that we are as fond
of trees as ever a Hamydryad that haunted the
woods of Thessaly. The mantle or foliage that
clothed the form of nature 'before us was
broidered with every hue of the 'rainbow and with
every caprice of pattern ; green of course was the
prevailing colour, but green., from the duskiest
black to the most faded white—no "bull" this, for
the dark green and the pale, by contrast appeared
in very deed like the cheeks of day reposing on the
lap of night." " Our Political Chorus" contains
some appropriate remarks on the national defences,
which denounces in proper terms of scorn and con-
tempt the Manchester peacemakers. The following
passage concludes the article in a spirited manner:—
The Review.on the 23d of June was a splendid success.
The value of the display is the proof it gave that the warlike
instincts of the British race are as fresh and vigorous as
ever. There were above 20,000 men, the bone and marrow
of the middle classes, representatives of 130,000, who have
already come forward at their country's call. The incle-
mency of the weather during the preceding six months is,
doubtless, the principal cause why the entire levy has not
yet shown a much longer muster-roll. Two hundred thou-
sand, only half the number of Volunteers in 1805, is the
leant sum-total the country should be content with ; and in
our character as Chorus, we loudly call for "more men."
It is, in truth and in effect, loyalty and patriotism which
make the Volunteers, one and all, the heartiest defenders of
their Queen and country. From its very nature, a volun-
teer
force must remain in its'own country, and is, therefore,
strictly a defensive force, not menacing our neighbours,
and opening no vistas of foreign military glory to ourselves;
and just as the most powerful fleet at sea is the British
specialty for war, an armament of volunteer riflemen should
be regarded as our national land specialty, for further secu-
rity at home, even during times of peace.
An immediate effect of the success of the Review and the
National Shooting M etch has been a large augmentation to
the force ; the Royal rifle shot on Wimbledon Common is
echoing round the remotest hills of the land by volleys from
many thousand new weapons. A volunteer guard com-
posed of 200,000 of the flower of the youth of England,
Scotland, aud Ireland,will be abetter guarantee for peace than
the thousand influences said to lurk in interchange of
national commodities ; and as mankind are governed by
fear as well as by reward, let us, while we buy and sell
freely with foreigners, keep, Deo adjuvante, our 'powder
dry. There will be no need of a second Waterloo, when
the nations trig junta in uno that fought under Wellington,
shall have peaceably mustered a larger force for de-
fence than the great duke commanded ; so let us rejoice,
that—

Still the thick battalions come and come,
As though all England, the long pent-up store
Of her deliberate valour would outpour ;
Not flaunting in war's trappings, rich and gay,
But all in sober green and working grey,
0 Lady of the Land! thy feet before."

Bentley's Miscellany.

Victor Guadre continues to criticise the conduct
of the English Parliament and Government in his
satirical fashion. The indefatigable Ouida contri-
butes a long story on the only subject on which his
prolific pen can dilate—viz., the military at country
quarters, their conquests, and flirtations. Were
the tale under notice condensed into one-third of
its length, it would be musing without being
tedious. As it is, one would require to be caged in
a roadside inn on a wet day to enjoy it in its en-
tirety. Part one of " Once a Child," by Monks-
hood is superior to his other entertaining chapters
of " Mingle Mangle" :
" The Norfolk Islander was onee a child. The systema-
tic, wholesale poisoner was once a child. The hoary Fagins,
the rugged Bill Sykeses, the blackest blackguards and
worst reprobates of society—shunned by her, banned by
her, sent out of the world by her—each of these sovereigns
in scoundrelism was once a child. Nero, whose name is
become a byeword for all that is ' base, brutal, bloody,' was
once a child. The historian records of him—after saying
that the loss of his fierce and brutal father, when he was
but three years old, was certainly no matter of regret,' and
that his mother, Agrippina, had a princely sense of the
duty which devolved upon her,—' The child was docile and
affectionate, apt to learn, and eager for praise.' "
" Curious Mesmeric Experiences in California'
relate to a certain gentleman who, having involun-
tarily entered into a deep state of mesmeric rapport
with a criminal about to suffer the extreme penalty
of the law, undergoes that unpleasant operation in
spirit. To enjoy and understand this description
thoroughly requires more faith than we confess to;
many are, however, more sensitive on this point,
and will believe and appreciate it. "A Visit to
Charles Dickens," by Hans Christien Andersen, is
highly complimentary to Mr. Dickens. There is
a sketch of the history of Mademoiselle de la
Valliere, one of the mistresses of Louis Quartorze,
also the continuation of Gurney, or Two Fortunes,
by Lindley Costello.

