The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-29 00:00:00

UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.

A lecture was delivered in the theatre of this
institution on Friday last, Major-General Sir R.
Dacres, R.A., K.C.8., in the chair, on the cam-
paign of Marengo, by Lieut.-Col. Hamley,
Staff College, Sandhurst. Colonel Hamley began
by indicating the principle on which Napoleon
acted in this campaign, namely, that of directing
an attack upon the flank of an enemy's line, which
was too widely extended for a united effort, and by
the turning of that flank ensuring the advan-
tage of throwing himself across the line
of retreat. Applying the principle to the
theatre of war in North Italy, the lec-
turer showed how the angular formation of
the frontier enabled Napoleon to turn his enemy's
flank without at the same time exposing his own
communications. The measures taken by the First
Consul to ensure secrecy in the assemblement
of his army and to direct them, in concert
with a detachment from the army of the Rhine,
upon the Austrian forces north of the Po, were
narrated. The course of the narrative then errin-
prised the means taken to deceive the Aiutrian
general by threatening Turin with the advance
guard, while the French army accomplished its
flank march to Milan ; the perplexities of the Aus-
trians as each successful step in his design was
achieved by Bonaparte; the movements of the
French across the Po, thus cutting off the retreat
of the enemy; the movements of the Austrians to-
wards Piacenza; the encounter at llontehello, and
lastly the battle of Marengo, with its enormous re-
sults, which necessarily followed the successful exe.
eution of a great strategical plan. Much cf the in-
terest of the narrative, apart from the exposition of
scientific principles, was derived. from a detailed
account of the two remarkable episodes of the pas-
sage of the St. Bernard, and of the siege and sur-
render of Genoa.

IRELAND.

CORK, MONDAY EVENING.

COUNTY OF CORK ELECTION.
This day the nomination of candidates for the
vacant seat in the county, caused by the appoint-
ment of Sergeant Deasy to the Attorney-General-
ship of Ireland, took place in the Court-house.
After the formal preliminary proceedings had been
concluded, Mr. Daniel Clanchy, D.L., Charleville,
rose amid loud applause, and proposed the election
of the Right Hon. Richard Deasy, Attorney-Gene-
ral for Ireland. The Rev. John Corcoran, P.P.,
Tracton, seconded the resolution. The Rev. John
Peyton Blainey proposed that Lord Campden, an
English Catholic nobleman, be elected to represent
the county. Mr. Lowe, solicitor, Middleton,
seconded the nomination in the absence of a gentle.
man who had specially to do so. During the
delivery of the speeches of the proposers and
seconders of each candidate, but particularly of the
latter, there were frequent noisy interruptions.
Mr. Victor Packe, J.P., then proposed the Rev.
John Falkes as a candidate, which was seconded
by Mr. Henry Hasset. Mr. Deasy, in a lengthened
and eloquent speech, addressed the meeting, and
was followed by Mr. Pope Hennessy, M.P., on the
part of Lord Campden, who did not appear. The
Rev.. John Falkes next addressed the electors.
The High Sheriff then called for a show of
hands, -hich he declared to be in favour of
the Attorney-General. The Rev. John Pey-
ton, on behalf of Lord Campden, deinauded a
poll. The proceedings terminated with a vote of
thanks to the High Sheriff. Polling will commence
on Thursday morning.