Colburn's United Service Magazine.
The United Service opens with a paper on " The
Defence of London," a subject on which many
articles have already been written, and which is so
inexhaustible that we may look forward to a con-
tinuous succession until the long-threatenedinva-
sion comes at last. In the chapter on " The Naval
Articles" we find a history of the ambiguous articles
of the time of Queen Anne and George I. down to
our own :

The sentence passed upon Admiral Byng was referred
to the twelve judges, who pronounced it legal ; hilt Admiral
the Hon. John Forbes, who was then a Lord of the Admi-
ralty, and whose duty it was in that capacity to sign the
death warrant, refused to do so, entering at the time a
written protest, which protest has taken its place among the
historical facts of the period, and conferred upon him im-
mortal honour.
The strong common sense contained in that document,
coupled with the general feeling that Byng had been
rigorously, though unavoidably, sentenced in accordance
with the terms of the Articles of War, which admitted of
no milder interpretation, brought about the act 19 George
111., cap. 17. This act, passed in 1774, gave a court-martial
discretionary power to substitute for death "such other
punishment as the nature and degree of the offence should
be found to deserve ;" but this mitigatory power only ex-
tended to the twelfth Article of War, and it was left to
her most gracious Majesty to introduce the same qualifica-
tion, with reference to every other article in the code.
Admiral Byng's judicial murder brought about a
revision of the statutes, and it was found advisable
to grant a discretionary power to courts-martial,
the service not appreciating the encouragement
which Voltaire informs us was held out to them by
this execution when he writes of the English
Government, " Its ont tue un admiral pour encou-
rager les autres :"

But unqualified severity was far from being the only
objectionable feature connected with the Articles of War
laid downiu George the Second's reign. They did not reach
many weighty offences, and courts martial were continually
at a loss to know how far they were justified in condemning a
prisoner of whose guilt they were often morally convinced.
A man was perhaps charged with the commission of a
certain offence not strictly cognizable by any particular
Article of War, and they could only fall back upon the 36th
Article, referring to "all other crimes not capital," which
were to be punished "according to the laws and customs in
such cases used at sea," which laws and customs admitted
of a variety of interpretations:
The powers of a court martial were also restricted in
the way of imprisonment to a term of two years.
We find another article on the subject of defences
relating to the United Kingdom in general. "A
Russian Account of the Campaign in the Crimea "
is continued, and the general naval and military
intelligence completes the number.

Macmillan's Magazine.
This magazine is scarcely equal to
numbers. Two lengthened
iithened .4,s former
"...-ms occupy a con•
iderable spacer wi"`:.,l are greater in intention than
execution. The editor, Mr. Masson, contributes a
paper on Thomas Hood, in which he rendersdue
honour to the hurnourist and the poet. The fifth
and sixth volumes of Mr. Froude'f3 History receive

a careful criticism from the able pen of the Rev. F.
D. Maurice. " Tom Brown at Oxford" is as usual
a prominent feature, and it chronicles some very
important events. The examination comes on and
leaves Hardy in a place of honour, while Blake
pays the penalty of his idleness and dissipation.
This disaster is aggravated by an outrageous sup-
per party which terminates in the general disgrace
of himself and his set. Two fair ladies make their
appearance in the story, to whom Tom assumes the
office of cavalier serviente. The navies of France
and England are discussed and compared in an
article which gives evidence of care and thought.

Baily's Sports and Pastimes.—The Marquis of
Exeter is the subject for a frontispiece and bio-
graphical sketch. We are glad to find a continua-
tion of Horse-racing, by Admiral Rous, who treats
his subject in a' masterly manner. From Oxford
to St. George is continued. The Experiences of
Mr. Sydney Godolphin Yahoo lead him deeper into
the favour of Miss Cameron. There is, of course, a
full account of the Thames Grand National Regatta,
Cricket, Racing Register, and other sporting intel-
ligence.

Baily's Turf Guide and Racing Register is a
useful register of the doings on the turf for the first
half of 1860.

One of Them. By Charles Lever. Chapman and

Hall.

There is nothing of much interest in the present
number. Stockman and Paten fall out about the
fair and crafty Loo, alias Mrs. Morris. An Ame-
rican panic threatens to ruin the Heathcotes.
Charley Heathcote gives up his old. love, and shows
signs of taking up a new one—Mrs. Morris's sup-
posed daughter, but in reality the heiress of the
murdered Hawke This marriage will come about,
or we are much mistaken. Loo has an amusing
confab with her worthy paternity, and, for the first
time, we find Mrs. Morris speaking plainly and
straightforwardly.

The Technologist. Vol. 1., No. I. Kent and Cu.
This new soriol, with a somewhat abstruse title,
is likely, if well conducted, to be a work of value
and interest. It purposes to be a monthly record
of science applied to art and manufacture, and is
edited by P. Simmonds, F.S.S., author of several
works on commercial products. The following
paragraph on the use of paper and rags in China,
affords a fair sample of the condensed information
to be obtained from its pages :

The graceful and useful bamboo is the source of paper
supply in China. The paper made from its culms is suffi-
cient to meet the demands of the Chinese. It is, for the
most part, of a quality unfit for European books and news-
papers. In some places the article is manufactured with
such care as to answer even for foreign writing paper. The
Anglo-Chinese newspapers, however, find it best to import
their material from England. The paper mulberry also
contributes to the paper demand in China, and so does
rice straw. Do you ask what becomes of the cast• off, or,
rather, fallen-off, garments of the uncounted millions of
China ? The world of letters can derive no aid from
Chinese rags, until leather becomes more abundant in that
country. Crispin claims them all for soles ; the shoes of
China have soles an inch thick, formed of suitably prepared
rags, faced with a thin strip of leather.

Pi= or Ringlets (Bradbury and Evans)
is concluded. Rosa catches a tartar. She throws
over Mr. Bunting because, although he has an
estate in Scotand, he has no castle, as she sup-
posed, and marries the banker's son ; but the bank
stops payment on the day of her wedding, and Mr.
Bunting's estate turns out a treasure, being a mine
of wealth. Mr. Boyston, alias the Jug, marries
the widow, who keeps a rather tight hand on him,
docks his corn (i.e. wine), wants Billy Roughun to
go in the coal cart; and when the poor Jug
remonstrates with tongue and boot-jack, he is
threatened with the terrors of Sir Cresswell
Cresswell. The tale, taken as a whole, is amusing.
The author has a talent for exposing swindling in all
its shapes, and in this respect his stories are instruc-
tive as well as interesting. A sharper, who sells a
broken down horse as a sound one, is, of course,
a swindler; and though a man who passes himself
off for a wealthy husband, when he is in reality
penniless, or the mamma who bestows a portionless
daughter as an heiress, are called by polite society
by a softer name, there are those vulgar mortals
in existence who do not see much difference be-
tween them. We should have liked to have seen
more of Mr. Young Jessop, the most gentlemanly
sportsman whom the author has yet produced. We
hope to meet him on a future occasion.